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+Python bindings to the Heat orchestration API
+=============================================
+
+This is a client library for Heat built on the Heat orchestration API. It
+provides a Python API (the ``heatclient`` module) and a command-line tool
+(``heat``).
+
+Development takes place via the usual OpenStack processes as outlined in the
+`OpenStack wiki <http://wiki.openstack.org/HowToContribute>`_.  The master
+repository is on `GitHub <http://github.com/heat-api/python-heatclient>`_.
+
+See release notes and more at `<http://docs.openstack.org/developer/python-heatclient/>`_.
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-Python bindings to the Heat orchestration API
-=============================================
-
-This is a client library for Heat built on the Heat orchestration API. It
-provides a Python API (the ``heatclient`` module) and a command-line tool
-(``heat``).
-
-Development takes place via the usual OpenStack processes as outlined in the
-`OpenStack wiki <http://wiki.openstack.org/HowToContribute>`_.  The master
-repository is on `GitHub <http://github.com/heat-api/python-heatclient>`_.
-
-See release notes and more at `<http://docs.openstack.org/developer/python-heatclient/>`_.