Crews Respond to Fire At City Scrap Yard

The Rochester fire department was called to a fire at a scrap metal center in the city.

The fire started behind the Upstate Shredding center on Steel Street off of Lyell Avenue on the city's west side. A large plume of smoke rose above the city after a pile of scrap material caught fire.

No word yet on what started the fire. Time Warner Cable News will bring you those details as they become available.
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Brian Koonz: Diaco needs to scrap ‘Civil Conflict’ message

It didn’t take long, maybe four or five minutes, before UConn football coach Bob Diaco reached for the Central Florida rivalry card Monday night.

A few weeks ago, the card was pristine. There were no creases, no folds, no flaws in the “Civil Conflict” as Diaco anointed it.

But as Diaco summoned his inner P.T. Barnum at the Sign of the Whale pub in Stamford, the rivalry card was a little tattered. Actually, it was a lot tattered.

Not that it mattered to the partisan UConn alumni crowd from Fairfield County.

Everyone here, with their free drink tokens and light bites, wanted to hear about Diaco’s plan to beat up Central Florida on the American Athletic Conference schoolyard.

Even if the Golden Knights, the league’s flagship program, never got the note in lunch.

“The Central Florida stuff … that was about pride. That wasn’t a gimmick,” Diaco insisted, working the rooftop beer garden like nobody’s business.

“That was us saying, ‘Hey, we don’t like you. We don’t care if you don’t like us, but we don’t like you. At your place, at your school, you meet us by the flagpole. We’ll be there.’ “

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Tightening in scrap market could limit downside for nickel – BofA

Contrary to the trend seen through most of 2014 and into 2015, stainless steel scrap prices have outperformed nickel quotations recently, the bank said, on improved sentiment in Europe’s stainless steel industry. During 2014 and into 2015, nickel contained in stainless steel scrap as a percentage of the London Metal Exchange nickel...

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Hong Kong teachers urge the government to scrap territory-wide system assessments in schools

About 65 per cent of over 2,000 teachers believe the government should scrap a city-wide exam that they say has lost its original purpose and forced endless tutoring and drilling sessions, a survey shows.

Territory-wide system assessments (TSAs) started in 2004 as a way for the Education Bureau to keep track of pupils' study progress and schools' education results. The exams are held for Primary Three and Six and Form Three pupils. The primary-level exams are not used as a reference when graduates are allocated secondary school places.

The exams include Chinese, English and mathematics.

But some educators said officials from the bureau, when visiting schools, often asked the schools to improve their TSA results, which put pressure on school operators, who would then tell teachers to drill their pupils for the exams.

In the survey, conducted by the Professional Teachers' Union in March and April, about 70 per cent of the 2,055 teachers who responded to questionnaires by mail or online said TSA preparation had affected their daily teaching. Almost 70 per cent set up after-school tutoring sessions lasting an average two hours per week.

About 97 per cent said they required Primary Three and Six pupils to buy an average of three extra TSA exercise books.

"My son once cried and asked me: 'Mum, what's the meaning of my existence? Is it just to do homework?'" said Josephine Cheung Man-sen, whose autistic son studied for the TSA.

Many parents who had children with special educational needs studying at mainstream schools said the children had to rely on antidepressants to ease the pressures arising from extra studies, Cheung said.

Another parent, Doreen Ho Mei-yee, said teachers never told parents specifically that TSA, unlike the other two major exams for Primary Six pupils, would not affect their children's chances of entering good secondary schools.

She also said the bureau had provided little information about the system.

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Britain to scrap Royal Navy rescue operations as Mediterranean migrant crisis escalates

As EU ministers discuss the world’s most serious refugee crisis since World War II, the British government is set to withdraw its Royal Navy flagship from its role in rescuing thousands of migrants desperately trying to cross the Mediterranean.

HMS Bulwark is due to be withdrawn from European search and rescue operations by early July.

Experts say the number of migrants travelling across the Mediterranean in small boats from troubled North African and Middle Eastern states currently stands at a summer high. See more http://rt.com

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Qatar Airways urged to scrap policy allowing it to sack pregnant cabin crew

International Labour Organisation rules airline discriminated against women with clause stating it can terminate contracts over pregnancies.

