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Starlight Xpress - 20mm OAG Extension Tube for SXV OAG and SXVR CCD Cameras
The Starlight Xpress 20mm/0.78" Extension Tube is designed for use with the SXV OAG and SXVR CCD Cameras.... Learn MoreModel#: OAGEXTLONG
Starlight Xpress - Slimline OAG to AO Adaptor... Learn More
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Starlight Xpress - SXVR-H9 Mega-Pixel Monochrome Camera
We at Starlight Xpress believe that our cameras should be as user friendly as possible.... Learn MoreFREE SHIPPINGModel#: SXVR-H9(48 States)
Regular Price: $1,950.00
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Starlight Xpress - Male 48mm Adaptor for SXV Filter Wheel
This Starlight Xpress Adapter was designed to connect Male 48mm fittings to the Starlight Xpress SXV Filter Wheel.... Learn MoreModel#: SX-M48A
Starlight Xpress - 5 Position 50.8mm USB Filter Wheel - SCT Input/T Male Output
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- Quiet while in use
- Connects via SCT input and T Male output
- Accomadates 5 50.8mm filters
- Easy to change filter discs
- Completely USB run
Starlight Xpress - Lodestar Autoguider (Color)
A sensitive USB2.0 guide camera in a miniature package. Exview CCD with 752 x 580 pixels, USB powered, Opto-Isolated control outputs.... Learn MoreFREE SHIPPINGModel#: Colour Lodestar(48 States)
Starlight Xpress - USB-2 Interface With Built-in Star2000Starlight Xpress - USB-2 Interface With Built-in Star2000, Compatible With MX5, MX5C, MX7, MX7C, MX9 & HX5 CCD Systems. (Please Note: HX5 System is NOT Compatible With Built-in Star2000 Function, Must Use SXV-Autoguider ... Learn More
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Starlight Xpress - CoStar Autoguider
Although the CoStar is primarily intended as a high performance guider, it makes an excellent electronic finder and planetary imaging camera!... Learn MoreFREE SHIPPINGModel#: COSTAR(48 States)
Starlight Xpress - Trius SX-674C USB Hub Color CCD Camera
Built-in autoguider output - compatible with most mounts, Built-in triple USB hub ports for accessory control - directly drive filter wheels, GOTO 'scopes etc., Single USB cable control for all features - get rid of that dangerous cable tangle!... Learn MoreFREE SHIPPINGModel#: SX-674C(48 States)
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Starlight Xpress - Trius SX-16 Monochrome USB Hub Camera
Starlight Xpress - Trius SX-16 Monochrome USB Hub Camera System
Rear Camera Pane, Fused Silica Window, Efficient Cooling System, Argon Filled CCD Filter, Unique Tilted Camera Front... Learn MoreFREE SHIPPINGModel#: SX-16(48 States)
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Starlight Xpress - Interface Module for Star 2000Starlight Xpress - Interface Module for Star 2000, Interconnections for the Vixen SkySensor 2000 ... Learn More
Model#: MX-SIFS
Starlight Xpress - USB Filter Wheel with 5 position 50.8mm unmounted filter holder SCT female i/p & 72mm TAK male o/p.
Super-Slim Off-Axis guide head add-on! This useful filter wheel accessory makes accurate, flexure-free guiding easy to achieve.... Learn MoreFREE SHIPPINGModel#: SXUFW-UM50.8TAK(48 States)
Starlight Xpress - Trius SX-9-Combo Mono CCD Camera Package with Filter Wheel, OAG and Lodestar
Starlight Xpress Trius SX-9 Mono CCD Camera Package with Filter Wheel, OAG & Lodestar... Learn MoreFREE SHIPPINGModel#: SX-9-COMBO(48 States)
Starlight Xpress - MX Power Supply110 Volt Power Supply for MX Series Cameras ... Learn More
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Starlight Xpress - SXV FW 7 Position 36mm Unmounted Filter wheel Carousel
Designed specifically for the Starlight Xpress SXV filter wheel, this carousel holds 36mm filters in seven positions.... Learn MoreModel#: SX-FPUM36
Starlight Xpress - Trius SX-35
With the Trius deep-sky range of cooled CCD cameras, Starlight Xpress sets the bar even higher.... Learn MoreFREE SHIPPINGModel#: SX-35(48 States)
Starlight xpress - C Mount AdapterStarlight Xpress - C-Mount Adapter for MX, SXV-M & HX Series CCD System ... Learn More
Model#: MX-C
Starlight Xpress - Male SCT Adaptor for SXV Filter Wheel
This Starlight Xpress Adapter was designed to connect male thread SCT to the Starlight Xpress SXV Filter Wheel.... Learn MoreModel#: SX-MSCTA
Starlight Xpress - Trius SX-825-Combo Monochrome CCD Camera with Filter Wheel, OAG and Lodestar 2X Package
The Starlight Xpress Trius SX-825 CCD Camera features the Sony ICX825ALA Exview HAD CCD Chip, well known for its ultra-low dark current making dark currents virtually unnecessary for deep sky, extended IR response and vertical anti-blooming.... Learn MoreFREE SHIPPINGModel#: SX-825-COMBO(48 States)
Starlight Xpress - Superstar Monochrome Autoguider
Although the Superstar by Starlight Xpress is primarily intended as a high performance guider, it makes a superb electronic finder and planetary imaging camera!... Learn MoreFREE SHIPPINGModel#: Superstar_Monochrome(48 States)
Starlight Xpress Ltd is a specialist supplier of cooled CCD cameras for low noise imaging applications. We provide a wide range of high performance cameras for both amateur and professional imaging, at competitive prices. If you are looking for an economical, low noise CCD camera for astronomy or fluorescence imaging etc., you will find it here!
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English only tests gets OK
California can administer school achievement tests and high school exit exams in English to all students, including the 1.6 million who speak limited English, according to a report in the San Francisco Chronicle.
That's the latest ruling from the First District Court of Appeal in San Francisco. In its ruling the court rejected arguments by bilingual-education groups and nine school districts that English-only exams violate a federal law's requirement that limited-English-speaking students 'shall be assessed in a valid and reliable manner.'
