.homepage nav.bg-inverse {
            background-color: transparent !important;
        }
        
        .homepage nav.bg-inverse>.container {
            background-color: #292b2c;
        }
        .homepage .cc-header-nav-bottom {
            border-radius: 0.25rem;
        }
        @media screen and (max-width: 991px) {
            .homepage .cc-header-nav-bottom {
                position: absolute;
                left: 50%;
                transform: translateX(-50%)
            }
        }
        .homepage .cc-home-hero {
            background-color: #000;
            /*
            background-image: linear-gradient(rgba(0,0,0, 0.9) 0%, rgba(0,0,0, 0.1) 25%, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 100%), url('/newsevents/newsroom/images/fa_3.jpg');
            */
            background-position: top center;
            background-repeat: no-repeat;
            background-size: cover;
            padding-top: 645px;
            padding-bottom: 0;
            position: relative;
        }
        @media screen and (max-width: 996px){
            .homepage .cc-home-hero {
                padding-top: 540px;
            }    
        }
        @media screen and (min-width: 1600px){
            .homepage .cc-home-hero {
                padding-top: 832px;
            }    
        }
        @media screen and (min-width: 2000px) {
            .homepage .cc-home-hero {
                padding-top: 1000px;
            }
        }
        @media screen and (min-width: 2400px) {
            .homepage .cc-home-hero {
                padding-top: 1200px;
            }
        }
        @media screen and (min-width: 2800px) {
            .homepage .cc-home-hero {
                padding-top: 1400px;
            }
        }
        @media screen and (min-width: 3200px) {
            .homepage .cc-home-hero {
                padding-top: 1600px;
            }
        }
        .homepage #cc-home-hero-carousel {
            position: absolute;
            top: 0;
            bottom: 0;
            left: 0;
            right: 0;
            z-index: 0;
        }
        .homepage .carousel-item {
            background-size: cover;
            background-position: 50% 0;
        }
        .carousel-fade .carousel-item {
         opacity: 0;
         transition-duration: .6s;
         transition-property: opacity;
        }
        
        .carousel-fade  .carousel-item.active,
        .carousel-fade  .carousel-item-next.carousel-item-left,
        .carousel-fade  .carousel-item-prev.carousel-item-right {
          opacity: 1;
        }
        
        .carousel-fade .active.carousel-item-left,
        .carousel-fade  .active.carousel-item-right {
         opacity: 0;
        }
        
        .carousel-fade  .carousel-item-next,
        .carousel-fade .carousel-item-prev,
        .carousel-fade .carousel-item.active,
        .carousel-fade .active.carousel-item-left,
        .carousel-fade  .active.carousel-item-prev {
         transform: translateX(0);
         transform: translate3d(0, 0, 0);
        }
        .homepage .cc-home-block-banner-container {
            position: relative;
        }
        .homepage .cc-home-block-banner {
            padding: 10px;
        }
        /* custom styles for special nonstandard blocks */ 
        .homepage .cc-home-block-banner.cc-block-nso .cc-home-block-pre {
            display: none;
        }
        .homepage .cc-home-block-banner.cc-block-nso .cc-home-block-name {
            line-height: 2.35rem;
        }
        
        
        .homepage .cc-home-blocknum {
            text-shadow: -1px -1px 0 #000, 1px -1px 0 #000, -1px 1px 0 #000, 1px 1px 0 #000;
            font-size: 2rem;
            border: 1px solid #000;
            text-align: center;
            margin: 3px;
            line-height: 44px;
        }
        
        .homepage .cc-home-blocknum.completed {
            background-color: #000;
            border: 1px solid #000;
            text-shadow: none;
        }
 
         .homepage .cc-home-blocknum.active {
            background-color: #fff;
            border: 1px solid #fff;
            text-shadow: none;
        }
        
        .cc-home-block-pre {
            font-size: 1.35rem;
            white-space: nowrap;
        }
        
        @media screen and (max-width: 360px){
            .cc-home-block-pre {
                white-space: normal;
            }   
        }
        
        .cc-home-block-name {
            font-size: 2.6rem;
            line-height: 2.8rem;
        }
        
        .cc-home-block-dates {
            font-size: 1.35rem;
        }
        
        .cc-home-block-links {
            font-size: 1.25rem;
            padding-top: 66px;
        }
        @media screen and (min-width: 1600px) {
            .homepage .cc-home-blocknum {
                font-size: 2rem;
                line-height: 52px;
            }
        }
        @media screen and (max-width: 1199px) {
            .homepage .cc-home-blocknum {
                line-height: 37px;
            }
        }
        @media screen and (max-width: 992px) {
            .homepage .cc-home-block-banner {
                /* margin-bottom: 20px; */
            }
            .cc-home-block-links {
                padding-top: 0;
            }
            .homepage .cc-home-blocknum {
                font-size: 1.8rem;
                margin: 3px;
                line-height: 36px;
            }
            .homepage .cc-home-hero-text-left {
                font-size: 1.7rem;
            }
        }
        @media screen and (max-width: 767px) {
            .homepage .cc-home-blocknum {
                font-size: 1.6rem;
                line-height: 32px;
            }
        }
        @media screen and (max-width: 480px) {
            .homepage .cc-home-blocknum {
                font-size: 1.15rem;
                line-height: 24px;
            }
        }
        .cc-home-block-links a {
            color: #000;
            text-decoration: underline;
        }
        
