Archive for January, 2010

• 1788. The Brutal Truth of the First Fleet by David Hill

  Date: 2010.01.29 | Category: Civic Footprint | Response: 0

  Can’t believe my 4 week holiday is over. 

  Time does fly when you are in Australia. Levitra contraindicaciones I loved the trip. Viagra levitra Can’t wait to go back. Viagra alternatives

  When I vacation at a new place, I enjoy reading books that provide insight into geography, history, culture and politics. 

  This trip was no exception. I read 5 books on Australia. Bill Bryson’s Down Under is hysterical.

  However, the first book I tackled is a national best seller: 1788 The Brutal Truth of the First Fleet by David Hill.

  The book is a real page-turner. Kaufen viagra Levitra prix pharmacie Really. The story vividly describes the 11 ships carrying 1,500 people from England to Australia to establish the first penal colony. Viagra sale  Half of the people convicted Viagra sin receta of petty crimes. Levitra pas cher Levitra achat Mostly men. However, the fleet did include a small percentage of women and children. As you can imagine, traveling by sail boat in the 18th century was a slow-going and harrowing affair. Viagra bestellung Many people died enroute. 

  The first four years was particularly harsh. Crops failed. Convicts mutinied. Supplies dwindled. The part of the story I found most interesting was the first encounters the Brits had with the Aboriginals. As most people know today, a relationship not characterized as a good one. 

  The history came to life when I took the Wadejmup Aboriginal Bus Tour on Rottnest Island, 19 kms from Perth. Rottnest Island was established as a prison for specifically for Aboriginals and troublesome youth in the early 1800s. Brand viagra Thousands of Aboriginals were imprisoned, rounded up from all over Australia, until the prison closed in 1991. Several hundred died while in custody. 

  Our tour guide Dr Noel Nannup, a well-respected aboriginal educator, gave us the grim recount of their treatment incarcerated on Rottnest. A good portion of their labour was quarrying stone blocks for the building of Fremantle prison. 

  The history of Fremantle prison is also very chilling. Viagra for women This prison is where all the hardened criminals were housed. Online levitra Murders. Rapists. Our tour guide gave us a chill ing a day Purchase viagra online in the life of an inmate. Grim. Most of the inmates were Europeans. However, a few were aboriginals. 

  Perks were few. Hardship was many. Purchase viagra Decorating the yard and cells was one of the few comforts prisoners were granted.

  

  This painting is from an unknown Aboriginal inmate, preserved for museum visitors to better appreciate the lonely living conditions. Thematically, Australian Aboriginal artwork is very d Levitra pill istinguishable. Many works either have lots of dots representing Australia’ s nearly endle Pastillas levitra ss amount of sand. The technique is called sandpainting or landscape paintings that capture their dreaming stories. Prospecto levitra Over the counter viagra Beautiful stuff.

  The minute I stepped on the plane back for Canada, I was immediately switched into work mode. When settled into seat 36B, I was catapulted into pre-Timeraiser mode. 

  With a first-hand discovery of Australia’s indigenous peoples history eerily similar to Canada’s. 

  As the plane was taking off the tarmac, it was clear to me that our work needs to support more Aboriginal artists. My colleagues and I have done considerable outreach in the past. But we can and will do better in the year to come. 

  You will see more and more First Nations work at Timeraisers across Canada. By putting money into the hands Cheap viagra online into emerging Aboriginal artists, we hope they can establish their careers. Kauf von viagra        

• I Used to Get High

  Date: 2010.01.28 | Category: Timeraiser | Response: 0

  John Bulter Trio is coming to Montreal and Toronto in early February. Online levitra Get tickets if you can. However, most of their North American tour is already sold out. Levitra pas cher

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  K’naan. Natalie Merchant. Ben Harper. M.I.A. Manu Chou.

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  I was very fortunate to see the band play a few hours outside of Perth, coincidently his home town. The show safely ranks in one of the top ten I’ve ever seen. Levitra pill Also because – as stated in a previous blog post – I had been learning a great deal of Australian history. Cheap viagra online

  I can’t help myself sometimes, separating a message from its medium. Viagra sin receta Viagra for women Music is so nourishing for the soul.

  If you’ve been to a Timeraiser, you’ve certainly seen and heard how our music selection that covers a lot of economic, social, and environmental cords. Purchase viagra online Levitra contraindicaciones We are excited to add John Bulter Trio Viagra bestellung to the playlist. Kauf von viagra

• Wedding Prep Season: Why not Social Enterprise?

  Date: 2010.01.27 | Category: Civic Footprint | Response: 2

  It’s that time of year again….

