removed panels
added contrib modules uuid and uuid_features for taxonomy export, votingapi and rate for voting functionality, and devel for automated content generation
Updated news content type ~ removed fivestar field, used rate widget instead
added entity module required by uuid module
added views for latest news page
added news tags taxonomy
added views for popular news page
added rate functionality that enables users (even anonymous) to rate news articles
added views for news that are 6 months old or beyond
added custom main menu (note: old menu links are note deleted, e.g. Home)