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Inside the ExxonMobil refinery offices he commandeered after Hurricane Katrina, where temporary telephone wires dangle from the ceiling alongside sticky yellow flytraps dotted with dead flies and mosquitoes, Henry (Junior) Rodriguez is deliberating on the future of devastated St. Bernard Parish, east of New Orleans. As he downs a bag of chocolates that constitutes dinner, his considerable paunch on display, the parish president rehearses his upcoming appeal to Congress: with no taxpayers and no businesses, St. Bernard has money for just one month's payroll. Rodriguez wants help from Washington--or else. "Do people realize we produce...
...model is simple, whether it's handbags or luxury cars. Membership fees at Bag Borrow or Steal depend on the priceyness of the products: from $20 a month to $100, for "Diva" status. For fall, Diva members can lease, for example, the Botkier Holster tote--$665 if bought new--and totes by company creative director Stacey Lapidus. The "steal" in the firm's name? You can buy a "like new" bag at a discount from the Hollywood, Fla., website. Another new business, From Bags to Riches (frombagstoriches.com) uses a slightly different model. You don't have to become a member...
While From Bags to Riches plans a British expansion by year's end, it might not be easy to break in: pouch-for-hire sites have already opened across the Atlantic. Be a Fashionista (be-a-fashionista.co.uk), an upscale site based in London; Secret-Boutique (secret-boutique.com) and Bag Steal and Borrow (www.bagstealandborrow.co.uk)--yes, the name is uncannily familiar--have all been launched in the past year. Dutch bag fans can borrow from Bag Habits (baghabits.com). When it comes to handbags, the status trap, it seems, is a global phenomenon...
Rose’s thinning patience for her sister finally snaps when one day, Maggie has sex with Rose’s lover, which Rose discovers, precipitating an angry fight. Maggie packs her trash bag of designer clothes and moves in with their grandmother (Shirley MacLaine) in Florida, who we discover has been living in a retirement center, though thought dead by the sisters for many years. The sisters’ icy feud forces them to develop independently, enabling each to learn more about themselves...
...general, however, fire alarms on campus are not activated by such resolvable problems; rather, they’re caused by a myriad of random events, such as a bag of popcorn that burned in a microwave, an accumulation of dust in a basement, or other such unpredictable circumstances. Fire detection systems aren’t human beings, and they will react to these types of occurrences as they would to a real fire hazard. Realistically, the sensitivity of fire alarms cannot be reduced without somehow compromising student safety, which is, of course, the overriding concern...