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ZBrush 4R2 beta tester Bruno Câmara posted a speed sculpt he did starting with DynaMesh and finishing with the new BPR features (concept by Jasper Sandner). In his post, he has included a step by step and a time lapse video of his process. If you haven't started playing with the new features yet, this is a great way to see them in action!
View Bruno Câmara's post at ZBrushCentral.
You are a truly creative mind. Your use of the ZBrush tool set is inspiring. I love the form and weight you establish so early. With that in mind, how did finish the sculpt? Am I correct in assuming that once you established the pose the symmetry of the model was broken? That would mean you had to add all the detail to the model on both sides (left, right) independently no?
I am a huge fan and looking forward to your tutorial in January (3d Creative). Any chance of a sneak peak?
fantastic art.
Edward Ingle – Thanks Ed. I'm glad you like it. about the symmetry, yes. I broke it soon and sculpted each side independently.
amit kr.thakur – Thank you 🙂
That just warped my brain wow :O
Bruno, parabéns, é um prazer ver brasileiros tão talentosos!
Great freestlye mobility without the use of symmetry. Great work flow and the pose. Love the video. We hope to see more <3 a bit of speech on your video would of been perfect hehe 🙂
i have got no idea what you just did!!
A steep by steep tut will do a great help.
I find ZBrush very hard to use.
Anyway thanks.
wow! very creative
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Joseph Fulford b abt1770 Carteret Co NC
I'm searching for the names of the parents of Joseph
Fulford b. c1770 Carteret Co NC, married 1 July 1796 Charlotte Ann Fulford b. c1771 Carteret Co NC. They both moved to Dallas Co Al where they died.
I have a listing of Fulford marriages in Carteret Co sent
from NC archives 1981.The listing shows Joseph (Jr)
married Clerky (sic) Clarky Fulford 1 July 1796.
Why I'm not jumping at the (Jr) given to me, is that I
have Charlotte "Clarky" Fulford's lineage:
Father= Stephen > Joseph > Joseph > John Fulford.
You would assume that with the same last name, they
were cousins, but I can't find another Joseph Sr that
fits the husband of my Charolette.Must be another
Fulford line abit more distant?
Any help would be appreciated...Bill Morrow of Oklahoma
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A Display of Arminianism, Owen's first published work, published in 1643 and dedicated to the Committee on Religion in the House of Lords, has generally been compared unfavourably with Owen's later writings. Peter Toon, for instance, considers it "no masterpiece" and "[l]acking in literary elegance" (Toon, 15). Carl Trueman finds Owen's argument "somewhat overstated and generalized" (Trueman, 23). Kapic calls it "rough at many points". (Kapic, 23) Yet it would be a mistake to dismiss the book, which was an impressive and weighty demolition of his opponents' arguments as he described them. For Owen, it was a remarkably disciplined piece: clearly structured, tightly argued and succinct, without the lengthy and …
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text: Benji Ka 0 Posted January 17, 2012 Hi guys, Had my 1997 Ford Ka for 2 months now and I love it. Great little car for the money I got it for. One of the things I noticed when I got the car is that the brakes on it are no where near as good as any car I've driven as a learner. They're quite soft feeling, and you have to push the pedal a relatively good distance to get effective braking out of it, and then they seem to get just about strong enough for "emergency" braking if you push harder. I assumed this was just slightly worn brakes. I have also heard that the brakes use the same system as the 1980 Ford Fiesta, so I guess this could be a reason (as brakes back then weren't up to modern standards). The car passed its MOT with no advisories relating to brakes in October, so I assumed they were fine. Also the brakes still manage to lock up without a problem under really heavy braking, so I'd have thought this'd mean they're perfectly strong enough. However, this morning my step-dad drove it around the corner and now he's telling me that my brakes are "dangerous" and they need replacing. He says they shouldn't be anywhere near that bad. I told him you do have to push them harder than he's used to (as until recently he drove a 6 year old Hyundai Accent, and now drives my mum's brand new Hyundai i30) but he was having none of it. He says I need them done ASAP, preferably by the weekend otherwise it's an accident waiting to happen. I'm only 17 and barely have the money for my monthly insurance payments, let alone new brakes, so I don't really want to go spending out on them if I don't need them. From the way the car feels, the MOT and what I've heard I'd say that new brakes would only make the car marginly better, as the brakes don't sequel or rub under braking so I don't think the pads need doing. The only thing I can think of is adjustment, but again I don't think it'll do much for it. Basically I'd like it if somebody could just tell me if my brakes are normal or not? And if they're perfectly fine bearing in mind this is a 1997 car with 70,000 miles. I imagine there must be someone out there that can tell me what they think of Ford brakes :P Cheers for your help guys, and thanks for reading through all this :) Ben Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Miller enters guilty plea
Published 8:00 pm, Monday, August 21, 2006
BAD AXE A 19-year-old Bloomfield Hills woman appeared Monday afternoon in Huron County Circuit Court offering her guilty plea to one of the two counts of negligent homicide she was charged with following a July 11, 2005 automobile accident that killed a well-known Caseville couple.
Huron County Chief Assistant Prosecutor Stephen J. Allen said long before charges were filed by the prosecutors office, attorneys for Hannah Miller had been seeking some sort of plea agreement for Miller who has been described as emotionally fragile following the deaths of Robert and Mary K. Quinn.
When Miller appeared Monday with Detroit-area attorney Mark Krieger for her arraignment, Allen told the court there was in fact a plea agreement in the case. Miller would plead guilty to negligent homicide in the death of Robert Quinn and at the time of sentencing the prosecutors office would dismiss the charge of negligent homicide in the death of Mary K. Quinn.
When it came time for Miller to tell the court how she would plead to negligent homicide in the death of Robert Quinn she stood before Huron County Circuit Court Judge M. Richard Knoblock and said guilty.
Knoblock asked Miller what she did on July 11, 2005 that made her guilty of negligent homicide.
Reading from a typed statement Allen said was crafted by her attorney, Miller said she was southbound on Pinnebog Road on her way home from a camping trip when she noticed the stop sign at the Pinnebog and M-142 intersection. She said she stopped and then proceeded into the intersection thinking the intersection was a four-way stop and the vehicle driven by Robert Quinn heading east on M-142 would be stopping.
Robert Quinn's wife, Mary K., was a passenger in the vehicle at the time of the accident. The couple was transported by ambulance from the accident scene to Huron Medical Center in Bad Axe. Robert Quinn was then taken to St. Mary's Hospital in Saginaw while Mary K. Quinn was released from the hospital. She later sought treatment from Scheurer Hospital in Pigeon which transported her to St. Marys Hospital. Robert Quinn died July 20 and Mary K. Quinn died just seven days later.
The Quinns son, Dan Quinn of Caseville, sat in the back of the courtroom listening to what Miller had to say and then spent a few moments outside the courtroom doors speaking with Miller and her mother following the guilty plea. Allen said in reaching the plea agreement with Miller, the most important part was input from the Quinn family.
They have been on board all the way, Allen said. They are very comfortable with the plea agreement.
Miller is expected to appear at 1:30 p.m. Oct. 10 in circuit court for her sentencing. She faces up to two years in prison and/or a $2,000 fine for the misdemeanor charge. On Monday there was brief mention in court that Millers attorneys would seek the Holmes Youthful Trainee Act that would erase the negligent homicide conviction from Millers record when she completes the program.
Allen added the Quinn family expressed concern about the possibility Miller wouldnt have anything on her record, but that decision will be up to Knoblock at the time of sentencing.


