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Herb Kelleher Southwest Airlines
1,880 wordsCan you imagine if only one of those "doodles" that you have drawn while on the telephone had turned into a multi million-dollar business? Can you see your picture on the cover of Fortune magazine? Rollin King and Herb Kelleher, the creators of Southwest Airlines could. What began as a conversation between attorney Herb Kelleher and his client Rollin King, with a drawing on the back of a cocktail napkin, has become one of the worlds most successful business testimonials. Both men saw the need fo...
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Palm Beach Electoral Votes
766 wordsWhy the Gore/Bush Election is such a mess Right now, America is in a time of uncertainty about this election. The race between Al Gore and George W. Bush is the closest presidential race the country has seen in its history. With an election this close, many controversial issues have also risen from it. There are many causes to the country's political turmoil right now and because of that, we may not know a clear-cut winner of the presidency for days, even maybe weeks. At the beginning of the nig...
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Vice President Gore Florida Supreme Court
927 words(Slip Opinion) Cite as: 531 U. S. (2000) 1 NOTICE: This opinion is subject to formal revision before publication in the preliminary print of the United States Reports. Readers are requested to notify the Reporter of Decisions, Supreme Court of the United States, Wash- ington, D. C. 20543, of any typographical or other formal errors, in order that corrections may be made before the preliminary print goes to press. GEORGE W. BUSH, ET AL. , PETITIONERS v. ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE FLORIDA SUPREM...
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Tampa Bay Treatment Plant
1,356 wordsThe water shortage problem has affected all of us in one way or another. Either through the mandatory restrictions or the increased price of water, or even the ever increasing occurrence of sinkholes, the evidence of a water shortage is everywhere. Since we need water to survive, and there are no alternatives to support life on this planet, we must find a way to keep up with our ever increasing water demand. This essay reviews the water shortage problem that is occurring in Florida. The problem ...
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Special Education School Counselors
1,730 wordsWithin School Walls School counselors often engage in functions that are only remotely related to either their training or their professionally determined roles or activities. Scheduling, participating in disciplinary functions, and conducting clerical duties absorb much of a school counselors time. However, those duties are not considered core elements of a counselors role. The time that the school counselor spends performing non counseling-related tasks compromises his or her ability to comple...
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Juan Ponce De Presidential Elections
1,118 wordsTo begin with I believe that the first and probably the most important event in the Floridas history and development was, of course, its discovery. Floridas peninsula first has been found when Columbus made his first voyage to the New Land in 1492. But the real historical records of this land indeed started when Juan Ponce de Len the Spanish adventures and explorer arrived in 1513. In the beginning of April this man with his crew landed in the north-east cost of Florida. This place is now called...
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1,458 wordsFlorida History Palmetto Leaves by Harriet Beecher Stowe In this research we are going to examine the issue of Florida history presented by the well known writer of the 19 th century, Harriet Beecher Stowe, in her book Palmetto leaves. One of the core issues addressed in the book was the issue of the education for the ethnic identities in Florida. The author was one of the activists pushing forward the idea of the necessity of the education for all the people including the blacks and other natio...
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Minorities And Women Opposing Sides
532 wordsGovernor Jeb Bush's One Florida Initiative has come into action and there have been many opposing opinions towards this plan since The Board of Regents approved it. Some might say the plan has split Florida in two. Many Florida citizens who support One Florida argue towards opposing positions to give the plan a chance. These supporters believe this state needs a change because of the numerous problems within our school system. Opposing sides argue that they might consider part of, which is the p...
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National Hurricane Center Loss Of Life
1,381 wordsIMPACT OF HURRICANES IN FLORIDA INTRODUCTION According to the National Hurricane Center, a hurricane releases heat energy at a rate of 50 trillion to 200 trillion watts, which is equivalent to the energy from exploding 10 megaton bombs every 20 minutes. With such strength, it is no wonder why these natural disasters have such large destructive impacts on the environment. Furthermore, hurricanes are of extreme importance to Florida, since they have historically plagued the state, especially in 19...
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Elian Gonzalez Janet Reno
5,512 wordsIt began on Thanksgiving day, in November, 1999, when two fisherman pulled the body of a five year old cuban boy out of the waters off the coast of Florida. The boy was Elian Gonzalez. He was one of three survivors of a group of Cuban refugees seeking political asylum and freedom from communist Cuba under Fidel Castro's rule. Elian's mother, Elisabeth Brotons, along with her common-law husband and nine others, drowned when the boat carrying them to the United States capsized and sank. Elisabeth ...
