initial implementation, working
diff --git a/local/pom.xml b/local/pom.xml
index e58c23f..d9631b8 100644
--- a/local/pom.xml
+++ b/local/pom.xml
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
     <modules>
 	<module>elasticsearch-reindex</module>
 	<module>mongo-elasticsearch-sync</module>
+        <module>twitter-following-neo4j</module>
     </modules>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/local/twitter-follow-graph/pom.xml b/local/twitter-follow-graph/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5324462
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local/twitter-follow-graph/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,301 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  distributed with this work for additional information
+  regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  under the License.
+-->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.apache.streams</groupId>
+        <artifactId>streams-examples-local</artifactId>
+        <version>0.2-incubating-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>..</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <artifactId>twitter-follow-graph</artifactId>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.streams</groupId>
+            <artifactId>streams-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.typesafe</groupId>
+            <artifactId>config</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.streams</groupId>
+            <artifactId>streams-config</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.streams</groupId>
+            <artifactId>streams-runtime-local</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.streams</groupId>
+            <artifactId>streams-provider-twitter</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.streams</groupId>
+            <artifactId>streams-persist-graph</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.streams</groupId>
+            <artifactId>streams-pojo</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <type>test-jar</type>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j-over-slf4j</artifactId>
+            <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
+            <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jul-to-slf4j</artifactId>
+            <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
+            <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
+            <version>${logback.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
+            <artifactId>logback-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${logback.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <build>
+        <sourceDirectory>src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
+        <testSourceDirectory>src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
+        <resources>
+            <resource>
+                <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
+            </resource>
+        </resources>
+        <testResources>
+            <testResource>
+                <directory>src/test/resources</directory>
+            </testResource>
+        </testResources>
+        <plugins>
+            <!-- This binary runs with logback -->
+            <!-- Keep log4j out -->
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>1.3.1</version>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>enforce-banned-dependencies</id>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>enforce</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <rules>
+                                <bannedDependencies>
+                                    <excludes>
+                                        <exclude>org.slf4j:slf4j-log4j12</exclude>
+                                        <exclude>org.slf4j:slf4j-jcl</exclude>
+                                        <exclude>org.slf4j:slf4j-jdk14</exclude>
+                                        <exclude>org.log4j:log4j</exclude>
+                                        <exclude>commons-logging:commons-logging</exclude>
+                                    </excludes>
+                                </bannedDependencies>
+                            </rules>
+                            <fail>true</fail>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <filesets>
+                        <fileset>
+                            <directory>data</directory>
+                            <followSymlinks>false</followSymlinks>
+                        </fileset>
+                    </filesets>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <phase>package</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>shade</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <finalName>${project.build.finalName}</finalName>
+                            <filters>
+                                <filter>
+                                    <artifact>*:*</artifact>
+                                    <excludes>
+                                        <exclude>META-INF/*.SF</exclude>
+                                        <exclude>META-INF/*.DSA</exclude>
+                                        <exclude>META-INF/*.RSA</exclude>
+                                    </excludes>
+                                </filter>
+                            </filters>
+                            <transformers>
+                                <transformer
+                                        implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ServicesResourceTransformer" />
+                                <transformer
+                                        implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ManifestResourceTransformer">
+                                    <mainClass>org.apache.streams.example.graph.TwitterFollowingNeo4j</mainClass>
+                                </transformer>
+                            </transformers>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.jsonschema2pojo</groupId>
+                <artifactId>jsonschema2pojo-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>0.4.6</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <addCompileSourceRoot>true</addCompileSourceRoot>
+                    <generateBuilders>true</generateBuilders>
+                    <sourcePaths>
+                        <sourcePath>src/main/jsonschema</sourcePath>
+                    </sourcePaths>
+                    <outputDirectory>target/generated-sources/jsonschema2pojo</outputDirectory>
+                    <targetPackage>org.apache.streams.example.elasticsearch</targetPackage>
+                    <useJodaDates>false</useJodaDates>
+                </configuration>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>generate</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+                <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>add-source</id>
+                        <phase>generate-sources</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>add-source</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <sources>
+                                <source>target/generated-sources/jsonschema2pojo</source>
