text: Latest Hellenic Insider Greece Australia denies "Macedonians" right to trademark Vergina Sun A major victory for Hellenism, as an attempt by so-called "Macedonians" to trademark the Vergina Sun in Australia is denied by the country's intellectual property authorities. Published 9 months ago on April 2, 2018 By Michael Nevradakis 155 Views Share Tweet The "World Macedonian Congress – Australia" (WMC-A) organization representing so-called "Macedonians" hailing from the country presently known as FYROM, has had its attempts to trademark an ancient Greek symbol, the Vergina Sun, stymied by I.P. Australia (Intellectual Property Australia). The WMC-A had submitted an application to I.P. Australia in an attempt to trademark the Vergina Sun symbol for inclusion in its logo for use within Australia. This application was subsequently denied. In its decision, I.P. Australia remarked: "Your trademark contains a national symbol of Greece. Under the Paris Convention, Australia must prohibit registration of trademarks containing such symbols. This means your trademark is not registrable without authorisation from the relevant authority." The "relevant authority," as noted by I.P Australia, is the Greek Embassy in Australia. Not surprisingly, this decision has left the WMC-A seething, as it is now threatening to take I.P. Australia to court over this ruling. Also known as the Star of Vergina, the Macedonian Star, or the Argead Star, the Vergina Sun is an ancient Greek symbol which appears in Greek art of the 6th to 2nd centuries BC, featuring sixteen triangular rays. It is the historical royal symbol of the ancient Kingdom of Macedonia. In 1991, the self-proclaimed "Republic of Macedonia," upon achieving independence, attempted to appropriate the Vergina Sun symbol for its flag. As part of the interim agreement of 1995 with Greece, however, in which Greece's northern neighbor was assigned the interim name of "Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" (FYROM), FYROM was obliged to change its flag, adopting a different solar symbol which remains in use today. The WMC-A's angry press release, following denial of their trademark application: Liked it? Take a second to support The Duran on Patreon! 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Published 7 hours ago on December 16, 2018 By Finian Cunningham Authored by Finian Cunningham via The Strategic Culture Foundation: You do have to wonder about the political savvy of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his government. The furious fallout from China over the arrest of a senior telecoms executive is going to do severe damage to Canadian national interests. Trudeau's fawning over American demands is already rebounding very badly for Canada's economy and its international image. The Canadian arrest – on behalf of Washington – of Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer of Chinese telecom giant Huawei, seems a blatant case of the Americans acting politically and vindictively. If the Americans are seen to be acting like bandits, then the Canadians are their flunkies. Wanzhou was detained on December 1 by Canadian federal police as she was boarding a commercial airliner in Vancouver. She was reportedly handcuffed and led away in a humiliating manner which has shocked the Chinese government, media and public. The business executive has since been released on a $7.4 million bail bond, pending further legal proceedings. She is effectively being kept under house arrest in Canada with electronic ankle tagging. To add insult to injury, it is not even clear what Wanzhou is being prosecuted for. The US authorities have claimed that she is guilty of breaching American sanctions against Iran by conducting telecoms business with Tehran. It is presumed that the Canadians arrested Wanzhou at the request of the Americans. But so far a US extradition warrant has not been filed. That could take months. In the meantime, the Chinese businesswoman will be living under curfew, her freedom denied. Canadian legal expert Christopher Black says there is no juridical case for Wanzhou's detention. The issue of US sanctions on Iran is irrelevant and has no grounds in international law. It is simply the Americans applying their questionable national laws on a third party. Black contends that Canada has therefore no obligation whatsoever to impose those US laws regarding Iran in its territory, especially given that Ottawa and Beijing have their own separate bilateral diplomatic relations. In any case, what the real issue is about is the Americans using legal mechanisms to intimidate and beat up commercial rivals. For months now, Washington has made it clear that it is targeting Chinese telecoms rivals as commercial competitors in a strategic sector. US claims about China using telecoms for "spying" and "infiltrating" American national security are bogus propaganda ruses to undermine these commercial rivals through foul means. It also seems clear from US President Donald Trump's unsubtle comments this week to Reuters, saying he would "personally intervene" in the Meng case "if it helped trade talks with China", that the Huawei executive is being dangled like a bargaining chip. It was a tacit admission by Trump that the Americans really don't have a legal case against her. Canada's foreign minister Chrystia Freeland bounced into damage limitation mode following Trump's thuggish comments. She said that the case should not be "politicized" and that the legal proceedings should not be tampered with. How ironic is that? The whole affair has been politicized from the very beginning. Meng's arrest, or as Christopher Black calls it "hostage-taking", is driven by Washington's agenda of harassment against China for commercial reasons, under a legal pretext purportedly about Iranian sanctions. When Trump revealed the cynical expediency of him "helping to free Wanzhou", then the Canadians realized they were also being exposed for the flunkies that they are for American banditry. That's why Freeland was obliged to quickly adopt the fastidious pretense of legal probity. Canadian premier Justin Trudeau has claimed that he wasn't aware of the American request for Wanzhou's detention. Trudeau is being pseudo. For such a high-profile infringement against a senior Chinese business leader, Ottawa must have been fully briefed by the Americans. Christopher Black, the legal expert, believes that Trudeau would had to have known about the impending plot to snatch Wanzhou and moreover that he personally signed off on it. What Trudeau and his government intended to get out of performing this sordid role for American thuggery is far from clear. Maybe after being verbally mauled by Trump as "weak and dishonest" at the G7 summit earlier this year, in June, Trudeau decided it was best to roll over and be a good little puppy for the Americans in their dirty deed against China. But already it has since emerged that Canada is going to pay a very heavy price indeed for such dubious service to Washington. Beijing has warned that it will take retaliation against both Washington and Ottawa. And it is Ottawa that is more vulnerable to severe repercussions. This week saw two Canadian citizens, one a former diplomat, detained in China on spying charges. Canadian business analysts are also warning that Beijing can inflict harsh economic penalties on Ottawa. An incensed Chinese public have begun boycotting Canadian exports and sensitive Canadian investments in China are now at risk from being blocked by Beijing. A proposed free trade deal that was being negotiated between Ottawa and Beijing now looks dead in the water. And if Trudeau's government caves in to the excruciating economic pressure brought to bear by Beijing and then abides by China's demand to immediately release Meng Wanzhou, Ottawa will look like a pathetic, gutless lackey to Washington. Canada's reputation of being a liberal, independent state will be shredded. Even then the Chinese are unlikely to forget Trudeau's treachery. With comic irony, there's a cringemaking personal dimension to this unseemly saga. During the 197os when Trudeau's mother Margaret was a thirty-something socialite heading for divorce from his father, then Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, she was often in the gossip media for indiscretions at nightclubs. Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards claims in his autobiography that Margaret Trudeau was a groupie for the band, having flings with Mick Jagger and Ronnie Wood. Her racy escapades and louche lifestyle brought shame to many Canadians. Poor Margaret Trudeau later wound up divorced, disgraced, financially broke and scraping a living from scribbling tell-all books. Justin, her eldest son, is finding out that being a groupie for Washington's banditry is also bringing disrepute for him and his country. Liked it? Take a second to support The Duran on Patreon! Continue Reading Latest US Commits To "Indefinite" Occupation Of Syria; Controls Region The Size Of Croatia Raqqa is beginning to look more and more like Baghdad circa 2005. Published 7 hours ago on December 16, 2018 By Tyler Durden Via Zerohedge… "We don't want the Americans. It's occupation" — a Syrian resident in US-controlled Raqqa told Stars and Stripes military newspaper. This as the Washington Post noted this week that "U.S. troops will now stay in Syria indefinitely, controlling a third of the country and facing peril on many fronts." Like the "forever war" in Afghanistan, will we be having the same discussion over the indefinite occupation of Syria stretching two decades from now? A new unusually frank assessment in Stars and Stripes bluntly lays out the basic facts concerning the White House decision to "stay the course" until the war's close: That decision puts U.S. troops in overall control, perhaps indefinitely, of an area comprising nearly a third of Syria, a vast expanse of mostly desert terrain roughly the size of Louisiana. The Pentagon does not say how many troops are there. Officially, they number 503, but earlier this year an official let slip that the true number may be closer to 4,000 A prior New Yorker piece described the US-occupied area east of the Euphrates as "an area about the size of Croatia." With no Congressional vote, no public debate, and not even so much as an official presidential address to the nation, the United States is settling in for another endless occupation of sovereign foreign soil while relying on the now very familiar post-911 AUMF fig leaf of "legality". Like the American public and even some Pentagon officials of late have been pointing out for years regarding Afghanistan, do US forces on the ground even know what the mission is? The mission may be undefined and remain ambiguously to "counter Iran", yet the dangers and potential for major loss in blood and treasure loom larger than ever. According to Stars and Stripes the dangerous cross-section of powder keg conflicts and geopolitical players means "a new war" is on the horizon: The new mission raises new questions, about the role they will play and whether their presence will risk becoming a magnet for regional conflict and insurgency. The area is surrounded by powers hostile both to the U.S. presence and the aspirations of the Kurds, who are governing the majority-Arab area in pursuit of a leftist ideology formulated by an imprisoned Turkish Kurdish leader. Signs that the Islamic State is starting to regroup and rumblings of discontent within the Arab community point to the threat of an insurgency. Without the presence of U.S. troops, these dangers would almost certainly ignite a new war right away, said Ilham Ahmed, a senior official with the Self-Administration of North and East Syria, as the self-styled government of the area is called. "They have to stay. If they leave and there isn't a solution for Syria, it will be catastrophic," she said. But staying also heralds risk, and already the challenges are starting to mount. So a US-backed local politician says the US can't leave or there will be war, while American defense officials simultaneously recognize they are occupying the very center of an impending insurgency from hell — all of which fits the textbook definition of quagmire perfectly. The New Yorker: "The United States has built a dozen or more bases from Manbij to Al-Hasakah, including four airfields, and American-backed forces now control all of Syria east of the Euphrates, an area about the size of Croatia." But in September the White House announced a realignment of its official priorities in Syria, namely to act "as a bulwark against Iran's expanding influence." This means the continued potential and likelihood of war with Syria, Iran, and Russia in the region is ever present, per Stripes: Syrian government troops and Iranian proxy fighters are to the south and west. They have threatened to take the area back by force, in pursuit of President Bashar Assad's pledge to bring all of Syria under government control. Already signs of an Iraq-style insurgency targeting US forces in eastern Syria are beginning to emerge. In Raqqa, the largest Syrian city at the heart of US occupation and reconstruction efforts, the Stripes report finds the following: The anger on the streets is palpable. Some residents are openly hostile to foreign visitors, which is rare in other towns and cities freed from Islamic State control in Syria and Iraq. Even those who support the presence of the U.S. military and the SDF say they are resentful that the United States and its partners in the anti-ISIS coalition that bombed the city aren't helping to rebuild. And many appear not to support their new rulers. "We don't want the Americans. It's occupation," said one man, a tailor, who didn't want to give his name because he feared the consequences of speaking his mind. "I don't know why they had to use such a huge number of weapons and destroy the city. Yes, ISIS was here, but we paid the price. They have a responsibility." Recent reports out of the Pentagon suggests defense officials simply want to throw more money into US efforts in Syria, which are further focused on training and supplying the so-called Syrian Democratic Forces (or Kurdish/YPG-dominated SDF), which threatens confrontation with Turkey as its forces continue making preparations for a planned attack on Kurdish enclaves in Syria this week. Meanwhile, Raqqa is beginning to look more and more like Baghdad circa 2005: Everyone says the streets are not safe now. Recent months have seen an uptick in assassinations and kidnappings, mostly targeting members of the security forces or people who work with the local council. But some critics of the authorities have been gunned down, too, and at night there are abductions and robberies. As America settles in for yet another endless and "indefinite" occupation of a Middle East country, perhaps all that remains is for the president to land on an aircraft carrier with "Mission Accomplished" banners flying overhead? Liked it? Take a second to support The Duran on Patreon! Continue Reading Latest The real reason Western media & CIA turned against Saudi MBS The problem with MBS isn't that he is a mass murdering war criminal, it is that he is too "independent" for the United States' liking. Published 1 day ago on December 15, 2018 By RT Via RT… Forces are aligning against Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince, lead by elements within the CIA and strong players in the mainstream media. But what is really behind this deterioration in relationship, and what are its implications? Following the brutal murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, western media and various entities, including the CIA, appear to have turned their back on Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman (MBS). In response to the scandal, the Guardian released a video which its celebutante, Owen Jones, captioned"Saudi Arabia is one of the biggest threats on Earth. Time to stop propping up its repulsive regime." The Guardian was not alone in its condemnation. "It's high time to end Saudi impunity," wrote Hana Al-Khamri in Al-Jazeera. "It's time for Saudi Arabia to tell the truth on Jamal Khashoggi," the Washington Post's Editorial Board argued. Politico called it "the tragedy of Jamal Khashoggi." Even shadowy think-tanks like the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) and the Atlantic Council released articles criticising Saudi Arabia in the wake of Khashoggi's death. A number of companies began backing away from Saudi money