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Like a powerful computer, 'Transistor' from developer Supergiant Games is a complex and fascinating machine capable of feats of beauty on a high level, but based at its core on a solid foundation.
Players control Red, a popular singer in the retro-futuristic city of Cloudbank who has lost her voice for reasons that aren't immediately clear. She's come into possession of the Transistor, a large sword-like weapon that has a voice and personality of its own. The Transistor becomes your companion, providing a running commentary and explaining certain details of the world of Cloudbank, as well as helping Red fight The Process, a malevolent virus entity that's tearing the city apart.
At first blush, Transistor might look like an action game with an overhead view similar to developer Supergiant Games' previous title, Bastion. But trying to play Transistor be just whacking enemies with the titular object proves to be exceedingly difficult. Instead, players can use the "Turn" function, which allows you to stop time and plan out a series of actions, like shooting, dodging and setting up traps. It lends the game a strategic bent that's missing from most action games, and allows you to take the time to calmly consider your actions instead of mashing one button repeatedly.
The combat is incredibly deep, thanks in part to the dynamic qualities of every ability you learn as you level up. Each ability can be used independently, as an active skill, or it can be used as an add-on to another ability, or simply as a passive stat boost. For example, the Bounce ability, used by itself, will make a projectile that ricochets from one enemy to another. But used as an add-on, Bounce adds a chain-reactive effect to other skills. Used passively, it will create a shield for Red that reflects some attacks. Every one of Transistor's abilities function this way, making possibilities seemingly endless.
Though it uses hand drawn, pre-rendered environments instead of 3D ones, Transistor is unmistakably gorgeous. The amount of detail put into the backgrounds is outstanding, and some still frames of cutscenes could be paintings in their own right. This extends to the character design as well' even though Red never speaks, her personality is still apparent through her animations; a defiant flip of her hair, or her casually shouldering the Transistor while standing idle.
However, Transistor's personality is heard nowhere as clearly as in it's sound design, which tends to resemble melancholic lounge song with tones of electronic music scattered about. The soundtrack is perfect to evoke an high-tech society with old-fashioned style, struggling its last breath against a seemingly unavoidable fate. When using the time-stopping Turn ability in battle, most of the instruments are muted, and only an echo of distant singing can be heard. And when you're not in combat, there's a button whose only function is to make the otherwise silent Red hum along to the music, providing a melodic reprieve from the action.
Though it's never stated explicitly, Transistor seems to take place inside a computer under threat of serious malfunction, and most of the characters seem to be functions within the code. The story is relayed somewhat vaguely, mostly through the often entertaining commentary of the Transistor, who was himself a person in the world until just before the beginning of the story. Even the abilities you use in combat seem to be part of the story, as each one is a citizen of Cloudbank who left behind an imprint of their personality after they passed. You can discover more about each character's backstory by leveling up their ability, which is done by utilizing that function in every possible configuration. Ingeniously, this acts as an incentive for players to try many different combinations of skills, rather than settling early in the game on a single set.
There is a good amount of replayability in Transistor, as optional "backdoor" missions put players speed and planning talents to the test by challenging them to defeat a ground of enemies in a limited amount of time, or using a single Turn. Finishing the game allows you to restart the story in "recursion" mode, letting players keep their earned skills, but with an amped-up challenge level as well. And instead of having a conventional difficulty setting, Transistor players can use "limiters," special conditions that make the game significantly harder by creating conditions like giving all enemies shields or having them spawn clones when they die. Limiters can drastically change how the player has to approach each fight, but reward you with inflated experience points after each combat.
Transistor is a beautifully crafted experience, both in terms of gameplay and presentation, and though the main story is finishable in about five hours, there's a lot of extra meat on the bones for players hungry for more. I even found myself getting a bit choked up by the end of the sas, yet enthralling narrative. My biggest complaint is that Supergiant Games has crafted a fascinating computerized world in Cloudbank City, but barely scratched the surface by the time the credits roll. Transistor is downloadable on PCs through Steam and on PS4 through the Playstation Network for $20.
Supergiant Games provided a review code for the purposes of this article.


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A major question at the NATO summit in Chicago this weekend: How will Afghanistan – and its government – fare after US troops leave?
The answer is likely to come from the Afghan countryside. About three-quarters of the population live in rural areas, far removed from the international talks and meetings about its future. Just how local governments tackle security and development, and adapt to impending financial shortages, could determine how Afghans see the value of a centralized government – and ultimately determine whether Afghanistan can attain stability and development.
In Wardak Province, just west of Kabul, the ubiquitous challenges that plague Afghanistan are playing out. But so too are successes. The province has seen progress under Gov. Mohammad Halim Fidai. "I'm very confident and hopeful that with investment in human capital, education, natural resources – like mines and agriculture – that will be a big step to bring more investment and help so Afghanistan can stand on its own two feet and not have to ask for a penny from any other country," he says.
Like most issues in Afghanistan, there is no way to definitely demonstrate whether a region like Wardak is moving forward or backward. But Governor Fidai's daily schedule serves a reminder of progress.
In the course of two days recently, he cut two ceremonial ribbons to inaugurate a public park and youth center and scoped the first shovel of dirt at the ground breaking of a water-shed management project.
After less than four years as governor, he's seen Afghan security forces in his province grow from just 900 to 3,900. He estimates that he's overseen more than $1 billion in development spending and he's found ways to steadily increase tax revenues. His province also saw a 25 percent reduction of insurgent attacks last year.
Challenges and criticism
Still, the challenges are not few. At the recent ground breaking for a US-funded, half-million dollar watershed management project, locals didn't appear to understand what all the work is for.
Ground water levels have been dropping throughout the area, a serious concern for farmers. The watershed project is designed to raise water levels by constructing a central reservoir that will replenish wells throughout the area. Several tribal elders, at the ceremony, however, appeared to think the reservoir was a new place for them to come fill buckets, an action that would render the project futile.
This disconnect is common throughout Afghanistan, says Yama Torabi, executive director of Integrity Watch Afghanistan. Those responsible for projects often fail to communicate to local community members the purpose of a given project or even that it's happening.
"You have to take into consideration [the community's] needs, and usually this is not the case," says Mr. Torabi.
