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Documentation > Greenhouse effect
Climate change (global warming) : a couple of answers to some elementary questions
first online edition : september 2003
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|Physical aspects of climate change : a general overview
|What is the greenhouse effect?
|Why is it said that the earth is warming up?
|Has this warming up started already?
|Is climate change something different from the hole in the ozone layer?
|Are weather and climate the same thing?
|Is man the only cause of climate change?
|Greenhouse gases : what are they?
|What gases are greenhouse gases? How much do they contribute to the greenhouse effect?
|Is it legitimate to say that carbon dioxide is a poison?
|What are the aerosols? - what role do clouds play?
Are we really sure that it's man that modified the atmosphere?
|Trying to guess the future
|What is a climate model? What are the models' first conclusions?
|Should we trust climate models?
|How many extra degrees can we get?
|How do the present temperatures compare to the past ones?
|Will temperatures and precipitations evolve the same way everywhere ?
|What is an emission scenario? Is it important for the future?
|Will climate change get rapidely to a halt if we quickly decrease the emissions?
|A climate change, is it just a change of the average temperature ?
|Do we know if there is a "threshold of danger"?
|Will extreme phenomena of all kind increase in the future?
|Will marine currents change?
|Are the ecosystems at risk?
|Will we turn the ocean into an acid lake?
|Will we all be sick?
|Will oceans submerge everything?
|Will the "hole in the ozone layer" increase?
|Will men be able to stay calm?
|Won't certain regions of the world be spared by climate change?
|Can the whole process get totally out of control?
|Should we fear methane hydrates?
|Can't we expect that "something" will slow down the process ?
|Comparing tobacco and climate change....
|The carbon cycle
|Won't the carbon sinks absorb the extra CO2 ?
|Can't we just grow forests to compensate for our CO2 emissions ?
|Should we believe what scientists say about the future of our climate?
|Who are "the scientists"?
|Since when do "scientists know" for climate change?
|What is the IPCC?
|Is the press correctly accounting for the available scientific information ?
|Should we believe anything just because it is written in the paper?
|Greenhouse gases and us
|How do greenhouse gas emissions presently evolve?
|What is our present energy consumption like?
|Do I emit greenhouse gases through my daily acts?
|How much greenhouse gases in our plate?
|How much greenhouse gases in our wastebin?
|How much greenhouse gases does the author's family emit?
|Acting collectively : when, how, and to achieve what?
|Shouldn't we wait until we are totally sure of what's going on before we do anything?
|Won't a soon to come fossil fuel shortage solve the problem for us ?
|At what level must we stabilize atmospheric CO2?
|What amount of CO2 should each of us be allowed to emit ?
|Is leaving one's car in the garage sufficient to suppress the CO2 emissions in excess?
|Won't "the technique" save us?
|Can't we put the carbon dioxide in a big hole and just forget it?
|What collective actions could be done?
|What are the international negociations aiming at?
|Are the Americans the kings of evil?
|Who should reduce first?
|Acting individually, at home or at work
|Doing one's good deed regarding climate change : what is the impact of individual actions?
|I run a business : can I "do something"?
|An example of emission calculation : how much carbon equivalent at Jancovici & co?
|Is there an ideal world?
|Are there "CO2 free" energies?
|Could we live just like today with only renewable energies?
|What can be expected from the electric cars?
|What would an "energetically vertuous" world look like?
|Global warming and economy
|Does economic growth "create" greenhouse effect?
|Does it make sense to give a price to climate change consequences ?
|What price increases would follow a carbon tax?
|What are the tradable permits?
|What is Kaya's equation?
|Climate change and France
|How much extra greenhouse gases emissions if we build a new airport near Paris?
|How much extra greenhouse gases emissions if we replace nuclear power plants by gas turbines?
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Political system
Ukraine has a parliamentary presidential system, which means that the country elects on national level a head of state, the president, and a legislature. The president is elected for a five-year term directly by the people. The president needs a majority of the votes in the first round to be elected. Otherwise a second round is held, in which only the two candidates with the highest amount of votes (in the first round) can compete.
The parliament (Verkhovna Rada) has 450 members, elected for a four-year term. Until 2005, half of the members were elected by proportional representation and the other half by single-mandate constituencies. Starting with the 2006 parliamentary election, all 450 members were elected by proportional representation, but after a change in 2011 under Yanukovich's presidency the parallel system of proportional representation and single-member constituencies was restored. From that moment on, candidates can be elected through party lists or self-nomination.
The constitution prescribes that the governmental parties must have a majority in parliament. Thus, minority coalitions are formally no option for government coalitions. Representative bodies and heads of local government throughout Ukraine are elected simultaneously with the Verkhovna Rada.
Latest political issues
On the 21st of November 2013, a small protest broke out after President Yanukovych abandoned a trade agreement with the European Union, favouring closer ties with Russia. After the protesters were beaten at night by police, the videos of the incident put online sparked a much larger outrage throughout the country, with hundreds of thousands of people on the streets within days, dubbed as the Maidan protest. The Maidan protests resulted in pro-EU protesters occupying the Maidan square and taking control of government buildings for months. Eventually, clashes between pro-EU protesters and the police resulted in an apogee on the 18th of February 2014, when over 70 protesters were killed. In the political turmoil that followed, President Yanukovich fled the country to Russia. An interim government was appointed with Olexander Turchynov as interim president. In weeks that followed, pro-Russian protests broke out in eastern Ukraine and the southern province of Crimea. Pro-Russian- and Russian forces took control of government buildings and strategic military complexes in the Crimea on the 27th of February, increasing tensions between Ukraine and Russia. On the 16th of March, the Crimea joined Russia trough a referendum in which an overwhelmingly majority voted in favour of Russia. The West claims this to be a violation of territorial integrity and a violation of international law, whereas Russia says it had to protect its Russian citizens in Crimea.
