/*      
    
    IE8 Styles

*/
.lt-ie9 [class*="unit-"] {
  float: left;
  min-height: 1px;
  overflow: hidden; }
.lt-ie9 .unit-whole {
  width: 100%; }
.lt-ie9 .unit-half {
  width: 50%; }
.lt-ie9 .unit-third {
  width: 33.33333%; }
.lt-ie9 .unit-fourth {
  width: 25%; }
.lt-ie9 .offset-half {
  margin-left: 50%; }
.lt-ie9 .offset-third {
  margin-left: 33.33333%; }
.lt-ie9 .offset-fourth {
  margin-left: 25%; }
.lt-ie9 .unit-1 {
  width: 8.33333%; }
.lt-ie9 .offset-1 {
  margin-left: 8.33333%; }
.lt-ie9 .pull-left-1 {
  position: relative;
  right: 8.33333%; }
.lt-ie9 .pull-right-1 {
  position: relative;
  left: 8.33333%; }
.lt-ie9 .unit-2 {
  width: 16.66667%; }
.lt-ie9 .offset-2 {
  margin-left: 16.66667%; }
.lt-ie9 .pull-left-2 {
  position: relative;
  right: 16.66667%; }
.lt-ie9 .pull-right-2 {
  position: relative;
  left: 16.66667%; }
.lt-ie9 .unit-3 {
  width: 25%; }
.lt-ie9 .offset-3 {
  margin-left: 25%; }
.lt-ie9 .pull-left-3 {
  position: relative;
  right: 25%; }
.lt-ie9 .pull-right-3 {
  position: relative;
  left: 25%; }
.lt-ie9 .unit-4 {
  width: 33.33333%; }
.lt-ie9 .offset-4 {
  margin-left: 33.33333%; }
.lt-ie9 .pull-left-4 {
  position: relative;
  right: 33.33333%; }
.lt-ie9 .pull-right-4 {
  position: relative;
  left: 33.33333%; }
.lt-ie9 .unit-5 {
  width: 41.66667%; }
.lt-ie9 .offset-5 {
  margin-left: 41.66667%; }
.lt-ie9 .pull-left-5 {
  position: relative;
  right: 41.66667%; }
.lt-ie9 .pull-right-5 {
  position: relative;
  left: 41.66667%; }
.lt-ie9 .unit-6 {
  width: 50%; }
.lt-ie9 .offset-6 {
  margin-left: 50%; }
.lt-ie9 .pull-left-6 {
  position: relative;
  right: 50%; }
.lt-ie9 .pull-right-6 {
  position: relative;
  left: 50%; }
.lt-ie9 .unit-7 {
  width: 58.33333%; }
.lt-ie9 .offset-7 {
  margin-left: 58.33333%; }
.lt-ie9 .pull-left-7 {
  position: relative;
  right: 58.33333%; }
.lt-ie9 .pull-right-7 {
  position: relative;
  left: 58.33333%; }
.lt-ie9 .unit-8 {
  width: 66.66667%; }
.lt-ie9 .offset-8 {
  margin-left: 66.66667%; }
.lt-ie9 .pull-left-8 {
  position: relative;
  right: 66.66667%; }
.lt-ie9 .pull-right-8 {
  position: relative;
  left: 66.66667%; }
.lt-ie9 .unit-9 {
  width: 75%; }
.lt-ie9 .offset-9 {
  margin-left: 75%; }
.lt-ie9 .pull-left-9 {
  position: relative;
  right: 75%; }
.lt-ie9 .pull-right-9 {
  position: relative;
  left: 75%; }
.lt-ie9 .unit-10 {
  width: 83.33333%; }
.lt-ie9 .offset-10 {
  margin-left: 83.33333%; }
.lt-ie9 .pull-left-10 {
  position: relative;
  right: 83.33333%; }
.lt-ie9 .pull-right-10 {
  position: relative;
  left: 83.33333%; }
.lt-ie9 .unit-11 {
  width: 91.66667%; }
.lt-ie9 .offset-11 {
  margin-left: 91.66667%; }
.lt-ie9 .pull-left-11 {
  position: relative;
  right: 91.66667%; }
.lt-ie9 .pull-right-11 {
  position: relative;
  left: 91.66667%; }
.lt-ie9 .unit-12 {
  width: 100%; }
.lt-ie9 .offset-12 {
  margin-left: 100%; }
.lt-ie9 .pull-left-12 {
  position: relative;
  right: 100%; }
.lt-ie9 .pull-right-12 {
  position: relative;
  left: 100%; }
.lt-ie9 .g--guttered {
  margin-left: -20px; }
  .lt-ie9 .g--guttered [class*="unit-"] {
    padding-left: 20px; }
    .lt-ie9 .g--guttered [class*="unit-"] [class*="unit-"] {
      padding-left: 0; }

.lt-ie9 .category-title {
  font-size: 2.5em; }

.lt-ie9 .sitemap {
  width: 100%; }
  .lt-ie9 .sitemap .sitemap-category a:hover {
    text-decoration: none; }
  .lt-ie9 .sitemap .sitemap-page {
    width: 50%;
    float: left; }

.lt-ie9 .map-container {
  visibility: visible;
  overflow: visible;
  height: auto; }

.lt-ie9 .content {
  float: left;
  width: 100%; }
  .lt-ie9 .content .content-inner {
    margin: 0 319px 0 180px;
    border-left: 1px solid #fafafa;
    border-right: 1px solid #fafafa; }
  .lt-ie9 .content.no-right-sidebar .content-inner {
    margin-right: 0; }

.lt-ie9 [class*="fixed--"] {
  float: left; }

.lt-ie9 .fixed--160 {
  width: 180px;
  position: static;
  margin-left: -100%;
  border-right: 1px solid #fafafa;
  padding-bottom: 40px; }

.lt-ie9 .fixed--300 {
  padding-left: 0;
  border-top: none;
  padding-top: 0;
  width: 319px;
  margin-left: -319px; }

.lt-ie9 .top-ad {
  margin-left: 180px; }
  .lt-ie9 .top-ad .ad--728 {
    margin: 0; }
  .lt-ie9 .top-ad + .content ~ [class*="fixed--"] {
    position: relative;
    z-index: 1; }
  .lt-ie9 .top-ad + .content ~ .fixed--160 {
    margin-top: -130px; }

.lt-ie9 .sponsored-from-around-the-web {
  float: left; }

.lt-ie9 .social-networks-list {
  padding: 0 16px; }
  .lt-ie9 .social-networks-list .social-network-link {
    text-align: left;
    display: block;
    height: 30px;
    line-height: 30px;
    padding-left: 35px;
    position: relative;
    margin-bottom: 10px;
    color: #222;
    width: 100%; }
    .lt-ie9 .social-networks-list .social-network-link:before {
      padding: 0;
      position: absolute;
      top: 0;
      left: 0; }

.lt-ie9 .social-share-links {
  height: 30px; }
  .lt-ie9 .social-share-links li {
    height: 30px;
    overflow: visible;
    vertical-align: top; }
    .lt-ie9 .social-share-links li.social-share--twitter {
      position: relative;
      top: -6px;
      height: 30px; }
      .lt-ie9 .social-share-links li.social-share--twitter iframe {
        height: 32px !important; }

.lt-ie9 .site-header .logo-and-network-nav {
  width: auto;
  margin: 0;
  top: 16px; }
.lt-ie9 .site-header .site-logo {
  float: left;
  margin: 0 20px;
  background-image: url("../../ie_alot_logo.png");
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  background-position: center; }
.lt-ie9 .site-header .network-teaser-dropdown {
  display: block;
  visibility: hidden;
  position: absolute;
  top: 58px;
  left: 0;
  background-color: #fff;
  width: 100%;
  opacity: 0;
  padding: 20px;
  border-bottom: 4px solid #222 -light;
  border-right: 4px solid #222 -light;
  border-left: 2px solid #f5f5f5; }
  .lt-ie9 .site-header .network-teaser-dropdown.toggled {
    visibility: visible;
    opacity: 1;
    z-index: 99; }
.lt-ie9 .site-header .svg-wrap {
  display: none; }
.lt-ie9 .site-header .site-heading {
  float: left;
  padding: 0 20px;
  text-align: left; }
.lt-ie9 .site-header .network-toggle {
  display: none; }
.lt-ie9 .site-header .mothership-link {
  display: none; }
.lt-ie9 .site-header .nav {
  margin: 0; }
  .lt-ie9 .site-header .nav .network-nav-item {
    line-height: 62px;
    float: left;
    height: 60px;
    line-height: 59px;
    padding: 0 10px; }
    .lt-ie9 .site-header .nav .network-nav-item:hover {
      background-color: transparent;
      text-decoration: underline;
      color: #222 -dark; }
.lt-ie9 .site-header form.search-form .search-input {
  height: 58px;
  line-height: 58px;
  padding: 0 10px;
  font-weight: bold; }
  .lt-ie9 .site-header form.search-form .search-input:focus {
    background-color: #f5f5f5; }

.lt-ie9 .sidebar .subnav {
  display: block;
  background: #fff; }
  .lt-ie9 .sidebar .subnav .subnav-links {
    overflow: hidden;
    max-height: 0; }
    .lt-ie9 .sidebar .subnav .subnav-links a {
      display: block; }
    .lt-ie9 .sidebar .subnav .subnav-links.toggled {
      height: auto;
      max-height: 240px; }
  .lt-ie9 .sidebar .subnav .subnav-links a {
    font-size: .85em;
    height: auto;
    line-height: 1.1em;
    padding: 8px 20px;
    text-decoration: none;
    font-weight: normal;
    border: none; }
    .lt-ie9 .sidebar .subnav .subnav-links a:hover {
      text-decoration: underline; }
  .lt-ie9 .sidebar .subnav .subnav-expand {
    position: absolute;
    top: -40px;
    right: 0;
    width: 30px;
    height: 40px;
    text-align: center;
    line-height: 40px;
    border: none;
    border-left: 1px solid #fff;
    outline: none;
    color: #222 -light; }
    .lt-ie9 .sidebar .subnav .subnav-expand.toggled {
      background-color: #fff; }

