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We examine data on 7758 students, 14 — 16 years old, attending the compulsory 9th and 10th grades of the Icelandic secondary school system.

A team of Icelandic cryptocurrency enthusiasts is gearing up to launch an altcoin designed specifically for the population of Iceland.

Some of the mishandling in 2010 may well be due to the travel problems that resulted from a number of natural disasters, including the eruption of an Icelandic volcano and the resulting ash clouds that grounded planes and stranded many travelers.

• Assisted on an investigation into the borrowings of the large customers of an Icelandic bank which collapsed in 2008, with a view to making a determination of whether claims could be instigated against the customer;

2013 Value Creation Award High Liner Foods Inc. acquires the U.S. subsidiary and Asian procurement operations of Icelandic Group h.f.

Our members have appeared in many of the leading cases in this area, from the swaps litigation of the 1990s, through the claims arising out the collapse of the Icelandic banking system, to current challenges to Government sanctions and legal aid cut decisions.

Based on emergency legislation, domestic deposits had been transferred to a newly created «good» bank after the collapse of the Icelandic Landsbanki but before the Icelandic deposit - guarantee scheme was activated — and failed (para 211).

The visit to Iceland was thus linked to that process; accession of the Icelandic club would subsequently ferment the spread of organized crime in Iceland; and the relevant information had been gathered specifically on that individual's planned entry into Iceland (ibid.).

Eventually, the SFO agreed to pay Robert Tchenguiz # 1.5 m in damages and unspecified legal costs, in a settlement that brought closure to its torrid investigation into the collapse of Icelandic banks.

In the present case, a member of the Norvegian Hells Angels was denied entry into Iceland because the Icelandic authorities argued that he played a central role in the final stage of accession of an Icelandic motorcycle club as a new charter in Hells Angels.

As a perhaps more weighty point of critique, the EFTA - Court's way of deciding the case based fully on issues of discrimination leaves the central point of the Icelandic rules — the public purpose they are aimed at — aside, apart from the short reference mentioned earlier (para 54).

There is uncertainty about the consequences of 2 - 3C and disagreement about how to value things (risk tolerance, intergenerational justice, discount rates, and whether a species of Icelandic worms is worth nothing, or priceless compared to say savings on heating bills).

Photo: Flickr, CC World Streets has a great interview with Morten Lange, the head of the Icelandic Cyclists» Federation.

Nearly 160 farms in Iceland — including 10 new ones for 2011 — open their homes to visitors as part of Icelandic Farm Holidays.

Being a Cyclist in Iceland: Interview with Morten Lange, head of the Icelandic Cyclists» Federation

Even with the economic downturn, Prime Minister Haarde remains committed to making renewable energy a new pillar of the Icelandic economy.

The complementary soundtrack by Maurizio Morganti is pretty entrancing, and Bocci's fascination with the micro / macro-scaled workings of of nature and fractal geometries is evident in the subjects he chooses to focus on, whether it's meditative time - lapses of Icelandic landscapes, or the visual sounds of cymatics or the complex dynamics of Julia sets.

In the study (Kathleen Compton, Richard A. Bennett, and Sigrun Hreinsdottir, «Climate driven vertical acceleration of Icelandic crust measured by CGPS geodesy,» Geophysical Research Letters 42 (3): 743 — 750, 2015) the authors don't try to blame «global warming» for increased volcanic activity.

To ensure that this issue continues to receive the highest level of attention, I direct: (1) relevant U.S. delegations attending meetings with Icelandic officials and senior Administration officials visiting Iceland to raise U.S. concerns regarding commercial whaling by Icelandic companies and seek ways to halt such action; (2) Cabinet secretaries to evaluate the appropriateness of visits to Iceland depending on continuation of the current suspension of fin whaling; (3) the Department of State to examine Arctic cooperation projects, and where appropriate, link U.S. cooperation to the Icelandic government changing its whaling policy and abiding by the IWC moratorium on commercial whaling; (4) the Departments of Commerce and State to consult with other international actors on efforts to end Icelandic commercial whaling and have Iceland abide by the IWC moratorium on commercial whaling; (5) the Department of State to inform the Government of Iceland that the United States will continue to monitor the activities of Icelandic companies that engage in commercial whaling; and (6) relevant U.S. agencies to continue to examine other options for responding to continued whaling by Iceland.

Even the mild perturbation of an Icelandic volcano has been showed to have the potential to modulate drought in Egypt.

A paper written by Benjamin Franklin in 1783 blamed the unusually cool summer of 1783 on volcanic dust coming from Iceland, where the eruption of Laki volcano had released enormous amounts of sulfur dioxide, resulting in the death of much of the island's livestock and a catastrophic famine which killed a quarter of the Icelandic population.

The strength of the Icelandic Low is the critical factor in determining path of the polar jet stream over the North Atlantic In the winter the IL is located at SW of Greenland (Subpolar Gyre) In summer the IL is to be found much further north (most likely the North Icelandic Jet, formed by complex physical interactions between warm and cold currents) These two run under two different regimes and two clocks (see the CET synthesis from 3 harmonics, one for each summer and winter, and one common — see the above link, bottom graph).

