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An Epic Food Story
Chef Eric Rupert oversees the ultimate workplace dining experience at Epic Systems
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There aren't many chefs who aspire to run the company cafeteria.
But then Epic Systems Corp. is not your typical company and Cassiopeia is not your typical cafeteria. And, as you might expect, Eric Rupert is not your typical chef.
Rupert heads the food service operation at Epic, the health care industry software giant in Verona whose influence on this region is rivaled only by that of the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He also serves as executive chef, although Rupert and nearly everyone else we talked to are quick to remind you that "Epic is not big on titles." The company is not big on self-promotion or publicity, either.
What Epic is big on is growth, and it is adding clients, employees and square footage at its Verona campus at a staggering rate. There are roughly six thousand employees spread among an ever-increasing number of buildings on the 811-acre campus. During a recent span Epic added between three hundred and five hundred employees in one month. Suffice it to say, it's a big company. And founder and CEO Judy Faulkner has always placed a high priority on making sure her employees, as well as visiting trainees and customers from around the world, are fed well.
That's a major reason Rupert's distinguished culinary career has led him to this job. "Judy loves food," says Rupert. "She's the only non-chef professional I can talk to, chef to chef."
Rupert, some readers may recall, cut his teeth at the Ovens of Brittany starting in 1980 as a baker and pastry chef. "And so baking is near and dear to my heart," he says, "and the fact that we have a bakery here at Epic is something I'm just fiercely proud of and feel really so blessed to have."
After moving to the Madison Club in the mid-1980s, Rupert says he saw the movie "Babette's Feast," which he calls "an epiphany" and cites as his inspiration to become a chef.
"Within about a year and a half Odessa [Piper] asked me, much to my amazement, if I was interested in working at L'Etoile. I was hired on as a line cook and a few months after that, she asked me if I wanted to be her co-chef." Rupert did, for a while. But soon he left to start Kafe Kohoutek, and then Atlas Pasta (home to the best chicken pot pie ever). The popular Opera House was next.
After a return stint at L'Etoile, Rupert entered the corporate world as executive chef for Sub-Zero, a nod to his young family's changing demands. He was proud of his work there, and says he enjoyed it. But the recession was especially tough on companies like Sub-Zero, which led Rupert to Epic. It was obviously quite a journey. "I would be the classic example of minimizing one's weaknesses," says Rupert, "and maximizing one's strengths."
Rupert's strengths include leading a team of passionate and committed chefs, bakers and other food service professionals in a unique environment where food is as important as celestial-themed workspaces, whimsical art and office attire of shorts and flip-flops.
"[The food] is part of our culture. It is something that clearly the staff is proud of; they feel they know that it's a benefit, they feel fortunate or lucky to have it, they're generous with their praise, and they're very generous and concise with their criticisms too," says Rupert. "When we're recruiting, and that's hundreds and hundreds of people, we make a point of seeing that every one of them comes down for a meal."
That meal is served at Cassiopeia, the company cafeteria, the name of which, continuing an interplanetary campus theme, is a constellation in the northern sky. Anything but your earthly corporate dining experience, Cassiopeia feels more welcoming and less chaotic. The stations are well organized and attractive. There's a salad bar, a build-your-own-sandwich bar with hearth-baked breads right out of the house bakery, and a station off to the side that serves the "comfort food of the day" (think really good tuna-noodle casserole). The grill area and entrée station serve up the bulk of the food, and the dessert area offers fresh-baked pies and layer cakes from Rupert's pride and joy, the bakery.
Some employees take their meals back to their desks, while others gather in twos or threes at the dozens of comfortable places in the hallways and open spaces of the building. But most folks sit at long, colorful picnic tables in Cassiopeia and enjoy a clean view of the herb gardens outside. It's not fancy, but it's well thought out and well done, full of natural light. Meals are served on restaurant-style plates, and to-go containers are made from biodegradable sugarcane.
The entire food operation is staffed by seventy-eight people, and unlike at other well-known tech-based food operations like Google and Microsoft, all seventy-eight are Epic employees. Rupert admits it's speculation on his part but says he believes the reason Epic employs its own culinary staff is pretty simple.
"I know when I was interviewing I heard it, I read it—there really is very little hierarchy here. You're either a team member or a team leader, and the team leaders do everything that team members do, and then they also manage people. It's not considered a promotion to go from a team member to a team leader; it's just additional responsibilities. And people go back and forth; they go from being a team leader for a while to going back to being a team member. So, I think it's just fairness. It makes sense. At least it makes sense to me."


