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Peter Blokhuis (born February 7, 1947 in Baambrugge) is a Dutch philosopher and politician. From April 9, 2005 to May 12, 2012 he was Party Chairman of the ChristianUnion. He was succeeded by Janneke Louisa.
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Peter Charles Archibald Ewart Jennings was a Canadian-American journalist who served as the sole anchor of ABC World News Tonight from 1983 until his death from lung cancer in 2005. He dropped out of high school, yet he transformed himself into one of American television's most prominent journalists.
Peter David Ebdon is an English former professional snooker player. He was World Champion in 2002, beating Stephen Hendry 18–17 in the final, and won the UK Championship in 2006 and seven other ranking events between 1993 and 2012. He was also a losing finalist in the World Championship in 1996 and 2006. Ebdon turned professional in 1991 and beat six-time world champion Steve Davis 10–4 in the first round of the 1992 World Championship.
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John Peter Sarsgaard is an American actor. His first feature role was in Dead Man Walking in 1995. He then appeared in the 1998 independent films Another Day in Paradise and Desert Blue. That same year, Sarsgaard received a substantial role in The Man in the Iron Mask (1998), playing Raoul, the ill-fated son of Athos. Sarsgaard later achieved critical recognition when he was cast in Boys Don't Cry (1999) as John Lotter. He landed his first leading role in the 2001 film The Center of the World. The following year, he played supporting roles in Empire, The Salton Sea, and K-19: The Widowmaker.
Peter James Crouch is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker. He was capped 42 times by the England national team between 2005 and 2010, scoring 22 goals for his country during that time, and appearing at two World Cup Finals. He is one of 29 players to have scored 100 or more Premier League goals, and holds the record for the most headed goals in Premier League history.
The Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport is the Dutch Ministry responsible for public health, health care, quality of life, social work and sport. The Ministry was created in 1951 as the "Ministry of Social Affairs and Health" and had several name changes before it became the "Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport" in 1994. The Ministry is headed by the Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport, currently Hugo de Jonge (CDA), assisted by one State secretary, currently Paul Blokhuis (CU), and the Minister for Medical Care, currently Martin van Rijn (PvdA).
Roelof (Roel) Kuiper is a Dutch historian, philosopher, ideologue, politician and university professor. He was from 2007 to 2019 a member of the Dutch Senate, and is professor of Reformational philosophy at the Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam in the name of the Association for Reformational philosophy, teaching Society Issues at the Christelijke Hogeschool Ede and Gereformeerde Hogeschool Zwolle and Political and social philosophy at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU).
The Palladium Niteclub was a nightclub in the city of Christchurch, New Zealand, which shared the same name as the famous Palladium in New York City. It opened in 1986 as part of the MacKenzie group. The Palladium was the first night club in Christchurch city to include a full laser lightshow. It was also the largest nightclub in Christchurch with a capacity of about 800 people. As the largest club in Christchurch, the Palladium was frequented by several international acts. During their 1986 tour of New Zealand, Simple Minds spent the evening there after their show at the Christchurch Town Hall.
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In mathematics, especially the field of group theory, the Parker vector is an integer vector that describes a permutation group in terms of the cycle structure of its elements.
Janneke Louisa-Muller is a Dutch civil servant and former politician. From 12 May 2012 to 1 January 2013 she was Party Chairwoman of the ChristianUnion (ChristenUnie). She succeeded Peter Blokhuis and was succeeded by Klaas Tigelaar. Furthermore, she is town clerk of Wijk bij Duurstede.
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Hazelwood School District et al. v. Kuhlmeier et al., 484 U.S. 260 (1988), was a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States that held that public school curricular student newspapers that have not been established as forums for student expression are subject to a lower level of First Amendment protection than independent student expression or newspapers established as forums for student expression.
Pat Andrea is a Dutch contemporary painter and sculptor. He is one of the representatives of the New Subjectivity.
Johnny Rodrigues was a Capeverdean singer who became famous in The Netherlands. He made his number-one hit Hey mal yo which would the first single made by a Cape Verdean to reach the Dutch charts. His tracks were produced with the band Johnny & Orquestra Rodrigues, by Willem van Kooten.
Paulus "Paul" Blokhuis is a Dutch politician serving as State Secretary for Health, Welfare and Sports in the Third Rutte cabinet since 2017. He is a member of the Christian Union (CU).
Heinz Peter Dembowski was a German mathematician, specializing in combinatorics. He is known for the Dembowski-Wagner theorem and for Dembowski-Ostrom polynomials.
"California" is a song by American recording artist Usher. It features American rapper Tyga. It was released on June 15, 2020, following Usher's appearance on an episode of the television series Songland. The song was written by Usher, Tyga, Ester Dean, Ryan Tedder, Shane McAnally, Ryan Cambetes, Melvin Hough Ii, Rivelino Raoul Wouter, Kaj Nelson Blokhuis, and Michael Wise.
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