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8790920 | The Truth (The X-Files) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Truth%20(The%20X-Files) | The Truth (The X-Files)
the system has been accessed. Mulder attempts to attack Rohrer, but Rohrer overpowers him. Mulder frantically flees, but Rohrer outflanks him. In a violent altercation, Mulder flips Rohrer off a catwalk onto high-voltage wiring, and Rohrer apparently dies by electrocution. Mulder attempts to esc... | 45,900 |
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Scully and Skinner go to great lengths to get him released, but are unsuccessful. Mulder's fate is ultimately made the subject of a military tribunal with Deputy Director Alvin Kersh (James Pickens, Jr.) in charge. At the outset, it appears Mulder will become the hopeless victim of a show trial ... | 45,901 |
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that the body is not that of Rohrer. Despite this, the evidence is rejected, given that the autopsy was not authorized, and the defense is overruled. Mulder is sentenced to death for the murder of a military officer. Later, Doggett, Skinner, Reyes, and Scully help Mulder escape, with the unexpec... | 45,902 |
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Reyes find their office emptied, suggesting that the X-Files have been closed down for the third time.
Mulder and Scully arrive at Anasazi ruins to find a "wise man" who they believe can make sense of the classified documents Mulder has read. They discover the so-called "wise man" is none other... | 45,903 |
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Mulder and Scully, Doggett and Reyes drive off. Black helicopters destroy the cliff dwellings—and The Smoking Man within—thinking that Mulder is still inside before flying away. Doggett and Reyes are last seen speeding away.
In a motel room in Roswell, New Mexico, Mulder and Scully prepare for ... | 45,904 |
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in each other's arms, in a loving embrace.
# Production.
## Writing.
The episode was written by series creator Chris Carter. He noted, "It's the end—you don't get another chance. So you'd better put everything you've ever wanted to put in into the episode. There were things to distract us fro... | 45,905 |
8790920 | The Truth (The X-Files) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Truth%20(The%20X-Files) | The Truth (The X-Files)
to wrap our minds around the end and plan for it and give all of the characters their due." Gish later said, "I have a great respect for the elegant way in which they're closing the curtain". Actor Bruce Harwood, who played John Fitzgerald Byers on the show, called the finale the "passing of a g... | 45,906 |
8790920 | The Truth (The X-Files) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Truth%20(The%20X-Files) | The Truth (The X-Files)
This is a throw-back to the second season episode "Red Museum," which featured members of a new religious movement who believed that the year 2012 would bring about the dawning of the New Age.
Before the release of the 2008 film "", Carter expressed an intent to make a third "X-Files" feature f... | 45,907 |
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in reviving "The X-Files", not as a movie franchise, but as a limited run television event.
## Casting.
With this episode, Duchovny rejoined the main cast of "The X-Files" after his departure following the eighth season finale "Existence". The episode marks the only time that all five principa... | 45,908 |
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archival footage and only made a small cameo in the third. The episode marks the return of several characters who had either previously been killed off or had left the show, including X, who was killed in the season four opener "Herrenvolk"; Alex Krycek, who was shot and killed by Skinner in the... | 45,909 |
8790920 | The Truth (The X-Files) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Truth%20(The%20X-Files) | The Truth (The X-Files)
who last appeared in the seventh season finale "Requiem".
