run part of the update in a separate thread
don't update if the values are the same
Merge branch 'master' of github.com:yarden-livnat/cnome
Merge branch 'master' of github.com:SCI-Utah/cnome

Conflicts:
	cyclist/src/edu/utah/sci/cyclist/neup/ui/views/flow/FlowView.java
missing jar files
Merge branch 'master' of github.com:yarden-livnat/cnome
Merge branch 'master' of github.com:yarden-livnat/cnome