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Gua Sha Massage: What Is It And Is It Safe?
When you have chronic pain you'll try anything in hopes of finding some relief.
We're going to look into an alternative therapy for pain management from East Asia called Gua Sha.
In case you're wondering, it's pronounced "gwah sah."
"Gua" means "to scrape" and "sha" is the stagnation or blockage in the body that is the cause of the pain or illness. Gua Sha is also referred to as scraping, spooning or coining due to method and tools used to perform the massage.
What Is Gua Sha?
How Does Gua Sha Work?
Does Gua Sha Hurt?
Health Considerations When Getting A Gua Sha Massage
Tools Used In Gua Sha
Gua Sha Color Chart
Gua Sha vs Graston: What's The Difference?
What The Research Suggests About Gua Sha
What is Gua Sha Massage? Gua Sha is a type of message that is performed with a round, smooth-edged tool used to rub and press the skin's surface in downward strokes to draw stagnant blood and other impurities to the surface which allows the body to stimulate new blood underneath the skin to create new cells. The impurities are drawn to the skin's surface and manifest as red dots on the skin called petechiae or sha.
In traditional Chinese medicine, an imbalance in one's life force or qi causes the body to be ill and have low immune responses.
These blockages build up and become sha–blood stasis or stagnated blood.
When blood is poorly circulated in the body illnesses build up.
It could manifest as chronic pain, fever, cramps, headaches, muscle tension, or other similar conditions.
Gua Sha works on the premise that blood needs to be recirculated throughout the area worked on by the Gua Sha tool to get fresh blood flowing back to bring nutrients to the body part in pain.
You will feel release from the pain after a Gua Sha session when the petechiae trigger the white blood cells to treat the capillaries broken by the pressure from the Gua Sha tool: kickstarting the immune system, relaxing the tightness in muscle fascia, and promoting circulation.
The petechiae are red or purple spots, similar to a rash.
It appears after a Gua Sha massage and is said to be the blockages in the body.
According to traditional Chinese medicine, petechiae or sha are heat toxins caused by sudden changes in weather conditions.
Sha is climate sickness that may be manifested as nausea, cold symptoms, fever, fatigue, cramps, headaches, and chronic pain.
Wherever pain is felt, that's where you should focus the Gua Sha tool; scraping in steady, downward strokes.
Follow the path of the petechiae that appear to release stagnated blood and breakdown the adhesions that cause muscle stiffness and pain.
The petechiae would look painful and injurious to the body but the rashes and the redness will fade in a few days.
Gua Sha uses medium to hard pressure to press the tool on the skin in quick, downward strokes.
The scraping motions, varying in pressure, may cause tiny blood vessels near the skin's surface to burst and lead to the formation of petechiae.
This is common and is the body's reaction to stressors and illness.
The broken down blood stagnation is reabsorbed by the body which increases the local circulation.
This process resets the body's anti-inflammatory response, stimulates the immune system, and boosts the pain-relieving release of serotonin and inhibits pain receptors.
Petechiae that forms after a Gua Sha massage will typically lessen in 48 hours and will be completely gone in 4 to 7 days.
The red spots that characterize petechiae often look painful but aren't really.
Massage oil, lotion, or similar emollients are used to allow the tool to glide on the skin easily. The use of oil makes the scraping-pressure easier and does not leave the skin surface being scraped raw.
People who have undergone Gua Sha feeling no pain or discomfort.
A Gua Sha treatment is comparable to other forms of massage.
There is relief where the knots and tensions of the body are worked on.
Soreness may be felt but not enough to require taking pain medication.
The Gua Sha massage should also be performed by a trained practitioner, somebody who has experience and training to gauge how much pressure to apply, and the tools to use in the specific areas of the body.
Most importantly, a well-trained Gua Sha practitioner recognizes when someone is not a candidate for Gua Sha.
Gua Sha is commonly used in the areas of the back; the neck and shoulders; the butt and hips; and the limbs.
The treatment is also used on the face to treat headaches and as a lifting facial massage.
For the face, the stroke uses light pressure and petechiae does not have to form nor is it expected to.
A flat tool made out of jade or rose quartz is used.
More about the different tools can be found in the next part of the article.
Below is a list of conditions where Gua Sha is not recommended.
People who take blood thinning medication.
People who suffer from blood clots or bruise easily.
Pregnant women.
People who have open wounds, broken skin, or rashes.
People who have deep vein thrombosis or similar conditions.
People who have circulation problems.
People who had recent surgery.
People who have implants such as a pacemaker.
Care should be taken by the Gua Sha practitioner when performing the massage.
Health and safety regulations to weigh include the sterilization of the Gua Sha tools between patients.
Some practitioners prefer to use disposable lids to avoid cross-contamination among patients.
Another precaution is for the practitioner to wear gloves when treating patients.
This ensures that infections, if any, will have a low risk of transfer.
For people who had Gua Sha performed on them, it is recommended to scale back on heavy physical activity after treatment.
Rest is preferable.
Taking drugs, alcohol, heavy meals, and working out is discouraged for the rest of the day after treatment.
Take plenty of liquids to help flush out the toxins from the body.
Allow an interval of 5 to 7 days in between Gua Sha sessions to not overwork the body.
This is where the adage "too much of a good thing" applies.
This is a wooden Gua Sha tool…
These tools are made out of rose quartz and are used for the face…
Here are a few other tools…
