| Family history. |
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12.7.2001 |
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The website adress to Finnish Genealogical Society is http://www.genealogia.fi/indexe.htm . You'll find more links on that site.
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| What is polytechnic rankings in europe from technology and business? and what is postion of finnish polytechnics and universties in the world? |
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2.7.2001 |
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I asked the Finnish Higher Education Evaluation Council (FINHEEC) (http://www.minedu.fi/minedu/education/finheec/finheec.html) if there is some official board that ranks European polytechnics and universities. They told me that there is no such board. That is, there are no official ranking lists that compare polytechnics of Europe.
I have found university ranking lists produced by different institutions for a few separate European countries. They are
http://www.che.de/html/hitlisten.htm (Universities of Germany)
http://www.studmag.com/index.cgi?show=ranking (Universities of Norway)
http://www.thesis.co.uk/statistics/university_performance/league_tables… (Universities of Great Britain)
http://www.careerdynamo.com/mba_ft_rank_2001.html (… |
| Can you suggest where can i find specialized publications relating to security equipment manufacturers or access control industry. |
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28.6.2001 |
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Finnish companies can be searched in Blue Book company director: http://www.bluebook.helsinkimedia.fi/en/main.html > Select Security > Search > Free text search. Search terms: alarm devices; access control; burglar alarm devices.
A leading Finnish company in the field is Securitas Tekniikka Oy. Their home page on the net (http://www.securitas.fi ) is only in Finnish, but their record in Blue Book is also in English (http://www.bluebook.helsinkimedia.fi/en/tuotteet/haku/ostoop_security.h… ).
Internet address worth checking: http://autopedia.com/html/Alarm.html, title of the site: Alarms and Security Devices.
Google search engine (http://www.google.com ) gives relevant links with the above search terms, also terms like security… |
| I am looking for Finland's Employment Contracts Act in English. The number for the act is 320/1970. Can you send the web site or send it as an attachment to… |
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20.6.2001 |
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Unfortunately I could not find the act in English either. Finland being a bilingual country all the legislation is both in Finnish and Swedish, not necessarily in English. Now, I wonder, whether you are interested in this old act from 1970 or prefer an up to date statute. The fact is that the Employment Contracts Act has been totally revised. The new act 55/2001 came into force June 1, 2001 and replaces the act 320/1970. You can find it in Finnish or Swedish in http://www.finlex.fi/ , but of course it needs to be translated. The Library of Parliament is specializing in legislation, so I guess they might be able to help you. Their e-mail is: kirjasto @eduskunta.fi.
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| I want to know which are the correspondents for JOHN - masculin and feminin - with any variations in Finnish langage. |
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5.6.2001 |
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Here follows some of the most ordinary ones (corresponding for John in Finnish):
Masculin: Jani, Janne, Johannes, Jon, Joni, Jonne, Jonni, Jouni, Juha, Juhana, Juhani, Juho, Jukka, Jussi
Feminin: Janika, Janina, Janita, Janna, Janni, Jenna, Jenni, Johanna, Jonna
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| We are looking to verify the name of a 20th century Finnish artist. The drawing in question was done in charcoal, and is of a nude female. The signature of… |
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28.5.2001 |
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Olemme tarkistaneet hakuteoksesta Kuvataiteilijat 1991 kaikki P-kirjaimella alkavat sukunimet: ei yhtään taiteilijaa, jonka ristimänimi olisi Armas. Sen sijaan R-kirjaimella alkavista löytyi yksi Armas: Kaarlo Armas Raunio, syntynyt 20.4.1911 Helsingissä. Hänellä on ollut näyttely USA:ssa vuonna 1972, paikkakunta Lakeover Bedford Hill. Tämä ehdotuksemme on tietenkin arvailua, mutta jos Raunio ei sovi kokonaisuuteen, niin kysykää uudelleen. - Possibly the artist you are searching is Armas Raunio, b. 20.4.1911 Helsinki.
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| Where can i find finnish childrens email adress???? |
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26.5.2001 |
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Publiclibraries.fi have collected email search engines http://www.kirjastot.fi/showhierarchy.asp?hid=1310#HENKILOT One of the email search engines in Finland is this
https://emailhaku.soneraplaza.fi/servlet/leas?systemName=SoneraPlaza&ma… Unfortunally this service is only in finish. It might be that in these services you have to search by persons name and it doesn't allow you to search by age.