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April 21, 2014
Writer: Nathan Guenther
BYU-Idaho is producing higher and higher quality teacher candidates and has established a reputation for producing among the best prepared students regionally. Consequently, windows of opportunity have availed themselves to us to consider placements differently than we have in the past. Earlier attempts to do this were not possible. As you are aware, student teaching placements have been accomplished in past semesters by gathering the names of students by area where they wanted to be placed, and then sending those lists off to the school districts those areas: Local, Boise, Las Vegas, Mesa, and Salt Lake. Our ability to control the quality of that placement diminished to nearly nothing at the point that those names moved from our hands to theirs. Further, with rare exception, the only person in the district that genuinely sought to assure certain quality outcomes was the cooperating teacher and in some cases, even they have not been committed to any specific outcomes. Thus, our office has and continues to investigate other approaches to student teaching that would assure a higher quality experience for every student. The idea of partner schools came of that desire.Further, we believe that our students can be a great resource to schools when schools can come to depend on the resource and plan around it. They can reduce student teacher ratios, share ideas they have with their cooperating teachers based on best practices they learned on campus, ask questions that cause reflection on current practice, be involved in extracurricular activities, etc. We hope that you can be a resource to them. Further, the partnership is focused on collaboration and sharing between our faculty and their faculty. We hope they will tell us how to produce a better product. We hope to share research and experiences that could improve their practice. The dialogue will make us both better. In the end, the greatest benefactor will be the children in the schools we all serve.
Advantages for us and our students:
While each partner school has varying levels of collaboration and advantages to us, each meets some basic parameters: Partner schools are those schools where we have commitments from the administrators to place at least one small cohort (3 to 5) of students each and every semester, increasing the continuity collaboration between their staff, our clinical faculty, and our campus faculty. Each partner school was selected by us or by district administration because the school leader and most or all of the staff are committed to improve their practice, to innovate, and to provide the highest quality experience to their students and ours. This translates into many advantages for us and our students:
- By the first week of April each year, students will know their placement for Fall, Winter, and Spring and can begin to interact with and prepare for their assigned classrooms.
- Given that these partner schools will be aligned to BYU-Idaho alone, we will have greater interaction between their staff and:
- our clinical faculty (several times each week) - where trust can be built and collaboration will be fostered
- our full-time faculty - as we will have opportunities to visit and interact with their staff at least once a semester and hopefully more by email, video conferencing, etc.
- our students - hopefully we can increase the interactions our students can have with real classrooms while they are learning in our classes. The schools are open to it. What and how much occurs will be up to you.
- The opportunity to learn in an innovative, progressive environment,
- Working with other student teachers from BYU-I in the same school where they can collaborate with each other each day and weekly in their cohort seminars.
- Participating in the interview process (possibly improving employment opportunities),
- In some cases, additional training or collaboration opportunities will be provided (e.g., SIOP, REACH, Covey, Center for Educational Excellence),
- More regular contact and collaboration between site faculty and our campus faculty,
- Clinical faculty selected who match the culture and climate of the school where they supervise,
- Cooperating teachers who were matched to the student's demographic information and desires.
Advantages for the district and what we commit to:
Partner schools benefit because principals will interview and select which students come to their schools and only students who are well prepared will be allowed to interview. Students can be selected to match the culture and climate of the school, to fulfill current or anticipate needs of the school (employment), and to address other concerns the school might have. The school will be able to plan on the arrival and resource that these students provide. The school will benefit from the infusion of energy and training on current best practices that our students will bring. The school will influence what and how we teach and we will influence what and how they teach. The idea for partner schools was not mine but yours. I have discussed the need to such an experience with many of you over the last six years I have been on the faculty. We have hoped for a lab school and ways to increase the quality of our field experiences. I am only implementing what we have talked about over that time. As I have moved forward with these ideas, I have consulted with some of you more than others. I believe the doors that have opened to make this possible did not open by luck or good fortune, but by divine providence and intervention.· School districts become partners with us in producing future employees that are better prepared and specifically prepared to the teach students within the climate and culture of that district.· School districts will have the opportunity to change what is taught on our campus through regular dialogue about the areas of deficiencies our students have.Because our students become a dependable resource to the schools, the schools can use them in ways that they have not been


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I don't need to tell you that GSH is a great place to receive healthcare. Our organization is a gem and caregivers are the best around. I'm also very proud of the fact that Good Samaritan plays a key role in educating healthcare professionals—doctors, nurses, those in the allied health field and more.
Case in point: Our residents. Did you know there are four physicians in residency right here at GSH? Residents are physicians who have graduated from med school and then take the next step in their careers of entering a residency program to further their training in their selected specialty. GSH is one of five rural site locations from the UNMC family practice residency program—the others are in Grand Island, Norfolk, North Platte and Scottsbluff. (Thanks to Jan Wagner in the Med Staff Office for her kind help with these background details.)
So, back to where I was going with this…we have the unique opportunity to currently host four residents: Drs. Manish Tiwari and Jessica Hatch are in their second year and will graduate in 2013, and Drs. Safana Makhdoom and Nirmal Bastola are third year students who will graduate later this spring. Through the Rural Training Track that we're part of, these up-and-coming docs do their first year of residency at UNMC in Omaha, then spend two years at their chosen rural training site. The development of this program was based on the fact that residents tend to practice within 100 miles of where they train—in a further effort to retain new physicians in rural areas.
