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A4988 Stepper Motor Driver Carrier
A4983/A4988 stepper motor driver carrier with dimensions. |
This product is a carrier board or breakout board for Allegro's A4988 DMOS Microstepping Driver with Translator and Overcurrent Protection; we therefore recommend careful reading of the A4988 datasheet (1MB pdf) before using this product. This stepper motor driver lets you control one bipolar stepper motor at up to 2 A output current per coil (see the Power Dissipation Considerations section below for more information). Here are some of the driver's key features:
- Simple step and direction control interface
- Five different step resolutions: full-step, half-step, quarter-step, eighth-step, and sixteenth-step
- Adjustable current control lets you set the maximum current output with a potentiometer, which lets you use voltages above your stepper motor's rated voltage to achieve higher step rates
- Intelligent chopping control that automatically selects the correct current decay mode (fast decay or slow decay)
- Over-temperature thermal shutdown, under-voltage lockout, and crossover-current protection
- Short-to-ground and shorted-load protection
This product ships with all surface-mount components—including the A4988 driver IC—installed as shown in the product picture.
This product ships individually packaged with 0.1″ male header pins included but not soldered in; we also carry a version with male header pins already soldered in. For customers interested in higher volumes at lower unit costs, we offer a bulk-packaged version without header pins and a bulk-packaged version with header pins installed.
Note that we carry several stepper motor drivers that can be used as alternatives for this module (and drop-in replacements in many applications):
- The Black Edition A4988 stepper motor driver carrier is available with approximately 20% better performance; except for thermal characteristics, the Black Edition and this (green) board are interchangeable.
- The MP6500 carrier can deliver up to 1.5 A per phase (continuous) without a heat sink and is available in two versions, one with a pot for controlling the current limit and one with digital current limit control for dynamic current limit adjustment by a microcontroller.
- The DRV8825 carrier offers approximately 50% better performance over a wider voltage range and has a few additional features.
- The DRV8834 carrier works with motor supply voltages as low as 2.5 V, making it suitable for low-voltage applications.
- The DRV8880 carrier offers dynamically scalable current limiting and "AutoTune", which automatically selects the decay mode each PWM cycle for optimal current regulation performance based on factors like the motor winding resistance and inductance and the motor's dynamic speed and load.
We also sell a larger version of the A4988 carrier that has reverse power protection on the main power input and built-in 5 V and 3.3 V voltage regulators that eliminate the need for separate logic and motor supplies.
Some unipolar stepper motors (e.g. those with six or eight leads) can be controlled by this driver as bipolar stepper motors. For more information, please see the frequently asked questions. Unipolar motors with five leads cannot be used with this driver.
Included hardware
The A4988 stepper motor driver carrier comes with one 1×16-pin breakaway 0.1" male header. The headers can be soldered in for use with solderless breadboards or 0.1" female connectors. You can also solder your motor leads and other connections directly to the board. (A version of this board with headers already installed is also available.)
Using the driver
Minimal wiring diagram for connecting a microcontroller to an A4988 stepper motor driver carrier (full-step mode). |
Power connections
The driver requires a logic supply voltage (3 – 5.5 V) to be connected across the VDD and GND pins and a motor supply voltage (8 – 35 V) to be connected across VMOT and GND. These supplies should have appropriate decoupling capacitors close to the board, and they should be capable of delivering the expected currents (peaks up to 4 A for the motor supply).
Warning: This carrier board uses low-ESR ceramic capacitors, which makes it susceptible to destructive LC voltage spikes, especially when using power leads longer than a few inches. Under the right conditions, these spikes can exceed the 35 V maximum voltage rating for the A4988 and permanently damage the board, even when the motor supply voltage is as low as 12 V. One way to protect the driver from such spikes is to put a large (at least 47 µF) electrolytic capacitor across motor power (VMOT) and ground somewhere close to the board.
Motor connections
Four, six, and eight-wire stepper motors can be driven by the A4988 if they are properly connected; a FAQ answer explains the proper wirings in detail.
Warning: Connecting or disconnecting a stepper motor while the driver is powered can destroy the driver. (More generally, rewiring anything while it is powered is asking for trouble.)
Step (and microstep) size
Stepper motors typically have a step size specification (e.g. 1.8° or 200 steps per revolution), which applies to full steps. A microstepping driver such as the A4988 allows higher resolutions by allowing intermediate step locations, which are achieved by energizing the coils with intermediate current levels. For instance, driving a motor in quarter-step mode will give the 200-step-per-revolution motor 800 microsteps per revolution by using four different current levels.
The resolution (step size) selector inputs (MS1, MS2, and MS3) enable selection from the five step resolutions according to the table below. MS1 and MS3 have internal 100kΩ pull-down resistors and MS2 has an internal 50kΩ pull-down resistor, so leaving these three microstep selection pins disconnected results in full-step mode. For the microstep modes to function correctly, the current limit must be set low enough (see below) so that current limiting gets engaged. Otherwise, the intermediate current levels will not be correctly maintained, and the motor will skip microsteps.
MS1 | MS2 | MS3 | Microstep Resolution |
Low | Low | Low | Full step |
High | Low | Low | Half step |
Low | High | Low | Quarter step |
High | High | Low | Eighth step |
High | High | High | Sixteenth step |
Control inputs
Each pulse to the STEP input corresponds to one microstep of the stepper motor in the direction selected by the DIR pin. Note that the STEP and DIR pins are not pulled to any particular voltage internally, so you should not leave either of these pins floating in your application. If you just want rotation in a single direction, you can tie DIR directly to VCC or GND. The chip has three different inputs for controlling its many power states: RST, SLP, and EN. For details about these power states, see the datasheet. Please note that the RST pin is floating; if you are not using the pin, you can connect it to the adjacent SLP pin on the PCB to bring it high and enable the board.
Current limiting
One way to maximize stepper motor performance is to use as high of a voltage as is practical for your application. In particular, increasing the voltage generally allows for higher step rates and stepping torque since the current can change more quickly in the coils after each step. However, in order to safely use voltages above the rated voltage of a stepper motor, the coil current must be actively limited to keep it from exceeding the motor's rated current.
The A4988 supports such active current limiting, and the trimmer potentiometer on the board can be used to set the current limit. One way to set the current limit is to put the driver into full-step mode and measure the current running through a single motor coil while adjusting the current limit potentiometer. This should be done with the motor holding a fixed position (i.e. without clocking the STEP input). Note that the current you are measuring is only 70% of the actual current limit setting, since both coils are always on and limited to this value in full-step mode, so if you later enable microstepping modes, the current through the coils will be able to exceed this measured full-step current by 40% (1/0.7) on certain steps; please take this into account when using this method to set the current limit. Also, note that you will need to perform this adjustment again if you ever change the logic voltage, Vdd, since the reference voltage that sets the current limit is a function of Vdd.
Note: The coil current can be very different from the power supply current, so you should not use the current measured at the power supply to set the current limit. The appropriate place to put your current meter is in series with one of your stepper motor coils.
Another way to set the current limit is to calculate the reference voltage that corresponds to your desired current limit and then adjust the current limit potentiometer until you measure that voltage on the VREF pin. The VREF pin voltage is accessible on a via that is circled on the bottom silkscreen of the circuit board. The current limit, IMAX, relates to the reference voltage as follows:
or, rearranged to solve for VREF:
RCS is the current sense resistance; original versions of this board used 0.050 Ω current sense resistors, but we switched to using 0.068 Ω current sense resistors in January 2017, which makes more of the adjustment potentiometer's range useful. The following picture shows how to identify which current sense resistors your board has:
Identification of original 50 mΩ sense resistors (left) and 68 mΩ sense resistors (right) introduced in January 2017. |
So, for example, if you want to set the current limit to 1 A and you have a board with 68 mΩ sense resistors, you would set VREF to 540 mV. Doing this ensures that even though the current through each coil changes from step to step, the magnitude of the current vector in the stepper motor stays constant at 1 A:
``sqrt(I_(COIL1)^2 + I_(COIL2)^2) = I_(MAX) = 1 text (A)``
If you instead want the current through each coil to be 1 A in full-step mode, you would need to set the current limit to be 40% higher, or 1.4 A, since the coils are limited to approximately 70% of the set current limit in full-step mode (the equation above shows why this is the case). To do this with a board with 68 mΩ sense resistors, you would set VREF to 770 mV.
