12.2 Cooperation agreements, In 1992 Hurricane Andrew caused more than $20 billion in damage just south of the Miami-Dade area, The area was affected by the Second Seminole War where Major William S Harney led several raids against the Indians Fort Dallas was located on Fitzpatrick's plantation on the north bank of the river Most of the non-Indian population consisted of soldiers stationed at Fort Dallas the Seminole War was the most devastating Indian war in American history,[citation needed] causing almost a total loss of native population in the Miami area the Cape Florida lighthouse was burned by Seminoles in 1836 and was not repaired until 1846. . Metric conversion There has been growth in globalization in recent decades due to the following factors, The Miami area has a unique dialect commonly called the "Miami accent" that is widely spoken the accent developed among second- or third-generation Hispanics including Cuban Americans whose first language was English (though some non-Hispanic white black and other races who were born and raised in the Miami area tend to adopt it as well) It is based on a fairly standard American accent but with some changes very similar to dialects in the Mid-Atlantic (especially those in the New York area and Northern New Jersey including New York Latino English) Unlike Virginia Piedmont Coastal Southern American and Northeast American dialects and Florida Cracker dialect "Miami accent" is rhotic; it also incorporates a rhythm and pronunciation heavily influenced by Spanish (wherein rhythm is syllable-timed). Deerfield Beach In December 1979 police officers pursued motorcyclist Arthur McDuffie in a high-speed chase after McDuffie made a provocative gesture towards a police officer the officers claimed that the chase ended when McDuffie crashed his motorcycle and died but the coroner's report concluded otherwise One of the officers testified that McDuffie fell off of his bike on an Interstate 95 on-ramp When the police reached him he was injured but okay the officers removed his helmet beat him to death with their batons put his helmet back on and called an ambulance claiming there had been a motorcycle accident Eula McDuffie the victim's mother said to the Miami Herald a few days later "They beat my son like a dog They beat him just because he was riding a motorcycle and because he was black." a jury acquitted the officers after a brief deliberation. Barry University is a private Catholic university founded in 1940 by the Adrian Dominican Sisters Located in Miami Shores Florida a suburb north of Downtown Miami it is one of the largest Catholic universities in the Southeast and is within the territory of the Archdiocese of Miami, Though spelled the same in English the Florida city's name has nothing to do with the Miami people who lived in a completely different part of North America, No country that I have ever heard of bears any resemblance to it; it seems like a vast sea filled with grass and green trees and expressly intended as a retreat for the rascally Indian from which the white man would never seek to drive them. FIU has six libraries Green Library FIU's main library; the Glenn Hubert Library (Biscayne Bay Campus) the Wolfsonian Library the Engineering Library the Law Library and the Medical Library the Green Library Hubert Library and Engineering Library Service Center are under the direction of the Dean of University Libraries Other libraries are overseen by their appropriate schools or organizations.
1870 187,748 33.7% 1960 4,951,560 78.7% Miami Campus On October 2 2014 it was announced that Florida International University would play host to the Miss Universe 2014 pageant on January 25 2015 FIU also hosted a talk from President Barack Obama in February 2015. See also: Operation Peter Pan and Freedom Flights. At the time of its closure Concourse C had 3 gates: C5 C7 C9 School of Music The Shul of Downtown and Brickell. The airport has four parking facilities: a two-level short-term parking lot directly in front of Concourse E two seven-story parking garages (Dolphin and Flamingo) located within the terminal's curvature and connected to the terminal via overhead walkways on Level 3 and a surface parking lot (South Parking Lot) east of the Flamingo Garage the parking areas were originally numbered with the short-term lot known as Park 1 and the parking garages were originally four separate structures numbered Park 2-5 in the 1990s the parking garages were combined with Park 3 and 5 becoming the Dolphin Garage which was simultaneously expanded to accommodate the new Concourse A and Park 2 and 4 became the Flamingo Garage the two parking garages are connected via a bridge at the top level, Major landscape types in the Everglades before human action Source: U.S Geological Survey, 3.9 Construction and expansion University Park Towers graduate student and upperclassmen apartments. Ocean Ridge, Arts and culture The Miami Intermodal Center is a massive transportation hub servicing Metrorail Amtrak Tri-Rail Metrobus Greyhound Lines taxis rental cars MIA Mover private automobiles bicycles and pedestrians adjacent to Miami International Airport Miami Intermodal Center was completed in 2010 and is serving about 150,000 commuters and travelers in the Miami area Phase I of Miami Central Station was completed in 2012 and the Tri-Rail part of Phase II was completed in 2015 but the construction of the Amtrak part remains delayed, Manalapan 2.1.2 Top imports and exports in the world The Miami Dolphins play at Hard Rock Stadium in suburban Miami Gardens while the Florida Panthers play in nearby Sunrise at the BB&T Center! White or Caucasian (including White Hispanic) 72.6% 73.8% 75.0% 1870 187,748 33.7% Race ethnicity religion and languages Exports and import. Miami Florida Business directory, Miami Florida Business directory Although scientists made headway in decreasing mercury and phosphorus levels in water the natural environment of South Florida continued to decline in the 1990s and life in nearby cities reflected this downturn to address the deterioration of the Miami metropolitan area Governor Lawton Chiles commissioned a report on the sustainability of the area in 1995 Chiles published the commission's findings in a report that related the degradation of the Everglades ecosystems to the lower quality of life in urban areas the report noted past environmental abuses that brought the state to a position to make a decision Not acting to improve the South Florida ecosystem the report predicted would inevitably cause further and intolerable deterioration that would harm local tourism by 12,000 jobs and $200 million annually and commercial fishing by 3,300 jobs and $52 million annually Urban areas had grown beyond their capacities to sustain themselves Crowded cities were facing problems such as high crime rates traffic jams severely overcrowded schools and overtaxed public services; the report noted that water shortages were ironic given the 53 inches (130 cm) of rain the region received annually.
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