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<ul class="timeline">

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	<li>
		<div class="direction-r">
			<div class="flag-wrapper">
				<span class="flag">Freelancer</span>
				<span class="time-wrapper"><span class="time">2013 - present</span></span>
			</div>
			<div class="desc">My current employment. Way better than the position before!</div>
		</div>
	</li>
  
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	<li>
		<div class="direction-l">
			<div class="flag-wrapper">
				<span class="flag">Apple Inc.</span>
				<span class="time-wrapper"><span class="time">2011 - 2013</span></span>
			</div>
			<div class="desc">My first employer. All the stuff I've learned and projects I've been working on.</div>
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	</li>

	<!-- Item 3 -->
	<li>
		<div class="direction-r">
			<div class="flag-wrapper">
				<span class="flag">Harvard University</span>
				<span class="time-wrapper"><span class="time">2008 - 2011</span></span>
			</div>
			<div class="desc">A description of all the lectures and courses I have taken and my final degree?</div>
		</div>
	</li>
  
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  margin-top: 20px;
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  left: 50%;
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.timeline li {
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.timeline li:after {
  content: "";
  display: block;
  height: 0;
  clear: both;
  visibility: hidden;
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.direction-l {
  position: relative;
  width: 300px;
  float: left;
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.direction-r {
  position: relative;
  width: 300px;
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}

.flag-wrapper {
  position: relative;
  display: inline-block;
  
  text-align: center;
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.flag {
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  display: inline;
  background: rgb(248,248,248);
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  font-weight: 600;
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  position: absolute;
  top: 50%;
  right: -40px;
  content: ' ';
  display: block;
  width: 12px;
  height: 12px;
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  border: 4px solid rgb(255,80,80);
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.direction-r .flag:before {
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  position: absolute;
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  top: 50%;
  height: 0;
  width: 0;
  margin-top: -8px;
  border: solid transparent;
  border-left-color: rgb(248,248,248);
  border-width: 8px;
  pointer-events: none;
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.direction-r .flag:after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  right: 100%;
  top: 50%;
  height: 0;
  width: 0;
  margin-top: -8px;
  border: solid transparent;
  border-right-color: rgb(248,248,248);
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  line-height: 1em;
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.direction-l .time-wrapper {
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.direction-r .time-wrapper {
  float: right;
}

.time {
  display: inline-block;
  padding: 4px 6px;
  background: rgb(248,248,248);
}

.desc {
  margin: 1em 0.75em 0 0;
  
  font-size: 0.77777em;
  font-style: italic;
  line-height: 1.5em;
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.direction-r .desc {
  margin: 1em 0 0 0.75em;
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/* ================ Timeline Media Queries ================ */

@media screen and (max-width: 660px) {

.timeline {
 	width: 100%;
	padding: 4em 0 1em 0;
}

.timeline li {
	padding: 2em 0;
}

.direction-l,
.direction-r {
	float: none;
	width: 100%;

	text-align: center;
}

.flag-wrapper {
	text-align: center;
}

.flag {
	background: rgb(255,255,255);
	z-index: 15;
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.direction-r .flag:before {
  position: absolute;
  top: -30px;
	left: 50%;
	content: ' ';
	display: block;
	width: 12px;
	height: 12px;
	margin-left: -9px;
	background: #fff;
	border-radius: 10px;
	border: 4px solid rgb(255,80,80);
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	margin-left: -8px;
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.time-wrapper {
	display: block;
	position: relative;
	margin: 4px 0 0 0;
	z-index: 14;
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.direction-l .time-wrapper {
	float: none;
}

.direction-r .time-wrapper {
	float: none;
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.desc {
	position: relative;
	margin: 1em 0 0 0;
	padding: 1em;
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  z-index: 15;
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.direction-l .desc,
.direction-r .desc {
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