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The Ghost in the Machine
Batgirl #40
The villain who's been messing with Barbara Gordon's life has been revealed, and it's… Barbara Gordon? It's actually a computer program taken from Barbara's brain algorithms soon after she'd been shot and paralyzed. The program is angry, resentful, and fueled with a Batman-esque desire for vengeance and a Joker-esque desire for mass murder. She's controlling Riot Black with cyber implants, and she's invited a bunch of people who she's decided have a very slight chance of someday causing crime to Burnside Square so she can kill them all with a hacked military satellite. Can Batgirl and her allies save Burnside from destruction?
Verdict: Thumbs up. Fantastic art, fantastic story. Love the way this ties so many elements of previous stories together — not just plots, but plenty of characters make prominent appearances. Most of Barbara's supporting cast shows up at Burnside Square, all tied by Cyber-Babs by extremely tenuous strands to possible future crimes. Batgirl's solution is a combination of face-punching, acrobatics, and brain work — I only wish she'd been able to do her own hacking, instead of leaving it to someone else.
Loki: Agent of Asgard #12
Old Loki has escaped and bound Teen Loki so he can tell him what the future holds — how Old Loki triumphs over everything, destroys Midgard, and humiliates Thor — so when his younger counterpart hears how it all went down, he'll be inevitably drawn to the dark side. When everyone considers you, now and forever, no matter how much good you do, as only the God of Lies, why not just go full-on evil?
Verdict: Thumbs up. It's not a bad example of how labeling someone can help force them into a path they may not want to go down. If everyone expects you to be evil, and treats you like you are evil, at some point, you'll get frustrated and live down to everyone's expectations.
Today's Cool Links:
Gen Con — the original and biggest gaming convention in the world — does the right thing and tells Indiana that if they enact their bigoted pro-discrimination law, the convention will start looking for a new location.
Terry Crews is pretty amazing — and he's very proud to be a feminist.
Larry Wilmore's show on race, gender, and superheroes is pretty great — but you have to watch it to see him impersonate Star Wars characters.
March 25, 2015 · Filed under Batgirl, Loki
Going Beyond
Captain America and the Mighty Avengers #5
First things first: Ladies and gentlemen, that is just about the worst comic book cover I've seen this year. Maybe all of last year, too. It's a terrible, muddy, over-chaotic muddle with a style entirely different from the art between the covers.
Now that that's out of the way — forget the cover. What we've got inside is a just plain wonderful comic book. Or rather, what we've got inside is a pretty typical comic — until the last page happens.
While Monica Rambeau experiments with her light powers by adopting the form of the Blue Marvel — in the altogether, as they say in the hipster circles — Dr. Positron, the Marvel's mad scientist son, shows up for a short brawl with the Marvel, Monica, and Spider-Man before revealing that he's found his brother in the Neutral Zone, but he'll need help to get him out. Elsewhere, Power Man and White Tiger go hunting for whoever killed Gideon Mace and run into way more trouble than they can handle. And Luke Cage and Jessica Jones have a meeting with Jason Quantrell, sinister CEO of Cortex Incorporated — and we learn who's really behind Quantrell's diabolic grin.
Verdict: Thumbs up. No spoilers, folks, but no kidding, when I read the last page of this one, I sat there in Flabbergasted Jawdrop Mode for at least 30 seconds. I don't know if they can follow up with the promise of that last page, but I'm really looking forward to the next issue now.
Red Sonja #100
Well, it's not really the 100th issue of this series, but they figure they've got the 100th issue to feature Sonja. Sounds iffy to me, but it makes a decent anthology comic. We've got creators ranging from Gail Simone to Roy Thomas to Michael Avon Oeming and many more. We get Sonja facing off against spider demons and mutated Rapunzels, we get Sonja taking on an unexpected assistant in a battle against a monster, and we get Sonja meeting one of her own heroes and earning a few wishes.
Verdict: Thumbs up. An incredible variety of stories offered here — some classic hack-and-slash battles, some more introspective stories, and all of them excellent reads. It's especially wonderful to see a story by Roy Thomas, Sonja's creator.
All of a sudden, everyone in Burnside is after Batgirl — whoever's running the Hooq app is offering $20 million for her capture, dead or alive. And Barbara is being plagued by weird memory troubles, too. She enlists the aid of Black Canary, then realizes that her brain scan is part of Hooq's programming — is Batgirl trying to kill herself?
Verdict: Thumbs up. Nice art and a much more relateable story. This comic's emphasis on social media and smartphone apps is making more sense now, and it'll be interesting to see where things go from here.
Silver Surfer #9
Galactus has come to the planet Newhaven, home to the last survivors of millions of worlds destroyed by the Eater of Worlds. Rejected by Dawn, the Surfer heads out to stop Galactus — by surfing the planet's moon into his face! That gets Galactus' attention, but he reacts by stripping the Surfer of his cosmic powers, leaving him powerless and adrift in space. Can anyone stop Galactus now?
Verdict: Thumbs up. Outstanding art, as always, from Mike and Laura Allred. Big ups for Dan Slott's story, too — surfing a whole moon is pretty inspired, even if it'd pretty obviously be something Galactus would shrug off. I'm assuming Norrin will get re-powered next issue — but with this comic, who knows?
Everyone in Asgard is mad at Loki. Loki is very depressed. Old King Future Loki is very mean.
Verdict: Thumbs down. Just a bit too overdone on the woe-is-me stuff.
February 23, 2015 · Filed under Avengers, Batgirl, Captain America, Loki, Red Sonja, Silver Surfer
The God of Lies is in a thoroughly uncomfortable predicament — he's no longer able to tell any sort of lies. So of course, Thor — or the Odinson, as he prefers to be called, now that he's no longer worthy to carry Mjolnir — picks this moment to request a visit. And Loki spills the truth he's been keeping hidden — he's not really the proper Loki — he's a spirit-copy of Loki who managed to destroy and devour the old Kid Loki, taking his place and accidentally acquiring his desire for redemption. But Thor is deeply unhappy to hear that his real brother is basically dead, and he delivers a beatdown, then drags Loki back to Asgard to face punishment. Can the trickster talk his way out of this one?
Verdict: Thumbs up. This has been coming for quite a while, and it's a credit to the storytelling that it's as massively painful and traumatic to Loki as it should be.
Red Sonja #14
Sonja has been cursed to never forgive any slight, no matter how insignificant. She's being stalked by the brother of the wizard she destroyed, and is herself stalking a man named Fellan, who is the last remaining brigand who slaughtered her village in her youth. When she finally finds him, he begs her to forgive him, which, again, isn't in the cards. She easily destroys his henchmen, but Fellan makes his escape. Realizing that the curse she's under makes her a danger to everyone she meets, Sonja needs to figure out how to keep herself from becoming a remorseless, soulless slaughterer.
Verdict: Thumbs up. It's a grimmer story than probably any of the previous storyarcs, but it's beautifully told and beautifully illustrated — definitely worth checking out.
Here's a list of some great roleplaying games — many of which are almost certainly new to you.
The secret history of how the evil genius behind Thomas the Tank Engine brought about the world of "Cars."
Wikipedia has come out in favor of the violent hatemongers of Gamergate. Maybe we should remember that next time they come begging for money in their multi-annual fundraisers.
January 26, 2015 · Filed under Loki, Red Sonja
Back to the Grindstone
So the problem with taking over a week off for the holidays is that it's hard to remember when it's time to get back to work on your blog again. I finally remembered I needed to post some reviews and a Friday Night Fights pretty late yesterday, so here we are, scrambling to get something done.
It was a nice break, by the way. Got to go home and see the folks, got some excellent presents, had to drive home in snow and bad weather, had to deal with much less pleasant weather once I got home, and am still trying to get my brain wrapped around some other responsibilities I need to take care of. Not just the blog, but all kinds of stuff around the house I need to get put together. I got a ton of presents I need to get hammered on the walls and plugged into outlets, and so far, I haven't done those yet. Luckily, I've still got plenty of time before I have to get back to the office, so maybe I can get some of that done this weekend.