Originally, this episode was to feature the recurring character Shannon McMahon. However, actress Lucy Lawless became pregnant shortly after filming the two-part episode, "Nothing Important Happened Today" and was not available for subse... | 45,910 |
8790920 | The Truth (The X-Files) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Truth%20(The%20X-Files) | The Truth (The X-Files)
alien leader of the New Syndicate played by Alan Dale, informing U.S. President George W. Bush, played by actor Gary Newton, of Mulder's escape. The scene was filmed, but was not included in the broadcast version; executive producer Frank Spotnitz later said that he was "so happy" that the produ... | 45,911 |
8790920 | The Truth (The X-Files) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Truth%20(The%20X-Files) | The Truth (The X-Files)
wanted to have Martin Sheen appear as his character on "The West Wing", Josiah Bartlet, instead of Bush, noting that the cameo would have been "a nice, sort of wink" to the television audience. Despite being cut from the final episode, the shot was featured as a deleted scene on the season nine ... | 45,912 |
8790920 | The Truth (The X-Files) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Truth%20(The%20X-Files) | The Truth (The X-Files)
the crew later called the set the "war room". Most of the decoration and interior scene was done by the visual effect crew; the only visible part seen in real life was a large sump pump. Bill Roe, the cinematographer for the episode, spent "four or five days lighting [the] set" for filming. Kim ... | 45,913 |
8790920 | The Truth (The X-Files) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Truth%20(The%20X-Files) | The Truth (The X-Files)
court room was one of the "most challenging sequences" Manners had ever done. Carter wanted the courtroom to have no spectators and no jury. This meant that Manners had to shoot each scene with a limited number of actors and make them look "fresh". Manners was terrified to film the 40-page long ... | 45,914 |
8790920 | The Truth (The X-Files) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Truth%20(The%20X-Files) | The Truth (The X-Files)
the area and move them elsewhere. In addition, Gordon had a difficult time persuading the park rangers to build and then blow up faux-ruins. He explained, "we were on a state park property that was an off road park, with motorcycles and [All-terrain vehicles] flying all over the place, but they ... | 45,915 |
8790920 | The Truth (The X-Files) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Truth%20(The%20X-Files) | The Truth (The X-Files)
The missiles were created via CGI technology by animator Mat Beck. The helicopter, however, included real smoke bombs. A shot of William B. Davis was overlapped with fire, and eventually a skull to give the effect that The Smoking Man's flesh was burnt away. Paul Rabwin later called the scene a ... | 45,916 |
8790920 | The Truth (The X-Files) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Truth%20(The%20X-Files) | The Truth (The X-Files)
Und Zeit" and "This is Not Happening".
# Analysis.
The final scene, featuring a conversation between Mulder and Scully, has been examined by author V. Alan White due to its perceived religious undertones. In the book "The Philosophy of The X-Files", he notes that the final scene "undermines Mu... | 45,917 |
8790920 | The Truth (The X-Files) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Truth%20(The%20X-Files) | The Truth (The X-Files)
intentional on Mulder's part, as a form of "ironic reversal of [Scully's] skepticism about the paranormal". However, the final lines of "The Truth" see Mulder talking about a belief in "something greater than us, greater than any alien force". White also points out the fact that during this scen... | 45,918 |
8790920 | The Truth (The X-Files) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Truth%20(The%20X-Files) | The Truth (The X-Files)
to discover that the Fisher King—the wounded knight charged with protecting the secret—is actually The Smoking Man. Furthermore, Bush compared the final scene of the episode—featuring Mulder musing about hope regarding an alien invasion—to the myth of Pandora's Box. According to legend, the anci... | 45,919 |
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Pandora's box and the world of "The X-Files" contain hope, which, in the legend, was the only thing in the box that Pandora did not let go of.
# Reception.
## Ratings.
"The Truth" was originally aired on the Fox network on May 19, 2002, and became the most-watched episode of the ninth season,... | 45,920 |
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its airing, the episode ranked third in its timeslot, behind the season finale of "" and the heavily promoted reunion of "The Cosby Show". "The Truth", however, placed ahead of the season finale of "The Practice". In the United Kingdom and Ireland, the episode made its first appearance on Sky1 o... | 45,921 |
8790920 | The Truth (The X-Files) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Truth%20(The%20X-Files) | The Truth (The X-Files)
criticism was that, instead of creating a conclusion, the episode raised new questions for the audience. Robert Shearman and Lars Pearson, in their book "Wanting to Believe: A Critical Guide to The X-Files, Millennium & The Lone Gunmen", gave the episode a scathing review and awarded it one star... | 45,922 |
8790920 | The Truth (The X-Files) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Truth%20(The%20X-Files) | The Truth (The X-Files)
up" with the episode, which did not answer very many questions. UGO named the episode the fourteenth "Worst Series Finale" and wrote that the episode—and the show's eighth and ninth seasons by extension—were negatively affected by the series' lack of a defining plot line. The article noted that,... | 45,923 |
8790920 | The Truth (The X-Files) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Truth%20(The%20X-Files) | The Truth (The X-Files)
the Truth: Revisiting The X-Files after 9/11", was critical of the episode's trial sequences. While he stated that these scenes "do a good job of bringing together the many disparate threads of this arc", he felt that they were "interminably dull".
