the-french-artist/wikipedia_20220301.simple_sentence_split huggingface dataset:
Dolly Baby (2013) as Tony Lanza
Henry & Me (2014) as Dr. Acosta (voice)
Reach Me (2014) as Father Paul
The Neighborhood (2017) as Joseph Donatello
Claude Marion Akins was an American actor (born May 25, 1926, in Nelson, Georgia - died January 27, 1994, in Altadena, California).
With his big body and deep voice, Akins usually played the clever (or less than clever) tough guy, on the side of good or bad, in movies and television.
He is famous as Sheriff Lobo in the 1970s TV series B.J. and the Bear, and later The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo, a spinoff series.
Safety Shorts
Don Adams (April 13, 1923 – September 25, 2005), born Donald James Yarmy, was an American actor, comedian and director.
He was best known for his role as Maxwell Smart (Agent 86) in the TV situation comedy Get Smart (1965–1970, 1995), for which he also directed and wrote.
Adams won three consecutive Emmy Awards for his role (1967–1969).
He was also famous for voicing the cartoon characters Tennessee Tuxedo and Inspector Gadget.
The Get Smart Page
Don Adams, Television's Maxwell Smart, Dies at 82
When Being Funny Means Having to Say You're Sorry About That, Chief
Guardian obituary and obituary letter
Find A Grave link
Benjamin Géza Affleck-Boldt (born August 15, 1972) is an American actor, movie director, producer and screenwriter.
He became well known in the late 1990s, after acting in the movie Good Will Hunting.
He has since become a Hollywood star having acted in several movies.
Affleck began playing the role of Batman in the DC Extended Universe beginning with the 2016 movie Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
He later played Batman again in Suicide Squad and in Justice League.
Affleck was born in Berkeley, California and grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
His mother, Christine Anne "Chris" Affleck (née Boldt), was a school district employee and teacher.
His father, Timothy Byers Affleck, has been a drug counselor, social worker, janitor, auto mechanic, bartender, writer, director, and actor with the Theater Company of Boston.
After learning that he had slave-owning ancestors from Savannah, Georgia, he tried to hide it but got caught and apologized.
Affleck's mother was a freedom rider in the 1960s; until her retirement, she was a public school teacher in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
His younger brother is actor Casey Affleck.
He has English, Irish, Scottish, German, Swedish, Swiss, Northern Irish (Scots-Irish), Welsh and French ancestry.
The surname "Affleck" is of Scottish origin, and his middle name, "Géza", was the name of a family friend.
He was raised in a mostly Episcopalian family.
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Benjamin Geza Affleck-Bold (born August 15, 1972) is an American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter .Ben Affleck Net Worth
Entwagon.com : Ben Affleck
A thorough Biography
Businesspeople from Berkeley, California
Movie directors from Massachusetts
Movie producers from Massachusetts
Actors from Berkeley, California
Screenwriters from Massachusetts
1980s American black sitcoms
1984 American television series debuts
Wembley Stadium is a football stadium in London, England.
It was built from 2003 to 2007 in the same spot that the first Wembley Stadium was built.
It holds 90,000 seats.
The new stadium features an arch that was designed not to cast a shadow over the stadium while games are played and to help hold part of the roof up.
The FA Cup final is played at and both FA Cup semi-finals as well.
It also hosts the League Cup final and several other English cup finals.
The England national football team play their home matches here.
As well as sports, the new Wembley Stadium, like the first one, is also used for concerts.
Metallica, Muse, and George Michael have performed there.
Also, the Concert for Diana was held there on July 1, 2007, and the London Live Earth concert was held there six days later, on July 7.
The new Wembley also hosts NFL games as part of the NFL International Series.
The first NFL game there was the New York Giants and the Miami Dolphins.
The Jacksonville Jaguars currently have a deal to play one home game in London from 2013 to 2020.
Wembley stadium now has the rule of no bags allowed in  the stadium following the example from previous NFL games.
Anything bigger than an A4 sized bag will result in a 10 pounds charge to store it.
Port Dover Composite School was a public high school in Port Dover, Ontario, Canada.
The high school was open to both men and women.
There were no school uniforms and it is free for Canadian citizens to attend from ages 14 to 21 years of age.
In the past, the school hosted a dinosaur music party in French as well as other special events.
2013 disestablishments in North America
Born in Tbilisi, Georgia (ruled at that time by imperial Russia) to an Armenian family, Rouben relocated to England and started directing plays in London in 1922.
He moved to America the next year to teach in Eastman School of Music and was involved in directing opera and theatre.
In 1930, he became a naturalized citizen of the United States.
People from Tbilisi
A thistle tube is a long hollow pole of glass which has a funnel at the top.
Liquid is put into the top and travels down the tube and comes out the thin end of the tube in small drips which can be used anywhere.
It is usually quite precise.
Information on the function of a thistle tube
Thistle Tube feeders for birds merchandise
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is an international organization with a membership of 188 Member States and Territories.
It was originally known as the International Meteorological Organization (IMO), which was founded in 1873.
In 1950, the United Nations created the WMO for meteorology (weather and climate), operational hydrology and related geophysical sciences.
The current president is Alexander Bedritsky and the current Secretary-General is Michel Jarraudwho were both elected by the 14th World Meteorological Congress in 2003.
