Sprint (12) 107 128, Judo ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 5.5 Military United Airlines; 1.1.2 1914: Miracle 7 Races The Atlanta metropolitan area is the ninth largest media market in the United States as ranked by Nielsen Media Research the state's other top markets are Savannah (95th largest) Augusta (115th largest) and Columbus (127th largest). A number of notable musicians in various genres of popular music are from Georgia Among them are Ray Charles (whose many hits include "Georgia on My Mind" now the official state song) and Gladys Knight (known for her Georgia-themed song "Midnight Train to Georgia"), Gwinnett Stripers Baseball IL (AAA) Coolray Field 2009 0 5.8 Film A Lithia Springs (CDP) pop 15,491. Georgia Tech maintains close ties to the industrial world Many of these connections are made through Georgia Tech's cooperative education and internship programs Georgia Tech's Division of Professional Practice (DoPP) established in 1912 as the Georgia Institute of Technology Cooperative Division operates the largest and fourth-oldest cooperative education program in the United States and is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Cooperative Education the DoPP is charged with providing opportunities for students to gain real-world employment experience through four programs each targeting a different body of students the Undergraduate Cooperative Education Program is a five-year program in which undergraduate students alternating between semesters of formal instruction at Georgia Tech and semesters of full-time employment with their employers.
. The Atlanta Opera brings opera to Georgia stages the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra is the most widely recognized orchestra and largest arts organization in the southeastern United States, O 5.1.1 Energy efficiency Greek life at Georgia Tech includes over 50 active chapters of social fraternities and sororities All of the groups are chapters of national organizations including members of the North-American Interfraternity Conference National Panhellenic Conference and National Pan-Hellenic Council the first fraternity to establish a chapter at Georgia Tech was Alpha Tau Omega in 1888 before the school held its first classes the first sorority to establish a chapter was Alpha Xi Delta in 1954 Students with Greek affiliation make up around 26 percent of the undergraduate student body, Harry Wright Atlanta has played a major or contributing role in the development of various genres of American music at different points in the city's history Beginning as early as the 1920s Atlanta emerged as a center for country music which was brought to the city by migrants from Appalachia During the countercultural 1960s Atlanta hosted the Atlanta International Pop Festival with the 1969 festival taking place more than a month before Woodstock and featuring many of the same bands the city was also a center for Southern rock during its 1970s heyday: the Allman Brothers Band's hit instrumental "Hot 'Lanta" is an ode to the city while Lynyrd Skynyrd's famous live rendition of "Free Bird" was recorded at the Fox Theatre in 1976 with lead singer Ronnie Van Zant directing the band to "play it pretty for Atlanta" During the 1980s Atlanta had an active punk rock scene centered on two of the city's music venues 688 Club and the Metroplex and Atlanta famously played host to the Sex Pistols' first U.S show which was performed at the Great Southeastern Music Hall the 1990s saw the city produce major mainstream acts across many different musical genres Country music artist Travis Tritt and R&B sensations TLC Usher and Toni Braxton were just some of the musicians proud to call Atlanta home the city also gave birth to Atlanta hip hop a subgenre that gained relevance and success with the introduction of the home-grown ATLiens known as Outkast along with other Dungeon Family artists such as Organized Noize and Goodie Mob; however it was not until the 2000s that Atlanta moved "from the margins to becoming hip-hop's center of gravity with another sub-genre called Crunk part of a larger shift in hip-hop innovation to the South and East" Also in the 2000s Atlanta was recognized by the Brooklyn-based Vice magazine for its indie rock scene which revolves around the various live music venues found on the city's alternative eastside to facilitate further local development the state government provides qualified businesses and productions a 15% transferable income tax credit for in-state costs of music investments. The Georgia School of Technology opened in the fall of 1888 with two buildings One building (now Tech Tower an administrative headquarters) had classrooms to teach students; the second building featured a shop and had a foundry forge boiler room and engine room it was designed for students to work and produce goods to sell and fund the school the two buildings were equal in size to show the importance of teaching both the mind and the hands though at the time there was some disagreement to whether the machine shop should have been used to turn a profit. . . Interstate 285 is the beltway which encircles the city and its immediate eastern suburbs It is commonly known as the Perimeter I-285 passes through Clayton Cobb Fulton and DeKalb Counties.
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