Ada Jafarey (22 August 1924 – 12 March 2015) was a Pakistani poet. She is thought to be as the first major Urdu poet who published as a woman. She had been called "The First Lady of Urdu Poetry". She had received awards including from the Government of Pakistan and literary societies of North America and Europe in recognition of her efforts.
Jafarey died in the evening of 12 March 2015 in a hospital in Karachi where she was being treated for a long-illness, at the age of 90.
Tobin Bell
Tobin Bell (born Joseph Henry Tobin, Jr.; August 7, 1942) is an American character actor. He is best known for his role of John Kramer/Jigsaw of the "Saw" movie series.
Intercourse, Pennsylvania
Intercourse (population: 1,274 as of 2010 census) is an unincorporated village and census-designated place in Leacock Township, Lancaster County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.
IFK Nässjö
IFK Nässjö is a sports club in the town of Nässjö in Sweden. It was established in 1924. The men's bandy team played in the 1944 qualifying rounds for the Swedish top division before being disestablished in 1968.
The women's bandy section was started in 2004 when it took over Nässjö IF's women's bandy team. The IFK Nässjö women's bandy team won the Swedish national championship in the year of 2009 and lost the national final in the years of 2008 and 2010. All three final games were played against AIK. The U-17 girls bandy team also won the Swedish national championship during the seasons of 2004-2005 and 2005-2006.
The club was appointed "IFK club of the year 2006" on 18 August 2007.
The club announced its withdrawal from the Swedish women's bandy top division on 23 August 2011 because of lack of players.
Maggie Roswell
Maggie Roswell (born November 14, 1952) is an American actress. She got both an Annie Award and an Emmy Award. She voiced the characters Maude Flanders, Miss Hoover and Helen Lovejoy in the animated series "The Simpsons". She got her acting break during the 1980s in movies including "Lost in America" and "Pretty in Pink".
The actress was born in Los Angeles, California.
Marinilabiliaceae
"Marinilabiliaceae" is a family of bacteria. The cells are flexible rods and thin. Mostly species are able to move smoothly.
Some genera:
Selånger SK
Selånger SK is a sports club in the town of Sundsvall in Sweden. It was established in 1921. The club runs bandy, soccer, Nordic skiing, orienteering and ski orienteering. It earlier even ran table tennis, cycling, track and field athletics, racewalking, handball and figure skating. The men's bandy team has played 26 seasons in the Swedish top division. The club became an alliance club in 1991. It has three sections: Selånger SK Bandy, Selånger FK and Selånger SOK. Sven Selånger, Anna-Lisa Eriksson and Arja Hannus are the names of three famous skiers who have competed for the club.
Interstate Commerce Commission
The Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) was a regulatory agency in the United States (created by the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887). The agency's original purpose was to regulate railroads. Later the trucking industry in the United States was added. The purpose was to ensure fair rates, to eliminate rate discrimination, and to regulate other aspects of common carriers. This included public transport bus service and telephone companies. Congress expanded ICC authority to regulate other modes of commerce beginning in 1906. The agency was abolished in 1995, and its remaining functions were transferred to the Surface Transportation Board.
The Commission's five members were appointed by the President of the United States. They were confirmed by the United States Senate. The commission was authorized to investigate violations of the Act and stop any wrongdoing. However, in its early years, ICC orders required an order by a federal court to become effective. The Commission was the first Independent regulatory body. They were also the first agency to regulate big businesses in the U.S.
Rick Victor
Eric Thompson (born March 4, 1980) is an Canadian professional wrestler. He is better known by his ring names Rick Victor and Viktor. He is currently signed to the WWE and wrestles as part of the tag team The Ascension with Konnor.
He is a former one-time NXT Tag Team Champion with Konnor. They were the longest reigning NXT Tag Team Champions of all time, holding the titles for 364 days.
Betsy's Wedding
Betsy's Wedding is a 1990 American romantic comedy movie. It was directed by Alan Alda and produced by Martin Bregman. It stars Molly Ringwald as Betsy. Ally Sheedy plays Connie. Catherine O'Hara plays Gloria. Madeline Kahn plays Lola.
"Betsy's Wedding" got mixed reviews from critics. The run time is 94 minutes.
Peachtree Road
Peachtree Road is the twenty-eighth studio album by Elton John. The album was released on November 9, 2004. It lacked any big hit singles or music videos. The Los Angeles Times gave it three stars and a moderate review. They wrote "Forget about new melodies and themes: They must have trouble just thinking of new song titles." Entertainment Weekly gave it a B-. Their review said “Peachtree's few attempts to rock out are tame and hokey.” Overall, however the album got a score of 70. In sales it got a gold record.
Patriot Games
Patriot Games is a 1992 American action thriller movie. Harrison Ford plays retired CIA analyst Jack Ryan. Anne Archer plays his wife Cathy Ryan. Thora Birch plays Sally Ryan. This movie was released on June 5, 1992. It was a financial success in the box office. It got generally good reviews.
Vivian Bullwinkel
Lieutenant-Colonel Vivian Bullwinkel, Mrs. Statham, AO, MBE, ARRC, FNM (18 December 1915 – 3 July 2000) was an Australian Army nurse during the Second World War. She was the only one alive from the Bangka Island Massacre. In that massacre, Japanese troops killed 21 of her fellow nurses on Radji Beach, Bangka Island (Indonesia) on 16 February 1942.
Japanese troops invaded British Malaya in December 1941. They went southward. They won several victories. By late January 1942, Japanese forces went through Johore. Australian hospital staff were told to get to Singapore. On 12 February, Bullwinkel and 65 other nurses boarded a steamship to escape.
Two days later, the ship was sunk by Japanese aircraft. Bullwinkel and many others made it ashore. There were about 100. They surrendered to the Japanese. An officer walked to Muntok, a town on the northwest of the island, to contact the Japanese.
In the Banka Island Massacre, Japanese soldiers came and killed the men. Then forced the nurses to go into the sea. They then machine-gunned the nurses from behind. Bullwinkel was struck by a bullet which passed completely through her body, missing her internal organs. She played dead until the soldiers left. She hid with British Army Private Cecil George Kingsley of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps for 12 days. She took care of his severe wounds. They were taken into captivity. Private Kingsley died soon after his wounds.
Östersunds BS
Östersunds BS is a bandy club in the town of Östersund in Sweden. It was established on 5 September 1974 when Ope IF's bandy section was disestablished. The women's bandy team debuted in the Swedish top division during the season of 2013-2014.
Sporosarcina
Sporosarcina is a genus of bacteria.
The cells of "Sporosarcina" are either shaped like a rod or like a bowl (coccoid). Most species are able to move (motile). All species of "Sporosarcina" are capable of aerobic respiration using oxygen. Some species have the enzyme urease and can break down urea. The species "S. ureae" is common in the soil where cattle live.
BK Ume-Trixa
BK Ume-Trixa is a sports club in Umeå, Sweden. It was established in 1981. The club earlier played rink bandy and bandy. It now instead runs women's ice hockey. The women's bandy team played seven seasons in the Swedish top division.
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