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The English major requires ten semester courses. The following requirements aim to provide majors with a broad understanding of literatures in English, acquaint them with the key questions and intellectual strategies that shape the discipline of literary study, and offer them the opportunity to work independently at an advanced level.
- Majors take two gateway courses: English 199 (Methods of Literary Study) provides foundational methodological training in interpretation; English 200 (The English Literary Tradition I) offers an historical survey of English literature from its origins through the 18th century.
- Because their writing has been so crucial to the history of literary study and so generative for later writers,we require at least one course wholly devoted to works by Chaucer, Shakespeare, or Milton.
- Because the spread of the British Empire has made English a global language with a rich array of divergent postcolonial literary traditions, and because multiple racial formations in North America have generated different ethnic American and diasporic literatures, we require at least one course at the 200-level (or above) with a focus on the global/racial as a central category of analysis.
- To encourage our students to move toward independence and sophistication as they pursue their studies, we require, as capstone experiences, one seminar in literature and either a four-credit special studies course, a second seminar, an honors thesis, a long-term Kahn Institute project, or a relevant four-credit Concentration capstone course.
We also ask students to develop a deliberative plan for their major in consultation with their advisers, to be revised and updated every semester. Students may if they wish design a special focus within the major by choosing three courses related by genre (such as poetry, fiction, drama), historical period, methodological approach, or any other category of interest.
Note on major requirements:
Because they entered under an earlier set of requirements, students in the classes of 2016, 2017, and 2018 may also fulfill requirement #1 with ENG 201 or 231, and they may also fulfill requirement #3 with a course that focuses explicitly on gender and sexuality or literary theory. Students in these three classes may complete the major in 10 courses; they may fulfill requirements 2 and 4 as specified above. Beginning with the class of 2019, only the requirements above will be in effect.
Courses that fulfill requirement #2 above include but are not limited to ENG 250, 256, 257, 260; courses that fulfill requirement #3 include but are not limited to ENG 230, 236, 239, 241, 246, 248, 249, 267, 278, 282, 309, 319, 334, 387, AAS 209, 360, CLT 205, 266.
One course in film, a foreign or comparative literature, or dramatic literature offered through the theatre department may count toward the major; courses in any of these categories that are cross-listed in English do not count against this limit. While only one course in creative writing may count toward the ten required courses, we encourage majors with interests in creative writing to choose additional courses in this area. Only one colloquium (ENG 120) or one FYS may count toward the major. ENG 118 does not count. No course counting toward the major may be taken for an S/U grade. We strongly recommend that all students take at least one historical sequence: ENG 200, 201; ENG 202, 203; or ENG 231, 233, 235.
Students interested in graduate school in English literature would be well advised to take a course in literary theory and should be aware that most doctoral programs in English require a reading knowledge of two foreign languages. Students interested in high school teaching would be well advised to take both the English (200, 201) and the American (231, 233) literature surveys and a course in literature in English outside Britain and America.
Old Requirements
Majors in the classes of 2016, 2017 and 2018 have the option of pursuing the following major requirements.
- Majors must choose at least two of our four gateway courses. English 199 (Methods of Literary Study) provides foundational training in interpretation; English 200 (The English Literary Tradition I), English 201 (The English Literary Tradition II) and English 231 (American Literature before 1865) all offer broad historical explorations of two of the national literatures central to the discipline.
- Because their writing has been so crucial to the history of literary study and so generative for later writers, we require courses in two of three early canonical writers: Chaucer (250), Shakespeare (256 or 257), or Milton (260).
- Because sophisticated literary study requires both the mastery of a rich array of expressive traditions and strategies and sustained exploration of the relation between texts and their historical and cultural contexts, majors must take one course concentrating on literature written before 1800, one course concentrating on literature written before 1900, and two courses concentrating on literature written after 1900.
- In order to have a focused encounter with some of the intellectual movements that have transformed literary study in recent decades, majors must choose at least one course with an explicit focus on ethnic American literature, or postcolonial literature in English, or gender and sexuality, or literary theory. (The same course may be used to fulfill requirements #3 and 4).
- We expect our students to move toward independence and sophistication as they pursue their studies; we thus require, as a culminating experience, two seminars in literature, at least one to be taken in the senior year. A senior who has undertaken an honors thesis, yearlong Kahn Institute project, or research-based 4-credit Special Studies may substitute her project for the second seminar.
The minor in English consists of six courses to be distributed as follows: at least two of our four gateway courses (ENG 199, 200, 201, 231); three additional English courses chosen in consultation with the minor adviser; one seminar. Only one elective course may be at the 100 level (ENG 120 or a FYS in literature). No course counting toward the minor may be taken for an S/U grade.
Applicants to honors (which is done in addition to the requirements of the major) must have an average of B+ or above in the courses they count toward the major, and an average of B or above in all other courses. During the senior year they will present a thesis, of which the first complete formal draft will be due on the first day of the second semester. After the readers of the thesis have provided students with their evaluations of this draft, the student will have time to revise her work in response to their suggestions. The final complete version of the thesis will be due after spring vacation, to be followed during April by the student's oral presentation and discussion of her work. Students in honors will normally be given priority in seminars.
In exceptional circumstances, the department will permit a student to submit a work of fiction, poetry or creative nonfiction for honors.

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Spurs 102, Clippers 99
Tim Duncan scored 21 points, Tony Parker added 17 and the San Antonio Spurs rallied in the final minutes to beat the Los Angeles Clippers 102-99 on Sunday night, closing out the series 4-0 and advancing to the Western Conference finals.
The Spurs extended their winning streak to 18 games and their playoff record to 8-0, tying the third-best postseason streak in franchise history.
Danny Green and Gary Neal added 14 points each, and Manu Ginobili and Thiago Splitter had 11 each for the Spurs.
San Antonio could find out as soon as tonight who it will play next. Oklahoma City leads the Lakers 3-1 in their series, with Game 5 tonight.
Chris Paul had 23 points and 11 assists, Blake Griffin added 21 points, and Eric Bledsoe had 17 for the Clippers, who blew a six-point lead in the fourth quarter.
