/*
Theme Name: MEERC (meerc)
Theme URI: 
Description: MayeCreate Generated Theme
Version: 1.0
Author: MN
Author URI: 
Tags: fixed width, three columns, valid XHTML, widgets
*/

/* begin Page */
/* FOR HTML5 SUPPORT */
article, aside, figcaption, figure, footer, header, hgroup, nav, section {
    display: block;
}

body {
	font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size:16px;
	color:#333;
	padding:0;
	margin:0;
	line-height:160%;
	background:url(images/bg_gradient.jpg) top left repeat-x #FCEED0; /*#333  golden cream */
}
#primary {
	padding:0 27px 10px 0;
	width:997px;
	background:url(images/m_bg_sheet.png) 0 0 repeat-y;
}
#search {
	float:right;
	width:280px;
	margin-top:10px;
}
#secondary {
	padding-bottom:1.3em;
}
.clear{
	float: none;
	clear: both;
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
	border: none;
}
form {
	padding:0 !important;
	margin:0 !important;
}
header {
	width:1024px;
	margin:0 auto;
}
a #logo {
	float:left;
	margin:50px 27px 40px 25px;
	width:283px;
	height:50px;
	background:url(images/sprite_meerc.png) 0 0 no-repeat;
	text-indent:-999em;
}
#top_img {
	float:left;
	display:block;
	background:url(images/sprite_meerc.png) -304px 0 no-repeat;
	width:660px;
	height:148px;
}
/*	NAVIGATION 	*/
nav {
}
nav ul {
	margin:0 0 0 7px;
	padding:0;
	list-style:none;
}
nav li {
	display:inline;
	margin:0;
	padding:0;
}
nav a {
	float:left;
	margin:0;
	padding:9px 15px 7px 15px;
	border-bottom-width:6px;
	border-bottom-style:solid;
	border-bottom-color:#F1B82D;
	text-decoration:none;
	font-size:1em;
	color:#333;
}
nav a:hover {
	color:#6C6C71; /* lighter grey */
	background:url(images/nav_arrow.gif) bottom center no-repeat;
	text-decoration:none;
}
nav li.current_page_item a, nav li.current_page_parent a, nav li.current_page_ancestor a {
	color:#6C6C71; /* lighter grey */
	border-bottom-color:#F6CF71; /* active border */
	background:url(images/nav_arrow.gif) bottom center no-repeat;
}

/*		IMAGES	 */
a img {
	border: 0;
}
.article img, img.article {
	margin: 1em;
}

.metadata-icons img {
	border: none;
	vertical-align: middle;
	margin:2px;
}
/*	LINKS	 */
a:link, a:visited, a.visited {
	color:#195085; /* link blue */
	text-decoration:none;
}
a:hover, a.hover, a:active, a.active {
	color:#1F63A7; /* hover blue */
	text-decoration:underline;
}

/*	H1 - H6		*/
h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6,
h1 a, h2 a, h3 a, h4 a, h5 a, h6 a
h1 a:hover, h2 a:hover, h3 a:hover, h4 a:hover, h5 a:hover, h6 a:hover
h1 a:visited, h2 a:visited, h3 a:visited, h4 a:visited, h5 a:visited, h6 a:visited
{
	font-family:"Palatino Linotype", "Book Antiqua", Palatino, serif;
	color:#333;
	font-style:normal;
	font-weight:normal;
	line-height:120%;
	margin:.4em 0 .6em 0;
}

h1 {
	font-size:2em;
}
h1 em {
	font-size:.75em;
}
h1 a:link, h1 a:visited, h1 a:hover {
}
h2{
	font-size:1.5em;
}
h2 a:link, h2 a:visited {
	color:#195085; /* link blue */
}
h3 {
	font-size:1.25em;
}
h3 a:link, h3 a:visited {}
h4 {
	font-size:1.125em;
}
h4 a:link, h4 a:visited {
}
h5 {}
h5 a:link, h5 a:visited {
}
h6, h6 a, h6 a:link, h6 a:visited {
}
h1 a:hover, h2 a:hover, h3 a:hover, h4 a:hover, h5 a:hover, h6 a:hover {
	color:#1F63A7; /* hover blue */
}
p {
	margin-top:.7em;
	padding:0;
} 
em {
	color:#000;
	font-style:italic;
	font-weight:bold;
}
.numeral {
	font-family:"Palatino Linotype", "Book Antiqua", Palatino, serif;
	font-size:1.5em;
	color:#F1B82D; /* gold */
	font-style:italic;
}
/* LISTS ITEMS
----------------------------------------------*/
ol, ul {
	margin:1em 0 1em 2em;
	padding:0;
}
ul {
	list-style-type: none;
}
ol {
	list-style-position:inside;	
}
li ol, li ul {
	margin:0.5em 0 0.5em 2em;
	padding:0;
}
ul li {
	list-style-image:url(images/bullets.jpg);
}
li {
	margin:0.2em 0;
	padding:0;
}