Not all reviews were critical. Tom Kessenich, ... | 45,924 |
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it "fitting", as well as "wonderful". Kessenich maintained that, were it not for the return of Duchovny, "nobody would have given a damn about the end of this series." Julie Salamon of "The New York Times" gave the episode a positive review. Salamon noted that "Until the end, the series maintain... | 45,925 |
8790920 | The Truth (The X-Files) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Truth%20(The%20X-Files) | The Truth (The X-Files)
cleverly punctuated with suggestive plays of color and light". She claimed the show "also retained its conspiracy-theory heart that has appealed so greatly to viewers". John C. Snider of "SciFiDimensions" praised the episode, stating "The Truth is a satisfying conclusion to the series, with plen... | 45,926 |
8791585 | 30th Kisei | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=30th%20Kisei | 30th Kisei
30th Kisei
The 30th Kisei was held from May 2005 to February 22, 2006. The players to have qualified through preliminary tournaments are Toshiya Imamura, Atsushi Kato, Hideki Komatsu, and Kunihisa Honda. The players to have returned from the previous year are Satoshi Yuki, Norimoto Yoda, Cho U, Tomoyasu Mim... | 45,927 |
8791585 | 30th Kisei | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=30th%20Kisei | 30th Kisei
naments are Toshiya Imamura, Atsushi Kato, Hideki Komatsu, and Kunihisa Honda. The players to have returned from the previous year are Satoshi Yuki, Norimoto Yoda, Cho U, Tomoyasu Mimura, Keigo Yamashita, O Rissei, O Meien, and Kobayashi Satoru. Players who end with the two lowest records in the each league ... | 45,928 |
8791591 | Aron Schvartzman | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aron%20Schvartzman | Aron Schvartzman
Aron Schvartzman
Aron Schvartzman (also written as Aarón Schvartzman and Aron Schwartzman) (2 December 1908 – 15 January 2013) was an Argentine chess master who was prominent in chess tournaments of the 1930s and 1940s.
Between 1933 and 1949, Schvartzman was a participant in numerous Argentine Chess ... | 45,929 |
8791591 | Aron Schvartzman | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aron%20Schvartzman | Aron Schvartzman
1949, Schvartzman was a participant in numerous Argentine Chess Championships. In 1933, he took 3rd (ARG-ch 12 Mayor; Luis Piazzini won). In 1935, he took 3rd (ARG-ch 14 Mayor; Jacobo Bolbochán won). In 1936, he tied for 3rd-5th (ARG-ch 15 Mayor; Carlos Guimard won). In 1937, he tied for 4-6th (ARG-ch ... | 45,930 |
8791573 | John Monro (surgeon) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20Monro%20(surgeon) | John Monro (surgeon)
John Monro (surgeon)
John Monro of Bearcrofts (1670-1740) was a Scottish surgeon who was the progenitor of the Monro dynasty of anatomists in Edinburgh. He is credited with conceiving and playing a major role in founding the University of Edinburgh Medical School. He served as Deacon (President) o... | 45,931 |
8791573 | John Monro (surgeon) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20Monro%20(surgeon) | John Monro (surgeon)
in Italy and Leiden in Holland. Borthwick's Leiden education and his appointment in 1679 as Chirurgeon Major to the Army in Scotland, both influenced his young apprentice. From 1689 Monro served as apprentice to Dr Christopher Irvine who had obtained a medical degree abroad. Monro matriculated at t... | 45,932 |
8791573 | John Monro (surgeon) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20Monro%20(surgeon) | John Monro (surgeon)
of Foot. During that spring the regiment served in the Netherlands and were in camp between Bruges and Ghent. Later in that year they took part in the Siege of Namur under the personal command of King William III of Great Britain. From 1696 to 1700 Monro was stationed in England and in Ireland but ... | 45,933 |
8791573 | John Monro (surgeon) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20Monro%20(surgeon) | John Monro (surgeon)
to the Incorporation of Surgeons on 11 March 1703, having passed the necessary examinations. Monro was elected as Boxmaster (Treasurer) from 1708 to 1710 and was elected Deacon (President) in 1712. This gave him an "ex officio" seat on Edinburgh Town Council and later that year he was elected Deaco... | 45,934 |
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he held until 1720.
