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Had enough of SEO in 2012? Here's some predictions for 2013
Google will keep unwinding some elements of Panda & Penguin
Google's Panda and Penguin algorithm updates sent shockwaves through the SEO and internet marketing industries this year.
Unfortunately, in its attempt to improve search result quality, thousands of worthy web sites were unjustly punished and lost large chunks of their organic search traffic overnight.
At one stage there was a massage business in Melbourne that ranked number eight in the world for the search term "Viagra", even though the word "Viagra" appeared nowhere in the entire web site. Google broke Google.
Financially this was good for Google. Google cashed in on advertisers shifting their online spend to a more predictable pay-per-click advertising model.
I suspect that Google realised that Google was somewhat broken, and as much as a very small percentage of people were gaming the system, it's better to just accept that and go back to the old (pre-April 2012), way of ranking sites. In other words, Google ranking formula worked pretty well.
This means it still pays to a clear and unambiguous page title meta tag, interesting and engaging page copy with natural keyword density, the use of headings and sub-headings, image file name and alt tag keyword optimisation, and quality links for high PageRank pages on authority sites with a very tight set of anchor text variations.
Google Rich Snippets services will become an industry
Over the last 12 months you may have started to notice the appearance of peoples' faces and yellow ratings stars in the Google search results. These pictures and pretty little yellow stars are generated by what's called Rich Snippets in the page's code.
Having a face or stars in the results certainly is an eye-catcher and our experiments indicate that all things being equal, a face in the search results will outperform it's non-face cousin by a factor of three in terms of click-through-rate.
Unfortunately for the average punter, getting rich snippets to work on their web site is not that easy, especially if they have a web site that is built using older content management systems like Joomla or using an offline html generator like Dreamweaver.
Where there is demand and money there will be also supply. Be on the lookout for services focused exclusively on Google Rich Snippets consulting. This is exactly what happened with Google Places (Google Maps), a few years ago.
Guest posting will continue to increase in popularity
Since the Google algorithm changes in 2012 the use of guest-posting as a lighter-shade-of-black method of getting backlinks has boomed.
Often marketed as a Google-approved, Penguin or Panda friendly link building method, anyone with a blog that has reasonable PageRank and niche focused content can set up shop and post people's content for a fee.
Is this truly Google approved? If you read the Google Webmaster Guidelines, then no, it isn't. Paying for guest posts wioth backlinks is clearly not approved by Google.
I quote: "Buying or selling links that pass PageRank. This includes exchanging money for links, or posts that contain links; exchanging goods or services for links; or sending someone a "free" product in exchange for them writing about it and including a link."
Assuming you think you can get away with it and the Google Black Helicopters are not hovering overhead, how much do guest posts cost? If you do a search in Google for guest blog posting service you will find out.
One of the sites I looked at (Get Links Pro) will research and write a 500 word post and post it on a relevant blog with a PR3 for about $120. Just be aware that the PR3 refers to the PageRank of the home page, not the page that the page created by your post. Yes, your post will be on the home page for enough time to get indexed, but eventually it will drop off the first page and end up as an internal page on a PR3 blog.
Guest posting will be big in 2013. If you have a blog with decent content and PageRank, you may wish to consider joining one of the guest post blog networks while the fish are biting.
Link networks will get smarter and go underground
Early on this year Google de-indexed several high-profile link networks including Unique Article Wizard, My Article Network, Build My Rank, Blog Blueprint, LinkVana and Article Marketing Automation.
What this meant was that clients of these services no longer got the benefit of hundreds of quality backlinks paid on a monthly subscription basis.
In some cases the clients of these services also got a warning email from Google talking about "unnatural link building activities." Google sent out millions of these emails. Some people panicked and madly started getting links removed. Guess what? Their rankings dropped even more.
Has the practice stopped? Not on your life. Backlinks still work, and backlinks are still the crack cocaine of the internet.
All that has changed is the market for links has been driven underground. The smart ones no longer advertise their services online. They use old fashioned techniques like telemarketing, paid referrals and snail mail to get new clients, usually on a pay-nothing until you see the results basis. And don't bother asking for a link report. To protect their clients and avoid detection by the Google Black Helicopters, the new link networks do not give you a report with a list of the links you have bought. Pay your money and cross your fingers.
Don't be surprised in 2013 if you get a letter in the mail offering link rentals on a monthly or yearly basis.
Facebook will roll out its own search engine
What would happen if Facebook embedded a half-decent general search engine in the top right hand corner of your Facebook page just above the sponsored ads section? Do you think people would start using it?
You bet they would. While Google has been grappling with social media in 2012, I suspect Facebook has been trying to wrap its head around search. Easiest thing for Facebook to do is make some sort of deal with Bing or an up-and-comer like duck duck go and turn it on.
I predict that Facebook will have some sort of search engine capability by the end of 2013. Has anyone else noticed visits from a spider named Facebook Bot?
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I recently purchased this Covergirl Flamed Out Mascara from Target; it's from Covergirl's Capitol themed line of cosmetics which came out along with Hunger Games: Catching Fire so I thought I'd try it as the wand looks unique and I'm a fan of Hunger Games 🙂
As much as this purchase was a bit of an impulse, random beauty buy, I'm really happy I purchased it because I think I may have discovered an affordable dupe for the Diorshow Extase Mascara! You can see my original post on the Diorshow Extase Mascara – Here.
This mascara is super volumizing, super black pigment, non-clumpy, and really thickens the appearance of my lashes.
I actually think this is a fantastic alternative to my holy grail Diorshow Extase Mascara because the wand is similarly shaped and gives really strikingly similar results to my lashes. For that, I'd highly recommend this one to those of you who have wanted to try the Diorshow Extase, but don't have the money to spend or would prefer a more budget friendly option – this one is perfect and won't disappoint!
My Lashes Without Any Mascara:
You can see that my lashes sort of go all over the place and fall down in some places, despite being quite long.
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Bend's central westside is rapidly changing with new residential development, schools, parks and an expanded Oregon State University – Cascades campus on the horizon. As part of a community engagement process, Bend residents have developed three scenarios for how Bend's central and westside neighborhoods could change over time.
