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2022 Commonwealth Games review: Barbados

2022 Commonwealth Games review: Barbados

AS the curtain closed on another Commonwealth Games, we take a look back at how each of the netballing nations fared in our team-by-team review series. First up is Barbados, the 12th placed nation that was always up against it given it was the only nation not to have a player competing in any of the three majors netball competitions.

GAMES AT A GANDER

Barbados came into the 2022 Commonwealth Games as the lowest ranked nation competing at the event, so there were no expectations other than to be as competitive as possible for as long as possible. The Bajan Gems copped some rough defeats, particularly at the hands of Australia (78 goals) and Jamaica (79), as well as heavy defeats to both South Africa (55) and Scotland (44). The promising aspect was the final two games, with the loss to Wales – who had beaten Scotland – only being 16 goals. They scored over 40 goals for the first time in the tournament, then were competitive in patches against Trinidad & Tobago for the 11th placed playoff, but ultimately suffered a 63-31 defeat.

STANDOUTS:

The two expected players who have been there and done it before in Shonette Azore-Bruce and Latonia Blackman were impressive in their respective roles. Both are more than capable of playing up either end, but in the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Azore-Bruce played in defense, and Blackman in attack. Both having turned or will turn 40 this year, there is every chance this was their last Commonwealth Games so they could hold their head high. Azore-Bruce finished with a team-high eight rebounds and 24 deflections for the tournament, while Blackman shot with the highest efficiency of 84.3 per cent, finishing second for total goals (58) and goal assists (41).

FUTURE TALENTS:

While the two veterans above will likely bow out of the international scene before too long, Barbados certainly has a high number of young players learning the ropes. A promising attacking talent is Brianna Holder who played out of wing attack but can slide up and step into goal attack too, in a similar role to the way the Roses will look to use Sophie Drakeford-Lewis in the future. She recorded the most feeds (100) and goal assists (51) comfortably, while scoring eight goals from 13 attempts. Defensively, Akeena Stoute is a name to remember for the next decade, with the almost 22-year-old recording eight interceptions (a team-high), and 15 deflections, as well as five rebounds and 19 feeds, able to play goal defense but also the potential for a wing defense role in the future.

SUMMARY

Barbados finished exactly where many would have predicted pre-tournament, with the Bajan Gems just lacking that outstanding, consistent talent that most of the other nations have. In saying that, their veterans and youth have potential, and though it might be unlikely that the Carribean nation will rise too far up the world rankings, the fact the Bajan Gems have now qualified for both the World Cup and Commonwealth Games – and even toured Scotland last year – shows the country is serious about its netball.

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Spin revolution breaks time reversal symmetry of rolling magnets

Symmetry-breaking motion of a magnet: spin revolution

Any rotation changes the trajectory of an object. Particularly, a spinning object acts as a gyroscope moving perpendicularly to the applied force ({mathbf{F}}_{{{text{appl}}}}) and obeying the dynamics of the gyroscope axis ({{varvec{uprho}}}): (frac{{partial {{varvec{uprho}}}}}{partial t} = frac{{R^{2} }}{{I_{{text{cm}}} omega }}({mathbf{L}}_{rho } times {mathbf{F}}_{{{text{appl}}}} ))fifteen. There is, however, an important distinction between a standard gyroscope and a revolving magnet described here: the revolution axis is magnetic. The equation of motion becomes (with (gamma) being the gyromagnetic ratio):

$$partial {mathbf{M}}_{{{text{eq}}}} /partial t = frac{{gamma R^{2} }}{{I_{{text{cm }}} Omega_{{text{R}}} }}({mathbf{L}}_{{text{R}}} times {mathbf{F}}_{{{text{ appl}}}} )$$

(4)

