• Globals removed in favor of class constants, where possible
• Service signatures are more consistent
• Fixes to Cloud Queues: better handling of Client UUIDs, event dispatching added for the Service, and other small fixes
• Fixes to Monitoring: resource models have clearer methods and better relations to their Service and Parent objects
• More documentation for key services like ObjectStorage and Cloud Queues. The README and "Getting Started" guide have also been rewritten for clarity and succinctness
• Acceptance tests added for Cloud Queues and Monitoring
• Fix for DataObject temporary URLs
• CONTRIBUTING has clearer instructions for running test suites