/*
Design by Free Responsive Templates
http://www.free-responsive-templates.com
Released for free under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License (CC BY 3.0)
*/ 
* {
	margin:0;
	padding:0;
}
body  {
	font-family: 'Arial', serif;
	font-size: 14px;
	/*background: url(../images/siteBackground.jpg) repeat;*/
	color: #4b4b4b;
	text-shadow: 0px 0px, 1px 1px #ffffff;
}
a {
	font-family: 'Arial', serif;
	/*color:#1fc7eb;*/
	color:#3366ff;
	text-decoration:none;
}
p {
	line-height:140%;	
}
h2 {
	font-family: 'Arvo', serif;
	font-size:30px;
	color:#160000;
	padding:0 0 10px 0;
}
h3 {
	font-family: 'Arvo', serif;
	font-size:18px;
	color:#160000;
	padding:0 0 10px 0;
}
h4 {
	font-family: 'Arvo', serif;
	color:#9e9e9e;
	font-size:18px;
}
.container { 
	width: 960px;
	margin: 0 auto;
} 
header h1 {
	padding:25px 0 0 0;
}
header h1 a {
	font-size: 42px;
	color:#160000;
	text-decoration:none;
}
.mainContent {
	float: right; 
	width: 660px;
	padding:20px 0 20px 0;
}
.post {
	border-bottom: 1px  dashed #4b4b4b;
    box-shadow: 0 1px #F2F2F2;
	margin-bottom:40px;
}
.post p {
	padding:10px 0;
}
.date {
	float:left;
}
.author {
	float:right;
}
.readmore {
	padding:0 0 20px 0;
}
.sidebar1 { 
	margin: 0 690px 0 0;
	padding:20px 0 20px 0;
	border-right: 1px solid #BBBBBB;
    box-shadow: 1px 0px #ffffff;
}
.sidebar1 p {
	width:220px;
}
input {
	vertical-align:middle;
	font-weight:normal;
	padding:5px 5px 5px 5px;
	margin:0;
	background:#fff;
	outline:none;
	border:1px solid #cacaca;;
	width:220px; 
	box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 0px #828282;
}
.sidebar1Separator {
	height:50px;
}
/*begin sidebar list*/
.sidebar1 ul {
	margin-left: 0;
	padding-left: 0;
	list-style-type: none;
}
.sidebarlist a {
	display: block;
	width: 220px;
	color: #4b4b4b;
	border-bottom: 1px  dashed #4b4b4b;
    box-shadow: 0 1px #F2F2F2;
    list-style: none outside none;
    padding: 10px 0 10px 0px;
}
.sidebarlist a:link, .sidebarlist a:visited {
	color: #4b4b4b;
	text-decoration: none;
}
.sidebarlist a:hover {
	background-color: #e6e6e6;
	color: #4b4b4b;
	padding: 10px 0 10px 7px;
}
/*end sidebar list*/
footer {
	border-top:1px solid #bbbbbb;
	background:#e1e1e1;
} 
footer p {
	text-align:center;
	padding:30px;
}
.clearfloat { 
	clear:both;
    height:0;
    font-size: 1px;
    line-height: 0px;
}
/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/********* begin MAIN NAV ********/
/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
.navcontainer ul {
	padding: 20px 0;
	margin: 0;
	list-style-type: none;
	background:url(../images/menuGradient.jpg) repeat-x;
	color: #FFF;
	width: 100%;
	text-align: center;
	box-shadow: 0px 6px 7px 0px #828282;
}
.navcontainer li { 
	display: inline; 
}
.navcontainer li a {
	text-decoration: none;
	color: #9c9b9b;
	padding: 20px 10px;
	text-shadow: none;
	text-transform:uppercase;
	font-weight:bold;
	font-size:18px;
}
.navcontainer li a:hover {
	background:url(../images/activeMenuGradient2.jpg) repeat-x;
	color: #fff;
}
.navcontainer #active a {
	background:url(../images/activeMenuGradient2.jpg) repeat-x;
	color: #fff;
}
/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/********* end MAIN NAV ********/
/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/********* begin SLIDER ********/