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The coveted NBA championship, the one LeBron James needs to validate everything, was vanishing.
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James scored 40 points with 18 rebounds and nine assists, and Wade added 30 points — 22 in the second half — as Miami rallied to even its semifinal series against Indiana with a 101-93 win on Sunday over the Pacers, who had the defending Eastern Conference champions down but couldn't keep them there.
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After spending the week at the Democratic National Convention broadcasting my radio show, it was not easy to choose which aspect of the convention I would devote my column to. Would it be the discussions I had with delegates, nearly all of whom I liked and none of whom thought clearly about our nation's issues? Or about the Potemkin Village the Democrats erected -- a convention where almost nothing the Democrats really believe was on display?
I decided on the speech given during prime time by a 12-year-old girl from the San Francisco Bay Area. In my view, this talk was typically and uniquely Democratic.
To understand modern liberalism and its political party, it is vital to understand Democrats' desire to blur any distinctions between child and adult. Ever since the 1960s, liberalism has been largely a movement dominated by children (of every age).
I enjoyed meeting Democrats last week. Many are people I would be happy to have as neighbors. But compared to Republicans, liberals and Democrats are often adults who do not wish to grow up. When George W. Bush was elected, I felt as if adults would now run the country after the adolescent-like President Clinton.
Liberals and Democrats are not comfortable with adult-child distinctions. They therefore frequently treat and regard children as adults and frequently treat and regard adults as children.
That is why liberals do not generally want children to call adults "Mr." or "Mrs."
Such titles render adults distinct from children.
That is why liberal teachers often dress and talk similarly to their students and ask to be called by their first names.
That is why liberals led the fight to lower the voting age to 18 and why California Democrats are now seeking to lower it further (as low as 14).
That is why liberal educators worked to enable students to design college curricula. To many liberals, a 55-year-old professor does not know anything more than a 20-year-old about what students should be studying.
That is why liberals don't worry about protecting children's innocence as much as conservatives do. The early sexualization of children is therefore not a problem to liberal educators. In a nutshell, the differing views of childhood innocence are what the battles over sex education in elementary schools, condom distribution in high schools and AIDS education in fourth grade are all about.
It is therefore not surprising that the Democrats invited a 12-year-old girl to address their convention.
First, the politicization of children is no more a problem to most Democrats and liberals than is children's sexualization.
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Graphics: OK, not the best when compared to today, but man, its dare I say, SOLID! The character models are really well done, and the environments do more than good justice to what a PS2 can do. There are some glitchy faults in the cutscenes, but the overalleffect was unbeleiveable. The water affects were pretty cool, especially when the water gets on the camera. The lighting effects did something strange, and it might have been a glitch, or something really cool. When you were outside and you headed into a shaded area, the surroundings slowly got darker, like your eyes were adjusting to the darker area. Very neat.
Sound: The sound effects are top-notch, from gun blasts to the sound of shooting a seagull in midair and watching it plummet into the see. Heh heh heh. The dialogue is very fascinating, as long as you have a decent attention span and you aren't very sleepy. (I accidently fell asleep during a 15 minute cutscene at about 2:30 AM) Not much at all to complain about, but this isn't the best Metal Gear soundtrack, especially when compared to the other Solid Games.
Storyline:You start the game as Solid Snake on a tanker near Manhatten. You need to get photographic evidence that the US Marines have developed a new Metal Gear, a mechanical millitary device of mass destruction. When you find it however, the tanker is ambushed by Russian terrorists, and good old Shalashaska wants his hand on the new Metal Gear. (we all know him as Revolver Ocelot) SO he sinks the tanker, along with Snake himself. 2 Years later, you are on a new mission, but you play as Raiden. Granted, he has some awesome moves, but he is no Solid Snake. A lot of people were suprised by the main character swap, it didn't mind me, the story and the gameplay remained fresh and exciting. OK some there are some terrorists, some leaders, kill them, blah blah blah, I am taking too much time, The plot is good, but the ending will confuse you beyond all reason.
Gameplay: The best part. There is nothing more satisfying than sneeking poasts guards form point A to point B, then returning and killing them all! I try not to kill unless I have to, because I find Tranquilizing much more fun! You cna even tranquilize allies and they tell you wierd things in their sleep.... odd. Well the bosses are pretty standard, but the character involved in each make of for the someone bland bossfights. They basicly run fast, atttack, then run away. Some bosses add something different, like it attackes you, then sets bombs that you have to diffuse. Pretty cool.
Overall: Man, it was good, but it wasn't perfect. I wanted it to be longer (beat it in 10 hours) and I wanted a deeper explanaition of the ending, and a tougher final boss. With its unaged graphical style and its cool movie-quality storyline, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty get a 9 out of 10.


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Seattle, WA (Sports Network) - Brandon Moss' leadoff homer in the sixth proved to be the difference, as the Oakland Athletics held off the Seattle Mariners, 4-3, on Saturday in the middle test of a three-game series at Safeco Field.
Josh Donaldson and Daric Barton each added a solo shot, while Jed Lowrie collected three hits and knocked in the other run for the A's, who snapped a five-game slide.
Jarrod Parker (2-5) allowed just three runs on three hits and four walks while striking out five over 6 1/3 innings. Grant Balfour stranded runners on first and second in the ninth to nail down his sixth save of the season.
"We want to get him on a roll," A's manager Bob Melvin said of Parker. "We'd like to see him get on a roll and certainly with losing a few games in a row, it was a performance we needed out of him."
Kelly Shoppach scorched a two-run homer and Dustin Ackley added an RBI single for Seattle, which had won two straight coming into the game.
Brandon Maurer (2-5) yielded three runs on six hits and two walks over five frames to absorb the loss.
"It took a while to settle in there, so I was rushing quite a bit at the beginning," Maurer said.
Donaldson homered with one out in the second to give the A's the early edge before Barton doubled the lead with a two-out blast to right in the fourth.
Oakland added another two-out run in the fifth when Seth Smith kept the frame alive with a double and then scored on Lowrie's base hit to center.
Parker, meanwhile, held the Mariners hitless until the fifth, which started with a leadoff walk to Justin Smoak.
