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8 Week Progress Report :)
Just wanted to give a little update. I've been JUDDDg for 8 weeks now, have been in maintenance for about half that time.
I use FDs (free days) where I do not count calories. This has been very freeing and makes me feel like I'm not dieting or have any restrictions at all.
I set a weight range for myself in maintenance, allowing myself to go up to 146# which is one pound over my original goal weight. If I see 147# I will know to reign things in and start counting my UDs again, but so far, I have not seen 147# :)
I don't do any exercise (bad cat!) but I can't get motivated right now. I know I will sometime after the New Year, when I start looking towards spring and thinking about the shorts and short sleeves, and not to mention that I'd like to wear a cute bathing suit (maybe even a bikini!) on the beach this summer. For me, that will mean getting back into my Callanetics to achieve the goal. I had such awesome results with Callanetics last summer, I know I will get there.
If you read any of my older posts about progress, you know acne was a huge deal for me. Well, not anymore!!! :cry: <<<<---tears of joy! I'm clear pretty much ALL the time now! Only exception is if I overdo the wine and/or refined carbs, but even then, it's just a pimple or two and much smaller size than it used to be. It's almost like my body is adjusting to even the excesses a bit as I get further into the health benefits of CR from JUDDD.
The only time I feel bad is during my period - I still get a range of time then where I get cold/flu symptoms, last time I had cramps too which doesn't usually happen, and I feel inflammation in my body after a big meal. All I know is it has something to do with the hormones lowering immunity. I am going to bring it up to my gyn. at my appt. in Feb, (I don't hold out much hope, she'll prob just say go back on the Pill, which I will not do) but in the meantime I'll just keep hoping JUDDD brings correction to this as well, and also take extra antioxidants with my meals during that time, as I found it seemed to help.
Otherwise, everything is great. I should add that I do a type of 24 hour JUDDD called MUDDD, and there is a post here about that from Pirate Jenny. Basically, I divide my FD/DD into 24 hours. This has made DD so easy, and it much easier to work this kind of schedule into my life. It is quite flexible. I divide my days around 5 - 7 p.m. For example, today I will start the DD eating somewhere during that time, and then switch back over to FD eating tomorrow evening. I won't be hungry at all tonight because I'll have a FD meal in me this evening, and then I almost never need breakfast anyway, so tomorrow I'll sip hot drinks until afternoon, then probably have a full 500 calorie late lunch and then I'll be good until the FD eating starts several hours later. So that works out real well for me, and I can still feel the benefits of the fasting period.
That brings me to the DD part of my days, the fasting or near-fasting period. I like how I feel then. After a minimum 12 hours, but especially by 15 - 18 hours I am full-on into the delight of it. Other than the hunger I'm feeling by then, lol, but I know that means my body is under survival stress - GOOD stress, and has kicked into gear - working to repair cells and increase health and hopefully extend life. I have mentioned before how good I feel during this time. My sinuses clear up. I never have to take allergy meds on DD. My head feels clearer, I get a good body feeling, a sense of calm, pleasant and alert. Skin looks glowy.
So I think that's all I have to update. Oh, one more big thing, how could I forget, lol. I don't know if this has to do with JUDDD, but since incorporating FD into my schedule along with the MUDDD schedule (or maybe it's just that I am further into JUDDD's CR - Calorie Restriction - itself), I find that I am much calmer and things bother me less. This is ALL the time, not just on DD. I have a lot more patience and little things that used to get on my nerves do not anymore. It's like I had an attitude adjustment that was a long time in the coming. I felt it especially last Friday, as if it all sunk in. There was no particular event that changed me, just my thought patterns were changing and I felt something different deep to my core. I assume this has something to do with the way CR can affect one's brain chemistry for the better. I just know as happy as I was before with life, now I'm happier all the way through, much less anxiety, more love and hope and affection, and I don't ever want to go back to the way I was before!! :)
Maybe this is like So Happy's experience ? :laugh:
:jumpjoy: :jumpjoy: :cry: <<<<---- more tears of joy and gratitude for all I have, my family, friends, everything! :jumpjoy:
All I can say is wow.
I can't wait until I get there.
That is fantastic!:jumpjoy:
Thank you so much for taking the time to share your experience. It really helps those, like me, that have not been at this quite as long.
I, too, am finding that I am a calmer, happier person since starting this WOE. I have crazy energy on DD, and feel really good all the time.
I am so happy for you! Congrats on reaching maintenace! Hope to join you real soon! :shake:
ya, congrats!!!!:jumpjoy:
I want to experiment with MUDDD'ing..sounds like the best of both worlds.
BTW - Congrats on your accomplishments!
Thanks everyone! :hugs: I know you all will be joining me here in maintenance, glad my post gives you more encouragement to carry on :high5:
Kel, here is that link to the 24 hr. JUDDD below. Just a disclaimer to people new to this woe, it's often recommended here that you do regular JUDDD for at least 2 weeks before you do tweaking or changing things around. I did regular JUDDD for 2 weeks and then switched to MUDDD, then went back to JUDDD for a while. I really got to know how how my body thrives best according to the different fasting periods, and now I am back to MUDDD. I tend to do a mash-up of fasting styles as needed according to my schedule, and this works out well. Makes it truly a flexible lifetime woe for me.
Congratulations, Sophie, you have done a great job on your journey. :hugs::jumpjoy: I know you will inspire others, too.