This outcome contains interesting physics. First, a magnetic sphere on an incline should revolve up spontaneously, without any external torque around Mek that is different from ({{varvec{uptau}}}_{{text{B}}}), ({{varvec{uptau}}}_{{{text{Fs}}}}) as well as their sum. Second, the time-reversal symmetry becomes broken as an action of the time operator T on the left side of Eq. (4) (frac{{T({mathbf{M}}_{{{text{eq}}}} )}}{T

(5)

Interestingly, it depends neither on (theta_{{{text{eq}}}}) nor on the mass m. Generally, ({mathbf{v}}_{{text{R}}} ne {mathbf{v}}) (Fig. 2f) and can be found numerically by deriving Mek from Eq. (2), inserting the result into Eq. (1), and solving Eqs. (1)–(4).

Figure 3b shows ({{varvec{Omega}}}_{{text{R}}}) of a NdFeB sphere in three cases: Yo corresponding to the set-up of Fig. 3a with linear velocity ({mathbf{v}} = 5) m/s; II corresponding to the rolling down an incline with (beta = pi /10) and ({mathbf{B}} = ( – 0.95, – 0.22,0.22)10^{ – 5}) T; and III corresponding to the rolling down an incline with (beta = pi /10) and ({mathbf{B}} = (0,1,0)10^{ – 5}) T. As one can see from this data ({{varvec{Omega}}}_{{text{R}}}) can be varied in a broad range by changing the applied force or inclination.

Spin revolution effect in a system of two hard magnets

Now we switch to the SR in time-dependent fields. Let us consider two magnetic spheres, each put into a vertical non-magnetic tube. The tubes are placed close to one another and the spheres arrange themselves on internal sides of the tubes due to the magnetic attraction ({mathbf{F}}_{{text{m}}}^{12}) and ({mathbf{F}}_{{text{m}}}^{21})10 as shown in Fig. 3c,d. If the tubes are rotated about their vertical axes due to ({mathbf{F}}_{{{text{appl}}}}), the spheres rotate initially together with the tubes. At a critical angle (beta)the sum of gravitational and magnetic forces overcomes the frictional force Fs and the spheres move upwards against intuitive expectation that they return to their initial or to somewhat lower positions in response to ({mathbf{F}}_{{text{m}}} + m{mathbf{g}}). The reason for this counterintuitive behavior is the SR emerging at a critical angle (beta)when the net torque ({mathbf{T}}_{{text{cm}}}) vanishes. According to Eq. (4) the Mek (and spheres) should move upwards for any ({mathbf{F}}_{{{text{appl}}}}). Our experiments support the expectation of emerging revolution as well as that of a lifting force defying gravity which tries to push the spheres downwards, and the magnetic interaction attracting the spheres in horizontal direction (see Fig. 3c and Movie S58).

In time-reversal invariant systems, the equations of motion are invariant under the transformation (({mathbf{q}},{mathbf{p}},t) mapsto^{T} ({mathbf{q}}, -{mathbf{p}}, -t)) with what being the coordinates, p the momentum and you the time. In other words, the trajectory in reversed time should be a backward sequence of positions constituting the trajectory in forward time.16,17. To check this, one reverses the momentum p and looks for the corresponding trajectory. If one reverses the rotational momentum of the tubes, the spheres will not go downwards. They will repeatedly move upwards to any tube height (Fig. 4, Movie S58) breaking the time-reversal symmetry. Importantly, this symmetry breaking is neither local, like that of a Lorentz force, nor dissipation-driven. Indeed, the trajectory of a charge due to the Lorentz force becomes time-reversal invariant if the direction of magnetic field is reversed, because ({mathbf{B}} mapsto^{T} – {mathbf{B}}) (see8part D and Fig. S18). The only way to force the spheres moving downwards is to reverse the gravitational force. This operation is, however, forbidden as the forces are even under time-reversal (({mathbf{F}} mapsto^{T} {mathbf{F}})).

