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body{font:90% Arial, Helvetica;background:#e0e0e0 url(images/bg.jpg) repeat-x;color:#333}
p{margin:15px 0}
ul,li{list-style-type:none !important;}
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a img{border:0}
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blockquote{border-top:1px solid #ddd;border-bottom:1px solid #ddd;background:#eee;font:1em Arial;line-height:1.5em;margin:10px 0;padding:10px 10px 0}
select{border:1px solid #333;width:100%}
.head{width:1000px;font-size:.7em;margin:0px auto;padding:6px 0 0 0;background-color:#000}
.toppane{width:992px;background:#fff; padding:0px 3px 0px 3px;margin:0px auto 5px auto}
.accountpane{padding:7px 0 0 3px; width:165px;}
.accountpane a{color:#ccc; font-family:Arial; font-size:11px; font-weight:bold; text-align:left}
.accountpane a:hover{color:#fff}
.page{width:990px;background:#ccc;padding:5px 5px 0px 5px;margin:5px auto 0px auto}
.left{float:left}
.right{float:right}
.navbar{text-transform:uppercase;margin:5px auto 0;padding:0 10px}
.page-bar{width:722px}
.page-bar ul{list-style:none}
.page-bar li{list-style:none;cursor:pointer;display:block;border-right:1px solid #333;float:left;margin:0;padding:0}
.page-bar li:hover{background:#3c57a7}
.page-bar a,.page-bar a:visited{font-weight:700;color:#FFF;display:block;margin:0;padding:10px 16px}
.page-bar a:hover{text-decoration:none;display:block}
.searchform{width:194px;float:right;text-align:right;padding-top:8px;margin-right:10px}
.page-bar li li{float:left;width:122px;text-transform:none;margin:0;padding:0}
.page-bar li li a,.page-bar li li a:link,.page-bar li li a:visited{background:#2B2B2B;width:122px;float:none;border-top:1px solid silver;margin:0;padding:5px 10px 5px 18px}
.page-bar li li a:hover,.page-bar li li a:active{background:#666;padding:5px 10px 5px 18px}
.page-bar li ul{position:absolute;width:10em;left:-999em}
.page-bar li:hover ul{left:auto;display:block}
.page-bar li:hover ul,.page-bar li.sfhover ul{left:auto}
h1{font:3.5em Arial;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:-.08em}
h2{font-family:Segoe UI;color:#000; font-weight:700; font-size:22px; }
h3{font:1.3em Arial;margin-bottom:3px;color:#0078c9;font-weight:700}
h4{font:1.9em Segoe UI;color:#3c57a7;margin-bottom:5px;border-bottom:inset 2px #202020;padding-bottom:2px;}
h3.cat_title,h3.cat_title a{color:#0078c9;letter-spacing:-.05em}
h3.respond{margin-top:0;padding-top:20px}
h3.comments{margin-top:32px;padding-left:0}
h3.authors{margin-top:15px}
.top{padding:0;}
.headline{width:685px;float:left;background:#fff;font-size:11.5px;line-height:1.5em; margin:0px 0px 0 0;padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;}
.headline p{padding-bottom:0px}
.featured{width:300px;float:right;margin-right:0px; background-color:#fff;}
.featured .clearfloat{margin-top:7px;margin-bottom:9px}
.featured .info{margin-top:5px;padding-top:5px;float:right;width:185px}
.featured .title{font-weight:normal; font-family:Segoe UI; font-size:20px; color:#ccc; background-color:#202020;padding:0 0 5px 10px; width:290px; border-bottom:inset 2px #ccc;margin-bottom:3px;}
.featured .divider{margin-left:85px}
.headline a img,.featured a img{margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px}
.middle{width:920px;background:#fff;float:right;margin:10px 0 0px;padding:0 10px}
.category{width:164px;float:left;background:#fff;margin:0}
.category span.cat_title,.front-popular h3,.front-list .cat_title{text-transform:lowercase;font-weight:700;font-size:1.5em;letter-spacing:-.05em;margin:0}
.category a{color:#333;display:block;background:none}
.category a:hover{background:none;color:#fff;text-decoration:none}
.bottom{width:990px}
.bottom .clearfloat{margin:0px;}
.front-list{width:605px;background:#fff;line-height:1.1em;float:left;padding:0 10px;}
.front-list blockquote{padding:0 10px}
.front-list .title{font-weight:700;font:2em Georgia;letter-spacing:-.05em}
.front-list .divider{margin-left:216px;margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:15px}
.author{font-size:.8em;font-weight:700}
.meta{margin-top:-5px;font-size:.8em;color:#333}
.content{width:590px;background:#fff;font-size:1.05em;line-height:1.75em;float:left;min-height:400px;padding:10px}
.post{font-size:1.05em;line-height:1.75em}
.post p{margin-top:0}
.post .clearfloat{border-bottom:1px dotted #333;margin:10px 0}
.post ul,.post ol{margin-bottom:15px}
.content h2.title{font-weight:700;font:2.2em Georgia;letter-spacing:-.05em;border-bottom:1px solid #eae9e4;border-top:3px solid #eae9e4;margin-bottom:15px;padding:5px 0}
.content .title{font:1.5em Georgia}
.post ul li{list-style:square;margin-left:30px}
.post ol li{list-style:decimal;margin-left:30px}
.post ol li ul li{list-style:square;margin-left:20px}
.post img,.post a img,.front-list img{border:0;margin:0 10px 0px 0}
.stats{margin-top:-10px;margin-bottom:10px;text-transform:uppercase;font:.8em Arial;display:block;padding:4px}
.stats span{border-right:1px dotted #333;padding:0 5px}
.stats img,.nav img{border:0;margin:0}
.tools{width:590px;height:25px;font-size:.95em}
.sidebar{width:350px;float:right;margin:0}
.sidebar h3{font:1.1em Arial;font-weight:700;background:#333;color:#fff;margin:10px 0 5px;padding:3px 10px}
.sidebar-top,.sidebar-bottom{width:360px;float:right;background:#fff;padding:0 0px; margin-top:3px}
.sidebar-middle{width:360px;float:right;font-size:11px;}
.sidebar-left{width:168px;float:left;background:#fff;padding:0 5px}
.sidebar-right{width:168px;float:right;background:#fff;padding:0 5px}
.sidebar li{list-style:none;border-bottom:1px dotted #bbb;display:block;background:url(images/sub.png) no-repeat 0 0;padding:2px 0 2px 13px}
.sidebar-ads{width:360px;float:right;margin-bottom:3px;background:#fff;padding:3 0px}
.field{border:1px solid #333;background:#fff;font-size:1em;padding:2px}
.commentform input{width:140px;margin:5px 5px 1px 0}
.commentform textarea{width:99%;margin-top:5px}
.commentlist cite{font-style:normal;margin-bottom:4px;display:block}
.commentlist blockquote{background:#ededed}
.commentlist li{color:#4d4d4d;background:#f2f2f2;border-bottom:1px solid #dcdbd7;list-style:none;margin-bottom:3px;padding:10px 14px}
.commentlist li li{background:none;border:none;list-style:square;margin:3px 0 3px 20px;padding:3px 0}
.commenttext{width:502px;float:right}
.commentlist cite strong{font-size:1.1em}
li.my_comment{background:#FFF;border:none}
li.my_comment cite strong{font-size:1.3em;color:#313228}
.commentform small{background:#FFF;font-weight:700;padding:0}
.commentmetadata{color:#4d4d4d;display:block;margin-top:3px;text-align:right}
.commentmetadata a,.commentmetadata a:visited{color:#959382}
.commentlist small{background:#e9e9e9}
.avatar{border:1px solid #56562c;float:left;width:45px;height:45px;margin:15px 8px 6px 0;padding:1px}
.comment{width:590px;background:#fff}
.front-popular{font-size:.7em;color:white;width:980px;background:#f3f3f3;margin:0 auto;padding:10px 10px 0px 10px}

