Merge pull request #11 from torandu/working

Fix FC043: Prefer new notification syntax
cleanup swift readme docs
rename run_tests to standard .bash extension
add statsd reporting
Merge pull request #12 from alanmeadows/swift_stats

Add statsd reporting to swift
backport readme updates and bugfixes submitted to stackforge
drop unnecessary cookbooks/ from .gitignore
Merge pull request #13 from alanmeadows/backport_stackforge_changes

backport readme updates and bugfixes submitted to stackforge
Fix problem loading spec_helper