Established in 2014, The Still Voices Short Film Festival is an international film festival based in Ballymahon, Co. Longford. This year the festival takes place from Aug 15th-18th 2019.
Now in its fifth year, Still Voices continues to grow from strength to strength. What started out as a small showcase for local filmmakers, has grown into a weekend festival screening both Irish and international short films.
This year, in addition to Best Irish and Best International Short Film, we have expanded our categories to include Best Animation and Best Non-Fiction.
There will also be exciting panel discussions, Q&As, in addition to feature films for children and adults alike, all of which will make it an enjoyable weekend for filmmakers, film-lovers, and everyone in between.
We accept submissions from both Ireland and abroad.
1. Films must not run longer than 25 minutes in length including titles and credits.
2. Only films submitted through FilmFreeway will be considered.
3. We do not pay screening fees for any short films submitted.
4. Final Deadline for submissions is May 31st, 2019.
5. Only films completed after January 2017 can be submitted to SVSFF.
6. SVSFF accepts digital copies through FilmFreeway only. Please include a brief synopsis of your film (Max 30 words) and a high res image.
7. If the language of the film is not English then English subtitles must be hard-coded.
8. All music and image rights must be cleared for use in your film.
9. Film selection and screening schedules are entirely at the discretion of the SVSFF Festival Director.
10. Films must be submitted in their final form. Films cannot be re-submitted at a later date.
11. All submissions can be included in promotional material in both print and digital media, including television, radio, online media, and all other available platforms.
12. SVSFF reserve the right to refuse the screening of any film if deemed inappropriate.
13. Entry fees are nonrefundable.
14. By submitting to SVSFF you, therefore, acknowledge and accept all SVSFF rules and regulations.
Still Voices Short Film Festival was superb! It was arranged brilliantly with friendly organisers, fantastic speakers and filmmakers who could all mix easily in the small town setting, and at my doorstep which was a huge bonus. I got to see 3 of the 6 feature Screenings, nearly all of the panel discussions and I was delighted to be part of the Made in The Midlands programme. There was a great kids section too, which my young sister really enjoyed. Congratulations to everyone involved, I will definitely be about next year!
It was great meeting you, Mary and we were delighted to have your film as part of Made in the Midlands. We hope to see more work from you in the future. Well done again and all the best.
Good festival. We were there on Saturday and had a great time. The festival is well organized, great programme, and we really enjoyed the nighttime social gathering at Skelly's Bar. Would definitely recommend it and full credit to the festival organizers.
Thanks for the review Paireac and we're glad you enjoyed the festival. We hope to see you back in Ballymahon again soon!! All the best, Still Voices Team!!
Had a lovely time at Still Voices festival! The team there did a good job making everyone feel welcomed.
It was great having you and Nuria down at the festival and well done on your award win, it was thoroughly deserved. We hope to see you back at future festivals. Warm Regards, Still Voices Team.
Had an amazing time at Still Voices! The festival helped arrange our accommodations and were extremely hospitable. I met a lot of wonderful filmmakers and really enjoyed the well programmed assortment of shorts, features and panels. My favorite aspect of the festival was their dedication to gender parity in their selection and judging, as well as their overall inclusivity in terms of programming.
It was great being part of this festival! The festival is very well run, with lots of great short film programmes, panels and events. The festival organisers were excellent in their communication and helped us out with accommodation. The Film Makers Feast was a great social event and was the perfect opportunity to met and socialise with other filmmakers from Ireland and further afield. Hope to be back next year!
It was great meeting you and Kerri-Ann and we definitely hope to see more work at future festivals and have you back in Ballymahon again soon.
Short films produced in Ireland or directed by an Irish Filmmaker.
Short films produced outside of the Republic of Ireland or directed by a non-Irish Filmmaker.
Short films produced in the non-fiction genre.


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Q: WPF Docking library I need to use an existing WPF docking library.
There are several libraries:
AvalonDock
.NetBar
SanDock
ActiPro
Infragistics
does anyone has any experiance with one of those libraries?
Can you recommend one of them?

A: I've used Actipro and it is very good. It's also under active development and improvement

A: Sofa is built on top of AvalonDock and provides interesting features. It can be used with both MEF and Prism and IMHO (as I am a developer of the team) can help a lot for Composite Applications

A: According to this article, AvalonDock is being used in SharpDevelop 4, so the SharpDevelop guys obviously think it's good!

