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Community Foundation awards more than $43K in year-end grant cycle
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Hutchinson Community Foundation recently awarded $43,310 to seven nonprofit organizations in the latest round of its 2021 Fund for Reno County grant cycle.
Established in 1990, the Fund for Reno County, formerly known as the Fund for Hutchinson, serves as a permanent resource for the changing needs of Reno County.
The grants represent an innovative approach or collaboration, a new efficiency, a critical need that requires funding or an opportunity that needs a bit of local support to leverage resources for the community.
Proposals for the grants are accepted year-round, with awards decided in March, May, July, September and November.
In addition, Hutch CF also continued payout throughout 2021 of several multi-year grants awarded in previous years. In all, $347,415 in competitive and strategic grants were supported by the Fund for Reno County this year.
The following organizations received grants in November.
Abundant Life Childcare & Preschool, $14,950: Funds will allow an already stable child care center in the community to add 48 spots, increasing the center's capacity to serve preschool and toddler-aged children and allowing the center to serve school-aged children during school breaks.
Hutchinson Public Schools Child Care, $2,757: Grant funds will support the replacement of the USD 308 Child Care Center's dishwasher, washer and dryer, which are all used much more frequently since the onset of COVID-19 to protect the health of the children attending the center and its staff members.
USD 310 Fairfield Child Care, $15,000: Funds will support the construction of an additional outdoor play area at USD 310 Fairfield's child care center, which serves families from six rural Reno County communities. The new equipment will be appropriate for children 6 months to 2 years old, whose size and developmental needs prohibit them from safely using the existing equipment. Reno County families will have access to the playground even when school is not in session.
City of Hutchinson Human Relations Commission, $4,750: Funds will help with costs of a facilitated strategic planning session for the city's Human Relations Commission as it works with the new full-time Human Relations Officer to re-establish priorities and set long-term strategic goals and plans.
Girls on the Run Heart of Kansas, $2,086: Girls on the Run uses running and other physical activities as a platform for teaching life skills and promoting positive social, emotional and holistic outcomes for girls in grades three through eight. Grant funding will support registration fees, making the experience more affordable for 20 girls in Reno County.
Hospice and HomeCare of Reno County, $2,117: Grant funds will be used to construct a sidewalk between Hospice House and the Hospice House gardens, creating an ADA-compliant pathway, facilitating patients' and families' safe access to this outdoor asset, which brings comfort to many.
Hutchinson Symphony Association, $2,650: Grant funds will help support Hutchinson Symphony's Hometown Tour, an eclectic and dynamic musical experience featuring different musical genres and styles, guest artists, and performances at a variety of Hutchinson locations.
The following multi-year and strategic grants were supported in 2021.
American Rescue Plan Act Resident Engagement Meetings, $8,300: Funds supported the civic engagement process regarding allocation of federal dollars from the American Rescue Plan Act.
Boys & Girls Clubs of Hutchinson, Inc., $20,000: Second year of a two-year grant toward the club's workforce development project, which includes hiring a full-time coordinator to bring high-yield workforce exploration and education opportunities to USD 308 K-12 students.
Buhler Public Library, $1,500: Second year of a two-year grant for Apollo Biblionix, a host platform that allows the library to be fully automated, increasing service to patrons and making the collection more available during the pandemic and beyond. This bridge funding will allow library staff and board time to secure funding for future years.
Capital Builders Program, $11,250: Hutchinson Community Foundation partnered with fundraising experts at Generous Change to offer an eight-month educational opportunity to assist select nonprofits in developing and executing a fundraising plan. Funding in 2021 was used as challenge grants to spur participants' fundraising efforts.
Circles of Hope Reno County, $13,995: The final year of a three-year grant to create a part-time director position that will provide focus, structure and supervision for the program's staff and volunteers and increase Circle's capacity to recruit volunteers and develop and carry out fundraising efforts.
City of Hutchinson Human Relations Commission, $20,000: The first year of a three-year grant to support the programming and educational efforts of the Human Relations Commission through training, research, facilitated meetings and support of partnerships and cultural celebrations that promote diversity, equity and inclusion.
LEADership Coaching for Reno County, $15,000: Part of a funding partnership with United Way of Reno County, the grant provided Kansas Leadership Center training to 26 nonprofit and for-profit organizations to increase the number of people in the community with adaptive leadership and coaching skills and to foster relationships, collaboration and a shared language among participants, creating a community of co-workers to achieve greater impact in Hutchinson and Reno County.
New Beginnings Inc., $2,300: Second year of a two-year grant supporting the purchase of the Blackbaud Tapestry fundraising platform to aid in the development of a formal fundraising program.
Reno County Entrepreneurship Ecosystem, $90,000: Year two of a five-year grant and funding partnership with the City of Hutchinson and Reno County to strengthen and grow the small-business sector through supporting the Entrepreneurship Navigator at StartUp Hutch, efforts to improve mentorship and connection among entrepreneurs, and increased communications that inspire and celebrate innovators.
Reno County Historical Society, $15,200: Second year of a two-year grant funding Reno County Museum's work, with the assistance of Wichita State University, to digitize the archival collection of Pat Mitchell. The images will be made available online at no additional cost to patrons.
Resilience Reno County, $5,840: Third year of a three-year grant for an AmeriCorps Volunteers In Service to America (VISTA) position supporting the collaborative effort to equip community members and organizations with resources on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and building resilience.
Salthawk Community Support, $10,000: Second year of a two-year grant to Salthawk Community Support, a ministry program of Trinity United Methodist Church that receives volunteer and financial support from other churches and community members. The program aims to remove barriers to education for students at Hutchinson High School and Hutchinson Middle School 8 by providing mentoring, character development activities, financial education and basic needs supplies.
Hutchinson Community Foundation's mission is to inspire philanthropy, collaboration and innovative leadership to strengthen Reno County communities. Since 1989, the foundation has granted more than $92 million to organizations.