The City is looking for feedback on the different scenarios through an interactive and visual online tool from July 1 through August 7. Input will be used to shape a preferred land use plan for Bend's central westside.
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hi this is kamesh.i am following your site regulary. while i am trying to install firefox in rhel 6.4 os.i followed your below link.http://www.tecmint.com/install-firefox-in-rhelcentos-6-3-fedora-17-16/.
but i got below error."Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: epel. Please verify its path and try again".
thanks & regards.kamesh
Are you connected to the internet? Try ping google.com
The link which you're following is outdated and will give you older version of Firefox, I suggest you to follow below link that will give you the latest version of Firefox 41..
or you can check -- epel repo. first then update firefox.
Hi @Ritesh,
How do you update Firefox in CentOS? To be more precise, CentOS 7? I have tried from epel, and they only give me Firefox 38. It doesn't have Pocket which I need. I did install Firtefox 41 from their website, but it wasn't an update; it was a fresh install.
please try wtih --
yum remove firefoxwget http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/41.0/linux-x86_64/en-US/firefox-41.0.tar.bz2tar xvjf firefox-41.0.tar.bz2
ln -s /usr/local/firefox/firefox /usr/bin/firefox
firefox &
Thanks @Ritesh,
As I already mentioned, I did that just the way explained above - but I meant update without me manually removing old and installing a new version of Firefox. Then I remembered that one cannot update CentOS like that, I just type # pacman -Syu in Arch Linux to get latest updates. However, I forgot that CentOS doesn't work that way, and I had to do it just like you described.
One more question, how do I make it show in applications so that I don't have to type firefox & every time I want to start it. I use KDE 4.
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Amy and listeners also delve into scenarios presented to us through science fiction for first contact with an intelligent species outside of Earth, and the idea of generational ships laying in a course for other nearby, potentially habitable systems.
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The Lumia devices got a booster with the official launch of the entry-level Lumia 535 today in India and it also becomes the first of the Lumia devices to sport the Microsoft badging, replacing the Nokia.
On the face of it, Lumia 535 seems to have in it to keep the Lumia brand in reckoning. It also fills the vaccum in the Lumia devices of no front camera in the affordable range. So what could turn the fortunes for Microsoft with Lumia especially in country like India where the Lumia devices still manages to evince interest?
Lumia 535 features a 5-inch IPS LCD display, a most sought out display size in this part of the world, a dual-camera with a 5-megapixel camera set up both in the front and rear with LED flash and autofocus on the primary camera, a 1.2GHz Quad-core Snapdragon 200 chipset, 1 GB of RAM and runs on Windows Phone 8.1 OS.
The display gets a qHD (960 x 540 resolution) strengthened with Corning Gorilla Glass 3. There is a 8GB of internal storage which can be expanded via microSD card and additionally the users also get a 30GB of One drive cloud storage. There is a 1,905 mAh battery which is removable.
As a promotional offer, the Lumia 535 comes preloaded with Jabong, Flipkart, Paytm and Box TV apps, each of them bundled with an exclusive deal. Jabong offers a total of INR 6,000 off on their online purchases over a 3 months period, while Flipkart gives INR 1,500 worth of eBooks, Box TV offers 2 month free subscription. If you are a Vodafone user, you get 500 MB of free mobile data traffic, as well as a total of INR 600 extra charge value from Paytm over a period of 4 moths.


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Abandoned Dog at the Humane Society
Imagine arriving at your workplace and being greeted by a friendly dog that is really happy to see you. Now imagine that same pup is tied to a tree, entangled in his leash, which prevented him from reaching a water bowl, but that didn't really matter because the water was frozen.
Arriving at the NW Montana Humane Society yesterday, employees discovered an abandoned dog tied to a tree. Although its owner had left some food and water, the water was frozen, which makes us believe that the dog spent the night shivering in sub-freezing temps.
KAJ18 aired this story yesterday, click to watch the video and learn more about this unfortunate pup…"Abandoned dog highlights need for cruelty prevention".


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The live adaptation will never be identical to the film but it does need to be just as magical, and in that respect, this rendition missed the mark.
Although Disney's Beauty and the Beast is a "tale as old as time," the tale itself isn't always told in exactly the same way. I've now seen this story on stage three times—twice at The Fabulous Fox and once at The Muny—yet I can say I've never seen the same production twice. Sure, the script and plot don't change, but naturally, the character portrayals do…for better or worse.
An international sensation, the live performance of Beauty and the Beast has been seen by 35 million people and is the eighth-longest running Broadway musical. If you're walking into this show with hearts in your eyes for the Disney movie, you'll enjoy hearing the classic songs you've been singing along to for years, but you'll also hear several new numbers by Alan Menken (who composed the Oscar-winning movie score) and lyricist Tim Rice. They don't compete with the movie's signature tracks, but they add a bit more depth of characterization, and they give the show's namesake characters an added opportunity to show off their vocal range, power-ballad style.
Visually, this production is lovely, and the vocals are spot on. However, there is a glaring fault with this rendition: the extent to which they cater interactions and costuming (in a couple instances) to the adults in the audience. Allow me to explain: Lumiere (Ryan N. Phillips) the candlestick, is a flirty character, but in this particular production he was extra suggestive in his speech and gestures, primarily toward his flame, Babette (Melissa Jones). To give you another example, at one point, Beast (Sam Hartley) actually smacks Belle's bottom flirtatiously with his tail. WHY?! This was completely unnecessary.
One of the most memorable numbers of the show is "Be Our Guest." I look forward to it, but I struggled to enjoy this time around because I was too distracted—i.e., a tad disturbed—by the skimpy outfits on stage. (I'm looking at you, dancing dishes.) Four words—way too much cheek—and I'm obviously not referring to the two on their faces. Families flock to see this show. There's an appropriate time and place for creative decisions like the ones I've alluded to above, and this show isn't one of them.
