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-<!doctype html>
-<html lang="{{ site.lang | default: "en-US" }}">
-  <head>
-    <meta charset="utf-8">
-    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="chrome=1">
-
-{% seo %}
-    <link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ '/assets/css/style.css?v=' | append: site.github.build_revision | relative_url }}">
-    <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
-    <script src="{{ '/assets/js/respond.js' | relative_url }}"></script>
-    <!--[if lt IE 9]>
-      <script src="//html5shiv.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html5.js"></script>
-    <![endif]-->
-    <!--[if lt IE 8]>
-    <link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ '/assets/css/ie.css' | relative_url }}">
-    <![endif]-->
-    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, user-scalable=no">
-
-  </head>
-  <body>
-      <div id="header">
-        <nav>
-          <li class="fork"><a href="{{ site.github.repository_url }}">View On GitHub</a></li>
-          {% if site.show_downloads %}
-            <li class="downloads"><a href="{{ site.github.zip_url }}">ZIP</a></li>
-            <li class="downloads"><a href="{{ site.github.tar_url }}">TAR</a></li>
-            <li class="title">DOWNLOADS</li>
-          {% endif %}
-        </nav>
-      </div><!-- end header -->
-
-    <nav class="sidenav">
-      <li class="home">Starter app</li>
-    </nav>
-    <div class="wrapper">
-
-      <section>
-        <div id="title">
-          <h1>{{ site.title | default: site.github.repository_name }}</h1>
-          <p>{{ site.description | default: site.github.project_tagline }}</p>
-          <hr>
-          <span class="credits left">Project maintained by <a href="{{ site.github.owner_url }}">{{ site.github.owner_name }}</a></span>
-          <span class="credits right">Hosted on GitHub Pages &mdash; Theme by <a href="https://twitter.com/michigangraham">mattgraham</a></span>
-        </div>
-
-        {{ content }}
-
-      </section>
-
-    </div>
-
-    {% if site.google_analytics %}
-      <script type="text/javascript">
-        (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
-        (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),
-        m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)
-        })(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');
-        ga('create', '{{ site.google_analytics }}', 'auto');
-        ga('send', 'pageview');
-      </script>
-    {% endif %}
-  </body>
-</html>
