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»Irish Arts Center
Founded over 30 years ago, the Irish Arts Center remains one of New York's leading non-profit organizations. This inviting three-story building just outside the Theater district, combines various aspects of Irish culture for all to enjoy. Irish film, theater, music, dance, language, history, literature, visual arts, and more are made accessible to people of all backgrounds and ages. The IAC offers a wide range of instructional Irish culture classes and features performances in its beautiful 99-seat theater.
»La Boîte
La Boîte, the brainchild of chef Lior Lev Sercarz, dealing exclusively with spices and biscuits, is located in Manhattan's Hell Kitchen neighborhood. The inception of La Boîte began dates back to 2006, when Sercarz created a range of French biscuits. His travels around the world enabled him to get acquainted with various spices. Finally in 2011 he could boast of his own store where visitors can purchase not only his creations but also imported spices. But this place turned out to be more than just a spice and biscuit shop, it also functions as an art gallery with a rotating collection of works on display.
»Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum
Walk the deck of the 900-foot (274-meter) aircraft carrier Intrepid, best known for its role in World War II, and witness thought-provoking exhibits on aviation as well as deep sea and space exploration. Tour a submarine and take a virtual flight, in addition to viewing vintage and modern airplanes parked wing to wing. The interactive programs and events are designed for all ages and guarantee an educational yet fun experience. The stunning interiors and the panoramic views on the outside make The Intrepid a must-visit.
»Affirmation Arts
Affirmation Arts is truly dedicated to the development and growth of fine arts. This venue holds a number of exhibitions and displays by many famous as well as amateur artists. The contemporary architecture and decor adds to the beauty of this place. It houses studios, galleries and office spaces that are available on rent. The venue is quiet spacious and is well maintained. The events calender is usually full with a number of events lined up, it's advisable to call up in advance to inquire about specific shows.
»Discovery Times Square
Discovery Times Square carries the baton of the Discovery group that works towards giving you great experiences. With a rotating group of exhibitions related to history, science, astronomy, entertainment and more, visitors will love being immersed in the fascinating displays. Past exhibits have delved into the topics of King Tut, Leonardo da Vinci, the Titanic, Pompei, even Harry Potter! Discovery Times Square truly has something for everyone.
»Ripley's Believe It or Not!
When it comes to bizarre, Ripley's Believe It or Not!, located in Times Square, needs no introduction. The widely popular museum, fittingly called the "Odditorium", houses some of the strangest artifacts and oddities you'll ever come across. From unexplained ancient relics to strange modern day wonders, the objects on display are bound to intrigue one and all. Apart from the artifacts, the museum also hosts a number of live performances featuring magicians, sword eaters and other quirky performers with the common theme being strange. Visitors can browse the museum at a leisurely pace to observe the close to 500 artifacts on display. The Odd Shop located within the museum is a great place for souvenirs.
»Madame Tussauds New York
Set sail with Captain Jack Sparrow, audition for Simon Cowell and dance with Beyonce! Madame Tussauds takes you beyond your wildest dreams and makes you the star of the show! The life-like wax statues crafted by the experts at the museums will have you questioning if you're actually photographing just a statue. Sing, dance and mingle with over 200 wax celebrities in a 85,000 square feet (7896.76 square meters) space of interactive entertainment located in the heart of Times Square.
»Museum of Arts & Design
This Manhattan museum is housed in a modern building with a resemblance to that of a Tetris game. All aspects of design, and every medium of art, are represented at this impressive museum. Whether it's architecture, interior design, fashion or folk crafts, the collections here encompass much of American object art. The museum also offers a wide range of workshops, programs and tours, giving anyone a chance to join in, whether you're an art student or a casual visitor.
»Art Students League of New York
Located in a historic building since 1892, the Arts Students League has nurtured artists for over a century. Offering classes and studio space, the history of the New York art world is ever present here past students, instructors and lecturers have included Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Roy Lichtenstein, Childe Hassam and Georgia O'Keefe. The second floor gallery houses their permanent collection, as well as rotating exhibitions. The concourse exhibits works by League students.
»Museum of Biblical Art (MOBIA)
Do not worry if you are at a loss for words, it happens regularly here. A trip here will give you a glimpse of how interesting scriptures can be. Get a visual image of familiar Biblical parlance and study the Jewish lifestyle way back when the Son of God split time (BC & AD). And if you do not understand the display, the museum staff will be glad to help you.
»Garrett Studio
Garrett Studio at The Barrow Group Theater Company is an out and out surreal world of paintings that have a nihilistic edge to them. You pick any painting here, and you would be able to draw an immediate aggressive hint to it. Though not everybody likes such strong and bold paintings, some, who do like them are staunch patrons indeed! Paying a visit here would be a great idea. Check website or call them for more details on current and upcoming events.
»International Center of Photography
The International Center of Photography (ICP) was founded by photojournalist Cornell Capa in 1974. Now located on a dynamic two-part campus in midtown Manhattan, it stands amongst the nation's foremost museums dedicated to preserving the past and ensuring the future of art photography. With approximately 15 exhibitions each year, ICP presents an extensive array of historical and contemporary images by some of the most talented photographers in the world. The School of the International Center of Photography fosters study of the history, techniques, aesthetics and practices of photography in a wide range of programs. Check website for more details.


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Project "Holly"
Well i got a 1994 YJ in march of last year, wheeled that, broke alot and it got alot bigger, about 8 inches with 33s. Well last week I picked up a 2000 TJ with 102k, 4.0. Thats the good, the bad is it has bent control arms, crushed fenders and bald tires. So im selling the YJ for 5500 and putting all that money into the TJ.
Future goals: Rubicon Express 5.5 Long Arms 35x12.5x15 BFG KM2 15x8 Cragar Street Locks Slip Yoke Eliminator CV Shaft Rubi Dana 44 Rear High Pinion Dana 30 Go savvy Poison Spyder Stinger, rockers, steering skid Front Lunchbox Locker The YJ: http://i893.photobucket.com/albums/a...e/8bb8830d.jpg The TJ: http://i893.photobucket.com/albums/a...e/840bbf83.jpg |
Chopped the fenders to start:
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Black fenders, new wipers, painted bezels, new headlight:
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what a piece hahaha we need to be bigger lol
Finished both sides, took the front end apart:
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Nice progress so far. Cant wait to see it built!
thanks, i was thinking about getting the bb spacers and shocks for now and just putting my 33s on it, how do you like it?
i hope an alignment is in your future! before you put newer tires on it.
hahah yeah, some lady had it before me and drove it into a ditch, then I guess drove it around for awhile after until her LCA completely broke and the shop she had it at quoted everything at 5000 so she sold it to me for 600.
haha yeah 600 bucks, 2000 TJ, 102k, only problem is the front axle(which I have a HP30 from my yj) that will be going in and fenders, which I chopped
It came with full and half doors, hard and soft top which I could sell just that for so much more. Some other stuff it came with was sub, amp, pioneer headunit and soundbar. |
What a deal. A BB and 33s sounds legit.
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The third series of Doctor Who is full of new thrills, new laughs, new heartbreak and some terrifying new monsters. From the moment the Doctor walks into the life of medical student Martha Jones he changes it forever. In Elizabethan London, they meet William Shakespeare at the Globe Theatre while back in present day London 76-year-old Professor Lazarus recaptures his youth with consequences that threaten Marthas entire family. And, the Doctors sworn enemies, the Daleks, who have been hiding in 1930s New York, return with a terrifying plan for humanity.
