Lately, my favourite midnight snack is crispy rosemary fries with a roasted garlic dip (me) or ketchup (Duncan, who says that his childhood motto was 'ketchup on everything'). I know, I know, eating too close to your bedtime isn't really a good idea and perhaps I should not endorse it here… But we all have these moments when we had a healthy and light dinner, say 3 hours before going to bed, and then suddenly we find ourselves on a cliff hanger of Breaking Bad and we really want to find out what happened next but dinner is a distant memory and we're getting peckish.
That's when my rosemary fries come to the rescue – there is so little prep involved (ketchup will do) and they are so satisfying. Plus, aren't potatoes (and fries by extension…?!) one of the most nutritionally complete foods  ? You might have heard of Andrew Taylor, an Aussie who spent an entire year eating just potatoes in a bid to combat his food addiction and lose weight. We listened to his interview on Rich Roll's podcast (check it out here) and found it really positive and inspiring.
Anyway, if your evening eating is a bit more under control than mine, you can simply have these for lunch with a big green salad. They smell so good that even my resident kitchen helper, Lupo, felt compelled to check them out. Who am I kidding? In four short weeks, she went from a bag of skin and bones to a relentless food beggar and thief. She begs and steals from much bigger cats as if we weren't feeding her enough and she does manage to fool us at times even though we're definitely feeding her as much as she should eat (and more).


The Question set is; To what extent does consent enable a defendant to avoid liability for offences under the Sexual Offences Act 2003? To what extent do you view the current law as appropriate?
In order to answer the question the essay must demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of the current law what is meant by consent? When can a defendant use consent to escape liability under the Sexual Offences Act 2003?
The essay must critically evaluate whether the current law is appropriate should consent enable to a defendant to escape liabilty. Show an opinion on the current law and this opinion must be backed up by authority as appropriate.
This opinion should be in a clear legal argument using source materials to support the argument.


Legal observers will have to wait even longer to find out whether Odeal Lirette is competent to stand trial for the murder of her son's roommate.
Lirette, 67, of 513 N. Levee Road, Krotz Springs, is accused of shooting and killing James Guillory, her son's roommate, Nov. 4 in front of their home at 459 N. Levee Road.
Arraignment had been delayed because Lirette's appointed defense attorney, Frank Olivier, questioned whether she was fit to stand trial based on the Krotz Springs Police Department's police report.
The responding officer, Josh Evans, said he arrived at the scene to find Lirette standing near Guillory's body; she still held a 25-caliber handgun. She dropped the weapon as ordered and admitted to shooting the victim, the report said.
After police arrested her and read her Miranda Rights, Lirette apparently continued to speak to police. The report said she told them the ghost of her dead husband, Wesley, "would not let her sleep" and repeatedly "told her she had to get rid of the victim."
According to a probable cause statement filed by Krotz Springs Police Chief Norman Mouille, Guillory had lived with Lirette's son for close to three weeks and was walking toward their home with a woman at around 6:45 p.m. that night. Lirette said she saw the two walking toward the house and yelled at them to leave the area, the statement said.
Once Lirette identified Guillory, she retrieved her weapon and "exchanged words" with Guillory before he "came toward her," Mouille's statement said. After that, Lirette apparently didn't remember what happened.
Lirette was charged with second-degree murder and a grand jury issued a true bill Feb. 26, which means it believed there was sufficient probable cause to stand trial and does not indicate guilt.
Her original sanity hearing date was scheduled for Feb. 13, but that was delayed to Wednesday because she had yet to meet with her assigned doctor. District Judge Marion Edwards delayed it again — this time until June 12 — for the same reason.
After the hearing, Olivier said he had trouble contacting Lirette's assigned doctor because she does not have an office and he did not have her phone number.
Lirette remains in the St. Landry Parish Jail pending her arraignment.


Delicious warm as a side for a roast, dished up as a veggie main, or as a snack with crème fraîche or apple sauce.
1. Peel and coarsely grate your celeriac.
2. Peel and finely chop or grate your garlic or onion. Tumble in with the celeriac, along with the eggs, herb or spice, salt and pepper. Mix well.
3. Dust in 1 tbsp flour. Add more till the mix is nicely coated and not too wet or too dry.
4. Get a large frying pan hot. Gloss with oil. Scoop your mix into golf ball-sized dollops. Add to the pan, cooking in batches. Flatten the balls so they're like little patties.
5. Sizzle till golden on each side.