# Political allegiance.
Monro was loyal to the British monarchy. He was present in his official robes as Deacon of Convenery along with other civic dignitaries at the proclamation of George I as King of Great Britain, France and Ireland at the Mercat Cross in Edinburgh on 5 Au... | 45,935 |
8791573 | John Monro (surgeon) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20Monro%20(surgeon) | John Monro (surgeon)
on the medical school of the University of Leiden, where he had studied. In 1720 he produced ‘a plan which he had long formed in my own mind, of having the different branches of Physic and Surgery regularly taught at Edinburgh, which was highly approved by them’. His plan was favourably received by... | 45,936 |
8791573 | John Monro (surgeon) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20Monro%20(surgeon) | John Monro (surgeon)
London, Paris and Leiden. To facilitate his son's appointment to this key chair, John Monro used his influence in 1720 to force the Incorporation's two Professors of anatomy, John McGill and Adam Drummond to resign in favour of his son. The reason for these resignations were because '...the state o... | 45,937 |
8791573 | John Monro (surgeon) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20Monro%20(surgeon) | John Monro (surgeon)
Charles Alston should become Professor of Materia Medica and that James Crawford should become Professor of Chemistry. These appointments and the lectures that resulted from them are regarded as the origin of the Edinburgh University medical school. The role played by powerful patrons such as Archi... | 45,938 |
8791573 | John Monro (surgeon) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20Monro%20(surgeon) | John Monro (surgeon)
In turn his son, who would become Prof Alexander Monro "secundus" (1733–1817) also held the chair of Anatomy at the University of Edinburgh as did his son who would become Prof Alexander Monro "tertius" (1773–1859) Between them these 3 men occupied the chair of Anatomy for a total of 126 years, fro... | 45,939 |
8791573 | John Monro (surgeon) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20Monro%20(surgeon) | John Monro (surgeon)
m Monros' another dynasty, known for their treatment of insanity in London.
Jean Monro died c 1710. In August 1721 John Monro married Margaret Main (née Crichton) and she outlived him. In later years he lived at Carolside near Earlston in Berwickshire, where he died in 1740.
# Further reading.
M... | 45,940 |
8791609 | My Chemical Romance discography | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=My%20Chemical%20Romance%20discography | My Chemical Romance discography
My Chemical Romance discography
The official discography of My Chemical Romance, an American rock band, consists of four studio albums, two live albums, three compilation albums, six extended plays, 25 singles, four video albums, 18 music videos, and 13 original appearances on other alb... | 45,941 |
8791609 | My Chemical Romance discography | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=My%20Chemical%20Romance%20discography | My Chemical Romance discography
high airplay and sales of the singles "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)" and "Helena". The band released "The Black Parade", its third studio album, in 2006, which sold over 4 million copies and features the successful singles "Welcome to the Black Parade", "Famous Last Words", and "Teenagers". ... | 45,942 |
8791609 | My Chemical Romance discography | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=My%20Chemical%20Romance%20discography | My Chemical Romance discography
lay and sales of the singles "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)" and "Helena". The band released "The Black Parade", its third studio album, in 2006, which sold over 4 million copies and features the successful singles "Welcome to the Black Parade", "Famous Last Words", and "Teenagers". The band'... | 45,943 |
8791589 | John James Williams (poet) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20James%20Williams%20(poet) | John James Williams (poet)
John James Williams (poet)
John James Williams (8 October 1869 – 6 May 1954), commonly known by his bardic name of "J.J.", was a Welsh poet and served as Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales from 1936 to 1939.
# Early life.
Williams was born in Taigwynion, near Tal-y-bont, Cardiga... | 45,944 |
8791589 | John James Williams (poet) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20James%20Williams%20(poet) | John James Williams (poet)
went to work for some time in 1879-80 at the collieries in Mountain Ash. In 1882 the whole family settled in Penrhiwceibr in the Aberdare valley where they became members at Carmel chapel. Shortly afterwards they moved to Ynysybwl and joined Tabernacle, where the young Williams began preachin... | 45,945 |
8791589 | John James Williams (poet) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20James%20Williams%20(poet) | John James Williams (poet)
Memorial College, Brecon and spent the first years of study at University College, Cardiff, where he excelled in his studies of Welsh language and literature.
# Early Career as a Minister.
Williams was ordained at Bethania, Abercynon, on 22 July 1895. In 1897, he moved to Moriah, Rhymney. A... | 45,946 |
8791589 | John James Williams (poet) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20James%20Williams%20(poet) | John James Williams (poet)
as a poet, and it was reported in 1889 that the eisteddfod at Jerusalem, Ynysybwl saw the young poet come to public notice for the first time.
