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Russian and Slavonic Studies
History and Philosophy of Science and Russian Civilisation BA (Full time) 2018 start
Key facts
UCAS code: RV75
Start date: September 2018
3 years full time
Typical A-level offer: ABB
UK/EU fees See fees section below
International fees £17,500 (per year)
Language requirements
IELTS 7.0 overall, with no less than 6.5 in any component
Study abroad option: Yes
Work placement option: Yes
History and Philosophy of Science takes an interdisciplinary approach to understanding what science is and its role in society. Using philosophical, historical and social perspectives youll explore the history of scientific thought, the links between magic, science and religion and the nature of scientific knowledge. Youll combine core and optional modules to explore key questions in history and philosophy of science while focusing on issues and questions that suit your interests.
Russian Civilisation allows you to study Russian literature, media, history, politics, religion, economics and society to gain a wide range of skills. You don't need any language skills, but you'll have the chance to learn Russian at beginners' level in your first year. A combination of core and optional modules will give you a firm grounding in different aspects of Russian culture alongside specialist knowledge in the areas that interest you the most.Back to top
Course content
A Joint Honours degree allows you to study the same core topics as students on each Single Honours course, but you'll take fewer options and discovery modules so you can fit in both subjects. You'll also undertake a major research project in either subject in your final year.
History and Philosophy of Science
In your first year core modules will introduce you to themes and approaches in history and philosophy of science, such as philosophy of science and the development of scientific thought. Youll develop your knowledge in the following year by choosing optional modules in areas like epistemology and the history of ideas. Youll continue to select optional modules in your final year, from realism and representation to philosophical questions in technology.
Russian Civilisation
In your first year you'll be introduced to Russian literature, culture and history through a suite of core modules. Your first year will lay the foundations for the next two years, when you'll choose from modules on topics such as 19th century prose, gender identity in Russia and how newly independent countries have been portrayed in popular culture. Throughout the course you'll gain high-level research, critical and analytical skills.
Course structure
These are typical modules/components studied and may change from time to time. Read more in our Terms and conditions.
Year 1
Compulsory modules
|Magic, Science and Religion
|10 credits
|Introduction to the History of Science
|10 credits
|Darwin, Germs and the Bomb
|10 credits
|IT for LCS Students
|5 credits
|How Science Works
|10 credits
|Text and Context: Introduction to Russian Literature
|20 credits
|From Icons to iPods: Approaches to Russian Culture
|20 credits
Optional modules
|History of Psychology
|10 credits
|Living with Technology
|10 credits
|History of Modern Medicine
|10 credits
|Politics, Culture and Society
|20 credits
|Worlds of Literature
|20 credits
|Discourse, Culture and Identity
|20 credits
Year 2
Optional modules
Examples of the optional modules available are shown below. Please contact us for more details of the requirements and choices available.
|Reading Texts in the History of Ideas
|20 credits
|Science, Culture and Society in the Industrial Age
|20 credits
|History of Psychiatry and Mental Illness
|20 credits
|Ideology and Imagination: Prose Literature in 19th Century Russia
|20 credits
|Not by Bread Alone: Everyday Culture under the Soviet Regime
|20 credits
|Postcommunist / Postmodernist Identities
|20 credits
Year 3
Optional modules
Examples of the optional modules available are shown below. Please contact us for more details of the requirements and choices available.
|Science and Religion
|20 credits
|Science Communication: History & Theory
|20 credits
|Medicine, Disease and the Body after 1700
|20 credits
|Gender Identity in Soviet and Post-Soviet Russia
|20 credits
|Russian (New) Media
|20 credits
|Imagining the Post-Soviet Realm: Popular Culture and Representation of Russia and the Newly Independent States since 1991
|20 credits
For more information on typical modules, read History and Philosophy of Science and Russian Civilisation BA in the course catalogue
Broadening your academic horizons
At Leeds we want you to benefit from the depth and breadth of the University's expertise, to prepare you for success in an ever-changing and challenging world. This course gives you the opportunity to broaden your learning by studying discovery modules. Find out more on the Broadening webpages.
Learning and teaching
Our tutors are experts in their fields, and their teaching is informed by their own cutting-edge research.
We use a range of teaching methods to help you benefit from their expertise, including lectures, seminars, tutorials or occasionally workshops. However, independent study is also central to this degree, since it allows you to develop your skills in research and analysis. You will be able to apply your skills and knowledge in a Final Year Research Project on a topic of your own choice.
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Entry requirements, fees and applying
Entry requirements
A-level: ABB
Access to HE Diploma
Pass diploma with 60 credits overall, including at least 45 credits at level 3, of which 30 credits must be at Distinction and 15 credits at Merit or higher. An interview and a piece of written work may also be required.
BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma: DDM. Other BTEC qualifications are also considered. Please contact the Admissions Office for more information.
Cambridge Pre-U
International Baccalaureate
34 points overall including 16 at Higher Level
Irish Highers (Leaving Certificate)
Scottish Highers / Advanced Highers
BB in Advanced Highers and AABBB in Highers, or B in Advanced Highers and AAABB in Highers, or AABBBB in Highers
Welsh Baccalaureate
The Welsh Baccalaureate is not typically included in the academic conditions of an offer made to you for this course. If you choose to undertake the Welsh Baccalaureate we would strongly encourage you to draw upon these experiences within your personal statement, as your qualification will then be taken into account both when your application is initially considered by the selection panel and again when reviewed by the admissions tutor at the time your A-level results are passed to us.
Other Qualifications
European Baccalaureate: 77%.
Read more about UK and Republic of Ireland accepted qualifications or contact the Schools Undergraduate Admissions Team.
When an applicant is taking the EPQ in a relevant subject this might be considered alongside other Level 3 qualifications and may attract an alternative offer in addition to the standard offer. If you are taking A Levels, this would be BBB at A Level and grade A in the EPQ.
Alternative entry
Were committed to identifying the best possible applicants, regardless of personal circumstances or background.
Access to Leeds is an alternative admissions scheme which accepts applications from individuals who might be from low income households, in the first generation of their immediate family to apply to higher education, or have had their studies disrupted.
Find out more about Access to Leeds and alternative admissions.
Typical Access to Leeds offer: BBC at A Level and pass Access to Leeds.
We accept a range of international equivalent qualifications. For more information contact the School of Languages, Cultures and Societies Undergraduate Admissions team.
English language requirementsIELTS 7.0 overall, with no less than 6.5 in any component. For other English qualifications, read English language equivalent qualifications.
Improve your English
If you're an international student and you don't meet the English language requirements for this programme, you may be able to study our undergraduate pre-sessional English course, to help improve your English language level.
How to apply
Apply to this course through UCAS. The institution code for the University of Leeds is L23. Check the deadline for applications on the UCAS website.
International students apply through UCAS in the same way as UK/EU students. Our network of international representatives can help you with your application. If you're unsure about the application process, contact the admissions team for help.
Read about visas, immigration and other information in International students. We recommend that international students apply as early as possible to ensure that they have time to apply for their visa.
Admissions policy
School of Languages, Cultures and Societies Undergraduate Admissions Policy
UK/EU: See fees section below
International: £17,500 (per year)
For UK and non-UK EU full-time students starting in 2018, the fee for 2018/19 will be £9,250.
For UK and non-UK EU full-time students starting in 2019, the fee for 2019/20 will be £9,250.
The fee may increase in future years of your course in line with inflation, and as permitted by law. For example, the increase of 2.8% in 2017/18 was based on the government's forecast for the RPI-X measure of inflation.
The UK government has confirmed that non-UK EU students starting in the 2019/20 academic year will have home fee status and be eligible for UK government student loans. The UK government has not confirmed the situation for future years, so keep checking our website for updates.
If you take a study abroad or work placement year, youll pay a reduced tuition fee during this period. For more information, see Study abroad and work placement tuition fees and loans.
