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             <div class="col-md-1"></div>
             <div class="col-md-10">
                 <div style="margin-top: 15px;" class="well">
-                    <h1>Dear Codalab users,</h1>
+                    <p>Dear Codalab users,</p>
                     <p>
-                        Following a major crash of our system, we restored Codalab from an older backup. Some
-                        competitions and some user accounts could not be restored. Competition organizers may have had
-                        to reload your competition under another number. Please check the competition list to find your
-                        competition. You may have to re-register and re-enter your last submission(s). We sincerely apologize for the trouble.
-                        We are putting in place better backup and recovery procedures so this problem will not recur.
                         To help build our community we created this
                         <a href="https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/codalab-competitions">Google group</a>, please join!
                     </p>
-                    <p>We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience.</p>
                     <p>Best regards,</p>
-
                     <p>&mdash; The Codalab team</p>
                 </div>
             </div>