Poverty and Participation in Government Programs: in 2005 14% of people were in poverty 19% of related children under 18 were below the poverty level compared with 14% of people 65 years old and over 11% of all families and 26% of families with a female householder and no husband present had incomes below the poverty level, 2 Geology 9 Wells Fargo 2,050 The first floor has numerous classrooms auditorium spaces and support services for students such as tutoring the writing center and technology assistance Also on the first floor is a snack stop and a Starbucks the second floor has the reference section cartography (GIS Center) circulation and numerous computer and printing labs the third floor is the home of the Medical Library and includes study lounges as well as a resource center for students of the Honors College the fourth floor houses the special collections department and university archives the fifth floor is the home of the School of Architecture Library as well as the music and audiovisual collections the sixth and seventh floors are strictly quiet floors and contain the general book collection plus numerous student study lounges the eighth floor contains the library's administration offices and technical services departments. Weston See also: Operation Peter Pan and Freedom Flights. As with all vernacular regions South Florida has no official boundaries or status and is defined differently by different sources at different times a 2007 study of Florida's regions by Ary Lamme and Raymond K Oldakowski found that Floridians surveyed identified "South Florida" as comprising the southernmost sections of peninsular Florida That area includes the Miami metropolitan area (generally defined as Miami-Dade Broward and Palm Beach counties) the Florida Keys included in Monroe county and the interior region known as the Glades Additionally Southwest Florida representing the state's southern Gulf Coast has emerged as a directional vernacular region Some respondents from as far northwest as the southern Tampa Bay area identified their region as being in South Florida rather than Southwest or Central Florida However the University of South Florida founded in 1956 is located in Tampa at that time prior to the changes quickly brought by the Florida Constitution of 1968 south Florida was much less important politically and the term was used more loosely Tampa is not usually considered part of south Florida. Miami Florida Business directory, 4.2 Rock Main articles: History of Miami and Timeline of Miami, Miami Florida Business directory Traveling to Work: 79% of Miami area workers drove to work alone in 2005 10% carpooled 4% took public transportation and 4% used other means the remaining 3% worked at home Among those who commuted to work it took them on average 28.5 minutes to get to work. . Most of the western fringes of the city border the Everglades a tropical marshland covering most of the southern portion of Florida Alligators that live in the marshes have ventured into Miami communities and onto major highways.
. American Airlines Arena home of the Miami Heat of the NBA The Interfraternity Council (IFC) comprises 13 fraternities the Panhellenic Council (PC) is made up of 7 sororities the National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) comprises 6 historically black organizations (4 fraternities and 2 sororities) the Multicultural Greek Council (MGC) consists of 9 cultural organizations for Latinos Asians and South Asians (5 fraternities and 4 sororities). As an urban and pedestrian-friendly area with an extensive public transit network Downtown (along with Brickell the Arts & Entertainment District and South Beach) is one of the areas in Miami where a car-free lifestyle is commonplace Many Downtown residents get around by foot bicycle Metromover or by taxi the Metromover is a popular alternative to walking in the area especially on rainy hot or cold days as the Metromover is free and stations are located roughly every two blocks throughout the area. Aerial view of the Safety Valve from southern end of Key Biscayne (top) to Soldier Key, Global synergies: the reuse or sharing of resources by a corporation and may include marketing departments or other inputs that can be used in multiple markets This includes among other things brand name recognition, 1990s Graham Center 1974 Political risk; . BayView Student Housing (BBC Campus) Fall 2016 Although the Big Cypress is the largest growth of cypress swamps in South Florida cypress swamps can be found near the Atlantic Coastal Ridge and between Lake Okeechobee and the Eastern flatwoods as well as in sawgrass marshes Cypresses are deciduous conifers that are uniquely adapted to thrive in flooded conditions with buttressed trunks and root projections that protrude out of the water called "knees" Bald cypress trees grow in formations with the tallest and thickest trunks in the center rooted in the deepest peat As the peat thins out cypresses grow smaller and thinner giving the small forest the appearance of a dome from the outside They also grow in strands slightly elevated on a ridge of limestone bordered on either side by sloughs Other hardwood trees can be found in cypress domes such as red maple swamp bay and pop ash If cypresses are removed the hardwoods take over and the ecosystem is recategorized as a mixed swamp forest. Florida is a major golf hub the PGA of America is headquartered in Palm Beach Gardens the PGA Tour is headquartered in Ponte Vedra Beach and the LPGA is headquartered in Daytona Beach the Players Championship WGC-Cadillac Championship Arnold Palmer Invitational Honda Classic and Valspar Championship are PGA Tour rounds, Reform 152 0.06% The following is a list of the twenty largest cities in the Miami metropolitan area as ranked by population, The Miami metropolitan area contains all or part of nine Congressional districts: the 18th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th and 27th districts as of 2017 (the 113th Congress) the Cook Partisan Voting Index listed four as being Republican-leaning: the 18th 25th 26th and 27th with the 25th being the most Republican-leaning at R+5 and five as being Democratic-leaning: the 20th 21st 22nd 23rd and 24th with the 24th being the most Democratic-leaning at D+34 making it the ninth-most Democratic-leaning district in the nation.
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