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Blitz Brigade Online FPS Fun Review

Team Fortress Redux

As much as I don’t want to admit it — mostly because as a jaded, grouchy old game reviewer, I’m supposed to have experienced everything mobile gaming has to offer — Blitz Brigade absolutely floored me. Is flooring me, actually, considering the game’s loaded on my tablet right now, calling for me from across the desk to come play another round. Even then, I can’t quite believe it. I’m still looking for a catch, a snag, a game-breaking bug or design flaw. There’s no way a Team Fortress 2 semi-clone made for mobile devices should work nearly so well as it does. No way whatsoever.

And yet here it is. Make no mistake about it: Blitz Brigade is very real, and it’s very, very good. Killer-app, best-FPS-and-possibly-best-overall-game-on-mobile good. The “overall game” point, of course, is debatable. The “FPS” one is too, I suppose, but it’s about as close to an objectively superior shooter as you can get. It’s a game that bridges the gap between smartphones and their console brethren so well it’s not hard to see games as a whole crossing over in the very near future. As effusive as my praise may sound, I stand by every single word I say. Don’t believe me? Download it and see if it doesn’t blow your mind just like it did mine.

Delicious Eye Candy

Cutting-edge graphics and first person shooters go together like cheap wine and a hangover. Guns and gore might have bought Doom a bunch of controversy in the 90’s, for instance, but the visuals were what had most gamers of the era scooping their collective jaws off the floor. Since then, shooters have been the genre of choice when it comes time for a company to show off its shiny new engine or awesome art direction. Mobile giant Gameloft clearly understood the pedigree when they sat down to craft Blitz Brigade. On my Nexus 10, the game’s character models and environments look like they came from a newer PC game as played on a mid-range system, which is a pretty astounding feat considering the N64-looking titles that passed for blockbusters not a year ago. As cool as that is now, it’s even cooler to think we won’t have to consider titles pretty for Android games in the very near future. If I could just get a flying car and robot butler, I’d be perfectly content to say I was truly living in the future.

Stealing From The Fortress

The Team Fortress 2 connection, as stated above, is undeniable here. The, uh, “borrowing” is so blatant I have to wonder how okay I’d be with it in a lesser title. The classes range from the general-use Soldier to the heavy-but-powerful Gunner to the silent but deadly Stealth… and yes, before you ask, the class is just called Stealth. Don’t ask me. I just review the games. Inconsistent naming conventions aside, anyone who’s even passingly familiar with Valve’s class-based shooter should already be arching an eyebrow. The funky-retro spy music and blocky fonts making up the non-gameplay parts of the experience make the homage even less subtle. As in screaming-through-a-bullhorn less subtle.

If any of this has triggered your ripoff sensor, well, it probably should. But keep playing. Seriously. The game gets away with its five-finger-discount approach to cooperative shooters because, with or without the similarities, it’s still a really solid title. If you never stop noticing stuff that reminds you of the classic PC title you’re probably still going to have a blast. If not, I can almost guarantee it’ll have nothing to do with the stuff I’m talking about. It’s so good I don’t care that I’m starting to sound like a Gameloft pitchman. On that note: Have you downloaded it yet?

A Life Of Its Own

Past the (many) obvious comparisons, Blitz Brigade does plenty right on its own. The 120 single-player levels — inexplicably called “Training Missions” despite having more content than most other games on the Play Store — put you behind the barrel of every class and counts the experience and currency you earn towards stuff you can use in online matches. For a hermit like me, it’s a wonderful addition to an already top-notch title. I personally had the most fun with the Sniper’s missions, which give you a big gun with a bigger scope and set you free to do some long-range murderin’. Others include standard free-moving, deathmatch-style encounters with the various classes, while others set you up with mounted machine guns and attack helicopters. The ranking system gives achievement-based gamers a reason to try each of the levels over and over until they achieve perfection, while hidden puzzle pieces and gun unlocks mean there’s always something new to do with a little extra work. And that’s before we even consider the multiplayer aspect, which reminds me…

The Multiplayer Is Awesome

It doesn’t matter that I was terrible at Blitz Brigade’s multiplayer. It’s still bar none the best online experience I’ve had in a mobile game. Once I found a playable match (more on that below), shedding blood was a blast whether it belonged to me or the other guy. Granted, it was generally mine, but the silver lining of having a negative kill-death ratio is how good murdering the other guy feels when you finally get a lucky shot in. Deathmatch mode sets two teams of four against each other in a race to 15 kills, while Domination’s six-on-six battles focus on defense and capturing for the team-minded players in the crowd. A combination of solid controls and smart auto-aim make killing everything in front of your crosshairs a (relative) breeze — for all my many deaths, I only felt like I lost my life to circumstances outside my own lack of skill a handful of times.

There are a few snags with the online offerings, however, and they represent the two biggest beefs I have with the game. One, a strange bug that caused my devices to completely disconnect from Wi-Fi when I attempted to connect to a game, happened just frequently enough to be frustrating; the other made the game freeze on the looking-for-game screen for somewhere between thirty seconds and two minutes before crashing to the home screen. Neither killed my enjoyment of the title, mind you. They were just far from one-off experiences.

Premium Game, Premium Content

As a final note, I’d like to thank the fine folks at Gameloft for making the premium content totally optional. Note that I didn’t say theoretically optional here. The coins and gems you collect buy guns and perks for your classes are, as I’m sure you’ve come to expect, available for purchase in the game’s online score. The combination of fun gameplay and realistic goals, however, mean you can unlock most everything Blitz Brigade has to offer with good old-fashioned hard work. If you want to call playing an incredibly fun online FPS hard work. I’d call it a potato-potato thing if I could figure out a way to make you hear the odd pronunciation of the second word in the saying. Potahto, maybe? Whatever.

Get It

I think I’ve made my opinion of this title pretty clear. If not: Go download it as soon as you can. There’s enough content here to make the game worth several bucks on the Play Store. As a freemium title, especially one that doesn’t force your hand when it comes to buying content, it’s an absolute must-download. I don’t know what to say other than check it out. Actually, I do know what to say. I just want to get back to playing. Is skipping work to play video games really skipping when you’re a reviewer by trade?

4.8 / 5

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Backcountry Opposes Bikes in Wilderness

I like mountain biking almost as much as I enjoy hunting and fishing. And there are times when I really wish I had a mountain bike when I’m doing exactly that in designated wilderness, or when I’m other places where bikes are banned, such as the backcountry of Yellowstone National Park. But there’s something to be said about hiking a trail where you aren’t worried about what’s coming around the corner at Mach III. That’s why I’m not too surprised or upset that today Backcountry Hunters and Anglers, located in Missoula, Montana, has come out against a bill that would allow bikes into designated wilderness areas. If the bill were to win, a lot of wild game habitat would become more accessible to people and that is not good for animals. So, I’m with Backcountry on this one even though there will be days when I say, “Wish I had a bike with me.” Here’s a release straight from Backcountry. Jon the conversation and let me know what your opinion is on this.

