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Sat, Sep 01, 2012 | 04:46 BST
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy 13 announced
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy 13 is the next entry in the sprawling Fabula Nova Crystallis: Final Fantasy 13 series.
Wed, Aug 24, 2011 | 03:55 BST
Final Fantasy XIII-2 leads supply trailer commentary
Square Enix has released a new trailer for Final Fantasy XIII-2, replete with detail thanks to commentary from Yoshinori Kitase and the game director Motomu Toriyama.
Mon, May 16, 2011 | 08:12 BST
Final Fantasy Haeresis XIII trademark allowed to expire
Square Enix has let its trademark for Final Fantasy Haeresis XIII lapse, apparently confirming the demise of the rumoured Fabula Nova Crystallis entry.
Mon, Jan 31, 2011 | 22:29 GMT
Final Fantasy Versus XIII battle system detailed
After yesterday's teasing screens, Final Fantasy Versus XIII director Tetsuya Nomura has spilled the beans on the game's battle system. Head through the break to find out why you need Noctis as much as you need his companions.
Mon, Jan 31, 2011 | 04:58 GMT
Final Fantasy Versus XIII battle screens get out
A couple of Final Fantasy Versus XIII screens have surfaced online, in case you wanted something to remind you why you have preorder ticket in your wallet old enough to be in kindergarten.
Tue, Jan 18, 2011 | 04:36 GMT
Rumour – New Fabula Nova Crystallis title to be announced at Square event
FF Reunion's hinted that that three new titles are set to be announced at Square Enix's First Production Department event later this morning.
One of which could be a new title in the Fabula Nova Crystallis series.
Mon, Jan 03, 2011 | 13:41 GMT
Fabula Nova Crystallis conference renamed, delayed, to be streamed
Square's reorganised the Fabula Nova Crystallis press conference that was due to take place in Tokyo next week.
Fri, Oct 08, 2010 | 12:57 BST
Direct-feed TGS Agito, Versus XIII clip now available
This just went nuclear.
Wed, Sep 22, 2010 | 16:28 BST
Nomura: FF Versus, Agito XIII TGS clips to go live in the coming days
This is a change in tune.
Tue, Sep 21, 2010 | 09:29 BST
Agito, Versus XIII presser will feature "other surprises," says Nomura
Square Enix's Tetsuya Nomura has said in this week's issue of Famitsu that the publisher's Fabula Nova Crystallis press conference – which will see reveals of Final Fantasy Agito XIII and Final Fantasy Versus XIII in January – will also contain "other surprises".
Fri, Sep 17, 2010 | 13:04 BST
"Lots to see" of FF Agito XIII, Versus XIII "in the future," says Square
Square Enix has told VG247 there'll be "lots to see" of Final Fantasy Versus XIII and Final Fantasy Agito XIII "in the future," following two videos of the games leaking from TGS this morning.
Fri, Sep 17, 2010 | 11:46 BST
Final Fantasy Versus XIII footage leaks from TGS [Update]
Update: Hope you caught it. It's been pulled.
Original: Agito XIII not enough? Here's Versus for you.
Thu, Sep 16, 2010 | 04:40 BST
Report – FF Versus XIII, Agito XIII getting press conference next January
Final Fantasy Versus XIII and Final Fantasy Agito XIII might be appearing in a low-key form at TGS this week, but that might all change come January.
Wed, May 19, 2010 | 08:32 BST
Don't read too much into Versus XIII 360 comment, says Wada
Calm down, calm down. Everyone return to normal now. Let there be peace again.
Mon, Mar 15, 2010 | 10:45 GMT
Versus XIII, Agito XIII pushing for story-driven gameplay, says Toriyama
Final Fantasy XIII director Motomu Toriyama has said Final Fantasy Versus XIII and Final Fantasy Agito XIII will be aiming for story-driven gameplay.
Thu, Mar 11, 2010 | 15:44 GMT
Kitase hints at more games in the Fabula Nova Crystallis series
Yoshinori Kitase has hinted there could be more on the way from Square Enix as far as the Fabula Nova Crystallis saga goes.
