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Sold 10 sheets of these beautiful custom labels today, to a nice lady in Colorado! This beautiful image is one of my most popular designs. It's from a photo I took many years at the lodge at Grand Tetons National Park in Wyoming.
Major themes for this month include how we express ourselves to others and show off our creativity. There's a hint of needing validation and praise at this time. On a deeper level, we're able to claim our natural leadership and authority. By staying centered in the heart, we can become " powerful beyond measure."
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I did a quick single page of bulbous looking heads. I am going to focus on drawing more animals for inspiration so I will be able to implement animalistic elements to any future drawings.
I really like that face, however I want the trolls to flexible eyes. Still good, maybe the eyes are for something else and its like a self defense thing!


After a couple of short chats thru facebook, we finally met with this couple personally a few weeks before their wedding together with janelle (a sought-after wedding planner in butuan).
nice! like in heaven background gwaps....luv it ahmmmmm!
hi gel tnx for d tag. jenielou is so pretty. she's d younger sis of my good friend juniel. i saw u during d wedding but ur too busy to bother hehe.. ddeck was with me also & we'r both nostalgic of our own wedding day.. same venue & same group of experts who worked to make d day even more special..
murag syag model. . . . . .
nice kau pagka kuha gwapa kau. . . . . .
@ivy: indeed a very stunning bride...projection was perfect, when i checked the photos when we got home last 8, she even had one pose after the rec...essional march na as in halata kaayo na beauty queen, hehehe!
@jay: very busy jud atty., naa gi-career, hahaha!... reminiscing your big day is just a thoughtful way of saying, i once had my "i do!", char!
wow! can't help but look at the pix again and again and again. great job let n gel! thanks much for being a great part in d success of jun n jenielou's wedding!
jun + jen both are looking good together and jun looking like a angel.
i never seen girl beautiful then jun.
both are meet via facebook chat that also awesome.


