Christopher Robin is a modern interpretation of the classic A. A. Milne characters where Christopher Robin is all grown up. The movie is really only enjoyable because of one thing: Winnie the Pooh. Every single second with Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Piglet, Eeyore, Rabbit, and Owl are great. Everything else that happens in the movie is boring and pointless. The film starts off with the standard mid-life crisis movie elements. Christopher Robin has a miserable job that drives a wedge between him and his family. Then Pooh arrives to save the day and the movie takes a forty minute detour losing any aspects of a story. Christopher Robin and Pooh are looking for the other lost characters in the Hundred Acre woods, but it feels more like the writer was lost and didn't know what to do with the story because nothing happens the entire time.
Once all of the characters are found, Christopher Robin returns to London, but he left his important work papers behind. The second part of the film tries to have some tension with Pooh and the gang trying to get Christopher Robin his papers, but really it just feels forced. The filmmakers had to give them some kind of an adventure to go on, but unfortunately all of the obstacles in their way are solved way too easily.
One element that must be noted is the film's fantastic visual effects. The details on all of the characters made them feel truly lifelike, which helped make them lovable. With such great talent on and off screen, it's really too bad they couldn't have done more with the story to make this movie worth seeing.
Whose Review gives Christopher Robin the overall score of: Oh Bother. There was a lot in the film for kids and adults to love, however, the slow, melancholy of the first half of the film drags the entire film down and doesn't let it recover. The nostalgia and lovability of Pooh and the gang will grab audience's attention, but not long enough to warrant seeing it in the theater. It's a shame, really.
The Sarasota Post, based in Sarasota, Florida and read world-wide publishes our "Whose Review" every week.
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Russian novelist and prisoner Fyodor Dostoevsky said, "the degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons." I agree with Dostoevsky and using our civilization yardstick, Fox Hill Prison, we must honestly conclude that we are a very, very uncivilized society. Yes, the conditions at Fox Hill Prison tell a truer story of our degree of civilization than the other cosmetic factors we use to try to convince ourselves otherwise.
Approximately one year ago, I wrote an article in this column on Fox Hill Prison and lamented about the inhumane, uncivilized and disgraceful conditions under which inmates are incarcerated and prison officers work. While there have been some commendable improvements under the ministerial administration of The Hon. Cynthia "Mother" Pratt, the adjectives I used back then to describe the conditions at Fox Hill Prison are still applicable: inhumane, uncivilized and disgraceful. Today I add another: shameful. Yes, the conditions at Fox Hill prison are shameful…shameful for the inmates housed there (regardless of their crime or charge), the officers who work there and the general public who visit there (especially family members).
On a recent occasion while visiting in the Maximum Security section of the prison, human waste was being taken out in large garbage bags (a daily routine), some of which leaked on the floor, a few feet away from where I was. The odor was so unbearable that a conscientious officer offered me a nose and mouth dust mask but I declined, since it was not being offered to others present. Instead, I elected to endure the stubborn stench that resisted generous applications of raw disinfectants poured on the floor. I reasoned that if inmates and officers could endure this daily punishment (some for more than 2 decades), I could endure it for one hour.
The tragedy about this is that far too many in our society, members of the government and opposition included, are indifferent about it. They see the conditions at Fox Hill Prison as normal and just punishment for inmates (even those not yet convicted of any crime). Sadly, in their aim to punish prison inmates, they also punish prison officers who have to work under such conditions. In my view, prison officers at Fox Hill Prison deserve "true hardship allowance pay" because of the indirect punishment they endure each day. This is especially true for those officers whose lot it is to work in the Maximum Security section.
Normally when the topic of prison reform is raised, the first excuse offered is "we don't have the money." But is this true? Is this the real reason for Fox Hill Prison being what former Member of Parliament Norman Solomon rightly called "our Black Calcutta"? The answer to both questions is a resounding no! First of all, many reforms needed at Fox Hill prison require no money to be spent so why are they not implemented? To my mind, the refusal to make reforms that do not require money is proof that the "we don't have the money" excuse is exactly that…an excuse, and a poor one at that.
How much money does it take to adopt the attitude that the men and women at Fox Hill Prison (regardless of their crime or charge) are human beings created in God's image and likeness, and to begin treating them as such?
In addition to reforms that require no money, there are those that require little money. For example, how much does it cost to fix or replace the motor on the main gate at Fox Hill Prison? If it were not so serious, it would be laughable to watch prison officers walk up to an automatic gate and manually open and close it every time a vehicle arrives and departs. I have personally observed officers braving the pouring rain and sweltering heat to pull that heavy "automatic" gate that shouts its own message about the lack of resolve to better the conditions at Fox Hill Prison. That message is: "Look at how we treat prison officers- so just imagine how we treat inmates!" Is it that we can't do better or we refuse to do better?
Perhaps the greatest tragedy about Fox Hill Prison is we have allowed its subnormal conditions to become normal for us. Having become medicated to its sub normality, lawyers and pastors visit there without alarm. Parliamentarians and politicians likewise generally show no concern. For them and us as a society, we see it as normal for 3 men to be crammed into a one-man cell that simultaneously serves as a bedroom (with some sleeping on cardboard), a bathroom (with one shared "slop bucket"), a dining room and living room. I've been told that it is not unusual for one person to be eating his meal when nature calls his cell mate to use the "slop bucket" that has been already been used repeatedly and will not be emptied until the next day.
Can't we do better than having our brothers and sisters treated worse than some of us treat our animals? While I would agree that some of the individuals being so treated have done much worse to the victims of their crimes, it is no justification for their sub-human treatment at Fox Hill Prison. If as a society we feel that such ill treatment is justified then, in my view, we are criminals of another kind.
So while our government globetrots to international events and forums and splurge tax dollars to impress ourselves- and the rest of the world, Fox Hill Prison mocks us and reminds us of our true degree of civilization. And the longer we ignore it the more it mocks us.


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namespace Magento\Review\Test\Unit\Helper\Action;

class PagerTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
{
    /** @var \Magento\Review\Helper\Action\Pager */
    protected $_helper = null;

    /**
     * Prepare helper object
     */
    protected function setUp()
    {
        $sessionMock = $this->getMockBuilder(
            'Magento\Backend\Model\Session'
        )->disableOriginalConstructor()->setMethods(
            ['setData', 'getData']
        )->getMock();
        $sessionMock->expects(
            $this->any()
        )->method(
            'setData'
        )->with(
            $this->equalTo('search_result_idsreviews'),
            $this->anything()
        );
        $sessionMock->expects(
            $this->any()
        )->method(
            'getData'
        )->with(
            $this->equalTo('search_result_idsreviews')
        )->will(
            $this->returnValue([3, 2, 6, 5])
        );

        $contextMock = $this->getMock(
            'Magento\Framework\App\Helper\Context',
            ['getModuleManager', 'getRequest'],
            [],
            '',
            false
        );
        $this->_helper = new \Magento\Review\Helper\Action\Pager($contextMock, $sessionMock);
        $this->_helper->setStorageId('reviews');
    }

    /**
     * Test storage set with proper parameters
     */
    public function testStorageSet()
    {
        $this->_helper->setItems([1]);
    }

    /**
     * Test getNextItem
     */
    public function testGetNextItem()
    {
        $this->assertEquals(2, $this->_helper->getNextItemId(3));
    }

    /**
     * Test getNextItem when item not found or no next item
     */
    public function testGetNextItemNotFound()
    {
        $this->assertFalse($this->_helper->getNextItemId(30));
        $this->assertFalse($this->_helper->getNextItemId(5));
    }

    /**
     * Test getPreviousItemId
     */
    public function testGetPreviousItem()
    {
        $this->assertEquals(2, $this->_helper->getPreviousItemId(6));
    }

    /**
     * Test getPreviousItemId when item not found or no next item
     */
    public function testGetPreviousItemNotFound()
    {
        $this->assertFalse($this->_helper->getPreviousItemId(30));
        $this->assertFalse($this->_helper->getPreviousItemId(3));
    }
}

