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Selecting variants of interest from a callset
This document describes why you might want to extract a subset of variants from a callset and how you would achieve this.
Often, a VCF containing many samples and/or variants will need to be subset in order to facilitate certain analyses (e.g. comparing and contrasting cases vs. controls; extracting variant or non-variant loci that meet certain requirements, displaying just a few samples in a browser like IGV, etc.). The GATK tool that we use the most for subsetting calls in various ways is SelectVariants; it enables easy and convenient subsetting of VCF files according to many criteria.
Select Variants operates on VCF files (also sometimes referred to as ROD in our documentation, for Reference Ordered Data) provided at the command line using the GATK's built in
--variant option. You can provide multiple VCF files for Select Variants, but at least one must be named 'variant' and this will be the file (or set of files) from which variants will be selected. Other files can be used to modify the selection based on concordance or discordance between the callsets (see --discordance / --concordance arguments in the tool documentation).
There are many options for setting the selection criteria, depending on what you want to achieve. For example, given a single VCF file, one or more samples can be extracted from the file, based either on a complete sample name, or on a pattern match. Variants can also be selected based on annotated properties, such as depth of coverage or allele frequency. This is done using JEXL expressions; make sure to read the linked document for details, especially the section on working with complex expressions.
Note that in the output VCF, some annotations such as AN (number of alleles), AC (allele count), AF (allele frequency), and DP (depth of coverage) are recalculated as appropriate to accurately reflect the composition of the subset callset. See further below for an explanation of how that works.
Command-line arguments
For a complete, detailed argument reference, refer to the GATK document page here.
Subsetting by sample and ALT alleles
SelectVariants now keeps (r5832) the alt allele, even if a record is AC=0 after subsetting the site down to selected samples. For example, when selecting down to just sample NA12878 from the OMNI VCF in 1000G (1525 samples), the resulting VCF will look like:
1 82154 rs4477212 A G . PASS AC=0;AF=0.00;AN=2;CR=100.0;DP=0;GentrainScore=0.7826;HW=1.0 GT:GC 0/0:0.7205 1 534247 SNP1-524110 C T . PASS AC=0;AF=0.00;AN=2;CR=99.93414;DP=0;GentrainScore=0.7423;HW=1.0 GT:GC 0/0:0.6491 1 565286 SNP1-555149 C T . PASS AC=2;AF=1.00;AN=2;CR=98.8266;DP=0;GentrainScore=0.7029;HW=1.0 GT:GC 1/1:0.3471 1 569624 SNP1-559487 T C . PASS AC=2;AF=1.00;AN=2;CR=97.8022;DP=0;GentrainScore=0.8070;HW=1.0 GT:GC 1/1:0.3942
Although NA12878 is 0/0 at the first sites, ALT allele is preserved in the VCF record. This is the correct behavior, as reducing samples down shouldn't change the character of the site, only the AC in the subpopulation. This is related to the tricky issue of isPolymorphic() vs. isVariant().
isVariant => is there an ALT allele?
isPolymorphic => is some sample non-ref in the samples?
For clarity, in previous versions of SelectVariants, the first two monomorphic sites lose the ALT allele, because NA12878 is hom-ref at this site, resulting in VCF that looks like:
1 82154 rs4477212 A . . PASS AC=0;AF=0.00;AN=2;CR=100.0;DP=0;GentrainScore=0.7826;HW=1.0 GT:GC 0/0:0.7205 1 534247 SNP1-524110 C . . PASS AC=0;AF=0.00;AN=2;CR=99.93414;DP=0;GentrainScore=0.7423;HW=1.0 GT:GC 0/0:0.6491 1 565286 SNP1-555149 C T . PASS AC=2;AF=1.00;AN=2;CR=98.8266;DP=0;GentrainScore=0.7029;HW=1.0 GT:GC 1/1:0.3471 1 569624 SNP1-559487 T C . PASS AC=2;AF=1.00;AN=2;CR=97.8022;DP=0;GentrainScore=0.8070;HW=1.0 GT:GC 1/1:0.3942
If you really want a VCF without monomorphic sites, use the option to drop monomorphic sites after subsetting.
How do the AC, AF, AN, and DP fields change?
Let's say you have a file with three samples. The numbers before the ":" will be the genotype (0/0 is hom-ref, 0/1 is het, and 1/1 is hom-var), and the number after will be the depth of coverage.
In this case, the INFO field will say AN=6, AC=3, AF=0.5, and DP=100 (in practice, I think these numbers won't necessarily add up perfectly because of some read filters we apply when calling, but it's approximately right).
Now imagine I only want a file with the samples "BOB" and "MARY". The new file would look like:
The INFO field will now have to change to reflect the state of the new data. It will be AN=4, AC=1, AF=0.25, DP=50.
Let's pretend that MARY's genotype wasn't 0/0, but was instead "./." (no genotype could be ascertained). This would look like
with AN=2, AC=1, AF=0.5, and DP=20.
Additional information
For information on how to construct regular expressions for use with this tool, see the method article on variant filtering with JEXL, or "Summary of regular-expression constructs" section here for more hardcore reading.
I'm trying to find the concordant variants between two vcf's where each were generated with 2 different reference genomes(ucsc and 1000 genomes) using the --concordance option. Since ucsc genome has the chromosomes prefixed by "chr", how can I find the concordant calls. I was wondering if removing the "chr" would do or would the header have to be replaced too somehow.
You should be very careful when comparing variants called with different references because the references don't just differ by their contig names, there are also some differences in the sequence. The safest way to do this is to "lift over" variants. See this document for more details on how to do this:
Thank you. I checked the 2.3-9 version of the GATK2 download and the resource bundle at ftp.broadinstitute.org for the "liftOverVCF.pl" script.
Where would this be?
You need to download it from the source code repo:
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I'm trying to debug why my JEXL select statement is not working. When invoking GATK from the shell, I get this error:
ERROR A USER ERROR has occurred (version 2.3-9-gdcdccbb):
ERROR The invalid arguments or inputs must be corrected before the GATK can proceed
ERROR Please do not post this error to the GATK forum
ERROR See the documentation (rerun with -h) for this tool to view allowable command-line arguments.
ERROR Visit our website and forum for extensive documentation and answers to
ERROR commonly asked questions http://www.broadinstitute.org/gatk
ERROR MESSAGE: Invalid command line: Invalid JEXL expression detected for select-0 with message ![1,43]: '(vc.getAttribute('1000g2012apr_ALL') < 0.01);' < error
I have no idea what the actual error is based on this output. When I debug GATK in Eclipse, I get a different error output:
ERROR MESSAGE: Invalid argument value '<' at position 10.
ERROR Invalid argument value '0.01)'' at position 11.
This is much more helpful at least point to me to where in the select statement the problem is. Is there any way to get this more descriptive error when I invoke GATK from the shell?
You can try using
-l DEBUGto get more detailed information.
I am trying to extract variants from a two-genotype VCF, which are polymorphic between genotypes. Is there a way to do it with SelectVariants or any other GATK tool?
what do you mean by two-genotype VCF? two samples?
I am sorry for the confusion. Yes, it should read "two-sample".
