Merge pull request #52 from mccabe615/master

A bundle of changes
Merge pull request #53 from mccabe615/master

One more spec and a rake task
added to address issue #55
this appears to fix the problem with our accordion not working correctly. I couldnt find a reason to use bootstrap.js anyways.
fix for issue #44
Merge pull request #56 from mccabe615/master

Adding messaging system
removed a bit of cruft, also activated the sidebar item when working within the messages section
minor fix
this seems to have fixed a nuisance error within our unit-tests. Issue #57