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Christianity EtcRe: German Tourist Gave Birth To Puppies In South Africa by brainhgeek(m): 2:38pm On Jul 02, 2017
this is either a hoax or science lied to us. human gametes and dogs' gametes are different both in structure and function. therefore, they can't produce a viable offspring. it is like trying to mix mercury with water or palm oil and water you can never have a blend. i dump this story like hot potato except you are trying to tell me that she has been bewitched by South African witches. grin
EducationRe: 2 FUTA Students Drown While Taking Selfie On Canoe (Graphic Photos) by brainhgeek(m): 2:02pm On Jul 02, 2017
From the very first sentence to the last, grammatical errors flourished in the composition. The S.U.G should get a versed P.R.O. This is a big shame on them.
My condolence to the dead though. May they find peace at last.
CrimeRe: Lagos Police Arrests Sir K Oluwo, Notorious Land Grabber (Photo) by brainhgeek(m): 4:34pm On Jun 16, 2017
spell his surname "lamina" backwards, it spells "animal". by their seeds........
PoliticsRe: I Still Want To Rule Nigeria – Donald Duke by brainhgeek(m): 7:59pm On May 30, 2017
DONSMITH123:
http://punchng.com/i-still-want-to-rule-nigeria-donald-duke/
I have never voted in this country but if DD is running I will give him my vote + that of my unborn children.
CareerRe: Mark Zuckerberg's Commencement Address At Harvard - INSPIRATIONAL by brainhgeek(op): 3:12pm On May 27, 2017
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You’re graduating at a time when this is especially important. When our parents graduated, purpose reliably came from your job, your church, your community. But today, technology and automation are eliminating many jobs. Membership in communities is declining. Many people feel disconnected and depressed, and are trying to fill a void.

As I’ve traveled around, I’ve sat with children in juvenile detention and opioid addicts, who told me their lives could have turned out differently if they just had something to do, an after school program or somewhere to go. I’ve met factory workers who know their old jobs aren’t coming back and are trying to find their place.

To keep our society moving forward, we have a generational challenge — to not only create new jobs, but create a renewed sense of purpose.

I remember the night I launched Facebook from my little dorm in Kirkland House. I went to Noch’s with my friend KX. I remember telling him I was excited to connect the Harvard community, but one day someone would connect the whole world.

The thing is, it never even occurred to me that someone might be us. We were just college kids. We didn’t know anything about that. There were all these big technology companies with resources. I just assumed one of them would do it. But this idea was so clear to us — that all people want to connect. So we just kept moving forward, day by day.

I know a lot of you will have your own stories just like this. A change in the world that seems so clear you’re sure someone else will do it. But they won’t. You will.

But it’s not enough to have purpose yourself. You have to create a sense of purpose for others.

I found that out the hard way. You see, my hope was never to build a company, but to make an impact. And as all these people started joining us, I just assumed that’s what they cared about too, so I never explained what I hoped we’d build.

A couple years in, some big companies wanted to buy us. I didn’t want to sell. I wanted to see if we could connect more people. We were building the first News Feed, and I thought if we could just launch this, it could change how we learn about the world.

Nearly everyone else wanted to sell. Without a sense of higher purpose, this was the startup dream come true. It tore our company apart. After one tense argument, an advisor told me if I didn’t agree to sell, I would regret the decision for the rest of my life. Relationships were so frayed that within a year or so every single person on the management team was gone.

That was my hardest time leading Facebook. I believed in what we were doing, but I felt alone. And worse, it was my fault. I wondered if I was just wrong, an imposter, a 22 year-old kid who had no idea how the world worked.

Now, years later, I understand that *is* how things work with no sense of higher purpose. It’s up to us to create it so we can all keep moving forward together.

Today I want to talk about three ways to create a world where everyone has a sense of purpose: by taking on big meaningful projects together, by redefining equality so everyone has the freedom to pursue purpose, and by building community across the world.

First, let’s take on big meaningful projects.

Our generation will have to deal with tens of millions of jobs replaced by automation like self-driving cars and trucks. But we have the potential to do so much more together.

Every generation has its defining works. More than 300,000 people worked to put a man on the moon – including that janitor. Millions of volunteers immunized children around the world against polio. Millions of more people built the Hoover dam and other great projects.

These projects didn’t just provide purpose for the people doing those jobs, they gave our whole country a sense of pride that we could do great things.

Now it’s our turn to do great things. I know, you’re probably thinking: I don’t know how to build a dam, or get a million people involved in anything.

