\usepackage[usenames,dvipsnames]{xcolor}

%% \def\mynote#1{{\sf $\clubsuit$ #1$\clubsuit$}}
%% \def\RJ#1{\textcolor{Red}{\sf RJ:$\clubsuit$ #1$\clubsuit$}}
%% \def\NV#1{\textcolor{Plum}{\sf NV:$\clubsuit$ #1$\clubsuit$}}
\def\NV#1{\textcolor{Green}{\sf NV:$\clubsuit$ #1$\clubsuit$}}
%% \def\ES#1{\textcolor{Blue}{\sf ES:$\clubsuit$ #1$\clubsuit$}}


\def\myex#1{\smallskip\noindent{\emphbf{Example: {#1}.}}}
\newcommand\spara[1]{\smallskip\noindent\textbf{\emph{#1}}\xspace}
\newcommand\mypara[1]{\spara{#1}}
%\def\mypara#1{\smallskip\noindent\textbf{#1.}\ }



\newcommand\etc{\textit{etc.}\xspace}
\newcommand\eg{\textit{e.g.}\xspace}
\newcommand\ie{\textit{i.e.}\xspace}
\newcommand\ala{\textit{a la}\xspace}
\newcommand\etal{\textit{et al.}\xspace}

\def\emphbf#1{\textbf{\emph{#1}}}
\def\spmid{\ \mid \ }

\def\colon{\ensuremath{\text{:}}}

\newcommand{\relDescription}[1]{\ensuremath{\textrm{\textbf{#1}}}}
\newcommand{\judgementHead}[2]{\ensuremath{\relDescription{#1}\hfill\fbox{#2}}}
\newcommand{\judgementHeadNameOnly}[1]{\ensuremath{\relDescription{#1}\hfill}}

\newenvironment{sitemize}{\begin{list}
   {$\bullet$}
   {\setlength{\topsep}{0pt}
    \setlength{\itemsep}{0pt}
    \setlength{\leftmargin}{15pt}
    }
  }
  {\end{list}}