World Meteorological Day is celebrated every year on March 23 which was founded by the organization itself.
Founding charter
NOAA: Retired Hurricane Names
WMO country codes
A static mixer is a piece of equipment that is used to mix liquids in laboratories.
It has a unique shape.
Liquids flow along the curves of the static mixer and also are separated by the smooth sides of the mixer.
The mixer can also be turned clockwise, or right, and then quickly turned counter-clockwise, or left.
This creates opposite currents in the liquid and mixes it more efficiently.
The static mixer can be used to mix acids and alkalis for a neutralization.
It can also be used to mix two liquids that normally wouldn't mix, like oil and water (see emulsion).
It separates the particles of the water and oil until they become so small that they mix.
Simple shape - easy to clean
Doesn't need electricity - saves money and can be used in otherwise explosive areas
Manual - easy to use
In depth article on Static mixers directed towards students
In depth article on Static mixers
Different types of Static Mixers
For the town in the Ukraine see Komarno
Komárno is a town in the southwest of Slovakia.
It is an important, historical town which is famous for having the largest fortification in Europe.
The river Vah flows into the Danube at Komárno.
The Danube at this point forms the border between the countries Slovakia and Hungary.
The Hungarian name for the town is Komárom.
At first there was just one town, with the Danube flowing through the middle of the town.
Since the end of World War I, when Czechoslovakia became a separate country from Hungary, the town has been split into two: Komárno is on the left (north) bank of the river, now in Slovakia, and Komárom is on the right (south) bank of the river, in Hungary.
Komárno has a population of 37.000 and Komárom has a population of 19.600.
The two towns are joined by a bridge.
People have lived in the area of Komárno for thousands of years.
The first castle was built in the 10th century.
In 1244 a law was made which said that every merchant who sailed a boat down the Danube past Komárno had to stop for several days in Komárno and unload all the cargo so that people could buy it if they wanted.
If the merchant did not want to do this he had to pay a large duty (amount of money) to continue his journey.
This law was stopped in 1751.
In the 15th century Komárno had become very important.
The rulers and the court of the kingdom of Hungary often stayed there.
The fortress was very powerful and they managed to fight off Turkish invaders after the Turks had already captured Esztergom and Buda.
The fort was badly damaged in 1783 in an earthquake, but it was built up again because of the Napoleonic wars.
Today Komárno is a nice town to visit.
There are many tourist attractions, especially the fort which is on the Hungarian side of the town (Komárom).
There are also spa health centres where people can swim or bathe gently in the waters which help to make people who are ill healthy again.
Mór Jókai, (1825-1904), a famous Hungarian writer
Franz Lehár (1870-1948) – the Hungarian-born Austrian composer who wrote popular operettas such as "The Merry Widow"
Slovak-born Canadian Hollywood movie director Ivan Reitman (1946- )
Settlements in Slovakia
Komarno (, , ) is a city in the Horodok Raion (district) of the Lviv Oblast (province) in western Ukraine.
4,000 people live there.
It was founded in 1324.
In the center of town is an old Polish Kostel (Catholic Church).
There is also an old wooden church with ancient icons.
The river Vereshytsia flows through the town.
1324 establishments
1320s establishments in Europe
Correlation does not always mean that one causes the other.
In fact, it is very possible that there is a third factor involved.
Correlation usually has one of two directions.
These are positive or negative.
If it is positive, then the two sets go up together.
If it is negative, then one goes up while the other goes down.
Lots of different measurements of correlation are used for different situations.
For example, on a scatter graph, people draw a line of best fit to show the direction of the correlation.
Explaining correlation
Strong and weak are words used to describe the strength of correlation.
If there is strong correlation, then the points are all close together.
If there is weak correlation, then the points are all spread apart.
There are ways of making numbers show how strong the correlation is.
These measurements are called correlation coefficients.
The best known is the Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient, sometimes denoted by  or its Greek equivalent .
You put in data into a formula, and it gives you a number between -1 and 1.
If the number is 1 or −1, then there is strong correlation.
If the answer is 0, then there is no correlation.
Another kind of correlation coefficient is Spearman's rank correlation coefficient.
For example, on hot days people buy ice cream, and people also go to the beach where some are eaten by sharks.
There is a correlation between ice cream sales and shark attacks (they both go up as the temperature goes up in this case).
But just because ice cream sales go up does not mean ice cream sales cause (causation) more shark attacks or vice versa.
Because correlation does not imply causation, scientists, economists, etc.
will test their theories by creating isolated environments where only one factor is changed (where this is possible).
However, politicians, salesmen, news outlets and others often suggest that a particular correlation implies causation.
This may be due to ignorance or a wish to persuade.
Thus, a news report may attract attention by saying that people who consume a particular product more often have a particular health problem, implying a causation that could be actually due to something else.
Cohen, J., Cohen P., West, S.G., & Aiken, L.S. (2003).
Applied multiple regression/correlation analysis for the behavioral sciences. (
3rd ed.)
Correlation Information – At StatisticalEngineering.com
Statsoft Electronic Textbook
Pearson's Correlation Coefficient – How to work it out it quickly
Learning by Simulations – The spread of the correlation coefficient
CorrMatr.c  simple program for working out a correlation matrix
Understanding Correlation – More beginner's information by a Hawaii professor
Sunscreen (also known as sunblock, suntan lotion, or sun cream in the United Kingdom) is a lotion, spray or other topical product that helps protect the skin from the  sun's ultraviolet (UV) radiation.
