@charset "UTF-8";
/* CSS Document */


/**** GLOBAL ATTRIBUTES ****/ 
* { padding: 0; margin: 0; border: none; line-height: normal; letter-spacing: normal;}
img {padding: 0; margin: 0; border: 0;}
a {text-decoration: none; outline: none;}
a:link  {color:#333333;}
a:visited {color:#333333;}
a:hover {color:#333333; text-decoration:underline;}
a:active {color:#333333;}


body {font-family: "Lucida Grande", Tahoma, Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 75%; background:#123853 url(/images/site/bkgd_grad.jpg) top left repeat-x;}
#wrapper {width:1000px; height:100%; position:absolute; left: 32px; top: 0px;}
#header { width:980px; height:28px; padding:33px 0 0 20px; margin-left:20px; background:url(/images/site/header_bkgd.jpg) left top no-repeat; z-index:100;position:relative;}
#search {float:right;}
#search .search-box {padding:0}
#header .cat_textbox_small {width:120px; border:#cccccc solid 2px;}
#menubar {width:960px; height:28px; font-size:90%; color:#FFFFFF;}
#maincontent {float:left; width:1000px; height:auto; background:url(/images/site/side_shadow.png)  top repeat-y; padding-left:40px;}
#maincontent_wide {float:left; width:1000px; height:auto; background:url(/images/site/side_shadow_wide.png)  top repeat-y; padding-left:40px;}


#home_sitecarousel {width: 960px; height: 261px; background: url(/images/site/carousel_bg.jpg) top left no-repeat; padding-top:35px;}
#carousel { height:228px; width:960px;  }
#carousel_sites {height:228px;width:840px;overflow:hidden;float:left;}
#carousel ul { list-style-type:none; width:2000px; margin-left:0px; left:0; }
#carousel li {display:inline;}
#carousel ul li img{ width:170px; height:228px; float:left; }
#navPrev {height:228px;width:55px;float:left;cursor:pointer;background: url(/images/site/navPrev.png) top left no-repeat;}
#navNext {height:228px;width:55px;float:right;cursor: pointer; background: url(/images/site/navNext.png) top left no-repeat;}
#home_news {width: 435px; height: auto; float: left; padding:24px;}
#home_news .announcement-list h1 {font-size:90%;padding-bottom:4px;}




#content {width:487px; padding:0 35px 60px 29px; color:#333333; min-height:900px;
height:auto !important;
  height:900px;}
#content p {font-size:100%; line-height:130%;padding-bottom:10px;}
#content h1 {color:#cb2904; padding-bottom:16px; font-size:240%; letter-spacing:-1px;}
#content h2 {color:#cb2904; padding:5px 0 5px 0; font-size:140%;}
#content ul li {margin-left:15px;padding-bottom:10px;}
#content ul {padding:0 0 12px 12px;}
#content .side-panel ul {padding: 0 0 12px 0;}
#content .side-panel ul li {padding:0 0 4px 0;}
#content .side-panel h4 {margin-bottom:4px;}
#content a {font-weight:bold; color:#cb2904;}
#content strong {color:#444444;}
#content .cat_textbox_small, #content .comment {width: 400px; border:1px solid #cccccc; padding:3px;}
#content .blog-comment-container .comment {width: 100%; border:0px; padding:3px;}
#content .cat_dropdown, #content .cat_textbox {width: 300px; height:auto; border:1px solid #cccccc; padding:3px;}
#content .award {width:100%; height: auto;padding:12px 0; font-size:110%;border-bottom:1px solid #cccccc;}
#right_column {float:left; width:409px; height:auto;}
#footer { width:960px; height: 42px; clear:both; float:left; text-align:center; color:#ffffff; background:url(/images/site/footer_bkgd.jpg) left top no-repeat; font-size:90%; padding-top:15px;}
#footer a {color:#FFFFFF;}

.form_wrapper {width:477px; padding:10px; background-color:#efefef; border: 1px #cccccc solid; font-size:120%;}
#content input.cat_button {padding:10px 20px;background-color:#990000;color:#ffffff;font-weight:bold;cursor:pointer;}
span.req {color:#990000;}

