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Nov 3,2008
15 Mashup Tools for Your Local Neighborhood
by dariusmonsef
Want a donut? Want to know if you'll need an umbrella today? Trying to avoid traffic? Want to know if it's safe for your kids to play in the front yard? We'll look a dozen-ish mashups that provide useful, helpful, interesting and fun information about the local area that you you live in. For those asking what a mashup is? The web 2.0 world spawned thousands of social networks and user contributed content sites... The same world has connected even more sites and people with the ability for developers to take the APIs from a couple different sites and mash them together to create new and interesting ways to share information and data. WalkScore | Find What's In a Walkable Distance
"Walk Score shows you a map of what is nearby and calculates a Walk Score for any property. Buying a house in a walkable neighborhood is good for your health and good for the environment." Portland rates in their top 10 cities. You can even see their directory of Portl
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"Walk Score shows you a map of what is nearby and calculates a Walk Score for any property. Buying a house in a walkable neighborhood is good for your health and good for the environment." Portland rates in their top 10 cities. You can even see their directory of Portl
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Oct 23,2008
Planned Parenthood Breaks Ground on New Regional Center
by shooter
After numerous delays and much controversy, Planned Parenthood Columbia Willamette (PPCW) broke ground on its newest clinic and regional service center. The new building will include 7000 square feet of clinics, regional offices, as well as 5000 square feet of retail space. The 40,000 square foot building will unite the entire administrative staff, currently divided between two buildings, under one roof. PPCW expects construction of the LEED-Gold building to be completed in late 2009.PPCW provides reproductive healthcare services to more than 60,000 women, men, and teens at its 11 regional health centers annually. Its current NE Portland health center operates at capacity 7 days a week. The new Regional Service Center will give PPCW the capacity to serve over 110,000 patients in the region.
The majority of PPCW patients are low-income, uninsured or underinsured, and rely on providers like Planned Parenthood for basic sexual and r
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Oct 22,2008
Poor Man's Prick
by pearlgirl
Pick up a copy of Good Magazine's Nov/Dec issue and check out the article—yes, Poor Man's Prick —about Working Class Acupuncture in Northeast Portland. Good gives a shout out to this community acupuncture clinic that offers services on a sliding scale, $15–$35 per visit. You decide what you can afford. Seriously! Appointments are available: * Monday thru Friday: 8:30 a.m.–8 p.m. * Saturday 9 a.m–4 p.m. * Sunday: 9 a.m.–3 p.m. Working Class Acupuncture
3526 NE 57TH Ave
503.335.9440 www.workingclassacupuncture.org
Related information: Learn more about acupuncture
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Oct 20,2008
Pearl Animal Hospital Photo Tour
by shooter
We stopped by Pearl Animal Hospital the other day to poke around and say hello. Dr. Courtney Anders and her team are warm, friendly, and eager to get to know all the pets in the neighborhood. The hospital offers a full range of services including wellness, diagnostics, dentistry, surgery, anesthesia, nutrition, behavior, pharmacy, and emergency care.
Dr. Anders invites everyone to stop by and visit the team, please be sure to bring your human with you. She will be hosting a First Thursday open house in November, but you don't have to wait until then to see the facilities. Stop in anytime.
Treats are always on the counter, for pets and their humans. Katie Comer will greet you at the recpetion desk Exam room, clinic station Main clinic area On-site pharmacy X-ray ro
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Oct 10,2008
The Doctor is In! Pearl Animal Hospital Now Open
by pearlgirl
Here's something to howl about: the Pearl Animal Hospital is officially open for business. Stop by and say hello to Dr. Courtney Anders, Client Care Coordinator Katie Comer, and veterinary technician Matt Gordon! Visit the website for the complete list of services. Pearl Animal Hospital 1250 NW 10th Avenue 503.954.3393 www.pearlanimalhospital.com ***update*** Take a photo tour of Pearl Animal Hospital!
