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, pen name Butsu Sorai, was a Japanese Confucian philosopher.  He has been described as the most influential such scholar during the Edo period Japan.  His primary area of study was in applying the teachings of Confucianism to government and social order.  He responded to contemporary economic and political failings of the Tokugawa shogunate, as well as the culture of mercantilism and the dominance of old institutions that had become weak with extravagance.  Sorai rejected the moralism of Neo-Confucianism and instead looked to the ancient works.  He argued that allowing emotions to be expressed was important and nurtured Chinese literature in Japan for this reason.  Sorai attracted a large following with his teachings and created the Sorai school, which would become an influential force in further Confucian scholarship in Japan.

Biography

Sorai was born in Edo the second son of a samurai who served as the personal physician of Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, who was at the time daimyō of Tatebayashi Domain. At an early age, Sorai studied the Zhu Xi version of Neo-Confucianism under Hayashi Gahō and Hayashi Hōkō; however, his father was exiled in 1679 to a rural village what is now Mobara, Chiba after angering Tsunayoshi. In this rustic setting, he continued to study the major Chinese classics, as well as Japanese and Buddhist texts on his own for the next 13 years, which formed the foundations for his later philosophy. In 1692, Sorai's father was pardoned, and the family moved back to Edo. Sorai opened a school near the temple of Zōjō-ji to teach Chinese classics, and in 1696 received a position in the service of Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu, a senior councillor to the now Shōgun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi. Sorai was assigned to serve Yanagisawa in his domain of Kawagoe. Later, he was granted income of 500 koku, and was assigned to Yoshiyasu's Edo residence, where he provide advice on political issues. One of these issues involved the Akō vendetta in which the Forty-seven rōnin avenged their fallen lord by killing Kira Yoshinaka in 1702. Whereas Muro Kyūsō, Hayashi Hōkō and others praised the actions of the rōnin for their loyalty, Sorai took the opposite stance and argued that they should be forced to commit seppuku, for regardless of the "righteousness" of their actions and the weight of public opinion, the fact that they committed a capital offense was undeniable, and the rule of the law must be impartial.

In 1705, Yoshiyasu became daimyō of Kōfu Domain. Sorai remained in Edo, but visited Kai Province in 1706 at the behest of Yoshiyasu, and wrote a travelogue of the journey, In 1709, following the death of Tokigawa Tsunayoshi, Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu fell from favor, and Sorai left his service and relocated to Nihonbashi, where he opened a private school, the Kenenjuku.He gradually turned away from the teachings of Zhu Xi to develop his own philosophy and school.

In 1722, Sorai was asked to return to public office under the 8th Shogun, Tokugawa Yoshimune, but he refused. He continued to teach until his death in 1728. His grave is located at the temple of Chōshō-ji in Mita, Minato, Tokyo (). The gravestone has the inscription  in front and an inscription on the back stating that the epitaph was by Honda Tadanori and the writing by the noted calligrapher Matsushita Useki. The tomb was designated a National Historic Site in 1949 .

Teachings
Sorai wrote several influential works in which he identified two fundamental weaknesses in the philosophy of Neo-Confucianism. The first was in the bakufu-domain system, which by the eighteenth century was in trouble.  As a result, he doubted whether the reliance on finding an individual's ethical good was sufficient. As such he argued that the political crisis of the time required more than perfecting moral character. Moreover, he saw the ancient Chinese sage-kings as concerned not only with morality but also with government itself. His second disagreement with Neo-Confucianism was that he felt putting too much emphasis on morality repressed human nature, which was based on human emotion.

However, these weaknesses he felt stemmed not from a deficiency in Confucianism itself, but rather from a misreading of classic works of the Four Books and the Five Classics by Neo-Confucianists, which he insisted "did not know the old words." Sorai went back to the ancient works for more reliable knowledge, stating "The ultimate form of scholarly knowledge is history."  To him, these historical works were the ultimate source, even for an ever-changing present. Sorai thought that study of philosophy began with the study of language. In this he was highly influenced by the Ancient Rhetoric school of the Ming period, which was a neoclassical movement that saw the Qin and Han periods as the model for prose, and the Tang period for poetry. The Sorai school introduced Selections of Tang Poetry, a work thought to have been edited by Li Panlong ( 1514–70), a founder of the Ancient Rhetoric school, to Japan, where it became very popular.  As a result, his school is today sometimes also known as the Ancient Rhetoric (kobunji ) school.  However it differed in that he saw it mostly as a means of accessing the Five Classics.  He would also accuse other Confucianists in Japan, such as Hayashi Razan, of relying too heavily on Song sources such as Zhu Xi.

Sorai further differed from the Neo-Confucian viewpoints in other aspects.  One was that the Way was not a predetermined principle of the universe, but rather an establishment of men, of the ancient sages who described it in the Confucianist classic works. These works provided for the Way, which was divided by rites (rei ) and music (gaku ).  The former gave social order, while the latter was inspiration for the heart.  In this it directly allowed for the flow of human emotions, something denied by the moralist philosophy of Song Confucianism.  Sorai argued for the opposite, allowing one to be enriched through music and poetry.  As a result of his teachings in putting emphasis on literature as a fundamental form of human expression, Chinese writing would begin to thrive in Japan, becoming an accepted artistic pursuit.  His school would thus produce several such great writers of Chinese composition at that time.

Sorai was furthermore a supporter of the samurai class. Institutions that were once under great leadership will later decline and more able men will be less likely to come to power.  The samurai, he felt, were best able to overcome this through a system of rewards and punishment.  He also saw problems with the merchant class at the time, which he accused of conspiring to fix prices.  He was not, however, a great supporter of the lower classes.  He argued, "What possible value can there be for the common people to overreach their proper station in life and study such books [as the Confucian classics]?"

Some later scholars criticised his work and found his teaching to be impractical. Goi Ranshū believed that Sorai was motivated to surpass Itō Jinsai, another Confucianist who had influenced him a great deal, and that Sorai took his arguments to the level of abursdity for this reason.  Had any of his teachings actually been implemented, Goi felt it would have caused extensive damage to moral philosophy.  Another later scholar critical of Ogyū's teachings was Nakai Chikuzan, who was also familiar with Goi's opposition to Ogyū Sorai. Goi wrote his opposition to Sorai in his essay Hi-Butsu hen, which was written in the 1730s, but not published until 1766 having been edited by Chikuzan and his brother.  Nakai later wrote his own, highly emotional, rebuttal to Ogyū's beliefs in his work Hi-Chō (1785), wherein he rejected the idea that individuals could not better themselves through moral choices.  Moreover, he claimed individuals were able judge whether external ideas and actions as true or just.  Denial of these morals, he felt, would leave only "rites and rules" to be followed.

Master Sorai's Teachings
Master Sorai's Teachings is a record of his teaching and exchanges with his students.  The text was edited by his own students and contained their questions followed by his answers to them.  The work was not released until 1724, but is thought to have actually taken place around 1720.  In it he reinforces that literature is not so much intended for the purposes of instruction in morality or governance, but rather it simply allows for the flow of human emotions.  From this, answers on the former topics may be found, he argued.  While Ogyu sought to redefine the sources of Tokugawa legitimacy, his purpose was clearly to strengthen the authority of the Tokugawa shogunate.