.lt-ie9 .sidebar-article {
  border-bottom: 1px solid #e8e8e8;
  min-height: 20px; }
  .lt-ie9 .sidebar-article .sidebar-article-title {
    margin-bottom: 5px; }

.lt-ie9 .article-teaser {
  display: block;
  margin: 0;
  border: none;
  padding: 0 0 20px; }
  .lt-ie9 .article-teaser .article-teaser-img-link {
    vertical-align: top;
    display: block;
    background-color: #222 -dark;
    position: relative;
    width: 100%;
    height: 180px; }
  .lt-ie9 .article-teaser .article-teaser-img {
    position: absolute;
    width: 120%;
    height: auto;
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    opacity: .9; }
    .lt-ie9 .article-teaser .article-teaser-img:hover {
      opacity: 1; }
  .lt-ie9 .article-teaser .article-teaser-content {
    display: block;
    width: 100%;
    padding: 20px; }
  .lt-ie9 .article-teaser .article-teaser-title {
    margin-bottom: 10px;
    border-bottom: none;
    font-size: 24px; }
  .lt-ie9 .article-teaser .article-teaser-excerpt {
    display: block;
    margin-bottom: 1px; }
    .lt-ie9 .article-teaser .article-teaser-excerpt p {
      margin: 0;
      padding-top: 5px;
      font-size: 14px;
      padding-top: 0; }
  .lt-ie9 .article-teaser .author-byline {
    text-align: right;
    font-size: 100%; }
    .lt-ie9 .article-teaser .author-byline .author-byline-img {
      display: block; }

.lt-ie9 .featured-article .article-teaser-img-link {
  background-color: #222;
  height: auto;
  position: static; }

.lt-ie9 .sidebar .site-nav {
  margin-bottom: 20px; }
  .lt-ie9 .sidebar .site-nav a {
    color: #222 -dark;
    font-size: 1.125em;
    height: 40px;
    line-height: 39px;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #ececec;
    border-top: 1px solid #fff;
    padding: 0 20px; }
    .lt-ie9 .sidebar .site-nav a.current {
      background: #fff;
      font-weight: bold; }

.lt-ie9 .featured-article {
  padding: 0;
  margin: 0; }
  .lt-ie9 .featured-article .article-teaser-img-link {
    background-color: #222;
    height: auto;
    position: static; }
  .lt-ie9 .featured-article .article-teaser-img {
    width: 800px;
    margin-left: -400px;
    top: -35%;
    -webkit-filter: blur(0);
    opacity: .9;
    display: block;
    position: static;
    width: 100%;
    margin: 0; }
    .lt-ie9 .featured-article .article-teaser-img:hover {
      opacity: 1; }
  .lt-ie9 .featured-article .article-teaser-content {
    width: 90%;
    max-width: 560px;
    position: absolute;
    bottom: 20px;
    right: 20px;
    background-color: transparent;
    background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKAQMAAAC3/F3+AAAAA1BMVEX///+nxBvIAAAAAXRSTlO/Gzh2ewAAAApJREFUCNdjwAsAAB4AAdpxxYoAAAAASUVORK5CYII=); }
  .lt-ie9 .featured-article .article-teaser-content--right {
    float: right; }
  .lt-ie9 .featured-article .article-teaser-title {
    font-size: 40px;
    line-height: 1em; }
  .lt-ie9 .featured-article .article-teaser-footer {
    padding-top: 10px; }

.lt-ie9 .site-footer {
  text-align: center;
  background-color: transparent;
  margin-top: 0;
  padding: 0; }
  .lt-ie9 .site-footer .footer-nav a {
    display: block;
    font-size: 13px;
    color: #222;
    text-align: left;
    padding: .5em 20px; }

.lt-ie9 .mobile-header-action {
  display: none; }

.lt-ie9 select {
  height: 32px;
  padding: 0 0 6px 0; }

.lt-ie9 .pad {
  padding: 20px; }

.lt-ie9 .pad-right {
  padding-right: 20px; }

.lt-ie9 .pad-left {
  padding-left: 20px; }

.lt-ie9 .pad-top {
  padding-top: 20px; }

.lt-ie9 .pad-bottom {
  padding-bottom: 20px; }

.lt-ie9 .pad-sides {
  padding-left: 20px;
  padding-right: 20px; }

.lt-ie9 [class*="button"] {
  padding-top: 6px;
  padding-bottom: 6px; }
.lt-ie9 .button--large {
  padding-top: 11px;
  padding-bottom: 11px; }
.lt-ie9 .button--small {
  padding-top: 2px;
  padding-bottom: 2px; }

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