Anita Hill

Anita Faye Hill (born July 30, 1956) is an American attorney and academic—presently a professor of social policy, law and women's studies at Brandeis University's Heller School for Social Policy and Management. She became a national figure in 1991 when she alleged that U.S. Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas had made harassing sexual statements when he was her supervisor at the U.S. Department of Education and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Though Thomas was confirmed and took a seat on the Court, Hill's testimony focused national attention on the issue of workplace sexual harassment.

Hill was born in Morris, Oklahoma, the youngest of the thirteen children of Albert and Irma Hill, who were farmers. Her family hailed from Arkansas, where her great-grandparents and her maternal grandfather, Henry Eliot, were born into slavery. Hill was raised in the Baptist faith.

After graduating as valedictorian from Morris High School, Hill enrolled at Oklahoma State University, receiving a bachelor's degree with honors, in psychology 1977. She went on to Yale Law School, obtaining her Juris Doctor degree with honors in 1980.

She was admitted to the District of Columbia Bar in 1980 and began her law career as an associate with the Washington, D.C. firm of Wald, Harkrader & Ross. In 1981, she became an attorney-adviser to Clarence Thomas who was then the Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights. When Thomas became Chairman of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in 1982, Hill went along to serve as his assistant, leaving the job in 1983.

Hill then became an assistant professor at the Evangelical Christian O. W. Coburn School of Law at Oral Roberts University where she taught from 1983 to 1986. In 1986, she joined the faculty at the University of Oklahoma College of Law where she taught commercial law and contracts

I Was Anita Hill
by Duchess Harris

The political event that had an impact on my young adult life more than any other was the Anita Hill/Clarence Thomas hearings.

In October of 1991 I was 22-years-old and in my first month of graduate school. It was the first time I'd left the Eastern seaboard where I'd always used public transportation. Without understanding the Midwestern landscape I moved to Minnesota with no car. I had broken up with my East Coast boyfriend and I was the only Black student in my department. I couldn't afford long-distance calls and Al Gore hadn't invented the internet, so I was often glued to the television.

I watched the Anita Hill-Clarence Thomas hearings every day. Even though Anita Hill was a Republican social conservative, she was a Black woman who taught law, and that was my dream. I watched wondering, what if something horrible like this happened to me? No one believes her.

A few years later, I started teaching in a department (that I am no longer affiliated with), and I soon found out. We went on an international research trip. We were in a warm destination during January term, and my department chair asked me to go to a topless beach with him.

Similar to Anita Hill, I did not come forward. A well-meaning white colleague (like Nina Totenberg), told the Dean who insisted that I file a grievance. I was not tenured and couldn't imagine defying the Dean.

To make a long story short, an investigation was done, and I was not believed. Similar to Professor Hill, I was publicly vilified. Similar to Professor Hill, my career persevered.

I am sharing this story because a few years later I ran into my perpetrator's wife. Unlike Virginia Thomas, she never called my campus phone and she never asked me to apologize.

If Mrs. Thomas thinks that those of us who have experienced this are sorry that we spoke truth to power, well yes Virginia; there is a Santa Claus.

Anita Faye Hill

PALM READING TUTORIAL

Fingerprints & palmistry:

“Identical twins have fingerprints that can be readily distinguished on close examination. However, the prints do have striking similarities. In fact, before the arrival of modern genetic testing, similarity of fingerprints was often used to determine whether twins were identical- or fraternal twins.”

Hand analyst Ed Campbell present on his website Fingerprints & Palmar Dermatoglyphics: a comprehensive article about the basics of fingerprint analysis + a detailed analysis of the historic palmistry literature.

The article includes the following:

The history of fingerprints, palmistry and character identity

What psychological characteristics are related to the fingerprints according palmists?

Ed Campbell’s fingerprint studies and observations

The physical dermatoglyphic development of fingerprints

Dermatoglyphic studies in health and psychology

Palmistry Screenshots

"MB Free Palmistry requires you to input various information about your hand and will display various information about yourself."

Hands up for prosperity

"The lines are not written into the human hand without reason; they come from heavenly influences and man’s own individuality." (Aristotle, De coelo et mundi causa)

Palmistry – the art of reading character and life events from the palm lines and hand shape – has a colourful history and has always attracted much interest as a method of ‘fortune telling’.

Much of the mystery stems from the fact that every hand is unique – from the skin ridge patterns that cover the palm and fingertips to the set of crease formations we all know as the palm lines.

Traditional palmists divided the discipline into ‘chirognomy’ (the study of character from the shape of the digits and the palm), and ‘chiromancy’ (the interpretation of the lines, usually for predictive purposes).

