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+# System announcements:                                   #
+#                                                         #
+# 20-Nov-2018: Fidis will be in maintenance.              #
+#     Only the login nodes is affected and it will be     #
+#     unavailable during a part of the day.               #
+#     Running jobs won't be affected.                     #
+#                                                         #