diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..874817c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+target/
+.DS_Store
+enwiki.xml
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diff --git a/consumer_pulls/src/main/scala/com/paulbutcher/Accumulator.scala b/consumer_pulls/src/main/scala/com/paulbutcher/Accumulator.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b90e231
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+++ b/consumer_pulls/src/main/scala/com/paulbutcher/Accumulator.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package com.paulbutcher
+
+import akka.actor._
+import collection.Map
+import collection.mutable.HashMap
+
+case class Counts(counts: Map[String, Int])
+
+class Accumulator extends Actor {
+  
+  val counts = new HashMap[String, Int].withDefaultValue(0)
+
+  def receive = {
+    case Counts(partialCounts) =>
+      for ((word, count) <- partialCounts)
+        counts(word) += count
+  }
+
+  override def postStop() {
+    // for ((k, v) <- counts)
+    //   println(s"$k=$v")
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/consumer_pulls/src/main/scala/com/paulbutcher/Counter.scala b/consumer_pulls/src/main/scala/com/paulbutcher/Counter.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..21d17e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/consumer_pulls/src/main/scala/com/paulbutcher/Counter.scala
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+package com.paulbutcher
+
+import akka.actor._
+import collection.mutable.HashMap
+
+class Counter(parser: ActorRef, accumulator: ActorRef) extends Actor {
+
+  val counts = new HashMap[String, Int].withDefaultValue(0)
+
+  override def preStart() {
+    parser ! RequestWork
+  }
+
+  def receive = {
+    case Page(title, text) =>
+      for (word <- Words(text))
+        counts(word) += 1
+      parser ! RequestWork
+
+    case NoMoreWork =>
+      accumulator ! Counts(counts)
+      context.stop(self)
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/consumer_pulls/src/main/scala/com/paulbutcher/Master.scala b/consumer_pulls/src/main/scala/com/paulbutcher/Master.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..141b1a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/consumer_pulls/src/main/scala/com/paulbutcher/Master.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package com.paulbutcher
+
+import akka.actor._
+import akka.routing.RoundRobinRouter
+
+class Master extends Actor {
+
+  var counters = Set[ActorRef]()
+
+  val accumulator = context.actorOf(Props[Accumulator], "accumulator")
+  val parser = context.actorOf(Props[Parser])
+
+  for (i <- 0 to 8)
+    counters += context.actorOf(Props(new Counter(parser, accumulator)))
+  counters foreach context.watch _
+  context.watch(accumulator)
+
+  def receive = {
+    case Terminated(`accumulator`) => context.system.shutdown
+    case Terminated(counter) =>
+      counters -= counter
+      if (counters.isEmpty)
+        accumulator ! PoisonPill
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/consumer_pulls/src/main/scala/com/paulbutcher/Parser.scala b/consumer_pulls/src/main/scala/com/paulbutcher/Parser.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e960be8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/consumer_pulls/src/main/scala/com/paulbutcher/Parser.scala
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+package com.paulbutcher
+
+import akka.actor._
+
+case class RequestWork()
+case class NoMoreWork()
+
+class Parser extends Actor {
+
+  val pages = Pages(100000, "enwiki.xml")
+
+  def receive = {
+    case RequestWork =>
+      if (pages.hasNext)
+        sender ! pages.next
+      else
+        sender ! NoMoreWork
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/consumer_pulls/src/main/scala/com/paulbutcher/WordCount.scala b/consumer_pulls/src/main/scala/com/paulbutcher/WordCount.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..12872b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/consumer_pulls/src/main/scala/com/paulbutcher/WordCount.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package com.paulbutcher
+
+import akka.actor._
+
+object WordCount extends App {
+
+  val system = ActorSystem("WordCount")
+
+  system.actorOf(Props[Master])
+}
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diff --git a/project/Build.scala b/project/Build.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6a279f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/project/Build.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import sbt._
+import Keys._
+
+object WordCountBuild extends Build {
+  val buildSettings = Defaults.defaultSettings ++ Seq(
+    organization := "com.paulbutcher",
+    version := "0.1",
+    scalaVersion := "2.10.0",
+    scalacOptions ++= Seq("-deprecation", "-unchecked", "-feature"))
+
+  lazy val utils = Project(
+    "utils", 
+    file("utils"),
+    settings = buildSettings ++ Seq(
+      name := "Utils", 
+      libraryDependencies += "com.typesafe.akka" %% "akka-actor" % "2.1.0"))
+
+  lazy val consumer_pulls = Project(
+    "consumer_pulls", 
+    file("consumer_pulls"),
+    settings = buildSettings ++ Seq(name := "Consumer Pulls")) dependsOn(utils)
+}
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diff --git a/utils/src/main/scala/com/paulbutcher/Pages.scala b/utils/src/main/scala/com/paulbutcher/Pages.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dcf8d96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/src/main/scala/com/paulbutcher/Pages.scala
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+package com.paulbutcher
+
+import javax.xml.stream.XMLInputFactory
+import java.io.FileInputStream
+
+case class Page(title: String, text: String)
+
+class Pages(maxPages: Int, fileName: String) extends Iterator[Page] {
+  var remainingPages = maxPages
+  val reader = XMLInputFactory.newInstance.createXMLEventReader(new FileInputStream(fileName))
+  
+  def hasNext = remainingPages > 0
+  
+  def next(): Page = {
+    while (true) {
+      val event = reader.nextEvent
+      if (event.isStartElement &&
+          event.asStartElement.getName.getLocalPart == "page") {
+        var title: String = null
+        var text: String = null
+        while (true) {
+          val event = reader.nextEvent
+          if (event.isStartElement) {
+            event.asStartElement.getName.getLocalPart match {
+              case "title" => title = reader.getElementText
+              case "text" => text = reader.getElementText
+              case _ =>
+            }
+          } else if (event.isEndElement &&
+              event.asEndElement.getName.getLocalPart == "page") {
+            remainingPages -= 1
+            return Page(title, text)
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    throw new NoSuchElementException
+  }
+}
+
+object Pages {
+  def apply(maxPages: Int, fileName: String) = new Pages(maxPages, fileName)
+}
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diff --git a/utils/src/main/scala/com/paulbutcher/Words.scala b/utils/src/main/scala/com/paulbutcher/Words.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..667d525
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/src/main/scala/com/paulbutcher/Words.scala
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+package com.paulbutcher
+
+import java.text.BreakIterator
+
+class Words(text: String) extends Iterator[String] {
+  val wordBoundary = BreakIterator.getWordInstance
+  wordBoundary.setText(text)
+  var start = wordBoundary.first
+  var end = wordBoundary.next
+  
+  def hasNext = end != BreakIterator.DONE
+  
+  def next() = {
+    val s = text.subSequence(start, end)
+    start = end
+    end = wordBoundary.next
+    s.toString
+  }
+}
+
+object Words {
+  def apply(text:String) = new Words(text)
+}
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