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Running football clubs for dummies
If ever you needed even more evidence that Mike Ashley hasn't got a clue how it all works up here on Tyneside - what many hope will be the beginning of the end of the Toon tycoon's ill-fated period in charge via the form of a statement in the Sunday press has rubber stamped it all.
Ashley's admission that he's not an "expert" when it comes to football is at least honest but it's too little, and far, far, far too late.
For crying out loud, we're in the Championship now and every single second tier club already has a one month advantage on us.
And the fact that Ashley and Co have wasted a week of messing around and not appointing Alan Shearer is also likely to count against us.
I'm not an expert myself at running businesses but I tell you what, it surely doesn't take a brain surgeon to work out that the future of the club will be better in the hands of Shearer.
Shearer's presence also makes it a more valuable product in charge in my humble opinion too.
If Ashley's achieved anything so far, it's been a guide book in how not to run Newcastle United.
New owners have a clear insight on what you can and can't get away with.
To be honest, Ashley quite rightly states he's made loads of mistakes.
Yet he should have known this was a special place (maybe he should have listened to the late great Ronnie Lambert's Home Newcastle a few times to work that out) in the world early on and whatever anybody says we're different to any other football backwater or outpost - end of story.
But he was right to get rid of Sam Allardyce and his garbage style of football and over inflated opinion of himself, which was always going to bog United down.
He was right, in my opinion, to get Kevin Keegan back in.
However, he then undone all of that good work by bringing in people who couldn't handle the heat on Tyneside in Dennis Wise and Tony Jimenez - who have actually brought nothing to the table at St James's Park.
We were led to believe they were responsible for Sebastien Bassong for a while but it emerged that Wise actually screwed up signing the classy Frenchman and it was Kevin Keegan who delivered the goods much to the frustration of little Dennis.
He was also correct to bring in Shearer - but it was too late in the day with Newcastle staring the second tier of English football in the face.
In between all of that Ashley arrogantly snubbed the local Press and first handed the responsibility of that to Chris Mort.
To be fair to Mort he tried his best and he was quite polite about it all but while he knows his stuff in terms of law he was always a novice football chairman.
And you can put the managing director in that category as well.
He may well know the score when it comes to running a casino and his dealings of late with the local papers have been better.
Much better than when Keegan quit in September and Ashley and Co ran for the hills.
But at the end of the day you need football people in charge of a football club to go with people who know how to run a business.
Newcastle United is more than a business up here; it's a way of life.
For me it's always been the last thing I think of at night and the first thing I think of in the morning.
Last Monday morning for two seconds, I thought it was all a nightmare that we'd been relegated but the reality is the club is in trouble unless major decisions are made this week.
Yes were up for sale for the second time in a year but while Ashley is in charge he has a responsibility to run the club in proper manner and do what's best for the future.
Is he capable of doing that?
I'm not sure, having never had the chance to talk to him during his two years at the club (with bodyguards at his side ready to use physical force to sweep away annoying journalists) his public image is terrible in my opinion.
My feelings of it are that Ashley is just an out of condition bloke who used to sit with the fans.
A bloke in a Toon top who tried to impress us all by necking a point in a oner when we were getting torn to shreds at Arsenal.
That day Keegan and Wise are alleged to have had strong words in the tunnel over transfers.
Days later Ashley backed Wise over KK in a situation that was no brainer - he should have kicked Wise all the way back to the Kings Road.
In a week when Ashley again shunned interviews in the press and wielded the axe with job cuts to genuine local people who care about the club this week, the tycoon then used the Sunday Times to tell his story.
Now I'm not sure about you - but here in North Shields your average guy who enjoys one of the few pleasures in life of having a pint during a recession is not spotted going into the Pow Burn in Shields or the Gunner with the Times under his arm is he?
Not for the first time, they knowingly used the wrong platform to talk to their fans.
People hurled plenty of abuse this way when Llambias broke the club's silence and spoke of his five year plan.
There were accusations that he wasn't pressed over questions that Chronicle readers had the chance to ask at the time.
The cold facts were he was pressed and the home truths are that his answers were simply unconvincing - that was their shot at it and their chance to sell the club.
So there you have it, a collection of thoughts in the aftermath of Ashley's second "I'm selling up" story in less than 10 months.
Whoever takes over now can use this as a guide on how not to run Newcastle United.
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You're trying to pass off too much hearsay as fact, like the argument with KK and DW and the deal with Bassong which is the first time I've read about Wise messing the deal up.
Ashley's mistakes are as follows -
*Not taking due diligence as he surely wouldn't have bought the club if he knew it was hemoraging money.
*Bringing Keegan back was always going to turn out being a disaster even if the romantic in me had hoped differently.
*Bringing in Wise to do a job he had no previous experience doing.
*And his biggest mistake was leaving the club in limbo after Keegan had walked, if he had just appointed a full time manager like West Ham did then I honestly think we would have been ok.
Fingers crossed whoever comes in has the personal wealth to push this club on because if they haven't then I can't see us ever getting higher than mid table in the Premiership in the next decade.
Ryder's reply: Well the Bassong/Wise story was in the Chronicle on May 22.
And as for the hearsay part of it, I trust the source on both of the queries you've made.
Blame the players - especially the "Captain" Mr. Michael Owen
Bring a experienced manager in like Sven-Göran Eriksson or some guy like him
one last screw job by ashley...we might as well write the coming season off now.
we have 10 players to sell, 10 to buy, a new team to mould and pre season starts in a month.
It takes that amount of time for a takeover!!!
yet again we are a rudderless ship, no manager to get things sorted and like last time ashley wont do jot because hes trying to sell...cheers mike you clown...i hope this bankrupts you!
jermaine beckford has been on transfer list at leeds for a week...there is a guy to get you promoted and we dont even have a manager to sign him!
i sadly dont write off JFK totally yet, i think his mug will come back to haunt us.
The bloke knew what he was doing, he gambled and it failed.
He isn't naieve, he isn't a victim of his employees' incompetence.
He had an agenda, run the club as cheaply as possible, sell off assets and then sell it on.
Get in a manager and team that would work to that agenda.
It failed, and the club and supporters have suffered.
Every day another room burns down???Well we are down to ashes now,with players reporting back July 1st,an owner wanting out, no manager and no signings. You have wasted another week Ashley. For God's sake sell quickly, and get the hell out of our lives.
Lee your summary of how not to run a football club makes interesting reading. I hope its writing has been as therapeutic as my own writing has been for me - helping me to get rid of some of the pent up stress that all those with Newcastle city at heart inevitably feel at this time.
