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 HEAT
 ====
 
-This is the beginings of an OpenStack project that provides a programmable
-interface to orchestrate multiple cloud applications implementing well
-known standards such as CloudFormation and TOSCA.
+This is an OpenStack style project that provides a REST API to orchestrate
+multiple cloud applications implementing well-known standards such as AWS
+CloudFormation and TOSCA.
 
-Currently we are focusing on CloudFormation but are watching the development
-of the TOSCA specification.
+Currently the developers are focusing on AWS CloudFormations but are watching
+the development of the TOSCA specification.
 
-Why heat? It makes the clouds raise and keeps them there.
+Why heat? It makes the clouds rise and keeps them there.
 
 Quick Start
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 shell3:
 
     heat create my_stack --template-url=https://raw.github.com/heat-api/heat/master/templates/WordPress_Single_Instance.template
+
 References
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 * http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/APIReference/API_CreateStack.html