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'Ma zot ahava' ('What is Love') by Yoram Yovel, Keter Books, 352 pages, NIS 89.
"Ma zot ahava" ("What is Love") by Yoram Yovel, Keter Books, 352 pages, NIS 89.
The question mark - that innocent, humble grammatical creature whose back is humped and ends with a dot like a tear, the one that Haim Nahman Bialik put at the end of his painful poem: "They say there is love in the world - What is love?" - is absent from the borrowed title of Yoram Yovel's new book, and its absence is blinding. Is the change in formulation that distances from itself the plea and doubts of the poet a hint to readers that the book before them is an exclamation point and that its aim is none other than to show them what love is!?
For many who seek an unequivocal answer and do not doubt its reality for a moment, the title of the book is no less than a trap for the gullible: Here it is, the most desired of all the promises of happiness, the least understood of all the propensities of the human soul, the most minute and the most fragile and the most capricious of all, love - on the binding of the book and its pages, the greatest human mystery that alone does not wonder about itself, which is about to be made clear.
And Prof. Yoram Yovel, Yeshayahu Leibowitz's grandson, a psychiatrist, neurologist and psychoanalyst whose first book, "Mindstorm," stood firmly at the top of the local best-seller lists for an entire year, is exactly the person from whom the broken-hearted layman will want to learn what love is and how it is vanquished. After all, Yovel is the new authority on everything that has to do with the prevalent popular version of psychoanalysis: He is the local I Ching, the ancient Chinese sage of our times, and he brings all the weight of his authority to the battlefield where the clinical and the ontological rip each other to shreds.
In all fairness, it must be said that he has not invented the wheel. "What is Love" belongs to the genre that, despite the intellectual sadism with which many of its critics are endowed, is very much beloved by the reading public that sometimes tends to use it to replace costly and demanding psychological therapy, despite explicit warnings by the writers themselves. This book joins a long series of books written about love by experts on the psyche, and its bibliography is full of them: "The Art of Loving" by Erich Fromm, "Falling in Love: How We Choose Whom to Love" by Ayala Malach-Pines, "Love's Executioner" by Irvin Yalom, "The Evolution of Love" by Ada Lampert and so on. In all of them this key noun appears, and from all of them the skeptical question mark is absent. All of them share with Yovel a common ambition and pretension: to dispel the fog and the great mystery, to make it comprehensible and, as a result, attainable.
Arrows in the quiver
Yovel is aware that to talk about love "means talking about the human condition," and at the same time the dimensions of the subject do not deter him. His mission is ambitious, and he embarks on it with a number of arrows in his quiver: psychoanalysis, brain science, cognitive psychology, neurology. He belongs to a growing research and therapeutic trend of neuropsychoanalysts who examine the classical theories at the biological level with techniques that come from the world of medicine, and try to confirm by scientific research the Freudian discoveries that have until recently been only theories. In other words, they are looking for the precise places where concepts like repression and denial are located in the brain, by mapping it. Therefore, Yovel, despite the camouflaging rhetoric of his book, believes that it is necessary to seek the concrete influences and not ghosts because, like Sigmund Freud in his day, he is above all a scientist, with more advanced tools than those that were at the disposal of the genius from Vienna.
In clear and comprehensible language Yovel fits the new information into the intervals that he opens between the case studies throughout the eight chapters of the book. It seems to him, as he writes in the introduction, that this coalition of disciplines provides scientific truths that are "surprising, exciting, intriguing, complex and sometimes - just like love itself - also cause us to feel taunted and cheated." Perhaps the reason for this lies in the reduction that science makes of love; perhaps it lies in the fact that although Freud's case studies were also read as short stories thanks to his rare talent for writing, this does not mean that literature can bear an interpretive psychoanalytic reading. It is hard to imagine what would remain of Marcel Proust's "In Search of Lost Time" after an examination of this sort. Almost certainly a heap of physical syndromes, Oedipal complexes, endocrine failures and burst chemical dams. And Emma Bovary's love - what will become of it? And of the sufferings of Werther and Effie Briest after a similar examination is forced upon them? And what does Pedro Almodovar's "Live Flesh" look like, and what need will we have of "The Empire of the Senses?"
The total enslavement to the passions of the flesh that those two films glorify will be reduced to the level of dopamine in the body, and in Yovel's special formulation, there will be no escaping "the conclusion that there is a common denominator between the love of Romeo and Juliet and the love of a field mouse." Almost certainly we shall find out that little Marcel was a narcissist, Emma suffered from a personality disorder, Werther could have benefited from therapeutic treatment that would have enriched his stores of serotonin and Effie, who apparently was sexually frigid, would do herself a favor if she improved her hormone balance. In short: literature in ruins, a poetic wasteland, a nuclear winter.
