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5 Culture 2 Russia 26 21 16 63, 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]. Controversy 8 Education Main article: List of people from Georgia (U.S state), Rosa laevigata Cherokee rose the state flower of Georgia Calendar Judo ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Georgia Tech students hold a heated long and ongoing rivalry with the University of Georgia known as Clean Old-Fashioned Hate the first known hostilities between the two institutions trace back to 1891 the University of Georgia's literary magazine proclaimed UGA's colors to be "old gold black and crimson" Dr Charles H Herty then President of the University of Georgia felt that old gold was too similar to yellow and that it "symbolized cowardice" After the 1893 football game against Tech Herty removed old gold as an official color Tech would first use old gold for their uniforms as a proverbial slap in the face to UGA in their first unofficial football game against Auburn in 1891 Georgia Tech's school colors would henceforth be old gold and white. . Uniforms 2.5 Other teams Women's 100 m hurdles at the Olympic stadium Germany (465) 64/18 77/25.

. Culture 12 Further reading, Many music theatre dance and opera performances are held in the Ferst Center for the Arts DramaTech is the campus' student-run theater the theater has been entertaining Georgia Tech and the surrounding community since 1947 They are also home to Let's Try This! (the campus improv troupe) and VarietyTech (a song and dance troupe) Momocon is an annual anime/gaming/comics convention held on campus in March hosted by Anime O-Tekku the Georgia Tech anime club the convention has free admission and was held in the Student Center Instructional Center and surrounding outdoor areas until 2010 Beginning in 2011 the convention moved its venue to locations in Technology Square, 51 124! Honduras (7) The skyline of Midtown (viewed from Piedmont Park) emerged with the construction of modernist Colony Square in 1972.