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Instead, prepare yourself for a weekend of German food, music, themed contests like stein holding and pumpkin bowling, and, of course, beer to welcome fall. Beaches Oktoberfest kicks off their festivities with a Craft-Toberfest party featuring 40 craft breweries and 10 food trucks. CLEARWATER JAZZ HOLIDAY–This international music fest has drawn acts such as Dizzy Gillespie, Tony Bennett and Branford Marsalis.
Cool, classic, custom-built rides enter the cage with over the top flames, scallops, chopped tops, and shaved door handles. This week on My Classic Car…we’ll travel to Canton, OH for the Glenmoor Gathering then we’ll make our way to Summerland, BC to cruise the wine country. The GT World Challenge America series heads to iconic Watkins Glen International in Watkins Glen, New York for round 5 of the championship. My Classic Car travels to Amboy, IL for the Depot Days Car Show then we’ll make our way to Grand Forks, ND and go cruisin in a couple of Chip Foose built hot rods. This week the crew at Five-R take on a 6 month project with quite a few builds including a 2017 Ford F-250 Platinum Edition Super Duty. USA is in Sonoma, California with the X30 Jr, X30 Masters and the S1 Classes.
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Enjoy two nights of a rock-and-roll rodeo featuring some of the Southeast’s best professional bull riders. PEPSI GULF COAST JAM — Floridians love their country music, whether it twangs, trills or has crossover pop appeal. More than 15,000 people gather annually for the Labor Day weekend to sing Dixie tunes while swaying barefoot in Panama City Beach’s sugar-soft sand. NEW SMYRNA BEACH JAZZ FESTIVAL – Enjoy an all-jazz weekend and by dropping in on some of New Smyrna Beach’s intimate music, restaurant and bar venues.
The FEC was already in the freight-only business when Amtrak was created and assumed passenger operations of nearly all U.S. railroads' passenger services in 1971. Periodically, there has been speculation that the southern end of the FEC line might be used for a commuter rail service to complement the existing Tri-Rail line . There has also been some discussion about Amtrak or the State of Florida using FEC lines for a more direct route between Jacksonville and Miami. The company's major income-earning sources are its rock trains, transporting primarily limestone, and intermodal trains. Most of the trains are paired so that they leave simultaneously from their starting points and meet halfway through the run and swap crews, so they are back home at the end of their runs. The FEC pioneered operation with 2 man crews with no crew districts, which they were able to start doing after the 1963 strike.
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TAMPA BAY BLUES FEST – One of Florida’s most popular blues music events returns for the 20th year, set against the beautiful waterfront backdrop of Vinoy Park. Refreshments are plentiful, with seafood, barbeque, Cuban cuisine, beer, wine, and mixed drinks on the menu. FAB FILM-FEST FOURSOME -- There are four film festivals of note in SoFla in April, two on the west coast and two on the east coast .
The nine-time Grammy award winning Emerson String Quartet will be playing the fest as part of its farewell tour and will interpret selections by Haydn, Mendelssohn and Beethoven. ST. AUGUSTINE FILM FESTIVAL — Cinephiles who wish to catch acclaimed indie or foreign films not usually screened in north Florida, will love the lineup curated for St. Augustine’s annual festival. This year’s festival includes four days of live screenings of over 30 movies, many of which are either enjoying their Florida or U.S. theater premieres at the event. Fans will be able to discuss their favorites at nightly after parties. All-Access Festival passes are available now; tickets for individual screenings go on sale on Dec. 16.
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Today’s Consumer Financial Protection Circular explains that when financial institutions charge surprise overdraft fees, sometimes as much as $36, they may be breaking the law. The circular provides some examples of potentially unlawful surprise overdraft fees, including charging penalties on purchases made with a positive balance. These overdraft fees occur when a bank displays that a customer has sufficient available funds to complete a debit card purchase at the time of the transaction, but the consumer is later charged an overdraft fee. Often, the financial institution relies on complex back-office practices to justify charging the fee.
The Stock Market Crash of 1929 and Great Depression were harsh on the FEC. The railroad declared bankruptcy and was in receivership by September 1931, 18 years after Flagler's death. Bus service began to be substituted for trains on the branches in 1932. Streamliners plied the rails between 1939 and 1963, including The East Coast Champion , The Florida Special , City of Miami , Dixie Flagler and South Wind , all of which were jointly operated with the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. The Key West extension cost of $50 million and the lives of hundreds of workmen. Workers toiled under conditions sufficiently cruel and harsh that the US Justice Department prosecuted the FECR under a federal slave-kidnapping law.
