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Angel Di Maria: Winger 'fits the bill' for Manchester United says Gary Neville
Argentina international set for move to Old Trafford
Simon Rice
Monday 25 August 2014 13:59
Angel Di Maria in action in the Spanish Super Cup for Real Madrid
Gary Neville has given his approval for the impending arrival of Angel Di Maria at Manchester United, saying the winger "fits the bill".
Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti has confirmed the Argentina international is on the verge of a move away from the European champions.
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Di Maria is reported to be closing on a big-money move - thought to be around £60m - to Manchester United and did not attend training with his Madrid team-mates at their Valdebebas training base on Sunday morning ahead of their league opener against Cordoba on Monday night.
The 26-year-old turned down a new contract with Los Blancos this summer and asked to leave the club despite Ancelotti revealing Madrid wanted to keep the former Benfica man.
Louis van Gaal has been desperate to bring in new players this summer, particularly after the opening day defeat to Swansea. Neville, who spent his entire playing career at Old Trafford, believes Di Maria is the exact kind of player that is needed.
"He can run and Manchester United haven't got any pace in wide areas. It is incredible," Neville told Sky Sports.
"That is what the club has been built on for the last 10 to 15 years - being able to get from box to box quickly, being able to spring on teams, having people that can dribble and are quick in the final third.
"They have Adnan Januzaj but they really have lost that variety."
Manchester United's worst signings
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Luis Nani
Perhaps harsh given some of the other names on this list, but Nani never lived up to the huge potential and talent he so clearly has. At his best he is up there with the very top players in the world, but the Portuguese winger, rather than replacing national team-mate Cristiano Ronaldo when he was sold, drifted into anonymity. He can dribble, cross and has a venomous shot with either foot, but Nani never scored more than 10 goals in a season and continued to frustrate Manchester United fans right until his last appearances for the club.
Liam Miller
Miller was supposed to be the next Roy Keane when he arrived at Old Trafford after a dominant breakout season at Celtic. But in two years at the club he managed just nine league appearances and was largely confined to playing in cup competitions. He left to Leeds and then Sunderland but never reached close to the level he was supposed to. Has spent the last four years plying his trade in Australia.
Anderson looked brilliant in his first couple of years for the club, combining talent on the ball and the ability to drive a team on from midfield with a real bite and competitive desire in his play. He suffered from injury and then began to pack on the pounds - rumours of a party boy spirit certainly didn't endear him to Fergie. His excessive weight meant injuries became more frequent and when he got onto the pitch he was well below his best. Bought for £26m, left for free in January window.
Gabriel Obertan
Like David Bellion (more on him later), Obertan arrived as an extremely raw but extremely quick winger - the comparisons that he could be molded into Thierry Henry were inevitable. Obertan never had the talent required at Old Trafford and while his pace is always a threat, Obertan never worked out how to use it. Just three goals in five years in England for United and Newcastle is proof enough of that.
Juan Sebastian Veron
The most talented player on this list by a mile, Veron never settled in Manchester and was unable to adapt to the English style of play. Showed his quality in bursts, especially in some memorable Champions League performances, and had a good career after he left England, but the mammoth price tag (£28.1m in 2001) means he was an abject failure at the club.
Massimo Taibi
It was always going to be hard following Peter Schmeichel however not quite as hard as Taibi made it look. United paid £4.4m for him in 1999 which in the end worked out at just over £1m per first team appearance. Taibi had a disastrous opening four games for the club, flapping at a free kick on debut and allowing Sami Hyypia to score as well as conceding five against Chelsea and committing one of the worst goalkeeping blunders of all time as he allowed a tame Matt Le Tissier shot to roll straight through his legs - something he blamed on his spikes. They were to be his only four games for the Red Devils.
Just a year after being homeless Bebe was inexplicably bought by Sir Alex Ferguson for £7m. He was said to be raw and one for the future, but in reality he was just bad. Appeared only seven times in red and looked completely out of his depth on every occasion - even though he managed to bag two goals. Somehow United managed to sell him to Benfica for only a small loss, after the Portuguese impressed during a loan spell in his native country.
William Prunier
Prunier had come through the Auxerre youth system with Eric Cantona however he did not share quite as an illustrious Man United career, managing just two first team appearances for the club. Ferguson brought him in on a trial with the intention of evaluating him in a few reserve team matches however he was hit with an injury crisis and Prunier was thrust into the first team. His club debut came against QPR where he was reasonably impressive however his second appearance did not go so well. United conceded four goals in a humiliating defeat by Tottenham and Prunier was singled-out for blame. He wasn't offered a permanent deal by Ferguson and returned to Europe.
Pat McGibbon
The Northern Irish defender was labelled as one of the stars of the youth team however he managed just one appearance for the club in what looked like an easy League Cup tie against York City in 1995. Unfortunately for McGibbon he was sent off and Manchester United crashed to a shock 3-0 defeat. He spent the next two seasons on loan before leaving for Wigan in 1997, still not having played a full 90 minutes for the club.
Perhaps a controversial inclusion given that Blanc is a European Championship and World Cup winner and was voted the fourth best French footballer of all time; however Blanc was far from a success at Manchester United. Joining in 2001, as his illustrious career was drawing to a close, Blanc was signed to replace Jaap Stam but failed to fill the gap left by the big Dutchman's acrimonious departure. United finished the season third, their worst ever in the Premier League, and failed to win any trophy for the first time in four seasons. To blame Blanc entirely for this would be unfair but the Frenchman certainly did not enhance his reputation with his performances at Old Trafford.
Jordi Cruyff
Having a legendary father widely regarded as one of the best to play the game must be quite a hard act to follow, however Jordi did have the advantage of growing up and learning football in Barcelona and even broke into their squad while his father was manager. His United career was not successful, he failed to establish himself as a first team regular and made only 55 appearances in four years. Despite playing during one of the club's most successful periods he picked up only one winner's medal. He scored a paltry eight goals during his time at the club and eventually was shipped off to Alavés.
Eric Djemba Djemba
