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In 2021, FÉRIQUE Funds Management has created funds that reassert its commitment to a long-term vision of development and investment. These funds also offer investors new options to invest their assets while staying true to their values.
In late January, FÉRIQUE Fund Management launched three new mutual funds with an emphasis on sustainable development and innovation. Decisively focused on current and future issues, the three funds were designed with the same twofold objective: offering to unitholders new investment vehicles that will enable them to help overcome major global challenges with their assets while improving the resiliency of the FÉRIQUE Funds by increasing exposure to investment themes related to the transition to a more sustainable global economy and to innovation.
While the pandemic that has been raging on for over a year revealed - or in some cases magnified - global structural issues, the new funds allow for the sound management of certain emerging risks, generate new investment opportunities and increase diversification.
Combining fixed income and sustainable development
Among the newcomers, the FÉRIQUE Global Sustainable Development Bond Fund is a globally diversified fund composed mainly of fixed income securities from government and corporate issuers. The securities held in the portfolio help finance projects or companies strivingto uphold principles of sustainable development.
Considered low risk, the Fund seeks to provide income and, to a lesser extent, long-term capital appreciation. Like several other FÉRIQUE Funds, it features a multi-management approach where two portfolio managers each covers a different geographic area and a diversified management style. AlphaFixe Capital manages the Canadian mandate, worth approximately 50% of the portfolio, and BMO Asset Management manages the global mandate, also worth approximately 50% of the portfolio.
Equities for sustainable development
For its part, the FÉRIQUE Global Sustainable Development Equity Fund is a globally diversified fund composed mainly of corporate equities in developed or emerging markets. The issuers must strive to uphold principles of sustainable development with their products, services or interventions.
The Fund seeks to maximize long-term return through capital appreciation and, to that end, is considered medium risk. Management of the Fund was entrusted to Impax Asset Management, which uses a process where ESG (environmental, social and governance) factors are systematically taken into account when searching for companies participating in the transition to a more sustainable global economy or well positioned to benefit from such transition to invest in.
Banking on innovation to create the future
Finally, the FÉRIQUE Global Innovation Equity Fund also focuses on the future, but by prioritizing innovative companies. Also a globally diversified fund, it mainly invests in companies striving to innovate or benefiting from innovation or trends related to it. The companies may be located in developed or emerging markets. With a medium to high risk level, the fund seeks to maximize long-term return through capital appreciation and is managed by Wellington Management Canada.
Please note that for all three funds, stocks of companies violating the UN Global Compact are excluded from the portfolio. Also, all the FÉRIQUE Portfolios invest in the Global Sustainable Development Bond Fund. FÉRIQUE’s Balanced, Growth and Aggressive Growth Portfolios also invest in the Global Sustainable Development Equity Fund and the Global Innovation Equity Fund. This diversification into new themes improves the return/risk profile of the FÉRIQUE Portfolios.
Beyond trends, a sustainable vision of responsible investment
Creating new funds is an important event for FÉRIQUE Fund Management, as the organization rather focuses on ensuring the relevance of its existing investments vehicles instead of creating new funds in light of changing circumstances.
At FÉRIQUE Fund Management, we have always refused to create new funds based on current trends. We prefer adhering to a longterm investment philosophy with funds that meet the needs of investors and respect their risk profile in a lasting manner. For instance, the FÉRIQUE Balanced Portfolio was launched in 1980 and is still open 40 years later. Unitholders who have invested their assets in the portfolio at inception have since enjoyed an average annual return of 8.1%, which means that an initial investment of $10,000 was wor th over $226,000 on December 31, 2020. According to data from Morningstar, there are only two other funds of this type in Canada that have been active for 35 years or more, out of nearly 700 currently in operation.
By adding three new funds to our line, we have no intention to give in to what could be seen as the sustainable finance trend. However, we acknowledge that the collective issues of the future will not necessarily resemble those of the past and we choose to offer investors well thought through vehicles to reduce their exposure to the risks these challenges may pose - all the while taking advantage of opportunities as they arise.
A reflection of our business model
Our vision stems directly from FÉRIQUE Fund Management’s unique business model within the world of finance. As a non-profit organization, FÉRIQUE Fund Management’s main purpose is not to seek short-term profit for shareholders. Its status instead promotes the development of close relationships with clients, since they can become members and, as such, assert their interests and expectations at annual meetings, influence the decisions of the board of directors - and even get elected to the board - and help craft the strategic plans.
In fact, it was members who prompted FÉRIQUE Fund Management to adopt in 2006 a responsible investment policy governing voting rights and become, a few years later, a signatory of the United Nations’ Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). Since then, responsible investment has been playing a key role in our organization and we’ve been involved mostly at three levels: exercising proxy voting rights, integrating ESG (environmental, social and governance) criteria to the analysis process and investment decisions, and ensuring shareholder engagement. Through our actions, we seek to encourage companies to adopt responsible behaviours and we require that portfolio managers we entrust with our portfolios take into account ESG criteria when selecting securities.
This process is conducted on an ongoing basis with the managers and takes the form of votes, discussions with company management and joint efforts with other stakeholders within the fund management industry. Each year, we release on our website a report outlining these initiatives and charting the progress achieved. The 2020 report will be made available shortly. We will publish another report in 2021 and in subsequent years.
Funds with a focus on continuity
For FÉRIQUE Fund Management, responsible investment is a matter of values - shared with those who invest in our funds - and an essential aspect of risk management, since the market is increasingly penalizing companies with sustainability and social responsibility practices based on outdated models. In fact, FÉRIQUE Funds’ long-term returns prove that, rather than impeding performance, our responsible investment approach instead serves as a lever and supports stable long-term returns while reducing volatility. Our investment horizon forces us to look forward and assess the effects - including those regarding the environment and climate change - of the practices of each organization in which we invest funds, allowing us to exert some control on this risk factor.
