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BARK, BUT NO BITE INVENTOR: ROBERT FAIRALL Dogs are great theft deterrents; they also tend to smell bad and demand Richard Simmons levels of affection. The Barking Bone aims to scare away the bad guys while still keeping canine-hating homeowners sane. Fairall implanted a motion sensor inside a giant, apparently gnawed, dog bone made of solid resin. When the sensor is tripped, a sound chip emits a low growl followed by a torrent of ferocious barking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Will They Think Of Next? | 12/4/2000 | See Source »

...this year there were no canine-related disasters. Sadie was much better behaved, in keeping with the general spirit of the holiday. She loped around in a half-hearted attempt to wait for scraps under the Thanksgiving table. While before the mere smell of turkey cooking in the oven would drive her into a frenzy, the fires of her belly had been quenched by chemicals administered to her brain...

Author: By B.j. Greenleaf, | Title: Canine Normalcy in 2000 | 11/28/2000 | See Source »

...first to cover such an event for television. In Milwaukee, Wis., where I stop with W., my aunt hands me a cache of Mom's letters. By election time, my Bush briefing papers have been smashed up against these relics in my cases for so long that the smell of the barns and attics where the notes were stored has soaked through everything...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign 2000: On Her Trail | 11/13/2000 | See Source »

Untimely death is often the only occasion for the public to catch a glimpse of the foster-care system. But there are living hells, and at times you can smell the brimstone a long way off. At others the evils come in disguise. In Gillette, Wyo., Homer and Beth Griswold were pillars of the community who were asked to be foster parents. She was a psychologist, a former member of the child-protection team. Her specialty was identifying sexual abuse. But while Beth baked Halloween cookies upstairs, Homer was downstairs molesting two of the girls in their care. Had anyone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Crisis Of Foster Care | 11/13/2000 | See Source »

...they lead and the pride they take in their cars. McDean focuses on car races, distilling the essence of their carnival atmosphere. The loud colors of the cars, spectators and race team members create a visual spectacle that allows you to hear the noise at the race pit and smell the exhaust fumes from overheated engines. Perry's photos are the most cinematic of the exhibition; he masterfully creates pictures that evoke the grit and heat of desert races. The pictures are terribly grainy, but that only makes the heat more searing and the intensity of the car race more...

Author: By Adrian Foo, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: VROOM, VROOM: CARS AS ART AND ART ABOUT CARS AT THE ICA | 11/9/2000 | See Source »

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