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<title><![CDATA[Zero Creative]]></title>
<link>http://impetum.wordpress.com/?p=304</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:11:17 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Michiel Verheij</dc:creator>
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Zero Creative
Afgelopen dinsdag heb ik gesproken met Jean-Pierre van Maasakker van Zero Creative ui]]></description>
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<strong>Zero Creative</strong><br />
Afgelopen dinsdag heb ik gesproken met <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/0/155/aa2" target="_blank">Jean-Pierre van Maasakker</a> van <a href="http://www.zerocreative.com" target="_blank">Zero Creative</a> uit Nijmegen. Zero Creative is een jong vooruitstrevend bedrijf dat 3D marketing &#38; communicatie producten levert. Het bedrijf bestaat enkele jaren en heeft in deze periode een belangrijke positie verovert op de Nederlandse markt. De naam Zero Creative staat voor het feit dat men vanuit het niets naar iets creatiefs gaat.</p>
<p><strong>Productportfolio</strong><br />
Voorbeelden van deze producten zijn onder andere interactieve project- en productpresentaties met vrije besturing, 3D video animatie, 3D stills en de xyZ 3D display. Het unieke van de interactieve productpresentaties is dat men vrij door de ruimte kan zweven en men niet vastzit aan een bepaald patroon of route. Ik heb xyZ 3D display gezien en dit lijkt op een flatscreen TV. Het unieke van de display is dat het lijkt dat het beeld echt uit de TV komt, 3D zonder bril en dit biedt verschillende interessante mogelijkheden voor de business-to-business markt.</p>
<p><strong>Innovatie komt niet altijd uit de lucht vallen</strong><br />
Zero Creative en Syntens hebben samen een innovatieactieplan (IAP) opgesteld. Een IAP is een meerjarig plan waarin de ondernemer samen met de innovatieadviseur een marsroute uitstippelt om innovaties te realiseren. Een heel belangrijke functie van het IAP is om structuur en overzicht te bieden. Eerst wordt het bedrijf geanalyseerd en op basis van de doelstellingen van de ondernemer en de bedrijfsdoelstellingen wordt gekeken welke acties noodzakelijk zijn om innovaties te realiseren. Vaak wordt bij innovatie gedacht aan technische innovatie, maar in een IAP kijken we ook naar organisatorische innovatie en markt innovatie. Met het opstellen van het plan houdt de rol van Syntens echter niet op, we blijven gedurende het traject continu betrokken en adviseren, ondersteunen en schakelen door waar mogelijk.</p>
<p><strong>Iets voor u?</strong><br />
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<title><![CDATA[Nijmegen!]]></title>
<link>http://davidochjesper.wordpress.com/?p=119</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:01:57 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>davidochjesper</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Nu har tidningen gått i tryck och jag kan berätta vad jag gjorde i Holland. Det var inte så speci]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nu har tidningen gått i tryck och jag kan berätta vad jag gjorde i Holland. Det var inte så speciellt mer än att jag gick 17,5 mil på fyra dar tillsammans med en reporter för att göra ett reportage om Nijmegen-marchen. Det var jobbigt och gjorde väldigt ont men ni kan läsa mer om det här:</p>
<p><a href="http://varnpliktsnytt.se/reportage.php?id=4251">http://varnpliktsnytt.se/reportage.php?id=4251</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[walking upright]]></title>
<link>http://ingewilkens.wordpress.com/?p=183</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 17:28:50 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>olive608</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[rare jongens...]]></title>
<link>http://ingewilkens.wordpress.com/?p=180</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 17:27:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>olive608</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[You &amp; Me]]></title>
<link>http://robbieveldwijk.wordpress.com/?p=485</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:33:28 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Robbie Veldwijk</dc:creator>