In the months following the annexation of the Crimea by Russia, the conflict reached a climax, Malaysia Airlines plane MH17 was shot down above eastern Ukrainian territory, killing all 298 passengers on board. The event sparked international outrage and, triggered the close involvement of the international community. The European Union, the United States and other countries intensified sanctions on pro-Russian seperatists and Russia. Meanwhile, the provinces of Donetsk and Lugansk declared themselves independent from Ukraine on the 11th of September 2014. On the 6th of September 2014 both parties agreed to a ceasefire in the capital of Belarus, Minsk.
This Minsk I ceasefire was violated continuesly, and got out of control in January 2015. In February, Ukraine, Lugansk, Donetsk and Russia agreed to the Minsk II accords, and a new ceasefire was born. However this ceasefire was violated intensively in the first week when pro-Russian separatists opened an offensive on the strategic city of Debaltseve, which eventually led to their victory when the Ukrainian army retreated from the area. After this offensive, both parties seem to abide by the Minsk II accords, although fighting remains an every-day activity.
Sanctions on eastern Ukraine and Russia remain. President of the European Council, Donald Tusk, said ''Leaders decided to align our sanctions regime to the implementation of the Minsk agreements brokered by [German] Chancellor Merkel and [French] President Hollande. The European Council agreed that the duration of economic sanctions will be clearly linked to the complete implementation of the Minsk agreements, bearing in mind that this is only foreseen by the end of 2015."
According to the latest report of the United Nations, a total of 5,809 deaths were documented, while another 14,740 people were wounded. The report covers the period from mid-April 2014 to the 28th of February 2015.
Parliamentary elections 2014
After winning the presidential elections of 25 May 2014, President Poroshenko announced that he intended to hold early parliamentary elections as soon as the political chaos in the East has been resolved. On 25 August Poroshenko dissolved the Parliament and announced that early elections would be held on 26 October. In late July Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk already announced that he wanted to resign, after two parties left the coalition government. However, Parliament voted against this, forcing him to remain Prime Minister until the early elections. These elections on 26 October were won, by an overwhelming majority, by pro-Western parties. Yatsenyuk's People's Front in the end became the single largest party. Preliminary single-mandate districts results so, however, that Poroshenko's Bloc will likely have the most MPs overall.
Despite all the changes in the country, "attempts to bribe voters in this election were probably as common as under President Viktor Yanukovych", said a local observer from the Ukrainian OPORA election watchdog. The police has opened several criminal cases regarding voter bribing. In their preliminary findings and conclusions on the parliamentary elections, the OSCE stated that "there were a number of credible allegations of vote buying, many of which are being investigated by the authorities". But in general candidates were free to campaign, and the election campaign was competitive and visible. Misuse of administrative resources was not named as an issue of major concern, unlike in previous elections. Overall, the OSCE's preliminary findings showed that democratic principles were generally respected.
With all votes counted, the Central Election Commission (CEC) showed six parties passing the 5% electoral threshold and thus entering Ukrainian Parliament. Far right-wing party Svoboda seems not to have made it into parliament, with 4.71% of the votes.
Elections results 2014
Seats proportional lists
Seats single-mandate constituencies
Total seats
% votes
People's Front
|Petro Poroshenko Bloc
|Self Reliance Party
Opposition Bloc
Radical Party of Oley Lyashko
All-Ukrainian Union "Svoboda"
Strong Ukraine
Right Sector
Independent single constituencies
Voter turnout 52.4%
Also interesting is that 64 MPs have been re-elected to Parliament who had voted for the highly controversial laws of 16 January, which then President Viktor Yanukovych's Party of Regions pushed through Parliament amid the Maidan movement, severely limiting certain rights, including the freedom to association.
Presidential elections 2014
The elections were held in Ukraine on Sunday 25 May as former president Yanukovych was ousted by the Euro Maidan revolution on 22 February. Petro Poroshenko, the winner of those elections with 54.7% of the votes, has become president of a country in chaos. Two eastern regions declared independence and are plagued by violence as the country faces bankruptcy. The new president of Ukraine will be tasked with restoring peace and order in the country.
Runner-up is former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Timoshenko, candidate for the Batkivschyna All-Ukrainian Union, with 12.82 per cent of the votes. Radical Party leader Oleh Liashko surprisingly became third with 8.32 per cent of the votes. Liashko is well known for his television appearances.
Poroshenko claimed the victory at his Kyiv headquarters on Sunday evening 26 May. He spoke in Ukrainian, Russian and English saying "The first steps of my team will focus on ending the war, the chaos, the unrest and bring peace to the land of Ukraine." Poroshenko promised leniency towards non-violent separatists in eastern Ukraine "For those people who don't take [up] weapons, we are always ready for negotiations to
guarantee them security, to guarantee their rights, including speaking the language they want." He is also committed to end the conflict with Russia and wants to start negotiations the replace the Budapest Memorandum. He said "Without Russia it would be much less effective or almost impossible to speak about the security in the whole region."
Many of the people in the eastern part of the country were not able to vote. The Kyiv government has lost control in large parts of the Donbas region were separatists do not allow people to vote. In the city of Donetsk, home to one million Ukrainians, not a single polling station was opened. With the rise of armed groups, the increasing paramilitary activity and a population that distrusts Kyiv, voter turnout in the eastern regions of Ukraine was very low. In other parts of Ukraine the voter turnout was very high. The elections were seen as the most important since Ukrainian independence. Mykola Hosovskiy, of the General Prosecutor's Office stated "For the first time in the history of election processes in Ukraine, there were no complaints [...] about the use of administrative resources."
Election results
Petro Poroshenko
Yulia Tymoshenko
All Ukrainian Union "Fatherland"
Oleh Lyashko
Radical Party
Anatoliy Hrytsenko
Civil Position
Serhiy Tihipko
Mykhailo Dobkin
Party of Regions
Vadim Rabinovich
Olga Bogomolets
Petro Symonenko
Communist Party of Ukraine
Oleh Tyahnybok
All-Ukrainian Union "Svoboda"
Dmytro Yarosh
Right Sector
Andriy Hrynenko
Valeriy Konovalyuk
Yuriy Boyko
Mykola Malomuzh
Renat Kuzmin
Vasyl Kuybida
People's Movement of Ukraine
Oleksandr Klymenko
Ukrainian People's Party
Vasyl Tsushko
Volodymyr Saranov
Zoryan Shkiryak
Invalid/blank votes
Total votes
Registered voters/turnout
Socialist Party of Ukraine (SPU)
The Socialist Party of Ukraine was founded in 1991. It called itself the successor to the Communist Party of Ukraine, but chose to form its own program and develop a new emphasis in its political activities. After the return of the Communist Party and the creation of the Progressive Socialist Party in 1993, the SPU lost its leftist monopoly. It also lost its ideological vestiges of the past and opted for reform. The new program underscored the need to carry out privatization, implement changes to the tax and criminal codes, fight corruption and introduce a pro-European foreign policy. The SPU calls itself democratic socialistic, but shows signs of social democracy.