According to the chants the Cameroonian was 'so good they named him twice', unfortunately this proved to be painfully ironic for United fans as the midfielder signed as Roy Keane's heir failed to establish himself at the club. He managed only 20 league appearances for the club and within 18 months he was on his way to Aston Villa where he similarly failed to impress. Off the pitch he was known for his ridiculously excessive spending and reportedly had a fleet of ten 4x4 cars and 30 different bank accounts. By the age of 26 he was playing his football in Qatar.
Kleberson
Kleberson's performances at the 2002 World Cup led to his coach Phil Scolari declaring him the driving force behind Brazil's win and Ferguson signed him for £6.5m at the same time as Cristiano Ronaldo. However his career took a slightly different path to the Portuguese winger and the Brazilian, who had been signed as a replacement for the equally unsuccessful Juan Sebastian Veron, managed only 20 appearances for the Red Devils before being sold to Besiktas.
Ralph Milne
The man Ferguson himself labels as his worst ever signing despite only setting him back £170,000 is almost totally unheard of, largely because he failed to impress at United, contributing almost nothing on the pitch. In some ways he was the second coming of George Best unfortunately this was restricted to his activities off the pitch and Milne recently admitted he squandered most of his money on alcohol, women, and gambling. United was to be his last professional club in England.
David Bellion
The signature of Bellion was a controversial one with Ferguson allegedly tapping him up while still under contract at Sunderland. A £2m out-of-court settlement was reached but in the end Ferguson must have wished he hadn't bothered as the Frenchman scored only four goals in 24 appearances before eventually being shipped off to Nice having failed to establish himself as a first team regular.
There is no doubting Diego Forlan's class, the Uruguayan was the winner of the Golden Ball for the best player in the 2010 World Cup as he helped his team to a highly respectable fourth place and he scored an enormous amount of goals in the Spanish league for Villareal and Atletico Madrid before his move to Inter Milan this summer. However his time at United was not a success. It took him an incredible eight months and 29 games to score his first goal for the club and in his three years at Old TRafford he managed only 17 in 63 appearances. He even struggled with celebrating his goals - he took his shirt off after scoring against Southampton and was unable to put it back on in time for the restart. The arrival of Wayne Rooney coincided with his departure from the club.
Dong Fangzhuo
The first Chinese player to feature for United was signed in January 2004, however due to work permit restrictions he was unable to actually play for the Red Devils until 2006 and it wasn't until over three years after his signing that he made his debut for the club, at the end of the season, with the title already won. He made a substitute appearance in the Champions League and played an entire League Cup game as United lost to Coventry City but that was it. Dong failed to be given a squad number for the 2008-9 season with his number being given to Rafael da Silva and his contract was mutually terminated by the club so that he could find first team football elsewhere.
Neville continued: "Last year the signings didn't fit the bill for me in terms of what United are and the philosophy. This fits the bill if they can get Di Maria.
"The fans say a central midfielder or a centre-back is needed more, but I don't see any difference with a winger in that they need all three.
"This is the first part of that - the correct signing, if they can get him."
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A Niche of His Own
By Kelly Carroll
Come rain, shine or even strong winds, Tom Jopson's tomatoes grow no matter what the weather has to offer. And they are in season from the end of October through July, which is the off season for most tomatoes.
That's because Jopson's tomatoes do not grow on vines outside, rather they ripen in his Lexan plastic-sided greenhouses. Just 100 miles from the San Francisco Bay area, in Rio Oso, Calif., Jopson Family Gardens has been producing hydroponic tomatoes for almost two years now.
Though growing hydroponic tomatoes is a new beginning for the Jopsons, running an operation is old hat. With ground suited for rice or pasture, Jopson's great grandfather started the operation producing dry grains and gradually shifted the focus to rice.
Growing to the size of 2,000 acres, rice remained the primary crop until Jopson's father returned to grains. He also added cattle to the mix, which were phased out ten years ago.
With this change, the family began contemplating the future. "It was a natural progression," according to Jopson. "We had to diversify or die."
As a result, on top of keeping the rice fields going with father, Wes, and brother, Dave, Jopson began researching the greenhouse business, more specifically he looked into producing hydroponic tomatoes. "I never dreamed I'd be in the greenhouse business," he says.
After about 15 years of research, Jopson is certainly in business today with nearly a half acre growing undercover. Jopson says he's working toward having 25 acres in the future.
"I'm only at half the production I want to be at," he says. "Tomatoes are just a start, we want to grow peppers and maybe melon."
Jopson has started testing peppers, cantaloupe and watermelon and found peppers need more light than tomatoes. "It's constant research," says Jopson. "We're field farmers, we never knew anything about tomato varieties, environmental controls, insects..."
The operation currently uses 60 1,000W high pressure sodium lights, but Jopson continues to look into other options. For instance he is experimenting with one row of metal halide lighting to see how they work. Though he has found high pressure sodium better for blossom production, the research continues. He even plans to visit another hydroponic tomato grower in Washington State to swap ideas.
The research has paid off. He not only sells about 2,000 lbs. a week to high-end grocery stores, health stores and several chains like Safeway and Lucky Food Centers, but every weekend Jopson Family Gardens holds a farmer's market in Sacramento. In a typical weekend the family sells between 700-800 lbs. of tomatoes.
With the market currently held outdoors, they are lucky to sell 500 lbs. during the winter months, when rain is common, says Jopson. He is looking to set up somewhere inside in the future.
Jopson sells his tomatoes for about $4 per pound and credits their flavor and taste for the reason his customers return."
If we would grow year-round, people wouldn't have a backyard garden," he says. "There's a segment of people who want quality and flavor."
Jopson Family Gardens currently services areas as north as Chico, Calif. and as far south as Sacramento. Though he'd like to expand, he doesn't foresee expanding outside of California at this point because he believes in the quality of his product, which would be altered drastically as a result of shipping."
The niche I'm filling is high-end," explains Jopson. "Ours are ripe [which] wouldn't ship well." Currently, Jopson and his father personally deliver their tomatoes once a week from 5 a.m. to 12 p.m. While Jopson covers the areas near Sacramento, his father goes north.
In their first year of production, the Jopsons offered rebates and conducted taste tests to get their tomatoes in the market at $3.99 per pound. "Trying to sell and getting people to try [the tomatoes] is tough," says Jopson. "Once they taste them, they usually come back."
Jopson is hopeful they will keep doing so. "[You] have to be optimistic to be a farmer."
From Greenhouse Business magazine, June 1998. Used by permission.

