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I'm a research scholar in JNU (Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi). Now I'm doing a paper in International Political Economy of Windows and Ubuntu. These are two similar products that use different strategies. I need data related the circulation of Ubuntu: how many users, which countries have more Ubuntu users, etc. I have been searching for this for a long time.
You may be able to get some of the data (or at least an estimate) from Canonical itself. Here is their contact page.
I recommend first contacting Canonical for this specific question. If anybody knows, they would.
Canonical Contact Page - http://www.canonical.com/about-canonical/contact
Ubuntu Contact Page - http://www.ubuntu.com/contact-us
With those two out of the way, to give an idea (Not an actual estimation) you have several sites that did some work (Most of which only compare Linux, Not only Ubuntu):
Pingdom - http://royal.pingdom.com/2011/05/12/the-top-20-strongholds-for-desktop-linux/ (Which I can talk about Venezuela. About 1 out of 4 people related to software know what Ubuntu is and 2 out of 5 have installed or tried it. You can go to any college and rapidly gather about 100 people that have used or seen Ubuntu in action.)
Wikipedia - And I quote:
OMGUbuntu - http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2009/03/which-country-loves-ubuntu-most/ Which mentions which countries love/search Linux the most. I actually am surprised not to see in the graph Venezuela, even though the government promotes a self-made derivative of Debian, Canaima, you can bet there are more users that like Ubuntu and have it installed.
Ubuntu Counter - http://ubuntucounter.geekosophical.net/ (Not updated. I do not see 11.04 or 11.10 in there)
Linux Counter - https://linuxcounter.net/
But even using all of this sites almost as a base for some research there are other effects that affect how the trends go. For example, the amount of Ubuntu users lowered when Unity was used as default in Ubuntu 11.04. This has since started climbing but not as fast as one thought. 11.10 of course has a bit more users since Unity is more stable and reliable but still, the amount of Ubuntu users compared for example with 10.10 is not the same.
Add to that that Ubuntu's little son is growing up (Am talking about Mint) and people start looking somewhere else (Although, in my opinion there is not much to look at in terms of performance of ease of use, taking aside the default stuff that gets installed)
Not to mention users that install Ubuntu in multiple PCs but only mention they have installed Ubuntu in one (For stats and such).
Another point is the changes that might come in 12.04 and could affect/decide how the trend for Ubuntu will go. Basically right now is a very difficult moment to check out the amount of Ubuntu users.
Lastly a great idea for Ubuntu and to track how the progress of Ubuntu users is going is to add when installing Ubuntu an option to send (Similar to Linux Counter) some info about the PC and version of Ubuntu used. This by default. This way, for future references an easier study could be done to know the amount of users, hardware compatibility, etc.. (Similar to http://friendly.ubuntu.com/ but with a user counter) or verify which IPs download from the main repositories and for what version of Ubuntu.
So, all in all you can find some information for the research but it will be tough to give a very good estimate.
In case Canonical does not release the information for some reason, there are indirect means by which you can estimate a figure. The most obvious would be looking at countrywise search trends
Examples: Which country loves Ubuntu the most?, Usage Trends
Fedora (another linux distribution) maintains some statistics. To quote the page:
If canonical stores hashes of IPs hitting its update sites, then I guess you can have a pretty close number from them. One blogger estimated the figure to be around 24 million (in 2009).
I doubt anyone can give correct figure!!
Whatever figure you will get actual deployment will be 50% more than it as not every deployment gets tracked.


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I am currently using Ubuntu and I appreciate the big community, the Software Center and the fact that it's very easy to use. But additionally I'd like to have the latest updates, like e.g. LibreOffice 3.4. Which distribution should I try?
Here are some of the major distributions ordered from "newest" on:
It now boils down to what exactly you want. If you wish the newest versions of specific applications (eg. Firefox, LibreOffice, Chromium), I'd advise you to stick to Ubuntu. This is the safest option. If you want to have all new applications, Fedora or even openSUSE:Tumbleweed might be a better idea. You will have problems, but it will generally work. Finally, you can go with Arch. It'll require setting up, and then some effort every now and then to keep it all together, but you will be very bleeding edge. Arch is also good if you want new versions of some more obscure applications (eg. GRAMPS), which might be lower priority in other distributions.
All of these have a big, vibrant community around them so you should be able to get help for any issues you face. Still, the "ease-of-use" scale is approximately the inverse of the above list, so you should weight the options against that.
If you want current packages, then it is empirically proven that Arch Linux is the least obsolete distro with an average lag of 8 weeks between upstream and standard repos.
The next most current distribution is Fedora, with an average lag of twice that, 16 weeks.
The closer you get to the most recently released software versions the more problems you will run into. That being said most of the major distributions play leap-frog as they move forward, each new version passing up the competing distributions. The answer to this question will change depending on which week you ask. Ubuntu tends to be pretty cutting edge. I'm sure you can get LibreOffice 3.4 on it from some new repo.
Some distributions allow you to do more of a rolling upgrade where major new versions of softwre are constantly put into the repositories. You might find something like Gentoo useful in this department. My favorite, PLD-Linux, has a continuous release tree. I think Arch Linux also works on a rolling release model.
Fedora is pretty aggressive. Their release often has newer versions of many non-core components than Ubuntu, particularly of things outside the Ubuntu main repository. Rawhide is the development version, comparable to Debian Sid (Unstable) and tracks things pretty quickly.
Debian Sid is fast-moving in some respects, but it can take a long time for major components such as a new Gnome release to make it in (or at least to filter down to Testing).

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Valero spokesman Bill Day said the company expects to spend $300 million to $400 million building new equipment to remove sulfur from gasoline and to expand existing facilities. He said the company expects to incur additional operating costs each year, and those have yet to be determined.
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Valero Energy said the cost of complying with new pollution
standards for gasoline will cost hundreds of millions of
dollars in equipment construction and upgrades alone.
Valero spokesman Bill Day said Tuesday that the company
expects to spend $300 million to $400 million building new
equipment to remove sulfur from gasoline and to expand existing
facilities. He said the company
expects to incur additional operating costs each year, and
those costs have yet to be determined.
The Environmental Protection Agency said
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the amount of sulfur in gasoline with little to no effort. The
agency is proposing to cut the sulfur content to an average of
10 parts per million, down from the current standard of 30
parts per million.
Valero is the largest US independent refiner. The American
Petroleum Institute has estimated that the new standards would
cost refiners $10 billion in up-front capital expenditures, and
an additional $2.4 billion in annual compliance costs.
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standard] is going to have the benefits that would be worth the
costs," Mr. Day said.
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Things couldn't have gone a whole lot better for the Pratt High School baseball team on Senior Night Tuesday at the Green Complex.
With seniors Garret Smith, Skylar Dean, Shane McEachern, Easton Herring, Chase Hageman, Jarod Gilmore and Mitch Baird being honored in between-games ceremonies, the Greenbacks took both ends of a twin bill from the visiting Kingman Eagles. In the opener, Pratt prevailed 8-1 and in the nightcap it was 12-2 Pratt in a five-inning abbreviated affair.
Pratt broke on top in the opener early on, lead-off batter Easton Herring clubbing a triple and being chased home by Garret Smith's double. In the 3rd frame, Mitch Baird and Dakota Venard had RBI baseknocks plating Skylar Dean who had doubled, Drake Evert who was HBP and Shane McEachern who had drawn a walk.
The Frogs scored at will again the 4th, Herring cracking his 2nd 3-bagger of the game; Chase Hageman, Jarod Gilmore, McEachern and Baird singling; with Herring, McEachern, Baird and Venard each coming around to score. Pratt took game one 8-1, with Drake Evert getting the win on the mound.
In the finale, Brett Forshee took the bump and yielded only single tallies in the 2nd and 5th innings to the Eagles. Meanwhile the Frogs were putting up crooked numbers: 6 in the 1st, 1 in the 3rd and 5 in the 4th . That put PHS up 12-1 and when Kingman could only answer with 1 in the top of the 5th, that invoked the run-rule and Pratt took game two 12-2.
Head coach Pat Stivers attributed his team's success to a combination of factors. "Our pitching and defense have been consistently improving," he said. "Offensively, 1-9, we're putting the ball in play. We're just playing really well right now in all phases of the game."
With the victories, Pratt's winning streak reaches 8 games. They have not lost since they suffered a sweep at the hands of Word of Life back in mid-April. The streak could be double-digits now except that Halstead steadfastly refuses to allow a reschedule of a twin bill lost earlier to the weather. According to several sources, there is no reason for Halstead's continual recalcitrance other than simple stubbornness..
Pratt is the traveling team, and has offered to show up just about whenever Halstead specifies. The problem is, they won't specify. The loss of those games could cost the Greenbacks a share of the CKL title as with Pratt having fewer league wins, Lyons would win the tiebreaker. Pratt and Lyons split back in April, the only league loss by either squad.
Pratt will complete the regular season on Friday at Ulysses. They then host a first round regional game against Russell on Monday at 5 p.m.
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Guest star power: Elisabeth Shue and Alanis Morissette join the CTV weekly lineup
Competition is taken to the next level for the contestants during Hollywood Week on "American Idol," and they're not the only ones being pushed to their limits – on "Grey's Anatomy," Cristina (Sandra Oh) and Owen (Kevin McKidd) head into marriage counselling where they can't keep from arguing.
