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Turkish TV Depicts IDF as Bloodthirsty
Portrayal in soap opera set during Gaza War comes as bilateral relationship struggles
At a time when bilateral relations between Israel and Turkey have reached a nadir, a Turkish television show called Ayrilik (Farewell), a nighttime soap set during last winter's Israeli assault on Gaza, has provoked more tension by depicting the IDF as a "murderous, bloodthirsty army," according to Ynet. In one scene, an Israeli soldier kicks the body of a Palestinian youth as the kid's mother runs to embrace the corpse. In another, an Israeli corners a Palestinian girl on a Gaza street and shoots her coldly in the chest, waiting to watch the blood run out of her wound before exiting the scene. (Snippets of the show are available on YouTube here.)
According to the series' website, Ayrilik "brings to life the bleeding wound of Palestine," and needless to say, the Israeli government is incensed. Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman called the Turkish ambassador in Israel to a meeting with high-ranking Israeli officials, and one of his deputies, Naor Gilon, told the envoy, "This kind of incitement is likely to lead to physical harm being done to Jews and Israelis who arrive in Turkey as tourists." Lieberman went further, accusing the Turkish government—the show runs on a state-owned television network—of being complicit in an incitement to anti-Semitic violence.
Meanwhile, yesterday Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the "conscience of our people" impelled him to exclude Israel from joint war game exercises. "I had to be the voice that expresses the existence of my people," Erdogan said in an interview with the al-Arabiya new channel in Dubai, "and my people were rejecting Israel's participation."
Turkish TV Show Has IDF Soldiers 'Killing' Palestinian Kids [Ynet]
Erdogan: My People Rejected Israel's Participation [Ynet]
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Chance's Chance
In your paper you have had a couple of articles on Chance, the husky. I am the lucky person who got the incredible opportunity of bringing him into his new forever home. He is a remarkable dog and is doing great. If you did not know his story, you would never know that he is blind. As I write this letter, he is asleep at my feet.
My wife Kathy and I were married on February 17, 1990. During our sacramental celebration we expressed to one another and to the congregation our "eight be-attitudes of marriage."
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On Saturday, May 16. Luther Luckett Correctional Complex in La Grange will host its annual Grin and Bear It 5K Run/Walk. Proceeds benefit the institution's unique Bears Behind Bars program in which inmates make teddy bears that are given at no cost to local and state first responders. They in turn give them to children affected by crises such as house fires, automobile accidents, domestic violence situations, etc.
Jo Ross has spent 48 years in the fashion industry learning the ins and outs of fast-paced runway shows, working internationally to produce shows in places such as Peru, Prague and Mexico, reporting on fashion for local newspapers and TV stations and curating costume exhibits for many local museums. In all that time she has learned a wealth of information she often shares with others through special programs relating to the textile industry.
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Oldham County High School librarian James Allen has been named a 2015 PBS LearningMedia Digital Innovator. Allen, who also serves as technology coordinator at the school in Buckner, Kentucky is among a diverse group of 100 tech-savvy educators from across the country selected for his passion and commitment to innovative teaching practices that integrate digital media and technology in the classroom.
A tour bus carrying 50 Oldham County Middle School students returning from an eighth grade trip caught fire in Pennsylvania early last Thursday morning.
No injuries were reported, according to Director of Communications and Development of Oldham County Schools Tracy Harris Green.
The Toby Tours bus driver smelled smoke at around 6 a.m. on Thursday morning and pulled the bus over and the 50 kids and five adults were taken to a rest station by local emergency workers in the Claysville, Penn. area.
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Supernova encounter of a third kind.
Supernovas are intense explosions of stars. The explosion causes such an increase in brightness that the supernova is conspicuous on photos of even fairly distant galaxies. (A supernova in our own galaxy would probably be obvious to everybody without need for telescopes, but we haven't seen one of those in more than 300 years). These explosions are characteristic of the last stages of a star's life cycle.
