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World’s longest wooden roller coaster is getting longer

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World’s longest wooden roller coaster is getting longer
(CNN) — It is just about a yearly prevalence lately — some amusement park is setting a brand new curler coaster document. Possibly it is for velocity. Possibly it is for a particular design function.

The Beast apparently is not going to relaxation on its laurels although. The park introduced in a information launch Wednesday that it is going to lengthen the monitor by 2 toes, solidifying its grip on the document by 24 inches.

How lengthy is The Beast precisely?

Refurbishment of The Beast began in November.

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The Beast has been a size of three,759 toes (or 1,146 meters) in its lengthy life. However when it opens in Might, riders will get pleasure from these 2 further toes due to “offseason retracking and reprofiling work,” the discharge stated.

Clearly, these 2 further toes (.6 meters) are going to fly by fairly darn quick. Maybe extra vital and extra noticeable to the thrill-seekers on the journey shall be a steeper first drop.

Kings Island stated it “has been reprofiled from 45 levels to 53 levels in order that it will possibly come into the tunnel decrease and ship a buttery-smooth transition by way of the primary tunnel and onto the second drop.”

Crews started refurbishing 2,000 toes (610 meters) of the coaster’s monitor again in November.

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Different options of the coaster

The Beast features two pretty serious drops of 137 feet and 141 feet.

The Beast options two fairly severe drops of 137 toes and 141 toes.

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So how a lot time will it take to cowl the brand new 3,761-foot monitor? That is 4 minutes and 10 seconds of journey time. Another hair-raising, yell-inducing Beast stats from Kings Island:

• Vertical drops of 137 toes (41.8 meters) and 141 toes. That latter drop is at an 18-degree angle.

• An underground tunnel on the backside of that 137-foot drop is 125 toes lengthy.

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• That is simply the primary tunnel — there are two extra.

• Eight banked turns and a 540-degree helix tunnel close to the tip.

• Speeds as much as 64.77 miles per hour (about 105 kmh).

Kings Island stated it value $3.5 million to construct The Beast from 1977 to 1979 and that it might value greater than $20 million to recreate it at this time.

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What it is like driving The Beast

The Beast has earned its name according to Martin Lewison (aka Professor Roller Coaster).

The Beast has earned its title in response to Martin Lewison (aka Professor Curler Coaster).

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Martin Lewison, an affiliate professor of enterprise administration at Farmingdale State School on Lengthy Island in New York, is called “Professor Curler Coaster.” He schooled CNN Journey on Wednesday night on what it is wish to journey The Beast.

“I’ve ridden it many occasions. It is undoubtedly a must-ride in the event you go to Kings Island. It is iconic,” Lewison stated.

“For years and years, it was my No. 1 wood coaster. It is actually an expertise.”

Lewison stated the design makes it a journey like no different coaster.

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“It virtually has chapters to it. It is mainly two large halves,” he stated. “It really has two raise hills — for a wood coaster, that’s fairly uncommon.”

His favourite half is when practice flies by way of the encircling woods.

“It is wonderful at night time. A part of the joy is working over the terrain. You are simply kind of careening by way of the darkish.”

He gave particular point out to the 540-degree helix.

“The second raise hill goes in an enormous helix. It is simply so intense. Each time I journey this, I take a look at my spouse and say, ‘That is insane.’ “

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Lewison stated a part of the joy of a wood coaster is that it’s speculated to really feel rickety. “Whenever you hit that helix, you are feeling just like the coaster desires to tear itself aside.”

The Brady Bunch didn’t journey this coaster

Part of the fun of The Beast is how it weaves through woodlands and uses the lay of the land to enhance the ride.

A part of the enjoyable of The Beast is the way it weaves by way of woodlands and makes use of the lay of the land to boost the journey.

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Followers of the basic ABC sitcom “The Brady Bunch” could fondly recall the episode of the household’s outing to Kings Island, the madcap misadventures of shedding and discovering the daddy’s architectural blueprints — and the ending sequence with the household having fun with a journey on a wood coaster.
Nevertheless, Alice, Mike, Carol and the children missed The Beast by six years. The forged filmed their scenes on the park in the summertime of 1973 and took a journey on The Racer, with Eve Plumb (Jan) and Mike Lookinland (Bobby) within the entrance seats.
The Racer, really two coasters on twin tracks that “race” facet by facet to see which practice pulls again into the station first, has been with the park since its opening in 1972.

Kings Island Amusement Park will rejoice its fiftieth anniversary this yr, and it now has 15 curler coasters.

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High picture: This view of The Beast reveals simply how a lot territory the coaster covers. (Kings Island/Cedar Honest Leisure)

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Case 1:23-cr-00257-TSC Document 278 Filed 11/08/24
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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CRIMINAL NO. 23-cr-257 (TSC)
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V.
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DONALD J. TRUMP,
Defendant.
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GOVERNMENT’S UNOPPOSED MOTION TO VACATE BRIEFING SCHEDULE
As a result of the election held on November 5, 2024, the defendant is expected to be
certified as President-elect on January 6, 2025, and inaugurated on January 20, 2025. The
Government respectfully requests that the Court vacate the remaining deadlines in the pretrial
schedule to afford the Government time to assess this unprecedented circumstance and determine
the appropriate course going forward consistent with Department of Justice policy. By
December 2, 2024, the Government will file a status report or otherwise inform the Court of the
result of its deliberations. The Government has consulted with defense counsel, who do not object
to this request.
By:
Respectfully submitted,
JACK SMITH
Special Counsel
/s/Molly Gaston
Molly Gaston
Thomas P. Windom
Senior Assistant Special Counsels
950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Room B-206
Washington, D.C. 20530

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US Treasuries recover post-election losses as investors rethink ‘Trump trades’

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US Treasuries have recovered all the ground lost in a dramatic sell-off sparked by Donald Trump’s election victory, after Federal Reserve chair Jay Powell said it was too early to judge whether the incoming president’s policies would change the interest rate outlook.

