Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tunis to close down all the Catholic churches in the country, forced the Holy See to accept an agreement of the type known as a modus vivendi, a term that literally means "a way of living". This particular agreement was unofficially described as instead a "modus non moriendi" ("a way of not dying"). By it, all but 5 of the country's more than 70 churches were handed over to the state, including what had been the cathedral of the archdiocese, while the state, for its part, promised that the buildings would be put only to use of public interest consonant with
Modus (company) out of Crossfield. Modus Inc. was founded in 2004 by John Verhagen (CEO), Mitz Simonelli (VP Finance), Joe Dotto (VP Operations), and Mark Cole (VP Engineering). Modus Inc. first developed and executed a prototype modular building to showcase new design concepts for modular facilities. This concept incorporated many changes to traditional modular construction, and was intended to address many of the inherent problems and constraints with typical modular construction. The prototype was first launched as a modular building unit for the Alberta Government. To date, Modus has produced over 1,000 classrooms and daycare units in Alberta and Saskatchewan. Since its