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  Calum MacDonald - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Calum Alistair MacDonald (Calum Alasdair Domhnallach) (born 7 May 1956) was Labour Member of Parliament for the Western Isles from 1987 until he was defeated by the Scottish National Party in the UK general election of 2005.
He was born on 7 May 1956 and brought up on the Isle of Lewis.
Mr MacDonald is a former Chair of the Fabian Society, the Labour Party’s senior think-tank.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Calum_MacDonald   (368 words)

  
 Search: the word 'iraq' spoken by Calum MacDonald (TheyWorkForYou.com)
Calum MacDonald: That was a key point of dispute between us at the time of the decision to go to war.
Calum MacDonald: The evidence provided by that person was important, but when he returned to Iraq, Saddam Hussein immediately put him, along with his family, to death.
Calum MacDonald: The fact that no evidence of a biological weapons programme was found in three years by UN inspectors in full cry in Iraq did not mean that it did not exist.
www.theyworkforyou.com /search/?s=iraq&pid=10382&pop=1   (772 words)

  
 Virtual Yarns - Driftnet
Calum 'Handy' Macdonald however, at the centre of the group, will see his nick-name pass down several generations and will only just miss his telegram from the queen.
Calum follows her in his nightclothes and looks down his croft, dotted with neat stacks of corn.
As their boots march in time along the road to Stornoway, Calum Handy allows himself a glance at his companions on either side, and feels a solid glow of fellowship, as warm as the sun upon his head.
www.virtualyarns.com /driftnet/angels.asp   (1070 words)

  
 Vintage Catalog | No Great Mischief by Alistair MacLeod
Intertwining fifty years of MacDonald family history with the current events of this afternoon's trip to Toronto, Alexander recalls the painful saga which brought him and Calum to their respective current existences.
Haunted by a yearning for their lost parents, Alexander, his twin sister, and Calum find strength and support in family ties, the resurrection of their Gaelic heritage, and their plaintive attempt to understand their history and that of their people as they struggle to make sense of their own lives.
109], and his sister likens the MacDonald clan to a "great sports team which may have lost faith in its management or its coach, but are out there anyway in the bloodied mud and the smoke, giving their hearts and their sinew not for 'management' but for the shared history of one another" [pp.
www.randomhouse.com /vintage/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=0375726659&view=rg   (1879 words)

  
 PURITAN NEWS WEEKLY
But the darkest moment of the night was the announcement that Calum MacDonald had lost his seat in Na h-Eileanan an Iar.
Nothing was published as to Calum's voting record on defence, foreign policy, education, health, pensions, transport, the environ­ment, prisons, or the Post Office.
Calum's misfortune was that he had a voting record.
www.puritans.net /news/fcs051805.htm   (1063 words)

  
 Search: spoken by Calum MacDonald (TheyWorkForYou.com)
Calum MacDonald: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the total cost of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in the Hague has been (a) to the UN and (b) to the UK.
Calum MacDonald: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with EU member states on the failure by Croatia to hand over indicted war criminals to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in the Hague.
Calum MacDonald: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what plans he is making to mark the 10th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacres; and if he will make a statement.
www.theyworkforyou.com /search/?pid=10382&pop=1   (1378 words)

  
 Precious Years1
However, in 1971, having returned to his native island for the summer break, his interest in performing was rekindled by Calum, who in his absence bad been writing songs, influenced by the contemporary folk/progressive rock scene.
The incident in question was the after-dinner performance by Gaelic singer Angus Macleod, whose highly personal and powerful renditions of traditional airs moved Calum to such an extent that he decided to pen a folk song in the ancient language of his native Skye.
Such was the interest generated by these performances that, after couple of appearances, the band were forced to cancel the rest of the dates to fulfil fresh, more lucrative bookings all over the island.
maymorning0.tripod.com /history.htm   (841 words)