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On the day I went to the Secretary of State's office to renew my driver's license, the room was packed with people. I took a number and then chose the first vacant seat that I saw in the waiting area. Most people in the room were visibly unhappy about the wait. An older couple sitting across the aisle two rows in front of me was very vocal about it. Their loud complaints about the "lazy" and "incompetent" people behind the counter were annoying. I tried to tune them out by reading a book, but after a few minutes, I put the book down and glanced at them. The man was leaning over and complaining bitterly to a woman who I assume was his wife. The woman was in a wheelchair.
In that moment, they reminded me of my own parents. Not because of the complaining, but because of their postures. My father used to lean over and speak quietly to my mother during her time in a wheelchair. Waiting at the doctor's office in a wheelchair for her appointments had been grueling for her.
I felt a pang of sympathy for the older couple. I wasn't in any hurry. My husband was watching our two small children at home. If anything, the alone time was like a vacation for me. So, I walked up to the older couple and offered them my place ahead of them in line. They didn't thank me. The man just snatched the ticket out of my hand and threw his ticket at me. As I walked back to my seat, they continued to loudly complain about the people who were working behind the counters.
I just shrugged off their discourtesy and went back to my book. And that's when it happened.
"How many of them do you think are foreign?" The woman asked.
"What about that other one?" The man pointed to the lady with dark hair and an olive complexion on our right.
"Why do they keep hiring these lazy foreigners?" The man scowled in her direction. "They should get someone who can speak English," he stated loudly.
A woman sitting directly across the aisle from me looked at me, eyes wide. We both exchanged horrified glances. The couple continued their racist tirade, completely oblivious to the apparent distress on the "ethnic" faces of the people in the room. When I thought about my own "foreign" parents, something inside me snapped.
I thought about my father and his solitary struggles as a young foreigner in a strange new country. On good days, he had a can of soup to eat or a kind friend would invite him over for dinner. On the bad days, he went hungry. He worked on the assembly line and bussed tables to put himself through school. My father ultimately acquired three degrees and became a university career counselor who helped students find jobs after graduation.
I thought about my mother leaving everything she had ever known and loved in India to come to this country after marrying my father. An angry woman welcomed my beautiful mother to New York City by calling her an "ugly foreigner" and trying to spit on her. My mother struggled to balance raising two children, managing our household, working and going to school for two degrees. She ultimately became a clinical psychologist who helped the mentally ill.
I thought about my parents, younger sister and me living in a cramped 900 sq ft townhouse in a low-income neighborhood. I remember wearing the ill-fitting clothes my mother made by hand instead of the designer clothes my friends bought at the store. There were so many toys that I couldn't have because we were saving our money for a small home in a neighborhood with a good school district. After a decade of saving, we moved.
I thought about the summer days when I studied while my friends played outside. My father gave me his own version of math homework that put me years ahead of my classmates. When I complained, he reminded me that a good education was my ticket to better things. I ultimately graduated with a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering and went on to acquire a master's degree in mechanical engineering and an MBA. My younger sister also has two engineering degrees. Both of us worked as engineers in the automotive industry.
I thought about all of the struggles and the sacrifices that my foreign parents made for their U.S.-born children and I got mad. Very, very mad.
I turned around and stomped back to my seat. The couple remained silent. They were still waiting quietly in their seats when I was called up to the counter. A "non-foreign" lady behind the counter smiled and thanked me. Needless to say, she waived my driver's license fee that day. She said it was on her.
America Ferrara – you are awesome…. I had to reblog my post to support her letter. There are plenty of immigrants who are a positive addition to this country. My parents were great examples of living the American Dream. They made sacrifices, struggled and eventually, succeeded in this country.
Well played. It's a damned shame to see or hear about people behaving like that.
Thank you for taking the time to read this post and comment! Yeah, I still can't believe that happened. It's 2015! I expect to hear more things like this happen as we approach the election.
This is a heartwarming story. Beautifully told. You're an excellent writer with important things to say. Thank you for making a difference.
Cool! Thank you for reading it!
Thank you! By the way, I checked out your blog. It's really impressive, especially for your age! Great work! Someday, when you're a famous author I'll be able to say I saw you way back when you were just getting started….. :). You have talent! Keep going!
Your childhood bears many similarities to mine 🙂 You lovely badass.
Oooooh buuuuuurn! What a horrible, horrible, nauseating, shameful couple. Well done you, confronting them. And well done your fabulous (FABULOUS) parents – such a wonderful legacy.
I think I accidentally deleted your follow up comment, Goldie!!! I will definitely start calling you Goldie and look forward to following your story on your blog!
Hahaha, that's okay! And thanks- ditto!
Brava, Taara Donley! As the son of a foreigner, I admire what you did. This would make a great oral story, too. Consider pitching it to The Moth.
Awww….. Thank you, Mel! I really appreciate the reblog!!! I've never heard of The Moth, but will check it out. Thank you for the information!
Wonderful piece, and bravo!!! This is relatable on more than one level. As an immigrant, trying to carve our American Dream and as a parent raising two little Americans! Thank you for writing this.
Awww…. Thank you, Reshmi! I really appreciate your taking the time to read it and post a comment. Best wishes to you and your two little Americans as you pursue your dreams for a better life!


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Q: Upgrading COM call-back interface We have a problem with COM Connection point callback interfaces
In our Sample.idl we have few call-back interfaces ISomeEvents
interface ISomeEvents : IUnknown
{
         HRESULT Event1([in]int nData);
         HRESULT Event2([in]int nData);
         HRESULT Event3([in]int nData);
}

And in the CoClass we have the following statement
coclass MyComp
{
    [default] interface IMyInterface;
    interface IMyInterFace2;
    [default, source] interface ISomeEvents;
};

Now whenever we add new interfaces as part of enhancement,this does not break the existing client, but if the enhancement has
Any modifications to call-back then we endup updating the interface ISomeEvents, which is breaking existing clients, we are forced to do this because I think we can
Have only one [defaut,source] Interface.
Can anyone tell me What is the workaround for this?
Regards
tom

A: If you are developing a COM object where the client(s) are live/in production, you really shouldn't change an existing interface, any interface. That has always been the fundamental rule of COM development: "interfaces are immutable"; exceptions are made during early development, of course.
(Here's a quote for example: "COM interfaces are immutable. You cannot define a new version of an old interface and give it the same identifier." (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms688484(v=vs.85).aspx). Look up "interfaces are immutable" on the web for plenty more)
In this case, you should create new interfaces ISomeEvents2, ISomeEvents3, so on as needed, and have those interfaces inherit from the previous version. Make the new interface your new default source.
interface ISomeEvents1 : ISomeEvents
{
    /* new enhanced events here, for use by newly compiled clients */
}

Eventually, if you need more changes:
interface ISomeEvents2 : ISomeEvents1
{
    /* Even newer enhanced events here, for even newer clients */
}

And so on.

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Q: Question on n-manifolds It seems to be more of a conceptual problem than anything, but I was wondering, if a manifold $M$ can be locally parametrized (homeomorphic) by a coordinate chart $F:(u_1,....,u_n) \rightarrow p \in M$, can the manifold have dimension greater than $n$? Also why is it that the manifold has dimension $n?$
I would appreciate some clear clarification.

A: The dimension is the dimension of the space in which the local parametrization is defined, and the dimension cannot be greater.
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Q: Member assignment in a const function I have a class member myMember that is a myType pointer. I want to assign this member in a function that is declared as const. I'm doing as follows:
void func() const
{
     ...
     const_cast<myType*>(myMember) = new myType();
     ...
}

Doing this works fine in VC++, but GCC gives an error with the message "lvalue required as left operand of assignment".
Making the member mutable allow me to simply remove the const_cast and assign the value. However, I'm not entirely sure that that comes with other side-effects.
Can I assign my member without having to make the member mutable? How? Are there any side-effects in making members mutable?

A: The code wont actually work in VC++ - you're not updating the value (or at least it shouldnt), hence the warning from GCC. Correct code is
const_cast<myType*&>(myMember) = new myType();

or [from other response, thanks :P]:
const_cast<ThisType*>(this)->myMember = new myType();

Making it mutable effectively means you get implicit const_casts in const member functions, which is generally what you should be steering towards when you find yourself doing loads of const_casts on this. There are no 'side-effects to using mutable' other than that.
As you can see from the vehement debates circling this question, willy-nilly usage of mutable and lots of const_casts can definitely be symptoms of bad smells in your code. From a conceptual point of view, casting away constness or using mutable can have much larger implications. In some cases, the correct thing to do may be to change the method to non-const, i.e., own up to the fact that it is modifying state.
It all depends on how much const-correctness matters in your context - you dont want to end up just sprinking mutable around like pixie dust to make stuff work, but mutable is intended for usage if the member isnt part of the observable state of the object. The most stringent view of const-correctness would hold that not a single bit of the object's state can be modified (e.g., this might be critical if you're instance is in ROM...) - in those cases you dont want any constness to be lost. In other cases, you might have some external state stored somewhere ouside of the object - e.g., a thread-specific cache which also needs to be considered when deciding if it is appropriate.

A: const_cast is nearly always a sign of design failure.  In your example, either func() should not be const, or myMember should be mutable.
A caller of func() will expect her object not to change; but this means "not to change in a way she can notice"; this is, not to change its external state.  If changing myMember does not change the object external state, that is what the mutable keyword is for; otherwise, func() should not be const, because you would be betraying your function guarantees.
Remember that mutable is not a mechanism to circunvent const-correctness; it is a mechanism to improve it.

