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AAAI 2021 Announces Paper Totals — ‘Amazingly High Technical Level’
Tags: Aaai 2021, Conference, Academia, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence

AAAI 2021 has officially announced its paper submission and selection numbers. Organized by the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, AAAI is one of the world’s leading artificial intelligence conferences. The highly anticipated announcement came from Kevin Leyton-Brown, University of British Columbia Professor of Computer Science and AAAI 2021 program Co-Chair.

Professor Brown says AAAI 2021 received a record-high 9034 submissions compared to last year’s 8800. Over 7911 papers went to review and a total of 1692 papers made it, for an acceptance rate of 21 percent, just 0.4 percent higher than last year’s 20.6.

During the review process, every main-track Phase II paper received at least three reviews and over 93 percent received four or more reviews. Each of the fast-track papers meanwhile received at least two new AAAI reviews and over 95 percent received three or more. Every paper also received a meta-review written by a Senior Program Committee member (SPC), the Area Chair (AC) or Program Chair.

It is worth noting that scores didn’t matter as much during this year’s decision process. Professor Brown says organizers did not decide acceptance or rejection using a numerical cutoff, and this is reflected in rejected Phase II papers’ having average scores between 2.0 to 7.0, while accepted papers’ average scores ranged from 4.5 to 9.3. He attributes the overlap to a number of factors: “Discussions often led reviewers to change their minds; in such cases they often but not always changed their scores. And in some cases papers were accepted or rejected based on a single expert opinion, even when it differed from the majority opinion.”

The 35th AAAI runs virtually February 2–9 and will will feature invited speakers, workshops, tutorials and student programs. The General Program Chair is Qiang Yang, Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer of WeBank and Chair Professor at Computer Science and Engineering Department at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. AAAI 2021 has made a commitment to encourage participation by groups that reflect the diversity in society, including “race, ethnicity, gender, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, and cultural background.”

The official list of AAAI 2021 accepted papers has not yet been released. Synced will update readers when this information becomes available.
CauseX — The last UX conference of 2020
By: Alipta Ballav
Tags: User Experience, Design, Social, Conference, UX

The journey so far

A team of like-minded designers working in a healthcare IT company joined hands and chalked out a plan. Let’s celebrate “World Usability Day”, but then how?

How about launching a Design thinking workshop, its so cliche man, how about launching a cartoon competition, nooo doesn’t sound good to me, how about arranging a logo design contest, are you sure? okay, then how about arranging a UX day. Oh, what is that?

A UX day, a UX conference.

We finally ended up launching a Design conference, the first of our type. We decided to make it a paid one and all the funds collected will be donated. Whoa! sounds like an idea.

That gave birth to CauseX https://www.linkedin.com/company/causex

We launched a UX design conference calling as “The Last Design Conference of 2020”. It's virtual, its paid and it’s scheduled for 19th Dec between 11 AM –5 PM. We have got a bunch of speakers. Let's all join hand to make it a success.

Registration Link https://lnkd.in/gcemkap
echoAR featured at VRDays 2020
Tags: Virtual Conference, Conference, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Events

echoAR was selected as one of the few startups to be featured at VRDays, titled “The Most Immersive Event of 2020”. This year VRDays 2020 is offering more than 15 conferences and panels over 3 days on top of the unmissable, November 4–6, 2020.

echoAR was selected for the Immersive Funding Market (IFM) program that brings together the most innovative ideas from throughout the XR ecosystem, and introduces them to potential partners that can help realize their full potential. The session includes companies from fully immersive narrative builders, to game-changing tech startups, to XR academia that shapes the future of the industry.

Learn more about the event here.

Learn more about the Immersive Funding Market (IFM) program here.
Spring I/O Barcelona 2019
By: Jeroen S
Tags: Spring Framework, Spring, Spring Core, Conference, Spring Boot

Spring has been an important concept in the world of Java Development for years. One of the reasons for that success is the fact that it is open source and that the worldwide community actively participates in developing the framework, so that it evolves together with the needs of modern software development.

Every year in May, we attend the largest European Spring Conference, Spring I/O Barcelona, where we learn about the “latest and greatest” of Spring. Belgium was in the fourth place of the top five of countries that represent Spring this year. We were very proud that Faros could be a part of that. Even before we boarded the plane, the message was already clear: “Spring is in the air!”

Contributing to the Spring community

We developed a tradition while attending these conferences: we don’t only go there to listen to other people’s presentations, but we also actively contribute to the Spring Community by sharing knowledge. We have been giving our own workshops and presentations for a couple of years now, for example “The Spring ecosystem in 50 minutes” and “Testing every level of your Spring Microservices application”. This year, my colleague Wim and I prepared a presentation about our experiences with Serverless Development & Spring (see video below), and we were very happy to take our place on the stage next to the other 56 speakers at the event.

A lot of people were interested in our presentation, and this selfie that we took right before the start of our presentation proves that! Afterwards, we took some time to answer questions and network with the attendees. It was a very interesting session, both for the audience and for us.