I just wanted to point something out, if I may and I don't mean to thread jump, sorry Sophie. :hugs:
As Sophie has pointed out, she is in maintenance and doing MUDDD, as it's called, is something she did AFTER she got to maintenance. I know PJenny does MUDDD and she is not in maintenance BUT she only decided to give her MUDDD WOE a go AFTER she did JUDDD for a bit. MUDDD is not JUDDD, but a variation that PJenny and others are finding works well for them and that is a good thing. We all need to find what works for us.
The point I would like to make is if you are deciding to do JUDDD, then please do JUDDD for at least 2 weeks, actually 3 or 4 may be better, to give JUDDD a chance to kick you metabolism in again and start to work.
I am NOT saying that MUDDD is not a good WOE, I'm just saying give JUDDD a chance to work BEFORE you go to this or some other variation of our JUDDD WOE. You will be happy you did. :)
Oh, I also wanted to add that I was able to stop taking my otc allergy pills on DD. And then I realized I'm no longer taking them on FD either! :)
That's not to say I don't have times where allergies aren't affecting me. Sometimes I'll have symptoms, like when I'm cleaning and there's dust for example, but it's greatly reduced in frequency, and I no longer seem to need allergy pills on a day to day basis.
Sophie, I also noticed the lack of allergy and general sinus congestion issues since doing JUDDD. I didn't realize it until I just looked at my barely used kleenex box in over a month, and normally I'd have gone through at least 2 during this amount of time!
I'm finding things I love about this WOE all the time! I'm so glad you're doing so well on maintenance. Seeing how well you're doing is very reassuring and gives me motivation and hope that I'll be there someday soon! :clap:
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Nolan Smith had 20 points and the Duke Blue Devils ended No. 6 North Carolina's run of big comebacks at the ACC tournament, beating the Tar Heels 75-58 in Sunday's final.
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|Overview - 2 Samuel 21
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OWINGS MILLS, Md.– Baltimore Ravens running back Justin Forsett is already familiar with the team's revamped offense installed by offensive coordinator Gary Kubiak.
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"The guys ask me any questions about any wrinkles or anomalies," Forsett said. "I try to break it all down for them. I've been in this offense for a while now. I just want to stay sharp and not miss any opportunities."
Forsett has made some impressive cuts in the open field, eluding defenders since joining the Ravens this spring via a one-year, $730,000 contract. He has also displayed sound hands out of the backfield and could figure into the Ravens' plans as a third-down back and a change of pace on first downs.
The 5-foot-8, 197-pounder could prove especially valuable early in the season when star running back Ray Rice will miss the first two games while serving a two-game suspension for violating the NFL personal-conduct policy.
"Definitely, we all are going to be ready to pitch in," said Forsett, who has rushed for 1,692 career yards and eight touchdowns with 115 receptions for 850 yards and one score. "We have a lot of talent and we're excited to put it all together."
On defense, Ravens inside linebacker Arthur Brown is running second on the depth chart behind rookie first-round pick C.J Mosley.
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"C.J.'s a great player who's come in here and taken on a role and is learning fast," Brown said. "He has the talent, so there's a good opportunity for him. The coaches have said that it's a competition and we all have to be ready. We're interchangeable. I'm sure there will be playing time for both of us."
After being drafted in the second round last year out of Kansas State, Brown spent the majority of his rookie season being utilized in pass coverage as a nickel linebacker. The former Big 12 Conference Defensive Player of the Year had 15 tackles, a half-sack and a forced fumble in 14 games last year.
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Coding for Neuraxial Labor Analgesia/AnesthesiaPosted by Meghann Kiernan on February 14, 2014 6:25 am
Neuraxial Labor Analgesia/Anesthesia is provided to ease a woman's pain during labor and delivery and is administered by an anesthesiologist and/or CRNA. Anesthesiology medical coding for obstetrical procedures involves the base units, time units and modifying units. Let's see how to report this service using CPT codes.
When the neuraxial labor analgesia/anesthesia is administered by an anesthesiologist or CRNA, the anesthesia code 01967 should be reported along with an appropriate modifier from the following list.
Modifiers Used by Anesthesiologists
- AA: Anesthesia services performed personally by anesthesiologist
- AD: Medical supervision by a physician (anesthesiologist); more than four concurrent anesthesia procedures
- QK: Medical direction (supervision) of two, three or four concurrent anesthesia procedures
- QY: Anesthesiologist medically directs one CRNA
Modifiers Used By CRNAs
- QX: CRNA service with medical direction (supervision) by a physician
- QZ: CRNA service without medical direction (supervision) by a physician
Anesthesia time should also be reported along with this code, and the time units are calculated in 30-minute increments.
For a cesarean delivery or cesarean hysterectomy following neuraxial labor analgesia, report codes 01968 or 01969 appropriately. Anesthesia time and modifiers are required in this case.
Use code 01996 for daily management of epidural or subarachnoid drug administration; anesthesia time and modifiers are not required for this code.
Here are the CPT codes that can be used to report neuraxial labor analgesia/anesthesia along with the code description, basic values and guidelines.
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Neuraxial labor analgesia/anesthesia for planned vaginal delivery (this includes any repeat subarachnoid needle placement and drug injection and/or any necessary replacement of an epidural catheter during labor)
For each 30-minute increment of time, one unit is allowed
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Anesthesia for cesarean delivery following neuraxial labor analgesia/anesthesia
For each 15-minute increment of time, one unit is allowed
Anesthesia for cesarean hysterectomy following neuraxial labor analgesia/anesthesia
For each 15-minute increment of time, one unit is allowed
Daily management of epidural, not to include the day that the catheter is placed
No reimbursement can be received for the day on which the catheter is placed. Maximum three visits are allowed. Additional visits are reviewed for medical necessity.
