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/*!
 * Replace some functionality of jQuery's $.extend() method
 * with only native JavaScript. Unlike $.extend(), this
 * function will ONLY merge plain objects (not arrays).
 * https://gist.github.com/Error601/9a181a0b9f414b752c38
 */

function mergeObjects( /* [true ,] obj1, obj2 [, ...] */ ){

    var args = arguments,

Error601

/*!
 * Native JS version of jQuery's $.extend() method
 * (code lifted from jQuery 1.11.1 and slightly modified)
 * native JS implementations of $.isPlainObject(), $.isArray(), $.isFunction()
 * https://gist.github.com/Error601/8fdffa6ff985cc374792
 */

function extend(){

    var src, copyIsArray, copy, name, options, clone,

Error601

/*!
 * Convert an object to a string, for whatever reason.
 * This can be useful for heavy-handed comparison
 * (as in compareByText() function below),
 * or printing out JavaScript objects or functions.
 *
 * Original source:
 * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5612787/converting-an-object-to-a-string
 * ('extra' comma issue has been resolved in the code below)
 *

Error601

/*!
 * Very basic JavaScript utility functions
 */

function isObject(obj){
    return Object.prototype.toString.call(obj) === '[object Object]';
}


function isFunction(func){

Error601

/*! 
 * The gist of this gist:
 * 
 * This script is meant to be a *simple* way
 * to ensure JavaScript dependencies are loaded
 * before trying to run functions that need them.
 * This is by no means an attempt to replace AMD
 * modules or require.js - it's just a more lightweight
 * option for loading dependencies.
 * 

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/*!
 * jQuery.hasClasses plugin
 *
 * Check if an element has ALL classes
 * or ANY of a number of classes
 *
 * usage:
 * $('#el-id').hasClasses('foo || bar')   <- has EITHER 'foo' or 'bar'
 * $('#el-id').hasClasses('|| foo bar')   <- has EITHER 'foo' or 'bar'
 * $('#el-id').hasClasses('any: foo bar') <- has EITHER 'foo' or 'bar'

Error601

/*!
 * Hipster filler text generator.
 * Inspired by (and words taken from):
 * http://hipsum.co/
 * 
 * Usage:
 *
 * // sentences only
 * APP.utils.hipster.sentence(); // generates 1 sentence with 9, 12, or 18 words
 * APP.utils.hipster.sentences(3); // generates 3 sentences

Error601

/*!
 * Get or set [data-] attributes and
 * keep jQuery's .data object in sync
 * with those attributes with special
 * handling for non-string data and
 * proper retrieval of functions stored
 * in jQuery's .data object.
 */

Error601

/*!
 * Return the first defined value from argument
 * list. Vars must be declared before passing 
 * to the function - set equal to self to catch 
 * any existing value for that var name. Useful
 * for fetching values from an outer scope that
 * may or may not be defined yet, while providing
 * a fallback of a known (explicitly) defined value.
 *
 * // vars declared and assigned to self

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/*!
 * Global general-purpose JavaScript convenience
 * utlity helper functions, because the world
 * needs yet ANOTHER JavaScript library for
 * things that should just be native JavaScript
 * methods in the first place!
 *
 * Some of these functions are taken straight from
 * other libraries and transplanted here - thus
 * the name 'locash' - a nod to lodash/underscore