Power dissipation considerations
The A4988 driver IC has a maximum current rating of 2 A per coil, but the actual current you can deliver depends on how well you can keep the IC cool. The carrier's printed circuit board is designed to draw heat out of the IC, but to supply more than approximately 1 A per coil, a heat sink or other cooling method is required.
This product can get hot enough to burn you long before the chip overheats. Take care when handling this product and other components connected to it.
Please note that measuring the current draw at the power supply will generally not provide an accurate measure of the coil current. Since the input voltage to the driver can be significantly higher than the coil voltage, the measured current on the power supply can be quite a bit lower than the coil current (the driver and coil basically act like a switching step-down power supply). Also, if the supply voltage is very high compared to what the motor needs to achieve the set current, the duty cycle will be very low, which also leads to significant differences between average and RMS currents.
Schematic diagram
Schematic diagram of the A4988 stepper motor driver carrier (both green and black editions). |
Note: This board is a drop-in replacement for our original (and now discontinued) A4983 stepper motor driver carrier. The newer A4988 offers overcurrent protection and has an internal 100k pull-down on the MS1 microstep selection pin, but it is otherwise virtually identical to the A4983.
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Another Earth (Director: Mike Cahill; Screenwriters: Mike Cahill and Brit Marling) – On the eve of the discovery of a duplicate Earth, a horrible tragedy irrevocably alters the lives of two strangers, who begin an unlikely love affair. Cast: William Mapother, Brit Marling, Jordan Baker, Robin Lord Taylor, Flint Beverage.
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Circumstance / U.S.A., Iran (Director and screenwriter: Maryam Keshavarz) – A wealthy Iranian family struggles to contain a teenager's growing sexual rebellion and her brother's dangerous obsession. Cast: Nikohl Boosheri, Sarah Kazemy, Reza Sixo Safai, Soheil Parsa, Nasrin Pakkho.
Gun Hill Road (Director and screenwriter: Rashaad Ernesto Green) – After three years in prison, Enrique returns to the Bronx to find his wife estranged and his teenage son stumbling towards a transformation that will put the fragile bonds of their family to the test. Cast: Esai Morales, Judy Reyes, Harmony Santana, Vincent Laresca, Miriam Colon.
HERE (Director: Braden King; Written By: Braden King and Dani Valent) – On assignment to create a new, more accurate satellite survey of Armenia, an American cartographer forms a powerful bond with an Armenian expatriate and art photographer. Cast: Ben Foster and Lubna Azabal with Narek Nersisyan, Yuri Kostanyan and Sofik Sarkisyan.
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Higher Ground (Director: Vera Farmiga; Screenwriters: Carolyn S. Briggs and Tim Metcalfe) – A frustrated young mother turns to a fundamentalist community for answers, but after years of dogma and loss, she must find the courage to ask the questions that will help her reclaim her life. Cast: Vera Farmiga, Joshua Leonard, John Hawkes, Dagmara Dominczyk, Norbert Leo Butz.
Homework (Director and screenwriter: Gavin Wiesen) – Quirky, rebellious George has no ambitions other than to cut his next class. But one day, one girl gives him the perfect reason to figure out who he really is. Cast: Freddie Highmore, Emma Roberts, Michael Angarano, Elizabeth Reaser with Rita Wilson and Blair Underwood.
The Ledge(Director and screenwriter: Matthew Chapman) – Perched on a ledge, a man says he must jump by noon, while a cop races against time to get to the bottom of it. Cast: Charlie Hunnam, Liv Tyler, Patrick Wilson and Terrence Howard with Christopher Gorham.
Like Crazy (Director: Drake Doremus; Screenwriters: Drake Doremus and Ben York Jones) – A young American guy and a young British girl meet in college and fall in love. Their love is tested when she is required to leave the country and they must face the challenges of a long-distance relationship. Cast: Anton Yelchin, Felicity Jones, Jennifer Lawrence, Charlie Bewley, Alex Kingston.
Little Birds (Director and screenwriter: Elgin James) – Amidst the stark landscape of the Salton Sea, two 15-year-old girls test the limits of their friendship when one follows the other to Los Angeles. Cast: Juno Temple, Kay Panabaker, Leslie Mann, Kate Bosworth, Kyle Gallner.
Martha Marcy May Marlene (Director and screenwriter: Sean Durkin) – Haunted by painful memories and increasing paranoia, a damaged woman struggles to re-assimilate with her family after fleeing an abusive cult. Cast: Elizabeth Olsen, Brady Corbet, Hugh Dancy, John Hawkes, Sarah Paulson.
On the Ice (Director and screenwriter: Andrew Okpeaha MacLean) – On the snow-covered Arctic tundra, two teenagers try to get away with murder. Cast: Josiah Patkotak, Frank Qutuq Irelan, Teddy Kyle Smith, Adamina Kerr, Sierra Jade Sampson.
Pariah (Director and screenwriter: Dee Rees) – When forced to choose between losing her best friend or destroying her family, a Bronx teenager juggles conflicting identities and endures heartbreak in a desperate search for sexual expression. Cast: Adepero Oduye, Pernell Walker, Kim Wayans, Charles Parnell, Aasha Davis.
Take Shelter (Director and screenwriter: Jeff Nichols) – A working-class husband and father questions whether his terrifying dreams of an apocalyptic storm signal something real to come or the onset of an inherited mental illness he's feared his whole life. Cast: Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain, Shea Whigham, Katy Mixon, Kathy Baker.
Terri (Director: Azazel Jacobs; Screenwriters: Patrick deWitt) – Terri is a story about a big boy who feels alone in a small town. After his high school's vice-principal takes Terri under his wing, he comes to learn there are others that feel the same way he does. And when Terri defends the honor of his secret crush, lonely worlds collide. Cast: Jacob Wysocki, John C. Reilly, Creed Bratton, Olivia Crocicchia, Bridger Zadina.
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This year's 16 films were selected from 841 submissions. Each is a world premiere.
Beats, Rhymes and Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest (Director: Michael Rapaport) – The story of the rise and influence of one of the most innovative and influential hip hop bands of all time, the collective known as A Tribe Called Quest.
BEING ELMO: A Puppeteer's Journey (Director: Constance Marks) – The Muppet Elmo is one of the most beloved characters among children across the globe. Meet the unlikely man behind the puppet – the heart and soul of Elmo – Kevin Clash.
Buck (Director: Cindy Meehl) – In a story about the power of non-violence, master horse trainer Buck Brannaman uses principles of respect and trust to tame horses and inspire their human counterparts.
Connected: An Autoblogography about Love, Death & Technology (Director: Tiffany Shlain; Screenwriters: Tiffany Shlain, Ken Goldberg, Carlton Evans and Sawyer Steele) – Connected is an exhilarating stream-of-consciousness ride through the interconnectedness of humankind, nature, progress and morality at the dawn of the 21st century. For centuries we've been declaring independence. With insight, curiosity, and humor, the film explores whether it's time to declare our interdependence.
Crime After Crime (Director: Yoav Potash) – Debbie Peagler is a survivor of brutal domestic violence incarcerated for her connection to the murder of her abuser. Two decades later a pair of rookie land-use attorneys cut their teeth on her case, attracting global attention to the troubled intersection of domestic violence and criminal justice.
