All too often, new convention centers take years and years to become profitable. But Overland Park, Kan., had a much better experience, according to a press release:

The Overland Park Convention Center, the 237,000 sq. ft. exhibit, convention and meeting space located in the Kansas City suburb of Overland Park, will operate with a profit in only its second year of operation, according to Global Spectrum, the company hired to operate the Convention Center.

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No, it’s actually a satellite–at least in some cases. Check out terraserver. Just type in your hq hotel’s address and up pops satellite images you can zoom in on. I guess it could be useful to see what’s around your meeting facility, but basically it’s just kind of fun to swoop around. Though the image around my house is kinda old and fuzzy, but you can even see the vegetable garden if you squint hard.

(via the MIMlist.)

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Authorities at Heathrow must not be too happy now that the news is out about an undercover reporter being able to sneak past security and all the way to an airplane’s door. Then airing the film on the nightly news. Ouch.

The British Airports Authority and the Department for Transport have launched an investigation into security weaknesses at Heathrow. BAA admitted in a statement that there had been a lapse in security and had taken immediate action to tighten security procedures. A spokesman said: “Safety and security are the top priorities at Heathrow. We are constantly seeking ways to maintain an effective barrier between the landside and airside parts of the airport, and to remain alert to any potential vulnerabilities.

“On the basis of the information provided by Sky News, it would appear that there is room for improvement in this particular area of the airport and we have already taken steps to address that.”

And it probably could just as easily been O’Hare, or Logan, or any other airport, I believe. We still have a long way to go to secure our transportation systems.

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