HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! Investing in Maryland Real Estate in 2013 ...

$231,750 - 2718 Hunters Gate Ter
Silver Spring

3 beds, 2 full, 1 part baths

Lot size: 2,700 sqft

Year built: 1987

$749,900 - 11990 Market St #417
Reston

3 beds, 2 full baths

Home size: 1,625 sq ft

Year built: 2006

$495,000 - 2011 Forest Dale Dr
Silver Spring

4 beds, 3 full, 1 part baths

Lot size: 13,713 sqft

Year built: 1957

$310,000 - 700 7th St Sw #606
Washington

2 beds, 1 full bath

Home size: 990 sq ft

Year built: 1967

$339,000 - 3130 Southwestern Ave
Manchester

4 beds, 3 full, 1 part baths

Lot size: 22,999 sqft

Year built: 1990

$189,900 - 924 Palladi Dr
Baltimore

3 beds, 2 full baths

Lot size: 3,393 sqft

Year built: 1955

$199,900 - 2806 Hillcrest Ave
Baltimore

3 beds, 2 full baths

Lot size: 6,250 sqft

Year built: 1927

$169,900 - 11736 Tolson Pl #5
Woodbridge

2 beds, 2 full, 1 part baths

Home size: 1,074 sq ft

Year built: 1996

$99,900 - 32 Helmsman Ct
Baltimore

2 beds, 1 full, 1 part baths

Lot size: 1,404 sqft

Year built: 1977

$86,000 - 3011 Fallstaff Rd #602a
Baltimore

2 beds, 2 full baths

Home size: 1,666 sq ft

Year built: 1986

$129,900 - 2818 Pin Oak Ln
Lanham

3 beds, 2 full, 1 part baths

Lot size: 1,500 sqft

Year built: 1987

$363,000 - 10101 Grosvenor Pl #501
Rockville

2 beds, 1 full bath

Home size: 986 sq ft

Year built: 1986

$247,900 - 2232 Commissary Cir #193
Odenton

3 beds, 2 full, 2 part baths

Lot size: 1,600 sqft

Year built: 1993

$264,900 - 6205 Willow Way
Clinton

4 beds, 2 full, 1 part baths

Lot size: 9,502 sqft

Year built: 1986

$135,000 - 3709 Ina Ave
Baltimore

3 beds, 1 full, 1 part baths

Year built: 1952

$298,000 - 214 Monroe Point Dr
Colonial Beach

4 beds, 3 full, 1 part baths

Home size: 1,920 sq ft

Lot size: 2,614 sqft

Year built: 2008

$170,000 - 3020 22nd St Se
Washington

3 beds, 2 full baths

Home size: 1,072 sq ft

Lot size: 2,515 sqft

Year built: 1951

$186,000 - 14283 Princedale Dr
Woodbridge

3 beds, 2 full, 1 part baths

Lot size: 9,757 sqft

Year built: 1984

$399,000 - 2151 Seaman Ct
Herndon

5 beds, 2 full, 1 part baths

Lot size: 12,546 sqft

Year built: 1976

$234,900 - 207 Water St W
Centreville

4 beds, 2 full, 1 part baths

Lot size: 8,000 sqft

Year built: 1998

$79,900 - 1403 Federal St
Baltimore

3 beds, 1 full bath

Year built: 1920

$185,000 - 3935 Martin Luther King Jr Ave Sw
Washington

3 beds, 2 full baths

Lot size: 5,346 sqft

Year built: 1937

$134,900 - 11128 Ryan Ct
Spotsylvania

3 beds, 2 full baths

Home size: 1,421 sq ft

Lot size: 20,909 sqft

Year built: 1980

$124,000 - 827 Butler Ave
Winchester

3 beds, 2 full baths

Year built: 1995

$599,000 - 1005 Duke St
Alexandria

3 beds, 1 full bath

Lot size: 1,239 sqft

Year built: 1890

$107,000 - 656 Specks Run Rd
Bunker Hill

3 beds, 1 full bath

Home size: 1,352 sq ft

Lot size: 32,104 sqft

Year built: 1950

$189,900 - MLS # CH7983777
Waldorf

3 beds, 2 full, 2 part baths

Lot size: 1,840 sqft

Year built: 1998

$499,850 - 2018 Troy St N
Arlington

2 beds, 2 full baths

Lot size: 1,794 sqft

Year built: 1939

$399,000 - 35771 Chapel Hill Ct
Round Hill

4 beds, 3 full, 1 part baths

Lot size: 10,890 sqft

Year built: 2002

$549,900 - 6703 Hallwood Ave
Falls Church

3 beds, 2 full baths

Home size: 1,430 sq ft

Lot size: 10,400 sqft

Year built: 1947

$435,900 - 8540 Monticello Ave
Alexandria

2 beds, 2 full baths

Lot size: 8,000 sqft

