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La música de Star Trek son todas las composiciones orquestales, incidentales y de acompañamiento para las diferentes series de televisión del universo Star Trek de Gene Roddenberry, propiedad del estudio Paramount, así como para su serie de películas, serie animada e incluso videojuegos.

La serie televisiva original Star Trek de 1966 tuvo un emblemático tema musical, cuya introducción fue retomada después para la segunda serie de 1987, mientras el tema principal compuesto por Jerry Goldsmith para la primera película de 1979 lograría convertirse en reconocible y asociable de toda la saga. Posteriormente, la serie de películas y las televisivas han contado con la participación de numerosos músicos quienes han aportado nuevos temas, aunque el de Goldsmith ha sido hasta ahora el punto de referencia.

Star Trek: la serie original
Para la serie original, que se emitió de 1966 a 1969, el tema principal fue compuesto por el músico Alexander Courage, el cual fue conocido con el nombre Where No Man Has Gone Before (Dónde nadie ha llegado jamás). Este consiste primero de una romántica introducción a modo de fanfarria, seguido de una segunda parte más rítmica en la misma notación musical con acompañamiento vocal que prestó la soprano Loulie Jean Norman.

Asimismo, el compositor se encargó de la música incidental para algunos capítulos pero además de él participaron otros siete músicos, George Duning, Jerry Fielding, Gerald Fried, Sol Kaplan, Samuel Matlovsky, Joseph Mullendore y Fred Steiner, este último quien hizo la adaptación del tema principal para el cierre de créditos y el que musicalizó más capítulos. Debido a los costos de producción del programa muchas de estas partituras de acompañamiento se reutilizaron en más de un capítulo.

Sobre el tema principal existe una anécdota curiosa, y es que Gene Roddenberry le escribió letra sin que Courage se enterara. Courage comentó tiempo después que la conducta del productor no había sido ética, sin embargo esa letra jamás se utilizó.

Star Trek: La serie animada
Para la serie animada de Star Trek, producida por el estudio Filmation durante 1973- 74, el músico Ray Ellis junto con el productor de la serie Norm Prescott compusieron un nuevo tema, aunque ambos bajo los seudónimos Yvette Blaise y Jeff Michael respectivamente.

Ellis se dedicó durante mucho tiempo a musicalizar las series producidas por Filmation, mientras el productor Norm Prescott tomó el nombre de sus hijos para crear su seudónimo, y también se encargaron de la música de acompañamiento de la serie.

Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Para la primera película de cine en 1979, Roddenberry y demás productores optaron por el reconocido compositor Jerry Goldsmith, músico de larga y prolífica trayectoria amigo de Courage para hacer la partitura del filme.

El propio Alexander Courage hizo un arreglo a su clásico tema para la serie, el cual fue utilizado por Goldsmith en escenas clave del filme, e incluso Fred Steiner también aportó de nuevo algunas notas sobre la partitura de Goldsmith. Más importante aún, a Goldsmith se le encargó crear un tema central totalmente nuevo para la película, y según se sabe su propuesta inicial no fue bien recibida por el director Robert Wise ni por Roddenberry, sin embargo el compositor aceptó recomponer su tema principal.

El resultado fue un verdadero anatema, el cual se convertiría en el que algunos consideran una de las mejores composiciones de Goldsmith para cine en toda su carrera, basado éste en la audacia y la fantasía que transmiten el concepto. El tema de los Klingon del músico también sería bien recibido y reutilizado con posterioridad incluso en la serie televisiva de La Nueva Generación.

La mayor parte de la orquestación fue conducida por Lionel Newman, y una de sus curiosidades es que ha sido de las pocas composiciones para cine en poseer una obertura, haciendo Goldsmith con ello hincapié en como el filme puede ser visto de dos maneras, como obra cinematográfica y como un gran concierto en varios movimientos. La música de Goldsmith para Star Trek incluso sería nominada como Mejor banda sonora original para los premios de la Academia; los populares Premios Óscar.

Columbia Records lanzó en 1979 la banda sonora de la película junto con el debut cinematográfico y fue una de las partituras más vendidas de Jerry Goldsmith.

Star Trek II: La ira de Khan
Para la segunda película de la saga en 1982, el nuevo compositor asignado fue el aún desconocido James Horner, que apenas comenzaba su trayectoria en las grandes producciones de Hollywood.