Economic contributions
Though Sorai was best known for being a teacher of Confucianism he was also called on to find answers to some of the economic issues that arose alongside the growing economy, the most notable of which was the rising inflation and prices that began after the debasement of coinage in 1695. The Tokugawa shogunate carried out a total of 12 recoinages between 1695 and the start of the Meiji Restoration in 1868 debasing the currency in an attempt to match the rising demand for money as the commercial economy rapidly expanded. There was an attempt to quell the inflation and high prices in 1714 when the government reminted coins in an effort to reduce the amount of gold in circulation, however this exacerbated the problem as the old coins remained in circulation alongside the newly minted coins. In response to the currency reforms Sorai noted that the monetary policies enacted failed as they only accounted for one of the causes of high prices and inflation. Sorai realized that there were more than just monetary influences that needed to be taken into account to address the problem. He noted that since the large cities like Edo had become the center of large markets one had to consider the costs of tariffs and transportation from distant provinces as well as the costs of land and housing in the cities into final prices. Additionally, there was a breakdown of the traditional class distinctions where commoners were able to buy goods that were once reserved for the higher classes which pushed up prices. Finally, he pointed out that as the merchant class grew in power they began to collude and fix prices above what was normal. It was all of these factors together, in addition to the monetary influences, that caused wealth and power to shift away from the shogun and into the hands of the merchants which prompted the debasement of coinage leading to inflation and exorbitant prices.

Works
 Regulations for Study (Gakusoku, 1715)
 Distinguishing the Way (Bendō, 1717)
 Master Sorai's Teachings (Sorai sensei tōmonsho, 1724)

He has also been credited for the invention of ko shogi, a large shogi variant, dated to before 1694.

References

Bibliography
 Najita, Tetsuo. (1998). Visions of Virtue in Tokugawa Japan. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.
 Shirane, Haruo. (2006). Early Modern Japanese Literature. New York: Columbia University Press.
 Totman, Conrad. (1982). Japan Before Perry. Berkeley: University of California Press.
 Tucker, J., ed. (2006). Ogyu Sorai's Philosophical Masterworks: The Bendo And Benmei (Asian Interactions and Comparisons). Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.
 Yamashita, Samuel Hideo. (1994). Master Sorai's Responsals: An Annotated Translation of Sorai Sensei Tōmonsho. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.
Translation of some chapters of Ogyû Sorai's On Distinguishing Names
Morris-Suzuki, Tessa. (1989). A History of Japanese Economic Thought. London & New York: Routledge.

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MOVIE REVIEW: The Father of my Children
A French movie that sounds interesting--but it's not
By Josh Board • Fri, Jul 2nd, 2010
The Father of My Children: Rates a D.
The opening sequence of this movie is perhaps my favorite thing in years. No, not because it's great cinema. This is a French movie, and most of the French films I see are bad. This one is no exception.
It's what happens in the opening 10 minutes.
A movie producer is in his car, talking on the cell phone. Another call comes in, on a different cell phone. He takes that, and is on two calls at once. Oh, and he's also smoking a cigarette. None of that is done for
comedic reasons. He's a busy man, who…we find out later…has many reasons for being on the phone often.
The cops pull him over for speeding. This guy has a crumbling business and has a lot on his mind. But guess what? He drives perfectly (well, aside from that speeding). He even waved a pedestrian by while he's at a stop sign.
You see, it is possible to drive and talk on the phone at the same time.
Now, off my soapbox about stupid cell phone laws, and back to writer/director Mia Hansen-Love's lame movie.
What bothers me so much is there are elements here that are great; phone conversations with distributors, angry directors and film developing companies. A lot happens behind the scenes of a film company that can be interesting. I wanted to point out the irony of the premise that selling smaller, independent films can be so tough; hence they turn out like this, you can see why this Blue Moon company is so far in the red.
At almost two hours, there were scenes that got a bit boring. At one point, my mind drifted to a guy named Surat from my high school basketball team. He used to bring a notebook to movies and count the amount of deaths in each film. I remember Terminator coming out and asking him at practice how many deaths it had. His eyes lit up like a kid on Christmas. He had to guess in that movie, because some scenes had so many bodies all over the place he didn't have time to count them before the next scene (or had to estimate how many people were in a building that exploded).
I thought about Surat because, every character in this movie lit up a cigarette. I wished I had started a tally of how many cigarettes were smoked, because I'm guessing it was near 100.
And believe me, that aspect of the movie is more interesting than what you actually see on screen.
Here's a protagonist that's fun to watch. He's good looking, knows what he wants, can be a doting dad (even if the cell phone does come out during the child play in the living room)…but the movie never goes in any direction that's all that interesting.
It deals with suicide, illegitimate kids and egomaniacal actors. Nothing is over the top, which is a pleasant surprise. That all sounds interesting, but in this movie, it's really not.
An example of a scene I appreciated involves a director named Stig. We hear about him smashing equipment, going over budget, and throwing tantrums. When we finally see him late in the movie and he's trying to talk to Russians that might invest in a film, he's very civil and makes a few good points. I like the fact that that's more realistic than a director pulling a Christian Bale and screaming at everyone, or shown smashing a camera when something goes wrong. The problem is, those things are probably more enjoyable to watch.
It's a shame some of the other characters couldn't have been as fleshed out as the movie producer. His wife seems interesting, the kids are all adorable, and there's even a young filmmaker that pops in and out of the story we'd like to know more about.
This movie gets a D.
Don't let your film school buddies talk you into it.

