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Hello and welcome to Shelf Porn, our weekly look into the home of one collector. Today's Shelf Porn comes from Bruce Button in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, who shares his collection of 1960s TV memorabilia, as well books, comics and more.
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At 59 years old, I've been collecting since I was around 10. I have always lived in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada and started the collecting bug with bubble gum cards in the mid-sixties. It was exciting building complete sets of the Man from UNCLE, the Outer Limits, the Munsters, Beatles and Batman to name a few. I still have many of these sets today.
In 1966, I discovered a comic book under my brother's bed called Turok, Son of Stone which prominently featured dinosaurs. That's when I started seriously collecting comic books. Again, I concentrated my attention on TV related titles. For awhile, I also branched into many Marvel superhero titles but today I am still collecting titles tied in with TV series. Also of interest is the fact that I began collecting TV Guides.
As the seventies continued on, I yearned for many of those great old TV shows of the 60s, and that's when I started collecting anything related to my favourite shows. The Man from UNCLE, Gilligan's Island, and the Munsters were my main passions. Printed matter, books, games, toys, puzzles, etc. were all included. At this point in time, the toys seemed to be the hardest to find. My finds were usually through mail order or at toy shows in cities such as Chicago, Detroit or Toledo. In this day and age, it is relatively easy to build up a collection with the use of the internet and eBay. But back in the day, it was a much more thrilling hunt.
In my house I have two rooms filled with my memorabilia. The downstairs room is my museum where I have my three main display cases (two of them contain nothing but Man from UNCLE collectables). The upstairs room is my library that contains my collection of books. I've pretty well taken over the rec room where the walls are adorned with autographed pictures of TV celebrities that I have met.
Today, I still make a yearly pilgrimage to Chicago to attend the Kane County Toy and Doll Show and always find goodies to add to the collection. And, as of late, I`ve been actively searching out for board games based on TV shows. These, however, seem to be taking up quite a bit of space and it`s getting harder to display them. Looks like I might have to take over another room!
Bruce Button
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Wow! Very impressive collection(s). Thanks for sharing it.
a very unique and impressive collection espically that denis the menace stuff and even fred flintstone lamp never knew the thing got made
Somehow – even with all that memorabilia – it doesn't looked cluttered. It's a great collection. Hats off to you sir.
nice collection dad I love you and your stuff and even the thrush we bought in the states togther
Oh my God. I… I want to visit this collection.
This is just ridiculous! What kind of grown man has a….OH MY GOD….HE HAS THE PATTY DUKE BOARD GAME!!!!
Seriously, great collection. I didn't know about that Outer Limits board game.
Exquisite. Just utterly exquisite. "Museum" is well and truly the right term for your downstairs area – I'd be only too happy to pay an admission fee and wander through.
Man… they certainly had a different way in treating thrush back in the sixties.
Nice collection.
This is insane! I could look at this for hours!!
like I have said Bruce grate job well done you opened my eyes and brought the young in all of us back, thanks bruce Ben
It's about time, it's about space, it's about two men in the strangest place.
Ah, the memories.
I think they call this "hoarding"
it is INDEED an awesome collection, but yes, it does seem excessive for a private collector. I hope he has some awesome rider on his house insurance.
@Sam: I think they call that "trolling".
An Incredible collection that not even the name "shelf porn" could diminish!
Good idea to lock up the good stuff. Anything from Six Million Dollar Man?
Simply an astounding collection – well done. You even dislodged Touche Turtle from the depths of my memory – it would've been lost forever!
I want to play that "I Spy" board game. Just to say that I played it. That collection is AMAZING!!!
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Truly amazing, bought back loads of memories, unique pieces collected from the heart.
Is that an 'On The Buses' board game hidden away on the top self there?!? Jesus Joanie what a collection; one of the most fantastic, incredible absolutely bonkers collections I've ever seen!
Incredible collection!! Love the glass cases. I bet that cuts down on dust?
Very amazing collection. Thanks for sharing it with us!
Wow. What an amazing collection!
This collection is just great. I have not seen anything like that before. It is a true treasure, which I hope will prevail for the future generations. I'm going to google whether it is possible to visit his museum, because I would love to refresh my memories with something that is of superior quality (i.e. not like the last Captain America movie.
I have never seen most of that stuff in my life. Really great stuff.
Wow, what a collection. Many thanks for posting it. I'll admit some of it I wouldn't collect myself, but the vast majority, yes please. If I ever come into money, I'd love to emulate it. Drool… Memories flooding back. Oh to be a child of the cold War wasn't all bad was it?
I'd have to agree with the other Sean…this is as much a museum as it is a man cave. It's spectacular!!!


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Pro-Palestinian Wife of Europe's Banker Upsets the Dutch
By GREGORY CROUCH
Published: January 9, 2003
NIJMEGEN, the Netherlands, Jan. 8— Here and abroad, some Palestinians treat Gretta Duisenberg like a queen. Yasir Arafat refers to Ms. Duisenberg as Her Excellency.