The tools used by Gua Sha practitioners are varied.
The ones used in the body can be made of bone, horn, bian, jade, rose quartz, wood, plastic, or metal.
The most commonly used for the body is made from bone, bian, and high-grade plastic.
Therapy clinics typically use metal bottle caps lined with plastisol which can be sterilized or tossed after use.
The tools for the face are made of jade or rose quartz, semi-precious stones that can drive up the price.
Specialty Gua Sha tools have unique shapes that serve a specific purpose for use in different parts of the body.
A practitioner will apply massage oil as a lubricant to move the Gua Sha tool across the skin in firm, even strokes.
The strokes must be strong enough to produce the petechiae effect on the skin but light enough to not break the skin.
The strokes go in one, downward direction and must be no more than 8 to 10 broad strokes per area.
For the face, the tool is used flat against the skin.
The edge may be sharp and should not be placed at an angle to avoid cutting the skin.
Use light to medium pressure and slow mindful strokes to relax your nervous system.
The massage starts on the neck going front to back and moving up to the face.
Petechiae are not expected to appear on the face.
The effect will be a draining of the lymph which would make the face appear tighter and less puffy.
Keep your strokes slow and mindful in an upward direction to create lift.
Do not go more than 5 passes per area with the tool to avoid bruising.
The petechiae that come out during a Gua Sha session are usually red but may be darker or lighter.
Traditional Chinese medicine assigns meaning to the different colors that a petechia has.
The color tells you what is wrong with the body and the possible outcomes after the treatment.
The typical pink to bright red may mean a deficiency in blood and the illness is recent.
A deep dark red means there is inflammation in the area and the stagnation is building up.
Black or purple indicates a long-standing condition and even tissue damage.
Brown shows dehydration and a lack of fluids in the body.
In healthy people with strong circulatory systems, the petechiae fade quickly in 2 to 3 days.
For older people with circulation issues, it may take up to a week for the petechiae to fade entirely.
Gua Sha and the Graston Technique share a few similarities.
The first being both apply pressure using tools to treat an area of the body and bring relief from the tension or inflammation it is experiencing.
The next is the use of hand-held tools to work the treatment instead of using bare hands as with traditional massage methods.
The last is the effect, both treatment forms produce redness, bruising, and petechiae on the area of the skin being treated.
The differences between Gua Sha and Graston also lie in the three similarities stated above.
The technique used to apply the stroke by a Gua Sha practitioner is limited to 1 move, a downward scraping motion.
The Graston Technique, on the other hand, uses 7 different strokes to apply deep, rhythmic pressure.
The tools used to work Gua Sha strokes can be made out of horn, bone, bian, jade, rose quartz, high-grade plastic, and even metal.
While the tools used for the Graston Technique only use stainless steel.
The outcome of both treatments is to bring relief.
The redness and petechiae produced by the scraping in Gua Sha are described as the imbalance in the qi and toxins of the body being drawn to the surface that will bring healing and restoration to the body.
The bruising and petechiae from a Graston treatment are characterized as the breaking down of adhesions in the fascia to improve motion and loosen the tightness in the muscles.
The microtrauma in the bruising will facilitate the correct healing of the tissue and muscle adhesion.
Research done by Arya Nielsen of Beth Israel Medical Center and Holger Cramer from Universität Duisburg-Essen suggests positive results from the test subjects.
The outcomes point to similarities with the microtrauma healing theory promoted by proponents of the Graston Technique.
Although there is evidence for the use of Gua Sha to treat a wide variety of conditions such as headaches, migraines, neck, shoulder, back, and knee pain, details for the study is limited and the subjects involved in the study are small.
Anecdotal evidence from over 2,500 years of practice can't be wrong and with acceptance of alternative medicine, Gua Sha has been gaining more converts.
Aside from pain treatment, Gua Sha was shown to be receptive to fever, flu, earaches treatment in children and adults.
Some claims are still in question though, like in the use of Gua Sha to treat herpes, hepatitis, asthma, and bronchitis.
The Verdict: Gua Sha has its merits.
The immediate effects of petechiae and possible bruising may be off-putting for some but it offers relief so that's a big plus in its favor.
Just remember to go to a skilled and trained practitioner to make sure they know what they are doing.
Also, take note of safety practices to ensure health and safety for you and your practitioner.
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Agé de 20 ans, issu de l'université de Bilkent, il a déjà joué en Italie, en Russie et aux Pays-Bas. Depuis 2014, il étudie au conservatoire Tchaïkovski à Moscou avec R. Ostrovksy. Il remporte en 2014 le 2nd prix du Concours International de Sofia.
C'est sa 1ère venue en France, boursier du Cap Ferret Music Festival.
He was born in Konya, Turkey in 1996. In 2004, he started his piano education with Gülnara BAHSHYSH. In 2006, accepted to the Preparatory Music School of the Faculty of Music and Performing Arts of Bilkent University in Ankara and studied piano with Associate Prof. Gülnara AZIZ. He graduated from the same school in 2014 and won the examination of Moscow Tchaikovsky State Conservatory. He is studying with Professor Ruvim OSTROVSKY.
He gave recitals at the events in various universities, cities, embassies in Turkey and abroad. He performed with Bilkent Symphony Orchestra that was conducted by Işın METIN, Chamber Orchestra of Mersin University, conducted by Serdar YALÇIN and Symphony Orchestra of the Municipality of Eskişehir, conducted by ENDER SAKPINAR.