Ackley reached on a fielder's choice with one out before Shoppach launched a 3-2 fastball into the first row in right-center to bring the M's within a run.
With Maurer finished after five frames, Charlie Furbush took over to start the sixth and Moss greeted the Seattle reliever with a deep fly ball into the seats in right-center field to make it 4-2.
Parker issued consecutive one-out singles in the seventh to spell the end of his outing, as Sean Doolittle entered from the bullpen. Ackley then slapped Doolittle's fourth offering into right field to score Smoak and again bring the Mariners within one.
Ryan Cook worked out of a bases-loaded jam in the eighth by striking out Endy Chavez before Balfour shut the door in the ninth.
Balfour issued a walk to Shoppach around a pair of strikeouts before Michael Saunders smacked a single to left. Balfour escaped unscathed by grounding out Kyle Seager to end the contest.
Balfour has converted 24 consecutive save opportunities, with his last blown
save coming on April 29, 2012 at Baltimore ... The A's improved to 3-6 on
their 10-game road trip which wraps up with Sunday's matinee at Safeco Field
... Seattle went 1-for-6 with runners in scoring position and left eight men
on base.
Pope Francis' visit to Philadelphia in September has altered the date of the Penn-Villanova football game.
Kyle Busch won Sunday's road course race in Sonoma, California, but he still has a long way to go to become eligible for a spot in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship.
NFL players have a very short shelf life to make significant amounts of money so it's tough to fault anyone who has outperformed a contract when they go knocking on the door to ask for more.
Pete Mackanin will remain interim manager of the Philadelphia Phillies for the remainder of the season, the team announced Tuesday.
The Oklahoma City Thunder have reportedly retained restricted free agent forward Kyle Singler with a five-year contract extension.
The Detroit Red Wings signed veteran forward Brad Richards a one-year contract on Wednesday.


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Kirstie Alley is exposing Twitter.com users who have sent her teenage daughter "creepy" online messages.
The former Cheers star has over 600,000 followers on the social networking site, and, on Saturday, she encouraged her fans to check out her daughter's new Twitter page.
But the actress was furious when the 15 year old began receiving "creepy" messages from strangers - and now she's warning them off by threatening to make their Twitter lives "hell."
In a series of posts on the social networking site, Alley writes,"I requested that u follow my daughter last night on twitter. I read some really creepy stuff on some of your timelines. Please do not follow her if your intention is to be a nasty person. I will make your life on here hell by exposing your comments. So DON'T go there!
"People F (f**k) with my children, there is no limit to what I will do to defend them. WE CAN READ THE S**T you FREAKS say about our kids. MY daughters site is @LillieColtrain ... she is just 15 and a really good kid. She's having fun on twitter. F with her, and I will EXPOSE you."
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I made mod that makes game and mainly guns more realistic. I've also added new skins and grenades from Back2Fronts mod (many thanks for this), new weapons and maps. I also have to thank Def and xMartineSx for support, help with tests and so on. Works only in Multiplayer. You don't need other versions before this one. MCh2207Cz allowed me to use his skins. I hope you'll like it!
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Pokud se nepletu tak tento model importoval z codwaw green_beret exkluzivne pro WCP mod.
Tak potřebuji tvoje svolení, nebo jejich, nebo obou? :D
Myslim ze bude stacit kdyz ti da svoleni WCP. Dokonce ma na moddb i svuj profil:
Jinak kontakt na Green_bereta bohuzel nemam.
Actually this is my favorite kar98k model so far...
With Masterjames' skin:
Looks very nice. I'll try to put it to the game and see what happens.
This Kar98k is from WCP mod and it will be in the game if WCP creators will allow me to use it. If not I will make my own.


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You are correct sancab, that info flew under my radar. It happened the other day. Now B2 gold is saying that the moratorium on open pit mining does not affect them it affects NEW projects only.
According to Donald Brown, Bellavista mine manager and representative of Processed Metals MRW, B2 Gold Costa Rican partner, what happens is that they are not "understanding".
Brown felt that this project does not apply the moratorium declared by Decree 36 019-Minaet, because they are reviving an old plan. The company has until Monday to appeal to the Ministry of Environment. It also has the possibility of ,,,wait for it,,, going to the courts.


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This place is great for Jews who keep kosher. I do eat sushi at non-kosher restaurants, but I love that I can order anything off the menu without scrutinizing the ingredients. I wonder if non-kosher customers ever wander in and wonder why there is no seafood (only faux shrimp and faux crab) and no eel, conch, or octopus. There is also no dairy, so none of the Americanized sushis with cream cheese.
The sushi selection is pretty good for vegetarians with 8 vegetarian "Yasai Maki Mono" which are simpler and cheaper rolls, and 10 veggie "Yasi Signature Maki" which are fancier rolls at double the price of the simpler rolls (due to the tempura, I think). More limited options for vegans, since all but 5 of the Mono rolls and all of the Maki rolls have tempura or deep fried breaded eggplant which I would expect use egg. (But I don't know for sure, so vegans should ask about that.)
However, I'm not a vegetarian and I love fish sushi. The menu seems wonderfully plentiful and diverse and creative to me, but that may be due to the fact that I am used to severe limits on what I can order at regular sushi restaurants due to kosher restrictions. I especially like Hamachi's black rice sushi rolls. We have liked all the rolls that we have tried. My son especially likes the "Super Seven" because he loves really spicy food. The vegetable tempura is pretty good as well. We haven't tried any of the cooked fish dishes because my family would rather eat sushi if given the option.
I have only gotten take-out and the seating is quite limited---about 3 or 4 booths, similar number of tables for two, plus the sushi bar. Also, from my limited experience, I think service might tend to be slow. The last time I picked up take-out, I was in the area and called in only about 10 minutes before arriving, but it seems like I waited another 20 minutes for my order. I think that's due to being a small place with a small staff. Next time I'll be sure to call ahead at least a half hour in advance as I think we have done in the past.
Note for non-Jews (or non-observant Jews): this restaurant is not open on Shabbat (Friday evening or all of Saturday, except maybe late Saturday nights in the winter) and is closed on a number of Jewish "yom tov" holidays (but is open for Hanukkah which is not the kind of holiday that forbids Jews from working) and Jewish fast days. So you might want to check that it is open before heading over.