after the journalist's death, including the world's largest media companies such as the New York Times, the Economist's editor-in-chief Zanny Minton Beddoes, Arianna Huffington, CNN, CNBC, the Financial Times, Bloomberg, Google Cloud CEO, just to name a few. The CIA concluded that MBS personally ordered Khashoggi's death, and was reportedly quite open in its provision of this assessment. Antonio Guterres, secretary-general of the UN, also took time out of his schedule to express concern over Saudi Arabia's confirmation of the killing. At the time of the scandal, former CIA director John Brennan went on MSNBC to state that the Khashoggi's death would be the downfall of MBS. Furthermore, the US Senate just voted in favour of ending American involvement in Saudi Arabia's war in Yemen (a somewhat symbolic victory, though this is a topic for another article), but nonetheless was a clear stab at MBS personally. The only person who appeared to continue to uphold America's unfaltering support for MBS, even after all the publicly made evidence against MBS, was the US president himself. So after years of bombarding Yemen, sponsoring terror groups across the Middle East, Asia, the Pacific and beyond, why is it only now that there has been mounting opposition to Saudi Arabia's leadership? Let's just bear in mind that western media had spent years investing in a heavy PR campaign to paint MBS as a "reformer." Former national security adviser under Barack Obama's second term, Susan Rice, wrote an article in the New York Times, in which she called MBS a "partner we can't depend on." Rice concludes that MBS is "not and can no longer be viewed as a reliable partner of the United States and our allies." But why is this? Is it because MBS is responsible for some of the most egregious human rights abuses inside his own kingdom as well as in Yemen? Is it because of MBS' support for groups such as ISIS and al-Qaeda? No, according to Rice, we "should not rupture our important relationship with the kingdom, but we must make it clear it cannot be business as usual so long as Prince Mohammad continues to wield unlimited power." One will observe that the latter segment of Rice's article almost mirrors former CIA director Brennan's word on MSNBC word for word who stated that: "I think ultimately this is going to come out. And it's very important for us to maintain the relations with Saudi Arabia. And if it's Mohammed bin Salman who's the cancer here, well, we need to be able to find ways to eliminate the cancer and to move forward with this relationship that is critical to regional stability and our national interests." In reality, this is probably the issue that western media and government advisors have taken up with MBS. Aside from the fact he allegedly held a huge hand in the brutal murder of one of their own establishment journalists (Saudi Arabia reportedly tortured and killed another journalist not long after Khashoggi, but western media was eerily silent on this incident) MBS is not opposed for his reckless disregard for human rights. With insight into Rice's mindset, we actually learn that if the US were to punish MBS, he would be likely to "behave more irresponsibly to demonstrate his independence and exact retribution against his erstwhile Western partners." You see, the problem with MBS isn't that he is a mass murdering war criminal, it is that he is too "independent" for the United States' liking. Last week, Saudi Arabia and the other major oil producers met in Vienna at the year's final big OPEC meeting of the year. As Foreign Policy notes, Saudi Arabia remains the largest oil producer inside OPEC but has to contend with the US and Russia who are "pumping oil at record levels." Together, the three countries are the world's biggest oil producers, meaning any coordinated decision made between these three nations can be somewhat monumental. However, it appears that one of these three nations will end up drawing the short end of the stick as the other two begin forming a closer alliance. As Foreign Policy explains: "But Saudi Arabia has bigger game in mind at Vienna than just stabilizing oil prices. Recognizing that it can't shape the global oil market by itself anymore but rather needs the cooperation of Russia, Saudi Arabia is hoping to formalize an ad hoc agreement between OPEC and Moscow that began in 2016, a time when dirt-cheap oil also posed a threat to oil-dependent regimes. That informal agreement expires at the end of the year, but the Saudis would like to make Russia's participation with the cartel more permanent." Russian officials have been signalling their intention to formalise this agreement for quite some time now. Given the hysteria in western media about any and all things Russian, it is not too much of a stretch to suggest that this is the kind of news that is not sitting too well with the powers-that-be. Earlier this year, Russia and Saudi Arabia announced that it would "institutionalize" the two-year-old bilateral agreement to coordinate oil production targets in order to maintain an edge on the global market. While US president Trump has been supportive and incredibly defensive of MBS during this "crisis", the truth is that the US only has itself to blame. It was not all too long ago that Trump announced that he had told Saudi King Salman that his kingdom would not last two weeks without US support. Saudi Arabia is learning for themselves quite quickly that, ultimately, it may pay not to have all its eggs in one geopolitical superpower basket. Saudi Arabia has been increasingly interested in Moscow since King Salman made a historic visit to Moscow in October 2017. While Trump has openly bragged about his record-breaking arms deals with the Saudis, the blunt truth is that the $110 billion arms agreements were reportedly only ever letters of interest or intent, but not actual contracts. As such, the US-Saudi arms deal is still yet to be locked in, all the while Saudi Arabia is negotiating with Russia for its S-400 air defence system. This is, as the Washington Post notes, despite repeated US requests to Saudi Arabia for it disavow its interest in Russia's arms. The economic threat that an "independent" Saudi Arabia under MBS' leadership poses to Washington runs deeper than meets the eye and may indeed have a domino effect. According to CNN, Russia and Saudi Arabia "are engaged in an intense battle over who will be the top supplier to China, a major energy importer with an insatiable appetite for crude." The unveiling of China's petro-yuan poses a major headache for Washington and its control over Saudi Arabia as well.According to Carl Weinberg, chief economist and managing director at High-Frequency Economics, China will "compel"Saudi Arabia to trade oil in Chinese yuan instead of US dollars. One must bear in mind that China has now surpassed the US as the "biggest oil importer on the planet," these direct attacks on the US dollar will have huge implications for its current world reserve status. If Saudi Arabia jumps on board China's petro-yuan, the rest of OPEC will eventually follow, and the US might be left with no choice but to declare all of these countries in need of some vital freedom and democracy. Therefore, ousting MBS and replacing him with a Crown Prince who doesn't stray too far from the tree that is US imperialism may put a dent in pending relationships with Saudi Arabia and Washington's adversaries, Russia and China. Once we get over the certainty that the US media and the CIA are not against MBS for his long-list of human rights abuses, the question then becomes: why – why now, and in this manner, have they decided to put the spotlight on MBS and expose him exactly for what he is. Clearly, the driving force behind this media outrage is a bit more complex than first meets the eye. Liked it? Take a second to support The Duran on Patreon! Continue Reading JOIN OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL Your donations make all the difference. Together we can expose fake news lies and deliver truth. Amount to donate in USD$: 5 100 Validating payment information... Waiting for PayPal...Validating payment information...Waiting for PayPal... 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In daytime television, black is the new black.
