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General Discussion / Ann Arbor in the News

« on: June 15, 2006, 10:07:08 AM »

All I have to ask is:

1.  What is up with you Ann Arborians?

2.  Steve...this is where you really were, wasn't  it?  There was no hospital...you were on lockdown!

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/06/15/naked.suitor.ap/index.html

Code: [Select]


Naked beau flushed from the bushes

Thursday, June 15, 2006; Posted: 7:53 a.m. EDT (11:53 GMT)

ANN ARBOR, Michigan (AP) -- A man who ran naked through his neighborhood to persuade his girlfriend to marry him got more than he bargained for when he was chased and shot at, police said.

The couple were discussing marriage early Wednesday when the woman said she wasn't sure if she was ready, according to Ann Arbor police reports.

The man responded that taking risks is an important part of life and, to prove his point, jumped out of a first-floor window and ran naked across the street.

Before he could return, he spotted a couple walking and hid in some bushes to avoid them. A 28-year-old man noticed the bushes rustling and bare feet underneath, then drew a .40-caliber handgun and ordered the naked man out, police said.

The naked suitor ran away, but the armed man gave chase and threatened to shoot, police said. The gunman fired a shot and the naked man fell to the ground, suffering minor injuries.

A resident called police, who arrested the gunman on charges of aggravated assault and carrying a concealed weapon. He was released following further investigation, police Sgt. Patrick Hughes told The Associated Press.

The naked man was not arrested and didn't want to pursue charges, Hughes said.

Copyright 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

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General Discussion / Internet Rates - Southwest (expires June 8, 2006)

« on: May 30, 2006, 06:51:12 AM »

1. Click 'n Save Internet Specials    

Summer Deals are Heating Up!

Fly from $44 to $99 one-way in select markets.

Book by June 8 for travel July 1 - October 27, 2006.

Terms and Conditions:

    * Available only on southwest.com.
    * Purchase through June 8, 2006, midnight Pacific Time.
    * Travel July 1 through October 27, 2006.
    * Available on published service only. Some flights operated by ATA Airlines.
    * Federal tax of up to $3.30 per takeoff and landing, airport taxes of up to $9, and government-imposed September 11th Security Fee of up to $5 one-way not included.
    * Fares are one-way.
    * Fare may be combined with other combinable fares.
    * Fare is not combinable with Senior Fares.
    * When combining fares, all rules and restrictions apply.
    * Fares are nonrefundable, but (except for tickets purchased through our Group Tickets Program) may be applied toward future travel on Southwest Airlines.
    * Seats are limited.
    * Hawaii; New Orleans, LA; and Orange County, CA are not included in this sale.
    * Additional terms and conditions apply.

See Complete Details

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$59 one-way, to/from Orlando, FL

Albuquerque, NM
$44 one-way, to/from Amarillo, TX
$44 one-way, to/from El Paso, TX
$44 one-way, to/from Phoenix, AZ
$44 one-way, to/from Tucson, AZ

Amarillo, TX
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$69 one-way, to/from Austin, TX
$44 one-way, to/from Dallas Love Field, TX
$89 one-way, to/from El Paso, TX
$89 one-way, to/from Little Rock, AR
$89 one-way, to/from Lubbock, TX
$89 one-way, to/from Midland/Odessa, TX
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$69 one-way, to/from Tulsa, OK

Austin, TX
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$44 one-way, to/from Corpus Christi, TX
$44 one-way, to/from Dallas Love Field, TX
$69 one-way, to/from El Paso, TX
$44 one-way, to/from Houston Hobby, TX
$69 one-way, to/from Little Rock, AR
$49 one-way, to/from Lubbock, TX
$49 one-way, to/from Midland/Odessa, TX
$69 one-way, to/from Oklahoma City, OK
$69 one-way, to/from Tulsa, OK

Baltimore, MD (BWI)
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$44 one-way, to/from Cleveland, OH
$69 one-way, to/from Ft. Lauderdale, FL
$44 one-way, to/from Hartford, CT (BDL)
$99 one-way, to/from Indianapolis, IN
$89 one-way, to/from Jackson, MS
$69 one-way, to/from Louisville, KY
$79 one-way, to/from Nashville, TN
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Birmingham, AL
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$44 one-way, to/from Nashville, TN

