FWIW - I posted some notes to help people get started quickly with Spark on C*. http://brianoneill.blogspot.com/2014/03/spark-on-cassandra-w-calliope.html
(tnx again to Rohit and team for all of their help) -brian -- Brian ONeill CTO, Health Market Science (http://healthmarketscience.com) mobile:215.588.6024 blog: http://brianoneill.blogspot.com/ twitter: @boneill42