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 <!DOCTYPE newdefs SYSTEM "csc.dtd">
 <newsdefs>
+  <newsitem author="m2ellis" date="2010-09-22">
+  We experienced a recent power outage which caused the RAID array hosting mirror data to need to be rebuilt. 
+  As a result, the mirrored data is temporarily read-only. We hope to resume synchronizing as soon as possible. We apologize for any inconvenience.
+
+  You can view the reconstruction progress on the <a href="http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/">mirror's index page</a>
+  </newsitem>
   <newsitem author="m2ellis" date="2010-09-14">
       Elections are over. The results are:
       <ul>