Young Women's Preparatory School all-girls 8.4 Parks Bayside Marketplace Expansion 3.2.2 Concourse F Water quality Lauderdale-by-the-Sea 1980 1,625,781 28.2%. Faculty of the PhD program in social welfare rank 4th in the United States in their scholarly accomplishment according to Academic Analytics FIU faculty were the only social work faculty in Florida to rank in the Top 10 (December 2007), 1990s Zoo Miami Miami 4.3 Cuisine 3 Demographics Miami Florida Business directory. . Miami Florida Business directory 2 La Florida To maintain and achieve successful business operations in foreign nations persons must understand how variations in culture and traditions across nations affect business practices This idea is known as cultural literacy Without knowledge of a host country's culture corporate strategizing is more difficult and error-prone when entering foreign markets compared with the home country's market and culture This can create a "blind spot" during the decision making process and result in ethnocentrism Education about international business introduces the student to new concepts that can be applicable in international strategy in topics such as marketing and operations. . . . Main article: Geography and ecology of the Everglades.
. In 1999 an evaluation of the C&SF was submitted to Congress as part of the Water Development Act of 1992 the seven-year report called the "Restudy" cited indicators of harm to the ecosystem: a 50 percent reduction in the original Everglades diminished water storage harmful timing of water releases from canals and pumping stations an 85 to 90 percent decrease in wading bird populations over the past 50 years and the decline of output from commercial fisheries Bodies of water including Lake Okeechobee the Caloosahatchee River St Lucie estuary Lake Worth Lagoon Biscayne Bay Florida Bay and the Everglades reflected drastic water level changes hypersalinity and dramatic changes in marine and freshwater ecosystems the Restudy noted the overall decline in water quality over the past 50 years was due to loss of wetlands that act as filters for polluted water it predicted that without intervention the entire South Florida ecosystem would deteriorate Water shortages would become common and some cities would have annual water restrictions, Palm Beach County Broward County, As of 2010 those of Asian ancestry accounted for 1.0% of Miami's population Of the city's total population 0.3% were Indian people/Indo-Caribbean American (1,206 people) 0.3% Chinese (1,804 people) 0.2% Filipino (647 people) 0.1% were other Asian (433 people) 0.1% Japanese (245 people) 0.1% Korean (213 people) and 0.0% were Vietnamese (125 people). Precipitation during the wet season is primarily caused by air mass thunderstorms and the easterly flow out of the subtropical high (Bermuda High) Intense daytime heating of the ground causes the warm moist tropical air to rise creating the afternoon thundershowers typical of tropical climates 2:00 pm is the mean time of daily thundershowers across South Florida and the Everglades Late in the wet season (August and September) precipitation levels reach their highest levels as tropical depressions and lows add to daily rainfall Occasionally tropical lows can become severe tropical cyclones and cause significant damage when the make landfall across south Florida Tropical storms average one a year and major hurricanes about once every ten years Between 1871 and 1981 138 tropical cyclones struck directly over or close to the Everglades Strong winds from these storms disperse plant seeds and replenish mangrove forests coral reefs and other ecosystems Dramatic fluctuations in precipitation are characteristic of the South Florida climate Droughts floods and tropical cyclones are part of the natural water system in the Everglades, The Miami River in 1935, The military penetration of southern Florida offered the opportunity to map a poorly understood and largely unknown part of the country an 1840 expedition into the Everglades offered the first printed account for the general public to read about the Everglades the anonymous writer described the terrain the party was crossing:. In 1992 Hurricane Andrew caused more than $20 billion in damage just south of the Miami-Dade area, Under his leadership FIU heralded in an era of unprecedented growth and prestige with all facets of university undergoing major transformations Physically the university tripled in size and its enrollment grew to nearly 40,000 During his 23 years as president the school established the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine the FIU College of Law the FIU School of Architecture and the Robert Stempel School of Public Health Also during his tenure endowment grew from less than $2 million to over $100 million, Flagler Street in Downtown Miami Exploration. .
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