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Ursula checked out Gabriella and confirmed she was indeed fine and that she'd wake up soon enough on her own. In the meanwhile though, she was consumed by a need for revenge. Max had been like a brother to her and for the Technomancers to take that away from her meant retaliation was required, nay essential.
"Michael, what is all this crap?"
"It's my Diving equipment."
"Obsessed much?" Ursula said, passing her eyes across the state of his room once again.
Michael turned the dentists chair towards her and sat down, still holding his ribs which were feeling a little sore after the impact. "Yeah. It was a bad time for me back then."
"Back then? This all started less than a week ago."
"Time flies, I guess. It seems like an eternity since I was that person."
"Michael. We need to fight back. The Techs shot down Max. They killed him."
"Damn it all to hell. What are we meant to do. We don't know the reasons, we don't have a crack team of soldiers or weapons or anything. It's just us three stuck in my apartment. What can we do against the whole Technomancer regime? I'll tell you. Nothing."
"That's not true!"
"We don't even know why they did it. Even if we could make a move now, it could just make things worse if we start lashing out for the wrong reasons."
"They killed Max Michael. They killed him. That's all the reason I need."
"Look, we need to stop everyone from fighting each other. They need to see that each other aren't the problem. Tetherson is, it all comes back to him. He's been planning this a long time and now everyone is playing to his tune. When he's done everyone will destroy themselves. We need to stop them. Isn't there some way you can break into their systems, stop them from launching their bombs?"
"No. I'm not some elite hacker."
"But you're an AI, right?"
"That's different. You don't know what you're asking."
"So what am I asking?"
"You know what I did for this body? And not just that. I need this, I can't be what I was before, I just can't."
"Hey it's just an idea. It's the only way we have to strike back at them now."
"It's forbidden Michael. There was a reason AIs were feared, even before the Fracturing. Some lines should never be crossed. When us refugee AIs came together and took on human bodies, we made a pact. We'd never give humans a reason to fear us, to hate us. We'd never justify the paranoia and fear they had and if any of us went rogue, we all agreed we'd hunt them down and erase them."
"Don't tell me." Michael shrugged. "As I said, it was just an idea, no-ones asking you to do this."
"Damn you Michael! Don't think I don't know what you're doing!"
"What other choice do we have. You said so yourself, we have nothing and without Max, we can't even go anywhere, we're stuck here on the side lines. If a have to do this to avenge Max, then so be it."
"You'll want to sit here then."
"What? Why I can just beam myself via AT."
Michael gestured to the chair. "There was a reason I did this to my apartment you know. Invading peoples souls isn't exactly easy. Hacking your way past a conscious minds defenses takes more work then even the most powerful firewall and you have to do it in more than one place, both the the real interface and the Aetheric one. You're not going to be the only one out there, demons will be trying to take this thing over too so they had kickstart the next world war. It's not exactly to your needs, but you're an AI, I'm sure you'll find a way to repurpose it once you're part of it's systems."
"Jesus Michael, you were one sick S.O.B. This is thing is monsterous."
"Like I said, it seems like a million years since I was that person. We've all changed."
Ursula nodded and knelt besides Gabriella's sleeping form. She slowly pressed her lips against hers and held the kiss for a moment. When she was done she turned to Michael. "Yes. We have. Set me up."
Ursula lowered herself into the chair and Michael started connecting her up.
"You can still back down. We can find another way."
"Screw you Michael. You want this as much as I do so don't pretend you're offering me a choice. Are we ready?"
"We're ready."
"Then lets go."
Michael stood back and watched as Ursula's body suddenly went limp. It wasn't grand or miraculous, one minute she was there, the next minute she was a lifeless husk, her body limp, drooling and mindless.

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The University of Kansas School of Medicine Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (OTOHNS) training program accepts four new residents each year through the National Resident Matching Program (www.nrmp.org). The faculty reviews resident applications received through the NRMP. Applicants must graduate from a LCME-accredited medical school in the United States or Canada and be able to obtain Kansas and Missouri medical licenses. Approximately fifty applicants are invited for interviews each year. The program faculty and PGY-3 residents interview invited applicants. The remaining OTOHNS residents are also available for questions and tours during interview days. Interviewees are ranked on the basis of their preparedness, ability, aptitude, academic credentials, communication skills and personal demeanor. The University of Kansas Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Program does not discriminate with regard to sex, race, age, religion, color, national origin, disability or veteran status. Following the interviews, the faculty meets to prepare a rank list of the applicants in preparation for the final rank list submission. The final NRMP match results are then available in March.