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Buffalo, NY
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Burbank, CA
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Chicago Midway, IL
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$89 one-way, to/from Ft. Lauderdale, FL
$44 one-way, to/from Indianapolis, IN
$44 one-way, to/from Louisville, KY
$49 one-way, to/from Nashville, TN
$44 one-way, to/from Omaha, NE
$99 one-way, to/from Raleigh-Durham, NC
$99 one-way, to/from West Palm Beach, FL

Cleveland, OH
$44 one-way, to/from Baltimore, MD (BWI)
$44 one-way, to/from Chicago Midway, IL
$59 one-way, to/from Indianapolis, IN
$59 one-way, to/from Nashville, TN

Columbus, OH
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$95 one-way, to/from Hartford, CT (BDL)
$89 one-way, to/from Manchester, NH
$89 one-way, to/from Tampa Bay, FL

Corpus Christi, TX
$44 one-way, to/from Austin, TX
$44 one-way, to/from Houston Hobby, TX

Dallas Love Field, TX
$44 one-way, to/from Amarillo, TX
$44 one-way, to/from Austin, TX
$69 one-way, to/from El Paso, TX
$44 one-way, to/from Houston Hobby, TX
$49 one-way, to/from Kansas City, MO
$44 one-way, to/from Little Rock, AR
$44 one-way, to/from Lubbock, TX
$44 one-way, to/from Midland/Odessa, TX
$44 one-way, to/from Oklahoma City, OK
$44 one-way, to/from San Antonio, TX
$49 one-way, to/from St. Louis, MO
$44 one-way, to/from Tulsa, OK

Denver, CO
$59 one-way, to/from Las Vegas, NV
$44 one-way, to/from Phoenix, AZ
$44 one-way, to/from Salt Lake City, UT

Detroit, MI
$44 one-way, to/from Chicago Midway, IL
$79 one-way, to/from Nashville, TN
$89 one-way, to/from Tampa Bay, FL

El Paso, TX
$44 one-way, to/from Albuquerque, NM
$89 one-way, to/from Amarillo, TX
$69 one-way, to/from Austin, TX
$69 one-way, to/from Dallas Love Field, TX
$44 one-way, to/from Lubbock, TX
$44 one-way, to/from Midland/Odessa, TX
$89 one-way, to/from Oklahoma City, OK
$69 one-way, to/from San Antonio, TX
$99 one-way, to/from Tulsa, OK

Ft. Lauderdale, FL
$69 one-way, to/from Baltimore, MD (BWI)
$89 one-way, to/from Chicago Midway, IL
$59 one-way, to/from Hartford, CT (BDL)
$44 one-way, to/from Jacksonville, FL
$99 one-way, to/from Norfolk, VA
$44 one-way, to/from Orlando, FL
$59 one-way, to/from Philadelphia, PA
$44 one-way, to/from Tampa Bay, FL

Ft. Myers, FL
$59 one-way, to/from Long Island/Islip, NY

Harlingen, TX
$44 one-way, to/from Houston Hobby, TX

Hartford, CT (BDL)
$44 one-way, to/from Baltimore, MD (BWI)
$95 one-way, to/from Columbus, OH
$59 one-way, to/from Ft. Lauderdale, FL
$59 one-way, to/from Orlando, FL
$44 one-way, to/from Philadelphia, PA
$49 one-way, to/from Pittsburgh, PA
$59 one-way, to/from Tampa Bay, FL

Houston Hobby, TX
$44 one-way, to/from Austin, TX
$44 one-way, to/from Corpus Christi, TX
$44 one-way, to/from Dallas Love Field, TX
$44 one-way, to/from Harlingen, TX
$69 one-way, to/from Little Rock, AR
$69 one-way, to/from Midland/Odessa, TX
$69 one-way, to/from Oklahoma City, OK
$44 one-way, to/from San Antonio, TX
$89 one-way, to/from St. Louis, MO
$69 one-way, to/from Tulsa, OK