Also of worthy mention is Dr. Rob Messbarger who serves as the associate program director through UNMC for these students. Locally, he serves as the Family Practice Residency medical director. Dr. Messbarger's involvement with these residents is KEY to the success of this program. He enjoys teaching and takes tremendous pride in turning out quality physicians who will benefit any community. He is absolutely invaluable in his varied role of teacher, mentor, supervisor and friend—in addition to the top-notch care he provides to his own patients along the way.
In the fall, I caught up with the residents and Dr. Messbarger for a photo. After me, from left, are: Dr. Safana Makhdoom, Dr. Jessica hatch, Dr. Manish Tiwari and Dr. Rob Messbarger. Dr. Bastola isn't pictured because he was presenting a paper in Florida at the time.
Our family practice residency program is one example of what makes Good Samaritan a progressive regional medical center. Our education focus helps us provide the exceptional care our patients have come to expect, and the family practice residency program is but one of the many educational offerings in place here at GSH. A quick conversation with Karen Crocker in Ed Services will tell you:
I'm really proud of the care we provide here and the fact that future healthcare professionals are honing their skills with us. Each of you are in the very important position to be an example of compassion and excellence. Thank you for ultimately helping to guide the future of healthcare.


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When you click on Tropicalesque Gardens, what is that plant on the left in the picture at the top right with the big, split leaves? Is it a type of philodendron? |
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- Posted by Las_Palmas_Norte Zone8 (My Page) on Tue, Jun 28, 05 at 2:21
Who knows...and if you wait for a solid reply on this (Tropicalesque forum), hell could freeze over. This is one of the slowest moving forums on Garden Web. I'd guess most topics are covered on other forums here. Cheers, Barrie. |
Yes it is a cut leave philodendron. I saw them bigger than that last week in Florida. I am in the DFW area. Where are you located? We might can get together on tropical ideas. |
- Posted by Asleep_in_the_Garden (My Page) on Tue, Jun 28, 05 at 12:42
Hell may freeze over now. It's a philodendron selloum. |
- Posted by Gardener972 7b-8a DFW (My Page) on Sat, Jul 2, 05 at 18:18
I'm in far north Dallas. Would love to exchange tropical ideas! Did I read somewhere that someone put that plant in the ground in No. Tx. and it survived the winter? That's amazing!! |
- Posted by Steve_NC_7b 7b NC (My Page) on Sun, Jul 3, 05 at 10:14
Yes, that is Philodendron selloum. It comes back every spring for me here in z7b NC. Well drained soil and mulch over winter, some winters it even keeps some of it's trunk. A great plant that should be used more! |
- Posted by Asleep_in_the_Garden (My Page) on Sun, Jul 3, 05 at 15:40
If you protect it from frost by setting up some sort of temporary greenhouse it may not even lose it's leaves! They get huge when they aren't restricted by a pot. |
Definitely a P. selloum- not a hard plant to grow, it just wants humidity/moisture with its heat and sun. in DFW it should grow well. Also check out P. Evansii, giganteum and speciosum for a similar look, but with a more rounded, less serrated leaf |
- Posted by tropicsofcolorado 5 (My Page) on Sat, Sep 22, 07 at 0:43
how big do those get? |
- Posted by dave_in_nova VA zone 7a (My Page) on Mon, Sep 24, 07 at 8:04
In a pot, usually quite wide and not so tall. In the ground in warm climates or in very large planters, they develop trunks and can get quite tall. |
- Posted by gardener972 7b-8a DFW (My Page) on Mon, Jun 4, 12 at 17:59
Question about that selloum. What give one the BIG leaves: water or fertilizer? Mine has small leaves. |
- Posted by purpleinopp 8b AL (My Page) on Tue, Jun 5, 12 at 12:34
gardener972, maybe it's not exactly the same plant? There are a LOT of Philos! |
- Posted by tropicbreezent (My Page) on Thu, Jun 7, 12 at 0:55
It's actually Philodendron bipinnatifidum, P. selloum isn't a correct name, although you'll still see references to it under that name. One of its common names is Tree Philodendron. Another which can resemble it a bit but is much smaller is Philodendron Xanadu. If you have one of those and are waiting for it to get big then even when hell froze over it would still stay small. |
Thanks, Steve in North Carolina! I haven't tried a philodendron in ground here in North Texas, but if yours comes back every spring in 7b, I'll try one in the gound in 8a. Lou |
While the leaves will stay small, xanadus can get massive and pup out densely. I have a relative whose front yard has been completely taken over. I had to use my car to get one out of the ground. I divided it into five plants and put them in my front yard and now I'm hoping for the same problem. Ha! |
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San Mateo county is to be congratulated that the office of auditor, one of the most important functions in the county government is in the hands of such a competent person as John J. Shields who was elected by a handsome majority. When Mr. Shields began his duties he revolutionized the auditor's office. The latest


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LOS ANGELES (AP) – Authorities say a man who shot his ex-girlfriend's new boyfriend in the face later used his infant son as a shield before being shot by Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies.
City News Service reports the man opened fire on deputies late Sunday while holding the baby outside his ex's home in Willowbrook.