Year built: 1930

$550,000 - 40326 Lovettsville Rd
Lovettsville

5 beds, 3 full, 1 part baths

Home size: 3,427 sq ft

Lot size: 3.58 ac

Year built: 2001

$229,000 - 5057 Bristle Cone Cir
Aberdeen

3 beds, 2 full, 1 part baths

Lot size: 1,720 sqft

Year built: 2003

$152,000 - 106 Bayland Dr #2p
Havre De Grace

2 beds, 2 full baths

Year built: 1996

$359,900 - 7111 Woodmont Ave #612
Bethesda

1 bed, 1 full bath

Home size: 626 sq ft

Year built: 2000

$89,911 - 1642 Roundhill Rd
Baltimore

3 beds, 2 full baths

Year built: 1942

$134,900 - 35129 Sara Ct
Locust Grove

2 beds, 2 full, 1 part baths

Lot size: 2,178 sqft

Year built: 2005

$74,911 - 5805 64th Ave
Riverdale

3 beds, 1 full bath

Lot size: 6,016 sqft

Year built: 1942

$559,900 - 13108 Limetree Rd
Silver Spring

4 beds, 3 full, 1 part baths

Lot size: 8,847 sqft

Year built: 1999

$74,900 - 7597 Gales Ct #7a-204
Manassas

1 bed, 1 full bath

Home size: 625 sq ft

Year built: 1974

$524,900 - 13412 Birch Bark Ct
Fairfax

4 beds, 2 full, 1 part baths

Home size: 2,184 sq ft

Lot size: 10,616 sqft

Year built: 1985

$238,000 - 3523 Covered Bridge Ln
Woodbridge

3 beds, 2 full, 1 part baths

Home size: 1,642 sq ft

Lot size: 1,651 sqft

Year built: 1987

$45,000 - 930 Carrollton Ave N
Baltimore

0 beds, 0 baths

Year built: 1920

$179,000 - 204 Chesterbrook Ct
Stafford

3 beds, 3 full, 1 part baths

Lot size: 1,651 sqft

Year built: 2006

$135,000 - 1200 Stratwood Ave
Oxon Hill

3 beds, 2 full baths

Lot size: 10,080 sqft

Year built: 1959

$97,000 - 11265 Kettering Pl
Upper Marlboro

3 beds, 1 full, 2 part baths

Lot size: 1,670 sqft

Year built: 1986

$49,944 - 6711 Park Heights Ave #411
Baltimore

1 bed, 1 full bath

Home size: 903 sq ft

Year built: 1974

$199,000 - 2008 Rolling Rd
Baltimore

4 beds, 2 full baths

Lot size: 8,976 sqft

Year built: 1962

$689,900 - 8637 Saddleback Pl
Laurel

5 beds, 3 full, 1 part baths

Lot size: 8,912 sqft

Year built: 2005

$500,000 - 10884 York Rd
Hunt Valley

5 beds, 1 full, 1 part baths

Home size: 2,103 sq ft

Lot size: 4,775 sqft

Year built: 1920

Source: http://hibanism.com/2013/01/01/happy-new-year-investing-in-maryland-real-estate-in-2013/

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Poland seeks probe of Warsaw stock exchange chief

WARSAW, Poland (AP) ? Poland's treasury minister has asked state officials to investigate the suspended head of Warsaw's Stock Exchange for allegedly abusing his position by trying to secure funds for a movie featuring his girlfriend.

Ludwik Sobolewski was suspended as head of the Warsaw bourse on Dec. 21 following reports that he and a subordinate were involved in soliciting funds for a commercial movie from companies listed on the stock exchange. An extraordinary general assembly of those who have shares in the exchange is to decide Sobolewski's future on Jan. 17.

Treasury Minister Mikolaj Budzanowski said Wednesday the investigation will look at whether Sobolewski used his position to solicit money for purposes unrelated to the stock exchange. The ministry asked the country's main Anti-Corruption Office to investigate.

Associated Press

Source: http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/f70471f764144b2fab526d39972d37b3/Article_2013-01-02-Poland-Stock%20Exchange/id-45bc320cf10547feb73ab534f0ebdcd1

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Active Web Group, Inc. Partners with Kentico to Offer Clients a ...

