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# 2015 New South Wales Labor Party leadership election

An election for the leadership of the New South Wales branch of the Australian Labor Party, the party of opposition in the New South Wales, was held on 5 January 2015. The election was triggered following the resignation of Opposition Leader John Robertson on 23 December 2014.
It elected Shadow Environment Minister Luke Foley as the next parliamentary Leader of the New South Wales Labor Party and Leader of the Opposition in the lead-up to the March election, despite Foley not holding a seat in the Legislative Assembly. In the lead-up to the election, Deputy Leader Linda Burney, served as interim Leader of the Opposition and she continued to serve as Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly after the election.

## Background

The Liberal–National Coalition won the 2011 election in a landslide victory, reducing the parliamentary Labor party to twenty seats in the Legislative Assembly. In the aftermath, Transport Minister John Robertson was elected as leader of the Labor Party in opposition with Linda Burney appointed as his deputy. Following revelations that Robertson had sent a letter on behalf of the 2014 Sydney hostage crisis gunman, Man Haron Monis, a constituent in his Blacktown electorate, to the Department of Family and Community Services in support of Monis' request for a supervised visit with his children on Father's Day in 2011, pressure mounted on Robertson to resign as Leader of the Labor Party. Robertson announced his resignation on 23 December 2014 with the 2015 state election three months away.
The first nominee to announce their candidacy for the leadership was Shadow Treasurer Michael Daley, who was followed by Shadow Police Minister Steve Whan on 24 December.
While many within the party favoured Shadow Environment Minister Luke Foley to succeed Robertson, his position in the Legislative Council made it difficult for him to lead the parliamentary party with all Labor preselections for winnable Legislative Assembly seats already decided excepting Auburn, a seat involved in an internal dispute between incumbent MP Barbara Perry and her challenger, Auburn councillor Hicham Zraika, whom Perry accused of branch-stacking. On 29 December, Foley announced that he would contest the leadership and the Auburn pre-selection. Following Foley's announcement, Steve Whan withdrew from the race, citing insufficient support. Daley withdrew for similar reasons the following day.

## Candidates

* Luke Foley, Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council, Shadow Minister for the Environment and Climate Change and Shadow Minister for Planning and Infrastructure

### Withdrew

* Michael Daley, Shadow Treasurer and Shadow Minister for Roads
* Steve Whan, Shadow Minister for Police

### Declined

* Linda Burney, Interim leader, Deputy Leader of the Opposition and Shadow Minister for Family and Community Services

## Aftermath

Foley was elected unopposed and declared his candidacy for Labor pre-selection in the district of Auburn, then occupied by incumbent MLA Barbara Perry. Perry announced her intention to withdraw her pre-selection candidacy to make way for Foley.
# Akizuki

The Japanese name Akizuki may refer to:
* Akizuki clan, a Japanese noble family
* Akizuki (surname)
* Akizuki rebellion, in 1876
* Akizuki-class destroyer, several classes of Japanese warships
* Japanese destroyer Akizuki, several Japanese ships
# 2015 Challenger Ciudad de Guayaquil

The 2015 Challenger Ciudad de Guayaquil was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the eleventh edition of the tournament which was part of the 2015 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Guayaquil, Ecuador between November 2 and November 8, 2015.

## Singles main-draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| ARG | Diego Schwartzman | 78 | 1 |
| BIH | Damir Džumhur | 80 | 2 |
| ARG | Guido Pella | 85 | 3 |
| ARG | Facundo Argüello | 121 | 4 |
| ESP | Roberto Carballés Baena | 123 | 5 |
| BRA | Rogério Dutra Silva | 124 | 6 |
| BEL | Kimmer Coppejans | 127 | 7 |
| ARG | Carlos Berlocq | 132 | 8 |
* $^1$ Rankings are as of October 26, 2015.