Deputies held their fire until the woman managed to grab the child and bring him inside. Then deputies shot the suspect. He was hospitalized in critical condition. His name wasn't released.
The woman's new boyfriend, who was shot while sitting in a car, is expected to survive his injuries.
The child, about a year old, wasn't hurt.
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I've been doing some research on the Port of Coos Bay and coal exports in Oregon, and recently found these interesting articles that I thought I'd pass on to you all. Here are some nuggets of information for your Sunday morning reading:
- Although Big Coal has had some setbacks this year, the Pacific Northwest should expect a long, hard fight to keep the dirty industry out of the region. "[E]ach terminal will create scores of jobs, not hundreds, and many of them will be temporary construction jobs. But these are depressed communities, and, as we know, we're talking here about the political third rail in this frail economy." (Dirty Industry, Dirty Fight: Big Coal Is On The Ropes, But Not Down For The Count, ThinkProgress)
- Oregon's Department of State Lands must decide whether to approve a permit to expand docks in the Port of Boardman, which could potentially export coal to markets overseas – which is why dozens rallied in protest at the DSL office in Salem last week. The DSL has fewer than 60 days to make a decision. (Oregonians Protest Coal Exports, KOHD)
- The Oregon Sierra Club has an online petition for a full Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to be conducted on the Port of Morrow, as well as all Pacific Northwest ports that may export coal, by the US Army Corps of Engineers. Sign the petition here.
- The Port of Coos Bay and its partners will spend the next six months – and $300,000 – to continue studying "the feasibility of exporting coal from somewhere on the North Spit of Coos Bay." (Port: Coal needs further study, The World)
- Coal exported from Coos Bay will not be going to China, according to the Port's CEO David Koch. Also:
The Port has signed a confidentiality agreement and isn't naming the companies involved. However, EarthFix has learned the Japanese conglomerate Mitsui and California-based Metro Ports are two of the key players in a bid to develop a coal export terminal with the Port of Coos Bay. (EarthFix)
- "Asian demand for low-sulfur Powder River Basin coal is driving the export terminal pursuits in the Pacific Northwest. Export terminals in British Columbia are shipping coal to Asian markets but have been unable to keep up with the growing demand across the Pacific." (International investors want in on Oregon coast coal terminal, EarthFix)
Today is Earth Day, an appropriate day for No Coal Eugene to get together to plan our campaign to keep coal trains out of our city and state. A few teams will be meeting today and tomorrow – if you're interested in joining us, check out how to get involved!
We've had a busy last few weeks here at No Coal Eugene: our various committees have been planning actions, talking to the media and drafting a city ordinance. But we wanted to share a small victory from a few weeks ago, when the Eugene Sustainability Commission approved a letter opposing coal trains to send to City Council. The full letter can be viewed here.
"Allowing coal trains to pass through our City is not compatible with state and regional efforts to close coal plants, nor with local goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve air quality, enhance public health and promote local food production," the statement reads. "Furthermore, coal mining, export and combustion … undermine Eugene's efforts to reduce emissions that cause climate change and develop clean energy jobs."
In the letter the Commission recommends the following actions be taken by the City:
- Direct the City Manager and appropriate staff to identify all possible actions the City can take to prevent the transport of coal through Eugene;
- Pass a resolution or ordinance to oppose coal export from Coos Bay and transport through Eugene;
- Inform Governor Kitzhaber, Port of Coos Bay officials and coal companies involved in proposals to transport coal through Eugene, that the City will enforce all applicable local, state and federal laws protecting public health, safety and air and water quality to prevent the transport of coal through the City; and
- Join other cities in Oregon to lobby the Governor and legislature to oppose coal export terminals in the State of Oregon.
Some interesting figures were thrown into the letter, including the number of local jobs that may be created through coal exports in Coos Bay (30 to 45); the amount of coal dust that escapes from each train car (3% of a "typically" 100-ton load); and the amount of mercury deposited in the Northwest via coal burning in China each year (1,400 tons).
The Sustainability Commission also addressed letters regarding coal exports from Rep. Peter Defazio and the Port of Coos Bay International – more on those letters soon!
http://kezi.com/news/local/244341 – Click here for video!
Taken from KEZI.com:
EUGENE, Ore. — A coal train chugged its way through the University of Oregon campus Monday afternoon.
It was meant to bring attention to the coal trains that could soon head through Eugene and other parts of Western Oregon.
It was quite the spectacle if you happened to be studying or eating lunch near the Erb Memorial Union around noon. Members of No Coal Eugene hopped on their no coal train, leaving a thick cloud of activism behind them. Equipped with a conductor and cabooses, members shouted phrases like 'Coal Train Comin' Through!' while hacking.
They ended their route in the middle of the amphitheater by dramatically faking their deaths.
Members say they want people to be aware of the dangers uncovered coal would present if it came through the city."A lot of people in Eugene don't know that we're gonna be having coal trains coming through and they're not given any say on whether or not they are gonna come through because we're valuing the rights of this coal company over the rights of the people here," said Grace Warner from No Coal Eugene.