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Get your baby shower guests in the mood for a garden party with this cute ladybug birthday banner. A delightful decorative accent for your garden-themed party, this banner features a mix of pretty red flowers and adorable ladybugs. Made from high-quality card stock, banner includes four sticker options to help customize it for your event:
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A digital camera by Samsung
What's to like:
- An expansive 20mm wide end
- An extreme 1200mm full zoom (60x)
- 16.3 pixel resolution from a BSI CMOS sensor
- OIS (Optical Image Stabilization) and a moderately fast lens
- Relatively compact package for what you get
- Well laid-out controls & sturdy construction
- Advanced DSLR-like dual grip design that is very comfortable in both vertical and horizontal formats
- Useful presets for basic shoot situations
- Macro mode lets you get as close as 1cm
- Full HD movie mode w/stereo sound and other options
- 360fps slow motion capture (but at only 176p x 128p)
- HDR and Panorama modes
- Large 3" rear hVGA screen - fair resolution
- A very respectable battery life of about 600 shots
- Good Wi-Fi & NFC connectivity
- Built-in flash is adequate to the task
- 8 fps continuous shooting
The not so good:
- A tiny and limited 1/2.3" sensor = sub-par image quality
- Lens could be a bit faster
- No eye sensor on the rather low resolution EFV (though it has a diopter adjustment dial)
- No GPS for travel enthusiast (not a deal breaker for me)
- No manual zoom
- Fixed LCD (no tilt)
- Unimpressive overall responsiveness, though not bad after start-up
- Longest shutter speed is one second
- Proprietary battery
- In-camera battery charging (though some may see this as a pro rather than a con)
- JPG only files
I put it through it's paces taking photos of my kids, garden, the beach and inside at night. It performed well for a bridge camera at its price point. It was a bit slower to focus and take a shot at the long end of the zoom. OIS kept things fairly steady and it wasn't too bad but not as good as the OIS in the Fujifilm S1. In low light it can hunt a bit too. Well-lit macros are a breeze. I've not used the video feature much and will update the review if I come across anything really great or really bad. Let's just say it takes slightly above average full HD video.
The WB2200F feels good in the hand, and I really like the dual grip layout with duplicate controls. The other controls are well laid-out and the menus fairly intuitive. If you don't need a compact size, this camera is ideal for the traveller who wants to travel light and doesn't care that final image quality isn't at DSLR levels. This is my first Samsung camera, and the menu system, while moderately intuitive, did take a little while to get used to. I''m still learning its ins and outs. I had no problems connecting to a recent Mac Pro and my older 2008 iMac (running OSX 10.5.8) either.
I personally wish the WB2200F's sensor was larger and more sensitive, but a photographer works with the the best tool for the circumstances, and compromises must be made when choosing form and function. If I were going into a situation where I want the widest angle coupled with the longest available zoom in a single package; and felt the body format of this Samsung offered the most flexibility, then this might well be my first choice. I would do this knowing that low light responsiveness and sensitivity would suffer, and that full-resolution image quality might not be optimal due to the small image sensor and other factors. But camera size aside - if you want a bridge camera with a huge focal range and lots of capabilities, then the WB2200F might well fit the bill. The Samsung WB2200F is a modern camera geared towards the enthusiast crowd and should serve it well.
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"What can Congress do that the Supreme Court would find unconstitutional? Or, what can Congress do that a president would veto as unconstitutional? It is not much exaggeration to say that Congress can do whatever it can muster a majority vote for, whether it is constitutional or not. The members only have to worry about...
Founders and 19th Century Quotes on the Commerce Clause
"The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;
To borrow Money on the credit of the United States;
To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;
To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States;
To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures;
To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current Coin of the United States;
To establish Post Offices and post Roads;
To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;
To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court;
To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offences against the Law of Nations;
To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;
To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years;
To provide and maintain a Navy;
To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces;
To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;
To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;
To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings;--And
To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof."
"Perhaps it may be thought, that the power of regulation will be left placed in the governments of the several states, and that a general superintendence is unnecessary. If the states had distinct interests, were unconnected with each other, their own governments would then be the proper and could be the only depositaries of such a power; but as they are parts of a whole with a common interest in trade, as in other things, there ought to be a common direction in that as in all other matters."
"You know Sir that the Spirit of Commerce is a Spirit of Avarice, and that whenever the power is given the will certainly follows to monopolise, to engross, and to take every possible advantage. I am free therefore to own that I think it both safest & best to give no such power to Congress, leave it to that Body to point out what is fit to be done in this [line], and founding their plans on principles of moderation and most accordant to the actual state & situation of the different States, to recommend their systems for the general adoption. I am persuaded that this plan would be successful to every good purpose. A contrary one would, I verily believe, be more hurtful, much more hurtful to us, than even the crabbed selfish system of Great Britain."
"The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government, are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite. The former will be exercised principally on external objects, as war, peace, negotiation, and foreign commerce; with which last the power of taxation will, for the most part, be connected. The powers reserved to the several States will extend to all the objects which, in the ordinary course of affairs, concern the lives, liberties, and properties of the people, and the internal order, improvement, and prosperity of the State.
The operations of the federal government will be most extensive and important in times of war and danger; those of the State governments, in times of peace and security. As the former periods will probably bear a small proportion to the latter, the State governments will here enjoy another advantage over the federal government. The more adequate, indeed, the federal powers may be rendered to the national defense, the less frequent will be those scenes of danger which might favor their ascendancy over the governments of the particular States.
If the new Constitution be examined with accuracy and candor, it will be found that the change which it proposes consists much less in the addition of NEW POWERS to the Union, than in the invigoration of its ORIGINAL POWERS."
"The degree in which a measure is necessary, can never be a test of the legal right to adopt it; that must be a matter of opinion, and can only be a test of expediency. The relation between the measure and the end; between the nature of the mean employed toward the execution of a power, and the object of that power must be the criterion of constitutionality, not the more or less of necessity or utility."
"To 'regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the States, and with the Indian tribes.' To erect a bank, and to regulate commerce, are very different acts. He who erects a bank, creates a subject of commerce in its bills, so does he who makes a bushel of wheat, or digs a dollar out of the mines; yet neither of these persons regulates commerce thereby. To make a thing which may be bought and sold, is not to prescribe regulations for buying and selling. Besides, if this was an exercise of the power of regulating commerce, it would be void, as extending as much to the internal commerce of every State, as to its external. For the power given to Congress by the Constitution does not extend to the internal regulation of the commerce of a State, (that is to say of the commerce between citizen and citizen,) which remain exclusively with its own legislature; but to its external commerce only, that is to say, its commerce with another State, or with foreign nations, or with the Indian tribes. Accordingly the bill does not propose the measure as a regulation of trace, but as 'productive of considerable advantages to trade.' Still less are these powers covered by any other of the special enumerations."
