diff --git a/en/home.wml b/en/home.wml
index a8f95e4b..ba405fc8 100644
--- a/en/home.wml
+++ b/en/home.wml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ function clientSpecificDownload() {
         	<ul>
           	<li>Tor prevents anyone from learning your location or browsing habits.</li>
             <li>Tor works for web browsers, instant messaging clients, remote logins, and more.</li>
-            <li>Tor is Open Source, so it’s absolutely <u>free</u>, guaranteed.</li>
+            <li>Tor is free and open source software.</li>
           </ul>
         	<h1 class="headline">Anonymity Online</h1>
           <p class="desc">Protect your privacy. Defend yourself against network surveillance and traffic analysis.</p>
@@ -84,12 +84,12 @@ function clientSpecificDownload() {
         <div class="subcol-container clearfix">
           <div class="subcol first">
             <h2>What is Tor?</h2>
-            <p>Here, you should put an introductory paragraph about the scary things on the web (like how everything you do can be tracked and recorded, or some human rights violations regarding web searches, etc.) what Tor is, what it does, what the Tor mission is, and why you need it. This should be concise and to-the-point. Direct language is a good thing. If they want to learn more about Tor, they can click the continuation link below.<br /><span class="continue"><a href="<page about/about>">Learn more about Tor &raquo;</a></span></p>
+            <p>Tor is free software and an open network that helps you defend against a form of network surveillance that threatens personal freedom and privacy, confidential business activities and relationships, and state security known as <a href="<page overview>">traffic analysis</a><br /><span class="continue"><a href="<page about/about>">Learn more about Tor &raquo;</a></span></p>
           </div>
           <!-- END SUBCOL -->
           <div class="subcol">
           <h2>Why Anonymity Matters</h2>
-          <p>This is where you can tell your users why they should care about Tor. You can put a concise blurb about your promise and mission. This is reassuring to people who may be on the edge about whether or not to use your product. It will also help spur people on to make a donation, run a relay, or otherwise help your cause. Super cool stuff. Write something catchy and honest-sounding.<br /><span class="continue"><a href="<page about/about>">Get involved with Tor &raquo;</a></span></p>
+          <p>Tor protects you by bouncing your communications around a distributed network of relays run by volunteers all around the world: it prevents somebody watching your Internet connection from learning what sites you visit, and it prevents the sites you visit from learning your physical location.  Tor works with many of your existing applications, including web browsers, instant messaging clients, remote login, and other applications based on the TCP protocol.<br /><span class="continue"><a href="<page about/about>">Get involved with Tor &raquo;</a></span></p>
           </div>
         </div>
         <!-- END SUBCOL -->
@@ -101,24 +101,24 @@ function clientSpecificDownload() {
               <td>
                 <img src="images/icon-default.jpg" alt="Default Icon" />
                 <h3><a href="<page projects/torbutton>">TorButton</a></h3>
-                <p>This will be a quick sentence or two summary of the featured project.</p>
+                <p>Torbutton is a 1-click way for Firefox users to enable or disable the browser's use of Tor. </p>
               </td>
               <td>
                 <img src="images/icon-default.jpg" alt="Default Icon" />
                 <h3><a href="#">TorWeather</a></h3>
-                <p>This will be a quick sentence or two summary of the featured project.</p>
+                <p>Tor Weather is a tool to notify Tor relay operators about the status of their relay.</p>
               </td>
             </tr>
             <tr>
               <td>
                 <img src="images/icon-default.jpg" alt="Default Icon" />
                 <h3><a href="#">PuppeTor</a></h3>
-                <p>This will be a quick sentence or two summary of the featured project.</p>
+                <p>PuppeTor is a Tor Network simulator.</p>
               </td>
               <td>
                 <img src="images/icon-default.jpg" alt="Default Icon" />
                 <h3><a href="http://check.torproject.org">check.torproject.org</a></h3>
-                <p>This will be a quick sentence or two summary of the featured project.</p>
+                <p>Tor Check is a site where one can find out whether or not their web browser is using Tor successfully.</p>
               </td>
             </tr>
           </table>
@@ -131,9 +131,9 @@ function clientSpecificDownload() {
       	<div id="torusers">
           <h2>Who Uses Tor?</h2>
           <div class="user">
-            <img src="images/family.jpg" alt="Family and Friends" />
+            <img src="images/family.jpg" alt="Normal People" />
             <h3>Family &amp; Friends</h3>
-            <p>Here, you can put a quick sentence about what the featured user or user-group uses Tor for.</p>
+            <p>People like you and your family use Tor to protect themselves, their children, and their dignity while using the Internet.</p>
           </div>
           <div class="user">
             <img src="images/consumers.jpg" alt="Consumer Advocates" />
@@ -141,19 +141,19 @@ function clientSpecificDownload() {
