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Collecting Art VI
Abstract. Animals. Figurative, flora, fruit and fauna. At this online gallery, the sky is the limit when it comes to choosing the right image for that spot above the couch. Oh, but wait a minute. That's not art at all, and that web site is no gallery.
This is Big Fish, a Washington, D.C. based online catalog which refers to itself as a "framed art manufacturer." They sell that ghostly double of framed artwork that you can find between the faux flowers and the lunchboxes at Target: wall décor.
We've all seen it in people's homes. Many of you are reading this in disbelief because you have a faux-French-wine poster hanging in the dining room right now, and you're suddenly feeling defensive about it.
When I see these posters in people's homes I only have one thought: How much did that cost? What astounds me is that many of these pieces, even though they have no lasting value, were quite expensive to obtain. What gives?
I found out about Big Fish and its competitors when I approached a North Shore-based interior designer whom I'll call Sarah. I asked Sarah, when she heads up big-ticket interior makeovers for affluent homeowners in places like Fox Point and Whitefish Bay, where she goes for the artwork? How often does she work with gallery directors in the area? I was floored when she told me about Big Fish, which she taps on behalf of her clients regularly.
"It's true, most people either have large photos of their kids, or art that's considered safe," she said. Safe? "Well, you don't want to hang anything that's going to offend your country club friends, or make them think you've got weird taste," she replied, with no irony. The appealing thing about online wall décor databases is that the interior designer can pick the art, and he or she can search for the image with search criteria like theme, color or size. You can even make a choice based on frame style, and stuff it with a predominantly-blue picture later.
A scenario: Let's imagine the client's home has an Italian theme, and has a color palette that is reminiscent of Tuscany. Go on this database and search by color -- rust, gold or sienna, for instance -- or simply click on a theme like "European." If neither you nor the client care about the imagery but just want a certain texture, you can even search using more oblique categories like "crackled."
It turns out that these pieces are every bit as expensive as original and limited-edition art, and these wall décor manufacturers are selling one thing: convenience. (Note: it's also pricey because as with everything else, the designer gets a cut.) One might argue that they are also selling, as a secondary benefit, "safety," in the sense of the word I used earlier. If your home is 20,000 square feet and you're afraid of offending the neighbors, there are only so many kid portraits to go around.
To the naysayers, here is why these posters do not hold value. They are like stock photography; anyone can buy them, and there's nothing unique about them. They are mass-produced digital prints. Original art, which includes both one-of-a-kind works as well as editions of prints that are in limited quantities by the hand of the artist, holds value or increases in value. Original art will be valuable, if you play your cards right, in your grandchildren's generations and beyond. And besides, it's genuine and rich, with a real story behind it.
For many people, a poster of a famous painting is a great substitute for a piece that is unobtainable (I had a Matisse poster, a museum souvenir, in my college apartment for years). Likewise, a poster or a wall décor piece can provide just the right final touch to a room's design, like a great lamp or another accessory. But my challenge to you, Reader, is this: Milwaukee is a wonderful city for collecting original art. Go out and look at what's available. I promise, your neighbors won't bat an eye.
Stacey Williams-Ng is a resident artist at RedLine Milwaukee, the arts writer for Milwaukee Home & Fine Living and a regular Art City contributor. "Collecting Art" runs every other Thursday.
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Great points Stacey. The Art in Milwaukee website would be one great place for local designers to look for art for their clients.
Great points Stacey. The Art in Milwaukee website would be one good central location for local designers to browse for artwork and not feel pressured or uncomfortable?