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Fall Guys Is A Terrific (& Surprisingly Relaxing) Battle Royale Game
Thread: Fall Guys Is A Terrific (& Surprisingly Relaxing) Battle Royale Game
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Battle royale titles are quickly becoming the norm nowadays, but one game, Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout, aims to revolutionize the brand-new genre by turning the typically stressful experience into a purely enjoyable one. Developed by Mediatonic and published by Devolver Digital, Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout contains multiple rounds (currently three), with a certain number of players being eliminated at the end of each round depending on where they placed on the scoreboard. But it's not about killing, so don't worry about your aim being subpar.
Aside from surprising Tetris 99 release, most battle royale games have been shooter based. Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout, however, isn't one of them. With characters comparable to Minions, players go through each round trying to complete the objective or "stay alive" depending on the situation. While Mediatonic is currently hard at work on more levels, they brought only three to show off to press at E3 2019. The first round was a mad dash through breakable doors, and the difficulty was trying to find the one that wasn't fake. As players progressed through the level, there were fewer doors to go through, until one person ultimately crosses the finish line.
Round two was essentially tag, but with two teams: one team had flags on their back, and the other team didn't. The objective was to finish the round with a flag; if you didn't, you might have been eliminated depending on how well you did in the first round. If you managed to proceed to the final round, then you were in for a treat. The third and final round (in this demo) was a race up a mountain filled with all kinds of obstacles. At the very top was a literal crown that players had to grab, with one person being named the champion. Simply put, it was like trying to scale a pinball machine, but on the inside.
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Funny thing is, in our second playthrough against three developers and 66 bots, Screen Rant came out on top as the champion. It's not that the game was easy or difficult, but rather that Fall Guys is a battle royale mode that utilizes basic skills so that anyone can win against even the best players. Sometimes it's luck, as is the case when breaking through the barriers in the first round, whereas other times it's about running away from everyone. You can't just hide around and pick off the last player from a distance; instead, it's like a racing tournament but with varying levels and objectives.
Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout isn't complicated; there aren't any skins, weapons to tune, equipment to find, or places to land. Instead, it's a rather simple, yet absolutely wacky, game with a basic premise of trying to be the first person either to cross the finish line or complete the objective, whatever it may be. It's an, honestly, relaxing battle royale game, if there ever was one, and it's certainly one of the most surprising things to come out of E3 this year. Hopefully, the full release lives up to its potential.
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Bishop's Conference of Scotland Meeting 2019
Last week Bishop Brian attended the three-day Bishop's Conference Meeting. The following is a summary of the discussions:
The Bishops' Conference held their November meeting at Schoenstatt retreat centre from 4 to 6 November. All eight of Scotland's bishops attended. The meeting was chaired by Bishop Hugh Gilbert, President of the Conference. The bishops received reports from a number of agency Directors and National Commission members and discussed a range of issues of interest to the church.
Monday 4 November
Scottish Catholic Education Service (SCES)
Director, Barbara Coupar reported on the recent work of SCES. She advised that a number of Local Authorities, including; North Lanarkshire, South Lanarkshire, East Renfrewshire, West Dunbartonshire, Dundee, Argyll & Bute and Renfrewshire have confirmed that they will not review or change the role of Church Representatives on Education Committees. Local Reps, continue to contact councils with a view to completing a full analysis of council's intent on this matter.
The Humanist Society has sent FOI requests to all Councils asking for copies of the voting records of all Education Reps. This may be difficult for councils to answer as it might involve a disproportionate amount of work. In the light of these challenges, SCES has updated its manual for Church Reps.
Relationships and Sexual Health Programme (RSHP), Barbara Coupar advised that the RSHP website promoted by the Scottish Government is not endorsed by SCES and misinformation to that effect has been corrected. SCES continue to stress that "Called to Love" and "God's Loving Plan" remain the core curricular resources in catholic schools.
Barbara Coupar will continue to liaise with parents and groups who have concerns in this area. Almost 6,000 pupils have registered to complete the Pope Francis Faith Award.
Independent Review Group (IRG)
Baroness Helen Liddell gave the conference an update on the work of the IRG and the two diocesan audits already conducted.
Three members of the IRG also attended: Lisa Markham, Gordon Jeyes and Donald Urquhart.
Baroness Liddell expressed her hope that the diocesan audits of St. Andrews & Edinburgh and Galloway, would soon be concluded and highlighted their purpose as collaborative processes. There was a wide-ranging discussion on how concerns about the conduct of the audits might be addressed and resolved in future. It was agreed that a Memorandum of Understanding was the best way to set out the relationship between the IRG, the auditing body and a diocese.
Dom Henry Wansborough of Ampleforth presented some samples of a new translation text of the Lectionary, based on the Revised New Jerusalem Bible. There was a discussion on the various texts used across the English speaking world.
Bishop Gilbert updated the Conference on revised liturgical texts which are currently awaiting approval by the Holy See or will shortly be sent for approval.
Climate change: there was a wide ranging discussion attended by Alistair Dutton of SCIAF and Daniel Sweeney of Justice & Peace on the UK's successful bid to host the 26th Conference of the Parties, known as COP26, which will take place in Glasgow at the end of next year and may be attended by up to 30,000 delegates.
Investment policy: Bishop Nolan spoke about the Global Catholic Climate Movement and energy suppliers.
Pontifical Scots College Rome:
The Rector, Fr Dan Fitzpatrick, reported on a larger than usual intake of students in the past year. There are currently 21 seminarians studying at the college. A survey of the building has shown a need for some extensive repair work over the coming years. Fr Dan commended the "atmosphere of dedication and study" within the college.
In anticipation of the UK's departure from the EU all the students have been registered as residents in Italy to protect their rights to remain post-Brexit. Clarification is awaited on the need for visas and permits in future.
Royal Scots College Salamanca:
Rector, Fr Tom Kilbride reported that ten students attended the propaedeutic formation course in 2019. Of this number 8 entered major seminary, afterwards. The college expects around 8 students to begin the propaedeutic course in January 2020. The college continues to liaise with the Spanish Embassy regarding residency requirements post-Brexit. The priests at the college currently have the relevant residency and health documentation.
The bishops were shown a preview of the Solas Productions documentary on the Scots College in Rome commissioned by BBC Scotland and expected to be broadcast early in 2020.
Tuesday 5 November
Members of the board of the Apostleship of the Sea joined the bishops and gave a report on their work. The charity advised that a they are in the process of changing their name to Stella Maris which will identify them more closely with the international mission to seafarers.
The centenary of the organisation will be marked next year and the world conference of Stella Maris will take place in Glasgow, where the Apostleship of the Sea was founded. The conference will take place from 29 September to 4 October 2020. The bishops offered congratulations and looked forward to participating in the centenary celebrations.
Bishop Hugh Gilbert gave a report on COMECE (Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Union) He advised that on 23-25 October 2019 delegates of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Union gathered in Brussels for the COMECE Autumn 2019 Assembly. The meeting was dedicated to post-EU elections challenges and, in particular, toecological policies centred on persons, families and communities.
Delegates also expressed their concern over the current situation in Syria and encouraged the EU to intensify its humanitarian and diplomatic efforts in view of lasting and sustainable peace in the region.
A report on the Justice and Peace Commission was given by the Chair Honor Hania. She highlighted the commission's increased focus on communications work especially the social media channels being used, together with a weekly blog and a You Tube channel which now hosts over 30 videos.
Information was given on "Encounter Calais" following a visit by Bishop Nolan and Danny Sweeney in November 2017, various activities were undertaken to mark the anniversary of the visit and highlight the continued existence of "the Jungle" migrant camp at Calais. Information was also given to the bishops on the J&P campaign against human trafficking.
The bishops received a report on the work of the Scottish Catholic Safeguarding Service (SCSS) from Tina Campbell. There are currently 81 safeguarding trainers across Scotland.The National Safeguarding Conference, was held on 5th October in Edinburgh. The theme was Journey in Silence and it was attended by 160 delegates. In July, Scotland was well represented at the final Anglophone Conference. Ireland and New Zealand co-hosted.
The 2018 safeguarding audit statistics were distributed to the bishops.
Scottish Catholic Inter Diocesan Tribunal
A report on the Scottish Catholic Inter Diocesan Tribunal was given by Canon Paul Gargaro. It is hoped that the Tribunal will be able to recruit more lay auditors in 2020, who undertake the process of interviewing witnesses. Training and support will be provided to new volunteers.
Over the past ten years the number of marriage annulment cases brought to the Tribunal, has fallen by 75%. Over the past five years the number of cases has fallen by over 50%, in the last year the number of cases has fallen by over 30%.
To make the Tribunal more approachable and accessible, there are plans to update the website and the enquiry forms in 2020. The forms, which are the first contact most people have when seeking an annulment, have grown over the years and become complex documents, currently running to over twenty pages.
The bishops were urged to discuss the work of the Tribunal at Councils of Priests, Pastoral Councils, Deanery Meetings, diocesan events, etc, while encouraging priests and deacons to get in touch with the Tribunal.
Wednesday 6 November
Director of the Catholic Parliamentary Office, Anthony Horan updated the bishops on the work of the Parliamentary Office. Among the matters raised was the decriminalisation of abortion in Northern Ireland and the decision by the UK Government to commit a further £600m in funding to support international abortion providers.
The bishops also agreed that a pre-election pastoral letter should be drafted for distribution before the forthcoming UK General Election.
The three-day meeting ended with a visit from a delegation of bishops from the Scottish Episcopal Church. The bishops discussed; ecumenism and a new forum for engagement to replace ACTS as well as nuclear deterrence.
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American Sheep Industry Adds $5.8 Billion to U.S. Economy
Jamie Johansen August 23, 2017
Our nation's 88,000 sheep producers generated a total economic impact of $5.8 billion in 2016, according to the American Sheep Industry Association's 2017 Economic Impact Study.
With over $500 million in farm gate receipts for sheep and lambs, value added from processing, wool, and retail; the American sheep industry contributes over $2 billion directly to the U.S. economy, with a multiplier impact of nearly three times the initial investment.
"The American sheep industry is a major sector of livestock production in the United States," said Peter Orwick, Executive Director of the American Sheep Industry Association. "From large-scale operations in the west, on private and public lands, to smaller farm flocks in the east, raising sheep and wool fosters economic growth that supports rural communities and provides food and fiber for the nation."
The study also found that every job in sheep production supported nearly a second full-time position in foodservice, retail, or fabrication. The updated numbers demonstrate to consumers and legislators how important the sheep industry remains to American agriculture, especially as debate begins on the next farm bill.
Orwick said, "While disaster assistance and safety net programs remain top priorities, keeping U.S. sheep producers competitive worldwide and export promotion programs are also important in building and maintaining the opportunity for greater economic growth."
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Gulliver Lewis Net Worth, Age, Height, Relationship Status
March 21, 2022 by methew hide
Gulliver Lewis is a famous British character best known as the son of Damian Lewis and Helen McCrory. she was an English actress. Her mother, Helen McCrory, also made her stage debut in The Importance of Being Earnest in 1990 after studying at the London Drama Centre. Other stage roles include Lady Macbeth in Macbeth at Shakespeare's Globe, Olivia in Twelfth Night, and Rosalind in How You Like It in the West End. Enter the biography and explore Vicki Gulliver Lewis, Biography, Age, Height, Weight, Girlfriend, Dating , net worth , family, career and many other facts about her.
Real Name Gulliver Lewis
Nick Name Gulliver
Birthday November 2007
Profession Son of Damian Lewis and Helen McCrory
Birthplace UK
Height In Feet Inches- 4'8"In centimeters- 142 cmIn meters- 1.42 m
Weight In Kilograms- 33 kgIn Pounds- 72 lbs
Body Measurements NA
Bra Cup Size NA
Girlfriend Name Single
Wife Name Unmarried
Children? No
Educational Qualifications Schooling
The era of Lewis Gulliver
Gulliver Lewis was born in November 2007. He is 14 years old, in 2021. He is a British citizen of mixed nationality. He is British of mixed nationality and ethnicity.
Gulliver Lewis Height and Weight
How tall is Gulliver Lewis? He is 4 feet 8 inches tall and weighs about 33 pounds. He is also a fitness fanatic. He has blonde hair and light brown eyes.
Gulliver Lewis's father and mother
Gulliver Lewis's mother is Anne, a Welsh physiotherapist, and his father, Ian McCrory (born 29 March 1940), is a diplomat from Glasgow. They married in 1974. She was the oldest of three children.
He studied at Queenswood School near Hatfield, Hertfordshire, and then spent a year in Italy. Back in the UK, she began studying acting at the London Drama Centre.
Personal information about Gulliver Lewis
Gulliver Lewis Net Worth
Gulliver Lewis comes from a wealthy family. The net worth of him is estimated to be $2.3 million in 2021.
Facts about Gulliver Lewis
Gulliver Lewis's McCrory won third prize at the Ian Charleson Awards for her performance as Rose Trelawney in Wells's Trelawney at the National Theater in 1993.
In 2002, she was nominated for the London Evening Standard Theater Award for Best Actress (for her role as Elena in Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya at the Donmar Warehouse").
In 2006, she was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Theater Award for her role as Rosalind in As You Like It West End.
In April 2008, McCrory played the "persuasive" Rebecca West in Ibsen's production of Rosmersholm at London's Almeida Theatre.
She appeared in Charles II: The Power and the Passion (2003) as Barbara Villiers, the Countess of Castlemaine, as well as supporting roles in such films as Interview with the Vampire (1994), Charlotte Gray (2001), "The Earl of Monte Cristo" ( 2002).) and Casanova (2005).
In The Queen (2006), she played Cherie Blair, a role she reprized in Peter Morgan's sequel The Special Relationship (2010).
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It's November in NYC, and it has never been better! A little rain, cooler weather, sunny skies, cloudy skies, sidewalks strewn with the autumn colors of fallen leaves, the smell of fresh baked bread, coal oven pizzas and sidewalk delicacies – this is the time to be in the city! I have had a crazy week, lots of work and still needing to catch up on rest, but I kicked that nasty cold and have been taking in the streets of NYC for the last few days I am here. I will be returning to my home office in the Dallas area this week and even though I am ready to be home and see my loved ones, I am a little sad to leave. There is an energy here that is undeniably New York City – it's addictive!
Today I plan to meander over to the Farmer's Market at Union Square and then possibly to Central Park for a stroll by the lake. Maybe I will hop over to Rockefeller Center and look for a Christmas Ornament for my mom – whatever the day brings, I promise to soak it up and be in the moment, the moment that is mine. I hope you will do the same.
Don't Despair, Another Train is Coming – This week's Saturday Soul article on not giving up, this too shall pass and there is something better coming your way!
Watch the Dance, it is Everywhere – Yoko Ono inspiration on paying attention to the beauty in each moment we have been given.
Masks are not just for Halloween – What are masks and why do we wear them? A little info that helped me to take a deeper look to understand myself.
Love in the Works – Poetry from my heart to yours.
Love, Lace, and Fragile Things – Poetry on the sensual beauty and fragility between lovers.
I miss this little girls heart – Keeping that childlike heart sometimes needs a little help with the right body language!
Love and peace! Enjoy your Sunday!


