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A Halloween classic from 1982 by Tim Burton, narrated by Vincent Price. -via The Daily Martini

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The Vatican has suspended sales of a papal medal which heralds the world's savior, Lesus.

Four of the medals, which went on sale Tuesday, had already been sold. It has been suggested that because of the error these could become valuable. The medals were made by the Italian State Mint and should have carried the inscription: "Vidit ergo Jesus publicanum, et quia miserando atque eligendo vidit, ait illi, 'Sequere me.'" This roughly translates as, "Jesus therefore sees the tax collector, and since he sees by having mercy and by choosing, he says to him, 'follow me.'" Instead, someone named "Lesus" saw the tax collector.

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IFC has renewed Comedy Bang! Bang! for a third season, the network announced today. New installments will air in two ten-episode chunks starting next year. Did you know that every day in this country, someone pops his or her head over a cubicle wall and starts a conversation with, "So, ... More »

We already heard a snippet of Prince's new jam Breakfast Can Wait, but the whole song and accompanying video certainly deliver. (Because breakfast?) Even more impressive, it was directed by and stars 18-year-old Danielle Curie.

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Orlando Cruz weighed in for the bout wearing rainbow briefs and will wear rainbow trunks during the fight. He spoke to the Guardian about tonight's featherweight world title match.

Cruz understands how this fight will smudge the boundaries between the personal and professional. He even implies that Salido, as a Mexican, might be troubled by facing a gay fighter. "My coming out made it harder for him. He will have it in his mind that he's fighting a homosexual for the world title." Is he suggesting Salido might be homophobic? "He's professional with me but Mexicans often have something homophobic in them. It's the machismo culture. He won't want to lose to a gay man. Salido will be much more aggressive. He will want to make a statement because I'm gay. But he'll fall into the trap by being macho. I'll let him come at me, and I'll show him then. The only language I will use is spoken by my fists. They will do my talking."

The Bleacher Report is predicting that the slightly bigger Salido will win. Cruz is 5'4" and weighs 125 pounds.

Salido has a two-inch height and reach advantage, but Cruz is clearly the quicker, slicker boxer. The major question to be answered in this fight is whether Cruz can hurt Salido with single shots. El Fenomeno doesn’t throw a lot of combinations. This could be an issue, considering Salido’s counter-punching prowess. Throwing one shot at a time will make him easier to counter and time. This will only increase Salido's aggressiveness. If Cruz can’t slow the former champion's pursuit, stamina could become a problem later in the fight.

The fight will air at 9pm ET/6pm PT on HBO Pay-Per-View. (Photo via Andres Duque.)

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Slaughterhouse Starlets

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"Can you send her back to return these?"

You may not be familiar with the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). This morning, the little-known group has rocketed to international status:

The global chemical weapons watchdog working to eliminate chemical arms stockpiles around the battlefields of Syria’s civil war won the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday.

The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), a relatively small organisation with a modest budget, dispatched experts to Syria after a sarin gas attack killed more than 1,400 people near Damascus in August.

Their deployment under a U.N. mandate helped avert a U.S. strike against President Bashar al-Assad and marked an unusual step into the limelight for a group more used to working behind the scenes overseeing the destruction of chemical weapons worldwide.

“We were aware that our work silently but surely was contributing to peace in the world,” OPCW head Ahmet Uzumcu said. “The last few weeks have brought this to the fore. The entire international community has been made aware of our work.”

Nobel Peace Prize committee head Thorbjoern Jagland said the award was a reminder to nations such as the United States and Russia to eliminate their own large stockpiles, “especially because they are demanding that others do the same, like Syria”.

“We now have the opportunity to get rid of an entire category of weapons of mass destruction…That would be a great event in history if we could achieve that,” he said.

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Terrifying Sculptures by Mark Jenkins

Imagine walking around the corner and seeing one of these. American artist Mark Jenkins is fond of installing sculptures in public that hurtle you screaming into the uncanny valley.