It's a different kind of stress, but on "Up All Night," Reagan (Christina Applegate) and Chris (Will Arnett) travel with baby Amy for the first time.
Also on "Up All Night," Ava (Maya Rudolph) agrees to be the minister for the wedding of her former band mate Amanda (Canadian Grammy Award®-winner Alanis Morissette), and past tensions come back to haunt them.
And for more guest star power, Academy Award®-nominee Elisabeth Shue (Leaving Las Vegas) debuts as new character Julie Finlay on CSI!
Tuesday, Feb. 14
8 p.m. – WHITNEY – "48 Hours" – NEW EPISODE
After Mark (Dan O'Brien) breaks it off with yet another woman, he shares his personal theory that couples know within 48 hours of meeting if they want to be together. Not surprisingly, everyone agrees that they knew they had met their soul mates within that timeframe except Whitney (Whitney Cummings). Trying to prove her wrong, Alex (Chris D'Elia) takes Whitney on a trip back to 2008 and the night they first met.
8:30 p.m. – HOT IN CLEVELAND – "Dancing Queens" – NEW EPISODE
The ladies decide to go dancing to burn off the Cleveland pounds but need local gay best friends to go with. Meanwhile, Victoria (Wendie Malick) catches Leandro's (Antonio Sabáto Jr., GENERAL HOSPITAL: NIGHT SHIFT) eye, and Elka (Betty White) dukes it out with an old rival, uncovering a shocking link to her past.
9 p.m. – THE RIVER – "Los Ciegos" – NEW EPISODE
With the exception of AJ (Shaun Parkes), everyone aboard the Magus goes blind due to spores from a tree. AJ must overcome his most paralyzing fear to find a cure before the blindness becomes permanent. Meanwhile, the local Morcego tribe stalks the crew and judges whether they are worthy to stay in the jungle. If they are deemed unworthy, the consequences could be fatal.
10 p.m. – UNFORGETTABLE – "The Following Sea" – NEW EPISODE
When a key witness in his murder case vanishes before testifying, Al (Dylan Walsh) scrambles to find her before the suspect walks free.
Wednesday, Feb. 15
8 p.m. – AMERICAN IDOL – NEW TWO-HOUR EPISODE
After contestants are pushed to their limits in the most intense Hollywood Week in IDOL history, Randy, Jennifer and Steven reveal who they believe have what it takes to be the next AMERICAN IDOL.
10 p.m. – CSI – "Seeing Red" – NEW EPISODE
Following Marg Helgenberger's exit, Academy Award®-nominee Elisabeth Shue (Leaving Las Vegas) debuts as new character Julie Finlay. As the newest CSI fresh off an anger management course, Julie brings her own drama to the team amid rumours that D.B. Russell (Ted Danson) fired her when she worked for him in Seattle.
Thursday, Feb. 16
8 p.m. – THE BIG BANG THEORY – "The Rothman Disintegration" – NEW EPISODE
When an office at the University opens up, Sheldon (Jim Parsons) must compete for it with his arch enemy, Kripke (John Ross Bowie, CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL). Meanwhile, a gift from Amy (Mayim Bialik) makes Penny (Kaley Cuoco) uncomfortable.
8:30 p.m. – UP ALL NIGHT – "Travel Day" – NEW EPISODE
It's Reagan (Christina Applegate) and Chris (Will Arnett) versus the airport when they travel with baby Amy for the first time. Ava (Maya Rudolph) agrees to be the minister for the wedding of her former band mate Amanda (Canadian GRAMMY Award®-winner Alanis Morissette), and past tensions come back to haunt them. Meanwhile, Kevin (Jason Lee, MY NAME IS EARL) deals with Ava's feelings on marriage.
9 p.m. – GREY'S ANATOMY – "Have You Seen Me Lately?" – NEW EPISODE
Cristina (Sandra Oh) and Owen (Kevin McKidd) engage in heated arguments during marriage counseling, and Alex (Justin Chambers) realizes that in order to be a good doctor, he'll need to improve his people skills. Meanwhile, Meredith (Ellen Pompeo) is given a chance to shine when a man enters the ER after getting his hand stuck in a meat grinder.
10 p.m. – THE MENTALIST – "War of the Roses" – NEW EPISODE
A woman (guest star Morena Baccarin, HOMELAND) who Jane (Simon Baker) helped send to prison, now claims to have information on a case the CBI is investigating.


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President Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel will meet Friday at the White House to discuss their common dispute with Russia, and their own dispute over U.S. intelligence gathering.
While Russian military activity in Ukraine tops the agenda, the German leader is also expected to discuss reports that the National Security Agency intercepted phone calls involving her and other German officials.
This is Merkel's first visit to the White House since news broke about NSA intelligence gathering in Germany and other nations. The U.S. is in the process of revamping its intelligence policies.
White House spokesman Jay Carney said Ukraine will be the focus of the meeting, and that the U.S.-Germany alliance is "indispensable" to meeting the challenges of the 21st century.
"One of those challenges now, when it comes to Europe, is the assault on the sovereignty and territorial integrity that Russia has been waging against Ukraine," Carney said.
The United States and the European Union placed further sanctions on Russia earlier this week. Obama and Merkel are expected to discuss the prospect of further penalties if Russia does not de-escalate tensions in Ukraine.
Obama and Merkel are also scheduled to discuss the global economy, trade and NATO cooperation.
NSA surveillance is "an issue that obviously has been a point of discussion between the two leaders and between our two governments, and may be brought up again in the conversation between the two leaders," Carney said.
The spokesman added: "I'm confident that it's not related to our shared approach to dealing with the situation in Ukraine."


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Bought a couple of heads of cauliflower as a local produce discounter here in NJ, Produce Junction. Scanned the net for a new recipe to cook up a head and have for healthy dinner. This recipe, cooked exactly as shown, is definitely a keeper!! Try it, you'll like it!! CB
Balsamic & Parmesan Roasted Cauliflower
From EatingWell: January/February 2008
Roasting isn't usually the first cooking method you think of for cauliflower but the results are quite delicious. The florets are cut into thick slices and tossed with extra-virgin olive oil and herbs. Wherever the flat surfaces come into contact with the hot roasting pan, a deep browning occurs that results in a sweet, nutty flavor.
109 Reviews for Balsamic & Parmesan Roasted Cauliflower
As an intern at a local middle school. I used this recipe with a group of kids and it aired on a local tv show. We had the school children cook healthy recipes and help be a part of the process of choosing new healthy menu items to replace some unhealthy ones. IT was easy to cook and the kids enjoyed it. They loved it so much that we added it to the new school lunch menu as a permanent item.
It's tangy. Easy. And canola oil tastes just as good as olive and cheaper for school lunch budget. Also the marjoram adds a nice simple cool flavor that balances out all of the acid from the balsamic. Its just great! I ve made it several times and people who dont normally like cauliflower, love it! TIP: Add a little more olive oil and balsamic or even some water. Otherwise it can be a bit too dry. I add 1/8 cup water and 1/4 cup more balsamic and 1/8 cup more oil to juice it up.
I made this the other night and loved it! I am a huge fan of balsamic so this really did it for me. I blanched the cauliflower before baking which reduced the cooking time as I didnt have enough time to let it roast for 30min. Hubby also loved it! I find it hard to do something different with vegetables that isnt bad for you! This is one of the good ones!
Love this recipe! Followed the directions exactly and it was a hit. May be the best cauliflower recipe I've ever made. Not that it needs anything else (it doesn't!) but we love garlic and next time may toss in some garlic cloves, too!


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Flank Steak and Salsa Verde
Serves 6, total time:
Flank Steak
- Two 12 ounce Flank Steaks
- Extra virgin olive oil
- Sea salt and black pepper
Salsa Verde (makes 3 cups)
- 3 garlic cloves, smashed
- 4 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 cup shallots, sliced
- 2 anchovies, smashed (optional)
- 2 bunches fresh Italian parsley leaves, stems removed
- ½ cup capers, chopped
- 2 cups olive oil
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- Fresh lemon juice
Grilling the Steaks
- Remove the steaks from the refrigerator 1 hour before you plan to grill them to bring them to room temperature. This helps to cook the steaks evenly.
- Fire your grill to high. If using a home or wood oven, heat to 550°F.
- When the grill is hot, brush each steak with the olive oil. Sprinkle with sea salt and pepper, rubbing deeply into the meat.
- Place steaks on the grill and cook 6 minutes per side for medium-rare, or until desired doneness. Once grilled, let the steaks rest on a platter before cutting into them.
Making the Salsa Verde
- Sauté the garlic in a small pan over medium heat with 4 tablespoons of olive oil, stirring constantly and cooking just to the point when the garlic turns golden brown. Add the shallots and cook until translucent. Add the anchovies and cook until they dissolve into the oil. Remove mixture to a plate and chill in the refrigerator.
- Bring a pot of salted water to a boil. Add the parsley leaves and boil for 1 minute. Strain and cool in a bowl of ice water. Strain the parsley from the ice water and squeeze dry.
- Place the parsley, cooled garlic-shallot-anchovy mixture and capers into a blender. With the blender on high, slowly drizzle in the 2 cups of olive oil. When all of the oil has been added, let the blender run for 3 minutes to purée the ingredients.
- Salsa Verde can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 4 days or frozen for up to a month. Just before serving, mix the Salsa Verde with lemon juice to brighten the flavor.