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The inner horse – and your fictional character's true nature
Posted by Roz Morris @Roz_Morris in How to write a book on January 18, 2015
I was teaching a masterclass at The Guardian yesterday and we were discussing characters. One of my students said this:
'I think of my characters as horses.'
To be honest, I couldn't believe my ears. If you know me on Facebook and Twitter, you'll know I'm rather fond of the equine breed, so when one of my students said 'I think of my characters as horses', I thought I was still in bed at home, waiting for the alarm.
Not as mad as it seems
But she went on to explain. She ran a carriage-driving centre, and found that all of her horses were such different temperaments they were a great basis for building fictional characters.
Stay with me here, because it makes glorious sense. One of the fundamentals of a character is what they're like in the core of their soul, the things they can't fake or change. Whether they're bold in new situations, whether they feel safer following the crowd or prefer to be in charge, what kind of personalities annoy them, whether there are bad past experiences that have left scars, whether they're naturally friendly or touchy-feely, or prefer to keep to themselves, whether they're gentle or insensitive.
If you hang around horses a lot – and, I can imagine, dogs – you're used to the company of a creature that can't pretend. It always shows the material they're made of. Then if we start to imagine those behaviours translated into a human character, who might try to cover them up, and whose life might make more complex demands…
The Johari Window
Indeed, this is not unlike the Johari Window, which can be useful for designing characters. It's a grid, split into four, in which you write:
- the things the character and everyone else knows
- the things only the character knows
- the things everyone else knows but the character doesn't
- the things that are unknown – the traits, fears, and feelings that no one suspects.
These last two are where we can have most fun with the character: the impulses that drive them, behaviours they are not in control of, and make them complex and interesting.
That's the horse self. (And a nice excuse for me to include a picture of my own Lifeform Three.)
Use this to write a character who is very different from your own personality
Another student asked how to write a character who is very different from you.
This is where advice to 'write what you know' seems somewhat unhelpful. If we followed it we wouldn't write murderers, queens, abuse victims, abusers, fatally jealous people, talented artists, heiresses, politicians, housemaids in Victorian houses, wizards…
On the other hand, 'writing what you know' is the place to start. All characters will have certain traits that we can relate to. Again, these come back to very simple impulses. What do they want to protect? What makes them feel threatened? What gives them joy and release? What makes them feel safe? If you start with those, you can find your way into most characters.
There are more tips for your fictional people in Writing Characters Who'll Keep Readers Captivated: Nail Your Novel.
Do you have any off-the-wall tips for getting to the hidden depths in a character? All pets welcome.
Publish or selfpublish? Advice for the 2014 writer
Posted by Roz Morris @Roz_Morris in How to write a book on March 3, 2014
This post is a tad late as I've had an oversubscribed weekend, first hosting a workshop at the London Author Fair and then teaching at the Guardian selfpublishing masterclass. In all that whirl I've met a lot of writers and would-be selfpublishers and thought I'd share some of the advice I gave most frequently.
1 Whether you intend to go indie or not, learn about selfpublishing
– then you'll know how to weigh up the value of a publishing deal. As well as the money (which usually won't cover the time you spent writing), a publisher offers editorial guidance, copy editing and proof reading, cover design as appropriate for the audience, print book preparation, publicity using their contacts and reputation, print distribution.
As I've said in this blog post, all of that is services that indie authors do for themselves. Some (not all) are easy to source and manage. Some can't even be priced, like the publisher's reputation. But if you have tried to produce a quality book yourself, you'll have a realistic idea of the value a publisher adds – or whether you can do well without them.
Some of that value might be emotional – the confidence that everything has been done properly and a sense of validation. These may not be as guaranteed as you think. There are always traditionally published writers who sell enough to be looked after well by publishers, and others who decide they are better as indies.
But the more you know about selfpublishing, the more you can assess a publisher's value as a partner.
2 It isn't either-or.
Whether you start as indie or traditionally published, you won't always stay that way.
Traditionally published authors might leave their publishers (or be dropped) and go it alone. They might reissue their backlist or publish in co-operatives with other authors. Indie authors might begin on their own, then strike a deal. Some do all of it concurrently (hybrid authors), choosing what's best for each project. Some publishers are experimenting with partnering deals – a different beast again.
There are also rights that are much better exploited with help – particularly translations. A few months ago I was emailed by a literary scout because a Spanish publisher was curious about My Memories of a Future Life. If anything more transpires I'll blog about it (you bet I will), but these are opportunities I'd welcome a publisher for. (Any other offers, I'm all ears!)
Publishing and selfpublishing is now a spectrum. Most writers will zip up and down it, according to where a project fits.
3 Selfpublishing your first book
Don't be in a rush! Although modern selfpublishing tools let you revise and tweak a naive edition, you cannot edit your reputation.
Most first-time writers map out a schedule for publishing their book, but don't appreciate how long it will take them to work through issues found by the developmental editor. With first books I often recommend extensive changes and rethinks, or find the writer needs to grasp a technique better – but they've already made a plan to get the book onto Kindle in just a month.
What makes it worse is when they see their writer crowd posting on Facebook or Twitter about rattling through their drafts, launch dates etc. I have three things to say about that:
1 These writers might be well practised and on their umpteenth book
2 They might be fibbing (surely not)
3 They might be about to release a book before it's fit to be published.
I said this yesterday to my Guardian masterclass: when you're making a schedule for publication, think of your first book as your training wheels. Until you've had the editor's report you don't know how much work your manuscript needs. For subsequent books, you'll work smarter, you'll have a sharper technique and you'll be able to gauge how long everything will take. But don't make a timetable for your first book and then discover you haven't left enough weeks – or months – for a thorough edit.
And this: don't be swayed by someone else's schedule. Find the schedule that fits you.
Thanks for the pics, Official US Navy Imagery, Joanna Penn and London Author Fair
What advice would you give to the 2014 writer? Let's share in the comments
Clashing tones: a peril when we spend a long time writing a book
Posted by Roz Morris @Roz_Morris in How to write a book on February 16, 2014
I see a lot of manuscripts by writers who tell me they've been honing their book for years, sometimes even decades. Often these are first novels, slowly maturing as the writer feels their way – not just with that story's material but with all the controls of their writing craft, and the influences they're absorbing from other fiction they read. Even their idea of what kind of writer they are might change.
And quite often, I can see these phases in the novel itself, like a Frankenstein monster. In some paragraphs the narrator sprouts a personality, and starts to present a humorous view of proceedings that wasn't in the narrative before. Sometimes the plot events or dialogue abruptly switch to the conventions of a different genre, or the writer's vision for the characters seems to change from tragic to dreamy.
When I flag them in my report, the writer usually says that the line or section came from an earlier version, or they were unsure whether to include it or not.
Mood to mood
It's inevitable that we'll write or edit in different moods from one day to the next. That's fine; we're not machines, after all. And we often get our best revelations from messing and experimenting. But we don't want to develop a patchwork of tones.
One of the many things we must do as we edit is to create an even tone to give the reader a consistent experience – or at least make sure we don't change it unintentionally. That doesn't mean we can't create characters who are contradictory or multifaceted. Or narrative styles that are flexible and supple. But we must watch out for the moments when our narrative veers too far from variety and we have slipped into a different version of the book.
