If you want to meet dynamic interior designers or are curious about the new Portland showroom for Ceilume, a ceiling panel and tile manufacturer, here's your chance to scope out both: Ceilume and architecture/design blog Portland Architecture are producing PDX Interior Designer Spotlight, a series of free public discussions.

Interior designer Andee Hess -- a master of orchestrating visual frisson in restaurants, hotels and homes -- launches the series on March 19.

You're familiar with her work. People standing in long lines atSalt & Straw ice cream shops are entertained by her patterns, textures and other high-level design details. For software company Panic, she executed animating spaces, like edge-lit triangles scaling a wall and alien-like landscaping on the deck.

Her Osmose Design portfolio also contains cool and calm, like the wood cove ceiling in Small Tea in Coral Gables, Florida. Closer to home, a futuristic residence has more geometry than is taught in high school plus a metal-and-glass wine shaft and sculptural custom cabinets.

Exploiting light and her inventiveness, she creates dramatic scenes for the coolest movie not yet filmed. Who wouldn't want to star in the dining room that's open to the kitchen-theater at Ava Gene's restaurant?

In 2003, Hess graduated with a degree in interior designfromMarylhurst University and worked four years atSkylab Architecture before starting Osmose Design in 2007.

She will be interview by design writer Brian Libby, founder and editor of Portland Architecture. Questions from the audience are invited.

Doors to the Ceilume's showroom, 1225 SE Grand Ave., open at 5 p.m. Hess and Libby's talk will start at 6 p.m., with networking before and after. Beer, wine and other refreshments will be provided.

Since we couldn't wait, we asked Hess to tell us five things she knows for sure about interior design:

Ceilume has 35 different thermoplastic ceiling tiles and panels that look like wood or tin. They are used to resurface or replace existing ceilings. The showroom is open to the public 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

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Clovis police investigating Sunday morning murder Clovis police investigating Sunday morning murder

Updated: Monday, March 9 2015 6:03 PM EDT2015-03-09 22:03:17 GMT

Authorities in Clovis are trying to find two men they want to question about a weekend murder.

Authorities in Clovis are trying to find two men they want to question about a weekend murder.

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The subject in the attached photo is a person of interest in a theft at an LISD elementary school on Friday, March 6.

The subject in the attached photo is a person of interest in a theft at an LISD elementary school on Friday, March 6.

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The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) conducted a traffic stop Sunday on US-287, yielding over 112 pounds of marijuana, valued at over $682,000.

The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) conducted a traffic stop Sunday on US-287, yielding over 112 pounds of marijuana, valued at over $682,000.

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Victims of the Sublime Constructions and Development collapse are still waiting on home warranty insurance payouts.

Some victims of the Sublime Constructions and Development collapse are still waiting on home warranty insurance payouts from QBE almost 12 months after the Canberra-based building company went into administration, the insurance giant has said.

QBE had initially refused to pay out on about 13 policies with an estimated total value of $1.2 million on the grounds "another entity", Sublime Builders Pty Ltd, not the company that had contracted to do the work, had negotiated the insurance cover.

James Liddall, of Weston, said he had lodged his claim on December 18 last year as soon as he heard QBE was finally paying claims.

"I had been dissuaded [by QBE] from lodging a claim earlier. I was told if I did lodge a claim it would not be paid," he said.

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This was a common experience for many of the victims of the Sublime collapse.

Mr Liddall said he had responded to requests for documents from December 19 to 22 last year and that a case officer had been assigned on December 22, 2014.

Nothing happened until midway through January when Mr Liddall was contacted by the Brisbane building consultant QBE had assigned his case to.

"The building consultant asked me for the documents again," he said. "QBE had not provided the documents I had sent them to him. I provided the documents and he finally looked at the claim on January 28."

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Rent or Own?

This townhome on Orchard Mesa is a typical example of a nicely maintained townhome currently available for rent. Bray Property Management manages the property and this two-bedroom, 1 1/2 bath townhome is currently available for $900 a month.

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This townhome on Orchard Mesa is a typical example of a nicely maintained townhome currently available for rent. Bray Property Management manages the property and this two-bedroom, 1 1/2 bath townhome is currently available for $900 a month.

