In the 1880s electrified trains were introduced leading to electrification of tramways and rapid transit systems Starting during the 1940s the non-electrified railways in most countries had their steam locomotives replaced by diesel-electric locomotives with the process being almost complete by the 2000s During the 1960s electrified high-speed railway systems were introduced in Japan and later in some other countries Many countries are in the process of replacing diesel locomotives with electric locomotives mainly due to environmental concerns a notable example being Switzerland which has completely electrified its network Other forms of guided ground transport outside the traditional railway definitions such as monorail or maglev have been tried but have seen limited use. Greco-Roman (10) Well-known television shows set in Atlanta include from Tyler Perry Studios House of Payne and Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns the Real Housewives of Atlanta the CBS sitcom Designing Women Matlock the popular AMC series the Walking Dead Lifetime's Drop Dead Diva Rectify and numerous HGTV original productions; Weightlifting (10) According to the 2010 United States Census Georgia had a population of 9,687,653 in terms of race and ethnicity the state was 59.7% White (55.9% Non-Hispanic White alone) 30.5% Black or African American 0.3% American Indian or Alaska Native 3.2% Asian 0.1% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander 4.0% from some other race and 2.1% from two or more races Hispanics and Latinos of any race made up 8.8% of the population. .
Adjacent counties According to historian Henry Adams the system of railroads needed:, 4 References Pike (18,217), Creation of Sandy Springs was a catalyst for municipalization of the entire county in which local groups would attempt to incorporate every area into a city Such a result would essentially eliminate the county's home rule powers (granted statewide by a constitutional amendment to the Georgia State Constitution in the 1960s) to act as a municipality in unincorporated areas and return it to being entirely the local extension of state government. 4.1 Demographics Contents ? ? ? ? ? ? Operations 2 Notable Architecture Another proposed plan that has received very strong grassroots support in recent years is the BeltLine a greenbelt and transit system that takes advantage of existing and unused rail tracks to set up a 22-mile (35 km) light rail or streetcar circuit around the core of Atlanta as well as establishing more green space and footpaths for pedestrians and bicyclists. Iceland (9) Compared to other American cities Atlanta's economy in the past had been disproportionately affected by the 2008 financial crisis and the subsequent recession with the city's economy earning a ranking of 68 among 100 American cities in a September 2014 report due to an elevated unemployment rate declining real income levels and a depressed housing market From 2010 to 2011 Atlanta saw a 0.9% contraction in employment and plateauing income growth at 0.4% Although unemployment had decreased to 7% by late 2014 this was still higher than the national unemployment rate of 5.8% Atlanta's housing market has also struggled with home prices dropping by 2.1% in January 2012 reaching levels not seen since 1996 Compared with a year earlier the average home price in Atlanta plummeted to 17.3% in February 2012 thus becoming the largest annual drop in the history of the index for any American or global city the decline in home prices prompted some economists to deem Atlanta the worst housing market in the nation at the height of the depression Nevertheless the city's real estate market has resurged since 2012 so much median home value and rent growth significantly outpaced the national average by 2018 thanks to a rapidly-growing regional economy. The Overwatch League is owned by Blizzard Entertainment and run under the Major League Gaming organization which is also owned by Blizzard's parent company Activision Blizzard the Overwatch League plays out similar to most North American professional sports leagues in which all teams play scheduled games against other teams to vie for position in the season's playoffs rather than the approach of team promotion and relegation more commonly used in other esports leagues the league currently features twenty teams split between two divisions. July 17 2009, Cobb Republic of the Congo (5), Western Asia The Atlanta Kookaburras are a successful Australian rules football club that compete in men's and women's divisions in the MAAFL and SEAFL and USAFL National Championships; Water polo ? The railroads invented the career path in the private sector for both blue-collar workers and white-collar workers Railroading became a lifetime career for young men; women were almost never hired a typical career path would see a young man hired at age 18 as a shop laborer be promoted to skilled mechanic at age 24 brakemen at 25 freight conductor at 27 and passenger conductor at age 57 White-collar careers paths likewise were delineated Educated young men started in clerical or statistical work and moved up to station agents or bureaucrats at the divisional or central headquarters at each level they had more and more knowledge experience and human capital They were very hard to replace and were virtually guaranteed permanent jobs and provided with insurance and medical care Hiring firing and wage rates were set not by foremen but by central administrators in order to minimize favoritism and personality conflicts Everything was done by the book whereby an increasingly complex set of rules dictated to everyone exactly what should be done in every circumstance and exactly what their rank and pay would be By the 1880s the career railroaders were retiring and pension systems were invented for them, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (8). Commentary During the first decades of the 20th century Atlanta experienced a period of unprecedented growth in three decades' time Atlanta's population tripled as the city limits expanded to include nearby streetcar suburbs the city's skyline emerged with the construction of the Equitable Flatiron Empire and Candler buildings; and Sweet Auburn emerged as a center of black commerce the period was also marked by strife and tragedy Increased racial tensions led to the Atlanta Race Riot of 1906 which left at least 27 people dead and over 70 injured in 1913 Leo Frank a Jewish-American factory superintendent was convicted of the murder of a 13-year-old girl in a highly publicized trial He was hanged in Marietta by a lynch mob in 1915 after having his death sentence commuted an event which deeply impacted the Jewish community in Atlanta and across the country on May 21 1917 the Great Atlanta Fire destroyed 1,938 buildings in what is now the Old Fourth Ward resulting in one fatality and the displacement of 10,000 people. Eddie Mathews is the only Braves player to have played for the organization in all three cities that they have been based in Mathews played with the Braves for their last season in Boston the team's entire tenure in Milwaukee and their first season in Atlanta.
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