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Time-reversal symmetry breaking. (a,b) Side-view of the forward-in-time ((s

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James Erskine says Cameron Smith shouldn’t be judged for taking the money

James Erskine says Cameron Smith shouldn't be judged for taking the money

“Basically, Greg Norman is doing it for money. Of course, he is being highly, highly paid. Greg Norman is a very monetary person. I’m not saying it’s right or wrong. But basically, that’s the truth.

“If anyone says that money is your God, at the end of the day, you sign with LIV.

“It’s called professional golf because of the money, but there’s no doubt that the Greg Norman LIV series does nothing for professional golf. It does help those 48 players make more money than they would actually make normally, and the fact is that most of them are basically past their use-by date.

“It’s destabilizing the fabric of professional golf. I’m on the board of the PGA of Australia and we have to look after all professionals and professionals coming up. They all start as amateurs somewhere and are nurtured through the pathway so they could play golf, and then they get cards and qualify professionally.”

Anyone who plays in a LIV event is automatically banned by the PGA Tour, but Erskine says the bans would not apply in Australia and Smith would be “welcomed with open arms.”

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Despite the current golf divide, Erskine is hopeful the rebel series will help force a proper PGA world tour including Australia and New Zealand in a sport currently dominated by the United States.

“If I was heading up the US, PGA, or the European PGA, I would turn around and say, ‘Come on guys, we’re going to create our own world tour’,” Erskine said.

“With Australia and New Zealand and Asia, golf can find a way forward. A true world tour where all the top players could come and play on a regular basis and play for big money in countries which can’t necessarily raise the huge amount of money required. That would be awesome,” Erskine said.

“That’s what everyone should be striving towards. You could have a choice of watching a proper, US PGA Tour with all the top players playing in Australia, rather than 48 players playing some team thing that no one can understand and basically most of them being has-beens.

“No one watches it. About 80,000 people watch the last one, compared to the average three million people watching a normal PGA Tour event. It’s ridiculous.”

“Everyone’s got to be a bit careful because the shareholders of golf are the people that follow it, the punters that go and watch it and the sponsors who sponsor it.”

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Trump to be deposed by NY AG in civil probe of his business practices

Trump to be deposed by NY AG in civil probe of his business practices

Former President Donald Trump is expected to be deposed by lawyers from New York Attorney General Letitia James’ office Wednesday in his probe into the Trump Organization’s business practices, a lawyer for Trump confirmed to NBC News.

It is unclear whether Trump’s deposition will be in person or over a video conference.

James’ office is considering whether to file a civil suit against Trump and his company and has said in court filings that it has “uncovered substantial evidence establishing numerous misrepresentations in Mr. Trump’s financial statements provided to banks, insurers, and the Internal Revenue Service. ”

These statements were inflated by hundreds of millions of dollars and signed off on by the former president, James has alleged.

The former president has denied wrongdoing and has claimed that the probe by James, a Democrat, is politically motivated.

Posting on his Truth Social platform, Trump said he was in New York City and would see the attorney general “for a continuation of the greatest Witch Hunt in US history! My great company, and myself, are being attacked from all sides. Banana Republic !”

Trump’s two eldest children, Donald Trump Jr. and Ivanka Trump, recently testified in the civil probe. NBC News reported Trump Jr. was interviewed a couple of weeks ago and Ivanka spoke to investigators last week. Neither of them pleaded the Fifth Amendment’s protection against self-incrimination. Sources did not confirm whether their testimony took place in person or virtually.

Earlier this week, Cushman & Wakefield, a commercial real estate firm that appraised several Trump Organization properties, handed over nearly 36,000 documents to the attorney general.

The deposition comes in the wake of the FBI searching Trump’s home at Mar-a-Lago in Florida, with a source familiar with the matter telling NBC News that the search was tied to classified information Trump allegedly took with him from the White House to his Palm Beach resort in January 2021.

rebecca shabad contributed.