Television programmers, in their search for the next big thing, have found that charismatic African American entertainers are potent magnets who attract mainstream and ethnically diverse audiences.
This past summer, Warner Bros. tested a round-table talk show called "The Real" with a sassy attitude and a racially diverse cast. The show outperformed another experimental talk show, hosted by reality TV maven Kris Jenner, mother of the Kardashian clan.
Comedian Steve Harvey provided the TV industry with its eureka moment. After Harvey became the first African American host of "Family Feud" four seasons ago, the game show began exploding in popularity. Last year, its viewership soared 40% to an average of 7 million viewers an episode. Ratings for the 37-year old program hadn't reached such heights since the early 1990s.
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"Always follow the money," said J. Fred MacDonald, a media historian who has studied the portrayal of African Americans in television. "There is a rich pot of money for these syndicators who are coming to the realization that the African American audience can make them successful."
Queen Latifah launched a new talk show in September for Sony Pictures Television. Cedric the Entertainer replaced Meredith Vieira as host of Walt Disney Co.'s syndicated "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire," and ratings soared.
Daytime soap operas and round-table gabfests, "The View" and "The Talk," boast ethnically diverse casts. Black comedian Wayne Brady calls the shots on "Let's Make a Deal," and Wendy Williams, a former New York radio DJ, has blossomed into a bona fide daytime star with her girlfriend talk show. Last season, Harvey branched out with his own syndicated show.
Oprah Winfrey's long-running talk show transcended racial barriers, proving that an African American host could be an enormous draw. But TV executives had long considered Winfrey in a class by herself. So when she prepared to end her syndicated show two years ago, programmers looked to prominent news personalities like Couric and CNN's Anderson Cooper to capture Winfrey's displaced viewers.
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Cooper's talk show for Warner Bros. ended after two seasons, and Couric's show -- which is costly to produce -- seems to be on the bubble.
Providing entertainment for an underserved black audience explains part of the success of these shows. African Americans make up about 13% of the U.S. population, but more than 18% of the daytime TV audience, according to Nielsen. African Americans also have buying power estimated at $1 trillion a year, which is expected to grow to $1.3 trillion by 2017.
But these entertainers also are connecting with younger viewers and whites, Latinos and Asians, which forced the industry to rethink some of its assumptions.
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Programmers also have gotten better at identifying niches within the black audience, said Esther Franklin, an executive vice president with advertising firm Starcom MediaVest Group.
"The daytime talk show was a proven genre but it is now being looked at through a different lens," Franklin said. "These hosts are bringing new experiences to the table."
Wendy Williams appeals to younger, celebrity and fashion-conscious viewers while the core demographic for Steve Harvey's talk show is middle-aged women, often single mothers, who have strong ties to religion and are interested in nurturing their relationships, Franklin said.
The Disney/ABC Domestic Television team spent nine months searching for a replacement for the 28-year veteran Regis Philbin who retired at the end of 2011. The team tried out 59 guest hosts, the majority of them white men.
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Throughout the process, Michael Gelman, the show's longtime executive producer, was most intrigued by the combination of Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan, a former New York Giants defensive end who is a co-host of Fox's Sunday NFL studio team of former players and coaches.
The decision to cast the 6-foot-5 Strahan opposite the 5-foot-3 Ripa wasn't about color, Gelman said.
"The fact that Michael is African American was terrific, but our decision had much less to do with race and more to do with chemistry," Gelman said. "He is warm, accessible and you have this great contrast on screen of this big football player and this petite blond."
Gelman acknowledged the pair make an odd couple.
"Some people thought that would be the reason that we wouldn't select Michael, but I found it to be interesting, a great visual contrast," Gelman said. "Michael came in and he just lit up the room and he has just hit it out of the park."
In an interview this fall, Queen Latifah said that being a woman and an African American was part of her identity. But her fans have come from different demographic groups, from "young kids to old folks, to every color, race, religion, gay, straight ... this big group that is not defined by one thing or another," she said.
The trend in daytime TV should demonstrate that African Americans are a dynamic group, Latifah said.
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A Poem Links Unlikely Allies in 1775: Phillis Wheatley and George Washington
One of the most surprising connections of the American Revolutionary era emerged at the very beginning of the war between the African American poet Phillis Wheatley and the commander in chief of the American forces, George Washington. For Wheatley, who arrived in Boston on a slave ship at the age of seven or eight in 1761, nothing might have seemed more improbable than that she would write a lavish poem of praise fourteen years later to Washington, the Virginia plantation owner turned general.
Wheatley had proved herself a prodigy, rapidly mastering English and learning Latin, history, and literature, while also publishing poems in New England periodicals from the age of thirteen. By 1773 she was something of a celebrity, publishing a volume of poems in London and making a literary tour to England that summer, moving her master to manumit her upon her return to America. She was also an ardent supporter of the American independence movement. When the British occupied Boston in the summer of 1775, she and her former master's family, the Wheatleys, withdrew for safety to Providence, Rhode Island.
