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 ## Developer Portfolio Landing Page Template
 
+### Introduction
+
 Use this template if you need a quick developer / data science portfolio! Based on a Minimal Jekyll theme for GitHub Pages.
 
 <img src="images/demo.gif?raw=true"/>
 
+### Installation
+
 See full step by step tutorial [on Medium](https://medium.com/@evanca/set-up-your-portfolio-website-in-less-than-10-minutes-with-github-pages-d0efa8ff56fd).
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 For more details see [GitHub Flavored Markdown](https://guides.github.com/features/mastering-markdown/).
 
+### Roadmap
+
+See the [open issues](https://github.com/evanca/machine-learning_optimizing-app-offers-with-starbucks/issues) for a list of proposed features (and known issues).
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-References:
+### References
 
 [1] Jekyll theme "Minimal" for GitHub Pages: https://github.com/pages-themes/minimal (CC0 1.0 Universal License)
 <br>[2] Dummy photo via: https://pixabay.com/photos/man-male-adult-person-caucasian-1209494/ (Pixabay License)
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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="IE=edge">
+    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
+
+{% seo %}
+    <link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ "/assets/css/style.css?v=" | append: site.github.build_revision | relative_url }}">
+    <!--[if lt IE 9]>
+    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/html5shiv/3.7.3/html5shiv.min.js"></script>
+    <![endif]-->
+  </head>
+  <body>
+    <div class="wrapper">
+      <header>
+        <h1><a href="{{ "/" | absolute_url }}">{{ site.title | default: site.github.repository_name }}</a></h1>
+        
+        {% if site.logo %}
+          <img src="{{site.logo | relative_url}}" alt="Logo" />
+        {% endif %}
+
+        <p>{{ site.description | default: site.github.project_tagline }}</p>
+
+        {% if site.github.is_project_page %}
+        <p class="view"><a href="{{ site.github.repository_url }}">View the Project on GitHub <small>{{ site.github.repository_nwo }}</small></a></p>
+        {% endif %}
+
+        {% if site.github.is_user_page %}
+        <p class="view"><a href="{{ site.github.owner_url }}">View My GitHub Profile</a></p>
+        {% endif %}
+
+        {% if site.show_downloads %}
+        <ul class="downloads">
+          <li><a href="{{ site.github.zip_url }}">Download <strong>ZIP File</strong></a></li>
+          <li><a href="{{ site.github.tar_url }}">Download <strong>TAR Ball</strong></a></li>
+          <li><a href="{{ site.github.repository_url }}">View On <strong>GitHub</strong></a></li>
+        </ul>
+        {% endif %}
+      </header>
+      <section>
+
+      {{ content }}
+
+      </section>
+      <footer>
+        {% if site.github.is_project_page %}
+        <p>This project is maintained by <a href="{{ site.github.owner_url }}">{{ site.github.owner_name }}</a></p>
+        {% endif %}
+        <p><small>Hosted on GitHub Pages &mdash; Theme by <a href="https://github.com/orderedlist">orderedlist</a></small></p>
+      </footer>
+    </div>
+    <script src="{{ "/assets/js/scale.fix.js" | relative_url }}"></script>
+    {% if site.google_analytics %}
+    <script>
+      (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','https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');
+      ga('create', '{{ site.google_analytics }}', 'auto');
+      ga('send', 'pageview');
+    </script>
+    {% endif %}
+  </body>
+</html>