<guid>http://robbieveldwijk.wordpress.com/?p=485</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Naast de band X-Cess ben ik op een ander plein geweest bij You &amp; Me. Deze hebben wel een mooier ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Naast de band <a href="http://robbieveldwijk.wordpress.com/2008/08/09/x-cess/" target="_self">X-Cess</a> ben ik op een ander plein geweest bij <a href="http://www.you-me.nl" target="_blank">You &#38; Me</a>. Deze hebben wel een mooier podium gekregen om foto's te maken. Dat is dan ook terug te zin in de foto's, qua licht hadden ze het denk ik ook stukken beter voor elkaar.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3228/2737092200_2cf5503503.jpg" border="1" alt="" width="500" height="333" /></p>
<p>De muziek van deze band was ook weer erg leuk, wat meer richting wat vrolijke meezing tot muziek wat je wat aan het dansen maakt. Wel was ik bij deze foto's weer gebonden aan een paraplu zodat ik en de spullen niet zo nat zouden worden.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[No Sense - Lifesaver EP]]></title>
<link>http://cbhome.wordpress.com/?p=63</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:21:34 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>C B</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[No Sense - Lifesaver EP

05. Met de tijd mee [Met CB]
09. Boeie [Met CB]
 
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3>No Sense - Lifesaver EP</h3>
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<p>05. Met de tijd mee [Met CB]<br />
09. Boeie [Met CB]<br />
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<p>Download<br />
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<title><![CDATA[GroteBozeNeger - Negerhop EP]]></title>
<link>http://cbhome.wordpress.com/?p=44</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 03:14:21 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>C B</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[GroteBozeNeger - Negerhop EP

01. Nix aan 
02. Opfrisertje
03. Paddenstoelen
04. Bangeschijterd ft.]]></description>
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<p>01. Nix aan <br />
02. Opfrisertje<br />
03. Paddenstoelen<br />
04. Bangeschijterd ft. Promotie<br />
05. Hout en rubben Ft. Nijmeegs Kind B.I.G.S.<br />
06. Vies en ranzig 18+<br />
07. Boempats Ft. Promotie<br />
08. Smaakvol<br />
10. Negerhop</p>
<p>Download<br />
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<title><![CDATA[Nijmeegse Vierdaagse 2008]]></title>
<link>http://robbieveldwijk.wordpress.com/?p=463</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 23:37:53 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Robbie Veldwijk</dc:creator>
<guid>http://robbieveldwijk.wordpress.com/?p=463</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Ik heb jullie er lang op laten wachten, maar hier zijn ze dan eindelijk. De eerste foto&#8217;s die ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ik heb jullie er lang op laten wachten, maar hier zijn ze dan eindelijk. De eerste foto's die ik gemaakt heb tijdens de Nijmeegse Vierdaagse 2008. Na zelf een redelijk stuk gelopen te hebben ben ik hier gaan staan om wat foto's te maken.</p>
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<p>Bij veel mensen was de vermoeidheid te zien, maar voor hun was het natuurlijk fijn om te weten dat het nog maar een paar honderden meters was. Wat mij verbaast heeft was het leeftijd verschil van de deelnemers.</p>
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<p>Sommige liepen alleen en sommige liepen in groepen met allemaal dezelfde shirts en dat soort dingen.</p>
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<p>Deze twee mensen liepen nog stevig door op naar de finish, er was niet echt vanaf te zien dat ze al vele kilometers af hadden gelegd. Dat was natuurlijk bij lang niet iedereen zo.</p>
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<p>Aan de gezichten van de deelnemers was te zien hoe ver deze er doorheen zat. Sommige keken niet alleen moeilijk maar liepen ook nog eens moeilijk.</p>
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<p>En dan zie je deze mensen weer lopen en dan ziet het er toch allemaal weer erg makkelijk uit, dat is zo geweldig om te zien. Ik heb dan ook echt respect voor de mensen die het allemaal maar zo simpel uitlopen.</p>
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<p>De bloemen zaken in Nijmegen hebben goed kunnen verdienen aan die dag, zelfs langs de route door Nijmegen konden er nog bloemen gekocht worden.</p>
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<p>Na de binnenkomst van alle deelnemers was het nog lang niet afgelopen, overal was er gezelligheid. Ondanks de regen is het toch zeker een geslaagde dag geweest, volgend jaar misschien zelf mee lopen....</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Beequeen TIME WAITS FOR NO ONE review(s)]]></title>
