"Whole 9""

#TMB #Flame #Mike #ClearSightMusic

#Eternal #Life is What I leave For

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Sustainable Approaches to Solve Social Problems

#TMB #AmaLartey #Ghana #tedtalk #TEDxAccra #ReachForChange #Ethopia
The new wave of #business, #reinventing business in a way drives #socialvalue but also create a #financial retain.

Introduction
Problems are complex they arrive out of long history.
Problem sometimes feels like a fixed wall.
There are people who insist that problem needs to be solved and solved now.
Their approach is a way that sustainable merges business principles with social passion. They are called Social entrepreneurs.

Highlight of Some social Entrepreneur

Tesfadesh
She leaves in Adis ababa, she is bothered with young mothers on the street.
Her idea is a sustainable business to

1. Create a local food product factory using an ingredient that will make the price of injera(a food), the food cheaper than market price.
2. Vocational skills training

She trained the street mother how make the food in a better quality and pay them to be able to:

1. Take care o themselves
2. Have their children to school
3. Rent an apartment
4. Transform their lives

Hearnest
His sister died because of no blood donor.
His idea is to use his application for blood donors to register and capture the blood donors information like blood type.

Information Captured is to:

1. Engage them on health issues
2. To send targeted message to them when someone of their blood type needs blood.

His hope is to transform health care and blood delivery System.

Naomi
She spent many years in the hospital and her idea is to create schools in the hospital for children like her.

James
He was trafficked as a child and his idea is to rescue children from trafficking and integrate them into the society.

Why are Social Entrepreneur Successful

1. They have a deep knowledge about the problem
2. Their solutions were from the deep knowledge of those problems.

Lessons

1. Local Entrepreneur are needed
2. Funding is important
3. Build a team that's is as passionate as you are.
4. Have sustainable revenue stream not dependent on donors.

Don't join the critics be part of the solution no just for financial retain but to solve social problems.

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"THE CORN WITHOUT A POP"

#TMB @IsraelKuti #israelkuti
#Live your #life with utmost #consciousness
#Help the needy with utmost #urgency

All of its growing times spent among thorns

In its early stage fought with all odds

From the little income each seasons brings, he doth feed

One single personality became a family

On their main carrier they all cling

Till maturity, firmly with the cob they stood

At maturity separated drastically from family

Coming in contact with other personalities, in name of packaging

In all this, it withstood its stand

All other members exercises their pride

Not that they didn't deserve it, but they over did

But irrespective of this, a corn still stood without a pop

A personality lived without a pride

Though all he did was suffer to become somebody

At his achievement, he still disown his pride

He is the corn without a pop

To the upcoming youth is such tidings

Live your life with utmost consciousness

Help the needy with utmost urgency

The more corn you are without a pop

The more quality you add to your cost

cos once a corn is popped, it can never serve any other useful means

So also humans, once pride sets in, you become useless. 

#get_rid_of_pride.

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"Bibles In The Air"

#TMB #BlackKnight ft. #Jesus #Geek #music #Rapzilla
I represent the #son
#Speak the #word guarantee to #conquer

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Image is powerful

#TMB #CameronRussell at #TEDxMidAtlantic #2012
Looks aren't everything. #Believe me, I'm a #model
Acknowledge  the #power of #image in our perceived #successes and our perceived #failures.

0:11
Hi. My name is Cameron Russell, and for the last little while, I've been a model. Actually, for 10 years. And I feel like there's an uncomfortable tension in the room right now because I should not have worn this dress.

0:31
(Laughter)

0:32
So luckily, I brought an outfit change. This is the first outfit change on the TED stage, so you guys are pretty lucky to witness it, I think. If some of the women were really horrified when I came out, you don't have to tell me now, but I'll find out later on Twitter.

0:48
(Laughter)

0:53
I'd also note that I'm quite privileged to be able to transform what you think of me in a very brief 10 seconds. Not everybody gets to do that. These heels are very uncomfortable, so good thing I wasn't going to wear them. The worst part is putting this sweater over my head, because that's when you'll all laugh at me, so don't do anything while it's over my head. All right.

1:21
So, why did I do that? That was awkward.

1:25
(Laughter)

1:27
Well --

1:29
(Laughter)

1:31
Hopefully not as awkward as that picture. Image is powerful, but also, image is superficial. I just totally transformed what you thought of me, in six seconds. And in this picture, I had actually never had a boyfriend in real life. I was totally uncomfortable, and the photographer was telling me to arch my back and put my hand in that guy's hair. And of course, barring surgery, or the fake tan that I got two days ago for work, there's very little that we can do to transform how we look, and how we look, though it is superficial and immutable, has a huge impact on our lives.

2:19
So today, for me, being fearless means being honest. And I am on this stage because I am a model. I am on this stage because I am a pretty, white woman, and in my industry, we call that a sexy girl. I'm going to answer the questions that people always ask me, but with an honest twist.

