Jyväskylä library has the following books that might be of use to you:
1) First Finnish (by Leena Horton), includes a text book and an exercise book)
2) Finski jazyk dlja natsinajustsih: kurs intensivnogo samoobutsenija (by Pavel Razinov)
3) Survival course in Finnish for foreigners (by Eeva Piirainen)
4) Finnish for foreigners (by Maija-Mielikki Aaltio)
In addition to books, in Jyväskylä there are excellent language courses. You can get more information by telephoning to the following number: 626 597 (Jyväskylä folk institute)
If you live somewhere else in Finland, try contacting the local folk institute (that's kansalaisopisto in Finnish).
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.
In Finland you can study law in the university. Degrees offered by the University on Helsinki Faculty of law can be found at http://www.helsinki.fi/oik/tdk/english/faculty/faculty.html How to apply - International Students' Guide to the University of Helsinki can be found at http://www.helsinki.fi/english/howtoapply
To apply for admission for a Bachelor's or a Master's degree programme you must submit an application form to the university. The closing date for applications is January 31. The studying time depends on how fast the student is able to study and which degree the student is taking. For most students the studying time will be several years.
Here is some short information of the Order of the Lion of Finland:
The Order of the Lion of Finland was founded on September 11, 1942. It was introduced in an effort to preserve the prestige of the Order of the
White Rose of Finland, which could have been diminished if granted too frequently, and to facilitate the awarding of honours for various types of
merit. The Lion of Finland is awarded for civilian and military merit. The ribbon for all classes of insignia is dark red.
The classes of the Order of the Lion of Finland are:
Commander Grand Cross of the Order of the Lion of Finland
Commander, First Class, of the Order of the Lion of Finland
Commander of the Order of the Lion of Finland
Pro Finlandia Medal of the Order of the Lion of...
Hello,
Here are some links that might help you.
Children`s Book Council`s webpage has an online member list, but only one of the publishers (the first one) is located in Texas http://www.cbcbooks.org/html/mlist1.html
www.chlidrenslit.com has a list of publishers webpages, but you have to check each link separately to find out the location. http://www.childrenslit.com/sites_publish.html
Children`s book publishers in United States: http://www2.nypl.org/home/branch/kids/reading/bookpubs.cfm
Click e.g Gryphon House Books and you can choose a state and find stores located in Texas
Book Publishers of Texas has a membership directory http://www.bookpublishersoftexas.com/directory.asp
Have you checked the Congress Library collections? If they have no finnish folk/fairy tales you can ask Helsinki city library, Interlibrary loans. In our Helmet catalogue (www.helmet.fi) we found for example these two collections of finnish folktales in english: Finnish fairy tales and stories for children ( ISBN 0-88887-944-x)and The Fish of gold and other finnish folk tales (0-941016-78-1).
Dear Sir!
You asked about a video recording of Kalevi Aho's opera "Avain". It is a recording that was made in Savonlinna Opera festival in year 1986 by Finnish broadcasting company, Yleisradio (YLE). YLE Export Department has a special service for libraries and educational institutions called "YLE Tallennemyynti" which produces video and audio cassettes of Yleisradio's TV and radio programmes. Since this service is not commercial and is aimed to serve the above mentioned institutions, I would suggest that You read more about its operation from the english pages of Yleisradio: http://www.yle.fi/tallennemyynti/
Please note that you can choose the language of the pages by clicking "In English". While there are restrictions for private...
There's a site maintained by the U.S. Government that tells about the Presidential Veto Procedure: http://www.house.gov/rules/95-1195.htm
They say on that site that "Most often, however, if a vote or other action is to occur, it will take place within a week or two of the veto being cast." There's much more to it, of course, please read the whole text.
You certainly get a better answer to your question if you send it to the Ask Librarian -service of the Library of COngress: http://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib/
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The web address of Yellow Pages in Finland (Keltaiset Sivut) is as follows:
http://www.keltaisetsivut.fi/gSks/.
The service is in Finnish language.