Yup, SelectVariants allows you to select by sample. Take a look at the documentation.
Thank you for the link. I read it through and could not find the answer. I have got a vcf file with SNPs called for two different samples. I want to select only those SNPs, which distinguish between these two samples, e.g. sample1: 1/1; sample 2: 0/0.
Hi @ArtemPankin,
I think you'll need to compose a JEXL expression to do what you want. See this documentation page.
Hi, there. I have 10 vcf result files from 10 samples, I want to extract the concordance of the variants of the 10 samples, can SelectVariants help me do this ? Can the argument "--variants" be used more than once?
Can I use the "--concordance" argument to select the intersect of the variants of the 10 samples?
Hi Jack,
It is easier to first merge the VCFs (using CombineVariants) then use VariantEval to look at the intersection as described here: http://www.broadinstitute.org/gatk/guide/article?id=48
I'm trying to subset a multisample vcf file to single sample files. I use the following commandline to extract variant locations from a VQSR recalibrated file , both for snp and indel:
java -Xmx1500m -jar ../../binaries/gatk/2.4.9-g532efad/bin/GenomeAnalysisTK.jar -T SelectVariants -R ../../References/hg19/samtools/0.1.19/hg19.fasta -V UnifiedGenotyper.multi.vcf -o single.sample.vcf -sn 'lq-hl-85-c4-01' -nt 4 -env
most locations work fine, but there seems to be an issue with multiallelic indel locations.
for example: the multi-sample input file (trimmed down):
chr1 7828173 . TAAAAA T,TAAA,TAA,TAAAA 2156.23 PASS AC=12,13,17,12;AF=0.188,0.203,0.266,0.188;AN=64;BaseQRankSum=0.754;DP=729;FS=18.902;InbreedingCoeff=0.7206;MLEAC=9,12,11,12;MLEAF=0.141,0.188,0.172,0.188;MQ=59.06;MQ0=0;MQRankSum=2.746;QD=1.09;RPA=18,13,16,15,17;RU=A;ReadPosRankSum=4.206;STR;VQSLOD=0.578;culprit=FS GT:AD:DP:GQ:PL 1/1:0,6,0,0,0:27:50:982,51,0,711,51,664,552,50,545,503,864,51,705,551,823 1/4:0,3,1,1,0:59:29:750,29,448,521,76,534,376,165,432,498,626,0,493,352,587 0/3:0,0,3,0,0:14:3:118,129,368,72,130,104,0,78,45,51,78,115,74,3,91 ...(20 more)
when I select the third sample, the result is :
chr1 7828173 . TAAAAA TAA 2156.23 PASS AC=1;AF=0.500;AN=2;BaseQRankSum=0.754;DP=14;FS=18.902;InbreedingCoeff=0.7206;MQ=59.06;MQ0=0;MQRankSum=2.746;QD=1.09;RPA=18,13,16,15,17;RU=A;ReadPosRankSum=4.206;STR;VQSLOD=0.578;culprit=FS GT:DP:GQ 0/1:14:3
This seems incorrect in two ways:
- original : homozygous, third allele ; selectvariants : heterozygous (allele is correct)
- selectVariant file is missing AD:GQ:PL fields.
Is this default behaviour for some reason?
ebanks Broad InstituteMember, Broadie, Dev ✭✭✭✭
Hi Geert,
Your original VCF shows the 3rd sample as being heterozygous (0/3) so the "selected" VCF looks perfectly fine to me. The other tags are removed when you select down from many alternate alleles to just one for technical reasons, as discussed in other threads on this forum.
oops, my mistake. It is indeed heterozygous. In the meantime, I've found some posts about the removed tags. Thanks for the pointer.
blueskypy Member ✭✭
I'd like to subset 500 samples from a vcf file of 2000 samples, do I have to list -sn 500 times since there isn't a consist pattern in the names of the 500 samples?
Hi @blueskypy,
If there's no consistent pattern in the names, I can't think of any way to do this without listing -sn 500 times, sorry. Someone else may be aware of a trick to do this more easily but I don't know of any.
@blueskypy - You could write the sample names to a file and use the --sample_file/-sf argument to SelectVariants
Ah, there you go! @pdexheimer to the rescue as usual
Using v3.1, I'm getting the following error:
Line 581694: there aren't enough columns for line Total compute time in PairHMM computeLikelihoods() : 0.0 (we expected 9 tokens, and saw 1 )
My command line is:
java -jar -Xmx2g $GATK -R $REF -T SelectVariants -V $PROJ/output/$CHROM.vcf -selectType SNP -o $PROJ/snps/$CHROM_snps.vcf
I've not run in to this problem before, so am at a loss for what I may be overlooking.
@jhl667 I believe that was a bug in 3.2 (where log output ended up in the data output stream) that has been fixed since.
@Geraldine_VdAuwera I suspected that might be the case, so I went back and tried the same command line with v3.2-2. I am seeing the same result.
The problem is in your VCF file, so you need to regenerate it (or fix it) to allow SelectVariants to work properly.
@Geraldine_VdAuwera Alright, I will keep working on it. Thanks.
Hi, I am using the following command line to run SelectVariants:
java -Xmx4g -jar ~/bin/GenomeAnalysisTK-3.3-0/GenomeAnalysisTK.jar \ -R ~/Dropbox/Genomes/PlasmoDB-13.0_Pfalciparum3D7_Genome.fasta \ -T VariantFiltration \ --variant ${input} \ -o ${input}_variantFiltration.vcf \ -filter "ReadPosRankSum > 12.4" -filterName "HighRPRS" \ -filter "ReadPosRankSum < -9.4" -filterName "LowRPRS" \ -filter "QD < 18.0" -filterName "LowQD" \ -filter "SOR > 5.8" -filterName "HighSOR" \ -filter "MQ < 42.0" -filterName "LowMQ" \ -filter "DP > 3456" -filterName "HighDP" \ -filter "MQRankSum > 9.7" -filterName "HighMQRS" \ -filter "MQRankSum < -6.5" -filterName "LowMQRS" \ --genotypeFilterExpression "DP < 6" --genotypeFilterName "LowFormatDP" \ --genotypeFilterExpression "GQ < 30" --genotypeFilterName "LowGQ"
In the header of my input file the chromosome order is the same as the chromosome order in the .dict file and the fasta file.
input vcf header:
##contig=<ID=Pf3D7_04_v3,length=1200490> ##contig=<ID=Pf3D7_05_v3,length=1343557> ##contig=<ID=Pf3D7_02_v3,length=947102> ##contig=<ID=Pf3D7_09_v3,length=1541735> ##contig=<ID=Pf3D7_12_v3,length=2271494> ##contig=<ID=Pf3D7_06_v3,length=1418242> ##contig=<ID=Pf3D7_14_v3,length=3291936> ##contig=<ID=Pf3D7_03_v3,length=1067971> ##contig=<ID=Pf3D7_07_v3,length=1445207> ##contig=<ID=Pf3D7_13_v3,length=2925236> ##contig=<ID=Pf3D7_08_v3,length=1472805> ##contig=<ID=Pf3D7_01_v3,length=640851> ##contig=<ID=Pf3D7_10_v3,length=1687656> ##contig=<ID=Pf3D7_11_v3,length=2038340> ##contig=<ID=M76611,length=5967> ##contig=<ID=PFC10_API_IRAB,length=34242> ##reference=file:///home/eflannery/Genomes/PlasmoDB-13.0_Pfalciparum3D7_Genome.fasta
Yet I still get this error:
ERROR MESSAGE: Input files variant and reference have incompatible contigs: Relative ordering of overlapping contigs differs, which is unsafe.
