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Airbnb is removing rental housing in Canadian cities and rural areas
First comparative analysis of Airbnb activity in communities across Canada shows the impact on housing affordability of the American online short-term rental marketplace
Published: 20Jun2019
The American online marketplace Airbnb has likely removed approximately 31,100 units from Canada's long-term rental markets. This could make it difficult for Canadian cities and provinces to prevent growing housing affordability issues.
In the first comprehensive analysis of Airbnb in Canada, McGill University Assistant Professor of Urban Planning, David Wachsmuth (pictured left), and his team found that Airbnb activity is currently concentrated in major cities. However, they also observed that short-term rental is growing and removing housing from long-term market faster in rural areas and small cities across the country.
The authors argue that cities and provinces will need to intervene on behalf of smaller communities which have fewer resources and less leverage to regulate short-term rental activities.
Here are the key findings of their forthcoming study to be published in the Canadian Journal of Urban Research:
Nearly half of all active Airbnb listings are located in the Toronto, Montréal and Vancouver metropolitan areas
Airbnb listings and revenue are growing about twice as fast in small cities and rural areas as they are in big cities
Housing pressure disproportionately affects cities in British Columbia
The top 10% hosts earn a majority of all revenue in the country
In Montréal, over 30% of all Airbnb revenue is earned by just 1% of its hosts
Almost half of all Airbnb revenue last year was generated by commercial operators who manage multiple listings
31,000 entire homes were rented frequently enough last year that they are unlikely to house a permanent resident
Even though a number of cities are currently studying or have already implemented new regulations, the authors say it is too early to comment on the effectiveness of those regulations. In Québec, for example, short-term rental hosts must register with the province, but as of March 2017, fewer than 5% were certified and thus paying Québec's provincial accommodations tax.
More information about the paper is available at http://upgo.lab.mcgill.ca/2019/06/20/short-term-rentals-in-canada-paper/
This research was funded by the Canada Research Chairs program.
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Downey Police Officer Ricardo "Ricky" Galvez was murdered last night while parked at the Downey Police Station. Galvez was a Marine and was deployed twice during Operation Enduring Freedom before joining the Downey Police Department, where he spent the last five years serving the residents of Downey.
There are not words to express the heartbreak of the loss of Officer Galvez. Our hearts have broken for far too many of our brothers and sisters in blue this year in the midst of anti-police sentiment being broadcast across the county. The senseless murder of Officer Galvez just adds to the already unbearable pain and stress we have endured as a law enforcement family and as human beings.
Vigilance has never been optional. But it has never been more important to remind ourselves to be vigilant. Watch your back and the backs of your partners. It is important to remember the vast majority of the people we are sworn to protect support us.
We will continue to protect and serve. We will continue to do our jobs regardless of the environment in which we must operate.
Each and every one of us deserves to come home safe at the end of every shift. Make sure that you do.


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There are many people who are facing the same circumstances as you but they live fascinating and wonderful lives. How did their lives become so adorably sweet? How do they manage to laugh and play despite their circumstances?
The key to maintaining a happy attitude, no matter the circumstances, is simple. You've heard it said – "Love yourself, first." That's true enough but it's not the answer to our question. No, the answer is – "Like you, first." That's right – Like You! Be your best friend.
Your real life best friend likes who you are right now with all your imperfections, quirks, and circumstances. For true happiness, you must become your best friend before you can begin to love yourself. Loving yourself means not doing things that will hurt you in some way. You'll never get me bungee jumping or skydiving because I love this body I live in!
You may also have heard it said – "loving means accepting." Change this to – "liking means accepting." To like yourself, and others, means to realize that we are not perfect beings. You will never be perfect no matter how long you walk this earth. No one living today are perfect. No, not anyone!
Liking yourself means developing an attitude of genuine contentment. When you accept your current job, accept the way you look, accept your family, accept your friends, your home, your car, and all the material things you now have – truly, you know what genuine contentment is. You have begun to love yourself and be genuinely happy.
An unhappy person never accepts the good in their circumstances because they are always comparing themselves to someone who seems to have what they think they are lacking. This is an exercise in "stinkin' thinkin'." They see themselves as unlucky and as a failure in life. They don't like themselves.
You will never like yourself if you compare yourself to other people. If you keep questioning life like it has never done you any good or that you are a failure, you will never be able to find genuine happiness. So . . .
1) Snap out of it!
2) Stop the comparisons! Stop seeing others as better off than you are or more intelligent than you are! You really have no idea of the details of their lives so your comparison is flawed from the start. You simply do not have enough information to make a comparison.
3) Stop the expectations! Stop placing unreasonable expectations on yourself and others based upon false information. Are you a glutton for self-punishment?
4) Get over yourself! You'll never be perfect, remember?
Life can be the greatest game. Go at it with gusto. It's about finding out about right and wrong, trying and failing, wining and losing. These are things that happen as often as you inhale and exhale. These are as necessary as air is to living. These are your teachers. Embrace them with enthusiasm.
Is anyone genuinely happy in spite of life's trials and tribulations or are they just acting like they are? Here again we are making comparisons.
Does it matter to you if anyone else is truly happy? No, it doesn't, at this point. You see, you need to get yourself in line with life before you can worry about anyone else. You need to focus on YOU!
You need to focus on improving how you feel about the quality of you own life and your inner being. It starts and ends within YOU!
Here is a revealing exercise.
Start each day with a blank sheet of paper divided into two columns. Label one column – "Positive Stuff," label the other column – "Negative Stuff." At the end of each day write down as many positives and negatives that you experienced that day. Write down only those that really stick out. Now, study your lists.
Now, examine your inner definitions of what's positive and what's negative. You decided what's positive and what's negative by using your expectations of how you believe you should have handled what the world threw at you that day, right? The key to finding contentment and genuine happiness is to change your definitions, the way you evaluate how you handle life. But, how do you change your definitions and begin to become genuinely happy?
Everyone has a personal definition of "happiness." Happiness for a writer may mean having a first novel published. Happiness for a basketball rookie may mean getting the rookie of the year award. Happiness for a beggar may mean five dollars handed to him by a generous passerby. Happiness for a businessman may mean a 5% profit margin. But all those are temporary. All those exist in a moment in time.
