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Saw this kind of Dining on the Food Network @foodnetworkca - and trying this type of dining at home just isn't the same ... introducing Dining in the Dark to Victoria, BC

Looks like this event will be hosted by Elizabeth Prins @MortgagesByLiz and will be held at Pablo's Dining Lounge in Victoria, BC. The price tag is a bit steep for cutting the lights (just kidding) but this a benefits dinner and a definite must do dining experience. More Details below.

Dining In the Dark
7pm October 23, 2010

Pablo's
225 Quebec Street
$125 includes 4 course meal, 2 glasses of wine and $50 tax receipt

• proceeds go to the Elizabeth Prins – Cheryl Woolley Bursary benefiting mature female students at Camosun College
  
• no fancy dresses or new shoes required because we will all be in the dark!
  
• no silent or live auction BUT there will be door prizes
  

   
Contact Elizabeth Prins @ 250.812.1529 or liz@mortgagecanada.com for details
call for tickets ASAP – tickets are limited to 20 guests

Click here to download the PDF Flyer

info from www.mortgagesbyliz.ca

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They're finally doing it ... Twitter announces the implementation of the url Wrapping t.co

Update 2: t.co URL wrapping

In the coming weeks, we will be expanding the roll-out of our link wrapping service t.co, which wraps links in Tweets with a new, simplified link. Wrapped links are displayed in a way that is easier to read, with the actual domain and part of the URL showing, so that you know what you are clicking on. When you click on a wrapped link, your request will pass through the Twitter service to check if the destination site is known to contain malware, and we then will forward you on to the destination URL. All of that should happen in an instant.

You will start seeing these links on certain accounts that have opted-in to the service; we expect to roll this out to all users by the end of the year. When this happens, all links shared on Twitter.com or third-party apps will be wrapped with a t.co URL.

What does this mean for me?

• A really long link such as http://www.amazon.com/Delivering-Happiness-Profits-Passion-Purpose/dp/0446563048 might be wrapped as http://t.co/DRo0trj for display on SMS, but it could be displayed to web or application users as amazon.com/Delivering- or as the whole URL or page title.
• You will start seeing links in a way that removes the obscurity of shortened links and lets you know where each link will take you.
• When you click on these links from Twitter.com or a Twitter application, Twitter will log that click. We hope to use this data to provide better and more relevant content to you over time.

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... Stopped for the last 24 hours and Greenpeace UK activist are still hanging from the underside of ther rig

Cairn Energy's Arctic Oil Drilling has been stopped for the last 24 hours and if the activist can hang in there for a little bit longer Cairn will miss their summer drilling window and have to head home until the ice melts next year. The situation is still tense as there are reports that Greenlandic Police and Danish Navy planning their next move as they did not expect Greenpeace UK's speedy boats managed to get by their patrol. The climberrs have enough food to last for days in the their tents but they still need your help. If you haven't emailed him yet, please email Cairn's boss Bill Gammell and tell him to stop drilling in the Arctic.

Follow the Esperanza's mission at http://www.gobeyondoil.org or follow @gp_espy on twitter for updates

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UPDATE: LUKAS THE PUG HAS BEEN FOUND AND RETURNED TO HIS OWNER. The Vancouver police received a phone call from a Citizen after recognizing seeing the pug. Officers convereged an apartment unit on Kingsway around 8:30am Friday to take back the pet. A suspect has not been identified in this case.

Lukas the pug was stolen outside a Vancouver Grocery Store and need your help finding the little guy.

Lukas, a black pug wearing a blue dog tag, had just finished walking in the park with his owner around 6:30 p.m. Wednesday when he was left tied up in front of a grocery store near Main and Terminal.

Lukas was outside by himself for less than a minute, said the owner, who came back out to find the dog gone.

A witness reported that a man had come by, untied Lukas, then carried him through to a nearby courtyard.

The owner looked for the dog for two hours before calling police.

Vancouver police members have searched the area, but have lost the scent of the pug or the man who allegedly took him.

The suspected dog thief is described as a tanned white man, with long blond hair, clad in a navy-blue jacket and black sweat pants.

Lukas can be identified by his blue dog tag, numbered A1432. He also has a microchip embedded in his back.

Read more: http://www.theprovince.com/life/stolen+outside+Vancouver+grocery+store/3446200/story.html#ixzz0xoYepJfA

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Earls and Marketplace IGA have just receive the stamp of approval from OceanWise and are now all on board for selling Sustainable Seafood.

What is OceanWise?

The Ocean Wise logo on a restaurant menu, seafood-counter or seafood product is the trusted symbol of ocean-friendly seafood choices. With more than 360 partners and over 2,800 locations across Canada, Ocean Wise makes it easy for consumers to make sustainable seafood choices that ensure the health of our oceans for years to come. Learn more at www.oceanwise.ca

Marketplace IGA's decision to go sustainable comes from an increasing consumer demand for sustainable seafood and will start to offer a wide selection of sustainable seafood.

Earls Restaurants will be serving Sustainable Salmon and Halibut as a part of their menu changes. Watch the video below with Alym Hirji, Executive Chef at Earls Restaurants, interviews Mike McDermid, OceanWise Program Manager, to provide insight on sustainable seafood and an explanation of the OceanWise Program.