Merge pull request #26 from wikipathways/release-0-9-0

update ap:release with latest work and builds from wp:release
Merge pull request #27 from wikipathways/release-0-9-0

update ap:release with latest work and builds from wp:release
Merge pull request #28 from wikipathways/release-0-9-0

update ap:release with latest work and builds from wp:release
swaps in new loading.gif from WP
Merge pull request #195 from AlexanderPico/release-0-9-0

swaps in new loading.gif from WP