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Sitting

There are several ways for a human being to sit.

Floor sitting positions

Tailor, Indian style, "Crisscross applesauce"

To sit in the Tailor style: # sit on floor any way # bend one knee so that heel moves toward buttocks. # bend other knee in same fashion, but place leg over other bent leg.

Lotus position

To sit in the lotus position: # Sit on the floor in any way # Place the soles of the feet together, upright This position is common in yoga.

Half-lotus position

Burmese position

Zazen positions

Zazen meditation is called zazen. Zazen translates approximately to "sitting meditation", although it can be applied to practice in any posture. During zazen, practitioners usually assume a lotus, half-lotus, burmese, or seiza position.

Seiza position

Seiza (正座, literally "correct sitting") is a Japanese word which describes the traditional formal way of sitting in that country.

Chair sitting positions

Standard

The standard way to sit in a chair is to: # put one's buttocks on the seat of the chair # rest one's legs forward

= Variations of the above

= Variations of the above, such as an aside variant with the legs resting above and beside the armrests (http://www.gasolinealleyantiques.com/images/Non-Sport/ab-sitting.JPG example), or the typically "cool" way of reversing the chair and one's legs rest around the body of the chair.

Kneeling chairs

Kneeling chairs (often just referred to as "ergonomic chairs"), are shaped to allow the seater's posture to be optimal, by kneeling. However, they do not look like a normal chair. To sit properly in a kneeling chair: # rest one's buttocks on the above, upper sloping pad # simultaneously wrap one's legs around and resting atop the lower pad Category:Human body positions nl:Zitten

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Sit-In

A sit-in or sit-down is a form of direct action that involves one or more persons nonviolently occupying an area for protest, often political, social, or economic change. Sit-ins were first employed by Mahatma Gandhi in Indian independence movement and were later expanded on by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and others during the American Civil Rights Movement. In the 1960s students used this method of protest during the student movements such as the protests in Germany. In a sit-in, protesters seat themselves and remain seated until they are evicted, usually by force, or until their requests have been met. Sit-ins have been a highly successful form of protest because they cause disruption that draws attention to the protest and by proxy the protesters' cause. The forced removal of protesters and sometimes the answer of non-violence with violence often arouses sympathy from the public, increasing the chances of the demonstrators reaching their goal. Sit-ins usually occur indoors at businesses or government offices but they have also occurred in plazas, parks, and even streets. A sit-in is similar to a sitdown strike. However, whereas a sit-in involves protesters, a sitdown strike involves striking workers occupying the area in which they would be working and refusing to leave so they can not be replaced with scabs. The sitdown strike was the precursor to the sit-in. Sit-ins were an integral part of the non-violent strategy of civil disobedience that ultimately ended racial segregation in the United States. The Fellowship of Reconciliation and the Congress of Racial Equality and FOR conducted sit-ins as early as the 1940s, but the first nationally publicized sit-in was at a Woolworth’s in Greensboro, North Carolina, on 1 February 1960. Many of the participants in sit-ins were college students and Historically black colleges and universities played a critical role in implementing sit-ins. With the encouragement of Melvin B. Tolson and James L. Farmer students

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Sit-Up Ltd

sit-up Ltd (or commonly ''sit-up'') is a UK based broadcaster which launched in 2000. To over 12 million homes, it delivers a 3-channel portfolio of shopping TV channels. Part owned by media company Flextech, sit-up runs two channels, bid tv and price-drop tv, each day from 8am through to 1am the next morning. The downtime (1am-8am) is covered by their rolling advertisement arm, Screenshop. The channels are designed to sell consumer products via digital TV (currently carried by digital satellite, cable, and terrestrial) or the Internet.

Channels

bid tv

bid tv (known as ''bid-up.tv'' until 21 January 2005) is a television channel based in the UK - the first of its kind in the world - it runs live televised auctions every day through various digital television platforms:

Sky Digital - 644

ntl:home - 647

Telewest Broadband - 745

DTT (Freeview) - 23 The channel was launched by its parent company, sit-up Ltd, in October 2000. It started by broadcasting 12 hours a day, many of which were pre-recorded, with auction graphics overlaid so people could bid although the video itself was pre-recorded. It later extended its hours to 18hrs a day (8am - 1am every day) and is now completely live. 90% of auctions have a reserve of Ł1 - viewers watch as presenters demonstrate the product, and can bid either by telephoning a unique number, and using the numbers on the keypad to bid, or by accessing the bid-up.tv website. The channel has amassed a cult following in recent months, as it spreads to more and more digital platforms. This can also be attributed to the use of David Dickinson from the BBC television series Bargain Hunt in various television advertising campaigns, seen to appeal to a cult fanbase. bid tv is popular for offering a laid-back, friendly approach to its viewers. Banter is created through the presence of "auction assistants" who help to demonstrate products, as well as informing the viewer of upcoming

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