Names and addresses of enterprises and establishments by NACE code is
available from Statistics Finland, Register of Enterprises. The service is
available for payment. For further inquiries: yrek.stat.@stat.fi
In Helmet catalogue of Helsinki region public libraries(www.helmet.fi) one can find one work using the search term anthropometry: Sheldon, W. H.: The varieties of human physique : an introduction to constitutional psychology / by W. H. Sheldon with the collaboration of S. S. Stevens and W. B. Tucker,
New York : Harper, 1940. Then there are two more close to the subject: Sheldon, W. H.: The varieties of temperament : a psychology of constitutional differences / by W. H. Sheldon with the collaboration of S. S. Stevens, New York : Harper, 1942; and Kretschmer, Ernst: Körperbau und Charakter : Untersuchungen zum Konstitutionsproblem und zur Lehre von den Temperamenten / von Ernst Kretschmer, Berlin : Springer, 1951. In Linda, the catalogue of...
Here are some links to the geographical locations of China’s geology and mineral resources.
If you want or need more information about the subject, feel free to ask.
http://www.cgs.gov.cn/Ev/English.htm
http://geo-nsdi.er.usgs.gov/metadata/open-file/01-318/coal_mines.html
http://geo-nsdi.er.usgs.gov/metadata/open-file/00-47/mines.faq.html
http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/programs/html/organizations2idshtml/…
Helsinki City Library has not kept statistics on different user-groups. The only division is between adults and children. The 2003 statistics tell very little about programs for public.
User instruction and instruction in information searches: 6489 events, 30235 participants,( consists of any interested, school classes, some groups of old people).
Events for children 486, participants 6414
- storytimes in Finnish, Swedish and some immigrant languages as Somali, plays, puppet shows
Exhibitions: 370.
Events for adults: 176.
-lectures, author's visits
Other events: 122.
Booktalk for children:386 events, 9425 participants
-sometimes even for parents and old people in old people's homes and hospitals.
The Helsinki City Library has created, in cooperation with the International Cultural Centre Caisa, the information service called "The Infopankki" or "The Info Bank". The website is http://www.caisa.hel.fi/ .
The pages of Info Bank contain important basic information for immigrants on the functioning of society and opportunities in Finland. The links take you to information on the services of authorities and organisations.
There is not much written information in English (books etc.) about the role of the finnish public libraries in promoting the multiculturality and helping the immigrants. I found only one article about this subject:
Virtanen, Kristina:
Finland's library service for foreigners
Scandinavian public library quarterly. -...
Lady Milhorn is an imaginary person in a Finnish LARP (Live Action Role Playing). In this game she is the founder of Milhorn boarding school in Wales.
The site of the game is only in Finnish:
http://koti.mbnet.fi/mnuh/milhorn/
Contact Information about Allan Lassus you can find here:
http://espanja.com/component/option,com_mtree/Itemid,59/task,viewlink/l….
The homepage of the clinic where he has his consulting hours is in address http://enetti.com/net/fertia/.
And then some publications of Allan Lassus (some are published only in Finnish):
- Boston laser-käsittely yhdistettynä joko Viviscalin tai placebon (lumelääke) kanssa kaljuuden käsittelyyn miehillä sekä naisilla placebo-ohjattu, satunnainen vertaileva tutkimus päänahan biostimulaatio (5) Boston HeNe 632,8 nm laserilla
-Epidemiological survey of psoriasis in the Greater Helsinki area
-Fluorescent treponemal antibody-absorption (FTA-ABS) test as a serological test for syphilis
-Treponemal and lipoidal tests...
König Kristian II : Schauspiel in fünf Akten was published
by Lübeck : Lübcke & Hartmann, in 1899. A second edition was published in 1903 by Breitkopf & Härtel. This is said to be a new and complete german edition. A swedish edition, Kung Kristian den andre : skådespel i fem akter was also publised in 1899 by Alb. Bonnier. These books belong to the national collection of the finnish national library, the Helsinki University Library, and can only be read there in the reading rooms.
You night be interested in purchasing this book and then a list of Antiquarian booksellers night be useful.
Please see below, http://www.worldartantiques.com/Association-BookSAY.htm.