Astronomers believe that type I supernovas occur when a dying white dwarf star with a mass about that of the sun is overwhelmed by matter falling on it from a nearby companion star. The influx causes the white dwarf to explode. Type II supernovas are attributed to the death throes of much larger stars (more than eight times the sun's mass). In old age such a star transmutes lighter elements to heavier ones. It develops a core of iron surrounded by layers of elements lighter than iron ranging to the lightest, helium and hydrogen, at the outermost. As the star makes more and more heavy elements, the core gets overburdened and implodes, sending out a shock wave that explodes the rest of the star.
Type I and type II supernovas are distinguished from each other by differences in maximum brightness, by their light curves (the way their brightness varies over time) and by their spectra. Type III -- if SN1985f may be called that -- differs from both in all these characteristics, prompting Filippenko and Sargent to call it "peculiar" in the title of their paper on SN1985f, published in the Aug. 1 NATURE.
Because it was a spectroscope that first found SN1985f, the object's spectrum was the first peculiar characteristic to arrest astronomers' attention. The spectrum is dominated by emission lines, bright resonant emissions at wavelengths characteristic of oxygen, sodium and magnesium. The spectra of type II supernovas also show bright emission lines, but the dominant ones are those of hydrogen and helium, the outermost layers of the exploding star. Oxygen, sodium and magnesium should lie deep within the star. SN1985f is also much dimmer than the other two types of supernova. There is evidence that it never achieved the maximum brightness of either type.
Filippenko and Sargent point out that these characteristics seem to match those of a kind of "peeled" supernova posited some time ago by Roger A. Chevalier of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. He suggested that a star that had somehow lost its outer layers would explode into a supernova much fainter than a usual type II. But Chevalier did not say -- nor a ppararently has anyone else -- how such a star might lose its outer layers.
Other astronomers have been rushing to observe SN1985f. One of them, Michael De Robertis of the Lick Observatory, at the University of California at Santa Cruz, points out another peculiarity: In spectra he has taken between March and July, the intensity of the emission lines does not change. Those of known types of supernova do change over such a 90-day period. This "calls into question" the designation of the object as supernova, he says. But if it is not a supernova, neither De Robertis nor apparently any other astronomer has suggested what else it might be.
If SN1985f is the representative of a new class of supernova, Filippenko and Sargent point out, it can explain certain strange objects that astronomers have classed as supernova remnants: Cassiopeia A, a very famous radio source; the object N132D in the Large Magellanic Cloud; and "the extraordinary object in NGC4449." Supernova remnants are the clouds of ejecta thrown out by the explosion, which continue to emit light and/or radio for centuries and millennia. From the present condition of Cas A, astronomers can calculate that its explosion should have happened in 1665, but there are no contemporary records of a sighting. It it was type III, it may have been too dim for the naked eye.
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Charlotte Decker was part of the first wave of pioneering women commissioned to serve in the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps in WWII. Stationed in France at the end of the war, she re-enlisted in the reserves to serve as a major during the occupation of Japan. A Wimbledon tennis player and Washington stockbroker, Decker has never been afraid to stand up for herself.
But now she is fighting for her life after the Long Beach VA failed to catch and treat early signs of a urinary tract infection. Over five months, the infection has progressed alarmingly and doctors are worried about blood in her urine and a threat to her kidneys.
The saga began Jan. 24, when Decker, 94, went to the Long Beach VA for a check-up. A urinalysis was performed along with other routine tests. The lab results show an increased level of mucus, red blood cells and white blood cells and "MANY" bacteria in Decker's urine, according to a copy of the tests. Each one of these results is indicative of a possible urinary tract infection.
But neither Decker nor Annette Watts, who is Decker's caretaker and advocate, was notified of this finding, they say. No further testing or appointments were scheduled and Decker was sent home.
Within a month, Decker began to experience incontinence and serious back pain. Watts took Decker to a geriatric care specialist in Laguna Hills, where a doctor quickly diagnosed a urinary tract infection. Decker was given a course of antibiotics and told to return to the VA for a checkup.
