/* Browser Resets */
.flexslider-container {
    -webkit-border-radius: 5px; -moz-border-radius: 5px; -o-border-radius: 5px; border-radius: 5px;
    position: relative;
    margin-bottom: 0px;
    behavior: url(http://qa2.niu.edu/cedu/css/nightmare/PIE.htc); 
    
}
.flex-container a:active,
.flexslider a:active,
.flex-container a:focus,
.flexslider a:focus  {outline: none;}
.slides,
.flex-control-nav,
.flex-direction-nav {margin: 0; padding: 0; list-style: none;}

/* FlexSlider Necessary Styles
*********************************/
.flexslider {margin: 0; padding: 0; -webkit-border-radius: 5px; -moz-border-radius: 5px; -o-border-radius: 5px; border-radius: 5px; behavior: url(http://www.niu.edu/cedu/css/nightmare/PIE.htc); }
.flexslider .slides > li {display: none; -webkit-backface-visibility: hidden;} /* Hide the slides before the JS is loaded. Avoids image jumping */
.flexslider .slides img {max-width: 100%; display: block;}
.flex-pauseplay span {text-transform: capitalize;}

/* Clearfix for the .slides element */
.slides:after {content: "."; display: block; clear: both; visibility: hidden; line-height: 0; height: 0;}
html[xmlns] .slides {display: block;}
* html .slides {height: 1%;}

/* No JavaScript Fallback */
/* If you are not using another script, such as Modernizr, make sure you
 * include js that eliminates this class on page load 
.no-js .slides > li:first-child {display: block;}*/


/* FlexSlider Default Theme
*********************************/
.flexslider {background: #fff; border: 0px solid #fff; position: relative; -webkit-border-radius: 5px; -moz-border-radius: 5px; -o-border-radius: 10px; border-radius: 10px; zoom: 1; behavior: url(http://www.niu.edu/cedu/css/nightmare/PIE.htc); }
.flexslider .slides {zoom: 1;}
.flexslider .slides > li {position: relative; margin-bottom: 0px; -webkit-border-radius: 5px; -moz-border-radius: 5px; -o-border-radius: 10px; border-radius: 10px; behavior: url(http://qa2.niu.edu/cedu/css/nightmare/PIE.htc); }
/* Suggested container for "Slide" animation setups. Can replace this with your own, if you wish */
.flex-container {zoom: 1; position: relative; -webkit-border-radius: 5px; -moz-border-radius: 5px; -o-border-radius: 10px; border-radius: 10px; behavior: url(http://qa2.niu.edu/cedu/css/nightmare/PIE.htc); }

/* Caption style */
/* IE rgba() hack */
.flex-caption {background:none; -ms-filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr=#4C000000,endColorstr=#4C000000);
filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr=#4C000000,endColorstr=#4C000000); zoom: 1;}
.flex-caption {width: 96%; padding: 2%; margin: 0; position: absolute; left: 0; bottom: 0; background: rgba(0,0,0,.3); color: #fff; text-shadow: 0 -1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,.3); font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;}

/* Direction Nav */
.flex-direction-nav { height: 0; }
.flex-direction-nav li a {width: 25px; height: 50px; margin:  0; display: block; background: url(http://cedu.niu.edu/_images/sliderTheme/control-arrows.png) no-repeat top left; position: absolute; bottom: 10%; cursor: pointer; text-indent: -999em; }
.flex-direction-nav li .prev { left: -40px; background-position: 0 -100px;}
.flex-direction-nav li .next { right: -40px; background-position: 0 -300px;}
.flex-direction-nav li .disabled {opacity: .3; filter:alpha(opacity=30); cursor: default;}
.flex-direction-nav li a:hover { }

