New tournament not just a trivial pursuit Jan 10, 2008
com - Burning it up at both ends. Web posted January 10, 2008. (Juneau Empire)
Jobs for doctorsCompetition for UK junior doctors tougher than ever: Your views? Jan 6, 2008
I am coming to the end of my five year medical degree course at Sheffield University and I am in the process of applying for a junior doctor position. I am appalled to find that after being encouraged to train as a doctor to meet a shortage of medical posts five years ago, I am now being faced with having no job at the end of it. (BBC News -- Americas)
Tory leaders local party failed to make basic checks on donations Dec 19, 2007
Tory leader s local party failed to make basic checks on donations - Times Online. Go on a tour of the place Sadie Frost calls home. (Times Online)
Portec Rail Products, Inc. Announces Fourth Quarter 2007 Dividend Dec 15, 2007
The Company also manufactures railway products and material handling equipment in the United Kingdom with operations in Leicester, England and Sheffield, England. Portec Rail Products, Inc.'s web site address is. (PR Newswire)
11000 bouncers are illegal foreign workers Dec 14, 2007
11,000 security staff are working illegally - Times Online. For the best in gift ideas and festive essentials. (Times Online)
Teddy teacher moved to secret location after angry mob calls for her execution Dec 2, 2007
Jack sheffield, london, uk. G. Skinner, Aberdeen, UK Please dont compare our country to this, its clearly not the same. (Yahoo News -- Sudan)
The homebody Nov 30, 2007
For this chamber-pop impresario, all roads lead to Sheffield ... He's chopping firewood outside his family's home in Sheffield, England, while his 5-year-old son fields questions from a reporter over the phone about whether dad's on the premises for a scheduled interview about his critically acclaimed new album ... "You know, I'm just a little guy in Sheffield.". (Boston Globe)
Rosé on the rocks Nov 15, 2007
with the help of second-year design students in Sheffield who worked on the company's labels. The basic ros. (Globe and Mail)
'Exhausted' Meat Loaf walks off stage Nov 2, 2007
Caryl Burton, Sheffield, S Yorks. I have read quite a few reviews from fans about this concert. (Times Online)
Leona Lewis tops singles chart Oct 30, 2007
JP, Sheffield, South Yorks. She is pure class. (Times Online)
100 mn grant from UK to boost reproductive services in Africa, Asia Oct 25, 2007
The pace of change has to be accelerated, for while the world knows what needs to be done, it has not done it fast enough, said Jill Sheffield, president, Family Care International. Thoraya Abid, executive director, UNFPA echoing the theme of the conference said that maternal health, gender and development were inextricably linked and no progress was likely to happen unless decision makers realized that womens rights were no different than human rightsDuring the course of the three days... (Livemint)
Black people 'less intelligent' scientist claims Oct 20, 2007
" Well, as far as I know, African peoples were doing pretty well, while the "intelligent" whites were not achieving much at all, until after the Middle Ages. Which ended around the same time Europeans "visit" Africa. After their lengthy stay,suddenly the whites are more "intelligent"than Africans, Africa has become destroyed and desolate....yet you wonder why black's under-achieve. Lets compare the intelligence of the Ancienct Egyptians to Europeans at the time, or the intelligence of splendid... (USA Today -- Tech)
Insurance Companies May Not Provide Flood Cover Oct 14, 2007
" Before this year's flooding crisis, the ABI had called for the government to spend 2.25bn on flood defences during the coming three years - the equivalent of 750m a year. But Mr Darling has announced spending between 2008 and 2011 which will total just 2.15bn. The amount spent will rise incrementally from 600m this year to 650m in 2008/9, 700m in 2009/10 and then 800m in 2010/11. Former home secretary David Blunkett, whose Sheffield constituency was among areas badly hit by floods in... (AJC Consultants)
New Works by George Henry Longly: Mass Damper Sep 27, 2007
George Henry Longly studied Fine Art at Central St. Martins in 2005 and Sheffield Hallam University in 2001 ... He has been commissioned to make new work for the next Art Sheffield Festival in 2008. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Mars rover finds evidence of water Sep 24, 2007
Rationalist, Sheffield, UK. European intervention in Africa doesnt exactly have a great history, does it. (Yahoo News -- Mars Exploration)
Sperm Ban Leaves U.S. Supply Low Sep 21, 2007
"The consensus in the United Kingdom is that this is a silly ban," said Dr. Allan Pacey, an andrology expert at the University of Sheffield and secretary of the British Fertility Society. "There's no evidence to show that mad cow disease can be transmitted in human semen.". (Fox News)
Fears over Rock's online accounts Sep 16, 2007
On Saturday, queues outside branches in Sheffield and Golders Green in north London grew so large that police officers were deployed for crowd control. The bank says difficulties with the bank's website "are in no way related to the bank's solvency or its underlying ability to deliver funds to savers who wish to withdraw". (BBC News -- UK)
Foo Fighters Nail Down U.K. Arena Tour... Aug 29, 2007
12: Sheffield, England (Hallam Arena)Nov. 13: Cardiff, Wales (International Arena)Nov. (Billboard.com)
