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Newsletter Volume 2 No. 8
May 2008 |
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In This
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About Us |
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Florida Construction
Connection, Inc., works with employers to not just hire, but
make the right hires.
We work with currently employed construction management,
administrative and accounting professionals to help them make
smart career decisions.
Whether you are
seeking information to help you in your current situation or
seeking information about the marketplace and need help, please
give us a call. |
Florida Construction Connection
Deerfield Beach, FL
Phone: (954) 725-9932
(866) 725-9932
Fax: (954)
725-9928
Email:
flcc@bellsouth.net
floridaconstructionconnection.com |
A
Memorial Salute
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Book Worth Reading: |
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 The
Human Fabric: Unleashing the
Power of Core
Energy in Everyone
by Bijoy
Goswami
Are you a Maven, an Evangelist or a
Relater?
Mavens are knowledge driven. They seek
to discover and create knowledge.
Relaters are relationship driven. They
continuously strive to create new relationships and deepen
the ones they have.
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Evangelists are action driven. They
energize others to take action in the world, and also take
action on their own.
In the human fabric, UNLEASING THE
POWER OF CORE ENERGY IN EVERYONE, Writer DAVID K. WOLPERT
puts co-author BIJOY GOSWAMI’s theories on paper allowing
the reader to get to know the underlying motivations of
themselves and the people they come in contact with.
This is a good read where you will
discover that although no one is solely just a Maven,
Relater or Evangelist that everyone’s core traits when
recognized can take each of us to new social levels.
May you enjoy reading the human fabric.
Suzanne Breistol |
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The New Marlins
Stadium |
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Since the Florida Marlins
inception in April 1993, the team has played at Dolphin Stadium,
a facility built mainly for football. Because the team has to
share the stadium with the NFL's Dolphins, the team has been
trying for nearly a decade to have a new ballpark constructed.
During this time, several plans have been developed on where a
new ballpark should be built. After the Marlins won the World
Series in 2003, the team and Miami Dade County announced plans
to fund a new ballpark. Later in the year the city decided not
to help the team pay for a new stadium. However, in January
2004, the City of Miami proposed building a baseball only
stadium for the Marlins at the site of the Orange Bowl that
would adjoin the existing football stadium along its northern
flank. In May 2004, the Miami-Dade County commissioners agreed
to fund their portion of a new Marlins stadium. The Miami
Dolphins notified the Marlins in December 2004 that they would
end their lease at Dolphin Stadium after the 2010 season.
One of the biggest steps in the
Marlins getting a new ballpark came in February 2005. Miami-Dade
County officials unveiled a financing plan for a $420-$435
million ballpark and parking garage for the Florida Marlins east
of the Orange Bowl. However in May 2005, the Marlins struggles
with the Florida House Legislation continued as they turned down
funding requests of $45 million for a new ballpark. In November
2005, the Marlins negotiations with the City of Miami officially
fell through. Since that time the Marlins have remained
committed to Miami but have explored possible options of
relocating. |
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Future Marlins stadium rendering |
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Location |
1501 NW 3rd St
Miami, Florida 33125 |
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November 2008 (expected) |
| Opened |
April 2011 (expected) |
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Miami-Dade County |
| Surface |
Grass |
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Construction cost |
$525 million |
| Architect |
HOK Sport |
| Tenants |
Miami Marlins (MLB)(2011) |
| Capacity |
37,000 (Baseball) |
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Artist rendering of the
future Marlins stadium
with roof closed and
open.
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As of February 2008,
the Florida Marlins have reached an agreement for a
baseball only ballpark. In December 2007, the
Miami-Dade County Commission voted in favor for two
proposals that would assist in funding. City and
County Commissioners voted on February 21, 2008 to
approve funding for a new ballpark for the Marlins.
Several issues remain including whether city or
county police and fire departments will patrol the
facility. The latest proposal calls for the Marlins
to contribute $155 million, Miami/Dade County $347
million and the City of Miami $13 million. Part of
Miami/Dade County's $347 million contribution, $297
million, would come from tourist tax dollars. At a
total cost of $515 million, if constructed the new
ballpark will have a retractable roof, a seating
capacity of 37,000 and open in April 2011. Not
included is the extra $10 million to go toward the
demolition of the Orange Bowl and the site
preparation that is outside the construction budget.