Modern palmists study the size, shape, texture and colour of the hands. The length, depth, course and position of the lines are also examined and assessed.

Some palmists consider the nails, knuckles and back of the hand to be an additional source of information.

The emergence of palmistry in the last 70 years as a serious study has largely been due to the introduction of scientific methods, and the efforts of researchers to establish links between skin patterns and disease.

Science has discovered that palm lines and skin ridge patterns are formed in the womb, appearing on the hand by the fifth month of foetal development.

A psychological approach to interpreting character from the hand has also evolved over the last century. Many modern palmists now call themselves hand analysts.

Modern palmists recognise that the lines on the hand can alter over time and these developments reflect changes that we have made to our attitude, health or lifestyle.

Few people now believe that the hands reflect an unchangeable destiny for their owner.

In turn, the attitude of palmists to ‘prediction’ has altered. They now look at the hand in terms of future possibilities and encourage clients to be more self-determining.

A good palmist will look at hand shape, the fingers, major lines and fingerprints to become acquainted with a client’s character, needs, motivations and methods.

Through this assessment, he or she can ‘predict’ by understanding their client’s reactions to past events and anticipating the responses to new life challenges.

Our hands are registers of past experiences, as well as living symbols of our lives and attitudes in the present.

Hands show who we are at this moment in our lives, and how our combined actions and reactions in the past have led to us being the person we are now.

With a sound knowledge of hand reading, we can recognise hidden talents and understand where our strengths lie, diagnose recurring themes in relationships, and pinpoint our expectations of others.

By interpreting the language of the hand, we have an immediate ‘aerial view’ of our journey in life: a road map of our individual life path.

Palmistry can zoom in on the important aspects of our travel, make us aware of alternative routes, and prepare us for the exciting road ahead. Frank Clifford

Palm Line Reading

he reading is done through the lines and mounts on the dominant hand, which the person uses in order to do the majority of her/his daily routine jobs like writing, eating, throwing et cetera. The other hand is believed to carry the past life or the karmic information.

Zodiac Signs Palm Reading aka Palmistry

Palm reading aka palmistry is a discipline of fortune telling by a fortune teller through palm line reading. Also called chiromancy, chirology and hand analysis, its history can be traced back to as ancient a period as that of the Hindu sage Maharshi Valmiki - the author of the famous epic cum the most popular religious book of the Hindus named Ramayana - who wrote about the subject as jyotish (Sanskrit) around 5,000 years ago in India from where it spread to China, Tibet, Egypt, Persia and to other countries in Europe.

Modern contributors to the discipline have also been working since as long back as 1839 when Captain Casimir Stanislas D'Arpentigny published La Chirognomie, followed by Adrien Adolphe Desbarolles who published Les Mysteres de la Main in 1859, by Katherine Saint-Hill who founded Chirological Society of Great Britain in 1889, by Edgar de Valcourt-Vermont who founded American Chirological Society in 1897, by Count Louis Hamon (famous as Cheiro) who published Cheiro's Language of the Hand in 1894, by William Benham who published The Laws of Scientific Hand Reading in 1900, by Charlotte Wolff who published many works between 1936 and 1969, by Noel Jaquin who again published many works between 1925 and 1958 contributing to scientific chirology, and by Arnold Holtzman who worked a lot onRead Your Own Palm

Your love line, also known as your heart line, relates to all the emotions and situations that are associated with love. This line is above your head and life line. It begins under your index or middle finger and extends toward your pinky.

• If the line starts directly underneath the index finger, then you are content with your love life.
• If your line begins right below the middle finger, this indicates a selfish and materialistic outlook when it comes to love.
• A line that begins between the middle and index finger signifies that you give your heart away too easily.
• If the line is straight and short, you have a high sex drive and aren’t particularly concerned with romance.
• If the line points downward and touches your life line (which is on the bottom), then it’s easy for you to have your heart broken.
• A line that is long and curvy indicates that you freely express your emotions and feelings.
• A love line that is straight and parallel to the head line indicates that you have a good handle on your emotions.

Variations on the love line

• If your love line is wavy, you may have a slew of relationships and lovers, but a lack of serious relationships.
• A circle on the line refers to a time of depression in your life. Likewise, a broken heart line indicates emotional trauma, as does a heart line with smaller lines crossing through it.
• Smaller lines that stretch above the heart line are reflective of happiness in love, but lines that stretch down from the heart line indicate disappointment.

