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Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959) is a science fiction movie.  It was written and directed by Ed Wood and shot in 1957.  It stars Gregory Walcott, Mona McKinnon, Lyle Talbot, Tor Johnson, Maila Nurmi (Vampira), and Criswell. Some footage of Bela Lugosi as the "Old Man" was edited into the movie after Lugosi's death.

The movie is about aliens who want to stop humans from creating a weapon that will destroy the universe. To do this, the aliens put their "Plan 9" in operation. This is a scheme to bring Earth's dead back to life. This plan will get Earth's attention and chaos will follow.

For years, the movie was aired on television without much notice. In 1980 authors Michael Medved and Harry Medved called Plan 9 from Outer Space the "worst movie ever made". They posthumously awarded their Golden Turkey Award to Wood as the worst director ever.

Cast
Cast

Earthlings
 Gregory Walcott as Jeff Trent, an airline pilot 
 Mona McKinnon as Paula Trent, Jeff's wife
 Lyle Talbot as General Roberts
 Duke Moore as Lt. John Harper 
 Tom Keene as Col. Tom Edwards
 Tor Johnson as Insp. Dan Clay
 Carl Anthony as Patrolman Larry 
 Paul Marco as Patrolman Kelton  
 Conrad Brooks as Patrolman Jamie

Aliens  
 Dudley Manlove as Eros, an alien 
 Joanna Lee as Tanna, an alien 
 John Breckinridge as The Ruler, an alien

Ghouls 
 Bela Lugosi as Old Man / Ghoul Man
 Maila Nurmi (Vampira) as Old Man's wife / Vampire Girl 
 Criswell as Himself / Narrator

Other websites 

The Second Supper Cult Classics Review 
Plan 9 from Outer Space at YouTube

American science fiction movies
English-language movies
1959 movies
B-movies
Movies directed by Ed Wood
American independent movies
Movies set in California
Movies about extraterrestrial life
Cult movies
Alannah Myles (born December 25, 1955, Toronto) is a Canadian singer, songwriter and producer. She began her career as an actress. Myles began singing professionally around 1979 but was rejected by all record labels in Canada. After recording 3 masters and a video of "Just One Kiss" with Christopher Ward and David Tyson for her first album, she was immediately signed to an 8 album international contract by the head of A&R, Tunc Erim. Her first album was released on April 6, 1989. The first two singles released at the same time in Canada. They were "Love Is" and "Black Velvet". "Love Is" was released in the mainly English speaking west. It went to number one in the charts. "Black Velvet" was released in Quebec and went to number one on French Canadian radio. "Black Velvet" was released internationally in 1990. It reached number one in many places. It stayed at number one for two weeks in the United Kingdom. "Black Velvet" was a hit song released in the United States on Jan 9, 1990 as a single
. This made Myles eligible for a Grammy Award. She won the award in 1991 for "Best Rock Vocal Performance-Female".
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Henry IV, Part 1 is a play by William Shakespeare. It was likely written no later than 1597. Shakespeare probably read Holinshed's Chronicles for background. The play was first printed in quarto in 1598 by Andrew Wise. The play was Shakespeare's most popular printed text. It is the second of Shakespeare's three plays about the reigns of Richard II, Henry IV (two plays), and Henry V. It has always been a popular play with audiences and with critics. Sir John Falstaff is one of Shakespeare's greatest and most popular characters.

Other websites 
King Henry IV Part 1 Audio and Text 
The First Part of Henry the Fourth  A modern version of unspecified provenance.
Henry the Fourth part 1  – Project Gutenberg's transcription from the First Folio.

Plays by William Shakespeare
Plays based on English history
1590s plays
The Portland Winterhawks are an American professional ice hockey team that began playing in 1976. They currently play in the Western Hockey League. They play their home games in Portland, Oregon at both the Memorial Coliseum and Rose Garden arenas. They have won 2 Memorial Cups in 1982 and 1997. They have also won 2 President's Cups in 1981 and 1997. They were originally known as the Portland Winter Hawks until May 2009 when they took out the space.

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Bal du moulin de la Galette () (1876) is a painting by Pierre-Auguste Renoir. It is in the Musée d'Orsay in Paris. The painting depicts a typical Sunday afternoon at Moulin de la Galette in the district of Montmartre. In the late 19th century, working class Parisians would dress up and spend time there dancing, drinking, and eating galettes into the evening. Bal du moulin de la Galette is a typical Impressionist snapshot of real life. It shows a richness of form, a fluidity of brush stroke, and a flickering light. The French painter Gustave Caillebotte owned the painting for about 20 years. When he died it became the property of the French Republic. From 1896 to 1929 the painting hung in the Musée du Luxembourg. From 1929 it hung in the Musée du Louvre. It was sent to the Musée d'Orsay in 1986. Renoir painted a smaller version of the picture with the same title. This painting is in a private collection. For many years it was owned by John Hay Whitney
. On May 17, 1990, his widow sold it for US$78 million at Sotheby's in New York City. It was one of the most expensive artworks ever sold.
Other websites 
Top Ten Most Expensive Paintings Sold At Auction
Details, Musée d'Orsay 

1870s paintings
Paintings in the Musée d'Orsay, Paris
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Impressionism
The Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (, UFRJ) is the largest federal university of Brazil. It has a central campus in the city of Rio de Janeiro and two smaller ones. It was established in 1792 as a military college, and became a university in 1920. It is one the country's most prestigious universities.

The Federal University owns several hospitals and several museums including the National Museum of Brazil.

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Other websites 
 UFRJ Official website 

Colleges and universities in Brazil
Buildings and structures in Rio de Janeiro
1920 establishments in South America
1920s establishments in Brazil
Bride of Frankenstein (sometimes The Bride of Frankenstein) is a 1935 Universal Pictures science fiction horror movie. It is a sequel to Universal's Frankenstein (1931). Bride was directed by James Whale. It stars Boris Karloff, Elsa Lanchester, Colin Clive, and Ernest Thesiger.

The movie is based on a subplot in the book Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. It picks up where the movie Frankenstein leaves off.  In Bride, Henry Frankenstein drops his work in the laboratory. The Monster wants a mate. He forces Henry to create one.

Preparations for making Bride began shortly after Frankenstein opened in theaters.  Photography started in January 1935. Many of the actors and crew from Frankenstein returned for Bride. Critics and audiences loved the movie, but the censors found fault.