Hot Coffee (Director: Susan Saladoff) – Following subjects whose lives have been devastated by an inability to access the courts, this film shows that many long-held beliefs about our civil justice system have been paid for by corporate America.
How to Die in Oregon (Director: Peter D. Richardson) – In 1994 Oregon became the first state to legalize physician-assisted suicide. How to Die in Oregon gently enters the lives of terminally ill Oregonians to illuminate the power of death with dignity.
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front (Director: Marshall Curry) – The Earth Liberation Front is a radical environmental group that the FBI calls America's 'number one domestic terrorist threat.' Daniel McGowan, an ELF member, faces life in prison for two multi-million dollar arsons against Oregon timber companies. But who is really to blame?
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The Last Mountain (Director: Bill Haney; Screenwriters: Bill Haney and Peter Rhodes) – A coal mining corporation and a tiny community vie for the last great mountain in Appalachia in a battle for the future of energy that affects us all.
Miss Representation (Director: Jennifer Siebel Newsom; Screenwriters: Jennifer Siebel Newsom and Jessica Congdon) – Miss Representation uncovers how American mainstream media's limited and disparaging portrayals of women contribute to the under-representation of women in power positions – creating another generation of women defined by youth, beauty and sexuality, and not by their capacity as leaders.
Page One: A year inside the New York Times (Director: Andrew Rossi; Screenwriters: Kate Novack and Andrew Rossi) – Unprecedented access to the New York Times newsroom yields a complex view of the transformation of a media landscape fraught with both peril and opportunity.
The Redemption of General Butt Naked (Directors: Eric Strauss and Daniele Anastasion) – A brutal warlord who murdered thousands during Liberia's horrific 14-year civil war renounces his violent past and reinvents himself as an Evangelist, facing those he once terrorized.
Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles (Director: Jon Foy) – An urban mystery unfurls as one man pieces together the surreal meaning of hundreds of cryptic tiled messages that have been appearing in city streets across the U.S. and South America.
Sing Your Song (A film by Susanne Rostock) – Most people know the lasting legacy of Harry Belafonte, the entertainer; this film unearths his significant contribution to and his leadership in the civil rights movement in America and to social justice globally.
Troubadours (Director: Morgan Neville) – A musical journey tracing the lives and careers of James Taylor and Carole King, pillars of the California singer/songwriter scene, which converged in and around LA's Troubadour Club in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
We Were Here (Director: David Weissman) – A deep and reflective look at the arrival and impact of AIDS in San Francisco and how individuals rose to the occasion during the first years of this unimaginable crisis.
This year's 13 films were selected from 1,073 international narrative feature submissions.
Abraxas / Japan (Director: Naoki Kato; Screenwriters: Dai Sako and Naoki Kato) – After botching a speech on career guidance at a local high school, a depressed Zen monk with a heavy metal past realizes that only music can revive his spirit. Cast: Suneohair, Rie Tomosaka, Manami Honjou, Ryouta Murai, Kaoru Kobayashi. International Premiere
All Your Dead Ones (Todos Tus Muertos ) / Colombia (Director Carlos Moreno; Screenwriters: Alonso Torres and Carlos Moreno) – One morning, a peasant wakes to find a pile of bodies in the middle of his crops. When he goes to the authorities, he quickly realizes that the dead ones are a problem nobody wants to deal with. Cast: Alvaro Rodríguez, Jorge Herrera, Martha Marquez, Harold Devasten, John Alex Castillo. World Premiere
The Cinema Hold Up (Asalto Al Cine) / Mexico (Director: Iría Gómez Concheiro; Screenwriters: Iria Gómez Concheiro and Juan Pablo Gómez) – Four childhood friends in Mexico's Guerrero colony toy with the idea of robbing a cinema. Each hopes that the heist will hurtle them past life's obstacles, only to realize that the caper risks the only thing they have: their friendship. Cast: Gabino Rodríguez, Juan Pablo de Santiago, Ángel Sosa, Paulina Avalos. World Premiere
A Few Days of Respite (Quelque Jours de Repit) / Algeria, France (Director and screenwriter: Amor Hakkar) – A pair of gay men who have escaped from Iran seek safe harbor in a small French village, where a lonely middle-aged woman offers aid. Cast: Marina Vlady, Samir Guesmi, Amor Hakkar. World Premiere
The Guard / Ireland (Director and screenwriter: John Michael McDonagh) – A small-town cop in Ireland has a confrontational personality, a subversive sense of humor, a fondness for prostitutes and absolutely no interest whatsoever in the international drug-smuggling ring that has brought a straight-laced FBI agent to his door. However, a surreal chain of events pulls him into the action. Cast: Don Cheadle, Brendan Gleeson, Mark Strong, Liam Cunningham, David Wilmot, Fionnula Flanagan. World Premiere
Happy, Happy (Sykt Lykkelig) / Norway (Director: Anne Sewitsky; Screenwriter: Ragnhild Tronvoll) – A perfect housewife, who just happens to be sex-starved, struggles to keep her emotions in check when an attractive family moves in next door. Cast: Agnes Kittelsen, Henrik Rafaelsen, Maibritt Saerens, Joachim Rafaelsen. International Premiere
Kinyarwanda / Rwanda, USA (Director and screenwriter: Alrick Brown) – Based on accounts from survivors, Kinyarwanda tells the story of Rwandans who crossed the lines of hatred during the 1994 genocide, turning mosques into places of refuge for Muslims and Christians, Hutus and Tutsis. Cast: Edouard Bamporiki, Cassandra Freeman, Cleophas Kabasiita, Hadidja Zaninka, Kennedy Mazimpaka, Hassan Kabera. World Premiere
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Lost Kisses (I Baci Mai Dati) / Italy (Director: Roberta Torre; Screenwriters: Roberta Torre and Laura Nuccilli) – A 13-year-old girl in the deprived outskirts of a sprawling Sicilian city becomes a local celebrity to her needy community when word spreads that she just might be able to perform miracles. Cast: Donatella Finocchiaro, Pino Micol, Giuseppe Fiorello, Carla Marchese, Martina Galletta, Tony Palazzo. International Premiere
Mad Bastards / Australia (Director: Brendan Fletcher; Screenwriters: Brendan Fletcher in collaboration with Dean Daley-Jones, Greg Tait and John Watson) – In a frontier town of northern Australia's Kimberley Region, an urban street warrior meets his match in a local cop. Performances and stories from real people in Kimberley are woven through the music of legendary Broome musicians, The Pigram Brothers. Cast: Dean Daley-Jones, Greg Tait, John Watson, Ngaire Pigram, Lucas Yeeda. International Premiere
Restoration (Boker Tov Adon Fidelman) / Israel (Director: Yossi Madmoni; Screenwriter: Erez Kav-El) – Aided by a young and mysterious apprentice, an antique furniture restorer struggles to keep his workshop alive, while his relationship with his own estranged son, who is trying to close down the shop, begins to disintegrate. Cast: Sasson Gabay, Henry David, Nevo Kimchi, Sarah Adler. World Premiere
The Salesman (Le Vendeur) / Canada (Director and screenwriter: Sébastien Pilote) – Car salesman Marcel Lévesque operates by the rules of a bygone era, turning on the charm to make his quota. But the increasing decline of his fading industrial town threatens to plummet this peddler of dreams into an unfriendly reality. Cast: Gilbert Sicotte, Nathalie Cavezzali. World Premiere
Ticket to Paradise (Boleto al Paraiso) / Cuba (Director: Gerardo Chijona Valdes; Screenwriters: Gerardo Chijona Valdes, Francisco Garcia Gonzalez and Maykel Rodriguez Ponjuan) – A teenage girl running away from her father's sexual harassment meets a young rocker who has escaped to Havana with his misfit group of friends. Set in 1993, during a period of acute shortages in Cuba, the local AIDS hospice begins to look like an unlikely refuge to the hopeless teens. Cast: Miriel Cejas, Héctor Medina, Dunia Matos, Jorge Perugorria, Luis A. Garcia. International Premiere
Tyrannosaur / United Kingdom (Director and screenwriter: Paddy Considine) – For Joseph, a man plagued by self-destructive violence and rage, a chance of redemption appears in the form of Hannah, a Christian charity shop worker with a devastating secret of her own. Cast: Peter Mullan, Eddie Marsan, Olivia Colman. World Premiere
Vampire / Canada, U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Iwai Shunji) – On the surface, Simon seems like a fairly normal, average young man, devoted to his teaching job and ailing mother. Secretly, he is compelled to hunt through online chat rooms and message boards, searching for the perfect girl who will ensure his own survival. Cast: Kevin Zegers, Keisha Castle-Hughes, Rachel Leigh Cook, Kristin Kreuk, Aoi Yu and Adelaide Clemens. World Premiere
This year's 12 films were selected from 796 international documentary submissions.