"To make a thing which may be bought and sold is not to prescribe regulations for buying and selling. Besides, if this were an exercise of the power of regulating commerce, it would be void, as extending as much to the internal commerce of every state, as to its external. For the power given to Congress by the Constitution does not extend to the internal regulation of the commerce of a State, (that is to say of the commerce between citizen and citizen,) which remain exclusively with its own legislature; but to its external commerce only, that is to say, its commerce with another State, or with foreign nations, or with the Indian tribes."
"The conduct of Great-Britain in declining any commercial treaty with America, at that time, was unquestionably dictated at first by a knowledge of the inability of congress to extort terms of reciprocity from her; and of that want of unanimity among the states, which, under the existing confederation, was a perpetual bar to any restriction upon her commerce with the whole of the states; and any partial restriction would be sure to fail of effect."
"Having repeatedly noticed the defect of the former confederation, in respect to the regulation of the commerce between the several states, and the inconveniences resulting from it, I shall only mention one not yet touched upon: I mean the burthens which might be imposed by some of the states, on others, whose exports, and imports must necessarily pass through them. Thus a duty on salt imported into Virginia, or on tobacco exported from thence, might operate very extensively as a tax upon the citizens of the western parts of North Carolina and Tennessee, to the exclusive emolument of the state of Virginia. So unreasonable an advantage ought not to prevail among members of the same confederacy, and without a power to control it lodged somewhere, it would be impossible that it should not be exerted: the repetition of such exertions could scarcely fail to lay the foundation of irreconcileable jealousies, and animosities among the states. And it was evidently with a view to prevent these inconveniences, that the constitution provides that no state shall, without the consent of congress, lay any imposts, or duties on exports or imports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing it's inspection laws."
"The care, protection, management and controul, of this great national concern, is, in my opinion, vested by the constitution, in the congress of the United States; and their power is sovereign, relative to commercial intercourse, qualified by the limitations and restrictions, expressed in that instrument, and by the treaty making power of the president and senate. 'Congress shall have power to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.' Such is the declaration in the constitution. Stress has been laid, in the argument, on the word 'regulate,' as implying, in itself, a limitation. Power to regulate, it is said, cannot be understood to give a power to annihilate. To this it may be replied, that the acts under consideration, though of very ample extent, do not operate as a prohibition of all foreign commerce. It will be admitted that partial prohibitions are authorized by the expression; and how shall the degree, or extent, of the prohibition be adjusted, but by the discretion of the national government, to whom the subject appears to be committed? Besides, if we insist on the exact and critical meaning of the word 'regulate,' we must, to be consistent, be equally critical with the substantial term, 'commerce.' The term does not necessarily include shipping or navigation; much less does it include the fisheries. Yet it never has been contended, that they are not the proper objects of national regulation; and several acts of congress have been made respecting them. It may be replied, that these are incidents to commerce, and intimately connected with it; and that congress, in legislating respecting them, act under the authority, given them by the constitution, to make all laws necessary and proper, for carrying into execution the enumerated powers. Let this be admitted; and are they not at liberty, also, to consider the present prohibitory system, as necessary and proper to an eventual beneficial regulation? I say nothing of the policy of the expedient. It is not within my province. But, on the abstract question of constitutional power, I see nothing to prohibit or restrain the measure."
"Further, the power to regulate commerce is not to be confined to the adoption of measures, exclusively beneficial to commerce itself, or tending to its advancement; but, in our national system, as in all modern sovereignties, it is also to be considered as an instrument for other purposes of general policy and interest. The mode of its management is a consideration of great delicacy and importance; but, the national right, or power, under the constitution, to adapt regulations of commerce to other purposes, than the mere advancement of commerce, appears to me unquestionable."
"1. As to the power to regulate commerce.
This power is not, in express terms, exclusive, and the only prohibition upon the states is, that they shall not enter into any treaty or compact with each other, or with a foreign power, nor lay any duty on tonnage, or on imports or exports, except what may be necessary for executing their inspection laws. Upon the principles above laid down, the states are under no other constitutional restriction, and are, consequently, left in possession of a vast field of commercial regulation; all the internal commerce of the state by land and water remains entirely, and I may say exclusively, within the scope of its original sovereignty. The congressional power relates to external not to internal commerce, and it is confined to the regulation of that commerce."
"The grant to the appellants may, then, be considered as taken subject to such future commercial regulations as congress may lawfully prescribe. Congress, indeed, has not any direct jurisdiction over our interior commerce or waters. Hudson river is the property of the people of this state, and the legislature have the same jurisdiction over it that they have over the land, or over any of our public highways, or over the waters of any of our rivers or lakes. They may, in their sound discretion, regulate and control, enlarge or abridge the use of its waters, and they are in the habitual exercise of that sovereign right. If the constitution had given to congress exclusive jurisdiction over our navigable waters, then the argument of the respondents would have applied; but the people never did, nor ever intended, to grant such a power; and congress have concurrent jurisdiction over the navigable waters no further than may be incidental and requisite to the due regulation of commerce between the states, and with foreign nations."
"The first question then is, whether this act, or either section of it, is repugnant to the power granted to congress to regulate commerce? Commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, can mean nothing more than intercourse with those nations, and among those states, for purposes of trade, be the object of the trade what it may; and this intercourse must include all the means by which it can be carried on, whether by the free navigation of the waters of the several states, or by a passage over land through the states, where such passage becomes necessary to the commercial intercourse between the states. It is this intercourse which congress is invested with the power of regulating, and with which no state has a right to interfere. But this power, which comprehends the use of, and passage over the navigable waters of the several states, does by no means impair the right of the state government to legislate upon all subjects of internal police within their territorial limits, which is not forbidden by the constitution of the United States, even although such legislation may indirectly and remotely affect commerce, provided it do not interfere with the regulations of congress upon the same subject. Such are inspection, quarantine, and health laws; laws regulating the internal commerce of the state; laws establishing and regulating turnpike roads, ferries, canals, and the like."
"[The commerce power] is the power to regulate, that is, to prescribe the rule by which commerce is to be governed. This power, like all others vested in Congress, is complete in itself, may be exercised to its utmost extent, and acknowledges no limitations other than are prescribed in the Constitution."
"Commerce, undoubtedly, is traffic, but it is something more: it is intercourse. It describes the commercial intercourse between nations, and parts of nations, in all its branches, and is regulated by prescribing rules for carrying on that intercourse. ..