Fun facts

There are some things I learned during the Spring I/O that I don’t want to keep from you:

Spring Framework 5.2 is planned for July 31

Spring Framework 5.2 supports among others Reactive Transactions, Rsocket messaging, Kotlin coroutines and a functional version of Web MVC

Spring boot 2.2 works with Spring Framework 5.2

Spring Cloud Netflix projects are in maintenance mode and will be replaced with alternatives like Resilience4j, Micrometer, Spring Cloud Loadbalancer andSpring Cloud Gateway.

Spring I/O Barcelona is an independent Spring conference in the heart of Barcelona. The initiative is owned by only one person, Sergi Almar, and the amount of people interested increases every year. It is also a great place to gain knowledge and to make contacts within the community. We mentioned our connection with Pivotal, and we are planning more initiatives around that this month. Keep an eye on our website!
Teachers, Going to the ISTE Conference?
By: Darri Stephens
Tags: Teachers, Education, Professional Development, Conference, Technology

Teachers, Going to the ISTE Conference?

Are you going to the annual ISTE Conference (#ISTE20), being held virtually this week? The International Society for Technology in Education — better known as ISTE (“iss-tee”) — was delayed from being held in Anaheim, CA, in late June due to COVID-19. But true to its name, ISTE pivoted and is leveraging technology to connect educators globally on a custom-built virtual platform.

And you can visit their virtual Expo Hall for FREE!

That’s right — Simply register with ISTE to get an Expo Hall Pass for FREE this week, and then make sure to come find Classroom Champions. We are doing 10-minute demos at the top of each hour from 10am-3pm PST. Plus, we’re available for 1:1 chats to answer all of your questions about our social and emotional learning programs. And if that wasn’t incentive enough, we also are doing a daily raffle for those who share their email with us. Each day we will draw names to win:

1 virtual assembly with one of Classroom Champions’ Athlete Mentors

1 year-long SEL Foundations Curriculum membership (a $210 value)

membership (a $210 value) 3 $25 Amazon gift cards

The sooner you visit us, the more chances you may have to win! We know that this virtual format isn’t ideal, but we had a great time connecting with educators from all over the world today. If you can find time in your busy schedule, please do come join us this week and enjoy the camaraderie of educators celebrating what you all do the best — the art of teaching.
Impressions of the 2011 SharePoint Conference, Part 2 (Monday Keynotes)
By: Mike Gilronan
Tags: Sharepoint, Conference

This article was originally posted on October 08, 2011.

Another impression that occurred to me throughout the week at the SharePoint Conference, in stark comparison to the Oracle/Salesforce kerfuffle up the coast at OpenWorld, was that I rarely, if ever, heard about competitive technologies to SharePoint in keynotes or sessions. No Jive, no Cognos, no Box.net, no Alfresco, no Yammer, no Autonomy, etc., at least in the sessions I was in.

Sometimes, it’s a compelling technical vision (RIP, Steve Jobs), but many times, it’s an existential threat in the form of a competitor that really fires people up: just ask Larry Ellison and Marc Benioff.

So I wonder, and I ask you — would the SharePoint Conference have been better if more focused on key competitors, or was the “we’re winning and we’re increasing our lead every day” messaging of momentum the best way to play it?
Conference 2020
By: Meeraj Kanaparthi
Tags: Gids, Pyconhyd, Pyconhyd2020, Pycon, Conference

They hold there 2 conference in December 2020

GIDS.AI&ML/Data Live is an online training event covering the latest in big data, fast data, stream processing, NoSQL, Artificial Intelligence (AI), machine learning, deep learning, time series, sequential data, Natural Language Processing (NLP), chatbots, conversational UI, neural networks

2. PyCon Hyderabad 2020 https://pyconf.hydpy.org/2020/

Virtual Python Conference are being held in Hyderabad. This is very good conference, i have attend same in the last year. They had a good session on numpy, pandas, etc.,

If you cannot attend this conference, don’t worry subscribe to my channel I will create video on the updates of the conference. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtcEuGgCTWzzXBGvwCKm5VA

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Impressions of the 2011 SharePoint Conference, Part 4 (Microsoft Roadmaps)
By: Mike Gilronan
Tags: Sharepoint, Conference

This article was originally posted on October 10, 2011.

A second Microsoft roadmap session I attended at last weeks’ SPC was session SPC271, David Pae’s “SharePoint 2010: Improving Productivity with Social.” It was actually somewhere between a roadmap session and a case study session, with examples of social computing inside Microsoft (and of course, Contoso) that illustrate where SharePoint 2010 and complementary products can foster social computing initiatives.

David Pae and colleague Paul Javid (Social Product Manager) walked us through the history of social computing, Microsoft’s Enterprise Social Strategy, some specific examples and demonstrations of social capabilities of SharePoint and other complementary Microsoft technologies.

