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Birgitta Jónsdóttir
Birgitta Jónsdóttir (born 17 April 1967) is an Icelandic politician, anarchist, poet, and activist. She was a Member of the Althing (MP) for the Southwest Constituency from 2013 to 2017, representing the Pirate Party, having been elected at the 2013 election. She was previously an MP for Reykjavík Constituency South from 2009 to 2013. In November 2017, she has announced to retire from politics "for now". She published her first book of poetry at the age of 22, and later became a web developer. She was a noted Icelandic activist, and took on a number of roles during the protests following the 2008 financial crisis. She was first elected as an MP representing the Citizens' Movement in the 2009 election. Later in 2009, she left the Citizens' Movement and joined The Movement. She became involved with WikiLeaks during Julian Assange's visit to Iceland in 2010, and helped to produce the Collateral Murder video. Following her time with WikiLeaks, she created the Internationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Member Of Alþingi
Member may refer to: * Military jury, referred to as "Members" in military jargon * Element (mathematics), an object that belongs to a mathematical set * In object-oriented programming, a member of a class ** Field (computer science), entries in a database ** Member variable, a variable that is associated with a specific object * Limb (anatomy), an appendage of the human or animal body ** Euphemism for penis * Structural component of a truss, connected by nodes * User (computing), a person making use of a computing service, especially on the Internet * Member (geology), a component of a geological formation * Member of parliament * The Members, a British punk rock band * Meronymy, a semantic relationship in linguistics * Church membership, belonging to a local Christian congregation, a Christian denomination and the universal Church * Member, a participant in a club or learned society A learned society ( ; also scholarly, intellectual, or academic society) is an organizatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Julian Assange
Julian Paul Assange ( ; Hawkins; born 3 July 1971) is an Australian editor, publisher, and activist who founded WikiLeaks in 2006. He came to international attention in 2010 after WikiLeaks published a series of News leak, leaks from Chelsea Manning, a United States Army intelligence analyst: July 12, 2007, Baghdad airstrike, footage of a U.S. airstrike in Baghdad, U.S. military logs from the Afghan War documents leak, Afghanistan and Iraq War documents leak, Iraq wars, and United States diplomatic cables leak, U.S. diplomatic cables. Assange has won over two dozen awards for publishing and human rights activism. Assange was raised in various places around Australia until his family settled in Melbourne in his middle teens. He became involved in the Hacker culture, hacker community and was convicted for Security hacker, hacking in 1996. Following the establishment of WikiLeaks, Assange was its editor when it published the Bank Julius Baer v. WikiLeaks, Bank Julius Baer docu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Environment And Communications Committee (Iceland)
The Environment and Communications Committee () is a standing committee of the Icelandic parliament. Jurisdiction According to la№ 55/1991, with later amendments all matters relating to the following subjects are referred to the Environment and Communications Committee: *Planning *Construction *Research *Consulting *Protection *Sustainability *Transport *Implementation Members, 140th parliament The main members have seats in the committees and attend the meetings. When they are unable to do so the substitute members temporarily take their place. Main Substitute See also *List of standing committees of the Icelandic parliament The following is a list of standing committees of the Althing, Icelandic parliament. See also *List of Icelandic ministries *Government agencies in Iceland {{Standing committees of Iceland Standing committees of the Icelandic parliament, ... External links * * {{Standing committees of Iceland Standing committees of the Icelandic p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Foreign Affairs Committee (Iceland)
The Foreign Affairs Committee () is a standing committee of the Icelandic parliament. Jurisdiction According to la№ 55/1991, with later amendments all matters relating to the following subjects are referred to the Foreign Affairs Committee: * External communication * International organisations * Defence * Security * Export * European Economic Area (EEA) * Development aid * International and global affairs Members, 140th parliament The main members have seats in the committees and attend the meetings. When they are unable to do so the substitute members temporarily take their place. Main Substitute See also * List of standing committees of the Icelandic parliament The following is a list of standing committees of the Althing, Icelandic parliament. See also *List of Icelandic ministries *Government agencies in Iceland {{Standing committees of Iceland Standing committees of the Icelandic parliament, ... External links * * {{Standing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
CU-SeeMe
CU-SeeMe is an Internet videoconferencing client. CU-SeeMe can make point to point video calls without a server or make multi-point calls through server software first called a "reflector" and later called a "conference server" or Multipoint Control Unit (MCU). Later commercial versions of CU-SeeMe could also make point-to-point or multi-point calls to other vendor's standard H.323 endpoints and servers. History CU-SeeMe was originally written by Tim Dorcey of the Information Technology department at Cornell University. It was first developed for the Macintosh in 1992 and later for the Windows platform in 1994. Originally it was video-only with audio added in 1994 for the Macintosh and 1995 for Windows. CU-SeeMe's audio came from Maven, an audio-only client developed at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The platform was introduced to the public on April 26, 1993, as part of an NSF funded education project called the Global Schoolhouse. In 1994 WXYC utiliz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Evening Standard
