The Collected Works of Hayao Miyazaki Coming to Blu-Ray

Due out exclusively from Amazon on November 17th, The Collected Works of Hayao Miyazaki contains each of the maestro’s eleven feature films: Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Castle in the Sky, My Neighbor Totoro, Kiki’s Delivery Service, Porco Rosso, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, Howl’s Moving Castle, Ponyo, and The Wind Rises.
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Edward Gorey: cover star of book design

The author and illustrator is much revered for his own weird and wonderful books, yet his 200-plus jacket designs are virtually ignored. Steven Heller celebrates his contribution to a unique era of publishing.
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Goldenballs

Not for nothing was Jacob Fugger known as “Jacob the Rich.”
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This is what 164 skydivers breaking a world record looks like

How's your Friday going? In a Chicago suburb, 164 people just set a new world record for the largest ever vertical skydiving formation (the previous mark was set in 2012 and featured 138 skydivers). It took the team of skydivers 13 tries to all link up properly, but once they did, the result was "awesome, man," organizer Rock Nelson said. Check it out for yourself...
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‘Out of Ashes,’ by Konrad H. Jarausch

A historian tracks Europe’s course through one of its most tumultuous eras. By Geoffrey Wheatcroft.
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Tribute to Hayao Miyazaki

from dono | Music by Joe Hisaishi | Made with Blender, Gimp, Octane and Natron.
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The Last True Know-It-All

Lauren Kassel reviews "The Last Man Who Knew Everything: Thomas Young, the Anonymous Polymath Who Proved Newton Wrong, Explained How We See, Cured the Sick, and Deciphered the Rosetta Stone, Among Other Feats of Genius" by Andrew Robinson.
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Alan Cheuse, Novelist And Longtime NPR Contributor, Dies At 75

The author and critic died Friday of injuries sustained in a car accident. For years, he was the voice of NPR's literature commentary — and, for many, the "guide to a very exciting world."
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Scientology Private Schools & Sea Org Recruitment (2015)

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Quarterback Russell Wilson agrees to extension with Seattle Seahawks

Quarterback Russell Wilson and the Seattle Seahawks have agreed to a four-year contract extension worth $87.6 million, sources confirmed to ESPN.
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Cleveland Indians Strike Early, Carlos Carrasco Throws Two-Hitter in 3-1 Win over A's

The Indians have received three straight complete games from Carlos Carrasco, Corey Kluber and Trevor Bauer. It's the first time the Indians have done that since 1994.
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‘Martial Bliss,’ a Loving Memoir About a Bookstore for Military Buffs

The story Margaretta Barton Colt has to tell in her charming memoir, “Martial Bliss” — do not misread its title as “Marital Bliss” — takes place only a few decades ago. But it seems to emerge as if from a time machine. Ms. Colt’s husband, Harris Colt, had lost his Wall Street job. Rather than seek a new one, he and the author pursued his unlikely dream: They opened a specialty antiquarian bookstore unlike any other, one that sold only military titles. This was quixotic in more ways than one.
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Meet the Male Writers Who Hide Their Gender to Attract Female Readers

Women writers have long disguised their gender hoping to get taken seriously, but a few male authors pretend to be female to hopefully sell more books.
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The Daily Show on Instagram: “Tonight, Jon doesn't sell out, he buys in."

I, for one, will miss Jon Stewart.
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Cable TV box rental fees cost average household $232 a year

99 percent of customers rent set-top boxes from TV providers, survey found.
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I Just Went To My First Tottenham Game!

The 2015 MLS All-Star Game in Denver, Colorado (Plus, a B-2 bomber flyover during the national anthem)
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How to Get to the Fourth Dimension

A new book offers mathematical puzzles, such as fitting a coin through a hole that seems too small to accommodate it. Colm Mulcahy reviews "Things to Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension: A Mathematician's Journey through Narcissistic Numbers, Optimal Dating Algorithms, at Least Two Kinds of Infinity, and More," by Matt Parker. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
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Kings to hire Nancy Lieberman as second female NBA assistant coach

The Sacramento Kings have agreed to hire Nancy Lieberman as an assistant coach, a person with knowledge of the deal confirmed to USA TODAY Sports. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because the agreement had not yet been announced.
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The men of Friday Night Lights football team reunite to relive their story 25 years later

What an epilogue.
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Tribute to Hayao Miyazaki

from dono | Music by Joe Hisaishi | Made with Blender, Gimp, Octane and Natron.
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The Physical Asian Version of "Resident Evil: Revelations 2" (PS Vita) Will Have English Text

Play-Asia has tweeted some information about the Asian version of the game. If you want to have the physical version of this PS Vita game, but don't know Japanese, then this is great news for you!
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Royale - Close To The Vest

Yeeeeah, that's some relaxing end-of-day vaping music right there. For real.
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1000 Musicians Play "Learn to Fly" To Ask Foo Fighters To Play In Italy

I got chills watching this. Awesome...
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Winter Olympics 2022 decision: Beijing beats Almaty to host Games – as it happened

Rolling report: Beijing narrowly beat Almaty 44-40 in the IOC vote to win the right to host the 2022 Winter Olympics and Lausanne was also confirmed as the home of the 2020 Youth Olympic Winter Games.
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An Introvert’s Guide to Eating and Drinking Out

Most of the time, introverts love an evening out. The true introvert is as comfortable alone in a busy restaurant or bar as they are anywhere else. And, if you are lucky, on any given evening, a polite nameless person will step out the crowd, hand you a menu, and slip away. You will look down at the choices and smile, knowing that this is the beginning of another wonderful time spent in the company of Emily Dickinson, Jonathan Franzen, or Donna Tartt.
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Boston Comic Con from the celebs’ point of view