As part of the agreement the Florida Marlins would
be renamed the Miami Marlins. |
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Source:
BallparksofBaseball.com |
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The
Top Cities with the Most Skyscrapers |
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1. Hong Kong,
China with 7,687 Buildings
The city of Hong Kong has the
greatest skyline in the world! Hong Kong has a whopping 43
buildings over 200 metres tall, 30 of which were built in
the year 2000 or later!!! There are also an number of
residential condominiums with 60 stories. It also boasts
four of the 17 tallest buildings in the world… That's 20% of
the top 20, all in one city!
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2. New York
City, USA with 5,633 Buildings
New York City has an amazing
collection of 48 buildings that stand over 200 metres - the
most in the world! New York city probably has the greatest
heritage in terms of skyscrapers, building the world's first
commercial super-tall. The four tallest buildings in NYC
were all built in the early 1930s! Home of the famous, now
destroyed World Trade Center Towers, the Empire State
building, the Statue of Liberty and the United Nations, New
York City is the financial capital of the western world.
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3. Sao Paulo,
Brazil with 5,180 Buildings
“What building did you say
they lived in?” Finding any building in the largest mass of
condensed apartment buildings anywhere, would be like
finding a needle in a haystack. Sao Paolo has a population
of over 18 million people! While the buildings are not super
tall (with only a single structure at over 200 meters tall)
this skyline is nevertheless completely and utterly stacked.
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4. Singapore,
Singapore with 3,910 Buildings
One of the best (urban)
planned and cleanliest metropolitan cities in the world,
Singapore looks like an architectural city model come to
life. The buildings cannot be higher than 280 metres due to
air traffic control restrictions, but that has added a tall
(but not too tall) and consistent building height and space
pattern that makes this skyline unique: Three buildings are
exactly 280 metres tall and 6 others (9 total) stand at just
over 200 metres.
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5. Seoul,
South Korea with 2,872 Buildings
This city's skyscrapers are
divided into many clusters, spread amongst the main
businesses and residential districts. Most of the recent
growth in Seoul's skyline, however, has been of residential
towers over 60 storeys high that are shooting up like blades
of grass! There are 10 buildings in Seoul over 200 meters
tall and much of the mid-rise to high-rise structures are
lined up in a linear fashion, creating a "wall" of buildings
like no other.
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6. Tokyo,
Japan with 2,771 Buildings
Tokyo is the world's most
populated city and considered by many to be the capital of
the Eastern world. Its skyline has a number of unique
characteristics that set it apart from other big city
skylines, among them 15 structures at over 200 metres tall
(including the Tokyo Tower which changes colors every
night).
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7. Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil with 2,396 Buildings
Its wonderful physical
location gives Rio what is arguably the most beautiful
setting of any city in the world. This cityscape contains
both one natural wonder and one man made wonder of the
world. Rio has few skyscrapers, but is very dense and flat
and looks like a scatter of buildings in a valley (which it
is what it is).
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Information Source:
emporis.com
(the most accredited architectural site)
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Computer Tips
Numbering Cells in
a Word Table |
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There are two ways that you can
number the
cells in a table.
You can manually
number each cell which is fine if you have a
relatively small
table. Alternatively, you can
number the
cells automatically using the
Numbering
button on the toolbar.
To
automatically number
the cells in a table:
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Select the cells you want to
number.
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Click the Numbering
button on the toolbar.
Word will
automatically number
each of the selected cells. If you only want to
number the first
cell in each row, simply select the entire first column in the
table.
Also, as a bonus, you can do this same trick with Word's bullet
feature.
There is one thing about Word's behavior you need to know. If you place the numbers into cells that contain
text and you have used the
Enter
key to create different lines of text in a single cell, the
numbering may not appear as you anticipated.
In the example below, the third cell down used the usual word
wrap for the text, whereas the cell on the right used the Enter
key between words.
As you can see, when the Enter key is used, it will number each
line within the cell. If that isn't the way you want your
document numbered, you should by-pass it by putting your
numbers in their own column on the left. |
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A Memorial Day
Salute Honoring the Men and Women
who Served
and Protected Our Country.
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