He made an ally of Stuart Fraser, Iris Cantor's nephew, naming him head of the firm's government securities brokerage.

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With top notes of mandarin, grapefruit and neroli, it awakens the senses like an amuse-bouche, before revealing lingering notes of Iris pallida (a sweetly scented variety native to Italy).

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In one test, an iris scanner from Iridian, of Moorestown, N.

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In addition, the FBI could soon start comparing people's eyes -- specifically the iris, or the colored part of an eye -- as part of its new biometrics program called Next Generation Identification.

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Using biometric methods, including an iris scan, the scheme is logging details of India's population on a central database.

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Think of a border protection agency that could use iris recognition at an airport's customs checkpoint, or a police or law enforcement agency that needs to verify identities on the go and can't afford large, cumbersome hardware to do so.

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In addition to the Iris Hub, this kit includes a thermostat which makes programming simple with an intuitive user interface and remote control of home settings through the Iris app.

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"I'm seeing more and more people not even batting an eye about going away alone for a couple of weeks, " says Iris Krasnow, who, as author of "The Secret Lives of Wives, " interviewed more than 200 women about their marriages.

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Their weapon: an agile and inexpensive iris scanner that can identify people at a glance with a nearly zero margin of error.

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