De Morgen

Type	Daily
Format	Berliner
Owner	De Persgroep
Editor	Bart van Doorne
Founded	1978
Headquarters	Arduinkaai 29 Brussels B-1000
Official website	www.demorgen.be

De Morgen (Dutch for The Morning) is a Flemish newspaper with a circulation of 53,860.^[1] It originates from a merger in 1978 of two socialist newspapers Vooruit ("Onwards") and Volksgazet ("People's Newspaper").

De Morgen presents itself as an independent and progressive newspaper and a more dynamic alternative to its two competitors in the Flemish market De Standaard and De Tijd. According to the (former) editor-in-chief Yves Desmet, "the Flemish press was secularized" under the influence of De Morgen.^[2] It has also won several prizes for its revolutionary lay-out. It has applied advanced printing technology to be able to print with greener, water-based ink and higher quality paper.

The Vooruit was founded in Ghent by Edward Anseele and appeared the first time on 31 August 1884, just before the foundation of the Belgian Labour Party (Dutch: Belgische Werklieden Partij) in 1885. Today De Morgen is published by De Persgroep (which also publishes Het Laatste Nieuws).

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External links[link]

• Official website
• Newspapers in the class room (Dutch)

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A morgen was a unit of measurement of land in Germany, the Netherlands, Poland and the Dutch colonies, including South Africa and Taiwan. The size of a morgen varies from 1/2 to 2½ acres, which equals approximately 0.2 to 1 ha. It was also used in old Prussia, in the Balkans, Norway and Denmark, where it was equal to about two-thirds of an acre (0.27 ha).

The word is usually taken to be the same as the German and Dutch word for "morning". Similarly to the Imperial acre, it was approximately the amount of land tillable by one man behind an ox in the morning hours of a day. The "morgen" was commonly set at about 60-70% of the "tagwerk" (literally "day work") referring to a full day of ploughing. In 1869, the North German Confederation fixed the morgen at a quarter hectare (i.e. 2500 square meters)^[1] but in modern times most farmland work is measured in full hectares. The next lower measurement unit was the German "rute" or Imperial rod but the metric rod length of 5 metres never became popular. It is still used in Taiwan today, called "ka." 1 ka is 2934 "tsubo" (Japanese) or "phêng" (Taiwanese).

Germany[link]

The following table shows an excerpt of morgen sizes as used in Germany - some morgen were used in a wider area and so they had proper names. It is noteworthy that the actual area of a morgen was considerably larger in fertile areas of Germany, or in regions where flat terrain prevails, presumably facilitating tilling. The next lower measurement unit to a morgen was usually in "Quadratruten" square rods.

South Africa[link]

Until the advent of metrication in the 1970s, the morgen was the legal unit of measure of land in three of the four pre-1995 South African provinces - the Cape Province, the Orange Free State and the Transvaal. In November 2007 the South African Law Society published the a conversion factor of 1 Morgen = 0.856 532 Hectares to be used for the conversion of areas from imperial units to metric, particularly when preparing consolidated diagrams by compilation.^[2]

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See also[link]

• Arpent
• Dutch units of measurement

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. 

Huub Oosterhuis
Born	(1933-11-01) 1 November 1933 (age 78) Amsterdam, Netherlands
Occupation	theologian and poet
Nationality	Dutch
Period	1961-present
Genres	Liturgy, religious poetry
Subjects	Bible, socialism
Notable work(s)	Liedboek voor de Kerken (psalms) (1973)

Hubertus Gerardus Josephus Henricus Oosterhuis (1 November 1933, Amsterdam) is a controversial Dutch theologian and poet. He is mainly known for his contribution to Christian music and liturgy in the Dutch language, used in both Protestant and Roman Catholic churches, although there is much Catholic opposition to his work, which has resulted in the banning of several songs in certain dioceses.^[1] He is the author of over 60 books and at the time of over 700 hymns, songs, Psalms (often in an own interpretation), and prayers.^[2]

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Oosterhuis was a Jesuit and is a Roman Catholic priest.

In 1954, inspired by Che Guevara who said that churches have the potential to transform the social structure of society,^[3] Oosterhuis combined his priesthood with political activism.

In 1965, Oosterhuis became one of the major supporters of ecumenism after the modernist interpretation Second Vatican Council. He started out to rewrite the liturgy and make it acceptable to all. Some of his changes were considered controversial within the Roman Catholic Church especially writing the prayer for agnostics: "Heer, als U bestaat, kom dan onder ons" ("Lord, if You exist, come amongst us").

His political views, the conflicts regarding the liturgy and his dismissal of celibacy led to Oosterhuis being expelled from the Jesuit order in 1969. He still however remained working as a priest, running his church in Amsterdam out of the responsibility of a bishop, at the time for about forty years. He is still focussed on writing liturgy, poetry and essays.

Back in the sixties and seventies his liturgical texts were put to music by his fellow former Jesuit Bernard Huijbers (1922–2000). The co-operation between Oosterhuis and Huijbers ended. The last engaged himself more and more in a 'spirituality-without-God' or '-Thou', whereas the former kept to his biblical prayers, hymns, psalms. After they both split up and Huijbers moved to the South of France Oosterhuis' main composers were two of Huijbers' pupils, Antoine Oomen (1945) and Tom Löwentha] (1954).