But the symptoms never quite went away. In April, Decker returned to the Long Beach VA. At that appointment, Watts said, the nurse practitioner who was attending them commented that there had been high readings in Decker's labs present since January. Nothing was acted on until late April.
"There's long waits . . . they don't have enough qualified doctors for the VA," Watts said. "Older people get (urinary tract infections) often. But at her age, it really could cause problems."
The inadequate care Decker and Watts complain of at the Long Beach VA are similar to problems found at other VA healthcare centers across the country. Investigations so far have focused on VA hospitals in Phoenix, Ohio, Montana, Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles.
The VA Long Beach Healthcare System saw more than 660,000 outpatients and treated more than 50,000 patients in 2013, according to an annual report released earlier this year.
An exhaustive audit by the VA released Tuesday put the average wait for new patients to see a primary care physician at 33 days in the Long Beach VA system. To see a specialist takes 50 days. That's actually less of a wait than veterans experience at the Los Angeles VA, where waits to see a primary care physician average 56 days.
Rep. Alan Lowenthal, D-Long Beach, defended the Long Beach VA and said he hears few complaints from veterans about the health care system there.
"This VA hospital has everything," Lowenthal said. "This is a great VA hospital and one of the jewels of the system--people like working there."
But more than a dozen veterans interviewed by the Los Angeles Register say they have sought care outside the VA system after experiencing lapses in care or extensive wait times. One patient described a wait time of 90 days for clinical or physician care.
Richard Beam, communications director for the Long Beach VA, told the Register that the Long Beach facility has a limited amount of staff to handle specialty care.
Beam said he had no details on Decker's case, but it sounded to him as if there was miscommunication between Decker and her doctor, a problem the VA still has to work out.
"I think where healthcare is terrible, whether it's VA or not, we don't always communicate clearly with our patients what to expect next," said Beam. "We have to own that, whether it's VA or not, figuring out a way, making sure patients are really actively involved in what their care is. I think we fail at that many times."
The many problems pointed out by veterans and veterans groups around the country led all the way to Washington, D.C. where Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki resigned.
Many lawmakers were calling for Shinseki to resign because they believed the root of the various issues stemmed from incompetent leadership.
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MACON, Ga. (AP) -- D'Nay Daniels scored 20 points to lead Greater Atlanta Christian to a 73-to-53 victory over Laney in a Class Double-A girls semifinal game Thursday night, setting up a championship matchup on Saturday with Wesleyan.
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"When students are out of a classroom for in-school and out of school suspensions, their access to the general curriculum decreases," said Joyce Brouman, EHOVE assistant director. "Since the suspension rate has dropped, students are spending more time in the classroom."
Susan Tave Zelman, superintendent of Public Instruction for Ohio, commended the honorees. "As a result of their efforts, more students are improving their academic achievement and preparing for success as they graduate from high school and pursue employment or further education."
The award is named for Franklin B. Walter and the late Raymond A. Horn. Walter was a former superintendent of public instruction. During his tenure from 1977 to 1991, he developed the nation's first statewide plan for students with disabilities. Horn was a former assistant state superintendent who dedicated more than 50 years to improving the quality of learning for students with disabilities and was recognized as a national leader in special education issues.


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Matt Schmidt '98, an assistant professor of political science at the U.S. Army School of Advanced Military Studies, has been named by Fast Company magazine as one of the 100 Most Creative People in Business for 2012. Amazingly, adds Nancy Platt, the strategic communications advisor for the U.S. Army's Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, Schmidt is the only one on the list not actually in business, and from the military.
The issue surrounds Schmidt (listed at an impressive #22) with some well-known creative thinkers and entertainers including R&B singer and TV's The Voice judge Ceelo Green (#5), Adam Brotman, the chief digital officer for Starbucks (#3), Ron Johnson, CEO of JCPenney (#4), and actress and entrepreneur Jessica Alba, co-founder of The Honest Company (#17).