This is difficult to spot. If we've been working on a book for a long time, we'll have got used to assembling it piecemeal from bits we like. As we read through, we know what it all means and we don't realise when we're giving the reader an unwanted mental gear change. We become tone deaf to our book.
We need to edit with an awareness of this moment. If at any point we catch ourselves making a mental hop to process a sentence, this could be because its tone doesn't quite belong.
This kind of editing is usually only possible in the late stages of the novel, when we're happy and have stopped experimenting. It isn't until then that we have the coherent vision of our work, the deep knowledge of what we are trying to do, and therefore the certainty to feel when something fits and something doesn't. Or, indeed, the strength to let go of the parts that don't fit – the evergoing purge of darlings.
But if you learn to recognise the shadows of former versions of your novel, you'll give the reader a smoother ride.
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NEWS If anyone's in or near London, I'm teaching in the one-day Guardian self-publishing seminar, along with Joanna Penn, Orna Ross, Ben Galley and Polly Courtney. Funnily enough, most of them have been or will be guests on The Undercover Soundtrack – except for Joanna, who writes to the sound of rain. I'm working on her to write me an Underwater Soundtrack. I'm teaching the module on print books, and other modules include marketing, formatting and using social media.
Back to tone! Do you have problems with your novels shifting tone? How have you solved them? Let's discuss
From 'To do' to 'Done' – confessions of an organised author
Posted by Roz Morris @Roz_Morris in How to write a book, The writing business on December 8, 2013
I've had a question from Samantha Warren, who saw me at the Get Read conference, where publishing journalist Porter Anderson was interviewing me for a session on reaching readers. Some of the discussion was about balancing all the demands in our lives – social media and promotion versus the writing and production of books. In reply, I waved a notebook that I use to keep myself organised, not to mention sane.
Samantha has emailed: First, where did you get that fabulous notebook? Second, how do you organize your to-do list using the notebook? I have post-its everywhere! Any advice you might have for a disorganised amateur would be greatly appreciated.
First things first. The notebook was a freebie at the London Book Fair 2011; a dummy book with blank pages produced by print company CPI Books to advertise their services. They'd probably be pleased to know it's standing up well to daily use.
I have pages for:
Guest posts I've agreed to write, including deadlines if these have been agreed, or the date they were requested so I don't leave them too long
Post ideas for this blog (that's another one crossed off… crossing off is incredibly satisfying, so you must do this)
Consultancy enquiries and bookings, with dates
Events checklist – I refer to this if I have a reading or an event, to make sure I take everything I need. It includes printout of speech or prompts on notecards; backup on Kindle; copies of my books; Moo cards; pens for signing (my handwriting is so dreadful that my signature only looks right in cheap Bic biros….); camera.
WIP reading lists – each book gets a separate page: The Mountains Novel; The Venice Novel; The Flying Novel. That one's just hatched, after a conversation I had with a gentleman who came to a signing and wanted to talk about My Memories of a Future Life.
WIP launch notes – again, one page for each book, including bloggers who've expressed an interest, reviewers, Twitter folks and websites on related subjects who are worth approaching.
Blog and website tweaks – I'm always thinking of improvements I could make to this blog, my writer website and The Red Blog. Fiddling with websites is a great way to fritter away your hours, so I wait until I've got a purposeful list, then work my way through it. And cross things off.
Special projects – when I redesigned the cover of Nail Your Novel I made a special page for all the fiddly jobs I'd have to do, such as redesign the livery on the blog, websites I needed to update.
Style guide for the Nail Your Novel print books – as the books are a series, they need to follow a consistent format. Crossheads (including their spacing), title page, copyright page and so on are uniform in all the titles. So that I don't have to open the previous book and pick through the typesetting menus, I wrote out a house style page.
Which brings me to ….
When I ran an editorial department I had a big ledger that was a schedule for the entire imprint's output. Every stage of a book's production process was listed so that nothing got missed: Copy commissioned; art department briefed; interior design approved; copy in; copy edited; 1st proof; 2nd proof etc. When you have 30 titles on the go at once, you utterly believe in systems.
If you're not self-publishing you won't need this, but if you are, you might find it useful. I don't tend to chart the writing stages (eg first draft, beat sheet, edit, beta readers etc), but I do list the publishing nitty gritty. This is just a selection:
- Cover finalised
- Proper images bought (it's easy to let watermarked roughs slip through on a PDF because you get used to looking at them)
- Book on Kindle
- Book on Kobo
- Book on Smashwords
- Spine finalised
- Index done
- Page numbers taken off prelims for book interior (title pages etc shouldn't have folios)
- Back cover copy written
- Back cover fully designed.
I also keep track of other places I need to update once the book is published:
- Recent Releases page
- What's Next page
- website images and headers
- teasers inside the other books
- Goodreads
- Amazon author pages
- group blogs I need to inform etc.
So that's my to-do book. Is there nothing a blogger won't post about? Here are my writing scarves.
EXCITING NEWS! A while ago, The Guardian Newspaper asked readers to nominate their favourite self-published books. Out of 3200 authors, they featured 34 that were featuring frequently – and My Memories of a Future Life was one of them!
I was so thrilled to see my book made the list, so I'd like to say enormous, heartfelt thank-yous to everyone who took the trouble to nominate me. I'm still grinning.
In the meantime, tell me: how do you keep track of your to-do list? Share in the comments!
Create your characters from different moulds
Posted by Roz Morris @Roz_Morris in Creating a character, How to write a book on April 7, 2013
I'm somewhat preoccupied with characters as I'm finishing NYN 2: Bring Characters To Life. I've recently read two novels with several main characters – one that made them real and the other that didn't. I thought it would be interesting to compare the key differences.
The former is Ruth Rendell's The Keys To The Street, which uses several points of view, all with their own internal identity. The shaky one is The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas. It follows eight separate people but they all sound exactly the same.
Briefly, The Keys To The Street is about a handful of characters in Regent's Park, London, whose lives intersect over one summer. The Slap begins as an extended family gathers for a suburban barbeque. One of the children gets out of hand and one of the other parents gives it a slap. There is uproar and the novel explores the ripples.
In both, the narration is close third person, so although the 'I' pronoun isn't used we're following the thoughts and feelings of each individual.
Rendell is good at characters who sound distinct on the page. Their vocabulary, thought processes and speech rhythms make them into separate, recognisable people. Tsiolkas's dialogue, both quoted and internal, sounds like it all comes from the same person.
Characters might sound similar because they come from the same culture and social milieu. But even so, there can be individual variation from the characters' different natures. In the simplest terms, some would be introvert and some extravert. Some will see the glass as half-full. The emotions and urges behind their speech and thoughts would not be the same.
In The Slap they all have similar levels of aggression and introspection. In The Keys To The Street, there are several characters who are homeless or nearly homeless, but each has their own internal landscape. Some feel persecuted, some are tragically numbed.
Indeed, characters in the same milieu have many reasons not to be similar. They might have an assortment of occupations, which would make them tackle a variety of life problems and people.
In The Slap we potentially have these, but none of the differences are used. The TV scriptwriter sounds just like the civil servant and the businessman. In The Keys To The Street, the girl who works in the museum has different daily influences from the former butler who walks everyone's dogs. These environments shine through their vocabulary and the comparisons they use. Their back stories are also vastly different, which affect how much each of them will trust other characters. Again, the girl in the museum believes good of people whereas the dog-walker suspects nasty motives in everyone.