It is not intended to say that these words comprehend that commerce, which is completely internal, which is carried on between man and man in a State, or between different parts of the same State, and which does not extend to or affect other States. Such a power would be inconvenient, and is certainly unnecessary."
"[The Constitution] contains an enumeration of powers expressly granted by the people to their government. It has been said that these powers ought to be construed strictly. But why ought they to be so construed? Is there one sentence in the Constitution which gives countenance to this rule? In the last of the enumerated powers, that which grants expressly the means for carrying all others into execution, Congress is authorized 'to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper' for the purpose. But this limitation on the means which may be used is not extended to the powers which are conferred, nor is there one sentence in the Constitution which has been pointed out by the gentlemen of the bar or which we have been able to discern that prescribes this rule. We do not, therefore, think ourselves justified in adopting it. What do gentlemen mean by a 'strict construction?' If they contend only against that enlarged construction, which would extend words beyond their natural and obvious import, we might question the application of the term, but should not controvert the principle. If they contend for that narrow construction which, in support or some theory not to be found in the Constitution, would deny to the government those powers which the words of the grant, as usually understood, import, and which are consistent with the general views and objects of the instrument; for that narrow construction which would cripple the government and render it unequal to the object for which it is declared to be instituted, and to which the powers given, as fairly understood, render it competent; then we cannot perceive the propriety of this strict construction, nor adopt it as the rule by which the Constitution is to be expounded. As men whose intentions require no concealment generally employ the words which most directly and aptly express the ideas they intend to convey, the enlightened patriots who framed our Constitution, and the people who adopted it, must be understood to have employed words in their natural sense, and to have intended what they have said. ...We know of no rule for construing the extent of such powers other than is given by the language of the instrument which confers them, taken in connexion with the purposes for which they were conferred.
The words are, 'Congress shall have power to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian tribes.'
The subject to be regulated is commerce, and our Constitution being, as was aptly said at the bar, one of enumeration, and not of definition, to ascertain the extent of the power, it becomes necessary to settle the meaning of the word. The counsel for the appellee would limit it to traffic, to buying and selling, or the interchange of commodities, and do not admit that it comprehends navigation. This would restrict a general term, applicable to many objects, to one of its significations. Commerce, undoubtedly, is traffic, but it is something more: it is intercourse. It describes the commercial intercourse between nations, and parts of nations, in all its branches, and is regulated by prescribing rules for carrying on that intercourse. The mind can scarcely conceive a system for regulating commerce between nations which shall exclude all laws concerning navigation, which shall be silent on the admission of the vessels of the one nation into the ports of the other, and be confined to prescribing rules for the conduct of individuals in the actual employment of buying and selling or of barter.
If commerce does not include navigation, the government of the Union has no direct power over that subject, and can make no law prescribing what shall constitute American vessels or requiring that they shall be navigated by American seamen. Yet this power has been exercised from the commencement of the government, has been exercised with the consent of all, and has been understood by all to be a commercial regulation. All America understands, and has uniformly understood, the word 'commerce' to comprehend navigation. It was so understood, and must have been so understood, when the Constitution was framed. The power over commerce, including navigation, was one of the primary objects for which the people of America adopted their government, and must have been contemplated in forming it. The convention must have used the word in that sense, because all have understood it in that sense, and the attempt to restrict it comes too late."
"In the construction of the power to regulate commerce, the court held, that the term meant, not only traffic but intercourse, and that it included navigation, and the power to regulate commerce was a power to regulate navigation. Commerce among the several states, meant commerce intermingled with the states, and which might pass the external boundary line of each state, and be introduced into the interior. It was admitted, that the power did not extend to that commerce which was completely internal, and carried on between different ports of the same state, and which did not extend to, or affect other states. The power was restricted to that commerce which concerned more states than one, and the completely internal commerce of a state was reserved for the state itself."
"But if a coasting license, founded on the power in congress to regulate commerce among the several status, be held to imply a right to navigate regularly and permanently between two ports or places within the same state, and to allow the vessel to be confined essentially, and for all business purposes, entirely to the waters of the state, then there would be no distinction between commerce among the several states, and commerce confined entirely and exclusively within a state; and all state jurisdiction over its purely internal commerce would be utterly destroyed. This was never intended by the constitution, and it is what the Supreme Court itself appears to have disclaimed."
"The oppressed and degraded state of commerce previous to the adoption of the Constitution can scarcely be forgotten. It was regulated by foreign nations with a single view to their own interests, and our disunited efforts to counteract their restrictions were rendered impotent by want of combination. Congress indeed possessed the power of making treaties, but the inability of the federal government to enforce them had become so apparent as to render that power in a great degree useless. Those who felt the injury arising from this state of things, and those who were capable of estimating the influence of commerce on the prosperity of nations, perceived the necessity of giving the control over this important subject to a single government."
"Commerce is intercourse; one of its most ordinary ingredients is traffic. It is inconceivable that the power to authorize this traffic, when given in the most comprehensive terms with the intent that its efficacy should be complete, should cease at the point when its continuance is indispensable to its value. To what purpose should the power to allow importation be given unaccompanied with the power to authorize a sale of the thing imported? Sale is the object of importation and is an essential ingredient of that intercourse, of which importation constitutes a part. It is as essential an ingredient, as indispensable to the existence of the entire thing, then, as importation itself. It must be considered as a component part of the power to regulate commerce. Congress has a right not only to authorize importation, but to authorize the importer to sell.
If this be admitted, and we think it cannot be denied, what can be the meaning of an act of Congress which authorizes importation and offers the privilege for sale at a fixed price to every person who chooses to become a purchaser?"
"For a like reason, I made no reference to the 'power to regulate commerce among the several States.' I always foresaw that difficulties might be started in relation to that power which could not be fully explained without recurring to views of it, which, however just, might give birth to specious though unsound objections. Being in the same terms with the power over foreign commerce, the same extent, if taken literally, would belong to it. Yet it is very certain that it grew out of the abuse of the power by the importing States in taxing the non-importing, and was intended as a negative and preventive provision against injustice among the States themselves, rather than as a power to be used for the positive purposes of the General Government, in which alone, however, the remedial power could be lodged."