The most noteworthy things from this session:

A REALLY cool demo of Lync doing real-time English-Spanish translation of an instant messaging thread — I’m dying to see more of this, and think that the Lync/SharePoint combination provides an unparalleled communications and collaboration platform. A good audience question about a limitation of the “noteboard” capability in SharePoint 2010. Out of the box, it is not possible to comment on a comment, or to “like” or rate a comment. [This question underscored how hard the presenters’ job is in a conference where Microsoft has committed to not discuss product futures, and it’s not fair to certain ISVs to discuss/promote others. (cough: NewsGator!)] The Microsoft products NOT mentioned. Although Microsoft does a nice job of presenting a story that incorporates SharePoint, Exchange and Lync (on-premise or in-cloud or hybrid), the following technologies with social or collaboration indications were prominently NOT mentioned: Skype, a social and collaboration tool with a huge user base, but what feels like a lack of an enterprise integration story ready to be told by Microsoft (whether for statutory or strategic reasons)? SharePoint Workspace — how does the offline client, a necessity to many mobile information workers, impact the social computing experience? OneNote — shared note-taking is at least as social as IM, and the syncing capabilities with SharePoint create interesting opportunities.

Overall, this session provided a solid overview of out-of-the-box social computing capabilities of SharePoint, although not too much of it would be new to our clients running SharePoint 2010. There will be, however, some more details gleaned from customer case study sessions (still to come)…
SharePoint Conference 2011 Recap — Live Event
By: Mike Gilronan
Tags: Sharepoint, Microsoft, Conference

This article was originally posted on November 14, 2011.

KMA was fortunate to have been able to send six people to SPC 2011 in Anaheim, CA last month, and although we’ve done our share of blogging and presenting about it, we’re most pleased to present this week’s in-person event for our clients and prospects: a half-day recap of the conference highlights, presented by colleagues as follows:

Amy Talhouk summarizing the best of Project Server and SharePoint

Deanne Damato discussing what’s new in InfoPath and workflows

Karina Vatynskaya joining special guest, Microsoft’s Chris Bortlik to discuss patterns and practices in SharePoint adoption

Derek Cash-Peterson reviewing what we learned about SharePoint for external-facing (extranet and WWW) sites

Distinguished KMA alumnus and special guest, Quest Software’s Chris McNulty demonstrating new capabilities of SQL Server 2012 and PowerView (nee Denali and Crescent, respectively)

I’ll be anchoring this shindig and reviewing how organizations are driving productivity via SharePoint’s social capabilities.

We look forward to delivering a crisp rendition of SPC, somehow distilling highlights from 5 days worth of content into 3.5 hours. Buckle up — we’re gonna move fast!
Impressions of the 2011 SharePoint Conference, Part 5 (Expert Best Practices)
By: Mike Gilronan
Tags: Sharepoint, Conference

This article was originally posted on October 11, 2011.

The second wave of sessions I attended at last week’s SharePoint Conference comprised presentations by experts about best practices in and around SharePoint.

The first of these presentations was by Sue Hanley, whose work I have admired for a long time. One of her areas of expertise, and the topic of this session (SPC 248), is “Measuring the Value of SharePoint 2010 Investments.”

This presentation was about “squishy” themes like alignment and story-telling and “hard” themes like ROI and metrics (which are squishy once you understand the assumptions behind the models). There was so much usable content that it would be impossible to cover it all here, but here are some highlights:

Measure THROUGHOUT a SharePoint initiative. Many people make the mistake of measuring success based on an up-front assessment, but measurement during the initiative is critically important in re-focusing on the target (for example, after new stakeholders are identified), assessing the trade-offs that inevitably arise during a project, and tuning the solution once stakeholders have had a chance to evaluate it. Don’t start without being tied to a critical business objective (“the main event, not a sideshow”), and make sure it’s a SMART objective, rather than a platitude (or as Susan called them, “motherhood” objectives that no one can be opposed to.) This is sometimes hard for us ex-CPA and other “quant” types to process, but ROI is only part of the story. Provide hard numbers and be able to support them, but combine them with qualitative measures, and stories that put the numbers in context. There’s quite a difference between “we increased findability of proposal documents by 40%” and the first-year associate’s testimonial about the proposal that wouldn’t have gone out without the portal that helped her connect to both the best artifacts from past bids and also the experts responsible for them. Differentiate between system metrics (e.g., page views, number of documents indexed) and business metrics (hours per week to execute a process) and incorporate both into the measurement of your solution’s success.

There is a vast amount more content to tap into, and that which cannot be found Susan’s website can be explored in more detail in her book: Essential SharePoint 2010.
Cybersecurity: Opportunity or Threat — A fireside chat
Tags: Infosec, IoT, Engineering, Cybersecurity, Conference

Looking forward to speaking with Anand Oswal, SVP & GM at Palo Alto Networks, in a fireside chat at the ASEI 2020 virtual convention! We will be discussing cybersecurity threats and opportunities for Engineers!

Dec 5th-6th 10am Pacific. Come join the discussion.

http://www.aseiusa.org/NC
Impressions of the 2011 SharePoint Conference, Part 6 (Expert Best Practices)
By: Mike Gilronan
Tags: Sharepoint, Conference

This article was originally posted on October 13, 2011.