Behaviour in extremis
Sequences of anger, sex and other kinds of extremis should tear the characters' masks off. They should show us who they really are.
In The Slap, all the characters default to one pattern of behaviour when upset or emotional. They want to smash things or people. They brood on conversations and wish they had hit the offending person, pummelled their faces, grabbed them by the hair and shouted obscenities at them. When they curse, which they all do plenty of, they use the same words. Readers really notice when all the characters have the same curse personality. When they have sex, they all have the same preferences and urges.
In The Keys To The Street, the characters react according to their personalities, even when roused to the same emotion. When angry, the mentally unbalanced drug addict uses violence. The dog-walker resorts to blackmail or spits (or worse) in his employer's tea. The museum curator's former boyfriend is also violent, but immediately regretful. One emotion: three individual ways to handle it.
Other private moments
Other private moments can be very revealing. In The Slap, many of the characters are inclined to look at their reflection or a body part and think about their lives. In The Keys To The Street, the characters have their diverse ways of reflecting. Many of them don't need to manufacture a specific thinking activity; they do something from their usual routine. This makes their reflective scenes different from each other. The dog walker collects his animals and does his job, meanwhile plotting and fulminating. The violent psychotic takes crack. The tragic down-and-out goes for his long walks, pushing the barrow that contains his possessions. What they do to get thinking time can be ways to differentiate their souls.
If you're interested in either of these books, here's Guardian Book Club on The Keys To The Street
And here's a review of The Slap in The London Review of Books
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Have you read other novels that handle several point-of-view characters and differentiate them well? Or conversely, novels that do it badly? Let's discuss!
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Celebrating indie publishing – guest post at Terri Giuliano Long's
Posted by Roz Morris @Roz_Morris in How to write a book, My Memories of a Future Life, self-publishing, The writing business on May 2, 2012
What do you celebrate about indie publishing? Freedom? Control? Why might someone who is represented by literary agents publish their own work?
All this week, bestselling indie author Terri Giuliano Long is holding a 'celebrate indies' event and I'm honoured she invited me as one of the guest posters. (I'm going to be dragging her here for an Undercover Soundtrack soon, about her award-winning novel In Leah's Wake.) And her timing couldn't be better because this week the UK's Guardian newspaper finally published a post admitting that there's a lot of good to be found in self-published books. (If you think so too, go and tell them!)
In the meantime, here's my rallying cry at Terri's – and you can also find out why I consider this much-editioned novel is a beacon for the indie publishing movement.
Do you think indie authors are gaining credibility? Share in the comments!
Love writing? Love the tools of the language
Posted by Roz Morris @Roz_Morris in Rewriting, self-publishing, The writing business, Writer basics 101 on March 4, 2012
Here are some terms we must stop using. 'Grammar Nazi.' 'Punctuation police.' 'Spelling snob.'
When did we start forgiving sloppiness and sneering at correctness? If you have a genuine love of the writing craft, isn't it a point of pride to get these things right?
We are writers. Our prose is our instrument. These are not stuffy, irrelevant rules. They are essential technical skills for communication.
When we get them wrong, we trip up the reader. Or we mislead, or undermine ourselves (and here let me metaphorically wave a copy of Lynne Truss's Eats Shoots and Leaves).
Yes, the reader might be able to guess what we really mean, or mentally correct it for themselves. But we shouldn't do that to them. And for every reader who shrugs off a wrong apostrophe, there's another who sees it as slovenly ignorance. (That's me, by the way. Unnecessary apostrophes make me apoplectic.)
But good grammar, spelling and punctuation go unnoticed. They aid invisibly and discreetly, like an exquisitely trained butler. They let your content speak and breathe for itself. They give your writing poise and control. Doesn't every writer want that?
I appreciate that if you don't know about it, it's daunting. But make it part of your job to find out. If schoolish tomes put you off, there are plenty of more palatable books. If you really struggle, find a beta reader who can salvage your language for you.
To turn to publishing, let's look at what happens when we don't take enough care. You may already have seen this post by British writer Anthony Horowitz in the books blog of the Guardian newspaper. Look at the comments. Look at the bile heaped on books with bad grammar, spelling and punctuation (and particularly how the commenters feel this defines self-published books). If you needed proof that writers are judged on these things, look no further.
So please – no more of the N word, the P word or the S word.
My pet hates – what are yours?
Its and it's are confused
Its means 'belonging to it'.
It's is short for 'it is'.
If you're still confused, ask yourself if you mean 'it is'. If you don't, it's probably the other one. See how easy it's?
There and their
If what you mean is 'where', the word you want is 'there'. You may also use it without any meaning of its own in a sentence such as 'if I see this mistake again there will be blood'.
If you mean 'belonging to them', you need 'their'.
So there.
Reigns and reins
A horse has reins.
A monarch reigns.
You can have a reign of terror, but on a daily basis I see: 'so-and-so took over the reigns of power'. This is wrong. They are speaking figuratively of leather straps that steer – and so the correct word is 'reins'.
I also see 'we had to reign in our spending'. That refers to an act of braking – which is done with a rein.
Nay, nay, nay.
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A Socket wrapper that provides simple framing protocol
(If you understand framing protocols and the need for them with sockets, skip this Problem/Solution section.)
When your sender writes a series of buffers to a socket, the receiver
receives data by way of on, or more, 'data'
socket events; each event with a
single Buffer
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same number of bytes will be received as was sent and in the same order, but
sockets do not guarantee the data will be received as the same chunks as
they were sent.
You need to put some data in the stream of bytes that tells the receiver when these chunks begin and end. This is called a framing protocol. Henceforth chunk will be called frame, and a frame is defined as an ordered sequence of bytes your sender transmits and receiver receives.
There are two common solutions:
Frame Separator: Put an identifier between each frame. That identifier can not occur inside the frame. Then parse each input blob of bytes looking for the identifier. Then emit an event for the received frame. Often in nodejs people are sending utf8 encoded strings of JSON objects so a common identifier is a single newline charater.
Frame Header: Put a fixed binary header at the beginning of each frame telling the receiver how many bytes are in the frame. A simple header need only be 4 bytes encoded as a unsigned 32bit integer in big-endian format (aka network order). The receiver reads this integer as the "frame length" and just reads the next "frame length" bytes off the socket as the frame.
Typically (or at least in non-dynamic languages) Frame Header solutions are faster and easier to implement. However, the V8 Javascript engine Node.js is based on has quite fast string manipulation, and the Buffer objects are a "bolt on" to the V8 engine. So scanning thru input strings for newline characters is pretty fast and splicing/joining those string similarly speedy. Splicing/joining Buffer object do not have any special optimizations. So my tests show that frames have to be on the order of 100,000 bytes long before the Frame Header method is faster.
