/*---:[ Thesis CSS reset ]:---*/
* {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
}
h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 {
	font-weight: normal;
}
table {
	border-collapse: collapse;
	border-spacing: 0;
}
img, abbr, acronym, fieldset {
	border: 0;
}
code {
	line-height: 1em;
}
pre {
	overflow: auto;
	clear: both;
}
sub, sup {
	line-height: 0.5em;
}
img, .wp-caption {
	max-width: 100%;
	height: auto;
}
iframe, video, embed, object {
	display: block;
	max-width: 100%;
}
img {
	display: block;
}
.left, .alignleft, img[align="left"] {
	display: block;
	float: left;
}
.right, .alignright, img[align="right"] {
	display: block;
	float: right;
}
.center, .aligncenter, img[align="middle"] {
	display: block;
	margin-right: auto;
	margin-left: auto;
	text-align: center;
	float: none;
	clear: both;
}
.block, .alignnone {
	display: block;
	clear: both;
}
.wp-smiley {
	display: inline;
}
/*---:[ layout structure ]:---*/
body {
	font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
	font-size: 14px;
	line-height: 24px;
	color: #111111;
	background-image: url(images/background.jpg);
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	background-position: center top;
	background-color: #aa7323;
}
body.landing {
	padding-top: 0;
}
.container {
	width: 990px;
	margin: 0 auto 20px;
	background-color: #FFFFFF;
	-webkit-box-shadow:  1px 1px 6px -1px #000;
    box-shadow:  1px 1px 6px -1px #000;
}
.landing .container {
	width: 690px;
}
.columns, .columns > .content, .columns > .sidebar {
	-webkit-box-sizing: border-box;
	-moz-box-sizing: border-box;
	box-sizing: border-box;
}
.columns > .content {
	width: 690px;
	float: left;
	border-width: 0 1px 0 0;
	border-style: solid;
	border-color: #E6E6E6;
}
.columns > .sidebar {
	width: 300px;
	float: right;
	padding: 24px 24px 0 24px;
}
/*---:[ links ]:---*/
a {
	color: #143162;
	text-decoration: none;
}
p a {
	text-decoration: underline;
}
p a:hover {
	text-decoration: none;
}
/*---:[ nav menu ]:---*/
.menu {
	position: relative;
	z-index: 50;
	list-style: none;
	border-width: 0 0 1px 0;
	border-style: solid;
}
.menu li {
	position: relative;
	float: left;
	margin-bottom: -1px;
}
.menu .sub-menu {
	position: absolute;
	left: -1px;
	display: none;
	list-style: none;
	z-index: 110;
	margin-top: -1px;
}
.menu .sub-menu .sub-menu {
	top: 0;
	left: 8.9375em;
	margin: 0 0 0 -1px;
}
.menu li:hover > .sub-menu {
	display: block;
}
.menu .sub-menu li {
	width: 15em;
	clear: both;
}
.menu a, .menu_control {
	display: block;
	font-size: 11px;
	line-height: 1em;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	letter-spacing: 1px;
	color: #fff;
	border-width: 1px 1px 0 0;
	border-style: solid;
	background-color: #000;
	padding: 0.75em 1em;
}
.menu a:hover {
	background-color: #666;
}
.menu_control {
	display: none;
	background-color: #aa7323;
}
.menu .sub-menu a {
	border-left-width: 1px;
}
.menu, .menu a, .menu .sub-menu {
	border-color: #000;
}
.menu .current-menu-item > a {
	background-color: #aa7323;
	cursor: text;
	border-bottom: 1px solid #aa7323;
}
.menu .sub-menu .current-menu-item > a {
	border-bottom-color: #FFFFFF;
}
#menu-main > li > a{
	border-radius: 0;
}
/*---:[ header ]:---*/
.header {
	border-bottom: none;
	padding: 24px;
}
.landing .header {
	text-align: center;
}
#site_title {
	font-size: 37px;
	line-height: 1.32em;
	font-weight: bold;
	color: #111111;
}
#site_title a {
	color: #111111;
}
#site_title a:hover {
	color: #143162;
}
#site_tagline {
	font-size: 14px;
	color: #888888;
	line-height: 1.32em;
}
/*---:[ golden ratio typography with spaced paragraphs ]:---*/
.grt, .grt h3 {
	font-size: 14px;
	line-height: 24px;
}
.grt .headline {
	font-size: 23px;
	line-height: 36px;
	margin: 0;
}
.grt h2 {
	font-size: 18px;
	line-height: 29px;
	margin-top: 36px;
	margin-bottom: 12px;
}
.grt .small, .grt .caption {
	font-size: 11px;
	line-height: 20px;
}
.grt .drop_cap {
	font-size: 48px;
	line-height: 1em;
	margin-right: 0.15em;
	float: left;
}