In the early years of the twentieth century, he began to compete at the National Eisteddfod and won the most prestigious prize, the bardic chair, on ... | 45,947 |
8791589 | John James Williams (poet) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20James%20Williams%20(poet) | John James Williams (poet)
wrote a number of plays as well as a collection of short stories, "Straeon y Gilfach Ddu", published in 1931. ) These were written in the Glamorgan dialect and portrayed the mining communities.
Williams was a prolific writer of hymns and one of the editors of the hymns of "Caniedydd Cynullei... | 45,948 |
8791589 | John James Williams (poet) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20James%20Williams%20(poet) | John James Williams (poet)
rolific writer of hymns and one of the editors of the hymns of "Caniedydd Cynulleidfaol Newydd", the standard Welsh language hymn book for the Independent and Calvinistic Methodist denominations, which was published in 1921. ) In 1918, he edited "Cerddi'r Bugail", the collected poems of Hedd ... | 45,949 |
8791669 | Wally Hilgenberg | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wally%20Hilgenberg | Wally Hilgenberg
Wally Hilgenberg
Walter Hilgenberg (September 19, 1942 – September 23, 2008) was a professional American football player.
Hilgenberg was born in Marshalltown, Iowa. His family moved to Wilton (then known as Wilton Junction) where he grew up and graduated from Wilton High School.
He attended the Univ... | 45,950 |
8791669 | Wally Hilgenberg | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wally%20Hilgenberg | Wally Hilgenberg
. After being waived by the Steelers, Hilgenberg was picked up off waivers by the Vikings, for whom he played until he retired after the 1979 season. During that time, he was one of 11 players to play in all four of the Vikings' Super Bowl appearances (Super Bowl IV, Super Bowl VIII, Super Bowl IX, Sup... | 45,951 |
8791704 | Lucy (Anna Tsuchiya song) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lucy%20(Anna%20Tsuchiya%20song) | Lucy (Anna Tsuchiya song)
Lucy (Anna Tsuchiya song)
"LUCY" is the fifth single of singer Anna Tsuchiya released 14 February 2007 under the pseudonym of "ANNA TSUCHIYA inspi' NANA (BLACK STONES)" for the MAD PRAY RECORDS label, a sub-label to Avex. It is her third single to be released under the NANA franchise, the fir... | 45,952 |
8791437 | Egyptian Theatre (DeKalb, Illinois) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Egyptian%20Theatre%20(DeKalb,%20Illinois) | Egyptian Theatre (DeKalb, Illinois)
Egyptian Theatre (DeKalb, Illinois)
The Egyptian Theatre in DeKalb, Illinois, United States, is an Egyptian Revival theatre that is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. The theatre was built in 1928 and 1929 as part of a much larger wave of national fascination w... | 45,953 |
8791437 | Egyptian Theatre (DeKalb, Illinois) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Egyptian%20Theatre%20(DeKalb,%20Illinois) | Egyptian Theatre (DeKalb, Illinois)
work exhibits designs such as Ra, the Egyptian sun god and the scarab, a sacred Egyptian symbol. The building was nearly demolished in the 1970s but a restoration effort led by Preservation of the Egyptian Theatre (PET) saved the structure. Rumors have long surrounded the DeKalb Egyp... | 45,954 |
8791437 | Egyptian Theatre (DeKalb, Illinois) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Egyptian%20Theatre%20(DeKalb,%20Illinois) | Egyptian Theatre (DeKalb, Illinois)
Of those Egyptian theatres, the DeKalb theatre is one of a handful still standing as of 2019. In the original design, additional buildings were supposed to be attached to the existing building, but they were never built due to the stock market crash in late 1929. For instance, there ... | 45,955 |
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DeKalb. In 1978 a group of citizens banded together to restore and save the Egyptian. When the Egyptian was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980, the group, Preservation of the Egyptian Theatre (PET), qualified for a $2.3 million grant from the state of Illinois... | 45,956 |
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to save the theatre from destruction. Since the 1980s restoration the theatre has been host to a variety of films and events. The current marquee is the fourth to adorn the theatre; it was installed during the 1982 restoration.