At the basis of the stories that Yovel brings from his clinic are the social and cultural givens about the character and nature of love, and their depressive effect on his patients. Each of the stories was chosen to serve as a different prism of the many faces of the myth of romantic love, on the one hand, and the manner of treatment, on the other. As in his previous book, Yovel alternately tells the story of the case and imparts wisdom. He builds his case studies cleverly, and they read like small thrillers interspersed with theoretical background information: The story of Yael, a girl from the national religious community, who is pushed into marriage at a time when chronic depression leaves her emotionally indifferent and sexually frigid, affords an opportunity to discuss drug therapy and the relativity of cultural conventions.
In the story of the calculating Ilan, who married Michal in a dizzying and stupefying ecstasy of falling in love that robbed him of his good judgment, leaving him to face its destructive results, Yovel reports to the readers on a breakthrough in the field of neurology and explains Ilan's emotional frenzy in light of the evolutionary model of the tripartite brain: the primitive reptilian, the early mammalian and the new mammalian (if the neurologists are to be believed, this model gives an adequate answer to Bialik's question, and it is possible to read the greatest love stories of all time in its light).
The story of Noa, who snares a partner for fulfilling her sadomasochistic wishes, is afforded a surprising and almost ridiculous denouement and opens a window to the issues of sexual perversions and the Internet revolution at one and the same time. The case of Ofer Saguy is the most interesting of the stories because Yovel succeeds in rescuing his character from the flattening that case studies impose on their protagonists, because the young millionaire's skirt-chasing invites discussion of fascinating characters like Don Juan and Casanova, and also because the process that Yovel underwent with his patient reveals to readers the mechanism of transference and counter-transference.
The big question that has to be asked of the book is its raison d'etre. The success of popular psychology literature in general, and the phenomenal success of "Mindstorm" in particular, are a decisive answer. What remains to be clarified is whether the book works - whether it affords stimulating and active reading, as the best books of this genre arouse the imagination and temporarily construct an analogous story that finds its meaning in the psychological biography of the reader. There are such books, which are rare and precious among works of popular psychology, although it is hard to find them and easy to dismiss them in the sea of inferior texts ("The Road Less Traveled" by Scott Peck and "Women Who Run with the Wolves" by Clarissa Pikola Estes are two examples), and also in the "dry" professional literature: "Playing and Reality" by D.W. Winnicott is one example and "The Primitive Edge of Experience" by Thomas Ogden is another excellent example. Freud's "Mourning and Melancholia" is a lovely piece of writing in every respect, and Carl Jung's books are required reading for every artist and writer who wants to enrich his dictionary of images.
The power of "What is Love" does not lie in its selection of case studies. Even if they are well-written, to my regret most of them remain mysteriously flat, nor does the support that is afforded to psychoanalytical theory by the neurological information make the book essential. Yovel does adopt the skeptical and cautious approach that holds that research studies cannot encompass human complexity and explain the uniqueness of love. However, in the fact of writing the book, the fact of the pretension, he knocks the ground out from under his own arguments.
The force of the book resides in fact in the writer: Yovel's voice rises clear and warm from the written dialogues and he emerges as a reliable person and a responsible therapist throughout the encounter. He does not hesitate to berate himself for mistakes or to reveal his weaknesses, his prejudices and his petty moments. There will no doubt be skeptics who will argue that this is a calculated and transparent tactic that is aimed at arousing trust, but I am not among them. So that we can abandon ourselves to the book, Yovel demands of us, as from his patients, basic trust in his good intentions. The trust that offered gladly during the hours of reading was returned to me unharmed.
I am prepared to pluck up my courage and say, on the basis of my instincts alone, that he is an excellent therapist, but I would like to beg him to consider, even if I cannot point to it directly, that art, music, literature and film have a minor but cumulative effect as their influence on life itself, on body movements, on the system of identity, on consciousness, which even though science cannot take into account is huge in its significance. These, "the news that doesn't grow old," are the internal permutation that evades the mapping of the brain and the ultra-sound waves, but one can be certain and trust in the fact that it will help us evade the disturbing and depressing determinism that science is offering us as an explanation and reason for our existence.
Iris Leal's book "An Accidental Happiness" was published by Keter Books.


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This review is from: Plague Dogs (Mass Market Paperback)
"Some say deep sleep is dreamless and that we dream only in the moments before awakening, experiencing during seconds the imagined occurances of minutes or hours. Others have surmised that dreaming is continuous as long as we are asleep, just as sensation and experience must needs continue while we are awake; but that we recall--when we recall at all--only those margins and fragments which concluded the whole range of our imagination during sleep; as though one who at night was able to walk alive through the depths of the sea, upon his return could only remember only those light-filtering, green-lit slopes up which he had clambered back at last to the sands of morning."