Oosterhuis founded the discussion center "De Rode Hoed" ("The Red Hat") in Amsterdam in 1989. The building was a former Remonstrant shelter church, hidden because Remonstrantism was outlawed in the 17th century. The building was more or less deserted at the time. Oosterhuis wanted to use it for his student organization (1990) and create a discussion center. Its nice interior made it also very suitable for TV-shows. After a short period Oosterhuis was replaced by a managing-director for a more commercial exploitation of this prominent building in Amsterdam's Canal zone - the main hall is still being reserved for the Sunday Liturgy of Oosterhuis and his church.

Prince Claus[link]

In 2002 Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands asked him to deliver the eulogy at the funeral of her Prince-Consort Claus von Amsberg, a longtime personal friend. The New Church in Delft was packed with heads of state, high dignitaries, forming an unexpected audience. That same week the Protestant VU University in Amsterdam granted Oosterhuis an honorary PhD (or Doctorate) in Theology.

It was at De Rode Hoed where André van der Louw announced his Social Democratic Renewal Program which was an incentive to reform the Labour Party. Oosterhuis ultimately choose the lesser known Socialist Party as he viewed it closer to socialist ideals. He also opined that The Socialist Party is closer to the social ethics of the Bible than many Christian parties."^[4]

In 2006 elections Oosterhuis stood as final candidate, a symbolic position, for the Socialist Party.

Oosterhuis translated the Torah together with Alex van Heusden, which was released in five separate books, as an attempt to translate the first five books of the Bible as close to contemporary Dutch as possible without losing the style figures of the original Hebrew text.

Huub Oosterhuis is the father of the musicians Trijntje Oosterhuis and Tjeerd Oosterhuis.

Only a very few books, poems, verses of Huub Oosterhuis were translated into English: Fifty Psalms, Your Word is Near, At Times I See, The Children of the Poor Man, Wake Your Power (CD) - some more.

References[link]

1. ^ Episcopal censor bans famous church music
2. ^ Digital Library for the Dutch literature Author page Huub Oosterhuis (Retrieved: September 21, 2006)
3. ^ SP.nl Tribune Interview with Huub Oosterhuis, October 22, 2004. (Retrieved: September 21, 2006)
4. ^ Interview in De Telegraaf, December 21, 2002.

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Rob de Nijs (born December 26, 1942, Amsterdam) is a Dutch singer and actor, active since the 1960s.

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1962-68[link]

De Nijs, backed by The Lords, released his first single in 1962, Ritme van de Regen. In 1966 he embarked on a joint circus-tour with Johnny Lion. Meanwhile, The Lords signed their own record-deal at another label forcing them to split from De Nijs.

1969-72[link]

Now a free agent, De Nijs performed at small venues and worked as a bartender for a living. His attempts to keep up with the zeitgeist failed; he only made the headlines by marrying his girlfriend Elly in 1968^[1] and landing into hospital through a carcrash of his own fault.^{[citation needed]}

In 1969 De Nijs took part in the Dutch heat of the Eurovision Song Contest and through the Sajensfiksjen-musical he landed himself a role in children's TV-series Oebele. This was followed in 1972 by Hamelen in which he played Bertram Bierenbroodspot.

1973-79[link]

Singer Boudewijn de Groot and songwriter Lennaert Nijgh helped De Nijs relaunching his singing-career; in 1973 he was back in the charts with Jan Klaassen de Trompetter.

The hits continued through 1975-1976, notably Malle Babbe and Zet een Kaars voor Je Raam (a Dutch translation by Lennaert Nijgh of Can I Get There by Candlelight? by David McWilliams). In 1977 De Nijs released Tussen Zomer en Winter, a concept-album chronicling the change from a hot summer's day to a cold winter's night and featuring a translation of Lou Reed's Perfect Day.

1980s[link]

In 1980 De Nijs met Belinda Meuldijk who gave up her own singing-career (after releasing a one-off single the previous year) to become his chief-songwriter and his second wife (they married in 1984). The first efforts of their collaboration were collected on the albums Met Je Ogen Dicht (Eyes Wide Shut; including the top 10-hit Zondag, which is still a crowd-pleaser) and De Regen Voorbij (Past The Rain; a reference to his artistic growth) from respectively 1980 and 1981.

De Nijs had entered a decade in which he recorded English-language versions of his songs; Zonder Jou became On My Own (released in 1990 as a B-side to the English original Girls For Sale) and the 1985 Christmas #2-hit Alles Wat Ademt became Let Love Be The Answer (also recorded by US-exile singer Joe Bourne for his Bourne in Holland-album of translated covers). In 1986 De Nijs saw a dream-wish come true by releasing an album of covers from the 1950s/1960s-era; it included his version of Living Doll shortly after the Comic Relief-remake topped the charts.

In 1987 he celebrated his silver jubilee; he re-recorded Ritme van de Regen for a Best Of-album and made a guest-appearance in television-series De Band as himself, suggesting an onstage-jam with his chosen support-act.

In 1989 De Nijs released De Reiziger (Travelling Man) which included the bilingual single Ik Hou Alleen Van Jou; follow-up single Toerist in het Paradijs was also recorded in English. At the end of the year he resurrected his Bertram Bierenbroodspot-outfit for a reunion with the leading-actors of Hamelen.

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External links[link]

• • Official Site