Revenge of the bloodthirsty lesbians Aug 17, 2007
alexandria, Sheffield, UK. Oh, pipe down and don't give us a bad name. (Times Online)
Out of office, or just out of time? Aug 15, 2007
Without any of the usual social cues from a conversation, such as body language and tone of voice, e-mailers lose their embarrassment radar, suggests Carolyn Axtell of the Institute of Work Psychology at the University of Sheffield. "They can lose their inhibitions and become less concerned about how they will be evaluated. So people might say things on e-mail that they might not otherwise say.". (BBC News -- UK)
Learn about the Refractories Market - Refractory Materials, End-Use Markets and Technological Developments Jul 18, 2007
Sheffield Refractories Ltd. (UK) IV-304. 143. (BusinessWire)
Keep The Cameras Away Jul 7, 2007
In a further blow to the perceived effectiveness of surveillance cameras, Clive Norris of the Sheffield University Centre for Criminological Research testified last year that researchers found that Glasgow crime did not decrease after cameras were installed city-wide. It actually increased by 9 percent. (CBS News)
Mars rover finds evidence of water Jun 28, 2007
Rationalist, Sheffield, UK. European intervention in Africa doesnt exactly have a great history, does it. (Yahoo News -- Mars Exploration)
National News Minute Jun 26, 2007
And an official in the town of Sheffield, also north of London, says the rain is the most intense "since records began.". Copyright 2007 The Associated Press. (KSLA.com, LA)
Flooding Kills 3 in Northern England Jun 26, 2007
Hundreds of people spent the night in temporary shelters in nearby Sheffield, where a 14-year-old boy and a 68-year-old man died after being swept away by floodwaters ... "We have seen the most intense rain since records began," said Bob Kerslake, chief executive of Sheffield City Council ... "This has been quite unparalleled and extraordinary. People who have lived all their lives in Sheffield would say this is the most severe flooding they've ever seen.". (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Valad Property buys UK Scarborough Jun 25, 2007
Kevin McCabe, Scarborough's founder, largest shareholder and chair of Sheffield United PLC, would join the Valad board of directors. Ian Robertson, the recently retired managing director of corporate banking at Bank of Scotland, also will also become a director of Valad. (The Age)
Rang De Basanti wins IIFA awards Jun 11, 2007
Sheffield, England: Bollywood came to Britain this weekend as 12,000 people crammed into a stadium in northern England to see Hindi movie Rang De Basanti (Paint It Saffron) scoop nearly a dozen IIFA awards, including best picture. The International Indian Film Awards (IIFA), the Indian film industry's equivalent of the Oscars, was held in Sheffield this year as the academy moves around the world. (Gulf News)
BHP Billiton ends search for new chief May 31, 2007
Location: Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Location: United Kingdom. (FT.com -- Markets)
Monkey Bars Are Repetitive May 17, 2007
As he sang, Alex Turner, the main Monkey, liked to eyeball the crowd with Sheffield steel stares. Even when he praised New York as one of the band's favorite places, he was a little menacing. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Children who drink at home 'less likely to binge drink' May 14, 2007
Wigan beat Sheffield United 2-1 to send the Blades down ... Today, Carlos Tevez will fly home, leaving exultation in Wigan, devastation in Sheffield and an acrid cloud over the Premier League. (Daily Mail)
Arctic Monkeys' Nightmare lives up to the hype May 4, 2007
"I can't legally drink here, which makes it a lot different from home," the Sheffield-based timekeeper says, on the line from the sunbaked streets of Los Angeles ... On Favourite Worst Nightmare, the band hits bouncy Britpop gold with "Fluorescent Adolescent", a slice-of-Sheffield-reality song that, thanks to lines like "You used to get it in your fishnets/Now you only get it in your night dress", would impress filmmaker Mike Leigh ... In fact, touring has helped convince him that there's no... (Georgia Straight)
Portec Rail Products, Inc. Reports 2007 First Quarter Operating Results (unaudited) May 3, 2007
(Logo: ) Richard J. Jarosinski, President and Chief Executive Officer said, "We are very pleased with our overall performance this quarter. Our core track component businesses showed solid and improved performance, and Kelsan Technologies in particular had a significant improvement in operating and net income compared to the first quarter of 2006. The acquired businesses of Vulcan Chain and Coronet Rail also contributed to our higher sales and net income for the quarter. Additionally, our United... (PR Newswire)
Once-Yearly Zoledronic Acid for Postmenopausal Osteoporosis May 3, 2007
From the University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco (D.M.B., T.F.H., D.S.); Universit; Claude Bernard Lyon 1 and INSERM Research Unit 831, Lyon, France (P.D.D.); University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom (R.E.); University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand (I.R.R.); Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium (S.B.); University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh (J.A.C.); Helen Hayes Hospital, West Haverstraw, NY (F.C.); Semmelweis University Medical School, Budapest, Hungary... (New England Journal of Medicine)
