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From Schlockholm:

Swedish road authorities are set to position model elks along Swedenâ™s roadsides in an attempt to yet again remind drivers that theyâ™re at risk from elk wandering into the road.

Swedish police, SOS Alarm and Vägverket (the Swedish Road Administration) are all involved in the week-long project which is set to last until September 3, reports Dagens Nyheter.

Police are set to question drivers who pass the model elk and ask them if they saw the animal.

âœThere is a tendency for many drivers to not pay attention to that which exists on the side of the road,â project spokesman Lars Sävberger told DN.

Some 35,000 elk are hit on Swedish roads each year.

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How are the culture industries getting on in the Nordic Region? What potential do they have? What policy instruents and other measures exist and what contribution is culture capable of making to economic development in the Nordic countries?

A Nordic conference on all these themes will be held in Trondheim 4-5 October, as part of the Norwegian Presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers 2006.

From Norden.org, an official site of Nordic Council and Nordic Council of Ministers:

“The Nordic Region as a common domestic market for culture, perhaps particularly for music, will be another item on the agenda Export strategies - are Nordic partnerships and synergies worth pursuing or does competition policy preclude that possibility? Is the situation the same for Nordic design? And what about food culture - how do we take Nordic cuisine even further?”

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For the home-based users a backup software is the best solution without having to deal with as compared to a complicated and hard-to-use data recovery software. This may also be very helpful for business users who do not want to waste resources deploying a computer backup service. For a full backup that ensures full a complete drive restore, data recovery group can be consulted. This saves hours r even days rebuilding your database via online file sharing.

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JR design is a one-man illustration and art studio specializing in web and print media. Johan Röstwall studied in both Sweden and the US and he is curently based in Västerås, Sweden.

His experience and creativity spreads through different areas of visual arts and design. He has worked for local and international clients, producing illustrations, identities, storyboards, websites and other media.

I loved to see his drawings and photos especially, and he has own page on flickr as well.

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Stockholmâ™s Vasa Museum celebrated the 50th anniversary of the shipâ™s discovery on the last Thursday, August 24, 2006. The royal warship Vasa is a major tourist attraction of Stockholm, it sunk in 1628, 378 years ago and was found in 1956 by Anders Franzén. The ship was lifted from a depth of 32 meters and moved to shallower water, where it fas finally lifted on April 24, 1961, after which it was put in a dry dock. The museum had its 250 millionth visitor last week. Via Schlockholm.com Technorati Tags: vasa museum, stockholm, sweden,

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We have wrote already about Turning Torso building. This notable structure become a landmark of Malmö, Sweden. It's also used as a field for extreme activities as well, as you can learn from this article, written by Richard from storm from the east blog:

You can see the video of Felix Baumgartner base jumping from the beautiful Turning Torso in Malmö, Sweden here. The video also includes some very nice aerial shots of the building. As base jumping is illegal in Sweden, the video also shows Baumgartner being whisked away from the scene by motorcycle and then being taken by boat to Denmark.


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The Sheep dress

Originally uploaded by kindin - karna.

A dress I designed for my graduation from college 2004. It is felt from Icelandic wool. Photo: Völundur (www.flickr.com/photos/volundur_jonsson)

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More than 2 500 people gathered on Sunday evening to demonstrate their solidarity with Israel.

Many of participants were transported to starting point of the event by buses from different parts of Finland. Demonstators showed their opinion that Israel has the right to defend its citizents against Hizbullah's terror attacks.

The March gone through the center of Helsinki to Aurora place, where audience continued the celebration.

All the route of event was secured by number of police units. Police officials reported that Solidarity March went without accidents.

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Update: photos of the event, taken by photographer Ofer Amir (www.oferamir.com/)

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Reykjavik Reflection

Originally uploaded by LiseMac.

LeMac from Nordic Design pool on flickr taken this very creative picture, I love the whole composition and colours. These houses on background representing the true spirit of Reykjavik. Well done LiseMac!

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pillow new and vintage materials

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Regards, Igor Polyakov, Designer.