/*Featured Area*/

#featured{
border:1px solid #aaa;
border-top:none;
}

.featured{
border-left:1px solid #aaa;  
background: #fff url(../images/preload.gif) no-repeat center center;
}

.preloading_background{
background: transparent url(../images/preload.gif) no-repeat 50% 50%;
}

.fadeout{
background: transparent url(../images/overlay.png) repeat-y right top;
}

.bottom_left_rounded_corner{
background: transparent url(../images/rounded.png) no-repeat left bottom;
}
.bottom_right_rounded_corner{
background: transparent url(../images/rounded.png) no-repeat right bottom;
}

.feature_excerpt{
background: transparent url(../images/transparency.png) repeat 0 0;
border-top:1px solid #eee;
}

#featured a{
color:#000;
font-size: 18px;
font-weight: normal;
}

.slidecontrolls span{
background:transparent url(../images/slide_controlls.png) no-repeat top right;
}

.slidecontrolls .active_item, .slidecontrolls span:hover{
background:transparent url(../images/slide_controlls.png) no-repeat top left;
}

.newsselect{
border-left:1px solid #e1e1e1;
background: #fff;
}

.newsselect .single_item{
border-bottom:1px solid #e1e1e1;
}

.newsselect .single_item:hover, .newsselect .active_item{
background-color: #f1f1f1;
text-shadow:1px 1px 0 #FFFFFF;
}

/*Featuread Area*/


#featured, .featured, .fadeout, .newsselect{ 
height:380px; 			/*this changes the height of the image slider*/
}

#feature_wrap{
width:959px;
position: relative;
margin-left:20px;
font-weight: normal;

}

#featured{
position: relative;
width:957px;
overflow: hidden;
}

.featured{
width:680px;
position:absolute;
top:0;
left:0;
overflow: hidden;
display:none;
font-weight: normal;
}

.feature_excerpt{
width:660px;
position: absolute;
display: block;
bottom: 0;
left:0;
z-index: 2;
padding:10px 20px;
font-size: 12px;
cursor: pointer;
}

.sliderdate{
display:none;
}

/*fadeslider*/
.fadeslider .featured{
width:100%;
border:none;
}

.slidecontrolls{
position:absolute;
width:10px;
right:-15px;
bottom:0;

}

.slidecontrolls span{
height:10px;
padding:2px 0;
width:10px;
display:block;
cursor: pointer;
}


.fadeslider .feature_excerpt{
width:917px;
}


/*newsslider*/

.newsselect{
position: absolute;
overflow: hidden;
width:276px;
right:0px;
top:0px;
border-left:1px solid #e1e1e1;
background: #fff;
z-index: 5;
}

.newsslider .newsItems{
position: absolute;
top:0;
left:0;
}

.newsslider .featured{
border:none;
}

.sliderheading{
font-family: Arial;
font-size: 18px;
font-weight: normal;
padding: 0;
}

.newsselect .single_item{
padding:10px;
border-bottom:1px solid #e1e1e1;
display: block;
text-decoration: none;
line-height: 1.3em;
}

.newsselect .single_item:hover, .newsselect .active_item{
background-color: #f1f1f1;
outline: none;
}

.newsslider .fadeout{
right:155px;
}

.newsselect .sliderdate{
display:block;
font-size: 11px;
}

/*accordion slider*/
.featured img{
display:block;
position: relative;
z-index: 1;
}

.fadeout{
position:absolute;
width:200px;
display:block;
right:0px;
z-index: 3;
}

.sliderheading{
display:block;
font-size: 22px;
font-weight: normal;
}

.heading_clone{
position: absolute;
z-index: 4;
bottom:20px;
left:20px;
font-size: 13px;
text-transform: uppercase;
padding:0;
margin: 0;
}


.featured a, .featured a img, .featured img{
text-decoration: none;
border:none;
}

.featured1{
border:none;
display: block;
}