In a community-monitoring effort of 240 development projects in six provinces, which did not include Wardak, IWA found major problems, such as shoddy construction practices, that required attention at two-thirds of the projects. Torabi says in areas like Wardak, where security is a serious concern, there are likely to be even more problems.
Presently, almost all provincial development in Afghanistan comes from foreign funding. Although the development effort in Afghanistan has often faced criticism for problems like those described by Torabi, it's helped provide services that legitimize the government for many Afghans.
But as the US and NATO reduce their commitment here, that gain, too, is in jeopardy. Already, President Obama has proposed a 34 percent cut on Afghan reconstruction spending in fiscal year 2013.
In Wardak, tax revenues amount to about a quarter of a million dollars. Though that has exceeded Fidai's government's goals, it's still only enough to fund half of one minor development effort like the watershed management project. Fidai says he hopes to continue improving tax collection efforts in Wardak to make up for the coming reductions in aid.
On the issue of security
A number of locals criticize Afghan and international security forces for focusing their efforts along the Kabul-Kandahar highway that passes through the province.
They concede that the road is much safer now, but they say villages not on the main road often still face harassment and intimidation. Sher Wali Wardak, a member of parliament who represents the province, says it's become too dangerous to visit remote villages in the province.
"In Wardak, everything is going in reverse. It's going to the negative side, not the positive side. If you can just compare it with 2006 or 2007, the security belt is becoming narrower and narrower," says Mr. Wardak.
Fidai is aware of all the challenges, but he remains undaunted.
He took the highest seat of government in Wardak in July 2008 when the situation he inherited couldn't seem more dire. Security officials in the area advised him not to travel more than a half a mile away from his offices in the province capital of Maidan Shahr. Government revenues were just a quarter of their annual targets and Wardak, along with the rest of the country, was well into a resurgence of the Taliban.
Fidai, who holds a masters degree in public relations and speaks near-native English, approached his new post largely as a management challenge. He brought in a staff he trusted and worked to retain them by offering competitive salaries with money he saved with simple measures, such as using local building materials on government buildings instead of more expensive imported construction supplies.
"Whether I am successful or not, we'll leave it for the people to decide," he says.


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COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Five members of the University of Maryland men's lacrosse team were named to the 2013 All-Atlantic Coast Conference Academic team as announced by Commissioner John D. Swofford.
Leading the way for the Terps is senior Owen Blye, who made the team for the third time. Joining Blye on the team from Maryland are fellow seniors Jesse Bernhardt and Landon Carr, who each earned their second All-ACC Academic team honors, and sophomore Jay Carlson and freshman Matt Dunn.
Bernhardt is one of two men's lacrosse student-athletes who earned first team USILA All-America honors, while also securing a spot on the All-ACC Academic squad. Blye is one of seven three-time selections to the All-ACC Academic team. Bernhardt, Blye and Carr were also selected to the USILA Scholar All-America team in May.
Duke junior Brendan Fowler, a sociology major, was named the conference's men's lacrosse scholar athlete of the year.
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The House passed House Bill 1400 on an 89-22 vote Thursday.
The Mississippi House has voted to ban abortion after 20 weeks, the midpoint of a full-term pregnancy.
The House passed House Bill 1400 on an 89-22 vote Thursday. The bill moves to the Senate for more work.
Exceptions would be made to prevent permanent physical damage or death of the pregnant woman, or in cases of several fetal abnormalities. The House rejected a proposal to make exceptions for pregnancies caused by rape or incest.
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Saturday, February 18, 2012
Mitt Romney Really Likes Cars
"A little history. I was born and raised here. I love this state. It seems right here. The trees are the right height. I like seeing the lakes. I love the lakes. There's something very special here. The Great Lakes, but also all the little inland lakes that dot the parts of Michigan. I love cars. I dunno, I mean, I grew up totally in love with cars. It used to be in the 50s and 60s, if you showed me one square foot of almost any part of a car, I could tell you what brand it was — the model and so forth. Now, with all the Japanese cars I'm not quite so good at it. But I still know the American cars pretty well. And, uh, drive a Mustang. I love cars. I love American cars. And long may they rule the world, let me tell you. I want to do well."
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Ha! I love it! Mitt Romney is so great, he has so much personality, and is so unjaded. Thanks for sharing RW.
- February 18, 2012 at 3:37 AM
- Ohio JOE said...
Haha, yes that was a hilarious speech, but just because the Romney camp melts down and talks about cars, you do not have to fall to their level RW. Haha, never a dull moment.
- February 18, 2012 at 5:21 AM
- Terrye said...
Ohio Joe:
What meltdown?
Well at least he is not pretending to be something he is not..which is more than can be said for Rick Santorum.
Now, we should do one of these of Sarah Palin, that kingmaker, talking about anything..cars, Paul Revere..and let us see how she sounds.
- February 18, 2012 at 6:29 AM
- Ohio JOE said...
Hello, where is Mr. Santorum pretending he is somebody he is not?
- February 18, 2012 at 7:16 AM
RW, You tried, Buddy! But Mitt Romney is no Sarah Palin, let me tell you.
- February 18, 2012 at 9:27 AM
- Ohio JOE said...
"But Mitt Romney is no Sarah Palin, let me tell you." Your point.....?
- February 18, 2012 at 9:42 AM
- BOSMAN said...
Welcome aboard RWN, I knew you'd come around sooner or later.
Was it Santorum's Ooooodi?
Romney likes to start off many of his rally's with some light humor.
If you look at the rest of this clip, he points out folks he attended high school with, Then asks jokingly, are there any old girlfriends out there. THE CROWD ROARED!
Did you notice how he emphasized "AMERICAN CARS"? Driving them HIS ENTIRE LIFE?
Unlike someone else we all know...Huh?
- February 18, 2012 at 10:01 AM
RW, Pretty funny stuff; no comment indeed. Glad your wife is doing better. ;)
It will be interesting to see the turnout for today's Maine caucuses whether it prompts more participation for the abuse or disenfranchisement & lower turnout.
"There has been a firestorm of protest targeted at Webster for how the situation is being handled. On Friday, Webster dismissed the entire caucus process as a "beauty contest" during a morning drive-time talk radio interview. That comment came on the heels of the Waldo County GOP Committee voting Tuesday to recommend that Webster face censure by the state GOP committee."