La composición de Horner sería también destacada, aunque no tanto como la de Goldsmith, recibiendo elogios por el uso de las, novedosas para esa época, tecnologías en música sintética al tiempo que incorporaba una música más tradicional.

Star Trek III: En busca de Spock
Para la tercera película de la sags en 1984, Horner volvió a la composición siguiendo la línea sentada en el filme anterior, y afianzando su todavía incipiente carrera en las producciones de los grandes estudios.

El único dato de su estadía en el concepto, fue que Horner tiempo después renegaría de su participación en las películas de Star Trek.

Star Trek IV. Misión: salvar la Tierra
Para la cuarta entrega de la saga en 1986, que inicialmente pretendía ser la última película, el compositor asignado fue el veterano Leonard Rosenman, quien realizaría un trabajo también muy destacado entre los críticos.

La musicalización de Rosenman fue incluso, como la de la primera película, nominada al premio de la Academia como Mejor banda sonora original.

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Con el buen recibimiento de las películas, el cual ni siquiera los productores esperaban, la serie televisiva se relanzó en 1987 en forma de una continuación cien años en el futuro de la serie original, protagonizada ahora por la tripulación de la cuarta nave Enterprise, así que como principal se retomó el ya famoso tema compuesto por Jerry Goldsmith para la primera película de 1979.

Como suele suceder la adaptación en realidad la hizo el compositor Dennis McCarthy, músico especializado en trabajos para televisión, quien tuvo la idea de comenzarlo con la fanfarria del clásico tema de Alexander Courage, fundiéndolos en uno solo.

La serie se prolongó más que la original, por siete años, y además de McCarthy en la música incidental participaron otros cinco compositores, Ron Jones, Jay Chattaway, Don Davis y John Debney, estos dos últimos quienes luego despuntarían su carrera en grandes producciones de Hollywood.

Star Trek V: La última frontera
Al tiempo que se transmitía la serie de La Nueva Generación se hizo la quinta película de la ya saga con la tripulación original en 1989, para la cual Jerry Goldsmith volvió a la composición de la partitura.

El músico reutilizó su tema central durante la película, consiguiendo de nuevo elogios de críticos aunque sin llegar al nivel de la primera película.

Star Trek VI: Aquel país desconocido
Todavía durante la transmisión de La Nueva Generación se realizó la sexta película en 1991 con la tripulación original, y esta vez se reclutó al compositor Cliff Eidelman quien, como Horner en su momento, comenzaba su carrera en las grandes producciones cinematográficas; el músico apenas contaba con 26 años de edad en ese tiempo.

Eidelman hizo un trabajo que logró algunos elogios, pues su partitura se destacó por su dramatismo y por su inteligentísima utilización del tema clásico "Marte, el que trae la guerra", obertura de "Los planetas" (1916) de Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934).

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Para la serie Espacio Profundo Nueve, que se lanzó al aire en 1993, el propio Dennis McCarthy, el músico ya más relacionado en ese momento con la franquicia, compuso el tema principal, y quizás por ello mismo nunca se encargaría de la música incidental para ninguno de los capítulos, esa labor recayó en cinco nombres distintos durante los siete años que duró la serie, David Bell, Gregory Smith, de nuevo Jay Chattaway y Richard Bellis, así como el canadiense Paul Baillargeon.

El tema de McCarthy aunque minimalista logró imponerse como identificable de la serie, además, ganó el premio Emmy a tema principal de una serie televisiva.

Star Trek: Generations
En 1994 llegó a su fin la serie de la Nueva Generación, y se concluyó haciendo una nueva película protagonizada esta vez por aquella tripulación, ya sin la numeración de séptima entrega y con el simbólico título Generations (Generaciones), pero debido a múltiples factores imprevistos en lugar de ser una gran puesta en escena se conservó a todo el equipo de producción televisivo para llevarla a cabo, siendo el director David Carson, quien ya había hecho la propio en varios capítulos, y del mismo modo Dennis McCarthy se encargaría de toda la partitura.

La musicalización de McCarthy si bien minimalista, el cual puede considerarse como su estilo personal, siguió el mismo espíritu de la serie, además de utilizar la fanfarria del clásico tema de Courage para la primera aparición del Enterprise B, más como un leitmotiv que como tema genérico.

Star Trek: Voyager
Para 1995 salió al aire la serie Voyager que retomó la idea más básica de la serie original sobre una nave que debe vagar, accidentalmente, "donde nadie ha llegado antes", además de que sustituyó a la Nueva Generación, y para ella se encargó de nuevo el tema principal a Jerry Goldsmith, quien incluso ganó un premio Emmy por el mismo como hiciera McCarthy con el de Espacio Profundo Nueve.