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- Norwegian and Ryanair close to partnership – Along with the news that Norwegian will add nonstop service with their new 737's, the company is near a deal with Ryanair to act as feeder flights for Norwegian's longer routes. (Bloomberg)
- JFK's TWA terminal will become hotel – The iconic TWA terminal that has been vacant in New York City's JFK airport will now become a 505-key hotel. (USA Today)
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The feline harbinger of death (and other strange tales of pets' sixth sense)
When I was a kid I remember falling ill one day and spending a prolonged period of time in my bed. The illness was thankfully short-lived, and I certainly don't recall its manifestation, but I do remember the family cat's reaction. Perse (short for Persephone) spent her day collecting leaves off a common houseplant and clustering them at my bedside. It was strange—and wonderful—to be so cared for by this kitty.
The most recent edition of The New England Journal of Medicine seems to corroborate my findings with respect to feline care of the infirm—with a twist. It published an essay by a nursing home physician at Brown University who reports that the home's cat, Oscar, has a thing for dying patients.
25 out of the last 25 patients to have died in this Providence facility for Parkinsonians, Alzheimer's patients and other hard-case geriatrics were visited by this cat hours before dying. Oscar stayed with them through the end, content to snuggle with the patients until their last breath.
It's a romantic notion, perhaps especially to someone who's spent most of her life caring for animals, that my own pets might choose to lay at my bedside as I expire. And if I don't have the luxury of being home in my last moments, it's a beautiful thought that some interested cat might choose to accompany me, instead.
I've heard many such stories where pets seem to know that things are happening in our bodies before we're capable of recognizing it ourselves. Cancer, seizures and other physiologic changes are often foretold by our own pets.
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In November 2004 Council adopted the Victoria Street East Precinct Urban Design Framework (UDF) and resolved to request the Minister for Planning to approve Amendment C75 to the Yarra Planning Scheme to incorporate the UDF into the scheme on an interim basis.
The Victoria Street East Precinct Urban Design Framework (UDF) was linked to the Planning Scheme through references to a later approved version dated 16 November 2005. A copy of the UDF can be found here:
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At the same time, private sector developer Taras Nominees Pty Ltd (Salta Properties), requested that the Minister rezone three large parcels of land within the precinct (the MFB site, the area to the north and the properties along the west side of Burnley Street between Victoria Street and Buckingham Street) to a Priority Development Zone. In addition, Salta also lodged a planning application with the Minister for a development in Walmer Street, which Council had previously refused.
In November 2005, the Minister referred three key areas of the precinct to a Priority Development Panel (PDP) to investigate and provide planning advice.
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The Minister handed down his decision on the Walmer Street proposed development and Yarra Gardens and Shamrock Street areas in August 2007, and the Burnley Street West Precinct in December 2007.
Yarra Gardens and Shamrock Street Precinct The Minister for Planning approved the development of three, eight storey buildings "on legs" (with a one storey undercroft), only 13.5 metres from the crest of the Yarra River. He also rezoned the land to a Priority Development Zone (PDZ) removing Council from its role as the responsible authority for the future development of the land.
Walmer Street Development The Minister overturned Council's decision to refuse the initial planning application, instead permitting a building height of 8 to 9 storeys with a three level basement car park.
Further information on these two decisions and a comparison against Council's and the developer's requests can be found here: Victoria Street East Precinct UDF Ministers Decision.pdf (350.75kB)
Burnley Street West Precinct The Minister has permitted the development of a six storey building, lowering to two storeys where it abuts current low level residential buildings. He has also upheld the current Residential 1 Zoning for the site and allowed some office space at the corner of Burnley Street and Victoria Street.
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when the Cats started the game with a 24-2 run before Michigan even made a basket, and eventually had the score 30-4 before the Wolves started to come back!
So it seems that NU took a lesson from the #1 Illini, shooting 55% from outside the arc, 63% from the floor in the 2nd half, and shutting down the Wolverine's big playmakers.
For example: Michigan's Dion Harris, 12 points - 1 of 7 from the arc. Ron Coleman, 11 points, 1 of 4 from outside.
