Top UN official urges probe into monstrous Philippines attack
27 November 2009The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom today urged the Government of the Philippines to investigate the 23 November attack on a convoy in the province of Minguindanao that left over 55 people, including at least 27 journalists, dead. “This monstrous crime must not go unpunished,” said Irina Bokova, Director-General of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).“I condemn this outrage and urge the Government of the Philippines to act swiftly, using all the resources at its disposal to bring the perpetrators to justice.“The barbaric killings of the people in the convoy – journalists and citizens alike – were clearly an attack against democracy and democratic processes. Furthermore, the killing of journalists violates the rights of the Philippine people to be freely and fairly informed of political developments,” she added. The journalists were reportedly travelling with politicians and political supporters to file nomination papers for a gubernatorial candidate in Maguindanao province in the southern Philippines, when the convoy was ambushed, UNESCO stated in a news release.The agency said last week’s deaths bring to 34 the number of journalists killed in the country this year.
A NOW CLOSED Catholic seminary will open to the public this Friday as part of Culture Night.Holy Cross College in Clonliffe will open to the public, ready answer a number of questions about the history of the college.Questions such as “Why was Bing Crosbie writing to Archbishop John Charles McQuaid in 1961?” “What went on in the 600 illegal beer houses in Dublin in 1863?” and “What attempts were made to stop starving children being deported to the UK during the Lockout?” are all answered in the exhibition, which will see historical documents going on display.Among the documents going on display is a parchment from 1558. Hugh Curwen, then Archbishop of Dublin, who expressed his approval of the marriage of Henry VIII to Ann Boleyn, issued the parchment. He would later declare himself a Protestant and would be accused by the Archbishop of Armagh of “serious moral delinquency”.To mark the anniversary of the 1913 Lockout, Diocesan Archivist, Noelle Dowling, has made available a significant amount of documents chronicling the role of the Catholic Church in the dispute, which has been the subject of some controversy.The college is at the corner of Clonliffe Road and Jones Road and doors open at 6pm.Read: Creating culture amidst the rubbish in Temple Bar’s lanesRead: 12 famous quotes that people always get wrong
(Via Kate Bowe PR)PHILOMENA LEE, THE woman who the Oscar-nominated film, Philomena, is based on met with the Pope Francis today in Rome.Actor Steve Coogan who also stars in the film adaptation of Philomena’s story was also in attendance.His HolinessRepresenting the Philomena Project, an organisation that is calling on the Irish government to enact legislation to open up adoption records and reunite mothers separated from their children as a result of forced adoption, Lee said she was honoured to meet the Pope.Speaking after the event, Lee said she was “delighted to have been in the presence of Pope Francis” today.She said:I have always put great faith in the Church and the good will to put the wrongs of the past right.I hope and believe that his Holiness Pope Francis joins me in the fight to help the thousands of mothers and children who need closure on their own stories. In 1952, when Philomena Lee became pregnant as a teenager in Ireland, she was sent to a ‘Mother and Baby Home’ to be taken care of. When her son was three years old, he was taken away, sold for adoption and sent to America.Earlier this week, a Vatican spokesperson dismissed reports that said the Pope Francis was going to watch the Philomena movie.The Catholic Herald reported the spokesperson stated:The Holy Father does not see films, and will not be seeing this one. It is also important to avoid using the Pope as part of a marketing strategy.Read: All of the Oscar nominations right here in a handy list>Read: Leonardo DiCaprio starts ‘Philomania’ trend after mispronouncing ‘Philomena’>
