[UC] Crime Map : UC comes out as safer than some "better" areas.

2004-10-06 Thread Elizabeth F. Campion
As someone predicted... ..."Serious Crime" is lower in UC than in CC. In fact, the statistics say that we are twice as safe in University City as are the residents of either Society Hill or the Art Museum areas of the city. And, the numbers hold true for less serious crimes. You are twice as li

Re: [UC] Fw: [phillyblocks] Weapons of Mass Destruction Found in Philadelphia (Not a Joke)

2004-10-06 Thread Stephen Fisher
>> ½ kilo of crystal meth was recovered along with bombs, bomb making >> equipment and 21 firearms. i'm a bit confused by this or perhaps a bit ignorant or probably a bit of both. what exactly is the definition of "weapons of mass destruction (WOMD)"? "bombs and bomb making equipment" is pretty

[UC] Fw: [phillyblocks] Weapons of Mass Destruction Found in Philadelphia (Not a Joke)

2004-10-06 Thread Mark Krull
Read this..-Forwarded Message- From: Ed Schwartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Sent: Oct 6, 2004 2:36 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [phillyblocks] Weapons of Mass Destruction Found in Philadelphia (Not a Joke) Does this mean that we can fi

[UC] RE: VOTE FOR CHANGE FINALE

2004-10-06 Thread Mark Krull
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[UC] A Prayer for the Animals, Hopefully No Controversy

2004-10-06 Thread Craigsolve
A prayer for Scrunch (his master & mistress) and for all your companion animals. If you do not believe in prayer, perhaps you believe in the transfer of healing energy. God, St. Francis, and Chai the Cat Here's my cat Chai, a Lilac Point Siamese. Chai was undernourished, hit, and not taken

Re: [UC] Crime Map

2004-10-06 Thread Andrew Diller
One thing I can say: it's way safer [in] SOBA. On Oct 5, 2004, at 3:21 PM, John Ellingsworth wrote: http://ellingsworth.org/crime/University_City.htm This map shows the locations of various crimes throughout UCity from May 24, 2004 through September 26, 2004. Some days the data is unavailable; w

Re: [UC] Crime Map

2004-10-06 Thread John Ellingsworth
I use a database for it, and then do a dump onto the map. A simple query to filter by crime type and I can make the maps. Not too big a deal; I will produce them later today. john On Wed, 6 Oct 2004, Andrew Diller wrote: > >Are you algorithmically producing these maps, or doing it by hand? > >

Re: [UC] Crime Map

2004-10-06 Thread Andrew Diller
Are you algorithmically producing these maps, or doing it by hand? The reason I ask is that producting a map based on severity of crime (as Siano suggested) would be really nice. However, if you plotting this by hand, it would be a PITA. -andy On Oct 5, 2004, at 3:21 PM, John Ellingsworth wrote:

Re: [UC] Crime Map

2004-10-06 Thread Stephen Fisher
>> If so, UC sure as hell has not been "gentrified" in terms of crime. I think of this in terms of not being "suburbanified" rather than "gentrified". I wonder how this compares to Center City. I'm guessing if you look at a similar map of the Rittenhouse area you might actually see more crimes

RE: [UC] Crime Map

2004-10-06 Thread John Ellingsworth
For detailed analysis of crime in Philadelphia, and in the UC area in particular, I would recommend CrimeBase: http://www.cml.upenn.edu/crimebase/ You can view trends, charts, summary statistics, etc. It takes a little getting used to (not point & click) but you can find out lots of interesting

Re: [UC] Crime Map

2004-10-06 Thread Brian Siano
Jonathan Cass wrote: The Crime Map is deeply disturbing. I am curious, are the number of crimes reported on the map "typical" of the crimes committed in UC on a monthly basis? If so, UC sure as hell has not been "gentrified" in terms of crime. Personally, I'd like to see the map coded accordin

RE: [UC] Crime Map

2004-10-06 Thread Jonathan Cass
The Crime Map is deeply disturbing. I am curious, are the number of crimes reported on the map "typical" of the crimes committed in UC on a monthly basis? If so, UC sure as hell has not been "gentrified" in terms of crime. Jonathan A. Cass -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mail

[UC] Reminder -- Community meeting with new Penn president is Thursday

2004-10-06 Thread Krfapt
The Community meeting with Amy Gutman, new president of the University of Pennsylvania, is Thursday evening, 7:00 pm, at the Rotunda.   Some people have said, "Why bother? Penn is going to do to and in the neighborhood what it wants, regardless of what the people who make it their home have t