But let me tell you a secret: no one does when they begin. Ideas don’t come out fully formed. They only become clear as you work on them. You just have to get started.

If I had to understand everything about connecting people before I began, I never would have started Facebook.

Movies and pop culture get this all wrong. The idea of a single eureka moment is a dangerous lie. It makes us feel inadequate since we haven’t had ours. It prevents people with seeds of good ideas from getting started. Oh, you know what else movies get wrong about innovation? No one writes math formulas on glass. That’s not a thing.

It’s good to be idealistic. But be prepared to be misunderstood. Anyone working on a big vision will get called crazy, even if you end up right. Anyone working on a complex problem will get blamed for not fully understanding the challenge, even though it’s impossible to know everything upfront. Anyone taking initiative will get criticized for moving too fast, because there’s always someone who wants to slow you down.

In our society, we often don’t do big things because we’re so afraid of making mistakes that we ignore all the things wrong today if we do nothing. The reality is, anything we do will have issues in the future. But that can’t keep us from starting.

So what are we waiting for? It’s time for our generation-defining public works. How about stopping climate change before we destroy the planet and getting millions of people involved manufacturing and installing solar panels? How about curing all diseases and asking volunteers to track their health data and share their genomes? Today we spend 50x more treating people who are sick than we spend finding cures so people don’t get sick in the first place. That makes no sense. We can fix this. How about modernizing democracy so everyone can vote online, and personalizing education so everyone can learn?

These achievements are within our reach. Let’s do them all in a way that gives everyone in our society a role. Let’s do big things, not only to create progress, but to create purpose.

So taking on big meaningful projects is the first thing we can do to create a world where everyone has a sense of purpose.

The second is redefining equality to give everyone the freedom they need to pursue purpose.

Many of our parents had stable jobs throughout their careers. Now we’re all entrepreneurial, whether we’re starting projects or finding or role. And that’s great. Our culture of entrepreneurship is how we create so much progress.

Now, an entrepreneurial culture thrives when it’s easy to try lots of new ideas. Facebook wasn’t the first thing I built. I also built games, chat systems, study tools and music players. I’m not alone. JK Rowling got rejected 12 times before publishing Harry Potter. Even Beyonce had to make hundreds of songs to get Halo. The greatest successes come from having the freedom to fail.

But today, we have a level of wealth inequality that hurts everyone. When you don’t have the freedom to take your idea and turn it into a historic enterprise, we all lose. Right now our society is way over-indexed on rewarding success and we don’t do nearly enough to make it easy for everyone to take lots of shots.

Let’s face it. There is something wrong with our system when I can leave here and make billions of dollars in 10 years while millions of students can’t afford to pay off their loans, let alone start a business.

Look, I know a lot of entrepreneurs, and I don’t know a single person who gave up on starting a business because they might not make enough money. But I know lots of people who haven’t pursued dreams because they didn’t have a cushion to fall back on if they failed.

We all know we don’t succeed just by having a good idea or working hard. We succeed by being lucky too. If I had to support my family growing up instead of having time to code, if I didn’t know I’d be fine if Facebook didn’t work out, I wouldn’t be standing here today. If we’re honest, we all know how much luck we’ve had.

Every generation expands its definition of equality. Previous generations fought for the vote and civil rights. They had the New Deal and Great Society. Now it’s our time to define a new social contract for our generation.

We should have a society that measures progress not just by economic metrics like GDP, but by how many of us have a role we find meaningful. We should explore ideas like universal basic income to give everyone a cushion to try new things. We’re going to change jobs many times, so we need affordable childcare to get to work and healthcare that aren’t tied to one company. We’re all going to make mistakes, so we need a society that focuses less on locking us up or stigmatizing us. And as technology keeps changing, we need to focus more on continuous education throughout our lives.

And yes, giving everyone the freedom to pursue purpose isn’t free. People like me should pay for it. Many of you will do well and you should too.

That’s why Priscilla and I started the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and committed our wealth to promoting equal opportunity. These are the values of our generation. It was never a question of if we were going to do this. The only question was when.

Millennials are already one of the most charitable generations in history. In one year, three of four US millennials made a donation and seven out of ten raised money for charity.

But it’s not just about money. You can also give time. I promise you, if you take an hour or two a week — that’s all it takes to give someone a hand, to help them reach their potential.
CareerMark Zuckerberg's Commencement Address At Harvard - INSPIRATIONAL by brainhgeek(op): 3:11pm On May 27, 2017
President Faust, Board of Overseers, faculty, alumni, friends, proud parents, members of the ad board, and graduates of the greatest university in the world,

I’m honored to be with you today because, let’s face it, you accomplished something I never could. If I get through this speech, it’ll be the first time I actually finish something at Harvard. Class of 2017, congratulations!