Criticism aside, there were elements of this show that I adored. The villainous village heartthrob Gaston (Christiaan Smith-Kotlarek), his sidekick LeFou (Matt Dasilva), and Belle's father Maurice (Thomas Mothershed) were all well cast. They looked and sounded like they'd been plucked directly from the beloved Disney movie, aided by their astounding animated approach to their characters. Because those three characters were portrayed similarly to the movie versions of themselves (this seems to be the case in every production of this show I've seen), it's difficult to love this rendition's namesake characters because they don't match the movie version quite as well. Some consistency where character portrayal is concerned would have been nice. For example, Brooke Quintana, who played Belle, had an absolutely incredible voice, but she didn't sound like the Belle the audience is used to. Her vocals were very deep, powerful, and concentrated, rather than effortless. Hartley's performance as Beast was memorable, and his physical acting definitely deserves applause. What intrigued me most about his take on the character is the way in which his actions compared to and contrasted Gaston's.
In conclusion, is this show worth seeing? Sure. It's the same sweet story so many of us have grown up with, and that others still will as well. However, this rendition is simply not quite as easy to love as the movie, and that will surely cause some viewers to leave disappointed. The live adaptation will never be identical to the film—and doesn't need to be—but it does need to be just as magical, and in that respect, this rendition missed the mark. | Megan Washausen
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Entries from April 2007 ↓
The Glorious Recital: Sh Abdur Rahman Dimashqiah
April 30th, 2007 — Islam, Video
Ameer Ali celebrates the 'collapse' of traditional religious authority
April 30th, 2007 — Islam, News
Former president of the Australian Federation of Islamic Councils (AFIC) and former chairman of the Prime Minister's handpicked Muslim 'reference' committee Dr Ameer Ali has an article in tomorrow's The Australian which is going to make some waves (to put it rather lightly). The article isn't online yet so we're publishing a copy over the fold.
Prince Turki Al Faisal at the World Affairs Council
April 29th, 2007 — News
Saudi leaders are rarely ever seen or heard in the media for a variety of reasons, not least because they prefer to maintain a discreet public face. This does however lead to them being depicted in caricature, either as opaque inscrutable fanatics by elements in the western press or as insufficiently religiously sincere by Muslims who live in the West. What is uniform in these polar opposite critiques of Saudis is that they are both untroubled by actual experience of Saudi Arabia.
In this piece at the World Affairs Council, Prince Turki al Faisal speaks about Saudi attempts to liberalize their economy, the Q and A session is especially interesting and lasts 45 minutes.http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1512052688775318135
The Prince has since resigned his commission as the Saudi Ambassador to the United States, theories differ as to why and may reflect Royal reaction to this piece in the Washington Post. More recently, Saudi Arabia has sought to distance itself from the increasingly pungent odour of the Bush Administration.
Austrolabe Debates: When it comes to community organisations, is more less?
April 27th, 2007 — Debate
This week, we ask the question: when it comes to community organisations and projects, is more less?
In many Muslim communities around the world, the plethora of different groups and organisations is often lamented as a cause or perhaps sign of our disunity. Why, it is asked, do we need several organisations each holding lectures or running classes? Why do we need several organisations each attempting to represent Muslim interests to the general public, government or the media? Why must each group pursue its own objectives, acquire its own resources, hold its own conferences and so on?
However, an alternative view might be that what we see as disunity is really just healthy competition between people and groups with competing ideas and objectives about what should be done and how it should be done; and, like in other areas of life, this competition between Islamic groups, sects and organisations has led to some improvements in the range, quality and reach of products and services. Can we ever really be 'united' as a community and is it even something we should work towards?
What do you think?
Send Messages of Condolence to Family of Waleed Shaalan
April 25th, 2007 — Uncategorized
Amad of Muslim Matters has written to let readers know that they are organising for messages of condolences for Waleed Shaalan, the Egyptian student murdered at Virginia Tech, to be sent to his family in Egypt. At the end of the month, they will print and package the messages posted to this thread so please do consider leaving messages of support as I am sure it will mean a great deal to his wife and child.
Roger Sandall on the sexualisation of everyday life
April 24th, 2007 — Uncategorized
Roger Sandall had an interesting piece in the January-Februrary issue of Quadrant ("… a lonely counterpoint to stultifying orthodoxies and dangerous utopias, the best of the Western cultural tradition," according to our Prime Minister John Howard). Sandall addresses the issue of the increasing sexualisation of our culture, using the controversial comments of Sheikh Taj al-Din al-Hilali regarding women, raw meat, etc. to launch his piece.
He writes, in part:
Where are the sheiks of yesteryear, riding romantically over the dunes? Not in Australia. Here a burly Egyptian with an ugly turn of phrase recently set new records for ungallantry. Scantily clad Australian women, complained Sheik Taj el-Din al Hilaly, go around like "exposed meat" inviting rape.
Of course we all made a huge uproar. Unbelievable! Who asked his opinion anyway? The sheik calls himself a Mufti and thinks he represents Islam Down Under. But the man's a brute who plainly hates western culture, who may have channelled funds to Hezbollah, and on top this he's a security risk too. Go home sheik, go home!
This said, maybe he had a point all the same. It does seem nowadays that you can't go to the newsagent to buy a paper, or the supermarket to buy a loaf of bread, without being surrounded by acres of glossy magazine erotica and exciting flesh. Not all of us would call it exposed meat, perhaps, but whatever it's called it's there—much of it little short of pornography.
(thanks to Dennis for the link)
Austrolabe Debates: Is there value in 'buying Muslim'?
April 20th, 2007 — Debate, Uncategorized
Rather than post the weekly open thread that is commonplace on many blogs and invite readers to comment, we thought it might be more interesting to post a topic for open discussion. Each Friday, we will pick a particular issue or question and post it up for discussion and debate.
This week, the topic is:
It is often said that Muslims should buy from Muslim businesses. It is better, the argument goes, that our money stays within the Muslim community and we support our co-religionists even if it might mean paying slightly more or settling for less in other respects. However, an opposing argument says that we should buy the product or service that best suits our needs in terms of cost, quality and aesthetic value regardless of who produced it.
So, what do you think?
Waleed Shaalan: A Victim of the Virginian Massacre
April 19th, 2007 — News, Uncategorized
Muslim Matters have a tribute to Waleed Shaalan, a Muslim graduate student who was killed in the recent Virginia massacre. Tariq Nelson is also advertising a fund that has been set up for his family (he leaves behind a wife and a young child). Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi rajioon.
