consistencyLevelPolicy.setDefaultReadConsistencyLevel(HConsistencyLevel.ONE);
KeyspaceDefinition keyspaceDef = cluster.describeKeyspace(cassandraKeyspace);
if (keyspaceDef == null) {
log.warn("Keyspace \" {} \" does not exist, creating it!", cassandraKeyspace);
keyspaceDef = new ThriftKsDef(cassandraKeyspace);
cluster.addKeyspace(keyspaceDef, true);
addColumnFamily(cluster, USER_CF, 0);
addColumnFamily(cluster, FRIENDS_CF, 0);
addColumnFamily(cluster, FOLLOWERS_CF, 0);