With the changes in lending that have occurred recently there are some lenders out there who are farming their contacts encouraging people to buy homes and get the minimal down payments necessary by withdrawing money from their retirement accounts under the "hardship allowance" some retirement pl
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01/26/2015
This morning I was working away on my computer and the internet stopped working. Unfortunately that's not too uncommon in my office, then my screen froze, an the dreaded blue screen of death showed it's ugly head. This is the first time I've seen this on a windows 8 machine so I waited to see wha
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01/21/2015
Killing Me Softly With His SongBy Charles Fox with lyrics by Norman Gimbel Strumming my pain with his fingers, Singing my life with his words, Killing me softly with his song, Killing me softly with his song, Telling my whole life with his words, Killing me softly with his song. What's That You
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01/17/2015
In the midst of the Vietnam war the US Navy and US Air Force both introduced some amazing new technology including the brand new air superiority fighter, the Phantom F-4. The F-4 had an amazing thrust advantage for fighters at the time and it was thought that internal cannons (machine guns) would
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01/15/2015
Driving home last night I saw the telltale signs that severe weather was on it's way - rows of ghostly white lines down the road. When it's cold enough and the forecast is for icy or snowy weather the Virginia Department of Transportation department pretreats the roads to prevent the ice and snow
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01/14/2015
As a one of the services I always offer my clients in Glen Allen, Ashland, Mechanicsville, or any home I help someone with is to help them long after the transaction is completed. I look forward to the calls where a client or their friends and family need help with something around the home so I
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01/09/2015
Tied for 10th Best Place to Get Ahead in February 2010 by Forbes.com Hanover County is where I now call home and one of the counties I serve as a RVA HomePRO. This was based on employment and income growth in the county and the housing market reflects some of those numbers. Here are the December
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01/05/2015
Back in October 2011 an 8 year old non-verbal autistic boy, Robbie Wood, went missing when he was at North Anna Battlefield Park with his family here in Hanover County, Virginia. Robbie was only wearing a red, long-sleeved T-shirt, blue athletic pants and blue shoes when he went missing. Overnigh
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01/05/2015
One of my goals this year is to ramp up my blogging and AR participation. Part of this has been to hit an average of 1000 points every day - at least for the month of January. So far it looks like I'm doing well on that. The funny thing is it's not all about me - a good number of points are comin
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01/04/2015