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Els xabaks són una minoria etnoreligiosa que viu al nord de l'Iraq, a la governació de Nínive, als pobles d'Ali Rash, Khazna, Yangija i Tallara, fora del territori reconegut al Govern Regional del Kurdistan però sota administració kurda de facto des del 2003. El seu nombre s'estimava en 15.000 persones vers 1975 però avui dia serien més de 60.000. Els xabaks estan constituïts per tres grups: els bajalan, els zengana (dos confederacions tribals kurdes amb importants comunitats xabaks) i els xabaks pròpiament.

Costums
El nom xabak deriva tradicionalment de la paraula àrab "xabak" que vol dir "entrellaçat". Els xabaks foren reconeguts com a ètnia separada el 1952, però a la pràctica eren considerats més com una classe social inferior. Llur religió és una barreja d'elements musulmans i cristians. Hi ha moltes semblances amb el yazidisme i els xabaks pelegrinen als santuaris yazidites. Tenen un llibre sagrat anomenat el Buyruk, escrit en turcman iraquià col·loquial. Combinen elements del sufisme amb la seva pròpia interpretació de la realitat divina, que consideren més avançada que la xaria islàmica. Els seus caps espirituals són anomenats pir, individus experts en les pràctiques religioses i rituals de la secta; els pirs són dirigits per un Baba o cap suprem; els pirs són mediadors entre la divinitat i els xabaks individuals. Poden consumir alcohol i tenen establerta la confessió pública i privada.

Història
La religió dels xabaks és independent. Emparentada però diferent de l'islam ortodox i del cristianisme; es diu que són descendents dels kizilbaixis de l'exèrcit del safàvida Ismail I, però el seu origen és discutit: es diu que no poden ser kurds perquè parlen una llengua diferent (una barreja de kurd, persa, àrab i turc, però amb el turc com a dominant) i el seu llibre sagrat (el Buyruk o Kitab al-Managib, 'Llibre dels Actes Exemplars') està escrit en turcman, i religiosament tenen afinitats amb els sufís bektaixis i alevis de Turquia; però el seu llenguatge de fet és derivat del gorani o hawrami i no hi cap prova de contactes religiosos amb els bektaixis i alevis. No sé sap quan van emergir com a grup ètnic diferenciat i fins i tot si són diferents dels bajalans o bajwans de la vall de Khosar que parlen una llengua més o menys diferent i que podrien ser (en aquest cas si) descendents de partidaris d'Hajji Bektash; però els xabaks diuen que ells s'anomenen així i que bajwans o bajalans és el nom que els donen els àrabs de la rodalia; els esyudis del dialecte bajalan indicarien que és una variant del xabaki; se suposa que serien només un subgrup dels xabaks.

En les reformes agràries de 1958 i 1963 els xabaks van aconseguir terres i alguns, trencant amb la seva tradició, van entrar a les Forces Armades. En la campanya d'arabització del 1975-1977 molts xabaks foren reubicats lluny de les seves llars tradicionals i només alguns van donar suport al govern baasista, mentre que la majoria va haver de fugir durant la campanya anomenada al-Anfal (les massacres de kurds amb armament químic) de 1988 i la crisi dels refugiats de 1991. Els més afectats foren els xabaks dels subgrups dels bajalan, zengana i hawrami. La seva religió fou també perseguida. El govern baasista els informava que eren àrabs i no kurds (però eren àrabs de segona, ja que eren deportats com els kurds).