Read more about paying fees and charges.
Financial support
If you have the talent and drive, we want you to be able to study with us, whatever your financial circumstances. There is help for students in the form of loans and non-repayable grants from the University and from the government. Find out more in our Undergraduate funding overview.Back to top
Career opportunities
Studying for a Joint Honours degree allows you to gain an in-depth knowledge of two subjects and demonstrates that youre intellectually versatile. Your degree will equip you with a wide range of skills across different disciplines that employers actively seek.
Youll have good research skills, and youll be able to analyse complex information from multiple sources before drawing your own conclusions. Youll then be able to communicate and defend your views clearly, either verbally or in writing. In addition, youll have strong research and organisational skills and be confident working independently or in a team.
All of these qualities are very attractive to employers, and graduates have pursued careers reflecting the diversity of their degrees. Theyve gone on to be successful in education, the media, law, publishing, the civil service, business and finance and the charity sector to name a few. Many others have also pursued postgraduate study.
To find out more about graduate destinations in your subjects, please see the relevant Single Honours pages.
Careers support
We encourage you to prepare for your career from day one. Thats one of the reasons Leeds graduates are so sought after by employers.
Leeds for Life is our unique approach to helping you make the most of University by supporting your academic and personal development. Find out more at the Leeds for Life website.
The Careers Centre and staff in your faculty provide a range of help and advice to help you plan your career and make well-informed decisions along the way, even after you graduate. Find out more at the Careers website.Back to top
Placement opportunities
Study abroad
On this course you have the opportunity to apply to spend time abroad, usually as an extra academic year. The University has partnerships with more than 400 universities worldwide and popular destinations for our students include Europe, the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, South Africa and Latin America.
Find out more at the Study Abroad website.
Work placements
Practical work experience can help you decide on your career and improve your employability. On this course you have the option to apply to take a placement year module with organisations across the public, private and voluntary sectors in the UK, or overseas.
Find out more about work experience on the Careers website.
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text: Student Profiles Alex Glauber '06 Alex Glauber '06 Hometown: Brookline, Massachusetts Major: Art History, with a minor in Music Why did you choose to come to Bowdoin? The answer is two-fold. The first aspect had to do with the fact that I knew I wanted a small school. My experience at my high school which had only 320 students was a particularly positive one. I knew that I learned best in a small setting and that I wanted to be part of a community. With regards to the liberal arts education, I didn't have a specialized interest in mind at the time and knew that I wanted to embrace all aspects of learning. I wanted to try a bunch of things out which a high school education doesn't enable you to do and engage myself with other intellectual people. Why did you choose you major? I grew up going to museums with my parents and was always fascinated with art. For me, art was an interesting lens through which I could view history. Artists have always used their work as a social commentary and reaction. Likewise, their work in many cases was the seed of revolution. Thus, to me, it couples history effectively. I suppose the more facetious answer would be that when I realized you could get credit for looking at pictures, I thought that would do just fine for me. What has been your favorite course at Bowdoin? One that comes to mind was a music class I took during my freshman year on the history of opera. We studied a series of different operas across a variety of different musical and historic periods. What I particularly enjoyed about it was that on two occasions we went to see performances at Merrill Auditorium in Portland. While the performances themselves were by no means stellar, it was at this point that I realized that Portland both embraces and offers a great deal of culture. The energy of the performance was matched by the enthusiasm of the crowd. Have you engaged in any independent research while at Bowdoin? I did an independent study during my junior fall with Professor Barbara Boyd [of the Classics department] on Cicero. She was kind enough to take on a few students even though we had scheduling conflicts with other courses. We met twice a week in a fairly informal setting and translated some Cicero. Currently, I am doing a study with [Associate] Professor Jim McCalla [of the Music department] on the history of jazz guitar. The independent study is actually the result of a challenge that I issued to Jim. I have taken both of his Jazz Survey courses and have always loved jazz. I play guitar and have always wanted to learn more about the evolution of the instrument from its confined position as a rhythm instrument to its full appreciation as a soloist instrument. When I first went to Jim he was less than thrilled because he is skeptical about the guitar's role in the jazz landscape. He finally agreed to take me on under the promise that I would make him a believer at the end. Needless to say, I have my work cut out for me. What extracurricular or work experiences have you had at Bowdoin? The majority of my extracurricular activities at Bowdoin have been outside of the campus and in Portland. In high school I realized that I had a real fascination with cheese. I started to work at a cheese shop and immersed myself in the gourmet world. Through some contacts I started working for a boutique food importer in Portland during my sophomore year. The Rogers Collection imports Spanish and Italian cheeses, olive oils, and specialty meats. For the last few years I have handled roughly 25 national accounts for them, many of which exist in the northeast. From my work there I became acquainted with a local restaurant owner who had two operations in the Old Port of Portland. Last year, she brought me on the consult with her chefs on cheese and to write their cheese menu. This year, I have put my cheese endeavors on the backburner in order to free up some time for my most recent project. After an internship at the Portland Museum of Art this summer they asked me to be the assistant curator of a two-floor retrospective that will begin next September on [Bowdoin Art Lecturer] John Bisbee. The show is slated to be on for two months and will look at works throughout John's career. For now, I have been put in charge of writing the majority of the publication and arranging the show. Did you study abroad during your time at Bowdoin? I spent last spring in London at Sotheby's Institute of Art. It ended up working out well but came together at the last moment. I was planning to go to University College of London but found out in November that I didn't get accepted. I scrambled to put something together and found out on December 27th that I got into Sotheby's. The program was unique in that I took one class that met for about 15 hours a week. The students ranged in age from 21 to mid-fifties. I was the only college student. The coolest part about it was that it enabled me to have a very authentic experience living in London. I lived in my own flat and got a chance to better immerse myself in the culture and its people. What is your best Bowdoin memory? My freshman year it just so happened that Ivies [Weekend] coincided with my birthday. Although the weather was awful, my favorite band, Assembly of Dust, was playing at [the annual benefit concert] Bear Aids. This is a band that I have seen perform over 60 times in one form or another, so I was pretty excited that they were coming. My friend, Paul Hastings (2004), arranged it so after the show he and I would get to interview the band's leader Reid Genauer. I knew Reid fairly well after going to shows for four years and because I took guitar lessons from the band's lead guitarist. When I went up to him after the show I said that we should go the Paul's room in [Coles] Tower because it would be less noisy. It took some reassuring but as we got out of the elevator I had him convinced that the interview would go much more smoothly and quickly in Paul's room. Paul neglected to tell me that a group of our friends were already enjoying Ivies in his room. [So it turned out that] the interview was performed by about ten guys, with no pencil or paper, and no tape recorder. What are your plans for after graduation? At the beginning of the summer my plan was to start a business with my boss at the Rogers Collection, which dealt with the consolidation and distribution of domestic artisan cheeses. I was at the point where I had business plans and financial backing in place. However, that plan changed as most plans do. Now, I hope to continue with the museum work that I did last summer. I plan to take a year and hopefully work in New York or D.C. at a museum. Then I would like to continue my education in a Ph.D. program for art history, although that plan may also change at some point. What advice would you give to a prospective student or first-year about the Bowdoin experience? For me, what has made Bowdoin enjoyable is the pursuit of my different passions. The process of learning about something, whether it is biology, art, or history will inevitably bring you into contact with both like and unlike minded individuals. What is great is that you will find common ground in your shared love. You will find professors who inspire you and who will become your friends. For me, it is through this process that I have found comfort in my decision to come to Bowdoin. Story posted on September 14, 2005 « Back | More Student Profiles | Go to News Home


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Brian Timothy Lynch, 45, of Confluence, was arrested Sunday and is facing two counts of kidnapping, rape and other charges, police said.
