The Thai army commander who led a coup against Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra says an interim government will be appointed within two weeks and national elections will be held in a year. As Ron Corben reports from Bangkok, the commander also warned that Mr. Thaksin may face prosecution if he broke any laws.
Thailand's army chief, General Sondhi Boonyaratglin, who led the coup, says he will hand over power to an interim prime minister by early October.
General Sondhi on Wednesday said the coup leaders, known as the Political Reform Council, would stand back after two weeks.
He also pledged that elections would be held in October 2007, after a new constitution is written. The coup leaders revoked the 1997 constitution when they seized power Tuesday night.
Pasuk Pongpaichit, a political economist at Chulalongkorn University, says the outlook for democracy is reasonable.
"The announcement said they have no intention of ruling the country itself and they will return the country to democracy as soon as possible," Pasuk says.
For now, the question is who will be chosen to lead the interim government.
Thepchai Yong, a senior executive editor with The Nationmedia Group, says finding the right person to serve as prime minister is key.
"They need to come up with a prime minister who has credibility and is acceptable to the public," Thepchai says. "I think that's the most important task and they need to tell the public what their agenda - which should include a time frame for a general election."
The bloodless coup ended the Thaksin government after five and a half years. Mr. Thaksin, a telecommunications tycoon turned politician was elected prime minister in 2001 and again in 2005. His policies aimed at wooing the poor and rural residents had broad support. However, many urban, middle-class Thais considered him an authoritarian who abused his power.
Mr. Thaksin was in New York when the coup took place.
Sondhi said Mr. Thaksin was welcome to return to Thailand but also warned that members of the previous government may face prosecution over any alleged wrongdoing.
Many countries in the region expressed regret over the coup, which also made investors around Asia nervous. The U.S. State Department said it hopes the Thai people will resolve their political differences according to democracy and the rule of law.
Australia and New Zealand, both with strong trade links to Thailand, expressed disappointment. Canberra said democracy had been "destroyed" while New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark condemned the military takeover.
The military said it launched the coup over concerns of growing disunity. Early this year, tens of thousands of protesters gathered each week to call for the prime minister to step aside over allegations of corruption.
Many Thais feared that rising tensions between Mr. Thaksin's supporters and his critics could lead to a bloody confrontation. Thepchai at Nationmedia says many now hope that with Mr. Thaksin out of power, calm will return.
"Most people I have spoken to express relief that the uncertainty that has permeated politics has been cleared. At least we know the potential for violent confrontation is now over," Thepchai says.
Tuesday night's coup was the first in 15 years and the 18th successful or attempted military takeover since the country became a constitutional monarchy in 1932.


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Q: Bootstrap modals blank with CDN-delivered js & css resources I'm pretty stuck on this problem that I'm having getting Bootstrap modals to pop up. Here's an example:
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Example of creating Modals with Twitter Bootstrap

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Essentially, the when the button is pressed, the modal tries to load (the style changes to the body happen which causes it to dim), but the  tags containing the modal content never get rendered.
I believe this is a CSS problem at heart. When you remove the css and rerun, the styles go away, of course, but clicking on the anchor actually causes the change to happen.
I have to assume it's something that I'm doing, so could anyone look at the jsfiddle example and let me know where my error is?
Thanks in advance!

A: Not a full answer, but adding modal-content to your `div id="example`` allows the modal to run, but not on the correct layer.
Bootstrap 3 changed how they load modals a bit:

Modal markup has changed significantly. The .modal-header, .modal-body, and .modal-footer sections are now wrapped in .modal-content and .modal-dialog for better mobile styling and behavior.

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Lorenz Hecher (ur. 1 września 1946) – zachodnioniemiecki zapaśnik walczący w stylu klasycznym. Olimpijczyk z Monachium 1972, gdzie odpadł w eliminacjach w kategorii 100 kg. Zajął czwarte miejsce na mistrzostwach świata w 1974 i piąte w 1971. Piąty w mistrzostwach Europy w 1973 roku.

Zdobył trzy tytuły mistrza Niemiec: w 1971, 1973 i 1975.

 Turniej w Monachium 1972
Przegrał z Andrzejem Skrzydlewskim i Węgrem Ferencem Kissem.

Na tych samych igrzyskach w zawodach zapaśniczych wystąpił jego brat Alfons Hecher.

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Uczestnicy Letnich Igrzysk Olimpijskich 1972
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Judge Steven Alm: Justice Reinvestment and the future of HOPE Probation
By Andrew Walden @ 11:35 PM :: 10584 Views :: Justice Reinvestment, Law Enforcement, Drugs
First Circuit Court (Honolulu) Judge Steven Alm is the originator of HOPE Probation, an innovative probation system being adopted by numerous states across the country. HOPE probation is credited with sharply reducing the number of new crimes committed by probationers.
From his biography:
In 2004, Judge Alm brought together stakeholders to design and implement HOPE Probation (Hawaii's Opportunity Probation with Enforcement). The program, the first and only of its kind in the nation, relies on high-intensity supervision to reduce probation violations by drug offenders and others at high risk of recidivism.
Prior to his judicial appointment, Judge Alm served as the United States Attorney for the District of Hawai`i from November 1994 until April 2001. During his tenure, the United State's Attorney's Office focused on political corruption, labor racketeering and drug trafficking offenses, and started the very successful Weed and Seed program. Judge Alm made federal, state and local cooperation and coordination his top priority.
From 1985 to 1994, Judge Alm served as Deputy Prosecuting Attorney for the City and County of Honolulu. During that time, he served as a Felony Team Supervisor and as Director of the District and Family Court division and personally handled complex homicide cases.
Hawai'i Free Press editor Andrew Walden interviewed Judge Alm Tuesday July 26, 2011.