Hauppauge, NY (PRWEB) November 02, 2012

Active Web Group, Inc. today announced it has entered a partnership with Kentico Software (http://www.kentico.com), the Web content management system vendor, to provide their clients with the online tools they require for greater facility and more autonomy in directing their online businesses toward increased success.

Active Web Group is known for its ahead-of-trend, search engine friendly website designs for its clients which range from small businesses to Fortune 500 corporations. Active Web Group chose Kentico CMS as the platform for their clients websites for its expansive tool set which includes the facility to build websites, intranets and to provide e-commerce solutions on the Microsoft ASP.NET platform.

Responsible Internet Marketing companies always look to upgrade their toolset and offer their new and current clients the best possible options to grow their online businesses, said Scott Forde, President, Active Web Group. By offering the Kentico CMS, we are confident that we will continue to provide our clients with the services they require in a shorter timeframe and within budget.

We are very pleased to be partnering with Active Web Group and proud to be able to recommend their expertise in not just Web development but also SEO, PPC campaign management and e-commerce, email and social media marketing solutions, states Lenka Navratilova, Partner Manager at Kentico Software. The combined strength of the Kentico CMS and the solid experience of the team at Active Web Group is sure to bring powerful solutions to their clients.

About Active Web Group: A full-service agency, Active Web Group has extensive experience in Web Design and redesign, Digital Media, Programming (all proficiencies including php, asp and asp.net), Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Social Media Marketing, Email Marketing, Graphic Design, E-Commerce, Magento Ecommerce, WordPress Ecommerce, custom solutions and Pay-Per-Click Marketing.

About Kentico CMS : Kentico CMS is an enterprise Web Content Management System and Customer Experience Management System that provides a complete set of features for building websites, intranets, community sites and e-commerce solutions on the Microsoft ASP.NET platform. It supports mobile websites, SEO, document management, online marketing tools, multilingual websites, multisite management and it ships with 40 modules, 340 configurable Web parts and source code available.

Kentico CMS customers can expect a highly flexible platform with a uniquely easy-to-use user interface. Its currently used by more than 12,000 websites in 87 countries. The clients include Microsoft, Guinness, McDonald?s, Vodafone, O2, Orange, Brussels Airlines, Mazda, Ford, Subaru, Isuzu, Samsung, Gibson, ESPN, DKNY, Abbott Labs, Medibank, Ireland.ie and others.

About Kentico Software

Kentico Software (http://www.kentico.com) helps clients create successful dynamic websites, intranets, community sites and e-commerce solutions using Kentico CMS for ASP.NET. It?s committed to deliver a full-featured, enterprise-class, stable and scalable Web Content Management solution on the Microsoft .NET platform. Founded in 2004, Kentico is headquartered in the Czech Republic and has offices in the United States (Nashua, NH and Seattle, WA) and United Kingdom (Reading). Since its inception, Kentico has continued to rapidly expand the Kentico CMS user base worldwide. Its partner network consists of 1,200 partners in 80+ countries. Kentico Software is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. In 2010, Kentico was named the fastest growing technology company in the Czech Republic in the Deloitte Technology FAST 50 awards.

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Source: http://blog.davidsz.nl/2012/12/31/active-web-group-inc-partners-with-kentico-to-offer-clients-a-content-management-enterprise-grade-solution/

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A Checklist for Effective Blog Writing in 2013

In today?s Internet world, especially in 2013, content is (will be) king?and it?s only going to grow in importance. Thanks to changes in search algorithms, an emphasis on authorship and the growing power of Google+, content is quickly becoming more and more important in the eyes of search engines.

Related: The Evolution of Google+

To make sure your content is up to par, here?s a checklist for creating effective blog content?because while blogging doesn?t equal content marketing, it is a crucial part of any winning content strategy.

Start with Your Goal

Know why you?re writing your blog?is it to draw new traffic? Create an online community? Find new business? That goal informs all your other decisions, so keep it at the forefront of your blogging efforts.

Run Through This Checklist

Think of the following list as a run-through of what your blog needs to be effective:

• Title: Keep the title tag under 70 characters for best search results.

• Meta Description: Make the meta description a concise summary of your page. (Tip: If you?re using WordPress, a plugin like All in One SEO Pack can make it easy to customize your title and meta description within your post editor.)

• Headers and Subheaders: <h1>, <h2>, and <h3> tags (and so on) give search engines a basic hierarchy of your content, allowing you to prioritize what matters most.

• Introduction: Make the beginning of your blog post interesting and attention-grabbing.

• Relevant Images: The Internet is a visual place, so images make your posts more interesting to readers. Pictures grab readers? attention, clarify a message, and more.