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Hobbes's On the Citizen
A Critical Guide
Edited by Robin Douglass, King's College London , Johan Olsthoorn, Universiteit van Amsterdam
Expected online publication date: January 2020
Series: Cambridge Critical Guides
Subjects: Philosophy, History of Philosophy, History of Ideas and Intellectual History, History, Early Modern Philosophy
Edited by Robin Douglass, Johan Olsthoorn
This is the first book-length study in English of Thomas Hobbes's On the Citizen. It aims to show that On the Citizen is a valuable and distinctive philosophical work in its own right, and not merely a stepping-stone toward the more famous Leviathan. The volume comprises twelve original essays, written by leading Hobbes scholars, which explore the most important themes of the text: Hobbes's accounts of human nature, moral motivation, and political obligation; his theories of property, sovereignty, and the state; and, finally, his ideas on the relation between secular and ecclesiastical authority, and the politics behind his religious ideas. Taken together, the essays bring to light many distinctive aspects of Hobbes's thought that are often concealed by the prevailing focus on Leviathan, making for a richer and more nuanced picture of his moral, legal, and political philosophy.
'Douglass and Olsthoorn, and the authors they have brought together, have done Hobbes scholars a tremendous service with this excellent collection of essays focussed specifically on Hobbes's De Cive – not as a precursor to Leviathan, but on its own terms.'
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TNAU to develop robotics-based cotton harvester: VC
Tamil Nadu Agriculture University is focusing on developing robotics-based cotton harvesting machines to help farmers increase yield, vice-chancellor Dr Geethalakshmi said.
City to get 2 int'l centres for research
Soon, the city will have two international-level institutes affiliated with Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University (AKTU) to strengthen research and nurture professionals in the field of environment, planning, architecture, pharmacy and biotechnology.
Vishwakarma Institutes of Pune and Technological University set to promote academic research
Vishwakarma Institutes of Pune and Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest (TUS) have signed an agreement to promote academic research.
Japanese billionaire invites 'Baalveer' actor Dev Joshi to join SpaceX moon mission
IANS / Dec 11, 2022, 13:44 (IST)
The phrase "To the moon and back" could prove true for actor Dev Joshi, who is known for his work on the television show "Baalveer". Joshi is the youngest among the 7 people who will fly to the moon in 2023 in a SpaceX flight.
PGI procures 1k dengue kits for poor
Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGI) has procured 1,000 dengue point of care diagnostic kits for emergency /poor patients. Though the cases have started declining now, there are still cases coming from the adjoining states that need hospitalisation.
Chess strategy: International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics app helps farmers raise yield
Taking a cue from the way chess was played to make strategic decisions in early centuries, the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) has developed a mobile gaming app called MRIDA that helps smallholder farmers strategize climate-smart agricultural management practices to enhance soil carbon, yield and builds resilience.
India's largest startup space in offing at Gujarat International Finance Tec-City
Gaining momentum from its inherent entrepreneurial spirit, Gujarat has taken a lead in boosting the startup ecosystem. In yet another major leap, the Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City) will now house the country's largest startup space and an international fintech institute, with a built-up area of up to 7 lakh square feet, according to GIFT City sources privy to the development.
Go back to comics, noted authors bat for reviving folk tales, dialects
Noted authors Padma Shri Vidya Vindu Singh and Ram Bahadur Misra discussed reasons behind losing popularity of folk tales and dialects while interacting with students and aspiring writers, on the second day of Katha Rangotsava at International Buddha Research Institute on Tuesday.
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The Second Conference on Future of Employment Challenges and Opportunities will be held at Symbiosis Vishwabhavan on January 18 and 19. The conference has been organized by Symbiosis School of Economics and Symbiosis International Deemed University in collaboration with Niti Aayog Institute of Human Development and other entities. The conference will draw researchers, academicians, and practitioners from around the world to exchange ideas and promote the latest practices related to generating more employment opportunities, reducing unequal wages based on gender, improving working conditions for labor, and creating a strong welfare system in developing and emerging nations.
Katha Samagam to revive the art of storytelling among kids
With an objective to revive the art of storytelling and encourage children to adopt the hobby of reading, a two-day festival "Katha Samagam" will be held at the International Buddha Research Institute from Monday.
Efforts on to make it a memorable 'homestay' for NRIs
Nonresident Indian (NRI) preferences for hosting guests for the upcoming Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas (PBD) event in Indore have been matched with local families to allocate suitable participants. So far, 49 guests have applied to stay with local families, and 82 families have given consent. Most of the guests staying in homestays are from Mauritius, Oman, Kuwait, Fiji, South Africa, and the United Kingdom. The aim of the PBD event is to establish a connection between NRI's and Indore. The event will be attended by close to 25 guests, of which 22 have already arrived in Indore. Physical verification of the houses chosen to host the guests is being done by team of officials from the Indore Development Authority (IDA), Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC), and Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR). One of the NRI's, Dr. Jafarali Parol from Kuwait, said that he has never been to an official PBD event before, but that he is excited to be staying with a local family. He would like to experience the event firsthand to see how it is implemented.
Mysuru: Sericulture training for international delegates
The city-based Central Sericultural Research and Training Institute (CSRTI) is conducting a training programme on 'Silk and Silk Industry for international trainees' in association with Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC), under the Ministry of External Affairs.
Andhra Pradesh: Vizianagaram district on path to boost agriculture ecosystem
In an effort to improve the prospects of the farmers and the overall agricultural ecosystem, the Vizianagaram district administration is exploring ways to drive necessary interventions in the sector.
Varanasi: international rice research institute signs memorandum of understanding to promote agriculture research, training
The international rice research institute entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University and Annamalai University on Monday for cooperation in agricultural research and education.
PGI doc gets international award
Prof Surinder Rana, department of gastroenterology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGI) has been awarded Asian Pacific Digestive Week Federation and the Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Foundation, (APDWF-JGHF) prestigious Emerging Leaders Lectureship
IIIT-H silver jubilee R&D show on Jan 21
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IIT-K signs cooperation agreement with Rice Univ of US for research collaboration
The Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT-K) and William Marsh Rice University, USA signed a cooperation agreement on Monday at a ceremony held at IIT-Kanpur.
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Banaras Hindu University (BHU) has launched a Research Promotion Scheme in which faculty members who receive projects from external agencies are likely to benefit. The scheme is expected to provide partial financial support to the faculty members who have received either no funds or partial funds for the proposed equipment.
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Homebrew Coding
Details of what I'm wasting my time on at the moment, in particular what homebrew game or console project I'm working on.
Why Some Remakes Are No Longer Available
You may have noticed that some of the remakes I wrote are no longer available. Here's the deal...
Back in April I received an email from Mike Singleton - of "Lords of Midnight" fame - asking me to take down the 2 remakes of his games that I had ported to Android. I've had the Game Boy Advance versions of these up for some years but now Mike is creating an iOS version and it's understandable that he wants exclusivity of his own work - Android is too close to home here. A bit of a shame, but there you go.
In his email, he points out the following:
A word of advice also - it seems you have also made some versions of Elite. I know for a fact that David Braben is very sensitive about his copyright in this, so be very careful.
In order to avoid any more problems I decided to pull down my Elite remakes too. In fact it felt good to know that I wouldn't see any more support emails asking for bug fixes ;-)
I believe that GBA and Nintendo DS remakes have flown under the radar as they are niche platforms. Android and iPhone are higher profile since they are mainstream and seem to be more "legit".
For example, in order to run homebrew on the GBA/DS you already need a piece of hardware that is associated with unauthorized copies of Nintendo games. Whereas the same remakes are easily downloadable by anyone for free from the app store without any extra hardware.
As it stands if I use the material from the original games (graphics, models, game data), then it is a textbook copyright infringement. The rest is then a matter of time until the copyright holder happens to notice and asks me to take the game down. I think changing art assets, place name text and not naming it the same as the original are a minimum for this not to happen. But then a remake loses its charm. Plus I'm pretty crap at art anyway :-)
The current status is that I've left my "Chaos" remake up on the Android store, plus the GBA remakes whose copyright seems to be in a state of limbo. I don't think anyone would care about the rights to Castle Master anymore, and Cyclone's author was last seen designing toys for Fisher Price. Julian Gollop has been quoted as saying he has released his early games to the public domain, so Chaos should be OK. He is still actively creating new games - I bought the rather underrated Ghost Recon game on the 3DS that he produced - so maybe even this is risky.
Anyway that's the story. At least I can say "it was all my own fault", not like poor ant512 who recently had to pull down his Earth Shaker remake - he sensibly asked permission from the original author - because the Boulder Dash copyright holders don't want anyone to make a 2D game involving dirt, rocks and diamonds but them.
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For those who do not know, Mike Singleton passed away recently..... http://www.icemark.com/blog/archives/2012/10/16/night-has-fallen/
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Russian troops shell settlement near Kharkiv, civilians trapped under rubble
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Russian forces have additionally moved airborne units and up to 500 units of military equipment to the city of Izium in order to strengthen their offensive capabilities. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in a Facebook post, referring to operative information as of 06:00 on April 28, Ukrinform reports.
It is noted that the main efforts of Russian troops are focused on the Izium direction. The Russian troops are trying to launch an offensive in the directions of Sulyhivka – Nova Dmytrivka and Andriivka – Velyka Komyshuvakha.
According to the General Staff, the Russian troops are continuing offensive operations in the Eastern Operational Zone in order to establish full control over the territory of Donetsk and Luhansk regions and maintain a land corridor with temporarily occupied Crimea.
The Russian invaders are increasing the pace of the offensive operation. In almost all directions, Russian troops are carrying out intense fire.
The largest offensive activities of Russian forces are recorded in Slobozhanskyi and Donetsk directions.
On February 24, Russia launched a new phase of its eight-year war against Ukraine – a full-scale invasion. Russian troops have been shelling and destroying key infrastructure facilities, conducting massive shelling of residential areas of Ukrainian cities and villages using artillery, multiple rocket launchers and ballistic missiles.
For aggression or for European freedoms? The message is clear, the choice is obvious!


