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# Janet McVeagh

Janet Mary McVeagh (née Roborgh 27 December 1941 – January 2005) was a New Zealand disability worker, environmentalist and politician who was a co-leader of the Values Party in the 1980s.

## Biography

McVeagh worked for the Crippled Children Society (CCS) as a recreation officer in New Plymouth and later Auckland. She had four children, three sons and one daughter.
She was a long-time advocate for the environment and social justice, leading her to join the Values Party upon its foundation in 1972. McVeagh was the organiser for several local environmental campaigns including protests against the government Think Big policies, to oppose the building of a synthetic petrol plant at Motunui and a clean sea action group which lobbied to get a clean sewage treatment plant in New Plymouth. In 1982 she founded, Residents Against Dioxin, a New Plymouth-based group to cease the production of 2,4,5-Trichlorophenoxyacetic acid (a toxic pesticide used in agriculture) in New Zealand.
She contested the electorate of New Plymouth as the Values candidate at the 1978, 1981 and 1984 elections. In 1981 she was elected a co-leader of the Values Party. She led the party in two general elections before resigning at the 1988 party conference. The Values Party was wound down starting in 1989 and in 1990 the remnants became part of the new Green Party. McVeagh became the Green Party's disabilities spokesperson.
In 1993 McVeagh moved to Auckland and at the 1999 election was the Green Party candidate for Epsom. She was also allotted the relatively high list placing of 13. She finished fourth out of eleven candidates and was not high enough on the Green Party list to be elected. In Auckland McVeagh started her own business, Janet McVeagh Recreation Ltd, which provided recreation services for disabled adults and children.
She died in Auckland in January 2005. Her children continued to run her company after her death.
# Martin S. Auer

Martin Swift Auer (July 21, 1918 – May 21, 1991) was an American businessman and politician from New York.

## Life

Auer was born on July 21, 1918, in Syracuse, New York to Harriet Swift Auer (1888-1948) and Onondaga County Sheriff Edwin Rugby Auer (1882-1965). He graduated from Syracuse University and from the Army Finance School of Duke University. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II as a Paymaster in the Pacific Theatre, reaching the rank of captain. Afterwards he took over the family business, Auer & Company, a candy and tobacco wholesaler in Syracuse. He married Wilma Tucker (1918–1991), and they had three children, Martin Tucker (b. 1948) Michael (b. 1950) and Virginia (b. 1954).
He entered politics as a Republican, and was City Auditor of Syracuse; and a member of the Board of Supervisors of Onondaga County (Syracuse, 18th Ward).
He was a member of the New York State Senate from 1973 to 1984, sitting in the 180th, 181st, 182nd, 183rd, 184th and 185th New York State Legislatures.
On February 16, 1979, he and some other local Republican bosses were indicted for demanding campaign contributions from insurance agencies who wanted to do business with the county administration. Later it was also charged that the Republican bosses asked county employees to hand over part of their wages to the party. On February 19, 1980, Auer was convicted of conspiracy on the latter charge. On November 4, he was re-elected to the State Senate. On January 12, 1981, he pleaded guilty to having been involved in the insurance agency shake-down. As part of a plea-bargain, his crime was classified as combination in restraint of trade, which is a misdemeanor and not a felony, and thus was able to retain his Senate seat.
In November 1984, he ran again for re-election, but was defeated by Democrat Nancy Larraine Hoffmann.
Auer died on May 21, 1991, in Syracuse University Hospital in Syracuse, New York, of a heart attack; and was buried at the Oakwood Cemetery there.
# Communiqué (disambiguation)

A communiqué is a brief report or statement released by a public agency.
Communiqué may also refer to:
* Communiqué (band), a rock band
* Communiqué (Dire Straits album) (and its respective title track), 1979
* Communiqué (Steve Lacy and Mal Waldron album), 1987
* "Communique", a song by John Frusciante and Josh Klinghoffer from the 2004 album A Sphere in the Heart of Silence
* Communiqué, the newsletter of the Association for Preservation Technology International
* Communiqué, the newsletter of the National Association of School Psychologists
* The Communiqué, the official newsletter for STARFLEET: The International Star Trek Fan Association, Inc.
# Lavello

Lavello (Potentino: Lavìdde) is a town and comune in the province of Potenza, in the region of Basilicata of southern Italy; it is located in the middle Ofanto valley.