<link>http://herbalinternational.wordpress.com/?p=35</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 15:28:42 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>glk</dc:creator>
<guid>http://herbalinternational.wordpress.com/?p=35</guid>
<description><![CDATA[
Time Waits For No One&#8217;s material isn&#8217;t new, having been recorded in Nijmegen in 1992-93]]></description>
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<p>Time Waits For No One's material isn't new, having been recorded in Nijmegen in 1992-93 and originally released in 1994 on Staalplaat, but the genre of experimental drone-based exploration is one of those most capable of transcending time. Beequeen members Freek Kinkelaar (Brunnen) and Frans de Waard (Kapotte Muziek, Goem) use electronics, voices, and unidentified instruments to scatter two long tracks (ten and twenty minutes) amongst seven more modest settings. Whether long or short, the pieces are largely hazy meditations whose industrial churn is speckled with string plucks, percussive patterns, and electronic effects. Not surprisingly, the long tracks make the strongest impression: in the episodic “Six Notes on Blank Tape,” bowed scrapes of string instruments groan over a throbbing bass drone and the simulated roar of a train clatters along its tracks, and in the album's most fully-realized piece, the a doomscape “Rupert Writes a Rainbow,” a ‘50s sci-fi synthesizer floats atop a droning unfurl of whooshes and gaseous emissions. The album's material unfurls organically in subtle strokes, sometimes so quietly it verges on microsound, and the generally relaxed feel suggests the collaborators had ample studio time with which to pursue their playful explorations.</p>
<p>Textura.org</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Nijmegen]]></title>
<link>http://byeline.wordpress.com/?p=123</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:03:17 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>byeline</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Een klein stadje waar ik volgend jaar een vijftal maanden zal vertoeven is Nijmegen. Mijn studiebeur]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Een klein stadje waar ik volgend jaar een vijftal maanden zal vertoeven is Nijmegen. Mijn studiebeurs is intussen ook al in orde, ik wacht enkel nog op een antwoord van de Radboud universiteit zelf.<br />
Vandaag ben ik Nijmegen zelf al eens gaan verkennen.<br />
2.5u heen, 2.5u terug en er een vijftal uurtjes vertoeft.<br />
Het centrum van Nijmegen is eigelijk niets meer dan een 20-tal straten, een brede rivier die doet denken aan de Schelde in Antwerpen, meerdere grote en mooie stadsparken, winkeltjes en een aantal authentieke musea.<br />
Een groot dorp dus. En je merkt het ook wel aan de mentaliteit. Er wordt niet echt plat Hollands/Nederlands gesproken, de mensen zijn enorm behulpzaam, open en vriendelijk. Zo heb ik het graag. Je voelt je er meteen thuis.</p>
<p>De universiteit ligt net buiten het centrum. Zo'n tien minuutjes met de fiets. De universiteit is volledig gecentraliseerd. Je vindt er alle campussen en administratieve centra naast elkaar. Er is ook een enorm aanbod om aan sport te doen. Het zal misschien een motivatie zijn om eindelijk eens iets aan mijn conditie te doen, alhoewel...</p>
<p>En alles was zo netjes! Geen één papiertje, vuiltje, sigarettenpeukje te zien.</p>
<p>En omdat ik wat in de 'uniefsfeer' zat, heb ik mij in de plaatselijke De Slegte dit boek gekocht.<br />
Wat meer bezig zijn met je studie buiten de lessen, kan nooit geen kwaad dacht ik zo.<br />
Vandaar...</p>
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<title><![CDATA[FdL recognizes true man of honor: Jim Megellas]]></title>
<link>http://allthewayto.wordpress.com/?p=270</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:01:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>allthewayto</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Jim Megellas made it perfectly clear during the past few days that special honors bestowed by his ho]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jim Megellas made it perfectly clear during the past few days that special honors bestowed by his hometown rank among the most meaningful of his life.</p>
<p>And the 91-year-old World War II hero and Congressional Medal of Honor nominee has indeed relished an interesting and meaningful life.</p>