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Hazardous Waste Dispute Resolution
2,240 wordsEnvironmental Cleanup On Air Force Installations Essay, Environmental Cleanup On Air Force Installations I. Introduction To improve the hazardous waste site cleanup process the Air Force (AF), in cooperation with the EPA Region IV and State of Florida, has implemented a facilitated alternate dispute resolution (ADR) partnering process to improve communication and expedite site restoration. The ADR process initiated in Florida represented a significant change from use of litigation as a dispute r...
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Gulf Of Mexico Caribbean Sea
742 wordsFlorida is one of the most appealing states in the U. S. Florida is very Unique in that it has many strong points about it. Florida named for the Spanish feast of flowers, stretches more than four hundred miles from north To south, and nearly as many miles from east to west. Florida has the Privilege to brag about its more than 425 species of birds, 3500 plants, and 65 snakes. Florida is relatively flat, especially in south Florida, rising no Higher than 230 feet above sea level. More than 1700 ...
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Minorities And Women Opposing Sides
534 wordsFlorida Initiative has come into action and there have been many opposing opinions towards this plan since The Board of Regents approved it. Some might say the plan has split Florida in two. Many Florida citizens who support One Florida argue towards opposing positions to give the plan a chance. These supporters believe this state needs a change because of the numerous problems within our school system. Opposing sides argue that they might consider part of, which is the plan that grants schools ...
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White Tailed Deer National Park
1,823 wordsAs the deer fed at the marsh's edge, its tail flickering as it nibbled tender and ripe green growth. Then the nervous animal pauses in its feeding and lifted its head to listen. Whatever hint of danger the deer had sensed was ignored once the threat could not be located. It stamped a forefoot, lowered its head and began to eat once more, this deer had failed to detect a Florida panther that was downwind (going into the wind) crouched low in the underbrush. Amber eyes however, estimated the dista...
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Male Florida Panther Feet Long From The Tip Panthers
474 wordsThe Florida panther s scientific name is Felis con color copy. The Florida panther is in the family of the feline. The Florida panther has been an endangered species since March 11 th, 1967. With an estimate the population of the Florida panther is only 30 to 40. The panther is one of the most rare to the everglades region. The Florida panther is large, with a lengthy tail. The coloration of the Florida panther is a rusty color on the upper part of the body and a dingy white color on the lower p...
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Native Peoples Smithsonian Institution
3,035 wordsDe Soto Legacy of a Conquistador In 1539 Hernando de Soto and five hundred adventurers began on a journey of exploration that would take 4 years and would travel through 10 states in the southeast United States. His goal was to discover a source of wealth, preferably gold, and around his mines establish a settlement. During his travels through La Florida he encountered numerous groups of native peoples, making friends of some and enemies of others. His expedition was not the first in La Florida;...
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Ponce De Leon Juan Ponce De
1,701 wordsJuan Ponce de Leon was born in 1460, in Tierra de Campos Paleia, in Leon, Spain (Ponce, 1996). He came from a noble family and entered the royal household as a page for Pedro Nunez de Guzman, at the Court of Aragon. Later, young Ponce de Leon would become a solider for Spain and fight in the battles to drive the Moors from Granada (Blassingame, 1991). In 1493, Leon sailed with Christopher Columbus on his second voyage to America (Ponce, 1996). He was a member of the forces that enslaved the Indi...
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2,414 wordsPonce de Leon? s Search for the Elusive Fountain Ponce de Leon? s quest for the fountain of youth led to the discovery of Florida and many other unexpected yet significant discoveries. His discoveries helped him to become a rich man and a brave conquistador. On March 3, 1513, Juan Ponce de Leon sailed from the island of Puerto Rico with three ships. After asking King Ferdinand of Spain permission to conquer and settle the island of Bimini, Ponce de Leon set sail on a quest for a mythical fountai...
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Treatment Plants Water Treatment
2,650 wordsRecommendation For Recycling Water in Florida Prepared for: Tom Petty, Chairman Of The Board Department Of Environmental Regulation Board by: Environmental Specialist, Pasco County Florida November 29, 1996 Contents Abstract 2 Executive Summary 3 Introduction... 4 Methods. 4 Results. 5 Basic background information on water reuse in Florid 5 Reclaiming Waste Water in Florida Uses for reclaimed or reused water. 7 Conclusions 7 Recommendations... 7 References Abstract Recommendation for Recycling W...
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3,043 words? ? ? ? ? ? ? As the United States is a nation made up of people from many nations, so the Seminole is a tribe made up of Indians from many tribes. ? (Garbarino 13)? The Seminole are the indigenous people living in southeastern America. ? They lived in what is now Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Mississippi. ? The Seminole had a Muskogean language of the Hokan-Siouan stock. ? (Bookshelf)? The Indian tribes found in the southeast were the Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw...
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