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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today took potshots at LJP President Ramvilas Paswan for making pre-poll alliance with the BJP and said he was an expert in making political somersault.
"He (Paswan) not only in India but also in Pakistan never used to forget to mention that he had quit NDA over 2002 Godhra riots. But, he has now joined the BJP and is singing paeans to Narendra Modi the man behind the 2002 massacre," Kumar said at an election rally at Parbatta here. "Kisi ne eisa palti maar neta kabhi dekha nahi (nobody has seen such an expert leader in doing such sharp somersault)," he said taking a jibe at LJP chief who hails from Khagaria.
Making fun of RJD chief Lalu Prasad, the chief minister said "he has been saying in his every election meeting that Nitish is no factor in the present Lok Sabha elections. If this is so where is the need for him to take my name everywhere?"
Accompanied by rebel RJD MLA Samrat Chaudhary, Kumar said that Chaudhary had made a valid point before Election Commission as to how Lalu Prasad facing conviction in a fodder scam case was heading a political party. Kumar regretted that opponents were running away from "mudda" (issues) during campaigning and seeking votes in the name of caste, creed, community and emotional issues.


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What is happening?
General Discussion « Star Citizen
Gosh this escalated.... simple question that was answered early lol haven't checked this thread in weeks.
Thanks for all those responses i guess allot of people are extremely passionate and follow this hard. It'd certainly be nice to have the game they are promising us, so I hope it makes it.
Just to note whoever said this was some kind of ad campaign for anti crowd funding. You got me. lol
World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor Beta Key Sweepstakes (Week 1)
News & Features Discussion « General Discussion
silly... all of it they should just release beta keys to everyone lol...
What is happening?
General Discussion « Star Citizen
Well, I'm certainly pleased with the responses, some reassurance really. Thanks for that.
For the one person who said they could be incarcerated for taking the money, I do not think that this would be legally possible to be honest pledging money toward something like the OP mentioned is shaky grounds.
Your not really paying for a product, nor are you owning anything, no rights to anything. The word "Pledge" is almost like... tithing to a religious group. You couldn't sue a religious group for robbing you if you openly "pledged" money for something and never saw results. It is definitely different from buying/owning something.
Again like everyone else mentioned they aren't out to rob us but other kickstarter/crowd funded games certainly could, isn't crowd funding at your own risk? Maybe this is honestly what's worrying me.
Thanks for the quick and relevent responses
What is happening?
General Discussion « Star Citizen
Alright maybe this is just stupid, I was speaking with a friend about Start Citizen the other day. Neither of us have pledged.
We cannot bring ourselves to even believe that a game will come out of the studio, I mean maybe once again we both have a skewed view of what it takes to develop a game but as of today 18/6/2014 they claim to have received approximately 46.5 million dollars in funding. WoW 46.5 million in funding. This company could easily bring an amount of money like that to an investment firm and conservatively make 10% in a year.
What is stopping these people from banking that money off shore and doing exactly that for the next five years. I would think that 46.5 million is enough money to literally produce the game that they want in less than 18 months and if I remember correctly, RSI/ star citizen started almost 2 to 2.5 years ago.(significantly less budget then) If any of these kickstarter/crowd funded projects had any sense they would invest that money and produce games off of the gains alone.(lets not turn this into an investment/spending BS argument please)
We have seen indie developers produce great games with over 90% less budget in 90% less time. What is actually happening here?
Maybe I'm just not seeing it from the right point of view or something or maybe it takes 300 million dollars to build a MMO and my numbers are off. I don't know, I'm not trying to say they are robbing people but it certainly looks like a possibility.
I want to pledge this game and I literally want it to be everything that they say, but I cannot bring myself to do it for the reason I mentioned, It feels to big and too good to be true so maybe someone else can steer me the right direction or "splain it to me good"
General: Dungeon of Elements Launches on Steam
News & Features Discussion « General Discussion
if this is the direction MMORPGs are going in boy am i excited.