Mon, Aug 17, 2009 | 07:30 BST
New FFXIII scan shows new character, new info on Odin
A brand new scan of Final Fantasy XIII has appeared over the weekend from Japanese gaming magazine, V-Jump.
In it, it shows a character known as Yaag Rosch. You may remember him as the tall figure with silver hair – and sort of similar to Sephiroth in a way – from the E3 trailer. It's revealed that he is gonna be a protagonist for the game.
Also confirmed is that main character Lightning's summon for the game, Odin, can transform into a horse. It's in a similar vain to what Shiva can do for Snow.
We've seen it all now.
Out this winter for Playstation 3 in Japan. PS3 and Xbox 360 in the spring for everywhere else.
Thanks, PSLS and nousemark.
Mon, Jul 27, 2009 | 12:06 BST
Final Fantasy XIII gets 10 new shots
Famitsu's put out ten brand new screenshots of Final Fantasy XIII, showcasing the silver-haired boy who was shown for the first time in the E3 trailer.
He's now been named as Hope Estheim.
Catch them through the link. Game's out in Japan this coming winter for the PS3 with a spring 2010 release elsewhere for PS3 and 360.


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We're seeing a fast-emerging niche/specialism of agencies and consultancies whose primary proposition is to help site owners improve and optimise conversion rates.
This is being called various things:
"online business optimisation consulting"
"online performance improvement consultancy"
"conversion rate optimization"
"website performance consulting"
"conversion optimisation consultancy"
And, not surprisingly given the recession, there are plenty of clients after this help as they seek to 'sweat their assets' rather than necessarily invest in big new projects at the moment.
So who are the agencies and consultancies out there who really focus exclusively on this?
Following are the ones that I'm aware of but feel free to suggest your own organisation if you think you're relevant by replying to this post:
1. Conversion Counts - Econsultancy Conversion Counts profile, Their website
2. Conversion Rate Experts - Econsultancy Conversion Rate Experts profile, Their website
3. Logan Tod - Member Profile of Matthew Tod Logan Tod CEO on Econsultancy, Their website
4. Omega Digital Media - Econsultancy Omega Digital Media profile, Their website
5. StormForward - Their website
Thank you Ashley for taking note and creating a sector in which Logan Tod & Co can compete. After seven years of ploughing a lonely optimisation furrow it is fantastic to see this market evolving and attracting more talent to help clients improve business results.
Can we expect an Econsultancy report on the sector?
Matthew Tod
CEO Logan Tod & Co
Hi Ashley,
I'm a consultant working, primarily with retail clients, on helping their online operations to perform better.
The work that I do covers acquisition of new customers (through my relationships with SEO, paid search and social media specialists), on-site optimisation through analysis of existing user behaviour and applying best practice usability.
In addition, for some clients my work extends further into their business strategy to help ensure that they are making the most of their opportunities, rather than just simply fixing their web site.
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Thanks Ashley. I'd echo Matthew's comment, it's good to see online business optimisation defined here.
We certainly position ourselves in this sector:
Omniture - Econsultancy Omniture profile, our website
Latitude Group Expanded it's Analytics offering at the turn of the year to incorporate what we call the Four Levels of Conversion Analytics:
1 - Web Analytics: How many visitors / conversions, trend analysis and insights.
2 - Conversion Attribution: How the users arrived at the site, what touchpoints had they interacted with prior to the last click conversion
3 - Usability Study: Heat mapping, form analytics and session replays to understand how users interact with the site.
4 - Landing Page Optimisation: A/B and MV Testing to alleviate the bottle necks that stop conversion.
Ideally we look to apply all four of these stages to optimise on site conversion. We do this using a variety of solutions and providers with the clients' specific business needs at the centre of our analysis.
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I don't focus exclusively on this in my consultancy since I'm typically providing input on strategic direction for organisations, but some projects are focused on helping clients driving improvements through Google Analytics, Omniture, Webtrends, etc
I think an interesting issue here is that the benefits you can get from analysis, AB/MVT and modifications to design elements of individual pages, while significant, won't give the maximum benefits which require consideration of digital strategy issues, i.e.