.grt p, .grt ul, .grt ol, .grt blockquote, .grt pre, .grt dl, .grt dd, .grt .center, .grt .block, .grt .caption, .post_box .aligncenter, .post_box .alignnone, .post_box .post_image, .post_box .post_image_box, .post_box .wp-caption, .post_box .wp-post-image, .post_box .alert, .post_box .note, .headline_area {
	margin-bottom: 24px;
}
.grt ul, .grt ol, .grt .stack {
	margin-left: 24px;
}
.grt ul ul, .grt ul ol, .grt ol ul, .grt ol ol, .wp-caption p, .post_box .alert p:last-child, .post_box .note p:last-child, .post_content blockquote.right p, .post_content blockquote.left p {
	margin-bottom: 0;
}
.grt .left, .post_box .alignleft, .post_box .ad_left {
	margin-bottom: 24px;
	margin-right: 24px;
}
.grt .right, .post_box .alignright, .post_box .ad {
	margin-bottom: 24px;
	margin-left: 24px;
}
.grt .caption {
	margin-top: -12px;
	color: #888888;
}
/*---:[ golden ratio pullquotes ]:---*/
.grt blockquote.right, .grt blockquote.left {
	font-size: 23px;
	line-height: 33px;
	width: 45%;
	margin-bottom: 12px;
}
.grt blockquote.right, .grt blockquote.left { 
	padding-left: 0;
	border: 0;
}
/*---:[ post box styles ]:---*/
.post_box {
	padding: 24px 24px 0 24px;
	border-top: 1px dotted #E6E6E6;
}
.top {
	border-top: 0;
}
.post_box .headline, .headline a {
	color: #111111;
}
.headline a:hover {
	color: #143162;
}
.byline, .byline a {
	color: #888888;
}
.byline a {
	border-bottom: 1px solid #E6E6E6;
}
.byline a, .post_author, .post_date {
	text-transform: uppercase;
	letter-spacing: 1px;
}
.byline a:hover, .num_comments {
	color: #111111;
}
.byline .post_edit {
	margin-left: 12px;
}
.byline .post_edit:first-child {
	margin-left: 0;
}
.post_author_intro, .post_date_intro, .byline .post_cats_intro {
	font-style: italic;
}
.post_box h2, .post_box h3 {
	color: #111111;
}
.post_box h3 {
	font-weight: bold;
}
.post_box ul {
	list-style-type: square;
}
.post_box blockquote {
	color: #888888;
	margin-left: 12px;
	padding-left: 12px;
	border-left: 1px solid #E6E6E6;
}
.post_box code {
	font-family: Consolas, Monaco, Menlo, Courier, Verdana, sans-serif;
}
.post_box pre {
	font-family: Consolas, Monaco, Menlo, Courier, Verdana, sans-serif;
	background-color: #FFFFFF;
	padding: 12px;
	-webkit-tab-size: 4;
	-moz-tab-size: 4;
	tab-size: 4;
}
.post_content li a {
	text-decoration: underline;
}
.post_content li a:hover {
	text-decoration: none;
}
.post_box .frame, .post_box .post_image_box, .post_box .wp-caption {
	border: 1px solid #E6E6E6;
	background-color: #FFFFFF;
	padding: 12px;
}
.post_box .wp-caption img, .post_box .post_image_box .post_image, .post_box .thumb {
	margin-bottom: 12px;
}
.wp-caption.aligncenter img {
	margin-right: auto;
	margin-left: auto;
}
.wp-caption .wp-caption-text .wp-smiley {
	display: inline;
	margin-bottom: 0;
}
.post_box .wp-caption p {
	font-size: 11px;
	line-height: 20px;
}
.post_box .author_description {
	border-top: 1px dotted #E6E6E6;
	padding-top: 24px;
}
.post_box .author_description_intro {
	font-weight: bold;
}
.post_box .avatar {
	width: 56px;
	height: 56px;
	float: right;
	clear: both;
	margin-left: 12px;
}
.post_box .author_description .avatar {
	width: 96px;
	height: 96px;
	float: left;
	margin-right: 12px;
	margin-left: 0;
}
.post_box .post_cats, .post_box .post_tags {
	color: #888888;
}
.post_box .alert, .post_box .note {
	padding: 12px;
}
.post_box .alert {
	background-color: #ff9;
	border: 1px solid #e6e68a;
}
.post_box .note {
	background-color: #FFFFFF;
	border: 1px solid #E6E6E6;
}
.landing .headline_area {
	text-align: center;
}
/*---:[ other post box styles ]:---*/
.num_comments_link {
	display: inline-block;
	color: #888888;
	text-decoration: none;
	margin-bottom: 24px;
}
.num_comments_link:hover {
	text-decoration: underline;
}
.bracket, .num_comments {
	font-size: 24px;
}
.bracket {
	color: #E6E6E6;
}
/*---:[ misc. content elements ]:---*/
.archive_intro {
	border-width: 0 0 1px 0;
	border-style: solid;
	border-color: #E6E6E6;
}
.archive_intro .headline {
	margin-bottom: 24px;
}
.prev_next {
	clear: both;
	color: #888888;
	border-top: 1px solid #E6E6E6;
	padding: 12px 24px;
}
.prev_next .next_posts {
	float: right;
}
.previous_posts, .next_posts {
	display: block;
	font-size: 11px;
	line-height: 20px;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	letter-spacing: 2px;
