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Caribbean Report 04-02-1994
No full textIn this report, Shaka Rodney, the son of the late Dr. Walter Rodney , says he wants to get to the truth behind his father's death; former Attorney General of Guyana gives his legal opinion about the Dr. Walter Rodney matter; Dominica's Prime Minister Dame Eugenia Charles has been assured by the European Union that Latin American banana producers would not be given special concessions; St. Maarten's Council rejects report; and NAFTA and the Caribbean are discussed.1. Headlines (00:00-00:29)2. Shaka Rodney the son of the late political activist Walter Rodney claims he is not seeking to prosecute persons involved in death of his father, he simply wants to get to the truth behind his father's death (00:33-03:37)3. Former Attorney General of Guyana, Fenton Ramsahoye gives his legal opinion of the Walter Rodney matter (03:38-06:38)4. Dominica's Prime Minster Eugenia Charles has been assured by the European Union that Latin American banana producers would not be given special concession. Sharda Islam reports (06:39-08:13)5. St.Martin's Council has rejected the main recommendations of a report commissioned by the Dutch government in reviewing the island's legislature. Mike Jarvis reports(08:14-10:03)6. American Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago Sally Cowell has raised the issue of some Caribbean countries seeking early entry into the North American Free Trade Agreement. Cowell believes that Trinidad and Tobago should consider entering bilateral agreements investment and intellectual property, such ventures could serve s a catalyst for the rest of the region. Gert Rosenthal, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin American, disagrees with Cowell on the other hand Henry Gill, visiting professor at Florida International University, says the region is at fault for not carefully examining the full implications of NAFTA (10:04-14:47)Wrap up (14:48-15:03
Caribbean Report 05-01-1994
No full textThis programme reports on the discovery of secret plot by the British Government's plot to overthrow Guyana’s 1963 government. It also looks at the life and career of popular cricket commentator, Brian Johnston, who died at 81. It also reports on the move the Guyanese government to establish a committee to review the evidence related to the death of Dr. Walter Rodney.Headlines (00:00-00:38)1. Leslie Goff (correspondent) reports on the contents of the secret papers which were revealed to the public regarding the British government view of the Guyana’s Prime Minister Cheddi Jagan and its role in Guyana’s course to independence in 1966. The words of British Colonial Secretary Duncan Sands can be heard reading excerpts from the secret papers. According to the papers Britain had no alternative to imposing its own terms to stop the racial rioting and general strike in the country. It is believed that both the rioting and strikes were widely believed to have been orchestrated by the British and American intelligence agencies. The report suggests that Britain had a hand in it he 1964 constitution and the proportional representation imposed on the country. Cheddi Jagan, who was in opposition at the time, can be heard saying the Guyana would not celebrate Independence because it was felt that imperialist, Britain, still had a stronghold on the Guyana. The voice of the Forbes Burnham who became the Guyana lead in the post independence era can also be heard. The secret cabinet papers of 1963 show that Britain was being supported by the United States, in its actions in Guyana (00:40-03:38)2. Carol Orr interviews Cheddi Jagan, she asks him how aware he was at time (1960s) of the U.S. endorsed British attempts to remove him from office. Jagan said he had mentioned his suspicions about CIA involvement in Guyana’s political affairs to the National Assembly but was dismissed by the opposition. He said he now feels vindicated with the revelation of the US’ involvement in Guyana’s national affairs revealed in the secret papers. He said that the turmoil in the country was orchestrated from outside to give the British government an excuse to go back on their word that the victors of the 1961 government would take the country to independence. Jagan said Guyana sought help from Cuba. He discusses how he felt about their lack of support during the time from his Caribbean neighbours during the political troubles. However, Jagan indicated that he still look forward to assistance from Britain and the United States in restructuring Guyana’s economy (03:39-07:28)3. Hugh Crosskill looks at the career of sport commentator Brian Johnston fondly referred to as Johners. Brian Johnston died peaceful in his sleep at the age of 81. For nearly half a century he was a leading member of BBC’s Test Match Special team and he never missed a broadcast through illness. Johnston began his career as a sports reporter in 1945 after serving in the Grenadier Guards (07:29-08:27)4. Features an interview with Tony Cozier who had worked with Johnston for over two decades along with actual clips of radio programmes commentated by Johnston. Cozier talks about Brian Johnston whom he describes as a tremendous personality who had a great love of cricket and love of life generally, which came through the microphone. He was the heart and soul of the Test Match Special Broadcast team. He was a prankster who was popular with the female listeners in England. The report highlights some of the highpoints of the Johnston’s career. (08:28-08:50)5. The final report features Shaka Rodney who expresses relief that the state was finally going to set up an inquiry committee to examine all the facts surrounding the death of Sir Walter Rodney which took place in 1980. The report features interviews with Cheddi Jagan and the attorney general of Guyana, Bernard dos Santos. Skaka Rodney believes that there is sufficient evidence for a commission of inquiry (08:50-14:14)Re-cap of the Headlines (14:15-14:34
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
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
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
Caribbean Report 04-01-1994
No full textReport begins with an interview with Cheddie Jaggan which took a decision to open an investigation into the death of Dr Walter Rodney. The second news item looks at the political impasse in St. Kitts Nevis succeeding the election of the Kennedy Simmons government in November 1993. The final report discusses the attempts to revamp Cuba’s economy.1. Headlines (00:00-00:25)2. The Guyanese government is to hold an inquiry into the death of historian Walter Rodney. The decision comes as Rodney’ son Shaka completes another day of his dawn to dusk hunger strike outside the Attorney General’s Office in Georgetown.3. Interview with Prime Minister of Guyana Cheddie Jaggan as he discusses the decision by the government set up an inquiry Committee to examine the facts surrounding the assassination of Dr. Walter Rodney which took place in 1980. (00:51-05:00)4. Interview with Professor Tony Thorndike, who was part of the team who wrote the Constitution of St. Kitts Nevis 1983. At the time of the interview, Professor Thorndike was attached to the School of International Studies at the University of Birmingham in Britain. He comments on impasse in St. Kitts Nevis which resulted when Dr. Kennedy Simmons was appointed to run the government following elections in November 1993, despite the fact that the Labour party won the majority vote. In Professor Thorndike’s view the 1983 constitution offers no real solution to the impasse since it only permits the dissolution of parliament under two circumstances that is by order of the Prime Minister or by a no confidence vote which goes against the government. It is too late for a legal challenge so the Labour Party is blocked from challenging the Kennedy’s government. (05:41-7:23)5.Interview with Dr. Denzil Douglas who argues that a no confidence motion is not a solution to the impasse taking place in St.Kitts-Nevis. Furthermore he agreed that the members of the Labour Party were not willing to go to parliament because it would mean recognizing the illegal government of Kennedy Simmons. He thinks that fresh elections should be called (07:37-10:15)6. Professor Thorndike foresees more strikes particularly in the sugar industry, if the political impasse continues. He fears that there is no way unless one of the independent politicians from Nevis decides to give support to the Labour Party, only then would the Labour party be in a position to claim a majority (10:16-11:23)7. Lionel Martin reports on the economic situation in Cuba and the fact there is no consensus in the government of the measures needed to turn the economy around. One suggestion was to devalue the money, another idea was to begin collection taxes for the first time since the Cuban revolution. Cuban leaders realize that an idealized socialist economy is not the best. The report notes that it is clear that they are unsure of how far they should go. (11:24-14:54
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