- Goal setting and vision for digital channels
- Segmentation and targeting
- Postioning for different audiences & markets
- Pricing and promotions strategy
- Multichannel integration
- Brand strength and values
When working on customer journey or page optimisation using analytics I find these issues have to be addressed too. There are limits to making a change to call-to-action colour or placement.
Management of these issues tends to occur in a longer relationship with a digital media agency and I think we can expect to see many digital agencies incorporating this into a wider range of services.
Dr Dave Chaffey
Epiphany have been delivering Conversion Rate Optimisation for several years as part of our WebConverter product.
We have a defined 'Menu' of conversion tests, processes and 3rd party applications that can be applied to a customers' site over a planned programme of work which will allow them to increase their overall conversions and maximise their return on search marketing from both PPC & SEO.
We have worked with many organisations over the years delivering this service and have repeatedly seen it deliver significant results.
It's reassuring to see a number of agencies entering this market as well as organisations like Google recognising it's importance with their Google Website Optimizer offering and the new Google Conversion Professional accreditation.We believe that this is an area that will grow and grow in the next year as companies look to improve their return on on-line marketing spend.
Rob Shaw
Managing Director – Epiphany Solutions -
How interesting, the responses to Ashley's post so far have come from four clearly different groups:
- Agencies (Search, digital etc.) with an optimisation offer built into their business (Latitude)
- Tech vendors with an optimisation consulting offer built on top of their technology (Omniture, Epiphany)
- Independent expert optimisation consultants (Dr Dave, Daniel Rosewarne)
- Vendor/solution agnostic online business optimisation consultancies (Logan Tod)
Still to come... Usability companies with a conversion focus - where are you??
Any other types of business that provide optimisation services?
CEO Logan Tod & Co
Although Propellernet do not offer this service exclusively, it is an essential component of our mix and features in around 60% of all of our client projects. However, we do carry out conversion only projects and as such would compete directly against the specialists, but bring more joined up thinking to the table.
Having worked at the acquisition end of the market for 6 years in search and online PR, the natural evolution is converting that interest into commitment and customers.
PPC for example is only viable for many of our clients because we have managed to improve their conversion rates and keep their CPA's steady while their CPC rises.
The results for our clients have been staggering, and we continue to be surprised that hardly anyone seems to be doing it.
For anyone interested you can read about how conversion optimisation fits into the customer journey at http://www.propellernet.co.uk/what-we-do/conversion-optimisation
Jack Hubbard
Managing Director - Propellernet
Hi Ashley,
We have also offered conversion analyses for a few years now. Whilst conversion services have always been needed, there is definitely a rise in the realisation of the need for them as part of internet business marketing strategy e.g. aligning marketing with business objectives.
Like others here, we use Google Analytics & GWT as tools to support our analyses. We have also created our own service - CallTrackID - to help our Clients and external agencies use Google Analytics to collect data about telephone calls that have been made offline, but should be considered as conversions (whitepaper download - http://www.freshegg.com/call-track-id.htm).
I am looking forward to reading all that e-consultancy can offer on this service-industry!
Nikki (Web Conversion Specialist - Fresh Egg Ltd.)