}
.previous_posts a:hover, .next_posts a:hover {
	text-decoration: underline;
}
/*---:[ comments ]:---*/
#comments {
	margin-top: 48px;
}
.comments_intro {
	color: #888888;
	margin-bottom: 12px;
	padding: 0 24px;
}
.comments_closed {
	font-size: 11px;
	line-height: 20px;
	color: #888888;
	margin: 0 24px 24px 24px;
}
.comment_list {
	list-style-type: none;
	margin-bottom: 48px;
	border-top: 1px dotted #E6E6E6;
}
.comment {
	border-bottom: 1px dotted #E6E6E6;
	padding: 24px;
}
.children .comment {
	list-style-type: none;
	margin-top: 24px;
	border-left: 1px solid #E6E6E6;
	border-bottom: 0;
	padding: 0 0 0 24px;
}
.children .bypostauthor {
	background-color: transparent;
	border-color: #143162;
}
.comment .comment_head {
	margin-bottom: 12px;
}
.children .comment_head {
	margin-bottom: 0;
}
.comment .comment_author {
	font-weight: bold;
}
.comment_date {
	font-size: 11px;
	margin-left: 12px;
	color: #888888;
}
.comment_date a {
	color: #888888;
}
.comment_footer a {
	font-size: 11px;
	line-height: 20px;
	color: #888888;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	letter-spacing: 1px;
	margin-left: 12px;
}
.comment_head a:hover, .comment_footer a:hover, .comment_nav a:hover {
	text-decoration: underline;
}
.comment_footer a:first-child {
	margin-left: 0;
}
.comment .avatar {
	width: 48px;
	height: 48px;
	float: right;
	margin-left: 12px;
}
.comment_nav {
	font-size: 11px;
	line-height: 20px;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	letter-spacing: 1px;
	border-style: dotted;
	border-color: #E6E6E6;
	padding: 12px 24px;
}
.comment_nav_top {
	border-width: 1px 0 0 0;
}
.comment_nav_bottom {
	margin: -48px 0 48px 0;
	border-width: 0 0 1px 0;
}
.next_comments {
	float: right;
}
/*---:[ inputs ]:---*/
.input_text {
	font-size: inherit;
	line-height: 1em;
	font-family: inherit;
	font-weight: inherit;
	color: #111111;
	border: 1px solid #E6E6E6;
	background-color: #FFFFFF;
	padding: 0.35em;
	-webkit-box-sizing: border-box;
	-moz-box-sizing: border-box;
	box-sizing: border-box;
}
.input_text:focus {
	border-color: #FFFFFF;
	background-color: #aa7323;
}
textarea.input_text {
	line-height: 24px;
}
.input_submit {
	font-size: 18px;
	line-height: 1em;
	font-family: inherit;
	font-weight: bold;
	border: 3px double #E6E6E6;
	background: #FFFFFF url('images/bg-button.png') repeat-x;
	padding: 0.5em;
	cursor: pointer;
	overflow: visible;
}
/*---:[ comment form ]:---*/
#commentform {
	margin: 48px 0;
	padding: 0 24px;
}
.comment #commentform {
	margin-top: 0;
	padding-right: 0;
	padding-left: 0;
}
.comment_form_title {
	font-size: 18px;
	line-height: 29px;
	color: #111111;
	margin: 0 -24px;
	border-bottom: 1px dotted #E6E6E6;
	padding: 0 24px 12px 24px;
}
#commentform label {
	display: block;
}
#commentform p {
	margin-bottom: 12px;
}
#commentform p .required {
	color: #d00;
}
.comment_moderated {
	font-weight: bold;
}
#commentform .input_text {
	width: 50%;
}
#commentform textarea.input_text {
	width: 100%;
}
#cancel-comment-reply-link {
	float: right;
	font-size: 11px;
	line-height: inherit;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	letter-spacing: 1px;
	color: #143162;
}
#cancel-comment-reply-link:hover {
	text-decoration: underline;
}
.login_alert {
	font-weight: bold;
	border: 1px solid #E6E6E6;
	background-color: #FFFFFF;
}
/*---:[ sidebar ]:---*/
.sidebar {
	font-size: 11px;
	line-height: 17px;
	min-height: 300px;		
	background: #f1d1a6;
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background: -moz-linear-gradient(top,  #f1d1a6 0%, #ffffff 100%);
background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%,#f1d1a6), color-stop(100%,#ffffff));
background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top,  #f1d1a6 0%,#ffffff 100%);
background: -o-linear-gradient(top,  #f1d1a6 0%,#ffffff 100%);
background: -ms-linear-gradient(top,  #f1d1a6 0%,#ffffff 100%);
background: linear-gradient(to bottom,  #f1d1a6 0%,#ffffff 100%);
filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient( startColorstr='#f1d1a6', endColorstr='#ffffff',GradientType=0 );

