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Aircraft failure management - Pilot incapacitation

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American Airlines Flight Forced to Make Emergency Landing After Pilot Suddenly Dies http://news.yahoo.com/american-airlines-flight-forced-emergency-211227947.html

BRAIGO: BRAILLE PRINTER WITH LEGO

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Humanely Optimized Technology Company founded by a 12 year old. Brag Labs Inc. is a "humanely optimized" technology company, founded by 12 year old… Developed by Shubham Banerjee , a 7th grade student from Santa Clara, California . BRAIGO is a Braille Printer using Lego Mindstorms EV3 . This concept slashes the price of a printer from more than $2000 to around $350 for education, teaching and home use purposes. Thus giving a more cost effective printer for the disadvantaged. LEGO Systems, Inc. hosted the 'Build for Good' competition where Seattle's most innovative companies, including Amazon, Egencia, Expedia, HTC, Nordstrom, Xbox and zulily, were invited to compete by building a LEGO® MINDSTORMS® robot designed to improve everyday life on April 10. Shubham Banerjee, 12 year old inventor of BRAIGO, a Braille printer that anyone can build using a LEG

BOKO HARAM: Cameroon a Victim of 80 people kidnapped.

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Cameroon and Chad take the bull by the horn by joining forces to combat insurgent group Boko Haram plaguing the Northern parts of neighboring Cameroon and Nigeria. This insurgent group poses a threat to the sovereignty and trade route between Cameroon and Chad.     A screengrab taken on July 13, 2014 from a video released by Boko Haram and obtained by AFP shows the leader of the Nigerian Islamist extremist group, Abubakar Shekau (C) (AFP Photo/) Yaounde, Cameroon (CNN) Boko Haram insurgents have kidnapped 80 people in northern Cameroon, officials said, an attack that comes as troops from neighboring Chad entered Cameroon to join the fight against the terrorist group.  The attacks happened in the villages of Mabass and Makxy in the Mayo-Tsanaga Division of the Far North Region of Cameroon on Sunday morning, Saiid Abdulkarim, a journalist for the state broadcaster, told CNN.  Three of those kidnapped were found dead, Abdulkarim

NIGERIAN TRAGEDY

Has anybody heard of the over 2000 souls gone in Nigeria? http://news.yahoo.com/piles-bodies-attacked-boko-haram-town-fisherman-181845997.html Well everybody now on social media wants to act like they're   bringing attention to the Nigerian massacre by bringing out a negative comparison between Western reaction of CHARLIE HEBDO (Je suis Charlie) and this Nigerian tragedy. The bitter truth is, just like the Bring Back Our Girls campaign, many Africans and Nigerians and Media waited for Western leaders and media to bring it to the limelight before getting engaged in the name of holding poster, placards etc. Make no mistake the Je Suis Charlie match and outbreak has been extensively covered by French Media and Championed by the French President, Officials and Citizens before the rest of the world has followed in. The real question here to be asked is, Nigeria where is your President, Officials, Media, Celebrities, Citizens to champion against this act of malice