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| I would like to find information about the history of Esplanadi (Helsinki) |
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25.5.2001 |
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There seems to be only one book in English about Esplanadi: "The Esplanade during the 19th century--Helsinki" by Henrik Lilius, 1984 (ISBN 87-85176-20-6). This work is primarily a pictorial production. It has color reproductions of original tinted project plans and black & white reproductions of original monocrome project plans. The photographs show what form the Esplanade did in fact take during the 19th century. The following address http://www.hel.fi/tourism/html/english/artikkelit/artikkelit/esplanadi… has an article about Esplanadi as well.
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| Do you know of a children's version of the Kalevala written by Mauri Kunnas? How would I purchase it in the US? |
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4.5.2001 |
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The Book is called the Canine Kalevala.
The following information was found in the Library of Congress Online Catalog
(adress=http://lcweb.loc.gov/catalog/) :
The canine Kalevala / Mauri Kunnas, Tarja Kunnas ; [translated and adapted...
LC Control Number: 93855806
Type of Material: Book (Print, Microform, Electronic, etc.)
Brief Description:
Kunnas, Mauri.
The canine Kalevala / Mauri Kunnas, Tarja Kunnas ; [translated and adapted from the Finnish by Tim Steffa]. Koirien Kalevala. English
Helsinki : Otava, 1992.
[30] p. : col. ill. ; 30 cm.
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| Would you please recommend an English translation of the Kalevala I could obtain in the US? |
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4.5.2001 |
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Please contact the Library of Congress (adress=http://marvel.loc.gov/ ). There You can find at least this edition of the English translation of Kalevala:
The Kalevala : an epic poem after oral tradition / by Elias Lönnrot ;... LC Control Number: 89179615
Type of Material: Book (Print, Microform, Electronic, etc.)
Brief Description: [Kalevala. English.]
The Kalevala : an epic poem after oral tradition / by Elias Lönnrot ; translated from the Finnish with an introduction and notes by Keith Bosley ; and a foreword by Albert B. Lord.Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1989.lvi, 679 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
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| What is a Microfiche? |
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2.5.2001 |
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Microfische (mikrokortti in finnish)is a flat piece of film containing microphotographs of the pages of a printed text or document. You can read microfische only with special kind of device.
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| Need information on national flower. Bird? Animal? |
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2.5.2001 |
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Finland´s national nature symbols are
http://www.finland.org/natsyeng.html
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| Which government office in Finland determines design standards for bicycle paths (width, traffic separation, signage, snow clearing, etc.)? |
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18.4.2001 |
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Please visit the site of Network of Finnish Cycling Municipalities: http://www.sll.fi/verkosto/engl.htm . There are some useful addresses at the end of the page. Email address of the co-ordinator Tapio Linna is tapio.linna@sll.fi .
In Helsinki the municipal organ is Traffic Planning Division in City Planning Department. The pages are unfortunately only in Finnish and Swedish: http://www.hel.fi/ksv . One of the contact people is Antero Naskila antero.naskila@hel.fi
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| Where can I find the following book? Hansen and Nielsen "The Economic Analysis of the EU" McGrow-Hill, 1997 |
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11.4.2001 |
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There is a book "An Economic Analysis of the EU" by Drud Hansen, Jörgen available in the library of Turun kauppakorkeakoulu. I suggest that you visit the library in Pasila and ask them to borrow the book for you from Turku.
You can also ask the book from the library of Yleisradio, open mon-fri 9 am-6 pm, tel (09) 148 015 619, but they might not want to help you.
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| I am looking for material (books, cassetes, videos, CDs etc) for studying Danish (the language) on my own. Could you kindly tell me where would it be… |
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10.4.2001 |
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There are some Danish courses in English in the public libraries:
Jones, W. Glyn : Colloquial Danish--a complete language course. 1998 Danish phrase book / compiled by Lexus Ltd with Gert Ronberg. 1998
Garde, Anna: Danish dictionary--English-Danish--Danish-English. 1995 |
Scandinavian phrase book & dictionary. 1995
Elsworth, Bente: Danish--a complete course for beginners . 1994
The availability of these courses you can check in this Internet adress: http://www.libplussa.fi/#en
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| Where can I get information on the Kuusisto Castle and the restored Kuusisto Manor? Are there any photographs of the Manor? I would appreciate receiving any… |
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4.4.2001 |
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The Kuusisto Castle and the Manor are situated on the Island of Kuusisto near the town of Kaarina, and they are not connected to the Kuusisto family (Kuusisto is a common surname in Western and Central Finland).