"[The question is], whether congress has a right to regulate that, which is not committed to it, under a power, which is committed to it, simply because there is, or may be an intimate connexion between the powers. If this were admitted, the enumeration of the powers of congress would be wholly unnecessary and nugatory. Agriculture, colonies, capital, machinery, the wages of labour, the profits of stock, the rents of land, the punctual performance of contracts, and the diffusion of knowledge would all be within the scope of the power; for all of them bear an intimate relation to commerce. The result would be, that the powers of congress would embrace the widest extent of legislative functions, to the utter demolition of all constitutional boundaries between the state and national governments. When duties are laid, not for purposes of revenue, but of retaliation and restriction, to countervail foreign restrictions, they are strictly within the scope of the power, as a regulation of commerce. But when laid to encourage manufactures, they have nothing to do with it. The power to regulate manufactures is no more confided to congress, than the power to interfere with the systems of education, the poor laws, or the road laws of the states. It is notorious, that, in the convention, an attempt was made to introduce into the constitution a power to encourage manufactures; but it was withheld. Instead of granting the power to congress, permission was given to the states to impose duties, with the consent of that body, to encourage their own manufactures; and thus, in the true spirit of justice, imposing the burthen on those, who were to be benefited."


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Kahlua is a rich, dark and smooth coffee based liqueur drink from Mexico. Although it is a liqueur, it is extremely versatile and can be enjoyed in a variety of ways and thus lends itself to a wide choice of occasions.
About Kahlua
Pronounced "Kah-loo-aah", the beverage is a dark, but soft and semi-sweet liqueur with a coffee base. Kahlua is blended in Mexico and exported world-wide. You can buy Kahlua in most supermarkets and liquor stores around the UK/Europe as well as North America. Look for the dark colored bottle and the bright yellow and red label.
Kahlua Cocktail Recipes - Different Ways to Enjoy Kahlua
Black Russian
Ingredients: 1 Part Kahlua, 2 Parts Vodka
Method: Pour ingredients into a short glass, stir gently and serve immediately.
White Russian
Ingredients: 1 Part Kahlua, 1 Part Vodka, 1 Part Cream or Milk, ice cubes
Method: Pour the Kahlua and Vodka over ice, into short glass. Top with cream or full cream milk. Serve.
Kahlua Mudslide
Ingredients: 1 Part Kahlua, 1 Part Irish Cream Liqueur, 2 Parts Vodka, 2 Parts Milk or Cream, ice cubes.
Method: Pour the Kahlua, Irish Cream and Vodka over a short glass with ice. Top with Cream or full-cream milk. Serve.
Ingredients: 1 Part Kahlua, 2 or 3 Parts Cream or Milk
Method: Pour the Kahlua and Cream or full cream milk into a short glass (ice optional) and stir.
Kahlua Cognac
Ingredients: 1 Part Kahlua, 1 Part Cognac
Method: Pour the two ingredients into a brandy or cognac glass and enjoy. Great as an after dinner liqueur.
Kahlua Cream Soda
Ingredients: 2 Parts Kahlua, 1.5 Parts whipping cream, 4 Parts Soda Water
Method: Pour Kahlua and whipping cream into a cocktail mixer and shake thoroughly. Strain mixture into a tall glass and then add soda water. Best consumed with a straw!
Kahlua Hot Chocolate
Ingredients: 1 Part Kahlua, 5 Parts Hot Chocolate, 1 TbSp of whipped cream
Method: Pour hot chocolate drink (made with milk or water) onto the Kahlua in a glass or mug. Top with whipped cream and serve.
Kahlua Coffee
Ingredients: Kahlua, Coffee
Method: Liven up your after dinner coffee with Kahlua! Prepare your coffee to taste (with or without milk). If you normally take sugar, leave it out, and pour some Kahlua in the cup or mug to taste. Enjoy!
Kahlua on the Rocks
Ingredients: Kahlua, ice cubes
Method: Pour the Kahlua into a short glass filled with ice. Drink straight, enjoy!
Kahlua Cockroach
Ingredients: 1 Part of Kahlua, 1.5 Parts Tequila.
Method: This drink combines the two great Mexican classics of Tequila and Kahlua. Pour the Tequila and Kahlua into a glass, and (optionally) set on fire with a lighter. If you light it, pop a straw in the glass and drink! Otherwise this can be enjoyed slowly, on its own or as an after dinner liqueur. The Tequila thins the texture of the Kahlua and gives it a little "bite" - excellent!


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PRLog - Nov. 8, 2011 - ELLESMERE PORT, U.K. -- ELLESMERE PORT company Arena Instrumentation'
MP Andrew Miller (second left) at Arena
A Member of the House of Commons Science and Technology select committee, Mr Miller was touring the head offices of Britain's largest independent calibration and maintenance service provider which is celebrating its 25th year in business.
Managing Director David Dawe told the MP that 2011 had been a landmark year for the company with the opening of new bases in Sweden and Denmark. The move into Europe was based on extensive research which showed considerable demand for the services that Arena provided to its clients.
Meanwhile the British bases of the company continued to be busy thanks to Arena's blue chip client list which included well-known names such as Rolls Royce, Astra Zeneca and the NHS.
Arena's Director of Services Kevin Dobson told Mr Miller that the company's teams of highly skilled technical staff had been crucial to their success. Technicians and engineers were regularly dispatched to all corners of the globe to work on major projects on behalf of clients.
However, a marked fall in the availability of highly skilled labour had made recruitment more difficult for the company. That was why Arena had set up its own Apprenticeship Scheme to ensure a steady supply of highly trained personnel.
Mr Dawe said he was disappointed that companies, like Arena, who invest heavily in staff training programmes, received no financial support for the running of apprenticeship schemes which ultimately benefit the country as a whole.
Mr Miller was then introduced to Senior Manager Cliff Bathgate, who overseas the apprenticeship scheme, trainee calibration technician Michael Frackowiak and newly qualified instrument technician Josh McKeary.
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"Carter pleaded guilty to prostituting all six minor girls named in the indictment, and he faces more than 30 years in prison under the federal sentencing guidelines," Wall said.
The maximum penalty for Carter is life behind bars. His son, Nicholas Harrison, 20, pleaded guilty earlier and faces 10 years in prison.
In court Friday, Carter told the judge he and his son plotted to recruit teenagers for prostitution. Carter said he "trained" the girls, having sex with them, supplying them with condoms for prostitution "dates," telling them how to determine if someone is an undercover officer and driving them to other states for sex.
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After the delegate has accepted the delegation, you can move on to the second meeting in the handover phase. In this meeting, you formally hand over the task. This meeting will finalize five key components: relevant material, milestones and the deadline, autonomy and authority, progress reports, and support you will provide. There should be no surprises here, just confirming that you're both on the same page about all of the key items. If you are delegating a task to more than one person, this meeting occurs with all of you in the room at the same time.
