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. On June 12 2009 FIU's Board of Trustees voted unanimously to rename the University Park campus to the Modesto Maidique Campus However the change created a large backlash from the FIU community as many felt it unfitting to name the campus after him a campaign by FIU students and alumni was created to revert the name change and to keep the name University Park a Facebook group "No to Maidique's Campus" with over 2,000 supporters has made national news in many newspapers TV news stations and collegiate magazines supporting to keep the name "University Park", Miami Florida Business directory, 1980 346,681 3.5% Barry University has more than 60 student organizations two fraternities and one sorority honor societies and a student government. . See also: Mariel boatlift Jacksonville: Jacksonville is served by the Jacksonville Skyway an automated people mover monorail connecting the Florida State College downtown campus the Northbank central business district Convention Center and Southbank locations the system includes 8 stops connected by two lines JTA bus has 180 vehicles with 56 lines. Brickell is the fastest-growing neighborhood in Miami and has one of the highest population densities outside of New York City, Florida has 67 counties Some reference materials may show only 66 because Duval County is consolidated with the City of Jacksonville There are 379 cities in Florida (out of 411) that report regularly to the Florida Department of Revenue but there are other incorporated municipalities that do not the state government's primary revenue source is sales tax Florida does not impose a personal income tax the primary revenue source for cities and counties is property tax; unpaid taxes are subject to tax sales which are held (at the county level) in May and (due to the extensive use of online bidding sites) are highly popular, Hialeah Gardens 8 External links.

Some Spanish married or had unions with Pensacola Creek or African women both slave and free and their descendants created a mixed-race population of mestizos and mulattos the Spanish encouraged slaves from the southern British colonies to come to Florida as a refuge promising freedom in exchange for conversion to Catholicism King Charles II of Spain issued a royal proclamation freeing all slaves who fled to Spanish Florida and accepted conversion and baptism Most went to the area around St Augustine but escaped slaves also reached Pensacola St Augustine had mustered an all-black militia unit defending Spain as early as 1683. Main article: Transportation in South Florida, The Miami area is home to four major league sports teams Currently the Miami Heat and the Miami Marlins play their games within Miami's city limits the Heat play their home games at the American Airlines Arena in Downtown Miami the Miami Marlins home ballpark is Marlins Park located in the Little Havana section of the city on the site of the old Orange Bowl stadium, Sawgrass marshes and sloughs 2012 50.0% 4,237,756 49.1% 4,163,447. Industries: in 2005 for the employed population 16 years and older the leading industries in the Miami area were Educational services health care and social assistance which accounted for 18% and Professional scientific and management and administrative and waste management services which accounted for 13% of the population. . New World School of the Arts arts magnet school, Club Sport Miami Area since League Venue League Championships, 6 Mount Sinai Medical Center 3,321 There has been growth in globalization in recent decades due to the following factors. Miami Florida Business directory, Everglades Agricultural Area, How a government governs a country (governance) can affect the operations of a firm the government might be corrupt hostile or totalitarian; and may have a negative image around the globe a firm's reputation can change if it operates in a country controlled by that type of government Also an unstable political situation can be a risk for multinational firms Elections or any unexpected political event can change a country's situation and put a firm in an awkward position Political risks are the likelihood that political forces will cause drastic changes in a country's business environment that hurt the profit and other goals of a business enterprise Political risk tends to be greater in countries experiencing social unrest When political risk is high there is a high probability that a change will occur in the country's political environment that will endanger foreign firms there Corrupt foreign governments may also take over the company without warning as seen in Venezuela. Cities are the "lower tier" of local government providing police and fire protection zoning and code enforcement and other typical city services within their jurisdiction These services are paid for by city taxes the County is the "upper tier" and it provides services of a metropolitan nature such as emergency management airport and seaport operations public housing and health care services transportation environmental services solid waste disposal etc These are funded by county taxes which are assessed on all incorporated and unincorporated areas. Pembroke Park A pond in the Big Cypress, 4 See also Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport TNT KTNT Miami-Dade The conduct of international operations depends on a company's objectives and the means with which they carry them out the operations affect and are affected by the physical and societal factors and the competitive environment.