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Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers slams GOP primary winner Tim Michels as ‘most extreme and divisive nominee possible’

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers slams GOP primary winner Tim Michels as 'most extreme and divisive nominee possible'

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Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers responded to Trump-endorsed Tim Michels’ projected win in the Republican gubernatorial primary on Tuesday by labeling him as “radical” and “divisive.”

Michels defeated former Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch and two other Republican candidates in the GOP primary, and will face off against Evers in the general election in November.

In a statement following Michels’ projected primary victory, Evers’ campaign said his upcoming Republican opponent is “the most extreme and divisive nominee possible” who will say anything to appease former President Trump.

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers will face off against Trump-endorsed Tim Michels in November's general election.

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers will face off against Trump-endorsed Tim Michels in November’s general election.
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“After a scorched earth primary that’s seen constant attacks and a dizzying race to the radical right, the Republican Party has chosen the most extreme and divisive nominee possible, one that will tell Donald Trump anything just to keep his endorsement,” the statement read. “From abortion and voting rights, to gun safety and public education — Tim Michels has staked out the most extreme positions possible, with the goal of dividing our state and pitting neighbors against one another.”

TRUMP-BACKED TIM MICHELS PROJECTED WINNER IN BATTLEGROUND WISCONSIN’S GOP GOVERNMENT PRIMARY

Michels is a multimillionaire owner of a construction company who used millions of his own money on his campaign. Trump offered his endorsement of him in early June. Michels called Evers a “weak leader” in his victory speech Tuesday night, and vowed to make the governor an “unessential worker come November.”

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Wisconsin Republican gubernatorial candidate Tim Michels, left speaks as former President Trump, right, listens at a rally Aug. 5, 2022, in Waukesha, Wisconsin.

Wisconsin Republican gubernatorial candidate Tim Michels, left speaks as former President Trump, right, listens at a rally Aug. 5, 2022, in Waukesha, Wisconsin.
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The Evers campaign highlighted Michels’ support for an 1849 abortion ban that does not offer exceptions in cases of rape or incest. The governor’s campaign also noted his Republican foe’s questioning of election results, pro-Second Amendment stance and opposition to additional public school funding.

“Tim Michels wants to enforce an abortion ban from 1849 that has no exceptions for rape or incest, and he’s previously said it’s ‘not unreasonable’ for a rape victim to be forced to give birth,” Evers’ campaign said. “Michels has said he’s open to overturning election results if he doesn’t like the outcome, he’s come out against common sense gun safety legislation that would protect our kids, and Michels has even said it was ‘insanity’ to invest more money in our public schools.”

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers' campaign said Republicans chose "the most extreme and divisive nominee possible" in electing Tim Michels.

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers’ campaign said Republicans chose “the most extreme and divisive nominee possible” in electing Tim Michels.
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“While Tim Michels wants to divide our communities, Gov. Evers is committed to bringing people together and working to address rising costs, help small businesses, expand high-speed internet, and give our kids the education they need to thrive,” the statement continued. “There’s a lot at stake this November, and Gov. Evers will always do the right thing for our state.”

Evers, who is seeking a second term as governor following his matchup with Michels in November, faced no primary challenger in Tuesday’s election.

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Samsung Galaxy Buds2 Pro launched – compact design, Hi-Fi, 360 audio and more

Samsung Galaxy Buds2 Pro

Samsung is turning up the heat in the wireless earbuds arena. The company just revealed the new Samsung Galaxy Buds2 Pro, and they’re feature packed, bringing Hi-Fi audio quality, 360 audio and active noise cancellation to the mix, just to name a few.

Samsung Galaxy Buds2 Pro pricing and availability

The Samsung Galaxy Buds2 Pro will be available for pre-order starting August 26 for $229. It’s a little pricey, but remember the AirPods Pro originally cost $249. However, these days you can currently find the AirPods Pro on sale for $159-$179. The Sony WF-1000XM4 earbuds are the most expensive at $249, while the Pixel Buds Pro are currently available for $199, matching the Bose QuietComfort Earbuds.

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Woman says she must shave hair off after bad extensions left her in pain

It’s the bad hair day that went from bad to worse for Kerryn Henry.

Her new hair extensions left her embarrassed and in so much pain she had to cut them out – and now she wants her money back.

The grandmother was forced to cut most of the extensions off her head after a week of hell – because the hairdresser who put them in claimed she did nothing wrong.

“I have no hair here,” she explained, pointing to her head.

“I have patches all in here and sores and I have no hair here.”

