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Minneapolis, Minn...
...surprisingly, the concept that poker might actually help kids has its naysayers. The main topic of discussion at the National Council of Problem Gambling's annual convention in St. Paul, Minn., this past June was the rising threat of kids and gambling. In his keynote speech, Jeffrey Derevensky, co-director of the McGill University Youth Gambling Research Clinic, called out government and private industry for the unprecedented marketing of gambling to kids--from using cartoon characters on state lottery scratchers to mainstream retailers' selling World Poker Tour chocolates. He cited a number of studies showing a link, although not necessarily...
OWEN LUBOZYNSKI Minneapolis, Minn...
...clues picked up by polygraphs also boosts blood flow in capillaries around the eye. A new application of thermal-imaging technology, called periorbital thermography, uses a high-resolution camera to detect temperature changes as small as .045°F (.025°C). Endocrinologist James Levine of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., co-authored a paper in the journal Nature in 2002 in which he claimed a lie-detection accuracy of 73%. Investigators at the Department of Defense Polygraph Institute (DODPI) in Fort Jackson, S.C., tell TIME they have reached...
Such amenities, designers believe, prove that downsizing doesn't mean downscale. "When you build smaller, you can put in a lot more quality than you can in a larger space," says Geoffrey Warner of Alchemy Architects in St. Paul, Minn. Warner's weeHouses, shaped something like shipping containers, start at $69,500 for a 364-sq.-ft. studio with bamboo flooring, built-in cabinetry and floor-to-ceiling sliding glass doors. Far less conventional is the Rotorhaus, created by German designer Luigi Colani. A single-model prototype, the Rotorhaus features a rotating central unit containing a bedroom, bathroom and kitchen...