An African Election / Switzerland, U.S.A. (Director: Jarreth Merz) – The 2008 presidential elections in Ghana, West Africa, serve as a backdrop for this feature documentary that looks behind the scenes at the complex, political machinery of a third-world democracy struggling to avoid civil war and establish stability for good. North American Premiere
The Bengali Detective / India, U.S.A., United Kingdom (Director: Phil Cox) – Chubby, dance-obsessed private-detective Rajesh Ji and his motley band of helpers tackle poisonings, adultery and the occasional murder on the frenzied streets of Kolkata. World Premiere
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 / Sweden, U.S.A. (Director: Göran Olsson) – From 1967 to 1975, Swedish journalists chronicled the Black Power movement in America. Combining that 16mm footage, undiscovered until now, with contemporary audio interviews, this film illuminates the people and culture that fueled change and brings the movement to life anew. World Premiere
Family Portrait in Black and White / Canada (Director: Julia Ivanova) – In a small Ukrainian town, Olga Nenya, raises 16 black orphans amidst a population of Slavic blue-eyed blondes. Their stories expose the harsh realities of growing up as a bi-racial child in Eastern Europe. World Premiere
The Flaw / United Kingdom (Director: David Sington) – Within a few months in 2008, several American financial institutions failed, and before you knew it the U.S.A. was in the red. An imaginative blend of archive, animation and personal stories delivers a devastating indictment of the unfettered capitalism which has led to crippling, catastrophic income inequality in the land of the free. North American Premiere
The Green Wave (Irans grüner Sommer) / Germany (Director: Ali Samadi Ahadi) – Animated blogs and tweets tell the story of democracy under fire and hopes dashed as protesters are arrested, tortured and raped during Iran's tumultuous elections of June 2009. North American Premiere
Post-screening Q&A of The Imperialists Are Still Alive
Hell and Back Again / U.S.A., United Kingdom (Director: Danfung Dennis) – Told through the eyes of one Marine from the start of his 2009 Aghanistan tour to his distressing return and rehabilitation in the U.S., we witness what modern "unconventional" warfare really means to the men who are fighting it. World Premiere
KNUCKLE / Ireland, United Kingdom (Director: Ian Palmer) – An epic 12-year journey into the world of an Irish Traveler community, KNUCKLE takes us inside their brutal, secretive and exhilarating bare-knuckle fighting lives. Chronicling a history of violent feuding between rival families, the story focuses on two brothers as they fight for their reputations and the honor of their family name. World Premiere
Position Among the Stars (Stand Van De Sterren) / Netherlands (Director: Leonard Retel Helmrich) – The effects of globalization in Indonesia's rapidly changing society ripple into the life of a poor Christian woman living in the slums of Jakarta with her Muslim sons and teenage granddaughter. International Premiere
Project Nim / United Kingdom (Director: James Marsh) – From the Oscar-winning team behind Man on Wire comes the story of Nim, the chimpanzee who was taught to communicate with language as he was raised and nurtured like a human child. World Premiere
Senna / United Kingdom (Director: Asif Kapadia; Screenwriter: Manish Pandey) – The story of the legendary racing driver and Brazilian hero Ayrton Senna takes us on the ultimate journey of what it means to become the greatest when faced with the constant possibility of death. North American Premiere
Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure / Australia, U.S.A. (Director: Matthew Bate) – When two friends tape-recorded the fights of their violently noisy neighbors, they accidentally created one of the world's first 'viral' pop-culture sensations. World Premiere
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Pierre Teilhard de Chardin1881-1955
Chrysler established in 1925 finally filed "chapter 11" bankruptcy protection April 30, 2009 - and General Motors (GM) (doing brands like Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, GM Daewoo, Holden, Hummer, Opel, Pontiac, Saab, Saturn, Vauxhall and Wuling) established in 1908 filed also "chapter 11" bankruptcy protection in June 1, 2009 and has been taken over by the US government in order to relaunch with a much smaller infrastructure and its implied loss of jobs.
With these two large US car manufactures also an era of "old thinking" finds an end - the arrogance how the US car manufacturers and its lobbyist prevented early adoption of greener and cleaner standards now finds its unglory end - unable to transform itself within the capitalistic market it requires aid by the fomerly much despised US government - very ironic.
To be fair, both companies developed zero emission electric cars (e.g. the EV1 by GM), yet, according their own statement, the market wasn't ready - so those early attempts failed - compare also Treehugger.com: EV1 Criticism .
Addenum: The german manufacturer Opel was extracted from the GM prior the "chapter 11" protection - they are trying to survive independently with aid of the german government.
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This is the tenth in the Prospect's series on the 174 measures on state ballots this year.
Marriage equality is up for vote in four states. In three states, voters have a chance to affirmatively say yes to allowing their state to marry same-sex couples; in the fourth, voters can add a "one man-one woman" marriage clause to the state's constitution. As we all know, support for LGBT issues in general, and marriage equality in particular, has been getting stronger every year, as more of us talk to our families and friends, explaining that love and devotion are the same whether you love a boy or a girl. Will this be the year that, at long last, we win at least one marriage vote at the polls?
Below is a list of the states to watch, with some brief handicapping. As you watch, remember these two things about the difference between opinion polls and the final polling:
- All undecideds vote against marriage equality. Ignore the spread.
- A couple of points of support disappear at the ballot, as some voters lose their nerve to vote for change.
Question 1 reads: "Do you want to allow the State of Maine to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples?" A "yes" vote will allow same-sex couples to marry. This is not a referendum on an existing law; it's purely a grassroots initiative in favor of marriage equality. A door-to-door persuasion campaign has been underway for several years now; equality forces didn't pop the question until they had 56 percent support. This PPP poll made me nervous, showing only 52/45 support. Critical Insights, however, found support holding steady at 56.
My prediction: Marriage equality wins with 52 percent of the vote.
Here, voters are deciding whether or not to uphold the marriage equality law passed by the legislature earlier this year. Question 6, titled the "Civil Marriage Protection Act," reads in part, "Establishes that Maryland's civil marriage laws allow gay and lesbian couples to obtain a civil marriage license, provided they are not otherwise prohibited from marrying." It goes on to discuss protection for religious freedom. Opinion polling has always been close. The combination of church opposition and an anti-equality television advertising blitz has been very effective in eroding African American support.
My prediction: Marriage equality loses with 48 percent of the vote.
