More Rails 4.0 upgrade changes

1. Compared existing branch with empty Rails 4.0 project and
    made changes as needed.
 2. Fix find/first warning.
 3. Fix sqlite timeout issue.
    -- config/database.yml
    -- spec/vulnerabilities/insecure_dor_spec.rb

config/initializers/wrap_parameters.rb

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 # Enable parameter wrapping for JSON. You can disable this by setting :format to an empty array.
 ActiveSupport.on_load(:action_controller) do
-  wrap_parameters format: [:json]
+  wrap_parameters format: [:json] if respond_to?(:wrap_parameters)
 end
 
 # Disable root element in JSON by default.