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Map of Miami neighborhoods, Miami Canal Florida's primary interstate routes include:, This section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed (January 2010) (Learn how and when to remove this template message). . The AU Gay Straight Alliance is an organization dedicated to educating the entire campus on LGBTIQ issues Their goal is to create awareness of and solidarity with LGBTIQ groups among the general university population. . Downtown as seen from the Port of Miami 7 Climate U.S News & World Report's "America's Best Colleges" (2015) ranks the undergraduate international business program 6th in the nation it 2015 it ranked the Chapman Graduate School of Business 15th in the nation for an International MBA FIU is also the only university in Florida to be ranked in the top 15 for undergraduate international business. The earliest evidence of Native American settlement in the Miami region came from about 10,000 years ago the region was filled with pine hardwood forests and was home to plenty of deer bear and wild fowl These first inhabitants settled on the banks of the Miami River with their main villages on the northern banks These early Native Americans created a variety of weapons and tools from shells, The increasing population in towns near the Everglades hunted in the area Raccoons and otters were the most widely hunted for their skins Hunting often went unchecked; in one trip a Lake Okeechobee hunter killed 250 alligators and 172 otters Water birds were a particular target of plume hunting Bird feathers were used in women's hats in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Beginning in 1962 Dade County schools began to receive their first influx of Hispanic students mainly from Cuba This was significant in shaping the school system into what it is today. In 2008 the State of Florida agreed to buy U.S Sugar and all of its manufacturing and production facilities for an estimated $1.7 billion Florida officials indicated they intended to allow U.S Sugar to process for six more years before dismissing its employees and dismantling the plant the area which includes 187,000 acres (760 km2) of land would then be rehabilitated and water flow from Lake Okeechobee would be restored in November 2008 the agreement was revised to offer $1.34 billion allowing sugar mills in Clewiston to remain in production Critics of the revised plan say that it ensures sugarcane will be grown in the Everglades for at least another decade Further research is being done to address the continuing production of sugarcane in the Everglades to minimize phosphorus runoff, (26.1) 81.1 The first permanent European settlers in the Miami area arrived around 1800 Pedro Fornells a Menorcan survivor of the New Smyrna colony moved to Key Biscayne to meet the terms of his Royal Grant for the island Although he returned with his family to St Augustine after six months he left a caretaker behind on the island On a trip to the island in 1803 Fornells had noted the presence of squatters on the mainland across Biscayne Bay from the island in 1825 U.S Marshal Waters Smith visited the Cape Florida Settlement (which was on the mainland) and conferred with squatters who wanted to obtain title to the land they were occupying on the mainland the Bahamian "squatters" had settled along the coast beginning in the 1790s John Egan had also received a grant from Spain during the Second Spanish Period John's son James Egan his wife Rebecca Egan his widow Mary "Polly" Lewis and Mary's brother-in-law Jonathan Lewis all received 640-acre land grants from the U.S. in present-day Miami Temple Pent and his family did not receive a land grant but nevertheless stayed in the area.

. 5 Jackson Health System 9,800 The Safety Valve is a series of shallow sand flats separated by tidal flow channels stretching about 8 miles (13 km) from the south end of Key Biscayne to the Ragged Keys at the north end of the Florida Keys the term "safety valve" was applied to the tidal flats by Ralph Munroe who argued against building a causeway and bridges connecting Key Biscayne to the Ragged Keys and beyond on the grounds that such construction would block the free outflow of storm surges from the bay across the flats to the ocean It is believed that it does moderate the effects of storm surges on the bay the transportation of sand southward along the Atlantic Coast of Florida by longshore drift ends in the area of the Safety Valve the structure of the Safety Valve has been stable for at least the last century Stiltsville is a collection of buildings on pilings on several sand flats at the northern end of the Safety Valve. 1.2 18th to 19th centuries: Early non-Spanish settlement, Florida City 1.3 Slavery war and disenfranchisement, (19.2) 68.6 Airlines Destinations A Panoramic View of Concourses G and H as well as the new Concourse J from the south. . . There were 2.7 million Medicaid patients in Florida in 2009 the governor has proposed adding $2.6 billion to care for the expected 300,000 additional patients in 2011 the cost of caring for 2.3 million clients in 2010 was $18.8 billion This is nearly 30% of Florida's budget Medicaid paid for 60% of all births in Florida in 2009 the state has a program for those not covered by Medicaid. . 1952 45.0% 444,950 55.0% 544,036 Miami-Dade County includes 34 incorporated areas 38 census-designated places and 16 unincorporated regions!