She is not a queen and her husband, Wim Duisenberg, is not a king or a prince. Mr. Duisenberg is president of the European Central Bank -- the European version of the Federal Reserve -- and the political activism of his wife on behalf of Palestinian causes has created a royal problem for him and for their country, the Netherlands.
Ms. Duisenberg, 60, and her husband were taken to task this week by the center-right coalition government after it was learned that she used a Dutch diplomatic passport to enter Israel and the West Bank on a tour that included a meeting today with Mr. Arafat.
The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs said diplomatic passports issued to civil servants and their spouses should only be used on official business. One Dutch politician has called on the government to rescind Ms. Duisenberg's diplomatic privileges.
Asked to comment, Ms. Duisenberg dismissed the suggestion as ''ludicrous'' nitpicking.
The passport flap is just the latest episode in Ms. Duisenberg's highly publicized, pro-Palestinian campaign as chairwoman of a private Dutch group called Stop the Occupation.
Besides anonymous death threats aimed at the couple and accusations of anti-Semitism made against her, Ms. Duisenberg's efforts have raised questions about whether she is compromising her husband's political neutrality.
''It happens to be that I'm the wife of Mr. Duisenberg and I have been for 17 years,'' she said. ''Why should I pretend to be someone else? Should I suddenly change my name?''
Mr. Duisenberg has steadfastly defended his wife's right to her own opinion, including this week in an e-mail message to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in reference to the passport fracas. ''I stand,'' he wrote, ''100 percent behind her.''
Manfred Körber, a spokesman at the European Central Bank, said the phrase should not be misconstrued as an endorsement of Ms. Duisenberg's politics. Mr. Duisenberg has neither advocated nor condoned his wife's stances, Mr. Körber said.
''I am not her property,'' Mr. Duisenberg said in a television interview, ''and she is not my property.''
Ms. Duisenberg first drew attention last April after she draped a Palestinian flag over a balcony outside the couple's Amsterdam home.
''That came straight from my heart because I wanted to show what my feelings were,'' she said.
That display in turn led to a rally speech and petitions along with contributions to a pro-Palestinian Web site.
Some Jewish groups were outraged several months ago after a radio interview Ms. Duisenberg gave. The reporter asked her how many signatures she intended to collect for a pro-Palestinian petition. She paused, laughed and then responded, ''Six million?''
Some saw this a reference to Jewish Holocaust victims, and she was taken to court, accused of making an anti-Semitic remark. The Dutch public prosecutor's office refused last month to take on the case.
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''The 6,000 were still in my head and I said, 'well, six million.' We laughed because it was a ridiculous amount of signatures,'' she said.
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Ms. Duisenberg's opinions have provoked strong reactions in some quarters: a Dutch television personality draped an Israeli flag the size of a football field over the couple's home.
Earlier this week, Ms. Duisenberg generated controversy again when a few comments she made were perceived by some as supporting Palestinian suicide bombers, a charge she vigorously denied.
Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende called Ms. Duisenberg's comments a completely false signal, coming as they did so quickly after another suicide bombing attack.
But in her meeting with Mr. Arafat today, Ms. Duisenberg said she was the first to broach the subject of suicide bombers.
''I asked him,'' she said, ''how he felt about about suicide bombings. I condemned them and so did he.''
''We want peace for both countries,'' she added, referring to Israel and a possible future Palestinian state.
Photo: Gretta Duisenberg, the wife of the president of the European Central Bank, went to Ramallah in the West Bank yesterday to visit Yasir Arafat, the Palestinian leader. Her trip angered some of the couple's Dutch countrymen. (Getty Images)


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If Jon Niese misses any significant time, two of three from Jenrry Mejia, Daisuke Matsuzaka and John Lannan should be in the Opening Day rotation.PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla.
FIRST PITCH: Jonathon Niese is scheduled to have an MRI and be examined by team doctor David Altchek on Monday at the Hospital for Special Surgery in Manhattan.
Niese departed Sunday's game against the St. Louis Cardinals after two innings and 35 pitches with elbow discomfort. The southpaw did not believe the injury was severe, but clearly he now is unlikely to make the Opening Day start on March 31 against the Washington Nationals at Citi Field.
Terry Collins previously had indicated Bartolo Colon is the probable Opening Day starter if Niese is not available, with Dillon Gee the other consideration.
If Niese's elbow issue is not severe, the Mets still can place him on the disabled list to open the season and backdate it nine days into spring training.
That means Niese would be eligible to return April 6 against the Cincinnati Reds, which happens to be the first day the Mets would need a fifth starter. That also would allow the Mets to carry an extra bench player (Andrew Brown or Wilmer Flores, perhaps?) or an extra bullpen arm for the first five games of the season.
Daisuke Matsuzaka was the probable fifth starter before Niese's injury anyway.
If Niese is lost beyond April 6 and the Mets need another starter, the team would need to debate John Lannan and Jenrry Mejia's candidacies as the fill-in. Lannan otherwise should make the team in relief.