La serie se prolongó de nuevo por siete años, a lo largo de los cuales la música incidental corrió a cargo otra vez de Dennis McCarthy, David Bell, Jay Chattaway y Paul Baillargeon.

Star Trek: First Contact
Al tiempo que había dos series del concepto al aire se realizó en 1996 la séptima película, protagonizada de lleno por la tripulación de la Nueva Generación, con una nueva nave Enterprise y hasta nuevos uniformes, dirigida por uno de los integrantes del reparto, Jonathan Frakes, pero ya con el nivel de producción estándar de Hollywood, y los productores de nuevo encargaron la musicalización a Jerry Goldsmith, quien reutilizó la fanfarria de Courage para el emblema de la casa Paramount, y para el cierre de créditos su tema clásico de la primera película.

La partitura de Goldsmith, como la película, fue en general muy gustado y elogiado, dándoles a los villanos Borg un tema de elementos electrónicos, con lo cual el compositor demostraba su interés en las tendencias más actuales a su edad, su capacidad y su talento, además, como dato anecdótico el compositor recibió la colaboración de su propio hijo, Joel Goldsmith, quien sólo llegó a participar en esa entrega de la saga.

Star Trek: Insurrection
Para 1998 se llevó a cabo la nueva película de la Nueva Generación, Insurrección, para la cual Jerry Goldsmith compuso nuevamente la partitura, otra vez comenzando con la fanfarria de Courage en el logotipo de la Paramount y cerrando el filme con su anatema, sin embargo la película no obtuvo el favor del público y la partitura del músico se vio algo ensombrecida pese a ser bien recibida por críticos.

Star Trek: Enterprise

Para el año 2001, habiendo concluido tanto Espacio Profundo Nueve como Voyager, salió al aire la nueva serie, titulada sólo Enterprise, para la cual se optó por ideas novedosas dentro de la saga incluyendo el tema principal, el cual por vez primera dentro de la franquicia fue un tema cantado.

La canción fue compuesta por Diane Warren y se llama "Where My Heart Will Take Me", y fue interpretada por el tenor inglés Russell Watson, algo por completo atípico para el concepto. El tema, como la propia serie, fue siempre motivo de intenso debate y críticas encontradas entre los aficionados del concepto Star Trek.

Durante los cuatro años que duró la serie participaron en la música incidental David Bell Paul Baillargeon, Jay Chattaway, Velton Ray Bunch y Dennis McCarthy, con la colaboración de Kevin Kiner en diez capítulos, así como Brian Tyler en sólo dos capítulos, siendo así que Dennis McCarthy y Jay Chattaway son los músicos con más larga trayectoria dentro de Star Trek.

Star Trek: Nemesis
Con la evidente decadencia del concepto, hasta el año 2002 se realizó la siguiente película, y Jerry Goldsmith volvió para hacer la musicalización dándole esta vez un toque muy militar a su partitura, aunque incorporando nuevamente elementos de música electrónica para el villano del filme, de hecho el tema central de la película, el tema de Némesis, resultó algo destacado de la misma, y el resto de la partitura se consideró como algo de lo más logrado en los últimos años del músico junto con su música para la película La Momia de 1999 antes de su fallecimiento el año 2004.

Sin embargo, como la propia película, el resultado fue poco apreciado por el público masivo y pasó más bien desapercibido. En cuanto el uso de su tema para la película original de 1979, éste lo utilizó como leitmotiv de la nave Enterprise E.

Star Trek
Para la película Star Trek de 2009 dirigida por J.J. Abrams, la música corrió a cargo de Michael Giacchino, quien ya antes había trabajado con el realizador.

Giacchino reutilizó la fanfarria de Alexander Courage en puntos clave del filme si bien ejecutándola de un modo más bien minimalista, aunque optó mayormente por composiciones originales dándole un toque de misterio y dramatismo a la trama, mientras para el cierre de créditos reutilizó después de cuarenta años el tema completo de Courage de la serie original en una versión extendida. El tema de Jerry Goldsmith no fue empleado.

Star Trek: En la oscuridad
Para la segunda entrega de la renovada Star Trek, Giacchino volvió a la mancuerna con Abrams retomando todos sus temas creados para la primera y reinterpretando el tema clásico de Alenxander Courage con mayor protagonismo.

