PATH400 (under construction), U.S Decennial Census Main articles: List of Georgia Institute of Technology alumni and List of Georgia Institute of Technology athletes, Atlanta in 2015 became the furthest south Box Lacrosse team in the National Lacrosse League (NLL) when John Arlotta moved the Minnesota Swarm franchise from St Paul Minnesota to Duluth GA and renamed the team to the Georgia Swarm in the three seasons in the Atlanta market they have made the playoffs each year including in 2017 winning the National Lacrosse League Cup in 2017 Then in the spring of 2016 Atlanta fielded its first professional Field Lacrosse team the team the Major Lacrosse League Expansion Franchise Atlanta Blaze took to the field at Kennesaw State University's Fifth Third Bank Stadium the team made its first MLL Playoff appearance in the 2018 Season. Precipitation totals in mm Home attendance, Georgia Institute of Technology Ramblin' Wreck and Cheerleaders. 73 2315, The House of Representatives elects its own Speaker and a Speaker Pro Tempore the Speaker Pro Tempore becomes Speaker in case of the death resignation or permanent disability of the Speaker the Speaker Pro Tempore serves until a new Speaker is elected the House also has as an officer the Clerk of the House of Representatives. Chamblee pop 29,231, Rogers Hornsby Road (4), Brittain Dining Hall the main dining hall for East Campus! . Tech graduates have been deeply influential in politics military service and activism Atlanta mayor Ivan Allen Jr and former United States Senator Sam Nunn have both made significant changes from within their elected offices Former Georgia Tech President G Wayne Clough was also a Tech graduate the first Tech alumnus to serve in that position Many notable military commanders are alumni; James A Winnefeld Jr who currently serves as the ninth Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Philip M Breedlove who currently serves as the Commander U.S Air Forces in Europe William L Ball was the 67th Secretary of the Navy John M Brown III is the Commander of the United States Army Pacific Command and Leonard Wood was Chief of Staff of the Army and a Medal of Honor recipient for helping capture of the Apache chief Geronimo Wood was also Tech's first football coach and (simultaneously) the team captain and was instrumental in Tech's first-ever football victory in a game against the University of Georgia Thomas McGuire was the second-highest scoring American ace during World War II and a Medal of Honor recipient, 1% Atlanta Georgia business directory 1830 516,823 51.6% An extinct fault line called the Brevard Fault runs roughly parallel to the Chattahoochee River but as its last movements were apparently prehistoric it is considered extinct and not a threat to the region Still minor earthquakes do rattle the area (and all of Georgia) occasionally One notable one was in April 2003 (magnitude 4.6) coming from the northwest its epicenter just across the state line in northeastern Alabama While many people slept through the 5A.M quake it caused a minor panic in others completely unaware of what was happening Similar earthquakes occur in this region called the Eastern Tennessee Seismic Zone often felt much more widely across the stronger crust of eastern North America as compared to the west Thus the 1886 Charleston South Carolina earthquake was also felt in Atlanta and throughout the Southeast it caused damage as far as central Alabama and West Virginia Two small earthquakes were also felt on the southeast side near Eatonton in early April 2009 the New Madrid Seismic Zone (near the Missouri-Tennessee borders) and the seismic zone producing the 1886 magnitude 7.3 earthquake are still capable of producing moderate or major earthquakes which the entire Atlanta area will feel moderately or even strongly. Track consists of two parallel steel rails anchored perpendicular to members called ties (sleepers) of timber concrete steel or plastic to maintain a consistent distance apart or rail gauge Rail gauges are usually categorized as standard gauge (used on approximately 55% of the world's existing railway lines) broad gauge and narrow gauge.[citation needed] in addition to the rail gauge the tracks will be laid to conform with a Loading gauge which defines the maximum height and width for railway vehicles and their loads to ensure safe passage through bridges tunnels and other structures. .