Here is the complete transcript, with slight edits for clarity:
Q: Right now, how many people are in HOPE Probation in Hawaii? How many are on probation total?
Alm: Let's talk about Oahu because I have better numbers on that. There are about 8,200 people on felony probation on Oahu. And there are about a little over 1,700 of them are in HOPE. It's about one out of five.
Q: Recently you've expanded geographically into Hilo and Kauai.
Alm: And Maui started a couple of years ago.
Q: Do you see HOPE expanding into new categories such as drug court, family court, and the big one is state parolees as opposed to probationers?
Alm: Hawaii has one of the lowest violent crime rates in the country--we have one of the highest property crime rates. So we probably send 15-20% of people to prison--years in prison--at sentencing. So that means 80-85% get put on probation. So one of the key things that I think some people don't see is--whether they get put on HOPE or regular probation, the decision has already been made by a judge, they're going to be on probation.
So it's not prison or HOPE, its prison or probation. And then if they're going to be on probation, then do we want to watch them closely on HOPE and sanction them every time or not do that on regular probation?
Q: What I'm getting at is are you looking at expanding HOPE to serve other categories besides probationers?
Alm: I'm hoping to in the future, yes. Right now, people are on parole--they do some years in prison and then they get released on parole. So the paroling authority has already decided to release them. I say, because--and we have gold standard research from Pepperdine and UCLA showing that people in HOPE probation are getting arrested for new crimes half as often as those on regular probation.
There has been no criminal justice program like this in decades. And so on parole, if you watch them closely and sanction them every time, you'll get similar benefits for people on parole, that's the hope.
Q: One of the criticisms that I've seen comes from Rosalina Aipopo of the Department of Public Safety. She says, "Corrections Division is required to expand money, manpower and resources to house these short-term offenders taking up needed cell space and the resources for the pre-trial population."
She's referring to people who've been violated (sent back to jail for probation violations) under HOPE rules.
Now what happens if HOPE expands and there is not the commensurate expansion of personnel and the commensurate expansion of jail spaces to violate people?
Alm: The beauty is, what we're trying to do these days is operate based on research, not based on anecdotes. The way HOPE works versus regular probation is with HOPE they get sanctioned every single time. So if they come to the courthouse and test positive, on regular probation nothing happens. They are allowed to leave the courthouse. On HOPE, they get arrested and go to jail for two or three days and then are brought to court.
In Dr. Hawkins research, she found that, anecdotes aside, the actual time in jail was the same for HOPE probation and regular probation. What Ms Aipopo is saying was found by the research to be not true.
If I sentence 52 HOPE guys, say for a week each-- and on regular probation they get convicted of a new crime or they get the probation revoked and the judge gives them a new five year term of probation but a year in jail as a condition of probation--the bed days between those two events are going to be the same, 52 people for a week each, one person for a year. But people down at jail are going to say, "Wow, look at all these HOPE guys coming in and out, right."
I don't know if somebody hasn't explained to them or showed them the research, but the research shows it doesn't take any extra bed days. It's not taking up other space. And the people are doing 48% fewer days in prison--in State prison. So it is saving millions of dollars right now.
That's why the research is so important to look at and that's why I wrote a response to (Jim) Dooley's (April 28th Hawaii Reporter) article saying let's not go with anecdote. In this day and age, let's look at the research....
Q: How would you respond to the criticism that Abercrombie is now working to reduce jail populations and he is using HOPE to do what Carlisle said would be "keep people out of jail who should be in jail"?
Alm: Governor Abercrombie I think supports this whole Justice Reinvestment initiative. And that's going to be a process working with the (US) Department of Justice. They're going to come up with some recommendations later on this year. So nothing is happening right now on that front.
This Justice Reinvestment Initiative is going on all around the country. I was just in Kentucky three weeks ago and they just spent a year doing it and came up with some recommendations for it and now they're looking at putting HOPE models in Kentucky.
I agree with Peter Carlisle that people that should be in prison, the violent and dangerous and those who won't stop stealing absolutely should be in prison. HOPE or any probation is not a substitute for those guys. The violent and dangerous people need to be in prison.
Q: Abercrombie has just appointed a new Paroling Authority which some people would say is a soft on crime Board. I don't know if you want to respond to that or not but you have pointed out that when you get a probationer, the judge has already made his decision and you're stuck with it.
Alm: I get the cases from the other judges now in HOPE. So if another judge puts somebody on probation and either they or the PO think they should be in HOPE then I get the case.
Q: So it's not just your own cases.
Alm: Right. Its everybody else's cases. So you're right, the decision has already been made. Whether I might agree with it or not o an individual case, the decision has already been made to give this guy a shot on probation.
Q: Some of the uglier cases that have given HOPE a black eye--such as RJ Ham and Kelii Acasia --these were people that had multiple felony records and somehow they were out on probation.
Alm: OK, to begin with, the person's first day in HOPE is what we call a warning hearing where I tell the person: "From now if you miss an appointment you go to jail. If you use drugs you go to jail. If you don't go to treatment and you need it you go to jail. And if it keeps up you go to prison for years.
Well, neither one of those two guys you mentioned showed up for their warning hearing. So warrants were issued and then they committed the crime before they (were) picked up on a warrant. So I really take offence to the idea to say those guys were in HOPE probation.
Q: They were assigned to it and they never showed up?
Alm: They were recommended for the program. The PO told them to be in whatever courtroom -- because before we had all ten judges doing this, then we thought it would be more efficient to have one--but they never showed up for the warning hearing. To say they are a HOPE failure, I think is just unfair because they never got the speech, they never got the consequences. And they would have been violating probation anyway.
Now the initial call about whether to put somebody on probation or send them to prison, I think as judges that's something we have to stand behind. That's what we get paid for, to make those decisions.