ERROR variant contigs = [M76611, PFC10_API_IRAB, Pf3D7_01_v3, Pf3D7_02_v3, Pf3D7_03_v3, Pf3D7_04_v3, Pf3D7_05_v3, Pf3D7_06_v3, Pf3D7_07_v3, Pf3D7_08_v3, Pf3D7_09_v3, Pf3D7_10_v3, Pf3D7_11_v3, Pf3D7_12_v3, Pf3D7_13_v3, Pf3D7_14_v3]
ERROR reference contigs = [Pf3D7_04_v3, Pf3D7_05_v3, Pf3D7_02_v3, Pf3D7_09_v3, Pf3D7_12_v3, Pf3D7_06_v3, Pf3D7_14_v3, Pf3D7_03_v3, Pf3D7_07_v3, Pf3D7_13_v3, Pf3D7_08_v3, Pf3D7_01_v3, Pf3D7_10_v3, Pf3D7_11_v3, M76611, PFC10_API_IRAB]
It's saying the variant contigs are in an order they are not in. Any ideas?
It looks likes your vcf is not sorted in the same order as the reference. You should be able to use Picard's SortVcf to fix this. http://broadinstitute.github.io/picard/command-line-overview.html#SortVcf
@Sheila Hi Sheila, I did use SortVcf to make the vcf file and I used the same .dict file as the reference. You can see in the .vcf header that the file is sorted in that order, and indeed the variants are in that order. The error does not say the correct order that the .vcf is actually sorted in.
@eflannery - What happens when you delete the vcf.idx file?
Thank-you @pdexheimer, that was the problem!
everestial007 GreensboroMember ✭✭
I am having a problem while doing select variants.
- GATK (HaplotypeCaller) was used to generate vcf for several samples jointly.
- The vcf file was given to the phASER program https://github.com/secastel/phaser/tree/master/phaser along with generated vcf to do phasing. The phased vcf has extra fields and I don't see any other major changes.
- Now, I want to select individual variants (to separate them) for downstream analyses, but I am getting the following error:
$ java -jar /home
/everestial007/GenomeAnalysisTK-3.6/GenomeAnalysisTK.jar -T SelectVariants -R lyrata_genome.fa -V phaser_2ms01e_test04.vcf -sn 2ms02g -o phaser_2ms02g_only_test01.vcf
INFO 11:18:13,845 HelpFormatter - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
INFO 11:18:13,847 HelpFormatter - The Genome Analysis Toolkit (GATK) v3.6-0-g89b7209, Compiled 2016/06/01 22:27:29
INFO 11:18:13,847 HelpFormatter - Copyright (c) 2010-2016 The Broad Institute
INFO 11:18:13,847 HelpFormatter - For support and documentation go to https://www.broadinstitute.org/gatk
INFO 11:18:13,847 HelpFormatter - [Thu Aug 25 11:18:13 EDT 2016] Executing on Linux 4.4.0-34-generic amd64
INFO 11:18:13,847 HelpFormatter - OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM 1.8.0_91-8u91-b14-3ubuntu1~16.04.1-b14 JdkDeflater
INFO 11:18:13,850 HelpFormatter - Program Args: -T SelectVariants -R lyrata_genome.fa -V phaser_2ms01e_test04.vcf -sn 2ms02g -o phaser_2ms02g_only_test01.vcf
INFO 11:18:13,854 HelpFormatter - Executing as [email protected] on Linux 4.4.0-34-generic amd64; OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM 1.8.0_91-8u91-b14-3ubuntu1~16.04.1-b14.
INFO 11:18:13,855 HelpFormatter - Date/Time: 2016/08/25 11:18:13
INFO 11:18:13,855 HelpFormatter - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
INFO 11:18:13,855 HelpFormatter - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
INFO 11:18:13,870 GenomeAnalysisEngine - Strictness is SILENT
INFO 11:18:14,202 GenomeAnalysisEngine - Downsampling Settings: Method: BY_SAMPLE, Target Coverage: 1000
INFO 11:18:14,409 GenomeAnalysisEngine - Preparing for traversal
INFO 11:18:14,412 GenomeAnalysisEngine - Done preparing for traversal
INFO 11:18:14,412 ProgressMeter - [INITIALIZATION COMPLETE; STARTING PROCESSING]
INFO 11:18:14,413 ProgressMeter - | processed | time | per 1M | | total | remaining
INFO 11:18:14,413 ProgressMeter - Location | sites | elapsed | sites | completed | runtime | runtime
INFO 11:18:14,418 SelectVariants - Including sample '2ms02g'
ERROR stack trace
java.lang.NumberFormatException: For input string: ""
at java.lang.NumberFormatException.forInputString(NumberFormatException.java:65)
at java.lang.Integer.parseInt(Integer.java:592)
at java.lang.Integer.valueOf(Integer.java:766)
at htsjdk.variant.vcf.AbstractVCFCodec.createGenotypeMap(AbstractVCFCodec.java:716)
at htsjdk.variant.vcf.AbstractVCFCodec$LazyVCFGenotypesParser.parse(AbstractVCFCodec.java:128)
at htsjdk.variant.variantcontext.LazyGenotypesContext.decode(LazyGenotypesContext.java:158)
at htsjdk.variant.variantcontext.LazyGenotypesContext.ensureSampleNameMap(LazyGenotypesContext.java:180)
at htsjdk.variant.variantcontext.GenotypesContext.getSampleNames(GenotypesContext.java:646)
at htsjdk.variant.variantcontext.VariantContext.getSampleNames(VariantContext.java:997)
at htsjdk.variant.variantcontext.VariantContext.subContextFromSamples(VariantContext.java:438)
at org.broadinstitute.gatk.tools.walkers.variantutils.SelectVariants.subsetRecord(SelectVariants.java:1071)
at org.broadinstitute.gatk.tools.walkers.variantutils.SelectVariants.map(SelectVariants.java:854)
at org.broadinstitute.gatk.tools.walkers.variantutils.SelectVariants.map(SelectVariants.java:309)
at org.broadinstitute.gatk.engine.traversals.TraverseLociNano$TraverseLociMap.apply(TraverseLociNano.java:267)
at org.broadinstitute.gatk.engine.traversals.TraverseLociNano$TraverseLociMap.apply(TraverseLociNano.java:255)
at org.broadinstitute.gatk.utils.nanoScheduler.NanoScheduler.executeSingleThreaded(NanoScheduler.java:274)
at org.broadinstitute.gatk.utils.nanoScheduler.NanoScheduler.execute(NanoScheduler.java:245)
at org.broadinstitute.gatk.engine.traversals.TraverseLociNano.traverse(TraverseLociNano.java:144)
at org.broadinstitute.gatk.engine.traversals.TraverseLociNano.traverse(TraverseLociNano.java:92)
at org.broadinstitute.gatk.engine.traversals.TraverseLociNano.traverse(TraverseLociNano.java:48)
at org.broadinstitute.gatk.engine.executive.LinearMicroScheduler.execute(LinearMicroScheduler.java:99)
at org.broadinstitute.gatk.engine.GenomeAnalysisEngine.execute(GenomeAnalysisEngine.java:311)
at org.broadinstitute.gatk.engine.CommandLineExecutable.execute(CommandLineExecutable.java:113)
at org.broadinstitute.gatk.utils.commandline.CommandLineProgram.start(CommandLineProgram.java:255)
at org.broadinstitute.gatk.utils.commandline.CommandLineProgram.start(CommandLineProgram.java:157)
at org.broadinstitute.gatk.engine.CommandLineGATK.main(CommandLineGATK.java:108)
ERROR A GATK RUNTIME ERROR has occurred (version 3.6-0-g89b7209):
ERROR This might be a bug. Please check the documentation guide to see if this is a known problem.