A la caiguda de Saddam Hussein els xabaks es van organitzar, primer en la Coalició Democràtica Xabak, posteriorment en l'Assemblea Democràtica xabak, que reclama una representació separada pels xabaks fora del Kurdistan, que va incorporar de facto els seus pobles el 2003, i els va considerar kurds de religió xabak. Milicians kurds van disparar sobre una manifestació de xabaks el 2005 i en van ferir alguns. Però els majors enemics dels xabaks són els àrabs sunnites; entre 2003 i 2009 un miler de xabaks foren assassinats per militants sunnites, i a Mossul uns 4000 xabaks foren expulsats de les seves llars. Representants xabaks de l'Assemblea Democràctica xabak foren escollits als municipis de Bakhdida, Bartella, Basheqa, Tel Keppe i Nimrod, totes de majoria assíria, a la governació de Niniveh.

Bibliografia
 Shabaks
 Michiel Leezenberg, The Shabak and the Kakais: Dynamics of Ethnicity in Iraqi Kurdistan, Publications of Insititute for Logic, Language & Computation (ILLC), University of Amsterdam, 1994

Grups humans de l'Iraq

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INVITED ARTICLE
Ayurveda: Science of life, genetics, and epigenetics
Hari Sharma
OSU Integrative Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
Date of Web Publication 7-Nov-2017
2000 Kenny Road, Columbus, OH 43221
Ayurveda is a traditional system of medicine originated in the ancient Vedic times of India. This body of knowledge is found in well-documented texts such as the Charaka Samhita and Sushruta Samhita, and describes physiology and interrelated systems of the body, variations in human constitution, surgery, herbal use, and health-promoting recommendations. Ayurveda is translated as the "Science of Life;" Ayus = Life, and Veda = knowledge/science. The principles and treatment modalities have endured over time. For Ayurveda to be appreciated by Western medical researchers, this traditional system of medicine needs to be understood in terms of modern science. The current theories of physiology that support Ayurvedic approaches need to be explored. Herein, one approach of how the realm of epigenetics can help elucidate the mechanisms of Ayurveda has been described.
Keywords: Ayurveda, epigenetics, genetics, Vedic
Sharma H. Ayurveda: Science of life, genetics, and epigenetics. AYU 2016;37:87-91
Sharma H. Ayurveda: Science of life, genetics, and epigenetics. AYU [serial online] 2016 [cited 2022 Jan 21];37:87-91. Available from: https://www.ayujournal.org/text.asp?2016/37/2/87/217789
Ayurveda is a traditional system of medicine originated in the ancient Vedic times of India. It is a comprehensive approach to health and homeostasis that addresses body, mind, emotions, spirit, and environment. Ayurveda is translated as the "Science of Life;" Ayus = Life and Veda = knowledge/science. This knowledge is found in ancient Ayurvedic texts such as the Charaka Samhita[1] and Sushruta Samhita,[2] and describes in detail the physiology and interrelated systems of the body, variations in human constitution, surgical techniques, use of herbs and herbal mixtures, and many other modalities for achieving and maintaining health. Ayurveda uses the principles of nature to distinguish and define different body types or constitutions, each with unique characteristics and response to the environment, and with predispositions to diseases and reactions to drugs. Ayurveda promotes constitutionally dependent guidelines for maintaining balance and protecting against disease.[3]
Current medical research emphasizes personalized medicine and systems biology, and will benefit by going beyond reductionism in the scientific method to model and study whole biological systems. Reductionism helps to define cellular and molecular actors in the processes of health and disease. Sophisticated informatics gained from highly technical genomics, proteomics, and metabolomics studies of human tissue samples can characterize multiple molecules involved in the tissue at that moment. However, these data sets may be static and defy the complexity of intratissue interactions and dynamic environmental responses.
There is a need to understand disease and pathology in terms of ecological homeostasis, how the individual/environment interactions are in a dynamic equilibrium when they are healthy, and how imbalances in the homeostatic system become seeds for illness. Ayurveda can provide a universal perspective to the nature of life, health, and even to cell and molecular biology. Ayurvedic paradigms can be explored to elucidate cellular and molecular genetic mechanisms. One way to understand Ayurveda may be through the science of epigenetics. It is estimated that epigenetic factors play a large role in determining lifelong health. Epigenetics mediates molecular nuclear responses to the environment in time and over generations. Effects of Ayurvedic herbs and lifestyle recommendations may be explained in terms of epigenetic mechanisms.
Epigenetics and Phenotype
Epigenetics describes the dynamic relationship between the environment and gene expression. Epigenetics refers to how gene expression is regulated on the level of the chromosomes, and what part of the DNA is open for reading (transcription) to produce proteins (translation). It refers to external modifications to the DNA that turn genes "on" or "off." These modifications do not change the DNA sequence, but control gene expression. Epigenetic changes are carried out by DNA methylation and the interaction of DNA and proteins called histones. DNA methylation refers to the addition of a methyl group (CH3) to the cytosine nucleotides in the DNA strand itself. DNA methylation patterns are passed on from parents to child and are vital to human growth and development, enabling a single cell to grow into a complex multicellular organism made of different tissues and organs. However, methylation can result in the inappropriate silencing of genes such as tumor suppressor genes.[4],[5] Many of these processes are altered in cancer, and there is a great interest in understanding these processes to control the cancer progression.
Histones are proteins that compact the genome (DNA) into a large nucleoprotein complex known as chromatin. For accessibility of DNA for processes such as replication, transcription, repair and recombination, interaction between histones and DNA is required. It represents an important regulatory factor for processes that require direct access to the DNA.[6] In this way, histones regulate the way DNA expresses itself, which is part of the epigenetic mechanism.
Epigenetics deals with virtually everything that happens to the expressed genes in the phenotype during stages of the lifespan, for example, prenatal, postnatal, childhood, lifetime social experiences, diet, nutrition, exposure to toxins, lifestyle, behavior, stress and environment, and how these impact the expression of genes.[7],[8],[9],[10],[11],[12] The phenotypic expression differs in each individual depending on which part of the DNA (genes) is being expressed, based on past exposures, experiences and impressions, knowledge of which is embedded in the genes in the form of these epigenetic modifications. The phenotype is dynamic and always changing. The phenotype is affected primarily by the factors listed in [Table 1]. These factors will keep the expressed phenotype in good health if the proper principles of life and living are followed. If the proper principles are not followed, alterations in health occur and disease manifests. These principles are addressed in detail in Ayurveda (discussion to follow).
