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. . Johns Creek pop 76,728, Legislative authority resides in the General Assembly composed of the Senate and House of Representatives the Lieutenant Governor presides over the Senate while members of the House of Representatives select their own Speaker the Georgia Constitution mandates a maximum of 56 senators elected from single-member districts and a minimum of 180 representatives apportioned among representative districts (which sometimes results in more than one representative per district); there are currently 56 senators and 180 representatives the term of office for senators and representatives is two years the laws enacted by the General Assembly are codified in the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area (part). One of the entrances to the University of Georgia The French and Indian War took on a new significance for the British North American colonists when William Pitt the Elder decided that major military resources needed to be devoted to North America in order to win the war against France For the first time the continent became one of the main theaters of what could be termed a "world war" During the war it became increasingly apparent to American colonists that they were under the authority of the British Empire as British military and civilian officials took on an increased presence in their lives; High Museum of Art by Richard Meier and Renzo Piano, 10 Warner Robins Houston 75,797 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. Retired 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.

. Atlanta offers resources and opportunities for amateur and participatory sports and recreation Golf and tennis are popular in Atlanta and the city contains six public golf courses and 182 tennis courts Facilities along the Chattahoochee River cater to watersports enthusiasts providing the opportunity for kayaking canoeing fishing boating or tubing the city's only skate park a 15,000 square feet (1,400 m2) facility that offers bowls curbs and smooth-rolling concrete mounds is at Historic Fourth Ward Park, Colonial discontentment grew with the passage of the 1773 Tea Act which reduced taxes on tea sold by the East India Company in an effort to undercut competition and Prime Minister North's ministry hoped that this would establish a precedent of colonists accepting British taxation policies Trouble escalated over the tea tax as Americans in each colony boycotted the tea and those in Boston dumped the tea in the harbor during the Boston Tea Party in 1773 when the Sons of Liberty dumped thousands of pounds of tea into the water Tensions escalated in 1774 as Parliament passed the laws known as the Intolerable Acts which greatly restricted self-government in the colony of Massachusetts These laws also allowed British military commanders to claim colonial homes for the quartering of soldiers regardless whether the American civilians were willing or not to have soldiers in their homes the laws further revoked colonial rights to hold trials in cases involving soldiers or crown officials forcing such trials to be held in England rather than in America Parliament also sent Thomas Gage to serve as Governor of Massachusetts and as the commander of British forces in North America, 10.2 Health care Routes Atlanta Georgia business directory. .