. . FIU's founding president Charles "Chuck" Perry was appointed by the Board of Regents in July 1969 after a nationwide search at 32 years old the new president was the youngest in the history of the State University System and at the time the youngest university president in the country Perry recruited three co-founders Butler Waugh Donald McDowell and Nick Sileo Alvah Chapman Jr former Miami Herald publisher and Knight Ridder chairman used his civic standing and media power to assist the effort in the 1980s Chapman became chair of the FIU Foundation Board of Trustees. The "Tropic" section and its columnist Dave Barry run the Herald Hunt a unique annual puzzlehunt in the Miami area.[citation needed]. . Miami Florida Business directory Airlines Destinations 2.2 Fauna Cross-national cooperation and agreements have increased In 2011 there were about 9,000 retail gas stations in the state Floridians consumed 21 million gallons of gasoline daily in 2011 ranking it third in national use behind California and Texas Motorists have the 45th lowest rate of car insurance in the U.S 24% are uninsured.
. ; 4.4 Campus ministry The 1980s and '90s also brought the genre of high energy Miami bass to dance floors and car subwoofers throughout the country Miami bass spawned artists like 2 Live Crew (featuring Uncle Luke) 95 South Tag Team 69 Boyz Quad City DJ's and Freak Nasty Examples of these songs are "Whoomp! (There it Is)" by Tag Team in 1993 "Tootsee Roll" by 69 Boyz in 1994 and "C'mon N' Ride it (The Train)" by the Quad City DJ's in 1996. Main article: Tropical hardwood hammock Oleta River State Park ? The North Bay of the Biscayne Bay lies between Miami Beach barrier island and Miami on the mainland it has been severely affected over the last century by raw sewage releases urban runoff shoreline bulkheading dredging the creation of artificial islands and the loss of natural fresh water flow into the bay However water quality has steadily improved since regular monitoring began in 1979 North Bay accounts for only 10% of the water area of the bay. 2010 66,769 64.6% 7 Florida Power and Light Co. 3,011 10.1 Congressional districts! Green Library Map of Caribbean showing seven approximately parallel westward-pointing arrows that extend from east of the Virgin Islands to Cuba the southern arrows bend northward just east of the Dominican Republic before straightening out again. ! .
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