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JD's stud MOC + my popularity stunts + epic gore = the MOC-off of all MOC-offs...let's get it on!
About this creation
Well, it's been almost 3 weeks since we posted Round 2, but I'm hopin' it was worth the wait.
Before we begin though, click
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Special Notes: [lame excuses] These pics are crap for two reasons: I'm not used to taking pictures of interiors, and I was also using a Sprite 12-pack as a tripod. A few pics are blurry, some are washed out, others are dark, and one was even...
. Well, like they say, less chatty, more splatty; so let's get down to biznezz!
First, we have a pretty basic overview, with a pretty basic prison prisoner revolt, with pretty basic deadly tools.
And who might that be wielding a deadly broom? Yep, he finally got put behind bars, although that cute little smile of his got him a little work release. He's thanking the prison guards right now.
*Insert another lame excuse about picture quality here*
Calling Officer Phipson, Chris, do you read me?
zOMG! Tis 1s kewlr den HALO 8!!11
Wow, I have no idea what happened with this one.
Here's a better pic of the little speeder I made. Pretty good for about 15 minutes of work, methinks.
OOOOOOOHHH, creeeepy....
More black fantasy-ish goodness
This shot doesn't do those greebs justice, as I spent hours on them.
Taking a break from commenting on my own creation, [hey, it comes naturally] let's talk irony.
If JD beats me 2 votes to 1 in this round, then he wins the overall competition. [although I might sue JD for coming up with the 3 person judging system] If this happens, JD wins 2 rounds to 1, but I get more overall votes.
Wow, I may have to abduct Alex Eylar...
And finally, the promised gold shot. Although not the desired affect, it came out purdy in my opinion.
So there ya have it folks, [another popularity stunt] you all know the rules and the judges, may the best adoloscent win!
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Awesomeness 124
November 17, 2009
Really great! Nice build!
I like it
Sam Pamphlet
February 20, 2009
it's ok but if it was a prison why ws there monsters?
I like it
Commander T Fett
January 29, 2009
Man I have to admit this is great work. nice job. For the republic commando I play on pc and my name is Commander T, leave a comment if you want to play but I'd like to know your user name so I can find you and the match you want to play. see ya then, ~CTF
I like it
commander zealot T
December 17, 2008
very cool but if you liked my creation y did you give me a one star? CHANGE IT!!
I like it
Bj�rn Westerberg
December 11, 2008
Great set! I wish I had more gray bits so I could build like that too. :)
I like it
masterchief 1
November 8, 2008
That is unbeliveably cool! By the way MC.J has posted his 'Rant.
I like it
googoo the great -=TSC Duke=-
November 1, 2008
build us more mocs will! piz?
I like it
googoo the great -=TSC Duke=-
October 30, 2008
where have u been will? will u check out my new mocs?
I like it
Phong Chang
October 23, 2008
Post a WIP of your mech.
I like it
LegoLord .
October 20, 2008
Ha, sorry I missed this, I've been out o' town. Cool Moc and Congrats on the win. BTW, how them Titan's baby? GO LYNDELL!!!~LL
I like it
googoo the great
October 20, 2008
ya, i agree darkspawn. the first two rounds JD did better, but this round Will was AWESOME!
I like it
DARKspawn .
October 18, 2008
Woah, this has been the toughest round yet. I have gone over & over each entry, scrutinised each pic, I have been staring at these two pages for close to an hour, trying to come up with a winner. Both creations are very creative & quite awesome, but I am going to have to give this round to Will. Although I think JD did a fantastic job, as usual, Will won out ever so slightly on detail & minifig action. This was a really hard MOCoff to judge, & I am proud you guys asked me to be a part of it. Well done to both of you!
I like it
Caleb 'Cutlass Crocodile' Blanchet
October 18, 2008
Hmmm...Yep, Yours seems to have a 'Keith Goldman' feel to it, while JD's has a...has a 'JD Luse' feel to it. I think your is a little crowded with details, it kind of makes it look sloppy. I think your creation is really neat, the water, the squid tentacle, the sleeping Phipson, but JD's is cleaner, and that, in my opinion, gave him an edge. I am giving him the nod. Great work, Looks like we need another vote to finish this...DARKSPAWN!
I like it
googoo the great
October 17, 2008
check out my new mocs Will.
I like it
googoo the great
October 16, 2008
i luv it!
I like it
Chris Phipson
October 15, 2008
Alright, where do I begin? This is some REALLY impressive work. The prosoners doing hard labor, the GREEBLES, the reference to that lazy Ofc. Phipson sleeping on the job... priceless. This is why I chose others to be judges in the mocOlympics. Two really great entries, both the best in the contest so far. Alright, enough rambling, I know the suspense is killing you. My vote goes to... wait for it... YOU! JD's was AMAZING but I think you just (and I do mean JUST) edged him out. Now let's see what the other judges think. ~ Chris.
I like it
googoo the great
October 15, 2008
that rox dude!
I like it
Firas Abu-Jaber
October 15, 2008
Hey man :) thx for respond... I'm now buildin' some kind of helicopter... well not exactly! Any way it'll be up soon so stay tune :p >>> peace
I like it
Mark Kelso
October 15, 2008
Yep, gonna have to join the chorus on the detail work and greebling. I'm diggin' the use of the color you threw in there, as well. Nicely done!
I like it
Sebeus I
October 15, 2008
nicely done, I like the little speeder, you did a great job on greebling and details, great job
I like it
Crimso Giger
October 15, 2008
Two nice entries I must say. But your greebles are simply priceless. Well done ! And it's was a nice competition ! Hope we see some new MOCs soon :)
I like it
Mike Bernd
October 14, 2008
Very good, has a great urban/mechanical feel to it. That scenery portion looks very cool, as do the amazing greebles. Think we could get a shot of the entire diorama?
I like it
Phong Chang
October 14, 2008
You totally beat him man! Remember when I commented on Jonathan's page, and you said I'd eat my words? My words taste like alphabet soup! ~Phong Chang
I like it
ElNickre .
October 14, 2008
It's great to not be a judge. That's one bad-a** purdy picture (the gold effect is quite impressive, even if accidental). ~Nick
I like it
Apple Pie
October 14, 2008
holy!!! HOLY!!! OMG!!! greaT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I like it
Defender Elite Shadow Katana
October 14, 2008
WHOA THIS IS SUH-WEET!! But really man, great job. Who is that mysterious minifig wearing clone armor under the bridge? Check out my Crab Droid.
I like it
firas abu-jaber
October 14, 2008
WWOOWW! God help judges at this one... very very great and amazing creation my friend! really you just put a hard work at this one man... nice creepy scene... and the gold! man! how did you make that gold!? fantastic.. both of your creations guys are very high quality... nice pics quality also... keep up the GREAT work >>> peace.. Fofo
I like it
JD Luse
October 14, 2008
Very cool!! This is gonna be a tough one; each of our MOCs are good in its own way. I love all the greeblies and that landing pad. Well done! (And we're not mentioning anything about you getting four extra days?) =)
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In Shakespeare's As You Like It, what is the relationship between Oliver and Orlando in the beginning and at the end?
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At the beginning of the play, Orlando discusses his unfortunate relationship with his brother Oliver with the elderly servant Adam. Then Oliver shows up and the two brothers quarrel over how Oliver has treated Orlando since their father died. Oliver even gets a little physical with Oliver:
Wilt thou lay hands on me, villain?
I am no villain: I am the youngest son of Sir Rowland de
Bois: he was my father; and he is thrice a villain that says such
a father begot villains. Wert thou not my brother, I would not
take this hand from thy throat till this other had pulled out
thy tongue for saying so: thou has railed on thyself"(I.i.43-48).
Throughout the course of the play, the evil Duke asks Oliver to go find Orlando for him. Oliver goes, but Orlando saves his older brother from a snakes grasp and bite, then he saves him from a lion who would have eaten him. Finally, Orlando suffers a wound from the lion and shows Oliver the way to Duke Senior where Oliver is welcomed with love. Oliver's mind is changed as he is shown mercy from one who could have let him die in the forest; their brotherly relationship is thus mended (IV.iii). Consequently, due to the fact that Orlando shows his brother mercy, Oliver changes his hatred to love and does not turn Orlando over to the Duke Frederick.


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(AP) A federal judge ruled mostly in favor of prosecutors Wednesday on several pre-trial motions filed ahead of the corruption trial for former Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife, Maureen.
Judge James R. Spencer denied the McDonnells' request to allow expert witnesses to testify that the prosecution's star witness will reap substantial benefits from the government's requested suspension of evidence-gathering in two unrelated civil cases. The judge also denied motions made by the McDonnells' lawyers to bar certain evidence from trial, including financial disclosure forms the governor filed when in office and statements Maureen McDonnell made to law enforcement officials during an interview.
The McDonnells are charged with accepting more than $165,000 worth of loans and gifts in exchange for helping former Star Scientific CEO Jonnie Williams promote his company's dietary supplements.
The former first couple's defense team wanted attorney Peter H. White and forensic accountant J. Allen Kosowsky to testify in front of a jury that Star Scientific and Williams, a major shareholder, could benefit from a delay in the civil suits. Star Scientific has been renamed Rock Creek Pharmaceuticals.
Williams is expected to testify under immunity at the couple's trial, which is scheduled to begin July 28.
Spencer said the jury can apply its "own collective common sense" on the impact of the delayed civil suits and doesn't need expert help.
The judge did rule in favor of the former Republican governor and his wife on some issues. Spencer decided that Kosowsky could give expert testimony that the McDonnells' financial situation was sound when they accepted the gifts and loans from Williams. Attorneys for the McDonnells argued that Kosowsky's testimony is needed to show that the McDonnells' finances were not "desperate" to take Williams' money.
The indictment filed against the McDonnells highlights some the couple's financial struggles while in office and includes an email from Maureen saying the family is "broke" and has an "unconscionable amount" of credit card debt.
Spencer also denied the prosecution's request to limit the number of character witnesses the defense could call to three each but said he likely wouldn't allow more than five to testify at trial.