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
* Iván Endara
* Gonzalo Escobar
* Emilio Gómez
* Roberto Quiroz
The following players entered the main draw as alternates:
* Damir Džumhur
* Juan Carlos Sáez
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
* Guido Andreozzi
* Michael Linzer
* Axel Michon
* Thiago Monteiro

## Champions
### Singles

* Gastão Elias def. Diego Schwartzman 6–0, 6–4

### Doubles

* Guillermo Durán / Andrés Molteni def. Gastão Elias / Fabrício Neis 6–3, 6–4
# Zafra taylorae

Zafra taylorae is a species of sea snail in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.

## Distribution

This marine species occurs off Easter Island.
# Zafra selasphora

Zafra selasphora is a species of sea snail in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.

## Description

The shell grows to a length of 3.5 mm, its diameter 1.5 mm.
This minute, ovate species contains 6-7 whorls. It is principally conspicuous for its smooth longitudinal ribs, with no revolving lines, the ribs themselves being often obsolete on the body whorl, wholly or, at all events, in part. The beautiful zigzag painting, like lightning-flashes, is also characteristic. The oblong aperture is narrow. The outer lip is slightly incrassate with few denticles inside.The simple columella is shining.

## Distribution

This species is distributed in the Mediterranean Sea, the Red Sea, the Persian Gulf and in the Indian Ocean along the Aldabra Atoll
# Aksel Nærstad

Aksel Nærstad (1 January 1952 – 22 October 2022) was a Norwegian political activist and advisor.

## Political career

Nærstad chaired the Red Electoral Alliance from 1987 to 1995. From 1995 to 1997 he chaired the board of the newspaper Klassekampen. He chaired the Norwegian Social Forum /Globaliseringskonferansen from first forum in 2001 and for eight years. He was also the first chair of the Norwegian Trade Campaign from 2003 until 2012, and was still a member of the board. He was senior policy advisor in the Norwegian NGO, the Development Fund . He was also international coordinator of the More and Better Network, a global network of farmers' and fisherfolks' organizations and NGOs.

## Early and personal life

Nærstad was born in Rælingen on 1 January 1952, a son of Andreas Nærstad and Emmy Solveig Henriksen. After secondary school, he received practical training as carpenter.
Residing in Asker, Nærstad died on 22 October 2022, at the age of 70.

## Selected works

* Norrøna-konflikten (1985)
* Kjeller Jern og Metall 75 år (1992)
# 2015 KPIT MSLTA Challenger

The 2015 KPIT MSLTA Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the second edition of the tournament which was part of the 2015 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place at Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex in Pune, India from 26 to 31 October 2015.

## Singles main-draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| IND | Yuki Bhambri | 99 | 1 |
| RUS | Evgeny Donskoy | 118 | 2 |
| ESP | Adrián Menéndez Maceiras | 137 | 3 |
| GBR | James Ward | 159 | 4 |
| IND | Saketh Myneni | 166 | 5 |
| IND | Somdev Devvarman | 181 | 6 |
| BEL | Yannick Mertens | 183 | 7 |
| RUS | Alexander Kudryavtsev | 190 | 8 |
* $^1$ Rankings are as of 19 October 2015.

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
* Anvit Bendre
* Aryan Goveas
* Sumit Nagal
* Vishnu Vardhan
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
* Prajnesh Gunneswaran
* Temur Ismailov
* Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan
* Purav Raja

## Champions
### Singles

* Yuki Bhambri def. Evgeny Donskoy 6–2, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$

### Doubles

* Gerard Granollers / Adrián Menéndez Maceiras def. Maximilian Neuchrist / Divij Sharan 1–6, 6–3, [10–6]
# Jonathan Roussel

Jonathan Roussel Toledo (born 16 August 1937, in Yoro) is a Honduran journalist, currently works as host of the radio program Vidrio Molido on Radio Cadena Voces and the television program De Cara al Pueblo in Canal 11.
On 10 May 2013, the Honduran Journalist Association announced that Roussel was to be distinguished with the "Alvaro Contreras" award.
# 2015 Finnish Cup

The 2015 Finnish Cup (Suomen Cup) is the 61st season of the Finnish Cup. 132 clubs entered the competition, including all sides on the top two levels of the Finnish football pyramid (Veikkausliiga and Ykkönen), 19 sides from Kakkonen and 91 from lower levels. The winner of the cup enters the first qualifying round of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League.