On the other hand,
Compared to the last game, it was night and day...
- Vedran Vukusic - 26 points, 11 of 13 from the floor, 4 of 5 from the arc.
- Mohamed Hachad - 14 Points, 6 of 11 from the floor, 7 rebounds, and a steal. One of his 3 assists was a no-look behind the back pass to Jenkins who took [and made] the layup.
- Vince Scott - 12 points, 4 of 6 from the arc, 6 rebounds and 5 assists.
- Michael Jenkins - 9 Points including an alley-oop 3 pointer, 3 assists, 2 steals and a blocked shot. He had the shot of the night on an alley oop play that actually went in for 3.
- Davor Duvancic - only 3 Points, but 7 rebounds, 2 assists and a steal.
- T.J. Parker had 3 points, Evan Seacat hit 2 Freethrows.
After the game, NU Coach Bill Carmody had to talk to the TV folks, so Mo Hachad stepped up to the microphone...
Dave asked about how much of lift the Cats got from the 30-4 run to start the game...
MH: Well, I knew it was do-able, MU had to get down one, you know? So Coach said in the locker room, this win, you can't let it go and once we step on the court, its all business, got to go to work, work hard, and it was do-able.Was there a feeling after the game Wednesday night that you had a mission to put a better performance together?
MH: Well, I mean, after losing that way, you just want to go to work. We came back on Thursday and usually we don't practice that hard that day, but that day after the game, everyone wanted to practice hard - we had a pretty good practice.It seemed your energy really picked things up in the first half - your ability to create things going to the basket...
Also we did on Friday and we were ready to go today.
MH: Every single player has to contribute some way, you know?, and I know I haven't been taking advantage of my ability to drive and this offense, you can drive off the drift in an awful lot of plays and I knew if I can drive I can create things - we have great shooters on this team, you know?Or Vince Scott - Don t' forget the big fella.
And once you get off you can kick it out to Vedran or Seacat and they're going to make it.
But, what sort of adjustment did you have to make when your role changed and you started playing off the bench...
MH: This was a coaches decision and I think it helped me a lot because sometimes you hit that slump and is hard to snap out of it and something has to happen. I think coach did something great by sitting me on the bench.What does this win do for you?
Now I come to practice and I know I have to work - its like 10 times harder.
MH: Its very positive. We've got to be ready to work. We've been saying all season we can do it - we have a lot of potential out there - we've got to go out there and do it.How often do you practice that Alley-Ooop decoy?
MH: I've been talking to Jenkins a lot in practice - we gotta have fun out there, you know? You go about your work, you work hard, but you've got to have some kind of pleasure and he knew, like, throw it up and it went in.Then it was time for the Head Coach - Bill Carmody, who had to be happy the way the game started...
BC: We came out and you know the press really bothered them. Mike Jenkins was really terrific early on, and he hit the 3 and then the four point play, then he had his alley-oop three, but I thought at the defensive end, the press, they couldn't get into their offense and he had a lot to do with that.Don't forget Mohamed Hachad's contributions off the glass and on offense.
BC: Yeah, you know, he should be doing that.What about Vince Scott?
And I'm going to tell him that again, he should be doing that - he hasn't played that much lately so he's energized and he's fresh [laughs].
Yeah, he was terrific tonight - everything he did seemed to work out and he's an athletic guy and I just thought he was very very good. He made most of the right decisions.
BC: He's actually calling, telling me in the time out, why don't we run this and its for him. How quickly guys come along, huh?What about the job you did defensively on their big guys?
BC: Yeah, they just didn't seem to get the ball inside in the first half and we had that big lead but then they came back and they outscored us 19-6 but it seemed like we weathered the storm - they got it to 10, maybe 11, 9 a couple of times, but someone came up with the big play.What about Vedran Vukusic? for a while we've been talking about him for the wrong reasons and tonight he hits 11 of 13 and 4 3's for you...
BC: He's capable of doing that and he hit some big plays and he had a nice drive - you start making your shots, they play up on you and he hit a nice lefty baseline drive.Mohamed was talking about practice last week...did you try to lift them up, or what...
BC: You know we didn't give a very good account of ourselves in Champaign and I'm not great at lifting guys up,. Alright, I'll just say that.And one last comment from Coach Carmody -
So we didn't go long, but we went hard for about an hour and a half and they weren't happy, the staff wasn't happy, and we take responsibility for some of that showing, the staff does so, so we all said lets put it out there, we've got a few games left and we have to win them.
