--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "L B Shriver" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > <snip> > > To recap: my guesstimation was indeed intutional, and based on the > > circumstance that the pundits were not actually going to appear for > > the course > > No pundits were *scheduled* to appear for the course. > What are you talking about? It was just your everyday > TM-Sidhis practitioners (probably some Mother Divine and > Purusha, though).
@@@@@@@@ Then it was the following year that the pundits were bought and paid for but didn't come. My lowballing was probably based on course participant numbers falling somewhat short of "ideal". L B S > > <snip> > > By the way, I don't remember any sudden, sharp drop in crime stats > > in DC. Actually, there was a mass gang banger murder at a swimming > > pool during the first week or so, and violent homocides were > > probably up. > > Yes, to their embarrassment, homicides *did* go up. > > But bear in mind that there is always a far lower number > of homicides than of other violent crimes, so a "spike" > in the percentage of homicides over a short period can > look more significant than it is; it doesn't necessarily > represent a trend. The study discusses this in some > detail. > > Even from the raw FBI data, there was a sharp drop in the > number of assaults and rapes from what would have been > predicted. Robberies stayed relatively constant, > however. > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
