/* Section Images (5 BUCKETS) ------------------------------------------------- */
#sectionImages {
background: #6BB1E2; 
background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #6BB1E2 0%, #000 75%, #ffffff 100%);
background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #6BB1E2 0%, #000 75%, #ffffff 100%);
background: linear-gradient(to bottom, #6BB1E2 0%, #000 75%, #ffffff 100%);
filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient( startColorstr='#6BB1E2', endColorstr='#ffffff',GradientType=0 );
}

#sectionImages img {
  border: 2px solid #fff;
  border-bottom: none;
  border-radius: 5px 5px 0 0;
  float: left;
  margin: 11px 13px 0 0;
  width: 172px;
}
#sectionImages img.first { margin-left: 13px; }

/* Main Page Features -------------------------------------------------------- */
#mpContainer {
  min-height: 300px;

  /* DROP-DOWN: The top padding will need to be adjusted if the height of the drop-down menu is changed. */
  padding: 203px 8px 0;
}

#mpContainer.noSectionImages {
  /* DROP-DOWN: The top padding will need to be adjusted if the height of the drop-down menu is changed. */
  padding-top: 230px;
}

#features {
  float: left;
  width: 625px;
}

/* Current Highlights - Default */
.ch {
  background: transparent url(/vimages/L9/chBG.jpg) no-repeat;
  clear: right;
  float: right;
  margin: 0 0 10px 15px;
  padding: 8px 10px;
  width: 284px;

  /* Cross-browser min-height */
  min-height: 145px;
  height: auto !important;
  height: 145px;
}

.ch h2 {
  color: #1f3f78;
  font-size: 24px;
  margin: 0 0 .5em;
  text-align: center;
}

.ch .chArticle {
  margin-bottom: 1em;
}

.ch .chArticle h3 {
  margin: 0;
}

.ch .chArticle p {
  font-style: italic;
  padding-left: 5px;
}

/* Current Highlights - TBS Carousel */
.highlights {
  background: transparent url(/vimages/L9/featuresBG.jpg) no-repeat;
  margin-bottom: 3em;
  padding: 8px 0 0 10px;
}

.highlights > h4 {
  color: #1f3f78;
  font-size: 1.8em;
  margin: 0 0 .5em;
}

.highlights .carousel {
  line-height: inherit;
  margin-bottom: 0;
}

.highlights .carousel-indicators {
  margin-bottom: .5em;
  position: static;
}

.highlights .carousel-indicators li {
  background-color: transparent;
  border: 2px solid #6BB1E2;
  -webkit-border-radius: 12px;
  border-radius: 12px;
  color: #1f3f78;
  cursor: pointer;
  font-size: 12px;
  font-weight: bold;
  height: auto;
  line-height: 15px;
  margin: 0 5px 5px 0;
  padding: 0 4px;
  text-indent: inherit;
  width: auto;
}

.highlights .carousel-indicators .active {
  background-color: #6BB1E2;
  color: #000;
}

.highlights .carousel-inner {
  clear: left;
}

.highlights .carousel-inner .item {
  height: 300px;
  padding-bottom: 15px;
  overflow: hidden;
}

.highlights-text-fade {
  background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, rgba(255,255,255,0) 0%, rgba(255,255,255,1) 85%, rgba(255,255,255,1) 100%); /* FF3.6+ */
  background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%,rgba(255,255,255,0)), color-stop(85%,rgba(255,255,255,1)), color-stop(100%,rgba(255,255,255,1))); /* Chrome,Safari4+ */
  background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, rgba(255,255,255,0) 0%,rgba(255,255,255,1) 85%,rgba(255,255,255,1) 100%); /* Chrome10+,Safari5.1+ */
  background: -o-linear-gradient(top, rgba(255,255,255,0) 0%,rgba(255,255,255,1) 85%,rgba(255,255,255,1) 100%); /* Opera 11.10+ */
  background: -ms-linear-gradient(top, rgba(255,255,255,0) 0%,rgba(255,255,255,1) 85%,rgba(255,255,255,1) 100%); /* IE10+ */
  background: linear-gradient(to bottom, rgba(255,255,255,0) 0%,rgba(255,255,255,1) 85%,rgba(255,255,255,1) 100%); /* W3C */
  filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient( startColorstr='#00ffffff', endColorstr='#ffffff',GradientType=0 ); /* IE6-9 */

