MADISON, Wis. — What happens to gadgets when you're done with them? Too often, they explode.
Around the world, garbage trucks and recycling centers are going up in flames. The root of the problem: volatile lithium-ion batteries sealed inside our favorite electronics from Apple, Samsung, Microsoft and more. They're not only dangerous but also difficult to take apart — making e-waste less profitable, and contributing to a growing recycling crisis.
For all their benefits at making our devices slim, powerful and easy to recharge, lithium-ion batteries have some big costs. They contain Cobalt, often mined in inhumane circumstances in places like the Congo. And when crushed, punctured, ripped or dropped, lithium-ion batteries can produce what the industry euphemistically calls a "thermal event." It happens because these batteries short circuit when the super-thin separator between their positive and negative parts gets breached. Remember Samsung's exploding Note 7 smartphone? That was a lithium-ion thermal event.
Old devices end up in trouble when we throw them in the trash, stick them in the recycling bin, or even responsibly bring them to an e-waste center. There isn't official data on these fires, but the anecdotal evidence is stark. Since the spring of 2018 alone, batteries have been suspected as the cause of recycling fires in New York, Arizona, Florida, Wisconsin, Indiana, Idaho, Scotland, Australia and New Zealand. In California, a recent survey of waste management facilities found 83 percent had at least one fire over the last two years, of which 40 percent were caused by lithium-ion batteries.
Statistically, the fire rates are low — 1 out of 3,000 mobile device batteries that Cascade handles experiences a thermal event. But when batteries spark other material, the result can be catastrophic. In 2016, the Shoreway Environmental Center that serves Silicon Valley suffered a four-alarm fire it suspects was caused by a lithium-ion battery that went undetected amid other junk in its sorting systems. The fire damage cost $8.5 million.
There's plenty of blame to go around. People shouldn't carelessly throw battery-powered electronics into the bin. Local governments haven't figured out good ways for us to hand off of this common but dangerous material. The tech press (including me) should write less about shiny new things and more about how to make old stuff last longer. Some gadget makers, including Apple, are taking steps to make recycling easier.
But ultimately, this is an environmental problem of the tech industry's own design. And it's time they own it.
It's bad enough that lithium-ion batteries are dangerous. But often, gadgets designed to be thin and portable make the batteries especially difficult to remove.
To see it like a recycler, I spent a day with Flores-Hernandez at Cascade, the e-waste company in Wisconsin. It takes in all kinds of electronics from businesses that pay it to wipe data and recycle - some 257,000 items last year. When it can, Cascade refurbishes devices, or harvests valuable parts. When stuff is too old, Cascade pulls it apart and tries to salvage commodities.
That's easier said than done with some of our favorite mobile devices. Out of his stack of used tablets, Flores-Hernandez shows me a 6-year-old iPad with a shattered screen. Before it could be sent to a shredder, which separates the materials that can be melted down, he has to get out the battery — by hand.
There's no indication Apple products are more likely to catch fire than other devices (though Cascade says they've been the source of all their fires since 2015). But iPads are more difficult to take apart. "On a scale of 1 to 10, I would say this is an 8 or 9," says Flores-Hernandez.
He learned how to do this through a training program from iFixit, an online repair community. Apple and many other manufacturers don't provide instructions or analysis software to recyclers like Cascade. Handling this stuff is tricky even for its makers: Apple stores in Switzerland, Spain and the Netherlands have all experienced battery fires in 2018.
About 30 minutes into iPad surgery comes the most delicate part: prying out the battery glued to the back of the iPad. After heating the iPad again to loosen glue, he uses a series of plastic squeegees to nudge the battery - as flat as a plastic comb and almost as wide as the iPad - out bit by bit.
"Don't bend it. Don't poke it. Just try to go slow," says Flores-Hernandez.
I hold my breath. Our iPad doesn't explode. This time.
Smaller gadgets with lithium-ion batteries like vape pens and headphones are more difficult to detect in a pile of waste, and can be even harder to disassemble. Apple's wireless AirPods, for one, have been dubbed all but impossible to recycle by iFixit because they contain three batteries, each sealed inside plastic.
It's more than just a safety issue, says Cascade's CEO Neil Peters-Michaud. Gluing components together and hiding the batteries also makes recycling less profitable. For the training, safety precautions and effort that went into removing that iPad battery, Cascade will make about 50 cents to $1 in commodities. "Labor and time are money," Peters-Michaud says.
"I just don't understand why Apple doesn't include design features that its users and the reuse-and-recycling community can benefit from to extend the life of their products safely," he says.
The risk is that devices like old iPads could become unrecyclable, at least in economic terms, for scrap companies that aren't getting paid some other way. Today, firms can still make money by reselling iPads. But who's going to process all the old iPads currently marooned in drawers, losing their market value?
"We are reaching the pivot point that it is a more costly process to separate the materials than the value of the materials that can be recovered," says Craig Boswell, the co-founder HOBI International, an e-waste company with locations in Arizona, Illinois and Texas. "That applies not only to the iPad, but most of the designs that have internally sealed batteries."
Gadgets don't have to be designed this way. In 2014, Samsung's flagship Galaxy S5 smartphone had a rechargeable battery that could be easily removed. My old PalmPilot used two AAA alkaline batteries that just pop out. Removable batteries could have helped Apple avoid the debacle in which it got caught slowing iPhones with worn-out batteries - and then had to offer discounted battery replacements to get back in our good graces.
The sealed approach makes electronics thinner, which the companies say we want — removable batteries require additional shielding that takes up space. Sealing in a battery with a life span of just a few years is also a way to force customers to upgrade, though tech giants have said they're not baking planned obsolescence into their designs.
Apple wouldn't answer my questions on its practices.
Last year, Greenpeace graded companies for their overall environmental impact. That included a grade for "product life extension," a measure of how products are designed to be taken apart for repair, reuse and recycling. Most firms, including Apple, Microsoft and Samsung, got D's in that category.
"Designing for repair makes a huge difference in the life cycle impact of the product," says Gary Cook, a senior corporate campaigner at Greenpeace. Some tech companies, including Apple, have actively opposed so-called "right to repair" legislation that would require companies to share information on how to take apart products.
Apple has made some public commitments on recycling. It offers a take-back program, where it pays for products to be properly recycled at facilities it vets. Apple hasn't disclosed how much of the material it creates that it takes back, but other recyclers tell me it's likely a fraction. An industry-funded program called Call2Recycle last year collected 2.7 million pounds of lithium-ion batteries, which it said represents a "single digit percentage" of all the ones sold in the U.S.
Last year, Apple said it was working toward a "closed-loop" supply chain for its products, in which it will someday make products out of recycled or renewable materials only. It has also been working on robots that can recycle some of its products more quickly and safely than humans. Its latest, called Daisy, can disassemble 200 iPhones in an hour.
So far, there's only one Daisy robot (with a second in the works), and Apple hasn't said how many iPhones Daisy has recycled. Recycling companies that handle thousands of different kinds of electronics say they're skeptical they'd reap much benefit from a robot that takes apart only one kind of thing.
Most people I spoke to in the recycling industry agree there's a better fix: Go back to removable batteries.
"You can have very elegant design and high-energy density," says Carl Smith, the CEO of Call2Recycle. "I don't think those are two totally independent notions."
So as a gadget reviewer, let me say this clearly to the tech industry: Give up your thin obsession. We'll happily take electronics with a little extra junk in the trunk if it means we can easily replace batteries to make them last longer - and feel more confident they won't end up igniting a recycling inferno.
Geoffrey A. Fowler is The Washington Post's technology columnist based in San Francisco.


Already, talk is growing of undoing that trigger, as NPR's David Welna reports.
It would take at least seven of the Super Committee's politically divided dozen members to approve any plan they come up with. Last month, at the first meeting of what's known officially as the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, Democratic Co-Chairman Senator Patty Murray had this advice for her fellow panel members.
PATTY MURRAY: A successful final product from this committee will not be one that any one of us would have written on our own, it will have to include compromises on all sides.
WELNA: Republicans, in particular, have insisted anything less than a politically viable deficit reduction plan from the supercommittee by its Thanksgiving eve deadline, would be unacceptable. Here's Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell the week the panel began its work.
MITCH MCCONNELL: Failure is not an option, the committee is structured to succeed.
