The first floor has numerous classrooms auditorium spaces and support services for students such as tutoring the writing center and technology assistance Also on the first floor is a snack stop and a Starbucks the second floor has the reference section cartography (GIS Center) circulation and numerous computer and printing labs the third floor is the home of the Medical Library and includes study lounges as well as a resource center for students of the Honors College the fourth floor houses the special collections department and university archives the fifth floor is the home of the School of Architecture Library as well as the music and audiovisual collections the sixth and seventh floors are strictly quiet floors and contain the general book collection plus numerous student study lounges the eighth floor contains the library's administration offices and technical services departments, I-95 Main article: Transportation in Florida, Since its signing the State of Florida reports that it has spent more than $2 billion on the various projects More than 36,000 acres (150 km2) of Stormwater Treatment Areas have been constructed to filter 2,500 short tons (2,300 t) of phosphorus from Everglades waters an STA spanning 17,000 acres (69 km2) was constructed in 2004 making it the largest manmade wetland in the world Fifty-five percent of the land necessary to acquire for restoration has been purchased by the State of Florida totaling 210,167 acres (850.52 km2) a plan to hasten the construction and funding of projects was put into place named "Acceler8" spurring the start of six of eight large construction projects including that of three large reservoirs However federal funds have not been forthcoming; CERP was signed when the U.S government had a budget surplus but since then deficits have renewed and two of CERP's major supporters in Congress retired According to a story in the New York Times state officials say the restoration is lost in a maze of "federal bureaucracy a victim of 'analysis paralysis'" CERP still remains controversial as the projects slated for Acceler8 environmental activists note are those that benefit urban areas and regions in the Everglades in desperate need of water are still being neglected suggesting that water is being diverted to make room for more people in an already overtaxed environment. . .
. The early 21st century was characterized by the widespread adoption of information technology for everyday use by classroom teachers students and parents One noteworthy process was the phased introduction of Excelsior Software's Electronic Gradebook Riverdeep software BrainPOP TeenBiz and FCAT Explorer During the 2010s Edmodo was also phased into the classrooms of Miami-Dade, An American alligator and an invasive Burmese python in Everglades National Park, One of the first scholars to engage in developing a theory of multinational companies was Canadian economist Stephen Hymer Throughout his academic life he developed theories that sought to explain foreign direct investment (FDI) and why firms become multinational.
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