THE RNLI RESCUED five people in boats on Lough Derg over the weekend in two separate call-outs.The first incident on Saturday involved three people including two adults and a young child on board their 20ft cruiser, after their engine failed and the vessel was pushed on to the rocks near the Corrakeen Islands in Dromineer Bay.The volunteer crew launched its lifeboat at around 4pm and rescued the three who were described as “unharmed but anxious”.They had dropped an anchor to prevent further grounding and breakage. The boat was assessed to see if there were any holes and was towed back to the harbour by the crew.Lough Derg RNLI crew member Ger Egan, said that before going afloat after the long winter, boat users should make sure that their engines are fully serviced and make sure to use new fresh fuel.SinkingShortly after returning to the station the crew was alerted for a second time with a request to go to the aid of two people who had abandoned ship to their liferaft when their 28ft cruiser was sinking beneath them.The lifeboat located the cruiser and the life-raft north of Coolbawn, on the eastern shore of Lough Derg, and was alongside at 6.13pm. The two people on board were unharmed, but the skipper was “greatly distressed”. He had inadvertantly veered off course and had glanced off a rock and holed his boat. A passing speedboat with two people on board also came alongside and gave assistance.The RNLI crew gathered the life-raft and it’s contents into the cruiser cabin and, as the cruiser was rapidly taking water, they weighed anchor so that the lifeboat could beach the vessel and reduce risk of further damage. Once beached, it was then recovered yesterday morning.Read: Searches continue for two people missing off Irish coasts>Read: Father and child rescued from Howth pier after becoming trapped by waves>
If you were one of the many fortunate enough to grab Google’s new Chromecast HDMI dongle before it sold out, you’re already well aware of what a great experience it provides. It’s not perfect, and while we wait for Google to allow developers to release third party software to fill in the gaps, one man decided to implement his own Chromecast solution using the Raspberry Pi computer.Google’s Chromecast didn’t so much create a new concept as make an existing one affordable and dead simple to use across multiple platforms. If you’re interested in streaming Netflix, YouTube, and occasionally sharing a browser tab with no know-how required, you’d be hard pressed to find something more user-friendly than the Chromecast.But if you want to stream your own video or use anything other than the currently approved and admittedly short list of services on Chromecast, you’re only option is to wait until Google releases the Chromecast developers from their beta prison and allows them to start publishing apps. This delay has frustrated some users, even to the point of trying to root the Chromecast and expose its tiny Android underbelly to more useful apps. Lance Seidman went a different route with PiCast, and now has a service that can be deployed to any $25 or $35 Rasberry Pi with ease.While the Raspberry Pi is certainly larger than the Chromecast, there’s a great deal more flexibility to be had when using it over the Chromecast. For starters, you’ll be able to rely on an ethernet connection instead of WiFi to guarantee a better stream when mirroring a display or sharing local content. Both devices are low power and relying on a MicroUSB to deliver the appropriate power to the hardware, all you really need is the know how to deploy Lance’s solution and a desire to contribute to the project when you decide you want to add a feature you are interested in.The current implementation is only a couple of weeks old, and is already capable of mirroring a web page and streaming from YouTube just like the Chromecast does. Music is his next target, and the whole project is available on GitHub for any who wants to contribute.This is a project well worth following, especially if they manage to mimic the entire feature set of the current Chromecast. Right now the inflexibility of each service on Google’s device is self inflicted, and the strength in their design comes from the functionality on iOS, Android, and anything with a Chrome browser. PiCast could easily add support for Windows Phone, for example, and gain access to an entirely untapped group of users for their project.It’s a great idea, especially for anyone who already has a RasPi, to take advantage of the momentum created by Google’s latest project.Now read: Interview: GlassFit developer Noble Ackerson on Google Glass
Mar 24th 2017, 12:48 PM Image: TheJournal.ie Bus Éireann workers Gerry Hudson and Eamon McGann Friday 24 Mar 2017, 12:48 PM By Garreth MacNamee Bus Éireann workers Gerry Hudson and Eamon McGann Image: TheJournal.ie Workers at the Broadstone Depot in Dublin.Hudson said: “I don’t want to be out here. I want to be driving the bus. This seems to be an attack on trade unions. It’s a very sad day. If the company was to go, I’d have to go on social welfare. 21,258 Views 120 Comments 
