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 =head2 Welcome
 
-SDL Perl are a set of bindings to the Simple DirectMedia Library (SDL).
+SDL Perl are a set of bindings to the Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL).
 
 'Simple DirectMedia Layer is a cross-platform multimedia library designed to provide low level access to audio, keyboard, mouse, joystick, 
 3D hardware via OpenGL, and 2D video framebuffer. It is used by MPEG playback software, emulators, and many popular games, including the 
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ To unsubscribe send an empty email to L< sdl-devel-unsubscribe@perl.org | mailto
 
 =item Testing and Development
 
-Join us on the trac L<site| http://sdlperl.ath.cx/projects/SDLPerl> to get started on making and grabing tickets. 
+Join us on the trac L<site| http://sdlperl.ath.cx/projects/SDLPerl> to get started on making and grabbing tickets. 
 
 To begin testing read L<this| http://sdlperl.ath.cx/projects/SDLPerl/wiki/Testing>.
 
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 =head1 Latest News
 
-=head2 August 03 2010
+=head2 December 26th 2010
 
-=head3 CPAN Release
+=head3 CPAN Release SDL 2.524
        
-L<SDL 2.5|http://search.cpan.org/~kthakore> is on CPAN! The new API has many changes and much more improvements. So check it out ;o)
+L<SDL 2.524|http://search.cpan.org/search?query=SDL&mode=module> is on CPAN! The new API has many changes and much more improvements. So check it out.
 
-SDL Perl at v2.2.6 on CPAN is the last of it's kind which will have the old API.
+SDL Perl at v2.2.6 on CPAN is the last of its kind which will have the old API.
+
+=head3 SDL Manual: Writing Games with SDL Perl
+
+The grant L<proposal| http://news.perlfoundation.org/2010/08/2010q3-grant-proposal-manual-f.html> has been accepted by L<The Perl Foundation|http://news.perlfoundation.org/2010/08/accepted-grants-for-2010q3.html>. SDL_Manual is being developed on L<github|http://github.com/PerlGameDev/SDL_Manual>, you can see the draft in L<PDF|http://sdlperl.ath.cx/releases/SDL_Manual.pdf> and L<HTML|http://sdlperl.ath.cx/releases/SDL_Manual.html>.
 
 =head3 Active Development