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Let $F$ be the free Lie algebra on $\{x,y,z\}$ and $L$ the quotient of $F$ by the ideal $I$ generated by brackets that involve at least three free generators. I have to prove that $dim(L)$ is $6$ and $L$ is nilpotent but not commutative. So if I could prove that $B:= \{\bar{x},\bar{y},\bar{z},\overline{[x,y]},\overline{[y,z]},\overline{[x,z]} \}$ is a basis of $F/I$ the statement would proved. But how can I prove that $B$ is a basis for $F/I$?
I would do it in two parts.
First you prove that the elements of $B$ span $F/I$ as a vector space. This is easy enough, because any longer commutator is in $I$ by assumption. So $F/I$ has dimension at most $6$.
Now to prove that they are linearly independent, you may construct a Lie algebra $L$ of dimension $6$ on three generators $X, Y, Z$ in which the elements of $I$ are relations. Such an algebra is a homomorphic image of $F/I$ by results you should have been exposed to, so $F/I$ has at least dimension $6$, so...
To construct such an $L$, consider a vector space with basis $X,Y,Z, XY, XZ, YZ$ (the last three items are just symbols), and define on it an antisymmetric binary operation by $$ [X,Y] = XY, [X, Z] = XZ, [Y, Z] = YZ, $$ and setting all $[AB, C] = 0$ (by this I mean $0 = [XY, X] = [XY, Y] = [XY, Z] = \dots$, and extending this by bilinearity.
To prove that this is a Lie algebra, you just need to show that the Jacobi identity holds. But all threefold products are trivial here, so you are done, and you have also proved in the process that this is a homomorphic image of $F/I$.
A different way of doing this is to use the theory of Shirshov-Groebner bases and/or the Diamond Lemma for Lie algebras. This is explained in quite a few places; google gives me this, which is pretty nice.
Consider the Lie algebra $B$ which is spanned by six linearly independent elements $x_1$, $x_2$, $x_3$, $x_{1,2}$, $x_{1,3}$ and $ x_{2,3}$, with brackets defined so that $[x_i,x_j]=x_{i,j}$ if $1\leq i<j\leq 3$ and all other brackets between elements of the basis zero. One has to check that this is a Lie algebra.
Now let $F$ be your free Lie algebra. There is a morphism of Lie algebras $\phi:F\to B$ such that $\phi(x)=x_1$, $\phi(y)=x_2$ and $\phi(z)=x_3$, and this map is surjectve because $x_1$, $x_2$, $x_3$ generate $B$. It is easy to see that your ideal $I$ is in the kernel of $\phi$, so that $\phi$ induces a Lie algebra map $\bar\phi:F/I\to B$. Since $\bar\phi$ is surjective, we see that $\dim F/I\geq6$. Moreover, since the elements of the image $X$ in $F/I$ of the set $\{x,y,z,[x,y],[x,z],[y,z]\}$ are mapped by $\bar\phi$ to linearly independent elements of $B$, the image of $X$ in $F/I$ is linearly independent.
This shows that your six elements are linearly independent. Can you show the span $F/I$?


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MonkeyPaw Games bringing 6 new PSone Imports to PSN including Tomba! 2Written by: / / 6 Comments
The PSone Imports section of the PlayStation Store may not be a frequently visited location but being able to download and play arcade-like Japanese titles which were never officially released in the West is still an appealing prospect for many gamers.
MonkeyPaw Games specialises in bringing these types of retro experiences to consumers and the publisher recently took to the PlayStation Blog to announce that six new PSone Imports are headed to the US PlayStation Store over the next five weeks.
More information about each game will be shared closer to their respective launch dates, with today's release Double Dragon apparently being a fighting game based a movie by the same name screened in 1994. The game features a roster of twelve sprite-based characters such as Billy, Abobo and Marian along with special charge moves and transformations for each fighter.
Here's the full schedule of PSone Imports headed our way soon:
• January 14th – Double Dragon ($5.99)
• January 21st – Lucifer Ring ($5.99)
• January 28th – The Firemen 2: Pete and Danny ($5.99)
• February 4th – Hyper Crazy Climber ($5.99)
• February 11th – Wolf Fang ($5.99)
• February 18th – Tomba! 2: The Evil Swine Return ($9.99)
Have you been waiting for any of the games featured on this list to appear on the PlayStation Store? Let us know in the comments.
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Girl from Baltimore, wildly unpopular, wins high office
Nate Silver at Five Thirty Eight turns his attention to post-election polling finds: "this just in: Ms. Pelosi is not very popular with the American public." http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/17/is-pelosi-americas-most-unpopular-politician/#more-3615Still, she remains the Democratic party leader in the House; Johnathan Allen and John Harrisdetail "five reasons why what may look like a self-defeating move by Democrats actually made perfect sense to lawmakers gathered in the spacious caucus room of the Cannon House Office Building Monday."Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1110/45265.html#ixzz15kzs0ClbMy own view: if she were a white male, people would be drooling over what she accomplished against tremendous odds. She's not a white male, sooo.....
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I think that there was and is, no question that Nancy Pelosi is by far a much, much more effective leader and ally for President Obama that the totally drippy Harry Reid. In health care, she delivered big and was able to bring her party together and get votes in what was a tough bill. She navigated her own parties and did not have to engage in any of sleazy tactics that Reid did (e.g. Louisiana purchase, Nebraska, etc.). The end bill was better.As a politician she does the most important thing a politician can do - get the job done. That is what you want in a leader. It is not Pelosi who is not popular - it is the agenda she forwarded. Agree or disagree - that's politics but it has nothing to do with her effectiveness or abilities.
In another post, you characterized the Speaker's performance as "terrific," and went on in the comments to suggest precisely what you have articulated in a more prominent position above, viz. that the underlying source of discontent with respect to Pelosi is the fact that she is not a white male. I am curious to hear you expound upon this indictment of so many Americans, particularly members of the Democratic Party of which the Speaker is a leader. Is it sincerely your belief that we are that debilitatingly bigoted?Following on the "terrific" descriptor, you now indicate that what she accomplished was so achieved "against tremendous odds." As Speaker, she boasted the largest majority the Democrats have held in decades, an extraordinarily popular and charismatic President in the White House, and the confidence of her colleagues in Congress. What, precisely, were these "tremendous odds," she overcame?Disclaimer: The Speaker strikes me to be an earnest public servant of substantial intelligence and relatively high integrity (so far as I can tell from her public appearances, given that I do not know her personally), so I do not mean to impugn her personally.That said, I struggle to understand what, to your assessment, she has done so exceptionally well, when it seems that nearly everyone was disappointed with the results of the energy bill, financial reform, and, obviously, healthcare.
Wow! a lot of questions. Be assured that I do not know Nancy Pelosi personally either, but I know people like her, and I know how hard they work. Your assessment of her "an earnest public servant" seems a little stingy, but okay.The tremendous odds were the Blue Dog Democrats in the House, Harry Reid (D.-NV), and the rest of the Democratic Senate. I don't share the media view that there was a Democratic juggernaut at work in this Congress, but a fractured party in both House and Senate. Pelosi kept count, and gave the country the best health-care reform bill we'll ever get--not that I think it was the best we could have hoped for. What made it out of the House to the Senate and then to Conference seemed to me to reflect her finely gauged calculations of how to get the most votes without giving more away than she did.The other odds against her were Republican nihilists and a media that can't remember what it reported last week. That so many (not everyone--read Nate Silver) were disappointed in her says more about public image making than about the substance of what was achieved. Still, I have been astonished at the animus directed at Pelosi. I have come to the conclusion that part of that is driven by the fact that she is a woman, smart, effective, well spoken (though not exactly candid). Am I wrong in that conclusion? And though she is on the outs with at least some Catholic bishops, I think her policy instincts represent much that is good in Catholic social teaching.
if she were a white male, people would be drooling over what she accomplished against tremendous odds. Shes not a white male, sooo..-----------Agree. She's a Democrat. A woman. Small. Old. Italian. Catholic. More than enough to arouse the hatred of many. Those who follow the lead of professional haters find security in being part of a gang.
And the pope agrees with her: "VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Benedict XVI and other church leaders said it was the moral responsibility of nations to guarantee access to health care for all of their citizens, regardless of social and economic status or their ability to pay."Access to adequate medical attention, the pope said in a written message Nov. 18, was one of the "inalienable rights" of man." [and it goes without saying, woman]
Would you forward that quote to Mr. Boehner?And maybe to the uSCCB?
They take the pope seriously when he agrees with them, otherwise not.
Oops, just saw this twist in the thread, after having posted above on the pope's address. Anyway, onward here or there...
All the naysayers about Nancy Pelosi, should note she gets 80% of the votes in her district [which is mine too]. Most of the naysayers couldn't get 80% of the votes in their own extended family.
For my money, there's no question sexism is responsible for much of the virulence with which Pelosi is attacked, and a lot of the content of those attacks as well. Of course, the GOP wouldn't like anyone in her position who got the job done, but the way right-wingers have made a villain out of her has been very personal. The Pelosi-haters are the extreme, but without their vitriol she might be perceived more positively by everybody else.
The best quote I've seen is "they take the pope seriously when agrees with them." They also know they can get all the votes they need from pro life people, and if they get elected, they'll never have to do a thing about Roe vs Wade. If there all so sincere, why didn't this come up during the first Bush administration, rather they concentrated on starting a war. I'm sure it was a pro-live war.