But its time now for thinking positively . LetâÂÂs grasp the opportunity.
What do we and other lifelong supporters of the club really want from our football team? Want do we mean by good football?
Do we just want to win in black and white, by route one punting followed by confusion and the ball being stuck in the net. Or do we want a flowing match with a careful build up, one touch football and near 100 percent passing efficiency both near and far. In short, as per the likes of Beardsley, Henry, or Messi.
If the latter think how is this is best acheived ? I am sure you agree its not only about physical fitness and skill. It is also about team work, bonding, determination and dedication.
Football is not just about muscle but about vision , brain and âÂÂheartâ too.
In this light when you have time I hope you and colleagues will have time to reflect on my two previous contributions regarding changing the confusing black and white camouflage strip whilst maintaining the black and white flag.
DonâÂÂt be put off by Percy Gonad (not Gomad or Nomad) finding my first contribution âÂÂhilariousâÂÂ. Many a true word etc! And he did want me to write again.
From yesterday I repeat, I hope a local consortium can be found to buy the club and run it for the local people, along the lines of Barcelona.
And my questions for discussion again:
1. Would the chances of Chelsea winning or Messi scoring his fine goal have been less if Chelsea or Van de Saar had been wearing black and white camouflage rather than bright yellow.
2. Why are Lucozade bottles blue with yellow tops? They weren't in Jackie's day.
And two more:
3. Apart from being Swedish why are IKEA shops painted yellow and blue?
4. In this year of Darwin, have the black and white stripes of zebras helped them to survive and is so how ?
All the very best.
Its taken ashley nearly a week to decide he doesn't want to own us anymore. Why couldn't he have said this straight after the villa game? We've lost a week that could've proved more useful instead of him making his mind up!
I think whats caused this is shearer has brought it home to him just exactly how much work and money is needed to rebuild the entire club. He didnt like the sound of it and put us up for sale again. Unless the ownership issue is sorted lightening fast then next season could be even more catastrophic than the last.
If we can't find a buyer within a month we will have major trouble in attracting any new players. The club will spiral even further into the mire. Who will take our pre-season etc etc...
Also who will be our manager??
The money that ashley supposedly paid our debts off with, isn't that just a loan to the club he made? Hope not!
I have a feeling that shepherd could come hobbling over the horizon as some sort of saviour... it looks like being another long summer!
Well, we've got what we wanted... Ashley Out. Especially now, that he's driven us into the Championship.
But this is really bitter and the timing is rotten. An owner who puts the club up for sale after capitulating the season, without a permanent manager or any semblance of team. Why would Alan want the job without knowing who is gonna own the club and how he'll be supported? Who is going tom put up the transfer kitty?
If Ashley is truly selling quickly then he's not going to be putting up ANY money for new players. He doesn't even want to be around next season, why invest in it? We have just been handed back the pride of the North East, rudderless, engineless and heading for the rocks.
I thought the dive to the Championship might have some restorative qualities, purging the club of so many useless players and forming the nucleus of a new TEAM to move forward with. But those hopes are dashed now.
The sad reality is we are looking more and more like Leeds every day. I now do not expect us to compete next season, nor am I sure we can survive there, unless a sale is done TOMORROW. Every day without a real owner is another nail in the coffin.
You can bet your last pound, that is what happened, as pedi posted, shearer has hit ashley with what is required to rebuild the team, and the fat cockney pig, as fainted of his chair, cue helicopter to fly the fat bast*rd to london.
Its yet another sorry tail in the circus, and another stick for the press to hi us with, i agree a wasted week, lack of response, and after it, where left without a manager, i mean why would shearer take it at the moment, it would be just like before, couldn't guarantee the new owners, would want him, and by what rumour there is, one of the groups, wants an experienced man at the helm.
We are in danger of doing a leeds, if something is not sorted out, cannot let this drag on, i mean who is going to be in charge come July 1st, when all the useless idiots come back for training, the buying and selling? what a painful experience this is.
I hear what you say Lee but i am somewhat dissapointed by developments.
MA has made many mistakes - although i disagree with you as to what they were. But one thing is a fact. MA is the first owner of Nufc to put in the quantum of money he has - Shepherd took ã25m out of the club.
I also think Ashley is rich enough to stop us becoming the next Leeds over the next 2 years - a port in a storm if you like!
I also think there is a lot of harsh reality to set in ! Talk of paying AS ã4m a year and a transfer budget of ã20m i think was just fantasy. We were losing money with ã100m of turnover we need to cut up to ã50m of costs - and these useless so and sos are just not going to toddle off down the road on the own volition.
Our demise goes back to the departure of Bobby Robson - it was our fans who booed Bobby robson at Villa - not Mike Ashley.
It was Dyer, Bowyer and Bellemy who behaved like morons under Souness - not Mike Ashley.
It was us who said things could not get worse than they were under Big Sam - they could and did. A lot seem to forget it was not Ashley who appointed Big Sam in the first place.
Some of us thought Keegan was a mistake - he walked again - and whatever he felt was good reasons - left us in the doo doo!
It was the previous regime who built up debts and a wage bill to unsustainable levels - the current parsimony was a long time coming.
So what were MA's big mistakes - you cant say money as he put more in than any owner in our history. Although i think there was an unrealistic expectation that he would back Keegans dreams - signing Lampard anyone?
Id say 3 key mistakes weremade by Ashley
1. Bringing back Keegan -especially if he did not want to back KK's unrealistic spending plans.
2. Bringing in Wise - at the end of the day - he did not pick the lazy overpaid so and sos on the pitch, but he was a lightning rod for discontent and was never going to dovetail with KK.
3. allowing the Houghton led drift after KK and JK.
But those who call him an asset stripper miss the point on the money he put in the club. We have lived beyond our means for 8 or 9 years - with Owen and his ã110k per week representing the zenith of our folly.
Unless a consortium with unbelievably deep pockets comes to the club i think we are looking at a dark period.
As for Shearer as manager - i hope so - for one reason if nothing else. It will be the end of the cycle. Once his time is done we will go back to a world of experienced football managers and not messiahs. Those who say he is the only one who can manage us are quite simply idiotic.
Ashley - horrendous mistakes yes - but the origins of todays horrors date back to 2002 - 2004 when we lost control of spending and borrowing and we decided collectively (fans and Shepherd) that bobby robson and 5th place was not good enough for us.
