Nine-year-old Calgarian Donates Birthday Money

July 5th, 2007 posted by SkGold

July 5, 2007 - The Arthritis Society – Alberta/NWT Division, Instead of accepting gifts for his ninth birthday, Ethan Hobbs made the unselfish request that his friends give him money, which he later donated to The Arthritis Society

Ethan and his mother Elsa, dropped by the Calgary office of The Arthritis Society unannounced on July 3 with more than $350 collected from Ethan’s birthday party.

“I wanted to donate to The Arthritis Society so that parents could know about arthritis and what happens,” said the nine-year-old. “I want people to feel better.”

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Calgary Real Estate - invest or not invest?

June 29th, 2007 posted by SkGold

For the last couple years the Calgary Real Estate market has been very hot, or maybe it’s better to say “on fire”. The people who invested in Calgary Real Estate two years ago and have now sold their property have made from about $100,000 to $200,000 or maybe even more. So… is the Calgary Real Estate market still hot? Is it still a good time to invest in Calgary Real Estate?

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Well, lets take a look at some statistics first. These numbers were taken from the Calgary Real Estate Board statistics report for May 2007 and for May 2006. Read the rest of this article »

Blu-Ray Going Blockbuster Big

June 19th, 2007 posted by Bizman

According to the folks at Blockbuster, Blu-Ray rentals outsell high definition DVD rentals. As such, they’re investing and boosting their Blu-Ray inventory to over 1700 discs.

Currently only about 250 out of 8,000 stores worldwide offer the Blu-Ray option.  As sales grow, Blockbuster will expand that number.

So what’s the advantage?  Standard HD-DVD versus Blu-Ray?

Sony’s Blu-Ray creation offers crisper images, sharper colors and by far a better picture.  Read the rest of this article »



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