Mets officials previously have told ESPNNewYork.com that they do not want to continue to shift Mejia between starting and relieving. If Mejia is not in the rotation to start the year, team brass will have a serious discussion late in spring training about Mejia's future role -- and then stick with it.
Rafael Montero is not an Opening Day rotation consideration, but will get consideration for a relief role, according to Collins. Still, unless Lannan ends up in the rotation, it is difficult to see where Montero might fit in the pen to start the season. The projected bullpen pre-Niese injury has included Bobby Parnell, Vic Black, Jose Valverde, Carlos Torres, Jeurys Familia, Scott Rice and Lannan.
Meanwhile, the Mets who traveled to Las Vegas were due to land in the early morning hours on Monday. Most of those players likely will be excused from an afternoon game against the Miami Marlins at Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter. Lannan opposes Marlins right-hander Henderson Alvarez at 1:05 p.m. (WOR 710 AM).
Monday's news reports:
• Cory Vaughn homered against Adam Wainwright and finished with four RBIs as the Mets beat the Cards, 10-4, despite losing Niese to injury after 35 pitches. Ruben Tejada committed his fourth Grapefruit League error and was hitless in four at-bats, dropping his average to .091 (2-for-22). Read more on Tejada and the game against the Cards in the Post and MLB.com.
• Mejia and Montero allowed a combined five runs (four earned) in five innings as the Mets lost to the Chicago Cubs, 6-3, in Vegas. Juan Lagares made a dazzling catch and also threw out a runner at the plate. Flores started his second spring-training game at shortstop, with Collins pledging more action there. Brown belted a two-run homer and Zach Lutz contributed his third spring-training homer. Read more on Mejia and the Vegas game in the Post, Star-Ledger, Newsday and MLB.com.
• Read more on Niese's injury in the Post, Daily News, Times, Star-Ledger, Record, Journal, Newsday and MLB.com.Getty Images
The D-backs have a pair of shortstops: Chris Owings and Didi Gregorius.
• Ike Davis (calf) went 2-for-6 as a DH but did not run the bases after making contact during a minor-league game Sunday. He did run postgame. Lucas Duda (hamstring) had Sunday off. Read more in the Star-Ledger.
• Columnist John Harper in the Daily News suggests it might make sense to trade some of the Mets' young pitching for offense while they're still prospects and before they get hurt. Of course, Niese's injury potentially means the Mets have less room to deal because they need the pitching depth. Still, Harper notes, the Arizona Diamondbacks have two shortstops, Didi Gregorius and Chris Owings, and now may need a starting pitcher with Patrick Corbin apparently headed for Tommy John surgery.
• Matt Ehalt in the Record speaks with Matt den Dekker about his solid camp. He is hitting .379 (11-for-29) in Grapefruit League play.
• Jared Diamond in the Journal notes Las Vegas is a tough place for prospects to pitch. As for whether the 51s will remain the Mets' Triple-A affiliate beyond this season, when the current player-development agreement will have expired, Las Vegas president Don Logan told Mike Vorkunov in the Star-Ledger: "I think the geography is going to come into play. If there is a team on the East Coast available it just makes more sense maybe for them. But if you're going to be in the West, this is the best place to be, because we have tons of air access to everywhere in the country."
• How did the Mets celebrate Curtis Granderson's 33rd birthday on Friday night in Vegas? Anthony DiComo at MLB.com writes:
After a dinner at Andiamo Steakhouse, the Mets gathered around a Sigma Derby machine on the casino floor, where players could wager quarters on fake horses.
"Guys were upset they lost six dollars," Granderson recalled, laughing.
It was a way for the Mets to blow off some steam, enjoying their two-day trip to Vegas for a pair of exhibition games against the Cubs. While some members of the traveling party stuck to relaxing -- David Wright spent much of his free time watching college basketball on television -- many others dabbled in what Vegas had to offer.
BIRTHDAYS: Lagares turns 25. ... Former Mets catcher Vance Wilson is 41.
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Step 7. Feel the need for speed?
Speed training involves intervals of running at faster-than-training speed, Bakoulis says. "Training pace is a conversation pace -- meaning that you can hold a conversation while doing it," she explains. "Don't introduce speed training until you can run 20 to 30 minutes at a conversation pace," she says. Remember, "if your goal is just to finish whatever race you have set your sights on, speed training is not necessary," Bakoulis says. However, "if the goal is to maximize performance, then speed training is important." Speed training gets your body used to racing conditions. Many road runner clubs offer speed-work classes, or you can do it yourself by sprinting the stretches and jogging the curves at your local high school once a week during training.
Step 8. The long and short of it.
The basics of any training program involve a combination of hard runs, easy runs, and long runs. "Alternate your days with hard runs and easy runs," Bakoulis says. "You can do this by running every other day or by running roughly twice as much on the hard days as the easy days." Don't add miles to implement the hard runs. Instead, figure out how many miles you are doing now and divide them up so that you are running more on the hard days, less on the easy days. Get it?