Q: You mentioned that you don't believe that HOPE is taking up more jail space. Do you think that HOPE requires more manpower out of probation officers?
Alm: No, but it requires them to move faster. If you and I are both probation officers, we both have clients that come see us and yours tests dirty and mine tests dirty.
(If) yours is in HOPE, you have to either drop what you are doing right then or work with a colleague because maybe you're seeing another client at the point. But they have to get taken into custody, sheriff gets called, but we have a new redesigned motion that takes them five minutes to fill out.
Whereas me (not being in HOPE), I talk to my guy and say, "Joe, how come you tested positive again?"
(He says) "Oh, I had a fight with my girlfriend."
I say, "You know it's a violation of probation. Next year you might get referred back to Judge Alm and get five years in prison."
(He says) "OK, I'll quit."
And then the guy leaves the office.
Q: Without being violated.
Alm: Without being violated.
And to me, what kind of message are we sending to that guy?
Q: That's the problem with the old form of probation.
Alm: Exactly. That's exactly right. But I'm not blaming anybody. I'm not blaming POs. I'm not blaming judges. Our old system was like those old Bud Lite commercials during the last football season--too light or too heavy. Because they did not have an in-between thing. They had either talk, talk, talk, or write up the violation report listing every violation. And then they recommend to me (that) I give them five or ten years in prison.
And I thought: "That's crazy too, but what would work?"
And I thought: "How was I raised? How were you raised? How do we raise our kids? We tell them what the rules are and then if they misbehaved you give them a consequence immediately. Then they can tie together the bad behavior with the consequence and learn from it."
This is parenting 101. Which is why I really encourage you to come to court because you'll see that it's a very transparent process. I tell these offenders, "You're an adult. I can't control what you're going to do, but I can control what I'm going to do. So if you use drugs, you go to jail. If you want to be outside, go to events on the outside, go to your kids first baby luau, you're not going to use drugs. If you can stop on your own, great. If you can't, go to treatment. If you refuse to go to treatment, I'll send you to prison."
Q: So you believe we are able to do this without substantially expanding manpower?
Alm: Yes. But it requires public servants to work smarter and harder. I think they can do that.
Q: I know what the unions would say if they were hearing this.
Alm: (Laughter) What I would encourage you to do is talk to Cheryl Inouye. She's a hard-ass probation supervisor. She's the one I talked to seven years ago now. And she told her POs. "You guys are doing a good job. Our POs are being successful in some cases, but they're not being successful in others. So from now on, you've got to violate them every single time."
There was an article in the New York Times Magazine, January, 2010--and I told the guy writing it that all we want to do is make our probation system work better, but I'm convinced one of the chief reasons it works is (that) even the offenders think it's fair.
They're told what the rules are. If they violate, they go to jail, but it's proportionate. I use drugs. I come in and admit to it. I get five days in jail. You know that's fair.
And the fact that they came to the courthouse knowing they would test positive for drugs, tells me they're having problems but they are still trying to make it work.
If they run away and we have to use law enforcement resources to pick them up, we are going to give them a lot more time in jail.
Q: Speculating a little bit into the future: How do you think Justice Reinvestment will affect HOPE probation?
Alm: If the idea with Justice Reinvestment is to look at the statutes and come up with what are the biggest drivers for our big State prison system. And what those of in the business know is the size of our prison (population) is based not on judges at initial sentencing, but on failures at probation primarily and then parole secondarily.
So I think if there are recommendations to change the statutes maybe to allow more drug possession charges to be probationable, then that would mean that more people would get put on HOPE probation but it would also mean maybe more people would get put on parole. And I just think you need to have a tight, tough system both in probation and parole. And that's where I see an expansion, I see a HOPE parole down the road.
Q: You had mentioned that about 20% of current probationers are on HOPE probation. What about the other 80%? What's the hold up, why not just put them all on HOPE?
Alm: That's what I say. (laughter) It does require people to work smarter and harder. And one of the things we're doing is trying to focus our efforts on the people most likely to fail. And that's what's different about HOPE from any other program. We are putting people into HOPE that are most likely to fail because they have drug problems or they've had problems in supervision in the past.
Say somebody steals ten videos from Best Buy. They're scared to death. They're never going to do it again. Those guys, you don't need this kind of really tough probation system.
Q: But on the other hand, some people commit their first crime and they see how easy it is. And then they go commit their second crime.
Alm: I agree with you. I look to the day where the 20-year-old driving a stolen car, we arrest him, we put him in HOPE. I agree with you, down the road. I think we're getting there. We're slowly expanding.
I do this most of the time. I'm now the Drug Court judge, too. I do that on Mondays, I do HOPE Tuesday through Friday. We're looking at getting another judge doing this and getting them started.
The research is so clear. Dr. Hawkins research, they identified 500 people in main branch probation. They all had drug problems, average age mid 30s, 16 to 17 prior arrests. The National Institute of Justice required her to run their names through a computer program that randomly put two out of every three into HOPE. The other third were left in a control group. There's almost zero research like this in the criminal justice system. A year later she looked at the results and she found the guys in HOPE were getting arrested for new crimes 55% less often than the control group. It is remarkable!
Q: Related to first crimes, do you see HOPE expanding into juvenile?
Alm: I would definitely like to see that because if the swift and certain consequence works with adults, it works even more with juveniles.
Q: How would you respond to the moral hazard argument that says, well since HOPE is working, it's easier to let people out or easier to sentence them to probation?
Alm: I would still say that, for the violent and dangerous and those who won't stop stealing—no probation is a substitute for that (prison). To protect public safety, we've got to send those people to prison.
But again, when you look at it, I think that's a relatively small percentage—I think 20%.