[Review] World of WarPlanes: Easier Dreamed Up Than Delivered
News & Features Discussion « General Discussion
Possibly worth mentioning under value that all your transaction/premium account time/premium currency etc. transfer to world of tanks as well. I even think in game currency earned(credits) transfer over. Its one giant wallet. If you get sick of grinding for credits in a plane just jump into a tank.
List of all 'world-building' sandbox mmorpgs
The Pub at MMORPG.COM « General Discussion
Divergence should go on that list but I do not think it will ever see the light of day.
Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft: Closed Beta Key Giveaway - Day Nine!
News & Features Discussion « General Discussion
Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft: Closed Beta Key Giveaway -- Day Seven!
News & Features Discussion « General Discussion
Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft: Closed Beta Key Giveaway -- Day Seven!
News & Features Discussion « General Discussion
[Column] General: The Top Five MMOs for Mac Gamers
News & Features Discussion « General Discussion
Okay maybe I'm missing something because I've only ever used a PC but why does this matter?
World of Tanks: Soviet Tanks Rumble Into Game
News & Features Discussion « General Discussion
I personally think wargaming has done a great job with this game. I have played it for quite some time and it is still fun. Yes MM sometimes gets you in trash games but seriously just play better. If you know what your tank is good at and you know how to properly perform its roll then it shouldn't be a problem. I will give you the few times when a stock tier 5 winds up in a tier 8 match but in all honesty thats literally 1 out of every 50 games.
I'm glad they roll out updates so quickly and add content like they do. It gives us more tanks to play and to fight. I would love to see the day when there isn't 4 of the same tank in a battle.
Xsyon: Prelude: Now Teaming with Wildlife
News & Features Discussion « General Discussion
Originally posted by adam_nox
When i last played there was like 1 mule deer per server and this system was supposedly in place already... I wonder if the game systems have changed at all.....
Help upgrading my RAM
Hardware « General Discussion
too lazy to check right now for compatibility and such with the mobo but,
If you have two free slots available just buy identical sticks of ram.
So then you will just have two new 2gb sticks along with your existing stuff. Keeps it simple.
If you do not have two free slots I would say just go out and grab
I personally use 16gb of a bit better stuff and have no issues. Just check and see if you mobo can run it at 1600. If it can't it will just lower that speed but the performance decrease will be neglible.
Oh, yeah... and if you want to do crazy overclocking or some kind of technical crap that requires crazy overclocking. Wait for someone elses opinion who knows it for sure. I don't typically overclock my rig because I do not have too so I am a bad person to ask.
Hope I helped!
Happy Easter!
Looking for sandbox mmo
LFGame « General Discussion
Eve may not have what your looking for... I have been in your shoes before and actually gave up on looking for a game primarily because I was spoiled with the golden age of sandboxes; SWG PRECU Classic UO and a few others.
Ultima online has skill advancement system and is more newbie friendly these days. You can build your own house which is about as close as your going to get to terraforming. Only other games that allow terraforming you have already tried. At least to my knowledge
You can try eve but the most frustratiing thing about it for me is that the only character advancement you get by playing is earning in game currency. Its not like the other games you mentioned where the more you use something the better you get with it.
Time played is not equal to skill level(take this statement lightly please)I just wanted something that would make my character slightly better by playing it, nothing more.
If eve had its "passive skill system" mixed with a grouping of "active skills" that you could train and use during combat I would play the dang thing all the time or even the ability to gain to SP from killing things with appropriate weapons etc. A skill that takes 45 days to train to make my character 2% better at combat just didn't seem worth the login.
Free trial eve and keep an open mind I guess.
Age of Wushu is supposedly the next rave in the sandbox department as well and I think they also have a free trial currently. Have yet to try it personally.
I have been debating more recently to starting a new UO account or just playing it for free but who knows!
If you do find something let me know.