## Teams

| Round | Dates | Clubs involved | Winners from previous round | New entries this round | Leagues entering this round |
| First round | 11 Jan 2015 – 1 Feb 2015 | 16 | − | 16 | Kolmonen and lower levels (16 teams) |
| Second round | 18 Jan 2015 – 27 Feb 2015 | 80 | 8 | 72 | Kolmonen and lower levels (72 teams) |
| Third round | 17 Feb 2015 – 9 Mar 2015 | 72 | 40 | 32 | Ykkönen (10 teams) Kakkonen (19 teams) Kolmonen (3 teams) |
| Fourth round | 13 Mar 2015 – 22 Apr 2015 | 40 | 36 | 4 | Veikkausliiga (4 teams) |
| Fifth round | 27 Mar 2015 – 4 Apr 2015 | 24 | 20 | 4 | Veikkausliiga (4 teams) |
| Sixth round | 15 Apr 2015 – 16 Apr 2015 | 16 | 12 | 4 | Veikkausliiga (4 teams) |
| Quarter-finals | 26 Apr 2015 | 8 | 8 | − | − |
| Semi-finals | 15 August 2015 | 4 | 4 | − | − |
| Final | 29 September 2015 | 2 | 2 | − | − |

## First round

16 teams playing in the Kolmonen and lower leagues started the cup at the first round. The draw for the first and second rounds was held on 22 December 2014.
# Yves Dauge

Yves Dauge (born 26 January 1935) is a former member of the Senate of France. He represented the Communauté de communes de Rivière-Chinon-Saint-Benoist-la-Forêt, and is a member of the Socialist Party.
# James Albery

James Albery (4 May 1838 – 15 August 1889) was an English dramatist.

## Life and career

Albery was born in London. On leaving school he entered an architect's office and started to write plays. His farce A Pretty Piece of Chiselling was given its first production by the Ingoldsby Club in 1864. After some failures, his adaptation, Dr Davy, was produced at the Lyceum Theatre, London (1866). His most successful piece, Two Roses, a comedy, was produced at the Vaudeville Theatre in 1870, in which Sir Henry Irving made one of his earliest London successes as Digby Grant. The production ran for 300 performances.
Albery was the author of a large number of other plays and adaptations, including Coquettes (1870); Pickwick, a four-act drama based on Dickens's The Pickwick Papers (1871); The Pink Dominos (1877), a farce that ran for an extremely successful 555 performances and was one of a series of adaptations from the French which he made for the Criterion Theatre, where his wife, the actress and theatrical manager Mary Moore (who after his death became Lady Wyndham (1861–1931)), played the leading parts; Jingle (a farcical version of Pickwick), produced at the Lyceum in 1878; and Oriana (with music by Frederic Clay).
His one-act operetta, The Spectre Knight, with music by Alfred Cellier, ran as a companion piece to Gilbert and Sullivan's The Sorcerer and then H.M.S. Pinafore at the Opera Comique in 1878 and on tour. Albery also wrote a book called Where's the Cat? in 1880.
Albery and Moore had three sons: Irving, who became a Conservative Member of Parliament, Bronson, a theatre director after whom the Albery Theatre is named, and Wyndham, a socialist activist. Their granddaughter through Irving was Jessica Albery (1908–1990) an architect and town planner, one of the first professional women architects in the UK. Albery wrote this epitaph for himself:
   He slept beneath the moon / He basked beneath the sun; / He lived a life of going-to-do / And died with nothing done.
# 2015 Legends Tour

The 2015 Legends Tour is a series of professional golf tour events for women aged 45 and older sanctioned by the Legends Tour. Based in the United States, it is an offshoot of the main U.S.-based women's tour, the LPGA Tour. The tour was founded in 2001, and is intended to allow women to prolong their competitive golf careers on the model of the successful Champions Tour for men.