  
 International IMPAC DUBLIN Literary Award
Alexander and his twin sister were reared by their grandparents while Calum and two other brothers moved out of the town (into an old house formerly occupied by the grandparents) and exist on subsistence fishing and farming.
Again, when Calum cuts his head in a drunken fall, the blood "seems to follow the contours of his face as a mountain river follows the land before falling into the sea".
Alexander MacDonald is the narrator of the story, relating the family history, its attachment to things Gaelic, its music and language.
www.impacdublinaward.ie /2001/nogreatmischief.htm   (1176 words)

  
 C&S Character Design Flowcharts Example - Mage
Calum has INT of 17 and BV of 16 with a DISC of 16, so he adds INT to BV to get a total of 33 which is equivalent to 3 Vocational Masteries.
Calum, being of a scholarly bent, doesn't think it likely that brawling will be something that he will get involved in and opts to just have it as a base skill.
Calum's attribute bonuses are +10% for spoken languages and +6% for written languages.
www.locs.org /flowch/magexmpl.html   (3842 words)

  
 Tormad "Norman" MacIntyre - pafg188 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Donald MacDonald [Parents] was born in 1781 in Bembecula, Inverness-Shire, Scotland.
Calum Steele [Parents] was born in Rear Boisdale, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada.
John MacDonald [Parents] was born in East Bay, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada.
members.shaw.ca /florenceroberta/tormadnor/pafg188.htm   (124 words)

  
 Angus MacNeil - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Angus Brendan MacNeil (born July 21, 1970) is the Scottish National Party Member of Parliament for Na h-Eileanan an Iar.
He was elected in the 2005 general election, defeating Calum MacDonald of the Labour Party.
In March 2006, MacNeil brought attention to himself by lodging a formal complaint with the Metropolitan Police regarding the Labour Party Cash for Peerages scandal.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Angus_MacNeil   (171 words)

  
 Runrig press revievs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
I met Runrig's Calum Macdonald on a day born for the euphoric soundtrack of the band's current single Maymorning, the day Scotland rose and shook itself and went out to elect itself a parliament.
Calum talks about that time: We had known Donnie would be leaving for two years beforehand, so it gave us time to come to terms with it.
Calum reveals that Rory who has always done some of the band's vocals - had even begun to record the songs for In Search Of Angels which the band had started to feel would probably be Runrig's last.
wwwstud.uni-giessen.de /~s4963/rr_press6_99.htm   (2793 words)

  
 SEPA : Press Release 2004 : Local man is new SEPA Director - Calum MacDonald
Calum beat stiff opposition to achieve the position of Director of Environmental and Organisational Strategy, based at SEPA’s HQ in Stirling.
Away from work Calum is well known in Milngavie and Bearsden for his involvement with the local rugby club, West of Scotland.
MacDonald is available for interview and photographs are available on request.
www.sepa.org.uk /news/releases/view.asp?id=59&y=2004   (301 words)

  
 ASH Scotland - Action on Smoking and Health - Calum MacDonald MP launches volunteer project to help smokers in Wedstern ...
Calum MacDonald MP launches volunteer project to help smokers in Wedstern Isles to quit
Calum MacDonald, the Western Isles MP, has launched a groundbreaking new volunteer project to help smokers from throughout the Western Isles to quit.
Launching the Buddy Project, Calum MacDonald said that the initiative would give people the chance to make a real difference to people throughout the islands ¿ improving their health and bank balances.
www.ashscotland.org.uk /ash/servlet/controller?p_service=Content.show&pContentID=3695&p_applic=CCC   (694 words)

  
 The Herald   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Gordon MacDonald, 66, received his new heart in 1980 after being diagnosed with cardiomyopathy, which causes the heart to become inflamed and not work properly.
Mr MacDonald made such a complete recovery that he returned to work, and found a job in the accounts department of Tulloch, the construction company, in Inverness.
News of Mr MacDonald's death came on the same day that a campaign was launched to sign up more Scots to the organ donor register.
www.theherald.co.uk /news/69025.html   (757 words)

