ignore null values when serializing over the wire
BUG: do not display "null" in textareas when there is no text

https://trello.com/c/7FdPhtvb/19-bug-do-not-display-null-in-textareas-when-there-is-no-text
Issue was on serverside, have to check if each value is null before inserting it
into the SQL query.  We should probably use Java persistence...

http://docs.oracle.com/javaee/7/tutorial/doc/persistence-intro.htm#BNBPZ
small bug fixes: removed updating user createdDate since we do not need to do that, also made sure to scroll to top on page transition
syntax error: what a fale
AAAANNNNDDD fix the integration tests: take1
take 2: fml
take 3: I suck
build the app