Be careful what we wish for - i still question whether we have touched bottom.
The transfer is window is OPEN! Big Fat Mike has decided once again to opt out of buying any players (or even selling any this time) because he's making yet another change DURING the transfer window. The 5th window in a row he has c*cked-up - no manager, no transfer policy, no selling the rubbish we've still got - no season ticket renewals, all because of no action from the owner. This is not a coincidence, its the way he's managed to spend NOTHING on players since he took over. But why should we worry - he's got that highly experienced football brain Llambias looking after such matters. Big news he wants to sell the club; if anyone believes he's walking away without recouping his interest-free loans they must be deluded - it'll be taken care of in the price. He's never going to walk out and lose ã100m+ on the deal. Mike - I'm offering to pay you the same you paid for my shares when he nicked them off me. That'll put ã100 back in his pocket, enough for his train ticket back down south.
Here we go again ! Enough has been said about Fat Ash so no need to drone on . I personally think this has been death by mulitple injuries and everyone from Douglas Hall / Shepherd through to Ash , Mort , Wise etc etc , all our managers , most of the players and a lot of us need to take a look at whats happened and decide which part of this mess have they / we contributed to . Hate to say this but the quicker we lot realise that Geordie chairmen , Geordie Managers , Geordie Captains and Geordie players is the dream and not the reality , then the quicker we can emerge from this sh!? and start to build an honest hard working team with a hefty dollop af panache.How many more mesiahs , gods and second commings do we really need . Dont want to try and turn the tide so it looks like Mary Poppins will be our next leader and good luck to the bloke but I for one was dissapointed by the performances and a bit suprised by the tactics and substitutions whilst Alan was at the helm and why Dowie ?? It all has the makings of a bad season .There is even talk of Bobby Lee comming back as a coach. Lets go for a good hard working experienced manager, forget the biblical references and lets get back to the premiership Peter Ried anyone ?? LOL Jackie W
One thing I should have said above is that if Ashley had brought Dowie into the club with eight games to go in any capacity we would have went bannanas but Alan Shearer brings him and we all trust him .......Sort of confirms the fact that we are all blinkered about all things Geordie...Jackie W
Jackie W
Pretty much echoes my comments - but more succinctly.
Here is a thought - Steve Coppell got Reading promoted on ã500k and Pardew ã800k at West Ham. As i understand it Doie alone wants ã400k as his number 2 - its good to see we have got to grips with this overspending
At the moment of writing, if we had a decent owner,we would have the choice of Shearer or Bruce as manager, but because of the moron we have, it is very likely we will lose out on both.Also a quick sale at ã100mill, forget it, this has been floated to start an auction, and it could be weeks before he gets the price he really wants.
OK, I've held back on commenting for 24 hours as I was worried that, as per the last two comments I've posted, the whole shooting match changes in the space of a day.
Firstly, I don't envy Alan Sheerer's (if that is the case) job of getting the Toon back "upstairs" with what he's got to work with. The situation at board/owner level is only going to make that job harder with the inherant delay meaning that whoever's in charge next season will have fewer options in player transfers and less time to prepare for a very difficult division to get out of. My only hope is that, should Alan Shearer get the manager's job full-time he has already got, not just one master plan to get us back up, but another up his sleeve should our esteemed owner shove another spanner in NUFC's works. Despite his relative inexperience in management, I believe that may well be the case. The one thing you can say about Shearer is that he's nobody's fool. He's shown, albeit in a small amount, he willing and capable of learning in the job, and has the best interests of the club at heart which is not always aparent in our current owner.
Secondly, I counter the NUSC's assertion that the Toon are any less attractive a proposition to any potential buyer as a Championship club than it was as an obviously struggling Premiership club. Success breeds profit in football, anybody entering into the roller-coaster of owning a club should be aware of that (Somebody tell Mike Ashley, will you?), sustainable success breeds sustainable profit on investment. With the fan base that this club is fortunate to have, the revenue generating elements of the business plan (thats us)will continue to feed the growth of any investment, even at the reduced levels of the Football League, until such time that the business is capable of delivering a product of sufficient quality to generate growth at the accelerated levels of the Premier League / Europa League / Champions League. It's not rocket science. When these principles of business were first documented, we barely had rockets outside of Guy Fawkes Night. What Newcastle United needs now is an owner or owners that are businessmen, not market traders selling dodgy football shirts or a quick flutter on the roulette wheel. A parnership between us, the consumer and them the supplier will ensure that everyone's happy. In a perfect world anyway. You never know, that might even stop the tubby kid from greetin'.
Oops, apologies for spelling Shearer, Sheerer in my last posting. That's a bit like calling God, Dog isn't it?
The obvious answer for a rudderless NUFC is to appoint to the Board all those MPs who shall stand down at the next election for fiddling their expenses - plenty of money to spare!!!
Could you use your platform to see what interest there is in forming a sporting club in the manner of Barcelona?
ã100 million = ã2,000x52,000 - this is a great chance for the fans to take control of the club if only the interest could be coordinated. We don't need another dodgy consortium/ foreign owner to saddle the club with debts
Well the dust hasnt even settled on our relegation and the Toon debacle just carries on. Now Damien Duff is telling us some of the players just did not care if we got relegated ot not. WHAT????.....Arent these prima donnas PROFESSIONALS?. Gee whizz they earn oodles. What on earth was Duff on about?. IF ANY player was not doing their best for their employer then they must be in breach of contract - kick em out if this is true, no compensation necessary. And who agrees these amazing contracts?. Why dont they have relegation conditions attached, so at least the same players who take us down also must face a reduction in wages, conversely if we do well they get the bonuses. The truth here seems to be that however the players played they got their money, woe betide anyone talking of releasing certain players because they are still" contracted", and if you look at the team we ended the season with - Viduka, Smith, Beye, Butt, Duff,etc all have been in relegated teams before - doesnt that tell you something???......
Sporting clubs are pipe dreams and why should it come down to us to bail them out . Newcastle united have had a lot more than ã2000 out of me already . If it was as easy as 52000 die hards sending a cheque then count me in , but its obviously not , If a bloke who mades millions from selling tat to the masses couldnt make this work then there is a more deep rooted problem , I mean if you had a gaurenteed 50,000 customers who would buy whatever you sell and pay as much as you asked just to sit in a plastic seat for a couple of hours watching any old crap you chuck out , and you couldnt keep up with the likes of Stoke and Hull then there is more to it than throwing cash at it.