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After scouring the banks of the Puyallup River, crews suspended their search tonightfor a 29-year-old Buckley man who went missing after being swept away on an inner tube.
The man's friends called 911 after noticing he had floated away in the 12800 block of McMillian Road just north of Orting and they couldn't reach him. Another rafter disappeared at the same time, but was later found and treated for injuries.
Swift water rescue crews and aircraft equipped with heat-seeking systems looked for the man until 10 p.m. The search will resume Monday morning.
"He may or may not be drowned, we don't know. We hope not," Pierce County sheriff's spokesman Ed Troyer said. "Let this be a warning. The river is powerful."


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Discussion in 'BlackHat Lounge' started by inigomontoya1, Aug 4, 2014.
I know, total noob question, new here.
you can follow the OP thread and sort it in your members control panel, or use the display feature on the thread top right maybe that can help you
You can't unfortunately.
What you can do though is look for the posts in the thread that are quoting previous posts, as they are likely to be the OP's replies to comments and questions.
Or search for the OPs name then look for all the instances where it is mentioned, that should help you to pick out all of OPs posts as you are scrolling down the thread,
Press ctrl+F and type OP's name. That's how you find OP's response on the thread.
This is what I do. But how come there doesnt seem to be a plugin that highlights OP posts? It would be very useful yet I never see it on any of the forums I use.
Create a bot to scrape the OP Posts and save them to a text file.
Bot options can include. Url and save to.
or create a imacros script to do the job
Or use the options posted above by other members.
Separate names with a comma.


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Strawberry Dessert Recipes
Halloween Dessert: Strawberry Brownie Pudding Recipe
The girls absolutely love Pocky Sticks. If you're not familiar with them, they're a popular Asian snack consisting of long, thin crackers dipped in icing. I received several packs of strawberry-flavored Pocky Sticks from Asian Food Grocer, and instead of just letting the girls devour them, I thought it would be fun to use them in a dish.
I adapted one of Ina Garten's brownie pudding recipes and made it look pink to match the Pocky Sticks. I used mini marshmallows to create teeth and Godiva chocolate pearls for the eyes. The Pocky Sticks serve as the hair. I'm thinking of serving these happy-looking treats to the kids for Halloween in a couple of weeks. Last year, I made witch-looking finger cookies that looked so realistic, children in my little munchkin's class refused to eat them!
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Gluten Free Cheesecake Parfait Recipe
It's National Cheesecake Day this weekend and, though I've made many cheesecakes in the past, my goal was to put a new twist on the special dessert. Since we were invited to our friend Carol's home (she's gluten intolerant), I decided to make my cheesecake gluten-free.
I made the mousse egg-free and flavored it with both raspberries and strawberries. For a contrast in texture, I added a layer of crunchy, diced yellow nectarines. And to make it look more fun, I topped the dessert cups with pistachio-flavored whipped cream and crushed pistachios. I don't think anyone missed the crust. For those who could eat gluten, I slipped a ladyfinger cookie into the verrine. How amazing does that sound?
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No Bake Strawberry Cheesecake Recipe (Egg Free Dessert)
If you're searching for a no bake cheesecake recipe, look no more. It looks fancy but it's ultra easy to assemble. As a bonus, it's an egg-free dessert. So what's not to love? Give this mascarpone cheese dessert a try.
I flavored the cheesecake filling with strawberries and added bananas for a thicker texture. Instead of placing the cheesecake in a spring-form pan, I decided this time to shape the dessert in a long triangular mold I usually use for making terrines (French jellied meatloaf). I first covered the molds with store-bought Italian-style lady finger puffs and completed it with the strawberry-and-banana-flavored cheesecake filling. The presentation turned out pretty spectacular. You know the saying: you eat with your eyes first!
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Strawberry Cheesecake Recipe
As I mentioned yesterday, the girls are planning to prepare a scrumptious meal for Mother's Day. My mother-in-law has a sweet tooth, so we decided to surprise her with a homemade strawberry cheesecake. Well, it will be a surprise as long as she doesn't read this!
This is not your average cheesecake. The crust is made with macaroons and the filling is flavored with both coconut extract and fresh strawberries. My cousin Tri just brought a giant case of strawberries he hand-picked himself with his wife at a "you pick'em" farm in Brentwood. The strawberries were rich in color and flavor. If the strawberries you have aren't very flavorful, you could add a few teaspoons of strawberry extract to reinforce the flavor. We taste-tested the cheesecakes this afternoon and it was a big thumbs-up. Even my little sis-in-law who's allergic to egg yolks could have some, which was quite a treat for her.
In addition to the heart-shaped cheesecake, the girls had the idea to finish the decoration by cutting the fresh strawberry halves into a heart. Isn't it adorable?
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Strawberry Muffins
Marbled Muffins made with homemade strawberry jelly are our family favorite. The muffin batter is mildly sweet with a touch of acidity from the strawberry jelly. I used strawberry extract and lemon zest in the batter and repeated both flavors in the jelly.
The muffins have a subtle elegance that makes a perfect treat for tea parties or for children's birthdays or play dates. I've made them for both, and they're always a hit. The design is my own attempt at modern art; I put a dollop of the jelly on top of the batter and then use a toothpick to draw in random designs. It's not Jackson Pollock, but hey, I'm sure it tastes better than his paintings!
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text: On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 10:36 AM, Olivier Berger <email@example.com> wrote: > Hi. > > Le dimanche 18 janvier 2009 à 19:54 +0100, Bastien ROUCARIES a écrit : >> On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 8:36 PM, Sandro Tosi <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: >> > Hello, >> >> > If you feel something is missing, should be fixed or enhanced, let >> > us[4] know; of course, patches are welcome ;) (git repo at [5]). >> >> I really useful stuff will be to use user tag in order to crossref >> another distrib bugzilla. For instance some bug are fixed on redhat >> like #506180 but not upstream. >> It will allow to automatize retrieval of information. >> > > FYI, that's the kind of features we're working on in the HELIOS project > (more details here : > https://picoforge.int-evry.fr/cgi-bin/twiki/view/Helios_wp3/Web ). > > We're thinking about helping navigate and manage bugs by allowing the > navigation between various distros and upstream bugtrackers... I hope > our efforts will benefit Debian through bts-link and other tools, of > course. > > We're still just started and busy with lots of things, and nothing > concrete do demonstrate so far. > > We're currently trying to evaluate work that has been conducted by > others in the Nepomuk project to find if ontologies and RDF are > interesting to allow the representation of such meta-data about bugs and > links between bugs in standard format. > > Of course the use of debbugs (user)tags is very interesting (compared to > what exist in other bugtrackers) to store such elements, but we're > thinking about devising something that would scale to the vast majority > of bugtrackers used by the free software communities... so we probably > need to think about an external store, and hence RDF standard format and > such. Yes and it could work with minimal modification of bts-link: We need only two user tags by foreign distrib: bts-link-foreign-xref-$distrib set to the foregin bugzilla entry bts-link-foreign-status-$distrib magically set by bts-link If you go to fosdem, a working example of such a tool will be really useful :) After we could try to standardize this kind of stuff, but we need an example :) Regards Bastien