Today, the movie is considered Whale's masterpiece. The director and others involved in the production were homosexuals. Some viewers detect a gay sensibility in the movie. Some of Whale's associates have dismissed the idea.

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1935 movies
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The Wild One (1953) is an outlaw biker movie. The movie was based on a short story that told of the damage done to a small California town in 1947 by thousands of rowdy outlaw bikers. The movie was directed by László Benedek. It stars Marlon Brando and Lee Marvin (in his movie debut) as rival biker gang leaders. It is the first outlaw biker movie. Critics and teenagers liked the movie. It inspired fads such as sideburns.

Background
The movie was based on the short story "The Cyclists' Raid" by Frank Rooney. Rooney wrote the story after seeing photos in a Life magazine showing the damage done by 4,000 bikers to a small town in California after a weekend spree of violence in 1947.

The story was published in Harper's Magazine in 1951. Kramer bought the sceen rights. Brando was leery about taking on the role of a lowlife bully after playing Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire. He accepted though because he liked the director and the movie's social commentary.
Cast 
 Marlon Brando as Johnny, leader of the Rebels
 Mary Murphy as Kathie Bleeker, a waitress
 Robert Keith as Police Chief Harry Bleeker, Kathie's father
 Lee Marvin as Chino, leader of The Beetles
 Jay C. Flippen as Sheriff Stew Singer
 Peggy Maley as Mildred, a beautician
 Ray Teal as Frank Bleeker, Kathie's uncle
 Will Wright as Art Kleiner, a townsman
 Yvonne Doughty as Britches, Beetles member

Story 
Johnny leads his biker gang into a small town. The club members are rowdy. They hang out at the cafe drinking beer. Kathie works in the cafe. Johnny takes a liking to her. He asks her out. She declines. Johnny learns that she is a policeman's daughter. He changes his mind about dating her.
Another biker gang rides into town. Their leader is Chino. He does not like Johnny. The two fight. Johnny wins. Chino's bikers vandalize the town and harass the townspeople. They tease Kathie. Johnny rescues her. The two ride into a park. Kathie is attracted to Johnny. He mauls her. She cries and runs off. Johnny rides after her.

The townspeople have had enough of the bikers. Some think Johnny assaulted Kathie. Johnny is caught by angry townsmen. They beat him, but he gets away on his motorcycle. The townspeople chase him. A tire iron is thrown. It hits Johnny and he falls from his bike. His motorcycle takes off without its rider. It hits and kills an old man.

The sheriff arrives with his deputies. Order is restored. Johnny is arrested for killing the old man. Two witnesses say that Johnny was not responsible for the old man's death. The bikers are ordered to leave town. Johnny goes back to the cafe to say goodbye to Kathie. He then leaves.
Critical response 
Dave Kehr of The Chicago Reader has written: "Legions of Brando impersonators have turned his performance in this seminal 1954 motorcycle movie into self-parody, but it's still a sleazy good time." Variety noted that the film "is long on suspense, brutality and sadism ... All performances are highly competent."

The Catholic Legion of Decency objected to the "excessive brutality, lack of moral compensation and suggestiveness" in The Wild One. One French journalist described the movie as "the most unpleasant American movie ever seen." The magazine Positif described the movie as a masterpiece and "the [movie] of the year".

Brando has written: "The public's reaction to The Wild One was, I believe, a product of its time and circumstances. It was only seventy-nine minutes long, short by modern standards, and it looks dated and corny now; I don't think it has aged well."
Popular reaction
Brando's sideburns inspired a fad. James Dean and Elvis Presley wore them. Brando's character was parodied by Harvey Lembeck in the "beach party" movies of the early 1960s.

Presley used Johnny's image as a model for his role in Jailhouse Rock. James Dean bought a Triumph TR5 Trophy motorcycle like Brando's Triumph Thunderbird 6T motorcycle. For 2010, Triumph motorcycles introduced a range of clothing and promotional items inspired by Brando's image from The Wild One.

References

Other websites 
 
 
 
 Tim Dirks reviews The Wild One
 The Wild One Banned in UK

American crime drama movies
American teen drama movies
Gangster movies
Movies based on short stories
Movies set in California
Outlaw biker movies
Columbia Pictures movies
Movies directed by László Benedek
1953 crime drama movies
Matilda is a fictional movie directed by Danny DeVito, based on the classic novel Matilda by Roald Dahl. It was first released July 28, 1996 by TriStar Pictures. Starring Mara Wilson, Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman, Embeth Davidtz, and Pam Ferris, it features the 7-year-old Matilda, a brilliant girl with extraordinary powers that uses them to fight back against her abusive parents, rebel and overthrow the tyrannical headmistress of her school, and save her kindhearted teacher from poverty.

1996 movies
1990s family movies
1990s fantasy movies
1990s American fantasy movies
Movies about revenge
Movies about child abuse
Movies about educators
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Switching Channels is a 1988 comedy starring Kathleen Turner, Burt Reynolds and Christopher Reeve. This movie got mixed reviews and was a commercial failure when it came out. This movie was like The Front Page, which was remade as His Girl Friday. This was released in March of 1988.

The movie got mixed reviews from the critics.

The movie was nominated for two Golden Raspberry Awards: Burt Reynolds for Worst Actor and Christopher Reeve for Worst Supporting Actor.

1988 movies
1988 comedy movies
American comedy movies
Movies based on plays
English-language movies
Movies directed by Ted Kotcheff
W.G. Grace MRCS, LRCP (William Gilbert Grace, 18 July 1848 – 23 October 1915) was an English physician and cricketer.

Grace, always known as 'W.G.', was one of the greatest players, and was important in the development of the sport. He played first-class cricket for a record-equalling 44 seasons, from 1865 to 1908, during which he captained England, Gloucestershire County Cricket Club, the Gentlemen, MCC, the United South of England Eleven and several other teams. He came from a cricketing family. In 1880 W.G. with E.M. Grace, one of his elder brothers, and Fred Grace, his younger brother, was the first time three brothers played together in Test cricket. His father and a cousin were also good players.
Right-handed as both batsman and bowler, Grace dominated the sport during his career. His technical innovations and enormous influence had a lasting effect. An outstanding all-rounder, he excelled at batting, bowling and fielding. It is for his batting that he is most renowned. Usually opening the innings, he was admired for his mastery of all strokes: his level of expertise was said by contemporary reviewers to be unique. He generally captained the teams he played for at all levels because of his skill and tactical know-how, and his dominant personality.