The Port of Coos Bay signed a contract with an unknown company in October. They're still in talks about shipping coal out of the harbor, but estimates show 15,000 tons could pass through Eugene each day. "No Coal" says during this shipment process, large amounts of coal can fall out and Eugenians would inhale an unsafe amount of the dust. No Coal Eugene plans to make its voice loud and clear with more action like this in the future.
EUGENE, APRIL 16TH – Today at approximately 11:50AM, members of No Coal Eugene drove a massive, handcrafted "coal train" through the University of Oregon campus. The train stopped foot traffic and released "coal dust", representing how a real coal train will interfere with people's mobility and harm their health. This street theater was done in honor of Earth Week and to call attention to the coal trains that will be coming through Eugene.
Demonstrators included concerned students, Eugene residents and members of many different community groups. Some activists dressed as train conductors as they handed out literature about coal exports and announced "Coal Train coming though! Got a schedule to keep to. Need to keep delivering these coal related illness to your doorstep!". Other participants held signs of coal related illnesses, such as lung cancer and emphysema, and staged a die-in.
In early December, 2011, the Port of Coos Bay announced "Project Mainstay," a collaboration between Coos Bay and an anonymous company, to ship coal out of the harbor. Coal will be coming from the Powder River Basin in Montana through several cities, including Eugene, to be exported out of Coos Bay to Asian markets. An estimated 15,000 tons of uncovered coal will be on every train. The Sightline Institute estimates that 500 lbs to a ton of coal can escape from a single loaded car.
Other communities, like Bellingham, that are facing coal export have organized to fight "Project Mainstay" from polluting their cities. City residents in Eugene have been working together as well, "All Eugenians will be directly affected by these uncovered coal trains and it is all of our responsibility to permanently take action against these filthy industries that continue to make their profit by exploiting our resources and jeopardizing our health.", comments Giffin Gates, co-director of the Survival Center at the UO, "Parents, activists, medical professionals, school teachers, government bodies, and all residents need to join in on the fight against all environmental injustices, especially these coal trains and the dirty industries that continue to pollute West Eugene." Coal export is facing tremendous backlash and resistance from citizens in the Northwest.
No Coal Eugene is opposed to coal trains coming through Eugene and the use and extraction of any nonrenewable energy sources, including all fossil fuels. The group is committed to keeping the coal trains from polluting Eugene's air, water and land. Dirty industries are not welcome in Eugene's backyard or anyone else's backyard.
Everyone is invited to attend the first biweekly community potluck this Thursday (4/19) at the upstairs of Grower's Market, 454 Willamette St., from 7PM to 9PM. Learn more about the threat of coal exports, make new friends, eat tasty food and find out how we can stop the coal trains!
Yesterday members of No Coal Eugene traveled up to Salem to participate in a rally at the Dept. of State Lands to tell Governor Kitzhaber to oppose coal exports in Oregon. The event was primarily organized by the Portland Sierra Club chapter, but people of other organizations and from all parts of the state came out to the rally. Here's an excerpt from KEZI's coverage of the rally:
"Oregon really has led the way in the nation towards building a clean energy economy and promoting clean air and clean water in healthy communities, and this is a major step in the wrong direction," said Sierra Club Beyond Coal Campaign Organizer Laura Stevens.
"What we burn in Asia will come back to haunt us, and it will destroy this planet," said Virginia Nugent.
"Organic farming is gone for several miles on either side of coal trains," said Carol Ross.
Health experts say the black coal dust and particles emitted from coal trains will harm not only the environment, but residents as well.
"It causes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. It's harmful for people that are prone to asthma. It also causes heart disease," said physician Dr. Andy Harris.
The group says another issue is the nearly mile-long trains blocking traffic.
"If there's any emergency vehicles that have to get across town, that isn't going to happen," Dr. Harris said.
After the rally, citizens went inside the Dept. of State Lands to attend a board meeting at which Gov. Kitzhaber was present. Though coal exports weren't on the agenda, the group sent a strong message to the governor about how Oregonians feel about our state being used as a conduit for dirty energy. Here is a statement from Kitzhaber's communications director, as featured in the Statesman Journal:
"Gov. Kitzhaber is concerned about a range of unanswered questions about the impact of coal exports on consumers, infrastructure and the environment that should be addressed in a comprehensive way by the federal government before proceeding," said Kitzhaber's communications director Tim Raphael in am email. "The governor is exploring his options to engage and will ensure that any project obeys all state and federal laws to protect public health and the environment."
Let's keep up the movement to keep coal out of Oregon!
No Coal Eugene was featured bright 'n early Monday morning on KLCC – here's the write-up:
Groups Organize to Oppose Coal Export Terminals in Oregon
April 2, 2012
By Rachael McDonaldOpponents of a proposed coal export terminal on the South Coast are organizing. One group based at the University of Oregon is creating a community bill of rights to present to the Eugene City Council.
Zachary Stark-McMillan is a recent U of O graduate. He's a spokesman for No Coal Eugene. He's concerned about the health risks to Oregon residents if trains carrying tons of coal are going through the state. He says it's also about the impact of coal on the global environment.