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Tom Clancy FanFiction Pilot
Tittle in Working
Daniel Herbane sat in the Pilots lounge of Auckland International Airport at a coffee table, sipping some coffee and talking to his co-pilot. They where going over the final plans for the last leg of the 747 – 400s journey. # hours earlier the 747 left Los Angles International bound for Auckland and now in two hours it was about to complete it's journey to Kingsford-Smith International.
"There should be good weather all the way to Sydney," Daniel commented looking the weather charts, his junior just grunted. Captain Daniel Herbane had so many flying hours under his belt he had lost count. He had completed his Bachelor of Aviation (Flying Stream) at the University of New South Wales where he received his CPL, IFR, Twin Command and Instruction Ratings. He then for three years worked for a training and charter firmed based out of the smaller Bankstown Airport in Sydney, getting restless he started to send applications to the major airlines in Australia and finally getting called for an interview with Virgin Blue. They where looking for a 737 pilot. Daniel got accepted and worked for Virgin for five years before his dream came true. He had been trying for the previous two years to join Qantas but, with thousands of other hopeful pilots, on his third attempt ('Third time lucky' he said at the time) Qantas accepted his application as a 767 pilot and he quickly became a captain flying the domestic routes and occasionally got to fly to the major New Zealand airports, about ten years ago he applied to the 747 training course where he learnt the ropes of flying the huge, graceful beasts. He had been flying the B744s ever since. Being a captain of such a huge powerful beast was something Daniel couldn't ever replace.
Daniel looked up to see his co-pilot, a young First Officer, was standing over him,
"Ready to go sir, I have already checked the current METAR reports and they are all clear to Sydney."
"Great stuff, let's go then shall we?"
They walked down the terminal past the gate, showing their security passes and having them rigorously checked (one of the many disadvantages of September 11th), then they walked down the Aerobridge, to the disgust of the First Class passengers whose boarding had to be delayed for something as trivial as a pilot. Daniel looked at the Flight Attendant at the door and smiled at the familiar face.
"G'day Kathy!"
"Daniel! I haven't seen in you so long! Well I'll come and have a chat once we reach cruise."
"It's a date," he said coolly as he brushed past the other flight attendants waiting to great the arriving PAX, giving the woman approving nods. The opened the cockpit door which on a B744 was remarkably roomy. They immediately set up there charts in order of use and went over a quick check, out of habit more than procedure, to see if anything was amiss. Taking his seat Daniel snapped on his headset and positioned his microphone, on his right his co-pilot was doing the same. Over the intercom he said to the co-pilot, "Radio check mate, how am I holding up down your end?"
The young mans voice came over the headset crisp and alert, "Loud and clear"
"Same for you." Daniel finished. Minutes later the same process was done over the radio which was at the moment tuned to the Qantas Company Frequency.
"Magpie 21 cleared in hot"
"Roger fighter control 21's, cleared in hot."
Flight Lieutenant James Crimmer flicked off the safety in his F/A-18 Multi-Role fighter of the Australian Air force's 77sqn.He was doing a practise bombing run on one of the many targets in the Northern Territory. He slowed the throttle pushed a button that dropped a bomb then pushed the throttled to full again and climbed out.
"Magpie 21 on egress to Angels 01, weapons cold, heading back home."
"Roger Magpie 21, Expect ILS approach at Tindal."
Harry Scott sat in a Austrian coffee shop. He flicked a page of his book. He looked like he was reading and he was, to an extent, but at the same time he was scanning the three hundred year old market for his target. She was staying in one of the many hotels that had sprung up after World War II. He sipped his coffee it was grainy almost like the Turkish coffee he had drank a week before. Finally a young attractive woman wearing a revealing trouser suit stepped out of the hotel. She looked around then went left towards the train station just as Harry knew she would. He followed her slowly getting closure but making sure she wouldn't suspect him. About two hundred metres from the station he put his dead down and walked passed her just like any other business men on his way to catch the train to secure a business deal. He walked to a street lamp in front of the train station and lit a cigarette further down the road a delivery van moved up the street. The woman came towards him he walked deliberately forward to her and asked for directions to the bank. He spoke in German with a strong Middle Eastern accent that was the only thing that revealed his homeland. She turned to point down the road just in time to see three men come up and grab her they tossed her into the van and drove off. Henry smiled, job well done, he returned to the hotel for a flight back to Syria.


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SAO JOSE DOS CAMPOS, Brazil — Embraer is closely watching reaction to Boeing's win of the U.S. Air Force's KC-X tanker contest to assess whether there could be any political effect on its bid to win a significant Air Force contract over a U.S. competitor.
The Brazilian manufacturer is competing against Wichita-based Hawker Beechcraft for a potential $950 million Air Force contract to supply up to 55 light-attack/advanced-trainer aircraft for training and equipping foreign air forces.
Embraer's Super Tucano is being offered against Hawker Beechcraft's AT-6 for the Light Air Support (LAS) requirement. The competing aircraft underwent flight evaluations at Kirtland AFB, N.M., in January. An award is expected in June.
U.S. firm Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) has been selected as prime contractor for Embraer's LAS bid, and would provide logistic support and perform pilot and maintenance training at Clovis, N.M., near Cannon AFB.
Embraer would supply the aircraft and ground training devices, and plans to assemble the Super Tucanos in Jacksonville, Fla., if it wins the contract.
Hawker Beechcraft has selected Salina, Kan., as its site for turnkey training of U.S. advisors and Afghan pilots and maintainers if it wins the LAS contract.
Although the contract is small in comparison to the $35 billion KC-X program, Embraer executives are concerned the politically charged atmosphere surrounding the "Boeing versus Airbus" tanker competition could spill over into LAS.
Last year, Sikorsky unsuccessfully protested a U.S. Navy request for proposals for 21 Mi-17 helicopters to be supplied to the Afghan air force. The U.S. manufacturer had argued the Navy improperly limited the competition to the Russian-made Mi-17 (Aerospace DAILY, Aug. 5, 2010).
Unlike the helicopter procurement — for which the Navy secured a "public interest" exemption from competition rules based on the Mi-17 being the only suitable aircraft — the LAS program is an open competition, Embraer executives note.


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Here the adventure begins. When we meet someone new, we never know where it might lead.
I've been married for over thirty years and have two twenty-something kids. We live in stunning Colorado at the foot of the Rockies, where the day lilies in my back yard grow as tall as I am. (No short jokes, please.)
Not every piece of my life is pretty, though. Some days I want to throw out whole chunks. But I am living each day looking for the grace of God to me, in me, and through me. Having your companionship along the way will help uncover a lot of great stories.
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Starting Neo4j
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Authors: Kemper, Chris
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Marshall Moya Design is Associate Architect for the new home of the DC United in Southwest, Washington, D.C., supporting Populous, a globally-recognized architecture firm based in Kansas City. Populous was named Architect of Record by the team this past summer.
The new stadium will create a unique atmosphere for fans to watch soccer, and will also include an "interactive plaza" linking to ancillary development that will serve as community-gathering space year-round. The team hopes to have the stadium open for the 2018 Major League Soccer season.
The 19,000 -seat stadium will total 331,155 square feet, including the field, concessions, team offices, retail store, media center and other functions. It features a "seating bowl" with canopies surrounding an uncovered field. The "contemporary industrial" style of the venue brings a modern aesthetic to the DC United brand, while also paying homage to the industrial past of Buzzard Point.
The stadium is situated between the Navy Yard Ballpark and Waterfront Metro Stations.


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Seahawks lacking height and depth in CAA opener
"There's nothing you can do to prepare for the amount and extent of injuries we've had," UNCW men's basketball coach Benny Moss said. "We are constantly making adjustments to our basic premise. We'll think about it and prepare and then we have to re-evaluate and scrap everything."
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With time running out before the non-waiver trade deadline Saturday, we're still looking for the white smoke to flow from Bill Smith's Target Field office indicating he's made a deal that will assure the Twins a championship. Yet, strangely, virtually nobody outside of Twins Territory seems to be mentioning the Twins as a buyer at the deadline. Not Tom Corcoran at SI. Even his peer at SI, Jon Heyman, barely mentions the Twins in his trade deadline article.
Click on the Twins summary at MLBTradeRumors.com and outside of old posts about Dan Haren, it's slim pickings. A casual mention of interest in the Jays' reliever Scott Downs, the Nats' closer Matt Capps and the Cubs' starter Ted Lilly. (Of course, this could all change at any moment!)
Of course, some folks locally are still riding Smith and the Twins pretty hard about making a move to improve the team.
Seth Stohs mentioned a number of the Twins' minor league arms who are stepping up their games perhaps just at the right time in his Twins Centric post. However, the much-maligned back end of the Twins current rotation (Baker, Slowey, Duensing) have picked things up a bit if you're willing to discount the fact that they did so against the lowly Orioles.
So I thought it would be a good time to take the pulse of the Knuckleballs community (we aren't quite big enough to be Knuckleballs Nation yet, are we?). What do you think the Twins should do with regard to the impending trade deadline? As always, feel free to expand on your votes in the comments section. – JC


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A collective effort is needed to ensure Sudbury looks its best as preparations for Anglia in Bloom begin to take shape.
The town ended a decade long wait for a gold award in the floral contest last year and the Sudbury in Bloom committee is keen to repeat the triumph.
However, group chairman Nick Irwin said the feat would not be easy and called on more people to get involved to help the area shine.
"We all have to take a pride in the town," said Mr Irwin.
"Preparations are going very well indeed but we still need more help and are looking for sponsors."
The battle to keep the town tidy and eradicate rubbish from the streets, crucial in order to impress judges, has been helped thanks to the donation of two new street barrows to the town council from the Rotary Club of Sudbury.
The barrows, costing £210, will replace outdated barrows currently being used by Sudbury Community wardens.
Mr Irwin said he believed this would provide the town's hopes with a significant boost.
"This will enable town hall staff and wardens to hit grot spots quickly without having to go through the bureaucratic process," he said.
Linda Sebbage, president of the rotary club, said the barrows would be useful for planned litter picks.
"We are a community club and feel people need to be more aware of their environment," she said.
"We want people to realise what they can do and it is not just up to certain people to keep Sudbury clean and tidy."
Judging for Anglia in Bloom is due to take place in July. Halstead were last year's overall winners.