As previously said we need to get away from the " Geordies know best attitude " Us buying the club would all end in tears .I reckon it will either go two ways now , with option one being a rich foreigner with dodgy cash and champions league asspirations or option two being your local consortium headed by an affluent figure head with north east connections and a few quid to invest.................... Fredrick Shepherd come on down....Jackie W
Jackie W and Keith your open positive views are appreciated.
Now is indeed the time for reflecting and for thinking positively re the future.
Please Lee let us know what YOU feel re Barcelona, and the black and white strip.
My previous 3 contributions have all been constructive.
Your forum is for ALL with Newcastle at heart and for real discussion.
We must all take off the blinkers.
I know it is difficult and change will not be easy but we must try.
Personally and sadly I don't feel it will come until my generation and the one before are gone.
Emotions do die hard if you lived in Newcastle, through that decade of hope 45-55 and like me remember where you were when listening to the Blackpool game on the wireless, or, when watching Jackie score on the black and white telly in 47 seconds, or, when the open top bus passed the Chronicle offices at the bottom of Westgate Road.
Please do your best to prove me wrong.
You and Alan S must listen and lead.
Another question:. Would Nadal's chance of winning in Paris been better if he had not worn a shocking pink top and yellow sweat bands?
All the best.
Not being funny, but I reckon there's more chance of me finding ã100m in my other pants than us changing our black and white strip, amigo.
Could you please clear something up for me as it hasn't been mentioned anywhere in the media. Ashley has apparently paid ã134m for the club and put in over ã100m more to pay off debts. If he is now said to be asking for ã100m for the club does that mean ã100m TOTAL or does it mean ã100m PLUS the money he has put in to pay off debts???
Jimmy, I'm sure I read he's written off the loan, so the ã100m asking price is 'all-in'.
I'd doubt that Sy, its most likely a "soft loan" which will need repaying similar to the way Chelsea operate whereby Abramovich LOANS the money for players at zero interest. It just seems strange that ABSOLUTELY NO-ONE in the media have asked this question, thats why I was asking Lee Ryder.
This may not sound like it, but I am a NUFC supporter.
I cringe when I hear people talk of NUFC owners not listening to the supporters, as if they all speak with one voice and know better than anyone else what's good for the club.
We had a go at Allerdyce and Ashley sacked him. We wanted Keagan and Ashley provided him. That was a disaster waiting to happen. As the saying goes, "when the going gets tough, KK gets going".
He listened again when he brought in Shearer. With just 8 games left to save our Premiership status, we badly needed somebody with masses of managerial experience. Instead, we get somebody with absolutely no managerial experience at all. A Premiership side struggling to avoid relegation isn't the place for on-the-job training.
They said Shearer would at least motivate the players, but with just one win in 8 games, that's some motivation.
And who does Shearer bring in to help him ? A 3rd-rate manager who is so good he has been relegated from the Premiership before and has been sacked from his last few managerial positions, usually after just a few months in the job. It's no wonder we're the laughing stock of English football.
Forget fan-power, we need a strong owner to appoint a strong, experienced manager, give him a decent transfer budget and leave him to get on with things. And the supporters need to do the same.
If Shearer is appointed full-time manager, I fear we'll be here in 12 month's time complaining about being relegated to League 1.And that will be everybody's fault except the fans.
You might be right, Jimmy but I'm sure that was what the story was. To be honest with you, mind, I'm not believing anything whatsoever about the ownership, manager, transfers, anything at all until something concrete has actually happened. There've been so many non-stories coming out of NUFC in the last year, we should all have salt mines.
Bob, I hear what you're saying, but if Shearer doesn't get the job then how long before a renewed clammer to get him back begins after a few bad results for a different manager? Until he gets a fair crack at it, one way or another we'll never move forward - either with him having been successful or not.
Can you please make this Captcha thing work properly? It's driving me mental!
Jackie W, so you think Freddy Shepherd is someone who would, invest a few quid? All Shepherd and the Halls have done is take from NUFC. Is it a coincidence that the debt Ashley had to manage was roughly equivalent to the money that Shepherd and the Halls cleared from the sale.
They milked the club to enable them to build their empire, whilst piling the debt back onto the club.
And now John Hall has the front to appear in the Chronicle acting surprised that it has all gone wrong and telling the players to take a pay cut. He says he's as hurt as any fan, except he's got a hundred million or so reasons to help cushion the pain. Guilty conscience?
Yes Steinheed , He would . Is investing not putting money somewhere hoping for a nice return ? Jackie W
Until all the fat cat players (if they deserve to be called that) have been got rid of it will be impossible to sell the club at any price.
The final blow might well be that the Fat One calls in his loan and NUFC go into administration. That would mean starting next season on -25 points and being relegated again at the end of it.
Don't be surprised if in 12 months time the few remaining fans will be looking forward to playing Leeds in Division I. In two more years the prospect could be derby games against Gateshead.
Sunderland fans can expect to have a few more laughs at Toon's expense in coming yeras. Nice one Ashley!
Steinheed is absolutely BANG ON with his comments, Each of Hall and Shepherd made absolute fortunes when they sold their sharewhilst leaving the club in astronomical debt. Not to mention the money the Shepherd family would have made through the transfers handled by Paul Stretford and Shepherds son. Funny when you hear ex managers like Souness and Sir Bobby telling stories of how players were signed by Shepherd who they never ever wanted.......
It amazes me the amount of stupid people on this site,mike ashley conned everyone when he and his stupid lawyer mate mort said the club was nearly going to the wall with an 80M debt,when in fact they all knew (and fs came out and said twice that 60M was a mortgage on the ground)freddy shepherd would not have allowed this club to get relegated,but this stupid idiot clown and his puppet Llambias did by hiding debts and resurfacing them at least twice in 2 different transfer windows so managers could not buy players.
Let's put this issue to rest. NUFC IS BLACK AND WHITE, AND WILL ALWAYS BE BLACK AND WHITE. These are our colours, we are proud to wear them, and we will never change


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Poetry is time travel. The opening free-write exercise "Give me back..." asked the women to reflect on the past. They transformed as they shared fifteen minutes later the many reveries they brought back to life, eyes sparkling as they showed through metaphor and great sensory detail what they once had and who they used to be "back in the day," and what their once young, supple bodies could accomplish (one of the ladies being a dancer). "Give me back my long, luxurious curls...nights with my husband before the kids came along. Just give me back my husband, gone now." They recalled what mattered and still does, expressed gratitude for what rose in the wake of loss along the way. There was sensuality, sass, and a healthy irreverence from a woman in her eighties as she read mantras for living that got her this far in life, until her respiratory problems took over and shortened her time in our session.