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They'll even tell you the director's favorite food.. And no.. it's not rice balls like most anime have. Anime comes from the word animation. its just that the japanese cant pronounce it. The only reason anime and cartoons are different is that in america there is a (slowly weakening) preconception that "cartoons are for kids" - the japs realised different, and made a lot of mature, adult content with sexual themes, violence, and special effects that just cant be done in live action. japanese cartoons (anime) come in everything from pokemon (for children) to elfen lied (for adults, with blood and gore) Anime is traditionally hand drawn, but computer assisted techniques have become quite common in recent years. The subjects of anime represent most major genres of fiction, and anime is available in most motion-picture media (television broadcast, DVD and VHS distribution, and full length motion pictures). While Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement There will be more added to this first post. The more we learn about different forms of Anime, the more we can add. 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CCCP probably one of the best Codec out there, even if it hasn't been updated in over a year. IMHO Linux for anime fans Thanks Guys/Girls, and welcome to Animation Nation. Hope you enjoy the thread. *If anyone think that anything should be changed, added, &/or removed from the OP I'm happy to listen and do so. All ways open to new stuff.*
Darknova. Because it's so damn cool. Where else can you get big-breasted young girls, big f***-off robots, and character-depth in one place? Favourites: Can you guess? Gundam! I have every single series apart from G Gundam which sucks royal ass. I love Gundam, and I'm especially liking the current Gundam 00 series. Set in a post-fossil fuel future where 99% of the worlds energy comes from a massive solar-energy collector ring set in Earth's orbit. There are 3 main factions. The Union. The AEU. and the HRL. All still fighting between each other. So in steps a para-military organisation called Celestial Being with the power of the Gundams to stop war for good, by intervening with force. It's definately my favourite series after Gundam Zeta, and definately better than Gundam SEED and sequels, which were still good. After that we have G.I.T.S. Rockman.EXE (I'm a child, I know ) Digimon Savers Zoids. So far I've stayed pretty main-stream in terms of Anime, but if there are any decent other anime series please, suggest them
i enjoyed ghost in the shell, my bro showed my the movie when i was 10, and that movie was bad ass and so was the sereis
I haven't kept up with the newer anime, but grew up with the old school stuff, so forgive me if this stuff is outdated for most. Earliest memories of the daytime shows(in North America) were: G-Force (Gatchaman): 5 members of elite space team fight the "evil" empire - each episode is a different story/fight (I have all 105 original japanese/subtitled episodes - only 70 or so made it to NA due to graphic violence/main character deaths that could not be covered up) Starblazers (Yamato) Quest for Iscandar series: Earth is bombarded with radiation bombs from another "evil empire" who is making Earth livable for themselvs and everyone lives undergroud. Life on Earth has one year to live unless a group of space adventurers reaches another planet that has a device to reverse the effects - they battle the enemy on the way and is soap opera type where one episode leads into the next. Starblazers Comet Empire series: New evil empire is taking over the galaxy and is headed for Earth. Same group from the first series has to investigate and stop them. Force five: Five different robot style series: Semi-soap opera series, but different battles each episode for the most part (getter robo G, Grendizer, gaiking (daikumaryu) etc), Robotech (Macross) - If you havent seen/heard of this it is a must see - was the breakout anime series that popularized the genre in North America/other parts of the world - led to gundam and other series. Heres the climactic battle. Very soap opera type - you miss one episode you could be lost going on. Akira -movie very wierd and hard to describe - just rent it. I was probably 7 or 8 when I started watching these shows. What I loved about them were that there were actual stories involved (and good ones at that), instead of the usual bugs/roadrunner shows (don't get me wrong, I enjoyed those as well). The story/depth kept me coming back each day after school for the must see shows. While I was young when I was watching the shows, there were certain scenes that would have someone die, but they would cover it up with some bs voiceovers, but even at this age I knew they were BSing the kids. Heres an example: Starblazers - Comet Empire: The Sargent went into the Comet (bad guys base) to destroy their defense shield. He plants the bombs and is being shot at from all sides - hits the trigger right in front of the bombs and like a 1/4 of the comet is blown off. The other good guys (the captain etc.) are on their way back to their ship and when they get back to the ship are told he got out just in time: now kids are not morons (at least I hope not), so I think most should of known this was bs and there was no way he could of survived. Heres Youtube of the Uncut and cut versions. Oh, and heres the finale's part1 and part2if interested. I have some of these on VHS, and some on DVD, some even play on tv still (Robotech - 5-6pm on Space channel - but never home to watch). Ah, good memories (yeah quality is crap, but what do you want for late '70's). Edit: I didn't get the post your name thing either, but whatever.
gotta get in fast, since i have craploads of anime as soon as i can, i'll get a list of my favourites and post it here. actualyl anyone know of a program that can do a listing for me? its going to be hard to type them all out.... (i have a 500GB drive full of 'favourites') edit: First anime i watched was a gundam. me likey robots Currently watching: (this week alone) Naruto Bleach Rozen Maiden Hayate no gotoku Clannad Shakugan no shana (second season) Rental Magica one piece oh and these are all good for people looking for new anime. i would reccomend them all.