The boy was playing in his yard in a rural township about 55 miles southeast of Pittsburgh at about 2:30 p.m. Saturday when Lynch allegedly grabbed the boy and brought him to his car. An unidentified 17-year-old boy was also in Lynch's car at the time, police said, but it's not clear if the teenager will face charges.
Lynch took the boy for a walk on a bike trail, went to purchase ice cream cones and then played video games at his apartment with him, police said.
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Himan Brown, the pioneer radio producer and director of "Grand Central Station," "Inner Sanctum Mysteries" and other popular shows of the 1930s and '40s who returned to the airwaves three decades later with " CBS Radio Mystery Theater," has died. He was 99.
Brown died Friday of age-related causes at his longtime apartment on Central Park West in Manhattan, said his granddaughter Melina Brown.
In a career in radio that began in the medium's infancy in the late 1920s, the prolific Brown's credits include "The Adventures of the Thin Man," "Bulldog Drummond," "Dick Tracy," "Flash Gordon," "The Adventures of Nero Wolfe," "Terry and the Pirates" and many others.
Along the way, he directed stars such as Orson Welles, Helen Hayes, Edward G. Robinson, Mary Astor, Boris Karloff and Peter Lorre.
"He was one of the great storytellers of the heyday of the golden age of radio," said Ron Simon, curator of television and radio at the Paley Center for Media in New York City. "He symbolized an entire era of dramatic radio entertainment."
Brown may be best remembered for creating "Inner Sanctum Mysteries," which debuted in 1941 and ran until 1952. The show's opening featured one of the most famous sound effects in radio history: an eerie creaking door.
"That great sound effect just gave you a sense of mystery and suspense, symbolizing Hi Brown's flair for the dramatic," Simon said.
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"I knew that the kind of thing radio drama had, that one-to-one relationship with the listener, was always going to be there," Brown told The Times in 1974. "It is the most personal form of the media arts, just you and the speaker. There's imagination, a whole world of creation opening up. I believe a whole generation simply lost the ability to listen. We're trying to get that back."
The son of Jewish immigrants from the outskirts of Odessa in what is now Ukraine, Brown was born July 21, 1910, in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn.
Brown, whose father was a tailor, spoke only Yiddish until he entered public school. He joined a dramatic club at the Brooklyn Jewish Center as a child and appeared in revues at resorts in the Catskills as a teenager.
In a 2003 interview with the New York Times, Brown said he was a student at Boys High School when a shop teacher told him: "There's a new thing now, radio."
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But that was just the beginning for Brown, who began selling other shows to advertising agencies, including "Little Italy," a family show in which he played the father. He also began buying the rights to "Dick Tracy," "The Gumps" and other popular comic strips.
Brown, who brought "Inner Sanctum" to television for a short run in 1954, also produced a couple of movies and bought an old movie studio in New York for television production in the '50s.
But he never lost his love for radio, and he produced radio dramas that were broadcast from Brooklyn College's small AM radio station into his 90s. He was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1990.
"For me, the imagination is always more powerful than any movie star or scenery," he told the New York Daily News in 2000. "All I have to do is open a creaking door, and it's the fear you hear!"
In addition to his granddaughter Melina, the twice-widowed Brown is survived by his children Barry Brown and Hilda Brown; another granddaughter, Barrie K. Brown; and four great-grandchildren.
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Himan Brown, the pioneer radio producer and director of "Grand Central Station," "Inner Sanctum Mysteries" and other popular shows of the 1930s and '40s who returned to the airwaves three decades later with " CBS Radio Mystery Theater," has died. He was 99.


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The state Appeals Court on Monday ruled an 8-year-old adopted boy was justifiably removed from the Nicollet County home. But the three-judge appeals panel also ruled that there was no reason to terminate custody of the couple's three other children, as the county was weighing.
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Metallica have been firing on all cylinders recently when it comes to their workload. The legendary thrash band has put a tremendous amount of energy into two years of their Orion Music + More Festival along with creating the soon-to-be-released 3D film 'Metallica: Through the Never.' Despite Metallica's work ethic, bassist Rob Trujillo admitted recently that all of the band's side projects have "sidetracked" plans for a new album.
'Through the Never' will be released in IMAX 3D theaters on Sept. 27 and regular theaters on Oct. 4, adding yet another monumental project to the band's resume. Now that the second Orion fest is behind them and 'Through the Never' is ready to be shown, Trujillo aims to focus on Metallica's follow-up to their 2008 full-length, 'Death Magnetic.'
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The bassist is also dead set on restoring Metallica's thrash roots for the band's next release. "It feels like 'Death Magnetic' was the launch pad — it's the introduction to what we have now . . . that's one thing I'm excited about: there's the thrash element back in the mix. It's kind of been missing in the past."
Metallica have gathered a "stockpile of riffs" for a new record, although no full songs have been completed. Trujillo hopes Metallica fans will be able to get their hands on a new album "in the next year or so."


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SEATTLE (AP) — One of the candidates was the architect of Washington state's gay marriage law. The other is a former activist known for riding his bike to work. Both unabashedly support substantial new taxes, a $15 minimum wage and legal marijuana.
Seattle's mayoral hopefuls this year have been stumbling over each other as they try to satisfy urban voters who have been pressing the Democratic Party to embrace more liberal positions on social, environmental and economic issues.
Some campaign ideas would be liabilities elsewhere but resonate in the ecofriendly city that's home to Starbucks and Amazon.com.
"The more traditional approach is that you win the primary and move to center. In Seattle, when you win the primary, you move to the left," said Tim Ceis, a former deputy mayor of Seattle. That dynamic has grown in recent years, and Ceis said voters in the region feel as if they are at the forefront of social change.
With the relatively strong economy in the area, activists have turned voters' attention to issues like climate change, recently seeking to block coal trains that would ship the product to Asia.
Union leaders believe a successful push on the minimum wage would set a new standard that could put pressure on the rest of the nation. And advocates have recently relied on liberal blocs in Seattle to win voter approval of both gay marriage and legalizing marijuana.
It's similar to the dynamic that has also played out in the New York City mayoral race. Bill de Blasio won the Democratic primary there after a campaign that embraced a plan to raise taxes on wealthy New Yorkers and other policies that, in part, seemed like a repudiation of the business-friendly departing mayor, Michael Bloomberg.
Nowhere has the power of voter views been more apparent than on the minimum wage, which was thrust into the national debate this year by union activists.
Mayor Mike McGinn set the tone this summer when he moved to block a proposed development because he said the primary tenant, the Whole Foods grocery store, doesn't pay its workers a decent wage. Three days later, he won a key endorsement from the union that represents thousands of grocery and retail workers.
Then, last month, challenger Ed Murray was first to overtly embrace an idea that union advocates around the country have been pushing — a $15 minimum wage. Murray said his proposal would be phased in.
McGinn said in a recent Associated Press interview by saying he would support a minimum wage above $15. He also dismissed Murray's plan as having too many caveats.
On taxes, Murray is currently serving as a state senator and proposed this past year a capital gains tax. McGinn, for his part, proposed a large tax on sugary drinks that would be equivalent to 12 cents for every can of soda, and he wanted to dedicate the money to support parks.
Murray came back to say that he instead supports renewing a parks levy and potentially having a new taxing district.
Both have supported a substantial increase in the state's gas tax to help pay for transportation projects.
In dealing with taxes and other issues, Murray has pushed a more collaborative approach that would have the mayor's office work more closely with officials in the state capital or local industry.
McGinn said, however, that a Seattle leader needs to make difficult decisions and can't appease everybody without ending up with substandard policy. He said the collaborative approach Murray had in the state Senate has left the state with underfunded schools, possible cuts in transit and a regressive tax system.
Republicans, meanwhile, have established a new coalition in the state Senate with two other Democrats, making Murray minority leader in the chamber. "He's so agreeable to Republicans, they took over the state Senate," McGinn said.
Murray's campaign believes McGinn has tried to portray him as someone lacking proper Democratic credentials.