The International Labour Organisation has called on Qatar Airways to scrap contracts that allow it to sack cabin crew members for being pregnant.

Following a year-long investigation sparked by complaints by workers at the state-owned airline, the labour arm of the United Nations ruled it discriminated against women by including in employment contracts a clause stating: “The company reserves the right to automatically terminate your contract as a flying cabin crew member should you become pregnant.”

The ILO said on Tuesday the contract breaches its 57-year-old convention against discrimination at work, which has been ratified by 172 countries. It has also demanded the Doha-based airline review a ban on female cabin crew being dropped off or picked up from work by men other than their brother, father or husband, which Qatar Airways insisted was “a cultural norm”.

It has also asked the Qatar government for more evidence about the impact on women of a clause in Qatar Airways workers’ contracts that they must “obtain prior permission from the company in case [he or she] wishes to change marital status and get married” – a requirement the airline says has now been dropped.

Asked to respond to the ILO’s findings, Akbar Al Baker, the chief executive of Qatar Airways, accused the organisation of having a “vendetta” against both Qatar and its national airline. “I don’t give a damn about the ILO – I am there to run a successful airline,” he told Reuters in Paris. “This is evidence of a vendetta they have against Qatar Airways and my country. My country has responded to the ILO accusations in a very robust way. We clarified the clauses in our contract.” Read more http://www.theguardian.com

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Nebraska awards scrap tire grants

The Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality has awarded $2.01 million in grants to fund 126 scrap tire collection and recycling projects in the state.

Nearly $646,000 of the grant money will go toward funding 30 scrap tire collections across the state, said Nebraska DEQ Director Jim Macy. The agency estimates that these collections will round up 7,075 tons of scrap tires from Nebraska homes, farms and businesses.

Other grants will partially reimburse individuals and organizations for rubber mulch and other recycled rubber products across Nebraska, Macy said. These include funds for schools and organizations to install playground mulch, synthetic turf fields and running tracks.

Nebraska generates more than 1.5 million scrap tires annually, or about one scrap tire for everyone in the state, according to the Nebraska DEQ. The state funds scrap tire abatement projects through a $1 fee on every new tire sold in the state. That money goes into the Nebraska DEQ’s Waste Reduction and Recycling Grants program. See more http://www.rubbernews.com/

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Shipowners cave in to falling scrap prices

With no signs of recovery in dry bulk freight rates, ship owners have caved in and sold vessels for recycling despite scrap prices going south.

Scrap prices are falling in tandem with freight rates as more and more ships are being offered for recycling.

IHS Maritime Sea-web.com data shows that year-to-date, 250 bulkers including 62 Capesizes, have been recycled.

Scrap prices for bulkers, especially Handysizes, now average USD360 per ldt on the Indian sub-continent, down from USD400 per ldt a year ago.

Capesizes and Panamaxes managed to fetch better prices due to their sizes.

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Governor signs law to establish state database of scrap metal sales

A bill that would establish a statewide database of scrap metal sales in an attempt to curb thefts has been signed into law by the governor.

HB 2048, which Gov. Sam Brownback signed Friday, requires the attorney general’s office to set up and maintain the database.

The bill was pushed by Sedgwick County DA Marc Bennett, who said the database will offer law enforcement an effective tool to analyze trends and catch thieves.

For example, he said, last year thieves stole about $100,000 in scrap metal in Wichita on two separate occasions. The database would enable law enforcement officers to identify whether the same person sold metal at multiple scrap yards in multiple counties and pursue that as a lead after a robbery, he said.

“Who are the big buyers? Who are the big sellers? Is this legitimate what’s going on?” Bennett said. “Or can we track some of these people who are habitually selling scrap metal across different yards around one jurisdiction to the next. Because it’s very hard to just go into a yard and find one length of scrap metal and say, aha, here’s the piece of copper that was stolen.”

The database will be paid for through penalties for theft and registration fees for scrap metal dealers.

The legislation will also bring uniformity to restrictions on the selling of scrap metal across the state. Bennett said ordinances differed in Wichita from the rest of Sedgwick County and the rest of the state, making it difficult to enforce the law.

The legislation makes scrap metal theft a Level 6 nonperson felony if the damage exceeds $5,000; that carries presumptive probation, Bennett said. A second offense would mean presumptive imprisonment.