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It's The Most Popular Song Of All Time, But When 1,500 People Sing It… Chills.
Music | July 7, 2016
Music has the ability to bring complete strangers together. It's hard to explain how people are able to sync in perfect harmony for the love of music. Choir! Choir! Choir! is a group that meets up every week to perform popular songs. Each member receives a lyric sheet with the song they will perform.
After practicing the new song, the group then sings it together with the session recorded in video and audio to share with loved ones. For the Laminato Festival in Toronto, Canada, 1,500 singers joined their voices together to bring to life Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah."
The Hearn Generation Station is an abandoned power plant that served as the location. And to add more beauty to this already captivating ballad was that the choir was lead by none other than American-Canadian crooner Rufus Wainwright. The singer originally performed the song for the Shrek soundtrack in 2001.
It's hard not to be moved and touched by this performance.
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Questions & answers on the blessing of same-sex relationships
This document was prepared by Canon Linda Nicholls of General Synod's Faith, Worship and Ministry Department.
You talked about same-sex blessings at your last General Synod. How come you are doing it again?
In 2004 a portion of one of the resolutions of General Synod was deferred until General Synod 2007 while the Primate's Theological Commission (an appointed group of Canadian Anglican theologians) discussed and reported on whether the blessing of same-sex unions is a matter of doctrine. That Commission reported in what is now called, "The St. Michael's Report". The report and the deferred motion will now come before the General Synod in June.
The deferred resolution: 'That this General Synod affirm the authority and jurisdiction of any diocesan synod, with the concurrence of its bishop, to authorize the blessing of same-sex unions.'
What is the difference between a blessing and marriage?
Marriage in the church is the covenant (commitment) between a man and a woman in lifelong mutual fidelity that carries the potential for the procreation of children. Marriage is seen as a reflection of the love of God for the Church, mirrored in the love the couple have for each other.
A blessing is the act of thanking God for evidence in the life of the couple that God is present and active in their relationship – that their relationshipt reflects the love, faithfulness, mutual self-giving of God - and a prayer that God will help the relationship to become all that God intends.
What is the St. Michael report?
In 2004 the General Synod passed a resolution asking the Primate's Theological Commission to report on whether the blessing of same-sex unions is a matter of doctrine. (Doctrine – what we believe about God and the world – shapes the life and work of the Church). The PTC is an appointed body of twelve Anglican theologians from across Canada representing the breadth of theological perspectives in our church. They met and worked intensively and produced a report, called the St. Michael Report in recognition of the location at which it was completed – St. Michael's House (the former home of the Sisters of the Church, Oakville, Ontario). The report can be found at: http://www.anglican.ca/primate/ptc/index.htm
What is the Windsor Report?
In response to the actions of the Diocese of New Westminster (Canada) to permit the blessing of same-sex unions and the actions of The Episcopal Church (USA) in consecrating an openly gay bishop in a committed partnership, the Archbishop of Canterbury) appointed an international group of church leaders & theologians to report on the impact of this to the Anglican Communion. Canon Alyson Barnett-Cowan was the Canadian representative on the Lambeth Commission on Communion.
The Windsor Report is the result of the deliberations of that group. It outlines concerns expressed across the Anglican Communion over these actions and offered advice as to what needs to happen now to heal relationships. The advice includes the creation of a covenant for all Anglican Churches that wish to remain part of the Anglican Communion. The creation of that covenant is an ongoing task in the Anglican Communion now.
The Anglican Church of Canada asked people in the church to read the report and offer their responses. A Task Force of clergy, laity and bishops read the responses and have written a comprehensive response for the Church which can be found at: http://www.anglican.ca/faith/identity/wrrg-response.htm
What has happened between the last General Synod and this one within the church?
Between GS2004 and GS2007 the Anglican Church of Canada has undertaken the following:
Serious consideration of the Windsor Report through receiving responses from dioceses, individuals and theologians across Canada and preparing a response report that is now available.
Study and response to the St. Michael Report. A study guide was produced to assist Canadian Anglicans to read and respond to the St. Michael Report. Responses have been reported to the Council of General Synod in preparation for GS2007. Members of the Primate's Theological Commission have traveled across Canada assisting parishes, dioceses and Synods to discuss and understand the report.
A resource guide for studying the issues of homosexuality and the blessing of same-sex unions was prepared and is on our website. As other resources have become available they have been posted as well. http://www.anglican.ca/faith/ethics/index.htm
Dioceses and parishes were encouraged to continue the listening process requested by the Lambeth Conference 1998 to listen to the voices and concerns of gay and lesbian members of the church.
The Chancellor and Council of General Synod have given serious consideration to the kind of resolutions that would most appropriately deal with all of the above at General Synod 2007. They settled on five resolutions (see below).
What is the situation now in the church with same-blessings? With same-sex marriage?
Same Sex Blessings: Officially the House of Bishops of the Anglican Church of Canada has requested that all dioceses refrain from permission for the blessing of same-sex unions until General Synod 2007. The Diocese of New Westminster has permitted those parishes that had been granted permission up to that point to continue to do so but has granted no new permissions. The Diocese of Niagara voted at its Synod in 2004 to permit the blessing of same-sex unions in parishes that had approved – however, the Bishop (as is the Bishop's right) withheld permission at this time.
Same –Sex Marriage: The Anglican Church of Canada has not, in any diocese, granted permission for clergy to perform same-sex marriages.
What is the situation now in New Westminster?
After 3 successive Synods requesting permission for same-sex blessings by increasing majorities, BishopMichael Ingham granted permission in 2002 for blessings to occur in parishes where the membership of the parish has studied and voted to permit them to occur in that parish. When the House of Bishops requested a moratorium on permission for same-sex blessings the Bishop of New Westminster withheld any further parish permissions but allowed those previously granted to continue.
Have ordinary Anglicans been asked how they feel about this?
All Anglicans have been given the opportunity to respond to the St. Michael Report, the Windsor Report and to express their views to their Diocesan bishop and/or Parish. Our church structure is such that lay people form a significant part of any decision making body in the church and so have a strong voice in its future.
Since the last General Synod, same-sex marriage has been legalized in the country. What effect, if any, does this have with the controversy in the church?
This decision in Canada has raised the question of whether we should be discussing marriage and not just blessing of same-sex unions and whether it is appropriate to bless same-sex partnerships that are not civilly married. The resolutions coming to General Synod 2007 deal only with the blessing of same-sex partnerships since a full discussion of the relationship between such partnerships and marriage has not yet been done. One of the motions before GS2007 does however request that the Marriage Canon (canons are the laws of that govern the Church) be examined to see whether a change should be made to permit all marriages (same-sex or heterosexual) to take place in the church.
How does the situation in the United States compare to the situation in Canada?
The situation in the United States is different from that in Canada. Our church structures operate in a different way. The actions of the Episcopal Church (to consecrate an openly gay bishop) were taken by their General Convention (similar to our General Synod) so represent a policy of the whole national church. They have been requested, by the Primates of the Anglican Communion to cease any further consecrations of gay bishops and any blessing of same-sex unions. So far no such request has been made of Canada as we have not made any decisions for the whole Canadian Church.
Are other parts of the Anglican Communion talking about this too?