But Murray worked for years to pass a gay marriage bill, supported expanded collective bargaining and led efforts to expand tax revenues. Murray used an ad to ask voters to help the city "live up to our progressive values" and said in an interview that his record tells a different story than what McGinn is saying.
"I don't think he's been successful in trying to paint me as a conservative," Murray said.
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By Dave Warner
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Defense lawyers for a Philadelphia abortion doctor accused of killing babies in a clinic that mainly serves low-income women rested their case on Wednesday without calling any witnesses in the high-profile murder trial.
Dr. Kermit Gosnell, 72, is charged with killing four infants during botched abortions and a woman who underwent an abortion and died at a nearby hospital after the procedure at his Women's Medical Society clinic in urban West Philadelphia.
He could face the death penalty if convicted in the case in Common Pleas Court in Philadelphia.
Prosecutors said Gosnell ran a "house of horrors" in a West Philadelphia health clinic where women went for late-term abortions. The district attorney's office contends Gosnell delivered live babies during botched abortions and then deliberately severed their spinal cords, killing them.
Gosnell's defense lawyer, John McMahon, characterized the prosecution of his client, who is black, as "elitist, racist." He said there was no evidence that the babies were delivered alive, noting "the first rule of homicide is someone has to be alive."
The charges against Gosnell and nine of his employees have rekindled the debate in the United States about late-term abortions. Abortions are banned in Pennsylvania after 24 weeks of pregnancy.
Gosnell has been in jail since his January 2011 arrest. Eight other defendants have pleaded guilty to a variety of charges and are awaiting sentencing.
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Lebanon American Legion post accused of allowing gamblingBy BOB HOOKWAY
Special to the Union Leader
April 24. 2014 9:26PM
HAVERHILL - An American Legion Post in Lebanon has been hit with two felony charges for allowing gambling Feb. 1 on its premises at 189 Mechanic St.
A Grafton County Superior Court grand jury indicted Guyer-Carignan, Post 22 for gambling and a charge called "entertainment and entertainers," according to the indictments. The latter charge refers to gambling at an establishment that's licensed to sell "alcohol and/or liquor."
The post "did knowingly and unlawfully conduct, manage, supervise, or direct any gambling activity on the business premises. The amount of wagers accepted … exceeded $5,000."
Reached at the post on Thursday, Bill Wilson, Guyer-Carignan's financial officer, said the state confiscated some $15,000. He said the money was gleaned from raffles and was used to benefit charity.
Post administrators believed they had permission from state and local authorities, Wilson said.
"It was already pre-approved from the state. We pay $70,000 a year in money for charities, and we run two Legion teams."
A similar situation took place several years ago in which the state seized about $14,000, but later returned the money, said Wilson, who said that matter was resolved without going to Superior Court.
"We honestly feel that we complied with the state. We're baffled," Wilson said, of the latest action and the indictments.In other indictments the grand jury handed up during its April session: Christopher A. Rochon, 24, of 104 Pine Ridge Road in Lisbon, faces a host of charges that stem from what prosecutors say was his Aug. 16, 2013, attack on a woman in Littleton.Rochon is charged with three counts of simple assault, second-degree assault (strangulation), false imprisonment, criminal threatening and criminal trespassing.Rochon is accused of biting Carolyne Herbert on the arm, pinning her down by holding her arms, pulling her by her hair causing her to experience impeded breathing by putting his hands on her neck, and confining Herbert unlawfully by blocking her exit from a residence and pushing her back inside.Rochon also allegedly threatened Herbert and refused repeated requests to leave her 35 Crane St. residence in Littleton.The simple assault counts, false imprisonment, criminal threatening and criminal trespassing are all Class A misdemeanors. Second-degree assault is a Class B felony.Lydia Hunter, 33, of 599 Route 4A, Enfield, is charged with fraudulent use of a credit card for property and services in excess of $1,500 between June 5 and Sept, 5, 2013, in Lebanon.Hunter allegedly knew at the time that her use of the card was not authorized, either by the issuer or the card holder who was 65 or older and suffered from memory problems."Lydia Hunter acted with intent to take advantage of the victim's age or mental condition that impaired the victim's ability to manage her property or financial resources or to protect her rights or interests," according to the indictment.
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Fred Schaaf's Northern Hemisphere's Sky column for June 2010 discusses some phenomena that are visible in twilight, one of them being the Belt of Venus.Fred simply mentioned the Belt of Venus, but I thought it needed more explanation.So I picked up a phrase from the internet, and described the Belt of Venus as "an arch of pinkish light above the shadow that Earth casts on the atmosphere opposite the sunset." Fred demurred, describing it as "pinkish border to Earth's shadow."
Unfortunately, I had no first-hand experience to fall back on. As an astronomy writer, I knew the term, of course. And reading about it in various sources, it was obvious that I must have seen it dozens or hundreds of times, but I had never recognized it.
Fortunately, it was clear the next few nights, so I was able to observe the Belt of Venus several times in a row, both in the evening and morning. The bottom line is that as usual, both Fred and I are right. It is a border to the shadow, but it also forms a striking arch — though an exceedingly low and broad one.
All you need to see for yourself is a clear evening and a site with an unobstructed eastern horizon. A hilltop, lakefront, or beach is ideal.Right after the Sun sets, tear your eyes away from the arresting scene in the west, and look east to see a bright pink band opposite the Sun. This is the light of the sunset where you're standing being reflected off the atmosphere some 50 or 100 miles east of you, as shown above. Three minutes later, the pinkish band has become fainter, but with a richer hue. Surprisingly, it has started to lift off the horizon. Now there's a thin band of bluish sky below the pink. Six minutes after sunset, the dark blue band below the pink ribbon is beginning to take on shape and substance. It is now clearly rounded, taller in the middle than on the sides.
You are, in fact, seeing Earth's shadow. The Sun is now setting about 100 miles west of you. That light is still reflecting off the atmosphere to your east, but now some of it is blocked by Earth itself — even, just a little, by you standing on that hilltop. So the lowest part of the atmosphere opposite the sunset is no longer lit up.
Fifteen minutes after sunset, the pink has dissipated. But you can still make out Earth's shadow in the east as a huge, low hump of darker sky along the horizon — exactly the opposite of the normal situation, where the sky is brightest along the horizon and darker toward the zenith.
You are watching the onset of night. Soon, Earth's shadow will grow and darken dramatically, and eventually it will cover the entire sky, allowing you to look out at the greater universe that's usually hidden by the Sun.
Why is the Belt of Venus so little known? Partly it's because it's a fairly subtle effect. But even more, though people go out to watch sunsets all the time, they rarely think to turn away from the spectacular vista in the west and see what's happening on the opposite side of the sky.


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Think Tank Behind SOPA Says USTR Should Make Sure TPP Includes IP Maximalist Positions
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Entering into a sub-standard Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement that offers only weak intellectual property (IP) protections or permits countries to maintain mercantilist practices would be far worse than not joining the agreementOf course, that's hilarious, because there's nothing more mercantilist in trade policy today than intellectual property rights. The basic concepts -- developed at the height of mercantilist fervor -- are all about protectionism for legacy players in the space. To argue in favor of stronger IP and against mercantilism makes no sense, because it's self-contradictory. Either ITIF is completely clueless on basic economics, or it's being intellectually dishonest. I can't tell which is worse.
U.S. trade negotiators should insist the TPP include the highest levels of intellectual property rights (IPR) protection, transparency in government procurement practices, removal of non-tariff barriers (NTBs), comprehensive market access provisions, and stringent enforcement mechanisms.What's bizarre here is that, right after calling for IP maximalism, they immediately call for the removal of barriers and an increase in market access. You know what would actually do that? Ratcheting back the excesses of copyright and patent law. It's difficult to see how anyone can take ITIF seriously when they argue against themselves.


