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Edmonton's NHL Draft Lottery Luck
This weekend, the hockey world lit up with the news that, for the fourth time in six years, Edmonton had won the NHL Draft lottery. This year was extra special, as the projected first-round pick Connor McDavid is supposed to be the chosen one who will lead us from our years of darkness (...or som...
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This weekend, the hockey world lit up with the news that, for the fourth time in six years, Edmonton had won the NHL Draft lottery. This year was extra special, as the projected first-round pick Connor McDavid is supposed to be the chosen one who will lead us from our years of darkness (...or som...
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Edmonton Air Quality
This morning, I read an Edmonton Journal article that claimed that Edmonton's air quality was worse than Toronto's, even though we have five times less population than Toronto. The article's subtitle reads: "Particulate readings 25 per cent higher on some winter days."I'll admit that my initial r...
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This morning, I read an Edmonton Journal article that claimed that Edmonton's air quality was worse than Toronto's, even though we have five times less population than Toronto. The article's subtitle reads: "Particulate readings 25 per cent higher on some winter days."I'll admit that my initial r...
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The 2015 Brier Playoffs were the Most Exciting in Years
Congratulations to Team Canada on winning back-to-back Brier tournaments! With that, the Canadian national tournaments are over for the season, and two teams are off to represent us at the Worlds!Now, a lot of people don't find curling to be all that exciting. A lot of that comes from individual ...
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Congratulations to Team Canada on winning back-to-back Brier tournaments! With that, the Canadian national tournaments are over for the season, and two teams are off to represent us at the Worlds!Now, a lot of people don't find curling to be all that exciting. A lot of that comes from individual ...
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Voting Districts and Gerrymandering
You've maybe heard about gerrymandering, and if you have you've most likely heard of it with somewhat of a negative connotation. That's with good reason - gerrymandering is really bad.For those of you unfamiliar with it, here's a brief example. Let's say you're the Blue Yuppies, a political party...
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You've maybe heard about gerrymandering, and if you have you've most likely heard of it with somewhat of a negative connotation. That's with good reason - gerrymandering is really bad.For those of you unfamiliar with it, here's a brief example. Let's say you're the Blue Yuppies, a political party...
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Pro Sport Team Mobility
Oh, the Oilers...As of today, with a little less than half of the 2014-2015 NHL season remaining, the estimated odds of the Oilers getting into the playoffs are approximately 0.008%. They're currently last in their division, and the estimated chance of them staying there is 70.7%. Congratulations...
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Oh, the Oilers...As of today, with a little less than half of the 2014-2015 NHL season remaining, the estimated odds of the Oilers getting into the playoffs are approximately 0.008%. They're currently last in their division, and the estimated chance of them staying there is 70.7%. Congratulations...
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My Issues with the Broadbent Institute's Inequality Report
Ugh.Apparently I have it in for think tanks or something. Every few months a think tank somewhere comes out with a report that means well, portrays a message with fundamentals I agree with, but manages to mess up some amount of the data handling in a way that gets me riled up.This time it's the B...
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Ugh.Apparently I have it in for think tanks or something. Every few months a think tank somewhere comes out with a report that means well, portrays a message with fundamentals I agree with, but manages to mess up some amount of the data handling in a way that gets me riled up.This time it's the B...
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Winter Tires in Canada
Well there's snow on the ground and the temperature's pretty low, so we can pretty solidly declare that winter is upon us. And with wintry blizzards comes one of the great Canadian traditions: changing over your summer tires for winter tires.If you're anything like me, you probably waited until j...
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Well there's snow on the ground and the temperature's pretty low, so we can pretty solidly declare that winter is upon us. And with wintry blizzards comes one of the great Canadian traditions: changing over your summer tires for winter tires.If you're anything like me, you probably waited until j...
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2014-2015 ski season
In case you haven't noticed, it's snowed a bit recently in town. And any time it snows in Alberta, I get excited that it's likely been snowing up in the mountains. And that means skiing!As of December 7, the website OnTheSnow shows that Marmot Basin (the closest ski hill to Edmonton) has a snow d...
