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Resources for
International/TCK's
Area shopping guide
What are you
looking for? |
Closest Place |
Cheapest Place |
Best Selection |
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Groceries |
1.
Mini Mart (very
small)
- Houghton: 1 km
2. Jubilee
- Fillmore: 7 km |
1. Aldi
- Hornell: 57 km
- Olean: 60 km
2. Super Wal-Mart
- Geneseo: 64 km |
1. Wegmans
- Hornell: 59 km |
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School
Supplies |
1. Campus Store
- On Campus
2. Dollar General
- Fillmore: 7 km |
1. Wal-Mart
- Warsaw: 44 km
- Hornell: 59 km
- Olean: 60 km |
1. Wal-Mart |
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Second
Hand/
Thrift Store |
1. Red Barn Country
Mall
- Caneadea: 5 km |
1. Salvation Army
- Scio: 36 km
- Hornell: 58 km
- Olean: 60 km |
1. Salvation Army
- Hornell: 58 km |
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Clothing |
1. Wal-Mart
- Warsaw: 44 km
- Hornell: 59 km
- Olean: 60 km |
1.
Salvation Army
2. Wal-Mart |
1. Marketplace Mall
- Rochester: 101 km
2. Walden Galleria Mall
- Buffalo: 109 km |
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Books/CD's/
Movies |
1. Campus Store
- On Campus |
1.
Used Books
- near Belfast: 16 km
2. Used Book Shop
- Wellsville: 43 km |
1. Borders
- Buffalo: 95 km
2. Barnes & Noble
- Rochester: 109 km |
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Sports/
Outdoors |
1. Jan's Outdoor Supply
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Cuba: 35 km
2. Sports Locker or
Olympia Sports
- Olean: 60 km |
1. Wal-Mart |
1. Eastern Mtn. Sports
or
Dick's Sporting Goods
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Buffalo: 97 km
- Rochester: 103 km |
Other Useful Stores:
- Electronics - Radio Shack in Arcade (37 km)
- Moving Trucks - U-haul in Fillmore (7 km)
Directions to areas towns
| North of Houghton |
South of Houghton |
- Fillmore
Go 7 km. north on Route 19.
- Warsaw
Go north on Route 19. Stay on 19 by turning
left at the blinking light in Fillmore. Continue to follow 19 until it gets to Warsaw (~ 40 km from Houghton).
- Geneseo
Go north on Route 19. Stay straight in Fillmore by taking
Route 19A. Turn right on 436 in Portageville. Turn left on 408
in Nunda. 408 Dead-ends in Mt. Morris - go left then an
immediate right to stay on 408. 408 joins 63 (stay left) and
goes into Geneseo.
- Arcade
Go north on Route 19. Just past Hume turn left on 23 (also
called Buffalo Rd) toward Centerville. Turn right on 98 when 23
dead-ends. After 9 more km 98 enters Arcade.
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- Candeadea, Oramel, Belfast,
Belmont, & Wellsville
Go south on Route 19.
Caneadea = 5 km
Oramel = 8.5 km
Belfast = 12 km
Belmont = 28 km
Wellsville = 43 km
- Angelica
Go south on Route 19 for 18 km. Turn left
on county rd. 16 and continue for 5.5 km into Angelica.
- Cuba
Go south on Route 19. After Belfast turn right on 305
which enters Cuba after 21 km.
- Olean
Follow directions to Cuba. Just before entering Cuba
take I-86 west for 32 km. Exit #26 on route 16 to Olean
which is 2 km ahead.
- Hornell
Follow directions to Angelica. After passing through the
main street circle turn right at the sign for I-86. Go east
on I-86 until exit #34. Turn south (right) onto route 36 and
continue into Hornell.
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Recommended Literature
Here are some recommendations
for reading about MK/TCK issues, especially related to re-entry into the
United States. The ISPO has copies of most of these books (except for
the **starred ones). You are welcome to borrow them anytime.