## Schedule and results

The table below shows the schedule of events for the 2015 Legends Tour season. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Legends Tour events she had won up to and including that tournament.
| Date | Tournament | Location | Winner(s) |
| Mar 8 | Walgreens Charity Classic | Arizona | Kris Tschetter (1) |
| Apr 19 | Chico's Patty Berg Memorial | Florida | Laurie Rinker (4) |
| Aug 30 | The Legends Championship | Indiana | Juli Inkster (1) |
| Sep 16 | BJ's Charity Pro-Am (unofficial) | Massachusetts | Nanci Bowen (Plymouth CC) Nancy Scranton & Jan Stephenson (Nicklaus course) Michelle McGann (Jones course) |
| Nov 7 | Walgreens Charity Championship | Florida | Liselotte Neumann (2) |
| Nov 14 | ISPS Handa Cup | Florida | Team USA |
# James Kelly Cole

James Kelly Cole (1885 – 1909) was a member of the Chicago Branch of the Industrial Workers of the World until his death in the fall of 1909. Cole was an active poet and prose writer whose work is of interest to IWW historians and critics of working class literature. Cole was killed in November 1909 when he apparently fell from a train between Chicago and Minneapolis en route to the Spokane free speech fight. Upon his untimely death, the IWW published a book of his writings to raise money for his aged parents. Little else is known of this poet-rebel except that he was convicted in 1907 of producing molds for counterfeit money.

## Writings

* Poems and Prose of James Kelly Cole, Industrial Workers of the World (1910)
# James Derbyshire

James Edward Derbyshire (27 May 1882 – 1945) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Blackburn Rovers.
# 2015 Western Athletic Conference softball tournament

The 2015 Western Athletic Conference softball tournament will be held at the New Mexico State softball complex on the campus of New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, New Mexico from May 7 through May 9, 2015. The tournament winner will earn the Western Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I softball tournament. All games will be streamed online on the WAC Digital Network with Danny Mata, sports director of KVIA providing the call.

## Tournament

| Upper round 1 | Upper round 1 | Upper round 1 | Upper round 2 | Upper round 2 | Upper round 2 | Upper final | Upper final | Upper final | | | | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | 1 | New Mexico State | 13 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Seattle | 3 | 5 | Utah Valley | 5$^{(5)}$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Utah Valley | 11$^{(6)}$ | | | | 1 | New Mexico State | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | Cal State Bakersfield | 10$^{(5)}$ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 2 | UMKC | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 3 | Cal State Bakersfield | 8 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Cal State Bakersfield | 4 | 10 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | New Mexico State | 7 | 18$^{(6)}$ |
| Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 3 | Lower round 3 | Lower round 3 | Lower final | Lower final | Lower final | |
| | | | | | | | | | 1 | New Mexico State | 18 | |
| | | | | | | 4 | Seattle | 8 | 5 | Utah Valley | 3$^{(5)}$ | |
| | | | 2 | UMKC | 5 | 5 | Utah Valley | 9 | | | | | | |
| | | | 4 | Seattle | 12 | | | | | | | | | |
* All times listed are Mountain Daylight Time.
# 2015 Open d'Orléans – Doubles

Thomaz Bellucci and André Sá were the defending champions, but chose not to participate this year

## Seeds

* Ken Skupski / Neal Skupski (final)
* Tristan Lamasine / Fabrice Martin (champions)
* Franko Škugor / Igor Zelenay (semifinals)
* James Cerretani / Tristan-Samuel Weissborn (semifinals)

