diff --git a/core-java-8/.gitignore b/core-java-8/.gitignore
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-*.class
-
-#folders#
-/target
-/neoDb*
-/data
-/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/classes
-*/META-INF/*
-
-# Packaged files #
-*.jar
-*.war
-*.ear
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diff --git a/core-java-8/README.md b/core-java-8/README.md
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-=========
-
-## Core Java 8 Cookbooks and Examples
-
-### Relevant Articles: 
-
diff --git a/core-java-8/pom.xml b/core-java-8/pom.xml
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-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
-    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-
-    <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
-    <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    <artifactId>core-java8</artifactId>
-
-    <name>core-java8</name>
-
-    <dependencies>
-
-        <!-- utils -->
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
-            <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-            <version>2.5</version>
-        </dependency>
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
-            <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
-            <version>${guava.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
-            <artifactId>commons-collections4</artifactId>
-            <version>4.0</version>
-        </dependency>
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
-            <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
-            <version>1.10</version>
-        </dependency>
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
-            <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>3.3.2</version>
-        </dependency>
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>${org.slf4j.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-
-        <!-- test scoped -->
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
-            <artifactId>hamcrest-library</artifactId>
-            <version>${org.hamcrest.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
-            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-            <version>3.5.1</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
-            <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${mockito.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-
-    </dependencies>
-
-    <build>
-        <finalName>core-java-8</finalName>
-        <resources>
-            <resource>
-                <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
-                <filtering>true</filtering>
-            </resource>
-        </resources>
-
-        <plugins>
-
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
-            </plugin>
-
-        </plugins>
-
-    </build>
-
-    <properties>
-
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-
-        <!-- logging -->
-        <org.slf4j.version>1.7.13</org.slf4j.version>
-        <logback.version>1.0.13</logback.version>
-
-        <!-- various -->
-        <hibernate-validator.version>5.1.3.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
-
-        <!-- util -->
-        <guava.version>19.0</guava.version>
-        <commons-lang3.version>3.4</commons-lang3.version>
-
-        <!-- testing -->
-        <org.hamcrest.version>1.3</org.hamcrest.version>
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
-        <mockito.version>1.10.19</mockito.version>
-
-        <!-- maven plugins -->
-        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.5.1</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
-        <maven-war-plugin.version>2.6</maven-war-plugin.version>
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.19.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
-        <maven-resources-plugin.version>2.7</maven-resources-plugin.version>
-
-    </properties>
-
-</project>
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diff --git a/core-java-8/src/main/resources/compressed.zip b/core-java-8/src/main/resources/compressed.zip
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diff --git a/core-java-8/src/main/resources/fileTest.txt b/core-java-8/src/main/resources/fileTest.txt
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--- a/core-java-8/src/main/resources/fileTest.txt
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-Hello World from fileTest.txt!!!
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diff --git a/core-java-8/src/main/resources/logback.xml b/core-java-8/src/main/resources/logback.xml
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--- a/core-java-8/src/main/resources/logback.xml
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-<configuration>
-
-    <appender name="STDOUT" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
-        <encoder>
-            <pattern>web - %date [%thread] %-5level %logger{36} - %message%n
-            </pattern>
-        </encoder>
-    </appender>
-
-    <!-- <logger name="org.springframework" level="WARN" /> -->
-
-    <root level="INFO">
-        <appender-ref ref="STDOUT"/>
-    </root>
-
-</configuration>
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diff --git a/core-java-8/src/main/resources/unzipTest/test1.txt b/core-java-8/src/main/resources/unzipTest/test1.txt
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-Hello World!
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diff --git a/core-java-8/src/main/resources/zipTest/test1.txt b/core-java-8/src/main/resources/zipTest/test1.txt
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-Hello World!
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diff --git a/core-java-8/src/main/resources/zipTest/test2.txt b/core-java-8/src/main/resources/zipTest/test2.txt
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-My Name is John
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diff --git a/core-java-8/src/main/resources/zipTest/testFolder/test3.txt b/core-java-8/src/main/resources/zipTest/testFolder/test3.txt
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-My Name is Tom
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diff --git a/core-java-8/src/main/resources/zipTest/testFolder/test4.txt b/core-java-8/src/main/resources/zipTest/testFolder/test4.txt
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-My Name is Jane
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diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
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--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 
         <module>cdi</module>
         <module>core-java</module>
-        <module>core-java-8</module>
         <module>couchbase-sdk</module>
         <!-- <module>core-java-9</module> -->