         <h4>What is the schedule?</h4>
         <ul>
           <li>Now - Registration open.</li>
-          <li>#{closeDay}, 1200 PST - Applications are closed. Final notifications are sent to teams/individuals who were accepted and the
-          Hackathon Theme is announced (on the <a href="https://koding.com/Activity/Topic/hackathon" target=_blank>#hackathon channel on Koding</a> and via email to the accepted teams).</li>
+          <li>#{closeDay}, 1200 PST - Applications are closed. Final notifications are sent to teams/individuals 
+          who are accepted</li>
           <li>#{firstDay} - Day 1 Let the hacking begin!</li>
           <li>#{secondDay} - Day 2 of the Hackathon
             <ul>

        developer looking for a backend database team member.</i> Once you get a response, jump into
        private chats on Koding itself to discuss your ideas and start recruiting!
        </p>
      </article>
      <article>
        <h4>How do I get accepted? </h4>
        <p>We expect a lot of you to apply but to keep things sane, we will be limiting the
        final competition to 1000 teams. Our panel of judges will decide who will be part
        of the competition. Their decision will be based on factors like location, team size,
        project work on github, social presence, etc. Applications are being reviewed on a first
        come first serve basis so apply today and if approved, you will receive an email from

          </li>
          <li>
            <figure>
              <figcaption><a href='https://www.3scale.net/'>3Scale</a> will offer an additional <strong>$1,500</strong> to the team that makes the best usage of any API on thier site.</figcaption>
            </figure>
          </li>          
          <li>
            <figure>
              <figcaption><a href='http://www.datadoghq.com' target='_blank'>DATADOG</a> will award <strong>$1,000</strong> to the team that makes the best use of their service and their API.</figcaption>
            </figure>
          </li>
          <li>