But now, on to some quick reviews from the last couple of weeks' worth of comics.
She-Hulk #11
It's really disappointing that this series is on its next-to-the-last issue, but let's enjoy it while it lasts. In this issue, Titania shows up and it's a near non-stop slugfest all the way through, with some extra secrets that Angie and Hei Hei have been hiding.
Verdict: Thumbs up. Yeah, it's a slugfest, but it's a really great slugfest, starring the two strongest female characters in the Marvel Universe, with fantastic writing and art to go along with them. Worst thing about this issue: Just one more to go before it's cancelled.
Loki: Agent of Asgard #9
A magical event has occurred that's caused some of Marvel's heroes and villains to switch allegiences. So the Avengers and X-Men have turned evil, while a group of supervillains have united as the new Avengers to save the world. Loki and the Enchantress are among the new Avengers, while Thor has become a brutish warmonger, no longer worthy of wielding Mjolnir. After the two newly-minted heroes capture Sigurd and Lorelei and return them to Asgard — where they're subjected to an uncommonly cruel punishment for their crimes on Earth — Loki hatches a plot to remove the incredibly mighty Thor from the battle. Basically, he intends to go to the moon, where Thor left his hammer, and see if he himself is worthy enough to carry it. But can a God of Evil hold that weapon? And what will Thor do to him when he finds out about the plan?
Verdict: Thumbs up. It's a pretty fun story with tons of drama, and it sets up some pretty major ramifications for future issues of the comic, too.
January 2, 2015 · Filed under Loki, She-Hulk
Honor and Adventure!
Jo has been turned to stone, and the devious Diane — secretly the goddess Artemis — blackmails the group to discover where she can go to gain ultimate power before she'll release Jo from the curse. But once Jen solves the clues in the cavern, Diane double-crosses them, leaving them under attack from the demon-possessed boys from the rival camp. Molly's skills with anagrams let her reveal how to restore Jo — THE POWER OF FRIENDSHIP! But only one can wield the power that Artemis and Apollo want — and what happens when that one person is one of the Lumberjanes?
Verdict: Thumbs up. An incredibly fun, exciting story, with fun art and characters and tons of great funny stuff. Who would've imagined that a raccoon with a funny hat could be so awesome?
Loki and the Enchantress have both gone through the Axis flip afflicting Marvel's heroes and villains. As a result, both of them are now unquestionably heroes, though they're not very nice or humble heroes. Verity, the mortal who can always tell when someone's lying, is less than happy with the result, because Loki and Amora are both grade-A jackasses. And Loki is summoned to Las Vegas to corral someone else who's gone through a flip of the axis — Thor, god of villainy!
Verdict: Thumbs up. I'm not sold on all the Axis stuff, but this one has some gloriously funny moments, particularly Oddball, the Man with the Deadly Balls! and Loki turning into an adorable magical unicorn to run through Vegas.
Daredevil's contact with the emotional powers of the Purple Man's children has left him with crushing depression — just in time for the Purple Man himself to come swinging at him with a 2×4. He manages to push past his frazzled emotional state to run Killgrave off, but he's still stuck with the problem of how to find a bunch of kids with mind-control powers. But even once he tracks them down, he's going to have to deal with their powers and with the Purple Man's, too.
Verdict: Thumbs up. Great art, excellent story. Decent segment discussing depression, and a nice double-ending with Matt and Kirsten McDuffie.
November 21, 2014 · Filed under Daredevil, Loki, Lumberjanes
Over the Cliff
Daredevil #9
The Purple Man's empowered children have gotten together and are using their mind-control powers to wreak havoc in San Francisco. Meanwhile, Matt Murdock is excitedly planning on writing his autobiography and looking forward to his $8 million advance. Kirsten and Foggy aren't sure it'd ever work — Matt doesn't have the patience to write a whole book, and his life has been, up to the last few years, spectacularly depressing, with most of his girlfriends dying, struggles with poverty, and repeated personal, emotional, and superheroic setbacks. Matt is assuring them he can handle it when he learns about the Purple Kids' rampage through the city. Their combined emotion control powers, however, are a lot more than he can handle.
Verdict: Thumbs up. Good story and fantastic art. The Purple Kids have a great combination of menace and pathos, and the idea of Matt revisiting the old rotten and depressing days is something that's perversely appealing — he's had it pretty good for quite a while, so it'll be interesting to see how Mark Waid writes him over the next issue or two.
Dr. Doom has captured Loki in a field of null-time, trapping him between seconds so he's unable to come up with any spells or tricks to escape. Verity Willis, a human who can see through any lie, traveled to Latveria with Loki, but she managed to turn invisible with Loki's amulet of invisibility, but Valeria Richards easily detects that she's there — but she decides not to reveal her to Doom, who has his own troubles when he finds Latverians fighting amongst themselves — something which Doom has decreed must never happen. But the people refuse to listen to him, and Doom deduces that the Red Skull, now possessing Charles Xavier's telepathic powers, is causing a worldwide outbreak of hatred and strife. Is there any way to stop the Skull's hate plague before Latveria destroys itself?
Verdict: Thumbs up. Not as much stuff about Loki this time, but a really excellent focus on Verity, Valeria, and Doom himself. It makes for a really entertaining story.
Trees #6
In the Chinese city of Shu, naive young artist Chenglei is questioning his sexuality and identity after a wild party when he realizes he's falling in love with Zhen, a trans woman — all of this while the Chinese authorities are taking a new, ominous interest in the city. In Sicily, secret moves are underfoot against the local fascist gangs. And in the Arctic, the Tree-created flowers are a lot more difficult to eradicate than was expected.
Verdict: Thumbs up. The storyline in Shu is just plain outstanding. The scenes between Chenglei and Uncle and especially between Chenglei and Zhen are fantastic, poetic, absolutely beautiful. This is definitely turning out to be another great year for Warren Ellis comics.
Here's a very nice one-minute-long horror movie for you.
You scared of Ebola? You scared of ISIS? You watch too much TV. Here are the things worth being afraid of.
And Texans, don't forget, early voting begins today. Get out there and vote. Don't you vote for that hyper-corrupt hypocritical weasel Greg Abbott. Dude's so crooked he could hide behind a corkscrew.
October 20, 2014 · Filed under Daredevil, Loki, Trees
Jane Power
The Lumberjanes are competing in a game of capture the flag, and they're on the losing end of things, partly because one of the girls on the other side is a secret teleporter who is definitely not who everyone thought she was. Everyone suspects Jo of being some sort of ancient mythical being in disguise, despite her vehement denials. Will the girls win the game? How will they escape from jail? And who the heck are the ancient mythical beings in disguise?
Verdict: Thumbs up. Wonderfully funny, with great action. The dialogue is fantastic — my favorite wildly hilarious interjection in this issue is "For the love of Sister Rosetta Tharpe."
It's been a few months since this one came out last, I think. Most of this issue is centered in Latveria. Dr. Doom is time-traveling, with the help of Valeria Richards. He encounters a vast wasteland in the far future, inhabited only by old Loki and a skull spirit, who inform Doom that he's standing in the ruins of Latveria itself. Then they puke bugs at him and completely freak him out before Valeria is able to pull him back to the present. This convinces Doom that he needs to eliminate Loki now. After kidnapping him with his time portal, Doom tells him they're going to have a magical duel that will take the form of a conversation about the nature of stories, and then about the nature of Doom himself — is he flesh and blood, is he a robot, or is he a god himself?
Verdict: Thumbs up. This is really something else — it goes from scores of beetles crawling out of old Loki's mouth and eyes — and genuinely frightening Dr. Doom himself — to a lengthy philosophical conversation. And it's still a fascinating, action-filled comic. Definitely worth reading.
Mighty Avengers #14
The Deathwalkers have merged into a single monstrous being and enslaved the world with crippling illusions. Only Luke Cage seems to be immune — he manages to get the Deathwalkers' chalice to Kaluu, who uses it to combine the Avengers' spirits into the Avenger Prime. But can even the united Avengers stop the Prime Deathwalker?