+                            </sources>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.4</version>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>resource-dependencies</id>
+                        <phase>process-test-resources</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>unpack-dependencies</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <includeArtifactIds>streams-pojo</includeArtifactIds>
+                            <includes>**/*.json</includes>
+                            <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/test-classes</outputDirectory>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.12.4</version>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>integration-tests</id>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>integration-test</goal>
+                            <goal>verify</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
+    <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>docker</id>
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <!-- The Docker Maven plugin is used to create docker image with the fat jar -->
+                        <groupId>org.jolokia</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>docker-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>0.11.0</version>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <images>
+
+                                <image>
+                                    <alias>${project.artifactId}</alias>
+                                    <name>${project.artifactId}:${project.version}</name>
+                                    <build>
+                                        <from>dockerfile/java:latest</from>
+                                        <assembly>
+                                            <basedir>/</basedir>
+                                            <descriptorRef>artifact</descriptorRef>
+                                        </assembly>
+                                        <!-- Default command for the build image -->
+                                    </build>
+
+                                </image>
+
+                            </images>
+                        </configuration>
+
+                    </plugin>
+
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
+    </profiles>
+</project>
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diff --git a/local/twitter-follow-graph/src/main/java/org/apache/streams/example/graph/TwitterFollowGraph.java b/local/twitter-follow-graph/src/main/java/org/apache/streams/example/graph/TwitterFollowGraph.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3f50285
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local/twitter-follow-graph/src/main/java/org/apache/streams/example/graph/TwitterFollowGraph.java
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.streams.example.graph;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
+import com.google.common.collect.Maps;
+import org.apache.streams.config.ComponentConfigurator;
+import org.apache.streams.config.StreamsConfiguration;
+import org.apache.streams.config.StreamsConfigurator;
+import org.apache.streams.converter.ActivityConverterProcessor;
+import org.apache.streams.converter.ActivityConverterProcessorConfiguration;
+import org.apache.streams.converter.TypeConverterProcessor;
+import org.apache.streams.core.StreamBuilder;
+import org.apache.streams.data.ActivityConverter;
+import org.apache.streams.data.DocumentClassifier;
+import org.apache.streams.graph.GraphPersistWriter;
+import org.apache.streams.graph.GraphWriterConfiguration;
+import org.apache.streams.local.builders.LocalStreamBuilder;
+import org.apache.streams.twitter.TwitterUserInformationConfiguration;
+import org.apache.streams.twitter.converter.TwitterFollowActivityConverter;
+import org.apache.streams.twitter.pojo.Follow;
+import org.apache.streams.twitter.provider.TwitterFollowingProvider;
+import org.apache.streams.twitter.converter.TwitterDocumentClassifier;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+
+/**
+ * Created by steve on 11/29/14.
+ */
+public class TwitterFollowGraph {
+
+    private final static Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(TwitterFollowGraph.class);
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+
+        LOGGER.info(StreamsConfigurator.config.toString());
+
+        StreamsConfiguration streams = StreamsConfigurator.detectConfiguration();
+
+        TwitterFollowingGraphConfiguration configuration = new ComponentConfigurator<>(TwitterFollowingGraphConfiguration.class).detectConfiguration(StreamsConfigurator.getConfig());
+
+        TwitterUserInformationConfiguration twitterUserInformationConfiguration = configuration.getTwitter();
+        TwitterFollowingProvider followingProvider = new TwitterFollowingProvider(twitterUserInformationConfiguration);
+        TypeConverterProcessor converter = new TypeConverterProcessor(String.class);
+
+        ActivityConverterProcessorConfiguration activityConverterProcessorConfiguration =
+                new ActivityConverterProcessorConfiguration()
+                        .withClassifiers(Lists.newArrayList((DocumentClassifier) new TwitterDocumentClassifier()))
+                        .withConverters(Lists.newArrayList((ActivityConverter) new TwitterFollowActivityConverter()));
+        ActivityConverterProcessor activity = new ActivityConverterProcessor(activityConverterProcessorConfiguration);
+
+        GraphWriterConfiguration graphWriterConfiguration = configuration.getGraph();
+        GraphPersistWriter graphPersistWriter = new GraphPersistWriter(graphWriterConfiguration);
+
+        Map<String, Object> streamConfig = Maps.newHashMap();
+        streamConfig.put(LocalStreamBuilder.TIMEOUT_KEY, 20 * 60 * 1000);
+
+        StreamBuilder builder = new LocalStreamBuilder(50, streamConfig);
+
+        builder.newPerpetualStream(TwitterFollowingProvider.STREAMS_ID, followingProvider);
+        builder.addStreamsProcessor("converter", converter, 1, TwitterFollowingProvider.STREAMS_ID);
+        builder.addStreamsProcessor("activity", activity, 1, "converter");
+        builder.addStreamsPersistWriter("graph", graphPersistWriter, 1, "activity");
+
+        builder.start();
+    }
+
+}
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diff --git a/local/twitter-follow-graph/src/main/jsonschema/TwitterFollowGraphConfiguration.json b/local/twitter-follow-graph/src/main/jsonschema/TwitterFollowGraphConfiguration.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c2ccc80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local/twitter-follow-graph/src/main/jsonschema/TwitterFollowGraphConfiguration.json
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-03/schema",
+  "$license": [
+    "http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0"
+  ],
+  "type": "object",
+  "javaType" : "org.apache.streams.example.graph.TwitterFollowingGraphConfiguration",
+  "javaInterfaces": ["java.io.Serializable"],
+  "properties": {
+    "twitter": { "javaType": "org.apache.streams.twitter.TwitterUserInformationConfiguration", "type": "object", "required": true },
+    "graph": { "javaType": "org.apache.streams.graph.GraphWriterConfiguration", "type": "object", "required": true }
+  }
+}
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