Backcountry Sportsmen Oppose ‘Bikes in Wilderness’ Bill

MISSOULA, Mont. – As hunters head into America’s wilderness in search of game and lawmakers struggle through the final weeks of the 114th Congress, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers is criticizing a Senate bill that would open federally designated wilderness areas to mountain biking.

S.B. 3205, the Human-Powered Travel in Wilderness Areas Act, would open the door to bicycles in all wilderness areas in the United States. Under the 1964 Wilderness Act, bikes and other forms of “mechanical transport” are explicitly banned in wilderness areas, which are set aside to preserve their pristine waters, fish and wildlife habitat and opportunities for solitude. Today, hunters on foot and with traditional pack stock treasure wilderness areas for those same values.

BHA President and CEO Land Tawney cited studies demonstrating the outsize impact of mountain bikes on areas frequented by big game.

“From Alaska to Florida, wilderness areas provide hunters and anglers with unmatched backcountry adventures that are part of the fabric of the American experience,” said Tawney. “Wilderness areas encompass some of our rarest, most precious lands and waters, and their existence prevents the fragmentation of invaluable fish and wildlife habitat. While mountain bikes are enjoyed in appropriate places by many BHA members, they have no place in our wilderness.”

Sponsored by Sens. Orrin Hatch and Mike Lee of Utah, S.B. 3205 is eliciting a negative response from sportsmen, even those who generally enjoy and support mountain biking.

“Mountain biking is an increasingly popular form of quiet and healthy recreation – one that has a place on public lands,” said Jay Banta, a BHA board member from Grover, Utah. “But wilderness designations work well as currently stipulated in the Wilderness Act. BHA is committed to defending traditional use of wilderness areas, in Utah and across the country.”

“I’m a passionate hunter and mountain biker, and I believe the mountain biking community deserves to have their voice heard in helping determine future wilderness area proposals,” said Josh Kuntz, a BHA member from Boise, Idaho. “However, this particular bill would deliver far too many very bad consequences.”

“Given that designated wilderness areas in the Lower 48 encompass less than 3 percent of our land mass, an abundance of places are available for mountain bikes outside of formal wilderness,” said BHA member David Lien of Colorado. “BHA supports wilderness management that minimizes the impacts of mountain biking and other growing recreational demands. Opening our wilderness areas to bikes would disrespect the very tradition of wilderness.”

“I love my mountain bike,” concluded Ben Long, a member of BHA’s national board from Kalispell, Montana. “I love the Bob Marshall, Cabinet Mountains and Mission Mountains wilderness areas, too. Bikes and wilderness don’t really go together, however. Luckily we have plenty of public lands that are open to mountain bikes, giving all us of places to experience and enjoy the outdoors.”

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3 Responses to Backcountry Opposes Bikes in Wilderness

  1. Travis says:

    Greg, someone we can write on this one? Too late? I’m in agreeance with you.

  2. James says:

    Love to bike but totally agree! Please let us know where we can voice our opinions on this.

  3. Bob Loch says:

    Dissenting opinion boys. Think about it – reduce the 5 mile slog to get past the canyon water on the South Fork of the Flathead to a 30 minute jaunt. How about a day-trip to the 3rd Meadow of Slough Creek? Utility outweighs aesthetics on this one.

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Monday, December 21, 2009

Christmas Used to Last Forever

When I was a child the holidays seemed to go on for months. At the beginning of December the decorations would go up and as schedules slowed and school let out, we were left with plenty of time to sit around the tree with a cup of cider or hot cocoa and take in the season.

Today, I’m lucky if it feels like Christmas the week leading up to the 25th. Usually I get in the holiday spirit as I run around town, fighting crowds in an effort to cross off my Christmas list. While I love finding gifts for the important people in my life, I find it somewhat sad that I can’t get in the spirit until the shopping begins.

I didn’t know this was true for me until my family decided not to do Christmas gifts this year. In an effort to focus on what’s most important – time together – this year we are cooking meals with each other instead of buying gifts. Though I did just receive notification that one Thomas H. Durff has sent me a gift subscription to The Atlantic Monthly (someone’s cheating!).

The sad news is that without the many shopping trips in search of the perfect gift, I found myself totally lacking in Christmas spirit. Determined to redefine Christmas traditions so I can get in the holiday mood without racking up a huge credit card bill, I turned to the kitchen.

I wanted to make something in bulk so I could use the resulting product as gifts, but I didn’t want to make cookies. Decorated cookies may look festive, but I don’t really care for the way they taste. Then I stumbled on an article about homemade truffles in one of the Martha Stewart publications. I knew I could get creative with flavored ganache fillings and really how difficult could they be? Note to self: If I ever think, ‘really how difficult could they be,’ again, I will clear my calendar for the weekend and prepare to make seven trips to the store for more toppings, chocolate and gift boxes. When you’re doing something for the first time and not really using a set recipe, look out, things are going to get ugly.

While Martha’s ganache truffles seemed to stay perfectly firm with no coating, mine melted on contact with any finger that was near room temperature. And while all the articles I could find on coating truffles with chocolate seemed to think it wasn’t really necessary to temper the chocolate, my coating turned into a clumpy glob when I did not. I’m still attempting to make up with the boyfriend who was the recipient of, “get the f*$% out of the kitchen,” when the coating wasn’t going on smoothly.

So, did I fail miserably at getting myself into the Christmas spirit? Not entirely. First, the crazed trips to the store seemed to bring back that sense of holiday urgency that had been missing from my December. Second, by the time I got through the fifteenth bag of chocolate and had the kinks worked out, I was left with some decent looking truffles and the feeling that I would be able to spread a little chocolaty holiday cheer after all.

If you have time left in your holiday schedule and want to try these at home, I’ve included the basic ratio of cream to chocolate for the ganache filling as well as the four variations I created to add more flavor. If you don’t want the truffles melting on contact, coat them with chocolate that has been tempered. You can read about how to temper your chocolate here. It’s not that difficult and worth the time.

Ganache Truffle Filling
Makes about 40 truffles

16 oz chocolate (dark, semi-sweet or milk – your choice)
1 2/3 cups heavy cream

To use these variations, add the flavoring to the cream right as it comes to a simmer, but before you turn off the heat:

Chile truffles – 3/4 t cayenne pepper
Peanut butter truffles – 3/4 to about 1 cup of creamy peanut butter
Mint truffles – replace 12 oz of the chocolate with mint flavored chocolate
Earl Grey truffles – place 12 bags of Earl Grey in the cream, turn off the heat and let steep for 20 minutes. Remove the tea bags and reheat the cream slightly before adding to the chocolate.

Place 16 ounces of the chocolate of your choice in a heatproof bowl. Place the cream in a small saucepan and bring just to a simmer. Keep a close watch as simmering cream will very quickly boil over. Add any of the flavorings included above to the cream or create your own variations. Pour the warm cream over the chocolate and whisk until fully incorporated. Allow the mixture to cool slightly and then let it set in the refrigerator overnight.