2:37
So the first question is, how do you become a model? I always just say, "Oh, I was scouted," but that means nothing. The real way that I became a model is I won a genetic lottery, and I am the recipient of a legacy, and maybe you're wondering what is a legacy. Well, for the past few centuries we have defined beauty not just as health and youth and symmetry that we're biologically programmed to admire, but also as tall, slender figures, and femininity and white skin. And this is a legacy that was built for me, and it's a legacy that I've been cashing out on. And I know there are people in the audience who are skeptical at this point, and maybe there are some fashionistas who are like, "Wait. Naomi. Tyra. Joan Smalls. Liu Wen." And first, I commend you on your model knowledge. Very impressive.

3:27
(Laughter)

3:29
But unfortunately, I have to inform you that in 2007, a very inspired NYU Ph.D. student counted all the models on the runway, every single one that was hired, and of the 677 models that were hired, only 27, or less than four percent, were non-white.

3:46
The next question people always ask is, "Can I be a model when I grow up?" And the first answer is, "I don't know, they don't put me in charge of that." But the second answer, and what I really want to say to these little girls is, "Why? You know? You can be anything. You could be the President of the United States, or the inventor of the next Internet, or a ninja cardiothoracic surgeon poet, which would be awesome, because you'd be the first one."

4:08
(Laughter)

4:11
If, after this amazing list, they still are like, "No, no, Cameron, I want to be a model," well, then I say, "Be my boss." Because I'm not in charge of anything, and you could be the editor in chief of American Vogue or the CEO of H&M, or the next Steven Meisel. Saying that you want to be a model when you grow up is akin to saying that you want to win the Powerball when you grow up. It's out of your control, and it's awesome, and it's not a career path.

4:35
I will demonstrate for you now 10 years of accumulated model knowledge, because unlike cardiothoracic surgeons, it can just be distilled right now. So, if the photographer is right there, the light is right there, like a nice HMI, and the client says, "We want a walking shot," this leg goes first, nice and long, this arm goes back, this arm goes forward, the head is at three quarters, and you just go back and forth, just do that, and then you look back at your imaginary friends, 300, 400, 500 times.

5:02
(Laughter)

5:04
It will look something like this.

5:06
(Laughter)

5:08
Hopefully less awkward than that one in the middle. That was -- I don't know what happened there.

5:13
Unfortunately, after you've gone to school, and you have a résumé and you've done a few jobs, you can't say anything anymore, so if you say you want to be the President of the United States, but your résumé reads, "Underwear Model: 10 years," people give you a funny look.

5:26
The next question is, "Do they retouch all the photos?" And yeah, they pretty much retouch all the photos, but that is only a small component of what's happening. This picture is the very first picture that I ever took, and it's also the very first time that I had worn a bikini, and I didn't even have my period yet. I know we're getting personal, but I was a young girl. This is what I looked like with my grandma just a few months earlier. Here's me on the same day as this shoot. My friend got to come. Here's me at a slumber party a few days before I shot French Vogue. Here's me on the soccer team and in V Magazine. And here's me today. And I hope what you're seeing is that these pictures are not pictures of me. They are constructions, and they are constructions by a group of professionals, by hairstylists and makeup artists and photographers and stylists and all of their assistants and pre-production and post-production, and they build this. That's not me.

6:20
Okay, so the next question people always ask me is, "Do you get free stuff?"

6:24
(Laughter)

6:25
I do have too many 8-inch heels which I never get to wear, except for earlier, but the free stuff that I get is the free stuff that I get in real life, and that's what we don't like to talk about.

6:35
I grew up in Cambridge, and one time I went into a store and I forgot my money and they gave me the dress for free. When I was a teenager, I was driving with my friend who was an awful driver and she ran a red and of course, we got pulled over, and all it took was a "Sorry, officer," and we were on our way. And I got these free things because of how I look, not who I am, and there are people paying a cost for how they look and not who they are.

7:01
I live in New York, and last year, of the 140,000 teenagers that were stopped and frisked, 86% of them were black and Latino, and most of them were young men. And there are only 177,000 young black and Latino men in New York, so for them, it's not a question of, "Will I get stopped?" but "How many times will I get stopped? When will I get stopped?" When I was researching this talk, I found out that of the 13-year-old girls in the United States, 53% don't like their bodies, and that number goes to 78% by the time that they're 17.

7:32
So, the last question people ask me is, "What is it like to be a model?" And I think the answer that they're looking for is, "If you are a little bit skinnier and you have shinier hair, you will be so happy and fabulous." And when we're backstage, we give an answer that maybe makes it seem like that. We say, "It's really amazing to travel, and it's amazing to get to work with creative, inspired, passionate people." And those things are true, but they're only one half of the story, because the thing that we never say on camera, that I have never said on camera, is, "I am insecure." And I'm insecure because I have to think about what I look like every day. And if you ever are wondering, "If I have thinner thighs and shinier hair, will I be happier?" you just need to meet a group of models, because they have the thinnest thighs, the shiniest hair and the coolest clothes, and they're the most physically insecure women probably on the planet.

