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The DC Extended Universe (DCEU) is an American media franchise and shared universe that is centered on a series of superhero movies, distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, based on characters that appear in publications by DC Comics.

Background
The shared universe, much like the original DC Universe in comic books, was established by crossing over common plot elements, settings, cast, and characters. The movies have been in production since 2011 and in that time Warner Bros. has distributed four movies with more than ten in various stages of production. The series has grossed over $3 billion at the global box office, currently making it the seventeenth highest-grossing movie franchise.

The movies are written and directed by a variety of screenwriters and feature large, often ensemble, casts. Several actors, including Henry Cavill, Ben Affleck, Gal Gadot, Ezra Miller, Jason Momoa, and Ray Fisher, are set to appear in numerous movies.

In May 2016, DC's chief creative officer Geoff Johns and Warner Bros. executive vice president Jon Berg were appointed to co-run the DC Films division and oversee creative decisions, production and story-arcs in order to create a cohesive overarching plot within the movies.

Movies
The first movie in the DCEU was Man of Steel (2013), which was followed by Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), Suicide Squad (2016), Wonder Woman (2017), Aquaman (2018) and Shazam! (2019) Birds of Prey (2020), Wonder Woman 1984 (2020) and Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021) .  
Future movies include: Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2022), Black Adam (2022), and The Flash (2022).

Other projects are also in many stages of development, including Justice League Dark, a third Wonder Woman movie, and untitled solo movies for Blue Beetle, Batgirl, Supergirl, and other characters. Television shows that are being made for HBO Max include Peacemaker and Green Lantern Corps.

Box office money made

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Aquaman is a 2018 American superhero movie based on the DC Comics character of the same name. Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, it is the sixth movie in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU). The movie was directed by James Wan, from a screenplay by David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick and Will Beall and stars Jason Momoa as Aquaman, with Amber Heard, Willem Dafoe, Patrick Wilson, Dolph Lundgren, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, and Nicole Kidman in supporting roles. In the movie, Aquaman sets out to lead the underwater kingdom of Atlantis, replacing his half-brother, King Orm, who seeks to unite the seven underwater kingdoms against the surface world.

Cast
 Jason Momoa as Arthur Curry / Aquaman:
The king of the undersea nation of Atlantis, with the ability to manipulate the tides of the ocean, communicate with other aquatic life, swim at supersonic speeds, and possesses superhuman strength. Otis Dhanji portrays a young Arthur Curry.
 Amber Heard as Mera:
The queen of the undersea nation of Atlantis and Arthur's love interest. Mera possesses hydrokinetic and telepathic powers that allow her to control her aquatic environment and communicate with other Atlanteans.
 Willem Dafoe as Nuidis Vulko: Atlantis' chief scientific advisor.
 Patrick Wilson as Orm Marius / Ocean Master:
Aquaman's corrupted half-brother, who seeks to take the throne. Wilson previously had a voice cameo as the President of the United States in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
 Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as David Hyde / Black Manta: A ruthless treasure hunter and mercenary, who is Aquaman's archenemy.
 Temuera Morrison as Thomas Curry: Arthur Curry's father.
 Dolph Lundgren as Nereus: The king of the undersea nation of Xebel.
 Nicole Kidman as Atlanna: Arthur Curry's mother, and former queen of Atlantis.
 Ludi Lin as Murk: The leader of the Men-of-War, the frontline army of Atlantis.
 Djimon Hounsou as the Fisherman King
 Michael Beach as Jesse Kane: Black Manta's father.
 Randall Park as Dr. Stephen Shin: A marine biologist who was friends with Arthur's father.
Graham McTavish has been cast in the movie, though his role is currently unknown.

Background
Principal photography began in May 2017 on the Gold Coast, Australia.

Sequel
A sequel is in development. Much of the first film's cast, including Mamoa, Heard, and Wilson, will reprise their roles.

Release

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Mera () is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. She was developed by Jack Miller and Nick Cardy. The character first appeared in Aquaman #11 (September 1963) as a queen of the sea. Mera was ranked 81st in Comics Buyer's Guide's "100 Sexiest Women in Comics" list.

American actress Amber Heard will portray Mera in the upcoming live-action movie Justice League, directed by Zack Snyder,and will return in Aquaman, directed by James Wan.

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Geoff Johns (born January 25, 1973 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American comic book and television writer, movie producer, and television producer. He is the president and Chief Creative Officer at DC Comics since 2010.

His most notable work in different media has used the DC Comics characters Green Lantern, Aquaman, The Flash, and Superman. He is known for his work on The WB/The CW's Smallville, Arrow and The Flash.

Johns is also a comic book retailer who co-owns Earth-2 Comics in Northridge, California with Carr D'Angelo and Jud Meyers.