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McDonald’s Australia: ‘Disgusting’ trend takes off on social media

A disgusting new trend has emerged where young Australians are mocking McDonald's staff by replacing burger patties with fish

‘Disgusting’ McDonald’s trend takes off across Australia – but fast-food workers are NOT impressed and it’s ruining their days: ‘Grow up mate, that’s not funny’

  • Disgusting new TikTok trend has emerged with Aussies pranking Maccas staff
  • Prank sees people replace Filet-O-Fish patty with a dead fish
  • Customers then attempt to pass it off as a mistake to McDonald’s workers

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A ‘disgusting’ new trend has emerged where young Australians are mocking McDonald’s staff and uploading videos of their encounters to TikTok.

A tradie named Dylan posted a video of himself replacing the processed Filet-O-Fish hoki patty with a dead fish – before attempting to pass it off to McDonald’s staff as their mistake.

The female worker dismisses the attempt, saying she was aware of the viral trend.

‘Yeah, real funny guys. I’ve seen it on TikTok, not tonight,’ she replies.

A disgusting new trend has emerged where young Australians are mocking McDonald's staff by replacing burger patties with fish

A disgusting new trend has emerged where young Australians are mocking McDonald’s staff by replacing burger patties with fish

The clip shows the young man standing in a high-vis vest outside a McDonald’s restaurant, opening the burger to reveal the dead fish inside.

Dylan then walks inside the chain and up to a staff member where he claims to have a complaint.

He again opens the burger for her, before she immediately recognizes what he’s doing.

A tradie named Dylan posted a video of himself replacing a fillet-o-fish protein with a dead fish - before attempting to pass it off to Maccas staff as their mistake

A tradie named Dylan posted a video of himself replacing a fillet-o-fish protein with a dead fish – before attempting to pass it off to Maccas staff as their mistake

‘That’s funny guys, it didn’t come from here,’ she says.

‘It’s real funny, not tonight, we’re busy.’

Australians weren’t impressed with Dylan’s attempted joke and stood up for the hospitality worker.

‘Grow up mate, that’s not funny,’ a man replied.

In a response to Daily Mail Australia, a spokeswoman from McDonald’s said: ‘We can assure our customers, our Filet-O-Fish comes scaled, cooked and delicious.’

Australians slammed for showing no manners at McDonald’s

Australian fast food diners have been slammed for having no manners after leaving a city fast food restaurant littered in rubbish.

A customer waiting for their takeaway order filmed the dining area of ​​the Melbourne city McDonald’s restaurant last month.

Garbage is piled up on the floor and tables – including food wrappers, half-eaten burgers, scattered fries and discarded drinks.

The mess didn’t seem to bother plenty of customers, who took a seat amid the rubbish to eat their food.

‘Melbourne Maccas is something else… They would have to fire me before I cleaned any of this up,’ the uploader wrote.

Australians have slammed the state of a Melbourne McDonald's restaurant left covered with rubbish (pictured)

Australians have slammed the state of a Melbourne McDonald’s restaurant left covered with rubbish (pictured)

Aussies were shocked at the messy surroundings and questioned how people could brazenly throw their rubbish where other customers were eating.

‘Who would sit in that cesspit? I would be furious about the state of that,’ one person wrote.

‘How can people be so inconsiderate, just use the bin,’ another said.

‘And Melbourne is one of the top ten most livable cities in the world?’ a third said.

Some commenters tried to provide an explanation for why the restaurant would be that messy.

‘If this is near the clubs on a Friday or Saturday night it’s not that out of the ordinary,’ one person said.

‘The manager probably tolerates it for the amount of business they’re getting,’ added another.

‘If it’s after midnight the employees might be told to just leave it as it’s a health and safety issue,’ a third said.

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How to use the Chunk Loaders mod in Minecraft

All four of the chunk loaders found in the mod (Image via Minecraft)

Minecraft is a survival game at its core. This means that gaining access to large amounts of resources is vital for players in survival worlds. Thankfully, most of the resources in the game can be farmed. Some examples are automated wood farms or the ethically questionable cow crusher.

