Elävät pitkään ja menesty, Tapani!
(Sorry, my Google-Translate-based Finnish is a little rusty... :-))
fraternal regards
--c.a.
On 04-12-15 20:26, Carlos Raúl Gutiérrez wrote:
> Do you mean, the guy we met hiking just the other day in Ireland, on the
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>> On 4Dec, 2015, at 15:49, Edward Morris <[log in to unmask]
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>> This Sunday, December 6th, is Independence Day in the Republic of
>> Finland. It was on this day ninety-nine years ago the Eduskunta,
>> the Finnish parliament, adopted a resolution declaring Finland
>> independent from Russia.
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>> As in many countries, Independence Day in Finland is a time of
>> remembrance and celebration. Befitting Finland, it is a day both
>> of formality and of understatement. In the evening families
>> traditionally light two candles, one blue and one white, and place
>> them in the windows of their homes. As a foreign guest in the
>> country I was always quite touched by the simplicity and beauty of
>> the celebratory gesture. A Presidential reception is held in the
>> evening, the telecast of which traditionally is amongst the most
>> viewed television shows of the year in Finland. Shadow events,
>> often in the form of demonstrations and gatherings benefiting
>> charitable causes, take place concurrently.
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>> Independence Day is also the day honours are announced and
>> presented. It is with great joy I want to let all of you know
>> that this year Finnish President Sauli Niinistö will be bestowing
>> upon NCSG Chair Tapan Tarvainen the honour and title of Knight of
>> the White Rose of Finland. The White Rose Order was established in
>> 1919 by General Carl Mannheim, a man who is considered by many,
>> myself included, to be the greatest Finn of all time. The Grand
>> Master of the Order is the President of the Republic of Finland.
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>> I know everyone joins me in congratulating Tapani for being chosen
>> to receive this high honour in recognition of his service to his
>> country and to the world. I suspect we are probably the only SG at
>> ICANN to have an actual Knight as a Chair, further evidence of the
>> exceptionally high quality of person one encounters in the NCSG.
>> Congratulations Tapani and Happy Independence Day, Hyvää
>> itsenäisyyspäivää, to all of our Finnish members and friends.
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