‘I’ve no other choices in life. It’s all I know how to do’: Bus Éireann staff fear the worst Workers are trying to keep their spirits up but the outlook is bleak for Bus Éireann. Share5 Tweet Email1 Most of us at this stage would be in similar situations. I’ve no other choices in life. It’s all I know how to do. At the end of the day, you can’t work for nothing.The workers are aware that there are other state bodies which are suffering currently but they believe the Bus Éireann service provides a community service and they fear this could be wiped out if the company was to go under.‘Rural Ireland is in trouble’McGann added: “There are a lot of older people who would live in rural parts of the country who rely on the service. It keeps them active. It allows them to be able to be social. But the private firms won’t touch these routes because there is no money to be made from them. Rural Ireland is in trouble if Bus Éireann goes.”The workers are “in it for the long haul”, according to McGann, who says he can’t see the dispute being resolved soon. He believes that the workers are clinging to what they have.“Nobody wants to be out on a strike but we were left with no choice. We were pushed against the wall. It’s a race to the bottom. The company is in trouble. We know that.We have to fight for each other. It could be a case that Bus Éireann goes. That’s becoming more likely every day that goes by. That would be a very sad day. We want to work but we also have to be able to live.”The state-owned transport company is facing financial difficulty, with losses last year reaching almost €10 million. It says changes to employees’ contracts are needed in order to keep the company viable. These include job losses, changes to bus routes, cuts in overtime and a range of other measures.Read: US sailor released after arrest on suspicion of sexual assault in Dublin hotel >Read: ‘It feels so cruel’: Family of critically ill Irish man plead for donations to bring him home > STAFF AT BUS Éireann began their all out strike today and workers fear that the company could close forever unless the dispute is resolved soon.Picket lines were set up across depots nationwide with many drivers and engineers left frustrated that management implemented a number of changes to their working conditions without union approval.Staff at the Broadstone depot in Dublin city were in high spirits but the overwhelming feeling was that they’d rather be working.Management at Bus Éireann say that the company needs to implement severe cuts if it’s to survive as a company – that includes pay cuts, overtime cuts and changes to bus routes.Unions representing workers at Bus Éireann aren’t happy with the measures proposed by management to save the company. Although they accept that ‘efficiency changes’ must be made, they say that the proposed changes disproportionately affect drivers.After months of negotiations, including a bout at the Workplace Relations Commission, efforts at finding a resolution between the two sides collapsed – leading to management implementing their plan without the unions’ backing, and resulting in an indefinite nationwide strike by the unions.Gerry Hudson and Eamon McGann have 48 years experience at the company between them. They are of the opinion that workers were forced into this position, citing that they have not received an increase in pay in nine years. Like many workers, they are struggling to make ends meet and have children to feed. http://jrnl.ie/3304418 Short URL Tweet thisShare on FacebookEmail this article
Une fuite nucléaire détectée dans l’ArctiqueL’Agence fédérale de la flotte nucléaire russe Rosatomflot indique ce jeudi qu’une fuite nucléaire a été détectée à bord d’un brise-glace russe dans l’Arctique.”Une faible augmentation de la radioactivité dans l’air a été constatée dans le système de ventilation dans la salle du réacteur” du brise-glace russe à propulsion nucléaire Taïmyr, a précisé Rosatomflot dans un communiqué relayé par l’AFP. Selon l’agence fédérale de la flotte nucléaire russe, la cause probable serait “une perte d’étanchéité des systèmes de la première enceinte” du réacteur.À lire aussiLa fusion nucléaire pourrait bien devenir prochainement une réalitéL’agence de presse indique que l’incident est survenu au moment où le bateau quittait l’Ienisseï, fleuve de Sibérie qui se jette dans l’océan Arctique. Le brise-glace à propulsion nucléaire doit retourner à présent vers son port d’attache, dans la mer de Barents. Il reste quelque 2.000 kilomètres à parcourir, ce qui inquiète un responsable de l’Agence fédérale de la flotte nucléaire russe.Sur l’échelle des événements nucléaires et radiologiques (Ines), l’incident serait de niveau “zéro” ou “hors échelle”, selon le communiqué de Rosatomflot. Les responsables considèrent ainsi que cette fuite est mineure. Toutefois ce n’est pas l’avis d’un expert militaire cité par l’agence russe Ria Novosti, qui pense qu’il s’agit d’un “incident sérieux”. Si l’équipage ne parvient pas à réparer l’incident, le brise-glace pourrait devenir inutilisable. Par ailleurs, Rosatomflot n’a pas précisé combien de personnes se trouvent à bord du bateau.Le 5 mai 2011 à 16:15 • Emmanuel Perrin