It reduces sunburn and other skin damage, with the goal lowering your risk of skin cancer.
However, in the United States, the term suntan lotion usually means the opposite of sunscreen, and instead refers to lotion designed to moisturize and maximize UV exposure and tanning rather than block it.
These are commonly called indoor tanning lotions when designed for use with tanning beds or just suntan lotion if designed for outdoor use and may or may not have SPF protection in them.
The most effective sunscreens protect against both UVB (ultraviolet radiation with wavelength between 290 and 320 nanometres), which can cause sunburn, and UVA (between 320 and 400 nanometres), which damages the skin with more long-term effects, such as premature skin aging.
Most sunscreens work by containing either an organic chemical compound that absorbs ultraviolet light (such as oxybenzone) or an opaque material that reflects light (such as titanium dioxide, zinc oxide), or a combination of both.
Typically, absorptive materials are referred to as chemical blocks, whereas opaque materials are mineral or physical blocks.
The First Council of Nicaea was held in Nicaea, in Bithynia in 325.
Nicea is the city of Iznik in Turkey.
The Roman Emperor Constantine I called the bishops of the Roman Empire to the first ecumenical conference of the early Christian Church.
It had as most important result the first uniform Christian doctrine, called the Nicene Creed.
With the creation of the creed, a precedent was established for subsequent 'general (ecumenical) councils of Bishops' (Synods) to create statements of belief and church law.
The purpose was to define unity of beliefs for the whole of Christendom.
The Arian question;
The celebration of Passover;
The Meletian schism;
The Father and Son one in purpose or in person;
The baptism of heretics;
The status of the lapsed in the persecution under Licinius.
The purpose of the council was to resolve disagreements in the Church of Alexandria over the nature of Jesus in relationship to the Father; in particular, whether Jesus was of the same substance as God the Father or merely of similar substance.
St. Alexander of Alexandria and Athanasius took the first position; the popular presbyter Arius, from whom the term Arian controversy comes, took the second.
The council decided against the Arians (of the estimated 250-318 attendees, all but 2 voted against Arius).
But many of the Eastern bishops who were pro-Arian, were prevented from reaching the Council until after the vote had been taken.
Another result of the council was an agreement on the date of the Christian Passover (Pascha in Greek; Easter in modern English), the most important feast of the ecclesiastical calendar.
The council decided in favour of celebrating the resurrection on the first Sunday after the first full moon following the vernal equinox, independently of the Bible's Hebrew calendar and authorized the Bishop of Alexandria to announce annually the exact date to his fellow bishops.
The Council of Nicaea was historically significant because it was the first effort to come to a consensus in the church through an assembly representing all of Christendom. "
It was the first occasion for the development of technical Christology."
Further, "Constantine in convoking and presiding over the council signaled a measure of imperial control over the church."
With the creation of the Nicene Creed, a precedent was established for subsequent general councils to create a statement of belief and canons which were intended to become guidelines for doctrinal orthodoxy and a source of unity for the whole of Christendom — a momentous event in the history of the Church and subsequent history of Europe.
Character and purpose
The First Council of Nicaea was called by Constantine I upon the recommendations of a synod led by Hosius of Cordoba in the Eastertide of 325.
To most bishops, the teachings of Arius were heretical and a danger to the salvation of souls.
In the summer of 325, the bishops of all provinces came to Nicaea (now known as İznik, in modern-day Turkey), a place easily accessible to the majority of them, particularly those of Asia Minor, Syria, Palestine, Egypt, Greece, and Thrace.
Approximately 300 bishops attended, from every region of the Empire except Britain.
This was the first general council in the history of the Church since the Apostolic Council of Jerusalem.
In the Council of Nicaea, “The Church had taken her first great step to define doctrine more precisely in response to a challenge from a heretical theology.”
The resolutions in the council, being ecumenical, were intended for the whole Church.
Constantine had invited all 1800 bishops of the Christian church (about 1000 in the east and 800 in the west), but only 250 to 320 bishops actually participated.
Eusebius of Caesarea counted 250, Athanasius of Alexandria counted 318, and Eustathius of Antioch counted 270 (all three were present at the council).
Later, Socrates Scholasticus recorded more than 300, and Evagrius, Hilarius, Jerome and Rufinus recorded 318.
The bishops were given free travel to the council, as well as lodging.
These bishops did not travel alone; each one had permission to bring with him two priests and three deacons; so the total number of attendees would have been above 1500.
Eusebius speaks of an almost innumerable host of accompanying priests, deacons and acolytes.
The Eastern bishops formed the great majority.
Of these, the first rank was held by the three patriarchs: Alexander of Alexandria, Eustathius of Antioch, and Macarius of Jerusalem.
The Latin-speaking provinces sent at least five representatives: Marcus of Calabria from Italia, Cecilian of Carthage from Africa, Hosius of Córdoba from Hispania, Nicasius of Dijon from Gaul, and Domnus of Stridon from the province of the Danube.
Pope Silvester I did not attend, telling he was ill, but he was represented by two priests.
Athanasius of Alexandria, a young deacon and companion of Bishop Alexander of Alexandria, was among the assistants.
Athanasius eventually spent most of his life battling against Arianism.
