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Mar 31,2008
Dollars & Sense » Spring Clean Your Finances
by pearlgirl
By Adina R. Flynn, JDFinancial Advisor
As the first signs of spring arrive and you get the urge to clean your house, don’t forget to tidy up your finances as well. Whether you are just entering the workforce, peaking in your career or contemplating retirement, periodic cleaning will help keep your financial house in order. So roll up your sleeves and get to work on this checklist of financial chores.
Straighten your financial paperwork
Are you hording copies of bank statements, cancelled checks and other financial miscellany? It may be time to purge. Check into current guidelines on retaining financial records and shred excess documents that aren’t required. Then date and store records you need to keep in a safe and private location.
Check your credit score
Every year you are entitled to a free credit report from three main credit reporting agencies, Equifax, Experian and TransUnion. If you haven’t done so already,
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Mar 31,2008
Healthy Bottom Line | Are you at risk for a stroke?
by pearlgirl
Stroke is the nation's third leading cause of death. Suffering a stroke can have a devastating impact, not only on the survivor, but also on everyone who cares about them. Alexander Nicoloff, M.D., from Legacy Columbia Vascular and Endovascular Specialists says it’s important to know the symptoms of a stroke to potentially save a loved one or yourself. Millions of brain cells die each minute a stroke is untreated.
Stroke Symptoms
• Sudden numbness or weakness of the face, arm or leg, especially on one side of the body
• Sudden confusion, trouble speaking or understanding
• Sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes
• Sudden trouble walking, dizziness, loss of balance or coordination
• Sudden, severe headache with no know cause
Dr. Nicoloff will be leading a class Tuesday, April 29, from 6:30 p.m. – 8 p.m. at Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital called “Are You at Risk from Clogged Arteries”. He and registered dietitian Laura Joyce will discuss
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Stroke Symptoms
• Sudden numbness or weakness of the face, arm or leg, especially on one side of the body
• Sudden confusion, trouble speaking or understanding
• Sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes
• Sudden trouble walking, dizziness, loss of balance or coordination
• Sudden, severe headache with no know cause
Dr. Nicoloff will be leading a class Tuesday, April 29, from 6:30 p.m. – 8 p.m. at Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital called “Are You at Risk from Clogged Arteries”. He and registered dietitian Laura Joyce will discuss
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Mar 31,2008
Healthy Bottom Line | April is Cancer Control Month
by pearlgirl
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in the U.S. for men, and it is the second leading cause of cancer death in men in the U.S., exceeded only by lung cancer. Bruce Lowe, M.D., a leader in robotic surgery for treating prostate cancer, says early detection can lead to a high success rate for treating the disease.
Risk Factors
• Age is the strongest risk factor. The chance of developing prostate cancer increases rapidly after age 50.
• Prostate cancer occurs more often in African-American men than in men of other races.
• Prostate cancer seems to run in some families, suggesting an inherited or genetic factor.
• Men who eat a lot of red meat or high-fat dairy products appear to have a slightly higher chance of getting prostate cancer.
You can find out more information during, New Frontiers in Prostate Cancer Therapy, Wednesday, April 2, from 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. at Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital. Greg McCoy, M.D. and Mark Schray, M.D. will
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Risk Factors
• Age is the strongest risk factor. The chance of developing prostate cancer increases rapidly after age 50.
• Prostate cancer occurs more often in African-American men than in men of other races.
• Prostate cancer seems to run in some families, suggesting an inherited or genetic factor.
• Men who eat a lot of red meat or high-fat dairy products appear to have a slightly higher chance of getting prostate cancer.
You can find out more information during, New Frontiers in Prostate Cancer Therapy, Wednesday, April 2, from 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. at Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital. Greg McCoy, M.D. and Mark Schray, M.D. will
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Mar 31,2008
Portland One of the Best Places to "Live and Launch"
by proprietress
FORTUNE Small Business Magazine published an article in this month's magazine ranking the best places to "Live and Launch" small businesses. No surprise to us, Portland ranked very high on the list at #6! Here's what they had to say about us:
Pros: A thriving urban scene, abundant outdoor recreations
Con: High living costs
Young, educated and creative. That's the kind of workforce on offer in Portland, thanks in part to the presence of companies such as Nike and Intel, which has seven campuses in Oregon, most of them within 20 miles of Portland.
