In search of …

Last September we lost our good friend. In her dying days she admitted how much she would have loved to have seen the Northern Lights.

She traveled the world’s countries extensively.

She had even a trip planned in case she would have enough time before she would pass away. In the end she did not make it and the cancer got to her sooner than expected.

We thought it would be a fitting way to remember her by visiting Lapland with a groupd of friends that were closest to her.

So we did and we are here now. In Kuusamo, Finland.

Chasing the Northern Lights, remembering her laughter, walking in a winter wonderland, in total silence, remembering her stories.

Listening to Thomas Azier, Babylon. Talking aloud, playing games.

Making a lot of jokes. Laughing and drinking. And good food. Very important.  To her.

To us. ‘Pretty Infiniti’ seems a song that fits the surreal landscape and bizarre situation of a death way too early, way too soon…

Connecting Title Radio…

Last week I was listening to a Google radio suggestion based on my preference for Oscar and the Wolf music listening habit.

Obviously it was called “Oscar and the Wolf-radio” . As I was listening to it I came across some new names of bands and songs. I started to make a new playlist and coined it ‘Wolf Radio’ . Before I knew it I had a pretty nice listing of new unknown music.

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Then something funny happened as I heard a cover of a Bowie favourite of mine. As I went through the list of songs I was struck by a number of titles that seemed to have a title that in a way connected to either the previous song or the next one.

That combined with the lyrics that I was listening to I thought I could make up a story by just placing the titles of the song in a particular sequence. If you listen to the songs, the titles and the lyrics you too can make your own story line.

You can find the public play list called Connecting Title Radio here. Hope you enjoy it as you listen to it and make your own images and reflections. Let me know what you think of it.

House in the Valley / idsp arquitetos

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…an OMG-what-you-can-do-if-money-is-no-object house a day….

No kidding, I mean a 773 square meter white design temple? For real? TIme to enter some lottery don’t you think…

© Manuel Sá Architects: idsp arquitetos Location: Vale das Laranjeiras, Brazil Authors: Raul Penteado Neto, Renata Boccia Area: 733.0 m2 Project Year: 2017 Photographs: Manuel Sá Engineer: Omicro Engenharia Landscape: Pé de Café Paisagismo © Manuel Sá Text description provided by the architects.

Source: House in the Valley / idsp arquitetos

Square House / Cocoon Architecten

#intheseries

…a beautiful square house a day…

© Liesbeth Goetschalckx Architects: Cocoon Architecten Location: Genk, Belgium Architect In Charge: Peter Geraerts Area: 260.0 m2 Project Year: 2017 Photographs: Liesbeth Goetschalckx © Liesbeth Goetschalckx Text description provided by the architects.

Source: Square House / Cocoon Architecten

How to Become an ‘Automatic Millionaire’

How many of these books are out there? And for sure I want a ‘rich’ life and plan the finish. Not the other way round…. 😉

In this video, Entrepreneur Network partner Jeff Rose interviews David Bach, author of The Automatic Millionaire: A Powerful One-Step Plan to Live and Finish Rich . Bach’s father was an investor, and Bach himself started learning the finance world at a very young age.

Source: How to Become an ‘Automatic Millionaire’

The Hotel Owner Who Called Out a Blogger for Asking for a Free Stay Now Wants $6.5 Million From Her

This is really a funny story on how crazy things get sometimes these days…

Hotel and café owner Paul Stenson isn’t finished with his public shaming of Instagram and YouTube “influencer” Elle Darby , a controversy that’s been dubbed #BloggerGate. He just invoiced her for the equivalent of $6.5 million. If you’re not caught up, on Jan. 16, Stenson posted a screenshot to Facebook of an email Darby had sent him, in which she requested a complimentary stay at his hotel, the Charleville Lodge, in exchange for videos and social media posts shared with her followers.

Source: The Hotel Owner Who Called Out a Blogger for Asking for a Free Stay Now Wants $6.5 Million From Her

Albert Schweitzer ziekenhuis nieuwe partner van innovatienetwerk Health Valley.

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Het Albert Schweitzer ziekenhuis en het grootste netwerk van zorginnovaties in Nederland, Health Valley, slaan de handen ineen.

Tijdens de startdag van de landelijke eHealthweek, maandag 22 januari, verwelkomde Health Valley het Dordtse ziekenhuis als nieuwe partner. Peter van der Meer, voorzitter van de Raad van Bestuur Albert Schweitzer ziekenhuis: “De samenwerking met Health Valley zien wij als een logische vervolgstap om onze ambitie van innovatief ziekenhuis door te zetten.”

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Binnen het netwerk van Health Valley ontmoeten en versterken bedrijven, zorgorganisaties, kennisinstellingen en overheden elkaar. Samen brengen ze technologie en de zorg bij elkaar en innovaties naar de patiënt. Van der Meer: “Het partnership geeft ons de mogelijkheid om makkelijk in contact te komen met diverse partijen die bezig zijn rond zorginnovatie, zodat we daar in ons ziekenhuis ook écht iets mee kunnen gaan doen. Het is mooi om dit partnership tijdens de de landelijke eHealthweek te bezegelen!”

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Naast het partnership zet het Dordtse ziekenhuis ook zijn ‘deuren’ open als proeftuin voor innovaties, in de vorm van een zogeheten Fieldlab. Van der Meer: “We gaan dus daadwerkelijk innovaties testen en toetsen in de praktijk. Zo kunnen we kijken welke innovaties echt meerwaarde bieden voor onze patiënten, dokters en verpleegkundigen.”

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Marc Kalf, innovatiemanager Health Valley: “Wij zijn erg blij met Albert Schweitzer ziekenhuis als partner. Het heeft de ambitie om een zeer innovatief ziekenhuis te worden en dat sluit perfect aan bij de producten en innovaties van onze partners op gebied van bijvoorbeeld eHealth en digitalisering van de zorg.” Anneke Sanderse, lid van de Raad van Bestuur van het Albert Schweitzer ziekenhuis: “Je hoort vaak dat innovaties in de zorg moeizaam van de grond komen, maar ik geloof echt dat als de juiste partijen elkaar vinden, innovaties wel snel kunnen gaan. Binnen het netwerk van Health Valley denken we die juiste partijen te vinden.”