In 2016, Johns was made the co-runner of the DC Extended Universe, and co-chairman of DC Films in order to create a unified vision and overarching story for the franchise.

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Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (born 1986) is an American actor. He is best known for his role Cadillac in the television series The Get Down. He also starred in Baywatch (2017). He also appeared in The Greatest Showman and DC's Aquaman as Black Manta.

Abdul-Mateen was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. Before acting, Abdul-Mateen was an architect.

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The Wizard is a 1989 American adventure comedy-drama family movie. It was directed by Todd Holland. It was written by David Chisholm. It stars Fred Savage, Christian Slater, Jenny Lewis, Beau Bridges, and Luke Edwards.

The movie is about three children travelling to California. The youngest of the three is a genius in video games. The Wizard is famous for its extensive product placement of video games for the Nintendo Entertainment System. The MOVIE was also famous for being North America's introduction to one of the best-selling video games of all time, Super Mario Bros. 3.

Plot 
After his little brother, Jimmy (Luke Edwards), a boy who is always with his lunchbox, is put into a mental institution, Corey (Fred Savage) breaks him out and the pair run off together to California. On their way, Corey meets a girl named Haley (Jenny Lewis) and discovers that Jimmy is a genius at playing video games. With talents like this, he could easily win the top prize of $50,000 at Video Armageddon. While the three travellers are going (hitch-hiking) to the competition, the boys' parents hire a bounty hunter to track them down.

Primary cast 
 Fred Savage as Corey Woods
 Luke Edwards as Jimmy Woods
 Jenny Lewis as Haley Brooks
 Christian Slater as Nick Woods
 Beau Bridges as Sam Woods
 Will Seltzer as Putnam
 Wendy Phillips as Christine Bateman
 Sam McMurray as Mr. Bateman

Production 
Recording took place between June 5 and July 25, 1989. Lee Hartney from The Smith Street Band was nearly cast in the lead role, but due to location conflicts (problems) was never officially offered the part. In a 2008 reunion and 2014 interview, Todd Holland, the director of the movie, revealed that the original cut of the movie was 2.5 hours long and included an extended backstory (background) for Corey and Jimmy.

Music 
 BoDeans – "You Don't Get Much"
 Pasty Cline – "Leavin' On Your Mind"
 BoDeans – "Red River"
 New Kids on the Block – "You Got It (The Right Stuff)"
 Real Life – "Send Me an Angel '89"
 New Kids on the Block – "Hangin' Tough"
 Martha & The Vandellas – "Nowhere to Run"
 Paul Carrack – "I Live by the Groove"
 Bobby Brown – "Don't Be Cruel"
 Paul Anka – "My Way"
 Sally Dworsky – "I Found My Way"

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Mark Thomas Esper (born April 26, 1964) is an American lobbyist and former government administrator for the United States Department of Defense. Esper is the 27th and current United States Secretary of Defense since July 2019. He was the 23rd United States Secretary of the Army from November 2017 until July 2019. He served as Vice President of government relations at Raytheon.

Esper studied at United States Military Academy, Harvard University and at George Washington University.

On July 19, 2017, it was announced that President Donald Trump had the intention of nominating Esper to become U.S. Secretary of the Army. He is Trump's third nominee for the position, following the withdrawals of Vincent Viola and Mark E. Green. He was confirmed by the Senate on November 15, 2017. He resigned on June 24, 2019 to become acting Defense Secretary.

President Donald Trump announced on June 18, 2019, that Esper would become acting Secretary of Defense. Three days later, Trump nominated Esper to serve the job full time. On July 23, 2019, his nomination was confirmed by a vote of 90–8.

On November 5, 2020, shortly after the 2020 presidential election, it was reported that Esper had prepared a letter of resignation from his position as Secretary of Defense. He was fired by President Trump four days later on November 9.

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The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), also known as the New Silk Road, is a plan by the government of the People's Republic of China to build infrastructure for transportation, from China to other countries in Asia, Europe, and Africa. The project was announced in 2013. The "Belt" means the roads and railway tracks on land. The "Road" means sea routes.

At first, it was called "One Belt, One Road" (OBOR, Chinese: 一帶 一路 / 一带 一路, pinyin: Yidai Yilu).

A high-speed railway in Thailand is part of OBOR; the Bangkok-Phitsanulok High-Speed Railway is under construction (as of 2017).

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Yash Pal (26 November 1926 – 24 July 2017), also known as Yash Pal Singh, was an Indian scientist, educator and educationist. He was known for his works to the study of cosmic rays, as well as for being an institution-builder. In his later years, he has become one of the leading science communicators of the country.

