Beaulieu-sur-Loire
Beaulieu- sur- Loire is a commune in the Loiret department in north -central France.
It is also the place of death of Jacques MacDonald, a French general who served in the Napoleonic Wars
Bob den Uyl
Jacob( Bob) den Uyl( 27 March 1930, Rotterdam – 13/14 February, 1992 Rotterdam) was a Dutch writer of mostly short stories.
His writing style is mostly ironic and observant.
The most prominent theme in his work is the purposelessness and absurdity of existence.
His earlier work consists mostly of absurd stories.
In his later work, the focus of his writing shifted to more autobiographic stories, mostly concerned with travels( by bicycle) in neighbouring countries of The Netherlands.
Recurring elements in his work are: During his lifetime Den Uyl won the following prizes in literature:
In 2004, the editorial board of the VPRO- Gids established the Bob den Uyl prize for travel stories.
Several collected stories have been posthumously published.
In 2008, Nico Keuning published Bob den Uyl's biography.
Joop den Uyl
Johannes Marten den Uijl, better known as Joop den Uyl (9 August 1919 – 24 December 1987) was a Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA) and economist who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 11 May 1973 until 19 December 1977.
Den Uyl attended the in Hilversum from June 1931 until June 1936 and applied at the University of Amsterdam in June 1936 majoring in Economics and obtaining an Bachelor of Economics degree in June 1938.
On 10 May 1940 Nazi Germany invaded the Netherlands and the government fled to London to escape the German occupation.
During the German occupation Den Uyl continued his study and graduated with an Master of Economics degree in April 1942.
Den Uyl was sympathetic with the Dutch resistance against the German occupiers and worked as a journalist and editor for the underground newspapers "Het Parool" and "Free Netherlands" from April 1942 until January 1949.
Den Uyl worked as a civil servant for the Ministry of Economic Affairs from April 1942 until May 1945.
Den Uyl worked as the director of the Wiardi Beckman Foundation from January 1949 until June 1963.
Den Uyl served on the Municipal Council of Amsterdam from September 1953 until April 1965.
Den Uyl became a Member of the House of Representatives after the election of 1956 when the number of seats in the House of Representatives was raised from 100 to 150 seats, taking office on 6 November 1956.
In May 1963 Den Uyl was appointed as an Alderman in Amsterdam, he resigned as a Member of the House of Representatives the day he was installed as an Alderman, taking office on 5 June 1963.
On 27 February 1965
the Cabinet Marijnen fell and continued to serve in a demissionary capacity until the cabinet formation of 1965 when it was replaced by Cabinet Cals with Den Uyl appointed as Minister of Economic Affairs, taking office on 14 April 1965.
After the Leader of the Labour Party and incumbent
Deputy Prime Minister Anne Vondeling unexpectedly announced he was stepping down as
Leader the Labour Party leadership approached Den Uyl as a candidate to succeed him, Den Uyl accepted and became the Leader of the Labour Party and "Lijsttrekker" (top candidate) of the Labour Party for the election of 1967 on 13 September 1966.
The Cabinet Cals fell shortly thereafter on 14 October 1966 and continued to serve in a demissionary capacity until it was replaced by the caretaker Cabinet Zijlstra on 22 November 1966.
After the election of 1967 the Labour Party suffered a small loss, losing 6 seats but retained its place as the second largest party and now had 37 seats in the House of Representatives.
Den Uyl subsequently returned as a Member of the House of Representatives and became the Parliamentary leader of the Labour Party in the House of Representatives, taking office on 23 February 1967.
For the election of 1971 Den Uyl served again as "Lijsttrekker".
The Labour Party made a small win, gaining 2 seats and became the largest party and now had 39 seats in the House of Representatives.
The following cabinet formation of 1971 resulted in a coalition agreement which formed the Cabinet Biesheuvel I without the Labour Party and Den Uyl continued to serve in the House of Representatives as Opposition leader.
For the election of 1972 Den Uyl served for a third time as "Lijsttrekker".
The Labour Party made a small win, gaining 4 seats and retained its place as the largest party and now had 43 seats in the House of Representatives.
Member of the Council of State and former Leader of the Labour Party
Jaap Burger was appointed as Formateur to form a new cabinet and the following cabinet formation of 1972 resulted in a coalition agreement between the Labour Party, the Catholic People's Party (KVP), the Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP), the Political Party of Radicals (PPR) and the Democrats 66 (D'66) which formed the Cabinet Den Uyl with Den Uyl becoming Prime Minister of the Netherlands and Minister of General Affairs, taking office on 11 May 1973.
