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The Meadow Viper (Vipera ursinii) is the smallest European viper that has fragmented and isolated distribution through Europe. Its venom is not harmful to humans since it eats crickets and grasshoppers. The Croatian Herpetological Society - Hyla is working on the conservation of its subspecies, the Karst Viper (Vipera ursinii ssp. macrops), a Balkan endemic species that inhabits high mountain grasslands of the Dinaric Arc.
Between 2005 and 2008. the Hyla team was focusing on determination of the Karst Viper distribution range, searching for vipers in mountain areas that were assumed to be good habitats for this subspecies. Six isolated localities where this animal lives were identified. In 2009. the Conservation of the Karst Viper project was initiated, focusing on data collection on the biology and population size of this subspecies. Hyla has also established the ongoing cooperation with colleagues in France, Italy, Hungary, Serbia and FYR Macedonia that work on this interesting species in their countries.
Working on the data collection in the Velebit mountain with the support of National Park Paklenica in the course of five years Hyla used the capture-mark-recapture method to estimate the population size of this subspecies, collect DNA and swab samples of mouth, and make the cloaca and venom bacterial analysis.
In cooperation with the Zagreb ZOO Hyla established the research and conservation centre, used for keeping the captured Karst Viper gravid females that provided more information on their reproduction. All vipers were returned healthy and safe into the wild. This initial data gathered on the Karst Viper in Croatia was used for elaboration of the first conservation action plan for this species in the country.
In the Zagreb ZOO Hyla continued to educate people about snakes. In 2011 an exhibition was set on Vipers in Croatia, introducing the Karst Viper project and two other venomous snakes in Croatia, the Nose-horned Viper (Vipera ammodytes) and the Adder (Vipera berus). A year later the exhibition was enlarged introducing all the snakes that live in Croatia.
Related links:
- Karst Viper conservation website
- Karst Viper conservation video teaser
- Croatian Herpetological Society-Hyla
- IUCN's work in South-Eastern Europe
- Country Focus Croatia


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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Criminal Court asked Libyan authorities Thursday to explain widespread reports that they plan to put one of Moammar Gadhafi's sons and the slain dictator's former spy chief on trial next month.
The request was the latest move in a long-running legal saga over where Seif al-Islam Gadhafi and Abdullah al-Senoussi will stand trial — at the world's first permanent international war crimes tribunal in The Hague or in their home country.
Both men have been indicted by the ICC on crimes against humanity charges for allegedly targeting civilians in brutal attempts to put down the 2011 rebellion that toppled Moammar Gadhafi's four-decade dictatorship. But both Seif al-Islam Gadhafi and Al-Senoussi remain in custody in Libya.
ICC judges preparing for their possible trial in The Hague asked Libyan justice officials to explain their plans following reports earlier this month which said the men's trials are scheduled to start in February. The request also came a day after Ben Emmerson, a British lawyer representing Al-Senoussi, asked the court to order Libya to suspend "the commencement of any trial proceedings in the national courts."
Emmerson said Libya has an international legal obligation to turn over Al-Senoussi to the ICC based on a United Nations Security Council resolution. He also warned that his client's trial in Libya would "inevitably constitute a flagrant denial of justice, and may result in the imposition and carrying into effect of the death penalty."
The Libyan government has asked the Hague-based court for approval to put Seif al-Islam on trial in Libya, but has not made such a request since taking Al-Senoussi into custody last year.
The ICC is a court of last resort, meaning it takes over cases from nations unwilling or unable to put suspects on trial. Human rights groups have cast doubt on the Libyan judicial system's ability to give former members of the Gadhafi regime a fair trial.
Libya is not a member of the ICC, however it is legally bound to cooperate with it because the Security Council ordered the court to open an investigation in Libya.
Moammar Gadhafi also was indicted by the court in 2011 for crimes against humanity, but the case was dropped after he was killed by rebels as his regime crumbled.


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Our bestsellers are the Suunto DX, Suunto Zoop, Suunto D4i and the Suunto D6i Novo but our diving shop sells a wide variety of SCUBA diving gear from most of the leading diving equipment manufacturers. We also have a large DIR Diving section. These companies include Scubapro, Suunto, Halcyon, Apeks, TUSA, Fourth Element, Waterproof, AP Valves, PADI, XDeep, Faber, Liquivision, Sealife and many others. Our diving shop has most types of equipment in stock we will typically dispatch your orders within 1 day, ensuring that you can get your dive gear in time for your trip, holiday or expedition.
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In our diving shop you will find a range of SCUBA diving equipment including: dive computers, SCUBA diving regulators, BCDs, wings, backplates, drysuits, diving wetsuits, undersuits, thermal layers, diving masks, diving fins, snorkels, SMBs, diving wreck reels, DIR diving equipment, spools, dive watches, SCUBA cylinders and tanks. We hope you take the time to look around our online shop, and please feel free to email us if you have any questions.
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The next time you order a burger or french fries on campus, you might just be helping RIT become an even more sustainable university.
Two second-year master's students at the Golisano Institute for Sustainability (GIS) are examining new ways to make use of the approximately 4,000 gallons of cooking oil from campus dining services—including turning waste cooking oil into biodiesel and heating oil.