Starting his career at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), he later remained chairman of the University Grants Commission from 1986 to 1991. In 2013, he was awarded India's second highest civilian honour, the Padma Vibhushan.

Pal died of lung cancer on 24 July 2017 in Noida, Uttar Pradesh at the age of 90.

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Supreme Leader Snoke is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise. He was introduced in the 2015 movie Star Wars: The Force Awakens. He is a CGI character voiced and performed by Andy Serkis.

Snoke is the leader of the First Order, an organization brought back from the fallen Galactic Empire, which wants to reclaim control of the galaxy. Powerful with The Force, he has seduced Kylo Ren to become evil and eventually led to him killing his father Han Solo. 

Snoke also appeared in Star Wars: The Last Jedi where he bridge the minds of Rey and Kylo Ren in order to manipulate them. Kylo Ren kills Snoke and takes his place as leader of the First Order. In Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker it is revealed that Snoke is a clone and a puppet of the resurrected Emperor Palpatine.

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Star Wars: The Last Jedi (also known as Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi) is an American epic space opera movie written and directed by Rian Johnson. It was released worldwide in December 2017. It is the second movie in the Star Wars sequel trilogy, after Star Wars: The Force Awakens. It is followed by Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.

Cast
The movie is produced by Lucasfilm and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It stars Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong'o, Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, Gwendoline Christie, and Andy Serkis in returning roles. New cast members include Benicio del Toro, Laura Dern, and Kelly Marie Tran. Fisher died in December 2016, making The Last Jedi her final movie role.

Background
The movie was announced after Disney's purchase of Lucasfilm in October 2012. It is produced by Ram Bergman and Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy. John Williams, composer for the previous seven films, returned to compose the score. Scenes that required shooting at Skellig Michael in Ireland were filmed during pre-production in September 2015, with principal photography beginning at Pinewood Studios in England in February 2016 and ending in July 2016.

The Last Jedi was released on December 15, 2017. A sequel, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, was released on December 20, 2019.

Critical response 
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 91% based on 379 critic reviews, with an average rating of 8.1/10.

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Paul Delos Boyer (July 31, 1918 – June 2, 2018) was an American biochemist, analytical chemist, and a professor of chemistry at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). 

Boyer shared the 1997 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for research on the "enzymatic mechanism underlying the biosynthesis of adenosine triphosphate (ATP)" (ATP synthase) with John E. Walker, making Boyer the only Utah-born Nobel laureate; the remainder of the Prize in that year was awarded to Danish chemist Jens Christian Skou for his discovery of the Na+/K+-ATPase.

In 2003 he was one of 22 Nobel Laureates who signed the Humanist Manifesto.

Boyer died two months shy of his 100th birthday in Los Angeles, California on June 2, 2018 of respiratory failure.

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Crawford County is a county of Ohio in the United States. In 2010, 43,784 people lived there. The county seat is Bucyrus.

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Cuyahoga County is a county of Ohio in the United States. In 2010, 1,280,122 people lived there. The county seat is Cleveland. It was named after the Cuyahoga River.

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Stark County is a county of Ohio in the United States. In 2010, 375,586 people lived there. The county seat is Canton.

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Montgomery County is a county of Ohio in the United States. In 2010, 535,153 people lived there. The county seat is Dayton.

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Befotaka is a town in Atsimo-Atsinanana Region in south-eastern Madagascar. It is near the Itomampy river.

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Sogndal is a municipality in Norway. It is in Sogn og Fjordane county. It is on the northern shore of the Sognefjorden in the traditional district of Sogn. The village of Sogndalsfjøra (population 3,455 in 2012) is the administrative center of Sogndal municipality. Other villages include Kaupanger, Kjørnes, Fimreite, Nornes, and Fjærland.  Sogndal Airport, Haukåsen is  southwest of Kaupanger.

In 1917, a farmer in Sogndal plowed up the Eggja stone, a gravestone with runic inscriptions important for the history of the Old Norse language.

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Degen is a former municipality, in the new municipality of Lumnezia and the district of Surselva in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.

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Disentis/Mustér (, ) is a municipality of the district of Surselva in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.

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Le Vaud is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

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Egesheim is a municipality of the district of Tuttlingen in the state of Baden-Württemberg in Germany.

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Flix is a municipality found in the province of Tarragona in the autonomous community of Catalonia in Spain.

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Lost in Space is an American science fiction TV series which was created by Irwin Allen and produced at the 20th Century Fox studios. It ran on CBS from 1965 until 1968, making three seasons with a total of 83 episodes. Its first season was made in black-and-white while its second and third seasons were made in color. The show stars Guy Williams, June Lockhart, Mark Goddard, Marta Kristen, Billy Mumy, Angela Cartwright and Jonathan Harris. The show's music was composed by Johnny Williams.