## Draw
### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking
| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | | | 1 | K Skupski N Skupski | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Barrère V Millot | 4 | 6 | [9] | | Y Mertens I Sijsling | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Y Mertens I Sijsling | 6 | 4 | [11] | | | | | 1 | K Skupski N Skupski | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | |
| 4 | J Cerretani T-S Weissborn | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 4 | J Cerretani T-S Weissborn | 3 | 6$^4$ | | | | | |
| | A Golubev A Sidorenko | 4 | 1 | | 4 | J Cerretani T-S Weissborn | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | I Marchenko S Stakhovsky | 4 | 4 | | | N Gombos J Mertl | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Gombos J Mertl | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | K Skupski N Skupski | 4 | 6$^2$ |
| WC | D Guez J-K Loglo | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | T Lamasine F Martin | 6 | 7$^7$ |
| | E Couacaud M Teixeira | 6 | 6 | | | E Couacaud M Teixeira | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | F Škugor I Zelenay | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 3 | F Škugor I Zelenay | 6 | 3 | [5] | | | | |
| | N Langer J-L Struff | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 2 | T Lamasine F Martin | 4 | 6 | [10] | | | | |
| | Joffrey de Schepper K de Schepper | 2 | 4 | | | N Langer J-L Struff | 6$^3$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | T Lamasine F Martin | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
# 2015 Open de Limoges

The 2015 Open de Limoges (also known as the Engie Open de Limoges for sponsorship reasons) was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the ninth edition of the tournament, and part of the 2015 WTA 125K series. It took place in Limoges, France, on 9–15 November 2015.

## Singles entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| UKR | Elina Svitolina | 20 | 1 |
| UKR | Lesia Tsurenko | 33 | 2 |
| FRA | Caroline Garcia | 35 | 3 |
| GER | Annika Beck | 56 | 4 |
| MNE | Danka Kovinić | 58 | 5 |
| RUS | Margarita Gasparyan | 59 | 6 |
| GER | Carina Witthöft | 65 | 7 |
| GER | Anna-Lena Friedsam | 93 | 8 |
* $^1$ Rankings as of 2 November 2015

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
* Tessah Andrianjafitrimo
* Julie Coin
* Caroline Garcia
* Mathilde Johansson
* Elina Svitolina
* Lesia Tsurenko
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
* Ekaterina Alexandrova
* Anna Blinkova
* Andrea Gámiz
* Kateryna Kozlova
The following players received entry as lucky losers:
* Barbora Krejčíková
* Mandy Minella

### Withdrawals
#### Before the tournament

* Kimiko Date-Krumm (left knee injury) → replaced by Barbora Krejčíková
* Lesia Tsurenko (viral illness) → replaced by Mandy Minella

## Doubles entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank | Seed |
| RUS | Margarita Gasparyan | GEO | Oksana Kalashnikova | 154 | 1 |
| CZE | Barbora Krejčíková | LUX | Mandy Minella | 185 | 2 |
| VEN | Andrea Gámiz | ESP | Sílvia Soler Espinosa | 282 | 3 |
| GER | Anna-Lena Friedsam | POL | Katarzyna Piter | 414 | 4 |

### Other entrants

The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:
* Mathilde Johansson / Alizé Lim

## Champions
### Singles

* Caroline Garcia def. Louisa Chirico 6–1, 6–3

### Doubles

* Barbora Krejčíková / Mandy Minella def. Margarita Gasparyan / Oksana Kalashnikova 1–6, 7–5, [10–6]
# Jehan Georges Vibert

Jehan Georges Vibert or Jean Georges Vibert (30 September 1840 – 28 July 1902) was a French academic painter.