Boston Comic Con rolls into the Seaport World Trade Center July 31 through Aug. 2 with its usual sideshow of celebrities plucked from pop culture’s firmament.
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The lonesome death of pop culture icon Pinhead

As played by Doug Bradley, he’s one of the most iconic movie monsters in film history: erudite and articulate, officious to a fault. One might even say, given that both Barker and Bradley are English, that Pinhead is posh.
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Europe's Strongest Man 2015 - Mountain Wins Again! Hafthor Bjornsson

The mountain from game of thrones (hafþór julius bjornsson) competed in Europe's Strongest Man on the 12th July 2015 in Leeds and defended his title which never looked in doubt. Thor not only retained his Europe's Strongest Man title and became the winner of 2015, but set a personal best on the deadlift at an awesome 450kg.
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Edge of Tomorrow 2 Teased by Tom Cruise

Tom Cruise recently said he has pitched Edge of Tomorrow 2 to Christopher McQuarrie and Doug Liman, and the story would involve Emily Blunt's character.
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Japanese Bullet Train to Cosplay as Neon Genesis Evangelion Unit-01

Once a day, the train will make the return journey between Osaka and Fukuoka (the two largest cities in western Japan), with operations scheduled to start in autumn 2015 and continue until March 2017.
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"MLP : Applejack" by Donuts (AquaGalaxy)

hay bales are impossible to draw D: i changed the sky colours so many times ;v; but i'm finally done! Applejack (c) hasbro
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4 Star Jordan Stevenson commits to Nebraska

A former Wisconsin commit, Stevenson was denied admission by UW and reopened his recruitment earlier this week. He officially visited Nebraska and Miami and was potentially going to visit Alabama as well before making his decision.
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The Top Gear Crew Is Headed to Amazon Prime

“I feel like I've climbed out of a bi-plane and into a spaceship.
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The ridiculous cosmology of Dragon Ball Z, explained

This is all amazing, and even though we're adults now, Dragon Ball Z is amazing -- intentional or not.
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Art as a Form of Active Prayer and What Writers Really Labor For

“Immerse yourself in the common ground of the universe so that your true voice — not the egoistic voice that clamors vainly for power (for it will ruin you if you listen to it) — your authentic voice … may be heard.” Why do we humans create — why do artists make art, why do writers write? Pablo Neruda gave a beautiful answer in his metaphor of the hand through the fence. For Joan Didion, the impulse is a vital gateway to her own mind.
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After capitalism, what comes next? For a start, ethics

While some find it hard to imagine life after capitalism, the digitally connected people of the world have begun embracing a new set of ethical concerns requiring new types of economies.
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The Video Game Dream: A Pakistani Teen Gets Rich Quick In E-Sports

Sumail Hassan made $200,000 after one month as a professional gamer in the U.S. His team, Evil Geniuses, will compete next week for more than $6 million.
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One Two Three, by Michael Loughran

The future is treebound in its iron feathers, lazy, possibly indigenous, mute as a roach and as scampery, so I pick up your sunglasses and put them down, I’m enthusiastic about sunglasses and saying your name in full— the high river in me would take a chainsaw to every tree and that’s the part that belongs to you.
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Indians Avoid Winless Homestand, Beat Royals 12-1

The Cleveland Indians found the perfect way to avoid a win less homestand.
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30th July 1966 - England win the World Cup in front of 97,000 fans and the Queen at Wembley

England captain Bobby Moore lifted the Jules Rimet trophy after a thrilling match which saw a late German comeback, a controversial winner and the only hat-trick in a World Cup final.
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Thinking Like a Mountain

How Aldo Leopold came to conservationism. Aldo Leopold on a trip to the Rio Gavilan, ca. 1936. Photo: U.S. Forest ServiceOn the first day of April 1944, Aldo Leopold sat down at his desk to craft a confession. Leopold’s reputation was already growing across the country—a champion of modern wildlife management and the father of the Gila Wilderness, he was known as a good man and great teacher—but this would be something new and strange...
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NASCAR will Proceed with High-Drag Package at Michigan

Drivers raised doubts about the package after Indianapolis, but NASCAR will push forward with it at Michigan.
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Benedict Cumberbatch, a Hamlet Who’s One Hot Ticket in London

Mr. Cumberbatch’s appearance as Hamlet in a 12-week run at the Barbican is easily the most anticipated event of the London theatrical season.
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REPORT: Olympians At 2016 Games Will Be Swimming And Boating In Contaminated Waters

Water At Some Olympic Venues In Rio de Janeiro Reportedly Contain Virus Levels On Par With Raw Sewage
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Inside the 13 Books on the Man Booker Longlist

The authors in the running for Britain's most prestigious literary award come from seven countries and include seven women writers.
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Room | Official Teaser Trailer HD | A24

"A modern-day story about the boundless love between mother and child."
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Olympic teams to swim, boat in Rio's filth

Athletes in next year's Summer Olympics here will be swimming and boating in waters so contaminated with human feces that they risk becoming violently ill and unable to compete in the games, an Associated Press investigation has found.
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Ohio State ranked No. 1 in 2015 preseason Coaches Poll

Ladies and gentlemen, we have our first official preseason poll of the 2015 season.
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The Dandy Warhols - Mohammed 1999

Second track of the album 'thirteen tales from urban bohemia' (1999)
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Ancient Aliens Debunked [2012]

Ancient Aliens Debunked is a 3 hour refutation of the theories proposed on the History Channel series Ancient Aliens. It is essentially a point by point critique of the "ancient astronaut theory" which has been proposed by people like Erich von Däniken and Zecharia Sitchin as well as many others.
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