Stark-McMillan: "The fight against coal is a worldwide fight and a nationwide fight. And this is a way that Eugene especially, at this point, can play a role in stopping coal-burning that leads to disastrous climate change around the world."
No Coal Eugene is hoping to file a city-wide ballot measure opposing the coal trains for the November 2012 election.
Copyright 2012 KLCC.
Here's a news update via Eugene Weekly about what's happening now in No Coal Eugene:
Eugene doesn't have to let dirty coal trains come through town wafting lung-clogging dust in their wake, according to a coalition of environmental and environmental justice groups. Beyond Toxics, No Coal Eugene and the UO's Climate Justice League have teamed up to craft a ballot measure that would buck federal and state law to stand up against Big Coal.
The proposed November ballot measure "creates a city ordinance that empowers the local authorities to stop coal trains from coming through Eugene," says Zach Stark-MacMillan of No Coal Eugene.
"I think of it as a citywide civil disobedience saying the state and federal government don't have the final say over local communities. We should have the final say over what comes through our town," Stark-MacMillan says.
A draft of the proposed ordinance calls it the "Eugene Community Bill of Rights" and cites the Declaration of Independence: "whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government." It says the U.S. and the state have failed to protect the public trust so "the people of Eugene find it necessary to act on their own behalf."
The draft ordinance calls the "transportation of coal through the municipality" a violation of the right of the residents and ecosystems of Eugene to a healthy, natural climate.
Since corporations use "corporate 'powers' and 'rights' to overturn community lawmaking focused on building sustainability," the draft says, this ordinance removes those powers and rights from those corporations to ensure that the powers and rights of the community are superior to those of the corporations that extract, distribute and use coal.
"Open-car coal trains pose a serious threat to our community," says Lisa Arkin of Beyond Toxics. "We don't intend to let black coal dust pollute the air and water throughout the Willamette Valley and our coastal communities."
Stark-MacMillan says in addition to the health concerns that "open-bed coal cars releasing literally tons of coal dust into the air around Eugene" create, the coalition is concerned with the climate-changing effects of burning coal and with the disruption that mile-long coal trains could cause local businesses as they chug through town.
Next month the Eugene Sustainability Commission plans to debate asking the City Council to oppose coal trains.
Arkin says signature gathering for the ordinance will start soon. A training on community rights ordinances will be led by Kai Huschke from the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund at 7:30 pm Wednesday, April 4, at the Growers Market and 7 pm Thursday, April 5 in Lillis 112 on the UO campus. More information can be found at BeyondToxics.org and NoCoalEugene.org
— Camilla Mortensen
NOTE: The time of the workshop has changed to just Thursday at 6pm in Lillis 112
Today at approximately 1:30 PM, members of No Coal Eugene dropped a banner reading "STOP THE COAL TRAIN" from the parking garage on 10th and Oak in Eugene, Oregon. This action was done in solidarity with Rocky Mountain Powershift and to bring attention to the coal trains proposed to run through Eugene.
In October 2011, the Port of Coos Bay signed a contract with an anonymous company to ship coal out of the harbor. Coal will be coming from the Powder River Basin in Montana through several cities, including Eugene, to be exported out of Coos Bay to Asian markets. An estimated 15,000 tons of uncovered coal will be on every train. The Sightline Institute estimates that 500 lbs to a ton of coal can escape from a single loaded car. With one or two trains coming through Eugene everyday, Eugenians will be inhaling an unsafe amount of coal dust.
No Coal Eugene is in opposition to the coal trains for three reasons: We support the community of Coos Bay which is already impacted by environmentally destructive industries – including strip mining, deforestation, dredging and pollution. We are opposed to the use of fossil fuels as a non-renewable energy source because of its effect on the global climate and global health. We are also opposed to large coal companies using public money for their own profits.


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The CBS 11 I-Team looks at what role Union Pacific and the state of Texas may have played in a deadly 2012 train accident in Midland.
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The driver of a parade float struck by a train in a Texas crash that killed four military veterans told federal investigators that the oncoming train appeared to be stationary.
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My stylist friend asked me to be her model for a pinup contest that's held at a local car show. I didn't win, but I had such a fun time sewing my outfit!
I drafted the top, which took a couple tries- it's not easy making bra cups when you have no idea what you're doing!
The shorts are a combination of the Ruby shorts pattern and the Kasia skirt- two great patterns, and I'm very happy with the fit of them.
The top is a light cotton lined with teal denim. The shorts are a navy bottomweight, pocket pouch lined with the same teal denim as the top.
Sep 6, 2012, 07.31 PMby pimsy
Amazing !!!
Jul 26, 2012, 04.48 AMby leore
What a genius combination! Love it!
Jul 25, 2012, 01.28 AMby MissMaddiePi
WOW! That is an awesome outfit and you look amazing! Obviously the judges must have had the sun in their eyes or something. If you ever do get around to tipping us off about how you intersected/combined the two patterns, I would also be most appreciative. Regardless, thanks for the inspiration!