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Interview with Antonia Bunyan, Team GB Goalball player
Posted on 30th November 2020 8th December 2020 by Michael Wignall
This month we speak to Antonia Bunyan, who plays for RNC Hereford and Team GB.
She tells us about what it takes to be an elite goalball player, her sporting idol and hopes for the future.
Now in her 4th year as part of the international set up Antonia has risen fast through the Goalball ranks.
Still only 20 years old, she made her team GB debut at aged just 16.
Listen to the full 30 minute interview with Antonia,(with more on her goalballing heroes) or carry on reading for a shorter text version
Goalfix Sports · Interview with Antonia Bunyan, goalball player with Team GB
Like most athletes Antonia was introduced to the sport at school, but her rise to elite level was dizzyingly rapid – she was diagnosed with her condition at aged 11, had a goalball taster session (courtesy of Goalball UK) at aged 14 and was playing for England just 2 years later.
While playing for her first goalball club she was spotted by a Goalball UK talent scout and invited along to some advanced training sessions. She soon became a fixture in the GB Women's goalball squad. She describes the early days with the England squad as "amazing".
"Being around Paralympic gold medalists is just mental, even just being on the bench and experiencing and taking all that atmosphere was just incredible. You can't really tell somebody how amazing it is, and feels, because it's just so special."
How did she manage to get to this position so quickly? "I've always been a sporty person and I was swimming at the time I was introduced to the game. Maybe the dedication that I had in swimming, and all the skills I'd learned carried across well into goalball."
To get to the top she believes that the most important attributes needed are determination and a lot of patience. "You need to stick with it and persevere. Under a blindfold conditions are very different. Yes, we're visually impaired, but I'm lucky enough to have known a bit of useful vision. Having no vision, it's a very different sort of experience and learning how to use all your senses, how to track the ball takes time and a lot of hard work."
Her advice for young people, or those thinking of getting into the game? "Throw yourself into it and do it with no fear, that way you'll have no regrets."
Her sporting inspiration
Her sporting hero is Rebecca Adlington, "she was making the impossible possible the way she swam the way she did things and I think that's where I got my inspiration. I want to achieve the impossible in Goalball."
Antonia was a keen swimmer and was forced to choose between Swimming or Goalball, as the latter started to take up more and more of her time.
"Swimming was my passion and I still love to swim but as I started getting further into the ranks of GB goalball, it started to become difficult to juggle them both. So I did have to pick between the two and obviously it was going to be goalball."
And why was it such an easy choice? "I just fell in love with the sport. I think it was the fact that goalball is such a unique sport. There's no sport like it, it's just an amazing sport, everything about it is addictive"
But it's more than just a sport and the role of community was a big factor in her choice.
"I was still sort of figuring out how to live life being visually impaired. And it was comfort that I was around people who were visually impaired, we're a family. There's no words to describe how special that environment is."
Back on the court, training and tactics
She's now back on the court after Corona-virus restrictions eased but it took a little bit of getting used to.
"It was a funny feeling at first, you know, I haven't run around with blindfold on for a while. So that was a bit strange."
The last few months have been a challenge for Antonia as they have for many people. However thanks to her elite status she has been able to use some resources to get in additional bits of kit to help with training, and while there is no substitute for being on the court, it wasn't all bad.
"I don't think I particularly lost much during the lock down because I was basically training and living as a full time athlete as university was finished. And that was probably the one great part of lockdown, just constantly training and having that time."
Antonia is lucky in that she studies and plays for the same university team, and is able to fit playing around her timetable. Have a coach as a tutors is a big help. Her college, RNC, is specifically for blind and VI students and she finds this a real advantage, "..to have that opportunity to be in that environment and have all the specialist equipment is great."
Her training now is all about working on the technical side of the game. Making small incremental changes to the way she is throwing the ball and moving around the court to push her onto the next level.
"I'm learning how to break your shot down, so I can develop different types of shot, and make sure the angles I'm throwing the ball at are how they should be. As a high level player you need to be able to throw a variety of shots. It's about finding your unique way of doing this and learning how to use your body in the most effective way."
It's this variety of shot that adds a real competitive advantage to the best teams when they attack.
"A bigger variety means there's a wider range of tactics that can be used. For example if you throw a smooth shot all the time, the defenders will get used to defending it, so having a variety of throws is what makes our attack more difficult for opposition."
And now that's she's back on the court and thinking about the future, what's her ambition in the sport?
"I would love to get to a Paralympic Games. We were so close qualifying for Tokyo. If we work hard, I believe that we'll be able to do it."
We hope Antonia fulfills here Paralympic dream, and thank her for speaking with us.
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Q: How to get queryset with .filter(ifsc_startswith) , where ifsc is input value, in django? class BankViewSet(PaginateByMaxMixin,viewsets.ReadOnlyModelViewSet):
    """
    API endpoint that allows users to be viewed.
    """
    queryset = Branches.objects.filter(ifsc__startswith='')
    serializer_class = BranchSerializer
    pagination_class = MyLimitOffsetPagination
    filter_backends = [SearchFilter, OrderingFilter,DjangoFilterBackend]
    search_fields = ['ifsc','branch','city','district','address','state']
    filterset_fields =['ifsc']
    ordering_fields = ['ifsc']
    max_paginate_by = 100

I have this view of my API. I thought filter(ifsc_startswith) parameter will return queries starting from input values but to my surprise it doesn't. Instead it shows results like filter(ifsc_contains).
How to solve this problem?

A: You specify with a circumflex that the search should look for strings that start with the given search value, so:
class BankViewSet(PaginateByMaxMixin,viewsets.ReadOnlyModelViewSet):
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    search_fields = ['^ifsc','branch','city','district','address','state']
This is specified in the documentation of the SearchFilter [drf-doc]:

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The search behavior may be restricted by prepending various characters
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*'^' Starts-with search.

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*'@' Full-text search. (Currently only supported Django's PostgreSQL backend.)