The second “Best Practices” type of session I attended was SPC245, “Making SharePoint 2010 Collaboration Rock by Increasing Findability” presented by Jornata’s Scott Jamison. Although he is a principal at a competitor, he is also a top-notch presenter, and I always enjoy and get value from Scott’s presentations.

Clearly vying for the title of “ Hardest Working Man in Show Business,” Scott, in his third presentation of the day, blitzed through many specific, practical tips on how to make SharePoint more usable and information more findable, including the following highlights:

Folders (great for contributors, especially incumbents who have a general sense of where things belong via “tribal knowledge”) vs metadata (great for consumers who understand metadata, but can be tedious for contributors if they have to tag content manually). One key “Go Do” item Scott frequently advises is to create separate user experiences (via default views) for contributors vs consumers .

(great for contributors, especially incumbents who have a general sense of where things belong via “tribal knowledge”) (great for consumers who understand metadata, but can be tedious for contributors if they have to tag content manually). One key “Go Do” item Scott frequently advises is to . Improving search results by paying attention to how things are named (especially the critical “Title” field) and where stored (e.g., the fewer slashes in the path, the higher-ranked in search)

(especially the critical “Title” field) and where stored (e.g., the fewer slashes in the path, the higher-ranked in search) Improving search results by measuring their effectiveness with out-of-the-box reports from SharePoint: search queries that returned no results or no best bets.

by measuring their effectiveness with out-of-the-box reports from SharePoint: search queries that returned no results or no best bets. Changing default navigation in simple but effective ways like getting rid of the default left-hand navigation where it works counter to how users will find their way through a portal.

All of the techniques that Scott related were in response to common user challenges that each of us has seen “in the wild,” and they were crisply and artfully presented.
Impressions of the 2011 SharePoint Conference, Part 1 (Monday Keynotes)
By: Mike Gilronan
Tags: Sharepoint, Conference

This article was originally posted on October 07, 2011.

The conference opened with keynotes by Microsoft’s Jared Spataro, Jeff Teper, and Kurt Del Bene. There were approximately 7,500 users in attendance, many of them passionate advocates for SharePoint.

Perhaps I’ve been jaded by 5 Worldwide Partner Conferences and other events such as Convergence and past SharePoint Conferences, but I wake up early to get to keynotes in order to hear the words “We are pleased to announce…” followed by a momentous announcement. As Microsoft was disinclined to discuss the next version of Office and SharePoint, there were few momentous announcements in the keynotes, and most attendees I spoke to said the same.

These keynotes were generally celebratory in tone, including such data points as:

125 million licenses of SharePoint in use at over 65,000 customers

67% of all enterprise customers have rolled out SharePoint to everyone in their enterprise

For me, the highlight of the keynote, however, was a demo of the failover capabilities of the newest version of SQL Server, code-named “Denali,” which entailed a helpful assistant taking down a server (literally unplugging the network cable from a giant rack of servers/storage on-stage, pictured here with my colleague Deanne), then watching an enormous SharePoint 2010 content database running on Denali under an enormous workload (7,500 concurrent users, a 14 TB content database, 107 million records in search results) recover from this total failover in about 40 seconds — a remarkable feat of high availability.

The rest of the keynote was organized around three main themes:

Re-defining collaboration: It’s not too hard to argue that the prevalence of SharePoint in many organizations has changed the way workers collaborate over the last ten years, and a nod was given to the future in the form of a discussion about self-service business intelligence redefining and democratizing BI in the same way (data in SQL, presentation via SharePoint, analysis in Excel).

A rich ecosystem: The explosion of SharePoint adoption has been a boon to many system integrator and ISV partners, as well as to Microsoft. Given that, if SharePoint were its own company, it would still be one of the 50 largest software companies in the world, and the heuristic that each dollar of SharePoint licensing generally begets $8–10 in services revenue, it is no small wonder that the shortage of SharePoint talent is top of mind for every SharePoint partner I spoke to.

An end-to-end platform: Microsoft has continually improved their story about both host (on-premises, hybrid, third-party host, or Microsoft cloud) and client (PC, tablet, phone) options for SharePoint.

No jaw-dropping product announcements, just good solid “blocking and tackling” for a mature, enterprise-class platform which, perhaps, is what Microsoft wanted us to take away.

Other announcements of note:
Free Ways Remote Workers Can Improve a Videoconferencing Setup
By: Philip Chang
Tags: Remote Work, Remote Working, Gadgets, Conference, Technology

Being seen is important, too.

Lighting is the most important factor

To change the way you look, change where you sit, or by re-arranging some lamps. The worst lighting is when a bright light is behind you, like Olivier Lacan demonstrates below. The light should be in front of you. For example, illuminating your face from behind the webcam.

Some people use ring lamps which makes skin brighter and clearer, though lighting up the sides of the face is also important. A lamp near both sides of your face will make the image look better. But as long as you have good overall lighting from the front side, you’ve got it mostly right.

