; 6 Culture The Port of Brunswick and the Sidney Lanier Bridge, The first known electric locomotive was built in 1837 by chemist Robert Davidson of Aberdeen in Scotland and it was powered by galvanic cells (batteries) Thus it was also the earliest battery electric locomotive Davidson later built a larger locomotive named Galvani exhibited at the Royal Scottish Society of Arts Exhibition in 1841 the seven-ton vehicle had two direct-drive reluctance motors with fixed electromagnets acting on iron bars attached to a wooden cylinder on each axle and simple commutators it hauled a load of six tons at four miles per hour (6 kilometers per hour) for a distance of one and a half miles (2.4 kilometres) it was tested on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway in September of the following year but the limited power from batteries prevented its general use it was destroyed by railway workers who saw it as a threat to their job security. . Sleeper Service: Sleeper Service comprises private room accommodations on long-distance trains Rooms are classified into roomettes bedrooms accessible bedrooms and family bedrooms (on some trains) Included in the price of a room are attendant service and on most routes full hot meals at night attendants convert rooms into sleeping areas with fold-down beds and fresh linens Shower facilities with towels and bar soap are available Complimentary juice coffee and bottled water are included as well Sleeper car passengers have access to all passenger facilities aboard the train Sleeper passengers have access to ClubAcela lounges Metropolitan Lounges and unattended First Class Lounges located at select stations, Glavine Rhythmic (2) 1.6 High-speed rail Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport has three cargo complexes that include two million square feet of space; the airport moves over 650,000 tons of cargo annually it has nearby cold storage for perishables and is the only airport in the Southeast with USDA-approved cold-treatment capabilities Delta Air Lines also offers an on-airport refrigeration facility for perishable cargo and a 250-acre Foreign Trade Zone is located at the airport. Charles and Peggy Evans Anatomy Building Emory University School of Medicine, Murphy Geography In 2004 a stalemate in federal support of Amtrak forced cutbacks in services and routes as well as resumption of deferred maintenance in fiscal 2004 and 2005 Congress appropriated about $1.2 billion for Amtrak $300 million more than President George W Bush had requested However the company's board requested $1.8 billion through fiscal 2006 the majority of which (about $1.3 billion) would be used to bring infrastructure rolling stock and motive power back to a state of good repair in Congressional testimony the DOT Inspector General confirmed that Amtrak would need at least $1.4 billion to $1.5 billion in fiscal 2006 and $2 billion in fiscal 2007 just to maintain the status quo in 2006 Amtrak received just under $1.4 billion with the condition that Amtrak would reduce (but not eliminate) food and sleeper service losses Thus dining service was simplified and now requires two fewer on-board service workers Only Auto Train and Empire Builder services continue regular made-on-board meal service in 2010 the Senate approved a bill to provide $1.96 billion to Amtrak but cut the approval for high-speed rail to a $1 billion appropriation; . St Mark's United Methodist Church in Atlanta There are 17 Fortune 500 companies and 26 Fortune 1000 companies with headquarters in Georgia including Home Depot UPS Coca-Cola TSYS Delta Air Lines Aflac Southern Company Anthem Inc Honeywell and SunTrust Banks, 8 Education Contemporary Era The most common birds are the Brown Thrasher (the GA state bird) American crow European (or common) starling American robin mourning dove house sparrow northern cardinal purple finch Carolina chickadee tufted titmouse bluejay white-breasted nuthatch eastern bluebird mockingbird brown-headed nuthatch and the Carolina wren Birds of prey thrive in the area with three varieties of hawks common near open fields in even the most populated areas Falcons roost on skyscrapers in downtown Atlanta and can be regularly seen feasting on pigeons the American kestrel is sometimes seen Late in the year three species of owls can be heard nightly in wooded areas Various woodpeckers can be seen in forested lots including the red-bellied woodpecker northern flicker (also known as the "red-shafted flicker") and the downy woodpecker the red-headed woodpecker is common in open fields and on golf courses the American goldfinch is present mostly in winter and the ruby-throated hummingbird only in summer.
