[Applause] Growing up in El Paso, Texas in the 90s, I was young, gay, and naive. Coming out was difficult because of the times, and I did not know any open gays until I went away to college. It was there at uh Baton Rouge, Louisiana when I first came out.Even though a homophobia was not uncommon in the South, going to school at Southern University was great, minus a few jerks in class who made higher learning a bit like high school. Well, anyway, I had two friends, Farad and Daniel, and they were the gay do ...

[Applause] So, imagine this. It's 2 a. m.and you've been let looking at those math equations that started to seem gibberish because you've looking through them the entire night trying to cram a bit more knowledge for the upcoming test. Your brains feel foggy, your eyes feel sluggish, and you fight against the ultimate monster of sleepiness. It's usual in basis, right.Well, what if I tell you that it's not because you're studying too hard, but it's about fighting an invisible force, the rhythm of your body a ...

[Applause] And good evening. Um, my name is And so I think many of you have heard of or learned about Asian elephants since you were still children probably through documentaries, trips to the zoos or uh through cartoons. So today I would like to take you beyond those early impressions and talk about elephants and their families.So Asian elephants are highly social animals. The family is their basic social unit. It is led by a matriarch and her offspring including all the females and the young males.In the ...

[Applause] The defining aspect of a human civilization isn't cognition, neither is it stratification or specialization. It's language. One languages so critical to our being humans and even more so why should we learn them as how do we go about accomplishment.During this presentation, I'm going to briefly go over the history of language, emphasize the benefits of language learning, and explain in detail different say language is ancient. The existence of a unified pronouncable and written language spans mil ...

Good evening. My name is Kimmy and today I stand before you to mourn about a funeral that is not like any other. It is a funeral without caskets or flowers, but it is one that is happening right now as I speak.The coral reef, the earth's most vibrant and biodiverse ecosystems are vanishing before our eyes. Now, first let me take you onto a journey. Picture in your mind that this is you floating in this crystal clear water.Around you lies a living rainbow that stretches as far as your eyes can see. Teaming w ...

What if I told you that the leftovers on four planes are leading the push towards climate change. While we often don't think about hold waste on a daily basis, it's more connected to our lives than we realize. According to the United Nations School of Courts, approximately onethird of food produced is wasted while 828 million people go to bed hungry every night.Yet at the same time, the fossil fuel industry produces 36.8% million metric tons of carbon dioxide annually. These three crises, food waste, food i ...

Imagine a droplet falling into a still pond. That droplet creates rippers which spread across the pond with expanding influence. We often wait for the perfect conditions to take our big step.A major breakthrough our great praise. But change doesn't come with a more. He comes with a whisper.Revolution doesn't come in one night. It comes with a single style, a single decision, one single step. You see, a lot of us have a lot of us encounter many difficult challenges in our lives.Raise your hand if you've ever ...

In September of 2012, my life changed as I wore what seemed to be a massive spaceship to four-year-old me. I wasn't sure what was happening at the time, but I knew one thing. My role would change complete meat.I would no longer have breakfast at my grandma's every weekend or play with my cousins after church on Sunday. I was saying goodbye to the familiar signs, sights, sounds, and faces of home. At the time, I didn't realize that for the next 13 years, I would be faced with many challenges.moments of confu ...

A vertable. And how many of you avo that changed the force of their lives. One b just one bull completely changed the way I see the universe and my pencil.Now to give a little context, every summer me and my family been going visit our relative. We stay there for about few weeks and then come home. For one summer, my freshman summer, me and my dad came over so I could try out in the school sine.So just me and my dad for a m so he left our world who came home late and on top of that my vast friend was a hung ...

Let me take you back to a moment in time that changed basically how I watch technology basically forever. Last year we were planning a family holiday and we went to Sri Lanka with with my family, three kids and normally planning such a family trip would mean for us really a lot of hassle. I would I would create a folder, put all the information in there, some spreadsheets, and I would always end up searching for yeah, basically all the information, but couldn't find anything.So, this time I thought, I'm goi ...