ERROR If not, please post the error message, with stack trace, to the GATK forum.
ERROR Visit our website and forum for extensive documentation and answers to
ERROR commonly asked questions https://www.broadinstitute.org/gatk
ERROR MESSAGE: For input string: ""
- The error message in the 7th last line suggests that its may be a bug, but I am thinking it might be more of a formatting issue. I think there is something wrong with in the vcf file not sure what it is.
Based purely on the stack trace, I would guess that one of the genotypes in your file is blank. There's a ValidateVariants program somewhere, can't remember if it's GATK or Picard, that might shed more light. I wonder if your phasing program dropped single alleles that it didn't trust, resulting in a GT of something like "0/" or "/1". I think I remember seeing that in the spec once as a valid construct, but I wouldn't be too surprised if it's not handled correctly by GATK
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@everestial007 --GATK offers ValidateVariants.
I'm trying to select a set of variants present in a subset.vcf file in a master.vcf file. Basically I want to create a vcf file from the master.vcf containing only those calls present in subset.vcf.
Could SelectVariants --concordance be of help in this case?
Many thanks for your help!
Hi Angelica,
Yes, that is correct. Have a look at the tool doc for an example use case.
many thanks!


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A parcel arrived today from New Hampshire. From my buddy Jon. Contained therein was an amazing array of Halloween items of every sort. And to my over-the-top excitement, there was a box of pumpkin pie pop tarts included.
And I'm not just saying this because they're beautiful and made with big beautiful (assumption) pumpkins - but they're AMAZING. Truly an incredible product. Not overly sweet, and with a strong flavor of true pumpkin pie (pumpkin is actually in the ingredients).
Just look at those colors! How could this NOT be amazing.
When/If Target finally stocks their shelves with these things, I'm going to start hoarding.
Thanks, Jon. You made our day.
Monday, September 20, 2010
Pumpkin Pie Pop Tarts
A parcel arrived today from New Hampshire. From my buddy Jon. Contained therein was an amazing array of Halloween items of every sort. And to my over-the-top excitement, there was a box of pumpkin pie pop tarts included.
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- Anonymous said...
I'm out of town right now, but these are TOP of my list for my Halloween scavenging as soon as I get back. Glad they don't disappoint!
- September 20, 2010 at 7:24 PM
- Rot said...
They're awesome...and I'm not being biased due to my unnatural love of pumpkins.
- September 20, 2010 at 7:28 PM
- amy said...
I wish i could find these!
- September 20, 2010 at 9:13 PM
- Rot said...
Target had a price sticker for them on the shelf next to the chocolate ones...so I'm praying they get them soon.
The expiration date on this box is April of 2011. I've made plans to buy a closet full, so they BETTER stock them soon.
- September 20, 2010 at 9:25 PM
- All Together Dead said...
I can't seem to find them any where around here either and my wee ones are anxiously awaiting their arrival... thank you for the close up, now we need smellivision and tastavision.
- September 20, 2010 at 9:39 PM
- Antimars said...
Bah, this time of year is a horrible time for diets.
I shall be stalking my local Target outlet...
- September 20, 2010 at 11:34 PM
- Anonymous said...
I work at Target in Bedford, NH. A few days ago I picked up a box of these and I want to say we had like 15 boxes...the next day we had only 2 left no lie. I was like wow! I agree they are amazing!
- September 20, 2010 at 11:49 PM
- NoahFentz said...
I was not able to make it to the Pop Tart store. My daughter checked the local shop rite but nothing. Yet to check Target. I was going to email you to make the same gesture but Jon beat me to it. I was even willing to make a roadtrip to Peddler's Village and drop some off....who knows?
They sound delicious. Trying to think what tea might go good with them....
- September 21, 2010 at 12:20 AM
- "Strublay" said...
*is quietly glad she does not live anywhere near the northeast of the country*
- September 21, 2010 at 1:10 AM
- Vintage Seance said...
I was thinking of doing the same thing for you, but I couldn't around to it. I am glad someone did though, so that you could enjoy them! I still have to get them!!! AH!
- September 21, 2010 at 1:23 AM
- Rot said...
People are selling them on ebay.
This is NOT a good sign.
- September 21, 2010 at 6:30 AM
- Anonymous said...
Thanks for the review, MUST try these. But...people are selling them on eBay? Oh dear!
- September 21, 2010 at 7:41 AM
- I'm So Pretty said...
I keep hearing about these amazing Pop Tarts (and I grew up eating so many Tarts, my mother was genuinely concerned about me), and I can't find them!
- September 21, 2010 at 9:15 AM
- Anonymous said...
I just found 1!!!! box
I am in love with them!!!
- September 21, 2010 at 1:24 PM
- Mr Black said...
Anyone have a bar code?
- September 24, 2010 at 10:05 AM
- Rot said...
Here are the numbers under the bar code:
0 3800051699 3
- September 24, 2010 at 10:08 AM
- Mr Black said...
You are my hero.
- September 24, 2010 at 1:48 PM
- Jenah said...
I was lucky enough to find 2 boxes at Target! YUM!!!! I wish they would make them more widely available! I had to hide them from my kids! Here's hoping for next year! (Or even later this year?!)
- October 6, 2010 at 9:17 AM


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Last week Obama's healthcare reform legislation was upheld by the Supreme Court. CNN and Fox, showed just how little facts matter to them in their rush to be first to break the story by neglecting to read the whole document before declaring the legislation dead. Meanwhile, republicans showed just how little facts matter to them by promptly exploding upon hearing that the legislation passed.
Some republicans hilariously threatened to move to Canada as a result of this ruling. Little do they know, Canada has universal healthcare much stronger than anything passed in Obama's legislation.
Romney promptly came out and denounced the legislation, vowing to repeal it on his first day in office.
Which is hilarious because in 2006 it was his idea:
In fact, the whole notion of an individual mandate, the government forcing you to buy something against your will, was originally the brain-child of the ultra-conservative Heritage Foundation.
