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+Release 1.0 (15/1/2017)
+=============================
+
+- Introduced concept of experiment station and redesigned authorization 
+  mechanisms to allow beamline managers to manage their stations; all
+  APIs and CLIs now conform to the new authorization scheme
+- Modified get-experiments utility to allow retrieving list of experiments
+  for a given station
+
 Release 0.15 (11/1/2016)
 =============================