Alexander of Constantinople, then a presbyter, was also present as representative of his aged bishop.
Eusebius of Caesarea, Letter of Eusebius of Cæsarea to the people of his Diocese Account of the Council of Nicea; The Life of the Blessed Emperor Constantine Book 3, Chapters VI-XXI treat the First Council of Nicaea.
Athanasius of Alexandria, Defence of the Nicene Definition; Ad Afros Epistola Synodica
Eustathius of Antioch, Letter recorded in Theodoret H.E. 1.7
Socrates, Of the Synod which was held at Nicæa in Bithynia, and the Creed there put forth Book 1 Chapter 8 of his Ecclesiastical History, 5th century source.
Sozomen, Of the Council convened at Nicæa on Account of Arius Book 1 Chapter 17 of his Ecclesiastical History, a 5th century source.
Theodoret, General Council of Nicæa Book 1 Chapter 6 of his Ecclesiastical History; The Epistle of the Emperor Constantine, concerning the matters transacted at the Council, addressed to those Bishops who were not present Book 1 Chapter 9 of his Ecclesiastical History, a 5th century source;
Carroll, Warren H., The Building of Christendom, 1987,
Davis, S.J., Leo Donald, The First Seven Ecumenical Councils (325-787), 1983,
Kelly, J.N.D., The Nicene Crisis in Early Christian Doctrines, 1978,
Kelly, J.N.D., The Creed of Nicea in Early Christian Creeds, 1982,
Newman, John Henry.,
The Ecumenical Council of Nicæa in the Reign of Constantine from Arians of the Fourth Century, 1871
Rubenstein, Richard E., When Jesus Became God: The Epic Fight Over Christ's Divinity in the Last Days of Rome, 2003,
Rusch, William G. "The Trinitarian Controversy", Sources of Christian Thought Series,
Schaff, Philip The first ecumenical council'' includes creed and canons of the council.
Tanner S.J., Norman P., "The Councils of the Church: A Short History", 2001,
Catholic Encyclopedia: First Council of Nicaea
The Road to Nicaea a descriptive overview of the events of the Council, by John Anthony McGuckin.
The Council of Nicaea and the Bible.
This article deals with the legend that the canon of the bible was discussed at the council.
Council of Nicaea in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica
Council of Nicaea
Nicaea 1
Oscypek (in Polish, Oštiepok in Slovak language) is a smoked cheese from Poland and Slovakia.
Polish food
Bigos is a traditional dish from Poland and Lithuania.
Bigos is created from cabbage (normal and sauerkraut) and meat.
In very rare cases bigos can be made without meat or cabbage, but the presence of sauerkraut is absolutely essential.
Bigos in wikinew`s cookbook
Lithuanian culture
Kaliber 44 is a hip hop band from Poland.
It was created in 1994 by Piotr Łuszcz ("Magik"), Marcin Marten ("AbraDab") and Michał Marten ("Joka").
Księga Tajemnicza.
Prolog (Mysterious Book.
Prologue) (1996)
W 63 minuty dookoła świata (Around the world in 63 minutes) (1998)
3:44 (2000)
"Magia i miecz" (The magic and the sword) (1996)
"Film" (Movie)(1998)
"Konfrontacje" (Confrontations) (2000)
Polish musical groups
1990s establishments in Poland
The genus includes between 150-200 species, and has a wide distribution in the Mediterranean region - Subgen.
Lupinus, and the Americas - Subgen.
Platycarpos (Wats.)
Kurl.
The species are mostly herbaceous perennial plants 0.3-1.5 m tall, but some are annual plants and a few are shrubs up to 3 m tall, with one, Lupinus jaimehintoniana, a tree 8 m high with a trunk 20 cm in diameter, from the Mexican state of Oaxaca.
They have a characteristic and easily recognised leaf shape, with soft green to grey-green or silvery leaves with the blades usually palmately divided into 5–17 leaflets or reduced to a single leaflet in a few species of the southeastern United States; in many species, the leaves are hairy with silvery hairs, often densely so.
The flowers are produced in dense or open whorls on an erect spike, each flower 1-2 cm long, with a typical peaflower shape with an upper 'standard', two lateral 'wings' and two lower petals fused as a 'keel'.
The fruit is a pod containing several seeds.
Lupins as an introduced pest
In New Zealand lupins have escaped into the wild and grow in large numbers along main roads and streams in South Island.
The seeds are carried by car tires and water flow, and unfortunately, some tourist shops in the major tourist areas have been reported to have sold packets of lupin seeds to tourists, with the instructions to plant, water and watch them grow into a giant beanstalk.
They are principally blue, pink and violet, with some yellow, and are very attractive, providing colourful vistas with a backdrop of mountains and lakes.
The New Zealand environment authorities have a campaign to reduce their numbers, although this seems a hopeless task, especially when faced with such ignorance as mentioned above.
In fields they seem to be eradicated by sheep, and hence remain largely restricted to ungrazed roadside verges and stream banks.
Diaporthe toxica sp.nov.,
the cause of lupinosis in sheep.
Williamson et al.
1994, Mycological Research 98 (12) 1364-1365
Lupins Resource Website
Alternative Field Crops Manual: Lupine
Lupins
The bar (symbol bar), decibar (symbol dbar) and the millibar (symbol mbar, also mb) are units of pressure.
