; ; Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake Florida near Orlando, In 2008 the State of Florida agreed to buy U.S Sugar and all of its manufacturing and production facilities for an estimated $1.7 billion Florida officials indicated they intended to allow U.S Sugar to process for six more years before dismissing its employees and dismantling the plant the area which includes 187,000 acres (760 km2) of land would then be rehabilitated and water flow from Lake Okeechobee would be restored in November 2008 the agreement was revised to offer $1.34 billion allowing sugar mills in Clewiston to remain in production Critics of the revised plan say that it ensures sugarcane will be grown in the Everglades for at least another decade Further research is being done to address the continuing production of sugarcane in the Everglades to minimize phosphorus runoff. The FIU School of Architecture is the most competitive in Florida with the lowest admission rate in the state at 14% (2011) for Fall 2009 the School of Architecture received over 1,000 applications for the first-year Master of Architecture program with 60 being accepted giving the School of Architecture a 6% admissions rate the average high school GPA for the freshman class in the School of Architecture was 3.98 also making it one of the most selective schools at FIU, The formation of the Central American Isthmus closed the Central American Seaway at the end of the Pliocene 2.8 Ma ago the formation of the isthmus resulted in the migration and extinction of many land-living animals known as the Great American Interchange but the closure of the seaway resulted in a "Great American Schism" as it affected ocean currents salinity and temperatures in both the Atlantic and Pacific Marine organisms on both sides of the isthmus became isolated and either diverged or went extinct!
(24.3) 75.3 (23.3) 78.2, 6.1.1 Calusa and Tequesta By the early 1940s Miami was still recovering from the Great Depression when World War II started Though many of the cities in Florida were heavily affected by the war and went into financial ruin Miami remained relatively unaffected Early in the war German U-boats attacked several American ships including the Portero del Llano which was attacked and sunk within sight of Miami Beach in May 1942 to defend against the U-boats Miami was placed in two military districts the Eastern Defense Command and the Seventh Naval District, Haverhill 3.4% American Modes: importing and exporting tourism and transportation licensing and franchising turnkey operations management contracts direct investment and portfolio investments. Johnson and Wales University (private) Miami Florida Business directory As with all vernacular regions South Florida has no official boundaries or status and is defined differently by different sources at different times a 2007 study of Florida's regions by Ary Lamme and Raymond K Oldakowski found that Floridians surveyed identified "South Florida" as comprising the southernmost sections of peninsular Florida That area includes the Miami metropolitan area (generally defined as Miami-Dade Broward and Palm Beach counties) the Florida Keys included in Monroe county and the interior region known as the Glades Additionally Southwest Florida representing the state's southern Gulf Coast has emerged as a directional vernacular region Some respondents from as far northwest as the southern Tampa Bay area identified their region as being in South Florida rather than Southwest or Central Florida However the University of South Florida founded in 1956 is located in Tampa at that time prior to the changes quickly brought by the Florida Constitution of 1968 south Florida was much less important politically and the term was used more loosely Tampa is not usually considered part of south Florida; . Miami and its suburbs are located on a broad plain between the Everglades to the west and Biscayne Bay to the east which extends from Lake Okeechobee southward to Florida Bay the elevation of the area never rises above 40 ft (12 m) and averages at around 6 ft (1.8 m) above sea level in most neighborhoods especially near the coast the highest points are found along the Miami Rock Ridge which lies under most of the eastern Miami metro the main portion of the city is on the shores of Biscayne Bay which contains several hundred natural and artificial barrier islands the largest of which contains Miami Beach and South Beach the Gulf Stream a warm ocean current runs northward just 15 miles (24 km) off the coast allowing the city's climate to stay warm and mild all year. ! Rock Social Work 88 Miami Dade College (public), Publication of a Spanish-language supplemental insert named El Herald began in 1976 it was renamed El Nuevo Herald in 1987 and in 1998 became an independent publication, The city proper is home to less than one-thirteenth of the population of South Florida Miami is the 42nd-most populous city in the United States the Miami metropolitan area however which includes Miami-Dade Broward and Palm Beach counties had a combined population of more than 5.5 million people ranked seventh largest in the United States and is the largest metropolitan area in the southeastern United States as of 2008 the United Nations estimates that the Miami Urban Agglomeration is the 44th-largest in the world. 1.4 1980s to 1990s The Student Government Association presides over and funds the over 300 student clubs and organizations and honor societies at the university and has an operating budget of over $14 million the Student Government Association is split into three branches with the Executive a Legislative Student Senate and Judicial Supreme Court Due to the unique nature of a multi-campus university the president of Modesto Maidique Campus (University Park) serves as the student representative on the university's board of trustees while the president for the Biscayne Bay Campus serves as a member of the Foundation Board.
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