A: class Class{
int value;
void func()const{
const_cast<Class*>(this)->value=123;
}
};

A: This scenario -- an encapsulated internal state change that does not impact external state (e.g. caching results) -- is exactly what the mutable keyword is for.

A: As Steve Gilham wrote, mutable is the correct (and short) answer to your question. I just want to give you a hint in a different direction.
Maybe it's possible in your szenario to make use of an (or more than one) interface?
Perhaps you can grok it from the following example:
class IRestrictedWriter // may change only some members
{
public:
  virtual void func() = 0;
}

class MyClass : virtual public IRestrictedWriter
{
public:
  virtual void func()
  {
    mValueToBeWrittenFromEverybody = 123;
  }

  void otherFunctionNotAccessibleViaIRestrictedWriter()
  {
    mOtherValue1 = 123;
    mOtherValue2 = 345;
  }

  ...
}

So, if you pass to some function an IRestrictedReader * instead of a const MyClass * it can call func and thus change mValueToBeWrittenFromEverybody whereas mOtherValue1 is kind of "const".
. I find mutable always a bit of a hack (but use it sometimes).


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US trade (export - import) with Cocos (Keeling) Islands in 2016
The report on US foreign trade in goods with Cocos (Keeling) Islands in 2016: exports, imports, balance, product types and groups, dynamics.
US Trade with Cocos (Keeling) Islands
In 2016, US trade with Cocos (Keeling) Islands was $3.0 million, down 32.14% ($1.4 million) from 2015.
US exports to Cocos (Keeling) Islands in 2016 totaled $0.8 million, up 39.78% ($0.2 million) from 2015.
US imports from Cocos (Keeling) Islands in 2016 were $2.2 million, down 42.55% ($1.6 million) from 2015.
US trade deficit with Cocos (Keeling) Islands in 2016 was $1.4 million, a 56.47% decrease ($1.9 million) over 2015.
Cocos (Keeling) Islands was the US 211th largest trading partner in 2016 (down from 208th in 2015), accounting for 0.0001% of US total trade (just as in 2015).
Cocos (Keeling) Islands was the US 215th largest export market in 2016 (up from 217th in 2015), accounting for 0.0001% of US total exports (up from 0.0000% in 2015).
Cocos (Keeling) Islands was the US 196th largest supplier in 2016 (down from 185th in 2015), accounting for 0.0001% of US total imports (down from 0.0002% in 2015).
US Exports to Cocos (Keeling) Islands
The major share of US exports to Cocos (Keeling) Islands in 2016 (and in 2015) was accounted for the following product types:
Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 48.40% of US total exports to Cocos (Keeling) Islands (56.11% in 2015);
Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 13.03% of US total exports to Cocos (Keeling) Islands (32.28% in 2015);
Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 11.18% of US total exports to Cocos (Keeling) Islands (1.17% in 2015);
Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 10.57% of US total exports to Cocos (Keeling) Islands (0.00% in 2015);
Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 6.41% of US total exports to Cocos (Keeling) Islands (0.00% in 2015);
Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 0.00% of US total exports to Cocos (Keeling) Islands (3.70% in 2015).
The largest gains in US exports to Cocos (Keeling) Islands in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof (HS code 88) - an increase of $254.6 thousand;
Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed (HS code 23) - an increase of $73.1 thousand;
Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags (HS code 63) - an increase of $50.0 thousand;
Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase of $49.3 thousand;
Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $37.8 thousand;
Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - an increase of $28.5 thousand;
Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $18.3 thousand;
Miscellaneous articles of base metal (HS code 83) - an increase of $10.2 thousand;
Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) (HS code 42) - an increase of $9.1 thousand.
The largest declines in US exports to Cocos (Keeling) Islands in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles (HS code 85) - a decrease of $201.7 thousand;
Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - a decrease of $180.0 thousand;
Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $20.6 thousand;
Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $6.9 thousand;
Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - a decrease of $6.5 thousand;
Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather (HS code 41) - a decrease of $5.3 thousand.
US exports to Cocos (Keeling) Islands in 2016 by product groups
02 Meat and edible meat offal 28.5 3.65 0.0 ∞
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 0.0 0.00 180.0 -100.00
23 Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed 73.1 9.38 0.0 ∞
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 0.0 0.00 20.6 -100.00
30 Pharmaceutical products 0.0 0.00 6.5 -100.00
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 49.3 6.32 0.0 ∞
39 Plastics and articles thereof 37.8 4.85 0.0 ∞
41 Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather 0.0 0.00 5.3 -100.00
42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) 9.1 1.17 0.0 ∞
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 50.0 6.41 0.0 ∞
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 10.2 1.31 0.0 ∞
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 18.3 2.35 0.0 ∞
88 Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof 266.0 34.12 11.3 2,246.89
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 77.3 9.91 84.2 -8.21
US Imports from Cocos (Keeling) Islands
The major share of US imports from Cocos (Keeling) Islands in 2016 (and in 2015) was accounted for the following product types:
Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 78.89% of US total imports from Cocos (Keeling) Islands (79.11% in 2015);
Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 4.55% of US total imports from Cocos (Keeling) Islands (1.68% in 2015);
Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 2.00% of US total imports from Cocos (Keeling) Islands (0.37% in 2015);
Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 1.67% of US total imports from Cocos (Keeling) Islands (3.64% in 2015).
The largest gains in US imports from Cocos (Keeling) Islands in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 03) - an increase of $44.3 thousand;
Clocks and watches and parts thereof (HS code 91) - an increase of $39.6 thousand;
Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - an increase of $21.8 thousand;
Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials (HS code 68) - an increase of $9.4 thousand;
Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $7.8 thousand;
Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin (HS code 71) - an increase of $6.7 thousand.
The largest declines in US imports from Cocos (Keeling) Islands in 2016 over the 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $1,254.1 thousand;
Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated sign illuminated nameplates and the like; prefabricated buildings (HS code 94) - a decrease of $163.3 thousand;
Commodities not specified according to kind (HS code 99) - a decrease of $125.4 thousand;
Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - a decrease of $108.1 thousand;
Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $48.1 thousand;
Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) (HS code 42) - a decrease of $39.1 thousand;
Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles (HS code 64) - a decrease of $17.0 thousand;
Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - a decrease of $14.2 thousand;
Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $12.7 thousand.
US imports from Cocos (Keeling) Islands in 2016 by product groups
03 Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates 44.3 2.00 0.0 ∞
09 Coffee, tea, maté and spices 0.0 0.00 14.2 -100.00
42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) 30.9 1.40 70.0 -55.82
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 7.8 0.35 0.0 ∞
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 2.2 0.10 0.0 ∞
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64 Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles 9.5 0.43 26.5 -64.24
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 9.4 0.42 0.0 ∞
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74 Copper and articles thereof 0.0 0.00 4.9 -100.00
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 74.0 3.34 20.2 265.30
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 984.1 44.44 2,238.2 -56.03
85 Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles 650.4 29.37 647.0 0.52
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof 3.0 0.14 6.7 -54.69
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 109.6 4.95 157.6 -30.49
91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof 57.8 2.61 18.2 216.95
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95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 53.7 2.43 97.3 -44.82
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La scuola buddhista Sarvāstivāda (pāli Sabbattivāda, cinese 說一切有部 Shuō yīqiè yǒu bù, giapponese  Setsu issai u bu, coreano  설일체유부 Sŏl ilch'e yu bu, vietnamita Thuyết nhất thiết hữu bộ; conosciuta anche come Vaibhasika) è stata una delle più importanti scuole del Buddhismo dei Nikāya.

Storia
La scuola Sarvāstivāda è sorta probabilmente nel primo quarto del III secolo a.C. da un troncone della scuola Sthaviravāda, a sua volta nata a seguito della scissione con la scuola Mahāsāṃghika nel IV secolo a.C. Tale evento sarebbe avvenuto nel corso del terzo concilio buddhista (Concili buddhisti) a Pataliputra. La presenza di questa scuola è comunque dominante per tutta l'area settentrionale del sub-continente indiano fino all'attuale Afghanistan, ovvero in quei territori propri dell'Impero Kushan, giungendo poi persino in Vietnam, in Indonesia e  nel Turkestan cinese, questo almeno fino al VII secolo.

