! use markdown styled text for announced topics

Signed-off-by: Spuds <spuds@spudsdesign.com>
! use markdown text for the notifications

Signed-off-by: Spuds <spuds@spudsdesign.com>
! use markdown text for PM's

Signed-off-by: Spuds <spuds@spudsdesign.com>
Merge pull request #1237 from Spuds/mdforthemasses

Markdown Independence