Call me Ismail…Ax
April 19th, 2007 — Uncategorized
After discovering the word "Ismail Ax" on the arm of the Virginian killer, the bright minds of the blogosphere quickly identified the name as being part of the opening sentence of Herman Melville's Moby Dick. "This is an obvious reference to the book," said one blogging anti-Herman harridan. "They hate our way of life and our civilisation. They want to wind back the clock on American literature to the 19th century. We are engaged in an existential struggle with readers of Moby Dick."
Actually, I jest. Some of the bright minds of the blogosphere did react to the name scrawled on the man's arm, in the only way they knew how: by trying to cobble together some sort of link between the tragic murders and the War on Terror. "Was the killer an Islamist?" Well, Ismail is indeed a Muslim and/or Arab name and, let's face the awful truth, Korean is just one letter short from Koran. And that's pretty damning evidence in the bizarro world that some of these bloggers seem to inhabit.
The real "Londonistan"
April 19th, 2007 — Uncategorized
Melanie Phillips' hand-wringing shrill polemic Londonistan seeks to sketch the radical Islamic underbelly of the nation's capitol. Phillips who has no links to the Muslim community, has conducted no research or polling of her own, nonetheless seeks to interpret this diverse community to the world, and in doing so paints it in the worst possible light.
Her polemic against Muslims is so sustained, so virulent that I look forward to her weekly rants in the Daily Mail and to the deliciously nasty ones on her blog that Fleet Street dare not publish. Her latest tome Londonistan is a work of such high emotion that leaves one feeling drained and begging for respite. A sample of her somewhat disturbing intensity can be sampled here.


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Work Wear: The New Look of Dressing for the Office
What are New Yorkers wearing to the office these days?
At Fab.com, the style of work attire is eclectic, as befits the e-commerce website for design deals.
Employee outfits at Fab.com, which plans to move from its Midtown digs to the West Village in April, are the latest focus of "Work Wear," a new feature of The Wall Street Journal's Heard on the Runway blog.


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An excellent read from one of the Wall Street Journal's finest wordsmiths, Daniel Henninger:
How long before the midnight drag races return on dark and dusty roads?
When Barack Obama announced that the government will use its fist to wave onto the highways of America cars that get 39 miles to a gallon of liquefied switch grass or something, he said, "Everybody wins."
Everybody? What country has he been living in? This marks the end of the internal combustion engine as we knew it, and it is the way Americans have defined, designed and literally driven much of the nation's culture for as long as anyone can remember. Car culture is America's culture.
Mr. Obama is fond of giving people iPods as gifts. I've got a playlist for Mr. Obama's iPod.
Track 1: "Shut Down" by the Beach Boys. Clip: "Superstock Dodge is windin' out in low/But my fuel-injected Stingray's really startin' to go. To get the traction I'm ridin' the clutch/My pressure plate's burnin', this machine's too much."
Track 2: "Little Deuce Coupe" by the Beach Boys. Clip: "She's got a competition clutch with a four on the floor, and she purrs like a kitten til the lake pipes roar."
It's 2016. Imagine a Brian Wilson ever thinking to write: "And she'll have fun, fun, fun til her daddy takes her Prius away."
We are being offered a different world now. One designed, defined and driven by a new set of un-fun obsessions — carbon footprints, greenhouse gas and alternative energy. This large transition passes before us, barely seen, as the gray water of public policy. Hardly anyone notices how much is being changed.
To put a stop to the new sin of spending too much time out on Highway 9, we are getting the mark-up hearings this week in Washington for the Waxman-Markey climate bill. It's 900 pages long, dripping with thousands of Mickey-Mouse rules to reorder how we live. A Senate Finance Committee document last week on the Obama health-care plan proposes "lifestyle related revenue raisers." Lifestyles like drinking beer. This is the "taxing bad behavior" movement. They get to define what's bad.
This tension over how we live arrived before the world began standing on its head over global warming. The guys in the hemi-powered drones used to mock the granola and Birkenstock crowd. Look who's on top now.
"Everybody wins?" Not quite. What's winning is a worldview that goes deeper than the data beneath global warming. The gasoline cars they want to turn into scrap were about a lot more than the thrill of roaring on.
Read it all at the Wall Street Journal.
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Lewis Hamilton could quit F1 if he doesn't feel his success in Formula 1 is being valued, former chief Bernie Ecclestone has warned.
Regarded as one of the F1's greats having accumulated 53 race wins and three world titles since his debut a decade ago - behind only Michael Schumaacher on the all-time list -, though Hamilton is largely considered the sport's biggest 'star' on a global scale he has continued to divide opinion too.
Scrutiny of his personal life - both through the popular media and his own use of social media platform - have particularly generated debate over the years, not least during the 2016 Japanese Grand Prix when he walked out of a press gathering in a protest against coverage of his .
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It is an issue that Ecclestone, who himself is no stranger to generating controversial column inches, fears will eventually force him to quit the sport altogether.
Speaking to Sky Sports F1 Ecclestone said: "What worries me a little bit is if Lewis suddenly thinks to himself 'I tell you what I'm going to do, I've had enough people criticising me, I'm going to be on pole in every race, win every race, and stop at the end of the year. I hope he doesn't do it."
Ecclestone's comments come after Hamilton's bitter rival and team-mate Nico Rosberg sensationally quit the sport days after securing his first F1 title, in part because of the intense pressures of competing at the highest level of the sport.
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I'm sorry but what kind of nutter changes his name to 'human' and what government agency let him?
Bloke named 'human' demands 'COPSLIE' licence plate
A man named "human" rolled up at New Hampshire Supreme Court last week to argue his right to sport the vanity licence plate "COPSLIE". The unemployed accountant - formerly known as David Montenegro - applied to the New Hampshire Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) for the provocative plate back in 2010, Reuters reports. Instead, …
He seems to have United Nations support.
I don't know if this guy counts but it is reminiscent of people in America who proclaim themselves "sovereign citizens", change their name, trademark their name (and issue false liens for people who use them), avoid licence plates, and engage in lame tax dodging schemes. I thought this was just an American thing but the UK and Ireland have a similar movement called "Freemen of the land". Idiots have got to have a hobby I suppose.
