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diff --git a/use-cases/heat-mistral-aodh.rst b/use-cases/heat-mistral-aodh.rst
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 Self-healing and auto-scaling with Heat, Mistral, Zaqar, Aodh
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diff --git a/use-cases/memory-leak.rst b/use-cases/memory-leak.rst
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 Memory leak mitigation and failure prevention
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diff --git a/use-cases/nic-failure-affects-instance-and-app.rst b/use-cases/nic-failure-affects-instance-and-app.rst
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 NIC failure affects instances and applications
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   This template is intended to encourage a certain level of consistency
   between different use cases.  However strict adherence to the structure