Whatever the result I hope they come up with a system that ends abuse by certain candidates & their supporters. This man Charlie Webster, needs to resign.
- February 18, 2012 at 10:05 AM
- BOSMAN said...
To you have links to "I hope they come up with a system that ends abuse by certain candidates & their supporters." Or is that your first daily contribution to accusations and hearsay?
LINKS TO PROOF please. not links to more hearsay and accusations. Links to some OFFICIAL FINDINGS.
- February 18, 2012 at 10:13 AM
Rw, You're just bitter that Romney has driven American cars his entire life.
Then, you have Rick Santorum, who pretends to be a regular Joe but drives a foreign car while pandering to Michigan of all places.
But hey, based on Santorum's recent tax returns, he has a million dollar lobbyist income (more regular Joe stuff), so I guess having a foreign car just goes hand in hand with good old regular, relatable guy Rick's logic.
- February 18, 2012 at 10:14 AM
- Right Wingnut said...
Many of you are either missing the point, or choosing to ignore the incredible pandering that was on display. Either that, or he was ad-libbing while his technical crew was working vigorously behind the scenes to get the teleprompter back on line.
"The trees are the right height...." Really? LOL
- February 18, 2012 at 10:20 AM
- Right Wingnut said...
Bosman, Do you think those high school classmates just happened to be there? Come on...
- February 18, 2012 at 10:22 AM
- Right Wingnut said...
anon, Mitt admitted to a reporter that he has driven at least one foreign car over the past 10 years. Do I care? Nope.
I hope Rick delivers a knockout punch over the next 3 weeks. It's time for Mitt to go home, so we can go back to talking about the issues.
- February 18, 2012 at 10:24 AM
- Right Wingnut said...
LOL, It turns out the Chrysler 300 Romney used to film his Michigan ad was built in Canada.
- February 18, 2012 at 10:29 AM
- BOSMAN said...
"Mitt admitted to a reporter that he has driven at least one foreign car over the past 10 years." I've DRIVEN a Russian made car over the years. Driving ans OWNING are very different.
As to Romney having HS friends in the audience, how is that applicable to my statement and to the humor the crowd felt who were not former Romney classmates? He was making a point of familiarity with the crowd. If you had posted the entire clip and not a few seconds of the opening, you would have seen how the crowd loved his comments.
As to Rick delivering a "Knock-Out" punch, I wouldn't put to much hope in that. You've had a history of disappointments. There is only so much the human body can bare.
- February 18, 2012 at 10:34 AM
It is you who's missing the point, RW. Santorum's not the regular guy he portrays himself to be. Romney tithes and gives to charity 15% of his income and drives an American car. Santorum donates 2% of his million dollar lobbyist income and drives a foreign car.
Based on deed, not just talking, who is more compassionate and patriotic toward Americans and America? It's Romney.
Based on deed, not just talking, it's Romney who is authentic and Rick who is inauthentic.
- February 18, 2012 at 10:48 AM
- Right Wingnut said...
Bos, Mitt has OWNED at least one foreign car in the past ten years. He told that to a reporter last week.
- February 18, 2012 at 10:52 AM
"LOL, It turns out the Chrysler 300 Romney used to film his Michigan ad was built in Canada."
You know, Santorum's a big union guy. The unions killed the American auto. Rick's had his part in driving business out of the counry. Not surprising Santorum drives a foreign car.
- February 18, 2012 at 10:53 AM
- Right Wingnut said...
He didn't say what kind of car it was, but I'm guessing either a Bentley or a Rolls Royce.
- February 18, 2012 at 10:55 AM
Romney drives a Mustang.
- February 18, 2012 at 10:59 AM
- BOSMAN said...
RWN, "Mitt has OWNED at least one foreign car in the past ten years. He told that to a reporter last week."
Of course, UNLIKE Rick's Oooodi that is only made in Germany and Mexico, many Japanese cars are made by Americans here in the U.S.A.
- February 18, 2012 at 10:59 AM
- Right Wingnut said...
I don't have time to dig it up for you. I have to go pick up my wife at the hospital. Just Google it.
Talk to you later...
- February 18, 2012 at 11:03 AM
Lionhead, if you are able to do some basic math, it was obvious that there was no way Washington County would have gone to Paul by anywhere near 200 votes on Feb 11.
Ron Paul got 8 votes out of Washington County in 2008, no way he would have gotten 200 more votes than Romney there this year.
I guess there is slight chance if all this noise causes Washington county turnout to be huge compared to what it would have been if it had been on Feb 11 and gives Paul unfair advantage, but I don't think that is going to happen either.
The the turnouts for each Maine county were in 0.2-0.6% range of total county population compared to population. Most rural counties similar to Washington had turnout range in the lower end of that range. 0.6% of Washington's population is just barely votes 200 votes, and no county did any candidate get over 60% of vote.
So there is no way Ron Paul would have won it by over 200 votes on last Saturday, if he gets there 200 votes more than Romney this weekend it is because of unnatural turnout of party poopers, and unnatural tactical voting based on the information acquired after Feb 11, not what it would have been on Feb 11, not natural result.
- February 18, 2012 at 11:03 AM
The good thing is that because the rules are not up to one person, or even small committee, Maine GOP can't accept Washington County results before March 10 full state party committee meeting.
So unnatural turnout of party poopers can't tilt the results before that.
- February 18, 2012 at 11:06 AM
Bosman, links to abuse have already been provided over the past few days. I suggest you re-read & view the YouTube videos. You're way over reacting to what has been established as fact. As to "official findings" we'll have to wait awhile for this to be sorted out & any protests that may be filed are acted upon. Sorry, I'm not going to take your goading bait here. Have a pleasant day.
In the mean time, others are thinking twice about your candidate. Here's your link:
- February 18, 2012 at 11:34 AM
- BOSMAN said...
Follow LIONHEAD'S ARTICLE and this is what you find:
""If Romney cannot win Michigan, we need a new candidate," said the senator, who has not endorsed anyone and requested anonymity."
- February 18, 2012 at 11:58 AM
Hi Bosman, Here's another one for you with a source, Republican strategist Matt Mackowiak.
"It's hard for me to see how Romney rights the ship if he loses Michigan," said Republican strategist Matt Mackowiak. "There is no level of spin that can overcome that disaster."
These articles are to start preparing for a defeat & to have an alternate available. Sorry, the perceptions are changing on you.