Indianapolis, IN
$99 one-way, to/from Baltimore, MD (BWI)
$44 one-way, to/from Chicago Midway, IL
$59 one-way, to/from Cleveland, OH

Jackson, MS
$89 one-way, to/from Baltimore, MD (BWI)

Jacksonville, FL
$44 one-way, to/from Ft. Lauderdale, FL
$59 one-way, to/from Philadelphia, PA
$59 one-way, to/from Pittsburgh, PA
$44 one-way, to/from Tampa Bay, FL

Kansas City, MO
$49 one-way, to/from Dallas Love Field, TX
$59 one-way, to/from Las Vegas, NV
$59 one-way, to/from Nashville, TN
$44 one-way, to/from Oklahoma City, OK
$79 one-way, to/from Orlando, FL
$44 one-way, to/from St. Louis, MO

Las Vegas, NV
$59 one-way, to/from Denver, CO
$59 one-way, to/from Kansas City, MO
$79 one-way, to/from Oakland, CA
$44 one-way, to/from Tucson, AZ

Little Rock, AR
$89 one-way, to/from Amarillo, TX
$69 one-way, to/from Austin, TX
$44 one-way, to/from Dallas Love Field, TX
$69 one-way, to/from Houston Hobby, TX
$89 one-way, to/from Lubbock, TX
$79 one-way, to/from Midland/Odessa, TX
$79 one-way, to/from Oklahoma City, OK
$69 one-way, to/from San Antonio, TX
$49 one-way, to/from Tulsa, OK

Long Island/Islip, NY
$59 one-way, to/from Ft. Myers, FL
$59 one-way, to/from Tampa Bay, FL
$59 one-way, to/from West Palm Beach, FL

Los Angeles, CA
$59 one-way, to/from Oakland, CA
$44 one-way, to/from Sacramento, CA
$59 one-way, to/from San Jose, CA
   

Louisville, KY
$69 one-way, to/from Baltimore, MD (BWI)
$44 one-way, to/from Chicago Midway, IL
$44 one-way, to/from St. Louis, MO

Lubbock, TX
$89 one-way, to/from Amarillo, TX
$49 one-way, to/from Austin, TX
$44 one-way, to/from Dallas Love Field, TX
$44 one-way, to/from El Paso, TX
$89 one-way, to/from Little Rock, AR
$59 one-way, to/from Midland/Odessa, TX
$79 one-way, to/from Oklahoma City, OK
$69 one-way, to/from San Antonio, TX
$89 one-way, to/from Tulsa, OK

Manchester, NH
$89 one-way, to/from Columbus, OH
$89 one-way, to/from Orlando, FL
$44 one-way, to/from Philadelphia, PA
$94 one-way, to/from Pittsburgh, PA
$59 one-way, to/from Tampa Bay, FL

Midland/Odessa, TX
$89 one-way, to/from Amarillo, TX
$49 one-way, to/from Austin, TX
$44 one-way, to/from Dallas Love Field, TX
$44 one-way, to/from El Paso, TX
$69 one-way, to/from Houston Hobby, TX
$79 one-way, to/from Little Rock, AR
$59 one-way, to/from Lubbock, TX
$69 one-way, to/from Oklahoma City, OK
$69 one-way, to/from San Antonio, TX
$69 one-way, to/from Tulsa, OK

Nashville, TN
$79 one-way, to/from Baltimore, MD (BWI)
$44 one-way, to/from Birmingham, AL
$49 one-way, to/from Chicago Midway, IL
$59 one-way, to/from Cleveland, OH
$79 one-way, to/from Detroit, MI
$59 one-way, to/from Kansas City, MO
$69 one-way, to/from Philadelphia, PA

Norfolk, VA
$44 one-way, to/from Baltimore, MD (BWI)
$99 one-way, to/from Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Oakland, CA
$59 one-way, to/from Burbank, CA
$79 one-way, to/from Las Vegas, NV
$59 one-way, to/from Los Angeles, CA
$59 one-way, to/from Ontario, CA
$44 one-way, to/from Reno/Tahoe, NV

