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Elmo Israel Ellis papers, MSS.1799
No full textAbstract: Correspondence, newspaper articles, speeches and other miscellaneous papers written by and about Elmo Israel Ellis from 1927 to 2002. The materials are related to his career as a broadcast journalist/executive and as a newspaper columnist.Scope and Content Note: The collection consists of correspondence, newspaper articles, speeches and other miscellaneous papers written by and about Elmo Israel Ellis from 1927 to 2002. The materials are related to his career as a broadcast journalist/executive and as a newspaper columnist.Biographical/Historical Note: Elmo Israel Ellis was born on Armistice Day, 11 November 1918 in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, the third child and second son of Samuel B. and Bertha F. Seletz Israel. He graduated from West Blocton High School, West Blocton, Bibb County, Alabama, in 1936 and then from the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, in 1940 with an AB degree in journalism. While attending the University of Alabama, Ellis was the editor for both the Crimson White and Rammer--Jammer. He received his MA degree in 1948 from Emory University, Atlanta, De Kalb County, Georgia.In 1940 he joined WSB radio as the station's first Publicity and Promotion Director. He also served as script manager, production manager and program director. During World War II Ellis joined the United States Air Force where he worked as a writer and producer of radio programs. After the war, he worked as a writer and producer of various radio shows in New York. In 1946 and 1947, he wrote and directed programs such as "We the People," "Great Jury Trials" and "FBI in Peace and War." In 1948, Ellis rejoined the WSB family as the production manager for WSB-TV. In 1952, he became the programming manager of WSB-AM-FM; he then went on to become the Vice President and General Manager. In 1969, he became Vice President of Cox Broadcasting Company, the parent company of WSB-TV/Radio. During this time Ellis also taught radio and television at Emory University, Georgia State University, and Oglethorpe University. Ellis retired in 1982 but stayed active in the communications field by writing weekly columns published in several Atlanta-area newspapers. He wrote several books and innumerable newspaper columns. He won the Peabody Award in 1966 and many other awards and honors throughout his career. In 1995, he was named to the Georgia Music Hall of Fame and in January 2000, Georgia Trend magazine named Ellis as one of their "100 Georgians of the Century."On 26 December 1944, Ellis married Ruth M. Ballinger in Fort Worth, Texas. After several years in New York, the couple settled in Atlanta where their two children were born. Ellis died on 24 June 2005 and is buried in Arlington Memorial Park in Sandy Springs, Georgia
A study American - Israeli relations 1967 - 1973
No full textThe War of June 1967 proved to be instrumental in changing the perceptions of the principal protagonists in the Arab-Israeli conflict, and also the major powers outside the region. The pre-emptive strike launched by Israel on 6 June began a comprehensive defeat of the Arab states, and in just six days Israel increased her size threefold, incorporating large portions of Arab land into her territory. The changes that occurred can be briefly summed up as follows: Soviet influence within the Arab states increased with military advisers sent to Egypt and Syria in great numbers to help reconstruct the defeated armies (despite the fact that Soviet armaments had failed to avoid a convincing Israeli victory). Israel's confidence both i n her own strength and i n her ability to survive increased. The idea that Israel could act as a "strategic asset" became a firmly established tenet of American foreign policy. Ironically, relations between the Soviet Union and the Arab states, who backed them, were strengthened after the defeat inflicted by Israel. On a practical level, the Soviet Union embarked upon a massive programme of military and economic support for the Arab states, quickly replacing the amount of military hardware that had been lost in the war. The Soviet newspaper "Izvestia" suggested that the Arab states realised that only: "through reliance upon the Soviet Union and other socialist countries, can they abolish completely imperialist influence in the Middle East and achieve Israeli withdrawal from the Occupied Territories"
Updating of data concerning the impact on the aquatic environment of certain dangerous substances, second part. Part IV - Chloroanilines
No full textFace-maker : the negotiation between screen performance, extra-filmic persona and conditions of employment within the career of Peter Lorre
No full textPeter Lorre often described his acting as merely "face-making". This disparaging attitude is
reflected within critiques which read the life of Peter Lorre as a tragic narrative of wasted
opportunities and his career as a screen performer as restricted by the nature of his
employment in studio-era Hollywood. Working in the United States, he was unable to escape
from the notoriety of his first major role in the German film, M (1931), or from the murderous
persona that evolved from his portrayal of a psychopathic serial killer. His status as an emigre
positioned him as a European "artist" whose talent was misused by American filmmaking
practices which typecast the actor in line with his nefarious public image.