WELNA: But success is looking increasingly elusive. Speaker of the House John Boehner, last month, ruled out the increased tax revenues Democrats say have to be part of a plan to shrink deficits.
JOHN BOEHNER: Now tax increases, I think, are off the table. And I don't think they're a viable option for the joint committee.
WELNA: Rather than taxing the wealthy more, as Democrats would do, Republicans want only to cut spending, especially on big entitlement programs such as Medicare and Medicaid. So two weeks ago, President Obama drew his own line in the sand.
BARACK OBAMA: I will not support any plan that puts all the burden for closing our deficit on ordinary Americans. And I will veto any bill that changes benefits for those who rely on Medicare, but does not raise serious revenues by asking the wealthiest Americans or biggest corporations to pay their fair share.
WELNA: The gulf between what the president and the speaker of the House consider an acceptable deficit reduction plan, is stoking pessimism about the supercommittee's prospects.
SCOTT LILLY: I think it's quite unlikely that they will reach any kind of agreement.
WELNA: That's Scott Lilly. He's a budget expert at the Center for American Progress, a Democratic-leaning Washington think tank. Despite Lilly's doubts about the supercommittee's success, he does not believe Congress would accept the automatic spending cuts that would be triggered should the panel fail to agree on a plan.
LILLY: I think the trigger is a paper tiger. And I think that more and more people on the supercommittee and across the country are going to begin to realize that. And that won't help the supercommittee arrive at a conclusion. But I think its reality.
WELNA: Congress agreed to that budget slashing trigger back in early August as part of the deal to raise the debt ceiling. Even at the time, number two Senate Republican Jon Kyl declared the cuts in defense spending would be too much.
JON KYLE: The White House has miscalculated. It is so draconian that it will not work, even this president could not implement it.
WELNA: Kyl now sits on the supercommittee. His fellow Arizona Republican, Senator John McCain, plans to block any automatic defense cuts resulting from a failure to agree on a plan.
JOHN MCCAIN: It's all hypothetical. But if a trigger were in effect, you would see an immediate action on the floor of both Houses by those of us who are not ready to see the dismantling of our defense establishment.
WELNA: If across the board spending cuts were triggered, they would be spread out over a decade and not even begin until January of 2013. That would leave lawmakers plenty of time to undo this consequence for inaction that's now written into law, according to GOP strategist and former top Republican aide, Ron Bonjean.
RON BONJEAN: You know, it sounds great at the time when you make a deal, like when we increase the debt ceiling, regarding the punishment. But when it actually comes down the pike, and if the Congress has something to do about it, they may be Lucy trying to take away the football away from Charlie Brown.
WELNA: David Welna, NPR news, the Capitol. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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After a two-year renovation – which is still underway – Belgium's federal opera house La Monnaie is ready to re-open its doors next week, reports Het Nieuwsblad. While it may look more or less the same, the royal theatre promises to impress audiences with a few special innovations.
General director Peter De Caluwé on Tuesday presented the newly renovated La Monnaie to the public. The seats are renewed but look exactly the same, there is a new air conditioning system and the light bulbs have been replaced by more economical LED lighting. But the most remarkable addition is under the stage, hidden from the crowd.
"Under the stage, we have installed four silent hydraulic lifts, allowing us to raise and lower four different parts of the stage together or separately," says Dominique Mertens, who manages the construction projects at La Monnaie. "This will make the performances even more spectacular," he promises.
An underground tunnel, connecting backstage with the stage to facilitate the moving of props, will be ready for use in spring 2018.
La Monnaie covered the cost of the renovation itself, which is why the institution endured a loss of €6.1million last year.
The first performance in the renewed La Monnaie is Pinocchio on 5 September, a work by Belgian composer Philippe Boesmans.


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Nadia Sawalha opens up about her eczema battle and shares her skincare tips
The star has experienced some severe episodes of the skin condition
April 17, 2019 - 17:27 BST Sophie Hamilton Loose Women star Nadia Sawalha has spoken openly about her difficult battle with the skin condition eczema, which has previously caused her to cancel filming. Read her story here…
Actress and presenter Nadia Sawalha has gained an army of fans from her honest approach on lunchtime show Loose Women. The star says it like it is, and that's why we all love her. Nadia always looks so radiant on the show alongside panellists such as Andrea McClean, Coleen Nolan and Stacey Solomon. But while her beauty look appears flawless on screen, the mum-of-two actually battles a common skin condition behind the scenes, that of severe eczema.
We spoke to Nadia about her experience of eczema, which she told us has, at times, made her want to hide away at home. It has also affected her TV work in the past; once Nadia had to fly home from filming in Ibiza after her skin became painful after time in the sun. Thankfully, she has now found a treatment approach that works for her and has teamed up with Cetraben, a Natural Oatmeal Cream for eczema-prone skin.
Nadia reveals that her eczema started years ago and one of her worst 'blow-ups' occurred just after her daughter, now 16, was born. "It got so bad that I had no skin at all on my hands," she remembers. "I would have to go into work with my face totally blown up."
She adds: "For me, it was emotional. It was a real shock after having my baby. I was an older mum, I wasn't really coping very well with it and I was newly married." The presenter had another major blow up of eczema on her face when her husband's nan died two Christmases ago.
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Nadia remembers another bad eczema experience was when she was filming City Hospital Live. She recalls: "It's a very early call on that show; I think you're in makeup at 4am. I had a massive blow up overnight. There was no way I could go sick because they would have had no one for the show, but I couldn't put a single bit of makeup on my face. My face was swollen and my eyes were like currants. I did the opening piece in the foyer and some of the patients were coming down and saying, 'I'm glad you're alright' - and some of these people are terminal. That's how awful it looked."
Nadia has discovered that stress is one of her triggers for her eczema, along with diet and dry skin. "Doctors have checked me and there was very little they could do," she says. "Eventually I took a completely holistic approach."
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The star cut down on wheat and dairy in her diet and noticed a huge difference in her skin. She reveals: "I do eat wheat but if I were to eat wheat every single day, I know I'm going to start getting really itchy hands or it might come up on my face. The biggest things are stress, tiredness and to keep moisturising. I moisturise three times a day with Cetraben cream. If your skin is dry it's going to be so much worse."
The presenter continues: "I have so much sympathy for people with skin complaints because people really recoil. They say, 'What's that? Are you alright?' People don't realise, it's really hurtful. It's a very emotional thing for people when they have a skin condition."
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Makeup can be tricky for Nadia and she's careful about which products she uses. "I use Clinique and a foundation by It from Boots," she tells us. "But what works for one person might not work for another. Always do a skin test for 24 hours before. Go in and ask for a sample so you can be sure. If you buy an expensive foundation and your face blows up, it's a nightmare."
On her skincare routine, Nadia reveals: "I am very slapdash, I have to say. I know you're not supposed to use wipes but I do. I use Simple eye makeup remover, a Simple cleanser and the Cetraben cream three times daily."
Nadia is working with Cetraben, the first eczema-prone skin care range to be approved by the British Skin Foundation. Nadia uses brand new Cetraben Natural Oatmeal Cream containing colloidal oats to soothe and rehydrate her skin, £8.99 from Boots.
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The Commodity Exchange, Inc. ("COMEX" or "Exchange") has received and approved the application of Worldwide Warehouse Solutions LLC for regularity for the storage of aluminum and zinc deliverable against the respective COMEX Aluminum and COMEX Zinc futures contracts at their location in New Orleans, LA.
The approved cumulative indoor and outdoor capacity for aluminum at this location is 15,200 metric tons. The approved indoor capacity for zinc at this location is 10,200 metric tons.
The primary conveyance designated by the Exchange for aluminum shall be truck. Primary conveyance shall be subject to the minimum guaranteed daily load out rate as prescribed in NYMEX Chapter 7, Rule 703.B.3.b., contingent on any pending conveyance orders submitted prior to the primary conveyance order.
The alternate conveyance designated by the Exchange for aluminum shall be rail. The minimum guaranteed daily load out rate for this conveyance shall be 200 metric tons which shall be published in the Interpretations & Special Notices Related to Chapter 7. In electing an alternate conveyance, the minimum guaranteed daily load out rate for the alternate conveyance shall apply absent any pending conveyance orders submitted prior to the alternate conveyance order.