Star Trek Beyond
Para la tercera entrega de la nueva época de Star Trek, a cargo del director taiwanés Justin Lin, con producción de Abrams, Giacchino regresó para hacerse cargo de la música, logrando seguir la línea compositiva de las entregas anteriores.

Star Trek: Discovery
Para la nueva serie Discovery, el compositor asignado fue Jeff Russo, quien se encargó de componer como tema principal una versión larga del tema original de Alexander Courage.

Star Trek: Picard
Para la siguiente serie del concepto, Star Trek: Picard, Jeff Russo repitió como encargado de la música, quien fue compositor durante las dos primeras temporadas, dejando el puesto a cargo del especialista en videojuegos Stephen Barton, aunque los temas de Russo, y del propio Jerry Goldsmith siguieron siendo los principales.

La incorporación de Barton se debió a su relación previa con el productor encargado Terry Matalas.

Star Trek: Lower Decks
Para la animación satírica Lower Decks de Star Trek, el compositor asignado es Chris Westlake.

Star Trek: Prodigy
Para la serie animada Prodigy, el tema principal corrió a cargo de Michal Giacchino, mientras el resto de la música quedó a cargo de la compositora israelí Nami Melumad, quien se convirtió así en la primera mujer en musicalizar Star Trek.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
En la siguiente serie de Star Trek, Russo se hizo cargo de la adaptación del tema original de Alexander Courage, contemporizándolo, mientras la composición del resto de toda la música incidental quedó a cargo nuevamente de Melumad, quien logra así tener a cargo dos series de Star Trek.

Véase también
 Música de Star Wars

Star Trek
Bandas sonoras de películas
Música de Star Trek

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Did she hear right? No. She didn't. Something was not right. Her boss? The man who is interviewing her is a friend of her boss. God! Do these things really happen in real life? No. She must have mistaken.
Confirmed. No mistakes at all. Messed up had got messier. There was definitely no point in being apprehensive of the conference and people spotting her. Her boss must have known by now. What will be tomorrow like? Her getting fired and the person in front of her right now not even giving her the opportunity of second round under influence of his friend. The world didn't seem dark. It seemed exuberant. It seemed excited at the prospect of finding a laughing stock. She would be the water cooler story from tomorrow. To her credit, she would be a story across organizations. What options did she have now? Absolutely none.
The interviewer seemed to have read the expressions of her pale face. He tried to show his concern.
"Are we finished yet?" There was no nervousness but firmness in her voice.
"Frankly speaking, I applied for the position just because I was not sure of my position in Xenon. It was more of leaving the organization than joining you." The ambience was suffocating her.
No way. This was supposed to be the worst interview of her lifetime taking messed up to an entirely new level. How could she get the offer? Were the two friends playing a prank on her?
"No more rounds. We have our ambitious targets of expansion. It cannot be done without self-belief. I can see that your attitude is in perfect synchronization with our values. Honesty and confidence can be in harmony with 'I don't give a damn' attitude." He had summed it up to her.
She could not understand her feelings. Happiness, satisfaction, confidence. She could not find a word to describe herself. More than anything else, she had proved it to herself. She was worthy enough in the world. Her job was making her feel otherwise. Her true potentials were finally recognized. She won't have to deal with that demon and the witch. There was a world where she would be given her due credit.
She was both amused and thankful that there were some good people still in the world. She took fast strides and didn't forget to greet the receptionist on her way out. She hoped that the beautiful receptionist never had a bad day.
Being with him lent stability to her persona and thoughts. He was there for her whenever she needed him. This was a big decision of her life and it could not be taken without the consent of her love, her life. Both of them discussed the pros and cons of the situation at length. The opportunity was huge but Xenon in itself was no small player. In fact, Xenon was a well-established company with a stable growth index. There were perks in joining a new organization which was trying to find its grounds. If things click, her personal growth would be tremendous with a new growth seeking set up. More than anything else, she would get rid of the literally suffocating work environment where even her boss would not hesitate to make others step over her career. He argued that there would be similar people everywhere. The cut-throat competition doesn't exchange pleasantries. Was this not running away? Working for Xenon for a year had landed her to such a good job. She had to accept that the experience being gained at Xenon was only enhancing her profile. Who knows, a few years with Xenon would ensure her getting the big ticket top management positions. When did she stop being a fighter? She cannot leave because of people. She had to learn the nuisances of the corporate world and keep doing what she loves to do – her job. Staying was more logical than leaving. Moreover, the most important thing was that she had recognized her worth and the industry was open to her always.
She always took his advice. But she took decisions independently. All his logics were good enough. But the decision needed her flavor as she would always do. It was decided. She would stay. But not for what he said. She had a reason to stay. There was a torn shoe to be avenged.


