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 This workshop is designed to be run on pre-imaged Amazon Web Services 
-(AWS) instances. All the software and data used in the workshop are 
-hosted on an Amazon Machine Image (AMI). For information about how to
+(AWS) instances. For information about how to
 use the workshop materials, see the 
 [setup instructions](http://www.datacarpentry.org/genomics-workshop/setup.html) on the main workshop page.