"I have been astonished at the animus directed at..."Sarah Palin is similarly attacked...because she is a woman? Or does the female victim card only function for liberals?
Margaret,Many thanks for taking the time to respond to the comments of myself and other posters. I am grateful to dialogue with someone both knowledgable and passionate. If my description of Speaker Pelosi as an "earnest public servant," (you omitted the immediately following words, "of substantial intelligence") struck you as "stingy," they were not intended to have that effect. Quite the opposite. At a point in American history when much of the population dismisses our elected officials as insincere, self-aggrandizing narcissists who aspire to political office more out of a thirst for power than a genuine desire to improve the lot of its citizens, I cannot, in my mind think of a more important compliment than to describe one of those persons as an "earnest," viz. not merely putting on an act in front of the camera, "public servant," a term that, to me, bespeaks a proper understanding of the role of a career politician. I wish I could describe more individuals holding elected office as "public servants," rather than "politicians."It seems we have reasonable disagreement over the content of the bills she helped get passed and the degree of obstacles she encountered. I do not share your assessment that the Blue Dogs were an impediment--I think they were a welcome source of reasonableness on matters like fiscal pragmatism and reaching out to persons uncomfortable with a change on the extant detente with regard to abortion. (Predictably, for this, many suffered defeat this go round.)I agree that the health care passage is historic and that it represents an improvement over the previous state of affairs, but I do not believe it was the best that could have been accomplished. The same goes for the financial and energy overhauls. I do not think Congressional Dems did a particularly good job of communicating the contents of these bills to the American public and failed to gain the confidence of the country in pursuing their agenda. Like yourself, I never bought the depiction of the Democratic Party as a monolithic juggernaut--to my eyes, it is less a single political party and more a fractious coalition of progressive causes ranging from environmentalists to teacher's unions. It requires incredible aplomb and finesse to herd these proverbial cats on anything, and I think she did an adequate job, but (and here is where perhaps you might label me stingy) I would feel uncomfortable labeling it "terrific."Regardless, I assure you that ours is a substantive disagreement over to what extent her tenure was effective and whether or not her style is best suited to leading Congressional Dems in the next term; it is not because she is a woman. (I simply wish to have it registered that there are people who oppose her continuing as Speaker, but who would not do so on anything approaching a basis of misogyny.)
MB: "I simply wish to have it registered that there are people who oppose her continuing as Speaker, but who would not do so on anything approaching a basis of misogyny." Point taken...The obvious question then: Who do you think should have become the Democratic minority leader in the next Congress? MB: "I do not share your assessment that the Blue Dogs were an impedimentI think they were a welcome source of reasonableness on matters like fiscal pragmatism and reaching out to persons uncomfortable with a change on the extant detente with regard to abortion." This may be a semantic issue: Who is a Blue Dog? The Democratic sweep in 2006 and 2008 obviously brought House members from districts that probably leaned more Republican than Democratic. How much Blue Dogs were focused on their next campaign on how much fiscal pragmatism is a matter of conjecture. Was Bart Stupak a Blue Dog? I admired his strenuous efforts to keep abortion from being funded in the Health Care Bill. I think ultimately he succeeded. Nancy Pelosi, who might not have agreed with him, gave him room to maneuver. Yet the bishops and their allies (I refrain from identifying them as only "pro-life") beat the s..t out of him. I would guess that we may agree about some of this and disagree about some. My view: There is a health-care bill that will not use federal funds for abortion--that is my view. Nancy Pelosi's political skill made that possible.
PF: Sarah Palin loves being attacked. Wasn't she a point guard in HS basket ball. You're comparing apples and oranges.
Margaret,Again, many thanks for your willingness to engage in conversation with us posters! "Who do you think should be the next Democratic minority leader in the next Congress?"I must confess at the outset that I am not intimately familiar with the current membership to feel qualified to offer an adequately informed opinion, but I would suggest that someone outside the existing leadership like NDC leader Joe Crowley would make an interesting pick. It strikes me that someone with his background would make an excellent Congressional companion for the White House given the at-times disunified and discombobulated "collaboration" of this past session, and it would signal to Americans that Democrats had put economic recovery above all other legislative priorities. (It may well be hopelessly quixotic of me to suggest Crowley, but I think he would be a good choice.)"How much Blue Dogs were focused on their next campaign on how much fiscal pragmatism is a matter of conjecture."It seems to me that this is a conflation of two different items: their public policy stance and their underlying motivation. Whatever their reasons, they were were insisting on some degree of fiscal discipline. It matters less to me why an individual advocates a particular policy position than what that position is... if we begin systematically investigating whether politicians are supporting Israel; decrying charter schools; establishing faith-based initiatives; or opposing alternative energies because they are "pandering" (for lack of a better word) to respective constituencies as part of their re-election campaign, we may well find that we do not much like the results of our more assiduous inquiry. I believe Speaker Pelosi yielded to Stupak et al's concerns on abortion funding not out of some underlying desire to achieve a morally appropriate compromise, but out of a sheerly pragmatic desire to wrangle sufficient votes to get the bill to pass. (This is not meant as a criticism; I am merely describing what I observed.) I think the Bishops did an excellent job on this whole debate (Cardinal Mahony's December 2009 op-ed in the NYTimes, "Coverage Without Borders," and Cardinal George's phone call to John Boehner instructing Congressional Repubs to allow the vote on the Stupak rider to leave committee, as reported by Politico, are two particularly heartening examples of ecclesial "interference" in the political process), right up until the last minute, when Bishop Murphy's voice was quashed by Cardinal Rigali's and the USCCB revealed its ugly partisan proclivities. I am every bit as disturbed and disappointed as you that they bent to more "conservative" voices within the conference.I likewise concur that the Bill does not alter the status quo with respect to abortion funding, and I decry the efforts of uncharitable ideologues like Deal Hudson who, in so dramatically un-Christian a manner, have targeted sincere and thoughtful individuals like Carol Keehan. (The Susan B. Anthony's campaign against Kathy Dahlkemper was a particularly odious bit of work.) I served as a researcher for a couple members of President Bush's Council on Bioethics, and oddly enough, I do not recall these same pro-life groups decrying President Bush's Executive Order in 2001 as similarly unacceptable. But I'm sure that had nothing to do with party loyalties. (After all, the NRLC is unqualifiedly above the partisan fray, right?) Thanks for your ongoing insights and for fostering conversation over an important topic!
Nancy Pelosi may be unpopular with many, but those of us who do like her, really, really like her. She's my favorite politician right now.
Michael Bayer's candidate for minority leader: Joe Crowley per Wikipedia. Early life, education and career: Crowley was born in New York City, the son of an Irish-American father and an immigrant Catholic mother from County Armagh, Northern Ireland. A paternal uncle was also a politician. Joseph Crowley attended private New York City Roman Catholic schools, including Power Memorial Academy, and graduated from Queens College with a degree in political science.[1] He worked briefly as a legislative aide.[edit] New York Assembly; In 1986, aged 24, he was elected to the New York Assembly.[edit] U.S. House of Representatives[edit] Committee assignments * Committee on Foreign Affairs o Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia o Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere * Committee on Ways and Means o Subcommittee on Social Security o Subcommittee on Select Revenue MeasuresCrowley serves as a Chief Deputy Whip in the House and is the fifteenth highest ranking New York House Democrat.[when?] He is the Chairman of the New Democrat Coalition, who describe themselves as a "moderate, pro-business group", and a Vice-Chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.[when?]Crowley's cousin, New York City firefighter John Moran, was killed as a result of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Crowley authored a bill that provided the 9/11 Heroes Medal of Valor to all emergency works who died as a result of the terrorist acts. He also created the Urban Area Security Initiative, which directs money to prevent terrorism toward regions that are seen as the most threatened.On October 10, 2002, Crowley was among the 81 House Democrats who voted in favor of authorizing the invasion of Iraq.Crowley joined Bronx Representative Jose Serrano in 2008 when proposing legislation to help clean up PCB-contaminated schools.[2]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_CrowleyI live in New York City and confess I have never seen a reference to him. Anyone else?
Crowley covers a funky district, I thought it was just the East Bronx, but he also covers parts of Queens. Very ethnic, with great diversity, a big middle class and a lot of homeowners. You don't hear much about him, but he was in the news last week; he wrote a letter to Boehner & McConnell urging Republican lawmakers opposed to government funded health care reform to give up their own govt-funded health coverage.
Thanks Irene...are you in his district?
No, I'm way over on the other side of the Bronx in Riverdale, Engel is my Congressman. Crowley covers Morris Park, and Throggs Neck and those neighborhoods over by the bridge (in Queens he represents Wooodside, which used to be all Irish immigrants), Sunnyside and a couple other neigborhoods.
