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diff --git a/lib/fixjour/definitions.rb b/lib/fixjour/definitions.rb
index 9bebbc4..ee9bf8d 100644
--- a/lib/fixjour/definitions.rb
+++ b/lib/fixjour/definitions.rb
@@ -19,13 +19,11 @@ module Fixjour
     # Defines the valid_*_attributes method
     def define_valid_attributes(name)
       define_method("valid_#{name}_attributes") do |*args|
-        valid_attributes = send("new_#{name}").attributes
+        valid_attributes = send("new_#{name}", *args).attributes

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if Book.exists?(:title => title) # SELECT #=> true/false
  book = Book.find_by_title(title) # SELECT #=> Book
  ...
  
if book = Book.find_by_title(title) # SELECT || nil
  ...


if book = Book.find_by_title(title) && company = Company.find_by_name(name)
  ...  

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/*
 * jQuery unwrap plugin
 * GPL (GPL-LICENSE.txt) licenses.
 * Created by: Tiziano Treccani
 *
 * $Date: 2008-1-06 12:00:00
 *
 * Version: 1.0
 */
 

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$.extend({
	param: function( a ) {
		var s = [ ];

		function add( key, value ){
			s[ s.length ] = encodeURIComponent(key) + '=' + encodeURIComponent(value);
		};
		// If an array was passed in, assume that it is an array
		// of form elements
		if ( jQuery.isArray(a) || a.jquery )

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$.extend({
	param: function( a, nest_in ) {
		var s = [ ];
		// check for nest
		if (typeof nest_in == 'undefined') nest_in = false;
		
		function nested(key) {
			if (nest_in)
				return nest_in + '[' + key + ']';
			else

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// works like Prototype's Function#bind
// in Prototype:
// 		$('element').observe('click', this.clickMethod.bind(this));
// with jQuery + $.shove:
// 		$('#element).click($.shove(this.clickMethod, this));

$.extend({
	shove: function(fn, object) {
		return function() {
			return fn.apply(object, arguments);

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  # HTML matcher for bacon
  # 
  #    it 'should display document' do
  #      body.should have_element('#document')
  #    end
  #
  # With content matching:
  # 
  #    it 'should display loaded document' do
  #      body.should have_element('#document .title', /My Document/)

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# Given a class with an array of files as paths e.g. 
# ['path/to/file.txt', 'other/file','path/file','file']
# Will organize them into a hash like
# {
#   'path' => {
#     'to' => {
#       'file' => {}
#     },
#     'file' => {}
#   },

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(function($) {
  
  $.extend(jqUnit, {
    // like rspec/bacon describe, sort of
    describe: function() {
      var args = [].splice.call(arguments, 0);
      return jqUnit.module('describe: ' + args.join(' '));
    },
    
    // shortcut to append 'should' to tests

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On Ruby:
What got me and a lot of other people into ruby:
http://poignantguide.net/ruby/

Also the pickaxe (which an old version of is online for free):
http://whytheluckystiff.net/ruby/pickaxe/

All of these guys books are pretty great:
http://www.pragprog.com/titles