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  Commerce and Entrepreneurs in Manchester
Eddie Shah sprang into public consciousness in 1983 as a result of an industrial dispute at his Messenger Newspapers group plant at Warrington.
Shah decided to print without the unions and employed "unqualified" printers, prompting violent "strike busting" protests and street fighting.
Samuel Oldknow was born in Nottingham in 1756.
www.manchester2002-uk.com /celebs/commerce/commerce4.html   (1588 words)

  
 bs114   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Shah was born in Oakland, CA in 1946 and split his youth between there and Sommerville, TX where his mother's family lived.
Not to be overlooked is Shah's relationship with the bluesmen of his own generation, including his running partner Taxi Joe Mitchell and guitarist Jesse Blades, and with R.J. Spangler's Blues Insurgents, arguably the hottest blues band in Detroit.
Shah has synthesized the past (his own and Detroit's) with the present and created a blues that can only be described as Motor City Mojo.
www.blue-suit.com /html/bs114/bs114.html   (714 words)

  
 Electro-Magnet Interviews
Former media tycoon Eddie Shah accused the Government of being hypocrites at a Conservative Association meeting on Wednesday 26th January.
Shah cited proof of Government hypocrisy: its attempts to force people to abandon their cars for inefficient public transport, and the proposed restrictions on home ownership to just one apiece, as well as its wish to abolish private schools.
To Eddie Shah there's only the future and today; the past is unimportant.
easyweb.easynet.co.uk /e-magnet/march/interviews/body.html   (583 words)

  
 The Harmonica Shah Blues Band featuring Howard Glazer
Shah was recently granted the "Lifetime Achievement" award by the Detroit Blues Society.
Shah is influenced by Little Walter and Junior Wells and on this record he plays a ton of harp - highly expressive and inventive but never complicated...
When Shah's taking the lead Howard slices in and out of the groove with stabbin' fills and walking basses but when it is time to solo he gets in there with big fat wedges of slashing full-toned guitar...
www.southsidela.net /3.html   (659 words)

  
 The Rise of Militant: Daring To Fight
This warning was underlined by the decision of Eddie Shah the owner of the Stockport Messenger, produced at his Warrington plant, to smash the National Graphical Association (NGA).
Shah received open support from the Newspaper Publishers’ Association, from the right-wing Institute of Directors, from the police and the whole of ‘official’ society.
This emboldened Shah and the forces of the capitalist state to put the boot in.
www.socialistparty.org.uk /militant/ch24.htm   (1873 words)

  
 Nadir Shah on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
He then entered the service of Tahmasp, the son of Shah Sultan Husayn, who was asserting his claims against the Afghans under Mahmud, who had usurped the Persian throne.
Mohammed Zahir Shah (g) et Hamid Kharzai se recueillent sur la tombe du roi Nadir Shah L'ancien roi d'Afghanistan Zaher Sh.
Fazelullah Youssef Zai, 47, caretaker of the Mausoleum of King Nadir Shah, stands next to the recently repaired tomb of the former King of Afghanistan.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/N/NadirS1ha.asp   (823 words)

  
 tBLOG - Dreams...Life gets better
Eddie Funkhouser has worked for over a decade in the beauty industry as a professional make up artist and designer and creative consultant.
Eddie’s bold make up artistry spans all media, both in the U.S. and around the world.
While Eddie enjoys success in virtually all areas of the beauty industry, his focus has always been on making women feel their absolute best.
nadshah.tblog.com   (2444 words)

  
 Protestors from the National Union of Journalists: www.HoldTheFrontPage.co.uk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Protestors from the National Union of Journalists staged a demo outside an event organised to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Eddie Shah's Messenger group.
Eddie Shah, a union-busting employer, sacked NUJ and print union members in 1983 during a dispute that ended in violence outside his Warrington print plant.
It is the first time the union has been organised at the old Shah papers since the 1983 dispute.
www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk /news/2004/04apr/040420mess.shtml   (287 words)

  
 Metal Type - Local Newspaper Memories
The first person to really test the newly-introduced anti-union laws was Eddie Shah at his Stockport Messenger plant.
A handful of people were sacked for joining the NGA and then asking to be paid the agreed union minimum rate (effectively sacked for joining a union).
Eddie Shah paved the way for Rupert Murdoch to set up his "Fortress Wapping" plant in London's Docklands.
www.metaltype.co.uk /stories/story1.shtml   (665 words)

  
 SEE Magazine: December 2, 2004
That edge is apparent in the music of Harmonica Shah and Howard Glazer.
Shah’s songs and harmonica playing are visceral, with grit, realism, and directness.
Joining Harmonica Shah and Howard Glazer this weekend at the Yardbird is the rhythm section of drummer Jeff Lisk and bassist Rich Stenson.
www.seemagazine.com /Issues/2004/1202/mus3.htm   (821 words)

  
 Grand Prix Racing - the whole story
Held at the Shah Alam circuit it was not a great success and since then there has been nothing of note.
One of the first to drive the track was Eddie Irvine, fresh from his maiden victory in Australia.
Fortunately the designers of the track have taken on board a lot of the criticism levelled at other modern circuits and they have worked wonder to produce a circuit where the spectator is king.
www.gpracing.net192.com /circuits/60.cfm   (296 words)