The DeKalb Egyptian has a 42-week season during which i... | 45,957 |
8791437 | Egyptian Theatre (DeKalb, Illinois) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Egyptian%20Theatre%20(DeKalb,%20Illinois) | Egyptian Theatre (DeKalb, Illinois)
(1977), R.E.M. (1984), Los Lobos (1994), Tori Amos (1994), Gaelic Storm (2003), Umphrey's McGee (2008), Frank Turner (2010), The Wonder Years (2011), Aaron Carter (2013), Rick Springfield (2013), and comedian Lewis Black (2015).
In January 2019 Executive Director Alex Nerad announce... | 45,958 |
8791437 | Egyptian Theatre (DeKalb, Illinois) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Egyptian%20Theatre%20(DeKalb,%20Illinois) | Egyptian Theatre (DeKalb, Illinois)
is believed to be one of only six remaining in the United States. This particular theatre is more than a simple hodgepodge of hieroglyphics and Egyptian symbols. The architect, Elmer F. Behrns, himself interested in Egyptology, designed the Egyptian Theatre in DeKalb to have one cent... | 45,959 |
8791437 | Egyptian Theatre (DeKalb, Illinois) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Egyptian%20Theatre%20(DeKalb,%20Illinois) | Egyptian Theatre (DeKalb, Illinois)
over the theatre entrance. The entirety of the theatre's front facade is designed to resemble the gate of a great temple.
The small outer lobby is meant to evoke feelings of entering the outer chamber of an ancient Egyptian tomb. The walls of the outer lobby are built from huge unad... | 45,960 |
8791437 | Egyptian Theatre (DeKalb, Illinois) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Egyptian%20Theatre%20(DeKalb,%20Illinois) | Egyptian Theatre (DeKalb, Illinois)
surrounded by eight pillars and cornices adorned with golden lotus blossoms and palm leaves. High up the walls, between each of the pillars, are six large golden plaster urns. The urns are decorated with lotus blossom buds and palm leaves as well. They are crowned by a gilded design ... | 45,961 |
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the stage is a decent size, at 35 feet (10.7 m) across, the backstage space is very small because of its original use as a vaudeville theatre. When the theatre first opened, it had seating for 1,600 guests, but as a result of the 1980s renovation that dropped to 1,483 seats. Four mor... | 45,962 |
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The theatre said through a spokesman in 2006 that both the colors and the decorations were picked for their beauty and no other reason.
While there are no hidden messages in the architecture, there have been numerous occurrences and reports of alleged ghostly phenomena. The Egyptian... | 45,963 |
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the building; objects have moved on their own, doors have opened on their own, and people have felt a tap on their shoulder when no one else is around. Occasionally, footsteps have been heard echoing across the auditorium. The theatre operators and preservationists lend enough creden... | 45,964 |
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n Revival theatres remaining in the United States. The Illinois Main Street association called the DeKalb Egyptian "one of Illinois' great buildings." The Egyptian Theatre was added to the U.S National Register of Historic Places on December 1, 1978.
# See also.
- Egyptian Theatre ... | 45,965 |
8791657 | A Disturbing Case | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=A%20Disturbing%20Case | A Disturbing Case
A Disturbing Case
"A Disturbing Case" is the second episode of the 1969 British television series "Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)", distributed by ITC Entertainment and starring Mike Pratt, Kenneth Cope and Annette Andre. The episode was first broadcast on 28 September 1969 on ITV. It was directed by... | 45,966 |
8791657 | A Disturbing Case | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=A%20Disturbing%20Case | A Disturbing Case
conversation on tape, Jenny and Jeannie arrange to send Jeff to Dr. Conrad (David Bauer) at the Lambert Clinic Nursing Home.
Retaining Jeff against his will and filling him with illegal drugs, it happens that Conrad is the mastermind behind the robberies, in league with a criminal known as William Sm... | 45,967 |
8791657 | A Disturbing Case | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=A%20Disturbing%20Case | A Disturbing Case
was all part of an elaborate ploy to get him placed in the hospital, and celebrates his success by taking the two sisters to dinner.
# Overview.
Jeff Randall initially collapses unconscious after being lightly thrown against a door by Phillip and Pentonville, the two hospital heavies, but later unde... | 45,968 |
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is also real-life Australian, and the likeness between them is similar. Currently unemployed, she's staying with Jeannie from outside London, what she terms "the sticks".
# Cast.
- Mike Pratt as Jeff Randall
- Kenneth Cope as Marty Hopkirk
- Annette Andre as Jeannie Hopkirk
- Judith Arthy ... Jen... | 45,969 |
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Home were shot at The Grocer's Institute on Grange Lane, Letchmore Heath. Whitty's home exterior was filmed at a private house named Aragon on Aldenham Road, Letchmore Heath. Arthur Phillips house was shot on the exterior standing backlot sets at ABC Elstree studios, Borehamwood.