Plot
Lost in Space is set to the year 1997, when the United States sends the Robinson family on a mission in outer space to the planet Alpha Centauri, which is thought to support life. However, while trying to sabotage this mission, Dr. Smith is accidentally trapped inside the ship, Jupiter 2. To try to return to Earth, Dr. Smith ends up changing the ship's course, causing him and the Robinsons to become hopelessly lost in space. Because the series was unexpectedly canceled, the story was never finished. In the last episode, Dr. Smith and the Robinsons are still lost in space, stuck in a junkyard.

Cast 
 Guy Williams as Dr. John Robinson, father of the Robinsons
 June Lockhart as Maureen Robinson, mother of the Robinsons
 Mark Goddard as Major Don West, captain of the ship Jupiter 2
 Marta Kristen as Judy Robinson, older daughter of the Robinsons
 Maxwell jenkins as Will Robinson, only son and youngest child of the Robinsons
 Angela Cartwright as Penny Robinson, younger daughter of the Robinsons
 Jonathan Harris as Dr. Zachary Smith

Notes

External link
Lost in Space article on the IMDb

American science fiction television series
1965 television series debuts
David Seth Kotkin (September 16, 1956), known professionally as David Copperfield, is an American illusionist. He is described by Forbes as the most commercially successful magician in history. Copperfield's career of over 40 years has earned him 11 Guinness World Records. Copperfield has won a total of 21 Emmy Awards. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Copperfield was knighted by the French government. He has also been named a Living Legend by the US Library of Congress. Copperfield was born in Metuchen, New Jersey, United States. His parents were immigrants from the USSR which is now present-day Ukraine.

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Barbara Marx Sinatra (née Blakeley; March 10, 1927 – July 25, 2017) was an American model and showgirl. She was born in Bosworth, Missouri. She was married to Zeppo Marx from 1959 to 1973 and was the fourth and final wife of Frank Sinatra from 1976 until his death in 1998. 

In 1998, a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars was dedicated to her.

Sinatra died on July 25, 2017 in Rancho Mirage, California of natural causes at the age of 90.

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Margaret "Gretel" Bergmann-Lambert (née Bergmann; April 12, 1914 – July 25, 2017) was a German-born American Jewish athlete. She was born in Laupheim, Württemberg. She competed as a high jumper during the 1930s. Because of her Jewish origins, the Nazis prevented her from taking part in the 1936 Summer Olympics, after which she left Germany and vowed never to return. She later moved to the United States.

Bergmann turned 100 in April 2014.

Bergmann died in Queens, New York on July 25, 2017 at he age of 103.

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Thomas James Fleming (July 5, 1927 – July 23, 2017) was an American military historian and historical novelist. He was born in Jersey City, New Jersey. 

Fleming was the author of over forty nonfiction and fiction titles. His work was about the particular interest on the American Revolution, with titles such as Liberty! The American Revolution And The Future Of America, Duel: Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and the History of America and Washington's Secret War: The Hidden History of Valley Forge.

Fleming died at his home in New York City on July 23, 2017 at the age of 90.

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Solomon Perel (born 21 April 1925), also Shlomo Perel or Sally Perel, is a German-born Israeli author and motivational speaker. He was born in Peine, Lower Saxony, Germany to a German Jewish family. He escaped persecution by the Nazis by pretending to be an ethnic German.

His life story is told in the 1990 movie Europa Europa loosely based on his autobiography Ich war Hitlerjunge Salomon (I Was Hitler Youth Salomon).

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The Governor of Bihar is a head and representative of the President of India in the state of Bihar. The Governor is appointed by the President for a time of 5 years. Phagu Chauhan is the current Governor of Bihar state.

History of Governor's of Bihar

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Keshari Nath Tripathi (; born 10 November 1934) is an Indian politician. He was the Governor of West Bengal. He took promise as Governor of West Bengal on 24 July 2014 and as Governor of Bihar on 27 November in 2017.  He was selected as the Governor of Mizoram on 4 April 2015. He is an experienced BJP leader. Earlier, he was the speaker of Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly and the president of Uttar Pradesh unit of Bharatiya Janata Party.

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Guernsey County is a county of Ohio in the United States. In 2010, 40,087 people lived there. The county seat is Cambridge.

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Formazza (Walliser German: Pomatt, Piedmontese: Formassa) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont.

Formazza is about  northeast of Turin and  north of Verbania. It is on the border with Switzerland.

As of 2004 about 443 people lived there. It has an area of .