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Talking With David Leopold Creative Director For The Al Hirschfeld Foundation and So Much More
Yesterday the new book, "The American Theatre as seen by Hirschfeld," was released on Amazon, the inaugural exhibition of the same name at The Museum of Broadway opened to the public and the upcoming auction of celebrity-autographed Hirschfeld portraits (now through Nov. 20) is ongoing.
David Leopold is the creative force behind both the new book and exhibition "The American Theatre as seen by Hirschfeld." He has spent more than 30 years studying Hirschfeld's work. The first 13 years were as Hirschfeld's Archivist, visiting him in his studio once or twice a week. Now, he is the Creative Director for the nonprofit Al Hirschfeld Foundation.
Leopold's previous book, The Hirschfeld Century: A Portrait of the Artist and His Age (Knopf), has been called by The Washington Post, "An instant classic." Booklist declared, "Leopold emulates the economy and fluidity of Hirschfeld's drawings in this star-studded, anecdote-rich, critically clarifying, and thoroughly enlightening portrait of the portraits." He has earned rave reviews from audiences around the country for his illustrated presentations on the work of Hirschfeld.
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CSC provides big data storage and management solutions to meet the growing needs of the commercial and federal government sectors in high performance computing environments. "Our history in serving the federal government provides an opportunity for the Alliance to more effectively reach this market," said Steven Baxter, program manager for CSC. "We look forward to collaborating with the Alliance members and our customers to deliver customized active archive solutions that meet today's demanding data storage needs."
Organizations are retaining increasing amounts of unstructured data as they grapple with file system growth, long-term retention, compliance rules and the need to leverage the knowledge and information within their organization. Active archives enable organizations to solve the challenge of retaining and accessing that data with flat or decreasing storage budgets.
"Cleversafe and CSC will help further our mission to align the market education and proper technologies to meet the rapidly evolving requirements for long-term storage and access of unstructured data," said Molly Rector, executive vice president of product management and worldwide marketing at Spectra Logic, and chairman of the Active Archive Alliance. "The continued growth of the Alliance membership and our success in delivering end-user adoption of storage solutions that scale from TB to PB and even into EB of accessible file storage, underscores the value of this approach to managing and storing the massive amounts of data being created on a daily basis."
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Julian Assange gesturing from a prison van in May. Photograph: Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP/Getty Images
Julian Assange to face US extradition hearing in UK next year
WikiLeaks founder, indicted on 18 counts in US, will have a five-day hearing in February
Haroon Siddique and agencies
Fri 14 Jun 2019 07.22 EDT
Julian Assange will face a five-day US extradition hearing in February next year, a judge has ruled.
The WikiLeaks founder faces an 18-count indictment, issued by the US Department of Justice, that includes charges under the Espionage Act.
At Westminster magistrates court on Friday, the chief magistrate, Emma Arbuthnot, ordered that a full extradition hearing should begin on 25 February.
Ben Brandon, representing the US, formally opened the case, a day after an extradition request was signed off by the home secretary, Sajid Javid.
"This is related to one of the largest compromises of confidential information in the history of the United States," Brandon told the court.
As Brandon ran through a summary of the accusations against Assange, including that he had cracked a US defence network password, Assange, appearing by video link, protested: "I didn't break any password whatsoever."
Assange, 47, who was dressed in a grey T-shirt, had a white beard and was wearing black-framed glasses, said 175 years of his life was at stake and defended his website against hacking claims, saying: "WikiLeaks is nothing but a publisher."
His lawyer, Mark Summers QC, described the case as "an outrageous and full-frontal assault on journalistic rights".
Julian Assange extradition battle
June 2010 - October 2010
WikiLeaks releases about 470,000 classified military documents concerning American diplomacy and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. It later releases a further tranche of more than 250,000 classified US diplomatic cables.
A Swedish prosecutor issues a European arrest warrant for Assange over sexual assault allegations involving two Swedish women. Assange denies the claims.
He turns himself in to police in London and is placed in custody. He is later released on bail and calls the Swedish allegations a smear campaign.
A British judge rules that Assange can be extradited to Sweden. Assange fears Sweden will hand him over to US authorities who could prosecute him.
He takes refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy in London. He requests, and is later granted, political asylum.
Assange is questioned in a two-day interview over the allegations at the Ecuadorian embassy by Swedish authorities.
WikiLeaks says Assange could travel to the United States to face investigation if his rights are 'guaranteed'. It comes after one of the site's main sources of leaked documents, Chelsea Manning, is given clemency.
Swedish prosecutors say they have closed their seven-year sex assault investigation into Assange. British police say they would still arrest him if he leaves the embassy as he breached the terms of his bail in 2012.
Britain refuses Ecuador's request to accord Assange diplomatic status, which would allow him to leave the embassy without being arrested.
He loses a bid to have his British arrest warrant cancelled on health grounds.
Ecuador cuts off Assange's internet access alleging he broke an agreement on interfering in other countries' affairs.
US prosecutors inadvertently disclose the existence of a sealed indictment against Assange.
Ecuador's President Lenin Moreno says Assange has 'repeatedly violated' the conditions of his asylum at the embassy.
Police arrest Assange at the embassy on behalf of the US after his asylum was withdrawn. He is charged by the US with 'a federal charge of conspiracy to commit computer intrusion for agreeing to break a password to a classified U.S. government computer.'
He is jailed for 50 weeks in the UK for breaching his bail conditions back in 2012. An apology letter from Assange is read out in court, but the judge rules that he had engaged in a 'deliberate attempt to evade justice'. On the following day the US extradition proceedings were formally started.
Swedish prosecutors announce they are reopening an investigation into a rape allegation against Julian Assange.
Home secretary Sajid Javid reveals he has signed the US extradition order for Assange paving the way for it to be heard in court.
His legal team also said he was challenging the 50-week sentence in Britain for skipping bail he is serving after he spent seven years in the Ecuadorian embassy in London attempting to avoid extradition to Sweden.
Assange is accused in the US of soliciting and publishing classified information and conspiring to hack into a government computer.
Outside the court, his supporters protested against the UK's treatment of him. A crowd of around a dozen people held banners, with some chanting "Justice for Julian Assange" and "Defend freedom and democracy."


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These are the traits we look for in our incoming students, and these are the traits we expect to hone and deepen in the three years they spend at Alsion.
The Early College Program is intense and demanding. While students in a regular high school take one school year to master a subject, our students take 16 weeks at the collegiate level. They also have to socialize with classmates older than they are, establish relationships with ever-busy professors and navigate the multi-fangled systems of a community college. Our students are likewise conscious of the opportunities they can exploit: they know they can take more specialized courses than the average high-school student, and they are expected to do so.
Alsion Early College High School, therefore, isn't for everyone.
It is our belief that students from Alsion Montessori Middle School are best suited for admissions into the Early College Program, a more "traditional" educational setting. This belief has been tried and tested. Thus, we nary accept non-Alsion applicants. The Montessori method of instruction used in our Middle School, coupled with its teachers' familiarity with the high-school academic regimen, more than aptly prepares its students for the Early College. The Montessori way of apprehending the world is, after all, that of lifelong engagement.
Our students are naturally hungry to learn. They seek out, on their own, new subjects to investigate or advanced classes so their knowledge can be made more profound.
Our students are self-sufficient. Sure, they have their teachers and cohorts to help develop their understanding of a subject but they know relying on themselves is key. Ferreting out supplementary materials, going to instructors' office hours, accomplishing advance work, managing their time shrewdly—all must stem from their inherent motivation to succeed.
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Wondering where to go for the New Year? If you have been thinking of heading out somewhere for foreign shores but are worried about visa hassles and the time they take, this is the perfect list for you. Every destination here is either visa-free or has visa-on-arrival for Indians.
How many of you know that Indians can visit this European country without a prepped visa? They have visa on arrival for Indians. You can enter, transit through and stay in Serbia during a period not exceeding 30 days from the date of entry, within a period of one year. It's a truly picturesque country with mountain trails, rugged gorges, Dinaric Alps, vineyards, islands and amazing architecture. And its capital Belgrade has one of the most rocking night scenes in Europe!
This pretty Vietnamese island just off the coast of Cambodia has Vietnam's trademark tropical jungles, hills and white sand beaches. It offers entry without visa for international visitors for up to a month. And Kolkata peeps, you just got lucky! A connecting flight of AirAsia from Kuala Lumpur to Phu Quoc has been launched recently with AirAsia Fly-Thru facility.
The flight from Kolkata reaches Kuala Lumpur early in the morning and passengers headed onwards to Phu Quoc do not need a visa. So go ahead, make tracks to this untapped paradise now before the crowds get savvy! Don't forget to check out the oversea cable car ride from the main island to Hon Thom - supposed to be one of the longest oversea cable car rides in the world.
Some 500km west of Senegal, hit up this stunning island chain which boasts of scenic mountains, beaches and seaside villages. You will love hiking in Santo Antão - a vertical isle with canyons, gorges, craggy peaks and valleys full of flowers. If you are in the mood for bars and music clubs, head to Mindelo in São Vicente. And finally you have the warmth of the people known for 'morabeza' (Creole for hospitality).
This place is known as the Spice Isle of the Caribbean due to the plantations of nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves, and ginger that dot the landscape of the hilly main island. Indians do not require a via here. So land up and head straight to the capital, St. George's with a gorgeous harbour, am 18th century fort, colourful old homes and Georgian buildings. Sun yourself on the heavenly Grand Anse beach or go hiking in the rainforest, and turtle-watch at Anse La Roche. There's lots to do here.
Comprising of 15 tiny islands across 2 million sq km of wild Pacific blue, the Cook Islands are stunning. Head to Rarotonga, known for a strong cafe culture, bars & clubs and an artisanal food scene. Want something quieter? Park yourself on the sublime Aitutaki lagoon, or explore the ancient raised coral cliffs of Mangaia, and swim in the underground cave pools of Mitiaro and Ma'uke.