- February 18, 2012 at 12:07 PM
There must be a wormhole in Steubenville that leads to Bizarro world. That would explain OJs reverse and inverse view of the world.
- February 18, 2012 at 12:08 PM
- BOSMAN said...
ionHead, I have to tell you that you're making me laugh lately more than anyone else on this site
"Hi Bosman, Here's another one for you with a source, Republican strategist Matt Mackowiak."
Who cares what an ex-HuffPo hack has to say.
I'm sure Santorum & Gingrich join you in their belief that he's on to something.
I have ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT that AZ, MI, WA and super Tuesday will be kind to Romney.
- February 18, 2012 at 1:11 PM
- Ohio JOE said...
"I have ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT that AZ, MI, WA and super Tuesday will be kind to Romney." Okaaaaay Whatever.
- February 18, 2012 at 1:52 PM
- Doug NYC GOP said...
Sorry to read RWN's wife is in the hospital - hope all is well.
- February 18, 2012 at 5:55 PM
- Right Wingnut said...
Doug, Thanks for the kind words. It was a simple heart procedue for an occasional racing heart. She first considered having it done 9 years ago, but decided to try medication, which didn't work. After years of putting it off, she got the procedure done yesterday, and is now home resting. Other than a sore spot on her neck (thats where they go in) all is well.
- February 18, 2012 at 6:03 PM
Lionhead, are you accusing Romney of cheating in Maine? If so, I'd love to see a link for that. Kind of impossible, though. He doesn't roll that way, in case you didn't know.
- February 18, 2012 at 6:51 PM
Martha, I'm making observations on the Maine caucus that others are validating. Go here:
While you may think honest, fair elections are unimportant, others do not agree with you. If your man Mitt is nominated, he's going to be facing a Chicago style campaigner who's going to take off the gloves as he smashes Romney in close districts. Turn about is fair play isn't it?
Here's the wrap up article by the Bangor Daily News which IMHO, is a far better source of information on this matter:
As you can see, Paul was more than 2 to 1 vs Romney in a heavy turnout in Washington County. I thank God the voters were not intimidated by your candidate or his supporter, Charlie Webster. I don't think we've heard the end about this man.
Now for the unofficial win/loss amount, Romney only won by 117 votes all in:
And the County/Town breakdown spreadsheet:
While Romney won the caucus, I would not call the tactics employed by the GOP as being inclusive or decisive. BTW, do scroll down & read some the comments by the locals, they're not very happy about this event. Do you really think, they're going to fall into line behind Romney in November after nearly being disenfranchised?
- February 18, 2012 at 7:40 PM
Mitt drives a Mustang. Made in America. Ann drives a SUV made right int he USofA. Santorum drives an audi. Makes me wonder if his sweater vests are also made in China.
- February 18, 2012 at 8:10 PM
RW My daughter had a similar procedure last summer. Since she was a child, they went in through the groin, and once they found where it was miss firing, they got it all fixed. She was out the same day and resting for about a week and on asprin for 6 months. All is well, and I'm sure your wife will do great as well.
- February 18, 2012 at 8:18 PM
- Right Wingnut said...
They went through the groin and the neck.
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- October 18, 2012 at 10:27 AM
- Ryan Donovan III said...
If Romney is into cars then I suppose that he's also fond of vehicle graphics. Back then I was a car addict, after I got through with that addiction. I got hooked on customizing cars. Oh! The expenses just keep piling up.
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In a high-class hotel somewhere in the Netherlands, an elevator goes crazy and starts killing people.
Not every technological system in the hotel, mind you: just the elevator.
I'm sure you can immediately intuit the narrative hole writer/director Dick Maas has dug for himself right from the get-go. Unlike the villainous machinery in other flicks in the "technology gone MAD" subgenre (e.g, the Killbots in Chopping Mall, the demonic dozer in Killdozer, the hi-tech house in This House Possessed), the titular Technological Terror in 1983's The Lift, by definition, has neither the mobility nor the ubiquity that would make it a truly menacing threat. After all, the movie's own advertising tagline--"Take the stairs, take the stairs, for God's sake, take the stairs!!"--gives viewers a pretty much fool-proof plan for staying out of its killer's cold, metallic clutches.
This is not quite as damning a flaw as it might at first appear, however. As a result of these limitations, Haas must be a bit more creative in terms of plot. Rather than making a movie about killer tech chasing down humans and ripping them to quivering, meaty pieces, Maas instead has to make a movie about how many devious but believable ways he can maneuver his victims into the jaws of the beast. Add some actual character development, a dash of Mad Science, and some pleasingly creative kills, and you've got a movie that is, if not terribly frightening, still more fun than it probably should have been.
"The Office" are closing down the bar. Staggering drunkenly from their table, trailing inappropriate sexual innuendo and empty Heineken bottles, the freewheeling foursome fall into the hotel elevator on their way to the ground floor. While they languish in transit, a freak lightning bolt hits the elevator control works on the hotel's top floor, killing all power and stranding them between floors.
The two couples have markedly different reactions to their sudden predicament. One pair, the older of the two, sits down on the floor and starts complaining about how hot it is without the air conditioning. The other, younger couple take the opportunity to lean up against a wall and start having sex! Because this is a Dutch movie, the older couple see nothing strange or shocking about this turn of events, even when the younger woman strips down to her waist and throws her legs around her portly partner. I can only assume this is a normal way to pass the time on public transportation in the Netherlands.
Soon enough the power is restored to the hotel, but strangely NOT to the elevators. The temperature rises more and more in the stalled lift, and soon the older couple is choking on more than sex stank, as the air conditioning system spontaneously sucks all the oxygen out of the (presumably airtight) car! The four trapped humans gasp and collapse, but are freed by the hotel staff just before actual suffocation. They are rushed to the hospital, followed by four salivating lawyers in track shoes.
Enter Elevator Repair Technician Felix Adelaar, a blue-collar schmoe working for DETA LIFTEN, Holland's premier purveyors of vertical intra-building transportation equipment. We meet Felix at his apartment after a long day at work that presumably had its ups and downs (badump), where his two enegetic, cherub-faced children are driving their extremely cute mother Saskia insane with their noisy toys and relentless questions. Saskia could obviously use a bit more help around the house, and finds Felix's long hours a strain. In a few short scenes Maas paints a believable picture of a marriage from which the romance has long since gone, replaced by day-to-day stress and drudgery. But those Florins aren't going to earn themselves, so the next day it's back to work for Felix.