This is just a touch of the poetic writing that Richard Adams uses to convey this beautiful story of two dogs. It is also a story about society. This is not an easy read. The reasons that this book was more difficult for me was because of the dialect that one of the dogs spoke with and also the British terms (new to me i.e. Lorry =vehicle, dust bins =trash bins), and the text is so rich it takes a slower read to digest it. I had to look up a few words, so reading this book expanded my vocabulary. Although the reading was slower, it was worth it. Very worth it. Once I was 1/2 way through I was thanking myself for keeping on, it was paying off. And by the end - I was very into it.
I have never read such a unique writing style. There is no way to describe it but to say it is art. I poured over the book with post-its marking the ingenious philosophical ideas that I'd loike to come back to to think about and discover my feelings about.
This was my third Richard Adam's novel and I am always amazed. I plan to read all of his books.
Great read. Highly recommended. Thought provoking.
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This may not be an enjoyable book, but it's an important book. It is important because it touches on the horror of animal experimentation, which so contrasts with Western culture's professed love for domesticated animals. If you don't already boycott animal-testing companies, it will make you want to check the labels on all your products. You will want to write letters to your congresspeople after reading this book, and you will be glad that many corporations already have taken heed and ceased animal testing.
It is difficult read for a number of reasons. The poetic writing style can make it confusing as to whose mind we are hearing, and the fact that one of the characters is quite mad can also add to the confusion. Add to that the dialect used by the characters, and you will have to concentrate to understand what is being expressed.
The first half of the book is far more exciting and interesting than the second half, but it is important to stick it out to read the end.
One thing that bothered me was the author's self-referentialism. He actually refers to himself and the book 'Watership Down' in the third person. And at another point, he breaks the scene to start speaking frankly to the audience as the author. For this reason, Plague Dogs seemed amateurish next to his other works. Because of its important message, I wish it could have been a better book.
4.0 out of 5 stars Compelling but corny,
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In all likelihood, you'll already be familiar with Watership Down when you first hear of Plague Dogs. It's a gripping tale of characters you can indeed care about-- two dogs who escape captivity, and a fox they meet (mainly). The three suffer trials and uncertainties, at turns frank, touching, or even spooky. A tale of survival. There's a strong secondary plot involving various humans, too, that is quite compelling.
Adams added a number of relatively silly things into the formula this time around, however. Probably he *indended* for these things to be rather heavy-handed and goofy, but that they were deliberate doesn't prevent them from interfering with one's enjoyment of the book. Adams' awkward and inconsistent transcription of thick scottish accents plagues much of the book. There's a reason they tell you to avoid this in fiction writing 101!
His villains, too, are rather unconvincing-- on one hand, the book as a whole tries to take itself rather seriously as social commentary. On the other, the villains' motives are intentionally made into utter caricatures.
I would scorn a lesser story for silly decisions of the author. Nevertheless, it's a great adventure, with real, and moving, character development. I unhesitatingly give it four stars.
4.0 out of 5 stars Difficult and disturbing, but worth it,
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Most people who pick up this book, I am sure, will already be inclined to agree with Richard Adams on the subject of animal experimentation. I don't want to use this review as a debating piece, but I feel compelled to respond to a couple of the comments made by other readers on these pages. Firstly, while the story doesn't focus on medical research, Mr Adams has made quite clear over the years that the novel is intended to be a criticism of ALL animal experimentation. I believe that searching for a cure to human diseases by torturing and killing millions of animals every year is NOT acceptable morally, aside from the fact that, due to our vastly different genetics, animal research is only ever of limited use. And it may interest one particular reviewer to know that when penicillin was first tested on rats, it killed them (it is poisonous to rodents) so we do not owe the discovery of antibiotics to vivisection. Okay, lecture over. The novel is a very difficult read if you are an animal lover or have any degree of compassion in your heart; the descriptions of the lab in the first thirty pages are unbearable, and still haunt me to this day. Other reviewers have commented on the slow nature of the story - this is true, there are long sections of descriptive prose where little actually happens, so if you like an incident-packed read you're probably well advised to stay away. Once the hunt for the dogs gets underway, the tension does mount and the final third of the book becomes very exciting indeed. Some may feel the positive ending detracts from the message, but personally I found it something of a relief - after all, there ARE still kind-hearted humans in the world! The dialects are difficult - I'm British, but I suspect most of us found the Tod's dialogue as confusing as American readers did (if it helps, I found that reading the Tod's speeches aloud, phonetically, made them easier to comprehend). It isn't quite as good as Watership Down - which Mr Adams has never equalled in my opinion - and it certainly isn't a 'fun' read, but it's intentions are the best and, when it gets going, it WILL keep you hooked.