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NCCo Vo-Tech's Gehrt state superintendent of the year
Jessica Bies
New Castle County Vo-Tech's Vicki Gehrt has been named the 2017-18 Delaware School Superintendent of the Year.
Superintendent at NCCo Vo-Tech since August 2011, she will represent Delaware in Nashville in February when the National Superintendent of the Year is announced, according to the Delaware Department of Education's Facebook page.
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"Dr. Gehrt is a highly valued colleague and a leader," said Matt Burrows, Appoquinimink superintendent and president of the Delaware Chief School Officers Association in a statement. "Not only does she advocate for what is best for Delaware's students, schools and teachers, she is focused on the state's long-term economic prosperity by ensuring a well-educated workforce."
Gehrt has a long history in education, not only in Delaware but nearby Pennsylvania. Prior to taking the superintendent's seat at NCCo Vo-Tech, she was assistant superintendent of Kennett Consolidated School District in Pennsylvania from 2006 to 2011 and served for five years as superintendent of the Bensalem Township School District, also in Pennsylvania, according to the Facebook post.
Prior to that, she spent 30 years as a Delaware educator, starting first as a teacher in the Appoquinimink School District before joining the NCC Vo-Tech district, where she worked for 22 years as, over the years, an assistant principal, director of instructional services and assistant superintendent. She also served as an interim superintendent for the Brandywine School District in 2000.
Gehrt said in a statement she is most proud of her ability to move school districts forward with improvements in student achievement and in closing achievement gaps. She was one of the four superintendents that helped spearhead the BRINC Consortium, an organization of Delaware school districts that focuses on personalized and blended learning, access to technology and collaboration, and has served as president of the Delaware Chief School Officers Association.
She is also a member of the Delaware Pathways Steering Committee, serves on the Kennett Education Foundation board and is chairperson of the Jinishian Memorial Program that provides financial support to serve needy Armenians in the Middle East.
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Emela-Ntouka: Africa's Killer of Elephants
Posted by: Loren Coleman on January 21st, 2006
Cryptomundo Exclusive
The Emela-ntouka has been an unknown animal of some confusion in Africa. A few chroniclers have felt it was merely another named cryptid representing the sightings of the Mokele-mbembe. But as revealed by an image seen here for the first time, it appears to be a beast unlike the saurapod-like Mokele-mbembe.
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Copyright: Michel Ballot – Mokélé – Mbembé CAMEROUN 2004
On page 219 of one of my recent field guides, written with Patrick Huyghe, we noted, among several different kinds of alleged "dinosaurs" in Africa, "one animal is called by locals the emela ntouka, or 'killer of elephants.' The semi-aquatic Emela-ntouka is described as more rhinoceros-like than the Mokele-mbembe, with a single horn that protrudes from its head."
In 1981, Dr. Roy Mackal while searching the Congo for the Mokele-mbembe, collected accounts of these Emela-ntouka. The natives in the northwest region of the Likoula swamp told him that this animal would gore elephants with its single horn. Mackal initially considered that Emela-ntouka might be a Centrosaurus ("pointed lizard") of the Ceratopsian family (formerly the Monoclonius). But he also noted the pygmies did not report a neck frill, which he would have expected on a ceratopsian.
I have long speculated in writing, and wondered aloud if there might be an unknown new subspecies of aquatic rhinoceros in the Cameroon-Congo area, captured in the folklore of the Emela-ntouka.
Troubling in the identification has been the long tail seen on the Emela-ntouka. Rhinos have short tails. Disturbing to the ceratopsian school has been the lack of a neck frill, and the dubious survival of dinosaurs into modern times.
Now, in a Cryptomundo exclusive, I have obtained permission to publish French cryptozoologist Michel Ballot's photograph of a wooden native representation of Emela-ntouka he discovered in Cameroon. This image is from his forthcoming 2006 book on his Mokele-mbembe expeditions.
Founder of the Cryptos Center, now replaced by the AFRC (association française de recherche cryptozoologique), Ballot is its secretary-general of exploration.
Ballot first came upon this Emela-ntouka sculpture in a zone of northern Cameroon, along the border with the Central African Republic. He located it at the time of his second search for indications of current or recent activity of a very large amphibious animal in the area. The French cryptozoologist has explored this region since the beginning of 2004, three times, in the hopes of finding links to the Mokele-mbembe activity in the Congo. His forthcoming book will overview his findings.
The sculpture is the first good three-dimensional native representation, as far as we know, ever seen in the West of the Emela-ntouka. Clearly shown is Emela-ntouka's long tail and single horn in this unique piece of African art. But here too, you can see that there is no neck frill. What do appear to exist, and are graphically shown, are small, elephant-like ears, different than found on rhinoceros or allegedly on dinosaur.
This Emela-ntouka sculpture is a wonder to behold, with more new questions than answers, perhaps. Please share what you see from examining it.
Thanks to Michael Ballot for sharing this image, which he has strictly copyrighted due to his forthcoming book's publication.
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17 Responses to "Emela-Ntouka: Africa's Killer of Elephants"
tpeter responds: January 21st, 2006 at 8:53 am
Dear Loren,
Although the elephant ears are (presumably) un-dinosaurian, and the lack of a neck frill rather un-ceratopsian, I could not but help thinking of the ceratopsian "gryf" of Pal-ul-don in Edgar Rice Burrough's _Tarzan the Terrible_. Burroughs placed his Pal-ul-don ("Land of Men") in central Africa, as I recall from clues in his novel probably in what would now be central Zaire (former Belgian Congo). He pictured it as a sort of "Lost World" reminiscent of Arthur Conan Doyle's, populated by the "gryf," saber-toothed tigers, and no less than three races of "pithecanthropi" with prehensile tails and thumb-like opposable big toes–the hairless, white-skinned "Ho-Don" ("White Men"), the black-furred "Waz-Don" ("Black Men"), and the gigantic, reddish-furred, Bigfoot- or Yeti-like "Tor-o-Don" ("Beast-Like Men"). He portrayed the "gryf" as gigantic (100 feet long!) carnivorous descendants of Triceratops, 3-horned like their Mesozoic ancestors. Burroughs even had his otherwise "sub-human" Tor-o-Don tame and ride the gryf!
For years, I used to think that Burroughs sort of "missed the mark" by placing surviving dinosaurs in central Africa–but describing them as Triceratops descendants rather than as the Brontosaurus-like mokele-mbembe. But more recently, I've thought his "gryf" do sound a bit like the emela-ntouka!
T. Peter
CryptoInformant responds: January 21st, 2006 at 1:43 pm
Hmmmmmmm….
Doesn't look like a mammal, reptile, amphibian, or anything else alive. It does look like a Synapsid, formerly known as a mammal-like reptile, and the ancestor of mammals. It shows no evidence of fur, and has other reptilian features, but the ears are reminiscent of a mammal.
EdwardHowland responds: January 21st, 2006 at 4:04 pm
Based solely on the picture my guess would be that it's the product of a fertile artistic imagination rather than a depiction of any real creature; especially since the only other evidence so far seems to be from native stories. We shall see.
Berkastler responds: January 21st, 2006 at 5:48 pm
It's an aquatic elephant! It's a hippo! It's a rhino! What the hell is it? It's got a mouth like a pirahna! AHHHHHHAAAGGGHH!
I think it's another product of African native folklore.
2400bc responds: January 21st, 2006 at 6:08 pm
If the artist could be located and questioned as to how accurately he carved this compared to a real one that would help. There aren't any "ornamental" carvings on it so it may be a pretty close representation.
As for the elephant-like ears: How do we know the Ceratopsians didn't have such ears since they would be fleshy and unlikely to be preserved for fossilization?
As for the "missing" head-frill and two extra horns maybe only the males have these?
The tail on the carving looks slender to me as if it is used to propel the creature in the water with a side-to-side motion.
If only males had the frill, there would be fossils without them, now wouldn't there be?
wjgibbons responds: January 21st, 2006 at 9:51 pm
I am intriqued by the carving of the alleged elephant killer. here is another picture, of the same animal and possibly of the same carving?
I discussed this only three weeks ago with Roy Mackal, who still believes that the heavy tail may have been a confusion with the Mokele-mbembe proper. Depending on the tribal group, Mokele-mbembe is sometimes used as a generic term for any strange or odd animal they may occasional encounter.
In any case, I have always felt that dealing directly with first-hand eye witness accounts is by far the best approach. Thus far I have interviewed about ten eye-witnesses in Cameroon and another dozen in the Congo who are familiar with these animals. Going on the information received, there appears to be two different types of animal involved.
A) The river dwelling creature is described in the Congo as possessing one large ivory horn and is known by the Lingala name as Emela-Ntouka or "killer of elephants."
B) The same river dwelling hippos/elephant killer in Cameroon is known in the Baka language as N'goubou or "horned one" and is often said to possess two horns side-by-side near the top of the head, rather than a single horn on its nose. The Baka chief, Timbo and his hunters trapped and killed a river dwelling horned animal in 1995. They dug an elephant trap near the Boumba River and were astonished to see a few days later that they had caught a river Ngoubou in the trap. They still decided to butcher and eat the animal just the same. Timbo speculates that the animal had exited the river and fell into its trap as it made its way through the forest on an elephant trail.
C). The savannah Ngoubou is often described as being as large as an elephant and possessing a distinctive neck frill with between three and six horns protruding from the head armor. In December 2000 just one month after Dave Woetzel and I departed from our first Cameroon expedition, Pierre Sima visited a village on the border with the Central African Republic and actually ate the meat of a savannah Ngoubou which, apparently, tasted like pork.
D) Roy Mackal and I are convinced that we are dealing with two different horned animals here. One is a river-dwelling elephant and hippo killer and the other is strictly a very large savannah animal which still has a dislike for elephants. Whether this is a surviving ceratosian dinosaur or an unusual armored rhino remains to be seen. I personally believe that the mystery animal is most probably the latter.
Mokele-mbembe proper, of course, remains elusive, However, my three American colleages, Milt Marcy, Peter Beach and Rob Mullin are currently in the target area. Let's hope they have some exciting news for us when they emerge from the the interior of Cameroon at the end of the month!
Bill Gibbons
Gurpreet responds: January 22nd, 2006 at 6:57 am
Could it be that the sculptor's depiction of ears could in actuality be the creature's neck frill? Large, flaplike ears would probably be more of a hindrance to an aquatic or semi-aquatic animal. Hippos, e.g., have small ones.
As to the aquatic-rhino hypothesis, is there any documented behavioral correlate in known rhino species? I have never seen pictures or videos of rhinos that are bathing or swimming in large bodies of water, rivers, etc.
Loren Coleman responds: January 22nd, 2006 at 7:08 am
Most people have a mental image of a rhinoceros as a dryland mammal because of the African savannah variety. But in general, there is much association between rhinos, water, and rivers. In Africa, the range of rhinos is determined, usually, by the waterways. The Indian rhino wallows in lakes, rivers, and temporary pools. The rhinos of Indonesia are too. Indeed, in terms of the most "primitive," behaviorally and biologically, the Sumatran rhino, you have here a rhino in Asia while nothing like a hippo, it nevertheless is more clearly semi-aquatic in habitat and habits, than purely only dry land restricted.
As to artists' depictions of large vs small ears, ears vs frills, and so on, this is going to have to take some sorting out between eyewitness accounts, the sculpture artists, and cryptozoologists on site.
Good discussion here.
CryptoInformant responds: January 22nd, 2006 at 6:51 pm
A) The Ngouba may be Arsinotheirium or a close relative, which had 4 horns, the two largest of which were on the snout, and two small ones were on the forehead.
B) The savannah Emela-Ntouka is clearly a ceratopid.
C) The Emela-Ntouka is probably a species of elephant, because, as prehistory shows, trunks aren't a necessary feature, and tusks can come out anywhere.
CryptoInformant responds: January 22nd, 2006 at 10:14 pm
If those ears were a frill, they would be even larger.
U.T. Raptor responds: January 23rd, 2006 at 5:58 pm
The sculpture appears to be a mix of multiple creatures (mostly elephant, with some rhino and possibly crocodile)…
goldgrif responds: January 25th, 2006 at 11:27 am
one thing I notice, has anyone thought about evolution being a factor in it's appearance?
If certopsian, and evolved over 65 million years, it's frill may have become vestigial.
CryptoInformant responds: January 28th, 2006 at 11:55 pm
goldgrif is probably right, the "ears" do appear to actually be a vestigial frill.
Brindle responds: June 20th, 2006 at 11:28 am
Do I remember correctly that Heuvelmans mentioned a creature in Madagascar that looked like a hippo with big floppy ears?
I do not believe a horn was mentioned, but still, it seems coincidental.
valst responds: February 4th, 2012 at 7:30 pm
An Chinese version of Emela-ntouka? Maybe all ceratopids didn't have a neck frill or maybe it was gender or age determined? One of three or four crypto mysteries here;
linnaeus1758 responds: May 17th, 2012 at 2:15 am
I think a good match for the Emela-Ntouka is the Elasmotherium except for the tail. Was big as an elephant an had a huge single horn. But the Elasmotherium was shaggy and lived in cold places. But who knows? could be an descendant.
And if the Emela-Ntouka had supposed ears the most likely is that it is a mammal. But that heavy tail is very intriguing.