This thesis proposes to investigate the accuracy of these perceptions which approach the actor
via a binary split between "person" and "persona". It will offer an alternative methodology for
analysing the career of the screen actor which recognises that persona-based analyses can
obscure complex negotiations between performance, image and the conditions of employment.
Rather than attempting to reveal the "real" Peter Lorre behind the image, the context of Lorre's
mutable position as an employee within the Hollywood industry and the misconstrued
association between his screen labour and his public persona will be examined. The creative
agency of the actor will also be examined in order to question Lorre's definition of himself as
"face-maker" whose work was reliant upon performative gimmicks.
This alternative approach to the screen actor will be pursued through a chronological
investigation of Lorre's professional labour. Also necessary are an exploration of the features of
Lorre's persona and an understanding of the role played by other media in the construction of
this public image. My methodology will combine close textual analysis of Lorre's screen
performances, archival research into the terms of his employment and extensive analysis of
promotional discourses pertaining to the actor throughout his career.
My historiography of Lorre will consider the relationship between the actor and a number of his
employers to suggest that conditions of employment help to shape screen performance. Lorre's
status as a "face-maker" will also be challenged through a demonstration of the actor's use of
complex performative techniques within his film work. This thesis will demonstrate the limitations
of interpreting Lorre's career as Hollywood's mismanagement of a problematic performer.
Instead, his career can be considered indicative of industrial strategies that exist between acting
labour, promotional personas and employers. One consequence of my research is the reevaluation
of Lorre's persona as "extra-filmic" and his career as "transmedial". As such, this
thesis highlights how the significant labour of a screen performer can potentially become
superseded by the personas used by employers to promote actors away from the cinema
screen
Avaliação docente no Brasil e em Portugal : analise das políticas e dos obstáculos políticos
No full textTese (doutorado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Ciências da Educação, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação, Florianópolis, 2014.O objetivo da pesquisa foi analisar políticas de avaliação docente (AD) adotadas por governos desde os anos 1990 na educação básica. Procuramos analisar as justificativas de Organismos Multilaterais (OM) que sustentam suas recomendações de AD, bem como conhecer a sua visão sobre as organizações sindicais docentes, que eles consideram ?obstáculos políticos? às reformas educacionais porque emperram iniciativas e interesses do capital no campo educativo. Buscamos conhecer propostas e políticas de AD no Brasil e em Portugal, especificamente, o modelo português de Avaliação de Desempenho Docente (ADD) implementado em 2008 e as políticas de bonificação instituídas no Estado de São Paulo desde 2000. Identificamos as estratégias utilizadas pelos governos português e paulista para instituir suas políticas de AD. Também pesquisamos os posicionamentos e as reações da Federação Nacional dos Professores (FENPROF) e do Sindicato dos Professores do Ensino Oficial do Estado de São Paulo (APEOESP) às políticas de AD e as repercussões de sua luta sobre essas políticas. Com este propósito, efetuamos pesquisa bibliográfica, documental e de campo. Analisamos documentos dos OM, dos governos brasileiro, paulista e português e da FENPROF e da APEOESP. A pesquisa tomou como referencial teórico-metodológico o materialismo histórico. Desenvolvemos a pesquisa de campo em Portugal, onde entrevistamos dirigentes das organizações sindicais docentes. A política de ADD foi objeto de grandes embates entre governo e organizações sindicais docentes em Portugal, especialmente no ano de 2008 e, por isso, constituiu um terreno fértil para a investigação dessas organizações como ?obstáculos políticos?. Num contexto em que o capital procura avançar o processo de despolitização e enfraquecimento da luta sindical, a pesquisa buscou identificar o papel exercido pelas organizações sindicais docentes diante da tentativa de governos implementarem políticas educacionais neoliberais. A pesquisa sobre o processo de resistência dos professores e sindicatos à implantação das políticas de AD em São Paulo e Portugal permitiu ressaltar a relevância e a positividade dos obstáculos
