.flexslider, .flexslider-controls {

}

.slide_text {
  background-color: transparent;
  background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);  /* FF3+, Saf3+, Opera 10.10+, Chrome, IE9 */
  bottom: 0;
  color: #fff;
  display: block;
  filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr=#99000000,endColorstr=#99000000); /* IE6–IE9 */
  left: 0;
  padding: 1em;
  position: absolute;
  width: 100%;
  zoom: 1;
}

.slide_title {
  font-size: 1.2em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.slide_byline {
  font-size: 0.8em;
  display: block;  
}

.flex-control-nav li {
  color: #fff;
  cursor: pointer;
  float: left;
  vertical-align: middle;
  /*width: 25%;*/
  -webkit-box-sizing: border-box;
  -moz-box-sizing: border-box;
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

.flex-control-nav li:last-child {
   border: none;
}

.flex-control-nav .flex-active {
  
}

/* Minified FlexSlider CSS with Chrome fix */
.flex-container a:active,.flexslider a:active,.flex-container a:focus,.flexslider a:focus{outline:0}
.slides,.flex-control-nav,.flex-direction-nav{margin:0;padding:0;list-style:none}
.flexslider{margin:0;padding:0}
.flexslider .slides>li{display:none;/*-webkit-backface-visibility:hidden;*/position:relative}
.flexslider .slides img{width:100%;display:block}
.flex-pauseplay span{text-transform:capitalize}
.slides:after{content:".";display:block;clear:both;visibility:hidden;line-height:0;height:0}html[xmlns] 
.slides{display:block}* html .slides{height:1%}.no-js .slides>li:first-child{display:block}
.flexslider{background:#fff;position:relative;zoom:1}
.flex-viewport{max-height:2000px;-webkit-transition:all 1s ease;-moz-transition:all 1s ease;transition:all 1s ease}
.loading .flex-viewport{max-height:300px}.flexslider .slides{zoom:1}.carousel li{margin-right:5px}
.flex-direction-nav{*height:0}.flex-direction-nav a{width:30px;height:30px;margin:-20px 0 0;display:block;background-position: 0 0;background-repeat: no-repeat;position:absolute;top:50%;z-index:10;cursor:pointer;text-indent:-9999px;opacity:0;-webkit-transition:all .3s ease}
.flex-direction-nav .flex-next{background-position:100% 0;right:-36px}
.flex-direction-nav .flex-prev{left:-36px}
.flexslider:hover .flex-next{opacity:.8;right:5px}.flexslider:hover .flex-prev{opacity:.8;left:5px}.flexslider:hover .flex-next:hover,.flexslider:hover .flex-prev:hover{opacity:1}.flex-direction-nav .flex-disabled{opacity:.3!important;filter:alpha(opacity=30);cursor:default}.flex-control-nav{width:100%;text-align:center}.flex-control-nav li{zoom:1;*display:inline}.flex-control-paging li a{width:11px;height:11px;display:block;background:#666;background:#ff9000;cursor:pointer;text-indent:-9999px;-webkit-border-radius:20px;-moz-border-radius:20px;-o-border-radius:20px;border-radius:20px;box-shadow:inset 0 0 3px rgba(0,0,0,0.3)}.flex-control-paging li a:hover{background:#333;background:#ff9000}.flex-control-paging li a.flex-active{background:#fff;cursor:default}.flex-control-thumbs{margin:5px 0 0;position:static;overflow:hidden}.flex-control-thumbs li{width:25%;float:left;margin:0}.flex-control-thumbs img{width:100%;display:block;opacity:.7;cursor:pointer}
.flex-control-thumbs img:hover{opacity:1}.flex-control-thumbs .flex-active{opacity:1;cursor:default}