DHSMV Community Update / Informe Comunitario - May 2011

NEW MIAMI OFFICE OPENS: The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles opened the new Miami Driver License Office, located in the Mall of Americas at 7795 West Flagler Street. In addition to providing more services at one convenient location, customers who arrive when there is a 15-minute or longer wait time, will receive a restaurant style pager that will notify the customer when their number is called. This will give customers flexibility to shop or grab a snack at the mall to pass the time while they wait.

The Department is pleased to offer an improved environment for our customers at what is now the largest driver license office in the state. By consolidating a driver license office with two other offices in Miami, we expect to see a significant savings of taxpayer dollars. We encourage customers to skip the trip and conduct their driver license business online, where various services are available. Customers can renew driver licenses, identification cards and vehicle tags, and change an address on their license or identification card from the comfort of their own home or at work by logging on to http://www.flhsmv.gov/.

MOTORCYCLE SAFETY - SHARE THE ROAD: Gov. Rick Scott has proclaimed the month of May as Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month in Florida. The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles is teaming up with military installations in Pensacola, Jacksonville, Tampa and Miami to host news conferences this month that bring attention to motorcycle safety. The month-long focus is a good reminder for all road users that we all have a role to play in motorcycle safety. If you are a motorcycle rider, the following protective gear could save your life:

• Helmet (mandatory for riders age 20 or younger and for riders not covered by an insurance policy providing for at least $10,000 in medical benefits for injuries incurred as a result of a crash while operating or riding on a motorcycle)
• Eye protection (a windscreen on a motorcycle does not qualify as eye protection)
• Foot pegs for passengers
• Proper footwear (protects feet and ankles by giving you a good grip on road surfaces)
• Gloves (keep hands comfortable and protected)
• Jacket and pants (provides protection against sunburn, windburn, dehydration and abrasions)
Click here to find out the requirements to obtain a motorcycle endorsement.

FOR TEEN DRIVERS AND PARENTS: The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles has a parents section on its teen driving website www.flhsmv.gov/teens. The website provides parents with useful information to help them teach their teens to become safe drivers. Florida’s graduated driver licensing program allows teens to obtain a learner’s permit at age 15, which restricts them to driving only under certain conditions with a licensed adult. Other restrictions apply to teens with an operator’s license until their 18th birthday.

To ensure that both parents and teens have a complete understanding of the law, an explanation of each phase of the graduated licensing program and the related restrictions can be found on the website. Certain behaviors are associated with the cause of the high fatality rate of teen drivers including: inexperience and immaturity combined with speed, alcohol consumption, not wearing seatbelts, distractions, drowsiness, and driving when visibility is limited. The website includes a driving guide and a driving log to track the 50 hours of practice that teens must record to obtain their intermediate operator’s license. To visit the website, please go to: www.flhsmv.gov/teens

KIDS SAFETY - Children ages 4 to 7 are too young to fully understand the need to travel in the proper seats for their age. That is why it is recommended parents educate children in this age bracket to sit in booster seats. Overall, booster seats reduce the chance a child will be injured by 59 percent. States with booster seat laws see lower numbers of child fatalities in highway crashes. Booster seats save lives!

Banking & Letters of Credit Series- FCBF-

Global Trade (Topic May 31, 2011)

a. Terminology
b. How it works
c. Documents Called for under L/C
d. Legal Basis for L/C
e. International Trade Payment Methods
f. Risk Situations in L/C Transactions
• Foreign Exchange
• Fraud
• Risks to Applicant, Issuing bank, Advising Bank, Beneficiary, etc.

Business Operating Cycle/Fraud Prevention (Topic Aug. 31, 2011)
a) Terminology
b) Cash Flow Cycle: Control/Reporting
- Receivables
- Inventory
- Payables
c) Fraud

Depreciation 101 (Topic Sept. 30, 2011)
a) Terminology
b) Methods of Depreciation
• Straight Line
• Declining Balance
• Accelerated
c) Impact of Section 179


Small Business Administration (Topic Oct. 31, 2011)
a) Terminology
b) Loan Types
• 7a
• 504
• Express
c) Benefits
d) Eligibility
e) Forms

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Miami Dade College : ArtSmart

Highlights

• The Front Page
• The Florida Center
for the Literary Arts presents
Zoé Valdés
• MDC’s 2011 Annual
Student Exhibitions
• MDC’s Cultura Del Lobo
Performance Series Presents
An Evening with Lenine
• The Writers Institute
of the Florida Center for the
Literary Arts
• Catherine Deneuve at
Miami Dade College’s
Tower Theater





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Miami International Airport --UPDATE NEWS-

Miami International Airport's fuel farm, which supplies fuel to all aircraft at MIA, suffered significant damage from a major second-alarm fire Wednesday night. The farm's fuel tank pumps caught fire because of an undetermined malfunction at approximately 11:00 p.m. More than 40 Miami-Dade Fire Rescue units responded to the fire and fully extinguished it at 1:20 a.m.

The fire's damage rendered MIA's underground hydrant fueling system inoperative on Thursday, requiring the use of tanker trucks for aircraft fueling. Fueling aircraft by tanker versus hydrant pumps requires about twice the time and therefore resulted in major flight delays and cancellations on Thursday. Hub carrier American Airlines, for example, cancelled about 100 outbound flights.

We expect hydrant fueling to be restored on Friday when temporary fuel pumps procured and delivered from Central Florida are installed Thursday night. These pumps are currently on site and will be incorporated into the system so that into-plane fueling can resume.

We have determined that it may be several weeks before the 14 pumps damaged by the fire will be repaired. Until the fueling operation has been fully inspected, and because there is ample fuel on site, the fuel supply from Port Everglades to MIA has been temporarily shut down at least until Friday. The power supply to the pumping system is inoperative and will require repair or generator power. Damage debris also needs to be cleared from the site. The entire fuel supply on site has been inspected and cleared for use.

The ETA for partial system restoration is now 0300 on Friday, March 25th.

Small Business Seminars from MDC School of Business

The Small Business Education Program is a yearly event of the  School of Business of Miami Dade College, focused in supporting new business owners all around Miami Dade County. With the sponsorship and collaboration of many institutions, agencies and senior executives from succesful companies, the Seminar is a very special venue to show our small business people the path to the future.

Every year CAMACOL collaborates with the College promoting the Seminar and also sharing with the participants experiences and tips for developing their sucess. On march 22 concluded a part of this Education Program to a very grateful group of small business-owners who walked away more knowledgeable and prepared than the first day. They learned about preparing a business plan, marketing and advertising, exchanged ideas and experience, networked among themselves, and obtained valuable information about sources of funding. A presentation about the overall benefits of joining CAMACOL was very new to them and they certainly have a clearer picture about CAMACOL.

Some pictures of the Seminar on March 15, about Marketing, Business Plans and promotion experiences.