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1 day ago · Björk Guðmundsdóttir was born on 21 November 1965 in Reykjavík. [12] She was raised by her mother, Hildur Rúna Hauksdóttir (7 October 1946 – 25 October 2018 [13]), an activist who protested against the development of Iceland's Kárahnjúkar Hydropower Plant, [14] having divorced from Björk's father, Guðmundur Gunnarsson, an electrician and union leader, after Björk was born.
8 hours ago · Functional limitations, defined as restrictions in performing basic physical and mental actions, can profoundly impact an individual’s emotional, psychological, and social well-being. Conversely, mental health problems can exacerbate the challenges associated with functional limitations. This chapter examines the physical, emotional, and ...
8 hours ago · Ian Bernhard is a 30-year-old fashion designer who won the 2024 Fisher Funds New Zealand Design Award for his garment called The Red Thread. The Red Thread by Ian Bernhard for WOW’s 2024 show. Image: supplied. He has a long history of submitting garments into WOW and says he has entered a total of 13 garments across 10 different WOW shows.
8 hours ago · Elizabeth I (7 September 1533 – 24 March 1603) [a] was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death in 1603. She was the last monarch of the House of Tudor. Elizabeth was the only surviving child of Henry VIII and his second wife, Anne Boleyn. When Elizabeth was two years old, her parents' marriage was annulled, her ...
8 hours ago · This is a list of film directorial debuts in chronological order. The films and dates referred to are a director's first commercial cinematic release.Many filmmakers have directed works which were not commercially released, for example early works by Orson Welles such as his filming of his stage production of Twelfth Night in 1933 or his experimental short film The Hearts of Age in 1934.
1 day ago · There is a political consensus that the United States should continue its nearly century long commitment to assuring that the tools of modern communications are universally accessible and affordable.<br/> <br/>There is also a consensus that the primary program through which we keep that commitment—the Federal Communications Commission’s Universal Service Fund (USF)—is breaking down.
