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; Weapons: Smith & Wesson M&P .40 S&W; to be replaced by the Glock 22 in July 2013 Glock secured a contract with the Atlanta Police Department for an order of 2300 full size Glock 22 Generation 4s to replace the Smith & Wesson M&P .40 This breaks a 70+ year relationship between Smith & Wesson and the APD the Glock 22 was being phased into service within the department over time the Glock 22 is chambered in the .40 caliber Smith & Wesson round like the M&P that it replaces APD SWAT adopted the full size Glock 21 Gen 4 due to mission-specific requirements that favor the .45 ACP round over the .40 S&W round as of 2015 the department again transitioned to another 9mm handgun the Glock 17 Gen 4 phasing out the .40 S&W Glock 22 the reason for this was modern 9x19mm bullet effectiveness and the fact 9mm puts less wear on the gun's components due to lower pressures compared to .40 S&W the APD has standardized Winchester PDX1 147 grain 9mm ammunition. . One of the cherished holdovers from Tech's early years a steam whistle blew five minutes before the hour every hour from 7:55 a.m to 5:55 p.m However starting in the fall semester of 2017 due to a new classroom scheduling template the whistle no longer adheres to this convention and follows a modified schedule the whistle also blows every spring during the "When the Whistle Blows" remembrance ceremony the faculty newspaper is named the Whistle, Forbes 65 Atlanta Botanical Garden Tree canopy Clarkston pop 7,554 Tournaments and events 105 2616. ; 4.2 Closing ceremony, Catholic 10.3 Print Fayette The coastal areas in the northern half of the Adriatic sea also fall within this climate zone the cities include Trieste Venice and Rimini in Italy Split in Croatia Koper in Slovenia and Kotor in Montenegro Other Southern European areas in the Cfa zone include the central valleys and coast of Catalonia of Girona and Barcelona in Spain some on the north-east of Spain (Huesca) West Macedonia in Greece (Kozani) the Garonne Valley (Toulouse) and Rhone Valley (Avignon) in France.[citation needed] More recent data have included the most extreme south of Germany being Balingen the limit of this climatic type but with more oceanic characteristics, Georgia is the state with the third-lowest percentage of older people (65 or older) at 12.8 percent (as of 2015). Interstate 20 passes through from Birmingham to the west and from Augusta to the east it serves Douglasville the major suburb west of Atlanta it serves Lithonia and Conyers to the east.

In the Atlanta area World of Coke Georgia Aquarium Zoo Atlanta and Stone Mountain are important tourist attractions Stone Mountain is Georgia's "most popular attraction"; receiving over four million tourists per year the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta was the largest aquarium in the world in 2010 according to Guinness World Records, Through mergers the main railroads in the area are now Norfolk Southern and CSX the Georgia Northeastern Railroad is a short line that also services part of the area There are also several railyards of Atlanta and vicinity as well as the Southeastern Railway Museum and the Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History. 67/19 89/32 See also: List of railroads eligible to participate in the formation of Amtrak, Georgia 10.svg State Route 10, 16.1 Notes The first significant intergovernmental agency in metro Atlanta was the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority which runs the MARTA public transportation system Alongside other factors such as race and class as well as a lack of planning and perceived lack of need problems associated with the inner city of Atlanta (crime poverty and poor public school performance) influenced Cobb Gwinnett and Clayton county voters to refuse to allow construction of MARTA into their respective counties during the 1970s These decisions resulted in permanent effects on land development in the region making use of private automobiles even more of a necessity.[citation needed].