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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>>     Hello everybody,
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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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>>     Ed Morris
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Carlos A. Afonso
Instituto Nupef - https://nupef.org.br
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