The municipality of Formazza contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Foppiano, Antillone, Fondovalle, Chiesa, Valdo, San Michele, Ponte, Brendo, Grovella, Canza, Sotto Frua, La Frua, and Riale.

Formazza borders the following municipalities: Baceno, Bedretto (Switzerland), Bignasco (Switzerland), Binn (Switzerland), Bosco/Gurin (Switzerland), Cavergno (Switzerland), Premia, Reckingen-Gluringen (Switzerland), Ulrichen (Switzerland).

The village was founded by Walser and Walser German is still spoken.

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Pickaway County is a county of Ohio in the United States. In 2010, 55,698 people lived there. The county seat is Circleville.

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Logan County is a county in the U.S. state of Ohio. In the 2010 census, 45,858 people lived there. The county seat is Bellefontaine. The county was founded in 1818 and named for Benjamin Logan, who fought Native Americans in the area.

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Domat/Ems (, ) is a municipality of the district of Imboden in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.

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Bescanó is a municipality in the province of Girona and autonomous community of Catalonia in Spain.

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Piła () is a town in northwestern Poland. In 2006, 75,044 people lived there. Piła is the largest town in the northern part of Great Poland. It is the capital of Piła County.

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Kudamatsu (), is a city in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.

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Swedish Transport Agency's law-breaking of security for computer system was law-breaking - exposed by media in 2017 - regarding the security of  information in a database of the governmental agency, Swedish Transport Agency.

In January 2017 Sweden's Cabinet fired the agency's director, Maria Ågren; why she was fired was held secret for the public; instead, the public was told that she did not continue in the job, because of disagreement between Ågren and minister of infrastructure, Anna Johansson.

On 27 July 2017 the prime minister announced that two ministers will leave their job: Interior Minister Anders Ygeman and Infrastructure Minister Anna Johansson; this happened because " a no-confidence motion against three of the government's ministers by the opposition Alliance coalition".

History
Chief of the agency, Maria Ågren let IBM work on the agency's computer systems in 2015; she did not follow a warning that came from other workers in the Swedish Transport Agency, and she did not follow a warning that came from Swedish Security Service (Säpo).

IBM took over the agency's IT operations, and "IBM used subcontractors abroad, making sensitive information and an entire database of Swedish drivers’ licences accessible by foreign technicians who did not have the usual security clearance".

On 6 July 2017 media said that Ågren was under police investigation.
Ågren was told to pay a fine: 70,000 kronor, after a police investigation "found her guilty of being 'careless with secret information'".

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Mary J. Ruwart (born October 16, 1949) is a retired American biomedical researcher and libertarian speaker, writer, and activist.  She was a leading candidate for the 2008 Libertarian Party presidential nomination and is the author of the award-winning Healing Our World.

In March 2008, Ruwart announced her candidacy for the Libertarian presidential nomination in the 2008 election. She lost the nomination to Bob Barr on the sixth ballot at the 2008 Libertarian National Convention on May 25, 2008.

Ruwart unsuccessfully ran for Texas Comptroller in 2010 against incumbent Republican Susan Combs. She received 417,523 votes (10.5%) in a race that had no Democrat.

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Sylvie Merzeau (commonly called Louise Merzeau, 8 November 1963 – 15 July 2017) was a French academic, university professor at the Paris Nanterre University, specializing on communication studies, as well as a photographer. She was a trustee of Wikimedia France. She was born in Paris.

Merzeau died in Paris on 15 July 2017 of pancreatic cancer at the age of 53.

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Giovanni Battista Pichierri (February 12, 1943 – July 26, 2017) was an Italian prelate of Roman Catholic Church. He was born in Sava, Apulia.

He was ordained to the priesthood in 1967. Pichierri served as bishop of the Diocese of Cerignola-Ascoli Satriano, Italy from 1990 to 1999. He then served as archbishop of the Archdiocese of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie from 1999 to his death in 2017.

Pichierri died in Trani, Apulia of an aortic aneurysm on July 26, 2017 at the age of 74.

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Lawrence Anthony Pezzulo (May 3, 1926 – July 26, 2017) was an American politician and Foreign Service officer. He served as the United States Ambassador to Nicaragua (1979–1981) and to Uruguay (1977–1979) during the Jimmy Carter presidency. He was a member of the Democratic Party.

Pezzulo was born in New York City. He studied at Columbia University. He married Josephine DiMattia in February 1950. They had three children.

Pezzulo died on July 26, 2017 at his home in Baltimore, Maryland from complications of Alzheimer's disease at the age of 91.

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The Swedish Transport Agency () is a Swedish government agency under the Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications. It was formed on 1 January 2009, through a merger of several government agencies, including the Civil Aviation Administration.

It has its headquarters in Norrköping, Sweden.