Regardless of performance, the Frame Header approach is better if your frames do not contain only strings, and/or you do not want to enforce the Frame Separator rule that a frame may not contain the identifier.
var svr = net.createServer().listen(7000)
svr.on('connection', function(sk){
var frap = new Frap(sk)
frap.on('frame', function(bufs) {
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var msg = {cmd: "print", args: ["hello", "world"]}
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frap = new Frap(sk)
frap.on('data', function(buf) {
var recv_msg = JSON.parse(buf.toString('utf8'))
console.log("recv:", msg)
frap.end() //does not end the socket
frap.write(msg, 'utf8')
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var frap = new Frap(sk)
, basename = path.basename(FILENAME)
, namebuf = new Buffer(basename, 'utf8')
function sendFile(frap, filename, filesize) {
var rstream = fs.createReadStream(filename)
, wstream = frap.createWriteStream(filesize)
wstream.once('close', function(){
log("file, %s, sent", filename)
log("closing socket")
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frap.on('data', function (buf) {
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frap.on('header', function (rstream, framelen) {
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var dl_filename = path.join(DL_DIR, filename)
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is an optional argument. It must be an object. The following
properties are recognized:
is an boolean. If true
, buffers will not be accumulated to emit
and 'data'
events. There is two reasons for this: First, for a
large frame, megabytes or gigabytes large, the Frap
object would have to
collect the incoming Buffers until a complete frame was received. Second, in
order for a 'data'
event to be emitted those collected buffers would have
to be joined into a new, rather large, Buffer; an expensive operation.Event: 'frame'
function (bufs, framelen)
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number of bytes of the frame size and the sum of the lengths of each of the
Buffer objects in bufs
is the complement of 'frame'
Disabled if options.noframe === true
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events to stop this library from accumulating
very large number buffers in memory.
Event: 'data'
function (buf) { }
Where buf
is a single Buffer object.
events are the same as 'frame'
events except that they have
had the buffers concatenated into a single buffer. This concatenation
operation is expensive so if there is no listeners for 'data'
the concatenation will not occur.
is the complement of 'data'
Disabled if options.noframe === true
passed to constructor.
Event: 'header'
function (rstream, framelen) { }
Emitted when a header is encountered in the input stream.
Event: 'part'
function (buf, pos) { }
Emitted for each buffer in the input stream. pos
is the position where
the buffer starts within the frame.
Event: 'drain'
function () { }
Emitted when the source stream flushes all the pending writes.
Event: 'error'
function (err) { }
A simple pass thru of any 'error'
event from the input data stream.
Event: 'end'
function () { }
Emitted when end()
is called.
Event: 'close'
function (had_error) { }
Emitted when destroy()
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sendFrame(buf0, buf1, ..., bufN)
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frame length.
This is can be more efficient than concatenating these buffers and using
to send the whole large buffer as one frame.
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Write a new frame with buf.length
as the frame length.
Suspend emitting 'data'
, 'frame'
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events. It will also
call pause()
on the underlying source stream (sk
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Stop the Frap
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Create and return a RFrameStream object. Only one may exist at a time for
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Lyrita Box Set 2 (Box)4 CD / Lyrita / 2010-01-12 Works: Gordon Jacob: Symphony no 1; Daniel Jones: Dance Fantasy for orchestra; John Joubert: Symphony no 1, Op. 20; Constant Lambert: Music for Orchestra; Walter Leigh: Concertino for Harpsichord/Piano and ...Performers: Ogdon, John [Piano]; Pinnock, Trevor Conductors: Wordsworth, Barry; Thompson, Bryden; Handley, Vernon; Braithwaite, Nicholas; Downes, Edward; Davison, Arthur; Boult, Adrian; Pritchard, John; del Mar, Norman; Herrmann, Bernard; Goossens, Eugene, Sir... A box set celebrating Lyrita's 50-year devotion to British music!...continue... read more
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The Game of Life (DOS)
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The Game of Life is a real-time puzzle game.Calling itself modestly "the ultimate cell simulation", the Game of Life tries to recreate the processes inside a simple organic structure. This body consists of five different types of cells: The proto cells (the "flesh") will grow quickly and aimless, unless you border them with skin. To control proto growth, you can install control cells; they consume energy produced by support cells. Sense cells will provide you with information about the well-being of your organic entity.
The basic cells will grow all by themselves, but also rot if left unattended. Your task is control: Move or destroy unwanted cell blocks, build and link a power supply throughout the structure, prevent decay and (in later missions) virus attacks. There are 99 levels to fulfill. Early ones make you rebuild a given design; later on, you'll have to reach goals like a certain amount of energy stockpiled. The time for each mission is limited.
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UAE March inflation 4.3 pct y/y, highest since February 2009
Abu Dhabi's First Gulf Bank pulls back after Q1 earnings
Abu Dhabi March inflation rises to about 5.3 pct
UAE lender FGB Q1 net profit rises 7 pct, misses estimates
Commercial Bank of Qatar net profit falls 15.3 pct, misses forecasts
Dubai's DAMAC Q1 profit drop due to special factors
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Pan Arab spend on travel and tourism has remained on an upward trajectory, with only airlines showing a drop.
May 24, 2011 3:40 by shafeer
Ad spend on travel and tourism reached nearly $0.6 billion as the sector maintained positive growth with an eight
per cent increase in 2010.
Restaurants, contributing a 42 per cent share of spend, posted a healthy growth of 17 per cent, while spend on airlines, however, dropped by 18 per cent. Spend on resorts rose by 37 per cent while hotels reversed its downslide of 2009 with a 10 per cent growth in spend during 2010. Travel services also reversed its downslide with a healthy growth of 30 per cent in 2010.
Pan Arab media, which refers to media titles with significant reach in two or more markets, grew by 14 per cent to occupy 38 per cent of the total regional spend.
The top spending market, the UAE, kept its spot with an eight per cent increase. Kuwait is the second top spender, but posted a modest decline of four per cent in 2010, versus a 71 per cent surge in 2009. The decline, therefore, can be perceived as a healthy correction. Saudi Arabia, in third position, posted the biggest increase at 26 per cent.
Other market variations include: Egypt (+5 per cent), Qatar (-1 per cent), Jordan (+6 per cent), Lebanon (-6 per cent), Oman (+14 per cent) and Bahrain (+11 per cent).
Among major monitored media types, spending on TV surged by 13 per cent and now occupies 45 per cent of
total spend. Spend on newspaper was flat at three per cent and saw its share drop to 33 per cent in 2010, from 35 per cent in 2009. The ad spend in magazines gained 15 per cent as the medium shares 13 per cent of the total measured spend.
The top five airline spenders are Qatar Airways, Saudi Arabian Airlines, Turkish Airlines, Emirates Airlines and Egypt Air.
McDonald's, KFC and Pizza Hut are the top spenders in the fast-food section while Crowne Plaza, Sheraton and InterContinental appear as top spenders in hotels in 2010.
The ad spend in 2011 is likely to be affected by the political upheavals in the region, particularly in Egypt. As Egypt emerges from the current unrest, a huge potential lies in the market that advertisers are likely to exploit.
Spend is calculated on the media rate cards and does not account for incentives and discounts that advertisers may avail from media owners.
- Shaharyar Umar, analyst, Pan Arab Research Centre, UAE
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The Brotherhood, the group of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Mursi, says it rejected violence decades ago and believes in peaceful protest against the new, military-installed government.
The government designated it a terrorist organisation in December after the suicide car bombing of a police headquarters that killed 15 people without offering any proof of the Brotherhood's involvement in the attack.
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The US government releases its policy on so-called dual-use research involving dangerous pathogens that could be used for biological terrorist attacks.
Exercise-induced muscle metabolites protect the brain from stress-induced depression in a mouse model.