David Frank and Dan Bruton are serving as research assistants and are part of an offshoot of a two-year partnership between RIT and the Monroe County Department of Environmental Services in which RIT researchers have developed and refined a process to turn used cooking oil into biodiesel.
According to Tom Trabold, associate professor in GIS, the oil previously came from a Monroe County residential waste and recycling drop-off center. RIT researchers produced hundreds of gallons of fuel out of the discarded grease for the county to use in some of its vehicles.
Now the project is in the process of transitioning to RIT, which will refine the university's waste cooking oil for use in Facilities Management Services vehicles and even sustain heating equipment.
Frank and Bruton also are weighing the economics of the process and the greenhouse gas emissions associated with making the fuels—Frank with vehicle fuel, and Bruton when it comes to heating oil.
"We're offsetting the cost of fuel on campus and funding our research at the same time," says Bruton, a native of Waterford, N.Y.
"It's a win-win in terms of the return on investment for the university and improving the environment at the same time," adds Frank, a native of Livingston, N.J.
While the concept of running diesel engines on cooking oil is anything but new, RIT researchers—and now Bruton and Frank—are developing an even more refined fuel that burns more efficiently in engines.
The students use processing equipment inside the GIS building's fuel-cell test bed to convert the oil. The waste cooking oil is emptied from a drum into a container and left to sit, sometimes for 24 hours, so food particles and water can settle to the bottom while the oil rises to the top. Material on the bottom is then discharged through a valve and the oil is run through a processor, mixing it with a catalyst for refinement.
The resulting fuel is later mixed with traditional petroleum-based diesel. The common fuel blend can be used to power any diesel engine, and it burns as well as standard diesel, according to Bruton.
RIT's expanded project also is attempting to develop and study a process to turn cooking oil into heating oil.
"We believe any institution with a closed-loop system can benefit from this process," says Bruton, referring to when used products are converted into other products without generating significant waste. "These are viable options."


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A hard right in Idaho
(This editor's note accompanies an HCN magazine cover story on how right-wing emigrants took over North Idaho politics.)
In my 18 years in the Northern Rockies, I've visited Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, several times and watched it change. The town -- draped along the shore of huge Lake Coeur d'Alene -- has been dramatically resort-ified, in tandem with the rising fortunes of the nation's upper class.
I still enjoy the small public beach downtown for a dip in the lake; it's so clear that you can see eight feet down to the sandy bottom. Around sundown, I stroll around the main resort's creaking wood-planked marina maze, gawking at the captains and crews on the luxurious motorboats, as they pull in for the night or roar out toward the twinkling lights of shoreline trophy homes.
I like to imagine myself among them, at least temporarily -- a martini in one hand, the other throttling up a 400-horsepower engine, skimming my ego trip across the waves, like a modern but still doomed Great Gatsby. And I'd christen that motor yacht defiantly: The Climate Changer.
I've noticed other trends around Coeur d'Alene. The lake bottom, it turns out, holds toxic sediment from historical upstream mining, but to protect tourism, local businesses -- and their politicians -- have pressured the Environmental Protection Agency to downsize a proposed Superfund site designation. Other pollution threatens the aquifer. Developers have proposed yet more marinas, lake dredging for the big boats and a mansion heliport. There's one town beach I can no longer enjoy; the public lost access after a court battle with homeowners who insisted that it be private.
Of course, a tourist gets only a superficial glimpse, sometimes enhanced by an active imagination. HCN correspondent Sierra Crane-Murdoch makes a much deeper exploration of North Idaho in our cover story. Crane-Murdoch, based in Montana, visited the area three times this year and interviewed dozens of people about the fundamental political trend there: What had been a Democratic Party stronghold has become firmly Republican.
Perhaps surprisingly, transplants from California and other places are a key cause of North Idaho's political transformation. They're not the stereotypical "San Francisco-style" liberals that California is often pilloried for. Instead, they're conservatives determined to take over their adopted communities, to the point that they've drowned out other political voices at all levels of government.
What's happening in North Idaho is reflected elsewhere in the West and in Washington, D.C. More and more in our society and our politics, birds of a feather flock together. Liberals gather in echo chambers like San Francisco and Portland, while conservatives relocate to Colorado Springs and Montana's Bitterroot Valley. Behind locked doors, we view only the cable networks and websites that already support our views. That clustering makes it easier to ignore the other side's ideas, and harder to find middle ground on any issue. Most Americans claim to hate our growing polarization, but, as our story shows, it's hard to undo it -- particularly when we deliberately created it.


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Carter was a magistrate in the Ferryland area in the 1830's and 1840s and a very disciplined diary keeper. It was the details into the way of life and the happenings of the time that drew Judge Gerald Barnable to help research and publish the works. It's on these topics that Barnable will speak in St. John's Tuesday.
"I thought I'd talk about his life and times," says Barnable. "It's a bit earlier than most of the historians write about in Newfoundland."
Along with being a magistrate, Carter was also a customs officer, surveyor, health officer and merchant — a busy man with a knack for writing down detail without emotion.
Carter started each entry with the weather, Barnable says, which may sound less than thrilling, but even that takes on pivotal importance. Without any snow, there was no way for fuel and building materials to get into the communities in winter and, alternatively, with too much, the area would be totally cut off.
"There was one day when there was 60 men cutting out a boat from Aquaforte harbour. Spent all day and moved the boat the length of itself," says Barnable.
