the reunion my mother showed me an old picture of a man that she said was the Czar of Finland‚ and that I was in fact related to royalty. After some research I figured out the facts for myself.
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Urho Kekkonen Urho Kaleva Kekkonen was born 3rd of September 1900 in Pielavesi‚ Finland and died in 31st of August 1986. He was a Finnish politician and the 8th President of the Republic of Finland. He was the sitting President continuously since 1956 until 1981‚ so he was serving for more than 25 years. The last Presidency was not completed due to illness. Kekkonen is the longest continuously sitting President of the Finnish history. He is the first person who served as a president of the Republic
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customers. There are few proven about the growth strategy of our company. EMEA is our second largest region‚ as measured by number of restaurants. As of December 31‚ 2013‚ we had 3‚450 franchise restaurants and no Company restaurants in EMEA‚ as compared to 2‚989 and 132‚ respectively‚ as of December 31‚ 2012. During 2013‚ we refranchised all of our Company restaurants in Germany and Spain‚ bringing the region to 100% franchised. While Germany continues to be the largest market in EMEA with 692 restaurants
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1 Market Research The Molok Deep Collection system was created in the 1980`s in Finland. Molok containers are now in over 40 countries worldwide. Molok North America has been in operation since 1999 and is headquartered in Mount Forest‚ Ontario. 2 Target Market Target markets include metropolitan areas‚ Universities‚ Parks‚ convention centers ‚ healthcare facilities‚ shopping centers‚ airports‚ residential areas. Customers may also be state and federally funded with the potential of high volume
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discusses how successful schools have been in Finland. The schools assign little to no homework and emphasize outdoor play‚ which has led to consistently high test scores. While education has drastically changed in Finland‚ many Americans are not open-minded to the ideas of their: no standardized testing besides one at the end of high school‚ no tuition fees and no private schools. While most schools in America thrive on competition and excellence‚ Finland values equality and cooperation. This essay
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into World War II because of the Munich Agreement. The Munich Agreement was an agreement regarding the Sudetenland Crisis between the major powers of Europe‚ after a conference held in Munich in Germany in 1938. The Sudetenland was an important region of Czechoslovakia. It had over 2.5 million speaking German inhabitants‚ and according to the Treaty of Versailles’s rule of National Self Determination‚ it should be under German leadership because of this. The Treaty of Versailles was the peace treaty
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Education is an important aspect of how the world survives. Without it‚ the next generation would never excel; therefore‚ defeating the purpose of a species to thrive and gain knowledge through reproduction. The way that education works is based upon what goals are set and who is supervising them. In the United States‚ there is a Department of Education that works with small groups to set standards. Other countries have extremely different systems‚ some more rigorous and others non-existent. In many
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Germany and the Soviet Union invaded‚ on September 1 and 17 respectively‚ their respective sides of Poland‚ dividing the country between them. Part of eastern Finland was annexed by the Soviet Union after the Winter War. This was followed by Soviet annexations of Estonia‚ Latvia‚ Lithuania‚ Bessarabia‚ Northern Bukovina and Hertza region. Names The Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact is commonly referred to under a number of names in addition to the official one and the one bearing the names of the foreign
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Finland and Singapore schools have similar subjects and equally teachers. However the education system in Singapore is quite different from Finland. The Singapore education is a traditional system where control is important whereas the Finland education system emphasizes a happy learning environment. Some of the differences are the compulsory education and the examination system. One difference is the compulsory education in Singapore which provides the basic knowledge for the pupils. Singapore
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voluntary work more or less: Red Cross and Unuicef. Last year I wrote about Red Cross. So this year I decided to write about Unicef. Unicef has voluntary groups all over the Finland. In September every year there are weekend for the voluntary workers where they meet each other. It is very great to see people from every where in Finland and have the same aim in this big organization. Finnish Committee for Unicef has been established 1967. This committee is based in Helsinki and has about 50 employees in
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