One such convert is Steven Dobson, an information-technology specialist in Leeds, England.
In 1997 Oliver Carsten, a professor of transport safety at the University of Leeds in England, coordinated a major European research project on intelligent speed adaptation.
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"It allows us to make some firm conclusions, " said Andrew Shepherd, a professor of earth observation at the University of Leeds in England and a lead author of the study.
"He sure looks like he gave up basketball, " said Aidan Foster-Carter, a Korea specialist and professor at the University of Leeds in England, joking about how much he has grown.
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Leeds had England forward Jamie Jones-Buchanan placed on report for a crunching tackle on Saints front rower James Graham, while St Helens' Leon Pryce was sin-binned for a blatant professional foul.
Craig Jordan, director of the Lyn Sage Center at Northwestern University, found when he was working at the University of Leeds in England that tamoxifen is useful in treating breast cancer.
The Plymouth-born diver is currently at a training camp in Leeds before the England team head to Delhi on 4 October.
The best thing about football, he said once, was the ordinary people he met including those of Garforth, near Leeds in northern England, whose non-league team he coached for a chilly month in 2004.
After pulling it back to 18-12 down at the break, the game appeared to be turning Leeds' way when England winger Ryan Hall took Keith Senior's pass to grab a third try 10 minutes into the second half to cut gap to just two points.
He admitted that he was excited by the potential of the Leeds squad but the former England manager played down any title talk so early on in the season.
England travel to Leeds for the first of three one-day internationals against West Indies on Thursday, the start of a busy six-week schedule which includes the World Twenty20 tournament.
Sale Sharks hooker Andy Titterrell is a certainty for the trip, while Woodward and his coaching staff are also looking closely at Leeds scrum-half and England Under-21 Grand Slam captain Clive Stewart-Smith.
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But in the 1990s, mergers, acquisitions and deregulation have enabled Leeds to surpass Manchester as northern England's top financial centre.
"I'm excited about my role here, " said the 35-year-old Australian, who first came to England when he joined Leeds from North Queensland Cowboys.
The former England A international captained Leeds to their first ever promotion to the Premiership and also lifted the Powergen Cup at Twickenham in the absence of then skipper Iain Balshaw, who had been injured in the final.
He will lead the side in the second Test against Australia in Leeds and the following four Tests against England.
Data from NHS England showed the unit at Leeds General Infirmary had similar death rates to two other centres but said the hospital came "very close" to an alert threshold.
The number eight will hope to follow in the footsteps of South African born flanker Hendre Fourie, whose form for Leeds last season earned him selection for England's tour of Australia.
Early on, it had seemed Leeds would ease past their opponents, with England winger Hall scoring twice in the first 10 minutes.
The Leeds captain is confident that despite the demoralising defeat England can win their semi-final against New Zealand.
The England Saxon flanker is the first of Leeds' big-name players to commit his future to the club for next season.
In July a review by the Joint Committee of Primary Care Trusts (JCPCT) of 10 units in England and Wales recommended closing centres at Leeds General Infirmary, Glenfield Hospital and London's Royal Brompton.
Towton is a nondescript village in northern England, between the cities of York and Leeds.
Under Church of England plans, the dioceses of Ripon and Leeds, Bradford and Wakefield would combine to become the Diocese of Leeds.
Instead priorities will be given to a new NHS Commissioning Board, based in Leeds but with four regional and 50 local offices around England.
Many other councils across England have already adopted similar planning rules, including Leeds, Bristol, Nottingham and Plymouth.
Titterrell's injury leaves Leeds with just Steve Thompson, who is currently away on England duty, and Phil Nilsen as their senior hookers.
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Leeds director of rugby Neil Back, a former Leicester and England team-mate of Richards, has backed the 46-year-old to bounce back from the controversy.
"I believe Hendre will go with the full England squad to Australia, " Back told BBC Radio Leeds.
Smith, who is comfortable at full-back, wing or centre, won the Harry Sunderland Trophy in last year's Grand Final for his man of the match display in Leeds' victory over St Helens and went on to play for England at the World Cup.
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