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Are We Really Ready for Cremation?
Byline: JC BELLO RUIZ
That thou art dust and unto dust thou shall return.
One harsh reality in life man must accept is that he will eventually meet his end and be laid to eternal rest, whether it is by the usual practice of inhumation or by cremation. Here in our country, more and more Filipinos though have preferred the latter in recent years. The late famous television host and actress Ms. Rio Diaz-Cojuangco who died of Cancer recently, for one, chose cremation over inhumation. But in a country mostly of Christian faith, are we really ready to embrace cremation?
What is Cremation?
Cremation is a process of reducing corpses to bone fragments using high heat and flame. La Funeraria Paz, Inc. Funeral Director Jun Marin related that it usually takes two and a half hours to reduce a regular-sized human body to approximately five pounds of ashes and bone fragments.
Cremation process usually starts with the transportation of the dead body to the cremation facility by licensed and trained funeral staff.
"At the time of cremation, the deceased is placed in a cremation container and then into the cremation chamber for two to three hours. Once the process is complete, the cremated remains are removed from the chamber. Any foreign material, such as metal from clothing, bridgework or prosthetic devices are removed and discarded, said Marin.
"The cremated remains are then processed to a consistent size and shape and placed into the selected urn by the family of the departed. The cremated remains are then either returned to the family," he added.
Through history
In the November 2003 of "Documentation Service published by Theological Centrum entitled "On Cremation," it states that the custom of burning the bodies of the dead dates back to very early times.
"The Pre-Caanites practiced it until the introduction of the inhumation among them along with the civilization of the Semitic people about 2,500 B.C. Jews are also known to practice incineration except during war and pestilence.
The Greeks and Romans varied in their practice according to their views of the afterlife; those who believed in afterlife buried their dead. On the other hand, others held the opinion that on the decay of the body, life was continued in the shade or image, and practiced cremation, the more expeditiously to speed the dead to the land of shadows.
As for the Christians, they never burned their dead during the early times but followed from earliest days the practice of the Semitic race and the personal example of their Divine Founder. It is recorded that in times of persecution, many risked their lives to recover the bodies of martyrs for the holy rites of Christian burial.
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Posted December 2, 2006 at 04:42 AM
--Shrimp shell varnish
--Gemstone varnish
--Microbe-eaten, floated wood
--whatever today's "discovery" is--reports from my friends who've read the actual research seem indefinite as to whether the real study (not the ignorant and breathless news reports about it) had any hypothesis or conclusions at all, and based on his previous work, I'm not about ready to shell out $30 to read it online to find out. This year's announcement may or may not be the presence or non presence of potassium silicate, something which Sacconi was promoting 40 years ago that has turned out to be not very helpful.
Someone should make a "The Physicist Who Cried 'Wolf' " page listing all of his studies so that this discussion doesn't have to happen repeatedly, forever, on a four-year cycle.
I did play one of the first of his violins, 20+ years ago. It was one of the worst violins I've ever played, and the magic varnish was a very unattractive opaque tan color. The person had bought it as one of the best being made, and was in the process of trying to make it live up to its reputation by having various shops work on it. Given that none of his treatments are probably tonally harmful, if he has found someone competent to make his violins now (he doesn't make them himself), they should sound relatively OK--It's not too hard to make an adequate violin, as many other makers have already demonstrated.
That should be "The Biochemist who Cried 'Wolf'." He's not a physicist (there's a large difference in thinking style, which is generally a good thing.)
I read the Nature article -- it's short and I can forward it to anyone who is interested. Basically Nagyvary and his collaborators did some chemical analysis of wood from a few old instruments (Italian, French, and English) and some new wood and found some chemical differences between a Strad and del Gesu violin and the other samples. There's no convincing evidence presented for what caused the chemical differences, and their effect on acoustic properties is unknown. There is no evidence for a potassium silicate treatment.
As a side note on Nagyvary, I find it striking that if you look on his webpage, he claims to adjust his instruments so that they resemble the properties of good old instruments, but if you look at the prominently displayed sound spectra for his violin and a Strad (only on one note, admittedly) they don't look very similar at all.
Nature is a respected journal but has experienced its share of embarassment couple years ago dealing with scam artists.
That sounds like Ramsfeld felt that he was under under-stood. Maybe Bush and Cheney felt themselves were in the same shoe as well--We did find the WMD... :-)
it begs the question how and if the Nature peer reviwers call into the question that if someone builds a career in one direction, how it is possible to come up with another finding. too bad science has not caught up with the concept of a witness relocation program to allow people to come clean until usually too late.
time to crack open couple amatis, shall we? where did the golden secret come from?
did antonio really got lazy and lucky and used a violin as a handy urinal in one dark, stormy night? Ahh, could be CON2H4 after all.
ps. the above musing has taken into consideration of the rationale that chemicals have nothing to do with sound production until proven otherwise.
There are 3 sets of listening examples, in which one piece is played on a Strad, and the other is played on the Nagyvary. Results are supposed to be posted on Nagyvary's site as to which is played on what, but I could not find them.
Not to say that it will never happen.........I'm always looking.
Ouch..........reality check!......he buys them in the white ready made.
Now they are probably Chinese (in the white).
I suppose you need people like Nagyvary to push the envelope, but I don't think there's this big secret to the universe in Strads... maybe it's just incredible talent.
No one's checking to see if Midori ate seashells as a little girl or if Perlman coats his fingers with Barracuda liver oil...
Actually, I know a violin maker, who also claimed to have found Strad's secret, but would not publically address it. However, he said without the process he could not make the violin he did.
In reality, some violin makers may discover the Strad "secret" and would not share with the world. Since the self-claimed discovery has never been exposed and examined, it is hard to say either way. Maybe time will tell.
I am not a violin maker, but from what I read, violin making is a complex process--any tiny mishaps may screw up otherwise an excellent sounding instrument. That said, the secret Nagyvary claimed to have discovered might only be the fixture of a house. If the house is poorly built, I doubt that the best fixture could save it from being ugly or falling apart.