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The 1962 Purdue Boilermakers football team was an American football team that represented Purdue University during the 1962 Big Ten Conference football season. In their seventh season under head coach Jack Mollenkopf, the Boilermakers compiled a 4–4–1 record, finished in fifth place in the Big Ten Conference with a 3–3 record against conference opponents, and outscored opponents by a total of 141 to 68.

Notable players from the 1962 Purdue football team included quarterback Ron DiGravio, fullback Roy Walker, end Forest Farmer, and tackle Don Brumm. Brumm was selected as a first-team All-American in 1962 by both the Associated Press and the Football Writers Association of America.

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CARLSBAD, Calif. -- Once a long shot even to make the upper levels of the Minor Leagues, Tim Tebow now has an outside chance to break camp with the Mets next spring.
New Mets general manager Brodie Van Wagenen said Tuesday that he expects Tebow to open next season at Triple-A Syracuse, where he should provide an attendance boost at the Mets' recently purchased top affiliate. But "if he wows us," Van Wagenen continued, "you never know," keeping open the possibility that the former football star could spend Opening Day in the Majors.
Realistically, that won't happen after Tebow spent the final two-plus months of last season recovering from a broken hamate bone in his right hand. Prior to the injury, Tebow hit .273 with six home runs and a .734 OPS in 84 games with Double-A Binghamton, making the Eastern League All-Star team. With the Mets out of contention, Tebow stood a strong chance of reaching the Majors as a September callup before he broke his hand.
Since that time, Tebow has recovered and resumed baseball activities, hitting multiple times per week "with a real mission to play in the big leagues next year," according to Van Wagenen, his former agent and now his GM. In the past, Tebow has worked on his swing with former Mets second baseman Daniel Murphy, a fellow Jacksonville, Fla., native, and with Mets assistant hitting coach Tom Slater. Although the Mets dismissed hitting coach Pat Roessler earlier this week, Slater remains on staff.
Tebow has also continued his work as a college football analyst on the SEC Network. A former Heisman Trophy winner at the University of Florida, Tebow, 31, went on to play for the Broncos and Jets in the NFL.
Overall, Tebow has hit .244 with a .686 OPS in two Minor League seasons since the Mets signed him in late 2016, but that hardly tells the story of his baseball career. Batting .194 in his professional debut in the Arizona Fall League, Tebow has improved statistically at every rung he's climbed up the Minor League ladder. Along the way, he has developed a reputation as a tireless worker; during his first professional season, Tebow frequently took batting practice until his hands bled.
At the dawn of last year's Spring Training, former Mets general manager Sandy Alderson said that he expected Tebow to play in the big leagues at some point. He is now likely to break camp a step away from that goal.
"I have loved this adventure and the journey so far -- the highs and the lows of it," Tebow said last summer. "What it has taught me about life is that I think it is worth pursuing what is in your heart and things that you are passionate about."
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By David Hyland
Wednesday, March 26, 2014, 8:45am
As if many Wisconsinites' longing for summer wasn't already overheating, the lineup for Milwaukee's Summerfest music festival was announced on Wednesday morning.
Like a playlist set on shuffle across multiple stages, Summerfest always offers a familiar cross-section of pop-music styles along with a mix of long-established famous names and newbies. This year's roster doesn't defer from the established game plan. Headliners include pop queen Lady Gaga, jam-band favorites the Dave Matthews Band, reunited hip-hop legends Outkast, pop sensation Bruno Mars, country stars Brad Paisley, Darius Rucker and the Zac Brown Band and '80s metal gods Motley Crue.
This year's festival boasts 76 performers slated to grace the stage from June 25 through June 29 and July 1 through July 6.
Among the noteworthy performers are: pop-punk group Fall Out Boy; alt-rockers Paramore; blues guitar ace Gary Clark Jr.; post-hardcore group Rise Against; roots-rock veterans Melissa Etheridge and Bonnie Raitt; a partially reformed New Order; rap mastermind Nas; singer-songwriter Ray LaMontagne; classic-rockers Joan Jett & the Blackhearts; and underground-rock duo Tegan and Sara.
Other acts include O.A.R., Cheap Trick, Ben Harper, REO Speedwagon, Kool and the Gang, the Hold Steady, Ziggy Marley, the Wailers and Twin Cities hip-hop artist Atmosphere.
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Verizon Communications Inc did not submit the highest offer this week in the second round of bidding for Yahoo Inc's core internet assets, according to a person familiar with the matter.
No committed financing was required for second-round bids, and Yahoo will put together in the coming days a new shortlist of bidders from which it will solicit binding offers, the person added.
Yahoo and Verizon offered no immediate comment.
Earlier on Thursday, CNBC reported, citing sources, that Verizon's bid of more than $3.5 billion was topped by multiple offers at or above $5 billion. It did not name the parties that made those offers.
AT&T Inc, private equity firms such as TPG Capital LP and a consortium comprising Bain Capital Private Equity and Vista Equity Partners Management LLC, as well as a Quicken Loans Inc founder Dan Gilbert-led group backed by Berkshire Hathaway Inc Chairman Warren Buffett have been in the running for Yahoo's web assets, Reuters has previously reported.


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\section{Appendix - Spin Dependent Results}

WIMP-nucleon scattering can also have a spin-dependent interaction in which two limiting cases are considered: that WIMPs scatter only on protons or only on neutrons. Two isotopes of xenon have non-zero nuclear spin, \XeOneTwoNine\ (spin 1/2, \SI{26.4}{\percent} natural abundance) and \XeOneThreeOne\ (spin 3/2,  \SI{21.2}{\percent} natural abundance)~\cite{atomicweight}. As both have an unpaired neutron, the search is most sensitive to WIMP-neutron scattering. Sensitivity to a spin-dependent WIMP-proton interaction arises from mixing between proton and neutron spin states in isotopes with an unpaired neutron, albeit with increased uncertainty on the predicted signal rate~\cite{Engel:1991wq, klos2013structure, PhysRevLett.128.072502, PhysRevC.89.065501, PhysRevD.102.074018}. Signal models are constructed using the nuclear structure factors with uncertainties from Ref.~\cite{klos2013structure}, consistent with previous xenon-based experiments~\cite{akerib2017limits, collaboration2019constraining}, and the theoretical uncertainties on the WIMP-proton coupling are propagated through the analysis.
The details of data selection, background modeling, and statistical inference are identical to those reported in the main text.

\begin{figure}[htbp]
  \centering
  \includegraphics[ width=\linewidth]{figures/LZ_SR1_limit_SDn.pdf}
  \caption{The \SI{90}{\percent} confidence limit (black line) for the spin-dependent WIMP-neutron cross section vs.~WIMP mass. The green and yellow bands are the $1\sigma$ and $2\sigma$ sensitivity bands and the black dotted line is the median sensitivity. Also shown are the PandaX-II~\cite{xia2019pandax}, LUX~\cite{akerib2017limits}, and XENON1T~\cite{collaboration2019constraining} limits.}
  \label{fig:limitplotSDn}
\end{figure}

\begin{figure}[htbp]
  \centering
  \includegraphics[ width=\linewidth]{figures/LZ_SR1_limit_SDp.pdf}
  \caption{The \SI{90}{\percent} confidence limit (black line) and uncertainty bands (gray) coming from xenon nuclear correction factors for the spin-dependent WIMP-proton cross section vs.~WIMP mass using the mean and range of the nuclear structure factors from~\cite{klos2013structure}. Also shown are the PICO-60~\cite{amole2019dark}, PandaX-II~\cite{xia2019pandax}, LUX~\cite{akerib2017limits}, and XENON1T~\cite{collaboration2019constraining} limits. A similar uncertainty band as shown on this result applies to the other xenon-based limits. The PICO-60 result relies on WIMP-scattering on the spin of the unpaired proton of $^{19}$F with minimal uncertainty.}
  \label{fig:limitplotSDp}
\end{figure}

Above the smallest tested WIMP mass of \SI{9}{Gev/c\squared}, the best-fit number of WIMP events is zero for both neutron and proton cases, and the data are thus consistent with the background-only hypothesis. Figure~\ref{fig:limitplotSDn} shows the 90\% confidence level upper limit on the WIMP-neutron spin-dependent cross section as a function of mass. The minimum of the limit curve is at $m_{\chi} =$~\SI{29}{GeV/c\squared} at a cross section of $\sigma_{\mathrm{SD}}^{n} =$ \SI{9.7E-43}{cm\squared};  a power constraint is applied between \SI{19}{GeV/c\squared} and \SI{29}{GeV/c\squared}. Figure~\ref{fig:limitplotSDp} shows the 90\% confidence level upper limit on the WIMP-proton spin-dependent cross section as a function of mass. The limit calculation uses the mean of the range of the nuclear structure factors from Ref.~\cite{klos2013structure}, and the uncertainty is represented in the figure by a gray band. The minimum of the limit curve is at $m_{\chi} =$~\SI{29}{GeV/c\squared} at a cross section of $\sigma_{\mathrm{SD}}^p =$ \SI{3.0E-41}{cm\squared}; a power constraint is applied between \SI{17}{GeV/c\squared} and \SI{26}{GeV/c\squared}.