Cover a cookie sheet with parchment paper and use a small ice cream scoop or melon baller to portion out the ganache into small spheres, about 1-inch in diameter. Roll the ganache pieces between your hands to make a smoother circle. It’s not necessary, but I highly recommend using disposable, protective gloves for this part. It’s more sanitary if you’re giving the truffles as gifts and you’ll be washing your hands every five minutes if you don’t. Allow the ganache pieces to chill in the refrigerator again while you prepare the chocolate coating.

Select your chocolate coating (again, your choice of dark, semi-sweet, milk, etc.). I found that it took about 24 ounces to coat 80 truffles. Temper the chocolate according to the directions found here and use a dipping tool or toothpicks to submerge the ganache in coating. I read everything I could find on the best way to dip, but trial and error seemed to be the most helpful. Just submerge the ganache in the coating and try to get the excess off before setting it back on the cookie sheet to harden. If you’re topping the chocolate coating in anything (chopped nuts, sea salt, candy cane pieces, etc.) do this right away before the chocolate begins to harden. Place the coated truffles in the refrigerator overnight or for at least four hours, if you’re in a hurry, to fully harden.

Package as desired and spread your own version of chocolaty holiday cheer.

Anonymous said...

great post. thanks for all the options for different flavored truffles -- very thoughtful! oh, and i'm right there with you that Christmas used to last forever. if only that feeling could endure...

cheers and Happy Holidays to you and yours,

Julia (Color Me Green) said...

oh wow i made truffles once and it all went very easily - so sorry your experience did not! (although it did take forever to roll them out). but now you have yummy things to eat and help you get in the spirit. a very merry one to you.

Sewingelle said...

Thank you for bringing a smile to my face and a little chuckle as I read your post. Good to know I am not alone with the "how hard can it be?"

Anonymous said...

Great post. Christmas is a great time of year. I love seeing people with the spirit! Thanks for spreading the joy! I can't wait to try some of these truffle recipes in the next few days.

Here’s a recent article I particularly enjoyed on Christmas joy:

I’d love to see more. Thanks!

Fresh Local and Best said...

Your truffles look beautiful! It's interesting that Christmas shopping gets you in the holiday spirit. For me ice skating outdoors for the first time of the season seems to do the trick.

Sophie Sportende Foodie said...

Your truffles loook excellent to me!! So lovely & tasty!!!

I wish you a happy & fun Christmas!!

Anonymous said...

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megan said...

This post made me laugh - I've had similar christmas cookie struggles this year. At least the end product was worth it - they look very impressive!

azelia said...

Interested to read your post on the truffles as I have a batch of ganache waiting for me to turn into truffles tomorrow to take to friends. I've just read your link on tempering chocolate but this is new to me as I've never had to do it and I'm wondering if the chocolate we get here in the UK is different and therefore does not need tempering. I've never had problems with using chocolate here.

Very often the simplest recipes are the most troublesome! ;)

Unknown said...

what a gorgeous and meaningful way to celebrate the season! Happy New Year!

tam said...

Those truffles look amazing!

Thanks for stopping by x

Kate @ Savour Fare said...

Ha! I made truffles and did NOT want to coat them, but the recipe I used (similar to this one -- I think I got it out of one of my cookbooks) would NOT firm up until I added at least an extra pound of chocolate. I kept remelting it in a water bath and adding more melted chocolate. Next time I'm using a different proportion. Or asking my mom for her recipe, which is what I should have done in the first place.

These are gorgeous though!

Anonymous said...

Wow, these look amazing! Love your flavor combos. I'm going to give these a go for Valentine's Day.


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Study of Pladda

by Lynn Hunter - Originals

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  • Medium: Original: Acrylic
  • Dimensions: 34 x 41 cms

An original painting in acrylic complete with cream frame. Glazed.

Image size: 17cm x 24cm
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Whether you should register on a dating site if you are still in doubt about

Whether you should register on a dating site if you are still in doubt about

The emergence of internet dating services

In 1965, a team from Harvard University created Match, the entire world’s first computer dating solution. Users taken care of immediately questionnaires and received listings of possible matches. This algorithm continues to be employed by numerous online dating sites nowadays.

Into the 1990s and 2000s, there was clearly a rise on the web task. Within the mid-1990s, fairly appropriate interaction tools started initially to appear. Also before the special Web portals, there have been many means in which individuals communicated and dated on the web. Services like America on the web, Prodigy, and in the end Craigslist offered chats, discussion boards, and online adverts for solitary individuals.

By the time Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan discovered one another in AOL, it absolutely was clear that the net would radically alter life that is everyday including intimate relationships. Match ended up being created in 1995, and also by 2007, online dating became the second-largest online industry with compensated content.

By 2010, various online dating sites existed for nearly every town, intimate orientation, religion, competition, and virtually every pastime, making it simpler to get a mail order spouse. In 2002, Wired Magazine predicted that in ten years time, the theory that some body would look for a relationship beyond the online world may appear pretty stupid.

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A wider option. It is hard to assume a location beyond the net where you are able to find a lot of people at the same time so that you can develop a severe relationship with. As a result of sites that are dating the decision has expanded considerably. The Internet is a unique opportunity to meet several dozen completely different people at once, communicate with them and have an interesting time in this sense. This is also true for folks over the age of 25-30 years once the circle of brand new acquaintances is restricted, and life goes in line with the scenario “home – work – store – house”.

The perfect ratio of males and females. Data on the net are somewhat different from that which we are accustomed to in actual life. Mail purchase brides have valued this technique of looking for a possible husband, so are there no less of those on dating portals than guys. In accordance with findings, you can find 2 men’s reports per 3 women’s profiles on popular sites that are dating. Of course, this kind of known reality can perhaps not but please the men!

Analysis of a possible partner’s profile as a pre-selection opportunity. Your website internet search engine can do a great job for|job that is great you in selecting mail purchase brides according to numerous parameters like age, career, hobbies, similar passions and even bad practices (smoking cigarettes, consuming). It is possible to select an effective candidate that is female your height, skin tone, hair, and also eyes. It’s also wise to look closely at the pictures uploaded towards the profile. If really the only image that the mail purchase bride has posted on the internet site is a beach picture in a bikini, it means that this woman is extremely proud of her appearance, and you might easily recommend just what appearance needs she may impose on her chosen one.

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This Week in 206: Using Weekly Themes & Goals to Provide Training & Support for Classroom Staff

Hey Guys! This is my second week back to school and I am excited to share my new approach to staff training this year. I tend to fall into the "we have no training time" trap and the extravagant plans I have for staff training fall to pieces as we scramble to put out fires in the little amount of time we do have set aside for meetings. This year, I am trying a new plan and I am VERY hopeful about it!

The first thing I did was set up a Staff Information Station on a whiteboard near staff cubbies. There I have posted inspirational quotes, schedules, calendars & staff reminders for classroom expectations & strategies (download my Staff Strategies Cheat Sheets here).
This is what my Staff Information Station looked like during initial set up (It is now VERY full of information!).

