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...realize that my lack of entitlement broadcast my insignificance. The way to establish your cachet is not to reject free stuff but to demand tremendous amounts of it. And there is no limit to how much can be had because as much as the rich are willing to take, corporations are willing to give even more...
...gift bag, always a staple of weddings and kids' parties, got a shot of steroids in 2001 when the Oscars started handing out bags of really pricey stuff to presenters. When the red carpet became a well-covered event unto itself, clothing and jewelry designers figured out that they got more attention by lending items to nominees than they did by paying for a prohibitively expensive Oscars commercial. Inadvertently, In Style magazine had created a black market for celebrities...
Seeing how clothes were getting all that attention, scented candles demanded a way in. Back in 2000, Los Angeles' Distinctive Assets (DA), the largest awards-show gifting firm, had trouble persuading companies not only to donate free stuff to celebrities but also to pay DA for the privilege. For this year's MTV Video Music Awards show bag, MTV set the minimum at $250 a gift. Distinctive Assets' 2005 Grammy bag was worth $30,000 and included free LASIK surgery, a membership at Sports Club/LA and a weekend at the Valhalla Shooting Club. The company even custom-builds some bags...
...NEPTUNE 3.1 POCKET VIDEO CAMERA. ?It's very, very, very cool. I tend to give stuff like that away to friends who have just recently had kids or got a new puppy.? $215 at vivre.com...
...offers some - certainly not all - of the clues for growing indigenous employment. As Estens has found, progress takes time, even with the best will in the world; some kids fall by the wayside, towns lose heart, officials stuff up. In Sydney last month, at the end of a long day, Estens is recalling the time he scored a turn at the controls of a 747 passenger jet (okay, it was a simulator). "I took the bloody thing over Sydney Harbour," says Estens, his voice cracking, eyes watering with delight. "I wanted to fly under the Bridge. So there...