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+```
+ ____                     __      __
+/\  _`\                  /\ \    /\ \                                   __
+\ \ \ \ \     __      ___\ \ \/'\\ \ \____    ___     ___      __      /\_\    ____
+ \ \  _ <'  /'__`\   /'___\ \ , < \ \ '__`\  / __`\ /' _ `\  /'__`\    \/\ \  /',__\
+  \ \ \ \ \/\ \ \.\_/\ \__/\ \ \\`\\ \ \ \ \/\ \ \ \/\ \/\ \/\  __/  __ \ \ \/\__, `\
+   \ \____/\ \__/.\_\ \____\\ \_\ \_\ \_,__/\ \____/\ \_\ \_\ \____\/\_\_\ \ \/\____/
+    \/___/  \/__/\/_/\/____/ \/_/\/_/\/___/  \/___/  \/_/\/_/\/____/\/_/\ \_\ \/___/
+                                                                       \ \____/
+                                                                        \/___/
+(_'_______________________________________________________________________________'_)
+(_.———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————._)
+```
 
 Backbone supplies structure to JavaScript-heavy applications by providing models with key-value binding and custom events, collections with a rich API of enumerable functions, views with declarative event handling, and connects it all to your existing application over a RESTful JSON interface.
 
-For Docs, License, Tests, pre-packed downloads, and everything else, really, see:
-http://backbonejs.org
+# What's In The Box?
 
-To suggest a feature or report a bug:
-https://github.com/jashkenas/backbone/issues
+* **Models** - Containers for application data featuring built-in sync with REST services and change events
+* **Collections** - Containers for models that handle loading and saving new models, and provide helper functions for working with lists of models
+* **Views** - Render your models and listen for events
+* **Events** - Give any object the ability to publish or subscribe to events
+* **Router** - Provides methods for routing client-side pages, and connecting them to actions and events
 
-For questions on working with Backbone or general discussions:
-https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/backbonejs,
-http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/backbone.js, or
-https://gitter.im/jashkenas/backbone
+And much more, all in under ~8kb packed and gzipped.
 
-Backbone is an open-sourced component of DocumentCloud:
-https://github.com/documentcloud
+# Getting Started
+
+For Docs, License, Tests, pre-packed downloads, and everything else, really, see http://backbonejs.org.
+
+For a quick overview of Backbone's many features and some usage examples, see [The Primer](https://github.com/jashkenas/backbone/wiki/Backbone%2C-The-Primer).
+
+# Questions
+
+For questions on working with Backbone or general discussions, check out:
+
+* [Gitter](https://gitter.im/jashkenas/backbone)
+* [Google Groups](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/backbonejs)
+* [Stack Overflow](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/backbone.js)
+
+# Contributing
+
+To suggest a feature or report a bug:
+https://github.com/jashkenas/backbone/issues
 
 Many thanks to our contributors:
 https://github.com/jashkenas/backbone/graphs/contributors
 
 Special thanks to Robert Kieffer for the original philosophy behind Backbone.
 https://github.com/broofa
+
+# License
+
+[MIT](https://github.com/jashkenas/backbone/blob/master/LICENSE)
+
+Backbone is an open-sourced component of DocumentCloud:
+https://github.com/documentcloud