Verdict: Thumbs up. The action is good, though the metaphysics are maybe a bit flaky. Not really sure how Luke managed to get free from the Deathwalkers' influence when no one else worldwide was able to do it. This is apparently the final issue, but it'll be relaunched in a couple months as Captain America and the Mighty Avengers. Hopefully, it'll be completely free of the curse of Greg Land.
September 26, 2014 · Filed under Avengers, Loki, Lumberjanes
A Mushroom with a View
Moon Knight #4
Marc Spector is asked by a sleep researcher to investigate the case of a bunch of people who have all inexplicably gone mad, dreaming the same bizarre dream, when they've gone to sleep in the same building. Moon Knight's investigation takes the direct approach — he decides to go to sleep inside one specific room, despite the risk that he'll go mad — after all, he's fairly mad already. Will his fungus-based dreams solve the mystery or doom him to greater insanity?
Verdict: Thumbs up. Nothing at all wrong with Ellis' storytelling here, but the real draw is the lushly, magnificently beautiful artwork of Declan Shalvey and Jordie Bellaire. If you're into beautiful art, you really have to pick this one up. If you want to see some jaw-dropping examples of the work of an outstanding colorist, pick this up. Jordie Bellaire does a brilliant job of the contrast between the spectacular technicolor of Spector's dream to the common everyday colors of the rest of the world to the stark, screaming monochrome of Moon Knight himself. I'm serious — y'all go get it.
Loki is uncomfortable with kidnapping Asgardians to have them locked up in prison — especially since those he's been sent after, like Lorelei and Sigurd, haven't committed any serious crimes against Asgard, and he doesn't know why the All-Mother wants them held captive. So he decides it's time for a heist movie so he can spring Sigurd out of prison. He enlists the aid of Lorelei, a fellow trickster, the Mighty Thor, and Verity Willis, a human who is able to see through any lie, no matter what form it takes. Will they be able to get into Asgard without being discovered? Who's their secret inside man? And what's this heist really about?
Verdict: Thumbs up. It's a wonderfully twisty story, full of last-second escapes and clever tricks and revealed secrets, just like you'd want from any good heist movie.
Black Widow #7
Natasha is in San Francisco, trying to track down the usual bunch of spies and nogoodniks for SHIELD. But she gets made and almost shot — and when she finally nabs the shooter, she's ready to kill him if he wan't tell her the info she needs. But San Francisco is now where Daredevil hangs his horns, and he's not willing to let her commit murder in his town.
Verdict: This is one I just keep going back and forth on. It's not that bad a story, overall, and the art is very nice — but it's coming out at the same time as Brubaker and Epting's "Velvet," which does the superspy genre much, much better than this one.
If you haven't heard by now, Bill Watterson returned to comics much too briefly for the "Pearls Before Swine" comic strip.
The depressing story of how the World of Darkness MMO got cancelled.
And now for something completely different: a book bound in human skin.
Ladies and gentlemen: The world's happiest guinea pig.
June 9, 2014 · Filed under Black Widow, Loki, Moon Knight
Knuckle Bones
Moon Knight encounters a criminal menace he can't beat down — a gang of ghosts running around New York beating people up. Marc can't manage to lay a glove on them, but they have no difficulty kicking his ass all over the street. But the Khonshu side of him reveals that he does have a way he can strike back at the ghosts — entirely without his own knowledge, Moon Knight had been collecting magical armor designed to let him touch the spectral world. The rematch goes much differently.
Verdict: Thumbs up. Outstanding art and storytelling. I absolutely love the design of the skeletal Khonshu and the similar design of Marc's ghost armor. The action is, of course, grand, but the resolution of the whole thing is even better. Come on, folks, it's early in this one's run — better jump on the bandwagon now.
After a thrilling (and snarky) duel of trickery (and swords), the great Asgardian hero Sigurd has managed to steal his ancient sword Gram away from Loki. He takes it to Kaluu, a meditating magician in Tibet, so he can exchange it for the opportunity to escape from the Valkyries, who intend to torture him all through the afterlife because he's slighted them somehow. Unfortunately, it turns out that Kaluu isn't really Kaluu — and he intends to torment Sigurd even more terribly. Can Sigurd get out of this? Or will the seemingly dead Loki have to save his bacon?
Verdict: Thumbs up. Nicely done action and (naturally) trickery — and not just on Loki's part. Sigurd spends most of his time lying, and Kaluu is all about the untruths. And I must say I'm also enjoying Sigurd a lot — I wouldn't mind seeing him with his own series — he's a wonderfully devious character, especially for someone who's supposed to be a great hero.
The Returning #2
I missed this one for a while, but finally managed to pick it up last week. Beth Turner is on the run — her family has been murdered and everyone in town thinks she's a changer — someone who died briefly and then becomes a homicidal maniac later. She turns to her sole remaining friend for help — but then gets attacked by the gas station attendant she'd thought had been killed. And after that, she's rescued by the man who she thought was a changer out to kill her. But is he really on her side? Should she believe him, or is the convenient FBI agent she meets going to help her escape to a place of safety?
Verdict: Ehh, dunno. It's kinda all over the place — and the paranoia is high enough at this point that I don't know who we should be trusting — or if we should be trusting anyone at all. That may be by design, but for now, it feels a bit directionless.
May 14, 2014 · Filed under Loki, Moon Knight, Returning
You Were Made to Be Ruled
Teen Loki doesn't really appear in this issue — what we're treated to is a tale of the ancient past of Old Supervillain Loki. After Old Supervillain Loki walks out of his secret Asgardian prison, he travels in time to meet a young Odin. After befriending him, Loki kills a giant otter — and Odin only learns later that the otter was actually an innkeeper's son who was able to change his shape. Loki agrees to get the innkeeper and his other sons a vast amount of gold to pay them back — and he gets that by finding a giant gar guarding a hoard of gold and blowing it up with a bazooka. But one of the innkeeper's sons steals the gold and becomes Fafnir the dragon — and then is slain by Sigurd. What does this all have to do with Loki's byzantine plans?
Verdict: Thumbs up. It's a fun story of Loki's treachery — and it's got the mad, anarchic, drawn-out lunacy you expect to see in old Norse legends. Nevertheless, I do wish we could focus on Teen Loki, instead of taking a detour to a villain spotlight only three issues in…
The Premature Burial
Oh, hey, you got a new comic by horror illustrator genius Richard Corben? Working on more Edgar Allan Poe adaptations? Well, do we know anyone around here who'd be interested in that?
What've we got here? Basically adaptations of Poe's "The Premature Burial" and "A Cask of Amontillado." Fairly straightforward, I think.
Verdict: Thumbs up. I'm a sucker for Corben — I love almost everything he does. I did have a bit of a stutter at "Amontillado," which is, far and away, my favorite of Poe's stories — and therefore, it didn't quite live up to my mental image of EAP's tale of cruel, cold-blooded revenge. Still, it's hard to hold that against Corben — both stories are very, very good, and I reckon I shouldn't blame him for not being able to read my mind.
Revival #19
Lots of little things going on — Lester Majak's beloved dog has died and been possessed by a ghost, which then tries to possess Lester. The local rotten wingnut terrorist wannabe is antagonizing the sheriff while his minions get up to something shady undercover. Officer Dana Cypress tries to convince Ibrahaim to help her investigate Em's murder. The mayor is up to something — he's got his wife tied up in the bathtub, and he's hiding something more serious from the Cypresses. And Em meets up with Skateboarding Jesus and the Easter Bunny — and at least one of them is a Reviver.
Verdict: Thumbs up. Some really weird stuff going on, some really ominous stuff, and some really creepy stuff, too — probably ain't nothin' creepier than Lester's dog and his glowing eyes.
Here's a really interesting long read about how one arrogant media schmuck single-handedly wrecked what was going to be a big-name independent video game jam.
None of the big movie critics understood the Black Widow in Marvel's movies — in fact, they never even tried to understand her.
Marine Todd is really lame when the wingnuts do it, but really awesome when everyone else does it.
April 3, 2014 · Filed under Edgar Allan Poe, Loki, Revival, Richard Corben