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Grandmother Kerryn Henry was forced to cut most of the extensions off her head after a week of hell - because the hairdresser who put them in claimed she did nothing wrong.
Grandmother Kerryn Henry was forced to cut most of the extensions off her head after a week of hell – because the hairdresser who put them in claimed she did nothing wrong. (Nine)

Henry, 51, is newly single after splitting with her husband of 31 years.

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She wanted to feel good post break up, so decided to get a new ‘do’.

The grandmother bought keratin bond hair extensions online and took them to Emily Wallace at LUXX Hair & Beauty Studio in Newcastle, New South Wales, to get them put in.

Henry says Wallace got another girl to help, and she became worried.

“The whole time they were doing it, I kept telling them they were hurting me ’cause they were doing them so close to my root,” she said.

“Emily’s response was, ‘oh yeah’, it’ll be sore but it’ll be fine.”

Henry says she paid $695 for her color and the installation of the extensions, and went home with a throbbing headache.

“That night I was in so much pain I ended up taking Panadol, and Nurofen, and then I ended up taking Panadeine Forte because the pain was so bad,” she said.

Grandmother Kerryn Henry was forced to cut most of the extensions off her head after a week of hell - because the hairdresser who put them in claimed she did nothing wrong.
The grandmother bought keratin bond hair extensions online and took them to Emily Wallace at LUXX Hair & Beauty Studio in Newcastle, New South Wales, to get them put in. (Nine)

After getting hardly any sleep, Henry reached out to Wallace for help.

“She just said, ‘it’ll be ok and you know to give it a couple of days’,” she said.

Henry went back to the salon to have them fixed a few days later.

“All she did was pick up my hair and said, ‘they’re fine, there’s nothing wrong with them,” she said.

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“I said, ‘I actually have sores in the back of my head’.

“She said. ‘no, that’s fine’.

“She made me sign a waiver.”

That Saturday, Henry messaged her again and said she wanted them removed that day because they were so painful.

She said Wallace told her she was fully booked.

So Henry enlisted the help of Hair Extension Specialist Jessie White.

White said that in her opinion, the extensions had been applied incorrectly.

“When she sat down and even moved her hair and pulled her hair apart and she said ‘ow’ and she was in pain. I thought: ‘this must be bad’,” White said.

“Definitely it’s the wrong application. They were way too close to the scalp so they were pretty much touching the scalp, which is a no-no.

“They were very, very tight and they had been overheated so they had melted all through her hair,” she said.

Grandmother Kerryn Henry was forced to cut most of the extensions off her head after a week of hell - because the hairdresser who put them in claimed she did nothing wrong.
A Current Affair approached hairdresser Emily Wallace with the hair and asked her what happened. (Nine)

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White said she spent two and a half hours trying to get some of them out.

“There were sores, hair being ripped out, it was terrible,” she said.

Henry was so desperate to be free from the pain, she cut the rest of the extensions out the next day, leaving her with what she said was “atrocious” hair which she says she’s probably going to have to shave off.

Wallace also told Henry the extensions were not keratin, they were mostly plastic.

White disagrees and did a test to show the extensions weren’t the problem.

“When you light on fire a piece of synthetic hair, normally it just shrivels up like a piece of plastic would do if it’s been melted,” she said.

“100 per cent human hair will just singe, there will be nothing left,” White said.

When A Current Affair ignited one of Kerryn’s hair extensions, it completely burned, showing it was real hair.

Henry said firstly, she wants her money back, and she also wants the hairdresser to say sorry.

“I want an apology. And I want her to admit that she’s wrong,” she said.

A Current Affair approached hairdresser Emily Wallace with the hair and asked her what happened.

Wallace offered Henry $100 back in what she claims is a kind gesture. The grandmother is still waiting for her apology for her.

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LIV Golf Series: Player contracts and prizemoney, PGA Tour, golf news

LIV Golf Series: Player contracts and prizemoney, PGA Tour, golf news

It turns out that at least some players who have ditched the PGA Tour for the riches of the LIV Golf Series aren’t actually earning a dime when it comes to their results in the lucrative, but controversial, Saudi-backed circuit.

That bombshell was revealed Tuesday in US District Court in San Jose, Calif., where a federal judge denied a temporary restraining order for three players currently suspended by the tour after leaving for LIV, the New York Post reports.

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They were seeking to be allowed to play in the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup Playoffs, which begins this week in Memphis.

During the hearing, a lawyer representing LIV said that players’ earnings are counted against the upfront money they receive for joining.

That means a $4 million first-place winner’s check would essentially amount to money a player has already been paid for signing with the rival faction. The lawyer said that not every contract is the same, but also said not all money is guaranteed, before moving on in the case.

That contradicts what a LIV official and some players have said up to this point.

