This lightweight robotic exoskeleton is getting paralyzed people on their feet once again

"I am not the robot, I wear the robot," Steven Sanchez said of the Phoenix robotic exoskeleton that is helping paralyzed people walk again. The Phoenix, developed by SuitX, is a modular robotic device that enables people with limited mobility walk with the fluidity of natural movement.

Sanchez, now 28-years-old, was paralyzed 11 years ago in a BMX accident. He was casually playing around with fellow high schoolers on his bike when an accident left him immobile from the waist down.

For the last four years he's been working with SuitX on the development, design, and technical execution of the lightweight machinery that's helped him regain mobility. Sanchez, a machinist by trade, is one of the first people in the world to walk with the Phoenix skeleton equipped. 

Cabin smoke forces evacuation from JAL plane in snowstorm

More than 150 passengers used escape slides to evacuate from a Japan Airlines jet after engine trouble apparently caused smoke to flow into the cabin during a snowstorm, the airline said.

Flight 3512, a Boeing 737, was preparing to depart from New Chitose Airport serving near Sapporo to Fukuoka when the incident occurred around 3 p.m. Tuesday, the airline said.

According to a JAL spokesman, the aircraft was heading to the runway when it was ordered back to the terminal due to heavy snow.

Kesha fans want to crowdfund $2 million to pay out the rest of her Sony contract

A New York judge may have denied Kesha’s request to circumvent the terms of her recording contract last week, but the setback has only ignited her fans’ creativity for ways of showing support.

The pop singer and songwriter’s career has been in limbo since she accused longtime collaborator Lukasz Gottwald (aka Dr. Luke) with sexual assault and battery and he fired back with a countersuit. Sony, the label both of them have been working under, has remained silent on the issue, leaving Kesha’s ability to record or release any new music in limbo.

Nigerian navy kills pirate, storms, rescues thrice-hijacked oil tanker

LAGOS – Nigerian sailors rescued a hijacked oil tanker in a dramatic night-time rescue in which they killed one pirate, the Nigerian navy announced as it escorted the ship into Lagos harbor Monday.

The Panama-flagged Maximus, owned by a company in the United Arab Emirates and on lease to a South Korean shipping company, steamed in with four captured hijackers from Nigeria and Ghana and the crew of 18 from India, Pakistan, China, South Korea, Sudan and Ghana, said Rear Adm. Henry Babalola.

He said the navy is still searching for two crew taken hostage by two hijackers who escaped in a pirate vessel. The Indian defense attache, Capt. Gautam Marwaha, said one hostage is Indian and the other is believed to be Pakistani. He said they have received no ransom demand.

15 things you should do right before a big presentation

You have to give a big, important presentation in just 15 minutes. Your heart is racing, your palms are damp — you're starting to panic.

It's completely normal. In fact, most speakers, beginners and veterans alike, readily admit to feeling nervous in the moments leading up to a big speech or presentation.

Darlene Price, president, of Well Said, Inc. and author of "Well Said! Presentations and Conversations That Get Results," says instead of trying to lose the butterflies, you should aim to leverage them.

"The adrenaline surge can fuel your body with the energy and enthusiasm necessary for a great performance," she explains.

Whether you're stepping to the front of the room to speak to just a few people, or making a grand entrance in a ballroom to address thousands, here are 15 ways to effectively use the moments before you present to prepare your body and mind for peak performance

1. Talk positively to yourself.

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Claim your success before you begin, Price says.

"Let's learn from the experts in sports psychology. They've proven that an athlete's positive self-talk prior to and during a performance consistently creates a higher win rate," she explains.

What's more, research suggests that using your first name or the pronoun "you" instead of "I" can make it easier to deal with stressful experiences.

In the minutes leading up to your presentation, say over and over within yourself, "You are a dynamic speaker!" "You are enthusiastic and engaging!" "You are prepared and confident!"

"Write your own set of self-affirmations and confidently declare them," she advises. "Your words will create a self-fulling prophecy."

The Abuja House Exco lead by its Chairman Amana Onoja visited FGC Kwali Abuja

On the 20th day of February, 2016, The Abuja House Exco lead by its Chairman Amana Onoja visited FGC Kwali Abuja. We were honoured to be accompanied by Mr. Bernard Kwembeh Lolu Ojo ,Usman Abdullahi Gegu, Abubakar Audu Logo and Honourable Member of the House of Representatives Muhammad Kabir Ajanah. We were accompanied round the school by a willing principal who was eager that we as old students of this once great school take up our place in its history by contributing our quota to the rebuilding of its structures and more importantly, the character of its students.

While taking a tour around the school, we were saddened by its failing structures and the health conditions under which its students lived. As a matter of urgency, we have identified that one of the most pressing and immediate needs of the students relates to the state of their toilets.

Bombay which used to be way off in the forest has now relocated to the hostel. Dr. Aso Ofoegbu, Vice Chairman Abuja house and a medical practitioner described it as a medical catastrophy waiting to happen. On the spot contributions were made to cater for one or 2 pressing needs however more needs to be done.

Honourable Muhammad Kabir Ajanah, Bernard Kwembeh Lolu OjoUsman Abdullahi Gegu, and Abubakar Audu Logo have made commitments to the cause which we are thankful for, however a lot more needs to be done and fast.

Dad squeezed baby daughter so forcefully he left her with brain injury and 26 broken ribs is found guilty of murder

Guilty: Tomas Driukas squeezed his baby to death

A cruel dad who squeezed his baby girl to death leaving her with a brain injury and 26 fractured ribs has been found guilty of murder .

Tomas Druikas couldn't cope with fatherhood and lashed out at baby Deimante Driukaite in "temper and frustration" when left alone with the four-month-old tot.

The 26-year-old was convicted of her murder today, reports the Birmingham Mail .

He is due to be sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court tomorrow.

An ambulance was called to Driukas’s home in Crantock Road, Birmingham in the early hours of April 1, 2014.

The baby was rushed to Birmingham Children’s Hospital but died that evening.

An examination revealed she had suffered a very serious brain injury inflicted by Driukas and 26 rib fractures.