Ater the Orange Revolution, which it supported, the SPU ran independently in the 2006 parliamentary elections. It received 33 seats in the Verkhovna Rada, and was part of the governing coalition. In the 2007 parliamentary elections, however, the party did not pass the threshold of 3 %, winning only 2,86 % of the votes. Analysts say this loss could perhaps be explained by disagreement within the potential SPU-electorate concerning the coalition-participation of the SPU after the 2006 elections. The fact that the SPU changed sides, leaving the Orange Revolution partners to join the coalition of Prime Minister Yanukovych (Party of Regions), was used by Tymoshenko to portray the SPU and its leader as unreliable traitors.
On 17 and 18 December 2011 several minor parties merged with the SPU: Farmer's Party, All-Ukrainian Party 'Children of War', 'Children of war National Party of Ukraine' and the Kozak Fame party. Nonetheless, the party won 0.46 % of the national votes in the parliamentary election of 2012 and no constituencies and thus failed again to pass the electoral threshold.
Party leader: Oleksandr Moroz
Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (USDP)
The SDPU was originally founded in 1890 and re-established in 1990, after the collapse of the Soviet Union. In the 2006 elections the party was part of the Lazarenco Bloc, which only gained 0.30%, and therefore did not make it into parliament. It has failed to enter parliament since.
The SDPU is in favour of supporting democracy in the former Soviet Union and hopes Ukraine will be a member of the EU in the future.
Party leader: Yuriy O. Buzdugan
The SDPU is an observer member of the Socialist International.
Ukrainian Social Democratic Party (SDPU)
The SDPU was originally founded in 1890 and re-established in 1990, after the collapse of the Soviet Union. In the 2006 elections the party was part of the "Lazarenco Bloc", which only gained 0.30 %, and therefore did not make it into parliament. I has not made it into parliament since. The SDPU is in favour of supporting democracy in the former Soviet Union and hopes Ukraine will be a member of the EU in the future.
Party leader: Yuriy O. Buzdugan
The SDPU is an observer member of the Socialist International.
United Left and Peasants
On 17 December 2011 a unification on the basis of the Justice Party took place. The parties in question included the Justice Party, Popular Power, Ukrainian Farmer's Democratic Party and All-Ukrainian Patriotic Union. The coordination council consisting of representatives of all five parties approved the political agreement and the new party was called United Left ('socialists, farmers, social democrats, children of the war – for justice'). Stanislav Nikolaenko was elected leader of the new party. United Left positions itself as a modern socialist, social democrat party of a European type.
Party leader: Stanislav Nikolaenko
Petro Poroshenko's Bloc
Leader: Yuriy Lutsenko
Seats: 132
Petro Poroshenko Bloc (Ukrainian: Блок Петра Порошенка, Blok Petra Poroshenka) is a political party in Ukraine created on August 27, 2014. The party won the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election with 132 seats gaining a majority in the parliament. The Petro Poroshenko Bloc is a Ukrainian liberal-conservative party, previously known as Solidarity party, which was set up by the current President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, in 2001. In August 2014, Solidarity was renamed to Petro Poroshenko Bloc, and Yuriy Lutsenko, the former Minister of Internal Affairs, was unanimously elected its head. The party's main objective is helping Poroshenko implement his election promises, such as furthering Ukraine's aim to become a member of the European Union, enhancing social protection, ending corruption and establishing energy independence. The party's current election program is called "Strategy 2020" and aims to implement 60 reforms and special programs that will make Ukraine eligible to apply for EU membership within six years. The party's position also includes open list elections, decentralisation, creation of independent media, abolishment of the immunity of senior officials, privatization of all Ukrainian coal mines and liquidation of all mines that cannot be privatized. The party is also concerned with the ethnic issues within the country, it is aiming to ensure language rights for Russian speakers at the same time maintaining Ukrainian as the official language. The party also pays special attention to the plight of Crimean Tatars. In the War in Donbass the party advocates an end to the conflict by peaceful means.
Party of Regions
The Party of Regions was created in March 2001 from the unification of five parties. Three quarters of the party's members are from the Eastern Ukrainian Donbas region. During the 2002 parliamentary elections the party joined the pro-Kuchma 'For a United Ukraine' bloc. The party's leader, Viktor Yanukovych, ran for president in 2004, with a strongly pro-Russian and regionalist agenda. After he lost those elections as a result of the Orange Revolution, the party moved into the opposition where it was one of the most visible parties. It frequently criticised the post-Orange Revolution government for its alleged preference for the Western parts of Ukraine and it gladly exacerbated the internal struggles in the government. This paid off in the 2006 parliamentary elections, which the party won. However, after the elections, the Party of Regions was excluded from coalition negotiations with the other parties and blocked the Verkhovna Rada for several weeks. After the blockade was lifted the party managed to turn the tables and became the senior party in a broad governing coalition.
However, the political crisis of early 2007 caused the breakdown of the broad governing coalition and new elections were held on 30 September 2007. The Party of Regions managed to stay the biggest party in parliament. It, however, did not have an obvious majority-coalition partner. For this reason, the Our Ukraine – People's Self-Defence Bloc and the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc formed a majority coalition. After Yanukovych won the presidential elections in 2010 and the parliament ousted Prime Minister Tymoshenko 's ruling coalition, Yanukovych formed a new majority coalition centred around his party. After the parliamentary elections of 2012, the party remained the biggest in parliament with 209 seats (including faction changes after the elections). The Party of Regions campaigned especially on issues like the status of the Russian language (calling for Russian as additional official state language) and socio-economic development (promising more jobs, a focus on industry and economic growth). The powerbase of the party lies fully in the eastern part of Ukraine.