Hmm, I'm into allsorts. Ergo-Proxy through to Cowboy bebop. Got hooked watching it late at night on the Sci-Fi channel. (before they dropped it here) As for the name, look left.
thanks everyone so far,.... i put the name in there because i was trying to make it as fast as possible w/out getting yelled at by using our registers as my own personal computer... thats to late! I can type 30 words a sec. on touchscreen! When I get home i'll revise my 1st post. @ mussels, just list your all time favorites... i'm in the same boat as you. my netflix account has 300+ dvds waiting to be shiped whenever i send one back.... lol
Why should we state user name? Anyway Username: xfire Reason: Its just awesome the animation, the action the comedy. Favourite:Get Backers, Samurai-X, Samurai-7,Detective School Q,Final Fantasy etc.
Can I make a suggestion please? When you list your favourite anime, could you please put at least a brief summary of what's it's about as well.
btarunr Anime is superior to conventional cartoons because it involves a very simple but effective way of conveying emotions, actions, dialogues of a character. Sure sometimes there is exaggeration in the way a character expresses but that's the thing that makes Anime what it is. It presents the audience a story, a set of characters with greater efficiency than conventional cartoons. It's not easy to draw faces, and Asian cartoonists find putting the big eyes in place of the typical pan-Asian eyes is simply for expressiveness and it adds to the art. Favourites: Dragonball Z ; Beyblade. My heroes: Goku, Rei and Kai. There's a TV channel in India known as Animax dedicated to Anime, that's my only source. Beyblade comes on Cartoon Network.
for everyone thats been bsing, read what i posted on my second post.... i wrote guidelines while BEING AT work. There will be an revision once i get home....
Woot! Sign me up!!!! Anyway, I discovered anime in high school. One of my study hall teachers showed Fist of the North Star to us, for no apparent reason. I've been hooked ever since. I have too many favs to list them all, so I'll do a shortened list. GITS and GITS:SAC Neon Genesis Evangeleon Elfen Lied Eureka7 Full Metal Panic! Full Metal Alchemist Read or Die Trigun Gungrave Wolfs Rain Witch Hunter Robin Utawarerumono Gilgamesh Gantz Kimi Ga Nozumo Eien Love Hina List goes on and on. As you can see, I like a bit of everything, from action, to lighthearted comedy, to full blown drama. The things that I don't own on DVD or get thru netflix, I try to get from good release groups like KAA or AHQ or Thora. There are many others, but I find those groups the ones I end up downloading the most, and it's usually just a coincidence. I look for the highest quality version of a series, and it usually ends up being one of those. lol. I won't post the torrent pages because it would probably be against the rules. lol. PM for questions.
All right, Like I said, I'm home now and I've added a few things to the first post... so everyone if they can ^^ I would love it.. Now for me... I was around 10 years old, and flipping through channels one night durning summer break when I came across Akira. I was hooked right there. A darker side of what I thought was a "cartoon" and I just couldn't believe how well done it was. I mean, it was better then any type of movie I've ever seen... And I still think Anime is better then any REAL movie... Just my opinion. So after that I started buying up everything I could get my hands on. The first series that I watched was GUYVER. It was by far better then any cartoon that I was watching at the time. Darker, and cool looking. Then from then on I was watching Dragonball Z, and other shows like that. Then once I got my job, I was able to buy any and every type of anime I could get my hands on... So once I found out a website called Netflix, I went and sold all my anime for about a grand... I had some good stuff, but i could spend 20 dollars a month for around 10 anime, to 100 or more for the same amount... Now for my favorite anime... I'll list my all time so we don't go and have a 20 mile long post... Final Fantasy 7's Advent Children- The story to me is so deep that I just watch it over and over again.. Rurouni Kenshin (or better known as Samurai X). This is by far the best series out there. It made me want to study all of Japan, and my thought pattern is that of what is written in the "Code of the Samurai". Full Metal Alchemist- The characters just hooked me. two brothers that just tried to get their mother back but have to pay the price for there mishaps. Guyver- Its what hooked me. Bio-mech armor that can do anything... Even drew Cold Storm as one... Escaflowne- Its a beautiful story about a girl that comes to the medevil time to save a kingdom. Ghost In The Shell-It was by far the best movie that I saw when I was young. Then when the series came out, I was hooked. Just look at my avatar and the words that start up my signature. It tells you all about me.. Those are just my top Six. I could go on and on... I'm open to anything and everything. I just started to watch Elfen Lied, and Deathnote. While watching the Anime Network in demand shows...