.highlight, #cc_popup {width:477px; padding:10px; background-color:#efefef; border-top: 1px #cccccc solid; border-bottom: 1px #cccccc solid; margin-bottom:12px; font-size:120%; color:#333333;}
#content .highlight h2 {font-size:200%; margin-bottom:10px; padding-top:0px;}
#content #right_column {width:350px;float:right;margin-top:160px;border-left:1px solid #cccccc; padding-left:20px;}


/*** main nav menu ***/
ul.menu {list-style:none; margin:0; padding:0;}
ul.menu * {margin:0; padding:0;}
ul.menu a {display:block; color:#ffffff; text-decoration:none;}
ul.menu li {position:relative; float:left; margin-right:2px;}
ul.menu ul {position:absolute; top:28px; width:220px; left:0;  background:url(/images/site/menu_back.png) left bottom no-repeat; display:none; opacity:0; list-style:none;}
ul.menu ul li {position:relative; width:148px; margin:0;}
ul.menu ul li a {display:block; padding:7px 7px 5px; }
ul.menu ul li a:hover {background-color:#802612;}
ul.menu ul ul {left:148px; top:-10px;}
ul.menu .menulink {padding:8px 7px 7px; font-weight:bold; background:url(/images/site/menutab.jpg) top left no-repeat; width:67px; text-align:center;}
ul.menu .menulink_grey {padding:8px 7px 7px; font-weight:bold; background:url(/images/site/menutab_grey.jpg) top left no-repeat; width:67px; text-align:center;}
ul.menu .menulink:hover, ul.menu .menulink_grey:hover,ul.menu .menuhover {background:url(/images/site/menutab_over.jpg) top left no-repeat;}
ul.menu .sub {background:#bb3719;}
ul.menu .topline { }


#home_image {width:960px; height:386px;}
#home_left{float:left; width:551px; height:auto; background:#ffffff url(/images/site/home_left_bkgd_media.jpg) left top no-repeat; padding-top:29px;}
#home_left h1 {font-size:120%;}
#home_toolkit {width:409px; height:371px;}

#home_rotator {width:960px;height:340px;background:url(/images/site/home_slider1.jpg);}
#home_rotator img {display:none;}
#home_countdown {height:63px;background:url(/images/site/countdown_bg.jpg);padding-left:725px;width:235px;}

#inside_left{float:left; width:551px; height:100%; background:#ffffff url(/images/site/inside_left_bkgd.jpg) left top no-repeat; padding-top:40px;}
#inside_topbar {width:960px; height:54px; background:url(/images/site/inside_topbar.jpg) left top no-repeat;}
#inside_image {width:409px; height:174px;}

#wide_wrapper {width:960px; height:auto; background-color:#ffffff;}

#community_topbar {width:960px; height:132px; background:url(/images/site/community_top.jpg) left top no-repeat;}
#community_left{float:left; width:600px; height:100%; padding-right:80px; }
#community_right {float:left; height:100%;   }
#community_form {display:none;}




#clock_column {float:left; width:231px; height:371px;}
#resources_column {float:left; width:178px; height:330px;background:url(/images/site/resources_top.jpg) left top no-repeat; padding-top:41px;}
#countdown {width:231; height:81px;}
#sponsor_flash {width:231; height:171px; background:url(/images/site/sponsor_flash_bkgd.jpg) left top no-repeat; padding-top:34px;}

#stories {width:409px;height:439px; color:#6e0e04; }
#story1 {width:349px; height:137px; padding:232px 30px 70px 30px; background:url(/images/site/story1_bkgd.jpg) left top no-repeat; line-height:110%;}
#story2 {width:344px; padding:180px 0 15px 0; background:url(/images/site/story2_bkgd.jpg) left top no-repeat; line-height:110%;border-bottom:1px solid #dddddd;margin-bottom:15px;}
#story3 {width:344px; padding:180px 0 15px 0; background:url(/images/site/story3_bkgd.jpg) left top no-repeat; line-height:110%;border-bottom:1px solid #dddddd;margin-bottom:15px;}
#story4 {width:349px; height:137px; padding:232px 30px 70px 30px; background:url(/images/site/story4_bkgd.jpg) left top no-repeat; line-height:110%;}
#story5 {width:344px; padding:180px 0 15px 0; background:url(/images/site/story5_bkgd.jpg) left top no-repeat; line-height:110%;border-bottom:1px solid #dddddd;margin-bottom:15px;}