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Abuses by Foreign Forces and Non-State Actors
The constitution stipulates the state is secular, prohibits religious harassment, and provides for freedom of religion and worship. During the year, the government implemented a series of measures in response to repeated attacks from Boko Haram. Some of the measures restricted religious expression and customs, such as the wearing of religious clothing and access to religious education. A Muslim woman reported she and her relative were physically abused by a gendarme officer for wearing the full-face veil. After two suicide bombers dressed in burqas killed 13 people, several regional governors banned the garment. Authorities carried out a census of Quranic schools in the Far North Region, with media reporting the purpose was to find and close schools that were teaching extremist ideologies. Although the government did not close any school explicitly for this reason, it did advise Quranic schools to refrain from enrolling children of unknown parentage or unknown families, due to Boko Haram's use of children as suicide bombers. Some Muslims said they were prohibited by local authorities from preaching in public places or distributing religious literature, as other denominations do.
A dispute between rivals to lead a Christian church turned violent and the government arrested the men and closed the church, at least temporarily. Muslims reported being subjected to stigmatization and discrimination, and some said they were wrongly perceived as supporting Boko Haram. Some Muslim leaders said a government campaign reduced the level of stigmatization and discrimination. Many prominent religious leaders, including the imam of the Douala Central Mosque, the imam of the Yaounde Central Mosque, and the Catholic Archbishop of Yaounde spoke out against Boko Haram, its attacks against security forces and civilians, its use of children to conduct attacks, and its efforts to elicit support from the local Muslim population.
The U.S. embassy discussed religious freedom issues with government officials, advocating for greater transparency and efficiency in the registration process for religious groups. Embassy officers met with leading figures from the principal religious groups to discuss challenges to religious freedom, such as the rise of religious stigmatization and intolerance. Embassy officers conducted outreach among religious groups, promoting religious tolerance and interfaith dialogue by organizing one-on-one meetings and hosting dinners with religious leaders from various denominations. The embassy also hosted a roundtable discussion on interfaith dialogue and religious tolerance and sponsored a workshop on countering religious extremism.
The U.S. government estimates the total population at 23.7 million (July 2015 estimate). According to the 2005 census, the most recent available, 69 percent of the population is Christian, 21 percent Muslim, 6 percent animist, and less than 5 percent Jews and Bahais. Of Christians, approximately 38 percent are Roman Catholic, 26 percent Protestant, 4 percent other Christian denominations, including Jehovah's Witnesses, and less than 1 percent Orthodox Christian. There are growing numbers of Christian revivalist churches.
Muslims and Christians live in every region, although Christians are concentrated primarily in the southern and western regions. Large cities have significant populations of both groups. The two Anglophone regions are largely Protestant, and the five southern Francophone regions are mostly Catholic. In the three northern Francophone regions, the dominant Fulani (or Peuhl) ethnic group is predominantly Muslim, but in general the population in this area is fairly evenly divided among Muslims, Christians, and followers of indigenous religions. The Bamoun ethnic group of the West Region is predominantly Muslim. Many Muslims, Christians, and members of other faiths also adhere to some aspects of animist beliefs.
The constitution establishes the secular nature of the state and its neutrality with respect to all religions, prohibits religious harassment, and provides for freedom of religion and worship.
The law on freedom of association governs relations between the government and religious groups. The government must approve religious groups or institutions as a prerequisite for lawful operation. Although the law prescribes no specific penalties for operating without official recognition, the government may suspend the activities of unregistered groups. The government does not require indigenous religious groups to register, characterizing the practice of traditional religion as a private concern observed by members of a particular ethnic or kinship group or the residents of a particular locality.
To become an authorized entity, a religious group must legally qualify as a religious congregation, defined as "any group of natural persons or corporate bodies whose vocation is divine worship" or "any group of persons living in community in accordance with a religious doctrine." The religious group must submit a request for authorization as a religious group, including the group's charter describing planned activities, the names and functions of the group's officials, and a declaration of commitment to comply with the law on freedom of association, to the relevant divisional (local level) office. That office forwards the documents to the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Decentralization (MINATD). MINATD reviews the file and sends it to the presidency with a recommendation to approve or deny. Authorization may then be granted by presidential decree. Official authorization confers no general tax benefits but allows religious groups to receive real estate as a tax-free gift for the conduct of their activities and to gather publicly and worship. It also permits missionaries to receive visas with longer validity. In practice unauthorized religious groups may gather publicly and worship under a policy of "administrative tolerance" as long as public security and peace are not disturbed.
MINATD may issue an order to suspend any religious group for "disturbing public order," which is not defined in the law. The president may dissolve any previously authorized religious organization that "deviates from its initial focus."
The Ministry of Basic Education and the Ministry of Secondary Education require private religious schools to comply with the same curriculum, infrastructure, and teacher-training standards as state-operated schools. Unlike public schools, private schools may offer religious education.
During the year, in response to repeated attacks from Boko Haram the government implemented a series of measures which restricted religious expression and customs.
Members of the Muslim community in Bamenda reported that during a highway roadblock in Sagba (Northwest Region) on August 12, a Muslim woman named Modestine Yida Mbukwe and her 13-year old relative, Njag Rashida, were physically abused by a gendarme officer because they were wearing religious headscarves. Mbukwe said that the gendarme insulted and tried to remove her veil by force. Mbukwe said that a Catholic nun who was passing by with a much longer head covering was allowed to continue on her way unchallenged. The Muslim woman filed a complaint with the Bamenda military tribunal on August 13. The matter remained pending as of the end of the year.
Following raids carried out in a number of Quranic schools in Guirvidig, Far North Region, security forces arrested approximately 130 children. Eighty-four of the youngest children were sent to a government-sponsored juvenile detention center in Maroua, while the others were reported placed in custody at Maroua Central Prison. By November, authorities released the 84 youngest children. There were no definitive reports on the whereabouts of the remaining children. Local authorities accused the schools of recruiting children for Boko Haram, although they did not file formal charges against them. According to a June 19 report by Amnesty International, all but three of the children were 14 or under, 47 were under 10, and some were as young as five years old. Civil society organizations stated that they viewed the arrest and prolonged detention as a violation of human rights, including the right to religious teaching.
The government took no action to adjudicate applications for legal status by a number of religious groups whose applications had been pending for years. The government has approved only one religious group in the last 16 years and none since 2010. According to MINATD, incomplete application submissions and lengthy background investigations contributed to approval delays. Although by law groups must register, the government continued to allow numerous unregistered small religious groups to operate freely under the government's policy of "administrative tolerance." While 47 religious groups were legally registered, hundreds more operated without official government authorization.
In mid-July, Governor Midjiyawa Bakari of the Far North Region banned the wearing of the full-face Islamic veil after two women suicide bombers dressed in the religious garment killed at least 13 people in Fotokol. Governors of other regions, including the West and East, followed with similar decisions. On December 15, the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences of the Yaounde University banned collective prayers and wearing of veils on campus.
In the Far North Region, government authorities carried out a census of Quranic schools, reportedly with the intention of identifying and closing any schools deemed to be teaching extremist ideology. Although no schools were closed for this reason, authorities reportedly instructed some school administrators to refrain from enrolling nonlocal children or children of unknown or unfamiliar families, due to Boko Haram's use of such children to carry out suicide attacks.
Members of the Mbororo community, a minority indigenous group that is predominantly Muslim, complained of disparate treatment by authorities. On October 26, officials of the Mbororo Social and Cultural Development Association in Bamenda, Northwest Region, said that Mbororo cattle herders have been subjected to increased discrimination since the beginning of Boko Haram attacks. They reported that when a Mbororo cattle herder was found with a knife, the knife was seized and the owner had to pay at least CFA 10, 000 ($16.60) to be released. The group reported that members of other religious groups were allowed to carry knives. The group also said they could not preach or distribute religious literature in the market, but that other religious denominations were permitted to do so.
The government granted broad legal authority to traditional leaders to manage their districts. As part of this authority, traditional leaders exercised control over local mosques and had the right to appoint or dismiss imams.
The state-sponsored television station and radio stations regularly broadcast Christian and Islamic religious services and ceremonies on national holidays and during national events. Government ministers or the president often attended these ceremonies.
The government provided an annual subsidy to all private primary and secondary education institutions, including those operated by religious denominations. The size of each subsidy was proportional to the size of the school.
Boko Haram carried out increasingly violent and frequent attacks against civilians, government officials, and military forces, and threatened populations in the Far North Region. The attacks against civilians were indiscriminate and included killings and kidnappings of Muslims and Christians. The insurgents burned down places of worship. While there are no accurate estimates of total numbers killed and kidnapped, according to the Ministry of Defense, Boko Haram killed hundreds of police, military, and gendarmes. Estimates of the total numbers of civilians killed vary, but number in the thousands.
On February 4, Boko Haram carried out a coordinated attack in Fotokol, killing several dozen civilians including at least 30 in mosques, one of whom was the imam of the principal mosque. They set the principal mosque on fire. During the October attack on Kerawa, Boko Haram fighters also killed several Muslims who were attending prayer sessions in mosques. Some civilians were also kidnapped during the attacks.
Conflict occurred between members of a traditional community and members of a Cameroon Baptist Union church in Baba I Village, Ngoketunja Division, Northwest Region. In October, Pastor Komando Ivo reported that four members of a traditional society (local phrasing for an animist-based religious group) attacked his parishioners during a worship session. The traditional ruler of the community, however, stated that the four traditionalists had been forced into the church by parishioners. Church members reportedly beat the four villagers and sprinkled acid in their eyes. According to a local paper, the four members of the traditional society and most villagers believed that the Baptist church was disrespectful of the traditions of the village by reportedly engaging in late-night worship and in behavior that was responsible for an upsurge of the number of pregnancies and divorces in the village. Following the incident, both the villagers and the church filed complaints against each other; authorities allowed the church to continue its activities but ordered it to address the "root causes" of the traditional villagers' complaints. Church members say they fear reprisal from the village community.
In several instances, disputes within religious communities over church personnel and church management prevented the holding of worship or resulted in the temporary closure of churches. Churches affected include Evangelical Church of Cameroon, parishes in the Douala neighborhoods of Akwa and Bonapriso, and a Presbyterian Church in Cameroon parish in Douala. In the latter instance, the police intervened after a physical altercation during a worship service and detained three pastors for three days.
On October 18, in Douala 5th District, Littoral Region, authorities closed the Beedi parish of the Presbyterian Church in Cameroon (EPC), following a fight between Bikai Robert Cyril and Mbayen Alain Claude, each of whom claimed to be the rightful pastor. According to reports, the EPC removed Mbayen from his position in 2014 but he resisted, leading local authorities to close the church from July 2014 to August 2015. After the church reopened, Bikai reportedly was scheduled to be installed on October 18, but Mbayen and his followers again entered the church leading to a physical altercation. The police arrested Mbayen and Bikai, both of whom they detained for three days. The parish was once again closed and EPC authorities were called upon to find a lasting solution to the issue. The church remained closed as of the end of November.
On October 26, Muslims in Bamenda, Northwest Region, reported that other members of their community sometimes used pejorative language to refer to them, such as "less developed," "less enlightened," or potential "Boko Haram."
Muslim leaders and organizations, including the Coordinator of the Council of Imams and Religious Dignitaries of Cameroon (CIDIMUC), and the Chairperson of the Cameroon Council of Imams, Mosques, and Islamic Affairs expressed support for the burqa bans, which they considered a measure to protect everyone, including Muslims. Other Muslims, including those in the predominantly Muslim neighborhood of Briqueterie (in Yaounde) and members of the Muslim community in the city of Bamenda, reportedly viewed the decision as a restriction of their religious expression and customs, and a vehicle for stigmatization and discrimination.
Many prominent religious leaders and organizations spoke out against Boko Haram, its attacks against Cameroonian security forces, and its attempts to elicit support for those attacks from local populations. In June CIDIMUC, a civil society organization aimed at promoting interfaith dialogue and religious tolerance, organized a Muslim prayer session for the eradication of Boko Haram. Leaders of other religious denominations, including the Catholic Archbishop of Yaounde, addressed the issue of Boko Haram in their sermons, and most political leaders spoke out against Boko Haram, praising the Muslim community for rejecting the violent extremist message of Boko Haram.
On September 21, the Yaounde Catholic Basilica, CIDIMUC, and the Cameroon Association for Interreligious Dialogue, another civil society organization, organized an interfaith event to promote religious tolerance and advocate against religious extremism.
On October 20, religious leaders from the various denominations, including Muslims imams, Catholic priests, Presbyterian pastors, Pentecostals and others, came together to organize an interfaith service in Yaounde, in memory of those who perished in a stampede that occurred during this year's pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia. Participants used the opportunity to preach religious tolerance and underscored the negative consequences of religious extremism.
The U.S. embassy regularly discussed religious freedom and importance of interfaith dialogue with government officials. In interactions with the government, embassy officials advocated for greater transparency and efficiency in approving the status of religious groups. Embassy officials also raised the issue of stigmatization of and discrimination against the Muslim community.
Embassy officers met with prominent figures from the Christian and Muslim communities, including the Coordinator of CIDIMUC, the Archbishop of the Mvolye Basilica, the Secretary General of the Islamic Union of Cameroon, the Chairperson of the Cameroon Council of Imams, Mosques, and Islamic Affairs, the Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Cameroon, the Papal Nuncio, and the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Douala, among other religious leaders. Those conversations included discussions on promoting religious tolerance. The embassy underscored the United States' commitment to interfaith dialogue and cooperation in the face of rising threats from Boko Haram at these events.
On August 6, the embassy organized a roundtable of 20 youth leaders from various religious denominations, including Muslims, Christians, and indigenous groups to promote tolerance. Participants discussed the basis of their faiths, responded to queries and misconceptions about their faiths and identified common ideals. The participants agreed on a set of actions for future engagement, including organizing interfaith youth visits, drafting a youth interfaith declaration, and quarterly meetings.
Also in August the U.S. embassy funded a workshop on combatting religious extremism bringing together fifty leaders of youth associations in the Far North Region.
In September the Ambassador hosted an event for religious leaders to underscore the United States' commitment to interfaith dialogue and cooperation. The religious leaders said they welcomed the opportunity to strengthen the interfaith dialogue and discussions to combat religious extremism.