Thank you. This is common practice by many interior decorators and
they are robbing their clients as they fool them into thinking that this
manufactured decorative stuff is "art." So sad that they underestimate
the intelligence and taste of their clients who turn to them for their
professional knowledge. If they took the time to support the local
galleries and artists they would be participating in a rich and
rewarding endeavor rather than throwing money into an empty,
meaningless and even damaging void.
i think these people you are talking about chose cheap posters over decent artwork, because lets face it they don't care about art. they're neutral about it. and, whether they realize it or not, they are just looking for something to DECORATE their walls and fill up lifeless space, rather than to own an object of contemplation. they just call it art for lack of a more fitting term. these people's lives wouldn't be any richer if it was a really great painting on their walls.
the only way to get people to buy art, is to pitch it to them as an investment, a symbol of status, or educate them about art. they won't go out there and get educated themselves because first of all they don't know that they should do that. If art was taken more seriously in middle/ high schools then it would become more valuable to more people.
I agree there are so many people who can afford to buy real art but don't.
You make valid points about the use of this kind of decorative wallcoverings but overall you're giving the wrong impression of interior designers and homeowners and Milwaukee. This "interior designer" you interviewed is in the minority, certainly in terms of the North Shore community. I've been in interior design working on the North Shore since the 1970s, and I assure you there are wonderful designers who buy and place good and great art in the homes of savvy clients and wouldn't dream of buying "wall art (crap)" or using it in their design. From old masters to original Warhols, French posters, Yves Klein, Jasper John, Jim Dine, ad infinitum, including local artists like Fred Stonehouse, Mark Mulhern, and a multitude of others; local decorators and interior designers know how to incorporate real artwork into their designs and work hard to educate their clientele. (This, Stacey is what "the cut" pays for that you so indignantly exclaim is what makes "it expensive"). Without designers educating and cajoling their clients into considering original works of art, far, far less of it would ever get sold.
This designer you quote as working on "big-ticket interior makeovers for affluent homeowners in places like Fox Point and Whitefish Bay" is not at all representative of the trade or the homeowners. I know of no big-ticket makeover that bypasses original art for "wall decor", nor any "big-ticket makeover" that is designed with a "theme" of any kind. I'm sure this type of design exists but I assure you, it's a rarity that is more common to New Berlin and West Bend than it is to Fox Point and Whitefish Bay. If I gave you a list of all the good art that I've both personally placed and seen in North Shore residences, it would take months to compile and days if not weeks for you to read through.
I suggest you do more thorough research and interviews before presenting this tiny slice of the picture as representative of anything but bad taste and lousy design.


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ALDEN — "Monsieur Lazhar" is the next film in the "Off the Wall" film series at the Alden District Library.
The 2011 Academy Award-nominated French film will be shown at 7 p.m. Thursday, March, 7, at the library, 8751 Helena Road. It is rated PG-13. An optional dinner will be served at 6 p.m. For details, call 331-4318.
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TRAVERSE CITY — A meeting will be held Friday, March 8, to plan a 50-year reunion of Northwestern Michigan College's 1963 class of associate degree nurses.
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DURHAM — Duke values defensive success as much as any team in the country. Taking charges and slapping the floor are as synonymous with the Blue Devils as Mike Krzyzewski. Measuring defensive success, though, is not an absolute science, not even for Duke.
Defensive success Mason Plumlee said to himself as he looked up in thought, trying to put it into words.
Plumlee and his teammates offered a few different metrics. Some were technical, such as holding their man and an opposing team to below their scoring average, while others were less scientific, such as making their defensive assignment breathe harder than normal. The Blue Devils also tie their defensive success to how well they execute the game plan, which calls for different offensive elements (in recent weeks, lay-ups) to be taken away.
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Youre never going to shut anyone down or shut anyone out, so I measure (success) by making somebody work harder than they want to to get the ball and then score the ball, said Thornton, Dukes best defender. Guys start walking, take plays off, and thats how you know youre getting into their legs and frustrating them a little bit.
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For the fourth straight month, the number of federal employees filing for retirement has outstripped the Office of Personnel Management's expectations, according to new data released by the agency.
OPM expected to receive 7,000 retirement applications in October and actually received 8,138. While above expectations, it's not quite the surge in applications received by last month, when OPM also expected to receive 7,000 retirement claims and actually received 11,952.