Grace qualified as a medical practitioner in 1879. Because of his medical profession, he was nominally an amateur cricketer but he is said to have made more money from cricket than any professional. He was a very competitive player. Although he was one of the most famous men in England, he was also one of the most controversial on account of his gamesmanship and his financial skill.
He took part in other sports: as a young man he was a champion 440 yard hurdler, and also played football for the Wanderers.  In later life, he developed enthusiasm for golf, lawn bowls and curling.

Test cricket began in 1877, when Grace was already 28. He made his debut in 1880, scoring England's first-ever Test century against Australia. He played for England in 22 Tests through the 1880s and 1890s, all of them against Australia. He was an automatic selection for England at home, but his only Test-playing tour of Australia was that of 1891–92.

Grace's most significant Test was England v Australia in 1882 at The Oval. Thanks to Spofforth, the 'demon bowler', who took 14 wickets in the match, Australia won by 7 runs and the legend of The Ashes was born. Grace scored only 4 and 32, and he was held responsible for "firing up" Spofforth. This came about through a piece of gamesmanship by Grace when he made an unsporting, but legal, run out of one of the Australian batsmen.p137 Grace died of a heart attack.
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was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō, lit. year name) after Jōhō and before Eihō.  This period started in November 1077 and ended in February 1081.  The reigning emperor was .

Events of the Jōryaku Era
 1077 (Jōryaku 1, 1st month): Shirakawa  went to the Kamo Shrines.  Also, he visited Kiyomizu-dera and other Buddhist temples.
 1077 (Jōryaku 1, 2nd month): Minamoto no Morofusa died at the age of 70.  He had held the office of Minister of the Right (udaijin).
 1077 (Jōryaku 1): The emperor caused Hosshō-ji (dedicated to the "Superiority of Buddhist Law") to be built at Shirakawa.
 1079 (Jōryaku 3, 10th month): The emperor visited the Fushimi Inari-taisha at the foot of Mount Fushimi; and he went to the Yasaka Shrine.

Related pages
 Heian period

References

Other websites
 National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection

Japanese eras
was a  after Jōryaku and before Ōtoku.  This period started in February 1081 and ended in April 1084.  The reigning emperor was .

Events of the Eihō Era
 26 May 1081 (Eihō 1, 15th day of the 4th month):  The Buddhist Temple of Miidera was set on fire by the monks of a rival sect.

 12 July 1081 (Eihō 1, 4th day of the 6th month): Miidera was burned again by monks from Mt. Hiei.

 1083 (Eihō 3, 10th month): At Hosshō-ji, construction begins on a nine-story pagoda.

Related pages
 Heian period

References

Other websites
 National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection

Japanese eras
was a  after Eihō and before Kanji.  This period spanned the years from February 1084 through April 1087.  The reigning emperor was .

Events of the Ōtoku Era
 1084 (Ōtoku 1, 9th month): The emperor's principal consort, died; and Shirakawa's grief overwhelmed him.

 1084 (Ōtoku 3, 9th month): Shirakawa announced his intention to abdicate in favor of his son.

 3 January 1084 (Ōtoku 3, 26th day of the 11th month): Shirakawa abdicated, and he took the title Daijō-tennō.  The succession (senso) was received by a his son. Soon after, Emperor Horikawa accepted the monarch's role and duties and powers (sokui).  This was confirmed in ceremonies.

Related pages
 Heian period

References

Other websites
 National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection

Japanese eras
was a  after Ōtoku and before Kahō.  This period started in April 1087 and ended in December 1094. The reigning emperor was .

Events of the Kanji era
 1087 (Kanji 1, 5th month):  Former emperor Shirakawa retired to Uji.

 1088 (Kanji 2, 1st month): Emperor Horikawa visited his father's home in Uji.

 1088 (Kanji 2, 10th month): Shirakawa visited the temples at Mt. Hiei.

 28 January 1088 (Kanji 2, 14th day of the 12th month): Fujiwara Morozane was given the title of daijō-daijin.

 1089 (Kanji 3, 5th month): Shirakawa again visits Mt. Hiei; and this time, he stayed seven days.

 1090 (Kanji 4, 12th month):  Morozane was named kampaku.

 March 26, 1094 (Kanji 8, 8th day of the 3rd month):  Morozane resigned from his role as kampaku.

Related pages
 Heian period

References

Other websites
 National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection

Japanese eras
Terrence Alan Crews (born July 30, 1968) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, voice artist, and comedian. He is known for appearing in Everybody Hates Chris, The Expendables, White Chicks, The 6th Day, Norbit, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, and other movies and television series. He is a retired NFL player. Crews is from Flint, Michigan. Crews was the host of Who Wants to be a Millionaire on September 2014 until May 2015 due to his busy schedule. He was replaced by Chris Harrison in September 2015.

Early life and education 
Terrence Alan Crews grew up in a strict Christian household in Flint. His mother raised him, because his father was an alcoholic. His great aunt gave him a flute, so Terrence took lessons for eight years. He played football at Western Michigan University (WMU) in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

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Other websites

 Official website
 
 BET Shows - The Family Crews Website
 Squeegee Lo Website 
 NFL stats at Databasefootball.com
 Terry Crews reality show - The Family Crews
1968 births
Living people
African American actors
African American comedians
American movie actors
American television actors
American voice actors
Comedians from Michigan
San Diego Chargers players
Washington Redskins players
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A galette is a term used in French cuisine for various types of flat, round or freeform crusty cakes.

One notable type is the galette des Rois ('King cake') eaten on the day of Epiphany. In Quebec, the term galette is usually applied to pastries best described as large cookies.

Galette is also the name given in most French crêperies to savoury buckwheat flour pancakes. Those made from wheat flour, much smaller in size and mostly served with a sweet filling, are called crêpes.

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Cakes
Air Buddies is the 6th movie in the Air Bud movie series. It is also the first movie in the Air Buddies movie series. It was released in 2006 by Walt Disney Home Entertainment. The movie was directed by Robert Vince.

Other websites
 The Official Disney Air Buddies Website 
 
 Air Buddies DVD Review

Disney movies
2006 movies
Movies about animals
English-language movies
This list of bridges in Canada is organized by province and territory.