I've never heard of this - hilarious. Extract from Wikipedia:
"Freemen believe ... a court is a place of business, and a summons is an invitation to discuss the matter at hand, with no powers to require attendance or compliance."
Also, "this procedure has never been used successfully."
RationalWiki's article is also worth a read if you're looking for a giggle - http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Freeman_on_the_land
I particularly recommend the section "Freeman Successes"
"Freeman Successes"
Very good.
They saved the guy from himself
I have to imagine driving around with that plate is going to get you stopped for every possible offense. Some of the reasons may even prove his plate true, for all the good it'll do him if he tries to contest the ticket.
Re: They saved the guy from himself
I imagine that is what he was going for along with the likely video evidence he would wind up bringing to the police harassment suit. Truth be told, he could probably make quite a bit of cash before the plods caught on and might even get restraining orders against some individual officers. It seems pretty well thought out considering the alternate plate so we know he was spoiling for a fight. By denying his first choice the DMV played into the trap so he can get some extra publicity and perhaps harassed by cops who really have no sense of self control and are offended by learning of the request.
Some alternatives that might let him win a darwinian award.
I have always considered personal plates as being in the same line as Go Faster Stripes, or furry dice....
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And Fail alert!
The guy isnt inciting hatred against the police with his vanity plate as he isnt asking anyone to hurt them, neither is he insulting any one peace officer directly.
He is mearly stating what should by now be considered a fact that cops lie. Given revelations here in the UK about things like hillsborough & plebgate, how anyone can think cops tell the whole truth & nothing but the truth is nothing short of a miracle.
Whatever happened to 'I disagree with what you are saying, but i defend to the death your right to say it' ??
Or are the police so fragile that they cant take any criticism of them or anyone speaking out against them?
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There is just so much wrong with that last reply.
Your AC status says quite a lot about how much "critisicm" you are willing to take here.
Re: 'I disagree with what you are saying, but i defend to the death your right to say it'
I'd be all for the right to free speech, if people weren't so insistent on exercising that right. Maybe the "right to free speech" should be paired with the "responsibility to shut up"?
WTF ... when I was living in California in the late 90s there was a case there were someone had the number plate RAPNJAP (chosen because RAP and JAP were his and his wife's initials). However someone reported this to the DMV claiming that "JAP" was a degrading term for Japanese people and as a result this number plate contravened various "hate speech" rules. Result was DMV cancelled the number plate along with all others that contained "JAP" as a substring. WTF indeed
The California DMV helpfully inserted spaces on my Amateur Radio plates to rid it of a forbidden number/letter combination. As a result, I was once detained by civilian law enforcement, and once held at gunpoint as a suspected terrorist (on a USAF base; I'm a retired soldier) when the person "running" the plate didn't see or know about 1) the category for radio license plates and/or 2) the spaces inserted.
Everyone needs a little excitement once in a while. I told the folks on the Air Force base, I proposed to leave the shortwave radio at home next visit -- and wear a turban.
More details please. Is it possible to post your plate for our amusement?
WTF indeed
Shrug. Personalized plates are a profit center for the State. That profit could be eaten up quickly if they ended up defending themselves in court from residents who decided they were offended by someone's choice of plate - regardless of whether said plaintiff had any chance of convincing a judge or jury that the plate was offensive. People willing to sue over being denied a particular plate appear to be much rarer. And in many, perhaps most, cases, people who are denied one particular personalized plate will try something else until they find one that's acceptable, so the State gets its money anyway.
So the economic incentives strongly favor ridiculous restrictions.
Personally, though I favor strong protection, and liberal interpretation, of freedom of expression, I don't think human has a winning argument here. There's nothing preventing him from putting a bumper sticker that says "COPSLIE" right above or below the plate, so it's hard to argue that there's any effective restraint here.
I'd say let him have the plate
His punishment would be continuous till he changed it.
I'm glad they aren't so bitchy about that sort of stuff here in the UK. Me mum has a plate with her initials and WTF, and it's the car's original!
A few years ago, whilst driving in a South Yorkshire town, I saw evidence that the DVLA aren't too assiduous about checking plates - how would DO51 FKR have got through otherwise?
Now there's a name
"New Hampshire Associate Attorney General Richard Head, representing the DMV"
New Hampshire have a Dick Head in the position of Associate Attorney General?
How's that working out for him and them, I wonder?
Re: Now there's a name
In my experience, so does every other State and the US DOJ. The difference is they aren't quite so up front about it name wise. On the bright side it means we know exactly who will be running for Congress in the next election.
Well, hello, Dick!
It's "Richard", thank you very much.
Making life complicated
Wouldn't it be much easier for everyone if they had just more or less correlative numbers on the plate, like most of the civilised world (plus France) do?
Plus, the usual problem of standing out: http://xkcd.com/1105/
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more or less correlative numbers
What sort of numbers are "correlative"? Or, conversely, are not?
I've never seen "correlative" used as an absolute before. Generally it indicates one entity relates to another somehow. (The hint is in the name.) But perhaps I'm not very civilized.
Cop Lie by Law and so do Attorneys
In the U.S. cops can lie whenever they like and it is lawful if done as part of an investigation. Thus copslie is a truthful and lawful statement New Hampshire will lose in court and with any luck be heavily sanctioned.
More disturbing is Lawyers lie both prosecutors and defense lawyers. Caught frequently judges condone this behavior by not bringing charges against the attorneys. This is reprehensible and suggests that an honest court and judge is a rare commodity in the U.S.
GR8GOVT + NH's motto "Live Free or Die" across the top of the plates
Sacrifice them to Zorkon the space god
Can we just kill this guy, his lawyer, and any of his supporters. This *hat just wants to make a name for himself and cause trouble.


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Had a sleep in this morning 6:45am woo hoo! Went down for breakfast at 7am with Malcolm and Julie before heading over to the dive centre at 8am. Today we were going to do more relaxed diving called 'Muck Diving' around Mabul and Siamil Island. Muck Diving as they call it in this area is all about the small sea life. Our first two dives were around Siamil Island. The first dive was very good and different to anything we have done before. The dive guide was good at picking out the small critters that we would otherwise miss! It was a macro photographers dream, I couldn't take enough pictures of colourful Nudibranchs, Lion fish and small Spotted File Fish.