When you are in the final minute of this crazy game of life, right before the buzzer goes off what will flash through your mind? Your life might seem like it passed by in a foggy blur and like a slippery football you might sadly realize you fell short of catching the ball in many facets of the game. You know you could have been a better player, but now it’s too late. The good news is there is one big thing that we can do right now to help us win the game. We need to contemplate death. This may sound a little – well, morbid, but stay with me.   From the moment we are born we begin our path to death. We don't know when or how it will happen; we only know that it will happen. There is no benefit from denying this fact; every living being on the planet is going to face their own death within the next 100 years. The reality is that death doesn't have to be so scary; we can cultivate infinite beauty and happiness from examining our immortality. Death is our teacher and from it we can learn about life. Death teaches us the true value of life, in an instant our priorities become clear and change becomes easy. When contemplating death some of our previous priorities and problems can almost seem silly. We find clarity in the saying, “don't sweat the small stuff” and we appreciate our loved ones on an entirely new level. Contemplating death teaches us to step out of the fog and begin living in moment. When our mind bounces from thought to thought, preparing for the future and reliving the past.  We rarely stop to see the present.  The problem with this is that these foggy moments can fill up most of our lives.  When examining death we also begin to contemplate our impermanence, and in doing so start to houseclean our unhealthy attachments to worldly possessions. Are you under the belief that our modern medicine and technology, your money, possessions or spiritual beliefs are going to save you?  The fact is when we die none of these things matter anymore, our possessions, friends, enemies, goals and ambitions cease to exist immediately.   One thing however does remain untouched. And that thing is your inner light, the soul, your consciousness, the true base of your existence, the self - whatever you call it, it can't be destroyed nor will it ever die. Therefore by practicing virtues such as loving kindness, compassion, patience and gratitude we can truly ripen jovial seeds full of promise. Accepting our impending death doesn't mean giving up; quite the opposite, by acknowledging death you can begin to see the fragility and beauty of life, you can begin to take the steps to live a life of mindfulness. You might think, "I'm too young to contemplate death." You most of all should begin this process. You are so fortunate to be in a position to have no regrets when your time does arrive. Start early; begin living a mindful life right now! You also might say, "I'm too old to begin this contemplation," You most of all should be practicing. It is often said that your state of mind at death will predict your journey after this life. It's never too late. In other words, everyone should be contemplating death. No exceptions. There are many things we can start doing today to help us live a more meaningful life, but I can’t think of one thing that will have a bigger impact on your quality of life then contemplating death.  If anyone is interested in tips on how to meditate on death, please feel free to contact me through my blog or facebook. Tina is a student of Buddhism, meditation and yoga.  She writes about cultivating happiness through mindfulness at her own blog: Barefoot Beginnings. Tina lives near cottage country in Ontario, Canada with her husband and two dogs.  Also a vegetarian and animal lover she enjoys photography, travel and nature. But mostly she’s just a free spirit trying to follow the path.  

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By 2047, most of the world will be hotter than ever and, in some places, almost unbearable.

Starting in about a decade, Kingston, Jamaica, will probably be off-the-charts hot – permanently. Other places will soon follow. Singapore in 2028. Mexico City in 2031. Cairo in 2036. Phoenix and Honolulu in 2043.

And eventually the whole world in 2047.

A new study on global warming pinpoints the probable dates for when cities and ecosystems around the world will regularly experience hotter environments the likes of which they have never seen before…

Study author Camilo Mora and his colleagues said they hope this new way of looking at climate change will spur governments to do something before it is too late…

The 2047 date for the whole world is based on continually increasing emissions of greenhouse gases from the burning of coal, oil and natural gases. If the world manages to reduce its emissions of carbon dioxide and other gases, that would be pushed to as late as 2069, according to Mora.

But for now, Mora said, the world is rushing toward the 2047 date.

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Check out these new character posters for Lars Von Trier’s Nymphomaniac

You can see all fourteen posters over on The Film Stage

If you read our food posts regularly, you probably know that we simply love snack foods and sweets, so of course we exploded with happiness when we saw Food Beast's newest recipe that combines SpaghettiOs, Velveeta and Goldfish Crackers into an amazing, cheesy and tomato-ey cupcake creation. Hopefully you will dig these sweet, salty savory snacks just as much as we do and maybe we can even have John do a taste test soon. 

While these look fantastic, I do think they missed out on one great opportunity by not garnishing these bad boys with a Flamin' Hot Cheeto for a spicy, crunchy kick.

Clip recap: "The Lowlanders are a gay rugby club in Amsterdam. This is the promo video for the making of their 2014 calendar, proceeds from the sale of which will finance their trip to Sydney to play in the Bingham Cup 27-31 August 2014." Possibly not work-friendly.

"There is effectively no Republican party any more. There is a radical movement to destroy the modern American state and eviscerate its institutions in favor of restoring a mythical, elysian, majority-white, nineteenth-century past. This crisis is proving that more powerfully than even watching Fox. We need to see what is in front of our nose: a cold civil war has broken out between those properly called conservatives, defending the credit of the government, empirical reality, and adjustments to modern life and those properly called radical reactionaries declaring our current elected president and Senate as illegitimate actors, bent on the destruction of America, and therefore necessitating total political warfare, even to the point of threatening to destroy the global economy." - Andrew Sullivan, writing today on his blog.

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Boston Terrier carrying her pup in a backpack.

Alfreda Giedrojc, 61, of Oak Lawn, was charged with first-degree murder in the death of Vivian Summers. [ more › ]

Last night, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Centers for Disease Control (CDC) issued a public health alert for raw chicken products purchased from three different facilities in California. The chicken, produced by Foster Farms, has been linked to a major salmonella outbreak in which "an estimated 278 illnesses were recently reported in 18 states." According to the alert, "The outbreak is continuing."

There's not much more to report, as NBC News found out, because both the USDA and the CDC are severely under-staffed as a result of the government shutdown.

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