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61/16 90/32 Main article: Parks in Atlanta. 9 Media Israel (25) 2003 2,401,084 30,393 60.7% 10th 14th 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. Greek life Precipitation totals in mm Peachtree-Dunwoody Road Amtrak allows carry-on baggage on all routes; services with baggage cars allow checked baggage at selected stations With the passage of the Wicker Amendment in 2010 passengers are allowed to put lawfully owned unloaded firearms in checked Amtrak baggage reversing a decade-long ban on such carriage. . The ballast also serves as a means of drainage Some more modern track in special areas is attached by direct fixation without ballast Track may be prefabricated or assembled in place by welding rails together to form lengths of continuous welded rail additional wear and tear on rolling stock caused by the small surface gap at the joints between rails can be counteracted; this also makes for a quieter ride.

Climate chart (explanation) F, Major products in the mineral industry include a variety of clays stones sands and the clay palygorskite known as attapulgite, 10 Infrastructure 6.2 Team records 13 Blue Moon Odom P 1975 Elected mainly on his performance with Oakland A's grew up in Macon. . . Maldives (6) Recreational trails Infrastructure 13 Blue Moon Odom P 1975 Elected mainly on his performance with Oakland A's grew up in Macon, Despite their highly technical backgrounds Tech graduates are no strangers to the arts or athletic competition Among them comedian/actor Jeff Foxworthy of Blue Collar Comedy Tour fame and Randolph Scott both called Tech home Several famous athletes have as well; about 150 Tech students have gone into the National Football League (NFL) with many others going into the National Basketball Association (NBA) or Major League Baseball (MLB) Well-known American football athletes include all-time greats such as Joe Hamilton Pat Swilling Billy Shaw and Joe Guyon former Tech head football coaches Pepper Rodgers and Bill Fulcher and recent students such as Calvin Johnson and Tashard Choice Some of Tech's recent entrants into the NBA include Josh Okogie Chris Bosh Derrick Favors Thaddeus Young Jarrett Jack and Iman Shumpert Award-winning baseball stars include Kevin Brown Mark Teixeira Nomar Garciaparra and Jason Varitek in golf Tech alumni include the legendary Bobby Jones who founded the Masters and David Duval who was ranked the No 1 golfer in the world in 1999. In 2005 Amtrak's carbon dioxide equivalent emissions were 0.411 lbs/mi (0.116 kg per km) for comparison this is similar to a car with two people about twice as high as the UK rail average (where much more of the system is electrified) about four times the average US motorcoach and about eight times a Finnish electric intercity train or fully loaded fifty-seat coach it is however about two thirds of the raw CO2-equivalent emissions of a long-distance domestic flight, The Braves have retired eleven numbers in the history of the franchise including most recently Chipper Jones' number 10 in 2013 John Smoltz's number 29 in 2012 Bobby Cox's number 6 in 2011 Tom Glavine's number 47 in 2010 and Greg Maddux's number 31 in 2009 Additionally Hank Aaron's 44 Dale Murphy's 3 Phil Niekro's 35 Eddie Mathews' 41 Warren Spahn's 21 and Jackie Robinson's 42 which is retired for all of baseball with the exception of Jackie Robinson Day have also been retired the color and design of the retired numbers reflect the uniform design at the time the person was on the team excluding Robinson! Archery (4) During the 1970s like with many large cities within the United States Atlanta's population began to decline by 1990 the population was 394,017 down almost 20% from its population in 1970 which was 496,973 in addition the city center and surrounding areas began to go through an urban decay and crime spiked significantly throughout the 1980s Along with many other major cities in the United States Atlanta was hard hit by the crack epidemic of most of the 1980s to early 1990s in 1994 Atlanta was ranked the most dangerous city in the country by the Morgan Quitno Press. CNN Center 4.3 Sports Student clubs and activities, Labor issues Brazil: Rede Globo Rede Manchete Rede Bandeirantes Rede Record SBT ESPN Brasil 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. Proprietary colonies were governed much as royal colonies except that lord proprietors appointed the governor rather than the king They were set up after the English Restoration of 1660 and typically enjoyed greater civil and religious liberty Pennsylvania (which included Delaware) New Jersey and Maryland were proprietary colonies, Monaco (3) Georgia consists of 159 counties second only to Texas with 254 Georgia had 161 counties until the end of 1931 when Milton and Campbell were merged into the existing Fulton Some counties have been named for prominent figures in both American and Georgian history and many bear names with Native American origin Counties in Georgia have their own elected legislative branch usually called the Board of Commissioners which usually also has executive authority in the county Several counties have a sole Commissioner form of government with legislative and executive authority vested in a single person Georgia is the only state with current Sole Commissioner counties Georgia's Constitution provides all counties and cities with "home rule" authority the county commissions have considerable power to pass legislation within their county as a municipality would.