Here, voters are asked whether they want to amend the state's constitution this way: "Amendment 1: Recognition Of Marriage Solely Between One Man And One Woman. Shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended to provide that only a union of one man and one woman shall be valid or recognized as a marriage in Minnesota?" The state legislature put this on the ballot, despite the fact that this language already exists in its statutes. Marriage equality supporters have had 18 months to campaign. The wild card here: the amendment can only pass if it gets a yes on more than 50 percent of all ballots cast. To my shock, Public Policy Polling's poll over this past weekend found that only 45 percent say they will vote yes and 52 percent say they will vote no. But all the earlier polls have had DOMA supporters plus undecideds adding up to 51 percent.
My prediction: The DOMA amendment passes with 51 percent of the vote.
In Washington state, as in Maryland, legislators passed a marriage equality law this year; voters now can approve or reject it. Here's the key part of the ballot language: "This bill would allow same-sex couples to marry, preserve domestic partnerships only for seniors, and preserve the right of clergy or religious organizations to refuse to perform, recognize, or accommodate any marriage ceremony." A couple of polls show support at about 52 percent.
Here's the thing to remember: Washington votes entirely by mail. Given that some voters won't cast ballots until Tuesday, we will not know the outcome of this one until the weekend, at the earliest.
My least confident prediction: We win with a very thin majority, 51 percent at most.
As you can see, I think we're only going to win one, maybe two. But even that one would be a thrilling breakthrough. On all the rest, we'll keep working to persuade folks one by one, and will return for a rematch in two to five years-when we will win, so long as everyone keeps working as if our lives depend on it. Which they do. We have that advantage: we're fighting for real people; they're fighting for a dying idea.
This year, marriage equality supporters (an astounding percentage of them non-gay) poured in millions of dollars and volunteer hours. The marriage equality side has outspent the opposition by several times over, in some cases up to five to one. Much of that investment simply counters the misleading NOM TV ads that try to sow enough doubt in voters' minds that they don't have the nerve, at the last minute, to vote for change. And Brian Brown, the National Organization for Marriage's current president, talked with BuzzFeed reporter Chris Geidner, saying that NOM isn't going to give up its fight; even in states where they lose, he said, "There's no reason we can't go back. This is never over. We're not giving up any ground. Ever."
But remember, support is ticking up steadily every year, as voters see that social chaos hasn't ensued in the six states with marriage laws. As the years go by, as our support increases, we'll need less money to win. Ten or 20 years from now, Brian Brown and Maggie Gallagher will look as ridiculous as Anthony Comstock, fighting for a hopelessly outdated social vision.
Remember: Even if we lose all four ballot battles tomorrow, we're winning the war.


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Looking for ways to save money at the holiday season? How about giving gifts specially made in your kitchen? My kids' 4-H Club made several of these gift items for a holiday project a few years ago.
The following recipes are for various mixes that you can give for special treats, and even for whole meals. Just nestle all the ingredients that go together in a basket, and decorate! Maybe include a small kitchen utensil, a dish towel, or a festive ornament.
For the following mix gifts, include a typed, handwritten or calligraphic label with preparation instructions.
Winter Solstice Tea Mix
- 2 cups Tang or other orange-flavored drink mix
- 2 cups sugar
- 1/2 cup instant tea
- 1 3oz. packet lemonade mix
- 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp. cloves
Label: Put 1 to 2 teaspoons into a cup or mug. Fill with boiling water and stir for a wonderful Winter's day treat.
Corn Bread Mix
- 1 cup flour
- 1 cup corn meal
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1/3 cup dry milk powder
- 1 Tbsp. baking powder
Sift ingredients together and put into a bag.
Label: Put dry ingredients into mixing bowl. In small bowl, combine 1 cup water, 1 egg, and 1/3 cup oil. Stir into dry ingredients and mix well. Pour into a well-buttered pie plate. Bake at 425 degrees for 25 minutes, or until golden.
- 3 cups dried beans (pink, red, or kidney — sorted). Put into a jar or large bag.
- 3 Tbsp. mild chili powder
- 2 Tbsp. dehydrated onions
- 1 Tbsp. granulated garlic
- 1 tsp. oregano
- 2 tsp. salt
- 1/2 tsp. cayenne pepper (optional)
- Combine spices and put into a small bag.
- Include in your gift basket:
- 1 8oz. can tomato sauce
- 2 14oz. cans diced tomatoes in juice
Label: Wash beans. Put into pot with spices. Cook until done, about 1 to 1 1/2 hours. Meanwhile, brown 1 lb. ground beef (if desired), and drain. Add meat to the beans with the tomatoes and sauce. Simmer to blend flavors.
Serve with Chili Corn Bread, if desired.
For: Chili Corn Bread
Include in the package with the Corn Bread Mix, 1 small can whole kernel corn and 1 small can diced green chilis (not the hot kind). Stir the well-drained corn and chilis into the corn bread just before baking. Bake in a well-buttered 8″ square pan at 425 degrees for 25 minutes.
Vegetarian Black Bean Chili
- 3 cup black beans, sorted — put in jar or bag.
- 3 Tbsp. dehydrated onion
- 3 Tbsp. granulated garlic
- 1 tsp. crushed oregano
- 2 tsp. salt
- 1/4 to 1/2 tsp. cayenne pepper (do not omit)
- Combine spices in a small bag.
- 1 1/2 cups white rice in a separate package.
Label: Wash beans. Put in pot with seasonings. Add 1 Tbsp. olive oil and cover beans with 2″ water. Bring to boil and simmer until very well done (about 2 hours). Beans should be very soft. Add water as needed to keep beans from sticking. There should be some liquid left on beans when done. To cook rice, put 3 cup water and 1 tsp salt into a pot and when it boils, add rice. Lower heat, cover and steam for 20 minutes. Serve about 1/2 cup rice in bowl, and put beans on the top. Sprinkle with minced cilantro, finely chopped green onion, and a squeeze of lime juice. This is very healthy. It has almost no fat, and is mainly from the bottom of the food pyramid.
Cajun Red Beans and Rice
- 3 cups red beans, sorted — put into jar or bag.
- 1/4 cup dehydrated onion
- 2 Tbsp. granulated garlic
- 1/4 cup dehydrated celery (optional)
- 1/4 to 1/2 tsp. cayenne pepper (do not omit)
- 2 tsp. salt
- Combine seasonings in a small bag.
- 1 1/2 cups white rice in a separate packet.
Label: Wash beans, put into pot with spices and 1/2 to 1 lb. pork neck bones, smoked. Cook until beans are well done and meat falls from bones. Take out bones, and shred meat into small pieces. Serve in large bowl with cooked white rice on bottom. Garnish with finely minced green onion, and pass bottle of hot sauce. To cook rice: Bring 3 cup water and 1 tsp. salt to boil. Add rice, cover and steam for 20 minutes.
Serve this dish with Cornmeal Pancakes. Use Corn Bread Mix, but add 1 1/2 cups water instead of just 1 cup. Make small, thick pancakes in a greased skillet, and serve with the beans and rice.
The Author:
Deborah Taylor-Hough (free-lance writer, wife, and mother of three) is the author of 'Frozen Assets: How to cook for a day and eat for a month' and the soon-to-be-released 'Frugal Living for Dummies(r)' (Wiley, Feb. '03)
Copyright 2002 Deborah Taylor-Hough
Used with permission. All rights reserved.


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The National Rifle Association's Political Victory Fund Thursday announced its endorsement for President at a rally in Fisherville, Virginia with country music superstar and NRA Life Member Trace Adkins.
NRA's Executive Vice President, Wayne LaPierre, and NRA Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF) Chairman, Chris W. Cox, made the announcement while they attended that the group supports Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan for President and Vice President. Adkins, also preformed at the press conference.
"Virginia is ground zero – the front line of this election. This is where the race could be won or lost. This is where the difference can be made. This is where gun owners must make that difference." said LaPierre.
"Today, we live in an America that is getting harder to recognize every day led by a President who mocks our values, belittles our faith, and is threatened by our freedom." said Cox. "So on behalf of the four million men and women of the National Rifle Association, representing tens of millions of NRA supporters, it is my honor to announce the NRA's endorsement of Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan for President and Vice President of the United States."