\section{Detailed Event Rates}

\begin{table}[htbp]
    \caption{Number of events remaining after each stage of event selection criteria described in the main text.}
    \label{tab:events}
    \centering
    \begin{tabular}{cc}
    \\
    \hline
    \hline
    Selection description & Events after selection \\
    \hline
    All triggers & \num{1.1e8}\\
    Analysis time hold-offs & \num{6.0e7}\\
    Single scatter & \num{1.0e7}\\
    Region-of-interest & \num{1.8e5} \\
    Analysis cuts for accidentals & \num{3.1e4}\\
    Fiducial volume & \num{416}\\
    OD and Skin vetoes & \num{335}\\
    \hline
    \hline
    \end{tabular}

\end{table}

\section{Tuned Detector and Xenon Response Model Details}

The LZ detector and xenon response models are implemented in a \textsc{nest}-based application that includes effects such as curved electron drift paths from field non-uniformities, finite position reconstruction resolution in the transverse $(x,y)$ and longitudinal $z$ directions, and position-dependence in S1 and S2 areas. The key numerical parameters of the \textsc{nest} model are provided in Table~\ref{tab:NEST}. Additionally, a header file for \textsc{nest} 2.3.7 that will reproduce the ER and NR response models used in this analysis is available online at \url{\supplementalurl}. Note that the extraction field number is known to be an effective value due to multiple models for this effect in \textsc{nest}, and this parameter is tuned such that the extraction efficiency matches the LZ data.

In addition to the parameters below, the width of the predicted ER and NR bands had to be reduced to match LZ calibration data and, as mentioned in the main text, the \textsc{nest} recombination skewness model was turned off. There are detailed instructions for implementing these changes in the provided header file.

\begin{table}[htbp]
    \caption{\textsc{nest} tuning parameters. Parameters in the top half of the table are input parameters, while bottom half parameters result from \textsc{nest} calculations.}
    \label{tab:NEST}
    \centering
    \begin{tabular}{cc}
    \\
    \hline
    \hline
    Parameter & Value \\
    \hline \\[-2.2ex]
    $g_1^{\text{gas}}$ & \SI{0.0921}{phd/photon}\\
        $g_1$ & \SI{0.1136}{phd/photon}\\
    Effective gas extraction field & \SI{8.42}{kV/cm} \\
    \hline
    \hline
    Single electron & \SI{58.5}{phd} \\
    Extraction Efficiency & \SI{80.5}{\percent}\\
    $g_2$ & \SI{47.07}{phd/electron}\\
    \hline
    \hline
    \end{tabular}

\end{table}

\section{Data Release}

Selected data from the following plots from this paper are available at \url{\supplementalurl}.

\begin{itemize}
    \item Figure~\ref{fig:NRacc}: points representing the total efficiency curve for this analysis (black line).
    \item Figure~\ref{fig:s1s2wimp}: points in S1-S2 space representing the data used in the WIMP search (black points).
    \item Figure~\ref{fig:limitplot}: WIMP mass points with measured $\sigma_{\mathrm{SI}}$ 90\% confidence limits and median and 1 and 2 sigma sensitivity bands.
    \item Figure~\ref{fig:limitplotSDn}: WIMP mass points with measured $\sigma_{\mathrm{SD}}^{n}$ 90\% confidence limits and median and 1 and 2 sigma sensitivity bands.
    \item Figure~\ref{fig:limitplotSDp}: WIMP mass points with measured $\sigma_{\mathrm{SD}}^{p}$ 90\% confidence limits with uncertainty bands, and median and 1 and 2 sigma sensitivity bands. The sensitivity bands are not show in the plot for clarity.
\end{itemize}

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La bismutoferrita és un mineral de la classe dels silicats. Rep el nom per la seva composició: bismut i ferro.

Característiques
La bismutoferrita és un silicat de fórmula química Fe₂3+Bi(SiO₄)₂(OH). Cristal·litza en el sistema monoclínic. La seva duresa a l'escala de Mohs és 6. És l'anàleg de bismut de la chapmanita, amb la qual es confon fàcilment.

Segons la classificació de Nickel-Strunz, la bismutoferrita pertany a "09.ED: Fil·losilicats amb capes de caolinita, compostos per xarxes tetraèdriques i octaèdriques" juntament amb els següents minerals: dickita, caolinita, nacrita, odinita, hal·loysita, hisingerita, hal·loysita-7Å, amesita, antigorita, berthierina, brindleyita, caryopilita, crisòtil, cronstedtita, fraipontita, greenalita, kel·lyïta, lizardita, manandonita, nepouïta, pecoraïta, guidottiïta, al·lòfana, crisocol·la, imogolita, neotocita i chapmanita.

Formació i jaciments
Va ser descoberta al districte de Schneeberg, a Saxònia, Alemanya. Posteriorment també ha estat descrita en diversos indrets d'Alemanya, així com de la República Txeca, França, Anglaterra, Polònia, Romania, Rússia, Sud-àfrica, el Japó, Austràlia, Bolívia, el Canadà i els Estats Units.

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Fil·losilicats
Minerals de ferro
Minerals de bismut
Minerals que contenen hidròxid
Minerals descoberts a Schneeberg