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International students, and all students whose first language is not English, must provide competitive scores on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL).
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Q: Replacing question marks with np.nan I am trying to replace question marks in my data set with np.nan:
I tried using the following code:
df['Workclass'] = [row if row!='?' else np.nan for row in df['Workclass']]

And this:
df['Workclass'] = df['Workclass'].map(lambda x: np.nan if x=="?"  else x)

And this:
df['Workclass'] = df['Workclass'].replace(to_replace =['?'], value = np.nan, regex = True)

But none of these solutions seem to change the frequency of question marks in the column.

A: Try this:
df['Workclass'].apply(lambda x: np.nan if x == '?' else x)

and if that works:
df['Workclass'] = df['Workclass'].apply(lambda x: np.nan if x == '?' else x)

if your looking for '?' anywhere in a string you can use this:
df['Workclass'].apply(lambda x: np.nan if str(x).find('?')>-1 else x)

A: I think there is some data related problem, because each your solution should working nice.
So you can test how looks data with ? in Workclass column:
print (df.loc[df['Workclass'].str.contains('?', regex=False), 'Workclass'].tolist())

Or if numeric with strings:
print (df.loc[df['Workclass'].astype(str).str.contains('?', regex=False),
              'Workclass'].tolist())

Problem should be some whitespaces, you can try:
df['Workclass'] = df['Workclass'].str.strip().map(lambda x: np.nan if x=="?" else x)

Or better:
df['Workclass'] = df['Workclass'].mask(df['Workclass'].str.strip() == "?")

A: There's a more direct approach:
df.replace('?',np.NaN)