Alberta
Center Street Bridge ~ Calgary
Clover Bar Bridge ~ Edmonton
Dawson Bridge ~ Edmonton
Dudley B. Menzies Bridge ~ Edmonton
Dunvegan Suspension Bridge - Dunvegan, Alberta
Fabyan Trestle Bridge ~ Fabyan, Alberta
Groat Bridge - Edmonton
High Level Bridge ~ Edmonton
James MacDonald Bridge - Edmonton
Langevin Bridge - Calgary
Louise Bridge ~ Calgary
Low Level Bridge ~ Edmonton
Lethbridge Viaduct ~ Lethbridge
Peace Bridge ~ Calgary
Quesnell Bridge - Edmonton
Walterdale Bridge ~ Edmonton
British Columbia
Agassiz-Rosedale Bridge - Agassiz
Alex Fraser Bridge ~ Richmond - Delta
Arthur Laing Bridge ~ Vancouver - Richmond
Burrard Street Bridge ~ Vancouver
Cambie Street Bridge ~ Vancouver
Capilano Suspension Bridge ~ North Vancouver
Derwent Way Bridge ~ Delta - New Westminster
Dinsmore Bridge ~ Richmond
Dollarton Bridge ~ North Vancouver
Eleanor Ward Bridge ~ Coquitlam
Fraser Valley Railroad Bridge ~ New Westminster - Surrey
Georgia Viaduct ~ Vancouver
Golden Ears Bridge ~ Langley - Maple Ridge - Pitt Meadows - Surrey
Granville Street Bridge ~ Vancouver
Hagwilget Canyon Bridge ~ Hagwilget
Hudson's Hope Suspension Bridge - Hudson's Hope, British Columbia
Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing ~ Vancouver - North Vancouver
Knight Street Bridge ~ Vancouver - Richmond
Lions' Gate Bridge ~ Vancouver - West Vancouver
Lynn Canyon Suspension Bridge ~ North Vancouver
McFee Bridge ~ Cranbrook
Middle Arm Bridge ~ Richmond
Mission Bridge ~ Mission
Moray Bridge ~ Richmond
New Westminster Bridge ~ New Westminster - Surrey
No. 2 Road Bridge ~ Richmond
North Arm Bridge ~ Vancouver - Richmond
Oak Street Bridge ~ Vancouver - Richmond
Okanagan Lake Bridge (permanently closed 2008) ~ Kelowna
Overlander Bridge ~ Kamloops
Park Bridge - Kicking Horse Canyon ~ East of Golden, British Columbia
Pattullo Bridge ~ New Westminster - Surrey
Peace River Bridge
Pitt River Bridge ~ Port Coquitlam - Pitt Meadows
Port Mann Bridge ~ Coquitlam - Surrey
Prince George CNR Bridge ~ Prince George
Queensborough Bridge ~ New Westminster
Sea Island Bridge ~ Richmond
Second Narrows Bridge ~ Vancouver - North Vancouver
Skybridge ~ New Westminster - Surrey
Westham Island Bridge ~ Ladner
William R. Bennett Bridge - Kelowna
Ronyane Bridge - Pemberton
The Yukon Suspension Bridge - mile 46 on the South Klondike Highway
Manitoba
 Esplanade Riel  Winnipeg
 Provencher Bridge  Winnipeg
 Elm Park Bridge (BDI Bridge)  Winnipeg
 St. Vital Bridge  Winnipeg
 Norwood Bridge ~ Winnipeg
 Bridge of the Old Forts (Main Street Bridge) ~ Winnipeg
 Midtown Bridge ~ Winnipeg
 Osborne Bridge ~ Winnipeg
 Redwood Bridge ~ Winnipeg
 Fort Garry Bridge ~ Winnipeg
 Kildonan Settlers Bridge ~ Winnipeg
 Maryland Bridge ~ Winnipeg
 Charleswood Bridge ~ Winnipeg
 Disraeli Bridge ~ Winnipeg
 Louise Bridge ~ Winnipeg
 Slaw Rebchuk Bridge (Salter Street Bridge) ~ Winnipeg
 North Perimeter Bridge ~ Winnipeg
 South Perimeter Bridge ~ Winnipeg
 West Perimeter Bridge ~ Winnipeg
 St. James Bridge ~ Winnipeg
 Lockport Bridge/St. Andrews Lock and Dam ~ Lockport
 18th Street Bridge ~ Brandon
 1st Street Brirdge ~ Brandon
 Bruce Cameron Bridge ~ Swan River
 Taylor Bridge ~ Headingley
 Pierre Delorme Bridge ~ St. Adolphe

Newfoundland and Labrador
Sir Robert Bond Bridge
Queen Elizabeth II Bridge
New Brunswick
Burton Bridge ~ Burton - Maugerville
Confederation Bridge ~ Cape Jourimain, NB - Borden, PEI
Centennial Bridge ~ Chatham - Douglastown (all part of Miramichi)
Edmundston-Madawaska Bridge - Edmundston to Madawaska, Maine
Florenceville Bridge ~ Florenceville
Fredericton Railway Bridge ~ Fredericton - South Devon
Gunningsville Bridge ~ Moncton - Riverview
Hartland Bridge ~ Hartland
Hawkshaw Bridge ~ Nackawic
Hugh John Flemming Bridge ~ Hartland
J.C. Van Horne Bridge ~ Campbellton - Pointe-à-la-Croix, Quebec
Jemseg River Bridge ~ Jemseg
Kelly's Creek Bridge ~ Upper Kingsclear
Mactaquac Bridge ~ Mactaquac
Miramichi Bridge ~ Newcastle - Chatham Head (all part of Miramichi)
Morrissy Bridge ~ Newcastle - Chatham Head (all part of Miramichi)
Nerepis Bridge ~ Grand Bay-Westfield
Princess Margaret Bridge ~ Fredericton
Reversing Falls Bridge ~ Saint John
Reversing Falls Railway Bridge ~ Saint John
Saint John Harbour Bridge ~ Saint John
Saint John River High Level Crossing ~ Coystown
Northwest Territories
Deh Cho Bridge ~ Fort Providence