After the Maidan revolution and the ousting of President Yanukovich the party didn't participate in the 2014 parliamentary elections; its core members were concentrated in the Opposition Bloc party.
Parliamentary leader: Oleksandr Yefremov
Batkyvschina (All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" (incl. United Opposition)
As the core party of the former Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc (BYuT), Batkyvschina has been in parliament since the 2002 parliamentary elections. After the November 2011 banning of the participation of blocs of political parties in parliamentary elections, the party became a major force in Ukrainian politics independently. In the 2012 parliamentary elections the party also added "United Opposition" to its name, aligning several other parties under its colours.
The Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc (BYuT) was named after its leader and founder of the Fatherland Party (1999) Yulia Tymoshenko. After she was forced to step down in 2001, the Fatherland Party began to oppose presidential policies and Tymoshenko led the united opposition in 2001, creating the National Salvation Forum. The main goal of the forum was to form an electoral bloc aiming to oust President Kuchma. In November 2001 the bloc was renamed Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc. It consisted of the Fatherland Party, Sobor Party, Social Democratic Party, Republican Party, Conservative Republican Party, Christian Democratic Party, and Patriotic Party. The bloc gained 7.2 % in the 2002 elections. BYuT cooperated with Our Ukraine in the 2004 presidential elections, supporting Viktor Yushchenko's candidacy. Once Yushchenko was appointed president after the Orange Revolution, Tymoshenko became prime minister. However, the cooperation faltered and finally resulted in Yushchenko sacking Tymoshenko on accusations of corruption. BYuT then ran independently in the 2006 parliamentary elections and became the second largest party, beating Yushchenko's Our Ukraine. However, it went into opposition.
In the 2007 parliamentary elections, BYuT managed to stay the second biggest party in parliament, almost closing the gap with the Party of Regions. Shortly after the elections, it was announced that BYuT and the Our Ukraine – People's Self Defense Bloc formed a coalition. Yulia Tymoshenko became the new prime minister. After Yanukovych won the presidential elections in 2010 and the parliament ousted Tymoshenko 's coalition in a no-confidence vote, Tymoshenko went into the opposition again. In order to obtain a majority in parliament, Yanukovych needed the support of several extra MPs. Eventually, some BYuT MPs joined his coalition.
Tymoshenko is currently in jail, after being found guilty of abuse of power and being sentenced to 7 years in prison. She also had other lawsuits running against her as well, connected to her time as prime minister.
After participation of blocs of political parties in parliamentary elections was banned in 2011, Batkyvschina became the umbrella party with its election list including members of Reforms and Order Party, People's Movement of Ukraine, Front of Changes, For Ukraine, People's Self-Defense, Civil Position and Social Christian Party. In July 2012 members of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People joined this list. This list named themselves United Opposition "Fatherland". Because of the imprisonment of Tymoshenko at the time, Front for Change leader Arseniy Yatsenyuk headed the election list and is still the party's leader in parliament. The party remained the second largest in parliament after the 2012 elections (101 seats or 22.67 %).
Tymoshenko was released from prison during the Maidan revolution of 2014, as Yanukovich was ousted, but hasn't managed to regain the prominent role that she had in Ukrainian politics. She has been allied with the European People's Party (EPP).
Party leader: Yulia Tymoshenko
UDAR (Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform)
The "Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform of Vitali Klitschko" is a political party headed by Ukrainian professional heavyweight boxer Vitali Klitschko. In its current form the party was founded on April 24, 2010, on the basis of the Vitali Klitschko Bloc, a local political alliance in Kiev. The party has an anti-corruption and pro-European platform.
During the 2010 Ukrainian local elections the party gained about 400 representatives in municipalities and Oblast Councils (regional parliaments). The party's election list was a mixture of candidates who used to represent parties from all over the political spectrum of Ukraine.
In July 2012 party leader Klitschko stated that his party will not cooperate with the Party of Regions in the new parliament. In the 2012 parliamentary election UDAR won 13.97 % of the national votes and 6 constituencies and thus 40 parliamentary seats. During the Maidan revolution, Klitchko was one of the political leaders representing the Maidan at talks with Yanukovich and the European leaders.
Party leader: Vitali Klychko
All-Ukrainian Union "Svoboda"
The All-Ukrainian Union "Svoboda" ("Freedom") was formed in February 2004 with the arrival of Oleh Tyahnybok as party leader. The party is the successor of the Social-National Party. Svoboda is a Ukrainian nationalist party that often voices opposition to perceived Russian influences in Ukraine. The party is known for its anti-Communist stance, and several party activists over the years have been accused of trying to destroy Communist-era statues. The party views the dominating role of Ukraine's oligarchy as "devastating". While oligarchs have typically played a major role in the funding of other Ukrainian parties, Svoboda claims to receive no financial support from oligarchs, but rather from Ukraine's small and medium-sized businesses.
The party has been accused of racism and anti-Semitism, which it denies. Party leader Tyahnybok stated in November 2012 that "Svoboda is neither an anti-Semitic nor a xenophobic party nor an anti-Russian party. Svoboda is also not an anti-European party. Svoboda is simply and only a pro-Ukrainian party". This "pro-Ukrainian" element can be seen in Svoboda's political program; the party wants to ban adoptions by non-Ukrainians of Ukrainian children, wants to abolish Crimean autonomy and is in favor of criminal prosecution for "Ukrainophobia".
Svoboda went up from a marginal regional party to a power represented in the parliament within only a few years. Its national success was preceded by a local success, which analysts explain as a result of the policies of the Azarov government, who were seen as too pro-Russian by the electorate.
In the 2012 parliamentary elections the party's results where much higher than expected, with 10,44 % (almost a fourteenfold of its votes compared with the 2007 parliamentary elections) of votes and 38 out of 450 seats in the Ukrainian parliament. In the 2014 elections the party only had 4.71%, or 6 seats.