Single epidural injection for post-operative pain management
Separate reimbursement can be received for post-operative injections given for pain management.
Placement of epidural catheter for post-operative pain management
9 or ten additional base units are allowed for epidural catheter placement for post-operative pain management. These codes should be billed only if the relevant procedure is performed under general anesthesia followed by catheter placement. They should not be billed in conjunction with any of the ASA codes mentioned above. Though modifier-59 is required for filing these codes, anesthesia modifiers and time are not needed.
Sometimes, the neuraxial labor analgesia/anesthesia is provided by one practitioner and the administration of anesthesia during cesarean delivery or cesarean hysterectomy is by another practitioner. In such cases, the correct code should be reported along with the appropriate modifier. The anesthesiologists can receive reimbursement for medical direction.
- Suppose the neuraxial labor analgesia/anesthesia is personally performed by the anesthesiologist and the anesthesia for the cesarean delivery is provided by a CRNA while the anesthesiologist supervises (medically directs two CRNAs). The CRNA is employed by the practice same as that of the anesthesiologist. The following should be the codes.
- When the CRNA is not employed by the same practice as the anesthesiologist, the coding will be different. Take the case of neuraxial labor analgesia/anesthesia being personally performed by the anesthesiologist, and the anesthesia for cesarean delivery is provided by the CRNA while the anesthesiologist supervises (medically directs one CRNA). The coding would be:
In this case, the CRNA would file a separate claim, reporting the anesthesia administered for cesarean delivery only. Some insurers allow the CRNA in a case such as the above to report the "add-on" code 01968-QX as a standalone code on a separate claim without the code 01967. This policy change is applicable also to the "add-on" code 01969, which can be reported as a standalone code on a separate claim if applicable.
CRNAs cannot use the code 01961-QX to report the administration of anesthesia during the cesarean delivery in the above mentioned instance.
- In a case where the neuraxial labor analgesia/anesthesia is performed by a CRNA and the anesthesia for the cesarean delivery is performed by the supervising anesthesiologist (the CRNA is employed by the same practice as the anesthesiologist), medical direction is for one CRNA and the coding is as follows:
Include only the anesthesia time for the labor on the line item for the neuraxial analgesia/anesthesia (01967). For the cesarean delivery (01968), include only the anesthesia time for the delivery on the line item.
As each insurance carrier would have individual guidelines for anesthesia billing and payment, it is prudent to seek help from an expert in anesthesia coding to report anesthesia services delivered for obstetrical procedures. Partnering with a professional medical billing and coding company having expertise in anesthesiology medical billing is a good option.
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Worm boxes and pizza gardens haven't always been a part of the curriculum at Black Hawk Middle School on Madison's north side, but the installation of a new school-community garden on May 26 on the northeast corner of Black Hawk's campus will provide a "growing" number of possibilities for students and nearby community members.
As part of our Project Orange Thumb initiative, Fiskars has partnered with Community Action Coalition for South Central Wisconsin, Inc. (CAC), Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD) and The Home Depot Foundation to transform an empty field into a beautiful and productive school-community garden full of fruits, vegetables and flowers.
Dark skies and gusty winds in the morning turned to sunshine and light breezes in the afternoon, making May 26 a perfect day for nearly 100 volunteers from Fiskars, the Home Depot, CAC, and the local community to join forces to build the new "Growing Together School and Community Garden." The new 14,400 square-foot garden will be used for school gardening activities to enhance and sustain ongoing curricular activities at Black Hawk Middle School and Gompers Elementary School. The garden will also be home to numerous community garden plots as well as a vibrant community gathering space and food-yielding garden.
The garden installation kicked off at 7:45 a.m. with a first dig made by Fiskars Americas President Paul Tonnesen; gardening expert, author and TV host of "Growing a Greener World" Joe Lamp'l; Community Action Coalition Food and Gardens Division Manager Chris Brockel; Black Hawk Principal Sean Storch; and Northside resident, Black Hawk parent and garden coordinator Rebecca Kemble. By 8:00 a.m. the garden was bustling with eager volunteers pushing wheelbarrows, carrying plants, building raised beds and digging in the dirt.
Throughout the day, classes from Black Hawk Middle School and Gompers Elementary school paraded through the garden to learn how to grow strawberries and what to plant in a pizza garden. Hands eagerly shot into the air as the students answered and asked questions about the garden, and elementary students smiled and squirmed when they saw the slippery residents of the worm box. Middle school Spanish classes explored the garden learning Spanish vocabulary and art students placed mosaic stepping stones around the garden's central gathering space. Some classes even grabbed shovels and wheelbarrows and made short work of a six foot mountain of dirt.
As music played over the loudspeakers and the garden began to take form, neighbors walking or driving by on Wheeler Road stopped to learn what brought the tents, trucks and volunteers to their neighborhood. Many neighbors were pleased to learn they could sign up to rent a garden plot. All plots were rented by the end of the day and a few of the pre-registered plot owners joined in the day's activities and got a head start on their planting.
Volunteers remained upbeat and diligent throughout the day as they worked to transform the once-empty garden space and took breaks to learn about herbs or how to properly plant a tree from Joe Lamp'l. The hard-working crew moved so efficiently that there was time to install a fence around the perimeter of the garden and a pathway between the garden and a neighboring retirement complex.
The garden installation concluded with a celebratory ribbon-cutting ceremony at 3:00 p.m. in which several school district representatives and elected officials representing the Northside community spoke to the volunteers, community members and students gathered at the entrance of the garden. Ice cream treats were enjoyed after the ribbon cutting as people explored the newly created garden.