Jun 24, 2012, 10.51 PMby Vivat Veritas
i love both top and shorts, and you look great! they both fit so well for you!!
Jun 28, 2012, 05.41 PMby kristensaurus
Thank you, it's much appreciated! (Especially from you; I've been swooning over your sewing for forever haha)
Jun 23, 2012, 11.47 AMby PrettyCharlie
ADORABLE! :) I'm also curious about the height of the Ruby shorts. Did you add crotch length to them at all? And you did a fantastic job on the bra, seriously. Thanks for sharing!
Jun 28, 2012, 05.32 PMby kristensaurus
thanks so much! I'll measure them up and post where the patterns combined, bc I'm not exactly sure.
And thanks about the bra too- it's a hot mess on the inside though lol!
Jun 18, 2012, 04.41 PMby jesspolo
You look great! I'm interested to know how much of the shorts came from the Ruby pattern and how much from the skirt pattern? Am I right in thinking the regular Ruby shorts are not so high-waisted as you've achieved here? Thanks
Jun 28, 2012, 05.28 PMby kristensaurus
Thanks so much! You're right, the orig shorts aren't this high waisted. I'm going to measure some things and I'll let you know what's going on here, bc I can't remember! :P
Jun 12, 2012, 07.43 PMby wildcatspow
Super cute! You look good, girl!
Jun 12, 2012, 04.01 AMby caterina1980
Loving the outfit, I'm def going to add these shorts to my "to-do" list for summer.
Jun 12, 2012, 07.21 PMby kristensaurus
Thanks so much. And definitely do, Ruby is such a great pattern!
Jun 11, 2012, 08.28 PMby pamchar
This outfit suits you very well. Pin-up contest is such a fun idea.
Jun 12, 2012, 07.20 PMby kristensaurus
Thank you. Yes, it was a blast!
Jun 11, 2012, 06.42 PMby TailorFairy
love the outfit! well done!
Jun 11, 2012, 07.13 PMby kristensaurus
Thanks a lot!
Jun 11, 2012, 03.04 PMby Maimeo882002
very nice!
Jun 11, 2012, 07.12 PMby kristensaurus
Thank you!
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Phocuswright Research
The Mobile Travel Landscape: A Multi-Region Spotlight
Travelers' expectations for mobile continue to rise worldwide, but the specific ways consumers use mobile devices for travel vary by region and market. This article examines the current state of mobile adoption and mobile travel development across three regions – Asia Pacific, Europe and the U.S. – and offers details on device usage, traveler behavior, innovation, and strategies from key travel companies in each region.
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Scandinavian Online Travel Overview Ninth Edition
Unlike much of Europe, the Scandinavian countries retained high disposable income and a strong labor market in 2012. Travel demand was solid for the year and will remain so through 2015, resulting in steady annual growth for both the online and total markets. Scandinavia continues to lead Europe in online travel penetration, and mobile bookings are catching on quickly. Suppliers will maintain their advantage over online travel agencies in the coming years, partly by rolling out more and better mobile offerings. The Scandinavian Online Travel Overview Ninth Edition provides sizing and analysis of the total and online travel markets in Denmark, Norway and Sweden by segment and channel. Using both historical data and analyst forecasts, the report offers a five-year view of the markets from 2011-2015.
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French Online Travel Overview Ninth Edition
Online travel bookings in France are on a healthy growth tear, though growth will slow in the next few years as the nation's market nears maturity. Rail, airlines and online travel agencies made out especially well in 2012; tour operators continued to flail. Hotel bookings saw a minor increase - and the best-performing properties were confined to Paris and other urban centers, leaving most of the lodging market in a rut. The French Online Travel Overview Ninth Edition provides sizing and analysis for the total and online French travel markets by segment and channel, including mobile. In addition to a historical view, the report offers projections for all segments through 2015 and explores the evolution of market dynamics as travel companies - out of sheer necessity - race to develop multichannel distribution strategies.
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Italian Online Travel Overview Ninth Edition
Although Italy is one of the world's most popular tourist destinations, the country's economy has wreaked havoc on its travel industry. Domestic demand continues to suffer, and no travel segment remains unscathed. On the bright side, Italians have wholeheartedly embraced the advent of mobile devices, and online travel sales reflect this shift. Unsurprisingly, online travel agencies are prospering in this environment. While overall bookings will sag further in the coming year, online sales are set for healthy growth through 2015. The Italian Online Travel Overview Ninth Edition provides sizing and analysis of the total and online Italian travel markets by segment and channel. The report examines the dynamics that have led the country into calamity - and those that will lead it out.
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German Online Travel Overview Ninth Edition
Germany has remained Europe's bright star - and its largest travel market - during the region's fragile and uneven journey to economic recovery. While German travelers still prefer long trips, packaged tours, and offline bookings more than travelers in Europe's other major markets, the country's online bookings are having no trouble making headway. Independent hotels, constrained by fragmentation, are relying on online travel agencies for distribution, while airline and rail sales are making gains directly. Though Germany lags smaller markets in online penetration, the flip side of this phenomenon is that online distribution has plenty of room (and potential) to grow - especially in mobile bookings, which will skyrocket in the next three years.