<p>The Fond du Lac County Veterans Memorial Building at 500 Fond du Lac Ave. was named in his honor Saturday. He has been a card-carrying member of Fond du Lac’s Trier-Puddy American Legion Post 75 for 61 years. Family members, friends, Army buddies old and new, and fellow Fond du Lac residents gathered to celebrate the honor with him. As he would gladly tell anyone within earshot, it was an honor not only for him but also for the community that nurtured and molded him.</p>
<p>For those who don’t know Megellas, it’s worth pointing out that he is a genuine war hero and a person dedicated to a life of public service.</p>
<p>For those who do know him, nothing more needs to be said.</p>
<h3><strong>It’s time to decide</strong></h3>
<p>The description of his gallantry at the Battle of the Bulge reads like the climax of a movie. His book, “All the Way to Berlin: A Paratrooper at War in Europe,” is a bestseller. He is the most decorated officer in the history of the acclaimed 82nd Airborne Division. Among his more than 20 military medals are The Distinguished Service Cross, two Silver Stars, two Bronze Stars and two Purple Hearts.</p>
<p>It’s no secret that he deserves the nation’s highest military honor — the Congressional Medal of Honor — even if it is six decades too late. Bills exist in the House and U.S. Senate urging that the highest honor be accorded to Megellas. It’s about time Congress voted.</p>
<p>I had the pleasure to meet Megellas last week during his hometown visit. There is an indefinable quality about him that emanates from people of his caliber. There is nothing “91” about him, except the wisdom and the insights that naturally flow from experiences of people of that vintage.</p>
<h3><strong>Thoughts and insights</strong></h3>
<p>He talked about the Medal of Honor, his regard for today’s soldiers, the need for a military draft and the seemingly unending war in which the nation is embroiled.</p>
<p>“It has greater significance than the man who wears it,” he said of the Medal of the Honor. It would be “an honor for Fond du Lac, an honor for Wisconsin, for all of us.”</p>
<p>On the status of the War on Terror, he noted, “America is at war, but the American people are not at war.”</p>
<p>Unlike the World War II era, the only ones making sacrifices in the war effort are the troops and their families, he stressed.</p>
<p>His most animated, almost joyous, comments came in response to a question about where he went to grade school.</p>
<p>“Washington School at the corner of Doty and Follett,” he said with a wide grin he couldn’t tone down even if he had wanted to. The memories poured out as fast as he could frame the sentences.</p>
<h3><strong>Boyhood memories</strong></h3>
<p>He remembered the Armistice Days of his boyhood and how all the sirens in the city sounded and students faced east at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month to recall the end of Word War I and honor those who had died.</p>
<p>He recalled Civil War and Spanish-American War veterans in the city’s Memorial Day parades.</p>
<p>“I remember the impact it had on me growing up — the military history of Fond du Lac,” he added.</p>
<p>He also remembered Sarah Fahey, the principal at Washington School in the distinctive Greek neighborhood near Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox and St. Louis churches on the city’s northwest side. Washington School is long gone, but the Fahey School building on Doty Street stands as a reminder of a special ethnic neighborhood and an educator who obviously left her mark on local members of the Greatest Generation.</p>
<h3><strong>Abiding by his principles</strong></h3>
<p>It’s interesting to me that stories about Jim Megellas and the contentious issue of diversity appeared side by side at the top of Page 1 on Wednesday.</p>
<p>To those who might not know, suffice it to say that Fond du Lac does not have a sterling record in the area of welcoming people of color, those of different creeds or others viewed as “outside” its traditional mainstream.</p>
<p>As a member of a distinct ethnic minority, Megellas experienced the sting of prejudice and discrimination. So did his Washington School classmates, the great majority of whom distinguished themselves during the war and the years since.</p>
<p>It’s not a subject Megellas dwells on. But it is a part of him. He proved throughout his life what is important to him. He had the highest regard for his ethnic background, his city, his country and the principles on which this nation was founded.</p>
<p>He understood the principles for which he fought even if others in his treasured hometown did not. He did his duty to the utmost of his ability.</p>
<p>For that alone, he is a man of honor.</p>
<p><strong>Michael Mentzer</strong></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Beequeen - Time Waits For No One flyer]]></title>