At all times, the regular facility shall be required to meet a cumulative minimum guaranteed daily load out rate as prescribed in NYMEX Chapter 7, Rule 703.B.3.b. for all pending load out orders, on a first come first served basis.
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will be notified of this approval during the week of January 18, 2016 via the weekly notification procedures set out in Part 40 of the CFTC Regulations.


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A rematch of Eastern Kansas League rivals will decide a trip to the state semifinals when the second-ranked Blue Valley Tigers host the fifth-ranked Blue Valley North Mustangs on Friday night.
The Tigers and Mustangs met back in Week 3 of the regular season with Blue Valley coming away with a 25-7 victory. In the game, the Tigers jumped out to a 14-0 first quarter lead and led 17-7 at halftime before adding a fourth-quarter touchdown for the final margin.
Tiger running back William Evans carried 34 times for 158 yards in the game, while quarterback Matthew Dercher passed for 198 yards and three scores. Dercher threw touchdown passes to Evans, Harrison Van Dyne, and Cade Green as six different Tiger receivers caught passes.
Evans (6-0. 207) has rushed for 1,291 yards and 20 touchdowns this season and has been especially effective since the playoffs began. In two playoff games, Evans has rushed for 197 yards and four touchdowns against Shawnee Mission South, and 215 yards and four more scores in last week's win over Olathe South. Evans is a capable pass-catcher with 312 receiving yards and four touchdowns on the year.
Dercher has completed 63 percent of his passes on the season for 2,485 yards and 27 touchdowns this season against only four interceptions.
The Tiger receiving group has been exceptional with seniors Harrison Van Dyne, Cade Green, and Gus Gomez leading the way. Van Dyne has 48 receptions for 890 yards and nine touchdowns, while Green has 32 catches for 598 yards and six scores. Gomez has only played in six games, but has 18 catches for 279 yards and five touchdowns.
Michael Maffry remains one of the state's top defensive players having registered 141 tackles from his linebacker spot.
Blue Valley North has won six consecutive games since a three game losing streak early in the season. Those three losses were to St. Thomas Aquinas (35-14), Blue Valley (25-7), and Bishop Miege (24-6). The Mustangs' ability to hold Blue Valley and Bishop Miege to 25 and 24 points, respectively, should tell you all you need to know about their defense.
That defense is led by safety Harrison Fraizer who has registered a team-high 96 tackles.
On offense, Cole Chapman guides the Mustangs having thrown for 1,438 yards and 16 touchdowns against six interceptions.
Grant Hamel is the Mustangs' leading rusher with 1,156 yards and 11 touchdowns on the season. Hamel missed last week's 20-9 win over Shawnee Mission West due to a nagging injury, but is expected to return.
Tight end Dylan Freberg leads the receiving group with 333 yards and three scores on 31 receptions.
In the first meeting, the Mustang offense was held to just 141 yards of total offense. Chapman completed only six of 26 passes for 68 yards, and Hamel was held to 56 yards rushing on 12 attempts. Blue Valley North will need to get off to a good start to be able to win at Blue Valley on Friday night.
Both teams pulled off "upsets" over higher-seeded teams last week. Free State was a four-point underdog to host Garden City by Prep Power Index and had to travel 335 miles one-way to southwest Kansas. The Firebirds won 42-7. Washburn Rural defeated No. 2 seed Manhattan, 24-21. Each of the opponents were unbeaten this year.
Free State, known for several big road wins in the playoffs the last few years, dominated the Buffs with the longest road trip in school history. Free State has improved its defense throughout the season and running back Jax Dineen and quarterback Dallas Crittenden led the offense.
Free State's first score came on a 10-play, 92-yard drive that ended on a 13-yard scoring pass from Crittenden to Bo Miller. A short field off a punt return from Zion Bowlin set up another score. Keenan Garber returned a punt 61 yards with a minute left in the first half for a 28-0 lead. Garden City had just 46 yards of offense in the first half.
Dineen tallied 115 yards and two scores, and Bowlin had 113 rushing yards and two touchdowns. Crittenden threw for 112 yards. In its seven straight wins, Free State has permitted 59 points and held teams to 112 rushing yards a contest.
Washburn Rural defeated Manhattan for the first time since 1992 and ended a 22-game losing streak versus the Indians. Washburn Rural fell 28-6 in Week 2. The game was tied at 14 entering the fourth quarter. The Junior Blues stopped Manhattan running back Iverson Robb for no gain on the goal line. After the stop, Washburn Rural had a 22-yard field goal for a 17-14 lead.
The Junior Blues later extended the advantage on a 1-yard run from Hunter Browning. Rural quarterback Jordan White rushed for 112 yards and passed for 107. Manhattan slightly won the yardage edge, 297-293.
Washburn Rural has a collective score of 28-15, while Free State is at 39-13. Rural has played the No. 8 SOS in the classification, while Free State is at No. 26, according to PPI. Since 2004, the Firebirds are 6-0 versus Rural, including 42-14 and 35-7 victories the last two seasons.
In the last four years, Free State has made three final fours and one quarterfinal showing, including the semifinals the last two seasons. Rural has its furthest advancement since 1992.
This season, the Firebirds opened 1-2 and haven't lost since. Last year, the Firebirds started 0-3 before eight straight victories. In 2014, Free State was 2-3 before six straight victories. Since the start of 2014, the Firebirds are 7-0 against the Centennial League. Free State continues to improve every year and often makes drastic jumps in some areas as the season progresses. The Firebirds earn the victory.


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The American Dragon Martial Arts Academies school in Clermont, Florida offers real Hapkido training with a certified Korean master. Former students of the Hapkido Brothers Academy in Clermont, Florida are invited to try a Free Hapkido Class with a real Hapkido master, Ki Pyo Lee.
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I am re-posting Grand Master Gary Pointer's comment below.
"As a senior Grand Master in the Hapkido community I must say that it is about time we took a stand against people like this Hapkido Brothers school in Clermont, Florida. We have a moral responsibility to expose people like Billy Burchett to protect the unknowing general public from the fraud that he commits. I applaud your for this post and am thankful for the magazine article about him as well. Grand Master Gregory Glover and myself will be recording a radio show about Billy Burchett this weekend to air July 4th 2010 on http://www.actionradio.net and http://www.martialartsentertainmentradio.com .
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Grand Master Billy Lee is the inspiration for this Hapkido Brothers post. In this post we will expose people like Master Billy Lee, who are claiming to be Hapkido masters but lack even the most basic knowledge of the principles of Hapkido.
The first "B.S." Hapkido Master to be exposed is "Grand Master Billy Lee" of the Hapkido Brothers Academy (Yeah, we thought that school name sounded stupid too). Billy Lee Burchett's skill is laughable and Grand Master Billy Lee purchased a Hapkido rank from the Kido organization. I understand the Kido organization's desire to grow and spread Hapkido but Billy Lee slipped through the cracks. I don't believe that Billy Lee Burchett of the Hapkido Brother's Academy in Clermont, Florida meets their standards for 8th dan. The first time I saw Billy Lee Burchett he was claiming to be a 5th Dan in Hapkido. When I moved back to Florida just three short years later… Billy Lee Burchett was an "8th Dan". Billy Lee Burchett of the Hapkido Brother's Academy in Clermont, Florida went from 5th to 8th dan in just three years? Several of his former students from the Hapkido Brothers Academy asked me how that is possible. It takes that long to go from white belt to black belt in a respectable organization. His real name is Billy Lee Burchett. When asked why Billy Lee Burchett doesn't use his last name on his marketing matterials he said: "It makes me sound more Korean". Is Billy Lee Burchett insane or what? Does Billy Lee Burchett of the Hapkido Brother's Academy in Clermont, Florida really belive that someone is going to mistake him for a "Korean Master" just because he is using the name Lee???
More recently Billy Lee Burchett of the Hapkido Brothers Academy in Clermont, Florida claimed that he, along with seven other Hapkido "Masters" went to China to introduce the Chinese people to Hapkido. This is another lie. Grand Master Song Soon Ki of Korea has had Hapkido schools in China and Mongolia since 1977. LONG before little Billy Lee Burchett of the Hapkido Brother's Academy in Clermont, Florida ever thought of going to China.