  Brides and grooms to-be are busy planning their BIG day. Online levitra Viagra levitra Levitra contraindicaciones Prospecto levitra Viagra bestellung From bridal showers, magazines and tradeshows (not to mention family members and friends!) – it seems impossible to know which avenue to follow and who to listen to when selecting vendors for catering, flowers, photographers and/or invitations/printing house. Our suggestion, for any event you’re planning, consider Social Enterpris Over the counter viagra e. Levitra achat Cheap viagra online

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  With so many amazing opportunities to support the community and a unique small business, we thought we’d dedicate a blog post to some Social Enterprises that would be particularly useful during Wedding Prep season. Kauf von viagra Kaufen viagra Pastillas levitra

  

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  St. Johns Bakery
  Potluck Cafe

  Shopping / Dress:
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  Invitation:
  Phoenix Print Shop
  
  Venue:
  Artscape Wychwood Barns

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  • ClearlySo: http://www.clearlyso.com/
  • Enterprising Non-Profit: http://www.enterprisingnonprofits.ca
  • Social Venture Partners International: http://www.svpi.org/
  • BC Center for Social Enterprise: http://www.centreforsocialenterprise.com/index.html
  • Centre for Social Innovation: http://socialinnovation.ca/

• Think Globally, Act Locally

  Date: 2010.01.25 | Category: Capacity Building, Technology | Response: 0

  “Think globally, act locally.” It’s a phrase th at Brand viagra has been used in many contexts, but commonly conveys the desire to change the world Viagra sale one community at a time. Viagra bestellung  This expression popped into my head when I was reading about some global initiatives that are harnessing creativity, supporting its growth and facilitating its distribution in really innovative ways. Kauf von viagra

  When I read about what they are doing, I thought to myself, “we’re on the right track!”  Looking back at Anil’s thoughts on Open Architecture, Amanda’s writing on information sharing and transparency, I can’t help but come to that conclusion. Over the counter viagra Pastillas levitra  This isn’t meant as a pat on our own backs but rather to continue the dialogue on how we deliver programming and how we could do it better. Purchase viagra

  Thinking Globally

  Take NetHope [www.nethope.org], for example.  Among other projects, they have an Innovation for Development (I4D) program which seeks to extend existing best practices and scale solutions for broader impact in developing countries. Viagra levitra  If we distill this approach down to a local level, the theory is the same: how do we aggregate existing best practices within the non-profit sector to better serve our community Kaufen viagra ?   And how do we then share theselearnings with the thousands of other charitable organizations Viagra alternatives ? For us (Framework), one way is our use of  smart technology (primarily web-based) to share how we operate with the world. Viagra sin receta That is, adapting existing technology to our needs and then letting everyone else know why and how we did it.

  Another element of NetHope’s work is building telecommunications infrastructure where they either don’t exist or have been destroyed as a result of natural disasters. Levitra prix pharmacie Cheap viagra online  The idea being that in both cases the infrastructure will enableNGOs to collaborate, share information and better aid people and communities in need. Purchase viagra online  This idea that we can better deliver services if we can collaborate and communicate is fundamental to our work. Levitra pas cher  You can read about our collaboration strategy in an earlier post so I won’t get into it here, but essentially where NetHope’s connectivity initiatives help build a technical workforce in remote areas of Africa, for example, our infrastructure allows us to efficiently collaborate with partners and stakeholders across Canada.

  Finally, The Rockefeller Foundation, a huge granting body in the United States, has identified the need for open and user-driven innovation models to solve big issues like poverty and global warming through their “Advancing Innovation Processes to Solve Social Problems” stream of funding.  There are a lot of great questions that came to mind from reading their Key Outcomes:

  • How do we foster partnerships with our many stakeholders in order to better deliver Timeraiser programming? 
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  Acting Locally

  There are a lot of interesting ideas and models out there about how to collaborate, use technology and share best practices.  Some have big outcomes like saving humanity and Prospecto levitra saving our planet. Levitra pill Online levitra  But how they are applied is certainly relevant and transferable to organizations working on local issues like housing in Vancouver’s East End, the development of green spaces in Toronto, securing healthy food for poor families in Hamilton, or planning a Timeraiser in Calgary! 

• New support for the cloud

  Date: 2010.01.14 | Category: Capacity Building, Technology | Response: 0

  We heard some exciting news this week. Google will be launching additional support for web-based storage (all file types).  This is big news for Framework. Online levitra Brand viagra Viagra sale Levitra contraindicaciones Purchase viagra Prospecto levitra We are working to be an open-data organization that focuses on creating information once, distributing it widely, and accessing it anywhere. You’ve heard us mention this model before. Viagra for women Over the counter viagra Kaufen viagra Pastillas levitra With the additional file type support by Google Applications, it provides us Viagra alternatives additional flexibility in how we openly create and share data. Levitra pas cher  We’re excited because as Google users, we now have the flexibility to create Cheap viagra online Google sites that include filing cabinets with any type of attachment or file. Viagra levitra Levitra prix pharmacie We can also embed files using our Box.net folder, giving us additional features such as user roles, website embed tools, and endless storage space. Purchase viagra online

  I am a big fan of Box.net. Their response to Google’ s announcement remind Viagra bestellung s me why. Viagra sin receta Kauf von viagra In a timely blog post, Aaron Levie (Co-Founder and CEO) wrote about Box.net’s excitement over Google’s announcement as an overall win for Cloud Computing, and that the increased Google support  utlimately enhances Box.net’s services. He also acknowledged that additional services from popular providers like Google drives wider adoption of web-based services as a whole. Levitra pill  The willingness to work together in a collaborative, positive nature and to support integration between applications is a quality I admire about technology companies such as Box.net. Sharing data openly and collaboratively is an important quality of the non-profit sector, and it is complimented by service providers who uphold similar values.

  Exciting things are in store for the “cloud” in 2010, and we’re glad to be a non-profit organization using the best resources Levitra achat to allow us to focus on mission-related activities.