diff --git a/examples/athena_basic_execute.py b/examples/athena_basic_execute.py
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+import minerva
+import pprint
+
+pp = pprint.PrettyPrinter(indent=4)
+
+m = minerva.Minerva("hay")
+athena = m.athena("s3://haystac-pmo-athena/")
+
+query  = athena.execute(
+    """
+    create database if not exists test
+    """
+)
+print(query.finish())
+print(query.runtime)
+
diff --git a/examples/athena_basic_query.py b/examples/athena_basic_query.py
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+import minerva
+import pprint
+
+pp = pprint.PrettyPrinter(indent=4)
+
+m = minerva.Minerva("hay")
+athena = m.athena("s3://haystac-pmo-athena/")
+
+#query  = athena.query(
+#"""SELECT *
+#FROM trajectories.kitware
+#WHERE ST_Disjoint(
+#  ST_GeometryFromText('POLYGON((103.6 1.2151693, 103.6 1.5151693, 104.14797 1.5151693, 104.14797 1.2151693, 103.6 1.2151693))'),
+#  ST_Point(longitude, latitude)
+#)
+#""")
+
+# Everything *needs* to have a column in order for parquet to work, so scalar
+# values have to be assigned something, so here we use `as count` to create
+# a temporary column called `count`
+#print(athena.query("select count(*) as count from trajectories.kitware").results().head(1))
+
+query  = athena.query(
+    """
+    select round(longitude, 3) as lon, count(*) as count
+    from trajectories.kitware
+    where agent = 4
+    group by round(longitude, 3)
+    order by count(*) desc
+    """
+)
+data   = query.results()
+pp.pprint(data.head(10))
+print(query.runtime)
+
+#import IPython
+#IPython.embed()
+
+
diff --git a/examples/launch_instances.py b/examples/launch_instances.py
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+from minerva.pier   import Pier
+from minerva.docker import Docker
+import sys
+
+profile = "hay"
+pier    = Pier(profile,
+               subnet_id = "subnet-05eb26d8649a093e1", # project-subnet-public1-us-east-1a
+               sg_groups = ["sg-0f9e555954e863954",    # ssh
+                            "sg-0b34a3f7398076545"],   # default
+               iam       = "S3+SSM+CloudWatch+ECR")
+
+num = 0
+mach = pier.machine(ami    = "ami-0b0cd81283738558a",  # ubuntu 22.04 x86
+             instance_type = "t3.medium",
+             username      = "ubuntu",
+             name          = f"minerva-{num}",
+             variables     = {"num": num})
+
+# Running the machine in the HAYSTAC PMO account
+# Pulling a container from the HAYSTAC T&E account
+d = Docker(machine   = mach,
+           #container = "436820952613.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/test:latest",
+           container = "amazon/aws-cli:latest",
+           variables = {"num": num},
+           stdout    = sys.stdout)
+
+d.create()
+d.run()
+#d.terminate()
diff --git a/examples/redshift_basic_query.py b/examples/redshift_basic_query.py
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+import minerva
+import pprint
+
+pp = pprint.PrettyPrinter(indent=4)
+
+m     = minerva.Minerva("hay")
+red   = m.redshift("s3://haystac-pmo-athena/",
+                   db="dev",
+                   cluster="redshift-cluster-1")
+query = red.query("select count(*) from myspectrum_schema.kitware where agent = 4")
+data  = query.results()
+pp.pprint(data.head(10))
+print(query.runtime)
+
diff --git a/examples/s3_ls.py b/examples/s3_ls.py
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+++ b/examples/s3_ls.py
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+import minerva
+
+m = minerva.Minerva("hay")
+print(list(m.s3.ls("s3://haystac-pmo-athena/")))