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 <a href="http://d3js.org"><img src="http://d3js.org/logo.svg" align="left" hspace="10" vspace="6"></a>
 
-**D3.js** is a JavaScript library for manipulating documents based on data. **D3** helps you bring data to life using HTML, SVG, and CSS. **D3** emphasizes web standards and combines powerful visualization components and a data-driven approach to DOM manipulation, giving you the full capabilities of modern browsers without tying yourself to a proprietary framework.
+**D3.js** is a JavaScript library for manipulating documents based on data. **D3** helps you bring data to life using HTML, SVG, and CSS. **D3** emphasizes web standards and combines powerful visualization components with a data-driven approach to DOM manipulation, giving you the full capabilities of modern browsers without tying yourself to a proprietary framework.
 
 Want to learn more? [See the wiki.](https://github.com/mbostock/d3/wiki)