Field Notes Saturday March 17, 2018 Time 1345 hours 1305 E. 348 St., Anytown, USA 12345 ________________________________________ • 1345 hours received radio dispatch of a report of a domestic violence dispute between caller Mary Sue Jones and her husband. Dispatch advised that Mrs. Jones claimed to have been thrown to the ground and punched in the face by her husband and that the two are currently separated. Dispatch also advised that a second call from a neighbor had been received and that
The Cattle King of Florida Francis Asbury Hendry was commonly referred to as “Berry” and was known as the “Father of Fort Myers.” He was a Mason and a member of the Methodist Church. He spent many years serving in the State Senate and in the House of Representatives. As a soldier, statesman, and cattleman; Captain Francis Asbury Hendry was a strong historical figure who accomplished a lot in life. Berry was born about 18 miles from Thomasville, Georgia on November 19, 1833. His parents were James
occurred during the 2004 Atlantic hurricane season. In the United States Hurricane Charley first impacted the state of Florida. “Hurricane Charley made landfall on the southwest coast of Florida new Cayo Costa, just west of Ft. Myers around 3:45 p.m. EDT on August 13, with maximum sustained surface winds near 150 mph.” (Johnson) Hurricane Charley continued to travel across the Florida peninsula. Hurricane Charley traveled into the Atlantic Ocean and turned towards the north and again made landfall
interpret the previous actions of this particular man’s history of misconduct. About a week ago, Booth was on trial for the murder of 46 year-old Debra Gibson, a confidential informant for the police, as well as witness tampering, at the Volusia County Courthouse in Deland. The case was heard before Circuit Judge Randell H. Rowe, III. Assistant State Attorneys Ryan Will and Ed Davis prosecuted Booth, while J. Peyton Quarles and William F. Hathaway were his defense attorneys. The prosecutors explained
It must have been a hundred degrees when we arrived in Florida. I took off my shirt and used it as a towel to wipe the perspiration off my face. How do Floridians live in this heat? How am I going to live in this heat? Those postcards I’ve seen of people in bathing suits at Daytona Beach must be true because it’s too hot to wear regular clothes. “As soon as we stop, I’m going to cut these pants and make them into shorts,” Big Al said. LeAnn smiled warmly at Big Al, and flirted with well-placed
MARKETING 1. Objectives 18 2. Strategies 18 PERFORMANCE EVALUATION PLAN 20 APPENDICES THE IMC PLAN 1. The IMC Mission To position the Miami Herald as a competitive alternative for readers in Broward, South Palm and Monroe counties. The object is to attract existing readers and consumers of other media products in these areas and to solidify the base of current Miami Herald readers and compete effectively with other publications and media outlets. We want to attract advertisers
progress. With each minute that goes by cars advance less than twenty feet. And while the traffic may open up in some areas, in its entirety I-95 remains congested during the morning and evening hours, as seen in the image where cars on the South Florida Highways line up bumper-to-bumper. The cause for such highway clutter varies, but it is interesting to note the difficulty in explaining highway driving conditions. It is uncertain as to whether the accidents cause traffic congestion or the traffic
region relatively unscathed. Andrew moved nearly due westward when over land and crossed the extreme southern portion of the Florida peninsula in about four hours. Although the hurricane weakened about one category on the during the transit over land, and the pressure rose to about 950 mb, Andrew was still a major hurricane when its eyewall passed over the extreme southwestern Florida coast. The first of two cycles of modest intensification commenced when the eye reached the Gulf of Mexico. Also, the hurricane
often called the “Hearst Castle of the East.” With soaring ceilings, sinuous staircases, beautifully textured walls, and monumental columns, Vizcaya is no shrinking violet! Today the 50-acre property overlooking Biscayne Bay, is owned by Miami-Dade County, and has been marked as a National Historic Landmark. With its beautiful architecture, lush hammock forests, and elegant gardens, the property attracts over a quarter of a million visitors each year. And with good reason! The sheer luxury of the property
The building I chose for my Pre-Plan and Target Hazard Survey is the McDonald’s Restaurant located at 101 South MacDade Boulevard, Darby, Pennsylvania. MacDade Boulevard is a major roadway through the borough of Darby. McDonald’s is situated near the intersection of 11th Street and MacDade Boulevard and the intersection of Springfield Road and MacDade Boulevard in Darby Borough. I chose this building because it is a commercial building with a high volume of both pedestrian and vehicle traffic