La scuola ebbe, nel II secolo, la protezione dell'imperatore kushan Kanishka I che promosse un Concilio (il quarto dei Concili buddhisti) dove fu redatto il Mahāvibhāṣā, opera collettiva di studiosi sarvastivada supervisionati da Vasumitra. Nel corso dei secoli questa scuola verrà assorbita da una sua evoluzione, i Sautrantika, che tuttavia ne criticavano radicalmente alcune dottrine, e dallo sviluppo del Mahāyāna. Sopravvisse comunque fino al IX secolo con un suo sviluppo diretto, i Mulasarvastivada. Secondo il pellegrino cinese Xuánzàng, i monaci sarvasitavada indossavano una veste monacale di colore nero o rosso scuro.

Testi
Anche la letteratura canonica sarvastivada si suddivide in tre canestri Tripitaka che tuttavia contengono scritture differenti dal Tipitaka della scuola Sthaviravāda-Vibhajyavāda (antenati degli attuali Theravada). Buona parte di questo Canone è sopravvissuto nel Canone cinese ma ne sono state rinvenute parti anche nell'Asia centrale (Afghanistan, Gilgit e Bacino del Tarim). Oltre al Tripitaka, i Sarvastivada elaborarono il Ksudrakapitaka, una raccolta di scritti posteriore al loro Tripitaka. Particolare menzione va fatta per lAbhidharma sarvastivada, integralmente riportato nel Canone cinese. Esso si suddivide in sei parti ed è probabilmente attribuibile al monaco Katyaniputra anche se la tradizione (come anche nel caso dellAbhidhamma Theravāda) lo attribuisce al Buddha Shakyamuni stesso. Opera fondamentale della scuola è comunque proprio il Mahāvibhāṣā (da cui il nome Vaibhasika attribuito ai Sarvāstivāda) che risulta essere un commentario al Jnanaprasthana quest'ultimo attribuito sempre a Katyaniputra.

Dottrina
La scuola Sarvāstivāda si separò dalla restante comunità Sthaviravāda (che a seguito di questa scissione acquisì il nome di Vibhajyavāda) per motivi dottrinali. Il contendere era determinato dalla presenza o meno del presente nel passato e del futuro nel presente. Secondo questa scuola i tre tempi (passato, presente e futuro) coesistono sempre insieme. Da qui il nome Sarvāstivāda (dal sans. sarvam asti, tutto esiste). Tale precisazione dottrinale voleva garantire la retribuzione karmica da una errata comprensione della dottrina buddhista dell'impermanenza (anitya) della realtà. Passato, presente e futuro vivono contemporaneamente nelle condotte degli esseri senzienti, nulla viene perduto e la retribuzione karmica è sempre garantita.

Un altro modo per garantire il mondo da una possibile visione nichilista dello stesso, determinato sempre dalla concezione dell'impermanenza, fu la dottrina dei dharma, i costituenti del mondo stesso, che per i Sarvastivada posseggono una entità sostanziale (dravyasat) o natura propria (svabhava). La loro impermanenza risiede solo nel fatto che questi 'dharma' si compongono e scompongono continuamente.  Alcuni dharma sono puri, altri impuri. Solo il nirvana è puro e permanente.

Altra dottrina fondamentale dei Sarvastivada era la serialità del Sé empirico il quale essendo impermanente e quindi inesistente (anātman) la sua credenza empirica veniva garantità proprio dalla sua presenza in serie nel tempo (santana). Tale presenza in serie nel tempo era garantita a sua volta da un 'dharma' particolare presente negli esseri senzienti, il prapti, che agiva acquisendo gli effetti delle azioni degli esseri e quindi garantendo la retribuzione karmica (karma). Per tale ragioni i Sarvastivada ritenevano che dallo stato di arhat si potesse regredire.

È opportuno far notare che la critica dottrinale di Nāgārjuna, della scuola Madhyamika, della scuola Cittamatra e delle scuole Mahāyāna al Buddhismo dei Nikāya fu prevalentemente riferito alla scuola Sarvāstivāda e non alla scuola Theravāda come comunemente si crede. L'accusa di essere Hīnayāna (veicolo, insegnamento inferiore) mossa dalle scuole Mahāyāna fu da queste essenzialmente riferito ai Sarvāstivāda.

Note

Bibliografia
 Baruah, Bibhuti. Buddhist Sects and Sectarianism, Sarup & Son, Delhi: 2008
 Kanai Lal Hazra. History of Theravāda Buddhism in South-East Asia - with special reference to India and Ceylon. Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi, 1981, seconda edizione 2002. ISBN 81-215-0164-4
 Kanai Lal Hazra. Buddhism and Buddhist Literature in Early Indian Epigraphy. Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. New Delhi, 2002. ISBN 81-215-1037-6
 Willemen, Charles. Dessein, Bart. Cox, Collett. Sarvastivada Buddhist Scholasticism, Leiden, New York: Brill, 1997
 Williams, Paul, Tribe, Anthony. Buddhist Thought: A Complete Introduction to the Indian Tradition; London, New York: Routledge 2000

Voci correlate
Buddhismo dei Nikāya
Concili buddhisti
Canone buddhista
Buddhismo Mahāyāna
Buddhismo Theravāda

