Business Insider put together an interesting infographic showing which most famous book is set in each state. You have to question some of the decisions (how could you possibly choose which is the most famous book set in New York?) but it's a fun list to browse. Even though my state got stuck with Twilight. (Sad.)
Amelie is a great
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Well, I’ve just about run out of remakes and reboots that I’ve seen both the originals and the newer versions of, so this will be my final round of ‘Originals vs. Remakes’ (for now). This time around, it’s all bad. Though some of these modern versions tried really hard to produce something noteworthy and a few even managed to come out as minor successes, in the end the first was always the greatest. So without further ado, read on to receive my judgment.
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Cool Papa Bell stays true to his namesake, and glorifies the mysterious slugger who comes out of the mysterious Cuban League.
Cubans were out of fashion for a while. After Billy Beane bid $200M, in Oakland A's dollars, for Yoenis Cespedes, and after Yasiel Puig hit .400-and-plenty for the Dodgers, we're guessing that Abreu will be a hot commodity this season. Estimates are that he'll cost around $60M, setting the record for an international signing -- but still costing much less than an MLB All-Star who is on the open market.
It's possible that 10% or 20% of our readers hadn't noticed that Kendrys Morales is a Cuban. We recommend that you sort this b-ref.com list by runs scored.
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Jose Abreu is a Cuban who has like 300 at-bats in international play, meaning that he's less mysterious than most Cubans. In the 2013 WBC, for example, Abreu hit .360/.385/.760. It's 25 at-bats, but it's a typical 25 at-bats for Abreu, internationally.
His batting lines on the island are hilarious -- in 2010-11 he hit .453/.597/.986 and per 162 games, he racked up 81 home runs and 229 RBI. HEH! ... after that, the stats essentially distort; if Conan the Barbarian hits 20 homers in his first month next year, the game then changes around him.
For seventy-five years Koppers Chocolate has been a family-run business dedicated to putting out the best gourmet treats in the city. With many awards and great customer reviews, you’re not likely to go wrong here. Best of all, their popularity has made it possible to find Koppers Chocolates all over the place in
The states of Arizona, New York, and South Dakota have announced that they will foot the bill for keeping the Grand Canyon, Statue of Liberty, and Mount Rushmore parks open during the government shutdown.
The Grand Canyon will cost $112,000 per day to keep open. The Statue of Liberty looks like a bargain by comparison, at only $61,600 per day. But Mount Rushmore is the real budget park, requiring only $15,200 per day to keep the lights on (so to speak).
Banksy is spending a month as New York City's artist in residence, and over the weekend he pulled yet another wacky stunt. The world-renowned artist created original works of stenciled spray art on individual canvases and sold them for $60 each at a stall on the sidewalk.
Shopping for a more “exotic” gift for your loved one can often be an uncomfortable affair for many, leading to a tendency to prefer online purchases. With online purchases, however, you don’t get the benefit of having someone knowledgeable to steer you in the right direction. Luckily,
Been a while since we did a Zen article.
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Bill James points out an interesting paradox on his site. $3 for a month's reading, the value of which this pay article easily exceeds.
Bill notes that teams enter the season with a 1-in-15 chance to win their leagues, all things being equal. But Texas and Tampa Bay entered their game with only a 1-in-16 chance to win the American League.
Does that make intuitive sense to you? That any team in Texas' position -- though 9 teams were already eliminated -- that it would be in worse shape than it was to start the season? There's a solution to the paradox, of course, and maybe somebody wants to explain it below.
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