• Relevant Internal Links: Use your blog posts to point to other content?include links to past articles or other content that relates to what you?re saying. Work it into your text or use a related posts plugin at the bottom of posts. Not only does this get readers digging into your archives, but it also adds more value to your writing.

• Relevant External Links: In the blog community, readers like to see you?re promoting others? content. Link to content that relates and is relevant to what you have to say, as is appropriate.

• Organization: Shorten long chunks of copy into shorter, more scannable bits. Generally speaking, online readers respond best to content they can scan.

• Social Media: While you don?t want to turn social media into a nonstop channel for self-promotion, you can use it to promote posts from time to time. In fact, promoting your content on Facebook and Twitter is a powerful way to spread your message and increase your influence.

• Call to Action: Remember your goal above? Find ways to coax readers to take the step you desire, whether that means subscribing to a newsletter or buying a product. Come right out and ask them to do it in creative ways within your content.

• Comments: The most engaging blogs feel like a discussion?readers comment and expect a response. So get involved in your comments. While you don?t have to respond to every person, make it a habit to respond to questions at the very least.

What do you think? This list is not exhaustive?what else goes into quality blog content? What have you seen that?s important?

Photo credit:?adjuice.co.uk

Bio: Shanna Mallon?is a writer for?Straight North, a Chicago Web design firm providing specialized SEO, Web development, and other online marketing services. Follow?Straight North on Twitter?and?Facebook.

A Few of My Favorite 2012 Things

As I look back on 2012, a number of products stand out as memorable. I figured I'd use my last column of the year to take a moment to recall each one and what made it special. For years I wondered why someone didn't use the technology that was used to cool astronauts and race drivers in consumer clothing and beds. This is important to me.

Source: http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632000/s/2713f909/l/0L0Stechnewsworld0N0Crsstory0C769710Bhtml/story01.htm

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InterAksyon&#39;s top 5 movie performances of 2012 | Entertainment ...

In a year blessed with topnotch acting in quite a number of noteworthy films, here are the five indelible performances that deserve the highest commendation.

InterAksyon presents the top 5 movie performances of 2012:

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THE CAST OF ?POSAS?
Lawrence Fajardo?s taut direction of Zig Carlo Dulay?s fat-free script ? a breathless day-in-the-life procedural about corruption in the police force and the making of an ?official? partner in crime out of a petty thief ? is a model of precise filmmaking.

So are the on-point, life-like performances of the entire cast, from the leads (Nico Antonio as a Quiapo snatcher and Art Acuna as chief of police) to the supporting players (Bangs Garcia as the victim of the theft, and Nor Domingo and Jake Macapagal as police officers), down to the guests and bit players. In a year filled with excellent ensemble acting work (?Aparisyon?, ?Sta. Nina?, ?Mga Munting Lihim?, ?I Do Bidoo?), ?Posas? gets the badge of honor as the finest.

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RHIAN RAMOS, ?SOSSY PROBLEMS?
She was very good in the title role in last year?s ?My Kontrabida Girl?. This year she was even better ? sharper and punchier but cooler ? as a bossy spoiled brat in ?Sossy Problems?, about a barkada of clueless ultra rich girls who find a mission outside of themselves when their beloved village country club gets threatened to be torn down to give way to a mall.

The role was practically begging for a kind of go-to-town indulgence. Rhian did not go there. Instead she imbued the character with a playful charm and an unforced headiness that made it easy for viewers to understand why she is the acknowledged leader of this stillettoed pack. And why she is probably the finest young actress in comedy around.

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ANTHONY FALCON, ?REQUIEME!?
How do you go head to head and toe to toe with the simmering soulfulness and soft-edged intensity of Shamaine Buencamino? If you?re newcomer Anthony Falcon, you don?t. You play it the other way ? sharp, saucy, and steely. It?s nothing short of genius.

For while the performance is one of chilly, icy coolness on the surface, Anthony as Joanna, a runaway son, a social outcast, and would-be transsexual, is also able to fully locate the bruised soul, the wounded heart, and the zest for life in this black comedy about burying the dearly beloved, Pinoy-style.

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EDDIE GARCIA, ?BWAKAW?
This year Manoy played manay and he was nothing short of fabulous. But not in a showy, put-out-all-the-stops kind of way.

As Rene ? a brusko of a man who embraces his sexuality and comes out of the closet very late in life with his canine BFF, by his side, indeed in what the character sees as his twilight years ? Eddie is elegantly funny and sophisticatedly soulful in a portrayal brimming with scrappy wit, sardonic humor, and sensitive heart.

This lovely and loving performance is the opposite of a doggone work.