Unfortunately, these farms only function when the player is nearby, keeping chunks loaded in, which can be incredibly frustrating. However, the community has created the Chunk Loaders mod, which can keep chunks loaded and farms operating no matter where the player goes.

Note: This process assumes that the player has already downloaded and installed either Forge or Fabric, the prerequisite mod loaders needed to play with any mods at all.

The installation and use of Minecraft’s Chunk Loaders mod, detailed

1) Install the Chunk Loaders mod

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The first thing players are going to need to do is install the chunk loader mod. Players should navigate to the Curse Forge website and search for the mod in the Minecraft mods section. Once they find it, players should install the jar file, placing it within the mods folder of their game’s installation directory.

2) Pick a chunk loader

The recipe for the basic chunk loader (Image via Minecraft)
The recipe for the basic chunk loader (Image via Minecraft)

The Chunk Loaders mod offers four kinds of chunk loaders to players. There is a single chunk loader that can load a single chunk, a basic chunk loader that can load a three by three chunk area, an advanced chunk loader that can load an area of ​​chunks that is five by five, and the ultimate chunk loader that will load a seven by seven area of ​​chunks.

Here’s how these chunks are crafted:

  • The single chunk loader is crafted by placing the basic chunk loader into the crafting grid, which will output nine single chunk loaders.
  • The basic chunk Loader is crafted with a single ender pearl, four obsidian, and four iron ingots.
  • The advanced chunk loader is crafted by using a basic chunk loader, adding four gold ingots and four blaze powder.
  • The ultimate chunk loader can be crafted by players using four Redstone, two eyes of ender, two diamonds, and an advanced chunk loader.

3) Place the chunk loader and decide which chunk to keep loaded

The ultimate chunk loader (Image via Minecraft)
The ultimate chunk loader (Image via Minecraft)

Once the player has decided which chunk loader they want to use, they should decide what area they want to keep loaded at all times. This should either be an area that already has farms in it or a flat area that will be easy to build farms on.

Players should place their chunk loader near the chunks they want to keep loaded as the chunk loader interface only shows nearby chunks.

4) Set the chunk loader

The interface for the chunk loaders (Image via Minecraft)
The interface for the chunk loaders (Image via Minecraft)

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Once the player has decided which chunk loader they will use and which chunks they will keep loaded, players should right-click the chunk loader.

This will open up a map interface that shows the nearby chunks. Players should right-click on the center chunk they want to remain loaded and then exit the interface. The selected chunks will now remain loaded no matter where the player travels.

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Sydney Swans great Josh Kennedy retires

Sydney Swans great Josh Kennedy retires

The powerful midfielder began his career as part of a Hawthorn dynasty established by his famous grandfather John Kennedy as a player and the Hawks’ first premiership coach.

Josh’s father John Kennedy jnr was a multiple premiership player with Hawthorn.

Retiring Swans great Josh Kennedy at the SCG on Tuesday with wife Ana, daughter Isabella and son Emilio.

Retiring Swans great Josh Kennedy at the SCG on Tuesday with wife Ana, daughter Isabella and son Emilio. Credit:Phil Hillyard

Josh played 13 games for Hawthorn but was unable to secure a regular place in the team and moved to the Swans to seek greater opportunities. I have played a further 277 games for the Swans, finishing on 290.

Kennedy spent much of the first half of the season as the medical sub as a new generation of midfielders such as Chad Warner and James Rowbottom continued to assert themselves.

For all the accolades Kennedy collected during his career, including the most contested possessions in the history of the game, Longmire claims it was the powerful midfielder’s ability as a big game player which shone brightest.

“’Joey’ was fortunate enough to play 22 finals. I think in 16 of those, he’s had 15 plus contested possessions. And I think that’s quite unique,” ​​Longmire said.