All members of the Anglican Communion were asked, through Resolution 1:10 at the Lambeth Conference 1998, to engage in a listening process with gay and lesbian members of their communities. Many have done so and continue to do so. Many other churches are in ongoing discussions of same-sex issues.
What have Canadian Bishops said about the issue?
The House of Bishops has made statements in 1979 and again in 1997 that are clear about their opposition to any form of discrimination against gay and lesbian people in Canadian society; and the inclusion of gay and lesbian people in the life of our churches as full members by baptism. They have continued to uphold the traditional teaching of the church that marriage in the church is reserved for heterosexual partners; that blessing of same-sex covenanted partners is not permitted in the church. Some individual bishops, such as the Bishop of New Westminster, disagree with the majority and have acted, within the legislation of their own diocese, to bless same-sex unions.
What have Anglican Primates in the Communion said about the issue?
The Anglican Primates of the Communion have met twice since our last General Synod. Although there is some division within the Primate's on these issues, the majority have been distressed by the decisions made by The Episcopal Church (USA) and the Diocese of New Westminster. Their distress is partly due to the nature of the decisions (homosexuality and same-sex unions) but also due to their view that there was insufficient consultation and discussion with the wider communion before these decisions were taken and approved. Many are concerned for what they see as a change in our understanding of scripture. Their most recent communiqué (from Feb 2007) can be found at: http://www.anglican.ca/news/news.php?newsItem=2007-02-19_zpc.news
What exactly will this General Synod be asked to decide?
The Council of General Synod has decided that the following resolutions will assist the church to clarity in its decisions:
That this General Synod accept the conclusion of the Primate's Theological Commission's St. Michael Report that the blessing of same-sex unions is a matter of doctrine, but is not core doctrine in the sense of being credal.
That resolutions 3 and 4 below be deemed to have been carried only if they receive the affirmative votes of 60 per cent of the members of each Order present and voting, and if a vote by dioceses is requested, only if they receive the affirmative votes of 60 per cent of the dioceses whose votes are counted.
That this General Synod resolves that the blessing of same-sex unions is consistent with the core doctrine of the Anglican Church of Canada.
(The resolution deferred from 2004) That this General Synod affirm the authority and jurisdiction of any diocesan synod, with the concurrence of its bishop, to authorize the blessing of same-sex unions.
That this General Synod requests the Council of General Synod to consider revision of Canon 21 (On Marriage) including theological rationale to allow marriage of all legally qualified persons and to report back to General Synod 2010.
What is the difference between a motion / resolution and a Canon?
A resolution put on the floor of General Synod normally requires a simple majority (50% + 1 vote) of votes, voting by 'order' (**see below).
A Canon becomes part of the 'law' of the Church and therefore requires a higher standard of voting majority. A canon would be introduced at a General Synod and must receive a 2/3's majority of votes to proceed. If it is a canon concerning doctrine, discipline or worship it then must be voted on again at the next synod (3 years later) and again receive a 2/3's majority before it would go into effect. For example, any change to the Marriage Canon of the Anglican Church of Canada would require two General Synods and 2/3 majority at each Synod.
** For a simple resolution Bishops vote separately and Clergy and laity together. Upon request by six members of GS, a vote may be required by separate orders in which case Bishops, Clergy and Laity each vote separately requiring a 51% majority in each house to pass. Upon further request by six members of GS, if an affirmative vote has been taken, a vote by dioceses may be requested in which case each diocesan delegation would caucus and present its majority decision. The resolution would then be carried by the majority (50% + 1) of the dioceses. In the case of the resolutions offered by the Council of General Synod on the blessing of same-sex unions, one of the resolutions asks General Synod to increase the voting majority required to 60% in recognition of the seriousness of this issue.
Do gay people have a say in this controversy in the church?
Gay people are full members of the Anglican Church of Canada and may be found in all levels of the life of the Church. They have an equal opportunity to speak in the various councils of the Church and many have. Integrity is an organization for gay members and their families and it, as an organization, offers its perspective to the Church through its newsletter and presence at many Diocesan and national Synods.
Do gay people have a say in how the question will be resolved?
Gay people have the same opportunity as all members of the Anglican Church of Canada to have a say through their participation as delegates to General Synod, elected by their diocese.
What does "local option" mean?
Local Option is the term used to indicate that, if the General Synod were to permit the blessing of same-sex unions by passing Resolution #4 (above), each local diocese and bishop has authority to decide whether to allow blessings in their area. This would mean that each diocese would be able to study, discern and decide for itself whether the permission would be extended within its diocese. Some dioceses (such as New Westminster) also require that the 'local option' definition apply to individual parishes. Only parishes that have studied, discerned and voted to permit the blessing of same-sex unions within their church would be granted permission.
If the General Synod decides to allow same-sex blessings, will all Anglican priests have to do them?
As noted above each diocese would need to decide how that permission would be extended within its area. Anglicans have traditionally allowed for conscience clauses that respect the conscience of individual clerics or parishes. For example, the canon on marriage concerning the remarriage of divorced persons contains provision for clergy who for reasons of conscience will not conduct the service. See Canon XXI – Marriage – Section 29d. http://www.anglican.ca/handbook/221_canon_XXI.pdf
If General Synod decides to allow same-sex blessings, where will that leave Canada with other Canadian churches that disagree? What about other Anglican Provinces that disagree?
Our relationships with other denominations might be affected by such a decision but that would remain to be worked out in our ongoing ecumenical partnerships and dialogues.
The Bishops have agreed on a process of Shared Episcopal Oversight for parishes within a diocese that are in disagreement with their Bishop. That process is available to all parishes – on either side of the issue, if they disagree with the position the Bishop and diocese take on the matter of the blessing of same-sex unions.
Our relationships with other Anglican Provinces would need to be worked out in dialogue with each of them. The Anglican Communion is currently discussing the establishment of a covenant for our ongoing relationships with one another and that covenant, when completed and if approved by each Province, would offer guidance on the nature of our relationships.
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Tributes pour in for DA MP killed in car crash
Derrick Spies, Correspondent
DA MP dies in KZN car accident
Former DA MP Dene Smuts dies
Former DA chief whip Watson dies
Durban – Tributes have streamed in for DA MP Tarnia Baker, who died in a car accident near Port Shepstone in KwaZulu-Natal on Friday afternoon.
Baker, 50, was in Ugu District Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal where she was conducting an oversight visit as a member of the portfolio committee on water and sanitation.
Also read: DA MP dies in KZN car accident
The Minister of Water and Sanitation, Nomvula Mokonyane, said she was shocked at the news of Baker's passing.
"We are deeply saddened by this tragic and untimely passing of Ms Baker. The honourable Baker was diligent in her work and rigorous in exercising oversight over the department of water and sanitation."
"On behalf of the entire water and sanitation sector, we extend our heartfelt condolences to her family, the Democratic Alliance, her colleagues in Parliament and to the members of the portfolio committee with whom she worked closely over the years," said Mokonyane.
Parliament's presiding officers also issued a statement, saying they had learnt with shock and deep sadness the news of Baker's tragic death.
"Baker was a dedicated MP who worked hard in service of the people of South Africa. She served in the portfolio committee on water and sanitation as well as the portfolio committee on human settlements with passion, energy and wisdom."
"Baker's untimely passing leaves a deep void within the structures of Parliament and robs South Africa of one of its most dedicated public representatives," they said in a statement.
