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+{% extends "_default/base.html" %}
+<!-- partners template
+the template for displaying the partners page.
+consists of a featured partners row, 
+a paginated list of posts (sorted by date), 
+and a side nav for category and featured post navigation
+-->
+
+{% block content %}
+
+<main>
+
+    <!--sets global featured variable as the most recent post with the isFeatured tag-->
+    {%- set section = get_section(path="people/_index.md") %}
+    <div class="container mx-auto">
+      {% include "partials/filter_bar.html" %}
+      <div class="text-center main-title px-0 md:w-full">
+        <h1
+          class="tracking-tight text-5xl text-left text-2xl sm:text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl fw-500 leading-snug font-normal mb-10"
+        >
+        {% set path_array = current_path | split(pat="/") %}
+        {% set taxonomy = path_array[1] %}
+        {% set category = path_array[2] %}
+          {{category | replace(from='-', to=' ' ) | title}}
+        </h1>
+        <div>
+          <div class="mt-12 grid gap-5 max-w-lg mx-auto lg:grid-cols-2 xl:grid-cols-4 lg:max-w-none">
+            {%- for page in paginator.pages %} 
+            {% if "Engineering" == "Engineering"%}
+                  {% include "partials/personCard.html" %} 
+              {%endif%} {%- endfor %}
+          </div>
+          <hr class="mt-6" />
+          <p class="text-center text-sm mt-2 mb-16">
+            {% if paginator.previous %}
+            <a
+              class="border-transparent"
+              aria-label="First page"
+              href="{{ paginator.first }}"
+              >{% include "partials/icons/svgPrevPageIcon.html" %}{% include
+              "partials/icons/svgPrevPageIcon.html" %}</a
+            >
+            &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
+            <a
+              class="border-transparent"
+              aria-label="Previous page"
+              href="{{ paginator.previous }}"
+              >{% include "partials/icons/svgPrevPageIcon.html" %}</a
+            >
+            &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
+            &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; {% else %} {%
+            include "partials/icons/svgFirstPageIcon.html" %}{% include
+            "partials/icons/svgFirstPageIcon.html" %}
+            &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; {% include
+            "partials/icons/svgFirstPageIcon.html" %}
+            &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
+            &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; {% endif %} {% if
+            paginator.next %}
+            <a
+              class="border-transparent"
+              aria-label="Next page"
+              href="{{ paginator.next }}"
+              >{% include "partials/icons/svgNextPageIcon.html" %}</a
+            >
+            &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
+            <a
+              class="border-transparent"
+              aria-label="Last page"
+              href="{{ paginator.last }}"
+              >{% include "partials/icons/svgNextPageIcon.html" %}{% include
+              "partials/icons/svgNextPageIcon.html" %}</a
+            >
+            {% else %} {% include "partials/icons/svgLastPageIcon.html" %}
+            &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; {% include
+            "partials/icons/svgLastPageIcon.html" %}{% include
+            "partials/icons/svgLastPageIcon.html" %} {% endif %}
+          </p>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+ </main> 
+ 
+ {% endblock content %}
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