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package software.amazon.awssdk.codegen.poet.waiters;

import com.fasterxml.jackson.jr.stree.JrsBoolean;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.jr.stree.JrsValue;
import com.squareup.javapoet.ClassName;
import com.squareup.javapoet.CodeBlock;
import java.util.ArrayDeque;
import java.util.Deque;
import java.util.List;
import software.amazon.awssdk.codegen.jmespath.component.AndExpression;
import software.amazon.awssdk.codegen.jmespath.component.BracketSpecifier;
import software.amazon.awssdk.codegen.jmespath.component.BracketSpecifierWithContents;
import software.amazon.awssdk.codegen.jmespath.component.BracketSpecifierWithQuestionMark;
import software.amazon.awssdk.codegen.jmespath.component.BracketSpecifierWithoutContents;
import software.amazon.awssdk.codegen.jmespath.component.ComparatorExpression;
import software.amazon.awssdk.codegen.jmespath.component.CurrentNode;
import software.amazon.awssdk.codegen.jmespath.component.Expression;
import software.amazon.awssdk.codegen.jmespath.component.ExpressionType;
import software.amazon.awssdk.codegen.jmespath.component.FunctionArg;
import software.amazon.awssdk.codegen.jmespath.component.FunctionExpression;
import software.amazon.awssdk.codegen.jmespath.component.IndexExpression;
import software.amazon.awssdk.codegen.jmespath.component.Literal;
import software.amazon.awssdk.codegen.jmespath.component.MultiSelectHash;
import software.amazon.awssdk.codegen.jmespath.component.MultiSelectList;
import software.amazon.awssdk.codegen.jmespath.component.NotExpression;
import software.amazon.awssdk.codegen.jmespath.component.OrExpression;
import software.amazon.awssdk.codegen.jmespath.component.ParenExpression;
import software.amazon.awssdk.codegen.jmespath.component.PipeExpression;
import software.amazon.awssdk.codegen.jmespath.component.SliceExpression;
import software.amazon.awssdk.codegen.jmespath.component.SubExpression;
import software.amazon.awssdk.codegen.jmespath.component.SubExpressionRight;
import software.amazon.awssdk.codegen.jmespath.component.WildcardExpression;
import software.amazon.awssdk.codegen.jmespath.parser.JmesPathParser;
import software.amazon.awssdk.codegen.jmespath.parser.JmesPathVisitor;
import software.amazon.awssdk.core.SdkPojo;
import software.amazon.awssdk.utils.Validate;

/**
 * A code interpreter for converting JMESPath expressions into Java expressions.
 *
 * This can convert a JMESPath expression into a statement that executes against an {@link SdkPojo}. The statements generated by
 * this interpreter make heavy use of the {@link WaitersRuntime}.
 */
public class JmesPathAcceptorGenerator {
    private final ClassName waitersRuntimeClass;

    public JmesPathAcceptorGenerator(ClassName waitersRuntimeClass) {
        this.waitersRuntimeClass = waitersRuntimeClass;
    }

    /**
     * Interpret the provided expression into a java statement that executes against the provided input value. This inputValue
     * should be a JMESPath Value in scope.
     */
    public CodeBlock interpret(String expression, String inputValue) {
        CodeBlock.Builder codeBlock = CodeBlock.builder();
        Visitor visitor = new Visitor(codeBlock, inputValue);
        JmesPathParser.parse(expression).visit(visitor);
        return visitor.codeBlock.build();
    }

    /**
     * An implementation of {@link JmesPathVisitor} used by {@link #interpret(String, String)}.
     */
    private class Visitor implements JmesPathVisitor {
        private final CodeBlock.Builder codeBlock;
        private final Deque<String> variables = new ArrayDeque<>();
        private int variableIndex = 0;

        private Visitor(CodeBlock.Builder codeBlock, String inputValue) {
            this.codeBlock = codeBlock;
            this.codeBlock.add(inputValue);
            this.variables.push(inputValue);
        }

        @Override
        public void visitExpression(Expression input) {
            input.visit(this);
        }

        @Override
        public void visitSubExpression(SubExpression input) {
            visitExpression(input.leftExpression());
            visitSubExpressionRight(input.rightSubExpression());
        }

        @Override
        public void visitSubExpressionRight(SubExpressionRight input) {
            input.visit(this);
        }

        @Override
        public void visitIndexExpression(IndexExpression input) {
            input.expression().ifPresent(this::visitExpression);
            visitBracketSpecifier(input.bracketSpecifier());
        }

        @Override
        public void visitBracketSpecifier(BracketSpecifier input) {
            input.visit(this);
        }

        @Override
        public void visitBracketSpecifierWithContents(BracketSpecifierWithContents input) {
            if (input.isNumber()) {
                codeBlock.add(".index(" + input.asNumber() + ")");
            } else {
                throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
            }
        }

        @Override
        public void visitBracketSpecifierWithoutContents(BracketSpecifierWithoutContents input) {
            codeBlock.add(".flatten()");
        }

        @Override
        public void visitBracketSpecifierWithQuestionMark(BracketSpecifierWithQuestionMark input) {
            pushVariable();
            codeBlock.add(".filter($1N -> $1N", currentVariable());
            visitExpression(input.expression());
            codeBlock.add(")");
            popVariable();
        }

        @Override
        public void visitSliceExpression(SliceExpression input) {
            throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
        }

        @Override
        public void visitComparatorExpression(ComparatorExpression input) {
            visitExpression(input.leftExpression());
            codeBlock.add(".compare($S, $N", input.comparator().tokenSymbol(), currentVariable());
            visitExpression(input.rightExpression());
            codeBlock.add(")");
        }

        @Override
        public void visitOrExpression(OrExpression input) {
            visitExpression(input.leftExpression());
            codeBlock.add(".or($N", currentVariable());
            visitExpression(input.rightExpression());
            codeBlock.add(")");
        }

        @Override
        public void visitAndExpression(AndExpression input) {
            visitExpression(input.leftExpression());
            codeBlock.add(".and($N", currentVariable());
            visitExpression(input.rightExpression());
            codeBlock.add(")");
        }

        @Override
        public void visitNotExpression(NotExpression input) {
            codeBlock.add(".constant($N", currentVariable());
            visitExpression(input.expression());
            codeBlock.add(".not())");
        }

        @Override
        public void visitParenExpression(ParenExpression input) {
            visitExpression(input.expression());
        }

        @Override
        public void visitWildcardExpression(WildcardExpression input) {
            codeBlock.add(".wildcard()");
        }

        @Override
        public void visitMultiSelectList(MultiSelectList input) {
            codeBlock.add(".multiSelectList(");

            boolean first = true;
            for (Expression expression : input.expressions()) {
                if (!first) {
                    codeBlock.add(", ");
                } else {
                    first = false;
                }

                pushVariable();
                codeBlock.add("$1N -> $1N", currentVariable());
                visitExpression(expression);
                popVariable();
            }
            codeBlock.add(")");
        }