A finished print was... | 45,970 |
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am Road, Letchmore Heath. Arthur Phillips house was shot on the exterior standing backlot sets at ABC Elstree studios, Borehamwood.
A finished print was completed by late August 1969. It is listed as episode 22 in ITC publicity.
# Video and DVD release.
The episode was released on VHS and several t... | 45,971 |
8791492 | Siege of Naxos (499 BC) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Siege%20of%20Naxos%20(499%20BC) | Siege of Naxos (499 BC)
Siege of Naxos (499 BC)
The Siege of Naxos (499 BC) was a failed attempt by the Milesian tyrant Aristagoras, operating with support from, and in the name of the Persian Empire of Darius the Great, to conquer the island of Naxos. It was the opening act of the Greco-Persian Wars, which would ulti... | 45,972 |
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the command of Megabates.
The expedition quickly descended into a debacle. Aristagoras and Megabates quarreled on the journey to Naxos, and someone (possibly Megabates) informed the Naxians of the imminent arrival of the force. When they arrived, the Persians and Ionians were thus faced with a ... | 45,973 |
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to Caria and Cyprus. Three years of Persian campaigning across Asia Minor followed, with no decisive effect, before the Persians regrouped and made straight for the epicentre of the rebellion at Miletus. At the Battle of Lade, the Persians decisively defeated the Ionian fleet and effectively end... | 45,974 |
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who has been called the 'Father of History', was born in 484 BC in Halicarnassus, Asia Minor (then under Persian overlordship). He wrote his 'Enquiries' (Greek—"Historia"; English—"(The) Histories") around 440–430 BC, trying to trace the origins of the Greco-Persian Wars, which would still have ... | 45,975 |
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claim to manifest destiny, but rather explanations he could verify personally."
Some subsequent ancient historians, despite following in his footsteps, criticised Herodotus, starting with Thucydides. Nevertheless, Thucydides chose to begin his history where Herodotus left off (at the Siege of S... | 45,976 |
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was passed on to Renaissance Europe, though he remained well read. However, since the 19th century his reputation has been dramatically rehabilitated by archaeological finds which have repeatedly confirmed his version of events. The prevailing modern view is that Herodotus generally did a remark... | 45,977 |
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These settlers were from three tribal groups: the Aeolians, Dorians and Ionians. The Ionians had settled about the coasts of Lydia and Caria, founding the twelve cities which made up Ionia. These cities were Miletus, Myus and Priene in Caria; Ephesus, Colophon, Lebedos, Teos, Clazomenae, Phocaea... | 45,978 |
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able to identify elite native groups to help him rule his new subjects—such as the priesthood of Judea. No such group existed in Greek cities at this time; while there was usually an aristocracy, this was inevitably divided into feuding factions. The Persians thus settled for the sponsoring a ty... | 45,979 |
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the fourth Persian king, Darius the Great, the stand-in Milesian tyrant Aristagoras found himself in this familiar predicament. Aristagoras's uncle Histiaeus had accompanied Darius on campaign in 513 BC, and when offered a reward, had asked for part of the conquered Thracian territory. Although ... | 45,980 |
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of the first democracy in Athens. The island of Naxos, part of the Cyclades group in the Aegean Sea, was also in this period affected by political turmoil. Naxos had been ruled by the tyrant Lygdamis, a protege of the Athenian tyrant Peisistratos, until around 524 BC, when he was overthrown by t... | 45,981 |
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from Naxos, who asked him to help restore them to the control of the island. Seeing an opportunity to strengthen his position in Miletus by conquering Naxos, Aristagoras approached the satrap of Lydia, Artaphernes, with a proposal. If Artaphernes provided an army, Aristagoras would conquer the i... | 45,982 |
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to this, and a force of 200 triremes was assembled in order to attack Naxos the following year.
# Prelude.
The Persian fleet was duly assembled in the spring of 499 BC, and sailed to Ionia. Artaphernes put his (and Darius's) cousin Megabates in charge of the expedition, and dispatched him to M... | 45,983 |
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and came across one ship from Myndus which had not posted any sentries. Megabates ordered his guard to find the captain of the ship, Scylax, and then had the captain thrust into one of the ship's oar holes with his head outside and his body inside the ship. News reached Aristagoras of the treatm... | 45,984 |
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According to Herodotus, Megabates was so enraged by this that he sent messengers to the Naxians to warn them of the approach of the Persian force.
