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Home security begins, well, at home. Fortunately, the "newer, better, cheaper" imperative of tech innovation is on the march here as much as in home entertainment. For protection against intruders, you can get a phone that meshes with your home-security system and doubles as a panic button. From fire-fighter-grade smoke masks to next-generation smoke detectors to a GPS collar that makes it easy to keep track of Rover no matter where he roams, here are gadgets to take care of everyone in the family...
...Design-wise, there's just one thing that bothered me: because the adapter sits on top of the iPod, it covers up the Hold switch. When you pull out the adapter (or, generally speaking, when you pull anything out of the headphone jack), newer iPods automatically pause. This means that when you're listening to music and lift the adapter to flip the Hold switch, you end up pausing your music then locking your controls. The solution to this weird little riddle is to play your music first, hit the Hold switch second, then put the headphone adapter...
...Reza Mazaheri, a plastic surgeon who keeps two operating rooms heavily booked, has seen his business increase 50% in the twelve years he has practiced in the resort city. Yet he too wonders about the changes. "Appearance and having fun have become everything," he says of the area's newer residents. "They are moving in here with money and all the comforts. What is left? Staying beautiful. They are obsessed with...
...jeopardy. American hawks, including Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger, accuse the Soviets of violating SALT II; in a private report to the President that was leaked last week, Weinberger urged that the U.S. respond with its own selective violations, including not dismantling missile-carrying Poseidon submarines as a newer Trident sub is put into service...
...getting married. She also has a married lover, which makes her the prototype of The New Other Woman in Sociologist Laurel Richardson's book of that name (Free Press; $17.95). The old-fashioned mistress was usually depicted as a skulking and tragically trapped figure, racked by guilt. The newer version, born of feminism and the sexual revolution, says Richardson, is more blasé and confident about her life. "First of all, she doesn't want to get married, doesn't want to husband-steal," Richardson explains. "There are other things she wants to do. She feels in charge of her life...