OPM also beat its projections for processing retirement claims. The agency projected it would process 11,500 applications last month but actually processed 12,228. OPM has processed more claims than expected in every month this year but one.
The better-than-expected processing performance put a big dent in the longstanding backlog of retirement claims, which dropped by 4,090 claims last month. That's the largest drop month-to-month since February.
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The backlog now stands at 37,086 claims.
OPM expects to receive 7,000 applications both this month and next. It predicts far more — 21,000 claims — in January, when people federal employees nearing retirement flock to the exits.
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John Harrigan: Late-season snow, keeping the Cold Air Beast at bay
Rather than cussing and complaining, many people north of the notches see late-spring snow as a godsend. We lost the two snowmobiling weekends before Christmas to unusually warm weather, so every weekend we gain into the spring makes up. Skiers, meanwhile, revel in spring skiing, when every little dusting of new snow adds to the fabulous base built up during the winter. Now, with little to fall back on save its scenery and its tourism, the North Country savors every single snowflake.
One of my favorite lines is that I live in a solar-heated house, which in fact I do. The qualifier is that the heat is 30- to 40-year-old stored sunlight, in the form of tree-length beech, birch and maple that I drag to my outdoor furnace.
I was one of the first in the territory to set up an outdoor furnace, and it was one of the better moves in my life, another good one being, back in 1992, to get hold of a DR field and brush mower, the original model, sort of like a Model A Ford, in that it has no superfluous add-ons and you can see down around the engine to the ground. This original DR, with its spoke wheels and 11-horse Briggs and Stratton engine, is a bush-hog on two wheels, small enough to go where a tractor can't or shouldn't. It's been welded here and there where the cowling took some abuse, and I took it down to Vergennes, Vermont, where it was built, for some reconditioning, but it's still going strong. The newer models are huge, with puffy tires and all kinds of control options, which makes me glad I've got the old one.
After several readers had requested it, a couple of months ago I wrote about how to build fires out in the snow. This was not good enough. A couple of readers thereafter asked about how to build a fire in a cold camp or shop, because whenever they try, there's a huge downdraft of smoke.
You have to think about cold air like water, always trying to seek its lowest level. In a cold camp, cold air is sitting in the stovepipe and chimney like a sci-fi monster, waiting to get in.
And so you have to push it out. Newspapers are key here. Take that, all you doomsayers about print being dead. Try this with radio or TV.
When I go to camp or out into the shop on a 20-below day, the cold air is sitting there like a monster on the roof. Since in the division of labors my job always seems to be getting a fire going, I reach for a newspaper - the New Hampshire Sunday News and the New York Times are my favorites. I use other papers for dog-beds and bird-cage liners, or to wrap fish.
So here is the system:
Lay a good fire in your stove. This means four or five twisted-up newspaper pages, topped by two or three criss-crossed tiers of finely split kindling, with two or three finely split hardwood pieces on top.
And then (this is the key to get the Cold Air Beast out), crumple up a page or two, loosely, and stuff them right up into the stove-pipe, and then lay a trail of twisted paper right atop the pile of kindling, right to the stove-pipe.
Finally, open the door a crack to give the cold air beast another way in, and light the paper in the stove, and without fail, you'll hear a "whoosh" as the hot air drives the cold air out. Don't forget to shut the door.
For many years when I owned the Coos County Democrat, we ran a parlor stove in the front office. The chimney was high enough, all right, but it was in between tall buildings, and Lancaster, as one of the lower spots in Coos County (Dalton being the lowest) was infamous for the settlement of cold air.
In fact, right after I bought the paper in 1978, we experienced back-to-back days of 48 below and 50. I got my vehicle running all right, having taken the battery indoors, but the wheels would not budge due to their lubricants freezing to the consistency of peanut butter, so I walked to work.
Anyway, by the time I got to the office I was cold enough to sharpen one end and drive me into the ground, and was desperate for some good wood-fired heat, but it was impossible for me to get a fire going in the office stove, unless I wedged the front door open with a piece of wood.