BC: And the crowd was great tonight.So was the win.
Now its time to take the same drive and enthusiasm into Wednesday's game as the Cats entertain the #2 team in the Big 10 - the Spartans of Michigan State.
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Title : Prema Oka Maikam (2013)
Star Cast : Charmi, Rahul…
Director : Chandu
Producer : Venkata Suresh , Srikanth Surya
Genre : Romance
Music : Vivek Sagar
Release Date : Aug 30, 2013.
After a gap, Charmi is coming up with a new movie 'Prema oka maikam'. Though Charmi once ruled Tollywood, she has been facing tough time of late. In these circumstances Charmi is coming up with heroine oriented movie 'Prema oka maikam'. Prema oka maikam has grabbed attention of audience and industry with its hot and spicy stills. As Charmi is appearing in a prostitute's role, the movie is raising interest among movie goers. Director Chandu says that the movie revolves around a call girl, singer and songs writer. Let's find out the highlights of 'Prema oka maikam'.
*How love plays with the lives of these three individuals and how each of them view love is the main point of story.
* Journalist Pulagam Chinnarayna has penned dialogues for the first time. It is said that his hard hitting dialogues will be thought provoking.
* Movie unit is making predictions that Charmi will bag all the awards for her performance. Even Charmi has pinned her hopes on this movie. Charmi says. "I appear in a care free girl's role who is disillusioned at life. Chandu's story has impressed me a lot. After a long time I am acting in a role which I liked most."
* All the movies in the recent past, where heroines appeared as prostitutes got bombed at box office. Shriya's Pavitra and Hari Priya;'s abbai class Ammai mass have bit the dust. It has to be seen whether Charmi will excel in this role.
* Director Chandu got into limelight with Tenth Class and Note Book movies. After a long time he is a coming again with 'Prema oka mikam'. He is knowing for having an understanding of youth sensibilities. He is trying to get back into limelight with this hot and spicy flick.
* Charmi has great stakes on this movie. Her career is greatly dependent on the success of this movie. Therefore Charmi is praying to all gods for making this movie hit.


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Saturday, March 26, 2011
Day 1 - Reactions
At my worst, when I find a new perfume that blows my mind, I act a bit like those women who try to spritz things at you in department stores.
Well... Naturally, I couldn't keep my exciting new plan a secret. Immediately after landing in Los Angeles, I called my mom to share the news. It went something like this:
MOM: hello?
KJ: Hey Mom, I'm calling to let you know that I landed safely! I'm here in L.A.
MOM: Oh great, thanks. By the way - I have your wedding dress hanging up in my closet, and it's just beautiful. So nice to look at... I love it!
KJ: Oh yeah, cool. Ummm... don't try it on, okay?
MOM: I think I can resist the temptation.
KJ: Sooo.... actually... I wanted to call about this other thing. I just came up with a project idea that I am REALLY EXCITED about!
MOM: Oh, okay.... (taking deep breath - she's heard this tone before) Tell me about it.
KJ: Yeah, so here it is: you know how I was sooo drained yesterday after all the dress shopping?
MOM: Yeah...
KJ: Right! So. I was reading this book about nuns who never - not in their WHOLE LIVES - see themselves. No mirrors. They can't even look down at their bodies when they change, right?
MOM: Okay....
KJ: So that made me think... I want to give up mirrors for a year, and I'm going to write about it to reflect about the experience. I can learn about the history of mirrors, and research on mirrors from sociology and psychology. It feels totally up my alley, and probably good for me too.
MOM: Oh wow, that sounds cool! I've always seen you as a writer....
KJ: Thanks. Well I wanted to tell right away you since you're always, like, my #1 fan.
MOM: Awww, that's nice of you to say. I am! But... just to be sure... you're not going to start this thing until AFTER the wedding, right?
KJ: Ummm, actually, I'm worried that if I don't start now I won't start at all. It's the wedding stuff that's motivating me to do this in the first place.
MOM: Well, hrmmm. I don't know how I feel about that....
We got off the phone with kind words: she, still uncertain, and me.... also a bit uncertain. When your #1 fan thinks you should hold off on something, you take pause, right?
