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// immediately invoke fn
// nahrazka

 $('#myElement').click(function() {  
      (function(el){
         setTimeout(function() {
              // Problem! In this function "this" is not our element!
            el.addClass('colorme');
        }, 1000);
      })($(this)); // self executing function   
    });

$('#myElement').click(function() {
        // In this function, "this" is our DOM element.
    $(this).addClass('aNewClass');
});


$('#myElement').click(function() {
    setTimeout(function() {
          // Problem! In this function "this" is not our element!
        $(this).addClass('aNewClass');
    }, 1000);
});


$('#myElement').click(function() {
   // ------------------v--------give $.proxy our function,
    setTimeout($.proxy(function() {
        $(this).addClass('aNewClass');  // Now "this" is again our element
    }, this), 1000);
   // ---^--------------and tell it that we want our DOM element to be the
   //                      value of "this" in the function
});