Collegamenti esterni

Scuole buddhiste
Buddhismo indiano

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Ancient roads, clearly visible in a CORONA satellite surveillance photograph, extends from the ancient city of Tell Hamoukar, site of Oriental Institute excavations in Syria. One road goes to the southwest and forms a fork. The road connected the ancient settlement with another several miles away.
Roads radiate from Tell Brak, an ancient site in Syria. The ancient roads, which are clearly seen in CORONA satellite surveillance photographs, indicate that the settlement was an important city.
A road, visible on CORONA satellite photography, leaves the ancient settlement of Tell Beydar in Syria, and goes through a plowed field into nearby hills.
CORONA satellite imagery permits archaeologists to measure the size of ancient sites with great precision because it enables measurement of uneven, irregular walls such as the site of ancient Nineveh in Iraq, across the Tigris river from modern day Mosul.
Archaeologists at the University of Chicago's Oriental Institute have used recently declassified satellite surveillance images to show that subtle land depressions–which had gone largely unnoticed by scholars–are actually the remnants of ancient roadways that knitted together the fabric of emerging civilizations in the ancient Near East.
These 5,000-year-old roadways were important thoroughfares for agricultural exchange and other commerce in an area of Syria and Iraq. It was here that expanding local settlements were coming into contact with cultures from southern Mesopotamia as urban civilization developed in the third millennium B.C., according to Tony Wilkinson, Research Associate at the institute, and Jason Ur, a researcher at the institute.
The ancient roads went out of service when better routes emerged late in the first millennium B.C. Because the old roads were in slight depressions, they became locations where local people gathered moist clay for mud bricks. Over the years, the roadways faded and they largely escaped the attention of archaeologists.
Although research by the Oriental Institute team focuses on the northern reaches of Mesopotamia, the roads probably were common throughout the region, the scholars said.
The roadways were 200 to 400 feet wide and 20 to 24 inches deep. They were made by early people who herded their livestock to fields for pasture and between towns as part of the emerging economic system. Continual traffic by people, animals and vehicles hardened the surface and caused the roadway to sink into the landscape.
These inter-site routes are more than connections between towns and nearby settlements, the scholars said. "When considered at a regional level, these routes emerge as segments of larger 'highways' that run from site to site on a generally east-west axis," wrote Ur in his paper, "CORONA Satellite Photography and Ancient Road Networks: A Northern Mesopotamian Case Study," to be published in the spring issue of the journal Antiquity.
Previously, archaeologists had drawn straight lines between major settlements, supposing a road system connected them, but not knowing its exact location. Now, rather than connecting the dots in an abstract way, they are able to see where the roads were and how they meandered between settlements.
The information also shows that the most important towns were those with the most roadways leading to them. The recent Oriental Institute work in northeastern Syria is based on two sites, Tell Brak and Tell Hamoukar, both of which emerge as communities of some importance in the third millennium B.C.
The satellite images show that Tell Hamoukar–the site of a continuing Oriental Institute expedition–was a more important site than scholars had previously thought. Wilkinson and Ur agree it probably was on a road system that stretched from Nineveh, in what is now northern Iraq, to possibly Aleppo in western Syria near the Mediterranean.
High-value luxury goods, such as textiles and metals, also traveled on these routes. Now with a better picture of how communities were connected, scholars will be able to further document trade using ancient texts.
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The OS X 10.7 Cat Is Out There, But Purring Quietly Leading Up To WWDC
MG Siegler	@mgsiegler / 11 years
Apple's WWDC event kicks off on Monday with a keynote by CEO Steve Jobs (we'll be there). There, he's widely expected to unveil the next generation iPhone, and well as show off more of the new iPhone OS 4.0 software. But this keynote will be a bit odd because the leaked iPhone prototype has already revealed the next generation iPhone, so Jobs may have to do a bit more to wow the crowd. Speculation about what else could be coming is already well underway: iTunes in the cloud? Free MobileMe? A new Apple TV? And then there's the OS X 10.7 question.
As MacRumors points out today, use of OS X 10.7 within Apple has clearly been on the rise the past few months. I decided to check the TechCrunch logs, and sure enough, we're seeing the same thing. Hits from the "Intel 10.7" identifier in Google Analytics started coming in October of last year and they've been growing ever since. In the past 30 days, we've seen a roughly 25% increase (from the previous 30 days) in visits. That said, the jump from March to April was much greater (nearly 100%). Apple is clearly expanding the work on the new OS, but is it ready to be unveiled?
Back in December of last year, Daring Fireball's John Gruber suggested that OS X 10.7 was on pace to be unveiled at WWDC this year. But he revised that stance in April of this year, saying that work on iPhone OS 4 has taken the front seat and that we may not see OS X 10.7 until WWDC in 2011. With the iPad outselling the Mac, the new iPhone coming out, and the full-on assault from Google Android, it's undoubtedly true that the emphasis is on iPhone OS. Still, it has been a full two years since OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) was stealthily unveiled at WWDC (but less than a year since it was actually released).
The schedule for WWDC this year shows a major emphasis for iPhone OS as well, and a relatively lighter OS X emphasis. This again seems to suggest no OS X 10.7 at WWDC, unless Apple is purposefully making it seem like there will be no OS X news this year.
We also don't yet know what big cat nickname OS X 10.7 will get. Lion? Lynx? Cougar?
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The Audit Committee's tasks include monitoring the internal risk management and control systems, the annual and half-year financial reports and financing. Matters such as taxation, treasury policy, insurance policies and pensions also form part of this committee's portfolio.
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The Selection & Appointments Committee carries out activities connected to procedures for the appointment of Supervisory Board and Management Board members, including drawing up selection criteria.
The Remuneration Committee is responsible for the remuneration policy and the remuneration of members of the Management Board. It also prepares the Remuneration Report, and, together with the Chair of the Supervisory Board, carries out periodic performance assessments of the individual Management Board members and reports its findings to the Supervisory Board.
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Each of these committees is subject to regulations, which can be found on our Corporate Governance page. The committees meet independently and carry out preparatory work in a number of sub-areas for the Supervisory Board as a whole. The committees report on the outcome of their meetings in a Supervisory Board meeting. The Supervisory Board as a whole takes decisions based on these reports.
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Research has shown that customers can sometimes be irrationally loyal – your competitors may have a cheaper product or state-of-the-art technology but if your service is better or they share your brand values then they may well stay with you.
96% of unhappy customers don't complain, however 91% of those will simply leave and never come back – 1st Financial Training services.
A dissatisfied customer will tell between 9-15 people about their experience. Around 13% of dissatisfied customers tell more than 20 people – White House Office of Consumer Affairs.
In today's hi-tech world, expectations have changed. What used to add the wow factor is now taken for granted. Good service should be a given. But how many companies consistently get it right? According to Chris Daffy, direction has to come from the top and good service needs to become an ethos within the company. The culture needs to reflect it and the brand values must be aligned. In other words, you need to treat your staff how you want them to treat their customers. It's no good talking about "teamwork" and "taking responsibility" if you only reward individuals and don't empower them to make decisions.
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Not long ago, customer satisfaction was seen as the holy grail of business objectives. Using CRM software companies gathered data from every touchpoint to better understand their customers. However, as with everything, things have moved on. What's the use of endless data if you don't use it correctly – or worse, it tells you that you're not doing it right?


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Street Blues: Friends on the force are the hardest to leave behind
by Street Roots | 23 Jun 2011
I'm with Portland Copwatch. Why are you harassing this man?"
I looked up in disbelief from Mr. Jarmer, an elderly, homeless regular of SE Hawthorne whom I'd gotten to know during my summer patrolling the area on a bicycle. A former college teacher, malt liquor was guiding his life now. He usually sported a lucid, good-humored buzz, but today my partner and I discovered him lying on the sidewalk, highly inebriated and unable to walk because of some sort of leg injury. I was trying to decipher his slurred account of his leg problem when the twenty-something man interrupted me with his demanding tone.
It made me angry. Not only was the young man interrupting my work, but he'd made a judgment that something was awry based on nothing more than the scene of a police officer bending over a man lying on the sidewalk. If he'd quietly watched for ten seconds, he would have quickly realized that I knew Mr. Jarmer by name and was trying to figure out how to best help him. In fact, it was hard to imagine what he could have possibly found lacking in the service we were providing.
My partner and I knew most of the regulars of the neighborhood because we had been out on bicycles much of the summer, building relationships with all of them. It enabled us to provide nuanced police service tailored to specific problems and people in the neighborhood. This was some of the most intimate policing that modern, efficiency-driven (and therefore patrol car-driving) Portland had to offer, harkening back to the foot-beat officer of the 1950s. I've heard countless older Portlanders speak wistfully of those officers and the personal relationships they had with them. Furthermore, it was a service initiated by a few interested officers in Southeast Precinct—we'd convinced then-Commander Rosie Sizer to let us ride bikes in this relatively small area, improving service here but taking manpower away from the precinct's wider 911 response ability.
Of course this is a long, complicated story that the man from Copwatch knew nothing about. He made his judgment based on preconceptions mixed with a brief, initial observation. In this practice he is not alone, particularly in our world of instant media searching incessantly for items to fill the 24-hour news cycle. It wasn't until becoming an officer that I could begin to compare news accounts with personal experience and see that they often differ dramatically.
Media outlets are always on the lookout for dramatic or controversial stories for their emotional pull on readers, but they don't have a lot of space to explain or time to research because of the pressure to be the first to report a story. Police events often fit the drama and controversy requirements, but it can take time for investigators to figure out what really happened, and police are often loath to quickly release information they have compiled for fear of jeopardizing ongoing investigations. A result of this tension can be promptly produced, but incomplete or inaccurate news stories.
I now watch and read the news with an overhanging question, regardless of topic—is there more to this story?
I write this from Washington D.C., where I just finished my first day at my new job as a Foreign Service Officer with the United States Department of State. After a few months of training, my family and I will be sent to the first of many yet-to-be-decided countries, where I will work as a diplomat in U.S. embassies and consulates. This opportunity came suddenly, and only a job of such potential service, growth, travel and education, for me and my family, could tear us away from Portland, our friends and the Police Bureau.
While I look forward to learning more to the story at the national and international level, I already miss the best part of being a Portland officer — my co-workers. These men and women in uniform and their support staff tend to over 400,000 calls for service every year, many involving high-stress, swiftly evolving situations. We ask them to be mental-health workers, parents, law scholars, mediators, chemists, ministers, social workers, diplomats, protectors and sometimes warriors. We ask them to be tough and compassionate, balance the interests of victims and suspects, evaluate risk to themselves and to the community, and navigate criminal law and constitutional rights. Occasionally we expect them to make these judgments in a matter of seconds, and then accept as a matter of course the lengthy, intense scrutiny of courts, co-workers, media and citizenry that follows.
Of course, being human, our police are fallible, and imperfections are always spotlighted. What can get lost if we focus solely on critical stories, however, is the big picture: while not perfect, Portland police officers are — in general — very, very good. They routinely do patient, thoughtful, dangerous and occasionally heroic work. Such daily habits rarely make the news.
During my final roll call as an officer last Wednesday, we debriefed an incident from the previous day where a suicidal man was threatening to jump from the Vista Bridge. After speaking at length with the potential jumper, one of the officers was able to inch close enough to grapple the ill man to the bridge deck, where he was handcuffed and safely sent to the hospital via ambulance. The supervisors of the shift were confronted with a challenging leadership problem—how to commend and respect the officer's probable life-saving actions, while generally discouraging such actions in the future because of the grave risk of a suicidal person pulling an officer over the railing. One-by-one the sergeant, lieutenant, captain and commander each did their best to delicately communicate their concern for their officers' safety.
Left unspoken, however, was the reality that risking themselves for others is what officers show up to do every day. Asking an officer to refrain from such an act is like giving a lollipop to a child and asking her not to lick. I am tremendously honored and thankful for the opportunity work among such people. The citizens of Portland can be proud of them.
Street Roots has enjoyed working with Robert in bringing you this column. While Robert is moving on, the beat will continue with a new writer from the Portland Police Bureau this summer.
Portland Police Bureau, Robert Pickett, Street Blues
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The answer awaits for a familiar question on the street