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Seton Academy's Jaylin Clemons gets helped up after hitting the floor hard during a varsity basketball game against Illiana Christian on Friday, Feb. 22, 2013. | John Smierciak~for Sun-Times Media ORG XMIT: BBKseton-STS-022413-2
Seton's Kamal Shasi knows a regional title is hopefully just one stop along the way to a state title.
But that doesn't stop the senior from enjoying the ride.
Shasi scored 21 points on seven three-pointers and Mark Weems Jr. finished with 17 points and six assists as host Seton defeated Illiana Christian 92-61 in a 2A regional final Friday.
"We wanted to start the game off hard with a lot of pressure," Shasi said. "This was our senior night. This regional was special, especially being on our home court. I guess I'm a little spoiled."
The regional title was Seton's seventh straight.
Alex Foster (12) and Armahn Mooring (10) contributed for the Sting (19-10).
Shasi hit four three-pointers in the first quarter as Seton opened up a 25-13 lead. His second quarter triple ignited a 9-0 run that gave the Sting a 48-27 lead.
"It all comes from playing hard," Shasi said. "Things come easy when you play defense."
Illiana Christian (19-10) was led by Caleb Jonkman (17 points) and Elijah Lares (15 points).
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Utah conservative: GOP should 'end slavery from the federal government'
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Mia Love, the Republican mayor of Sarasota Springs, Utah, wowed conservatives in Tampa at the Republican National Convention this summer. After a failed fall campaign that resulted in losing a congressional race to Democratic Rep. Jim Matheson, she's again making an appeal to conservatives.
"I will stay -- I don't know what I will be doing -- but I promise you I will stay in this fight to make sure our children have a prosperous future," Love said Sunday at the National Review Institute summit in Washington.
Asked whether she is considering running for Congress again, Love told National Journal she has not decided. "I'm keeping my options open," she said in an interview.
In her brief speech, Love embraced core conservative principles and offered advice on how the party should rehabilitate its image after the failed campaigns of 2012--a key theme at the weekend-long conference.
"We need to remind everyone that the GOP was originally formed to end slavery. … We're trying to end slavery from the federal government," she said.
At a conference that focused heavily on the Republican Party's need to update its message and change its tone so that it can win national elections, Love, who is black, represents a deep bench potential candidates who can sell the GOP's message to minorities, who vote overwhelmingly for Democrats.
Love lost to Matheson by just over 1 percentage point in November in deeply conservative Utah.
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While thinking about the blog post I published previously, about the hemisphere spiral antenna, I came across this article about RFIDs. Radio Frequency Identifications are small, inexpensive chips, which use RF to send stored information while being fixed to almost any gadget or personal effect.
We have a model of an RFID, and what is visible in the picture is actually the two reader antennas. An RFID is not only the little chip, spoken about in the article, but it's also these much larger reader antennas. An important simulation result for an RFID is to calculate the mutual inductance between the reader and transponder antennas, which is done in this example.
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The web is swirling from news of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) acquiring mapping company, C3 Technologies in an effort to beat out competition with Google's Map data, currently available on all iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch models. AAPL has been relying upon Google to provide iOS users with map data and … Read the Full Story →
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Yesterday we told you about a new Apple patent for a native social application called iGroups. Today, brings word of Apple's move to bring native support to a strong application market; turn-by-turn navigation. An article in Patently Apple describes Cupertino's plans for this as yet unnamed native navigation app. While … Read the Full Story →


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By Tim Graham
HOUSTON -- The Buffalo Bills are in a bad spot. The last-minute loss to the Tennessee Titans sent the Bills into their bye week with a 3-4 record, last place in the AFC East.
Now, with the New England Patriots still showing their kingly presence and the Miami Dolphins surging, the Bills are in for a fight in the division. Now the Bills have a pair of rugged road challenges in consecutive weeks. The Bills get the AFC-leading Houston Texans this afternoon and the Patriots next week in Foxborough, Mass.
Here is a digest of items about today's game in Houston ...