Palmistry Report

he “Amazon Palmistry TOP 100″ presents a mix of old & new books about classic palmistry (including famous authors e.g.: William G. Benham & Cheiro) & modern palm reading (including respected authors e.g.: Richard Unger & Nathaniel Altman). Interestingly, palmistry & hand analysis experts from the ‘Global Palm Reader Network’ are provided the opportunity to send their ‘votes’ (positive AND negative!), in order to establish an additional RANKING for those palm reading & hand analysis books which present the highest ‘quality’ – as defined by the individual experts in this field!

Learn about Yourself

The science of palm reading has been prevailing in the world since time immemorial. The palmistry says the exact character of the human being. It also says you the depth of your wealth, potentiality of health, career and business, love and marital life as well as your intellectuality. Palm reading reveals your disease and life span. This unique science of palmistry particularly originated in India and spread all over the world. The science of hand reading fascinates everybody. This science can easily increase your social circle if you know this scientifically. Palm reading can recognize anyone very easily if the person belongs to rich or poor, labor or intellectual class, soft or harsh spoken. So to speak, a successful palm reader is able to understand the mentality and heart of any person. The amazing science of hand reading can easily predict the suicidal tendency of any unknown human being.

Palmistry Diagram

An Introduction to Palmistry / palm reading diagram

When we open up our palms, we can see that there are many lines and creases in our palms. Many will always ask what are the meanings behind these lines and creases. Do you kow that these lines can reveal al lot more about you than you can imagine. / palm reading diagram

Palmistry is an art that dates back to many thousands of years ago. In the olden days palmistry was used as a form of divination to tell about the past and future of a person. However, in our modern society, that is driven by science and practicality, telling about the past and future can be something that is viewed as too superstitious. Thus many palmist or palm reader has turned this form of art into something that is more scientific and also towards reading the human psychology. / palm reading diagram

When you look at your own palms, you can undeniably see a lot of differences between your palms and your friends' palms. If you can do some measurement, you will see the differences in terms of the shapes and sizes. Your fingers may be longer or shorter, your palm may be longer or shorter, your lines can start from different points or end in different points. It is with all these differences that we tell the differences in the personality from a person to another. / palm reading diagram

Helen Mirren at Elie Saab's Most Memorable Gowns

helenHELEN MIRREN

Helen Mirren is an accomplished British actress (of Russian ancestry) with a pretty impressive resume. She has played sexy young women, middle aged, attractive & sophisticated women (Prime Suspect era), and now she plays older, wiser and still sexy women. She is head and shoulders above many of her peers. Maybe the secret is that she is a naturally beautiful woman who aged remarkably. She might not have been A number 1 at age 25 (she was striking), but she has aged far more gracefully than her acting competition, and whatever work she has had done, has been amazing. Life is a marathon, not a sprint. She has most likely had work done, but still looks herself and isn't hiding how old she is. She does not look like a hat rack or bean pole, and she has hips. She turns sixty five later this month; see below and remember 65.

The cast (L-R): Sam Riley, Helen Mirren, Andrea Riseborough and John Hurt

Stellar support: The film also features performances from Helen Mirren and John Hurt

The 1947 original: Richard Attenborough as Pinkie and Carol Marsh as Rose

All-star cast: Sam and Andrea are among the famous faces in the new version of Brighton Rock

Mods and Rockers: The new version of the film, based on Graham Greene's novel, updates the action to 1964

Helen Mirren as Femme Fatale

see more modern bad girls and dangerous dames as described below;

Adriana Sklenarikova

Gillian Anderson

Annette O'Toole

Asia Argento B. Monkey (1998)

Bridget Fonda Point of No Return (1993)

Charlize Theron

Georgina Chapman The Business(2005)

Helen Mirren The Long Good Friday (1980)

Helen Hunt

Natasha Henstridge Power and Beauty (2002)

Isabelle Huppert Rien ne va plus (1997)

Juliette Lewis

Nicole Kidman

Elizabeth Hurley

Virginia Madsen Candyman (1992)

Maria Carla Boscone

Mathilda_May

Michelle Pfeiffer Scarface (1983)

Monica Bellucci Comme un poisson hors de l'eau (1999)

Natalia Vodianova

Pink

Romina Mondello

Uma Thurman

Valeria Golino

Helen Mirren at Elie Saab's Most Memorable Gowns

Halle Berry at the Academy Awards in 2002

Diane Kruger at the Venice Film Festival in 2007

Elie Saab Fall 2007 Couture/Model: Alison Nix (WOMEN)

Beyoncé Knowles at the British premiere of "Dream Girls" in 2007

Emily Blunt at the BAFTA Awards in 2007

Elie Saab Spring 2006 Couture/Model: Rianne Ten Haken (ELITE)