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Quotes and Sayings about Cats
Cats rule; dogs drool.
A man mixed with a cat will improve the man, but deteriorate the cat.
Dogs have owners, cats have staff.
All you need is love…and a cat.
Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.
– Robert A. Heinlein
I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.
– Winston Churchill
Dogs come when they're called; cats take a message and get back to you later.
– Mary Bly
Thousands of years ago, cats were worshiped as Gods. Cats have never forgotten this.
You can't own a cat. The best you can do is be partners.
– Sir Harry Swanson
It always gives me a shiver when I see a cat seeing what I can't see.
– Eleanor Farjeon
If a cat does something, we call it instinct; if we do the same thing, for the same reason, we call it intelligence.
– Will Cuppy
There are no ordinary cats.
– Colette
Even the stupidest cat seems to know more than any dog.
– Eleanor Clark
If cats could write history, their history would be mostly about cats.
– Eugen Weber
Cats always know whether people like or dislike them. They do not always care enough to do anything about it.
– Winifred Carriere


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Fletcher In - Moussi Out
The signing of Carl Fletcher from Crystal Palace on a six week loan deal could be good news for Forest fans, but the thought of being without the Moose is not.
The Reds' could be without the influential Frenchman for up to eight weeks with a foot injury. Vital Forest have heard that Moussi is expected to undergo an operation on Monday, when they hope to find out the length of his recovery for sure.
Forest have confirmed their interest in Fletcher and hope to have the deal done in time for him to play at QPR at the weekend. He's currently on his way back from international duty with Wales and is expected to tie up the deal tomorrow.
Palace boss Neil Warnock, hasn't played Fletcher since March after losing his place to former Red Shaun Derry. Warnock told the Croydon Guardian. "I spoke to Colin Calderwood when we were up there and they have got a lot of youngsters and I think he`s probably just the kind of player they need to keep them all together and start turning the corner.'
The man we love to hate was very complimentary about all things Tricky, when he said. "It is a good club Forest with good fans and good atmosphere.' Thanks for that Col, but we'd much prefer Ben Watson, if you don't mind.


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i wanted to share with those who were at Scrapfest and were enquiring about my workshops that are upcoming at Scrapping Great Deals: Here is the info: come and spend the day with me and the staff at SGD's Saturday, April 28th
Always Love you Painters Tray
this will make the perfect family keep sake to display in your home, give away as a gift, or store in your album!
My first workshop will be a Quick Quotes Painters Tray. using the new laser cuts from Quick Quotes and the new Tin Type Line; all you need to bring is your basic tool kit, a liquid adhesive and a blending tool. The three chalk inks that I used on my sample, will be provided in the kit and yours to keep :D
this was recently posted in Sheilas email:
this was recently posted in Sheilas email:
Those attending both of Karan's workshops on the 28th will receive a bonus SGD pink carry tote along with a Sticky Thumb adhesive runner! Plus, Quick Quotes is providing Karan with some door prizes for the day!! Talk about a party!?!! Get yourself signed up today!!
Afternoon Workshop
there are only 8 seats left in this workshop with less than two weeks left to advertise, its going to sell out!
Making Memories Together
a double page layout workshop featuring Teresa Collins-Carolina Breeze collection:
Please have with you an old bath towel and a large water spray bottle.
(Please do not wear white we will be playing with fluid acrylic paints)
You will need-basic tool kit ( please include foam adhesive, liquid adheasive,(i use Beacon 3n1)
wild honey distress ink, edge distresser, flower burst edge punch from EK
Please call Sheila to book your spot
Sheila also offers 20% off during class time, so any extra materials that i list,
and you do not have, you can purchase that day!
Lets not forget Scrapping Great Weekend!
Sheila is now offering a day crop special
for those who cannot make the weekend
9:00 a,m,-midnight
see you there :D


text: Hi, all. This is Kayee, I am in my final year of bachelor's studies in Hong Kong. I am doing my final year project. My research is interested in new usages, new spellings and new words in social media and I' d like to know if there are any social media corpora which I could access. In my research, I focus on analyzing the phenomenon in 2015, so I need to get access a social media corpora collected during 2013-2015 to further my research and finding. Can anyone help me with this?