The next step in my plan is doing weekly theme based trainings for staff. Every Monday (or preferably Friday afternoon's before leaving!) I set up our This Week in 206 board in order to let staff know in advance what our weekly goal is, the reason why it is important, a few quick tips or reminders for getting started with implementation and an inspirational quote or statement related to the theme. I will be posting our Weekly Themes each week in hopes that it is beneficial for your classes (and that it motivates me to keep at it!)
This is our Week Two Theme (See more below)
This week we are focusing on Fading Prompts from our classroom routines. Many of our routines are similar to last year's (and the year before!) Have we added new activities? Yes! However, overall things follow a similar format and there are visual supports in place for students to help them learn new/modified routines. Our first week back involved a LOT of prompting. Now that we are seeing some student initiation and success it is time to start systematically fading out our supports so that our students do not become dependent on them. Leaving prompts in place when they are no longer needed can create confusion for the student (Is the staff "prompt" actually a part of the task? Is it the new cue to perform the task? Can I do it on my own? Do I need permission to perform this skill?) and often leads to prompt dependence (in my experience).

Many of our classroom routines are taught as chains (a series of tasks, steps or skills which are linked together to perform the larger task). One common classroom routine which is taught as a chain is the Arrival Routine. This routine may include MANY steps - think... walk to classroom, greet teachers, greet peers, unpack backpack, put lunchbox away, put communication book away, put coat and backpack in cubby (or locker), write schedule, etc. When teaching chains, I often include some type of support which will remain in place after staff prompts have been eliminated and I typically use the Graduated Guidance prompting technique to use only as much prompting as needed. Graduated guidance is a prompting strategy used in Applied Behavior Analysis where staff prompting is increased and decreased immediately based upon moment to moment student performance. I often look at the data from the previous opportunity to see which steps the student seems to already understand as well as which ones he/she needs the most help with. This allows me to anticipate when I may need to move in with a prompt and when I can allow the student to attempt independence. This way I am making data based decisions to guide my prompting and ONLY PROMPTING WHEN NEEDED.

So, this is our goal for the week - removing staff prompting as much as possible (only prompting when & how much the student needs) while still closely monitoring and tracking progress and, of course, providing lots of positive reinforcement for independence and student initiation.

I have said this so many times to my staff in the past and I think it is worthwhile to pass along to you as well: Our ultimate job is to ensure that our students do not need us to be here anymore! Independence is the most important achievement a student can make. Can we leave certain supports in place and have the student still be considered independent and successful? Yes! A visual schedule is a support the student can access without another person present. Hand over hand guidance or step by step verbal prompts (which are my biggest pet peeve and a whole other post for another day!) are socially mediated and so someone must be with the student, which does not allow for independence.

Trust yourselves and your students, monitor for readiness, mentally prepare yourselves and your staff for what it feels like to take a step back & let your students shine!

Have a great week everyone :)

Facilitating Communication from the Start: A Back to School Guide

{Guys... We are running an exciting Back to School Giveaway from Sept 1st to the 8th!
Check out the details below. But FIRST, I wanted to chat with you a bit about getting back into language facilitation while you're getting settled in back at school this fall!}

If you've worked with students with Autism Spectrum Disorders, you know that verbal and non-verbal language, communication & social skills are at the top of the list of challenges they face (to varying degrees). Not having the skills or being able to generalize those skills in order to effectively communicate is not only frustrating and limiting to the functioning of your student out in the world, but it can also cause lots of other issues, including challenging behaviors. Needless to say, one of your biggest jobs as a teacher of students with autism is to support the language needs of your students. ALL LANGUAGE, ALL DAY, EVERY DAY is the new motto of our classroom & I hope I can persuade you to adopt a similar one.

As you're getting your classrooms ready & heading back to school (for those of you who are winding down your first month... I hope it's been a great one... sorry your summer was so short... it's never too late to bring in new strategies so keep reading!) it's the perfect time to start thinking about how you are teaching & eliciting from your students (with or without autism).

Eliciting Language - What is it and why is it important?
Eliciting language is essentially setting up situations where the student will need to communicate in order to access something desired or needed. For example, if the student is working on writing his schedule and there are no pencils in the classroom, he will need to 1 - look around for a pencil, 2 - ask to borrow one if a classmate or teacher has one in view, 3 - ask someone for help (or better yet, use a "WH" Question to find the item). If it is lunchtime and the microwave isn't working, the student will need to find another way to heat up lunch, eat lunch cold OR ask someone to help! This is a big one - remind me to put this in my Sub Binder - make sure everyone knows that you don't immediately side step out of the way when a student with special needs enters your space and needs to pass through... Lots of people are polite. Lots of people "in the real world" will likely move aside for your student in the community too. However, some people may not notice they are approaching. Some people may not know what their intentions are. Some people may be intimidated when your student becomes a larger adult. I think we know where this is going, if your student is used to people always moving aside and never using the language skill of stating "excuse me" (and the social skill of waiting until the person moves out of the way) the likelihood that they will run into someone or become very frustrated when this expectation isn't fulfilled is pretty high. Set your kids up for success. Show them what they need to do. Make them practice. Even when you're in a rush. Even when you're having an important conversation with your supervisor in the doorway and it's lunch time. Even when... you get it. All language. All day. Every day.
Note: This doesn't mean that every time the student needs to do a given activity you will purposefully put up a road block to elicit language, but it means that you will periodically use this instructional method to teach language skills within the context that they need to be used.

Another important strategy for teaching language skills and eliciting the use of those skills when they are needed is using visual cues. From communication choice boards to written scripts and/or text cues, visual language supports can be extremely beneficial to your students. Using pictures and words helps with comprehension so that your student is selecting the word(s) he/she intends to use. If you're setting up communication choice boards (check out this FREEBIE), you are providing your student with a limited and manageable array of choices to use when communicating. This can be set up for specific activities (e.g., the different words and phrases needed during a game are very different than math) or can span the whole day and be more generic (think basic needs - bathroom, break, water, etc.). When using visuals which are activity specific, put them where the activity takes place, or have the student bring them along with their other materials for that task. This "I Need to Go" Door Sign (included in the Back to School Resource Pack) is the newest visual I have put in place in my classroom & I'm super excited about it. I have LOTS of independent students in my class guys... they know what goes where, they know their routines, they can follow complex schedules, and yet standing at the door waiting for an adult to 1. Notice them and 2. Ask them what they need was at an ALL TIME HIGH in June. My plan is to have the language supports in place AND IN THE PLACE THEY'RE NEEDED in order for my students to begin initiating language use in order to access what they need. What we don't want to do is teach our students that the behavior that gets them access to what they need is running out of the room (at which point an adult intervenes & ultimately discovers the need & prompts the correct request then grants access) or being off task in the doorway for 10 minutes waiting to be "discovered" by an adult. No, we want the student to come to the step in the chain (whether the chain is bathroom use, unpacking and going to the locker, going to the lunchroom, etc.) where they need to communicate information with an adult and to make that communication happen so they see that their words have meaning & their words are what get them what they need.

Guys, language is power. Language is essential for success. Language is essential for a high quality of life. Help your kids get there! Please feel free to reach out to me at any time with ideas, questions, etc.