Clark County commissioners on Tuesday agreed to extend last year’s moratorium on collective medical marijuana gardens and adopted a nine-step plan to develop regulations.The moratorium is slated to expire in June 2013 but could be lifted as soon as zoning rules and other conditions are in place.The collective gardens are permissible under state law but illegal under federal law.Also Tuesday, a Clark County judge dismissed a citizen’s criminal complaint — a process by which a citizen can argue to a judge that there’s probable cause to believe a crime has been committed — that was filed against the commissioners and other senior-level county staff members over medical marijuana.Brush Prairie resident James Barber Sr. alleged the officials knowingly made a false or misleading statement to a public official in a Dec. 2, 2011, letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder. In the letter, commissioners described state law and sought advice on whether county employees would be immune from liability under the federal Controlled Substance Act if they were asked to zone, permit or inspect facilities used to produce medical marijuana.The letter was referred to the Drug Enforcement Administration.In a response from Joseph T. Rannazzisi, deputy assistant administrator of the Office of Diversion Control, the answer was clear:“Anyone who knowingly carries out the marijuana activities contemplated by Washington state law, as well as anyone who facilitates such activities, or conspires to commit such violations, is subject to criminal prosecution as provided in the CSA. That same conclusion would apply with equal force to the proposed activities of the Board of Clark County Commissioners and Clark County employees.”“Such persons may also be subject to money laundering statutes,” Rannazzisi added.Barber argued Tuesday to District Court Judge John Hagensen that the county’s letter included information they knew was false, based on Barber’s interpretation of state law. Clark County Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Bernard Veljacic said the officials were simply making an inquiry about an unsettled matter of law.
A total of 63 students from 13 countries participated at Model Arctic Council 2016 last spring in Fairbanks. (Photo courtesy University of Alaska Fairbanks)The Arctic Council returns to Alaska with meetings in Juneau next week (March 7-10) and in Fairbanks in May. Representatives from eight Arctic countries and six indigenous groups work on shaping Arctic policy.To understand the work of the Arctic Council first-hand, a group of university students met in Fairbanks last spring to form a model council with real-world impacts.Listen nowThe Model Arctic Council is a simulation where future leaders in Arctic and international affairs hone their negotiation, leadership and research skills. It’s much like the Model United Nations in high school. But, this time, its college students role-playing representatives from circumpolar countries as they tackle problems together in a rapidly changing Arctic..@USArcticYouth Amb Jonas Mackenzie shares story of his 1st whale hunt w/ #MAC2016 delegates @uafairbanks #ASSW2016 pic.twitter.com/cnzPjnX8sy— US Arctic (@USArctic) March 14, 201663 college students from 13 countries, ranging from Iceland to Venezuela, compressed as much as two years’ worth of work into a little over a week. Model Arctic Council delegates included University of Alaska Anchorage student Caleb Amos, faculty advisor Piotr Graczyk from UiT The Arctic University in Norway, and York University student Veronica Guido from Canada. (Photo courtesy University of Alaska Fairbanks)Veronica Guido, an indigenous student with a degree in political science from York University in Toronto, said they either represented the Arctic Council’s member states or non-voting representatives of the various circumpolar indigenous groups.