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	<title>gordon.dewis.ca &#187; Statistics</title>
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	<description>Random musings from Gordon</description>
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		<title>Enforcement statistics for the first two years of Ottawa&#8217;s Idling Control by-law</title>
		<link>http://gordon.dewis.ca/2010/03/24/enforcement-statistics-for-the-first-two-years-of-ottawas-idling-control-by-law/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=enforcement-statistics-for-the-first-two-years-of-ottawas-idling-control-by-law</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 16:44:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gordon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[anti-idling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anti-idling by-law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[by-law #2007-266]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My recent entry reminding people that the temperature during the days lately have been such that the Idling Control by-law (Bylaw #2007-266) got me wondering about how often people have been ticketed for violating it, so I asked the City of Ottawa for the statistics.

Please visit my blog to read the rest of the story and find out how we're doing.]]></description>
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		<title>Z, Y, X, &#8230; uh&#8230; Q &#8230; no wait&#8230; J! &#8230; uh&#8230; uh&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:22:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gordon</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Wii]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alphabet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[everybody votes channel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nintendo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reciting the alphabet backward]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Can you recite the alphabet backward? If you can, then you are in the minority according to the Wii Bureau of Statistics. According to the results of the question on the Wii Everybody Votes Channel, only 32.1% of Canadian Wii users said they could, while 67.9% said they couldn’t, which surprised me because I don’t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Union support at fourteen percent</title>
		<link>http://gordon.dewis.ca/2009/01/07/union-support-at-fourteen-percent/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=union-support-at-fourteen-percent</link>
		<comments>http://gordon.dewis.ca/2009/01/07/union-support-at-fourteen-percent/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:30:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gordon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Current affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Statistics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transit strike]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amalgamated Transit Union]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ATU 279]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OC Transpo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ottawa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public transit]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The mayor released the results of a survey conducted by Harris/Decima that asked city residents about the transit strike on his blog Tuesday. There’s a fair bit of detail in the results, so I thought I’d highlight a few numbers. Overall, 63% moderately or strongly support the City while only 14% moderately or strongly support [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mind versus Body</title>
		<link>http://gordon.dewis.ca/2008/07/26/mind-versus-body/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=mind-versus-body</link>
		<comments>http://gordon.dewis.ca/2008/07/26/mind-versus-body/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 14:27:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gordon</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Wii]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[nintendo, wii, everybody votes channel, mind, body, exercise]]></description>
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		<title>Guys more likely to swallow than girls&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://gordon.dewis.ca/2008/06/19/guys-more-likely-to-swallow-than-girls/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=guys-more-likely-to-swallow-than-girls</link>
		<comments>http://gordon.dewis.ca/2008/06/19/guys-more-likely-to-swallow-than-girls/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 02:55:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gordon</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Wii]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chewing gum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[everybody votes channel]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230; chewing gum.&#160; (What did you think I meant?) According to the Everybody Votes Channel on the Nintendo Wii, guys are more likely to swallow their chewing gum when they&#8217;re finished than girls are, but overall both groups are much more likely to spit it out when they&#8217;re finished. Question: After you&#8217;re finished chewing gum, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canadians have a Wii bit o&#8217; national pride</title>
		<link>http://gordon.dewis.ca/2008/04/07/canadians-have-a-wii-bit-o-national-pride/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=canadians-have-a-wii-bit-o-national-pride</link>
		<comments>http://gordon.dewis.ca/2008/04/07/canadians-have-a-wii-bit-o-national-pride/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 03:08:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gordon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Statistics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This just in from the Everybody Votes Channel available on the Nintendo Wii. Question: Do you want to live in a foreign country? &#160; Yes No Global 40.7% 59.3% Male 40.8% 59.2% Female 40.5% 59.5% Canada ~30% ~70% Worldwide Prediction Accuracy: 51.7% According to the results, about two-thirds of Venezeulan Wii players want to live [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Haircuts &#224; la Wii</title>
		<link>http://gordon.dewis.ca/2008/03/30/haircuts-a-la-wii/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=haircuts-a-la-wii</link>
		<comments>http://gordon.dewis.ca/2008/03/30/haircuts-a-la-wii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2008 14:02:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gordon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[More from the Everybody Votes Channel available on the Nintendo Wii. Question: How often do you get your hair cut? Every 2 months or less Longer than 2 months Nationally 37.8% 62.2% Male 43.6% 56.4% Female 23.8% 76.2% National Prediction Accuracy: 47.4% (Interesting&#8230; most people guessed wrong.) Almost twice as many guys as girls go [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cell phones according to Wii</title>
		<link>http://gordon.dewis.ca/2008/01/11/cell-phones-according-to-wii/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=cell-phones-according-to-wii</link>
		<comments>http://gordon.dewis.ca/2008/01/11/cell-phones-according-to-wii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 13:47:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gordon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[More from the Everybody Votes Channel available on the Nintendo Wii. Question: Do you have a cell/mobile phone? &#160; Yes No Global 77.7% 22.3% Male 77.1% 22.9% Female 78.7% 21.3% Canada ~66.6% ~33.4% Worldwide Prediction Accuracy: 91.1% (i.e. most people&#8217;s crystal balls were working when they made their predictions.) I eyeballed the numbers for Canada [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Intelligence vs. Appearance</title>
		<link>http://gordon.dewis.ca/2008/01/01/intelligence-vs-appearance/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=intelligence-vs-appearance</link>
		<comments>http://gordon.dewis.ca/2008/01/01/intelligence-vs-appearance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 17:57:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gordon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a previous entry, I talked about the Everybody Votes Channel on the Nintendo Wii. I checked mine recently and noticed that more results had been posted. One that caught my eye was this one: Question: Would you rather be&#8230; &#160; 20 IQ points smarter 20 lbs. lighter Canada 68.7% 31.3% Male 73.2% 26.8% Female [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From the Wii Statistics Agency</title>
		<link>http://gordon.dewis.ca/2007/12/14/from-the-wii-statistics-agency/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=from-the-wii-statistics-agency</link>
		<comments>http://gordon.dewis.ca/2007/12/14/from-the-wii-statistics-agency/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Dec 2007 03:04:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gordon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Statistics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wii]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Nintendo&#8217;s Wii game system is a pretty neat thing. In addition to having inertial controllers and cool controllers like the guitar that comes with Guitar Hero III (see also Wikipedia), it also has the ability to connect to the Internet. One of the applications you can download for free from Nintendo&#8217;s Wii Shop Channel is [...]]]></description>
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