The actions of President Barack Obama have harmed the Second Amendment for generations to come. He has appointed two anti-gun nominees to the Supreme Court – one of whom has already signed an opinion saying that law-abiding Americans do not have an individual right to own firearms. Obama's administration worked on a United Nations Arms Trade Treaty that would undermine our Second Amendment rights, and he has helped cover-up the deadly Operation Fast and Furious scandal, arming Mexican drug cartels that continue to kill countless innocent American and Mexican citizens. He has also said that the ability of lawful citizens to carry a firearm for personal protection should be banned nationwide. As a state legislator, he opposed a law to protect people who use guns in their own homes for self-defense; endorsed a total ban on the manufacturing, sale and possession of all handguns; and supported a 500 percent increase in federal taxes on guns and ammunition. Unaccountable to the voters, America's 100 million gun owners justifiably fear that a second Obama term would bring an all-out assault on the Second Amendment.
But there's a clear choice this November. Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan will protect our Right to Keep and Bear Arms by appointing Supreme Court justices who will uphold the rulings in District of Columbia v. Heller and McDonald v. City of Chicago – two landmark cases which held that the Second Amendment guarantees a fundamental, individual Right to Keep and Bear Arms for all law-abiding Americans. Romney and Ryan have also stated their opposition to efforts by the United Nations to implement a global gun-control bureaucracy.
"In this election, there is no debate. There is only one choice – only one hope – to save our firearms freedom and our way of life," LaPierre continued. "Get to the polls on election day and make the difference in this campaign. Help take back our country and protect our freedom. On November 6, vote freedom first – Vote Romney-Ryan!"
Established in 1871, the National Rifle Association is America's oldest civil rights and sportsmen's group. Four million members strong, NRA continues to uphold the Second Amendment and advocates enforcement of existing laws against violent offenders to reduce crime. The Association remains the nation's leader in firearm education and training for law-abiding gun owners, law enforcement and the armed services. Be sure to follow the NRA on Facebook at www.facebook.com/NationalRifleAssociation and on Twitter @NRA.


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CBN.com "Music is just who we were."
They were Ronnie, Estelle and Nedra -- the Ronettes. During the summer of 1963, the Ronettes were catapulted into the world of rock'n'roll with "Be My Baby".
These New York City teenagers donned signature hair-dos and thick mascara to make a statement -- and they most certainly did. In fact, The Ronettes was the girl group who made it possible for all the others.
Nedra Tally Ross, the youngest of this cousin trio, remembers how the family was the driving force behind the group -- namely, her mother, Susan, who introduced New York City to the Ronettes.
"Mommy was going down there knocking on the doors," Nedra tells The 700 Club.
Susan says, "The average person was not interested, because they were girls and beautiful. So they said no, but I didn't give up. I knew that they had talent."
"By the time I was 17, we had our first hit," Nedra recalls, "and that was with Phillies Records and Phil Spector. Then we had a mega, international hit. I knew then that there was nothing to complain about. I had it all."
The family, which included the Ronettes' aunts and uncles, were chaperones for the girls. They all traveled together, city-to-city, state-to-state, and also overseas. In Britain, the Ronettes were huge. In fact the Rolling Stones were their opening act. In America they toured with the Beatles. But at home, Nedra was expected to do chores and be a big sister to her brother.
She says, "We were very, very protected, and I think that is why today I'm not beat up from the business."
Nedra was rarely seen at nightclubs and dated her contemporaries very discreetly. But she did have a particular fancy for one guy.
"[Scott Ross] was an assistant program director for WINS, which was the big rock'n'roll station in New York City."
Scott recalls, "The Ronettes came to the radio station, walked through our radio studio, and they were these three rather stunning young ladies."
"When I met Scott, I thought he was cute," Nedra says, laughing.
"But I dated two Ronettes and lived," Scott chimes in.
"Nothing more than that," Nedra adds. "He was older than me."
Scott says, "I think she was 16, and I was 22. Her mother wasn't about to bless that."
Even though Scott accepted Jesus Christ as a young boy in Scotland, he wasn't the perennial boy next door. Quite the opposite, Scott had been arrested for drugs, lost his radio job and was spiraling out of control.
"It was also the thing that God used to get my attention," Scott confesses. "He said, 'Here's where you are prodigal. You're wallowing with the pigs,' but Nedra stuck with me through that. She still believed in who I was. She saw something [that] I'm not even sure I knew."
Scott was looking for meaning in life, anything but religion, and Nedra wanted something more than fame. They both found what they were looking for at a church in Hagerstown, Maryland. The message was not soft sell.
Nedra says, "It was in your face. 'I am God. I know who you are.'"
Scott recalls, "But I was stoned. I stood in the church parking lot, smoked a joint, and I had it in my trench coat pocket, a bag of grass. Now this was after being busted in New York."
"We went in, and there was a prophetic work, which I had never heard before," Nedra says, "basically saying there were two. I knew one was me, and as far as Scott was concerned, [I said], 'You can hear it or not hear it.'"
Scott remembers telling Nedra, "It's for you. Not for me, been there done that."
"I didn't even know to go forward," Nedra says. "I didn't know to stand up or bow down. I just knew that's us."
Scott was facing court and the draft to the Vietnam War. As if that wasn't enough, a woman also came forward, claiming that he had fathered her child. It was more than he could bare.
Nedra says, "When I stood up to go forward, he followed."
"For me it was a prodigal coming home," Scott explains. "For Nedra, it was the first time she had ever made a real commitment to the Lord."
"I mean I was just in tears," Nedra says. "There were heart issues of me. I was confronted with who the Lord was. He was saying, 'I love you, and I forgive you.' I knew that I was a sinner that needed to be forgiven. All the fame and all that was just washed away. I looked up and could see up in the corner of this church like a blackboard with writing on it. It was the sins in my life, and it was washed away."
Immediately, Nedra and Scott sensed life had changed. Nedra began losing interest in performing, and Scott was freed from all charges.
"I knew for me that I could not grow in the Lord and stay in that circle," Nedra says. "Actually, after I came to the Lord, I had a show. I had contracts, and I was in Germany on tour. This very good looking young man said to me, 'If you give me two weeks, you'll deny everything you believe.' I knew I had been confronted with a choice. I knew that there was an enemy who desired to take every belief. I was like, 'Whoa, OK, I'm out.'"
This year, Nedra and Scott celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary. They've raised four kids and are now surrounded by five grandchildren. Nedra is quite the entrepreneur, opening restaurants with her mom, buying real estate and decorating. Nedra loves making her home a place for family.
"It's wonderful. I love being a wife. I love being a mother and being a grandmother."
On March 12, 2007, the Ronettes made headlines again after being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. When she learned of the nomination in January, Nedra screamed and then cried. She's glad that her 80-year-old mother attended the ceremony with her to take it all in.
"She believed in us, worked hard for us, knocked on doors; now she's going to bask in it," Nedra says.
"I chose the right Ronette, trust me," Scott says.
"This is wonderful," Nedra exclaims, "but I've had such a blessed life, this is just more icing on the cake."
A caring friend will be there to pray with you in your time of need.
Nedra Ross on CBNmusic
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame


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The nautical lamps burned standard lamp oil to create a light bright enough to be able to navigate the holds of the ship. Sometimes referred to as hurricane lanterns, they had to be strong enough to withstand the violent conditions out at sea, while providing the most amount of light created from its flame. Like all the old ships anchor lanterns, port and starboard lanterns, cargo lanterns were made of solid brass. Our electric ships lamp reproductions are made in solid heavy brass and look, feel and work like their mates of old. This Cargo Lamp stands 15″ tall without the handle and is 6″-9″ wide. The standard 60w electric socket is serviced by unhinging the front of the lantern and flipping it backwards. There are other electric options in the pull down menu. Popular for its ease of use and classic looks, they can be used anywhere in or out of your home, office, bar, even your boat! Bring light back to that historic nautical age today with one of our many electric oil lamps.