Table 1: Factors that affect phenotype
Research is validating the role of different factors that modify the epigenetic patterns. Several lifestyle factors – such as diet, obesity, physical activity, tobacco smoking, alcohol consumption, environmental pollutants, psychological stress and working on the night shift – might modify epigenetic patterns.[13] Epigenetic dysregulations including aberrant methylation, histone modification and microRNA alterations in cancer, as well as neurodegenerative, autoimmune, cardiovascular and other diseases have been reported.[14] Researchers have also found widespread seasonal gene expression differences in human immunity and physiology.[15] It is interesting to note that a number of studies have indicated that environmental stress can also promote epigenetic alterations that are transmitted to subsequent generations to induce pathologies.[16]
Insights from Ayurveda Contribute to Understanding These Processes
According to Ayurveda, matter is composed of five Mahabhutas (basic elements) that have the properties of space (Akasha), air (Vayu), fire (Tejas), water (Jala) and earth (Prithivi). These combine to form three Doshas, known as Vata, Pitta and Kapha. The Doshas are psychophysiological principles that govern various aspects of the human body. Vata is formed from the lighter elements with properties of space and air. Pitta is formed from the elements with properties of fire and water. Kapha is formed from the heavier elements with properties of water and earth. Vata regulates movement and communication, including blood flow, contraction of the heart, breathing, movement of food through the digestive tract and communication of cells through nerve impulses. Pitta regulates digestion, metabolism, and transformation, including energy exchange, appetite and endocrine functions. Kapha regulates structure and cohesion of the body, including strength, stability, fluid balance and weight. Each individual has a unique ratio of Vata, Pitta and Kapha. This is known as their psychophysiological constitution and correlates with the individual's phenotype. Ayurveda has an elaborate description of how to maintain good health by following the right principles for the four factors that affect phenotype [Table 1].[17] The functions which these factors relate to can be summarized as follows:
Lifestyle and behavior
Ayurveda covers the whole lifespan, including prenatal, postnatal, childhood, and lifetime social experiences. It has instructions for daily and seasonal routines, which include the time to go to bed, the time to get up, the time to eat, the time to exercise, the time to study, the time to meditate, and the time for other activities. It also has recommendations for proper behavior, and how to deal with peers, individuals who are younger, and those who are older, in general and in different circumstances. For example, behaviors and attitudes to be maximized include love, compassion and speech that uplifts people. Behaviors and attitudes to be avoided include anger, violence, and harsh or hurtful speech. Advice and guidance should be given to those who are younger, and respect should be given to teachers and elders. These behaviors affect health on the physical level through the release of neuropeptides. Negative emotions release neurochemicals that strain and damage the organs, whereas positive emotions release health-promoting chemicals.[3]
Digestion, diet, and nutrition
Digestion of food is critical to good health according to Ayurveda. The concept of Agni or "fire" to digest the consumed food is the basis of proper assimilation of food by the tissues. When Agni is weak, food that is incompletely digested results in the toxic buildup of a substance called Ama.[3],[18],[19],[20]Ama may manifest as toxic byproducts of incomplete digestion concentrated in extracellular spaces, or imbalances of homeostatic factors. Ama can also include assimilated environmental toxins. As Ama is deposited in the tissues and the macro- and micro-channels used for energy flow, it potentially incites the immune system and creates pockets of inflammation. Deposited Ama can result in atheroma in arteries, hypercholesterolemia, painful or swollen joints, as well as microscopic barriers to assimilation of nutrients. To minimize the accumulation of Ama, recommendations for the proper digestion of food are emphasized in Ayurveda.
Ayurveda has detailed recommendations for diet and nutrition that are personalized according to Ayurvedic constitutional type and other factors.[3],[17],[21] The major factors which govern the diet are as follows:
Taste of the food
Qualities of the food
Time of the day, season of the year, and age of the individual
State of the physiology of the individual
Geographic location.
The taste and qualities of foods affect the Doshas (Vata, Pitta, and Kapha) in specified ways, and thereby affect the psychophysiological constitution in either a healthy or unhealthy manner. The time of day, season of the year, and age of the individual are classified according to the Doshas and thereby influence the psychophysiological constitution and the choice of foods that are healthy or unhealthy in that particular situation. Geographic location is also taken into consideration.
In addition to the major stressful events in life, small conflicts and disputes that occur in day-to-day living can negatively impact health, and hinder progress and evolution. To manage stress, Ayurveda recommends proper living and proper knowledge of life, Yoga, breathing exercises, meditation, whole-body massage, Ayurvedic psychotherapy, and herbs.
Environment – near and far
Ayurveda addresses the effects of near and far environments. Near environment refers to the place of residence and the effects of the physical structure of the house and workplace. There are recommendations regarding areas to live, the architecture of the house, effects of the house where you live and the building where you work, avoidance of toxic exposure, and how to maximize beneficial effects. Far environment refers to the cosmic bodies – the planets, moon, and stars. Recommendations address their influence and how they affect the physiology.[22]
Ayurvedic Pharmacopeia
Ayurvedic texts document the extensive use of botanicals for improving health and immunity. Ayurvedic botanicals include natural active products such as flavonoids, terpenes, and polyphenols that may also regulate epigenetic mechanisms without toxicity.[3],[5],[23],[24],[25] More research into this area is needed to understand this level of regulation of epigenetics and of mechanisms of health by Ayurvedic herbs.
Underlying Philosophy