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<?php
/**
* ZipCode Import Task for Laravel (http://www.laravel.com)
* Written by: Steve Birstok (Nov. 12, 2012)
* http://www.stevebirstok.com/
* http://github.com/haykuro/
*
* For help visit:
* http://laravel.com/docs/artisan/tasks#creating-tasks
*
*/
class Import_Zip_Codes_Task
{
	public static $zipcode_url = 'http://download.geonames.org/export/zip/US.zip';

	public function __construct()
	{
		$this->zipcode_archive = path('storage').'zipcodes/US.zip';
		$this->zipcode_path = path('storage').'zipcodes/US.txt';
	}

	public function download_latest()
	{
		if(File::exists($this->zipcode_archive))
		{
			File::delete($this->zipcode_archive);
		}

		if( ! $handle = fopen('http://download.geonames.org/export/zip/US.zip', 'r') )
		{
			throw new Exception('Could not download latest ZipCode file.');
		}

		$content = stream_get_contents($handle);
		fclose($handle);
		return File::put($this->zipcode_archive, $content);
	}

	private function get_line($text)
	{
		if(strlen($text) < 1)
		{
			return false;
		}
		$line = explode("\t", $text);
		$array = array(
			'country_code' => $line[0],
			'postal_code' => $line[1],
			'place_name' => $line[2],
			'admin_name1' => $line[3],
			'admin_code1' => $line[4],
			'admin_name2' => $line[5],
			'admin_code2' => $line[6],
			'admin_name3' => $line[7],
			'admin_code3' => $line[8],
			'latitude' => $line[9],
			'longitude' => $line[10],
			'accuracy' => $line[11],
		);

		return $array;
	}

	public function run($args)
	{
		echo '[.] Adding zipcodes to Database... ';
		$content = file_get_contents($this->zipcode_path);
		$lines = explode("\n", $content);
		$i = 0;
		foreach($lines as $line)
		{
			$info = $this->get_line($line);
			if($info !== false)
			{
				$zip = ZipCode::create($info);
			}
		}
		echo '[DONE]';
		return;
	}
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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Jericho Garrison Lands and former BC RCMP HQ sold for $307.2-million to develop real estate
The federal government has sold the 52-acre Jericho Garrison Lands in Vancouver's West Point Grey neighbourhood for $237-million to permit real estate development.
It is a part of a massive $307.2-million deal that also includes the 21-acre former BC RCMP headquarters on Heather Street between West 33rd Avenue and West 37th Avenue in Vancouver as well as a 5-acre Department of Fisheries and Oceans property in West Vancouver. The smaller properties sold for $59.2-million and $11-million, respectively.
Federal crown corporation Canada Lands Company and a consortium of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations will each own 50 per cent of the three properties. Canada Lands Company is best known for its operations of the CN Tower, Montreal Science Centre and the Old Port in Montreal.
Plans to sell Jericho Garrison's lands were made public last year. Lengthy and comprehensive public consultation processes will be undertaken for each of the three sites before development proposals are submitted for municipal government approval.
The Jericho Garrison was built for the Second World War to defend the westernmost tip of the Vancouver peninsula from a possible Japanese invasion. In 2015, units and personnel at Jericho will be relocated to False Creek's Seaforth, which is currently undergoing a $40.5-million expansion and renovation.
While dense condo development is unlikely for the Jericho Garrison lands, the potential for dense development exists for the RCMP property, which is located along the Cambie Corridor and adjacent to the site of the Canada Line's future 33rd Avenue Station.
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Board index ‹ Divin and Slidin ‹ Let's Play DA ‹ Is this mod dead?
Hi guys haven't played for a while just got the bug for a specialist style game again and nothing out there is ticking the boxes has development on this frozen or what's going on?
Re: Is this mod dead?
Not entirely dead. I started at a new university just after released and that sucked away a lot of my time. Some of the other developers have filled in time working on Killing, My Friend, and depending on how that project does and what happens to me now that I'm done with university next week, development may restart soon.
Anyway, if you look online there's usually at least one server with people playing.
Thanks for the response shame it's slowed down so much the game really is promising and congratulations on the mod of the year in 2014 that's impressive stuff! Also a shame the Kickstarter never really happened for you I hope you manage to get the ball rolling again soon!


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Home Technology Apple Inc. (AAPL) iTunes Revenue Up 25% From 2012
Apple Inc. (AAPL) iTunes Revenue Up 25% From 2012
Aman Jain
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Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is thriving on iPhone sales garnering 31.2 million in the third fiscal quarter. The iPhone maker also smashed the previous numbers in digital sales like music, video, apps and e-books with $3.9 billion in revenue.
Digital sales of the company did not achieve record sales of $4.1 billion in the last quarter, however, achieved 25 percent more sales from the previous year period.
1. Record billings for Apple's App Store
2. iTunes revenues jumped five times since launch
3. Apple iTunes focus shifting
Record billings for Apple's App Store
CFO Peter Oppenheimer announced latest statistics, as per which iTunes billings were at $4.3 billion. Last week of the June was the best one in the quarter for App store. Oppenheimer said that total of 1 billion TV episodes have been downloaded from the digital store of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) since it came into existence. On per day basis around 800,000 shows and 350,000 movies are downloaded.
Oppenheimer said "generated record billings of $4.3 billion in the June quarter, culminating in our best month and best week ever for App store billings at the very end of the quarter." Billings that include Apple's cut through developers resulted in quarterly revenue of $2.4 billion, which is 29 percent more from the year ago quarter.
iTunes revenues jumped five times since launch
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) celebrated App store's fifth anniversary in July and said that iOS titles, which were given as an offer increased to 900,000 and 375,000 of these titles, are for the iPad. Developers have earned $11 billion from App Store sales in the last four months.
iTunes, which was started 10 years ago to support Apple's iPod, has flourished like a media and software powerhouse. Presently, the service earns more than five times the revenue it earned during the initial stages of its launch.
Apple iTunes focus shifting
However, for iTunes popularity is mainly shifting from music towards video and apps. The news is also in line with changes in the music industry that have diversified into similar platforms including apps, games and videos.
Though iPad sales fell 14 percent in the quarter, but according to Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) Chief Executive Tim Cook, both tablets and smart phones have still room to grow, mainly in overseas markets. Both these devices are also key drivers of music and media consumption. As per Cook, automobile, which is a "part of the ecosystem," is another potential driver for media consumption.
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Visit a world based on the mythology of Scandinavia's most powerful warriors in Vikings – Wolves of Midgard, a hand-and-slash RPG from Game Freak!
You will find yourself on the Shores of Midgard where you will face mythical monsters and hordes on undead as you try to improve your combat skills with an array of weapons!
Play alone or with your friends in online co-op multiplayer while earning blood in battle which you can give to the Gods in exchange for the ability to cast powerful Spells!
Or test yourself in "Trials of the Gods", a challenge mode that awards equipment and runes for the best players in Vikings – Wolves of Midgard!


