On July 1 2009 Alex Acosta after leaving the post of United States Attorney (USAG) for South Florida became FIU's second dean of its law school He departed FIU to become the United States Secretary of Labor in 2017 in 2019 he stepped down as Labor Secretary after scrutiny of his role as USAG in the minimal sentencing of convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. 7 Education In Florida each county is also a school district Miami-Dade County Public Schools is operated by an independently elected School Board a professional Superintendent of Schools appointed by the School Board manages the district's day-to-day operations as of 2014 the Miami-Dade County Public School District is the fourth-largest public school district in the nation with almost 360,000 students, Among modern economic theories of multinationals and foreign direct investment are internalization theory and John Dunning's OLI paradigm (standing for ownership location and internationalization) Dunning was widely known for his research in economics of international direct investment and the multinational enterprise His OLI paradigm in particular remains as the predominant theoretical contribution to study international business topics Hymer and Dunning are considered founders of international business as a specialist field of study. Another celebrated event is the Miami International Film Festival taking place every year for 10 days around the first week of March during which independent international and American films are screened across the city Miami has over a half dozen independent film theaters, It involves cross-border transactions of goods and services between two or more countries Transactions of economic resources include capital skills and people for the purpose of the international production of physical goods and services such as finance banking insurance and construction International business is also known as globalization. View of the "Moon over Miami" a phrase that has inspired pop culture items including a movie TV series and song, Politics There are three species of trees that are considered mangroves: red (Rhizophora mangle) black (Avicennia germinans) and white (Laguncularia racemosa) although all are from different families All grow in oxygen-poor soil can survive drastic water level changes and are tolerant of salt brackish and fresh water All three mangrove species are integral to coastline protection during severe storms Red mangroves have the farthest-reaching roots trapping sediments that help build coastlines after and between storms All three types of trees absorb the energy of waves and storm surges Everglades mangroves also serve as nurseries for crustaceans and fish and rookeries for birds the region supports Tortugas pink shrimp (Farfantepenaeus duorarum) and stone crab (Menippe mercenaria) industries; between 80 and 90 percent of commercially harvested crustacean species in Florida's salt waters are born or spend time near the Everglades; Jupiter Miami Florida Business directory 2.7 Regions Central Bay is the largest part of the bay It is separated from the Atlantic Ocean by the Safety Valve it has been adversely affected primarily by bulkheading urban runoff discharged by canals and the loss of natural fresh water flow! 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The Everglades is a natural region of tropical wetlands in the southern portion of the U.S state of Florida comprising the southern half of a large drainage basin within the neotropic ecozone the ecosystem it forms is not presently found anywhere else on earth the system begins near Orlando with the Kissimmee River which discharges into the vast but shallow Lake Okeechobee Water leaving the lake in the wet season forms a slow-moving river 60 miles (97 km) wide and over 100 miles (160 km) long flowing southward across a limestone shelf to Florida Bay at the southern end of the state the Everglades experience a wide range of weather patterns from frequent flooding in the wet season to drought in the dry season the Seminole Tribe gave the large body of water the name Okeechobee meaning "River of Grass" to describe the sawgrass marshes part of a complex system of interdependent ecosystems that include cypress swamps the estuarine mangrove forests of the Ten Thousand Islands tropical hardwood hammocks pine rockland and the marine environment of Florida Bay Throughout the 20th century the Everglades suffered significant loss of habitat and environmental degradation. Surfside The first permanent European settlers in the Miami area arrived around 1800 Pedro Fornells a Menorcan survivor of the New Smyrna colony moved to Key Biscayne to meet the terms of his Royal Grant for the island Although he returned with his family to St Augustine after six months he left a caretaker behind on the island On a trip to the island in 1803 Fornells had noted the presence of squatters on the mainland across Biscayne Bay from the island in 1825 U.S Marshal Waters Smith visited the Cape Florida Settlement (which was on the mainland) and conferred with squatters who wanted to obtain title to the land they were occupying on the mainland the Bahamian "squatters" had settled along the coast beginning in the 1790s John Egan had also received a grant from Spain during the Second Spanish Period John's son James Egan his wife Rebecca Egan his widow Mary "Polly" Lewis and Mary's brother-in-law Jonathan Lewis all received 640-acre land grants from the U.S. in present-day Miami Temple Pent and his family did not receive a land grant but nevertheless stayed in the area.
The Skytrain automated people mover built by Parsons and Odebrecht with trains from Sumitomo Corporation and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries opened in September 2010 it transports domestic passengers between four stations within Concourse D located at gates D17 D24 D29 and D46; it also connects arriving international passengers who have not yet cleared border customs to the Concourse D FIS, Being able to provide marketing techniques that are specifically tailored to the local market. After former Apollo 8 astronaut Frank Borman became president of Eastern Airlines in 1975 he moved Eastern's headquarters from Rockefeller Center in New York City to Building 16 in the northeast corner of MIA Eastern's maintenance base Eastern remained one of the largest employers in the Miami metropolitan area until ongoing labor union unrest coupled with the airline's acquisition by union antagonist Frank Lorenzo in 1986 ultimately forced the airline into bankruptcy in 1989; Tallahassee 18/4 20/6 23/8 27/11 31/17 33/21 33/22 33/22 32/20 28/14 23/9 19/5 From the Glades peoples two major nations emerged in the area: the Calusa and the Tequesta the Calusa was the largest and most powerful nation in South Florida it controlled fifty villages located on Florida's west coast around Lake Okeechobee and on the Florida Keys Most Calusa villages were located at the mouths of rivers or on key islands the Calusa were hunter-gatherers who lived on small game fish turtles alligators shellfish and various plants Most of their tools were made of bone or teeth although sharpened reeds were also effective for hunting or war Calusa weapons consisted of bows and arrows atlatls and spears Canoes were used for transportation and South Florida tribes often canoed through the Everglades but rarely lived in them Canoe trips to Cuba were also common. .
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