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China Mobile unveiled a new integrated communication service at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona last week, most likely to compete against Over-The-Top instant messaging applications such as WeChat. China Mobile's new service will effectively integrate calling and messaging services with its high-speed 4G network. This will allow subscribers to share pictures, messages, locations and even video chat using their 4G data connections without needing to download applications such as WeChat. The company plans to start trials of this service in the second half of this year and go commercial a year later.
The world's largest carrier has seen a rapid decline in revenues from traditional sources such as voice calling and SMS due to the advent of applications such as WeChat, which enable users to call and share messages over their mobile Internet data plans. China Mobile's effort in developing such an integrated service to compete against OTT alternatives is in stark contrast to rival China Unicom's strategy of collaborating with WeChat to boost data usage on its network.
China Mobile's strategy bodes well with its 4G expansion plans in the country and could help the carrier boost its 3G/4G data usage as well as its average revenue per user. However, it will depend on how the carrier differentiates its service from competition and how many users it is able to attract away from established players such as WeChat, which currently has a subscriber base of about 300 million.
Our price estimate for China Mobile is at $55, implying a premium of about 15% to the market price.
See our full analysis for China Mobile's stock here
China Mobile's Rapid 4G Expansion Plans
China Mobile is currently the only carrier offering 4G services for smartphones in China. The carrier is aggressively expanding its 4G network and plans to install about 500,00 base stations across 340 cities by the end of the year. In order to boost its 4G subscriber base, China Mobile is working on improving the supply of low-cost 4G-enabled smartphones in the Chinese market, costing as little as $100-$150.
The carrier had faced handset availability issues at the time of its 3G launch last year due to the chipset incompatibility of popular smartphones with its SCDMA 3G technology. This resulted in smaller carriers like China Unicom and China Telecom gaining market share at China Mobile's expense. This time, China Mobile is leaving no stone unturned when it comes to rolling out its network and attempting to differentiate itself from rivals. Its rapid 4G expansion and lack of competition is likely to boost its share in the Chinese wireless market in the near term.
Integrated Communication Service Likely To Boost ARPU
China Mobile added about 38 million new 3G subscribers in 2012 and its Internet ARPU grew almost 43%. Adding 3G/4G subscribers helps the carrier increase its ARPU levels, as 3G and 4G smartphone users consume more data than 2G subscribers. According to the latest subscriber data released by the company, it added over 14 million new 3G/4G subscribers in January alone this year. China Mobile should continue to benefit from the growing adoption of 3G/4G services since most of the growth is coming from data rather than voice, which has reached near-saturation.
China Mobile's integrated communication service is likely to provide a common interface where subscribers will be able to use calling and messaging services on their smartphones using their 4G data plans. This service is likely to pose a direct competition to applications such as WeChat, which is the number one messaging app in China. We can use WeChat's financial data to estimate China Mobile's potential in this market.
WeChat generates its revenue largely from e-commerce services and advertisements. It currently has more than 300 million subscribers and its revenue is estimated at RMB 300 million per month. This gives us an ARPU of RMB 1.00 per month for WeChat. If China Mobile were to introduce e-commerce or advertisements as part of its integrated service – a big "if" at this point – there could be ARPU potential of RMB 1.00 per user per month, excluding revenue generated from subscriber Internet data plans. This would translate to annual revenues of RMB 2.4 billion ($390 million) for the carrier from its existing 3G subscribers alone. However, even if the company doesn't use any ads on the service, the increased data usage would likely boost its ARPU. We expect the carrier to see 3G/4G subscriber growth as well as a boost in ARPU, allowing it to grow its mobile Internet service revenues at double-digit rates in the near term and mid-single-digit rates in the long run.
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Addresses of Central Bank Branches in Nigerian States.
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· YOBE BRANCH ADDRESS- 2 GRA Road,behind Central Mosque,Damaturu, Nigeria
· SOKOTO BRANCH ADDRESS- Gusau Road, Nigeria – P.M.B. 2393, Sokoto
· EBONYI BRANCH ADDRESS- No. 1 Nwene Street, Off Ezza Road, Abakiliki, Nigeria
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· ZAMFARA BRANCH ADDRESS- J.B.Yakubu St.Opposite Access Bank,Gusau
· JIGAWA BRANCH ADDRESS- Sanni Abacha Way, Dutse, Nigeria – PMB 7155, Dutse
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· BAYELSA BRANCH ADDRESS- 21 Osiri road, Ekeki Yenegoa
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"At the end there, when I was trying to cut a deal, the ambassador was scared... That's why he wouldn't come to our aid. That's why we're on our own. Because the demons are afraid of what we're hunting."Humans are the dominant species. We're at the top of the food chain. That means that literally nothing in the world can successfully prey on humans (except maybe other humans). That's part of what makes a lot of monsters scary and badass; they dethrone us from our position of power. But when you think about it, eating people is kind of old-hat. After a while, you begin to lose track of all the different types of monsters that eat humans. It just becomes a fact of life, so by the time you run into that guy who wants to devour your flesh to add to his own power, you just sort of yawn because it's exactly the same as everything you've seen anywhere ever. So how do you make something distinctive, then? Well, if monsters that eat humans are no longer a threat... what about monsters that eat other monsters? To establish a Food Chain Of Evil, all you have to do is make the last threat the preferred prey of the next one. This will often result in situations of Horrifying the Horror for the first monster, where it's deathly frightened of the thing now trying to eat him. Anything which eats monsters that eat humans counts. Basically, this is power tiers established via fictional food chain. Contrast Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors and Tactical Rock-Paper-Scissors, where the food chain is circular. When this sort of food chain exists within a species, that's Monstrous Cannibalism. See also:
— Mayor Bentham Rudgutter, Perdido Street Station
- Always a Bigger Fish: The heroes are saved when the monster gets eaten by a bigger monster.
- Monster Lord: Also related, but a Monster leader that eats its own kind is distinct from this trope in that it's only one monster, not an entire species that preys on the other one (although it can still count if the Monster Lord is an entire multi-member monster caste unto itself).
- Monstrous Cannibalism: When monsters of the same species eat each-other, rather than a separate species devoted to eating them, although there's a lot of overlap.
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Anime and Manga
- The Crusniks from Trinity Blood, who eat vampires.
- The Pillar Men in Part 2 of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure eat the vampires who were the primary antagonists in Part 1.
- Alucard fom Hellsing. While technically a vampire in name, he's more of an Eldritch Abomination in vampire's clothing, and his favorite food seems to be the vampires created by the Big Bad.
- The Menos Grande from Bleach are created when the hunger of a group of Hollows becomes so great that they start feeding on each other, resulting in them merging into a near-mindless skyscraper-sized beast. If one of the constituent personalities can gain control of the others, then continuing to consume other Hollows eventually pushes them across the Bishonen Line to become the human-like and insanely powerful Vasto Lordes.
- Neon Genesis Evangelion where Unit 01 goes berserk and eats Zeruel.
- Similarly in Rebuild of Evangelion, Zeruel does this to Unit 00.
- Devilman features this often, mostly in the first OVA, as the demons will eat each other out of cannibalism.
- Fullmetal Alchemist has this when Pride eats Gluttony's philosopher's stone.
- Godannar with the fusion type mimetic beasts trying to "eat" their brethren, although somewhat subverted as it actually makes them more powerful.
- Getter Robo with New Getter Robo when the giant onis eat smaller members of their kind to gain their intelligence.
- Cell from Dragon Ball Z needed to hunt down and absorb Dr Gero's other creations to reach his final form.
- Invoked in Puella Magi Madoka Magica. The series's Monsters of the Week, witches, devour humans and use them to reproduce. The core of a dead witch, a Grief Seed, is the only way for a Puella Magi to replenish their strength, and so they hunt (or, in some cases, even cultivate) witches. One particularly cold girl, Kyouko, even calls it a food chain, with them at the top. As it turns out, Puella Magi are merely the larval forms of witches, and the discarded Grief Seeds are ultimately fuel for their creators. Some fans have even produced population dynamic models.
- In Violinist of Hameln, Mazoku feed on humans. They can also raise their power by drinking magical blood, which can be from human mages... or other Mazoku. Demon King Chestra is known to eat lesser Mazoku and even planned to eat his own children.
- Tokyo Ghoul has one in the form of the rare Kakuja mutation, the result of Ghouls that engage in Monstrous Cannibalism one time too many. Incomplete Kakuja such as Kaneki Ken are near-mindless monsters, while the fully-evolved ones such as the One-Eyed Owl and Yoshimura are the strongest and most terrifying Ghouls on record. The legends about the Kakuja are one reason that cannibalism occurs among Ghouls, with those actively seeking to increase their power risking the resulting mental breakdown that goes along with it. Ghouls might eat humans (and occasionally weaker Ghouls), but the Kakuja eat whatever the hell they want and are almost without exception super-predators of incredible power.
- Tryks hunt down and infect the various species of vampire in the Marvel Universe. They need normal humans to reproduce though. Deacon Frost also tries to become a creature above vampires on the food chain himself but instead gets eaten by one.
- One of the non-canon Angel comic books had him deal with the returning threat of a giant tentacle monster that fed on vampires by sucking out the demon inside of them. Angel wouldn't have a problem with this, except that when the creature reaches its maximum of 3000 demons, they'll all be expelled from its body...in a spirit form that will let them directly possess living humans, instantly turning 3000 people into vampires in one night.
- In an interview, Hack/Slash creator Tim Seeley once mentioned a scrapped storyline that would have involved a slasher who preyed solely on vampires.
- A few Venom stories featured Xenophages, monsters that feed on symbiotes.
- From Witch Doctor, Penny Dreadful is a cryptophage: a monster whose diet consists entirely of other monsters.
- In Vampirella vs. Aliens, the Xenomorphs basically fill this role for the vampires. The comic opens with a bunch of Nosferatu being hunted by them, the last of whom tries to fight back by sinking his fangs into an alien. Bad idea.
