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. 5.7 State taxes Latvia (48) Sun 22nd 16 Brian McCann Injury icon 2.svg 12 Military presence Despite their highly technical backgrounds Tech graduates are no strangers to the arts or athletic competition Among them comedian/actor Jeff Foxworthy of Blue Collar Comedy Tour fame and Randolph Scott both called Tech home Several famous athletes have as well; about 150 Tech students have gone into the National Football League (NFL) with many others going into the National Basketball Association (NBA) or Major League Baseball (MLB) Well-known American football athletes include all-time greats such as Joe Hamilton Pat Swilling Billy Shaw and Joe Guyon former Tech head football coaches Pepper Rodgers and Bill Fulcher and recent students such as Calvin Johnson and Tashard Choice Some of Tech's recent entrants into the NBA include Josh Okogie Chris Bosh Derrick Favors Thaddeus Young Jarrett Jack and Iman Shumpert Award-winning baseball stars include Kevin Brown Mark Teixeira Nomar Garciaparra and Jason Varitek in golf Tech alumni include the legendary Bobby Jones who founded the Masters and David Duval who was ranked the No 1 golfer in the world in 1999. 105 3221 The 2010 United States Census reported that Atlanta had a population of 420,003 the population density was 3,154 per square mile (1232/km2) the racial makeup and population of Atlanta was 54.0% Black or African American 38.4% White 3.1% Asian and 0.2% Native American Those from some other race made up 2.2% of the city's population while those from two or more races made up 2.0% Hispanics of any race made up 5.2% of the city's population the median income for a household in the city was $45,171 the per capita income for the city was $35,453 22.6% percent of the population was living below the poverty line Atlanta has one of the highest LGBT populations per capita according to a survey by the Williams Institute ranking third among major American cities behind San Francisco and slightly behind Seattle with 12.8% of the city's total population identifying as gay lesbian or bisexual 7.3% of Atlantans were born abroad (86th in the US). The Kessler Campanile seen from the Georgia Tech Student Center, 4.4 Politics 2.5 Fauna Richard H Anderson CEO and President The low-density residential subdivision development that dominates the Atlanta area has historically not been required to replace lost tree inventory.[citation needed] Because of larger lot sizes and natural-looking architecture such as California contemporary older neighborhoods typically have many mature forest trees except in cases where they have been destroyed by homeowners.[citation needed] Increasing density allowed by zoning since the 1980s has meant fewer and fewer trees left and by the 2000s it became common for developers to completely clearcut dozens of acres of forest and bulldoze all hills flat to build generic tract housing often with tightly packed homes nearly touching each other and up against the street.[citation needed] However over the past decade some area cities and counties have revised their tree ordinances to require tree recompense to be equal to or greater than the pre-development tree density trying to ensure a future tree canopy Rather than leaving trees on each home lot as before this typically involves a set-aside of green space in each development with most other areas still clear-cut Even when some trees are replaced it is with a single type of trees planted the same distance from each other rather than different trees at random placement and age as in the native forest At a rate of 50 acres (20 hectares) per day,[citation needed] the deforestation brought by land development has had a significant impact on area watersheds as they now flood far more rapidly and to a much greater extent than prior to development.[citation needed]; O 1 History Alternative methods of motive power include magnetic levitation horse-drawn cable gravity pneumatics and gas turbine.

Higher-speed rail services are intercity rail services that have top speeds higher than conventional intercity trains but the speeds are not as high as those in the high-speed rail services These services are provided after improvements to the conventional rail infrastructure in order to support trains that can operate safely at higher speeds. College of Design The cream alternate uniforms were introduced in February 2012 as a tribute to the Braves' first season in Atlanta in 1966 the jersey includes the "Braves" script across the breastplate but the player number replaces the tomahawk underneath the "Braves" script on the left placket Player numbers and the "Braves" script are in red with a navy blue border the player names consist of navy blue lettering sewn to a cream nameplate the jersey has a thin navy piping about the collar and down the front of the jersey There is no piping around the sleeves the cream pants include piping identical to the jersey down the outside seam the left sleeve of the jersey has a "crossed tomahawk" logo that replaces the "screaming Indian" logo that appeared on the 1966 jerseys the new logo has two primarily red crossed tomahawks Underneath the tomahawks is a blue circle outlined in red with "1876" in red above (commemorating the year the franchise was founded) and "Atlanta Braves" in white below the cream uniforms are paired with the standard home cap and are worn for Saturday and Sunday home games. The Atlanta Botanical Garden adjacent to Piedmont Park contains formal gardens including a Japanese garden and a rose garden woodland areas and a conservatory that includes indoor exhibits of plants from tropical rainforests and deserts the BeltLine a former rail corridor that forms a 22 mi (35 km) loop around Atlanta's core has been transformed into a series of parks connected by a multi-use trail increasing Atlanta's park space by 40%. The new state house a two-story 18th century Gregorian building of red brick was completed in 1796 the Legislature designated Louisville the "permanent seat" of Georgia's government Yet further western expansion created the need for another new state capital the capitol building was purchased by Jefferson County and used as a courthouse but the building had to be torn down because it became unsound a plaque marks the location of the old Capitol, Heard (11,730) Military presence Source: for race and Hispanic population U.S Census Bureau 2010 and 2000 census; for foreign-born population: US Census Bureau 2010 and 2000 American Community Surveys; Immigrants in 2010 Metropolitan America Brookings Institution; Before settlement by Europeans Georgia was inhabited by the mound building cultures the British colony of Georgia was founded by James Oglethorpe on February 12 1733 the colony was administered by the Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America under a charter issued by (and named for) King George II the Trustees implemented an elaborate plan for the colony's settlement known as the Oglethorpe Plan which envisioned an agrarian society of yeoman farmers and prohibited slavery the colony was invaded by the Spanish in 1742 during the War of Jenkins' Ear in 1752 after the government failed to renew subsidies that had helped support the colony the Trustees turned over control to the crown Georgia became a crown colony with a governor appointed by the king, Ice hockey See also: Funicular Wagonway Tramway (industrial) and Plateway Fernbank Science Center Atlanta contains several outdoor attractions the Atlanta Botanical Garden adjacent to Piedmont Park is home to the 600-foot-long (180 m) Kendeda Canopy Walk a skywalk that allows visitors to tour one of the city's last remaining urban forests from 40-foot-high (12 m) the Canopy Walk is considered the only canopy-level pathway of its kind in the United States Zoo Atlanta in Grant Park accommodates over 1,300 animals representing more than 220 species Home to the nation's largest collections of gorillas and orangutans the Zoo is one of only four zoos in the U.S to house giant pandas Festivals showcasing arts and crafts film and music including the Atlanta Dogwood Festival the Atlanta Film Festival and Music Midtown respectively are also popular with tourists.