Would the writer be content with having only a single article published? Would the rookie be content to just enjoy playing the game? Would the beggar be content with just one dollars? Would the businessman be content with a 2% profit margin? Contentment is knowing that current circumstances change minute-by-minute, day-to-day, realizing that "every day above ground is a good day!" Simple.
So, how do you become genuinely happy? Realize that your happiness does not depend upon having the best things in this world. It's about doing and making the best out of every single thing you have. Smiling at your own mistakes and telling yourself – "Oh, I'll do better next time" – is a powerful mental tool that you can use anytime the situation calls for it. You possess a willingness to stand up again and try, a willingness that will make you a genuinely happy person.
When you learn to like yourself by accepting your faults, you have begun the journey toward becoming genuinely happy. By accepting yourself first, you will be more accepting of others. You will see life as a great and fun game in which to play. You will accept your wins and your losses with equally positive enthusiasm because it really makes no difference to your inner self.
Let me leave you with one more thought – Most of us know that laughter is the best medicine to life's aches and pain. But most of us don't know that the best kind of laughter is laughing at your own mistakes and foibles. Laughing at yourself will truly set you free to live life with genuine happiness.
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How to Watch Vuelta a España 2018 Free Live Online?
How to stream Vuelta a España free live in USA, Canada, Australia, UK, Germany, or France? La Vuelta, or Tour d'Espagne, is the third and last of 2018's cycling's Grand Tours. It will take place between August 25th and September 16th, 2018. In Australia, SBS on demand will broadcast the La Vuelta race free live online. Unfortunately for cycling fans, SBS is geoblocked abroad. In the tutorial below, I will show you how to unblock SBS outside Australia. Eventually, you will be able to watch Vuelta a España 2018 free live online anywhere in the world. Let's find out how to stream Tour d'Espagne on PC, Mac, Android, iOS, Apple TV, Roku, Fire TV, PS4, or Xbox One.
As you can see from the list above, if you want to stream La Vuelta 2018 free live online, your best bets are SBS (English commentary) and RTVE (Spanish commentary). The only problem is that these streaming channels are geo-restricted outside their respective regions. To bypass these regional restrictions, you have to spoof your online location. That's exactly what you can do by using VPN. Setting it all up is easier than you think.
First, you need a VPN provider with VPN servers in the Australia.
Now you will be able to access SBS as if you where living in Australia.
Finally, head over to the SBS website or use the SBS app to watch the Vuelta a España 2018 live online.
Keep in mind that using VPN does not eliminate the need for a subscription to the channels you wish to unblock. Given that SBS and RTVE are free channels, you don't have to worry about that though. Here are the best VPN services you can use to watch 2018 Vuelta a España live online.
Smart DNS is an alternative method you can use to unblock geoblocked channels such as RTVE and SBS. Unlike when you use VPN, your Internet traffic only gets partially redirected. If you check your IP address using WhatIsMyIP.Network after setting up Smart DNS, you will still see your real public IP.
Smart DNS is compatible with any streaming device. You can watch La Vuelta 2018 on iOS, Mac, Apple TV, Roku, Chromecast, PS3/PS4, Amazon Fire TV and Xbox.
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10 Best Golf Club Brands
Every golf club company has some impressive features and benefits. However, when it comes time to choosing a golf club set, it pays to understand the brand's strengths and weaknesses. There are dozens of golf club brands on the market, but if you understand the top ten and their benefits, you can make some smart decisions about your next golf club set. Regardless of what your current brand preferences are, it's important to be open-minded about the different golf club brands on the market.
Best Golf Club Brands
TaylorMade (Best For Distance)
Cobra (Best For Forgiveness)
Callaway (Best For Average Golfer)
Titleist (Best For Serious Golfer)
Mizuno (Best For Feel)
PXG (Best Premium Golf Clubs)
Cleveland (Best Short Game)
Wilson (Best For Beginner Golfers)
Ping (Best For Custom Fitting)
Odyssey (Best Putters)
TaylorMade golf clubs are known for their ball speed. With a TaylorMade in your hand, you can expect to get quite a bit of distance. TaylorMade tends to cater towards the golfers that love to hit the long drives down the center of the fairway.
Most of the marketing is geared towards the younger golfer that takes up the game to have fun with friends and admires the golfers on the PGA Tour. Players like Tiger Woods and Dustin Johnson have used TaylorMade clubs at times throughout their careers.
One of the other things that help TaylorMade stand out as a top golf club brand is the mix of game improvement and player-type golf clubs. If you are a beginner and start with a set of TaylorMade golf irons, you will eventually be able to upgrade into something that works for a low handicapper. The variety of product offerings is quite good.
Cobra is known as one of the best golf club brands for forgiveness. Cobra Golf tries to make the game more enjoyable and easier for a wide range of players to access and enjoy. The F Max series from Cobra is one of the most forgiving on the market and allows for higher launch and ease of distance.
There are some great complete set options from Cobra that allow players to get started in the game and still maintain some control over their budget. Although Cobra is not the most popular brand on the PGA Tour, players like Bryson DeChambeau and Rickie Fowler like to use the golf equipment from this golf club brand.
In the last few years, the ball speed in the Cobra golf clubs has increased significantly, and they can now compete from a distance perspective as well.
Callaway Golf is one of the best golf brands for the average golfer. Years ago, when Callaway came out with the first Big Bertha golf clubs, we could easily see that this golf brand cares about the average player. If you are new to the game or simply enjoy a weekend of golf here and there, the Callaway golf club brand is an amazing choice for your game.
In the last few years, Callaway's golf equipment has improved significantly when it comes to technology. Callaway Golf started using Artificial Intelligence (AI) in their golf manufacturing techniques.
The introduction of AI has made game improvement clubs even more effective and allowed high handicappers to become mid to high handicappers. Callaway is one of those golf club manufacturers that will release a new set of clubs every single year.
Phil Mickelson is one of the proudest supporters of the Callaway golf brands; using this equipment has worked out quite well for him.
One of the best-known golf club brands for the better player is the Titleist golf clubs. Although Titleist has started to produce some game improvement irons, most of the irons and even the woods are geared towards players that want control over their golf shots.
With a Titleist golf club, you will get some very impressive feel that allows for controlled golf ball flight and increased precision in your game. Serious golfers like the consistency of the Titleist product as well. Each time a new release comes out, the Titleist fans know that they are getting a similar yet improved golf club.
Titleist also makes some very impressive fairway woods and wedges. The Vokey SM8 wedges are some of the most popular on the PGA Tour.
