Florida and Tourism Florida is one of the more popular states of the United States of America. For years now millions have flown thousands of miles to see all its beauty with their own eyes. Children and Adults can enjoy all the entertainment this state provides to each of its visitors. Wheth...

Page 1 The Net Ban Until about seven years ago, net boats were allowed to use their nets anywhere they wished. The industry created many jobs but also destroyed fish habitat. There were arguments both ways about whether or not this should be legal in the state of Florida but it was finally voted...

The Botanic Pride of FloridaThe palm tree is the scent, feel and sight of the tropics. Its beauty is captivating as it sways in the breeze. This beauty is captured in very few places; fortunately we live in one of these providential places, South Florida. Especially here in Miami, palm trees pain...

The Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind was founded in 1885, and now has grown to both public K-12 and University programs with a number of campuses throughout the state. According to the school's website, www.fsdb.k12.us/about, the school provides free admissions for all residents of Florida...

Florida Panther The state mammal of Florida, the Florida panther, was placed on the endangered species list by the federal government in 1967. With around forth panthers remaining, it's about time we did something to protect this graceful predator, but what can we do? One suggested idea is ...

Florida is known for its fertile lands and climate conducive to growing anumber of different types of produce. Most famous for citrus production,Florida also produces a wide range of other crops in addition to orangesand grapefruits. Tomatoes, beans, cabbage, and a host of other fruits andvegetable...

ManateesOne of the most endangered marine mammals in the United States is the Florida manatee. The manatees Latin name is Trichechus Manatus and under the class Mammalia and order Sirenia. All living manatees can be found in warm tropical and subtropical waters, usually of the coast of Florida, Sout...

We the people - How far should we take it. It is our government, our state, what the people say should be law, as long as certain inalienable rights are observed. In 2002, a referendum was placed on the Florida ballot stating the State would build a mass transit sytem "Bullet Train"..The destinati...

Sexual Harassment in Jackson Florida and The Florida School for the Deaf and the BlindBoth the School District of Jacksonville Florida and the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind have a zero tolerance policy on sexual harassment. Unfortunately, sexual harassment is a thing, which all schools ...

Walking Catfish Clarias Batrachus, commonly referred to as the Walking Catfish, is one of Florida's many invasive species. These fish have a long body, a wide anterior, and a slender rear. With small eyes and villiform teeth, the coloration of these fish ranges from dark brown or purple to blac...

Throwing the Book at Kids A twelve-year-old boy, Lionel Tate, brutally beat a six-year-old girl to death in South Florida in 1999. Tate was pretending to be a pro wrestler while he pummeled this girl to death, her liver even had split in half. A Florida law was recently passed which made it ea...

There are a lot of things that annoy me. I'll be at work waiting for a customer to pay and they'll have one hand with a bill and the other hand with change. Since they're too lazy to count the change they give me the bill. When I give them back their change they complain that they hav...

Hurricane Hysteria Florida's four hurricanes in the summer of 2004 were unforgiving and relentless. Acres of citrus and other agricultural products were destroyed. The state's most important industry was grounded to a halt by keeping tourists away from its sandy beaches and fantasy-fil...

"The word 'exotic' has always called to mind visions of the fascinating, unusual, curious, sophisticated, and even the bizarre (Kramer, 1998:5). This term seems to allure people to investigate, comprehend, and even collect exotic paraphernalia-including plants. The phrase "exoti...

The talking dog signifies the magical allure of Florida to both Vanise and Bob in the novel. If a talking dog exists, then certainly anything else can exist, and dreams can come true in Florida, which seems like the Promised Land to both the characters. The dog also signifies the Caribbe...

Introducing a nonnative species into an environment can cause some unexpected problems to the habitat and to native species. Although some introduced species are beneficial, such as food crops, game animals and pets, others can have a negative effect on the environment. Fifteen percent of ...

The existence of Irony in "A Good Man is Hard to Find" Irony is a used in stories to contradict statements or situations to reveal a reality different from what appears to be true. In Flannery O'Connor's "A Good Man Is Hard to Find", the author uses irony as a main func...

East Vs. WestMost Americans have their favorite choice of coastline, either Pacific Ocean or Atlantic Ocean. California AND Florida are the two major tourist attractions states for the average American. Ever wonder how is it really to live there, not just to vacation in the area? So many factors pla...

One of the most pressing legal issues that the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind is facing is issues pertaining to employee hiring, firing and management. Within this area of employment law, the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind has faced several discrimination claims filed against ...

Electrocution is the Only Way Regardless of how barbaric it may be, the electric chair should remain the source of execution used by the state of Florida. It has served as a valid execution tool for the last seventy-five years and there is no reason why it should not continue to do so. I...

Have you ever stopped and wondered how different the United States really is? When I was growing up, it never really crossed my mind until a few days after my Sixteenth birthday. It was then that I discovered I was moving fifteen hundred miles from South Florida to a small town called Port Jerv...

These are illustrations of the "Spaceship Earth" Epcot building in Florida. This directly reflects complex geometrical properties, for this is a unusually prodigious geodesic dome. The geosphere is 165 feet in diameter, 180 feet high (it stands 15 feet off the ground), encompasses 2,200,00...

In the sunny state of Florida, you can't go anywhere without finding fire ants. They pop up inside as well as out, forming giant mounds, invading homes and even cars. Every Floridian knows what they look like; the full grown adults are reddish to dark brown. The male of the species can be either a m...

In the mid-1800s, the wetlands of southern Florida covered an area of almost nine million acres and remained an untamed wilderness into the early 1900s. One hundred years later, the area that once stretched from Lake Okeechobee all the way to the Gulf of Mexico, has now been reduced by more than 50 ...

The Beneficial Effects of Clearcutting The approaches of clearcutting presents major ecological questions especially in Florida. With the ever-present population boom into the state, more areas while be needed for growing communities. The two major approaches to clearcutting are throug...