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// Inline-block trinity
@mixin inline-block{
  display:inline-block;
  *display:inline;
  zoom:1;
}

// Hide text for background image replacement
@mixin hide-text{
  overflow:hidden;

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display:inline-block;
*display:inline;
*zoom:1;

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var global = "Global string";

function firstFunction(){
  var local = "Local string";
  alert(global);   //alerts out 'Global string'
  alert(local);    //alerts out 'Local string'
}

function secondFunction(){
  alert(global);   //alerts out "Global string"

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var Class = function(){
        //private
	var privateVariable = 2;
	
	function privateFunction(){
		return 5;
	}
        //public
	return {		
		publicFunction1 : function(){

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/*
 * Writing Unit Tests to learn code or a library has been a fantastic strategy for me.
 * I wrote these Jasmine Tests to enforce some of the very powerful concepts from  
 * https://github.com/rwldrn/idiomatic.js?utm_source=javascriptweekly&utm_medium=email.
 */
describe("JavaScript Idiomatics", function() {

	describe("Coercion", function() {

		it("coerces string into number", function() {

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var MultiSortCollection = Backbone.Collection.extend({
	
	/**
	 * Sort by supplied attributes.  First param is sorted first, and
	 * last param is final subsort
	 * @param {String} sortAttributes
         * @example collection.sortBy("last_name","first_name")
	 */
	sortBy : function(sortAttributes){
		var attributes = arguments;