This home at 3005 F 1/2 Road is currently listed by Ron Baimbridge with Heiden Homes for $159,900. FHA buyers need about $5,600 for a minimum down payment, and would then pay about $700 per month just toward principal and interest, with an interest rate of 3.5 percent. FHA borrowers would also have to pay monthly mortgage insurance as well as taxes and insurance, which would increase the total payment.

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This home at 3005 F 1/2 Road is currently listed by Ron Baimbridge with Heiden Homes for $159,900. FHA buyers need about $5,600 for a minimum down payment, and would then pay about $700 per month just toward principal and interest, with an interest rate of 3.5 percent. FHA borrowers would also have to pay monthly mortgage insurance as well as taxes and insurance, which would increase the total payment.

While some renters prefer an apartment or a townhome, others want a single-family home. This Orchard Mesa home, with five bedrooms and four and a half baths, currently rents for $1,550 a month.

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While some renters prefer an apartment or a townhome, others want a single-family home. This Orchard Mesa home, with five bedrooms and four and a half baths, currently rents for $1,550 a month.

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The Internet of Things is based on sensors and controls in all sorts of devices. When those types of devices are used to create a smart home, they can give residents unprecedented control and insight. The proliferation of smart devices, however, also opens the door to new dangers and threats.

According to research architect Brandon Creighton, with application security provider Veracode, At the end of the day, youre installing a device that is really just a tiny computer. Even with something as simple as a smart light socket that you can control remotely with your phone, what makes that possible is the little computer in the switch that can talk to the Internetwhich means that Internet users can talk back.

The same technology that enables us to build these quite complex devices also creates the potential for security vulnerabilities, said Creighton. And the vulnerabilities will inevitably be found.

A recent report from HP, the Internet of Things Security Study: Home Security Systems Report, gives some idea of the extent of the problem. According to the report, HP reviewed 10 of the newest home security systems revealing an alarmingly high number of authentication and authorization issues along with concerns regarding mobile and cloud-based web interfaces. The intent of these systems is to provide security and remote monitoring to a home owner, but given the vulnerabilities we discovered, the owner of the home security system may not be the only one monitoring the home.

In a recent study, HP found many home-security systems vulnerable to eavesdropping.

Whats a homeowner to do? While its practically impossible to stop a determined professional hacker, there are steps you can take to at least make their task more difficult, and to discourage the simpler attacks. Think of these seven steps as the connected home equivalent of putting locks on your windows or stopping your newspaper delivery while youre on vacation.

Daniel Miessler, practice principal at HP Fortify On Demand, HPs managed security testing solution, led the research behind the security study. Understand the sensors that are at play on the device, said Miessler. So, for example, does your TV have a camera thats facing out? Where is it facingthe entire living room? The bedroom? Whenever you deploy something with sensors in your home, youre raising your risk of unauthorized access.

In our recent report, Miessler continued, the scariest thing was being able to remotely monitor homes, basically including their video cameras. Because it was security systems that we tested, 10 out of 10 had this problemit wasnt just watching the camera, it was also knowing when youre home and when youre not. Whatever further steps you take to secure your home will rely on understanding what holes youre trying to plug; for example, by making sure any cameras are pointed only at the specific areas youre concerned about.

Security cameras can help secure your home, but it's critical that you secure the cameras themselves when you set them up.

One of the major problems is that devices are deployed with some pretty insecure defaults, says Miessler. If you search for the device name online, you can find the user name and password that it ships with. And theres a project called Shodan that lets you enter a product name, and it will reveal everyone in the world whos running that product and if its listening live on the Internet.

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Home security systems have come a long way.

In the old days you had to run several wires. Now, home security systems are all wireless, including how we monitor it. You don't have to have a landline at your house, ADS Security representative Brian Pool said.

The wireless technology gives homeowners total control via a cell phone.

Be your iPhone, with an app, or you can do it with text messaging, Pool explained.

Pool says possibilities are endless when it comes to what you can control.

Anything that you want to control we can incorporate it with your alarm system. Lights, locks, your front door, you can actually unlock your front door, Pool said.

One of the company's newest features is a remote-controlled water valve.

You want to turn it off, now if you look back inside here, the valve actually closes up to where water cannot flow so pipes don't freeze or if your pipes burst, it's going to shut the water off so it doesn't drown your home, Pool said.

Soon, ADS will roll out a new feature to help protect your family pet: GPS for your dogs.

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