They are not SI units, but they are anyhow also used with (although discouraged) for use with the SI.
The bar is still used in descriptions of pressure because it is about the same as atmospheric pressure.
1 bar = 100,000 pascals (Pa) = 1,000,000 dynes per square centimeter (baryes)
1 dbar = 0.1 bar = 10,000 Pa = 100,000 dyn/cm²
1 mbar = 0.001 bar = 100 Pa = 1,000 dyn/cm²
(A pascal is one newton per square meter.)
The word bar has its origin in the Greek word βάρος (baros), meaning weight.
Its official symbol is "bar"; the earlier "b" is now no longer used, but still often seen especially as "mb" rather than the correct "mbar" for millibars.
Official SI website: Table 8.
Non-SI units accepted for use with the SI
Conversion factors from bar to various pressure units
The pascal (symbol: Pa) is the SI derived unit of pressure or stress.
It is a measure of perpendicular force per unit area i.e. equal to one newton per square meter.
In everyday life, the pascal is maybe best known from meteorological air-pressure reports, where it happens in the form of hectopascal (1 hPa = 100 Pa).
In other cases, the kilopascal is more commonly used, for example on bicycle tire labels.
One hectopascal corresponds to 0.1 and one kilopascal to about 1% of atmospheric pressure (near sea level).
Jerez de la Frontera is a city in the province of Cádiz, in the region of Andalusia in Spain.
It is famous as the home of the wine called sherry, whose name comes from the city's old Arabic name, pronounced Sherish.
Jerez de la Frontera, once called Xeres, has a rich history from the days of the Moorish Arab occupation of the Iberian Peninsula.
Part of its name, de la Frontera, means "of the frontier" because it was on the border between Islamic and Christian populations.
The city is well known for breeding and training the world-famous Andalusian horses.
Flamenco dance is a popular cultural feature of the city.
Limited government is a form of government with roles and powers given, and limited by law, usually in a written constitution.
A limited government has only the powers that the people give it.
Related to this idea is "small government" – a system that put most of its power in smaller groups, such as private businesses and its own citizens.
On the other hand, “big government” involves a great amount of intervention by the state.
In Great Britain, the idea of limited government is part of the political tradition.
It was started by the Magna Carta, which limited the power of King John.
The execution of Charles I and the Glorious Revolution of 1688 reinforced this.
Even monarchs had to accept limits to their power, and parliamentary democracy became more important.
The Azores () is an archipelago of nine volcanic islands in the North Atlantic Ocean; they are about  west of Lisbon and about  southeast of Newfoundland.
The islands, and their Exclusive Economic Zone, form the Autonomous Region of the Azores, one of the two autonomous regions of Portugal.
There are nine major Azores islands and several very small islands (islets), in three main groups.
They extend for more than  and lie in a northwest-southeast direction.
The archipelago was settled over the centuries, mostly from mainland Portugal.
Portuguese settlers came from the provinces of Algarve, Minho, Alentejo and Ribatejo, as well as Madeira.
The archipelago is in the Atlantic Ocean between 36º and 43º latitude North and between 25º and 31º longitude West.
They have a very humid oceanic climate with relatively small annual variations.
The nine islands are in three natural geographic groups, each group separated by more than  of water.
The eastern group, with the islands of São Miguel and Santa Maria;
The central group, with the islands of Faial, Terceira, Graciosa, São Jorge, and Pico;
The western group, with the islands of Flores and Corvo.
The eastern group also has, to the northeast of Santa Maria, a group of very small islands (islets) and reefs that are named Ilhéus das Formigas (Islets of the Ants), or just Formigas ("Ants"); these smalls islands, together with the Dollabarat reef, form the Reserva Natural do Ilhéu das Formigas.
The nine islands have a total area of .
Their individual areas vary between  of the largest island (São Miguel) to  of the smallest (Corvo).
All the islands have volcanic origins, although some, such as Santa Maria, have had no recorded activity since the islands were settled.
The last volcano to erupt in the archipelago was the Capelinhos Volcano () in 1957, in the western part of the island of Faial.
Earthquakes are common on most of the islands.
The Azores are on place where three of the world's large tectonic plates (the North American Plate, the Eurasian Plate and the African Plate) meet.
The westernmost islands of the archipelago, (Corvo and Flores), are in the North American Plate, while the remaining islands are located within the region where the Eurasian plate is separated from the African Plates.
Daily maximum temperatures usually range between  and .
The average annual rainfall increases from east to west, and it ranges from 700 to 1600 annual millimetres (27.6–63 in) on average, reaching  on Mount Pico.
The sea around the Azores is warmed by the Gulf Stream and sea water temperature varies from  to .
A total of 11 tropical or subtropical cyclones have affected the region in history.
Most of them were either extratropical or tropical storms when they impacted the region, although several hurricanes of Category 1 have reached the Azores.
The Azores are divided into 19 municipalities (); each municipality is further divided into parishes (), of which there is a total of 156 in all of the Azores.
The municipalities, by island, are:
Ponta Delgada (), São Miguel island, with 68,809 inhabitants: 33,516 men and 35,293 women.
Ribeira Grande (), São Miguel island, with 32,112 inhabitants: 16,187 men and 15,925 women.
Angra do Heroísmo (), Terceira island, with 35,402 inhabitants: 17,270 men and 18, 132 women.
