...The Florida Everglades is the name of the area that consists of subtropical wetlands on the southern tip of Florida. At one point, it extended from Lake Okeechobee 100 miles south to Florida Bay. Now, however, it is only 1/3 of its glory, since the Everglades National Park (what is left of the Everglades) only currently covers 1,509,000 acres at the southern tip of Florida. The two biggest abiotic components that are unique to the Everglades are weather and location. The weather plays a huge part because of the precipitation The weather is known to be warm, with a distinct wet and dry season. Despite having some dry periods, the area is known to have 40-70 inches of rain and that rainfall is what drains into Lake Okeechobee. Location is important because it is what determines the flow of water. Southern Florida is very flat and because the terrain is so flat, the rainwater that overflows from Lake Okeechobee during the rains is what creates a wide, shallow, slow-moving river that flows through the marshes. The ecosystems that make up the Everglades have been described as “both fragile and resilient” (Toops). Take for example, the Florida apple snail, which are an amphibious fresh water mollusk (Whitney). Apple snails must lay their eggs on sawgrass stalks around six inches above the water line because they are intolerant of being submerged for long periods of time. In that case, when the eggs hatch, this allows the young snails to enter the water quickly. If water...
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...Article review The Florida Crisis of 1826-1827 and the Second Seminole War Christopher Walker Dr. Saunders Jacksonian 4407 July 12, 2014 The Florida Crisis of 1826-1827 and the Second Seminole War Introduction In this critical review of The Florida Crisis of 1826 – 1827 and the Second Seminole War Canter Brown Jr., tells a very tragic, and hard fought story about the experience of the Seminoles and various groups involved in a plea for life. Brown tells this story in the form of an essay in which he shares his arguments and analysis as a historian, professor, a Floridian, and author in terms of the Florida Crisis. This paper will review Brown’s story as well as his main arguments and will evaluate the quality of Brown’s writing and focus on all areas and his weakness within this account. Summary This section contains a summary of The Florida Crisis of 1826-1827 and the Second Seminole War. The Florida Crisis of 1826-1827 and the Second Seminole is an article by Canter Brown Jr. and it addresses the history of Florida in the war between Seminoles along with other groups of people and the United States. Brown reveals the political, and racial aspects that lead to the history of the war in the United States. The author exclaimed that this war was marked as the most expensive Indian war of all times. This crisis that broke Florida involved the Seminole people and this is why the title “The Seminole War.” The crisis involved the Indian territories and associated free...
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...Assignment #2 Everglades of South Florida The Everglades of South Florida are a natural region of subtropical wetlands. This is located in the southern portion of the state of Florida. It is a very large area that actually comprises a southern half of a large watershed. The system begins near Orlando with the Kissimmee River. The reason is that the Kissimmee River discharges into Lake Okeechobee. Marjory Stoneman Douglas described the area of the Florida Everglades as, "A River of Grass", in 1947. 1 This is a complex system of interdependant ecosystems. Before drainage, it was a web of marshes and prairies about 4,000 sqyare miles in size. The systems within the everglades ecosystem shift, grow and shrink, disapear and even die. Water is the most dominant force of the florida everglades. The water is what shapes the land, sustains vegetation, and sustains animal life. Conservation of the Florida Everglades has become a mojor concern over the past few decades. One of the problems that has caused concern was a large algai bloom that appearred in one-fifth of Lake Okeechobee in 1986. That same year as the algai bloom cattails were overtaking the sawgrass marshes in Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge. What was discovered was that phosphorus that was used as fertilizer was flushed into canals and then pumped back into the lake. When the lake drained the phosphorus entered the water in the marshes. As a result, the nutrient levels were changed. 2 During this same period...
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...Florida was the first part of what is now the continental United States to be visited by Europeans. The earliest known European explorers came with the Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de León. According to the "500TH Florida Discovery Council Round Table", on March 3, 1513, Ponce de Leon, organized and equipped three ships which began an expedition (with a crew of 200, including women and free blacks), departing from Punta Aguada Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico was the historic first gateway to the discovery of Florida, which opened the doors to the advanced settlement of the U.S. They introduced Christianity, cattle, horses, sheep, the Spanish language and more to Florida.[11][broken citation] Ponce de León spotted the peninsula on April 2, 1513. According to his chroniclers, he named the region La Florida ("flowery land") because it was then the Easter Season, known in Spanish as Pascua Florida (roughly "Flowery Easter"), and because the vegetation was in bloom.[12] Juan Ponce de León may not have been the first European to reach Florida, however; reportedly, at least one indigenous tribesman whom he encountered in Florida in 1513 spoke Spanish.[13] From 1513 onward, the land became known as La Florida. After 1630, and throughout the 18th century, Tegesta (after the Tequesta tribe) was an alternate name of choice for the Florida peninsula following publication of a map by the Dutch cartographer Hessel Gerritsz in Joannes de Laet's History of the New World.[14][15][16] The horse...
