You know...they always ask you this.
Which superhero could you be?
Only one so don't get greedy.
I gotta be the man with the plan and go for super strength.
I could toss those baddies far in length.
But think of all the messes I would make.
A simple hug could be my biggest mistake.
So let me fly through the sky, above it all.
Not the crooks, the gangs, or those dirty politicians.
The kind that blow smoke like stage magicians.
I'll send their asses to jail to shrivel and rot.
Dare I say, I'm tempted to flee.
Maybe I made the foolish pick.
Now I'm lost in this shivering night.
But I've still got time to get this right.
I want the greatest gift in all superhero lore.
So I can rip my foes into pieces.
Let my mighty mind do all the work.
Catching those villains wherever they lurk.
So easy, I don't need to move a muscle.
I've sealed my fate to be great across every city.
Nothing left for me that's too dark and gritty.
Is this not the miracle for which you've all craved?
How dare you make this hero into a joke!
My final choice, per my voice, is to rule time and space.
That oughtta teach the human race.
I will decide what is right and fair.
Have I gone astray and blackhearted?
Why not ask for the power to inspire or heal?
Let's unite and fight to end all rifts!


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Q: Use Prometheus built-in _over_time() functions for range queries in API endpoints so the task is to measure certain metrics for given time period between start and end timestamps with some defined step, and then get min/max/avg value from this list of provided values.
Data is requested by HTTP API, example endpoint URL looks like this:
http://<prometheus_ip>:<port>/api/datasources/proxy/2/api/v1/query_range?query=container_memory_working_set_bytes{container=<container>}&start=<timestamp1>&end=<timestamp2>&step=<step>

Then provided list of [timestamp,value] is parsed by some custom methods to get min/max/avg values, which is not good, so i'd like to use Prometheus built-in <aggregation>_over_time() functions here, since they provide exactly what I need directly.
Found examples how it is used in Prometheus UI for querying min/max/avg from range, but is it somehow possible to use it in API requests with an above example endpoint to get min/max/avg value directly in JSON response?

A: Ran into this question today, while trying to figure out the same thing.
You can indeed use the HTTP API with the functions defined in the Prometheus documentation, e.g. avg_over_time():
curl --location --request GET 'http://<your_host>:<your_port>/api/v1/query?query=avg_over_time%28node_load5%7Binstance%3D%22localhost%3A9100%22%2Cjob%3D%22Node+Exporter%22%7D%5B12h%5D%29&time=1660577741'

With for instance the node_exporter for prometheus which has a field node_load, from which I request the average of the hour before the unix timestamp passed along. Do note that the characters in the string are just URL encoding and actually the query says:
query=avg_over_time(node_load5{instance="localhost:9100",job="Node Exporter"}[12h])&time=1660577741

I was able to found out while using the Prometheus Graph UI at http://<your_host>:<your_port>/graph and executing queries. If you then open the network tab of Chrome, you can see the calls being made to the HTTP API.
Screenshot
Perhaps good to create PR with prometheus to reflect this in the HTTP API documentation.

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Q: Attribute selector not working on a table when attribute is 'width' Firefox 36.2
My page has no doctype defined.
Has nested tables and one of them has width="50%".
I am trying to select that table and set it's width to 100%.
So far nothing I did seem to work. Specifically, the only way to uniquely identify this particular table in this particular page alone (since we have a common styles file for all pages), is identifying the form that has a specific action value in it. When I tried [action="MYTARGET"] didn't work either. In general attribute selectors do not seem to work?
Ideally to uniquely select my table and set its width, I want to do this (since that's the only table that has a width attribute defined on the page):
form[action="MYTARGET"] table[width] {width:auto;}

Any ideas? Once I figure this out in firefox then I have the herculian task of getting this work in IE9+.
But first things first .....
EDIT:
My basic issue is, when I start trying my approach and type the new new rule in firebug styles section, the rule just disappears. So somehow firefox doesn't even like it and is ignoring it altogether. If I see a strikethrough on my new rule, at least I am happy to see that. But that doesn't happen. (as you can tell I do not deal with styling usually, so am a newbie trying to fix something quick)
I do not have access to edit the html itself. I only have access to edit the styles files.
EDIT2:
Iqbal's comments made me try adding the rule via 'css' tab and not 'style' tab and the rule seems to stay. So I think where I place my rule is making a difference (I thought it shouldn't, atleast the rule shouldn't disappear). I will research some more and come up with an explanation.

A: Probably you are using the whole code as selector. i.e. form[action="MYTARGET"] table[width] {width:100%;}
Right click on Style tab panel of firebug > Add Rule > now type your selector i.e. form[action="MYTARGET"] table[width] > now add your styles.


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Xargon: The Mystery of the Blue Builders - Beyond Reality ou Xargon 1: Beyond Reality sur le disque est un jeu vidéo de plates-formes sur DOS sorti en 1994 tiré de la compilation nommée Xargon sortie un an plus tôt, c'est le premier de la série des Xargon.

Synopsis

Le joueur suit les aventures de Mr. Havershim dans un monde inconnu peuplé de mystérieuse créature, contre le mal incarné par Xargon.

Développement

Le jeu est sorti à la base en 1993 dans la compilation nommée Xargon et a été réédité en 1994 comme les deux autres opus par B&N Companies.

Notes et références

Jeu vidéo sorti en 1994
Jeu de plates-formes
Jeu DOS
Jeu vidéo développé aux États-Unis
Jeu vidéo de fantasy

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Q: Where does Adobe Reader store the "Page Display" setting? I like the "Page Display" option in Adobe Reader to be set to "Single Page Continuous", so it doesn't suddenly jumps to the next page.
But for some unknown reason the Adobe Reader at my work (version 9.1.1) doesn't always remember this setting. Does anybody know where Adobe Reader stores this setting? I suspect its somewhere in the registry.

A: Did you know PDF files can specify initial layout and zoom settings that take effect when you open them? (For example, when you choose the Export to PDF command in OpenOffice, a dialog box lets you specify the initial view and other user interface options that are saved in the PDF file.)
Your problem may be caused by certain PDF files changing the view settings when you open them. In that case, Adobe Reader has accessibility options to ignore the settings specified in PDF files.
I don't have Adobe Reader 9.1.1. But in Adobe Reader 8.2.0, I was able to go to Edit, Preferences, Accessibility, and there's a check box "Always use Page Layout Style" with a drop down box where you can choose "Single Page Continuous".

A: You can use a script for changing the settings (or do it manually in the registry).
Below example sets the display options to "smooth" for Acrobat X:
REM Set Acrobat X settings to Smooth text for LCD/Laptop
REM Set to LCD
reg add "HKCU\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\10.0\Originals" /V bAntialiasText /T REG_DWORD /F /D 1
REM Set to "For Laptop/LCD screens"
reg add "HKCU\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\10.0\Originals" /V benableDDR /T REG_DWORD /F /D 1
REM Set threshold
reg add "HKCU\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\10.0\Originals" /V iAntialiasThreshold /T REG_DWORD /F /D 18

A: In Preferences- Accessibility, change the Override Page Display setting for the required style of display. All PDF files will then open as specified

A: Apart from what Bavi_H already said, Reader (which I don't have for some reason on this machine, so I can't check this) also has the possibility of specifying command line switches (for example, so it sets the page to fit width every time), so there is a possibility that it has that one as well.
Check it, what can you lose.

A: Bavi_H is right - each doc has its own settings embedded into it. There is a little trick you can do to help though. In Reader 10, go to Edit -> Preferences -> Documents and check "Remember previous display settings for each document".
That way when you open something for the first time you can change the settings and they'll be remembered for that document. Changing it to override the document specific settings would likely involve some registry work as mentioned about. Not sure if you're up for that, but best of luck to you.


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By Alex Withers,
10 Requirements for Rich Content Optimization and Personalization
In today's ultracompetitive digital landscape, there isn't an online publisher or digital marketer who's not thinking about increasing advertising revenue and streamlining operations to save money, not to mention improving digital interactivity, personalization, recommendations, and content optimization to increase traffic, engagement, loyalty, e-commerce sales, and cross-selling of brands. But the question remains: How can these businesses use technology to differentiate themselves and their content packaging from other digital content providers?
Technology solutions provide many answers, but pose challenges, too, including consolidating content onto a single platform across the organization, not only for operational efficiency, but to better leverage all content and data and enable faster reaction to hot topics and events. Similarly, having a number of different systems and content archives can be an incredibly time-consuming and expensive manual process.
Additionally, how can marketers actively interpret and mine all the information they have available in a meaningful way and consolidate all publishing operations into a single platform across the organization?
A primary goal of media companies is to drive engagement between content and audience, yet these companies struggle to find the right technology to get the right content to the right people at the right time. Such an optimized mix can and does lead to increased engagement, more clicks, improved user satisfaction, incremental advertising inventory, content subscriptions, and ongoing loyalty. In the media world, content is still king, but relevance is fast becoming queen.
Delivering the right content to the right user at the right time drives engagement and business success. There is no approach available today that does this more dramatically, cost-effectively, and efficiently than unified information access.
An advanced unified information access platform can aggregate and analyze all relevant information, regardless of source or format. Following are 10 requirements for a unified information access platform that fully addresses today's digital media needs.
A unified information access platform can and must:
1. Seamlessly integrate disparate content, data sources (including databases, digital asset archives, and user profile data), and content management systems.
2. Provide a secure, high-performance data environment that scales incrementally as your requirements grow.
3. Provide enhanced search with features like predictive type ahead and disambiguation (Did you mean Paris Hilton or the Hilton Hotel in Paris?), and guard against user frustration from getting null or inaccurate results. It must provide a personalized experience through optimizing content by audience segment and be able to analyze additional data as it is added or learned.
4. Offer advanced content-analytic capabilities, such as entity extraction, key phrases, and sentiment analysis, at both the document and entity level. For example, "I love the new iPad. The resolution is just amazing, but the battery life is too short" shows both positive and negative sentiment in the same statement, so entity-level analysis is key for both social engagement and marketing insight.
5. Analyze behavioral data such as purchase history, user activity, and popularity to make relevant recommendations of additional content that might be of interest, as well as compare textual descriptions between content using metadata, topics, genres, concepts, or entities—and combine them to produce compelling results. Recommendation options should include:
If you like X, you'll like Y
Users similar to you liked X
Users in your social network like X
Show more like this
6. Enable creation of custom site sections and targeted microsites for every user in real time. It's important to note that this isn't about narrowing user experiences into filtered "personal homepages," but instead creating infinite channel opportunities across infinite topics, utilizing all of your readers' data and specific user queries, and driving long tail content engagement.
Let's say you have prebuilt sections for major global regions, but due to a major event, a specific topic or country is dominating the news that isn't on the front page. A reader could search, for example, "Italy" and immediately find a dedicated page with feature stories, videos, blogs, interactive maps, etc.
7. Include easy-to-use business rules to support features such as letting the user choose to save his custom content page or set up alerts by registering on the site—driving immediate incremental CRM data and membership/subscriber upsell. Maybe dynamic microsites and research pages are offered only to paying readers.
8. Support content spotlighting to highlight content for specific queries in the form of promotions. Examples include overriding organic search results with desired order of documents returned for a search query (such as promoting special features over single articles), removing certain documents from search result lists (such as external articles or social blogs), displaying a "Best Bets" set of links for a particular search query, displaying advertisements (image and text) for a particular search query, and redirecting end users to different Web sites for a particular search query.
9. Support a range of languages as required to serve increasingly borderless digital landscapes (including tokenization and entity and noun-phrase extraction).
10. Enable quick, accurate, affordable, and flexible content migration from legacy and archive systems via automated extract, transformation, and load processes. Reduce the fear of innovation by unlocking all your content and information assets, and unifying them in new intelligent and active indexes.
Alex Withers is the general manager of e-business at Attivio, a unified information access technology provider. He can be reached at awithers@attivio.com.
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This program continues analysis of the political foundation of the events in, and around, the attacks of 9/11. Further developing the viewpoint that 9/11 was an attack on the United States by the Underground Reich and its Islamofascist allies, this broadcast highlights the struggle for the control of the petroleum wealth of the Middle East.
1. Indicative of the Nazi influence in the Middle East is the relative omnipresence of "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion" in the region. This notorious anti-Semitic forgery originated in Czarist Russia and became a pivotal element of Hitler's ideology. It is not native to the Middle East.
2. Next, the program revisits a paper authored by Kevin Coogan that summarizes an important book recently published in Switzerland, as well as highlighting some of the key questions concerning the Nazi/Islamist connection explored in many of the For the Record programs.
3. The program begins with review of a point covered in FTR 377. Al Taqwa director Achmed Huber recently attended a meeting of European far-rightists in Switzerland. It is worth noting in connection with this meeting that one of the people in attendance was Gianfranco Fini, head of the Alleanza Nationale-successor to Mussolini's fascist party and coalition partner with Silvio Berlusconi's governing Forza Italia party in Italy.
4. After discussing the relationship between the Muslim Brotherhood, Al Taqwa, Brotherhood leader Said Ramadan and the latter's connection to an African-American Islamist who worked as an assassin for the Khomeini government in Iran, Kevin ruminates about the possible significance of the Nazi/Islamist connection highlighted by the paper.
9. In an editorial note to his summary of the von Dohnanyi book, Kevin sets forth the authors' impressive journalistic credentials and also notes that much of the documentation comes from investigative sources not independently verifiable by other researchers. He then delineates the purpose of his paper.
10. Exemplifying the Nazi/Islamist ideological fusion, the program reviews a pronouncement by Huber mentor Johann von Leers, a former Goebbels propaganda minister. The quote is from a letter from von Leers to Nazi associate H. Keith Thompson.
11. A critical player in the Middle East on behalf of the Third Reich was Fritz Grobba.
12. Detailing the attempt at gaining control of the Saudi oil wealth alluded to in the conclusion of Kevin's paper on the von Dohnanyi book, the broadcast sets forth the maneuvering of former Third Reich finance minister Hjalmar Schacht.
(Idem.) One wonders to what extent some of the Bush-related petroleum interests implicated in the background of the 9/11 attacks have proven similarly recalcitrant to the concept of the national interest.
14. Francois Genoud was friendly with Jiddah Agreement author Schacht as well-an important fact to bear in mind in conjunction with the attacks of 9/11 and some of the rumination engaged in by Kevin in the conclusion of his paper.


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Health week commenced on Monday, 13th July to Friday, 17th July. During this period members participated in activities that would help improve and sustain a healthy lifestyle.
Blood pressure & BMI Checks- Members were able to have their blood pressure and BMI checked.
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Medaille College Requirements for Admission
What are Medaille College's admission requirements? While there are a lot of pieces that go into a college application, you should focus on only a few critical things:
In this guide we'll cover what you need to get into Medaille College and build a strong application.
School location: Buffalo, NY
The acceptance rate at Medaille College is 54.3%. For every 100 applicants, 54.3 are admitted.
Medaille College GPA Requirements
The average GPA at Medaille College is 3.11.
(Most schools use a weighted GPA out of 4.0, though some report an unweighted GPA. This school did not officially report its average GPA, but we've estimated it here using data from over 1,000 schools.)
With a GPA of 3.11, Medaille College accepts below-average students. It's OK to be a B-average student, with some A's mixed in. It'd be best to avoid C's and D's, since application readers might doubt whether you can handle the stress of college academics.
You must take either the SAT or ACT to submit an application to Medaille College. More importantly, you need to do well to have a strong application.
Medaille College SAT Requirements
The average SAT score composite at Medaille College is a 970 on the 1600 SAT scale.
This score makes Medaille College Lightly Competitive for SAT test scores.
Medaille College SAT Score Analysis (New 1600 SAT)
Composite 970 830 1040
Medaille College ACT Requirements
Just like for the SAT, Medaille College likely doesn't have a hard ACT cutoff, but if you score too low, your application will get tossed in the trash.
The average ACT score at Medaille College is 20. This score makes Medaille College Moderately Competitive for ACT scores.
Even though Medaille College likely says they have no minimum ACT requirement, if you apply with a 16 or below, you'll have a harder time getting in, unless you have something else impressive in your application.
We weren't able to find the school's exact ACT policy, which most likely means that it does not Superscore. Regardless, you can choose your single best ACT score to send in to Medaille College, so you should prep until you reach our recommended target ACT score of 20.
Medaille College hasn't reported their stance on SAT/ACT Writing, but most likely they consider it to be optional. Thus you don't need to worry too much about Writing for this school, but other schools you're applying to may require it.
We did not find information that Medaille College requires SAT subject tests, and so most likely it does not. At least 6 months before applying, you should still doublecheck just to make sure, so you have enough time to take the test.
What are your chances of admission at Medaille College?
Every school requires an application with the bare essentials - high school transcript and GPA, application form, and other core information. Many schools, as explained above, also require SAT and ACT scores, as well as letters of recommendation, application essays, and interviews. We'll cover the exact requirements of Medaille College here.
Other Notes 2.5
SAT or ACT Writing None
Scores Due in Office None
Email: admissionsug@medaille.edu
If you're interested in Medaille College, you'll probably be interested in these schools as well. We've divided them into 3 categories depending on how hard they are to get into, relative to Medaille College.
These schools are more selective and have higher scores than Medaille College. If you improve your SAT score, you'll be competitive for these schools.
Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN 1100 23
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University Tallahassee, FL 1077 21
Hampton University Hampton, VA 1053 22
California State University Sacramento Sacramento, CA 1040 20
Texas A&M University - Kingsville Kingsville, TX 1035 20
University of Texas at El Paso El Paso, TX 1025 19
If you're competitive for Medaille College, these schools will offer you a similar chance of admission.
If you're currently competitive for Medaille College, you should have no problem getting into these schools. If Medaille College is currently out of your reach, you might already be competitive for these schools.
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania Cheyney, PA 890 18
Paul Quinn College Dallas, TX 890 16
University of Maine at Fort Kent Fort Kent, ME 889 20
Wiley College Marshall, TX 830 16
Cabrini College Radnor, PA 810 21


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Näktergal is a development company based in Stockholm, that has worked on multiple projects but their biggest being the Magellan platform. The Magellan platform is a malleable and comprehensive lending platform that can be re worked to match the requirements of their clients and their organizations. Ideally it has been created and is suited for lending institutions and banks. The company stands apart since it is run by people who have an in depth knowledge of banking and the financial sector. They worked at leading positions in banking and lending institutes, they completely understand their customer wants or requirements.
The product solves the entire issue of applying for bank loans. A process that takes much longer time than necessary. They have streamlined the process for their users allowing the dispersal of money a lot faster.
The company is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. In 2014, Stockholm accounted for 18% of all fintech investment in Europe, which made it the best place to startup such a startup. Näktergal says that it is possible to gather revenue of € 200 mil a year. They are sure that the solutions they find in Stockholm would easily work in other countries as well. Currently, they are using their system in Sweden and Finland but they are looking to take their product to Poland as well. They should make an entry there around the second quarter of 2018. That's not all, they are looking to receive a market share of 50% in Sweden and Finland in the next five years.
The current system is barely functional so there has to be a shift to something that works. That is where Näktergal comes in. The move to new technologies and making sure all the rules and regulations are followed is basically a no brainer.
The company is currently running with only 6 employees. They are looking to get their hands on another web developer soon. They are looking to hire some developers, a product designer and an event manager in less than a year.
No matter what, the company has made it a point to put their customers first. The founders feel that customers should spend as little time working in the bank as possible. That's what is pushing them to build an amazing system. The system is regularly being updated with new features so it is always changing for the better. The company learned that they could not build everything themselves. When they were hit with difficult features, they began with integrations, which worked well for them. They even realized that their system architecture works well with integrations.
The only advantage that their competition has is that they have been in the market for a lot longer. They have a lot more recognition than Näktergal. Furthermore, banks do not want to take chances with new entities in the market. They are sure that the existing players work and even if they don't have the best solution, banks are quite happy dealing with them.
Näktergal Magellan did manage to sell to one bank in Finland. They are now handling lending volumes north of €11 000 000. They are in negotiations with three other banks in Norway and Sweden, one in Poland and two in Spain/Portugal.


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Lee Explores Treatment Options in Second- and Third-Line RCC
Targeted Oncology Staff Writer
Case-Based Peer Perspectives Spotlight Live, CBPP October 2020,
During a Targeted Oncology Case Based Peer Perspective event, Chung-Han Lee, MD, PhD, discussed the case of a 57-year-old woman with clear cell renal cell carcinoma.
During a Targeted Oncology Case Based Peer Perspective event, Chung-Han Lee, MD, PhD, a medical oncologist in the Genitourinary Oncology Service, at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in West Harrison, NY, discussed the case of a 57-year-old woman with clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC).
Targeted Oncology™: What is the rationale for the use of targeted therapies in RCC?
LEE: When we think about the rationale for targeted therapy in RCC, a lot of this is centered around VHL [von Hippel–Lindau] disease, with RCC the most common cause of death. [Mutations in the VHL tumor-suppressor gene] lead to constitutive activation of the HIF [hypoxia-inducible transcription factor pathway], leading to growth factor production of VEGF.
The rationale for targeting the mTOR signaling pathway is that the mTOR axis is critical for thinking about downstream targeting from different receptor carcinogen kinases, which can be important for contributing to growth and proliferation. Some of the next-generation TKIs [tyrosine kinase inhibitors] target MET, AXL, and FGFR. Cabozantinib [Cabometyx] blocks the MET- and AXL-receptor tyrosine kinases, in addition to VEGFR 1 through 3; lenvatinib [Lenvima] blocks FGFR 1 through 4.
[If we] think about ways of further addressing the antiangiogenic potential of these different treatments, there is some speculation that there are also receptor tyrosine kinases on the different immune cells. Whether…there is some cooperation between the lenvatinib and the cabozantinib or axitinib [Inlyta] with the checkpoint inhibitors, remains to be better understood.
Could tumor mutational burden serve as a biomarker in RCC?
One of the things that we always think about when considering checkpoint inhibitors is using tumor mutational burden as a possible biomarker to determine whether patients will respond to [them]. What is unique about RCC is that, despite high objective response rates, we do not see a huge number of somatic mutations. That is still poorly understood. Why is RCC immunoresponsive? I think that we have a lot of data, going back to the interferon days, demonstrating that there is this immune reaction. But it doesn't seem to be driven by mutational load.
Please describe the standard frontline treatments for patients with poor- and intermediate-risk clear cell RCC.
When we think about cross-trial comparisons, we have a few different clinical trials. There is the combination of axitinib and pembrolizumab [Keytruda] versus sunitinib [Sutent] with a hazard ratio of overall survival of 0.53 [NCT02853331],1 the combination of axitinib and avelumab [Bavencio] with a hazard ratio of 0.78 [NCT02684006],2 and the combination of ipilimumab [Yervoy] and nivolumab [Opdivo] with a hazard ratio of 0.68 [NCT00098657].3
Cabozantinib was also compared [with] sunitinib in the frontline setting, in the CABOSUN trial [NCT01831902], with a hazard ratio of 0.81, but not reaching clinical significance or statistical significance in that setting.4 These trials demonstrate that a few agents have been a little bit better than sunitinib.
Please describe the findings from KEYNOTE-426.
The KEYNOTE-426 [NCT02853331] data evaluated the combination of axitinib and pembrolizumab versus sunitinib.5 [The investigators reported] that even before the first scans, the separation of survival curves occurred prior to the 3-month mark. The only way that this is possible is if there are early deaths related to treatment. These are the people who are not making it to second-line therapy. This is where [we consider] the overall clinical picture; whether…people are going to make it to second-line therapy is a way that we can often think about how to prioritize response rate versus durability. Currently, follow-up for the axitinib and pembrolizumab combination is not far enough [along] for us to know what the long-term effects are, given that there's a lot of censoring beyond the 24-month mark. So, we'll have to see, with longer-term follow-up, whether…that overall survival curve flattens out or is going to be similar to what we see with single-agent TKI therapy [with] continued decline over time.
Looking specifically at people with intermediate and poor risk, the curves probably separate even [more quickly] as we eliminate all the people with favorable risk disease. I think that this is reflected by the higher response rate when we use a TKI and immuno-oncology combination versus a single-agent TKI. We saw an 8% complete response [CR] rate associated with the axitinib and pembrolizumab [combination], compared with a 2% CR rate associated with sunitinib. I think that there is a lot of debate about whether…CR is a good end point. But, from a patient standpoint, patients often feel happy to see a disease that was there shrink to a size that we can no longer see it.
CheckMate 214 (NCT02231749) was updated at the Genitourinary Cancers Symposium this year. How do you interpret the findings?
We now have a 42-month minimum follow-up for these patients. We are seeing the curves start to flatten out, beyond the 30- and 40-month mark, with a significant hazard ratio.6 If you look early on, [there is] no separation of the curves until a bit later. You're losing a significant portion of patients by not being able to make it to second-line therapy. You're talking about 10% of people who pass away within the first 6 months.
The progression-free survival [PFS] curve is, in some ways, perhaps one of the most interesting [findings] about the ipilimumab and nivolumab combination. If you get beyond the 30-month mark there seem to be few people who progress afterward. However, [looking at] sunitinib, there seems to be less durability, for even those [patients who] respond, and, over time, we see continued trickling down and people ultimately progressing, even with people [who were] long-term responders.
In terms of with longer follow-up, the CR rates, as nebulous of an end point as that is, we see that it is quite similar among people of all risk categories. Based off some of the exploratory analyses, the label is intermediate and poor risk; however, there is some argument for using the ipilimumab and nivolumab combination even within the favorable-risk group. I definitely see people who do that and feel strongly about that.
What are the next treatment options available to the patient?
This patient ended up receiving axitinib and pembrolizumab combination as up-front therapy. She had, initially, stable disease. She did notice some moderate diarrhea, as diarrhea is often a dose-limiting toxicity related to axitinib, and then some mild fatigue. However, she was one of the unlucky few who noticed rapid progression of disease at the 3-month mark, with increasing back pain, mild nausea, weight loss. Growth of her lung nodules, and new lymph nodes are enlarged, where she used to be KPS [Karnofsky performance status] 90, and now she has the ECOG performance status of 1, or 70%. This is a case in which she has worsening performance status, and there [are] new lesions, and they're bigger. But, [progression] is often not as clear-cut as this.
What do you think of the answers to this poll?
These comments are reflective of our conversation. Most people would choose a single-agent TKI in this setting. It sounds [as though], from a consensus standpoint, everyone had thought about using cabozantinib, at least in the discussion.
In this setting, which is the second-line setting, some of these [responses] would probably make less sense. I think that there would be very few of us who would give nivolumab as monotherapy after the axitinib/pembrolizumab combination. Granted, they are technically different drugs, but I think that most of us would be worried about doing that. Cabozantinib has a category 1 [classification], along with axitinib having category 1, and lenvatinib/everolimus has a category 1 indication. All [these agents] demonstrate efficacy in the post-VEGF-targeted therapy space. The data that we have for the post-TKI/immuno-oncology regimen [are] a lot more limited. I think that there is a lot of extrapolation that we do based off of the TKI monotherapy experience.
For second-line therapy, what are things that you typically prioritize when making treatment decisions?
I make the treatment decision based on performance status, although I'm worried about sometimes overshooting. The other thing I think about, because the half-lives are fairly long for a lot of these TKIs, I talk to the patient and say that the dose ramps up over the course of the next couple of weeks, and if you feel terrible at day 3, you're going to fall apart at day 7. I usually try to make a guess on what I think [is] the dose that they're going to settle out at.
What is your experience with using lenvatinib/ everolimus? How would you sequence this regimen?
Most people are using lenvatinib/everolimus in the third-line setting, with a couple of people thinking about using it in the second-line setting. Some start the combination at a reduced dose.
Toxicity is an issue with this regimen, as demonstrated in a phase 2 trial [NCT01582009]. I would say that my own personal experience is I have had few patients who have been able to tolerate it, or have been able to stay on the 18-mg dose, especially in the second-line plus setting. I often go in a bit lower, and it's often a guess whether…they're [to receive] lenvatinib at 10 mg versus 14 mg. If you give someone a high dose, and you make them very sick, they are going to quit on you almost immediately. And then, it's just a horrible experience for everyone. For specific adverse effects, diarrhea is significant.
For patients who experience diarrhea, how do you decide which drug to alter when using the combination?
I go lower than 5 mg on the everolimus. That's 1 place in which maybe I'm different. There is an everolimus 2.5-mg dose, and because of the half-life I've even given everolimus 5 mg every other day. Sometimes that does help with the tolerability related to it. In my experience, it's more of a stomatitis issue, stomatitis or decrease of counts that makes me think that this is the everolimus that was triggering the issues, or peripheral edema. A lot of the [gastrointestinal] toxicity related to TKI therapy can be reduced with prophylaxis and the dose reduction.
I definitely [recommend] dexamethasone mouth rinses—that's usually my first step. So, basically Biotene mouthwashes, salt mouthwashes, and steroid mouthwashes, before I start thinking about dose reduction. If that's not enough, then I lower the dose. Usually, my approach has always been: What's the maximum supportive therapy I can give to the patient before lowering the dose?
If I begin the starting dose at 18 mg, then the first dose reduction is 14 mg, then 10 mg and then 8 mg. For people who've been very sensitive to the drug, I have gone as low as 4 mg on it and have seen durability and maintenance of their response even at the 4 mg dose. Those are select cases.
1. Rini BI, Plimack ER, Stus V, et al. Pembrolizumab plus axitinib versus sunitinib for advanced renal-cell carcinoma. N Engl J Med. 2019;380(12):1116-1127. doi:10.1056/ NEJMoa1816714
2. Motzer RJ, Penkov K, Haanen J, et al. Avelumab plus axitinib versus sunitinib for advanced renal-cell carcinoma. N Engl J Med. 2019;380(12):1103-1115. doi:10.1056/ NEJMoa1816047
3. Motzer RJ, Hutson TE, Tomczak P, et al. Sunitinib versus interferon alfa in metastatic renal-cell carcinoma. N Engl J Med. 2007;356(2):115-124. doi:10.1056/ NEJMoa065044
4. Choueiri TK, Hessel C, Halabi S, et al. Cabozantinib versus sunitinib as initial therapy for metastatic renal cell carcinoma of intermediate or poor risk (Alliance A031203 CABOSUN randomised trial): progression-free survival by independent review and overall survival update. Eur J Cancer. 2018;94:115-125. doi:10.1016/j. ejca.2018.02.012
5. Plimack ER, Rini BI, Stus V, et al. Pembrolizumab plus axitinib versus sunitinib as first-line therapy for advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC): updated analysis of KEYNOTE- 426. J Clin Oncol. 2020;38(suppl 15):5001. doi:10.1200/JCO.2020.38.15_suppl.5001
6. Tannir NM, McDermott DF, Escudier B, et al. Overall survival and independent review of response in CheckMate 214 with 42-month follow-up: first-line nivolumab + ipilimumab (N+I) versus sunitinib (S) in patients (pts) with advanced renal cell carcinoma (aRCC). J Clin Oncol. 2020;38(suppl 6):609. doi:10.1200/JCO.2020.38.6_suppl.609


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Q: java JDBC/mysql - How to avoid Communication link failure I'm trying to solve a recurrent error in a program :

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Last packet sent to the server was 925624 ms ago.; nested exception is com.mysql.jdbc.exceptions.jdbc4.CommunicationsException: Communications link failure

Last packet sent to the server was 925624 ms ago.

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Q: Pattern mining on a small data set I have a small data set 30 features/predictors and 30 observations. My target variable is Oil production and my predictors are well & reservoir properties (depth, trajectory, temperature, pressure etc) I want to identify the manner in which these features impact the target variable via identifying patterns that may exist in my dataset. The relationships may be non-linear and many features are correlated to each other.
Can you please suggest me some great ways to approach this problem?
Any help will be greatly appreciated! Thanks.

A: Here are some strategies that may help you:

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*Try glmnet, a user-friendly R package that implements elastic-net-penalized regression. In tuning the hyperparameters, you might be best off using leave-one-out cross-validation because your small sample size is so small. I suggest glmnet because it can handle $p\gg n$ cases where you have more predictors than observations. You could try this procedure using as many orders of interaction as your RAM can handle.

*Variable reduction strategies like Principle Components Analysis (choosing the components that explain, say 85-95% of the variance) may help, as well. Then again, every single time I have tried variable reduction strategies in $p\gg n$ cases, it hasn't reduced the parameter space that much, and once I found out about regularized regression I've depended even less on this. When using variable reduction, maybe focus on subsets of the variables that show high multicollinearity. If you find yourself in the happy situation whether you've reduced your predictor set to something quite small. Still, you may have separation or quasi-separation in your data, so maybe still go with glmnet for regularization, or a Bayesian regularization method as implemented in R package bayesglm.

*Use subject matter experts to create a set of alternative models containing more reasonable subsets of the predictors, and which actually use scientific theory to arrive at the functional relationships between the smaller subset of predictors and the response. Use Bayesian model averaging to combine these models together into a single predictive model. If you don't end up using all 30 features, who cares so long as you have improved prediction substantially beyond a coin flip? Sometimes, the machine learning approach isn't the right one. When you have a very small data set, and you're trying to reduce the dimensionality as much as possible, well, that's pretty much the anti-machine-learning-big-data-type use case.

*Collect more data.

A: Get more data.
This is probably not the answer you're looking for but there's nothing else to tell you. Frankly, you currently don't even have enough data for a test set. [Are there really no resources online that have similar datasets you can (freely) use??]
Sure, someone may come along and suggest you try some fancy bootstrapping technique but, frankly, I really think you're best served by scouring the internet for some more data you can use (even if you don't end up using this data in your final analysis, additional data could still indirectly help you a lot by suggesting a functional form for your analysis).
Good luck!

A: http://www.math-gnostics.com/index.php?a=introduction
Forget the old Gauss and his models on small datasets. This one is possible the best solution. It will provide you with a continuous empirical distribution model (passing all Goodness-of-Fit tests ex. Komolgorov-Smirnov) even on small sets of data.
I haven't talked to Kovanic (he must be old man now) for years but I have worked with his older SW for years and it is more like miracle than statistical method.


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Delhi sees more dengue cases this winter than last year
According to the weekly report by the MCD released on Monday, 1,062 dengue cases were recorded in November 2018 while it was 816 in 2017.
So far, four deaths caused by dengue have been confirmed in Delhi which includes a 13-year-old girl from Wazirabad area.
A new municipal report suggests that dengue cases have increased in the months of November and December this year compared to 2017.
According to the weekly report by the MCD released on Monday, 1,062 dengue cases were recorded in November 2018 while it was 816 in 2017. Even in December 2017, only 81 cases were reported in the national capital while this year 117 cases have already been reported till December 15. Forty-two fresh cases have been registered in the past one week.
So far, four deaths caused by dengue have been confirmed in Delhi which includes a 13-year-old girl from Wazirabad area. The other three cases are reported to be from west and north Delhi.
However, as per the report, 2,774 people have been diagnosed with the vector-borne disease in Delhi so far in 2018. However, the number is less than what it was in 2017 -- 4,704.
In 2015, Delhi saw its worst dengue outbreak with more than 11,800 cases and 60 deaths, according to the city's civic bodies.
As for malaria, only one new case surfaced last week taking the toll to two till now for the month. In November, 33 malaria cases were reported in the city, according to the municipal report. So far, 473 malaria cases have come to light, while in 2017 it was 575.
No new cases of chikungunya were reported this week keeping the total number of cases at 3 in the national capital while in November, there were 28 cases. Till date, a total of 164 chikungunya cases have been reported in the city compared to 551 in 2017.
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Graceland Beat Podcast 121: They talk about Scotty McCreery's visit to Graceland
Graceland Beat Podcast121: They talk a little bit about Scotty's visit it's around the 10:48 mark
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'Idol' Scotty McCreery will 'See You' in Orlando
Season 10 winner performs Friday night at House of Blues
'American Idol' winner Scotty McCreery performs at the House of Blues in Orlando on Friday night. / FOR FLORIDA TODAY
Written by Mike Nunez
WHO: "American Idol" winner Scotty McCreery
WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Friday
WHERE: House of Blues-Orlando, 1490 E. Lake Buena Vista Drive
COST: Tickets are $32.
INFO: Call 407-934-BLUE (2583). For more on McCreery, visit www.scottymccreery.com or send him a Tweet @scottymccreery.
THE STORY: With his new single "See You Tonight" climbing the charts, and a new CD in the works, Scotty McCreery, the season 10 winner of Fox's "American Idol," makes a stop at the House of Blues tonight.
What can you tell us about the CD you're working on?
ANSWER: I guess you could say this is my true sophomore record, since my last album was a Christmas album. We have 12 songs done so far and we will cut 17, so five more to go. We are writing songs, and it's a record I am very proud of. It has a better feel than my first album. I was proud of that record, too, but I think I am just more comfortable this time around.
Q: Do you plan on being more involved in the songwriting on any upcoming albums?
A: I am doing a lot of writing in Nashville, and I am very glad that the first single "See You Tonight" was one that I co-wrote. Even though that wasn't planned or something I demanded, it was a good feeling. I enjoy writing and co-writing and getting into a studio; that is where the creative stuff starts, so I think I will always be involved that way.
How was it adjusting to life on a tour bus?
A: I actually love it. It's a good time, and I think it is better than flying because on the bus I have a TV and a bed to sleep in. For this tour we have two buses, and I can bring a friend or family member along. It's pretty fun.
What do you miss most about life before "American Idol"?
A: Discreetness and being incognito. There is no laying low anymore. I mean, people know me everywhere I go and that is not a bad thing. But you can never lay low and just hang out. I wouldn't change a thing, though.
Do you miss playing baseball, too?
A: Oh, yeah, I miss baseball. I went to a Dodgers game a few days ago and it made me miss it more. I knew I wasn't going to go on and play college baseball, though, because I wasn't that good, so baseball was going to be ending for me soon, anyway. The competitive side of me misses baseball for sure.
Q: What was your most embarrassing moment onstage?
A: In New York, I fell off the stage and landed in this lady's lap. I was pretty embarrassed, and I met her after the show and gave her an autographed picture to say I am sorry. Another time, a guy in the band kicked this ball up in the air and it came down right on the microphone, and I dropped it and it landed on this girl's head. She was great about it, though, but it was pretty embarrassing, too.
Q: What do you say to critics who say "American Idol" rewards talented people who may not have necessarily paid their dues in the business?
A: To some degree, that might have merit. I mean some have become overnight successes, but make no mistake, being in the finals of "American Idol" is a 34-hour-a-day job, and you are always in the public eye, always rehearsing and performing in front of millions. I challenge those people who criticize it to go try. You can be a nobody and play in front of a few dozen people at bars for years before you make it, or you can be a nobody suddenly expected to perform on live TV in front of millions of people without cracking. I would say that isn't exactly easy.
What is the craziest thing a fan has ever done to try and meet you?
A: Right after the show ("American Idol"), I was still in high school, and we would have people drive from all over the country to see one of my baseball games. It was flattering, but I wasn't that good of a ballplayer, they should have seen me at a show.
How difficult has it been to juggle your school schedule at NC State and touring?
A: It has been difficult, but I am up to the challenge. I am off for the summer now, so it is not too bad. It is not like I am taking advanced calculus or anything right now. I am just doing the general ed thing right now. When school is in, I go to school Monday through Wednesday and then tour Thursday through Sunday.
Tell me about ScotTv.
A: I am excited about that. It was just a way to interact with fans. It shows people a different side of us and shows what goes on behind the scenes. We have a videographer that basically just follows us around and shows us what goes on. It was a little strange at first, but now we are all used to it.
http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20130521/ENTERTAINMENT/305210043/-Idol-Scotty-McCreery-will-See-You-Orlando?nclick_check=1
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