Weather report: There has been rain in the area, but no worries. Reliant Stadium has a retractable roof. It will be closed.
Matchup to watch: Bills defensive end Mario Williams is returning to Houston for the first time. He is coming off surgery on a left wrist that has been nagging him all season and will put his $100 million contract up against Texans right tackle Derek Newton, a 2011 seventh-round draft choice with seven career starts.
Something to consider: Houston has not allowed a rushing touchdown or a 20-yard run. The Bills have given up 13 rushing touchdowns and 12 runs of 20-plus yards.
Fast fact: C.J. Spiller is Buffalo's all-time leader in rushing average and it's not even close. He's at 5.4 yards a carry, ahead of O.J. Simpson at 4.8 yards and Fred Jackson at 4.6 yards.
Red-zone woes: In his weekly scouting report, Buffalo News reporter Jay Skurski notes the Bills rank dead last in touchdowns allowed in the red zone. Opponents have gotten there 25 times and scored 19 touchdowns, a 76 percent success rate.
Don't forget about "[BN] the Huddle" tonight: Check out BuffaloNews.com's live webcast at 7:30 p.m. hosted by Skurski and Lauren Mariacher. The postgame recap will include reports from Ralph Wilson Stadium and analysis from One News Plaza staffers such as executive sports editor Lisa Wilson and reporters Milt Northrop and Keith McShea.
Buffalo News reporter Mark Gaughan, columnist Jerry Sullivan and I will file dispatches from the Reliant Stadium press box, and photographer James P. McCoy will be on the sidelines.
Skurski will oversee a live Bills chat from noon through 5 p.m.
Today's game will be televised by CBS and shown in Western New York on WIVB Channel 4. Buffalo News columnist Greg Connors wrote a piece for this morning's paper on the announcers: Ian Eagle and Hall of Fame quarterback Dan Fouts.
Did you know? With nine games to go, Texans defensive end J.J. Watt needs just half a sack to become the 11th player (since sacks became an official stat in 1982) to record 10 sacks with 10 passes defensed in a season.
Bills all-time games versus Texans: Travis Henry rushed for 159 yards in 2002. J.P. Losman threw for 340 yards, finding Lee Evans for a series-high 265 of them in 2006.


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MURIEL R. STAFFORD, 88, of Apple Valley Drive, Peru, and formerly of Keeseville Country Gardens, died Saturday, April 20, 2013, at Meadowbrook Healthcare. She was born June 13, 1924, in Plattsburgh, the eldest daughter of Mildred (York) and Dewey Rennell. There will be no public calling hours. A memorial service will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, April 27, at The Community Church of Peru. Private burial at God's Acre Cemetery will follow at a later date. Arrangements are with Hamilton Funeral Home, 294 Mannix Road, Peru.
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The following game is a classic example of Combinatorial Game Theory:
Two players start with a strip of n white squares and they take alternate turns.
On each turn, a player picks two contiguous white squares and paints them black.
The first player who cannot make a move loses.
- If n = 1, there are no valid moves, so the first player loses automatically.
- If n = 2, there is only one valid move, after which the second player loses.
- If n = 3, there are two valid moves, but both leave a situation where the second player loses.
- If n = 4, there are three valid moves for the first player; she can win the game by painting the two middle squares.
- If n = 5, there are four valid moves for the first player (shown below in red); but no matter what she does, the second player (blue) wins.
So, for 1 n 5, there are 3 values of n for which the first player can force a win.
Similarly, for 1 n 50, there are 40 values of n for which the first player can force a win.
For 1 n 1 000 000, how many values of n are there for which the first player can force a win?
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Government Demoralizes Public & Allies
The revelations of politicization of government functions--such as the IRS and national security agencies--cannot help but undermine people's trust in government itself. The latest story in the Washington Times is about how the White House leaked highly classified documents to the media about secret operations in Iran. The clear implication is that they were leaked to bolster the reputation of the President and his Administration, recklessly indifferent to damage to our security and allies.