Praia da Vitória (), Terceira island, with 21,035 inhabitants: 10,434 men and 10,601 women.
Horta (), Faial island, with 14,994 inhabitants: 7,324 men and 7,670 women.
According to the 2011 Census, the total population in the Azores was 246,746: 121,533 men and 125,213 women.
The density for the whole Archipelago is 106 persons/km2 .
In the agriculture sector, cattle-raising is very important.
Some of the most important crops in the Azores are pineapples, grapes, potatoes, tobacco and tea.
Fisheries are an important economic activity on all islands.
Fishing methods are highly traditional among Azorean fishermen.
Industry in the Azores is based mainly on the production of dairy products (milk, cheese) and transformation of fisheries products, such as tuna.
It is tourism, however, that has been growing more in recent years.
It is far less developed than those industries of its Macaronesian neighbours, Madeira and Canary Islands.
Azores Regional Government
Wade Jeremy Robson (born 1982) is an Australian professional dancer, choreographer, producer, and songwriter.
He has performed as a dancer since the age of 5 with celebrities such as Michael Jackson and Britney Spears, and is also an award-winning choreographer, known for his own MTV show Wade Robson Project, and the broadcast competition So You Think You Can Dance.
In 1994 he released an album as part of the hip hop group Quo.
On May 1 2013 Robson sued Michael Jackson's estate.
He did not sue Jackson because Jackson died in 2009.
He said that Jackson sexually abused him from the age of 7 to 14.
He said that he would sue Jackson's father Joe for slander if he did not stop saying that Robson is lying.
He and fellow accuser James Safechuck told their stories in the controversial documentary Leaving Neverland in 2019.
Tremaine Dance profile
MTV biography
Ask Men entry
PopGurls 20 Questions with Wade Robson
Australian entertainers
People from Brisbane
Adam Stefan Stanisław Bonfatiusz Józef Sapieha (14 May 1867 – 23 July 1951) was a Polish  Roman Catholic Church priest and Cardinal.
He was a mentor and patron  of Pope John Paul II.
Sapieha was born in 1867 in the castle of Krasiczyn.
He was the youngest of the seven children of Prince Adam Stanisław Sapieha-Kodenski.
After the Nazi invasion of Poland, Sapieha operate the seminary in secret.
Among the students was Karol Wojtyła, the future Pope John Paul II.
Wojtyła lived in Sepieha's basement.
In 1963, Father Wojtyła became the Auxiliary Bishop in Kraków.
He died on 23 July 1951, at the age of 84.
Cardinal Sapieha is buried in the castle of Wawel (in Kraków).
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Maria Faustina Kowalska, commonly known as Saint Faustina, born Helena Kowalska (August 25, 1905, Głogowiec, then in the Russian Empire – October 5, 1938, Kraków, Poland) was a Polish nun and mystic.
She is now venerated in the Roman Catholic Church as a saint.
Faustina Kowalska, the servant of God's mercy, was the third of ten children.
She was born to a poor family.
In 1921 after grade school, she started to work to support her family.
Around this time she was considering a vocation in the Catholic church.
She claimed that God himself was calling her to be a nun.
Helena left for Warsaw, and applied to various convents in the capital, only to be turned down each time.
She was finally accepted at the convent of the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy.
She was eventually initiated as a nun on April 30, 1926, with the name Sister Maria Faustina of the Blessed Sacrament.
Saint Faustina claimed she had visited Purgatory.
She also said she had seen and spoken to Jesus and Mary several times.
Later on, Jesus revealed her purpose; to spread the devotion of the Mercy of God.
On February 22, 1931, Jesus was said to have appeared as the 'King of Divine Mercy', wearing a white garment.
His right hand was raised in a sign of blessing and the other was touching the garment at the breast.
From beneath the garment came two large rays.
One ray was red, the other pale.
St. Faustina had a picture of this vision painted.
With the help of Father Michał Sopoćko, she distributed the images at Kraków and Wilno, and people began to pray before them.
Saint Faustina wrote a diary.
She did this despite the fact that she could hardly write at all.
The diary was later published under the title Divine Mercy in My Soul: The Diary of St. Faustina.
Saint Faustina wanted to found a "Congregation which will proclaim the Mercy of God to the world, and, by its prayers, obtain it for the world".
In 1936, Saint Faustina became seriously ill.
At the time, doctors thought it could be tuberculosis.
She was moved to the sanatorium in Pradnik.
She spent much time in prayer, reciting the Chaplet of Divine Mercy and praying for the conversion of sinners.
The last two years of St. Faustina’s life were spent working as much as she could between visits to the sanatorium and time spent sick in bed in the convent.
By June of 1938, she could no longer write in the diary, and it became obvious that she would not live much longer.
St. Faustina died on October 5.
The task of spreading the message of Divine Mercy, already well begun, was continued by her spiritual director, Father Sopoćko.
Saint Faustina had never been able to found the religious order which Jesus had asked for, but she had left clear rules for the life of the prospective community, and at last in 1941, the order, now known as the Institute of Divine Mercy, was founded.
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Don Giovanni  is an Italian opera in two acts.
It is about the character better known as Don Juan.
The music was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
The libretto was written by Lorenzo da Ponte.
The opera was first performed at the National Theatre in Prague on 29 October  1787.