The Cabinet Den Uyl fell on 22 March 1977 after four years of tensions in the coalition and continued to serve in a demissionary capacity.
For the election of 1977 Den Uyl served for a fourth time as "Lijsttrekker".
The Labour Party made a large win, gaining 10 seats and retained its place as the largest party and now had 53 seats in the House of Representatives.
Den Uyl subsequently returned as a Member of the House of Representatives and as Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives, taking office on 8 June 1977
but he was still serving in the cabinet and because of dualism customs in the constitutional convention of Dutch politics he couldn't serve a dual mandate he subsequently resigned as a Member of the House of Representatives and Parliamentary leader on 8 September 1977.
Den Uyl was appointed as Formateur to form a new cabinet.
Following several failed cabinet formation attempts Den Uyl stepped down as Formateur and was replaced by Member of the Senate
Wil Albeda of the Anti-Revolutionary Party as Informateur.
Following two more failed cabinet formation attempts the Leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal
Dries van Agt struck a deal with the Leader of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy Hans Wiegel that resulted in a coalition agreement which formed the Van Agt–Wiegel cabinet, the Cabinet Den Uyl was replaced by the Cabinet Van Agt-Wiegel on 19 December 1977 and Den Uyl subsequently returned as a Member of the House of Representatives and as Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives after the resignation of Kees van den Anker, taking office on 16 January 1978 and served again as Opposition leader.
Den Uyl also served as President of the Party of European Socialists from 8 March 1980 until 19 May 1987.
For the election of 1981 Den Uyl served for a fifth time as "Lijsttrekker".
The Labour Party suffered a big loss, losing 9 seats and fell back as the second largest party and now had 44 seats in the House of Representatives.
The Following cabinet formation of 1981 resulted in a coalition agreement between the Labour Party, the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) and the Democrats 66 (D'66) which formed the Cabinet Van
Agt II with Den Uyl appointed as Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Social Affairs and Employment and Minister for Netherlands Antilles Affairs, taking office on 11 September 1981.
The Cabinet Van Agt II fell just seven months into its term on 12 May 1982 and continued to serve in a demissionary capacity until it was replaced by the caretaker Cabinet Van Agt III on 29 May 1982.
For the election of 1982 Den Uyl served once again as "Lijsttrekker".
The Labour Party made a small win, gaining 3 seats and became the largest party and again and now had 47 seats in the House of Representatives.
Den Uyl subsequently returned again as a Member of the House of Representatives and as Parliamentary leader, taking office on 16 September 1982.
The following cabinet formation of 1982 resulted in a coalition agreement which formed the Cabinet Lubbers I without the Labour Party and Den Uyl continued to serve in the House of Representatives again as Opposition leader.
For the election of 1986 Den Uyl served for the seventh and last time as "Lijsttrekker".
The Labour Party made a small win, gaining 5 seats but fell back as the second largest party and now had 52 seats in the House of Representatives.
The following cabinet formation of 1986 resulted in a continuation of the previous coalition agreement which formed the Cabinet Lubbers II again without the Labour Party.
Shortly after installation of the new cabinet Den Uyl announced that he was stepping down as Leader of the Labour Party and Parliamentary leader and endorsed Wim Kok as a candidate to succeed him.
On 21 July 1986 Den Uyl stepped down als Leader and Parliamentary leader but continued to serve in the House of Representatives as a backbencher.
In October 1987 Den Uyl was diagnosed with a terminal brain tumor, he died three months later at the age of 68.
Den Uyl was known as an idealistic, but also polarising politician.
Throughout history, Dutch political leaders have tended to soothing manners - Den Uyl was one of a relatively few exceptions.
People either loved him or hated him.
Followers of his idealistic policies called him "Ome Joop" (Uncle Joop).
He was criticised for creating a budget deficit and polarising Dutch politics.
Associated with Den Uyl was the "maakbare samenleving" (the makeable society, the idea that society is constructed and that government is a player in the construction).
Another idea associated with Den Uyl was "de verbeelding aan de macht" (imagination in the driver's seat, the power of conceptual thinking, particularly in politics).
Motherland (disambiguation)
Motherland is the place of one's birth, the place of one's ancestors, or the place of origin of an ethnic group.
Motherland may also refer to:
Jan den Uyl
Jan Jansz.
den Uyl (Utrecht , 1595/96 – 24 November 1639) was a painter of the Dutch Golden Age.
He very much specialized in the form of still life known as the breakfast piece, or, in the elaborate style of painters like den Uyl, banquet pieces ("banketjestukken").
He also painted landscapes and animal paintings.
Den Uyl was well known in his time, and Peter Paul Rubens owned three of his paintings.
