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Joseph Thomas "Joe" Morton, Jr. (born October 18, 1947) is an American actor. He worked with movie director John Sayles in "The Brother from Another Planet" (1984), "City of Hope" (1991) and "Lone Star" (1996). He is also known for his role as Lt. McMahon in the 1994 action movie "Speed". In 2014, Morton won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his role as Eli Pope in "Scandal". He is also known for playing the role of Henry Deacon on the popular TV series "Eureka". In 2016, Morton played Dr. Silas Stone, father of Victor Stone/Cyborg, in a cameo role in "" as part of the DC Extended Universe. He will play the role again in the upcoming "Justice League" (2017).
Sausage Party is a 2016 ←adult 3D computer animated adventure and comedy movie. It was a spoof of Disney, Pixar and DreamWorks Animation movies Plot. Frank is one of the sausages who dreams of living with his hot dog bun girlfriend, Brenda. When Frank and Brenda's packages are chosen by a woman named Camille Toh to leave a supermarket called Shopwell's, a returned jar of Bickle's honey mustard unsuccessfully warns the groceries that their afterlife called The Great Beyond is a noble lie. Frank fails to stop Honey Mustard from committing suicide. This causes the two carts to crash each other, while Brenda, Frank and some groceries end up leaving the cart. The douche plots revenge against Frank and Brenda, after getting his nozzle bent. Teresa, a taco, falls in love with Brenda right after meeting her. Barry becomes frightened, when he discovers Camille preparing to cook the other purchased foods. Barry escapes from a window. When Frank separates from his friends, who disapprove of him being skeptical of the Great Beyond, he finds a cookbook behind the freezer section. When Frank reveals the contents for the rest of the groceries and before the humans return to the supermarket, the groceries choose to not believe Frank, despite his warning. Production. The movie was given an NC-17 rating by the MPAA due to the visibility of pubic hair. The pubic hair was then removed. The movie got an R-rating for strong crude sexual content, explicit language and drug use. Release. The movie was released in the United States on Friday, August 12, 2016.  Reception. "Sausage Party" took in $97.7 million in North America and $42.8 million in other countries. The total take-in was $140.4 million, against a budget of $19 million.  Critical response. The movie has an 82% rating by Rotten Tomatoes, meaning good reviews.
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). The idea has always had its critics. There has been criticism about human rights violations and environmental impact. In the main, the critics do not expect most recipient countries to pay China back. In many cases there is not the slightest chance of repayment. Secondly, some (many?) of the railways are quite obviously "railways to nowhere". This is clearest in Africa. "Some 150 countries have signed on to the Belt and Road with China, including 22 in Latin America", media said (2024). Member countries in Europe, includes Hungary, Slovakia and Serbia.
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.
Supreme Leader Snoke is a fictional character and a major antagonist in the "Star Wars" franchise. He was introduced in the 2015 movie "". 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 where he bridges 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 it is revealed that Snoke is a clone and a puppet of the resurrected Darth Sidious.
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.
"Kujataa is a sub-arctic farming landscape in the southern region of Greenland". The first known example of agriculture (or farming) in the Arctic is at Kujataa. The oldest trace of the spreading of the Old Norse culture outside Europe is at Kujataa. History. Kujataa got its name on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2017.
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.
Emmingen-Liptingen is a municipality of the district of Tuttlingen in the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. History. Emmingen was first mentioned in 820, Liptingen in 761. The municipalities were joined together in 1975.
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.
The BMW Z4 is a rear-wheel drive sports car by the German car maker BMW. It is part of a line of past BMW roadsters such as the BMW Z1, BMW 507, BMW Z8, and the BMW Z3. The Z4 replaces the Z3. First generation production started in 2002 to replace the BMW Z3 introduced in 1995, at a plant in Greer, South Carolina, of BMW US. Both roadster and coupe versions of the car were made. The Z4’s body dimensions were larger and its wheelbase was longer and wider. The suspension was also upgraded to be stiffer and the car was equipped with a sport package which firmed up the steering. When it came out, it won "Automobile" magazine's "Design of the Year Award". With the 2009 model year, BMW started making the second-generation Z4 at BMW's Regensburg, Germany plant as a retractable hardtop roadster. In 2009, the BMW Z4 II won the Red Dot Design Award.
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.
Margaret "Gretel" Bergmann-Lambert (née Bergmann; April 12, 1914 – July 25, 2017) was an 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.
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.
Solomon Perel (21 April 1925 — 2 February 2023), also Shlomo Perel or Sally Perel, was 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").
A Sangul Utindaanː is a traditional spiritual custodian of the Sangul people in Northern Ghana. Some sources translate this position's name to mean the Sangul's "overlord" or "landlord".  In November 2017, the serving Utindaan is Wunikpel Mbaliye Jato. The descendants of the Utidaan are Gasetiib, a clan in the Tatale-Sangul District. This role is not the same as one with a similar name in the Saboba District of Northern Ghanabhggg, which has a different title and role.