Hard working people in the security agencies are being abused and cheapened by such misuse of their efforts.
There also is a chilling effect on civil discourse as the result of stories about surveillance. Privacy is not something you value lightly when you see how it can be violated--and your every email and conversation can be misrepresented and made public. Knowing that you have little privacy left is one thing; knowing that a government in power cares little about protecting that privacy is another.


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Salem, N.H. — Marcel J. Desrochers age 86, of Salem, N.H., lovingly known as Dad, Pappy or Frenchy, passed away in the early morning of Oct. 18, 2012 after battling cancer. He was born on December 11, 1925 in Halluin, France, he was the son of the late Alfred and Celina (Viane) Desrochers.
He was educated in France during World War II and loved to share many stories about the enemy occupation of his homeland. It was there, in France where he met and married his beloved wife of 51 years, the late Jeanne (Verschaeve) Desrochers. Marcel loved to have a good time, was always on the go and always looking for a good laugh. He brought his family to America in 1957, lived in Lawrence and became an American citizen on November 8, 1963. He worked at various local manufacturing and window installation businesses until he retired at age 67. He and Jeanne spent the next several years wintering in Florida, until they moved there year-round, in 1996. It was in Florida that he developed a real love for fishing and whenever he came back up north, he loved to spend time fishing with his family. Always game for anything, he learned to canoe, kayak and even went horseback riding, well into his late seventies and early eighties..
Pappy will be sadly missed by his loving daughter, Nadine and her husband Herbert Harty of Pelham; his four grandchildren, Eric Harty of Andover, Andrea and her husband Gregory Holt of Dracut, Laura and her husband Gregori Gregoriadis of Sharon, and Monica and her husband Gregg of Groveland, as well as his eight great-grandchildren and many friends.
ARRANGEMENTS: Calling hours will be Monday, October 22 from 9-10:45 a.m. at the Douglas & Johnson Funeral Home, 214 Main St, Salem, N.H. A funeral Mass will follow at 11:30 a.m. at St. Patrick Church, Pelham, N.H. Cremation will follow. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to either the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, 450 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215 or Joslin Diabetes Center, 1 Joslin Pl, Boston, MA 02215. To send a message of condolence to the family, please view the obituary at www.douglasandjohnson.com


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Officer Down Memorial Page
This is a fascinating story about the start of the Officer Down Memorial Page.
For those who have never heard of it, ODMP posts the basic information about officers killed in the line of duty. Not only does it memorialize modern officers, it maintains a vast archive of officers lost in the past too. This website is an invaluable resource, and an incredible memorial, please read this and seriously consider the request for donations.
I was more diplomatic on the front page but here's the deal. There isn't a cop in this country who can't give at least a couple bucks to help maintain this website. It might be any of us who will be on it in the morning, with grieving family members comforted by a memorial on the Internet.
I'd love to see a strong showing from OR! Donate HERE
OR Front Page post: Happy Birthday ODMP! | Police Forums, News & Articles
Original blog post: The ODMP Blog: Happy 15th Birthday ODMP!
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Happy 15th Birthday ODMP!
A few things happened in late '95 and early '96 that culminated in the creation of the ODMP in January of 1996. I was a freshman at James Madison University, biding my time until I turned 21 so I could return home to Fairfax City, Virginia, and fulfill my dream of becoming a police officer there. I had been an Explorer for the previous four years. My Explorer advisors - then-Sergeant Scott Dulaney and the late Officer Bill Thomas - urged me to go to college and get a job that paid more. I begrudgingly followed their advice and can't thank them enough for it because it allowed me to create the ODMP.
While I was at home for the Christmas break that year I heard about the release of Terrence Johnson, a man who murdered two Prince George's County, Maryland, police officers in cold blood in 1978. The media's portrayal and glorification of this man sickened me to the core. Just a few days later, on January 2, 1996, Police Officer Lauretha Vaird became the the nation's first line of duty death of the year when she was gunned down while responding to a bank robbery in Philadelphia. In true media fashion, the Washington, DC, news gave her murder hardly a mention.