## History

The area of Lavello was settled in prehistoric times, as attested by findings of an Iron Age village. The town originated as a Daunian and then Roman settlement, known as Forentum. It was an important stronghold during the Lombard rule in southern Italy, and here was killed Sicard of Benevento (839).
Lavello was an important Byzantine center and a bishopric seat from 1025. Starting from 1043 Lavello was one of the twelve baronies of the Norman county of Apulia in southern Italy. The Normans rebuilt the cathedral and added a line of walls. The fortress was strengthened under their successors, the Hohenstaufen. Here King Conrad IV of Germany died in 1254. As a result of its participation in the anti-Angevine revolt in 1268, it was burnt down by Charles I of Anjou in 1298. The castle has since been transformed into the town hall.
The Church of Annunziata, which is in Lavello, was built during the Norman age and dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Assumption. A limestone sarcophagus from 1550 is situated in the chapel along with altarpieces and wooden statues. Renovations of the church have occurred since the sixteenth century and have continued into the 20th century; in 1986, the central nave floor was redone.

### Climate

The city is characterized by a Mediterranean climate, with long warm summers and characterized by strong diurnal air temperature variation and snowy winters. According to the average data of the thirty years 1961-1990, the average temperature of the coldest month, January, is 6.5 °C, while that of the warmer months, July and August, is 23.4°C.
Lavello falls within climate band D, a classification that pertains to municipal limits on energy consumption as determined by Decree of the President of the Republic no. 412 of August 26, 1993. The maximum limit allowed for the ignition of the heating is 12 hours a day from November 1 to April 15.

## Famous citizens

* Angelo Tartaglia – mercenary
* Marco Bisceglia – priest and activist for homosexual rights
# Independent Republican (United States)

In the politics of the United States, Independent Republican is a term occasionally adopted by members of United States Congress to refer to their party affiliation. It is also used at the state level by individuals who loosely identify with the ideals of the national Republican Party but who choose not to formally affiliate with the party (i.e. chooses to be an independent).
Independent Republican is not a political party. Several elected officials, including members of Congress, have identified as Independent Republicans. It has generally been used by members of Congress who have considered themselves to be members of the Republican Party, but who did not receive the nomination of the Republican Party and therefore ran against and defeated the Republican Party's official candidate in the general election. Examples include Thomas S. Butler, who served from 1897 to 1928 from Pennsylvania, Henry K. Porter, who served from 1903 to 1905 from Pennsylvania, and Peter A. Porter, who served from 1907 to 1909 from New York. Lisa Murkowski, who was defeated in the Republican primary by Tea Party-backed Joe Miller, won the United States Senate election in Alaska in 2010 as a write-in candidate, though she did not adopt this label.
Robert Moses, the "master builder" of New York City, described himself as an Independent Republican.
# Barhadbesciabas

Barhadbesciabas (alternately Barhadbesaba or Barhadbescialas) (died July 20, 355) is venerated as a Christian martyr who was decapitated during the reign of Shapur II. A deacon of Arbela, in the Sassanid Empire, he was arrested by the governor of Arbela, Sapor Tamaspor, and put on the rack.
Tradition states that the authorities ordered Aghaeus, an apostate Christian nobleman, to kill Barhadbesciabas with a sword.
Another Christian of the same name was martyred with Abda and Abdjesus in 366.
His feast day is July 21.
# Samata-i-Uta

Samata-i-Uta is a village on the island of Savai'i in Samoa. It is situated on the south coast of the island in the district of Satupa'itea and the electoral district of Salega 1. The population is 646.
# Carlos López Moctezuma

Carlos López Moctezuma Pineda (19 November 1909 – 14 July 1980) was a Mexican film actor. He appeared in more than 210 films between 1938 and 1980. He starred in the film Happiness, which was entered into the 7th Berlin International Film Festival.