It was in Providence that Phillis learned of Washington's appointment by the Continental Congress to take command of the American forces in Massachusetts, which he did upon his arrival in Cambridge in September 1775. In response to the news, she composed a patriotic poem in Washington's honor, later published as "His Excellency General Washington." She sent the poem in manuscript to Washington at his headquarters in Cambridge, across the Charles River from British-occupied Boston. Washington's exuberant reaction might seem surprising to modern readers, remembering him as a slave owner. But it becomes more understandable when one reads the poem itself. [1]
Wheatley prefaces her poem with a letter dated October 26, 1775, extolling Washington as "Generalissimo of the armies of North America," famous for his virtues, which, she gushes, "excite sensations not easy to suppress."[2] Then in a poem of 42 lines, redolent of the heroic style and rhyming couplets of Alexander Pope and other early eighteenth-century poets, Wheatley pours forth tribute and encouragement to the newly minted commander. Elevating America to the mythical status of a personified divine "Columbia," in her opening lines Wheatley emphasizes the themes of freedom and a struggle for independence that the world is watching:
Celestial choir! enthron'd in realms of light,
Columbia's scenes of glorious toils I write.
While freedom's cause her anxious breast alarms,
She flashes dreadful in refulgent arms.
See mother earth her offspring's fate bemoan,
And nations gaze at scenes before unknown!
See the bright beams of heaven's revolving light
Involved in sorrows and veil of night!
(lines 1–8)
Imagining glorious military triumphs far beyond anything Washington and his men would actually experience for many years, Wheatley reaches for a Homeric style, complete with an invocation of the muse:
Muse! bow propitious while my pen relates
How pour her armies through a thousand gates . . .
And then a few lines later:
Thick as leaves in Autumn's golden reign,
Such, and so many, moves the warrior's train.
In bright array they seek the work of war,
Where high unfurl'd the ensign waves in air.
(lines 19–22)
Having praised both Washington and his troops, Wheatley goes on to prophesy a grand if bloody victory for the Americans:
Anon Britannia droops the pensive head,
While round increase the rising hills of dead.
Ah! cruel blindness to Columbia's state!
Lament thy thirst of boundless power too late.
(lines 35–38)
Whether "the rising hills of dead" refers to specific battles such as Bunker Hill or more generally to the inevitable scale of death to come, Wheatley's defiance of the British and condemnation of their "thirst of boundless power" mark her as one of Revolutionary America's most outspoken patriotic voices.
Wheatley circles back in her closing lines to focus her attention on Washington himself in terms that might seem, ironically, more monarchical than democratic in a poem celebrating a fight against tyranny:
Proceed, great chief, with virtue on thy side,
Thy ev'ry action let the goddess guide.
A crown, a mansion, and a throne that shine,
With gold unfading, WASHINGTON! be thine.
(lines 39–42)
Fortunately, when he became the first President of the United States in 1789, Washington rejected "crowns" and "thrones" and all the apparatus that would have compromised the republican ideals of the new country.
Wheatley's letter and poem were delayed in reaching Washington, and when he finally replied on February 28, 1776, he began with a formal apology, beggging her forgiveness for "the seeming but not real neglect."[3] After praising her "poetical talents" and thanking her profusely, Washington invited Wheatley to come visit him at his headquarters. Though definitive evidence is lacking, many historians believe Wheatley did travel to Cambridge and met Washington in person, which if true would have been one of the most extraordinary encounters of the entire founding era.
The publication history of the poem is another story altogether. For many years it was widely believed that Wheatley's poem "His Excellency George Washington" was first published in the Pennsylvania Magazine, where it did indeed appear in the April 1776 issue (published April 30, 1776). But modern scholars have determined that in fact it was first published a month earlier, in the March 30, 1776, issue of the Virginia Gazette. Why would Washington and his advisors want to publish Wheatley's poem in Virginia, where he was universally esteemed, rather than in a state like Massachusetts, where his reputation was more equivocal? By the agency of his staff officer Joseph Reed, who arranged the poem's publication in the Virginia Gazette, Washington probably wanted to show his fellow Virginians a former slave who was not only literate, but loyal to the American cause—an astute tactic at a time when Virginia was wracked with fear of slave insurrections, incited by Governor Dunmore's call in November 1775 for slaves to come fight on the British side.[4] Those Dunmore-incited slave escapes and insurrections would still be haunting fellow Virginian Thomas Jefferson when he drafted the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia in late June 1776.[5]
For obvious reasons, Washington was an unqualified admirer of Wheatley, describing her as "favored by the Muses" and a poet "to whom Nature has been so liberal and beneficent in her dispensations."[6] But her reputation had its ups and downs. The black British writer Ignatius Sancho admired her writings and felt indignant that she was still a slave—a "Genius in bondage"—when her book of poems was published.[7] Thomas Jefferson, on the other hand, felt it necessary in 1785 to attack her, denouncing her writings as "below the dignity of criticism."[8] The French abolitionist Henri Grégoire, in his monumental treatise on black equality published in 1808, raised Phillis Wheatley as the greatest example of black literary talent and achievement in the whole of the eighteenth century.[9] There were a few editions of her work in the early nineteenth century, such as that edited by Margaretta M. Odell in 1834, but then almost nothing for more than one hundred years, until her works and reputation were revived during the Civil Rights Movement in the late twentieth century.
Wheatley's life, sadly, wound down to a tragic and premature ending. She endured an unhappy marriage, the deaths of two of her three children, poverty, and long illness before dying in 1784, scarcely aged 30. Her poetic writings, however, remain the cornerstone of the African American literary tradition, as well as a major force in the broader history of America.
Her impact on Washington, though subtle, may well have contributed to one of the most important changes in his life. Beginning shortly after his encounter with this extraordinary black poet, Washington, who had heretofore seemed no different from the typical Virginia slave owner, began to show signs of an evolving attitude about slavery and race. In 1776 he reversed an earlier decision and allowed the enlistment of black soldiers in the American army; in 1779 he supported a plan to free slaves in South Carolina if they fought on the American side; in 1786 he wrote to fellow Virginians such as John Mercer announcing his hope that the legislature would abolish slavery; and in his last will and testament Washington freed the slaves he owned (he could not touch the dowry slaves owned by Martha and her family) and arranged for them to be educated and trained in trades so they could support themselves. Phillis Wheatley's patriotic poem to "His Excellency George Washington" may have had a greater effect on American history than she ever knew.
[1] The Virginia Gazette, March 30, 1776, p. 1, reprinted in Amazing Grace: An Anthology of Poems about Slavery, 1660–1810, ed. James G. Basker (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2002), 181–182.
[2] Amazing Grace, 181. All further references are to this edition of "His Excellency General Washington."
