html
{ height: 100%;}

*
{ 
    /*padding: 0;*/
    margin-left: 0;
    margin-top: 0;
    margin-bottom: 0;
    
}
a
{
    text-decoration:none;
}


body
{ font: normal 80% Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
  color: #000;
  background: #1D1D1D url(../images/pattern.png) repeat;
}

/* tell the browser to render HTML 5 elements as block */
article, aside, figure, footer, header, hgroup, nav, section { 
  display:block;
}

p
{ padding: 0 0 10px 0;
  color: #000;
  line-height: 1.7em;
  font-size: 100% }

img
{ border: 0;}

h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 
{ font: bold 175% 'News Cycle', Arial, sans-serif;
  color: #0043A8;
  /*text-shadow: 1px 1px #fff;*/
  letter-spacing: -1px;
  margin: 0 0 10px 0;}

h2
{ font: bold 165% 'News Cycle', Arial, sans-serif;}

h3
{ font: bold 130% 'News Cycle', Arial, sans-serif;
  color: #009900;}

h4, h5, h6
{ margin: 0;
  padding: 0 0 0px 0;
  font: normal 150% 'News Cycle', Arial, sans-serif;
  color: #FFF;
  line-height: 1.5em;}
.backImg
        {
            background-image: url('../images/header_1_backgrimg.png');
        }
 .leftHeader
        {
            width: 181px;
            background-image: url('../images/header_1_backgrimg.png');
        }

h5, h6
{ font: normal 95% 'News Cycle', Arial, sans-serif;
  color: #888;
  padding-bottom: 15px;}
  
span
{ color: #0043A8;
  /*text-shadow: 1px 1px #fff;*/}

a, a:hover
{ color: #000;
  background: transparent;
  outline: none;
  text-decoration: underline;}

a:hover
{ text-decoration: none;}

ul
{ margin: 2px 0 22px 30px;
  line-height: 1.7em;
  font-style: normal;
  font-size: 100%;}

ol
{ margin: 8px 0 22px 20px;}

ol li
{ margin: 0 0 11px 0;}

#main, header, #banner, #menubar, #site_content, footer, #content_grey, nav
{ margin-left: auto; 
  margin-right: auto;}

#main
{ /*background: #FFF;
  background: -moz-linear-gradient(#FFF, #FFF);
  /*background: -o-linear-gradient(#A0A0A0, #FFF);
  background: -webkit-linear-gradient(#A0A0A0, #FFF);*/}
  
header
{ height: 0px;
  }

#banner
{ width: 95%;
  position: relative;
  padding: 15px 0 0 0;
  background: transparent;
    top: -30px;
    left: 1px;
}
 
nav
{ 
    height: 20px;
    margin-top:20px;
    }  
  
#menubar
{ width: 95%;
  height: 30px;
  
  margin-top: -25px;
  /*background: #ffffff;*/
  /*background: -webkit-linear-gradient(#ffffff, #009900);*/
  border: 1px solid #FFFFFF;
} 
  
#welcome
{ width: 100%;
  float: left;
  height: 15px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  text-align: center;
  padding: 0 0 10px 20px;
  background: transparent;} 
  
#welcome_slogan
{ width: 100%;
  float: left;
  height: 15px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  text-align: center;  
  padding-left: 20px;
  background: transparent;}   
   
#welcome H3
{ font: normal 400% 'News Cycle', Arial, sans-serif;
  letter-spacing: -3px;
  /*text-shadow: 1px 1px #000;*/
  color: #009900;}

#welcome_slogan H3
{ font: normal 150% 'News Cycle', Arial, sans-serif;
  letter-spacing: 1px;
  /*text-shadow: 1px 1px #000;*/
  color: #009900;}  
  
ul#nav
{ margin:0;}

ul#nav li
{ padding: 0 0 0 0px;
  list-style: none;
  margin: 2px 0 0 0;
  display: inline;
  background: transparent;}

ul#nav li a
{ float: left;
  font: bold 120% Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
  height: 24px;
  margin: 10px 0 0 20px;
  /*text-shadow: 1px 1px #000;*/
  padding: 6px 20px 0 20px;
  background: transparent; 
  border-radius: 7px 7px 7px 7px;
  -moz-border-radius: 7px 7px 7px 7px;
  -webkit-border: 7px 7px 7px 7px;
  text-align: center;
  color: #FFF;
  text-decoration: none;} 
  
ul#nav li.current a
{ color: #000; 
  }
  
ul#nav li:hover a
{ color: #000;
 }

#site_content
{ 
    width: 95%;
  overflow: hidden;
  margin-bottom: 10px;
  background: #FFF;
  border: 1px solid #bbb;
  margin-top:0px;} 

.sidebar_container
{ float: right;
  margin: 20px 10px 0 10px;
  width: 210px;
  padding: 0;}

.sidebar
{ float: left;
  width: 190px;
  padding-left: 10px;
  margin-bottom: 10px;}

