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28- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl $305,413,918
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27- Independence Day $306,169,268
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26- Return of the Jedi $309,306,177
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25- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End $309,420,425
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24- Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones $310,676,740
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23- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull $313,075,911
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22- Iron Man $314,615,301
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21- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring $314,776,170
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20- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone $317,575,550
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19- Transformers $319,246,193
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18- Shrek the Third $322,719,944
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17- The Lion King $328,541,776
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16- Forrest Gump $329,694,499
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15- Spider Man 3 $336,530,303
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14- Fining Nemo $339,714,978
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13-The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers $341,786,758
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12- Jurassic Park $357,067,947
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11-The Passion of the Christ $370,782,930
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10- Spider Man 2 $373,585,825
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9- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King $377,027,325
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8- Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith $380,270,577
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7- Spider Man $403,706,375
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6- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest $423,315,812
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5- Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace $431,088,301
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4- E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial $435,110,554
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2- Star Wars $460,998,007
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gahh Neogaf is lucky it's got so much info posted there a day cause it should loses a large pct of it's daily members. freaking breaks so often.
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over 4k posts in this thread now...woot.
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YouTube - Hey pittsburgh pirates
16 straight when we finish below .500 this season
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40% to 10k. woot boobs on my face bouncing up and down :)
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January 1 - Total eclipse of the sun, seen over parts of California and Nevada.
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January 4 An Act to Regulate Appointments in the Marine Hospital Service of the United States signed by Pres. Grover Cleveland. Establishes a Commissioned Corps of officers as a predecessor to the current US Public Health Service Commissioned Corps.
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# January 8 - Herman Hollerith receives a patent for his electric tabulating machine
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# January 15 - The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is originally incorporated in Atlanta, Georgia.
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January 22 - Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, DC.
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January 30 - Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria and his mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera commit a double suicide (or a murder suicide) in Mayerling hunting lodge.
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February 5 - First issue of Glasgow University Magazine is published.
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February 11 - Meiji Constitution of Japan adopted; 1st Diet convenes in 1890.
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February 22 - President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states.
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March - German naval force shells a village in Samoa, destroying some American property. Three American warships enter the Samoan harbor and prepare to fire on the three German warships found there. Before guns are fired, a hurricane blows up and sinks all the ships, American and German. A compulsory armistice is called because of the lack of warships.
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March 4 - Grover Cleveland, 22nd President of the United States (1885 - 1889) is succeeded by Benjamin Harrison (1889-1893).
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March 9 - Yohannes IV is killed in the Battle of Metemma; Sudanese forces, who had been almost defeated, rally and destroy the Ethiopian army.
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March 11 - North Carolina Legislature issues a charter for the creation of Elon College.
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March 23 - Mirza Ghulam Ahmad founded the Ahmadiyya Muslim community.
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March 31 - The Eiffel Tower is inaugurated (opens May 6). Contemporary critics regard it aesthetically displeasing.
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April 10 - Hammarby Roddförening founded, later to become [[Hammarby IF].
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April 22 - At high noon, thousands rush to claim land in the Land Run of 1889. Within hours the cities of Oklahoma City and Guthrie are formed with populations of at least 10,000.
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May 2 - Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia, signs a treaty of amity with Italy, giving Italy control over what will become Eritrea.
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May 6 - Eiffel Tower opens, in Paris.
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May 15 - In Samoa, three US and three German ships sink in a typhoon because the captains refuse to leave before the others - almost 200 drown. British steamer Calliope saves itself by pushing into the wind with full speed.
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May 31 - Johnstown Flood: South Fork Dam collapses in western Pennsylvania, killing more than 2,200 people in and around Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
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June 3 - The first long distance electric power transmission line in the United States is completed, running 14 miles between a generator at Willamette Falls and downtown Portland, Oregon.
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June 6 - The Great Seattle Fire ravages through the downtown area without any fatalities.
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June 8 - The Wall Street Journal is established.
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June 12 - 88 are killed in the Armagh rail disaster near Armagh in Northern Ireland.
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June - Vincent Van Gogh paints Starry Night.
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July 8 - The first issue of the Wall Street Journal is published.
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# July 31 - Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife marries Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife
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August 14 - The Great London Dock Strike breaks out in England.
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August - The Jewish Settlement of Moisés Ville is founded in Argentina.
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September 10 - Albert Honoré Charles Grimaldi becomes Reigning Prince Albert I of Monaco.
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September 23 - Nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda.
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October 2 - In Washington, DC, the first International Conference of American States begins.
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October 24 - Sir Henry Parkes, Premier of New South Wales, delivers the Tenterfield Oration calling for the Federation of Australia.
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November 2 - North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. state.
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November 8 - Montana is admitted as the 41st U.S. state.
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November 11 - Washington is admitted as the 42nd U.S. state.
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# November 14 - Inspired by Jules Verne pioneer woman Journalist Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochrane) begins an attempt to beat travel around the world in less than 80 days (Bly finished the journey in 72 days, 6 hours and 11 minutes).
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November 15 - Marechal Deodoro da Fonseca deposes Emperor Pedro II (the second, and last, emperor of Brazil) in a military coup.
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November 23 - The first jukebox goes into operation at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco.
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November 27 - Clemson University is founded in Clemson, South Carolina.
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December 4 - Official opening of Bayswater Railway Station Victoria Australia
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December 14 - Wofford and Furman play the first intercollegiate football game in the state of South Carolina
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December 23 - Spanish football team Recreativo de Huelva is formed (currently oldest club in Spain).
