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"Sir Edward Michael Coulson Fowler (born 19 December 1929) is a New Zealand architect and author who served as Mayor of Wellington from 1974 to 1983. Early life and family Fowler was born in 1929 in Marton, the son of William Coulson Fowler and Faith Agnes Netherclift. He was educated at Manchester Street School in Feilding and Christ's College in Christchurch, and completed a Master of Architecture at The University of Auckland. In 1953 he married Barbara Hamilton Hall (died 2009). Architectural career Fowler started his career in 1954 at the London office of Ove Arup and Partner. In 1957 he returned to New Zealand where he worked in his own practice: Calder, Fowler, Styles and Turner in Wellington. In the early 1960s, Fowler designed Wellington's Overseas Passenger Terminal, which was to have served international passenger ships, but never saw its intended use due to the rising popularity of air travel. In an interview many years later, he said that he "was party to the design of the biggest white elephant that Wellington ever built." He is a Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Architects. Political career Michael Fowler Centre Fowler was first elected to the Wellington City Council in 1968. Four years later he stood for the parliamentary seat of Hutt in the 1972 general election for the National Party where he came runner up to Labour's Trevor Young. Fowler was elected Mayor of Wellington in 1974, in a very tight race with long serving incumbent Sir Frank Kitts, a post that he held until he retired in 1983. His 1977 re-election campaign was against local transgender entertainer Carmen Rupe, who ran with the support of local businessman Bob Jones, with the slogans "Get in behind" and "Carmen for Mayor" and a platform of gay marriage and legalised brothels (although neither of these are local-government matters in New Zealand). Fowler was appointed a Knight Bachelor in the 1981 Queen's Birthday Honours. Wellington's principal concert performance hall, the Michael Fowler Centre, opened in 1983, was named in his honour.Michael Fowler Centre history. Retrieved 25 May 2013. In the lead up to the 1984 general election Fowler was speculated as a contender for the National Party nomination for the Wellington Central electorate. He admitted he had been invited by the party's electorate chairman to stand, but had declined to run. Criticism Fowler was criticised for his comments in May 2011 where he backed a controversial Wellywood sign in a handwritten letter to The Dominion Post, describing its critics as "dumb, humourless, totally irrelevant and probably Irish". When later questioned, he was unapologetic stating that his comment "wasn't meant to be derogatory." Irish residents in New Zealand expressed outrage at the comments. NotesExternal links *Michael Fowler, front left, in 1977 (photo) *Michael Fowler, left, in 1979 (photo) *Cartoon of Frank Kitts & Michael Fowler in 1974 * Sir Michael's personal website References * * Category:1929 births Category:Living people Category:People educated at Christ's College, Christchurch Category:New Zealand architects Category:Mayors of Wellington Category:Wellington City Councillors Category:New Zealand National Party politicians Category:New Zealand Knights Bachelor Category:New Zealand artists Category:People from Marton, New Zealand Category:Unsuccessful candidates in the 1972 New Zealand general election Category:Fellows of the New Zealand Institute of Architects Category:New Zealand politicians awarded knighthoods "
"Martin Grove could mean any of the following: * Martin Grove Road, a secondary north–south thoroughfare in Etobicoke and Vaughan, in the province of Ontario, Canada * Martin Grove (VIVA), a Vivastation of the Viva Orange rapid transit line in Toronto, Canada "
"Pantophthalmidae (sometimes spelled as Panthophthalmidae) is a small family of very large, robust flies, sometimes referred to as timber flies. There are 21 known species in two genera in the family, all of Neotropical distribution. Superficially they resemble horse flies, but are only distantly related; they are most closely related to the soldier flies (Stratiomyidae). The larvae feed by boring into living wood, an unusual habit for Diptera, and can sometimes be pests. The adult stage is brief and does not feed at all, and most active at dusk. References * Val, F. C. 1976. Systematics and Evolution of the Pantophthalmidae (Diptera, Brachycera). Arqu. Zool. São Paulo. 27:51-164. External links *Tree of relationships *University of California *Flickr Image Category:Brachycera families Category:Stratiomyoidea "