}
	
.sidebar .headline, .sidebar .sidebar_heading, .sidebar .widget_title {
	font-size: 14px;
	line-height: 21px;
}
.sidebar .sidebar_heading, .sidebar .widget_title {
	font-variant: small-caps;
	letter-spacing: 1px;
	margin-bottom: 9px;
}
.sidebar .input_submit {
	font-size: inherit;
}
.sidebar p, .sidebar ul, .sidebar ol, .sidebar blockquote, .sidebar pre, .sidebar dl, .sidebar dd, .sidebar .left, .sidebar .alignleft, .sidebar .ad_left, .sidebar .right, .sidebar .alignright, .sidebar .ad, .sidebar .center, .sidebar .aligncenter, .sidebar .block, .sidebar .alignnone {
	margin-bottom: 17px;
}
.sidebar .left, .sidebar .alignleft, .sidebar .ad_left {
	margin-right: 17px;
}
.sidebar ul ul, .sidebar ul ol, .sidebar ol ul, .sidebar ol ol, .sidebar .right, .sidebar .alignright, .sidebar .ad, .sidebar .stack {
	margin-left: 17px;
}
.sidebar ul ul, .sidebar ul ol, .sidebar ol ul, .sidebar ol ol, .wp-caption p, .sidebar .post_excerpt p {
	margin-bottom: 0;
}
.widget, .sidebar .text_box, .sidebar .thesis_email_form, .sidebar .query_box {
	margin-bottom: 34px;
}
.sidebar .thesis_email_form .input_text, .widget li {
	margin-bottom: 9px;
}
.sidebar .search-form .input_text, .sidebar .thesis_email_form .input_text {
	width: 100%;
}
.sidebar .query_box .post_author, .sidebar .query_box .post_date {
	color: #888888;
}
.sidebar .post_content, .widget li ul, .widget li ol {
	margin-top: 9px;
}
.widget ul {
	list-style-type: none;
}
.widget li a:hover {
	text-decoration: underline;
}
/*---:[ footer ]:---*/
.footer {
	font-size: 11px;
	line-height: 20px;
	text-align: right;
	color: #888888;
	border-top: 3px double #E6E6E6;
	padding: 12px 24px;
	margin-top:24px;
}
.footer a {
	color: #888888;
	text-decoration: none;
}
.footer a:hover {
	color: #111111;
}
.landing .footer {
	text-align: center;
}
/*---:[ media queries ]:---*/
@media all and (max-width: 990px) {
	body {
		padding-top: 0;
	}
	.container, .landing .container {
		width: auto;
		max-width: 690px;
	}
	.header {
		border-top: 1px solid #E6E6E6;
	}
	.landing .header {
		border-top: 0;
	}
	.columns > .content {
		float: none;
		width: 100%;
		border: 0;
	}
	.columns > .sidebar {
		float: none;
		width: 100%;
		border-top: 3px double #E6E6E6;
	}
	.menu_control {
		display: block;
		width: 100%;
		border-width: 0;
		background-color: #aa7323;
		padding: 1em 24px;
		cursor: pointer;
		-webkit-box-sizing: border-box;
		-moz-box-sizing: border-box;
		box-sizing: border-box;
	}
	.menu {
		display: none;
		width: 100%;
		border-width: 1px 0 0 0;
		clear: both;
	}
	.show_menu {
		display: block;
	}
	.menu .sub-menu {
		position: static;
		display: block;
		margin: 0;
		border-top: 1px solid #E6E6E6;
		padding-left: 24px;
	}
	.menu li {
		width: 100%;
		float: none;
		margin-bottom: 0;
	}
	.menu .sub-menu li {
		width: 100%;
	}
	.menu a {
		border-width: 1px 1px 0 0;
		background-color: #aa7323;
		padding: 1em 24px;
		