From students at Gompers Elementary and Black Hawk Middle School to neighbors in the nearby retirement home and everyone in between, the "Growing Together School and Community Garden" is a warmly welcomed addition by community members of all ages and will undoubtedly serve the students and Northside community for years to come.
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"We have to send a strong message here ladies and gentlemen, that we mean justice, that when you do commit a murder, you're going to serve at least 50 percent of the original sentence," told his colleagues on the Senate floor. "And to those naysayers, I say that by passing this bill, even if we save one life in the future, it's well worth it."
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Ben Swann (Reality Check) Santorum Delegate Count a Lie?! Paul Winning?Submitted by Freedom77 on Mon, 04/09/2012 - 16:58
Ben Swann - Anchor Fox 19 & Reality Check joins Josh Tolley to discuss the manipulation in the GOP, Santorum's real prospects, and Ron Paul GAINING ground! Why would the GOP not embrace a candidate which could bring millions of people to the party? Why would the media avoid a candidate who attracts the key demographic?
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Isn't this interview old?
Isn't this interview old? Coulda sworn I heard it weeks ago... It IS a good one, though.
The Bankers Don't Want to be Exposed, that's why
The Bankers can't control Ron Paul nor those who are awake to their corruption. They'd rather "lose" than be brought down. Besides they control both parties anyway. They're use to getting what they want from whoever wins. They just make sure who wins.
See this (old news but still accurate):
and then this (much more recent and still very much correct):
Ron Paul is a huge threat and is genuine hope!
Point on the Big Banks
Point on the Big Banks that are the problem why do they keep Bailing them out lets take a trip down memory lane to the late 80's to the mid 90's. A lot of our towns had small independent banks most of the investors were local business people or financially secure individuals. During that time some medium sized banks bought some of the smaller banks
The word got out that the original investor in these bank show a handsome profit on the take over of these Banks. Small Banks became the hot new investment of the time and a lot of other people began to buy stock in Banks that might be ripe for take over. Most of the people who got in on the ground floor just let their investments ride into the next Bank and could dodge the tax on the capital gains that way,they were getting 2 or 3 shares for one original share.
As this went on the value of most of these shares went up and the the really deep pockets came in like Bank of America, Wells Fargo and Citi Bank just to name a few and bought up a lot of the medium sized bank,here again most of the stock holder just rolled their investment in to the bigger Banks and dodge that annoying tax thing again. ( but they were set for Retirement)
When we say or talk about the Big Banks we are also talking about their Investors namely a lot of the people right in your own Community. You might know some of them during the time of growth a lot of these people would talk about their awesome investment in the Banks and encourage their friends to look into one Bank or another ( hot tip) and many did honestly enough.
Who are the Big Banks they are in many cases your neighbors and they are in the GOP and the Democratic party. In 2008 the tables turned in the Banking industries as we all know. A large part of the backing (behind closed doors)for the Bail Outs are our own Senators ,Congressmen and a President or two not mention all lot of our own neighbors.
I want go into the loses of the Government Employees Retirement Fund AIG, but most all these people are playing on the same Treasonous Game page. Behind Closed Doors you can take it to the bank ha.
Clinton/Bush/Obama: Centrist losers with their hand held out looking for a Government Bail Out Program to keep their Dividend checks propped up with Artificial Stimulus "False Profit. Welfare for stock market Gamblers.
so much truth
so much truth in this video, most sheeple would have a nervous breakdown and go into denial.
then 4 yrs later they will cry that they were fooled again !
Dr.Ron Paul's 2002 Predictions
I think we must talk with
I think we must talk with gingrich and santorum.
We want them to stick in it
We want them to stick in it through the first vote or two, to keep Romney from taking it until we can unlock all our delegates.
Most of the pledged delegates are released after the first vote, some after the second. But if Gingrich and/or Santorum bail out, their delegates (or the bulk of them) are released. At that point a significant fraction of them will switch to Romney, and could put him over before those of our supporters who are locked up by a state Romney pledge can switch to Ron.
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"Obama's Economists: 'Stimulus' Has Cost $278,000 per Job."
That means: For each job "created or saved" about five were destroyed.
It doesn't matter if Romney wins
So , if Romney with the assistance of the state GOP's did manage to aquire the 1,144 delegates needed to be the Republican Nominee , that doesn't matter . I know that Ron Paul will run as a 3rd party candidate . With all of the dis-satisfaction with our 2 party system , believe me , people will gladly vote for the 3rd party .
You really don't understand??
If this video is for real, and delegates are coming to you guys with superior numbers, then WHY ARN'T YOU SHARING IT!
So many of us face criticism each day, completely unarmed against the unending supply of monkey crap that the media is supplying our neighbors.
If you're going to make a video claiming to see these certain pluralities, then we REALLY NEED TO FEEL THE LOVE!
Why would the GOP not embrace Ron Paul or his people?
The GOP is full of Stock Market Investor's. They don't want accountability in the system or the election . They Want their Bail Out plus all the Leverage they can get. Ron Paul Scares the hell out of them. They all lost everything in 2008, what they have now is do to the FED Bail Out and the bubble in Wall Street. The Globalist/Centrist are steeling everything and they transcend all party's. Look at the Math.
Clinton/Bush/Obama: Centrist losers with their hand held out looking for a Government Bail Out Program to keep their Dividend checks propped up with Artificial Stimulus "False Profit. Welfare for stock market Gamblers.
Not even Ron Paul scares them, in fact if you knew....