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News Supply Networks
Current± Predicts: The energy transition in 2021, part five
Doug Stewart, managing director of Green Energy UK
The real answer for 2021 is we simply don't know because we are in a state of total confusion over Brexit, the COVID-19 Pandemic and energy policy... but the latter has always been thus!
Soothsayers tend to be doomsayers predicting disasters or purist optimists with a wish list for whatever area they are involved in; I'll try to be objective and avoid both ends of that spectrum.
So, at the risk of leading with my chin and ignoring the science – a dangerous thing in 2020 but hopefully a liberating experience in 2021, here goes…
Energy prices will spike when the pandemic recedes, and vaccination allows us to return to a new normal.
The increase in use of ground transportation and travel in general will see an increase in demand for fuel and markets will react as they always do – early and with more volatility that is justified.
Prediction No 1: Expect spikes in all energy prices.
As the population can mix and a return to office working is encouraged, reticence to use crowded public transport will lead to, at least in the short term, an increased use of independent transport. This could provide an additional trigger for an expansion of EVs but I don't expect to see EV use rapidly accelerating next year (costs are still too high for most people and the charging network needs to expand). Short commutes will continue to fuel the bicycle and walking-to-fitness boom, but the increased demand for petrol and diesel will be immediate.
Energy spiking will cause problems within the balancing market and those suppliers who are already stretched by a lack of profitability, a deferment of distribution charges, and the advancing of credit to those finding it difficult to meet their winter bills, will feel a pinch in their cash. Depending on the Capital Markets' appetite for risk investments in utilities, the outcome could be managed, or disastrous.
Ofgem will finally introduce harsher penalties for licensees who fail to meet industry payments. The pandemic will have made credit harder to obtain, but Ofgem will be reluctant to trigger mutualisation for a fourth consecutive year. If they do, there will be an outcry for a review of the structure of the payments and the model of meeting shortfalls.
Prediction No 2: Further upheaval in the energy supply market as some suppliers struggle to deal with bad debt, industry obligations and OFGEM's policy changes.
Boris's Ten Point Green Revolution Plan will gain traction as a result of forward-thinking Midlands and German auto makers who have invested heavily in EVs and are at the start of a strong and attractive product cycle. Cars are an unavoidable element of 21st century society and their progression away from fossil fuels is a very real expression of advancement and will capture the public's imagination!
The public's lockdown-fuelled love of green spaces will also play to the government's green agenda of protecting the natural environment, but the phrase 'The economy, stupid' will see a resurgence in popularity as the nation seeks to boost economic and commercial activity to start paying down and playing down the cost of crashing the economy to limit the effects of COVID-19 on the NHS.
We have to hope that the big decisions that governments around the world made in shutting down economic activity for 'the good of all' in the face of a pandemic, are mirrored in their approach to global warming and carbon emissions. There is no vaccine for climate change, so we need to transform our behaviour starting at the top! Brave decisions are called for and brave decisions we will see in 2021 (now that's a glass half full prediction).
Prediction No 3: expect to see governments ramp up the rhetoric and outgun each other in the run up to COP26 in Glasgow, in November
The Dunkirk spirit that Boris wants to invoke in the accessible elements of the plan, zero emission vehicles, walking and cycling, will add credibility to the more ambitious and altruistic CCS, Jet Zero and Hydrogen projects but their timescales are such that we will have to wait for another year to hail them a success of failure.
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ICE ban brought forward to 2030 in 'landmark moment' as Johnson releases Ten Point Plan / 18 Nov 2020, 12:38
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MCAL baseball: Tam tops rival Redwood in sloppy…
MCAL baseball: Tam tops rival Redwood in sloppy affair
Red-tailed Hawks build 5-0 lead en route to 8-5 victory
By Danny Schmidt | Marin Independent Journal
PUBLISHED: March 12, 2019 at 9:41 p.m. | UPDATED: March 13, 2019 at 2:26 p.m.
Tucker Bougie of Tam slides home in the fourth inning of the Red-tailed Hawks' game in Larkspur last season. (Alan Dep/Marin Independent Journal)
Jared Robinow of Redwood makes a sacrifice bunt in the sixth inning, picking up an RBI, during the Giants' game against Tam in Larkspur on Tuesday. (Alan Dep/Marin Independent Journal)
Redwood's Lucas Roy and Tam pitcher Jake Buxton run towards home during a squeeze play in the fourth inning of a game in Larkspur last season. (Alan Dep/Marin Independent Journal)
Jake Ferguson of Tam fields the ball in the first inning of the Red-tailed Hawks' game at in Larkspur on Tuesday. (Alan Dep/Marin Independent Journal)
Tam pitcher Jake Buxton throws in the first inning of Tam's game against Redwood in Larkspur last season. (Alan Dep/Marin Independent Journal)
Dylan Reed of Tam beats the throw to Redwood's Genki LeClair at second base in the third inning of their game in Larkspur on Tuesday. (Alan Dep/Marin Independent Journal)
Jack Morken of Redwood fields the ball during Redwood's game against Tam in Larkspur, Calif. on Tuesday, March 12, 2019. (Alan Dep/Marin Independent Journal)