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Hinteri Name Meaning

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Personality No. 6. People with name Hinteri are loving & domestic. They love tranquility & comfort. They are artistic & likes quality. They work well with others & love to discuss things. Person with Hinteri having 6 as Personality number love music, tidiness & attires. They are confident & also a good healer. They are charming, intelligent, serene, generous & co-operative. More Numerology

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  • It drived form-Heinrich,it’s a short name of this.

Name Analysis of Hinteri

Character Analysis of Hinteri : Persons with the name Hinteri, have a great deal of business acumen. Most often, They have the ability to create, establish and maintain ‘wealth’ for themselves; although this must be tempered with humility and integrity.

Love Life of Hinteri : Persons , who are not in love, for them love was not important, but when it happens then change completely & become very generous towards their partner.

Name Letter Analysis of Hinteri

H : Persons are a visionary, but they also tend to make a lot of money and lose it fast

I : Persons are a compassionate person who feels things deeply

N : Persons are a "think outside the box" kind of person -- creative and original

T : Persons like life in the fast lane

E : Persons are freedom-loving, sensual and enthusiastic

R : Persons feel things strongly and their rich, intense inner life emanates outward

I : Persons are a compassionate person who feels things deeply

Astrological (Vedic) Aspect of Name Hinteri

Acoording to vedic astrology , Rashi for the name Hinteri is Kark and Moon sign associated with the name Hinteri is Cancer.

The name Hinteri has Water element. Moon is the Ruling Planet for the name Hinteri . The name Hinteri having moon sign as Cancer is represented by The Crab and considered as Cardinal .

Normally, people with the name Hinteri are usually determined toward their goals. They are also imaginative and have a great memory.

Other name options, having Cancer moon sign are name starting with : Ha, Hi, Hu, He, Ho, Da, De, Di, Du, Do, Hr.

Nakshatra (Vedic) of Name Hinteri

The name Hinteri is suitable for baby born in Punarvasu nakshatra

Punarvasu Nakshatra: "The two restorers of goods", also known as yamakau "the two chariots"

Lord: Guru (Jupiter)
Symbol : Bow and quiver
Deity : Aditi, mother of the gods
Indian zodiac: 20° Mithuna - 3°20' Karka
Western zodiac 16° - 29°20' Cancer
Other name options, having Punarvasu nakashatra are name starting with : Ke,  Ko,  Ha,  Hi.

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Absolutely, everyone knows that the foetus present inside the womb of the mother can hear. But something which you did not know is that foetus responds to sound properly i.e. in a similar manner as they respond to any kind of internal stimulation.

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Babies when born have knee caps but these do not come if their X – ray is taken. The reason is because their knee caps during the early stages of life are cartilages. Moreover this continues for coming few years.

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Ministers of sport and recreation meet in Lethbridge

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It was a busy two days for the leaders tasked with overseeing physical activity across Canada. Six provincial, territorial and federal ministers were in Lethbridge for the annual conference.

Meetings consumed Day 1 on Wednesday, then it was off to a special evening at Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump that included cultural performances and a tour of the facility.

Thursday, it was back to business at Lethbridge Lodge. On this year’s agenda was the prevention of and safe recovery from concussions, and the impact sport can have in rebuilding communities affected by disasters.

“In a place like Fort McMurray currently dealing with the aftermath of devastating fires, recreation and sport activities will be vital in helping to restore community vitality and happiness,” Minister of Culture and Tourism Ricardo Miranda said.

Conversation also surrounded youth participation in sport, with a focus on indigenous youth.

“It’s something that we–as leaders–have a strong desire to promote,” Miranda said. “And of course having a nation-to-nation discussion of how we can have an incorporation of indigenous people into that framework is going to be a very crucial discussion.”

Members from Healthy Lethbridge said it’s an important step to see government trying to get youth more involved in physical activity.

“Sport and physical activity are not only going to help our physical being, but also mental well-being,” Alison Pilsner said. “As well as social – getting kids together to play and have that type of interaction.”

“You’re going to be in a happier state as well when you are physically active.”

The ministers meet every year to discuss these topics, which are clearly important to Canadians: a recent Statistics Canada survey indicated 96 per cent of Albertans feel recreation is an important factor contributing to overall quality of life.

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Our family craft for the Fine Arts Center’s spring fling has been fairy /gnome gardens. We are challenging families to spend an evening putting together their own table top fairy / gnome garden. . . . and then sending us a picture of it to be shared on our Fine Arts Center website. We had kits that included all the basic supplies needed. You might  want to compile your own.  We still have cone shape cups to help form the fairy house roof if you want to call ahead to get that,  and ideas as to where to find the supplies- but please stay safe and mind the handwashing and social distancing if going out to a store.

Drive Through Craft Challenge

Fairy/Gnome Gardens

The idea is to be creative and have something each participating family member can make to contribute. Instructions and pictures are included on our website.  Send fairy/gnome garden pictures or video to us at bcfacentries@gmail.com to be featured on our website.

Ideas for making your own
Fairy or Gnome Garden Kits

(Alpine gardens has little 4 packs of Irish

moss and Elfin baby tear plants)

  • Bowl w/ rocks in the bottom & then filled with dirt
  • 2 ground cover plants
  • 2 1/2 to 3 inch section of Pool noodle for the house
  • Supplies for 1 Fairy and 1 Gnome
  • Stones or sliced wood circles for pathway
  • Shell for pond
  • Popsicle sticks for sig
  • Various plastic / silk flowers and plants
  •  See link  below  for ideas for House, fairy and gnome

Supplies to gather at home:

  • Sticks for fairy house roof / door / shutters
  • Small Rocks for pond edge
  • Permanent small marker for sign / fairy face
  • Rocks for lady bugs and acrylic paint
  • Hot glue or E-6000 glue (be sure to supervise children when using glue. E-6000 glue will take over-night to dry)
  • Craft scissors, pruning shears for cutting sticks (optional)


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• Behaviour Matters was founded by Becky and Leanne with a vision to help parents, carers and teachers develop their skills to handle children’s behaviour in an encouraging and respectful manner and, by doing so, promote positive relationships in schools and at home.

    They work on a consultancy basis, as well as offering a wide variety of training courses and workshops to Local Authorities, School Staff and Parents.

    Becky and Leanne have been working with Local Authorities for a number of years, providing a range of training courses. Most recently, they have been helping to implement the SEN reforms that have come about as a result of the new Children and Families Act 2014, and in one Local Authority have headed up the Parental Engagement aspect of the reforms.

    They have worked with school staff and parents for many years. Inspired by the positive effects the Restorative Approach can have on behaviour and relationships within school communities, they have developed a package of materials for schools around positive behaviour management, which includes the following training: Restorative Approaches, Peer Mediation, Managing Behaviour in the Classroom/Playground.

    They are also trained and qualified to deliver a range of parenting courses, including: The Incredible Years, Strengthening Families, Strengthening Communities, New Forest Parenting Programme and The Nurturing Programme. Research has shown that children whose parents are involved in their education have better outcomes. Becky and Leanne feel passionately about this and so, using their experience gained from working with hundreds of families over the years, they have developed a variety of workshops for parents.