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You know what? It isn't that hard to make healthy pizza. Pizza would always be pretty healthy if we chose not to put 1/2 pound of cheese on every slice.
Here on Snack Girl, I have featured English muffin pizzas, Triscuit pizzas, and even made over a frozen pizza to get readers to try a healthier version of pizza.
Well, do I have a solution for you. Make the pizza in a portobello mushroom cap!
you don't have to make crust!
Yes, this is SO easy it is ridiculous and the taste is phenomenal. Now, the down side is that in my neighborhood a portobello mushroom is running about $1 each. But keep in mind the health benefits.
You are eating a 22 calorie mushroom instead of a load of crust (and it is gluten free)!
In the recipe below, I used diced fire roasted tomatoes to fill the caps. I like them because they already have some seasoning and they have texture - as compared with pizza sauce.
Also, I used fresh mozzarella because I love the creaminess. Feel free to use any cheese or tomato combo that you have in the house.
Kids will love making these and you can make them ahead to reheat later.
Preheat oven to 350. Spray rimmed baking sheet with non-stick spray. Clean mushroom caps with paper towel and remove stems. Spoon 1/4 cup tomatoes with or without juice into cap. Layer mozzarella cheese over tomatoes. Bake in oven for 20 minutes. Serve with a knife and fork.
Wish I was a mushroom fan, but I'm not so I do this recipe with zucchini! It's so good!
Love portabella pizzas but found out Friday I have to limit mushrooms thanks to Chemo complications...ugh. Zucchini pizza's sound interesting though do you use tomatoes on those as well? Any other cheese suggestion as mozz isn't a hard cheese and is a no no for me right now? Thanks so much for the inspiring posts.
These are great on the grill too.
I love these with fresh basil! I also recommend roasting the mushrooms first and adding the toppings after the mushrooms are cooked. Otherwise the mushrooms are watery.
Also great on grill. Grill flat side down about 5 minutes turn over and add the tomatoes and cheese for a couple minutes more. Like the adding basil.
I make these often. I use thinly sliced fresh tomato, plenty of herbs (oregano, basil, mixed Italian seasoning, garlic, whatever personal pizza preference), finely chopped onion, green pepper, sliced black olives, turkey pepperoni. I have also used thin multi-grain sandwich rolls--100 calories for 2 halves. Makes a nice "thin" crust pizza.
What a GREAT idea! Can't wait to try!


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These are the full results of the 2000 European Cup Super League in athletics which was held on 15 and 16 July 2000 at the Gateshead International Stadium in Gateshead, United Kingdom.

Team standings

Men's results

100 metres
15 JulyWind: +2.3 m/s

200 metres
16 JulyWind: 0.0 m/s

400 metres
15 July

800 metres
16 July

1500 metres
15 July

3000 metres
16 July

5000 metres
15 July

110 metres hurdles
16 JulyWind: +1.4 m/s

400 metres hurdles
15 July

3000 metres steeplechase
16 July

4 × 100 metres relay
15 July

4 × 400 metres relay
16 July

High jump
15 July

Pole vault
16 July

Long jump
15 July

Triple jump
16 July

Shot put
15 July

Discus throw
16 July

Hammer throw
16 July

Javelin throw
16 July

Women's results

100 metres
15 JulyWind: +2.9 m/s

200 metres
16 JulyWind: -0.3 m/s

400 metres
15 July

800 metres
15 July

1500 metres
16 July

3000 metres
15 July

5000 metres
16 July

100 metres hurdles
16 JulyWind: +0.2 m/s

400 metres hurdles
15 July

4 × 100 metres relay
15 July

4 × 400 metres relay
16 July

High jump
16 July

Pole vault
15 July

Long jump
16 July

Triple jump
16 July

Shot put
16 July

Discus throw
15 July

Hammer throw
15 July

Javelin throw
15 July

References

European Cup Super League
European
2000 in British sport
International athletics competitions hosted by the United Kingdom
Sport in Gateshead

