a:4:{s:8:"template";s:8126:"<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en-US">

<head>
<meta charset="utf-8"/>
<meta content="width=device-width" name="viewport"/>
<title>{{ keyword }}</title>
<link href="http://gmpg.org/xfn/11" rel="profile"/>


<link href="http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans:400italic,700italic,400,700&amp;subset=latin,latin-ext" id="twentytwelve-fonts-css" media="all" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/>
<style id="twentytwelve-style-css" media="all" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">/*



/* =Reset
-------------------------------------------------------------- */

html, body, div, h1, h2, h3, a, ul, li, footer, header, hgroup, nav {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
	border: 0;
	font-size: 100%;
	vertical-align: baseline;
}
body {
	line-height: 1;
}
ul {
	list-style: none;
}
h1,
h2,
h3 {
	clear: both;
}
html {
	overflow-y: scroll;
	font-size: 100%;
	-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;
	-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;
}
a:focus {
	outline: thin dotted;
}
footer,
header,
hgroup,
nav {
	display: block;
}

/* Clearing floats */
.wrapper:after {
	clear: both;
}
.wrapper:before,
.wrapper:after {
	display: table;
	content: "";
}


.menu-toggle {
	padding: 6px 10px;
	padding: 0.428571429rem 0.714285714rem;
	font-size: 11px;
	font-size: 0.785714286rem;
	line-height: 1.428571429;
	font-weight: normal;
	color: #7c7c7c;
	background-color: #e6e6e6;
	background-repeat: repeat-x;
	background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #f4f4f4, #e6e6e6);
	background-image: -ms-linear-gradient(top, #f4f4f4, #e6e6e6);
	background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #f4f4f4, #e6e6e6);
	background-image: -o-linear-gradient(top, #f4f4f4, #e6e6e6);
	background-image: linear-gradient(top, #f4f4f4, #e6e6e6);
	border: 1px solid #d2d2d2;
	border-radius: 3px;
	box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(64, 64, 64, 0.1);
}
.menu-toggle {
	cursor: pointer;
}
.menu-toggle:hover {
	color: #5e5e5e;
	background-color: #ebebeb;
	background-repeat: repeat-x;
	background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #f9f9f9, #ebebeb);
	background-image: -ms-linear-gradient(top, #f9f9f9, #ebebeb);
	background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #f9f9f9, #ebebeb);
	background-image: -o-linear-gradient(top, #f9f9f9, #ebebeb);
	background-image: linear-gradient(top, #f9f9f9, #ebebeb);
}
.menu-toggle:active {
	color: #757575;
	background-color: #e1e1e1;
	background-repeat: repeat-x;
	background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #ebebeb, #e1e1e1);
	background-image: -ms-linear-gradient(top, #ebebeb, #e1e1e1);
	background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #ebebeb, #e1e1e1);
	background-image: -o-linear-gradient(top, #ebebeb, #e1e1e1);
	background-image: linear-gradient(top, #ebebeb, #e1e1e1);
	box-shadow: inset 0 0 8px 2px #c6c6c6, 0 1px 0 0 #f4f4f4;
	border: none;
}


/* Body, links, basics */
html {
	font-size: 87.5%;
}
body {
	font-size: 14px;
	font-size: 1rem;
	font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
	text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;
	color: #444;
}
body.custom-font-enabled {
	font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
}
a {
	outline: none;
	color: #21759b;
}
a:hover {
	color: #0f3647;
}

/* Assistive text */
.assistive-text {
	position: absolute !important;
	clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);
}
.main-navigation .assistive-text:hover,
.main-navigation .assistive-text:active,
.main-navigation .assistive-text:focus {
	background: #fff;
	border: 2px solid #333;
	border-radius: 3px;
	clip: auto !important;
	color: #000;
	display: block;
	font-size: 12px;
	padding: 12px;
	position: absolute;
	top: 5px;
	left: 5px;
	z-index: 100000; /* Above WP toolbar */
}

/* Page structure */
.site {
	padding: 0 24px;
	padding: 0 1.714285714rem;
	background-color: #fff;
}

/* Header */
.site-header {
	padding: 24px 0;
	padding: 1.714285714rem 0;
}
.site-header h1,
.site-header h2 {
	text-align: center;
}
.site-header h1 a {
	color: #515151;
	display: inline-block;
	text-decoration: none;
}
.site-header h1 a:hover {
	color: #21759b;
}
.site-header h1 {
	font-size: 24px;
	font-size: 1.714285714rem;
	line-height: 1.285714286;
	margin-bottom: 14px;
	margin-bottom: 1rem;
}
.site-header h2 {
	font-weight: normal;
	font-size: 13px;
	font-size: 0.928571429rem;
	line-height: 1.846153846;
	color: #757575;
}