Yesterday, DA leader Mmusi Maimane said Baker was a committed MP, a wonderful and warm person, and a devoted mother and wife.
"I have been in contact with Tarnia's husband and have conveyed the deep condolences of the entire DA family on their sad loss.
Our thoughts and prayers are with them at this time," he said in a statement.
"We will continue the hard work that Tarnia lived so passionately for, but her presence and contribution will be sorely missed."
Cope parliamentary chief whip Deidre Carter said the party's parliamentary caucus was shocked to learn of Baker's tragic passing.
Carter described Baker as an "activist" member of Parliament and hardworking member of the water and sanitation portfolio committee.
On Twitter, IFP MP Liezl van der Merwe sent her condolences to the DA.
"[Baker] was a kind, lovely soul. Passionate about her work. We'll miss her," Van der Merwe said.
Our sincerest condolences Gana. We're truly shocked & saddened by the news. She was so passionate about her work & so friendly. May she RIP https://t.co/wmlpZUW5gk
— Liezl van der Merwe (@Liezl_vdMerwe) October 6, 2017
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But its meteoric rise belies a fact apparent to anyone active in the space: The bitcoin community is at war with itself and at greater risk of splitting apart than ever in its history. Already, the impasse has been a drag on its value.
The power struggle — over the seemingly simple question of how to upgrade the network to handle more transactions — is pushing fees so much higher that, for certain types of transactions, bitcoin is nearly unusable. Transactions that should take 10 minutes are taking days or not going through at all, and the average fee costs $4.75 — a negative development for a network whose proponents once touted the fact that it was cheaper than Visa.
Even more foreboding is the fact that, even as new money flows into crypto assets, businesses are pivoting away from bitcoin to build on other blockchains. That means countless transactions that could be processed with bitcoin, pushing up its price, will now take place on other blockchains, instead boosting their prices. Accelerating that trend is the fact that non-blockchain companies are now creating their own cryptocurrencies — but not on bitcoin. For instance, Kik, which plans to launch a new cryptocurrency called Kin, is building it on Ethereum. The factors above combined with the full speculative frenzy in non-bitcoin tokens and the civil war in bitcoin finally pushed its market cap as a percentage of all cryptocurrencies below 50% for the first time a few weeks ago; for years it had been at 80-90%. It hasn't recovered since.
To understand what has escalated the two-and-a-half-year-long controversy into all-out war, one first needs a little background in the game theory of bitcoin, which I outlined in this previous article. As I wrote then, "The magic of bitcoin has been the ability for various players with opposing interests to engage in a system that has so far led to an optimal outcome for all of them." As one would expect, however, when groups with opposing interests have to interact with each other, tensions arise. While, in previous open source projects, parties with opposite aims could part ways, in bitcoin, neither wants to leave what has so far been a highly lucrative game for each of them. (Hear two long-time bitcoin players explain this in my podcast.) While bitcoin has many constituencies, one of the most important are the developers, who are like the designers of the game. Another crucial group are the entities that run the bitcoin network on their computers (called miners) who are sort of the operators of the game.
After that agreement, the developers/game designers as a whole disavowed the agreement, saying certain individuals but they as a group had not approved it. They then proceeded only to prepare the design change that they wanted — SegWit. However, they need the miners/game operators to run it, and one miner in particular, Bitmain, which also manufactures mining equipment and is headed up by Jihan Wu, has held its implementation hostage, trying to force the developers to also raise the 1MB limit.
While the developers and miners still haven't found a way forward, this brings us to the third, and most important group in the game theory of bitcoin: the users. This group has the ultimate control in bitcoin. If bitcoin split into two coins, the users would determine which one is the "real" bitcoin simply by choosing to hold and transact more with one of them, thereby boosting its price. However, the bitcoin developers and miners have no way of determining in advance which version of the coin users would support. While one might say that the 20.5 million wallets represented by the companies who signed the New York Agreement represent a significant percentage, for now, some users who support the core developers and are angry that Bitmain has thwarted the adoption of SegWit are aiming to wrest control from the miners. They are attempting a "user-activated soft fork," a sort of declaration of war on the miners. A video about UASF that featured bitcoin "maximalist" Tone Vays — someone who believes that in the future, there will only be one dominant blockchain, and it will be bitcoin — begins with a shot of him standing in the woods wearing a flannel shirt and a camouflage UASF baseball hat, a Bitcoin bandana masking his face except his eyes, his arms crossed over his chest and a machete raised in one hand and an axe in the other. While more ideologically driven bitcoin users may support this idea, it's not clear whether they will garner the support necessary to pull it off. It currently has only 22% support from companies in the space and a deadline of August 1.
A couple other proposals for enabling more transactions on the network have been put forth, but because they are newer, the timeline for vetting them and preparing the code is even longer than the proposals described above, so it is unlikely any of them will be adopted any time soon.
But the main reason none of these seems likely to move forward is that, as Paul Sztorc, a bitcoin developer and economist at Bloq who proposed one of these alternatives, put it, "Bitcoin can't succeed unless the developers and the miners work together at some point" — and so far no proposal has gotten support from both.
The delays and high fees are already prompting companies to leave the bitcoin blockchain, or not build on it. Coinbase, the top startup in the space and potentially a soon-to-be unicorn, started out as a safe and easy place to buy and store bitcoin. A couple years ago, the San Francisco-based company, which is backed by the likes of the New York Stock Exchange and Andreessen Horowitz, signed on to an effort meant to help increase the number of transactions the network could handle. After that failed, cofounder Fred Ehrsam, who has since left the company, wrote a blog post entitled, "Ethereum is the Forefront of Digital Currency." So it was not a surprise that, this spring, when Coinbase, which has 7.5 million users, unveiled its latest product, Token, which it names as the third in a three-prong strategy, the company had chosen to build it on Ethereum. The fees in bitcoin were too high.
Some of the initial coin offerings (Kickstarter-like crowdsales of crypto-tokens) that have so far raised half a billion dollars for new blockchain-based projects intended to build on bitcoin but had to launch on other blockchains instead. For instance, the Brave browser started on bitcoin, but to launch its Basic Attention Token last week, it moved to Ethereum. Social network Yours was driven from the bitcoin blockchain to Litecoin's because of high fees. BitCart, an Ireland-based gift card company that used to accept payments in bitcoin had to abandon the cryptocurrency last week — it now exclusively accepts Dash — due to the network issues despite volumes of only about $100,000 in sales a month. A year ago, the company began experiencing huge delays in payments. For instance, a user might buy $1,500 worth of gift cards on BitCart and the company would deliver them within 24 hours. But the customer's payment might actually arrive 2.5 weeks later. "I can't use something that takes longer than 24 hours if my service itself is only supposed to be 24 hours," says CEO Graham de Barra.
Burniske surmises that the reason it has risen at all has to do with the fact that the amount of new bitcoins being minted every day was halved last summer. The bitcoin software cuts the amount of new bitcoins produced per day by half roughly every four years. The previous halving in 2012 was also followed by a bull run the next year. "We've cut the annual rate of supply inflation in half but nonetheless, demand for bitcoin globally continues to go up," he says. "I was just on this bitcoin cruise with people from 20 different nations. In Venezuela, they don't care about Ethereum. They just want bitcoin. Everyone in the west is really charged up about Ethereum, but when you go back to explaining this on a worldwide basis, bitcoin is at least two orders of magnitude more well-known than Ethereum." His view on the high transaction fees is that it proves how much people are willing to pay to use the network.
Only time will tell if panic or calm is justified.