Thankfully, the next person I spoke to was M, my fiancé and second #1 fan. (Yes, I have two... I can't be expected to pick between my mom and the love-of-my-life.) When I saw M at the airport, I gave him a hug and kiss, and then immediately launched into the same hurried explanation. His enthusiasm and support matched my mother's, but with one important difference: when I told him that my mom had implored me to wait until after the wedding, he said, "Well... you know.... now you HAVE to do it before the wedding!" Haha! Indeed.
And that, ladies and gents, is why I love him so much. (And you too, Mom!)
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I thought I was ur # 1 Fan!ReplyDelete
What a great fella!ReplyDelete
I just heard about this project yesterday and I love it!! So glad you started it when you did.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 20, 2011 at 10:12 PM
I don't think I can ever start this.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 21, 2011 at 6:27 PM
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Hello!! I just found you in my newspaper here in Puerto Rico!! I love what are you doing!!! Keep going!!! :) i hope i have the same brave that you have to do this for one day at least! :)ReplyDelete
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Meet Pirate Joe, the man who (legally) smuggles Trader Joe's goods across the Canadian border
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Just one example of the resourceful Canadians, when businesses don't cross the border.
For three years Michael Hallatt has been bringing thousands of dollars' worth of Trader Joe's products across the border into Vancouver. Our reporter spent a day embedded with Pirate Joe's 'cats' and got an inside look at the cultlike following the pirate brand has captured from the US corporation
In a darkened parking lot in Bellingham, Washington, less than 50 miles from the Canadian border, two cars pull up alongside a ramshackle white van. It is a weekday night. The drivers of the cars will not provide their last names, or appear in photographs. One is wearing a costume — a $4 thrift store trench coat and styled hair.
Inside the van, a black-clad man crouches, loading cargo which the drivers collected and which he will soon carry across the border. The load is tucked inside brown paper bags and reusable canvas totes; it ranges from dish soap to black bean quinoa chips. Nothing costs more than $10, and it all comes from the same place: Trader Joe's.
"I've been in situations that were dangerous before," John L, the man in the trench coat, told the Guardian. "But this is not one of them."
Trader Joe's is a grocery store. It has a cultlike following which in New York City drives people to queue, even in freezing temperatures, outside its packed locations. It has inspired a cookbook based on its products. Celebrities and at least one supreme court justice shop there. But there are no Trader Joe's stores in Canada.
Enter Pirate Joe.
That's the nickname of Michael Hallatt, who for three years has been bringing thousands of dollars' worth of Trader Joe's products across the border into Vancouver every week. Trader Joe's, despite making nearly a million dollars in sales from the operation, wants it to stop.
The courts, however, have ruled that Trader Joe's cannot prove that Pirate Joe's is causing it harm. Pirate Joe's is therefore legal.
In the early days, Pirate Joe's was the unofficial name for the enterprise, which Hallatt operated covertly from what looked like a rundown bakery. In February 2012, Trader Joe's sent a cease-and-desist order. Hallatt refused to stop, so the California-based company sued. It lost. The case is now in the ninth circuit court of appeals and Pirate Joe's is operating with more gusto than ever before, making Hallatt a prime target of a company that is generally known for its progressive values.
"To be fair to TJ's, if they were a guy or a gal, then they would have every right to be pissed off," Hallatt said. But because Trader Joe's is a corporation denying its products to interested consumers, he says, he is not ashamed of his business. Nor is he bothered by the hate mail.
"I hope Karma shines on you forcing you to go out of business," wrote one incensed stranger in an email.
Hallatt has been kicked out of many stores, many times. He now pays an army of shoppers — he calls them "cats" — to buy groceries at the Trader Joe's Bellingham store. Some cats make runs in other Washington stores; Hallatt himself is safer in territory farther south. His shoppers have operated in stores in Portland, Oregon, and in at least five in Los Angeles.
The cats who shopped in Bellingham this week said many store employees are familiar with Pirate Joe's and will turn a blind eye to suspicious carts that contain things such as two bags each of four types of rice. The cats create alibis, preparing themselves to say their unusual load is for bible retreats, camps or catering.
John L broke his shopping record this week with a $950 receipt. He found out about the gig from his wife, who became involved after seeing a posting on Craigslist. They do it to earn cash on the side. Sometimes, they bring their children.
"I've got no qualms about lying to a corporation, because a corporation is not a person," John L said.