## Selected filmography

* Three Peasants on a Donkey (1939)
* The Whip (1939)
* I Will Live Again (1940)
* The Unknown Policeman (1941)
* The 9.15 Express (1941)
* The Rock of Souls (1942)
* The Count of Monte Cristo (1942)
* Simón Bolívar (1942)
* Red Konga (1943)
* Christopher Columbus (1943)
* Lightning in the South (1943)
* A Woman of the East (1946)
* The Queen of the Tropics (1946)
* Hidden River (1948)
* Maclovia (1948)
* The Shadow of the Bridge (1948)
* Angels of the Arrabal (1949)
* Midnight (1949)
* Immaculate (1950)
* Rosauro Castro (1950)
* María Montecristo (1951)
* The Shrew (1951)
* The Trace of Some Lips (1952)
* The Naked Woman (1953)
* A Divorce (1953)
* The Proud and the Beautiful (1953)
* Take Me in Your Arms (1954)
* The Murderer X (1955)
* Happiness (1957)
* Una cita de amor (1958)
* La maldición de la llorona (1961)
* House of Women (1966)
* A Faithful Soldier of Pancho Villa (1967)
* La Gran Aventura Del Zorro (1976)
* Perro callejero (1978)
* Como México no hay dos (1979)
# Robert Grant Haliburton

Robert Grant Haliburton Q.C., D.C.L. (3 June 1831 – 6 March 1901) was a Canadian lawyer and anthropologist. He became famous after founding the Canada First organization that saw English Canadian society as the "heirs of Aryan northmen" and that the French Canadians were a "bar to progress."

## Early life

Haliburton was born in Windsor, Nova Scotia. His father was Judge Haliburton who wrote the best selling Clockmaker series about the humorous adventures of the Sam Slick character. Like his father he graduated from University of King's College and was part of the local volunteer militia where he rose to the rank of Lieutenant-colonel. He was a lawyer, called to the bar in 1853.

## Canada First and the Aryan North

The Canada First movement was organized in Ottawa in 1868. It was at first supported by Goldwin Smith and Edward Blake. Ontario residents, George Denison, Charles Mair, William Alexander Foster and Robert Grant Haliburton founded the movement. Haliburton and like minded authors that made up the Canada First movement saw that the milder southern climate was said to lead to "degeneration, decay, and effeminacy." The harsher northern climate they argued was said to produce the most Canadian of characteristics, "the inclination to be moderate". The Canada First movement saw the French Canadian and Métis cultures as dead weight that was holding the advancement of English Canada back.

## Later life

Ill health required Haliburton to move to warmer climates and he spent his winters in Jamaica. After a lucrative career in law he was able to live off his investments and spent some time as an anthropologist and was instrumental in discovering the "dwarf races" of northern Africa and the Atlas region. A "rover", he died in Pass Christian, Mississippi, United States, on 6 March 1901; he was 69.

## Works

* An Address On The Present Condition...British North America, (1857)
* The festival of the dead, (1867)
* The coal trade of the New Dominion, (1867)
* Explorations in the Pictou coal field, (1867)
* Men Of The North And Their Place In History..., (1869)
* Explorations in the Pictou coal field, in 1867 and 1868, (1869)
* A Sketch Of The Life And Times Of Judge Haliburton, (1897)
* Voices From The Street
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# Enoch B. Talcott

Enoch B. Talcott (April 30, 1811 in Herkimer, Herkimer County, New York – June 21, 1868 in Utica, Oneida County, New York) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

## Life

He was the son of Enoch Talcott (1780–1814) and Lydia (Barton) Talcott. He graduated from Union College in 1836. Then he studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Oswego. On July 6, 1842, he married Mary G. Doolittle, and they had six children.
He was a member of the New York State Senate (5th D.) from 1845 to 1847, sitting in the 68th, 69th and 70th New York State Legislatures.
He was Collector of Customs for the District of Oswego from May 1853 to March 1858. In October 1858, he was appointed Receiver of the Agricultural Bank of Herkimer, and the Dairymen's Bank of Newport.
In 1866, he removed to Utica, and continued the practice of law there.