I’m an unlikely speaker, not just because I dropped out, but because we’re technically in the same generation. We walked this yard less than a decade apart, studied the same ideas and slept through the same Ec10 lectures. We may have taken different paths to get here, especially if you came all the way from the Quad, but today I want to share what I’ve learned about our generation and the world we’re building together.

But first, the last couple of days have brought back a lot of good memories.

How many of you remember exactly what you were doing when you got that email telling you that you got into Harvard? I was playing Civilization and I ran downstairs, got my dad, and for some reason, his reaction was to video me opening the email. That could have been a really sad video. I swear getting into Harvard is still the thing my parents are most proud of me for.

What about your first lecture at Harvard? Mine was Computer Science 121 with the incredible Harry Lewis. I was late so I threw on a t-shirt and didn’t realize until afterwards it was inside out and backwards with my tag sticking out the front. I couldn’t figure out why no one would talk to me — except one guy, KX Jin, he just went with it. We ended up doing our problem sets together, and now he runs a big part of Facebook. And that, Class of 2017, is why you should be nice to people.

But my best memory from Harvard was meeting Priscilla. I had just launched this prank website Facemash, and the ad board wanted to “see me”. Everyone thought I was going to get kicked out. My parents came to help me pack. My friends threw me a going away party. As luck would have it, Priscilla was at that party with her friend. We met in line for the bathroom in the Pfoho Belltower, and in what must be one of the all time romantic lines, I said: “I’m going to get kicked out in three days, so we need to go on a date quickly.”

Actually, any of you graduating can use that line.

I didn’t end up getting kicked out — I did that to myself. Priscilla and I started dating. And, you know, that movie made it seem like Facemash was so important to creating Facebook. It wasn’t. But without Facemash I wouldn’t have met Priscilla, and she’s the most important person in my life, so you could say it was the most important thing I built in my time here.

We’ve all started lifelong friendships here, and some of us even families. That’s why I’m so grateful to this place. Thanks, Harvard.

Today I want to talk about purpose. But I’m not here to give you the standard commencement about finding your purpose. We’re millennials. We’ll try to do that instinctively. Instead, I’m here to tell you finding your purpose isn’t enough. The challenge for our generation is creating a world where everyone has a sense of purpose.

One of my favorite stories is when John F Kennedy visited the NASA space center, he saw a janitor carrying a broom and he walked over and asked what he was doing. The janitor responded: “Mr. President, I’m helping put a man on the moon”.

Purpose is that sense that we are part of something bigger than ourselves, that we are needed, that we have something better ahead to work for. Purpose is what creates true happiness.
PoliticsRe: Buhari Favouring Yorubas, Done Nothing For The North – Junaid Muhammed by brainhgeek(m): 10:26am On May 27, 2017
Who parceled his weed?
PoliticsRe: The Release Of 82 Chibok Girls: Our Position- PDP by brainhgeek(m): 10:36pm On May 07, 2017
chrisxxx:
Press Release

May 07, 2017.

The Release of 82 Chibok Girls: Our Position - PDP.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led by Senator Ahmed Makarfi, CON, has described the recent release of 82 Chibok girls as a welcome development. The Capture and detention of these girls by the Boko Haram terrorists in the last three years had brought extreme pain and suffering not only to their families but to the people of this Country and men and women of goodwill all over the world. What is however of great concern is the price paid to secure the release of the girls. According to reports, the girls were released in exchange for the release of suspected Boko Haram terrorists. If that is the Case, we say it's a heavy price to pay and an unusual one at that.

While we welcome the release of the girls, we do not think that exchanging innocent girls for hardened criminals like the terrorists is the right approach for the following reasons:

1). The suspected terrorists by this release have escaped justice; and all the effort made by security agencies to bring them to book has come to nothing.

2). The release of the terrorists is a setback for the War on insurgency. Their release is tantamount to releasing them to resume their war against society. Many of them could find their ways back to the terrorists camps from where they could unleash terror against the Country. Others who are allowed to roam freely in society could become veritable recruiting agents and purveyors of suicide bombing and urban terrorism.

3). The Boko Haram terrorists are emboldened to continue with their tactics of kidnapping innocent people with the belief that they can always use it to blackmail the Government to release their members and to extract other concessions.

4). The piece meal release of the girls means the terrorists want to extract more concessions from the Government which in the end can only prolong the insurgency.