If you knew the real horrifying truth as I *HAVE* learned it, you know for a fact, that even if Ron Paul finishes it up and the Fed "abolishes" the THREAT continues to live on & morph into a new Federal Reserve no matter what.....
You see, Ron Paul isn't telling you any of this.
Yeah the jig is up - if you actually follow the rabbit out of Wonderland?
PLENTY of people know they are slaves, and choose to be slaves and will love what they have coming. Especially FEMA.
BUT - and this angers them the most... *THERE IS A WAY TO OPT OUT OF THE ENTIRE FRAUDULENT SYSTEM WHICH CREATED THE UNITED STATES*
The reality of Sovereign law which is ageless.
Requires persons to "toss" their SS#, their registration, their "documents" out the window & be armed and seek to live entirely away from the world.
This law effectively EJECTS a person from their own slavery, once fully applied. And you learn to live outside the whole facade, of the U.S. Corp, unaffected by all its actions - and that includes watching it burn at the end of the day.
Because Corp U.S. ENSLAVED YOU using a phony birth certificate, a tax ID, an SS & all of the above and if you OPT OUT ....
You will finally face no more tyranny.
Can you believe it?
I emailed Mr. Swann's station in Cincinnati and suggested he should have a broader audience like a national stage. Can you believe FOX didn't answer that?
"Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do." -Benjamin Franklin
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This is Front Page Daily Paul News!
Everybody needs to hear this amazing interview
Excellent Interview
Awesome news for Paul
But we need to explain it to the masses and supporters. DON'T GIVE UP!
Bump to FRONT PAGE!!!


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Late last year the thorny topic of diversity (or lack of it) at technology events was in the spotlight again after the British Ruby Conference (BritRuby) was cancelled following outcry about its all-male, all-white speaker line-up. Following the controversy many men pledged to boycott all-male panels at tech conferences. The idea proved controversial, with bloggers making impassioned arguments for doing so, and as many putting the case against.
A month ago, I popped along to altUKGovCamp (with UKGovcamp postponed due to snow, the brilliant Lloyd Davis and James Cattell swung into action and swiftly convened an impromptu geek meetup event. An un-unconference, if you will.) where this quickly became a hot topic for conversation. Our discussion covered the full gamut of issues, like:
- Is the lack of diversity an issue?
- Is it merely a symptom of the makeup of the industry?
- If it is a problem, what can be done about it?
This proved a lively discussion which generated a range of practical ideas, particularly from the rather brilliant tech entrepreneur Mary McKenna, who noted many of the issues which make women reluctant to put themselves forward to speak – nervousness, undervaluing your own skills – are also those which make women less likely to negotiate a pay rise. She's already blogged her tips for successfully negotiating a better pay deal, and I said I'd follow up with a post on diversity at tech events. So here we are.
Diversity in tech is important
And not just because I'm a sandal-wearing, Guardian-reading leftie. This is a knowledge economy which increasingly relies on digital skills to create products and deliver services. We need more skilled tech people. The world particularly needs skilled creative tech people who can focus on the needs of the customer and find creative solutions. So we need diversity in skills, experience, knowledge and thought, at all levels. Diversity makes tech better.
But the tech industry is male dominated – aren't conference speakers just a reflection of the audience?
Women are a minority in the tech world, it's true, particularly at senior levels. But is that chicken or egg? The lack of visible, high-profile women at these events only serves to reinforce the idea that tech is a male preserve.
All-male panels aren't just the preserve of the tech field either; following the BritRuby conference bloggers took aim at conference organisers in all manner of industries. It's clear conferences have a problem, and not just in male-dominated industries.
Diversity isn't just about women
The current debates focus on women, but the fact is panels are overwhelmingly white, and very rarely include people with disabilities.>
So diversity shouldn't be seen as a 'women's issue'; it's about ensuring conference panels reflect the audiences they're talking to. Inviting speakers from a wide range of backgrounds might bring a different point of view to the conference, which helps making talks and panels a lot more interesting. It's been long known that diverse teams in the workplace are more successful– is there any reason the same wouldn't be true for conferences?
As Mary McKenna pointed out, promoting diversity isn't just about doing the right thing; it's also something which makes commercial sense.
So if it makes so much sense, why are there so few women speakers at tech conferences?
Good question. Here's some of the reasons which have been suggested:
- because of a lack of confidence
- because they lack experience and are unsure how to write a good proposal
- because they don't see other people like them speaking, and feel uncomfortable being the only woman there
- because they don't think their work will support sending them to the conference
- because they have childcare or other commitments that limit their ability to travel
- "we'd love to have more women on the panel, but we haven't had any submit proposals"
- Because conference organisers – consciously or otherwise – seek out male speakers more actively than female ones
- Selection committees may be biased against female speakers when selecting papers
- There are fewer women in the field in the first place, so the lack of women speakers just reflects this
So what can be done about it?
The discussion at altUKGovCamp covered a wide range of ideas. Widespread threats to boycott all-male panels have certainly succeeded in drawing conference organisers' attention to the issue. What's clear is that conference organisers have a clear role to play in promoting diversity in their conference lineups.
Quotas provoked some fierce debate, with many suggesting this is tokenistic and ultimately devalues the contribution of women who are selected – suggesting perhaps that they weren't selected on merit alone. Others felt a firm commitment to have, say, women make up a third of speakers signals a strong signal to those attending that diversity is a real issue. But it's also bloody hard work.
Conferences are big business, and conference organisers are not charities. Those conference organisers who are making real efforts to recruit more diverse speakers are to be applauded for their efforts. But the fact is, it is a real effort – this blogpost from Courtney Stanton explaining how she got 50% female speakers at a video game conference illustrates it can be a real pain, and when you've got venues to book and tickets to sell, it's a hassle one can easily do without.