  
 Tribute to Carmen McRae   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Harmonica Shah was honored with a lifetime achievement award from the Detroit Blues Society in 2000.
Eddie Bo is one of the most colourful musicians to come out of New Orleans, a city noted for flamboyant performers such as Professor Longhair, Guitar Slim, and Dr. John.
Eddie Bo, whose real name is Edwin J. Bocage, was born and raised in the Ninth Ward, the musical heart of New Orleans.
www.yardbirdsuite.com /Performers/@Blues.htm   (7725 words)

  
 United States National Soccer Players Association   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
There were long lines at all entrances, mainly because every fan was checked by a metal detector and all packages and bags were inspected at the gates.
Shah was gripping a beer at 11 o'clock, 90 minutes before gametime.
We're here for them,'' said Shah, who works as a consultant when he's not playing the role of an avid fan.
www.ussoccerplayers.com /latest_soccer_news/384677.html   (676 words)

  
 Untitled Document   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Eddie Murphy's name after the name of the emperor.
that he had been told that "Eddie and his associates were very high on the idea.
Eddie Murphy on at least three occasions subsequent to the meeting at the Ma Maison Restaurant in the spring of 1983.
pages.stern.nyu.edu /~rhendler/entertainment_law/art.htm   (4449 words)

  
 The nTrain » 2004 » November   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
With the Holiday season coming around, everyone is forced to compromise their assets to purchase the typical lot of electronics, lingerie, and other forms of amusement for those that they cherish the most.
Neil Shah is an NYU student studying Politics and Economics who enjoys long walks on the beach and cupcakes.
Neil Shah : At least they didn't chase them, tackle them, put a gun to their heads and pump them with a half...
ntrain.enduphere.com /?m=200411   (4251 words)

  
 Blues Bytes What's New
This was the first Harmonica Shah disc of the two to hit the streets almost simultaneously.
The jams are adventurous and riveting, and outside of a few superb covers (Jimmy Reed, Willie Dixon, Sonny Boy and Frank Patt's great "Bloodstains Upside The Wall"), the palate is heavy on originals.
This features local legend Little Junior Cannaday on guitar (as well as Eddie Kirkland, Doug Deming and a few others), Bill Heid, Detroit Piano Fats and Uncle Jesse White at the keys, R.J. Spangler with solid drumming, and a cast of other equally impressive players.
www.bluenight.com /BluesBytes/wn0401dt.html   (1896 words)

  
 Electro-Magnet Index
Meanwhile tensions in Chile run high as the right and wrongs; betrayal and redemption; admiration and detestation of the past are resurrected.
Former media tycoon Eddie Shah accused the Government of being hypocrites at a Conservative Association meeting on Wednesday 26th January 2000.
Shah cited proof of Government hypocrisy: its attempts to force people to abandon their cars for inefficient public transport, and the proposed restrictions on home ownership to just one apiece, as well as its wish to
easyweb.easynet.co.uk /e-magnet/march/march2k.htm   (182 words)

  
 Guardian | Eric Jacobs
After reading English at Pembroke College, Oxford, he joined the Glasgow Herald as a trainee leaderwriter, then went briefly to the Guardian, to Whitehall as a press officer, and, eventually, to the Sunday Times, where he became chairman of the journalists' union chapel.
He left before Rupert Murdoch's midnight flit to Wapping, and joined Eddie Shah's shortlived tabloid, Today, as a leaderwriter.
In the end, however, Murdoch gobbled up Shah's admirable but innocent newspaper, and closed it down.
www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4616724-103684,00.html   (690 words)

  
 wilde wood - artistes - voices of masada -- gothic, darkwave, industrial, ebm and dark alternative resources, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Eddie and Rob were joined by Danny, cementing their long-running musical partnership into a band.
Eddie was the original vocalist, though the band decides to audition for a dedicated singer (Eddie had been singing and playing guitar simultaneously).
They played their first gig in front of an audience in a cellar during lead singer Raymon's birthday party.
www.wildewood.co.uk /artistes/entries/voicesofmasada.php   (213 words)

  
 profiles of powerful women   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Her rise to fame from tabloid hack to media mogul has been unstoppable; the depth and scale of her ambition are generally considered quite breathtaking.
After deciding she wanted to be a journalist at 14, Rebekah went to work weekends on Eddie Shah’s Messenger titles in Warrington, teaching herself to write by ‘looking over the shoulders of the reporters’.
She joined the News of the World in 1989 as a secretary and rose from feature writing (sidestepping the gruesome, door-stepping aspects of the reporter’s job), through junior executive status on the Sunday magazine, to deputy editor.
www.ivillage.co.uk /print/0,9688,179665,00.html   (611 words)

  
 bmj.com Rapid Responses for Wei et al., 330 (7495) 821
Shah Ebrahim, Li Wei, Thomas M MacDonald, Frank Sullivan, and Peter Davey (20 April 2005)
Eddie Vos is correct in saying that women have yet to show a mortality benefit, in published Statin trials.
But Eddie goes on to say that the rationale for giving a Statin is 'high cholesterol'.
bmj.bmjjournals.com /cgi/eletters/330/7495/821   (2597 words)