- Galactus was first introduced by showing the Skrulls, some of the most threatening villains the Fantastic Four had faced up until then, terrified of him and doing their best to conceal their home planet so he wouldn't find and eat it.
- In a later story, Galactus successfully devoured the Skrull homeworld and its inhabitants.
- Galactus himself was once considered a prospective meal, along with the rest of the universe, for an interdimensional being known as Hunger.
- The Reapers in Blade II, as shown atop this page, feed on vampires. Though they were not above snacking on humans too. The only way to kill them was the sun, as they had a solid bone plate over their heart, and easily healed from a broken neck. They could probably survive decapitation as well; a victim in the middle of turning survived a partial decapitation. After the body was destroyed, the remaining piece was still looking around and blinking with its eye.
- Subverted in Godzilla 2000. In the climax of the movie, Orga attempts to swallow Godzilla whole. Godzilla uses his atomic breath on its insides and kills it.
- In Rodan, the titular giant pterosaur is first introduced as a predator that eats the Big Creepy-Crawlies called Meganulon that had previously been the threat in the movie.
- Marcus from Underworld: Evolution becomes a vampire/lycan hybrid. From this point, he becomes pretty much omnivorous.
- The Valley of Gwangi: The titular allosaurus eats a styracosaurus and a gallimimus.
- Planet of the Dinosaurs: The tyrannosaurus rex eats a rhedosaurus while chasing the human characters at one point.
- Evolution: Mostly at the stage of alien evolution where the meteor crash site resembles the Carboniferous Era.
- Star Wars Episode I The Phantom Menace: In the subterranean oceans of Naboo, giant sea monsters such as the eel-like Colo Claw Fish and the fish-crustacean hybrid Opee Sea Killer are hunted by an even larger leviathan, the Sando Aqua Monster.
- The Cosmic Monsters: A giant spider (that somehow changes between a tarantula and a funnel web) catches a cockroach in its web and fights it, eventually winning and wrapping it up.
- Ghoulies II: The Ghoulie Eater, who does what exactly what his name says and eats all but the Fish Ghoulie.
- King Kong (2005): The vastatosaurus rex eats a foetodon. This is also heavily used in the game based on the film.
- Jurassic Park:
- The T. rex in the first film eats a Gallimimus and a Velociraptor.
- Jurassic Park III also has this with the notorious scene of the Spinosaurus killing the juvenile Tyrannosaurus.
- Mega Piranha: The titular monsters feed on each other if one is hurt. The feeding frenzy is so crazy that it ends up causing them to kill each other at the end.
- Mega Shark Vs Crocosaurus: Mega Shark proceeds to eat Crocosaurus's eggs throughout the movie.
- The main character in Hunting Humans has a Nightmare Sequence where the fellow Serial Killer who has been hassling him appears as a supernatural creature that preys on infamous murderers.
"I'm the reason Jack the Ripper was never caught, and I'm the reason you'll never be caught. You're hunting humans, and I'm hunting you!"
- In Daybreakers, vampires can mutate by drinking their own blood, turning into Subsiders, feral and incredibly dangerous bat/human hybrid monsters. They feed mostly off the blood-drinking but much more human vampires, but will eagerly take human blood too whenever they can get it.
- In Queen of the Damned, Akasha drinks the blood of vampires and humans alike.
- Quite literal in How to Train Your Dragon with the Green Death. Some of the dragons are huge in comparison to the human characters (Zipplebacks and Monstrous Nightmares especially, but even Night Furies are big dragons) but ridiculously tiny compared to the Green Death, which is possibly their Hive Queen. In fact, the regular dragons aren't even evil at all; they simply have to return to the dragons' nest with food or they'll be eaten.
- Giant spiders in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets fear the basilisk. But even the mighty basilisk is afraid of roosters. And roosters fear humans, which fear giant spiders, which fear basilisks, which fear roosters...
- In "The Shadow Out of Time" by H.P. Lovecraft, the Great Race of Yith, for all their power and clear superiority, seem terrified of the half-material entities sealed beneath the earth.
- In Roger Zelazny's short story Dayblood, the titular Dayblood feed on vampires. The only Dayblood present looks (and thinks) like human and doesn't seem to be particularly evil - more like ruthlessly practical. Interesting that vampires know at least some weaknesses of the Dayblood and use appropriate protections against them.
- Zelazny also wrote Itself Surprised, a short story in Fred Saberhagen's Berserker series about discovering an inactive anti-Berserker Berserker, unleashed long ago by the Red Race shortly before the Builders' Berserkers wiped them out.
- The main issue in Perdido Street Station by China Miéville's are slake moths, giant dream and mind eating moths that scare the living crap out of devils. In fact the slake moths are even shown to have eaten a vampire at one point in the book.
- And these slake moths are only halfway up the foodchain in their homeland. It's that kind of world.
- Inverted in the original novel of I Am Legend. The significance of the title is that, to the living, sapient vampires rebuilding civilization, Robert Neville is a terrifying monster who can hunt them during the day.
- The titular 3-foot-long man-eating crabs of J.F. Gonzalez' Clickers are only on shore in the first place because they're fleeing from 7-foot-tall Fish People.
- In Barbara Hambly's Those Who Hunt the Night, someone, or something appears to be hunting the vampires of London and draining all of their blood.
- The various monsters in Stephen King's novella The Mist have a clear food-chain, along with eating any humans they come across.
Live Action TV
- Big Wolf on Campus had a variation in an episode about vampires that can only eat werewolves.
- Species 8472 in Star Trek: Voyager are Borg biters. They see our entire galaxy as impure. They plan on killing everything else after they finish chowing down on the Borg.
- On Supernatural, there are creatures that gain power by consuming the blood of demons. Sam is one of them.
- The Ultra Series does this occasionally.
- Return of Ultraman: The whip-armed Gudon is Twin Tail's natural predator. This is even repeated in Ultraman Mebius where the two's battle is interrupted by the Mebius example below.
- Ultraman Taro
- The very first episode where Astromons eats Oil Drinker with the toothy flower on his torso.
- Also episode 17 and the beginning of episode 18 where the avian Birdon hunts the insectoid Kemujira.
- Ultraman 80: In episode 28, Zakira attempts this with an infant Baru (a peaceful monster), but fails.
- Ultraman Gaia: In episode 8, Crabgan absorbs Anemos for the two of them to become a more powerful hybrid monster.
- Ultraman Max: Episode 30 in which the ice-breathing Lagoras eats the molten core of the fire-breathing Grangon to become Evolved Lagoras, which combines the powers of both into a far more dangerous beam. The two were shown fighting each other in the first episode too.
- Ultraman Mebius: Bogar and the lesser members of her species are basically mouths with a body. Their presence calls forth other kaiju from the depths of space or their tombs in the earth to be unwillingly consumed. Worse still, the Bogars use the energy gained from meals to evolve in power and appearance. Oh yeah, they also cannibalize their dead for the same effect.
- Stargate Atlantis
- The Wraith are a terrifying race of lifeforce vampires who hunt, herd, and generally rule over humanity as a food source. However, when Lt Ford was being fed upon, the process was interrupted and he discovered that the Wraith, in order to allow them feed longer, inject their victims with a powerful stimulant that makes the victim stronger. Cue Ford and some other Wraith survivors around the galaxy forming a group that hunts the wraith, harvesting their corpses for more sweet, sweet Psycho Serum
- There are also the Asurans: machines created by the Ancients to combat the Wraith. When the Asurans are activated, they become a much bigger threat than the Wraith when they decide to kill the Wraith by eliminating their food source... humans. Until they are dealt with, of course.
- In an early episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, a particularly fiercesome vampire is sent running at the sight of the She-Mantis, who wasn't even in her true form at the time.
- The Vampire Diaries features Mikael, an ancient vampire who hunts other vampires because he doesn't drink the blood of the living, only other vampires.
- River Monsters is a documentory about catching the scariest fresh water fish, not just the man-eaters, but the things that eat them. Usually done on a catch and release basis, but sometimes people do end up eating them. Note: this is a documentory, so the fish that qualify are also Real Life examples.
- Community, "Horror Fiction In Seven Spooky Steps": "I am a werewolf who feeds on selfish vampires."
Tabletop Games
- In Vampire: The Masquerade, any vampire of a sufficiently low generation can develop the Elder's Thirst: they can only feed on other vampires. Their capacity for holding blood can be ten times that of a neonate, so when they're running on empty it takes a lot to fill them up. Luckily vampire blood is much more filling. Most vampires in the setting live in fear of Gehenna, when the Antediluvians will rise from torpor to devour their offspring.
- Also, humans can be empowered somewhat by feeding them vampire blood — but become enslaved to their donor. Sometimes they decide to go independent and find their own supplies. This is Vlad the Impaler's backstory. note And then there are the Nagaraja, an obscure bloodline that requires a little bit of flesh with their blood.
- Some Elder vampires invoke this trope by specifically creating coteries of neonates (new vampires) to go out and fill themselves up with human blood, so their Sire can then fill up on vampire blood. Not enforced in the rules per se, but a very creepy and squicky piece of fluff.
- In Vampire: The Requiem, similar examples to the above exist:
- Any vampire with Blood Potency 7 can only feed if they're willing to drink the blood of another vampire. There are drawbacks: addiction and the risk of being mind controlled by the victim. They can also get addicted to soul-eating other vampires through diablerie. Usually, any vamp getting this high a Blood Potency either ate his way up or existed for a very long time, both of which tend to make you extremely powerful. In the case of the former, they also tend to be quite psychotic due to diablerie eating away at your Humanity.
- Supplements have featured both the Macellarius, who gain the ability to truly digest food and a gourmand's desire for strange flesh, and the Noctuku who have a compulsion to eat the flesh of their victims as well as drink their blood, despite it providing no benefit to them — it's more a dominance thing.
- As in Masquerade, ghouls — humans given vampiric abilities by addicting them to vitae (vampire blood) — can sometimes go rogue and turn to hunting vampires to make them into food without having to slave for them. The Mythologies splat actually introduces the Phanariot, which are a ghoul strain that has managed to become immune to the Blood Bond and so freely preys upon vampires.
- Naturally, vampires can suck blood from the various other supernatural splats. In first edition, this isn't always a good idea — Urathra blood has a tendency to provoke Frenzy, for example. The Book of the Dead splat contains a merit that allows vampires to eat ghosts instead of drinking blood. In 2nd edition, the merit Unnatural Affinity exists specifically for the aforementioned too-strong vampires, allowing them to substitute the blood of non-vampire supernaturals for vampire blood.