It's merely a note in Carter's entry, but one that builds a vision in the mind's eye.
Even getting the mail out was interesting in those times.
"The postman used to take two days to walk to St. John's when he could and otherwise you'd just give letters to somebody going on a boat if they were still sailing," Barnable says.
Carter also kept note of where local boats went — into the Mediterranean by Italy and Spain and north to Germany.
One day a giant squid washed up. It was a rare sighting and entry in Carter's notes. The Britannia wrecked near Renews in the 1840s. Two hundred people with nothing left had to be accommodated — just another day in Carter's diary.
It's his style of writing as much as anything else that grabs Barnable.
"He's right nonplussed (unflappable) about everything," he says. "He'd just give the facts like Joe Friday."
A particular entry may start with Carter surveying some land in Ferryland for somebody.
"And then right in the middle of it he'd say he stopped into Aquaforte on the way home and did an inquiry into a child belonging to the ferryman who had been burnt to death. That would be one sentence and then he'd go on," says Barnable.
Not all entries are so tragic. Others come across as funny, the humour growing as the writings have aged.
"He went to the Regatta one time and spent 26 hours getting back and 24 hours getting there," Barnable says with a chuckle.
Carter didn't arrive until 5 p.m. as it was and couldn't have had much to watch.
Carter writes about the first time a steamer was seen in Ferryland. Within a few years, they would drift across the ocean's horizon regularly as the sails disappeared.
Other sprinkles of writing give flavour to what the people of the time and place were made of.
"The boys used get aboard the boat in the evening in a good wind heading her for St. John's under sail. I don't know how they navigated along. The courage of them. Of course they knew no better, hey," says Barnable.
The boats were obviously small. If the wind dropped off, they'd haul their oars and get moving that way.
Barnable's talk will delve into such gems of insight into time and place that can be found in Carter's writings. It takes place Tuesday at 7:30pm Room 2040 of the engineering building at MUN in St. John's. There is no charge for admission. Free parking is available in Lot 16.


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LONDON (AP) — The return of director Sam Mendes and a long-awaited musical by Tori Amos are among highlights announced Wednesday for the 50th anniversary season at Britain's National Theatre.
Mendes, who began his career in theater before moving into film, will direct a production of Shakespeare's "King Lear" starring Simon Russell Beale and opening next January. It was originally slated for 2012, but delayed while Mendes made the James Bond adventure "Skyfall."
The 2013 season will see "The Light Princess," a musical adaptation of a 19th-century fairytale with music and lyrics by Amos. First announced two years ago, it will finally open in October.
Artistic director Nicholas Hytner said Wednesday that "musicals just take a hell of a lot of writing and developing and testing out."
The season also includes a version of Shakespeare's "Othello" starring Adrian Lester, and a production of Christopher Marlowe's "Edward II." Two major American plays also are in the line-up: James Baldwin's "The Amen Corner," set in a storefront church in Harlem, and Eugene O'Neill's monumental family drama "Strange Interlude."
Hytner said the "groundbreaking" but rarely performed play, which spans 30 years in the lives of its characters, would be cut down from its full five-hour running time for a production starring Anne-Marie Duff.
"If it works, it's exhilarating," Hytner said. "It's a kind of knife-edge affair."
Hytner said the company's 50th anniversary will be marked with a televised performance including "a montage of highlights" from its greatest productions starring many of the original actors.
Founded in 1963, Britain's flagship state-funded theater has had a run of successes in recent years, transferring several hits to Broadway — including "War Horse" and "One Man, Two Guvnors" — and reaching millions with live broadcasts to cinemas around the world.
Hytner said National Theatre productions reached 3.2 million people worldwide in 2012.
But like many major arts organizations, it has faced funding cuts as the government slashes spending in a bid to reduce Britain's deficit.
Hytner said he would continue to argue that government cash for the arts should not be cut. He said the National Theatre, which soon will have four shows running in commercial West End venues, made 80 million pounds ($126 million) in income last year — a major boost for Britain's creative economy.
"The more you put in, the more you are going to get out at the other end," he said.
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TQ author writes: Next generation gaming consoles are just around the corner and Sony has given us a little preview of what's expected. During the recent PlayStation 4 reveal meeting in New York City, Sony brandished off a number of next-gen games that exposed the power of the new gaming system and the new technical advancements in its games. One game shown at the PS4 meeting definitely left us with that "WOW" effect and reassured us that next-gen gaming was right in front of our eyes.
"Do you agree that Deep Down was the best looking PS4 game revealed? "
Of course I agree!
This Panta Rhei engine looks more like a second gen engine and not a launch one.
I see great details, like when the torch the archer orc was holding made a great refraction in front of the icy stalactite.
And for those doubting it was not ingame:
I can add to that the part when they were talking (that most of you think it is CGI); look closely at the bald templar's ear, there are flickering pixelated shadows behind it, plus at the presentation screen before they showed the trailer, when talking about the engine, they showed the bald man's head model (so it was modeled to be ingame and to show the game engine and not CGI, moreover it doesn't have many polygons).
Finally, the only officially announced platform for this game is the PS4 now, so it may have taken advantage of its hardware (power of the exclusive games):
I am very happy to see japanese developers coming back in force for the next-gen after they totally missed the last-gen (at least in terms of graphics, many of them handed their franchises to western studios).
