Florida's universities have a number of collegiate sport programs Major college football programs include the Florida State Seminoles and Miami Hurricanes of the Atlantic Coast Conference and the Florida Gators of the Southeastern Conference Since 1996 Florida has added four additional programs to the ranks of Division I FCS: UCF Knights South Florida Bulls Florida Atlantic Owls and FIU Panthers. In 1939 Florida was described as "still very largely an empty State." Subsequently the growing availability of air conditioning the climate and a low cost of living made the state a haven Migration from the Rust Belt and the Northeast sharply increased Florida's population after 1945 in the 1960s many refugees from Cuba fleeing Fidel Castro's communist regime arrived in Miami at the Freedom Tower where the federal government used the facility to process document and provide medical and dental services for the newcomers As a result the Freedom Tower was also called the "Ellis Island of the South." in recent decades more migrants have come for the jobs in a developing economy. . 2.1 Geology 5.2 Tropical hardwood hammock Westchester North Terminal (Blue) The AU chapter of the National Student Speech-Language-Hearing Association (NSSLHA) is a resource for graduate and undergraduate students interested in the study of normal and disordered human communication AU is part of a nationwide network of schools that have chapters with the NSSLHA. . Golf In 2017 Florida became the United States' eighth largest exporter of trade goods Florida's top countries for export are Brazil Canada Mexico Germany and Colombia in 2017 Florida became the United States' tenth largest importer of trade goods Florida imported US$75.4 billion worth of goods globally in 2017 the value of Florida's imports equals 3.2% of United States' overall imported products for 2017 Florida's top countries for imports are China Mexico Canada Germany and France; . Miami-Fort Lauderdale is the 12th largest radio market and the 16th-largest television market in the U.S television stations serving the Miami-Fort Lauderdale area include WAMI-TV (UniMas) WBFS-TV (MyNetworkTV) WSFL-TV (The CW) WFOR-TV (CBS) WHFT-TV (TBN) WLTV (Univision) WPLG (ABC) WPXM (ION) WSCV (Telemundo) WSVN (FOX) WTVJ (NBC) WLRN-TV (PBS) and WPBT (also PBS) the latter television station being the only channel to serve the entire metropolitan area.
; Bayfront Park Amphitheatre Downtown Miami, Lamme and Oldakowski identify several demographic political and cultural elements that characterize South Florida and distinguish it from other areas of the state Many of its differences appear to be driven by its proportionately higher level of migration from the northern U.S states and from the Caribbean and Latin America particularly in the densely populated Miami area Politically South Florida is more liberal than the rest of the state While less than 10% of people in either North or Central Florida felt their area was liberal over a third of South Floridians described their region as such 38% characterized the area as conservative; 26% as moderate This tracks with South Florida's demographics and Lamme and Oldakowski's findings parallel Barney Warf and Cynthia Waddell's research on Florida's political geography during the 2000 Presidential election the economy in South Florida is very similar to that in Central Florida Compared to the more diversified economy in North Florida tourism is by far the most significant industry in South and Central Florida with a much smaller but vibrant agricultural industry. . Downtown is directly served by the Miami Metrorail at: Government Center Station and by 13 Metromover stations on the Downtown Brickell and Omni Loops, PortMiami is the world's busiest cruise ship port and is headquarters to many of the world's largest cruise companies From left to right: Hapag-Lloyd Europa Norwegian Sky Oceania Nautica Carnival Valor Carnival Imagination Carnival Liberty Royal Caribbean Liberty of the Seas MV Explorer. Miami Florida Business directory The Everglades Forever Act introduced by Governor Lawton Chiles in 1994 was an attempt to legislate the lowering of phosphorus in Everglades waterways the act put the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) in charge of testing and enforcing low phosphorus levels: 10 parts per billion (ppb) (down from 500 ppb in the 1980s) the SFWMD built Stormwater Treatment Areas (STAs) near sugarcane fields where water leaving the EAA flows into ponds lined with lime rock and layers of peat and calcareous periphyton Testing has shown this method to be more effective than previously anticipated bringing levels from 80 ppb to 10 ppb. 6 Transportation Fort Lauderdale is will become the temporary site of the only US Soccer first division side in the metro area the Inter Miami CF of the Major League Soccer will play their first two seasons at Lockhart Stadium. 6.2.1 U.S News and World Report The airport is American Airlines' primary gateway to Latin America (Central America Caribbean Sea / West Indies islands South America) along with a domestic hub for its regional affiliate American Eagle in the U.S..A it also serves as a focus city for Avianca Frontier Airlines and LATAM both for passengers and cargo operations in the past it has been a hub for Braniff International Airways Eastern Air Lines Air Florida the original National Airlines the original Pan American World Airways ("Pan Am") United Airlines Iberia Airlines and Fine Air.
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