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Pacific Northwest Wrestling
Acronym | PNW |
Founded | 1925 |
Style | American Wrestling |
Headquarters | Portland, Oregon |
Founder(s) | Herb Owen |
Owner(s) | Herb Owen (1925-1942) Don Owen (1942-1992) Sandy Barr (1992-2001) Frank Culbertson (2001-2007) Don Coss (2007-present) |
Pacific Northwest Wrestling (PNW) (also known as Big Time Wrestling and Portland Wrestling) is the common name used to refer to several different professional wrestling companies, both past and present, based in Portland, Oregon, United States. The first such company (that would later become Portland Wrestling) was founded by Herb Owen in 1925.[1] It was the Northwest territory[2] of the National Wrestling Alliance from the Alliance's inception in 1948 until 1992.[3] The area was brought to its prime by Herb's son, Don Owen, and this version of Pacific Northwest Wrestling saw many of the top names in the business come through on a regular basis. The Pacific Northwest was considered one of the main pro wrestling territories from the 1960s to the 1980s.
Portland Wrestling was forced to close its doors in July 1992. The closure came as a result of a slowdown in the wrestling business during the early 1990s, a declaration of bankruptcy by Portland Wrestling's main television sponsor, and negative fallout from a shift in regulatory emphasis by the Oregon Athletic Commission. The telecasts, which originated on Portland station KPTV, ended in December 1991 and were replaced on KPTV by syndicated WWF programming.[3]
Portland Wrestling's referee Sandy Barr purchased the company from the Owen family in 1992 and continued the tradition of professional wrestling in the Pacific Northwest under the name "Championship Wrestling USA."
A new wrestling promotion emerged in 2000, calling itself "Portland Wrestling" and claiming to be a restart of the original Pacific Northwest/Portland Wrestling. It stressed a title lineage (through Len Denton) to the old NWA PNW Championships. Unlike the Don Owen promotion, the new incarnation of Portland Wrestling was not an NWA member. Due to legal problems the company's owner encountered, the promotion was forced to close down in 2007 and the owner sold his ownership rights to former announcer Don Coss. Coss, in conjunction with Roddy Piper, one of Owen's biggest latter-day stars and a Portland-area resident, launched a new promotion in 2012 centered on a television program entitled Portland Wrestling Uncut. This program also originated on KPTV, though it would later move to another Portland television station.
- 1 History
- 2 Notable alumni
- 3 Trying to rebuild
- 4 The "New" Portland Wrestling
- 5 Portland Wrestling Uncut
- 6 Notable Alumni
- 7 Early championships
- 8 NWA Regional Championships (Don Owen Sports era)
- 9 Championship Wrestling USA Championships
- 10 Other notable Pacific Northwest federations
- 11 See also
- 12 References
- 13 External links
Pacific Northwest Wrestling started in the early 1920s when a former world middleweight and world light-heavyweight (Australian version) wrestling champion[4] by the name of Ted Thye came to Portland with plans to promote both boxing and wrestling. Thye hired Herb Owen as his assistant. While Thye was on a trip home to Australia, Owen had the ownership of the company put in his name. Due to rules in effect within the state of Oregon at that time, Owen now had sole rights to sponsor all boxing and wrestling within the state.[1]
Herb Owen started out just promoting boxing matches, but soon began promoting wrestling matches as well, focusing on lightweights. During this time, sons Don and Elton Owen began helping their father in the family business, helping set up cards and even stepping into the ring on occasion to box or wrestle.[1][5]
During the early years, Herb brought in boxer Jack Dempsey.[5] According to Barry Owen, Don's son, Dempsey even refereed some wrestling matches for Owen.[3] An unknown to many at the time, George Wagner, worked for Owen early in his career. While in the PNW, Wagner developed the character for which he would become famous, Gorgeous George. Wagner is reported to have married his first wife in the ring before a match in Eugene, Oregon.[3]
In 1942, following his death, Herb's son Don took over the company.[6] In 1944, Don Owen promoted several cards with women wrestlers, until female wrestling was outlawed in Oregon (as it would be until 1975).[3]
Don Owen Sports[edit]
The National Wrestling Alliance was formed in 1948 with Don Owen as one of the founding members.[3] This started the beginning of what became known as NWA Pacific Northwest (Portland Wrestling).
On July 10, 1953, Don Owen started what was the first regular professional wrestling program on television.[7] Pacific Northwest Wrestling aired a weekly 60 minute live program originally called Heidelberg Wrestling, named for its sponsor, Heidelberg Brewing Co. of Tacoma, Washington.[7] The show was initially broadcast on KPTV, but moved to rival KOIN-TV in 1955. Along with the move came the show's new name, Portland Wrestling.[5]
The 1950s were good to Portland Wrestling, seeing wrestlers such as Ed Francis, Gory Guerrero and Tony Borne come to the territory.[4] During this time, John Harrison "Harry" Elliott, a former Oregon State University wrestling champion, and later the school's wrestling coach, began working for Don Owen as a referee and putting on spot shows in the territory. In 1958, Elliott obtained a contract with CBS Television to broadcast Seattle-based wrestling matches throughout all of Washington and parts of Alaska, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Utah and Wyoming.[8] Elliott promoted these matches, as well as spot matches throughout Washington, Idaho and northeastern Oregon, while Don Owen continued to handle bookings for these matches.[9]
After the opening of Portland Memorial Coliseum in 1961, Don Owen occasionally promoted wrestling cards at the venue, drawing good crowds.[3] In 1966, Harry Elliott promoted, and Don Owen booked, one of the biggest matches ever in Seattle, packing out the Seattle Center Coliseum with 15,500 fans to see Lou Thesz beat Gene Kiniski.[8][9]
In 1967, Portland Wrestling returned to KPTV.[10] That year, management changed within CBS Television and PNW's regionally broadcast wrestling show was dropped which subsequently led to Harry Elliott's retirement in 1968.[8] Frank Bonnema, an on-air personality in KPTV's sports department, took over the announcing duties at that time, serving as the voice of Portland Wrestling until shortly before his untimely death on October 5, 1982 at age 49.[11]
Despite losing its regionally broadcast television program in 1967, Portland Wrestling was still doing well. In 1968, Owen bought and renovated a bowling alley at 8725 North Chautauqua Boulevard in North Portland, which became the Portland Sports Arena and the new home of Portland Wrestling.[3] The Portland Sports Arena was located here: 45°35′09″N 122°42′30″W / 45.58583°N 122.70833°W
The 1970s continued to be good to Portland Wrestling, with the addition of such superstars as Buddy Rose, Ed Wiskowski, Roddy Piper, Jesse Ventura, Lonnie Mayne, Jimmy Snuka and Stan Stasiak.[4] In 1976, Dutch Savage bought into Don Owen Sports and began promoting PNW cards in the state of Washington.[12] The Owens' promotion faced opposition from several "outlaw promotions" throughout the 1970s, but remained strong. For several years during the 1970s and 1980s, PNW's Portland Wrestling program was syndicated in an edited 60-minute version known as Big Time Wrestling, and was shown on stations throughout the Pacific Northwest.
Between 1976 and 1985, "Playboy" Buddy Rose became famous for drawing more money than any other wrestler in the history of Portland Wrestling.[citation needed] In 1982 and 1983, Rose wrestled for the WWF, but on his days off he returned to the Northwest and worked one-night stands for Don Owen.[citation needed] Rose was credited with sold-out venues on both the East and West coasts.[citation needed] In 1978, Rose was the United States Champion for Roy Shire Promotions in the San Francisco Bay area.[13] As a team, he and Ed Wiskoski became NWA World Tag Team Champions, defending title matches up and down the West Coast for Don Owen, Roy Shire and Los Angeles promoter Mike LeBell.
