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Other known members of the FLQ, almost all of whom were charged and convicted for terrorist activities: Alain Allard Mario Bachand Richard Bizier Mario Bouchard Pierre Boucher Pierre Charette Cyriaque Delisle Pierre Demers Serge Demers Marcel Faulkner Marc-André Gagné Charles Gagnon François Gagnon Pierre-Paul Geoffroy Jacques Giroux Edmond Guenette Gabriel Hudon Robert Hudon ...

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Front de libération du Québec, Front de libération du Québec - History, Front de libération du Québec - October crisis, Front de libération du Québec - FLQ subsequent activities, Front de libération du Québec - Liberation cell members, Front de libération du Québec - Chénier cell, Front de libération du Québec - Other known members

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This game illustrates the difference between perfect rationality of an actor and the common knowledge of rationality of all players. Even a perfectly rational player playing in such a game should not guess 0 unless she knows that the other players are rational as well. If a rational player reasonably believes that other players will not follow the chain of elimination described above, it would be rational for her to guess a number above 0. Interestingly, we can suppose that all the players are rational, but they do not have common kno ...

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Guess 2/3 of the average, Guess 2/3 of the average - Equilibrium analysis, Guess 2/3 of the average - Experimental results, Guess 2/3 of the average - Rationality versus common knowledge of rationality, Guess 2/3 of the average - Notes

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Other known members of the FLQ, almost all of whom were charged and convicted for terrorist activities: Alain Allard Mario Bachand Richard Bizier Mario Bouchard Pierre Boucher Pierre Charette Cyriaque Delisle Pierre Demers Serge Demers Marcel Faulkner Marc-André Gagné Charles Gagnon François Gagnon Pierre-Paul Geoffroy Jacques Giroux Edmond Guenette Gabriel Hudon Robert Hudon ...

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Front de libération du Québec, Front de libération du Québec - History, Front de libération du Québec - October crisis, Front de libération du Québec - FLQ subsequent activities, Front de libération du Québec - Liberation cell members, Front de libération du Québec - Chénier cell, Front de libération du Québec - Other known members, Front de libération du Québec - Michaëlle Jean

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In Germany and Italy, the French Revolution was rather well considered by urban bourgeoisie, impregnated with the ideas of the Lumières (Voltaire,Rousseau, Montesquieu, D'Alembert, ...). Also, democratic revolutions had already won in England, in the USA and in Holland, while at the same time, Austria was deeply reformed by Emperor Joseph II, an "enlightened despot". In England, the movement was well welcomed by Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger (possibly because it was weakening his hereditary foe). His opponent, Liberal Charles Fox said before the Parliament of West ...

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Fête de la Fédération, Fête de la Fédération - The Fête de la Fédération, Fête de la Fédération - Preparation of the feast: the Journée des brouettes, Fête de la Fédération - Official Celebration, Fête de la Fédération - Popular feast, Fête de la Fédération - Reaction in foreign countries, Fête de la Fédération - Trivia

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Fête de la Fédération - Preparation of the feast: the Journée des brouettes. The event took place on the Champ de Mars, which was at the time far outside Paris. The place had been transformed on a voluntary basis by the population of Paris itself, in what was recalled as the Journée des brouettes ("Wheelbarrow Day"). Two 400 000 spectator earth steps were build on each side of the field (they remained there until the Second Empire. The Seine was crossed by a ship bridge leading to an alt ...

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Fête de la Fédération, Fête de la Fédération - The Fête de la Fédération, Fête de la Fédération - Preparation of the feast: the Journée des brouettes, Fête de la Fédération - Official Celebration, Fête de la Fédération - Popular feast, Fête de la Fédération - Reaction in foreign countries, Fête de la Fédération - Trivia

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Rationalism is an attitude that accepts the primacy of reason and aims at establishing a system of philosophy and ethics verifiable by experience, independent of all arbitrary assumptions of authority. Rationalists argue for a rational approach to human problems, suggest reasoned alternatives to religious dogmas, defend freedom of thought and civil liberties and strive for the secularization of politics (see Secular Humanism), society and educational system. Rationalists counter superstition, aim to promote an open and just society, endorse scientific method and a ...

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Rationalist International, Rationalist International - Rationalism, Rationalist International - A brief history of Rationalist International, Rationalist International - Rationalist Bulletins

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Since its introduction, there has been a large debate surrounding the price for lipid-lowering treatment and its benefits on atherosclerosis. Although this has affected the other statins as well, simvastatin was the first statin drug to be used extensively in clinical practice. A number of large epidemiological studies were conducted to discover which patients would benefit most from statin drugs; most studies involve simvastatin as the study drug. The most influential studies were the Scandinavian Simvastatin Survival Study ( ...

