Studio: resolves IE notifications display issue and abstracts CSS to avoid IE selector/rule limit
STUD-815
Persist student answers on input error

LMS-469
pep8/pylint fixes for capa
Fix for advanced settings failure
hidden-module-unicode: Return unicode string to pass assertion

XBlock Fragments expect unicode strings, and fail on an assertion when
it isn't:

```
2013-11-14 07:55:50,774 ERROR 3788 [django.request] base.py:215 - Internal Server Error: /courses/TestU/TST101/now/courseware/41d55c576a574fde99319420228f7f88/5fef5794e34842f4a2d45ebcdeaa9a3a/
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/edx/app/edxapp/venvs/edxapp/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/handlers/base.py", line 111, in get_response
    response = callback(request, *callback_args, **callback_kwargs)
  File "/edx/app/edxapp/venvs/edxapp/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/contrib/auth/decorators.py", line 20, in _wrapped_view
    return view_func(request, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/edx/app/edxapp/venvs/edxapp/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/utils/decorators.py", line 91, in _wrapped_view
    response = view_func(request, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/edx/app/edxapp/venvs/edxapp/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/views/decorators/cache.py", line 75, in _cache_controlled
    response = viewfunc(request, *args, **kw)
  File "/edx/app/edxapp/edx-platform/lms/djangoapps/courseware/views.py", line 407, in index
    context['fragment'] = section_module.render('student_view')
  File "/edx/app/edxapp/venvs/edxapp/src/xblock/xblock/core.py", line 156, in render
    return self.runtime.render(self, view, context)
  File "/edx/app/edxapp/edx-platform/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/x_module.py", line 903, in render
    return block.xmodule_runtime.render(to_render, view_name, context)
  File "/edx/app/edxapp/venvs/edxapp/src/xblock/xblock/runtime.py", line 356, in render
    frag = view_fn(context)
  File "/edx/app/edxapp/edx-platform/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/seq_module.py", line 77, in student_view
    rendered_child = child.render('student_view', context)
  File "/edx/app/edxapp/venvs/edxapp/src/xblock/xblock/core.py", line 156, in render
    return self.runtime.render(self, view, context)
  File "/edx/app/edxapp/edx-platform/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/x_module.py", line 903, in render
    return block.xmodule_runtime.render(to_render, view_name, context)
  File "/edx/app/edxapp/venvs/edxapp/src/xblock/xblock/runtime.py", line 356, in render
    frag = view_fn(context)
  File "/edx/app/edxapp/edx-platform/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/vertical_module.py", line 27, in student_view
    rendered_child = child.render('student_view', context)
  File "/edx/app/edxapp/venvs/edxapp/src/xblock/xblock/core.py", line 156, in render
    return self.runtime.render(self, view, context)
  File "/edx/app/edxapp/edx-platform/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/x_module.py", line 903, in render
    return block.xmodule_runtime.render(to_render, view_name, context)
  File "/edx/app/edxapp/venvs/edxapp/src/xblock/xblock/runtime.py", line 356, in render
    frag = view_fn(context)
  File "/edx/app/edxapp/edx-platform/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/x_module.py", line 464, in student_view
    return Fragment(self.get_html())
  File "/edx/app/edxapp/venvs/edxapp/src/xblock/xblock/fragment.py", line 34, in __init__
    self.add_content(content)
  File "/edx/app/edxapp/venvs/edxapp/src/xblock/xblock/fragment.py", line 71, in add_content
    assert isinstance(content, unicode)
AssertionError
```
Merge pull request #1667 from edx/will/really-fix-nav-test-issues

Fix for advanced settings failure
Change save_item and create_item to RESTful URL.

Part of STUD-847.
Merge pull request #1663 from edx/sarina/persist-student-answers-on-error

Sarina/persist student answers on error
Utility method for converting string to bool.
Merge pull request #1647 from edx/talbs/fix-studio-notificationsie

Studio: Resolves Notifications UI showing in IE9 + CSS Split
Merge pull request #1670 from antoviaque/hidden-module-unicode

hidden-module-unicode: Return unicode string to pass assertion
Code review feedback.
BLD-424: Add test to check speed change.
Merge pull request #1621 from edx/christina/item-create

Change save_item and create_item to be RESTful.
Merge pull request #1653 from edx/anton/video-add-test

Video: tests to check speed change
BLD-502: Add improvements to Video player.
Merge pull request #1642 from edx/anton/video-player-improvements

Video player: improvements.