That said, if Nagyvary is a scientist only with interest in violin, wouldn't it be a bit too harsh to expect him to build a violin, which can be on par with our revered regular posters, such as Burgess, Darnton and Netz? Even though these well-established makers did not claim that they found the "secret" (not to my knowledge at least).
...Sigh. And I thought this was a dead thread...
I hope you're happy.
First, the criticism leveled against Dr. Nagyvary are just as spurious as whatever claims he makes as regards to his instruments in my view. I've heard comments such as, "he's doing it for attention, publicity .. etc". However, he has not made it a secret that he wishes to start a business making and selling violins. How is a luthier supposed to be deemed "successful" if he or she toils in obscurity?
Furthermore, he's stated in numerous interviews that his instruments (that are precisely patterned after Stradivari's) are done by a computer-controlled carving machine, not made by him in the traditional sense. I think this fact should play more in the decisioning process, as some may be willing to sacrifice some of the unique acoustical properties of a Stradivarius in exchange for a violin where its creation by one maker that would give it its unique personality, whether that'd be varnish, tuning, or other characteristics. Dr. Nagyvary also stated that most concert-goers and CD listeners would not be able to tell the difference between a Stradivari and a well-made modern instrument.
In my view, I don't believe Dr. Nagyvary is a farce. There's just been too many well-respected musicians who have said favorable things about his violins. I think most of the criticism really attack him as a person rather than the instruments he creates. I think that there are those who are skeptical (which is understandable) because there have been others who have made similar claims. However, Dr. Nagyvary really sets himself apart by arranging public demonstrations of his violin vs a real Strad. So in the least, I believe that he really believes in his science.
Would I recommend his violins? No, because I haven't played them. However, if I was in a market for a high-end violin, there's no reason why I wouldn't try one of his copies, along with other well-known makers' instruments (like Alf/Curtin/Cao etc).
ALSO, forums such as these are invaluable to disclosing truths, or frauds at the least.
Proof is in the pudding. I see no violinist of any calibre playing a Nagy violin. Erin's post above says it all: he played one. My thanks to Erin for his post!!
But the Nagyvary? Memorable in any way?
And even if it sounded good after being made, there is absolutely no guarantee that it will last in the hands of a working professional. Especially if, as some claim, that his instruments are purchased in the white from inexpensive sources that use unaged or less-than-top-grade wood.
Didn't like and wouldn't recommend. By the way, Michael Darnton is a very good maker.
I think the truth lies somewhere in the middle. I tend to believe that not of his violins measure up to the standard of the ones he uses to compare against Strads. Even his site says: "The majority of our violins fall in the $8,000-12,000 range. Occasionally, we can offer truly exceptional instruments for $15,000 to 18,000."
**Edit** I think I know the reason for the disparity between Nagyvary's violins. The violin he uses to compare against the Strads is 15 years old, and was actually made by Master Luthier, Guang Yue Chen, in his collaboration with Dr. Nagyvary. I couldn't find any other violins that were made by these two.
If anything, it proves that craftsmanship of a good luthier still plays a pivotal role in the violin's overall tone, not just the varnish. So in essence, scientific research can compliment good craftsmanship. This particular violin was used by Heifetz protege, Zina Schiff. I must say, I'm very impressed with this particular violin. You can listen to a sample of this violin by going to http://www.geocities.com/ganesha_gate/strad.html
Anyone care to hazard a guess which violin is played in each track? Remember, one is a real Strad, the other is the Nagyvary-chen.
the best one can do is to dispute what someone else does by saying, well, i think,,,
unless and until some other person comes up with solid research findings,,,
which will be easier said than done for many reasons,,,
one of which is,,,
research does not pay.
I don't think that just because Nagyvary has been researching this for over 25 years should be looked at as a negative. I certainly can respect someone who has the determination that he has over such a long period of time.
ALSO, forums such as these are invaluable to disclosing truths, or frauds at the least.<<<<<
I have to take this opportunity to disclose the truth about that comment about varnish. I don't know where you attained your expertise, but my opinions come from direct experience. Our shop has made the same professional model violins for close to 15 years. Same outline, same arching same bass bar, etc. Graduation on each professional grade instrument gets tweaked for optimum sound, but everything else is as close to the same as we can make it, except for one thing: the varnish system.
Over the past 15 years and more, we have been making constant, incremental improvements in the ground and varnish systems,leading to constant, incremental improvements in tone. Our instruments have gone from very good to exceptional over the intervening years, and our instruments are played by soloists and principal players around the US and in Europe.
Hope this doesn't sound like a commercial, but my point is that we have made marked improvement in the sound of our instruments almost exclusively through changes in the ground and varnish. The differences are quite apparent when you A/B two identically made instruments with different varnish systems on them.
I don't think a lot of Mr. Nagyvary myself, because I haven't seen any truly excellent instruments from him, and he seems to just be rehashing a lot of existing information. But make no mistake about it, varnish can and does make the difference between a very good instrument and an exceptional one.
Personally, I find his theory fascinating--as the mystery of Stradivari's instruments' has always intrigued me.
He readily admits that he has used "strange" ingredients, but that's what a scientist does, they investigate every option there is, no matter how far fetched it may be. Heck, some of our greatest inventions have been viewed as "strange" when it was first used, but now are accepted.
then the audience was allowed to try out the violin. I was a teenager but found it no better than my modern instrument.
At that time, I think he was just using "higher" grade white violins and soaking them and varnishing them. I believe now he has a chinese guy making them. Perhaps they are better now.
I wish him luck and do hope that he does find the secret. Though if you excuse the pun, I hope he isn't barking up the wrong tree.
Not all violins are created equal, they are individual specimens and
you hafta try a boatload if you want to get the very best. Same is
true for Nagyvary, some of his violins were definitely better than
others. I was pretty picky about the kind of sound I was looking for.