Party leader: Oleh Tyahnybok
Communist Party of Ukraine
The Communist Party is the successor of the Soviet Communist Party. Its main supporters are elderly and pensioners. Between 1991 and 1993 the party was temporarily forbidden. With the country's economy in decline, it grew in popularity and re-emerged during the 1994 parliamentary elections. The CPU received a lot of protest votes, however analysts predicted a decline because of aging of their electorate and the outdating of their Soviet nostalgia. In the 2002 elections they were cut by half winning just 65 of the 450 seats in parliament. After the 2006 elections, it had only 21 seats, but in the 2007 elections, the party regained some seats, winning a total of 27 seats in the Rada. In 2010, the Communists joined the governing coalition of President Yanukovych, after signing an agreement with the Party of Regions and the Lytvyn Bloc.
The communists are loosening their Soviet style arguments and argue for respect for private business, freedom of religion, a multi-party system and foreign investments. According to their leader Petro Symonenko state policy should be based on balancing real incomes and expenditures, with the surplus spent on services like education and healthcare. They are against Ukrainian NATO membership.
Party leader: Petro M. Symonenko
Our Ukraine - People's Self Defense Bloc
The Our Ukraine Bloc was officially formed in February 2002 and united ten nationalist and centre-right parties that emerged during the time Ukraine gained independence. The gathered parties historically all had an anti-communist rhetoric and their goals broadly were to keep distance from Russia and strengthen Ukraine's statehood. The bloc's priorities are a significant increase in the wellbeing of the majority of Ukraine's citizens; a strong economy and effective social protection; a just society and the establishment of a moral and honest government. The bloc supports the integration of Ukraine into the EU and NATO.
In 2004 the Our Ukraine bloc and the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc united forces in the presidential elections, both backing Yushchenko's candidacy in the Orange Revolution. On 26 December 2004 Our Ukraine's leader Viktor Yushchenko, was elected as president. On 5 March 2005, parts of the Our Ukraine Bloc consolidated into a new party, the Our Ukraine People's Union. For the 2007 parliamentary elections, the Bloc changed its name into Our Ukraine – People's Self Defence Bloc, merging with the People's Self Defence Party.
After Yanukovych won the presidential elections in 2010 and the parliament ousted Tymoshenko's ruling coalition, several MPs of the Tymoshenko bloc decided to join the new governing coalition of Yanukovych. Then outgoing President Yushchenko only obtained 5.45% of the votes in the first round, not even coming close to the second round of the presidential elections. In the 2012 parliamentary elections, the party didn't manage to pass the 5 % threshold. In the 2014 elections…
Viktor Yushchenko remains the leader of the party. The party tries to transform its image from right wing nationalist to liberal. Our Ukraine has an observer status at the European People's Party.
Party leader: Viktor Yushchenko
Petro Poroshenko
President of Ukraine since 25 May 2014
Petro Poroshenko was born on 26 September 1965. He is a Ukrainian billionaire businessman, and got elected as the fifth and current President of Ukraine. Poroshenko served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2009 to 2010, and as the Minister of Trade and Economic Development in 2012. From 2007 until 2012, he headed the Council of Ukraine's National Bank.
Outside politics, Poroshenko owns, along with a number of other companies, a large-scale confectionery business, which has earned him the nickname of 'Chocolate King'. He was elected president on 25 May 2014, capturing more than 54% of the vote in the first round, thereby winning outright and avoiding a runoff. During the parliamentary elections on 26 October 2014 his bloc became the largest party in Parliament.
Poroshenko is married to Maryna Perevedentseva since 1984. The couple has four children.
Arseniy Yatsenyuk
Prime Minister since 26 February 2014
Arseniy Yatsenyuk was born on 22 May 1974. He is a Ukrainian politician, economist and lawyer, and is now the 15th Prime Minister of Ukraine. Yatsenyuk became PM after Viktor Yanukovych was removed from power during the Maidan protests in 2014. He served as Minister of Economy from 2005 to 2006, as Minister of Foreign Affairs in 2007, and as Chairman of the Verkohovna Rada (Parliament) from 2007 to 2008. Yatsenyuk was one of the leaders of Batkivishina (All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland"). In September 2014 however, he started the new People's Front Party. This party won 82 seats in the 2014 parliamentary elections.
In 2007, Yatsenyuk also established, together with Zbigniev Drzymala, the Open Ukraine Foundation. This foundation is a nonpartisan international philanthropic foundation to support public diplomacy and to raise the profile of Ukraine internationally. Open Ukraine works with the young generation of artists, scholars and community leaders who seek to implement social changes in the different regions.
Yatsenyuk is married to Tereza Viktorivna and they have two daughters: Khrystyna and Sofiya.
Yulia Timoshenko
Leader of Batkyvschina (All-Ukrainian Union ´´Fatherland´´ (incl. United Opposition)
Yulia Timoshenko was born in 1960 in Dnepropetrovsk. In 1984 she graduated from the Dnepropetrovsk State University, faculty of Economics. After graduation she worked as an engineer-economist in a machine-building plant in Dnepropetrovsk.
After that she went into private business and together with her husband headed several commercial enterprises, including oil and gas trade. The latter grew into a multi-million enterprise and was in trouble with the tax authorities by 1996. Timoshenko claimed the authorities were harassing her because of political reasons.
In 1997 Timoshenko became first deputy to the leader of the All-National Movement Hramada, Pavel Lazarenko and entered parliament for the first time in 1998. Both harshly criticised the Kuchma Presidency. In November 1998, however, she unexpectedly called for a dialogue with Kuchma, and left Lazrenko motivating this by his authoritarian rule of Hramada. She then created her own political force, Batkivishina.
In 2001 Timoshenko, while president of United Energy Systems of Ukraine, was removed from her position and arrested under charges of forging customs documents and smuggling gas between 1995 and 1997. After her release she called on Yushchenko to head the opposition movement.