Right now, if you're on probation for possession of a small amount of crystal meth or cocaine, and you are arrested for anything and they search you and they find a pipe with residue, right now I have to give that person five years in prison.
In many cases, that may not be the most appropriate thing—to send that guy to Halawa Prison.
Q: You have a minimum sentencing requirement that tells people just on possession of methamphetamines they have to go five years?
Alm: If it's the second time. The statute is a repeat offender (statute). If you're on probation for one offense—for example drugs, but it could be other things. But let's say you're on probation for one offense: If you get convicted of a new offense—and I give the example of a possession of a small amount of drugs—and you get convicted of a new one, right now we have to give them the five years maximum. The Paroling Authority will set the minimum, but we set the five years maximum and we can give them up to a year (and) eight months as a mandatory minimum.
We can reduce the minimum if they cop and don't make the State put the case on, but we can't (convert the sentence) from prison to probation.
That's something I know the Legislature has looked at in the past. As somebody in the Judiciary, I wouldn't take a position on it. But if such person were probationable, with HOPE now we have a place to monitor them.
Q: Often we see somebody who is out on the streets and they've got a rap sheet with 20 felony convictions—rape, manslaughter, burglary, and so forth and they're still out on the street. And you're talking about somebody with some meth residue who gets five years.
Alm: Right (laughter). I think partly I think the press could be more careful, because when they talk about people's priors, often they're talking about arrests, not convictions.
Q: Sometimes.
Alm: And if somebody hasn't been convicted of something, that's a different story. If they've had prior convictions, then presumably they were sanctioned for that conviction. Whether they got the right sanction, we have to look at each case.
I'm not trying to excuse. If people should have been sent to prison, they should have been sent to prison. But sometimes you do have somebody who does have a record and he just got out of prison after doing several years—we've got to find a better way to monitor that person.
And I was probably the hardest sentence in this building.
The last case I did as a (Honolulu) prosecutor was the murder of a police officer. And then I was a United States Attorney for 6 ½ years under President Clinton. So I'm a very law-and-order tough guy. But I think we've got to be tough on crime, but at the same time we've got to be smart on crime. And that's why there's a movement across the country to really try to separate out those two. And that's why people like Grover Norquist (President of Americans for Tax Reform), people like David Kean, the President of the National Rifle Association, love HOPE probation because of the accountability involved and the stark contrast to business as usual.
Q: So how do you prevent HOPE from being swamped?
Alm: You make sure, if we're going to put more and more people on HOPE probation, we're going to need another judge doing this. And the Paroling Authority is busy as heck. Now the paroling authority has one full time member and two part time members.
Q: Which one is full time?
Alm: Bert Matsuoka. He's the new guy. The other two positions are part time. All three of those positions should be full time. As you know, in our system, if I give somebody five years in prison, that's the maximum they get. After a few months in prison, they go before the Paroling Authority (where) they set the minimum.
It is an incredibly important job. I think we're the only state with this system. They should be three full time positions, in my personal opinion, not speaking on behalf of the Judiciary.
If they're asking the Paroling Authority in the future to do HOPE Parole, then I think (that's) even more of a reason why you'd have to have all three be full time positions.
Q: It seems like the Hawaii Paroling Authority is one of the reasons for the revolving door. And I don't mean necessarily the three people who are on it now, although some people have said that Michael Town, Bert Matsuoka, and Joyce Matsumori are soft on crime.
Alm: Each case, you'd have to look at it and decide how much time are we going to give this person? And that's going to be a decision that they're going to have to stand behind for each one and decide how long should somebody serve and are there programs. The problem is that when budgets are cut, programs are the first things that are cut.
One thing that we will clearly need as HOPE expands--whether it is probation and/or parole—is we're going to have to have more funding for our treatment programs. Because we have some excellent drug treatment programs in Hawaii—but there are waiting lists for them.
You should go talk to Alan Johnson, he's the President of Hina Mauka. They have a waiting list. They've had to lay people off. We have more people in treatment from HOPE than from Drug Court because HOPE is so big.
Some guys can stop using on their own. Some need to go to treatment.
We can separate out the groups…. Then we only send to treatment the people that need it. But the Legislature has given us a more than a million bucks for (each of) the last five years, and we use most of the money for drug treatment slots.
But, in spite of that, they're going to need more. And we do have some excellent treatment.
I travel around the country talking about HOPE all the time, on somebody else's dime. And I've discovered a bunch of communities don't have any good drug treatment. It's crazy.
Q: Do you think that future judicial appointments should be contingent on judge's pre-agreement to participate in HOPE?
Alm: I don't think it has to get to that. Our Chief Justice totally supports HOPE. And I think judges are frustrated by a system which doesn't work which is why we've had a lot of judges who are very supportive of HOPE.
We had six judges doing this when the prosecutors and public defenders requested (to have) it in one courtroom. Logistically it was a challenge and it's probably easier and more consistent to have it in one (courtroom). That's when I agreed to take all the cases—about a year and a half ago.
Q: Abercrombie has pledged to bring all the prisoners back from the Mainland. There aren't any prisons being built except that jail at Puunene. And the jail at Puunene is a question mark. Is HOPE Parole the solution to fill that gap?
Alm: I don't want to … since the Justice Reinvestment initiative is ongoing-- and I think there is a team from the Justice Department that is meeting with Public Safety, with the prosecutors, with the courts, with everybody—they're going to come up with some recommendations. I'm just going to let that process take it's course.
Q: What other alternatives, besides HOPE Parole, are there, that don't involve incarceration?
Alm: I think they will probably look at our statutes. The way this process works as they explained it to us: the first step is get data. Do research to find out what are the drivers for our system. And I think one of them they will find is that people fail at probation or parole. And will they make appropriate recommendations regarding some of those statutes?