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Paul Zamarian
1. THE GREAT SEAL OF THE UNITED STATES: O A , ,   re- ported that the new one–dollar bill would be distinguished by an unfamiliar but appropri- ate design. The new bill would show, "…the little known reverse of the Great Seal…" Where did the Great Seal come from, what happened to its "little known reverse", and how did the complete Great Seal finally ap- pear on the one dollar bill in ? The short, simple answer is that Franklin Delano Roosevelt found a way to put it there. But that would keep us from the larger story of where the original symbols came from, their meanings, and a  year old intrigue to keep the second side—the reverse with its eye and pyramid—hidden from the public and miss- ing from our Official Seal. So, what is The Great Seal? The Great Seal of the United States is the principal seal of our nation used for authen- ticating the President's sig- nature on state documents. It was first used on Septem- ber ,  on a treaty with the British to exchange pris- oners. Other early uses in- cluded Presidential pardons, patents for land and inven- tions, and other applications that are now authenticated by an agency seal such as the U.S. Patent Office. Since its very first use the Seal, in the form of a die and press, has been housed in the Department of State and under the control of the Keeper of the Seal. How- ever, the Official Seal as conceived by the founders of our nation has never been used in its complete form. To this day, only the front or obverse with its eagle is impressed onto official state documents. The reverse of the Great Seal only appears on our one-dollar bill. The most recent attempt to complete the Official Seal came on June ,  when the U.S.Senate passed   . Introduced by Senator John Warner and co- sponsored by Senators Barry Goldwater, Sam Nunn and Claiborne Pell, it quickly ac- quired over  other senators as cosponsors.    commemorated the Bicentennial of The Great Seal of the United States. It resolved, "That the week beginning June , , be proclaimed Great Seal Bicentennial Week, and that a die be cut and appliances be made for making an impres- sion of the reverse of the Great Seal to complete the Official Seal, to be ready for the bicenten- nial of its first use, September , . In order to promote and enhance efforts to inform the American people of the will of the Founding Fathers and of the meaning and purpose of our national Seal…" In his introduction on May , , Sena- tor Warner noted that the Founding Fathers, via the Continental Congress, had adopted on June ,  a two-sided design for the Seal, but that only a die of the obverse or eagle side was struck and used. And that in , "Congress ordered that dies be cast for both sides of the Seal for official use. Yet, America remained with only half of her vision manifest in the Official Seal." He concluded, "By this resolution the Senate will pro- claim its intention to finally have the wishes of the Founding Fathers fulfilled. I know that 200 years is a long time to complete the mandate of Con- gress, but let it be done this year. By this action, let the world know we still believe and adhere to the principle embodied in the Declaration of Indepen- dence, the Constitution, and visually embodied in the Great Seal." In , this resolution quickly passed the Senate. As President of The Great Seal Foundation, my colleagues and I had initi- ated the resolution. One of my colleagues, Barbara Honneger, a White House staffer, then guided the passed resolution through nearly all of the necessary officials on its path to the desk of President Ronald Reagan. However, at the last check point, the White House Counsel would not sign off claim- ing that only joint congressional resolutions should be put before the President. Thus once again the completion of America's Of- ficial Seal was thwarted. Of the three instances in ,  and  that the eye and pyramid side could have become part of the Official Seal, one stands out:The plot of  directly subverted an act of Congress passed on July th of that year. The successful subterfuge set the stage for its appearance a half century later on the one- dollar bill. Although the images on the back of the one-dollar bill are now so common to us, their histories and meanings have remained completely unknown to most Americans. The bald eagle as our national symbol and "E Pluribus Unum" as our motto come directly from these early Congressional commit- tees. And the Seal of the President and that of Congress are derived from these earliest heraldic symbols of America.The Great Seal                  . by Paul Zamarian Senator John Warner The 1782 Great Seal of the United States The masthead from Senate Resolution 394 of 1982.
2. was a seminal and significant part of the cre- ation of the United States, evolving along with the Constitution itself. Congress Creates the Seal B   J , , the Continental Congress appointed three men to design a seal to commemorate the cre- ation of the new nation. The Declaration of Independence had just been adopted and Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams were nominated to be the first seal committee. By the time the Revolution was over, two additional committees would be formed. Each committee selected its own artist. Pierre Eugene du Simitiere, a well-known portrait artist, drew the original committee's designs. The front contained a shield, the eye of providence in a radiant triangle, and the motto, "E Pluribus Unum"; elements that remain in the final design. It is said that du Simitiere may have taken "E Pluribus Unum" from the well-known Gentleman's Magazine, the predecessor of today's Gentlemen's Quar- terly (GQ). The first committee eventually submitted a two-sided design, the reverse The descriptions of the complete design and meanings behind the Great Seal as quoted from the JOURNALS OF CONGRESS for June , . "T S   U S  C -                 ,   , : T  D  A A  R       U S  C -    — ARMS—Paleways of thirteen pieces Argent and Gules: a Chief, Azure. the Escutcheon on the breast of the American bald Eagle displayed, proper, holding in his dexter talon an Olive branch, and in his sinister a bundle of thirteen arrows, all proper, & in his beak a scroll, inscribed with this Motto. "  "— FOR THE CREST—Over the head of the Eagle which appears above the Escutcheon, A Glory, OR, breaking through a cloud, proper, & surrounding thirteen stars forming a Constellation, Argent, on an Azure field— REVERSE—A Pyramid unfinished. In the Zenith an Eye in a triangle sur- rounded with a glory proper. Over the Eye these words "A C". On the base of the pyramid the numerical letters  & underneath the following motto, "  " R  E The Escutcheon is composed of the chief and pale, the two most honorable ordinaries. The Pieces, paly, represent the several states all joined in one solid compact entire, supporting a Chief, which unites the whole and represents Congress. The Motto alludes to this union. The pales in the arms are kept closely united by the chief and the Chief depends on that union & the strength resulting from it for its support, to denote the Confederacy of the United States of America & the preservation of their union through Congress. The colours of the pales are those used in the flag of the United States of America; White signifies purity and innocence, Red, hardiness & valor, and Blue, the colour of the Chief signifies vigilance perseverance & justice. The Olive branch and arrows denote the power of peace & war which is exclusively vested in Congress. The Constellation denotes a new State taking its place and rank among other sovereign powers. The Escutcheon born on the breast of an American Eagle without any other supporters to denote that the United States of America ought to rely on their own Virtue— Reverse. The pyramid signifies Strength and Duration: The Eye over it & the Motto allude to the many signal interpositions of providence in favour of the American cause. The date underneath is that of the Declaration of Indepen- dence and the words under it signify the beginning of the New American Era, which commences from that date— The motto and the "eye of providence" from the First Seal Commitee. First Seal Commitee of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams & Benjamin Franklin
3. featuring Franklin's vision of Pharaoh in pursuit of the Children of Israel and being engulfed by the Red Sea. This graphic scene complete with the guiding pillar of fire is en- circled with the motto, "Rebellion to Tyrants is Obedience to God." Even with the influence of these three men, the full Congress did not adopt their designs. A second committee was appointed in March of  with three new members: James Lovell, John Morin Scott, and Wil- liam Churchill Houston. Francis Hopkin- son who also designed the American flag became their artist. Again their two-sided design was not fully adopted, although their motifs of  red and white stripes, and a con- stellation of  stars with an olive branch would survive. Finally, in May of , the Congress ap- pointed a third committee. Its members, John Rutledge, Arthur Middleton and Elias Boudinot elicited the services of Charles Barton, the nephew of the famous scientist, David Rittenhouse. Barton was a find. As a lawyer with artistic talent and versed in her- aldry, he made significant contributions. He drew an unfinished pyramid under the first committee's "radiant eye"and introduced an eagle as part of the front side. The committee quickly submitted these new designs, but Congress, still dissatisfied, turned the designs of all three committees over to Charles Thomson, the perennial Secretary of the Continental Congress and owner of the second signature after John Hancock's to grace the Declaration of Inde- pendence upon its adoption on July , . In about a week, Thomson, in collaboration with Barton, synthesized the ideas submit- ted by the three committees. Together they created a final design that was approved by the Continental Congress.On June ,, the new nation adopted a two-sided design for its Great Seal. In the