The Nagyvary I chose was loud and projected like no other violin I've
ever played, a great soloist instrument but not necessarily the best
for orchestral or chamber playing. The ring of the strings was not
"dirty", which was important to me. I've tried a lot of expensive
violins that have very dirty sustain. The violin just screamed in the
high-E string register, and high G-string did not sound like
cardboard, another important thing for me. I was also looking for a
certain "zip"... it's hard to describe, but when playing a superior
instrument, there should be a cleanliness and zip when playing fast
runs and such... they should not be muddy. The violin should speak,
and the Nagyvary most certainly did. Sorry for the intangibles, but
hopefully that helps a bit...
I have 2 engineering degrees (computer & chemical) and I can say
that Nagyvary is an earnest, dedicated scientist. I really don't
understand why he gets flamed so badly. Fly down yourself and try
his instruments before bashing him.
You'll have the opportunity to experience first-hand the instruments of Joseph Nagyvary, from whom I'll be picking up a cello, viola, and violin.
At the time, I looked in the larger cities in Texas and Nagyvary's was easily the best violin for the money (at that time, $6,000).
Although many of his earlier violins were unattractive (he was more interested in the sound than the look), this one is lovely.
It has at least retained its tone quality-- if not improved.
Is it as good as a Strad? I doubt it. Was it easily the best violin I could find for the money? Absolutely.
Perhaps if Nagyvary were to mix his varnishes with a more worshipful and faith-centered-christian mindset he would do better?
ps-nudge nudge
pps-flame bait.
He has done valuable research on the ancient nomenclature for the materials used in classical varnishes. As far as his use of chitin(shrimp shells, cockroach exoskeletons), I do not believe that historically this was the varnish used by the classical makers.
I had the opportunity to hear him speak at SMU in Dallas, Texas some years ago. He demonstrated his instruments, comparing them with a Gagliano owed by one of the faculty. I thought that they sounded ok, considering that the piece played was Zigeunerweisen and the player was a very accomplished violinist. The Gagliano also sounded quite good. I guess what has tarnished his reputation among professional makers is his attitude that he knows everything about the supposed secret of violins. I remember distinctly that he said that he knew more than all the makers from Vuillaume to the present. Such an attitude would certainly cause some distaste in somebody's mouth.
Steven Cundall
Have the company provide a violin for evaluation to each member of this site, so we can all make up our minds on this subject.
Better, since many may decide not to play the instrument as providing such feedback to the manufacturer can constitute work, the maker can also pay scale for each professional and offer a minor stipend for each non-professional.
With this opportunity, we can all have the information as appropriate, and actually take this thread to some other result than all the other threads on the subject.
Failing that solution, an alternative solution is to reference previous posts by a 'Nagyvary number', and just repeat the posts (In answer, NG312!).
I was a pre-med student minoring in violin at Denver University. Dr. N. stopped by and offered to let me play two Strads and one of his violins. The Strads were not million-dollar specimens but they were strads. I had him blindfold me and I played each fiddle for half an hour or so, rotating between them. Each time I preferred the Nagyvari over the Strads for both playability and sound. If I were looking for a reasonbly-priced fiddle I would make the trip to Texas. I think he is worth taking seriously. -- Nick Ittzes
His violins may be nice, but his customer service sucks! I found him to be very rude and he doesn't really care to drawn in customers.
Let me add a bit more murkiness to this discussion, although I will not comment on the effect of his treatment. I will comment on violin and sound in general.
What is the sound a violin makes? It is generally the combination of vibrations and resonances produces from a hank of horsehair being coated in pitch and dragged across some wire or gut. This wire or gut is stretched across some wood to enhance, detract, or modify the resulting sound so it sounds pleasant to the listener.
In the West, the sound achieved is a bit different that some similar instruments are made for and tuned to in other regions; I will not digress on that here. However, the sound is a result primarily of the wood; thickness and strengths at certain points are critical (imagine if you will, a violin back that is 1/4" thick across the entire back, and the violin top is the same thickness; it would sound like strings on a 2"X4", not a musical instrument).
Based on this, I assume that almost all of the sound quality is from the wood, not the finish. A luthier could chime in here and verify that an instrument does not change dramatically from before finish to after finish.
Therefore, I would further assume the primary value of the finish is to not create the sound quality (even if it does enhance it a bit), but to stabilize the instrument so it provides the same quality of sound over a longer life.
Based on that, I would focus more on getting a well made instrument than on the finish. I will leave the discussion of the qualities of the finish to the professional luthiers who have the opportunity to evaluate the finish on a significant number of instruments, rather than trying to take such a task on the few instruments I expect to possess; I do not have a significant sample of test subjects, so I can only guess at the success of my results.
So, better questions to start may be
'How much does the finish modify the sound from a violin in the white?".
What is the identified differences between commonly used finishes (what is the goal sought when a finish is considered)?
What modification of sound would be considered improvement?
Can that modification be made in the wood, or is it exclusively in the finish where that change occurs?
it is not unusual in blind playing comparisons of a lesser instrument versus a Srad for the player to prefer the elsser. The reason is very simple: Strads can be very tricky to adjust to by anybody but the highest level player. Consider my recent blog about the Vienna Phil cocnertmaster who plays the ex Arnold rose, which is one of the best Strads on th eplanet. He said it took him four years to learn how to get around the tricky bits on that fiddle, it was worth the effort but now he cannot change to another insturment.
Incidentally, I actually question the identity of Strad if the owner lets me play two of them blindfold. The chance sof taking a corner off are quite high and one doesn`t take these kinds of risks with masterpieces , in my opinion.
There's also the question of setup and adjustment. I recently spent an hour with a violin by one of the most illustrious of the current generation, and the rep just happened to have a late Strad out of the vault at the same time. It sounded and felt pretty bad, but I have no doubt that it would have been much better with a little TLC by someone who knows how.
Some Strads are hard to play! You have to really draw out the sound with the bow rather than use pressure (if that makes any sense) I've been to Mr. N's shop in Bryan/College Station, and his instruments, although nice sounding, didn't nearly compare to a decent strad. They seemed to lack the power and tone clarity.
Two cents from a rank amateur:
My five year old son plays a 1/4 size Nagyvary that we were blessed to be able to rent from Dr. Nagyvary. His teacher says it has the most beautiful tone of any fractional size violin she has ever heard, including bigger ones.
I would definitely buy a Nagyvary for my son when the time comes based on the extraordinary quality of the one we are renting.
