Megan's Law and Virginia Real Estate. Disclosure and Disclaimer forms must contain a notice advising purchasers that they should exercise whatever due diligence they deem necessary with respect to information on violent sexual offenders registered with the Commonwealth. A records search can be found here.

Folding@Home, a "distributed computing" program run by Stanford University.   This simple program studies protein folding, misfolding, aggregation, and related diseases.   Help search for a cure to many of today's diseases (Alzheimer's, Mad Cow (BSE), CJD, ALS, and Parkinson's disease.). Simple to setup, forget it once it is there. Would you like to see a FLASH demo on Folding@Home? Contact me for further information.
Folding@Home makes the news yet again: Medical News Today - Could your home computer help cure Alzheimer's disease? Vijay Pande, PhD, assistant professor of chemistry and of structural biology at Stanford University, believes the answer may be yes. He's devised a way to identify potential drug compounds by using a network of more than 150,000 home computers and some innovative algorithms. He said the method accurately predicts how well molecules will bind to a given protein. Proteins are the ubiquitous workhorses of living systems and most diseases can be traced to protein malfunctions of one kind or another, so designing a compound that binds to a particular protein is an early step in drug development.

Another distributed computing program, Seti at home for the more adventurous of us. This program, like Folding@Home, will use your computers spare power to look for, shall we say, ET by listening for artificial radio signals coming from other stars. Again, feel free to contact me for further information or assistance.

Do you run, jog or at least can go in a straight line?   New to the area and want to meet others who can.   Let me introduce you to the Hash House Harriers. No, not quite what you might think.   The Hash, is a running club steeped in tradition(s) (and a lot of beer).   First started in Kuala Lumpur in 1935 by one A.S. Gispert (A complete history can be found here.)   The Hash has since grown to a world-wide organization with many "away" trips. So, if you feel like strapping on the shoes... check this link for a list of local D.C. Groups.   Oh Yeah, we do it on bicycles also!

For the more hard core of us there are for information on registering check The Peoples Marathon and if you do, please register to Run for Kids 2004.

As we all know, todays computer and internet connection is a free-fire zone.  If you do not yet have a virus checking software loaded, you should do so as soon as possible.   Even if you do but still feel unsure of your home computer Symantec© offers an extensive "FREE" systems and virus check HERE.

Now for the really nervous, click here.  But do not worry, this is just an example of what information is passed between computers on the internet. Harmless

Try DCPages for the latest information on "What's new" and "What to do" in the DC Metro area.     

IN these days of rapidly expanding "Homeland Security", the latest child is the CERT (Community Emergency Response Teams).   A modernized version of the old CD (Civil Defense) days, CERT will prepare citizens and communities to take a more active role in emergency preparedness.

New to our area? Try out SeekOn for Fairfax, Oakton or Vienna for local resources.

Confluences  No need to say "excuse you".  The goal of the project is to visit each of the latitude and longitude integer degree intersections in the world, and to take pictures at each location.   The pictures and stories will then be posted here. Amazing and fun at the same time

Tired of popups and Microsoft's fat programs. Give Firefox a try. It is an open source (means, many users submit thier ideas and time to help produce) program that is free. It is quick and very open to personalization. Additions can be downloaded to block ads, enhance searching, etc etc... If you want to try and have questions please e-mail me and I will be happy to help.

Hope you enjoy(ed) these, more to follow, check back often.