Ayurveda and the ancient Vedic knowledge of India provide a philosophical understanding of the order and impulses of nature. According to Vedic science, the human being consists of two aspects: the neverchanging and the everchanging. The physical body, and the inner faculty or working consciousness, are relative and constantly changing. The deep inner Self, or pure Consciousness, is absolute and never changes.[26] The Absolute is referred to as Sat-Chit-Anand, which translates as "Pure existence-Pure consciousness-Bliss." This deep inner Self is the silent source of all knowledge, intelligence, and creativity, and all natural laws that govern existence.
The Absolute pertains to the overall order and intelligence of nature. The Relative aspect is called Prakriti and refers to the impulse or initiation of expression of existence in material form. This correlates with how gene expression leads to material existence. DNA by itself is silent, but holds the possibility of all or any genes to be expressed; this correlates with the Absolute, which is the silent source of creation. Only through external signals from other cells or the tissue microenvironment are genes expressed, and cells continue to adapt to their external changing environment. These external signals correlate with the way in which Prakriti initiates the material expression of existence.
One example of how Ayurveda and Vedic knowledge correlate with the current scientific understanding of the physiology is in the process of conception. Every living creature starts life as one single cell. The fertilized embryo is derived from the union of two germ cells, one from the male parent and the other from the female parent. As long as the two cells remain separate, no reproduction occurs. This correlates with the Absolute remaining silent and Prakriti being required to initiate the expression of existence in material form. The DNA represents the material equivalent of the Absolute, which is the source of everything but does not do anything to create the universe.[27] This corresponds with a saying from the ancient Ayurvedic text Charaka Samhita: "Purusho'yam loka sannidah" which translates as "Man is a miniature universe."[28]
Another example of the correlation between Ayurvedic knowledge and current scientific understanding is in how the information in the DNA becomes the material of the body. DNA – the genetic code of the individual – like the Absolute has all the knowledge of the individual but only expresses part of its knowledge. During the process of expression, the two strands of DNA separate to form messenger RNA (mRNA) during the transcription process, and then transfer RNA (tRNA) facilitates the translation process to create amino acids that combine to form proteins. The DNA strands open and close and in essence, DNA does not do anything, i.e., does not change in its structure, and yet creates the expressed part which becomes the phenotype.[6] A feedback loop then influences the subsequent expression of DNA; this is the influence of epigenetics – this is how lifestyle, diet and digestion, stress, and environment affect health. The whole process is simplified and summarized as follows:
The Vedic texts describe the process of material creation as arising from an undifferentiated state of unity or pure Consciousness known as Samhita. From this underlying unity arises a tripartite diversity resulting in an awareness of existence and in the material creation, i.e., Rishi– knower, Devata– process of knowing (activity), and Chhandas– the known (final product).[3] This correlates with the process of DNA expression. DNA contains the totality of information and correlates with Samhita or unity; mRNA carries the information and correlates with Rishi, the knower; tRNA facilitates the translation process to create amino acids and correlates with Devata, activity; and the amino acids and proteins correlate with Chhandas, the final product.
The DNA (genetic code) does not change (except by toxic and radiation injury, etc.); likewise, the Absolute does not change. The phenotype – the expressed value of DNA from its different parts – is dynamic and always changing (the Relative value of life). The phenotype sends messages back to the DNA in a feedback loop that can change the expression of the DNA code by turning on or turning off genes. These are the epigenetic functions of DNA methylation and alterations in the histones and chromatin that occur in response to environmental signals. The phenotype – the genes that are expressed – is dynamic and always changing. These two together, genes and phenotype, represent Absolute and Relative in material expression, with Absolute expressing different knowledge through DNA and manifesting as different phenotypic individuals.
Ayurveda is a comprehensive system of health care that addresses physical, mental, and spiritual well-being. According to Vedic science, the deep inner Self (pure Consciousness) activates the inner faculty (working consciousness), which in turn activates the physical body. A self-referral feedback loop is provided by meditation, in which a conscious connection is made with the deep inner Self.[26] This correlates with the epigenetic feedback loop in the cells of the body. In meditation, the feedback loop to the deep inner Self (the seat of knowledge, like DNA) provides inner peace and bliss, which removes the accumulated stresses of life and improves overall health. In the process of meditation, when the mind transcends the senses, intellect, and ego, and reaches the deep inner Self – pure Consciousness – it starts imbibing the properties of pure Consciousness – peace, bliss, energy, and creativity – and these are expressed in the daily activities of life.
Ayurveda restores the innate intelligence of the body and awareness for healing. Homeostatic factors are ingrained in the blueprint for life. Meddling with the laws of nature can result in detours on the path to optimal health. Ayurvedic therapies can affect both the genetic and phenotypic expression of life. Research efforts into Ayurvedic modalities and herbal preparations should include how epigenetic mechanisms are altered in target tissues or in the immune cells. Potential new pathways of cellular and molecular functioning may be discovered in the process of evaluating Ayurvedic approaches. Ayurveda can be appreciated through the science of epigenetics, covering the manifested expression of life, and how to maintain and improve the health of the individual. The epigenetic factors in life affect the phenotype in a positive or negative way, and indirectly affect the genetic expression in a positive or negative way, which can be transmitted to the progeny. Ayurveda covers both aspects of life – genetic and phenotypic – and is a comprehensive, holistic, and personalized system of health care.
The author is thankful to Julia Arnold for her insight and helpful comments during the preparation of this manuscript.
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Rocking and rolling (also rock and roll) is a name for cueing techniques used in sound recording and video recording, particularly in analog recordings.