        .homepage .cc-home-hero-text a {
            color: #fff;
            font-weight: bold;
            text-decoration: underline;
        }
        
        .homepage .cc-home-hero-text {
            padding-top: 10px;
            padding-bottom: 10px;
            background-color: #000;
            background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);
        }
        
        .homepage .cc-home-hero-text-left {
            font-size: 2rem;
            padding-top: 10px;
        }
        
        .homepage .cc-home-hero-text-right {
            font-size: 1rem;
            padding-top: 15px;
        }
        
        .homepage .cc-home-contentsection.cc-home-block-plan {
            padding-top: 40px;
        }
        
        .homepage .cc-home-block-plan p {
            font-size: 1.8rem;
        }
        
        .homepage .cc-home-block-plan p a {}
        
        .homepage .cc-home-block-plan-infoboxes img {
            width: 100%;
            max-width: 320px;    
        }
        
        .homepage .cc-home-block-plan-infoboxes p {
            font-size: 1.6rem;
            padding-top: 10px;
        }
        
        .homepage .cc-home-contentsection {
            padding: 20px 0;
            overflow-x: hidden;
        }
        
        .homepage .cc-home-featured-courses a,
        .homepage .cc-home-featured-courses a:hover,
        .homepage .cc-home-featured-courses a:active {
            color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
        }
        
        .homepage .cc-home-featured-course {
           /* height: 240px; */
            background-size: cover !important;
        }
        
        .homepage .cc-home-featured-course,
        .homepage .cc-home-story {
            margin-top: 15px;
            margin-bottom: 15px;
        }

        .homepage .cc-home-featured-course-stripe,
        .homepage .cc-home-story-stripe {
            height: 10px;
            display: block;
            border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255);
        }
        
        .homepage .cc-home-featured-course h3,
        .homepage .cc-home-story h3 {
            padding-top: 15px;
            padding-left: 0px;
            padding-right: 20px;
            font-size: 1.15rem;
        }
        .homepage .cc-home-featured-course h3{
            padding-right: 15px;    
        }
        .homepage .cc-home-featured-course p {
          /*  position: absolute;
            bottom: 10px; */
            padding-left: 0px;
            padding-right: 20px;
            line-height: 20px;
            font-size: 1rem;
        }
        
        .homepage .cc-home-featured-course-label,
        .homepage .cc-home-story-label {
            display: inline-block;
            position: absolute;
            bottom: 0px;
            margin-left: 13px;
            right: 15px;
            padding: 2px 7px;
            border-top: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255);
            border-left: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255);
        }
        
        .homepage .cc-home-stories a,
        .homepage .cc-home-stories a:hover,
        .homepage .cc-home-stories a:active {
            color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
        }
        
        .homepage .cc-home-story .cc-story-img {
            height: 320px;
        }
        
        @media screen and (min-width: 576px) {
            .homepage .cc-home-story .cc-story-img {
                height: 240px;
            }
        }
        
        @media screen and (min-width: 768px) {
            .homepage .cc-home-story .cc-story-img {
                height: 330px;
            }
        }
        
        @media screen and (min-width: 992px) {
            .homepage .cc-home-story .cc-story-img {
                height: 210px;
            }
        }
        
        @media screen and (min-width: 1200px) {
            .homepage .cc-home-story .cc-story-img {
                height: 240px;
            }
        }
        
        @media screen and (min-width: 1600px) {
            .homepage .cc-home-story .cc-story-img {
                height: 355px;
            }
        }        
        .homepage .cc-white-stripe {
            background: url(../stripe-white-op30.html);
            height: 20px;
            margin: 5px 0;
        }
        
        .homepage p.cc-home-moreblockplan,
        .homepage p.cc-home-morestories {
            font-size: 1.4rem;
        }
        
        .homepage p.cc-home-moreblockplan a:hover,
        .homepage p.cc-home-morestories a:hover {
            color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
        }
        
        @media screen and (min-width: 992px) {
            .cc-home-block-name {
                font-size: 2.3rem;
                line-height: 2.5rem;
            }
            .cc-home-block-links {
                padding-top: 24px;
            }
            .homepage .cc-home-hero-text-left {
                font-size: 1.6rem;
                padding-top: 10px;
            }
            .homepage .cc-home-hero-text-right {
                font-size: .8rem;
                line-height: 1.15rem;
            }
        }
        @media screen and (max-width: 992px) {
            .homepage .cc-home-hero-text-left {
                font-size: 1.5rem;
                padding-top: 5px;
            }
            .homepage .cc-home-hero-text-right {
                font-size: 1rem;
                padding-top: 0;
            }
        }
        @media screen and (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 992px) {
            .homepage .cc-home-block-plan-infoboxes p {
                font-size: 1rem;
            }
        }