Miami-Dade County

Los Angeles is a place where people of different social backgrounds lead increasingly separate, parallel lives. Individuals from all social backgrounds participate in routine activities in micro-spaces throughout the city such as purchasing a cup of coffee or riding the bus to work. These people can be a student going to school or a senior citizen out on a stroll. Even though they may cross paths and share certain spaces on a consistent basis, that does not mean that they live identical lives.…

theatre history, such as the conventions of the Greek, Roman, and Elizabethan eras. I will continue to discuss staging conventions by analyzing and comparing different plays to these eras including Trojan Women by Euripides, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee by William Finn, and The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare. In the Ancient Greek era some of the most prominent aspects of staging conventions…

Lost in Lust The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, with music and lyrics by William Finn, book by Rachel Sheinkin, and conceived by Rebecca Feldman, explores a lighthearted event, as the play title suggests, a middle school spelling bee. I watched the production on February 7, 2016 at 2:00 PM at the University of Washington’s Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse. This production was directed by Brandon Ivie, musically directed by Jordyn Meeker, and choreographed by Steven Sofia. This musical…

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expansion of the Panama Canal, the Port of Miami, also known as PortMiami, is faced with economic challenges and boundless markets of opportunities. Indeed, this will reshape the port development and cargo distribution that will affect one of the most significant economic markets for South Florida. PortMiami is located on Dodge Island just east of the city of Miami. It is a non-operating port owned by Miami-Dade County and managed by the Miami-Dade County Seaport Department. It accommodates…

Carlos Gimenez is the mayor of Miami-Dade County. Carlos Gimenez was born in Havana, Cuba on January 17, 1954. In 1960, his family decided to immigrate to the United States of America in the start is the Cuban Revolution. Gimenez and his family settled in which is now Little Havana in Miami. Gimenez joined the City of Miami Fire Department as a firefighter in the 1970’s and was appointed Fire Chief by the City Manager Cesar Odio in 1991. He served through the year 2000. Gimenez was also a…

immigration on the Miami labor market after the Mariel boatlift. The first study conducted by David card showed that 50% of Cubans that immigrated during the Mariel boatlift decided to reside in Miami permanently ( quote). This resulted in a 7% increase and workers in the Miami market and a 20% increase in the Cuban working population ( Card). The study also showed that the employment rate rose from 5% in April 1987 .1% in July 1980. in 1990 looked at the bottom quarter of workers in Miami and…

immigrant. Health and Illness in my Community Miami-Dade County is a large community with a population estimated in 2015 at 2,666,776(Healthy Communities Institute, 2015). This community is made up of Blacks, Whites, Hispanic, Christians and Jews just to name a few. Upon asking several people about their health status many state “they are healthy”. Upon digging deeper into their answer, we find out that many take prescription medications for hypertension and/or diabetes. Many are smokers,…

Medicaid Services (CMS). It provided the Medicare Advantage (MA) plan penetration rates at the state/county level. In this study we compare the following counties: Broward, Hillsborough, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach, and Orange (Home County). Exhibit 1 shows the market penetration for the months of December throughout 2012-2015. Each line represents a different county. As you can see in Palm Beach County the penetration moved from around 34% in 2012 up to around 37% over the three year period. It…

The Fight to End Homelessness As I drive down the streets of Miami, the first thing that catches my eyes are the amount of homeless people asking for money or sleeping on the hot, dirty sidewalks. We’re always quick to judge these people and call them “crazy” or “drunks” without knowing the battles they have to go through on a daily basis. These people are in a constant struggle to survive every single day. During nights when it’s pouring and we’re all under our lovely roofs, these people are…