If you would like to know more about Billy Lee Burchett be sure to listen to our worldwide radio show at www.actionradio.net where we have done a full hour expose' covering Billy Lee Burchett of the Hapkido Brother's Academy in Clermont, Florida's real background including information from his former Korean Grand Master in Chicago.
People wonder how I can write things like this. Well, it is a public service. If any of the things I said were untrue, little Billy Lee Burchett of the Hapkido Brother's Academy in Clermont, Florida could sue me for slander. But since it is all true, Billy Lee Burchett of the Hapkido Brother's Academy in Clermont, Florida has to just try to justify it with his handful of students. Watch for our upcoming story in www.worldmartialartsmagazine.com too.
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John A. Talbott, P.E., and Keith Cronrath, P.E.
Talbott Associates Consulting Firm
67th General Meeting in Anaheim, California
Category: Incidents
In the summer of 1994, when the Port of Ridgefield, Washington, found that they needed to replace the boiler that provided process steam to their tenant, they were willing to accept a used but reconditioned boiler. A thermal systems company found a 600 hp firetube boiler initially rated for 150 psi internal working pressure, which was manufactured in 1966*. The length of time the boiler had been out of service and the condition of its storage during this time were both unknown factors.
The reconditioned boiler was offered to the Port of Ridgefield, and the offer was accepted. All new instrumentation and safety controls were installed on the boiler and, with the exception of the furnace tube, it was completely retubed. The boiler was inspected and tested to 150 psi September 13, 1994. The tubesheets were dye-tested for cracks, and none were identified. The boiler was then rejacketed and was installed at the Port of Ridgefield. The installation was nearing completion in December of 1994 when additional difficulty with the existing boiler prompted the Port to ask the thermal systems company if the reconditioned boiler could be put in service a little earlier to preclude the expense of repairing the old boiler. The reconditioned boiler was fully operational December 13, 1994, after completion of the adjustment of emission controls. The Port added a chemical injection unit December 15, to prevent corrosion within the boiler. The operator injected an oxygen scavenger. At 11:45 p.m. December 19, the Port security officer observed that the pressure in the boiler was indicated to be 125 psi instead of the 110 psi setting. The security officer called the maintenance superintendent of the Port who was told to shut down the boiler and then restart it in 30 minutes. The boiler water level was reported to be at the proper level before the night maintenance man restarted the boiler. At 1:00 a.m. December 20, the next shift security officer called the maintenance superintendent at home and told him that the boiler was not making a sound, and its internal pressure was indicated to be 0 psi. The maintenance superintendent said not to restart the boiler and he would check it in the morning.
At about 7:45 a.m. December 20, the maintenance superintendent examined the boiler that had been shut down by its own safety controls. He flipped all of the resets without determining which of the safety controls had been tripped. These controls did not have external telltales to indicate which control had been tripped. The only way to determine that would have been to open the control panel to examine physically the markers that are inside. The water level was normal so he restarted the boiler at 8:30 a.m. It was operated under close supervision for about an hour and appeared to be operating satisfactorily. From 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., two employees periodically inspected the boiler and found nothing unusual. At 11:30 a.m. and 1:00 p.m., the maintenance supervisor found the boiler operating normally and the water level was within the correct range.
At about 1:30 p.m., two employees of the Port tenant were in the room that housed the boiler. One of the men heard the boiler pop, and he yelled to his coworker and then ran out of the building. The boiler exploded, and its rear door was blown about 300 feet, striking a railroad tank car. The boiler was propelled about 40 feet in the direction of its burner end, rupturing the steam and natural gas lines, and striking and breaking a large double wooden column supporting the roof trusses, striking and killing the other worker.
The 8-foot-diameter rear door with its refractory insulation weighed about 3 tons. It had been held to the shell of the boiler by 16 bolts that were 7/8" in diameter. Examination of the bolts revealed that they all broke in tension overload. The flue passages had to have been pressurized.
Examination of the fractured joint between the furnace tube and the tubesheet revealed that the 5/8" thick tubesheet had been beveled and welded to the outer diameter of the 7/16" thick furnace tube. A backing bar had been used and left in place, but it was separated from the weld in many areas. The fracture was through the metal of the furnace tube, beginning near the toe of the weld on the water side and then progressed in steps that had little or no deformation. Examination of this stepped fracture indicated that it was a result of laminations in the steel plate from which the furnace tube had been formed.
Laminations as used herein are planes within the steel plate across which there is no metallic bond. They are typically a result of nonmetallic inclusions and gas pockets formed in the ingot when it has been cast and as it solidifies. These most often occur in the top of the ingot in the "pipe end" formed as the ingot solidifies. They may include oxide coating of the bubbles, slag inclusions, refractory inclusions from erosion of the furnace, its spout, the ladle and its spout or orifice, and the passing through of slag on the surface of the molten steel in the ladle.
In rimming steel practice, this pipe end, or cavity, is visible. In killed steel practice, as when aluminum is dropped in the top of the molten ingot to deoxidize the steel and initiate crystallization of the steel by providing sites for the formation of the dendrites, the pipe end is often concealed at least in part. In the customary ingot practice, the pipe end is cropped (i.e., it is cut off and returned for remelting, leaving sound steel only in the ingot). If the crop is not deep enough, the end of the ingot that goes to the rolling mill will still have in it a significant amount of gas bubbles and nonmetallic inclusions. As the ingot is rolled into a bloom and the bloom is rolled into plate, these bubbles and nonmetallic inclusions will be broadened approximately in proportion to the increase in width from the ingot to the finished plate width. At the same time, the gas pockets and nonmetallic inclusions will be extended longitudinally in the plate. As an example, a 1" gas pocket in an ingot having a 2' x 3' cross-section which is rolled into 7/16" plate, 10' wide will have that 1" gas pocket widen to about 3-3/8" and length to almost 55".
Notable in this fracture is the extent of the lamination with up to four laminations occurring in the same thickness, and though not connected continuously in planes, overlapping substantially so that the weld applied to the outer diameter was only attached to the outermost lamination in the steel. Since there was no shear across the plane of the lamination, the only part of the plate that was effective in transferring stress was that between the outside diameter and the nearest lamination. In spots, this reduced the strength of the connection to about one-fifth of what it would have been without the laminations.
There were indications of corrosion products in the zone on the water side of the tubesheet where it joined the furnace tube. There were also areas in which corrosion penetrated into the furnace tube. Although this corrosion was very minor and would have presented no problem if the plate was free of laminations, with the laminations present, the corrosion caused significant further reduction in the strength of the connection.
The slight sagging of the new firetubes and the collapse of the furnace tube were thought by the manufacturer to have been a result of overheating as a result of loss of water. There was also the allegation that pearlite colonies, grain growth, and intergranular voids found in metallurgical samples cut from the boiler tubes supported the hypothesis of overheating as having been the causal factor in the boiler failure. To address this issue, Michael York, P.E., was engaged to test examplar boiler tube sections when exposed to 1,350 degrees F. for various lengths of time to determine if growth of the pearlite colonies or the grain size or intergranular voids could be associated with overheating as could have been possible in the temperature regime of the boiler during the period of use.
The result of this testing was that the pearlite colonies which were found in the furnace tubes spanned the normal range of variations in microstructure of the tube as manufactured. The grain growth was observed exclusively at the inside diameter of the firetube specimens in the subject boiler and found to be a result of the manufacturing process and was consistent with heat from the normal boiler operation when the hot flue gases flow through the firetubes. The metallurgy of the tubes did not indicate they had experienced a high heat condition. The intergranular voids alleged to have occurred were not substantiated in any of the tests.
Under the direction of the chief boiler inspector in Washington, all of the instruments and controls were tested for performance after the accident. All performed properly. The low water cutoffs functioned properly, and the relief valves relieved properly. A major complication in the study was the fact that the Port maintenance supervisor had reset all the controls when he arrived on the morning of the accident without recording which of the controls had been tripped.
Specimens cut from the furnace tube and firetubes were tested chemically and for mechanical properties. All of these tests showed the steel to be in the specified range for ASME SA-285-A for the furnace tube and ASME SA-178-A and SA-273 for the firetubes.
Along the fracture, the tubesheet was found to be flared somewhat.