This approach also enables us to focus on our mission, which is to grow the assets of engineers and engineering professionals, as well as their families and businesses. By offering them three new funds expressly focused on sustainable development and innovation, we are convinced that our concrete actions will put responsible investment at the heart of everything we do.

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Ontario colleges can now offer 4-year nursing degrees
Published Friday, February 14, 2020 10:30AM EST Last Updated Friday, February 14, 2020 4:17PM EST
The sign outside St. Lawrence College in Brockville, Ont. is shown on Friday, Feb. 14, 2020.
OTTAWA -- MPP Steve Clark announced Friday that Ontario’s colleges can now apply to offer standalone nursing degrees.
The announcement was made at St. Lawrence College in Brockville on behalf of the Minister of College and Universities, Ross Romano, who revealed the new education policy at Georgian College in Owen Sound on Tuesday.
The Ontario government says the move will give students more opportunities to learn closer to home, as colleges will no longer require a university partner to offer bachelor nursing programs.
St. Lawrence College is one of 24 publicly funded colleges in Ontario, with campuses in Brockville, Kingston and Cornwall.


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Grants & Awards
Untitled Sara Jane Moore Project
Date Awarded: Summer 2010
Directors(s): Robinson Devor
Producer(s): Joshua Zeman, Zachariah Sebastian
Film Status: In Development
About the Film:
Sara Jane Moore was a suburban, middle-aged mother who attempted to assassinate Gerald Ford on Sept. 22, 1975 in San Francisco, CA. In a very short time, Moore went from a Beverly Hills socialite to a radical leftist who advocated the violent overthrow of the government. Remarkably, during this time she also worked as a double agent for the FBI. As Moore’s conflicting loyalties to the Left and the FBI grew, she decided to anonymously reveal her story to the Press. This confession, however, led to her public outing as an informant and both sides put a price on her head. It could be argued that Moore’s desire to get back at these two groups, as well as an overwhelming state of fear and alienation, resulted in her plan for revenge – to kill the President and throw the United States into turmoil. She almost succeeded, the bullet shot from Sara Jane Moore’s gun came within a mere six inches of Ford, and to this day she remains the only woman to ever take a shot at an active president. Moore served 32 years of her life prison sentence, and was paroled in 2007.
About the Filmmakers:
Robinson Devor (Writer/Director)’s Zoo, his second film, made its world premiere at 2007 Sundance Film Festival, and then on to the prestigious Cannes Directors Fortnight. It was recently named by Filmmaker as “One of the Top 25 Indie Films of The Decade” and is now part of the MoMa’s permanent collection. His first film, Police Beat (Sundance 2005) was named one of 2005’s best films by NY Times, Film Comment and Art Forum. Critics labeled it, “sensationally gorgeous” (Variety), “emotionally devastating” (New York Times) and “one gorgeous widescreen image after another” (Film Threat). Police Beat was nominated for a Gotham Award ’05 & Indie Spirit Award ’06.
Charles Mudede (Co-Writer) is the Associate Editor for the Seattle-based alternative arts and culture newspaper, The Stranger, as well as lecturer in English Humanities at Pacific Lutheran University. Mudede is also the co-writer of Police Beat and Zoo.
Joshua Zeman (Producer) has been creating and collaborating in the independent film business for over 10 years. Notably, he co-produced Mysterious Skin, The Station Agent, and The Hawk is Dying. For Choking Man, which he produced with Zachary Mortensen at Ghost Robot, he received an IFP Gotham Award. Most recently, he produced Against the Current, which premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival and served as executive producer for Ceremony (Toronto Film Festival 2010). 2010 marked his directorial debut with the critically acclaimed documentary, Cropsey, which he also wrote and produced.
Zachariah Sebastian (Producer) is founder of Pamphlet + Parable Films, a production company making its debut with The Untitled Sara Jane Moore Project. Sebastian and Devor are also collaborating on the forthcoming feature film You Can’t Win, based on the cult novel by hobo and criminal Jack Black. Sebastian’s early career focused on producing and developing television programming for the British Broadcasting Corp (BBC), Diverse TV, RDF Media, etc. for the US market.
Sean Kirby (Cinematographer) burst onto the scene in 2005 with Police Beat and The Gits, a documentary about the influential underground Seattle punk band. Kirby won the Seattle International Film Festival Filmmaker’s Award for his cinematography on both films. In 2007, he reteamed with Devor and Mudede to shoot Zoo; which earned him a nomination for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in the first annual Cinema Eye documentary awards. His latest credits include Lovely Still, Against the Current, and The Tillman Story. In 2007, he was chosen by Filmmaker Magazine as one of the 25 New Filmmakers to Watch.

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LUXURY PRESTIGE CHATEAU 4* HOTEL NORTH FRANCE
This former medieval castle was rebuilt in the seventeenth century by a noble family.
The arch of the entrance gate is made of carved sandstone with a plate dated 1635 and
the remains of a big white stone tower of the tenth century is also preserved.
Significant renovation and modernization works were carried out in 1996, so the castle
is now a luxury 4 star hotel in an excellent location between PARIS and BRUSSELS,
set in a green park of 20,000 m² with a built area of 2,400m².
The castle hotel consists of numerous lounges and an annex, plus a gourmet restaurant
awarded with a star from the Michelin Guide, highest level of wellness facilities for luxury
treatments, swimming pool, spa, hammam and sauna to complement its 28 rooms and
suites all furnished with discrete charm and style of the era.
Living area: 2,400 m² Number of rooms: 26 2 Restaurants
Land area m²: 20,000 Wedding & Royal suites 2 Kitchen
Wine cellar with 3,000 bottles Reception room for events for 200 people Underground parking for 100 cars
Possibility to create a heliport
PRICE : 6.999.000 €
Sonnige Lage, Grünlage, Toplage, Ruhelage, A+
Lage - FR - 1010 Wien, Chamgagne-Ardenne

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Who knew that hearing the phrase "one tough cookie" would be hilarious said with a Russian accent?