You see, the anti-free market notion of being forced to buy health insurance was developed by conservatives. Obama's legislation was crafted by the health insurance industry. It spoon feeds them 30 million new customers who are required by law to buy from them. Back in 2009, when all this was starting, 77% of the country supported having a public (government) option to generate competition and help keep prices down. Competition would have been bad for health insurance industry profits, so they made sure to take that option off the table. Instead we got this watered down legislation. Yes, it's better than nothing at all, assuming it lives to take full effect, but what we needed was real systemic reform and this is not it.
But you see, conservatives are masters of compartmentalization and ignoring cognitive dissonance brought on by hypocrisy. None of the above mentioned facts will have an effect on them. They will continue to scream about the evils of making sure everyone has access to health care, and how this whole thing is liberal big government taking over their lives. This just goes to further highlight what I've been saying is the rosetta stone to understanding conservatives:
Objective reality and facts don't matter. Narrative does.
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My Alliance Hunter, not part of a duo with the wife, took the lead in exploring some of the new content opened up when Deathwing and the Naga decided to wake up and cut loose.
At level 82 and a half he has now "cleared" the underwater zone of Vashj'ir.
Some awesome graphics and some of the things you do to help out your side just blew me away. Totally unexpected but very, very cool.
He came away with mostly new gear, aside from a trinket perhaps, and the gear comprised a set that looked particularly good.
As a leatherworker there wasn't *that* much leather to be found. I made a few pieces for the three leatherworker gear wearers (two druids and the hunter).
(My Orc Warrior managed to round up enough Obsidium and then Elementium, at level 80, to reach level 500 in his blacksmithing. He's going Protection to keep his Shaman Princess safe, and good news was till 500 blacksmithing all the tank gear he made was for level 80. The DPS gear leveled up to 83. Plus side ore is easy to get, and he's crafted gear now for himself, my two other plate wearers, and the wife's Deathknight.)
One thing, though, and maybe it's because I'm playing a Hunter. But there appeared to be nothing particularly challenging in all of Vashj'ir. Nothing I couldn't blow through and nowhere did I come anywhere close to dying. I guess maybe that's why folks think the dungeons are so hard, is it because the PVE is so easy?
But, otherwise, some spectacular scenery out there. I love the Twilight Highlands which has a cool, water containing, yet dry enough, northern California feel to it. And then there's Uldum which, at least to me, is as rich as Vashj'ir, despite being a desert. Think Indiana Jones without the dust and haze, and far more spectacular egyptian setting. This is a home of the gods indeed. I have played through neither area, simply running through gathering Elementium.


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Michael Jenkins missed practice because of a sore foot. An MRI revealed no structural damage. The Vikings are expected to get the day off today before resuming preparations for Sunday's game with practice on Wednesday.
The Vikings are 6-4 while Chicago is 7-3. The Bears lost Monday night 32-7 at San Francisco without starting quarterback Jay Cutler who's out with a concussion. Jason Campbell starting in his place.


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I've never read the Rapturey Left Behind series, but from what I understand, a whole bunch of nice, pious people are abducted by God and the rest of us grubbers have to slum it on Earth with Kirk Cameron.
Will Wlizlo has trundled through the series. Over at The Eschatologist, he discusses how the recent revamp of Left Behind book covers reflects new 21st century fears:
Is it easier to imagine the apocalypse in our own world or in a fantastical sci-fi universe? Answers to that question are likely different for everyone, based on their own religious beliefs and imaginary capacity. I mentioned before that the new covers are photorealistic, whereas the old covers are often supernatural illustrations. Meteors rocket past the moon on the old cover of Tribulation Force, while young soldiers await battle perched atop tank artillery on the new cover. Photography bases the plot of Left Behind more firmly in our own universe, rather than a fictional one–a simple image gives a shred of credence to the unbelievable story. Ours is a time steeped in apocalypticism–with wracking earthquakes and failing reactors, with 2012 right around the corner–thus making it harder for one particular eschatology to stand out from the next. When LaHaye and Jenkins first published in 1995, they had the only game in town. That's no longer the case.
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Falling Amazon deforestation rates create opportunity for other damaged forests
- Date: November 23, 2009
Brasilia, Brazil: Fewer trees were cut down in the Amazon this year, creating an opportunity to apply sound government policies to halt deforestation in other damaged forests, WWF says.
Data released Thursday by the Brazilian government shows that the deforestation rate in the Amazon fell between August 2008 and July 2009. Overall, the deforested region is a 45 percent smaller than Amazon land cleared the previous year, or between August 2007 and July 2008.
This is the lowest rate of deforestation in the Amazon since record-keeping began in 2000, and down from a high of more than 27,000 square kms in 2004.
However, the Amazon did lose 7,008 square kms of forest this year, according to government officials and President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who attended a ceremony Thursday to announce this year's deforestation figures.
According to Denise Hamú, WWF-Brazil's CEO, although it is essential to recognize the efforts made by the federal and state governments as well as Brazilian society in general, further action is required.
"Deforestation needs to continue falling in a sustainable manner and must take place in other Brazilian biomes in addition to the Amazon, such as the Cerrado", she stated.
Hamú also said that the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, to be held in Copenhagen in December, will be a good opportunity for Brazil to defend the adoption of clear and ambitious emission reduction commitments by the participant countries.
"Deforestation numbers such as the ones showed today by President Lula strengthen Brazil's credentials to lead the climate negotiations and take the forefront in building a new development model for the world that respects the environment and the people", Hamú said.
Among the other biomes, the most critical situation is found in the Cerrado. While deforestation in the Amazon has finally fallen below 10,000 km2, in the Cerrado it surpasses 20,000 km2.
Despite conservation efforts, global deforestation continues at an alarming rate – 13 million hectares per year, or 36 football fields a minute. It generates almost 20 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions and halting forest loss has been identified as one of the most cost-effective ways to keep the world out of the danger zone of runaway climate change.
According to Cláudio Maretti, WWF-Brazil's Conservation Director, apart from decreasing emissions caused by deforestation in the Amazon the country needs to work on achieving reductions in the industry and transport sectors, and especially in energy generation and transmission processes.
"After all, the planet urgently needs expressive greenhouse gas emission reductions", he said.
Positive efforts made by the Brazilian government that should be applied in other areas include: Creating and implementing protected areas, promoting sustainable forest management, restricting public credit for land grabbers and deforesters, and promoting land tenure regularization actions. Also important are efforts to minimize the impacts of large-scale infrastructure projects such as roads and dams.
In addition, Maretti said it is essential to implement a consistent payment mechanism for ecological services - which consists in compensating producers who conserve the standing forest.
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So I find an article on Wikipedia that lists the titles of upcoming films, and I decide to scroll through it:
Hey, are my eyes deceiving me, or do I see a movie called Bunker Hill on that list? Could it be that Hollywood is going to give us its first major treatment of the Revolutionary War since The Patriot?
I head over to Internet Movie Database, that oracle of all film-related knowledge, only to receive a crushing disappointment:
"When former Wall Street executive Peter Salem is released from prison, he heads for the small town of Bunker Hill, Kansas, where his ex-wife and their children have started a new life. Soon after he arrives in town, all power is lost – there is no electricity, and cars and computers suddenly shut down. Community leaders are at a loss to explain…."