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Peddinti R.K.
Rama Krishna Peddinti Professor rkpedfcy[at]iitr.ac.in (0)1332-285438 Website
Organic Synthesis , Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis
Novel Reactions, Development of new catalytic reactions of broad synthetic utility
Synthesis, Synthesis of molecules of pharmaceutical and biological significance
Green Chemistry, Green protocols in Organic Synthesis
2018 On going Professor IIT Roorkee
2012 2018 Associate Professor IIT Roorkee
2004 2012 Assistant Professor IIT Roorkee
1999 2004 NSC Post-doctoral Fellow National Tsing-Hua University, HsinChu, Taiwan
1996 1998 AvH Fellow RWTH Aachen, Germany
1994 1996 Research Associate University of Hyderabad
1988 1994 Research Fellow University of Hyderabad
Young Scientist Award AP Academy of Sciences 1995
Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship RWTH Aachen, Germany 1996
National Science Council Fellowship NTHU Hsinchu, Taiwan 1999
PhD Organic Chemistry University of Hyderabad
MSc Chemistry University of Hyderabad
BSc Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics Andhra University
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Status of PHD
Asymmetric synthesis mediated by novel organocatalysts and reactions of 2-alkenyl-p-benzoquinones Rashmi Rani A
Green Chemistry Garima A
Sugar-based organocatalysts and chiral salen complexes for enantioselective synthesis Jyoti Agarwal A
Orthobenzoquinone Monoketals Seshi Reddy Surasani A
Orthobenzoquinone Monoimines Naganjaneyulu Bodipati A
Benzoxazine Derivatives Ram Tilak Naganaboina A
Unconventional protein targets of MDR bacteria Jyoti S. Tomar A
Oxidative C–C, C–S and S–N couplings Santosh Kumar Reddy Parumala A
Organocatalytic and chiral metal complexes mediated organic reactions Arun Sharma A
Reactions of 4-aryl-NH-1,2,3-triazoles: Synthesis of disubstituted 1,2,3-triazoles Ujjawal Kumar Bhagat A
Synthesis of carbo- and heterocyclic compounds and biaryls using phenolic precursors Shivangi Sharma A
Sustainable approaches for constructing C–C and C–S bonds in organic synthesis Pallavi Singh A
Computational studies on Wittig and analogous reactions Nisha Jarwal A
Studies on Diaza-Nazarov reaction Balakrishna Aegurla A
Synthesis of carbo- and heterocycles through arene oxidations Neha Taneja A
Domino reactions of alkenylbenzoquinones Shweta Bisht A
Rapid access to pyrrole and indole embraced polyheterocycles Nitika Sharma A
Domino reactions for polycyclic systems Piyush Tehri O
Asymmetric Synthesis Neha Dua O 2016
Catalytic approaches for cyclic systems with one or more stereogenic centres Deepti Gairola O 2017
Desymmetrization in Organic Synthesis Megha O 2018
Organocatalysis Pooja O 2018
Molecular complexity through domino reactions Anoop Yadav O 2018
Books Authored
Photochemistry of heteroarene-fused barrelenes
C.-C. Liao, R. K. Peddinti
CRC Handbook of Organic Photochemistry and Photobiology, 2nd Edition, 2004, Chapter 32, pp 32-1–32-17
1,2-Naphthoquinones including 1,5-, 1,7-, 2,3-, 2,6-naphthoquinones
Thieme: Science of Synthesis: Houben-Weyl Methods of Molecular Transformations; 2006, Vol 28, Chapter 4
Total papers published in refereed journals: 95
Papers published in refereed journals from IIT Roorkee: 69
SELECTED RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS (Refereed Journals):
P. Tehri, R. K. Peddinti, DBU-catalyzed [3 + 2] cycloaddition and Michael addition reactions of 3-benzylidene succinimides with 3-ylidene oxindoles and chalcones, Org. Biomol. Chem. 2019, 17, (In press, DOI: 10.1039/c9ob00385a).
N. Sharma, R. K. Peddinti, Experimental and theoretical investigations of regioselective functionalization of 3-hydroxy bisindoles with thiols, Org. Biomol. Chem. 2018, 16, 9259–9268.
N. Taneja, R. K. Peddinti, Metal-free direct C-arylation of 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds and ethyl cyanoacetate: A platform to access diverse array of meta-functionalized phenols, Chem. Commun. 2018, 54, 11423–11426.
U. K. Bhagat, R. K. Peddinti, Asymmetric organocatalytic approach to 2,4-disubstituted 1,2,3-triazoles by N2-selective aza-Michael additions, J. Org. Chem. 2018, 83, 793–804.
S. Bisht, R. Rani, R. K. Peddinti, Regioselective synthesis of bicyclic and polycyclic systems by cycloaddition reactions of alkenyl p-benzoquinones, J. Org. Chem. 2018, 83, 75–84.
S. Bisht, R. K. Peddinti, Domino reaction of benzoxazinones with aroylmethylidene malonates: convenient synthesis to functionalized pyrrolobenzoxazines, J. Org. Chem. 2017, 82, 13617–13625.
B. Aegurla, R. K. Peddinti, The Diaza-Nazarov cyclization involving a 2,3-diazapentadienyl cation for the synthesis of polysubstituted pyrazoles, Org. Biomol. Chem. 2017, 15, 9643–9652.
N. Taneja, R. K. Peddinti, Catalyst-free sulfonylation of 2-methoxyphenols: Facile one-pot synthesis of arylsulfonyl catechols in aqueous media, Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2017, 5306–5314.
S. Sharma, S. K. R. Parumala, R. K. Peddinti, Lewis acid mediated site-selective synthesis of oxygenated biaryls from methoxyphenols and electron-rich arenes, J. Org. Chem. 2017, 82, 9367–9383.
N. Sharma, R. K. Peddinti, Iodine-catalyzed regioselective synthesis of multisubstiuted pyrrole polyheterocycles free from rotamers and keto-enol tautomers, J. Org. Chem. 2017, 82, 9360–9366.
S. Sharma, P. Kumar, A. Sharma, R. K. Peddinti, BF3·OEt2 Mediated synthesis of 2-arylthio- and (N-aryl-2,5-dioxopyrrolidin-3-yl)-substituted 1,4-benzoxazine derivatives, Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2017, 3059–3071.
A. Sharma, R. K. Peddinti, An efficient coupling of p-quinone mono-imine ketals and aryl/alkyl thiols: Rapid synthesis of biaryl/aryl–alkyl sulfides, Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2017, 2230–2237.
N. Sharma, R. K. Peddinti, BF3.OEt2 Mediated regioselective reaction of electron-rich arenes with 3-ylidene oxindoles, J. Org. Chem. 2017, 82, 918–924.
A. Sharma, J. Agarwal, R. K. Peddinti, Direct access to the optically active VAChT inhibitor vesamicol and its analogues via the asymmetric aminolysis of meso-epoxides with secondary aliphatic amines, Org. Biomol. Chem. 2017, 15, 1913–1920.
S. K. R. Parumala, R. K. Peddinti, Iodine catalyzed cross-dehydrogenative C–S coupling by C(sp2)-H bond activation: direct access to aryl sulfides from aryl thiols, Green Chem. 2015, 17, 4068–4072. (one of the most accessed papers)
S. R. Surasani, S. K. R. Parumala, R. K. Peddinti, Diels–Alder reactions of 4-halo masked o-benzoquinones. Experimental and theoretical investigations, Org. Biomol. Chem. 2014, 12, 5656–5668.
R. T. Naganaboina, A. Nayak, R. K. Peddinti, Trifluoroacetic acid-promoted Michael addition–cyclization reactions of vinylogous carbamates, Org. Biomol. Chem. 2014, 12, 3366–3370.
R. T. Naganaboina, R. K. Peddinti, BF3.etherate mediated Friedel-Crafts alkylation of arenes with 2-hydroxy-1,4-benzoxazines: Synthesis of 2-aryl-1,4-benzoxazine derivatives, J. Org. Chem. 2013, 78, 12819–12824.
S. K. R. Parumala, R. K. Peddinti, Reversal of polarity in masked o-benzoquinones: Rapid access to unsymmetrical oxygenated biaryls, Org. Lett. 2013, 15, 3546–3549.
J. Agarwal, R. K. Peddinti, Synthesis and characterization of monosaccharide derivatives and application of sugar-based prolinamides in asymmetric synthesis, Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2012, 6390–6406.
N. Bodipati, R. K. Peddinti, Hypervalent iodine mediated synthesis of carbamate protected p-quinone monoimine ketals and p-benzoquinone monoketals, Org. Biomol. Chem. 2012, 10, 4549–4553.
N. Bodipati, R. K. Peddinti, Chemical generation of o-quinone monoimines: Rapid construction of novel 1,4-benzoxazine derivatives, Org. Biomol. Chem. 2012, 10, 1958–1961. (one of the top ten most accessed papers)
G. Choudhary, R. K. Peddinti, Introduction of a clean and promising protocol for the synthesis of Michael adducts and 1,4-benzoheterocycles: An emerging innovation, Green Chem. 2011, 13, 3290–3299.
J. Agarwal, R. K. Peddinti, Glucosamine-based primary amines as novel organocatalysts for the asymmetric aldol reaction, J. Org. Chem. 2011, 76, 3502–3505.
G. Choudhary, R. K. Peddinti, Towards absolute green protocol: An expeditious, highly efficient, catalyst-free and solvent-free synthesis of nitroamines and nitro sulfides by Michael addition, Green Chem. 2011, 13, 276–282.