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When the First Amendment joins with the Second Amendment, massacres happen.
The Democrats point the finger of blame for the Newtown shootings at the Republicans who support gun ownership. They have the right target, but for the wrong reason. Starting with Ronald Reagan, mental-health facilities have been shuttered and mental-health services have been eliminated by the taxaphobes' zeal to lower taxes. The result? Crazy people kill people.
The Democrats are equally culpable in the Newtown horror. They staunchly support Hollywood's First Amendment right to produce entertainment glorifying violence which trivializes the value of human life. Video game creators are worse. The carnage they celebrate encourages young men who are already unstable to slip over the edge into homicidal insanity.
The news media, particularly the cable networks, profit from their First Amendment right to advertise and immortalize the demented assassins. Their voyeuristic coverage of the slaughters inspire more publicity-seeking madmen to gain their moments of infamy.
Until Republicans start funding mental-health programs and agree to some tuning up of the Second Amendment, and Democrats stop denying the disastrous effects of glorified violence protected by the First Amendment, the massacres will continue.
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Genetic interactions between Hsp90 and the Cdc2 mitotic machineryin the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe
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In Schizosaccharomyces pombe, wee1 encodes a tyrosine kinase that inhibits entry into mitosis by phophorylating Cdc2, the universal cyclin-dependent kinase (Cdk) that regulates the G2/M transition in all eukaryotic cells. A search for suppressors of the G2 arrest caused by overexpression of wee1 led to the isolation of a new allele of swo1 (named swo1-w1), the gene coding for chaperone Hsp90, which is required to stabilise Wee1. The swo1-w1 allele carries a glycine to aspartic acid substitution at amino acid 155 that results in a partial loss of Hsp90 function. Cells bearing the swo1-w1 mutation in combination with the point mutation cdc2-33 or cdc2-M26 showed severe mitotic defects. Genetic interactions were not observed in combination with point mutations in other cdc genes, suggesting that Cdc2 specifically interacts with Hsp90. This synthetic lethal swo1-w1 cdc2-33 (or cdc2-M26) strain had normal levels of Cdc2 protein and histone H1 phosphorylation activity, indicating that Hsp90 is required to enable Cdc2 to interact with its mitotic substrates or regulators, rather than for its proper folding or stabilisation. In a wild-type background, swo1-w1 mutant cells were sensitive to temperature as well as to other stress agents, such as KCl, ethanol and formamide. Under these stressful growth conditions, the swo1-w1 cells displayed anaphase B arrest and aberrant septation patterns, indicating that a subset of proteins involved in mitosis and cytokinesis is highly dependent on chaperone Hsp90 for function.
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- Genetic interactions between Hsp90 and the Cdc2 mitotic machineryin the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe
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Volume 261, Issue 2 , pp 242-250
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- 1999-03-01
- 10.1007/s004380050963
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- 0026-8925
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This review is from: The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy (Extended Edition) [Blu-ray] [2011] [2001] (Blu-ray)
I'm going to go out on a limb and assume that everyone reading this already knows a good deal about the Lord of the Rings trilogy, so I won't discuss the quality of the movies in detail. Needless to say that there really is no competition between the theatrical and extended editions so far as the experience is concerned. The Extended Editions feel much more whole and complete and generally far more satisfying than the abridged theatrical version. Equal love and attention is put into the special features, which are immensely detailed and entertaining.
The main topic of debate over this release has been the quality of the video, the use of 2 discs per film, and the use of DVDs for special features as opposed to blu-ray discs.
Fellowship - The discontent with the theatrical blu-ray for Fellowship is no secret, leading to the new transfer for this boxset. There have been videos showing the high green levels in the transfer, which has led many to write off buying this release. The bad news is that certain scenes do indeed look a little too green - weathertop and subsequent scene when Arwen arrives; Mines of Moria and a few others. There is also a higher level of orange than I remember in other scenes (i.e. Rivendell). The good news is that these are brief little bumps in the road for an otherwise brilliant video. The film finally looks high-definition with beautiful clarity and detail but without looking over digitised. It looks natural and impressive.
Two Towers & Return of the King - There is no major improvement in these films but one thing I did feel when watching the theatrical blu-rays was that the picture, though impressive, was flat somehow... although that may be my imagination. If it wasn't my imagination, then the issue has been addressed as the video seems to have more depth and warmth.
Audio - The unquestionable champion of this set is the audio quality. I had enormous expectations for Howard Shore's soundtrack, which has left me in tears on numerous occasions, and was not left disappointed (or dry eyed). The audio is incredibly detailed and dynamic. You can literally hear the brush of the leaves and trickle of water, along with the perfect soundtrack and crystal clear dialogue. Multi-layered sound effects are used appropriately and never overstated - they will highly reward any good surround system. Every aspect of the audio track is a great success, especially the dialogue, which I had always found difficult to understand in particular scenes but could understand perfectly here. I thoroughly enjoyed every minute spent with each of these terrific soundtracks.
This issue never really bothered me, although I've always disliked the way in which the split was handled. It's not too bad for Fellowship, with disc 1 ending on the founding of the Fellowship of the Ring - a perfect mid-point. However, both Two Towers and Return of the King cut-offs are sudden and inappropriate, killing the mood and tension slightly. Unfortunately, this hasn't been fixed for this release, which is a shame but not lethal.
Again, this is not something which really bothers me. Whilst it would be nice to have a complete set of blu-ray discs and enjoy the special features in high-definition, there is nothing which really suffers from being on a DVD. Considering the time and money that would have to be put into the transfers, I think it is best that they have been left on DVDs.
Considering I have had nothing but praise for this set, you might wonder why I have only given it four stars. The reason is simple - the US release of this boxset was virtually identical, except that it also included digital copies of the films whereas ours does not. However, both sets are a similar price, or ours is a good �15-20 more expensive if you compare Amazon's prices. While this may have been acceptable before digital copies really came over to the UK, it is now commonplace for the more premium Blu-Ray releases to include digital copies of the film and, for the price tag, we should have been given the same treatment as our American counterparts.
General opinion is that this boxset is still holding back a little and the full deal will be released in the next couple of years to support the release of The Hobbit movies. I obviously cannot predict whether or not that will happen but feel that, for now at least, this boxset is the best we are going to get and it is certainly 100% better than the theatrical blu-ray set. If you loved the extended editions, or haven't had the chance to see them yet, then this set shows them in all their audio-visual glory and should not be dismissed as a half-effort (lack of digital copies aside).
