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Pedestrian signal boxes' religious message upsets non-believers
Published: 22 Aug 08 12:42 CET
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/13872/
News that signal boxes located at pedestrian crossings are designed to spread the word of God has angered the designer who drew the pointing finger symbol for the boxes' Swedish manufacturer.
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Designer Kenneth Österlin has issued a written statement categorically denying that his design for Prisma Teknik AB, the Swedish company behind the pedestrian signals, is in any way a religious symbol.
"To make the conclusion that the finger is pointing to God is pretty far-fetched. It is pointing that way in order to direct people as to where to push the button".
Designer Österlin isn't the only person seeing red after reading about the signal boxes' alleged religious message.
On Monday an official complaint was filed with the justice ombudsman, claiming that if media reports were true, then official bodies have broken the law by allowing religious symbols on the pedestrian signal boxes, Svenska Dagbladet reports.
Anyone living in Sweden or the Nordic countries will almost certainly have seen the image of a hand pointing upwards to encourage pedestrians to press the button before crossing the road.
Prisma Teknik AB, the Swedish company behind the pedestrian signals, openly admitted last week that the hand was meant as a hidden symbol for God. In fact, the company says it has never made any secret of the fact.
"We want to show that there is only one way to reach God and that is up and through Jesus", CEO Jan Lund told The Local.
Though Sweden is not particularly religious, with church attendances consistently low, the country still contains some pockets of religious fervour. One of these appears to be located at Prisma Teknik, a company that supplies pedestrian signals and other technical devices to 60 markets around the world.
Prisma Teknik AB is a family-run business based in the southern Swedish county of Småland, an area with a reputation as Sweden's bible belt.
CEO Jan Lund told The Local that the company's signals point the way to God in 17 countries including Ireland, Austria, Denmark, Norway, Iceland, Finland, Belgium, Israel, and the US among others.
Prisma Teknik's hand points upwards, much in the way that many religious icons or pictures of Jesus have done through the ages. Lund told The Local that this was entirely intentional.
However, Prisma Teknik's hand of God does not go down quite so well with its Muslim clients in the Arab world, who are much more aware of the hidden Christian message than your average Swede.
Even so, the Swedish Christian company still supplies pedestrian signal signs to customers in Saudi Arabia, who promptly cover up the hand when it arrives in the Arab state.
The Local asked Jan Lund why his company does not simply manufacture a special pedestrian signal without the iconic index finger for the Arab market.
"We want to be a servant of God and we have been blessed as a company for 21 years, so we won't change for anyone", he said.
On its website, Prisma Teknik AB openly declares its thanks to God:
"We are grateful for all the good customers and suppliers we have. It is also thanks to the care from God that we have developed to be the successful company we are today. We want to have Jesus as a part in everything we do. Christian values and God's guidance is the foundation of Prisma Teknik."
And perhaps it is wise not to change a winning formula. All the pedestrian signals are manufactured in Sweden and the 13-strong company's turnover for 2007 was more than 25.5 million kronor ($4 million).
Claudia Rodas (news@thelocal.se)
38 -- That's the number of miles per gallon (US gallons) that the average passenger car in the UK is getting according to the British Department of Transport.
22.4 -- That's how many miles per gallon (US gallons) the average passenger vehicle in the United States is getting according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
lmao.
look at my post re:email from lowtrades. i posted a couple days back.
13:32 8/22/2008 HBDY HBDYE Hybrid Dynamics Corporation Common Stock Delinquent **
email from lowtrades
1 share of Energas Holdings (CUSIP: 29268Q108)
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Stock Factor: For every 10 shares of Energas Holdings you will receive 1 share of the new issue.
New Cusip: 703849109
Name: Pavilion Energy
Please note that Energas has declared an optional round up provision for 100 shares to shareholders who after the reverse split will end up with less than 100 shares.
If you would like to have your shares rounded up please note that the transfer agent and the company (Energas) have imposed the following conditions to which shareholders must agree:
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wow. go $ go!
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• Dollar rally picks up steam
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• Sterling loses more ground against the dollar
AP (Fri 6:58am)
• Euro Touches 1.4700, As Pound Falls To 2-Year Low
Daily FX (Fri 5:39am)
• Euro continues fall against dollar
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Miss Cleo never steers me wrong.
well, i have a free ihub now because i dont really trade this time of year, but search his name. i thought he was a Meuse type. IE, his name gets attached to something and it shoots in volume.
wasn't he a big shell player awhile back?
an LA-> Vegas train should have been in place decades ago. I would have used it every time. Wouldn't be surprised if the airlines played a role in preventing that though.
vaya con dios mi amigo.
yeah, all is relative i guess
well, i have a "foreign" number, and they are all such s"#¤ brokerages anyways. If I was exclusively trading big NYS and NAZ stocks on a margin account I'd be a little pizzed. But the way my money is allocated with these guys, I don't blame them. I wouldn't call me, lol.