In sound recording, the reels of an open reel tape machine were "rocked and rolled" by turning them back and forth by hand, to cue recordings for playback, and especially for editing, which was done by cutting and splicing the tape. With the passing of reel-to-reel tape recording into obsolescence, the technique is now scarcely used.

In video recording, video segments and programs are similarly cued by turning one or more knobs back and forth, on the panel of a recording deck or edit controller, until the desired points are located and set. Analog video on tape is also largely obsolete, although some digital interfaces continue to use cueing knobs, or their virtual equivalents.

See also
Scrubbing (audio)

Recording
Film and video technology


Whats new in SAP Solution Manager 7.2?
SAP Solution Manager 7.2 as per Market reports, was scheduled to be available in market, by 2015 end, but now has been postponed to probably, 2016 Q2. Looking forward to some large scale changes, to be introduced this time. Here I am trying to put in all the information I gathered from different sources.
Would like to state that this blog is an output of different study materials and sources, and can be a bit different from the planned final delivery.
7.1 was IT/Operations focused, so, to balance it, SolMan 7.2 is more "Business Processes Oriented", with a goal of involving more and more Business Process Experts.
In 7.1, you can't use Solution Documentation without a landscape, (you have to maintain logical component in solar t-codes). For 7.2, SAP want to decouple the documentation from the actual landscape.
Out of several concepts of Solution Manager, for Solution Documentation in SolMan 7.1, we have 2- Project and Solution. You need to create a Project and a Solution (later, if you transfer your documentation, from an Implementation Project to a Maintenance Project), if you want to document anything in SolMan 7.1. Solution Manager 7.2 is expected to remove this issue by integrating Projects and Solution, and introducing One Common directory for Business Process documentation.
Now, we have something called, RDS (Rapid Deployment Solution) Content to replace the backbone of all Non-technical SolMan functionalities- Business Process Repository. Another way of SAP to lay more stress on Rapid Deployment Solutions.
SAP has decided to get rid of SOLAR Transactions in 7.2 that form the foundation of Solution Documentation functionality, till 7.1, and are used to create, manage and do some reporting on your documentation project. In their place, SAP is introducing two mains views: The Solution Landscape UI, and the Solution Documentation UI.
In 7.1, Documentation functionality of Solution Manager offers a 3 levels hierarchy: Scenarios, Business Process and Process Steps. Now, when SOLAR transactions are not there anymore, with 3 levels still there, SAP gives the option to Add as many levels (boxes) to it.
7.2 adds a new layer of Solution Documentation & Change Request Management, by automatically making your maintenance documentation productive, the moment your ticket turns productive.
There are some/more Management options going to be introduced in Solution Documentation and Change Request Management, by SAP. We might get some new transactions types for IT and Business Requirements.
Number of logical components also, might also be getting reduced.
The SAP Solution Manager Product Roadmap already informs us about some of these features. But however some features will never be mentioned by SAP Product Management because of several reasons.


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Red Cross hurting after floods hit Pueblo, Canon City
The Pueblo Chapter of the American Red Cross is scraping bottom financially after weekend floods in Pueblo and Canon City, according to Larry Thompson, executive director.
The Pueblo Chapter spent $65,000 in the last nine months providing direct services during disasters, but the chapter — which covers 12 counties — only had $7,000 budgeted for disaster assistance this year.
Thompson has been forced to lay off employees and use volunteers.
When the disaster goes above the local budget, the chapter borrows from the national organization.
Saturday night, Red Cross housed 60 people in an emergency shelter at Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo.
"We pay for that," said Thompson. "The state hospital works with us. We're very glad to have the hospital. They have a kitchen. They feed the people and have clean beds. Everything is there."
In addition, the Red Cross is helping a family whose house was damaged by fire on East Second Street recently.
The phone rang constantly Monday as people with water problems called for the damage assessment team to come and survey the damage. Thompson said most of the calls have been from the upper East Side. Several homes have 1 1/2 feet of water inside them, and chairs, sofas and mattresses are wet.
"At least 10 homes have been damaged, and 20 to 30 have water problems," said Thompson.
Damage from wind and rain also was heavy in Belmont.
Last weekend's flooding was the second of the summer. In June, when so many homes were flooded, Goodwill helped the Red Cross by providing furniture and clothing. The YWCA allowed people without utilities to shave and shower. Family Counseling helped families reduce the high stress levels.
Red Cross assistance provided a few articles of new clothing for people whose clothing was destroyed.
"We sure need contributions," said Thompson. "We're hoping Pueblo people and businesses who haven't given will send a check."
Little Caesar's Pizza is selling a coupon book for $1 until Sept. 15. The purchaser gets free crazy bread and sauce and the $1 goes to Red Cross. Dave Feamster, owner, hopes to raise $15,000 for Red Cross through the project, and Thompson hopes other businesses will have similar fund drives to help.
In addition to budget woes, the Red Cross is seeking volunteers.
"We only have 16 to 18 trained volunteers in Pueblo, and although they are very good, there are never enough," said Thompson. "You need a huge list of people who have been trained. You never know when disaster will hit."