In 2004 Bloc Yulia Timoshenko and Yushchenko's Our Ukraine announced the creation of the Force coalition to support Yushchenko's candidacy in the 2004 presidential elections. As a result of repeat elections after mass demonstrations (dubbed 'Orange Revolution') Yushchenko became president and Timoshenko PM. The relationship between Yushchenko and Timoshenko was bad, and deteriorated even further over years among squabbles and power struggles. She was PM on and off. She ran for president in the 2010 election as the main rival to Victor Yanukovych, losing the Presidency by 3% of the votes.
Timoshenko was released from jail following the Maidan revolution, after being found guilty of abuse of power and being sentenced to 7 years in prison.
Yulia Timoshenko is married and has a daughter.
Vitaly Klitchko
Mayor of Kiev
Vitali Volodymyrovych Klitschko (Ukrainian: Віта́лій Володи́мирович Кличко́), was born on 19 July 1971 in Belovodsk, Kyrgyzstan. He is a Ukrainian politician and the current Mayor of Kiev (the capital and largest city in Ukraine), head of the Kiev City State Administration and former professional boxer. He is the leader of the Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform (UDAR) and a former Member of the Ukrainian Parliament. During the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election and the following Orange Revolution, Klitschko openly supported the candidacy of Viktor Yushchenko. Klitschko became actively involved in Ukrainian politics in 2005 and combined this with his professional boxing career until his departure from boxing mid-December 2013. In 2005, Klitschko was appointed an adviser to President Yushchenko. He was a leading figure in the 2013–2014 Euromaidan protests, and he announced his possible candidacy for the Ukrainian presidency but later withdrew and endorsed Petro Poroshenko. He was elected Mayor of Kiev on 25 May 2014. The UDAR Party together with Vitaly Klitschko decided to enter the Verkhovna Rada elections in 2014 together with Petro Poroshenko Bloc and even though Klitschko won a seat, he gave it up to stay on as Mayor of Kiev.
Klitschko sees the European Union as Ukraine's model for future political and economic development. He is also in favour of NATO-Ukraine cooperation. Klitschko's main concern is social standards and the economy of Ukraine. He believes "the issue of language is not the top priority". He also advocates lower taxes to stimulate the economy. He wants to ensure the independence of judges by switching from a system of appointed judges to a system of elected judges.
Oleh Tyahnybok
Leader of The All-Ukrainian Union "Svoboda"
Oleh Tyahnybok was born on 7 November 1968. He is a Ukrainian politician and leader of Svoboda. He is also a qualified surgeon. In 1998 he was first elected to Parliament, as a member of the Social-National Party. Four years later, he was reelected, but as a member of Victor Yushchenko's Our Ukraine bloc. Just two years after this, he was expelled for mentioning Ukrainian Insurgent Army as an example of those who armed up against "Russians, Germans, Jews and other enemies who wanted to take away our Ukrainian state", in a speech.
Since February 2004 Tyahnybok has headed Svoboda. In April 2005, he co-signed an open letter to President Yushchenko calling for a parliamentary investigation into the "criminal activities of organized Jewry in Ukraine."
In the 2012 Parliamentary elections Svoboda won 37 seats in Parliament. However, in the 2014 elections the party did not reach the 5% threshold in the party list voting. Nevertheless, they managed to win 6 seats through the constituencies. But it still means a big loss for the party.
Central Election Commission
Central Europe Review
Committee to protect Journalists
Election World.org
EU External Relations
EU Institute for Security Studies
Freedom House – Nations in Transit 2005
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NATO – Ukraine
OSCE/ ODIHR Election Reports
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Transitions Online
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Ukrayinska Pravda
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Have you started? What have you done? Have you constructed a segment and found the midpoint?
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Peoria County Coroner Johnna Ingersoll announced Monday she has decided to enter the Senate race.
Ingersoll believes the transition from county to state government would be a challenge she would like to take on and feels her experience in county government would help.
"I believe that the constituents of the 37th Senate District, that includes Peoria county, could benefit by having someone who currently works in county government, in addition to serving at the Senate level," said Peoria County Coroner, Johnna Ingersoll.
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A netchain development perspective on woolfarmers' associations in poor communities: a case study in South Africa
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The Jervis McEntee Diaries - October 14, 1883
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Sunday, Oct 14, 1883 Five years ago tonight my dear Gertrude died. It has been almost such a day, one of the loveliest October days. I went over to the cemetery after breakfast. A few flowers were still blooming on her grave. On poor Maurices grave the morning glories which I transplanted in June after he died, had ripened their seed and the vines lay brown and withered on the little trellis above his grave. Both these members of our household gone forever, each of them so closely a part of us yet in so widely different ways; how sad and strange it seemed that though still a part of us they carry theirs in eternal silence unmindful of all our tenderness. Dear Gertrude. I am learning to live without her presence but not without daily communion with her sweet spirit. Her absence is becoming a part of my life as her companionship was and I thank Heaven for the sweet legacy of her matchless and beautiful character and her love that the grave cannot hide from me. I have felt less sharp sorrow on this anniversary of her death than ever before and can think of her now without tears and without that despair that sought her everywhere, while all things connected with her grow more sacred and all my memories of her more tender and more full of a sweet satisfaction, gradually fitting me better to live the remnant of my days alone. I feel cheerful and hopeful as she always wished me to and always tried to make me feel and I rest in the sweet expectancy that this separation is but temporary; that we shall met again and for eternity. Wrote to Alice, to Mr. Conkey, Ferdinand Jury. Miss McCoy & Mr. C. M Kurtz.


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Overview of ResortQuest Marketing
ResortQuest manages the only nationally branded network of vacation rental properties throughout the continental United States and Canada. There's no doubt about it, there is marketing power in numbers, and our homeowners benefit from this visibility.
Local Expertise, Nationally Branded Marketing
When you choose ResortQuest to manage your property, you are drawing on a vast network of marketing professionals devoted specifically and exclusively to promoting your vacation rental. Your bottom line will benefit from the most sophisticated website management, monitoring and marketing programs; industry-leading call accounting, customer tracking and demographic software; and venerable partnerships with the most reputable and successful tour operators in the travel industry, such as Expedia, Travelocity, Orbitz, Ski.com and Vacation Roost.