Put your best face forward with the correct angle

Webcams go on top of monitors so you have better eye contact. Most people appear slimmer when they’re shot from above.

Not all of the gear Nigel Barros uses here to ‘Make a $300 Camera Look Pro’ are things people have around the house, but they work because Nigel has nailed the setup. Source: Nigel Barros, YouTube

If the height of your monitor or laptop is an issue, stack several books underneath. Finally, another use for old textbooks.

Avoid positioning the webcam below your face. This angle is unflattering — people’s faces seem wider, and it highlights teeth stains, nose hairs, and other lovely bits.

The correct USB port

Don’t plug a webcam into your monitor’s USB port, which is a slower USB connection than the computer. The USB ports in your monitor are for a keyboard and mouse, not for quickly transferring a lot of data in real-time. This solves a surprising number of problems with lag.

What about your smartphone?

The front facing camera in a modern phone is usually better than what’s in a computer. It’s not perfect. Some phones, like iPhones, connect at a slower USB 2.0 data rate, so there’s an impact on image quality.

The woman in this image from Business Insider is using a mini-tripod. Notice the bright overall lighting. Some selfie sticks come with tripods (and ring lights).

My take is it’s more important to spend time fixing sound and lighting. If you want to try, these are the apps you need. All of them are freemium apps, which means they make money by charging users for nice-to-have features like being able to use the phone’s microphone instead of your own, low-light video processing, reduced lag, and no ads.
I am from India. Glad connecting with you. I have visited Sweden twice on conferences
By: Dr. Preeti Singh
Tags: Conferences

…o much Dr. Preeti! Very appreciated that you took your time to read and comment 😌🌷 Greetings from Sweden ! 😊🌷
What He Means
Tags: Relationships, Breakups, Meaning, Dating, Men

I was just telling a friend that although my relationships might not have been ideal, I did learn something from them. Particularly, how to spot red flags. All the things men say, sometimes right off the bat, that we ignore and try to deal with, but later realize are much worse than we’d initially thought. And this goes for guys in their 20s or older, who should’ve interacted with women by now.

— Disclaimer, yes obviously I’m not perfect. AND these obviously don’t apply to all men (hopefully). These are just from my personal experiences as someone who has many male friends and has experienced these first hand —

Anywhoo, let’s get on with the list:

What He Says vs What He Means:

“I’m a bad texter “— I take 2–3 business days to respond

“I’m bad at time management” — I can only do 1 thing at a time. Any more and I will ignore you for a week

“I can kinda cook!” — yeah no I can’t cook for shit. I will make you ramen once and talk about it for a year

“I think I’m close to my family?” — my mom babies me

“Flirting isn’t really my thing” — yeah I’m boring af and you’ll feel unwanted

“I’m not super clean but I’m not a slob” — 100% a slob. My things will be ALL over your place

“I really need my sleep” — if I wake up early one day you won’t see me for 5

“I’m not great at planning” — if you wanna do things, you have to make every little plan always, no surprises

“I’m more of a chill person” — I won’t do anything spontaneous or exciting

“I’m not the jealous type” — I won’t say I’m jealous, but I’ll hate the guy friends you’re close to for no reason. yes even the gay ones

“I’m not super into social media” — I will not be showing you off.

“I’ve never asked someone out before” — I have no idea how to take initiative

“I’m low maintenance” — I think you should be low maintenance

“I’m not super into fashion” — I wear sweats all the time. Possibly even on dates.

“Oh haha yeah IST” — What’s punctuality? I will be late to everything.

“I don’t get gold diggers” — I am not going to spoil you.

“Yay equality. Not chauvinism” — I’m not a gentleman. Do you wanna get this check?

“She’s just a friend” — she’s just a friend. Who is also my backup. Who is also in love with me.

“You’re a priority” — my last priority but still …

“Wow that’s fancy” — o shit will I actually have to spend money on you?

“My friends are just busy” — I don’t care enough to introduce you to them.

“I dunno where I’ll be that night” — I don’t care enough to commit to plans with you

“I got you an early Christmas gift!” — I got you a gift instead of the commitment you wanted!

“Let’s celebrate when we’re together” — umm I don’t wanna put in effort during an LDR

“I’ll read/watch that later” — I’m just hoping you’ll forget so I don’t gotta

“I love Kanye” — I’m a dick.

“I’m not cheating on you” — does flirting with her constantly count as cheating?

“I like video games” — I will play video games for hours and forget about plans with you

“Anime isn’t problematic” — I’m fine with objectifying women

“Umm not all men!” — I’m 100% a misogynist
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26 Guru Mantra to understand Men
By: Rajesh Kalra
Tags: Women, Relationships, Solutions, Marriage, Men

#kalrasays It may be impossible to understand women here are some tips to understand men ..lets solve this issue and move forward.

These are all numbered “1” ON PURPOSE!