Nova Scotia
A. Murray MacKay Bridge ~ Halifax
Angus L. Macdonald Bridge ~ Halifax
Seal Island Bridge ~ Boularderie Island
Canso Canal swing bridge ~ Port Hastings
George Street Bridge ~ New Glasgow
Ontario
Alexandra Bridge ~ Ottawa - Gatineau, Quebec
Ambassador Bridge ~ Windsor - Detroit, Michigan, USA
Blackfriars Street Bridge ~ London, Ontario
Blue Water Bridge ~ Point Edward - Port Huron, Michigan, USA
Champlain Bridge ~ Ottawa - Gatineau, Quebec
Chaudière Bridge ~ Ottawa - Gatineau, Quebec
Garden City Skyway ~ St. Catharines
Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge ~ Sault Ste. Marie - Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, USA
James N. Allan Skyway Bridge (Burlington Bay Skyway) ~ Hamilton - Burlington
Little Current Swing Bridge ~ Little Current-Turner, Ontario
Ogdensburg–Prescott International Bridge - Johnstown (Prescott) - Ogdensburg, New York, USA
Peace Bridge ~ Fort Erie - Buffalo, New York, USA
Portage Bridge ~ Ottawa - Gatineau, Quebec
Prince Edward Viaduct (Bloor Street Viaduct) ~ Toronto
Macdonald-Cartier Bridge ~ Ottawa - Gatineau, Quebec
Queenston-Lewiston Bridge ~ Queenston - Lewiston, New York, USA
Rainbow Bridge ~ Niagara Falls - Niagara Falls, New York, USA
Sioux Narrows Bridge - Sioux Narrows
Temagami Bridge, Timmins, Ontario
Thousand Islands Bridge ~ near Ivy Lea - near Fishers Landing, New York, USA
Whirlpool Rapids Bridge ~ Niagara Falls - Niagara Falls, New York, USA
Prince Edward Island
Confederation Bridge ~ Borden, PEI - Cape Jourimain, NB
Hillsborough River Bridge ~ Charlottetown - Stratford
Quebec
A25 Bridge ~ Laval - Montreal
Ahuntsic Bridge ~ Laval - Montreal
Alexandra Bridge ~ Gatineau - Ottawa, Ontario
Arthur Sauve Bridge ~ Laval - Saint-Eustache
Athanase David Bridge ~ Laval - Bois-des-Filions
Alonzo Wright Bridge ~ Gatineau - Chelsea, Quebec
Brady Bridge ~ Gatineau
Champlain Bridge ~ Gatineau - Ottawa, Ontario
Champlain Bridge ~ Montreal - Brossard, Quebec - Busiest Bridge in Canada (50 million vehicles a year)
Charles de Gaulles Bridge ~ Montreal - Charlemagne
Chaudière Bridge ~ Gatineau - Ottawa
Draveurs Bridge ~ Gatineau
Galipeault Bridge  ~ Montreal - L'Île-Perrot
Gedeon Ouimet Bridge ~ Laval - Boisbriand
Honore Mercier Bridge ~ Montreal - Kahnawake
Île aux Tourtes Bridge ~ Montreal - Vaudreuil-Dorion
Île d'Orléans Bridge ~ Quebec City - Île d'Orléans, Quebec
Jacques Cartier Bridge ~ Montreal - Longueuil - 2nd Busiest Bridge in Canada (43 million vehicles a year)
J.C. Van Horne Bridge ~ Campbellton - Pointe-à-la-Croix
Lachapelle Bridge ~ Laval - Montreal
Lady Aberdeen Bridge ~ Gatineau
Laviolette Bridge ~ Trois-Rivières - Bécancour
Le Gardeur Bridge  ~ Montreal - Repentigny
Louis Bisson Bridge ~ Laval - Montreal
Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine Bridge-Tunnel ~ Montreal - Boucherville
Marius Dufresne Bridge ~ Laval - Rosemère
Mathieu Bridge ~ Laval - Terrebonne
Médéric Martin Bridge ~ Laval - Montreal
Papineau-Leblanc Bridge ~ Laval - Montreal
Percy Covered Bridge (Powerscourt) ~ Elgin - Hinchinbrooke
Pie IX Bridge ~ Laval - Montreal
Pierre Laporte Bridge ~ Quebec City - Lévis
Portage Bridge ~ Gatineau - Ottawa
Quebec Bridge ~ Quebec City - Lévis
Terrebonne Bridge ~ Laval - Terrebonne
Vachon Bridge ~ Laval - Boisbriand
Victoria Bridge ~ Montreal - Saint-Lambert, Quebec
Saskatchewan
Albert Memorial Bridge ~ Regina
Broadway Bridge ~ Saskatoon
Battlefords Bridge  ~ Battleford  - North Battleford
Borden Bridge ~ Borden, Saskatchewan
Canadian Northern Railway Bridge ~ Prince Albert - road-rail
Cochin Bridge ~ Cochin, Saskatchewan
Crooked Bridge ~ Nipawin
Circle Drive Bridge ~ Saskatoon
Circle Drive South Bridge ~ Saskatoon
CPR Bridge ~ Saskatoon
Diefenbaker Bridge ~ Prince Albert
Grand Trunk Bridge ~ Saskatoon
Long Creek Bridge ~ Estevan No. 5, Saskatchewan
Maymont Bridge ~ Mayfield No. 406, Saskatchewan
Muskoday Bridge ~ Muskoday First Nation
Outlook Bridge ~ Outlook
Petrofka Bridge ~ Blaine Lake No. 434, Saskatchewan
Senator Sid Buckwold Bridge ~ Saskatoon
Sherwood Forest Bridge ~Grand Coulee, Saskatchewan
Spadina Crescent Bridge ~ Saskatoon
St. Louis Bridge ~ St. Louis - road-rail
Skytrail ~ Outlook
Traffic Bridge ~ Saskatoon
University Bridge ~ Saskatoon
Related pages
List of bridges
List of bridges in Calgary
List of bridges in Montreal
List of bridges in Ottawa
List of bridges in Toronto

Canada
List of main bridges in the United Kingdom is a work in progress. 
England
 Albert Bridge, in London
 Clifton Suspension Bridge, in Bristol.
 Grosvenor Bridge, in London
 Hungerford Bridge, in London
 London Bridge, in London
 Millennium Bridge, in London
 Tower Bridge, in London
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was a  after Kanji and before Eichō.  This period started in December 1094 and ended in December 1096. The reigning emperor was .