Of course Felix gets assigned to the problem lift at the hotel, since the regular repairman, Beheerder, inexplicably went MAD shortly after that particular elevator's last scheduled checkup. Felix finds nothing wrong with the mechanics of the lift, but can't be sure about the microcircuitry, which is subcontracted out to computer-chip firm Rising Sun. He promises to give it a more thorough seeing-to after talking with his superiors about the chips.
In the interim, the Lift takes its misanthropic behavior up a notch. First it opens on an empty shaft for a Blind Man, leading to a slapstick plunge. Next it plays hide and seek with the night watchman, tricking him into thinking an intruder is riding the lifts up and down for kicks. After a short, tiring chase, it opens again on an empty shaft, but this time the sighted watchman doesn't fall for it. (Badum-bump.) But when he sees the blind man's corpse at the bottom of the shaft, he sticks his head through the opening to investigate--only to be trapped there by the lift doors, and then guilloutined by the slowly-descending car!
Felix comes back again the next day to find the place in an uproar due to the untimely deaths, and there he meets busty tabloid journalist Mieke de Beer (don't mind if I do!), who is sure there's a story to be exploited in all this tragedy. While older and a bit more "lived-in" looking than Felix's wife, Mieke *does* know how to work the sassy banter (not to mention the tortoiseshell cigarette holder), and comes on very strong while she pumps him for information. ("What your coworker stumbled upon drove him mad?" "That lift does things it shouldn't!" "*I* do things I shouldn't!") Since Felix is only a man--and a Dutch man at that--he responds to her advances rather warmly.
The next day Mieke and Felix start investigating the problem lift's history a little deeper, even going to the sanitarium to visit the previous lift repairman, getting only a blank stare in return. However, outside the madhouse Felix notices as Rising Sun van speeding away, and naturally becomes suspicious. Meanwhile some of Saskia's friends have seen Felix and Mieke together, and immediately inform her of her husband's straying ways. After the screaming is done, Felix finds himself with a lot more time to devote to Elevator Intrigue.
Felix discovers that Rising Sun is not your average Lift Chip company, but rather an experimental outfit particularly interested in creating "bio-chips"--biologically-engineered computer components with the circuitry shrunk down to the DNA level (presumably). Since the Mad Doc in Charge also owns the hotel, they're testing the chips in the elevator control circuitry. Because of the extra energy provided by the lightning strike (again I'm assuming--a lot of this is extrapolation), the circuitry in the lift has achieved sentience, and presumably made the short jump from there to HOMICIDAL INSANITY. Makes sense to me!
For a movie about killer tech, the body count here is quite low. In addition to the previously mentioned victims, the Lift eats a janitor, menaces a little girl (in what is actually a fairly suspenseful short scene), and strangles another character with a broken cable--in which I guess the bio-chip grew muscles...? However, Maas actually manages to make fighting an insane elevator somewhat exciting, particularly when Felix has his Final Confrontation. This scene is a doozy, as Felix has to climb the elevator shaft, avoid being crushed to death by ducking into alcoves, investigate computer bio-goo, and finally destroy the bio-chips themselves, first using a screwdriver and then throwing an ACTUAL MONKEY WRENCH into the works! I have a soft spot for cliches made literal, so sue.
There isn't much in the way of gore, but what is there is pretty memorable--particularly the decapitation in the shaft. Felix's character and his relationship with his wife are drawn really well, making his attraction to Mieke all the more believable. (In another sign you're watching a Dutch movie rather than an Italian or American one, their adulterous attraction is never acted upon, though whether this means Felix goes back to his wife is unclear.) There is a bit of nudity, in the lift at the beginning and later when the hotel manager is schtupping hsi boss's wife in his office, allowing the Lift to menace her daughter in the meantime.
The flick does get talky in spots--there's a lot of back and forth in the DETA LIFT offices, which offered an intriguing implication of a vast subculture of elevator repairmen in the Netherlands, but never expanded on it. And it probably could have used a little more Lift-based mayhem, maybe another kill or two--though it could be that Maas ran out of ideas for how the Lift could trap and kill new victims, which would of course be understandable.
Still, with the wild mad-science explanation, the creative kills, and an undercurrent of dry Euro-humor that brought a smirk every now and then, I found The Lift an enjoyable way to spend hour and a half. 2 Thumbs. Give it a chance and see if it gets a rise out of you too.
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
The Lift (1983): or, Elevator Action
Posted by The Vicar of VHS at 11:30 AM
Labels: '80s, 2-3 thumbs, Mad Science, Technological Terror
8 comments:
- Unknown said...
Fun fact: director Dick Maas remade this film in 2001 as Down (video title: The Shaft). The new version featured an English-speaking cast, including Naomi Watts, Michael Ironside, Ron Perlman, and Edward Herrmann.
I haven't seen either version, alas(?).
- April 7, 2010 at 2:40 PM
- The Duke of DVD said...
Man, how knew the Dutch were so openly horny?
So basically, the Dutch equivalent of Cyberdyne, instead of choosing to, say, make a race of sentient robots hell-bent on eradicating humanity, chose to end humanity one elevator ride at a time? Genius!
LOL @ "goo in his shaft" caption, bravo, sir!
- April 7, 2010 at 2:42 PM
- Franco Macabro said...
One of the funniest reviews Ive read in a while, such wit! I saw this one ages ago on t.v., I was glued to the whole film for the whole time, though I too found the premise kind of stupid.
- April 7, 2010 at 2:59 PM
- The Vicar of VHS said...
@Nate Y.--I had no idea about the remake! I'd kind of like to see how Maas updated his original vision. Maybe I'll check it out!
@The Duke--Obviously supervillains from the Netherlands are much more clever and patient than their American counterparts. Today the lifts, tomorrow the escalators! Humanity is doomed! Very...slowly...doomed...!
@The Film Connoiseur--thanks for the kind words! I think THE LIFT does the best it can with what it has, and I too was entertained. I can see how someone who already has a fear of elevators would be totally terrified!
- April 7, 2010 at 4:21 PM
- J. Astro said...