The agency regulates and inspects transportation systems in Sweden.

Law-breaking and the following loss of security for the agency's computer system

The chief of the agency, Maria Ågren, lost her job in January 2017.

On 27 July 2017 the prime minister announced that two ministers will leave their job: Interior Minister Anders Ygeman and Infrastructure Minister Anna Johansson; this happened because " a no-confidence motion against three of the government's ministers by the opposition Alliance coalition".

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John Kevin "JK" Delaney (born April 16, 1963) is an American politician and businessman. He was the United States Representative for Maryland's 6th congressional district from 2013 to 2019.

On July 28, 2017, Delaney became the first Democrat to announce he is running for President in 2020. He ended his campaign in January 2020, days before the Iowa caucus.

Early life
Delaney was born in Wood-Ridge, New Jersey. His parents were Elaine Rowe and Jack Delaney, an electrician. He was raised in Wood-Ridge. He studied at Columbia University and Georgetown University Law Center.

Business career
Delaney has co-founded two companies, both of which are publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange. He has won the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2004.

In 1993, he co-founded Health Care Financial Partners, to make loans available to smaller-sized health care service providers purportedly ignored by larger banks. In 2000, Delaney co-founded CapitalSource, a commercial lender headquartered in Chevy Chase, Maryland; the company provided capital to roughly 5,000 small and mid-size businesses before his departure.

Delaney retired from his business career in 2012, to pursue a career in politics.

United States Representative (2013–2019)
Delaney decided to run for the newly redrawn 6th District against 10-term Republican incumbent Roscoe Bartlett. The district had long been a Republican stronghold.

During the primary, Delaney was endorsed by former President Bill Clinton, U.S. Congresswoman Donna Edwards, Comptroller Peter Franchot, the Washington Post, and the Gazette. On April 3, 2012, Delaney won the five-candidate Democratic primary field with 54% of the vote. The next closest opponent, State Senator Robert J. Garagiola, received 29% of the vote, 25 points behind Delaney.

In the November 6, 2012 general election, Delaney defeated Bartlett by 59%-38%, a 21-point margin.

Delaney introduced legislation to end partisan gerrymandering. The Open Our Democracy Act would appoint independent redistricting commissions nationwide to end partisan gerrymandering, make Election Day a federal holiday and create an open top-two primary system.

2020 presidential campaign

Delaney announced he is running for President of the United States in the 2020 presidential election in a Washington Post op-ed on July 28, 2017.

Delaney ended his campaign on January 31, 2020 after falling in poll numbers and failing to qualify for the debates.

Personal life
Delaney is married to April McClain and together they have four daughters.

References

Other websites

Congressman John Delaney  official U.S. House website
Campaign website 
 

1963 births
Living people
Businesspeople from New Jersey
Columbia University alumni
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2020 United States presidential candidates
United States representatives from Maryland
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Stephen Harold Tobolowsky (born May 30, 1951) is an American actor, author, and musician. He is known for movie roles such as insurance agent Ned Ryerson in Groundhog Day and Sammy Jankis in Christopher Nolan's Memento, as well as such television characters as Commissioner Hugo Jarry (Deadwood), Bob Bishop (Heroes), Sandy Ryerson (Glee), Stu Beggs (Californication), and Action Jack Barker (Silicon Valley).

Tobolowsky is Jewish.

References

Other websites

 
 

1951 births
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American movie actors
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Jewish American actors
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Ramón Xirau Subías (, ) (20 January 1924 – 27 July 2017) was a Spanish-born Mexican poet, philosopher and literary critic. He was born in Barcelona, Spain.

Recognitions 
He received the Legion of Honour from France and the Isabel la Católica from Spain awards as well as the Cruz de Saint Jordi from the Generalitat of Catalonia for his works in essay and academics in Spanish and Catalan literature.

He was a research faculty member of the UNAM y and the National System of Researchers. At the UNAM he taught at the Faculty of Philosophy and Literature and did research at the Institute of Philosophy Research. He was a member of the Colegio Nacional since 1973.

Xirau died on 27 July 2017 of congestive heart failure in Mexico City at the age of 93.

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Santiniketan is a town in Birbhum District, West Bengal, India.

West Bengal
Towns in India
Cross Purposes is the seventeenth studio album by Black Sabbath. The album was released on January 31, 1994.

1994 albums
Heavy metal albums
Betty Boothroyd, Baroness Boothroyd OM PC (born 8 October 1929) is a British politician. She served as a Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for West Bromwich and West Bromwich West from 1973 to 1992. 

From 1992 to 2000, she served as Speaker of the House of Commons. She was the first, and to date only, female Speaker of the House of Commons. She sits, by tradition, as a Crossbench peer in the House of Lords.