Journals of Congress for June ,  the designs and meanings for both the ob- verse and reverse are fully described in the antique language of heraldry (see sidebar). On September ,  the new nation's Great Seal was used for the first time—on a treaty to exchange prisoners with the Brit- ish. However, only the eagle side was used. It had been fashioned into a die from the description in the Journals of Congress. Why the reverse side was not struck is not clear. The use of two-sided pendant seals was still common although on the wane. But the full seal design could have been made into a sin- gle die with a double image similar to South Carolina's Great Seal. Except for a few ren- ditions in publications, the eye and pyramid reverse side was never revealed to the public as an integral part of the symbol of the new nation. In contrast, the eagle and the shield appeared everywhere; on furniture, edifices, bowsprits and numerous graphic images. The eagle and shield quickly became the sole symbol of the new American nation. In its official capacity the die of the seal's ob- verse was housed in the Department of State under its first Secretary,Thomas Jefferson. It was used on state documents that required the President's signature.That use in its lim- ited, incomplete form continues to this day. It was not until the approach of the Cen- tennial of the Seal's adoption that an effort took root to complete its official form. John D. Champlin, Jr., a prominent New York author and editor was most responsible for awakening the public to the incompleteness of the Official Seal. His article in the May,  issue of The Galaxy, charged that the State Department had neglected the seal's reverse by not using it officially. Then in January of , Assistant Secretary of State, John Hay, requested an estimate from Theo- dore F. Dwight, the department's librarian, for cutting a die of the reverse.The eagle side of the seal had gone through a few design re- visions and the most recent one had drifted out of compliance with the heraldic descrip- tion in the Journals of Congress. Infamously referred by some as the Illegal Seal, it was worn and needed replacement. The Centen- nial presented an ideal opportunity to rectify the errors and complete the Official Seal. In  an outspoken and mildly eccentric military expert, First Lieutenant Charles A.L. Totten, joined the effort. Having acci- dentally discovered that the seal had a reverse side, he convinced the State Department to issue a commemorative medal displaying the front and back side of the seal. For most Americans, it was their first view of the eye and pyramid reverse. On February , , Totten wrote the Sec- retary of State Frederick T. Frelinghuysen offering details on new seal designs and ad- vising that both sides should be struck as dies and used. He suggested that the integrated design could be merged into a figure- form with the obverse at the top and the reverse on the bottom and impressed on the same wafer. He said the incomplete seal was tech- nically illegal and a part could not do for the whole when the law was clearly set forth in the Journals of the Continental Congress. In the fall of , Dwight who was now Chief of the Bureau of Rolls and Library in the State Department, began to look into striking this new seal for official use. He made contact with James Horton White- house, Chief Designer of Tiffany & Co. in New York. In December he wrote to solicit an estimate and designs for dies and press 1782: Thompson's suggestion for the Obverse along with Barton's Reverse design. James Horton Whitehouse and his Tiffany designs of 1884.
4. and the now familiar one-dollar bill. The New Dollar Bill I , H W, then Secretary of Agriculture, sat while waiting to meet with Secretary of State Cordell Hull, and dis- covered Gaillard Hunt's History of the Great Seal in Hull's waiting room. As he browsed through it the color prints of Whitehouse's designs caught his attention, especially the pyramid and eye of the reverse side. He im- mediately showed the images to the Presi- dent, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Both Wal- lace and FDR were members of the Masonic Fraternity, Freemasons, and for the first time were viewing the Seal's reverse side. Wallace later described FDR's reaction in two letters written in : "Roosevelt as he looked at the colored reproduc- tion of the Seal was first struck with the represen- tation of the 'All-Seeing Eye", a Masonic repre- sentation of the Great Architect of the Universe. Next he was impressed with the idea that the foundation for the new order of the ages had been laid in 1776 but that it would be completed only under the eye of the Great Architect." Roosevelt decided to put it on the back of a new dollar bill and referred the matter to Henry Morgenthau, his Treasury Secretary. The dollar bill at that time was like ours with George Washington on the front but with variations of the word and numeral "one" on the back. When the draft of the new dol- lar bill came to FDR from the Treasury, the Whitehouse designs were on the back of the dollar bill. The obverse with the eagle before him, Whitmore on December ,  to Dwight adds: "As to the reverse..It is a thankless task to ar- range it & as Prof. Norton says, use it as little as possible." On January , , Dwight responds to Whitmore apologizing for the delay due to work pressure from his current duties. This letter not only conveys agreement with the comments of Norton, Winsor and Whit- more as to the reverse, it also gives some in- sight into the pressures on Dwight that in- fluenced his decision not to have the reverse die cut. Specifically: "Unfortunately owing to the delay of Congress in providing the requisite means for the work, only a few weeks remain in which the new die or dies can be executed under the present admin- istration. For the present purposes we shall not order the reverse, as Mr. Winsor remarks, it has been so long kept in the dark, a few months more of shade will do it no harm." However,he goes on with some ambivalence saying that although the law does call for the reverse to be cut, it would be inconvenient to use it for sealing documents and he was under some time duress. Noting that it was originally left uncut in , presumably because the Founders also urgently needed a die and that the country had simply lost sight of it since, Dwight decided he could do the same. Independently of Dwight, on January , , Secretary Frelinghuysen wrote Tiffany and formally ordered dies of the obverse and reverse to be cut pursuant to the act passed on July , . On the following Sunday, January , Dwight was in New York to likely meet with Whitehouse, but records of any meetings are not available. All we do know is that, on March , , Dwight wrote Whitehouse, "…in reply to your in- quiry as to whether you should proceed with the reverse of the seal, that you need not do so until you hear further from me."The Eagle and the Shield indicates that no further cor- respondence was found. Four men, Dwight, Norton, Winsor, and Whitmore have judged the Founders con- ception to be an inferior aberration best kept in the dark. Thus a die of only the obverse side was struck in  and put into official use despite the rule of Congress mandating the cutting of a complete seal including the official reverse. In  due to wear, a new die with the same design was restruck— would the Founder's full conception ever see the light of day? It is this single-sided die with the Whitehouse design for the eagle that brings us finally to , the New Deal, implements for both sides of the seal. It was Whitehouse's designs that formed the ref- erence point for all further correspondence from -. The enduring legacy of Charles Totten, be- yond his striking of the Centennial Medal, was his successful pressing of Secretary Frel- inghuysen to have Congress draft a law man- dating that dies of both the front and back of the seal and implements for their use be made. This new law supporting the original mandate of  was passed on July , . And again the will of Congress would never be carried out. The Plot T - , and the actual plot to sub- vert the law of July ,  are described in detail in the two authorities on The Great Seal: Gaillard Hunt's, History of the Great Seal, published in  and The Eagle and the Shield by Patterson and Dougall, published in . Both were State Department publi- cations. From -, Theodore Dwight consulted with several experts concerning the new seal designs, these included: Asa Gray, the fore- most botanist of the time, concerning the ol- ive branch; and William S. Appleton on her- aldry. However it was not until after the  law was passed that he contacted Charles El- iot Norton of Harvard, a notable editor and author. Norton was extremely critical of the entire seal design and even questioned the judgment of the original Congress. On De- cember ,  he wrote Dwight in part: "It is greatly to be regretted that the device ad- opted in 1782 is of so elaborate and allegorical a character. The most skilful treatment of it could not make it satisfactory as the design for the seal of a great nation. It is little better than a very complex totem." "As to the reverse, the device adopted by Congress is practically incapable of effective treatment; it can hardly, however artistically treated by the designer, look otherwise than a dull emblem of a masonic fraternity." With the table set with his arrogant critical sarcasm, Norton quickly confers with Justin Winsor, the Harvard Librarian and Wil- liam Henry Whitmore, a heraldic scholar, both who have previously been mentioned to Dwight. On December , , Winsor wrote Dwight that he agreed with Norton entirely and added: "The design (reverse) of the original order is both unintelligible and commonplace. If it can be kept in the dark as it seems to have been kept, why not keep it so." And with Norton and Winsor's comments Franklin D. Roosevelt
