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+# middleman
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+The Middleman is ever-vigilant against tag-soup, unreadable CSS and repetition. He stands-watch over your Haml, Sass, and CoffeeScript producing only the cleanest and efficient markup.
+
+## Getting Started
+
+Everything you need to know is on the official site: 
+http://middlemanapp.com
+
+## Mailing List
+
+If you have questions, answers can be found on community forum: https://convore.com/middleman/
+
+## Copyright
+
+Copyright (c) 2010 Thomas Reynolds. See LICENSE for details.
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-= middleman
-
-The Middleman is ever-vigilant against tag-soup, unreadable CSS and repetition. He stands-watch over your Haml, Sass, Less and CoffeeScript producing only the cleanest and efficient markup.
-
-== Getting Started
-
-Everything you need to know is on the wiki: http://github.com/tdreyno/middleman/wiki
-
-== Mailing List
-
-If you have questions, answers can be found on community forum: https://convore.com/middleman/
-
-== Copyright
-
-Copyright (c) 2010 Thomas Reynolds. See LICENSE for details.