1.1 Men ARE not mind readers.

1.2 Learn to work the toilet seat. You’re a big girl. If it’s up, put it down. We need it up, you need it down. You don’t hear us complaining about you leaving it down.

1.3 Sunday sports It’s like the full moon ritual or the changing of the tides. Let it be.

1.4 Shopping is NOT a sport. And no, we are never going to think of it that way.

1.5 Crying is blackmail.

1.6 Ask for what you want. Let us be clear on this one: Subtle hints do not work! Strong hints do not work! Obvious hints do not work! Just say it!

1.7 Yes and No are perfectly Acceptable answers to almost every question.

1.8 Come to us with a problem only If you want help solving it. That’s what we do. Sympathy is what your girlfriends are for.

1.9 A headache that lasts for 15 days is a problem. See a doctor.

1. 10 Anything we said 6 months ago is inadmissible in an argument. In fact, all comments become null and void after 7 Days.

1.11 If you won’t dress like the Victoria’s Secret girls, don’t Expect us to act like soap opera guys.

1.12 If you think you’re fat, you probably are. Don’t ask us.

1.13 If something we said can be interpreted two ways and one of the ways makes you sad or angry, we meant the other one .

1.14 You can either ask us to do something Or tell us how you want it done. Not both. If you already know best how to do it, just do it yourself.

1.15 Whenever possible , Please say whatever you have to say during commercials.

1.16 Christopher Columbus did NOT need directions and neither do we we also have GPS.

1.17 ALL men can see in only 16 colors, like Windows default settings. Peach, for example, is a fruit, not A color. Pumpkin is also a fruit. We have no idea what Mauve is.

1.18 If it itches, it will Be scratched. We do that all the time.

1.19 If we ask what is wrong and you say “nothing,” We will act like nothing’s wrong. We know you are lying, but it is just not worth the hassle.

1.20 If you ask a question you don’t want an answer to, Expect an answer you don’t want to hear.

1. 21 When we have to go somewhere, absolutely anything you wear Is fine…Really.

1.22 Don’t ask us what we’re thinking about unless you are prepared to discuss such topics as baseball, the shotgun formation or boardroom politics

1. 23 You have enough clothes.

1. 24 You have too many shoes.

1. 25 I am in shape. Round IS a shape!

1.26 Thank you for reading this. Yes, I know, I have to sleep on the couch tonight; But did you know men really don’t mind that? It’s like camping can i call some friends over.
Good Men
By: Scott Westerman
Tags: Kindness, Work, Inspiration, Self Improvement, Men

Image: Jude Beck — Unsplash

It has become fashionable to pre-judge the many based on the exploits of the few.

It’s easy. There are a lot of us, a big enough universe where there will always be a certain percentage of superstars and nare-do-wells who get attention.

Let’s not forget that the vast majority of men are trying to be good guys. They don’t seek the limelight.

Their lifelong body of work mirrors a meme I received this week from a friend.

Good Men aren’t afraid to open their hearts, even if it means risking heartbreak.

Good Men embrace vulnerability, even when it may not be fashionable.

Good Men look in the mirror and try to improve on what they see.

Good Men honor their sons’ empathetic tears.

Good Men listen to their daughters’ voices.

Good Men approach fatherhood with love and compassion.

Good Men show up, keep promises and stay around in good times and in bad.

Good Men don’t always get everything right. Their goodness is both a blessing and a curse, honored by saints and preyed on by sinners.

Good Men aren’t always the ones you read about. They go about their daily lives without fanfare or the desire for attention.

They work hard.

They try to do what’s right.

They worry about failing.

They want to help create a better world for their families and those around them.

Good Men can be tough on the outside. But they may also be fragile on the inside.

Good Men make the hard decisions. But they second guess themselves and worry that some may be the wrong decisions.

Good Men aren’t afraid to fight. But they pick their battles. They protect the injured, even if it means taking a few gut punches.

Most of all, Good Men are human. Humanity is the standard against which they evaluate every decision, judge others, stand with those who suffer and stand against injustice.

As we read about bad men, let’s not forget the Good Men. They outnumber their troubled counterparts by an exponential margin. And on days like today, they deserve our gratitude and our praise.
A középszer diadala — Edzés 40 fölött
By: Lokál Patrik
Tags: Fogyás, Men, Emelés, 40s

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31 things I learned in 31 years —brutal life lessons for you
By: Gene Gerrienne
Tags: Men, Mental Health, Life, Life Lessons

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With the year coming to an end, I reflect on the months that have passed. This year, I spiced things up and looked back on my entire life and what is has taught me:

There is no failure; only feedback Don’t be a c#nt Life is chaos Accept what you cannot control Change what you can change Creamy Double Espresso Work hard. Rest harder Success is hard work, you have to earn it. Forgive your parents, they didn’t know any better “What are you afraid of?” Embrace life with“F#ck it” Live in the NOW! Whatever you do, do it 100% Smile. Every. Day. We all have traumas — yours isn’t special Remember where you come from Cold showers are a blessing. Heal yourself first. Go for long walks Eat whole-foods and stay fit Call your parents Say no to the right people Have a big, fat goal Share your love Check in on your mates Love the journey, not the goal Journal, every day Life is better with a tribe Connect to nature, every day. Work hard. Rest harder Sales is Life Sun is Life LIFE. IS. GREAT.