5. image was on the left or first in order—the proper way for the seal to be displayed. Yet, Roosevelt reversed the sides putting the pyramid and eye side first, on the left, add- ing The Great Seal under it.The obverse eagle side was now on the right with of The United States under it. He signed the proof in this form and the  Series E One Dollar Bill was issued by the Mint. The New York Times on October ,  quoted Treasury Secretary Henry Morgen- thau describing the new dollar bill as,"…the handsomest ever…" For the first time since its adoption in , The Great Seal of the United States is seen as a whole:The obverse with the well-known eagle and the reverse with the newly revealed pyramid and eye. However, our Official Seal as displayed and used by the State Depart- ment remains half finished, even now. Conclusion SOSU S be completed? I think so. Although there are practical aspects of redesigning the die in the Department of State, the comple- tion of the Founders' vision is worthy of our efforts as expressed by John Warner in intro- ducing Senate Resolution . The eye and pyramid was not an after thought merely re- lated to the use of two-sided pendant seals. Rather, it was an integral part of the whole design—an allegorical description of the na- tion's founding. A perspective that has stayed with me over the three decades I have lived with the Seal's story, is that the eagle obverse is our na- tionalistic image: the defiant bird with the piercing gaze balancing the powers of war and peace;  arrows and the olive branch's  leaves and berries. Above the eagle's head, a constellation of  stars representing the original colonies coalescing denotes a new state taking its place among sov- ereign powers—e pluribus unum (out of the many came one enti- ty). As a model for the Presiden- tial and Congressional Seals, the unfinished Official Seal is the image of America that is pro- jected to the world. However, it presents only half of our found- ing story. The pyramid reverse does not have that nationalistic feel. It puts forth a vision for all hu- manity; the Founders knew that the nation's creation was a transforming occurrence in the history of mankind. A symbol of their humble recognition that under the guidance of di- vine providence the Republic was birthed in a world of mon- archies; that the Declaration of Independence and our nation were concrete manifestations of the Age of Reason, incorporat- ing the highest of human ideals. The ancient, long-lived pyramid stands for the enduring quality of the American experiment that began in  () and heralds a new order of the ages, Novos Ordo Seclorum. The un- finished apex leaves room for the continu- ous work and advancement of the American people under the guiding eye of divine prov- idence. Such powerfully moving metaphors should be reintroduced to America and the world as reminders of our Founder's inspira- tional ideals. How could the Great Seal be completed? I have known two of the previous Keepers of The Great Seal in the State Department, meeting Bernice Renn in  and Jane Mos- solem in . It was Jane Mossolem who expressed her concern about Senate Resolu- tion  and it sums up the current position against completing the Official Seal. She explained that it would be inconvenient to make double impressions, one for each side, on thousands of documents a year. This was echoed by Carol Bisbee, the Keeper in  in a letter to me. Perhaps there is another less imposing so- lution. Charles Totten had suggested a fig- ure- form in  and there are precedents for a two-sided seal impressed as a combined image.The oldest in our country isThe Great Seal of South Carolina with its obverse and reverse side-by-side. The cost of redesign- ing the Official Seal with the integration of both sides into a single die is small and its use would not impose undue burden on the Keeper's office. Just as in , inertia and resistance to change are timeless roadblocks. But is not change and renewal what this country and its creation are all about? A historical perspective is needed. The plot- ters against completing the seal are nearly unknown and relatively insignificant in our history.We should not allow the shadowy ac- tionsofDwightandhisthreecollaboratorsto keep our Official Seal half complete in viola- tion of the Founders'vision and the statutory law passed on July ,.The eye in a radiant triangle came from the original seal commit- tee of Adams, Franklin, and Jefferson. Three men amongst our nation's Founders who all sacrificed so much and risked even more in  to sign themselves in, "…support of this The embossing press and the Keeper of The Seal, Jane Mossolem The Great Seal of South Carolina displaying its obverse and reverse side-by-side. The back of the dollar prior to  and the early draft of the Series E dollar with FDR's notations to invert the obverse and reverse of the Great Seal on the new dollar's back.
6. Declaration [of Independence], with a firm reliance on the Protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor." Completing the Official Seal to the original specifica- tions of the original Congress would be an appropriate monument to all past and future great Americans; a metaphorical reminder to all citizens of good faith that our contin- ued humble work and sacrifice are the mor- tar and stone that add stability to humanity's forever "unfinished pyramid". Now that The Great Seal has past its th birthday, the time has come to make its for- mal form whole in the State Department and for it to be fully impressed on all docu- ments that require our Great Seal. It is time for a proper and complete recognition of the Founder's revolutionary vision and a re- newal of our country's "self evident" yet still uncommon heritage. A possible solution for a complete side-by-side striking of both the Obverse & Reverse of The Great Seal of the United States. The author, Paul Zamarian, as President of the Great Seal Foundation was instrumental in the effort to initiate, pass and implement Senate Resolution  in . He is now an attorney living in Santa Rosa, California.
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L&I debuts modernized UC benefit system amid continued criticism
The unemployment system has been under scrutiny across the state for years. Pafnuti
Pennsylvania replaced its 40-year-old unemployment benefits system Tuesday after a years-long process working to implement a more intuitive method of filing. The "outdated mainframe," which led to a significant backlog of claims throughout the pandemic that persists today, has been scrapped for a "faster and easier-to-use" system, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry.
L&I Acting Secretary Jennifer Berrier said the new system went live for a soft launch at 3:08 a.m. this morning, and that by 1 p.m., more than 62,000 users successfully filed for benefits. "To put this into context, the same number of people who have accessed the new system within the past 12 hours exceeds the same number of people who would have access to the mainframe in an entire week pre-pandemic," Berrier said.
The unemployment system has been under scrutiny across the state, particularly over the last year, as it was swamped with a record-setting number of unemployment claims.
Berrier said it's an "enormous improvement" over the old system, but the transition did have its issues. She said some users were experiencing an error while trying to create a Keystone ID and that they are working to resolve it. Not only that, but a phone outage interrupted service this morning – unrelated to the new system, but customer service lines were restored shortly after.
This overhaul comes on the heels of mounting criticism that the department has continued to leave claimants out to dry. The pandemic exacerbated issues in almost every sector, but for those in need of benefits, the overworked system went from being a frustration to a complete failure. Now, when there are still hundreds of thousands of claimants waiting for a determination, unemployment advocates say it is not the time to be making this transition.
"The timing is terrible given the tremendous backlog they have," John Dodds, director of the Philadelphia Unemployment Project, told City & State PA. "If they do not have the capacity to do the job, they need to get the money out and not expect people to carry the burden of their inability to handle the workload."
Under the new system, all eligible Unemployment Compensation and Pandemic Unemployment claimants will be able to file on a weekly basis. The system was shut down from May 30 to June 8 for new claimants, but L&I said most claimants will not see a delay in their benefits.
L&I also brought on about 500 additional staff members recently to provide customer service over the phone, which allows more experienced employees to deal with specific claim issues. Berrier said the new system allows information to be uploaded quickly on both the claimant and employer end, and that claimants can utilize a series of 25 workshops to familiarize themselves with the new system.
Regardless of the changes put in place, Dodd said that those who have been waiting months for a response need immediate assistance.
"These are not welfare benefits. These are dollars that get taken out of your paycheck every week that are meant to pay for you when you're out of work. And [L&I is] not meeting that test," Dodd said. L&I stated that there are about 289,000 claims awaiting determination, but that figure likely includes many ineligible and fraudulent claimants. Overall, more than 94% of claims filed during the pandemic have been paid or determined ineligible, according to L&I.
Dodd urged the state to give out benefits to anyone who's determination hasn't been made within three weeks, and to continue payments until their claim is resolved. He said it's not ideal to go back and request money from those who end up being overpaid, but it's better than "having people starve for months on end."
While Berrier gave no timetable on when the backlog will be reduced, she said the new system's "behind the scenes" features will allow them to process claims and deal with potential fraud more quickly.
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using namespace ci;
using namespace ci::app;
using namespace std;