Every single one you've showed I'ved watched and love... The only one that I got lost on and trying to re watch is Gilgamesh. It was pretty nice watching it, but with so many dvd's in the que on Netflix, I get messed up on where everything is. lol
i liked dragon ball z but until i watched outlaw star i started to love anime my favs are elfen lied, full metal alchemist, outlaw star ofc, deathnote (what an ending) and claymore i do like bleach and naruto but not as much i usually find them uploaded on popular video sites sometimes download them from sub sites
Gilgamesh is one that you have to pay your undivided attention to. It is hard to follow. @everyone - What's your watching preference? Dubbed or Subbed. I'm a subtitles man, with a few exceptions. I actually prefer GITS:SAC and BeBop in English dub. Also forgot to mention a few important favs. BeBop and Crest/Banner of the Stars. Both amazing space series.
Heh... Full Metal Alchemist caught my attention... I watched DBZ as a kid but I don't really care for it anymore, Inuyasha was kind of cool but the ending blew nuts, Deathnote kicks ass, and Bleach is cool too, but I have no idea whether it's even done being made yet in Japan, or where the English dub people are with it...
I watch both wile-e. I watch subtitles when i watch a series like Samurai 7, Gun Sword, Samurai Deeper Kyo. Where as if i'ts just a movie that may not have a series like, voices of a distant star, The Place Promised in Our Early Days, then I go for dubbed. I really like Makoto Shinkai, but Animatrix I dis liked... don't know why? But I never really could get in it... Wile-e I loved Bebop.. the two movies... my god were good!
ya i prefer gits and bebop dubbed bleach doesn't matter for me if its subbed or not any body ever watch trigun that was a great one
Trigun was the first series that I owned fully... Loved that series... If you like trigun, try watching Gun Sword.. Same style of anime. Funny one second, then serious the next...


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The field trip to Fox Run Park was exciting. My favorite thing was when we played camoflage. Once I hid in the gazebo out on the water, and a couple of my friends followed, and their friends followed them, and their friends followed them. Pretty soon, ten or eleven people were in there and I faced the fact that it would be easier for the seeker to find me. I didn't really learn anything on the field trip, though. I've heard it all before.
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As Christians, we know we need community. And as many fans would agree, we also just might need Community, the irreverent NBC sitcom which seemed headed for the chopping block after weak ratings last fall. When NBC announced that its winter lineup would not include Community, loyal fans rose to its defense; the network later said it would bring the show back in March to complete its third season (Thursdays, 8/7c). Barring a miracle spike in the ratings, a fourth season is unlikely.
Which is too bad, because week after week, Community brings depth, story, and character exploration surpassing most network comedies. Calling it TV's smartest comedy might seem silly if you tune in and see a grown man dressed up as Batman living in a blanket fort. It's not a stuffy intelligence; it's just brilliantly innovative, and creator Dan Harmon realizes that works best in the context of character-driven story.
Community is based on Harmon's experience of attending a community college to be near a certain girl. He joined a study group with an odd mix of people with whom he had nothing in common. Like Harmon, the show's lead character, Jeff Winger, is an independent and arrogant hot shot who finds—to his surprise—that he actually sort of likes this band of losers who seemingly have nothing to offer him.
Where Community stands out is that there is method to the madness, a real purpose behind the zany gags, odd characters, and hilarious parodies. For Harmon, the show is all about exploring the power of community. In a captivating Wired article, Harmon explains in his studies of story structure from Joseph Campbell , he breaks down an episode's narrative to these eight steps: 1) a character is in a comfort zone; 2) but they want something; 3) they enter an unfamiliar situation; 4) adapt to it; 5) get what they want; 6) pay a heavy price for it; 7) then return to their familiar situation; 8) having changed. Harmon says he obsesses over this model; every point must be covered.