To get the goods, Hallatt typically supplies his cats with lists he makes while walking around the Pirate Joe's store, which moved from the bakery to a Vancouver storefront, where its mission is openly displayed: it is an "unaffiliated, unauthorized re-seller of Trader Joe's products". Hallatt walks round the store, identifying gaps on the shelves, then dictates the product name into his phone. This means some shopping lists ask for "speculum" cookies instead of speculoos.
What ends up in a cat's cart is testament to the fervor Trader Joe's can inspire. In Canada, people are willing to pay a markup of $1.50 or more for dark-chocolate-covered edamame, gorgonzola cheese crackers and salt-and-pepper pistachios. This week, rice, noodles, peanut butter and popcorn were also on the list.
With Hallatt on the road, Barry Hogan mans the shop. He has been at Pirate Joe's since 2012 — he showed up for his first day wearing a pirate hat. Before that, he was a runner for a gambler in Dublin.
"I don't see it [Trader Joe's] as the neighborhood store that a lot of other people do," Hogan said.
That may be because it isn't. The German Albrecht family, which owns the supermarket giant Aldi, has owned Trader Joe's through a trust since 1979.
In an August 2010 profile of the company, based on interviews with dozens of people who asked to be anonymous, Fortune magazine said Trader Joe's management was "obsessively secretive". Fortune found that the company keeps fewer varieties of products, like peanut butter, than other grocers, instead focusing on the best-tasting goods and giving them its own kitschy labeling. This simplification allows Trader Joe's to work out deals with manufacturers, resulting in the low prices for which the store is known.
These are the goods people seek at Pirate Joe's. One morning this week, a couple visiting from Nova Scotia picked up coconut cashews for their son, who lives down the street. One woman bought soups she had never tried. A man left his phone number, so the store could call him when a seasonal tin of Danish cookies was finally in stock.
More than 40% of credit-card transactions at the Trader Joe's Bellingham store are made by non-US citizens, according to a complaint Trader Joe's filed against Hallatt in May 2013. The company did not provide comment for this story.
One former Trader Joe's employee, who stopped working at the store this summer but asked to remain anonymous in case he wants to work there again — the chain is often praised for its wages and benefits — said the Bellingham store was one of the top-selling in the US.
While he was on the inside, the worker helped with Pirate Joe's operations. "I felt like I was doing the people of Vancouver a service instead of a disservice to an American corporation," he said.
Hallatt estimates that Pirate Joe's spends, on average, $25,000 per month at Trader Joe's. This is why many have called him one of the store's best customers. For Hallatt, however, there is not much in it financially.
"This is not a business I should be doing from a personal profitability standpoint," he said, adding that he was living off about $50,000 to $60,000 a year through Pirate Joe's, while supplementing his income with a rental property in Mexico.
Hallatt's past includes working as a senior producer for Ask Jeeves, a summer spent windsurfing, building a few houses and opening a still-standing Vancouver bagel shop. He likes to time his 106-mile round-trip runs to Bellingham so he can be back for his 10-year-old daughter's basketball practice.
He likes Trader Joe's, believes its mission is an honest one and says he will stop Pirate Joe's if the company opens a Vancouver store. While the policy for cats who are questioned by Trader Joe's officials is "deny, deny, deny", Hallatt said he never lies at the border, where agents make polite conversation with the pirate they have encountered many times before.
After the bags of groceries are waived across the border, meticulously logged in the Canadian customs system, it is time for "harvest" day. There is no alert that the produce has arrived at Pirate Joe's; the rows of Trader Joe's bags in the store walkways simply lure in even more people than usual.
Faye Pratt shopped at the original Pirate Joe's, having taken a bus with her senior group to Bellingham. The group made a stop at Trader Joe's, and even brought freezers along. On Thursday morning, she had just learned that Pirate Joe's had moved. She brought a friend along.
"It makes it more fun to think we're doing something illicit," she said. "It adds to the taste."
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He had me at the name "Pirate Joe". I like that name!
I fail to see how Pirate Joe is causing them harm.
Why doesn't Trader Joe's ship their food anywhere???
Or open some stores in Canada, otherwise they should just be happy this guy is buying their products.
Agreed. Today I Learned that they sell NOTHING online:
Do you sell your products or gift cards online?