             <p>Here, you can put a quick sentence about what the featured user or user-group uses Tor for.</p>
           </div>
           <div class="user">
-            <img src="images/activists.jpg" alt="Human Rights Activists" />
-            <h3>Human Rights Activists</h3>
-            <p>Here, you can put a quick sentence about what the featured user or user-group uses Tor for.</p>
+            <img src="images/activists.jpg" alt="Activists &amp Whistleblowers" />
+            <h3>Activists</h3>
+            <p>Activists use Tor to anonymously report abuses from danger zones.  Whistleblowers use Tor to safely report on corruption.</p>
           </div>
           <div class="user">
-            <img src="images/media.jpg" alt="Media" />
+            <img src="images/media.jpg" alt="Journalists and the Media" />
             <h3>Media</h3>
-            <p>Here, you can put a quick sentence about what the featured user or user-group uses Tor for.</p>
+            <p>Journalists and the Media use Tor to protect their research and sources online.</p>
           </div>
           <div class="user">
             <img src="images/military.jpg" alt="Military" />
             <h3>Military</h3>
-            <p>Here, you can put a quick sentence about what the featured user or user-group uses Tor for.</p>
+            <p>Miltaries and Law Enforcement use Tor to protect their communications, investigations, and intelligence gathering online.</p>
           </div>
         </div>
         <div id="home-announcements" class="clearfix">
diff --git a/en/index.wml b/en/index.wml
deleted file mode 100644
index c987a6c6..00000000
--- a/en/index.wml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,196 +0,0 @@
-## translation metadata
-# Revision: $Revision: 0 $
-# Translation-Priority: 3-low 
-
-#include "head.wmi" TITLE="Tor Project: Anonymity Online" CHARSET="UTF-8" ANNOUNCE_RSS="yes"
-
-# note, translators will need to translate the javascript below also!
-# also, the script is here so that links are created for the correct language
-<!-- javascript to detect the client and suggest a download link -->
-<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
-
-function downloadRedirect() {
-  var destination = "<page download/thankyou>";
-  setTimeout("window.location='"+destination+"'",3000);
-}
-
-function clientSpecificDownload() {
-  document.write('<div id="download" onClick=downloadRedirect()>');
-  var platform = navigator.platform;
-  if (platform === "Win32" || platform === "Win64")
-  {
-    document.write('<a href="<package-win32-bundle-stable>"> \
-        <span class="download-tor">Download <strong>Tor</strong></span><br /> \
-        <span class="version">Version <version-win32-bundle-stable> for Windows</span><br /> \
-        <span class="info">English (US) 24.3MB</span> \
-        </a>');
-  }
-  else if (platform === "MacIntel")
-  {
-    document.write('<a href="<package-osx-bundle-stable>"> \
-        <span class="download-tor">Download <strong>Tor</strong></span><br /> \
-        <span class="version">Version <version-osx-bundle-stable> for Mac OSX</span><br /> \
-        <span class="info">English (US) 24.3MB</span> \
-        </a>');
-  }
-  else if (platform === "MacPPC")
-  {
-    document.write('<a href="<package-oldosx-bundle-stable>"> \
-        <span class="download-tor">Download <strong>Tor</strong></span><br /> \
-        <span class="version">Version <version-oldosx-bundle-stable> for Mac OSX</span><br /> \
-        <span class="info">English (US) 24.3MB</span> \
-        </a>');
-  }
-  else if (platform === "Linux i686" || platform === "Linux x86_64")
-  {
-    document.write('<a href="<package-source-stable>"> \
-        <span class="download-tor">Download <strong>Tor</strong></span><br /> \
-        <span class="version">Version <version-stable> for Linux</span><br /> \
-        <span class="info">English (US) 24.3MB</span> \
-        </a>');
-  } 
-  else
-  {
-    document.write('<a href="<page download/download>"> \
-        <span class="download-tor">Download <strong>Tor</strong></span><br /> \
-        <span class="version">Version <version-stable></span><br /> \
-        <span class="info">English (US) 24.3MB</span> \
-        </a>');
-  }
-
-  document.write('</div>');
-  document.write('<div class="incorrect"><a href="<page download/download>">Not what you\'re using?</a></div>');
-} 
-</script>
- 
-<div id="home">
-    <div id="content" class="clearfix">
-    	<div id="maincol">
-      	<div id="banner">
-        	<ul>
-          	<li>Tor prevents anyone from learning your location or browsing habits.</li>
-            <li>Tor works for web browsers, instant messaging clients, remote logins, and more.</li>
-            <li>Tor is Open Source, so it’s absolutely <u>free</u>, guaranteed.</li>
-          </ul>
-        	<h1 class="headline">Anonymity Online</h1>
-          <p class="desc">Protect your privacy. Defend yourself against network surveillance and traffic analysis.</p>
-
-          <!-- javascript to detect browser -->
-          <script type="text/javascript">
-              clientSpecificDownload();
-          </script>
-
-          <!-- default to download page -->
-          <noscript>
-          <div id="download">
-          <a href="<page download/download>">
-            <span class="download-tor">Download <strong>Tor</strong></span><br />
-            <span class="version">Version <version-stable></span><br />
-            <span class="info">English (US) 24.3MB</span>
