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z-index:0
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max-width:284px;
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background-color:rgba(0,0,0,.54);
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position:fixed;
top:0;
left:0;
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-webkit-transition-timing-function:cubic-bezier(.4,0,.6,1);
transition-timing-function:cubic-bezier(.4,0,.6,1);
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transform:translateX(-284px)
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top:0;
left:0;
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box-shadow:0 2px 2px 0 rgba(0,0,0,.14),0 3px 1px -2px rgba(0,0,0,.2),0 1px 5px 0 rgba(0,0,0,.12);
background:#1d1d1d;
box-sizing:border-box;
color:#9ba2a8;
padding:30px;
position:fixed;
text-align:center;
width:calc(100% - 24px);
z-index:101
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background-color:transparent;
border:0;
border-bottom:solid 1px rgba(155,162,168,.12);
color:#9ba2a8;
display:block;
font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;
font-size:16px;
line-height:24px;
margin:auto;
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outline:0;
text-align:center;
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color:transparent;
text-shadow:0 0 0 #9ba2a8
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outline:0
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color:#ffffff;
font-size:1.8em;
margin-top:0
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display:none
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margin:0 auto;
margin-top:24px;
width:auto;
white-space:normal
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opacity:.3
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margin-bottom:16px
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margin:8px auto 16px auto;
width:100%
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list-style:none
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display:inline-block
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cursor:pointer;
display:inline-block;
font-weight:700;
text-transform:uppercase;
padding:12px 8px
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border-bottom:4px solid #ffffff
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color:#ffffff
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padding:0;
position:relative;
top:0
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display:inline-block;
left:inherit;
position:relative;
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width:540px
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display:none
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background:rgba(0,0,0,.26);
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margin-top:0
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float:right;
position:relative;
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transition-property:width;
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transition-duration:.5s;
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-ms-flex:0 0 24px;
flex:0 0 24px;
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color:#ffffff;
font:16px Roboto, sans-serif;
height:48px;
line-height:48px;
padding:0;
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color:#ffffff;
cursor:pointer;
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margin-top:0
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-ms-flex:0 0 auto;
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box-shadow:0 0 20px 0 rgba(0,0,0,.7);
box-sizing:border-box;
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margin-right:8px
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max-width:890px;
min-height:48px
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display:-webkit-box;
display:-webkit-flex;
display:-ms-flexbox;
display:flex;
margin:0 48px
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-webkit-flex:0 1 auto;
-ms-flex:0 1 auto;
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-webkit-flex:0 0 auto;
-ms-flex:0 0 auto;
flex:0 0 auto;
-webkit-box-ordinal-group:3;
-webkit-order:2;
-ms-flex-order:2;
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text-overflow:ellipsis;
white-space:nowrap;
margin-right:-10px;
margin-bottom:-10px;
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padding-bottom:10px
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.sticky .PageList{
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.search-focused .hamburger-menu{
visibility:visible
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display:inline-block;
width:calc(100% - 176px)
}
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color:#ffffff;
font:bold 45px Roboto, sans-serif;
line-height:normal;
margin:0 0 13px 0;
text-align:center;
width:100%
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line-height:24px;
margin:0;
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color:#9ba2a8
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margin:0 0 13px 0;
opacity:.8;
text-align:center
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.BlogArchive li{
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.BlogArchive .post-count{
color:#9ba2a8
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min-height:40px;
padding:30px 40px;
width:auto
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