    • Becky Hughes

      Becky Hughes

      I have a 1st class honours BSc in Psychology and over ten years’ experience as a Parenting Practitioner. I am an accredited trainer for Family Partnership Training – a model developed at the Maudsley, which trains professionals to work with parents, as well as being trained in Solution Focused Therapy. Having worked as a tutor with Bromley Adult Education College, I gained the PTTALS (Preparing to Teach in the Adult Learning Sector) qualification.

      I have two children (Tom and Megan, now 22 and 21) so I know how challenging, yet rewarding, parenting can be. I am passionate about helping others – both parents and professionals – in order to foster happy, confident, responsible children. I took a strong interest in my children’s primary school and was a school governor there for ten years. This gave me valuable knowledge and insight into school life.

      Having been born and brought up in Malawi, I value and respect different cultural values and beliefs. However, I believe we all want the best for our children.

    • Leanne Guillen

      Leanne Guillen

      I have a strong interest in Psychology, Education and Behaviour. I completed my Psychology degree at the University of London and spent time working in a research team for the Institute of Education’s Department of Psychology and Special Educational Needs. I also worked at the Institute of Psychiatry, and at The Maudsley, where I undertook research, as well as working on the SPOKES (Supporting Parents on Kids’ Education in Schools) project, delivering parenting classes, as well as a reading recovery programme, to parents in schools in Peckham.

      I left the IOP to complete my teacher training through Greenwich University and am a qualified primary school teacher, so understand the highs and lows that teachers face. I am trained in Carolyn Webster-Stratton’s Dina Dinosaur Programme – How to Promote Children’s Social and Emotional Competence – and used my knowledge and skills in positive behaviour management to run a happy and high achieving classroom.

      I lived in the USA for 11 years, an experience which I feel has not only broadened my outlook on life, but also instilled in me a spirit of enthusiasm and optimism. I returned to the UK in 1996 with my Cuban husband and daughter, Lidia, who is now 21.

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    We feel it’s important that children grow up in an environment which enables them to flourish and to develop into responsible, caring and confident individuals who will make a positive contribution to society.

    Our work is based on Social Learning Theory, Behaviourism, Psychosocial Developmental Theory, as well as a Restorative Approach. By working in partnership with parents and school staff we support and empower people with strategies and skills in order to enrich relationships and raise strong, confident children.

    We work in a collaborative, non-judgemental and respectful manner in order to achieve the best outcomes and develop successful and positive relationships.  Relationships are at the heart of our work.


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It’s that time of year again!

I can’t believe it’s been a whole year since the last Sharknado hit the east coast of America and my last Sharknado article was released (no summer storm this time – Porsche is still there…)

Much of this post will contain spoilers that have already popped up on various social media and websites after the USA release of Sharknado… The UK is 24 hours behind and Sharknado will air here tonight.

You have been warned…

Here we go again

Tonight will see return of the deadliest storm on UK TV.

And based on what I’ve read, seen, heard (and been yelled at in the street) Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No seems to have everything!

Outer-space births, the moon, the Hoff, incredible cameos (including one that NOBODY saw coming), immense CGI gore, lightsabre chainsaws (obviously) and of course hilarious shark killing action.

Sounds like it will be a hell of ride – I cannot wait to watch it along with the rest of Twitter!

If ever there was a broadcaster/ show runner team who understand the power social media and TV audiences – Syfy and Sharknado are it.

This time however, they kicked it into overdrive!

#AprilLives or #AprilDies

Again… MAJOR SPOILERS below.

To start at the end, what has to be the most memorable use of Twitter Hashtags (in any TV broadcast) was the final on-screen call to action, asking US fans to decide the fate of April – a major character in Sharknado.

(I imagine we will have a similar experience.)

The final shot of the movie places April in an incredibly dangerous situation, mere seconds from death, and then…

The screen goes black and the audience are greeted with this message:

You decide if #AprilLives or #AprilDies.

The vote is open, it’s real and it’s happening on Twitter right now!

Syfy has already green-lit Sharknado 4, and this vote will directly effect the storyline of the best-worst TV movie franchise of all time.

In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Chris Regina, senior VP program strategy at Syfy/Sharknado 3 commented on the decision to end the film with a Twitter vote.

“We needed to do something that was going to keep the audience in jeopardy and want to come back for another Sharknado. That led to the idea that I came up with in having the audience vote. Sharknado, more than anything on television, is a social interaction with the viewers, so we wanted to make it interactive”

This is mirrored by Michael Engleman; Syfy’s executive VP of marketing who recently told Forbes:

“Our philosophy is to try to find things that extend the story beyond the first screen; to create a more immersive experience.”

User Generated Fish Bait and Sync Screen

Of course this final vote is only one of the many strategies surrounding Sharknado 3 on social media.

Users have been asked to upload of pictures of themselves in various shark related spoofs onto Twitter, and were even able to download the Go Shark Yourself App which put the user inside a Sharknado and let them easily share it with their friends.

Various competitions and polls were also carried out on Twitter during the build up to “Oh Hell No” giving users a chance to prove they are the most loyal Sharknado fan – by sending in various photos or memes relating to the Sharknado franchise.

Entries included photos of fans dressed in shark costumes, Lego sharks in a Lego city and even a Sharknado 3 cameo bingo card (which I will use tonight).

A Sharknado 3 Social Sweepstakes competition was also created – which asked Twitter users to submit original content around the theme of FOMS (Fear of Missing Sharknado) with the best 25 entries winning official Sharknado 3 bobble heads.

Additionally Sharknado also featured on Syfy’s (USA only) official screen sync app, which, in addition to delivering extra content directly to the users second screen device could (in some instances) also be synced to the users household lighting.

This meant that every time someone died on screen – their light bulbs would turn red!

Good Old Fashioned Chit-Chat

Finally, with all fancy technology and social sweep stakes aside, the Sharknado crew did what they do best on social media… Talk to the fans.

During both the live US broadcast and the build up to it, all of the major actors, cameo actors, some production crew and network personnel took to Twitter to keep the fans engaged and talking to each other.

Lead actors Ian Ziering and Tara Reid also took to Periscope to answer live Q&A’s about all things Sharknado, and during the live broadcast tweeted special behind the scenes pictures (usually showing them a filming a particular scene seen on screen)

Live videos were also posted up by the cast; in the wake of the #AprilLives/Dies reveal the cast and crew took to Twitter and uploaded a video themselves chanting “April Lives”.

Until the Next Storm…

It kinda sucks to know all of this before the film has even aired here in the UK yet.

However – if nothing else – it shot my excitement into the stratosphere.

Only 7 hours and 56 mins at time of writing this until I can witness it first hand.

The only thing I’m looking forward too more is the reaction on Twitter during live airing.

So keep an eye out for a follow up post tomorrow in which I’ll be posting the top 10 UK Twitter comments for Sharknado 3.

See you after the storm (and keep your chainsaw handy)!