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...Most residents of Florida should know that Florida’s state animal, Puma concolor coryi, also known as the Florida Panther has been endangered for many years. The Florida Panther is a light brown and gray subspecies of the cougar. The Florida Panthers are carnivores, meaning they only eat meat. The main threat to the panthers is humans. Today, there are only about 180 panther living in Florida. The Florida Panther was almost extinct before being classified as endangered, due to the hunting of panther during the 1950s. It was not until 1967, when “the U.S. Department of the Interior listed the Florida Panther as endangered” (Williams 1). However, that was not enough to protect the Florida Panthers, or any endangered species, until Congress finally passed the Endangered Species Act of 1973, which allowed for the conservation of endangered species (Williams 1)....
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...The Florida Highway Patrol was established in 1939 by former Governor Fred P. Cone. Being that Mr. Cone had been a member of the Department of Public Safety he saw that there was a big need for some type of law enforcement to improve highway safety, enforce speeding regulations interdict criminal activity on the many miles of FL highway. The first training academy was held in Bradenton, Florida and started with 40 recruits, by the end of the training academy there were a total of 32 graduating members that would take on the task of securing and policing the states' highways (FHP 2014-2016, para 21). Each member was assigned different areas to patrol throughout the state of Florida and this is practice today as new patrolmen are assigned...
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...the basic managerial functions, are: planning, organizing, leading and controlling. The purpose of this paper is to establish research and evidence that confirms the Department of Financial Services (DFS) State Fire Marshals is a well managed, properly functioning organization that provides the most pristine service to its communities, when referenced to the above mentioned functions. The Department of Financial Services (DFS) is a state organization that has many divisions encompassing anywhere from financial accounting to law enforcement investigations. Under this organization, the Division of State Fire Marshals is a law enforcement investigations unit that conducts origin and cause investigations into fires throughout the state of Florida. The Bureau of Fire and Arson Investigations is the state law enforcement branch within this Division and are responsible for investigating fires both accidental and criminal. Dating back to 1973, the State Fire Marshal’s office was established and its main purpose was “suppression of arson and the investigation of the cause, origin, and circumstances of fire” (“DFS SFM History”, 2012). In 1976, the bureau became law enforcement recognized and currently today has over 100 sworn officers. The bureau operates twenty-four hours, seven days a week, as...
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...Florida Alligators…… Are They Really That Scary????? By: Krista Source: Me with the help of Florida and some alligators My First Time What would you do if you walked into a store and saw three alligators lying on the floor? Well that is exactly what happened to me, and like every other human being, I freaked out at first. At this store you were able to hold an alligator for five dollars. After watching my mom and best friend hold one I thought that I couldn’t miss this opportunity, and I’m glad I didn’t. About Alligators! How many teeth do you have? Well, alligators have 80 teeth. Their jaws are very special. You probably think that they are stronger than anything. But you’re wrong an alligators jaw is strong enough to close on something big, but if something is holding it together it is not strong enough to open. Alligators have many special facts about them. The black bumps around an alligator’s mouth are called nerves. Therefore an alligator can feel every single touch. Alligators are very sensitive because they spend a lot of their time underwater. If a gust of wind came and the alligator’s mouth was open the wind would act its senses and the jaw would automatically snap shut. Alligators have two sets of eyes. One set is for under water and the other is for above water. An alligator can stay under water for approximately 40 minutes to 2 hours if needed. When they are under water there heart rate slows down to 3 to 5 beats per minute. Everglade Ride ...
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...Florida: More than Just Alligators and Manatees Josue Cajina COM/172 May 26, 2014 Nora Clarke Florida: More than Just Alligators and Manatees There are many species of animals in Florida of which the panther, alligator, crocodile, and manatee are the most popular, but there are other species equally interesting and beautiful, as the river otter, beaver, fox squirrel, key deer and over 500 different types of birds ("Great Florida Birding and Wild Life Trail", 2014). Although some of these species of animals are found in other states, Florida natives are unaware of the fauna diversity in their own backyard. The state of Florida offers 11 national parks ("National Park Service", n.d.) where both natives and tourists can spot these animals. For this reason, teaching people about Florida's lesser known animal species can help increase visits to Florida's National Parks, encourages outdoor activities, and raise conservation awareness in this state. Florida has both native and non-native animal species, but out of the native the most recognized species may be the alligator and manatee. Florida is home to more than just that and teaching people about its lesser known species can promote visits to Florida's National Parks. As mentioned earlier, there are 11 national parks ("National Park Service", n.d.) throughout the state, featuring the Everglades, which the National Parks Service describes as "The largest subtropical wilderness in the United States"...