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A surplus of wood and metal exteriors can be found in most industrial restaurants. Earth tones and neutrals are popular color choices for industrial style restaurant furniture. Restaurant owners will furnish their dining spaces with wooden tables and industrial chairs. These industrial elements paired together will intensify the modern industrial design which owners want to include in their restaurant decors.
Industrial seating is usually constructed of wooden seats and metal legs. Take this dark grey metal bar stool, for example. This metal bar stool features a fully welded frame and legs with a metal finish. A walnut wood seat is the standard choice that makes this metal bar stool an attractive seating addition. The contemporary design on this bar stool blends well with warm and charming surroundings that one would expect to find in an industrial style commercial environment.
By imitating factory pieces and machinery items, the lighting in your industrial restaurant can add a dash of mechanized flair to your dining space. Industrial furnishings can make your restaurant shine with their neutral shades and earth tones. Their neutrality also makes them ideal for spaces with more color where wood and metal furnishing is required. Sleek yet functional, these items marry style with necessity to bring creativity to a restaurant interior.


A delegation of 12 Japanese high school students visited Saginaw Valley Sate University as part of a cultural exchange program between the college and Tokushima Municipal Senior High School. The two week visit include classroom instruction as well as tours to several Michigan landmarks, including Mackinaw Island and Sleeping Bear Dunes.
KOCHVILLE TOWNSHIP, MI — A few tears and some comforting hugs were shared Friday, Aug. 8, at Saginaw Valley State University, as a delegation of Japanese high school students bid farewell to their American hosts.
After spending two weeks at SVSU, the group of 12 Japanese 10th and 11th graders were headed to a farewell dinner on Friday at Frankenmuth's Bavarian Inn. Their final weekend in Saginaw will be spent with host families, before boarding a plane back to Tokushima, Japan.
Their extended stay is part of a cultural exchange partnership between SVSU and the Tokushima Municipal Senior High School, according to Kiyoko Tada, chief of division of education for international understanding.
While in the United States, Japanese students stayed on campus and attended daily classes focused on English learning as well as education on American culture.
With limited exposure to native English speakers in Japan, Tada said the immersion experiences help not only students, but the teachers from Japan to expand their language and grammar knowledge.
"Students will continue to study English more when they return, but here they have had the seeds planted in their hearts to grow," said Tada, who works as an English instructor at the Japanese high school.
As a part of Friday's farewell ceremony, students hosted presentations in English outlining various American holidays. Afterwards, they gathered with their English and Japanese teachers, exchanging gifts and hugs, vowing that this was not goodbye, but rather "see you soon."
Japanese high school students insist today is not a farewell, but a see you soon, after final presentations Friday, Aug. 8. The delegation of Japanese students from Tokushima, Japan traveled to SVSU July 29, spending two weeks learning about American culture as well as bettering their English speaking skills.
Haruna Oka, a 16-year-old Japanese student, said she enjoyed the experiences outside of the classroom. The delegation from Tokushima visited several Michigan landmarks during their stay, including Mackinaw Island and Sleeping Bear Dunes. But for Oka, who said she'd like to attend a university in Japan while studying abroad a few semesters, this was only the beginning of her travels.
"I want to come back, but I also want to go elsewhere abroad," she said.
After working with visiting Japanese students last year, Colette Urian, an English as a second language specialist at SVSU, said she was excited to interact with this year's students. First taking a look at where everyone has come from and where they are geographically, Urian said she focused on teaching them American fundamentals.
From the symbolism behind the American flag, to the meaning of patriotic tunes such as "The Star-Spangled Banner", Urian worked to educate students both inside and outside the traditional learning environment.
Students attended a Great Lakes Loons game earlier in their stay, singing "Take me out to the Ballgame" on the field beforehand. Urian said she also took the delegation, including teachers, to Sanford Lake in Midland, where they were exposed to the uniquely American experiences of eating s'mores around a campfire.
Though much of the two-week trip was focused on learning from one another's culture, Ben Herdman and Ashley Dijkstra, both SVSU students, said they learned just how similar people are, whether from Japan or America.
"Teenagers are teenagers no matter where they are from," she said, noting the teen's admiration for One Direction as well as Disney movies and music.
Dijkstra and Herdman traveled alongside the delegation, serving as resident assistants during their stay, according to the pair. Though both said they hadn't thought much about Japanese culture beforehand, the breaking of stereotypes was an important lesson.
Instead of seeing Japan as a massive New York-style metropolis, Dijkstra said seeing photos of the student's home helped her understand how diverse the tiny island is.
"I thought it was all like Tokyo, but now it looks like an island paradise," she said.


