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Finger scanning is a type of biometric, or a form of identification. So is a person's voice, even odor, sweat pores and lips. It's not known how many schools use finger scans and other biometrics. But observers of the $1 billion North American biometrics industry say schools represent a small but growing share of their market...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Should Schools Fingerprint Your Kids? | 9/25/2007 | See Source »

While the study looked at which air fresheners contain the chemicals and how much, it did not assess people's exposure to phthalates from these products - the size of the room, the distance from the air freshener and how long a person stays in the room are all factors that would affect potential toxicity. But like phthalates banned from U.K. beauty products, those in air fresheners can be inhaled or absorbed through the skin. "We're not saying that there's any clear-cut evidence here for health effects," says Dr. Gina Solomon of the NRDC. "If consumers want...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How "Fresh" Is Air Freshener? | 9/24/2007 | See Source »

Furthermore, the T-shirt movement presumes that stigma will continue to exist unless we, the uninfected, can experience what it is like to be a person who is publicly HIV-positive—and that by wearing a cotton T-shirt, we can begin to understand. This is based on the idea that an awareness movement can only work if empathy exists. But the fact that I do not have HIV does not mean I lack compassion for those who are suffering...

Author: By Lucy M. Caldwell | Title: Positively Puzzling | 9/24/2007 | See Source »

...They don't have the spontaneity you expect in a young person, they look like war refugees," Jensen said. The biggest difficulty for the "kids from the creek" is lack of social skills. "No responsibility for their actions is taught - God said they should do it, or the brethren said do it, or the Prophet said do it - there's no personal responsibility...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Exiled Children of Utah | 9/24/2007 | See Source »

...arrive into the early hours of the morning. No rallies had been programmed for the coming days, but lawyers, who had been instrumental in restoring Chaudhry to power, had announced a backup plan were the Supreme Court to declare Musharraf's candidacy legal. Nomination papers must be filed in person at the Electoral Commission by the 27th of September, and lawyer's groups had called for mass protests to block Musharraf's papers from being filed . "Musharraf's opponents made an announcement that they would put the Election Commission offices under siege," explains Senator Nisar Memon, Chair of the Senate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Musharraf's Sign of Weakness | 9/24/2007 | See Source »

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