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    situated in the Kendall area of south Miami-Dade County, twenty minutes from Miami International Airport. Created in 1960, the hospital offers an extensive variety of medical, surgical and technological facilities. Also situated on the campus of Baptist Children 's Hospital and Baptist Cardiac & Vascular Institute, as well as the Regional Cancer Program and the Diabetes Care Center. Baptist received the Florida Governor 's Sterling Award for Quality in 1996. The South Miami Hospital
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    Tourism Types Of Tourism

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    DEMAND ELEMENTS Miami is one of the most popular cities visited by all types of tourists from around the world. Visitors mainly travel by air and arrive at Miami International Airport. In 2016, Miami welcomed 15.7 million overnight visitors (i.e. tourists) from around the world. Those tourists spent $25 billion, with 70% of that money coming from international visitors (Mody, 2017). Many people also embark on cruises from PortMiami to destinations around the world. Whether the visitor is coming to

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    of beaches span Miami’s shoreline including Miami Beach, South Beach, and Sunny Isles Beach. The availability of these natural resources are paramount to the success and continuity of tourism (Nelwamondo, 2010) for Miami. The Build Environment The city of Miami is known as the the capital of Latin America since it is a hub for many Latin American cultures (Fajardo, 2017). Strong Cuban influence in “Little Cuba” has brought many festivals while the Miami music scene became a fusion of American styles

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    In August 1992 a tropical wave formed off the coast of Africa, traveling west across the Atlantic before forming into a tropical storm that quickly grew into a strong category 5 hurricane, named Hurricane Andrew. Hurricane Andrew made landfall in Miami-Dade County in the city of Homestead, Florida causing catastrophic damage in the area from the strength of the wind from the storm. The accurate wind speed from this storm is unknown due to the majority of measurement tools being destroyed in the storm

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    The City Of Miami Gardens

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    The City of Miami Gardens was incorporated on May 13, 2003, as the 33rd city in Miami-Dade County. A population of 113,199, it is the third largest city in Miami-Dade County after Miami and Hialeah. The City is located in North-Central region of the county, mid-way between Fort Lauderdale and Miami, and is easily accessed by I-95, the Palmetto Expressway State Road 826 and the Florida Turnpike. The city comprises approximately 20 square miles of neighborhoods Andover, Bunche Park, Carol City, Lake

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    According to the United States Census for Florida in 2014 there were at least 4,957,164 single people. There are approximately 2,615,410 people in Miami Dade County, and of these 816,215 people are single. In contrast, as of the 2014 the State of Florida Census recorded 79,432 completed divorces during that year (see table 1). Furthermore, Miami-Dade County had the highest divorce rate of the state in the year 2014 with 13, 431 divorces recorded (see graph 1) (Data Access and Dissemination Systems

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    Miami International Airport Mohammed Alajaji Southern Illinois University   Abstract Miami International Airport (MIA) is one of the largest airports in the US. This case study gives the information on the airport, its history and some background. A report provides the information on the ownership type of the airport and its owner. I tried to enlist specific issues and certain facts about the operations and financial information.   Background information Miami International Airport (MIA) is the

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    The reform Miami takes three primary factors into account before implementing any kind of reform policy which are: planning, measuring, and monitoring. This practical framework allows them to decipher how spending should be evaluated, how performance should be measured, and how effectiveness should be monitored. There are numerous reforms on a broad spectrum which Miami seeks to take action; however, this paper will hone in specifically on transportation reform. Miami-Dade Transit holds the15th

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    Name of major natural system: Beach Dune. Location of major natural system: In Florida, these are primarily located continuously along the Atlantic coast from the state line- south to Cape Florida, Miami-Dade County, and on the Gulf coast of the peninsula from Anclote Key, Pasco County, south to Cape Romano, and Collier County (Florida Natural Areas Inventory, n.d.a.). Furthermore, counties where beaches are discontinuous, we are able to see two additional sites in the Florida Keys, four sites

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    FIU Athletic Case Study

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    Golden Panthers and the Miami Hurricanes, that very thing happened and severe punishments were handed down by both programs to those involved. On October 14, 2016, a game between these two “cross town rivals” took place, and there was trash talk and penalties throughout the game. All of these penalties and trash talk led to a brawl that took place after a touchdown catch by running back James Bryant. According to Susan Miller Degnan, Barry Jackson, and Michelle Kaufman of the Miami Herald, “after Bryant

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