updated jar file for changes made to learningDesign package (created/updated timestamps have a default value of the current datetime...instead of storing null)
changed the getBody method to read the body as binary data , instead of character data. this stops the problem of getting corrupted wddx packets when reading the body of the post
for the created/updated timestamps, if the value is null, then the value will default to the current datetime. this prevents storing nulls for created/updated timestamps in the database.