"What I can remember so far as his latest "The Secret of the Cremonese" are:
--Shrimp shell varnish
--Gemstone varnish
--Microbe-eaten, floated wood
--Borax" -Michael Darton, 12/2/06
I don't care what anybody says. I made a stew from the above ingredients - and it was delicious! ;-)
Seriously, I've tried a couple of his violins, and was not impressed with their tone - and certainly not with the dull, dingy-looking varnish, which looks nothing like any Strad, or any classic instrument - worn or well-preserved - that I've ever seen. Depending on who made which of 'his' violins, I'm sure that the tonal results can vary.
One thing to consider is that after many years of hype and controversy you can't point to a celebrated player who uses one of his instruments.
"One thing to consider is that after many years of hype and controversy you can't point to a celebrated player who uses one of his instruments."
If one considers that the number of accomplished fine violin makers outnumbers the number of celebrated players then one should be able to conclude that the measurement you offer here is not actually based on a sound rationale.
I'm not sure what Ben says about numbers is correct. I don't even know how you would do the tally but I can guarantee you there are many more great players out there merely not being shown the light of day as it were.
But at the same time, what of that quote from Isaac Stern, and the photo of Menuhin with Nagyvary?
Isaac Stern also endorsed a company/person who claimed thta a subtantial structural alteraiton to the instrument could radically improve things. Experince proved that this was rarely the case and player swhose instrument have been damaged have reported this on this site.
Sir Yehudi also had a habit of going to extrems of praise ab9ut makers and players . Partly because he was a generous person and partly , I think, becuas ehe dodn`t know thta what he said was goign to feature as a major componet of an advertizing campaign. I do recall him singng the praises of an utterly useless amatuer maker in Britain on prime time TV about 35 years ago. Never been heard of agin for whichone must give thabnks.
Bill, he didn't say "great", he specifically said "celebrated" players. My point is that it is ridiculous to conclude a violin cannot possibly be a fine instrument unless a celebrity has bought one from the same source before. That is not to say that those Nagyvarys are any good, it simply means the rationale offered is nonsensical.
I've played on the "Menuhin" Nagyvary. It was hanging for sale in a shop not far from my home (nice place, good people, BTW).
I'll admit I'm not that great a player, but I was not particularly impressed with it. Whether it was worth the asking price (10k, I think) or not is debatable, but I think if it were particularly fine and with its history, the price should have been much higher in today's market.
I stand by what I said before--where are the concertmasters or even accomplished students who play Nagyvarys? I'm not saying they're junk (I play a viola made by his luthier, after all), I'm just saying the evidence suggests that, after this much time, not many people who play well seem to be playing them--it's been over 20 years since the initial fuss. In that time, a lot of much younger luthiers have made their way into the upper level of recognition and seem to be staying there.
Anecdotal evidence is not evidence. Just because you don't know anyone who uses this or that instrument doesn't mean there aren't any who do. Without a comprehensive study it is impossible to tell how instruments are distributed. I am not saying the Nagyvarys are any good, but no matter how good or how bad they are, no matter what one's opinion on their quality is, personal guesswork on market share is not evidence for anything. The only way to evaluate an instrument remains the obvious time tested method: play and listen.
did you read the part which said I played the "Menuhin" Nagyvary. And, I listened.
Are you saying someone like Sam Z. could exist, with as much celebrity as Dr. N. has received, and not have good players (if not the very best) commissioning his instruments? I don't think the world works that way.
I agree, but few (if any) modern luthiers have had the sort of fuss made over them which Dr. N. has had. The most celebrated luthiers have a pretty nice list of paying clientele. Anyway, I never mentioned endorsements per se, I'm talking about professionals who commission and play, whether it's a primary instrument or a back-up to an older instrument. That aside. look at word-of-mouth. I've been reading threads on this forum for a lot of years. I've read a lot of good things about luthiers about whom I knew nothing before. It's one of my favorite things about this forum. I trust that a lot of these people have a lot of experience behind their opinions on instruments. If you simply read the first few threads from Gennady, Michael, et. al., it pretty much sets the tone for what follows. This is the sort of informed opinion for which I come here regularly. Now if I go back and read the first 20 or so posts on this thread, it's about 19 to 1. And the one favorable comment still says the instrument in question was far short of the hype.
I agree, but few (if any) modern luthiers have had the sort of fuss made over them which Dr. N. has had. The most celebrated luthiers have a pretty nice list of paying clientele.
Anyway, I never mentioned endorsements per se, I'm talking about professionals who commission and play, whether it's a primary instrument or a back-up to an older instrument.
That aside. look at word-of-mouth. I've been reading threads on this forum for a lot of years. I've read a lot of good things about luthiers about whom I knew nothing before. It's one of my favorite things about this forum. I trust that a lot of these people have a lot of experience behind their opinions on instruments.
If you simply read the first few threads from Gennady, Michael, et. al., it pretty much sets the tone for what follows. This is the sort of informed opinion for which I come here regularly.
Now if I go back and read the first 20 or so posts on this thread, it's about 19 to 1. And the one favorable comment still says the instrument in question was far short of the hype.
"did you read the part which said I played the "Menuhin" Nagyvary. And, I listened."
Yes, I did, and that type of first hand experience feedback weighs a lot in my book, there is no need to try to back first hand experience up with market share figures, in fact it casts doubt when such comments are thrown in as it makes it look like the first hand experience account alone was felt to be insufficient and something to back it up was felt necessary.
No matter how much you reiterate on any attempt to bring in guesswork of market share, you do not have the proper data to make any valid conclusions, so you may as well just leave it. Anyone who has had an introductory semester in statistics will have heard of the typical textbook example how a seeming correlation between the stork population and the number of human births should not be taken to imply causality. The law that applies here is: garbage in, garbage out.
Also, you seem to imply that I am arguing that Nagyvary's violins are good. I am not. What I am arguing is to leave nonsense out of the discussion, nothing more, nothing less. My personal opinion about these instruments doesn't matter in this respect, but you don't need to try to convince me that they are not as good as their "creator" implies. Still, guesswork on market share should not be used to debunk the hype because it is a flawed argument and it can only backfire.