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Our Gang on tour
SEEING THE WORLD is a curio in the OUR GANG series. Purporting to show a school trip around Europe led by their teacher (Mr "D'oh" himself, Jimmy Finlayson), it is a comic travelogue with scenes shot on location in London, Paris, Rome and more.
Look a little closer and you'll spot that actually it's a cunning mixture of location footage and bits shot on the Roach backlot, and with back projection. Finlayson and Gang director Robert MacGowan shot footage on a holiday around Europe, but the kids never went along. In Leonard Maltin & Richard W Bann's book THE LITTLE RASCALS, Joe Cobb recalled "They took our clothes and got these other kids to wear them, and then they photographed those kids together in all the long, long shots you see, so you can't tell it isn't really us. And then we made the rest back in the studio. A lot of people say "Oh, you went to Europe, I saw that picture and you were there. No, well, I wasn't!"
Back at the studio, a few other Roach regulars were roped in, too. Charlie Hall plays the chauffeur, and two other Englishman appear in a small cameo: Frank Butler and… Stan Laurel!
A fun little curio. Enjoy!
Posted in Uncategorized and tagged James Finlayson, Our Gang, Seeing the world, Stan Laurel, The Lost laugh on April 17, 2020 by Matthew Ross. 2 Comments
Rhubarb Vaselino rides again!
A little while back, I posted about the discovery, in November last year, of the lost Stan Laurel solo film 'MONSIEUR DON'T CARE', or 7 minutes of it, at least.
The film revisits Stan's parody of Rudolph Valentino in his earlier classic 'MUD AND SAND. Stan's version of the great lover -'Rhubarb Vaselino' – gives him lots of opportunity for the silly parody that the British sense of humour does so well. Here, he parodies another Valentino film, 'MONSIEUR BEAUCAIRE', in which the Latin lover portrayed a favourite courtier of Louis XIV, forced to flee to England and pose as a barber.
So, why am I returning to this? Well, 2 minutes of the rediscovered footage has been posted on YouTube, and it provides some interesting talking points. It's a brief scene of Stan parodying Valentino's reputation as a vainglorious ladies' man, flirting with another man's wife, and attempting to escort her into a taxi.
The footage, jumpy though it is, has some great moments. There's a healthy dose of the comic anachronism that makes Laurel's other parodies, like 'WHEN KNIGHTS WERE COLD', such a delight, as New York yellow cabs roam the streets of 17th Century France. Most interestingly, at the end of the scene, there's a forerunner of the legendary Hal Roach bottomless mudhole™ that enlivened so many Laurel & Hardy films. Stan is attempting to escort the lady across a puddle in the street, and lays down his coat, Walter Raleigh style, on top of the puddle. Stepping on it, Stan and escort disappear beneath the water. Sound familiar? With the coat replaced by a kilt, the scene is reworked as a running gag in the seminal L & H film, 'PUTTING PANTS ON PHILIP'. Considering this, and the atypical role of Stan as woman chaser in that film, and it turns out a big chunk of 'PHILIP' was quite possibly inspired by 'MONSIEUR DON'T CARE'. Who knew?
The scene in 'MONSIEUR' also has a great punchline: as Stan resurfaces from the water he is most concerned with redoing his hair, in a parody of Valentino's famous vanity. But, while Stan's lost dignity (and his refusal to acknowledge it) here is good for a laugh, it took Oliver Hardy's sense of real hurt pride to make it into a great comic scene.
It's always fascinating to see more footage of L & H turning up, especially when it helps to fill in pieces of the puzzle we didn't even know were missing. Here's hoping we can see the whole 7 minute extract soon.
Here's the 2 minute extract…
…. and the similar scene from 'PUTTING PANTS ON PHILIP'
Posted in Uncategorized and tagged lost film, Monsieur Don't Care, parody, Rhubarb vaselino, silent comedy, Stan Laurel, The Lost laugh on July 8, 2016 by Matthew Ross. Leave a comment
Laurel & …Lane?
The British Newspaper Archive is a tremendous place to procrastinate. A fully searchable database of regional and specialist British newspapers from the last couple of hundred years, it's great for searching film listings, theatre appearances and careers of British-born stars. One of the most interesting offerings is the complete archive of theatrical newspaper 'The Era'. I was idly searching Laurel & Hardy clippings within its pages when I found this curio from March, 1936, linking Stan Laurel with terrific acrobatic comedian Lupino Lane :
Two of my favourite comedians together! Now, there's a show I'd love to see.
But was it ever really going to happen? Well, for starters, I don't believe that Lane and Laurel had ever "worked together on the English stage years ago." This is probably lazy journalism alluding to their both being graduates of the English Music Halls. However, I guess they could have worked on the same bill in their early days. Lane was at this point billed as 'Master 'Nipper' Lupino Lane, the boy comedian', a more successful contemporary of young Stan Jefferson. As Stan's stock rose, perhaps the two became acquainted; although I don't believe I've ever seen any reference to them being friends, Stan did love to surround himself with music hall types so it seems like they would have got on. However, it should also be mentioned that Lane, in his memoirs, is quite a name dropper! Is this just another example, coincidentally providing some publicity for his current show…?
On the other hand, in early 1936, Laurel was at quite an uncertain point in his career. He and Hal Roach had already had a serious rift, based around disagreements over 'BABES IN TOYLAND'. For a time, Roach had announced the break up of the L & H partnership, threatening to replace it with 'The Hardy Family', teaming Babe with Patsy Kelly and Spanky McFarland. Facing an uncertain future, perhaps Laurel was open to moonlighting on the London stage, combined with the attraction of visiting his homeland again. The rapturous reception greeting him on his 1932 visit would surely have been fresh in his mind at times when Hollywood seemed unwelcoming. Perhaps he really was considering the venture at one point.
Of course, it all remains speculation at this point. Both men had spectacular successes around the corner that would preclude any such collaboration if it had really been intended. Laurel had, by mid 1936, patched up his differences with Roach. The formation of Stan Laurel productions allowed him greater creative control (and pacified his ego), resulting in two of the very best L & H pictures, 'OUR RELATIONS' and 'WAY OUT WEST'.
As for Lane, his then-current show, 'TWENTY TO ONE', proved so successful that he developed a sequel in which he played the same cockney character. 'ME AND MY GIRL' became the apotheosis of his life's work on stage, a long-running hit that begat the dance craze 'THE LAMBETH WALK' and is still revived to this day. Here's an early TV recording of Lane onstage at the Victoria Palace:
Speaking of famous dances, Stan didn't too badly with his dancing either in the future, come to that…
Posted in Uncategorized and tagged 1936, Laurel and Hardy, Lupino Lane, Our Relations, silent comedy, Stan Laurel on February 13, 2016 by Matthew Ross. Leave a comment
The Return of Rhubarb Vaselino!
As the silent film era recedes further from living memory, it's a constant source of amazement to me how many 'lost' films continue to turn up. In the last few years, we've witnessed the rediscovery of unknown Chaplin and Keaton films, missing films by Harold Lloyd, Harry Langdon and Charley Bowers, and the prized second reel of Laurel & Hardy's 'THE BATTLE OF THE CENTURY'. Truly, it's a good time to be a silent comedy fan.
The latest discovery seems to be one of the most interesting of Stan Laurel's solo films. 1924's 'MONSIEUR DON'T CARE' was one of his independent series of comedy shorts for producer Joe Rock. It was, until now, the only one of the 12 comedies not known to exist in any form. However, in November last year, a restored 7 minute fragment found in Italy was revealed to the world again at a screening at MoMA in New York. It seems to have received little fanfare – I can't find any reviews or comments on the screening as of yet. Nevertheless, for Stan fans, this is an exciting discovery.
Before teaming with Oliver Hardy, Laurel's niche was parodying popular film hits of the day. 'BLOOD AND SAND' becomes 'MUD AND SAND', 'UNDER TWO FLAGS' becomes 'UNDER TWO JAGS', 'DR JEKYLL & MR HYDE' becomes 'DR PYCKLE & MR PRYDE', and so on. These are the films that first made him stand out from the masses of baggy pants film comedians, and so form a crucial part of his development as a comic. Many of them are also great, fun comedies in their own right, prescient of the Monty Python style of robust burlesque. Since Stan's great Robin Hood parody 'When Knights Were Cold' turned up (or some of it, anyway), 'MONSIEUR..' has been just about the only one of Stan's parody films not around in any form. Even more interestingly, it revisits Stan's parody of Rudolph Valentino in his earlier classic 'Mud and Sand'. Stan's version of the great lover is given the glorious appellation of 'Rhubarb Vaselino', and presents lots of opportunity for the silly parody that the British sense of humour does so well.
Here, Stan turns his sights on another Valentino film, 'MONSIEUR BEAUCAIRE', in which he portrayed a favourite courtier of Louis XIV, forced to flee to England and pose as a barber. As a vehicle for Valentino, it was perfect, allowing for lavish costumes, swashbuckling duels and romance. Stan's version apparently followed the original story fairly closely, but obviously put a comic twist on the scenes.
Rudolph Valentino in the original 'MONSIEUR BEAUCAIRE' (1924)
As with 'MUD AND SAND', much of the comedy no doubt came from Stan's straight-faced appearance in the ridiculously lavish costumes and his comic variations on it; one frame grab from the discovered footage (below) shows him matching a ridiculous wig with a 20s vamp's dress!
On its original release, the Kinematograph Weekly sniffily griped that there was an excess of slapstick in the film, surely missing the point that its contrast with the high society and great romantic dignity of the Valentino original was a source for comedy. Anyway, few could do slapstick like Stan Laurel. The other Rock films are generally all very good, and start to show signs of Stan's talent maturing, so I'm certainly hopeful for this one. The most similar film from the series to 'MONSIEUR…' is 'DR PYCKLE & MR PRYDE, which is the best of all his parodies, perhaps even his best solo film. With a little luck, this film matches up to its high standard.
Hopefully, we'll all get a chance to judge 'MONSIEUR DON'T CARE', even in it's fragmentary form, soon, with more screenings or a DVD release. Come to think of it, it'd be a nice extra on a DVD of 'THE BATTLE OF THE CENTURY'!
In the meantime, there's more on the original discovery, with some frame grabs, and details of an Oliver Hardy discovery, 'MAIDS & MUSLIN' here. Be warned, you need to be fluent in Italian!!
Stan chews on Syd Crossley. Interestingly enough, Crossley was originally meant to take Hardy's part in the early L & H film 'DUCK SOUP'. Laurel & Crossley? Hmm…
Posted in Uncategorized and tagged found, Laurel and Hardy, lost film, Monsieur Don't Care, rediscovered, Rudolph Valentino, silent comedians, silent comedy, Stan Laurel, The Lost laugh on January 27, 2016 by Matthew Ross. 1 Comment