We discussed persona poems, compared lyric to narrative poetry, and explored space as breath in a poem. We studied form as the setting and craft as tools to compose these word-diamonds we hew from our personal experiences. The afternoon sun poured into the windows; we all glowed. It reminded me of the line in a Rumi poem, "Sunlight fell upon the wall / the wall received a borrowed splendor." The sheen of discovery, recognition, acknowledgment, and transcendence filled the room. I always want to remember and keep sacred that this is a human business. As poet Jon Sands often says, we are "emotional historians."
Two years ago, I taught a Poets & Writers-sponsored workshop filled with sixth grade honor students at the Young Women's Leadership Academy in Queens. For ten weeks, we focused on elements of craft and discussed the work of published poets, unpacking what each poem had to offer us. We created an anthology. These girls were gifted and bright beyond their young years, their poems suffused simultaneously with innocence and wisdom. Kristalyn proclaimed, "My name is a dragon / just like me! It has power / and can let loose." In an ode to her fingers, Tearah wrote "You clasp my knuckles in prayer...you hold my pen, my writing sword!"
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Wow! So glad this poem was recalled to mind! Only ever recall the first two lines and totally forgot how brutally honest but incredibly wonderful the full reading is! Love this write! (Report) Reply
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Laugh, and the world laughs with you;
Weep, and you weep alone.
For the sad old earth must borrow it's mirth,
But has trouble enough of its own.
Sing, and the hills will answer;
Sigh, it is lost on the air.
The echoes bound to a joyful sound,
But shrink from voicing care.
Rejoice, and men will seek you;
Grieve, and they turn and go.
They want full measure of all your pleasure,
But they do not need your woe.
Be glad, and your friends are many;
Be sad, and you lose them all.
There are none to decline your nectared wine,
But alone you must drink life's gall.
Feast, and your halls are crowded;
Fast, and the world goes by.
Succeed and give, and it helps you live,
But no man can help you die.
There is room in the halls of pleasure
For a long and lordly train,
But one by one we must all file on
Through the narrow aisles of pain.
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Comments about this poem (Solitude by Ella Wheeler Wilcox )
Colleen Courtney (6/6/2014 7:00:00 PM)
* Sunprincess * (6/6/2014 6:38:00 PM)
.........honestly this is one of the best poems ever written....completely tells you the straight hard facts of life.....
................................~~~~~~~ LOVE ~ LOVE ~ LOVE ~~~~~~~~..................................... (Report) Reply
Rouren Torres (1/3/2014 10:26:00 PM)
It's true. I may speak to many, but only one knows me and is willing to suffer beside me, as I suffer beside her. That person is really hard to come by and even more precious. (Report) Reply
John Pendrey (12/4/2013 3:48:00 AM)
It's a classic, but surely sometimes it's good to let ourselves be vulnerable or to share another's grief. (Report) Reply
Umar Mansoor (4/22/2013 6:36:00 AM)
The enduring significance and substance contained in this magnificently evocative and resilient poem touches the latent strings of subdued emotions with forceful resonance. It is easily one of the best poems I have ever read of English poetry. The bitter taste of the stanzas speak inevitably about the rustic human nature, since very few of us behold the morals to lift somebody from distress and make him/her feel happy................... (Report) Reply
Evance Ombaka (4/8/2012 4:04:00 AM)
Allyson Heller (1/25/2012 12:35:00 AM)
So true. This should be higher up on the list! (Report) Reply
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Johnny Rodriguez (5/6/2010 11:19:00 AM)
In response to J. Hays and Lori Smith.
I agree, the same applies to me. I may be surround by many people but none are truly my friends, I guess I'm all alone... (Report) Reply
Cracker Cow (12/21/2009 11:29:00 AM)
I was only the age of seven when my mother recited this poem to me. It was after a judo match. The poem has been by my bed for years. The poem has brought me back from self pity. It has saved me from committing sucide as my mother did.
Dearest mother why did you not remember the poem? (Report) Reply
Natalie Walker (4/19/2008 2:45:00 PM)
I learned this poem in the 80's and have not been able to 'forget' it. It says so much, and has inspired me to write a lot myself then, and now. (Report) Reply
Jw Cy (7/13/2007 3:46:00 AM)
I bumped into this poem and i loved it since. it keeps me company when i'm feeling out there, alone, the title of the poem says it all. (Report) Reply
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Jazzy D. (2/2/2007 2:14:00 PM)
This poem is so deep and so real...'They want full measure of all your pleasure,
But they do not need your woe.' I don't think I could've put it better myself. (Report) Reply
john tiong chunghoo (10/6/2006 8:20:00 AM)
i will always remember these lines;
laugh and the world laughs with you
weep and you weep alone (Report) Reply
J. Hays (7/18/2005 1:13:00 AM)
Amazing, and shocking, how true this is. Not too long ago I went through some hard times and slipped into depression. I kept it hidden for months, hoping it would pass. Finally, it became too bad to hide, and so I sought the help of my best, closest friends. These people I'd known for years, or thought I'd known, immediately stopped talking to me and worked hard to avoid me. It was only by rebuilding the pretense that all-was-well that they even grudgingly accepted me, but I had to find help somewhere else.
When times are tough, you find out who your real friends are. (Report) Reply
Lori Smith (6/10/2005 7:47:00 PM)
This is so true. In recent pain, I had but a few who were really there for me. I can relate. (Report) Reply
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the rising price of gold and the drought-related exposure of river beds and adjacent geologic formations could result in record numbers of recreational gold seekers rushing to streams and rivers in Northern, Central and Southern California for the upcoming holiday weekend.
the pool at the base of fish canyon falls is normally about 10 feet deep. Because of low water flows the pool is nearly dry now.
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Drought conditions are a boon to the several thousand California hobbyist gold miners getting ready to swarm the banks of the Sacramento and San Gabriel River systems.
up on the South Fork of the American River On a short vacation last month, I mapped six normally submerged crevices in a two mile stretch of this fabled waterway downstream from the tiny village of Rescue, CA. Despite carrying only a pie tin, garden trowel and other minimalist tools (ncluding a long-handled plastic kitchen spoon) in my improvised day pack, I was able to fill a small pill bottle with about 20 nice gold flecks in two hours of panning.