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Riverside Elementary School was first opened in Wichita, Kansas in 1889 as a one room school. It operated until 1892 at which time it was closed for a year. However, in 1893 the school was reopened and Riverside has been in session every year since then. The school has been housed in four locations throughout Wichita. The current building at 1001 Porter was opened in 1910. Enrollment hit an all time high in the late 1950s with 505 students. Where did they put them all? Enrollment remained high through the mid 1950s but a steady decline in enrollment began later in that same decade.
In 1990, with an enrollment of less than 170 students, Riverside was faced with a dilemma: be merged with another school, be closed altogether or find a way to bring more students into the building. A committee of proactive parents was formed by the PTO to look into alternative choices for the school. After much discussion, the committee endorsed making Riverside a magnet school. Due to the location of the school, the committee suggested a magnet focus of cultural arts and history which would take advantage of the proximity of area museums. In addition to the Wichita Art Museum, the Mid-America All Indian Center, Botanica, Cowtown, Wichita Historical Museum, the Wichita Omnisphere, Wichita Children's Museum and Exploration Place, are all within a short distance of the school. The idea was approved by the neighborhood, PTO and the Board of Education.
Riverside opened the 1991 school year with a new name: Riverside Cultural Arts and History Magnet School. In addition to a new name, an innovative method of educating children was embraced which enabled them to learn in an integrated, thematic fashion which prioritized hands-on experiences. Enrollment jumped the first year to over 280 students. Due to its innovative approach to education, enrollment continued to increase and now averages about 320 students each year. Riverside is looking forward to continuing its role as the longest operating campus in Wichita.
random info I found on wiki
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The Wichita Art Museum is an art museum located in Wichita, Kansas. It was established in 1915, when Louise Murdock’s Will created a trust to start a collection of art works by “American painters, potters, sculptors, and textile weavers.” The collection includes works by Mary Cassatt, Arthur G. Dove, Thomas Eakins, Robert Henri, Winslow Homer, Edward Hopper, Yasuo Kuniyshoi, John Marin, Horace Pippin, Maurice Prendergast, Albert Pinkham Ryder and Charles Sheeler. The Museum's lobby features a ceiling and chandelier made by Dale Chihuly.
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Wichita (pronounced /ˈwɪtʃɪtaː/), also known as the Air Capital of the World, is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kansas, as well as a major aircraft manufacturing hub and cultural center. In July of 2006, CNN/Money and Money magazine ranked Wichita ninth on its list of the 10 best big cities to live in the United States. The city is home to six major aircraft manufacturing companies and McConnell Air Force Base. Wichita is located in South Central Kansas on the Arkansas River, and is the county seat of Sedgwick County. It is also the home of a National Weather Service Forecast Office which serves portions of central, south-central, and southeast Kansas.
The city's population was 344,284 at the 2000 census, and it was estimated to be 357,698 in the year 2006,[3] making it the 50th largest city in the United States. The Wichita Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), which encompasses Sedgwick, Butler, Harvey, and Sumner counties, has a 2007 estimated population of 596,452 persons residing in 245,159 households, making it the 84th largest MSA in the United States. The Wichita-Winfield Combined Statistical Area also includes Cowley County and has an estimated population of 630,703. Nearby Reno County is not a part of the Wichita MSA or CSA, but the Census reported a population estimate of 63,832 in Reno County in 2003.
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After the census was tabulated, Utah challenged the results in two different ways. Utah was extremely close to gaining a fourth congressional seat, falling 857 people short, which in turn was allocated to North Carolina. The Census Bureau counted members of the military and other federal civilian employees serving abroad as residents of their home state, but did not count other individuals living outside the United States. Utah claimed that individuals traveling abroad as religious missionaries should be counted as residents and that the failure to do so imposed a burden on Mormon religious practice. Almost half of all Mormon missionaries, more than 11,000 individuals, were from Utah; only 102 came from North Carolina. If this policy were changed, then Utah would have received an additional seat instead of North Carolina. On November 26, 2002, the Supreme Court affirmed the lower court ruling that rejected Utah's efforts to have Mormon missionaries counted.[3]
The state of Utah then filed another lawsuit alleging that the statistical methods used in computing the state populations were improper and cost Utah the seat. The Bureau uses a method called imputation to assign a number of residents to addresses where residents cannot be reached after multiple efforts. While nationwide the imputation method added .4% to the population, the rate in Utah was .2%. The state challenged that the use of imputation violates the Census Act of 1957 and that it also fails the Constitution's requirement in Article I, Section 2 that an "actual enumeration" be used for apportionment.[4] This case, Utah v. Evans, made it to the Supreme Court, but Utah was again defeated.[5]
Utah was in desperation-age
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Monta Ellis is receiving one of the largest raises in NBA history. As the 40th player selected in the 2005 draft, Ellis was paid just $770,610 last season. He will earn $11 million in 2008-2009.
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Listening to Maggie May by Rod Stewart.
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I am dl'ing music from the billboard top 100 version 10 years ago.
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Brandy
The Boy Is Mine
was #1
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Originally Posted by jakncoke
reminds me of somebody...can't recall who
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#1= California 29,760,000
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Greece capital is Athens and Athens so happens to be the biggest city in Greece.
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- 2008 estimate 11,216,708
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Greece population.
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