Word: antitheft
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...happily filled. But where the Bradys et al. stressed the families' normality, the TLC shows are all about extreme parenting. Things as simple as family movie night, a dentist visit and a beach trip become quasi-military operations. Just watching Table for 12's Hayes family disable the antitheft packaging on 70 Christmas presents makes this father-of-two's hands hurt...
...Mitsubishi Montero, Honda Civic and Accord, Acura Legend, Toyota Camry and Chevrolet Tahoe. The most commonly filched cars were all made in the 1990s. Why? Ed Sparkman of the National Insurance Crime Bureau thinks newer autos are less attractive to thieves since carmakers now include better antitheft devices. Consumers looking for postfactory theft prevention have a variety of choices, including steering-column collars and tracking devices...
...likely to want household items with RFID chips that can communicate with a home network. The Chinese are more pragmatic. Shanghai and 44 other cities already use an RFID payment system for public transportation. In Singapore's library system, all 9 million books, videos and DVDs are embedded with antitheft chips, allowing self-checkout. "With bar codes, you need to precisely align the reader and the tag, but with RFID even old people and young children can use the system," says library-board senior development manager Wong Tack Wai. With costs down to 40¢ an item, libraries in Australia, South...
...wear a pacemaker, be advised: research shows that certain kinds of antitheft systems located at store exits may interfere with your device. Though it rarely happens, electromagnetic fields from some surveillance systems may cause a pacemaker to speed up or slow down temporarily. To stay on the safe side, don't linger around exits...
...elder Dicks were home. After some dickering--they explained that they never paid more than one-fifth of list--the couple handed over $800 for five $1,200 suits and six Polo sweaters. Then, say reports, they repaired to the laundry room and deftly removed some exploding-ink antitheft devices. The Dicks put in a new order with Schrom--more crystal, more Armani and baby clothes for the pregnant Zehren--and were busted by police shortly thereafter. Judy Dick is alleged to have said, "You caught us red-handed--now what?" and "It was only a matter of time before...