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L.A. Galaxy Vs. Philadelphia Union: TV Guide, Live Stream Info and Odds for MLS This Weekend
By Dan Cancian On 4/13/19 at 7:10 AM EDT
Zlatan Ibrahimovic, #9 of Los Angeles Galaxy celebrates his second goal against the Portland Timbers during the second half at Dignity Health Sports Park on March 31 in Carson, California. Katharine Lotze/Getty Images
Two playoffs contenders go head-to-head on the seventh weekend of the MLS season, as the Los Angeles Galaxy host the Philadelphia Union on Saturday.
Both teams have made a strong start to the season and are within touching distance of the top spot in their respective conferences on the back of three straight wins.
Here's everything you need to know ahead of this weekend's clash.
L.A. Galaxy Vs. Philadelphia Union: When and Where is the Game?
Following a successful trip to Vancouver last week, the Galaxy return to play in front of their fans at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California.
The Union, meanwhile, will be hoping to pick up a second consecutive road win after winning 2-0 in Cincinnati two weeks ago.
Kick-off is scheduled for 10:30 p.m. ET on Saturday, April 13.
L.A. Galaxy Vs. Philadelphia Union TV Broadcast Info
The game will be broadcast on Spectrum SportsNet in the Los Angeles area and on PHL17 in the Philadelphia area. Out-of-market viewers can catch all the action of MLS Live on ESPN+ and the game will also be streamed live on FuboTV and SlingTV.
L.A. Galaxy Vs. Philadelphia Union Betting Odds
Only two points separate the Galaxy and the Union, but the hosts are the clear favorites in the eyes of the bookmakers.
According to OddsShark, Los Angeles is +101, while Philadelphia is at +254 and the draw is at +286. The over/under bar, meanwhile, is set at 3.
L.A. Galaxy Vs. Philadelphia Union Recent Form
Both teams arrive into the weekend on the back of three consecutive wins.
Less than a week after scoring both goals in a 2-1 win over Portland, Zlatan Ibrahimovic was on target last week as the Galaxy won 2-0 in Vancouver to move up to third place in the Western Conference.
With 12 points, the Galaxy are four points behind cross-town rivals and conference leaders Los Angeles FC but have a game in hand.
Taking care of business. 📈 pic.twitter.com/WtmUl8Mt4w
— LA Galaxy (@LAGalaxy) April 6, 2019
Philadelphia, meanwhile, is joint-fourth in the Eastern Conference, three points behind the Columbus Crew.
The Union shocked the conference leaders with a 3-0 last month, picking up their first win of the season after collecting just one point from the opening three fixtures.
Better still, Philadelphia has followed up the thrashing of Columbus with back-to-back wins against Cincinnati and Dallas, the latter of which came courtesy of two late goals.
Ayyy, @MLS, how's this for a Goal of the Week contender?
We think it's a home run...@alebedoya17 and @marcofabian_10 would agree. #DOOP | #ThisIsPhilly | @Phillies pic.twitter.com/hAetoqC17y
— X - PhilaUnion🛡 (@PhilaUnion) April 7, 2019
L.A. Galaxy Vs. Philadelphia Union Series record
The Galaxy have won the last meeting between the two sides, securing a 3-1 win in Philadelphia in July last year after the two previous encounters had ended in a draw.
Los Angeles has won four of the six games against Philadelphia on home turf, while the Union have just a solitary win in California.
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Busker's pipe dream comes true, performing in front of Tattoo crowds at Edinburgh Castle
by Murray Scougall
Piper Shonagh Duncan is playing for the Tattoo crowds (Phil Wilkinson)
FOR years, piper Shonagh Duncan would busk in the shadow of Edinburgh Castle and dream of playing at the world-famous Tattoo.
Now she has made that dream a reality, and is performing in front of capacity crowds on the castle esplanade.
Shonagh, who began piping 14 years ago when she was nine, said: "I started busking on Princes Street in my first year at the University of Edinburgh.
"A lot of tourists and locals would ask if I played the Tattoo and I was always gutted when I had to say no.
"It was something I always wanted to do."
Shonagh was taught by Pipe Major Andrew Ainslie, who performed in the Tattoo in the '70s, and Shonagh is now part of the Pipers' Trail.
"It is about bringing individuals together from across the world and giving them the opportunity to play at the Tattoo, and creating an international band," she explained.
Since joining last year, Shonagh has played in Germany, Norway China and the Czech Republic.
Last August was Shonagh's first taste of the Tattoo.
"I had never been before as a spectator, so my first time at the Tattoo was on the Castle Esplanade, performing," she smiled.
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Review: 'Memphis' stretches musical genre to new heights
Author: Egan Millard
Those of us with hypercritical minds might walk into NETworks' touring production of "Memphis" at the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts with a few questions weighing us down. Is a feel-good, dance-driven musical the best way to explore America's complex history of racism? Do we really need another story about racial persecution told from the perspective of a white person? And isn't this just a blatant rip-off of "Hairspray"?
For now, forget those. You'll have plenty of time to debate them over a pint at Humpy's after the show. And once the powerhouse opening number, "Underground," starts, you'll have trouble even remembering them.
"Memphis," which won the 2010 Tony Award for best musical (and best book and best original score, among others), follows Huey Calhoun (Joey Elrose), an ebullient hillbilly-type kid with a passion for rhythm and blues, referred to with contempt as "race music" or "colored music" by most other white people in 1950s Memphis. (His character is based on Dewey Phillips, a pioneering '50s Memphis DJ who was the first to play Elvis Presley's debut record and brought music by both black and white artists to the masses.)
After sneaking into a black club, Huey falls in love with an up-and-coming singer, Felicia (Jasmin Richardson), and promises to get her on the air. His wild antics and ear for infectious pop hits land him his own radio show, where he shocks and enthralls the city by promoting black artists.
Despite their semi-secret interracial relationship, Huey and Felicia rise to fame on separate tracks: she in the studio, he on TV. But the bigger they get, the more they drift apart -- and realize that while Memphis might be willing to poke some holes in the color barrier, America is not. The finale is a combination of the raw energy of their early days and a sense of wistfulness for what might have been.
The book, written by Joe DiPietro, is smart and slick, and thankfully avoids the corny one-liners that so many contemporary Broadway musicals rely on to fill the gaps between songs. It masters the balance between exposition and musical numbers and could stand on its own without the songs. But who would want it to?
The music, written by Bon Jovi keyboardist David Bryan, is a wildly energetic romp through the golden age of rhythm and blues, girl groups and early rock 'n' roll. If you don't find yourself tapping your feet to songs like "Everybody Wants to Be Black on a Saturday Night" and "Scratch My Itch," you should probably see a doctor.
The stellar music is complemented by equally forceful dancing, with a talented ensemble playing everyone from club patrons to TV dancers to a gospel choir. And during the aforementioned "Everybody Wants to Be Black on a Saturday Night," three featured dancers shake, shimmy and squeal enough to give Little Richard a run for his money.
On stage for virtually the entire show, Joey Elrose is so spot-on as the manic Huey you'd think the role was written specifically for him. As he pulls a series of crazy stunts - dancing on counters in a department store, breaking into a DJ booth and hijacking the show, taking off his clothes on TV -- we can't help but root for the charmingly unhinged guy. In the hands of a less dedicated performer, this role would fall flat, but Elrose gives us more than enough energy.
While Felicia isn't nearly as effusive as Huey, Jasmin Richardson imbues the role with an eager intensity and a remarkable singing talent. Having toured internationally with "Dreamgirls," Richardson is clearly at the top of her game, and here she treats us to one spine-tingling solo after another.
Rounding out the cast are a number of supporting characters that are surprisingly well-developed for a Broadway musical -- roles that lend themselves to strong character acting. And this production takes full advantage of that. The most outstanding supporting performance is that of Avionce Hoyles as Gator, a club regular who has been mute since witnessing his father's lynching. Throughout Act 1, he mostly serves as a source of comic relief. But at the act's finale, when a major character has been severely beaten, Gator lets loose and delivers a revelatory song pleading for peace ("Say a Prayer"). This moment is pure theatrical magic, and tops every other high moment in the show -- which is really saying something, since the high points in "Memphis" are stratospheric.
Another fantastic performance comes from Pat Sibley as Huey's frumpy mother. While she strongly disapproves of Huey's relationship with a black woman, a visit to a black church loosens up her tightly-wound thoughts - and hips ("Change Don't Come Easy"). There are few sights more entertaining than watching a dowdy old white lady get down.
While many will take issue with the show's treatment of race relations and the fact that it is, indeed, a brazen "Hairspray" rip-off (albeit a very good one), this production of "Memphis" not only nails the feel-good Broadway musical formula, it stretches it to new heights.
Perhaps the best indication of this production's success was the standing ovation the cast received at the matinee I attended. When a show can get an entire theater full of notoriously reserved Anchorage theatergoers on their feet, clapping and singing along, you know they're doing something right.
"Memphis" will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday in Atwood Concert Hall. Tickets are available at centertix.net.
By EGAN MILLARD
emillard@adn.com
anchorage theater
egan millard
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Q: Probabilities: Meeting people The probability of women meeting a man is $m$. Let's look at the perspective of a specific man. The probability of meeting him is $\tilde m$.
Say women look twice for men. Then (assuming $\tilde m$ is so small that $\tilde m \tilde m$ is negligible), the probability of a woman meeting the specific man is $\tilde m + \tilde m$. The probability of meeting both this specific man, and any other man, is (given two searches)
$$ \tilde m m  + m \tilde m$$
What is the probability of a woman meeting the specific man and at least another man, given that she searches $s$ times? As I showed above, the probability is $2m \tilde m$ for $s=2$.
For $s=3$, this would be $6\tilde m m + 3\tilde m m m $. I lack finding a general formula here, and these equations get messier the higher $s$ gets (and I am actually writing down all the potential combinations). Could someone give me some pointers?