Also on Crowley, from Who Runs Gov, a venture of the Washington Post:Crowley is Chair of the New Democrat Coalition, a group of 70 moderate, pro-business Democrats from around the country. They support a robust foreign policy that includes trade, as well as a fiscally-responsible government. (Rahm Emmanuel was a member of the NDC while in Congress, and President Obama has expressed to the Coalition that he shares the majority of their views.) Crowley sees trade as central to US economic recovery, and pointed to the bilateral agreement with Peru as an example of how it is possible to respect foreign laborers and protect the environment, in contradistinction to NAFTA, which he has criticized for its lack of labor standards.Crowley authored the 2008 bill banning imports from Burma as a way of using economic leverage to apply political pressure to the Burmese military junta, and he was a leader of the effort to award a Congressional Medal to Burmese activist Aung San Suu Kyi,Crowley aligned himself with the more moderate Steny Hoyer in the latter's failed bid to become Majority Leader during the previous term, and he currently serves as Chief Deputy Whip under James Clyburn. Observers have speculated that Crowley's climb up the Democratic ladder was stalled due to his conflicts with Pelosi and her supporters.
Crowley sounds like a very decent and honorable "public servant," and perhaps down the line he will have higher office within the Democratic party. Since it's one of my keen interests--U.S. policy toward the Israel-Palestine question--do you know where he stands? Or is that a foolish question?
And this is completely tangential, but is relevant to the NDC: Rahm Emanuel. He seems a mixed blessings for the Democrats. The big losses this midterm are due in part to his recruiting relatively marginal candidates who won in 2006 and 2008. Of course, without some of them Pelosi would never have had the votes. Emanuel's tenure in the WH is getting mixed reviews right now (poor follow up, and bombastic outbursts), and I can't help wondering how much Obama's muddled policy toward Netanyahu got caught up in Emanuel's own complicated relationship to Israel. Good that he left; I hope he calms down in Chicago. But what stamp did he leave on the NDC?
Re: Crowley on Israel-PalestineI don't know anything beyond what's listed by his own House website, indicating that he has voted annually for, and considers himself a strong supporter of, the annual package of military and economic aid to Israel. He also indicates that he wishes for aid packages to Palestine to be tied to transparent audits of where funding is used, and that he supports a two-state system. Not sure of any additional specifics. Re: RahmHe's certainly been a mixed bag. I don't think that the loss of the moderate Dems he helped recruit and who bloated the Democratic contingent in Congress was ineluctable. As incisively lampooned in a satirical Onion Article (link: http://onion.com/bxj3j0 ), House Dems did an abysmal job of communicating to average Americans precisely how they were benefitting from complicated and impenetrable pieces of legislation like financial reform and the healthcare overhaul. I don't think that voters in these swing districts disagreed with what the Blue Dogs (and other similar candidates) actually did while in office, so much as they disagreed with what the Republican campaign machine quite effectively characterized (i.e. caricatured) as their tenure in office.To clarify, Emmanuel was never a leader in the NDC; simply a member. But I reiterate that electing a leader from a pro-business group that focuses on economic growth, coupled with international trade and sound foreign policy, would send a clear message to the electorate that the Dems understand why the mid-terms went the way they did, and that they intended to address those concerns with all possible haste and vigor.
P.S. Completely unrelated to this thread, but it's being reported that the Pope has announced approval of the use of condoms in the fight against AIDS in Africa. This is truly an incredible development...http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/the-pope/8148899/Pop...
Sure enuf! ROME Pope Benedict XVI has said that condom use can be justified in some cases to help stop the spread of AIDS, the first Vatican exception to a long-held policy condemning condom use. The pope made the statement in a series of interviews with a German journalist, part of an extraordinary effort to address some of the harshest criticisms of his turbulent papacy. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/21/world/europe/21pope.html?hp
"House Dems did an abysmal job of communicating to average Americans precisely how they were benefitting from complicated and impenetrable pieces of legislation like financial reform and the healthcare overhaul."Michael Bayer --This has been the biggest political failure of the Democrats in the last two years. When they should have been taking bows, they were ducking unfair criticisms from the GOP. With the Republicans now having to actually make good on their promises to cut government spending -- which means cutting entitlements --) the public might finally catch on to what GOP control actually entails. So I'm not nearly as pessimistic about 2012 as most folks are.
AO: "With the Republicans now having to actually make good on their promises to cut government spending which means cutting entitlements ) the public might finally catch on to what GOP control actually entails. So Im not nearly as pessimistic about 2012 as most folks are."I don't think they will have to "make good on their promises." The final ballots hadn't even been counted on Election Night, and the victors were already tempering expectations in an extraordinarily shrewd political strategy: remind everyone that the Dems still controlled the White House and that they would be unable to save America from these imprudent Democratic policies until the political overhaul was completed in 2012.I am one of those who is more "pessimistic" than you seem to be, because I recognize (and respect) the GOP for boasting the unquestionable efficiency it does, vis-a-vis talking points and campaign strategy. All Republicans have to do for the next two years is lament the fact that Congressional Dems and President Obama are failing to listen to the needs of the American people, and to assert that the only way to achieve full economic recovery is to complete the two-part involuntary evacuation of Dems that began in 2010. If I were tasked with helping Republicans win the White House and take firm control of both Chambers next go-round, I'd instruct all of my members to introduce preposterous legislation with zero chance of Democratic support, then complain loudly on national television that the Dems have zero interest in working together to fix this economy and that President Obama has conspicuously failed to deliver on his promise of a post-partisan political paradigm. I would obstruct every single major Democratic initiative, all while moaning that Dems hadn't reached across the aisle for Republican input on the respective bill in the first place. The strategy strikes me as both obvious and inevitably effective. I don't see how the current Democratic leadership could successfully counter it.
Michael, I think the Democrats could counter such a strategy by putting START, middle class tax cuts and unemployment benefits extension up for a vote. Democrats still control the Senate; they can legislate, too. Let the Republicans block those and every other reasonable piece of legislation; if nothing gets accomplished, then they'll all be out in 2012.
And... Reid has appointed Schumer chief attack dog. Will that make a difference?
Just want to say that the (vitriolic) attacks on Pelosi were mainly driven by ideology, not sexism (which is used as a canard to defend Palin -see Rove "lack of gravitas" or Barbara Bush (she should stay in Alaska.)And ideology will continue to dominate attempts at shaping perception!


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Cabungcal JH, Steullet P, Morishita H, Kraftsik R, Cuenod M, Hensch TK, Do KQ. Perineuronal nets protect fast-spiking interneurons against oxidative stress. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 May 28 ; 110(22):9130-5. Pubmed Abstract
Cabungcal JH, Steullet P, Morishita H, Kraftsik R, Cuenod M, Hensch TK, Do KQ. Perineuronal nets protect fast-spiking interneurons against oxidative stress. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 May 28 ; 110(22):9130-5. Pubmed Abstract
Multiple studies have demonstrated various roles of perineuronal nets (PNNs) in normal neuronal functions such as regulating synaptic plasticity, ion homeostasis, and critical period closure (Karetko and Skangiel-Kramska, 2009). Furthermore, in subjects with schizophrenia, PNNs have been shown to be disrupted (Pantazopoulos et al., 2010), and other studies have reported evidence of elevated oxidative stress in schizophrenia (Gawryluk et al., 2011). The findings in this paper suggesting a link between the two is intriguing.
A specific population of neuronscortical fast-spiking, parvalbumin (PV)-positive inhibitory neuronsmay be especially vulnerable to oxidative stress. These same neurons are thought to be critical in the generation of γ oscillations, which are thought to underlie working memory, and are disrupted in schizophrenia (Lewis and Sweet, 2009). Interestingly, the authors report altered γ power (a measure of the strength of γ oscillations) and reductions in the number of PV cells after prolonged periods of oxidative stress, but without alterations in PNNs. However, it is unclear if the reduction in PV cell number is due to cell death or reduced PV expression, and why this level of oxidative stress is not sufficient to alter PNNs. Under conditions of more pronounced oxidative stress (the GCLM knockout mice that have been treated for 10 days with GBR), alterations in PNNs become apparent. Furthermore, an interesting correlation between the levels of oxidative stress and decreased PNN labeling is apparent. Together, these data suggest that PNNs may be both neuroprotective and affected by high levels of oxidative stress. It would be interesting to know if the decreased PNN labeling is due to loss of only the glycosaminoglycans (which WFA labels) or a more complete alteration in PNN structure (e.g., loss of core structural proteins such as the lecticans and link proteins). Perhaps the most interesting data are those that show direct alterations of PNNs (by use of chondroitinase ABC to dissolve PNNs) further increase vulnerability to oxidative stress (measured by loss of PV cells, increased levels of an oxidative stress marker, and alteration in oscillatory power).
This study suggests an important link between two seemingly (up to this point) unrelated observations (altered PNNs and elevated oxidative stress) seen in schizophrenia and argues for a specific role of PNNs in the pathogenesis of the disease. While the 70 percent reduction in glutathione in the GCLM knockout mice is sufficient to double levels of oxidative stress, PV cell number (at least in young adults) and PNN labeling are not affected. The authors suggest that the cumulative effects of oxidative stress, instead of the absolute levels, are critical to the alterations reported. It would be interesting to know how the levels of oxidative stress in this study compare to oxidative stress levels seen in human subjects and if correlations exist among oxidative stress, PV, and PNNs in the same human postmortem tissue. Such information would further enhance the findings reported here, as the combination of GBR and GCLM knockouts may induce levels of oxidative stress that are much higher than those seen in postmortem tissue (where PNNs, PV levels, and oxidative stress are altered). It will also be interesting to learn whether increased oxidative stress or decreased PNNs are the more critical upstream factor in such a potential pathogenic cascade, or if both alterations in the disease state are consequences of a common upstream factor. Overall, the authors propose an interesting and plausible interaction between PNNs and oxidative stress and provide evidence for a potential role of the PNN in the pathogenesis of schizophrenia.
