private function _renderTemplate($template, $vars)
	{
		extract($vars, EXTR_SKIP);
		ob_start();

		try
		{
			require($template);
			$contents = ob_get_contents();
		}
		catch (Exception $e)
		{
			// TODO: come up with a clever way of chaining exceptions
			ob_end_clean();
			throw $e;
		}

		ob_end_clean();
		return $contents;
	}