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  2. Open Hands Initiative - Wikipedia

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    Open Hands Initiative is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded in 2009 by Jay T. Snyder.Open Hands is a public diplomacy organization dedicated to "improving people-to-people understanding and international friendship through exchanges and other projects that focus on our basic shared values and common humanity."

  3. Open Hand Chicago - Wikipedia

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    Open Hand Chicago was originally founded in 1988. [1] It was co-founded by Chicago AIDS activists including Lori Cannon , James Cappleman , Greg Harris , and Tom Tunney . Using San Francisco's Project Open Hand as a model, Open Hand Chicago delivered 41,476 meals in its first year.

  4. List of gestures - Wikipedia

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    Simultaneous finger guns with both hands can also be used to underscore the punchline of a joke, something of a visual equivalent to a "rimshot" sound effect. Finger heart is a hand gesture in which the subject has a palm up fist, raises their index finger and brings their thumb over it so as to form a small heart shape. It signals a similar ...

  5. Pointing - Wikipedia

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    Pointing with the left hand is taboo in some cultures. [26] Pointing with an open hand is considered more polite or respectful in some contexts. [27] In Nicaragua, pointing is frequently done with the lips in a "kiss shape" directed towards the object of attention. Different cultures may point using a range of variations on index finger pointing.

  6. List of human positions - Wikipedia

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    Standing with arms akimbo, that is with hands on hips, elbows pointing outward; Standing with folded arms; Standing contrapposto, with most of the weight on one foot so that its shoulders and arms twist off-axis from the hips and legs in the axial plane

  7. Hands Open - Wikipedia

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    "Hands Open" is a song by Northern Irish–Scottish alternative rock band Snow Patrol, released on 16 October 2006 as the third single of their fourth album, Eyes Open (2006). It received substantial radio play on modern rock radio, peaking at number 21 on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart.

  8. Project Open Hand - Wikipedia

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    Project Open Hand is a California nonprofit organization that provides medically tailored meals and groceries to elderly and homebound people in San Francisco and Alameda County. Founded in 1985 to deliver meals to people with AIDS , it also took over food banks in the 1980s and 1990s and in the 21st century extended its services to include ...

  9. Gōjū-ryū - Wikipedia

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    Gōjū-ryū (剛柔流), Japanese for "hard-soft style", is one of the main traditional Okinawan styles of karate, featuring a combination of hard and soft techniques.. Gō, which means hard, refers to closed hand techniques or straight linear attacks; jū, which means soft, refers to open hand techniques and circular movements.