Events of the Kahō Era
 1095 (Kahō 2, 4th month): Emperor Horikawa paid visits to the Iwashimizu Shrine and to the  Kamo Shrines.

 1095 (Kahō 2, 8th month): The emperor was stricken with fevers; and he recovered.

 1095 (Kahō 2, 11th month): The Buddhist priests of Mount Hiei ccarried a portable shrine to the central hall of Enryaku-ji.

 26 November 1096 (Kahō 3, 9th day of the 11th month): Former-Emperor Shirakawa entered the Buddhist priesthood at the age of 44.

Related pages
 Heian period

References

Other websites
 National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection

Japanese eras
New Girl is an American television sitcom set in Los Angeles. It began on September 20, 2011 and is shown on Fox. It stars Zooey Deschanel as Jess Day, a teacher who moves in with three young men she meets on the Internet after separating from her partner with whom she lived.

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Oppuurs is a small town in the Belgian province of Antwerp. It is a part of the municipality of Sint-Amands. Oppuurs has 2028 inhabitants . Oppuurs has an area of .

History 
The first time Oppuurs was mentioned was in 1414, then called Oppuedersel. In the 15th century, it was owned by the family Van der Calsteren. Later, Joost Snoy became the owner. In 1664, it got the title of barony. At the 7th of mai 1818, Idisbalda-Ghislain Snoy was appointed to mayor by the king. Later, in 1777 the properties were bought by Philippe Ghislain Snoy, who became baron.

Oppuurs belonged to the parish of Puurs and was separated in 1803. It was an independent municipality until 1976. Then, it became, along with Lippelo, part of the municipality of Sint-Amands.

The title of Baron Snoy et d'Oppuers still exists today.

Demography

Evolution of the population

19th century

20th century  until 1976 

Former municipalities of Antwerp
This is a list of languages which uses writing system to sort.

Arabic script
Arabic
Azeri (Iran)
Balochi
Berber
Bosnian (also Cyrillic script and Latin script)
Fulani (on occasion)
Hausa (on occasion)
Judaeo-Spanish (until the 20th century)
Kanuri (on occasion)
Kashmiri
Kazakh in China
Kurdish (Iran and Iraq)
Malagasy (until the 19th century)
Malay (14th - 17th century)
Mazanderani
Mozarabic (now extinct)
Ottoman Turkish
Pashtu
Persian
Punjabi (Pakistan)
Saraiki
Sindhi
Spanish (formerly before 16th century, a.k.a. Aljamiado)
Swahili (on occasion)
Tajik (on occasion)
Tausug
Urdu
Uyghur
Yoruba (rarely see Ajami script)

Many languages of Russia and Central Asia before replacement with Latin and later Cyrillic
Bashkir
Belarusian (on occasion)
Kazakh
Kyrgyz
Tatar
Uzbek

Armenian script
Armenian

Borama script
Somali

Brahmic family and derivatives
Devanagari
Sanskrit
Hindi
Marathi
Maithili
Bhojpuri
Nepali
Sindhi (also written in Arabic)
Konkani
Kashmiri
Bodo
Dogri
Gondi,Adilabad
Gondi, Aheri
Andh
Angika
Asuri
Athpariya
Awadhi
Bagheli
Bagri
Bahing
Bantawa
Baram
Bateri
Belhariya
Bhadrawahi
Bharia
Bhatri

Assamese/Bengali
Assamese
Bengali
Bishnupriya Manipuri
Garo
Kokborok
Meitei
Mundari
Sanskrit

Balinese script
Balinese language (formerly)

Baybayin script
Ilokano (formerly)
Kapampangan (formerly)
Pangasinan (formerly)
Tagalog (formerly)
Bikol language (formerly)
Visayan languages (formerly)

Buhid script
Buhid

Burmese script
Burmese
Karen
Geba Karen
Pa-O
Pwo Karen
S'gaw Karen
Mon
Rumai Palaung
Shan

Gujarati script
Gujarati

Gurmukhi script
Punjabi (also written in Shahmukhi, a variant of the Arabic script)

Hanunó'o script
Hanunó'o

Javanese script (Hanacaraka)
Javanese (in old literatures, and a part of cultural heritage)
Sundanese

Kannada script
Kannada
Konkani
Tulu

Khmer script
Khmer

Lao script
Lao

Lepcha script
Lepcha

Limbu script
Limbu
Limbu script
Limbu

Lontara script (Buginese)
Buginese (formerly)

Malayalam script
Malayalam
Konkani

Oriya script
Oriya

'Phags-pa script
Chinese (formerly)
Mongolian (formerly)
Sanskrit (formerly)
Tibetan (for decorative purposes)
Uyghur (formerly)

Sinhala script
Sinhala

Tagbanwa script
Languages of Palawan

Tamil script
Tamil

Telugu script
Telugu

Thaana script
Dhivehi

Thai script
Thai

Tibetan script
Tibetan
Dzongkha
Ladakhi
Zhang-Zhung (extinct)

Canadian Aboriginal script
Blackfoot
Chipewyan
Cree
Dakelh
Inuktitut
Ojibwe
Sekani
Slavey
Tasttine
Tłįchǫ

Cherokee script
Cherokee

Coptic alphabet
Coptic language (extinct, still in use liturgically)

Cyrillic script

 Abkhaz
 Belarusian
 Bosnian (also Latin script and Arebica)
 Bulgarian
 Bashkir 
 Chuvash
 Dungan
 Interslavic (also Latin script)
 Judaeo-Spanish (also Latin script)
 Kazakh
 Komi
 Kyrgyz
 Macedonian
 Mongolian
 Ossetic
 Russian
 Rusyn
 Serbian (also Latin script)
 Tajiki
 Tatar
 Tuvan
 Udmurt
 Ukrainian
Bosnian Cyrillic alphabet (bosančica)
Croatian (formerly)
Bosnian (formerly)

Ge'ez script (Ethiopic)
Amharic
Ge'ez
Tigrinya

Georgian script
Georgian
Laz (sometimes Latin)
Mingrelian
Svan

Glagolitic alphabet
Old Church Slavonic (extinct, still in use liturgically)
Croatian (formerly)

Gothic alphabet
Gothic (extinct)

