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Satellite Data Company Launches from Crystal City

Published February 2, 2015 at 12:15PM | Updated February 2, 2015 at 1:14PM

Editor’s Note: Sponsored by Monday Properties and written by ARLnow.com, Startup Monday is a weekly column that profiles Arlington-based startups and their founders. The Ground Floor, Monday’s office space for young companies in Rosslyn, is now open. The Metro-accessible space features a 5,000-square-foot common area that includes a kitchen, lounge area, collaborative meeting spaces, and a stage for formal presentations.

Officially launched in February 2014, OmniEarth takes geospatial data and provides analytics for a broad range of companies. This could mean telling municipal water suppliers which parcels are using too much water — crucial in drought-ridden areas like California — or telling oil and gas companies where there are faults along their pipelines.

Open Houses in Arlington This Weekend

By Ethan Rothstein

Published January 30, 2015 at 12:05PM

The weather is supposed to be cold on Saturday on a wintry mess on Sunday before the Super Bowl. If you can brave the elements — and want to get in some pre-football real estate shopping — there plenty of open houses to choose from.

See our real estate section for a full listing of open houses. Here are a few highlights:

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Just Listed in Arlington

Published January 30, 2015 at 5:00AM

Just Listed highlights Arlington properties that just came on the market within the past week. This feature is written and sponsored by Team Cathell, “Your Orange Line Specialists.”

The cold weather hasn’t kept the buyers away, but it seems to have intimidated the sellers. Only 34 new listings came on the market this week, all but one under $1 million.

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NOVA Legal Beat: Harder for Men to Prove Sex Discrimination?

Published January 28, 2015 at 2:45PM

Editor’s Note: This sponsored column is written by Mathew B. Tully of Tully Rinckey PLLC, an Arlington firm that specializes in federal employment and labor law, security clearance proceedings, and military law.

Q. Is it harder for men to prove sex discrimination than women?

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Arlington Pet of the Week: Buddy

Published January 28, 2015 at 12:30PM

This week’s Arlington Pet of the Week is Buddy, a dog who showed up at his owner’s door on Christmas and never left.

Here’s what owner Sarah had to say about her :

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Local Woof: Surviving Your Dog’s Adolescence

Published January 26, 2015 at 4:05PM

Editor’s Note: The Local Woof is a column that’s sponsored and written by the staff of Woofs! Dog Training Center. Woofs! has full-service dog training, boarding, and daycare facilities, near Shirlington and Ballston.

Much like in humans, your dog will go through an adolescent phase and this period can be fraught with difficulty. Dogs will enter their adolescent period at around 6 months old, and exit between 18 months and 2 years of age. Smaller dogs tend to mature more quickly, larger dogs more slowly.

Rosslyn Startup Hopes to Become Bitcoin Powerhouse

By Ethan Rothstein

Published January 26, 2015 at 12:30PM | Updated January 26, 2015 at 1:38PM

Editor’s Note: Sponsored by Monday Properties and written by ARLnow.com, Startup Monday is a weekly column that profiles Arlington-based startups and their founders. The Ground Floor, Monday’s office space for young companies in Rosslyn, is now open. The Metro-accessible space features a 5,000-square-foot common area that includes a kitchen, lounge area, collaborative meeting spaces, and a stage for formal presentations.

Blockchain Technology Consumer Solutions — or BTCS for short — was launched in 2013 as Bitcoin Shop, an ecommerce platform that allows users to buy goods with bitcoins and other digital currencies, like Dogecoin or Litecoin. Bitcoin Shop founders Michal Handerhan and Tim Sidie, now COO and lead developer respectively, had bought bitcoins but didn’t know how to spend them. So they created a way.

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WWBG: From Belgium, the Cradle of Craft Brewing

Published January 23, 2015 at 2:30PM | Updated January 23, 2015 at 3:35PM

Editor’s Note: This biweekly column is sponsored by Dominion Wine and Beer (107 Rowell Court, Falls Church). It is written by Garrett Cruce, a Certified Beer Server in the Cicerone Certification Program.

At the end of “The Matrix,” Keanu Reaves’ Neo suddenly sees the code in everything he looks at while in the matrix. It’s a transformative experience —-he is the master of his domain.

Open Houses in Arlington This Weekend

By Ethan Rothstein

Published January 23, 2015 at 12:00PM

The real estate market came back with a vengeance this week, meaning, according to our real estate listing sponsor Team Cathell, prices may start to rise. What better time to check out some open houses?

See our real estate section for a full listing of open houses. Here are a few highlights:

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Just Listed in Arlington

Published January 23, 2015 at 5:00AM

Just Listed highlights Arlington properties that just came on the market within the past week. This feature is written and sponsored by Team Cathell, “Your Orange Line Specialists.”

The inventory of Arlington homes for sale jumped by 51 this week as owners decided it is time to sell. That’s the biggest weekly increase since last fall. All but four of those new listings are under $1 million.

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Rental Report: When You Have No Time to Find an Apartment

Published January 22, 2015 at 2:30PM

Editor’s Note: This biweekly sponsored column is written by Rick Gersten, founder and CEO of Urban Igloo, a rental real estate firm that matches up renters with their ideal apartments, condos or houses. Please submit any questions in the comments section or via email.

A new job offer across the country just hit your inbox, and you start in two weeks — congrats! Now what?

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Arlington Pet of the Week: Chandler Bing

Published January 21, 2015 at 12:00PM

This week’s Arlington Pet of the Week is a kitten who goes by Chandler Bing. Could he be any cuter?

Here’s what owner, Rachel, had to say about her friendly cat: