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| National 'gets tough on crime'. Again |
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Posted by: Lilith7 - 25-06-2023, 07:42 PM - Forum: Opinion and Politics
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Just as they did back in 2022. 
https://www.national.org.nz/national_lau..._offending
And in 2021
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/n...P3MI6HELU/
I suppose they're working on the principle of 'It worked last time'...
It might perhaps work better if they did it properly. This is a bit long, but makes excellent sense.
https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/07/13/opini...wont-help/
WeÔÇÖre a community that is experiencing extreme inequality, where some have and others do not.
"A community where two people can live in a six-bedroom mansion on one street and a wh─ünau of 14 can pack into a mouldy, cold and damp three-bedroom house on the other.
A community where people are struggling, where poverty is not uncommon, where so many of our wh─ünau are doing it hard.
There are many within our community that do not see a space for themselves in mainstream society. Who through their struggle to survive, have been told that the Government, those in power and the community at large do not care for them.
A reality that we struggle to face is that poverty, inequality and social exclusion create the environment where some within our community feel so other, so desperate, so excluded from mainstream society, that the only hope they have is found within collectives that are out of step with the community at large.
And calls for more police and harsher punishments, while ignoring the reality that we have chosen to allow inequality and poverty to grow, is a perverse abdication of our collective responsibility for one another.
We have allowed a society to be created where it is acceptable for young people to sleep on our streets.
Where it is acceptable for parents to go to bed hungry, because without starving themselves they wouldnÔÇÖt have enough to feed their kids.
Where it has become acceptable for some wh─ünau to live in mouldy, cold and damp homes, in order to pay off the mortgage of a landlord who doesnÔÇÖt want to invest in the repairs needed to make their whare liveable.
It is possible to eradicate poverty.
It is possible to decide that we care more about our people, than we do about the status quo.
And if we want to prevent crime within our communities, if we want to safeguard our young people from seeing gangs as the only hope they have for survival, then we must make a choice to do away with the trite and clich├® tough on crime rhetoric.
Getting smart on crime means we invest in our communities, we eradicate poverty,"
https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/07-09-2...-right-way
"The frequent reaction to a rise in criminal activity is to clamour for the government to ÔÇ£get tough on crimeÔÇØ.┬á IÔÇÖve heard it frequently during my career as a lawyer in New Zealand and the United States. Usually, it means a call for harsher sentences for offending and a more aggressive approach to prosecution. Political figures of all stripes have advocated for these measures in 2022, on the basis that they would remove ram raiders from society and keep violent criminals off our streets. This, they say, makes us safer.
The problem is that, in anything more than a very short-term sense, it doesnÔÇÖt.
The evidence from around the world tells us that imposing longer prison sentences for offenders, particularly those under 25, does not cause crime rates to fall.
As the US-based National Institute of Justice found in 2016, harsher punishments usually have no deterrent effect on young would-be criminals. In fact, longer prison sentences often cause crime rates to rise over time, such is the effect imprisonment has on those consigned to it.
Being ÔÇ£tough on crimeÔÇØ really means addressing the causes of crime, and preventing repeat offending. It means stopping criminal activity at its source, and rehabilitating those who do offend, particularly at a young age, back into society.
Here are five ways to do that:
[b]Increasing police resourcing and training[/b]. The National Institute of Justice research tells us that while the prospect of tougher sentences is not a deterrent to people breaking the law, an increased chance of getting caught certainly is. We need to increase police numbers, train them well and back them with better resources.
[b]More funding for organisations to ensure our kids get to school regularly[/b]. Fewer than 60% of teenagers now regularly attend school in New Zealand. The connection between truancy and crime among high school students is clear and obvious. Organisations like Community Patrol New Zealand, as well as the Māori and Pasifika Wardens, do so much good in our communities. They are well-placed to partner with the government to ensure our kids get to class and stay out of trouble.
[b]More funding for early-intervention mental health support in the criminal justice system[/b]. There is a strong link between poor mental health and criminal activity. Compulsory mental health support as part of a corrective sentence gives offenders a significantly better chance of getting on the right path after they do their time.
[b]Compulsory vocational training as part of more custodial sentences[/b]. One of the key problems with sending young people to prison is the complete absence of options they have to contribute to society once theyÔÇÖre out. Work drastically reduces the chances of repeat offending and more importantly, gives dignity.
[b]Funding for post-sentence pastoral support[/b]. Custodial sentences are isolating experiences, and tossing a person back into the community with no support system once theyÔÇÖve served their time makes it much more likely that theyÔÇÖll turn to crime again. Look at the prevalence of 501 deportees in the Auckland CBD if you donÔÇÖt believe me. Funding for community-based support people and mentoring at organisations like the Citizens Advice Bureau, local marae and the Auckland City Mission would provide much-needed guidance to people integrating back into society.
All of this has echoes of a ÔÇ£social investmentÔÇØ approach to criminal justice. Advocates of social investment know that its application to areas like criminal justice not only makes us a safer and happier country, but also has a strong economic case behind it.
