. Achievements Politics Recent history Other events Most New England towns sponsored public schools for boys but public schooling was rare elsewhere Girls were educated at home or by small local private schools and they had no access to college Aspiring physicians and lawyers typically learned as apprentices to an established practitioner although some young men went to medical schools in Scotland.[page needed]. Sudan (4) 2 World Series championships, In the 2018 elections the governor remained a Republican (by 54,723 votes against a democratic black female Stacey Abrams) Republicans lost eight seats in the Georgia House of Representatives (winning 106) while Democrats gained ten (winning 74) Republicans lost two seats in the Georgia Senate (winning 35 seats) while Democrats gained two seats (winning 21) and five Democrat U.S Representatives were elected with Republicans winning nine seats (one winning with just 419 votes over the Democratic challenger and one seat being lost), Liechtenstein (2) Martin Luther King Jr.'s tomb located on the grounds of the King Center. . In 1638 Sweden established the colony of New Sweden in the Delaware Valley the operation was led by former members of the Dutch West India Company including Peter Minuit New Sweden established extensive trading contacts with English colonies to the south and shipped much of the tobacco produced in Virginia the colony was conquered by the Dutch in 1655 while Sweden was engaged in the Second Northern War. Venezuela (39) 2 History 5 Taxes Atlanta has been the host city for various international professional and collegiate sporting events most famously the Centennial 1996 Summer Olympics Atlanta hosted Super Bowl XXVIII in 1994 Super Bowl XXXIV in 2000 and Super Bowl LIII in 2019 in professional golf the Tour Championship the final PGA Tour event of the season is played annually at East Lake Golf Club in 2001 and 2011 Atlanta hosted the PGA Championship one of the four major championships in men's professional golf at the Atlanta Athletic Club in professional ice hockey the city hosted the 56th NHL All-Star Game in 2008 three years before the Thrashers moved in 2011 Atlanta hosted professional wrestling's annual WrestleMania the city has hosted the NCAA Final Four Men's Basketball Championship four times most recently in 2013 in college football Atlanta hosts the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game the SEC Championship Game the Celebration Bowl the MEAC/SWAC Challenge and the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl. Nauru (3) Casey Stengel Botswana (7) Enos Slaughter.
2010s 17 External links, With the dawn of the twenty-first century many former industrial buildings were repurposed for residential and retail use many along the BeltLine former railroad rights-of-way which became a ring of trails around the central city Examples are Ponce City Market Krog Street Market Telephone Factory Lofts Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills King Plow and Goat Farm Arts Centers and many others particularly in the Old Fourth Ward Inman Park Village Cabbagetown and Reynoldstown and the Marietta Street Artery, Atlanta is one of few United States cities with permanent professional and resident companies in all major performing arts disciplines: opera (Atlanta Opera) ballet (Atlanta Ballet) orchestral music (Atlanta Symphony Orchestra) and theater (the Alliance Theatre) Atlanta attracts many touring Broadway acts concerts shows and exhibitions catering to a variety of interests Atlanta's performing arts district is concentrated in Midtown Atlanta at the Woodruff Arts Center which is home to the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the Alliance Theatre the city frequently hosts touring Broadway acts especially at the Fox Theatre a historic landmark among the highest-grossing theatres of its size; The Office of Information Technology or OIT manages most of the Institute's computing resources (and some related services such as campus telephones) With the exception of a few computer labs maintained by individual colleges OIT is responsible for most of the computing facilities on campus Student faculty and staff e-mail accounts are among its services Georgia Tech's ResNet provides free technical support to all students and guests living in Georgia Tech's on-campus housing (excluding fraternities and sororities) ResNet is responsible for network telephone and television service and most support is provided by part-time student employees, 44/7 76/24 Main article: List of Atlanta Braves minor league affiliates, 3 See also The U.S Census Bureau has defined a metropolitan area for Atlanta which includes but is not limited to Roswell Georgia and Sandy Springs Georgia According to the 2016 American Community Survey about 78% of working metropolitan residents commuted by driving alone 9% carpooled 3% used public transportation and 1% walked Less than 1% of working residents commuted by bicycle while about 2% of commuters travelled by all other means About 7% of residents worked at home.
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