Changes needed to get the app working and answering a basic HTTP request.
Minor change
Merged version feature/version0.1. Squashed commit of the following:

commit bef52885614cc4ef4d6aa07c506b0145d6b7cb63
Author: Rich Youngkin <rich.youngkin@gmail.com>
Date:   Tue Sep 23 16:50:53 2014 -0600

    More README updates

commit c8ddc816783b566e55a1a9b8f107ccc92469e2fe
Author: Rich Youngkin <rich.youngkin@gmail.com>
Date:   Tue Sep 23 16:50:05 2014 -0600

    More README updates

commit ba8d18963299819fc281c8e9c099a81bf5b33d02
Author: Rich Youngkin <rich.youngkin@gmail.com>
Date:   Tue Sep 23 16:42:55 2014 -0600

    More readme info

commit 2da4b0622c85ed23e16184e72d801db2d9d82a40
Author: Rich Youngkin <rich.youngkin@gmail.com>
Date:   Tue Sep 23 16:36:29 2014 -0600

    More app description

commit e8a952d8caf1c6782892212443d0ada1fc3f5864
Author: Rich Youngkin <rich.youngkin@gmail.com>
Date:   Tue Sep 23 16:26:24 2014 -0600

    Added more code comments and additional detail to the README.md file

commit b8341ac2f738878d6fff8f00b60ac3e970cee9b9
Author: Rich Youngkin <rich.youngkin@gmail.com>
Date:   Tue Sep 23 15:27:24 2014 -0600

    Still messing with the README.md markup

commit 4f41a533162c86a4cd06a14ce9e03fad0c19893b
Author: Rich Youngkin <rich.youngkin@gmail.com>
Date:   Tue Sep 23 15:22:59 2014 -0600

    Added code comments and content to README.md

commit 105e81b601892b9fa38f1163218fd4c7b5198a99
Author: Rich Youngkin <rich.youngkin@gmail.com>
Date:   Fri Sep 19 13:12:55 2014 -0600

    initial support/integration with Zookeeper

commit ce022502838c5d8cf2e26ead7f8d1d06be862ed8
Author: Rich Youngkin <rich.youngkin@gmail.com>
Date:   Thu Sep 18 16:58:24 2014 -0600

    Finished ReST interface with DB/ZK interaction stubbed out.

commit 866c19fe8fc30ee7467b1d69e19c63031703a0ab
Author: Rich Youngkin <rich.youngkin@gmail.com>
Date:   Wed Sep 17 21:51:00 2014 -0600

    Continue implemenation of REST resource methods; some minor renaming.

commit a0e9d9c091ffdcdc460a0adfd29829a6db591a9d
Author: Rich Youngkin <rich.youngkin@gmail.com>
Date:   Tue Sep 16 15:54:35 2014 -0600

    getting closer...

commit 36adddfcd038faa600f6c0beb0e86fe04229d972
Author: Rich Youngkin <rich.youngkin@gmail.com>
Date:   Tue Sep 16 15:53:40 2014 -0600

    and again... markdown...

commit f534ba41a26302c2d5c4c627a6ad3930d5623939
Author: Rich Youngkin <rich.youngkin@gmail.com>
Date:   Tue Sep 16 15:52:33 2014 -0600

    still wrestling with the markdown in the README.md

commit 8c94fa8c03160e381bd45908f2f2ecec16dab059
Author: Rich Youngkin <rich.youngkin@gmail.com>
Date:   Tue Sep 16 15:50:10 2014 -0600

    Getting the markdown right this time.

commit a3e85423d4e2b23d006d11e77815d27f7f251527
Author: Rich Youngkin <rich.youngkin@gmail.com>
Date:   Tue Sep 16 15:45:46 2014 -0600

    updated README with instructions on building, running, and making service requests.

commit c413dcece5423d142de2322dab03c61a43ee69c9
Author: Rich Youngkin <rich.youngkin@gmail.com>
Date:   Tue Sep 16 15:33:54 2014 -0600

    Adding support for data (weather) operations. GET/POST are now supported, although they are still stubbed out (i.e., returning canned data)

commit e6bb0f5a493b82e537d7fc361712832aa6b2a4df
Author: Rich Youngkin <rich.youngkin@gmail.com>
Date:   Tue Sep 16 13:00:44 2014 -0600

    Added support for REST status interface. It supports text/plain, text/html, application/json content types. Also made the start scripts simpler.