You will be on this planet for a limited amount of time and in the grand scheme of things, you won’t matter. No one will. The universe is unforgiving.

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REFUSE: The First Step to Zero Waste
By: The Good Men Project
Tags: Minimalism, Environment, Zero Waste, Waste, Men

REFUSE: The First Step to Zero Waste

Photo credit: iStockPhoto

By Jonathan Levy

I say no way more than I say yes. It is something I have always had a sense for and was reinforced by zero waste pioneer Bea Johnson in her book Zero Waste Home. The first step to reducing waste in your life is to prevent the waste from entering your life. Seems easy, right? In theory, sure, but in reality, taking freebies is tempting.

Free isn’t really free.

People love free stuff. They LOVE it. It is so easy to take something that costs you nothing. Clearly marketers have figured out how to trigger that chemical reaction to getting excited about cost-free stuff.

It is common for my running clubs to offer shoe demos. At a recent meetup I tried Altra Instinct 3.5 neutral running shoes. I am usually leery of demoing shoes because I can’t stand the discomfort of a 6+ mile run with shoes that don’t fit properly. Anyway, as a thank you for trying out these shoes the vendor offered, as a promotion (that should have been the first “no” indicator) to swap out the pair of socks I was wearing for a pretty expensive pair of running socks, brand new.

When I finished running, I thanked the vendor for letting me try out the shoes and handed them back to him. He asked if I wanted to participate in the sock swap. I told him I was, but did not want to toss the perfectly good pair of socks I was already wearing. I asked if I could take the new pair of socks (since I burn through socks pretty quickly, it’s not like these would be wasted), but he said no. In fact, he had to physically present one stinky, sweaty, just worn pair of socks for each pair he handed out.

I took a few moments to explain to him why I was unwilling to part ways with my current socks, even at the opportunity cost of receiving a newer and better quality pair. I asked that he explain to the people at Altra why I refused to participate, but who knows if he actually will.
Leader vs. Non-Leader — The Difference
By: Tarek Hassan
Tags: Leader, Women, Leadership, Empowerment, Men

Over the years, specifically the last 20, I have seen a big distinction between Leaders and Non-Leaders. It’s important to point out.

How to Lead

Humans have growth potential. If we are learning/growing, it helps to have leaders who empower others (the young, the new, the learning) after them with their experiences.

While everyone looks in and betters themselves, I believe leaders in outside society are important too. We have all seen or maybe worked with or for a leader and have also maybe worked with with or for a non-leader.

There is a difference. If the goal is to grow positively and to be surrounded by like minds, I believe showing the distinction will help everyone grow in a more healthy, positive, empowering, and mutually beneficial way. I hope this is helpful.

What’s the difference?

Leader grows your mind - Non-Leader looks to control the mind.

Leader has value to offer others - Non-Leader hasn’t yet found a value to offer others.

Leader is courageous (through fear)- Non-Leader is scared.

Leader empowers you- Non-Leader holds you down.

Leader creates a positive vision for all- Non-Leader creates a “them vs us”.

Leader is helpful- Non-Leader is toxic.

Leader gives- Non-Leader takes.

Leader teaches- Non-Leader bullies.

Leader is open and inviting Non-Leader is closed.

Leader appreciates others- Non-Leader is threatened by others.

Leader lifts up others- Non-Leader squashes others.

Leader grows- Non-Leader is set.

Leader moves everyone else forward- Non-Leader holds everyone else back.

Note: I believe a Non-Leader can unlearn & learn & be a Leader.

Examples of Leaders:

The teacher who empowers her students.

The helper who helps others out of tough situations.

The entrepreneur who creates vision, positivity, communication, and an inclusive team.

The creator who changes things for the better for others.

The boss who appreciates you as you do them.

The friend in your life lifting you up.

That leader in society bringing all humans from all backgrounds together, towards positive growth.

You.

While we lead ourselves or aim to become leaders, I say we balance it & also surround ourselves w/ leaders on the outside as we move towards better- what do you say? To growth, happiness, self-love, fulfillment, congruence w/ selves, & positive service & contribution to others.

If you have any questions please email me anytime at jumpstartjourney@gmail.com. Thank you!

Tarek Hassan

Twitter: @positivetarek

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Best 5 Habits That Will Make You More Attractive.
Tags: Best Fashion, Habits For Success, Top Tips, Menswear, Men

Best 5 Habits That Will Make You More Attractive.

Sure, not everyone is blessed with flawless cheekbones, a superhero body, or a million-dollar smile, but attractiveness is much more than just physical appearance. If you look at some of the most attractive men on the planet there’s a whole lot more that goes into what makes them attractive, and many of these things are habits and behaviors that you too can adopt to make yourself more attractive. It’s more simple than you think and I’m going to break it all down for you.