The Internet was in its infancy and I didn't know how to do much, but I sat down at a computer with thoughts of injustice swirling in my mind. How could the media glorify a double cop killer while barely even mentioning the life and death of a true heroine who was taken from us too early? That night I started typing out the first few lines of code that became the ODMP. A few days later four officers who had already been slain in the line of duty were already added to the site.
One of these officers was Patrolman Bryant Peney, who was shot and killed on January 6, 1996. Within days of publishing Patrolman Peney's name his twin brother (who served on the same department) found the meager website and emailed me, thanking me for remembering his brother.
You see, up until receiving that email from Todd Peney this was just a website. I had never known any officers who had been killed in the line of duty and I didn't understand the impact the simple act of posting a name on a website would have on a fallen officer's friends and family. On that day the little website I created in my freshman-year dorm room became a bona fide memorial.
Fast forward to today. Between January 1, 2010, and December 31, 2010, the ODMP received 2.8 million visitors, making it one of the most visited law enforcement websites ever!
After 15 years of running the ODMP as an all-volunteer organization, I am honored to announce that the organization received a federal grant that has allowed us to hire staff and continue our work in honoring America's fallen heroes. We now have two full time employees and have moved into new office space in Fairfax, Virginia, as we embark on a mission for a new and improved ODMP in 2011.
However, we still need your support. I'm personally asking all regular visitors of the ODMP to recognize our 15 years of service by making a $15 donation today so that we can ensure we are always able to continue providing memorials and details on line of duty deaths as they happen.
Be safe and God bless!
Chris Cosgriff
Executive Director
PS- For those of you in the DC-metro area please feel free to visit the ODMP office during normal business hours. We're located at 3950 Chain Bridge Road, Suite 12, Fairfax, VA, 22030.Pleasing nobody, one person at a time.
That which does not kill me, better start fucking running.
If I lived every day like it was my last, the body count would be staggering.
I intend to go in harm's way. -John Paul Jones
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I put my money where my mouth is. It would be awesome if all our regular users here did something similar and let ODMP know where you came from. There's a reason this place is the best damn cop site on the Internet, let's prove it!
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Pleasing nobody, one person at a time.
That which does not kill me, better start fucking running.
If I lived every day like it was my last, the body count would be staggering.
I intend to go in harm's way. -John Paul Jones
Hunt the wolf, and bring light to the dark places that others fear to go. LT COL Dave Grossman
Sounds like we have a new destination to visit this year in DC!
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83 views and 3 posts besides mine. 2 civilians and 2 cops donated. That's the best OR can do?
Yeah I'm gonna be a pain in the ass.Pleasing nobody, one person at a time.
That which does not kill me, better start fucking running.
If I lived every day like it was my last, the body count would be staggering.
I intend to go in harm's way. -John Paul Jones
Hunt the wolf, and bring light to the dark places that others fear to go. LT COL Dave Grossman
Done.SI VIS PACEM PARA BELLUM-Ex-Sheriff Martin Howe to Will Kane in "High Noon"
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Frank Sojak
Three years ago, brothers Bill and Ron Kuchera started culling excess deer on their deer farm and donating the meat to food pantries.
Their good deed blossomed, with the pair then donating beef from the cattle they started to raise on their Richland Township farm to help feed the hungry.
Knowing the importance of having protein in one's diet, with meat being a source, the brothers asked the United Way of the Laurel Highlands for support in expanding their program.
The United Way, in conjunction with the charity the Kuchera's started to help the hungry, Please Help Inc., and many other organizations held a meeting Thursday at Greater Johnstown Career and Technology Center in Richland Township to discuss ways to provide beef to the hungry in Cambria and Somerset counties.
Ideas ranged from getting volunteers to help with the task of raising cattle to asking donations of beef from farmers and getting residents to support an Adopt-A-Cow program.