Josh Kennedy celebrates a goal during the Swans' 2012 grand final win over his former club Hawthorn.

Josh Kennedy celebrates a goal during the Swans’ 2012 grand final win over his former club Hawthorn.Credit:Paul Rovere

“In the 2016 grand finale, when he didn’t get the preparation that he probably would have loved, he came out the next day with 35 possessions and kicked three goals.

“He won our best player in a finals series award four times.

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“So the stats speak for themselves. You knew what you’re going to get out of Josh Kennedy every week during the home-away season, and then you’d go to finals and you knew what you’re going to get, which was another level of game. Very few players can say that.

“He’s been a true epitome of it inside mid[fielder].

“And he’s sat comfortably among some of the all time greats throughout his career, and, he’s as good a player as he is a person.”

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More migrant buses arrive in New York City, days after Mayor Eric Adams scolded Texas Gov. Greg Abbott

More migrant buses arrive in New York City, days after Mayor Eric Adams scolded Texas Gov. Greg Abbott

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Authorities in New York City were on hand for the arrival of another group of migrants who were bussed from Texas after they crossed into the US from Mexico.

Three migrant buses arrived in NYC early morning Wednesday, following the path of the group of 50 migrants who were bussed to the same area on Friday, August 5.

The buses arrived just days after New York City Mayor Eric Adams criticized Texas Gov. Greg Abbott during a press conference on Sunday regarding the mass transit of migrant groups out of Texas and into New York.

Texas has sent thousands of migrants from the border state into Washington, DC, New York City, and other areas.

NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS BLASTS TEXAS GOV. GREG ABBOTT AFTER SECOND BUS OF MIGRANTS ARRIVES: ‘THIS IS HORRIFIC’

Migrants wave as they depart bus in New York City from Texas.

Migrants wave as they depart bus in New York City from Texas.
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While awaiting the arrival of the three new buses early Wednesday, NYC’s Office of Immigrant Affairs Commissioner Manuel Castro accused a “morally corrupt” Abbott of using the bussing of migrants to the Big Apple as a “political ploy” aimed to “foment anti-immigrant sentiment.”

“You cannot take the words of Governor Abbott seriously. He’s demonstrated his moral character with these actions, and they’re disgusting. We do know that people are arriving with a large amount of needs because of the treatment they’ve received in the state of Texas,” Castro said outside The New York Times building in Manhattan. “Again, this must be condemned. This must be looked into. And our federal government will… take steps to hold them accountable.”

“No one is blaming them, but we are condemning this Governor Abbott’s treatment,” he said. “If he wanted to help, he would be bussing them to the actual locations that they need to… meet, to be transported to. But he’s not. He’s transporting people to Washington, DC and to New York City without any communication with us, with the intent of forcing as much harm as possible to our cities.”

Migrants greeted Wednesday morning by volunteers in New York City as they leave bus sent by Texas.

Migrants greeted Wednesday morning by volunteers in New York City as they leave bus sent by Texas.
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At a press conference on Tuesday, Adams threatened to take a busload of New Yorkers to Texas to door knock and help get Abbott out of office for the “good of America,” before then calling for more federal funding to address the influx of migrants to the Big Apple sanctuary city.

“This is horrific when you think about what the governor is doing,” Adams said.

“We’re finding that some of the families are on the bus that wanted to go to other locations, and they were not allowed to do so,” the New York City mayor added. “They were forced on the bus with the understanding that they were going to other locations that they wanted to go to, and when they tried to explain they were not allowed to do so.”

Fox News’ Bill Melugin reported that Adams is calling for federal help because he says 4,000 migrants have arrived in the Big Apple in the last three months.

Melugin pointed out that Texas averages 4,000 migrants crossing its border every day.

FIRST TEXAS BUS OF MIGRANTS ARRIVES IN NYC

Abbott began sending migrants out of his state into liberal cities — thousands of thousands from the US-Mexico border — as a way to bring evidence of the migrant crisis to their doorstep and to bring attention to the issue of illegal immigration in his own state.