Now we are spoiled by Fox Engine, Luminous Engine and Panta Rheir Engine and more to come. Next-gen and especially PS4 could never be so much fun.
"Finally, the only officially announced platform for this game is the PS4 now, so it may have taken advantage of its hardware (power of the exclusive games):"
Dude you are dreaming if you think this will be exsclusive to PS4, And this was probably running the same way as Watch Dog, on a PC similar to the PS4. where did you see them say that for fact it was running on PS4?
At above: Did you read my second comment?
The only game not running on PS4 was Watch Dogs (and it was the least impressive one btw with huge screen tearing, Ubisoft didn't even start developping on PS4 and surely they don't know about the 8 GO GDDR5, even Sony first party devs didn't know about it).
Even Unreal Engine 4 Elemental Demo was running on PS4 and Knack developper moved it using the trackpad.
And why you don't think it will be exclusive to PS4? Capcom released many exclusive games on the PS2. If the PS4 releases so early, the same PS2 could happen again and Sony needs that along with some 3rd party exclusives.
Don't let your hopes be so low. Everyone expected the PS4 to have only 2 go of RAM or games looking less than Battlefield 3 or Witcher 2. Deep Down wipes even Witcher 3 which pretends to be next-gen. If you don't expect such graphical leap for next-gen and especially PS4, then there is no need to evolve for you.
This is Capcom we're talking about here, notorious for on-disc DLC. Do you REALLY think they're going to pass up the opportunity for higher profits by making this title exclusive? And, if it is an exclusive, then why was the title discussed outside of the exclusives section of the presentation...?
I was so hoping it was dragons dogma or its spiritual successor. It probably wouldnt be exclusive if it was dragons dogma, but it looks killer. What surprised me most was the activision nod with destiny to ps4 with exclusive content. That and jonathon blow may signify a change. So why wouldnt capcom supports sony's rise back to the top. Its hard to tell now but maybe MS isnt bettingon games this time. We will have to wait and see but I think sonys initial showing was very powerful and not so much because of hardware but because of software and the possiblilities that these choices may lead to.
I saw him using a PS controller... Why is it hard for some people to admit that? And "it was running on pc with similar specs" makes no sense.. If it was running PS4 software and operating system (which it was) then it was not a pc.
How many ways does one need to explain this? At the very least you can say it was run on a PS4 dev kit which is entirely possible.
Lol this is getting weird... It seems that pc gained a lot of momentum for gamming in the last years, everything is so affordable now. I've seen a lot of trolling from pc users with the ps4 release.
On topic... I loved this trailer... but I still have my doubts on how the final product will look like. I mean... its Capcom.
See folk even Kevin Butler Have his doubts about this game lol.
and also a good point if it looks this good now at a possible pre alpha stage imagine it when its at its final stage with the icing on the cake . heck killzone 3 showed a big difference from pre alpha to beta code finish . http://community.killzone.c...
Seeing as killzone shadow fall launches with the ps4 i don't think we will see a huge improvement in the next year, but honestly it looks pretty darn good as it is.
Thank you PLASTICA-MAN
I was also doing my own research because I myself found hard to believe the game was running in real time.
The game looks miles apart from all the other ps4 games showed. It seems many websites have over looked this gem.
I am glad you provided us with this info. THANK YOU
You are welcome anytime! ;)
Anyone wants next-gen and PS4 to wow us. We waited so long to play in such quality.
For fun:
Ingame (bad quality screen saps) vs overhyped pre-rendered movie. Welcome to next-gen. Movies makers, watch out. :p
a true seasoned gamer can tell that Deep Down was in game engine. You can tell by the animation
What happened to the MT Framework by Capcom?
I don't believe this was real-time, though. Seems to me like they pulled a Killzone 2.
At no point do they say it was in-game footage. They simply said it was "using the engine", which is a very vague statement that could mean anything. Yes, they put a HUD there, but I think they just added that to give the impression that it was gameplay.
The way the player moved and looked around felt too fluid and scripted to be actual gameplay
It looked so good, I honestly did think it was CGI but damn those visuals stunned me :O
@ whoyouwit04, I thought Infamous Second Son looked almost as good as, if not better than the Deep Down demo, and it was an in-engine cutscene as per confirmation by SP themselves. Needless to say, it looked better than the Watch_Dogs demo (which ran on a PC equipped with PS4 specs) by miles. So are you gonna tell me that the Infamous cinematic was also running on PC? This can pretty much be said about the U4 demo as well. Just like PLASTICA-MAN said, don't lower your hopes so much. Welcome to next-gen.
Great explanation
but what makes you think that model wasnt high poly?
That was rendered in mudbox I think, and the wireframe isnt an actual representation of the polygons, its an "isoline display".
Is it confirmed that trailer is real-time graphics on the PS4?
Watch the presentation starting at 01:27:00
At 1:30:40, they said the engine was developed and suited for the PS4, so it pretty much confirms it:
Edit: At 1:31:35
"I would to like to show you a new IP running on PS4 using the Panta Rhei Engine".
Edit 2: @ whoyouwit04, did you read this comment?
That doesn't confirm any thing, I want believe that was running on PS4 unless I see someone playing it watch dog was running on a pc and it looks no where near as good as this, there is no way this was running on PS4. I'm not saying that games aren't going to look like that but there is no way in hell they have a game looking that good already.