As the race or marathon gets closer, start gearing up for a long run. "For a marathon, a long-run is 18 miles or more, but a long run is shorter when training for a 5K, 10K or another race," she says.
Before your run, do any type of exercise -- a light jog, calisthenics, a bicycle -- until you break a sweat, says Lewis Maharam. "Muscles are like taffy. When they are warm they stretch, and when they are cold they break." Also stretch out important muscles -- your hamstrings, quadriceps, calves, and iliotibial band -- before and after your run. "This will not only improve flexibility but prevent injury," he says.
Step 9. Rest your body and your feet.
"It's really unnecessary for 99% of runners to run every day of the week. Most people should take at least one, if not three days, off each week," Bakoulis says. "And you don't have to run every day either." Instead, try "non-impact activities such as cycling, swimming, using the elliptical trainer at a gym, or any activity that is not causing you to pound your feet at least once a week," she says.


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Studio - Beautiful View in Gouves /3
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The studio is accessible via exterior staircase. It's one big cozy room with kitchenette, fridge and small freezer, cooker, water kettle. Table and 2 chairs. In the same room, a double-bed, cupboards and safe. Free Wi-Fi. Radio. Ceiling fan. Bathroom with shower, sink and toilet. Private balcony with view on the olive groves and mountains.
You are also free to use our general balcony with view at olive groves and mountains. Iron and iron board, vacuum cleaner are available. Our washing machine is at your disposal against small fee. We provide your bed-linen and towels.
Gouves, located 18 km east of Heraklion. The centre of Kato Gouves is within walking distance (10-15 min). Here you'll find supermarkets, butchers, restaurants and taverns. Pharmacy, dentist and a 24/7 medical centre during summer season. Along the considerable stretch of seashore in Gouves, there are many excellent beaches. Gouves is ideal to start your discovery of our beautiful Island of Crete!!! Not suitable for children.
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Studio very nice, quite matching the description. Quiet, very clean and very well equipped. Located 20 km from Heraklion. Very warm welcome and Erik Alexandra.
Studio très agréable, correspondant tout à fait à la description. Calme, très propre et très bien équipé. Situé à 20 km d'Héraklion. Accueil très sympathique d'Alexandra et Erik.
hello alexandra
we had a pleasant stay at Gouves in your charming apartment.
it's very comfortable and very clean
it's nice to feel at home and know that you are always available for advice or if there's a problem.
a good address to recommend.
the apartment was really comfortable und i didn´t miss anything. the hosts were very friendly and supportive. thank you;-)
It is a very nice apartment with everything you need for a holiday to feel like being at home. The apartment was really clean and comfortable, the owners are very friendly and helpful!
We where very pleased about our guests from Hungary. Timea and Anita where
very pleasant people who enjoyed there holiday at our place. We where very
happy we could help them and we wish them all the best and maybe we see
each other again in the future. Thanks again for handover the studio
clean. We recommend them to future hosts.
Regards Erik and Sandra
It was a great summerholiday in kato gouves! We stayed 11 days.
The apartment was exactly as on the pictures. Sandra and Eric are very friendly and helpful people. The bus stop is just a one minute walk away. You can easily walk to the beach. On the second half of our stay we rented a car, there is plenty of space in front of the house. There are great restaurants in the area and they aren't expensive. But we also cooked quite a few times and you can find everything you need in the kitchen.
We really can just recommend to stay at Sandra and Eriks!
Perfect! A beautiful apartment with balcony in the sunset, where we could enjoy a glass of wine each evening, a not too long walk to a sandy beach without rocks and algae, but with wonderful waves, an ideal starting point for car trips in all directions of the island and a incredibly friendly and helpful host who was always easily accessible, have transformed our two-week vacation into an unforgettable experience. Thank you!
Perfekt! Ein schönes Appartment mit Balkon in Richtung Sonnenuntergang, auf dem wir jeden Abend ein Glas Wein genießen konnten; ein nicht zu langer Fußweg zu einem Sandstrand ohne Steine und Algen, dafür mit wunderbaren Wellen; ein optimaler Ausgangspunkt für Mietwagenfahrten in alle Richtungen der Insel und ein unglaublich freundlicher und hilfsbereiter Gastgeber, der immer leicht erreichbar war, haben unseren zweiwöchigen Urlaub in ein unvergessliches Erlebnis verwandelt.
Vielen Dank!
Small and very comfortable apartment, nice and clean for a very reasonable price. We highly recommend it. Mireille and Andrea Ferlazzo
Petit appartement très confortable, agréable et très propre, pour un prix très raisonnable. Nous le recommandons fortement.
Mireille et Andrea FERLAZZO
It was great to have a very clean and roomy appartment nearby the airport of Heraklion. A 15 minutes drive took us to Gouves where we were heartily welcomed by our host Erik. We received a wonderful welcome at our arrival, due to our 25th marriage-anniversary, champagne and a nice hand-written card in Dutch and Greek were awaiting us! Thanks a lot Sandra & Erik and we`ve enjoyed a wonderful second honeymoon at Crete!