The laminations reduced the strength of the weld joint between the furnace tube and the tubesheet to less than 20% of the thickness of the plate comprising the furnace tube. The further reduction in strength caused by very moderate corrosion allowed the initial rupture to occur in the firetube at the inner end of the weld to the tubesheet. This rupture caused rapid loss of water from the boiler, allowing steam to fill the flue chamber, blowing off the rear door, and at the same time, propelling the boiler violently in the direction of its burner.
The laminated plate was determined to be defective for use as a furnace tube; this defect was the primary cause of the boiler failure. These defects were latent at the time that the boiler was manufactured. Indeed, they were latent at the time that the steel was manufactured. Because the end of the steel had received a light weld coating, the laminations were not discoverable by dye-checking, as there was no crack at the surface. It is further unlikely that magnetic particle inspection would have detected these flaws. The defects were not discoverable by short-term testing of the boiler with water under 150 psi internal pressure. No defect was found in the design or workmanship of the manufacturer.
Though it is not required under the ASME Code, ultrasonic testing would probably have identified the laminations so that the defective condition of the boiler could have been known and its use prevented until the furnace tube was replaced. Pressure testing of the reconditioned boiler at 150% of its rated pressure may also have caused the boiler to fail the test and prevent its use until it was properly repaired.
There is some question whether the laminations exceeded those allowed in the material specifications. In the opinion of the writers, they were excessive, but there were well-qualified people who disagreed. That issue was not adjudicated since the case was settled without trial.
The allowed laminations in boiler furnace tube plates should probably be reduced from that which the present standard allows. The language must be clearer to prevent disputes in interpretation.
Testing at the rated pressure of repaired and reconditioned boilers is probably inappropriate; the test pressure should probably be on the order of 1.25 to 1.5 times the rated pressure of the boiler.
Where the end of the furnace tube plate has been coated with weld material, neither magnetic particle inspection nor dye-penetrant testing are adequate to identify flaws. Ultrasonic testing is the only means at hand that could have identified those flaws.
Fortunately, the major problem of laminations is being eliminated by the change in steel mill practice. Ingot practice is giving way to pressure casting and continuous casting, neither of which has the potential for gas pockets and nonmetallic inclusions anything like that which is inherent in ingot practice.
(*Note: The initial posting of this article contained an error, stating that the subject boiler had been manufactured in 1996. The text should have read 1966, as it does now.)


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Globalization is Changing
Christian Bluth, Senior Expert, Bertelsmann Stiftung. The Bertelsmann Stiftung is a Knowledge Partner in the Global Trade Series. This article is an overview of the main themes from the book "Europe's Trade Strategy for the Age of Geoeconomic Globalisation".
Original Source: Europe's Trade Strategy for the Age of Geoeconomic Globalisation (ged-project.de)
Since the EU published its most recent trade strategy five years ago, the world has changed dramatically and with it the objectives which trade policy needs to address. The most important of these changes is likely the increasingly geoeconomic nature of globalization.
Trade is used more and more as a tool for power projection rather than the generation of prosperity. Big powers use trade and investment to generate networks of dependencies rather than building institutions to underpin rules-based free trade.
While this is the central challenge for the foreseeable future, trade strategy has a multitude of other challenges and objectives to address, from climate change to the growing frequency of epidemics, from populist protectionism to big power competition.
Non-Political Megatrends
Central non-political megatrends are the fundamental changes in the world's climate and demography, technology developments, and the increased risk of future epidemics.
Climate change is a challenge for trade policy in several ways, especially since big trading nations increasingly use aggressive carbon pricing to meet their emission targets. This risks profoundly changing the costs of production and consequentially the localization of production around the globe.
To prevent leakage, i.e., production moving to low carbon price locations, the EU is contemplating introducing a Carbon Border Adjustment Tax (CBAT), which other trading powers may see as an illegitimate protectionist distortion of trade. I argue that a CBAT is a second-best solution.
The EU should use a political window of opportunity to create a plurilateral agreement with other large industrial nations on coordinating carbon pricing efforts, which would also serve CBAT's environmental objectives without creating similar distortions. The EU should also seek FTAs with countries that have low-cost clean energy to bolster the global competitiveness of energy-intensive EU industries.
Climate change also threatens the world's food supply. While populations are rising, soil surfaces suitable for agricultural production are decreasing, and extreme weather events make yields more volatile. Trade can play an important role in addressing local food shortages. This implies that the rules governing agricultural trade should be adjusted to meet the demands of rising global temperatures.
The size and wealth of populations are an important determinant of a market's attractiveness. Global demographic dynamics, therefore, have important implications for trade policy. While the EU will remain a wealthy region, its relative share of the global population is declining.
It is also unlikely to be a region of the world with the most dynamic growth. This will translate into a gradual depreciation of the EU's bargaining power in trade policy, relative to other more populous and economically emerging world regions.
Generally, the world will be aging, which alters global investment and consumption patterns, a structural change that trade policy can accommodate. Africa's population is expected to rise dramatically, increasing the need to create economic opportunities for a young population.
The EU is falling behind the US and China in cutting-edge patents. Source: Breitinger et al. 2020
Technology is becoming an increasingly important factor in determining competitiveness but also geoeconomic vulnerability or strength. Europe's capacity to innovate is lagging behind that of the US and China.
The EU must increase its innovative capabilities if it is to remain globally competitive. It is also well known that the EU is underperforming when it comes to exploiting the digital revolution's opportunities.
The EU must make it easier for domestic digital business models to grow and scale-up, improving its global competitiveness in this area. While defending important values, such as privacy and data protection, the EU should not succumb to digital protectionism since the availability of digital solutions also matters for Europe's more traditional industries.
In areas where digital solutions or platforms leave it geoeconomically vulnerable, the EU should consider developing its own capabilities or diversifying the services deployed on its territory.
Finally, as the COVID-19 pandemic has shown, epidemics can have severe economic repercussions. As the frequency of epidemics is rising, this is increasingly a concern for trade policy. It is vital that critical medical supply chains continue to be operational and that — from a global perspective — production clusters in one location are avoided. Efforts to monitor supply and demand developments together with increased public stockholding can prevent further recourse to export bans as in Spring 2020.
Political Megatrends
As crucial as these non-political megatrends are, the political megatrends constitute a more urgent threat to which EU trade policy needs to respond. This is particularly true for the accelerating big power competition between the US and China, but also because of the tendency of "weaponizing interdependencies" the continued prevalence of protectionism and populism, and the weakening of multilateral institutions.
Along with many other countries, both the EU and the US share several concerns about the trade implications of China's competition distorting policies. Both find it difficult to obtain a serious policy reaction from China — the US trade war has not yielded much by way of substantial results, the EU's negotiations with China are slow to make progress.
It is time for both trade policy powers to join forces and construct a multilateral initiative to address the distortions of the level playing field — in China, but also within other trading nations. The EU and the US should also use their influence to shore up the multilateral trading system and increase regulatory cooperation to maximize their normative influence.
A core feature of "geoeconomic globalization" is the "weaponization of dependencies." Trade powers seek to create asymmetric interdependencies that give them political leverage over a trading partner.
The EU should therefore be careful about the dependencies it is entering into with other trading powers. The response should, however, not be reshoring of production and the pursuit of autonomy. Rather, the EU should closely monitor its supply network, diversify production chains, and avoid dependency on a single actor (company, country, or region).
In addition, the EU should create strong defense instruments that can be deployed if a trading partner is weaponizing the EU's dependency on it. Such instruments should be defensive in nature, aimed at acting as a deterrent, and the EU should make it clear that it does not intend to use such instruments aggressively, as Europe benefits from global trade integration and an over-assertive strategy may cause trading partners to reduce their dependencies on the EU in turn.
If the deterrent is to become credible, the EU should also seek more streamlined decision-making mechanisms in foreign and security policy.
Rising populism is a serious challenge for EU trade policy. Political developments in trading partners and potentially in the EU and its member states might make trade policy less reliable and more difficult owing to increased politicization. I argue that dealing with protectionist tendencies is best done with domestic policy tools, notably by improving the welfare state and its efficiency; providing insurance against trade-induced shocks. At the same time, it is important to maintain a societal consensus to embrace open trade, which also requires that rules and values are incorporated in trade agreements and enforced.
For the EU as a strong trading power, the weakening of multilateral institutions, particularly the WTO, is another growing challenge. There is a risk that multilateral policymaking will fall victim to big power competition and geoeconomic globalization.