Don Giovanni is about a libertine and murderer who refuses to repent when given the chance.
He is taken alive to Hell.
The story was originally a folktale.
Plays, operas, and even a ballet were produced on the theme by the time Mozart and da Ponte started work on their opera.
Don Giovanni was performed across Europe after its success in Prague.
It was performed in the United States in 1826, staged by da Ponte himself.
In 1979, Joseph Losey made a movie of the opera.
In 2013, Don Giovanni was tenth on the Operabase list of the most-performed operas in the world.
Principal characters
Don Giovanni - baritone
Donna Anna - soprano
Donna Elvira - soprano
Zerlina - soprano
Don Ottavio - tenor
Leporello - bass
Masetto - bass
Commendatore - bass
Story of the opera
The overture opens with a somber musical passage in D minor.
This passage is also played when the statue of the Commendatore calls for Don Giovanni to repent at the end of the opera.
A quick, bright section in D major follows this slow passage.
It is not related to music in opera.
It is spirited, vigorous, and robust.
It quietly dies away as the curtain rises on the first act.
Scene 1.
The garden of the Commendatore's house in Seville, Spain.
Don Giovanni has failed to seduce Donna Anna.
Her father defends her.
Don Giovanni kills him in a duel.
He runs away with his servant Leporello.
Donna Anna and her fiancé Don Ottavio find the dead Commendatore.
They promise to bring the murderer to justice.
Scene 2.
A street in Seville.
Don Giovanni's wife Donna Elvira has just come to Seville from Burgos.
She is looking for Don Giovanni.
He married her, and then left her.
He enters the street with Leporello.
He sees Elvira and leaves.
Leporello stays behind.
He tells Elvira about Giovanni's bad behavior with women.
Scene 3.
The countryside near Seville.
Don Giovanni takes an interest in a peasant girl named Zerlina.
He tries to seduce her.
Elvira takes Zerlina away with her.
Anna and Ottavio meet Don Giovanni.
He does not want to talk to them.
He hurries away.
They know he is the murderer.
They promise again to bring him to justice.
Giovanni comes back when they leave.
He orders Leporello to prepare a party.
Scene 4.
A garden at Don Giovanni's palace.
Masetto and Zerlina are going to the party.
Masetto doubts Zerlina loves him.
She tells him to beat her, if that will make him feel better.
The two make up.
They go into the palace.
Anna, Ottavio, and Elvira come into the garden.
Their faces are covered with masks.
They promise to bring Don Giovanni to justice.
Scene 5.
The ballroom in Don Giovanni's palace.
The guests are having a gay time.
Don Giovanni pulls Zerlina into another room.
Don Giovanni comes into the room.
He tells everyone that Leporello attacked Zerlina.
No one is fooled.
Anna, Elvira, and Ottavio take off their masks.
Ottavio has a pistol.
Don Giovanni runs away.
Evening on a street in Seville.
Don Giovanni wants to seduce Elvira's maid.
He changes clothes with Leporello.
When Elvira enters, Leporello is sent off with the lady.
She thinks he is Don Giovanni.
Giovanni sings a serenade.
Masetto and his friends come in.
They are looking for Don Giovanni.
He beats Masetto and runs off.
Zerlina finds Masetto and comforts him.
A nearby street.
Leporello wants to get rid of Elvira.
She may discover he is not Giovanni.
The two hear others coming into the street.
They hide behind a wall.
Anna, Ottavio, Zerlina, and Masetto open a door in the wall, and find Leporello.
They want to punish him.
Ottavio says he will go to the police.
Scene 3. (
This scene is cut in modern performances.)
Zerlina threatens Leporello with a razor.
A servant ties Leporello to a chair.
When Leporello is left alone, he escapes.
Zerlina comes back with Elvira and Masetto.
They believe Don Giovanni must have helped Leporello escape.
Elvira is left alone.
She thinks of her love for Don Giovanni.
She is certain he will be punished.
A cemetery in Seville.
Don Giovanni and Leporello make jokes about Elvira.
A strange voice is heard.
It tells the two that justice is near.
The voice is coming from a statue of the murdered Commendatore.
Giovanni orders Leporello to invite the statue to dinner.
The two leave to get dinner ready.
A room in Donna Anna's house.
Anna is feeling great sorrow over her father's death.
Ottavio says his love will comfort her.
She is shocked with this suggestion.
Ottavio says she is cruel to him.
She asks him not to say such things.
She tells him that her sorrow is so deep that she can think only of her dead father.
Scene 6.
A room in Don Giovanni's palace.
Don Giovanni is eating dinner.
Elvira begs him to repent and change his way of life before it is too late.
He laughs at her, and she leaves.
Suddenly, the statue comes into the room.
It orders Giovanni to repent.
He refuses.
Flames rise, and demons scream.
The statue takes Giovanni's hand.
Hell opens.
The two disappear in the flames.
Anna, Ottavio, Elvira, Zerlina, and Massetto come into the room with the police.
Leporello tells them that Giovanni has met his end.
They are pleased, and make plans for happier days.
Don Giovanni is based on a character in European folklore.
This character is known as Don Juan.
In 1581, the first play about Don Juan was written in Spanish by Juan de la Cueva.
Other plays were also written.
The most famous Don Juan play was The Playboy of Seville and His Stone Guest by a Spanish monk named Tirso de Molina.
