.carousel-caption {
    font-size: 12px;
    font-style: italic;
    font-weight: bold;
    display: none; /*comment out to display captions*/
}

.carousel-control {
    text-shadow: 0;
}

    .carousel-control .glyphicon-chevron-left {
        top: 45%;
        font-size: 20px;
    }

    .carousel-control .glyphicon-chevron-right {
        top: 45%;
        font-size: 20px;
    }

    .carousel-control.left {
        background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient( left, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0001) 100% );
        background-image: -o-linear-gradient( left, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 100% );
        background-image: -webkit-gradient( linear, left top, right top, from(rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)), to(rgba(0, 0, 0, 00001)) );
        background-image: linear-gradient( to right, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 100% ) !important;
    }

    .carousel-control.right {
        background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient( left, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0001) 100% );
        background-image: -o-linear-gradient( left, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 100% );
        background-image: -webkit-gradient( linear, left top, right top, from(rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)), to(rgba(0, 0, 0, 00001)) );
        background-image: linear-gradient( to right, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 100% ) !important;
    }

.carousel-indicators {
    bottom: -40px !important;
}

    .carousel-indicators li {
        border: 1px solid #d9d9d9 !important;
        border-radius: 10px !important;
        background-color: #d9d9d9 !important;
        width: 11px !important;
        height: 11px !important;
        margin-left: 3px !important;
        margin-right: 3px !important;
    }

    .carousel-indicators .active {
        border: 0px solid #869791 !important;
        border-radius: 10px !important;
        background-color: #869791 !important;
        width: 11px !important;
        height: 11px !important;
        margin-bottom: 1px !important;
    }