.recentpost,.mostcommented{width:280px;float:left;padding:0 10px}
.mostcommented{margin-left:17px}
.recent_comments{width:280px;float:right;padding:0 10px}
.recentpost ul,.mostcommented ul,.recent_comments ul{margin-top:5px}
.recentpost ul li,.mostcommented ul li,.recent_comments ul li{list-style:none;border-top:1px dotted #fff;display:block;padding:5px}
.recentpost ul li:hover,.mostcommented ul li:hover,.recent_comments ul li:hover{background:#3c57a7;}
.recentpost ul li:first-child,.mostcommented ul li:first-child,.recent_comments ul li:first-child{border-top:0 dotted #fff}
.footer{width:1000px;font-size:.6em;padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;margin:0 auto;background:#202020}
.clearfloat:after{content:".";display:block;height:0;clear:both;visibility:hidden}
.clearfloat{display:block}
.category p,.headline p,.featured p{margin:0}
.front-popular h3,.recentpost a,.mostcommented a,.recent_comments a{color:#000}
.meta a,.stats span a{color:#333}
.post .ads,.sidebar-bottom,.sidebar-middle{margin-top:10px}
.stats span a:hover,.tools a:hover{background:none}
.button,.search .button{border:1px solid #333;background:#fff;font-size:1em;padding:1px}
* html .clearfloat,*+html .clearfloat{height:1%}
#content{position:relative;}
/* Easy Slider */
#slider ul{padding:0;list-style:none;vertical-align:middle;margin-top:0px;}
 #slider li{margin:0;padding:0;list-style:none;vertical-align:middle;margin-top:5px;}
 /* define width and height of list item (slide)entire slider area will adjust according to the parameters provided here	*/ 
#slider li{width:630px;height:225px;}		
#slider li a{color:#3c57a7}
#slider li a:hover{color:silver}
#slider h3{font-family:Segoe UI; font-size:20px; font-weight:normal;}		
/* numeric controls */	
ol#controls{margin:.5em 0;padding:0;height:20px;float:right;}
ol#controls li{margin:0 5px 0 0;padding:0;float:left;list-style:none;height:20px;line-height:20px;}
ol#controls li a{float:left;height:20px;line-height:20px;border:1px solid #ccc;background:black;color:#fff;padding:0 5px;text-decoration:none;}
ol#controls li.current a{background:maroon;color:#fff;}
ol#controls li a:focus, #prevBtn a:focus, #nextBtn a:focus{outline:none;}	
/* // Easy Slider */