8:27
When I was writing this talk, I found it very difficult to strike an honest balance, because on the one hand, I felt very uncomfortable to come out here and say, "Look I've received all these benefits from a deck stacked in my favor," and it also felt really uncomfortable to follow that up with, "and it doesn't always make me happy." But mostly it was difficult to unpack a legacy of gender and racial oppression when I am one of the biggest beneficiaries.

8:54
But I'm also happy and honored to be up here and I think that it's great that I got to come before 10 or 20 or 30 years had passed and I'd had more agency in my career, because maybe then I wouldn't tell the story of how I got my first job, or maybe I wouldn't tell the story of how I paid for college, which seems so important right now.

9:13
If there's a takeaway to this talk, I hope it's that we all feel more comfortable acknowledging the power of image in our perceived successes and our perceived failures.

9:24
Thank you.

9:25
(Applause)

Credit:
transcribed by Joseph Geni@ted.com
TedxTalks@youtube.com

"Rich Forever"

#TMB #ReachRecords #KB
What is this #love and #mercy, #grace, #forgiveness?
We'll be in #eternity still countin' our #riches

[Intro]
Silver and gold, silver and gold

[Verse 1]
Last year man I made more money than I ever made in my life
Granted, it wasn't really that much cause we never had much
Just enough was enough for the gas
Jump in the truck, take a ride
And I went a bought a crib for my bride
It was a crib without a baby in it
Me and KB-J in the backyard when I get back
Then we back to the back car, when I’m back to the start
Hold up, I remember
That empty fridge apartment with no power in it
Still to God we will turn, power steering
Your money’s too cheap to fund my joy
We had that work you can’t employ
I roll in

[Pre-Hook]
We had that work you can’t employ
We roll in
We had that work
Boy we got treasure, we’ll be rich forever
Look they can have it all
Let that money fall
But when it’s all said and done
We’ll still be countin'
We’ll still be countin'
We rollin' in it

[Hook]
Roll in, roll in
All my dawgs they go in
We rollin', we rollin'
All my dawgs they go in
We rollin', we rollin'
All my dawgs they go in
We rollin' in it
But still we can't
We rollin' in it

[Verse 2: KB]
I know a girl down on Wall Street, climbin' to the top
She said Christ came and broke her
You know he a beast with the stocks
When you still makin' knots and you’re not gonna flaunt
How they not gonna not?
But she don’t care about what they’re about, she coulda got a yacht
But she stay givin' her money to the mission on the block
Now that’s amazing
Gave His life so we gave up ours, daylight savings (silver and gold)
It’s good so we tried to make it
But since our treasure’s in heaven we cheerfully gave it
No envy, that’s Vegas
Content G, with our savings
We got everything in our Savior
And that New Earth is waiting
We just chillin' raisin' our babies
Tryna win the city, Chicago
Better get what I'm on
You are not what you bring home
Be rich in good works cause that’s what you bring home
In the face of heaven’s gates
Mr. Gate's estates debase and break the paper plates
I'm down, tell ya 'bout this
'Til we got a bigger house but the same sized coffin
People at the top feelin' like they at the bottom
And that’s probably why the rich are more likely suicidal
Silver and gold’s too low for the soul
They want a Jesus piece when he died for the whole
What is this love and mercy, grace, forgiveness?
We'll be in eternity still countin' our riches

[Pre-Hook]
We had that work you can’t employ
We roll in
We had that work
Boy we got treasure, we’ll be rich forever
Look they can have it all
Let that money fall
But when it’s all said and done
We’ll still be countin'
We’ll still be countin'
We rollin' in it

[Hook]
Roll in, roll in
All my dawgs they go in
We rollin', we rollin'
All my dawgs they go in
We rollin', we rollin'
All my dawgs they go in
We rollin' in it
But still we can't
We rollin' in it

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"Never Once"

#TMB #MattRedman #faithful #Grace
#Never once did we ever #walkAlone
#Neveronce did You #leave us on our own

Verse 1

G
Standing on this mountaintop
D
Looking just how far we've come
Em
Knowing that for every step
C
You were with us

Verse 2
G
Kneeling on this battle ground
D
Seeing just how much You've done
Em
Knowing every victory
Is
C
Your power in us

Pre-Chorus
C
Scars and struggles on the way
D
But with joy our hearts can say
Yes, our
G
hearts can
C
say

Chorus 1

G
Never once did we ever walk alone
Em
Never once did You leave us on our own
C
You are
G
faithful,
Em
God, You are
D
faithful

Repeat Verse 2

Repeat Pre-Chorus

Repeat Chorus 1

Bridge
C
Scars and struggles on the way
D
But with joy our hearts can say
Em
Never once did D we ever walk alone
C
Carried by Your constant grace
D
Held within Your perfect peace
Em
Never once, no, we never
D/F#
walk alone

Ending Chorus
Never once did we ever walk alone
Never once did You leave us on our own
You are faithful, God, You are faithful
G
Every step we are breathing in Your grace
Em
Evermore we'll be breathing out Your praise
C
You are
G
faithful,
Em
God, You are
D
faithful
C
You are
G
faithful, God,
Em
You are
D
faithful

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MattRedmanVEVO@youtube.com
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