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ISO someone to yell and hit me while I lift wieghts (Seatac)

Yes, Im searching for an individual who is interested in yelling directly into my face and or hitting (slapping) me about the head and breasts while Im pumping iron.

I need some extra motivation in the coming weeks to get ready for the 4th annual Super Lift in Vegas where I will be competing.

If intested let me know.

Thanks

Danny Westneat of The Seattle Times has an interesting column about a recent, unusual security breach at SeaTac Airport.

This one did not involve any fluids over four ounces however; rather, it’s a story about a van driven right onto the tarmac by a retired lieutenant colonel in the Army named Greg Alderete.

An excerpt:

So when he realized he had driven a van onto a runway tarmac at Sea-Tac airport — and that no one had asked his name, checked his ID or searched his vehicle — well, he just about lost it.

“I was appalled,” Alderete says. “If you go in the airport’s front door, they take away your tube of toothpaste. But the back door? That’s the weakest security of any critical facility I’ve ever seen.”

“We were sitting there, the engine idling, nobody around, when all of a sudden I realized: We’re out on the goddamn runway,” Alderete recalled. “We’re in a gassed-up, seven-passenger van, and no one really knows who we are. We have an unobstructed path to the main runways, the commercial gates, the whole place. It was unbelievable.”

Full story here.

Now U Cn Use Txt Msgs 2 Chk Flts

SEATAC – Nw u cn uz txt msgs 2 chk flts @ c-tc!

In other words…now you can use text messages to check flights at Sea-Tac!

The new service, implemented by the Port of Seattle, allows travelers the convenience of checking their flight information on their cell phones.

It uses a simple text message request that returns updated flight information back to the user’s phone via text message and is compatible with most cell phone brands.

Users get real-time flight information including current departure or arrival times, gate numbers, and additional flight status updates.

Here’s how it works:

  • Text “FlySEA” (359732)
  • Text the name of your airline and flight number. For example: Alaska 1234
  • Within seconds, you’ll receive the latest real-time information, including the flight number, departure or arrival time, gate number and flight status
  • Cell phone updates are a one-time, passenger activated service
  • In order to receive another update you must text the address again
  • Your cell phone carrier’s standard rates apply

For those interested in receiving e-mail notifications for real-time flight status, customers must sign up for the free service on the Port of Seattle’s Web site.

SEATAC – Sea-Tac International Airport registered number 17 in overall airport satisfaction, according to a study conducted by J.D. Power and Associates.

The list was comprised of the 19 largest (30 million or more passengers per year) airports in the country.

Only San Francisco International Airport and Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport ranked worse; Philadelphia International ranked No. 1.

Sea-Tac scored a 656 compared with Philadelphia International’s top score of 690 and Minneapolis/St. Paul’s bottom score of 647. The average of all 19 airports was 674, according to J.D. Power’s study.

Sea-Tac scored at the bottom of every category used in the study, including:

  • Overall airport satisfaction
  • Airport accessibility
  • Check-in/baggage check
  • Security check
  • Terminal facilities
  • Baggage claim
  • Food and retail services

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Roxanna BrownSEATAC – Autopsy results indicate that the imprisoned director of a Thai museum in Bangkok died of natural causes at the SeaTac Detention Center (first reported here).

According to a spokeswoman for the King County Medical Examiner’s Office, Roxanna Brown passed away from “peritonitis,” an infection caused by a perforated gastric ulcer.

The 62-year-old Brown, a U.S. citizen, died around 2:30am Wednesday while being held for further investigation.

Brown was the director of the Southeast Asian Ceramics Museum at Bangkok University in Thailand. Investigators accused her of allowing collectors to overstate the value of art donated to several Southern California museums and claim tax deductions.

Authorities arrested Brown last week while she was in Seattle visiting relatives. She was charged with one count of wire fraud.

Maggie Ogden, a spokeswoman for the Federal Detention Center, said Brown was booked May 9.

She said all inmates coming into the facility are screened by medical staff, but she declined to speak specifically about Brown’s case.

Brown’s death is under investigation, she said.

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