Keshari Nath Tripathi (; 10 November 1934 – 8 January 2023) was 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 was 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. Tripathi died on 8 January 2023 in Prayagraj. He was 88.
The following is the list of Governors of States in India. Current Indian Governors. List of current Indian lieutenant governors and administors
Bad Waldsee is a town in the district of Ravensburg in the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Bad Waldsee is 20 km south of Biberach an der Riß, and 20 km northeast of Ravensburg.
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.
Delfinópolis is a municipality in southwest Minas Gerais, Brazil. These municipalities are next to Delfinópolis: São Roque de Minas (N), São João Batista do Glória (E), Passos and Cássia (S), Ibiraci (SW), and Sacramento (W).
Bontoc is a 4th class municipality in the province of Southern Leyte, Philippines. Barangays. Bontoc is politically subdivided into 40 barangays.
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'".
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.
Leo Juhani "Leksa" Kinnunen (5 August 1943 – 26 July 2017) was a Finnish racing driver, and the first Formula One driver from Finland. He was born in Tampere, Finland. Kinnunen won the Nordic Challenge Cup in 1969, the Interserie from 1971–1973, and helped Porsche to take the World Sportscar Championship for manufacturers in 1970 (drivers championships were not awarded until 1981). In 1974, he switched to Formula One. He was the last driver to compete in Formula One using an open-face helmet. Kinnunen died on 26 July 2017 at his home in Turku, Finland of pneumonia at the age of 73.
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.
Fritz Hellwig (3 August 1912 – 22 July 2017) was a German CDU politician and European Commissioner.  He was born in Saarbrücken, Germany. Before and during the war he was a member of the Nazi Party and the SA. After the war he served as European Commissioner for Research, Technology and Information Distribution from 1967 through 1970.  Hellwid turned 100 in August 2012. He died on 22 July 2017 in Berlin of cardiopulmonary arrest at the age of 104.
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.
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.
Maxlei dos Santos Luzia or simply Max (27 February 1975 – 26 July 2017) was a Brazilian goalkeeper. He was born in Rio de Janiero. He was known for playing for Portuguesa-RJ, Vila Nova and Botafogo. In June 2017, Max was the victim of an attempted robbery. The former goalkeeper suffered a fractured right hand and a cerebral edema. On 26 July 2017, Santos Luzia died of a cerebral edema in Rio de Janeiro at the age of 42.
Michael McElhatton (born 12 September 1963) is an Irish actor and writer. He is best known for playing the role of Roose Bolton in the HBO series "Game of Thrones". He joined the series as a guest star in the second season, and continued to play this role until season 5, promoted to a regular cast member. His first well known role was that of Rats Doyle in the Irish sitcom "Paths to Freedom". In 2011, he had a role in the movie "Albert Nobbs " directed by Rodrigo García, and the following year the short " Pentecost ", which received a nomination for Best Short Film at the 2012 Academy Awards.
"Brontotherium" is a genus of brontothere that lived during the Eocene period. Male brontotheres have been observed very differently with females. Other inhabitants. "Brontotherium" co-existed with "Embolotherium", "Indricotherium, Hyaenodon, Chalicotherium" and "Paraceratherium", as well as ocean-dwelling creatures like "Dorudon", "Basilosaurus" and "Otodus".
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".
Nakhon Ratchasima is a city in Thailand's Nakhon Ratchasima Province. History. The collapse of the Royal Plaza Hotel killed 137 people in the city on 13 August 1993.  A high-speed rail line from Bangkok is being planned. The line will be built meters above ground, on 15 kilometers of the track, "to avoid causing traffic problems in downtown Muang district", between Phukhao Lat and Ban Ko railway stations. A mass shooting occurred in the city on 8 and 9 February 2020.
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 &amp; 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
Stephen Harold Tobolowsky (born May 30, 1951) is an Canadian-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.
Michael Johnson (August 8, 1944 – July 25, 2017) was an American pop, country and folk singer-songwriter and guitarist.  Johnson was best known for his 1978 hit song "Bluer Than Blue". He charted four hits on the "Billboard" Hot 100 charts, and nine more on the Hot Country Songs charts, including two Number One country hits in 1986's "Give Me Wings" and "The Moon Is Still Over Her Shoulder". He also co-wrote "Cain's Blood", the debut single of 1990s country group 4 Runner. Johnson died in Minneapolis, Minnesota on July 25, 2017 after suffering from a long-illness at the age of 72.
Billy Joe Walker Jr. (February 29, 1952 – July 25, 2017) was an American songwriter, record producer and recording artist. He made singles for Eddie Rabbitt, including "I Wanna Dance with You", "That's Why I Fell in Love with You" and "B-B-B-Burnin' Up with Love". He was born in Midland, Texas. Walker Jr. produced the first three albums of Bryan White, and for Pam Tillis, Collin Raye and Travis Tritt. He was also a session musician who played guitar. Between 1987 and 1994, he recorded seven New Age albums, all for major labels. Walker Jr. died following kidney failure on July 25, 2017 in Kerrville, Texas at the age of 64.