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How do you sit in Zen meditation

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When doing mantra apply, it is very important make your direction clear. When the mantra just isn’t clear or there is a lot of considering, merely ask, “who’s repeating this mantra? ” This will assist Guided Meditation for Career Success bring you back to the current moment and turn out to be clear. For doing mantra practice, we recommend you consult your guiding instructor.

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To practice Zazen, you need to be sitting upright and attentive. This posture helps you retain your awareness on the body and the present second. You must be balanced between staying grounded and being open. Half lotus and full lotus are best postures for Zazen.

If thinking or feelings appear, that’s not an issue, just return to your breath and the easy train. This approach bring collectively body, breath and mind in a single place, within the present second.

In such a dualistic structure, the body sits while the thoughts does one thing else. For us to fully understand the issue of utilizing a chair or not, we should first know what the core of Zen meditation is. The apply of Zen meditation can be called Zazen. This Japanese word, when translated, means sitting and meditation.

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Many studies have proven that meditation of any kind is good for the mind. You can use simply sitting to ground yourself, to take a few minutes away from the vortex of the world around you. In instances like these, it might be a good idea to get away from all of it and take a look at some Zen meditation. By learning the way to management your respiration and mix into nature, the formerly miserable sound of the falling rain could turn into a comforting, nice sound. Also attempt previous your meditation practice with a series of yoga poses.

The majority of Zen meditation strategies focus on growing mindful awareness. For occasion, in Zazen meditation, which is a conventional seted practice, we use specific seating positions along with the hand positions called mudras. In this guide to Zen meditation techniques, beginners will learn how to do Zazen meditation and other strategies, along with the advantages, hand positions, and sitting postures. As our School comes from an Asian tradition, the fundamental meditation posture is to take a seat on a mat and cushion on the floor. For Westerners who’re used to sitting in chairs, this could typically trigger discomfort.

The follow of Zen meditation or Zazen is on the heart of the Zen Buddhist expertise. Originally known as Dhyana in India, Zen meditation is a very simple but exact technique of meditation, the place the right posture is imperative. This train is usually advised for beginners. When you inhale, repeat quietly inside your thoughts, “clear thoughts, clear thoughts, clear thoughts” and as you exhale, say, “don’t know”. Your exhalation with “don’t know” must be drawn out about twice as long as your inhalation.

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Of course, you’re welcome to regulate something that doesn’t be just right for you. Approach the apply the identical way that you method your posture. Your body is actively engaged, but there is a softness to it. Start off with two minutes of meditation.

But you don’t have to observe any college to meditate, or sit, as we say in Zen lingo. In recent years, mindfulness, or a secular type of sitting meditation, has turn out to be mainstream, notably as a tool to scale back stress.

Traditionally, only the complete lotus position or the half-lotus place is used. If you lack flexibility, additionally it is potential to apply Zazen kneeling or to sit down on a chair. Using a mantra to calm the mind and strengthen the center is another technique utilized by Zen practitioners.

In truth, Zen is known as the “meditation faculty” of Buddhism. The Buddha sat in meditation to comprehend his enlightenment, and for 2,500 years this meditation custom has continued, passed right down to us from generation to technology. The Buddha’s meditation practice spread from India to China, to Japan, to different components of Asia, and then finally to the West. The important elements of zazen are pretty easy to communicate and are necessary for each starting and mature practitioners. At the identical time, a person’s experience of meditation can change profoundly in the event that they follow persistently.

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For Dogen, zazen is first and foremost an holistic body posture, not a frame of mind. Whatever position you select, your again and head should be erect.

It doesn’t take power to maintain the body straight. The nostril is centered according to the navel, the higher torso leaning neither ahead nor again. Dogen ( ) was the founder Guided Meditation for Public Speaking of the Soto Zen tradition, and a meditation master par excellence. His Shobogenzo is one of the nice masterpieces of the Buddhist doctrinal tradition.

Sitting is the most effective place for beginning meditation. If you lie down, particularly at first, you threat losing consciousness and falling asleep. Sitting in an alert place keeps you awake and centered, but frees your thoughts from having to course of information (like the place to place your feet).

The chin is slightly tucked in, so that your head is tilted down at a forty five degree angle. Although the place throughout sitting meditation appears very disciplined, the muscular tissues should be gentle.

Half Lotus Position

As with respiration, the mindset is important in the practice of Zen meditation. The proper frame of mind emerges naturally from a deep concentration on the posture and respiration. During Zazen, it is normal to have pictures, thoughts, and feelings coming as much as the floor showing from the unconscious mind. Do not pursue them or escape battle from them.

With this, we will conclude that the sitting half is as significant because the postures for meditation. To begin Zen meditation, sit comfortably on the floor or a chair and shut your eyes if you wish to.

While some practitioners say this step is completed by counting breaths—typically from one to 10—others say there isn’t a counting concerned. Zazen, a form of seated meditation, is at the very heart of Zen practice.

Giuseppe Pagnoni [neuroscientist, Emory University in Atlanta] performed research into Zen meditation methods. The staff in contrast 12 folks with expertise of Zazen with 12 individuals who had never tried it.

For this cause, our School allows for a lot of variations to assist college students find a secure and comfy Guided Meditation for Love and Happiness posture for sitting meditation. There is completely no esoteric significance to the totally different positions.

Start with simply 2 minutes of meditation at first. Then, slowly enhance the time to whatever’s convenient for you.

Participants were requested to concentrate on their respiration whereas distinguishing between real phrases and gibberish on a monitor. The research revealed that Zen led to different activity within the “default network” of the brain, which is linked to thoughts-wandering and spontaneous thoughts. Zen meditators brains returned to normal sooner after each word than the non-meditators did. This, Pagnoni states, shows that “meditation may enhance the capacity to limit the affect of distracting ideas,” Pagnoni stated.

In a 2008 research, researchers compared 12 individuals who had more than three years of every day apply in Zen meditation with 12 novices who had never practiced meditation. People often sit within the lotus place—or sit with their legs crossed—throughout Zen meditation and focus their consideration inward.

As you retain doing Zazen, the feelings reduce, and the mind turns into restful. Ideally, novices ought to spend minutes on Zen meditation.

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With constant practice, zazen transforms our mind, coronary heart and life. Also, Zazen isn’t a discipline that should be hindered by guidelines. The truth that you could be be restricted to certain flooring positions could be thought-about as a deterrent to reaching zen. The necessary thing is the truth that you’re sitting while meditating. It doesn’t matter how you bought to your sense of self, quite the factor that you must note is that you just had been in a position to meditate.

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Keep in thoughts that an important thing is sitting and focusing daily. Don’t fear about “not doing it right” or whether or not or not it’s “working.” Just sit and focus. The rest will come with time and apply. The volunteers who frequently practiced Zen meditation also had been capable of return to their breathing much sooner than the novices after being interrupted.

  • That’ll do the trick and assist you to with quiet meditation.
  • As you retain doing Zazen, the sentiments lessen, and the thoughts becomes restful.
  • To make this process easier, I counsel you pay more attention to your posture and respiration each time your mind wavers.