<link>http://herbalinternational.wordpress.com/?p=29</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:23:28 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>glk</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Building renamed in honor of war hero]]></title>
<link>http://allthewayto.wordpress.com/?p=265</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:39:23 +0000</pubDate>
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American flags lined the street Saturday in front of Fond du Lac's American Legion Post 75, welcoming a soldier home.</p>
<p>Neon beer signs glowed in the windows of the gathering place on Fond du Lac Avenue known to generations of military veterans, and a soft light parted rain clouds as James Megellas, 91, stood to speak.</p>
<p>The front of his tailored suit flanked with medals and his head thick with waves of silver hair, the 91-year-old World War II legend said there is no greater honor than recognition from peers.</p>
<p>"When the heart is full, the tongue is heavy," Megellas said first in Spanish, then translated for the crowd gathered at the ceremony dedicating the Veterans Memorial Building, 500 Fond du Lac Ave., to the local war hero.</p>
<p>Judy Kollmansberger of Eden sat among the families of veterans and the veterans themselves, graying men wearing smartly creased caps. They nodded in unison as Megellas spoke of the indescribable bond between those who braved battles side by side and lived to tell about it.</p>
<p>"I have a son, a Marine who just got back from Iraq," Kollmansberger said. "It meant a lot when I met Jim this morning and he gave me a big hug."</p>
<h3>Stellar reputation</h3>
<p>Born in Fond du Lac, Megellas gained a stellar reputation for his actions in World War II as the most decorated officer in the history of the 82nd Airborne Division. Among his most notable battles were in the Italian mountains near Venafro, the beach landing at Anzio, the jump into Holland (Operation Market Garden), the famous crossing of the Waal River in Nijmegen/Holland under heavy German machine gun fire and the Battle of the Bulge.</p>
<p>His war memoir "All the Way to Berlin," is said to be one of the best accounts of what war at the level of an infantryman was like — a firsthand account of an American soldier risking his life for freedom.</p>
<p>Megellas' hand shook as he held a perfect salute for the color guard carrying flags, but he stood poised with grace as he spoke about his life growing up in Fond du Lac during an era of patriotic pride.</p>
<p>He recalled numerous parades held in the city to honor veterans and the mobs of citizens who attended, a sea of flags wildly waving. He told of the soldiers who returned to Fond du Lac after the war, some without the buddies they enlisted with. As was tradition, most all of them joined the American Legion.</p>
<p>"Very high on their lists was continuing to serve their country and their community, and keeping that bond alive between them," Megellas said.</p>
<p>By way of introduction. U.S. Rep. Tom Petri, R-Fond du Lac, noted that Megellas was being honored, not for his 25 medals, but "for what the medals represent: achieving victory and maintaining freedom."</p>
<h3>Legislation introduced</h3>
<p>In January of 2007, Petri introduced a bill(H.R. 795) in the U.S. House of Representatives requesting that Megellas be awarded the Medal of Honor for his acts of valor during the Jan. 28, 1945 Battle of the Bulge.</p>
<p>The bill is presently in the Committee on Armed Services awaiting future action.</p>
<p>Recently a new bill(S.3232) has been introduced in the U.S. Senate by Senator John Cornyn, R-Texas.</p>
<p>City Manager Tom Herre, himself a military veteran, said Megellas' name on the building will serve as a daily source of inspiration.</p>
<p>"As we pass by, it will bring to mind the image of Americans at their best," Herre said.</p>
<p>Other speakers included veteran of three wars: Marcus Oksa, Roger Immel, County Executive Allen Buechel and state Rep. John Townsend, R-Fond du Lac.</p>
<p>Megellas, who resides in Colleyville, Texas, was accompanied by his wife, Carole, and said he is often asked to share his thoughts about the ongoing war in Iraq.</p>
<p>"People ask me what if the cause isn't justified or it isn't a right war. Well, soldiers don't question. They do what they are told and they do their job so that you have the freedom to question. If you don't agree with a policy, you have the right to express yourself. Personally, I say it's my country, and history will prove whether we were right or wrong."</p>