I want to believe but I have to see gameplay sorry.
A capcom game blows away a 1st party game? idk..
Dude, sit down. He says "representing a new game running on the Playstation 4". So it's not real time on the ps4, but either a pre rendered in-engine trailer, or running on a PC.
Killzone ShadowFall was all in-game footage.
This is cgi
Our current consoles can show cgi like this
They should show gameplay to actually wow us
During the gameplay demo, you can actually see the hud bottom left. It's running on the PS4.
Wait, so you think that just because a HUD is featured within a trailer, it's gameplay, that's just a trick of the trade, just look at the Zelda WiiU Tech Demo? That wasn't a gameplay trailer for "Deep Down", that was a concept trailer, look at the camera movements, they look way to fluid to be in-game. That was not gameplay...
If you genuinely believe that to have been gameplay footage, you're delusional, and should expect to be disappointed on the games release...
" they look way to fluid to be in-game. That was not gameplay..."
Welcome to next gen.
I'd be with you but to be fair the face models aren't very good plus there are some imperfections on the video itself that would not have happened in CG.
Read the first post for as reference (even if I do not agree with some of the details by him/her).
Shadow Fall looked more impressive to me anyway.
Might not be direct gameplay but I think they will get close to that trailer. Killzone Shadow Fall footage is turning me into a believer.
@Kingdom Come
We don't know how long these games or engines have been in development. And we have no idea exactly what the PS4 is capable of so to just flat out deny that this could possibly be in game is very close-minded.
I'm delusional? This game has the exact same combat camera style as Dragons dogma.Only difference is better animations and obviously, better graphics.
How is it so hard to believe this is what the game could look like? I know some parts of this are probably smoke and mirrors but i can easily see gameplay too.
You do know you can add a hud to any video with video editing software? I can take a movie and add the HL2 hud to it.
I didn't think people were actually going to fall for that... Seriously?
Possibly. If that head tech demo from David Cage was anything to go by, however, there could be a pretty big competition.
The thing is that clip showed no real gameplay.
Yep. Looked nice, but I see no reason to get excited over it just yet.
There was a tiny section where the group is walking through the cave. It looks like gameplay.
Other than that no
its a target render running on pc
100% sure
also....deep down
dragons dogma 2??????
That's what I thought. Dragon's Dogma 2 with a mix of Dark Souls.
Deep Down did look pretty awesome. The lighting and character movements were looking so sweet, but it was just CGI. I just hope that's the target for what the in game product will end up looking like. I want to see some gameplay.
how come that you so damn sure it was CGI?!
capcom told you ?!!
I disagree, I do think that the footage was clearly rendered in game, and that it was of gameplay. Aside from the HUD, they also walk through the tunnel and the character is looking up and to the sides as if the camera were being moved. Also during the fight, there are attack animations that don't quite connect with the dragon, but the dragon reacts as the animation plays out. Check out 1:18 http://www.youtube.com/watc...
As far as this footage being compared to Killzone etc. by some people, this has a much smaller area, with fewer character models, so it stands to reason the detail could be better.
The animations are great, but nothing I haven't seen in Uncharted or The Last of US, just more finely tuned. Actually, one of the things I loved about Dragon's Dogma, was the large range and the quality of the animations.
Lastly, the camera angles feel very authentic as being an in game camera angle. With the exception of a few angles that were shown for cinematic purposes, I think most of it is actual gameplay.
To me, there's nothing that says this is pre-rendered CGI.
you are absolutely right, but some people are just ignorant,
the copcom guy did not give a 5 mins demonstration just to show us a prerenderd video
Can't wait until we actually see the console so people will stfu. This is getting out of hand. The PS4 is a PC and it was running on a PC spec from PC with only 4 gigs of RAM. STFU and do your research. Even Sony's first party was surprised. RAM is the most important thing to developers and if you think differently then ask one. Man, some of you have no clue what your taking about. You do realize the Titan that just came out has 6gb of Gddr5. Nuff said and this is on a close system where developers code code to the metal..I'm out..tired of talking to clueless people with no common sense.
You guys can sit on here and argue about stupid crap that don't matter.
Do you realize the GTX Titan has 6GB of DEDICATED GDDR5? The PS4 has 8GB of UNIFIED GDDR5. The 6GB in the Titan is exclusive to the GPU, the 8GB in the PS4 is for the entire system.
"tired of talking to clueless people with no common sense."
Kind of ironic coming from you.
Like I said, common sense. That card will never get used to its full potential because their are a million other options out there. No developer out there is going to make a game just for this card and code to the metal for it. That's the point I'm trying to make. Common sense. I'm done with you and the rest. I'm not going to sit here and argue with close minded people. Have fun arguing with someone else because you will never hear from me again.
I agreed with you just because you disagreed with blow.
Are you sure the PS4 only has the 8gigs? I thought the GPU had it's own memory and then there's the 8gigs on top of it.
Imagine microsoft and others doing away with APIs such as DirectX and having a similar approach with low level hardware access.. It could be hugely beneficial and help push with Sony making some great advances.