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U.K. Online Travel Overview Ninth Edition
The U.K. has so far proven resilient in the face of Europe's economic unease. Though unusually high unemployment and the threat of other fiscal problems linger, U.K. consumers gained confidence as employment rates - and the summer weather - improved in 2012. Both online and overall travel bookings saw healthy growth for the year, and annual increases will remain steady through 2015. In addition, U.K. travelers - already an extremely tech-savvy group - are quickly adopting mobile as a travel searching and booking platform. While this development doesn't come close to threatening supplier dominance online, it is giving online travel agencies a new edge in hotel sales.
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Spanish Online Travel Overview Ninth Edition
Spain's economy has been mired in recession for over five years. As unemployment hit a new high in 2013, consumer confidence hit a new low - and dragged travel demand down with it. Because Spain is largely an inbound market, segments that rely heavily on foreign visitors - such as hotel and car rental - are withstanding the downturn more deftly than air and rail, which depend more on domestic travelers. Despite stagnation in the overall travel market, online travel bookings are on the rise and will continue their upward trajectory through 2015.
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Traveler Technology Survey 2013
Today's travelers are typically within arm's reach of one or more web-enabled devices, whether they are using desktops and laptops at home or work, or mobile technology such as smartphones and tablets on the go. Increasingly, travelers expect their mobile experiences to have the same speed and functionality as the desktop web, and want to use their devices to plan their vacations, navigate busy airports and explore new destinations. Phocuswright's Traveler Technology Survey 2013 presents a comprehensive view of the devices travelers currently own and use, and general trends in mobile web activity. In addition, the report addresses how travelers use social network platforms like Facebook and Twitter to plan their trips and share their travel experiences.
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European Online Travel Overview Ninth Edition
Despite continuing political and economic uncertainty in the region, Europe's travel market continued its recovery in 2012. While the total value of travel services sold surpassed its prerecession peak, mixed economic conditions have led to uneven performances across the major markets. Phocuswright's European Online Travel Overview Ninth Edition provides comprehensive analysis, sizing and forecasts for the region's total and online leisure and unmanaged business travel markets. The report examines key segments and channels, with a focus on six major geographical markets: France, Germany, Italy, Scandinavia, Spain and the U.K.
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U.S. Online Travel Overview Report Thirteenth Edition
After back-to-back years at or near double-digit growth, the U.S. travel market hit a plateau in 2012 and is projected to climb, though slowly, in 2013. Economic uncertainty in the next few years will turn the travel market into a tug-of-war between travelers searching hard for bargains and companies keeping prices up to stay afloat amid intense competition. U.S. Online Travel Overview Thirteenth Edition provides sizing and analysis of the U.S. total and online travel markets by segment and channel, including mobile. The report also explores market context by highlighting the consumer and technology dynamics driving various trends and presenting a comprehensive five-year view of the U.S. travel landscape for 2011-2015.
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noun \ˈyü-nək, -nik\: a man who has had his sexual organs removed
Full Definition of EUNUCH
: a castrated man placed in charge of a harem or employed as a chamberlain in a palace
: a man or boy deprived of the testes or external genitals
: one that lacks virility or power <political eunuchs>
— eu·nuch·ism \-nə-ˌki-zəm, -ni-\ noun
Origin of EUNUCH
Middle English eunuk, from Latin eunuchus, from Greek eunouchos, from eunē bed + echein to have, have charge of — more at scheme
First Known Use: 15th century
noun \ˈyü-nək, -nik\ (Medical Dictionary)Medical Definition of EUNUCH
: a man or boy deprived of the testes or external genitals
—eu·nuch·ism \-ˌiz-əm\ noun
noun (Concise Encyclopedia)Castrated human male. From remote antiquity on, eunuchs were employed in the Middle East and China as guards and servants in harems or other women's quarters and as chamberlains to kings. The eunuchs' confidential position frequently enabled them to exercise an important influence over their royal masters. Many of the patriarchs of Constantinople during Byzantine times were eunuchs. Eunuch advisers disappeared as a class only with the end of the Ottoman Empire. See also castrato.
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Quoted from janet Well, I've just searched a little on google/msn looking for a Rose hip/rutin/bioflavonoids combination....have found some...but how do I know they're a reliable source??
Quoted from ironwood55 There is Synergy's Pure Radiance C 100% natural whole food vitamin C product too.
Quoted from Victoria It's a pretty impressive product in many ways.
Quoted from janet Looks like I could be the guinea pig???
Quoted from Victoria I wish NAP would make a good compliant Vitamin C/bioflavanoid product, and with a high enough dose.
Quoted from Schluggell Rutin is a Biofavonoid from Buckwheat and Rhubarb {Rheum sp.}
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I'm in Roselle too and I believe it was you that stopped by yesterday while I was brewing. I'm going to try and make the meeting tomorrow.
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