If you're organising a conference, here's some advice:
- Timing. if speaking at your conference is contingent on attending all three days (plus a half-day travel each way) you're already making it more difficult for someone with caring responsibilities to attend.
- Say it. Why not put a diversity statement in your call for submissions, making it clear your conference values diversity and actively welcomes papers from women and other under-represented groups. Let people know they are welcomed (here's a great example from J Boye)
- Be proactive. Check websites focusing on women speakers, get in touch with potential speakers who may be reluctant to put themselves forward, ask potential speakers to recommend others.
But making conferences more diverse takes both sides. Women need to put themselves forward, too. Here's some tips for women who'd like to speak at a conference but aren't sure about how:
- JFDI. Speaking at a conference is a great way of boosting your professional profile.
- Speaking in front of hundreds of people is a little scary. But you don't have to start there. If you're not sure, start by running a session at an unconference or doing a quick Ignite-style presentation to get a feel for it, and work up from there. Starting at a lower-key event gives you a chance to practice your material and get over your nerves
- Don't undersell yourself. It's all too easy to fall prey to imposter syndrome and think you're not good enough. Fight those negative feelings! What's the worst that could happen?
- Make some noise. If you're asked to speak at a conference, don't keep it to yourself; mention it on your blog, LinkedIn, Twitter, and so on. Once you have a track record as a speaker you're more likely to be asked again.
- Advocate for other women. If you're asked to speak at a conference, ask the organisers if they're interested in hearing from more women. Get them in touch with some of the brilliant and talented women you know.
Having a greater variety of voices, backgrounds and experiences represented makes conferences better. But for that to happen, organisers need to be more proactive about it, and more of us need to get over our nerves and put ourselves forward.
To that end, Mary McKenna and I will be holding a session at the rescheduled UKGovCamp next week for anyone who'd like to raise their professional profile by speaking at events but isn't sure where to start. We'd love to see you there.If you've got any other thoughts or suggestions on diversity at tech conferences, let me know via the comments.
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Time to tinker: why hackdays are brilliant
So, a couple of weeks back I had the enormous pleasure of working on ChaMPion, the winning project at the second UK Parliament Hack Day.
For the uninitiated, a hack day is nothing to do with phone hacking, Anonymous or GaryMcKinnon, but a themed event (usually over two days) where developers and designers get together to create usable apps or websites in a brief, intense period of work. Hack days have been growing in popularity over the past five years or so, both in the commercial sector – where they're a great way to generate new ideas for innovation and funding – and in the public sector, where hack days have been instrumental in turning open data into usable information for public good.
Here in the UK, Rewired State have been instrumental in championing and delivering public sector hack days, beginning with the first National Hack the Government day in 2009, and have since lent their talents (and that of their extensive and impressive network of 1,000 developers) to a host of commercial projects too, such as Honda's Power of Minds event, in which developers worked with Honda's own cultural engineers.
I helped to organise the first Parliament Hack last year; since moving on to financial services earlier this year, I thought I'd put that behind me. But when Mark Smitham asked if I'd join the team he was pulling together for this year's Parly Hack, I jumped at the chance to work with such a talented, dedicated and generally rather brilliant bunch of people.
But I wondered what I, as someone with no coding skills, could bring to the project. The answer was a solid understanding of the business – the workings of Parliament and the needs of its users, gathered over two years spent there, working closely with a wide range of users and audiences.
So, what's being on a hack team like?
They're all different. Some people prefer to work alone. Others come to the event only with ideas and skills, and form teams on the day with others who can complement those skills.
Our team – Mark Smitham, Giuseppe Sollazzo, Lewis Westbury, Hadley Beeman, Glyn Wintle, Brett Husbands and me – began work some weeks earlier, with a brainstorm (in a pub, naturally), where we looked at some of the available datasets and sketched out some of the potential problems which needed solving.
These broke down into a few broad areas:
- Increasing transparency and making the workings of Parliament – the creation of new legislation and the work of MPs themselves – easier for the public to understand (early ideas included 'Fiddler on the House', a comparison site showing how hard your MP works and what they claim in expenses)
- Apps or sites which would be useful to MPs (like access to real-time information)
- Data visualisation which, while increasing transparency, also had the potential to embarrass MPs or Parliament (e.g. looking at the correlation between the marginality of a seat and the amount spent on stamps, so an MP could work out how many things they need to post in order to retain their seat)
- Things which would just be funny (an early contender was described as "like Grindr, but for MPs")
After this first session we divided up tasks to match our own skills, with Mark, Giuseppe and Lewis looking at existing datasets and how these could be combined, Hadley turning unusable datasets into usable ones, and me identifying other potential sources of data.
We met for a second session a week or so later, where we whittled ideas down and threw out some of those we would like to have done but didn't have available data for, like the idea we had to improve scrutiny of bills in order to identify those which are being rushed or filibustered. Again, we assigned tasks to team members (I was to focus on creating wireframes for the shortlisted ideas), before the planning session moved on to a game of Cards Against Humanity, the best team-building tool ever made.
On the hack weekend itself, 100 or so developers began with a tour of the Houses of Parliament before moving on the The Hub Westminster to begin coding (I couldn't make it in, so worked remotely). It was only that morning that the judging criteria was revealed, and it was this which swayed the final decision on which project to take forward – people want to find MPs who care about the issues they care about. Often their "declared interests" are not particularly meaningful or up to date, so we decided we could look at the content of their speeches, and create a tool that allows the user to enter a given topic and returns a list of MPs who have spoken about that topic, ranked by relevance.
