Alcayde
Qaid ( ar , قائد ', "commander"; pl. '), also spelled kaid or caïd, is a word meaning "commander" or "leader." It was a title in the Norman kingdom of Sicily, applied to palatine officials and members of the ''curia'', usually to those who were Muslims or converts to Islam. The word entered the Latin language as lat, gaitus or lat, gaytus. Later the word was used in North Africa for the governor of a fortress or the warden of a prison, also in Spain and Portugal in the form with the definite article "alcayde" (Spanish) "alcaide" (Portuguese). It is also used as a male Arabic given name. Notable qaids * Al Qaid Johar (active 950–992), A Slavic general who conquered Maghreb for the Fatimid Imam-Caliph, Al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah; and later served as the Viceroy of the Fatimid State. *Thomas Brun (active 1137–1154), Englishman who served Roger II of Sicily *Ahmed es-Sikeli, known as Caid Peter (active 1160s), eunuch in the court of Sicily, confidant of Margaret of Navar ...
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Carmen Alcayde
Carmen Alcayde Ballesteros (Valencia, 9 April 1973) is a Spanish TV presenter and actress. Career TV presenter She made the career of journalism and started making reports in local stations of Valencia and Gandía. She was editor of the program ''Todo Madrid'' in 2002. On March 24, 2003, along with Jorge Javier Vázquez she began to present in Telecinco the program that would take her to stardom, ''Aquí hay tomate'', focusing on gossip. The program lasted until 1 February 2008 with a lot of audience but criticism of sensationalism. She tried to repeat the success with another gossip program that year, ''Las gafas de Angelino'', but it only lasted one month. On 28 December 2008, she presented ''¡Guaypaut!'', the Spanish version of ''Wipeout'' as well as 10 editions of the ''Guinness World Récords'' (focusing on people who had won or tried to win a Guinness) in 2009. She also collaborated in debates of some ''reality shows'' of Telecinco (''Gran Hermano'', ''Supervivientes''). ...
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