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Fife

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Council area (pop., 2001: 349,249) and historic county, eastern Scotland. An ancient Pictish kingdom, Fife became one of Scotland's leading provinces and one of the kingdom's seven earldoms. Modern Fife consists largely of an agricultural northeast and an industrial southwest. Coal mining long dominated its industry but has all but ceased; manufacturing and light industries now predominate. The service sector includes consulting services for Scotland's petroleum industry. Fife's administrative headquarters is Glenrothes.


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; Fife Corporation Phone: (800) 639-3433 Email: fife@fife.com Website: www.fife.com/flexo EASY & AFFORDABLE VIDEO WEB INSPECTION Reduce scrap and increase profits with InPrint Video... Read more
Council banned killer from schools.(News)
; Education bosses banned Thomas Hamilton from using school premises in West Fife. Fife Regional Council said yesterday he had been chairman of an organisation called the Boys Sports Clubs Group Committee. Between 1986... Read more
More help needed for disabled to get around.
; MORE needs to be done to help people with disabilities use public transport in Fife. Fife Independent Disability Network says that buses used in a recent disabled access model did not take into account the latest mobility... Read more
VICTIM 'WELL' AFTER NEW E.COLI ALERT
; ANOTHER case of the potential killer E.coli 0157 bug has been confirmed in Fife. Fife Health Board has revealed that tests confirm a 45-year-old central Fife man as the latest victim, taking the total of cases in... Read more
Clothes plea to Scots cops.(News)
; POLICE said yesterday that they may never solve the riddle of the clothes found on a beach in Aberdour, Fife. Fife police have asked other forces to check their missing person files but so far have heard nothing. Read more
Sports complex plans revealed.
; KIRKCALDY Swimming Pool could close to make way for a new state-of-the-art leisure complex in central Fife. Fife Council this week admitted that the town centre facility, along with the Fife Institute in Glenrothes, could be torn down if a... Read more
Ship-to-ship oil fuels talks
; PLANS to transfer oil ship-to-ship in the Firth of Forth have again come under fire from council chiefs in Fife. Fife Council has submitted its response to the consultation on the plans and the authority says it is still extremely concerned about... Read more
FOREST ABLAZE.(News)
; ...in a popular walking area. More than 50 firefighters tackled the blaze after undergrowth caught fire at Tentsmuir Forest in Fife. Fife Fire and Rescue said the flames were no longer spreading last night. The area was closed to the public after the fire broke... Read more
Millennium cash puts volunteers in spotlight
; ...The five schemes sharing the initiative's GBP 103,496 grant a Edinburgh Cyrenians, Befriending Edinburgh, Enable services in Fife, Fife Volunteer Development Association and Edinburgh Volunteer Exchange. Edinburgh Cyrenians' GBP 39,139 grant will allow 50 more... Read more
Pacific Northwest Sports Turf Managers Association.(STMA Chapter News)
; ...renovation project at Dacca Park/Columbia Jr. High School in Tacoma. We will be renovating a soccer field owned by the City of Fife/Fife School District. Register by calling 206/285-0400. For more information contact Matt Johns at 253/445-4538 or mjjohns@puyallup... Read more

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Fife lies on a peninsula between the Forth and Tay estuaries...present region is still occasionally called the kingdom of Fife, particularly by those resisting attempts to divide its administration...In the 1973 local government reorganization of Scotland, Fife fought a successful campaign to be a region, ... Read more
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Fife council area (1993 est. pop. 351,200), 510 sq mi (1,322 sq...the eastern coast. One of Scotland's most prosperous areas, Fife has pastures and productive farmland in the central valleys...manufacture. Other industries are linen weaving and brewing. Fife was once a Pictish kingdom. Saint Andrews , seat ... Read more
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fife small transverse flute with six to eight finger holes adopted...Swiss regiments serving in France in the late 15th cent. The fife was used in the British army until the end of the 19th cent. The piccolo has largely replaced the fife in modern use. Author not available, FIFE. , The Columbia... Read more
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Fife lies on a peninsula between the Forth and Tay estuaries. Its name derives from a Pictish...than the present boundary; the present region is still occasionally called the kingdom of Fife. In the 1973 local government reorganization of Scotland, Fife fought a successful campaign to be a region, and not ... Read more
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Fife ♂ (Scottish) Transferred use of the surname, originally a local name for someone from the Kingdom (now region) of Fife, which is said to get its name from the legendary Pictish hero Fib , one of the seven sons of Cruithne. Also: Fyfe. Read more

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