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Simvastatin, Simvastatin - Uses, Simvastatin - Rationing, Simvastatin - Pharmacology, Simvastatin - Marketing

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Historically, two varieties of foundationalist theories were rationalism (or continental rationalism, to refer to the historical movement) and empiricism (or British Empiricism). Strictly speaking, neither empiricism nor rationalism is committed to foundationalism (it is possible to be an empiricist coherentist, for example, and that was a common epistemological position in 20th century philosophy). Rationalism is the general name for epistemological theories that maintain that reason is the source and criterion of knowledge. Rational ...

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Foundationalism, Foundationalism - Arguments for foundationalism, Foundationalism - Historical foundationalism: rationalism vs. empiricism, Foundationalism - Alternatives to foundationalism

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In its early years, FIDE had little power. This was largely because the Soviet Union refused to join, as it saw chess and politics as being inextricably bound up, and FIDE was a non-political organisation. This changed, however, when incumbent world champion Alexander Alekhine died in 1946. FIDE stepped up to organise a tournament to find a replacement, and the Soviet Union, aware that this was a process it had to be involved with, joined. From that initial 1948 tournament (won by Mikhail Botvinnik) to 1993, FIDE was the only body org ...

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Fédération Internationale des Échecs, Fédération Internationale des Échecs - History, Fédération Internationale des Échecs - FIDE Presidents, Fédération Internationale des Échecs - External link

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The FLQ was a terrorist group of Québécois founded in February of 1963, by three Rassemblement pour l'indépendance nationale members who had met each other as part of the "Réseau de résistance." They were Georges Schoeters, Raymond Villeneuve, and Gabriel Hudon. The group's declarations called for a Marxist insurrection, the overthrow of the Quebec government, the independence of Quebec from Canada and the establishment of a workers' society. Members and sympathizers of the group were called Felquistes ([fɛlˈkists] in IP ...

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Front de libération du Québec, Front de libération du Québec - History, Front de libération du Québec - October crisis, Front de libération du Québec - FLQ subsequent activities, Front de libération du Québec - Liberation cell members, Front de libération du Québec - Chénier cell, Front de libération du Québec - Other known members, Front de libération du Québec - Michaëlle Jean

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On October 5, 1970, members of the FLQ's Liberation cell kidnapped James Richard Cross, the British Trade Commissioner as he was leaving his home for work. Shortly afterwards, on October 10, the Chénier Cell kidnapped the Minister of Labour and Vice-Premier of Quebec, Pierre Laporte, while he was playing football with his family on his front lawn. On October 17, callers to a radio station announced that Laporte had been murdered and divulged the location of the map which lead to the discovery of his body. The FLQ released a list of s ...

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Front de libération du Québec, Front de libération du Québec - History, Front de libération du Québec - October crisis, Front de libération du Québec - FLQ subsequent activities, Front de libération du Québec - Liberation cell members, Front de libération du Québec - Chénier cell, Front de libération du Québec - Other known members, Front de libération du Québec - Michaëlle Jean

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Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, CC, CMM, COM, CD is the current Governor General of Canada. Michaëlle Jean was appointed by Queen Elizabeth II, on the recommendation of Prime Minister Paul Martin, to succeed Adrienne Clarkson and became the 27th Governor General of Canada. Michaëlle Jean affiliated herself with the FLQ by appearing in a documentary, directed by her husband, with former members of the FLQ, which showed them toasting the separation of Quebec from Canada. However, Ms Jean has denied any link betwee ...

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Front de libération du Québec, Front de libération du Québec - History, Front de libération du Québec - October crisis, Front de libération du Québec - FLQ subsequent activities, Front de libération du Québec - Liberation cell members, Front de libération du Québec - Chénier cell, Front de libération du Québec - Other known members, Front de libération du Québec - Michaëlle Jean

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Historically, two varieties of foundationalist theories were rationalism (or continental rationalism, to refer to the historical movement) and empiricism (or Empiricism, or British Empiricism). Strictly speaking, neither empiricism nor rationalism is committed to foundationalism (it is possible to be an empiricist coherentist, for example, and that was a common epistemological position in 20th century philosophy). Rationalism is the general name for epistemological theories that maintain that reason is the source and criterion of know ...

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Foundationalism, Foundationalism - Arguments for Foundationalism, Foundationalism - Historical foundationalism: rationalism vs. empiricism, Foundationalism - Alternatives to foundationalism

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Suppose we are trying to factor the composite number n. We choose a bound B, and choose a factor base (which we will call P) consisting of all positive integer primes smaller than B. Next, we search for positive integers z such that both z and z+n are B-smooth -- i.e. all of their prime factors are less than or equal to B. Each such integer z that we find yields a multiplicative relation (mod n) among the elements of P, i.e. (where the ai and bSee also:

Rational sieve, Rational sieve - Method, Rational sieve - Example, Rational sieve - Limitations of the algorithm

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To understand Gert's philosophy, it is important to understand the role rationality plays. According to Gert, rationality does not require morality, however, it does require that we avoid harming ourselves without a reason. Therefore, a rational person would not cause his own pain unless it were for a reason, for example, to cure a disease. Even a masochist causes pain for a reason, presumably for pleasure. Th ...