The yield on the 10-year Treasury declined to 4.27 per cent in on Friday, below the level where it closed on November 5, the day before the US election result sent a “Trump trade” tearing across global financial markets.

Investors betting that Trump’s plans for tariffs and tax cuts would fuel growth and inflation piled into stocks and dumped bonds on Wednesday, betting that the path of interest rates would need to be higher than previously thought. The 10-year Treasury yield jumped to 4.48 per cent, a four-month high, as the results of the election came in.

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But traders have unwound some of those bets over the subsequent two days, with the dollar also giving up part of its gains.

“I don’t buy that Trump will cause a wave of inflation,” said Matthew Morgan, head of fixed income at Jupiter Asset Management. He pointed to the cooling jobs market as evidence for the manager’s view that market expectations of higher inflation had been overdone.

US stocks rose at the Wall Street open, with S&P 500 up 0.3 per cent and on course for its strongest week of the year, having gained more than 4.5 per cent.

Some investors viewed the initial market reaction to Trump’s victory as a “knee-jerk” response to his campaign rhetoric on tariffs, questioning whether these represented an initial negotiating position and whether broad-based tariffs could get through Congress.

The reversal in mood was encouraged by the Fed’s move on Thursday to cut its benchmark interest rate, as expected, by a quarter-point. Powell said the central bank would not “speculate” on the substance of the election victor’s policies and their effects.

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He was also emphatic that he would not step down early if asked to do so. Investors had worried that, if elected, Trump might use his position to frustrate the Fed’s independence or any move to put up interest rates.

“Ultimately, as Powell said last night, anyone whose job it is to predict the economy will tell you how hard it is,” said William Vaughan, an associate portfolio manager at Brandywine Global Investment Management. “It is important to focus on announced policies rather than pre-election rhetoric, which can often be extreme to win an election.”

Traders in swap markets are putting an about 90 per cent probability that the Fed will cut rates by another quarter point at its next meeting in December.

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Judge strikes down Biden program shielding immigrant spouses from deportation

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Judge strikes down Biden program shielding immigrant spouses from deportation

President Joe Biden is shown speaking with the U.S. Border Patrol and local officials, as he looks over the southern border, Feb. 29, 2024, in Brownsville, Texas, along the Rio Grande.

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A federal judge on Thursday struck down a Biden administration policy that aimed to ease a path to citizenship for some undocumented immigrants who are married to U.S. citizens.

The program, lauded as one of the biggest presidential actions to help immigrant families in years, allowed undocumented spouses and stepchildren of U.S. citizens to apply for a green card without first having to leave the country.

The temporary relief from deportation brought a brief sense of security to some 500,000 immigrants estimated to benefit from the program before Texas-based U.S. District Judge J. Campbell Barker put it on hold in August, days after applicants filed their paperwork.

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Barker ruled Thursday that the Biden administration had overstepped its authority by implementing the program and had stretched the legal interpretation of relevant immigration law “past its breaking point.”

The short-lived Biden administration initiative known as “Keeping Families Together” would have been unlikely to remain in place after Donald Trump took office in January. But its early termination creates greater uncertainty for immigrant families as many are bracing for Trump’s return to the White House.

Trump’s election victory this week sets the stage for a swift crackdown on undocumented individuals after the Republican ran on promises of “mass deportation.” The president-elect energized his supporters on the campaign trail with a litany anti-immigrant statements, including that immigrants were “poisoning the blood” of the nation.

During his first term, Trump appointed Barker as a judge in Tyler, Texas, which lies in the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, a favored venue for advocates pushing conservative arguments.

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Barker had placed the immigration initiative on hold after Texas and 15 other states, led by their Republican attorneys general, filed a legal challenge accusing the executive branch of bypassing Congress to help immigrant families for “blatant political purposes.”

Republicans argued the initiative created costs for their states and could draw more migrants to the U.S.

The policy would have applied to people who have been living continuously in the U.S. for at least 10 years, do not pose a security threat and have utilized the existing legal authority known as “parole in place” that offers deportation protections.

Those married to a citizen by June 17, the day before the program was announced, could pay a $580 application fee and fill out a lengthy application explaining why they deserve humanitarian parole. If approved, applicants would have three years to seek permanent residency and obtain work authorization.

It was not immediately clear Thursday whether anyone had received approval under the program, which only accepted applications for about a week before the federal judge placed it on hold.

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Noncitizen spouses are already eligible for legal status but often have to apply from their home countries. The process typically includes a years-long wait outside of the U.S., which can separate family members with different immigration statuses.

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