Local United Way President Bill McKinney said the first meeting of the Community Beef Initiative went better than expected.
The group is planning to support food pantries by providing beef, chicken and eggs to meet the needs of food pantries in Cambria and Somerset counties.
The Rev. Barry K. Ritenour, chairman of the Somerset County Mobile Food Bank, said the meeting was an excellent one.
"We're looking at how are we going to get more food into the region," he said.
It costs his food bank $2.40 to provide a family with about 40 pounds of produce and other foods.
Adding beef would greatly increase the cost to feed a family, he said about why it is important to get this program operating.
Sue Smith, of the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank, said the more energy they could generate around the issue of hunger, the more ideas they will have to solve the problem.
Food banks are important because the government is reducing the food-stamp program plus the working poor don't quality for such programs.
Jim Buday, director of the juvenile justice program of the Alternative Community Resource Program, said his youths already volunteer to feed the hungry and would help with the beef initiative.
Frank Sojak is a reporter for The Tribune-Democrat. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/FrankNews10.


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Marriage and Dating
Dating and Marriage
If you are living with HIV/AIDS, you may be wondering whether you can ever date or get married. The answer is: "Yes!"
It's true that the issue of having a sexual relationship with a partner can cause anxiety when you have HIV disease. But you have to remember—"living with HIV" means just that. Living! People with other illnesses and disabilities lead normal, healthy lives which include relationships and marriage. Having HIV does NOT prevent anyone from dating or marrying—it just may require a little more responsibility and trust from both people in the relationship.
Kiss and Tell or Tell and Kiss?
Disclosing your HIV-positive status to a potential intimate partner may be one of the most personal and stressful situations you will face. There is no "right" way to disclose, but there are a couple of options to help you to decide when to disclose:
- Kiss and Tell. Go out on several dates and see if the relationship is going anywhere before you disclose. This limits the number of people who become aware of your status.
- Tell and Kiss. Disclose early in your relationship—maybe even on the first date. This will help you to establish honesty at the very beginning of the relationship. And it could help you avoid rejection after you have developed an emotional bond with the other person.
In most cases, sharing your HIV status is a personal choice—but it may also be a legal requirement. Many states have laws that require you to tell potential sexual partners about your HIV status BEFORE you have sex. For more information, see the American Civil Liberties Union's State Criminal Statutes on HIV Transmission .
Some people living with HIV attempt to avoid some of these issues by practicing serosorting. Serosorting, in this case, means that you intentionally date or have sexual relationships only with other people who are also HIV-positive.
But it's important to remember that, even if both you and your intimate partner are HIV-positive, you still face a risk of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). If you are serosorting, you still need to use a condom to protect yourself against other STDs, unless you and your partner have BOTH tested negative for STDs and are monogamous.
Keep Yourself and Your Partner Healthy
In order to keep you and your partner/spouse as safe and healthy as possible, you need to use a condom, consistently and correctly, during all sexual activities. If this is not always an option, talk to your partner about safer sexual practices and alternatives to intercourse.
You can also discuss your sex life with your healthcare provider. Your provider may be able to provide counseling and suggestions for safer sex activities.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Can a couple of mixed HIV status conceive a baby without passing the virus to the uninfected partner?
It is risky for mixed-status couples to attempt to conceive on their own. Having unprotected sex to have a baby poses a risk of passing the virus to the uninfected partner.
A safer option is to seek assistance at a fertility clinic. Some fertility clinics offer a sperm-washing program for HIV-infected men or an artificial insemination program for HIV-infected women, so that couples of mixed HIV status can try to conceive a child without exposing the uninfected partner to HIV. This is legal in some states, but not all.
Can two HIV-positive parents have an HIV-negative child?
Yes, they can. HIV infection in both parents does not appear to affect the likelihood of having an HIV-infected baby. An HIV-positive mother can pass the virus to her child during pregnancy, at the time of birth, or when breastfeeding the infant—but medical treatment of both the mother and her infant during pregnancy and delivery can reduce the chances of this happening.
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