## Sources

* The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 135 and 146; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
* The Bankers' Magazine (1858; pg. 677)
* Obit in The American annual Cyclopaedia for 1868 (Appleton, 1869; pg. 569)
* Talcott genealogy
* The District of Oswego with list of Collectors
New York State Senate :
| Preceded byHenry A. Foster | New York State Senate Fifth District (Class 2) 1845–1847 | Succeeded bydistrict abolished |
# Howard Thornton

Howard Thornton (February 25, 1849 – January 13, 1917) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

## Life

Thornton was born on February 25, 1849, in Governor's Island, New York, the son of General William A. Thornton and Helen Smith. William A. Thornton, a West Point graduate and veteran of the Black Hawk War, the Seminole Wars, the Mexican-American War, and the American Civil War, was stationed on Governor's Island at the time of Thornton's birth.
After graduating from New York City public school in 1865, Thornton began attending the City College of New York for the next two years. He was planning on using his father's influence to get into West Point, but his father died and he was unable to get admitted. Instead, he attended Union College in Schenectady, graduating from there in 1872.
Thornton then studied law under Eugene A. Brewster of Newburgh. He also began attending Albany Law School, graduating in 1874. He returned to Newburgh and Mr. Brewster's law office, and in 1883 he opened his own law office. He also served as president of the board of trustees of Washington's Headquarters State Historic Site and a member of the board of education. He also served as director and president of the National Bank of Newburgh.
In 1891, Thornton was elected to the New York State Assembly as a Republican, representing the Orange County 1st District. He served in the Assembly in 1892, 1893, and 1894.
Thornton was a member of the Sons of the American Revolution, via his grandfather John Thornton and great-grandfather Samuel Clyde. His great-grandfather William Thornton was believed to be the brother of Matthew Thornton, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. He was Master of his local freemason lodge, and was a member of the Royal Arch Masonry, the Knights Templar, and the Chi Psi fraternity, the University Club of New York, and the Loyal Legion of the United States. He was also a trustee of Union College, a trustee and director of the Newburgh City Club, and an honorary member of a local fire company.
Thornton died from a stroke in his apartment in the Palatine Hotel on January 13, 1917. He was buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery and Mausoleum in Newburgh.
# Walker Todd

Walker Todd (c. 1786 in New Milford, Litchfield County, Connecticut – August 1840 in Mount Pleasant, Westchester County, New York) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

## Life

He was the son of Capt. Eli Todd and Mercy (Merwin) Todd. He graduated from Yale College in 1810. Then he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1812, and practiced in Carmel, New York. He married Sarah Ann Smith, and they had several children.
He was Surrogate of Putnam County from 1819 to 1821, and later for some time Postmaster of Carmel.
He was a member of the New York State Senate (2nd D.) from 1828 to 1831, sitting in the 51st, 52nd, 53rd and 54th New York State Legislatures.
In 1832, he was an Inspector of Mount Pleasant State Prison. He was again Surrogate of Putnam County from 1833 to 1840.

## Sources

* The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 127f, 146 and 416; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
* List of Post-Offices in the United States issued by the Postmaster General (1828; pg. 17)
* Death notice in American Masonic Register and Literary Companion (issue of September 5, 1840; pg. 7)
* Eighth Annual Report of the Board of Managers of the Prison Discipline Society (1833; pg. 166)
New York State Senate :
| Preceded byWilliam Nelson | New York State Senate Second District (Class 1) 1828–1831 | Succeeded byAllan Macdonald |
# John D. Van Buren

John Dash Van Buren (March 18, 1811 in New York City – 1885 in Newburgh, Orange County, New York) was an American merchant and politician from New York.
He was the son of Michael Van Beuren (1786–1854) and Anne (Dash) Van Beuren. He graduated from Columbia College in 1829. Then he studied law in the office of Hugh Maxwell, but soon abandoned this and became a merchant instead. On March 30, 1836, he married Elvira Lynch Aymar (1817–1898), and they had four children, among them State Engineer John D. Van Buren Jr. (1838–1918).
Van Buren was a member of the New York State Assembly (Orange Co., 1st D.) in 1863. On May 26, 1863, he was appointed by Gov. Horatio Seymour as Paymaster-General of the State Militia, with the rank of colonel, and remained in office until the end of 1864.
He was Gov. John T. Hoffman's private secretary from 1869 to 1872.
Van Buren died "suddenly of apoplexy," and was buried at the Woodlawn Cemetery in New Windsor, New York.