[3] Letter from George Washington to Phillis Wheatley, February 28, 1776, reprinted in The Complete Writings of Phillis Wheatley, ed. Vincent Carretta (New York: Penguin, 2001), 187.
[4] James G. Basker, "'The Next Insurrection': Johnson, Race, and Rebellion," The Age of Johnson 11 (2000), 47–51.
[5] For Jefferson's denunciation of British incitements of slave insurrections in the first draft of the Declaration, see http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/declara/ruffdrft.html.
[6] Washington to Wheatley, February 28, 1776, quoted from Carretta, Complete Writings of Wheatley, 187.
[7] Letter from Ignatius Sancho to Mr. Fisher, January 27, 1778, Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, An African, ed. Vincent Carretta (New York: Penguin, 1998), 112.
[8] Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia, ed. Frank Shuffelton (New York: Penguin, 1999), 147.
[9] Henri Grégoire, De la littérature des nègres (Paris, 1808); translated and reprinted as On the Cultural Achievement of Negroes (Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1996), 108–112.
James G. Basker is Richard Gilder Professor of Literary History at Barnard College, Columbia University, and president of the Gilder Lehrman Institute. His books include Amazing Grace: An Anthology of Poems about Slavery, 1660–1810 (Yale, 2002) and American Antislavery Writings: Colonial Beginnings to Emancipation (Library of America, 2012).
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From the producer of "Six Feet Under", this series is about a telepathic waitress living in rural Louisiana who falls in love with a vampire and tries to deal with the rocky relationship.
"True Blood" stars Anna Paquin and Sam Trammell. It is written by Alan Ball and Raelle Tucker, and directed by Scott Winant and Michael Lehmann.
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Chicken and Dumpling
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For the broth:
- 2 chickens (4 pounds each), backs removed and cut into 8 pieces each
- 1 large onion, coarsely chopped
- 6 cups water
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
For the dumplings:
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 1 cup milk
- 7 tablespoons butter
- 10 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup dry white wine
- 2 teaspoons Essence, recipe follows
- 1 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves
- 3 ribs celery, cut into 1/2-inch pieces on the diagonal
- 4 carrots, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch pieces on the diagonal
- 1 large onion, cut into 1-inch pieces
- 1/4 cup heavy cream
- 1/2 cup frozen green peas, thawed
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 3 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley leaves
Cut chicken backs, necks and wings into 1-inch pieces.
For the broth: in a large pot, combine the chicken, onions, water, bay leaves and salt. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer, partially covered, until the chicken is tender, about 45 minutes. Remove the chicken pieces and set aside. Discard the chicken backs, necks, and wings. When the chicken pieces have cooled, remove the meat from the bones in chunks and set aside. Discard the skin and bones. Strain the broth and discard the vegetables.
Prepare the dumplings: In a medium bowl, mix the flour, baking powder, and salt together. In a small saucepan over low heat, bring the butter and milk to a simmer. Stir the butter and milk mixture into the dry ingredients with a fork and stir until the mixture just comes together. On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough out to a 1/8-inch thickness. Cut into long strips 1-inch wide. Transfer to a large plate or baking sheet and cover with plastic wrap. Refrigerate until ready to use.
In the cleaned Dutch oven, melt the butter over medium heat. Whisk in the flour and cook until golden-brown, 3 to 4 minutes. While whisking, add the wine, the reserved chicken broth, Essence, and thyme. Cook until thickened, about 5 minutes, then add the celery, carrots, and onion. Cook until the vegetables are tender-crisp, about 15 minutes. Add the reserved chicken meat, heavy cream, and peas. Season with salt (if necessary), and add black pepper, to taste.
Place the dumplings on top of the chicken mixture and gently stir into the hot liquid. Cover and simmer until the dumplings are cooked through, about 10 minutes. Gently stir in the parsley. Serve in large soup bowls.Emeril's ESSENCE Creole Seasoning (also referred to as Bayou Blast):
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1 tablespoon black pepper
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1 tablespoon dried oregano
1 tablespoon dried thyme
Combine all ingredients thoroughly.
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A sibling rivalry crackles in Teatro Visión's charged drama 'Water & Power'
By Ben Marks
THERE ARE so many good moments and strong performances in the current Teatro Visión production of Richard Montoya's Water & Power that I scarcely know where to begin. So let's start with the play's prologue, delivered by the gruff, wheelchair-bound shaman gangbanger Norte/Sur (Rubén C. González), who rolls himself onto the stage to inform us that the lords of death are severely pissed off (his language is more colorful). As thunder claps around him and a young, shirtless "deer dancer" (Alejandro Flores) performs ritual steps in the background, we are immediately under the broken man's spell. Up goes the scrim to reveal a budget motel room on the Sunset Strip, where a paranoid, drug-addled cop named Gabriel García (Mauricio Mendoza) is holed up, drinking and snorting himself into a frenzy. A man enters and the cop proceeds to kick the crap out of him. A setup? No, it's just two brothers saying hello.
After dusting himself off, Gilbert García (Carlos Mendoza, who is Mauricio's real-life twin) surveys the wreckage of his brother's life as he takes calls on his Blackberry. Gilbert is a rising star in Sacramento, a Chicano-turned-Hispanic who honors his roots in East Los Angeles by doing things like sponsoring a bill to create a green zone along the L.A. River near his childhood home. He is the Water of the play's title, a nickname given to him by his father, Asunción (David Cavallero). Gabriel, Gilbert's twin, is Power. Montoya definitely wants us to consider the meaning behind these names (Power is a cop, Water attempts to float all boats through his work as a legislator), but the playwright is no mere symbolist--both monikers, it turns out, are lifted from the patch on their father's coveralls (Asunción dug ditches for the Department of Water and Power). Throughout the play, flashbacks to the formative exchanges between the father and his sons (played one at a time by the guileless Alejandro Flores) are like glimpses of Gabby and Gibby's personal creation myths.
From these elements, Montoya's wonderfully written and cleverly staged play unfolds. We meet Norte/Sur several more times; the scene in which he and Power discuss the relative merits of different sources of "muscle" is at once hilarious and chilling. We follow Water to the lair of the Fixer (a deliciously smarmy Tom Gough) to see just how much humiliation Water will take in his quest to extricate his brother from the hole he's dug for himself. And under it all is the rumble of the machinery that keeps L.A. humming. As others have already noted (the play was first performed at the Mark Taper Forum in 2006 and at San Diego Rep in 2008), Water & Power is part Greek tragedy, part stage noir, but it's the heart and soul underlying the piece that makes it truly thrilling.