One of the gold prospecting methods that was suggested to me by my grandfather a long time ago is very productive in stream beds during drought years. It requires a long handled tire iron or metal spoon.
The technique has a couple of names, "sniping" or "coyoting " and was successfully used in the California gold rush by Mexican Sonoran miners who rushed to the banks of the American and San Gabriel Rivers.
Sniping is very simple. you insert your sniping spoon or iron into a crevice and begin removing clay, gravel and other material that's been washed into the space. The trick as it was taught to me is to make sure you get all the material in the crevice, paying extra attention to anything that's resting on the floor of the space.
The specific gravity of gold is much greater than most other minerals, which means particulate gold and nuggets are most often found in the lowest part of any space.The best tool for sniping and scooping is something I want to create later this year in a shop. the excavation tool I have in mind would have a two foot handle, be capable of articulation and have a clawed bucket on its end.
On a quick trip up the upper San Gabriel River East Fork last week, i passed about 20 people panning for gold downstream from the Bridge to Nowhere. but most were on the trailside of the East Fork.
Panning from the easy side of the East Fork may be fun and you're likely to pick up a few flakes. but take a moment to look across to the less less inviting rocky side of the stream.If you are anywhere near the Bridge to NoWhere there may be no more productive place to pan or snipe for gold than the base of the cliff under swan rock, which is loaded with crevices that have gone unexplored for years simply because it's more difficult to work than the trailside of the East Fork in this stretch of the Canyon.
Public domain photo of Swan Rock, downstream from the Bridge to NoWhere on the East Fork of the San Gabriel River.
I'm not a fan of combat gold panning, so I tend to go four miles farther up the East Fork to small feeder streams such as Iron and Fish Fork. The geology of the upper East Fork has always seemed much better suited for gold exploration above Iron Fork than it is on lower stretches of this auferious stream and bedsides, in the 160 years since the big Azusa Gold Strike the mother lode that produces the clinker nuggets and placer gold that recreational gold seekers still find has never been discovered.
I have just as much fun looking for artifacts if 18th and Depression era gold mining camps as I do looking for gold--and it's time for me to get ready to go off to the Diggings for the 4th of July weekend.Jim Forbes on July 2, 2014,
(NOTE: A Forest Service Adventure Pass is required for camping and hiking in the Angeles National Forest and it's qise to let friends and family know where you plan to hike and when you expwct to return before going in to the San Gabriel Mountain wilderness.)


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You could almost hear the world's collective sigh of relief. This year's U.S. presidential election was a global event in every sense. Barack Hussein Obama, the son of a black Kenyan father and a white Kansan mother, who grew up in Indonesia and Hawaii, represents to so many a living bridge—between continents and cultures.
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To control cholesterol and diabetes, turn to Pistachio nuts
New Delhi: What we eat or don't eat creates the majority of our Health problems.There's no getting away from this reality, especially on the occasion of World Diabetes day, when we Indians have to confront the fact that nearly 63 million of US are grappling with this disease.
We need to sit up and consider the serious damage diabetes can cause to every single vital organ of the body – heart, kidney, brain, eyes, nerves, feet and so on.
The social and economic implications are devastating, and unless we consider changing the way we regard food and eating, we are confronting a dismal future.
So let's think about the steps each of us can take to change this scenario.
Here's one simple suggestion: Add some Nuts to your diet. Now don't laugh and say that this will only make matters worse. You are wrong. In fact, eating a handful of nuts instead of biscuits will benefit you in more ways than you could imagine.
Research shows that almost every kind of nut has health-boosting properties that can be taken advantage of.
Almonds, walnuts and pistachios are loaded with vitamins, anti-oxidants and fats of the unsaturated, health promoting variety that can help regulate the cholesterol levels and improve heart health.
They can also reduce the risk for all kinds of cancers and neuro degenerative diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.
Contrary to the popular belief that they are fattening, nuts can in fact help dieters lose weight!
In fact, nuts represent a perfect cultural remedy to a health problem one-third of Indian adults are grappling with – the 'metabolic syndrome'.
Caused by an imbalance of the body's biochemical processes, this leads to obesity, insulin resistance, high blood pressures and cholesterol – all increasing a person's pre-disposition to diabetes and heart disease.
And guess what? Nuts can help counter this. In fact, we have the first study of its kind in South Asia to prove the positive impact of eating pistachios on the metabolic syndrome.
Slated for publication in the US journal Nutrition, this study by the National Diabetes Obesity and Cholesterol foundation shows that supplementing the diet with a measured number of pistachios can bring down cholesterol and blood sugar levels, impact on the inflammatory process of the body positively, and even counter the oxidative stress undergone by our cells.
"Adding pistachios has important health benefits and can decrease the incidence and prevalence of the metabolic syndrome, diabetes and heart disease in Asian Indians who are markedly prone to develop these problems," says Dr Anoop Misra, principal investigator of the study.
One of the huge benefits of many kinds of nuts is their "anti-oxidative" value. What this means is that nuts can help counter the damage caused by a process undergone by all our bodies, called "oxidative stress", which speeds up the ageing process.
Our bodies produce antioxidants to counter the damage caused by oxidative stress and one way of helping this process is to increase your dietary intake of anti-oxidants.
Here are the rules of nut consumption: Don't soak and peel almonds the way your grandmothers used to. Almond skins have nutritive benefits and shouldn't be discarded. Soaking nuts overnight doesn't make them more digestible either, so eat them dry and whole.
When it comes to salted pistachios, you can simply soak the nuts for 10 minutes before consumption to wash the salt away. You should mix your nuts and eat about a handful a day.
But don't let their size fool you. These tiny foods are dense with nutrients and a small amount goes a long way. For the maximum benefit, you need to replace 20 per cent of your daily calories with nuts, which amounts to an ounce.
"You need about 49 kernels of pistachios," says Dr Seema Gulati, lead researcher of the study.


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For those of you that do not watch Impact Wrestling on a regular basis, MVP has done a heel turn. The former United States Heavyweight Champion has also given himself a shot at Eric Young and the TNA World Heavyweight Championship at Slammiversary 2014 as well. Management pulled the trigger on the move, as they feel that MVP could be more valuable as an antagonist.
May 9, 2014
One of the ideas being floated around right now has Mark Henry doing his rumored heel turn at Hell in a Cell 2014. WWE has planted the seeds by having Henry helping Big Show out in his feud against Alexander Rusev and Lana. The belief is that management wants to use the feud to put Rusev closer to the main event scene, while protecting Big Show, which can be done if Henry turns and costs him the match at the pay per view.