Karetko M, Skangiel-Kramska J. Diverse functions of perineuronal nets. Acta Neurobiol Exp. 2009; 69: 564-577. Abstract
Pantazopoulos H, Woo TW, Lim MP, Lange N, Berretta S. Extracellular Matrix-Glial Abnormalities in the Amygdala and Entorhinal Cortex of Subjects Diagnosed With Schizophrenia. Arch Gen Psychiatry 2010; 67(2): 155-166. Abstract
Gawryluk JW, Wang JF, Andreazza AC, Shao L, Young LT. Decreased levels of glutathione, the major brain antioxidant, in post-morterm prefrontal cortex from patients with psychiatric disorders. Int J Neuropsychopharmacol. 2011; 14(1): 123-30. Abstract
Lewis DA, Sweet RA. Schizophrenia from a neural circuitry perspective: advancing toward rational pharmacological therapies. The Journal of Clinical Investigation 2008; 119(4): 706-716. Abstract
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Primary Papers: Perineuronal nets protect fast-spiking interneurons against oxidative stress.
Comment by: Sabina Berretta, Harry Pantazopoulos
Submitted 30 May 2013
Posted 3 June 2013
I recommend this paper
This elegant study explores the relationships among three potential key factors in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia, i.e., abnormalities affecting neurons expressing parvalbumin, perineuronal nets, and oxidative stress/glutathione reduction.
Perineuronal nets are new players in the field of schizophrenia; in fact, their role in normal brain functions has only recently come to the forefront of neuroscience. These specialized extracellular matrix structures form around the somata, dendrites, and proximal segment of the axon of distinct neuronal populations during late postnatal development (Brückner et al., 2006; Galtrey and Fawcett, 2007). Their activity-driven maturation stabilizes successful synaptic connections and, at least in some brain regions, culminates with the closure of critical periods of development and instatement of adult plastic modalities (Pizzorusso et al., 2002; Gogolla et al., 2009). Perineuronal net adult functions include regulation of glutamatergic receptor within the postsynaptic specialization and availability to the neuron of growth factors, non-cell autonomous homeoproteins, and other factors diffusing through the extracellular space (Frischknecht et al., 2009; Maeda, 2010; Beurdeley et al., 2012). Their multifold relevance to the pathophysiology of schizophrenia resides in recent findings showing that marked perineuronal nets decrease in several brain regions of people with schizophrenia, predominant association with parvalbumin-expressing neurons, interactions with glutamatergic, GABAergic, and dopaminergic neurotransmitter systems, and maturation during late development periods, potentially coinciding with developmental stages leading to the clinical manifestations of schizophrenia (Frischknecht et al., 2009; Pantazopoulos et al., 2010; Berretta, 2012; Mauney et al., 2013).
Lack of perineuronal nets may thus contribute to several key aspects of the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. Perineuronal net abnormalities may be postulated to disrupt preservation of successful sets of synaptic connections and internalization of factors necessary to the maintenance of mature neuronal properties (Beurdeley et al., 2012). They may impact on glutamatergic receptor functional availability in parvalbumin-expressing neurons and these neurons' electrophysiological properties, impairing their ability to modulate the outflow of information from projection neurons and to drive γ-oscillatory rhythms (Bitanihirwe et al., 2009; Frischknecht et al., 2009; Shah and Lodge, 2013).
The results by Cabungcal and colleagues support several of these possibilities and add a novel and exciting dimension to the potential role of perineuronal nets in schizophrenia. The emerging model suggests that perineuronal nets may counteract the intrinsic vulnerability of parvalbumin-expressing neurons by acting as a shield, protecting them against oxidative stress. Despite this protective effect, perineuronal nets are here also shown to be damaged by oxidative stress, which in schizophrenia may result, at least in part, from a reduction of glutathione expression. Thus, during the course of the disease, oxidative stress may weaken perineuronal nets and eventually impact on parvalbumin-expressing neurons. Alternatively, it may be postulated that failure to form functional perineuronal nets during development, perhaps due to developmental and/or genetic factors, may deprive parvalbumin-expressing neurons of their protective shield, enhancing their vulnerability to the effects of glutathione reduction/oxidative stress, and ultimately resulting in neurochemical and functional damage to these neurons. In either case, these models represent compelling, testable hypotheses on the potential pathophysiological links among glutathione reduction, parvalbumin-expressing neuron abnormalities, and perineuronal net decreases in schizophrenia. Testing these hypotheses will provide important insight into the pathophysiology of schizophrenia.
Berretta S, 2012. Extracellular matrix abnormalities in schizophrenia. Neuropharmacology. Abstract
Beurdeley M, Spatazza J, Lee HH, Sugiyama S, Bernard C, Di Nardo AA, Hensch TK, Prochiantz A, 2012. Otx2 binding to perineuronal nets persistently regulates plasticity in the mature visual cortex. J Neurosci 32, 9429-9437. Abstract
Bitanihirwe BK, Lim MP, Kelley JF, Kaneko T, Woo TU, 2009. Glutamatergic deficits and parvalbumin-containing inhibitory neurons in the prefrontal cortex in schizophrenia. BMC Psychiatry 9, 71. Abstract
Brückner G, Szeoke S, Pavlica S, Grosche J, Kacza J, 2006. Axon initial segment ensheathed by extracellular matrix in perineuronal nets. Neuroscience 138, 365-375. Abstract
Frischknecht R, Heine M, Perrais D, Seidenbecher CI, Choquet D, Gundelfinger ED, 2009. Brain extracellular matrix affects AMPA receptor lateral mobility and short-term synaptic plasticity. Nat Neurosci. Abstract
Galtrey CM, Fawcett JW, 2007. The role of chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans in regeneration and plasticity in the central nervous system. Brain Res Rev 54, 1-18. Abstract
Gogolla N, Caroni P, Luthi A, Herry C, 2009. Perineuronal nets protect fear memories from erasure. Science 325, 1258-1261. Abstract
Maeda N, 2010. Structural variation of chondroitin sulfate and its roles in the central nervous system. Cent Nerv Syst Agents Med Chem 10, 22-31. Abstract
Mauney SA, Athanas KM, Pantazopoulos H, Shaskan N, Passeri E, Berretta S, Woo T-UW, 2013. Developmental pattern of perineuronal nets in the human prefrontal cortex and their deficit in schizophrenia. Biological Psychiatry in press.
Pantazopoulos H, Woo T-UW, Lim MP, Lange N, Berretta S, 2010. Extracellular Matrix-Glial Abnormalities in the Amygdala and Entorhinal Cortex of Subjects Diagnosed With Schizophrenia. Arch Gen Psychiatry 67, 155-166. Abstract
Pizzorusso T, Medini P, Berardi N, Chierzi S, Fawcett JW, Maffei L, 2002. Reactivation of ocular dominance plasticity in the adult visual cortex. Science 298, 1248-1251. Abstract
Shah A, Lodge DJ, 2013. A loss of hippocampal perineuronal nets produces deficits in dopamine system function: relevance to the positive symptoms of schizophrenia. Transl Psychiatry 3, e215. Abstract
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Primary Papers: Perineuronal nets protect fast-spiking interneurons against oxidative stress.
Comment by: L. Elliot Hong
Submitted 4 June 2013
Posted 4 June 2013
Neural cells in the central nervous system are supported by extracellular structures organized by chondroitin sulphate proteoglycans, also called perineuronal nets (PNNs). This paper by Cabungcal et al., centered on the PNNs, offers a novel mechanism that could potentially integrate several currently somewhat segregated pathophysiologies, i.e., oxidative stress, neural plasticity, excessive dopamine, parvalbumin (PV)-positive GABAergic interneurons, and neural oscillations, all of which have been associated with schizophrenia.
The study showed that degradation of mature PNNs in mice renders PV-immunoreactive cells in the anterior cingulate cortex more vulnerable to chronic oxidative stress. Decrease in PV cells, in turn, leads to reduced local neural oscillations in the β and γ frequency range. The authors also demonstrated that PNNs and PV-interneurons are both sensitive to excessive oxidative stress; immature PV cells in early development may have less PNN protection, and these cells are particularly vulnerable to oxidative stress; and finally, older, but not younger, mice exposed to chronic oxidative stress and low glutathione have reduced PV cells and impaired neural oscillations. A more detailed summary of these findings is already provided by Michele Solis at this Forum.
If increased oxidative stress degrades the extracellular chondroitin sulphate proteoglycans in schizophrenia patients, as suggested by these intriguing sets of innovative animal experiments, what could be the consequences that are relevant to the clinical pathophysiology seen in schizophrenia patients? Intact extracellular chondroitin sulphate proteoglycans play critical roles in neural development. Prior to the maturation of PNNs, neural networks have high levels of plasticity. Lack of completely matured PNNs allows many essential neuroplasticity functions such as organization of ocular dominance (Pizzorusso et al., 2002), permanent extinction of fear memory (Gogolla et al., 2009), and elongation of axons (Snow et al., 1990) to occur. Experimentally removing the PNN has been associated with reactivation of these fundamental plasticity processes (Pizzorusso et al., 2002; Gogolla et al., 2009). In that case, one could extrapolate that oxidative stress-induced PNN erosion may lead to inappropriate reactivation or delayed closure of certain brain plasticity, which could lead to the often observed or postulated plasticity abnormalities in schizophrenia.
