@font-face { 
    font-family: News Cycle; 
    src: url('../fonts/NewsCycle-Regular.eot'); 
    src: local("News Cycle"), url('../fonts/NewsCycle-Regular.ttf'); 
} 

html {
    height: 100%;
}

* {
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
}

body {
	color: #000;
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 90%;
	font-style: normal;
	line-height: 1.7em;
	font-weight: normal;
	font-variant: normal;
}

/* 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;
   line-height: 1.7em;
   font-size: 100%
}


/* images */

img {
	border: 0px solid #FFF;
}

img.float-right {
   margin: 5px 0px 5px 20px;  
}

img.float-left {
   margin: 5px 20px 5px 0px;
}



h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 { 
    font: normal 175% 'News Cycle', Arial, sans-serif;
    color: #000;
    letter-spacing: -1px;
    margin: 0 0 10px 0;
}

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

h3 {
    font: normal 130% 'News Cycle', Arial, sans-serif;
}

h4, h5, h6 {
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0 0 0px 0;
    font: normal 150% 'News Cycle', Arial, sans-serif;
    color: #FFF;
    line-height: 1.5em;
}

h5, h6 {
    font: normal 95% 'News Cycle', Arial, sans-serif;
    color: #888;
    padding-bottom: 15px;
}

span {
    color: #B1521A;
    text-shadow: none;
}

/* links */

a:link {
	text-decoration: none;
	font-weight: bold;
}
a:visited {
	text-decoration: none;
	font-weight: bold;
}
a:hover {
	text-decoration: underline;
	font-weight: bold;
}
a:active {
	text-decoration: none;
	font-weight: bold;
}

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, #slideshow_container { 
  margin-left: auto; 
  margin-right: auto;
}

  

header {
    height: 50px;
    background: #1D1D1D;
    background: -moz-linear-gradient(#333, #333);
    background: -o-linear-gradient(#333, #333);
    background: -webkit-linear-gradient(#333, #333);
}

nav {
    height: 60px;
}  

#strapline {
    width: 940px;
    height: 80px;
    text-align: center; 
    margin: 0 auto;
} 

#welcome_slogan {
    width: 940px;
    float: left;
    height: 70px;
    padding-top: 10px;  
    margin: 0 auto;
}    

#welcome_slogan H3 {
    font: bold 300% 'News Cycle', Arial, sans-serif;
    letter-spacing: -3px;
    color: #FFF;
} 

#menubar {
    width: 940px;
    height: 35px;
    padding-top: 0px;
    text-align: center; 
    margin: 0 auto;
}

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_up a {
    float: right;
    font: bold 130% 'News Cycle', Arial, sans-serif;
    height: 24px;
    margin: 8px 20px 0 0;
    text-shadow: 0px 1px 0px #000;
    padding: 0px 20px 10px 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 a {
    float: left;
    font: bold 130% 'News Cycle', Arial, sans-serif;
    height: 24px;
    margin: 8px 20px 0 0;
    text-shadow: 0px 1px 0px #000;
    padding: 0px 20px 10px 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, ul#nav li:hover a, ul#nav li_up.current a, ul#nav li_up:hover a { 
    color: #FFF;
    background: #0055D4;
    background: -moz-linear-gradient(#43A9FF, #0043A8);
    background: -o-linear-gradient(#43A9FF, #0043A8);
    background: -webkit-linear-gradient(#43A9FF, #0043A8);
    text-shadow: none;
}

#slideshow_container {
    height: 270px;
    background: #FFCC66;
    padding-top: 20px;
}

.slideshow {
    width: 940px;
    height: 250px;
    margin: 0 auto;
}

/* styling for the slideshow on the homepage */

ul.slideshow {
    list-style: none;
    width: 940px;
    height: 250px;
    overflow: hidden;
    position: relative;
}

ul.slideshow li {
    position: absolute;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    left: 0;
    right: 0;}

ul.slideshow li.show {
    z-index: 500;
}

ul img {
   border: none;
}

#slideshow-caption {
    width: 940px;
    height: 38px;
	position: absolute;
    bottom: 0;
    left: 0; 
    z-index: 500;
}

#slideshow-caption .slideshow-caption-container {
    padding: 10px 25px 10px 25px; 
    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;
}  

#site_content { 
    width: 940px;
    overflow: hidden;
} 

.sidebar_container { 
    float: right;
    margin: 20px 0 0 10px;
    width: 240px;
}

.sidebar {
    float: left;
    width: 240px;
    margin-bottom: 10px;
}

.sidebar_item {
    font: normal 100% Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    width: 240px;
}

.sidebar h2 {
    padding: 5px 0 0 0;
    font: normal 140% 'News Cycle', Arial, sans-serif;
    height: 30px;
}  

#content {
    width: 680px;
    margin: 0 0 20px 0;
    float: left;
}

.content_item {
    width: 680px;
    margin-top: 20px;
    margin-bottom: 20px;
}

.content_item {
    width: 680px;
    margin-top: 20px;
    margin-bottom: 20px;
}

.content_item2 {
    width: 550px;
    margin-top: 0px;
    margin-bottom: 0px;
}

footer {
    width: 940px;
    height: 50px;
    padding-top: 25px;
    padding-bottom: 20px;  
    font-weight: bold;
    text-align: center; 
    text-shadow: 1px 1px #000;
    color: #FFF;
    background: #0043A8;
    background: -moz-linear-gradient(#43A9FF, #0043A8);
    background: -o-linear-gradient(#43A9FF, #0043A8);
    background: -webkit-linear-gradient(#43A9FF, #0043A8);
    border-radius: 15px 15px 15px 15px;
    -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;
    box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 0px 0px 5px;
}

footer a, footer a:hover {
    text-shadow: 1px 1px #FFF;
    color: #1D1D1D;
    text-decoration: none;
    padding-bottom: 20px;
}

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

footer a, footer a:hover {
    text-shadow: 1px 1px #000;
    color: #FFF;
    text-decoration: none;
}

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

.readmore a {
    color: #FFF;
    text-shadow: 1px 1px #004C8C;
}

 .button_small {
    font: normal 110% Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    float: left;
    height: 15px;
    padding: 5px 10px 7px 8px;
    background: #0043A8;
    background: -moz-linear-gradient(#43A9FF, #0043A8);
    background: -o-linear-gradient(#43A9FF, #0043A8);
    background: -webkit-linear-gradient(#43A9FF, #0043A8);
    border-radius: 15px 15px 15px 15px;
    -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;
    box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 0px 0px 5px;
}

.button_small a {
    color: #FFF;
    padding-left: 5px;
    text-shadow: 1px 1px #000;
}

.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;
    text-shadow: none;
    color: #000;
}

.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);
    color: #FFF;
    border-radius: 7px 7px 7px 7px;
    -moz-border-radius: 7px 7px 7px 7px;
    -webkit-border: 7px 7px 7px 7px;
}


/* alignment classes */

.float-left {
    float: left;
}

.float-right {
    float: right;
}

.align-left {
    text-align: left;
}

.align-right {
    text-align: right;
}