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Third Culture Kids
by David Pollock & Ruth Van Reken
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Letters Never Sent
by Ruth Van Reken
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Burn-Up or Splash Down: Surviving the
culture shock of re-entry
by Marion Knell
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Children of the Call: Issues
Missionaries’ Kids Face
by Charlene Gray
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It’s OK to Be an MK: What it’s like to
be a missionary kid
by William Viser
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Don’t Pig Out on Junk Food: The MK’s
guide to survival in the U.S.
by Alma Daugherty Gordon
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When I Was a Child: MK’s share
by Emily Bushey Moore
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Re-Entry: Making the Transition from
Missions to Life at Home
by Peter Jordan
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Notes from a Traveling Childhood:
Readings for Internationally mobile parents & children
by Karen Curnow McCluskey, editor
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Hidden Immigrants: Legacies of Growing
up Abroad
by Linda Bell
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Raising Resilient MK’s: Resources for
caregivers, parents, and teachers
by Joyce M. Bowers, editor
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Of Many Lands: Journal of a traveling
childhood
by Sara Mansfield Taber
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** Missionary Children: Caught between
cultures
by Doris L. Walters
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** Transcultural Odysseys: The evolving
global consciousness
by Germaine Shames
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** Strangers at Home: Essays on the
effects of living overseas and coming “home” to a strange
land
by Carolyn Smith, editor
There are
also a few fiction and non-fiction novels in the ISPO library
that are fun to read:
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Jakarta Missing
by Jane Kurtz
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The Happy Room
by Catherine Palmer
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The Rani Adventures Series
(3 books) by Ron Snell
Other fun
and useful resources in the ISPO Office:
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You Know You’re an MK When
by Andy & Deborah Kerr
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Urbana 2006 International Students
Track DVD
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Magazine subscription to Among Worlds,
a publication of Interaction International
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New York State Driver’s Manual
Conversions between U.S. & Metric
| Length Conversions |
| U.S. to Metric |
| 1 | Inch |
= |
2.54 | Centimeters |
| 1 | Foot |
= |
30.5 | Centimeters |
| 1 | Yard |
= |
0.914 | Meters |
| 1 | Mile |
= |
1.61 | Kilometers |
| Metric to U.S. |
| 1 |
Centimeter |
= | 0.39 |
Inches |
| 1 |
Meter |
= | 3.28 |
Feet |
| 1 |
Meter |
= | 1.09 |
Yards |
| 1 |
Kilometer |
= | 0.62 |
Miles |
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1 Foot = 12 Inches |
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1 Yard = 3 Feet |
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1 Mile = 5,280 Feet |
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Volume Conversions |
| U.S. to Metric |
| 1 |
Teaspoon |
= |
5 |
Milliliters |
| 1 |
Tablespoon |
= |
15 |
Milliliters |
| 1 |
Fluid ounce |
= |
30 |
Milliliters |
| 1 |
Cup |
= |
240 |
Milliliters |
| 1 |
Pint |
= |
470 |
Milliliters |
| 1 |
Quart |
= |
0.95 |
Liters |
| 1 |
Gallon |
= |
3.8 |
Liters |
| Metric to U.S. |
| 1 |
Milliliter |
= |
0.2 |
Teaspoons |
| 30 |
Milliliters |
= |
1 |
Tablespoon |
| 240 |
Milliliters |
= |
1 |
Cup |
| 1 |
Liter |
= |
1.06 |
Quarts |
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1
Tablespoon = 3 teaspoons |
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1 Cup = 16
Tablespoons |
|
1 Pint = 2
Cups |
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1 Quart =
4 Cups or 2 Pints |
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1 Gallon =
4 Quarts |
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| Weight Conversions |
| U.S. to Metric |
| 1 |
Ounce |
= |
28.4 |
Grams |
| 1 |
Pound |
= |
0.45 |
Kilograms |
| Metric to U.S. |
| 1 |
Gram |
= |
0.035 |
Ounces |
| 1 |
Kilogram |
= |
2.2 |
Pounds |
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1 Pound = 16 Ounces |
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Temperature Conversions |
| Temp° F |
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Temp° C |
| -40° |
= |
-40° |
| -30° |
= |
-34° |
| -20° |
= |
-29° |
| -10° |
= |
-23° |
| 0° |
= |
-18° |
| 10° |
= |
-12° |
| 20° |
= |
-7° |
| 30° |
= |
-1° |
| 32° |
= |
0° |
| 40° |
= |
4° |
| 50° |
= |
10° |
| 60° |
= |
16° |
| 70° |
= |
21° |
| 80° |
= |
27° |
| 90° |
= |
32° |
| 100° |
= |
38° |
| 212° |
= |
100° |
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T°F = 9/5 * (T° C + 32°) |
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T°C = 5/9 * (T° F - 32°) |
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