A: The question doesn't seem to add up. If $\tilde m\tilde m\approx 0$ I don't understand why it's not true that $mm\approx 0$ or $\tilde m m\approx 0$. Also the $6\tilde m m$ should be, instead $6\tilde m m (1-\tilde m-m)$
I'll try to solve your question with some considerations and changing some notation for easiness.
Let there be two men $A$ and $B$. For any search, $X_A$ is the event of finding man $A$ (equivalent for $B$), and $P(X_A)=a$ and $P(X_B)=b$. Let $X_A^s$ finding him after $s$ searches.
$$P(X_A^s\cap X_B^s) = \sum_{i_A=1}^{s-1}\sum_{i_B=1}^{s-1}\frac{s!}{i_A!i_B!(s-i_A-i_B)!}a^{i_A}b^{i_B}(1-a-b)^{s-i_A-i_B}
$$
What I did there was taking into account all the ways where there can be man $A$ and man $B$ found at least once, multiply it by the probability of that happening and then adding all together.
For $s=8$
$$P(X_A^8\cap X_B^8) = \sum_{i_A=1}^{7}\sum_{i_B=1}^{7}\frac{8!}{i_A!i_B!(8-i_A-i_B)!}a^{i_A}b^{i_B}(1-a-b)^{8-i_A-i_B}
$$
Simplify for the final answer (I'll think about how to do it, if possible)
EDIT (simplifying)
If we assume $a=b$
$$P(X_A^8\cap X_B^8) = \sum_{i=2}^6 \binom{8}{i}a^i(1-a)^{8-i}
$$
From here, using Wolfram Alpha:
$$P(X_A^8\cap X_B^8)=14a^8-56a^7+140a^6-224a^5+210a^4-112a^3+28a^2$$
And using your notation:
$$14\tilde m^8-56\tilde m^7+140\tilde m^6-224\tilde m^5+210\tilde m^4-112\tilde m^3+28\tilde m^2$$