For many years the concept of great feel in golf clubs was limited to those with lower handicaps. However, as the Mizuno company has grown, they have started to give golfers of all handicap levels access to great feeling golf clubs.
One of the things that golfers say about Mizuno golf clubs is that as soon as they switch to this brand, they stick with it for the duration. Once you start playing with the Mizuno golf clubs, especially the irons, it is hard to ever change brands and play with a different club.
Since Mizuno is known for its impressive feel, you can expect a good portion of the golf clubs to be more of a blade style or forged golf iron. The clubs are made in Japan, and the forging process sets Mizuno apart from others on the market.
Luke Donald has used Mizuno golf clubs through the years, but many players are putting the wedges in the bag.
PXG is not the oldest golf club brand on the market, but it is certainly known for making some premium products. The PXG golf club brand is known for the feel and precision that they bring to the game. With these PXG in your hands, you certainly get the best technology and feel that the game has to offer.
One of the reasons that the PXG are so expensive is that they go through extensive product development and testing before they are released to the market. Golfers who play with the PXG brand clubs will be impressed with the overall feel and precision.
PXG has made a name for itself as a company that cares about the military and first responders. Since PXG has such a large following of golfers that are in this category, they offer very large discounts. Of all the golf club brands, the discount from PXG is one of the highest on the market.
Cleveland Golf makes some of the best wedges and putters for the average golfer. The Cleveland wedges have Tour Zip Grooves that help ensure the club will stop on the green exactly where it should. These Tour Zip Grooves are known for impressive control, regardless of a player's handicap.
Along with the impressive Cleveland short game products, there are some really great game improvement-type clubs that Cleveland puts out. The original concept of the easy-to-hit hybrid iron has really been led by Cleveland golf.
The Cleveland Launcher Hybrid golf irons are some of the easiest to hit golf clubs on the market. These clubs will ensure that players can get easy launch and distance regardless of the lie that you get with your ball.
Wilson (Best For Beginner)
Wilson Golf has been around for many years. Although this company was one of the leaders in premium technology and feel for many years, they have narrowed down their product offering just a bit. Wilson golf makes a variety of drivers, fairway woods, irons, and even short game products. However, one of the things they are most well known for is the complete golf set options.
IF you are new to the game and need to purchase a complete golf set, Wilson offers some great options. These sets are available in junior, women, senior, and even tall golfer choices. Having the ability to get a slightly custom golf set fit to your needs as a new player can be very beneficial.
The Wilson golf club clubs are one of the best brands from a budget standpoint as well. Wilson knows that not all golfers have thousands of dollars to spend on an upgraded set of golf clubs. There are some Wilson Staff blade irons that will appeal to the low handicappers, but for the most part, these clubs are best for beginners that need forgiveness and performance.
Ping golf clubs have revolutionized the concept of custom fitting for golfers. The Ping golf club brand has a unique fitting charge that gives players the ability to input their height and arm length and come up with a golf club that is perfectly fit to their needs. Once you know your Ping fitting number, you can continue with this for years to come.
One of the more unique things about the Ping golf clubs is their feel and forgiveness. These clubs all have a forged type feel that is unique to any other iron on the market. Ping is slower to release golf clubs to the market because they have higher manufacturing costs than other brands. Most of the assembly and some of the production are done in the United States.
Cameron Champ and Harris English are two modern-day pros that have the Ping golf clubs in their bag. This brand has so much history associated with it; it is almost one of the pillars in the world of golf equipment.
Last but certainly not least is Odyssey. Odyssey is a company that is associated with Callaway Golf, and they are known for golf putters. In fact, the only type of golf club that Odyssey makes is a putter. Those that are looking for tremendous precision and control on the greens will love what Odyssey has to offer.
We were impressed with the latest Stroke Lab technology release from Odyssey golf. WIth these putters, the shaft of the club was changed for the first time. Changing the shaft to something that is partially graphite and partially steel makes the putters extremely high performing.
There is an Odyssey putter for every player type, regardless of your handicap. Of the top 10 golf club brands on our list, Odyssey has some of the strongest brand recognition when it comes to putting green. Many PGA Tour golfers with club sponsorships and contracts will use an Odyssey in their bag because of the performance it can offer.
How To Choose The Best Golf Brands
Our list of the best golf brands on the market comes from years of experience and knowledge in the industry. It is hard for many players to understand and determine which golf brands are best for their needs.
As a new player, you can start by looking at some of your favorite golfers like Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas, Bubba Watson, or Graeme McDowell. See what they are playing and then try out some of that equipment.
Another excellent option is to go to a demo day type experience where there are lots of different clubs to try at once. You may find yourself gravitating towards the way a certain club looks, performs, or feels. It can take a bit of time to become brand loyal as a golfer, but it eventually happens to all of us.
Best Golf Clubs – Drivers
Best Golf Clubs – Putters
Best Golf Clubs – Irons
Best Golf Clubs – Fairway Woods
Best Golf Clubs – Wedges
Best Golf Clubs – Hybrids
Brittany Olizarowicz
Britt O has been playing golf for more than 25 years. After a successful college golf career, Britt became a PGA member, membership director, and teaching professional. Her love for the game led her to a career of teaching golf and writing about the sport. Britt has two young children who have taken a liking to the sport, and they can all be found on the golf course several days a week.
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Second release on the newly minted Souk (sub label of Discrepant), coming swiftly after the mind-blowing Palestinian beat LP Inkanakuntu (SOUK 001LP, 2018). For the second release, Souk chose someone who is already part of our Discrepant family: the Colombian tropical masters Romperayo, aka Pedro Ojeda. Back in 2015 Discrepant released their self-titled debut and now it's time for the follow up, Que Jue?, ten up-tempo bangers filled with the unique sounds of psychedelic 1970s Cumbia. Whilst the first Romperayo LP united several musicians around Pedro Ojeda's frantic drum style (CREP 020LP, 2015), Que Jue? sees him take the reins solo, armed with instruments, samplers, and his trusted drum skills. Que Jue? is a fever rhythm joy, an intense voyage to the diverse landscape of Colombian folklore and psychedelic scene. It's also a combination of old and new, an exploration of sample techniques that throwback to classic cumbia but with an electronic minimal vibe that seeks the intense repetition of some dance music produced recently. All for the sake of pleasure, Romperayo's music is magnetic, impulsive, and addictive. The repetitive patterns are mixed astutely and sweaty percussion changes the rhythm whenever it's needed: you don't know that, but they do, and they deliver it frequently with awe. Tropical fusion, new cumbia, or salsa on acids? You decide.