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What the New Year will bring
Villager arts writers look back at 2005s most interesting issues and trends
and predict their future in 2006
Photo by Hanne Lise Thomsen
Public art lights up
This year, the New Years Eve Ball drop will signal the ascent of a different kind of eye candy: projections displayed on city surfaces that will catch the eyes of passersby in increasingly important ways.
Already, the Canal Street area has provided building-side canvases for two unrelated projections in 2005. One, part of a global public arts series called TRANSITIO, introduced Shanghai street life to anyone who happened to be at the intersection of Canal and Centre Streets after dark in late October. Another, Danish artist Hanne Lise Thomsens billboard-sized portraits of New Yorks homeless, appeared on the corner of Howard and Broadway last Tuesday. And at Times Square, a new projection called Countdowns is currently running on a giant Astrovision screen. In this 2004 work by New York-based artist Aïda Ruilova, numerals pulse and jolt in natural and industrial landscapes. (The number 6, for example, is etched into a tree.) On view for 60 seconds of each hour through March 6, Ruilovas installation is part of The 59th Minute, an ongoing project sponsored by Creative Time. Farther uptown, Eugene Giscombe, president of a real estate management and brokerage firm, commissioned a permanent, site-specific projection now on display in Harlem. From dusk until dawn, Grimanesa Amoróss Frente Feroz (Ferocious Front) casts shadows of wild animals in 12 second-floor windows of the Lee Building at 125th Street and Park Avenue, within eyeshot of Metro North commuters. Says the Peruvian-born American artist, The installation has the capacity to evoke responses that are as varied as the population.
Securing such direct access to the public is exactly why artists will continue using the sides of buildings for their art. Explains Thomsen, Working in public space gives you the possibility to get in contact with many people who wouldnt go to galleries.
Laura Silver
Warner Brothers More Muddled Movies
Call it the Magnolia effect: In 2005, Hollywood pushed its material into murkier, more muddled waters than ever before, and dared its audiences to keep pace.
In that 1999 Paul Thomas Anderson masterpiece, which in itself was a close relative to Robert Altmans 1975 Nashville, we follow a dozen characters as they hit rock bottom in the course of a single night. This year witnessed a dramatic resurgence of similar formulas, but this time applied the chaos to the political thriller (The Constant Gardener), the political lecture (Syriana) and the political quagmire (Munich), as a wide array of characters and plot lines were juxtaposed in a series of head-spinning mazes.
Though it worked in some cases the observant Crash comes to mind it also hurt films that tried to be too much too often. Then again, it also made viewing films a more laborious effort, some so overblown and overextended that only after multiple viewings did they start to make sense. Now granted, for an industry struggling with slumping box office sales, perhaps this reflects the last, desperate attempt of studio heads to fill seats as audiences return to discern just what the hell Syriana is about.
Whatever the reason artistic or economic one things for sure: Hollywood loves mimicry (Im looking your way Cheaper By The Dozen 2) and in both 2006 and beyond, as studios look to base new projects on this years triumphs, theres a risk this overbearing approach will become a cliché in its own right. More is not necessarily better, yet as a new year dawns, its quite possible that movies will turn to density over depth, and these complex stories will start to be handled or more likely mishandled by weaker directors who find they have bitten off more than they can chew.
Steven Snyder
Photo Courtesy Emily DeCola
Puppets take Manhattan
In 2004, a band of potty-mouthed puppets snatched the Best Musical Tony from the Wicked Witch of the West and marionette superheroes fought terrorism on the big screen. In 2005, puppets, often considered the medium of kindergarten teachers and kiddie shows, continued to impress in decidedly grown up performances. Basil Twists underwater puppet extravaganza Symphonie Fantastique had a run at Dodger Stages, Animal Farm, the Puppet Musical departed for its first national tour, Performa 05 highlighted puppets in a variety of performance art commissions, and the Lincoln Center Festival presented a three-act puppet opera.
Puppet designer Emily DeCola explains that while the Henson tradition is Americas biggest contribution to puppetry, the rest of the world views it as a very mature form of entertainment. Theres a long history of puppetry for adults, and even as a particularly biting brand of political satire.
DeCola thinks puppets will continue to gain respect in 2006. I think its true nationwide, she says. New York is the forerunner of the trend, of course.
Indeed, right after the new year, HERE Arts Center will introduce 16 new works that blur the boundaries between dance, theatre, music, new media, visual art and, of course, puppetry. The series, called Culturemart 2006, is designed to uphold the idea that it is no longer possible for one single art form to reflect the flurry of images and sound bytes experienced on a daily basis. Perhaps not, but in 2006, puppeteers will give it one hell of a try.
Rachel Fershleiser
The Rise of Graphic Chick Lit
Just a few days before Christmas, a cartoonist named Ivy Supersonic Silberstein chartered a plane to fly a 100-foot-long banner of her naked bosom over the 20th Century Fox headquarters in Los Angeles for eight straight hours. The flyover was an expression of Supersonics rage at the studio, which supposedly ripped off her half squirrel, half rat cartoon character, Sqrat, in the movie Ice Age. (Fox wants the shirt off my back so badly I decided to give it to them, she told reporters.) However crass the publicity stunt, it points to a larger problem among female cartoonists and comic artists: a glaring lack of recognition.
Take the current Masters of American Comics exhibit, co-curated by Los Angeless Museum of Contemporary Art and the University of Californias Hammer Museum. When it opened this past November, it became the first exhibit in an American art museum to establish a canon of comic artists. That was great news for everyone in the world of graphic art except women. Of the 15 masters featured, from Charles Schulz to R. Crumb, none were of the female persuasion. Fortunately, 2006 will help rectify this imbalance. In May, the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art in Soho will mount an exhibit titled She Draws Comics, which will include the legendary Dale Messick, creator of Brenda Starr, along with contemporary comic artists like Jessica Abel, who will publish her first full-length graphic novel in April. Lets hope the New Year will bring more displays of work by female cartoon and graphic artists, and not just those who take guerrilla measures.
Nicole Davis
Photo by Terrence McCarthy
Oh, give City Opera a Home
Will New York City Opera find a home downtown in 2006? Or ever? The answer could determine the future of opera in New York, but it depends more on real estate than on art.
New York has been Americas biggest, baddest opera town since before the Metropolitan Opera opened its doors in 1883. But the Mets high-toned conservatism is being trumped lately by adventurous companies in Dallas, Chicago and San Francisco, which hosted the world premiere of the John Adams-Peter Sellars collaboration Doctor Atomic (above) the most important and challenging new opera in decades.
For more innovative programming, younger casts and lower ticket prices, New Yorkers turn to New York City Opera, the peoples opera company that was the darling of Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia. But despite recent box office and critical successes, City Opera has struggled at Lincoln Center in the shadow of the Met.
A dedicated house in lower Manhattan could further energize New York City Opera as well as the neighborhood, and many of the companys fans rejoiced when it appeared that a move to Ground Zero was likely. But compounding the tragedy of 9/11 with self-serving politics, the gruesome debate over redevelopment of the former World Trade Center site is turning away cultural institutions like City Opera that would honor the memories of those who died by upholding the role of the arts in a free society.
Originally one of more than 100 cultural groups that submitted proposals to the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, City Opera quickly became the odds-on favorite to serve as performing arts anchor for the site. Then, just as quickly, it was uninvited to participate reportedly over fears that the 16-acre site could not accommodate so large an auditorium (approximately 2 thousand seats, half the size of the Met).
There is little doubt that City Opera will move from its current digs at Lincoln Centers New York State Theater, a hall designed for ballet and notoriously inhospitable to opera. It would surely be welcome in lower Manhattan, a laboratory for progressive art. But with rejection by LMDC, its best prospects for relocation are two tower sites, on Amsterdam Avenue in the upper 60s and on West 42nd Street.
