Michael "Mike" Anthony Powell is an American former track and field athlete, and the holder of the long jump world record. He is a two-time world champion in this event and two-time Olympic silver medallist.
The 2006–07 NBL season was the 29th season of competition since its establishment in 1979. For the first time, a team was established from outside the Australasian area, with the Singapore Slingers taking over the licence of the Hunter Pirates. A new franchise, the South Dragons, was established in Melbourne, taking the number of teams to twelve.
Rhytididae is a taxonomic family of medium-sized predatory air-breathing land snails, carnivorous terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Rhytidoidea.
Powelliphanta gilliesi, one of the "amber snails", is a species of large, carnivorous land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae.
Powelliphanta lignaria, known as one of the amber snails, is a species of large, carnivorous land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae. The eggs of P. lignaria are oval and seldom constant in dimensions 10 × 8.25, 9 × 7.75, 9 × 8, 8.75 × 7.75 mm.
Paphies is a genus of large, edible, saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Mesodesmatidae. This genus is endemic to New Zealand. The species in this genus include the pipi, tuatua and toheroa.
Alcithoe is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Volutidae, the volutes.
Cellana is a genus of sea snails or limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Nacellidae, the true limpets.
Foxlease is a training and activity centre of Girlguiding near Lyndhurst, Hampshire, UK. The Foxlease estate has been owned and managed by the Guides since 1922. The estate is 65 acres (260,000 m2) and main house is known as The Princess Mary House, in honour of her marriage. Foxlease hosted the Guides' Third International Conference, the Sixth World Conference and also the first World Camp.
Dimyidae is a family of extremely flattened, small (<1 cm), pleurothetic, relatively rare marine bivalve molluscs in the order Ostreoida inhabiting the deeper regions of continental shelves from the Caribbean to Japan. They are sometimes called dimyarian oysters. Unlike other ostreoids, the dimyarian oysters attach themselves to a substrate via their right valves. They are related to the scallops and other oysters.
Penion is a genus of large marine snails, commonly known as siphon whelks, classified within the mollusc family Buccinidae, the true whelks.
Buccinulum is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.
Placostylus ambagiosus is a species of flax snail, a large air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Bothriembryontidae.
Mauidrillia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Horaiclavidae, the turrids.
The 1935 New Zealand rugby league season was the 28th season of rugby league that had been played in New Zealand.
The 1936 New Zealand rugby league season was the 29th season of rugby league that had been played in New Zealand.
Caroline Powell is a New Zealand equestrian. At the 2012 Summer Olympics she won the bronze medal in Team eventing. She was born in Lower Hutt, New Zealand and lives in Suffolk, East Anglia.
The West Indies cricket team toured New Zealand from 3 December 2013 to 15 January 2014, playing 3 Tests, 5 One Day Internationals and 2 Twenty20 Internationals against New Zealand. New Zealand won the three match test series 2-0 and the T20Is 2-0. The ODI series was drawn 2-2.
Clarke Johnstone is a New Zealand equestrian, competing in eventing.
HarperCollins Publishers L.L.C. is one of the world's largest publishing companies and is one of the Big Five English-language publishing companies, alongside Hachette, Macmillan, Penguin Random House, and Simon & Schuster. The company is headquartered in New York City and is a subsidiary of News Corp. The name is a combination of several publishing firm names: Harper & Row, an American publishing company acquired in 1987, together with UK publishing company William Collins, Sons, acquired in 1990.
The International Standard Book Number (ISBN) is a numeric commercial book identifier which is intended to be unique. Publishers purchase ISBNs from an affiliate of the International ISBN Agency.
