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 Plain Paxos 
 ===========
-Tom Cocagne <tom.cocange@gmail.com>
+Tom Cocagne <tom.cocagne@gmail.com>
 v2.0, January 2013
 
 
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 Implementation
 --------------
 
-essential.py
-~~~~~~~~~~~~
+### essential.py
+
 
 This module provides a direct and minimal implementation of the essential Paxos
 algorithm. The primary purpose of this module is educational as it allows for
 easy contrast between the implementation of the pure algorithm and that of the
 one enhanced for practicality.
 
 
-practical.py
-~~~~~~~~~~~~
+### practical.py
+
 
 This module enhances the essential Paxos algorithm and adds support for such
 things as leadership tracking, NACKs, and state persistence.
 
 
-functional.py
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+### functional.py
+
 
 This module provides a fully-functional Paxos implementation that employs
 a simple heartbeating mechanism to detect leadership failure and initiate
 recovery.
 
 
-durable.py
-~~~~~~~~~~
+### durable.py
+
 
 Correct implementations of the Paxos algorithm require saving Acceptor
 state to persistent media prior to sending Prepare and Accept messages over the