The bottom line? We need intervention by a real estate mogul who loves opera and lives downtown. In the meantime, for worthwhile opera in the neighborhood, stick to companies like The Amato Opera and The Chelsea Opera in 2006.
Michael Clive
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Its a DVD World
The film has been made, the posters are already up all over town, and the stage is set for a test that will forever alter the film industry, one way or another.
Its title is ironic: Bubble. On January 27, Steven Soderberghs latest movie hits area theater screens. And television screens. And DVD shelves. Yep, on the same day, Soderbergh will release his latest film in three forms celluloid, DVD and pay-per-view cable and what happens next will be one of the most important and closely-watched tests of the modern movie industry.
In the last few years, many trends have pointed to the extinction of the conventional theater system. Attendance at the box office is down. The use of online DVD rental systems, from Blockbuster to Netflix, is skyrocketing. And while the costs of luxury televisions and professional sound systems decrease, just as the local movie theater becomes increasingly expensive, Soderberghs experiment may succeed in proving there are now multiple markets of movie fans, some of whom have little interest in the theater experience at all.
Bubble is only one in a series of six films that Soderbergh plans to release in this way, and if they indeed are embraced simultaneously, then the modern movie business will be radically changed.
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Burned: Veterinary practices up in flames
NATIONAL REPORT — Three veterinary practitioners are still coming to terms with loss from fires in February—one who lost a family business and nine animals, another who lost her home, and a third who lost his business and many personal possessions in a suspected arson.
Read their stories and see their advice for minimizing the loss from the devastating impact of a fire.
Practice and lives lostAs the newest veterinarian at Rowan Animal Clinic in Salisbury, N.C., Greg Lowe, DVM, was used to getting the late-night phone calls when the motion detector went off at the clinic. The alarm company would call Lowe's father, R.B. Lowe, DVM, who in turn called Lowe.
Usually, he would drive out to the clinic to find that a Houdini-like dog had escaped its kennel.
Right away, the call on Feb. 19 was different.
Instead of just the motion sensor going off, the fire alarm had gone off as well. Lowe was still seven miles away on the highway when his fears were confirmed.
"The closer I got, the more I realized what it was," Lowe, 28, recalls. "The closer I got, the faster I drove."
Lowe jumped out of his car and ran to the back of the building. He wanted desperately to get in.
There were a couple of police officers standing at the back door.
"I told them to break it, run a car into it," Lowe remembers.
Officers eventually were able to get in using a crow bar, but the smoke was overwhelming. No one could make it two feet inside the door.
Nine dogs were in the clinic, and all nine perished.
Officials speculate the fire began in the attic, but the cause of the fire remained under investigation as of press time.
"It's a life experience," Lowe says. "It's not one I would wish on anyone else."
The building, at which the senior Lowe has practiced for 35 years, is a total loss. About 20 employees are out of a job, at least for now.
Rowan Animal Clinic will re-open at the same location. For now, a temporary clinic is being set up at a local strip mall. Thanks to payroll insurance, employees still are able to be paid during this transition period.
"My dad practiced at that building site for 35 years," Lowe says. "He was devastated. Thirty-five years of his life were gone in one evening. But he did a large-animal call the Monday after the fire. He picked up and did the one thing he could do."
The outpouring from the community has made all the difference. Clients helped demolish the building. The Lowe family was placed on a food list. Donations began pouring in, and the clinic will use the money to build a park for the nine dogs that died. A local funeral home also donated services for the owners of the dogs that died.
Industry has stepped up to help get the clinic up and running again as well.
"All of the veterinary clinics in the area were very supportive, too, offering everything from facilities to sending teams of technicians the night of the fire to triage patients," Lowe says. "They definitely made some big offers to help."


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By Olivia Kumwenda
ERMELO, South Africa (Reuters) - In a country cursed by one of the world's highest murder rates, being a white farmer makes a violent death an even higher risk.
Whether attacks have been motivated by race or robbery, a rising death rate from rural homicides is drawing attention to the lack of change on South Africa's farms nearly two decades after the end of apartheid - and to the tensions burgeoning over enduring racial inequality.
Some of South Africa's predominantly white commercial farmers go as far as to brand the farm killings a genocide.
On the other side of the divide, populists are seizing on the discontent among the black majority to demand a forced redistribution of white-owned farms along the lines of neighboring Zimbabwe.
"The issue is potentially explosive," said Lechesa Tsenoli, deputy minister for land reform, arguing that South Africa's future depends on ending inequality on the farms.
The economic change promised by Nelson Mandela's African National Congress (ANC) when white-minority rule ended in 1994 has been even slower in the countryside than in cities and mines, where at least small elites of black South Africans have prospered.
Land ownership ratios are little changed from 1913, when the Natives' Land Act set aside 87 percent of land for whites. Meanwhile, black farm workers are among South Africa's poorest.
Life is getting more uncomfortable for the white farmers too, however. Their number is down a third, to some 40,000, in the past 15 years. Headlines about the farm killings are another incentive to sell up.
For while South Africa's overall annual murder rate has more than halved since the end of apartheid to around 32 people per 100,000, figures for commercial farmers show a near 50 percent rise to an average rate of some 290 per 100,000 a year in the five years to 2011.
Shot at his home by black attackers two years ago, 34-year-old Johan Scholtz believes he was the victim of a racially motivated attack rather than a robbery.
"I was shot through my neck, I was shot through my chest and as I fell to the ground they came and stood over me and they shot again - two times - just missed my brain," Scholtz said, fighting back tears as he recalled the incident.
"My sheep were there around the house, they could've taken the sheep. My house was open, they could've easily gone in. But they left with nothing," he said, adding that the family did not own much worth stealing.
Scholtz now keeps a baseball bat by his bed at his livestock farm in Ermelo, in the undulating veld some 230 km (140 miles) east of Johannesburg. He is asking himself how long he will stay in the business.
Despite the ANC's pledge to build a "rainbow nation", South Africa's income disparity - which had already been among the top few in the world - has widened further since apartheid ended, according to World Bank figures.
Among the very poorest are the black farm workers, suffering not only from the economic hardship, but - all too often - a brand of racial abuse unchanged since the end of white rule.
"For farm workers at the bottom like me, we are not allowed to talk to farm owners directly," complained one 28-year-old fruit farm worker from the northeastern Limpopo province, asking that he be called only by his first name, Frans.
"The farmers disrespect us to a point they would use the 'K-word'," he said. The "K-word" is "kaffir", apartheid-era slang for a black person and highly offensive.
While wages for most workers have increased steadily since apartheid, they have risen more slowly for farm workers - who earn only 10 to 30 percent of a typical factory worker's wage. About half those in rural areas live on less than $3 a day.
Anger has boiled over in violent strikes in recent weeks in the Cape Town wine region, where thousands of farm workers demand a doubling in wages from about 70 rand ($8) a day.
The motive for nearly 90 percent of farm attacks was robbery rather than race, according to the biggest government study on the subject, published nearly a decade ago.
"There might be segments within the South African population that would like to use words such as genocide, but farm attacks are a result of criminal activities," said Andre Botha of Agri SA, the largest farmers' union, which points out that the small number of black commercial farmers are also victims of crime.
"It's an obvious result of the lifestyle that we chose. Farms are a soft target," he said.
Disentangling motives is no easy task, however, in a society where whites have the vast majority of the wealth on display and the history of discrimination can add another edge to attacks on isolated homesteads.
"Sometimes it degenerates into racial conflict," said Johan Burger of the Institute for Security Studies, who has been studying farm violence for more than a decade.
When white supremacist leader Eugene Terre'blanche was hacked to death by two farm workers in 2010, racial motives were suspected, but it turned out to have been caused by a wage dispute.
The racial discontent on the farms has also become an element in the political equation at a time of tensions over wildcat mineworkers' strikes and factional struggles within the ruling ANC.
