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+<html>
+<head>
+<style type="text/css" media="screen">
+body {
+font-family: 'Droid Serif',Georgia,serif;
+font-size: 24px;
+text-shadow: 1px 1px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5);
+background-image: url('/error_bg.png');
+}
+
+.msg {
+ text-align: center;
+ margin-top: 20%;
+}
+
+.icon {
+ margin: 15px;
+ margin-top: 30px;
+ text-align: right;
+ width: 80%;
+}
+</style>
+</head>
+<body>
+<div class='msg'>BrowserID is down for maintenence. We'll be back in a minute or two. Probably less.</div>
+<div class='icon'><img src="/error_icon.png"><br/></div>
+</body>
+</html>
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