For the EU, it is vital to defend liberal globalization embodied in rules-based trade governance. Therefore, the EU should be careful to avoid any undermining of global economic trade governance, invest political capital in the system, and play a constructive role, together with other nations supportive of liberal global trade, in modernizing the WTO by making it more flexible and effective.
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In near perfect weather conditions the second RNLI Around the Mount Open Water Swim took place on Saturday morning, September 10, raising money towards the Penlee Lifeboat Station Appeal.
With the sun shining over Mount's Bay, calm sea conditions, friends & family cheering from the shore, 72 brave open water swimmers, with an age range of 14-65 years, entered the water at Marazion beach and swam off around St Michael's Mount. They were watched over by the Ivan Ellen, Mollie & Ivor Dent and Paul Alexander lifeboats, RNLI Lifeguards, Penzance Sailing Club safety rib, and members of the Penzance Canoe Club.
Competitors travelled to Marazion from all over the country to take part – Surrey, London, Essex, Dorset and South Wales. Each one had a different reason for embarking on this one-and-a-half mile route around the iconic St. Michael's Mount. The youngest competitor was 14 year old, Lucy Rendle, daughter of the full time mechanic at RNLI Penlee Lifeboat Station, Tony Rendle. This was Lucy's first open water swim and she completed the course in 54.51 minutes with her swim buddy, Fiona Hewett, from Mousehole. Volunteer crewmember at RNLI Penlee, Heath Robinson, also took part and raised an amazing £400 towards the Penlee Lifeboat Station Appeal.
Second place went to Francesca Hayward, also 24 years old, from St Buryan who completed the swim in 40.40 minutes. Francesca, who recently returned to Cornwall and runs a triathlon company called 'Trifreaks', said 'It was a very well organised event and I would definitely take part again. The atmosphere was really good and I enjoyed every minute of the swim'.
Cornwall Wildlife Trust entered a team of ten and raised a total of £600. Mother and daughter swim team, Vicky Muir 39 years, and Christine Brookes 59 years, travelled from Manchester, a round trip of 700 miles, especially to take part in the swim. Vicky said, 'We did the 'Escape from Alcatraz" in San Francisco last year and wanted to do another open water swim in 2016. Swimming around St Michael's Mount was much harder than the Alcatraz swim! We will both be back next year!
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KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 30): Here is a brief recap of some corporate announcements that made news on Wednesday (Nov 30): Axiata Group Bhd, Digi.com Bhd, Leform Bhd, Boustead Holdings Bhd, Pos Malaysia Bhd, AEON Credit Service (M) Bhd, Sime Darby Property Bhd, Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB), Capital A Bhd, Hibiscus Petroleum Bhd, Public Bank Bhd, CIMB Group Holdings Bhd, FGV Holdings Bhd, MSM Malaysia Holdings Bhd, AMMB Holdings Bhd, Bank Islam Malaysia Bhd, Serba Dinamik Holdings Bhd, Mah Sing Group Bhd, Berjaya Corp Bhd (BCorp) and Pesona Metro Holdings Bhd.
The merger of Celcom Axiata Bhd and Digi.com Bhd's telco operations have been completed. With the merger completion, Axiata and Telenor now have equal ownership of 33.1% each in the newly-merged entity named Celcom Digi. Through the combination of scale, competencies, financial strengths, and experiences in serving the diverse needs of Malaysian consumers, Celcom Digi presents a solid proposition to propel the nation's transition towards a digitally enabled high-income society. Axiata Group Bhd's chairman Tan Sri Shahril Ridza Ridzuan said Celcom Digi is strategically poised to invest in network expansion and support the growth of Malaysia's digital ecosystem.
Leform Bhd made a subdued debut on the ACE Market of Bursa Malaysia on Wednesday with its opening share price of 19.5 sen against its initial public offering (IPO) price of 23 sen. The counter closed 5.1% lower than its IPO price, at 18.5 sen. Upon market close, Leform's trading volume stood at 115.62 million shares and was ranked fifth on Bursa's Top Active list on Wednesday. Meanwhile, the company's dividend policies maintain a payout ratio of not less than 20% of its annual audited net earnings. Leform managing director Law Kok Thye said that the RM71.5 million proceeds raised will enable its business expansion plan.
Boustead Holdings Bhd has appointed Izaddeen Daud as its group chief executive officer effective Dec 1, 2022, taking over the leadership from Datuk Seri Mohamed Shazalli Ramly. Izaddeen's appointment was in line with the Boustead Group's Senior Leadership Succession Programme. Prior to his appointment, Izaddeen was Boustead's deputy group managing director from March 1, 2021. He also served as an acting CEO for Boustead Properties Bhd from July 2020 to February 2021.
Tycoon Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar Albukhary's daughter Sharifah Sofia is stepping down as a non-executive director of Pos Malaysia Bhd. Her resignation will be effective Dec 20, 2022. Sharifah Sofia was appointed to the board on April 13, 2018. After serving on the board for almost five years, Sharifah Sofia is set to pursue interests in emerging market investments, an industry she was exposed to earlier, having started her career as a summer analyst in Morgan Stanley, Singapore.
The AEON Consortium — comprising AEON Credit Service (M) Bhd, AEON Financial Service Co Ltd (AFS) and MoneyLion Inc (MLI) — has announced the appointment of Raja Teh Maimunah Raja Abdul Aziz as the chief executive officer of its digital bank that is expected to launch by end of 2023. The Edge reported in October that the former managing director of wholesale banking at AMMB Holdings Bhd (AmBank) was set to join AEON, following market talks about her possible move to the digital bank made rounds since June.
Sime Darby Property Bhd anticipates the group's sales momentum to continue into the financial year ending Dec 31, 2023 (FY2023), albeit weaker due to the global economic uncertainties in the year ahead. Sime Darby Property group managing director Datuk Azmir Merican said during the property developer's third quarter of FY2022 (3QFY2022) results briefing that in line with the expected weaker sales momentum in FY2023, Sime Darby Property's full-year sales target for the upcoming financial year will be lower than what the group will achieve in FY2022. Touching on the headwinds the group expects to weather through in FY2023, Azmir named three core challenges: the continued labour shortage, high building material prices, as well as the interest rate upcycle.
Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) recorded 8.34 million passengers across its network of airports in October 2022, amounting to 71.1% of 11.68 million passengers recorded in the pre-pandemic period of October 2019. The number of passengers in October 2022 was also more than double the 4.1 million passengers recorded in October 2021. The improvement was contributed significantly by traffic recovery in Malaysia, which accounted for 65% of the total figure. Passengers in Malaysia totalled 5.42 million, from 1.31 million a year ago and representing 63.2% of October 2019 levels. This is the second consecutive month where MAHB's Malaysia traffic exceeded five million passengers.
Capital A Bhd, formerly AirAsia Group Bhd, posted a wider net loss of RM901.31 million for its third quarter ended Sept 30, 2022, compared with RM887 million a year earlier, as the group was impacted by a share of loss from associates and foreign exchange losses. This was despite revenue rising by over six folds to RM1.96 billion from RM295.89 million, following the relaxation of travel restrictions, including testing, quarantine and entry requirements. Besides recording a loss of RM226.8 million from associates, Capital A was also severely affected by forex losses to the tune of RM531.2 million — including 2.89 billion baht (RM360 million) recorded by its associated company Asia Aviation Public Company Ltd — due to the depreciation of local currencies against the US dollar.
Hibiscus Petroleum Bhd has entered into its maiden long-term debt facility agreement with four banks — HSBC Bank Malaysia Bhd, Bank of China Malaysia Bhd, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (M) Bhd and Standard Chartered Bank Malaysia Bhd — to raise US$120 million (RM533.7 million). The facility — comprising a US$99 million term loan and a US$21 million revolving credit facility — will be used primarily to drive organic growth plans for current producing and development assets as well as to fund working capital requirements.
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CIMB Group Holdings Bhd posted a net profit of RM1.41 billion for the third quarter ended Sept 30, 2022 versus a net loss of RM100.59 million a year ago. Apart from stronger net interest income, it is worth noting that the banking group incurred a whopping RM1.2 billion goodwill impairment, which was triggered by the prolonged impact of Covid-19 in Thailand, in the previous corresponding quarter that dragged CIMB into the red. Its net interest income after modification loss grew 9.3% to RM2.98 billion for the quarter under review, from RM2.73 billion.