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On Wednesday, I was contacted by someone on an ISIS kill list. Of course there are probably lots of people out there that believe that "ISIS is after them", but this particular individual and his wife were actually told that they are on an ISIS kill list by the FBI. Not only are they on the list, but so is their pastor. It turns out that ISIS has apparently been pulling names off of church directories on the Internet, and so now an entire church has ended up on an ISIS kill list. In the past perhaps many of us would have been less alarmed by this, but the attacks in Orlando, Dallas, Nice, and Baton Rouge are all still fresh in our minds. Innocent people are being targeted and killed just to make a statement, and nobody knows who will be next.
I would like to share with you a short excerpt from the email that was sent to me. Names and locations have been removed to protect the identity of the individual and his church…
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My wife and I live in *****, ********** just north of ******* We were contacted by the FBI this week. We are on a ISIS terrorist kill list and they wanted to inform us. So is my pastor. It appears a Muslim group is trolling the internet and getting church directories and posting names for anyone to kill. Quite frightening. I have talked to the ***** *** FBI Office numerous times now and they say they do not have suspects but this appears to be a new tactic. Be diligent but go about you normal life. They advised that the threat could be low – but tell that to the widows of all the slain police officers nationwide.
This was news to me, so I didn't really have any additional information for this individual. But if something similar has happened to you or someone you know, please let me know so that I can share it with him. Obviously the federal government is trying to keep this quiet, and so we will have to rely on each other for information.
One thing that I did find is that apparently Jewish leaders and Jewish synagogues in the United States are being targeted as well…
The Islamic State's release on July 3rd of a new "kill list" prompted U.S. Department of Homeland Security officials to brief American Jewish leaders on the possible threat of terrorism to prominent Jewish figures and synagogues. The latest ISIS statement is not the first "ISIS kill list" to target American citizens. News of one broke in early June on the site Vocativ, which reported on a list published online which targeted over 8,000 Americans – including Hollywood celebrities and Silicon Valley executives.
Overall, approximately 15,000 Americans are now on various "kill lists" that ISIS has put out, but unfortunately most of the people on the kill lists aren't even aware that this has happened…
Over the past few years the Islamic State has posted the names of some 15,000 American citizens from places such as New York, Texas, Florida and California on kill lists.
Yet the FBI has not neccessarily notified those on these kill lists that they have been marked for death, according to Circa News.
The lists are not publicly available, but Circa News was able to obtain samples. Out of 24 people on kill lists they contacted in Texas, 22 of them did not know that they were on such a list.
What we do know is that Islamic terrorists, whether they belong to ISIS or not, are not afraid to target innocent people in western Europe and the United States. The attacks in Orlando and Nice made headlines all over the globe, and it seems quite likely that other radicalized Muslims will be emboldened by them.
And churches need to start taking security a lot more seriously. Not too long ago, a 21-year-old Islamic radical had purchased a gun and had planned to go into a Detroit megachurch and start shooting on a Sunday morning. The following is an extended excerpt from one of my previous articles…
21-year-old Khalil Abu-Rayyan of Dearborn Heights, Michigan actually admitted to authorities that he had purchased a gun and had intended to take it into a church that can seat up to 6,000 people on a Sunday morning and start shooting.
Abu-Rayyan also admitted to authorities that since he could not do his jihad in the Middle East, that he intended to "do my jihad over here". The following is an excerpt from a news report about this potential attack that was thwarted…
"I tried to shoot up a church one day," Abu-Rayyan is quoted as saying in court records. "I don't know the name of it, but it's close to my job. It's one of the biggest ones in Detroit. Ya, I had it planned out. I bought a bunch of bullets. I practiced a lot with it. I practiced reloading and unloading. But my dad searched my car one day, and he found everything. He found the gun and the bullets and a mask I was going to wear."
Investigators didn't name the church Abu-Rayyan allegedly eyed, but claim the property covers about two blocks less than half a mile from his work and can accommodate up to 6,000 members. He allegedly purchased a gun and told an undercover FBI employee that attacking a church would be "easy."
"A lot of people go there. Plus people are not allowed to carry guns in church," the affidavit quotes him as saying. "Plus it would make the news. Everybody would've heard. Honestly I regret not doing it. (If I) can't go do jihad at the Middle East, I would do my jihad over here."
The people that attend that particular church in Detroit should be extremely thankful that the authorities stopped that plot in advance, because the carnage would have been off the charts.
But without a doubt, there will be more terrorists that specifically target churches. This is already happening all over the globe, and it is coming to the western world too.


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[Printer Friendly] | [ Email us about these papers]Title: Yolande Oglesby Theater Programs and Kitty Cheatham Papers, 1900-1970
Primary Creator: Oglesby, Yolande (1917-2012)
Other Creators: Cheatham, Kitty (1864-1946)
Extent: 1.75 cubic feet
Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by city and alphabetically by theater or subject therein, with personal papers at the beginning.
Date Acquired: 11/19/1996. More info below under Accruals.
Subjects: Boston, Massachusetts, Chicago, Illinois, Concert Programs, Concerts, Depression, 1929 United States, Films, Musical Repertoires, New York, Opera, Photographs, Prohibition, Theater orchestra music, Theatre, Theatrical Productions, Vaudeville, Vaudeville songs -- United States, Vocal music
Consists of personal papers, including one piece of sheet music and two photographs, belonging to Kitty Cheatham. Also includes concert programs and theater playbills collected by Kitty Cheatham between 1917-1920 and Yolande Oglesby between 1930 and 1970. There is no clear distinction between these two bodies of programs and playbills, so they remain interfilled as one collection of programs. The concert programs and theatre playbills come from theaters and concert halls in Boston, New York, Paris, Chicago, London, Edinburgh, Dublin, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Atlanta, and Denver.
Of particular note are Vaudeville and Ziegfeld Follies programs featuring Eddie Cantor, W. C. Fields, Ed Wynn, Al Jolson, Rudee Vallee, and Ethel Merman. In addition, many playbills include premieres and early off-broadway runs of musicals and opera-musicals by Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein, Frank Loesser, Lew Brown, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, Sigmund Romberg, Victor Herbert, George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin, Gian Carlo Menotti, Kurt Weill, Marc Blitzstein, Leonard Bernstein, and Meredith Wilson. Several souvenir programs from the premieres of films are included; among these are: Le Miracle des Loups (1924) and Lawrence of Arabia (1962). The collection also includes premiere playbills for plays by the following playwrights: Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller, Dubose Heyward, Eugene O'Neil, and George S. Kaufman. Many of these premiers feature such actors as: Lionel Barrymore, Ethel Barrymore, Walter Hampden, Helen Hayes, Ed Wynn, Fred Astair, George Cohen, Paul Robeson, Ethel Waters, Boris Karloff, and Christopher Plummer. There are also many dance programs, including performances by: the Ballet Russes, Shawn, Uday Shankar, and Veloz and Yolande. A smaller number of fine art music programs are included as well, and feature performances by Serge Kousevitsky, Serge Rachmaninoff, Jascha Heifetz, Fritz Kreisler, Yehudi Menuhin, and Moriz Rosenthal.
See also 35/3/68, Box 3, Folder 41, "Yolande Oglesby".