I've seen the updated/Americanized THE SHAFT and it's a serviceable B-movie with fun backup performances by Ron Perlman and Dan Hedaya. I'd totally check out the original, based on what I've read here.
And as for the whole "why don't people just take the stairs" thing, it's kinda like "why don't people just NOT go swimming?" idea in JAWS: Because there's always some rich fucker who refuses to close the beach/elevators for fear of lost revenue!
- April 7, 2010 at 10:44 PM
- The Vicar of VHS said...
@J. Astro--
>>it's kinda like "why don't people just NOT go swimming?" idea in JAWS
There's actually a slight JAWS-esue vibe to some of the scenes here (right down to a rip-off of the shark's theme on the score at one point). Of course in Spielberg's movie they got around the "why not stay out of the water" by making the main character the Sheriff who HAD to be around making sure everyone was safe. Here, pretty much the same thing--the Elevator Repairman is the Sheriff of the Lift!
- April 9, 2010 at 8:12 AM
- Ari S. said...
LOL this looks funny
- April 16, 2010 at 11:29 PM
I saw this movie when I was kid living in Argentina. I thought it was awesome then. When I talk to my dad about it now, he just laughs. He remembers going to see it but said it wasn't very good.
- September 5, 2010 at 9:12 PM


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"Redeye" is normally used in describing air travel, but it can apply equally well to fall bike commuting. I'm trying to learn to apply eye drops (I've never had contacts or had to use one of those emergency eye flush showers in chemistry, so I'm a bit squeamish) and they provide some degree of nightly relief. If only Brooks made some gentlemen's commuter goggles. I'd finally look like the classy biplane pilot I've always aspired to be.
It was cloudy and eventually rained, but I didn't think the rain would hold off, so I braced myself for a ride that would ruin the recently established cleanliness of my bike and also get my socks wet, which might be a fate even worse than a dirty bike. Wet socks are the worst. Wet sock puppets are even worser-er, unless you're using wet as a synonym for drunk because that would be fucking hilarious. Anyway. There were literally dark clouds hovering over the Capitol. It was like every dramatic scene in every bad political thriller ever. I suppose I've robbed this post of some drama by revealing that I beat the rain, but getting rained on isn't that dramatic in the first place. Unless it's melodramatic, like in The Notebook. Hey girl, I wore my Showers Pass jacket home anyway.
There are some other bicyclists on my commute route home, but never that many and it's rare that traveling my new route through Dupont and down 19th that I ever find myself behind another cyclist, but today I did and we rode together from roughly Sheriden Circle to L Street. And let me tell you something: it is absolutely terrifying to watch someone else bike commute. Especially when you see that person almost get pulled into be a lane-changing driver. She saw him and it was ok, and were I in the same position, I probably would've written it off as a fairly standard, par for the course, near-but-not-that-near miss that happens pretty much every single day. But watching it from 15 feet behind- it was worse than wearing wet socks. I might have made some kind of noise (certainly not a word, perhaps a kind of grunt or grunt-like noise), but there really wasn't much else to do nor much else I could've done. And as soon as it happened, it was over and nothing happened and then I rode past the driver, again to his right, and then we rode together for another block and then she turned off somewhere (I thought to ride up the sidewalk to avoid the car traffic backed up trying to get onto K, but then she wasn't there) and I found myself stalled on a hill and luckily in an appropriate gear to slowly standing pedal my way up the hill without falling down and then the mundane commute continued with a left turn and a few more blocks of pedaling and even more negotiating with drivers.
Around the time I got to 15th and Pennsylvania, I started to convince myself that maybe I could make it home before it started raining (SPOILER ALERT: I've already spoiled the fact that I did). I rode with a steely determination. Just kidding- I rode normally, which is with a kind of determination that's considerably more malleable. Ok, my determination level is pretty much talc. My effort level doesn't even register on the Mohs scale really. I did try to ride sort of faster than usual and tried to not get stuck at red lights if I could avoid it and I did avoid it at 7th by passing the bicyclist in front of me. The only other thing that happened on Penn was my seeing a minibus/shuttlebus driver pull a u-turn across the bike lane. It was cool though because he let me ride past first and he held up his hand at me, so as to suggest his general pacficity towards me. THIS DOES NOT MAKE IT OK. I don't want to keep beating the same drum (though I do have a gift card for Timpani & Co. Their blue boxes are larger), but 1) enhanced enforcement of these flagrant violations are needed and 2) enhanced enforcement will do nothing to stop this problem in a permanent way. So, here's my pitch: No Taxation Without Physical Separation (of bike lanes). Think I'd get a night in jail if I didn't pay? Probably more.
I don't know if the guy in front of me was also in a rush, but he was certainly riding fast and I thought it might be clever of me to try to match his pace as that seemed like a good way to get home faster. And I mostly accomplished this, at least through the Capitol grounds, but on East Capitol he pulled too far ahead and by that time I didn't think it would even rain any more (BREAKING: It didn't. At least while I was riding. You might have read this paragraphs ago.) and it didn't really matter that we was still rushing and I wasn't rushing because stop lights and perpendicularly moving traffic are the great equalizers and I caught up a couple of blocks later. Things like this are good reminders that rushing hardly ever really works. A thing like this is a good reminder that the Addams Family is a great tv show. [snap snap]


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Measurements: 7'1″ – 235 lbs.
Experience: Seventh-year, 25 years old
From: Compton, California
2007-2008 Season Statistics
11.8 points | 62.3% FG | 59.3% FT | 11.7 rebounds | 1.1 blocks | 1.0 assists | 35.2 minutes
Season Highs
Points: 22 (@ Golden State)
Total Rebounds: 22 (2x)
Defensive Rebounds: 16 (vs. Seattle)
Offensive Rebounds: 12 (@ Portland)
Blocks: 4 (2x)
Assists: 5 (@ Memphis)
Season Grade: B+
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I love Tyson Chandler. I do.
As a Chicago Bulls, he was easily my favorite NBA player. I heaped praise on him then but now that's he's rollin', it's legitimate praise. I don't get the weird looks at bars anymore when I yell in delight as Tyson's facial hair flashes across a TV screen.
Tyson had a great season with a very good playoff run. He's still somewhat volatile, getting too caught up in himself during stretches but there's nothing wrong with that. I always want emotionally-driven players to let emotion fuel them. No need to keep it bottled up.