Another striking functional demonstration of PNN and oxidative stress by Cabungcal et al. is the interaction between PNN and dopamine-induced oxidative stress on neural oscillations. Pharmacologically removed PNN without additional oxidative stress is associated with increased power in β and γ frequency neural oscillations. However, with the presence of dopamine-induced oxidative stress, removing PNN leads to reduced PV immunoreactive cells and reduced power in β and γ frequency neural oscillations. This is fascinating. Both significantly higher γ band and significantly lower γ band synchronization have been reported in schizophrenia patients, an inconsistency rarely addressed in the literature, perhaps due to the unclear underlying mechanisms. This work by Cabungcal et al. provides one potentially new mechanism to help rethink the underlying dynamics leading to these clinical neural oscillation dysfunctions.
Pizzorusso T, Medini P, Berardi N, Chierzi S, Fawcett JW, Maffei L. Reactivation of ocular dominance plasticity in the adult visual cortex. Science. 2002 Nov 8;298(5596):1248-51. Abstract
Snow DM, Steindler DA, Silver J. Molecular and cellular characterization of the glial roof plate of the spinal cord and optic tectum: a possible role for a proteoglycan in the development of an axon barrier. Dev Biol. 1990 Apr;138(2):359-76. Abstract
Gogolla N, Caroni P, Lüthi A, Herry C. Perineuronal nets protect fear memories from erasure. Science. 2009 Sep 4;325(5945):1258-61. Abstract
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Thirty-five year law enforcement veteran Lieutenant Colonel Joe Gerwens has announced plans to retire from the Broward Sheriff's Office on October 1st. He is director of the Department of Community Control.
Lt. Col. Gerwens, 56, began his career in September 1966 as a patrol officer for the Fort Lauderdale Police Department. He worked his way up through the ranks, launching the first tactical stake-out unit in the early 1970s as a sergeant. As lieutenant, he was in charge of internal affairs, and ran the agency's organized crime unit as captain. Gerwens was promoted to major, and then to deputy police chief under then-Chief Ron Cochran. Gerwens succeeded him as chief, heading the Fort Lauderdale Police Department from 1987 until his retirement in 1992.
Gerwens came to BSO in 1993 with newly-elected Sheriff Cochran as director of regional services, expecting to stay a couple of years. But two years stretched into eight and a half, as Gerwens was promoted to Inspector General, overseeing internal affairs investigations and staff inspections from 1995 to 2000. Last year, Sheriff Ken Jenne promoted him to Lieutenant Colonel, in charge of BSO's newly-created Department of Community Control. He has helped guide innovative programs for Broward County offenders returning to the community such as Drug Court and Pre-Trial Release. He also oversees substance abuse counseling programs for the inmates in Broward County's four jails.
Closing this chapter of his law enforcement career will allow Lt. Col. Gerwens to open the door to new professional opportunities and challenges. He plans to continue his long history of community service, which has included three terms as chair of the Broward County Commission on Substance Abuse and two terms as president of the YMCA of Broward County.
"Joe's contributions to this agency and to the community will long be remembered," Sheriff Jenne said. "It will be a challenge finding someone to succeed him who can match his expertise."
Sheriff Jenne has not yet selected a replacement.
MEDIA NOTE: A picture of Lt. Col. Gerwens is linked to this release under media relations, current releases, on the BSO website: www.sheriff.org.
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NEALON, Rev. Msgr. Joseph A., died at the convent of the Sisters of Our Lady of Charity, Carrollton, Ohio, October 12, 2012.
Father was born on April 26, 1916, in Pittsburgh, Pa. the son of William A., M.D. and Anastasia Kennedy Nealon.
He spent his youth in Pittsburgh, graduating from Peabody High School. He graduated with a B.A. from Duquesne University and a MSW from Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh, PA.
He worked for several years as a social worker for the Department of Youth. He enlisted in the Army Air Forces at the beginning of World War II. At the time of his discharged in 1957, he had attained the rank of Major.
Father Nealon attended Sr. John Vianney Seminary, Bloomingdale, Ohio and was ordained to the Priesthood for the Diocese of Steubenville on May 27, 1961. He received the Papal Title of Honorary Prelate on June 18, 1973.
Monsignor served the Diocese as Director of Catholic Social Services for many years where he developed and expanded programs to aid those in need. He was a Diocesan Consultor and a member of the Diocesan School Board, Ministry to Priests Program, Diocesan Ecumenical Commission and the Council of Priests.
Father Nealon served the parishes of Holy Name Cathedral, Holy Rosary, Holy Family and St. Peter in Steubenville; Our Lady of Fatima, Brilliant; St. Francis, Malvern; St. Joseph, Tiltonsville; St. John, Miltonsburg; and St. Bernard, Beverly.
Monsignor, upon retirement from active ministry, served as Chaplain for the Sisters of Our Lady of Charity, Carrollton. For over 20 years until his last illness, he was an inspiration to the sisters by his dedication to prayer and daily liturgy, his graciousness and his gratitude. He will always be remembered as a good man and a good priest.
Monsignor Nealon was preceded in death by his parents and brothers, William K.MD, Kennedy F., John K. and Francis K. He is survived by his beloved sister, Marguerite Nealon St. Clair, many nieces and nephews and the Sisters of Our Lady of Charity.
Friends will be received Sunday, October 14 from 3 p.m. until 7 p.m. and again Monday at 10 a.m. until time for the services at the Sisters of Our Lady of Charity Covent, 620 Roswell Road NW, Carrollton, Ohio.
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$$ \begin{align} \arctan(x) & = \arctan(1) + \arctan\left(\frac{x-1}{2}\right) \\ & {} - \arctan\left(\frac{(x-1)^2}{4} \right) + \arctan\left(\frac{(x-1)^3}{8}\right) - \cdots \end{align} $$
Is this known?
$$ \begin{align} \arctan(x) & = \arctan(1) + \arctan\left(\frac{x-1}{2}\right) \\ & {} - \arctan\left(\frac{(x-1)^2}{4} \right) + \arctan\left(\frac{(x-1)^3}{8}\right) - \cdots \end{align} $$
Is this known?
I have no references for this particular series, but here's some hints to get a closed formula for the coefficients listed above by Michael Renardy.
If we let $u:=\frac {1-x} 2$, an expansion $$\arctan(1-2u)=\arctan(1) + \sum_{k=1}^\infty \frac {c_k} k \arctan(u^k)$$ can be obtained by term-wise integration over on $[0,u]$ of a (somehow more common) expansion into rational fractions $$\frac 2 {1 + (1-2u)^2}= \sum_{k=1}^\infty \, c_k \frac {u^{k-1}} {1+u^{2k} }\, ,$$ (such expansions have a role in number theory, and are related to Dirichlet series). Here the coefficients may be identified expanding formally the geometric series $ (1+ u^{2k} )^{-1}$ and rearranging into a series of powers of $u$, to be compared with the power series of the LHS. One finds an equality with an arithmetic convolution, that inverted gives the $c_k$'s. The exponential growth of the $c_k$ give a positive radius of convergence (I guess $1/\sqrt 2$), that in particular allows the term-wise integration. Note that $\frac 2 {1 + (1-2u)^2}= \mathrm{Im} { \frac 2 {1-2u+i} }$, that simplifies things a bit.
I've voted up Pietro Majer's incomplete answer and Michael Renardy's incomplete answer in the "comments" section. Here's my own incomplete answer.
Here's how I got this series: start with the identity $$ \arctan a - \arctan b = \arctan \frac{a-b}{1+ab}. $$ From this we get $$ \arctan x = \arctan 1 + \arctan\frac{x-1}{1+x}. $$ Substituting 1 for $x$ everywhere in the last expression except the power of $x-1$, we get the 1st-degree term. So we need to replace the last term above by the 1st-degree term plus another arctangent by using the basic identity above, and we get $$ \arctan\frac{x-1}{1+x} = \arctan\frac{x-1}{2} + \arctan\frac{-(x-1)^2}{2(1+x) +(x-1)^2}. $$ Then again substitute 1 for $x$ everwhere in the last term except in the power of $(x-1)$ in the numerator, to get the 2nd-degree term, and then write the last term above as the sum of the 2nd-degree term and another arctangent of a yet more complicated rational function. And so on.
Does the sequence of arctangents of rational functions go to 0? In some sense? I don't know, nor do I know the general pattern.
I actually tried this first with $x-2$ instead of $x-1$; then I decided that $x-1$ already has enough initial unclarity.
I don't even know whether in some reasonable sense the process goes on forever.


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My question is in the title. I do not really understand why water is not a superfluid. Maybe I make a mistake but the fact that water is not suprfluid comes from the fact that the elementary excitations have a parabolic dispersion curve but for me the question remain. An equivalent way to ask it is: why superfluid helium is described by Gross-Pitaevsky equation and it is not the case for water?
You refer to the Landau criterion for superfluidity (there is a separate question whether this is really the best way to think about superfluids, and whether the Landau criterion is necessary and/or sufficient). In a superfluid the low energy excitations are phonons, the dispersion relation is linear $E_p\sim c p$, and the critical velocity is non-zero. In water the degrees of freedom are water molecules, the dispersion relation is quadratic, $E_p\sim p^2/(2m)$, and the critical velocity is zero.
