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 ZODIAC is a static website generator powered by sh and awk. The core features of zodiac are:
 
-* utliization of existing tools (i.e. awk, sh, find, etc.)
+* utilization of existing tools (i.e. awk, sh, find, etc.)
 * supports using plain html
 * built-in support for markdown
 * a simple, easy to use templating system