## Biography

He was born in Paris, the son of engraver and publisher Théodore Vibert, and grandson of the influential rose-breeder Jean-Pierre Vibert. He began his artistic training at a young age under the instruction of his maternal grandfather, engraver Jean-Pierre-Marie Jazet. Vibert was more interested in painting than engraving and entered the studio of Félix-Joseph Barrias and eventually the École des Beaux-Arts when he was sixteen. He remained at the École for six years under the instruction of history painter François-Edouard Picot.
Vibert debuted at the Salon of 1863 with La Sieste (The Siesta) and Repentir (Repentance).
During the Franco-Prussian War, Vibert became a sharpshooter and was wounded at the battle of Malmaison in October 1870. In recognition of his sacrifice, he was awarded a Knight in France's Legion of Honour on 18 June 1870, which was upgraded to the Legion of Honour rank of Officer on 18 February 1882.
Vibert submitted work to the Salon until 1899. The popularity of his works spread, notably in America, and fetched high prices including commissions from John Jacob Astor IV and William Vanderbilt. A large collection of works by Vibert was amassed by the heiress May Louise Maytag on behalf of then bishop of Miami Coleman Carroll, who greatly fancied them. This large cache was then donated to the Florida seminary St. John Vianney College in Miami. At this location the impressive collection has had a somewhat checkered conservation history, as well as exhibition history due to the discomfiture of later bishops with the seeming anti-clericalism of the paintings (lighthearted debaucheries, etc.).

## Death

Vibert died on 28 July 1902, and is buried at the Père-Lachaise cemetery (4th division) in Paris.

## Gallery

* Around the World, c. 1840–1902, Haggin Museum
* Preparations for the Procession
* A Fine Point
* The Church in Danger
* The Preening Peacock
* The Marvelous Sauce, c. 1890, Albright-Knox Art Gallery
* The Diet
* A Cardinal in Profile, 1880, Morgan Library and Museum
* The Fortune Teller
* Autumn Flowers
* The Serenade
* The Schism, 1874, Wadsworth Atheneum
# Kauaʻi Island Utility Cooperative

Kauaʻi Island Utility Cooperative (KIUC) is an electric cooperative located on the island of Kauaʻi in Hawaiʻi. With roughly 38,695 member-owners represented by a nine-member board of directors, it is the only electric cooperative in the state of Hawaii.

## Energy history

In the 1970s, Kauaʻi burned sugar cane waste to supply most of their electricity.
As of 2008, the majority of the Kauaʻi's electricity was produced by importing liquid petroleum, costing $69.3 million in 2006 and $83 million in 2007. By 2011, 92% of KIUC's power came from petroleum.
As of 2019, KIUC's fuel mix was 47.2% fossil fuels, 10.5% hydroelectric, 9.9% biomass and 32.5% solar. KIUC has successfully integrated large-scale solar into its grid so that, during daylight hours on most days, 100 percent of its generation comes from renewable sources. In March 2017, KIUC commissioned a 13 MW solar and 13 MW / 52 MWh battery project for 13.9¢/kWh. In December 2018, KIUC commissioned a 28 MW solar and 20 MW / 100 MWh battery is priced at 11¢/kWh. A proposed solar-charged water pumping system will supply power throughout the night.

## Corporate history

Kauaʻi Electric was incorporated in 1905 as a subsidiary of McBryde Sugar in order to construct a 2.4 MW hydroelectric plant on the Wainiha River. Kauaʻi Electric merged with Lihue Plantation's Waiahi Electric Company early in the 1950s. Kauaʻi Electric became a division of Citizens Utilities Company in 1969. In the late 1990s, Citizens Utilities announced its intentions to divest from the electric utility business and a group of business leaders from Kauaʻi joined to found the Kauaʻi Island Utility Cooperative in 1999. KIUC purchased Kauaʻi Electric Company on 1 November 2002 for $215 million.
In December 2009, KIUC participated in hearings regarding its plan to minimize the effects its operations have on three endangered Hawaiian birds, the ʻuaʻu, the ʻaʻo, and the band-rumped storm-petrel.
# Abies hickelii

Abies hickelii is a species of conifer in the family Pinaceae.
It is endemic to Mexico, found only in Chiapas, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Puebla, Veracruz states.