1. Daily Grooming

Maybe it seems obvious, but a clean, well- groomed man is always going to appear attractive and it also shows you care about yourself. It doesn’t have to mean a complicated routine and fancy products either, just put some effort into how you look, smell, and groom and you’re in great shape.

2. Regular Workout

Studies have showed that regular workouts boosts confidence and helps in relieving stress. The main factor of doing exercise daily make your body shape nice and fit that will help you look in most of the clothes. Exercise can be a real energy booster for healthy people, as well as those suffering from various medical conditions.

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5 Books That Every Man Should Read
By: Azka Ahmad Haikal
Tags: Masculinity, Men, Book Recommendations

How many syllables would it take to convince you that we live in a simulation?
How to Ask A Girl Out Over Text Examples
Tags: Relationships, Relacionamentos, Dating, Boys, Men

Knowing how to ask a girl out over text without examples can be a bit more complicated when you literally have zero idea of what to send. But don’t despair, I got you.

First you need to do your homework and your timing should be perfect. Not every text that comes to your mind is the right one to send. You have to build some sort of rapport before you scare her..

If you feel there’s a connection and seem to have hit it off via text and now you want to finally meet in person, try this;

“Hey! Wanna go to the Farmer’s Market on Saturday?” or

“You seem great, I’d love to meet up sometime”

You see, you don’t want to put pressure on her because that will scare her off.

Cute messages to ask a girl out

Ask her about something she enjoys. For instance, mentioning her pets works like a charm. … Mirror her texting style. For instance, if she uses acronyms like “lol” and “wyd”, do the same. … Make her smile. …this one is a gold mine Avoid ending your sentences with a period.

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You need to have a plan as follows;

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Here’s the deal…

If you can’t get a girl out face to face with you… you are NEVER going to be able to make a move on her, kiss her, or take her home with you.

Plain and simple.

I remember I would get into a promising “ text conversation “ with a girl I liked. She was responding to my texts… “lol-ing” at my jokes… Yet I just couldn’t find a way to convert it into a date.

I couldn’t get her to meet me and it was so frustrating…

I lost A TON of girls because of that, and I bet it’s cost you at least one woman before.

So let’s make sure it doesn’t happen again with How to Ask A Girl Out Over Text Examples

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How I Got Guys to Apologize for Their Unsolicited Dick Pics
By: Mia Fornes
Tags: Women, Relationships, Tinder, Dating, Men

How I Got Guys to Apologize for Their Unsolicited Dick Pics

Photo by Priscilla Du Preez on Unsplash

Iwas at the beach, drifting in a wide pink hammock when I received a text message. It was from him. A picture. His dick. His name is N. He’s older than me by a couple of years. I met him almost a year ago, and since then, we’ve been fuckbodies — Uh, I hate that word.

Twice a month, we meet at his place for you-know-what. We have some small talk, previous to fucking because otherwise, it would be like admitting we are a couple of horny mammals that want to throw on top of each other. And of obviously, we are not like that.

N. has a weird and crooked logic that justifies him being unkind to me. He believes being uncaring will prevent me from getting a crush on him. And although it has worked, it has also hurt me.

Days before the dick pic, he texted saying I was such a nice girl and such blablabla, which sent me throwing up to the sea because, although it was what I had been longing to hear, or in this case, read, I still felt there was something not quite honest deep down.

I replied naively: “You are so nice as well” and more blablabla. I felt appreciated, at least from afar. But then, silence. Two blue checks next to my words.

And then the picture.
“Men and Women are the Same” Declares a Shape-Shifting Pelosi
By: Planet X Media
Tags: Women, News, Shapeshift, Nancy Pelosi, Men

SOME IMPORTANT-LOOKING GOVERNMENT-Y BUILDING — Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi delivered a speech in which she declared that “men and women are biologically the same.” She went into further detail about the two genders being absolutely and completely the exact same thing.

However, some who witnessed the event claimed that she was shape-shifting during her speech. “Yeah, she was like, changing from a man to a woman, a man to a woman, over and over really fast,” said one of the confirmed witnesses. “And some of the people in the crowd, who were nodding their heads, they were shape-shifting too.”

This new problem has been given a name, “Gender Dysphoria.” Wait, isn’t that already a thing? Nah, probably not.

Anyway, other symptoms of Gender Dysphoria include: a gradual loss of logical ability in the cortex of the brain, enjoying watching women get beat to death on public television, and being unable to read bathroom signs. Some cures to the deadly disease include: reading the Bible, reading a book, reading a reputable scientific article, and reading the Bible. Oh, also reading a book, don’t forget that one.

If you or a loved one have ever been stricken with this terrible illness, remember to call whatever hotline you would call when you suffer a severe accident that results in your death.

But at least all of humanity’s gender issues should be cleared up in then next few months as global society collapses into a Schrodinger’s cat of gender. But wait, I think they said that 5 years ago.