. 5.1 Top private employers, Labor Center 1994 Orlando MCO Orlando International Airport Large Hub 21,565,448 Value Colleges 2016: ranked Barry University's online Master of Public Administration program among the Top 50 Best Value Online the program which is offered through the School of Professional and Career Education is ranked No 44 When compared to other private and nonprofit schools Barry ranks No 14. According to the U.S Census Bureau in 2012 Miami had the fourth highest percentage of family incomes below the federal poverty line out of all large cities in the United States behind Detroit Michigan Cleveland Ohio and Cincinnati Ohio respectively Miami is also one of the very few cities in the U.S where the local government has gone bankrupt in 2001 on the other hand Miami has won accolades for its environmental policies: in 2008 it was ranked as "America's Cleanest City" according to Forbes for its year-round good air quality vast green spaces clean drinking water clean streets and citywide recycling programs.
With the construction of the Concourse J extension in the 2000s the H2 commuter satellite was demolished in 2007 with the opening of the South Terminal's immigration and customs facilities the third floor of Concourse H was closed off and converted into a "sterile circulation" area for arriving international passengers Gates H4 H6 H8 and H10 were made capable of handling international arrivals and they currently serve Aeromexico Air France Alitalia KLM and Swiss Simultaneously headhouse gates H16 H17 H18 and H20 were closed to allow for the construction of a second parallel taxiway leading to the new Concourse J. Miami metropolitan area divisions 2000, 6.4 Growth of urban areas, Temperature-salinity characteristics for Atlantic water masses! Novelist & Screenwriter, Brickell Photograph of large group of people on the Virginia Key Beach 1945, In 1817 Andrew Jackson invaded Florida to hasten its annexation to the United States in what became known as the First Seminole War After Florida became a U.S territory in 1821 conflicts between settlers and the Seminole increased as the former tried to acquire lands the Second Seminole War lasted from 1835 to 1842 and afterward the US forcibly removed about 3,000 Seminole and 800 Black Seminole to Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) west of the Mississippi River Many others died in the war Conflict broke out again in the Third Seminole War from 1855 to 1859 when a few hundred Seminole fought off US forces from the swamps of the Everglades the US finally decided to leave them alone as they could not dislodge them even after this protracted and expensive warfare. Concourse B Florida Memorial University (private/historically black) Human habitation in the southern portion of the Florida peninsula dates to 15,000 years ago Before European colonization the region was dominated by the native Calusa and Tequesta tribes With Spanish colonization both tribes declined gradually during the following two centuries the Seminole formed from mostly Creek people who had been warring to the North assimilated other peoples and created a new culture after being forced from northern Florida into the Everglades during the Seminole Wars of the early 19th century After adapting to the region they were able to resist removal by the United States Army, Seaports A new international arrivals facility opened in August 2012 and the project reached substantial completion in January 2013 All of the twelve international gates which were designed by the Harper Partners Team of architects were the first to be fully operational and generating revenue for the Miami Dade Aviation Department.The Baggage Handling System's international-to-domestic transfer which was the last component of the project was completed in February 2014. Main article: Park West (Miami), See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Miami Florida, Miami Florida Business directory Technology is expanding especially in transportation and communications. . ! FIUSM is the umbrella organization for the Beacon the student-run newspaper; FIUSM.com the student-run news and media website; and WRGP Radiate FM the student-run radio station Each organization's directors are selected by the Student Media board on a yearly basis, The Everglades is a natural region of tropical wetlands in the southern portion of the U.S state of Florida comprising the southern half of a large drainage basin within the neotropic ecozone the ecosystem it forms is not presently found anywhere else on earth the system begins near Orlando with the Kissimmee River which discharges into the vast but shallow Lake Okeechobee Water leaving the lake in the wet season forms a slow-moving river 60 miles (97 km) wide and over 100 miles (160 km) long flowing southward across a limestone shelf to Florida Bay at the southern end of the state the Everglades experience a wide range of weather patterns from frequent flooding in the wet season to drought in the dry season the Seminole Tribe gave the large body of water the name Okeechobee meaning "River of Grass" to describe the sawgrass marshes part of a complex system of interdependent ecosystems that include cypress swamps the estuarine mangrove forests of the Ten Thousand Islands tropical hardwood hammocks pine rockland and the marine environment of Florida Bay Throughout the 20th century the Everglades suffered significant loss of habitat and environmental degradation.
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