        @Override
        public void visitMultiSelectHash(MultiSelectHash input) {
            throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
        }

        @Override
        public void visitExpressionType(ExpressionType asExpressionType) {
            throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
        }

        @Override
        public void visitFunctionExpression(FunctionExpression input) {
            switch (input.function()) {
                case "length":
                    visitLengthFunction(input.functionArgs());
                    break;
                case "contains":
                    visitContainsFunction(input.functionArgs());
                    break;
                default:
                    throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unsupported function: " + input.function());
            }
        }

        private void visitLengthFunction(List<FunctionArg> functionArgs) {
            Validate.isTrue(functionArgs.size() == 1, "length function only supports 1 parameter.");
            Validate.isTrue(functionArgs.get(0).isExpression(), "length's first parameter must be an expression.");

            visitExpression(functionArgs.get(0).asExpression());
            codeBlock.add(".length()");
        }

        private void visitContainsFunction(List<FunctionArg> functionArgs) {
            Validate.isTrue(functionArgs.size() == 2, "contains function only supports 2 parameter.");
            Validate.isTrue(functionArgs.get(0).isExpression(), "contain's first parameter must be an expression.");
            Validate.isTrue(functionArgs.get(1).isExpression(), "contain's second parameter must be an expression.");

            visitExpression(functionArgs.get(0).asExpression());
            codeBlock.add(".contains($N", currentVariable());
            visitExpression(functionArgs.get(1).asExpression());
            codeBlock.add(")");
        }

        @Override
        public void visitPipeExpression(PipeExpression input) {
            throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
        }

        @Override
        public void visitCurrentNode(CurrentNode input) {
            throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
        }

        @Override
        public void visitRawString(String input) {
            codeBlock.add(".constant($S)", input);
        }

        @Override
        public void visitLiteral(Literal input) {
            JrsValue jsonValue = input.jsonValue();
            if (jsonValue.isNumber()) {
                codeBlock.add(".constant($L)", Integer.parseInt(jsonValue.asText()));
            } else if (jsonValue instanceof JrsBoolean) {
                codeBlock.add(".constant($L)", ((JrsBoolean) jsonValue).booleanValue());
            } else {
                throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unsupported JSON node type: " + input.jsonValue().getClass().getSimpleName());
            }
        }

        @Override
        public void visitIdentifier(String input) {
            codeBlock.add(".field($S)", input);
        }

        @Override
        public void visitNumber(int input) {
            codeBlock.add(".constant($L)", waitersRuntimeClass.nestedClass("Value"), input);
        }

        /**
         * Push a variable onto the variable stack. This is used so that lambda expressions can address their closest-scoped
         * variable. For example, the right-hand-side of an AND expression needs to address the same variable as the
         * left-hand-side of the expression.
         */
        public void pushVariable() {
            variables.push("x" + variableIndex++);
        }

        /**
         * Retrieve the current variable on the top of the stack.
         */
        public String currentVariable() {
            return variables.getFirst();
        }

        /**
         * Pop the last variable added from the variable stack.
         */
        public void popVariable() {
            variables.pop();
        }
    }
}

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We were given a free family ticket to review Drusillas Park in Alfriston, East Sussex as part of MoneySupermarket's Britain's Best Days Out competition. Over the last couple of months, bloggers have been visiting attractions around the country to find the best family days out.
Small one loves a zoo (as do the rest of us), so we jumped at the chance. Rather than going straight away, we thought it would be nice to wait for her big brother to arrive home from university, and of course we wanted Grandma and Grandad to come too. I was going to buy the extra tickets online, but decided to just get them on the door as after the booking fee there was no real price advantage. Despite our best laid plans we ended up going, big-brotherless after all, on the coldest, windiest mid-January day imaginable.
The visit didn't start well. There are good points and bad points to visiting attractions in mid-winter, the best of which is no queuing – lucky, as the combination of freezing rain and biting winds meant that standing still was extremely unpleasant. It did feel as if a lot of things were unavailable though, and had I paid full price for all of the tickets, which would have been charged as peak-season, I would have been disappointed, especially as the fabulous looking adventure playground was far too slippery for a rainy day.
Arriving at 11:30, we skipped straight to lunch in the cafe, which served pretty uninspiring fast food and had no toilets, meaning that midway through eating I had to get all dressed up in rain gear again to deliver a small child to the loo. Having said that, there is usually an alternative restaurant, which was closed on the day we visited, but may well have been more what I was looking for. The younger members of the family, who are less fussy than me, enjoyed their lunch thoroughly, especially the self-fillable individual tomato ketchup pots.
The zoo itself was deserted, with the exception of a couple of other families who I suspect had also made foolish promises to their small people. Despite the weather, there was lots to see, and I cheered up as we followed the map in the guide book to find monkeys, penguins, bats, and my personal favourite, the binturong.
The otters, on the other hand, were completely in their element and we waited with them for their lunch, as they ran up and down like mad things, squeaking aggressively and demanding meals with menaces from anyone who came near. When their keeper eventually arrived to feed them, an adorable baby stole the show, as he tried to get the hang of a boiled egg.
Despite my early misgivings, there were lots of things to keep kids of all ages busy and interested – more than enough to fill a day. Small enjoyed the spotter books and stamper stations where you could keep a record of all the animals you'd seen and we all had fun doing the "Zoolympics", where you could compare yourself to a variety of animals for speed, strength and volume. The highlight of this was the phonebox where you had to shout as loud as possible, proving beyond doubt that the curly one is the loudest of us all. We all competed, but none could come close (unsurprisingly – she burst her Dad's eardrum as a baby!).
We thought the animated displays and talking bins were well thought out, encouraging kids hygiene. Unfortunately, small isn't fond of "pretend animals" so we had to move away swiftly whenever one started.
We finished the day with hot ring donuts and an exciting ride on the Thomas the Tank engine train, which took us all around the park.
All in all it was a great day, and would have been even better in the sunshine. Well worth a visit if you're in the area.
We had a lovely day yesterday making hand puppets out of rubber gloves, all inspired by the Dettol competition at Mumsnet. You can win a professional puppet show in your own home just by making a puppet out of a rubber glove and sending them a picture.
Like most mums-to-be, I read a fair few parenting books in pregnancy. Everyone is different, but on the whole I find I prefer the ones which pass on well-researched facts, tell you how your child develops and give you the information you need to find your own way. Too many authors seem to offer up their own limited experience as a formula for all.
Stuff Every Mom Should Know is a little bit different. It is a (rather lovely looking) book filled with all those little gems of knowledge that you can only get from other mums – practical advice and reassurance that seems to ring true whatever your parenting ethos.
It does have its issues. It could do with being revised for the British market – I personally struggle to identify as a "Mom" rather than a "Mum". That's just semantics, but some chapters don't work as well for UK readers, for instance the large section on stocking your medicine cabinet isn't a great deal of help, and I took a few pages to figure out what a "boo-boo" (bump) was. References to soccer moms and Halloween costumes also went over my head.
If you can get past that, it's filled with great ideas for parenting babies right through to teens.
How many parenting books deal with the really big issues?
Possibly my favourite bit is the "pick-up lines" for meeting other mums. I felt like a gawky teenager again at the mother and baby groups and would definitely have felt more confident armed with a few opening gambits.
And what mum of a teen wouldn't like advice on "how to hug your teen without her knowing"?
All in all, it's a great little book full of common sense, simple tips and practical advice on day-to-day parenting that made me smile. Well worth a look and a nice gift for a new parent. Stuff Every Mom Should Know, by Heather Gibbs Flett and Whitney Moss is out in March 2012 priced at £6.99.
Disclosure: I did not get paid for this post but I did receive a sample copy of Stuff Every Mom Should Know to read and keep. I follow the Britmums Blogging with Integrity Guidelines – I always write honest and truthful reviews and disclose any perks I receive!