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Bernard Gert, Bernard Gert - The Importance of Evil, Bernard Gert - Rationality and Impartiality, Bernard Gert - Publicity, Bernard Gert - Sources

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Unlike the historical method of drug discovery, by trial-and-error testing of chemical substances on animals, and matching the apparent effects to treatments, rational drug design begins with a knowledge of specific chemical responses in the body, and tailoring combinations of these to fit a treatment profile. An important case study in rational drug design is imatinib, a tyrosine kinase inhibitor designed specifically for the bcr-abl fusion protein that is characteristic for Philadelphia chromosome-positive leuke ...

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Drug design, Drug design - Examples of designed drugs, Drug design - Rational drug design

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Like the emergy concept, the concept of transformity was first introduced by Dr.D.M.Scienceman in collaboration with the late Howard T. Odum. In 1987 D.M.Scienceman proposed that the phrases, "energy quality", "energy quality factor", and "energy transformation ratio", all used by H.T.Odum, be replaced by the the word "transformity" (p. 261). This approach aims to solve a long standing issue about the relation of qualitative phenomena to quantitative phenomena often analysed in the physical sciences, which in turn is a synthesis of rationalism wi ...

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Emergy, Emergy - Definition in words, Emergy - Mathematical Definition, Emergy - Development, Emergy - Energy memory energy in a body, Emergy - Transformity and the rationalization of quality, Emergy - Empower and maximum empower, Emergy - Emergy accounting and emergy analysis, Emergy - Emergy controversy

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The neo-Aristotelian philosophers of the medieval era held that revelation was the discovery of absolute truths about God, man, and man's place in God's universe, as discovered through logical philosophical inquiry. A prophet's connection to God was held to be the only way that a person could reach such a state of pure reason. A subset of this category is natural revelation. Some believe that God reveals himself through His Creation, and that at least some truths about Him can be learned by studying Nature, physics, cosmology, etc. This view is evidenced by Biblical verses such as ...

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Revelation, Revelation - Visitations, Revelation - Verbal, Revelation - Aristotelian rationalism, Revelation - Non-Verbal propositional, Revelation - Through historical development of faith, Revelation - Latter Day Saint concept of Revelation, Revelation - Existentialism

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The result of dividing two rational numbers is another rational number when the divisor is not 0. We may define division of two rational numbers p/q and r/s by All four quantities are integers, and only p may be 0. This definition ensures that division is the inverse operation of multiplication. ...

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Division mathematics, Division mathematics - Notation, Division mathematics - Computing division, Division mathematics - Division of integers, Division mathematics - Division of rational numbers, Division mathematics - Division of real numbers, Division mathematics - Division of complex numbers, Division mathematics - Division of polynomials, Division mathematics - Division in abstract algebra, Division mathematics - Division and calculus

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Reasons and Persons is a four-part work, each successive section building on the last. Parfit believes that non-Religious ethics is a young and fertile field of inquiry. In many ways, he serves as a foil to Wittgenstein, directing his study inwards to address the everyday mechanics of moral problems. He asks questions about which actions are right or wrong, and shies away from meta-ethics which focuses more on logic and language. In Part I of Reasons and Persons Parfit discusses "self-defeating theories", namely the self ...

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Derek Parfit, Derek Parfit - Ethics and rationality, Derek Parfit - Self identity, Derek Parfit - The future, Derek Parfit - Works by Parfit

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Like the emergy concept, the concept of transformity was first introduced by Dr.D.M.Scienceman in collaboration with the late Howard T. Odum. In 1987 D.M.Scienceman proposed that the phrases, "energy quality", "energy quality factor", and "energy transformation ratio", all used by H.T.Odum, be replaced by the the word "transformity" (p. 261). This approach aims to solve a long standing issue about the relation of qualitative phenomena to quantitative phenomena often analysed in the physical sciences, which in turn is a synthesis of rationalism wi ...

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Emergy, Emergy - Definition in words, Emergy - Mathematical Definition, Emergy - Development, Emergy - Energy memory energy in a body, Emergy - Transformity and the rationalization of quality, Emergy - Empower and maximum empower, Emergy - Emergy accounting and emergy analysis, Emergy - Emergy controversy and value theory, Emergy - Emergy and policy, Emergy - Notes

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Abba Mari possessed considerable Talmudic knowledge and some poetical talent; but his zeal for the Law made him an agitator and a persecutor of all the advocates of liberal thought. Being himself without sufficient authority, he appealed in a number of letters, afterward published under the title of Minḥat Ḳenaot (Jealousy Offering), to Solomon ben Adret of Barcelona, the most influential rabbi of the time, to use his powerful authority to check the source of evil by hurling his anathema against both the study of philosophy ...

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Abba Mari, Abba Mari - Defender of Law and Tradition, Abba Mari - Opponent of Rationalism, Abba Mari - His Works, Abba Mari - Contents of the Minḥat Ḳenaot

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