Again, if somebody's not going to be incarcerated, they're either going to be on probation or parole. It is not like the crimes are going to go away or the people are going to go away.
Q: So this would require a substantial increase in parole officers?
Alm: We haven't added a bunch of probation officers. They've just have had to operate differently. And I take my hat off to them that they have stepped up and work in teams. Because if you and I are both POs and you're meeting with a client and one of your guys violates, I will step in do the motion immediately. It takes five minutes. Call the Sheriff, they'll come in and arrest the guy, boom he's off to OCCC. But it takes teamwork. It takes working harder and smarter and people, if challenged, will step up and do that.
Q: You mentioned a simplified motion to violate a probationer, what other simplifications are out there that could speed up the process and make them more effective?
Alm: The police department. When I talked to Chief Correa like six years ago I wanted to ask for his help in serving more warrants. And he said so the idea is if we spend some upfront effort serving warrants, down the road we won't have to spend the multiple hours investigating the burglaries and the car thefts. That's exactly what we're hoping for.
And so, when Dr Hawkins results came out showing that the guys in HOPE were getting arrested 55% less often, (Correa) was the first guy I called. I said, "Chief, what you were hoping for is exactly what's happened."
And so that's why you'll see out there warrants for HOPE all the time. That's the way it works and it's a lot less labor intensive for law enforcement to serve warrants than it is to spend the hours investigating the burglaries the car thefts, and everything else.
This is why the Police Chief is supportive of HOPE, the Sheriff is supportive of HOPE, the US Marshall (Erwin?) Miyamoto—they're all supportive of HOPE. It's a different way to operate. It is doing up front a little bit rather than a lot down the road.
Q: Does that mean that police transfer more officers to go after fugitives?
Alm: No. They just kind of heighten the level of it. So people think about it. So they send the warrants to the different groups. You know each district has a crime reduction unit—plainclothes officers that work in support of parole. They get a list of all the warrants. And they know who the crooks are in their neighborhood. And they say, "I know where that guy is" and, boom, they go arrest him.
Q: You said you're going to let the process go forward with Justice Reinvestment and see what happens. What would be a warning sign that would tell you that they're just going to open the prisons and let a bunch of people out that they shouldn't let out and overload your program?
Alm: If recommendations are made that would release people that are violent or dangerous you're going to hear screams from probably Keith Kaneshiro first—because all the prosecutors are part of this. (But) I would be shocked at that. I really would be.
Texas was one of the first states to really buy into this Justice Reinvestment concept and they were faced with the prospect, I think, of building 17 new prisons or coming up with a new way to try to be both smart and tough. And it was a Republican in the (State) House or Senate and a Democrat on the other side—the head of the Public Safety Committee that got together.
And so that's one of the real early pioneers in doing this whole (Justice Reinvestment) concept. Let's look at exactly who we're sending and is there a way -- keep sending the violent, dangerous person—people wouldn't get reelected in Texas if they started letting out the bad guys. But maybe the drug users who are non-violent—that's I think what they looked at in Texas.
But I can tell you, people will be screaming if recommendations are made this fall to let out people who are violent or dangerous. And I'll be opposed to that.
Q: The Hawaii Paroling Authority's structure on sentencing—where they establish the minimums, unlike the other 49 states: Does that take fingerprints off of sentencing so a judge can say, "Well I sentenced him to 20 years. I didn't know he was going to get out two years from now."
Alm: No. Because I think judges will probably think he's probably likely to do a bunch of this time. And that's what gets the publicity when the judge gives the sentence.
Q: That's what I'm talking about. The judge gives a long sentence and then quietly the HPA gives a short minimum.
Alm: Once in a while I'll give consecutive sentences. To keep them in as long as possible. Because some people if they are violent and dangerous and keep victimizing people, we've got to remove them from society for often decades.
Q: That's what the dispute over consecutive versus concurrent (sentencing) was earlier this year?
Alm: Whether it was clear in the statutes or whatever, judges are very--when we give consecutive sentences--and it doesn't happen that often--and I've probably given more than anyone, we know we're doing it. It's really public safety, that's the whole idea. If people are violent or dangerous, they need to get removed from society.
I once sent a 19-year old, who would lead police on multiple high speed car chases, I gave him 25 years. I ran a ten, a ten, and a five consecutive because he put everybody on this island at risk repeatedly, having fun. That kind of person you just have to remove. And age is one of the biggest things that will cause recidivism to get reduced. When people get older, they don't commit as many crimes.
Q: Going back to the workforce side of the equation: Are there other big efficiency improvements you see that could be implemented that haven't been?
Alm: I'm trying to brainstorm on this and I will be fascinated to see what the Justice Reinvestment folks come up with. Since more people go to prison from probation or parole, the more effective we can make those systems (the better).
That's true across the country. More people go to prison--there are 4.3 million people on probation across the country and about 800,000 on parole. That's the biggest driver of our prison systems. So that's why all these other states are interested in HOPE because we've all got the same problem.
You may have looked at the latest copy of HawaiiBusiness.com or Hawaii Business Magazine. We're trying to get all these folks on probation or parole to be employed. Because they probably owe court fees, they owe restitution. It keeps them busy, gets them tired. It was a great article. The cover says "Some of my best workers are ex-cons." A great story.
Q: I thought it was an article about a Legislator.
Alm: (Laughs) You know we sent a bunch of those guys to prison when I was a US Attorney.
Q: Yes. The Feds do that. The State doesn't do that.
Alm: I was very happy with that. We prosecuted (former UPW President) Gary Rodrigues.
Q: Yes. I drive by his log cabin (UPW HQ) every day in Hilo.
Alm: I was very proud of that prosecution. It was important.
Q: It was good to get him off of the Judicial Selection Commission also.
