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The hand over the heart gesture was suggested as a viable alternative and President Franklin Roosevelt signed it into law in 1942 as part of the Flag Code, making it the official gesture for the.
- The Vulcan salutation is a hand gesture popularized by the 1960s television series Star Trek. It consists of a raised hand with the palm forward and the thumb extended, while the fingers are parted between the middle and ring finger. Leonard Nimoy demonstrating the Vulcan salutation.
- Basically from what I remember, when he flexed his fingers, he could close the thumb, index and middle finger but his pinky and the one next to it did not move at all. It has to to with the way fingers are innervated. The nerves basically 'split' I'm the hand to branch out to the fingers. I can no longer find the video.
- The split hand sign, which is because of dissociated muscle weakness in the hands (thenar muscles disproportionately wasted as compared to the hypothenar muscles) is a useful clinical sign for bed side diagnosis of ALS. Keywords: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, dissociated intrinsic hand muscle weakness, split hand sign.
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Hello,
my name is Felix, I‘m 23 years old since July and come from Germany.
I‘m scared as hell because I‘m sure for 99% that I have ALS.
My symptoms are fasciculations, tongue twitching, split hand sign (I guess) and some weird thing when I tense my thigh. Looks like fasciculations but I don‘t feel them. Also my patellar reflex is brisk both sides the same. And my thighs are hardened on the inside.
I had an appointment with my neurologist 3-4 weeks ago. He tested my reflexes and strength and did an EMG in many muscles. Between thumb and forefinger, upper and lower arm, calf and the muscle next to the tibia (don‘t know how it is called). He told me that nothing would point to ALS and I should stop worrying about it. But he was a bit concerned about my tongue twitching. He told it can be BFS but as he is my neurologist he‘s obliged to investigate me again in three months.
But I feel and see that atrophy in my right hand progresses and it scares me as hell. Also my tongue still twitches extremly but not when it‘s at rest.
Additionally I had a cruciate ligament surgery 10 days ago that goes hand in hand with muscle wasting in my thigh. I am scared as hell that I cannot build this muscle up again and my cruciate ligament won‘t heal. I also told my neurologist this fear.
As I said I am almost absolutely sure having this desease and lying arround all day withouth being allowed to walk worsens my fear because I think about the consequences always.
Normally I trust my neurologist but as tongue twitching and split hand sign are so specific for ALS I think it can‘t be anything else. I don‘t have clinical weakness yet and can do everything. But my right thumb feels weird at typing texts for example. My parents don‘t take me seriously anymore after my appointment 3-4 weeks ago.
I know pictures don‘t help you much but I want to show why split hand sign scares me so much. I also know small the chance is to have this disease at my age especially as there is no ALS history in my family. I‘m scared that the EMG was performed to shortly, only 5 minutes per muscle. Don‘t want to waste anyone‘s time but I‘m going crazy here and can‘t concentrate on anything else.
Best regards and sorry for my bad english
Felix
my name is Felix, I‘m 23 years old since July and come from Germany.
I‘m scared as hell because I‘m sure for 99% that I have ALS.
My symptoms are fasciculations, tongue twitching, split hand sign (I guess) and some weird thing when I tense my thigh. Looks like fasciculations but I don‘t feel them. Also my patellar reflex is brisk both sides the same. And my thighs are hardened on the inside.
I had an appointment with my neurologist 3-4 weeks ago. He tested my reflexes and strength and did an EMG in many muscles. Between thumb and forefinger, upper and lower arm, calf and the muscle next to the tibia (don‘t know how it is called). He told me that nothing would point to ALS and I should stop worrying about it. But he was a bit concerned about my tongue twitching. He told it can be BFS but as he is my neurologist he‘s obliged to investigate me again in three months.
But I feel and see that atrophy in my right hand progresses and it scares me as hell. Also my tongue still twitches extremly but not when it‘s at rest.
Additionally I had a cruciate ligament surgery 10 days ago that goes hand in hand with muscle wasting in my thigh. I am scared as hell that I cannot build this muscle up again and my cruciate ligament won‘t heal. I also told my neurologist this fear.
As I said I am almost absolutely sure having this desease and lying arround all day withouth being allowed to walk worsens my fear because I think about the consequences always.
Normally I trust my neurologist but as tongue twitching and split hand sign are so specific for ALS I think it can‘t be anything else. I don‘t have clinical weakness yet and can do everything. But my right thumb feels weird at typing texts for example. My parents don‘t take me seriously anymore after my appointment 3-4 weeks ago.