.flex-direction-nav li .prev:hover{ background-position: 0 0;   } 

.flex-direction-nav li .next:hover{ background-position: 0 -200px;  } 



/* Control Nav */
.flex-control-nav {width: 100%; position: absolute; bottom: -40px;  text-align: center;     padding-left: 0px !important;
    margin-left: 0px !important;}
.flex-control-nav li {margin: 0 0 0 5px; display: inline-block; zoom: 1; *display: inline;}
.flex-control-nav li:first-child {margin: 0;}
.flex-control-nav li a {width: 13px; height: 13px; display: block; background: url(http://cedu.niu.edu/_images/sliderTheme/bg-control-nav.png) no-repeat; cursor: pointer; text-indent: -999em;}
.flex-control-nav li a:hover {background-position: 0 -13px;}
.flex-control-nav li a.active {background-position: 0 -26px; cursor: default;}


/* Slide Area and Content */

#content ul {
    font-size: 1em;
    margin-bottom: 0px;
    padding-left: 0px;
    padding-top: 0px;
}


.sliderPhoto {background-position: top left;height:270px; width: 944px; color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; -webkit-border-radius: 5px; -moz-border-radius: 5px; -o-border-radius: 10px; border-radius: 10px;
    cursor: pointer;
    margin: 0px;
    
    behavior: url(http://qa2.niu.edu/cedu/css/nightmare/PIE.htc); 

} 

.sliderPhoto .six { 

    background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65); 
    padding-bottom: 0px;
    -webkit-radius: 5px; 
    -moz-radius: 5px; 
    -o-border-radius: 10px; 
    border-radius: 10px;
    border-left-top-radius: 0px;
    border-right-top-radius: 0px;
    position: absolute;
    bottom: 10px;
    left: 10px;


}


.sliderPhoto .pretag,.sliderPhoto .storyHeader,.sliderPhoto .description { 

    color:#fff;

    font-family: Helvetica, Arial; 
    line-height: 1;
}



.sliderPhoto .storyHeader{ padding-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 5px; font-size: 18px; font-size: 1.7rem;  font-weight: bold;  padding-left: 20px;
    padding-right: 20px;text-shadow: 0 -1px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.28);}

.sliderPhoto .pretag { 
    padding-left: 20px;
    padding-right: 20px;
    background-color: #b20101; 
    font-size: 18px; 
    font-size: 1.7rem;  
    padding-top: 5px; 
    height: 18px; padding-bottom: 5px;
    -webkit-border-top-right-radius: 5px; -moz-border-top-right-radius: 5px; -o-border-top-right-radius: 10px; border-top-right-radius: 10px;
    -webkit-border-top-left-radius: 5px; -moz-border-top-left-radius: 5px; -o-border-top-left-radius: 10px; border-top-left-radius: 10px;
    behavior: url(http://qa2.niu.edu/cedu/css/nightmare/PIE.htc); 
}



.sliderPhoto .description  { font-size: 12px; font-size: 1.1rem; line-height: 26px;  font-weight: 100; text-shadow: none; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 20px;}

.sliderPhoto .button { margin-left: 20px;  margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 15px;}

.ie8 .sliderPhoto{

    background-position: top right;height:270px;margin-top:20px;padding-top:95px;

}

.ie8 .sliderPhoto .storyHeader,.ie8 .sliderPhoto .pretag,.ie8 .sliderPhoto .description{color:#fff;padding-left:30px;margin-right:15px;}

.ie8 .sliderPhoto a{color:#fff}.ie8 .sliderPhoto .storyHeader,.ie8 .sliderPhoto .description span{background-color:#000;}

.ie8 .header-
block .storyHeader{margin-bottom:0;}.ie8 .sliderPhoto .pretag{background-color:#c9025c;margin-bottom:0;}.ie8 .sliderPhoto .description{font-weight:300;line-height:26px;white-space:pre-wrap;position:relative;}.ie8 .sliderPhoto .description:before{content:"";display:block;width:30px;height:100%;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;background:#000;}.ie8 .sliderPhoto .description span{padding:4px 4px 4px 0;}