The traditional method is to recite the mantra quietly to oneself, repeating it continuously, taking note of it and allowing all other considering to drop away. This takes some practice since it is very straightforward to let one part of the mind “chant” the mantra while the opposite half is considering dinner or going to the films. When this occurs, gently bring the thoughts back to the mantra with none judgement.

As your meditation follow evolves, the pain you may expertise at the outset will turn out to be less of a difficulty. Though there may be some discomfort as the limbs stretch in unfamiliar ways, steadily the physique adjusts.

Your ears should line up along with your shoulders and your chin should be slightly tucked in. Sit quietly along with your eyes open and unfocused. First, inhale and exhale by way of your mouth whereas rocking right to left three times.

It includes specializing in the breath and remaining within the current moment. To start working towards Zen meditation, discover a comfortable place and place. Try brief sessions where you focus on your breath. With time, develop a routine that works for you. Meditation may be troublesome at first, as it takes apply to clear the mind, but you will ultimately discover a meditation routine that works for you.

If you find Zen meditation is useful for you, you should buy a zafu pillow on-line. This can help you simply get into the right position every time you meditate. With Zen meditation, a lot of the focus is on the breath. It’s necessary to breath via your nose.

This, researchers state, could imply that Zen meditation helps with circumstances caused by distractive and disruptive thoughts. There are alternative ways that you could apply Zen meditation.

We are likely to see body, breath, and thoughts separately, but in meditation they turn into one. The first thing to pay attention to is the physique position throughout sitting. How you place your body has lots to do with what happens together with your mind and your breath. While you’re following the breath, drop the notion of “I am breathing.” No mind, no physique—merely be aware of the moment of respiratory. Drop the ideas of time and area, body and thoughts, and simply “be” sitting.

Bring your palms together forming a zazen mudra (left hand resting on right hand with the palms dealing with up and the information of the thumbs simply touching). The sitting place that works best for you’ll depend in part in your flexibility. Stretching prior to each sitting will help alleviate tightness and discomfort.

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When you apply Zazen completely, it turns into part of your day by day circulate. It will be with you when you are eating, working, sleeping, speaking, etc. A zafu pillow is a pillow specifically designed for Zen meditation.

The more you try to do away with them, the more consideration you give them and the stronger they turn out to be. Just let them go with out judgment, like clouds within the sky. Meditation may be an invaluable means to de-stress. If you feel beneath stress, experimenting with meditation can help. Zazen is a type of meditation distinctive to Zen Buddhism.

A mantra is a tool to maintain our thoughts clear, while sitting or doing our on a regular basis second to moment activities. A widespread mantra to make use of is repeating “Kwanseum Bosal” (Kor. for Bodhisattva of Compassion), the Buddhist name for the emanation of our personal compassionate coronary heart.

If you try to meditate for too lengthy too soon, you might find yourself unable to focus on your respiratory. Start off with only two minutes of meditation at time. As you are feeling more snug meditating, you can improve that number.

Work in direction of letting your muscular tissues be delicate so there’s little or no pressure within the physique. , where each foot is positioned up on the alternative thigh. The seven-level meditation posture is an strategy to sitting while meditating. There are seven pointers that you should use to assist appropriately position your physique.

Nasal breaths create a cooling and warming sensation as you breathe in and out. This can make it easy to observe the rhythm of your breathing as you meditate. I bear in mind when I used to sit down on the floor to meditate. It was very difficult to search out the proper stillness of physique. And if the physique isn’t still the thoughts will not be both.

The practice is structured dualistically, with a sitting physique as a container and a meditating thoughts as the contents. And the emphasis is all the time on meditation as psychological train.

I went a couple more years and my well being started to all of a sudden decline inexplicably. For 2 years I’ve practiced all method of techniques from different methods – shifting up and down both the jhanas, in addition to the stages of insight, respectively. But recently I’ve returned to this straightforward sitting and forgetting. I’d forgotten how fantastic and relishable it’s, and how it utterly changes the expertise of daily residing into something beautiful, extraordinary, and blissful. In shikantaza, we try to go even additional, to non-considering, to objectless meditation.

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When the phrases are clear, and you might be conscious of your breath and might feel your body, then your thoughts is obvious. You can do this method for 10 minutes each time throughout sitting and if comfortable, extend to 20 or half-hour. Once you’ve positioned your self, there are a couple of other issues you can verify on. The tongue is pressed lightly against the upper palate.

Breathe naturally by way of your nose and give attention to the sensation of respiratory wherever you are feeling it most clearly, like your diaphragm or your nostril. Whenever your mind wanders and you notice you have been lost in thought, gently deliver your attention back to your breath. It’s regular to really feel impatient or frustrated early on, but attempt to stay calm and focus in your respiratory. The aim is to focus your consciousness, not to cease yourself thinking. You also can hold counting to 10 to assist focus your attention when you find it helps.

What is most essential in sitting meditation is what we call thoughts sitting, quite than body sitting—how do we maintain our mind just now? In order to try this, a good posture is beneficial and supports our apply. In other words, it’s kekka-fuza plus meditation. Kekka-fuza in such usage turns into a method for optimally conditioning the physique and mind for psychological workout routines called “meditation,” however is not an objective in itself.

While you might be sitting, you’ll follow focusing on one thing. It could possibly be an image, a word, or your breath. During zazen, breathe through your nose and permit your mouth to be gently closed. Rather than focusing on your field of vision, bring your awareness to your breath. The chin is slightly tucked in in order that your neck is an extension of your backbone and your nostril is centered consistent with the navel and also you’re not leaning forward or backward.

To make this course of simpler, I counsel you pay extra attention to your posture and respiration whenever your mind wavers. That’ll do the trick and help you with quiet meditation.

For years, scientists have studied how meditation affects the mind and the physique. There has been some specific curiosity in Zen meditation apply and how it affects the brain.

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19th century Paris’ favorite party-girl is having a birthday party in Manhattan and you’re invited!

Songs for the Fallen will have a brief run at the New York Musical Theater Festival. What is it? And why should you absolutely get your tickets today? Here’s the description from the NYMT site:

Good girls don’t make history.

Paris, 1847. SONGS FOR THE FALLEN takes you through the extraordinary life of Marie Duplessis – courtesan, party girl, liar, and legend – from desperate poverty to her meteoric rise as the most notorious woman in France. Part vaudeville, part cabaret, part MTV-goes-Baroque, it is the wild and hilarious tale of a woman who knew one thing: good girls don’t make history. The unbelievable tale that inspired The Lady of the CamelliasLa traviata, and Moulin Rouge!, SONGS FOR THE FALLEN is an invitation to the decadent final party of the real-life woman.

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(Dates and prices  mentioned on trailer are NOT for the upcoming New York production.)

Ok, so in their version, Marie isn’t a vampire (like she is in Blood Diva), but she’s still a thoroughly post-modern superstar. If you’re obsessed with Ms Duplessis, and who isn’t? Then this is the show for you, so click a link and get your tickets. They’re under $30, and there are only five performances, so act now.

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