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Caribbean Report 19-05-1992
No full text1. This edition of Caribbean Report further explores the regional implications of the proposed economic union between Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados and Guyana referred to as the Manning initiative (00:00-00:44)2. Prime Minister Patrick Manning explains his rationale for the proposed economic union as a means of pushing forward the slow moving integration process with CARICOM (00:47-01:29)3. Correspondent Tony Fraser reports out of Port of Spain that there is little or no reaction to the idea of the economic union among the three countries. He looks at the social and political conditions that will directly impact on the success of uniting this sub grouping within CARICOM (01:30-03:35)4. Correspondent David Ellis reports that in Barbados the only reaction to the Manning initiative is an editorial in the national newspaper that says although the union is desirable there are doubts as to when it will happen. He goes on to speculate that the reaction to the proposal by Prime Minister Manning is so limited because public debate is dominated by other issues at the moment (03:36-04:21)5. In Guyana, the Manning initiative has not generated much discussion probably due to the widespread concern about free and fair elections. Correspondent Sharief Khan reports that the only official reaction so far has been a statement of “No comment” from an aide to President Desmond Hoyte (04:22-05:29)6. Leader of the Opposition in Trinidad and Tobago, Basdeo Panday questions the usefulness of the Manning initiative as he sees no reason why it should succeed where CARICOM has failed (05:30-07:22)7. Prime Minister Erskine Sandiford of Barbados and current CARICOM Chairman Dr. Kennedy Simmonds of St. Kitts / Nevis comment on the proposed economic union. correspondent Rikki Singh reports (07:23-10:18)8. Governor of the Central Bank in Jamaica says the idea of separate groupings within CARICOM could help to clear the log jam in the regional decision making process (10:19-12:53)9. Concern about the possibility of CARICOM fragmentation was raised three weeks ago at a conference in London by Dr. Anthony Payne of Sheffield University. He thinks the Caribbean is being reshaped by international politics (12:54-14:40)10. Anchor, Hugh Crosskill summarizes that the Manning initiative hinges to a large degree on the conduct of Guyana’s long awaited general elections and that any repeat of electoral malpractice could jeopardize the success of the proposal (13:52-14:40
Caribbean Report 02-07-2002
No full text1. Headlines (00:00-00:26)2. Haiti is now a full-fledged member of the Caribbean Community. Haitian, Foreign Minister, Phillipe Antonio hands over the instruments of ratification during brief ceremony at the Georgetown Summit. The pre-Summit events include the coming together of civil society to alert the Heads of their concerns and willingness to collaborate in the efforts towards Caribbean development. Edwin Carrington, Secretary General of CARICOM speaks on this new chapter in Caribbean development. Colin Smith, BBC correspondent, reports and interviews Ruth St. Clair, Executive Co-ordinator, Caribbean Policy Development Centre (00:27-05:08)3. CEMEX, the Mexican cement company is making a bid for Trinidad Cement Limited (TCL). BBC correspondent, David Ellis reports and interviews Prime Minister of Barbados, Owen Arthur (05:09-06:51)4. Dominica Producers Banana Company (DPBC) expects to take over the operations of the Dominica Banana Marketing Corporation (DBMC) after the resignation of Board of Directors. Richard Charles, Chairman, Dominica Banana Marketing Corporation (DBMC) is interviewed (06:52 -09:34)5. Britain and Suriname sign an agreement allowing each other prisoners to return to their respective homelands to serve out their sentences. The agreement facilitates the exchange of two Suriname prisoners in Britain and six British prisoners in the former Dutch colony. Natalie Williams reports and interviews Edward Glover, British Ambassador to Suriname and Stephen Fredericlaus, BBC correspondent (09:35-11:41)6. Trinidad and Tobago, Head of State, Mr. A.N.R Robinson is taking legal action against Mr. Basdeo Panday, Opposition Leader, United Nations Congress (UNC) for slander. Theresa Mills, Newsday, Editor in Chief, is interviewed (11:42-14:46)7. In Latin America and the Caribbean, there are over two (2) million adults and children infected with HIV. HIV is the leading cause of death in Haiti and the Bahamas (14:47-15:33
Caribbean Report 17-12-2001
No full text1. Headlines (00:00-00:22)2. Violence erupts across Haiti following an attempted coup. Michael Norton reports (00:23- 04:22)3. Spiritual Baptist Archbishop- Edmund Gilbert, is sentenced to death by hanging for the murder of 15 year old Robbie-Anne Jeremiah. Lou Smith reports (04:23-06:08)4. Curacao prison guards return to work amid promises of increased man power and levels of security at the prison (06:09-06:46)5. Trinidad and Tobago awaits the decision by the President on who should form the next government following the 18-18 tie in the general elections. Tony Fraser reports (06:47-09:05)6. Regional airlines Liat and BWIA, sign a cooperative agreement expected to integrate a number of services including handling, scheduling and the provision of loyalty air miles. Liat CEO Gary Callun discusses the new agreement with the anchor (09:06-12:08)7. Prime Minister Basedo Panday calls for an early resolution to a dispute between Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados over maritime boundaries involving fishing and oil exploration. David Ellis reports (12:09-15:23
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Caribbean Report 21-01-2002
No full text1. Headlines (00:00-00:29)2. Facing mounting losses since September 11th BWIA announces that it will be cutting staff and aircrafts since cost saving measures taken since September 11th, have proven inadequate (00:30-02:30)3. At a meeting of sixty delegates from fourteen countries gathered in Barbados to examine constitutional reform in the region, Vincentian Prime Minister Ralph Gonzales warns against radical changes in Caribbean constitutions. David Ellis reports from Bridgetown (02:31-04:25)4. Antigua and Barbuda reports a grievance with the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development on the organisation’s tax haven initiative, but so far, they have not signed a form of commitment to end what the OECD calls harmful tax competition. Bertram Niles interviews Ronald Sanders (04:26-07:47)5. Haitian President Jean Bertram Aristide accepts the resignation of Prime Minister Jean Marie Chérestal. Orin Gordon reports (07:48-09:30)6. After just twenty one days of the New Year Jamaica records close to sixty murders and as we note these statistics the country’s two major political parties announce their crime fighting strategies (09:31-12:25)7. US army officials say that there are at least ten different nationalities included in the hundred and forty Taliban and Al-Qaeda suspects arrested in Afghanistan being held at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba. Ken Richards reports (12:26-13:37)8. Martinique begins celebrations to mark the hundredth anniversary of the twentieth century’s deadliest volcanic eruption. Emma Joseph reports (13:38-15:27
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
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