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...approximately ten cents to every dollar to education toward public education. The state and local governments supply the remaining money needed for public education to the 14,000 school districts throughout the United States who allocated the funds to the primary and secondary schools (PBS, 2008). Public education is the largest area of expense for the state in local governments around the United States accounting for approximately one-fifth of its budget (Moore, 2011). For example, in 2014, the state of Florida spent a total of 77 billion dollars out of which 29.9 percent was allocated to school districts around the state (Office of Policy and Budget, 2014). To determine how the funds are divided among school districts requires complicated formulas based on some money states can collect from local property tax. The objective of this essay is to critique the formula used to determine the allocation of funds to public schools in the state of Florida, Broward County, Florida specifically. The paper will determine the negative and positive issues impacting the...
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...Florida Department of Management Services Simantha M. King Strayer University Dr. Richard Brown July 27, 2015 Florida Department of Management Services The Florida department of management services is an agency responsible for human resource management, retirement benefits health benefits real estate development and management, administration, specialized services, state purchasing, and telecommunications, all for the government of State of Florida. The Florida Department of Management Services' is the business arm of the government of State of Florida and provides services to more than 1.1 million customers including the state agencies, state employees, state retirees, universities, community colleges, and local governments and their retirees. It also provides workforce and business operational support to Florida state government. DMS is a shared service provider that supports state agencies and state employees through Human Resource Support, Business Operations, and Specialized Services. This paper will explore the DMS by analyzing the security mechanisms inside of the Florida DMS, critique the transition process performed by the DMS then recommend two alternative to the IP infrastructure or applications, also critique the merits of the major services, then add additional service to the DMS website. Security Mechanisms The DMS needs security mechanisms in order to protect it not only form the users accessing its system online but also from its own employees. The network...
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...The state of Florida is ranked the second most visited states in the country, while Arizona is ranked eighth. Florida provides the perfect vacation destination for all types of families. There are a vast variety of activities and food offered in the state of Florida that many individuals adore. I have also visited Arizona numerous times and nothing compares to what Florida has to offer. Recommend anyone to visit Florida at least once in his or her lifetime, because there are so many incredible activates in Florida that no one should miss. Florida is superior to Arizona because of it beautiful landscape, mouth watering food, and the large variety of public attractions. Florida is superior to Arizona because of the state’s suburb landscape. Florida is known for having the most breathtaking beaches along the coast. For example, Florida is...
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...My move to Florida two years ago is something I will always remember. I had lived in Illinois my whole life, and had only visited Florida a few times. But my mom wanted to be closer to my grandparents, and we couldn’t stay in our old neighborhood anymore. My grandpa and uncle flew up to help us pack and drive, and not long after we said our goodbyes to family and friends and headed to Florida. Looking back, the car ride to Florida was amusing to say the least. In one car, we had most the animals. Our dog, two cats, a fish, and two aquatic frogs. The car was kind of cramped, so half way through the trip our dog started to use an old sugar container as a pillow. The cats were in a cage in the back seat, and were obviously not happy. Their constant...
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...Many factors have come together to shape Florida into what it is today. A recognition of one of these factors goes to Ponce De Leon. Ponce De Leon has made a great impact on Florida and is still a name that is around today. Many places are named after him such as the Ponce De Leon Inlet and Ponce De Leon springs. How did one man have such an adverse effect on Florida? Ponce De Leon’s 1st expedition was when he accompanied Columbus on his 1493 voyage to the Americas. Ponce De Leon and his family settled on the island of Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic) and in 1504, he became the provincial governor of east side the island. From here, he returned home to Spain only to get sent back to the Americas after hearing about rumors...
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...All About Florida First Time Home Buyer Grants Home buyers in Florida can find a host of websites the tell them all about Florida first time home buyer grants, but ask for money up front before providing the information. There are, however, a few non-profit organizations along with the State of Florida that will help home buyers will winning one of the many grants provided for Florida residents. The Florida Department of Community Affairs is the first place a first time home buyer should go to learn about all the grants available. The department has several programs available for buyers wanting to receive a grant to help them with the initial cost of buying and then closing on their first home. The main grant provided by the department is the Community Development Block Grant or the Low Income Home Energy Assistance grant. The state outlines what it takes to qualify for each one of these grants and buyers should diligently seek out what needs to be done and if they are eligible for the funding. In many circumstances, the department will have loans available to first time home buyers to be used for the down payment. On the department’s website, individuals will find the procedures and forms that need to be submitted in order to receive this money. The site also has a listing of numbers and individuals who will gladly assist the buyers in filling out the forms so they are down correctly. It is highly recommended that this assistance is taken because if the procedures...
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