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What You Need To Know From Tuesday's California Primary
Wednesday, June 6, 2018 | Sacramento, CA
Xavier Becerra speaks to supporters at Cafeteria 15L in Sacramento.
A number of state and local races moved forward in Tuesday's California primary, including setting the stage for the governor's race in the November general election. Here are some of the highlights from a busy night across the state (and see more in our election night live blog):
Newsom, Cox Advance In Governor's Race
The next governor of the state of California will either be Democratic Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom or Republican businessman John Cox.
Newsom has secured the first of two slots in the November election to replace Jerry Brown as California's governor. The lieutenant governor and former San Francisco mayor defeated rivals from both parties in Tuesday's primary.
Cox's second-place finish ensures Republicans won't be shut out of the race. But the San Diego businessman faces long odds against in a state where Democrats are increasingly dominating.
Newsom has been open about his desire to face a Republican in the November runoff.
Feinstein Withstands Primary Challenge
U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein cruised to first place in California's primary on Tuesday in her bid for a fifth full term in Washington.
In a video statement delivered from Washington, Feinstein pledged to "protect California" in "difficult and contentious times."
With about 3.8 million votes counted, Feinstein had 44 percent. Fellow Democrat Kevin de Leon, the heavy favorite to finish second and advance to the November runoff, was next with 11 percent, leading over little-known Republican James Bradley who had 9 percent.
California sends the two highest vote-getters to the general election regardless of party. Feinstein heads to November with more than $7 million in the bank.
A Feinstein-de Leon general election would be California's second U.S. Senate contest featuring two Democrats. In 2016, then-state attorney general Kamala Harris defeated U.S. Rep. Loretta Sanchez.
Sacramento Incumbents Poised For Re-Election Win
It was a good night for incumbents in Sacramento.
Anne Marie Schubert declared victory over Noah Phillips early in the evening in her race for district attorney. Phillips has not conceded, however, and there remain possibly tens of thousands of ballots to count.
Incumbent council members Rick Jennings, Angelique Ashby and Jay Schenirer were ahead by healthy margins during early vote counts: Three-to-one in Ashby's and Jenning's races, two-to-one in Schenirer's.
In early voting in the sheriff's race, Sheriff Scott Jones had more than half the votes in his race. Donna Cox and Milo Fitch both had about 20 percent. Bret Daniels had 5 percent.
Incumbent Becerra Leads Attorney General Race
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra will face a retired Republican judge in his bid to keep the job he was appointed to last year.
The Democrat had about 45 percent of votes Tuesday and retired former Judge Steven Bailey had about 25 percent with 3.8 million votes counted in the four-way race.
GOP attorney Eric Early and Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones, a Democrat, trailed behind.
Becerra, a longtime congressman, was appointed last year to replace Kamala Harris when she was elected to the U.S. Senate.
Becerra has relentlessly challenged President Trump on policies he said harm Californians. His challengers say Becerra has neglected other important issues because of his fixation with Trump.
Bailey is facing sanctions from the state's judicial watchdog for several alleged improprieties.
Many Congressional Races Too Close To Call
It's too early to call election results in many of the battleground Congressional races in California where Democrats have targeted long-held Republican districts.
A Democrat and a Republican look positioned to advance to the general election in each of three closely-watched Southern California Congressional races. That may sound obvious, but under California's unusual "top two" primary system, candidates of the same party can advance.
As of this morning, a Republican had placed first and a Democrat second in seats currently held by Congressmen Ed Royce, Darrell Issa, and Dana Rohrabacher. But in that last race a Republican is fairly close behind, vying for third. A Republican closely trails in third in Central Valley Republican Jeff Denham's district, too. In all of these races, it could take days or even weeks for elections officials to finish counting the results and confirm no party has been "locked out" of a general election.
Incumbent Republican Tom McClintock is moving forward in the race for Congressional District 4. Democrat Jessica Morse is poised to be his challenger this fall.
The district spans from Sequoia National Forest to north of Truckee and includes places like Roseville and Rocklin.
In a statement McClintock said the results are "proof that the shrill voices of the left do not speak for the people of our communities." But challenger Morse disagrees.
Senator Josh Newman Recalled
California Democrats have been denied their supermajority in the state Senate.
Voters in an Orange County district on Tuesday elected former Republican Assemblywoman Ling Ling Chang in a recall election against a Democrat.
Voters removed Democratic Sen. Josh Newman from office over his vote to raise gas taxes last year.
That means Senate Democrats won't hold the two-thirds majority needed to pass tax and fee increases.
Newman narrowly won the traditionally Republican district in the 2016 election, and both parties saw him as vulnerable.
A Republican-backed effort to repeal the tax increase is likely to be on the November ballot.
Most Ballot Measures Approved
California voters approved all but one of the five measures on Tuesday's ballot.
Measures to fund parks and water projects, direct funds from the state's new fuel tax, delay when ballot measures take effect, and incentivize homeowners to collect rainwater all passed.
The only measure to fail was Proposition 70, a proposal to change how the state allocates funds from its cap-and-trade program aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
The ballot measure would have required a one-time, two-thirds majority vote in the Legislature starting in 2024 to determine how program money is spent. That could have given Republicans a greater say in the process.
The program generates billions of dollars each year by requiring polluters to buy permits to release greenhouse gases.
Associated Press and Capital Public Radio Staff
More about Election 2018
The Votes Are In. Here's How To Follow Along With CapRadio's Election Coverage.
CapRadio's coverage of the 2018 elections.
Capitol Chat: Recapping The Primaries And Previewing The State Budget
CapRadio's Ben Adler joins us to talk about the early results of the California primary elections this week and what they mean for the November general elections. Then, he explains what we can expect from the California state budget.
Registrar: Sacramento County Has 235,000 Uncounted Ballots
The elections office says early voting allowed staff to process one-third of the ballots cast. But, that means two-thirds of the ballots have not been counted.
Primary Election Results Across California
Capitol Bureau Chief Ben Adler and state government reporter Ben Bradford discuss the results of the June primary election.
Election Officials Debrief On Voting Center Process
Election officials in Sacramento, Napa and San Joaquin County recap a busy Election Day.
California 2018 Primary Election Results And Updates
The next governor of California will either be Democratic Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom or Republican businessman John Cox, who each won spots in November's general election. Also check results from dozens of other state and local races in Tuesday's primary.
You'll be able to order free at-home COVID test kits starting on Wednesday
Ready for an N95? Here's how to find a high-quality one that fits you well