Tyson was Chris Paul's primary pick-and-roll partner this season. And watching Paul lob the ball to Tyson for a dunk was reminiscent to watching Andre Miller lob it to Marcus Camby.
Coincidentally, Camby is the one player I would compare Tyson to at this point. They're both long, lanky defensive centers. Both are limited on the offensive end. They're even statistically comparable.
Take a look at Camby's fifth season. Camby was 26 at this point and development-wise, it's the closest to Tyson's seventh at 25.
Marcus Camby (00-01 – NYK – 5th year – 26)
12.0 points | 11.5 rebounds | 2.2 blocks | 1.0 steals | 1.0 turnovers | 3.3 fouls
Tyson Chandler (07-08 – NOH – 7th year – 25)
11.8 points | 11.7 rebounds | 1.1 blocks | 0.6 steals | 1.7 turnovers | 3.1 fouls
Marcus Camby (00-01 – NYK – 5th year – 26)
4.8 FG | 9.2 FGA | 52.4% FG | 3.6 FTA | 66.7% FT | 33.8 minutes
Tyson Chandler (07-08 – NOH – 7th year – 25)
4.8 FG | 7.7 FGA | 62.3% FG | 3.7 FTA | 59.3% FT | 35.2 minutes
Very similar, indeed. It should be noted that although Tyson is known as a shot-blocker, he only returns 1.1 shots a game. Low shot-blocking numbers doesn't discredit his defense as I one of my first-ever posts explains. Tyson didn't block the shots but he certainly changed a lot of them, anchoring the Hornets defense from the 5 spot. This freed up David West to do his thing offensively.
Although his productivity was somewhat erratic — he slumped early and mid-season — Tyson picked it up around the All-Star break and for the tail end of the regular season. He finished third in the league in total rebounds (928) behind Dwight Howard (1,161) and Camby (1,037). He finished seventh in defensive rebounds (606) but took the cake in offensive boards at 322.
Despite all of the positives, he still doesn't have any semblance of a low post game. This strikes me as extremely troubling considering he's been in the league for the better part of a decade.
Quote Him
"Every time Tyson Chandler gets a paycheck, he should take Chris Paul out to dinner." — Charles Barkley
Looking Forward
As long as Tyson Chandler plays with a legitimate low post threat — West, in this case — his deficiencies will be overlooked. But when he's looked at to create easy buckets for himself, it can be disastrous (see: Tyson Chandler's career with the Bulls).
So long as he's playing with CP3, he can get easy buckets with the pick-and-roll but Ty, it's not a bad idea to start developing a go-to move down low. A counter move would be useful too, while you're at it.
Since Tyson left Chicago, he's had a chance to limit his fouls. In his last season with the Bulls, he was fouling 5.1 times per 36 minutes. In his two seasons with the Hornets, he's dropped that to 3.5 and 3.1 fouls per 36 minutes. This drop is partly because his anticipation and defensive rotations are getting better. But it's also because his team can afford to hide him every now and then — be that by subbing him out, playing zone or switching defenders. In Chicago, he played defense with Eddy Curry, an aging Antonio Davis and Othella Harrington. Yikes.
Tyson is slowly improving his turnovers-assists ratio. He'll never be a distribution god but he can continue to limit his turnovers, work on his offensive awareness and realize that he's a 7-footer. Keeping the ball up if you're being hounded can buy you an extra second before tossing it away.
His most glaring weakness is his free throw shooting: 59.3% last season while shooting 60.0% for his career. He needs to work on that. Even Camby has pulled his free throw shooting up from the low 60's to the low 70's. Get yourself some easy points, Ty.


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Murzin, Dmitry
Engineering Catalysis
Series:De Gruyter Textbook
- eBook (PDF)
- Publication Date:
- June 2013
- Copyright year:
- 2013
- 978-3-11-028337-2
- Important topic: the production process of nearly every chemical
substance or product used today requires a special catalyst.
- Despite the plethora of books on catalysis on the market there is
none: -focusing on engineering aspects of heterogeneous catalysis
-at a graduate student level.
Aims and Scope
With well over 90% of all processes in the industrial chemical
production being of catalytic nature, catalysis is a mature though
ever interesting topic. The idea of this book is to tackle various
aspects of heterogeneous catalysis from the engineering point of view
and go all the way from engineering of catalysis, catalyst
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catalytic reactors and the implementation of catalysts in chemical
technology. Aimed for graduate students it is also a useful resource
for professionals coming from the more academic side.
- 24.0 x 17.0 cm
- xii, 364 pages
- 322 Fig. 30 Tables
- Language:
- English
- Type of Publication:
- Textbook
- Keyword(s):
- Chemical Engineering; Industrial Chemistry; Catalysis
- Subjects
- Chemistry > Catalysis
- Chemistry > Physical Chemistry
- Industrial Chemistry > Chemical Engineering
- Industrial Chemistry > Process Engineering
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A380 Wing Repair Certification Expected In First Quarter
14th January 2013
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is moving closer to certifying proposed permanent repairs and newly designed wings for the Airbus A380 following the detection of cracks in wing rib feet on numerous in-service aircraft last year.
EASA expects to certify the permanent modification to wings of in-service aircraft and those that have been built, but not yet delivered, in the first quarter of 2013, according to an official. EASA approved of the work for in-service aircraft by the end of December but put a two-year limit on the approval; some paperwork also had not been finalized. The preliminary certification will be replaced with a permanent approval in the first quarter along with the certification of the work on completed but yet-to-be-delivered aircraft.
Certification of the newly designed wing is now expected to happen in the second quarter of 2013, although EASA has not commented on the exact schedule. The new wings will become available in early 2014. Qatar Airways has deferred delivery of its first A380 by several months to enable Airbus to integrate the redesign on all Qatar aircraft on order.
In-service aircraft are currently subject to short-interval checks and preliminary repairs that must be repeated depending on utilization. The permanent fix, which includes the replacement of several hybrid ribs made of composites and the Al 7449 alloy, is expected to require aircraft to be grounded for several weeks. Airbus also has offered airlines a repair schedule that can be included in C-checks, so that no additional ground time is needed. However, that would spread modifications over a longer period of time.
The modifications affect 120 aircraft, 92 of which had been delivered by the end of November 2012.