. A Burlington Northern EMD F3 leads the North Coast Hiawatha into Yakima Washington in July 1971 an example of early Amtrak "rainbow" consists made up of equipment still painted in the colors of various freight carriers. Georgia county and city public school systems are administered by school boards with members elected at the local level as of 2013 all but 19 of 181 boards are elected from single-member districts Residents and activist groups in Fayette County Georgia sued the board of commissioners and school board for maintaining an election system based on at-large voting which tended to increase the power of the majority and effectively prevented minority participation on elected local boards for nearly 200 years a change to single-member districts has resulted in the African-American minority being able to elect representatives of its choice, In the Atlanta area World of Coke Georgia Aquarium Zoo Atlanta and Stone Mountain are important tourist attractions Stone Mountain is Georgia's "most popular attraction"; receiving over four million tourists per year the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta was the largest aquarium in the world in 2010 according to Guinness World Records, Amtrak's loyalty program Guest Rewards is similar to the frequent-flyer programs of many airlines Guest Rewards members accumulate points by riding Amtrak and through other activities and can redeem these points for free or discounted Amtrak tickets and other rewards. Sleek white passenger train at a station Kickoff at Sanford Stadium of the Georgia-South Carolina college football game on September 8 2007. Main articles: Government of Atlanta List of mayors of Atlanta and Crime in Atlanta, High-speed rail are special inter-city trains that operate at much higher speeds than conventional railways the limit being regarded at 200 to 320 kilometres per hour (120 to 200 mph) High-speed trains are used mostly for long-haul service and most systems are in Western Europe and East Asia the speed record is 574.8 km/h (357.2 mph) set by a modified French TGV Magnetic levitation trains such as the Shanghai airport train use under-riding magnets which attract themselves upward towards the underside of a guideway and this line has achieved somewhat higher peak speeds in day-to-day operation than conventional high-speed railways although only over short distances Due to their heightened speeds route alignments for high-speed rail tend to have shallower grades and broader curves than conventional railways. Clearcutting 1% Blizzard has also worked to create an AI-based cameraman that can follow the action of the game as well as select key instant replays During regular season matches Blizzard employs a team of about 80 to 100 people to manage the game and its broadcast; this includes on-screen hosts and interviewers play-by-play announcers or "shoutcasters" "overseers" who use the AI cameraman and monitor a match from several different angles to present the best view for audiences and broadcasting and technical support Among those Blizzard has brought on to shoutcast matches include Christopher "MonteCristo" Mykles Erik "DoA" Lonnquist Matt "Mr X" Morello and Mitchell "Uber" Leslie Blizzard released a special Overwatch League app in early January 2018 just prior to the start of the first season to provide schedules results highlights and other details about the League's progress, This section may be too long and excessively detailed Please consider summarizing the material while citing sources as needed (March 2019). Over the first season the League acquired over US$200 million in sponsorships and broadcast rights; major sponsors included Intel HP Omen Toyota T-Mobile and Spotify with most deals valued at over US$10 million During the first season's pre-season the games were only streamed through Blizzard's website and through its subsidiary Major League Gaming Just prior to the launch of the regular season Blizzard and Twitch established a two-year US$90 million deal for Twitch to be the sole third-party stream broadcaster for the Overwatch League in the world excluding China Twitch provided these streams in English French and Korean and will incentivize viewers to watch these streams with in-game items for Overwatch Additionally the partnership allowed Blizzard to offer an All-Access Pass to viewers which gave those that purchased it access to private streams and chat rooms with players coaches league officials and announcers in-game currency to purchase team skins emotes for use on Twitch chats and discounts at Blizzard's store the deal was reported to be worth at least $90 million on the first day of the inaugural season's playoffs Disney and Blizzard Entertainment announced a multi-year partnership that would bring the league to ESPN Disney XD and ABC starting with the playoffs and through to all of the following season This partnership included broadcasting rights to the Overwatch World Cup as well Subsequently Blizzard partnered with Twitter to broadcast near-real-time highlights from games via the service starting with the first season's All-Star Weekend and continuing into the second season which will include a weekly pre-game show called Watchpoint During the break before the start of the second season the league announced a multi-year partnership with Fanatics for the outfitter to make and sell team- and OWL-related clothing and other items, PATH400 (under construction), Rock groups from Georgia include the Atlanta Rhythm Section the Black Crowes and the Allman Brothers.
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