Aaron's Adventures in Whateverland – Page 2 – Live the moment.
As part of a research training course, I have been tasked to consider what metaphors I would use to describe my PhD research. I don't want to say it is a journey – a motif too cliched for someone engaging in children's literature. I have kept this question at the back of my head for like a week and ideas keep popping up. None of them can be a perfect allegory, but each should highlight certain aspects how I perceive my PhD research.
We were all probably first lured by an intriguing White Rabbit in the first place into the rabbit hole. Down the rabbit hole we have fallen into the Wonderland, an unknown land inhabited by incomprehensible creatures such as the Caterpillar smoking a hookah. We once again ask fundamental questions like 'who are you' / 'who am I' / 'what am I doing' / 'why am I here'. We have to unlearn as we learn, and be prepared to abandon any preconceived ideas to acquire a new perspective of seeing things. The adventure is episodic, not necessarily linked by causality but rather a matter of serendipity (or randomness, for people who don't feel too positive about it). It is fascinating to wander in this new land but it can be confusing and frustrating at times. It is not a place without trouble and fear. The fear of having our heads off is always lurking there. It is an adventure without a fixed itinerary and we do not know the destination. We know when we arrive.
Borrowing the metaphor from Deleuze and Guattari, the metaphor of the rhizome is best used to describe the process of picking up academic reading. From one scholar we go on to another because A has cited B's work. From B we go on to C, then C to D, who might have also been referred to by A and who might also be quoting E. And so on and so forth. From one idea we are connected to another, seeing how different scholars are juxtaposing previously unrelated thoughts. From one discipline we glide to another discipline, almost another ecosystem, and yet the roots are so interwoven that we cannot completely sever one from another. Where will we end up? There is no end, unless we give up on the whole botanical system and go back above the ground – so yes we are in the underground darkness finding our ways without the privileged ability to oversee the entire network.
Although I tend to be dark with the above metaphors, I am rather positive that we will get something invaluable out of the adventure, or the mine, or the underground roots, that we cannot otherwise gain. After all it is not the destination that matters the most, but the adventure itself. And if we remain in the academia, this intellectual adventure will go on and on and on.
It's over eventually and like it or not, we have to accept the results now. What interests me is the Trump-Voldemort analogy that people made some time ago during the campaigning period. Now that Trump is about to rise to presidency (*despite the fact that he hasn't yet taken his oath*), it's perhaps time to review the analogy.
I have to first say that I have not been closely following the whole US election so there are probably things that I will miss regarding Trump's positions. I must say I know Voldemort better than Trump, and hence the following will be more like character analysis than political commentry, although the two can hardly be separated, whether in the Harry Potter universe or real life.
This analogy was sparked off when Trump articulated his plan to prevent all Muslims from entering the US. This is when people started finidng similarities between the then-presidential-candidate and the ultimate evil in the Harry Potter series.
First of all, Trump's speech reeks racial and religious discrimination. Many articles are also announcing that Trump's victory is the victory of white supremacy. Although he will probably not deport the Muslims residing in the US, his hostile attitude towards the racially and religiously different is clear and undeniable. Here is a parallel to Voldemort's determination to establish a new world order with only the pure-blood by exterminating all the 'Mudblood'. Both spread hate speech and promote intolerance.
Another parallel between Trump and Voldemort is their support of torture. Trump openly declared that 'torture works' and that something stronger than waterboarding was needed. His stance is 'directly and unambiguously a violation of the internationally accepted laws of armed conflict', according to an article on The Register. This is not unlike how Voldemort loves using the Unforgivable Curses to torture (and kill) people who are against him. The fact that the curses are unforgivable points to an agreed humanitarian standard in the wizarding world, perhaps legally backed by something like the United Nations Convention against Torture in our world.
One more similarity between the two is their division of people into the successful/powerful and the loser/the weak. Rather than uniting people of different backgrounds, abilities, temperaments and beliefs, such kind of success/power discourse only serves to divide, because this discursive existence is dependent on the perpetual presence of a 'loser group' as opposed to the successful/powerful. Instead of empowering everyone and respecting differences, this only encourages people to strive to become the successful and leave others behind.
Rowling, in response to the Trump-Voldemort memes, wrote this on Twitter. Is Trump really worse than Voldemort? Perhaps.
One big issue with Trump that we can hardly be unaware of is his sexist attitude. It seems like he is so deeply rooted in sexism that even his daughter cannot rescue him. He just kept letting inappropriate comments slip. Voldemort, although a male, makes no gender-related remarks. This simply is not his concern. What we might notice, however, is that the Harry Potter universe is also very much male-centred. Basically all the important characters are male: Harry the boy hero, Dumbledore the male mentor, Voldemort the male nemesis, Fudge and Scrimgeour the two male Ministers of Magic. Females can at most occupy the deputy position: Hermione, McGonagall, Umbridge. It does look like a world in which Hillary Clinton has a thin chance to rise to presidency / minister position.
Yet another difference which, once again, I'm not sure would make Trump better or worse than the Dark Lord, is his ability to inspire public support. Voldemort only attracts supporters because he is in power. The relationship between the Dark Lord and the Death Eaters is based on interest and fear only, with the exception of Bellatrix Lestrange, who genuinely admires Voldemort. A lot of the Death Eaters like Igor Karkaroff actually panics when their Dark Marks burn, indicating the return of the Dark Lord. Even Lucius Malfoy has no loyalty to him but only dreads avenge. Trump, on the other hand, has real public support. He has got at least half of the United States to back him, and unlike Brexit, there don't seem to be people voting for Trump but not actually expecting or even wanting him to win. The problem with this is, if he is indeed comparable to the historical leaders like Adolf Hitler and Mao Zedong, who also gained wide public support in their respective countries, we might actually witness another historical mistake made by the mass. The mass might even carry out all the racist and sexist assaults without the actual endorsement of Trump's government. All the worse, because Trump is going to be a US president in the 21st century, consequences can be direr and more worldwide. For a more detailed analysis, please read this.
I sort of think Donald Trump might not be as ideologically pure as Voldemort. My thinking on Trump is that he feels like more of an opportunist – I don't know know how much of this stuff he's saying he actually really, really believes.