  
 Calum MACDONALD : astrology horoscope planets Map of the Heavens Interactive Chart Horoscopes with Astrotheme
Astrology for "Calum MACDONALD", planets and interactive birth charts for thousands of famous people: the French version of the birth chart for "Calum MACDONALD" can be found at the address Astrology, Horoscope, Planets and Birth Chart for "Calum MACDONALD".
Calum, the predominance of planets in the Northern hemisphere prompts you to reflect and imagine rather than show your actions whilst you avoid public recognition.
Calum, the North-eastern quadrant, consisting of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd houses, is the most pronounced in your chart : this sector brings out personal assertion and material security to the detriment of others' perception and the risky adventure of self-transformation.
www.astrotheme.fr /en/portraits/t4KGR8D5D5EV.htm   (9106 words)

  
 Eriskay - Turfing Ceremony
Mr Macdonald, the chairman of the Council's Transportation Committee, said the Eriskay and Sound of Barra project had been a long time in coming.
The former Scottish Office transport minister Calum Macdonald, Westminster MP for the Western Isles, crossed to Eriskay with an official party before formally starting work on the causeway with the help of a mechanical digger.
Mr Macdonald went on to thank the community of Eriskay for their patience as they had waited to be connected to another part of the southern Western Isles.
www.w-isles.gov.uk /eriskay/turf.htm   (486 words)

  
 Western Isles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Labour's Calum MacDonald took 7,041 votes (42.7 %), allowing him to win the Western Isles with a 2,340 majority over the SNP's Ian Smith with 28.5 %.
With the UK-wide swing to Labour in the 1997 general election, Calum MacDonald took 8,955 votes (55.6 %) compared to 5,379 (33.4 %) for the SNP's Dr Anne Lorne Gilles, almost doubling the Labour majority to 3,576.
Calum MacDonald prefers to stay at Westminster and obviously was hoping for a post in another Ministry after the Holyrood elections.
www.alba.org.uk /nextwe/h08.html   (1035 words)

  
 Malcolm MacDonald CV   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
For 30 years, Malcolm MacDonald has been one of the leading writers on music in the UK - and one of the most versatile, his knowledge and enthusiasms spanning from the Renaissance to the current work of contemporary composers.
Under the journalistic nom-de-plume of Calum MacDonald he is a well-known broadcaster and lecturer on varied aspects of music.
He is himself a composer and arranger, and his performing edition of Roberto Gerhard's Catalan ballet Soirées de Barcelone, which involved orchestrating the last quarter of the work, was premiered by the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra under Matthias Bamert in 1996.
www.macdprogramnotes.demon.co.uk /cv.html   (209 words)

  
 Runrig - About the Band - Member Profiles: Calum MacDonald
Calum is married with 3 children: one son and two daughters.
Calum plays percussion for the band and co-writes the music with his brother, Rory.
Calum ist verheiratet und hat 3 Kindern: ein Sohn und zwei Töchter.
www.amareka.addr.com /calum.html   (139 words)

  
 Calum MacDonald opens £3 million Housing Development.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Scottish Housing Minister Calum MacDonald MP today opened Parkhead Housing Association’s £3 million housing development at the Lilybank Estate, Glasgow.
A total of 59 new flats and houses for rent and shared ownership have been provided by the Association in partnership with Scottish Homes, which provided nearly £1.8 million of grant to the Association for the project.
Shared ownership is a scheme which helps fulfil people’s aspirations of home ownership by enabling them to buy a share in a property and rent the remainder from a housing association.
www.scotland.gov.uk /news/releas98_1/pr1333.htm   (567 words)