-          </a>
-          </div>
-          </noscript>
-
-        </div>
-        <!-- END BANNER -->
-        <div class="subcol-container clearfix">
-          <div class="subcol first">
-            <h2>What is Tor?</h2>
-            <p>Here, you should put an introductory paragraph about the scary things on the web (like how everything you do can be tracked and recorded, or some human rights violations regarding web searches, etc.) what Tor is, what it does, what the Tor mission is, and why you need it. This should be concise and to-the-point. Direct language is a good thing. If they want to learn more about Tor, they can click the continuation link below.<br /><span class="continue"><a href="<page about/about>">Learn more about Tor &raquo;</a></span></p>
-          </div>
-          <!-- END SUBCOL -->
-          <div class="subcol">
-          <h2>Why Anonymity Matters</h2>
-          <p>This is where you can tell your users why they should care about Tor. You can put a concise blurb about your promise and mission. This is reassuring to people who may be on the edge about whether or not to use your product. It will also help spur people on to make a donation, run a relay, or otherwise help your cause. Super cool stuff. Write something catchy and honest-sounding.<br /><span class="continue"><a href="<page about/about>">Get involved with Tor &raquo;</a></span></p>
-          </div>
-        </div>
-        <!-- END SUBCOL -->
-        <div id="home-our-projects" class="clearfix">
-          <h2>Our Projects</h2>
-          <div class="fauxhead"></div>
-          <table>
-            <tr>
-              <td>
-                <img src="images/icon-default.jpg" alt="Default Icon" />
-                <h3><a href="<page projects/torbutton>">TorButton</a></h3>
-                <p>This will be a quick sentence or two summary of the featured project.</p>
-              </td>
-              <td>
-                <img src="images/icon-default.jpg" alt="Default Icon" />
-                <h3><a href="#">TorWeather</a></h3>
-                <p>This will be a quick sentence or two summary of the featured project.</p>
-              </td>
-            </tr>
-            <tr>
-              <td>
-                <img src="images/icon-default.jpg" alt="Default Icon" />
-                <h3><a href="#">PuppeTor</a></h3>
-                <p>This will be a quick sentence or two summary of the featured project.</p>
-              </td>
-              <td>
-                <img src="images/icon-default.jpg" alt="Default Icon" />
-                <h3><a href="http://check.torproject.org">check.torproject.org</a></h3>
-                <p>This will be a quick sentence or two summary of the featured project.</p>
-              </td>
-            </tr>
-          </table>
-      	</div>
-        <!-- END TABLE -->
-      </div>
-      <!-- END MAINCOL -->
-      
-      <div id="sidecol">
-      	<div id="torusers">
-          <h2>Who Uses Tor?</h2>
-          <div class="user">
-            <img src="images/family.jpg" alt="Family and Friends" />
-            <h3>Family &amp; Friends</h3>
-            <p>Here, you can put a quick sentence about what the featured user or user-group uses Tor for.</p>
-          </div>
-          <div class="user">
-            <img src="images/consumers.jpg" alt="Consumer Advocates" />
-            <h3>Consumer Advocates</h3>
-            <p>Here, you can put a quick sentence about what the featured user or user-group uses Tor for.</p>
-          </div>
-          <div class="user">
-            <img src="images/activists.jpg" alt="Human Rights Activists" />
-            <h3>Human Rights Activists</h3>
-            <p>Here, you can put a quick sentence about what the featured user or user-group uses Tor for.</p>
-          </div>
-          <div class="user">
-            <img src="images/media.jpg" alt="Media" />
-            <h3>Media</h3>
-            <p>Here, you can put a quick sentence about what the featured user or user-group uses Tor for.</p>
-          </div>
-          <div class="user">
-            <img src="images/military.jpg" alt="Military" />
-            <h3>Military</h3>
-            <p>Here, you can put a quick sentence about what the featured user or user-group uses Tor for.</p>
-          </div>
-        </div>
-        <div id="home-announcements" class="clearfix">
-        	<h2>Announcements</h2>
-          <div class="fauxhead"></div>
-          <table>
-            <tr>
-              <td>
-                <div class="calendar"><span class="month">May</span><br /><span class="day">05</span></div>
-                <p>The Tor Project has launched a roadmap for dramatically improving the performance of the public Tor network over the next year.<br /><span class="continue"><a href="#">Read the press release &raquo;</a></span></p>
-              </td>
-            </tr>
-            <tr>
-              <td>
-                <div class="calendar"><span class="month">Apr</span><br /><span class="day">27</span></div>
-                <p>Tor 0.2.1.24 released as stable. Fixes compatibility with recent Apple OSX openssl changes and adds some performance enhancements.<br /><span class="continue"><a href="#">Read the full list of changes &raquo;</a></span></p>
-              </td>
-            </tr>
-          </table>
-        </div>
-        <!-- END TABLE -->
-      </div>
-      <!-- END SIDECOL -->
-    </div>
-    <!-- END CONTENT -->
-  </div>
-  <!-- END HOME -->
-#include <foot.wmi>