Compared to the extremely vague adjective 'bad' used by Rowling, Radcliffe gave a more detailed response, which I think is a very apt observation. Here is a super long list of contradictory statements made by Trump and we can never be quite sure what he will do in the coming four years. On an optimistic note, all the crazy things that are quite against the American (and indeed universal) values he suggested during the campaigning period might not be realised after all. He might just act along the realisitc and practical line. In contrast, Voldemort, as a fictional character, is flatly evil. As Radcliffe pointed out, he is ideologically pure, purely evil. He is the symbol of all that is undesirable, the externalised form of the darkness within everyone of us, the shadow that we fear: racism, intolerance, hatred and so on – to be vanquished at the end by our fictional hero.
After all, the reality is a lot more complex than the novel series which very much resembles the fairy tale genre. The real world is no fairy tale and there is no guarantee of a happily-ever-after ending. Yet, fairy tales (and children's literature in general, if you like) teach us what we need in face of adversities. Instead of projecting the evil figure onto the president-to-be, it might be more useful to think of vanquishing the Voldemort within us. After all, if President Trump was indeed the Dark Lord, this would only be made possible because of the Voldemort residing in us.
This is the first time I've experienced 'daylight saving', a practice that has a history of a century but whose effectiveness in its purported aim of energy saving is suspicious, as revealed by some recent studies.
The UK clock was moved back for an hour yesterday (Sunday), following the 'spring forward, fall back' pattern. To be exact, we have just returned to the 'normal' time. (Just as the school where I worked would call the winter timetable 'normal timetable', and hence we would joke that we prefer the 'abnormal timetable' – earlier off!) We had an extra hour of sleep on Sunday. I read that this is affecting the sleeping schedule of some people, especially children, as this is creating a jet lag effect. But for me who is never quite a regular sleeper, and as a cross-continental student, a one-hour time difference is nothing compared to the real jet lag I experience when travelling between the UK and Hong Kong.
The period between March and October when the clock is one hour ahead is called the daylight saving time (DST), which has just ended for 2016. There is a whole history behind the practice which can be traced back to Benjamin Franklin and later the First World War! Supposedly this is to make better use of the long day time during the summer: by moving the clock forward, there will be one more hour of light during our activity hours – and hence one less hour of artifical light needed, saving candles in Franklin's time and electricity now, supposedly.
See the Telegraph article for details – where I've just learnt all about this daylight saving thingy.
However, for me, who will not enjoy much of the DST with my summer away, I will probably just blame it for an earlier nightfall at around 5 now, which will be even earlier later. You may say, but you get the sunlight earlier in the morning, so it's not exactly a loss. Hm, yea, my bad to waste that hour of morning sunlight in bed.
I've read an amazing story about children's literature researchers. Not me, sadly.
The reason why I got to read this story is that one of the Glasgow lecturers here is in the story – Evelyn Arizpe, director of MEd in Children's Literature and Literacies at University of Glasgow. She gave a guest lecture yesterday which I attended, and we were shown the following, in addition to a lecture fused with zeal.
These are historical items! An 18C chapbook and a doll with letters and words on its body – probably one that would have been sold by John Newbery back then?
That's a fascinating story of some children's literature researchers inspiring one another, joining at different stages of the project, in the search of the history of a mother writing for her children in the 18th century, Jane Johnson.
Let me summarise a bit for people who don't get to read it. Styles, one of the authors of the book, was first inspired by an American researcher Shirley Brice Heath, who brought to her knowledge a precious collection in Lilly Library at Indiana University – that of Jane Johnson's. Fascinated by Johnson's works, Styles was determined to pursue further in collaboration with her colleague Victor Watson.
The two of them, together with the visiting scholar, immediately went on a trip to London to study the wills of the Johnson family, and then to Witham-on-the-Hill, where Johnson lived. It was a small village and the people there were somewhat surprised by the visiting of the scholars. With the kind help of the people there, they got to see what Johnson's house would look like, and also read a book related to Johnson's daughter.
This is just the first part of the story, but I fear that any longer description will lose your interest. The scholars continued with the project, with a lot of coincidences and help of interested people (including Evelyn Arizpe, of course), a lot of trips and a lot of research on online archives, they got to dig up a lot of old documents (!!!) and unravel the obscure history of the eighteenth-century reading household.
How I wish I could have the opportunity to do research like they did!
Two years ago. The day that we shall not forget. We demanded a genuine universal suffrage. We didn't get it. We got violent repression. We experienced injustice. The day when the government threw tear gas bombs to the 'armed protesters' – armed with umbrellas. Umbrellas that people used to protect themselves from pepper sprays and tear gas bombs. Umbrellas that certain lawmakers said were offensive weapons, as we could see in Chinese fiction.
I was, and still am, so proud of all the Hongkongers who contructed the Admiralty Village, creating an area for students to study while occupying, decorating it with cartoon characters holding yellow umbrellas. Totally amazing and touching. And the Lennon Wall. I posted on the wall too. I could smile, because it was before the day that we shall not forget.
Apology for not putting any picutures of the night two years ago, as I don't own any. Please visit here – a wonderful recap for all of us.
I wasn't there. I was in front of my computer. And I had classes to teach the next day. I let my kids do listening exercise on some BBC reports on what happened.
I wrote two poems. Just so that I won't forget. Orginially published in Cha the September 2014 issue.
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Hong Kong has no fortune cookies.
our egg tarts and milk tea.
of the quiz in the second lesson?
on our lessons lessons lessons?
about the composition of the spray?
where the teary firework was displayed?
by solving a quadratic equation?
Just don't forget. The beauty and resilience of Hongkongers.


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What is an equivalent fraction and how to work out an equivalent fraction (2/4 = 4/8) Converting between mixed numbers and improper fractions? A mixed number is when you have a whole number followed by a proper fraction (a fraction whose numerator is smaller than the denominator). Whereas an improper fraction has a larger numerator. Example. Convert 2 3/5 into an improper fraction . To do …... Equivalent fraction worksheets contain step-by-step solving process, identifying missing numbers, finding the value of the variables, completing the chain of equivalent fractions, writing equivalent fractions represented by pie models and fraction bars and representing the visual graphics in fractions.