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A solid foundation is crucial to an excellent education
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Emma loves the poems."
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"Overall, we enjoyed this program. There were a lot of parts to it, but the Teacher's Guide made it very simple to go through and complete. It was laid out really well."
Felecia M ~ Homeschool 4 Life
"Each lesson has wholesome content such as moral components, character building, biblical truths, life lessons, etc. for the student to glean. At the end of each lesson I felt like my child came away with more than just academic progress."
Jennifer L ~ Homeschool Happenings
"This has greatly increased her confidence in reading! She is excited and no longer sad when she has to learn her alphabet over and over again... My daughter and I are just so in love with this program."
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"This program receives a resounding YES!... I am a huge fan of the relatively compact and gentle approach that guides us through some stress-free learning time together. She is definitely learning her phonics, and never balks at doing her lessons. Plus it guides me along a bit better on using the McGuffey Readers. I'm very happy to have found this program."
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Crypto CEO Charts Course From Cargo Ships to $820 Million Stake
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Eric Demuth co-founded Bitpanda after early stint as a ship mechanic
Eric Demuth wanted to become a ship captain before changing tack to set up cryptocurrency trading platform Bitpanda.
He worked as a mechanic on a variety of container ships for two and a half years, dropping anchor in ports in China, Japan and across Southeast Asia. But the nomad life left Demuth "a bit bored," and he eventually came back to Vienna to study finance.
Back on dry land he met Bitpanda co-founder Paul Klanschek, an encounter that's proved spectacularly profitable.
The pair along with fellow co-founder Christian Trummer, still hold around half the firm — even after closing a $263 million funding round this week led by Peter Thiel's Valar Ventures that valued the startup at $4.1 billion. Demuth and Klanschek each own about a fifth of the firm, a holding worth roughly $820 million on paper, according to calculations by Bloomberg.
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Their outsized stakes demonstrate the advantages of bootstrapping the company and its years of profitability, co-chief executive officer Demuth says, noting he is in no rush to go public despite a surge in fintech initial public offerings.
"Usually fintechs get a lot of money, money, money, try to minimise the burn rate, then have an IPO, mostly when they are not profitable," Demuth, 34, says. "For us it is different. We don't have the urge to do this, we are going a different route."
The firm, which started out offering retail trading in crypto, is expanding as digital assets edge into the mainstream. Undeterred by the pandemic or this year's swings in crypto prices, Bitpanda is offering equities trading, a payment card which allows you to pay for your coffee with Bitcoin or even Tesla Inc. stock and is building a new headquarters in Vienna.
Demuth discussed fundraising, the world of fintech and his ambition to diversify Bitpanda's users. His comments have been edited and condensed.
What have you learnt during this fundraising round?
Getting someone who really supports you and who still has deep pockets for future rounds is so efficient. Of course we could have gone out and maybe even secured a higher valuation, but Paul and I saved so much time by not having to do the whole roadshow thing after we decided to do another round with Valar.
I would advise anybody looking at a Series A to pick the right investors who can do the exact same thing in future rounds.
How did you start Bitpanda?
We put all of our savings in there and tried to bootstrap the company. We wanted to be profitable very early on before we got the first investors on board.
How do you view the competition?
I don't consider Revolut a crypto site, although they also offer crypto like many others. Coinbase is doing a great job but the focus is still very much on the U.S. side.
The crypto side will always be one of our main businesses and there are more products coming for that space. But on the other hand we now want to make investing in general available for everybody in Europe.
Revolut is building a superapp which does everything a little bit. We are focusing very much only on investing and trading.
Why did you become an entrepreneur?
It first started when I realized how banks work. I come from a family that is, I'd say, normal middle class. I remember when I was at school and I started to get interested into finance stuff and a bank adviser advised my parents to buy some stuff and I looked at it and they didn't lose money on it but it was overly expensive.
I got so angry that I said this is a scam, they say they are your adviser but really they're a salesperson. So I always wanted to do something to fix the system.
We're trying to build Bitpanda so people don't need all these middlemen. People can just do things on their own.
How is the world of crypto changing?
The demographic when we started the company was clones of me, Paul and Christian. Now it has completely changed. It's from 18 years old to however old — as long as you are comfortable doing things online with money. It also doesn't matter if you're a student and just have a little bit to invest, or if you're a 60-year-old judge who is wealthier.
The only thing is, which is something we want to change, most of our users by far are male so there is a huge potential of getting women involved.
I'm a gamer. There's a meme that you sit in front of a computer all day to afford to sit in front of the computer all night. So when I have spare time I'm playing the computer.
source: https://www.bloomberg.com/crypto


