This isn't typical fare for my blog, but it is interesting.
Showing posts with label airports. Show all posts
Showing posts with label airports. Show all posts
April 21, 2023
June 24, 2017
Saturday Learning Series Bonus - Top 10 Airport design secrets
A bonus Saturday Learning Series item today - the Top 10 design secrets of airports.
October 22, 2016
Saturday Learning Series - Additional information
It looks like I'm caught up on the Geography Now series, so here's some bonus material in rapid fire format. Currencies, outlets, airports and animals.
November 24, 2010
The political power of profiling
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It will be interesting to see if the National Opt Out Day today has some sort of impact on the TSA's use of screening machines and pat downs. It will also be interesting to see how many people opt in to opting out. Once again though, it seems an unpopular decision will be left to the people to bring about an end. There are other interesting aspects of airport screening that haven't been dealt with at length. The discussion about profiling so far it seems, hasn't touched on one important aspect of the implications of profiling. Everyone has heard the argument that profiling is bad. Many people have argued that it is simply logical that a 20 year old Muslim man is much more likely to be a threat than an 86 year old Jamaican woman. It doesn't mean he is guilty, just that he requires more scrutiny. So what's the harm?
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