Greek script
Bactrian (extinct)
Greek
Gaulish (extinct) - Written in both Greek and Latin scripts
Judaeo-Spanish (also Latin script)
Chinese characters and derivatives
Chinese
Guanhua (Mandarin)
Wu which includes Shanghainese
Yue (Cantonese)
Min which includes Taiwanese
Xiang
Hakka
Gan
Jin from Mandarin
Huizhou from Wu
Ping partly from Cantonese
 Minority languages in China
Dong
Bai (obsolete)
Miao (obsolete)
Zhuang, with Zhuang logograms (obsolete)
Japanese (kanji plus kana derivative)
Korean (hanja) (obsolete; used in academic texts and newspapers)
Vietnamese (Chữ nho and Chữ nôm) (used in historic or academic texts, or for artistic or aesthetic purposes, but in general use virtually extinct)
 Extinct languages
 Khitan, written in Khitan scripts
 Jurchen, written in Jurchen script
 Tangut, written in Tangut script

Hangul
Korean
Hangul
Korean

Hebrew script
Aramaic (and other writing systems)
Bukhori
Hebrew
Hulaula
Judeo-Berber
Judeo-Iraqi Arabic
Judeo-Moroccan
Judeo-Tripolitanian Arabic
Judeo-Tunisian Arabic
Judeo-Portuguese
Judeo-Spanish (originally Rashi script, and other writing systems)
Judeo-Yemenite
Juhuri
Lishan Didan
Lishana Deni
Lishanid Noshan
Shuadit
Yiddish
Zarphatic

Kaddare script
Somali

Kana
Japanese (plus kanji)
Ainu slightly modified kind of katakana kanas, which enable to represent final sounds which are consonants alone

Khitan scripts
Khitan (extinct)
Latin script
Afrikaans
Albanian
Aragonese
Asturian
Aymara
Azeri
Basque
Belarusian (formerly called "Łacinka"; now uses Cyrillic)
Bislama
Boholano (formerly used the Baybayin)
Bosnian ( also Cyrillic script and Arebica )
Breton
Catalan
Cebuano
Chamorro
Cornish
Corsican
Croatian
Czech
Danish
Dutch
English
Esperanto
Estonian
Faroese
Fijian
Filipino (formerly used the Baybayin)
Finnish
French
Frisian
Friulian
Fula (Pulaar)
Gaelic (Scottish)
Galician
Ganda
German
Gikuyu
Guaraní
Haitian
Hausa (formerly used the Arabic script)
Hawai'ian
Hiti Motu
Hungarian (used Old Hungarian script prior to AD 1000)
Icelandic
Ido
Igbo
Ilocano (formerly used the Baybayin)
Indonesian
Interlingua
Innu-aimun
Irish
Italian
Javanese - Also uses an alphabet called Hanacaraka in certain areas
Judeo-Spanish - Also uses other scripts
Kinyarwanda
Kirundi
Kongo
Kurdish (Kurmanji)
Latin
Latvian
Laz (Used by Turkey and European Lazs)
Leonese
Lingala
Lithuanian
Lombard
Luxembourgish
Maori
Malagasy
Malay
Maltese
Manx
Marshallese
Mingrelia
Mingrelia
Moldovan - Also Cyrillic
Montenegrin
Nahuatl (post Spanish Conquest)
Nauruan
Navaho or Navajo
Ndebele
Norwegian
Occitan
Oromo (formerly written in the Ge'ez script)
Palauan
Polish
Portuguese
Quechua
Romanian (formerly used a Cyrillic alphabet)
Romansh
Samoan
Scots
Serbian (uses Cyrillic officially)
Seychellois creole
Shona
Slovak
Slovene
Somali (formerly used the Arabic script and Osmanya script)
Sotho (Northern)
Sotho (Southern)
Spanish
Swahili
Swedish
Swati
Tagalog (formerly used the Baybayin)
Tahitian
Tatar (formerly used Arabic, 1927-1938 Latin-derived Janalif, then Cyrillic and since 2000 Latin again, but generally on the internet)
Tetum
Tok Pisin
Tongan
Tsonga
Tswana
Turkish (formerly used the Arabic script)
Turoyo (new Latin alphabet, originally Syriac alphabet)
Uzbek (official script, formerly used Cyrillic)
Venda
Vietnamese (formerly with Chữ nho and Chữ nôm)
Volapük
Võro
Walloon
Welsh
Wolof
Xhosa
Yoruba
Zulu
Zazaki
Mayan script
Mayan languages (formerly)

Mongolian and related scripts

Old Uyghur alphabet
Uyghur (formerly)

Mongolian script
Mongolian

Manchu script
Manchu
Xibe

Munda scripts

Sorang Sompeng
Sora

Ol Cemet'
Santali

Varang Kshiti
Ho

N'Ko script
N'ko

Naxi script
Naxi (obsolete)

Nsibidi
Ekoi
Igbo
Ibibio

Ogham
Primitive Irish
Pictish

Osmanya script
Somali

Pahawh Hmong
Hmong

Runic script
Proto-Norse inscriptions
Old Norse (also Latin script)
Old Danish (also Latin script)
Old English/Anglo-Saxon (also Latin script)
Old Frisian (also Latin script)

Old Hungarian script
Hungarian (also Latin script)

Syriac script
Arabic (see Garshuni)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Bohtan Neo-Aramaic
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic
Hertevin
Koy Sanjaq Surat
Senaya
Syriac
Turoyo (also has new Latin-based script)

Tifinagh
Amazigh (Morocco)
Tuareg

Yi script
Yi

References

Language-related lists
Languages, list grouped by writing system
Lucille Désirée Ball (August 6, 1911 – April 26, 1989) was an American actress, comedian, and producer. She was the star of the sitcoms I Love Lucy, The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour, The Lucy Show, Here's Lucy and Life With Lucy. Ball was one of the most popular and powerful actors in the United States during her lifetime. She also had one of Hollywood's longest careers.

Ball began acting in the 1930s. She became both a radio actress and B-movie star in the 1940s. Her television career began in  the 1950s. She was still making movies in the 1960s and 1970s. In 1962, Ball became the first woman to run a major television studio, Desilu. This studio made many successful and popular television series.
Early life
Ball was born to Henry Durrell Ball (September 16, 1887 – February 19, 1915) and Desiree "DeDe" Evelyn Hunt (September 21, 1892 – July 20, 1977) in Jamestown, New York. Her family was Baptist. She was of French, Scottish, English, and Irish ancestry. She had a younger brother, Fred Henry Ball (July 17, 1915 – February 5, 2007).