Market share? I never mentioned anything of the sort. I'm talking quality, you're talking quantity. I could care less how many middle school students or younger are playing Nagyvarys.
Nonsense? Well, it's not to me. If I hear or read that a certain concert violinist occasionally plays his backup, when necessary, with great success, then I'm inclined to believe that his luthier is a very good maker. When I read that a concertmaster in a professional orchestra uses a particular modern instrument full-time I'm similarly inclined. These would be luthiers I'd have on a list to check out if and when I'm in the market for a very good modern instrument. I could give you several names of luthiers and at least one dealer whom I learned about by reading threads on this site who would merit the same consideration. I'm not going to buy an instrument because someone is a paid endorsee, but to me it makes sense to give some weight to the genuine opinions of those who have experience in their field. Failing to consider that sort of information is what I would consider nonsensical.
Any kind of statement of the sort "celebrated players don't use these products" or "not many celebrated players don't use these products" is a statement about market share. I didn't bring this up. I only responded to that. I was neither talking about quality nor quantity. I was simply saying that a presumed correlation between celebrity market share and product quality is a flawed idea to begin with and even more so when the data is based on guesswork.
Before anybody makes any assumptions about correlations between what is ultimately their subjective guess about market data based on hearsay and whichever attribute of some product or service, perhaps it would be a good idea to read up on some elementary statistics first ...
Well, it's true I don't have that data. It's based on the people I've known who have played or owned the instruments, the many comments I've read about various contemporary builders (including all the posts on the many threads about Dr. Nagyvary), the fact that, unlike other shops, his offers no information about where his instruments have wound up, and that the only people who offer anything favorable tend to be parents of kids who play his instruments, rather tnan pros or even advanced students.
Please consider that I've spent the entire "Nagyvary era" just 2 hours from Texas A&M, where he was based. A lot of people around here, a lot of professionals, have opinions about his instruments. I once had one of his ex-employees offer to strip a (not particularly good) violin of mine and re-finish it according to "the forumula," thus gifting it with the sound of a Strad for 600 dollars. A friend of mine once played viola in a quartet of N. instruments for a local radio broadcast hyping N.' instruments. There was a lot heavier saturation here in Texas than anywhere else, despite the publicity from the tv show NOVA, plus magazines, etc. But, you are right, I cannot compare actual numbers of people in orchestras who play his instruments vs. those who play Burgess, Alf, Needham, etc.
Please let me know if you do find even one pro who would compare Nagyvary's instruments to the best out there. Then let me know if you find the numbers comparable to the other guys. I certainly know a lot of professional players who think it's all hype and not one who is in his corner. Personally, I think he found a pretty good carver, Mr. Guang-yue Chen (who won a certificate of merit for tone for one of his instruments, with HIS varnish, not Nagyvary's, at the Salt Lake convention some years back) , and had a fascinating theory that briefly caught the public's imagination back in the 80's, and has failed to deliver since. I have no personal agenda or bias--in fact, as my father and three brothers all went to A&M, nothing would please me more than for some Aggie to rock the world by discovering a formula which can make any decently made violin sound like a strad or del gesu.
I'm not reading the last few responses because it's just regergitated arguing, but tell you what I'm going to do...
If I'm ever in Texas and have access to Nagyvary's violins, I will play them ad record some and share with all of you.
Controversial instruments like those of Nagyvary and Andrea Bang interest me and I believe every instrument deserves a chance to be played.
So what if they don't live up to the sound of a Strad? What if they're 10 thousand dollars and they sound like a 25 thousand dollar instrument? They still deserve a fair chance at becoming an instrument that belongs to someone.
Just my thoughts, and with this, I will end your arguement :)
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someday I want to get this as a tattoo
I love this heart shape. Music is my life
someday I want to get this as a tattoo
can i use this? it's so beautiful
And what a beautiful tattooo it would be
hehe i have a shirt with that logo/heart thingy its for chorus
i want a tattoo like that on my wrist when i get older <3
This logo is amazing!!!
thank you! (and for the watch too!)
I like too much, I have a band, and I put together those symbols. I don't know how call them in english, but in spanish we call them (Clave de Sol, Clave de Fa)
In english they are called a bass clef and a treble clef ^_^
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I did a quick search on etsy and found a vintage pattern. I think if you have any pattern with a traditional fly front, you can just add the buttonholes.
I saw a talk by Ron Collins (of Sandra Betzina fame) one time and he talked about adding the button fly, so maybe search for some stuff by him.
Vogue had some Calvin Klein patterns from the 70's that had classic jeans, they may have fly fronts.
I googled and saw some tutorials and other resources. Maybe some other members will come up with patterns.
I found this, but it's not nearly detailed enough for a spatially challenged person. -- Edited on 6/9/13 10:51 PM --
Out-of-print Burda 8704 has a button fly, though not concealed by the look of it (if that's what you wanted). You can probably get a copy on Ebay or Etsy. I think it's unlikely though that the instructions will be better/more comprehensive than Peter's.
Hmm...maybe his instructions would be clearer than mud to me if I had the actual pattern pieces in front of me. Just looking through his tutorial, it may as well have been written in Klingon.
You need to buy David Page Coffin's "Making Trousers" book. In it he shows how to convert any zipper fly pattern to be button closure instead. It's a fantastic book anyway, but I think that section alone will be worth the cost to you.
Thanks for the recommendation; I will check it out.
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While I feel for the officers families etc, one has to ask...
Why is this being posted on ATS? This is "run of the mill" local news for some town in the US. Hardly "Breaking alternative news", or even news really, officers get killed all the time...
Originally posted by Screwed
I love how people get all upset over a cop who gets killed in the line of duty without even knowing or caring what kind of cop it was.
It is an emotional trigger.
We are conditioned to root for the opressors.
Would this upset anyone if it was found out that last week one of these cops tazed an elderly woman?
Or how about a 5 yr old little girl?
These days, ****the odds are**** that these cops were just as much of a scumbag as the guy who shot them.
No sympathy from me.
This does NOT mean I think they deserved it or had it coming to them.
It does NOT mean I hope they die.
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