October 15, 2014
After doing a heel turn and joining the Bullet Club not too long ago, Jeff Jarrett returned to New Japan and continued the story line this week. The former world heavyweight champion crashed a press conference and declared himself as the Chairman of the Bullet Club. Jarrett has a business relationship with New Japan, so the story could transition over to Global Force Wrestling as well.
October 13, 2014
Those that watched Summerslam 2014 saw Nikki Bella doing her much rumored heel turn. She is expected to work in that role on television going forward. However, WWE did something peculiar at a live event in Sacramento over the weekend. Nikki worked as a baby face. She teamed up with Emma to defeat Alicia Fox and Layla El. The face team even attacked Rosa Mendes, who was portraying a heel character. No word yet on why WWE opted to do this.
August 24, 2014
During a recent video interview with Supertraining Gym in Sacramento, John Cena was asked about a potential heel turn, something that fans have been speculating about for years online. The former WWE champion flat out stated that it will never happen. Cena said that he had it in him to make it work, but management will never pull the trigger on such a move because it does not make sense for business.
August 24, 2014
It looks like WWE will be utilizing the relationship between Cameron and her boyfriend a bit more during the next season of Total Divas. The belief is that something drastic will happen, where the couple will either break up or do a wedding. The heel turn and split from Naomi Knight was designed to put more attention into her character on the reality television show next season.
July 28, 2014
There are those backstage in WWE that are skeptical of the idea of doing a heel turn for Kofi Kingston, who has long been regarded as the ultimate baby face. Since he does a lot of the charity work for the company, some are afraid that it will affect that aspect of his job as well. There are rumors floating around that WWE does not have finalized plans for the new stable that also consists of Xavier Woods and Big E Langston.
July 26, 2014
One of the ideas being floated around backstage in WWE is to turn Nikki Bella into a heel. The story would be that Stephanie McMahon finally gets to her by getting Nikki to believe that Brie Bella has left her hanging. Nikki would grow tired of being abused by the Authority, so she ends up doing a heel turn against her sister. The story would more than likely be featured on Total Divas as well.
July 22, 2014
In a sign that management might have forgiven her, Emma was not only given a match on WWE Main Event this week, but she was also given a victory over Cameron, who recently did a heel turn. Rumors floated around that the company was not going to be utilizing her on television after she was arrested for shoplifting, but it looks like WWE is attempting to avoid further attention to the incident by going about as usual.
July 16, 2014
Earlier in the year, WWE had plans on doing a heel turn for Sheamus, in order to bring a little more life back into his stale character. The company even attempted the move on television, but it was botched and the majority of fans did not realize that it had taken place. Rumors going around now is that WWE has completely scrapped the idea. Sheamus will continue to work as a baby face US champion until they can decide on something for him to do.
July 6, 2014
With AJ Lee finally making her return to WWE, the competition in the divas division just got a bit tougher. Someone is going to be losing television time. Naomi Knight and Cameron appear to be safe, as they have a heel turn story line in progress. Summer Rae and Layla El appear to have their weekly television spots secured for the time being. Paige is going to be working a program against AJ, so she should be fine. The belief is that Alicia Fox will be the one demoted, even though her character was gaining a little bit of momentum over the last couple of weeks.
July 5, 2014
Rumors are floating around right now that Cameron will be doing a heel turn at Money in the Bank 2014. She will more than likely cost Naomi Knight her chance at the WWE Divas Championship. There is also speculations that the incident will then lead to a triple threat match at WWE Battleground 2014, which would also feature Paige as the champion still.
June 27, 2014
While it has yet to reach television, the heel turn for the Miz has been going for a couple of weeks now at WWE live events. It also appears that he will be given a new gimmick to work with upon his return to Monday Night Raw and Smackdown. Miz has been testing out a new heel persona, where he plays a cocky movie star. It's a play on real life, as the former WWE champion recently completed a new film.
June 22, 2014
In a sign of how quickly the heel turn decision was made, WWE still has yet to figure out what new gear Seth Rollins will be wearing now that he is a solo performer. That is one of the reasons why he still continues to wear the same gear as his former partners in the Shield, Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns. Since it is viewed as one of the top priorities backstage, you can expect WWE to produce something new for him to wear soon enough.
June 13, 2014
Rumors going around is that WWE decided to do a heel turn for Seth Rollins at the last minute because they wanted to generate some hype and spike up the television ratings. If that's the case, then management is sure to be disappointed because Monday Night Raw actually lost some viewers this week. It wasn't a big loss, but many were expecting a huge increase.
June 11, 2014
Now that he is done filming his movie, the Miz is expected to be back on Monday Night Raw this week. The former WWE champion jumped back on the road over the weekend and worked a live event match against Sheamus. The belief is that he was warming up for the return tonight. Rumors have been floating around that Miz will also be doing a heel turn upon his return.
June 9, 2014
Ever since the shocking heel turn by Seth Rollins against Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns took place on Monday Night Raw, there has been a lot of speculations as to when WWE would have the former Shield partners fighting one another. As of right now, the strongest rumors are that Rollins and Ambrose will be facing one another at Money in the Bank 2014, while Rollins and Reigns will have their match at WWE Battleground 2014.
June 8, 2014
There have been sparse rumors over the last year that WWE was going to do a heel turn with the Miz, and it looks like that might be happening soon. While working a live event in Wisconsin over the weekend, Miz did a match against Sheamus. The former world heavyweight champion even cut a heel promo, which is viewed by many as practice before doing it on television.
June 8, 2014
Reports are surfacing now that Vince McMahon made the decision to do a heel turn with Seth Rollins on Sunday afternoon, shortly before Payback 2014. The belief is that he pulled the trigger on the move as a response to the low ratings that Monday Night Raw has received over the last couple of weeks. WWE is hoping that this provides a quick boost to the numbers.
June 5, 2014
Ever since it happened on Monday Night Raw, WWE fans have been raving about the Seth Rollins heel turn because it was considered a surprise to many. The reason for that, however, is because it was a surprise to those backstage as well. The script for the show did not include that segment initially. John Cena and Kane were supposed to be in the final spot, but WWE quickly changed their minds and had Rollins turn on Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns instead.
June 4, 2014
In a pleasantly surprising move on Monday Night Raw, Seth Rollins did an unexpected heel turn and betrayed the Shield. As Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns were preparing to face off with Triple H and Randy Orton, Rollins shocked the WWE Universe by nailing his longtime partners with several steel chair shots. He stood tall with Orton and HHH afterwards to end the episode.