Parker Falzone of Tamalpais fields a ground ball during Tam's game at Redwood in Larkspur, Calif. on Tuesday, March 12, 2019. (Alan Dep/Marin Independent Journal)
Redwood's Jared Robinow beats the throw to Dylan Reed of Tamalpais at second during their game in Larkspur, Calif. on Tuesday, March 12, 2019. (Alan Dep/Marin Independent Journal)
Redwood High baseball coach Mike Firenzi offered a description of Tuesday's game against Tam — which featured six combined errors and a bevy of unearned runs and wild pitches — before being asked a single question.
"That was two teams who haven't been on a field very much," Firenzi said, referring to the handful of games and practices that were canceled due to rain. "We have a lot of work to do, and like everybody else, we haven't had that much field time.
"It's kind of trial by fire right now, but that's no excuse. We didn't play well. Tam played better and they deserved to win."
The visiting Red-tailed Hawks scored all eight of their runs in the final four innings of an 8-5 victory over the rival Giants.
"It's amazing, especially coming off last year, when we lost to them in the (MCAL) semifinals," said Tam starting pitcher Jake Buxton, a junior. "Coming out with this win is relieving, especially against a great team like that. It's huge."
Buxton and counterpart Nick Welch tossed a scoreless three frames to begin Tuesday's windy, chilly contest. Tam (5-3, 2-1) got on the board in the top of the fourth inning, when Bennett Flynn drove in Tucker Bougie after the pair laced consecutive doubles into right field.
Bougie, a sophomore, singled in two more runs in the fifth inning, pushing the Hawks' lead to 3-0. In the sixth, Jake Ferguson and Tyler Reed scored on a wild pitch and balk, respectively, giving Tam a 5-0 cushion.
"It's great because we're working really hard in the cages, and we know that our pitching and defense are some of the best in the league, so if we get our bats going, we're going to roll," said Bougie, who has already produced a grand slam this spring. "We have a motto, which is, 'Just the way we like it.' So if the weather is really bad and maybe we can't practice on the field, we'll do the best we can and get the work in, whether it's in the weight room or in the cage, to get better that day."
But the Giants' (4-3, 1-2) bats woke up in the bottom of the sixth. Lucas Roy and Jackson Barry led off with singles, and Drake Goodman and Jack Morken, who tripled twice, drew walks. Sam Warren recorded an RBI single and Jared Robinow bunted in another run to trim Tam's lead to 5-3.
The Hawks continued to capitalize on Redwood's blunders in the seventh inning, adding three runs — one on a wild pitch, two on an infield error.
"It's cliche, but that was a high school baseball game," Tam coach Nathan Bernstein said. "It was ugly, but I'm just happy with the way my guys competed and found a way to get it done, even if it wasn't pretty."
The Giants threatened again in the bottom of the seventh, scoring two runs before stranding two baserunners to end the game.
Buxton threw six innings, allowing three earned runs while striking out six. Bougie continued his hot start to the season, going 3 for 4 with a pair of RBIs. Flynn, Ferguson, Tyler Reed, Dylan Reed and Charlie Boyle all recorded hits for Tam, which hosts San Marin on Friday.
"I feel good," Bernstein said. "We're a young team, so early on is about gaining confidence. We know we have the ability to compete with everybody in the MCAL, and beat everybody, but we have to bring it on a daily basis. I was happy to see that even when things went a little awry, we stayed in it and found a way. Redwood is a good, fundamental baseball team and they bring lots of energy.
"Obviously, if we're going to win it all, we have to clean up a lot of things."
Morken (two RBIs), Barry and Roy all recorded two hits for Redwood. Alex Hagen finished with one hit, one run and one RBI, and Welch surrendered one earned run on five hits with seven strikeouts over 4 2/3 innings. Redwood's pitchers allowed just two earned runs.
"We're young at a lot of positions," said Firenzi, whose team includes seven players with no varsity experience. "We're learning. We're starting to get to where we need to be, but we're not there yet. We need to stay close, keep getting a little better every day and get hot in April."
Harry Mauterer and Dylan Joyce each recorded two hits and belted back-to-back home runs to power Marin Catholic to a 10-0 victory over San Marin (3-4, 1-2). Joyce tossed six innings of four-hit ball, striking out five without surrendering a walk. Jay Tarkenton finished with two hits and Brennan Paganini drove in a pair of runs for the Wildcats (6-0, 2-0).
Santa Clara commit Eamonn Lance homered, recorded three hits, scored twice and drove in five runs in Drake's 10-0 rout of Novato (1-4, 1-1). Isaac Friedenberg (two hits) and Jonas Salk each scored twice for the Pirates (7-1, 3-0), and Sam Gaebe and Spencer Kelly combined to allow six hits and strike out nine over seven innings.
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Maynard, who is a jewelry designer, made it clear to her husband-to-be that a conventional engagement ring was out of the question. The dominant band in the stack features large emerald-cut diamonds framed by smaller diamonds. The three other rings are more delicate, but no less fashionable. One of the smaller bands seems to be highlighted by blue sapphires. I promise! That romance, also, quickly fizzled. He died tragically in a plane crash near Martinsville, Va. You are commenting using your WordPress.
The Bachelorette star Emily Maynard is reportedly engaged. According to Us Weekly , boyfriend Tyler Johnson popped the question on January 4 with five diamond-studded bands. The jewellery designer was first engaged to the late Ricky Hendrick, who fathered Maynard's daughter Ricki.
Former "The Bachelor" and "The Bachelorette" star, Emily Maynard discusses her new It's that poor, misguided young woman from those stupid reality dating shows. They were engaged one year later, in January