“You have the indigenous groups from Russia. You have the Saami Council, Inuit Circumpolar Council, Aleut, and you have the Arctic Athabaskan,” Guido said. “And then I represented Gwich’in which is more of First Nations from Alaska and Canada. That was my role.”Mary Ehrlander, Director of the Arctic and Northern Studies Program at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, was a faculty advisor to the group. She said they tried to match indigenous students to a role that was close to their ethnic background. “Because we wanted to have authenticity in that way,” Ehrlander said. “On the other hand, some of the students seem to have the greatest experience with trying to play a role that wasn’t them at all. It was really a learning experience for them to take on that identity and try to perform it.”Model Arctic Council delegates included Northeastern Federal University student Margarita Krivoshapkina from Russia and University of Alaska Fairbanks student Kimmy Cao from China. (Photo courtesy University of Alaska Fairbanks)Students prepared research papers on topics such as sustainable cruise tourism in the Arctic, managing maritime traffic for marine resource development, and human health and well-being in the Arctic.Eva Wu, an undergrad from McGill University in Canada studying the interplay between health and environment, said she was impressed by the level of preparation and critical analysis demonstrated by her fellow students. “It was really amazing the amount of people and the variety of people who were in the room,” Wu said. “They provided numerous different aspects and perspectives of each situation. And that really was able to provide the entire program with a holistic focus. People would have expertise in various different areas.”@UAFairbanks student delegate, Adam Zamudio, provides the US position regarding Northern suicide challenges#MAC2016 pic.twitter.com/Ur88LS4iLU— Troy Bouffard (@ArcticTroy) March 11, 2016The Model Arctic Council came up with list of priorities that may soon be considered by their real world counterparts next week in Juneau. They include advocating for ratification of an international convention controlling vessel ballast water, the hiring of indigenous people for tourism activities, alternative fuel use in the Arctic, sharing updated hydrographic maps for safe navigation, protecting water sources for communities affected by climate change, and reducing suicide among indigenous groups.Some students play the role of each country’s representative to the Arctic Council, while others represent the various indigenous groups, called Permanent Participants, as they all discuss and debate the projects. “So, I took my role very personally,” Guido said, reflecting on her role as the Gwich’in representative. “It was really great to see other people respect that and stay in their role while still getting over the shock factor of having the actual Permanent Participants speak just as loudly or louder than the actual nation states. I enjoyed that part, that’s for sure.”The Model #Arctic Council rep. of Iceland presents the policy position on maritime activity management#MAC2016 pic.twitter.com/QMKkU2Cx4p— Troy Bouffard (@ArcticTroy) March 11, 2016Once consensus was reached, students role-playing each country’s representatives to the Council vote on the proposals, but the Permanent Participants don’t get to vote. Rhiannon Klein, who’s studying public policy at the University of Saskatchewan, said it works much like the real world Arctic Council. “The fact that the Arctic Council is not legally binding, necessarily,” Klein said. “They don’t have direct influence on making the policies at the government level in each of the countries, but they truly have an impact on shaping the policies that happen. I believe that the Arctic Council has quite a bit of sway within decision-makers in each of the Arctic state countries.”Last spring’s meeting of the Model Arctic Council coincided with the real Arctic Council meeting. Guido said Council members grabbed copies of their final document called the Fairbanks Declaration as well as her fellow student’s research.“People approached them from the actual Arctic Council asking to read them further,” Guido said. “So, I know a lot of students didn’t expect anyone to read our position papers either.”After 2016 Model Arctic Council, @saochair Amb Balton requested copy of students’ Fairbanks Declaration @Arctic2016 pic.twitter.com/8RNnAz8Ytn— Melody Brown Burkins (@mbbvt) March 15, 2016Klein said students were also approached by the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs.“They’ve asked to see all the student’s position papers as well, to pass them around the Ministry,” Klein said. “So, it’s just incredible to see that people are actually interested, too.”Students’ proposals are now expected to show up on the agenda in future meetings of the real Arctic Council, including in Alaska this spring. At the Model Arctic Council, tomorrow’s Arctic leaders are already having an impact with helping shape today’s Arctic policy.