June 2, 2014
Prior to his injury, there were plans in place to have MVP winning the TNA World Heavyweight Championship from Eric Young. Since the company needed a heel champion to be the antagonist against Kurt Angle and his new on screen authority role, the belt went to Bobby Lashley instead. There are talks that TNA could try to figure out how to transfer the belt over to MVP soon.
July 5, 2014
After being given some time off of television, where his character was serving a story line suspension, Bobby Roode made his much anticipated return to Impact Wrestling this week. The former TNA champion came back to save Eric Young, who had just lost the world title, from an attack by MVP, Kenny King and Bobby Lashley. Roode received a warm reception from the audience.
June 19, 2014
In a surprising move, Bobby Lashley walks away from Impact Wrestling this week as the next world heavyweight champion in TNA. He was given a title shot against Eric Young, who defended the belt earlier in the night against Kenny King. With the odds stacked against him, Young put on a good effort, but in the end, Lashley proved to be too much. A spear and a pin ended the match.
June 19, 2014
Since MVP has a badly injured knee, TNA decided to change up the main event of Slammiversary 2014. Eric Young will still be defending the world heavyweight championship in a steel cage at the event, but he's now going to be doing so against two opponents. The winners of the respective matches between Samoa Joe, Bobby Lashley, Kenny King and Austin Aries will be challenging Young for the belt.
June 13, 2014
During a recent podcast interview with Chris Jericho, MVP revealed that he was going to try to fight through the knee injury and work Slammiversary 2014. The former United States Heavyweight Champion is scheduled to challenge Eric Young for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship at the pay per view. Management is still working on a backup plan in case his knee does not hold up, however.
June 11, 2014
Slammiversary 2014 takes place later on this month, and the main event might be in jeopardy. Originally, Eric Young was scheduled to defend the TNA World Heavyweight Championship against MVP, but the challenger suffered some sort of knee injury while working an independent wrestling show in England over the weekend. No word yet on the severity of the injury, but MVP was limping pretty badly.
June 1, 2014
In case you did not catch Impact Wrestling this week, Samoa Joe made his return to TNA. He received a bit of a pop as he came back to save Eric Young and Bully Ray from an attack by MVP, Kenny King and Bobby Lashley in the final segment of the show. Upon signing with TNA, MVP specifically mentioned Samoa Joe as a performer that he wanted to work against, so that feud could be happening soon.
May 30, 2014
A new Slammiversary 2014 poster has been released. This time, new TNA World Heavyweight CHampion Eric Young is featured instead of Brutus Magnus.
May 3, 2014
"I think if I shaved my beard I might lose both of my jobs. The beard is one of my things now and has been since 2009. I had a beard when it was considered weird. If I shave now people would not recognize me." - TNA World Heavyweight Champion Eric Young talks about a change he refuses to make because of television
April 29, 2014
In a sign that he still holds some value to the network, Eric Young has been given another television show. This time, it is called No Limits, and it is supposed to be a continuation of his Off the Hook: Extreme Catches show. Young will be going around the country, and trying out various extreme activities, such as learning how to be a lumberjack in the Smoky Mountains.
April 28, 2014
In the main event of TNA Sacrifice 2014, Eric Young was able to defeat Brutus Magnus to retain the world heavyweight championship. Young scored the pin fall victory after delivering two piledrivers and a top rope elbow drop. During the match, Magnus attempted to cheat by using a weapon to win the TNA title back, but the referee caught him.
April 27, 2014
A video from Impact Wrestling of Brutus Magnus going crazy and assaulting Abyss and TNA World Heavyweight Champion Eric Young.
April 26, 2014
A lot of fans are quick to point out the similarities between Eric Young winning the heavyweight championship and Daniel Bryan winning the heavyweight championship. However, people backstage in TNA are denying that there is a correlation. Company officials are standing by their stance that the move was done in order to surprise the fans.
April 24, 2014
A video of Eric Young and Abyss fighting one another in a Monster's Ball match on Impact Wrestling. This was done by TNA to give the world heavyweight champion some more credibility and to get fans to buy that he is not just a comedy gimmick.
April 21, 2014
A video from Impact Wrestling where Dixie Carter confronts Eric Young and says that she owns the beard that the TNA World Heavyweight Champion is sporting.
April 19, 2014
Rumors have it that people backstage in WWE are amused by the fact that TNA put their world heavyweight championship around the waist of Eric Young. It is not so much a shot at Young, as many in the industry feel that he is a good worker and a nice person. The ridicule is more about how TNA went about with the story line of crowning him as champion.
April 19, 2014
Since he is now the TNA World Heavyweight Championship, Eric Young is being given a bit of a gimmick change, as management wants to move him further away from the comedic character that he has portraying over the years. TNA wants fans to believe that Young is a credible champion. His Monster's Ball match against Abyss on Impact Wrestling was to aid that.
April 19, 2014
Rumors have it that another reason why TNA gave the world heavyweight championship to Eric Young was to keep him from joining Jeff Jarrett in Global Force Wrestling. Young and Jarrett have a long history together, and they remain on very good terms. Since he is a very good worker and well liked backstage, TNA would much rather he stay with them long term.
April 18, 2014
A message on Twitter from Mick Foley, where the WWE legend congratulates Eric Young on winning the TNA World Heavyweight Championship.
April 18, 2014
If TNA decides to keep the belt on Eric Young for the long term, an idea which is being tossed around backstage because of his marketing value at the moment, then management is going to push Bobby Roode up as a challenger for the world heavyweight championship. There are still talks of Brutus Magnus recapturing the belt at TNA Sacrifice 2014.
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Make a Crab Headband
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Your children will have so much fun making and wearing this crab headband!
What You'll Need
How We Did It
Cut a long strip from the foam that will go around your child's head. Our strip wasn't quite long enough so we made it longer by attaching it in the back with an extra pipe cleaner when she wore it. Cut two circles for the eyes and two claw shapes. If you child is old enough, draw the shapes on the craft foam and have your child cut them out.
Next, glue each pipe cleaner to the headband or punch a hole in the band and wrap the pipe cleaner through to attach it. Glue on the claws and draw a mouth (optional). She had a great time chasing her brother around and pretending to be a pinching crab. This would be the perfect craft for a letter C day (C is for Crab) or it would be a hit at a Little Mermaid or Under the Sea-themed birthday party!