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Oct 2,2008
Portland Schools Celebrate International Walk + Bike to School Day
by pearlgirl
Portland Parents and kids are encouraged to join millions around the world who are improving their health, their community and having a ton of fun by Walking or Rolling to School on October 8. More information about Oregon Walk + Bike to School Day, and other ways you can encourage children to walk and bike to school throughout the year, can be found at www.walknbike.org . Oregon Walk + Bike to School Day is being celebrated by at least 44 schools in Portland. School Name ABERNETHY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ARCHBISHOP HOWARD SCHOOL
ASTAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ATKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BEVERLY CLEARY SCHOOL
BOISE ELIOT K - 8
BUCKMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CAPITOL HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CHAPMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CHIEF JOSEPH PK - 5 SCHOOL
CHILDPEACE MONTESSORI SCHOOL
CLARENDON AT PORTSMOUTH K - 8
FAUBION K - 7 SCHOOL
FOREST PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
GILBERT HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
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Sep 23,2008
Announcing Indoor Active Play
by nancy
Families that live, work, learn and play in central Portland can enjoy three additional options for indoor active play this fall and winter. We have three generous donors to thank for making this happen; Cami Curtis Performing Art Center , Perfectly Pearl Modern Bridal Event , and Zimmerman Community Center . These community based businesses all understand that families need a safe, warm, dry place to play when the weather's bad. Cami Curtis Performing Art Center is donating the use of one of their dance studios. They also offer many great classes for kids, taught by talented teachers in this beautiful space. For pictures and more info, please visit www.camicurtis.com Perfectly Pearl Modern Bridal Event raised funds in Spring 2008 to purchase Indoor Active Play. There are still funds left from this donation, and they're again being used to purchase time at Pearl Court Activity Center. Zimmerman Community Center is purchasing time at Pearl Court Activity Ce
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Sep 17,2008
Kidical Mass Frequently Asked Questions
by nancy
Lots of folks are curious about Kidical Mass . Here are Bicycle Transportation Alliance 's answers to frequently asked questions: Is this just like Critical Mass but with kids? Absolutely not. We are a family friendly law-abiding ride. Our purpose is to teach kids, parents and caregivers safety skills and provide a ride in which to practice them. We are creating awareness for the growing presence of kids and families on bikes and the need for all road users to respect other users of the road. We are also bringing together families who bike in an effort to provide a positive community experience that will show children how much fun riding your bike can be! Are we required to have a parade permit to ride in KM? No. We are riding as a group, following all traffic laws and are not required to have a permit since we are not purposefully stopping traffic or blocking traffic. It's true we may be slow as snails and therefore slow traffic, but bikes are allowed to ri
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Sep 16,2008
Fire Safety for Families
by nancy
Thanks so much to Fire Station 3 for hosting neighborhood families yesterday. The Fire Fighters, especially Fire Fighter Jason, did a great job of engaging the children, meeting them at their level, and mixing up fun with safety education. Given the large group – 17 kids with mothers and a few fathers - were all impressed with how much we learned. We even came away with specific ideas for how to make our building communities safer. Here are some photos of the gathering . One of the first things the kids learned was that if they hear a smoke detector alarm they should Get Out, Stay Out and Go To Your Meeting Place. Meeting place? None of us had meeting places. But most of us had chosen one by the time the tour was over. And a few buildings had even talked about a ‘Family Meeting Place’ where all the families would go if we had to evacuate our buildings. Kids also practiced dialing 911 (and memorizing the number
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Sep 4,2008
Love in the City » Looking for Love in All the Right Places
by Love in the City
I hope you all had a lovely three-day weekend. I did. But then again, I began my holiday with an attractive doctor who is looking for love. We met for a consultation at another one of my favorite coffee shops . Not a bad way to start the weekend, eh?Back to the task at hand—your dating system! Last week, you wrote down your dating history. Let’s take a look at your homework assignment. What did you find?
Did you do your homework? This was your assignment... Take some time and jot down some notes on what has worked, or not worked for you, in past relationships. Look for common themes, patterns and attractions to those intimate partners. Then, take some time and think about the roadblocks standing between you and a successful relationship.
Be a voyeur in your own life: think about your story as if it were someone else's. I recommend writing your dating history and then setting it aside. Next, think about the strongest positive and n
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