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CLC President receives honorary doctorate from Ryerson University
CLC President Hassan Yussuff received an Honorary Doctorate of Laws (honoris causa) from Ryerson University on Thursday in Toronto. "I'm grateful and I'm humbled to receive an honorary degree from this important institution," said Yussuff in his Convocation address to graduates from Ryerson's Ted Rogers School of Management and the Yeates School of Graduate Studies. Shortly after immigrating from Guyana,…
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CLC President Hassan Yussuff received an Honorary Doctorate of Laws (honoris causa) from Brock University on Tuesday in St. Catharines. "It's an honour to be here, and I am humbled to stand on this stage, at this great institution, and receive an honorary degree," said Yussuff in his Convocation address to Brock's Faculty of Social Sciences graduates. He went on…
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I was deeply disappointed by today's news that Unifor has decided to disaffiliate from the Canadian Labour Congress. This evening the CLC held an emergency meeting of our Canadian Council, the CLC's highest decision-making body between conventions. At this meeting, our affiliates reaffirmed their unanimous support for the CLC and a strong labour movement. In turn, I stressed that as…


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You love existential questions, don't you? Here are three:
If life is so short, why do we do so many things we don't like?
What's the difference between living and existing?
And my favorite…
Should you use Twitter just because it exists?
At Delaware ShoutOut, we help organizations choose which social media sites to use—and which ones to ignore. Twitter usually falls in the "ignore" category. This is because Twitter often requires too much work for not enough return.
Of course, every business is different. One of our clients, for instance, sells a niche product in the renewable energy industry. They use Twitter with great success; their unique audience happens to hang out on Twitter.
Then again, we know many other successful marketers who have found Twitter a waste of time.
Are you on the fence with Twitter? If so, consider the pros and cons:
According to the Pew Research Center, Twitter tends to attract millennials and a slightly more educated audience.
Journalists and politicians often hang out on Twitter. So if you want to attract (positive) attention in those arenas, Twitter might be your place.
Twitter helps you stay on top of the latest industry trends. This can help guide your marketing initiatives.
The half-life of a tweet is 18 minutes—the shortest of all social media platforms. (A half-life is how long a post enjoys 50% of its glory. Stay tuned for an article with all the nerdy details!) This brief half-life means you have to post a ridiculous amount just to be a blip on the radar. Major brands are posting on Twitter an average of 15 times per day. Is that realistic for your business?
Twitter's analytics platforms (organic and paid advertising) aren't nearly as robust as, say, Facebook's analytics platforms.
You'll find more spam on Twitter than on most other social media sites. Twitter has improved its security measures, but spam is still a problem.
For me, the biggest issue is the short half-life and the need to post constantly. Twitter does have great features, but it can fall short on ROI.
If you already have a Twitter account with a strong Twitter following, then keep doing what you're doing! But consider Twitter a lower priority if you have to start from scratch.
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California can fix the bad math of new motherhood
Jasmin Tuffaha Gutierrez,
The surprise of my pregnancy last Thanksgiving was so exciting at first – crying happily over a pregnancy strip in a pharmacy bathroom. Like many other mothers-to-be, it wasn't until months later, planning our new lives with a newborn, that I started doing the math on maternity leave.
Turns out, the smart job moves I've made — combined with absurd disparities in family leave policies now being addressed through important legislation — may have sabotaged my early days as a new mom.
Having started my career as a full-time journalist in Canada, there would have been no better place to become pregnant. After just 13 weeks of employment, women there are entitled to 17 weeks of pregnancy leave plus 35 weeks of parental leave.
Yes, an entire year of recovery and baby bonding. To boot, my job would have been protected the entire time. And employment insurance would have compensated more than half of my salary.
Did this enter into my thinking at the time? Barely. Every job decision for a childless woman is, well, much like a man. Until we know peeing on a stick will have the desired effect, we make the best career choices for all those living and accounted for.
Fast forward several years, my Canadian newsroom bosses offer me a job in L.A.
Like any news producer, I jumped at the promotion to a new, vibrant bureau, but without realizing the tradeoff I'd be making of cutting my leave time, cutting my benefits and cutting my job protections drastically were I to become pregnant in progressive, sunny California.
Another promising career move soon followed. Getting hired at the big NPR affiliate for L.A. Luckily, it was a large-sized employer and I worked there for seven years — meaning I would be eligible for time to recover from childbirth, followed by 12 weeks of parental leave with some wage replacement. Not as great as the north, but could be worse, which I would soon find out.
Fast forward to the actual timing of my pregnancy: I had just made a common career shift going into media relations for a good cause. But because it's a small office — fewer than 20 workers — some significant benefits are not guaranteed by law.
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With just over five co-workers, I'm allowed Pregnancy Disability Leave, meaning time to give birth and heal, but no time to actually bond with my new baby, even though I've paid into the state's paid family leave insurance fund for nearly a decade.
Equally troubling to learn was that even if my employer was large enough to be covered by the law, family leave rights don't even vest until after a year of work and my due date is right at the 11th-month mark with the organization.
Again, researching family leave laws is not usually involved in career planning, and it was only when I moved into my current job and became pregnant that I realized that I, along with about half the entire workforce in California, don't have family leave rights.
Our laws that give parents the right to return to their jobs only apply to those who work for larger employers, and only if they have worked for the employer at least a full year and on average over 24 hours per week.
Fortunately, I landed at a workers' rights organization. It will give me additional leave to bond with my baby and to access my paid family leave benefits — not because the law requires it, but because it's the decent thing to do. Firing me is not. Not all workers are so lucky.
For them, they need the law's guarantee so that they can take family leave without risking their job and financial security.
That is why Senate Bill 135 by Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson is so critical. It would expand our family leave laws to cover nearly all workers in California.
Being a pregnant woman in California, in America, is fraught. I don't feel supported, even as our society romanticizes motherhood. Let's take a lesson from our neighbors up north, and all industrialized nations, by guaranteeing leave to new parents as a basic right offered to everyone.
Jasmin Tuffaha Gutierrez works for the California Employment Lawyers Association in Los Angeles, jasmin@cela.org.She wrote this commentary for CALmatters.