WATER & POWER plays Thursday-Saturday at 8pm and Sunday at 2pm through March 29 at the Mexican Heritage Plaza Theater, 1700 Alum Rock Ave., San Jose. Tickets are $10-$24. (408.272.992 or www.teatrovision.org)
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After what it feels like a forever grueling climb, we finally made it to the playground of the Gods. I can't fully explain the feeling of being able to see the world below while on top of the summit. It was so surreal enjoying nature at its rawest form even if the physical pain is slowly migrating to the different parts of my body.
Started the trail early morning then descended the summit reaching back the ranger station past nine in the evening. Anyone with a good level of fitness and the willpower to push through the tiring, discomfort and extreme cold can climb to the summit of Pulag. This mountain offers a wide variety of flora and fauna (my favorite are the dwarf bamboos) plus a spectacular show of colors- orange, crimson red and yellows, velvet blue then ink black sky with glittering stars at night. The wondrous spectacle of clouds cascading like falls was purely breathtaking. I just watched in awe the views every moving minute. After 6 hours bus ride then another 6 hours jeepney ride (literally sitting on the roof of the jeepney then slept on the floor inside after) then 2 hours to DENR for briefing another 2 hours to the Ranger station added the ten hours climb up to the 2,922 meters above sea level of 2 degrees summit, I can definitely say climbing Pulag was no piece of cake but the views are stunning like paintings. Seems like the rendering powers of Claude Monet, Henri Rousseau and Paul Cezzane have joined forces in the horizon. I felt the presence of God strongly while watching the unbelievable scenery unfolding before my eyes. It was a good avenue for indulging in introspection. I jubilantly cheered on my inner faith that my body could do things beyond the regular limits. I have developed an insatiable appetite for climbing more mountains now. After all, it's not bad to seek a higher playground right? 🙂


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Afghan woman's nose nearly complete
May 10, 2013, 11:49:16 AM »
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Frederick, Maryland (CNN) -- In front of a mirror, Aesha Mohammadzai sees what is possible.
There, in the center of her face, is a nearly complete piece of herself -- a piece she's been missing since the day she was mutilated nearly four years ago.
Since August 2010, when her image appeared on the cover of Time magazine, she's been known for what she didn't have. Her Taliban husband and in-laws hacked off her nose and ears as punishment for running away.
Her disfigured face became a symbol for oppressed women in Afghanistan, a reminder of what might come in spades if the Taliban regains control.
Today, she is only minor surgeries away from having the new nose she's longed for. The grueling procedures -- involving a painful skin expander in her forehead, as well as skin, bone and cartilage grafts -- are behind her. Come this summer, for the first time in years, she will appear whole.
But rebuilding a nose and rebuilding a life are two very different propositions. The first involves her being at the mercy of others; the second demands that Aesha, 22, do the work.
With the end of her face's transformation in sight, she and the Afghan family that's embraced her believe everything else -- an education, a career, independence -- will be possible.
"She's a very bright girl. And her future is actually in her hands, you know. But we are the instrument to coach her. ... This should be our duty, to show her the right way and the wrong way," says Mati Arsala, who serves as her father figure and is facing his own challenges today. "There is no limitation for her -- where she can go."
In May 2012, CNN published an exclusive story documenting Aesha's complicated journey.EDYTHE MCNAMEE/CNN
CNN has been following Aesha's journey in America since January 2011, a year before we were even able to speak directly to Aesha -- let alone take photographs or shoot video. In our initial exclusive piece, we explored her winding, complicated search to find a place to call home.
Her journey began with a few months in California, where she was supposed to get reconstructive surgery but was deemed too emotionally unstable to handle it. She then went to New York, where she stayed for a year under the care of the nonprofit Women for Afghan Women. There she made progress, with the help of tutors, English classes and therapy. But the support network in New York couldn't give her something she'd eventually claim for herself.
Aesha wanted a family. And after meeting Mati, his wife Jamila Rasouli-Arsala and their daughter from Jamila's first marriage, Aesha campaigned to join them through months of middle-of-the-night phone calls. Knowing what she'd been through, and believing they could give her something no one else could, they opened their doors. In late November 2012, she moved into their Fredrick, Maryland, home.
"I suffered a lot in my life," Aesha said, as Jamila translated, days before her first surgery last June. "Now I feel that a light comes into my life."
Her surrogate parents, though, are now swimming in their own sea of worries.
Days before Christmas, Mati lost his engineering job with Bechtel, one he'd had for nearly 30 years. And Jamila, who'd been an OBGYN in Germany before moving to the U.S. to join Mati, has struggled to find her way professionally. She needs to complete a residency program to practice medicine here, but so far has been unable to secure a spot in a program.
Jamila has spent the better part of the last year in New York, away from her family, working at a Brooklyn hospital as a house physician -- a low-paying and demanding position open to doctors in her situation -- in hopes it would help her land a residency this spring. But for the third year in a row, she came up empty-handed.
Their flexibility as a family, their ability to pick up as a unit and move for work, is limited in part by Aesha's surgeries. She's being treated for free at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. Once her nose is completed in the coming months, doctors will move onto her ears -- a less-cumbersome reconstructive process, but one that will take time.
Her disfigured ears, though, have not haunted her like her nose. Her dark hair, which flows down to her waist, covers them.
Aesha's transformed face, and her sense of peace and comfort in her new Maryland home, is a testament to her development. But as she progresses physically and emotionally, in other respects Aesha's life is on hold -- teetering between inertia and, at times, regression.
She's been living in a protective bubble ever since her surgical process began 11 months ago. She's floated between surgeries and, for the most part, not been engaged with the outside world. She, and those caring for her, say she can't risk contracting a cold or, worse, an infection.
As a result, she's stopped going to her weekly English classes and barely speaks English anymore. She stays up all night watching Bollywood videos and making jewelry. She sleeps during the day.
Mati and Jamila want to give her space to heal. Now is not the time to push her, they say. Soon enough, when her nose is complete, she'll have no choice but to move forward.
But what will those next steps look like? What will her future hold?
No mirror can reflect to Aesha, or anyone else, those answers.