The guides offer some great tips on how you will want to approach the game, whether full out guns blazing or go for more of a stealth approach. You may want to skip these videos if you're looking for a pure experience once Metro comes out on May 14, 2013 though.
Dead Island 2 gameplay trailer shows zombie freezing, chopping, and neck-snapping
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Unify Mobile - 2015
In 2015 I was designing user experiences for Cleo Communications. My first project was the mobile version of its “on-premise” enterprise file sharing application, Unify. Packaged together with Trust (Cleo’s secure e-mail solution), Unify marked Cleo’s debut in the then-popular EFSS (Enterprise File Sync and Share) space alongside more-established players like Box and DropBox. Unify’s differentiator was security. Because it was an on-prem install, your files were presumably safer behind your firewall. Unify Mobile was intended to add access and convenience for new and existing Unify users and to perhaps dispel any perceived stigma around its on-prem roots.
When I joined Cleo Communications in the winter of 2014, work on Unify Mobile was well underway. Development and visual design had each been separately offshored to competent contractors but the project was not materializing into a viable product. The front and back ends were not connecting to facilitate user goals. And prospective customers were growing impatient.
I assessed that not enough research or strategy had preceded design and implementation. Dev was in Scotland, making agile tricky and Lean UX impossible. So I back-filled research and strategy in the course of making specific change requests. Which meant, for example, my analysis reports would recommended fixes. And my new content model would overlay my wireframes.
Here's how I bridged the gap and helped make our release date.
UX Design I rendered for this project:
Information Architecture (IA)
My new content models contextualized old and new workflows. Most screens in this low-res wireframe already existed.
This heuristic evaluation included specific, actionable change requests because implementation had commenced.
Interaction Design (IxD)
Once the overall structure of the app was settled, I produced high-res wireframes like this to hone each workflow.
When you do your analysis properly, the ideas start flowing. Most of my recommended changes went to code.


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Australian Companies Starting With "L & M"
Lafayette Mining Ltd (ASX: LAF)
The company is focused on the development of a polymetallic project (copper, gold. zinc and silver) on the Island of Rapu Rapu in
Lake Resources N.L. (ASX: LKE)
Precious metals and base mineral explorer focused in Sweden, Argentina and Pakistan.
Latrobe Magmesium Limited (ASX: LMG)
Developing a magnesium production facility in the Latrobe Valley.
Lefroy Resources (ASX: LEF)
Gold exploration company.
Legend Mining Ltd (ASX: LEG)
The company is focused on creating shareholder value through the discovery of base metal and precious metal deposits at its
three main project areas in Western Australia.
Leviathan Resources Ltd (ASX: LVR)
Gold mining and exploration company whose main asset is the Stawell Gold Mine.
Liberty Gold NL Ordinary (ASX: LBY)
Uranium, gold, base metals, and nickel exploration properties.
Lihir Gold Ltd (ASX: LHG)
Lihir Island, Papua New Guinea open pit mine and processing facility gold operation. The mine is one of the world's largest
known gold resources, producing over 550,000 ounces of gold per year.
Lodestone Exploration Ltd (ASX: LOD)
Queensland based ASX listed gold and base metals exploration company with sharply focused programs near Mount Morgan
and Cracow in Central Queensland.
Australian Companies Starting With "M"
Macarthur Coal Ltd (ASX: MCC)
coal production and exploration company participating in joint ventures involved in exploration, mine development and coal
production within Queenslands Bowen Basin.
Macmin Ltd (ASX: MMN)
Silver mining company.
Magnesium International Ltd (ASX: MIL)
The company has a magnesium smelter project.
Malachite Resources NL (ASX: MAR)
Gold and silver exploration in eastern Australia and has exposure to base metals in NSW, Tasmania and Queensland.
Marathon Resources (ASX: MTN)
Uranium, copper and gold exploration company with Iron-Oxide, Copper-Gold, nickel and base metal (silver-lead-zinc)
prospects in South Australia and Western Victoria.
Marengo Mining (ASX: MGO)
Mineral exploration company with projects in Western Australia and the Northern Territory targeting gold, nickel, uranium and
other mineral deposits. Also copper-molybdenum project in Papua New Guinea.
Matilda Minerals (ASX: MAL)
Mining and exploration company set up to identify, explore and develop high grade zircon rich mineral sands deposits.
Matrix Metals Ltd (ASX: MRX)
The company is involved in copper mining and London Metals Exchange Copper Cathode production and extracting copper
oxide in the base metals province of Mt Isa, Queensland.
Mawson West Limited (ASX: MWE)
Mawson West Ltd is a junior Western Australian based gold and copper explorer, focused on two multi-million ounce gold
provinces, and the advanced Kapulo high-grade copper project in DRC/Zambia.
Medusa Mining Ltd (ASX: MML)
Gold and gold-copper exploration projects in the Philippines.
Metallica Minerals Ltd (ASX: MLM)
Metallica's focus and flagship project is its North Queensland Nickel Cobalt (NORNICO).
Meteoric Resources (ASX: MEI)
Exploration company with Warrego North copper-gold project.
Metex Resources Ltd (ASX: MEE)
The Company's business is mineral exploration and resource development.
Michelago Ltd (ASX: MIC)
Michelago Limited is an Australian gold mining company operating in China.
Midas Resources (ASX: MDS)
Gold exploration projects in Australia and a joint venture in a highly prospective part of South West China.
Midwest Corporation Ltd (ASX: MIS)
Midwest Corporation Limited ( Midwest ) is evaluating and developing a number of iron and steel feedstock materials projects in
the Mid West Region of Western Australia.
Minara Resources Limited (ASX: MRE)
The company owns and operates the Murrin Murrin nickel cobalt joint venture project near Leonora, Western Australia.