Oklahoma City, OK
$89 one-way, to/from Amarillo, TX
$69 one-way, to/from Austin, TX
$44 one-way, to/from Dallas Love Field, TX
$89 one-way, to/from El Paso, TX
$69 one-way, to/from Houston Hobby, TX
$44 one-way, to/from Kansas City, MO
$79 one-way, to/from Little Rock, AR
$79 one-way, to/from Lubbock, TX
$69 one-way, to/from Midland/Odessa, TX
$69 one-way, to/from San Antonio, TX

Omaha, NE
$44 one-way, to/from Chicago Midway, IL
$44 one-way, to/from St. Louis, MO

Ontario, CA
$59 one-way, to/from Oakland, CA
$44 one-way, to/from Phoenix, AZ
$59 one-way, to/from Sacramento, CA
$59 one-way, to/from San Jose, CA

Orlando, FL
$59 one-way, to/from Albany, NY
$69 one-way, to/from Buffalo, NY
$44 one-way, to/from Ft. Lauderdale, FL
$59 one-way, to/from Hartford, CT (BDL)
$79 one-way, to/from Kansas City, MO
$89 one-way, to/from Manchester, NH
$99 one-way, to/from Pittsburgh, PA
$59 one-way, to/from Providence, RI
$79 one-way, to/from Raleigh-Durham, NC
$89 one-way, to/from St. Louis, MO

Philadelphia, PA
$59 one-way, to/from Ft. Lauderdale, FL
$44 one-way, to/from Hartford, CT (BDL)
$59 one-way, to/from Jacksonville, FL
$44 one-way, to/from Manchester, NH
$69 one-way, to/from Nashville, TN
$44 one-way, to/from Pittsburgh, PA
$44 one-way, to/from Providence, RI
$59 one-way, to/from West Palm Beach, FL

Phoenix, AZ
$44 one-way, to/from Albuquerque, NM
$44 one-way, to/from Denver, CO
$44 one-way, to/from Ontario, CA

Pittsburgh, PA
$49 one-way, to/from Hartford, CT (BDL)
$59 one-way, to/from Jacksonville, FL
$94 one-way, to/from Manchester, NH
$99 one-way, to/from Orlando, FL
$44 one-way, to/from Philadelphia, PA
$49 one-way, to/from Providence, RI
$99 one-way, to/from Tampa Bay, FL
$59 one-way, to/from West Palm Beach, FL

Portland, OR
$44 one-way, to/from Boise, ID
$49 one-way, to/from Reno/Tahoe, NV

Providence, RI
$59 one-way, to/from Orlando, FL
$44 one-way, to/from Philadelphia, PA
$49 one-way, to/from Pittsburgh, PA
$59 one-way, to/from Tampa Bay, FL

Raleigh-Durham, NC
$99 one-way, to/from Chicago Midway, IL
$79 one-way, to/from Orlando, FL

Reno/Tahoe, NV
$44 one-way, to/from Oakland, CA
$49 one-way, to/from Portland, OR
$44 one-way, to/from San Jose, CA

Sacramento, CA
$59 one-way, to/from Burbank, CA
$44 one-way, to/from Los Angeles, CA
$59 one-way, to/from Ontario, CA

Salt Lake City, UT
$44 one-way, to/from Boise, ID
$44 one-way, to/from Denver, CO

San Antonio, TX
$69 one-way, to/from Amarillo, TX
$44 one-way, to/from Dallas Love Field, TX
$69 one-way, to/from El Paso, TX
$44 one-way, to/from Houston Hobby, TX
$69 one-way, to/from Little Rock, AR
$69 one-way, to/from Lubbock, TX
$69 one-way, to/from Midland/Odessa, TX
$69 one-way, to/from Oklahoma City, OK
$69 one-way, to/from Tulsa, OK