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<link>http://anitabozelie.wordpress.com/?p=101</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 22:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Anita Bozelie</dc:creator>
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Omdat er op tv zoveel aandacht aan besteed is, zal ik er waarschijnlijk niet veel meer over hoeven ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a class="image_link" title="Onze bikkel 50km" href="http://anitabozelie.wordpress.com/photos/bozelie_creation/2682832399/in/set-72157606259338800/"><img class="pc_img  alignleft" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3247/2682832399_f91114dabe_s.jpg" alt="Onze bikkel 50km" width="75" height="75" /></a></p>
<p>Omdat er op tv zoveel aandacht aan besteed is, zal ik er waarschijnlijk niet veel meer over hoeven zeggen. Hoe dan ook 2 vrienden, 2 docenten en een meisje van school hebben meegelopen. De vrienden en de docenten 50km en het meisje 40. Jammer genoeg hebben maar 1 vriend en 1 docent de finisch bereikt. Tenminste..ik heb ze het zien halen :). Het meisje is het ook gelukt(hoeraatje voor Rian!!) en de andere docent is op een ander tijdstip langs gelopen.</p>
<p>En ja...wat doe je in de tijd die je moet wachten op de binnenkomers....kijken naar andere natuurlijk! En heb uiteraard een paar kaartjes uitgedeeld :). Onder het mom van:</p>
<p>'Hoi! Ik heb net een foto van u gemaakt, dus als u mij nou mailt naar het volgende adres, dan stuur ik u de foto toe!'</p>
<p>Hele leuke reacties krijg je dan! Nu zijn jullie natuurlijk ook benieuwd wat de foto's zijn geworden. Dus bij deze. <!--more--></p>
<p>Wachten op de binnenkomers....</p>
<p><img class="reflect" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3255/2682837115_3ca921f834.jpg?v=0" alt="" width="500" height="332" /></p>
<p>Herkenningspunten...</p>
<p><img class="reflect" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3029/2683651526_d37be57889.jpg?v=0" alt="" width="369" height="500" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>En het duurde...</p>
<p><img class="reflect" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3263/2682833825_3044c027c1.jpg?v=0" alt="" width="500" height="500" /></p>
<p>Het duurde..</p>
<p><img class="reflect" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3071/2683650224_189d7f817c.jpg?v=0" alt="" width="332" height="500" /></p>
<p>en het duurde...</p>
<p><img class="reflect" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3086/2682832967_e500bb4d72.jpg?v=0" alt="" width="332" height="500" /></p>
<p>En onder het genot van wat straatmuziekanten:</p>
<p><img class="reflect" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3195/2682833137_7c1346c9b6.jpg?v=0" alt="" width="332" height="500" /></p>
<p>Zagen we de eerste binnenkomen:</p>
<p><img class="reflect" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3002/2682832527_6e88178dac.jpg?v=0" alt="" width="332" height="500" /></p>
<p>De hulpposten stonden al klaar, maar met opgeheven hoofd kwamen de wandelaars binnen</p>
<p><img class="reflect" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3192/2683650142_1fbc1c31e2.jpg?v=0" alt="" width="332" height="500" /> <img class="reflect" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3129/2682833321_e971304928.jpg?v=0" alt="" width="332" height="500" /></p>
<p>En natuurlijk met de gladiolen in de ene hand en de telefoon in de andere hand</p>
<p>WE HEBBEN HET GEHAALD!!!</p>
<p><img class="reflect" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3051/2682834017_1bc939e428.jpg?v=0" alt="" width="332" height="500" /></p>
<p><img class="reflect" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3114/2682833225_fb41e48311.jpg?v=0" alt="" width="332" height="500" /></p>
<p>En na een fixe regenbui:</p>
<p><img class="reflect" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3084/2682833537_dffb1e34e3.jpg?v=0" alt="" width="332" height="500" /></p>
<p>Kwam onze bikkel ook binnen...</p>
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<p>3 HOERAATJES VOOR FOLKERT!!!</p>
<p>En uiteraard...kreeg hij van ons ook een bosje gladiolen :)</p>
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<title><![CDATA[At 91, he’s still serving his country]]></title>
<link>http://allthewayto.wordpress.com/?p=261</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:58:14 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>allthewayto</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[LITTLE ROCK — War, says this man who has fought one, is the most brutal of human endeavors.
