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 -  $(function() {} is same as $(document).ready(function() {},
    $(window).load(function () {} comes later in rendering process when all
    tags are ready such as images
+
+- stop the default action
+  e.g. you have an anchor and register a listener for a .click() event using
+  jquery, but you don't want default href="foo" behavior so you do:
+  
+  event.preventDefault(); /* prevent href from doing its job */
+  return false;           /* stops bubbling up */