280 of 299 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars WARNING: check Part 2 of Return of the King on receipt,
Simon Dismore (London, United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
As soon as you receive your extended-edition box set from Amazon, I suggest you check that the second disc of Return of the King plays correctly. Mine is labelled "Part 2" but actually contains the German version of the Appendices Part 6 disc. I imagine someone messed up the duplication as others have reported this problem but so far not on Amazon.co.uk.
I hope this advice helps prevent the disbelief and disappointment that I have just experienced.
POSTSCRIPT: Both Amazon and the UK distributors responded quickly and courteously to solve this for me, so no complaints there.
301 of 325 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Absoluelty incredible, and stunning value.,
Amazon Customer "PEF" (Norfolk, UK) - See all my reviews
I bought the original two disc version of The Fellowship of the Ring and was both miffed when the extended version came out, and disappointed at the paltry extras. I resolved to wait until this version, the complete extended version, came out before buying any more. So I've been waiting nearly two years but, boy, was it worth the wait.
There's not much I can add about the films; the extended versions are incredible, SO much better than the original versions, and stunning on a good TV/surround system. The films are so moving that I've found myself moved to tears at times by the sheer power and beauty of them, and I'm not usually prone to gushing over DVD's.
However I wanted to add that the two discs of extras with each film are equally stunning. They manage to be different for each film, and I've watched, transfixed as they take you through the incredible scale of the productions and the sheer love and craftsmanship that went into making these films.
Really, forty-five quid for these 12 DVD's represents incredible (yes I know I've used that word about 5 times) value, you really will want to watch all of them. Buy it now!
130 of 142 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Colour looking fine....,
Roger Shallot (Merrie England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy (Extended Edition) [Blu-ray] [2011] [2001] (Blu-ray)
Having been alarmed by a few claims that the Fellowship of the Ring was looking a bit green-tinged I watched the whole thing as soon as the pack arrived. Honestly can't see what all the fuss is about - this film looks even more gorgeous than it did on the the extended DVDs (I resisted the temptation to buy the theatrical blu-rays). I was fearing a sickly green hue over everything (including the snow !) but the whole thing looks fantastic to me.
A fitting - and hopefully definitive - release for a true cinematic classic.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing,
Ms S D Brown "Whiterabbit-uk" (United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy (Extended Edition) [Blu-ray] [2011] [2001] (Blu-ray)
Basically amazing. You get an extra 2 hours or so of extra footage spliced into the main movies. This was a treat for me as i've loved this story since I was 12 years old. I purchased a deluxe set of the books after saving money via my paper round back in 1968 and still read them every so often.
The extra content doesn't add any of the missing bits like Fog on the Barrow Downs, Tom Bombadil , Fairwell to Lorien, the Great River and many other chapters such as the last few chapters where Sauruman has taken over the Shire using the power of his voice, but it does flesh out other areas that were almost skipped over.
When I watched the revitalized movies for the first time I was so pleased to see the extra content. It was like watching a new version of the movies. :)
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Greatest DVD Box Set Ever,
MLA (Jakarta, Indonesia) - See all my reviews
Lord of the Rings needs no hype, it is the most incredible set of films so far devised. The story that launched the Epic Fantasy genre tracking the efforts of a small band of mostly really quite small heroes striving to rid their world of a dreadful evil is well enough known to all. It is a tremendous feat of cinema to have been able to put this huge story together over the 3 films and the extended version is the one that everyone needs to see.
For theatrical release LotR was ground breakingly long. For years we have been told that we do not have the patience to watch films that go beyond 120 minutes. Fortunately Peter Jackson ignored that mantra and went for long and epic. The extended versions are simply better than the theatrical release because they add in so many scenes that make the overall arc fit together much more effectively. Of most benefits are all the characters other than Sam and Frodo. What made LotR such a great story originally was that it encompassed a range of different characters and did not just limit itself to the current vogue of one superhero and a supporting cast. The additions for instance make characters like Eowyn and Faramir much more understandable, they provide an ending for Saruman, and the excitement of the battle scenes is significantly deepened.
With any film of this scope there are some quibbles. The overly long multiple endings that featured in the theatrical release are still too much. The exclusion of some parts of the original narrative still occurs - notably the ending being very different to the book. Personally, I very much missed the Barrow Wight and not for any plotline reasons but for the context of setting the environment. Jackson is a New Zealander so how much he knows of pre-Roman Britain is difficult to tell but the loss of that encounter is a loss to the location Tokien designed the myth to be a part of. However, some directing decisions are very good such as cutting Tom Bombadil who is a remarkably boring character in the book. It would have been nice though to have shown more respect to the Dwarfs and less to the Elfs. Dwarf culture is only positively reinforced once at the sheer size of Moria and they are the butt of most of the jokes while the Elfs are a perfection that not even Tolkien's overly virtued creation reached.
The casting is brilliant. In particular Viggo Mortensen as Aragorn imbues the character with the perfect balance of rugged manliness and a stoic acceptance of his role in life. Ian McKellan as Gandalf would be a perfect grandfather. Christoper Lee's Saruman is most impressive for his own personal affection which shines through in the extras. Dominic Monaghan isn't great as Merry unlike the rest of the Hobbits who are all pitch perfect despite Billy Boyd's Scottish accent (a setting problem given the Englishness of the Shire, the Celtic speech of the Elfs, and the overlty Norse-German Rohirrim) which stands him apart from the rest of the cast. Hugo Weaving appears to only have one emotion and having displayed it in The Matrix it was hard to take him seriously as Elrond but that's only a small character anyway. Cate Blanchett as Galadriel is utterly resplendent and is the most impressive visual presence the film offers. Liv Tyler's Arwen was a distraction and nice as she may be I can't believe anyone would have chosen her weak character over the magnificent Eowyn played by Miranda Otto.
For all that this is the most impressive set of films that has been composed, the greatness of this box set is in the extras. There has never been anything like this on dvd - the usual cast, director, and executives talking heads appear but the 6 discs of extras are a gripping story in themselves. Getting to know Viggo Mortensen's relationship with the stunt team is great, hearing Peter Jackson talk about the editing process is amusing but the technical work that went into this film is presented magnificently.