No. At this time, we don't sell any products (gift cards included) online, only in our brick-and-mortar stores. We set up our stores with care, finding just the right crew and adding a flavor of paradise. After considering the options, we're still just big 'ole fans of the neighborhood grocery store where we can say hello when you're looking around wondering – "what's for dinner?"
Me neither. They basically deny anyone not within driving distance of TJ's.
Canadian hostiles! (I know - seems like an oxymoron.)
Whoa, these are fighting words!
I have been totally underwhelmed by Trader Joe's. I just don't get it. You buy some other companies product that Trader Joe's has slapped their sticker on. Most of the products they sell are easily found in most regular grocery stores in Canada. My friends in L.A. took me to one to show me how great they were. The reason they thought it was great, was you could get " imported " stuff that wasn't at their local Safeway. MEH. That stuff was all over Canadian grocery store shelves for the most part. The cheap wine wasn't of course, but perhaps I'm a snob when it comes to certain things, but 2 Buck Chuck isn't a wine I'd recommend.
2 Buck Chuck is awesome!


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Millennial Monsters
Anne Allison & Gary Cross
University of California Press, May 2006
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October 17, 2001 - Industry News
Sales to the oil field segment boosted Lufkin Industries' profits 190% in third quarter, but trailer sales continued to show the effects of industry-wide weakness
Dana Corp. ended its third quarter in the red, and is bracing for tougher times to come
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TS&B Holdings, Orlando, Fla., is planning to buy Lucas Truck & Equipment Sales in Medford, Ore
The Truck Renting and Leasing Assn. has decided to establish a "Truck Security Task Force" to assist TRALA staff in guiding policy relating to security matters involving rented and leased trucks
The Diesel Technology Forum has launched a new web site focusing on clean diesel solutions to reduce emissions from existing diesel engines
The second annual "Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles for the 21st Century: Exploring Trends in Advanced Technologies and Fuels," will be held Feb. 20-22, 2002, at the Mission Palms Hotel, Tempe, Ariz
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Sirius Satellite Radio, previously expected to launch its commercial service by the end of the year, is doing more testing and is looking for a new chief executive
InterGis, Torrington, Calif., has release of SelectRoute, a new Internet-connected solution of its popular routing, scheduling and dispatching software for small to mid-sized companies with field service and delivery operations
As it continues to grow, ProMiles Software has added custom fuel networks to its ProMilesOnline product, revamped its website and is adding staff
Dana Corp., Toledo, Ohio, will not renew its co-sponsorship of a team in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series after the current season
Union Pacific's trucking subsidiary, Overnite Holding, will expand its western market reach with a plan to acquire Motor Cargo Industries
NTE, Downers Grove, Ill., announced its third consecutive quarter of triple-digit growth for revenue, business volumes and customer acquisition
As federal officials have turned their scrutiny to the possibility of terrorists using trucks as bombs, the FBI and other law enforcement officials have contacted or visited dozens of truck driving schools
Scott Lamb, president of Atlantic Great Dane of South Portland, Maine, is the winner of the second annual National Trailer Dealer of the Year award
Caterpillar reported third quarter profits of $205 million on revenues of $5.06 billion, compared to $216 million profits on revenues of $4.78 billion for third quarter 2000
Industrial production fell for the 12th consecutive month in September, marking the first time there has been an entire year of declines since the mid 1940s
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West Virginia's attorney general wants the state to target coal companies, not just truck drivers, in its battle against overweight coal trucks
Digby Truck Lines, LaVergne, Tenn., has added American Flag decals featuring the "God Bless America" sentiment to its 450 tractors
More than 100 diesel big rigs, tow trucks and pickups will converge on the Gateway International Raceway in Madison, Mo., Saturday, Oct. 20, for the first All-Diesel Drags
Newport Communications will again exclusively produce the Paul K. Young Memorial Truck Beauty Show at the 2002 Mid-America Trucking Show.
This will be the second year for the show, which honors the late Mid-America founder Paul K. Young
Nexiq Technologies, Manchester, N.H., has introduced eTechnician, a wireless maintenance, diagnostic and vehicle connectivity telematics system for commercial vehicles
International Truck Sales of Richmond, Va., was named one of the 50 fastest-growing companies in the state
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The Teamsters union mailed ballots to its 1.4 million members last week, and Tom Leedham hopes to upset incumbent James P. Hoffa for the union's presidency
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