WASHINGTON (AP) — Leaders of warring House Republican factions searched for an immigration compromise as some conservatives warned of consequences for Speaker Paul Ryan if he allowed party moderates to push a bipartisan bill through the chamber without strong GOP support.
The talks Monday occurred as centrist Republicans remained five GOP signatures away from being able to force party leaders to hold votes on a series of immigration bills. Should they succeed, it would launch a process in which the likely outcome seemed to be passage of a middle-ground measure backed by a handful of Republicans and all Democrats. Ryan has said he will avert that outcome, though it's unclear how, and many conservatives consider it intolerable.
Conservative and moderate GOP leaders negotiated privately over ways to win centrist support for a conservative-backed measure that for months has floundered short of the 218 Republican votes it would need for House passage. They discussed changes that would help young "Dreamer" immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children and immigrant farm workers stay longer in the U.S., said one lawmaker who described the private discussions on condition of anonymity.
The effort to find GOP unity seemed uphill on an issue that has divided the party for years. But the alternative seemed unpalatable for many Republicans, who fear that the centrists' effort will force GOP lawmakers to take divisive election-year votes unless leaders figure out how to head them off.
Monday's negotiations came three days after bitter Republican divisions over immigration caused an unrelated farm bill to crash. Members of the hard-right House Freedom Caucus helped caused the agriculture measure's defeat after refusing a leadership offer for a vote on the conservative immigration bill in June, which they said was too late.
Ryan is not seeking re-election to the House but has repeatedly said he will serve the rest of this year as speaker. Many conservatives say legislation protecting immigrants in the U.S. illegally from deportation is amnesty.
Other Republicans said it seemed unlikely Ryan would abandon his post. They said others — including Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., seen as the likeliest successor — so far lack the GOP votes they'd need to win the job.
Rep. Dave Brat, R-Va., a Freedom Caucus member, said Ryan has made good on his word to conservatives not to bring up an immigration bill unless it had support from most Republicans. "We just want him to hold true," Brat said.
"It's best for stability" for Ryan to stay, said moderate Rep. Ryan Costello, R-Pa.
The moderates need 218 signatures — a House majority — on a petition to force votes on immigration bills, a rarely used procedure.