Our Summit County team has long-standing affiliations with local businesses, the Chamber of Commerce and Vail Resorts. These crucial partnerships ensure that we can provide our guests and owners with discounted lift tickets, shuttles, ski/board rentals, and other vacation packaging components.
The ResortQuest Difference:
- ResortQuest is the largest marketer of managed vacation rentals in the United States
- ResortQuest spends more than $8.1 million annually in marketing
- ResortQuest maintains one of the most comprehensive websites in the Vacation Rental Industry representing every unit individually with video, photos, maps and detailed descriptions
- ResortQuest.com's website traffic averages more than 6 million Unique Visitors per year
- ResortQuest's Summit County websites average over 275,000 Unique Visitors per year
- ResortQuest.com was voted one of the top five vacation rental websites by Frommer's Travel and Leisure and Budget Travel Magazine.
- Aggressive local, regional, and national marketing programs featuring all ResortQuest properties
- We manage the only nationally branded network of properties throughout the United States, including a significant roster of international lodging partnerships.
- Cross-selling benefits in over 15,000 units at locations nationwide
- Established repeat customer base of over 2 million guests
- Dedicated on-site conference, leisure, corporate and wedding sales managers
- Strong, established relationships with travel agents, tour operators, meeting and wedding planners
ResortQuest spends several million dollars annually on a variety of strategic initiatives:
- State of the art website with real time online booking capability
- Comprehensive email and direct marketing campaigns to a database of over six million consumers
- Search engine pay-per-click marketing
- Social networking (Twitter, Facebook, Blogs, FourSquare and more!)
- Radio and television
- Strategic partnerships with Interhome, RCI, RSN
- Local chamber and ski area campaign participation
- Production and distribution of marketing collateral
- Attendance of industry trade shows
- Group marketing
What is ResortQuest doing to remain competitive on the Internet?
Over 85% of consumers will have researched their vacation online. ResortQuest has established an industry leading website which is exceptionally successful with natural and local search rankings, in addition to our expert paid search placement. See for yourself! Run a search in google for 'Breckenridge lodging,' 'Breckenridge luxury lodging,' 'Breckenridge rentals,' or 'Breckenridge' and you'll find ResortQuest's website prominently displayed on the first page, oftentimes in the top 1-5 Pay-Per-Click search results, the top 10 Maps results, and the top 10 Natural/Organic results.
Each vacation rental is photographed and represented individually on our website with unlimited photographs, a detailed description, map, rates, and even a video tour. Our website will represent the location, views and interiors of your home better than any other management company. Plus, unlike other companies, our guests can request their exact vacation rental.
What is Pay-Per-Click (PPC) Advertising?
Paid-Per-Click (PPC) or 'Sponsored' keyword advertisements are highly targeted text or banner ads that appear across millions of websites. They are most notably the ads that appear on the right hand side of a google search results page. Advertisers pay a few cents to several dollars each time someone clicks on one of these ads. Hence, "Pay-Per-Click." PPC search positioning is critical to capture that potential guest's initial interest and ultimately lead them to make a reservation.
What do the industry term 'wholesaler' and 'online travel agent' mean?
Wholesalers and online travel agents are third party distributors that market and package inventory to consumers and travel agents at many of our locations. Examples of these are Expedia, Orbitz, Travelocity, central reservation centers, and a variety of independent companies like Ski.com and VacationRoost.com. Such wholesalers and online travel agents drive 40-50% of the annual Breckenridge & Keystone vacation rental volumes, and typically contract for an average commission of 20%.
How is the rental rate set?
Our goal is to maximize occupancy for each rental property booking at the highest dollar value the market will bear for a particular time period. Our in-depth analysis of competitor rates, industry trends, and economic climate come into consideration. We carefully review each vacation rental type, quality, location, amenities and services. We track and monitor seasonal demand. We collaborate with our tour operators and with our colleagues at other ResortQuest ski destinations to pool sophisticated revenue management techniques – specific to our industry, to our local market and to our properties. Our rates and booking policies are not set in-stone. We continuously monitor and adapt to consumer demand and behavioral patterns.
How do I know that my unit will get rented fairly and equitably as compared to other units?
There are several factors which ensure your unit is rented fairly and equitably. First and foremost, our in-house vacation planning specialists are extremely well trained, and are coached on a daily basis. Our customers are perfectly matched with a vacation home that meets all of their needs.
Secondly, ResortQuest has developed a quality assurance and rating system (Platinum, Gold, Silver and Bronze) which not only helps match guest expectations with accommodations but helps you know when it's time to upgrade decor and furnishings. This is both a planning tool and a guide to increase rental revenues.
ResortQuest's reservation's software sorts vacation rentals within a property, first by the condo rating, and then by the number of rental nights. This ensures fair and equitable rentals.
Finally, unlike our primary competitors, ResortQuest's website represents each and every one of our vacation rentals individually with detailed descriptions, photos, a video tour and a map pinpointing your property's precise location. Our guests are able to request a specific unit. We have empowered our guests so that they can "know before they go"; we take the guessing game out of vacation planning; and provide them with the security of no surprises! Wherever possible, ResortQuest endeavors to equalize rentals, but some premium units inevitably stand out from the crowd. Our website ensures that these properties receive the attention – and bookings – they deserve.


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A respiratory illness outbreak at the Herb Bassett Home's Golden Hill unit has led to the Prince Albert Parkland Health Region imposing restrictions on visitors.
Prince Albert Daily Herald
The outbreak was declared on Friday afternoon after nine residents at the long-term care facility had shown symptoms of the illness over the past couple of days.
"With this being a long-term facility, these are people who are health-compromised, so it is something that we are concerned about," P.A. Parkland Health Region communications officer Doug Dahl said. "That is one of the reasons why the individuals who are showing the symptoms have been isolated and we are restricting access to that unit."
Signage has also been posted to inform staff and visitors of the outbreak. Health inspectors have sent samples to a provincial laboratory for testing, but do not yet have a result on what organism might be causing the illness.
While access to the unit has been restricted, visitors with urgent or compassionate reasons to enter the premises can report to the nursing station to receive instruction on how to limit exposure and the risk of infection.
