V sign "history"

The V sign is a hand gesture in which the index and middle fingers are raised and parted, while the other fingers are clenched. It has various meanings, depending on the cultural context and how it is presented. It is most commonly used to represent the letter V as in "victory", as a symbol of peace (usually with palm outward), as an offensive gesture (palm inward), to represent the number two, and as purely expressive gesture with no intended meaning. However, some people may mistake the sign for "peace."

The sign's meaning depends in part on the way the hand is positioned. With the palm of the hand facing the signer, it can mean:

• An insult – largely restricted to Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Ireland, Hong Kong, and the United Kingdom,^[1] it means "fuck off".^[2]
• Two – indicating quantity (but not in countries where it is an insult) although this is more common with the palm turned around;
• Peace – in the United States and Canada without respect to the direction.
• When used with other movement, it can mean:
• Air quotes – flexing fingers, palm out, both hands.^[3]
• This hand shape is also used in a number of signs, including "to see/look". When the pointer and middle fingers are pointed at the signer's eyes then turned and the pointer finger is pointed at someone it means "I am watching you." ^[4]
• With the back of the hand facing the signer, it can mean:
• Two – a nonverbal communication of quantity;
• Victory – in a setting of wartime or competition. It was first popularized by Winston Churchill. It is sometimes made using both hands with upraised arms as US President Eisenhower, and in imitation of him, Richard Nixon, used to do;
• Peace or Friend – used around the world by peace and counter-culture groups; popularized in the American peace movement of the 1960s

V gesture in Tokyo, Japan (2006) vs. 2009 Iranian election protests

Origins

An early recorded use of the "two-fingered salute" is in the Macclesfield Psalter of c.1330 (in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge), being made by a glove in the Psalter’s marginalia.^[7]

According to a popular legend, the two-fingered salute or V sign derives from the gestures of longbowmen fighting in the English army at the Battle of Agincourt (1415) during the Hundred Years' War.^[7][17] According to the story, the French claimed that they would cut off the arrow-shooting fingers of all the English and Welsh longbowmen after they had won the battle at Agincourt.^[18] But the English came out victorious and showed off their two fingers, still intact. Historian Juliet Barker quotes Jean Le Fevre (who fought on the English side at Agincourt) as saying that Henry V included a reference to the French cutting off longbowmen's fingers in his pre-battle speech.^[19] If this is correct it confirms that the story was around at the time of Agincourt, although it does not necessarily mean that the French practised it, just that Henry found it useful for propaganda, and it does not show that the two-fingered salute is derived from the hypothetical behaviour of English archers at that battle.

The first definitive known reference to the V sign in French is in the works of François Rabelais, a sixteenth-century satirist.^[20]

It was not until the start of the 20th century that clear evidence of the use of insulting V sign in England became available, when in 1901 a worker outside Parkgate ironworks in Rotherham used the gesture (captured on the film) to indicate that he did not like being filmed.^[21] Peter Opie interviewed children in the 1950s and observed in The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren that the much older thumbing of the nose (cock-a-snook) had been replaced by the V sign as the most common insulting gesture used in the playground.^[12]

Desmond Morris discussed various possible origins of the V sign in Gestures: Their Origins and Distribution (published 1979), and came to no definite conclusion:

because of the strong taboo associated with the gesture (its public use has often been heavily penalized). As a result, there is a tendency to shy away from discussing it in detail. It is "known to be dirty" and is passed on from generation to generation by people who simply accept it as a recognized obscenity without bothering to analyse it... Several of the rival claims are equally appealing. The truth is that we will probably never know...

—Desmond Morris

Reference: Wikipedia 

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Networking People

1. Limit the number of contacts per event. The most important thing is the quality of the contacts, which means the type of contact, the relevance to your business and interests, how good a connection you're making and the individual involved. At a typical event, five to 10 might be all you can handle. This may not seem like a lot of contacts, but it's really more than enough when you're talking to the right people. (That's why it's so important to have a networking strategy.) If you attend two events per week, that's 10 events a month, or 30 to 50 new contacts every 30 days. Continue to do that over the next couple of months--while following up with the people you've met--and you'll soon have more than enough high-quality contacts to keep you busy.

2. Spend five to 10 minutes talking to and listening to each person. Just because you're not handing out your business card to 1,001 people doesn't mean you should spend 20 minutes talking to just one individual. Invest a few minutes to get to know each person. Make sure to ask for her business card. Then follow up with her after the event; this is where the heavy lifting takes place. Remember, all we're doing now is setting the stage for future business.
3. Write notes on the backs of people's cards. Not only do notes help you remember what the other person said at an event, but it also slows you down a bit so you're not running around trying to meet the next person. On the front of the card, you can write the date and name of the event where you met the person; on the back, jot down a few quick notes about the conversation or anything else of note. When you contact the person later, this will give you something to refer to.