He spe]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>LITTLE ROCK — War, says this man who has fought one, is the most brutal of human endeavors.</p>
<p>He speaks from the comfort of a stuffed wingback, a man of history resting for a moment among the columns and elegant arches of the Capital Hotel.</p>
<p>“War is necessary,” says Jim Megellas, whose mission with the 82nd Airborne Division was to kill Germans, “but not to be glorified. When you glorify it, you dishonor the sacrifice of those who died.”</p>
<p>Mr. Megellas’ story is in the details - the individuals and the day-to-day that the big picture historians of World War II omit, by necessity, from their volumes.</p>
<p>“There is a human element to war the historians do not write about, how young men will react,” says Mr. Megellas - Maggie to his fellow soldiers. <em><strong>“War is fought at the level of the platoon, often by teenagers.”</strong></em></p>
<p>Mr. Megellas and his wife, Carole, who live in Texas, visited Little Rock recently to watch two of their preteen grandchildren compete in a martial arts tournament. The stop was a short one. At 91, his calendar is full, serving his country still, though now he uses a microphone and a pen.</p>
<p>Mr. Megellas is a native of Fond du Lac, Wis., where on Saturday the city will rename its Veterans Memorial Building for him.</p>
<p>Mr. Megellas was in college when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. Six months later, he wrote a letter to his brother George, who was stationed at Camp Robinson, announcing he had earned his parachute wings:</p>
<p>“I was fortunate not to get hurt bad enough on any of my jumps to have to go on sick call, but I sure took a beating.</p>
<p>... The last four jumps I ... hit on my butt and head. I hada headache for days ... and my butt is still sore so that standing is a pleasure.”</p>
<p>Mr. Megellas, a lieutenant and platoon leader, was in Germany for the duration.</p>
<p>He fought in many of the big battles, including the Battle of the Bulge, during which he disabled a German tank with two hand grenades. He fought in the crossing of the Waal River, one of the battles in the film A Bridge Too Far. He was among those who liberated the concentration camp at Wobbelin.</p>
<p>He earned a chest full of medals, and a congressman from Wisconsin has introduced legislation to award him a Medal of Honor. But during his visit to Little Rock, he wore a light jacket and nothing about him gave away what he has seen or what he has earned.</p>
<p>“My claim to fame is Trace and MacKenzie,” he says,referring to his grandchildren.</p>
<p>Random House has published his memoir of the war, All the Way to Berlin. He drew from letters that he and others wrote, and he talked to men with whom he had fought.</p>
<p>He wrote all 190,000 words of his book with ball-points on yellow legal pads. Carole transcribed it reading into a voice-recognition program on a computer. (Editors cut his book to 140,000 words and didn’t go for his preferred title, which was Through the Sights of My Gun.)</p>
<p><em><strong>“Every generation produces great men and women,” he says. “The Vietnam vets are the greatest of that generation.”</strong></em></p>
<p>He has seen such greatness on trips to Afghanistan, most recently when he was with the82nd Airborne for Christmas 2007. He was 90 then.</p>
<p><em><strong>“I found the same determination, the same dedication, as we had,” he says. “They are the best of this generation.”</strong></em></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Interview with James 'Maggie' Megellas ]]></title>
<link>http://allthewayto.wordpress.com/?p=257</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:30:41 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>allthewayto</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Last Thursday Maggie was interviewed on KFIZ about his World War II experiences, his visit to the tr]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-size:large;"></span><span style="font-size:small;">Last Thursday Maggie was interviewed on KFIZ about his World War II experiences, his visit to the troops overseas, building dedication and the Congressional Medal of Honor bill in House of Representatives(H.R. 795) and Senate(S.3232)<br />
<a href="http://www.kfiz.com/podcasts/080717jm.mp3" target="_self">Interview with James 'Maggie' Megellas on KFIZ</a></span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Vierdaagse Nijmegen 2008...2]]></title>
<link>http://reneamb.wordpress.com/?p=938</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:23:55 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>René</dc:creator>
<guid>http://reneamb.wordpress.com/?p=938</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Ook militairen van allerlei nationaliteiten zetten hun beste beentje voort!



In de stad is het wat]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ook militairen van allerlei nationaliteiten zetten hun beste beentje voort!</p>
<p><a href="http://reneamb.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/pushupfm.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-939" src="http://reneamb.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/pushupfm.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="400" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://reneamb.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/wegsleepregelingfm.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-940   aligncenter" src="http://reneamb.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/wegsleepregelingfm.jpg" alt="" width="504" height="600" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://reneamb.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/likeitfm.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-941" src="http://reneamb.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/likeitfm.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="477" /></a></p>
<p>In de stad is het wat rustiger...</p>
<p><a href="http://reneamb.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/obstakelfm1.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-953" src="http://reneamb.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/obstakelfm1.jpg" alt="" width="515" height="600" /></a><a href="http://reneamb.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/obstakelfm.jpg"></a></p>
<p><a href="http://reneamb.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/pingfm1.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-946" src="http://reneamb.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/pingfm1.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="562" /></a></p>
<p>...en de zaken gaan goed!</p>
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