. In the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections Barack Obama carried the state as a northern Democrat attracting high voter turnout especially among the young Independents and minority voters of whom Hispanics comprise an increasingly large proportion 2008 marked the first time since 1944 when Franklin D Roosevelt carried the state for the fourth time that Florida was carried by a Northern Democrat for president. In 2014 the City of South Miami passed a resolution in favor of splitting the state in half with a northern boundary drawn to include the counties of Brevard Orange Polk Hillsborough and Pinellas (roughly the Tampa Bay and Orlando areas) in total the proposed State of South Florida would have included 24 counties! Miami Florida Business directory Miami Jai Alai fronton known as "The Yankee Stadium of Jai Alai" 5 Culture and contemporary life. Gordon Day School (Jewish) 1960 48.5% 748,700 51.5% 795,476 (27.8) 83.5 Economic prosperity in the 1920s stimulated tourism to Florida and related development of hotels and resort communities Combined with its sudden elevation in profile was the Florida land boom of the 1920s which brought a brief period of intense land development Devastating hurricanes in 1926 and 1928 followed by the Great Depression brought that period to a halt Florida's economy did not fully recover until the military buildup for World War II; Pan Am's terminal at Dinner Key in 1944 during World War II, 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 the fact that this new technology may fail and when all of these are coupled with the outdated existing technology [the fact that] the result may create a dangerous effect in doing business in the international arena.", 13 References Sites of interest Dennis Lehane. Aventura Pan Am's terminal at Dinner Key in 1944 during World War II, Miami Florida Business directory 1940 172,172 55.6% The Miami accent is a regional accent of the American English dialect spoken in South Florida particularly in Miami-Dade Broward Palm Beach and Monroe counties the accent was born in central Miami but has expanded to the rest of South Florida in the decades since the 1960s the Miami accent is most prevalent in American-born South Floridian youth. Drainage Human habitation in the southern portion of the Florida peninsula dates to 15,000 years ago Before European colonization the region was dominated by the native Calusa and Tequesta tribes With Spanish colonization both tribes declined gradually during the following two centuries the Seminole formed from mostly Creek people who had been warring to the North assimilated other peoples and created a new culture after being forced from northern Florida into the Everglades during the Seminole Wars of the early 19th century After adapting to the region they were able to resist removal by the United States Army, Miami is also home to both for-profit and nonprofit organizations that offer a range of professional training and other related educational programs Per Scholas for example is a nonprofit organization that offers free professional certification training directed towards successfully passing CompTIA A+ and Network+ certification exams as a route to securing jobs and building careers.
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