Alm: We had already indicted him, we were waiting for trial when the Presidential election came along and all the US Attorneys had to put in their resignations. I applied for a State judgeship. When I went to the Judicial Selection Commission to be interviewed, he was still on the Commission--even though I'd just indicted him.
He had the good grace not to show up. His name tag was there. Then the following week he resigned, saying this is untenable. It was amazing.
NYT Magazine: Prisoners of Parole
HR: Hope Probation Strains Hawaii Criminal Justice System
HR: HOPE Probation Works: Why Choosing Research and Facts Over Sensationalism and Anecdotes Make for Better Criminal Justice Policy
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CAR CRASH INTO PLATTE RIVER KILLS 5 IN DENVER.
Denver - Three women and two men were killed when the car they were in apparently missed a stop sign at the bottom of a steep hill and landed upside down in a river south of downtown, police said Sunday.
Police received a call about 9 a.m. from someone who reported seeing the car. One of the officers who responded immediately jumped into the Platte River and tried to break the car's windows to free the victims, but he was unsuccessful, a police spokeswoman said.


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George Michael's sister found dead aged 55 - exactly three years after the singer's own death
Dec 27th 2019 10:38AM
George Michael's sister has been found dead - exactly three years to the day after the singer's own death.
Hairdresser Melanie Panayiotou, 55, was found at her home in North London, by her elder sister Yioda.
Former Wham! star George died aged 53 from heart and fatty liver disease on Christmas Day, 2016.
A statement from the family's lawyer John Reid said: "We can confirm that very tragically Melanie has passed away suddenly.
"We would simply ask that the family's privacy be respected at this very sad time. There will be no further comment."
Singer George Michael arrives at the London Hilton hotel, for tonight's celebrity fashion show, which is held for the charity London Lighthouse, the centre for people suffering with HIV and AIDS.
Floral tributes are left outside the home of George Michael in Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, on the second anniversary of the singer's death.
Tributes to George Michael outside his home in Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. George Michael's family have asked fans to remove their tributes from outside the late singer's former homes for the sake of his neighbours.
Tributes to George Michael outside his house in Highgate, north London. George Michael's family have asked fans to remove their tributes from outside the late singer's former homes for the sake of his neighbours.
Tributes outside George Michael's house in Highgate, North London, UK, following the singer's death.
Singer George Michael performs during the Closing Ceremony at the Olympic Stadium, on the final day of the London 2012 Olympics.
George Michael (right) presents Jonathan Ross with the 2009 Music Industry Trusts' Award at the Grosvenor House Hotel on Park Lane, London.
George Michael is seen performing in concert at Earls Court, London.
Singer George Michael performs at the MEN Arena in Manchester during his '25 Live' world tour.
Capital radio presenters Johnny Vaughn (left) and Zoe Hanson with George Michael after the singer interviewed Vaughn for Help a London Child.
George Michael receives the Lifetime Contribution Award during the 7th annual GQ Men Of The Year Awards at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, central London.
Singer George Michael (right) and his partner Kenny Goss arrive for Attitude Magazine's 10th Birthday Party at the Atlantic Bar & Grill in central London, to celebrate 10 years for the gay style magazine.
Singers George Michael and Geri Halliwell arrive at the 95.8 Capital FM London Awards in London.
This picture can only be used in conjunction with editorial on NetAid: Singer George Michael performing on stage at the charity NetAid concert, at Wembley Stadium.
Library filer dated 3/91 of singer George Michael in concert at Wembley. Police in Beverly Hills have arrested a man who gave his name as George Michael for "disorderly conduct". The man, who gave his occupation as singer, was booked under the name Georgios Panayiotou - the former Wham star's real name - it was confirmed today (Weds). See PA story POLICE Michael. Photo by Fiona Hanson/PA.
PA NEWS PHOTO 29/5/97 SINGER GEORGE MICHAEL AT THE IVOR NOVELLO MUSIC AWARDS IN LONDON
Pop stars George Michael and Annie Lennox, after receiving the best male and female singers awards at Capital Radio FM's star-studded Help A London Child charity lunch at London's Royal Lancaster Hotel.
The Princess of Wales, Patron of the National Aids Trust, shakes hands with pop superstar Mick Hucknall, backstage at Wembley Arena before the Concert of Hope to mark World Aids Day. Also pictured next to Hucknall are David Bowie (r) and George Michael (l).
George Michael singing on stage during the concert.
Pop superstar George Michael in London after he accepted a six-figure undisclosed libel damages in the High Court against The Sun newspaper over stories that he gatecrashed a party being given by Andrew Lloyd Webber and was drunk and abusive.
Pop duo Wham partners, Andrew Ridgeley (l) and George Michael, on stage at Wembley Stadium for their sell-out farewell concert.
George Michael dances on stage at Wembley Stadium for the Wham! sell-out farewell concert.
George Michael at Wembley Stadium for the Wham! sell-out farewell concert.
Left to right: Bono of U2, Paul McCartney, and Freddy Mercury of Queen, during the finale.
Pop stars singing during the finale of the Live Aid concert at Wembley Stadium: (L-R) George Michael, promoter Harvey Goldstein, Bono (lead singer of U2), Paul McCartney and Freddie Mercury (lead singer of Queen).
Top pop duo Wham! 20 year old singer George Michael (L) and his guitar playing partner Andrew Ridgeley. 21/10/04: Pop duo Wham! whose song Freedom was top of the charts twenty years ago this week.
George Michael (r) and Andrew Ridgeley of Wham at Heathrow Airport before leaving for a tour of Japan.
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In a statement, the Metropolitan Police said it was called by the London Ambulance Service at around 7.35pm on Wednesday to "reports of the sudden death of a woman, aged in her 50s, at an address in Oak Hill Park, NW3".