This activity sheet is great for helping your children to familiarise themselves with the idea of finding equivalent fractions. It includes fraction lines to aid them work out the sums provided. how to write the perfect cover letter Teaching equivalent fractions. Explain to your child why equivalent fractions are important. They may not yet have tried addition or subtraction with fractions but you can introduce equivalency by comparing fractions.
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To add or subtract two fractions, the two fractions must have the same denominator. Therefore, you will have to find the lowest common denominator and change each fraction to an equivalent fraction. Then you add or subtract the numerators as indicated and put the resultant number over the denominator and reduce the fraction to lowest terms.


Vireo was on the design team with the National Park Service to redesign the existing visitor center at Little Sand Bay in the Apostle Islands. The design of the new facility includes a concerted effort to be responsive to public input. The new center will feature an exterior covered space for wayfinding and interpretive exhibits. The external exhibit area will also include a permanent cradle and canopy for a fishing tug, which is a cataloged museum object.


Re your Nov. 26 "Mixing Kids, Animals . . . and Issues": I am horrified and outraged that teachers can bring their personal agendas into the classroom, festooning walls with "posters of starving dogs and apes in laboratory cages," and collecting money for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
The third-grade teacher who says "kids have a natural rapport with animals" is correct. Kids also have soft hearts, impressionable minds and are easily hurt. What images, I wonder, cause schoolchildren to opt to become vegetarians? "A little too graphic?" the presenter shrugs. "It's a risk," says another.
Animals don't have rights. People do. And one of those rights is to an education free of the personal agendas of their teachers.
I am all for having instructors incorporate real-life issues in their lesson plans, but only if they are presented complete with shades of gray.
Having respect for animals and conducting biomedical research are not mutually exclusive activities. Laboratory experiments are designed by trained professionals in the pursuit of procedures to benefit mankind.
I wonder if the teachers showing films touching on this complex issue include footage of human cancer, heart disease and AIDS patients in order to present a few of the individuals whose treatments are often directly derived from basic science research.
Presenting highly emotional reasoning to influence the opinions of others is demagoguery and an abuse of one's position as an instructor.


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La scrittura logografica (o logografia) è un sistema di scrittura in cui il singolo elemento (logogramma) rappresenta sia il significante (l'elemento formale, fonico o grafico) sia il significato (ciò che l'elemento vuol dire). Quindi, lo stesso logogramma può essere usato per indicare parole diverse con lo stesso significato (sinonimi) ma anche parole uguali con significato diverso (omonimi).

Nell'uso comune il più preciso termine "logografia" è sostituito da "ideografia", nonostante i linguisti, a partire dalla seconda metà del Novecento, ne evitino e sconsiglino l'uso.

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Justia Dockets & Filings Seventh Circuit Indiana Northern District Williams v. Superintendent Filing 19
Williams v. Superintendent
Filing 19
OPINION AND ORDER: The Court DENIES the petition 1 . The clerk shall enter judgment accordingly. Signed by Judge Robert L Miller, Jr on 10/16/2017. (Copy mailed to pro se party)(lhc)
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA SOUTH BEND DIVISION ROOSEVELT WILLIAMS, Petitioner, vs. SUPERINTENDENT, Respondent. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) CAUSE NO. 3:16-CV-61-RLM OPINION AND ORDER Roosevelt Williams, representing himself, filed a petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 challenging his prison disciplinary hearing in MCF 15-10-295 in which a disciplinary hearing officer found him guilty of possession of a controlled substance in violation of Indiana Department of Correction policy B-202. He was sanctioned with the loss of 90 days earned credit time and was demoted from Credit Class 2 to Credit Class 3. According to Mr. Williams, there are five grounds which entitle him to habeas corpus relief. In Ground One, Mr. Williams argues that he is entitled to habeas corpus relief because he wasn't provided with a valid chain of custody report. He wasn't entitled to a chain of custody report. "Prison disciplinary proceedings are not part of a criminal prosecution, and the full panoply of rights due a defendant in such proceedings does not apply." Wolff v. McDonnell, 418 U.S. 539, 556 (1974). Due process doesn't require a complete chain of custody in prison disciplinary cases. "Absent some affirmative indication that a mistake may have been made, [the] hypothetical possibility of tampering does not render evidence inadmissible, but goes instead to the weight of the evidence." Webb v. Anderson, 224 F.3d 649, 653 (7th Cir. 2000). There is no affirmative indication that a mistake was made with respect to the evidence against Mr. Williams. To the extent that Mr. Williams claims that he was entitled to a chain of custody report pursuant to Department of Correction policy, the Department of Correction's failure to follow its own policy doesn't rise to the level of a constitutional violation. Estelle v. McGuire, 502 U.S. 62, 68 (1991) ("state-law violations provide no basis for federal habeas relief"); Keller v. Donahue, 271 F. App'x 531, 532 (7th Cir. 2008) (inmate's claim that prison failed to follow internal policies had "no bearing on his right to due process"). Thus, Ground One is not a basis for granting habeas corpus relief. In Ground Two, Mr. Williams argues that he is entitled to habeas corpus relief because he was denied the right to present evidence in his defense. He argues that his request for pictures of the three confiscated bottles was improperly denied. He seems to misunderstand what happened. His request for this evidence wasn't denied - the hearing officer reviewed photographs of the confiscated bottles. To the extent Mr. Williams argues that he wasn't allowed to review the photographs personally, such a denial would amount to harmless error. See Piggie v. Cotton, 342 F.3d 660, 666 (7th Cir. 2003) (prisoner must establish that the denial of the evidence resulted in actual prejudice, rather than harmless error). Mr. Williams admits that he had the bottles and was aware of the contents. ECF 2 1-1 at 4-5 (Mr. Williams asserts that "the green leafy substance was nothing but seasoning that he takes to the chow hall to use on his food. Petitioner puts small quantities in bags so he would not have to carry the bottles in his hands..."). Ground Two doesn't identify a basis for granting habeas relief. Mr. Williams argues in Ground Three that he is entitled to relief because he wasn't provided with a detailed description of the hearing officer's findings of fact. While Mr. Williams had a right to a "written statement by the factfinder[] as to the evidence relied on and the reasons for the disciplinary action," Wolff v. McDonnell, 418 U.S. at 563, Mr. Williams received such a written statement in the Report of Disciplinary Hearing. Mr. Williams might have wanted a more detailed explanation of why the hearing officer decided against him, the explanation he was given satisfied his due