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+/// <reference path="../Definitions/backbone.d.ts" />
+
+declare var _, $;
+
+// Events
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+var object = new Backbone.Events();
+object.on("alert", (msg) => alert("Triggered " + msg));
+
+object.trigger("alert", "an event");
+
+
+var onChange = () => alert('whatever');
+var context: any;
+
+object.off("change", onChange);
+object.off("change");
+object.off(null, onChange);
+object.off(null, null, context);
+object.off();
+
+// Models
+//////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+var Sidebar = Backbone.Model.extend({
+  promptColor: function() {
+    var cssColor = prompt("Please enter a CSS color:");
+    this.set({color: cssColor});
+  }
+});
+
+var sidebar = new Sidebar();
+sidebar.on('change:color', (model, color) => $('#sidebar').css({background: color}));
+sidebar.set({color: 'white'});
+sidebar.promptColor();
+
+////////
+
+var Note = Backbone.Model.extend({
+  initialize: () => {  },
+  author: () => {  },
+  coordinates: () => {  },
+  allowedToEdit: (account) => {
+    return true;
+  }
+});
+
+var PrivateNote = Note.extend({
+
+  allowedToEdit: function(account) {
+    return account.owns(this);
+  }
+
+});
+
+
+//////////
+
+var note = Backbone.Model.extend({
+  set: function(attributes, options) {
+    Backbone.Model.prototype.set.call(this, attributes, options);
+  }
+});
+
+note.get("title")
+
+note.set({title: "March 20", content: "In his eyes she eclipses..."});
+
+note.set("title", "A Scandal in Bohemia");
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