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Project documentation is built using [Sphinx docs](http://sphinx-doc.org/), which uses [ReST](http://docutils.sf.net/rst.html) for markup.  This allows the docs to cover a vast amount of topics without using a thousand-line README file.

Sphinx docs is pip-installable via `pip install sphinx`.  Once installed, open a command line in the docs folder and run the following commands:

```bash
$ sudo pip install -r requirements.txt
```

This will install the requirements needed for the generating the docs. Afterwards you can run

```bash
$ make html
```

The docs will be generated, the output files will be placed in the `_build/html/` directory, and can be browsed (locally) with any browser.

The docs can also be found online at http://bootstrap-datepicker.readthedocs.org/.


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Q: Minimize $x^2y^2z^2$ using classical inequalities.
Minimize $x^2y^2z^2$ if $x^2+y^2+z^2=4$

Well I want to minimize it using classical inequalities; because I have easily maximized it with $AM\ge GM$ as follows:
$$x^2+y^2+z^2\ge3\sqrt[3]{x^2y^2 z^2}$$
$$\iff 4 \ge3\sqrt[3]{x^2y^2 z^2} \iff \frac{4}{3}\ge \sqrt[3]{x^2 y^2z^2}$$
$$\iff \frac{64}{27}\ge x^2y^2z^2$$
but I don't know how to find the minimum using classical inequalities. Is there a way?
Any help would be appreciated!

A: Let $z=0$ and $y=z=\sqrt2$.
Thus, $$x^2y^2z^2=0$$ and since $$x^2y^2z^2\geq0$$ for any $x$, $y$ and $z$ such that $x^2+y^2+z^2=4$, we got a minimal value.
Id est, $$\min_{x^2+y^2+z^2=4}x^2y^2z^2=0.$$

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She may play a small role in Tim Burton's 'Beetlejuice,' but it's an important and very memorable one. Today's cosplay pays homage to the suicidal and sassy Miss Argentina.
If you'll recall, Miss Argentina was the bluish-green-skinned, red-headed beauty who played secretary in the afterlife, where sitting in the waiting room really can take an eternity. And as the character Otho notes, people who kill themselves become civil servants in the afterlife, which is scarier than anything you'll learn in church.
Neko's cosplay involves painting her skin a vibrant blue and giving her hair an intense red makeover with a messy updo. She comes pretty close to nailing it with the fabric of the dress, which, like the film costume, also has a paisley pattern and similar shimmery red/fuschia fabric. We also love her attention to detail with the bottom of the dress (never shown in the film) and the Miss Argentina sash, adding a little green fabric to the bottom edge to make it pop.


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(1885–1962). One of the foremost scientists of the 20th century, the Nobel prizewinning physicist Niels Bohr was the first to apply the quantum theory to atomic structure. His interpretation of the meaning of quantum physics was to become a basic tenet of the science. (See also quantum mechanics.)
Niels Henrik David Bohr was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, on October 7, 1885. His father was a professor of physiology at the University of Copenhagen, and young Bohr grew up among scientists. He entered the university in 1903, winning in 1907 the gold medal of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters for his experiments with the vibrations of water to determine its surface tensions.
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In 1911 Bohr went to England to study with J.J. Thomson and Ernest Rutherford. His first great work began with a study of the theoretical implications of the nuclear model of the atom proposed by Rutherford. In 1913 he combined the concept of the nuclear atom with the quantum theory of Max Planck and Albert Einstein, departing radically from classical physics. He returned to Copenhagen in 1916 as a professor at the university, becoming director in 1920 of the university's Institute for Theoretical Physics, to which he attracted world-renowned physicists. In 1922 he won the Nobel Prize for Physics for his work on atomic structure.
When Bohr visited the United States early in 1939, he brought with him the knowledge that German scientists had succeeded in splitting the uranium atom. Bohr worked during the winter of 1939–40 at Princeton University, where he developed the theory of atomic fission that led directly to the first atomic bomb. He returned to Denmark in 1940.
After the Germans occupied his country, Bohr was active in the anti-Nazi resistance movement. Under threat of arrest because of his Jewish ancestry, he escaped by fishing boat to Sweden in 1943. He was then flown secretly to England. In the United States he was an adviser on the atomic bomb project but did not remain to see the first test bomb exploded. In 1957 he received the first United States Atoms for Peace Award. He died in Copenhagen on November 18, 1962. Bohr's essays were collected in Atomic Theory and the Description of Nature (1934); Atomic Physics and Human Knowledge (1958); and Essays, 1958–1962, on Atomic Physics and Human Knowledge (1963). His son, Aage Bohr, was a joint winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1975 for his own work on atomic structure.


Thai Milk Tea had become a common drink in Singapore and not just limited to dining in Thai food restaurants. We noticed an upcoming surge of cafes offering Iced Thai Milk Tea too, for dining in and for takeaway.
Thai Milk Tea could be a meal on its own, with the carnation milk/ condensed milk added for sweetening (Calories!?!?) and it had slowly replaced people's craving for bubble milk tea. We believed that it would be here to stay and we hunted down the popular thai milk tea in Singapore.
The closest Thai version Milk Tea you can ever get in Singapore! The Thai version is normally much sweeter as condensed milk was used. A cup of Thai Milk tea comes with 2 toppings will cost $5.80 when you dine in and it reminded me of pao-pao-cha (Bubble Milk tea). Opt for takeaway at $3 (half the price of dining in) since it's more worth it.
PS. The bottled version is no longer available. Instead, they used disposable plastic cup similar to other bubble tea shops. I missed their cute little bottles though.
The Thai Milk Tea we get over here is from Number One Brand, the one you see everywhere in Bangkok with a red and white packaging. If you fancy a stronger tea leave scent cup, this will be your cup of tea. Available in both Thai Milk Tea and Gold Version (with extra tea leaves), both are priced at $2.50 (same price). Avoid the lunch crowd if possible, the queue can be pretty long even though the service is fast.
Opened by the folks behind LoavesMe at SMU, Cha Thai is their newest venture in the CBD area, offering quality Thai Food which may not be necessary cheap. Their Thai Milk Tea comes in $3.90 per cup which may be more expensive than their competitors nearby. Texture is rich and smooth and we loved the green milk tea more.
Opened by the people behind $1 Thai Boat Noodle at Bedok Point, several thai staff in pink could be seen working at the stall. Attractive uniform that sets a personal branding, we loved their Green Milk Thai Iced tea ($2.80) that comes in 2 level of sweetness. Their Thai Milk Tea may not taste as rich as smooth though.
No Thai Ice Tea!?! They only have the Thai Ice Rose Milk Tea ($4.80) and the Thai Ice Tea Freeze ($6.80) instead. Not the same though when rose syrup is added to sweeten the entire drink. It may be refreshing but the tea leaves taste was masked by the sugary syrup.
Soi 55 started off as a pop-up stall for events, and eventually settled down at Golden Shoe Food Centre. It's a popular option for office workers nearby. Imagine eating a bowl of hot laksa at a food centre with no air con… This cup of shiokness is definitely going to attract them. Their Thai Milk Tea is less rich and milky, less sweet and less tea leaves scent, but still more than decent.
Noodle Café first opened at Golden Mile Complex Basement, note, it's at the basement and took us quite some time to find the way there. It's not located in any conspicuous site and the surrounding can be a little dark. Fortunately, they opened a 2nd outlet shortly at Sim Lim Square that was so much better. More natural lighting and convenient. If you want a taste of Thailand, the Thai Milk Tea can be pretty sweet (Isn't that Thai's taste?). The Milk Tea and tea leaves scent may not be as rich, but the sweetness is there.
The name of this café makes you wonder if you are playing Monopoly. But on and off, you will see property agents dropping by or people who are interested in getting a property dining there. Not really Thai- inspired, their Thai Milk Tea wasn't as what we had expected.
23 Jumpin's in house Thai Milk tea was made from the Number One Brand. Not too sweet, not too rich.
Actor Pornsak's newest F&B venture at Kitchener Complex served various Thai Boat Noodles. Interesting flavours include Thai Pink Noodles (due to fermented soybean paste). And don't forget to quench your thirst with their Thai Milk Tea after eating their Tom Yum Noodle. Their Thai Milk Tea is also sweeter and will definitely satisfy people with sweet tooth.
ParaThai added caramel syrup to the Thai Ice Tea. Stir it before drinking and you will get the sugar rush. The thai ice tea portion was strong and distinct on its own, and we preferred the portion without the caramel taste.


