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. Main article: Restoration of the Everglades Contents Doral Other settlements within Miami's city limits were Lemon City (now Little Haiti) and Coconut Grove Settlements outside the city limits were Biscayne in present-day Miami Shores and Cutler in present-day Palmetto Bay Many of the settlers were homesteaders attracted to the area by offers of 160 acres (0.6 km2) of free land by the United States federal government. Miami-Dade County has operated under a unique metropolitan system of government a "two-tier federation" since 1957 This was made possible when Florida voters approved a constitutional amendment in 1956 that allowed the people of Dade County (as it was known) to enact a home rule charter Prior to this year home rule did not exist in Florida and all counties were limited to the same set of powers by the Florida Constitution and state law. Brightstar Corporation Burger King Intradeco Holdings Latin Flavors Norwegian Cruise Line and Ryder have their headquarters in unincorporated areas in the county Centurion Air Cargo Florida West International Airways IBC Airways and World Atlantic Airlines have their headquarters on the grounds of Miami International Airport in an unincorporated area in the county. . Main article: Everglades National Park (70) 2.56 1940 1,897,414 29.2% (19.8) 73.1 1970 56.9% 984,305 43.1% 746,243. Lauderhill Park decline and restoration 7.4 Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan TopCounselingSchools.org 2016: ranked among the top value master's degrees in counseling in Florida (Adrian Dominican School of Education). .

The Mayaimi (also Maymi Maimi) were Native American people who lived around Lake Mayaimi (now Lake Okeechobee) in the Belle Glade area of Florida from the beginning of the Common Era until the 17th or 18th century in the languages of the Mayaimi Calusa and Tequesta tribes Mayaimi meant "big water." the origin of the language has not been determined as the meanings of only ten words were recorded before extinction the linguist Julian Granberry states that the language of the Calusa Mayaimi (which he calls Guacata) and Tequesta people is related to the Tunica language the current name Okeechobee is derived from the Hitchiti word meaning "big water" the Mayaimis have no linguistic or cultural relationship with the Miamis of Great Lakes region the city of Miami is named after the Miami River which derived its name from Lake Mayaimi, A turning point came for development in the Everglades at the proposal in the late 1960s for an expanded airport after Miami International Airport outgrew its capacities the new jetport was planned to be larger than O'Hare Dulles JFK and LAX airports combined,[citation needed] and the chosen location was 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Everglades National Park the first sentence of the U.S Department of Interior study of the environmental impact of the jetport read "Development of the proposed jetport and its attendant facilities . will inexorably destroy the south Florida ecosystem and thus the Everglades National Park" When studies indicated the proposed jetport would create 4,000,000 US gallons (15,000,000 L) of raw sewage a day and 10,000 short tons (9,100 t) of jet engine pollutants a year the project met staunch opposition the New York Times called it a "blueprint for disaster" and Wisconsin senator Gaylord Nelson wrote to President Richard Nixon voicing his opposition: "It is a test of whether or not we are really committed in this country to protecting our environment." Governor Claude Kirk withdrew his support for the project and Marjory Stoneman Douglas was persuaded at 79 years old to go on tour to give hundreds of speeches against it Nixon instead established Big Cypress National Preserve announcing it in the Special Message to the Congress Outlining the 1972 Environmental Program. Many journalists and readers of the Herald disagreed with the decision to fire rather than suspend DeFede arguing that it had been made in haste and that the punishment was disproportionate to the offense 528 journalists including about 200 current and former Herald staffers called on the Herald to reinstate DeFede but the paper's management refused to back down the state attorney's office later declined to file charges against the columnist holding that the potential violation was "without a (living) victim or a complainant". Miami Florida Business directory 1890s: Fast growth and formation Technological improvements bring many benefits but some disadvantages as well Some of these risks include "lack of security in electronic transactions the cost of developing new technology .. the fact that this new technology may fail and when all of these are coupled with the outdated existing technology [the fact that] the result may create a dangerous effect in doing business in the international arena."! University Park Towers 2000 In the North Atlantic surface circulation is dominated by three inter-connected currents: the Gulf Stream which flows north-east from the North American coast at Cape Hatteras; the North Atlantic Current a branch of the Gulf Stream which flows northward from the Grand Banks; and the Subpolar Front an extension of the North Atlantic Current a wide vaguely defined region separating the subtropical gyre from the subpolar gyre This system of currents transport warm water into the North Atlantic without which temperatures in the North Atlantic and Europe would plunge dramatically. (24.5) Florida Atlantic University Major professional and D-I college teams (attendance > 10,000). History 1990 Census 1,937,094 Geography 1960 291,688 17.0% Times 401-500, The City of Miami Fire and Rescue Department operates 4 of its 14 fire stations within the Downtown area Each are listed below.