process right. Ground Three doesn't serve as a basis for habeas corpus relief. In Ground Four, Mr. Williams argues that he is entitled to relief because he was denied his right to an impartial decision-maker. "[P]risoners are entitled to be free from arbitrary actions of prison officials." McPherson v. McBride, 188 F.3d 787 (7th Cir. 1999) (quotation marks omitted). But in the prison disciplinary context, adjudicators are "entitled to a presumption of honesty and integrity," and "the constitutional standard for improper bias is high." Piggie v. Cotton, 342 F.3d at 666. Mr. Williams first argues that the other alleged deficiencies he identifies in his petition serve as evidence that the hearing officer wasn't impartial. This 3 claim is more akin to a claim that the evidence was insufficient to find him guilty, which is addressed in the next section. Mr. Williams also argues that the hearing officer wasn't impartial because on the day his hearing was scheduled to take place, he went to the hearing officer's office, but his disciplinary paperwork was missing. Later that day, the hearing officer conducted two searches of his cell and accused Mr. Williams of having stolen the paperwork. According to Mr. Williams, another prisoner was later determined to be responsible for mishandling the paperwork. The next day, the hearing officer conducted Mr. Williams' disciplinary hearing. Mr. Williams claims that the hearing officer's accusations rendered the hearing officer biased against him. Due process prohibits a prison official who was personally and substantially involved in the underlying incident from acting as a decision-maker in the case. Piggie v. Cotton, 342 F.3d at 666. Mr. Williams's hearing officer wasn't involved in the underlying incident, but rather the preparation for the hearing itself. Mr. Williams's allegation that the hearing officer suspected him of stealing disciplinary paperwork is not alone enough to satisfy the high level of evidence required to establish bias. Thus, Ground Four does not serve as a basis for granting habeas relief. Mr. Williams argues in Ground Five that he is entitled to habeas corpus relief because the hearing officer didn't have sufficient evidence to find him guilty. In the disciplinary context, "the relevant question is whether there is any evidence in the record that could support the conclusion reached by the disciplinary 4 board." Superintendent v. Hill, 472 U.S. 445, 455-456 (1985). "In reviewing a decision for some evidence, courts are not required to conduct an examination of the entire record, independently assess witness credibility, or weigh the evidence, but only determine whether the prison disciplinary board's decision to revoke good time credits has some factual basis." McPherson v. McBride, 188 F.3d at 786. [T]he findings of a prison disciplinary board [need only] have the support of some evidence in the record. This is a lenient standard, requiring no more than a modicum of evidence. Even meager proof will suffice, so long as the record is not so devoid of evidence that the findings of the disciplinary board were without support or otherwise arbitrary. Although some evidence is not much, it still must point to the accused's guilt. It is not our province to assess the comparative weight of the evidence underlying the disciplinary board's decision. Webb v. Anderson, 224 F.3d at 652 (quotation marks, citations, parenthesis, and ellipsis omitted). The Conduct Report charged Mr. Williams as follows: On 10/15/15 at approximately 1145 AM I, Sgt. D. Uhle was conducting a search of cell E227/228 with my K9 partner. During the search of cell E227/228 my K9 partner indicated on offender Ice, Donte #956949 E228 property box. At which time I started a search of the property box and noticed a bbq bottle that looked altered. I noticed the bottom of the bbq bottle could be twisted off. I unscrewed the bottom of the bbq bottle and found a white powdery substance wrapped in cellophane. I then continued the search of the cell and noticed another altered bbq bottle sitting on offender Williams, Roosevelt #974618 E227 cubicle shelf. I unscrewed the bottom of the bbq bottle and found 3 small bags containing a green leafy substance. The search of the cell was continued and Lt. F. Rush found a thumb drive in a cut out of a cooler belonging to offender Williams. After the completion of the cell search I asked offender Ice and offender Williams who the items belonged to. Officer Ice and offender Williams both stated "we just bought those bbq bottles for the bbq". Neither offender Ice nor offender Williams would admit to 5 the contraband. The items were confiscated and both offender Ice and offender Williams were identified by their state ID. ECF 12-1. The Department of Correction defines offense B-202 as "[p]ossession or use of any unauthorized substance controlled pursuant to the laws of the State of Indiana or the United States Code or possession of drug paraphernalia." Adult Disciplinary Process, Appendix I. http://www.in.gov/idoc/files/02-04- 101_APPENDIX_I-OFFENSES_6-1-2015(1).pdf. The Department of Correction's definition of 'possession' includes any contraband on the prisoner's person, without reference to ownership: "offenders are presumed to be responsible for any property, prohibited property or contraband that is located on their person, within their cell or within areas of their housing, work, educational or vocational assignment that are under their control." Disciplinary Code for Adult Offenders. h t t p : / / w w w . i n . g o v / i d o c / f i l e s / 0 2 - 0 4 101_The_Disciplinary_Code_for_Adult_Offenders___6-1-2015.pdf. The hearing officer had sufficient evidence to find Mr. Williams guilty. A conduct report alone can be enough evidence to support a finding of guilt. McPherson v. McBride, 188 F.3d at 786. The evidence demonstrated that three barbeque bottles had been altered to conceal items within a false bottom. Concealed within these bottles were small bags of a leafy green substance and a white powdery substance. It was the hearing officer's exclusive province to weigh 6 the respective credibility of the evidence. See Webb v. Anderson, 224 F.3d at 653. It was neither unreasonable nor arbitrary for the hearing officer to reject Mr. Williams' assertion that the leafy green substance was an innocuous seasoning for food, where the substance had been intentionally concealed within the false bottom of a barbeque sauce bottle. The hearing officer had sufficient evidence to find Mr. Williams guilty, so Ground Five does not serve as a basis for granting habeas relief. For the reasons set forth above, the court DENIES the petition (ECF 1). The clerk shall enter judgment accordingly. SO ORDERED. ENTERED: October 16 , 2017 /s/ Robert L. Miller, Jr. Judge United States District Court 7


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The global neurosurgical products market is witnessing significant growth due to growing geriatric population. Moreover, increasing the incidence of brain tumors, growing government funding, and rising awareness about neurosurgical disorders are also driving the growth of the market. Furthermore, growing demand for minimally invasive surgeries is expected to create growth opportunities for the neurosurgical products market over the forecast period. However, stringent regulatory requirements, long approval times for new neurosurgical products, and availability of alternative treatment for neurosurgical diseases inhibit the growth of the market. The neurosurgical products market is anticipated to grow from an estimated US$3,685.8 Mn by the end of 2015 to US$7,756.2 Mn by 2022 at a CAGR of 11.2% during the forecast period.