Swing and a miss. Ah, but IMDB lists two projects titled Bunker Hill, one of which is being produced for television. Perhaps this is another of those fine history-based TNT projects, along the lines of Andersonville, The Rough Riders, or Into the West?
"A Charlestown native returns to his hometown from serving in Afghanistan to join the Boston Police force like his father and brother before him. Now he must confront his mysterious past which includes his dead brother's widow with whom he has very strong feelings…."
Curses, foiled again. But at least they managed to set this one in Boston.


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2014 is the perfect gift for any occasion. It only needs a bit of time and some DIY lust. 2013 Carnegie International artist Tobias Madison produced it in collaboration with artist and musician Flavio Merlo during their recent trip to Peru as they were exploring Werner Herzog's legacy and meeting depressed hippies in the rain forest. Print out all the elements (the three images below and the pdf of the text) and puzzle them together according to the image above and you have a unique artwork for whomever you want to honor! Madison/Merlo plan to make an edition somewhere in the future, but you can be faster than that and have it done today!
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September 18, 2009
Fox News disinfo operative par excellence Glenn Beck and his entourage of yellow journos from Hearst say FEMA camps do not exist. The Fox News kool aid drinkers, numbering in the millions but in steep decline as the truth goes viral, may believe Beck, however they are at odds with reality.
FEMA camps do exist, although they may not be explicitly run by the emergency bureaucrats. In January, a bill was introduced in Congress that would authorize the Department of Homeland Security to set up a network camp facilities to be used to intern U.S. citizens in the event of a national emergency. The National Emergency Centers Act or HR 645 mandates the establishment of "national emergency centers" to be located on military installations for the purpose of to providing "temporary housing, medical, and humanitarian assistance to individuals and families dislocated due to an emergency or major disaster," according to the bill.
FEMA, of course, is part of the DHS, so we are mixing apples and oranges here. It's all part of the emergent federal police state, designed to wrangle the real enemy of the government — the American people.
Rex 84, Operation Garden Plot, Operation Cable Splicer, and a flurry of executive orders issued over the years have established the framework for concentration camps. Glenn Beck, of course, didn't bother to mention any of this in his hit piece, or did his Hearst researchers bother to do a Google search. If they had, they would have stumbled upon the Pentagon's Civilian Inmate Labor Program, provided by Army Regulation 210-35, that establishes labor programs and prison camps on Army installations. In January 2006, Kellogg, Brown and Root reported that they had received a contract from the Department of Homeland Security to expand these internment camps. More than a few have commented that the spanking new KBR camps will be used to house civilian laborers, that is to say slave laborers. Many more have said the camps are for patriots and others who are opposed to an increasingly authoritarian government.
Award winning writer and filmmaker William Lewis' latest documentary should be used to answer Glenn Beck and the other Pentagon script readers in the corporate media. "Why is the media on the one hand saying there are no FEMA camps," Alex Jones asks in Lewis' Camp FEMA, "while on the other hand legislation has been introduced to build them?" As Jones notes in this landmark documentary, HR 645 legalizes what the government has spent decades building.
In the documentary, Jerome Corsi says the government is preparing for civil unrest of the sort predicted by trends forecaster Gerald Celente and others as the economy falls apart – as engineered by the bankster cabal – and millions of people lose their jobs and are reduced to penury. Corsi says he has contacted the Department of Homeland Security and they have admitted KBR has built concentration camps.
Glenn Beck, please stick that in your pipe and smoke it.
"Senate committee hearings and official FBI documents further illustrate the mindset of our elected officials as they classify homeschoolers, gun rights activists and anti-abortionists as threats against the existing social and political order; by default creating an entire nation of radicals and revolutionaries — where everyone is a suspect… equally guilty until proven otherwise," explains the Camp FEMA write-up on Alex Jones' Infowars Store website. "How has our government shown that they will deal with these people? The same way as every other totalitarian regime throughout history… marginalize their activities then lock them up. Prisons are being built; internment camps constructed and laws passed that deal severely with anyone who dares to step out of line or ask too many questions."
This important film — covering an ominous topic the corporate media not only will not cover (despite an abundance of evidence) but is obliged to discredit and dismiss as the collective mental aberration of conspiracy kooks — is now available at Alex Jones' Infowars Store.
It needs to be viewed by every American concerned about government power and the tyranny it inevitably produces. As history frighteningly and repeatedly demonstrates, unchecked government power invariably leads to fascism and totalitarianism – a fact realized by millions of Germans, Russians, and Chinese in the 20th century.
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The instructions are this:
Write a program in Java and run it in BlueJ according to the following specifications:
The program reads a text file with student records (first name, last name and grade) and prints them in the terminal window.
After the name and grade it also prints the type of the grade: excellent (> 89), ok [60,89], and failure (< 60).
Then the program prints the number of students, and their average grade and also the number of students and their average in each grade category (excellent, ok, and failure).
For example, with the input file http://www.cs.ccsu.edu/~markov/ccsu_...1/students.txt the program must print the following:
John Smith 90 excellent
Barack Obama 95 excellent
Al Clark 80 ok
Sue Taylor 55 failure
Ann Miller 75 ok
George Bush 58 failure
John Miller 65 ok
There are 7 students with average grade 74.0
There are 2 excellent students with average grade 92.5
There are 3 ok students with average grade 73.3333
There are 2 failre students with average grade 56.5
Requirements and restrictions:
Use the scanner class for reading from file.
Use the Student.java class from the course website to represent each student record and extend it to handle the grade categories.
Print the student records (name, grade and grade category) using the println method with only a student object passed to it (hint: modify the toString method in class Student to return also the grade category).
When you write your program
use proper names for the variables suggesting their purpose.
format your code accordingly using indentation and spacing.
We were given this code to start with:
public class Student
String fname, lname;
int grade;
public Student(String fname, String lname, int grade)
this.fname = fname;
this.lname = lname;
this.grade = grade;
public String toString()
return fname + " " + lname + "\t" + grade;
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Rob Bradford, Herald:
According to multiple clubhouse sources, the Red Sox will be holding a players-only meeting later this morning concerning the issue regarding the coaches potentially not being paid the $40,000 allocated the players.Meanwhile, the travel roster:
The sources indicated that the players will be issuing a mandate to Major League Baseball that if the coaches aren't paid, then the team will not be getting on the plane later today for Japan.
According to one player, the agreement originally approved by the players included paying the $40,000 to the coaches.
Pitchers (13): David Aardsma, Clay Buchholz, Bryan Corey, Manny Delcarmen, Jon Lester, Javier Lopez, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Hideki Okajima, Jonathan Papelbon, Kyle Snyder, Julian Tavarez, Mike Timlin, Tim Wakefield
Catchers (3): Dusty Brown, Kevin Cash, Jason Varitek
Infielders (8): Sean Casey, Alex Cora, Mike Lowell, Jed Lowrie, Julio Lugo, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Kevin Youkilis
Outfielders (6): Coco Crisp, J.D. Drew, Jacoby Ellsbury, Bobby Kielty, Brandon Moss, Manny Ramirez
Jeff Goldberg, Courant:
The Red Sox will have to declare a 28-man roster from their overall group of 30 before the start of the first regular season game March 25, including three inactives for the two games. The same three will be inactive for both games. It will be from that pool of 28 that the eventual 25-man roster will be set. For the two games against the Athletics, the three inactives should include Tim Wakefield and Clay Buchholz, who will start the two exhibition games March 22-23.