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Dr. Najma Ahmed said Friday that the Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights (CCFR) is behind nearly 70 complaints filed against her with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. The.
Latest News. MyHealth Records launched this month. Learn what it means for you and your patients in this letter from the College and AMA to registered members.
The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario routinely notifies medical regulatory. In October, Health Minister Dr. Eric Hoskins ordered a review of the legislation, after critics called for.
Legge is a transgender woman. She said she filed the complaint with the College of Physicians and Surgeons because she felt the behaviour of a doctor was inappropriate during an exam. She underwent a.
The College of Physicians and Surgeons will review its policies on sexual abuse following a Star investigation into doctors who continue to practise after being found guilty of misconduct for sexually.
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Fished my first and possibly only tournament of the year this weekend On the Missouri River In north central Nebraska. This is mainly smallmouth water. Out of the 70 bass weighed only one was a largemouth.
I went as a non boater since I do not know the river in that area and the channel winds back and forth between the sandbars. I think there was 11 boaters and 4 non boaters. I got real lucky and drew a local guy that knew the river well. What a great day. He put me on fish right away, I felt bad that I had 2 keepers before he had any but he passed me up pretty quickly. He was culling by 8 am and I was culling by 9am. We boated close to 30 smallies for the day and a half dozen pike and a nice sauger. Out of the 15 anglers my boater took 1st with 11.61 lbs and I was 6th with 10.95 lbs. Talk about a close race. I was about 2 ounces out of the money. He was trying to take me to one of his big fish spots late in the day. It was a back water pool area and we got stuck trying to get in there. It cost about an hour of fishing messsing around. I wish we could have made it into the area. All we needed was 1 good fish each to distance us from the pack.
It was a great day, it felt good to weigh a limit and actually get to cull fish. Big Fish for the tourney was 3.35 lbs mine was 2.8.
I wish I had the time to do that every weekend. :'( Oh well.
Sorry no pics, bringing the camera to tourneys is bad luck for me.
Its always nice to have a limit at weigh in time!


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Back in the early 90's, Mark was the second art director at Nickelodeon in Orlando. Welcome Freshmen was one of the series he designed. Here's the concept design and a photo of the finished set.