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Kate Winslet is the latest 'Best Actress' to trade in her man for Oscar.
As we reported yesterday, last year's Best Actress Oscar winner Kate Winslet and her husband of seven years, director Sam Mendes, have separated. This surprising news now has the Internet buzzing with talk of a Best Actress curse.
And now it looks like it has happened to our beloved Sandra Bullock, too.
This "curse" is not a new idea. Gossip junkies haven't been able to ignore a very distinct pattern that has developed over the last nine years. Seems that, more often than not, when a lead actress is awarded for her work, her husband or boyfriend gets dumped for the new man in her life: Oscar.
The Wall Street Journal's Speakeasy blog sums up:
Consider that four of the last seven Oscar winners for Best Actress split from their long-time partners after winning: Charlize Theron (Stuart Townsend), Hilary Swank (Chad Lowe), Reese Witherspoon (Ryan Phillippe) and now Winslet, last year's winner for "The Reader." Toss in Halle Berry, who won an Oscar in 2001 for "Monster's Ball" and soon after divorced husband Eric Benet, and you've got five of the last nine winners.
And that's not all. The Frisky points out that Julia Roberts also broke up with her then-boyfriend of three years, Benjamin Bratt, after taking home the Oscar for her role in Erin Brockovich. And even though Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise had already divorced shortly before she won her Oscar, her career really flourished after she stepped out of Tom's shadow.
So, what does this all mean for this year's winner, Sandra Bullock? Will her five-year marriage to Jesse James fall victim to the Best Actress curse? We're not trying to tempt fate or anything, but we think the curse stops here (at least for now). Seriously, Sandra and Jesse have survived a car crash, an obsessed fan and a crazy custody battle. We think they can survive the Oscars.
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Los Angeles-based indie rock band Falling Still released their self-titled EP this week, which boasts six anthems that are as gritty as they are catchy. Falling Still builds on the energy of the band's previous releases with its raw and raucous rock energy and sees them firing on all cylinders like never before. They are originally from Ohio and here are their favorite places in America…
We have different favorite place in the U.S. to visit…Big Sur, California is a favorite place for unwinding and getting inspired. The Pacific Northwest is a favorite place for playing shows. Seattle and Portland are both beautiful cities, and very welcoming to our particular brand of rock and roll.
Our first stop…in Big Sur is the Redwood Grill. It's an amazing, cozy bar and grill nestled into a grove of towering redwoods. I could just sit and drink there until my dying day. Portland has Powell's Books, which takes up an entire city block. You can get lost in there for hours. The best thing to do in Seattle is just walk around in the rain. When you reside in Southern California, rain doesn't come too often. So it's a welcomed condition. Getting on a bus and just riding around is also an amazing way to experience a city.
Everyone should visit…Big Sur…at least once. It's the most frighteningly beautiful place in America. If it doesn't bring a tear to your eye, you have no soul.
We're originally from Akron, Ohio, and there's still a lot of Midwest in us. Making it back to that area to visit and tour is always such a treat. Akron still loves us and we love them. Chicago is an amazing city to play, and we've had great times from Detroit all the way down to Louisville. We just have to remember not to go in the winter.
New York probably has the best food…particularly Brooklyn. There's a taco place in Bushwick called The Tortilleria that destroys any tacos you can get in L.A. The spicy pork is the way to go.
We always have a lot of fun in college towns…We may be getting a little too old for it at this point, but it's nice to go and party with the people who will probably be listening to our music the most. Columbus, Ohio, for instance, is an amazing city and it does have more to offer than just partying I'm sure, but that's all we've ever done there.
There's a rest area off the 40 near Amarillo, Texas…that we stop at every single time we drive through. It's a beautifully designed rest area (believe it or not) and it sits high above the desert, so you can see for miles in all directions. It's a very peaceful place that always rejuvenates us for more driving.
We often have more fun en route to a destination than at the destination itself. Driving around this country can be incredibly inspiring. The constant changing of the scenery coupled with hours upon hours of silent contemplation does wonders for the soul. Everyone who reads this should get in a car right now and start driving. Don't stop until you hit Amarillo!


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As Americans strive to save in these harsh economic times, it looks like they may also be tightening their belts at the movie theater concession stand.
The figures were down despite record-breaking results from Warner Bros.' The Dark Knight.
Both the theater chains made reference to the tough economic environment, which could cut into consumers' willingness to spend on popcorn and movie tickets even though conventional wisdom holds that movie-going is a recession-proof activity.
Carmike, which operates 250 U.S. theaters, reported a $24,000 profit, down from the $2.1 million recorded in the year-ago period as revenue dropped 7.4% to $122.9 million. Admissions revenue fell 6.9% to $81.1 million, and concession revenue decreased 8.3% to $41.8 million, reports THR.
Cinemark Holdings, meanwhile, reported a third-quarter profit of $20.4 million, reversing a year-ago loss of $23.4 million. Revenue rose 1% to $476.2 million, but only because gains in international markets made up for lower U.S. results, says the Reporter. Cinemark operates 414 theaters in the U.S. and additional ones in 12 foreign countries.
The divide between domestic and international operations in the last quarter was highlighted during Cinemark's earnings call:
Overall admissions revenue increased 0.2% (+23.9% internationally and -5.5% domestically) driven by a 4.5% gain in average ticket prices (+3.1% in the U.S. and +16.4% abroad). Concession revenue climbed 1.2% (-4.7% in the U.S. but +27.8% internationally). Attendance declined 4% (-8.4% in the U.S. and +7% internationally), executives said.
Still, both exhibitors' management teams looked ahead fairly optimistically, says THR, as they cited strong fourth-quarter releases and noting that the period's box office has started ahead of expectations.