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Giuliana Furci on "Without fungi we wouldn't have food"
This is not a typical conversation for Feed. We're still talking about food systems, and we're still talking about power, but we're focusing on the more-than-human world, specifically, mushrooms. Giuliana Furci, founder and executive director of the Fungi Foundation, joins us to talk about how fungi are as diverse as the animal and plant kingdom; what role fungi play in sustainable food systems; the contradicting lessons that you can learn from fungi; and what power do fungi have over humans and food systems?
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About Giuliana Furci
Giuliana Furci is founder and Executive Director of the Fungi Foundation. Giuliana has been the biggest promoter of the study and protection of the Fungi Kingdom in Chile in the last decades. She is a pioneer of the study of non-lichenized mushrooms in Chile, starting her career in 1999 as a self-taught amateur. She has given lectures, courses, and seminars across 4 continents.
Among her many publications are the books Field Guides Fungi of Chile, volumes 1 and 2. She is co-author of many publications including State of the Worlds Plants and Fungi by Royal Botanic Garden Kew, "Biodiversity of Chile, Heritage and Challenges" by the Ministry of the Environment of Chile, and contributed a chapter to the book Fantastic Fungi by Louie Schwartzberg & Paul Stamets.
About Fungi Foundation
The Fungi Foundation is a global organization that explores Fungi to increase knowledge of their diversity, promote innovative solutions to contingent problems, educate about their existence and applications, as well as recommending public policy for their conservation.
You can view their videos on their YouTube channel including their short documentary Let Things Rot (2021) and Fungal Elders / Hongos Ancestrales (2022).
Book: Finding the Mother Tree (Suzanne Simard, 2021)
Book: Entangled Life (Merlin Sheldrake, 2021)
Book: The Mushroom at the End of the World (Anna Tsing, 2021)
Article: Fungal Biodiversity and Their Role in Soil Health (Frąc et al., 2018)
Book: Mycelium Running (Paul Stamets, 2005)
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Titanic: the Channel Crossing
IN April 1912, Miss Lenox-Conyngham was travelling with three relatives from Southampton to Cherbourg, but though this was just a short channel crossing, she decided that it was worthwhile dashing off a letter to a nephew on the ship's notepaper.
Remarking on the sheer size of the ship, the presence of a band on board and a near collision on departing Southampton, she wrote, "I am told that this is the Titanic's maiden voyage, so I think I must use some of its paper." Miss Lenox-Conyngham and her party disembarked in France and her letter was posted in Queenstown, the last port of call for the doomed vessel. In a February 25 sale held by Tennants of Leyburn, the letter was sold at £13,000.
As one might imagine, there was a fair amount of Yorkshire material on offer, and while it was a set of the first 25 Yorkshire County Cricket Club Year Books, 1893-1917, that brought the high bid of £2400, there was also a bid of £1300 on a bound collection of seven Yorkshire pamphlets of the period 1802-38, among them the illustrated Phrenological Observations on the Skull of Eugene Aram, which was published in Ripon in 1838.
Samuel Howell's Fourteen Lithographic Views of Knaresborough, an Ackermann imprint of c.1837 in original limp card covers, made £320, while the seven chromos that make up Newbald & Stead's York Minster Illustrated of c.1885 saw a bid of £320.
An 1887 Slater's Dictionary of Yorkshire, which at five inches thick is very heavy and, as here, prone to weakening at the hinges, was sold at £420. The directory, which includes a large folding map of the county and another of Sheffield and its environs, also contains some 100pp of advertisements.
Bid to £400 was J.N. Dransfield's own extensively annotated and augmented copy of his 1906 History of the Parish of Penistone. The additions in the form of notes, comments, newspaper articles, even a few postcards, amount to some 175pp.
Sold at £620 was G.T. Fox's Synopsis of the Newcastle Museum, late the Allan, formerly the Tunstall or Wycliffe Museum. Published in Newcastle in 1827, this scarce catalogue, illustrated with plates and other woodcuts, lists the 18th century natural history and "savage utensils" collections, largely comprising items brought back from Cook's voyages, that ended up in the city's Hancock Museum. The binding was described as "ruinous contemporary" but internally the catalogue was exceptionally clean.
Curiously valued at just £20-40 was a copy of C.E. Borchgrevink's First on the Antarctic Continent..., an account by its Norwegian leader of the Southern Cross' or British Antarctic Expedition of 1898-1901 sponsored by publisher, Sir George Newnes. In the original red cloth, now worn at the spine, this important early work was sold at £360.
Nice and bright in the original green cloth gilt bindings, second edition sets of F.O. Morris' ...British Birds, six vols. 1870, and ...Nests & Eggs of British Birds, three vols. 1879, were lotted with three other natural history titles – none of great financial import – to bring a bid of £1200.
The 1870 first of D.G. Rossetti's Poems that sold for £800 in Leyburn was one of just a dozen printed on handmade paper and bound in full brown morocco for presentation. This copy bore the armorial bookplate of a John Ingleby Jefferson.
A 1934, Keystone Library edition of Churchill's My Early Life that bore an authorial inscription to Sir Arthur Atkinson was sold at £600.
Among the children's' and illustrated books, a limited edition copy in full vellum gilt of the 1915, Rackham-illustrated A Christmas Carol made £920 and a first issue copy of the the third Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban of 1999, sold at £650.
Also sold at £650 was a lot that brought together one of Florence Upton's non-golliwogg books, The Adventures of Borbee and the Wisp of 1908, in a defective dust jacket, and two different octavo editions of Willy Pogany's illustrated version of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.
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Iraqi security forces take combat position at the front-line with Islamic State group militants as Iraqi Army and allied Sunni volunteer tribal fighters supported by U.S.-led coalition airstrikes are tightened the siege of Ramadi, the capital of Iraq's Anbar province, 70 miles (115 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Nov. 30, 2015. Iraq's military command has told civilians in the Islamic State-held Ramadi to leave the city, a sign that an operation may soon be underway to retake the provincial capital.
Iraq wants Turkish troops out of its territory
Turkish troops have been training Iraqis to fight ISIS. But now Iraqi leaders say Turkey is violating its sovereignty.
By Qassim Abdul-Zahra Associated Press
December 5, 2015 | Baghdad
The presence of Turkish troops near the Islamic State-held city of Mosul in northern Iraq is a "violation" of international law, Iraq's president said Saturday.
President Fuad Masum called the move a "violation of international norms, laws and Iraq'snational sovereignty," and said it was contributing to increased tensions in the region.
Hakim al-Zamili, the head of parliament's security and defense committee, went a step further, calling on Iraq's prime minister to launch airstrikes against the Turkish troops if they remained in Iraqi territory.
What's unclear is why Iraqi leaders are making an issue of Turkish troops now.
Turkey has said a military battalion equipped with armored vehicles has been in the Bashiqa region close to Mosul in the northern Ninevah province for the last five months as part of a training mission to help forces fighting the Islamic State group. The force is called Hashid Watani (national mobilization), which is made up of mainly Sunni Arab former Iraqi police and volunteers from Mosul, reports Reuters.
A senior Kurdish military officer based north of Mosul told Reuters that additional Turkish trainers had arrived at a camp in the area overnight on Thursday escorted by a Turkish protection force.
Mosul fell to the extremists in June 2014 amid a stunning collapse of Iraqi security forces. Plans to try to retake Mosul last spring were sidelined as the extremist group advanced on other fronts.
The founder of the training camp outside Mosul, former Ninevah governor Atheel al-Nujaifi, told The Associated Press that the Turkish trainers were at his base at the request of Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and Defense Minister Khaled al-Obeidi. He said the Turkish forces are training but not arming Sunni fighters.
"They didn't give us any weapons even though we asked them to," he said. "We equipped this force from the black market with our own money and we believe they're the best force to liberate Mosul... These people will be very effective to hold ground because they are from there and there'll be no resistance to them from local people."
Sunni fighters in Ninevah and the western Anbar province say the Shiite-dominated government has failed to provide them with the support and weaponry needed to defeat the IS group. The government fears that arming Sunni tribes and militias could backfire. Sunni grievances were a key factor fueling the rise of the IS group, and many Sunnis initially welcomed the extremists as liberators.
The U.S.-led coalition launched 12 airstrikes on IS targets in Iraq on Friday, including two near Mosul targeting tactical units and fighting positions.
Associated Press writers Susannah George in Baghdad and Balint Szlanko in Irbil, Iraqcontributed to this report.
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A great day to night top that packs light for your holidays. The Made in Italy Gela Top consists of two layers that can work together or as separates. This style is loose and floaty and features dipped hemlines to the sides as well as split detailing to the back. Perfect with a necklace on an evening this season!