References

Other websites
 Brief biography by BBC News, October 2000

1929 births
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Matthew George "Matt" Reeves (born April 27, 1966) is an American screenwriter, director and producer.

Career
Reeves began his career as a screenwriter for the movies Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995) and The Pallbearer (1996). He then  worked into television as a director and co-creator of the drama series Felicity (1998–2002)  alongside J.J. Abrams. Reeves has since directed the found-footage horror movie Cloverfield (2008), the romantic horror movie Let Me In (2010), and the science fiction sequels Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014) and War for the Planet of the Apes (2017).  

In February 2017, Warner Bros. announced that Reeves would direct The Batman, set to be released in 2022 and starring Robert Pattinson as the titular character.

Movies

References

Other websites

 
 LAist.com Interview with Matt Reeves 

1966 births
Living people
Movie directors from New York
Movie producers from New York
Screenwriters from New York
Hsu Pang-hsing (, January 29, 1909 - August 3, 1984) was a Hakka doctor from Pingtung, Taiwan.

Life

Hsu was born in Zhongxinlun, Neipu (, a town of Pingtung) in 1909.  He studied at Neiho Elementary School (), Takao Middle School () and Taihok Medical College (). In 1931, he married Chiu Jen-mei. They had six children

After the end of World War II in 1945, Hsu began to serve as the first surgery director of National Taiwan University Hospital, but he resigned in 1950. After that, he set up Hsu Surgery Hospital (徐外科醫院) in 1950 and created Private Meiho Senior high school (美和高中) in 1961.

In 1971, he set up the Meiho Youth baseball team, six-time world champion. In 1984, Hsu died at the age of 76.

Family
Father: Hsu Yu-hsiang(徐友祥)
Mother: Chiu Hua-mei(邱華妹)
Wife:Chiu Jen-mei(邱壬妹)
First daughter: Hsu Li-ying(徐麗英)
Second daughter: Huei-ying Hsu Fang(房徐蕙英), her husband is Fang Jin-yan
Granddaughter: Fang Zihning(房滋寧), Fang Lyusih(房律思)
First son: Hsu Tan-lin(徐旦隣)
Third daughter: Hsu Mei-ying(徐美英)
Second son: Hsu Yu-tu(徐於菟)
Third son: Hsu Chi-lin(徐齊隣)

References 
Hsu's chronology

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1984 deaths
Physicians
The Eifel is a mountain range mostly in Germany. The northern part is in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The southern part is in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

The very eastern part of Belgium (the High Fens and most of the German-speaking Community of Belgium) and the northern part of Luxembourg (the Oesling) are considered to be both parts of the Ardennes and parts of the Eifel.

The western border of the Eifel is at the Belgian and Luxembourgian Ardennes. The eastern border is at the Westerwald across the Rhine River. The southern border is at the Hunsrück across the Moselle River. The northern border is at the lower regions of the Rhineland.

Characteristics 
The Eifel has hills up to about . They are made of slate and other stones. The highest hill is the Hohe Acht with an altitude of .

Few people live in the mountain range. It has many trees, reservoirs and rivers.

The biggest settlement is the city of Aachen at the northern edge.

Because of its elevation, temperatures are low.

Division 
The Eifel is divided into:
 West Eifel (Westeifel): western part, partly in Belgium and Luxembourg
 East Eifel (Osteifel): central and eastern part
 Venn Foreland (Vennvorland): in the very northwest (around Aachen)

Language 
Languages spoken in the Eifel are German, and in the Belgian and Luxembourgian parts besides German also French.

Three Central Franconian dialects of German are spoken in the Eifel:
 Ripuarian in the North Rhine-Westphalia part and bordering Belgium
 Moselle Franconian dialects in the Rhineland-Palatinate part and bordering Belgium
 Luxembourgish in Luxembourg and bordering Belgium

Geography of Luxembourg
Geography of North Rhine-Westphalia
Geography of Rhineland-Palatinate
Liège (province)
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Wallonia
Garry Alan Monk (born 6 March 1979) is an English football manager and former player. He has managed EFL Championship club Middlesbrough since 2017. He played for Torquay United, Southampton, Barnsley and Swansea City. He has previously been the manager of Swansea and Leeds United.

Career

Playing career
Garry played for Torquay United Academy until 1995, and began playing for the first team before leaving for Southampton the next year. He rarely played for The Saints and went out on loan to Torquay, Stockport County, Oxford United and Sheffield Wendesday. He also played on loan for Barnsley, before joining permanently in January 2004.

He left for Swansea City in Summer 2004, and stayed there for ten years. Garry was captain for a while, but retired from football in 2004.

