14 Sister cities More than one half of metro Atlanta's population is in unincorporated areas or areas considered a census-designated-place (CDP) by the census bureau Metro Atlanta includes the following incorporated and unincorporated suburbs (both inside and outside Atlanta) exurbs and surrounding cities sorted by population as of 2010:! 102 2720 6.1 Education Economic growth through this period was dominated by Atlanta and its region it was a bedrock of the emerging "New South" From the late 20th century Atlanta attracted headquarters and relocated workers of national companies becoming more diverse liberal and cosmopolitan than many areas of the state; In recent times efforts at reforming passenger rail have addressed labor issues in 1997 Congress released Amtrak from a prohibition on contracting for labor outside the corporation (and outside its unions) opening the door to privatization Since that time many of Amtrak's employees have been working without a contract the most recent contract signed in 1999 was mainly retroactive, Rules of procedure employees and interim committees Puerto Rican 43,337 0.8% 19,358 0.5% 23,979 123.9%. 1870 1,184,109 12.0% In Fiscal Year 2011 the U.S Congress granted Amtrak $563 million for operating and $922 million for capital programs, Lamar (18,599) See also: Electric locomotive and Railway electrification system, District Commissioner Party 2003 2,401,084 30,393 60.7% 10th 14th Formation 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. . 3 Infrastructure 139 2313 Columbus Scottish 3.0% Scots-Irish 7.0% German 6.9% A season consists of a period of non-regulation pre-season play a regular season divided into four stages and a post-season single-elimination playoffs to determine the championship team for the season Each regular season stage lasts five weeks with the first three stages ending with a short playoff of the top teams based on that stage's records to determine stage champions Teams currently play 28 matches across the regular season playing teams both within and outside their division the post-season playoffs use teams' overall standings across all stages the top standing team in both divisions receive automatic byes into the playoffs followed by a fixed number of teams determined from across both divisions as well as wild card slots open to the winners of a mini-elimination tournament from the remaining top teams across both divisions An All-Star weekend is also held featuring two division-based teams selected by League representatives and voted on by fans. Thailand (37) 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.
Earliest recorded examples of an internal combustion engine for railway use included a prototype designed by William Dent Priestman which was examined by Sir William Thomson in 1888 who described it as a "[Priestman oil engine] mounted upon a truck which is worked on a temporary line of rails to show the adaptation of a petroleum engine for locomotive purposes." in 1894 a 20 hp (15 kW) two axle machine built by Priestman Brothers was used on the Hull Docks, Routes There are 48 television broadcast stations in Georgia including TBS TNT TCM Cartoon Network CNN and Headline News all founded by notable Georgia resident Ted Turner the Weather Channel also has its headquarters in Atlanta. One Atlantic Center by Philip Johnson 6.4 Arts 6 Europe, This section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
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