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    <html lang="en">
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<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/6.4.0/css/all.min.css" crossorigin="anonymous"><style>/* Header and Navigation */
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    left: 0;
    right: 0;
    z-index: 1000;
    width: 100%;
}
/* Base navbar styles */
.navbar {
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    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    right: 0;
    z-index: 1000;
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}
/* Hairline gap fix — Brave / Firefox Focus / Safari on iOS show a strip
   of page content above a position:fixed navbar during URL-bar collapse
   animations because the layout viewport and the visual viewport are
   briefly out of sync. The ::before paints the navbar's background-color
   ALL THE WAY UP off-screen, so any gap iOS leaves is painted over by
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   .scrolled / .no-hero variants automatically — no separate rules needed. */
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    right: 0;
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}
/* Scrolled state */
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}
/* Solid nav background on pages without a Hero image — mirrors .scrolled styles */
body.no-hero .navbar {
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}
body.no-hero .navbar a,
body.no-hero .navbar .navbar-links a {
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}
body.no-hero .navbar .navbar-links a:hover {
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}
/* Desktop only. Under 768px .submenu is an accordion inside the open panel,
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@media (min-width: 769px) {
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body.no-hero .navbar .submenu a:hover {
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}
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}

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}
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}
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}
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}

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}

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}
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}
.navbar-links a:hover {
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}

/* Submenu styles */
.submenu {
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    left: 50%;
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}
/* Bridge element to prevent gap between menu item and submenu */
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    content: '';
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    right: 0;
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}
.submenu a {
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    text-align: center;
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}
.submenu a:hover {
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}
.has-submenu {
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}
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}
.has-submenu .submenu {
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}

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}
 
.submenu li {
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    padding: 0;
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}
.submenu a {
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}
.submenu a:after {
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}
.submenu a:hover:after {
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}
/* Hamburger Menu */
.hamburger-menu {
    display: none; /* Hidden by default, shown on mobile */
    cursor: pointer;
    background: none;
    border: none;
    padding: 0.5rem;
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    z-index: 1001;
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}
.hamburger-menu span {
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    height: 2px;
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}
/* Shopping cart */
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    align-items: center;
    justify-content: center;
    margin-right: 1.5rem;
    cursor: pointer;
    padding: 8px;
    transition: transform 0.2s ease;
}
.cart-container:hover {
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}
.cart-icon-right {
    font-size: 22px;
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}
.cart-count {
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    right: 0;
    background: #d9421e;
    color: white;
    border-radius: 50%;
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    height: 18px;
    display: none;
    align-items: center;
    justify-content: center;
    font-size: 11px;
    font-weight: bold;
    line-height: 1;
    padding: 0 4px;
    text-align: center;
    box-shadow: 0 1px 3px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);
}
.cart-count:not(:empty) {
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}
.cart-container.has-items {
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}
@keyframes cartBounce {
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}

/* Navbar right — language + cart on same line */
.navbar-right {
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
    gap: 4px;
    flex-shrink: 0;
}

/* Language selector */
.language-selector {
    margin-left: 2rem;
}
#language-select {
    background-color: transparent;
    border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5);
    padding: 0.5rem;
    border-radius: 4px;
    transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out;
    color: white;
}
.navbar.scrolled #language-select {
    border-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5);
}

/* Mobile-specific navigation (touch devices) */
@media (max-width: 768px) and (hover: none) and (pointer: coarse) {
    .navbar {
        height: 60px; /* Reduced from 80px */
    }
    .navbar-container {
        padding: 0.3rem 1.5rem; /* Reduced from 0.5rem 2rem */
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    .navbar-logo {
        height: 30px; /* Reduced from 40px */
    }
    .logo-container {
        margin-right: 1.5rem; /* Reduced from 2rem */
    }
    .cart-container {
        margin-right: 0.5rem;
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    .cart-icon-right {
        font-size: 20px;
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    .cart-count {
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        height: 16px;
        font-size: 10px;
    }
}