But even independently of these corporations, the city harbors a strong design and high tech industry. Environmentally minded companies will be at home in the area: Portland was ranked the most sustainable city in the U.S. in 2006 by SustainLane, a green-living research and publishing group. While Portland's business tax structure is not the friendliest - Multnomah County imposes a business income tax - the city
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Pros: A thriving urban scene, abundant outdoor recreations
Con: High living costs
Young, educated and creative. That's the kind of workforce on offer in Portland, thanks in part to the presence of companies such as Nike and Intel, which has seven campuses in Oregon, most of them within 20 miles of Portland.
But even independently of these corporations, the city harbors a strong design and high tech industry. Environmentally minded companies will be at home in the area: Portland was ranked the most sustainable city in the U.S. in 2006 by SustainLane, a green-living research and publishing group. While Portland's business tax structure is not the friendliest - Multnomah County imposes a business income tax - the city
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Mar 31,2008
Architect selected for school renovation
by pearlgirl
Hennebery Eddy Architects has been chosen to design renovations for the Childpeace Montessori School, located at 1516 N.W. Thurman St., in Portland.
The firm will modify the school's 20,000-square-foot space to create new classrooms and aftercare spaces. The school currently serves 281 students from toddler through sixth grade.
Read more at Daily Journal of Commerce
The firm will modify the school's 20,000-square-foot space to create new classrooms and aftercare spaces. The school currently serves 281 students from toddler through sixth grade.
Read more at Daily Journal of Commerce
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Mar 31,2008
Gift a plum for PNCA
by shooter
From The Oregonian :
The Pacific Northwest College of Art continues its ascent to become more than Portland's modest art college in the Pearl District.
Today, in the midst of extraordinary physical expansion and programmatic change, the college will announce its latest coup: a $1 million endowment gift from Ed Cauduro, the reclusive art collector and patron.
The gift will be used to fund four individual renewable scholarships worth $10,000 and will be available to students in the college's bachelor's and master's programs beginning with the 2008-09 academic year. A special committee composed of faculty and staff will pick the students based on financial need and academic achievement. The school numbers about 440 full-time students and roughly 600 continuing education students.
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The Pacific Northwest College of Art continues its ascent to become more than Portland's modest art college in the Pearl District.
Today, in the midst of extraordinary physical expansion and programmatic change, the college will announce its latest coup: a $1 million endowment gift from Ed Cauduro, the reclusive art collector and patron.
The gift will be used to fund four individual renewable scholarships worth $10,000 and will be available to students in the college's bachelor's and master's programs beginning with the 2008-09 academic year. A special committee composed of faculty and staff will pick the students based on financial need and academic achievement. The school numbers about 440 full-time students and roughly 600 continuing education students.
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Mar 30,2008
TADA! PICA's annual gala in support of artistic programming
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Dinner by Simpatica, Live Auction, and Entertainment by TBA:08 Artists Big Art Group. Honorary Co-Chairs Laura & Nawzad Othman Co-Chairs Stephanie Kjar & Adam Roth, Kelly Coller & Tony Secolo Tickets $150 ($100 Tax-Deductible)
Call 503.242.1419 x221 Big Art Group is a New York City performance company founded in 1999. The company uses the language of media and blended states of performance in a unique form to build culturally transgressive and challenging new works. Thank you to all of our generous TADA! Sponsors: Underwriting Sponsor: Otak; Champion Sponsor: Sean Keys & The Steed Group; Patron Sponsors: Boora Architects, Dunn Carney Allen Higgins & Tongue LLP, Gerding Edlen Development, Philip J. Iosca of Hanna Andersson, HereNow Creative Network, Kalberer Company, Merisel, Jason Saunders and Stephanie Kelly of Morgan Stanley; Thank You: Full Sail Brewing. Details: The Metal Shop NE 10th Ave and NE Flanders Portland OR 97232, Map Cap
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Call 503.242.1419 x221 Big Art Group is a New York City performance company founded in 1999. The company uses the language of media and blended states of performance in a unique form to build culturally transgressive and challenging new works. Thank you to all of our generous TADA! Sponsors: Underwriting Sponsor: Otak; Champion Sponsor: Sean Keys & The Steed Group; Patron Sponsors: Boora Architects, Dunn Carney Allen Higgins & Tongue LLP, Gerding Edlen Development, Philip J. Iosca of Hanna Andersson, HereNow Creative Network, Kalberer Company, Merisel, Jason Saunders and Stephanie Kelly of Morgan Stanley; Thank You: Full Sail Brewing. Details: The Metal Shop NE 10th Ave and NE Flanders Portland OR 97232, Map Cap