The apartment was very clean and we were given every 3 days Handücher and fresh linens. Erik was very helpful and gracious. The Aussischt of the sunset from the balcony was very nice
Das Appartement war sehr sauber und wir bekamen alle 3 Tage frische Handücher und Bettwäsche. Erik war sehr hilfsbereit und liebenswert. Die Aussischt vom Balkon auf den Sonnenuntergang war sehr schön
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Judge Gordon Sullivan has two in the hand and one in the bush.
Editor's Note
Our review of Ace In The Hole, published July 23rd, 2007, is also available.
The Charge
A scathing indictment of American culture.
Opening Statement
On 8 March 2014, Malaysia Air Flight 370 went missing. It was a compelling story, full of a missing plane, some dodgy passengers, and a real head-scratcher in terms of where the plane might have gone down. Despite the fact that we've been living in the world of the 24/7 news cycle for over two decades now, CNN devoted what many thought was an excessive amount of air time to the plane, weeks after it had gone missing and no new developments had occurred. And yet people continued to tune in and CNN kept airing their increasingly outlandish theories in a vicious cycle that only really benefitted advertisers. Though it might be an extreme example, the case of CNN and Flight 370 is a pretty perfect representation of what news has become in the 21st century: a cycle where viewer and journalist are locked into a story they manufacture together with their attention. That's not terribly surprising given the rise of the internet and cable news. What is surprising is that Billy Wilder predicted this situation in 1951 with his pitch-black satire Ace in the Hole. Though it was a total flop at the time, Criterion has resurrected the film for a second time with this dual-format edition, and it's near-perfect.
Facts of the Case
Chuck Tatum (Kirk Douglas, Spartacus) is a competent reporter with a taste for boozing. He's been fired from one of the Big East newspapers and heads west for another life. Car trouble strands him in Albuquerque, where he charms his way into a job at the local paper. A year passes, with Chuck angling for anything he can parley into a job back east. While out and about, Chuck finds Leo in a collapsing cave and decides to milk the story for all it's worth. In the process, though, the story becomes bigger than even he could have imagined.
The Evidence
Billy Wilder's two most famous films are probably the ones he made with Marilyn Monroe, Some Like it Hot and The Seven Year Itch. Though both have their dark undercurrents, they end on relatively happy, hopeful notes. Film fans are just as likely, though, to know Wilder for two dark classics: Sunset Blvd and Double Indemnity, a pair of black-as-sin dramas that are as dark and cynical as movies could come in the era of the Production Code. Ace in the Hole, though, may be darker than either one of those films. While Sunset was aimed at Hollywood and invoked Gloria Swanson's madness, Double Indemnity gave us a picture of human greed. Compared to Ace in the Hole, they're both small potatoes. This film paints everyone as complicit in a society that would take pleasure at the misfortune of others, which is what seems to inevitably happen with widespread news sources.
So, if you're looking for a dark, cynical film, then Ace in the Hole is perfect. What distinguishes it, though, is that it's willing to point the finger at everybody, not just the media. A show like Newsroom wants to paint the average viewer as someone who's been duped by bad reporting and Big Media. Ace in the Hole, however, tells us that no, the average person is complicit in the production and consumption of human misery. It's a bleak outlook, but one that feels oddly comforting in its grandeur.
Part of the reason the film is ultimately comforting is that Kirk Douglas is our guide into Wilder's bleak world. This is the heroic age for Douglas, just as his star was starting to really rise. Though he'd had turns in strong movies before (Out of the Past is an early example, Champion helped make his name not long before Ace in the Hole), this was really his chance to dig into a big part with one of Hollywood's most famous writer/directors. He digs into the part with relish, giving viewers an early preview of the scenery-chewing titan he would become in Spartacus. Douglas is perfectly cast as a ?man's man? we as the audience at first don't like, but respect. As Wilder's narrative slowly twists Tatum and his dreams of a job back east, it's easy to get caught up with Douglas before a final knife-twist ending.
The folks at Criterion have given Ace in the Hole a Blu-ray release as big as Douglas' performance. It's one of their dual-format releases, which means two DVDs (which seem untouched from the 2007 release) and a Blu-ray with identical features. The Blu-ray boasts a 1.37:1/1080p AVC-encoded transfer of a restored version of the film. The original DVD looked beautiful, but this Blu-ray is better in every category. Detail and grain are pitch-perfect, contrast is strong throughout, and black levels stay nice and deep, even inside the cave. Nitpickers can find a bit of damage in a few frames, and some fading, but overall the image is stunning. The LPCM 1.0 mono track isn't quite as enchanting, but it does a fine job with the dialogue and the film's score.