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Vol. 56 Nbr. 12, September 1996
A dream program.
Author: Johnson, Ryan M.
Position:: Low-income mortgage program, called Home to Own, launched by the Arizona Affordable Housing Alliance in June 1993
A three-year-old program in Arizona called Home to Own is bringing homeownership to some very low-income people. It's the product of a unique alliance between a lender, community housing advocates and the secondary market.
The Arizona Affordable Housing Alliance rolled out a pioneering low-income mortgage program called Home to Own in June of 1993. Developed in a unique cooperative arrangement between First Interstate Bank of Arizona, Fannie Mae and a group of community-based affordable housing advocates, the program offered an innovative approach to low-income mortgage lending that proved unusually successful. Today, more than three years after Home to Own's launch, the program is beginning to serve as a model for programs in other communities.
Those who set out to create the program had one primary goal: to extend mortgage credit to Arizona's creditworthy - yet historically underserved - very low-income households. At this they succeeded [ILLUSTRATION FOR FIGURE 1 OMITTED]. Nearly half of the program's $10 million in loan originations during the first 27 months of production went to families earning less than $13,700 annually (50 percent of the state's median income). Fully two-thirds of the loans were to families making less than $16,500 (60 percent of median). One loan even made homeowners of a family of four earning just $8,500 annually. After the program's first 15 months of operation, the program's average loan amount was just more than $41,000.
Considering these extraordinarily low incomes, it is not surprising that Home to Own produced highly satisfied borrowers. In postpurchase interviews, new homeowners positively glowed with pride of ownership. Their comments included: "I feel more independent." "My son has a place to play." "I'm no longer throwing money away on rent." "It's unbelievable being able to put our kids out in the front yard." One borrower from Tucson summed up his sentiments this way: "Having your own home is like having a savings because ...it's my children's inheritance."
What might come as a surprise, however, is that the lender that participated in the program came away highly satisfied as well. One reason is that as of early 1996 both delinquency and default rates on Home to Own loans were below industry averages.
"Our objective was to establish guidelines that would provide homeownership for very-low-income households without compromising credit quality," explained John Salgado of First Interstate Bank, Arizona. "This market should not be viewed as high risk; it should be seen as a viable business opportunity."
How did this innovative low-income mortgage program manage to succeed with both borrowers and lender? In 1994, one year into the program's operation, researchers at Arizona State University's Morrison Institute for Public Policy were asked to conduct an in-depth program evaluation to answer that question. Based on extensive interviews, surveys, reviews of low-income mortgage portfolio and community-based programs, and a study of loan production data, the researchers concluded that Home to Own was successful because of its unique combination of strong community support, flexible underwriting guidelines and highly effective one-on-one prepurchase counseling. In sum, the program's strengths suggested that Home to Own could well serve as a model for community-based low-income mortgage lending in other markets and regions.
Developing the program
The process that led to the creation of Home to Own was complex and characterized by compromises on all sides. It began in April 1992 when William Randall (then CEO of First Interstate Bank of Arizona) invited a diverse group of community-based housing practitioners and nonprofit organizations to a meeting to discuss both borrower and lender barriers to low-income mortgage lending in the state. Attending the meeting were representatives of the National Council of La Raza, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Chicanos Por La Causa, Housing America Corporation, Phoenix Community Housing Resource Board, the City of Phoenix, Local Initiatives Support Corporation, Arizona Department of Commerce and First Interstate Bank.
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Warrior-Poet Marilyn Buck : No Wall Too Tall
In prison but clearly in bloom. Marilyn Buck at Dublin FCI, 1994. Photo by Mariann G. Wizard / The Rag Blog.
Supporters call for release:
Free Austin's Marilyn Buck!
For her acts of selfless courage on behalf of victims of American criminal behavior, Marilyn has spent 25 years as a political prisoner of the United States government.
By Mariann G. Wizard / The Rag Blog / May 19, 2010
AUSTIN, Texas — Marilyn Buck and I have been friends since 1966, a world or so ago. For the two and a half decades that her life has been narrowly circumscribed by a prison cell, our friendship has remained strong through all too few visits, many letters, phone calls, books shared, other friends met, and poems critiqued.
But before that, there were her fabulous boots, working together on The Rag (Austin's pioneering underground paper), Students for a Democratic Society, my husband George Vizard, our well-meant matchmaking, George's death, GI organizing, hippie dancing, every visit I ever made to San Francisco, and unconditional love.
For all its state-imposed limits, Marilyn is one of my closest and dearest friends, one of those, for me, of whom The Who sang, "You can count 'em on your one hand." I mention this only to let you know up front that mine is not an unbiased report. And there are hundreds of people around the world who love her as much as I do. She has earned every bit of our affection.
Marilyn Buck dared to dream of a world without racism, without American imperialism. More important, for those who dream this dream today, she dared to act. She dared to try to make this dream a reality. For her acts of selfless courage on behalf of victims of American criminal behavior, Marilyn has spent 25 years as a political prisoner of the United States government.
A year ago, it looked as if Marilyn's long exile from the free world was coming to an end. After uncounted rejections, a new hearing brought a positive decision: she would be released on parole in August 2010! Supporters in the Bay Area began to raise funds for her expected transition.
She'd never talked about what she would do when — or if — she was released. When you're doing an 80-year sentence, you do it, as they say, "one day at a time." Suddenly she was full of questions: "What kind of computer should I get, a laptop or a desk top?" Like most prison inmates, she's never been in cyberspace. (I told her to get a smart phone for the first six months and see if she even needs a computer.)
The Rag Blog's Mariann Wizard (left) with Marilyn Buck at Dublin FCI in 1996.
Unconvinced that digital cameras are now as good as film, the gifted photographer talked about how she might find work in a darkroom. Although she's tried hard to stay in touch with social and technological changes, it's hard to do so behind the bricks and razor wire fence, with your legs in shackles any time you're moved, restricted in every daily choice.
But she was coming out. Nothing else mattered.
Then, last December, right around her 62nd birthday, she was diagnosed with a rare form of uterine cancer, a sarcoma, dangerous as a rattlesnake, potentially lethal. Another friend sent me a clinical description of the disease, but I couldn't bear to read it all the way through.
Marilyn had symptoms for months before diagnostic tests were made, but not wanting any "fuss" over herself, not wanting to worry her friends, she kept her "health issues" vague and low-key with most people she spoke to or corresponded with, while she and her lawyer tried to get medical tests done.
Health care in the federal Bureau of Prisons is not renowned for its excellence. But, as her friend Penny Schoner reminded me gently, "This is a woman who wakes up every morning thinking about the plight of women in Afghanistan and Palestine, not about herself."
Marilyn had surgery in the Bay Area pretty quickly after the diagnosis was made and should have started chemotherapy six weeks later, when the surgical wounds had healed. But when she was finally admitted in mid-March to Carswell Federal Medical Center in Ft. Worth, where thousands of seriously ill federal prisoners are treated, the tests performed revealed new tumors and growths outside the original cancer site.
Now at last, the chemo has started, and she is full of hope. She has so much pent-up energy, so many dreams, desires, abilities, concerns — so much life to live! Her experiences in America's prisons have illuminated a hundred worthwhile projects and pressing needs to which she wants to contribute, as well as a whole new world of experiences that so far she has been denied.
Marilyn Buck with "Resistance Conspiracy" codefendant Susan Rosenberg circa 1985.
Marilyn was accused of sensational acts of insurrection — including jail break, bombings, and a robbery attempt in which two police officers were shot and died. Many otherwise liberal-minded Americans are unable to get past the violence of the confrontations between the police and the small groups of Black and white revolutionaries with whom Buck was linked. Many committed leftists criticized the militants as foolhardy adventurists.
Neither give due weight to the extraordinary repressive measures undertaken by the U.S. government to crush lawful dissent against unjust policies at home and abroad. Behind the shadow of COINTELPRO (the FBI's Counter Intelligence Program), law enforcement agencies operated outside the rule of law against Movement activists.
To be an African-American dissident, especially, meant walking around with a "shoot-to-kill" sign pinned on your chest. Being Black or Brown or Red, or even white and "hippie-looking," was to face hatred and brutality (and possible death) day and night at the hands of racist white police and their allies in the U.S. Justice Department.
Marilyn Buck saw her friends being hunted down like dogs on the streets of Oakland. It may be that the murder of her friend (and my husband) George Vizard, in the summer of 1967 in Austin, by person or persons then unknown, also led to her belief that right action lay in helping victims of oppression defend themselves, as the saying went, "by any means necessary."
Marilyn Buck in 1971. Photo by Jeff Blankfort.
Part of Marilyn's story is told on a website, Friends of Marilyn Buck, created by friends and supporters. There is a lot more to her story of activism, self-sacrifice, and achievement. But it is her story to tell, and she's not yet able to tell it — and, until she is free, perhaps not yet able to see it whole.
Meanwhile, the simple facts, and a few errors (e.g., she was born in Temple, Texas, not Jasper, as Wikipedia reports), are scattered in bits and pieces through Wikipedia entries, New York Times archives, and websites or various organizations supporting the rights of political prisoners in the U.S. and abroad.
After a 1973 arrest for buying two boxes of ammunition under a false name, Marilyn Buck was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison. It was a harsh sentence for the actual crime, but those were harsh times.
It's not unreasonable, given the circumstances, to suspect that the real accusation against Buck was that a middle-class, educated white woman had acted as quartermaster for the Black Liberation Army, an offshoot of the Black Panther Party. She was charged and convicted for the same reason that University of California professor Angela Davis had been arrested: she gave material support to Black people to defend themselves against white supremacist attacks and the racist police who allowed and, in some cases, even enabled them.
After four years at Alderson (West Virginia) Federal Women's Prison — and after being denied parole for, I think, the third time — Marilyn was given a furlough to consult with her lawyers. She didn't come back.
During the next few years Marilyn allegedly participated in the prison escape of BLA leader Assata Shakur, a bank robbery to assist the New Afrikan independence movement, and, with other militant activists, was involved in a concussion-bombing of the U.S. Capitol to protest the U.S. invasion of Grenada and the bombing of Lebanon by U.S. warships.
When she was captured in 1985 and charged in what became known as the "Resistance Conspiracy case," she and three women co-defendants took a plea to secure the release of a male co-defendant, a physician whose non-Hodgkin's lymphoma had recurred in prison. Marilyn received a total sentence of 80 years.
Marilyn Buck.
As a prisoner, Marilyn has always embodied the old-school principle, "Don't mourn, organize!" Ever since her first arrest, she has steadfastly resisted diverting "movement resources" to her defense or benefit. In her interactions, she directs attention away from her personal inconveniences as a high-security prisoner (she is considered a "terrorist" by the government) to social and political issues — or at least to the personal lives of her friends and correspondents with whom she unfailingly empathizes, even when pointing out occasionally that I'm being whiny.
Her character is like the finest steel: it resists corrosion, shakes off the grime of daily use, and shines forth. Her level-headedness alone is enough to make her a valued friend!
Despite her selflessness, an active support group has grown up with members all over the world. It is centered in San Francisco, across the bay from Dublin Federal Correctional Center where Marilyn was sent after human-rights lawsuits forced the closure of a brand-new "supermax" prison in Marianna, Florida, where she began her second incarceration.
She has been upheld throughout her captivity by a multicultural, multi-gendered group of working class supporters, poets, former prisoners, prison reform activists and others, enabled to buy postage stamps, prepaid phone minutes, paper and pens, and kept in books and periodicals (she's a daily reader of the New York Times).
During those years, Marilyn became an accomplished, highly acclaimed poet and translator, the result, she says, of being "a censored person. In defiance, I turned to poetry, an art of speaking sparely, but flagrantly." Marilyn's poems can be found in many collections, in her chapbook, Rescue the Word, and on her CD Wild Poppies. She was awarded the P.E.N. American Center poetry award in 2001.
Marilyn has developed a significant artistic talent as a sculptor; organized prisoners to raise funds for AIDS education through a pledge walk-a-thon; and taught untold hundreds of other women how to read, how to think things through, and how to survive and even transcend their prison sentences. She has mentored and inspired scores of poets inside and outside the walls.
All along, her principled conduct has brought many new friends and supporters along with the old. She had a steady stream of visitors at Dublin FCI, including Sixties radical icons and the now-grown children of friends and former neighbors. She corresponds with poets and artists around the world. Thirty or more poets participated in making Wild Poppies, including South Africa's liberation laureate Dennis Brutus and Amiri Baraka (formerly known as LeRoi Jones), who introduces the compilation.
1966 UT-Austin police surveillance photo from anti-war rally. From left, Liz Jacobsen (Liz Helenchild), Terry Dyke, and Marilyn Buck.
Both of Marilyn's parents passed away during her incarceration, and she could neither see them before their deaths nor attend their funeral services. There have been other serious personal hardships, but that was, I think, the most difficult for her to bear. Even the shock of the 9-11 terrorist attacks in 2001, when Marilyn — along with scores of other prisoners in many facilities around the country, completely uninvolved in the attacks — was suddenly removed from her cell and placed in solitary confinement, without access to her attorneys for many days, didn't really compare with not being able to properly mourn her parents.
Marilyn's Episcopal minister father, Louis Buck, was a noted Austin civil rights activist when I first got involved in that cause as a college freshman in 1965. I heard about Dr. Buck, and met him once or twice, before I ever met his daughter. Marilyn had an upper-middle-class private school education, but crosses had been burned on the family lawn north of the University of Texas campus. When her father's denomination defrocked him because he started an integrated congregation that still exists today, Austin's St. James Episcopal, he became a veterinarian to support his family.
Early on, Marilyn saw that racism was wrong, that she needed to oppose it, and that those with the political power to make changes could not be counted upon to do the right thing. Ironically, her dad sent her to college at the University of California at Berkeley to keep her away from the crazy radicals (SDS and others) at UT Austin. Smart as a whip and curious about everything, the innocent young lady who went to "Berzerkly" soon discovered psychedelics, rock music, and "high" society.
Despite the protection the elder Bucks attempted to provide their daughter, there was no hiding place for anyone with a minimal curiosity about national and world affairs on the college campuses of 1965-66. When she returned to Austin the following summer, she and I, and George, became fast friends. We were fascinated with her West Coast sophistication; she with our close-knit and eclectic community of activists, artists, musicians, and dopers. It was in Austin that she joined Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), worked on The Rag, and met a national SDS organizer on his way out of town. She went with him.
In Chicago, she worked in the SDS National Office and edited New Left Notes, the group's national news organ, then returned alone to the Bay Area, with a sharply honed and newly militant outlook on the state of the world and what needed to be done to change it.
There she worked with Third World Newsreel; this was back when video cameras weighed 30-plus pounds and needed two people to operate, running in tandem through the tear gas-choked streets, taping demonstrations as the San Francisco TAC Squad closed in! It wasn't long before she met and became friends with members of Bay Area Black liberation groups.
Nor was it long before she emerged as a target of special interest in FBI COINTELPRO operations against the Black Panthers and other anti-imperialist organizations.
Marilyn Buck with Kwame Ture (formerly Stokely Carmichael) at Dublin FCI, 1994.
So why, now, with parole already scheduled and her serious illness, is she still imprisoned at all? She's been incarcerated longer than most other political prisoners of the Sixties. Former Chicago Black Panther, working class artist, and Houston's "Mayor of da 5th Ward" Robert al-Walee says, "If Marilyn was a Black woman, she would be free by now; there would have been a public outcry for her release."
Lee compares Buck to famed abolitionist leader John Brown, demonized in the American historical record. Whites who stand steadfastly against racism and discrimination become "race traitors," and the label of "terrorist" — by which Brown was also known — drives away liberal support.
Assata Shakur, who has lived in exile in Havana, Cuba, for many years, agrees. She wrote,
When I think of Marilyn as a preacher's daughter, I think of her as someone who wrestled with the moral problems of our times and who was not afraid to take principled positions around those issues.
Marilyn had a choice. She could have remained silent; she could have reaped the benefits of white-skin privilege. But instead she chose the path of righteousness. She has defended the have-nots, the powerless, and as a woman she has struggled for the liberation of all women. The only reason that she remains incarcerated is because of her political activism.
