added active support instrumentation, added a persistent connection adapater, added an async connection adapter
make sure reactor is running to use the async connection
Version bump to 0.8.1
Version bump to 0.8.2
Version bump to 0.8.3
Version bump to 0.8.4
Version bump to 0.8.5
updated Gemfile and Rakefile
removed dependency on active support
fixed save cookie, updated tests