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    seminoles just so they can have the rich soil. Andrew Jackson decided to take action and divide Florida into two counties. What was once known to be West Florida was suddenly called Escambia county and what was once known as Easy Florida was know St. Johns County. Andrew Jackson had suddenly left Pope DuVal to be the Florida leader. Once he became the leader of florida, it was officially known as territory on March, 30, 1822. When northern settlers started intertwining

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    Hello Central Florida! The September finances are closed and the Southeast Region and our Central Florida market had another strong showing. Our total revenue for the SER was up more than $65M compared to the same time last year. The Central Florida market contributed to the SER total by posting a strong revenue improvement of $7.9M YTD over the previous year’s YTD total. Our market continues to be led by healthy revenue growth in Residential (up $5M), Cox Business (up $1.7M) and Cox Media (up $1

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    The Florida Keys celebrates a diverse and colorful history that is full of adventurous tales of Native American Indians, Spanish, pirates, hurricanes, and shipwrecks. Offering the only living coral barrier reef in the U.S, this island archipelago lies along the Florida Strait stretching 200 miles from Biscayrie Bay to the Dry Tortugas. Before Spaniard Ponce De Leon’s expedition in 1573, the Florida Keys was home to Native American Tribes, Calusa and Tequesta. The Spanish named these islands Los Martires

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    The Burmese python has become an invasive species in the Florida Everglades. The reason for this problem is the rapid growth rate of the species occurring all over the Everglades. The species have become pets and then thrown in canals. They also escape from zoos and move from other states because of the warm moist weather. The environment is an excellent breeding ground for the ever growing population of Burmese pythons in the Everglades. Biologists with Everglades National Park confirmed a

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    years, Florida’s population has grown from (19,582,022) to about (20, 974, 964) between the years of 2013 – 2017. Florida’s growth rate was in 2016 was the fourth highest in the nation. The three other states in ahead of Florida were Utah, Nevada and Idaho and the percentage of Florida growth was 1.82 percent (Brinkmann, 2016). Due to the rapid increase in population, some past trends are reoccurring. For example, according to (Wilson, 2017) “there is some evidence that Americans are once again moving

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    exotic or non-native animals have been introduced into the Florida Everglades. Many of Mickey Cray’s animals in the novel Chomp are animals not native to Florida. The vast majority of these creatures are illegally smuggled into Florida. These creatures are then introduced into the wild by irresponsible owners. They pose serious threats to the environment, damaging the natural equilibrium. Most of the exotic animals currently present in Florida arrived there illegally. They are captured, and then smuggled

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    Native to Southeast Asia, Burmese pythons were first observed in the Florida Everglades in the 1980s. Since then, the large reptiles have been spotted in the Florida Keys, an area in which they had not previously been seen. As shown in the Everglades, the pythons can devastate native ecosystems, causing an imbalance in the natural predator-prey relationship between organisms. This is particularly troubling for the Everglades and the Keys as Burmese pythons have now assumed the spot of top predator

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    It’s not too late for these Florida spring vacation deals With a fragile economy still rebounding, it seems that most Spring Breakers would prefer to stay closer to home. This has enabled many Florida locations to offer great bargain discounts to travelers on a budget. This winter season has been one of the most brutal on record; one reason why travelers are looking towards warmer vacation spots. Several Florida locations are focusing on travelers that are on a tight budget and looking to get the

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    If you recently purchased your first large boat, you need to make sure that you meet all the legal requirements in Florida before you haul your boat down to the water. Florida has specific regulations in place for any trailers that are used to haul larger loads, such as a big sail boat, in order to keep you and the motorist around you safe on the road. Trailer Brakes The first thing you need to do is make sure that each wheel of your trailer is equipped with its own set of brakes. You are required

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    During my sophomore year of high school my family went on a cruise for vacation. On March 23rd, 2013, departed from Miami, Florida on the cruise. We stopped at Key West, Florida, San Juan, Puerto Rico, and Cozumel, Mexico. My parents friends and their children came with us on the cruise. My parents, two sisters, and brother, my parents two friends, and their three children were the people that all went. We decided to go on this vacation because we wanted to enjoy the warm weather and experience the

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