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In case you haven't noticed, it's snowed a bit recently in town. And any time it snows in Alberta, I get excited that it's likely been snowing up in the mountains. And that means skiing!As of December 7, the website OnTheSnow shows that Marmot Basin (the closest ski hill to Edmonton) has a snow d...
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Foo Fighters Frenzy
This weekend, Edmontonians got the chance to stand in line for the Foo Fighters ticket pre-sale. The way the line-up system worked, though, left a few people upset - instead of a good old-fashioned first come first served system, Northlands used a lottery system where customers were given a ...
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This weekend, Edmontonians got the chance to stand in line for the Foo Fighters ticket pre-sale. The way the line-up system worked, though, left a few people upset - instead of a good old-fashioned first come first served system, Northlands used a lottery system where customers were given a ...
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Women's Inequality in Canada
About 5 months ago the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives released a report that compared the "best and worst place to be a woman in Canada." I wasn't a huge fan of the report - in fact, I thought the analysis wasn't too dissimilar from my zombie post, and disagreed with how strict rankings ...
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About 5 months ago the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives released a report that compared the "best and worst place to be a woman in Canada." I wasn't a huge fan of the report - in fact, I thought the analysis wasn't too dissimilar from my zombie post, and disagreed with how strict rankings ...
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McDonald's Monopoly Stats
Man, was I ever excited when I saw that McDonald's Monopoly was back this year! I had a blast looking at the Roll Up the Rim stats last year, and hoped I could do the same for Monopoly this year.Then I was pretty disappointed to realize that Business Insider had done their own analysis. I was all...
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Man, was I ever excited when I saw that McDonald's Monopoly was back this year! I had a blast looking at the Roll Up the Rim stats last year, and hoped I could do the same for Monopoly this year.Then I was pretty disappointed to realize that Business Insider had done their own analysis. I was all...
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Edmonton's (by)Lawbreakers
Before I get to the fun stats, bear with me while I rant for a bit.The Edmonton Police Service offers a handy-dandy little tool known as the Neighborhood Crime Map, that shows where crimes take place across the city, and gives some insight into past crime behavior. I was all set to do an analysis...
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Before I get to the fun stats, bear with me while I rant for a bit.The Edmonton Police Service offers a handy-dandy little tool known as the Neighborhood Crime Map, that shows where crimes take place across the city, and gives some insight into past crime behavior. I was all set to do an analysis...
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Edmonton's Census Correlations
Back in May, a lovely website went viral that listed a number of spurious correlations between unrelated sets of data. It was loads of fun to read, and a lovely reminder that correlation doesn't imply causation.Edmonton's 2014 census data was released last week, in a glorious Christmas-like occas...
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Back in May, a lovely website went viral that listed a number of spurious correlations between unrelated sets of data. It was loads of fun to read, and a lovely reminder that correlation doesn't imply causation.Edmonton's 2014 census data was released last week, in a glorious Christmas-like occas...
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Population of Canada by Longitude
A couple of months ago a friend of mine on Facebook shared a post with me that graphed the population of Canada by latitude. They also challenged me to come up with a similar graph of Canada's population, but by longitude.And I promptly forgot. Until now!Like the original post mentions, finding g...
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A couple of months ago a friend of mine on Facebook shared a post with me that graphed the population of Canada by latitude. They also challenged me to come up with a similar graph of Canada's population, but by longitude.And I promptly forgot. Until now!Like the original post mentions, finding g...
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The Great Oven Mitt Review of 2014
So I've got some cool friends.A little background: when I first moved into my apartment (one year ago today exactly!), I only remembered to buy oven mitts at the last minute. I grabbed the quickest and cheapest one I could, which was a single oven glove appropriately called the "Ove' Glove." The ...
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So I've got some cool friends.A little background: when I first moved into my apartment (one year ago today exactly!), I only remembered to buy oven mitts at the last minute. I grabbed the quickest and cheapest one I could, which was a single oven glove appropriately called the "Ove' Glove." The ...
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