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NORA AUNOR, ?THY WOMB?
Thirty years after ?Himala?, Nora Aunor gives another performance for the ages. As Shaleha, a barren Badjao wife who goes on a mission to find a woman who could and would give her beloved husband a biological child, is hypnotically still, bracingly intelligent, and devastatingly emotional, often all at once and without uttering a single word. She is, in a word, divine in what is the most hauntingly sublime piece of acting in all of Philippine cinema not only this year but in the last 30 years.

Source: http://www.interaksyon.com/article/51650/interaksyons-top-5-movie-performances-of-2012

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What Shell&#146;s Kulluk Oil Rig Accident Means for Arctic Drilling

An oil rig owned by Royal Dutch Shell that ran aground near Kodiak Island, Alaska, on Monday night is still being battered by winds and high seas, raising fresh questions over the company?s plan to open the Arctic Ocean to offshore drilling. The oil rig, the Kulluk, was being towed south for repairs and improvements at a shipyard in Washington State in advance of the 2013 drilling season when crews ran into trouble during a winter storm on December 27. In a building series of mishaps, towing equipment broke, engines on the primary tug failed, and a series of relief vessels, including the Coast Guard cutter Alex Haley, were unable to maintain control of the drifting rig. All the while, the storm built in strength, with winds ultimately reaching 70 knots and waves topping 50 feet at times. The Kulluk is now grounded just off the coast Sitkalidak Island, near the eastern end of Kodiak Island.

A Coast Guard rescue crew in an MH-60 Jayhawk safely hoisted a small transport crew off the Kulluk in extremely dangerous conditions. While the rig can hold up to 103 workers during drilling operations, a skeleton group of just 18 was riding the Kulluk south. The men onboard were outfitted with Mustang survival suits made for frigid water, and all had undergone survival training.

The Kulluk is carrying about 143,000 gallons of diesel fuel and 12,000 gallons of other hazardous fluids onboard. No oil has been spotted in the water and there?s no evidence of damage to the rig?s hull, according to Coast Guard officials who spoke during a press conference held at 2 pm Alaska time (6 pm Eastern) on Tuesday. Helicopters and C-130H planes are being used to monitor the rig from the air, and the Coast Guard hopes to land a crew of salvage experts onboard to assess any damage and help formulate a plan for getting the Kulluk afloat and out to sea once again. About 500 personnel are involved in the response, according to Coast Guard officials.

I visited the Kulluk for four days at the end of October while it was onsite in the Arctic. The rig is built with 3-inch steel plates and a circular shape to resist enormous pressures from pack ice. For that reason, it seems well-prepared to survive being slammed against the coast. However, the rig has no keel and only a nominal bow, which makes it a slow, rough ride while under tow in the open sea. During drilling operations, it can be moored with 12 anchor lines. It also has a single ?survival? anchor, but it?s not known whether it was deployed before running aground. Since the rig has no propulsion system, it is just an enormous floating piece of steel if it?s neither anchored to the seafloor nor attached to a tug.

Shell bought the Kulluk and leased the Noble Discoverer drillship to pursue a plan of opening the Arctic Ocean to an offshore oil industry that one day could rival Alaska?s North Slope or even the Gulf of Mexico in importance. But since purchasing offshore leases in 2005 and 2008, lawsuits, regulatory hurdles, and mishaps have prevented the company from exploring for oil. In 2012, the company finally seemed ready to begin drilling. But it fumbled several times over air permits, Coast Guard certification of an oil-spill response barge, and severe damage to a required piece of oil-spill equipment. In an echo of the current situation, the Noble Discoverer pulled anchor and nearly ran aground this summer in Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of islands.

All this raises several questions, which will be addressed in the weeks and months to come.

1. Assuming the Kulluk is salvaged, will it be ready to drill in 2013, as Shell planned? How extensive will the damage prove to be?

2. What does this mean for offshore Arctic drilling overall? Critics have long argued that drilling in the Arctic Ocean is too dangerous because of harsh conditions and remote locations. The current situation is unfolding just about 50 miles from the Coast Guard?s largest installation in Alaska, Air Station Kodiak. If the Kulluk had run aground more than 1000 miles away on the coast of the North Slope, Shell would be largely on its own. The Coast Guard has no permanent facilities up there, and only one functional ice breaker, the Healy, which is meant primarily for scientific research.

3. Will Shell run into fresh regulatory challenges as it seeks to explore for oil in 2013 and beyond? Will it get to drill in 2013 as planned?

Source: http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/coal-oil-gas/kulluk-oil-rig-accident-arctic-drilling?src=rss

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