Carolyn Wagner - Attorney and Counselor at Law

Ocean floor If you can't find something to do in Florida you're just boring.. The Gender and Sexual Diversity Organization (GSDO) is committed to creating better understanding of gender identity and sexual orientation within the AU community the GSDO also provides awareness of and solidarity with LGBTIQ groups among the general university population; Cuban refugees arriving in crowded boats during the Mariel Boatlift crisis. Fire is an important element in the natural maintenance of the Everglades the majority of fires are caused by lightning strikes from thunderstorms during the wet season Their effects are largely superficial and serve to foster specific plant growth: sawgrass will burn above water but the roots are preserved underneath Fire in the sawgrass marshes serves to keep out larger bushes and trees and releases nutrients from decaying plant matter more efficiently than decomposition Whereas in the wet season dead plant matter and the tips of grasses and trees are burned in the dry season the fire may be fed by organic peat and burn deeply destroying root systems Fires are confined by existing water and rainfall it takes approximately 225 years for one foot (.30 m) of peat to develop but in some locations the peat is less dense than it should be for the 5,000 years of the Everglades' existence Scientists indicate fire as the cause; it is also cited as the reason for the black color of Everglades muck Layers of charcoal have been detected in the peat in portions of the Everglades that indicate the region endured severe fires for years at a time although this trend seems to have abated since the last occurrence in 940 BCE; Indian Creek Main article: Restoration of the Everglades, Lakeside Green Technology is expanding especially in transportation and communications.

In 2003 the controversial Free Trade Area of the Americas negotiation occurred it was a proposed agreement to reduce trade barriers while increasing intellectual property rights During the 2003 meeting in Miami the Free Trade Area of the Americas was met by heavy opposition from anti-corporatization and anti-globalization protests, (113) 8.70 (53) 1.38 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. Barry has a Department of Campus Ministry the sacraments of the Catholic Church are administered in accordance with the guidelines of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Miami Protestant and Catholic campus ministers are employed by the University Protestant Communion is offered monthly in multi-faith services, Miami experienced a very rapid growth up to World War II in 1900 1,681 people lived in Miami Florida; in 1910 there were 5,471 people; and in 1920 there were 29,549 people as thousands of people moved to the area in the early 20th century the need for more land quickly became apparent Until then the Florida Everglades only extended to three miles (5 km) west of Biscayne Bay Beginning in 1906 canals were made to remove some of the water from those lands Miami Beach was developed in 1913 when a two-mile (3 km) wooden bridge built by John Collins was completed During the early 1920s the authorities of Miami allowed gambling and were very lax in regulating prohibition so thousands of people migrated from the northern United States to the Miami region This caused the Florida land boom of the 1920s when many high-rise buildings were built Some early developments were razed after their initial construction to make way for larger buildings the population of Miami doubled from 1920 to 1923 the nearby areas of Lemon City Coconut Grove and Allapattah were annexed in the fall of 1925 creating the Greater Miami area. The arts also flourished while Maidique was at the helm with the university acquiring the Wolfsonian-FIU Museum on Miami Beach and building the Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum on its main campus in athletics FIU made inroads in becoming a powerhouse athletic university during Maidique's time as president and he championed the eventual establishment of a NCAA football program Finally the school earned membership into Phi Beta Kappa the nation's oldest honor society. ; In 1961 the school system started a "Spanish for Spanish" program With help from the Ford Foundation the program was modified into a full bilingual education curriculum with a pilot program at Coral Way Elementary School the program was successful and paved the way for the Bilingual Education Act of 1968.