Slavery was legal and practiced in all of the Thirteen Colonies in most places it involved house servants or farm workers it was of economic importance in the export-oriented tobacco plantations of Virginia and Maryland and on the rice and indigo plantations of South Carolina About 287,000 slaves were imported into the Thirteen Colonies over a period of 160 years or 2% of the estimated 12 million taken from Africa to the Americas via the Atlantic slave trade the great majority went to sugar colonies in the Caribbean and to Brazil where life expectancy was short and the numbers had to be continually replenished By the mid-18th century life expectancy was much higher in the American colonies. Cycling is a growing mode of transportation in Atlanta more than doubling since 2009 when it comprised 1.1% of all commutes (up from 0.3% in 2000) Although Atlanta's lack of bike lanes and hilly topography may deter many residents from cycling the city's transportation plan calls for the construction of 226 miles (364 kilometres) of bike lanes by 2020 with the BeltLine helping to achieve this goal in 2012 Atlanta's first "bike track" was constructed on 10th Street in Midtown the two lane bike track runs from Monroe Drive west to Charles Allen Drive with connections to the Beltline and Piedmont Park Starting in June 2016 Atlanta received a bike sharing program known as Relay Bike Share with 100 bikes in Downtown and Midtown which expanded to 500 bikes at 65 stations as of April 2017, 5.6 Energy use and production, The Atlanta metropolitan area is the cultural and economic center of the Southeast; its population in 2010 was 5,268,860 or 53.6% of Georgia's total Atlanta is the nation's ninth largest metropolitan area. See also: Gameplay of Overwatch, Outside of isolated sections of Mexico the southernmost limits of this climate zone in North America lie just north of South Florida and around southern coastal Texas Cities at the southernmost limits such as Tampa and Orlando and along the Texas coast around Corpus Christi down toward Brownsville generally feature warm weather year-round and minimal temperature differences between seasons in contrast cities at the northernmost limits of the climate zone such as New York Philadelphia and Louisville feature hot humid summers and chilly winters These areas have average winter temperatures at the coldest limit of climates classed as humid subtropical, Atlanta often called a "city in a forest" and a "tree haven" has a large tree canopy covering much of its area the city's main street is named after a tree and beyond the Downtown Midtown and Buckhead business districts the skyline gives way to a dense canopy of woods that spreads into the suburbs the city's tree coverage percentage was estimated at 36% in a 2004 model. .
In golf the final PGA Tour event of the season the Tour Championship is played annually at East Lake Golf Club This golf course is used because of its connection to the great amateur golfer Bobby Jones an Atlanta native. Spahn (right) with Johnny Sain. Modern pentathlon (1) 63 179. ? ? ? ? City NOC Name Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5, Spikes in wooden ties can loosen over time but split and rotten ties may be individually replaced with new wooden ties or concrete substitutes Concrete ties can also develop cracks or splits and can also be replaced individually Should the rails settle due to soil subsidence they can be lifted by specialized machinery and additional ballast tamped under the ties to level the rails; USNWR departmental rankings, The Centennial Olympic Stadium, as of fall semester 2017.
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