diff --git a/src/backbone-webstore.js b/src/backbone-webstore.js
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--- a/src/backbone-webstore.js
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-// replaces `Backbone.sync` with a OKFN webstore based tabular data source
-
-var WebStore = function(url) {
-  this.url = url;
-  this.headers = [];
-  this.totalRows = 0;
-  this.getTabularData = function() {
-    var dfd = $.Deferred();
-    var tabularData = {
-        headers: ['x', 'y', 'z']
-      , rows: [
-          {x: 1, y: 2, z: 3}
-        , {x: 2, y: 4, z: 6}
-        , {x: 3, y: 6, z: 9}
-        , {x: 4, y: 8, z: 12}
-        , {x: 5, y: 10, z: 15}
-        , {x: 6, y: 12, z: 18}
-      ]
-      , getLength: function() { return this.rows.length; }
-      , getRows: function(numRows, start) {
-        if (start === undefined) {
-          start = 0;
-        }
-        var dfd = $.Deferred();
-        var results = this.rows.slice(start, start + numRows);
-        dfd.resolve(results);
-        return dfd.promise();
-      }
-    }
-    dfd.resolve(tabularData);
-    return dfd.promise();
-  }
-};
-
-
-// Override `Backbone.sync` to delegate to the model or collection's
-// webStore property, which should be an instance of `WebStore`.
-Backbone.sync = function(method, model, options) {
-  var resp;
-  var store = model.webStore || model.collection.webStore;
-
-  if (method === "read") {
-    store.getTabularData().then(function(tabularData) {
-      tabularData.getRows(10).then(options.success, options.error)
-    }) 
-  }
-
-};
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