She needs and deserves the support of all those who are committed to freedom and the abolition of pain and suffering on this earth. She deserves to be supported, she deserves to be respected, and she deserves to be free.
Austin author and "candyman" Robert King, a former prisoner and Panther activist at Louisiana's notorious Angola Prison, where his two comrades from the Angola 3, Herman Wallace and Albert Woodfox, remain imprisoned, expressed his wishes for Buck's recovery and remarked on her "indomitable spirit." He says,
Marilyn's self-directed commitment shows her evolution towards the ideal of the revolutionary 'New Wo/Man' of whom George Jackson spoke. This is what enables her to weather the storms of life. She has given so much and has asked for nothing. She has kept the faith and continues to fight the good fight. She will always have my love and respect.
Kathleen Cleaver, professor of law at both Yale and Emory Universities and a veteran of both the Black Panther Party and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), states that "Marilyn has always been stalwart and devoted in her dedication to the liberation of Black and all oppressed peoples. Unlike some, she never withdrew from that struggle."
Marilyn Buck with Kathleen Cleaver at Dublin FCI cica 2007.
Akwasi Evans, editor and publisher of Austin's NOKOA: The Observer, is another long-time admirer. He says,
Marilyn Buck is a truly courageous woman who sacrificed her liberty in the struggle for the liberation of all of America's oppressed. She has paid a great price for her crimes against capitalist exploitation and ought to be released from prison now so she can fight her cancer in freedom instead of incarceration!
Marilyn's support has always been strong in the Black community and among "minorities" in general. But some of us, her white sisters and brothers, may have let her slip from mindfulness. She dared to support with deeds what we only said we supported: the right of oppressed people to defend themselves.
Her experience underground, after her 1977 escape from prison, is of special relevance today. Marilyn has had a long time to meditate upon the mutually reinforcing beliefs, held then by some, that armed revolution was imminent and that the duty of the revolutionary was to make a revolution. Reading her letters, poems, and essays over all these years, I've seen her extraordinary evolution, witnessed the maturation of an articulate, responsible, disciplined, ethical mind.
In her 1999 master's thesis in fine arts (she's earned undergraduate and graduate degrees by correspondence while incarcerated), she wrote,
The artist creates the concept and framework for a different cultural paradigm. Political speeches, leaflets, and pamphlets that exhort and condemn the old oppressive order rarely do that. Without the imagination, there is little daring to confront the old.
We need her out here in the world; need her insight, her experience, and her creative imagination. I can't wait to hear her speak freely.
James Retherford and Sarito Carol Neiman contributed to this article.
[Mariann Wizard, a Sixties radical activist and contributor to The Rag, Austin's underground newspaper, is a poet, a professional science writer specializing in natural health therapies, and a regular contributor to The Rag Blog.]
Marilyn Buck in her trademark boots, at offices of the San Francisco Express-Times, 1968. Photo by Jeff Blankfort.
Free Marilyn Now!
There will be a "Free Marilyn Now!" benefit in Austin on Friday, June 25, from 7 – 11 p.m., at 3105 E. Cesar Chavez Street, with a suggested donation of $10 at the door, and all proceeds from food, refreshments, an art sale, and other events going to Marilyn's freedom fund.
Bands are still being confirmed at this time, but a diverse lineup is planned, along with healing meditation exercises and special guests.
Marilyn will need medical monitoring and care while she convalesces, and for a good while to come, and her plans for working right away will need to be put on hold. She needs some good nutrition, too, after 25 years of prison chow, and for crying out loud, this woman is going to need some good new boots!
Sponsors are quickly coming on board for the event, but include The Rag Blog, NOKOA News, Resistencia Bookstore/Red Salmon Arts, OneLove Kitchen, Ex-pinta Support Alliance (ESA), Texas Jail Project, Austin Cab, and Youth Emergency Service/Phogg Phoundation — that I know of so far.
Save the date and start saving your pennies! Have something cool to donate? Willing to volunteer? Watch The Rag Blog for more details!
— MGW
M. Buck, Poet. Photo taken at Dublin FCI, 1998.
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35 Responses to Warrior-Poet Marilyn Buck : No Wall Too Tall
What a wonderful tribute you've written to your friend! Hermit's gonna leave the cave for the benefit. Thanks, Mariann.
Larry P.
Deva says:
Thank you, Mariann! I have been curious about Marilyn Buck for some time. The photos reveal that she is expressive, loving and principled. I wish her well.
Jay D. Jurie says:
A terrific write-up!
Thank you, thank you for this beautiful, from-deep-in-the-heart description of Marilyn. And for organizing support for her in Texas. From one of the many around the world who love Marilyn.
diana block
Nozomi says:
Yes, yes, yes! Thank you!! Marilyn has taught and given us so much! Beauty, truth, courage, generosity, spirit!
thank you so much for sharing photos truly i have not seen before, she is forever beautiful then and now inside and out in so many more ways than one.
i spent a few short years in Dublin fci with Marilyn and thanks to her survived a system that has failed to crush women of strength, Marilyn will survive too and will continue to end our sentences for us…
Caribbean wishes from the
Jeff Blankfort says:
Thank you Mariann for the way you have described Marilyn who I have known and watched grow and develop as a human being over the years to the point where there are no prisons walls that can ever contain her.
Now we have bring our sister, Marilyn, through this difficult time to wellness and to the freedom that she has been so long denied.
Donna Willmott says:
Mariann, I'm so grateful for your loving tribute to Marilyn, written as only a long-time friend could.
Extremist to the DHS says:
Beauty, truth, generosity, courage, expressive, loving, principled?
Obituary for Waverly Brown
Obituary for Edward OGrady
Victoria Law says:
Thanks for writing and sharing this! I first started corresponding with Marilyn Buck in late 1995/early 1996.
I had read that Marilyn had taught photography at some point before her incarceration 3, so I began sending her samples of my work. In retrospect, they were awful. Protest shots largely consisted of far-away shots with lots of the backs of people's heads. Others were,
Brute says:
Marilyn Buck was a beautiful, compassionate, warm, caring, intelligent and highly effective and capable person. I truly believe that she could and should have had a stellar political career. She could have made a real, lasting and powerful difference in American life.
What happened? She allowed herself to be used and abused by ambitious, unscrupulous men in support of some very dubious, questionable causes. She acquired the weapons, ammunition, vehicles, safe houses, and other equipment used by the killers in the armoured car robberies. She bought the cocaine which they used before the robberies to give them their Dutch courage but which affected their minds and their judgement. I
It makes me very sad – a beautiful person and a beautiful mind, and so much talent both perverted and wasted. Rest in peace Marilyn. I love you.
Didier says:
Yeah, man. Beauty, truth, generosity, courage, expressive, loving, principled .
You can't understand ? Of course ! You're sweating with hate.
I am sure Ms Buck has many wonderful qualities as the author did attest. But the statement acts of selfless courage on behalf of victims of American criminal behavior is pretty self serving when you take into account it was Ms Buck's criminal behavior that contributed to the death of two police officers. Or perhaps its just that the lives of the police are somehow less important than
Mariann says:
Extremist — it is the unintended consequences of acts undertaken in good conscience and with the best of intentions that are the most haunting to any principled person.
It is Mairlyn's acceptance of personal responsibility for the mistakes she made that has earned her such widespread respect.
In retrospect, her desire to carry out an unripe revolution, and to support
Say — thanks to everyone who helped with this article, especially thorne, who spent a ton of time on it — and I know it's really long, but something important got left out in the editing process and I only now realized it.
Marilyn's friends and supporters around the world are meditating with her at 7 a.m. every morning, Texas time (CST), for her health, healing, and freedom.
Mariann,
Thanks for the article, Marilyn has been a legend and a myth for so many years, you have brought her to life..great pictures.
She is the spirit of our revolution long delayed.
Marilyn has stood fast all these years while others opted to play footsie with the government and took an amnesty.
Richard — I believe that when the amnesty of which you speak was on offer, Marilyn was already incarcerated at Alderson, on those early "ammo-under-a-fake-name" charges. So there was nothing for her to be amnestied for; they had her.
btw, I've never really understood those charges. During the same period, I often bought ammunition — small caliber shells ranging from .22s to .38s — at convenience stores, and was never asked for ID. In addition, Marilyn was tried multiple times, in several states, on similar charges (one trial was held in Austin). But so many activists in so many places were under so many legal and extra-legal attacks at the time, that early case never got the scrutiny it deserved.
I, too, think it odd that some people who were leaders in the underground, and who subsequently received very light sentences, or probated sentences, seem to have little to say about those who are still doing time. Fortunately, groups like All of Us or None exist, consisting of former political prisoners working for the rights and release of others. Locally in Austin, many ex-prisoners are committed to this struggle, such as former Angola 3 member Robert King and the Ex-pinta Support Alliance (ESA).
b.f. says:
There's a public domain biographical folk song about Marilyn Buck posted on the following link, that might interest readers who are able to access the http://www.last.fm music site:
http://www.last.fm/music/Bob+A.+Feldman/Biographical+Folk+Songs/Marilyn+Buck
Markin says:
Every young leftist militant, hell, every old leftist militant and even those who have lost their way since the 1960s and forgot what we were figthing for then, and now, should read this story. It tells two tales-if you go up against the American imperial state you better be ready to win, or else. And it also tells that there really was some very, very good human material, like Marilyn Buck, in the 1960s with which we could have built that better world we were fighting for if we could have understood the first tale better. I wish, and I wish like crazy, that we had a few more, actually quite a few more, militants like Marilyn Buck these days. Let's get moving. All honor to Marilyn Buck and the other fighters, like Mumia, still behind bars for "seeking that newer world." Free Marilyn Buck Now!
BF — wow, I had not heard that song before — nice! You probably know The Dicks did one about Marilyn as well, with the same title. She has been written about by many poets as well, including yrs truly.
I think that no song yet has celebrated Marilyn exactly right, though — a corrida would be the perfect form.
Yvonne/Hamdiya says:
Thank you so much for sharing these wonderful memories of Marilyn who has touched so many of us in different ways. This is an absolutely beautiful testament to the warrior life and spirit Marilyn has given us so selflessly. Thank you again and again for allowing us to remember Marilyn's sacrifice.
Rob McB says:
A number of Marilyn's poems and essays can be found at marilynbuck.com/publications.html as well as links to her other publications. Thanks again Mariann and Ragsters.
Mark Kleiman says:
Mariann, thank you for this loving, heartfelt map of Marilyn's heart, and log of her struggles. Special thanks for the photos, many of which were new to me.
Those who doubt that Marilyn is a political prisoner should know that the same month she was sentenced to ten years in prison for buying ammunition (which is all she was convicted of), Dean Martin's son was sentenced for selling machine guns to under cover agents. Dean-Paul Martin had mortars, bazookas, and an armored personnel carrier. His sentence? Probation and a $200 fine!
There can be no doubt — Marilyn is a modern-day Jane Brown and has paid dearly for it. That she has kept an open heart and a lively mind through it all is humbling.
Satori says:
Namaste!! Marilyn is in short form- my SHERO! As a fellow activist, organizer and poet her work is my inspiration and motivation on many days I have wanted to just give up the important work she and so many others have dedicated their lives to.
May I humbly walk in her shadow down the path she has selfishly laid is my supplication.
Thank you for this beautiful insight.
j franklin says:
Hi Mariann,
I am a college student at San Jose State University and admirer of Marilyn Buck. Although I live in San Jose, I sometimes visit San Francisco and see "Free Marilyn Buck" signs posted in various windows, such as on Van Ness street. Recently, I had to write a research paper in a particular class and decided to write about Angela Davis, Assata Shakur and Elaine Brown.
Jearenna — gotcha covered, dear! Sent you a long e-mail.
For everyone, you can contact Marilyn's main support group in the Bay Area through her web site, http://www.MarilynBuck.com.
They had a fabulous benefit for her, "Sparks Fly", last March, that in part inspired our efforts here.
Having recently read Assata's biography, I immediately in fell in love with Marilyn for helping her escape to Cuba. Now, however, I would like to offer a truly revolutionary concept for her future health.
Please, Marilyn, look into the website Gerson.org for a way to help yourself and others to find healing through proper diet.
richard@ecovillage.ithaca.ny.us
Ms. Buck lived 29 years longer than Waverly Brown, Edward O'Grady & Peter Paige, the three men who were killed in the 1981 Brinks robbery , which Ms. Buck was involved in. Had she bothered to see any of these people as individuals and not "pigs", she might have found out that Waverly Brown was an African American policeman who in 1966 became the first African American policeman hired in Nyack, NY. She also might have found out that Nyack, NY is an amazingly integrated town and a very unique place. She might have found out that that regular working people of all races and backgrounds were employed at that mall, including Peter Paige, the Brinks guard who was gunned down in his truck, and that most worked for low wages to earn for their families.
The logic in committing violent crimes such as robbery and murder in the name of combating oppression of minorities has always escaped me, and always will. There are far many dedicated people who have done much more in their lives to combat oppression, poverty and economic injustice through peaceful means that Ms. Buck ever did with her violent actions. All of the blogs and webpages that cast her as a political prisoner uniformly neglect to mention the three people that died on that day in 1981, just because they had the misfortune to show up to work when Ms. Buck and her cronies robbed that armored truck. Their families and loved ones have been suffering their loss for years as Ms. Buck continued to write poetry and be visited by loved ones and friends.
Mariann wrote this back in May.
it is the unintended consequences of acts undertaken in good conscience and with the best of intentions that are the most haunting to any principled person. …. In retrospect, her desire to carry out an unripe revolution, and to support an oppressed group that she was not born into, and the crimes that thus landed on her shoulders forever, led her to the issues that have rightfully been her field of struggle for 25 years.
In AFG and Iraq, the US sought to overthrow a brutal dictator/regime, provide liberties, freedoms and justice to an oppressed populace (especially women)and create an environment where education, healthcare, and commerce could take hold.
Both with Ms Buck and with the US Government, they acted with "good intentions", at least in their minds. Both parties felt it necessary to kill the very people they claimed to be fighting for. Both parties have paid a heavy price for their choices.
Mariann's comments apply equally well to the life of Ms Buck as it does to the US war in Irq and Afghanistan, However, progressives respond to the two cases very differently.
Sorry, but that comparison just does not cut it with me. I look at the life of Ms. Buck's fellow WU colleague, Kathy Boudin, and see someone who understood her responsibility for taking and affecting lives, and who has spent her years of incarceration and freedom trying to make amends, improve the lives of the sick and disadvantaged and atone for her actions.
Best of intentions don't count when the logic is insane. There was never, ever any large movement of popular support among the masses during the 1970s and 1980s for armed revolution against our government, it only existed within fringe groups such as the WU and BLA. I will never be convinced by anyone that the cold blooded killing of innocent people can bring about peace and equality. This is the reasoning of zealots who lack perspective, empathy and a knowledge of history. You can justify any horrific action in any way you want, but if I had ever heard any expression of regret pass through Ms. Buck's lips, I might have thought more highly of her.
I only know Marilyn Buck's crimes: crimes against America, crimes for socialism and against capitalism, crime against humanity's very self, for if you're not down with capitalism, you're not down with the stuff and breath of life. (Most who crab at capitalism immediately point at its cheaters — these are people who would cheat regardless of whether they lived by capitalism or by something less, like socialism — which has killed about a hundred and twenty millions in peacetime for being unpopular with socialists, basically.)
Radicals tend to be foolish. Leftist radicals are foolish almost beyond imagining. If they thought like adults, they'd turn libertarian — if they simply must be radical.
She's gone to her reward. What will yours be?
I fell in love. I am hopelessly smitten with one I regret I'll never get to meet. Alas Marilyn, how I wish I'd known you! May God give your beautiful spirit wings, and your soul peace. God bless you, and those who cared for you and the causes you embraced. I am one of those. VIVA CHAVEZ! From a Venezuelan-American admirer.
Marilyn Buck and her socialist terrorist were criminals, plain n simple. They wasted their lives in prison (where they belonged to protect socity) and in her case died a painful death from cancer. There will never be a black country in the United States. People were ignorant to believe that was even possible as blacks make up only 13% of the population here (thank God). Matylan Buck is a murderer
To the person who posted the racists comments above me, I hope you pay for your remarks dearly.
The person who made those truly ugly comments in summer 2011 already started paying for them — and a dear price, indeed. While Marilyn Buck showed forth grace, love, self-sacrifice to the end of her remarkable life, the hateful commentor displays a stunted blackness of the soul. He or she is seething and burning in a private hell of hatred. Yeah, that's hell on earth! And the qualities that are cherished by the Lord are the very ones that Marilyn displayed. So, let's remember to pray for the one who is caged in a private hell of hatred.