struct BreathingRect {
	vec2	pos;
	vec2	size;
	ColorA	color;
	float   speed;
	float	breath;
	float   seed;
};

class DartFieldsApp : public App {
  public:
	void setup() override;
	void mouseDown( MouseEvent event ) override;
	void mouseDrag( MouseEvent event ) override;
	void keyDown( KeyEvent event ) override;
	void update() override;
	void draw() override;

	void loadScript();

	cidart::ScriptRef	mScript;

	std::vector<BreathingRect>	mBreathingRects;
	ci::gl::BatchRef			mBatchRect;
};

void DartFieldsApp::setup()
{
	cidart::VM::setCinderDartScriptDataSource( loadResource( CIDART_RES_CINDER_DART ) );
	cidart::VM::setSnapshotBinDataSource( loadResource( CIDART_RES_SNAPSHOT_BIN ) );
	loadScript();

	// setup rendering
	mBatchRect = gl::Batch::create( geom::Rect(), gl::getStockShader( gl::ShaderDef().color() ) );
	gl::enableAlphaBlending();
}

void DartFieldsApp::loadScript()
{
	try {
		mScript = cidart::Script::create( loadAsset( "main.dart" ) );
	}
	catch( Exception &exc ) {
		CI_LOG_EXCEPTION( "failed to load script", exc );
	}
}

void DartFieldsApp::mouseDown( MouseEvent event )
{
	// Before calling into the script, you must enter into 'dart scope'.
	// This way, you will have access to the handle it returns, and all resources will be freed at the end of the function.
	cidart::DartScope  enterScope;