4.0 out of 5 stars Worth the Time to Read,
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This review is from: Plague Dogs (Mass Market Paperback)
Being a fan of Watership Down I thought I would continue reading the rest of Richard Adams' books, and I find this one to be just as good as the rest. The basic plot of the story is two dogs escape from an animal experimentation lab in England and roam about the countryside, struggling to live and literally dying to find a new master to live with. They encounter one obstacle after another, whether it be hunger, the weather, or other humans, who believe the dogs are carrying bubonic plague after a young news reporter tries to stir up all of England. The story is full of Adams' views on animal experimentation, politics, and human behavior, yet it does not preach.
Readers new to Richard Adams should probably start out with Watership Down before reading this book; this way you get a better sense of his style and prose. The dialect can be extremely tough at times, and because of some of the descriptions and themes involved should probably only be read by a mature reader. I will also say that there isn't a whole lot of action to it; however, you get attached to these dogs as if they were your own pets. The author develops solid, intriguing characters and a great setting. It is definetley worth the time to read, and you'll jump to your feet at the end.
4.0 out of 5 stars Richard Adams at his quirkiest,
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Many reviewers here have found this a difficult read and it is that especially if you don't enjoy dialects that aren't your own. It is a very British book and no apologies are necessary for that.
Many have either loved or hated the didactic theme of the book regarding animal experimentation, but it is really about much more than that. The overriding theme of this book is that of the relationship between humans and other animals. Adams is not ranting here. He doesn't offer any facile conclusions other than that life deserves respect.
Like Adams' other works, once you become acquainted with the characters, the narrative is compelling in the extreme and all the characters are kept interesting and multi-dimensional. The work depends on your caring about the two dogs' fate and here ultimately succeeds. I wasn't moved to tears here, but I did gasp at Adam's sheer narrative audacity towards the end of the book. He pulls out quite a few postmodern stops (and a bit of deus ex machina) but still manages to guide the reader into almost believing, but certainly caring about the ending.
The only aspect of this novel that bothered me was that occasionally the author let his judgmentalism peep through an otherwise fair-minded narrative. For example, at times he feels it necessary to denigrate all anti-establishment radical types while sanctifying "honest" establishment types such as soldiers and christians in order to defuse criticism his arguably radically anti-establishment point of view regarding animal experimentation. This struck me as a sour note in an otherwise high-minded and otherwise successful satirical narrative, though you can tell that his natural impulse is not to rely on one-dimensional characterisations
Overall, I would rate this book's success slightly below that of Watership Down and Shardik among the works by Adams that I have had the pleasure to read, but I highly recommend it nevertheless.
4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!!!,
H. D. Hairhowser (Seattle) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Plague Dogs (Mass Market Paperback)
This is a good read. I read this shortly after reading "Watership Down," and was thoroughly pleased. The story takes place on two fronts: the animal and the human. These two points of view are weaved together nearly perferctly, creating a story that left me desperate to finish.
My only complaint - and this is why I rate it four stars instead of five - is that the story wanes in the last twenty pages or so. A dialogue between two humans seems more like a lecture on the evils of animal testing, and is directed at the reader rather than resmbling a realistic conversation (though I enjoyed the brief allusion to "Watership Down" in there). Also, I felt that the ending was artificial; whereas this book could have had a very moving, tragic ending, it left off on a high note, which is surely desireable, yet makes this novel somewhat forgettable.
Yet even so, I recommend this to everyone. It is adventurous, it is masterfully poetic, and, though it does not surpass "Watership Down," should be considered a remarkable achievement.
5.0 out of 5 stars A statement against animal experimentation...,
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This review is from: Plague Dogs (Mass Market Paperback)
...and, so what? Unlike other reviewers who seem to have a problem with the fact that Adams did NOT hide his bias against - one would be tempted to say hatred towards - animal experimentation, and those who conduct such experiments, I believe he should be proud for standing up and giving a voice to those who have no voice of their own. It is not a "false premise" that animal testing and experimentation is wrong - it is an opinion, and a valid opinion that many people share. Remember that most of the experiments described in the book were not being performed in order to find cures for horrible diseases - they were being performed just to see what would happen in someone sprayed hairspray in their eyes; or to see how many cigarettes might cause lung disease; or to see how animals respond to psychological conditioning. I have no way personally of knowing whether the specific experiments described have even been done in real life (though, based on those I DO know about, I would not be surprised). The point is that Adams is trying to demonstrate the sanctity of life - ALL life - and the sin of wasting a life.