FGV Holdings Bhd registered a near 40% year-on-year fall in net profit in the third quarter ended Sept 30, 2022, dragged down by losses incurred in its sugar producing business. Net profit fell to RM241.67 million from RM399.39 million a year ago, although revenue grew 16% to RM6.18 billion from RM5.32 billion, thanks to higher palm oil prices. The group, which controls a 51% stake in MSM Malaysia Holdings Bhd, said the sugar segment suffered an erosion in margin mainly attributable to high input costs of raw sugar, freight, natural gas and the weakening of the ringgit despite the increase in overall average selling prices. Its plantation segment was also affected by lower fresh fruit bunch production, and increase in manuring and labour costs as a result of the minimum wage implementation.
AMMB Holdings Bhd's net profit for the second quarter ended Sept 30, 2022 rose 35.6% to RM435.40 million, from RM321.04 million a year earlier, on the back of higher loan growth and net interest margin expansion. revenue for the quarter edged up to RM1.18 billion from RM1.12 billion a year ago. The banking group declared an interim dividend of six sen per share, with a dividend payout ratio of 23%.
Bank Islam Malaysia Bhd's net profit for the third quarter ended Sept 30, 2022 jumped 40.57% to RM142.86 million from RM101.63 million in the same period last year mainly due to higher net income offset by higher total overheads. Bank Islam also saw higher tax expenses following a special one-off tax which took effect for the year assessment 2022, as per the Finance Act gazetted in 2021. Additionally, net allowance for impairment on financing and advances, financing was lower at RM24.9 million, a decrease by 9.1 million or 26.7%. Quarterly revenue climbed 25.12% to RM933.68 million from RM746.22 million a year earlier.
Serba Dinamik Holdings Bhd's net loss swelled to RM104.6 million for the first quarter ended Sept 30, 2022, from RM42.11 million a year earlier, dragged by losses across all of the group's segments bar its education and training segment, as well as RM67.24 million in corporate expenses and consolidation elimination. Revenue declined 73.28% year-on-year to RM213.58 million from RM799.35 million, due to the group's segments recording drops in contributions across the board.
Mah Sing Group Bhd's net profit grew 17% to RM47.06 million for the third quarter ended Sept 30, 2022 from RM40.16 million a year earlier, on the back of stronger revenue, partially offset by higher cost of sales. Revenue grew 84% to RM671.12 million from RM364.57 million, but cost of sales more than doubled to RM531.76 million from RM254.75 million. The property developer achieved RM640 million new sales during the quarter, the highest quarterly sales recorded since 2017, while unbilled sales stood at RM2.29 billion, providing more than one year of future property revenue visibility.
Diversified group Berjaya Corp Bhd (BCorp) narrowed its net loss to RM16.42 million for the first quarter of FY2023 from RM59.31 million in the same quarter a year ago, as most of its business segments showed better performance. Group revenue for the July-September quarter came in at RM2.24 billion, up 62% from RM1.39 billion previously. The segments that performed better under the group were the retail-food, property, hospitality and services segments, following the resumption of international and domestic travel, and further relaxation of Covid-19 standard operating procedures.
Construction outfit Pesona Metro Holdings Bhd has received a takeover offer from major shareholder Wie Hock Kiong to acquire 278.03 million shares or a 40.01% stake in the group at a price of 19 sen per share or RM52.83 million cash in the event of full acceptance of the offer. The mandatory takeover offer comes after the 62-year-old acquired an 80% stake in Kombinasi Emas Sdn Bhd from his younger brother Wie Hock Beng, who is also the managing director of Pesona Metro, for RM18.09 million. Kombinasi Emas, which will be wholly-owned by Hock Kiong, controlled a 41.54% stake in Pesona Metro as at Nov 17.
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If you sell textiles you need to label them correctly with the fibre content, including fur and other animal parts.
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Fur & other animal parts
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Key legislation
This guidance is for England, Scotland & Wales
The Textile Products (Labelling and Fibre Composition) Regulations 2012 require all textile products to carry a label indicating the fibre content, either on the item or the packaging. If a product consists of two or more components with different fibre contents, the content of each must be shown. Only certain names can be used for textile fibres and these are listed in the Regulations along with a list of products that are not required to bear fibre content.
There is a general obligation to state the full fibre composition of textile products.
A textile product can be defined in any of the following ways:
raw, semi-worked, worked, semi-manufactured, manufactured, semi-made up or made up products composed of textile fibres
products containing at least 80% by weight of textile fibres (including furniture, umbrella and sunshade coverings)
textile parts of carpets, mattresses and camping goods
textiles incorporated in, and forming an integral part of, other products where textile parts are specified
All items must carry a label indicating the fibre content, either on the item or the packaging.
The label should be durable, easily legible, visible and accessible. If the product is supplied to a wholesaler the indication may be contained within business documents - the invoice, for example. A textile product consisting of two or more fibres accounting for 85% of the finished product should be marked with the fibre followed by a percentage - for example, 'cotton 80%, polyester 15%, nylon 5%'.
If a product consists of two or more components with different fibre contents - for example, a jacket with a lining - the content of each must be shown. Any decorative matter that makes up 7% or less of the product is excluded from the indication of fibre content. The word 'pure' should only be used where the garment is made up of only one fibre. The word 'silk' cannot be used to describe the texture of any other fibre - for example, 'silk acetate' is not permitted. Only certain names can be used for textile fibres and these are listed in Annex I to EU Regulation (EU) No 1007/2011 on textile fibre names and related labelling and marking of the fibre composition of textile products (see link in 'Key legislation' below). This list may be updated as new technology produces new fibres.
If you are using, buying or selling a fibre product with a name that does not appear on this list, contact your local trading standards service for advice.
There are special provisions that relate to the required method of labelling of corsetry products, etch-printed and embroidered textiles, velvet and plush textiles (or textiles resembling velvet or plush), and floor coverings and carpets where the backing and pile are composed of different fibres.
Textile products sold in multipacks - such as floor cloths, cleaning cloths, handkerchiefs, bun nets and hair nets, wash gloves, face flannels, etc - of the same type and fibre composition may have inclusive rather than individual labelling. The full list of products to which this allowance may be applied can be found in Annex VI to EU Regulation (EU) No 1007/2011.
Annex VII to EU Regulation (EU) No 1007/2011 contains information on textile product components that are not taken into account in determining fibre compositions.
Consumers must be made aware when textile products contain parts of animal origin, such as fur, leather, bone, etc.
The use of non-textile parts of animal origin must be clearly labelled or marked using the phrase 'contains non-textile parts of animal origin'. The label can contain further information on the parts of animal origin - such as mink fur or lambskin - but the mandatory phrase must always be used.
This also means that any mis-labelling - for example, labelling real fur as faux fur - is an offence.
Additionally, it is an offence to sell, import or export cat and dog fur, and products containing such fur. Similar provisions apply to the marketing of seal fur (these are enforced by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) rather than trading standards services).
Where products are advertised in such a way that they can be ordered by reference solely to the description in the advertisement, the Regulations require an indication of fibre content to appear in the advertisement. Advertisements include catalogues, the internet, circulars, price lists and trade literature.
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disposable articles (except wadding)
egg cosies
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mobile phone and portable media player covers (with a surface area less than 160 cm²)
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packaging (not new and sold as such - for example, used potato sacks)
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shoe cleaning cases
sleeve supporting arm bands
spectacle, cigarette and cigar, lighter and comb cases
stuffed pan holders
table mats having several components and a surface area not exceeding 500 cm²
tapestries, including materials for their production
tea and coffee cosies
textile parts of footwear
textile products for base and underlying fabrics and stiffening
toilet cases
In addition to the specific textile legislation, the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 prohibit misleading actions and omissions when describing products and services, as well as misleading prices (see 'Consumer protection from unfair trading').
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has produced more detailed guidance on the requirements: Textile labelling regulations: Guidance on the Textile Products (Labelling and Fibre Composition) Regulations 2012.
Failure to comply with trading standards law can lead to enforcement action and to sanctions, which may include a fine and/or imprisonment. For more information please see 'Trading standards: powers, enforcement & penalties'.