Mincor Resources NL (ASX: MCR)
Mincor operates five nickel mines in the Kambalda District of Western Australia, is developing a sixth, and carrying out feasibility
studies on two more. The Company is also very active in nickel, gold and base metal exploration throughout Australia.
Mindax Limited (ASX: MDX)
The company is a gold and nickel exploration company.
Mineral Commodities Ltd (ASX: MRC)
Mineral Commodities is an Australian-based resource company whose objective is to become a significant, unaligned
Heavy Mineral and Diamond/Gold producer with near term production supplying niche markets.
Mineral Deposits Ltd (ASX: MDL)
MDL has for many years been an Australian based producer of high quality mineral sands commodities, principally zircon and
rutile. Our current projects are large mineral sands and gold projects in Senegal, west Africa.
Minotaur Exploration Ltd (ASX: MEP)
Exploring for zinc, copper, chromium, gold and uranium.
Mirabela Nickel Limited Ordinary (ASX: MBN)
Mirabela Nickel Limited is a Brazil-focused explorer for base metals.
Mithril Resources Limited (ASX: MTH)
The company is a nickel explorer that focuses on the discovery and development of nickel-copper suplhide deposits in
Moly Mines (ASX: MOL)
Moly Mines Limited is an independent Australian resources company focused on the development of major specialty, base and
precious metals projects. Moly Mines Limited is working on and developing a number of Molybdenum (Mo) and Gold (Au)
projects within Australia.
Monaro Mining NL (ASX: MRO)
Exploration and development of uranium, gold, and base metals projects.
Monax Mining Limited (ASX: MOX)
Nickel-uranium-copper-gold-zinc exploration in Gawler Craton in South Australia.
Monto Minerals Ltd (ASX: MOO)
The company is a minerals (apatite, feldspar and ilmenite) mining, processing and marketing company.
Moto Goldmines Ltd (ASX: MTO)
Moto Goldmines has acquired the rights to earn an interest in the Moto mine group in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Mount Burgess Mining NL (ASX: MTB)
The company is a diamond, gold and base metals exploration company with a gold and base metals exploration project in
Telfer in Western Australia. Mount Burgess also has a diamond project and a base metals, uranium,vanadium project in Africa.
Morning Star Gold NL (ASX: MCO)
The company has the Morning Star gold mine in Woods Point gold province in Eastern Victoria.
Mount Gibson Iron Ltd (ASX: MGX)
The company is an iron ore exploration company focused on the development of a mine at Extension Hill.
Murchison Metals Ltd (ASX: MMX)
Murchison focuses on the mining and development of iron ore and other minerals from the Murchison region of Western Australia
Murchison United NL (ASX: MUR)
Murchison United NL is a mineral exploration company which acquires and develops industrial mining properties in western
Australia and Tasmania.

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Their mothers may be convicted criminals, but the Girl Scouts of Troop 1500 want to be doctors, social workers, and marine biologists.
Ellen Spiro and her dog Sam travel the backroads of the American South to document gay life in the boonies and beyond.
Ellen Spiro, who often works as a one-person crew, is known for making humorous social issue films. Her most recent film is Body of War (co-directed and co-produced with Phil Donahue). Body of War won Best Documentary of 2007 from the National Board of Review and premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival where it won an audience award.… Show more Additionally, Ellen Spiro and Phil Donahue received a 2007 nomination for Best Documentary from the Producer’s Guild of America. Spiro’s other award-winning films have been shown broadcast on television worldwide on PBS, HBO, BBC, CBC, and NHK and in multiple screenings at the Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum Biennial exhibition. Her 1993 film Greetings from Out Here was the first ITVS production broadcast nationwide on PBS. Show less
Tongue-in-cheek and pedal-to-the-metal, filmmaker Ellen Spiro and her dog Sam travel the backroads of the American South documenting gay life in the boonies and beyond. Sometimes hilarious, sometimes poignantly moving, and always intriguing, the mood of Greetings from Out Here varies as often as the scenery along the blue highways of the South — with its hubcap-decorated shacks, its embracing landscapes, its hilariously improbable place names, and most of all, its extraordinary people. Greetings from Out Here was the first ITVS production broadcast nationwide on PBS.


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It's that time of year again – the leaves are turning, the weather is colder, and it's Picture Book Idea Month (PiBoIdMo)!
PiBoIdMo is a writing challenge for picture book writers and illustrators. The idea is to come up with one picture book idea every day in November, so by the end of the month you'll have 30 new ideas to help you throughout the year! I just love the adorable banner for this year, designed by Vin Vogel!
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By David Tuller, DrPH
In 2019, a report from the University of Bristol and the UK’s Health Research Authority recommended corrections to the ethics statements of eleven studies. Professor Esther Crawley, Bristol’s ethically and methodologically challenged star researcher and grant magnet, was the main author and/or principal investigator of all eleven papers. In a post yesterday, I disclosed that only four of the eleven appear to have been corrected.
When I tweeted out the post, the HRA’s twitter account quickly responded with the following: “Thanks for bringing this to our attention David. This case predates our current complaints handling process, but we’re reviewing our records and will confirm what we intend to do next.”
I responded in kind: “Wow, thank you for the quick response! I am also sending a letter directly to HRA and to Bristol asking that you both: 1) Find out why these corrections have not been made, and 2) Ensure they are made without further delay.”
HRA’s twitter response: “Thanks David, we’ll look out for it.”
That seems like a promising development, but I’ll reserve further judgement until I see whether it produces results. In the meantime, below is the letter I wrote to the University of Bristol and the HRA about the situation. At both institutions, the individuals with whom I previously corresponded are no longer in their posts, so I addressed the e-mail to what seemed like the appropriate departments and/or recipients at each.
My letter to the University of Bristol and the Health Research Authority
Subject line: Non-compliance with recommendations from 2019 joint report from Bristol and HRA
To: Relevant Officials at Bristol and the Health Research Authority
In October, 2019, the University of Bristol and the Health Research Authority (HRA) issued a joint review of eleven papers whose main author and principal investigator was a member of Bristol’s academic staff. The review, available here, recommended that the ethics statements in all eleven papers be corrected, and even suggested specific language for each case. That was almost three years ago–yet only four of the eleven papers appear to have been corrected.