Tirupati: Stressing that the government should ensure the TTD trust board remains apolitical and free of politicians’ dominance, renowned vocalist and devotional singer Kondaveeti Jyothirmayi observed seven hour ‘Dhyanam’ near the famed Sri Venkateswara temple, Tirumala, on Friday. Jyothirmayi, along with a group of her associates, began her Dhyanam silently chanting Sri Venkateswara mantram at 3 pm and continued it for seven hours to insist on appointing only those who are devout and service-minded in the board. Also Read – Bharat Gourav award to Margani Bharat Ram Advertise With Us The singer’s novel protest over dominance of politicians assumes significance as it was observed even as the YSR Congress government issued orders appointing a new chairman for TTD trust board. Earlier, addressing media, Jyothirmayi, made it clear that she was not against appointment of politicians as trust board members but only keen on confining their number to three as per the TTD Act which permits the government nominate three MLAs as trust board member and wanted all the remaining members should be from various walks of life like teachers, farmers, social activists, etc., with clean image and full of service motive to see that there is no dominance of politicians in the religious body. Also Read – Women docs appointed in key posts in Tirupati Advertise With Us She said that she has been asking the successive governments to avoid dominance of politicians in TTD board for the last 15 year but in vain. “It is not the demand of me along but the aspiration of lakhs of people including devotees, swamjis and common pilgrims who are earnestly wishing the TTD trust board remain free of political dominance. The successive governments have not limited the number of politicians to three and appointing more number of them,” she added. Advertise With Us In this connection, she said that before the election she met YSRCP chief Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy to echo the aspirations of the devotees with regard to constitution of new TTD trust board and also her demand and claimed that Jagan responded positively. She said she tried to meet him after he become Chief Minister on this issue but could not get his appointment. Many swamijis who she met also lent their support to her efforts to keep TTD trust board free of politicians’ dominance, she claimed.
×Actors Reveal Their Favorite Disney PrincessesSeveral actors, like Daisy Ridley, Awkwafina, Jeff Goldblum and Gina Rodriguez, reveal their favorite Disney princesses. Rapunzel, Mulan, Ariel,Tiana, Sleeping Beauty and Jasmine all got some love from the Disney stars.More VideosVolume 0%Press shift question mark to access a list of keyboard shortcutsKeyboard Shortcutsplay/pauseincrease volumedecrease volumeseek forwardsseek backwardstoggle captionstoggle fullscreenmute/unmuteseek to %SPACE↑↓→←cfm0-9Next UpJennifer Lopez Shares How She Became a Mogul04:350.5x1x1.25×1.5x2xLive00:0002:1502:15 “So far, the Android business model has meant that we haven’t had to charge phone makers for our technology, or depend on a tightly controlled distribution model,” the Google CEO wrote.Although the commission did not suggest that Google apps be barred from being pre-loaded on Android devices, Pichai added, “If phone makers and mobile network operators couldn’t include our apps on their wide range of devices, it would upset the balance of the Android ecosystem.”The EU commission accused Google of requiring manufacturers to pre-install the Google Search app and Chrome browser app as a condition for licensing Google’s Play Store app. Pichai, in the blog post, wrote, “Phone makers don’t have to include our services; and they’re also free to pre-install competing apps alongside ours.” Device makers can use or modify Android “in any way they want, just as Amazon has done with its Fire tablets and TV sticks,” he added.After the EU fine was announced, shares of Alphabet, Google’s parent company, rose slightly in early trading Wednesday but were down 0.3% by 10 a.m. ET. Alphabet reported $110.8 billion in 2017 revenue; the EU fine represents 4.5% of that.Google has invested “billions of dollars” in Android since it began offering the operating system for free in 2007 to phone makers and mobile network operators, according to Pichai. “This investment makes sense for us because we can offer phone makers the option of pre-loading a suite of popular Google apps (such as Search, Chrome, Play, Maps and Gmail), some of which generate revenue for us, and all of which help ensure the phone ‘just works,’ right out of the box,” he wrote.The European Commission’s decision “sends a troubling signal in favor of proprietary systems over open platforms,” Pichai wrote. “The