- In the 2nd edition of Werewolf: The Forsaken, werewolves got tweaked so that Primal Urge had a similar drawback to Blood Potency above. Hitting Primal Urge 6 means that only the flesh of carnivorous creatures can sustain a werewolf, so if they don't want to starve to death, they need to start eating wolves and the like. Two points of Primal Urge later, and from then on, only the flesh of creatures that produce Essence will do. These big bad wolves can only nourish themselves on the flesh of humans (and by extension mages), spirits, and other werewolves.
- Also how spirits work. Each spirit must eat other spirits that are similar to it (a water spirit eating another water spirit, for instance) or compatible with it (a wolf spirit eating a rabbit spirit), basically making an almost cannibalistic food chain.
- Arguably the Necrons of Warhammer 40,000, the only race in existence with a working game plan to permanently destroy Chaos — a sentient dark side that operates by The Corruption when it isn't taking matters into its own hands. Necrons are the entities that daemons are theoretically scared of, though Daemon players aren't usually scared of Necron players in practice.
- In Dungeons & Dragons, Bebiliths are demonic spiders whose favorite prey is other demons.
- Pathfinder: Umbral dragons and cairn linnorms are notable for hunting The Undead as their favored food source. Of the two, umbral dragons prefer to feed on incorporeal undead such as ghosts and specters, while cairn linnorms, which cannot physically interact with ectoplasm, stick to the corporeal kind. That said, both will happily feed on humans if no better meal presents itself.
Video Games
- The What Did I Do to Deserve This, My Lord? series is all about creating a food chain ecology for your monsters. Slime molds roll around redistributing nutrients from the soil, the insectoid Omnoms eat the slimes to feed themselves and reproduce, Lizard Men eat Omnoms, and Lizard Men can be devoured by Dragons.
- In Amnesia: The Dark Descent, the player is stalked by a horrifying monster that can't be confronted or killed, and you spend much of your time running and hiding in terror. About halfway through the game, you wander into a side room and find its dismembered corpse lying in a pile of The Corruption, and realize you have bigger things to worry about.
- Ratchet & Clank:
- Amoeboids, and it is pretty much all they do.
- Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando: The arctic leviathans will eat Y.E.T.I. to restore their health if they are close enough.
- Seen often in Dino Crisis 2 where the tyrannosaur Scar is defeated by the giganotosaurus and eaten off-screen.
- In the first Paper Mario, Tubba Blubba eats Boos.
- If you get into a battle with both a Dung Beetle and a Sand Lizard in MOTHER 3, the Lizard might eat the Dung Beetle for health. In the Sand Lizard's Battle Memory entry, the game mentions that the Dung Beetles clean up the Sand Lizard's dung, and, in turn, the Sand Lizards eat them.
- The lynchpin of the plot in Metroid: Fusion: by killing all the Metroids in SR388, Samus disrupted the natural balance of the ecosystem, resulting in the X Parasites reproducing unchecked. This is, unsurprisingly, a Bad Thing.
- In Nightmare Creatures you spend most of the game facing the tough and somewhat dangerous Pepys' Monsters (sort of large humanoid golems with extra limbs and heads). After a certain level you'll start meeting Giant Spider monsters, who has webbed and eaten one of said Pepys Monsters.
- In the second Splatterhouse game at the end of the first level you see three mooks progressively devoured by a larger creature beyond a door, quickly revealed to be the boss of the level.
- Halo:
- In the original trilogy, the Covenant are a collection of highly advanced alien species who look to be the main reason why humanity's about to go extinct... that is, until the Flood are released. After that, the Flood start assimilating both Covenant and humans into their ranks and you start to wish you just had the Covenant to face again.
- In Halo 5: Guardians, it becomes clear that the Covenant remnant are small fry compared to the various Forerunner machines coming out of hiding and being controlled by Cortana and the Warden Eternal.
- In the Soul Reaver series, the initial protagonist Raziel begins by being transformed from a vampire to a wraith which feeds on the souls of vampires.
- In the Web Game Amorphous+, the opponents you face are Glooples, a number of which can engulf the player or eat him. Then there's the Amalgam, who like its namesake suggests can absorb other Glooples to become stronger. Of course, the Amalgam can engulf the player too if they're not careful.
- In Metal Slug 6, the Mars People (from 2/X and 3) make a return, allied again with General Morden and his soldiers. Then they're attacked by the Venusians, who not only make short work of Morden's soldiers, but also literally eat the Mars People for breakfast.
- In Dragon Age: Origins Awakening, the Children are introduced devouring normal Darkspawn and instantly transforming into bigger and more monstrous forms.
- The Villain Protagonist Eater from Chimera Beast is on both ends of this trope. In the final level, it encounters smaller Eaters that it can consume and assimilate the abilities of. The final boss on the other hand is an even larger Eater that's trying to consume the player's.
- In Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines, even Nines, the badass leader of the Anarchs vampires, is terrified of werewolves. The one you have to deal with in Griffith Park near the endgame can kill you in four or five hits, and shrugs off even your most powerful weapons — you need to find a special way to kill it.
- In Chrono Trigger, if you fight against Edible Frogs and a Fangtooth, the Fangtooth eats one Edible Frog every time it is hurt to restore its health.
Web Comics
- Vampires are extinct in Dan and Mab's Furry Adventures , as they had more powerful competitors like Cubi, and the nasty, inconvenient weakness against sunlight.
- Goes one step further in this Partially Clips comic. A Bounty Hunter seeking to join an Evil Overlord's forces is informed that he needs to meet a certain standard of evil to join said overlord's armies. As a comparison, he's told of the Pnuxi, "a race so evil that they eat only sentient beings... which eat other sentient beings". The bounty hunter remarks that they sound delicious.
- Girl Genius: In one comic, as the main characters are heading through the sewers of Sturmhalten, Lars has to explain to their guides that most sewer systems aren't, in fact, infested with monsters. The guides express incredulity at sewers that aren't crawling with giant spiders, sewer serpents, ghouls, giant glowing rats, giant squid and the like... because then what do the big monsters eat?
Guide: "That's a messed-up ecosystem, man."
Web Original
- On the Bogleech website, the Mortasheen series includes the Vaccuthax, an Eldritch Abomination that eats only vampires.
- The Point-and-Click game Monster Basement, it's revealed that the monster that kidnapped you enjoys eating other monsters. Including you. This is expanded on in Monster Basement 2, where not only do you find a cute little girl's diary entries about how her daddy fixes such tasty monster dishes, but one of the family members can be seen in the kitchen, messily chopping up another monster for dinner. if you visit the outhouse after he uses it, you can find remains of the monster there.
Western Animation
- In The Snorks, the main characters had to deal with a predatory species called Snork Eaters once in a while, but in one episode they introduced another character who was a Snork Eater Eater.
- An episode of Futurama dealt with a "Sub-Sewer Mutant" that the regular Sewer Mutants feared. They try to laugh it off as just a Sub-Urban Legend.
- Though the mutants don't really fit this trope because they don't prey on humans.
- In the non-canon comics, there really are Sub-Sewer Mutants except they act really peaceful, it's only that they mean the opposite of what they say.
- A Robot Chicken Charlie Brown sketch has a predatory Great Pumpkin being eaten by the Kite Eating Tree
- One episode of The Real Ghostbusters featured Mee-Krah, an Eldritch Abomination that awoke every thousand years and devoured other ghosts in order to replenish its energy. Unfortunately, it became incredibly hot as it did this, until it eventually reduced the surrounding landscape to a wasteland. The Sahara Desert, the Gobi Desert, and Death Valley were all in their current state because of this demon's previous rampages. The heroes had to stop it before it did the same thing again (and it wasn't easy).
- In The Amazing World of Gumball, when Gumball and Darwin get lost in the Forest of Doom, they attempt to eat a caterpillar out of hunger. Unable to go through with the deed, they release it and shout encouragement as it slithers away. Suddenly, a fish-bird creature swoops down and grabs the worm. The bird then gets eaten by a tentacled mouse monster, whereas the it gets eaten by a one-eyed gryphon. The gryphon, in turn, gets eaten by a huge moose-like beast. All of this happens in the span of 20 seconds, and Gumball and Darwin stare in silent horror as it goes on.
- A similar joke appears in Black Dynamite: a white hunter is eaten by a giant white wolf is eaten by a larger white dinosaur is eaten by an even larger spider which Black Dynamite shoots in the head.
Black Dynamite: That is how you conserve ammo!
Real Life
- Although physically incapable of eating humans, cobras and kraits on the Indian subcontinent do kill them with some frequency. These venomous serpents are also preyed upon by king cobras, which are specialized snake-eaters.
- The New World version might be the mussarana, a large colubrid that likes to eat rattlesnakes. Of course, it's not particularly dangerous to humans itself, though it is a rather intimidating-looking snake.
- Don't forget mongeese.
- Great white sharks, frequently regarded as ferocious man-eaters, are themselves easy game for orcas. Records have sharks leaving their feeding grounds whenever they felt a killer whale nearby. One recorded example had them go all the way from the mainland U.S. to Hawaii. To put that in perspective, if they went the other way to Kansas, it wouldn't be far enough.
- While coastal great whites live mostly on marine mammals, their open-water fellows regularly prey on smaller species of shark. This includes other notorious man-eaters like tiger sharks or oceanic whitetips.
- Siberian tigers hunt bears (black and brown) and keep wolves in their territory at a minimum. Interestingly, of the three the tiger is the least likely to kill humans.
- Lions are afraid of crocodiles when they are in the water, but if they surprise them on land they will kill and eat them with no problem.
- While in water, however, crocodiles are afraid of hippos, whose only real enemy are human hunters.
- Lions tend to go out of their way to kill other predators in the areas they hunt: hyenas can fight back but leopards and cheetah are a bit out matched and have to avoid them whenever they can.
- Even lions run for it when African honeybees get riled up, having no means of defense against their highly-aggressive swarms.
- A certain urban legend holds that the benevolent cellar or daddy-long-legs spider (that long-leggity beastie that lurks in ceiling corners and vibrates when you get too close) has the most potent venom of any spider, but can't bite through human skin. The Food Chain of Evil is one possible explanation: cellar spiders prey on other spiders, including black widows, ergo cellar spiders must be even worse. However, this is untrue, as the daddy-long-legs spider's fangs are perfectly capable of penetrating human skin and their venom is both extremely weak and injected in such small quantities that it has no effect on humans.