diff --git a/examples/specialty_plots/system_monitor.py b/examples/specialty_plots/system_monitor.py
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-"""
-==============
-System Monitor
-==============
-
-"""
-import time
-import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
-import numpy as np
-
-
-def get_memory(t):
-    "Simulate a function that returns system memory"
-    return 100 * (0.5 + 0.5 * np.sin(0.5 * np.pi * t))
-
-
-def get_cpu(t):
-    "Simulate a function that returns cpu usage"
-    return 100 * (0.5 + 0.5 * np.sin(0.2 * np.pi * (t - 0.25)))
-
-
-def get_net(t):
-    "Simulate a function that returns network bandwidth"
-    return 100 * (0.5 + 0.5 * np.sin(0.7 * np.pi * (t - 0.1)))
-
-
-def get_stats(t):
-    return get_memory(t), get_cpu(t), get_net(t)
-
-fig, ax = plt.subplots()
-ind = np.arange(1, 4)
-
-# show the figure, but do not block
-plt.show(block=False)
-
-
-pm, pc, pn = plt.bar(ind, get_stats(0))
-pm.set_facecolor('r')
-pc.set_facecolor('g')
-pn.set_facecolor('b')
-ax.set_xticks(ind)
-ax.set_xticklabels(['Memory', 'CPU', 'Bandwidth'])
-ax.set_ylim([0, 100])
-ax.set_ylabel('Percent usage')
-ax.set_title('System Monitor')
-
-start = time.time()
-for i in range(200):  # run for a little while
-    m, c, n = get_stats(i / 10.0)
-
-    # update the animated artists
-    pm.set_height(m)
-    pc.set_height(c)
-    pn.set_height(n)
-
-    # ask the canvas to re-draw itself the next time it
-    # has a chance.
-    # For most of the GUI backends this adds an event to the queue
-    # of the GUI frameworks event loop.
-    fig.canvas.draw_idle()
-    try:
-        # make sure that the GUI framework has a chance to run its event loop
-        # and clear any GUI events.  This needs to be in a try/except block
-        # because the default implementation of this method is to raise
-        # NotImplementedError
-        fig.canvas.flush_events()
-    except NotImplementedError:
-        pass
-
-stop = time.time()
-print("{fps:.1f} frames per second".format(fps=200 / (stop - start)))