San Jose, CA
$59 one-way, to/from Burbank, CA
$59 one-way, to/from Los Angeles, CA
$59 one-way, to/from Ontario, CA
$44 one-way, to/from Reno/Tahoe, NV

Seattle/Tacoma, WA
$44 one-way, to/from Boise, ID
$44 one-way, to/from Spokane, WA

Spokane, WA
$44 one-way, to/from Boise, ID
$44 one-way, to/from Seattle/Tacoma, WA

St. Louis, MO
$49 one-way, to/from Dallas Love Field, TX
$89 one-way, to/from Houston Hobby, TX
$44 one-way, to/from Kansas City, MO
$44 one-way, to/from Louisville, KY
$44 one-way, to/from Omaha, NE
$89 one-way, to/from Orlando, FL
$49 one-way, to/from Tulsa, OK

Tampa Bay, FL
$89 one-way, to/from Columbus, OH
$89 one-way, to/from Detroit, MI
$44 one-way, to/from Ft. Lauderdale, FL
$59 one-way, to/from Hartford, CT (BDL)
$44 one-way, to/from Jacksonville, FL
$59 one-way, to/from Long Island/Islip, NY
$59 one-way, to/from Manchester, NH
$99 one-way, to/from Pittsburgh, PA
$59 one-way, to/from Providence, RI
$44 one-way, to/from West Palm Beach, FL

Tucson, AZ
$44 one-way, to/from Albuquerque, NM
$44 one-way, to/from Las Vegas, NV

Tulsa, OK
$69 one-way, to/from Amarillo, TX
$69 one-way, to/from Austin, TX
$44 one-way, to/from Dallas Love Field, TX
$99 one-way, to/from El Paso, TX
$69 one-way, to/from Houston Hobby, TX
$49 one-way, to/from Little Rock, AR
$89 one-way, to/from Lubbock, TX
$69 one-way, to/from Midland/Odessa, TX
$69 one-way, to/from San Antonio, TX
$49 one-way, to/from St. Louis, MO

West Palm Beach, FL
$69 one-way, to/from Baltimore, MD (BWI)
$99 one-way, to/from Chicago Midway, IL
$59 one-way, to/from Long Island/Islip, NY
$59 one-way, to/from Philadelphia, PA
$59 one-way, to/from Pittsburgh, PA
$44 one-way, to/from Tampa Bay, FL

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General Discussion / iWPS results?

« on: May 24, 2006, 12:52:38 PM »

Is there somewhere where all of the results from iWPS 2006 is posted?

There's postings about Thursday, but other than that...nothing.

I'm asking on behalf of a fellow PSI member who needs the information.

Thanks.

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General Discussion / SUPPORT THE POETRYSLAM.COM WEBSITE

« on: March 08, 2006, 11:28:23 AM »

This request is NOT a solicitation for funds (though if you have some to give, you can donate through the online store).

This is a request for material.

Articles, newsletters, news-worthy items (as long as they're related to poetry/spoken word/slam) and material for the downloads section!!

If you are only visiting poetryslam.com to get to this board, you're missing out.

Visitor traffic has picked up dramatically over the past year and it's because of the new sections that have gone up as well as providing visitors with more content.

We now have:

- product reviews
- downloads section
- working news section (you may have to create a new password to submit a news story, but the integration of user names for the site and forum is another feature currently being worked on)
- an rss feed from gotpoetry.com
- an upcoming events calendar

If you have a separate login for poetryslam.com, use it to login and submit news stories or one of the above.

Use this site as a tool to get stuff out about poetry!!!  We need you to!! We WANT you to.  We'll be most appreciative if you do.

Thanks folks!

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General Discussion / Gordon Parks Dead (swipe)

« on: March 08, 2006, 08:31:41 AM »

Gordon Parks Dead (swipe)


 http://sify.com/movies/hollywood/fullstory.php%3Fid%3D14157888

 

 Reuters |  Wednesday, 08 March , 2006, 10:47

 Gordon Parks, the pioneering black photographer and filmmaker who
 explored the African-American experience in his work, including
 landmark movies "The Learning Tree" and "Shaft," died on Tuesday in
 New York, a relative said.