The review of these papers was undertaken after I had alerted the HRA about a perplexing anomaly. All eleven papers cited the same unrelated letter from a local research ethics committee to exempt themselves from ethical review as “service evaluation.” It is troubling to find that the recommendations of the Bristol-HRA review appear to have been overlooked or ignored in the majority of instances.
I assumed it was the role of the main author and/or principal investigator to submit corrections to the relevant journals. Given the delay, I urge both Bristol and the HRA to take immediate action to: 1) determine why the majority of the corrections do not appear to have been made, and 2) ensure that the ethics statements in the uncorrected papers are corrected promptly.
I have written about the current situation on Virology Blog, a well-read science site, and will post this letter there as well. Below are the eleven studies, in the order listed in the HRA-Bristol review, with their current correction status:
1. Uncorrected: Association between school absence and physical function in paediatric chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalopathy (CFS/ME), Archives of Disease in Childhood
2. Uncorrected: Anxiety in children with CFS/ME, European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
3. Uncorrected: The impact of CFS/ME on employment and productivity in the UK: a cross-sectional study based on the CFS/ME national outcomes database, BMC Health Services Research
4. Uncorrected: What stops children with a chronic illness accessing health care: a mixed methods study in children with CFS/ME, BMC Health Services Research
5. Corrected on Nov 1, 2019: Unidentified CFS/ME is a major cause of school absence: surveillance outcomes from school-based clinics, BMJ Open
6. Corrected on May 3, 2020: Treatment outcome in adults with CFS: a prospective study in England based on the CFS/ME national outcomes, QJM: An International Journal of Medicine
7. Uncorrected: Depression in paediatric CFS, Archives of Disease in Childhood
8. Corrected on Nov 1, 2019: CFS or ME is different in children compared to in adults: a study of UK and Dutch clinical cohorts, BMJ Open
9. Uncorrected: CFS symptom-based phenotypes in two clinical cohorts of adult patients in the UK and the Netherlands, Journal of Psychosomatic Research
10. Corrected on Jan 22, 2020: Obesity in adolescents with CFS: an observational study, Archives of Disease in Childhood
11. Uncorrected: Defining the minimally clinically important difference of the SF-36 physical function subscale for paediatric CFS/ME: triangulation using three different methods, Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
Readers of the articles with uncorrected ethics statements are still being offered information that the Bristol-HRA review found to be “either inappropriate or inadequate to cover the activity described.” This is an unsatisfactory state of affairs. Please advise on how you plan to address the issue.
David Tuller, DrPH
Senior Fellow in Public Health and Journalism
Center for Global Public Health
School of Public Health
University of California, Berkeley
4 thoughts on “Trial By Error: My Letter to Bristol and the Health Research Authority About Uncorrected Crawley Papers”
I hope the HRA is sincere and does the right thing now to try to rebuild trust.
Thank you David for following this up. The children at the Bristol clinic deserve our care. It’s a pity that the hospital has allowed this to happen.
“The children at the Bristol clinic deserve our care. It’s a pity that the hospital has allowed this to happen.”
This wasn’t just about the Bristol/Bath clinics though, was it, (although I’m pretty sure they were involved)? I seem to remember that this affected thousands of adult and paediatric ME patients from across the UK who were asked to provide lots of data that was used for research studies without them having any idea that it would be. And didn’t the HRA decide that that was ok, that it was routine clinic data that was collected from them so it could indeed be regarded as ‘service evaluation’? Well, I’ve seen some of what patients had to complete and I can’t remember ever being been asked for so much information up front before a first clinic appointment for other medical problems, or being confronted by forms/questionnaires that looked like they were for some kind of research project. There was nothing about that data collection that looked ‘routine’ to me – abnormal, intrusive and burdensome, but not routine. The people who took part in the PACE trial consented for their information to be used for that research, and yet ME patients from across the UK were being asked for similar information without any notion that it would be used for research papers. Does the HRA really think that, because patients gave this information when asked or told to, that constitutes informed consent? To my mind, it wasn’t acceptable then and it isn’t acceptable now, even though the HRA seemingly tried to draw a line under it back in 2019. The fact that only 4 out of the 11 papers have been corrected to date to what the investigation report recommended comes as no great surprise to me. It should certainly give the HRA pause for thought.
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The beautiful man was one of them.
It was a normal summer’s day when I first saw Gerard Way. Little did I know that this boring, seemingly mundane day would be the day that everything changed…
It had been years now since I had found out the truth. I was a young, once carefree dark haired child who was stuck in a world of misery and guilt after losing my young sister when i had found out the terrifying truth. I remember that night vividly, the unfamiliar, sleek black car parked on the driveway, the strange people in our house. The haunting slightly blurred image of the wolf, the beautiful silky furred, dark wolf.
The wolf that was not a wolf.
I turn the corner, my worn, once snow white laces trailing behind me, my faithful IPod headphones safely nestled in my ears, blocking out the cold outside world perfectly. I was strolling slowly down the main road of the small, insignificant town which was really nothing more than a tiny pimple on the face of America, glancing around at the busy passerby’s from behind my dark sunglasses. I walk casually, but with purpose, every movement perfectly controlled, and keeping a hidden eye out at all times.
I was not plain old Frank Iero anymore, I was no longer the little brown haired snotty nosed kid with the badly scraped up knees who would howl and howl if he missed his favourite TV show. I had not been that person for a long while now, not since Val was…I angrily push the thought to the back of my twisted, messed up mind. I was however, unable to stop the very familiar, still as haunting as the very first time I had seen it, image of the lanky, dark wolf from forming in my mind as I walk.