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Okay, we know it's Hallowe'en, but, rather than a trick, we're going to show you how to make a treat: Cinnamon Stick Ice Cream, based on the recipe at The French Laundry. Yes, the famous restaurant run by Thomas Keller. We'll probably never get to eat there, but, thanks to Chef Keller's books, including The French Laundry Cookbook, we can at least try to make something approaching what they'd serve.
Sweet Potato and Peanut Soup
The idea of sweet potato and peanut soup came to me in the middle of the night. Really. All I know is that I woke up one morning with the idea of making a soup with those two ingredients. I had no idea about what other things might be in the soup to add flavor, but, I did know enough that I must have seen or read a recipe that sat in my brain until that morning. I searched the Scratchin' Central library to no avail, so it was off to search the Internet.
Smoked Paprika Pasta Dough
This past Monday, we were busy making those delicious Sweet Potato Parmesan Hammantaschen to bring down for the volunteers who work the check-in tables at our weekly downtown walk. So, we needed something quick and easy for dinner when we returned home. Naturally, we thought of pasta. That's easy, and, if you use fresh pasta, it takes only minutes to cook up, too. So, we set about making a quick sauce that we could re-heat, then quickly worked out a pasta dough, but with a twist.
A Mosaic of Vegetables
Yes, we're still getting tomatoes, although they're now picked green. We're not sure if that's because of a threat of frost, or if it's because, as the cooler nights move in, tomatoes just won't ripen on the vine.
Our share included:
- Pumpkin (1) — we chose a small one
- Red onions (3)
- Red potatoes (4)
- Lemon cucumbers (5)
- Anaheim peppers (5)
- Basket of mixed peppers (1) — included shishito, yellow hot, and habañero peppers.
- Yellow eggplant (4)
- Greenish tomatoes (4)
Custard Filled Kuri Squash
Many years ago, one of us went to a Thai restaurant with a large group of people, one of whom was from Thailand. He ordered for the table so that we'd be sure to have authentic Thai dishes. For dessert, we had custard-filled pumpkin, which was delicious. When we picked up our Kuri squash this past Wednesday, we thought they might be the perfect vehicle for making this traditional Thai dish.
Ginger Thins
About once a month we start looking for a little something for church coffee hour. It doesn't have to be elaborate, nor does it have to be huge, but just something that people can munch on while they chat a bit. Of course, with Hallowe'en almost upon us, we were thinking of something that would match the season. Initially we thought of mini chocolate cupcakes with an orange-colored frosting, but, having just made several cakes in a row, we went with something a little easier: Ginger Thins cookies.
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PIC32 Low power operation
Looking at the forums, quite a few people seem to have problems with getting the PIC32 to operate at low power, many including me have spent hours wondering why when I issue a PowerSaveIdle() or PowerSaveSleep() command the device is … Continue reading
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A kiosk, in Persian, means an isolated and modest portico that's enclosed from all or some sides. Kiosks, in the contemporary world, are small booths offering products or services. These kiosks could either be manned, unmanned or completely automated. Kiosks can be found at airports, movie theaters, libraries, shopping malls, etc.
As aforementioned, there are two kinds of kiosks: a) unmanned/automated kiosks and b) manned kiosks. Unmanned kiosks are interactive kiosks – such as an ATM machine – comprising keyboards, push buttons, touchscreens, etc. These kiosks could also house medicine- or ticket-vending machines; photo developing or printing equipment; telephone; computers for web browsing, navigation, etc.
Non-automated kiosks are basically mini retail stores. Such kiosks are used to sell magazines, newspapers, cigarettes, street maps, and other inexpensive consumables.
Benefits of Kiosks
Automated kiosks can be used at events to facilitate registration, thereby helping quicken the entry formalities and lighten the organizers' load.
Within the traditional business context, kiosks help set up a physical retail outlet at a fraction of the cost of erecting and maintaining a regular store. Kiosks' renting schedules are also shorter compared to traditional brick-and-mortar stores. Online sellers that require a physical address for their business, but don't have the funds or inclination to set up a large store go with kiosks.


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What if I told you there is a way you could quickly turn a set of notecards into a customized practice test? Or that you could use those terms to play a game against fellow classmates… when you are miles apart from each other?
Well, with Quizlet you can do all that and more!
Quizlet is a fantastic, versitile study tool that allows you to create "study sets" of terms and definitions and then study them like note cards. Quizlet also allows you to create customizable practice tests that you can take online or print out to use as a study guide. Quizlet also has fun games you can play to learn your material.
Sounds awesome, right?
The following is an indepth tutorial for Quizlet. I cover the website (quizlet.com) first, and then move on to the app.
In this tutorial you will learn…
- How to make a Quizlet account
- How to make a set on Quizlet
- Six different methods you can study a set on the website
- How to create a class
- How to study a set with the app
Ya ready? Let's get started!! :)
To Make An Account:
When you go to quizlet.com, this will be the screen you see. Click the "Sign Up" button in the top right hand corner.
Then you will see this page. Click "continue to free Quizlet."
Then you are able to create a Quizlet account. You will need to create a username and password. You will also need to use an email address. Once you've imputed all your info, click "sign up."
Then you will see this page:
Congrats! You have a Quizlet account!
To Make a Set:
Now that you have an account, you'll want to know how to make your sets of "notecards."
To do so, click the "Create a Study Set" button in the top middle of the page.
Then you will see the page below.
First you need to name your set. Example: "Anatomy Vocab Unit 1."
Then you have an option to adjust the visibility settings, as you see below on the right hand side of the screen. I usually just leave my sets visible to everyone, as they don't contain personal info.
Next, start typing your terms and definitions in the spaces below. Treat these spaces like the sides of a note card. You will have to choose a language for your terms. Most often it will distinguish which language you are using.
If you are using a different language, it will provide you a keyboard of special letters for that language. For instance, when I tell Quizlet I'm typing in Spanish, it will give me letters with accent marks over them. Awesome!
Keep typing terms until you finish. Then click "Create."
Then you will see this box. You have the option to share your set with others, which can come in handy if you have friends in your class. You also can add the set to a class you're in (more on that later) or to a folder. You can also share on Facebook or Twitter (I usually don't).
If you don't want to share your set, just hit the X.
Now you'll see this screen. Congrats! You've made your first set!