Bonus features begin with a commentary by Wilder scholar Neil Sinyard, who has a lot of interesting things to say about Ace in the Hole and its reception. Then, we get an hour-long documentary on Wilder from 1980 which is primarily comprised of interviews with the man himself, who spends a bit of time on Ace in the Hole and its re-titling. We also get more of Wilder in excerpts from interviews he conducted at the AFI. Douglas appears for a 1984 interview where he discusses Wilder and his working methods. We also get an interview with co-screenwriter Walter Newman, who discusses how he got involved in Wilder's film. Spike Lee shows up for an afterward to the film where he gushes about his love for Ace in the Hole. There's also a photo gallery, the film's trailer, and a standard def DVD copy. The set includes the usual Criterion insert, but instead of a booklet, it's folded like a newspaper, with pieces by Molly Haskell and Guy Maddin.
The Rebuttal Witnesses
Ace in the Hole is dark and cynical. Those looking for a romantic or lighthearted drama should look elsewhere. The decision to upgrade from the 2007 DVD is also not totally straightforward. Though this release is technically superior in every regard, no new extras might make it a tough sell for some fans.
Closing Statement
Ace in the Hole doesn't read like a great experience; a dark tale of tabloid journalism sounds more like the world we live in than something we'd want to see on screen. However, those who dive into Wilder's cynical world will be rewarded by a prescient glimpse into modern life and a great performance by Kirk Douglas.
The Verdict
Not guilty.
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Saturday had a 5k at my old High School. sadly they changed the course so I couldn't compete against the high school version of me but it was a great run. the old course was 2.8 miles but was Uberhilly so time were akin to a 5k's. Now the course is still very very hilly but it's a full 5k. it very small field but saw an old XC teammate and other friends. I did even meet up with my old XC coach, Coach Rapson. it was amazing. haven't seen the guy in two decades and after saying hi, he tells me to double tie my shoes so I don't wipe out like I did in high school once. twenty years later and still busting my chops. ::) the start was pretty informal just a loud "Go!" from the Girls XC coach and we were off. I took off w/ my old teammate Bennet. We hit the first turn and the race is over Bennet is gone and there is nobody near me. Up the first bad hill and it hurts. I reach the top and note my HR is 190 highest HR I've hit. no problem only 2.8 miles to go and 3 hills to go. :P. During my 4 years in XC I did the old course countless times in races and practice somuch I could do it in my sleep so at the end of the 2nd hill I passed Coach Rap and turned left like we always used to do ignoring the large white straight arrow on the ground. from behind me I heard the familiar voice of Coach Rap 'G#$%^mn it go straight Joe!' gotta love the personal service you get at small races.I slogged along by myself and made it the finisher's hill, a short but steep mutha, without walking and crossed the finish line to collect my old school tongue depressor w/ the #2 on top of it. still a great course but will be doing a lot more hill work before I try this again.
overlsept this AM in honor of the longest day of 2010. At Lunch I ran a little over 5miles in 47:30 avg HR 149. heat and hills were a factor today. I hit the trio of hills by wings field again and attacked as my plan says I should for 5 1/2 minutes. The whole time the Voice in my head (today played by oscar award winning Louis Gossett Jr. a.k.a Gunnery Sargeant Foley) yelling at me go just 1% harder. Near the top I alternated visualizing the finish line clock at 12:59:59 (my iron distance goal) and 19:59 (my 5k run time goal). nothing like mental games to get you through a tough day.
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Merge Request[edit]
A merge request was put on this shortly after I started work. There is already a seperate entry on the First War of Scottish Independence, and I believe the much neglected Second War needs similar treatment. It receives partial and cursory treatment in the Wars of Scottish Independence page. I could expand this but that would risk making the whole thing excessive in length. Rcpaterson 22:25, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
- I agree that this article is valid and there is no need to merge it. It needs to be exanded, which it seems Rcpaterson intends to do. Tyrenius 22:50, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
- As the merge tag has been removed via a revert by Netsnipe who put it there in the first place, do I take it that there is a consensus not to merge? At least an informative edit summary would have been helpful. Tyrenius 04:50, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
- You could merge an article unilaterally if you wanted. However, if other editors are involved it is best to discuss (hence the tag). Through discussion the next step is reached (merge or not merge so remove tag). At the moment it is the case that involved editors have seen fit that this is best as a separate article. If nothing happens to it after a while and all the info is in the main article, you may think it best to merge it after all. No point keeping the merge tag on at the moment, unless you are suggesting it should be merged at the moment. Tyrenius 00:03, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
I see a stub has now been put on this; but what I have written already is not a 'stub'-at least as I understand the term-but an intro. I would have finished the whole article within a day or two, but I have since been diverted on to other projects. I will, however, continue, if that is the consensus.Rcpaterson 23:06, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
- Wiki doesn't have isolated intros. It only has stubs! I think from above conversation you should go ahead and complete the article. Tyrenius 00:03, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
Wow, a massive article and a massive section! Well there is plenty of content but it should probably be combined here, into this article, instead of spread out like it is. However this article is already about 40kb :) --Fxer 17:50, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
- The merge tag was put on when this article was just a paragraph. I propose removing the tag, now that this topic has turned into a full article in its own right. Tyrenius 23:37, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
- You do note that this merge tag is about adding information from the Wars of Scottish Independence page into this article? --Fxer 23:59, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
- Sorry, I didn't. I thought it was the original merge tag reinstated. Tyrenius 12:40, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