I know pictures don‘t help you much but I want to show why split hand sign scares me so much. I also know small the chance is to have this disease at my age especially as there is no ALS history in my family. I‘m scared that the EMG was performed to shortly, only 5 minutes per muscle. Don‘t want to waste anyone‘s time but I‘m going crazy here and can‘t concentrate on anything else.
Best regards and sorry for my bad english
Felix
Example:Origins: On 18 February 2015, American Thinker published an article titled “Obama and the Muslim Gang Sign.” The piece was focused on a photograph of
The Daily Mail editors did not understand what they were looking at. They captioned it “finger wagging” by Obama. But the African dignitaries understood, and a range of reactions can be detected among the ones who observed the gesture: amusement, surprise, curiosity, disapproval, contempt. Note the reactions of Abdelilah Berkirane, the prime minister of Morroco [sic] pictured just behind Obama’s left shoulder, and Ibrahim Boubacas Keita, the president of Mali in white garb and hat. They are Muslims through and through, and they are all smiles. They knew what Obama’s upright forefinger meant.
In Islam, the first of the five pillars is the shahada. Shahada is the Muslim profession of faith, expressing the two simple, fundamental beliefs that make one a Muslim.
The Associated Press took this astonishing photo as the African dignitaries joined Obama, who hosted the event, in a State Department auditorium for a group photograph. It was published in an article in Britain’s Daily Mail, and it was the only use ever of the photo.
President Obama captured during an August 2014 conference of African leaders held in Washington, D.C.
The photograph in question was one that had been published in August 2014 by Britain’s Daily Mail as part of a larger set of images taken at the conference amid news coverage of the gathering. When the otherwise unremarkable photograph resurfaced in February 2015, the American Thinker article’s author surmised that the Daily Mail was unaware of the true significance of the image when they had published it the previous year and had mistakenly identified the gesture as simple finger-wagging. According to the American Thinker piece, the gesture was in fact a signal referencing the shahada, a Muslim declaration of faith:
The Daily Mail editors did not understand what they were looking at. They captioned it “finger wagging” by Obama. But the African dignitaries understood, and a range of reactions can be detected among the ones who observed the gesture: amusement, surprise, curiosity, disapproval, contempt. Note the reactions of Abdelilah Berkirane, the prime minister of Morroco [sic] pictured just behind Obama’s left shoulder, and Ibrahim Boubacas Keita, the president of Mali in white garb and hat. They are Muslims through and through, and they are all smiles. They knew what Obama’s upright forefinger meant.
However, the shahada is a verbal declaration of an Islamic creed, not a “Muslim gang sign” hand gesture:
In Islam, the first of the five pillars is the shahada. Shahada is the Muslim profession of faith, expressing the two simple, fundamental beliefs that make one a Muslim.
Several blogs ran with the interpretation of the “shahada” image, and another expounded upon the new theory:
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The Associated Press took this astonishing photo as the African dignitaries joined Obama, who hosted the event, in a State Department auditorium for a group photograph. It was published in an article in Britain’s Daily Mail, and it was the only use ever of the photo.
The one-finger display is the distinctive Muslim gang sign: The index finger points straight up while the thumb wraps underneath and presses against the digital phalange of the middle finger. The remaining fingers are squeezed against the palm in order to highlight the extended forefinger. The extended finger is symbolic of the one-God concept of Muhammad and is understood by all believers to be a symbolic shahada, the Muslim affirmation of faith: There is but one God and Muhammad is his messenger.
The photograph of President Obama “flashing a Muslim gang sign” certainly captivated a portion of the social web when it began to circulate, and at first glance it might seem difficult to understand from a single still image precisely what was going on the moment the photograph was snapped. But that instant was not only photographed, it was also filmed, and footage of it (in context) was published to C-SPAN on 6 August 2014:
The clip was also uploaded to YouTube:
In both clips, President Obama can be seen briefly making a quick spontaneous remark to a fellow attendee (who had since passed out of the camera frame) and making a gesture that is clearly one of “pointing” or “finger-wagging” and not a surreptitious “Muslim gang signal.” No one else captured in the video can be seen expressing obvious “disapproval” or “contempt” at President Obama’s gesture or remark, and if other African leaders can been smiling or reacting with amusement in the video, the most obvious reason is because President Obama said something humorous at that moment.
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Burleigh, F.W. “Obama and the Muslim Gang Sign.” American Thinker. 18 February 2015. Charlton, Corey and Ted Thornhill. “Obama’s Monsters Ball.” Daily Mail. 6 August 2014.