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    New 'Game of Thrones' leak hits season seven

It's been a tricky few weeks for one of the world's hottest TV shows.

Another episode of "Game of Thrones" was released on Tuesday, the second confirmed leak to hit season seven.

Production company HBO said the episode was mistakenly made available on its streaming platforms in Spain, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland.

"We have learned that the upcoming episode of Game of Thrones was accidentally posted for a brief time on the HBO Nordic and HBO España platforms," said Tom Nielsen, a spokesman for HBO Europe. "The error appears to have originated with a third party vendor and the episode was removed as soon as it was recognized."

Episode six is due to air on Sunday. It has reportedly been copied and shared online on multiple sites.

The fantasy series is one of the most popular and acclaimed shows on television. Over 16 million viewers tuned in for the season premiere in July, according to HBO.

Indian police said Tuesday they had arrested four men suspected of leaking a different episode of "Game of Thrones" before its scheduled release on August 7. The suspects were connected with Star India, which has the rights to air the series in the country.

The men all worked for Prime Focus Technologies, an independent firm that handles Star India's data, police said.

According to Star India and HBO Europe, neither leak was connected with a cyberattack on HBO last month.

HBO, which like CNN is owned by Time Warner (TWX), said in late July it was investigating a hack targeting its shows.

HBO CEO Richard Plepler said at the time that the attack resulted in "some stolen proprietary information, including some of our programming."

It's unclear what information the hackers stole. According to Entertainment Weekly, which first reported the attack, hackers published the alleged script to a new "Game of Thrones" show and episodes of two other shows.

Season seven is not the first to be blighted by leaks. In 2015, the first four episodes of the fifth season were leaked shortly after the premiere. The leaked episodes originated "from within a group approved by HBO to receive them," HBO said at the time.

Columbus Day in the United States

Columbus Day, which is on the second    Monday of October, remembers Christopher Columbus' arrival to the Americas on October 12, 1492. This holiday is controversial because the European settlement in the Americas led to the demise of the history and culture of the indigenous peoples. 

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Columbus Day 2017 in United States of America

                                         

Observe Columbus Day

Some Americans celebrate the anniversary of the discovery of their country with church services and other activities. In some towns and cities, special church services, parades and large events are held. Many celebrations happen in the Italian-American community. The celebrations in New York and San Francisco are particularly noteworthy. In Hawaii Columbus Day is celebrated as Discoverers' Day, but it is not a state holiday.

What’s Open or Closed?

Columbus day is a public holiday in many parts of the United states, but is not a day off in some states. Some government offices are closed because Columbus Day is still a federal government holiday. The day is a legal observance in states like Florida.

Many businesses and shops are open in states that don't have Columbus Day as a public holiday. Schools are not required to close but check with your school district or school calendar on Columbus Day school holiday closures. The same goes for post offices - check with your local post office.

About Columbus Day :-

Christopher Columbus is often portrayed as the first European to sail to the Americas. He is sometimes portrayed as the discoverer of the New World. However, this is controversial on many counts. There is evidence that the first Europeans to sail across the Atlantic were Viking explorers from Scandinavia. In addition, the land was already populated by indigenous peoples, who had 'discovered' the Americas thousands of years before.

Columbus Day originated as a celebration of Italian-American heritage and was first held in San Francisco in 1869. The first state-wide celebration was held in Colorado in 1907. In 1937, Columbus Day become a holiday across the United States. Since 1971, it has been celebrated on the second Monday in October. The date on which Columbus arrived in the Americas is also celebrated as the Día de la Raza (Day of the Race) in Latin America and some Latino communities in the USA. However, it is a controversial holiday in some countries and has been re-named in others.

Columbus Day celebrations are controversial because the settlement of Europeans in the Americas led to the deaths of a very large proportion of the native people. It has been argued that this was a direct result of Columbus' actions. It is clear that the arrival of the European settlers led to the demise of a large proportion of the history and culture of the indigenous peoples of the Americas. It has also been argued that Columbus should not be honored for discovering North America, as he only went as far as some islands in the Caribbean and never got as far as mainland America.

Note:ojober.blogspot.com states the facts and issues associated with this observance but does not disclose its opinion on the matter.

Dates for Columbus Day from 2010 to 2025

The next occurrence of Columbus Day is marked in red.

When is ...?	Date	Day of the week	Days away
Columbus Day 2010	October 11, 2010	Monday	2500 days ago
Columbus Day 2011	October 10, 2011	Monday	2136 days ago
Columbus Day 2012	October 8, 2012	Monday	1772 days ago
Columbus Day 2013	October 14, 2013	Monday	1401 days ago
Columbus Day 2014	October 13, 2014	Monday	1037 days ago
Columbus Day 2015	October 12, 2015	Monday	673 days ago
Columbus Day 2016	October 10, 2016	Monday	309 days ago
Columbus Day 2017	October 9, 2017	Monday	in 55 days
Columbus Day 2018	October 8, 2018	Monday	in 419 days
Columbus Day 2019	October 14, 2019	Monday	in 790 days
Columbus Day 2020	October 12, 2020	Monday	in 1154 days
Columbus Day 2021	October 11, 2021	Monday	in 1518 days
Columbus Day 2022	October 10, 2022	Monday	in 1882 days
Columbus Day 2023	October 9, 2023	Monday	in 2246 days
Columbus Day 2024	October 14, 2024	Monday	in 2617 days
Columbus Day 2025	October 13, 2025	Monday	in 2981 days
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