Release runup including intro wording changes, news updates

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                         <p>The Boost web site provides free peer-reviewed portable C++ source libraries. 
-                           The emphasis is on libraries which work well with the C++ Standard Library. One 
+                           The emphasis is on libraries which work well with the C++ Standard Library. 
+                        The libraries are intended to be widely useful, and are 
+                        in regular use by thousands of programmers across a 
+                        broad spectrum of applications.</p>
+                        <p>A further 
                            goal is to establish "existing practice" and provide reference implementations 
-                           so that the Boost libraries are suitable for eventual standardization. Several 
+                           so that Boost libraries are suitable for eventual standardization. 
+                        Ten 
                            Boost libraries will be included in the <a href="http://anubis.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc22/wg21/">
                               C++ Standards Committee</a>'s upcoming <a href="http://std.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/library_technical_report.html">
-                              C++ Standard Library Technical Report</a>.</p>
+                              C++ Standard Library Technical Report</a> as a 
+                        step toward becoming part of a future C++ Standard.</p>
                         <p>Although Boost was begun by members of the C++ Standards Committee Library 
-                           Working Group, membership has expanded to include nearly two thousand 
+                           Working Group, participation has expanded to include thousands 
                            programmers from the C++ community at large.</p>
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-                           site-related issues, and members are encouraged to participate in formal 
-                           reviews of proposed libraries. There is also a users mailing list.</p>
+                        <h2><a name="Membership">Participation</a></h2>
+                        <p>If you are interested in participating in Boost, please join 
+                           our main <a href="more/mailing_lists.htm#main">developers mailing list</a>. Discussions 
+                        are highly technical, and list members are encouraged to participate in formal 
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+                        <a href="more/mailing_lists.htm#users">users mailing list</a>, 
+                        and several <a href="more/mailing_lists.htm#projects">
+                        project specific lists</a>.</p>
                         <p>Both the main Boost developers list and the users list are also accessible as <a href="more/mailing_lists.htm">
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                         <h2><a name="Latest News">Latest News</a></h2>
-                        <p>????? 2003 - Version 1.31.0</p>
+                        <p>January 26, 2003 - Version 1.31.0</p>
                         <ul>
                            <li>
                               A unified <a href="more/license_info.html">Boost Software License</a> has been 
-                              developed and will replace the individual licenses for most Boost libraries. 
+                              developed and will gradually replace the individual licenses for most Boost libraries. 
                               The new license offers better legal protection for both users and developers, 
                               and should speed user's legal reviews of Boost libraries. Dave Abrahams led the 
                               Boost effort to develop better licensing. The legal team was led by <a href="http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/cabell/index.html">
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                                  Berkman Center for Internet &amp; Society</a>, Harvard Law School. <a href="http://www.nixonpeabody.com/attorneys_detail1.asp?ID=121">
                                  Devin Smith</a>, attorney, <a href="http://www.nixonpeabody.com/default.asp">Nixon 
                                  Peabody LLP</a>, wrote the Boost License. Eva Chan, Harvard Law School, 
-                           contributed analysis of issues and drafts of various legal documents.
+                           contributed analysis of issues and drafts of various legal documents.<li>
+                              New <a href="more/getting_started.html">Getting 
+                              Started</a> procedures ease download and 
+                              installation, from Rene Rivera and others.<li>
+                              Improved support for libraries requiring
+                              <a href="more/separate_compilation.html">separate 
+                              compilation</a>, from John Maddock and others.
                            <li>
                               <a href="libs/utility/enable_if.html">enable_if</a> added - Selective inclusion 
                               of function template overloads, from Jaakko Järvi, Jeremiah Willcock, and 
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                            added functions, including improved checking for directory and file name 
                            portability.
                            <li>
-                              <a href="libs/random/index.html">Random Number Library</a>: interface changed 
-                              to C++ library <a href="libs/random/wg21-proposal.html">TR proposal</a>, 
+                              <a href="libs/iterator/doc/index.html">Iterator 
+                              Adaptors Library</a>: Major version upgrade, with 
+                              interface changes as proposed for the C++ TR, from 
+                              David Abrahams, Jeremy Siek, and Thomas Witt.<li>
+                              <a href="libs/random/index.html">Random Number Library</a>: 
+                              Interface changed 
+                              to match the C++ <a href="libs/random/wg21-proposal.html">TR proposal</a>, 
                            from Jens Maurer.
                            <LI>
                               <A href="libs/regex/doc/index.html">Regex</A>: Completely new matching 
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                               <a href="libs/multi_array/index.html">MultiArray</a>: The <tt>multi_array</tt> class 
                               template now provides an element-preserving resize operation as well as default 
                               construction (see the <a href="libs/multi_array/doc/reference.html">reference 
-                                 manual</a> for more information).
-                           </li>
+                                 manual</a> for more information).</li>
+                           <li>
+                              Expanded testing and fixes for non-conforming 
+                              compilers.</li>
+                           <li>
+                              Web site hosting now provided by
+                              <a href="http://www.sourceforge.net/">SourceForge</a>.</li>
                         </ul>
                         <p>August 19, 2003 - Version 1.30.2 (bugfix release)</p>
                         <ul>
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                               linear algebra for dense, packed and sparse matrices, from Joerg Walter and 
                               Mathias Koch.</li>
                         </ul>
-                        <p>May 15, 2002 - Version 1.28.0</p>
-                        <ul>
-                           <li>
-                              The Boost mailing lists are now also accessible as <a href="more/mailing_lists.htm#newsgroup">
-                                 newsgroups</a>.
-                           <li>
-                              A powerful <a href="http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Archives/boost/">mailing 
-                                 list archive</a> has been contributed by the <a href="http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN">
-                                 ActiveState Programmer Network</a>.
-                           <li>
-                              <a href="libs/lambda/doc/index.html">Lambda Library</a> added, from Jaakko 
-                              Järvi and Gary Powell. Define small unnamed function objects at the actual call 
-                              site:<br>
-                              <br>
-                              <code>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; for_each(a.begin(), a.end(), std::cout &lt;&lt; _1 
-                                 &lt;&lt; ' ');</code><br>
-                           &nbsp;
-                           <li>
-                              <a href="libs/io/doc/ios_state.html">I/O State Saver Library added</a>
-                           - Save I/O state to prevent jumbled data, from Daryle Walker.
-                           <li>
-                              <a href="libs/config/config.htm">Configuration Library</a>: User code should 
-                           not use BOOST_NO_LIMITS.
-                           <li>
-                              <a href="libs/random/index.html">Random Number Library</a>: Avoid compiler 
-                           warnings
-                           <li>
-                              <a href="libs/smart_ptr/index.html">Smart Pointers Library</a>: Added <a href="libs/smart_ptr/shared_ptr.htm#shared_polymorphic_cast">
-                                 shared_polymorphic_cast</a> and <a href="libs/smart_ptr/shared_ptr.htm#shared_polymorphic_downcast">
-                                 shared_polymorphic_downcast</a>.
-                           <li>
-                              <a href="libs/function/index.html">Function Library</a>: Now supports function 
-                              objects with the unary <code>&amp;</code>
-                           operator overloaded.
-                           <li>
-                              <a href="libs/utility/utility.htm">Utility Library</a>: Added <code>addressof()</code>
-                           function.
-                           <li>
-                              The usual small fixes and tweaks.</li>
-                        </ul>
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       <p>© Copyright Beman Dawes, David Abrahams, 1998-2003.</p>
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