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Birthplace of Kentucky Fried Chicken, Corbin, Kentucky
Birthplace of Kentucky Fried Chicken
Corbin, Kentucky
The historical marker in front of the Sanders Cafe states it plainly: Birthplace of Kentucky Fried Chicken. It happened in 1940, in the Cafe kitchen, where Harland Sanders worked out the combination of seasoning and cooking that would later make his chicken the most famous in the world.
Colonel Harland David Sanders was a real person. The historical marker calls him, "Kentucky's greatest goodwill ambassador," but he was also notoriously profane and hot-tempered. Sanders once gunned down a Corbin competitor in an argument over a street sign. His passion for food was as fiery as the atmosphere inside one of his kitchen pressure cookers. He would arrive unannounced at KFCs in his custom-painted Cadillac, taste the chicken and gravy, and if he didn't like it — he'd throw it on the floor. Sanders did this routinely until a month before he died, age 90, on December 16, 1980.
The Colonel sold the Cafe in 1956. For decades it was just another KFC. Then it underwent two retro-renovations: the first in September 1990 — for what would have been Harland's 100th birthday — and the second in April 2022. The result: the KFC part has been shoved to one side, making room for museum exhibits and a rebuilt Harland Sanders kitchen, where, as noted by an accompanying sign, "he perfected his secret recipe."
There is no X on the floor — the exact spot of Harland's eureka moment has been lost to time — but in the universe of fast food this is as near to sacred ground as it's possible to get.
The repercussions of The Colonel's recipe are evident in the museum's artifacts. One, a campaign poster, shows Harland Sanders as a clean-shaven, business-suit-wearing Republican in 1951, running for a seat in the Kentucky State Senate. He lost. A photo taken just two years later shows Sanders completely reinvented: gone were the clean shave and business attire, replaced by a white mustache and goatee, a spotless "Southern gentleman" linen suit, and a black string tie. He was now "Colonel Sanders," brand ambassador for a product named Kentucky Fried Chicken.
One museum display, "Who Will Be the Next Colonel?", showcases the range of celebrities who've portrayed Harland in KFC commercials, from Reba McEntire to Rob Lowe to a gold-plated Billy Zane. Colonel Sanders, like Elvis, crafted an image so iconic that it continues to nourish human impersonators — despite its progenitor being dead for over 40 years.
Although the menu in the Sanders Cafe is the same as at any other KFC, eating a bucket of chicken there is not. Surrounding the diners and spilling into an adjoining room is a trove of Sanders memorabilia, including a three-handed Cooking Clock designed by Sanders for his early franchisees, so they'd always know when to take the chicken off of the stove. A wall display of 192 herbs and spices suggests how difficult it was for the Colonel to select the 11 that went into his secret recipe. Did he choose mustard flour? Jasmine pearls? Devil's claw root? 100-pound barrels of Sanders' seasoning mix are simply labeled "basic formula" because he refused to reveal the contents.
The Colonel's famous white suit is displayed without a head. It isn't needed, since the Colonel's face — "The Most Recognized Face in the World," according to one exhibit — is everywhere in the museum: on KFC bobbleheads, boxes, buckets, beverage coolers, 45 rpm records, clocks, calendars, ash trays, puppets, hand fans, Halloween masks, comic books, and even two life-size pose-with-the-Colonel statues. Colonel Sanders' voice is also everywhere, broadcast from video monitors screening old KFC commercials and training films, where Harland dispenses his motivational maxims for the unpronounceable "QSCVFOOFAMP" (Quality, Service, Cleanliness, Value, Facilities, Other Operating Factors, Advertising, Marketing, Promotion). "The Colonel excelled at all," one showcase insists.
The most unexpected exhibit in the Cafe is its restored "Model Motel Room." Built in 1940, the room is identical to the lodgings that were available in Sanders' motor lodge next door. Sanders placed it between the Cafe dining room and ladies room, so that women could see its cleanliness, inspect its tasteful furnishings, and decide that this was the place that their family should spend the night. To ensure that the room would be visited by even more customers, Sanders hung the Cafe's pay telephone in it.
Just past the Cafe's modern-day order counter is a bronze bust of Sanders, sculpted by his daughter, a copy of which sits atop Colonel Sanders' grave. Although the artwork was completed in 1954, the Colonel looks no different than he did when he died a quarter-century later.
Perhaps this is why so many people don't realize that Colonel Sanders was a real person. Once he became a living trademark, he also became timeless, immortal. Just like his chicken.


