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diff --git a/couchdbx-core-builder.sh b/couchdbx-core-builder.sh
index 9196441..8e3c4d6 100755
--- a/couchdbx-core-builder.sh
+++ b/couchdbx-core-builder.sh
@@ -7,11 +7,17 @@
 
 # customise here:
 
-# use full svn path for branches like "branches/0.9.x"
+# Valid repos: "git", "github", "svn" (default)

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For my Relevant & Innovative Learning Scenario (RILS), I’ve chosen to use GitHub.com to show instructors for online classes how they can work in projects with similar patterns to how they would in physical classrooms.

GitHub started with a simple concept: easy source code hosting using Git, a software package designed to help teams track changes to their code. Because of its free and Open Source nature, it has since been adopted and adapted to suit needs beyond its original intent. I’ve been using Git and GitHub in the classroom for almost 2 years now and both have been amazingly helpful. But I think that GitHub’s slick user-friendly web interface to Git could be applied to more classrooms than just those with heavy development focus.

I’m a problem-solver. I love to pick and poke at something until I understand it. So when Rena expressed frustration at being able to track activity in the Literature Review assignments, I immediately started picking at the problem to see where I cou

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(function(items) {
    var taxFuncs = [];
    for(var x in items) {
        taxFuncs.push(function(){
            return x * 1.1;
        });
    }
    return taxFuncs;
})([5,10,20])[1](); // returns 22, not 11

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var o = (function(){
    var properties = {
        color  : { value: "red" },
        size   : { value: "large", set: false },
        secret : { value: "cookies", get: false }
    };
    return {
        // this only exists in Mozilla?
        __noSuchMethod__: function (name, args) {
            // the name argument is the called method

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var makeSandwich = function (bread, meat) {
   var sandwich = "My sandwich is " + meat + " on " + bread + ".";
   return sandwich;
};
console.log(makeSandwich("rye","roast beef"));

var toppingAvailable = function (topping) {
    var available = {
        "pepperoni": true,
        "mushrooms": true

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CREATE TABLE friends (
  person1 INT NOT NULL,
  person2 INT NOT NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY (person1, person2)
);

SELECT p.*
FROM people AS p
  INNER JOIN (
    SELECT person1 AS friend

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$ time ./primes-c 10000000 > primes10M.csv

real    2m23.426s
user    2m20.229s
sys     0m0.329s

$ time coffee primes.coffee 10000000 > primes10M.csv

real    5m35.077s
user    5m6.806s

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#!/bin/sh

sudo mkdir -p /Library/Internet\ Plug-Ins/disabled 
sudo mv /Library/Internet\ Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin /Library/Internet\ Plug-Ins/disabled
sudo ln -sf /System/Library/Java/Support/Deploy.bundle/Contents/Resources/JavaPlugin2_NPAPI.plugin /Library/Internet\ Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin 
sudo ln -sf /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Commands/javaws /usr/bin/javaws

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#!/bin/bash

# Attempt to do the equivalent of:
# massrebase = "!sh -c 'for branch in $@; do git rebase $0 $branch; done;'"

if [[ -z "${SOURCE_BRANCH}" ]] ; then
    SOURCE_BRANCH='origin/master'
fi

# Import some helper functions

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function rain(heights) {
    var maxHeight = Math.max.apply(Math, heights), rightSide = heights.length - 1;
    var left, right, newLeft, newRight;
    for (left = 0; heights[left] < maxHeight; left++);
    for (right = rightSide; heights[right] < maxHeight; right--);
    var pooled = 0;
    for (var height = maxHeight; height > 0; height--) {
        for (newLeft = left - 1; newLeft >= 0; newLeft--) {
            if (heights[newLeft] == height) {
                left = newLeft;