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All eyes on Korea's stars in the MLB
From left to right: Park Byung-ho of the Minnesota Twins, Kang Jung-ho of the Pittspurgh Pirates, Oh Seung-hwan of the St. Louis Cardinals, Ryu Hyun-jin of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Choo Shin-soo of the Texas Rangers, Choi Ji-man of the Los Angeles Angels and Lee Dae-ho of the Seattle Mariners. [AP/NEWSIS, JOONGANG PHOTO]
Another season of Major League Baseball officially starts today, and Koreans are more excited than ever thanks to the eight South Korean players that will appear in the big league this year.
Ryu Hyun-jin
Ryu joined the Dodgers in 2013 with a $36 million deal for six years. Becoming the first baseball player to join the MLB straight out of the KBO through the posting system, which the Korean and U.S. leagues adopted to protect high-profile Korean players, Ryu made his big league debut against the San Francisco Giants in April 2013.
The pitcher has since grabbed 28 wins with a 3.17 earned run average (ERA) and 293 strikeouts. Ryu became an invaluable asset for the Dodgers, but despite expectations that he would see his 200th inning in 2015, his season came to an abrupt end last May when he suddenly needed surgery to repair his left shoulder. Ryu has been rehabilitating his arm for almost a year and recently began throwing live sessions.
"I think he needs not to rush it," said Lee Sang-hoon, the director of CM hospital and a designated medical expert for KIA Tigers and NC Dinos, about Ryu's condition. "Ryu is handling the rehab process well. We should be able to see him throw in a game by June."
Choo Shin-soo
The Rangers' expectation for slugger Choo in the new season is undoubtedly high. As one of the highest-paid batters in the Rangers' batting line-up, Choo secured a $130 million deal for seven years in 2014. But his first season for the Rangers did not go so well, as he struggled with an ankle injury and played in only 123 games. In his second season, he collected 22 home runs, a batting average (BA) of .276 and 82 runs batted in (RBI). Although he had a slow start, he played well towards the end of the season.
One local newspaper speculated that if he kept up his same level of performance at the end of last season, the Rangers' investment will really start paying off.
In the spring league this year, Choo put up a .289 BA and 2 RBIs.
"His performance last season was a little bit alarming but he's put out solid performance so far in the spring," said Jon Daniels, the general manager of the Rangers.
Rangers' manager Jeff Banister also has high hopes for Choo. "He is a dependable leader who sets a good example for the younger players," said Banister. "What's remarkable about him is that he's got a strong will and focus that compels him to not give in even when things are going rough."
Oh Seung-hwan
Saint Louis Cardinals
After playing for Japan's Hanshin Tigers from 2014 to 2015, closing pitcher Oh signed two year contract with a team option with the Cardinals that could potentially be worth $11 million. Oh led his team to the Japan Series in 2014 during his first year in the league and became the Climax Series MVP. Oh was also named the league All-Star in 2015 and saves leader in both 2014 and 2015. His record with the Tigers stands at an ERA of 2.25 and 80 saves. The Cardinals are happy with the Korean pitcher, who has collected a 1.86 ERA and four strikeouts during the spring camp. Oh's presence on the Cardinals will bolster the team's relief pitching lineup. Oh is likely to become a set-up man, the pitcher who plays in the game right before the closer, for the Cardinals this season.
His teammates are also impressed.According to Cardinals shortstop Greg Garcia, Oh's balls are very unpredictable and his unique pitching form is effective in throwing batters off balance.
Park Byung-ho
It seems like the Twins have hit the jackpot after bringing Park, one of the KBO's most celebrated sluggers, onto their roster this year. The two-time Korean league MVP award winner signed a $12 million contract with the Twins and has accumulated a BA of .259, hitting 15 balls in 58 at-bats in the exhibition games. He has also had three home runs and 13 RBIs during the spring league, ranking second in the Twins' home run and RBI leaderboards so far, leading sources like MLB.com to speculate that he could become the central batter for the Twins. Paul Molitor, the manager of the Twins, has been rotating Park in the batting lineup throughout the spring league in order to gear him up for the season. "His batting speed and response on the plate is quick and efficient," said Molitor. "His performance on first base is also outstanding." Park is likely to play in the opening match for the Twins as the designated hitter.
Lee Dae-ho
Lee's position for the Mariners was not initially guaranteed as he joined the club with a minors contract. But he was given an opportunity to play in the spring camp when the team invited him to spring training.
Since then, Lee's performances on the plate as well as on first base have proven that Lee could become a valuable addition for the team.
Finally, on March 28, the Mariners decided to keep Lee in the big league and included him in the team's roster for the opening game.
Moving up from his minor's contract, Lee can earn up to $4 million including incentives for a year. That will look like a good deal if he maintains his record during the spring camp. Lee recorded a .264 BA for 24 games, going 14-for-53 with one home run and seven RBIs.
"He's got the power," said Scott Servais, manager of the Mariners, about Lee. "He's adjusting very well and he shows something new almost everyday."
"He has a history of hitting left-handers and I think he has given us reason to believe in spring training," Mariners general manager Jerry Dipoto said to the Seattle Times when he announced Lee's spot on the roster. "He's very prepared, very calm in the batter's box."
Kang Jung-ho
Kang's first season in the MLB was momentous both on the plate and also out in the field as the team's shortstop. The four time KBO Golden Glove Award winner joined the Pirates after signing a four-year, $11 million contract with the option of a fifth year. Becoming the National League Rookie of the Month in July 2015, Kang showed decent performances for the Pirates during the season, recording a .287 BA, 121 hits, 15 home runs and 58 RBIs. However, his decorated first season came to a halt when he was unexpectedly injured in September 2015 after tearing his MCL.
Kang was covering second base in a double play attempt against the Chicago Clubs. To break the attempt, Chris Coghlan of the Cubs slid into the second base and crashed into Kang's left knee. Since Kang's injury, the MLB has implemented new rule this year stating that a player cannot slide into the base in order to break off a play but only can do so to reach bases. Although Kang is still on the Pirates' disabled list, he's been recovering by playing in the minors during the spring to test out his knee. Kang is expected to return in late April or early May.
Choi Ji-man
Choi is guaranteed a spot on the roster for the opening game, and may play as a left fielder, according to local Los Angeles media.
It has been a long journey to get this far. Choi went straight to the Major League out of high school in 2010 and had been wandering around the minors for the past six years until the Angels gave an opportunity prior to this season to play in the spring league.
He has also had his share of injuries. For instance, he fractured his fibula last year during the spring league when he played for the Mariners.
Finally, Lee signed a $1.05 million deal for one year with the Angels in the Rule 5 draft at the end of the last year. In the Cactus League this year, Lee went 14-for-66, averaging a BA of .212, hitting one homer and 9 RBIs for the Angels.
"He is very optimistic and has the ability to hit the ball hard," said Angels manager Mike Scioscia about Choi. "He is one of the most noteworthy players among the back-ups."
Kim Hyun-soo of Baltimore Orioles has been struggling in the spring league, and might not see any playing time in the opening-day match. [AP/NEWSIS]
Kim Hyun-soo
Kim inked a two-year deal worth $7 million with the Orioles after winning the Korean Series last year with Doosan Bears. Although Kim was highly valued going into the spring camp, his position in the team is precarious at the moment following a preseason in which his BA was a meager .178 with only eight hits during 45 at-bats in 17 games. After the poor performance in the Grapefruit League, Orioles general manager Dan Duquette and manager Buck Showalter have been trying to relegate Kim to the minors. "I can tell Kim is agitated and rushing things on the plate," said Lee Jong-beom, baseball commentator at MBC Sports Plus. "What he needs to do right now is escape from the pressure." Kim had the right to refuse the demotion according to his contract with the Orioles and he has decided to stay on the team.


SCREENING for hearing problems in newborn babies locally was the poorest in the country last year.
A report just published reveals that the West Herts Primary Care Trust (PCT) only screened 54 per cent of babies within a month of their life - far below the Government's target of 98 per cent.
Since March 2006 all newborn babies are supposed to be offered a test under the NHS Newborn Hearing Screening Programme, which produced the report highlighting the shortfalls.
The East of England as a whole was also found to be a poorly-performing region with only eight of the 14 PCTs reaching Government targets.
Late diagnosis in cases of deafness is proven to cause delay in language development.
Sarah Bierton, the National Deaf Children's Society (NDCS) regional director for the East of England, said: "The NHS must take action to ensure that all newborn babies throughout the East of England benefit from screening and the appropriate aftercare. Where standards and targets are not being met, NDCS is calling for every PCT and hospital trust chief executive to commit to improving the performance of their screen programme and to work with neighbouring PCTs to provide a better co-ordinated, consistent approach across the region."
She acknowledged that West Herts PCT was taking steps to improve the effectiveness of screening and added: "Where screening works well there is joined-up working between screening and audiology services, effective local programme co-ordinators, high levels of staff retention, robust mechanisms in place to target missed babies and a commitment from senior management to adequately resource and support the programme within local hospital infrastructures and commissioning processes. Every programme should be working towards this model, to ensure that no deaf babies and their families are being let down."
A spokesperson for West Herts PCT said that the data for the report was compiled almost a year ago and over the summer the trust averaged more than 95 per cent of babies being tested within the nationally agreed times.
She added: "We take the care of newly-born children very seriously, including making sure newborn babies have access to hearing tests.