Most recent publication....Jinha, A. E. (2010) Article 50 million: An estimate of the number of scholarly articles in existence. Published July 2010 in Learned Publishing ... Full-text to pre-publication version.

Ever feel like negativity isn't really realism, as negative people claim, but just cynicism? Cynicism is the other side of the coin from the naivete that the disappointed cynic recoils from as they try to overcome the fact that they themselves fell prey to unrealistic expectations about how the world should work. It's the other side, because it is just as full of fantasy about the world as naivete is.

The leaders we have now, and the media, both realize the currency involved with promoting this new language of failure that now dominates global discourse. It has been uncritically imbibed by the academic world, who mistake this language of failure for critical thinking. For the media, it is to feed on our sense of voyeurism into the darker side of humanity, the same that causes us to be intrigued by an accident on the road - a 'rubber-necking' that extends the shock value and leaves us paralyzed for constructive action.

A wise decision would be to ask Michaëlle Jean to continue for another term as Governor-General. She has the skills to communicate the symbolic and public relations role of the GG. At a time in history where this can make an actual difference in Canada's human connection to the ordinary people in some of the hardest hit countries in the world, and particularly to our sister country Haiti, I find it hard to understand why we wouldn't want to retain her if she wants to continue in this role. It is not unusual for a term to be renewed and I am disappointed to hear unconfirmed reports that the PM will not. My only theory is that when a boss undermines the integrity of an office with self-serving politics, as Prime Minister Harper has done with his 2 requests for prorogation, they will feel the need to change the individual in that position at every opportunity.

I am building this page for housing seekers, workers and agencies in Ottawa.

1st edition - March 23rd, 2010.

Housing Help - http://www.housinghelp.on.ca/

Social Housing Registry
http://housingregistry.ca/

Social Housing providers (supplement and RGI)
http://housingregistry.ca/site/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id...

BMR - Below Market Rent Providers - http://housingregistry.ca/site/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id...

Disability/Accessible
InCommunity - disability housing services, partners to CCOC Beaver Barracks. www.theincommunity.ca

Coop vacancies
CHASEO Coop vacancies report, links to coop websites in Ottawa. Many coops reserve accessible units for persons with disabilities.
http://www.chaseo.org/vacancy2.php

CCOC - Centretown Citizens Ottawa Corporation. www.ccoc.ca

Mental Health Housing Services

Abstract:

How many scholarly research articles are there in existence? Journal articles first appeared in 1665,and the cumulative total is estimated here to pass 50 million in 2009. This sum was arrived at based on published figures for global annual output for 2006, and analyses of annual output and growth rates
published in the last decade.

Full-Text of Author's final refereed version Accepted for publication in April with minor revisions to come to Learned Publishing, UK.

In the 21st century, where money becomes almost universally required to obtain the necessities of life, the endowment of basic capital as a birthright for all human beings through a system of constitutionally guaranteed citizen banking, gauranteed living income and access to microcredit is necessary both to end poverty and the corruption of aid, and to stabilize the global monetary system. This is possible as globalization creates one closed economy, as opposed to a collection of (relatively) 'open' economies.

I wish to draft a paper on this subject. Ideas? contact me

Recession and Stimulus Spending: A Preliminary Examination of Stimulus Spending on Affordable Housing in Ontario

by Arif Jinha

Full text published by CPRN - Canadian Policy Research Networks.

It's from my wordpress blog ICTa2K4D Communications for Development, but you can find it - http://stratongina.net/aggregator or at arifjinha.wordpress.com

It was a post to Budapest Open Access Initiative Forum, looking forward to a future of an open global information system for knowledge, and starting now with the best business model for journal publishing.

arif

This was first written on Dec. 6th, 2006 in commemoration of first good settling snow for the year. I'm making first snow as a moving holy day from my perspective. It's a rebirth of the life that winter gives, winter is not death, but it is a different sort of life we are often ungrateful for. A child who has but a few winters they can remember knows how to celebrate this holiday as they become renewed with joy and play. The complainers dampen our spirit and work makes us forget how to play with simple nature, no admission charged.

This story is something I like to put out on First Snow. It is a true story, not a news story only because everyday events are not news. I hope you enjoy this, send it around and give blessings for the magic of snow and every other everyday delight.

Breaking News: The Real World Today

I wrote this a few years ago and was just laughing at it, posting it again for your enjoyment.

arif

The Great Invisible Big Toe

Working in a large University, as an agent of change at the lower end of the pole, I made the following observation: the Law of the Giant Invisible Toe.

Those at the upper end of the pole can have enormous toes, the larger they are the more invisible they are so you don't know if you will step on one.

Those at the bottom working for change cannot see the toes, and since they are large they step on them.

Stepping on these toes causes a reaction. The reaction is usually overstated given that these are small toes that are stepping on big ones.

Those with small toes at the bottom end of pole rarely get stepped on, when they do they are not allowed to do anything about it.

Thus the Law is that the small toes are not permitted to step on the big ones, which are invisible. But it is hardly noticed when the big ones step on the small ones.