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Ballots for the 2021 Coordinated Election will be mailed the week of October 8, 2021.
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The all-girls, non-sorority house on Blossom Field Avenue number 246 is across the street from the home of the gorgeous jerks of the Iota Fraternity. The only thing the two houses agree on is that they live and breathe for the next battle in the longest standing prank war in the history of rivalries. But the real challenge is the one I never saw coming: an alliance with Lucian, who lives in number 247 and is the hottest stripper-slash-social-science student you'll ever meet.
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As captain for the Boston Blades, I've spent years working toward bringing home the Stanley Cup. But when the owners sell us out to Hollywood, suddenly we're not just playing for thousands of fans, we're cracking open our lives on Getting Pucked, a new reality show. They want all the dirty details, and I'd rather take a puck to the gonads than peel back the curtains on my life. Not when it could take me out of the game for good.
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ArianeGroup Research Chair on Emerging Materials in the Aeronautics and Space sector
This ÉTS Research Chair is working on the development of a smart coating and an anticorrosive surface treatment, the development of a coating with electrical properties that allow it to dissipate electrical charges, and rethinking surface-preparation processes using future technologies that are more virtuous, flexible and economical.
Canada Research Chair for Aircraft Modeling and Simulation Technologies
At ÉTS, this Canada Research Chair is working on developing new modelling and simulation methodologies pertaining to aircraft and helicopter flight dynamics and control, as well as active command and adaptive technologies that will reduce fuel consumption.
Canada Research Chair in Biomechanics of Head and Spine Injuries
At ÉTS, this Canada Research Chair is working on a better understanding of how vertebral fractures and spinal cord injuries occur in accidents to help reduce their incidence and severity, and find therapeutic approaches that can prevent further injuries. New developments will also result in more efficient active and passive protection devices.
Canada Research Chair in Measuring the Impact of Human Activities on Climate Change
The Canada Research Chair in Measuring the Impact of Human Activities on Climate Change aims the development of a high resolution spatial and temporal resolution GHG inventory for the City of Montreal, using an improved approach including the optimization of data combinations and models, integration of methane emissions and a life cycle approach.
Canada Research Chair in Precision Robotics
At ÉTS, this Canada Research Chair is working on designing robots and developing methods to assess and increase their absolute accuracy. Research is largely focused on the aerospace industry and the medical community, where robot accuracy is a critical issue.
Canada Research Chair in Printed Hybrid Optoelectronic Materials and Devices
At ÉTS, this Canada Research Chair is working on the development of a new class of affordable hybrid nano-engineered optoelectronic materials that can be integrated in simple devices. The research focuses on light sources and solar cells to develop new optoelectronic materials and light-emitting diodes (LEDs).
Canada Research Chair in Smart Sustainable Eco-Cloud
At ÉTS, this Canada Research Chair is working on the development of machine-learning and artificial-intelligence systems based on a sustainable smart eco-cloud platform, sensors, data collectors, and analytical tools designed to gather information on ecosystems and on all stakeholders.
Canada Research Chair in Spatiotemporal Encryption of Terahertz Light Assisted by Computational Method
The research program of the Canada Research Chair in Spatiotemporal Encryption of Terahertz Light Assisted by Computational Method will focus on the development of new THz modulators using optical systems, metamaterials and micro-electromechanics for the development of encrypted communication systems and the reconstruction of images in this frequency range
Canada Research Chair in Sustainable Multifunctional Construction Materials
The objective of the Canada Research Chair in Sustainable Multifunctional Construction Materials is to design and demonstrate the added value of materials with advanced functionalities, designed to adapt to their environment and to climate change, to transform pollutants and to respond to other emerging needs.
Canada Research Chair on 3D Imaging and Biomedical Engineering
At ÉTS, this Canada Research Chair is working on innovations related to low-dose biplane X-ray techniques, automated digital medical image processing, 3D geometric and biomechanical modelling of biostructures, and computer-assisted evaluation of medical, orthopaedic, surgical and rehabilitation treatments.
Canada Research Chair on Electrical Energy Conversion and Power Electronics
At ÉTS, this Canada Research Chair is working to improve the energy efficiency of static converters, the energy quality in electrical distribution networks, and the development of electric power supply sources for telecommunication systems and electric traction systems for passenger transport.
Canada Research Chair on the Creation of a Framework for the Next Generations of Internet of Things (IoT) Networks
The mission of the Canada Research Chair on the Creation of a Framework for the Next Generations of Internet of Things (IoT) Networks is create a framework for ensuring the connectivity, resource management and security of the next generations of IoT networks.
Industrial Research Chair in Forming Technologies of High-Strength Alloys
This ÉTS Research Chair is studying the influence of high-resistance alloy shaping parameters on microstructure evolution and in-use properties using a micro-macro and multi-scale approach. A better understanding of the interactions between materials–processes–properties will help the industry become more competitive.
Industrial Research Chair in the Integration of Digital Technologies in Construction
This ÉTS Research Chair is working on improving the performance and competitiveness of the construction industry, by integrating best practices and technologies such as: Capturing, producing and publishing know-how and information regarding collaborative BIM and Lean; Technological intelligence; Training the next generation of highly skilled workers and experts; Fostering relationships between the construction industry and local IT firms.
Marcelle Gauvreau Engineering Research Chair on the Impacts of Environmental Changes on Water Resources
The Marcelle Gauvreau Engineering Research Chair on the Impacts of Environmental Changes on Water Resources aims to evaluate hydraulic modelling tools, taking into account both climate and land use changes in a consistent manner.
Marcelle-Gauvreau Engineering Research Chair in Environmentally Friendly Composite Materials
The Marcelle-Gauvreau Engineering Research Chair in Environmentally Friendly Composite Materials aims to find applications for end-of-life composite materials by promoting the use of thermoplastics, re-using production waste, and recycling end-of-life thermoset structures.
Marcelle-Gauvreau Engineering Research Chair in Mechanical Biomarkers
The Marcelle-Gauvreau Engineering Research Chair in Mechanical Biomarkers intends to facilitate the diagnosis and treatment of certain knee conditions, such as ligament ruptures and patellofemoral syndrome, through the evaluation of dynamic knee functions.
Marcelle-Gauvreau Engineering Research Chair in Multimaterial and Multifunctional Photonic Devices
The Marcelle-Gauvreau Engineering Research Chair in Multimaterial and Multifunctional Photonic Devices aims to support Internet growth, which will soon be reaching its physical limit
Marcelle-Gauvreau Engineering Research Chair on Applications and Services in Edge Computing
The Marcelle-Gauvreau Engineering Research Chair in Edge Computing Applications and Services intends to offload part of the information processing, storage and services to edge devices and nodes to minimize the amount of information sent to the cloud.
Marie-Lou and Yves Cotrel Montreal University and ÉTS Research Chair in Orthopaedics
This ÉTS Research Chair is working on the development of better prosthetics and the enhancement of quality of life for people requiring orthopedic care. The Chair works in the following fields: 3D imaging, computer-assisted surgery, osteoarthritic biomechanics, prosthetic loosening, and clinical trials of joint and ligament prostheses.
NSERC-EERS Industrial Research Chair in In-Ear Technologies
This ÉTS Research Chair is working on the development of innovative material platforms for in-ear hardware using audio signal processing and biosignal extraction algorithms. The technology will provide hearing protection, hearing aids, two-way communication and brain-computer interfaces.
NSERC-Ultra Electronics Chair on Wireless Emmergency and Tactical Communications
The objective of the NSERC Ultra Electronics Chair on Wireless Emmergency and Tactical Communications is to create new wireless communication technologies for security and emergency response forces.
NSERC/P&WC Industrial Research Chair on Propulsion System Integration and Optimization
The NSERC/P&WC Industrial Research Chair on Propulsion System Integration and Optimization aims to deploy a fully automated and integrated Turbine System Optimizer (TSO) ensuring a balance between aerodynamic performance, durability, cost, and so on, in order to achieve the best product performance.
Olympus Industrial Chair on Ultrasonic Nondestructive Testing
The Olympus Industrial Chair on Ultrasonic Nondestructive Testing aims at developing new ultrasonic nondestructive testing methods in many sectors. Others objectives are to simplify the interpretation of data obtained through ultrasonic testing and design novel ultrasonic transducers for harsh environments.
Research Chair in Artificial Intelligence and Digital Health for Health Behaviour Change
The Chair aims to use artificial intelligence to interpret non-verbal language, such as ambivalence, including distress or demotivation among users of online e-health services to ajust intervention automatically, without human intervention.
Research Chair on the Development and Validation of Clinical Decision Support Systems Using Artificial Intelligence
The Research Chair on the Development and Validation of Clinical Decision Support Systems Using Artificial Intelligence aims to develop a Clinical Decision Support System with clinical data.
Siemens Research Chair on Technological Integration of Industry 4.0
The Siemens Research Chair on Technological Integration of Industry 4.0 is working on tomorrow's technological challenges in industry and the training of highly qualified staff within five key business sectors, which include aerospace, energy, health and safety, construction, and land transport.
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INIT Robots – Laboratory of Intuitive and Natural Interaction with Teleoperated Robots
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LARCASE – Aeronautical Research Laboratory in Active Control, Avionics and Aeroservoelasticity
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Centech is the ÉTS business incubator and innovation hub. This series includes articles describing the experience of start-up companies whose research and development activities are often linked to ÉTS researchers and laboratories.
This section includes a series of articles describing tools, strategies and resources that will help you find good ideas and transform these ideas into innovations, especially when you have a limited amount of time available. Creating and innovating can be successful ... with the right strategies.
It is a long-cherished dream to be able to travel in a flying car. Due to technological progress, what seemed utopian a few years ago could now become a reality. This series of articles presents the evolution of the flying car from yesterday to today.
Internship Stories
The ÉTS graduate education level includes three compulsory internships of a minimum duration of 16 weeks. In this series, we offer student testimonials that describe internships both in Quebec and abroad.
Lectures Hosted by ÉTS
Highly acclaimed speakers are invited by ÉTS on a regular basis. Substance is featuring excerpts from some presentations that were ranked among the best.
Planet Mars
This section includes a series of articles on the planet Mars. Why? Because space exploration of Mars is only just beginning. It will probably become the first planet that humans are likely to inhabit and colonize by 2030, according to NASA's plans. To get there, much research still needs to be done.
The Era of Artificial Intelligence
Montreal is one of the major hubs for artificial intelligence. This series brings together new breakthroughs in a rapidly expanding field.
The ÉTS Effect
The École de technologie supérieure is launching a new institutional strategy to make ÉTS the preferred school for women in engineering, and increase their number among its ranks. The vision of the ÉTS Effect is to reach 30 per cent of women studying at ÉTS by 2030 at the bachelor's and graduate levels, the same percentage as Engineers Canada. The increase of women professors and executives is also an anchor in this initiative aimed at providing female students inspiring role models.
The French Twist