In the following Finnish pages there are photographs of the Kuusisto Manor (Kuusiston kartano):
http://www.nba.fi/MUSEUMS/KUUSKART/index.htm and
http://www.nba.fi/MUSEUMS/KUUSKART/hist.htm
Here is a photograph of the ruins of the Kuusisto Castle (Kuusiston linna):
http://www.nba.fi/MUUTKOHT/KUUSISTO/
http://www.nba.fi/MUUTKOHT/KUUSISTO/historia.htm
And these pages contain some information in English about the Castle and the Manor:
http://virtual.finland.fi/finfo/english/castles7.html
http://www.genealogia.fi/emi/art/lstar96e… |
| Where can I get an information about main holidays in Finland if I need it very soon? Please help me. |
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3.4.2001 |
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I recommend you the Virtual Finland webpages maintained by the Press and Cultural Department of The Ministry of Foreign Affairs. At the internet address http://virtual.finland.fi they are an excellent starting point to the Finnish society, politics, news and cultural events. On the mainpage choose FinFoDirectory. In the directory pick "The Finnish Way of Life". There you'll find articles about "The traditional Finnish festivities ", "Finnish Easter traditions", "Midsummer in Finland" etc. If you need the exact dates I recommend you to look in a good calendar, which usually list the main public holidays all over Europe. A good source is also "The Europe World Year Book" . The "Year 2000 volume" contains the dates of 2001 holidays… |
| Where and how I could find a ref book of deceased people,to find the date of my father departed THANKS |
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31.3.2001 |
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Unfortunately there is neither a referencebook nor a database available, which would contain information on the deceased all over the country. What I recommend you to do is to find out the city or county where your father lived and contact the parish register office. However, if he was killed in the Second Worldwar (1939-1945) you most propably will find this information in the address http://tietokannat.mil.fi which contains the file of fallen soldiers in the war 1939-45. This database is available also in English. If you are interested in genealogic research I recommend you to check http://www.genealogia.fi , which has excellent links, too. Another useful address http://www.familysearch.org , which is run by the Church of Jesus Christ… |
| Teen opinnäytetyötä Intranetista ja etsin englanninkielisiä lähdeteoksia aiheesta. Mm.Mikä on Intranet? Miten sellaisen voi kehittää ja miten ylläpitää? Siis… |
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23.3.2001 |
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Suurkaupunkialueen kirjastojärjestelmästä löytyy ainakin seuraavanlaisia kirjoja: Nielsen, Jakob: Designing Web usability, 2000; Pedley, Paul: Intranets and push technology - creating an information-sharing environment, 1999; Keen, Peter K. W.: The business Internet and Intranets - a manager's guide to key terms and concepts, 1998; Matthews, Martin S.: FrontPage 98 - the complete reference, 1998; Intranet resource kit (ed. by Prakash Ambegaonkar), 1997; Bremner, Lynn M.: Intranet bible, 1997; Thomas, Stephen A.: Building your Intranet with Windows NT 4.0. 1997; Bannan, Joan:Intranet document management - a guide for Webmasters and content providers, 1997; Official Microsoft Intranet solutions - using Microsoft Office 97 and… |
| Where can I find info on Name day? I have been told that each Finnish person has a Birthday and a Name day |
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21.3.2001 |
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The best way to find out about Finnish name days is to buy yourself a calendar or an almanac that has a list of Finnish male and female names. The Finnish almanac has 361 Finnish female names and 354 Finnish male names; the Swedish almanac version has 263 female names and 264 male names. Most names the Finnish use can be found on the almanac, but some new ones cannot be found on almanacs, these names do not have an official name day at all. You will find calendars and almanacs e.g. in bookshops. If you want to learn more about Finnish names, you might take a look at http://www.eponym.org/hq.html There are many Finnish name links and also a pronunciation guide. A fairly good web page is also http://www.genealogia.fi/nimet/nimi36qs.htm… |