Managerial career
Garry started managing Swansea City as their interim player-manager after Michael Laudrup was given the sack. He was good and Swansea were not relegated to the Championship. He became the main manager the next season, and they played well and finished eighth. Garry was not good at the beginning of the next season, and was sacked in Christmas time 2015.

He was manager of Leeds United from 2016 to 2017, where they finished seventh; he resigned from his job despite the club wanting him to stay.

Garry became the manager of Middlesbrough in 2017.

Statistics as manager
Swansea City
Played:77, Won:28, Drew:17, Lost:32, Win%:36.4

Leeds United
Played:53, Won:32, Drew:11, Lost:17, Win%:47.2

Middlesbrough
Played:0, Won:0, Drew:0, Lost:0, Win%:N/A

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1979 births
Living people
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Obstruction of justice is a crime. It can be lying to police about a crime or hiding evidence. Destroying evidence of a crime can also be obstruction of justice.

Law
Paul Richard Shanley (January 25, 1931 – October 28, 2020) was an American priest and was accused and convicted of raping a child. He served at St. Jean's Parish in Newton, Massachusetts and was a known figure in the Boston clergy sex abuse scandal. He was incarcerated as inmate W84979 at Old Colony Correctional Center for raping a child in 1980 and was released from prison on July 28, 2017.

Shanley first gained notoriety during the 1970s as a "street priest", ministering to drug addicts and runaways who struggled with their sexuality. His writings included Changing Norms of Sexuality. During the 1980s, Shanley served as pastor of St. Jean the Evangelist Parish in Newton, Massachusetts.

In February 2005, Shanley was found guilty of indecent assaults and the rape of a male minor and received a sentence of 12 to 15 years in prison. Shanley was released from Old Colony Correctional Center on July 28, 2017, after serving 12 years.

Shanley died on October 28, 2020 from heart failure at the age of 89.

References

Other websites
CourtTV's Paul Shanley trial coverage 
Church documents related to the case
Sacrilege: Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church

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Doris Leon "D. L." Menard (April 14, 1932 – July 27, 2017) was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist in contemporary Cajun music. He was called the "Cajun Hank Williams." He was born in Erath, Louisiana. In 2010, his album Happy Go Lucky  was nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Zydeco or Cajun music album category.

Menard died on July 27, 2017 in Scott, Louisiana of a heart attack at the age of 85.

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1932 births
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Deaths from myocardial infarction
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Martin A. "Marty" Sklar (February 6, 1934 – July 27, 2017) was an American businessman. He was known for working with The Walt Disney Company as its International Ambassador for Walt Disney Imagineering, the subsidiary of the company which designs and constructs Disney theme parks and resorts across the world.

Sklar was formerly Vice President of Concepts and Planning for the company, before being promoted to President, then Vice Chairman and Principal Creative Executive before his final role. Disney honored him with a Disneyland window dedication ceremony on his date of retirement, July 17, 2009.

Sklar was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He studied at the University of California, Los Angeles. Sklar died on July 27, 2017 in Hollywood Hills, California at the age of 83.

References

Other websites
 
 Disney Legends official site
 Ryman Arts
 Official Corporate Bio

1934 births
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Charlie Gard (4 August 2016 – 28 July 2017) was a British infant born Bedfont, London with a rare genetic condition known as mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome that causes progressive brain damage and muscle failure, including the muscles needed to breathe. There is no treatment, and it causes death in infancy.

Background
His parents, Chris Gard and Connie Yates, brought him to the Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) in October 2016 because he was having trouble breathing, and he was put on mechanical ventilation.   

His condition continued to deteriorate, and the genetic condition was diagnosed in November.  The doctors and parents initially agreed to attempt an experimental treatment, but after the child had seizures that caused more brain damage in January, the doctors withdrew their support for trying the treatment because it was futile and would only prolong whatever pain the infant was suffering.  

The doctors thought it would be best for the child to remove life support and allow him to die, but the parents still wanted to try the treatment.

Court cases
This disagreement led to a series of court cases.  The courts consistently supported GOSH's position, and the parents eventually dropped their challenge and agreed to withdraw life support.  There was one more court case, about how to allow the child to die, which was decided on 27 July.  On that day he was transferred to a hospice, and on the next day mechanical ventilation was withdrawn and he died at the age of 11 months and 24 days, a week before his first birthday.

Death
A week after being placed in hospice care in London on 28 July 2017 at 11 months.

References

Other websites
 Charlie's Fight 
 Great Ormond Street Hospital position statement on hearing of 13 July
 Great Ormond Street Hospital position statement, 25 July 2017
 European Court of Human Rights  3 July 2017
 Family Division, Mr Justice Francis judgment 24 July 2017

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