.sidebar_item
{ width: 190px;}

.sidebar h2
{ padding: 5px 0 0 0;
  font: bold 150% 'News Cycle', Arial, sans-serif;
  height: 30px;
  /*text-shadow: 1px 1px #FFF;*/
  color: #0043A8;}

.sidebar h3
{ color: #43A9FF;}  

#content
{ width: 680px;
  margin: 0 0 10px 10px;
  float: left;}

.content_item
{ width: 100%;
  margin-top: 20px;
  margin-bottom: 20px;}
 
.content_imagetext
{ width: 680px;
  padding: 5px;
  margin: 20px 0 0 0;
  float: left;}
 
.content_image
{ float: left; 
  width: 150px;
  height: 150px;
  margin: 0 20px 10px 0;}
  
.content_container
{ width: 320px;
  padding: 5px;
  margin: 20px 10px 0 0;
  float: left;}
  
footer
{ height: 50px;
  padding-bottom: 30px;
  font-weight: bold;
  text-align: center; 
  /*text-shadow: 1px 1px #FFF;*/
  color: #0043A8;
  background: #FFF;}

footer a, footer a:hover
{ 
  color: #0043A8;
  text-decoration: none;
  padding-bottom: 20px;}

footer a:hover
{ text-decoration: underline;}

footer a, footer a:hover
{   color: #0043A8;
  text-decoration: none;}

footer a:hover
{ text-decoration: underline;}
  
 .readmore a
{ color: #FFF;}
 
 .button_small
{ font: normal 110% Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
  height: 15px;
  width: 80px;
  padding: 5px 2px 7px 2px;
  border: 1px solid #FFF; 
  background: #0043A8;
  background: -moz-linear-gradient(#43A9FF, #0043A8);
  background: -o-linear-gradient(#43A9FF, #0043A8);
  background: -webkit-linear-gradient(#43A9FF, #0043A8);
  -moz-border-radius: 15px 15px 15px 15px;
  -webkit-border: 15px 15px 15px 15px;
  -webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 0px 0px 5px;
  -moz-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 0px 0px 5px;}
  
.button_small a
{ color: #FFF;
  padding-left: 5px;}

.form_settings
{ margin: 15px 0 0 0;}

.form_settings p
{ padding: 0 0 4px 0;}

.form_settings span
{ float: left; 
  width: 280px; 
  text-align: left;}
  
.form_settings input, .form_settings textarea
{ padding: 2px; 
  width: 299px; 
  font: 100% arial; 
  border: 1px solid #E5E5DB; 
  background: #FFF; 
  color: #47433F;}
  
.form_settings input[type="checkbox"]
{ padding: 2px 0; 
  width: 15px; 
  font: 100% arial; 
  border: 0; 
  background: #FFF; 
  color: #47433F;
  margin: 28px 0;}

.form_settings .submit
{ font: 100% arial; 
  border: 1px solid; 
  width: 99px; 
  margin: 0 0 0 206px; 
  height: 26px;
  padding: 2px 0 3px 0;
  cursor: pointer; 
  background: #0043A8;
  background: -moz-linear-gradient(#43A9FF, #0043A8);
  background: -o-linear-gradient(#43A9FF, #0043A8);
  background: -webkit-linear-gradient(#43A9FF, #0043A8);
  -moz-border-radius: 15px 15px 15px 15px;
  -webkit-border: 15px 15px 15px 15px;
  -webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 0px 0px 5px;
  -moz-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 0px 0px 5px;
  color: #FFF;}

.slideshow
{ width: 100%;
  height: 110px;
  float: left;   
  margin: 20px 0 0 0;
  padding: 0;
  list-style: none;
  /*-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 0px 0px 10px;
  -moz-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 0px 0px 10px;
  /*box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 0px 0px 10px;*/}  
  
/* styling for the slideshow on the homepage */
ul.slideshow {
  list-style: none;
  width: 100%;
  height: 110px;
  overflow: hidden;
  position: relative;
  margin: 0;
    top: -35px;
    left: 5px;
}
  
ul.slideshow li {
  position: absolute;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  left: 0;
  right: 0;}
 
ul.slideshow li.show {
  z-index: 500;
    top: 9px;
}
 
ul img {
  border-style: none;
    border-color: inherit;
    border-width: medium;
    padding-top:5px;
}
 
#slideshow-caption {
  width: 100%;
  height: 35px;
  position: absolute;
  bottom: 0;
  left: 0; 
  z-index: 500;}
 
#slideshow-caption .slideshow-caption-container {
  padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; 
  background: transparent url(../images/transparent.png) repeat;  
  z-index: 1000;}
 
#slideshow-caption p {
  padding: 0;
  font: normal 130% arial, sans-serif;
  color: #FFF;
  text-shadow: 1px 1px #000;}
  #footers
  {
    font: bold 100% 'News Cycle', Arial, sans-serif;
    text-align: center;
    text-decoration:none;
  }