The man currently at the helm of De Toekomst, the Director of Youth Development at Ajax, is former Ajax player (and former Feyenoord youth coach) Kees Zwamborn. We had a chance to talk with Mr. Zwamborn in April of 2001 at De Toekomst.
A note about language: Kees strikes me as a highly analytical and intellectual guy. In our interview, I found that his English could not keep pace with the subtle ideas and concepts he tries to convey. However, rather than rephrase on his behalf (and in doing so running the risk of misinterpreting his message) I decided to print his answers verbatim.
Ajax USA: What are the things that you look for -- that Ajax looks for -- in a young, talented player? What are the things that catch your eye?
Zwamborn: Well we have one word, and we call it TIPS. The T is for "technique," what you can do with the ball. I is for "intelligence," tactics. You can read the game. P is for personality -- the P is very important. It's difficult to scout when you are a very young player. It's difficult to see. Because when you come here and you must be a grown-up player, it's a very hard way, so you have to be a fighter, a winner. Very very important, but difficult to see when you are a kid of seven years old.
And the S is for speed, because in the play of Ajax it is important, not only speed like in the running of 100 meters, but also it is very important that you are fast with the ball. Why? Because we are playing -- it's one of the most important things of our system -- we almost are playing on the part of the opponent (draws a diagram on a notepad of a soccer field, and sketches triangles within the opponent's half of the field), in a little space, so we have to be fast with the ball. We have to be technical, and fast.
Ajax USA: It seems that Ajax 1 right now is not terribly big, tall and of great strength. Do you think that's not important compared to other things, or do you think that's something that's lacking?
Zwamborn: Well, mostly in the development program, (we see players who are) very technical, very tactical, very fast. When you look at those players, it's very difficult to be a big guy, because the one and the other is very difficult. So, in the past, Ajax have always bought defenders. I played here for four years, and I was a defender. So Ajax had to buy strong players.
I think, and we think -- the whole organization -- the last few years that it's very important to look for good defenders, too. So we have to look a little bit different to young players, because we also need good defenders. Strong people. So, the real (big and) talented players like Kluivert, he's an exception. Bergkamp, Davids, Seedorf, Overmars, Bryan Roy, playing for NAC -- not little, not tall... but very durable.
And so when you see van der Meyde (draws a circle around the P) -- that's the problem. P is a very big problem. And van der Meyde, he has everything ... he's fast, he's strong, he can play out to the corner very well, with a very good center (cross). But (taps the P) that's the problem.
It's a thing that's not only hard to describe, but it's hard to develop, as well. You have to wonder if you can train P. When you don't have the P in your body, in your brain, then it's very difficult. And it's a problem... It's the most difficult thing when you are developing players, because you say, "Ah, they are young, they can learn a lot." But when we have difficulty with their behavior, it's of course hard to send them away when they are little boys. When do you say goodbye to them? Which age?
Ajax USA: But you only have a limited number of spaces, right? You have to say goodbye to some.
Zwamborn: Yes, but it's difficult to bring new talent in when they are older than, well, thirteen years because of the system in Holland. When they are thirteen, fourteen years, they are not playing in the amateurs anymore -- they are playing here, or Vitesse, or AZ, or Feyenoord. It's difficult to scout them. So we have to buy them. So you can scout players under twelve, but after, it's very difficult.
In Holland, we have a rather unique system. We call it "the pyramid". (Draws a pyramid and divides it into thirds: upper, middle, lower.) Because in Holland, you can play football from six years old, because we have a lot of amateur teams in Holland. And everywhere you can play football.
So we have a big base, where we can find players. And we start with six years old. We can look at six years old, very early. We can train and play, so we can start playing early, to look for the system we are playing at Ajax. That's very important. We can start very, very young.
Ajax USA: And what is your best method for finding players? Do you take recommendations from youth coaches? I know there's Talent Day, but I assume that's of low value.
Zwamborn: Yeah, Talent Days is only a little bit of the scouting. Because, the best players of that age are already known here. How we are doing it? We have scouts, who are looking in these clubs Saturday, going to watch games of the little ones. So we have a lot of scouts who are looking, watching.
Ajax USA: How many are there?
Zwamborn: Scouts? About ... maybe 30. All over Holland, our people are getting tips (on players). And then of course, we have our Talent Days, but that is more of a ... well, it's more for the name of Ajax. We have a lot of kids here, and it gives them a nice day.
Ajax USA: So I know that you were involved in the youth development at Feyenoord. I wonder if there are any distinguishing differences?
Zwamborn: That was a long time ago (smiles). It was ... 18 years ago. And you can't compare it, because I trained the B1's and we hadn't the competition we have now, a competition over the whole country. And the training, well it was not the same; it was not so professional as it is now.
Ajax USA: Is the TIPS system the same across all clubs, or is it something especially for Ajax?
Zwamborn: Well, we started with it. I think, other clubs don't call it TIPS, but I think a lot of it is the same.
Ajax USA: But the prejudice of people is that Ajax is for technique, skill, high speed, and Feyenoord is more of a hard-working team. That's what the history always says. Is there the same emphasis on skills and technique in Feyenoord youth? Are they looking for bigger guys or harder workers than Ajax?
Zwamborn: It's a kind of philosophy. Like Ajax and Feyenoord -- every club has its own culture. It's our culture -- we love to play good football and we love to play a certain kind of football, and Feyenoord also, but a little bit different, I think. Different people, different culture.
Ajax USA: Let me ask about the different levels of youth in your program. Is it right that you have a seven and eight year old level?
Zwamborn: A through E. (Sketches the age brackets on notepad.) E is "Under-10" -- 8 till 10. And next year we are starting with one team earlier... "Under-8."
Ajax USA: And there are two teams at each level?
Zwamborn: Yeah. The youngest we start with is "Under 8".
Ajax USA: And that age will be down as low as... ?
Zwamborn: Six. Six or seven. We are starting now (currently) with 8-10. And next year, we are starting with one team younger. But every amateur club is starting here, or even five years old. But when you see the E-1, that's under 10, I think that is a very, very talented group. Amazing how they are playing. The kind of playing is not different than the playing of adults. So, so good. The only thing they can't do is to give long passes over 50 meters.
So, you can see that you are born with talent, because they are so smart. Nobody told them. The most difficult thing is ... when you have one or two (possible) solutions, the very difficult thing is to choose the right (option); that's hard to learn. Because you have to read the game very well.
Ajax USA: Is there a certain age by which there's no point in trying to learn?
Zwamborn: Well, I think when you are between the ages of nine to eleven, it's very important to learn things. And when they are playing in the street or little clubs, and they are very talented, it's possible to be a great talent. I think that it doesn't happen anymore because, when you are in that age, and that good, a lot of clubs are coming to you and saying "Come and play with us."
Ajax USA: But would it be theoretically possible that a kid does not play football until 12 years old, and then makes it into Ajax 1?
Zwamborn: Of course it's possible. Why not? Because when he is playing in the street he is also learning. It's very important to learn when you are very susceptible to new things. So when he is playing in the streets... it has to do with experience. It's no need that he is playing at Ajax or Feyenoord ... but when you are coming to Ajax or Feyenoord you are put into a situation where you can learn a lot. To play with a ball, to learn techniques, etc.
Ajax USA: Why has Ajx decided to start working with an "F" (under-8) team?
Zwamborn: Well, we need an F team because we are starting with the E team now, and so you need to scout "F" kids. So why not start with a team? We do this already. Normally, they train once a week here, and they played in their own teams or clubs. And now we said, "Why not start a year younger and start with an F team?" Why not? And there is a lot of talent there, so maybe in 1 or 2 years we have 2 or 3 teams, when there is enough quality. Not quantity, but quality.
Ajax USA: What do you do for the families and the parents, especially when you bring a young child? Obviously, you change the child's life because you're adding to his schedule, and taking him on a bus every day. Do you offer any explanation or counseling for the families, to say "This is how we work with you."?
Zwamborn: Yes, of course. We are starting with a meeting day for the parents, to tell them what we are doing. What are the rules, what they can do and can't do as parents. You can watch the training and the (games), but don't "imuye" (Dutch word), don't interfere. Come along, it's okay, but don't interfere. We don't accept it. And we tell them that when the kid's here, he is ours. You are very important, the most important people are the parents, but when they are here, we are the boss.
Ajax USA: What about academics? Do you have tutoring or anything? If a boy is a great football player, but because of his involvement with Ajax he is struggling in school?
Zwamborn: Well, from 8 until 12 (years of age), they are training late in the afternoon, and the parent has to bring the kid here. And they are in their own school. So we try to find kids who are not too far from Amsterdam, so their parents can bring them. They can stay in their own school. Because we think it's very important, their own friends and their family.
So for instance, if somebody lives in Utrecht, we pick up all the people in Utrecht and take them to Amsterdam. Maybe 6 or 7 kids. From different ages and from all different teams. So we look where they are living, and we make our route.
Ajax USA: So the big guys ride with the little guys.
Ajax USA: So I have to ask this question: What about America? You know that there is a lot of raw athletic ability and a lot of desire, but not a lot of infrastructure in America. Is there any interest? Do you have scouts there? Is there any plan in the future to look at talent from the United States?
Zwamborn: Maybe in the future. But you know at the moment we have two alliances in Africa -- Ajax Cape Town, we own them. And in Ghana, Ashantes Goldfields. We have them for five years, to look for talent in Africa. So I think it's impossible to look to the United States now. Because we have a lot of work to make things work in Africa.
But I don't know what we will be doing in two years, but it's possible that we don't continue it, because there are a lot of problems when you are coming to Africa. So, I think we are concentrating now more on "Euro" places, like before. Like Scandinavia.
And, well, maybe United States is interesting. That's the problem, that there is no infrastructure, because, where do you have to look? Where do you have to scout?
When you are starting something up, you have to start with good coaches, and good programs, and then good people. If you have to (teach) the people there how to coach, you don't succeed. It's too long. So then you have to bring in very good people, and they can train, and coach good coaches. 'See, he's a good coach, he can learn, he sees the game.' So, it's not that easy. And at the moment, I know we are going easy now, because we are in Africa.
We have now a very talented American boy.
Zwamborn: No no no, another one. Probably he is coming now. Because he has been in Amsterdam from his eighth year. Every day to us, training, and stayed with one of the coaches. And now I think he is 12 or 13.
Ajax USA: So his Dutch is good?
Zwamborn: No no no, he is here for two weeks every year. But we are intending to bring him, because he wants it so badly, and he is getting older, and he is aware that the program in America -- you said yourself -- is very bad. So, he's very good, very good. And a very nice boy.
Ajax USA: Can we know his name?
Ajax USA: What part of the States? Los Angeles?
Zwamborn: Yes, I think so.


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// Copying a file using channels and buffers
// {Args: ChannelCopy.java test.txt}
import java.nio.*;
import java.nio.channels.*;
import java.io.*;

public class ChannelCopy {
  private static final int BSIZE = 1024;
  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
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      System.out.println("arguments: sourcefile destfile");
      System.exit(1);
    }
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Legalization of marijuana in some American states has cut the demand to smuggle it south. In Colorado and Washington State, where marijuana was recently legalized, pot prices have dropped almost 50 per cent over the past year, Boyd says, and lower prices mean less incentive to break the law.
"I suspect there's not going to be much money in cannabis at all," Boyd said. "I think things are changing.
Small-scale cultivation of pot would likely be allowed, much like it's now legal to make limited amounts of beer or wine for personal use. Amateur enthusiasts should be allowed to grow four plants per household, according to the Final Report of The Task Force on Cannabis Legalization and Regulation.
Former Toronto police Chief Bill Blair is the Liberal's point man in shaping marijuana legislation. He declined to be interviewed for this article.
In Toronto, police will continue to crack down on illegal marijuana dispensaries until the law is changed, spokesperson Mark Pugash said, adding that marijuana at some pop-ups has been found to contain pesticides, mould, rat feces and insecticide.
Experts agree it will be a mistake for the government to overtax pot and drive the price up, as this will create an opening for criminals.


