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 <h2>Latest News &amp; Updates</h2>
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-	  	<h3>Welcome to LAMS 2.0.4!</h3> 
-	 	  <p> <a href="http://bugs.lamsfoundation.org/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=10020&styleName=Html&version=10061" title="LAMS 2.0.4 Release Notes" target="_new">LAMS 2.0.4</a> is a new release with bug fixes, improvements and key new feature: <a href="http://www.lamscommunity.org/dotlrn/clubs/technicalcommunity/forums/message-view?message_id=416657" target="_new" title="Live Edit">Live Edit</a>, which allows teachers to modify a lesson on-the-fly directly in Monitor.<br/>
+	  	<h3>Welcome to LAMS 2.1 Beta!</h3> 
+	  		<P>This is a pre-release version of LAMS 2.1, designed give you a chance to play with Branching and give us your 
+	  		feedback on how it works, what you like and don’t like, etc. We are still developing this release so there are bugs.<BR/>
 
+			Other changes that will be in LAMS 2.1 are: allowing you to edit an activity even after the learners have started it, 
+			the ability to name your groups in authoring, the ability to rearrange the lessons on the main page and indicators on 
+			the main page to show if you have completed a lesson or if a lesson is disabled.
+			For a full list of all the items changed in this release (and the outstanding issues) see our 
+			<a href="http://bugs.lamsfoundation.org/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?version=10013&styleName=Html&projectId=10020" title="LAMS 2.1 Fixes and Outstanding Issues" target="_new">Issues Tracker</a>.<BR/>
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            If you want to learn more about <a href="http://wiki.lamsfoundation.org/display/lamsdocs" target="_new" title="LAMS Documentation">LAMS</a>, join the <a href="http://lamscommunity.org" title="LAMS Community" target="_new">LAMS Community</a> where teachers and developers share their experiences and ideas on the usage of LAMS.<br/>
 
 		   Found a bug or wanted to share new features? <a href="http://lamscommunity.org/dotlrn/clubs/technicalcommunity/forums/forum-view?forum_id=4930" target="_new">Let us know about it</a>. Also have a look at the <a href="http://wiki.lamsfoundation.org/display/lams/Roadmap" target="_new" title="LAMS Roadmap">LAMS Roadmap</a> for upcoming features.<br/>