The Red Sox will use a 9-man bullpen in Japan, which will be trimmed to seven for the start of the official regular season April 1.


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Another photo from my Granny's album and, as usual, the gang of cousins and friends are messing about and having fun. But wait, Granny has her HAND ON THAT BLOKE'S KNEE! I'm shocked at such forward behaviour in the late 1920's. I'm not surprised that her cousin is tickling her foot, or that she is resting her legs around her sister's shoulders (although Chrissie looks none too happy), but what's the Knee Thing all about?
After scanning this small photo and on close inspection, he looks like my Dad – Doh! It's my Granddad, who she married several years later in 1934. I think this is the earliest photo I have of my Granddad, so this is a nice surprise for me. Granny lived at New Farm, Errol as a companion to her aunt and so her Hardie cousins were like brothers to her. Granddad farmed nearby and Auntie told me that this was how they met.
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- Conjoint Analysis: How We Got Here and Where We Are--An Update (2004)
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When coated in artificial flavourings, tons of salt and/or sugar, popcorn can be very nasty (think of that fake butter smell from cinema popcorn — yuck!). However, natural popcorn is a great snack option which in its plain form is gluten-free, sugar-free, dairy-free and low in fat, so one can happily indulge!
Here's how I make it:
* find a large pot with lid
* measure out the desired amount of raw corn kernels — I use three-quarters of one small rice bowl to make a huge salad bowl amount of cooked popcorn
* poor into pot just enough oil to coat all the kernels of corn
* turn on medium-high heat and wait for oil to heat up
* once hot, put in the corn kernels, stir to coat all kernels with oil and try to make sure that as many kernels as possible are in touch with the bottom surface of the pot (to get them heated up as effectively as possible)
* cover and wait for popping to cease
* occasionally shake the pot — whilst holding the lid on tight — to encourage all the kernels to pop
* occasionally lift the lid a crack to allow the steam to escape (or use the steam vent if your pot lid has one), but be careful not to open so wide as to allow popping corn to spring out!
* remove popcorn from pot, I put in a large plastic basket to allow the popcorn to cool down
* store in airtight containers as soon as it has cooled down as popcorn goes soft very quickly
As I try to avoid sugar, I go with salted popcorn and simply sprinkle salt on the cooked popcorn.
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THE USGA'S COURSE SETUP MAN Mike Davis is "giddy" about course conditions at Oakmont Country Club heading into this week's U.S. Women's Open near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Giddy, I tell you.
"I am truly giddy the whole week that I'm here. It's just so good," Davis said at USGA.org. "In fact, it's perfect [and] it's been that way the last five days we've been here."
This might not be good news for the women who must actually play Oakmont for 72 holes over four days. When the USGA man declares that Oakmont is a firm and fast test for the world's best female golfers, you just know there's going to be trouble—and lots of it. Some are predicting scores in the 90s and a cut at 12-over par.
Here's what I know about Oakmont after watching the boys play it since the late 20th century: It will seriously mess you up. It will blacken your eye and bloody your nose. It will spit in your face and kick you in the groin. It will beat you up, take your lunch money and steal your identity. Oakmont is cage fighting in fashionable clothing.
If you have a bag and 14 sticks, Oakmont doesn't like you. If you come near it, it will try to destroy you. Oakmont is Lee Van Cleef in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and Clint Eastwood in The Outlaw Josey Wales. Oakmont is Alien, The Terminator and Predator.
Oakmont does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, sex, marital status, familial status, parental status, religion, sexual orientation, genetic information, or political beliefs. Man, woman, child—Oakmont doesn't care. It whips all comers.
If you complain, whine, or cry about it, Oakmont gets stronger. If you talk to yourself, toss your club in disgust, or berate your caddie, Oakmont gets stronger. When—not if—when you make bogeys, double bogeys and "others," Oakmont gets stronger.
Oakmont is permanently in a surly mood, and has been dating back to 1973 (if not longer). That's when golden boy Johnny Miller slipped by Oakmont without so much as a tear in his plaid slacks or a scuff on his red, white and blue patent leather golf shoes. Johnny walked away with a 63 and the U.S. Open trophy, and he's been reminding people about it for the last 37 years. Oakmont has been taking it out on golfers just as long.
Godspeed, ladies.
−The Armchair Golfer
(Image: StonehouseGolf/Flickr)
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- courtgolf said...
Another way to look at it...this is probably the easiest set up job Davis has had since taking over. In the past, his job has been to muscle up courses for the men, and toughen up some resort type courses for the women.
At Oakmont, he is softening the course from how it usually plays for the membership.
This is going to be an interesting Open for the ladies.
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Aaron Dykes & Alex Jones
Prison Planet.com
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
The Western world, from Australia to the United States, UK and parts of Europe, are moving in a unified front toward dictatorial Internet censorship. Australia has led the way, despite outcry from its populace, by "filtering" out certain banned content. In the United States, Sen. Jay Rockefeller, in continuing his family's tradition of oppressing free humanity, has pushed forward Cybersecurity legislation that has already passed the House. He has done so in the name of warding off ghastly cyber "attackers" conceivably fronting for al Qaeda while ushering in a means to restrict free speech and expression online for the general population.
With Obama's support, most of the developed world has accepted plans for government-approved online activity and Pentagon-monitored internet traffic. The U.S. and UK are facilitating the hijacking of what has, until now, been a highly-democratic Internet. Overall, it has been a technological God-send for bringing together communication and strongly expressing thought outside of the mainstream information available on television and in print.
Now, people are being forced onto the corporate-dominated Internet2– once again, in the name of "security." (Internet) Freedom sacrificed at the same false alter of (Internet) Security. Independent blogs, news sites and online businesses will all be financially disadvantaged by access fees not demanded of dominant entities. What is today outside the 'norm' but well within free speech will tomorrow be evaluated by politically-correct criteria that will be used to identify sites to block and users to deny access. Currently, a campaign is underway to convince the public to accept "driver's licenses" for the once-free Internet.
Already, government "blacklists" have been exposed. On its lists? The usual suspects– Infowars.com, PrisonPlanet.com, Wikileaks.org and the like. Referrals to sites like Infowars.com and PrisonPlanet.com are being denied not only in Australia, but in places like New Zealand– who have not adopted the same policies, but do share ISPs who have ordered a block. All across the world, wherever internet "filtering" and outright censorship has been phased in– via libraries, businesses, airports, and so forth, sites that are critical of government are consistently blocked first. This has been true not only of Alex Jones' several websites, but also of sites like Wikileaks, Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), Cryptome and etc, etc. The common theme is not operating outside of law or of speaking in extremities, but challenging the power establishment through distribution of information and/or shedding light on its otherwise little known unscrupulous activities.