“We’re not expecting people suddenly lining up filling the prisons. The goal here is to try to identify people doing this, shut them down and put a stop to this crime,” he said.

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Ways To Make Lamp Shades From Home Scrap

Making lamp from home scrap is an interesting and fun task. In fact, it is the optimum utilization of resources that have outlived their life and are no more used in the house. Lamps and lamp shades play an important role in adding to the beauty of the house by magnetizing the environment. They express serenity and solitude along with adding to the grace of the room and, if they are home-made, they look all the more beautiful. ADVERTISEMENT Six Simple Ways To Decorate Small Room You may feel that it is a cumbersome job which would require long hours of time investment. But, it is not so. In fact, it is a quick, easy and painless task that would enhance the beauty of your personal space and save you from buying those expensive lamps from the market place that cost a fortune.

Then again, the question that most people would ask is- How to make lamp shades with home scraps at home without wasting much time? Actually, it needs no expertise and could be made in just a few hours. Also, it gives a personal touch to the room. To make this task easy for you, given below is a small list of home scrap items that can be used for lamp shade making.

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2 sought in Greene County scrap metal theft

The Greene County Sheriff’s Office is asking for your help in identifying a couple suspected of scrap metal theft about a week ago.

The sheriff’s office on Wednesday released photos of the suspects, who had a toddler in the back seat of their car at the time of the theft.

A surveillance camera at a property in Spring Valley Twp. recorded the suspects on June 4.

If you recognize the suspects or the car, you are asked to contact Greene Central Communications at 376-5111 and leave a message for Deputy Rob Rickels or Sgt. Beth Prall.

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U.S. Is Awash in Glut of Scrap Materials

American companies have complained for the past year that the headwinds of a strong dollar and a slowing Chinese economy are hurting their earnings.

For sellers of scrap metal, used cardboard boxes, and other waste, those headwinds are more like a hurricane.

Waste has long been a major U.S. export, providing material to be melted in foreign steel mills or made into new paper products. But the strength of the dollar has made American waste pricier abroad, cutting demand in China, Turkey and other markets.
Bob Hooper scavenges dumpsters and roadsides around Pittsburgh looking for steel, aluminum and other metals. But he's finding it harder to make a living. Photo: Jeff Swensen for The Wall Street Journal

U.S. exports of scrap materials have fallen by 36% since peaking at $32.6 billion 2011. Prices of shredded scrap steel have plunged about 18% so far this year and are down 41% since early 2012, according data collected by the Platts unit of McGraw Hill Financial Inc. The dollar is up about 17% since last July against a basket of major currencies compiled by the Federal Reserve.

That has been hard on the network of waste dealers and scrap gatherers who are the backbone of the industry.

Bob Hooper, who goes by Hoop, finds discarded metal on curbs and in dumpsters around Pittsburgh and carries it to scrapyards in a rusting Chevy pickup with a bungee cord to keep the driver’s door shut. He was making as much as $400 a day selling scrap just three years ago, he said. “Now I’m doing $100 to $200.”

Or less. On a recent day, he hauled in more than 1,000 pounds of scrap, including two discarded refrigerators, a water heater and a broken microwave buried in egg shells and other moist trash. After gasoline expenses, he netted about $80.
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Turkey, whose steel mills are big users of scrap, has been buying less from the U.S. and more from Russia, Ukraine and other places with weaker currencies. Meanwhile, U.S. steel production has fallen in response to more imports, so American producers are buying less scrap.

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Audio Visuals: Scrap The Martian. It’s Been Done Already

You know what’s better than one little Björk dancing around in the sand? Lots of little Björks dancing around in the sand! That’s the major takeaway from this week in the music video landscape, and it’s oddly emotional. Just like the latest entry from Jennifer Hudson, which isn’t so much oddly emotional is it is obviously emotional, since its telling the story of a gay man beseeching his disapproving father to come to his wedding. Tears! There are also robots, an adventure videogame, a walk on the Martian surface, and a couple of sweet cartoons. So check them all out. Oh, and once you’ve gone through the main list, check out this lovely video for Nelson Diaz’s “In The Beginning,” and “High Off My Love” by Paris Hilton. They’re both worth a look, though for entirely different reasons.
“stonemilker”—Björk (Above)

Leave it to Björk! The Icelandic nymph brings you a 360-degree video experience with “stonemilker”—provided your browser plays nice with the clip, Chrome worked for us, but Safari did not—and the result is actually kind of awesome. Follow the songstress as she dances around you on a dreary beach, splits apart into multiple Björks, and then comes back together again. Get just the right camera angle and you can watch three Björks at the same time!