Although den Uyl is nowadays comparatively unknown, one of his paintings, in the collection of Gerald Guterman, has been called the "most beautifully perfect Dutch monochrome still-life in existence".
The Dutch word "uyl" means "owl", and den Uyl always included the signature motif of an owl in his paintings, often more than once in a single picture.
Sometimes the motif is obvious and sometimes it is more covert.
For example, in his "Breakfast Still Life with Glass and Metalwork" (1637–39), in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, an owl is incorporated fairly obviously as the decorative finial on a large flagon, but the reflections in the pewter plates are also reminiscent of the face of an owl.
He trained Jan Jansz.
Treck, whose sister he married in 1619.
Douglas Den Uyl
Douglas J. Den Uyl( born 1950) is vice president of educational programs at Liberty Fund.
Saskia Noorman-den Uyl
Saskia Elisabeth Agatha Noorman-den Uyl (born 31 March 1946) is a retired Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA).
Noorman-den Uyl served as a Member of the House of Representatives from 17 May 1994 until 30 November 2006.
She is the oldest daughter of former Prime Minister of the Netherlands Joop den Uyl.
Jan den Uyl
Jan Jansz.
den Uyl (Utrecht , 1595/96 – 24 November 1639) was a painter of the Dutch Golden Age.
He very much specialized in the form of still life known as the breakfast piece, or, in the elaborate style of painters like den Uyl, banquet pieces ("banketjestukken").
He also painted landscapes and animal paintings.
Den Uyl was well known in his time, and Peter Paul Rubens owned three of his paintings.
Although den Uyl is nowadays comparatively unknown, one of his paintings, in the collection of Gerald Guterman, has been called the "most beautifully perfect Dutch monochrome still-life in existence".
The Dutch word "uyl" means "owl", and den Uyl always included the signature motif of an owl in his paintings, often more than once in a single picture.
Sometimes the motif is obvious and sometimes it is more covert.
For example, in his "Breakfast Still Life with Glass and Metalwork" (1637–39), in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, an owl is incorporated fairly obviously as the decorative finial on a large flagon, but the reflections in the pewter plates are also reminiscent of the face of an owl.
He trained Jan Jansz.
Treck, whose sister he married in 1619.
Place of birth
The place of birth( POB) or birthplace is the place where a person was born.
This place is often used in legal documents, together with name and date of birth, to uniquely identify a person.
As a general rule with respect to passports, the place of birth is determined to be the country that currently has" sovereignty" over the actual place of birth, regardless of when the birth actually occurred.
The place of birth is not necessarily the place where the parents of the new baby live.
If the baby is born in a hospital in another place, that place is the place of birth.
In many countries, this also means that the government requires that the birth of the new baby is registered in the place of birth.
Some countries place less or no importance on the place of birth, instead using alternative geographical characteristics for the purpose of identity documents.
For example, Sweden has used the concept of" födelsehemortdomicile of birth") since 1947.
This means that the domicile of the baby's mother is the registered place of birth.
The location of the maternity ward or other physical birthplace is considered unimportant.
Similarly, Switzerland uses the concept of" Heimatortlieu d'origineluogo d'origineplace of origin" in German, French and Italian respectively).
A child born to Swiss parents is automatically assigned the place of origin of the parent with the same last name, so the child either gets their mother's or father's place of origin.
A child born to one Swiss parent and one foreign parent acquires the place of origin of their Swiss parent.
In a Swiss passport and identity card, the holder's place of origin is stated, not their place of birth.
In some countries( primarily in the Americas), the place of birth automatically determines the nationality of the baby, a practice often referred to by the Latin phrase" jus soli".
Almost all countries outside the Americas instead attribute nationality based on the nationality( ies) of the baby's parents( referred to as" jus sanguinis").
There can be some confusion regarding the place of birth if the birth takes place in an unusual way: when babies are born on an airplane or at sea, difficulties can arise.
The place of birth of such a person depends on the law of the countries involved, which include the nationality of the plane or ship, the nationality( ies) of the parents and/ or the location of the plane or ship( if the birth occurs in the territorial waters or airspace of a country).
Some administrative forms may request the applicant's" country of birth".
It is important to determine from the requester whether the information requested refers to the applicant's" place of birth" or" nationality at birth".
For US citizens born abroad who under the US Constitution acquire US citizenship at the time of birth, the nationality at birth will be USA( American), while the place of birth would be the country in which the actual birth takes place.
Where Was I
" Where Was I?" may refer to:

Question: Where did Saskia Noorman-Den Uyl's father die?
Answer: Amsterdam