Over the weekend, Giuseppe, Mark, Brett and Lewis mined the data, looking for keyword distribution by MP, developed functionality and the UI. Giuseppe's blogged a detailed write-up of the development side. Meanwhile, I worked on design, creating a name and logo, collating assets and pulled together a convincing presentation on what the project was and what we wanted to achieve with it.
Our project: ChaMPion
ChaMPion is a website which helps people find the MP who cares most about the causes they do. It uses an analysis of Hansard, applying text analysis techniques to identify keywords by MP, in order to match users' interests to the MP who most frequently talks about the subject in Parliament.
We produced this in response to growing political disengagement; turnout at this month's elections was at a peacetime low. Coverage of Parliament on TV is generally focused on adversarial politics, in particular PMQs, leaving people confused about what MPs actually do all day.
We wanted people to understand that what happens in Parliament really does make a difference, and that MPs' workload covers a vast range of subjects and interests. Whatever you're interested in, there will be an MP who's fighting that corner; this app aims to show just who that is, helping to connect people with the person championing their cause in our democratic system.
The winners
Coding continued through the night, with 28 projects completed before judging began on day 2 – here's a full list. Each team had just a few minutes to present and demo their hack to a panel of judges comprised of MPs and officials.
We were delighted to win the coveted 'Best in Show' prize, given the high calibre of other projects. Other winners were:
- Parliament 2015, a visualisation of historical data
- Have your Say, a site which enables people to debate on the issues debated in Parliament
- Toe the Line, an interactive data visualisation on Parliament's most rebellious MPs
- Bernard, which uses real-time data on what's going on in Parliament right now (one of the creators, Tim, has blogged about that here)
What happens next?
Mark, Lewis and Giuseppe are continuing to refine the hack and fix bugs. We're not sure where to take it next, but we're keen to get your feedback and ideas on what to do with it. Have a play with it, and let us know what you think: http://www.champion.puntofisso.net.
We each won a Raspberry Pi, so I have resolved to teach myself to code, even just a tiny bit.
What did I learn?
This was my third hackday, and only my second as a participant. Every time, I come away with a feeling that hack days are a truly remarkable tool for innovation and creativity. Every time, the quality of outputs generated in two days and with the aid of beer and pizza is frequently well above that created in months of office-based work.
Given I'm not a developer, I was nervous that I'd be a spare part. I was wrong; in fact, it really reaffirmed my feeling that teams which include someone who understands the business create better outputs, because they help to focus work on the needs of the end user and the context in which the project exists. It's this I do in my day job, and it was great to remind myself of why it's good to have strong working relationships with your developmer team.
This time around, I came away with a particularly nagging feeling that nearly every organisation would benefit from adopting the spirit – if not the precise method – of the hack day.
Lately I've been reading Dan Pink's Drive, which looks at motivation for success. Pink argues that traditional notions of motivation – chiefly, that if you pay more you get better results – are outdated in a knowledge economy which relies on creativity and ideas. Instead, the secret to high performance and satisfaction is the need to direct our own lives (autonomy), to learn and create new things (mastery) and to do better by ourselves and our world (purpose). If the thought of a whole book on this makes you all tl:dr, there's a lovely animated precis from the RSA here.
Hack days tap into all three of these motivational needs – talented people choose their own ideas and projects, use the time to develop their own skills in a low-risk, low-reward environment, to make cool stuff that makes the world a slightly better place – to make things which are truly great.
A handful of organisations already build this need for autonomy, mastery and purpose into their way of working; Google famously gives its staff 20% of their time to develop their own projects, and it's this free time which led to some of their most successful end products, including Gmail. Insurance firm Aviva invited employees to come up with ideas for apps and were amazed to receive hundreds, many of which made it to finished products. Wired reports that 'time to tinker' phenomenon is becoming increasingly widespread in technology firms.
But thinking beyond Silicon Valley (or Silicon Roundabout) is this something that more organisations could benefit from doing, even just as a one-a-year event? Having attended a handful now, I really think it is. Think what your own employees could do, given the time, space and permission to make something brilliant.
QR WTF: transitory technology and internet immortality
An unquestioning press release re-hash on The Guardian's website today claimed "traditional graveyards are being transformed through technology with interactive headstones providing a revolutionary way for people to remember loved ones."
A £300 QR code etched into granite, claim Dorset funeral directors Chester Pearce, will enable visitors to learn all about the person buried, rather than being limited to a name, age and date of birth and death.
Or will it? QR codes attract significant criticism for being fiddly and hard to use, but in many cases this is simply because they're used in entirely the wrong contexts.
My concern in this case, though, is that people are being sold a transitory technology for what's supposed to be a lasting memorial. Let's look at the issues:
- The QR code links through to a website giving details of the deceased, as well as providing a comment feature where people can share memories.
- All well and good – for now. But how long will this last? Who curates the content? Who ensures the domain remains up in five years, ten years?
- Then let's look a little further ahead. Despite a great deal of hype, signs are pointing towards QR codes not really gaining traction with smartphone users. People are talking about the (far less faffy) Near Field Communication protocol performing the same job, better. I would wager that the QR code won't be around in 2030, let alone 2080.
- If my wager is wrong, that's ok, because I'm pretty sure this website won't exist either – and nor will the 'lasting memorial' websites these QR codes point to.
- So what are we left with, in 2030? A weird design, etched in stone, which no device can decode, and (even if it could) almost certainly won't point to a live website.
Claims that the QR codes will be "useful to those visiting graveyards to research their family tree" in the future ring very hollow once you think the thing through.