It added: "The death is not being treated as suspicious by police.
"A report will be compiled for the Coroner into the circumstances."
Prior to Christmas this year, Michael's family told his fans that their kind messages "lift us when things are tough".
With the third anniversary of the singer-songwriter's death approaching, his relatives had also asked that people continue to do "good deeds in his memory".
His sisters, his father Jack and longtime manager David Austin shared a statement on Michael's official website saying that the family have "come to fully appreciate (although we already knew really), quite how much love there is out there in the world, for both Yog and his beautiful music".
Michael – whose real name was Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou – sold more than 100 million albums throughout his career.


Two weeks of the Vuelta done, and we are still not all on board. This week Tim discusses his next @velogames plan, Matt tries to turn Spencer's logic against him, and Spencer takes the lead. We talk even more about Slipstream, and teach you how to fund your local race. Our sincere apologies to Teresa Heinz? she is not dead.
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Home›NEWS›HOW, WHO AND WHY PROF. OLAYEMI AKINWUMI BECAME FUL NEW VC
HOW, WHO AND WHY PROF. OLAYEMI AKINWUMI BECAME FUL NEW VC
The Chairman of the Governing Council of the Federal University Lokoja, Senator Chris Adigije, has announced the appointment of Professor Olayemi Rotimi Akinwumi as the new Vice Chancellor of the University.
Professor Akinwumi who was among the 80 Candidates that vied for the Vice Chancellor stool of the Federal University Lokoja became tops in the keenly contested position to emerge the 3rd Vice Chancellor of the University.
Untill his appointment, Professor Akinwumi was the Deputy Vice Chancellor Academic of Nasarawa State University Keffi.
Professor Olayemi Akinwumi is a Distinguished Professor of History at Nasarawa State University,Keffi, Nigeria since 2005. He had his higher education at the University of Ilorin where he obtained his Bachelor's degree in 1985 followed by Master's and PhD degrees in History in the same university. He is a Fellow of the Historical Society of Nigeria (HSN), and former President of the Historical Society, the first Academic Society in Nigeria.
Professor Olayemi Akinwumi began his academic career at the University of Ilorin, Nigeria and rose to become a senior Lecturer in 1996. He was at the Institut fur Ethonogie, Freie Universitat, Berlin from 1999 to 2004. He joined and has been in the services of the Nasarawa State University, Keffi since 2004.
He has won many international and national academic awards. Among the awards are the Prof Ali Mazrui academic awards for Academic Excellence in Kenya, the Stellenbosch Institute of Advanced Study Award (South Africa), the prestigious German Alexander von Humboldt award, Universitat Zurich (Switzerland) Nord-Sud-Kooperation Award, Europe Research Award (in University College, London) the Institute of Commonwealth Studies award (University of London), the German Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdiendt (DAAD), UNESCO Scholar (Committee for the Pedagogical Use of the General History of African Project in 2011) and the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) scholars at several times. He also had the Bayo kuku award by the Nigeria Academy of Letters.
Professor Akinwumi has served in various capacities in the University. He was the first substantive HOD history (2004-2007). He was the Deputy Dean of Arts (2004-2006). He was the Dean of Arts (2006-2010). In 2009, he was elected the Chairman, Committee of Deans and Directors. The same year, he was elected Senate representative in the Governing Council where he served in many committees.
In 2017, he was appointed as the Director of Institute of Governance and Development Studies In 2018 he became the Dean, School of Postgraduate Studies and in 2019, he was appointed for the second time, the Chairman of the Committee of Deans and Directors.
He is an erudite scholar with over 70 publications in national and international journals. Two of his major works are Conflict and Crises in Nigeria: A Political history since 1960 and the Colonial Contest for the Nigerian Region: A History of the German Participation. Both books were published in Germany. He has attended conferences in over 30 countries in the world.
Hon. Taofiq Isah Congratulates Professor Olayemi Akinyemi ...
BRIEF HISTORY ABOUT PROF. OLAYEMI AKINWUMI FHSN, ...
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"No usufruct may last longer than 100 years."
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Q: Convince TypeScript that Vue 3 template ref is available in onMounted I am trying to work with an HTML canvas in a TypeScript Vue 3 component (Composition API).
The issue I am facing is that in an onMounted hook callback, TypeScript is telling me that the value of my template ref could be undefined even though I know it will not be by the time that onMounted fires. Is there anything I can do to convince TypeScript that it is not undefined and let me call methods on it?
Currently, I have wrapped it in an if-statement type guard style, but I am looking for a better way.
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A: Use the non-null assertion operator:
onMounted(() => {
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NASCAR Pre-Race Media: Sunday's South Point 400 (7 p.m. ET, NBCSN, PRN) race preview
TRACK: Las Vegas Motor Speedway (1.5 mile oval). DISTANCE: 267 Laps — STAGE 1: 80 Laps, STAGE 2: 80 Laps, FINAL STAGE: 107 Laps, MILES (400.5 Miles)
WHO WILL WIN SOUTH POINT 400
He won back in the spring and dominated a like track at Kansas in May. He's the favorite for good reason. Larson has five top three finishes in his last six starts on the season.
Martin Truex Jr.
He won this race a few years ago and has nine Top-11 finishes in his last 10 tries on the 1.5-mile track including six Top-4 efforts and two wins. He's won 12 races on 1.5-mile tracks since 2016, nearly two times as much as the next closest driver. He was fourth, first and seventh respectively in the first round of the playoffs.
He has 10 Top-10 finishes in his last 11 Vegas starts.
He has a top 10 finish in all but one start at Vegas since Penske went to Ford's in 2013. He won the Fall race in 2018. He was second and third respectively in 2019 and seventh and 13th in 2020, with a runner-up this spring.
Top Sleepers?