Aishwarya Rai at the Cannes Film Festival in 2010

Elie Saab Spring 2010 Couture/Model: Karmen Pedaru (ELITE)

Dakota Fanning at the New York premiere of "The Runaways" in 2010

Elie Saab Spring 2010 Couture/Model: Marlena Szoka (NATHALIE)

Helen Mirren at the Cannes Film Festival in 2010

Elie Saab Fall 2010 Collection/Model: Ksenia Kahnovich (IMG)

Kristin Stewart at the LA premiere of "Eclipse" in 2010

Elie Saab Fall 2009 Couture/Model: Sasha Pivovarova (IMG)

Gwyneth Paltrow at the Laureus World Sports Awards in 2010

Elie Saab Spring 2010 Couture/Model: Kasia Struss (WOMEN)

Penelope Cruz at the Cannes Film Festival in 2010

Elie Saab Spring 2010 Couture/Model: Sigrid Agren (ELITE)

Marion Cotillard at the Screen Actors Guild Awards in 2010

Elie Saab Fall 2009 Couture/Model: Irina Kulikova (IMG)

Rachel McAdams at the Academy Awards in 2010

Elie Saab Spring 2010 Couture/Model: Karlie Kloss (NEXT)

Best Actress Marion Cotillard, in Jean Paul Gaultier and Chopard jewelry

Renée Zellweger, in Carolina Herrera and Cartier jewelry

Keri Russell, in Nina Ricci and H. Stern jewelry

Cameron Diaz, in Christian Dior, Bulgari jewelry, and a Roger Vivier clutch

Heidi Klum, in custom John Galliano, Heidi Klum Collection for Mouawad jewelry, and Stuart Weitzman shoes

Anne Hathaway, in Marchesa and Harry Winston jewelry

Katherine Heigl, in Escada

Miley Cyrus, in Valentino, with a Mary Norton clutch

Helen Mirren, in custom Georges Chakra and H. Stern jewelry

Hilary Swank, in Atelier Versace, Chopard jewelry, and a Salvatore Ferragamo clutch

Jennifer Garner, in Oscar de la Renta, Van Cleef & Arpels jewelry, and a Roger Vivier clutch

Penélope Cruz, in a Chanel Haute Couture navy feather embroidered gown and Chopard jewelry

Amy Adams, in Proenza Schouler, with a Fred Leighton bag and jewels

Laura Linney, in Michael Kors, Cathy Waterman jewelry, and a Salvatore Ferragamo clutch and shoes

Jessica Alba, in a deep-purple feathered Marchesa gown and Cartier jewelry

Amy Ryan, in Calvin Klein Collection and H. Stern jewelry

Diane Lane, in David Meister with H Stern jewelry

Rosamund Pike, in Roland Mouret and H. Stern jewelry

Calista Flockhart in vintage Valentino

Kelly Preston, in Roberto Cavalli, Lorraine Schwartz jewelry, and Daniel Swarovski clutch

Ellen Page, in vintage Jean-Louis Scherrer Haute Couture with a vintage Judith Leiber clutch

Jennifer Hudson, in Roberto Cavalli

Nicole Kidman, in Balenciaga, a L'Wren Scott necklace, and a Bottega Veneta clutch

Cate Blanchett, in a deep blue satin Dries Van Noten with a Roger Vivier clutch

Best Supporting Actress Tilda Swinton, in Lanvin

Helen Mirren in Lanvin.

Helen Mirren in Badgley Mischka.

Helen Mirren in Alberta Ferretti (I think she's wearing Sergio Rossi heels measuring 13-14cm/5-5.5inches!)

Helen Mirren in Lanvin.

Helen Mirren in Vivienne Westwood (Although I believe the silky fabric makes it look a bit like cardboard.).

Helen Mirren in Marchesa, Elie Saab, Paule Ka and Elie Saab again.

20 FAVORITE ACTRESSES as described below. Let's have a look:

HELEN MIRREN

JUDY DENCH

MERYL STREEP

RACHEL MCADAMS

BETTE DAVIS

GENE TIERNEY

INGRID BERGMAN

KATHERINE HEPBURN

LAUREN BACALL

LUCILLE BALL

ROSALIND RUSSELL

NATALIE WOOD

JACQUELINE BISSETT

JANE FONDA

CLAUDETTE COLBERT

GINGER ROGERS

ANGELA LANSBURY

MYRNA LOY

OLIVIA DEHAVILLAND

JANE WYMAN