Our Language Access program continues to make a positive impact on the Health and Human Services delivery system in Palm Beach County by developing medical interpreting knowledge for bi-lingual staff, enhancing the language skill-set of English-only key staff, improving the Health/Human service providers’ linguistically appropriate services, and helping bi-lingual volunteers to make life better for our communities. Although we have been providing training on interpreting skills to bi-lingual staff
Adoness Hall 3/3/2014 ARC 2201 Dr. Culver Paper Assignment Two “An Examination” Feeling the Miami breeze embrace my skin as, I sit down in the brown leather concourse benches, relaxing in Miami Dade College’s building one. Building one, architecturally speaking is considered to be associated with brutalism architecture. Brutalism is a geometric style that is massive and blocky in appearance. Usually it contains an extreme amount of poured concrete. The style was more notable in the mid-1970s
of police officers. Researchers have looked for the cause of such a decline and have identified low pay as a major reason for the deficiency. Problem Recent protests by City of Miami Police Officers have captured the attention of Miami-Dade County. Protesters are complaining that very low wages have created a scarce supply of police officers in the City of Miami. Better salaries, protesters say, will prevent officers from leaving to higher paying police departments. Many examples exist
their pledges to the capital campaign. One board member said against the renaming, “We feel we made a pledge to the Miami Art Museum, not to the Jorge Pérez Museum.” Furthermore, the land the museum is on was donated by the city and both city and county taxpayers contributed roughly 100 million dollars to the capital campaign. This led citizens questioning why Pérez’s smaller gift of 35 million was allowing him to have the building renamed when the citizens of Miami had donated a larger portion
Invasive Species in Florida Should exotic snakes or other large reptiles be allowed as pets in Florida? Right now these escaped/released feral reptiles create an estimated $120 billion in environmental damage each year according to David Steen on Slates Animal Blog. Exotic snakes such as the python, boa constrictors and anaconda as well as the Monitor and Tegu lizard are taking over central and southern Florida and pose an extreme threat to the eco- system and to the families that are residing there
According to www.miamigov.com, the City of Miami Building Department is responsible for overseeing the development of infrastructure within the City of Miami through the enforcement of state and county developed codes and regulations in order to ensure that new and existing structures are constructed and maintained properly. The Building Department issues building permits, performs inspections of current construction, and investigates complaints regarding the safety of existing structures. This organization
Hurricane Andrew Synoptic description of the disaster : On August 24th, 1992 in the state of Florida, complete destruction was the end result of Hurricane Andrew. A Hurricane that began in the Atlantic ocean at 20mph. That is almost twice the strength that normal hurricanes begin at. The peak strength of Hurricane Andrew was so strong that devices were not able to measure the winds. An approximation of the force of the winds was said to be up to 200mph. Andrew destroyed about 28,000 homes,
Spike Heels The play spike heels was written by Theresa Rebeck and directed by Deborah Mello. I viewed the play spike heels at the Miami Dade Community College Kendall campus auditorium. The play consisted of four characters; there were two males Andrew and Edward and two females Lydia and Georgie. The role of Andrew was performed by Arnaldo Carmouze and the role of Edward was played by Sheaun Mckinney. The part of Georgie was beautifully played by Natalie Morales and Lydia witch was performed
Reasons to move to Boca Raton, Florida. If you ever think about moving to South Florida, there will certainly be no great place like Boca Raton, the second largest city in Palm Beaches. But the city is more than its beaches, with its fast-growing economic environment, public schools with best rating, five colleges, parks and generous public spaces and a lively artistic culture. If you are looking for the South Florida luxurious lifestyle of beaches, boating, and golf or you need a great place to
flash flood come from, a reader might ask? The wall of water was made by the raging winds and immense power of Hurricane Andrew. Hurricane Andrew was the second most expensive storm in history that destroyed over 250,000 homes in the states of Florida and Louisiana alone. Hurricane Andrew was not predicted to make landfall, so when it did many civilians did not have any ideas that the Hurricane was coming until it was almost too late. Hurricane Andrew also caused many short and long term effects