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• Travel2020: Facial biometrics put travelers, criminals under the microscope

  Lark Gould Travel, Hospitality & Event Management

  While facial recognition technology gets tested at U.S. airports, controversy over its legality is brewing on the public front and in hearings on Capitol Hill. Officials with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) testified last week before a House panel regarding the government’s use of facial recognition. Congress is moving toward legislation that would curtail the use of the controversial technology or at least offer some acceptable parameters. Surveys show air passengers love the new technology, which measures facial characteristics against a database of targets with lightning speed.

• Chronic pain: We are adding to our patients’ suffering

  Lisa Cole Medical & Allied Healthcare

  I started my professional practice in chemical dependency. Now, many decades later, I find myself advocating for chronic pain patients just to get them the drugs they need to continue functioning. More and more, they are erroneously considered “addicts” and being titrated down, cut off or given inadequate substitutes to what had been working well enough for them. Most simply want to attend to their activities of daily living without being immobilized by pain. This current prescribing practice only contributes to our patients’ suffering versus offering relief.

• Why meatless madness won’t be going away any time soon

  Dave G. Houser Food & Beverage

  There’s no doubt about it — we Americans love our meat. We eat more of it per-person than any country in the world except Luxembourg. Health experts and environmentalists tell us this is not a good thing. The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared that meat — red and white — contributes directly to heart disease, stroke, diabetes and various types of cancer. The heavy environmental impacts of conventional meat production are a major concern as well. Under such circumstances, it should come as no surprise that vegetable-based burgers that look like meat and taste like meat are winning over millions of skeptical consumers, taking Wall Street by storm and prompting Big Ag to jump into a potentially lucrative business that began on the vegan fringe.

• Hate crimes are on the rise. Is law enforcement ready to tackle them?

  Bambi Majumdar Law Enforcement, Defense & Security

  A recent study released by Safehome.org reveals that hate crimes reported to law enforcement rose by 22% nationally between 2013 and 2017. Safehome analyzed data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, covering 8,500 cases reported to police during this time. The states that saw the highest spike in hate crimes were Wyoming (a whopping 2,200% increase) followed by Georgia, Vermont, the District of Columbia, and Delaware. While the data is shocking, the actual number of incidents experienced is probably much higher since hate crimes often go unreported.

• LinkedIn: Considerations for military personnel transitioning to a civilian…

  Roy Phillips Law Enforcement, Defense & Security

  If you will soon be transitioning from the military, it may be a good idea to create a professional-looking LinkedIn profile. Understandably, many service members are wary of social media websites. This is especially true for anyone who has gone through the Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape (SERE) course. However, if you are all through with your military service, LinkedIn may help you land the right job. There are some very important considerations to make before you create your profile.

• Every church needs this type of calendar

  Mark MacDonald Religious Community

  When our kids got busy in sports, school, church, and with friends, events would regularly pop up at the last minute. The confusion of having necessary and optional meetings, coupled with our already busy lives, drove us to developing a family calendar that everyone shared on computers and phones. This very simple addition calmed our family’s chaos and created a simple go-to area for planning — plus it gave us the ability to say no to something because of conflicts on the calendar. Your church needs this, too. It's the building block of a communication strategy.

• Your company’s biggest cybersecurity risks: Technology and processes

  Terri Williams Science & Technology

  A recent SANS survey of security professionals identified today's biggest cybersecurity risks. Among survey respondents, 61% chose people as the greatest risk, and Part 1 of this article examined why. However, 22% of security professionals identified technology as the greatest risk, and 14% selected processes and procedures. Part 2 of this article examines those risks in addition to ways to making your company more secure.

• Are the good times over for marketers on Instagram?

  Emma Fitzpatrick Marketing

  In June 2018, Instagram hit a huge milestone: over 1 billion monthly active users. That's double the number of users the platform had just two years before. For now, it looks like growth on Instagram isn't slowing down anytime soon. It helps that there are still many people not currently on the platform. But a new report from Trust Insights warns that marketers may need to gear up for a battle they know too well already: dwindling organic reach. In early May, the average number of engagements on brand posts (namely likes) began declining. By the end of the month, engagements were down 18% compared to early in 2019.

• Competency-based learning systems continue to take hold across the nation

  Brian Stack Education

  Earlier this summer, the International Association of Online K-12 Learning, better known as iNACOL, released its most recent map displaying the implementation of statewide K-12 competency-based learning policies across the nation. The map now shows 17 states that have reached an advanced level of implementation with comprehensive policy alignment and/or an active state role to build capacity in local school systems for competency-based learning. This current map is in stark contrast to the 2012 map, which listed just three states at the advanced level.

• The well-dressed board agenda

  Robert C. Harris Association Management

  The focus of a board meeting is the agenda. An agenda is the list of activities in the order in which they are to be taken up, beginning with the call to order and ending with adjournment. It usually includes specific items of business to be acted upon. It may, but is not required to, include specific times for one or more activities. A well-dressed agenda can achieve so much more, however. With a few reminders, the agenda can address IRS and FTC issues. The mission can be depicted to keep the board focused.

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