Before being told to stop by the courts, populist leader Julius Malema stirred up crowds with his singing of "Shoot the Boer" - deepening unease among whites in a country where the Afrikaans word for farmer is synonymous with the people who make up most of the 10 percent white minority.
Although the ANC has decided to drop the apartheid-era song after firing Malema as its youth leader, the affair has pushed race further onto the political agenda.
AfriForum, a vocal advocacy group for Afrikaans-speakers - who descend mostly from Dutch and French settlers - blames the song in part for the rise in crimes against farmers as it catalogues murders, rapes and other attacks.
"The amount of violence is horrific," said AfriForum's Ernst Roets.
Meanwhile, Malema and the ANC's youth wing are demanding that white-owned land be turned over to black South Africans.
For radicals, Zimbabwe's experience set a good example to follow - even though the forced seizures of land helped push South Africa's neighbor into nearly a decade of economic decline.
According to a plan drawn up under Mandela, 30 percent of farmland was meant to be handed to black South Africans by 2014. Only 8 percent has been transferred, however, and the government is now reviewing the plan.
The direct economic impact of any radical change in land ownership might be less dramatic in South Africa than in Zimbabwe because farming accounts for only about 3 percent of gross domestic product rather than 20 percent.
But no matter how it is addressed, the potential for growing confrontation over race and land raises another dangerous prospect for Africa's biggest economy.
(Additional reporting by Jon Herskovitz, Tshepo Tshabalala and Lynette Ndabambi; Editing by Matthew Tostevin)


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Tagged: 2007 draft
The Dave Littlefield Eight
Five years have come and gone since Neal Huntington has taken over as the Pirates GM. I am of the opinion that when switching GMs it takes 5 full seasons before one can really say that the farm system is essentially all the doing of the current GM. So according to my theory this is the first year we can say the system is essentially all Huntington's. However even with that being said there are eight remaining players in the Pirates farm system from the days of Dave Littlefield. Of the 8, two are solid prospects, another one is intriguing and the other 5 look like organizational filler at this point. However let me introduce you to the Dave Littlefield 8.
Emmanuel De Leon
Of the 8 players, De Leon is the toughest to get a read on. He was an international free agent signed by the Pirates late in 2007 so he never actually played in the Pirates system until the Huntington regime took over. De Leon is an interesting case because prior to last season he had only thrown 89.1 innings in 4 professional seasons and had not yet reached full season ball. De Leon spent two seasons in the DSL, barely playing in 2008 and then showing good stuff and poor command in 2009. The Pirates brought him to the states and assigned him to rookie ball in 2010 but he barely pitched only getting 7 innings the entire season. In 2011 the Pirates tried him at A- and his control was better but his strike outs took a hit. This past season the Pirates tried him at A ball and like most pitchers there this season he pitched poorly. He was eventually demoted to A- where he got better results and was later promoted back to A ball and eventually pushed up to A+ for a few appearances. The good news is his strike outs returned but the bad news is that his control suffered. De Leon is a relief pitcher at this point albeit one with a very good arm. He still has some potential but the lack of progress he has made in regards to his control makes him a project more than a legit prospect. The Pirates will probably have him pitch in A or A+ in 2013.
Andy Vasquez
Vasquez is one of only two position player prospects left from the Littlefield days. He was signed by the Pirates as an international free agent back in 2006. He was a very late signing for an international player as the Pirates signed him as a 20 year old. He made his minor league debut in 2007 getting into a handful of DSL games and showing some good plate discipline. The following year the Pirates pushed him to A- and he played decently but the plate discipline he showed in a small sample the previous year was gone. The Pirates had him split time between 2B and SS. He repeated A- the following season and was just plain bad. Because of his poor showing in 2009 the Pirates started him back at A- for a 3rd straight year in 2010. He hit better albeit in a small sample size and later was promoted to A ball on account of some injuries. He played sparingly only getting 91 AB between the two levels. In 2011 Vasquez started the year as a utility player in A ball, playing essentially every position but he managed to hit well enough that he eventually became a starter playing primarily LF but also getting time at 2B and 3B. However he continued to show no plate discipline. THe Pirates tried Vasquez in A+ in 2012 as a utility player. Once again he hit fairly well with the exception of his high strikeout and low walk totals. He got a brief promotion to AA at the end of the season. In a matter of two season Vasquez has went from looking like he would be out of baseball soon to being a very competent mid level utility player. Due to the poor results posted by most of the players at the A+ level in 2012 it is not inconceivable that Vasquez could start the year in AA perhaps even receiving regular playing time.
Eliecer Navarro
Navarro is one of 3 pitchers remaining that fit a mold that Littlefield seemed to like. He is a small left handed (5′ 9″) finese pitcher with better offspeed stuff than you typically see from lower level prospects. These types are a fairly safe bet to make it to the lower to mid levels and have a reasonable amount of success there however that is pretty much also their ceiling. Navarro was signed as an international free agent in 2006. Navarro pitched in the DSL in 2007 and 2008 showing good command and striking out a high number of batters. In 2009 the Pirates brought him to the states and assigned him to rookie ball where he continued to pitch fairly well but he didn't strike out near as many batters. In 2010 the Pirates sent him to A- to begin his season but after 3 successful appearances he was promoted to A ball where he continued to pitch fairly well. His strike out rates bounced back some in 2010 and his control remained good. In 2011 the Pirates tried him at A+and he got hit around pretty hard. He did manage to post a decent strike out rate though and his command was still solid. THe Pirates demoted him back to A ball and he pitched well both as a reliever and a starter. Last season the Pirates tried him back at A+ and his numbers were better although his strike out rate again took a hit but it was still decent. The Pirates had him both starting and relieving but he was far more effective as a reliever. Navarro's arsenal consists of a high 80s fastball and some good breaking stuff. He is 25 years old and is likely ticketed for AA. At this point he looks like an organizational pitcher but like with all crafty left handed relief pitchers who manage to make it to AA there is a slight chance he could see a cup of coffee in the majors as a LOOGY one day.
Jhonathan Ramos
Ramos is very similar to Navarro in that he is another small left handed pitcher (5′ 8″) with an upper 80s fastball, good breaking stuff and good results in the lower minors. Ramos was an international free agent signed in 2006 by the Pirates. Ramos started his professional career in 2007 in the VSL and spent three seasons there. His first season he showed some control issues but he improved on them greatly in the remaining seasons. He posted strong strike out rates all 3 seasons and had good overall stat lines. The Pirates aggressively promoted Ramos all the way to A ball in 2010 which was his first season playing in the states. He got hit very hard and was demoted to A-. He pitched very well there and was eventually promoted back to A ball. At both levels he displayed great control and had a decent strike out rate. In 2011 the Pirates promoted him to A+ where he originally pitched in the bullpen before joining the rotation. He struggled initially in A+ but had decent numbers although his BB/9 went up slightly and his K/9 fell off dramatically. Ramos got hurt in August and when healthy was sent to A ball where he played in one game. In 2012 the Pirates had Ramos serve as a swing pitcher for A+ and AA. he moved between the levels a few times during the course of the season. He had similar ratios at each level although his ERA was much better in AA. Like in 2011 Ramos's control wasn't quite as good and his strike outs were far below what he had been putting up. Ramos is an organizational pitcher and will likely once again split time between A+ and AA in 2013. Like Navarro the chance of him eventually getting a call up to the majors is slim but as a left hander that has reached AA it is feasible.