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That's good news.
I hope that Boeing too will be able to solve its Dreamliner problems soon.


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Robert F. Kennedy Center Partners With Uganda Groups To Challenge Law That Bars Protests
Uganda's Yoweri Museveni
Just over two months after the controversial Public Order Management Act became law with President Yoweri Museveni's assent, a Ugandan civil society coalition has filed a petition (No. 56 of 2013) challenging the law in Uganda's Constitutional Court as a violation of their rights to freedom of assembly and freedom of expression among others.
With technical assistance and legal advice from the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights (RFK Center), Ugandan attorneys from Onyango & Co. Advocates filed the case today on behalf of: Human Rights Network Uganda (HURINET); the Development Network of Indigenous Voluntary Associations (DENIVA); the Ugandan Association of Women Lawyers (FIDA-U); Member of Parliament Hon. Muwanga Kivumbi; and, retired bishop in the Church of Uganda Bishop Dr. Zac Niringiye.
The impact of the restrictive law has already been felt, with police repeatedly arresting opposition leaders to prevent their public appearances, and some reports indicating that the Ugandan police are now monitoring social media in order to also restrict the legitimate activities of civil society, students, and journalists.
"Freedom of assembly and freedom of expression are indispensable to a democratic society," said Santiago A. Canton, director of Partners for Human Rights at the RFK Center. "With this constitutional challenge, Uganda's judiciary has a chance to send a strong message that the Ugandan government cannot continue to restrict the fundamental rights and freedoms of Ugandans and get away with it."
In recent months, the Ugandan government has raided and occupied independent media houses, threatened to de-register several human rights organizations, and indicated it remains committed to passing the Anti-Homosexuality Bill in parliament.
If passed, the bill would, among other things, criminalize speech and grant the government the authority to shut down the legitimate work of human rights defenders.
The Public Order Management Act gives police and government authorities broad discretion to prohibit or disperse public assemblies in violation of international standards.
The law also imposes burdensome requirements on organizers and participants of public assemblies, and levies disproportionate criminal penalties for violations of the act. In a country with a shrinking space for civil society, this law will also have serious chilling effects on freedom of association.
The RFK Center works with human rights defenders around the world to create an enabling environment for civil society, including the right to engage in peaceful protest and public demonstrations.
Last month, in its first case to directly address the right to protest, the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights accepted a petition filed by the RFK Center and Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZHLR) on behalf of Woman of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) challenging Zimbabwe's systematic suppression of freedom of expression and freedom of assembly, including via restrictive public order laws.
On November 21, the RFK Center awarded its annual RFK Human Rights Award to Ragia Omran, an Egyptian human rights advocate who is raising concerns about a new protest law that also violates freedom of assembly in her country.
The RFK Center was founded in 1968 by Robert Kennedy's family and friends as a living memorial to carry forward his vision of a more just and peaceful world.
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When we say the Bible is "inspired" and authoritative, are we referring to its ideas and teachings, or something more?
The human authors of Scripture always wrote precisely what God intended.
Who cares about the details of the Flood? This flippant attitude opened the door for attacks on the historicity of Genesis.
Genesis records the details of the Flood in a sequence we would not expect. That's for a reason.
Jesus called Abel a prophet, though all we know about him is that his brother killed him. How could he be a prophet?
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Several months ago, many Bible-believing students in high school were asking themselves: which Christian college should I attend? Their final choice is now turning into hard reality.
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Kent Blain Hawkins was born July 10, 1963 and passed away suddenly from a heart attack January 10, 2011.
He was born to Edwin and Betty Hawkins of Blanding, UT. Kent was born of goodly parents and he treasured his relationship with them. His sister Ann let him stay with the family because he was born on her tenth birthday. His siblings include Ann (Mike) Excell, Mitch, Ed (Julie), and Clark (Ann).
On June 25, 1983, he married his high school sweetheart, Barbara (Barb) Beth Carlson. They became Eternal Sweethearts on August 8, 1990. They have five children; Lacey (Daniel) Vess, Blain, Michael, Matthew, and Maggie; and two grandsons; Ashton Hawkins and Hyrum Vess.
Kent truly loved his family and he worked hard in teaching them that their family is forever. He considered it such a blessing to have baptized all of his family into the church; from his Sweetheart Barb in 1989 and all his children, Maggie being baptized the Saturday prior to his passing.
Kent graduated from San Juan High School 1981. He worked for Ben Black for 22 years and kept people on their toes and always smiling at their pranks. The last five years, Kent was working for San Juan School District as Assistant Director/Shop Foreman. He brought humor to the work place and kept things running smoothly.
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Kent served in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in many callings. He did his best with the responsibilities given him. He was currently serving in the Bluff Branch with his family and truly loved every moment spent there
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Harajuku is famous for its fashion. Stylish young Japanese women flock to its boutiques, snapping up the latest trendy threads. But now, a new crowd is coming: The anime nerds.
Today, a Neon Genesis Evangelion themed shop, dubbed Evangelion Store Tokyo-01, opened up in Harajuku.
Neon Genesis Evangelion is an iconic Japanese manga and anime that launched in the mid-1990s.
On hand for a Nov. 21 event was actress and cosplay dork Natsuki Kato. Dressed as the character Misato, Kato said, "When you say 'otaku hotspots', the standard places are Nakano and Akihabara, right? I think this place will go on to be the third otaku hotspot."
Kato, who also works as a fashion model, is famous for her love of anime, video games, and cosplay. She also likes flash games with lady slapping.
Also on hand were "race queens" (think cheerleaders for race car teams). In recent years, Evangelion launched its own racing teams (both car and motorbike).
The first floor is clothing and other apparel, much of it appearing to be Eva themed. The second floor is filled with various Eva goods. The above photos, courtesy of IT Media, should give you a good idea what to expect.
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Brown led off the game with a home run, his first since July 17. He singled in the third and doubled in the sixth. He had two opportunities to complete the cycle, which would have been the first of his career, but Brown added another single in the eighth and struck out in the ninth.
Brown, who was the Giants' first-round pick in the 2010 First-Year Player Draft, is hitting .270/.327/.392 with nine home runs and 30 stolen bases. He ranks second in the Pacific Coast League in stolen bases, one behind New Orleans outfielder Austin Wates.


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