	}
	.menu .current-menu-item > a {
		background-color: #FFFFFF;
	}
	.menu > li > a {
		border-left-width: 1px;
	}
	.menu li:first-child > a:first-child {
		border-top-width: 0;
	}
	.sidebar .search-form .input_text, .sidebar .thesis_email_form .input_text {
		width: 50%;
	}
	#menu-main > li > a {
		border-radius: 0;
	}
	.menu > li > a {
    border-width: 0;
    }
}
@media all and (max-width: 690px) {
	.menu a {
		border-right-width: 0;
		border-radius: 0;
	}
	.menu > li > a {
		border-left-width: 0;
	}
	.post_box .frame, .post_box .post_image_box, .post_box .wp-caption {
		-webkit-box-sizing: border-box;
		-moz-box-sizing: border-box;
		box-sizing: border-box;
	}
	#menu-main > li > a {
		border-radius: 0;
	}
	.menu > li > a {
    border-width: 0;
    }
}
@media all and (max-width: 450px) {
	.menu a, .menu_control {
		padding: 1em 12px;
	}
	.header, .columns > .sidebar, .post_box, .prev_next, .comments_intro, .comment, .comment_nav, #commentform, .comment_form_title, .footer {
		padding-right: 12px;
		padding-left: 12px;
	}
	.menu .sub-menu, .children .comment {
		padding-left: 12px;
	}
	.comments_closed, .login_alert {
		margin-right: 12px;
		margin-left: 12px;
	}
	.comment_form_title {
		margin-left: -12px;
		margin-right: -12px;
	}
	.right, .alignright, img[align="right"], .left, .alignleft, img[align="left"] {
		float: none;
	}
	.grt .right, .grt .left, .post_box .alignright, .post_box .alignleft, .grt blockquote.right, .grt blockquote.left {
		margin-right: 0;
		margin-left: 0;
	}
	.post_author:after {
		content: 'a';
		height: 0;
		white-space: pre;
		display: block;
	}
	.grt blockquote.right, .grt blockquote.left, #commentform .input_text, .sidebar .search-form .input_text, .sidebar .thesis_email_form .input_text {
		width: 100%;
	}
	.post_box blockquote {
		margin-left: 0;
	}
	.comment_date {
		display: none;
	}
	#menu-main > li > a {
		border-radius: 0;
	}
	.menu > li > a {
    border-width: 0;
    }
}
/*---:[ clearfix ]:---*/
.columns:after, .menu:after, .post_box:after, .post_content:after, .author_description:after, .sidebar:after, .query_box:after, .prev_next:after, .comment_text:after, .comment_nav:after {
	content: "."; display: block; height: 0; clear: both; visibility: hidden;
}
#header {
	padding: 0;
}
#header #site_title a, #header #site_tagline {
	display: none;
}

/*---:[ custom CSS ]:---*/
#header img {

}

.menu {
	border-width: 0 0 1px;
}
#menu-main  {
	margin-left:0;
	background-color: #000;
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	background-position: top;
}
#menu-item-6 a {  /* Home Item  */
/*	border-left-width: 1px; */
} 

#menu-main a {
	font-weight: normal;
	text-transform: uppercase;
}
#menu-main > .menu-item-has-children > a {
	padding-right: 20px;
	background-image: url(images/arrow-down.png);
	background-position: right center;
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
}
#menu-main .sub-menu .menu-item-has-children > a {
	padding-right: 20px;
	background-image: url(images/arrow-right.png);
	background-position: right center;
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
}
#menu-main-1 {
	font-size: 14px;
}
		
span.menu_control {
	background-color: #fff;
}

h2.point {
	background-image: url(images/icon.png);
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	background-position: left;
	padding-left: 60px;
}
.file-link img {
	display: inline;
	margin-top:-4px;
	margin-right:10px;
}
.file-link {
	margin-bottom: 20px;
}
.box {
    background: -moz-linear-gradient(center top , #F5EADC 0%, #FFFFFF 100%) repeat scroll 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);
}
.places-list, .box {
    border-radius: 10px;
}
q {
	color: #dd4747;
	font-style: italic;
}
cite {
	color: #666;
	font-style: italic;
}