The ''London Standard'', formerly the ''Evening Standard'' (1904–2024) and originally ''The Standard'' (1827–1904), is a long-established regional newspaper published weekly and distributed free newspaper, free of charge in London, England. It is printed in Tabloid (newspaper format), tabloid format, and also has an online edition. In October 2009, after being bought by Russian businessman Alexander Lebedev, the paper ended a 180-year history of print circulation, paid circulation and multiple editions every day, and became a free newspaper publishing a single print edition every weekday, doubling its circulation as part of a change in its business plan. On 29 May 2024, the newspaper announced that it would reduce print publication to once weekly, after nearly 200 years of daily publication, as it had become unprofitable. Daily publication ended on 19 September 2024. The first weekly edition was published on 26 September 2024 under the new name of ''The London Standard' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Suicide
Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death. Risk factors for suicide include mental disorders, physical disorders, and substance abuse. Some suicides are impulsive acts driven by stress (such as from financial or academic difficulties), relationship problems (such as breakups or divorces), or harassment and bullying. Those who have previously attempted suicide are at a higher risk for future attempts. Effective suicide prevention efforts include limiting access to methods of suicide such as firearms, drugs, and poisons; treating mental disorders and substance abuse; careful media reporting about suicide; improving economic conditions; and dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT). Although crisis hotlines, like 988 in North America and 13 11 14 in Australia, are common resources, their effectiveness has not been well studied. Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death worldwide, accounting for approximately 1.5% of total deaths. In a given year, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Greenpeace
Greenpeace is an independent global campaigning network, founded in Canada in 1971 by a group of Environmental movement, environmental activists. Greenpeace states its goal is to "ensure the ability of the Earth to nurture life in all its biodiversity, diversity" and focuses its campaigning on worldwide issues such as climate change, deforestation, overfishing, whaling, commercial whaling, genetic engineering, Anti-war movement, anti-war and anti-nuclear issues. It uses direct action, advocacy, research, and ecotage to achieve its goals. The network comprises 26 independent national/regional organisations in over 55 countries across Europe, the Americas, Africa, Asia, Australia and the Pacific, as well as a coordinating body, Greenpeace International, based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The global network does not accept funding from governments, corporations, or political parties, relying on three million individual supporters and foundation grants. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Mayor Of Reykjavík
The post of Mayor of Reykjavík () was created in 1907 and advertised in 1908. Páll Einarsson and Knud Zimsen applied for the job and Páll got the position for a period of six years, at the end of which he did not wish to renew his tenure. Rather than a direct election, Reykjavík City Council members elect the mayor from within their ranks. Between 1932 and 1994 the centre-right Independence Party dominated Reykjavík municipal politics, but since then other parties have been more competitive. During the 2006-2010 term four people held the mayor position, due to an unprecedented amount of instability in Reykjavík's municipal coalition government caused in part by the 2008–11 Icelandic financial crisis. The incumbent mayor is Heiða Björg Hilmisdóttir, who took office in 2025. Heiða's Social Democratic Alliance currently governs the city as the senior coalition partner with the People's Party, Pirate Party, Left-Green Movement and Socialist Party Socialist Party is t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Jón Gnarr
Jón Gnarr (; born Jón Gunnar Kristinsson on 2 January 1967) is an Icelanders, Icelandic actor, comedian, and politician who served as the Mayor of Reykjavík, Mayor of Reykjavík from 2010 to 2014. He is currently a member of the Althing for Viðreisn, elected in the 2024 Icelandic parliamentary election. Jón was a well-known comedian and actor starting in the 1990s, including teaming with Sigurjón Kjartansson as the duo Tvíhöfði on radio and television. In 2009, he formed the Best Party, a political party that began as list of frivolous political parties, political satire but quickly turned into a real political player due to its electoral successes, which were perceived to be a reaction to the 2008–2011 Icelandic financial crisis. Early years Jón was misdiagnosed with severe intellectual disability as a child and was treated between the ages of five and seven at the children's psychiatry ward at the State Hospital at Dalbraut, Reykjavík. He has dyslexia and had le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Bergþóra Árnadóttir
Bergþóra Árnadóttir (15 February 1948 – 8 March 2007) was an Icelandic folk song composer and singer. Many of her songs were built around the lyrics of Icelandic poets. In the mid 1970s, she hosted and performed in one of Icelandic TVs first music shows, ''Kvartett Guðmundar Steingríms''. She was the mother of Pirate Party's leader Birgitta Jónsdóttir. See also * List of Icelandic writers * Icelandic literature Icelandic literature refers to literature written in Iceland or by Icelandic people. It is best known for the sagas written in medieval times, starting in the 13th century. As Icelandic and Old Norse are almost the same, and because Icelandic wo ... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Arnadottir, Bergthora 1948 births 2007 deaths Bergthora Arnadottir Bergthora Arnadottir Bergthora Arnadottir Bergthora Arnadottir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Hedges V
A hedge is a line of closely spaced shrubs planted to act as a barrier or boundary. Hedge or Hedges may also refer to: Places * Hedges, California, a former mining town in Imperial County, California, United States * Hedging, Somerset, a location in England * Hedges, Washington, unincorporated community in Benton County, Washington, United States * The Hedges, a historic building in New York state People and fictional characters * Hedge (surname), a surname (including a list of people and fictional characters) * Hedges (surname), a surname (including a list of people and fictional characters) * Hedge Thompson (1780–1828), American politician from New Jersey * Hedges Eyre Chatterton (1819–1910), Irish politician * Hedges Worthington-Eyre (1899–1979), British sprinter * Hedge (character), a fictional character in the ''Old Kingdom'' series of novels Other uses * Hedge (finance), an investment made to limit loss ** Hedge fund, a type of investment fund * Hedge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
