Making Miracles Happen

Making Miracles Happen
Allegiance Raises Record Amount for CMN
RE/MAX Allegiance Associates who choose to donate money to Children’s Miracle Network in 2009, raised $173,572 for sick children in the D.C., Richmond and Virginia Beach markets, shattering our previous record and predicted to be more money raised than the previous ten years combined!

RE/MAX proudly supports Children’s Miracle Network, and has done so since 1992, raising more than $100 million through community, regional and international fundraisers for sick and injured kids.

When you work with a RE/MAX Allegiance Associate who participates in the Miracle Home program, Children’s Miracle Network receives a donation upon completion of your home sale or purchase.

Video of Skyline Plaza Incident Accident Collapse in 1970′s

http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid30317508001?bckey=AQ~~,AAAABvaL9Hk~,mLC66bU8hPPEixOfY5Pc8DGh7QP3dFX0&bctid=87411767001
Video of Skyline Plaza Incident Accident Collapse in 1970′s.
Skyline Plaza Falls Church VA 22041 collapse accident at intersection of George Mason Drive and Leesburg Pike / Route 7.

Interesting Tid Bits about Foreign Immigrants in Washington DC Area

Foreign born workers will comprise 23% of the US working age population in 2050. Without immigrants and their descendants, the working age population would actually decline.
Immigrants are found in both low skill and high skill occupations – they are 48% of low skill workers but also 40% of medical scientists and 33% of computer software engineers.
Greater Washington’s foreign born population is larger, more established and more diverse than
that in Atlanta, Dallas, or the US as a whole.
The foreign born population in Greater Washington is also more educated than immigrants in
other cities.
1 in 4 doctors, 2 in 5 medical scientists, 1 in 3 computer software engineers, and 1 in 5 computer programmers are immigrants.
Foreign students and immigrants make up more than half the scientific researchers in the United
States; in 2006, they received 40% of science and engineering PhDs and 65% of computer
science doctorates. Among postdoctoral students doing research at the highest levels, 60% are
foreign born.