code: def merge_dictionaries(*dict_args):
      """
      http://stackoverflow.com/questions/38987/how-can-i-merge-two-python-dictionaries-in-a-single-expression
      Given any number of dicts, shallow copy and merge into a new dict,
      precedence goes to key value pairs in latter dicts.
      """
      result = {}
      for dictionary in dict_args:
          result.update(dictionary)
      return result
  
imports: import collections
  import datetime
  import os
  import operator
  import shutil
  import time
  import pickle
label_desc: Use image node_id 4 for calling a global function with example usage: merge_dictionaries() and returns: result