Number of athletes 1.4 Contemporary Era, Mon 30th Central Campus is home to the majority of the academic research and administrative buildings the Central Campus includes among others: the Howey Physics Building; the Boggs Chemistry Building; the College of Computing Building; the Klaus Advanced Computing Building; the College of Design Building; the Skiles Classroom Building which houses the School of Mathematics and the School of Literature Media and Culture; the D M Smith Building which houses the School of Public Policy; and the Ford Environmental Science & Technology Building in 2005 the School of Modern Languages returned to the Swann Building a 100-year-old former dormitory that now houses some of the most technology-equipped classrooms on campus Intermingled with these are a variety of research facilities such as the Centennial Research Building the Microelectronics Research Center the Neely Nuclear Research Center the Nanotechnology Research Center and the Petit Biotechnology Building, In 1980 construction was completed on an expansion of what is now named Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport the busiest and most efficient airport in the world it accommodates over 100 million passengers annually Employing more than 60,000 people the airport became a major engine for economic growth With the advantages of cheap real estate low taxes right-to-work laws and a regulatory environment limiting government interference the Atlanta metropolitan area became a national center of finance insurance technology manufacturing real estate logistics and transportation companies as well as the film convention and trade show businesses As a testament to the city's growing international profile in 1990 the International Olympic Committee selected Atlanta as the site of the 1996 Summer Olympics Taking advantage of Atlanta's status as a transportation hub in 1991 UPS established its headquarters in a suburb in 1992 construction finished on Bank of America Plaza the tallest building in the U.S outside New York or Chicago. White 71.0% 65.1% 59.7% For more than 130 years from 1872 to 2003 Georgians nominated and elected only white Democratic governors and white Democrats held the majority of seats in the General Assembly Most of the Democrats elected throughout these years were Southern Democrats who were fiscally and socially conservative by national standards This voting pattern continued after the segregationist period. Due to these benefits rail transport is a major form of passenger and freight transport in many countries It is ubiquitous in Europe with an integrated network covering virtually the whole continent in India China South Korea and Japan many millions use trains as regular transport in North America freight rail transport is widespread and heavily used but intercity passenger rail transport is relatively scarce outside the Northeast Corridor due to increased preference of other modes particularly automobiles and airplanes.[page needed] South Africa northern Africa and Argentina have extensive rail networks but some railways elsewhere in Africa and South America are isolated lines Australia has a generally sparse network befitting its population density but has some areas with significant networks especially in the southeast in addition to the previously existing east-west transcontinental line in Australia a line from north to south has been constructed the highest railway in the world is the line to Lhasa in Tibet partly running over permafrost territory Western Europe has the highest railway density in the world and many individual trains there operate through several countries despite technical and organizational differences in each national network, German 7.2% Peachtree Street in Midtown Atlanta. 11 Reception Marketing A number of noted authors poets and playwrights have lived in Georgia such as James Dickey Flannery O'Connor Sidney Lanier Frank Yerby and Lewis Grizzard. Kyrgyzstan (33) Lake City pop 2,612 Surrounding Atlanta's three high-rise districts are the city's low- and medium-density neighborhoods where the craftsman bungalow single-family home is dominant the eastside is marked by historic streetcar suburbs built from the 1890s-1930s as havens for the upper middle class These neighborhoods many of which contain their own villages encircled by shaded architecturally-distinct residential streets include the Victorian Inman Park Bohemian East Atlanta and eclectic Old Fourth Ward on the westside and along the BeltLine on the eastside former warehouses and factories have been converted into housing retail space and art galleries transforming the once-industrial areas such as West Midtown into model neighborhoods for smart growth historic rehabilitation and infill construction in southwest Atlanta neighborhoods closer to downtown originated as streetcar suburbs including the historic West End while those farther from downtown retain a postwar suburban layout including Collier Heights and Cascade Heights home to much of the city's affluent African American population Northwest Atlanta contains the areas of the city to west of Marietta Boulevard and to the north of Martin Luther King Jr Drive including those neighborhoods remote to downtown such as Riverside Bolton and Whittier Mill which is one of Atlanta's designated Landmark Historical Neighborhoods Vine City though technically Northwest adjoins the city's Downtown area and has recently been the target of community outreach programs and economic development initiatives. . 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