LEED v4: Built to Perform I'm reading through the July edition of EDC Magazine. In general the magazine provides a great synopsis of buildings, providing how they scored on LEED and what rating they got. It also provides helpful information about trends, materials and details for design options. What caught my attention in this edition … Continue reading In the news: Sustainability
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Reuniting my passions
First, I'd like to apologize for setting aside my online presence for a while. I've been soul-searching about my life, its direction and it's taken its toll on my blogs (both here and at Circadian Design. There are going to be a number of changes to this site, likely culminating in merging the two together. … Continue reading Reuniting my passions
Book Review: Timeless by Gail Carriger
Potential Spoilers here folks, so if you haven't read Changeless, Soulless, Blameless or Heartless do not read on. Instead, go buy her books or borrow them from your local library! Alexia Tarabotti, Lady Maccon, has settled into domestic bliss. Of course, being Alexia, such bliss involves integrating werewolves into London High society, living in a … Continue reading Book Review: Timeless by Gail Carriger
What's going on: Mental Health Miscellany
I've noticed a bunch of articles this week from various sources that highlight the current problems with mental health, specifically the diagnosis and treatment of illnesses, so I thought I'd link to the posts with some summaries and why I found them interesting. 1. PTSD as an Outcome of Child Abuse by Louise Behiel (Blog) Louise … Continue reading What's going on: Mental Health Miscellany
Book Review: Heartless by Gail Carriger
Potential Spoilers here folks, so if you haven't read Blameless, Changeless or Soulless, do not read on. Instead, go buy her books or borrow them from your local library! Lady Alexia Maccon, soulless, is at it again, only this time the trouble is not her fault. When a mad ghost threatens the queen, Alexia is on … Continue reading Book Review: Heartless by Gail Carriger
Book Review: Blameless by Gail Carriger
Potential Spoilers here folks, so if you haven't read Changeless or Soulless, do not read on. Instead, go buy her books or borrow them from your local library! Quitting her husband's house and moving back in with her horrible family, Lady Maccon becomes the scandal of the London season. Queen Victoria dismisses her from the … Continue reading Book Review: Blameless by Gail Carriger
Environmental Design and Construction: May 2012 Highlights
I signed up for Environmental Design and Construction (EDC) and received the May Issue the other day. Two articles stuck out to me in this 113 page magazine. 1. The Shape of Healthcare, by Derrick Teal The Upper Cumberland Regional Health Facility (UCRHF) is: Owned by the State of Tennessee, the new construction of this 50,000-square-foot facility building … Continue reading Environmental Design and Construction: May 2012 Highlights
Book Review: Changeless by Gail Carriger
Since I immensely enjoyed Gail Carriger's first book, Soulless, I decided to read Changeless. (Warning: If you haven't read Soulless then don't read the review.) Alexia Tarabotti, the Lady Woolsey, awakens in the wee hours of the mid-afternoon to find her husband, who should be decently asleep like any normal werewolf, yelling at the top … Continue reading Book Review: Changeless by Gail Carriger
Changing Directions, Changing Lives: The first mental health strategy for Canada
Monday, the Mental Health Commission of Canada announced the first mental health strategy for Canada. Formed in 2007 by Canada's Conservative government, the Commission has a number of studies, including creating a comprehensive plan for preventative mental health care across Canada. I can't find the actual report, though I am looking forward to reading it when … Continue reading Changing Directions, Changing Lives: The first mental health strategy for Canada
Book Review: Soulless by Gail Carriger
Alexia Tarabotti is laboring under a great many social tribulations. First, she has no soul. Second, she's a spinster whose father is both Italian and dead. Third, she was rudely attacked by a vampire, breaking all standards of social etiquette. Where to go from there? From bad to worse apparently, for Alexia accidentally kills the … Continue reading Book Review: Soulless by Gail Carriger
the new CSA Z800 standard
A few weeks ago, I watched the two-hour Complimentary Web Information Session on the New Standard for Design and Construction of Canadian Hospitals & Health Care Facilities (CSA Z8000-11). It was a 2 hour presentation and question period introducing the standard from a panel of authors. This webinar no longer exists, but instead, you can … Continue reading the new CSA Z800 standard
Book Review: Death du Jour by Kathy Reichs
Warning, spoilers (first and second books) in this review. I enjoyed the first Temperance Brennen novel, so I decided to pick up Kathy Reichs' second murder mystery, Death Du Jour. Right away, she hooked me with her first scene line.If the bodies were there, I couldn't find them.~ Death du Jour Excerpt, by Kathy ReichsI wondered engaged … Continue reading Book Review: Death du Jour by Kathy Reichs
Why I couldn’t re-read Harry Potter
Two months ago, I decided to re-read the Harry Potter series by JK Rowling. I borrowed the entire series the first time I read it, (one long weekend in august I read the first 4 books, then I waited until my friends owned the next three) so none of the copies were my own. An … Continue reading Why I couldn’t re-read Harry Potter
Book Review: Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
No quote this week because I just can't bring myself to potentially ruin the first 2 books if you haven't read them yet. (You really should read them. In order.) While this particular book starts a bit slower (new characters in a new setting take a bit of additional world-building) the book is well worth … Continue reading Book Review: Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Book Review: Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Note, Spoiler Alert: If you have not read The Hunger Games, please do not read this post. Go read it! In my mind, President Snow should be viewed in front of marble pillars hung with oversized flags. It's jarring to see him surrounded by the ordinary objects in the room. Like taking the lid off … Continue reading Book Review: Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
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