	Dart_Handle handle = mScript->invoke( "makeBreathingRect" );

	BreathingRect br;
	br.pos = getMousePos() - getWindowPos();
	br.breath = 0;
	br.size = cidart::getField<vec2>( handle, "size" );
	br.color = cidart::getField<ColorA>( handle, "color" );
	br.speed = cidart::getField<float>( handle, "speed" );
	br.seed = cidart::getField<float>( handle, "seed" );

	mBreathingRects.push_back( br );
}

void DartFieldsApp::mouseDrag( MouseEvent event )
{
	mouseDown( event );
}

void DartFieldsApp::keyDown( KeyEvent event )
{
	if( event.getChar() == 'r' ) // reload script
		loadScript();
	if( event.getChar() == 'c' ) // clear existing objects
		mBreathingRects.clear();
}

void DartFieldsApp::update()
{
	for( auto &br : mBreathingRects )
		br.breath = 0.7f + sinf( br.speed + getElapsedSeconds() + br.seed * 1000 ) * 0.3f;
}

void DartFieldsApp::draw()
{
	gl::clear();

	for( const auto &br : mBreathingRects ) {
		gl::color( br.color );

		gl::ScopedModelMatrix modelScope;
		gl::translate( br.pos );
		gl::scale( br.size * br.breath );

		mBatchRect->draw();
	}
}

CINDER_APP( DartFieldsApp, RendererGl( RendererGl::Options().msaa( 8 ) ) )

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Dong Li
Writer, Germany
Dong Li was born and raised in P.R. China. He was educated at Deep Springs College and Brown University in the US. A poet of the lost world, he has published poems in Arkansas International, Cincinnati Review, Conjunctions, Fence, Kenyon Review, Poetry Daily and many others. His works have been translated into German, anthologized in Fischer Klassik (S.Fischer Verlag, Germany) and have appeared in manuskripte (Austria) and Neue Rundschau (Germany). He also translates from the Chinese, English, and German. He has received fellowships from Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Akademie Schloss Solitude, PEN/Heim Translation Fund, Yaddo, and others. He lives in Leipzig, Germany.
China Quintet
Dong Li has been working on a China-themed quintet that focuses on the struggles of families and individuals through drastic political changes in the People's Republic of China. By telling their stories in lyric and hybrid forms, the quintet reveals the real feel of difficult times that is not unlike our own. These stories are essentially songs and prayers, whose poetry restores dignity and beauty for those who cannot speak and yet have participated in an incredible time in history.


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In this game you need to draw a shortest path for ball to make a successful goal.
Protect your planet from falling meteors and attacking aliens.
You are supposed to hunt them and destroy them with some mystic objects.
Rifle range is a shooting game in which the player have to shoot for the desired target.


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Die Salondame bezeichnet ein weibliches Rollenfach auf der Theaterbühne. Die Rolle der Salondame ist dabei gekennzeichnet durch eine besondere mondäne Eleganz in Erscheinung und Sprechweise. Die Salondame vertritt auf der Bühne im Allgemeinen die "elegante, mit gesellschaftlichen Talenten begabte, mitunter auch intrigante Dame von Welt".

Besondere Ausprägung fand das Rollenfach hauptsächlich seit Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts in den französischen Salonstücken und Salonkomödien. Auch in den Gesellschaftskomödien von Oscar Wilde ist der Typus häufig vertreten. Im klassischen Bühnenrepertoire werden Rollen wie die Prinzessin Eboli in Don Karlos oder die Lady Milford in Kabale und Liebe dem Rollenfach der Salondame zugerechnet. In der Theaterpraxis fand oft auch eine Unterteilung in das Fach der "Jugendlichen Salondame" und das der "Salondame" statt.

Auch im Bereich des Musiktheaters ist das Rollenfach der Salondame anzutreffen. Dies gilt insbesondere für die meisten Fachpartien der Operettendiva, aber auch für Partien in einigen Musicals, wie die Iduna Obolski in Feuerwerk oder die Titelrolle in Hello, Dolly!.

Die Fachbezeichnung "Salondame" fand sich bis Mitte des 20. Jahrhunderts häufig auch in den Engagementsverträgen und Arbeitsverträgen der Schauspielerinnen, um das Rollenfach zu umreißen und als Grundlage für eventuelle Rechtsstreitigkeiten, beispielsweise vor dem Bühnenschiedsgericht. Zu den Schauspielerinnen, die das Rollenfach der "Salondame" vertraten, gehörten im 20. Jahrhundert insbesondere Lil Dagover, Hilde Hildebrand, Gisela Uhlen (insbesondere auch im Boulevardtheater), Adelheid Seeck und Irene Korb, aber auch Carola Neher, Fita Benkhoff und Ilka Grüning. In Wien verkörperten insbesondere Susanne von Almassy, Susi Nicoletti und Senta Wengraf das Rollenfach der Salondame.

Der Begriff "Salondame" wurde über das Theater hinaus auch im kulturgeschichtlichen Bereich seit Beginn der Epochen der Frühen Neuzeit verwendet, um Damen zu charakterisieren, die literarische und künstlerische Salons führten, und über besonderes Geschick und Talent im gesellschaftlichen Umfang verfügten. Als Inbegriff der Wiener Salondame gilt Lotte Tobisch.

Literatur
 Herbert A. Frenzel, Hans Joachim Moser (Hrsg.): Kürschners biographisches Theater-Handbuch. Schauspiel, Oper, Film, Rundfunk. Deutschland, Österreich, Schweiz. De Gruyter, Berlin 1956,  (zu den Rollenfächern der Schauspielerinnen).
 Wilhelm Kosch (Hrsg.): Deutsches Theater Lexikon. Band III. Pallenberg – Singer. Seite 1905 (unter: Rollenfach). De Gruyter, Berlin [u. a.]. Januar 1971, ISBN 978-3-907820-29-2 (abgerufen über De Gruyter Online).
 Henning Rischbieter (Hrsg.): Theater-Lexikon. Orell Füssli Verlag, Zürich und Schwäbisch Hall 1983. Sp. 1107. ISBN 3-280-01465-4

Einzelnachweise

Theaterfach
Literarischer Typus
Frau (Bezeichnung)
Frauen und Theater

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