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Hednesford scrap fire: Residents told to shut windows as plumes of smoke seen for miles

Staffordshire Fire control took more than 50 calls about the blaze in East Cannock Road, where large amounts of scrap metal were alight.

The fire is believed to have started at Chase Car Spares.

Staffordshire Police say A460 East Cannock Road and Old Hednesford Rd Hawks Green area were closed because of the fire, and asked people to avoid the area.

Around 100 tonnes of scrap metal, mainly cars were involved in the blaze.

Crews were called to Chase Scrap Cars at around 7pm and an investigation will now be carried out into the cause.

Around 20 firefighters were involved as they managed to bring it under control within an hour-and-a-half.

The road blocks were removed at around 9.15pm as the operation was scaled back, but firefighters were expected to remain at the scene overnight.

A controlled burn was being allowed to allow the smoke to clear.

Neighbouring businesses such as KFC and Hawks Green MOT Centre were evacuated when the fire started.

Alan Snell, station manager at Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service, said the metal was contained to one area.

He said: "We have changed our tactical plan a little bit and we are allowing the fire to burn so the smoke is more buoyant and rises into the atmosphere in an attempt to clear it.

"It is under control and I would anticipate as we start to loose the daylight we will probably scale back our resources.

"We will wait until light again tomorrow when we will finally bring the incident to a close.

"Due to the nature of the things that were burning there was a considerable amount of smoke which was visible from a considerable distance away."

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Bibek Debroy panel report: Get regulator in for 5 years, then scrap Rail Budget

The much-awaited Bibek Debroy committee report on the restructuring of Indian Railways lays down a five-year roadmap to evolve a statutory rail regulator, scrap the Rail Budget and make room for more players in an “open access” regime which turns the Railways into just another train-service provider in the country.

Instead of an aggressive approach as was seen in the interim report submitted in March for comments, the final report, to be presented to Railway Ministry on Friday, calls for more gradual changes.

The report, accessed by The Indian Express, makes the existence of an independent, quasi-judicial Railway Regulatory Authority of India a prerequisite in five years for reforms like un-bundling and restructuring of Railways.The Rail Budget as we know it, should cease to exist after that, it says.

“Once the changes of the first five years are implemented, including the resolution of the social costs issue, the Railway Budget should be phased out,” the report says adding that the government should take the entire burden of social cost borne by Railways by way of subsidy.

Pushed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the high-level committee was formed in September to restructure the Railways and suggest ways for resource mobilisation. After the receipt of the final report, the Railway Board is to submit a report on it to the PM by June-end.

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Warning for illegal scrap metal dealers across Boston

Two scrap dealers have been told by the authorities to get a licence – or risk legal action.

All recyclers in the Boston area are being urged to follow rules that ensure scrap metal is dealt with properly – or end up facing a fine.

The warnings have been issued by Boston Borough Council, Lincolnshire County Council and the Environment Agency, which have all been checking out sites around the town to ensure people are abiding by the rules.

They have also been clamping down on vehicle dismantling to ensure it is carried out without harming environment.

The warning comes after the three agencies made visits in the area which resulted in two dealers being issued with enforcement letters and scrap metal licence application forms. The maximum fine following conviction for an offence of operating as a scrap metal dealer without a licence is £5,000.

The borough council confirmed that enforcement action would be taken against an operator who has been given advice regarding applying for a licence but who failed to act upon this advice.

Fiona White, Boston Borough Council's principal licensing and land charges officer, said: "We initially visited and offered advice to some of the scrap metal dealers in Boston.

"Dealers who are not licensed have been issued with enforcement letters and application forms. If they fail to regularise their activities in line with the legislation they face fines of up to £5,000."

Read more: http://www.bostontarget.co.uk

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