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+{% extends "admin/base.html" %}
+{% load admin_static %}
+
+{% block extrahead %}
+<link rel="stylesheet"  href="http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/jquery.dataTables/1.9.0/css/jquery.dataTables.css">
+<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="{% static 'suit/css/suit.css' %}" media="all">
+<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/jquery.dataTables/1.9.0/css/jquery.dataTables_themeroller.css">
+<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="{% static 'planetstack.css' %}" media="all">
+<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.10.4/themes/smoothness/jquery-ui.css">
+
+<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://cdn.leafletjs.com/leaflet-0.7.2/leaflet.css" />
+<script src="http://cdn.leafletjs.com/leaflet-0.7.2/leaflet.js"></script>
+
+
+<!-- no need to include jquery here as it's already included by base.html. Including it multiple times will break mtuity statistics. -->
+<!-- src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.9.1.js" -->
+
+<script src="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.10.4/jquery-ui.js"></script>
+<script src="http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/jquery.dataTables/1.9.4/jquery.dataTables.min.js"></script>
+<script type="text/javascript" src="{% static 'log4javascript-1.4.6/log4javascript.js' %}"></script>
+<script src="{% static 'js/Leaflet.MakiMarkers.js' %}" > </script>
+  
+<script>
+  $(function() {
+    $( "#hometabs" ).tabs({active: 0, //event: "mouseover"
+      //collapsible: true
+    });
+  });
+
+var consoleAppender = new log4javascript.BrowserConsoleAppender();
+var patternLayout = new log4javascript.PatternLayout("%d{HH:mm:ss,SSS} %l{s:l} %-5p - %m{1}%n");
+consoleAppender.setLayout(patternLayout);
+//var log  = log4javascript.getDefaultLogger();
+var log  = log4javascript.getRootLogger();
+log.addAppender(consoleAppender);
+log.setLevel(log4javascript.Level.ERROR);
+
+function confirmDialog(title,msg) {
+    var dialog = $('<div>'+msg+'</div>');
+    var def = $.Deferred();
+
+    $(dialog).dialog({
+        resizable: false,
+        title: title,
+        autoOpen: true,
+        modal: true,
+        dialogClass: "dashboard-hpc-sliver",
+        buttons: {
+            'OK': function() {
+                def.resolve();
+                log.debug("Chose to add a sliver");
+                $( this ).dialog( "close" );
+            },
+            'Cancel': function() {
+                def.reject();
+                $( this ).dialog( "close" );
+            }
+        },
+        close: {
+        }
+    });
+    return def.promise();
+}
+
+</script>
+{% endblock %}
+
+{% block content %}
+dashboard goes here
+{% endblock %}