Refactoring User model methods and controller, changing static method to non-static, and making annoucements work
Making sure the announcement.show.blade doesn't complain about being passed an array.
Using  to get branch and other user vars instead of passing them in.
Initial announcement implementation
Merge branch 'dev' into feature/announcements

Conflicts:
	app/controllers/UserController.php
	app/models/User.php
	app/views/dashboard.blade.php
Merge pull request #27 from BenOvermyer/feature/announcements

Completion of feature/announcements