  height: 85px;
  position: absolute;
  bottom: 0;
  width: 100%;
}

.highlights-text > h5, .highlights-text-no-image > h5 {
  font-size: 1.25em;
  margin: .5em 0;
}
.highlights-text-no-image > h5 { margin-top: 0; }

.highlights-read-more {
  font-weight: bold;
  margin: 0;
  position: absolute;
  bottom: 0;
  right: 0;
}

/* Custom Carousel - Multiple Columns */
.highlights-columns .carousel-indicators li { line-height: 12px; }
.highlights-columns .carousel-inner .item { padding-bottom: 0; }

.highlights-columns .carousel-control {
  background: #91ceff;
  border-color: #6BB1E2;
  font-size: 20px;
  font-weight: bold;
  height: 20px;
  left: auto;
  line-height: 16px;
  margin-top: 0;
  right: 35px;
  top: -39px;
  width: 20px;

  -webkit-transition: .3s opacity ease;
  -moz-transition: .3s opacity ease;
  -o-transition: .3s opacity ease;
  transition: .3s opacity ease;
}
.highlights-columns .carousel-control.right { right: 0; }

.highlights-columns .carousel-control:hover,
.highlights-columns .carousel-control:focus {
  color: #6BB1E2;
}

.highlights .carousel-inner .item-column,
.highlights .carousel-inner .item-column * {
  -moz-box-sizing: border-box;
  -webkit-box-sizing: border-box;
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

.highlights .carousel-inner .item-column {
  float: left;
  height: 100%;
  overflow: hidden;
  padding: 0 0 20px 15px;
  position: relative;
}

.highlights .carousel-inner .item-column:first-child {
  padding-left: 0;
}

.highlights .item-column-2 { width: 50%; }
.highlights .item-column-3 { width: 33.333%; }
.highlights .item-column-4 { width: 25%; }
.highlights .item-column-5 { width: 20%; }
.highlights .item-column-6 { width: 16.666%; }
.highlights .item-column-7 { width: 14.285%; }
.highlights .item-column-8 { width: 12.5%; }

/* vList - Privacy Policy & More Info ----------------------------------------- */
#mpContainer #sectionName {
  border-bottom: 1px solid #CCC;
  color: #1f3f78;
  margin: 0 0 10px;
  padding: 5px;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

#mpContainer #mainContent {
  padding: 10px 10px 20px;
}

#mpContainer #mainContent h1 {
  margin-top: 0;
}

#mpContainer #privacyNote {
  font-size: .85em;
  text-indent: 10px;
}

/* 2017-12-01 - Support for polls on the front page */
.ch-poll #pollTopic {
  font-weight: bold;
}

.ch-poll ul {
  margin: 0 0 1em;
  padding: 0 5px;
}

.ch-poll li {
  list-style: none;
  margin-bottom: .5em;
  padding: 0;
}

.ch-poll #voteButton, .ch-poll #totalVotes {
  text-align: center;
}

.ch-poll .percentText {
  float: right;
}

.ch-poll .graph {
  background: #666 url(/vimages/L9/vpoll_bg.gif) repeat-x scroll left top;
  border-left: 1px solid #000;
  border-right: 1px solid #000;
  display: block;
  height: 9px; /* graphic height - needed to clip left/right border */
  margin-bottom: .25em;
  overflow: hidden;
  width: 80%;
}

.ch-poll .graph span {
  background: #666 url(/vimages/L9/vpoll_fg.gif) repeat-x scroll left top;
  display: block;
  overflow: hidden;
}

/* L-SOCSAPP - Update script appending... */
.highlights .highlights-img img {
  max-width: 100%;
  height: auto;
  max-height: 200px;
}