By contrast, putting more money into well-trained police, mental health support and vocational training in prisons will dramatically reduce the cost of crime in the long run. Quite simply, fewer people would commit fewer crimes that cost the taxpayer money. Those who would otherwise be engaged in repeated criminal behaviour are instead far more likely to hold down jobs, pay tax and contribute to New Zealand.
There are, of course, exceptions. But for the most part, use of the five tools above would drastically improve criminal justice outcomes in New Zealand. Fewer people would offend, and fewer victims would feel the effects of their offending.
ThatÔÇÖs┬áreally┬ágetting ÔÇ£tough on crimeÔÇØ.
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| Russians & Mercenaries not happy campers |
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Posted by: Lilith7 - 24-06-2023, 05:04 PM - Forum: News and Current Affairs
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Oh dear, what a shame, never mind!
All is not well in the world of murdering innocent people, & the boys with the toys have fallen out with each other. Excellent news - if they confine their revenge to each other.
If not then it could be very bad news for the rest of us.
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-europe-66006142
[b]o[/b]Yevgeny PrigozhinÔÇÖs declared move against the Russian military leadership is "almost certainly an attempted coup", the former US Ambassador to Ukraine Bill Taylor has told the BBC.
ÔÇ£This is serious for Putin. The Russians are taking this very seriously, and it sounds like they should.ÔÇØ
But Taylor, who was in Ukraine last month, says the Wagner boss is unlikely to succeed.
ÔÇ£The ministry of defence forces have the equipment, have the aircraft, have the tanks ÔÇô they have the military equipment in numbers ÔÇô to put down Prigozhin's forces," he says.
But the Russian infighting could potentially help Ukraine in its fight to defeat Russia's invasion, Taylor said.
"If the Russians are now worried about their chain of command, then the Russians that are supposed to be fighting the Ukrainians may be distracted and may even run."
[b]"The head of Russia's Wagner mercenary group has vowed to "go all the way" to topple Russia's military leadership, hours after the Kremlin accused him of "armed rebellion".[/b]
Yevgeny Prigozhin said his Wagner fighters had crossed the border from Ukraine into Russia, entering the city of Rostov-on-Don.
Mr Prigozhin said his men would destroy anyone who stood in their way.
The local governor urged citizens there to keep calm and stay indoors.
Mr Prigozhin claimed that his forces had shot down a Russian military helicopter that "opened fire on a civilian convoy". He did not give a location and the assertion could not be immediately verified.
The Wagner Group is a private army of mercenaries that has been fighting alongside the regular Russian army in Ukraine.
[b]r [/b]On Friday, the 62-year-old mercenary leader accused the military of launching a deadly missile strike on his troops and vowed to punish them. He did not provide evidence.
Authorities have denied the strike and demanded he halt his "illegal actions"
Mr Prigozhin said the "evil" in Russia's military leadership must be stopped and vowed to "march for justice".
"Those who killed our lads, and tens of thousands of lives of Russian soldiers [in the war in Ukraine] will be punished," he said in an audio message posted to the social media platform Telegram.
"I ask you not to resist. Anyone who does will be considered a threat and destroyed. That goes for any checkpoints and aviation on our way.
"This is not a military coup, but a march of justice. Our actions do not interfere with the troops in any way."
Russia's President Vladimir Putin is receiving round-the-clock updates on the situation, his spokesman said."
[b]w as Wagner chief accused of mutiny[/b]
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| MS Office 2007 restore. |
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Posted by: Bryan - 23-06-2023, 08:11 AM - Forum: PressF1
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As an "exercise" I have installed my old Office 2007 on a test PC that I have built up.
I have been able to locate and install the SP3 upgrade to the program. Of course, I am now unable to locate any further updates as MS no longer supported 2007 since 2017. Excel and Word work well and would be all that I need should I continue to use it.
Now to the exercise.┬áI have Macrium backups from a previous installation of a fully updated version of 2007 and I am wondering if it is possible to somehow install this Office 2007 (no other Folders or Files)┬ábackup on my new build into the new Win 11 OS? I have tried to follow MacriumÔÇÖs instructions to do the restore but am at a bit of a loss and will need further investigation.
If I was able to restore, would the program work?
As an aside, I see that there are copies of the original, boxed versions of Office 2007 for sale at around $100. Considering the program will not have, nor will be able to get upgrades to the program, these offerings will be a waste of money.
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| Just for those who don't know the difference |
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Posted by: Roscoe - 20-06-2023, 12:04 PM - Forum: General Discussion
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Do you know the difference between inquiry and enquiry? It seems that quite a few people don't and that includes the Yanks, but then they have their own ideas about our language and they certainly do not know the difference. They certainly don't use the King's English. To them everything is an inquiry.
So if you are not aware of the difference, as I understand it an enquiry is a question such as the question I put up at the beginning of this post. That is an enquiry.
An inquiry is an investigation such as something the police would do when they are looking into a crime. 
I hope that is sufficient to explain the difference between the two.
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