 

 Parks, 93, had been in failing health, said the nephew, Charles
 Parks, who lives in Lawrence, Kansas. Born in Fort Scott, Kansas,
 Parks was orphaned by age 15 and grew up homeless. He worked a
 variety of menial jobs before taking up photography in the late
 1930s. He joined "Life" magazine in the late 1940s and became its
 first black staff photographer, remaining with the publication
 until 1968.

 

 He worked at several government jobs as a photographer and was a
 correspondent for the U.S. Office of War Information during World
 War Two. After the war, he served for a stint as a fashion
 photographer for Vogue magazine.

 

 But it was at "Life" where he made his mark documenting the human
 consequences of intolerance and crime. He was equally at ease with
 gangsters as with cops, and he won the trust of the fiery Malcolm
 X, the militant Black Panthers and ordinary black Americans who
 lived in big cities and small, rural towns. His photo of a black
 cleaning lady, standing in front of a huge American flag, mop in
 one hand, broom in the other and a resigned look on her face,
 became one of his best known shots.

 

 "I suffered first as a child from discrimination, and poverty to a
 certain extent, bigotry in my hometown in Kansas," Parks told
 Reuters in a 2000 interview. "So I think it was a natural follow
 from that that I should use my camera to speak for people who are
 unable to speak for themselves."

 

 PHOTOS TO FILMS:He turned to filmmaking in the late 1960s, and in
 1971 directed the hit movie "Shaft," one of the first of a wave of
 "blaxploitation" films that directly targeted a black American
 audiences and typically featured exaggerated sexuality, violence
 and funk or soul music.

 

 "Shaft" starred Richard Roundtree as a police detective who was as
 street tough as he was sexy with the ladies. It spawned a hit song,
 "Theme from ''Shaft"'' by Isaac Hayes, and in 2000 was remade by
 director John Singleton with Samuel L. Jackson in the lead role.

 

 In 2000, when HBO aired a documentary on the photographer and
 moviemaker, called "Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon
 Parks," he said the two films were hard to compare.

36

General Discussion / For our gamers

« on: March 07, 2006, 07:24:06 PM »

PS3 is supposedly getting pushed back til 2007.

http://gamepro.com/sony/ps3/games/news/52488.shtml

37

General Discussion / Idiot's Guide to Slam Poetry Written Up in Bmore Paper!!

« on: April 26, 2005, 09:29:00 AM »

http://www.msuspokesman.com/news/2005/04/15/SpokenWord/Idiots.Guide.To.Slam.Poetry-933754.shtml

38

General Discussion / Proper Use of Standard English: A Question for the Writers

« on: November 30, 2004, 03:47:20 PM »

I've been thinking about this for a long time, so I wanted to know what others thought.  

1. Do you think that we, as writers, have a responsibility to use ourselves as exemplary examples of how to use the English Language?

2. Do you think that it is important to use the proper spelling/grammar/word & applications regarding the rules of Standard English if one is to consider themselves an intelligible writer?

39

General Discussion / Cell Phone Justice

« on: October 19, 2004, 05:28:43 PM »

That'll show em!

http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/10/19/store.rampage.ap/index.html

Tuesday, October 19, 2004 Posted: 9:33 AM EDT (1333 GMT)
   
FARGO, North Dakota (AP) -- A man who stripped to the waist, put on safety goggles and tore up a Verizon Wireless store after complaining of bad phone service has been sentenced to 60 days in jail.

Jason Perala, 22, pleaded guilty Monday to felony criminal mischief and misdemeanor assault in the rampage the company said cost it more than $20,000 in broken equipment and lost sales.

The 5-foot-11, 200-pound former college wrestler said he had intended to only scream at the store workers, but when he tried to throw his cell phone against a wall, it hit a worker in the shoulder.

He continued to destroy merchandise for several minutes while workers locked themselves in an office.

The judge also sentenced Perala, of Fargo, to one year of supervised probation and $1,200 of restitution.

"I want to apologize; I'm sorry," Perala said after his sentencing. "I gotta change my ways a little bit."