I stop outside one of the only decent stores in the tiny, boring town- the comic book store- and enter, hastily adjusting my tinted glasses so that I can see everything and everyone, but they cannot see my eyes.
“Hey there Frank!” the middle aged shop owner, with bright blue, smiling eyes with slightly thinning brown hair, the kindly Steven Johnson greats me warmly as the tinkling bell on the shop door announces my arrival.
It was an ordinary miserable day in the middle of the dullest, shittiest summers ever. The sun hadn`t been shining for days, the rain had been pouring down on us since Friday and there was now only three more, miserable, boring days of school left until the summer holidays. I hated the summer holidays with a passion, odd seeing as it was the best time of the year for kids and teens, but not for me. I loathed them, I dreaded the summer coming every year. And I had very good reason to dislike this time of year.
It was on a late summers evening when I and Val had ventured out into the forest all those horrible years ago. It was on one seemingly perfect, ideal summer’s day when her young, happy life ended. She didn`t die though, as we had used to believe and as the townspeople still did believe, oh no
. My poor, innocent younger sister was cursed, forever having to live her life has a half wolf, half human being.
My younger sister was a werewolf.
It was something I tried desperately not to think about, it was too upsetting for me. Especially seeing as my revenge seeking parents had forced me into the werewolf hunting group who had first convinced us of their existence. They blamed the wolves for everything, even the normal, natural ones that didn`t shape shift. They wanted them dead, all of them and I was the one to help accomplish it. Even though it would mean my own sister being killed.
I didn`t want to hurt the wolves, no matter what they have done to Val. I had always had a deep fascination with the dog like animals, and I hated the thought of harming one of them.
I smile back at Steven, though it was more forced than usual as I walk deeper into the small, cramped shop that always smelt faintly of tobacco and chocolate. I begin to browse the tall, familiar shelves, looking mainly out of curiosity rather than need to buy something. The bells on the door chime, a tinkling high pitched welcoming sound as another customer enters. I was so deeply buried in one of the comics that I don`t even look up.
All of a sudden I feel as though someone was staring at me, causing the tiny hairs on the back of my neck the stand on end. The strong sent of cigarettes, fresh, clean air and wild berries hits me, and I turn around to face the stranger.
My jaw nearly drops when I see him. He was…stunning to say the least. He stood quite tall, taller than I was anyway, with raven black hair that fell in a perfectly messy tangle to his shoulders. His hair framed his angelic, pale face perfectly, partially covering his intelligent, hazel green eyes. He was dressed exclusively in back-black skinnies and converse, a tight fitting shirt that rode up a little as I watched him reach to retrieve something from the top shelf.
”Oops, sorry.” He mumbles as his arm accidently brushes my back as he picks the bight comic up, flashing me a wide grin, showing off his abnormally small, white teeth. The skin on my back was on fire, electric shocks were racing up and down my spine, spreading to all of the other bones in my slender body.
He moves so easily, so freely and fluidly across the store, across to the counter to pay, quickly pulling out a twenty pound note from his jeans pocket, grinning warmly at me as he leaves. As he strolls away quickly but casually I catch a quick glimpse of something silver around his neck. It was what appeared to be a silver necklace, with some odd kind of symbol on it.
As soon as the gorgeous stranger had left the strange scent vanished too,as did the electric feeling in my bones. The way he moved, the precise control he had made me almost certain that he wasn`t human. The thin silver chain he wore with the strange symbol around his pale neck only confirmed my theory.
The beautiful man was one of them.


The GOP hasn't represented a majority of Americans in the Senate in 25 years but has wielded enormous power, confirming judicial nominees that will change the nature of the federal bench for decades to come and blocking progressive priorities despite representing fewer people than the Democrats since 1996.
The Republican Party was in charge of the chamber between 1995 and 2007, with a brief interlude in 2001-2002 as Vermont Republican Jim Jeffords became an Independent and started caucusing with the Democrats. The Republicans also controlled the Senate from 2015 until 2021. This means that Republicans controlled the Senate for just over half the time since the late 90s despite never representing more Americans than the Democrats during that time.
Republicans have also only won the popular vote in one presidential election since the start of the 90s but have inhabited the White House for 12 years to Democrats' 16 years since 1993.
FiveThirtyEight remarked that the Senate has always given outsized influence to states with fewer people but that hasn't given the upper hand to the Republicans until more recently as both parties competed for rural and populous states at an approximately similar rate until the 60s.
Five Supreme Court Justices and many more on lower courts have been confirmed by Senates controlled by a GOP representing a smaller portion of the populace than the Democrats, The Daily Kos points out, and adds that the Justices confirmed by Republicans are hardcore conservatives willing to suppress voting rights, protect Republican gerrymandering, and block progressive initiatives. This rule by the few has also enabled tax cuts under presidents George W Bush and Donald Trump, boosting the wealth of the rich and further worsening income inequality.
Because of the filibuster, as few as 41 Senators can block a bill, likely forcing the Democrats to pass President Joe Biden's $1.9T Covid relief package through a process called budget-reconciliation without Republican support.
New York Magazine’s Intelligencer noted that because of the filibuster, the 43.5 per cent of voters currently represented by Republicans in the Senate have as much influence as the 44.7 per cent of voters represented by GOP Senators when the party won the House, the Senate, and the White House in 2016.
Democrats are trying to push through as many of their top-tier priorities as they can through reconciliation, which is why the Senate Parliamentarian's ruling that a minimum wage hike to $15 an hour was not a budget item and therefore couldn't be passed through that process was a heavy blow to Senate Democrats.
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The Commonwealth Journalists Association deplores the arrest of the distinguished Zimbabwean journalist Hopewell Chin’ono, on charges of incitement to participate in public violence. He is currently out on bail after being arrested last July.
The arrest followed extensive investigative reporting by Mr Chin’ono, in which he revealed the existence of contracts allegedly linking senior members of the ruling ZANU-PF party with well-connected businessmen. The Zimbabwean Health Minister, Obadiah Moyo, was later arrested and accused of involvement in corruption over the handling of multi-million dollar contracts for procurement of medical equipment.