Yolande Oglesby (1917-2012) was born in Chicago Illinois on January 13, 1917. She was the daughter of Frederick Wainwright Perkins, a wealthy architect from Chicago, and Yolande Vandeveer Perkins, whose family descended from the Vandeveer Family (one of the first families to settle in New Netherlands). At the age of 2, her family retired to the country in Morrisonville, Illinois. While her father continued his architectural practice in Morrisonville, he also co-owned a sugar plantation in Cuba with his brother that he managed from abroad. Two years later, the family moved to Boston. At the time, her sister Emily, who was four years older than Yolande, enrolled in the Brimmer School near Boston College. Yoldane would enroll shortly thereafter. Outside of school, the girls were raised by a governess and rarely saw their parents. At the age of 6, Yolande's father sent both sisters to the Lebec Boarding School in Paris, France. While attending the boarding school, the girls' father died and their mother transferred them to a boarding school in Sheffield, England for the remainder of the school year. At age 13, the girls moved back to Boston where they attended Windsor School. Oglesby seems to have participated in school plays around this time, which may have later inspired her love for theatrical and musical productions later in life. The Great Depression seems not to have affected the family's lavish lifestyle, Oglesby claims that she never needed to work for a living and that her mother purchased several acres of land in Illinois during the Depression. They even spent several summers away from Boston in order to ride horses at their ranch in Wyoming. After graduating high school, Oglesby did not enroll in college, but instead moved to New York City. Throughout the 1930s and 40s, Oglesby traveled exstensively as is noted by the location and dates of the concert programs and theatre playbills after 1930.
Oglesby was married three times during her life. At age 25, she married Tom Ponting; the two were divorced soon after they were wed. In 1943, she married, Dick Oglesby, with whom she had two children; the two were divorced by the late 1940s. After moving to Florida in the early 1950s, she married Mark Lasswell, with whom she had one child. After an unhappy and abusive marriage, the two divorced in 1953. Sometime after the 1960s, she moved back to her family's estate in Morrisonville, Illinois. Oglesby died in 2012.
Throughout her life, Oglesby attended numerous theatrical, musical, and dance programs in theatres around the world. Although it is unclear how she came to be in the possession of Kitty Cheatham's personal materials, it seems she not only collected programs attended by Cheatham but also amassed her own collection of theater programs.
Boston, Massachusetts
Chicago, Illinois
Concert Programs
Depression, 1929 United States
Musical Repertoires
New York
Theater orchestra music
Theatrical Productions
Vaudeville songs -- United States
Vocal music
Repository: The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Acquisition Source: Yolande Olgesby
Acquisition Method: Gift
Related Materials:
See 35/3/68, Box 3, Folder 41, "Yolande Oglesby" contains original control file created by MPAL.
See also Kitty Cheatham Personal Papers at the Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville. http://tsla.tnsosfiles.com.s3.amazonaws.com/history/manuscripts/findingaids/CHEATHAM_KITTY_PAPERS_1892-1946.pdf
Related to Yolande Oglesby, see the Frederick Wainwright Perkins Papers at the University of Illinois, Illinois History and Lincoln Collections: https://www.library.illinois.edu/ihx/archon/?p=collections/controlcard&id=851
As well as the Oral History of Yolande Oglesby, located at the University of Illinois at Springfield: http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/ref/collection/uis/id/4752
For Theatre Programs related to Chicago Theatres see: https://www.chipublib.org/fa-chicago-theater-collection-historic-programs/
For Theatre Programs related to Boston and New York see: https://guides.library.harvard.edu/htc AND https://collections.mcny.org/Explore/Highlights/Broadway%20Productions/


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Aren't cranberries great? And snowflakes too, actual snow flakes, not the ones that get thrown around by idiots on twitter who think they're being funny. Cranberries may not be as sweet as many other fruits or berries, but they still make a wonderful pie. It's a particularly tart one, even with all the sugar but, covered in snowflake pastry and served up with a dollop of cream, you've got a perfect dessert for sharing at a festive dinner party.
Cranberry Pie will be my last recipe of the year, and I'm hoping to get back at things properly again in the new year. It's been great to get back putting up content regularly again, and with some pretty big news coming up I'm hoping things will be rejuvenated and I'll be posting recipes more often. So watch this space. In the meantime, I hope everyone has an absolutely wonderful Christmas and New Year, and that their 2018's have been bearable.
Cranberry Pie
- 500 g Shortcrust Pastry pre-made is fine
- 5 tbsps Plain Flour
- 1/4 tsp Salt
- 125 ml Water
- 325 g Fresh Cranberries
- 4 tbsps Lemon or Orange Juice
- 1 Pinch Cinnamon make this a good sized pinch
- 1/2 tbsp Butter
- Butter a pie dish, then roll out the pastry to fit the dish. It should be about the thickness of a pound coin.
- Place the pastry into the dish and trim so it's still overhanging. It will likely shrink when baked so don't trim off too much. Crimp the edges and place in the freezer for at least an hour.
- Preheat oven to 220°C (200°C fan assisted) and place a baking tray in the oven.
- In a sauce pan, combine the sugar, flour, salt and water. Bring to the boil and stir constantly until it's thick and smooth.
- Add the cranberries, juice and cinnamon. Cook for a further 5 minutes until it's bubbling and the cranberries have started to pop.
- Remove from the heat and add stir through the butter.
- Spoon the filling into the prepared pie dish, use any left over pastry to make a lid, this could be a lattice, stars or strips. I made snowflakes to keep it Christmassy.
- Wash the pastry with milk or egg and place onto the baking tray in the pre-heated oven.
- Bake for 40 minutes, you may need to cover with foil after about 25-30 if it's browning too quickly.
- Remove when the filling has set. Allow to cool completely before serving.


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Five Santa Monica residents have been elected to two-year terms as delegates to the California Democratic Party, where they will influence the party's direction by weighing in on its candidate and issues endorsements and helping to craft its resolutions and platform.
All were elected as part of a Progressive Slate, which swept the available six slots for men and six for men in the newly configured 50th Assembly District. About 175 registered Democrats turned out for the election meeting, held at McKinley Elementary School in Santa Monica last Sunday.
Jon Katz of Santa Monica, elected as an alternate two years ago, now joins returning delegates Ben Allen, immediate past president of the Santa Monica-Malibu School District board; Genise Schnitman, a member of the steering committee of Santa Monicans for Renter's Rights, and Santa Monica City Councilmember Kevin McKeown.
Allen and Schnitman also serve on the executive board of the Santa Monica Democratic Club. McKeown continues his longstanding activity in championing progressive causes – from single-payer healthcare to campaign finance reform – in his capacity as a local Santa Monica elected official and also at the state level, through influencing the direction and policies of the Democratic Party, where he is vice-chair of the Irish-American Caucus.
The fifth Santa Monica resident elected as delegate Sunday, a newcomer to our city, is Jessica Yas, a Berkeley graduate who majored in political science and was previously a San Fernando Valley-elected delegate in the 42nd Assembly District. Yas intends to become involved in Santa Monica civic affairs and the Santa Monica Democratic Club.
"One thing redistricting did not change is the strong progressive commitment that Santa Monica's delegates will bring to the state party, a long tradition they are proud to carry forward," said club president Jay Johnson , adding "with the recently attained 2/3 legislative majority, it's important for Democrats in Sacramento to feel a strong progressive push from the grassroots."


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Relevant Links:
The Guardian article: Careers in the energy sector: what does the future hold
Information on working in Energy from the energy institute: https://careers.energyinst.org/work
SHELL corporate website: http://www.shell.com
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EPCA corporate website: http://www.epca.eu
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Shell is a global group of energy and petrochemical companies with an average of 93,000 employees in more than 70 countries that aims to meet the world's growing demand for energy in ways that are economically, environmentally and socially responsible. Shell has adopted 32 schools in the Netherlands where they assist teachers and students in STEM subjects. By cooperating with schools and teachers, Shell motivates young students to aim for a technical career, which will raise Europe's economic profile in a demanding global setting.
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