#sunburst_container {width:1120px; height:900px; position:absolute; left: 50%; top: 3%; margin-left: -560px; background-color:#ea9106; background-image:url(/images/burst_bkgd.jpg); background-position:top; background-repeat:no-repeat;}


#visit { float:right;}
#leftcolumn { width:143px; clear:both; float:left; padding-right:5px;}
#sidesponsors { width:143px; height:143px; float:left; background:url(/images/sidesponsors_bkgd.gif) top no-repeat; padding-top:28px;}
#mainnav {width:652px; height:36px; clear:both; float:right;}
#mainbody_bottom { width:448px; clear:right; float:left; background:url(/images/maintext_bkgd_bottom.gif) bottom no-repeat;}
#mainbody_top { width:448px;  background:url(/images/maintext_bkgd_top.gif) top no-repeat;}
#rightcolumn { width:204px; clear:right; float:left; padding-left:5px;}
#right_story {height:444px; background:url(/images/stories/sidestory_bkgd.gif) top left no-repeat;}
#right_story p {padding: 10px 30px 0 20px; font-size:1.0em;}
#right_story p a {padding-top:20px; font-weight:bold; color:#990000;}
#right_story h1 {padding: 20px 30px 0 20px; font-size:1.2em; font-weight:bold; color:#990000;}
#side_buttons {margin:18px 0;}
#side_sponsor {margin-bottom:18px;}
#side_storylink {margin-bottom:18px;}
#side_news .announcement-list h1 {font-size:90%;padding-bottom:4px;}



.subhead {font-size:1.2em; color:#CC0000;}
.inlinebold { font-weight:bold; color:#CC0000;}
.inputtext{border-style:solid; border-color:#990000; border-width:1px;color:#990000; font-size:120%;}
.submit {background-color:#FFCC66; cursor: pointer;font-size:120%;}


/*
 * jQuery Nivo Slider v2.1
 * http://nivo.dev7studios.com
 *
 * Copyright 2010, Gilbert Pellegrom
 * Free to use and abuse under the MIT license.
 * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
 * 
 * March 2010
 */
 
 
/* The Nivo Slider styles */
.nivoSlider {
	position:relative;
}
.nivoSlider img {
	position:absolute;
	top:0px;
	left:0px;
}
/* If an image is wrapped in a link */
.nivoSlider a.nivo-imageLink {
	position:absolute;
	top:0px;
	left:0px;
	width:100%;
	height:100%;
	border:0;
	padding:0;
	margin:0;
	z-index:60;
	display:none;
}
/* The slices in the Slider */
.nivo-slice {
	display:block;
	position:absolute;
	z-index:50;
	height:100%;
}
/* Caption styles */
.nivo-caption {
	position:absolute;
	left:0px;
	bottom:0px;
	background:#000;
	color:#fff;
	opacity:0.8; /* Overridden by captionOpacity setting */
	width:100%;
	z-index:89;
}
.nivo-caption p {
	padding:5px;
	margin:0;
}
.nivo-caption a {
	display:inline !important;
}
.nivo-html-caption {
    display:none;
}
/* Direction nav styles (e.g. Next & Prev) */
.nivo-directionNav a {
	position:absolute;
	top:45%;
	z-index:99;
	cursor:pointer;
	display:block;
	width:32px;
	height:32px;
	background:url(/images/sliderarrows.png) no-repeat;
	text-indent:-9999px;
	border:0;
}
a.nivo-nextNav {
	background-position:-32px 0;
	right:10px;
}
a.nivo-prevNav {
	left:10px;
}
/* Control nav styles (e.g. 1,2,3...) */
.nivo-controlNav {
	position:absolute;
	right:5%;
	top:-10px;
}
.nivo-controlNav a {
	display:block;
	width:10px;
	height:10px;
	background:url(/images/slideritem.png) no-repeat;
	text-indent:-9999px;
	border:0;
	margin-right:3px;
	float:left;
}
.nivo-controlNav a.active {
	background-position:-10px 0;
}