The most recent similar outbreak occurred in late December and continued until early January.
We don't usually declare an outbreak over until everybody has been symptom-free for a period of time. Doug Dahl
"They happen occasionally within facilities," Dahl said. "When you have a number of people in a facility like this, they have other health issues. It does mean that their immune system can sometimes be compromised and are at risk for something like this. We have infection control procedures and practices for all staff, but it does happen on occasion where a number of residents get ill about the same time."
Visitors are reminded to perform proper hand hygiene before entering and upon leaving the unit. They are asked to visit one resident only and no other patients.
"If they themselves have been ill in the last couple of days, if they're showing signs of respiratory illness or something else like that … it might be best to wait to do the visit until after they are healthy again," Dahl said.
He estimated that the outbreak is likely to last for several days.
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TAG, You're It!
Why fix it if it ain't broke? My daughter enjoys reading books (or, rather, have them read to her, since she's two), so why add unnecessary gimmicks and gadgets to a tried and true kid activity?
As a parent and an educator, though, I am giving the LeapFrog Tag Reading System an A+ for pre-readers, beginning readers, and readers who need a confidence boost.
The Tag Reading System is easy for parents to set-up. First, you install the program on your computer. Then plug in the special TAG Reader pen and visit the LeapFrog website to download the story files that correspond to the books and games you own. With the TAG Reading System, you receive an included fun book about Ozzie Otter and his pet, Mack. You can store several files on the TAG Reader at one time.
When your child presses the TAG Reader to the books, it can read the whole story, read a single page, read a single word, or allow your child to play identification and comprehension games. Children can earn online rewards by completing the games.
Although the LeapFrog TAG is most appropriate for 4-8 year olds, my two year old loves playing with the system and it really encourages her to interact with the book independently and with an adult reader. Older kids can use the reader's single word function when they are stuck on difficult words. And because many of the books have games at different levels, the TAG system suits a wide range of ages and abilities.
As a former classroom teacher, I know that students struggle with the type of reading comprehension that is not only required on tests but is also necessary for a deeper appreciation and enjoyment of literature. The unique intersection of words, visuals, and interactive technology makes the LeapFrog TAG Reading System a great learning tool for improving a child's understanding of character, setting, plot, and theme. This sort of approach can help turn reluctant readers into lifelong learners.
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Professor of Anthropology
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Scott MacEachern
Critically examines the biological justifications used to partition humanity into racial groups. Investigates the nature of biological and genetic variability within and between human populations, as well as the characteristics of human biological races as they have traditionally been defined. Considers whether race models do a good job of describing how human populations vary across the earth. Critically appraises works by a variety of authors, including J. Phillippe Rushton, Charles Murray, and Michael Levin, who claim that racial identity and evolution work together to structure the history and the potentials of human groups in different parts of the world.
Scott MacEachern
Introduces students to the methods and concepts that archaeologists use to explore the human past. Shows how concepts from natural science, history, and anthropology help archaeologists investigate past societies, reveal the form and function of ancient cultural remains, and draw inferences about the nature and causes of change in human societies over time. Includes a significant fieldwork component, including excavations on campus.
Scott MacEachern specializes in African archaeology and ethnoarchaeology; research involves the study of state formation and ethnicity in Iron Age Central Africa.
Many of my papers are available at http://bowdoin.academia.edu/ScottMacEachern
2015 African models in global histories. In Theory in Africa, Africa in theory: locating meaning in archaeology, edited by Stephanie Wynne-Jones and Jeffrey Fleisher. Routledge Publishing, London.
2015 What was the Wandala state, and who are the Wandala? In Ethnic ambiguity and the African past: materiality, history, and the shaping of cultural identities, edited by François Richard and Kevin MacDonald, pp. 172-191. Left Coast Press, Walnut Creek CA.
Wright, David, Scott MacEachern and Jaeyoung Lee
2014 Analysis of feature intervisibility and cumulative visibility using GIS, Bayesian and spatial statistics: a study from the Mandara Mountains, Northern Cameroon. PLoS ONE 9(11): e112191.
2013 Genetics and archaeology. Oxford handbook of African archaeology, edited by Peter Mitchell and Paul Lane, pp. 65-76. Oxford University Press, Oxford and London.
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2013 Iron artifacts from the DGB-1 site, northern Cameroon: metallurgical analysis and ethnoarchaeological analogies. Journal of African Archaeology 11(1): 39-54.
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2012 Wandala and the DGB sites: political centralisation and its alternatives north of the Mandara Mountains. Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa 47(2): 272-287.
2012 The Holocene history of the southern Lake Chad Basin: archaeological, linguistic and genetic evidence. African Archaeological Review 29(2): 253-271.
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Japan Steel Industry Professor of Engineering
Systems and Civil
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Founding Director, MIT Engineering Systems Division
Dr. Daniel Roos, Japan Steel
Industry Professor of Engineering Systems and Civil and
Environmental Engineering, currently serves as Director
of the MIT Portugal Program, which is a five-year, $40 million
initiative focusing on engineering systems. The program
involves over 40 MIT faculty from all five schools at MIT.
Dr. Roos was the Founding Director
of MIT's Engineering Systems Division (ESD) from 1998–2004
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Systems programs.
Previous MIT responsibilities
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for Transportation Studies, and Director of the MIT Center
for Technology, Policy and Industrial Development. Dr. Roos
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Provost, helping to form large-scale industrial and global
partnerships. He had a leadership role in partnerships with
Ford, Merrill Lynch, and Cambridge University in the U.K.
Dr. Roos was Founding Director
of the International Motor Vehicle Program (IMVP) and currently
serves as Chair of the IMVP Advisory Board. He is co-author
of The Machine that Changed the World, which has
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copies. Dr. Roos received the Shingo Prize for Excellence
in Manufacturing Research and the Frank M. Masters Transportation
Engineering Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers
"for his 25 year professional career in directing a
series of highly innovative research projects of great relevance
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industry. He served for 11 years as consultant to the World
Economic Forum helping to organize and run the annual Auto
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