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@Discerning Believer - You have failed to actually engage the reasons the author praises the show and have made the unfortunate mistake of equating an absence of condemnation with approval. Your discernment has not extended to your treatment of this article; what you seem to mean by "discernment" is "one particular set of heavy-handed opinions about how believers ought to engage (or rather avoid) forms of culture that may contain negative / offensive elements alongside the good." Having personal opinions about what sort of humor is tolerable is fine. It is not fine to condemn others for having different opinions and for engaging culture differently than you choose to do so. I thought this article did a great job of summarizing why so many people (believers and nonbelievers alike) love the show.
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The first season of "Community" was so funny I taped it, despite some misgivings about the sexual jokes. By the second season, the show's writer was no longer funny, pushing it constantly with jokes and artwork about a certain planet and other vulgarisms. I do remember, though, seeing the show about the huge blanket tent which was hilarious. What could have been the funniest show on TV quickly deteriorated into garbage. I stopped watching it, and have been glad I left it behind, despite its great cast. Why Christianity Today would allow this sophomoric filthy show to be lauded on its website is an example of how far away from the Lord its editors have become.


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Hofstra University's Department of Engineering offers programs that are accredited by the EAC commission of ABET (the Accreditation Board in Engineering and Technology)1 leading to a bachelor of engineering in engineering science, a bachelor of science in electrical engineering and a bachelor of science in mechanical engineering.
In addition, the department offers non-ABET accredited, interdisciplinary degree programs leading to a bachelor of science in industrial engineering and a bachelor of arts in engineering science. All programs are offered under the aegis of a single department, creating an organizational structure fostering collegiality among faculty and ensuring that all students are exposed to a variety of engineering disciplinary perspectives.
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Real change, led by We the People, is needed in our nation and world. A bottom-up democracy insurgency calling and working for genuine self-governance has begun. It's represented in the US by multi-state responses to attacks on workers, the Occupy Wall Street movement and Move to Amend; and internationally by the massive "Arab Spring" demonstrations throughout the Middle East, North Africa and beyond.
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What in the world is exciting such headlines? An apt question, since the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a global trade agreement that leaves all previous agreements in the dust -- or the dustbin of history, littered with gifts to corporations, each more sumptuous than the last.
If you haven't heard of the TPP, it's because the negotiations have been under wraps for over three years, except for some 600 corporate lobbyists and a select few sworn-to-secrecy members of Congress. Remember "fast track authority" for previous trade agreements like NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement of 1994? The TPP special will roar by unless enough people lobby to derail it.
The TPP is a sweeping trade deal that would establish a free trade zone stretching from Vietnam to Chile, Canada to Australia, encompassing 12 countries, 40% of the world's population and 60% of global GDP.
Like such previous agreements as NAFTA and the World Trade Organization, the TPP isn't really about trade, but about corporate governance, stripping decision-making away from citizen control. According to Lori Wallach, Director of Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch: "This is not mainly about trade. It is a corporate Trojan Horse. The agreement has 29 chapters, and only five of them have to do with trade. The other 24 chapters either handcuff our domestic governments by limiting food safety, environmental and financial regulation, as well as energy and climate policy, or by establishing new powers for corporations."
This relocation of power has been underway for more than a century as corporations and their friendly elected officials shifted the locus of decision-making in several ways:
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From legislative to regulatory bodies, as a further buffer to public involvement.
Why the secrecy? President Obama wants the agreement given fast-track treatment on Capitol Hill, which would allow him to sign the measure without Congressional revision or amendments.
On the Amy Goodman Show several months ago (Obama-Backed Trans-Pacific Partnership Expands Corporate Lawsuits Against Nations for Lost Profits), Jim Shultz, executive director of the Democracy Center, said they had just released a report on how corporations use trade rules to seize resources and undermine democracy. "What is the biggest threat to the ability of corporations to go into a country and suck out the natural resources without regard for the environment or labor standards? The threat is democracy."
It appears that the only hope for defeating this sick Trojan Horse is a global dose of democracy!
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