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Georgia Racial Breakdown of Population, The most controversial ambush campaign was undertaken by Nike Inc which had begun an advertising campaign with aggressive slogans that mocked the Games' values such as "Faster Higher Stronger Badder" "If you're not here to win you're a tourist" and "You don't win silver you lose gold." the slogans were featured on magazine ads and billboards it purchased in Atlanta Nike also opened a pop-up store known as the Nike Center near the Athletes' Village which distributed Nike-branded flags to visitors (presumably to be used at events) IOC marketing director Michael Payne expressed concern for the campaign believing that athletes could perceive them as being an insult to their accomplishments Payne and United States Olympic Committee's marketing director John Krimsky met with Howard Slusher a subordinate of Nike co-founder Phil Knight the meeting quickly turned aggressive with Payne threatening that the IOC could pull accreditation for Nike employees ban the display of its logos on equipment and organize a press conference where silver medallists from the Games as well as prominent Nike-sponsored athlete Michael Johnson (who attracted attention during the Games for wearing custom gold-colored Nike shoes) would denounce the company Faced with these threats Nike agreed to retract most of its negative advertising and PR stunts, The Savannah Historic District attracts over eleven million tourists each year. . 7.3 Community improvement districts TV The Golden Isles are a string of barrier islands off the Atlantic coast of Georgia near Brunswick that include beaches golf courses and the Cumberland Island National Seashore; . Portuguese and French Creole 0.16%, Electric locomotives draw power from a stationary source via an overhead wire or third rail Some also or instead use a battery in locomotives that are powered by high voltage alternating current a transformer in the locomotive converts the high voltage low current power to low voltage high current used in the traction motors that power the wheels Modern locomotives may use three-phase AC induction motors or direct current motors Under certain conditions electric locomotives are the most powerful traction.[citation needed] They are also the cheapest to run and provide less noise and no local air pollution.[citation needed] However they require high capital investments both for the overhead lines and the supporting infrastructure as well as the generating station that is needed to produce electricity Accordingly electric traction is used on urban systems lines with high traffic and for high-speed rail, 1.6 Metropolitan area's growth. East Point MARTA station Paulding (262/sq mi) See also: List of newspapers in Georgia (U.S state). 11 Culture and attractions, Gwinnett Stripers Baseball IL (AAA) Coolray Field 2009 0, JetBlue Airways In 1829 gold was discovered in the North Georgia mountains leading to the Georgia Gold Rush and establishment of a federal mint in Dahlonega which continued in operation until 1861 the resulting influx of white settlers put pressure on the government to take land from the Cherokee Nation in 1830 President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act sending many eastern Native American nations to reservations in present-day Oklahoma including all of Georgia's tribes Despite the Supreme Court's ruling in Worcester v Georgia (1832) that U.S states were not permitted to redraw Indian boundaries President Jackson and the state of Georgia ignored the ruling in 1838 his successor Martin Van Buren dispatched federal troops to gather the tribes and deport them west of the Mississippi This forced relocation known as the Trail of Tears led to the death of over 4,000 Cherokees.

2.3 Ecology Midtown Atlanta is served by Atlanta's rail rapid transit system MARTA at the North Avenue Midtown and Arts Center MARTA Stations MARTA operates significant bus service in the district as well There is also a free shuttle between the Arts Center MARTA Station and Atlantic Station as well as a free-to-the-public daytime shuttle between the Midtown MARTA station and Georgia Tech called the "Tech Trolley"; 2000 255,689 361,111 616,800 1,189,179 51.9% Gymnastics 4 Geography 2013 2,548,679 31,465 63.3% 13th 21st Preparations for the Olympics lasted more than six years and had an economic impact of at least $5.14 billion Over two million visitors came to Atlanta and approximately 3.5 billion people around the world watched at least part of the games on television Although marred by the tragedy of the Centennial Olympic Park bombing they were a financial success due in part to TV rights contracts and sponsorships at record levels. The Georgia Bulldogs (Southeastern Conference) Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (Atlantic Coast Conference) Georgia State Panthers and Georgia Southern Eagles (Sun Belt Conference) are Georgia's NCAA Division I FBS football teams having won multiple national championships between them the Georgia Bulldogs and the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets have a historical rivalry in college football known as Clean Old-Fashioned Hate and the Georgia State Panthers and the Georgia Southern Eagles have recently developed their own rivalry, Funding history Atlanta Georgia business directory Main article: Railway electrification system. ! 73 Huascar Ynoa 3 Columbus Muscogee 194,160 Arts facilities have led the way for modernists in Atlanta architecture with the High Museum designed by Richard Meier with a 2005 addition by Renzo Piano a recent design competition resulted in Freelon Associates (in conjunction with HOK) being selected as the architect for the new $100 million home of the Center for Civil and Human Rights Michael Graves' post-modern style is exhibited in the Ten Peachtree Place office building in Midtown and the Michael C Carlos Museum on the campus of Emory University the 50-story One Atlantic Center was designed by Philip Johnson in association with John Burgee Completed in 1980 the Atlanta-Fulton Central Public Library was designed by one of the 20th century's most notable modernists architects Marcel Breuer who holds the distinction of having studied and taught at the Bauhaus where early in his career Breuer first became a renowned furniture designer Atlanta also has its own Flatiron Building built in 1897 five years before the more famous Flatiron Building in New York City (1902); .