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Mar 30,2008
PICA - PMMNLS Keegan McHargue
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San Francisco based artist Keegan McHargue (Born in Portland in 1982) has been depicted as “a magnificent maker of intense, busily illustrated drawings and paintings that warp perspective and combine imagery more as if in a dream than in reality”. (Sarah Valdez, 2006). McHargue has shown at Jack Hanley in SF, Metro Pictures in NYC, Max Wigram in London, Galerie Emmaunel Perrotin in Paris, and Hiromi Yoshii in Tokyo. His new book Mauve Deep has just been released by Hiromi Yoshii Gallery. Portland State Univeristy's Art Department offers free public lectures every Monday night of the school year. This is the eighteenth lecture in the PMMNLS for this season. The PSU MFA Monday Night Lecture Series is supported in part by PICA, Reed College, PNCA, Lewis and Clark College, PSU's Department of International Studies, and Ben Rosenberg Studio. If you or your organization are interested in becoming a supporter of the lecture series please let us know. Details: 5th Avenue C
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Mar 30,2008
Creative Grid
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"PNCA is a place modeled by the kinds of artists and thinkers that we bring to be a part of a PNCA education."
Tom Manley, president of PNCA, has an interesting view of how creative organizations fit into a community. As posted on the PNCA blog, "President Manley defines the creative grid as a “map or a way of picturing the overlay of the creative organizations in the city and state and how they’re positioned to support the development of art and culture. The goal is for PNCA to join with other organizations to in effect, increase the density of creative activity."
President Manley was recently interviewed on PNCA's new web radio station. The interview covers his creative grid view, how PNCA has influenced and been influenced by the northwest over the last 100 years, and a look to the future.
“The visual arts and cultural landscape of Portland, Oregon and the Northwest is very much shaped and influenced by what PNCA an
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Tom Manley, president of PNCA, has an interesting view of how creative organizations fit into a community. As posted on the PNCA blog, "President Manley defines the creative grid as a “map or a way of picturing the overlay of the creative organizations in the city and state and how they’re positioned to support the development of art and culture. The goal is for PNCA to join with other organizations to in effect, increase the density of creative activity."
President Manley was recently interviewed on PNCA's new web radio station. The interview covers his creative grid view, how PNCA has influenced and been influenced by the northwest over the last 100 years, and a look to the future.
“The visual arts and cultural landscape of Portland, Oregon and the Northwest is very much shaped and influenced by what PNCA an
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Mar 29,2008
Tupai
by pearlgirl
Not too long ago, we mentioned the opening of Tupai, Andina's new event space on the second floor of the historic Pennington Building (right over Andina). We thought you might like to see a photo of the space...
A Gathering Space
Tupai, borrowed from the Quechua word for “gathering space,” will accommodate up to 60 guests for a seated dinner and 100 guests for a stand-up reception or cocktail party. The menu will feature Andina’s NovoAndean cuisine, which combines traditional flavors and ingredients native to Peru with a global reach that draws from Spanish, Japanese and Cantonese culinary influences. Dishes are prepared using modern technique and presented with finesse and flair. The full bar will deliver both Andina’s classic and NovoAndean cocktails – from the Pisco Sour and Caipirinha to the Sacsayhuamán and Granada de Amor. Wines will be chosen from Andina’s award-winning list with the help of wine director Ken Collura.
Tupai features include:
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A Gathering Space
Tupai, borrowed from the Quechua word for “gathering space,” will accommodate up to 60 guests for a seated dinner and 100 guests for a stand-up reception or cocktail party. The menu will feature Andina’s NovoAndean cuisine, which combines traditional flavors and ingredients native to Peru with a global reach that draws from Spanish, Japanese and Cantonese culinary influences. Dishes are prepared using modern technique and presented with finesse and flair. The full bar will deliver both Andina’s classic and NovoAndean cocktails – from the Pisco Sour and Caipirinha to the Sacsayhuamán and Granada de Amor. Wines will be chosen from Andina’s award-winning list with the help of wine director Ken Collura.
Tupai features include:
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