I'm really not sure that there is anything to be merged: this article contains much more than the rather limited sub-section in the Wars of Scottish Independence page. I have to say that I have major issues with the way the subject has been approached, which is precisely why I created this page in the first place. I'm sorry to say there is some deep intellectual confusion over this whole topic. We have an article on the First War of Scottish Independence, which seemingly ended for some bizarre and unexplained reason in 1306, and then another page which correctly takes the contest down to 1328, but loses all detail and focus half way through. The one simply does not tie in with the other. My preference would be to scrap both of the latter and create a new page along the lines of this present article: but that would probably mean standing on about a million toes! Rcpaterson 04:45, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
- I'm all for bold edits, but I don't know about just scrapping the articles wholesale. I would think these articles should be organized like the rest of wikipedia, we have a First War article, a Second War article and then use the Wars of Scottish Independence article as an overview, with general info about the struggles, as well as paragraph long excerpts and links to the First and Second war articles. I'd agree with Rcpaterson on the points that the articles on the topic definately need some reorganizing and rewriting. --Fxer 16:01, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
- A good plan. Tyrenius 18:24, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
Could someone please explain why this is called a war of independence? From the article it sounds more like a Scottish dynastic struggle with some English intereference than a struggle for independence. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.108.40.206 (talk) 12:41, 5 November 2007 (UTC) Not so; Edward III had a long-standing ambition to negate the 'shameful peace' of 1328 and to succeed where his father and grandfather failed. His intention was to make Edward Balliol king of a trancated Scotland and subject to his own authority with the stipulation that if Balliol died without issue the Scottish crown would fall to the Englsih crown as a feudal escheat. To some extent Balliol's role in the whole process was to provide a fig-leaf of legality to the adventures of Beaumont, Wake, Talbot etc.. Edward Balliol was of course the l;egitimate heir to the crown in terms of simple primogeniture, but his 'right' had been rejected by the Community of the Realm in 1320 in favour of Robert I. This is a matter of some significance; in England the Crown in Parliament is sovereign, but in Scotland sovereignty rests with the people - a principle given in court as recently as 1954. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.8.131.52 (talk) 15:35, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
Why the strange titles?[edit]
Can someone please explain why the sections of the article have vague and slightly ridiculous titles such as "Autumn King" and "Awakened Dreams"? I'm sure someone has gone to a lot of effort to think them up, and they must have some relevance to the article, but they don't half make it difficult to tell which section is about which phase of the war. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.108.40.206 (talk) 12:23, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
Agreed they seem out of place. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.127.116.11 (talk) 01:44, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
Agreed. I've replaced the title headings to read a little better, although not by much. To be honest, I'd argue that this article needs a total rewrite. As it stands, we've got no in-text citations and the article as a whole reads very much as if it came from the pen of King David himself. Dougano (talk) 13:39, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
Actually, this article needs a rename too. Wikipedia is the only place I've seen this period referred to as part of the Wars of Scottish Independence, which previously included that from 1297-1304 and 1306-1328. At the very, very least, the name should be changed to Third War of Scottish Independence.Chuck Hamilton (talk) 19:40, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
POV tag?[edit]
Does anyone see the reason, why the tag was placed? In the history, You may note that the anonymous IP placed it: [1], but with no description, with no discussion, without any relevant action to clarify his/her disapproval. So hereby here I call for its disposal. If this section will remain unanswered for more then let say a month, I see it fit for anyone to remove the tag. Reo ON | +++ 16:41, 23 October 2009 (UTC)
- Given the circumstances, I removed it. It's over a year old and the lack of a discussion since then seems to indicate that the time for all due haste has passed. A POV tagger should at least give some indication of the issues. If anyone has anything to say on the topic, please do so here. Regards, Notuncurious (talk) 17:50, 23 October 2009 (UTC)
- OK, thats good, right. But regardless the circumstances I am glad, that there was at least us two who reached agreement before the removal. I completely agree regarding the indication of POV issue, however I see it common , that it is often missing, such empty POVs are then weeding lot of articles. In such cases I try to set some quasi-discussion for one month and than, if empty (and that is always) I remove the tag. Maybe overcaring? Have a good time Reo ON | +++ 05:59, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
Copyright problem[edit]
This article uses text from For the Lion: a History of the Scottish Wars of Independence to which Wikipedia is not legally entitled, lacking proper licensing by the publisher. The article was created with this content with more text added incrementally to this point. Examples of some of the problematic text include: [2],[3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14], [15], [16], [17]. Given the number of edits to this article since, I had hoped to be able to clean it as I went, but at this point it is apparent to me that most of this content remains unchanged and there is considerably more ground still to cover, some of which I already know is copied: [18]. I'm very sorry to say that, at this point, it seems that to avoid creating an unauthorized derivative work, this article will need to be completely rewritten. It is being blanked to give interested and knowledgeable contributors an opportunity to help out in the hopes that one of you will. It will be revisited after about a week to see what further steps may be necessary. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 16:46, 17 March 2010 (UTC)
Interesting poing about the copyright. Good job with the re-write. Can I respectfully ask why change the subheadings that were there before? They broke the conflict into distinct phases. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 22.214.171.124 (talk) 19:23, 4 June 2010 (UTC)
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Change is inevitable, but it is often incremental and non-linear. In the coming decades, China may surge out of its unimpressive condition and close the gap with the United States," writes Belfer Center ISP fellow Michael Beckley, "[however] the trends suggest that the United States economic, technological, and military lead over China will be an enduring feature of international relations, not a passing moment in time, but a deeply embedded condition that will persist well into this century.
