Cleaned out the master branch to make space for dojo contents; added a .gitignore for python projects; modified the readme to explain the reason for this repository

Author: chhabrakadabra

.gitignore

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-_drafts/
-_site/
-.DS_Store
-*.swo
-*.swp
-.sass-cache
+*.py[cod]
+
+# C extensions
+*.so
+
+# Packages
+*.egg
+*.egg-info
+dist
+build
+eggs
+parts
+bin
+var
+sdist
+develop-eggs
+.installed.cfg
+lib
+lib64
+
+# Installer logs
+pip-log.txt
+
+# Unit test / coverage reports
+.coverage
+.tox
+nosetests.xml
+
+# Translations
+*.mo
+
+# Mr Developer
+.mr.developer.cfg
+.project
+.pydevproject
+
+.idea/
+
+.DS_Store

README.md

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+# Base Presentation with Py-YYC theme #
+
+For repositories for Py-YYC meetups, fork this repository and rename them. Create files in the _posts folder of the gh-pages branch to make presentation slides. The github pages for this project (at py-yyc.github.com/name-of-repo) will be the presentation for the meetup.
+
+# Help needed! #
+
+To anyone with CSS-chops, please play around with the styling of this base presentation to define the Py-YYC theme. **Consider this an opportunity to hone your SCSS skills.**
+
+# Credits #
+
+This repository has been forked from the [Hekyll repository](https://github.com/bmcmurray/hekyll). The authors Brian McMurray (bmcmurray) and Steven Merrill (smerrill) deserve credit for this. 
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+** The following is the original README for the Hekyll project **
+
 # Hekyll
 _pronunciation: "heckle"_