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Q: C++ no type named 'value_type' in 'struct std::iterator_traits'
Hello. I am trying to run the following code (just for training purposes):
#include<iostream>
#include <list>

template<class T,
        template<class ,class=std::allocator<T> >class kont >
typename std::iterator_traits<T>::value_type foo_test(typename kont<T>::iterator b){return *b;}

template <class Iter>
typename std::iterator_traits<Iter>::value_type minimum(Iter b, Iter e)
{
      Iter m = b;
    /*
     CODE
     */
    return *m;
}

int main(void){
    std::list<int> x;
    x.push_back(10);
    x.push_back(100);
    std::cout <<minimum(x.begin(),x.end());
    //std::cout <<foo_test<int,std::list>(x.begin());
}

The function minimum is working fine and there are no issues. However, when I uncomment last line I recieve the following error:
main.cpp:33:50: error: no matching function for call to 'foo_test(std::__cxx11::list<int>::iterator)'
     std::cout <<foo_test<int,std::list>(x.begin());
main.cpp:7:46: note:   template argument deduction/substitution failed:
main.cpp:33:50:   required from here
main.cpp:7:46: error: no type named 'value_type' in 'struct std::iterator_traits<int>'

Whats wrong with the first template then? I would be more than grateful for explanation.

A: You pass int as your first template parameter T.  So std::iterator_traits<T>::value_type is std::iterator_traits<int>::value_type, which is incorrect.  You meant
typename std::iterator_traits<typename kont<T>::iterator>::value_type.


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Another nationality scam uncovered as Salvadoran gets nationality in 1 day
Tonight, there is more evidence of corruption in the issuance of nationality certificates, this time directly implicating insiders in the Vital Statistics Unit, and likely the nationality section of the Immigration Department. Salvadoran national Rafael Vasquez Medina was detained by Police on December fifth because of a false document in his possession. That document was a Belizean nationality certificate which was issued to Medina on September nineteenth, 2013. Medina was in the process of using that certificate to take out a Social Security card when a discrepancy was observed and Police were called in. The subsequent investigation has revealed a well organized scam, where one nationality broker was able to facilitate a valid Belizean nationality certificate for a non-Belizean in one week, with the certificate processed in one day. Mike Rudon has been connecting the dots and has the story.
Mike Rudon, Reporting
This is a copy of a nationality certificate which was issued to Salvadoran national Rafael Vasquez Medina. It's a valid document signed by Director of Immigration Maria Marin conferring what is called nationality by descent to Vasquez-Medina, since he has a Belizean mother – Roberta Medina. But Vasquez-Medina doesn't have a Belizean mother. He and Roberta Medina, a resident of Guinea Grass, have never met.
Here's what we've uncovered so far in a nutshell. Vasquez-Medina and his aunt work out of the Michael Finnegan Market. In September they were approached by an unidentified woman who offered to get nationality for Vasquez-Medina. He handed over five hundred dollars and his Salvadoran birth certificate to the woman, and one week after she delivered his nationality certificate. Like we said, it's valid, except for Roberta Medina listed as the mother. According to sources, when Vasquez-Medina queried the name, he was told that it didn't matter, he was now a Belizean.
The scheme is quite ingenious. The female nationality broker apparently used the name of Roberta Medina, a Belizean, and through connections managed to obtain a birth certificate for Medina from the Vital Statistics Department. She then managed to produce a false Salvadoran birth certificate for Vasquez-Medina which listed Belizean Roberta Medina as his mother. That's when the nationality section enters the picture. Those documents were somehow delivered, processed and signed by Director Maria Marin, all in one day. And then they were delivered back to Rafael Vasquez-Medina.
Here's how the scam was uncovered. Convinced that his nationality document was valid in all respects, Vasquez went to the SSB to get his Social Security Card. He had one already, issued to him on the strength of a work permit, but that one listed his Salvadoran mother. The clerk at the SSB immediately noticed the discrepancy in the mothers' names – the first on his Social Security Card and the second on his brand new nationality certificate. And the gig was up.
Tonight there are more questions than answers. One of those questions is the identity of the broker, and another has to be how the nationality certificate was processed in one day, delivered and picked up without Vasquez-Medina ever showing his face. We'll keep stirring the pot to see what comes to the surface. Mike Rudon for News Five.
Today the Police were unable or unwilling to provide any information in what we are told is an ongoing investigation. Minister Godwin Hulse would only say that they are investigating the matter, and Director of Immigration Maria Marin did not respond to any of our calls or texts today. Rafael Vasquez-Medina was charged for uttering on a false document and possessing a false document. He was offered and met bail of five thousand dollars and is to reappear in court on March third, 2014. The copy of the nationality certificate was provided to us by our friends at Krem News.
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9 Responses for "Another nationality scam uncovered as Salvadoran gets nationality in 1 day"
Beano for Deano says:
One day???
could only mean Ali Baba or the his top right-hand thief put the grease on that one.
Be Sociable, Share the loot Ali Baba!
We want more Xmas cheer, a cut on the action for screwing foreigners.
You get free rein to screw Belizeans.
Trust UDP, then don't think says:
"unidentified woman who offered to get nationality"
What are the odds she is UDP, or married to someone that is UDP, or sister/cousin/momma to an elected UDP or working for Hulse and his ministry?
He should have bought the complete Hezbollah package, better deal, now it's going to cost him big time to buy his Belizean passport. Good news is that Eric is back and he does takeout delivery to prisons.
The broker must be found and sent to jail. Period
Uncle Benji says:
Let's call in the pest control company. The Belizean government has a roach infestation. Finnegan, Castro, Lara, Barrow – leeches, roaches, fleas, scumbags, parasites.
"CASTRORIZING" = Selling Belizean documents to illegals for a few dollars.
"ALI BABA_RROW" = Thief.
You have got to love us Belizeans. We enjoy misery, pain, poverty and blood sucking leeches. Jesus, the son of God, why do you punish Belizeans like this? What have we done to deserve such pain?
$500!!!
This could be very serious if it was not authorized by one of the 40 thieves!
Poaching by low level GOB employees is a great insult to Ali Baba.
It sends the wrong signal that Belizean citizenship can be gotten cheap.
Even on volume sales ministers always got $2000-20000.
Special cases such as Citizen Kim, much much more because it had to be hand delivered to a Taiwan prison and involved special processing fees for the extended negotiations.
Soon only the lowest kinds of criminals will become Citizens. Every Belizean should be greatly insulted. $500!!!! disgusting, I want to vomit on that GOB employee.
If the shoe fits, steal it before a minister does.
Ali BaBarrow !!!
Thanks Uncle Benji, clever, now it is mine.
Why do you think Jesus (or Allah) is behind this criminal screwing of the country?
Seems like Ali is working his deal to plan.
But all this publicity I am sure is unwelcome, causing Penner, Castro and Eric to go into hiding, on the down low to cool things off and Ali can put them back to the screwing.
tito says:
Got to say the SSD is doing a good job that's what they should do to all that go and try to get a social security card.
ceo says:
Is there anyone in the GOB who is not corrupted? Is there any end to this mess? Does the PM care more about looking good and remaining in office than to stump out corruption as he promissed? Hulse was barking up a storm like a good watchdog would do until he was taken into the fold now he is just a little lapdog! This is a sad state of affairs!
Excellent investigative reporting by Mike Rudon. Keep up the good work, my friend.
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Q: Error saving a parquet file with partitionBy I'm trying to save a parquet file with the append mode and running into an issue trying to do this from a windows system and then a linux system. Consider the following code.
val df = Seq(
    (1, "test name1"),
    (2, "test name2"),
    (3, "test name3")).toDF("id", "name")