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Finance Minister: Iraq is seeking to obtain a sovereign rating
BAGHDAD / Source News / .. Finance Minister Hoshyar Zebari, on Thursday, that his country is seeking a sovereign rating and continue with the credit rating agencies as it prepares to issue huge bonds worth five billion dollars needed to cover the budget caused by lower oil prices deficit.
Zebari said in an interview I followed Agency / Source News / "We started the process, banks are also seeking to help us in this direction."
Iraq has announced that it will issue bonds worth five billion dollars in the first issued in the international bond market nine years ago, in particular, and he desperately needed to liquidity as the government predicted that this year's deficit up to about 25 percent of the budget of 100 billion dollars, almost the size.
And obtain a sovereign rating from a major credit agency which Iraq currently lacks him may help persuade the international fund managers and international banks in underwriting bonds.
Zebari said that "Iraq is seeking to connect with two or three credit rating agencies, but he did not identify, discuss Iraq and bond issuance plan with City Bank and Deutsche Bank."
The process of obtaining the credit rating may be sensitive for Iraq as it will be forced to open its books to these institutions reveals revealed new information on public finances.
Zebari did not disclose the date on which it is expected to complete the process.
It is expected to attract Iraq's oil reserves huge -alta it did not reach the hands of Daash- buyers for this offering.
But many fund managers believe that Baghdad would face difficulty in the sale of five billion dollars in a short period even if the generous pricing.
In response to whether the number five billion to be very ambitious, Zebari said "We have a commitment in the budget to issue six billion, so this is the minimum this is our plan to cover the deficit, but there is no way to be issued in a single chip."
Iraq has an existing issue of dollar bonds maturing in 2028 and prompted a wave of panic selling late last year with the erosion of oil prices return on these bonds to rise to a record high of 10.49 percent from about 7.2 percent in September. But the yield has since tumbled to 8.04 percent.
In addition to the issuance of international bonds Iraq has taken or plans to take other financial measures, including the issuance of bonds in local currency to the banks and the imposition of taxes on some consumer goods and reduce public sector salaries Fifi, also asked the help of the IMF Ata.anthy Looking T.
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