I'm no fan of QR codes, but in the right contexts they perform a useful task. What are those contexts?
- Where the subject is out of doors – for instance, an OOH poster campaign
- Where there is something in it for the user. A good example would be how QR codes were placed on statues of Olympic mascots Wenlock and Mandeville put up across London, allowing people to scan and collect them all as they walked around the city – providing additional details about the surrounding area too
- Where the campaign is time-limited – so it can be guaranteed the content being linked to is a) live (actionable) and b) up-to-date
- Where the content linked to is actively managed and curated. A good example of this (and a good comparison with the less well-thought-out funeral director's offer) is how QR codes have been placed next to old gravestones in Washington DC's Congressional Cemetery; these link through to Wikipedia pages about the more well-known people buried there.
As Bruce Willis's case against Apple over the right to bequeath digital purchases highlights the fleeting nature of online content, many are starting to look at their digital legacy. As content increasingly becomes digital-only, it's right that we consider the permanence of what we leave behind. But leaving a QR code as your memorial means that you're merely one whose name was writ in water, not marble.
(with thanks to Adrian Short for the Keats quote).
Hello again
Forgive me, dear readers: it has been seven months since my last blog post. Perhaps you've been wondering where I am.
Mostly I've been blogging elsewhere – over at Intranetizen.com I've been wittering on about a bunch of intranet-related topics. Knocking out one blog post a month is proving a little easier when I have three fellow editors giving feedback and telling me to publish.
Here's a few of my recent posts:
- Is the digital workplace "a skiver's paradise"?
- Advanced intranets and portals – conference review
- Is your intranet award winning?
- Top ten tips for intranet search
- IntraTeam 2012 round-up
- Are these really the 10 best intranets of 2012?
But while it's given my content a bigger audience, it has given me less to talk about here on my own site, and even less time to write anything.
I've also been busy talking about intranets in real life too. I spoke at IntraTeam over in Copenhagen back in Feburary, and at Advanced Intranets and Portals in Amsterdam in May. Back in June I had the great pleasure of co-hosting IBF Live's 10th anniversary special, where Deutsche Bank's John Stepper and I presented our top ten intranet mantras.
I was also honoured to join the advisory board for Jane McConnell's Digital Workplace Trends Survey, collaborating (online, of course) with a stellar group of digital workplace practitioners to plan the next survey and to interpret the results when they come in. The survey goes live in a few weeks' time and I'm already looking forward to seeing the findings.
But the biggest change has been in my work life: in April I left my role at UK Parliament and joined Standard Chartered Bank as Senior Manager, Online Communications. As well as being a huge change of scene, it's also a change in focus, as my new role covers external as well as internal online projects. It's been a busy few months and an exciting new challenge, working with such a huge and diverse global audience across a wide range of channels.
So between working, running, and blogging elsewhere, and life generally getting in the way, this little corner of the web has been sadly neglected. Sorry. While I plan to continue blogging about intranets and the digital workplace over at Intranetizen, I will try and keep this blog up too, with (occasional) musings on digital communications both internally and externally. Watch this space.


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DRAPER, Utah, Nov. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Flexpoint Sensor Systems, Inc. (OTCBB: FLXT) today announced that a series of professional promotional videos describing the Bend Sensor ® technology's features, advantages and market potential have been completed and are currently available on the company's YouTube account at http://www.youtube.com/user/FlexpointSensor.
Seven new videos provide a professional look at the company and aim to make the unique advantages of the Bend Sensor® easier to grasp. The videos show the basic manufacturing process and feature demonstrations of how the technology is used in various applications. A broad range of sensor variations are highlighted in order to give viewers a sense of the versatility of the technology.
The videos are part of a forthcoming overhaul of the company's website and represent the latest efforts in Flexpoint's ongoing marketing push. The YouTube account also contains links to videos uploaded by different users of Bend Sensor ® technology. Most of these other videos were shot on low-resolution cameras purely for demonstration purposes and are not considered part of Flexpoint's formal marketing campaign.
Flexpoint anticipates that these new explanatory videos will prove useful as the company expands and gains momentum over the coming year."The Bend Sensor ® can be challenging to fully describe and its unique features and advantages often only become apparent when we are able to demonstrate the technology in person," said Flexpoint CEO Clark Mower. "With these videos, we aimed to recreate the experience of sitting down with us here at our offices for a full hands-on demonstration. We think these videos do a nice job of providing the basics of what the technology can do and clarify how it is being utilized in various products. Whenever individuals get a vivid sense of what the Bend Sensor ® is capable of, they invariably begin to generate new ideas for how it can be used. These videos should help get those creative wheels turning and we are excited to see the responses we get as more and more people see them." About Flexpoint: Flexpoint Sensor Systems (OTCBB: FLXT) is an innovative technology firm specializing in developing products that feature the Company's patented Bend Sensor ® and related technology. The Bend Sensor ® is a groundbreaking sensing solution that is revolutionizing applications in the automotive, safety, medical and industrial industries. The Bend Sensor's single-layer, thin film construction cuts costs and mechanical bulk while introducing a range of functions and stylistic design possibilities that have never before been available in sensing technology. Flexpoint's technology and expertise have been recognized by the world's elite business and academic innovators for over 17 years. The company is setting a new standard for sensing solutions in the "smart" age of technology. Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains certain forward-looking statements. Investors are cautioned that certain statements in this release are "forward-looking statements" and involve both known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors. Such uncertainties include, among others, certain risks associated with the operation of the company described above. The Company's actual results could differ materially from expected results.
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