The dialect can get somewhat difficult, but, as another reviewer suggested, reading it quickly, sometimes aloud, helps. The descriptions of the terrain the dogs travel is wonderful - it makes me want to see it in person. And all of the characters are expertly drawn, especially the two dogs and the tod (but also Digby Driver, Mr. Boycott, and Mr. Powell). There may be a tad too much background information given on a couple of the characters, but not enough to bump this from five stars to four.
This is a must for animal lovers, but have a hankie ready!
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant--with a wonderfully constructed ending,
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"The Plague Dogs" isn't nearly as accessible as "Watership Down" & it's not a children's book. Don't start reading Adams with this book--start with "Watership Down." ... Some of the dialect (especially that of the Tod) will be very difficult for American readers (though it was slightly toned down for American editions) & it's perhaps hard to follow if you've never heard the real thing, but even it is brilliant. I have heard the real thing & Adams captures it perfectly. It works best if you read it quickly. ... Adams does some wonderful experimentation with the writing in the book, experimentation that draws on a vast literary heritage & demonstrates very wide reading, experimentation that is itself a tribute to his literary forefathers. ... The characters, especially the canine ones, are very well-drawn (I'm tempted to call my next dog Rowf). ... Good plot twists, evocative geographical description, a singularly haunting passage about a ghost, great description of snow. ... The animal experimentation theme is very well done, not overstated (all of the experiments Adams described were real) & while it's obvious where Adams stands, he has the guts to balance the debate with an unexpected portrait of a dying child. ... The true brilliance of this book lies in the ending, which is just an absolute work of art, drawing together narrative strings, switching narrative styles, switching points of view, speeding up & slowing down (& even incorporating the author's tribute to his own friends without becoming excessively idiosyncratic) until it becomes positively lyrical. The book is worth it for the ending alone ... & Adams is a master of making the incredible credible so we willingly suspend disbelief ... maybe because Rowf & Snitter are so well portrayed we sorely want them to live. Not an easy read, but SO good.
1.0 out of 5 stars I found this book unreadable,
"mearwhen" (Gettysburg, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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I will be honest. I did not finish reading this book. In fact I stopped reading it only about fifty pages into the novel for a few reasons, which I will explain. But first I would like to say that I have read numerous novels of the 1000+ pages range, some very slow moving (It by Stephen King, Les Miserables, the works of Robert Jordan, War and Peace) so normally I finish what I start. I did not with this novel and I will explain why:
First it did move very slow. Normally I am willing to forgive this in a novel, but this one did not get a second chance from me. By moving slow I mean it didn't grasp me. Sometimes there can be a lot happening but I need to care about the characters.
Second was the feeling that this was some sort of political crusade for Richard Adams. I felt from the outset of reading this novel that he was trying to show to us the evils of medical testing. I don't mind a purpose if it is hidden well or fits with the work (such as the Chronicles of Narnia, even Jean Auel's Clan of the Cave Bear) but this was in your face. There might be scientists who drown dogs or cut apart their brains just to see what happens but I have trouble believing it. It is also a cause I get less motivated about then world hunger.
Thirdly was the dialogue between the characters, the fox especially was difficult to grasp. I understand that Adams wanted us to be able to see the dialogue but to an American reader it was practically incomprehensible.
Fourth is a description of a dog crawling through a pipe. I will not quote the description because that description is going to stay with me, most unfortunately until the end of my days and I do not want to inflict it upon an unassuming person [....] Suffice to say the descritption caused me to throw down the book in disgust and never pick it up again. It was only a sentence long too!
In the end, I cannot find anything that I reccomend about this book. This is one of the very few novels I can think of that I would only give one star.
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Klum: As long as the show does not suffer because of that, it's OK.
Bergeron: It's hard. I got on a Netflix binge with Sons of Anarchy, so I'm watching every episode, and they're all drinking Miller Lite. They're these bikers, and all the labels are facing the camera. And it took me right out of the show. It was awkward product placement.
Klum: We have to integrate it into the challenges. My show, Project Runway, is probably one of the lowest-budget shows sitting here. We do everything in one small room at Parsons [design school], and it has never changed. And when we have the people come with their integrations, we try to really make them great. For example, if we have a big car company, we say what car it is, but then the designers have to make something out of that car, so they're ripping the car seats out, and they're using that as fabric. If it doesn't hurt the integrity of the show and makes for a great challenge, bring it on.