Regular flight operations will soon begin from Mysuru under the first phase of the Centre's Affordable Regional Connectivity Scheme, said Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha. He said that five airliners have been selected to operate 128 routes, including Mysuru under the Udan scheme in which the airfare is capped at Rs. 2,500 for a one-hour flight….
BJP candidate for Nanjangud Assembly by-election V. Sreenivasa Prasad, who campaigned in Goluru village and surrounding places, is seen seeking the support of voters in the taluk this morning. He was accompanied by leaders K.R. Mohan Kumar (former MUDA Chairman) and Kagalavadi M. Shivanna (former MP).


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Before you go to Disneyland there are a few things I find to be necessary. First you MUST have either a cute hair style, cute bows in your hair, or you have to wear Mickey ears. For our first day Hailey wanted to wear her Minnie Ears. I decided a cute addition to those Minnie Ears would be a bow made with Hailey's own hair! I watched a video on YouTube on how to do it and it was TO easy not to do. I loved it, Hailey loved it, and it sure brought some attention to us!
Next, being at such a public place as Disneyland you MUST wear a Disney theme shirt or a Hugs for Hailey shirt. We want to share our story, we want to start conversation, we want people to see how far Hailey has come and the obstacles she faces on a daily basis.
Trying to find suitable rides for Hailey can be tricky. Since we've been before we knew the majority of the rides Hailey could go on and we know that most of those rides are at Disney California Adventure. Since there is literally only a handful of rides Hailey can enjoy we also plan our day around the shows they offer.
One of the rides that Hailey really enjoyed was Luigi's Flying Tires. It's a mellow ride which you control the movement of. It's like your a puck on a giant air hockey table. This was her first time on the ride and she was worried at first, but after she figured out you don't really have to go anywhere and if you do you aren't going fast she started enjoying it. The first time she went with Josh, the other 3 or 4 times we went all together.
Another highlight for Hailey is seeing all the characters. You can even ask the photographer to have the CARS turn down their sounds for sensitive kids. Mater, McQueen and Red like to rev their engines and honk their horns in excitement to see you and you can have them turn that off, which we did. They will even wait until you are far enough away to turn back on for the next guest.
Hailey is SO funny how she talks to the characters. She could carry on a 10 minute conversation with each one. She tells everyone how old she is, how to spell her name and that I'm her mom and the guy with us is her Josh.
I was so happy when I took this picture below and looked at it in the camera. She looks like a healthy "regular" little girl. She wasn't ataxic, she was standing on her own, you can't see her feeding tube, she's out of her wheelchair. Yes I got teary eyed and I still do when I look at it. I imagine for a short moment how different our lives could be. This picture gives me a glimpse into that world and I get sad wanting to be living in that world with a healthy daughter. It's only for a moment. I know that's not our life, but I'm happy I saw it, if just a for a few short seconds. It's almost a mirage.
Another Hailey friendly ride is Heimlich's chew chew train. It's a very easy going interactive train ride. As you ride on a friendly caterpillar he takes you through the oversized giant favorite foods of his. As you go through a watermelon you smell watermelon. As you go through the box of animal crackers you smell vanilla. It's less then a minute for the complete ride but it's a favorite of ours.
Finding the characters can be a HUGE task! Once you find them you see the long lines and you wonder if you should just skip it? We usually take turns standing in the line while the other one takes Hailey into a store. Hailey has an obsession with getting autographs. It's one of her most favorite things to do. Besides, we've gotten very good at making friends in those awful lines!
Hailey did NOT want to take pictures in her wheelchair. It was with us the whole time and she sat in it as we strolled, but she wanted OUT when it was time for a picture. Since we spent our morning at California Adventure and couldn't find very many characters we headed over to Disneyland to see who we could find.
Jasmine, Aladin, and Genie are kind of hidden. You can find them over next to the Jungle cruise in their own little area. I love how Hailey feels that these characters are there JUST FOR HER. She takes their hand and knows the drill. Autograph, Smile, Photo, Go.
As I said before Disneyland doesn't have Hailey friendly rides as you might assume. Peter Pan, Pinocchio, Mr. Toads Wild ride, King Arthurs Carousel, Tea cups, Alice in Wonderland, Dumbo. All those rides are a NO go for Hailey. They are either rough/jerky, spin and cause dizziness, or have black light or strobe lights. She can't do any of those. I almost didn't know if she could even do Mark Twains Boat ride. I didn't know if she'd get motion sick (like me) but we tried it and she LOVED it. Her great grandpa was a avid boater so she must have his genes to be a boat lover.
Speaking of boats...Hailey LOVES the Jungle Cruise! She thought this boat ride was great. The animals were funny to her she laughed and laughed. We did this multiple times as well.
Another boat ride Hailey was weary about was the Storybook ride. When she saw that all these people pile into a boat and go into a Whale's mouth she panicked! She literally saw the people go in to Monstro's mouth and she covers her mouth with her hand and screams, "NO!!!!" So we had to make sure that she saw that the same people made it safely back to shore and that the whale didn't in fact eat all those people. We took her on it and she was fine until she got closer to the Whales mouth, then she freaked, then calmed right down once we were out and the story houses were around us.
It's a Small World hasn't been open the 3 times we've taken Hailey to Disneyland. Isn't that super odd?
Hailey was pretty wiped out and the sun hadn't even began to set. We decided to pack it on up and we'd watch the fireworks from the balcony by the pool. When we got to the room Hailey's eye's lit up as she saw her bed. The housekeeping staff went above and beyond putting Hailey's toys on the bed and adding balloon animals, chocolates, rubber duckies, and crayons and coloring pages. That was very fun to see and Hailey LOVED it!
Tomorrow would be day 2 and we have a big surprise in store for our girl and I can't wait to tell you about some GREAT people we met!!!!