another attempt

_layouts/post.html

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+---
+layout: default
+---
+<article id="post-page">
+	<h1>{{ page.title }}</h1>
+	<time datetime="{{ page.date | date_to_xmlschema }}" class="by-line">{{ page.date | date_to_string }}</time>
+
+	<div class="content">
+		{{ content }}
+	</div>
+</article>

index.html

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+---
+layout: default
+---
+<!-- Posts -->
+<ul id="posts">
+
+	{% for post in paginator.posts %}
+
+	  <li class="post">
+	  	<h2><a href="{{ site.baseurl }}{{ post.url }}">{{ post.title }}</a></h2>
+	  	<time datetime="{{ post.date | date_to_xmlschema }}" class="by-line">{{ post.date | date_to_string }}</time>
+	  	<p>{{ post.content | strip_html | truncatewords:50 }}</p>
+	  </li>
+
+    {% endfor %}
+
+</ul>
+
+<hr/>
+  <h1>Latest Events</h1>
+
+  <ul>
+    {% for post in site.posts %}
+      <li>
+        <h2><a href="{{ post.url }}">{{ post.title }}</a></h2>
+        {{ post.excerpt }}
+      </li>
+    {% endfor %}
+  </ul>
+