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Keoghan: I'm looking. I call [CBS] and say, "How'd we do?" And we've been blessed. We've been on for over 10 years, and we've sat right around 10 million for 10 years, and so I think I would look more if we were dropping radically, or I would probably be more interested if we suddenly went to 20 million and did a Simon Cowell [who famously suggested The X Factor would launch to 20 million viewers]. Oh, that's right, he didn't hit 20 million.
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Lakshmi: Hoarders.
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Lakshmi: The pilot on the American Airlines flight coming here was like, "I have to tell you, please pack your knives and go." I was like, "Yeah, I've never heard that one before."
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William Austin (actor)
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|William Austin
12 June 1884
Georgetown, British Guiana
|15 June 1975
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|Albert Austin
William Austin (12 June 1884 – 15 June 1975) was an English character actor.
William Austin was born on a sugar plantation in Georgetown in British Guiana (now Guyana). On the death of his father he was brought to England to complete his education. He later filled a business post in Shanghai and on being sent to San Francisco by the company he worked for, he decided to stay in America and take up acting on the stage and later in films. He appeared in many American films and serials between the 1920s and the 1940s, though the vast majority of his roles were small and uncredited. He was the brother of actor Albert Austin.
Of the numerous silent films Austin appeared in, he is best remembered as the sidekick friend of Clara Bow in Bow's best known film It (1927). He supported Laurel and Hardy in two of their films, Duck Soup and County Hospital.
Mr. Austin's portrayal in the 1943 Batman serial of Batman's butler Alfred is the iconic portrayal still used in the comics. Previous to being played by Mr. Austin, the character was fat and had no facial hair. Performed by Mr. Austin, the character was thin with a moustache. Shortly after the serial was released, Alfred in the comics was changed to match the look of the serial; this representation of the character has for the most part continued to this day except for the live action films, the Birds of Prey series, and the Deadshot short in Batman: Gotham Knight where he has no moustache.
Austin died in his Newport Beach home from complications of a stroke.
Partial filmography[edit]
- Who Cares (1925)
- The Best People (1925)
- West of Broadway (1926)
- It (1927)
- Swim Girl, Swim (1927)
- What a Night! (1928)
- Don't Be a Dummy (1932)
- Three Men in a Boat (1933)
- The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933)
- The Goose and the Gander (1935)
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)
External links[edit]
- William Austin at the Internet Movie Database
- William Austin at the Internet Broadway Database
- William Austin at Find a Grave
- McLean, Thomas (9 July 2008). "Batman's father figure: Michael Caine and Alfreds through the years". Variety. Retrieved 2009-02-10.
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Gamers should give From Software the benefit of the doubt with the upcoming 'Dark Souls' PC edition; after all, the developer is only doing this thanks to a fan petition.
Much has been made of the news surrounding Dark Souls and its upcoming PC edition lately. Gamers are upset that the game has an internal resolution of 1024 x 720 (even though you can set the resolution output to fit your monitor) and that it will be locked at 30 frames-per-second.
I've been a bit agnostic about all of this. I'm not terribly concerned with the graphics in Dark Souls. The game looks fine as it stands, and the mad genius of the game's mechanics are what keep me hopelessly addicted in the first place. The game could look much worse or much better and I doubt I'd particularly care.
Meanwhile, the difference between 30 fps and 60 fps, while noticeable, is not enough to make or break a game for me. Jittery, inconsistent frame-rates (such as the abysmal frame-rates in Blighttown) are what bother me; I'll be happy if the game pulls off a locked 30 fps throughout.
But don't take my word for any of this.
Read game developer Charles Randall's in-depth analysis of why From likely made these decisions in the first place. He focuses a great deal on the different way Japanese and Western games are developed, with Japanese games developed entirely on console rather than on PC (where most Western games are developed.) This makes porting a Japanese game to console a much different and far more challenging experience, which is one reason so few Japanese games are ported to PC in the first place.
Randall lists a number of reasons why the resolution/frame-rate decisions were made, and – while I know much less about these things than Randall and am thus subject to the perils of information asymmetry – I find them compelling. I won't list them here: just read the whole thing.
But more to the point, I think it's too soon to start talking about refusing to buy Dark Souls for these reasons alone or, worse, pirating it and sending From Software and Namco Bandai the message that PC gamers are fair-weather fans, too fickle to cater to in the future.
"I think that at the end of the day, if you are willing to write off a game of this sheer quality, then you should be ashamed to call yourself a gamer," Randall writes. "If you've already played it on console and are going to skip the pc version because of this? I don't blame you. Certainly there's no reason to believe that the PC version will be any better at this point. But again, remember that it's a version that wouldn't even have existed at all if From Software didn't care about gamers.