McConnell: That's the nature of politics Apr 25, 2007
That election has often been depicted as one that the Labour leader Neil Kinnock lost, after an over-emotional speech at a rally in Sheffield, rather than Mr Major won, a reading that Mr McConnell rejects. "I think, actually, in 1992 that John Major won that campaign. He put across a very convincing argument in the last fortnight of the campaign.". (Telegraph.co.uk)
A rock/pop primer Apr 21, 2007
Hailing from Sheffield (the same town as kindred spirits Pulp) and boasting a sexy-librarian singer, the Blondes play vaguely noirish new wave rock. They owe the Pretenders a debt and could share a bill with the Pipettes. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Portec sells U.K. plant Apr 4, 2007
Portec president and CEO Rich Jarosinski said the company's U.K. rail operations are now centralized in Sheffield and that the deal completes the company's reorganization in the country. Related Industry stories. (Pittsburgh Business Times, PA)
What happened to bird flu? Apr 3, 2007
", and we'll keep ignoring you, the media.Adrian Orrom, Sevenoaks, Kent Another example of media hype which has died a death!William, Grange Of course people worry about the threat of bird flu, just like they worry about the nuclear bomb. We don't want the virus to mutate and we don't want the bomb to drop. However, we can't do anything about either of them so we just get on with our lives because that's all there is to do. Noreen Royce, Northampton It's good that people are kept informed about... (BBC News -- UK)
PM warns of 'different phase' in Iran crisis Mar 28, 2007
phinias gribble, Sheffield. Uh, Patrick, just about every newspaper and TV station on the planet has mentioned that one of the 15 is female. (Yahoo News -- Iran)
Mercure Steps Up Development in the United Kingdom and Asia-Pacific Mar 19, 2007
Already present in Britain with the Mercure London City Bankside and the Mercure Brigstow Bristol, Mercure is adding unique establishments that meet the brand's standards of excellence, like the Castle Hotel in Windsor, the Queen's Hotel in Cheltenham, the St Paul's Hotel in Sheffield and The Shakespeare Hotel in Stratford-upon-Avon. Mercure, Accor's non-standardized midscale hotel brand, is Europe's third-largest chain with 723 properties in 49 countries. (PR Newswire)
Rampant piracy threatens PC games Mar 15, 2007
" Have you downloaded a cracked PC game? What are your opinions on the scale of piracy? Are you a member of the hacker community? Send us your views. It is warranted to point out that net piracy is not necessarily a lost sale, as individuals that download a cracked PC game may not be those that would buy it. This leads to vastly biased statistics that do not take these factors into account, or rather do take these factors into account when they shouldn't. Those who oppose piracy need to be more... (BBC News -- Technology)
Portec Rail Products, Inc. Reports 2006 Fourth Quarter and Annual Operating Results (unaudited) Mar 2, 2007
Richard J. Jarosinski, President and Chief Executive Officer, said, "Much of our attention during 2006 was devoted to integrating our prior acquisitions and making strategic moves to eliminate identified inefficiencies in our business units. On a more positive note, our core business segments remain strong, as evidenced by a 9% growth in revenues and a $20 million dollar backlog at year end, nearly double the December 31, 2005 backlog. We will continue to focus on better cost control and... (PR Newswire)
Just returning your call Feb 15, 2007
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That web look Feb 10, 2007
Watch 'Pie Charts", is it verbatim? Are any of the ads? They certainly follow a similar storyline but your journalism is getting sloppier by the day.A Fowler, Tunbridge Wells, United Kingdom I thought the casting of Mitchell and Webb was a stroke of genius. Two critically acclaimed comedians who have a cult following in this country. Followers of their comedy 'get' straight away that Mitchell is seen as un-cool and Webb is seen as cool. In my opinion they couldn't of cast this better.Chris... (BBC News -- UK)
City nightspots targetted in immigration raids Feb 4, 2007
Saturday, 3rd February 2007. Steve GarrityRESTAURANTS in Manchester have been raided by police in a major operation targeting abuses of the immigration system. (Manchester Evening News)
70 arrested in immigration swoops Feb 3, 2007
The raids were carried out shortly before 6pm at addresses in Liverpool, Greater Manchester, Cheshire, Sheffield and Kent. Detective Superintendent Steve Moore of Merseyside Police, which led the arrests, said the developments were "the result of a lengthy investigation into abuse of the immigration system". (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
* World News Quick Take Jan 7, 2007
Bristol and London were the next healthiest cities, with Liverpool, Glasgow and Sheffield the least healthy. Finland Suspected poisoner caught Police have arrested a 52-year-old man on suspicion of serving drinks tainted with industrial alcohol which killed several people and left 10 suffering severe poisoning in Kauhava, western Finland. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
What the Dems should do Jan 5, 2007
Robert Hetherington of Sheffield, United Kingdom Please try to spend more money on pensioners [and] medical needs for poorer people. Don't spend (waste) any more money on war anywhere. (CNN -- World)