Some of the credit for the greatness of LotR is due to the technical bods who worked for years to make it happen. The Weta Workshop people who made all those weapons, prosthetics, costumes etc did as good a job as any film has achieved so far. Their story is great and the joy that springs from recreating the equipment of a bygone era is evident. That they were able to generate different cultures visually is presumably not lost on most viewers but it is still terrific to see how it happened. The set designs and miniatures should have been preserved and it was a little disheartening to see buildings being demolished and pieces of equipment being destroyed - a LotR museum should have had them. The contribution of artist Alan Lee was impressive. I happened to have some reproduced artwork of his as a child and the scenes created in the film are close to exact replicas.
The Weta Digital story is amusing - their being rushed to create effects that most films would not dream of looks good fun from the outside though I imagine the discussions with Producer Barry Osborne were very difficult. The Digital effects are generally awesome and the Massive programme they devissed is a stroke of genious. Some effects are frankly a little ropey but having seen cinema audiences cheer the clearly digitised Legolas swinging off an elephant the fact that not every effect was melded with the live action probably doesn't matter for a general audience.
Musically this is stunning. Music and sound are crucial to any action film and the composition for LotR is in my opinion the greatest orchestral suite since Gustav Holst's The Planets and possibly beyond that. The characters singing in the films works beautifully and makes a lot of sense in building the right links with an era of heroism. The beautiful tone of Cate Blanchett in narrating the opening sets such a high standard of sound that it will be impressive when next that standard is reached.
Overall it is a big package and takes a long time to get through it all but every bit of it is worth the time taken on the journey. Lord of the Rings is the greatest film set and with the extras this is a dvd box set standard that may represent the pinnacle of what the format ever achieves as distribution transitions on to blueray.
56 of 63 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Worth Every Penny,
This Lord of The Rings Extended Edition Trilogy DVD set is the litmus test for which all other future DVD sets should be compared. As well as the longer versions of each film, there are literally dozens of hours of extras, from historical accounts of Tolkien's life, to production design, to story drafts, actor interviews, special effects, art design, you name it, it's here. This set is as epic as the movies.
17 of 19 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Best way to watch LOTR,
Mr. T. Parker "pokermusicps3" - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy (Extended Edition) [Blu-ray] [2011] [2001] (Blu-ray)
Firstly - the extended films are a must for any avid LOTR fan. I can't recommend them highly enough.
Second - The films may be spread out over 2 discs, but this really isn't that big a deal, and the quality more than makes up for this(bear in mind the dvds are also split over 2 discs). With the blu ray is is possible to see the creases cracks and imperfections on the maps and faces in the films, and the cgi is glorious. It is also quite good if you don't have 4 hours to sit down and watch one of the films in its entirety.
Thirdly - The packaging is great. Glossy, made to look like a book, perfect.
Finally - over 26 hours of bonus material - 3 extra discs to accompany each film. This is going to keep me busy and entertained for a long time.
I would say if you have been stalling over buying this, just do it. I know I was, but I am really happy with the decision to go ahead and buy it. Recommended
113 of 128 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Only fools would ignore this Blu-ray stunner,
This review is from: The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy (Extended Edition) [Blu-ray] [2011] [2001] (Blu-ray)
Forget the whining and the moaning. Forget it all.
Yes, we could have done with JUST the films on Blu-ray and not all the same extras, but we have them and that's that.
Yes some of the green-blue colour change/darkening in "Fellowship" seems overdone in in certain scenes or details, but most of the time these changes are in fact a vast improvement in picture quality and general aesthetics.
And quite frankly the most important thing is simply this...do the Blu-rays offer up a stunning looking, major upgrade from DVD, transfer?
And the answer is a huge and mighty OH YES!
All the films look truly stunning in the sheer amount of extra detail they offer up (backgrounds now pop with stunning clarity and pin sharp definition of even the smallest details) and often some of the depth is startling too, especially in many of the Gollum scenes.
Just take a look at the Rivendell scenes in "Fellowship", the rock/mountain/Gollum scenes in "The Two Towers" and the massive battle scenes and epic vistas in "Two Towers" and "King" and be amazed at the gorgeous detail, depth and clarity that is now revealed.
Play these (and many, many, many more) sequences next to their now flat, grey, blurred DVD counterparts and you will see that buying this Blu-ray set is as essential to any fan of the movies as breathing itself.
And all that's not even taking into account the mighty, thundering, crystal clear HD audio.
Utterly essential!
31 of 35 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A set for those who love LotR, blu-ray and good value,
This review is from: The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)
As probably many of you have seen, there appears to be an entire faction of people who are obsessed with discrediting this item because it is not the extended editions of the films. People have said that a blu-ray version of the theatrical editions is pointless, that the kind of people who buy blu-ray will be the kind of people who will want the extended editions, and all sorts of other comments. While this may be true for some people, or even the majority of people, I am still happy this product exists.
Because I am the kind of person who loves movies, and who loves blu-ray. The quality upgrade is just beautiful and I happen to be a sucker for it. People who love blu-ray do not always have to be die-hard Lord of the Rings fans. I myself am a Lord of the Rings fan, and I adore the books and the characters and the films; the films I saw when they first came out, the films I saw in the cinema. I recently re-watched all three theatrical editions in a rather epic all-nighter at my university's student cinema, and I can honestly say that the three films, in one go like that, were pretty much as close as it is possible to get to perfection. So why would I want to ruin my experience by adding in deleted scenes and, the worst thing for me, having to get up half-way through to change the disc? I know it only seems like a small thing, but it rather shatters the fourth wall, doesn't it? Perhaps many of the people who are complaining about this item are currently having their dreams shattered by the revelation that the extended edition blu-ray will also suffer from multiple-disc-disorder as, even though the increased capacity of the blu-ray discs should have been enough to hold one film, they've split the films again to accomodate commentaries. I personally don't want my viewing experience ruined by being rather forcibly reminded half-way through a movie that I'm in my living room, rather than Middle Earth, and so it's natural that I prefer the theatrical originals over their extended editions.
I currently own the theatrical trilogy on VHS (kickin' it old school!) and wanted to upgrade, ideally to blu-ray. This set is really good value and above all has each film on one disc only and I for one am very glad that they're releasing both theatrical and extended blu-ray boxsets. So if you're the kind of person who loved the films you saw in the cinema, and love the quality of blu-ray, but don't necessarily feel the need to watch every event in the books, buy this and don't let the rating bother you. If you're the kind of person who loves the extended editions, buy the blu-ray of that and stop complaining. Unless you really do think the theatrical editions are a waste of time, in which case you'll be contacting the Academy to tell them they should take back the 4 Oscars they gave to Fellowship of the Ring and the further 11 they dished out to Return of the King.
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