/* Navigation Menu */
.main-navigation {
	margin-top: 24px;
	margin-top: 1.714285714rem;
	text-align: center;
}
.main-navigation li {
	margin-top: 24px;
	margin-top: 1.714285714rem;
	font-size: 12px;
	font-size: 0.857142857rem;
	line-height: 1.42857143;
}
.main-navigation a {
	color: #5e5e5e;
}
.main-navigation a:hover {
	color: #21759b;
}
.main-navigation div.nav-menu > ul {
	display: none;
}
.menu-toggle {
	display: inline-block;
}

/* Banner */

/* Sidebar */

/* Footer */
footer[role="contentinfo"] {
	border-top: 1px solid #ededed;
	clear: both;
	font-size: 12px;
	font-size: 0.857142857rem;
	line-height: 2;
	max-width: 960px;
	max-width: 68.571428571rem;
	margin-top: 24px;
	margin-top: 1.714285714rem;
	margin-left: auto;
	margin-right: auto;
	padding: 24px 0;
	padding: 1.714285714rem 0;
}
footer[role="contentinfo"] a {
	color: #686868;
}
footer[role="contentinfo"] a:hover {
	color: #21759b;
}


/* Minimum width of 600 pixels. */
@media screen and (min-width: 600px) {
	.site {
		margin: 0 auto;
		max-width: 960px;
		max-width: 68.571428571rem;
		overflow: hidden;
	}
	.site-header h1,
	.site-header h2 {
		text-align: left;
	}
	.site-header h1 {
		font-size: 26px;
		font-size: 1.857142857rem;
		line-height: 1.846153846;
		margin-bottom: 0;
	}
	.main-navigation div.nav-menu > ul {
		border-bottom: 1px solid #ededed;
		border-top: 1px solid #ededed;
		display: inline-block !important;
		text-align: left;
		width: 100%;
	}
	.main-navigation ul {
		margin: 0;
		text-indent: 0;
	}
	.main-navigation li a,
	.main-navigation li {
		display: inline-block;
		text-decoration: none;
	}
	.main-navigation li a {
		border-bottom: 0;
		color: #6a6a6a;
		line-height: 3.692307692;
		text-transform: uppercase;
		white-space: nowrap;
	}
	.main-navigation li a:hover {
		color: #000;
	}
	.main-navigation li {
		margin: 0 40px 0 0;
		margin: 0 2.857142857rem 0 0;
		position: relative;
	}
	.menu-toggle {
		display: none;
	}
}

/* Minimum width of 960 pixels. */
@media screen and (min-width: 960px) {
	body {
		background-color: #e6e6e6;
	}
	body .site {
		padding: 0 40px;
		padding: 0 2.857142857rem;
		margin-top: 48px;
		margin-top: 3.428571429rem;
		margin-bottom: 48px;
		margin-bottom: 3.428571429rem;
		box-shadow: 0 2px 6px rgba(100, 100, 100, 0.3);
	}
}


/* =Print
----------------------------------------------- */

@media print {
	body {
		background: none !important;
		color: #000;
		font-size: 10pt;
	}
	a {
		text-decoration: none;
	}
	.site {
		clear: both !important;
		display: block !important;
		float: none !important;
		max-width: 100%;
		position: relative !important;
	}
	.site-header {
		margin-bottom: 72px;
		margin-bottom: 5.142857143rem;
		text-align: left;
	}
	.site-header h1 {
		font-size: 21pt;
		line-height: 1;
		text-align: left;
	}
	.site-header h2 {
		color: #000;
		font-size: 10pt;
		text-align: left;
	}
	.site-header h1 a {
		color: #000;
	}
	#colophon,
	.main-navigation {
		display: none;
	}
	.wrapper {
		border-top: none;
		box-shadow: none;
	}
}
</style>


<style type="text/css">.recentcomments a{display:inline !important;padding:0 !important;margin:0 !important;}</style>
</head>
<body class="custom-font-enabled single-author">
<div class="hfeed site" id="page">
<header class="site-header" id="masthead" role="banner">
<hgroup>
<h1 class="site-title"><a href="#" rel="home" title="{{ keyword }}">{{ keyword }}</a></h1>
<h2 class="site-description">Just another WordPress site</h2>
</hgroup>
<nav class="main-navigation" id="site-navigation" role="navigation">
<h3 class="menu-toggle">Menu</h3>
<a class="assistive-text" href="#" title="Skip to content">Skip to content</a>
<div class="nav-menu"><ul><li><a href="#" title="Home">Home</a></li><li class="page_item page-item-2"><a href="#">Sample Page</a></li></ul></div>
</nav>
</header>
<div class="wrapper" id="main">
{{ text }}
	</div>
<footer id="colophon" role="contentinfo">
<div class="site-info">
</div>
</footer>
</div>


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