Atlantis 11 References, Miami Art Deco District, Plantation 4 Transportation Cutler Bay. 4 Defunct and relocated teams 2 Popular music Miami City Ballet European explorers and settlers 3 Demographics (18.6) 59.5 The Florida peninsula is a porous plateau of karst limestone sitting atop bedrock known as the Florida Platform the largest deposits of potash in the United States are found in Florida the largest deposits of rock phosphate in the country are found in Florida Most of this is in Bone Valley. The geology of South Florida together with a warm wet subtropical climate provides conditions well-suited for a large marshland ecosystem Layers of porous and permeable limestone create water-bearing rock and soil that affect the climate weather and hydrology of South Florida the properties of the rock underneath the Everglades can be explained by the geologic history of the state the crust underneath Florida was at one point part of the African region of the supercontinent Gondwana About 300 million years ago North America merged with Africa connecting Florida with North America Volcanic activity centered on the eastern side of Florida covered the prevalent sedimentary rock with igneous rock Continental rifting began to separate North America from Gondwana about 180 million years ago When Florida was part of Africa it was initially above water but during the cooler Jurassic Period the Florida Platform became a shallow marine environment in which sedimentary rocks were deposited Through the Cretaceous Period most of Florida remained a tropical sea floor of varying depths the peninsula has been covered by seawater at least seven times since the bedrock formed. On June 27 2005 the popular ex-city commissioner Arthur Teele walked into the main lobby of the Miami Herald headquarters dropped off a package for columnist Jim DeFede and told the security guard to tell his wife Stephanie he "loved her" before pulling out a gun and committing suicide His suicide happened the day the alternative weekly Miami New Times published salacious details of Teele's alleged affairs including allegations that Teele had sex with a transsexual prostitute and used cocaine At the time Teele was being investigated by federal authorities for fraud and money laundering for allegedly taking $59,000 in kickbacks to help a businessman get millions of dollars in contracts at Miami International Airport Teele was suspended from his job in 2004 by Florida governor Jeb Bush after being arrested for trying to run a police officer off the road Teele was also charged in December 2004 with ten counts of unlawful compensation on charges he took $135,000 from TLMC Inc promising that it would be awarded lucrative contracts to redevelop neighborhoods in Miami Teele was also found guilty in March 2005 for threatening an undercover detective, Westview Retail Dade County was created on January 18 1836 under the Territorial Act of the United States the county was named after Major Francis L Dade a soldier killed in 1835 in the Second Seminole War at what has since been named the Dade Battlefield At the time of its creation Dade County included the land that now contains Palm Beach and Broward counties together with the Florida Keys from Bahia Honda Key north and the land of present-day Miami-Dade County the county seat was originally at Indian Key in the Florida Keys; then in 1844 the County seat was moved to Miami the Florida Keys from Key Largo to Bahia Honda were returned to Monroe County in 1866 in 1888 the county seat was moved to Juno near present-day Juno Beach Florida returning to Miami in 1899 in 1909 Palm Beach County was formed from the northern portion of what was Dade County and then in 1915 Palm Beach County and Dade County contributed nearly equal portions of land to create what is now Broward County There have been no significant boundary changes to the county since 1915, ?T? ??? ?F? ?T? The Community Mental Health Clinic. Northwest 68th Avenue N/S SR 826 Palm Springs North Broward County line Palm Springs North. History Miami is home to several well-known Roman Catholic Jewish and non-denominational private schools the Archdiocese of Miami operates the city's Catholic private schools which include St Hugh Catholic School St Agatha Catholic School St Theresa School Immaculata-Lasalle High School Monsignor Edward Pace High School Archbishop Curley-Notre Dame High School St Brendan High School among numerous other Catholic elementary and high schools. . !
. In October 2001 Deputy Superintendent Henry Fraind retired under pressure after it was discovered that a clique of longtime administrators and powerful outsiders had exploited the district's vast resources Fraind had received his Ph.D from Pacific Western University (Hawaii) in 1982 a noted diploma mill, Miami Florida Business directory Florida Panthers Hockey National Hockey League BB&T Center (19,250) 10,250 None. Miami Florida The partition of Florida as proposed by Resolution No 203-14-14297 of the City of South Miami Mayor and City Commission, 1910 752,619 42.4% Chilean-American Chamber of Commerce The college sports teams of Barry University Florida Atlantic University Florida International University Nova Southeastern University and University of Miami.
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