diff --git a/examples/negotiation.js b/examples/negotiation.js
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index 9570b6a..0000000
--- a/examples/negotiation.js
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-
-var koa = require('..');
-var app = koa();
-
-var tobi = {
-  _id: '123',
-  name: 'tobi',
-  species: 'ferret'
-};
-
-var loki = {
-  _id: '321',
-  name: 'loki',
-  species: 'ferret'
-};
-
-var users = {
-  tobi: tobi,
-  loki: loki
-};
-
-// content negotiation middleware.
-// note that you should always check for
-// presence of a body, and sometimes you
-// may want to check the type, as it may
-// be a stream, buffer, string, etc.
-
-app.use(function *(next){
-  yield next;
-
-  // responses vary on accepted type
-  this.vary('Accept');
-  this.status = 'bad request';
-
-  // no body? nothing to format, early return
-  if (!this.body) return;
-
-  // accepts json, koa handles this for us,
-  // so just return
-  if (this.accepts('json')) return;
-
-  // accepts xml
-  if (this.accepts('xml')) {
-    this.type = 'xml';
-    this.body = '<name>' + this.body.name + '</name>';
-    return;
-  }
-
-  // accepts html
-  if (this.accepts('html')) {
-    this.type = 'html';
-    this.body = '<h1>' + this.body.name + '</h1>';
-    return;
-  }
-
-  // default to text
-  this.body = this.body.name;
-});
-
-// filter responses, in this case remove ._id
-// since it's private
-
-app.use(function *(next){
-  yield next;
-
-  if (!this.body) return;
-
-  delete this.body._id;
-});
-
-// try $ GET /tobi
-// try $ GET /loki
-
-app.use(function *(){
-  var name = this.path.slice(1);
-  var user = users[name];
-  this.body = user;
-});
-
-app.listen(3000);
diff --git a/examples/templates.js b/examples/templates.js
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--- a/examples/templates.js
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-
-var views = require('co-views');
-var koa = require('..');
-var app = koa();
-
-// setup views
-
-var render = views('examples/templates', {
-  ext: 'ejs'
-});
-
-// dummy data
-
-var user = {
-  name: {
-    first: 'Tobi',
-    last: 'Holowaychuk'
-  },
-  species: 'ferret',
-  age: 3
-};
-
-// logger
-
-app.use(function *logger(next){
-  var start = new Date;
-  yield next;
-  var ms = new Date - start;
-  console.log('%s %s - %s', this.method, this.url, ms);
-});
-
-// render
-
-app.use(function *(){
-  this.body = yield render('user', { user: user });
-})
-
-app.listen(4000);
diff --git a/examples/templates/user.ejs b/examples/templates/user.ejs
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index cb64c1e..0000000
--- a/examples/templates/user.ejs
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-<p><%= user.name.first %> is a <%= user.age %> year old <%= user.species %>.</p>
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