Has seven Top-7 finishes in his last nine starts in Vegas. His teammates have each had a top 10 finish in all but one Vegas start since 2013 too. Blaney, has four top four finishes in his last six starts on the season.
He finished seventh in the playoff race in 2019 and restarted the Spring race last year on the front row before contact cut his tire on the overtime restart. He was eighth in March.
Worth a look. He was seventh in March.
Bowman, was sixth and fifth the last two Fall races.
Why not here? This car has six top 15 finishes in the last seven races in Vegas between Paul Menard and Matt DiBenedetto. Plus, DiBenedetto had two runner-up finishes last year too.
He swept both Xfinity race there last year.
Larson did phenomenal in this car in Vegas. Chastain also won an Xfinity race for Ganassi there too. He also had a pair of top fives in the first round too. For these odds, you absolutely have to go with him here.
Who To Fade?
He's had just two career top fives on this track with his last three finishes being 26th, 22nd and 13th respectively.
His Vegas starts are fading. His last three finishes are 8th, 10th and 20th respectively.
Busch, won last Fall but that happened due to some luck and was just his second top five in his last 18 Vegas starts.
His last four finishes in Vegas as 13th, 21st, 17th and 38th respectively.
Race Preview
This may be the second biggest race of the entire playoffs. With Talladega and the ROVAL looming, you can't afford to leave Las Vegas behind the eight ball.
"The biggest thing I've been thinking about is the playoff bonus points and winning in Vegas," Keselowski said. "The best thing we can do to control our own destiny is to go win Vegas and then Talladega just becomes what it is. It's the same thing with the Roval, so we're hopeful to just kind of not have to worry about it that way by scoring a win. If we're not able to do that, I'd like to get a few more playoff bonus points with stages for those races and that would help a bunch, but, certainly, this round presents a lot of challenges for us."
Chase Elliott agrees. He says that his full focus is on Sunday's race in Las Vegas right now because the way he looks at it is, he's probably going to crash next Sunday at Talladega.
"I think that's just the odds," Elliott said of a potential wreck on the Alabama superspeedway.
He says stage points have kind of changed the game in the playoffs now and most notably, everyone has adapted to see just how important they are.
"So, I think everybody knows how important stages are and what they can mean, especially stage wins," Elliott continued. "Getting that extra bonus point is a huge thing, too. I think everybody knows that and that's certainly a game that's been played. I don't know that it was as much played that very first year that we had playoff and stage points, but really ever since that first year, I think it has been known and everybody really gets that. And it's just gotten more and more aggressive."
Over the last 11 Cup races in Vegas, Brad Keselowski, Kevin Harvick, Martin Truex Jr., Joey Logano and Kyle Larson have combined to win 10 of them.
Also, Penske, SHR and JGR/Furniture Row have won the 11 of the last 13 Vegas races. The last non team of them to win other than Kurt Busch's triumph with Chip Ganassi Racing last Fall? Roush/Fenway Racing (Carl Edwards) in 2011 and Hendrick Motorsports with Kyle Larson in March.
With them making up a majority of the drivers left in the playoff field, the odds of a non playoff winner are slim to none.
Denny Hamlin scored four stage wins in six tries in the opening round including a second place in one of the two other results. Kyle Larson had the other two stage wins, a pair of runner-ups as well as a pair of fourth place finishes in them too. Hamlin, was first, second and ninth respectively in the first round in overall finishes while Larson was second, sixth and first himself.
These are the top two right now but Larson dominated the spring race on this very track and has had five top three's in his last six races in general. Hamlin, was third in this race last year and fourth in the spring.
Watch out for them.
Can Kyle Busch earn the win on his home track? He's beaten himself this postseason with a crash in Darlington (35th), a pit road speeding penalty on his final stop in Richmond (9th) and an unscheduled stop late in Bristol (21st). In this round, he's had no top 10's in his last seven Talladega playoff races and three finishes of 30th or worse in three tries on the Charlotte ROVAL. Vegas may be his only chance.
His teammate Martin Truex Jr. may be in trouble too if not for Vegas. He has seven top eight's in his last nine but just one top five since 2007 in Talladega and no top fives in three ROVAL starts.
Where they may luck out is, Kevin Harvick's Vegas finishes are getting worse and worse in Vegas. He has two top fives in his last 19 at Talladega and one top five in 3 ROVAL starts. He's also had just two finishes better than fourth all season.
Alex Bowman has two top fives in his last 12. Brad Keselowski has one in his last 10 and two in his last 18. Joey Logano has one top five in his last 13 and only four in the last 20. Can they all turn things around?
Top Stat
21 of the last 23 Cup races in Vegas resulted in a past champion winning. The only non title winner to have won at Vegas? Carl Edwards (twice) and Kyle Larson (March).
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jacobdebets October 30, 2018 November 2, 2018 MMA
Five wins, five losses. That was Anthony Smith's record in 2010 after spending two years and 10 fights roaming the Midwest's regional MMA circuit. "Lionheart" finished four out of five of his foes and was in turn was stopped in all five of his losses. All but one of these bouts ended inside two rounds.
Smith started his professional career in a most unpropitious manner, an action fighter whose fights resembled a symphony of violence reliably bookended with a knockout or submission. It took him six years and 30 fights to finally make it to the final bell — a unanimous decision victory over Brian Green at Bellator 129 — and almost a decade to put consecutive victories together under the Ultimate Fighting Championship banner. However, since 2016, the 30-year-old has gone 7-2 in the world's largest MMA promotion and is riding a three-fight winning streak straight to the top of the light heavyweight division. After his performance on Saturday in the UFC Fight Night 138 main event, he stands on the precipice of getting a shot at one of the most coveted prizes in all of combat sports.
You can read the rest of the article at Sherdog.com
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