Wrestling on television became a hot commodity during the 1980s. In 1982, Elton Owen, who had continued working in the family business as his brother Don's right-hand man, retired. Elton died a short time later. Don's son Barry Owen began promoting in Washington. He would then take over promoting the weekly Friday night shows in Eugene as well as spot shows, eventually promoting most of the shows which had previously been promoted by Elton.[3]
Frank Bonnema was admitted to Emanuel Hospital on September 25, 1982 after suffering a heart attack. Bonnema would not return to his Portland Wrestling hosting duties, dying ten days later. On October 9, veteran announcer Don Coss, who had filled in as host during this time, officially took over the announcing duties. Coss had previously announced televised wrestling matches in Salem, Oregon over the defunct station KVDO.
Wrestlers such as Portland native Billy Jack Haynes appeared for the company. Others such as Roddy Piper, King Parsons, Matt Borne, "Gentleman" Chris Adams, Rip Oliver, Buddy Rose, David Schultz, and others competed regularly. Owen had a working relationship with Jack Adkisson's World Class promotion in Dallas, which produced several talent exchanges - the most famous of which was when Adams and Parsons were sent to World Class in 1983. Both wrestlers became two of the most famous non-Von Erich wrestlers in the promotion's history, and became Texas mainstays throughout the rest of their respective careers.
On May 21, 1985, in honor of the Owen family's 60 years of promoting in the PNW, a supercard called 60th Anniversary Wrestling Extravaganza was held at the Portland Memorial Coliseum.[12][14] The show featured representatives from the NWA, AWA and WWF, including the World Champions of both the NWA and AWA and the World Tag Team Champions of the AWA all defending their titles.[12] The PNW accomplished in this event something the WWF/WWE have yet to achieve, a sold out Coliseum. Barry Owen claimed that this event had the highest attendance ever for a sporting event at the Coliseum.[3]
On January 21, 1986, Portland Wrestling held a followup to the supercard, called Superstar Extravaganza, also at the Portland Memorial Coliseum. The card was limited to NWA talent and was not as large and successful as the first Supercard.
The decline of Pacific Northwest Wrestling[edit]
The PNW took a number of hits in the late 1980s. Changes to a centralized Oregon Boxing and Wrestling Commission began to affect the industry, through new rules and fines levied at wrestlers and promoters.[3] Additionally, the expansion of the WWF and WCW into national promotions with nationwide television deals ran most local or regional wrestling concerns out of business. This left few territories for younger wrestlers to develop their skills, especially early in their careers, thus leaving very green talent for the non-national promotions. By 1987, Don Owen was the only remaining member of the original NWA group.[3]
In 1987, Len Denton, working for Don Owen, became the first booker for PNW,[3] while still developing who would become stars of the future such as Art Barr, Scotty The Body (later Raven), C.W. Bergstrom, Steve Doll, and Rex King. Scotty, recognized as a good talker, was eventually used as Coss's wisecrack-making broadcast partner. Without new talent and other reasons, mostly lack of good sponsors, business continued to slide as the 1990s came around.
In 1991, Pacific Northwest Wrestling's main television sponsor (Tom Peterson's) declared bankruptcy. Despite remaining the highest-rated, locally produced show aired in the Portland television market, Portland Wrestling was canceled in December 1991 after 38 continuous years as a weekly program.[15] When the show was canceled, it was the longest running non-news show on television, and the third longest overall behind Meet the Press and the CBS Evening News. It still is one of the top 20 longest running shows on television[citation needed].
Don Owen continued to run wrestling shows throughout Oregon and Washington until April 30, 1992, when he retired and sold the entire company, minus the Sports Arena, to Portland Wrestling's referee and future promoter Sandy Barr.[3] The Portland Sports Arena, as well as a former supermarket building next door which was used by Barr for the flea market he ran, were eventually acquired by a local church.[15]
Notable alumni[edit]
Champions (when the company closed in 1992)[edit]
Trying to rebuild[edit]
Sandy Barr continued promoting wrestling in the Pacific Northwest under the company names of Championship Wrestling USA and IGA Wrestling. Barr created new titles for the promotion and abandoned the previous titles.[3][4] As Barr faced challenges when dealing with the Oregon state athletic commission similar to what Owen faced, he decided to move the promotion across the Columbia River to Vancouver, Washington. Barr purchased late night airtime on local television station KOIN for a couple of years, but was never given a stable timeslot. Barr would continue to run weekly shows until shortly before his death on June 2, 2007.
In 1996, Matt Borne became booker of CWUSA and crowds began to rise. Sandy Barr abruptly closed Championship Wrestling USA in 1997. The remaining weeks of television that had been purchased on KOIN were filled with programs from 1993. Matt Borne joined up with Ivan Kafoury, who owned a local radio station, and created the new Portland Wrestling. They ran shows at the Aladdin Theater in Portland and later a flea market near Portland Meadows. Their biggest success came in November 1997 when former University of Oregon football player Josh Wilcox made his pro debut in front of a crowd of over 700 fans.
The physical belt that was used as the NWA Pacific Northwest title was used at various times by its owner Len Denton before being sold on eBay in 2006. The last title claimant was local wrestling historian and part-time pro wrestler Matt Farmer, who defended the title at local lucha libre shows.
The "New" Portland Wrestling[edit]
In late 2000, wrestling returned to Portland with the opening of Portland Wrestling. This new promotion claimed that its heavyweight and tag team title lineage were the same as the previous titles operated by Don Owen Sports. However, this "Portland Wrestling" was not an NWA member promotion, nor was it directly linked in any way to the original Portland Wrestling.
The new Portland Wrestling initially aired on Portland's WB TV network affiliate, KWBP-TV (now KRCW-TV). Frank Culbertson, Jr. (born ca. 1959), an advertising representative for the station, served first as ringside announcer and later as executive producer. KWBP changed hands in December 2002, and the new owners dropped virtually all local programming from its lineup, due to a decline in fan base. This development occurred at the same time Portland Wrestling was having major difficulties with the Oregon state government, in particular the athletic commission and the Attorney General's office.
On May 10, 2007, Culbertson, who was still running the operations of the promotion, was arraigned on charges of aggravated theft for allegedly embezzling $10,000 from Portland-based Broadway Cab Company, where he had been working in the accounting department as a controller.[16] This event came as a surprise to Don Coss who, in light of Culbertson's criminal charges, has expressed uncertainty on the future of Portland Wrestling.[16]
Champions when the company closed[edit]
Title | Champions |
PW Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship | Dr. Luther |
PW Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship | The Cartel (Big Ugly and Vinny Massaro) |
PW Pacific Northwest Light Heavyweight Championship | Timothy Thatcher |
Portland Wrestling Uncut[edit]
On October 22, 2012, after a 21-year absence, it was announced that KPTV and KPDX would be reviving Portland Wrestling under the name Portland Wrestling Uncut. Under the direction of WWE Hall of Famer and PNW legend Rowdy Roddy Piper, The new series debuted on October 27 on KPTV following Game Three of the 2012 World Series.[17] Portland Wrestling rights owner Don Coss has also returned to announce the matches along with special guests. The wrestling matches are taped at the KPTV's Beaverton studios.[18] Two months later on December 29, Portland Wrestling Uncut moved to KPTV's sister station KPDX, retaining the Saturday night timeslot that the program held when it was revived on KPTV. PWU was promoted by Pete Schweitzer, owner of Schweitzer Entertainment Group, LLC.
