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A feast of goodies for under the tree. The holidays mean lots of limited, unusual DVD sets

For the ultimate fan (and no stocking will hold these, unless you borrow one from the Jolly Green Giant) try out Harry Potter Wizards Collection, with Blu-ray, DVD and Ultraviolet digital copy.

This truly is the ultimate if you are a Potter fan, weighing in at 19 pounds, it is the largest collectible box set ever released by Warner Bros.

With a suggested retail price of $500, the gift box features a staggering 31 discs (all eight Harry Potter films in Blu-ray and DVD and 37 hours special features including 5 hours of new-to-disc bonus content.

There are lots of collectible cards and more in the set.

If you already have the first six Harry Potter films, but need to complete your set, just out on Blu-ray is Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Parts 1 and 2 Ultimate Edition.

Again, created with the fans in mind, the ultimate edition (this is also the first time the two films have been packaged together as a Blu-ray/DVD/Ultraviolet digtal combo pack) is the critically acclaimed ending to the Harry Potter magical adventure.

Also included is an 8-hour documentary series with lots of behind-the-scenes information on the films.

There are more goodies inside especially for fans including a 48-page photo booklet and four limited edition character cards.

There is more movie magic in the Blade Runner 30th Anniversary Collection.

One of the great sci-fi films, the Harrison Ford film (directed by Ridley Scott) is available in an ultimate pack (four-disc Blu-ray, DVD and Ultraviolet) with production book, collectible car and more as well as a 3-disc Blu-ray book. The Blu-ray also is available by itself in a final cut edition.

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Republicans can look to Florida for some post-election lessons

Paula Dockery

Since the election, there has been much soul searching and punditry concerning the state of the Republican Party. What is astounding is that most of what is being discussed should have been obvious to all prior to the votes being tallied.

Whats different is that voters have spoken, not through the multitude of questionable polls, but through their actions. And while this post-election introspection has spurred a widespread analysis of the Grand Old Party as being the party of only the grand and the old, we can look to the state of Florida for some valuable lessons.

As a Republican elected official for the past 16 years, I found myself increasingly disagreeing with the direction of the party. Had I changed or was the party moving more to the right? Was the party losing touch with women, the middle class and Hispanics?

Lets look at some of the policy decisions made by a Republican-dominated Florida Legislature and a Republican governor over the past few years in a swing state like Florida.

While criticizing government spending, the Legislature found hundreds of millions of dollars to shower on businesses to relocate or expand their operations in Florida. Recent studies have shown these expenditures have not produced the desired results. Is this a legitimate use of tax dollars?

At the same time, the Legislature, with the governors approval, cut K-12 education funding by over a billion dollars in 2011 and partially restored it in 2012. They also tag teamed to cut higher education funding of our 11 state universities by $300 million but thought it the right time to create a 12th university and generously fund its construction.

Very profitable friends of party leaders made out well in our tough budget years with corporate subsidies and sweetheart deals -- including $1.2 billion for CSX Corp. and hundreds of millions for U.S. Sugar Corp.

While the Legislature declared war on the welfare state and those collecting unemployment, its actions also targeted our public employees. During the 2010, 2011 and 2012 sessions, bills were introduced to privatize our prisons, potentially putting thousands of corrections officers out of work with no proof of any cost savings to the taxpayers; to drastically change healthcare and pension benefits for existing state employees who had not had a pay increase for five years; to tie teacher pay to student performance with no regard to the makeup of the classroom and with no funding source to offer merit pay; and to dictate to our heroic police and firefighters what they can contribute to through a check-off on their paychecks.

Having angered many in the middle class, including our police, firefighters, teachers, corrections officers, and state employees, the Legislature turned its attention to our judiciary. First up was a proposal to add three justices to the Florida Supreme Court, then to split the court into five-person criminal and civil divisions. The rationale was caseload. After it was noted that the highest court did not have a caseload issue but that lower courts needed funding to address their heavy caseload, legislative talking points quickly shifted to address an activist court that was ruling against the Legislature and the governor.

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Word Press is an open source project that allows you to develop web sites in no time. You don #39;t need to be a software developer. This short video clip presents few samples for web sites that were developed using word press. On november 27th I will deliver a short lecture (4 academic hours) that explains how to develop and maintain web sites that were developed using word press. This lecture will take place in HIT. You can attend this lecture for free. More information at abelski-wordpress-jumpstart.eventbrite.com.From:lifemichaelViews:12 0ratingsTime:01:32More inEducation

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