Porfiro Lopez
Lopez is the last member of the trio of short left handed finesse pitchers left over. He is 5′ 10″ tall and like the other two has an arsenal of a high 80s fastball which he offsets with a solid assortment of breaking stuff. Of the 3 he does seem to have the best velocity occasionally touching the low 90s. The Pirates signed him as an international free agent in 2007 and he spend three seasons in the DSL. In 2008 he pitched sparingly but struggled in his limited action. In 2009 he put up a great season showing great control and striking out a lot of batters. Despite his strong numbers the Pirates sent him back to the DSL for a third season in 2010 where he put up good numbers but they weren't as good as the previous season and his walk rate rose and strike out rate dropped. The Pirates promoted him to the states in 2011 and sent him to A+ where he predictably struggled mightily getting hit hard but posting a good strike out rate. He was demoted to A ball where he split time between the bullpen and rotation and fared much better posting a lower walk rate and even a tad higher strike out rate. In 2012 the Pirates started Lopez back in A+ but shuffled him between A and A+ a fair amount. He pitched well in A+ posing a good ERA and low walk rate but struggled to strike people out. Conversely he pitched poorly in A ball posting a high walk rate and high ERA but striking batters out at a good clip. The Pirates are likely to use Lopez in a similar role in 2013 as he has the look of an organizational pitcher. If needed he could see some time at AA this season but like the previous two small left handed pitchers his ceiling looks to be a AA level organizational bullpen arm. If things break just right for him or the other two a cup of coffee as a LOOGY in the big leagues is possible but seems highly unlikely.
Eric Avila
Avila is one of the three Littlefield holdovers remaining I still consider a prospect. He was signed by the Pirates as an international free agent in 2006. Avila played three season in the DSL converting from 2B to 3B in his third season. In 2007 he got into a handful of games but played only sparingly collecting only 42 AB. In 2008 he played much more frequently and put up decent numbers but not really anything to stand out except for a low strike out rate. In 2009 he had his breakout season, hitting 9 HR and only striking out 3 more times than he walked. He finished as one of the best hitters in the DSL and was promoted to the states the following season. In 2010 the Pirates assigned him to rookie ball and he displayed power finishing tied for the lead league in home runs. On the downside his great strike out rate nearly doubled making it much more average. In 2011 the Pirates promoted him to A ball and he struggled. He didn't strike out a ton but had trouble hitting the ball with much authority. The Pirates returned him to A ball in 2012 but this time as a utility player instead of a starter. He got hurt early in the season and basically didn't play until June. During June and July he hit fairly well and was given a starting job in August. Avila finished the year strong hitting 8 home runs over the last 26 games and giving his prospect status a faint pulse. His strike out and walk rates were concerning as he posted 5 times the number of strike outs as walks. Avila is also a weak defender at third base meaning if he is going to have any value going forward it will have to be with his bat. With no real third base prospect blocking him Avila should get a chance to fully revive his prospect status at the A+ in 2013.
Duke Welker
Up to this point all the remaining Littlefield players have been international free agent signing but Welker was acquired by the Pirates in 2nd round of the 2007 draft. When drafted he had a low 90s fastball and an average slider. He was a bit of an injury risk and an overdraft for a 2nd round selection as scouts said with a 3rd pitch his ceiling was a #4 starter. Welker got into a few games at the A- level in 2007 and pitched well but his season was cut short due to injuries. The Pirates promoted him to A ball the following season and he was hit hard. He got worse as the season went on and his velocity was down from where it was when he was drafted. He also struggled with control and didn't strike out many batters. In 2009 Welker repeated A level and wasn't really any better. He wasn't hit quite as hard as batters only hit .253 against him compared to .307 the previous season but his ERA and BB/9 both rose over the prior year. On the plus side his velocity was back in the low 90s. In 2010 the Pirates opted to try Welker a third time at A ball but this time purely as a reliever. The move appeared to work as Welker started throwing 96-98 mph out of the bullpen. His walks skyrocketed to 9.7 BB/9 but his strike out rate jumped to 10.1 K/9 and opponents hit a measly .198 against him. He was promoted to A+ midseason and pitched largely the same there. Welker opened the following season, 2011 in A+. He pitched very well there showing better control getting his walk rate down to 4.3 BB/9 but his strike out rate also fell. He was promoted to AA near the end of the season and pitched fairly well there posting a 8.1 K/9 and 0.9 BB/9 in a small sample. The Pirates somewhat surprisingly added Welker to the roster prior to the 2012 season and started him off at AA. He pitched well at AA showing good control and inducing a lot of ground balls but his strike out was just average. The Pirates promoted him to AAA where he initially struggled but by the end fo the season was pitching fairly well. Welker needs a little more polish but as a ground ball pitcher who can post average strike out rates there is a good chance we could see him in the majors some time in 2013 but he will likely start back in AAA.
Kyle McPherson
Another 2007 draft pick McPherson was selected in the 14th round. McPherson's arsenal includes a low 90s fastball that he can get into the mid 90s, a curve and a change. His best asset is not his pitches themselves but the great control he has of them. McPherson started his professional career in rookie ball in 2007 and pitched fairly well albeit with a low strike out rate. He was promoted to A- near the end of the year and hit fairly hard in three starts. McPherson displayed his great command keeping his walk rate below 2 BB/9 at each level. The Pirates kept McPherson at the A- level for 2008 and he pitched well continuing his great command with a miniscule 0.8 BB/9 but had some home run problems as he allowed 10 of them in just 55.2 innings. The Pirates promoted him to A ball in 2009 where he split time between starting and relieving and he was mediocre posting an average ERA with giood WHIP and BB/9 rates but a low strike out rate. He was sent back down to A- where he worked exclusively as a starter and he pitched better but still with a low strike out rate. In 2010 McPherson once again started out in A ball but this time was much better posting good numbers, including a still very strong walk rate but also improving his strike out rate dramatically. He was originally used as a started but moved to relief later in the season to limit his innings. He made a few appearances at the A+ level at the end of the season and pitched very well. The Pirates surprisingly added him the 40 man roster in the offseason and then sent him to A+ in 2011. He continued his strong pitching there posting great numbers including a solid strike out rate. He was promoted to AA midseason and pitched largely the same at that level. McPherson was supposed to start the 2012 season in AAA but a shoulder injury caused him to miss some time and he eventually started back in AA. His numbers there weren't quite as good as the year before but he still had strong strike out and walk rates. The Pirates promoted him to AAA later in the season where he made 3 excellent starts before eventually getting promoted to the major leagues. McPherson pitched well in his few outings at the major league level. Going into the 2013 season McPherson is a candidate to start the year in the MLB rotation but will most likely be sent back to AAA for a little more seasoning although he will very likely appear in the majors at some point in 2013.


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Ritchie the tiger, Rochester Institute of Technology's mascot, is about to have a little more company. During a student trip to the Seneca Park Zoo Feb. 9, the university adopted the zoo's two Amur tigers, Anastasia and Katya.
The zoo trip gave students a chance to explore the Rochester zoo and join Anastasia and Katya as RIT becomes ZooParents at the Conservation Steward Level with a donation of $300. All proceeds from the student zoo trip, hosted by RIT's College Activities Board, went directly toward important animal enrichment items, like balls, ropes and treats.
The idea for the zoo trip and adoption came from Tom Hart, a third-year environmental science student from Goffstown, N.H., who completed an internship with the Seneca Park Zoo in fall 2012.
"I wanted to create a new trip for busy college students who may not have visited this great zoo that is surprisingly close to campus," says Hart, who is also an event manager for RIT's College Activities Board. "Plus, we are the RIT Tigers so adopting Anastasia and Katya to benefit the zoo is a win-win."
Before the tigers were brought in for the presentation, students were invited into the exhibit to build a snowman. After spraying perfume on the snowman and exiting the exhibit, the tigers came out to attack and roll around in the snowman's remains.
"Raising awareness for RIT students about one of the many cultural offerings in the Greater Rochester community, while also exposing them to the conservation needs of these highly endangered cats, is an important aspect of the growth of these young adults into active and productive members of their community," says Larry Sorel, County Zoo Director.


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Open Water Swimming Dictionary.
Munatones manages the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Web
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USA Swimming, and U.S. Masters Swimming.
Munatones lives in Huntington Beach, California, with his wife and four
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