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"CUDHAM, (or Cowdham), a parish in the hundred of Ruxley, lathe of Sutton-at-Hone, in the county of Kent, 5½ miles S.E. of Bromley, its post town, and 3 S.W. of Farnborough, at which latter place both the London and South-Western and the South-Eastern railways have stations. The village, which is small, was once a market town. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury, value £306, in the patronage of the lord chancellor. The church, dedicated to SS. Peter and Paul, is an ancient flint and brick structure, and contains a brass of 1503. The charities amount to £5 per annum. The Wesleyans have a chapel, and there is a National school for both sexes. T. Lightfoot, Esq., is lord of the manor. Horsted, Aperfield, Cackets, Norods, Newbarn, Skidhill, and Bombast are places here."
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The rate of change of velocity with respect to time. Acceleration due to gravity at the earth's surface is 9.8 meters per second squared. That means that every second that something falls toward the surface of earth its velocity increases by 9.8 meters per second.
Any manmade or natural feature that has value, including, but not limited to people; buildings; infrastructure like bridges, roads, and sewer and water systems; lifelines like electricity and communication resources; or environmental, cultural, or recreational features like parks, dunes, wetlands, or landmarks.
Base Flood
Flood that has a 1 percent probability of being equaled or exceeded in any given year. Also known as the 100-year flood.
Base Flood Elevation (BFE)
Elevation of the base flood in relation to a specified datum, such as the National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. The Base Flood Elevation is used as the standard for the National Flood Insurance Program.
The solid rock that underlies loose material, such as soil, sand, clay, or gravel.
A structure that is walled and roofed, principally above ground and permanently affixed to a site. The term includes a manufactured home on a permanent foundation on which the wheels and axles carry no weight.
Coastal High Hazard Area
Area, usually along an open coast, bay, or inlet, that is subject to inundation by storm surge and, in some instances, wave action caused by storms or seismic sources.
Coastal Zones
The area along the shore where the ocean meets the land as the surface of the land rises above the ocean. This land/water interface includes barrier islands, estuaries, beaches, coastal wetlands, and land areas having direct drainage to the ocean.
An NFIP program that provides incentives for NFIP communities to complete activities that reduce flood hazard risk. When the community completes specified activities, the insurance premiums of policyholders in these communities are reduced.
Computer-Aided Design And Drafting (CADD)
A computerized system enabling quick and accurate electronic 2-D and 3-D drawings, topographic mapping, site plans, and profile/cross-section drawings.
A line of equal ground elevation on a topographic (contour) map.
Critical Facility
Facilities that are critical to the health and welfare of the population and that are especially important following hazard events. Critical facilities include, but are not limited to, shelters, police and fire stations, and hospitals.
The scattered remains of assets broken or destroyed in a hazard event. Debris caused by a wind or water hazard event can cause additional damage to other assets.
Digitize
To convert electronically points, lines, and area boundaries shown on maps into x, y coordinates (e.g., latitude and longitude, universal transverse mercator (UTM), or table coordinates) for use in computer applications.
Displacement Time
The average time (in days) which the building's occupants typically must operate from a temporary location while repairs are made to the original building due to damages resulting from a hazard event.
How long a hazard event lasts.
A sudden motion or trembling that is caused by a release of strain accumulated within or along the edge of earth's tectonic plates.
Wearing away of the land surface by detachment and movement of soil and rock fragments, during a flood or storm or over a period of years, through the action of wind, water, or other geologic processes.
Erosion Hazard Area
Area anticipated to be lost to shoreline retreat over a given period of time. The projected inland extent of the area is measured by multiplying the average annual long-term recession rate by the number of years desired.
Essential Facility
Elements that are important to ensure a full recovery of a community or state following a hazard event. These would include: government functions, major employers, banks, schools, and certain commercial establishments, such as grocery stores, hardware stores, and gas stations.
The size of an area affected by a hazard or hazard event.
Extratropical Cyclone
Cyclonic storm events like Nor'easters and severe winter low-pressure systems. Both West and East coasts can experience these non-tropical storms that produce gale-force winds and precipitation in the form of heavy rain or snow. These cyclonic storms, commonly called Nor'easters on the East Coast because of the direction of the storm winds, can last for several days and can be very large - 1,000-mile wide storms are not uncommon.
A fracture in the continuity of a rock formation caused by a shifting or dislodging of the earth's crust, in which adjacent surfaces are differentially displaced parallel to the plane of fracture.
Independent agency created in 1978 to provide a single point of accountability for all Federal activities related to disaster mitigation and emergency preparedness, response and recovery.
Fire Potential Index (FPI)
Developed by USGS and USFS to assess and map fire hazard potential over broad areas. Based on such geographic information, national policy makers and on-the-ground fire managers established priorities for prevention activities in the defined area to reduce the risk of managed and wildfire ignition and spread. Prediction of fire hazard shortens the time between fire ignition and initial attack by enabling fire managers to pre-allocate and stage suppression forces to high fire risk areas.
A flood event occurring with little or no warning where water levels rise at an extremely fast rate.
A general and temporary condition of partial or complete inundation of normally dry land areas from (1) the overflow of inland or tidal waters, (2) the unusual and rapid accumulation or runoff of surface waters from any source, or (3) mudflows or the sudden collapse of shoreline land.
Flood Depth
Height of the flood water surface above the ground surface.
Flood Elevation
Elevation of the water surface above an established datum, e.g. National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929, North American Vertical Datum of 1988, or Mean Sea Level.
Flood Hazard Area
The area shown to be inundated by a flood of a given magnitude on a map.
Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM)
Map of a community, prepared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, that shows both the special flood hazard areas and the risk premium zones applicable to the community.
Flood Insurance Study (FIS)
A study that provides an examination, evaluation, and determination of flood hazards and, if appropriate, corresponding water surface elevations in a community or communities.
Any land area, including watercourse, susceptible to partial or complete inundation by water from any source.
A measure of how often events of a particular magnitude are expected to occur. Frequency describes how often a hazard of a specific magnitude, duration, and/or extent typically occurs, on average. Statistically, a hazard with a 100-year recurrence interval is expected to occur once every 100 years on average, and would have a 1 percent chance - its probability - of happening in any given year. The reliability of this information varies depending on the kind of hazard being considered.
Fujita Scale of Tornado Intensity
Rates tornadoes with numeric values from F0 to F5 based on tornado windspeed and damage sustained. An F0 indicates minimal damage such as broken tree limbs or signs, while and F5 indicated severe damage sustained.
Functional Downtime
The average time (in days) during which a function (business or service) is unable to provide its services due to a hazard event.
Geographic Area Impacted
The physical area in which the effects of the hazard are experienced.
A computer software application that relates physical features on the earth to a database to be used for mapping and analysis.
The vibration or shaking of the ground during an earthquake. When a fault ruptures, seismic waves radiate, causing the ground to vibrate. The severity of the vibration increases with the amount of energy released and decreases with distance from the causative fault or epicenter, but soft soils can further amplify ground motions
A source of potential danger or adverse condition. Hazards will include naturally occurring events such as floods, earthquakes, tornadoes, tsunami, coastal storms, landslides, and wildfires that strike populated areas. A natural event is a hazard when it has the potential to harm people or property.
Hazard Event
A specific occurrence of a particular type of hazard.
The process of identifying hazards that threaten an area.
Hazard Mitigation
Sustained actions taken to reduce or eliminate long-term risk from hazards and their effects.
Hazard Profile
A description of the physical characteristics of hazards and a determination of various descriptors including magnitude, duration, frequency, probability, and extent. In most cases, a community can most easily use these descriptors when they are recorded and displayed as maps.
HAZUS (Hazards U.S.)
A GIS-based nationally standardized earthquake loss estimation tool developed by FEMA.
An intense tropical cyclone, formed in the atmosphere over warm ocean areas, in which wind speeds reach 74-miles-per-hour or more and blow in a large spiral around a relatively calm center or "eye." Hurricanes develop over the north Atlantic Ocean, northeast Pacific Ocean, or the south Pacific Ocean east of 160 o E longitude. Hurricane circulation is counter-clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.
The science of dealing with the waters of the earth. A flood discharge is developed by a hydrologic study.
Refers to the public services of a community that have a direct impact on the quality of life. Infrastructure includes communication technology such as phone lines or Internet access, vital services such as public water supplies and sewer treatment facilities, and includes an area's transportation system such as airports, heliports; highways, bridges, tunnels, roadbeds, overpasses, railways, bridges, rail yards, depots; and waterways, canals, locks, seaports, ferries, harbors, drydocks, piers and regional dams.
A measure of the effects of a hazard event at a particular place.
Downward movement of a slope and materials under the force of gravity.
Lateral Spreads
Develop on gentle slopes and entail the sidelong movement of large masses of soil as an underlying layer liquefies in a seismic event. The phenomenon that occurs when ground shaking causes loose soils to lose strength and act like viscous fluid. Liquefaction causes two types of ground failure: lateral spread and loss of bearing strength.
Results when the soil supporting structures liquefies. This can cause structures to tip and topple.
Lowest Floor
Under the NFIP, the lowest floor of the lowest enclosed area (including basement) of a structure.
A measure of the strength of a hazard event. The magnitude (also referred to as severity) of a given hazard event is usually determined using technical measures specific to the hazard.
Mitigation Plan
A systematic evaluation of the nature and extent of vulnerability to the effects of natural hazards typically present in the state and includes a description of actions to minimize future vulnerability to hazards.
National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)
Federal program created by Congress in 1968 that makes flood insurance available in communities that enact minimum floodplain management regulations in 44 CFR §60.3.
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD)
Datum established in 1929 and used in the NFIP as a basis for measuring flood, ground, and structural elevations, previously referred to as Sea Level Datum or Mean Sea Level. The Base Flood Elevations shown on most of the Flood Insurance Rate Maps issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency are referenced to NGVD.
National Weather Service (NWS)
Prepares and issues flood, severe weather, and coastal storm warnings and can provide technical assistance to Federal and state entities in preparing weather and flood warning plans.
An extra-tropical cyclone producing gale-force winds and precipitation in the form of heavy snow or rain.
Follows water inundation creating strong currents that rip at structures and pound them with debris, and erode beaches and coastal structures.
Planimetric
Describes maps that indicate only man-made features like buildings.
The act or process of making or carrying out plans; the establishment of goals, policies and procedures for a social or economic unit.
A statistical measure of the likelihood that a hazard event will occur.
Recurrence Interval
The time between hazard events of similar size in a given location. It is based on the probability that the given event will be equaled or exceeded in any given year.
Repetitive Loss Property
A property that is currently insured for which two or more National Flood Insurance Program losses (occurring more than ten days apart) of at least $1000 each have been paid within any 10-year period since 1978.
The cost of rebuilding a structure. This is usually expressed in terms of cost per square foot, and reflects the present-day cost of labor and materials to construct a building of a particular size, type and quality.
Richter Scale
A numerical scale of earthquake magnitude devised by seismologist C.F. Richter in 1935.
The estimated impact that a hazard would have on people, services, facilities, and structures in a community; the likelihood of a hazard event resulting in an adverse condition that causes injury or damage. Risk is often expressed in relative terms such as a high, moderate or low likelihood of sustaining damage above a particular threshold due to a specific type of hazard event. It also can be expressed in terms of potential monetary losses associated with the intensity of the hazard.
Of or produced by a river.
A proportion used in determining a dimensional relationship; the ratio of the distance between two points on a map and the actual distance between the two points on the earth's surface.
Scarp
A steep slope.
Scour
Removal of soil or fill material by the flow of floodwaters. The term is frequently used to describe storm-induced, localized conical erosion around pilings and other foundation supports where the obstruction of flow increases turbulence.
Describes the likelihood of an area being subject to earthquakes.
Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA)
An area within a floodplain having a 1 percent or greater chance of flood occurrence in any given year (100-year floodplain); represented on Flood Insurance Rate Maps by darkly shaded areas with zone designations that include the letter A or V.
Stafford Act
The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, PL 100-107 was signed into law November 23, 1988 and amended the Disaster Relief Act of 1974, PL 93-288. The Stafford Act is the statutory authority for most Federal disaster response activities, especially as they pertain to FEMA and its programs.
State Hazard Mitigation Officer (SHMO)
The representative of state government who is the primary point of contact with FEMA, other state and Federal agencies, and local units of government in the planning and implementation of pre- and post disaster mitigation activities.
Rise in the water surface above normal water level on the open coast due to the action of wind stress and atmospheric pressure on the water surface.
Something constructed. (See also Building)
Substantial Damage
Damage of any origin sustained by a structure in a Special Flood Hazard Area whereby the cost of restoring the structure to its before-damaged condition would equal or exceed 50 percent of the market value of the structure before the damage.
Super Typhoon
A typhoon with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph or more.
Surface Faulting
The differential movement of two sides of a fracture - in other words, the location where the ground breaks apart. The length, width, and displacement of the ground characterize surface faults.
Tectonic Plate
Torsionally rigid, thin segments of the earth's lithosphere that may be assumed to move horizontally and adjoin other plates. It is the friction between plate boundaries that cause seismic activity.
Topographic
Characterizes maps that show natural features and indicate the physical shape of the land using contour lines. These maps may also include manmade features.
A violently rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground.
A generic term for a cyclonic, low-pressure system over tropical or subtropical waters.
Tropical Depression
A tropical cyclone with maximum sustained winds of less than 39 mph.
A tropical cyclone with maximum sustained winds greater than 39 mph and less than 74 mph.
Great sea wave produced by submarine earth movement or volcanic eruption.
A special category of tropical cyclone peculiar to the western North Pacific Basin, frequently affecting areas in the vicinity of Guam and the North Mariana Islands. Typhoons whose maximum sustained winds attain or exceed 150 mph are called super typhoons.
Describes how exposed or susceptible to damage an asset is. Vulnerability depends on an asset's construction, contents, and the economic value of its functions. Like indirect damages, the vulnerability of one element of the community is often related to the vulnerability of another. For example, many businesses depend on uninterrupted electrical power - if an electric substation is flooded, it will affect not only the substation itself, but a number of businesses as well. Often, indirect effects can be much more widespread and damaging than direct ones.
The extent of injury and damage that may result from a hazard event of a given intensity in a given area. The vulnerability assessment should address impacts of hazard events on the existing and future environment.
When a large mass of earth on the ocean bottom sinks or uplifts, the column of water directly above it is displaced, forming the tsunami wave. The rate of displacement, motion of the ocean floor at the epicenter, the amount of displacement of the rupture zone, and the depth of water above the rupture zone all contribute to the intensity of the tsunami.
Wave Runup
The height that the wave extends up to on steep shorelines, measured above a reference level (the normal height of the sea, corrected to the state of the tide at the time of wave arrival).
An uncontrolled fire spreading through vegetative fuels, exposing and possibly consuming structures.
A geographical area shown on a Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) that reflects the severity or type of flooding in the area.