.navpadding{margin:8px 10px 0px 0px;}
.navpadding a{color:#b1b1b1;font-size:14px;padding:6px;  }
.navpadding a:active, a:hover {text-decoration:none;color:#666;}
.logo{margin-left:10px;}
.mediapane{width:1000px;background-color:#fff;margin:0px auto;padding:0px 10px}

/*News Article Showcase*/
.article {clear: both;text-align: left;margin-bottom : 25px;}
.articleImage {margin : 2px 10px 4px 4px;float:left;}
.articleimage{float:left; border: 1px solid #8d8d8d;padding: 5px;margin:0px 10px 0px 0px; }	


.custom-button{padding:3px 8px 3px 8px !important;text-decoration:none !important; background-color:black;font-size:11px;margin:0px 10px 0px 0px;color:White !important;}
.custom-button:hover{background-color:maroon;color:white; text-decoration:none;}
.contentpane{float:left;}


.footerlinks{}
.footerlinks h3{margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-size:16px;color:white; font-weight:500;}
.footeritems{ background:url(images/right_arrow.png) no-repeat left;margin-left:10px !important; padding-left:12px !important;}
.footerlinks a {color:silver; font-size:12px;}
.footerlinks a:hover {text-decoration:underline;}


.container{ background-color:#202020; color:White; width:98%; border-bottom:inset 2px #cccccc; padding:2% 0 2% 3%; display:inline-block; margin-bottom:5px;font-weight:600}
.container .title{}