utils.js

;(function(window, undefined) {

    /* Delay, debounce and throttle functions taken from underscore.js
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     * Copyright (c) 2009-2013 Jeremy Ashkenas, DocumentCloud and
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    window.delay = function(func, wait) {
        var args = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 2);
        return setTimeout(function(){ return func.apply(null, args); }, wait);
    };

    window.debounce = function(func, wait, immediate) {
        var timeout;
        return function() {
          var context = this, args = arguments;
          var later = function() {
            timeout = null;
            if (!immediate) func.apply(context, args);
          };
          if (immediate && !timeout) func.apply(context, args);
          clearTimeout(timeout);
          timeout = setTimeout(later, wait);
        };
    };

    window.throttle = function(func, wait) {
        var context, args, timeout, throttling, more, result;
        var whenDone = debounce(
            function(){ more = throttling = false; }, wait);
        return function() {
          context = this; args = arguments;
          var later = function() {
            timeout = null;
            if (more) func.apply(context, args);
            whenDone();
          };
          if (!timeout) timeout = setTimeout(later, wait);
          if (throttling) {
            more = true;
          } else {
            result = func.apply(context, args);
          }
          whenDone();
          throttling = true;
          return result;
        };
    };

})(window);