/* 	COMMENTS 	 */
.commentlist, .commentlist li {
	background: none;
}
.commentlist li li {
	margin-left:1.5em;
}
.commentlist li .avatar {
	float: right;
	border: 1px solid #eee;
	padding: 2px;
	margin:1px;
	background: #fff;
}
.commentlist li cite {
	font-size:1.2em;
}
#commentform textarea {
	width: 100%;
}
img.wp-smiley {
	border:none;
	margin:0;
	padding:0;
}
/* Recommended by http://codex.wordpress.org/CSS */
/* 	ALIGNMENT  */
.aligncenter, div.aligncenter, .article .aligncenter img, .aligncenter img.article, .aligncenter img, img.aligncenter {
	display: block;
	margin-left: auto;
	margin-right: auto;
}
.alignleft {
	float: left;
}
.alignright {
	float: right;
}
.alignright img, img.alignright {
	margin: 1em;
	margin-right: 0;
}
.alignleft img, img.alignleft {
	margin: 1em;
	margin-left: 0;
}
/* 	CAPTIONS 	*/
.wp-caption {
	border: 1px solid #ddd;
	text-align: center;
	background-color: #f3f3f3;
	padding-top: 4px;
	margin: 10px;
}
.wp-caption img {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
	border: 0 none;
}
.wp-caption p.wp-caption-text {
	font-size: 11px;
	line-height: 17px;
	padding: 0 4px 5px;
	margin: 0;
}
/* 			CUSTOM THEME STYLING			*/
#second_nav {
	margin-bottom:1.5em;
}
#second_nav h2 {
	margin-left:26px;
}
#second_nav .children
{ display: none; }
#second_nav .current_page_item .children,
#second_nav .current_page_ancestor .children,
#second_nav .current_page_parent .children
{ display: block;
  margin-bottom:.5em;
 }
#second_nav ul {
	margin:0;
	padding:0;
}
#second_nav li {
	padding:8px 0 0 14px;
	width:263px;
	background:url(images/sprite_meerc.png) 0 -311px no-repeat;
	list-style-image:none;
}
#second_nav li.page-item-15 { background:url(images/sprite_meerc.png) -1581px -21px no-repeat; }
#second_nav li.page-item-17 { background:url(images/sprite_meerc.png) -1318px -70px no-repeat; }
#second_nav li.page-item-19 { background:url(images/sprite_meerc.png) -1055px -117px no-repeat; }
#second_nav li.page-item-21 { background:url(images/sprite_meerc.png) -791px -166px no-repeat; }
#second_nav li.page-item-23 { background:url(images/sprite_meerc.png) -528px -215px no-repeat; }
#second_nav li.page-item-25 { background:url(images/sprite_meerc.png) -264px -263px no-repeat; }
#second_nav li a {
	color:#333;
	padding-bottom:13px;
	font-family:"Palatino Linotype", "Book Antiqua", Palatino, serif;
	font-style:italic;
	font-weight:bold;
	display:block;
}
#second_nav li a:hover {
	color:#000;
	text-decoration:none;
}
#second_nav li .children li {
	background:0 none;
	padding-top:0;
	padding-bottom:0;
}
#second_nav li .children li a {
	color:#37719F;
}
#second_nav li .children li a:hover {
	color:#1F63A7; /* hover blue */
}
#second_nav .children li.current_page_item {
	color:#1F63A7; /* hover blue */
	background:url(images/nav_tertiary_active.gif) 0 7px no-repeat;
}
/* LAYOUT
----------------------------------------------*/
aside#sidebar {
	float:left;
	width:310px;
}
.content1 { /* content next to centers navigation */
	float:left;
	margin-left:26px;
	width:660px;
}
.content_wide {
	width:972px;
	margin-left:26px;
	margin-right:26px;
}
.content-full {}
.one_half { /* for center landing pages */
	margin-top:2em;
	float:left;
	height:175px;
	width:312px;
	border-right:1px solid #F7D686; /* light gold */
	padding-right:10px;
	margin-right:20px;
}
.one_third { /* for home page featured news */
	float:left;
	height: 90px;
	width:308px;
	border-right:1px solid #F7D686; /* light gold */
	padding-right:10px;
}
.last {
	border-right:0 none;
	padding-right:0;
	margin-right:0;
}
/* FOOTER
----------------------------------------------*/
footer .content_wide {
	border-top:1px solid #F1B82C; /* gold */
	padding-top:10px;
}
footer ul.centers {
	list-style:none;
	position:relative;
	float:left;
	display:block;
	left:50%;
	margin:0 0 20px 0;
	padding:0;
}
footer ul.centers li {
	position:relative;
	float:left;
	display:block;
	right:50%;
	padding-right:20px;
	padding-left:20px;
}
footer ul.centers li a {
	color:#666;
	font-family:"Palatino Linotype", "Book Antiqua", Palatino, serif;
}
.centers li a span {
	font-style:italic;
	font-weight:bold;
}
footer nav {
	font-size:.9em;
}
footer nav ul {
	list-style:none;
	position:relative;
	float:left;
	display:block;
	left:50%;
}
footer nav ul li {
	position:relative;
	float:left;
	display:block;
	right:50%;
}
footer nav ul li a, footer nav ul li.current_page_item a {
	border-bottom:none;
	background:none;
	border-right:1px solid #F1B82C; /* gold */
	padding:0 9px;
	line-height:110%;
}
footer nav ul li.current_page_item a, footer nav ul li.current_page_parent a, footer nav ul li.current_page_ancestor a{
	color:#1F63A7; /* hover blue */
	background:none;
	border-bottom:0 none;
}
footer nav ul li a:hover {
	background:none;
	border-bottom:0 none;
	color:#1F63A7; /* hover blue */
}
#footer_outside {
	width:1038px;
	margin:0 auto;
	padding-top:10px;
	text-align:center;
	font-size:.75em;
	color:#6C6C71; /* lighter grey */
	background:url(images/bg_bottom.png) top center no-repeat;
}
/* BUTTONS
----------------------------------------------*/
.actionbutton {
	margin:10px 0;
	padding:.8em 0;
}
.actionbutton a:link, .actionbutton a:visited {
	background:url(images/actionbutton.jpg) 0 0 repeat-x;
	padding:8px 13px;
	font-size:1.5em;
	color:#000;
	font-family:"Palatino Linotype", "Book Antiqua", Palatino, serif;
}
.actionbutton a:hover, .actionbutton a:active {
	background:url(images/actionbutton.jpg) 0 -44px repeat-x #F7D685;
	color:#000;
	text-decoration:none;
}
.button {
	margin:8px 0;
}
.button a:link, .button a:visited {
	background:url(images/actionbutton.jpg) 0 0 repeat-x;
	padding:4px 8px 6px 8px;
	font-size:1.2em;
	color:#000;
	font-family:"Palatino Linotype", "Book Antiqua", Palatino, serif;
}
.button a:hover, .button a:active {
	background:url(images/actionbutton.jpg) 0 -44px repeat-x #F7D685;
	color:#000;
	text-decoration:none;
}
/* HOME PAGE
----------------------------------------------*/
.meta {
	font-size:.8em;
	color:#666;
}
.one_third h4 {
	margin-bottom:0;
}

