.always_centered {
    display: block;
    position: absolute;
    top: -9999px;
    bottom: -9999px;
    left: -9999px;
    right: -9999px;
    margin: auto;
}

.noselect {
  -webkit-touch-callout: none; /* iOS Safari */
  -webkit-user-select: none;   /* Chrome/Safari/Opera */
  -khtml-user-select: none;    /* Konqueror */
  -moz-user-select: none;      /* Firefox */
  -ms-user-select: none;       /* Internet Explorer/Edge */
  user-select: none;           /* Non-prefixed version, currently
                                  not supported by any browser */
}

.relative {
  position: relative;
}

blockquote {
    font-family: 'Lora', serif;
    font-size: 2.2rem;
    font-style: italic;
    margin: 1em 0em;
    padding: 0.25rem 4rem;
    line-height: 3rem;
    position: relative;
    color: #666666;
    display: block;
}

blockquote:before {
  content: "\201E";
  display: none;
}

blockquote:after {
  content: "\201D";
  display: none;
}

blockquote cite {
  color: #999999;
  font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;
  font-size: 1.4rem;
  display: block;
  margin-top: 0.5rem;
}
 
blockquote cite:before {
  content: "\2014 \2009";
}

.centered-and-cropped { object-fit: cover }

.clear { 
    clear: both; 
}

.centered {
  margin-left: auto;
  margin-right: auto;
  position: relative;
}

.fadingDiv {
  -webkit-transition: opacity 0.5s;
    -moz-transition: opacity 0.5s;
    -ms-transition: opacity 0.5s;
    -o-transition: opacity 0.5s;
    transition: opacity 0.5s;
}

.brightnessAnim {
  -webkit-transition: -webkit-filter 0.2s;
  -moz-transition: -webkit-filter 0.2s;
  -ms-transition: -webkit-filter 0.2s;
  -o-transition: -webkit-filter 0.2s;
  transition: -webkit-filter 0.2s;
}

.brightnessAnim:hover {
  -webkit-filter: brightness(1.1);
  -moz-filter: brightness(1.1);
  -o-filter: brightness(1.1);
  -ms-filter: brightness(1.1);
  filter: brightness(1.1);
}

.shadedDiv {
  -webkit-box-shadow: 5px 5px 10px 2px rgba(0,0,0,0.14);
  -moz-box-shadow: 5px 5px 10px 2px rgba(0,0,0,0.14);
  box-shadow: 5px 5px 10px 2px rgba(0,0,0,0.14);
}

.softShaded {
  -webkit-box-shadow: 0 1px 3px rgba(0,0,0,0.2);
  -moz-box-shadow: 0 1px 3px rgba(0,0,0,0.2);
    box-shadow: 0 1px 3px rgba(0,0,0,0.2);
}

.roundCorner20 {
    -webkit-border-radius: 20px;
    -moz-border-radius: 20px;
    border-radius: 20px;
}

.roundCorner10 {
    -webkit-border-radius: 10px;
    -moz-border-radius: 10px;
    border-radius: 10px;
}

.roundCorner5 {
    -webkit-border-radius: 5px;
    -moz-border-radius: 5px;
    border-radius: 5px;
}

.roundBottomCorner5 {
    -webkit-border-bottom-left-radius: 5px;
    -moz-border-bottom-left-radius: 5px;
    border-bottom-left-radius: 5px;
    -webkit-border-bottom-right-radius: 5px;
    -moz-border-bottom-right-radius: 5px;
    border-bottom-right-radius: 5px;
}

.roundBottomCorner10 {
    -webkit-border-bottom-left-radius: 10px;
    -moz-border-bottom-left-radius: 10px;
    border-bottom-left-radius: 10px;
    -webkit-border-bottom-right-radius: 10px;
    -moz-border-bottom-right-radius: 10px;
    border-bottom-right-radius: 10px;
}

.roundCorner2 {
    -webkit-border-radius: 2px;
    -moz-border-radius: 2px;
    border-radius: 2px;
}

.close {
    z-index: 1500;
    float: right;
    cursor: pointer;
    cursor: hand;
    pointer-events: all;
    width: 36px;
    height: 36px;
    margin-top: 0px;
    background: url(../gui_img/gui1.png);
    background-position: -36px -72px;
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-size: 144px 144px;
    margin-top: 15px;
    margin-right: 15px;
    overflow: hidden;
}