  
 Politics | Campbell speaks of '24-carat crack-up'
Probably the most feared man in British politics - Alastair Campbell - has spoken of his experience of a nervous breakdown, describing it as a "24-carat crack-up".
Downing Street's director of communications suffered a mental crisis in 1986, when working as news editor for Eddie Shah's newly launched Today newspaper.
The Downing Street spin doctor has never made any secret of his mental illness, which he said was partly fuelled by heavy drinking.
politics.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4330510-107979,00.html   (266 words)

  
 Writing: Fleet Street's power briefing by Anthony Howard
Amazingly the industry did not collapse, but continued to blunder along until rescue came in the form of a traumatic technological revolution in the mid-1980s.
The stalking horse was one Eddie Shah, a successful provincial entrepreneur who saw the potential in computers and new printing techniques.
Yet journalists working for Shah’s Today reported with amazement how they were allowed to change their own light bulbs and plug in computers.
www.users.globalnet.co.uk /~mem/04_write/p53_print.html   (1800 words)

  
 Welcome to The Leprosy Mission England and Wales website
Shah Jahan, the emperor, was deeply in love with his wife.
All Eddie's books are available from TLM Trading Limited, including his latest one - Unexpected Journeys.
Almighty Father, the giver of life and health, look mercifully on those who suffer from leprosy.
www.leprosymission.org.uk /html/projects.php?itm=111   (431 words)

  
 BBC News | UK POLITICS | Amanda Platell: Nobody's fool
A native of Perth, Western Australia, who combines charm with abrasiveness, she came to the UK on a backpacking trip in 1986 but decided to stay.
She got a job as a journalist with Eddie Shah's Today newspaper, which was engaged in a bitter dispute with the unions.
Fleet Street recognised her talents and gave her rapid promotion - she was once Labour director of communications Alistair Campbell's boss at The Mirror - until she took over the helm at the Sunday Express.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk_politics/1440066.stm   (733 words)

  
 RJ's Blues News
Friday, July 29, Eddie Kirkland and RJ's Rhythm Rockers at the Pocanos Blues Festival Special Friday Night VIP Pre-Show Social, Blakeslee, PA. This is my fourth time being a part of this incredible fest and I am quite excited to be returning.
Eddie Kirkland was born in Jamaica, raised in Alabama and came to Detroit in the 50's where he started working with John Lee Hooker, appearing as a sideman on many of Hookers records.
Both of these men were in town for the Eastpoint Blues Festival and came by the New Dodg e to jam with RJ Spangler and his band the Rhythm Rockers
www.spanglerbluesproductions.com /RJ'sBluesNews.htm   (1898 words)

  
 sympozium's Xanga Site
Shah Hunnie is too busy to update his Xanga so I'll do it for him.
Let's go buy Shah a new amp and a new haircut...
Shah doesn't get shitty that I'm updating for him coz OPETH ARE THE FUCKING BEST METAL BAND EVERRRRRRR!!!
www.xanga.com /home.aspx?user=sympozium   (788 words)

  
 OKIE on the LAM™ - In LA » Letters to the Editor in Maui
This puts our government-petroleum industry in a position to undermine OPEC by flooding the market with cheap oil just as we did with Iran’s oil when we had “our” shah of Iran in power.
If God is a rational entity, he’s got to be real ticked off at these folks always pointing the finger at him.
The only way to detect tampering with electronic voting is to isolate each computer and then carefully inspect the vote-tallying software and hardware just before the voting begins.
okieonthelam.com /?p=152   (744 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
My comment about "Eddie and the Cruisers" was just my two cents worth, and an alternative to the "Iron Maiden" idea.
------------------------------ Date: 12 May 91 23:13:35 +0000 From: n054gi@tamuts.tamu.edu (Apurva Shah) Subject: Re: Odd 77-byte files (PC) It is very likely that the files that were created having the _xe and _om extensions contained the headers of the respective EXE and COM files.
This files are then used by some virus detection program to look for changes in the header of the original files.
www.ja.net /CERT/CERT-CC/virus-l/archives/1991/v4i82   (3530 words)

  
 A Five Book Review
"Mixed Marriage and Other Parsi Stories" a short story collection by Meher Pestonji in Mombasa, "The Inscrutable Americans" by Anurag Mathur in Nairobi, "Ravan and Eddie" by Kiran Nagarkar in Nairobi and Masai Mara, "The Death of Vishnu" by Manil Suri at Masai Mara and "The House of Blue Mangoes" by David Davidar in Nakuru.
It is about the parallel lives of two boys, Ravan and Eddie, living in the same chawl in Mumbai, brought together by unusual circumstances.
The first 50 pages or so are brilliantly written; very funny, satirical and detailed.
www.manfrommatunga.com /fivebookreview.htm   (880 words)

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