Good night playas (not beaches you spainards)
"If somebody in China accesses an Ameritrade account this month, don't you think AMTD will be calling that person to see if they are at the Olympics? "
No.
Might be a good idea though. I rarely log in to my accounts while on vacations, but did so a couple of times in the last 6 months. Once from a whole other continent, once from a nearby country.
5 accounts, no problem. Convenient for me. Worrisome now that you mention it lol. no calls or emails whatsoever.
it looks like they intend to do the right thing *cough cough.* I just have serious doubts about the execution of it. And it seems like certain legit shell collectors and penny bottom collectors (whom i respect in the i-hub) will be caught up in it, whilst scammers will find work arounds.
Suppose Cr/**-B()=/rns buys some subber shell in 4-5 accounts after seeing that they are updating all filings and may rm. Will he get punished for being on the ball? Something is not right.
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And the almighty $
Pound suffers as dollar rebounds
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7557019.stm
Sorry if already posted. We'll see if it actually has any positive effect, and doesn't freak when a few people load up a shell.
'Pump and Dump' conmen targeted
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7552009.stm
lol, nah it seems all the hotties live in helsinki and i was out in the countryside.
Back from Finland. Did I miss anything special? Saw some news about FNM, or was it FRE lol? But the $ is up about 3% vs the SEK which is great for me. Oil down! Whoo! Petrol was about $9/gallon there.
BTW, getting whipped with branches in a 90C sauna and then jumping in a 12C lake sounds like hell, but do it with a few Finnish girls and a big bottle of Minttu (50 proof schnapps) and your mind will be changed. Anywhooo, good weekend all you Loungers.
Lycklig den som varit ung i sin ungdom.
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Good weekend all!
hehe. there aren't any here. haven't been to one since i was 20 anyways. probably again when i get old and fat though. :)
Like SSP pointed out, there is HILL on high bid like usual.
13:42 8/4/2008 SNBP SNBPD Sinobiopharma, Inc. Common Stock 50-1 F/S; Payable upon Surrender of Certificates **
look at this guy the last couple weeks.
lol. i've had a GTC @ 5.80 for days.
**edit** somebody is buying. hmmmm... maybe i should just add them to the sh!t pile and cancel the sell order, see what happens. $58 gets me 1 big bag of groceries here.
Lycklig den som varit ung i sin ungdom.
looks like a good board in the making. QBIK was on my radar for flips for awhile now. stupid need to eat lunch---
hmm, i'm guessing QBIK is on there. I will never break to eat lunch again.
hheehe, almost forgot i have that. in my "long term" account lol.
well, i've always been lucky on flights as far as crying babies go. never happened. i actually request seats near the engines though, white noise puts me to sleep. cells on planes? why? The only time that most of us are offline totally these days is in sleep and on flights. Read a book for fuggs sake!
"then get a gut feeling."
Drat! I was hoping you wouldn't say that lol. I do everything you said, plus check if anything has been filed recently, big res/support points.
Gut feelings only work for me at ponies and poker. Ah well, I like a challenge so it's just more for me to learn. Peace!
looking good.
why did you buy when you did? at the time didn't look good to me. and now looks sexy. what was your motive to buy just at that time? Thanks
(i'm trying to move from pos pinks and otc stocks to big boards. feels like starting again from scratch. )
lol!
"our research indicates that they are crying out for a treatment that acts quickly"
it's not easy to plan one night stands
lol nice name and ticker
SAVE THE WORLD AIR INC COM
ZERO: OTC BB
HEHE, mine has had the place holder GTPIXZ this whole time. Weren't we supposed to get restricted shares or something? i forgot it's been so long.
yeah i sold during that first run and just kept freebies and a little beer money. got bored and sold some later at ask, but nobody wanted my other ones and i wasn't gonna whack it. glad i still have some now, even if it isn't a whole lot.
cool.
my news feed sucks, that is still not showing up for me.
thought it was yesterday.
*'edit**
oops, just saw the date of your post.
Lycklig den som varit ung i sin ungdom.
why not do both? I do. the r/u plays often are shite, but the ones that do make me $100 or more plus the few gems that have been over $300 more than make up for the ones that fail. just my opinion.
thanks for that tip though. :)
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over there.
Weeeeeeeeeeeeee! heehhee, maybe they will try and run it post split. look at the spikes back in 2007. Lotto for buck + commish