Oh and about vanguard. Its not very sandboxy. More like an improved version of classic everquest. Its F2P now I think though so its worth a shot.
Guild Wars 2 on a Tablet? (I didn't think this was possible).
General Discussion « Guild Wars 2
Originally posted by ZizouX
Eh doesnt bother me much. Mouse and keyboard stuff works like its on the PC or a laptop. Never used a gaming pad personally but if its your cup of tea I can't imagine it working very well.
i think my tablet is a T600 something I cant remember bought it like 3 months ago. I know you need a tablet with at least the power of the newer Tegra 3 processors. Mine has a 1.6Ghz quad core which does the job nicely. The dang thing lasts like 15 hours per charge.
I do know that performance wise it really depends on the program your using to stream. Been using Splashtop pro so far. All the other programs that i tried don't seem to support the framerates that are required for gaming where-as splashtop was designed around that I think. I have heard of people also using it on phones as well. Personally haven't but I lack a phone that I think is capable for something like that.
just looked at ASUS website. I think i have a t700t. seems to have the same specs!
Guild Wars 2 on a Tablet? (I didn't think this was possible).
General Discussion « Guild Wars 2
do this on my tablet... its an ASUS transformer PAD with the keyboard. Its nice because it has a full keyboard and a Fullsize USB port for my mouse. I can get like 70+FPS over a good connection. I travel a lot for work so I do this to play games while on the road.
Greatest thing ever is WIFI on planes.... Playing guildwars or WoTs on a plane is pretty fun. Gets a little shaky though if you are flying internationally.
The War Z sees a 25% increase in sales
General Discussion « Infestation: Survivor Stories
In all honesty the game still has serious potential. Been playing it since early beta and the amount of things that actually have been fixed and added to the game is impressive as far as im concerned when it comes to a small developer.
I can't say I play it every day right now, I AM waiting for more of the features and fixes but thats only because I'm either too busy or I play other games.
When this thing finally does get to released state I bet it will be great and if it never makes it, well tough crap it was fun for at least 50 bucks worth of my time
I get it blah blah with the lawsuits and the lies. Seriously though do some research about a game before you buy it don't just drop 30-60 bucks if your that worried about such a small amount of money. Maybe you would have realized that half the "features" are not enabled.
[Interview] The War Z: More Than Just the Zombie Factor
News & Features Discussion « General Discussion
Aside from customer service issues people have had, the gameplay itself seems to just not get fixed. With each "fix" they just add more broken crap. Waiting for release so I can play a not broken game.
The dead linger?
General Gaming « General Discussion
So i saw the release date for this game in the news for FPSguru, First time I've even heard of it. So far checking out the wiki and the website it sounds like it would be amazing but there are no gameplay vids or anything I can find for that matter.
Anyone know anything about it that isn't already on the webpage? Looks like it might be a true survival/rpg/pvp.
Similar to minecraft almost in the "sandbox feel"
I could just be missing the target entirely and getting ahead of myself. Feel free to let me know!