Mr Chin’ono has used his widespread social media following in Zimbabwe to encourage people to use their democratic right to protest against corruption in public office. He has also said he understood that he could be endangering his life by using his voice as a campaigning journalist.
The CJA appeals to the government of Zimbabwe to ensure the safety of Mr Chin’ono and to live up to its commitment to respect the rights of a free media in the country. We believe that the protection of journalists and freedom of the media is an integral part of the country’s democratic development.
Mr Chin’oo’s lawyers say he has since been re-arrested and charged with “communicating falsehoods” over reports that police had allegedly beaten to death an infant while enforcing Cov-19 lockdown rules.


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Matthew 7: 13-14 puts it: “enter ye through the narrow gate, for wide is the gate that leads to hell”. A most telling verse indeed. In light of Coronavirus, to where exactly is this instructional verse guiding. Regards overall health, how do we interpret this verse specifically regards Coronavirus contagion?
By the end of this article, matters in this area should become much more clearer. That, regards COVID-19, we’re not helpless, not at all, in fact, the reverse.
The truth is, we’re each inner equipped with dynamics of prevention and healing specifically regards the situation pertaining globally.
But, until we connect consciously with this protection dynamic, and upload it practically into consciousness, then scriptures as these remain at their intellectual value only. Thus the need of reading the above scripture esoterically, as opposed to literal. Surface reading alone of this, or any scripture, does not alter the state of the soul.
More than ever, it’s time for moving into personal empowerment or direct experience of the innately present divine within each of us. Time for evolving beyond limiting dogmas and belief systems, into authentic spiritual maturity in God-Presence consciousness. Gated
Remembering, that, biblical ‘church’ is not referring to a physical building, but one’s consciousness. Similarly, the biblical term ‘Jew’ refers to ‘inwardly’ — one seeking God within. The term is not referring to the Jewish nation or its people. Thus the words on top of the crucifixion read: ‘hail king of the Jews’ meaning, praise be the inwardly directed soul seeking their own Christ within.
This Matthew scripture, therefore, is referring to our being ‘inwardly’, being in narrow gate status as opposed to outwardly — wide gate orientation.
At our core, we’re each ‘inwardly’: we’re each seeker’s.
To this end, understanding keyphrases in the above scripture, is vital.
What does narrow and wide gates mean?
‘Gate’ is an avenue of sense experience,
and ‘narrow’ is inward focus.
Wide gate is referring to the outer world, to the incessant activity of the scattered mind and its attraction or association with the conditioned five senses.
So, there are two gates. One leading to heaven the other to hell. The gate to heaven is the strait, or narrow gate – meaning to be inwardly seeking – and the gate leading to hell is the outer wide gate of sense consciousness.
The questions arise: what practicalities are involved in entering the narrow gate? Where are these two gates located, and how does one enter through the narrow gate? Do we enter with our belief systems, our creeds, our faith-flags, or with what?
In other words, what is the password?
The narrow gate is mental convergence — a means of self-realization — and is located in the brain. The wide gate functions under the law of spiritual ignorance, here referred to as hell. And the password is, ‘meditational silence’.
Mastering these two ‘gates’, by applying the password practically, are our protection means against COVID-19. It does so by creating invincible immunity.
Both gates initially represent polar opposite functioning’s, and for good reason. The reason being, that we must choose one gate standard over the other. Then, having chosen to be inwardly — narrow gate — we make practical progress in that direction: commence the inward journey of knowing God directly. This process — which will be explained — considering the tangible rewards of heaven and health, is not difficult but requires commitment and dedication.
Wide gate consciousness satisfies mind-senses only, while Spirit or narrow gate satisfies the heart,
Narrowing the focus
So, ‘the narrow gate’ initially is about NARROWING the wide gate: narrowing the active intellect. Narrowing the activities of the incessant conscious thinking mind and its attraction with the outer world. Narrowing the mental focus is how the senses become withdrawn from their objects, thus transforming wide gate experiencing.
Wide gate activity causes loss of spiritual identity, hence the expression ‘what good in conquering the world, if in doing so, pay4d we lose our soul’.
We’re born into wide gate standard, hence the need of God-given faculties in bringing about narrow gate standard, thereby access to kingdom of heaven awareness.
Miracle of Convergence
Narrowing of the wide gate, therefore, is one of mental convergence.
Convergence, by transforming wide gate into narrow gate, or, into single-eye awareness, performs as miracle-like activity, in that, convergence facilitates co-existence, whereby both gates function synergistically as one – ‘as above so below’.
Repeated arriving at convergence allows the brain adapt to handling two states of awareness simultaneously: world consciousness and eternal consciousness. Prior to dual state of awareness, the brain functioned only in mono.
When converged state becomes established, we’re no longer under the ignorance-compelling influences or dominance of wide gate attractions: we now make conscious decisions. The brain re-calibrates from mono, allowing the nervous system experience time and timelessness — relative and absolute — simultaneously. Remembering that we come in to this world uploaded in mono only.


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Pantone Colour 2017 is…Greenery!
After last year’s shocking announcement that the Pantone Colour of the Year was actually going to be two colours, people have been anxious to see what would be chosen for 2017. You see, though many know Pantone as setting the colour trend for fashion and home decor, by default it sets the tone for what the Wedding Colour of the Year will be as well. So when it was announced that the 2017 colour would be Greenery, many people were not only relieved that it was just one colour, but were also excited about a colour that can be applied well in a variety of ways.
For weddings in particular it is more than merely just a colour—it’s a colour that can be expanded into a theme with depth to it! Whether your Greenery means encompassing your love and passion for nature into wedding or is more symbolic of the fresh new life you’ll be starting with your other half, there are so many ways to make this colour your own.