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"China narrowed the gap in terms of gross domestic product (GDP) and will likely overtake the United States as the world's largest economy sometime between 2015 and 2040. What matters for national power, however, is not gross wealth, but net wealththe wealth left over after people are clothed and fed. China's 1.3 billion people produce a large volume of output, but they also consume most of it immediately, leaving little left over for national purposes."
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The upcoming transition in North Koreas leadership will not inevitably bring about a collapse of government, but the potential consequences of such an event necessitate advance and combined planning. It is imperative that China, South Korea, and the United States develop a coordinated response, as each of these countries could take destabilizing action to protect their individual interests. A relatively benign collapse could require 260,000 to 400,000 troops to gain control of North Koreas nuclear weapons, prevent humanitarian disaster, manage regional refugees, and ensure stable U.S.-Chinese relations. Civil war or war on the peninsula would only increase these requirements.


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Think majesty, think Andrea Pirlo.
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The Daily Star, among others, believe Arsenal, Tottenham and Chelsea would all fight it out for the midfield maestro, but moving to England would be the man's first and final mistake.
It's difficult to believe he'd make the error given his career history is littered with good decisions—be it swapping Milan teams or joining Juventus at just the right time—but the overtures of England's top tier have fooled many in the past.
Pirlo's contract is up at the end of the the 2013-14 season, and he is set to retire from international duty after Italy's 2014 FIFA World Cup duty in Brazil.
The aforementioned report suggests Juventus manager Antonio Conte has a tough decision to make regarding whether or not to extend the 34-year-old's stay, and the immense strength in depth in Turin clouds the issue further.
Paul Pogba set his stall out in Manchester, making it clear that Sir Alex Ferguson either plays him, or he leaves. The latter happened, and the progress the Frenchman has made at the Old Lady is beyond astonishing.
He will be the priority of sorts, while Arturo Vidal—arguably the Bianconeri's best player—is a cornerstone in the XI. Claudio Marchisio, a Juventino born and bred, is adored at the Juventus Stadium and stayed with the club despite being relegated to Serie B—can you see Beppe Marrotta sanctioning his sale?
Add the rumours of Conte targeting Xabi Alonso, relayed by Marca, and you've got yourself quite the dilemma.
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Sara Jane Olson, the former fugitive radical, will ask an appeals court to let her withdraw her guilty plea to charges that she helped plant bombs under Los Angeles police cars in 1975, her lawyer said. Ms. Olson, who tried to retract her plea but was rejected by Judge Larry Paul Fidler of Superior Court and sentenced to 20 years to life in prison, will file a notice of appeal shortly, the lawyer said. After her sentencing last week, Ms. Olson was one of four people charged with murder by prosecutors in Sacramento, who accuse them of participating in a bank robbery in which a bystander was killed. Ms. Olson pleaded not guilty to the murder charge.


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AVONDALE, La. Lucas Glover increased his lead to two strokes in the Zurich Classic to remain in position for his first victory in two years.
The 2009 U.S. Open winner shot a 2-under 70 on Saturday to reach 14 under at TPC Louisiana.
Kyle Stanley, Jimmy Walker, Billy Horschel and D.A. Points were tied for second. Stanley had a 65, Walker and Horschel shot 66, and Points had a 70.
Guan Tianlang, the 14-year-old Chinese amateur, shot a 77 to drop to 2 over last among the 71 players who made the cut. He tied for 58th two weeks ago in the Masters after becoming the youngest player to make the cut at Augusta National, and will play in a U.S. Open qualifier in two weeks in Dallas.
Kevin Stadler was 11 under after a 65 matching Stanley for the best round of the day.
Boo Weekley, a stroke behind Glover entering the round, salvaged a 73 with a two-putt birdie on the 18th to finish at 10 under.
Ernie Els, who entered the day in a tie for fifth, also shot 72 to drop to a tie for 17th at 8 under.
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