This Orwellian scheme has already been branded by the outrages of Cass Sunstein, one of the Obama 'Czars', who has called for governments to ban "conspiratorial theories" and identified thought-crimes including a disbelief in man-made global warming and a belief in the basic goodness of "sunshine." In considering how to eradicate 'outlawed' beliefs, Sunstein posits the benefits of using bloggers to engage and counter 'disinformation.' A very similar version of this strategy has already been adopted by the Pentagon in its "infowars" campaign.
Alex uses his most-recent experience in an outright ban to sound a warning that the enemy is already among us. Internet censorship threatens to stifle out a recent phenomenon of free thought and widespread information that has flourished on the Internet / world wide web. Only by standing up to undue constraints on our rights and by saying no to efforts to chill speech on the web can we save a stronghold of free humanity.
– Frightening Taste Of Internet Censorship As Major Free Speech Websites Blocked
– Death Of The Internet: Censorship Bills In UK, Australia, U.S. Aim To Block "Undesirable" Websites
– Obama Information Czar Calls For Banning Free Speech
– Conspiracy Theories (Cass R. Sunstein, Harvard Law School; Adrian Vermeule, Harvard Law School — January 15, 2008)
– Should Obama Control the Internet?
– Sen. Jay Rockefeller: Internet is "Number One National Hazard"
– Proposed Web video restrictions cause outrage in Italy
– Joining China and Iran, Australia to Filter Internet
– Leaked Australian blacklist reveals banned sites
– Internet Censorship: Major Truth-Providing Websites Blocked By Asia Netcom To New Zealand Users
– New Zealand blocks two websites selectively
– Online Kiwis maybe feeling Oz censor trickledown
– Australia's compulsory internet filtering 'costly, ineffective'
– Australia Censors Wikileaks Page
– WikiLeaks Exposes Australian Web Blacklist
– Gates backs China in Google censorship spat
– Gates calls China censorship 'limited'
– Microsoft's Mundie calls for 'internet driving licence'
– UN agency calls for global cyberwarfare treaty, 'driver's license' for Web users
– Internet 'driver's license'? Microsoft's Mundie wants it
– House Passes Cybersecurity Bill
– S. 773: Cybersecurity Act of 2009
– Bill would give president emergency control of Internet
– TIME: Driver's licenses for the Internet
– Enemies Of Free Speech Call For Internet Licensing
– Information Week: May I See Your Internet Driver's License?
– NY Times: Driver's Licenses for the Internet?
– Time Magazine Pushes Draconian Internet Licensing Plan
– Police want backdoor to Web users' private data
– Military Report: Secretly 'Recruit or Hire Bloggers'
– Pentagon Secretly Goes To War With The Internet
– Air Force Creates "Counter Blog" Response Plan To Quell Online Dissent
– Lt. Col. Ralph Peters Calls For Military Killing Of War Journalists
– U.S. Web-Tracking Plan Stirs Privacy Fears
– AOL Time-Warner Censors Alex Jones Websites
– My ISP (Internode) has blocked infowars.com!!!
– MySpace Admits Censorship Of Prison Planet.com
– Major International Transport Hub Censors Political Websites
– ISPs to record all emails and calls
– Microsoft exec: Internet still not safe enough
– UNIC Moscow participates at the open meeting of the "Year of Safe Internet in the Russian Federation" Organizing Committee
– Cybersecurity through public-private partnership
– Industry should lead cybersecurity partnership
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Texas Rangers slugger Josh Hamilton had 10 homers coming into Tuesday's game, including one Monday night.
By the eighth inning Tuesday, he had 14 on the season.
Yes, Hamilton had four homers – all of the two-run variety – on Tuesday. It's the 16
time that has happened in major league baseball history and only the second involving the Orioles. The first was June 10, 1959, when Cleveland's Rocky Colavito hit four at Memorial Stadium.
Hamilton also had a double in his five at-bats for 18 total bases, which sets an American League record, one behind the 19 total bases recorded by the Los Angeles Dodgers' Shawn Green in 2002.
Hamilton has five homers in his past six at-bats in this series (one Monday against Jason Berken) – and has eight RBIs on Tuesday as well. Just incredible.
It's the sixth time someone has hit at least three homers in a game at Camden Yards – the previous was Nick Markakis versus the Minnesota Twins on Aug. 22, 2006.
Two of Hamilton's homers (and the double) came against Orioles starter Jake Arrieta. The third was served up by Zach Phillips, who was facing his first major league hitter this season after being recalled today from Triple-A Norfolk.
The fourth came against his former teammate Darren O'Day in the eighth, a deep shot to center – the third that landed there – that had the 11,263 fans rise to their feet. The fans remained there and gave Hamilton a standing ovation as he rounded the bases.
Arrieta was charged with six runs – a season-high – on nine hits and one walk. It equals the most runs he allowed since he gave up eight to Texas last April. He had given up three homers in his first six starts – and then three on Tuesday (Adrian Beltre also took him deep in the third). His ERA is now 4.23.


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[UPDATED: 6/1 8:29am PST] Send in or post your encounters with Jeremy Bulloch, Temuera Morrison, or Daniel Logan, as well as any sightings of Boba Fett media or news at the Celebration III event, which is still going on.
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Source: nyline.org
'Star Wars' women rule - Attracting attention
"At the convention in Indianapolis, female fans didn't limit themselves to representations of Leia and Amidala. Some broke with the script and fashioned their own feminine versions of stormtroopers, Jedis and bounty hunters.
"Cherie Plevek, a 31-year-old social worker from Fraser, attended the convention in the outfit of bounty hunter Boba Fett. She chose Fett over Leia because 'I like the armor,' she said."
Source: Detroit Free Press
Star Wars Celebration Strikes Back
"Adams, 22, hopes she can do some collecting along with her volunteer work this year. She is on a mission to look for a few 'Unleashed' figures. She always has to say 'Hi' to Jeremy Bulloch (Boba Fett, from the original trilogy) when she is there, too. Several years ago, Adams said, Bulloch helped her look for her missing sister for 20 minutes. As Adams puts it: 'He's totally way cool in my book.'"
Source: South Bend Tribune
Boba Fett after New Jedi Order
"A panel recently closed at Celebration 3 which revealed details on the new post-NJO book series. In attendance were Aaron Allston, Sue Rostini, Karen Traviss, Leland Chee, Shelly Shapiro, and Troy Denning.
"Returning characters will include all the majors plus Tenel Ka, Wedge, Saba, and the female Sith from the Marvel comics. Hobbie, Tycho, and Corran Horn will also have roles. It was also hinted that Anakin may return as a Force ghost. The biggest surprise was that Boba Fett and the new Mandalorians will play a major role in the series. Karen Traviss' book seems to be the one he will be most prominent in. Also look for new characters along the way as well as the heroes being in constant jeopardy. (They dodged questions on if there were more major character deaths.) The 'New Jedi' from the previous books will now appear as 'maturing Jedi' in their 20's. Also look for the mystery of Vergere to be resolved and a 'cicrle' with the prequel era."
Source: TheForce.net