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NVIDIA GeForce2 GTS Preview
With a major update to this preview, I've been able to cover most of the features being offered by NVIDIA's GeForce2 GTS along with documenting the increase in performance over the GeForce 256 DDR. Unlike the move from NVIDIA's TNT to their TNT2/TNT2 Ultra, the move from the GeForce 256 to the GeForce2 GTS represents a step forward in new technology with the NVIDIA Shading Rasterizer and HDTV processors.
You can be assured that more previews and reviews of the GeForce2 GTS will appear to assist those of you looking to upgrade your graphics card or figure out what card to get in a new system. I would recommend starting with the collection of links over at G256.com.
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The competion in the 3D graphics market is beginning to heat up once again as new products from other vendors are beginning to appear. Whatever you may end up purchasing, just make sure you do your homework and make an informed decision.
I would also like to mention that representatives from Elsa and Creative Labs were able to meet with us during our visit with NVIDIA. Unlike the delays that plagued the GeForce hitting the retail shelves (especially the DDR models), the GeForce2 GTS time to market will be shortly after NVIDIA's official unveiling of the product.
ELSA stated that their GLADIAC GeForce2 GTS cards will be available for purchase on May 6 at stores including Fry's, Best Buy, EggHead, and Electronics Botique. At the time of our meeting, prices had yet to be finalized, but we were left with the following information:
All of the GLADIAC cards have the capability of video in/out and the VIVO module can be ordered at shopelsa.com. For a software bundle, ELSA will pick 10 of the hottest games of the season and you will be able to choose two of them (full versions). In addition, three more full version titles can be purchased at extremely low prices (around $7-$10 each). ELSA will continue to offer their snazzy 3D Relevator glasses which will work under DirectX and OpenGL. Infrared models will be available for $99, while the wired will cost $69.
Creative Labs also spoke with us and mentioned that their GeForce2 GTS based card would be named the Annihilator 2. No specific retail dates for product availability or prices were announced, but with Creative's track record, they should be very agressive with their schedule and price.
After mentioning complaints about the lengthy delays in releasing updated drivers for their Annihilator cards, we were told that will be addressed with the Annihilator 2. Creative is planning to release a set of drivers called FastTrack, that resemble NVIDIA's reference drivers, and will be available within a few days following reference driver updates.
Creative will continue to offer their Blaster Control display software which will closely resemble the 3D applets in their Sound Blaster Live! drivers. Updates to the Blaster Control drivers will be less frequent. Creative's popular Annihilator newsgroup will continue to be supported by technical support personnel as well.
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Combine eggs, 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley and 1/4 cup grated cheese in medium bowl. Season with salt and pepper. Beat to blend. Heat medium omelet pan or skillet over medium-high heat. Add 1/2 tablespoon butter; heat until butter melts and foam begins to subside. Add half of egg mixture. Stir with flat side of fork until eggs begin to set. Cook until omelet is set, lifting edge with spatula to let uncooked egg flow under. Top with 1/4 cup grated cheese and half of mushroom mixture. Fold omelet into thirds and turn out onto plate. Repeat with remaining 1/2 tablespoons butter, egg mixture, 1/4 cup grated cheese and mushrooms. Sprinkle omelets with additional chopped fresh parsley.


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The Future of Space
Space Tourism
Have you ever dreamed of going to space? In the past, if you wanted to leave this planet you had to dedicate your life to becoming an astronaut. Even then, there is only a select few that ever get to see Earth in the rear view mirror.
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What are the chances that a large asteroid will strike the Earth in the next 20 years? Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) are comets and asteroids that have been nudged into orbits that allow them to enter the Earth's neighborhood. Efforts are being mounted to discover and study these objects and to keep an eye upon their future trajectories.
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As NASA studies possibilities for the next launcher to the stars, a team of engineers from Kennedy Space Center and several other field centers are looking for a system that turns a host of existing cutting-edge technologies into the next giant leap spaceward.
image: Magnetic levitation (MagLev) system evaluated at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center (NASA)
An early proposal has emerged that calls for a wedge-shaped aircraft with scramjets to be launched horizontally on an electrified track or gas-powered sled. The aircraft would fly up to Mach 10, using the scramjets and wings to lift it to the upper reaches of the atmosphere where a small payload canister or capsule similar to a rocket's second stage would fire off the back of the aircraft and into orbit. The aircraft would come back and land on a runway by the launch site.
Lassos in Space
Roping cattle takes skill and finesse, but imagine trying to lasso a satellite in space. Now, imagine flinging the satellite up to a higher orbit to actually launch it!
That's what a small business in Bothell, Wash., is planning to do. The researchers and engineers at Tethers Unlimited Inc. are not cowboys, but they are developing unique lassos. Their "lassos" are new systems that will be used to capture and launch spacecraft.