5). The release of the girls will increase the agony and high expectancy of the remaining girls still in custody of the terrorists and their families who will be wondering why they have not been so lucky. It therefore would have been better to ensure the release of all the girls at once.

6). The negotiations are in clear violation and indeed a direct assault on the generally accepted international principle never to negotiate with terrorists. This international principle is sound and logical because negotiation with the terrorists only fuels their urge to continue with their heinous crimes.

7). However, we recognize the concern of President Buhari to ensure the earliest release of the Chibok girls for domestic and international considerations. Equally, we are very concerned about the safe return of the girls to their families at the earliest possible time. But we disagree that negotiating with the terrorists is the right approach to achieving the objective.

cool. Meanwhile, we rejoice with the girls and their families and hope that their remaining colleagues will join them in freedom in no distant future.

Long live PDP! Long live Nigeria!!

Prince Dayo Adeyeye
National Publicity Secretary, PDP-NCC
Mynd44 lalasticlala
Hmmmmmmm. I am sure these PDP-igs have cerebral palsy. You think its not fair to set those kids free when your government purposely abandoned them for the dead and used Dasukill to share the 'blood'money meant to fight the criminals you arrested? I only have one prayer for you, may your kids be the next to be abducted by ISIS
PoliticsRe: Dino Melaye Was At COZA As Benny Hinn Ministers (Photos) by brainhgeek(m): 2:02pm On Apr 24, 2017
2016 program. Not recent
Christianity EtcRe: Why Do GOtv And DStv Censor The Name Of God? by brainhgeek(m): 7:13am On Apr 24, 2017
They have deleted kingdom Africa from the list too. DSTV is not Christ/God friendly anymore
CelebritiesRe: Teebillz Walks Son, Jamil, To School On His First Day (photo) by brainhgeek(m): 12:15pm On Jan 10, 2017
is he sagging?
CrimeRe: Cultists Kidnap And Gang-Rape 15-Year-Old Girl In Benue (Photo) by brainhgeek(m): 12:11pm On Jan 10, 2017
Islie:
Austin Oko referred the victim to BSUTH upon a medical assessment which revealed sexual assault on the girl, no bleeding seen while traces of hard substance was found in her blood
she was bled before 15 probably. Benue girls and S*X are like yolk and albumen. lips sealed.
Christianity EtcRe: Strange Tree With Arabic Inscription In Ogun, REAL PHOTOS by brainhgeek(m): 10:24pm On Jan 08, 2017
ok, Arabic scholars, i think there are loads of Arabic inscribed here too.

