Looks like { means exclusive and [ means inclusive here...
Merge branch 'master' of github.com:pangloss/pacer-neo4j

* 'master' of github.com:pangloss/pacer-neo4j:
  Just wrap all Strings in quotes
  And parentheses and periods...
  Escape any whitespace
  Also escape !'s
  Escape +'s from Lucene queries