/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
.slider { 
	width:956px;
	position:relative; 
	z-index:1; 
/*-	background:url(../images/activeMenuGradient.jpg) repeat-x; */
	margin:20px 0 80px 0;
}
.flexslider {
	margin: 0;
}
.flexslider .slides > li {
	display: none; 
	list-style:none;
} 
.flexslider .slides img {
	max-width: 100%; 
	display: block; 
	box-shadow: 0px 6px 7px 0px #828282;
}
.flex-pauseplay span {
	text-transform: capitalize;
}
/* Clearfix for the .slides element */
.slides:after {
	content: "."; 
	display: block; 
	clear: both; 
	visibility: hidden; 
	line-height: 0; 
	height: 0;
} 
/* control Nav */
.flex-control-nav { 
	position:absolute; 
	bottom:-45px; 
	left:434px;
}
.flex-control-nav li { 
	display:block; 
	float:left; 
	margin-right:1px;
}
.flex-control-nav li a {
	display:block;
	background:url(../images/pagination.png) 0 0 no-repeat; 
	width:26px; height:29px; 
	text-indent:-5000px;
}
.flex-control-nav li a:hover,.flex-control-nav li a.active { 
	background-position:0 -29px; 
	cursor:pointer;
}
/* Slider Image Caption */
.sliderImageCaption{ 
	position:absolute; 
	color:#160000;
	text-align:center; 
	width:100%; 
	bottom:-70px;
}
/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/********* end SLIDER ********/
/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/********* begin MEDIA QUERIES ********/
/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/* for 980px or less */
@media screen and (max-width: 960px) {
	.container {
		width: 98%;
	}
	.sidebar1 {
		width: 70%;
	}
	.mainContent {
		width: 29%;
	}
	.slider {
		width:99.6%;
	}
}
/* for 768px or less */
@media screen and (max-width: 768px) {
	.mainContent {
		float:none;
		width: 100%;
		padding:0;
	}
	.sidebar1 { 
		width: 100%;
		padding:0;
		margin:0;
		border-right: none;
		box-shadow: none;
	}
	.sidebar1 p {
		width: auto;
	}
	input {
		width:auto; 
	}
	.sidebar1Separator {
		height:20px;
	}
	/*begin sidebar list*/
	.sidebarlist a {
		width: auto;
		padding: 5px 0 5px 0px;
	}
	.sidebarlist a:hover {
		padding: 5px 0 5px 5px;
	}
	/*end sidebar list*/
	.slider {
		margin-top:10px;
		margin:20px 0 80px 0;
	}
	.flex-control-nav { 
		position:absolute; 
		bottom:-45px; 
		left:43%;
	}
}
/* for 480px or less */
@media screen and (max-width: 480px) {
	.slider {
		margin-top:0px;
		margin-bottom:0px;
	}
	.mainContent {
		width: 100%;
		padding:0;
	}
	.sidebar1 { 
		width: 100%;
		padding:0;
		border-right: none;
		box-shadow: none;
	}
	.sidebar1 p {
		width: auto;
	}
	input {
		width:auto; 
	}
	.sidebar1Separator {
		height:20px;
	}
	/*begin sidebar list*/
	.sidebarlist a {
		width: auto;
		padding: 5px 0 5px 0px;
	}
	.sidebarlist a:hover {
		padding: 5px 0 5px 5px;
	}
	/*end sidebar list*/
	.post {
		margin-bottom:10px;
	}
	.post p {
		padding:0 0 10px 0;
	}
	.date {
		float:none;
	}
	.author {
		float:none;
	}
	.sliderImageCaption {
		display:none;
	}
	.flex-control-nav { 
		position:absolute; 
		bottom:5px; 
		left:50%;
	}
	.navcontainer ul {
		padding: 5px 0;
	}
	.navcontainer li { 
		display: inline; 
	}
	.navcontainer li a {
		padding: 5px 3px;
		font-size:12px;
	}
}
img {
	max-width: 100%;
	height: auto;
	width: auto;
}

/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/********* end MEDIA QUERIES ********/
/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/