EducationRe: 5 Most Underrated Courses In Nigerian Tertiary Institutions by brainhgeek(m): 7:53am On Dec 28, 2016
truth being said, zoology is a complex branch of biology from which medicine, anatomy, physiology, genetics , parasitology, histology etc are birthed. same goes for botany, pharmacy is a complex fragment of botany. As an undergraduate of zoology (200level then), I remember enlightening a friend studying medicine at UNILAG in anatomy. I did comparative vertebrate anatomy while she did only human anatomy.
Today, I am a UN awardee for speaking up for biodiversity preservation and I have an good job.
The submission is this, whatever you graduated with, you can make relevance out of it. I've seen a medic who dumped his career for music. I've heard of an engineering student who dropped out in his 3rd year to enter into photography. besides, in the Nigeria of today, your course is really irrelevant for some jobs. you still get retrained by your employer. Just graduate with a good grade and/or know few people who can connect you.
ultimately, God should be given the largest share of our lives. write your biography with pencil and give both the eraser and biro to God
CrimeRe: Anger Over Murder Of Temidayo, Bride-to-be by brainhgeek(m): 7:28pm On Dec 24, 2016
duni04:
Wish I could wish her RIP but can't. The report of her death said the house help asked for a raise and the woman refused. Then she sent him on an errand to buy expensive food from Astoria. Imagine!
Know about one "big man" that owns one of these transport bus companies in the east. He has a big home in Lekki and his daughter is a celeb. This man always owes his domestic workers salaries. One of them died recently from hunger. You need to see how this man lavishes money with exotic cars and loud parties.
Why they deliberately choose to be wicked baffles me. When these guys now get angry and take their pound of flesh on these people, everybody will start making noise and call them evil people, not knowing the kind of bullshit and provocation that these "big men" have put them through.
I submit, you have a sick mind. if she was your sister I bet you would be everywhere on social media campaigning for the execution of the murderer. You need to have your brain checked
BusinessRe: Frustration As ATMs Dispense Less Cash In Ekiti (photos) by brainhgeek(m): 7:12pm On Dec 24, 2016
would someone be nice enough to spread the news that ATMs have crashed if they could spread the news that MMM crashed?
InvestmentRe: 10 Questions For MMM Subscribers (Mavrodians) by brainhgeek(m): 4:40pm On Dec 23, 2016
why is nobody probing insurance companies? why is the government and media not fighting forex? why is MMM suddenly a wailers' new anthem? just curious though.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Zorya Vs Manchester United: Europa League (0 - 2) On 8th December 2016 by brainhgeek(m): 10:17pm On Dec 08, 2016
collinometricx:
Man United's problem started d very day they siqned poqba 4 £89... First stoke drew with them 1 - 1(qoal scored at 89th minute by stoke) next arsenal drew with them 1 - 1(qoal scored at the 89th minute by arsenal) and now everton drew with them aqain 1 - 1 (qoal scored at 89th minute by everton)... Poqba is a bad luck to man-divided.. This one wn't be different... Quote mhi after the match
u can eat your words now
Christianity EtcRe: Which Gospel Music Moves You So Much? by brainhgeek(m): 7:12am On Dec 05, 2016
igwe by David Omodunmiju
teach me by David Omodunmiju
the guy is revelation of the century for me. your goose bumps will respond to spiritual stimulus as the songs play 'Teach me' especially.
CelebritiesRe: If Any Of These Top Celebrities Were Drowning, Which One Would You Save? by brainhgeek(m): 12:47pm On Dec 03, 2016
i will save 6 people,: 3,3,3,3,3 and 3 . i will save Asa as many times I have. She is the only celebrity worthy of international award that i know of among the lot.
BusinessRe: I Have 80k, What business Can I Venture In? by brainhgeek(m): 4:13pm On Nov 23, 2016
mail me mycartel.ng@gmail i will give you the formular
PoliticsRe: Only Igbo Will Survive If Nigeria Breaks – Fayose by brainhgeek(m): 6:19am On Nov 21, 2016
reasoning through the ANUS
Science/TechnologyRe: Big Fish Caught In Warri Beach (Photos) by brainhgeek(m): 5:19pm On Oct 25, 2016
[quote author=todaynewsreview post=50494411]This big fish was caught by some fishermen at the Ogidigben sea shore in Warri South West LGA of Delta State.

http://www.todaynewsreview.com/p/1946/another-big-fish-caught-in-an-underutilised-beach-in-warri-p

...[oh God, pls protect our national biodiversity bank. this is a shark and only God knows if its the last of its kind they just murdered. this is not hunger men. this is greed and ignorance having a romantic affair/quote]
Christianity EtcRe: Marriage Conditions For RCCG Members, House Of David by brainhgeek(m): 1:03pm On Oct 19, 2016
bigiyaro:
Hehehehee, let churches continue dis ego massaging bullshyt. With less than 20k a shoe shining aboki can marry his Islamic 4 four wives and spew his almajiris all over d place, whom have the tenacity to survive against all odds, by the end of the next 20 years Christianity will be almost non existence in Nigeria, at least for now the north eastern part is already almost cleared of Christianity. Slowly but surely it will come to pass.
reasoning through the anus
PoliticsRe: Ekiti Court Sentences Herdsman To Two Years Imprisonment For Grazing by brainhgeek(m): 4:03am On Sep 20, 2016
In as much as I am not a Fayose person, I still find this as a sensible move by the gov. I commend him on this act to control grazing which is fast becoming the new code name for boko haram
FoodRe: Mark Nsukabag Bread Flood Onitsha Town- Pics by brainhgeek(m): 2:13am On Sep 06, 2016
u go fear packaging na. even using agbo as souvenir.

FoodRe: Mark Nsukabag Bread Flood Onitsha Town- Pics by brainhgeek(m): 2:09am On Sep 06, 2016
u go fear packaging na......even using agbo as souvenir.

HealthRe: Insect Inside My Ear Please Help by brainhgeek(m): 8:52am On Sep 05, 2016
go see a specialist. u might need otomicroscopy if it goes deeper. stop doing self medication. u might damage your ear. sorry dear
SportsRe: LOL: See How He Asked Her Out With Football Tactics (photos) by brainhgeek(m): 7:26am On Sep 03, 2016
great but pls don't share this when the bells ring.

CrimeRe: Boys Pretending To Be Girls On Facebook Raped 2 Girls, Threaten To Release Video by brainhgeek(m): 7:46am On Sep 01, 2016
how I hate rapists. they should be castrated publicly before sentencing them to prison based on the number of their age

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