I find that on another level, this colour also is encouraging the rejuvenation of love and commitment in a time of uncertainty. I’d even go as far to say that it’s the ideal colour/theme for vow renewals. As noted by the Executive Director of the Pantone Color Institute, Leatrice Eiseman, this year’s chosen colour promotes “…our growing desire to rejuvenate and revitalize…[symbolizing] the reconnection we seek with nature, one another and a larger purpose.”
I look forward to seeing how this refreshing colour will be applied throughout 2017 and will definitely be posting my Greenery favourites on the blog, so make sure to stay tuned!
In the meantime, check out the newest YKJB Pinterest Board —Pantone Colour 2017 – Greenery— for ideas on how to incorporate Greenery into your special day!
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Latitude: 51.5557 / 51°33'20"N
Longitude: -0.1796 / 0°10'46"W
OS Eastings: 526301
OS Northings: 185656
OS Grid: TQ263856
Mapcode National: GBR D0.MDK
Mapcode Global: VHGQR.T5X8
Entry Name: Number 7 and Attached Railings
Listing Date: 11 August 1950
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1067342
English Heritage Legacy ID: 476933
Location: Camden, London, NW3
Electoral Ward/Division: Frognal and Fitzjohns
Built-Up Area: Camden
Traditional County: Middlesex
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London
Church of England Parish: St John Hampstead
Church of England Diocese: London
TQ2685NW CHURCH ROW
798-1/26/220 (North side)
and attached railings
Terraced house. c1728. Built by R Hughes, refronted probably
late C19. Patched brown brick with red brick dressings. 3
storeys and basement. 1 window. Architraved doorcase with
console-bracketed hood, radial patterned fanlight and panelled
door. Segmental arched, flush framed sashes with exposed
boxing. Parapet. Rear elevation has timber-framed and
weatherboarded extension for staircase.
INTERIOR: ground floor formerly two or more rooms, now one,
with traces of former door into No. 6 at rear. Early C18
corner fireplace and early C18 shell cupboard with fluted
surrounds and H-hinges, the latter probably brought in during
early C20. Staircase has thin turned baluster stairs. First
floor also now a single room, which retains traces of former
door into No. 6. Second floor is two rooms deep, divided by
plank and muntin screen, and with dado panelling in front
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached cast-iron railings.
(RCHME: London: Vol. II, West London: London: -1925: 42;
Victoria County History: Middlesex, Vol. IX, Paddington &
Hampstead Parishes: London: -1989: 20).
Listing NGR: TQ2630185656
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Although we're only two weeks into the Oakland Athletics 2011 season, it's never too early to start assessing the performance of anybody on the team, whether it be individual players or manager Bob Geren. Over at Athletics Nation, Nico put together a rundown of the good, the bad, and the ugly as it relates to A's manager Bob Geren. In assessing Geren's performance, the ugly in Nico's analysis focused on bullpen performance:
Bullpen management. Though I personally believe Geren has managed the bullpens reasonably well in the past overall, this year has been nothing short of ridiculous. Specifically:
* Craig Breslow, who pitched poorly at the end of an abbreviated spring training and entered the season clearly behind his peers, was thrown into a tie game, and asked to pitch on back-to-back days on the season's second day.
* Bobby Cramer has been entrusted with a tie game in extra innings when Balfour was available, but not with a 6-1 lead when Balfour was tired and Fuentes was exhausted.
The bullpen has been short-handed due to the absence of closer Andrew Bailey and that has certainly impacted the roles of the rest of the bullpen. However, the manner in which Geren has used Fuentes and Balfour, as well as those further down the depth chart has been a bit baffling at times. On Friday night, after Balfour secured the final out of the eighth inning, Geren went to Fuentes in the ninth.
I understand Fuentes is acting in the closer role, but given the temporary nature of it, why not just stick with the pertinent matchups or go with the Fuentes four-out save as Nico suggested? The decisions with the bullpen have been baffling dating back to the excessive use of Craig Breslow early in the season. Breslow had limited time in spring training due to injuries and suddenly you're rolling him out there like he's online with the rest of the bullpen? It's just a baffling decision.
Head over to Nico's AN post to join in the discussion about Bob Geren's performance to date.


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Discussion in 'Renegade Modified Tech' started by LilWhiteToaster, Mar 14, 2016.
Its kinda late for this but I guess I'll try and play catch up on mods. Hope everyone enjoys.
Eyelids installed using automotive vinyl used for doing vehicle wraps. Came out sweet.
Installed 1.5" wheel spacers. They look like they are wearing skinny jeans from the factory and this mod really made it look normal. Tires come all the way out to the edge of the fender. Recommend to everyone. Significant increase in handling. No more getting blown around on the highway.
Installed some flush mount roof cross bars.
Installed a bike rack on the previously installed cross bars
Cant forget the toaster sticker
Finally got around to installed my CB. Its not finished yet, making a mounting bracket and will update when its done...
Led light bar and light pods should be here tomorrow and those will be posted after installed...
Where did you order the spacers, if I may ask? Your Renegade is looking great!
I ordered them off ebay. Like $80 or so. You'll love it, Handling is night and day. Eddy, the forum admin has a thread in the write up section if you wanna check it out. And thanks!
Look what came in the mail today
I loveee your renegade!! It looks great!! I been looking into bike racks.. Where did you get yours from?
Do you have the link to the set you bought?
Here's the link to them.
No upgrades here but thought I'd share
interested to see how you mount this and your feedback on quality? i cant bring myself to consider $1800 for a set at local shops when ebay has for a couple hundred.
Im working with a guy from my local jeep club to make me some custom bracket to mount the lights. I wasn't about to pay 800 for daystars kit. I could buy 2 good name brand lights for that much. Hopefully Ill have them all mounted up within the next couple weeks
Looking forward to it, thanks
I wonder if you can put in a wider/bigger tire now and not hit the springs? I got a stock TH and the tires are just right below the springs.
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