The Gross-Pitaevskii equation applies (approximately) to Helium, because in the superfluid phase there is a single particle state which is macroscopically occupied. The GP equation describes the time evolution of the corresponding wave function. In water there are no macroscopically occupied states. You can try to solve the full many-body Schroedinger equation, but at least approximately this problem reduces to cassical kinetic theory.
I think the best criterion for superfluidity is irrotational flow: The non-classical moment of inertia, quantization of circulation, and persistent flow in a ring. Again, these don't appear in water because there is no spontaneous symmetry breaking, and no macroscopically occupied state.
Because water is liquid at much too high a temperature. Helium is only superfluid near absolute zero. To have a superfluid, you need the quantum wavelength of the atoms given the environmental decoherence to be longer than the separation between the atoms, so they can coherently come together.


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2009 Goodguys Southeastern Nationals Car ShowWritten by Gerry Burger on February 1, 2010 Trucks Were A Big Part Of This 16th Annual Event
Attend any cruise night, rod run, or indoor car show in the Southeast and it becomes abundantly clear that trucks are a big part of the overall hot rod scene. So it was no surprise to see an amazing array of vintage trucks rolling into Charlotte, North Carolina, and the Lowe's Motor Speedway to attend the 16th Annual Goodguys Rod & Custom Association Southeastern Nationals. This event has become a tradition for many people, leading to them saving the last weekend in October to attend this event. While October in North Carolina is generally a fairly dry month with pleasant temperatures, for some unknown reason this event always seems to have at least one day of rain and this year was no exception.
Goodguys Charlotte has long been one of our favorite events. After all, there just aren't many events that have this much to offer; it's a gearhead's dream weekend. Those in the know arrive a day early and take part in the Thursday poker run and NASCAR shop tours. This is a great opportunity to get up close and personal with many of the biggest teams in NASCAR. The poker run always ends at Fatman Fabrications, where Brent Vandervort and company put on a free feed for several hundred of his closest friends and customers.
Friday morning the event kicks off and the infield of Lowe's Motor Speedway quickly fills with hot rods and trucks of every description. RideTech, also known as Air Ride Technologies, has a great autocross track set up and many participants took part in the event, and even more enjoyed watching cars and trucks run the course. The skies remained cloudy with occasional light rain on Friday, but the rain held off so the nostalgia drags had a full night of running at the incredible zMAX dragstrip located just outside of the speedway. Just seeing this incredible facility is worth the trip, four lanes of all concrete dragstrips explains the zMAX name and everything from street brackets to vintage top fuel took to the quarter-mile on Friday evening. Saturday remained dry, albeit under heavy clouds. Saturday is the day for all the judging and we spent a good portion of the day checking out all the fine trucks in the Trick Truck area.
Saturday evening was time for touring laps on the famous banked oval, and from there the weekend begins to wind down. This year Sunday arrived with heavy rain, conditions bad enough to push the awards ceremony up several hours. Terry Temples took home the honor of being a Goodguy's Truck of the Year finalist with his gorgeous '59 Chevy. Like all events, this one came to an end all too soon. If you've never attended this event we heartily recommend that you put it on your "gotta go" list as this is one action packed, fun weekend. The 17th annual event is scheduled for October 29-31, 2010.
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Al and Renee Cravens motored in all the way from Madsionville, LA, in their fine '53 Chevy five-window. Subtle body tones contrast nicely with the black fenders.Larry Force was hoping to sell his teal '61 Ford at the show. The truck sports a very nice gray interior and the body fit and finish was very good. The asking price was $22,000.A tilt hood and two-tone tangerine and tan paint are some of the tasteful mods on Dan Fullan's fine '54. Under the hood you'll find a 351 Windsor, keeping this Ford all Ford.A heavily hammered lid dramatically alters the profile of this '72 GMC truck. The cowl-induction hood is wearing original color paint and judging by the fresh chrome on the truck we'd bet this is a work in progress.This deep-blue '67 was parked in the vendor area, and while we're not sure who the owner is, we are sure this is one super-straight, good-looking pickup.Hal Kinder didn't have to drive far to get to Lowe's Motor Speedway. The Mint Hill, NC, resident made the trip in style though, with his longbed Chevy. Inside you'll find orange and black Camaro pace car fabric.From the chopped top to the fine-tube grille, this '57 Chevy is one outstanding truck. Out back you'll find a set of big meats tucked under the fenders.
Ron Mills is the happy owner of this cool '52 International. Deep burgundy paint, proper stance, and Torq-Thrusts let you know this is a hot rod hauler. Out back you'll find a louvered tailgate and under the hood a small-block Chevy.Greg Kepley likes life in the 'burbs, and who could blame him with this very nice example of a '68 Suburban.Jeff Casto's '56 F-100 had one of the wildest paintjobs we saw all weekend. The deep green flipped to gold and purple in the light. The Big-Window rolls on big billet wheels.It's a rough old truck, but nothing seems to amuse the spectator crowd more than a truck sitting right on the ground. At least there are no worries about hurting the bumper.Dennis Bunton's '55 Cameo is so hot it dried the pavement in the rain! The orange and white hauler was a real crowd pleaser.


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How Can I install ubuntu system in my android phone Galaxy Nexus ?
Ubuntu for Phone, has not been released to install in Samsung Galaxy Nexus phones yet. It has been rumored that it will be released towards the end of Feb 2013 as a developer platform. This means that it will not be 100% fully functional for general public yet.
Ubuntu for the Nexus 7 TABLET is available now. This is the Ubuntu Desktop version not for Gnex Phone.
This link describes all, go through it https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Nexus7/Installation
Right now, there is no way to install Ubuntu for Phones - the one that was announced yesterday. Regular Ubuntu can be installed officially only on ASUS Nexus 7, not on Samsung Galaxy Nexus. There is a way to install Ubuntu with "chroot", which makes Ubuntu run "inside" Android. That's relatively slow. Very slow. And many apps won't run, as the system won't have enough memory. How to install Ubuntu 12.04 this way:
Ubuntu is tested on galaxy nexus and procedure to install is described here:
I am also a Galaxy Nexus owner and going to try the same in couple of days.


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12 Feb 2012 7:42 AM #1
Unanswered: Overriding Ext.form.Label - setText
I am trying to slightly modify the functionality of the default Ext.form.Label class. For reference, I have an xtype:label component in my application, and when the user double clicks on the component it launches an Ext.Editor control that gives the user write access to the property. My issue is that I am attempting to input an Address, which is multiline:
123 Place St.
Seattle, WA
The Label component has .text and .html properties. When the user inputs an address bound to a 'textarea' field using Ext.Editor, the input contains standard Chr(13) line breaks. When the Label outputs the data, the Chr(13) needs to be rendered as "
" using the .html property to properly display the address. This rendering is not done by default, so I am attempting to override the setText function of Ext.form.Label.
The trick is that I need to maintain the value of .text so that when the user double clicks and starts editing the field again, it does not contain "
" but instead keeps the \n character. My understanding is that .setText() is called when .text is modified, so I can exclusively put the "
" in to .html and leave .text untouched for the Ext.Editor.
Here is my override code. The application launches without error, however the override provides no change in behavior. (btw: I am developing a MVC app.. so any suggestion about where to put the override in the code structure would be greatly appreciated)
Ext.require('Ext.form.Label', function() { Ext.override('Ext.form.Label', { setText: function(text, encode){ var me = this; encode = encode !== false; if(encode) { me.text = text; delete me.html; } else { me.html = text; delete me.text; } if(me.rendered){ me.el.dom.innerHTML = encode !== false ? Ext.util.Format.htmlEncode(text) : text; me.el.dom.innerHTML = me.el.dom.innerHTML.replace(/\n/g,'
'); } return this; } }); });
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Have you checked out this example?
If you look at editor.js, in the afterrender event it creates Ext.Editor and in the field object of that is where you can change the xtype of the field that is created. Also, the height of the Editor would need to be changed. That will get you almost there to use a textarea for the multiline. The last part is increasing the height of the label that is being edited.Mitchell Simoens @LikelyMitch
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12 Feb 2012 12:22 PM #3
Okay, I've almost got it...
Per the example, I am doing the on the fly editing in the events. However, the 'beforestartedit' function does not work as intended. It is ignoring theCode:
startEdit: function(e,t) { var editor = Ext.create('Ext.Editor', Ext.apply({ updateEl: true, shadow: false, field: this.field, listeners: { beforestartedit: function(ed,el,value,opts) { ed.setValue(ed.getValue().replace('
','\n')); return true; }, beforecomplete: function(ed, value){ ed.setValue(ed.getValue().replace(/\n/g,'
')); return true; } }, })); editor.startEdit(t); editor.alignTo(this.id,"c-tl", this.field.offset); }
12 Feb 2012 12:37 PM #4
I noticed that ed.getValue() was returning nothing, so I switched to the 'value' variable. The string replacement is working fine, however ed.setValue() does not alter the textarea as intended.
12 Feb 2012 2:01 PM #5
Any thoughts on this? It seems like a framework bug, but I want to make sure my expectations on the events functionality are correct before I put together a fix to submit to SVN.
14 Feb 2012 4:06 AM #6
I'm just going to consider this a behavior that's outside the standard framework. I'll prepare code for it and publish it, just in case anyone wants to use it or commit it to svn.