Every year, hundreds of students from France choose ÉTS to further their engineering studies at the undergraduate and graduate levels, or as part of an exchange program. Tempted to live the adventure in the top student city in America, they are attracted by the applied approach and program excellence of the school, and by the exceptional professional opportunities; each journey is different and inspiring. This series highlights the testimonies and research of French students. Warning: you could also become tempted…
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Software Systems and Mobile Applications for Smart Cities
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Naouel Moha's decision to join ÉTS was based on a desire to seek new challenges in a new environment where close relationships with industry would provide opportunities for applied research. A member of UQAM's Department of Computer Science since 2010, she recently made the jump to the Department of Software Engineering and IT at ÉTS. She intends to continue her ongoing research, but also to pursue new areas of interest in collaboration with her ÉTS colleagues, and to increase her participation in industrial research projects.
A computer scientist specializing in the evolution and quality assessment of software-based systems, Dr. Moha brings to ÉTS complementary, leading-edge expertise in the evolution and analysis of systems and services for mobile applications, acquired over the past ten years.
Naouel Moha, professor at ÉTS
She is now interested in studying these systems and mobile applications within the Internet of Things, and particularly in relation to smart cities. ÉTS' involvement in the Open-Air Laboratory for Smart Living (LabVI), equipped with all sorts of high-tech devices and infrastructures, turned out to be a deciding factor in convincing Professor Moha to apply to ÉTS.
"A real revolution is taking place in urban development, with new ways of managing and optimizing transportation and traffic, monitoring environmental pollution, and much more", she remarked. "The smart city is based on a set of information technologies that aim to make municipal infrastructure components, as well as critical services (such as education, health and transportation) more intelligent, more interactive and more effective for the population. The Internet of Things (IoT), big (open) data, cloud computing and artificial intelligence (AI) are all part of these smart city technologies".
A specialist in detecting patterns and antipatterns and identifying and correcting bad practices in software systems, Naouel Moha aspires to develop a multidisciplinary framework of fundamental and applied research on developing applications software for smart cities that will incorporate best practices.
This new member of the ÉTS software engineering team is a deeply committed woman. For example, she sits on the boards of directors of both the Société québécoise des infrastructures (SQI, which assists with managing major public infrastructure projects), and the UQAM daycare centre. At UQAM, she was Assistant Director of the LATECE Research Laboratory on Emerging Internet Technologies and Director of Graduate Programs in Software Engineering, one of which is a joint master's program with ÉTS. Though she no longer holds those official roles, she hopes to lend a helping hand as a resource person for those at ÉTS who hold similar responsibilities.
Equally engaged in the promotion of equity, diversity and inclusion, Dr. Moha is very active in terms of representing women in the world of computer science and new information technologies. For instance, she chaired the organizing committee for the second edition of the Canadian Celebration of Women in Computing (CAN-CWiC) conference, held in Montréal in 2017, which brought together almost 600 attendees and about 30 industrial sponsors. She now sits on the CAN-CWiC steering committee.
Her solid experience in teaching includes 10 years as a UQAM professor, one year as a lecturer at the University of Rennes in France, and almost four years as a teaching assistant and sessional lecturer during her graduate studies in France and Canada.
Naouel Moha has also published a large number of journal articles, including two articles in IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, and 50+ conference papers (MOBILESoft, ASE, ICSOC).
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Carthage Convention and Visitor's Bureau to install new signs
by: Stuart Price
Posted: Sep 20, 2018 / 12:59 AM UTC / Updated: Sep 20, 2018 / 12:59 AM UTC
It will be easier to find attractions in the Carthage community soon.
A total of 85 signs highlighting attractions in the Maple Leaf city will be installed soon, with the majority of them being put up before the end of the year. Carthage Convention and Visitor's Bureau Executive Director Wendi Douglas says the work will be done by CDL Electric in Pittsburg.
She says wayfinding signs like these will be easily visible once they're put up and will be the same color blue as used by the school district. The signs are being paid for through a combination of money from the city's lodging tax as well as from the city's general fund.
"They're also inspiration, so people, not only travelers but people who live locally can say, "Oh, I didn't realize Art Central was on was on 13th street" or "Oh, there's a Civil War museum downtown" so hopefully it will inspire people to visit more of our local attractions," says Wendi Douglas, Ex. Dir, Carthage Convention and Visitor's Bureau.
Douglas says the signs will be ideal for visitors coming into town traveling along Route 66.
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Babylonian Mathematics and the Base 60 System
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Babylonian mathematics used a sexagesimal (base 60) system that was so functional it remains in effect, albeit with some tweaks, in the 21st century. Whenever people tell time or make reference to the degrees of a circle, they rely on the base 60 system.
Base 10 or Base 60
The system surfaced circa 3100 BCE, according to The New York Times. "The number of seconds in a minute — and minutes in an hour — comes from the base-60 numeral system of ancient Mesopotamia," the paper noted.
Although the system has stood the test of time, it is not the dominant numeral system used today. Instead, most of the world relies on the base 10 system of Hindu-Arabic origin.
The number of factors distinguishes the base 60 system from its base 10 counterpart, which likely developed from people counting on both hands. The former system uses 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 15, 20, 30, and 60 for base 60, while the latter uses 1, 2, 5, and 10 for base 10. The Babylonian mathematics system may not be as popular as it once was, but it has advantages over the base 10 system because the number 60 "has more divisors than any smaller positive integer," the Times pointed out.
Instead of using times tables, the Babylonians multiplied using a formula that depended on knowing just the squares. With only their table of squares (albeit going up to a monstrous 59 squared), they could compute the product of two integers, a and b, using a formula similar to:
ab = [(a + b)2 - (a - b)2]/4. The Babylonians even knew the formula that's today known as the Pythagorean theorem.
Babylonian math has roots in the numeric system started by the Sumerians, a culture that began about 4000 BCE in Mesopotamia, or southern Iraq, according to USA Today.
"The most commonly accepted theory holds that two earlier peoples merged and formed the Sumerians," USA Today reported. "Supposedly, one group based their number system on 5 and the other on 12. When the two groups traded together, they evolved a system based on 60 so both could understand it."
That's because five multiplied by 12 equals 60. The base 5 system likely originated from ancient peoples using the digits on one hand to count. The base 12 system likely originated from other groups using their thumb as a pointer and counting by using the three parts on four fingers, as three multiplied by four equals 12.
The main fault of the Babylonian system was the absence of a zero. But the ancient Maya's vigesimal (base 20) system had a zero, drawn as a shell. Other numerals were lines and dots, similar to what is used today to tally.
Measuring Time
Because of their mathematics, the Babylonians and Maya had elaborate and fairly accurate measurements of time and the calendar. Today, with the most advanced technology ever, societies still must make temporal adjustments — almost 25 times per century to the calendar and a few seconds every few years to the atomic clock.
There's nothing inferior about modern math, but Babylonian mathematics may make a useful alternative to children who experience difficulty learning their times tables.
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Protectionism 'dangerous'; Commonwealth countries should promote trade among themselves: PM Lee
LONDON: Protectionism will damage the multilateral system of trade and investments, and result in strategic rivalry between great powers that can destabilise the world, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) on Thursday (Apr 19).
That is why it is important for like-minded countries, like those in the Commonwealth, to work together to promote trade and investment, he added.
Mr Lee was addressing leaders from 53 Commonwealth states at an executive session focused on free trade, on the second day of CHOGM in London.
Discussions to encourage free trade is timely, Mr Lee said, especially as the global mood shifts towards protectionism.
An example is the potential trade war brewing between the United States and China, with the former slapping unilateral tariffs on steel and aluminium imports targeted at the latter. Beijing has retaliated.
But Mr Lee noted on Thursday that while countries have their own set of national interests and security concerns to address, they must not become a disguised form of protectionism – a balance must be struck, he said.
Restricting investments can bring about distrust and rivalry, which will result in tit-for-tat actions.
A multilateral approach, on the other hand, is "ideal", Mr Lee said, because it sets uniform and universal rules of trade, balances the benefits and concerns of participating countries, and provides more scope for trade-offs and win-win solutions.
But he understood the difficulty of reaching multilateral agreements, drawing the example of the failed 2001 Doha Round.
The Doha Round had an ambitious and broad agenda to free up trade and lower trade barriers in agriculture, services and manufactured goods between all members of the World Trade Organisation. Its death was long drawn out because countries were not willing to make concessions. Talks were put to rest after 14 years.
This is why many countries have chosen to pursue regional free trade agreements, said Mr Lee. This includes the recently concluded Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, and the China-led Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership which is currently being negotiated.
For Commonwealth members, Mr Lee said they can continue to tap on the "Commonwealth advantage". Countries share similar regulatory systems, an operating language and business environments.
They also have a common interest in upholding the multilateral trading system, and a common view that a world of greater interdependence is better than one that is locked in trade wars and rivalling blocs, he added.
"Even before the WTO was established, there was a system of 'imperial preferences' amongst Commonwealth countries," Mr Lee noted.
"Commonwealth countries should make the most of this shared outlook to promote trade among ourselves," he added.
GOVERNMENTS CANNOT TACKLE CLIMATE CHANGE ALONE: PM LEE
Mr Lee also said that Singapore remains committed to helping its Commonwealth counterparts to pursue their United Nations Sustainable Development goals, while working towards meeting its own set of goals.
Addressing leaders at a closed-door CHOGM meeting focused on climate change, he listed some of Singapore's successes and its efforts to be as green as possible.
For instance, the country is now among the world's top 20 most carbon-efficient after it made the switch to natural gas, which generates nearly all of the island's electricity. This is despite the fact that Singapore does not produce green alternatives, and access to affordable and clean energy remains a challenge.
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Do you do an Easter theme in your early childhood classroom? If you're allowed, you can put some Easter theme activities in your lesson plans to help your pre-k, preschool and kindergarten students develop many different early learning math and literacy skills.
Your kids are going to love these fun Easter literacy center activities and games that will help them build vocabulary and develop critical emergent literacy skills like rhyming, syllables, beginning sounds and more.
Are your students learning to identify beginning sounds? Beginning sounds are an important part of developing phonological awareness skills. In this Easter activity, students will identify the beginning sound of each picture and attach a clothespin with the correct letter to the corresponding picture. The clothespins are great for developing fine motor skills too! There is also a black and white recording sheet included with this activity. The beginning sounds activity is available in the Easter Literacy packet.
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