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Fixing snapshot version
Merge pull request #257 from sagarl/1.2

Adding try-block to catch IllegalThreadStateException
Add print-out statement in the try/catch to pass PMD check
If not multi-dc cluster, get_seeds will return list of public ec2 names to let DNS server to resolve to private IPs.  As in this case, C* use the normal Ec2Snitch and it does not translate public names to private IPs nicely. C* nodes do connect through Private IPs and non-ssl port eventually but they still hold around the undesired Public IP's OutboundTCPConnection. Also, without this change, Cassandra's handshake connections initially have to go through Public IPs and SSL port before being able to settle down on the private IPs and non-ssl port.
Merge pull request #262 from timiblossom/1.2

Fix for issue 260

lgtm
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Lower cassandra lib version so that Priam can build
Add a log line when there is no meta file in restore.  Also leave assert statement as restore's junit test needs it to pass.
Merge pull request #268 from timiblossom/1.2

Reviewed by Jason
Merge branch '1.2'