tweaks to utils
Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/master'

Conflicts:
	tests/root/test_root_models.py
	tests/root/test_root_views.py
	tests/rules/test_rules_forms.py
	tests/rules/test_rules_models.py
	tests/rules/test_rules_views.py
	tests/validate/test_validate_views.py
	tests/validate/test_validate_vocalink.py
tweaks to utils