The strength of the Icelandic Low is the critical factor in determining path of the polar jet stream over the North Atlantic In the winter the IL is located at SW of Greenland (driver Subpolar Gyre), but in the summer the IL is to be found much further north (most likely driver the North Icelandic Jet, formed by complex physical interactions between warm and cold currents), which as graphs show had no major ups or downs.

North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), a measure of the strength of the Icelandic Low and the Azores High, and of the westerly winds between them, mainly in winter.

With the help of these newcomers, the forests are «growing better than anybody ever thought,» says Þröstur Eysteinsson, Director of the Icelandic Forest Service.

Halldór Björnsson of the Icelandic weather service showed in his lecture on Saturday that the short - term temperature fluctuations from year to year correlate with the heat exchange through the sea surface, but that this does not explain the longer - term development of the «cold blob» over decades.

Another consequence might be that the current ice dating of the Icelandic Eldgjá eruption may need to be moved from around AD 933 to around AD 939/940.

Does the center of action of the Icelandic Low of the NAO move north as well?

Song the first U.S. solo museum exhibition of Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjartansson.

«Me, My Mother, My Father, and I» is the first New York museum exhibition of Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjartansson (b. 1976 Reykjavík, Iceland; lives and works in Reykjavík).

Kjartan Sveinsson, composer and a former member of the Icelandic band Sigur Rós, transformed the scene's dialogue into a ten - part polyphony played by ten musicians, who sing and play guitar in the tradition of the troubadour to accompany a projection of the original film scene.

For this piece, Hannes Larusson built a viewing shelter in which «the spirit of Icelandic culture moves over the face of the waters.»

In The Silence is the debut of Icelandic singer - songwriter Ásgeir, who is already something of a sensation in his homeland.

Accompanied by eight pianists, the tenor Kristján Jóhansson, a group of Icelandic opera singers, and Kjartansson himself will perform Schubert's song An die Musik (1817) in excessive repetition.

After a comprehensive renovation and expansion of its galleries in the Löwenbräukunst - Areal, the Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst reopens with the first Swiss solo exhibition of the Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjartansson.

The Reykjavík Art Museum's Gallery - D is dedicated to showcasing the work of Icelandic artists who have never mounted a solo exhibition in any of the country's major museums.

The landscapes often include charmingly stylized depictions of Icelandic horses and sheep.

What: Björk Where: The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY When: March 8, 2015 to June 7, 2015 Why: This full - scale retrospective will span the entire career of Icelandic singer, songwriter and artist Björk, including sound, film, visuals, instruments, objects, costumes, and performance.

The artistic practice of Icelandic based artist Ragnar Kjartansson is characterized by experiments in visual art, music, and theatre.

The exhibition unravels a silkscreened version of an An Icelandic Saga (1967), Iannone's drawings and texts about her love story with artist Dieter Roth, and the slideshow versions of two of her artist books, The Story of Bern or Showing Colors (1970) and Berlin Beauties (1978).

Featuring 31,035 slides shown simultaneously on multiple projectors, Dieter Roth's (1930 — 98) Reykjavík Slides was inspired by the distinctive character of Icelandic architecture and documents every building in the capital.

Published on the occasion of the long overdue first retrospective of the Icelandic - born, Santa Fe - based New Media art pioneer, Steina, this monograph is one of the only substantial publications to recognize a female artist's contribution to the field.

About the exhibition catalogue: Published on the occasion of the long overdue first retrospective of the Icelandic - born, Santa Fe - based New Media art pioneer, Steina, this monograph is one of the only substantial publications to recognize a female artist's contribution to the field.

Towering giraffes, shot in various U.S. zoos, populate a hazy, desolate landscape created from images taken in Turkey, Bali and Iceland; spectacular Javan peacocks from Asia are camouflaged within a Spanish pepper tree; and the interior of an Icelandic volcano forms the setting for a gooey tar pit where Peruvian yellow - hooded blackbirds nest.

Wilder has participated in artist residencies at the Ucross and Jentel Foundations in Wyoming; Cow House Studios in Rathnure, Ireland; and Association of Icelandic Visual Artists (SIM) in Reykjavik.

As part of this piece, ten musicians took up positions throughout the space for the duration of the exhibition, on chairs and a couch, with a cache of beer bottles at their feet — each guitarist singing and repetitively strumming a plangent composition by Kjartan Sveinsson, formerly of the Icelandic band Sigur Rós.

Introducing the work of Ásgrímur Jónsson and his role in the history of Icelandic art is an important task for the National Gallery of Iceland, including this exhibition.

Elizabeth Alley discusses her work in «Two Stories of Iceland,» a narrative exploration of Icelandic stories and landscape in small paintings and drawings.

Opening reception for a narrative exploration of Icelandic stories and landscape in small paintings and drawings by Elizabeth Alley.

A narrative exploration of Icelandic stories and landscape in small paintings and drawings by Elizabeth Alley.