Perala, who before the May incident had no criminal record, was arrested three more times during the summer on charges relating to disorderly conduct. He received fines, unsupervised probation and suspended jail sentences in those cases.

Copyright 2004 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed

40

General Discussion / Lorrie Nicholson has passed away

« on: August 26, 2004, 12:09:08 PM »

For those of you who knew Elle (web mistress for www.eliterarycafe.com  a site run out of Florida), Will Bell posted the announcement to the Southern Fried List Serv, that she was taken from us last night.

There is an article about this unfortunate incident online, but I'm unsure of the details.

41

General Discussion / Please send prayers...

« on: August 10, 2004, 11:08:17 AM »

Hey folks.

I know that last week was not what anyone really wants to describe in a good fashion.

I know a lot of us are probably (ok...not probably...but definitely) pissed to the upteenth level at the organizers of NPS as well as some, if not all of PSI, but I am calling for prayers regardless.

Daniel Brewster, one of the organizers for NPS 2004, has been very ill.  Even though he has been very ill, he's been burning the candle at both ends trying to be there for this tournament as well as other events he had going on simultaneously last week, which is why you didn't always see him at the tournament. He's done this against the advice of his doctors who have told him he needs to rest.  He tried to be everywhere he could, but didn't always succeed.  He has a slew of medical problems (physical health related) that have all hit him while trying to organize last week's event. He has been seeing new doctors, talking to lawyers in regard to misdiagnoses from previous doctors, as well as trying to get on with life as he knows it.  During the week of NPS (and possibly sooner), Daniel began experiencing numbness in different areas of his face and body. Because of the type of illness he already has, his doctors are concerned that it may be developing into another disease, but they are not certain.

I know that we are all still angry about the things that did not go successfully last week, and we could blame everyone and their mamma for the things that went wrong, but no one deserves to have as many medical burdens as Daniel has had to encounter recently.

So please, if you are a praying person ... or know praying people, please put him in your prayers.  We all need to support each other and if we truly are a "family" then now's the time to pull together to support one of our own.

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General Discussion / New PSI-MEMBERS Sign In Here!!

« on: August 09, 2004, 05:20:09 PM »

To gain access to the private PSi Members forum, you need to submit a form.

You must be logged in to the forum.

Click HERE

You will see a list of "Available Groups" with links to request membership. Click request membership on the PSi members group.

In the request, please put your name, Slam Name, and location in that thread. Like this:

Code: [Select]

Slammaster: Erik Daniel (aka StageName)
Slam Name: Ann Arbor Poetry Slam (if any)

Put your legal name there and your stage name, the requests are not public.

Once that is done, and email will automagically be sent to the mods, and they will confirm your status and give you access.

If you have questions or problems, post here.

Thanks.

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General Discussion / Website Update - National Poetry Slam

« on: July 16, 2004, 07:18:40 AM »

Peace folks.

The Day events schedule has been added to the NPS websites.

The Bout schedule was corrected (thank, McIver!!) to reflect the right order of bouts on the second night.

If you happen to be on a team that does not have the members' names listed, please have the slam master for your team email me at delricaa@yahoo.com to let me know!

See you all in a couple of weeks!

You can view the website at:

www.nationalpoetryslam.com or www.nps2004stlouis.com

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General Discussion / Volunteer Form for NPS 2004 WORKS!!!

« on: June 26, 2004, 10:28:19 AM »

Just wanted to let you all know that as of his morning, the volunteer form is working.

You can now sign up to volunteer for NPS 2004 by visiting either www.nationalpoetryslam.com or www.nps2004stlouis.com

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General Discussion / Volunteer form on NPS Site is NOT Working

« on: June 05, 2004, 03:03:56 PM »

Yup, we're aware of it and working to get that fixed.

Sorry for the delay!

In the meantime, if you're interested in volunteering, email dbrewster@dimbyville.com and mikeo@dimbyville.com with the subject "Volunteering for NPS 2004" to let them know what you would like to Volunteer for.

Sorry for the inconvenience!