Modern historians, doubting that a Persian commander would have sabotaged his own invasion, have suggested several other possible scenarios. It is, ... | 45,985 |
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does not provide complete numbers for either side, but gives some idea of the strength of the two forces. Clearly, since they were fighting on home territory, the Naxian forces could theoretically have included the whole population. Herodotus says in his narrative that the "Naxians have eight th... | 45,986 |
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invasion of Greece, each Persian ship had carried thirty extra marines, and this was probably also true in the first invasion when the whole invasion force was apparently carried in triremes. Furthermore, the Chian ships at the Battle of Lade also carried 40 marines each. This suggests that a tr... | 45,987 |
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Herodotus does not explicitly say, but this was presumably the eponymous capital of Naxos. He provides few details of the military actions that ensued, although there is a suggestion that there was an initial assault on the city, which was repelled. The Ionians and Persians thus settled down to ... | 45,988 |
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from which to quickly return, as events permitted.
# Aftermath.
With the failure of his attempt to conquer Naxos, Aristagoras found himself in dire straits; he was unable to repay Artaphernes the costs of the expedition, and had moreover alienated himself from the Persian royal family. He full... | 45,989 |
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grievance being the tyrants installed by the Persians. Aristagoras's actions have thus been likened to tossing a flame into a kindling box; they incited rebellion across Ionia (and Aeolis and Doris), and tyrannies were everywhere abolished, and democracies established in their place.
Having bro... | 45,990 |
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by five from Eretria, for a total of twenty-five triremes, set sail for Ionia. They joined up with the main Ionian force near Ephesus.
This force was then guided by the Ephesians through mountains to Sardis, Artaphernes's satrapal capital. The Greeks caught the Persians unawares, and were able ... | 45,991 |
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Ephesus. The Ionians who escaped the battle made for their own cities, while the remaining Athenians and Eretrians managed to return to their ships, and sailed back to Greece.
Despite these setbacks, the revolt spread further. The Ionians sent men to the Hellespont and Propontis, and captured B... | 45,992 |
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these years. At the height of the Persian counter-offensive, Aristagoras, sensing the untenability of his position, decided to abandon his position as leader of Miletus, and of the revolt, and he left Miletus. Herodotus, who evidently has a rather negative view of him, suggests that Aristagoras ... | 45,993 |
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revolt at its centre. The Ionians sought to defend Miletus by sea, leaving the defense of Miletus to the Milesians. The Ionian fleet gathered at the island of Lade, off the coast of Miletus. The Persians were uncertain of victory at Lade, so attempted to persuade some of the Ionian contingents t... | 45,994 |
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defeat at Lade, the Ionian Revolt was all but ended. The next year, the Persians reduced the last rebel strongholds, and began the process of bringing peace to the region. The Ionian Revolt constituted the first major conflict between Greece and the Persian Empire, and as such represents the fir... | 45,995 |
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represents the first phase of the Greco-Persian Wars. Although Asia Minor had been brought back into the Persian fold, Darius vowed to punish Athens and Eretria for their support for the revolt. Moreover, seeing that the myriad city states of Greece posed a continued threat to the stability of h... | 45,996 |
8791733 | Walter Melon | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Walter%20Melon | Walter Melon
Walter Melon
Walter Melon may refer to:
- The English-language version of the cartoon character Achille Talon
- "Walter Melon" (TV series), the English-language TV series based on the character
- The main villain from "Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters" | 45,997 |
8791701 | Amne Machin | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Amne%20Machin | Amne Machin
Amne Machin
Amne Machin, Anyi Machen, or Anyê Maqên ("Grandfather Pomra") is the highest peak of a mountain range of the same name in the province of Qinghai in west-central China. It is revered in Tibetan Buddhism as the home of the chief indigenous deity of Amdo, Machen Pomra.
# Geography.
The entire A... | 45,998 |
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the ridge results in one of the great bends of the Yellow River. The river first flows for several hundreds of kilometers toward the east and southeast, along the south-western side of the Amne Machin Range. In so doing it crosses the entire length of Golog Prefecture, and reaches the borders of Gansu and S... | 45,999 |
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