This play is the source of all the Don Juan stories and plays that were written after it.
Da Ponte even used some words from it when he was writing Don Giovanni.
Traveling actors performed the Don Juan plays in France and Italy .
The Don Juan character became well known.
There were French, German, and Italian plays.
Molière wrote Dom Juan in 1665, and Thomas Shadwell wrote an English play in 1676.
Carlo Goldoni wrote an Italian play in 1736.
Mozart and da Ponte probably knew the Goldoni play.
The first opera was a French one written in 1713.
It was a comic opera.
Gluck wrote a ballet for Vienna in 1761.
Vincenzo Righini wrote an opera that was performed in Vienna and Prague in 1777  ten years before Don Giovanni.
There were other operas written about Don Juan.
The best known opera was one by Giovanni Bertati and Giuseppe Gazzaniga.
It was performed in Venice in 1787.
Da Ponte knew this opera.
He made use of Bertati's libretto when he wrote Don Giovanni.
Mozart and da Ponte
Mozart and da Ponte first met in Vienna in 1783.
At that time, da Ponte promised to write a libretto for Mozart.
Three years later, he adapted a French play called The Marriage of Figaro to an opera libretto for Mozart.
In three months, Mozart had completed the music.
The Marriage of Figaro had its first performance in Vienna on May 1, 1786.
In January 1787, Mozart went to Prague for the first performance of Figaro in that city.
The opera was a wild success.
The manager of the opera house hired Mozart to write an opera for Prague.
In Vienna, Mozart asked da Ponte for a libretto.
Da Ponte gave him Don Giovanni.
Mozart started work on this new opera.
Mozart wrote most of Don Giovanni in the summer of 1787 in Vienna.
Early in October, he went to Prague.
He completed the opera in Prague at the Villa Bertramka, the home of friends.
The first performance of the opera was postponed.
The curtain rose on the world premiere of Don Giovanni at the National Theatre in Prague on October 29, 1787.
The opera was a great success.
One critic wrote: "On Monday the 29th the Italian Opera performed Maestro Mozart's eagerly awaited Don Giovanni ... Music lovers and musicians say that nothing to equal it has every been seen before in Prague ... Mozart himself conducted and he was given three cheers ... The opera is uncommonly difficult to perform ... The crowd of spectators bears witness to its general acclaim."
There are many legends about the making of Don Giovanni.
One legend says Luigi Bassi, the 22 year old singer playing Don Giovanni, wanted more music to sing.
He was said to have forced Mozart to rewrite a duet five times.
Another legend says Mozart flirted with all three sopranos in the opera.
When one would reject his passes, he would simply move on to the next.
Another legend says Mozart's wife Constanze kept her husband awake with funny stories the night before the first performance so he could complete the overture to the opera.
Vienna performance
Mozart left Prague for Vienna in November 1787.
Music lovers in Vienna had heard  good reports of Don Giovanni.
The Emperor ordered the opera to be produced at the Burgtheater.
Mozart wrote some new music for the characters of Elvira and Ottavio.
He also wrote a duet for Zerlina and Leporello.
Don Giovanni was first performed in Vienna on May 7, 1788.
Mozart's sister-in-law Aloysia Lange sang Donna Anna.
Legend says the performance in Vienna ended with Don Giovanni going to Hell.
The final scene for Anna, Elvira, Zerlina, Ottavio, Masetto, and Leporello was probably cut.
Mozart wrote some new music for the Vienna performance.
He may have had to cut the last scene to keep the performance within a certain length of time.
The opera was not as successful in Vienna as it was in Prague.
It was dropped at the Burgtheater after fifteen performances.
Other performances
Don Giovanni was performed all over Germany.
It was performed in Poland in 1789.
It was performed in German in Amsterdam and St Petersburg.
The opera was popular in France, in both Italian and French versions.
The first performance of Don Giovanni in Italy was at Bergamo in 1811.
It was performed in Rome the same year.
Its first performance in England may have been an amateur performance.
In 1817 though, it was presented in both English and Italian.
Lorenzo da Ponte produced the first American performance of Don Giovanni in New York City in 1826.
1934: Ezio Pinza (Don Giovanni), Rosa Ponselle (Donna Anna), Maria Müller (Donna Elvira), Edita Fleischer, (Zerlina) Tito Schipa (Don Ottavio), Virgilio Lazzari (Leporello), Louis D'Angelo (Masetto), Emanuel List (Commendatore); The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Tullio Serafin - (Andromeda); (Live performance)
1936: John Brownlee (Don Giovanni), Ina Souez (Donna Anna), Luise Helletsgruber (Donna Elvira), Audrey Mildmay (Zerlina), Koloman von Pataky (Don Ottavio), Salvatore Baccaloni (Leporello), Roy Henderson (Masetto), David Franklin (Commendatore); Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra and Chorus, Fritz Busch - (EMI Classics)
1937: Ezio Pinza (Don Giovanni), Elisabeth Rethberg (Donna Anna), Luise Helletsgruber (Donna Elvira), Margit Bokor (Zerlina), Dino Borgioli (Don Ottavio), Virgilio Lazzari (Leporello), Karl Ettl (Masetto), Herbert Alsen (Commendatore); Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Wiener Philharmoniker, Bruno Walter - (Urania); (Live performance)