“Because of President Biden’s continued refusal to acknowledge the crisis caused by his open border policies, the State of Texas has had to take unprecedented action to keep our communities safe,” Abbott said Friday.

Migrants get off bus Wednesday morning in New York City.

Migrants get off bus Wednesday morning in New York City.
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“In addition to Washington, DC, New York City is the ideal destination for these migrants, who can receive the abundance of city services and housing that Mayor Eric Adams has boasted about within the sanctuary city,” the Texas governor added. “I hope he follows through on his promise of welcoming all migrants with open arms so that our overrun and overwhelmed border towns can find relief.”

Texas has sent over 5,100 migrants to Washington DC, a surge that caused Mayor Muriel Bowser to activate the District of Columbia National Guard.

TEXAS KEEPS PRESSURE ON DC AS MORE MIGRANT BUSES ARRIVE NEAR US CAPITOL

The last group of migrants was sent to the nation’s capital last week and more can be expected, Abbott suggested.

“Believe me, we have more buses headed their way as we speak right now. But this just shows the hypocrisy of these liberal leaders up in the northeast who think that border crisis created by Joe Biden, that is fine as long as it’s Texas that has to deal with it,” Abbott said.

A fourth migrant bus from Texas arrived in Washington, DC, near the US Capitol, Saturday, April 16, 2022.

A fourth migrant bus from Texas arrived in Washington, DC, near the US Capitol, Saturday, April 16, 2022.
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“But as soon as they have to deal with it the real confidence of the crisis, they are up in arms calling for the national guard as you point out dealing with just a tiny fraction of what we had to deal with every single day,” I have added. “We’re going to keep sending those buses up there until they fully understand and most importantly — until the Biden administration does its job to enforce the laws concerning the border.”

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Abbott has invited Adams to the border to witness the immigration crisis, but Adams has declined.

Fox News’ Bradford Betz and Timothy HJ Nerozzi contributed to this report.

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Qantas increases interval between domestic and international from 60 to 90 minutes to reduce baggage mishandling

Qantas increases interval between domestic and international from 60 to 90 minutes to reduce baggage mishandling

Qantas has announced a major change impacting passengers catching a domestic flight before jetting off overseas.

The national carrier has been looking at ways to deny issues around staff shortages which has seen the rate of mishandled bags almost doubled to nine in 1000, up from five in 1000 pre-COVID, The Australian reported.

Passengers connecting from Qantas domestic to international flights in Sydney and Melbourne will have their minimum transfer times extended from 60 minutes to 90 minutes from August 21 in a bid to avoid baggage issues.

The additional “buffer” is considered sufficient for the bags to be successfully transferred without being mishandled amid the current staffing shortage and sickness rates which are 50 per cent higher than normal.

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Customers with an existing booking where the transition between a domestic flight to an international service is less than 90 minutes will be transferred to an earlier domestic flight without charge.

Passengers who will have their flight changed under the new interval will be notified by the airline which said the “vast majority” of travelers would get a flight on the same day.

Qantas CEO Alan Joyce said the measure was to help improve operational performance which had dipped due to the recent staff shortages.

“While there are lots of good reasons why, the simple fact is our operational performance hasn’t been up to the standard our customers are used to, or that we expect of ourselves,” Mr Joyce said.

“We are taking additional steps to get back to our best, which have been shaped by feedback from our frontline teams who are doing a phenomenal job under tough circumstances.

“Bringing our operations back to pre-COVID standard and maintaining our focus on safety is our absolute priority.”

The decision comes just days after it was reported Qantas asked senior executives and other office workers to fill in as baggage handlers amid the staff shortages.

The Australian reported on Monday that the national carrier had called on at least 100 managers and executives to opt into a short-term arrangement over the next three months.

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