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LAWRENCEVILLE - When city and county officials reconvene for court-appointed mediation Monday, one topic will weigh heavily on their minds: the presence of county police in local cities.The issue, which has been a barrier in negotiations to a state-mandated service delivery strategy even before the former strategy expired at the end of February, has become a bigger hot potato since the last failed attempt at mediation. Since then, county officials said they would expand the county police department to patrol cities, proposing a tax increase to fund more officers. While the tax increase is now off the table, Chairman Charles Bannister has said he is still interested in the police expansion. While he said the county cannot force cities to close their own police departments, Lilburn resident Heather Koffman, who heads her community's neighborhood watch, said the proposal creates a duplication of services. "This is an attempt to coerce us to dismantle our city police forces," she said during a public meeting on the proposed tax increase. "It shows utter contempt for the will of the people." Dave Williams, the mayor of Suwanee, a city with 36 sworn officers patrolling its streets, said local forces are doing a good job, and an expansion of the county department would only create issues such as turf wars and dispatch confusion. Even in the current arrangement, his local officers, he said, have narrowly avoided some "dangerous situations" with county special investigations occuring in the city without notification. Gwinnett Police Chief Charles Walters declined to comment or answer questions about the proposal, saying he would follow the policy determined by county commissioners. Nine cities have their own police departments - Auburn, Braselton, Duluth, Lawrenceville, Lilburn, Loganville, Norcross, Snellville and Suwanee. The city councils of Berkeley Lake, Grayson and Sugar Hill have hired private security firms to patrol their streets. While a look at violent crime incidents based on population does not show cities with police forces any safer than people in unincorporated Gwinnett, Williams said cities often act as urban cores with higher populations during the day and higher-than-average property values. In his own city, the police force has been recognized internationally for its focus on community policing. And he said response times are lower in many cities because of the concentration of officers. "It's a solution that is seeking a problem. The current law enforcement arrangement works great," he said. "It boggles the mind (county officials) would throw tens of millions of dollars at a situation that isn't needed or wanted." Funding is a big part of the debate, with county leaders contending all residents need to pay for the county police, since cities with local forces still use the county's helicopter unit, animal control, crime-scene unit and at times the SWAT team and detectives. "We are planning for the future and eliminating some of the criminal elements out of here," Bannister said when he proposed the expansion. "I think we deserve to give (citizens) the best possible police, public safety protection we can moving forward." The third round of mediation will begin Monday morning at the Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center. SideBar: Sugar Hill coverage still lacking SUGAR HILL - The news could have been a blessing to Gary Pirkle. Gwinnett officials want to spread the county police force into cities, something the Sugar Hill mayor has sought for years. But the message was mostly aimed at cities that already have police forces, and Pirkle said he knows the city's low crime rate will mean it would continue to be overlooked, even if the police force grows. "We felt particularly pained about (a proposed tax increase to hire more officers) because we didn't feel like we were getting what we paid for," Pirkle said. "(The police chief said) we don't have enough crime for them to be here, but we are seeing crime we've never seen before. We think that can be deterred by more of a police presence." In the past, Gwinnett's fourth-largest city has paid the county to have off-duty police officers do extra patrols, on top of the taxes residents already pay. But Pirkle said officials tried to find a different solution when the price kept going up and the city still wasn't allowed to schedule when and where the cops patrol. In the end, the mayor said, the officers could still be called away from the city if the county force needed them to cover another situation. So the city tried to negotiate a deal with the sheriff's department. Commissioners balked at the idea, causing Pirkle to turn to a private security firm. The security guards aren't first-responders, Pirkle said, but at least they patrol the city and look out for suspicious activity. When mayors of cities with police forces began talking to county officials about a possible break in taxes to avoid double taxation for residents, Pirkle was intrigued. After residents in Sugar Hill voted against raising taxes to support a police department, he thought the situation could change if county taxes decreased by a mill or two in places with a city police force. Would people be willing to raise city taxes to have a local force if it meant a break in county taxes? But the idea never got off the ground. Instead of a tax break, county leaders proposed a higher millage rate for people who live in cities, explaining that people who live in unincorporated Gwinnett already pay extra taxes in the form of insurance and business taxes. Plus, after talks with city leaders over a state-mandated service delivery strategy stalled, county officials said they would simply begin patrols in cities - whether there was a police department there or not - to avoid accusations that people aren't getting the service they paid for. In the last few years, Pirkle said crime has creeped into his community. The police respond to incidents, including a major drug raid in one neighborhood, but he said a city force may have more time and inclination to investigate smaller crimes. Just over a week ago, a drunk driver reportedly ran into a newly constructed fence around the city cemetery. Pirkle said he would have liked for the culprit to pay the city restitution for the crime, but was told the county police force would not investigate further. "If you have to deal with a drug crime, that takes a precedent over property crimes," he said. "Unfortunately, somebody does something like that and we were left to pay for it."
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