  df.write.mode("append").partitionBy("name").parquet("D:\\path\\data.parquet")

when I run this code on a Windows system, I get the parquet file with three partitions as expected.

Further, when I run this on a Linux system, it still works fine except the space character is not encoded with %20.

Now, if I first create the parquet file (data.parquet) from windows and then try to append to the same file from linux, it creates three new partitions and also outputs an error saying
java.io.FileNotFoundException: /path/data.parquet/_SUCCESS (Permission denied)

If I manually encode the space character before I append to the file from linux, I get an %2520 where it encoded the % character.
df.withColumn("newName", regexp_replace(col("name")," ", "%20"))
.drop("name")
.withColumnRenamed("newName", "name")
.write.mode("append").partitionBy("name").parquet("/path/data.parquet")

Any idea how to handle this and make it work so that both windows and linux can append to the same file? What I'm trying to do is to encode the space character to %20 in the partition names when I save the file from linux.


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Jean Dufy
Parade Mexicaine
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Jean Dufy (1888 - 1964)
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Oil on canvas, signed. Painted c.1955-1960
Findlay Galleries, Chicago
Private Collection, USA
Jacques Bailly, Jean Dufy. Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre, vol. I, Paris, 2010, no. B.490, p. 265, illustrated
Entrée du Bassin de la Citadelle au Havre
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Title: Parade Mexicaine Artist Name: Jean Dufy
Jean-Pierre Cassigneul
(b.1935)
Artist by Genre
Jean Dufy was born into a large family, the seventh of eleven children. He spent his childhood in Le Havre and it was there where he and his siblings were influenced by their father's passion for music, a theme that was to become prominent in his work.
What was Jean Dufy's inspiration?
After completing school, Jean Dufy's father, an accountant in a metallurgic company, placed him in an import company, holding the position of commis en dehors, a clerk. That gave the young man the opportunity to spend most of his time in the exhilarating atmosphere of a harbour. There he memorised all of these sensations in his sketchbook, filling page by page with drawings of ships in all sizes loading and offloading merchandise from far away countries.
Jean's older brother, Raoul Dufy, together with fellow artists Georges Braque and Othon Friesz, plus the Parisian art dealer Georges Aubry, organised an exhibition in 1906 at the Town Hall in Le Havre to encourage the people of the city to appreciate modern art. It was this exhibition that included masterpieces by leading artists such as Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, André Derain, Albert Marquet and others who inspired the young Jean Dufy, particularly Matisse and his extraordinary use of light.
How did Jean Dufy's career start?
Dufy took a job as a secretary on the ocean liner La Savoie, crossing the ocean to New York City for nearly two years. After he completed his military service between 1910 and 1911, he settled in Paris in 1912. At this stage, he painted mainly flowers in watercolour, and before long esteemed art dealer Berthe Weill showed Dufy's first watercolours in her gallery.
Shortly after the outbreak of World War I, Dufy was drafted, but it did not stop him from drawing and painting on a smaller scale. Upon his return from the war, he worked with his older brother Raoul in Paris, using his talent as a colourist on fabric designs for the famous manufacturer Bianchini-Férier. At the same time, he embarked on decorating porcelain for Théodore Haviland in Limoges, an occupation that lasted for the next thirty years.
Where was Jean Dufy based?
In 1920, Dufy settled in Montmartre, into an artistic community, next door to Georges Braque, who he had met previously in Le Havre.
He was one of many artists who chose Paris and its monuments as a subject of his art, painting an impressive collection of extraordinary views in watercolour and oil over a period of thirty-five years. At the same time Dufy visited many European countries, drawing his subject from famous views of major cities.
Because of his work connection with Haviland in Limoges, he painted many lyrical canvases of the countryside in the Limousin region, moved to Preuilly-sur-Claise in Touraine, and in 1948 he bought a house in a village near the town of Boussay, where he lived until his death in 1964.
What is Jean Dufy's painting style?
Jean Dufy regularly incorporated music (particularly jazz and cabaret) into his art.
The painter had become internationally renowned, with multiple exhibitions across the most important Parisian galleries — including Galerie Barreiro and Galerie Drouand-David. Other museums include Musée National d'Art Moderne and Centre Pompidou, as well as a number of US-based exhibitions in the Art Institute of Chicago and MoMA in New York. Today, you can purchase his paintings at Willow Gallery.


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The part consists of B0032 RBS ligated to inv gene from Yersinia pestis (horizontal gene transfer form Yersinia pseudotuberculosis). Following elements are B0032 RBS ligated to synthetic gene encoding Listeriolysin, codon usage optimized for E. coli. Aminoacid sequence identical with mature form of LLO from Listeria monocytogenes. Original signal sequence (secretion signal) is omitted since it does not work in E. coli. GFP as marker. Double terminator (B0010+B0012) guarantees the stability of polycistronic RNA as a product of transcription. The construct is a fragment of the Invasiveness Operon (Bba_K299813 and BBa_K299815) To find out more about it's background and design click here.


