diff --git a/tests/jquery.testHelper.js b/tests/jquery.testHelper.js
index 5bd1c0d9..384d7efb 100644
--- a/tests/jquery.testHelper.js
+++ b/tests/jquery.testHelper.js
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@
 			});
 		},
 
+		// TODO move to eventSequence and invoke pageSequence with default of
+		// changepage event
 		pageSequence: function(fns, event){
 			var fn = fns.shift(),
 					self = this;
@@ -94,6 +96,7 @@
 				clearTimeout(warnTimer);
 
 				// Let the current stack unwind before we fire off the next item in the sequence.
+				// TODO setTimeout(self.pageSequence, 0, [fns, event]);
 				setTimeout(function(){ self.pageSequence(fns, event); }, 0);
 			});
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/event/event_core.js b/tests/unit/event/event_core.js
index cf31e4bb..9958023b 100644
--- a/tests/unit/event/event_core.js
+++ b/tests/unit/event/event_core.js
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
 			Math.abs = absFn;
 			$.Event.prototype.originalEvent = originalEventFn;
 			$.Event.prototype.preventDefault = preventDefaultFn;
+
+			$(window).unbind( "throttledresize" );
 		}
 	});
 
@@ -69,8 +71,6 @@
 		$('#qunit-fixture').touchstart();
 		stop();
 	});
-	
-	
 
 	test( "defining event functions sets the attrFn to true", function(){
 		$.each(events, function(i, name){
@@ -380,68 +380,68 @@
 			returnValue: undefined //NOTE result of unbind function call
 		});
 	});
-	
+
 	/* The following 4 tests are async so that the throttled event triggers don't interfere with subsequent tests */
-	
+
 	asyncTest( "throttledresize event proxies resize events", function(){
 		var called = false;
 		$(window).bind( "throttledresize", function(){
 			called = true;
 		});
 
-		$(window).trigger("resize");
-		
-		setTimeout(function(){
-			ok( called );
-			$(window).unbind( "throttledresize" );
-			setTimeout(start, 500);
-		}, 500);	
+		$.testHelper.sequence([
+			function(){	$(window).trigger( "resize" ); },
+			function(){ ok( called ); },
+			function(){
+				start();
+			}
+		], 200);
 	});
 
 	asyncTest( "throttledresize event prevents resize events from firing more frequently than 250ms", function(){
 		var called = 0;
+
 		$(window).bind( "throttledresize", function(){
-			called ++;
+			called++;
 		});
 
-		$(window).trigger( "resize" ).trigger( "resize" );
-		
-		setTimeout(function(){
-			ok( called == 1 );
-			$(window).unbind( "throttledresize" );
-			setTimeout(start, 500);
-		}, 100);	
+		// NOTE 250 ms * 3 = 750ms which is plenty of time
+		// for the events to trigger before the next test, but
+		// not so much time that the second resize will be triggered
+		// before the call to same() is made
+		$.testHelper.sequence([
+			function(){
+				$(window).trigger( "resize" ).trigger( "resize" );
+			},
+
+			// verify that only one throttled resize was called after 250ms
+			function(){ same( called, 1 ); },
+
+			function(){
+				start();
+			}
+		], 250);
 	});
-	
-	asyncTest( "throttledresize event promises that a held call will execute after trottled timeout", function(){
-		var called = 0;			
-		
+
+	asyncTest( "throttledresize event promises that a held call will execute only once after throttled timeout", function(){
+		var called = 0;
+
 		$(window).bind( "throttledresize", function(){
-			called ++;
+			called++;
 		});
 
-		$(window).trigger( "resize" ).trigger( "resize" );
-		setTimeout(function(){
-			ok( called == 2 );
-			$(window).unbind( "throttledresize" );
-			setTimeout(start, 500);	
-		}, 500);	
-	});	
-	
-	asyncTest( "throttledresize event promises that a held call will execute only once after trottled timeout", function(){
-		var called = 0;			
-		
-		$(window).bind( "throttledresize", function(){
-			called ++;
-		});
+		$.testHelper.sequence([
+			// trigger a ton of throttledresize events
+			function(){
+				$(window).trigger( "resize" ).trigger( "resize" ).trigger( "resize" );
+			},
 
-		$(window).trigger( "resize" ).trigger( "resize" ).trigger( "resize" );
-		
-		setTimeout(function(){
-			ok( called == 2 );
-			$(window).unbind( "throttledresize" );
-			setTimeout(start, 500);	
-		}, 500);	
+			// verify that after enough time has gone by to accomodate all of them
+			// ie 750ms, only to calls to the bound function were made
+			function(){
+				same( called, 2 );
+				start();
+			}
+		], 750);
 	});
-	
 })(jQuery);
diff --git a/tests/unit/event/index.html b/tests/unit/event/index.html
index 29568c0e..f582a6c1 100644
--- a/tests/unit/event/index.html
+++ b/tests/unit/event/index.html
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 	<title>jQuery Mobile Event Test Suite</title>
 
 	<script src="../../../js/jquery.js"></script>
+	<script src="../jquery.setNameSpace.js"></script>
 	<script src="../../../tests/jquery.testHelper.js"></script>
 	<script src="../../../js/jquery.mobile.event.js"></script>
 	<script src="../../../js"></script>
@@ -26,5 +27,9 @@
 
 <div id="qunit-fixture"></div>
 
+<div id="foo" data-nstest-role="page">
+	<a href="#bar" data-nstest-transition="flip"></a>
+</div>
+
 </body>
 </html>