Portland Wrestling Uncut went on a brief hiatus due to a damaged ring.[19] Portland Wrestling Uncut was scheduled to return to KPDX in July or August 2014 after taking a step back to regroup when an investment capitol deal fell through. Despite efforts to resume Portland Wrestling Uncut, the program eventually faded away and was replaced by West Coast Wrestling Connection on KPDX. There is no word as to whether or not Portland Wrestling Uncut will return to production or if it ever will.
Current Champions[edit]
Portland Wrestling Uncut Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship[edit]
# | Wrestlers | Reign | Date | Days held |
Location | Event | Notes | Ref. |
1 | Shawn Daivari | 1 | December 2012 | 22 | Beaverton, Oregon | Portland Wrestling Uncut TV taping | Defeated J.D. Maverick in a tournament final. | |
2 | Big Ugly | 1 | January 2013 | Beaverton, Oregon | Portland Wrestling Uncut TV taping | |||
3 | Exile | 1 | June 1, 2013 | 695+ | Beaverton, Oregon | Portland Wrestling Uncut TV taping | Title held up on June 15, 2013, due to a controversial finish in a rematch. |
Portland Wrestling Uncut Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship[edit]
# | Wrestlers | Reign | Date | Days held |
Location | Event | Notes | Ref. |
1 | The Blanchard Brothers (Bubba & Jeremy) | 1 | December 2012 | Beaverton, Oregon | Portland Wrestling Uncut TV taping | Defeated Exile & Wade Hess in a tournament final. | ||
2 | Colt Toombs & Patrick Large | 1 | June 8, 2013 | 688+ | Beaverton, Oregon | Portland Wrestling Uncut TV taping |
- Don Coss - Former Lead Play-By-Play Commentator
- Rowdy Roddy Piper - Fills in as Color Commentator when needed
- Joe Vithayathil (Joe V) - Current Play-By-Play Commentator/Backstage Announcer/Interviewer (reporter for KPTV/KPDX)
- Josh Wilcox - Current Color Commentator
Notable Alumni[edit]
Early championships[edit]
- World Heavyweight Championship (Northwest Version)
- World Light Heavyweight Championship (Northwest Version)
- Pacific Coast Heavyweight Championship
- Pacific Coast Junior Heavyweight Championship
- Pacific Coast Light Heavyweight Championship
- Pacific Coast Middleweight Championship
- Intermountain Junior Heavyweight Championship
NWA Regional Championships (Don Owen Sports era)[edit]
- NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship
- NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship
- NWA Pacific Northwest Television Championship
Championship Wrestling USA Championships[edit]
- Championship Wrestling International Alliance World Heavyweight Championship
- Championship Wrestling International Alliance International Heavyweight Championship
- Championship Wrestling International Alliance International Tag Team Championship
- Championship Wrestling USA Television Championship
- Championship Wrestling USA Northwest Tag Team Championship
Other notable Pacific Northwest federations[edit]
- Blue Collar Wrestling (BCW)
- Championship Pro Wrestling (CPW)
- DOA Pro Wrestling (DOA)
- Empire Pro Wrestling
- International Championship Wrestling (ICW)
- International Grapplers Association (IGA)
- New Generation Wrestling (NGW)
- New Revolution Wrestling (NRW)
- North American Wrestling Alliance (NAWA)
- North West Wrestling Alliance (NWWA)
- Oregon Championship Wrestling (OCW)
- Oregon Pro Wrestling (OPW)
- Pacific Northwest Pro Wrestling (PNPW)
- PDX Wrestling
- Pinnacle (AWA)
- Portland Championship Wrestling (PCW)
- Portland Extreme Wrestling (PXW)
- Pro Wrestling War
- Suquamish Championship Wrestling (SCW)
- Tulalip Championship Wrestling (TCW)
- West Coast Wrestling Connection (WCWC)
See also[edit]
- ^ a b c "Kayfabe Memories". 6 July 2004. Retrieved 2007-05-07.
- ^ "WrestlingTerritories.png". Freakin' Awesome Network Forums :: Freakin' Awesome Wrestling Forum :: (w)Rest of Wrestling. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Kayfabe Memories". 6 July 2004. Retrieved 2007-05-07.
- ^ a b c d Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- ^ a b c "Owen legacy strong in Pacific Northwest". 23 September 1999. Retrieved 2007-05-07.
- ^ Ancestry.com. Oregon Death Index, 1903-98 database on-line. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000. Original data: State of Oregon. Oregon Death Index, 1903-1998. Salem, OR, USA: Oregon State Archives and Records Center.
- ^ a b "Heidelberg Wrestling at Yesterday's KPTV site". Retrieved 2008-08-09.
- ^ a b c "Seattle promoter Harry Elliott dead at 101". 26 June 2006. Retrieved 2007-05-07.
- ^ a b "The History of the Seattle Promotion". Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-05-07.
- ^ "Portland Wrestling at Yesterday's KPTV site". 13 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-09.
- ^ "Frank D Bonnema (1933-1982)". Retrieved September 18, 2010.
- ^ a b c "Kayfabe Memories". Retrieved 2007-05-07.
- ^ Berry, Viktor (13 May 2008). "Illustrated History of Pro Wrestling in Northern California". Retrieved 28 March 2012.
- ^ "Kayfabe Memories: 60th Anniversary Show". Retrieved 2007-05-14.
- ^ a b "Tom Zenk in Pacific North West: An interview with Barry Owen". Archived from the original on 2009-07-30. Retrieved 2007-05-07.
- ^ a b "Portland Tribune: Wrestling impresario indicted". 2007-05-18. Retrieved 2007-05-23.
- ^ Portland Wrestling Uncut from KPTV
- ^ Portland Wrestling Uncut at KPTV
- ^ Portland Wrestling Uncut: Episode 31, KPTV FOX 12 Oregon YouTube Channel, August 20, 2013
External links[edit]
- Pacific Northwest Title Histories
- Kayfabe Memories of the PNW
- NWA Official Website
- Portland Wrestling Online


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Starks gains 3 yards and now it's time for Mason Crosby to put the game away.
Atlanta called a timeout before the 2 minute warning. So Ryan Grant lost a couple yards to make it 3rd and 13 and NOW it's the 2 minute warning.
Starks rushes up to the left for a 5-yard gain and a first down. Then Grant rushes for a couple to take the clock down to the 2 minute warning.
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Rodgers hits James Jones by the left sideline. He breaks a tackle and runs 15 more yards for a big first down. He stayed in bounds so the clock would run. Gain of 21.
Rodgers launches one to Finley who has to reach up to make the catch on the run. He didn't drop that one and picks up 24 yards on the play. Big first down for the PAckers.
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Rodgers takes the snap and immediately has nowhere to go. Sacked for an 8-yard loss.
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Turners rushes through a big hole up the middle for an 8-yard gain and a first down.
Ryan finds Tony Gonzalez in front of two defenders for the first down. Falcons in a no huddle.
Turner rushes for a couple yards and all the sudden, 3 flags are thrown. Unnecessary roughness called on Green Bay's A.J. Hawk. 15 yards and Atlanta gets it on their 33. 1st and 10.
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