(24.5) 9 External links Located five blocks north of University Park is the 38-acre (145,000 m2) Engineering Center which houses a part of the College of Engineering and Computing and is the home of FIU's Motorola Nanofabrication Research Facility the Engineering Center is serviced by the CATS Shuttle FIU's student buses which run throughout the day on weekdays connecting the two parts of campus, Geography Miami has one of the largest television markets in the nation and the second largest in the state of Florida Miami has several major newspapers the main and largest newspaper being the Miami Herald El Nuevo Herald is the major and largest Spanish-language newspaper the Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald are Miami's and South Florida's main major and largest newspapers the papers left their longtime home in downtown Miami in 2013 the newspapers are now headquartered at the former home of U.S Southern Command in Doral, NFL football player The influence of Cuban culture and music history on the music of South Florida is undeniable the 1997 hit album Buena Vista Social Club was performed by a group featuring former stars of the Havana nightclub scene it won a Grammy became a hit and was listed in 2003 by Rolling Stone magazine as #260 in the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time; . As part of the massive PortMiami redevelopment program new ultramodern cruise terminals roadways and parking garages have been constructed Additionally a new gantry crane dock and container storage yards have been constructed along with the electrification of the gantry crane docks to include the conversion of several cranes has been completed in addition the Port acquired two state-of-the-art super post-panamax gantry cranes which are amongst the largest in the world; able to load and unload 22 container (8 foot wide each) or nearly 200 foot wide mega container ships This along with the planned Deep Dredge Project would make it possible for PortMiami to facilitate even the future largest containerships in the world the Maersk Triple E Class the new and restructured roadway system with new lighting landscaping and signage greets visitors to the 'Cruise Capital of the World and Cargo Gateway of the Americas' the roadways will change again with the completion of the PortMiami Tunnel And to enhance cargo port accessibility the newly constructed Security Gates opened at the end of 2006 to increase the processing rate for container trucks and help eliminate the daily traffic backups, The Miami Intermodal Center is a massive transportation hub servicing Metrorail Amtrak Tri-Rail Metrobus Greyhound Lines taxis rental cars MIA Mover private automobiles bicycles and pedestrians adjacent to Miami International Airport Miami Intermodal Center was completed in 2010 and is serving about 150,000 commuters and travelers in the Miami area Phase I of Miami Central Station was completed in 2012 and the Tri-Rail part of Phase II was completed in 2015 but the construction of the Amtrak part remains delayed, Miami's tropical weather allows for year-round outdoor activities the city has numerous marinas rivers bays canals and the Atlantic Ocean which make boating sailing and fishing popular outdoor activities Biscayne Bay has numerous coral reefs that make snorkeling and scuba diving popular There are over 80 parks and gardens in the city the largest and most popular parks are Bayfront Park and Museum Park (located in the heart of Downtown and the location of the American Airlines Arena and Bayside Marketplace) Tropical Park Peacock Park Virginia Key and Watson Island; In 1988 English was affirmed as the state's official language in the Florida Constitution Spanish is also widely spoken especially as immigration has continued from Latin America Twenty percent of the population speak Spanish as their first language Twenty-seven percent of Florida's population reports speaking a mother language other than English and more than 200 first languages other than English are spoken at home in the state, Central Atlantic 3.1 2010 U.S Census Beginning April 26 2004 under then new superintendent Dr Rudy Crew the school year was begun three weeks earlier in order to synchronize the school district with the rest of the state Until this point Miami-Dade County Schools was the only district whose students began school the last week of August rather than the first This measure was also implemented to allow schools more time to ready themselves for the state's FCAT exam. Glenn Hubert Library 2.1 1900s to 1930s: the Magic City Although this grid is easy to understand once one is oriented to it it is not universal in the entire county Hialeah uses its own grid system which is entirely different in its orientation Coral Gables and Miami Lakes use named streets almost exclusively and various smaller municipalities such as Florida City and Homestead use their own grid system along with the Miami-Dade grid system adding to the confusion in the beach cities and parks of Miami Beach Surfside Bal Harbour Sunny Isles and Golden Beach the streets are coordinated with the main grid; however their avenues are named. WBRY is Barry University's student-run campus radio station and is broadcast on 1640 AM Student DJs play "all kinds of music from hip hop to classic rock classical music to inner city blues." Other programming includes sports shows talk shows and daily news; In the 2010s there was a second skyscraper building boom, Service exports: as of 2018 the fastest growing export sector the majority of the companies create a product that requires installation repairs and troubleshooting Service exports is simply a resident of one country providing a service to another country a cloud software platform used by people or companies outside the home country, After learning of the verdict of the McDuffie case one of the worst riots in the history of the United States,[citation needed] the Liberty City Riots of 1980 broke out By the time the rioting ceased three days later over 850 people had been arrested and at least 18 people had died Property damage was estimated at around one hundred million dollars.
False color map of ocean depth in the Atlantic basin. . Florida is the leading state for sales of powerboats Boats sales totaled $1.96 billion in 2013; Miami Dade College (public) Andrea Nagy History The political make-up of congressional and legislative districts has enabled Republicans to control the governorship and most statewide elective offices and 17 of the state's 27 seats in the 2012 House of Representatives Florida has been listed as a swing state in Presidential elections since 1952 voting for the losing candidate only twice in that period of time.
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