What to do With Your Set:
Okay, you made a set! Now what?
You have 6 options: Flashcards, Learn, Speller, Test, Scatter, and Gravity.
When you use the flashcards, to switch sides of the card you click the "Click to flip" button on the bottom right hand side of the card. Or you can use the arrow keys on your keyboard.
You also can conveniently edit the card by clicking the "edit" button as shown below. You can also "star" the card if you're having difficulty with it and review it separately later.
On the right hand side of the screen, you'll see the option to adjust the motion of the of the flip of the card. You can also choose if you would like to hear the terms or not. You can then choose which side of the card you would like to see first. Lastly, you can choose to shuffle the cards if you want.
Kay, so when you first click on Learn, you will see something similar to what you see below. You can choose if you want the term or the definition first (left side of screen).
So what you do is you type the term for the definition you see. So, for example, I would type "Perro" below. Then I would hit "Answer."
Once you hit enter, it will tell you if you got it write or wrong.
If you get it wrong, it will show you the correct answer. If you simply made a spelling error, you can hit the "Override, I was right," button as seen below.
Once you've finished going through all the terms, you'll hit a Checkpoint. Here it will show you how many you got right or wrong. Then you press any key to continue, and you'll repeat the activity, but only with the terms you got incorrect.
Once you get all of the terms correct, it will show you your progress. You can then start completely over, or "star" the terms you got incorrect and only study those.
Basically for Speller, it says the word and you have to type it. I've never done Speller before, and so can't adequately give instructions.
The option to create practice tests is amazing! So helpful! If you know what format your test/quiz will be in class, you can format your practice test on Quizlet to mimic the real deal by changing what types of questions you are shown.
The "question limit" option is nice too. Because I only made 10 terms, this test uses all 10 of them. However, if you have a set with more terms, the question limit is ALWAYS preset to 20. So if you would like Quizlet to make you one test using all of your terms, just tell it to.
Example: Change "20 of 34 avaliable terms" to "34 of 34 avaliable terms."
You can also print the test.
Once you take the test it will grade it for you. It will also show you the correct answers to those you got wrong.
Scatter is one of my favorite activities to do on Quizlet.
It's a really fun game where you have to drag terms to their definition and then, if you got it right, the terms will vanish. If you got it wrong, the terms will fly across the screen.
You are timed, so you can try to get faster and faster. If the set you are using is a part of a class, other students' times will appear on the score ranking. Thus, you can compete against your fellow classmates to see who will get the fastest time. So much fun!
Gravity is a new game, and so I haven't had a chance to use it much yet.
Basically, the terms fall on asteroids and you have to type in the correct definition (or vice versa) in order to destroy them.
If you are too slow, you will have to copy the correct answer on the screen below before you may proceed.
How to Create a Class:
Have a friend taking the same class as you? Want to study with them at a distance? Create a Quizlet Class and then you can both add sets to it! :)
So on the home page for the set, under "tools" you will see the option to add the set to a class. Click on that, and then this box will show up. Then click "Create a new class."
Then you will name your class, give a description to the class (optional), and then chose whether or not other class members can add sets and new members. Then you have to add your school. Lastly, click on "Create Class."
Now you can add sets and members to the class.
The App:
Did you know Quizlet also has an app? Yup!! It's fantastic! Now you can study on the go :)
Just download the app from the app store and then login using the username and password you created.
Then click on a set you would like to study.
As you see you have the option to study the set with Cards, with Learn, or with Match (a game similar to Scatter).
When studying with the flash cards, you have all the same options on the app as you do on the website.
Learn on the app is similar to the website as well. It tells you the definition and you have to type the term.
Match is, well, just that- matching :) You match the term to the definition and then they go away. Like Scatter, this is timed. In fact, this game is linked to Scatter. So if you play it on the app and then go back to Scatter on the website, you will see your new top score might be what you won on Match.
Now you know how to use Quizlet!!
Quizlet is one of my very favorite ways to study. I love how it has so many different applications and how there are so many different ways I can use it to study- from playing games, to the traditional note cards, to practice tests.
I hope Quizlet will become one of your favorite methods of studying too :)


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Chris Malins is Associate Vice President for Treasury at the University of Washington.
He is responsible for Asset Liability Management, Treasury Operations, Investor Relations and Financial Forecasting. These units manage the University's debt portfolio, operations and accounting for debt, endowment and operating funds, institutional proformas, student outreach and engagement on socially responsible investing.
Mr. Malins has been at the University since 1991, and held previous positions in grant and student accounting before coming to the Treasury Office in 1999. He holds a degree in finance from the University of Washington with an additional concentration in accounting.
He is Vice President of the UW Club Board and serves as a board member for the Treasury Institute for Higher Education and Portage Bay Insurance Company.


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The Gargantua is a boss in the Advance, Android and iOS versions of Final Fantasy VI.
Stats Edit
Battle Edit
It uses Quake, but because of its nonexistent Magic power, this attack does nearly no damage; however, its physical attack is powerful. Its special attack Evil Eye inflicts Slow on a party member. Bio, Flare, and Ultima spells work well against it.
Formations Edit
|Encounter flags
|Introduction flag
|Musical theme
|Magic AP
|Sides, individual
|The Decisive Battle
AI script Edit
Attack Turns:
1st Turn: Attack (66%) or Evil Eye (33%)
- Attack (66%) or Evil Eye (33%)
2nd Turn: Attack (33%) or Quake (33%) or Graviga (33%)
- Attack (66%) or Evil Eye (33%)
If attacked by anything: Attack (33%) or Evil Eye (33%)
Other appearancesEdit
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Etymology Edit
Gargantua and Pantagruel was written by François Rabelais, considered a great writer for his works of fantasy, satire, the grotesque, and bawdy jokes and songs.Gargantuan, in modern times, means gigantic. Gargantuan is based on the the fictional king Garguantua, who was portrayed as having gigantic physical and intellectual appetites. The satire
Related enemies Edit
Trivia Edit
- The sprite that is shared between Gargantua, Giant, Gigantos, Glasya Labolas, and Hill Gigas was used and modified for the Colossus and Taros enemies in Bahamut Lagoon.


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