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The Innovation that Made the iPod
October 5, 2011 Kevin D. Hendricks	Leave a comment
The death of Apple founder Steve Jobs today has everyone talking about his many accomplishments, especially in the last decade: the iPod (2001), the iTunes store (2003), the iPhone (2007) the iPad (2010). Each one was an incredible leap forward (iTunes alone ushered in an era of legal digital music).
But what I find so interesting is the innovation Jobs brought to Apple when he returned in 1996 that made all those other accomplishments possible. It started, perhaps, with 1997's Think Different campaign. It was just an ad campaign (and not developed by Jobs), but the idea soon became a reality as Apple introduced the iMac in 1998. The iMac literally re-thought computers with an emphasis on out-of-the-box ease-of-use ("There is no step three!") and, of all things, style. Later the same philosophy came to laptops with the iBook in 1999 and delicious color choices like tangerine.
And Apple Computers became cool again.
All of that innovation to their core product brought the company back from the brink and laid the groundwork for what was to come. Without the success of the iMac, there would be no iPod.
Unicorns and wheels, as Jason Kottke describes it. The lesson here is that if you want to create unicorns, you have to learn how to create wheels first.
(If you're unfamiliar with Jobs' 2005 Stanford commencement address, "How to Live Before You Die," you should read or watch it. Good stuff.)
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U2 and Apple?
September 29, 2006 Kevin D. Hendricks	1 Comment
So U2 and Green Day welcomed the New Orleans Saints back to the Superdome in style with a mesmerizing 10-minute performance that rivals U2's 2002 SuperBowl appearance. And you can watch it on YouTube. The highlight of the show was the groups performing "The Saints are Coming", an old Skids song (Andrew Careaga's got the history). The song and performance were a benefit for Music Rising, an organization the Edge started to help replace the instruments of Gulf Coast musicians.
Now here's where it gets weird. U2, Green Day and Music Rising partnered with Rhapsody to offer downloads of the performance to benefit Music Rising. Rhapsody, which is incompatible with Mac and less than compatible with iPods? The song is going out to radio, and a commercial CD release is planned for November 7.
So if you've got a U2 iPod you may have a hard time getting the latest U2 song on it, at least for now. So what gives? Did U2 and Apple have a falling out? Was Apple not willing to give the benefits to Music Rising (doubt it, seems like Apple has done charity downloads before)? Or is music so last year and Apple is too focused on video? Weird.
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Macs are Pretty
February 3, 1999 Kevin D. Hendricks	Leave a comment
One of my roommates just got a brand new Macintosh G-3 yesterday. It's the snazzy new bluish looking Mac with the big handles. Personally, I'm a PC man. I use a PC. I like a PC. I'm some what biased to a PC because it's the only thing I've used (besides my old Commodore 64, but that doesn't count). But I must say, the new Apples are rather appealing (pun definitely intended). They look good, I mean darn good. They're aesthetically pleasing. Almost beautiful. There's just something about a colored computer that's cool. It's not your run of the mill computer, which I guess is Apple's whole deal (Think Different). I do have to wonder how people who care about interior decorating feel about the new Macs though. In a college dorm room, it really doesn't matter. Just an odd thought. So what am I saying? Nothing really, just that I like what Mac is doing. They've got a nice ad campaign going, they have good looking computers, and they don't have Bill Gates. No other computer company can say that. Hmm, maybe I'll have to start looking into a Mac. Of course actually using a Mac is a whole other world. Oh Andy, can I…


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Jan 15, 2012 Issue
AFP Journal Club
The Story Behind the Study
Antibiotics for Acute Otitis Media in Young Children: The Case of the Shifting End Points
ROBERT DACHS, MD, FAAFP, Ellis Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program, Schenectady, New York
ANDREA DARBY-STEWART, MD, St. Joseph's Family Medicine Residency Program, Phoenix, Arizona
MARK A. GRABER, MD, FACEP, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa
Am Fam Physician. 2012 Jan 15;85(2):104-112.
Related AFP Journal Club: Antibiotics for Acute Otitis Media in Young Children
From left: Dr. Mark Graber, Dr. Andrea Darby-Stewart, and Dr. Robert Dachs
In AFP Journal Club, three presenters review an interesting journal article in a conversational manner. These articles involve "hot topics" that affect family physicians or "bust" commonly held medical myths. The presenters give their opinions about the clinical value of the individual study discussed. The opinions reflect the views of the presenters, not those of AFP or the AAFP.
Hoberman A, Paradise JL, Rockette HE, et al. Treatment of acute otitis media in children under 2 years of age. N Engl J Med. 2011;364(2):105–115.
Should antibiotics be used to treat acute otitis media in young children?
Bob: In the November 15, 2011, issue of American Family Physician, Andrea, Mark, and I discussed why the conclusion of this high-profile study, which suggests that antibiotics are beneficial in children six to 23 months of age with acute otitis media (AOM), was incorrect. Since our original analysis, we have uncovered more information regarding this study. We believe this additional information is worth knowing when it comes to evaluating clinical trials. First, let's look at what we shared with you last time.
What does this article say?
Bob: This randomized double-blind study included children six to 23 months of age with AOM taking high-dose amoxicillin/clavulanate (Augmentin) or placebo. The authors reported the following: (1) there was no difference between the two groups in time to initial resolution of symptoms; (2) there was a slight improvement in "sustained" resolution of symptoms at seven days; (3) the mean symptoms scores favored antibiotics; and (4) more clinical failures (defined as persistent findings on otoscopy) occurred in the placebo group. The study's conclusion favored antibiotic therapy.
Should we believe this study?
Bob: We need to focus our attention on the four primary outcomes. The first shows no difference in time to initial resolution of symptoms in children who received antibiotics versus those who did not. This end point is what we are most concerned with—when does the child finally stop crying or fussing, or when does the child's fever go away? The second outcome (sustained resolution of symptoms) documents a slightly greater likelihood of two consecutive days of resolution of symptoms with antibiotics compared with placebo. The third outcome was the mean AOM severity of symptoms score (a 14-point scale) at seven days. In the group that received antibiotics, the mean score was 2.79, whereas the mean score in the placebo group was 3.42. These two end points, although statistically significant, are clinically insignificant; do you think a child or the child's parents can tell a 0.63 difference on a 14-point scale? And lastly, the presence of more persistent findings on otoscopy in the placebo group in follow-up has no clinical effect. This is what we call disease-oriented evidence; it is not a patient-oriented outcome that we care about.
Mark: Having four primary outcomes is odd. Clinical trials should be designed to have one predesignated primary outcome, with all other outcomes considered secondary. The reason for this is straightforward—when attempting to assess if an intervention makes a statistically significant difference, you can only look at one outcome. If you look at three, four, or 10 outcomes, you keep increasing the odds that a result will become positive by chance alone. The time-honored analogy is that of flipping a coin and the likelihood of it landing on the heads side 10 times in a row. On the first try, this is unlikely, but if you repetitively flip the coin, you are more likely to accomplish this improbable feat. So, four primary outcomes is not what one would expect to see in a study like this.
Andrea: I think it is important to clarify the difference between primary and secondary outcomes. In large trials, a lot of data can be generated and a lot of subgroups can be analyzed. But, before a trial begins, one primary question is asked, and all the remaining data that are analyzed (the secondary outcomes) should be used to generate thoughts/ideas/hypotheses for future studies.
Bob: That is where ClinicalTrials.gov comes in. Launched in February 2000, this Web site sponsored by the National Institutes of Health is a large registry and database of studies, completed and ongoing, in the United States and around the world. It was created in response to researchers', patients', and policymakers' need to obtain a comprehensive understanding of published and unpublished studies. Currently, the database contains 112,970 trials and includes extensive details on each, such as the planned primary and secondary outcomes.
When you look up this study on the ClincialTrials.gov Web site, you find that there were only three primary outcomes planned and the fourth outcome, otoscopic resolution, was one of many planned secondary outcomes.1
Mark: Wait a minute—you can't switch a planned secondary outcome and make it a primary outcome just because you like the way the result turned out.
Andrea: What is even more concerning is that the otoscopic findings are only one of 22 secondary outcomes evaluated in this study. It amazes me that a significant number of these findings, the ones that just happen to support placebo, were never reported. The secondary outcomes that demonstrated no difference between placebo and amoxicillin/clavulanate were analgesia requirements in these children; number of needed follow-up visits to a primary care physician; number of visits to the emergency department; missed hours of work by the parents; and parental satisfaction.
It is disconcerting to see studies spun so positively when the original primary outcome, time to resolution of symptoms, demonstrated no improvement with amoxicillin/clavulanate.
Mark: So, no benefit of antibiotics, but all the harm. Twenty-four percent of the children in the antibiotic group developed diarrhea (number needed to harm = 6).
Bob: The shifting of primary outcomes becomes even more perplexing when reviewing the study's original protocol that was submitted to The New England Journal of Medicine (and posted on their Web site). That protocol notes that only one primary outcome (not three or four) was to be studied: time to resolution of symptoms. And, as previously mentioned, there was no difference in this outcome between placebo and amoxicillin/clavulanate.
Mark: With the clear discrepancies between the protocol submitted to The New England Journal of Medicine and ClinicalTrials.gov and what was ultimately published, one has to wonder how it escaped the attention of the editors and the manuscript peer reviewers. Or was this a case of positive-outcome bias that causes reviewers and editors to overlook flaws in a study? This phenomenon of overlooking manuscript errors in studies with positive outcomes was demonstrated in a recent study in which peer reviewers were given two fabricated manuscripts, one with a positive outcome and one with no difference, each with intentionally embedded errors in the manuscript. The reviewers identified more errors in the no-difference manuscript and missed the same errors in the positive-outcome manuscript.2
It is sobering to realize the potential pitfalls that can distort the actual findings of a research study. One other potential source of bias relates to conflicts of interest, which have been found to bias the findings and reporting of research studies, contrary to the common assumption that "the findings speak for themselves."3
Bob: It is usually easy to identify if authors of a study have such conflicts, because most journals report the authors' conflicts of interest. In this study, the lead author and a colleague each received honoraria from the manufacturer of the drug used in the study.
What should the family physician do?
Andrea: A Cochrane review of 10 studies including children with AOM that compared antibiotics with placebo notes that 16 children need to be treated with antibiotics to prevent one from having ear pain.4 A more recent report in the Journal of the American Medical Association reported a number needed to treat of 9 to prevent one child from having ear pain.5 But, the gain in pain relief is minimal—relief of pain approximately 12 to 24 hours earlier.
When you add the study we have been discussing, which is overwhelmingly negative, to all the previous studies assessing the effectiveness of antibiotics, most of the data suggest that AOM is a self-limiting condition. Look at figure 2 in the original article; it shows that the placebo group approaches minimal pain and discomfort as quickly as the antibiotic group.
Mark: This study lends credence to why the "wait-and-see" and "backup" approaches to antibiotics for AOM have been so successful.6–8 You should try to hold off on prescribing antibiotics in these patients.
Bob: Antibiotic stewardship has to become a priority. The reasons are obvious: cost; adverse effects, including increased Clostridium difficile infection rates in children9; increased resistance; and an antibiotic development pipeline that is drying up.10 Antibiotic stewardship for a self-limiting condition such as AOM is a good place to start.
Main Points
AOM appears to be a self-limiting condition. "Wait-and-see" and "backup" antibiotic prescription strategies are reasonable options.
Antibiotic therapy for AOM results in diarrhea, without improvement in ear pain.
EBM Points
Recognize that end points can be statistically significant without clinical significance.
Patient-oriented evidence that matters refers to clinical outcomes that mean something to patients (e.g., death, fracture, myocardial infarction). Disease-oriented evidence is an indirect measure of a pathologic or physiologic process that may or may not correlate with clinical outcomes. Family physicians should concentrate on patient-oriented evidence that matters because it has a direct influence on patients' health.
Clinical trials should be designed to have only one predesignated primary outcome. Studies with multiple outcomes run the risk that a statistically significant outcome occurred by chance alone.
Secondary outcomes should be used only to generate thoughts/ ideas/hypotheses for future studies.
Whenever you see a number needed to treat, look for the corresponding number needed to harm.
Address correspondence to Robert Dachs, MD, FAAFP, at dachsmd@aol.com. Reprints are not available from the authors.
Author disclosure: No relevant financial affiliations to disclose.
The authors thank Dr. David Newman for his background work on this topic.
1. Acute otitis media (AOM) therapy trial in young children. Study NCT00377260. ClinicalTrials.gov. http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/results/NCT00377260?term=hoberman+and+otitis+media&rank=1. Accessed September 4, 2011....
2. Emerson GB, Warme WJ, Wolf FM, Heckman JD, Brand RA, Leopold SS. Testing for the presence of positive-outcome bias in peer review: a randomized controlled trial. Arch Intern Med. 2010;170(21):1934–1939.
3. Lo B, Field MJ, eds; Institute of Medicine Committee on Conflict of Interest in Medical Research, Education, and Practice. Conflict of Interest in Medical Research, Education, and Practice . Washington, DC: National Academies Press; 2009.
4. Glasziou PP, Del Mar CB, Sanders SL, Hayem M. Antibiotics for acute otitis media in children. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2004;(1):CD000219.
5. Coker TR, Chan LS, Newberry SJ, et al. Diagnosis, microbial epidemiology, and antibiotic treatment of acute otitis media in children: a systematic review. JAMA. 2010;304(19):2161–2169.
6. Little P, Gould C, Williamson I, Moore M, Warner G, Dunleavey J. Pragmatic randomised controlled trial of two prescribing strategies for childhood acute otitis media. BMJ. 2001;322(7282):336–342.
7. McCormick DP, Chonmaitree T, Pittman C, et al. Nonsevere acute otitis media: a clinical trial comparing outcomes of watchful waiting versus immediate antibiotic treatment. Pediatrics. 2005;115(6):1455–1465.
8. Spiro DM, Tay K, Arnold DH, Dziura JD, Baker MD, Shapiro ED. Wait-and-see prescription for the treatment of acute otitis media: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA. 2006;296(10):1235–1241.
9. Nylund CM, Goudie A, Garza JM, Fairbrother G, Cohen MB. Clostridium difficile infection in hospitalized children in the United States. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2011;165(5):451–457.
10. Wenzel RP. The antibiotic pipeline—challenges, costs, and values. N Engl J Med. 2004;351(6):523–526.
A collection of AFP Journal Club published in AFP is available at https://www.aafp.org/afp/jc.
For more information on evidence-based medicine (EBM) terms, see the EBM Toolkit at https://www.aafp.org/afp/ebmtoolkit.
If you conduct a journal club and would like to know the next article that will be discussed, please e-mail AFPjournal@aafp.org with "AFP Journal Club notification" in the subject line.
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