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The line sees significant freight traffic since Hialeah Yard has been FEC's main yard for the Miami area since the closure of Buena Vista Yard on the main line. The branch currently ends just south of the airport at Oleander Junction, where it connects with CSX's Homestead Subdivision and the South Florida Rail Corridor. The line was realigned in the 1980s to accommodate the extension of Runway 9/27 at Miami International Airport. The Lake Harbor Branch runs from Fort Pierce in St. Lucie County to Lake Harbor in Palm Beach County. It basically serves the sugar farms in Palm Beach and Hendry Counties. It branches off the main line in Fort Pierce and heads southwest to Marcy, where it turns south along Lake Okeechobee.
We’ll travel to Savannah, Georgia to check out some vintage racing then we’ll make our way to Calgary, Alberta to check out a couple of 50’s Italian sports cars. We’ll travel to Deadwood, SD for Kool Deadwood Nites then we’ll make our way to Abbotsford, BC and go for a spin in a couple of Foose built trucks. This week, Stacey takes you on a tour of several supercars and tries to figure out what exactly makes a supercar a supercar? From a Rolls to a GT, or even a vintage Pantera, we have your supercar fix. Big battle between “Scuba” Steve Medinilla and his ’51 Ford against Nick Holzer and his ’53 Plymouth.
Over 1,400 multinational firms are located in Miami, with many major global organisations headquartering their Latin American operations in the city including Walmart. Additionally, companies based in nearby cities or unincorporated areas of Miami-Dade County include, Benihana, Burger King, Carnival Cruise Line, Navarro Discount Pharmacies, Perry Ellis International, Ryder, Sedano's, UniMás, and U.S. The city's sea-level elevation, coastal location, position just above the Tropic of Cancer, and proximity to the Gulf Stream shape its climate. Average winter high temperatures, from December to March, range from 76.4–80.3 °F (24.7–26.8 °C). January is the coolest month with an average daily temperature of 68.2 °F (20.1 °C). Low temperatures fall below 50 °F (10 °C) about 3 to 4 nights during the winter season, after the passage of cold fronts that produce what little rainfall that falls in the winter.
Followed by Judaism (9%); Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, and a variety of other religions have smaller followings; atheism or no self-identifying organized religious affiliation was practiced by 21%. Hurricane season officially runs from June 1 through November 30, although hurricanes can develop beyond those dates. The most likely time for Miami to be hit is during the peak of the Cape Verde season, which is mid-August through the end of September. Although tornadoes are uncommon in the area, one struck in 1925 and another in 1997.
Building a successful rival to the Google Play Store or App Store would be a huge challenge, though, and Microsoft will need to woo third-party developers if it hopes to make inroads. Microsoft’s acknowledgment of a mobile gaming push comes as the company increasingly positions Xbox Cloud Gaming as an option for mobile gaming on emerging handhelds. Microsoft was quick to support Xbox Cloud Gaming on Valve’s Steam Deck, followed by a partnership with Logitech and Razer for their cloud gaming-focused handhelds. That means a push into mobile gaming could happen on multiple fronts — not just on phones and tablets. For instance, Hollman said the company built an ML feature management platform from the ground up.
NIGHT OF LIGHTS — Long after most of us have taken down our trees and boxed up our lights for another year, the holiday party continues in downtown St. Augustine. And after the crush of December visitors that descend on the city, enjoying the historic district’s millions of twinkling lights with far fewer guests might be just the ticket for a magical date night or quiet family evening out. Not to worry, all the bells and whistles that allow you to personalize your visit are still offered throughout January.
Additional capacity improvements are planned at other ports as well as the FEC's mainline. The Florida East Coast Railway has operated from its relocated headquarters in Jacksonville since it sold the original General Office Building in St. Augustine to Flagler College in late 2006. Its trains run over nearly the same route developed by Henry Flagler, with the addition of the Moultrie Cutoff (St. Augustine to Bunnell), which was built in 1925 to shorten the main line south of St. Augustine. Without a station in Miami, the 1950s-era station in North Miami became the southern terminus. This stripped-down service operated six days a week until it was finally discontinued on July 31, 1968. The strike and the resulting interior rerouting marked the end of long-distance coastal service between Jacksonville and West Palm Beach.
HOLIDAY IN PARADISE – It’s also called Sandi Land, named after Sandi, the world’s only 35-foot, 700-ton tree sculptured out of sand. And this year, you will be able to view Sandi from atop this year’s new addition, Ferris the Ferris Wheel. Hosting nightly music and light shows, Sandi is the centerpiece of this month-long event, but there will be plenty more to marvel at, including 100 tons worth of other sand sculptures. Families are welcome to gather at the foot of Sandi and listen to her tell stories and join in as she sings songs.
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