Backstage Disneyland : A Personal History

Backstage Disneyland: A Personal History is the unpublished autobiography of Van Arsdale France, in which he describes how he came to work for a nascent Disneyland in 1954. It provides Mr. France\u27s detailed inside account of working for Walt Disney and developing Disneyland\u27s employee training program

Darkness in Anthropology

An essay covering Darkness in El Dorado: How Scientists and Journalists Devastated the Amazon by Patrick Tierney. New York: W.W. Norton, 2000. 417 pp. and related documents

Eve in the Image of Man: Feminist Concerns in Paradise Lost

John Milton’s epic poem Paradise Lost (1667) follows the story of creation, the transformation of Lucifer to Satan, and the eventual fall of humanity. Traditional readings of this poem that focus on Milton’s portrayals of Adam and Eve purport that the text presents an unflinchlingly misogynistic view of women. In Paradise Lost there is a definite gender hierarchy at work. This hierarchy is constructed by certain binaries that separate the world of the male from that of the female. Examples of these binaries are rampant throughout the text; men use reason, women do not. Men are strong and women are weak. Men have a closer connection to God – general face-to-face – while women access God through an intermediary. However, throughout the poem, Milton presents conflicting evidence that Eve’s character and the place of women. The text offers ambiguity, refusing to completely demonize or vindicate the women. This ambiguity is evident first through Eve’s use of reason, which contradicts the assumption that she is subordinate; second, the text subtly offers non-traditional readings of the Fall which share the blame for sin with men, rather than placing all responsibility on the woman; and third, the narrative ends with man and wife comforting one another as equals in the fallen world

A Model for the Treatment of Food Selectivity

Research has shown antecedent interventions might be effective for treating food selectivity in the absence of consequent manipulations; however, escape extinction is the most commonly implemented intervention in feeding research. Escape extinction in the treatment of feeding disorders is an intrusive procedure that might not always be considered socially valid or feasible; therefore, it is important to evaluate other interventions prior to escape extinction. This study describes a methodology of evaluating antecedent and consequent interventions for subjects with food selectivity, progressing from least to most response effort and/or intrusiveness. For each subject, we moved through each intervention until acceptance increased to clinically significant levels. Results showed subjects’ responsiveness to each intervention was idiosyncratic, with different procedures being more effective for different individuals. That is, one subject’s acceptance increased as a result of an antecedent intervention, one subject’s acceptance increased when an extinction component was added, and one subject’s acceptance never increased to clinically significant levels. This advancement-based approach provides a means of identifying the least-intrusive yet effective intervention for subjects with food selectivity

Preservation Bias in the Hominid Krapina Sample? A Randomization Approach

The processes which led to the formation of the Krapina hominid sample have been extensively debated with important implications for the interpretation of Neandertal behavior. This paper enters the debate by examining the issue of preservation bias between different skeletal elements within the sample. A null hypothesis of equal preservation among the different elements with deviations from expectation the result of chance alone is tested using an integrated set of re-sampling methodologies. While initial observations suggest an excess of cranial and mandibular elements relative to expectations, additional examination of the quantitative parameters of the sample suggest these findings are consistent with a model based solely on randomness. The null hypothesis, consistent with expectations of intentional burial, can therefore not be rejected. The implications of these results are discussed as they relate to interpretations of the taphonomic processes responsible for the Krapina hominid sample

Survey of Time Required to See Disneyland Attractions

An inter-office communication of Disneyland, Inc. dated January 9, 1958 sent from Jack Sayers to ALL CONCERNED and carbon copied to Walt Disney, Card Walker, Donn Tatum, Bill Cottrell, Ed Ettinger, and Doc Lemmon. This special survey was conducted to determine the approximate time required for the average Disneyland guest to see and enjoy all existing Disneyland attractions. Disneyland, Inc. was considering varied possibilities for periphery property development and felt the existing attractions within the Disneyland berm should be considered first. To carry out the survey Evelyn Heupel was asked to attempt to go through the Park as a guest. She was provided with sufficient 15 ride books to make a complete tour. At the end of her tour she had used three ticket books. The survey was conducted during the week of December 9, 1957. In summary, she found it would take approximately 19 hours and 11 minutes to see all Disney attractions, go to the restroom, and shop

Selecting an electrical power source at the scoping level for a mining project

The electrical power source is a critical component of the scoping level study as the source affects both the project economics and timeline. This paper proposes a systematic approach to selecting an electrical power source for a new mine. Orvana Minerals Copperwood project is used as a case study. The Copperwood results show that the proposed scoping level approach is consistent with the subsequent much more detailed feasibility study

The Deconstruction of Refugees and the Reconstruction of History

A review of States and Strangers: Refugees and Displacements of Statecraft, by Nevzat Soguk. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press (Borderlines Series, No. 11) 1999. 328 pp. I would characterize Nevzat Soguk as either a neo-liberal operating in the guise of a postmodern deconstructionist, or a post-modern deconstructionist operating in the guise of a neoliberal. This is not a trivial distinction, nor an attempt to play semantic games, but my attempt to classify a brilliant theorist (known for his work in political science) whose book has a great deal of merit—but whose writing at times seems aimed more at discursive analysis for the sake of analysis than at the plight of refugees per se