Handball (2) 2 Other sports Augusta 56/13 Roads and freeways 1.5 Beginning of the 20th century 2007 2,745,207 33,891 67.7% 14th 16th 51/11 68/20 Georgia 54 Connector.svg State Route 54 Connector. Fulton Players and managers listed in bold are depicted on their Hall of Fame plaques wearing a Braves cap insignia. 3 Demographics Amphibian: American green tree frog Events of the 1996 Games were held in a variety of areas a number were held within the Olympic Ring a 3 mi (4.8 km) circle from the center of Atlanta Others were held at Stone Mountain about 20 miles (32 km) outside of the city to broaden ticket sales other events such as Association football (soccer) were staged in various cities in the Southeast, The colonial settlement of large numbers of Scottish American English American and Scotch-Irish Americans in the mountains and piedmont and coastal settlement by some English Americans and African Americans have strongly influenced the state's culture in food language and music the concentration of Africans imported to coastal areas in the 18th century repeatedly from rice-growing regions of West Africa led to the development of Gullah-Geechee language and culture in the Low Country among African Americans They share a unique heritage in which African traditions of food religion and culture were continued more than in some other areas in the creolization of Southern culture their foodways became an integral part of all Southern cooking in the Low Country. The American Institute of Architecture's 1993 Guide to the Architecture of Atlanta: Joe Torre The Masters golf tournament the first of the PGA tour's four "majors" is held annually the second weekend of April at the Augusta National Golf Club. In 2008 approximately 83.3% of the population five years and older spoke only English at home which is roughly 4,125,000 people Over 436,000 people (8.8%) spoke Spanish at home giving Metro Atlanta the 15th highest number of Spanish speakers among American metropolitan areas (MSAs) Over 193,000 people (3.9%) spoke other Indo-European languages at home People who speak an Asian language at home numbered over 137,000 and made up 2.8% of the population, 1.4 The 1980s and 1990s S, J National Center for Civil and Human Rights. Atlanta is home to professional franchises for five major team sports: the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association and Atlanta United FC of Major League Soccer Atlanta has also recently added a professional box lacrosse team the Georgia Swarm of the National Lacrosse League and a professional field lacrosse team the Atlanta Blaze of Major League Lacrosse, Beginning in the 1650s the English and Dutch engaged in a series of wars and the English sought to conquer New Netherland Richard Nicolls captured the lightly defended New Amsterdam in 1664 and his subordinates quickly captured the remainder of New Netherland the 1667 Treaty of Breda ended the Second Anglo-Dutch War and confirmed English control of the region the Dutch briefly regained control of parts of New Netherland in the Third Anglo-Dutch War but surrendered claim to the territory in the 1674 Treaty of Westminster ending the Dutch colonial presence in North America. Macon* 1850 906,185 31.1% Company Officers Evidence indicates that there was 6 to 8.5 km long Diolkos paved trackway which transported boats across the Isthmus of Corinth in Greece from around 600 BC Wheeled vehicles pulled by men and animals ran in grooves in limestone which provided the track element preventing the wagons from leaving the intended route the Diolkos was in use for over 650 years until at least the 1st century AD the paved trackways were also later built in Roman Egypt. The university city of Athens sparked an influential rock music scene in the 1980s and 1990s Among the groups achieving their initial prominence in that city were R.E.M Widespread Panic and the B-52's.
Japanese Shinkansen Evermore Community Improvement District or Highway 78 Community Improvement District covering part of the U.S 78 corridor in Gwinnett near Snellville, Sat 4th WSB-AM in Atlanta was the first licensed radio station in the southeastern United States signing on in 1922 Georgia Public Radio has been in service since 1984 and with the exception of Atlanta it broadcasts daily on several FM (and one AM) stations across the state Georgia Public Radio reaches nearly all of Georgia (with the exception of the Atlanta area which is served by WABE), 7 Education Belarus (157) U.S News & World Report 69. Synchronized swimming ? Barrow (284/sq mi) MARTA rapid transit train 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. However the season would end on a sour note as the Braves lost the National League Division Series to the Astros in four games in Game 4 with the Braves leading by 5 in the eighth inning the Astros battled back with a Lance Berkman grand slam and a two-out ninth inning Brad Ausmus home run off of Braves closer Kyle Farnsworth the game did not end until the 18th inning becoming the longest game in playoff history at 5 hours 50 minutes Chris Burke ended the marathon with a home run off of Joey Devine, Major rivalries The white home uniform introduced in 1987 is the primary home uniform Paired with the home navy "A" cap with red brim this uniform features red and navy piping the "Braves" script and tomahawk in front and radially arched (vertically arched until 2005; sewn into a nameplate until 2012) navy letters and red numbers with navy trim at the back. ! .
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