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Restore Heroku Postgresql db to Engine Yard Cloud (Assuming beta postgres at EY)
# On Heroku
# Create dump file
heroku pgbackups:capture --app <application_name>
# On Engine Yard slice
# Get dump file from heroku
curl -o latest.dump `heroku pgbackups:url b005 --app <application_name> -e <environment>`
# drop and recreate database
bundle exec rake db:drop
bundle exec rake db:create
# Restore db
pg_restore --verbose --clean --no-acl --no-owner -U deploy -d <database_name> ~/latest.dump
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