Merge tag 'rel-0.8.0' into develop

Tagged rel-0.8.0
Updated README to include more usage examples.
Merge pull request #25 from pblittle/feature/readme-tweaks

Updated README to include more usage examples.
Reading is hard. Made a corrections and removed a few words.
Merge pull request #26 from pblittle/feature/readme-tweaks

Reading is hard. Made a corrections and removed a few words.
Bump version to 0.8.1
Merge branch 'release/0.8.1'