  
 Calum MacDonald
Calum Alistair MacDonald (Calum Alasdair Domhnallach) was Labour Member of Parliament for the Western Isles from 1987 until he was defeated by the Scottish National Party in the UK general election of 2005.
Descendants of Donald and Jean Macdonald of Inverness, SCT.
Macdonald Henderson Solicitors in Scotland are a niche Scottish law practice, providing pro-active advice to large, small, new and expanding businesses.
www.omniknow.com /common/wiki.php?in=en&term=Calum_MacDonald   (1519 words)

  
 Runrig - Reviews   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
It was just a pity that Calum and Rory Macdonald were unable to be there on the night to enjoy this tribute to their songs.
Now, though, the legacy of the Macdonald brothers, the band's two remaining founder members, is being celebrated for its role in revitalising Gaelic culture.
Calum and Rory's songs display clearly the depth to which they are rooted in their Gaelic heritage.
www.runrig.co.uk /a_review.htm   (4075 words)

  
 Gallery 1
Calum Joseph MacPhee, one of the sons of Donald MacPhee.
Calum MacRury holding the horse with Archie fitting the shoe.
The bell was used to call the workers in from the fields.
www.benbeculahistorysociety.co.uk /images/gallery1/index.htm   (94 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Scotland | MP hits out over Gaelic funding
Western Isles MP Calum MacDonald told the Commons there was a unique opportunity to set up a dedicated digital television channel.
Mr MacDonald said the money currently being provided for Gaelic broadcasting this year by Westminster was less than the previous Conservative administration.
Mr MacDonald warned the issue was beginning to look "a bit like tokenism" and claimed the funding had become the "devolution orphan kept on a starvation diet".
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/scotland/3761590.stm   (290 words)

  
 Precious Years 2
Then,in October 1975,they got their first break when one of Calum and Rory's compositions,,,Sguaban Arbhair", later to appear on,Play Gaelic", won second prize in a BBC Gaelic song contest.
Gone were the harsh rock sounds of the "Highland Connection", to be replaced by softer acoustic instruments and an altogether more rounded, warmer feel.Lyrically, however, there was no toning down.
Times were hard,but after another sell-out gig at the Eden Court Theatre at the end of the year, and several successful European dates, Runrig decided to go full-time once again - much to the delight, apparently, of the young, success-hungry lain Bayne.
maymorning0.tripod.com /history2.htm   (546 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
They where playing live for the first time in 1973 in Glasgow with Rory Macdonald, Calum Macdonald and Blair Douglas, that left the band later on.
The members of the group may change but the sound is still the same perfect combination of traditional Gaelic and pop/ rock/ folk.
Calum and Rory writes most of the them.
hem.passagen.se /f86/run.htm   (142 words)

  
 Calum MacDonald announces 1998-99 Grant Figures for Councils   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Calum MacDonald announces 1998-99 Grant Figures for Councils
Mr Calum MacDonald, MP, Minister for Local Government at the Scottish Office, today announced the 1998 99 figures for Government support to all 32 Scottish councils.
These figures will now be considered at a meeting between COSLA and the Secretary of State on January 23.
www.scottishexecutive.gov.uk /news/releas97/pr2077.htm   (277 words)

  
 bookideas.com: No Great Mischief by Alistair MacLeod   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
MacLeod brilliantly and in a sensitive manner portrays the survival of these Highlanders in Canada from the magnificent glacial, wind blown shores of rugged Cape Breton to the harsh uranium mines of Elliott Lake: from the seedy quarters of Toronto to affluent Alberta.
We learn about the Calum Ruadh Clan (MacDonald clan) and in particular the life journeys of two descendants of the clan, Alexander MacDonald, “the fl-haired one” and his older brother, “the red-haired Calum.
For example, the loyal dogs who followed their masters from one continent to the other, the wild mare who extracted Calum’s tooth, the beached whale lured to the shore by human voices, the almost dead kitty, all come to life with deep feelings and sensitivity.
www.bookideas.com /reviews/index.cfm?fuseaction=displayReview&id=1231   (490 words)

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