If you are interested in making a donation to Aesha's personal account to support her on her journey, go to the website set up in June 2012 by the family who is caring for her: Aesha's Journey.
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May 10, 2013, 11:54:42 AM »
Damn - what ever happened to the thug she was married too and the inlaws?
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May 10, 2013, 12:07:11 PM »
That is messed up because you can tell she was physically a beautiful woman but those bastards disfigured her.
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Cue Ahmed to make some rambling rant about this being America and the Jews' fault.
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On Saturday, October 5, 2013, Wabash College alums volunteered at Harvesters Community Food Network in Kansas City, MO, to sort and package food items for distribution to those in need of assistance.
Harvesters was founded in 1979 as Kansas City's "response to hunger," providing emergency food assistance to 26 counties in northwestern Missouri and northeastern Kansas. Harvesters serves as many as 66,000 people each week (43% children, 8% senior citizens), and distributes food and household products to emergency food pantries, soup kitchens, homeless shelters, children's homes, homes for the mentally disabled and shelters for battered persons.
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NEWTON — Newton's softball team is on a two-game win streak. The Cardinals got off the snide at home Friday night, winning the second game, 13-8, of a Little Hawkeye Conference doubleheader with Pella Christian Eagles.
On Saturday, Newton notched a 10-6 victory over Albia at the Oskaloosa Invitational. Rain washed out the remainder of the tournament.
After falling 13-12 to the Eagles in the opener of Friday's twin bill at Berg Middle School, the Cardinals outlasted the Eagles in the second contest. The split moved the Cardinals' Little Hawkeye Conference record to 1-2. Pella Christian is 1-2 in conference play and 5-2 overall.
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"The girls hit the ball well (against Pella Christian)," Newton head coach Ashley Ryan said. "Our pitch selection was great and we drove a lot of runs in. You take one bad inning out and we walk away with two wins tonight."
The bad inning was the first inning of the opener against Pella Christian. The Eagles scored seven runs on seven base hits in that frame.
Newton played catch-up from there. The Cardinals got two runs on a two-out triple by Bagnall in their half of the first. Pella Christian added three runs in the top of the third to take a 10-2 lead.
Senior shortstop Lizzie Stock led the comeback for the Cardinals in the third inning with a leadoff single. Kari Adams followed by a base hit, then Sydney Jenkins drove in two runs on a triple and scored on a single by senior pitcher Ashton Hoffman.
Bagnall was hit by a pitch and Fran Lucas delivered a sacrifice bunt. Maddy Berstler drove in two runs on a base hit.
Newton manufactured another run in the fourth to trail 10-8. The Cardinals gained the lead in the fifth inning, scoring three runs, to go up 11-10.
Bagnall was hit by a pitch and Lucas put down another sacrifice bunt. Berstler singled. Andrea Van Wyk hit an RBI single then Stock drilled a two-out single to right field chasing in two runs.
A walk issued to Jenkins, a single by Hoffman plus a couple of stolen bases allowed the Cardinals to score a run in the sixth on a sacrifice fly by Bagnall. Newton was up 12-10 as the Eagles came to bat in the top of the seventh.
Sophie Howerzyl led off with a base hit followed by a double by Taylor Hartson for Pella Christian. A one-out single by Chloe Dembski plated a run, then Tessa Howerzyl drove in the tying and go-ahead runs on a double.
Nicole Kelderman, who came on in relief of Eagle starter Natalie Vos in the fifth, retired the Cardinals in order in the bottom of the seventh. The Eagles won 13-12 with Kelderman getting the pitching victory, allowing one run on three hits and one walk in 2 2/3 innings of work. Vos pitched 4 1/3 innings and was charged with 12 runs on nine hits, one walk and three hit batters. She struck out four.
Hoffman took the pitching loss for Newton in a complete game performance. She gave up 14 hits, walked four, hit two batters and struck out five.
Berstler was 3-for-4 at the plate for the Cardinals with three singles. Stock, Adams and Hoffman each had two base hits. Jenkins doubled while Bagnall and VanWyk each had a single.
Dembski hit two singles and a double for Pella Christian and S. Howerzyl had three singles. T. Howerzyl and Hartson each had a single and a double. Abby Pleima singled twice. Lauren Jungling and Kirsten VanderHart had a single apiece.
Newton opened the second game with a three-run first inning, featuring back-to-back home runs by Jenkins and Bagnall. Stock led off with a single and Jenkins hit a two-run home run with one gone. Bagnall was next with a solo shot.
Pella Christian tied the game up with three runs in the second. Newton used a six-run fourth inning to regain the lead. Alex Hutchinson had a two-run single while Bailey Davis drove in a run on a sacrifice fly to centerfield. Stock and Adams had back-to-back RBI doubles and Jenkins knocked in a run with a base hit.
The Eagles came right back with five runs in the fourth, highlighted by a two-run home run by Natalie Huisman, who was 3-for-4 in the game, driving in four runs. Newton scored a run in its half of the fourth to stay in front, 10-8.
The Cardinals produced three runs in the sixth on singles by Hutchinson, Davis and Stock and a double by Adams. The Eagles threatened in the top of the seventh but the Cardinals worked out of trouble, winning 13-8.
Stock was the winning pitcher for the Cardinals, allowing nine hits, walking two, hitting one batter and striking out four.
Stock also had a strong outing at the plate, 3-for-4, with two singles and a double. Jenkins and Bagnall each had two singles and a home run and Adams doubled twice. Hutchinson and Davis had two singles apiece. Katie Chisholm singled.
Kelderman took the loss for Pella Christian. Huisman added two singles to her home run for the Eagles. Pleima hit two singles. Dembski and T. Howerzyl each hit a double while Hartson and Jungling had a single apiece.
SATURDAY, Newton broke a 2-2 tie with Albia with a run in the second inning. Albia scored four runs in the fifth but Newton pushed five runs across. The Cardinal added two more runs in the sixth.
Bagnall had four hits in the game. Adams, Jenkins, Hoffman and Davis each provided two singles. Stock and Lucas each hit a double. Hutchinson singled.
Hoffman was the winning pitcher. She gave up seven hits, walked three and struck out four.
Newton (2-5) are at Knoxville tonight in Little Hawkeye Conference play. The Cardinals host Class 1A third-ranked Lynnville-Sully Tuesday in a non-conference doubleheader at Berg Middle School. First pitch is at 6 p.m.