Cat and Dog Fur (Control of Import, Export and Placing on the Market) Regulations 2008
Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008
Seal Products Regulations 2010
EU Regulation (EU) No 1007/2011 on textile fibre names and related labelling and marking of the fibre composition of textile products
Textile Products (Labelling and Fibre Composition) Regulations 2012
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Fianna Fáil
/foyl, fuyl/
a political party in Ireland, organized in 1927 by Eamon De Valera, that was one of the leading parties in the establishment of the Irish republic.
[ < Ir: Fenians of Ireland]
(Irish; "Soldiers of Destiny")
Political party in Ireland, also called, loosely, the Republican Party.
It was formally constituted in 1926 by those opposed to the treaty with Britain that in 1921 brought about the Irish Free State. They were organized and led by Eamon de Valera. Fianna Fáil remained the principal governing party from 1932 until 1973, but from 1961 it did so with the aid of other parties. It returned to power in coalition governments in the 1980s and '90s. Its main opposition was from Fine Gael.
▪ political party, Ireland
Irish"Soldiers of Destiny"
the dominant political party in the Republic of Ireland since the 1930s.
Constituted in May 1926, Fianna Fáil comprised opponents of the Anglo-Irish Treaty (1921) that had brought the Irish Free State into existence. The antitreaty republicans, known from 1925 as Fianna Fáil, were organized and led by Eamon de Valera (de Valera, Eamon), who had been imprisoned in 1923 for supporting republican armed resistance to the treaty. Members of Fianna Fáil at first refused to be seated in the Dáil (lower house of Parliament) but finally entered in 1927. In 1932 Fianna Fáil gained 48 percent of the seats in the Dáil, and de Valera became prime minister. The party's nationalism and its organizational ability, together with the fragmentation of the opposition, enabled it to dominate Irish politics for the following 42 years, when it was out of office only during 1948–51 and 1954–57. Often ruling without an overall majority and obtaining support from independents and in some cases from the Labour Party, Fianna Fáil governed as a single party until 1973, when the advent of a coalition government of the Fine Gael party and Labour signaled the onset of greater competition. Although a revitalized Fianna Fáil returned to office with a record vote (51 percent) in 1977, the party never again obtained an overall majority of seats.
De Valera was succeeded as prime minister in 1959 by Sean Lemass (Lemass, Sean F). By this time the party's economic policies, which formerly had aimed at Irish self-sufficiency, were revised to eliminate protections for domestic industries and encourage foreign investment, a change that was accelerated with Ireland's accession to the European Community in 1973. Modernization put new issues on the political agenda, and divisions within the party were intensified when the outbreak of violence in Northern Ireland forced a reevaluation of the party's traditional support for Irish unification. Factional conflict—over issues such as Northern Ireland, economic development, and the "moral agenda" (the legalization of divorce, abortion, and contraception), as well as over shares in the spoils of office—plagued the party for the next two decades. It was particularly acute in the early 1980s under the leadership of Charles Haughey (Haughey, Charles) and provoked some members to leave in 1985 to found a new party, the Progressive Democrats.
Despite the defection, Fianna Fáil continued to dominate Irish politics, heading governments from the late 1980s (except 1994–97 when it was out of power). Led by Bertie Ahern (Ahern, Bertie), the party played a major role in brokering peace in Northern Ireland. In 1998 the Belfast Agreement (also known as the Good Friday Agreement) was signed by the Irish and British governments and nationalist (Roman Catholic) and unionist (Protestant) political parties in Northern Ireland. As part of the peace plan, the Northern Ireland Assembly was subsequently established.
Policy and structure
The party's ideology has some enduring aspects, notably a commitment to Irish unity, to the Irish language, and to neutrality, though these commitments are essentially aspirational and occasionally merely rhetorical. Generally, the party has been pragmatically cautious on most issues. It has broadly supported an interventionist approach to economic management and, particularly in recent years, has sought agreement on economic policy among major economic interest groups. Socially radical and redistributive in its early years, it soon became more conservative, and it was particularly so under Haughey on such issues as divorce. From the 1940s it promoted itself as the only possible source of stable government.
The basic unit of party organization is the local branch. Above this level are delegate bodies based on constituencies, including those based on the Dáil constituency, called Comhairle Dáilcheantair. The latter bodies select Dáil candidates, though strategy is influenced by the head office, and the party leader may also impose candidates on a constituency. The Ard-Fheis (Annual Conference) is the supreme governing body but in practice cedes most of its authority to a much smaller Executive Committee, which oversees the organization, and to senior ministers or spokesmen (when the party is in opposition), who effectively determine policy. The Ard-Fheis elects the president of the party, but in practice he is always the parliamentary party leader, who is elected by the party's deputies.
Fianna Fáil's massive following, averaging more than two-fifths of the vote since 1927, has traditionally cut across class divisions, justifying its image as a national movement. However, the party has done less well in the Dublin region since 1969, as the Labour Party and new minor parties have eaten into its vote. Although it remains easily the largest party in Ireland, its support is apparently in slow decline.
Michael Marsh
Philip Hannon and Jackie Gallagher (eds.), Taking the Long View: 70 Years of Fianna Fáil (1996), is a good general history. A more analytic treatment can be found in Michael Gallagher, Political Parties in the Republic of Ireland (1985). Joe Joyce and Peter Murtagh, The Boss (1997), an account of the drama of the Haughey years, is both entertaining and informative.
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Former SEC all-time leading passer Eric Zeier provides read on Georgia defense
By: Mike Griffith DawgNation
ATHENS Georgia quarterback legend Eric Zeier was reading defenses before the Bulldogs' defenders were born, and his read on this group is that they could be special.
"Last year I was a little more bullish offensively," Zeier told DawgNation. "This year I'm very bullish about our defense."
The Georgia first-team defense made third-year quarterback Jake Fromm look ordinary in the G-Day Game, limiting Fromm to a 14-of-29 passing day that accounted for only 116 yards and one touchdown.
Indeed, cornerback Eric Stokes stepped in front of a Fromm pass in the first quarter and returned it 39 yards for a Pick-6 touchdown.
Zeier, the SEC's all-time leading passer when he completed his career with the Bulldogs in 1994, now does color analysis for the Georgia Bulldog Radio Network.
There's a good chance Zeier saw the Pick-6 coming before the snap.
"Obviously looking Deandre Baker is tough," Zeier said. "But I think in the secondary, we'll be as strong as anyone.
"We have big, tall and athletic guys that can cover."
Zeier explained how that depth and talent on the back end is what will allow Coach Kirby Smart to get into the sort of defensive of fronts that create havoc.
"A great secondary allows us to get into more one-on-one situations, where we can cover and still get more exotic with our looks if we need to," Zeier said. "Kirby's M.O. has been to keep it simple, but we can do some things."
Zeier summarized the linebacker corps as "elite," though he knows as well as anyone that new defensive coordinator Dan Lanning and assistant defensive coordinator Glenn Schumann have much to sort out at the position.
Junior Monty Rice appears tabbed as the leader of the group, and senior Tae Crowder has become a known commodity.
After that, it's a mad scramble with one talented player after another competing for playing time, including new faces at inside linebacker (Nakobe Dean) and outside linebacker (Nolan Smith, Jermaine Johnson).
Zeier believes the defensive line will be up to the challenge, as well.
"I think the difference you will see this year is on our interior line on the defense" Zeier said. "We are bigger than we have ever been, and we have the capability to rotate in five guys that are 300 pounds or north of it and allow our linebackers to wreak havoc and be disruptive in the run game or pass game."
Sophomore Jordan Davis, a 2018 Freshman All-American, will obviously be one of those interior lineman Zeier refers to, along with senior veterans Tyler Clark and Michael Barnett.
"The big leap we will see this year is our defense can go out and be a dominant unit," he said. "It's all assuming everyone stays heathy. That will be the difference maker."
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Coach McKinstry: "Rwanda's qualification group offers potential, but focus and dedication will be needed to progress".
Full match report, along with Coach McKinstry's analysis of Amavubi strengths and weaknesses, and his plans for improvement following the friendly against Zambia.
The Rwanda National Soccer team have arrived in Zambia ahead of their friendly game this weekend.
Coach McKinstry arrives in Rwanda and immediately sets out his plans and hopes for the Amavubi.
Coach McKinstry has been appointed as the National Coach of Rwanda by the Rwanda Football Federation and the Ministry of Sports and Culture.