The tether is a long string or wire deployed in space from a spacecraft. These tethers can be used in different ways to move satellites or spacecraft in space.
The "lasso" concept is similar to a giant sling that would rotate as it orbits the Earth. The craft, ballast and tether increase orbital momentum and energy for boosting the payload to a higher orbit.
"It could swing down, pick up a spacecraft in low orbit and carry it up and toss it into a higher orbit," said Rob Hoyt, Tethers Unlimited president.
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According to Bissinger, Woods' approval rating following revelations of his reported affairs has plummeted -- from 87 percent in 2005, to 33 percent in 2009.
"What I can't figure out is why so many good-looking women hang around baseball and basketball. Is it because, you know, people always say that, like, black guys have big d---s?" Woods said.
The golfer made a joke by rubbing the tips of his shoes together and describing it as "a black guy taking his condom off." He also made another lewd quip about lesbians and oral sex, during the photo shoot for the magazine.
Woods' troubles began when he crashed his car at his Florida home after allegedly fighting with his wife, Elin Nordegren. After the accident, reports of his infidelities trickled in, first with Rachel Uchitel, then many more women came forward claiming a romantic entanglement with the superstar athlete.
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- Monday 04 JanuaryBy legeagle2
From what I've heard, lots of women have already seen this side of Tiger.
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Who cares who's guts Tiger's running all up into anyway? If men weren't supposed to spank the growler they'd have been born with va-jj's too?
- Monday 04 JanuaryBy GretaHigh Rank Vote downVote upReport this
He's not a Tiger. He's a Cheetah!
OH, and NIKE decided to keep him. Their new slogan:
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- Monday 04 January
wshat an ass he looks like he is ready to do time ,he needs help upstairs for sure
- Monday 04 JanuaryBy jamie
uggh he just looks like a typical thug ,,now we know the REAL tiger,,,
- Monday 04 JanuaryBy Chris
I don't even believe that is Tiger's body.
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That is a very badly done photo. It looks to have been taken by someone not professional, with a Polaroid. Not at all very appealing.
- Monday 04 JanuaryBy boosmom
Tiger is making decisions that are really risky. He has lost so many of his sponsers because He cheated and broke his families heart. Anyone in sports knows Tiger works out so what does he have to prove? He needs to focus on keeping his family and keeping his pants up. Maybe he should take Britt Hume's advice. But if Tiger truly was a good practicing Buhudist he wouldn't cheat on his family.
- Monday 04 JanuaryBy Eaglewhale
Put A TIGER IN YOUR PHONE an A TIGER IN YOUR TANK!
- Monday 04 JanuaryBy Lisa
I, for one, would still watch golf if he were playing...naked.
- Monday 04 JanuaryBy John
This whole Tiger thing has me delving into the phisophical business of why we never seem to be satisfied. Somewhat like King Solomon who had it all...it wasn't enough...untill he decided to set the bar at: Reasonable Contentment as a goal....good lesson for all.
Am I tracking here or off base by a mile?
- Monday 04 JanuaryBy Sharquisha
Tiger does not want black women, period. He wants white woman cause his mother is Thai, he should rot in you know where cause he turned his back on us beautifull black womean. He sucks!
- Monday 04 JanuaryBy DENA
How many beautiful black women marry white men? ALOT!!
- Monday 04 JanuaryBy vicki
The photo shows that Annie Leibovitz is remarkable in that she showed us the real Tiger. I think it is brilliant. Let Tiger be now. He's more himself than before and I hope he finds happiness.
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- Monday 04 JanuaryBy fishlover
Yo ..Yo Tiger... I don't care what they say about you . Your all right. Still your fan alway.
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Tiger Woods, famous why?? Cause he can make a little white ball go into a hole better than any of the planet's population...thats the bottom line...
- Monday 04 JanuaryBy Mallenroh
his head doesn't look like it belongs on that body. . . and what's w/his stomach? it looks like he's sucking it in and blowing it out his ass. . . Annie needs to just retire, she's not worth the hype any more
- Monday 04 JanuaryBy Bob
UGH!!!! What a disgusting picture. One thing for sure it makes you think the ladies who slept with him must have been desperate. At the very least it sure doesn't say much about the taste of the women that slept with him. Leads me to believe they were just using him to either get to his money or get their 15 minutes of fame. The pix does make him look like a convict. The gray background, the cap, the weights, the long face. Of course right now he has put himself in a prison of his own making so perhaps its appropriate in that sense. And people wonder why stereotypes of Black men are very much alive....that pic and Tiger's actions tell ya why.
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