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La Tangenziale Verde è un'area cuscinetto metropolitana destinata al verde e ai parchi sita tra i comuni di Borgaro Torinese, Settimo Torinese e Torino. Il nome prende spunto dal fatto che l'area in questione si sviluppa in prossimità della tangenziale nord di Torino. La sua creazione è prevista nel PRUSST 2010plan, promosso dai tre comuni compresi nel parco, che è risultato secondo tra i progetti ammessi a finanziamento governativo.

Il 13 aprile 2006 è stato firmato il protocollo d'intesa tra regione, provincia e i tre comuni interessati. L'impegno economico sarà di 632 milioni di euro, di cui 220 a carico degli enti pubblici e 410 di imprese private.

Progetto
La tangenziale verde comprenderà il territorio metropolitano tra i torrenti Stura e Malone per un totale di 2.800.000 m², collegando il Parco del Po Torinese con il Parco naturale La Mandria.

In questo settore verranno messi in opera progetti di rimboschimento e protezione del territorio, recupero del comprensorio dei laghi di cava di Torino e Borgaro, creazioni ed ampliamenti di piste ciclabili, per più di 40 km, e il recupero del Castello di Santa Cristina, precedentemente usato come cascina nonostante il suo valore artistico e culturale.

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Bibliografia
 Parco Tangenziale Verde e il Parco fluviale del Po torinese, Urbana Srl

Collegamenti esterni

Giardini della città metropolitana di Torino