When Brooks Koepka was pressed at the LIV tournament outside Portland, Ore., last month on whether a player’s winnings come out of the signing bonus, the four-time major champion said, “That’s not — no. Nope.” When questioned again on the issue, he said, “No. I don’t know — it’s irrelevant.”

At the end of the press conference in Portland, a LIV official in Portland tried to clear up the matter at the time.

“I just wanted to address [the] question earlier when you were asking about the prize purses and if they are in addition to the contracts,” she said. “The prize purses are in addition to. There is no draw at LIV Golf on any finances,” she said. “We just wanted to, on the record, it’s in addition to. And while you guys have, this is your first event, but you should know that from your contracts. You can test it. Thank you guys.”

That appears to not exactly be the case after all, however, according to one of LIV’s own attorneys.

This article originally appeared on the NY Post and was reproduced with permission.

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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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Samsung Z Flip 4 launch: popular hi-tech flip phone gets upgrade | Samsung

Samsung has unveiled updated versions of its cutting-edge folding-screen devices, including its popular reinvention of the flip phone, the Galaxy Z Flip, adding better cameras, bigger screens and slimmer bodies.

The Galaxy Z Fold 4 and Z Flip 4 were announced on Wednesday during a live-streamed event alongside revamped versions of Samsung’s top Buds Pro earbuds and the Galaxy Watch 5, all containing recycled materials such as ocean-bound plastic.

Galaxy ZFlip 4

The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4 pictured folded and open at 90-degrees.
The Z Flip 4 looks very similar to its popular predecessor with small refinements all round. Photography: Samsung

The Z Flip 4 is the star of the show, building on the success of last year’s model with a more compact body that is smaller in almost every direction with a slimmer hinge and smaller bezels around the 6.7in folding OLED screen.

It also has the fastest Android chip from Qualcomm, a larger battery and an improved pair of 12-megapixel cameras producing brighter and sharper photos, addressing one of the criticisms of its predecessor. It can also be customized with 75 different color combinations for its frame and glass with matching interface themes.

“In a homogenous market of black touchscreen rectangles, it makes sense for Samsung to have products for users that want something that stands out from the crowd,” said James Manning Smith, senior analyst at CCS Insight. “The Z Flip range has been particularly successful in that context, and we expect the Z Flip4 will help further boost Samsung’s growth aspirations in foldables.”

Galaxy ZFold 4

The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 pictured open, closed and face down on a table.
A larger outside screen and shorter body aims to make the Z Fold 4 easier to use when shut. Photography: Samsung

Samsung’s folding tablet, the Z Fold 4, has also been refined with a slimmer hinge, thinner bezels and an 8g weight reduction compared to its ground-breaking predecessor.

When closed the phone is shorter and the screen on the outside is wider to aid in using it like a regular smartphone. The Android 12L software has been developed with Google to better use the folding form and large 7.6in internal screen, featuring a more desktop-like experience and a greater number of third-party apps such as Facebook optimized for its tablet size.

Upgraded cameras on the back bring it up to pair with the Galaxy S22 series released earlier this year, including a brighter 50MP main camera and a 3x optical zoom camera.

“The Z Fold is a more challenging form-factor and arguably is a much more experimental device compared to the Z Flip,” said Manning Smith. “Samsung will be hoping the improvements to its foldable smartphone line up make the phones a more reliable rather risky purchases in the eyes of consumers and it should be applauded for its tireless work in developing the category.”

Galaxy Watch 5

The Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 pictured in multiple different colors on a table.
The Galaxy Watch 5 builds on Samsung’s relaunched partnership with Google and its Wear OS smartwatch software. Photography: Samsung

Samsung’s smartwatch based on Google’s Wear OS has also been upgraded with the Galaxy Watch 5 and bigger Watch 5 Pro. Both new watches have longer battery life, more scratch-resistant screens and durable bodies, now available in 40mm, 44mm and 45mm cases to better fit a range of wrists.

They track a greater number of health metrics, offering guidance and coaching plans building on the reboot of Samsung’s smartwatch efforts since last year.

Galaxy Buds 2 Pro

The Samsung Galaxy Buds 2 Pro pictured in multiple different colours.
The Galaxy Buds 2 Pro are Samsung’s top of the range earbuds, now smaller with better audio and noise cancelling. Photography: Samsung

Samsung’s top Buds 2 Pro earbuds are 15% smaller than their already compact predecessors, with a new pressure vent and improved shape for better comfort.

The upgraded earbuds support 24bit high-resolution audio and noise cancelling, which now removes an extra 3dB of unwanted sound. They feature Dolby head tracking for immersive movie audio, too.

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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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NJ hospital employee arrested after 39 guns, ammo found inside closet

A healthcare worker exists from to the emergency room at Hudson Regional Hospital in Secaucus, New Jersey, on December 11, 2020.

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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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