And maybe I'll see major improvements in my PC ports and such :D
Deep Down did look good but didnt leave me impressed. Probably cause Im not into fantasy games. KZ Shadowfall would have to be the best looking PS4 revealed game for me. I'd put inFamous: Second Son but alas no gameplay.
it does look good but is the gameplay what stands out.. it was fresh, new, original!!let's hope for DS to be this cool and so for next Santa Monica Game!
now this has me stoked for ps4. this could be fucking sweet!
How quickly people forget about the bullshot videos for Motorstorm and Killzone.
Ironically not a single game ever looked that good on the system since release.
Now you all are expecting them to actually look this good. Its funny, and must be nice being so blind.
I was thinking Deep Down could be Dragon's Dogma 2....well that would be cool if DD2 looks like that..
ps4 is good but i will stick to pc because i tweak the graphics of almost 90 percent of games and i think this continues in every games of next gen games too i tweak dirt 2 dirt 3 crysis 2 mafia 2 sktrim alan wake farcry 3 witcher 2 and....they r not good looking games without tweaking so i stick to pc
Even if it is real time it doesn't look fun
Let me guess because it wasn't on your preferred system of choice, right?
The footage I saw looks intense, I wouldn't expect anything less from a real next-gen console. Have fun playing Nintendo Land ;)
I have doubts whether or not its actual gameplay.
Deep Down was gorgeous, but I'm not sure if in-game graphics will be on par with the visuals displayed in that cinematic demo. If it's pure game engine and not a touched up, post processed video, that'll be the leap we've actually been expecting from the next-gen consoles. Time will tell I guess.
Infamous was great as well. I think they chose a street ambush scene just to remind us next-gen consoles can do what we've all been promised with the Samatrian tech demo, which looked pretty close to the visuals in the Second Son trailer. Particle effects, depth of field, dynamic shadows were all great thanks to the DirectX 11 architecture.
Killzone Shadow Fall I believe had the most subtle visuals among the other games, but that's not saying it's not a next-gen game: it has an unmatched view distance and I really couldn't believe how in the world devs sat down and drew a whole galaxy of scenery with detailed buildings, billboards, a traffic network and all the other small stuff that you might not even notice while you play. That's just INSANE and a step forward to CGI quality games.
Watch Dogs, I'm not sure if it's played on PS4 so I really can't tell if the PS4 version will be better or worse than what we saw in the presentation. It's a multiplatform game after all, not a platform-optimized game like Killzone or Infamous. I'm also not sure if it was a step down from the reveal trailer in terms of visuals, the difference of TOD might be confusing me though, as the reveal trailer was set at night with all the eye candy lens flare and real time reflections. I'll still give it the benefit of the doubt and assume that visuals were intact.
Mark my words!!!
Ps4 at its final stages won't look this good!. This is all cgi like the fake Killzone 2 Trailer back at E3 2005.
Capcom made a Resident Evil 5 fake trailer as well can you guys remember. The real game never came close.
Btw Killzone 4 looks good, but GG will never be so far behind in visuals compared to this game.
All cgi - now we all want games to look like this, but it wont for at least another 10 years or even more.
Even Crysis 3 looks about as good as Killzone 4 we've seen. So pc won't be that far behind either!
I'd suck a womans nipple (going to do it anyways) if this game looks half as good on release!!
I hope DARK SOULS 2 and THE LAST GUARDIAN will look like that!
My GOD
TLG wont simply cause of the art style..itll probably go into the physics or particle effects or possibly the depth of field..either way it will look gorgeous
There is always something shown at the reveal that never comes to life. I think this is the game that is never gonna be made.
It looked like an FMV and I'm pretty sure it was. Marketing takes a bigger role in this stuff than one might imagine. The HUD stuck in the corner isn't a foreign tactic in deceptive marketing.
I will say KZ4, judging from the demo on jimmy's show, was definitely real.
For now I'd call it smoke and mirrors. Wait for the PS4 to be in your home then judge.
That trailer was seriously sweet.
The physics of the dragon breathing fire looked so amazing.
Things like this are going to be the factor in whether or not it's a day 1 console. Now it is certainly leaning that way.


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The old saying goes, "once a cheater, always a cheater." I have the opportunity to date someone I'm really, really into and who is really, really into me. Trouble is, he was in a long-distance relationship several years ago in which he cheated on his girlfriend multiple times. Mutual friends of ours informed me of this, even though he's never confirmed it himself. The same mutual friends, however, assure me that they don't think he'll cheat on me. I'm torn. On the one hand, I want to trust my friends' judgment, and I really like this guy. On the other, I'll feel like a fool if I ignore the conventional wisdom and get burned. I'm all for communication, but I'm afraid to broach the subject with him, because if I imply that I think he might cheat on me then that might destroy any resolve that he had not to cheat. The question is, can people change?--Cautiously Optimistic
Like all common sayings, there is a certain degree of truth to the adage "once a cheater, always a cheater." Like all common sayings, however, it's far too simplistic to describe the complexity of human behavior, nor is it an accurate predictor of whether someone will commit an infidelity again. It's easy to dismiss a past cheater as "bad" and write them off forever--I don't blame you for having the impulse--but it won't do a lick to address your insecurities and doubts.
In this case, you're going on hearsay, which I (hopefully) don't have to tell you is a dangerous way to assess a person's character. Ask him what happened. Simply having a conversation with him about his past indiscretion isn't going to "destroy any resolve" he may have not to cheat. It's just a conversation. And an important one at that. Get talking and I bet your fears will start to dissolve immediately. Also, not to justify his behavior or anything, but long-distance relationships are really hard, and not the best indicators of someone's future faithfulness.
