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A novel about disability, family secrets, and Norway's eugenic
past. The White Bathing Hut is a genetic detective story. The
narrator uses a wheelchair because of an inherited illness that has
caused his muscle tissue to degenerate, making him unable to walk.
One day, he falls from his wheelchair. His family is away, his cell
phone out of reach, and he has no choice but to lie on the floor of
his apartment, dissecting his life, until help arrives. He recalls
his parents' reactions of shame and silence when, as a teenager,
his illness was first diagnosed. Now in her old age, his mother
remains stubbornly secretive. A chance call from a cousin provides
the narrator with clues about his grandfather and uncle, whom he
never met and who both also had the disease. His search for the
truth about his heredity is given new urgency when his mother is
diagnosed with cancer. He must persuade her to speak before she
dies, for his own sake and for his daughter's. The White Bathing
Hut is an indictment of contemporary Norwegian society, which
claims to abhor its history of eugenics, yet still seeks to control
the lives of people with disabilities.
The framework of a national land use and land cover classification
system is presented for use with remote sensor data. The
classification system has been developed to meet the needs of
Federal and State agencies for an up-to-date overview of land use
and land cover throughout the country on a basis that is uniform in
categorization at the more generalized first and second levels and
that will be receptive to data from satellite and aircraft remote
sensors. The proposed system uses the features of existing widely
used classification systems that are amenable to data derived from
remote sensing sources. It is intentionally left open-ended so that
Federal, regional, State, and local agencies can have flexibility
in developing more detailed land use classifications at the third
and fourth levels in order to meet their particular needs and at
the same time remain compatible with each other and the national
system. Revision of the land use classification system as presented
in U.S. Geological Survey Circular 671 was undertaken in order to
incorporate the results of extensive testing and review of the
categorization and definitions.
This publication makes available to historians and general readers
a little-known document mapping the achievement of a crucial
initiative in the plans for recovery from the harshest blows of the
Great Depression, in one of America's hardest-hit states. It
presents a historically unique case history of the Federal Civil
Works Administration, established by Franklin D. Roosevelt's New
Deal. The CWA addressed the issues of unemployment and destitution
brought on by the Depression, specifically in Michigan. With a
contextualizing introduction and afterword by historian James R.
Anderson, the republication of this report - with its wealth of
data and statistics, and its compelling information about the
extent of the crisis and of the government's initiatives - brings
to light fascinating aspects of how critical (and impactful) such
interventions were in the context of unprecedented economic
challenges.
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