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News Oct 08, 2010

Airport Security Is Not the Time to Recruit Vegans

Two things that should never be sexed up are animal rights and airport security, but here we are.

by Colleen Barrett

Two things that should never be sexed up are animal rights and airport security, but here we are. PETA's latest aggressive ad is of a woman's body in a bra and underwear, saying "Be proud of your body scan: go vegan." This makes two assumptions: first, deep down we care what TSA employees think of our bodies, and that fear is enough to change dietary habits.

Fortunately, New York's LaGuardia and JFK airports are grounding the idea. They rejected the ad, prohibiting its placement near airport body scanners. JCDecaux North America, the company in charge of the airports' advertising, says the decision is based on the company's policy against "nudity or political ads," not because it's that risqué.

I wouldn't say it's risqué either, but just a gross exploitation of two things that should never meet but have: body image and airport security.

News Nov 22, 2008

JFK Assassinated 45 Years Ago Today

Click to ReadJFK Assassinated 45 Years Ago Today More than four decades later, eyewitnesses to the assassination of President Kennedy are part of a dwindling, but significant, club.

by LibertySugar Click to Read

JFK Assassinated 45 Years Ago Today More than four decades later, eyewitnesses to the assassination of President Kennedy are part of a dwindling, but significant, club. The eyewitnesses still provide details that, though historically insignificant, lend history a human dimension. Read some of their stories.

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Cats May 28, 2008

What's Your Take: Did JFK Cats Receive a Death Sentence?

I remember the story of the "JFK cats" from last year: back in October, the Port Authority announced that they were rounding up the feral cats surrounding the New York airport and sending them to shelters.

by POPSUGAR Pets

I remember the story of the "JFK cats" from last year: back in October, the Port Authority announced that they were rounding up the feral cats surrounding the New York airport and sending them to shelters. That, of course, caused an outcry as shelters cannot really handle any more animals . . . especially the virtually un-adoptable feral cats. Animal advocates called for a more humane trap, neuter, and return process to save the animals' lives and allow them to remain in their habitats. However, the authority recently decided to halt that program and focus on rounding up the cats instead.

"They are telling folks that they are trying to adopt these animals out, but that is patently not true," said Patrick Kwan, New York state director of the Humane Society of the United States. "These animals cannot be adopted out. This is an extermination program that sentences them to death."

The authority originally said that the cats pose a threat to aircraft operation and that the 5,000-acre airport is no place for these feral felines. While I can understand the dangers of – and to – the cats if they remain, I have to agree that gathering them up and placing them in shelters does not seem to be a final solution with a happy ending. How do you feel? Share your thoughts in the comments below!

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JFK Feb 27, 2008

Words That Move You . . .

Sometimes all it takes are a few good words to get you moving .

by POPSUGAR Fitness

Sometimes all it takes are a few good words to get you moving . . .

"Our growing softness, our increasing lack of physical fitness, is a menace to our security."
— John F. Kennedy

The man was ahead of his time, no? Feeling presidential? Check out the Presidential Fitness Challenge. Or why not try a boot camp?

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digital life May 17, 2007

JFK Airport Gets Yummy, Techie-Infused Makeover

Apparently, airlines and airports are putting more effort into ways they can "wine and dine" airport passengers in an effort to enhance the consumer travel experience before boarding.

by POPSUGAR Tech

Apparently, airlines and airports are putting more effort into ways they can "wine and dine" airport passengers in an effort to enhance the consumer travel experience before boarding. The emphases on the traveler's experience is also evident to tech hungry travelers, who are being offered more power and wifi stations. HMSHost, which is the world's largest travel dining and shopping operator has announced that John F. Kennedy International Airport is being transformed into a dining "destination" after an upcoming resturant makeover. read more