## Sources

* The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough, Stephen C. Hutchins and Edgar Albert Werner (1870; pg. 399, 401 and 498)
* Biographical Sketches of the State Officers and the Members of the Legislature of the State of New York in 1862 and '63 by William D. Murphy (1863; pg. 417f)
* OBITUARY; JOHN D. VAN BUREN in NYT on December 2, 1885
New York State Assembly :
| Preceded byDaniel R. Hudson | New York State Assembly Orange County, 1st District 1863 | Succeeded byNathaniel W. Howell |
# Hassan Yonis Habane

Hassan Yonis Habane (Somali: Xasan Yoonis Habane) was a chief of staff of the Somaliland Armed Forces. As one of the commanders of the SNM, the predecessor of Somaliland, he won many battles and was one of the initiators of Somaliland's independence.

## Biography

He was born in Djibouti in 1950 to Yoonis Habane and Caasha Ismaaciil Madar. His clan is the Jibril Aboqor clan of Habr Awal.
He studied at the elementary and secondary schools of Biyo dhacay in Hargeisa. He entered high school in Burao in 1968 and studied there for three years. At the same school was Mohamed Kahin Ahmed.
In 1972 he joined the army in Kismayo and was sent to Russia in 1973. He studied at the Military University in Odesa, Soviet Union.
He returned to Somalia in the spring of 1975. He initially worked in Mogadishu, but moved to Buloburde in 1977.
In 1977, he was assigned to Garowe and soon became a commander in Galkayo. There he was seriously injured and was treated in Mogadishu, but returned to Galkayo from time to time. Some say he had behavioral problems in Galkayo.

### Activities at SNM

In 1982, he moved to Italy for treatment. At that time, he made contact with Somali National Movement (SNM), which had been founded the previous year. Soon after, he joined SNM.
Soon he became commander of a 700-man contingent in Laanqayrta.
From 1984 to 1985 he was commander of the Western Region of the SNM.
He became Treasurer of the SNM at the end of 1987. The command of the SNM unit was held by Hassan Yonis Habane, Hassan Gure and Muse Bihi Abdi.
In May 1988, in the wake of the reconciliation between Ethiopia and Somalia, the SNM, which had a stronghold in Ethiopia, found itself in a bind; Habane teamed up with Mohamed Kahin Ahmed and others to resist.

### After the founding of Somaliland

In May 1991, Somaliland was proclaimed a state. Soon after, Habane was appointed General Commander of the Somaliland Armed Forces, a position he held until 1993.
In October 1996, he became Commander of the national army. On 21 September 1997, President Egal dismissed the Commander, General Hassan Younis Habane.
On 23 February 2001, he succeeded Shaqale as commander of the national army again. In 2003, he was dismissed from his position as Commander of the National Armed Forces. His successor is Abdisamad Haji Abdilahi (Gamgam).

### Death and After

On 27 November 2006, He died in Hargeisa. He was buried in the National Cemetery in Hargeisa.
In February 2013, he was named one of three in the Army category of "100 People Who Have Led Somaliland in the Last 20 Years."

## Family

* Brothers:
** Axmed Yonis Habane
** Cali Yoonis Habane / KULMIYE Party Chairman, Arabsiyo District
# Frank A. O'Donnel

Frank A. O'Donnel (1852 New York City – July 5, 1906 Manhattan, New York City) was an American politician from New York.

## Life

He attended the public schools and City College of New York. Then he became an accountant.
O'Donnel was a member of the New York State Assembly (New York Co., 12th D.) in 1893; and of the New York State Senate (10th D.) in 1894 and 1895.
He was a personal friend of Tammany Boss Charles Francis Murphy, and was Treasurer of the Society of St. Tammany from 1902 to 1904. Mayor George B. McClellan, Jr. appointed O'Donnel in January 1904 as President of the New York City Board of Taxes and Assessment.
In May 1906, he traveled to Europe trying to improve his health. However, he got rather worse, and soon returned. He died on July 5, 1906, in his apartments at the St. George, at 223 East 17th Street, in Manhattan; and was buried at the Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx.