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Safety and Efficacy of Everolimus in Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma After Failure of First Line Therapy With Sunitinib or Pazopanib
This study has been completed.
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First received: January 17, 2012
Last updated: December 30, 2016
Last verified: December 2016
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|First Received Date ICMJE
|January 17, 2012
|Last Updated Date
|December 30, 2016
|Start Date ICMJE
|May 2012
|Primary Completion Date
|March 2016 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Current Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Rate of patients progression-free after 6 months of treatment [ Time Frame: 6 months ]
Primary endpoint is proportion of patients progression-free by month 6 after starting everolimus treatment. A 'responder' will be defined as a subject without progression by month 6 whereas a 'non-responder' will be defined as a subject with progressive disease by month 6. The primary variable will be derived from radiologic tumor assessments according to RECIST 1.1.
|Original Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Same as current
|Change History
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|Current Secondary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Original Secondary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Same as current
|Current Other Outcome Measures ICMJE
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|Original Other Outcome Measures ICMJE
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|Descriptive Information
|Brief Title ICMJE
|Safety and Efficacy of Everolimus in Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma After Failure of First Line Therapy With Sunitinib or Pazopanib
|Official Title ICMJE
|An Open Label, Single Arm Trial to Evaluate Patients With Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Treated With Everolimus After Failure of First Line Therapy With Sunitinib or Pazopanib
|Brief Summary
|Patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) who have failed first-line therapy with sunitinib or pazopanib will be treated with everolimus. Efficacy and safety of everolimus will be evaluated in theses patients.
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|Study Type ICMJE
|Study Phase
|Phase 4
|Study Design ICMJE
|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Condition ICMJE
|Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma (mRCC)
|Intervention ICMJE
|Drug: Everolimus
Everolimus will be prescribed by the investigator. Everolimus will be used as commercially available tablets of 10 mg strength and 5 mg strength for dose modifications. On the first day of each cycle, patients will receive a prescription of an adequate drug supply for self-administration at home. The investigator must emphasize compliance and will instruct the patient to take everolimus exactly as prescribed.
|Study Arms
|Experimental: Everolimus
62 evaluable patients who have progressed during or after first-line therapy with sunitinib or pazopanib will be enrolled: patients previously treated with first-line sunitinib (group 1) and 31 patients previously treated with first-line pazopanib (group 2). The protocol consists of two independent single-arm, single-stage trial run in the following groups: group 1 (patients previously treated with first-line sunitinib for mRCC) and group 2 (patients previously treated with first-line pazopanib for mRCC). The efficacy and safety of everolimus will be analyzed separately in each group. Patients who meet all inclusion and none of the exclusion criteria will be treated with everolimus 10 mg daily until disease progression, occurrence of intolerable toxicity, start of another anticancer treatment or withdrawn consent.
Intervention: Drug: Everolimus
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|Completion Date
|March 2016
|Primary Completion Date
|March 2016 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
Other protocol-defined inclusion/exclusion criteria may apply.
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
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|Novartis ( Novartis Pharmaceuticals )
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|Novartis Pharmaceuticals
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Anyone doing a 31 days of pink polish challenge in honor of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month? I'm two days behind but my goal is to wear pink polish or lipstick everyday for the month.
I picked up Beauty Secrets Moisturizing Base and put it on while I'm waiting to pick up the kiddo. It smells different, not bad though.


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Toilet Flange & Floor Damage
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We took up our old toilet yesterday and found this mess underneath it.
There are several uneven spots and small voids in the concrete where it looks like it has crumbled.
We are on the second story in two-story condos. I don't know what is under these two layers of obviously mucked up linoleum, but we are re-doing the floors within a few weeks here and all will be revealed, problem is, we need a working toilet in the room.
The former toilet sat slightly lopsided and I see why.
Also: the metal part of the flange in these pics is free-spinning around the pipe, with no collar as far as I can see. Is this elbow somehow with a flange fused on? All the ones I saw online had a collar that fit inside the drain pipe or outside of it, but still, a color, not just a metal ring with some holes in it. Also, because of the voids, it seems to flex a bit, which can't be good.
We took out the floor screws that hold the flange tot he floor and one of them was free-spinning in a crumbly concrete spot. Is there a way to spot-patch concrete? I'd like to not make new holes in this while these cracks and crumbles are here. Floor seems solid, except for right around this ring of the drain pipe.
Do we need to make sure the floor is close to flush with the top of the pipe and install a new flange?
Any help would be much appreciated!
If the steel ring is still sound--and it looks like it---you could probably save that one---
Changing out that flange will ,most likely, involve your neighbors down below---
Chip--scrape or blow out all loose concrete---pack the two bolt slots with plumbers putty--Mix a batch of two part epoxy--pour it all around and under the flange---install your Tapcon screws--pray.
When you are ready to install the toilet---cut a thin slice off the top of a wax ring---use that to cover the top of the ring and form it over and into the pipe--just enough to give that ring/plastic junction a good seal--
Add you bolts---a new wax ring on top and set that toilet.
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This is how you take a large freshman class and cultivate it over the course of a season.
You play the best defenders. When one doesn't defend, he doesn't play, simple as that. You show trust, and you get a lot of players on the floor.
Utah now has a team not many want to face in the postseason. The Utes may have a very difficult road down the stretch - at home against Colorado, at Cal and Stanford. And they still have an uphill climb for the NCAA Tournament.
But what they have now is a team that is equipped to make a run through the NIT at worst. Utah goes 10 deep now, and that depth was on serious display in Sunday's win over Arizona State at the Huntsman Center. Guys are playing with confidence, guys are making shots, defending and getting out on the break.


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Sea kayaking
No phones. No Wi-Fi. Consider these epic trips your QT with the ocean.
Island hop. Explore the San Juans, a 500-island archipelago north of Seattle, by island hopping the little guys on an Outdoor Odysseys tour (pictured) with pit stops for beaching and lunch. Trip routes vary, but uninhabited Jones Island is state park as private kingdom. From $95; trips depart from San Juan Island; outdoorodysseys.com
Scope out a sea cave. Two-hour trips with San Diego's OEX Dive & Kayak will take you inside the Clam—a La Jolla cave you can enter (at high tide, you can go all the way through). See if you can spot any leopard shark silhouettes below. From $50; oeexpress.com
Paddle through wine country. Glide along the famed Russian River where it meets the ocean at Jenner, California. On this lesser-visited sliver of the Sonoma Coast, the biggest crowd might very well be a gaggle of harbor seals right near the mouth. Rent kayaks from Lotus. $20/day; 707/865-9604.


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Keith Urban Previews 'Somewhere In My Car' From Fuse Album
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First came the album cover. Then it was the track listing. Now Keith Urban is giving fans a preview of the first song on his Fuse album, 'Somewhere In My Car,' out September 10th.
I've listened several times already and all it does is make me want to hear more. I'm really excited to hear the duets with Miranda Lambert and Eric Church. Luckily Keith is previewing a song a day and sometimes two a day. Or so he says on Twitter.
Simply couldn't wait any longer for you to hear FUSE!!! Head to http://t.co/9pfIUWYbSp for the first song preview! http://t.co/dafN0eVYsV
— Keith Urban (@KeithUrban) August 8, 2013
Can't wait to hear tomorrow's song!
A deluxe version of the album will be available with 3 additional bonus tracks. You can preorder the album and special bundle packages at Keith's website.
This fall, Keith kicks off the NFL season with a special opening night performance in Denver, he returns to American Idol and his "Light The Fuse" tour with Little Big Town and Dustin Lynch will continue into December including tomorrow nights (8/9) stop in Canadaigua.
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Many unique collaborations happen on the road during Keith Urban 's ' Light The Fuse' tour! Check out Keith and Little Big Town performing 'You Gonna Fly' at a recent show! I sure hope they do something together when the tour stops at CMAC August 9th.


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The Jimmy Dore Show 9-14-12
The Jimmy Dore Show Sept 14, 2012
This Week:
Mitt Romney sits in for the entire show! ANd we let him have it right off the bat with some jokes over his deft handling of the Lybian crisis. Plus Mitt tries to pretend he's a regular person again by bragging that his wife Ann just bought him a 3-pack of shirts from Costco. Wow, turns out MItt doesn't spend $800 on every shirt I buy, and he has the receipt to prove it! Of course he isn't going to show you the receipt, that would just give the democrats more ammunition.
The chicago teachers union is strikingfor the first time in 25 years, and its not over money. Let me repeat that, it is
not over money. Which is surprising seeing that most people who go into teaching are doing it just for the money and prestige.
We take a look at the Chicago strike through the eyes of Bob Beckel, who is the resident democrat on the fox news panel, which means he's not a liberal or a democrat. And turns out he doesn't support teacher unions either. That is one hell of a democrat huh?
Plus Barack Obama gave a speech in which he promised to kill the people involved in the Lybia embassy attack. Now I guess I expect him to have to do that, but what makes it seem genuinely creepy is when thousands of people cheer it. I ask if we can plea stop cheering for killing other people sons and daughters.
I make the case that terrorists have fundamentally changed who we are as a people, and Barack Obama calls in to dispute and clarify. He makes the case that AMerican values will not be changed by acts of terror. And I agree with him. IN fact I was just bragging to a guy feeling me up at the airport about how tough Americans are and how we don't let terrorists change us.
ANd the president calls in to explain what will happen if there is one more terrorist attack on America. (think Logan's run)
With Mike MacRae, Steve Rosenfield and Frank Conniff, with additional material by Robert Yasumura.
Originating from KPFK 90.7 FM in Los Angeles, The Jimmy Dore Show is an irreverent and humorous take on today's headlines and hypocrites. The program skewers politicians as well as the corporate mouthpieces which make up today's mainstream "news media." Each and every week, The Jimmy Dore Show provides the unvarnished truth with a twist of funny.
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Bob Beckel is not a such a great Democrat and is not really good at picking out hookers either.
Where is the last week's show? This new fellow… this… whatever his name is who has been hired to post things has show an egregious lack of discipline. It has been noticed that he has failed to post… I am considering my options for "correction" and "encouragement" and my options are… diverse. IF he fails to make it in on Thursday think of it as money saved and you can thank me later.
Mike McRae's jokes sometimes get lost in the rush, given the disadvantage of being on the phone lines, and even his attempts at factual supplement, such as noting Walter Van Tilburg Clark was the brilliant writer of the novel THE OX-BOW INCIDENT, which was made into a similarly good film (Clark's perhaps even better novel, THE TRACK OF THE CAT, wasn't filmed so well).
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Mumbai: There are quite a few interesting rumors going around the film industry of Bollywood these past few days. As everyone is talking about of this, we can incline to believe them. It seems that the latest buzz is focused on the beautiful Telugu actress called Lakshmi Manchu.
She is the daughter of the well liked Telugu film actor called Mohan Babu and as rumors say it she has been considered to star in the sequel of Krrish. Sources close to the director have stated that Rakesh Roshan is indeed considering her to be the leading lady of his movie production.
Insiders from the movie industry of B-town have said that is a verified fact that director Rakesh Roshan is in fact in contact with actress Lakshmi Manchu for a significant part in the film Krrish 3. It appears that that the main part of the film had been offered to Kangna Ranaut in the past. If Lakshmi decides to take this part, she will be the Telugu actress to work in Bollywood.


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Mr. costas and all those who exercised the poor judgement to air this monlogue need to be terminated. I will be voicing my displeasure. How about you?
Saw it last night, just pathetic. Really?? They think this happened because he had a handgun? What about the fact HE made a concious CHOICE to go kill his girlfriend and himself??
Yep, going to send emails now. We all should.
I emailed the NFL instead of NBC figured i would have a better chance of receiving a reply that wasnt freedom of the press response. I asked since he is representing the NFL as a commentator I am guessing he is expressing the views of he NFL and that I was not aware the NFL was against gun ownership.
A reporter from New York City thinks handguns are bad. Shocking.
Suicides have been partly attributed to the neurological injuries suffered over a career of playing professional football. The KC player also apparently suffered from pain and migraines. Perhaps if the KC Player and other players that committed suicide could never had played football they would be alive today.
How many sports writers are leading with that argument?
Fox News has the story out so it will get plenty of attention now.
I didn't watch the game last night but I saw Costas' rant on Fox news. Using a sport that people watch as entertainment as a forum for gun control is unacceptable.
If Costas wants to get political he needs to go on MSNBC and do it.
Offed television years ago. Give me a good book or other activity, any day of the week.
I disagree with using the game as a bully pulpit for raves against guns. But...my guess is that the majority of football fans are probably pro gun and his rant was wasted on deaf ears.
Made me want to puke, thanks for ruining football for me Costas...
As to the argument that without a gun this would not have happened, this guy was in a full rage when he killed her. His mother was standing right there, he put nine rounds into his girlfriend. An NFL sized linebacker in a full jealous rage (she told him she was leaving him and suing for child support) can easily kill a young woman any number of ways.
What disgusted me was what I knew would happen if the Chiefs played, the moment f silence, tears for a dead comrade, etc. I wonder how the dead girl's family felt about a moment of silence that included her murderer.
I caught the tail end of it but thought it didn't carry any weight. Costas does opinion pieces every week on SNF, I wouldn't think he's speaking on any of them for the NFL or even NBC. If that's what he believes then so be it.


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Is it necessary to have the comment section only at the bottom of post? In terms of UX, I can see a reason for it but when a reader is reading a post what I felt was the sidebar is irrelevant so why i can't just use the sidebar for comment section (assuming i use quite larger width for the sidebar so that comments are not cluttered)?
It maybe a very very bad idea but I wanted to know what others think!
To me the sidebar doesn't have enough width to showcase comments. For example, the sidebar to the right can only hold around 28-32 characters per line. That makes long blocks of text very hard to read. Ideally you want a CPL of 45-75 (http://www.webtypography.net/Rhythm_and_Proportion/Horizontal_Motion/2.1.2/)
I think comments at the bottom of content has evolved to be acceptable over time. If you read an article, you scroll to the bottom for comments. If your on facebook, you look at the bottom of the photo / status for comments. If your on Twitter you look at the bottom of tweet for comments etc.


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Oil prices soar to record highs
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World oil prices bolted to record highs today, spiking at an unprecedented $US53 a barrel in New York, on nerves over tight supplies ahead of winter in the northern hemisphere.
A strike threat in oil producer Nigeria added to tensions.
New York's main contract, light sweet crude for delivery in November, shot to $US53 - the highest in its 21-year history - before closing at $US52.67 dollars, up 65 cents.
Brent North Sea crude oil for delivery in November surged above $US49 dollars a barrel for the first time, hitting a record $US49.20 a barrel. It closed at $US48.90, up 91 cents.
"There is a little bit of panic," said Alaron Trading market analyst Phil Flynn.
"It is the combination of a potential strike in Nigeria as well as production in the Gulf (of Mexico) which has been anemic," Flynn said.
"US production is at the lowest level since 1950," he added.
"There is rising concern that for whatever reason heating oil supply is going to fall further and further behind."
Almost 27 percent of the Gulf of Mexico's 1.7 million barrels of daily oil production remains disrupted after a battering by hurricanes, according to the US Department of the Interior.
"There's a lot of concern surrounding the levels of stocks in the US," Veronica Smart, an analyst at the British-based Energy Information Center, said in London.
"We're approaching winter when demand is obviously higher, particularly for gasoil. If we do have a particularly harsh winter I think supplies could struggle."
In the event of a cold snap, "we could definitely see Brent breaking 50 dollars a barrel and heading further up," she predicted.
CIBC World Markets chief economist Jeff Rubin said: "As the world's largest importer of crude, all of a sudden prospects for the once hot US economy don't look so hot anymore.
"And just as suddenly, the hundreds of basis points of central bank tightening that investors had braced their portfolios for are rapidly being priced out of the market.
"Instead of losing momentum along an arduous march to higher interest rates, the North American economy will soon be feeling the brake of soaring energy prices."
Weekly US crude oil and petrol inventories rose modestly as importers and refiners began to recover from Hurricane Ivan, the Energy Department said yesterday.
Crude oil inventories in the week to October 1 rose 1.1 million barrels to 274.0 million. Petrol stocks climbed 600,000 barrels to 199.4 million as refiners were able to boost output after Ivan.
But US commercial inventories of distillates - mostly diesel and heating oil - fell by 2.1 million barrels to 123.4 million in the week to October 1, the Energy Department said.
"A smaller than expected build in US crude oil inventory and a counter-seasonal draw in heating oil combined with the continued outage of almost 500,000 barrels per day of Gulf of Mexico crude oil production continues to provide a solid underpinning to the crude oil market," said Barclays Capital analyst Kevin Norrish in London.
"Threats of a strike by Nigerian oilworkers are also keeping the market on edge," he added shortly before Nigerian labour unions vowed to go ahead with a threatened nationwide general strike to protest against rising fuel prices, threatening to bring the economy of Africa's biggest oil exporter to a halt."
Adjusted for inflation, world oil prices remain far below the levels reached in the wake of the 1979 Iranian revolution when prices surged to upwards of 80 dollars a barrel in today's money.
But prices have more than doubled from about $US20 a barrel in New York at the start of 2002, surging by about 50 per cent since the start of this year.


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Phoenix Golf Set to Host Green Bay Invitational
GREEN BAY, Wis. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) - The Green Bay men's and women's golf teams will open their 2010-11 campaigns on Monday and Tuesday, hosting the Green Bay Fall Invitational. The tournament will begin Monday morning with a shotgun start at 8:30 a.m.
The event will include 54 holes for the men and 36 for the women and will be played at Green Bay Country Club. The men's tournament includes 36 holes Monday before concluding with 18 holes on Tuesday. The men will play the 7,097-yard course as a par-72. The women will play a 5,898-yard course as a par-73 and will play 18 holes on both Monday and Tuesday.
Nine teams will compete on the men's side, including Green Bay, Loyola, Chicago State, Lewis, IPFW, South Dakota, North Dakota, North Dakota State and St. Ambrose. The field on the women's side will include Green Bay, Valparaiso, Loyola, Chicago State, Lewis, IPFW, South Dakota and North Dakota.
For complete results after each round, stay tuned to GreenBayPhoenix.com.


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OKay so I'm drawing up plans for my custom TT and I have a few question that haven't been answered from all the searching forums on this topic.
First I drive a 97 TJ, Flat fender, cut rear fenders, 1.25" of body lift and it sits on 33's I don't have nor want a suspension lift. so what I'd like to know is when building my TT can I go flush to the bottom of the frame with my new skid? I will be putting on a 1" MML. If I can't go flush how much can I pull the new t-case skid up. I will be use'n the factory tranny mount & I do not want to buy new upper control arms or an sye kit. (lack of funds) now I know you can run a 2.5" lift with out an SYE or t-case drop so I know I can cut off 2-2.5" bringing me to 1.5-2" below my frame rails I just wonder move the t-case up another 1.5-2". I have read of people raise'n t-case up to gain 2" without a SYE, upper control arms, or a MML, Can I go higher since I'l be running a MML? Maybe 3"?? Any help would be nice. two inches would cut it on most trails I run the four foot drop I went down at the park I got hung up on with maybe an inch until my front tires hit the ground. :nonono: I gotta fix that!! buy'n a lopro skid costs too much + I like to make my own parts:D
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The other aim is to find candidates to run under the Liberal banner in 338 ridings in the next election. His campaign is gathering resumés and seeking organizers adapted to the Trudeau campaigning mode.
"It's a big testing ground for a new way of doing politics."
He answers criticisms about the vagueness of his platform by saying that he wants to wait for a general election before putting out all his policy planks, after having received more input from party supporters. (He reminds a crowd at Dawson College in Montreal that the Liberal Party's famous Red Book came out for the 1993 general election, not during Jean Chrétien's 1990 leadership campaign.)
What he will be specific about are his plans to change the rules of the political game in Ottawa. The basic concept has been bandied about by many parties in the past – decentralizing power away from the Prime Minister's Office and back into the hands of MPs.
The way to actually make it happen this time around, according to Mr. Trudeau, is to ensure that all Liberal candidates in the next election are chosen through open nomination contests.
Then, if he wins the election, Mr. Trudeau vows to give all of his MPs the ability to vote freely according to the wishes of their constituents, except on confidence measures.
"I want to set things up right away so that, regardless of what I might want to do once I attain power … like everyone else, I have bound my hands by bringing in a group of people who are deeply responsible and responsive to people in their ridings, and freer to disagree with the executive branch of government as legislators."
He is convinced that his approach offers a refreshing contrast to the Harper government's "politics of division" and a growing cynicism in the country. He even feels that his views are set to attract support out West, where the populist visions of the old Reform Party remain a part of the popular culture.
While he welcomes comparisons between his strategies and Mr. Obama's emphasis on citizen engagement, he vows to learn from the U.S. President's struggles in his first mandate: "Obama's big mistake, or the big challenge he faced following the 2008 election, was … keeping mobilized these millions of people who came out to vote for him in the first place."
To say he can do better certainly demonstrates Mr. Trudeau's growing self-confidence. But it's also, he says, the way that his leadership campaign can be the model for an eventual Liberal government.
"It's a hugely idealistic approach, and it flies exactly in the face of everything that we have gotten to believe of politics recently," he says.
"It's a gamble, but it's a gamble that is predicated on everything that I have seen and lived across the country."
In a few days, Canadians will get a clue of how well his first bet is paying off – not only if Mr. Trudeau talks as good a game as his surname promises, but whether he can start winning at it, too.
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1 Recursion patterns
Meijer, Fokkinga & Patterson identified in the paper Functional programming with bananas, lenses, envelopes and barbed wire a number of generic patterns for recursive programming that they had observed, catalogued and systematized. The aim of that paper is to establish a number of rules for modifying and rewriting expressions involving these generic recursion patterns.
As it turns out, these patterns are instances of the same phenomenon we saw last lecture: where the recursion comes from specifying a different algebra, and then take a uniquely existing morphism induced by initiality (or, as we shall see, finality).
Before we go through the recursion patterns, we need to establish a few pieces of theoretical language, dualizing the Eilenberg-Moore algebra constructions from the last lecture.
1.1 Coalgebras for endofunctors
Definition If is an endofunctor, then a P-coalgebra on A is a morphism .
A morphism of coalgebras: is some such that the diagram
Just as with algebras, we get a category of coalgebras. And the interesting objects here are the final coalgebras. Just as with algebras, we have
Lemma (Lambek) If is a final coalgebra, it is an isomorphism.
Finally, one thing that makes us care highly about these entities: in an appropriate category (such as ω − CPO), initial algebras and final coalgebras coincide, with the correspondence given by inverting the algebra/coalgebra morphism. In Haskell not quite true (specifically, the final coalgebra for the lists functor gives us streams...).
Onwards to recursion schemes!
We shall define a few specific morphisms we'll use repeatedly. This notation, introduced here, occurs all over the place in these corners of the literature, and are good to be aware of in general:
- If is an initial algebra for T, we denote a = inA.
- If is a final coalgebra for T, we denote a = outA.
- We write μf for the fixed point operator
mu f = x where x = f x
- MFP write (fΔg) for
Delta f g = \x -> (f x, g x)
- MFP write for
(Nabla f g) (Left x) = f x (Nabla f g) (Right x) = g x
These two last constructions are directly motivated by the maps induced from the universal properties of products and coproducts.
We shall write and (f + g) for the Δ and constructions, respectively.
We note that in the situation considered by MFP, inital algebras and final coalgebras coincide, and thus inA,outA are the pair of isomorphic maps induced by either the initial algebra- or the final coalgebra-structure.
1.2 Catamorphisms
A catamorphism is the uniquely existing morphism from an initial algebra to a different algebra. We have to define maps down to the return value type for each of the constructors of the complex data type we're recursing over, and the catamorphism will deconstruct the structure (trees, lists, ...) and do a generalized fold over the structure at hand before returning the final value.
The intuition is that for catamorphisms we start essentially structured, and dismantle the structure.
Example: the length function from last lecture. This is the catamorphism for the functor given by the maps
u :: Int u = 0 m :: (A, Int) -> Int m (a, n) = n+1
cata :: (F a b -> b) -> T a -> b cata phi = mu (\x -> phi . fmap x . outT)
We can reframe the example above as a catamorphism by observing that here,
data F a b = Nil | Cons a b deriving (Eq, Show) type T a = [a] instance Functor (F a) where fmap _ Nil = Nil fmap f (Cons n a) = Cons n (f a) outT :: T a -> F a (T a) outT [] = Nil outT (a:as) = Cons a as lphi :: F a Int -> Int lphi Nil = 0 lphi (Cons a n) = n + 1 l = cata lphi
1.3 Anamorphisms
An anamorphism is the categorical dual to the catamorphism. It is the canonical morphism from a coalgebra to the final coalgebra for that endofunctor.
Here, we start unstructured, and erect a structure, induced by the coalgebra structures involved.
Example: we can write a recursive function
first :: Int -> [Int] first 1 = [1] first n = n : first (n - 1)
This is an anamorphism from the coalgebra for on generated by the two maps
c 0 = Left () c n = Right (n, n-1)
and we observe that we can chase through the diagram
to conclude that therefore
f 0 = [] f n = n : f (n - 1)
which is exactly the recursion we wrote to begin with.
MFP define the anamorphism by a fixpoint as well, namely:
ana :: (b -> F a b) -> b -> T a ana psi = mu (\x -> inT . fmap x . psi)
We can, again, recast our illustration above into a structural anamorphism, by:
-- Reuse mu, F, T from above inT :: F a (T a) -> T a inT Nil = [] inT (Cons a as) = a:as fpsi :: Int -> F Int Int fpsi 0 = Nil fpsi n = Cons n (n-1)
1.4 Hylomorphisms
The hylomorphisms capture one of the two possible compositions of anamorphisms and catamorphisms. Parametrized over an algebra and a coalgebra the hylomorphism is a recursion pattern that computes a value in A from a value in A by generating some sort of intermediate structure and then collapsing it again.
It is, thus the composition of the uniquely existing morphism from a coalgebra to the final coalgebra for an endofunctor, followed by the uniquely existing morphism from the initial algebra to some other algebra.
MFP define it, again, as a fix point:
hylo :: (F a b2 -> b2) -> (b1 -> F a b1) -> b1 -> b2 hylo phi psi = mu (\x -> phi . fmap x . psi)
First off, we can observe that by picking one or the other of inA,outA as a parameter, we can recover both the anamorphisms and the catamorphisms as hylomorphisms.
As an example, we'll compute the factorial function using a hylomorphism:
phi :: F Int Int -> Int phi Nil = 1 phi (Cons n m) = n*m psi :: Int -> F Int Int psi 0 = Int psi n = Cons n (n-1) factorial = hylo phi psi
1.5 Metamorphisms
The metamorphism is the other composition of an anamorphism with a catamorphism. It takes some structure, deconstructs it, and then reconstructs a new structure from it.
As a recursion pattern, it's kinda boring - it'll take an interesting structure, deconstruct it into a scalar value, and then reconstruct some structure from that scalar. As such, it won't even capture the richness of hom(Fx,Gy), since any morphism expressed as a metamorphism will factor through a map .
1.6 Paramorphisms
Paramorphisms were discussed in the MFP paper as a way to extend the catamorphisms so that the operating function can access its arguments in computation as well as in recursion. We gave the factorial above as a hylomorphism instead of a catamorphism precisely because no simple enough catamorphic structure exists.
1.7 Apomorphisms
The apomorphism is the dual of the paramorphism - it does with retention of values along the way what anamorphisms do compared to catamorphisms.
2 Further reading
Terminology in the literature: in and out, inl, inr. Bananas et.c. Sorting morphisms.
3 Homework
- Write a fold for the data type and demonstrate how this can be written as a catamorphism by giving the algebra it maps to.data T a = L a | B a a | C a a a
- Write the fibonacci function as a hylomorphism.
- Write the Towers of Hanoi as a hylomorphism. You'll probably want to use binary trees as the intermediate data structure.
- Write a prime numbers generator as an anamorphism.
- * The integers have a partial order induced by the divisibility relation. We can thus take any integer and arrange all its divisors in a tree by having an edge if d | n and d doesn't divide any other divisor of n. Write an anamorphic function that will generate this tree for a given starting integer. Demonstrate how this function is an anamorphism by giving the algebra it maps from.
- Hint: You will be helped by having a function to generate a list of all primes. One suggestion is:
primes :: [Integer] primes = sieve [2..] where sieve (p:xs) = p : sieve [x|x <- xs, x `mod` p > 0]
- Hint: A good data structure to use is; with expected output of running the algorithm:
data Tree = Leaf Integer | Node Integer [Tree] divisionTree 60 = Node 60 [ Node 30 [ Node 15 [ Leaf 5, Leaf 3], Node 10 [ Leaf 5, Leaf 2], Node 6 [ Leaf 3, Leaf 2]], Node 20 [ Node 10 [ Leaf 5, Leaf 2], Node 4 [ Leaf 2]], Node 12 [ Node 6 [ Leaf 3, Leaf 2], Node 4 [ Leaf 2]]]


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In a discussion with a co-worker that I am acquainted with (we talk several times a week in the cafeteria), he told me he was moving to a state and area in which I used to live. He was asking me about what kind of place it and the surrounding areas were. While the main area he will be living is nice, I informed him of some of the places to avoid and why. I shared some of my experiences and shared that if I were him I would consider getting his CHP and a firearm if he is considering going to the eastern and central rural areas of that state or to a neighboring urban area.
He said that he has never had or fired a gun in his life and he is against guns. He then said, "I'm not a violent person." I replied, "I've been around guns my entire life and I'm not a violent person either. I've never shot anyone and hope I never am in a position to have to. But just because I'm not a violent person doesn't mean others we encounter aren't. We see it everyday here where we work. Hopefully all of mine will just be used to put holes in paper, but when it comes to protecting myself and my family, I want to be prepared in case I have no other choice."
It was suddenly like a light went off. He started asking me questions about revolvers versus autos, carry laws, how to get a permit, etc. I told him that the best thing he could do is contact a range and get a good education and training before he does anything. Then he would be better informed as to what is right for him. By education and training I talked about not only physical training with firearms, but education with regards to the laws, situational awareness, etc. In the end, I told him that he is the only one that can decide if it is right for him or not. Having the education, training, permit, and hardware at least gives him the option if he so desires. I said, "Buying a gun no more makes you defended than buying a piano makes you a musician. You have to have the knowledge and ability and then practice."
In the end, he thanked me repeatedly for helping him develop a healthier perspective on firearms. He said he would like to return to our facility to work in a few years after his training in the new state is complete and he wants to keep in touch. I gave him my e-mail address and told him to have safe travels and I hope to see him again.
I thought this was a pretty good outcome. Whether he decides to do it himself or not, hopefully he has a better understanding of those who choose to exercise their right to keep and bear arms and has a better perspective on it. That's the main thing.


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Atkins came to Florida from Mainland, where he was a four-star (by Scout.com) recruit and one of the real gems of Meyer's first recruiting class at Florida in February of 2005. He spent most of the 2005 season as a key reserve at corner and playing special teams. He earned a start at cornerback in Florida's 34-7 regular-season ending victory over Florida State, a game in which he recovered a fumble and intercepted a pass.
He was expected to start in 2006 but troubles began surfacing during spring football practice. He had two excellent weeks of practice but then was noticeably absent. It was reported that he was taking care of some personal business back home in Daytona Beach but that his status was fine with the team.
The personal business turned out to be the birth of the child he has with Benarah Sanford, the woman who has alleged in a charging affidavit to the Daytona Beach Police Department that Atkins struck her in the face in excess of 13 times in that June 17 incident. In what became a daily saga of where's Avery, Atkins never returned to spring football practice even though it was reported on more than one occasion that he would be back within a day or so.
After missing the Orange and Blue Game, Meyer announced that Atkins had to do some work to get back in the good graces of the team. Early indications where that Atkins was back in Gainesville, working full time and planning to enroll in Summer B at the University of Florida. However, reports began surfacing that Atkins was under intense pressure from Sanford to leave the University of Florida. Initially, it was thought that Atkins was asking for a release to go to Bethune-Cookman College in Daytona Beach where he could be close to Sanford and the baby, but then came reports that he wanted to transfer to Florida State.
All these problems came to a head on June 17 when Atkins was involved in the incident with Sanford. No arrests were made although a report was taken by the Daytona Beach Police Department. The Daytona Beach Police Department chose to continue the investigation and was hoping to have a face-to-face meeting with Atkins and Sanford at their Daytona Beach headquarters, a meeting that hasn't yet taken place.
According to DBPD Public Information Officer Sgt. Al Tolley, the investigation into the incident continues. In an email to Gator Country Thursday morning, Tolley said there is nothing new to report.
In the days after the incident, Atkins told the Daytona Beach News-Journal that he wanted to remain a Florida Gator while in an interview the same day with the Orlando Sentinel he said that he wanted to transfer to Florida State, where Sanford was registered as a student during the recent spring semester. Atkins charged that Meyer was holding him on the team against his will. Meyer, however, said that Atkins family wanted him to remain at the University of Florida. He further stated that he would not release Atkins until he had received all the facts from this most recent incident.
For the past 10 days, there has been no indication what would be the final outcome but Thursday, Thursday, without indicating what he has discovered, Meyer gave Atkins his release from the Florida program. It is not clear at this time whether the release is unconditional and will allow Atkins to transfer to the school of his choice, or if there are conditions, i.e.; he could transfer to all schools except perhaps in-state schools or schools within the Southeastern Conference.


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Liberal publisher Arianna Huffington on Tuesday expressed sympathy for Fox News host Glenn Beck.
Appearing on CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360" to talk about Beck's bizarre interview with Rep. Eric Massa (D-N.Y.) earlier in the day, Huffington said, "And, to his credit, Glenn Beck...apologized to his audience for wasting an hour of their time."
She surprisingly continued, "I never thought anything would make me feel sympathetic towards Glenn Beck, but having to interview Eric Massa for an entire hour make -- made me really feel for him" (video embedded below the fold with transcript and commentary):
ANDERSON COOPER, HOST: Eric Massa on -- that was both on "Glenn Beck" on FOX and "LARRY KING LIVE" tonight.
Joining us now, Arianna Huffington of "The Huffington Post," and senior political analyst David Gergen.
David, what do you make of this? I mean, on the one hand today, he seems to be saying that he's taking responsibility for groping or tickling or -- or whatever horseplay he was doing with a couple of -- members of his staff. And, on the other hand, he's sort of intimating that he was pressured out or this -- this is politically motivated.
What's your take?
DAVID GERGEN, CNN SENIOR POLITICAL ANALYST: Well, Anderson, you know, people say that Washington politics is a freak show. And Eric Massa is writing a whole new chapter.
I don't think we really know exactly what happened here. What's really important is that he made an explosive charge, that he was forced out of Congress by an orchestrated effort by Democrats.
Today, on "Glenn Beck," when he was pushed and pushed on that, he didn't deliver the goods. He finally said: I wasn't forced out. I forced myself out.
That's the big story here right now, I think.
Interesting. So, Gergen admitted that Beck "pushed and pushed." That means Beck did a good job, correct?
COOPER: Yes. Clearly, Arianna, there were some conservatives earlier who were hoping that he would somehow reveal some shady doings, some corruption, either on Capitol Hill or the White House. And it's really kind of amounted to nothing right now.
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON, CO-FOUNDER, HUFFINGTONPOST.COM: Indeed.
And, to his credit, Glenn Beck acknowledged that much at the end of the show, when he apologized to his audience for wasting an hour of their time. In fact, you know, Anderson, I never thought anything would make me feel sympathetic towards Glenn Beck, but having to interview Eric Massa for an entire hour make -- made me really feel for him.
And it was clear that, not only didn't he deliver, but his story is become more and more preposterous.
Indeed. His story became more and more preposterous because a Fox News host exposed such. And therein lies the rub.
If Beck and Fox were such GOP shills, this would have been a perfect opportunity to make President Obama, his chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), and the entire Democrat establishment look like a bunch of corrupt, hapless fools.
Instead, a Fox News host often derided by folks like Cooper, Gergen, and Huffington exposed Massa for being not worth the air time.
Despite the sympathy coming from Huffington, these liberal media elites didn't give Beck the credit he deserved for not acting like the conservative shill they claim he is:
COOPER: I -- I mean, I think Glenn Beck is an enormous talent in what he does, but he clearly seemed kind of clutching at straws at some point today...
COOPER: ... you know, kind of saying like -- and, as you said, he turned to the camera finally and said, you know what? I think I have wasted your time.
I just want to play a quick SOT from -- from him earlier today on "Beck" earlier today.
MASSA: I never translated from my days in the Navy to being a congressman.
GLENN BECK, HOST, "GLENN BECK": All right.
MASSA: But I did not -- let me be very clear.
BECK: I don't know of tickle fights in the Navy. I have never been in the Navy. I don't know of tickle fights in the Navy.
MASSA: Oh, hey, let me show you something.
BECK: You're going to show me tickle fights...
MASSA: I'm going to show you a lot more than tickle fights. Can you imagine transporting back to this today? It looks like -- like an orgy in "Caligula."
COOPER: David, you were in the Navy. What do you make of the whole tickle fight explanation?
GERGEN: I don't remember any tickle fights.
GERGEN: And I -- listen, I don't know whether this fellow needs media help or mental help. It's probably both.
It -- I think he's sort of a mess. I don't know -- he's -- I think he's addled by all of this. In some ways, you know, he's become a political corpse. The best thing we can do is draw -- put a sheet over him and move on. I think the critical thing is, he does not have the goods in making this wild charge about the Democrats forcing him out.
COOPER: Arianna, is that -- is that your take as well, that, at the end of the day, this is just some temporary sideshow?
HUFFINGTON: Oh, absolutely. I mean, I'm sure there may be another chapter to this, when his accusers may come out and speak, or write a book about it. But when it comes to...
COOPER: Or sue him civilly, maybe.
HUFFINGTON: Or sue him. You know, any of these things may still happen, because, so far, we have only heard his side of the story -- or, rather, his multiple sides of the story.
But he is not really going to have any effect on the health care battle. It only means that Nancy Pelosi now needs 216 votes, rather than 217. But he was not the defining vote, as he tried to make the world believe.
COOPER: Yes. We're going to leave it there.
Arianna, thanks for being on, Arianna Huffington, David Gergen as well.
In the end, Beck shouldn't have received sympathy; he should have been applauded for acting like a journalist rather than an advocate.
After all, during the Bush presidency, any time a former Adminstration member or Republican official would speak out against the White House, media members would give said person free rein to air the dirty laundry.
On Tuesday, a former Democrat Congressman went on the supposedly hyperpartisan Fox News, to meet with the supposedly hyperpartisan Glenn Beck, to air grievances against his own Party.
Instead of being allowed to say whatever he wanted, he was "pushed and pushed" to such an extent that the host finally apologized to his audience for wasting their time.
How'd you like to see a mainstream media host do the same thing the next time someone on the Right wants to voice unsubstantiated allegations against a Republican?
Readers are advised not to hold their breath.


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If homemade blueberry lemonade sounds good, then spiked blueberry lemonade punch sounds even better. This patio-party cocktail begins with homemade blueberry syrup and freshly squeezed lemon juice. Ginger ale adds a fun fizz to the lemonade before vodka and champagne team up to make this the perfect backyard sipper. Add moonlight, lighting bugs, and maybe a few Tiki torches, and enjoy!


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The Government has given notice to the Stock Exchange that it will sell off a majority shareholding in the Royal Mail "in the coming weeks". Business Secretary Vince Cable says that this will "help ensure the long-term sustainability of the six-days-a-week, one-price-goes-anywhere universal postal service". The move won't affect the Post Office itself: deliveries were separated from the rest of the postal service in 2012, a curious decision.
Privatisation is opposed by unions: the Communication Workers Union is to ballot members on strike action. The decision to privatise may be logical but the public has not shown enthusiasm for it: a recent poll showed only 20 per cent of those surveyed in favour. But the decision has been taken. One way to make it more popular might be to make the shares more accessible to small investors. As matters stand, the minimum share purchase will be £750, an amount big enough to prevent mass participation. Postal workers will be given shares but if they want to buy more, the minimum application is £500.
Granted, the post is far less fundamental to our lives than it was in the days before email and electronic social media — except at Christmas. But its popularity was not helped last year when the Royal Mail raised the price of first-class stamps from 46p to 60p and of second-class stamps from 36p to 50p — the latter an increase of nearly 40 per cent. One concern ministers must address is that privatisation will mean similar price rises in what most people still regard as a public service. There has indeed been investment in technology recently to improve sorting speed, for instance, but there are limits to what we are prepared to pay for a stamp.
Privatisation will go ahead. It is a long time now since the Tories sought to create a nation of small shareholders with their privatisation of British Gas, but when a service that so many of us use is sold off, ministers should try to ensure that as many people as possible are helped to purchase a stake in it.
Taxing mansions
The truth about any property tax, and especially one billed as a mansion tax, is that it is effectively a London levy. Only here are property prices so high. So the Liberal Democrats are being cautious with their revived proposal for an annual charge on property worth more than £2 million. In an interview with this paper today, Lib-Dem president Tim Farron insists that the levy would be progressive, falling more heavily on someone in a house worth £4 million than on someone on the £2 million mark.
This paper has strong reservations about a levy that affects the capital so much more than the rest of Britain. It must also be asked what the realistic chances are of such a proposal succeeding: George Osborne has rebuffed at least one previous attempt by the Lib-Dems to float this idea. Yet there is a case for taxing property more judiciously. Existing council tax bands are clearly out of date: there should, for instance, be more gradations in bands for the most expensive homes. It is right that the local taxation system should be progressive. But a "mansion tax" may prove too blunt an instrument.
Fashion frenzy
The start of London Fashion Week tomorrow is not just for fashion buffs but for all those who appreciate the contribution this lucrative industry makes to economic growth. London has an historic tailoring tradition and famously edgy street style: it's a combination no other capital can match. Fashion Week is a showcase for it.
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It's that time of year again, time for our "Best of 2013" series, where we look back over the past year and pick our favorite freebies and resources. To kick things off, we've went back through all of the free fonts we've discovered in the past year, and selected the ones that we feel stand out above the rest. Make sure to download your favorites to start 2014 right – with a fresh font library.
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Some fonts are already used in last article, some font are really fresh and new only. thanks for sharing….
Good list but hard to beat Lato and Roboto – complete font families for free.
Hey, very good selection. Thank you!
I already fell in love with Aleo some months ago. Looking forward to try some of the others, I didn't know at least half of them.
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Anyhow, thanks again for introducing me to many new fonts that I didn't know were available!
Excellent list, thanks for sharing. Will definitely be trying out some of these this coming year. Cheers
Great list, Gisele! all of those fonts are awesome
Aleo is my favorite, i'll try to my new blog 🙂


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O enjoyed this as she likes collecting things from nature and this little girl certainly finds unique items!
The character of Anna is round and static. We learn about her love of nature and living creatures as well as her relationship with her parents, grandmother and teacher. Yet she does not change over the course of the book because the book is a reflection about her love of nature and her nature table. Her character is revealed through her thoughts, and the pictures.
This book is a good example of a realistic fiction. It is set in present day and relates the girls genuine love and exploration of nature. It is a realistic look at one girl's childhood and her relationship with her parents.
Art media: watercolors
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Here is the deal. This forum is owned and operated by a private entity. As such it is not a democracy and you don`t have Constitutionally protected freedom of speech. The owners of the Vertical Sports community are free to say what can and cannot be discussed on their forum. Thanks to street doc and his unprovoked attacks upon me and subsequent refusal to back down when the moderator of the forum asked him to, the decision was made higher up the food chain than us to get rid of the politics section. Vertical Sports is not a political forum it is sports based and this one happens to be Snowboarding.
As for the shitstorm in question, you guys know from experience that if I post something that is factually incorrect, if I am approached with civility and basic human respect, I am one of the the first to say, "oops my bad" and you have all seen me do it in the politics section and others over the last 5 years. I even do this on my board reviews when I get a technical specification wrong and it is pointed out to me I totally admit I goofed (My Billy Goat review is a perfect example where a member pointed out that I made a mistake on the sidecut and I thanked the member for pointing it out).
Streetdoc became unreasonably angry over what he felt was me posting incorrect information and rather that be civil about it, he resorted to insults. When I tried multiple times to try to explain my point and meaning he was so angry he was unable to stop and listen and consider that he might have taken my point the wrong way from which I intended ( totally could have been my bad in not being clear enough). He made wild claims that I attacked him personally when in actuality he decided to take generic statements and comments not directed at anyone and were talking in general terms, personally and own them.
In one post I simply asked him if he actually snowboarded because at that point, I had never seen him engage in any snowboarding discussion and he then made the claim that that was a personal attack and repeated this wild accusation into additional threads. How can anyone have a rational conversation with someone who is displaying that level of anger and misconception about a person`s intent?
When Donutz gave him several opportunities to back off, he then gave Donutz the e version of the middle finger and dared him to do it. He gave Donutz no choice!
Donutz was not out of control as one member accused him of at all; he was pushed into a corner with no option. When a mod tells a member to back off or else they will be banned and that member basically keeps ranting and telling the mod to basically fuck off, and the mod does not follow through, he looses all credibility as a moderator. You can call it censorship, but as I said, this is owned and operated by a private entity who has the right to set whatever rules they choose.
Street Doc claimed he has received "multiple PM`s" from members "thanking him for calling me out". To that I say this, if anyone here has a problem with me or the way I do my volunteer job on this site, have the balls to take it up with me directly.
If you still cant work up the courage to do that, PM Killclimbz about it. We all talk in the admin lounge and he is a straight shooter. He will bring it up to me and if it is something I need to change, he will tell me.
All of the shit lately has stemmed from politics and people like street doc cant deal with an Admin or Moderator who has an opinion and will argue their point of view. The section proved to provide nothing positive to the site and only caused problems. The owners of Vertical Sports saw this and made the call to get Killclimbz to shut it down.
Street Doc was essentially committing suicide by cop. He was begging to be banned for some reason. It was strange to watch.
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