The North America market is growing at a significant rate due to increasing healthcare expenditure, rising geriatric population, and increasing the prevalence of brain tumor in the region. According to the Brain Aneurysm Foundation, approximately 6 million people in the U.S. have a unruptured brain aneurysm and annually around 30,000 people suffer from brain aneurysm rupture. Moreover, initiatives taken by various government associations are helping to spread awareness about advanced neurosurgical products in North America.
In Europe, increasing aging population, high healthcare expenditure, and increasing awareness about neurological conditions are driving the growth of the neurosurgical products market. According to the European Commission, Germany had the highest geriatric population (60 years and above) base among all European Union member states, accounting for 20.6% of the total population of the country in 2011. This number is poised to reach approximately 50% by 2030. Moreover, according to the NHS Commissioning Board in England, the U.K., Great Britain, neurosurgery is witnessing an annual growth of 2%-5%. With increasing number of neurosurgical procedures, demand for neurosurgical products is also poised to rise over the next few years.
Growth of the neurosurgical products market in Asia-Pacific is primarily attributed to rising geriatric population, increasing healthcare expenditure, and growing awareness of the neurological condition in the region. According to UN reports, 10.1% of the total population of China is aged 60 years and above and this is expected to reach 30% by 2050. Moreover, the incidence of brain cancer is also increasing in the region. According to GLOBOCAN-an international agency, for research on cancer-5,510 people in Japan suffered from brain cancer in 2012 and this number is poised to reach 5,960 by 2020.
Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation, KARL STORZ GmbH & Co. KG., Medtronic plc, Johnson & Johnson Services, Inc., Stryker Corporation, B. Braun Melsungen AG, Terumo Corporation, and Elekta AB. some of the major players of the neurosurgical products market.


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The Hollywood Reporter Is Dropping Its Controversial 'Power 100' List
Ellie Shechet
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In an essay published Wednesday, The Hollywood Reporter president and chief creative officer Janice Min wrote that THR would be getting rid of its annual Women in Entertainment Power 100 list. "THR's Power 100 list, by its nature, pits the town's most impressive females against one another," she wrote. "We accidentally created a beauty pageant of brains where only one woman gets crowned."
On the heels of Variety's equal pay issue, which featured an interview with Sandra Bullock about getting mistreated on set (and also includes some pretty odd choices in artwork), Min's announcement is not such a minor thing—although the list purported to support and promote Hollywood's most successful women, it also drove them nuts. The ranking, which was created in 1992, has veered from its ostensibly noble purpose. "Today, in legend and reality," Min writes, "women fight for position on these lists in ways that don't always make them, or us, comfortable."
I'm a female editor covering an industry that, in terms of gender, remains persistently stuck, not unlike the frozen-in-amber faces one sees strolling Rodeo Drive. It's like white noise at this point, all those facts that bubble up with the same redundancy as the remakes and franchise sequels Hollywood now loves.
[T]he acceptance of women as "lesser" in Hollywood is so commonplace, it's as if we've grown comfortable living with our own ugly furniture. We don't even know it looks bad.
Min lists some depressingly familiar statements to underline that things are very, very bad for women in Hollywood: The executive suites at film studios are less than 24 percent female, only 2 percent of 2014's top 100 films were directed by women, Jennifer Lawrence gets paid less than her male counterparts, the list goes on. Pitting these women against each other didn't appear to help things along. Last year, the New York Times referred to the list as a "blood sport."
Both The Hollywood Reporter and Billboard are tossing their female-only lists, to be replaced with a single annual Power 100 (THR) and Power 50 (Billboard). According to Min, "There still will be designations for executive woman of the year at both titles and other marks of distinction to be revealed."
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Wyoming and Marijuana Profiling: Pot Busts May Be Up, But Not Everywhere
Michael Roberts May 19, 2015 4:20PM
Over the past few years, we've written numerous posts about claims of pot profiling — drivers in cars with Colorado license plates who say they were pulled over in other states for incredibly minor or nonexistent infractions as a pretext to search the vehicle for cannabis.
Wyoming is among the places where readers have told us they were pot-profiled.
But a fine new report in the Caspar Star-Tribune notes that it's difficult to tell how much marijuana arrests have gone up or down in the state and the degree to which Colorado's legalization of limited recreational cannabis sales has impacted the situation, if at all.
Indeed, one Wyoming county actually saw a recent decrease in such arrests.
A late April Star-Tribune piece cited statistics from the Wyoming Association of Sheriffs and Chiefs of Police showing that alcohol arrests were down, but those involving drugs had gone up by 37 percent over a two-year span.
Marijuana arrests were said to have accounted for 8 percent of total arrests.
However, the Star-Tribune points out that it's impossible to know for certain if this number constitutes a rise, since marijuana stats hadn't been pulled out previously.
Likewise, the data pertaining to Colorado appears to be largely anecdotal. The Wyoming State Patrol says about a quarter of marijuana seized in felony cases came from Colorado, but that's based on troopers simply asking arrestees where they got it.
And then there's the situation in Sweetwater County, which shares a border with the northwest corner of Colorado. For the past three years, Sheriff Mike Lowell tells the Star-Tribune, the marijuana bust total in Sweetwater has held fairly steady, at around 36 cases per annum — and there was an 18 percent dip in marijuana busts from 2013 to 2014.
Does this suggest that the marijuana problem in neighboring states is only as big as authorities there decide to make it?
Perhaps — but other officials in Wyoming continue to be plenty concerned about it.
In January, as we've reported, Wyoming Governor Matt Mead announced that his state wouldn't be joining in a lawsuit filed against Colorado by Oklahoma and Nebraska over marijuana laws here. But he hinted that he wasn't opposed to taking legal action against the entity truly responsible for the current situation: the feds.
"My position, if we could get there, wouldn't be to sue the state of Colorado," he was quoted as saying. "It would be to sue the federal government."
Look below to see a report from the Wyoming Highway Patrol about arrests in 2014. While its title doesn't mention marijuana, statistics about pot and other substances are included for all of the counties in the state.
Alcohol and Crime in Wyoming 2014
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