.tabTitle {
	background:url(images/sprite_meerc.png) 0 -99px no-repeat;
	padding:18px 36px 0 25px;
	width:202px;
	height:31px;
}
.tabTitle h3, .tabTitle h3 em {
	font-size:1em;
	color:#333;
	padding:0;
	margin:0;
}
.homepageThumb {
	height:75px;
	float:left;
	margin:10px 15px 12px 0;
}
/* PAGE OF POSTS
----------------------------------------------*/
.divider {
	margin-top:.7em;
	margin-bottom:.9em;
	border-top:1px solid #F7D686; /* light gold */
}
article.link {
	background:#FDF3DD;
	padding:.8em 1em;
}
article.link h2, article.link p {
	margin:0;
	margin-bottom:.3em;
}
article h2 {
	margin-bottom:0;
}
.Block {
	margin-left:26px;
}
.BlockHeader {
	font-family:"Palatino Linotype", "Book Antiqua", Palatino, serif;
	color:#333;
	font-style:normal;
	font-weight:normal;
	line-height:120%;
	margin:.4em 0 .6em 0;
	font-size:1.5em;
}
li h4 {
	margin-bottom:0;
}
.one_half .affiliate-thumb, .one_half article {
	height:75px;
	margin-bottom:10px;
}
#featuredProject {
	padding-top:1em;
}
.affiliate-org {
	float:left;
	margin:1em;
	margin-left:0;
}
.director-img img {
	float:left;
	margin: 0 1em 1em 0;
}
/* RESEARCH CENTER FIGURE
----------------------------------------------*/
.figure1 {
	background:url(images/centers_figure1.jpg) center center no-repeat;
	height:500px;
}
.figure1 ul {
	list-style:none;
}
.figure1 li {
	width:145px;
	float:left;
	display:block;
	background:0 none;
	text-align:center;
	color:#999;
}
.figure1 li a {
	font-family:"Palatino Linotype", "Book Antiqua", Palatino, serif;
	font-size:1.3em;
}
.figure1 li#one {
	margin-left:30px;
	margin-top:115px;
	width:115px;
}
.figure1 li#two {
}
.figure1 li#three {
}
.figure1 li#four {
	margin-top:105px;
}
.figure1 li#five {
	clear:left;
	margin-top:25px;
}
.figure1 li#six {
	margin-left:300px;
	margin-top:35px;
}
/* COLLAPSEOMATIC
----------------------------------------------*/
.collapseomatic {
	background:url(images/collapseomatic_arrow.gif) 0 6px no-repeat !important;
	color:#195085; /* link blue */

}
.colomat-close {
	background:url(images/collapseomatic_arrow_on.gif) 0 6px no-repeat !important;
	color:#1F63A7; /* hover blue */
}