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Q: Sunspot Solr: How to boost by popularity field I've added a "popularity" field to Solr as an external field.
"./solr/configsets/sunspot/conf/schema.xml"
<schema name="sunspot" version="1.0">

  <!-- ... -->

  <types>
    <fieldType name="ext_popularity_field" keyField="id" defVal="1.0" class="solr.ExternalFileField"/>
  </types>
  <fields>
    <field name="popularity" type="ext_popularity_field" />
  </fields>

  <!-- ... -->

  <listener event="newSearcher"   class="org.apache.solr.schema.ExternalFileFieldReloader"/>
  <listener event="firstSearcher" class="org.apache.solr.schema.ExternalFileFieldReloader"/>
</schema>

I've generated the ./solr/development/data/external_popularity.txt file and I can see those scores with this query on the solr dashboard:
http://localhost:8983/solr/development/select?q={!func}popularity&fl=id,score
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>

<response>
   <lst name="responseHeader">
      <int name="status">0</int>
      <int name="QTime">21</int>
   </lst>
   <result name="response" numFound="7626" start="0" maxScore="21.75">
      <doc>
         <str name="id">Item 9788770781701</str>
         <float name="score">21.75</float>
      </doc>
      <doc>
         <str name="id">Item 9781449661373</str>
         <float name="score">19.0</float>
      </doc>
      <!-- ... -->
   </result>
</response>

So now the question is, how do I actually reference this in the Rails project?  I have an Item class with a searchable block:
class Item < ActiveRecord::Base
  searchable include: [:authors, :publisher, :order_temporary_stock] do
    text :ean
    text :full_title
    text :author_names
    text :publisher_name

    # ...
  end
end

...and a typical search:
Item.solr_search do
  fulltext self.q do
    phrase_fields full_title:    16.0 # pf: full_title_text^16.0
    phrase_slop 1

    boost_fields ean:            8.0  # qf: ean_text^8.0
    boost_fields author_names:   2.0  # qf: author_names_text^2.0
    boost_fields publisher_name: 2.0  # qf: publisher_name_text^2.0

    # boost(popularity)
  end

end

A: Solved the above by adding :boost to the search params as follows:
Item.solr_search do
  fulltext self.q do
    phrase_fields full_title:    16.0 # pf: full_title_text^16.0
    phrase_slop 1

    boost_fields ean:            8.0  # qf: ean_text^8.0
    boost_fields author_names:   2.0  # qf: author_names_text^2.0
    boost_fields publisher_name: 2.0  # qf: publisher_name_text^2.0
  end

  adjust_solr_params do |params|
    params[:boost] = "popularity_score"
  end
end

end

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The Mountain Goats Set New Scenes with Bleed Out
callistamilligan August 26, 2022 Tagged Album Review, bleed out, callista milligan, john darnielle, mountain goats, Music & Culture, Reviews, Rock, singer-songwriter, the mountain goats
On August 19th, the Mountain Goats dropped their 21st studio album, Bleed Out. The Mountain Goats are known for their brutally honest songwriting, courtesy of lead singer John Darnielle, whose familiar voice connects the listener to the band's previous 20 albums. But while remaining true to their sound, the album proves that the Mountain Goats still have new stories to tell.
The cover art looks like a scene out of a murder mystery–bloody bodies covered with sheets, with some detectives investigating the scene. From the first song, it's easy to envision the album as a movie, with descriptive, vivid lyrics and tracks that grab the listener's attention with acoustic guitar, driving percussion and even saxophone.
The album kicks off with "Training Montage," which sounds exactly as the title suggests; it's just like the moment in a movie when the hero redeems himself, with lyrics like "Everybody's ready for justice/Just another mile to go." The chorus elaborates on the motivation behind this montage: "I'm doing this for revenge/I'm doing this to try to stay true." This vengeful attitude is carried out further in track's like "Mark on You" and "Make You Suffer," which both create scenes that could make the listener feel a bit uneasy, like any good action movie.
The album's third track, "Wage Wars Get Rich Die Handsome" seems like precursor for other songs on the album which carry on a theme of war, like "Hostages" and "Need More Bandages." "First Blood," may even conjure up specific war movie visuals with references to Paul Kersey and John Rambo.
The album wraps up with the title track, "Bleed Out," which feels like the death of a main character the listener has been following through the entire album. But there's something different about this ending scene–the character seems aware of, accepting and even encouraging his demise. With the classic frankness of a Mountain Goats song, the album finishes with lines like "There won't be any words of wisdom from me/Just a lake of blood for all the world to see," bringing back the imagery from the album's cover.
Bleed Out could introduce someone to the Mountain Goats' unique sound, but also stands alone with its own musical and lyrical ideas. Despite having an enormous discography spanning 30 years, it is clear that the Mountain Goats have not exhausted their potential yet.
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