decision ignores the fact that Android phones compete with [Apple’s] iOS phones, something that 89% of respondents to the Commission’s own market survey confirmed.” According to Pichai, there are more than 24,000 Android devices currently in the market from more than 1,300 different brands, including from smartphone manufacturers across Europe.Android phones typically come pre-loaded with up to 40 apps from multiple developers, according to Google. Last year, more than 94 billion apps were downloaded from the Google Play app store worldwide; that includes browsers such as Opera Mini and Firefox, which have been downloaded more than 100 million times, and the UC Browser, which has been downloaded more than 500 million times.The commission said that about 80% of smart mobile devices in Europe and worldwide run on Android. Popular on Variety Google chief Sundar Pichai issued a thinly veiled warning Wednesday that the European Commission’s finding of anti-competitive practices by the Internet giant with regard to Android could spell the end of the operating system’s free distribution.The European Commission announced a record-breaking $5 billion fine against Google, saying the company violated EU laws by requiring smartphone manufacturers to pre-install the Google Search app and its Chrome browser, limiting rival search engines. Google also “made payments to certain large manufacturers and mobile network operators on condition that they exclusively pre-installed the Google Search app on their devices,” the commission stated.Google said it would appeal the decision.In a blog post after the EU’s announcement, Pichai said that free distribution of the Android platform and Google’s suite of applications benefits not only manufacturers and operators but also app developers and consumers. He hinted that the commission’s ruling threatened the viability of that business model.
Resident Evil 7 Coming to Switch Thanks to the Power of the CloudGame of the Year: Jordan Minor’s Actual Games of the Year (2017) Stay on target Resident Evil 7: Biohazard is set for release next month, and Capcom has released the final teaser and a demo update to tide you over before launch.The demo update, titled “Midnight,” grants players more access to the Baker farm house and adds PlayStation VR and PlayStation 4 Pro support. It also reveals the answers to puzzles that have been haunting players for months. What’s the finger item used for? We can finally find out in this update, which’ll hit Xbox One on Dec. 9 and on Steam on Dec. 19.Along with the update, we got a new teaser, released this weekend, which tells us more about our protagonist. Ethan Winters is on the hunt for his wife, who he believed died three years ago. He receives a message alerting him to her presence, therefore heading to a creepy farmhouse owned by the Baker family in an attempt to search for her.Sounds eerily similar to the synopsis for Silent Hill 2, where a man has to head to the town of Silent Hill after receiving a letter from his dead wife.Capcom’s heading in a new direction with the franchise, which in recent years had become stale and repetitive, moving away from scares and survival horror and into more generic action shooter territory. The first footage we saw from the game, which has VR compatibility, teased a first-person experience with more of an emphasis on atmosphere, puzzle-solving, and attempts to build up genuine terror. It was stark and unique compared to what we saw in Resident Evil 6, which amounted to little more than a rehash with the same characters we’d been playing for years and poorly-designed levels.Resident Evil 7, on the other hand, looks reminiscent of P.T. and, of course, Silent Hill and that’s probably a good thing. Our first impressions of the demo were mostly positive. It wasn’t a Resident Evil game in the traditional sense, but it was different, and managed to give us a few scares.Resident Evil 7: Biohazard launches on January 24, 2017 for PS4, Xbox One and PC.
Namo India, a business initiative designed on the theme set by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to promote the ‘Make in India’ mission has been launched in the Dimapur district of Nagaland.Co-convener of BJP’s national trade and industries cell and in-charge North East NAMO India project, Sanjay Jha, launched the project for Nagaland on Saturday.The project aims to encourage and promote the manufacture and merchandise of local produce of the youths and business entrepreneurs with minimum investment, but with maximum profit.The main target of Namo India or Namaskar India is to engage the unemployed youth of the country and be proud partners in building of the Indian economy, Jha told reporters after the launching of the project.