Since its signing the State of Florida reports that it has spent more than $2 billion on the various projects More than 36,000 acres (150 km2) of Stormwater Treatment Areas have been constructed to filter 2,500 short tons (2,300 t) of phosphorus from Everglades waters an STA spanning 17,000 acres (69 km2) was constructed in 2004 making it the largest manmade wetland in the world Fifty-five percent of the land necessary to acquire for restoration has been purchased by the State of Florida totaling 210,167 acres (850.52 km2) a plan to hasten the construction and funding of projects was put into place named "Acceler8" spurring the start of six of eight large construction projects including that of three large reservoirs However federal funds have not been forthcoming; CERP was signed when the U.S government had a budget surplus but since then deficits have renewed and two of CERP's major supporters in Congress retired According to a story in the New York Times state officials say the restoration is lost in a maze of "federal bureaucracy a victim of 'analysis paralysis'" CERP still remains controversial as the projects slated for Acceler8 environmental activists note are those that benefit urban areas and regions in the Everglades in desperate need of water are still being neglected suggesting that water is being diverted to make room for more people in an already overtaxed environment, Miami Florida Business directory 4.1 Tri-Rail expansion In 2018 45,044,312 passengers traveled through the airport making it the 13th busiest airport in the United States and 40th busiest in the world by total passenger traffic It is the 3rd busiest airport in the United States by international passenger traffic MIA is Florida's busiest airport by total aircraft operations and total cargo traffic and its second busiest by total passenger traffic after Orlando International Airport. ?SF ?F? 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The area from Orlando to the tip of the Florida peninsula was at one point a single drainage unit When rainfall exceeded the capacity of Lake Okeechobee and the Kissimmee River floodplain it spilled over and flowed in a southwestern direction to empty into Florida Bay Prior to urban and agricultural development in Florida the Everglades began at the southern edge of Lake Okeechobee and flowed for approximately 100 miles (160 km) emptying into the Gulf of Mexico the limestone shelf is wide and slightly angled instead of having a narrow deep channel characteristic of most rivers the vertical gradient from Lake Okeechobee to Florida Bay is about 2 inches (5.1 cm) per mile creating an almost 60-mile (97 km) wide expanse of river that travels about half a mile (0.8 km) a day This slow movement of a broad shallow river is known as sheetflow and gives the Everglades its nickname River of Grass Water leaving Lake Okeechobee may require months or years to reach its final destination Florida Bay the sheetflow travels so slowly that water is typically stored from one wet season to the next in the porous limestone substrate the ebb and flow of water has shaped the land and every ecosystem in South Florida throughout the Everglades' estimated 5,000 years of existence the motion of water defines plant communities and how animals adapt to their habitats and food sources. Miami Florida Business directory Tampa Bay Area Economy Robert F Clark Plaza CBD (113) 8.70 In 2012 75% of the population lived within 10 miles (16 km) of the coastline. Demographics FIU MUN also hosts an annual high school conference: Florida International Model United Nations (FIMUN) the conference traditionally hosts over 400 high school students from 20 or more high schools from Miami-Dade Broward and Palm Beach Counties, From 2007 to 2016 FIU ranked 1st in the State University System of Florida in energy conservation and sustainability, There is an increasing amount of demand for business people with an education in international business a survey conducted by Thomas Patrick from University of Notre Dame concluded that bachelor's degree and master's degree holders felt that the training received through education were very practical in the working environment Increasingly companies are sourcing their human resource requirement globally for example at Sony Corporation only fifty percent of its employees are Japanese Business people with an education in international business also had a significantly higher chance of being sent abroad to work under the international operations of a firm.
Coral Way Little Havana and the Roads, As of 2011 PortMiami accounts for 176,000 jobs and has an annual economic impact in Miami of $18 billion; Saima Wazed Bangladesh National Advisory Committee on Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders Member World Health Organization Expert Advisory Panel on Mental Health Autism activist. British surveyor John Gerard de Brahm who mapped the coast of Florida in 1773 called the area "River Glades" Both Marjory Stoneman Douglas and linguist Wallace McMullen suggest that cartographers substituted "Ever" for "River".[clarification needed] the name "Everglades" first appeared on a map in 1823 although it was also spelled as "Ever Glades" as late as 1851 the Seminole call it Pahokee meaning "Grassy Water." the region was labeled "Pa-hai-okee" on a U.S military map from 1839 although it had earlier been called "Ever Glades" throughout the Second Seminole War. 6 Family A view of Biscayne National Park in Miami-Dade County, 6.5.1 Everglades National Park From October to June the surface is usually covered with sea ice in the Labrador Sea Denmark Strait and Baltic Sea. ! Scenes from the 1994 comedy film Ace Ventura: Pet Detective were shot here; Airport IATA code ICAO code County In addition to annual festivals like the Calle Ocho Festival Miami is home to many entertainment venues theaters museums parks and performing arts centers the newest addition to the Miami arts scene is the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts home of the Florida Grand Opera and the second-largest performing arts center in the United States after Lincoln Center in New York City the center attracts many large-scale operas ballets concerts and musicals from around the world Other performing arts venues in Miami include the Olympia Theater Wertheim Performing Arts Center the Fair Expo Center the Tower Theater and the Bayfront Park Amphitheater. 2.1 Operations Thousands of years before Europeans arrived a large portion of south east Florida including the area where Miami Florida exists today was inhabited by Tequestas the Tequesta (also Tekesta Tegesta Chequesta Vizcaynos) Native American tribe at the time of first European contact occupied an area along the southeastern Atlantic coast of Florida They had infrequent contact with Europeans and had largely migrated by the middle of the 18th century Miami is named after the Mayaimi a Native American tribe that lived around Lake Okeechobee until the 17th or 18th century, Brightline train at Fort Lauderdale History (15.8) 63.1 Along the causeway onto Virginia Key is a long strip of bay front popular with windsurfers and sailors called Hobie Beach after the Hobie Cats that set sail from the shore It's also the only Miami-area beach that allows dogs Nearby rest rooms and a great view of the curving shoreline make this an ideal place for tailgate parties.
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