Early work
In 1929, Ball got work as a model. She later began her performing career on Broadway using the stage name Diane Belmont. She was in many small movie roles in the 1930s. She worked for RKO Radio Pictures at the time. Ball was named the "Queen of the Bs".
I Love Lucy
In 1951, Ball was important in the creation of the television series I Love Lucy. The show ended in 1957 after 180 episodes. Then, some small changes were made to the series format. The time-length of the series was changed from 30 minutes to 60 minutes. The first program lasted 75 mins. Some new characters were added. The story was changed. After these changes, the program was renamed The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour. It was shown from 1957 until 1960.

Ball went on to star in two more successful television series. The first was The Lucy Show. It was shown on CBS from 1962 to 1968 (156 episodes). The other was Here's Lucy. It was shown from 1968 to 1974 (144 episodes). Her last television series was in 1986. It was called Life with Lucy. This program did not do very well. Only 8 of the 13 episodes that were made were shown on television.
Marriage and family
Ball met and married Cuban band leader Desi Arnaz in 1940. On July 17, 1951, she gave birth to their first child, Lucie Désirée Arnaz. A year and a half later, Ball gave birth to their second child, Desiderio Alberto Arnaz IV, known as Desi Arnaz, Jr. Ball and Arnaz divorced on 4 May 1960.

Death
On April 18, 1989, Ball said she had chest pains at her home in Beverly Hills and was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where she had dissecting aortic aneurysm and had an eight-hour aortic transplant. The surgery worked, and Ball was soon able to walk around her room with very little help. She got a lot of get-well wishes.

On the morning of April 26, Ball awoke with bad back pains then lost consciousness. After, she died at 5:47 a.m. PDT at the age of 77. Doctors thought that Ball had succumbed to a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm not that related to her ascending aortic aneurysm and surgery. Ball had been a smoker most of her life, making her risk of abdominal aortic aneurysm higher.
Awards
Ball was nominated for an Emmy Award thirteen times. She won four times. In 1977 Ball was one of the first people to be given the Women in Film Crystal Award.  She was given the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1979, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Kennedy Center Honors in 1986, and the Governors Award from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in 1989.

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The Blob is a 1958 American science fiction horror movie. It was directed by Irvin Yeaworth. It was produced by Jack H. Harris.  Paramount Pictures released the movie. The movie is about a giant jellylike blob that terrorizes a small town. The Blob marked Steve McQueen's movie debut. The movie's theme song, "Beware of the Blob", was written by Burt Bacharach and Mack David. It was remade in 1988.

Cast 
 Steve McQueen as Steve Andrews
 Aneta Corsaut as Jane Martin
 Hugh Graham as Mr. Andrews, Steve's father
 Elbert Smith as Henry Martin, Jane's father
 Earl Rowe as Lt. Dave
 John Benson as Sgt. Jim Bert
 Olin Howland as Old Man
Story 
Teenagers Steve and Jane are loitering in a Lover's Lane. They see an object in the night sky crash-land nearby. They investigate. It is The Blob, a jelly-like thing from Outer Space that consumes flesh.  It kills an old man, a doctor, and a nurse. It doubles in size after each feeding. Steve and Jane report their findings to the police. They are dismissed as crazy teenagers. In the meantime, The Blob has consumed many others.

Steve and Jane are cornered by The Blob in the grocery store. They seek refuge in the walk-in refrigerator. The Blob tries to ooze in under the door. It retreats. Steve and Jane escape. They set off the town's fire and air-raid alarms. The Blob enters the movie theatre. The customers run away screaming.  The Blob oozes out of the theater. Jane's little brother runs into a diner. Jane and Steve follow him. They become trapped in the diner along with the owner and a waitress.
The Blob – now a huge mass – engulfs the diner. It begins to ooze in through the windows. The occupants go to the cellar. The police try to kill The Blob by dropping a power line onto it. This attempt fails. It only serves to set the diner ablaze. Inside, the diner's owner uses a CO2 fire extinguisher to try to put out the fire. This causes The Blob to recoil. The Blob cannot stand cold. The town's teenagers gather all the fire extinguishers they can find.  They use them to freeze The Blob. The United States Air Force sends in a jet to carry The Blob to the North Pole. It will remain frozen forever.

1950s horror movies
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is a Japanese city in Akita Prefecture on the island of Honshu.  It is the capital city of the prefecture.

History
Akita has been one of the most important cities in the Tōhoku region since ancient times.

The Akita clan (Ando clan) held this part of northern Japan (Mutsu Province) in the 15-16th centuries.

The Satake clan built Kubota Castle in 1604.

The modern city of Akita was established on April 1, 1889.

Geography
Akita is the largest city on the western coast of the Tōhoku region.

Neighboring cities
Kitaakita
Katagami
Yurihonjō
Daisen
Minami-Akita District: Gojōme, Ikawa
Kita-Akita District: Kamikoani
Senboku District: Nishiki

Education
Akita University
Akita Prefectural University, a public university, is in the city.
Akita International University is a public university outside of town. Classes are taught only in English.
North Asia University
Seirei Women's Junior College
Akita Nutrition Junior College
Misono Gakuen Junior College
Open University of Japan Akita learning center
Local foods and products
Kiritampo – baked rice
Sasamaki – rice wrapped in bamboo grass
Iwagaki – a kind of oyster
Iburi-gakko – a kind of pickle

Sister / friendship cities

International sister / friendship cities
 August 5, 1982: Lanzhou, People's Republic of China
 April 8, 1984: Passau, Germany
 July 15, 1987: Malabon City, Philippines 
 January 22, 1992: Kenai, Alaska, United States of America
 1993: St. Cloud, Minnesota, United States of America (with Yūwa, Akita, which merged into Akita, Akita)
 June 29, 1992: Vladivostok, Russia

Sister cities in Japan
Hitachiōta, Ibaraki
Daigo, Ibaraki

Famous people
Yukio Endo
Shingo Kumabayashi

References

Other websites

 http://www.city.akita.akita.jp/en/default.htm ;  
  Voting Figures in National Elections in Akita Prefecture, 1928-1942

Cities in Akita Prefecture