Once you've done that, here's another adage to ponder: "You can't make an omelet without cracking a few eggs." Love is inherently risky (or intense, like in your case). The potential to get hurt or hurt someone else is always there, but that doesn't mean we should stop trying simply because we might get hurt down the line. We can't know how the cards are gonna play out, but given the choice, wouldn't you rather live your life now than worry about something that hasn't occurred? I'm not saying you have to swish about your life blindly hoping that everything will work out OK--by all means, be cautious, keep your eyes open--but don't let fear run the show. "Fear is an asshole," as the adage I just made up goes (let's make it happen, people!).
As to your last question, I'll tell you that I've cheated on people in the past, and that I don't anymore. I've also been cheated on a fair amount too. It's a painfully common problem in many monogamous (and sometimes non-monogamous) relationships. Trying to safeguard yourself from the pain of infidelity before things have even begun is understandable, but it's an illusory safeguard. You can't run from hurt; it's always there, like joy, waiting to burst out from nowhere and change everything. The question shouldn't be, "Can people change?" But rather, "Will you allow yourself the courage to find out?"
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March 23, 2013 by Jeff
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Hello again from Allie the intern! Today's post is part two of my series…
"Trying to reimagine yourself is harder than most people realize."
My dad knows this better than most. After a life-changing accident, he lost mobility in his left hand and the ability to continue his career of 30 years. Now that he has been cleared to return to work, he is faced with a new dilemma — finding employment at age 54 in a terrible economy with highly specific skills and a disability.
"When you get to your mid-50s, starting a new career…it's overwhelming," he said. "I grew up in an era where when you turn 65, you stop working. I have to wonder, are they even hiring people my age?"
Enter AARP's Life Reimagined, an idea meant to help people who are starting a new phase of their lives. I suggested my dad try out the Life Reimagined Calling Cards exercise to determine some new interests and paths. He agreed (and I documented the process). Be sure to check out our tips for when you use the cards!
Finding Your Calling (Cards)
Once he set up an account, my dad was introduced to the many calling cards that list specific skills, such as "Making Things Work" and "Organizing Things." The instructions said to pick the ones he enjoys. He went through the cards with good spirits ("If I had talent, I would choose Performing Events … but people pay me not to sing …") and a clear focus for choosing things he actually likes. *Pro tip: remember, you're looking to make a career from these skills. Don't just pick ones that sound good on a resume! Pick things you like to do on a daily basis.
Once he finished, the next step instructed him to pick at least five of those that he is really good at and loves doing.
"It's making me really look inside myself," he commented as he considered the cards. He also had trouble not letting conventional left-brain/right-brain thinking throw him off as he debated choosing "Analyzing Info" along with cards in the Artistic category.
*Pro tip: don't let "traditional thinking" anywhere near your card choices. This isn't about what anyone else wants, thinks or assumes. It's all about you. He picked eight cards and moved on to the next step — finding his core gifts.
When faced with picking his top five cards, he tried not to overanalyze. He then made it to the last step: ranking his core gifts. "In the effort to be honest, it's hard to know if what I think is something the rest of the world would think too," he said.
After much deliberation, he made his ranking: Adding Humor, Giving Care, Organizing Things, Instructing People, Bringing Joy.
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"My calling cards suggest I'm an Artistic personality with a Social side who could also thrive in a Conventional environment," my dad's Life Reimagined profile now proclaims. My inner 8-year-old who always went to dad with math questions was surprised, but this makes sense to grown-up me. Being a TV cameraman required an artistic eye for setting up a shot correctly, and he always needed to work with others (aka he was social). And conventional environment? He's one of the most level-headed people I know. You can't exactly film people in every walk of life without having a regular and steady plan.
Neat. So what did we do next? Scrolled down to Explore Careers, of course.
We went through the suggested careers of Artistic, Social, and Conventional types. A Museum Guide sounded like "a stretch, but would be interesting;" an HR Specialist sounded like intriguing work, but intimidating physically due to the amount typing involved; a Personal Trainer required him being "in much better shape;" and Wind Energy Consultant was dismissed — "too easy." Naturally.
But one of the suggested careers was Academic Adviser. "That's very interesting," my dad said, rubbing his chin. "I wouldn't have thought of that one. Huh." I could see the wheels in his head turning as he considered the idea. And he liked it. I could see why — it's a very social job that requires patience, organization and creativity. Sounds like a winning combination.
We both agreed that going through the calling cards was a very helpful step for him. Not only did it pin down his interests; it gave him a new and specific idea to pursue. Beforehand, he'd only had a few loose ideas. He explained, "The concept of the path being wide open with all possibilities there for you … some would go, 'Ooo, how great!' And right now, it's really not. I wasn't looking for a new career. I didn't have a Plan B."
So many people are in a similar boat and need to start all over with no idea of what's next. While it's a scary place to be, this blogger is very glad there are resources like Life Reimagined to help.
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STEELEVILLE, Ill.—When Hillary Clinton lived in the White House, her home state was Arkansas. Then she was a senator from New York. As secretary of state, she traveled the world and lived in Washington.
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SEATTLE (AP) — A man who told a TV newsroom that he had killed his wife and asked the station to post that message on Facebook was arrested Thursday after a high-speed chase, authorities said.