Here are a few things to remember when it comes to meeting new people:

* You're not interested in selling anything to this person you've just met; you want to find some way you can help her. You understand, of course, that what goes around comes around, usually in the form of referrals for your business.
* You want to create a visible identity with everyone you meet. A visible identity is the answer to this question: "How can I differentiate myself, in the mind of this other person, from the other five people she's already met?"

Keeping those two ideas in mind will give you a leg up when meeting new contacts. Using these simple approaches, you'll see an up-tick in the amount of new business and referrals you get while networking.

Audience [as of April,13 2011]

Dear God .. We Know !

Message to the governments of the world: “We Know what evil is up to, and we know about our star family visiting our planet!” – by Dieter Braun (Indian in the machine)”

Dear governments of the world:

We know!
We know the weather is being controlled...we know about haarp, and we know about scalar weapons, and we know that you are causing earthquakes.

We know!
We know that some powerful governments of the world have gone evil and satanic. We know about Israel blackmailing the us government. We know that Israel is pretty much nothing but war and murder. We know that many less powerful governments of the world are being blackmailed.
We know!
We know that many technologies are being hidden from the masses. We know about free energy. We know that some governments have built underground bases.. We know that many governments are experimenting with human cloning. We know that some governments have created a cloned army to scare the life right out of us.

We know!
We know there’s a plan for a new world order and we know that particular kind of order is evil. We know that many government leaders are already cloned and are programmed to not deviate from the agenda.

We know!
We know that many communities all around the world are experiencing financial terrorism. We know that the us dollar and other currencies are essentially worthless pieces of paper. We know that many of you in the legal system have gone evil and are covering up for other evil-doers. We know that there’s a united nations plan to genocide Africa.

We know!
We know the food, air, water and soil are poisoned on purpose. We know that many evil bent people with money have no intention to use their wealth to clean up this planet. We know the queen wants to own everything while she depopulates the planet. We know that bill gates is another who wants to use his wealth to depopulate the planet.

We know!
We know that some royalty are inbred and we know that inbreeding develops certain traits, like being cold, like being uncaring. We know that some royalty even drink blood. We know about the sexual orgies that some royalty have with their own relatives. We know that certain royalty are not to be trusted, and are a deterrent to world peace.

We know!
We know about the mind control on television, movies, and motion pictures…let’s not forget lady gaga, beyonce, madonna and other celebrities who have gone evil. We know you are programming our children, and that you are programming our communities.

We know!
We know about our star family. We know that many governments are putting weapons in space that are intended for the people of the world, and and are star family who have made their presence known. We know that disclosure of existence of our star family is imminent. We know that certain evil governments are trying to hide their existence. We know that certain military have actually wanted to go to war with our star family, who are many many times over, more technologically advanced, and come in service to God.

We know!
We know that certain governments have gone to war with the Heavenly Hosts of GOD.

We know!
We know about the photon belt, which is a strong band of gamma radiation that is affecting and changing all life as we know it. We know that governments of the world are planning on using the photon belt, as a catalyst to vie for world dominance. We know about project bluebeam. We know that certain government military weapons have the ability to make earthquakes, to manipulate weather, and to go as far as to blow our planet apart quite literally. We know that evil governments are capable of setting our planet’s ionosphere on fire, thus creating mass blindness and panic.

We know!
We know that our planet’s destiny is not to be controlled much longer by dark forces. We know that many people in evil governments are wanting to turn over a new leaf…wanting to turn to the Light.

We the people of the world support all people within evil institutions, to turn to the Light. We the people of the world, want to forgive those who have trespassed against us, who have lead us into temptation, who have fed our very lifeforce to satan himself. We the people of the world are taking back our planet in the Light, and all previously dark entities are invited to participate in the Light to restore this planet to peace, love and pure harmony.

All blackmailed governments and institutions of the world….you are invited to step forward and tell the world what you are going through. You are invited to disclose the presence of extraterrestrials right NOW…don’t wait any longer….

We know that certain groups of the world think they are “special”….they are actually the serpent people….we the people of the world no longer need to fall for their evil tricks to enslave us. We know the serpent people are scared servants of satan himself….we the people of the world, have no intention to go to war with these serpent people, however their actions to enslave the planet WILL stop.

We know!
We know that God that it is within our own power to co-create with God a different planetary reality based on freedom, rather than this one, based on slavery.

We know!
We know we're getting a new financial system, based on Light and love, since the old financial system is falling apart.

Let the people of the world serve God’s Will.

God probably has many surprises for humanity...bring 'em on!

So be it!

Dieter Braun
Courtesy of R. Harissi

Helping People of the Middle East while keeping their identities intact

It is all about education. The global organization is planning to organize a new document to educate the people of the Middle East and North Africa on how to communicate online and use the social media (Facebook, Twitter, Blogs...) as a technique to drive their revolutions. Activists are becoming more and more focused and  alerted on getting the message and "living in the moment" rather than taking risks into account. However, this is riskier and that is why they are all trying to use some tools to protect their identities:

Guide For Protecting Your Identities Online