. The Central and Southern Florida Flood Control Project's final construction project was straightening the Kissimmee River a meandering 90-mile (140 km)-long river that was drained to make way for grazing land and agriculture the C&SF started building the C-38 canal in 1962 and the effects were seen almost immediately Waterfowl wading birds and fish disappeared prompting conservationists and sport fishers to demand the region be restored before the canal was finished in 1971 in general C&SF projects had been criticized for being temporary fixes that ignored future consequences costing billions of dollars with no end in sight After Governor Bob Graham initiated the Save Our Everglades campaign in 1983 the first section of the canal was backfilled in 1986 Graham announced that by 2000 the Everglades would be restored as closely as possible to its pre-drainage state the Kissimmee River Restoration project was approved by Congress in 1992 It is estimated that it will cost $578 million to convert only 22 miles (35 km) of the canal the entire project was to be complete by 2011 yet as of 2017 the project is "more than halfway complete" and the new completion date is 2020. 3.1 University Park (Modesto A Maidique Campus) Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami The Miami skyline. Contents The fast-growing I-4 corridor area which runs through Central Florida and connects the cities of Daytona Beach Orlando and Tampa/St Petersburg has had a fairly even breakdown of Republican and Democratic voters the area is often seen as a merging point of the conservative northern portion of the state and the liberal southern portion making it the biggest swing area in the state Since the late 20th century the voting results in this area containing 40% of Florida voters has often determined who will win the state of Florida in presidential elections, College of Engineering and Computing, The Miami accent is based on a fairly standard American accent but with some changes very similar to dialects in the Mid-Atlantic (especially the New York area dialect Northern New Jersey English and New York Latino English.) Unlike Virginia Piedmont Coastal Southern American and Northeast American dialects the "Miami accent" is rhotic; it also incorporates a rhythm and pronunciation heavily influenced by Spanish (wherein rhythm is syllable-timed). 15 Notable people Social Work 88 FIU Arena 1986 See also: Miami in popular culture LGBT culture in Miami and List of films and television shows set in Miami! The Glenn Hubert Library previously named the 'Biscayne Bay Library' is the library for the Biscayne Bay Campus Although a smaller structure three stories the Hubert Library is nonetheless important to the research and information needs of the BBC Campus students and faculty All services at the Green Library are available in the Hubert Library! The Miami rock scene had a particularly successful period in the late 1980s to mid-1990s sparked by the many rock and acoustic venues within South Beach and Fort Lauderdale including Washington Square Roses the Stephen Talkhouse Cactus Cantina South Beach Pub Blue Steel the Chili Pepper (Revolution) the Culture Room Squeeze Edge Reunion Room Nocturnal Cafe Button South Plus Five McFly's and Tavern 213 Popular local artists included the Mavericks Nuclear Valdez I Don't Know Marilyn Manson the Goods Collapsing Lungs Nonpoint Saigon Kick Tuff Luck Vandal Sin City Charlie Pickett the Holy Terrors Forget the Name the Elysian Natural Causes Peter Betan Nil Lara Diane Ward the Broken Toys Ed Hale Matthew Sabatella Zac Paul Roub Dennis Britt Harry Pussy Magda Hiller Quit Load Dore Soul Eyes of Pandora Sixo Brian Franklin Itanna Curious Hair Robbie Gennett Rudy Restless Spirits the Baboons Purple Mustard Brian Scheinhoft aka BeShine and "The Ekeouts," the Weeds Tommy Anthony & Goza Four O'Clock Balloon Machete and Amanda Green, The best way of conducting business may differ by country. 9 Transportation (20.6) 76.1 1952 74.8% 624,463 25.2% 210,009 American football: Miami Seahawks (AAFC) Miami Tropics (SFL) Miami Hooters (Arena Football League) Plantation 84,955 82,934 Broward 13.3 Hotel towers!
. . Dania Beach Law School (night) Kings Point U.S National Register of Historic Places # Employer # of employees; School of Music, Week of Welcome usually held the first or second week of the Fall semester holds many spirit events such as Trail of the Torch Trail of the Torch is another university tradition that has continued to grow annually where a pep rally is held in the Housing Quad with music food giveaways and dancing After the pep rally the torch of knowledge is lit and blue and gold candles are distributed to the crowd for the procession around the campus trailing the torch from the Housing Quad to the torch in front of the Primera Casa building Rage Week and Homecoming Week are other major back-to-back spirit weeks held in the Fall semester They include the Homecoming Parade Greek Row parties Homecoming football game Blue/Gold Party pep rallies and other Panther Rage events. .
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