.appButton {
  line-height: 15px;
  border: 1px solid #dddddd;
  padding: 15px 3px 12px 12px;
  font-size: 1.2em;
  background-color: #ffffff;
  text-decoration: none;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: #008a00 !important;
  display: block;
  height: 20px;
  position:relative;
}

/*.appButton.icon{
  background-image:url(../img/bkgd-sprite-icons.png);
  background-repeat:no-repeat;
  background-position:6px 14px;
}
*/
.appButton.newsletter {
  height: 27px;
}
.appButton.newsletter span{display:block;padding-bottom:5px;}
.appButton #our_newsletter{
		background-image: url(../img/newsletter.png);
		height: 54px;
		width: 54px;
		display:block;
		text-indent:-99999px;
		position:absolute;
		top:0px;
		left:0px;
}
.appButton.twitterFollow {
   height: 16px;
}
.twitterFollow #twitter_icon{
	background-image: url("../img/twiter.png");
    display: block;
    height: 54px;
    position: absolute;
    right: 0;
    text-indent: -99999px;
    top: -5px;
    width: 54px;
}

.appButton.newsletter:hover {
   background-image: url(../img/button_hover.png);
  background-repeat: repeat-x;
}
.appButton.twitterFollow:hover {
  background-image: url(../img/button_hover.png);
  background-repeat: repeat-x;
}

.appButton:hover {
  text-decoration: none !important;
}

.appButton.icon-left {
  padding-left: 60px;
}

.appButton.icon-right {
  padding-right: 55px;
}

.appButton.solid {
  color: #fff !important;
  font-weight: bold;
  border: none;
  text-transform: capitalize;
}

.appButton.solid:hover {
  text-decoration: none !important;
}

.appButton.solid:after {
  /*content:'\232A\232A';
  font-size:$font-size;
  margin-left:$margin-left;
  margin-right:$margin-right;
  vertical-align:$valign;
  letter-spacing:-7px;
  color:$color;*/
  background-image: url(../img/bkgd-sprite-heading-arrows.png);
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  background-position: left 3px;
  content: " ";
  position: absolute;
  width: 10px;
  height: 20px;
  margin: 0 0.5em 0 10px;
}

.appButton.solid.blue {
  background-color: #00609e;
}

.appButton.solid.blue:hover {
  background-color: #0c3056;
}

.appButton.bio{
	font-size: 1.4em;
	padding: 10px 3px 8px 12px;
	height: 16px;
}