Sara Barrett, 42, was found dead from "homicidal violence" about 6 a.m. Thursday at a Tacoma motel, Pierce County sheriff's spokesman Ed Troyer said.
The discovery came just hours after Tony Barrett, 41, of Puyallup was arrested in the chase that reached 100 mph from Tacoma to Gig Harbor, where police and state troopers stopped his car with spike strips.
"He got out swinging a crowbar" at officers who used a police dog to take him down, Troyer said. He was treated at a hospital for dog bites on the way to jail and held for investigation of murder.
It could not be immediately determined if Tony Barrett has a lawyer.
On Wednesday night, the caller told KOMO, "I just killed my wife ... I want you to put it on your Facebook," the station reported (http://bit.ly/Z1GYVJ ).
Barrett had called the station because he didn't have a Facebook page and wanted the station to post the message, Troyer said. The caller did not say where the woman could be found.
The assignment desk asked if there was someone they could notify, and the caller said, "No, I'm not going to be here much longer."
He said he and his wife had been together 28 years.
"It was supposed to be 'til death do us part, but she wouldn't," he said.
The man ended the call when the assignment desk mentioned police.
"Very odd," Troyer said. "That was a full-blown confession to place on Facebook."
Concerned for the wife, the station worked with the sheriff's office. Investigators were able to identify the man, his wife and their cars.
KOMO News Director Holly Gauntt said nothing was posted on Facebook.
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Court records show Barrett had attacked his wife in 2007, holding a pillow over her face until she nearly suffocated, the station reported.
The couple's grown son broke down the bedroom door and stopped the attack. Barrett pleaded guilty to third-degree assault and served a day in jail and two years under supervision by the Department of Corrections.
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Hello everyone,
For over a year now we've been working on a mod manager to replace the ailing Nexus Mod Manager. The premise was simple, attempt to combine the simplicity of the Nexus Mod Manager with the advanced functionality of Mod Organizer and create something that is accessible to all types of modders. Back in May of 2017 we named this replacement "Vortex" and we aimed for a January 2018 release date.
With that in mind, the full release of Vortex is alm...
June 2018: We're currently not hiring for this position.
Last year we set up our first office for Nexus Mods and began the process of relocating as many of the current staff as possible into the new environment.
As part of this process, we now have a job opening at Nexus Mods working on our Vortex software with Tannin, which is replacing the Nexus Mod Manager.
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A belated Merry Christmas and a happy new year to everybody!
We've been quiet in our news section recently as we've been busily working away on the site redesign and Vortex development, but the new year brings the perfect chance to update you on what happened last year and what we're working on in 2018.
2017 in numbers
We welcomed 1,612,142 new users to Nexus Mods in 2017, or to put it another way, a new member joined Nexus Mods every 20 seconds. We now ...
While a few of the developers continue to work on the new site design, fixing up bugs, improving page load time performance and responding to useful critiques and suggested improvements to the UI and UX from users, I wanted to take some time out to announce a new feature that a few of our other developers are currently working on that we plan to launch in the first quarter of 2018. A new year's resolution of sorts, if you will.
The new functionality I want to talk about today is...
In celebration of our new site design, we have teamed up with GOG.com, CORSAIR, MSI, and PCMasterRace to share our love for PC gaming worldwide through a massive giveaway! Before we get into the juicy details though, I wanted to take a quick trip down memory lane and look at some of the previous designs we've used at Nexus Mods before reaching this point.
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Corey Crawford worked his nuts off, and now he's getting paid.
The goaltender agreed to a six-year contract extension with the Blackhawks on Monday, the same day the 28-year-old had the Cup in his hometown of Montreal to celebrate backstopping the Hawks to their second championship in four years.
"Being able to get a chance to bring the Cup back home [with] all the people I played minor hockey with and grew up with and all my family was pretty special to start off—to add this on top of it is amazing," said Crawford, whose deal is worth a reported $36 million and runs through 2019-20. "I want to be in Chicago for my whole career and this is amazing to be able to do this and get this deal done."
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He's already got a Stanley Cup ring and a Jennings Trophy for the best goaltending performance in 2013 (which he shared with Ray Emery). Not to mention that sweet belt Kaner gave him at the championship rally. He might have a gold medal by February and a few more Cup rings before his career ends. Gotta put it all somewhere.
Crawford's speech at the Cup rally in Grant Park was legendary—"[bleepin' right, Chicago!]. If the Hawks win more titles, as we're sure is the plan, there might be FCC fines coming. It would be a nice gesture if he helped help TV stations defray the costs of any potential fallout.
In May, Crawford got engaged to his girlfriend, Sylvie Cormier. Time to up the ante on the post-wedding trip. In fact, why stop at one honeymoon when two or three are possible? Trust us, Corey, your bride-to-be will be pleasantly surprised.
No, not for himself. It would be for Crawford's backup, the recently acquired Nikolai Khabibulin. Figure the "Bulin Wall" is going to spend a lot of time riding the pine if Crawford's anywhere near as good as he was in 2013.
Crawford was invited to Team Canada's orientation camp for the 2014 Olympics, which will be held in Sochi, Russia. You want a goaltender who's sure of himself, and a confident goaltender assumes he's going to need to speak Russian, if only for two weeks.
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