/* Fallback for small screens */
@media (max-width: 768px) {
    .navbar {
        height: 60px; /* Reduced from 80px */
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    .navbar-container {
        padding: 0.3rem 1.5rem;
    }
    .navbar-logo {
        height: 30px;
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    .logo-container {
        margin-right: 1.5rem;
    }
    .cart-container {
        margin-right: 0.5rem;
    }
    .cart-icon-right {
        font-size: 20px;
    }
    .cart-count {
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        height: 16px;
        font-size: 10px;
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    .hamburger-menu {
        display: block;
        padding: 0.3rem; /* Reduced from 0.5rem */
    }
    .hamburger-menu span {
        width: 20px; /* Reduced from 25px */
        height: 1.5px; /* Reduced from 2px */
        margin: 4px 0; /* Reduced from 5px 0 */
    }
    .navbar {
        background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); /* Use transparent background on mobile too */
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        background-color: rgba(255, 87, 51, 1);
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    .navbar-links {
        display: none;
        position: fixed;
        top: 60px;
        left: 0;
        right: 0;
        background-color: rgba(51, 51, 51, 0.95);
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        pointer-events: auto;
        text-align: left;
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    .navbar-links.active {
        display: block;
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    .navbar-links .main-menu {
        flex-direction: column;
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        text-align: left;
        align-items: flex-start;
        padding: 0;
        margin: 0;
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    .navbar-links .main-menu > li {
        width: 100%;
        display: block;
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    .navbar-links .main-menu > li > a {
        display: block;
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        text-align: left;
        width: 100%;
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        position: static;
        transform: none;
        left: auto;
        display: flex;
        flex-direction: column;
        align-items: flex-start;
        width: 100%;
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    .nav-item.active > a,
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    .submenu {
        position: static;
        margin-top: 0;
        background-color: transparent;
        box-shadow: none;
        border-radius: 0;
        min-width: unset;
        opacity: 1;
        visibility: visible;
        max-height: 0;
        overflow: hidden;
        transition: max-height 0.3s ease-out;
        padding-left: 1.25rem;
        padding-top: 0;
        padding-bottom: 0;
        margin: 0;
        text-align: left;
        width: 100%;
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    .submenu ul {
        width: 100%;
        display: flex;
        flex-direction: column;
        align-items: flex-start;
        padding: 0;
        margin: 0;
    }
    .submenu li {
        text-align: left;
        width: 100%;
        opacity: 0;
        transform: translateX(-10px);
        transition: opacity 0.3s ease 0.1s, transform 0.3s ease 0.1s;
        list-style: none;
    }
    .submenu a {
        width: 100%;
        display: block;
        text-align: left;
        padding: 0.4rem 0 0.4rem 1rem;
        margin: 0;
        position: relative;
        box-sizing: border-box;
    }
    /* Add dash line in the bullet position for mobile */
    .submenu a:before {
        content: '';
        position: absolute;
        width: 0;
        height: 2px;
        background-color: #FF5733;
        left: 0;
        top: 50%;
        transform: translateY(-50%);
        transition: width 0.3s ease;
    }
    /* Animate the dash line on active state */
    .submenu a.active:before,
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        width: 8px; /* Short dash line */
    }
    /* Hide the desktop underline animation on mobile */
    .submenu a:after {
        display: none;
    }
    .has-submenu.active .submenu li {
        opacity: 1;
        transform: translateX(0);
    }
    .has-submenu {
        position: relative;
        padding-bottom: 0;
        margin: 0;
        padding: 0;
    }
    .has-submenu::before {
        display: none; /* Hide the bridge element on mobile */
    }
    .has-submenu > a {
        padding-right: 0;
    }
    .has-submenu > a::after {
        content: none;
    }
    .has-submenu:hover .submenu {
        max-height: 0;
    }
    .has-submenu.active .submenu {
        max-height: 300px;
        transition: max-height 0.3s ease-in;
        background-color: transparent;
        margin: 0;
        padding-top: 0;
    }
    .has-submenu.active > a {  
        color: #FF5733;
    }
    .has-submenu.active {
        padding-bottom: 0;
    }
}

/* Very small mobile screens */
@media (max-width: 480px) {
    .navbar {
        height: 50px; /* Further reduced for very small screens */
    }
    /* The open panel is positioned from the top of the viewport, so its offset
       has to track the bar's height. The 768px block sets both to 60px; this
       block shrank the bar to 50px and left the panel at 60px, so a 10px band
       of page background showed between the bar and the menu — a white stripe
       on any page with a light hero. */
    .navbar-links {
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