An Indonesian woman has returned home and thanked the president and Cabinet ministers for securing her release from Malaysia, where she had been charged in the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's half brother.
Malaysian prosecutors earlier Monday withdraw the murder charge against Siti Aisyah, allowing her to return to Indonesia. A Vietnamese woman remains on trial.
Aisyah, surrounded by government officials and a mob of reporters at Jakarta's arport, struggled for words as journalists shouted questions. With a prompt from Indonesia's law and human rights minister, she thanked the president.
Aisyah's release is a boost for President Joko Widodo's re-election campaign.
The two women were accused of smearing VX nerve agent on the face of Kim's half brother, Kim Jong Nam, in an airport terminal.
Indonesia's government says its continual high-level lobbying resulted in the release of the Indonesian woman who was charged with the murder of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's half brother in Malaysia.
It said Aisyah, a migrant worker, believed that she was part of a reality TV show and never had any intention of killing Kim Jong Nam.
The ministry said Malaysia's attorney general used his authority under Malaysia's criminal procedure code to not continue the prosecution.
Malaysian prosecutors have withdrawn the murder charge against the Indonesian suspect in the killing of the North Korean leader's half brother.
Prosecutor Iskandar Ahmad didn't give a reason for dropping the charge against Siti Aisyah. It was not yet clear in Monday's court proceedings if she would be charged with a lower count.
Aisyah's lawyer Gooi Soon Seng said she should be acquitted as the prosecution case against her has closed.
A High Court judge last August had found there was enough evidence to infer that Siti Aisyah and Vietnamese suspect Doan Thi Huong, along with four missing North Korean suspects, had engaged in a "well-planned conspiracy" to kill Kim Jong Nam.
Aisyah's defense had been put on hold while a court heard arguments over obtaining a witness statement.


Using live bait is the method of choice for most anglers looking to catch their favourite fish for an afternoon shore lunch or evening dinner. Buying bait is expensive, so keeping it alive and healthy is good for the fishing and the budget.
Night Crawlers are arguably the best all-round live bait for fishing. Fortunately, they are also readily available and easy to catch so you don't have to spend a fortune on your bait.
How do you catch night crawlers? The easiest way to get dew worms is to collect them very early in the morning after a heavy overnight summer rainstorm. Depending on your location, there will be hundreds of them crawling across the road.
If you don't have time to wait for a storm, you can collect them at night in your lawn, garden or at the local park or golf course (get permission from the golf course before you go). It can be back-breaking, mosquito-infested, work but at $5 a dozen, it is well worth it.
Small flashlight or camping head lamp.
Container with dirt, grass, shredded newspaper.
During the day, cut the lawn as short as possible and then water the grass or garden for several hours in the afternoon. Wait until one or two hours after dark before beginning your search.
Night Crawlers are very sensitive to light and are lightning fast so it requires a bit of practice to become an expert night crawler catcher. If your light is too bright the dew worms will sense it and zip back into their holes.
Pick an area of garden or lawn and slowly work your way over it.
Look for the glimmer of the light that shines off the slime on the skin of the night crawler.
Locate the point where the tail-end of the dew worm is coming out of the ground.
Quickly grab the night crawler as close as possible to the hole and try to gently remove it.
If it does not come out easily, wait until the night crawler relaxes, and then remove it in a single motion.
Note: Applying the correct amount of pressure is critical. Too much, and you will break or severely damage the night crawler. Avoid grabbing the dew worm by the head which is the dark brown end.
Night crawlers should be stored in cool, damp conditions such as a basement or even a refrigerator. The easiest way to store them is to buy a night crawler box that comes with the food kit.
Check the night crawlers daily for sick or dead worms and remove the bad ones. This is especially important in the first few days after you catch the worms because the ones that were damaged will begin to die off. A foul smell in the box means there is a dead worm. Search until you find the bad one and remove it. A dead worm will eventually contaminate then entire batch.
At the cottage, you can add night crawlers to the compost box. It provides an excellent home for your bait and the worms break down the compost very efficiently.
Minnows are the bait of choice for many anglers. Finicky fish prefer live minnows over dead ones, but when the feed is on, any minnow will catch fish.
Using a bobber or float with a minnow is a popular way to fish for bass, crappie, perch, pike and even walleye. Run the hook through the flesh on the back of the minnow just in front of the dorsal fin so that the shaft of the hook is at a right angle to the fish. You want to keep the minnow alive for as long as possible, so avoid running the hook through its guts. Set the line length to place the minnow into the top third of the weed bed. Fishing with a bobber is also a good way to use up your dead minnows.
Cast and Retrieve is an effective way to fish a rocky drop-off near the shore. Minnows are fragile so the cast needs a delicate touch to avoid losing the minnow. Use a simple spinner with a single hook. Run the hook through the lips from the lower lip to the upper lip as close to the head as possible without killing the minnow. Add a small split shot about 2 feet up the line if a bit of extra weight is needed to reach the fish. Retrieve the minnow at a pace that is just fast enough to enable the spinner to flutter properly.
Bottom Fishing with minnows is fantastic for enticing walleye and perch that are sitting on the bottom. Use a bottom bouncer when fishing out of the boat. From shore, a simple hook and slip sinker or split shot set-up may be all you need to catch fish sitting in a hole or in the current of a river. Use a small hook and run it through the flesh on the back of the fish near the tail so that the shaft of the hook is parallel to the fish.
Keeping minnows alive is a big challenge. The best container is a minnow bucket that you can place in the water beside the dock or hang off the side of the boat. The holes in the bucket allow fresh water and oxygen to flow into the container. Otherwise, use a cooler and cold water with a few ice cubes. Be sure to change the water frequently and keep the cooler in a shaded spot.
The idea of a container of writhing leeches may turn your stomach, but these durable critters are fantastic bait for catching walleye and bass.
All of the techniques used for fishing with minnows will work for leeches. Most leeches have a suction cup on both the head and tail. The head end is for attaching to its meal and feeding. The other end is used for attaching to rocks or its meal. Run the hook just under one of the suction cups. Check the bait regularly to make sure the leech hasn't wrapped itself around the hook.
A leech bucket is the best option for keeping leeches alive at the cottage. Just attach it to the dock and let it sit in the water. If you plan to keep them for a long time, try throwing a dead fish or a few pieces of meat into the bucket for the leeches to feed on.
Leeches can be kept in the fridge or a cooler for a short time but the water must be changed regularly.
Crayfish are not very popular with anglers yet they make up a large part of a fish's diet in many places. Walleye, bass and perch love crayfish.
If you have a shallow and rocky shoreline, you can catch your own crayfish by simply putting a few pieces of fresh fish guts and fish heads in a crayfish trap. Place the trap on the bottom in 2 to 4 feet of water overnight. Attach it with a string to the dock or a log on the shore.
If you want to catch them by hand, or using a small net just remember that crayfish can only swim backwards.
Crayfish are usually found in shallow water near shorelines with rocky bottoms and moving water. They are active at night and the walleye and bass move close to the shore in the evening to feed on them.
Crayfish swim backwards so the best way to hook them is from the bottom to the top in the tail, through the flesh at the second or third segment. You want to avoid piercing the guts and killing the crayfish. Fish usually swallow a crayfish tail-first, so turn the hook so that it points towards the head. Some anglers cut off the claws to keep the crayfish from being able to grab onto weeds and stones.
While it can be effective during the day, fishing with crayfish is best done at night. The easiest arrangement is with a single hook and no weight or a very small slip sinker or split shot when extra weight is needed to get the crayfish to the bottom in moving water.
Cast the crayfish out and let it walk around or drift in the current. After a few minutes slowly reel it in two or three feet to keep the crayfish from hiding under rocks. Let it sit or drift again and repeat the process until you get a bite or fully retrieve the bait.
Always buy your live bait from a local bait shop near the water you are planning to fish. Never dump left-over minnows, leeches, or crayfish into the lake or river. It is important to avoid introducing non-native species into a water system. Bait shops are only allowed to sell native species but not everyone follows the rules. To be safe, walk 30 metres from the shore and dump the bait bucket in the woods. It is required by law in some areas.
Go to the Beginner Fishing Techniques page.
Go to the Beginner Fishing Equipment page.


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