Now, after all the reality TV drama, the Charlotte, North Carolina, resident says she has moved on to a peaceful chapter with her new husband, Tyler Johnson. In her book, Maynard opens up about some of the dark episodes in her life, including an apparent suicide attempt when she was 15 years old. She had been feeling lonely and depressed and had swallowed a bottle of pills, she revealed. The two got engaged when Maynard was 18, but the romance ended in tragedy when Hendrick was killed in a plane crash on Oct.
She named their daughter Ricki. I just kept on looking forward to June 29th because that was the day I got a piece of Ricky back. Still, she says she knew almost as soon as Womack proposed that it felt forced. And there's this It just looks so romantic and warm. But when you're actually in the moment, it's not that way at all. It's so quiet. She says things also felt wrong with Holm.
Former Bachelor and Bachelorette contestant Emily Maynard Johnson shared the news on People on Tuesday: she and her husband are expecting again! You may be familiar with Emily Maynard Johnson from her two runs at love on public television, where her time on The Bachelor ended with an engagement to Brad Womack, followed by an engagement to Jef Holm when her season of The Bachelorette ended. While those relationships didn't last, she married hometown sweetheart Tyler Johnson in , and the two are now expecting a new addition to their family of four.
Emily Maynard, who's been "The Bachelorette" and competed for the hand of "The Bachelorette," but they didn't start dating until after she and Hom split, the mag said. On Jessica Simpson's to-do list: Get married.
They truly seemed the perfect match, as Ryan and Emily might seem at first glance. Gambit would have been wise to such an absurd posit. He could never keep up, as evidenced in the most emasculating date I have seen on the show yet: aprons, toll-house cookies, and letting Emily drive, set the tone for this relationship. Did none of these guys have a 48 pack of crayolas growing up? That was magenta, fool.
Interestingly, the group date had a twinge of Celeb Apprentice in it with the charity bit. Over 20 grand earned for the local hospital: Trump would scoff at such a pittance. Hot diggity! So, my deeming Harrison a Muppet last week rang truer than I could have ever imagined in this second episode. Not so strangely, Kalon embraced a date that involved going on stage. He joyously recounted a previous experience having played Pinocchio. While his answers were stock, I give him credit for being able to formulate an acceptable response to Janelle, I mean Miss Piggy.
Third time's the charm for Emily Maynard. The Bachelor's terrible track record: A history of failed romances. Johnson, who first met Maynard in church, filled her Charlotte home with flowers and candles when he popped the question on Jan. It was so sweet! Ricki loves him more than she likes me!
Emily Maynard has gotten engaged for a fourth time, and hopefully this time around, she'll actually By Elizabeth Kwiatkowski, 01/08/ however, she did not start dating Johnson until she split from Holm in October of that year following.
Johnson got down on one knee Jan. First, to the late racecar driver Ricky Hendrick, who is the father to her now 8-year-old daughter, Ricki. She then went on to receive the final rose from "Bachelor" Brad Womack and had also planned on walking down the aisle with the winner of her "Bachelorette" season, Jef Holm. It was so sweet! Ricki loves him more than she likes me!
The couple met before Maynard's quest for the one as the Bachelorette, but she did not get together with Johnson until after she parted ways with Holm. After years of a very publicized love life, the reality starlet decided to keep this relationship private. She did, however, confirm she was with someone this summer, but gave very little information about her new beau. Skip to content.
The blond beauty and mother-of-one has previously been engaged three times. Emily Maynard has one daughter, 8-year-old Ricki. Most Read.
We're less than two weeks away from the premiere of Arie Luyendyk Jr. The relationship with Holm didn't last, but the former reality star did eventually fall in love and marry automotive management consultant Tyler Johnson back in In fact, their relationship actually pre-dates Emily's very first appearance on Season 15 of The Bachelor. The only problem was he was so good looking that I could barely make eye contact with him, much less have a normal conversation.
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Emily Maynard had The Bachelor fans swooning when Brad Womack went down on his knee during their fairytale proposal in season But the love story ended in heartbreak and Maynard soon became The Bachelorette herself. Love blossomed between Emily and Jef Holm on season 8, but although the single-mom said yes on the show, the romance once again came crashing down. Taking a break from reality TV drama, Emily found a love closer to home with Tyler Johnson and has been blissfully married since then.
If having your romantic life televised on a reality show is one thing, going through the same situation twice is a lot tougher. But what happens when both instances lead to failure? Emily took another leap of faith when she chose entrepreneur Jef Holm to be a suitor amongst 25 eligible men on The Bachelorette. Returns Aug. Emily became friends with her now-husband when she was teaching jewelry making to a middle school adopted by her church and Tyler was a coordinator at the program.
Tyler proposed to Emily with not one, but five diamond-studded bands.
My heart can't even handle it," the "Bachelorette" and "The Bachelor" winner wrote Thursday as a caption to the picture, which showed her cuddling the newborn. Maynard, 29, had announced her pregnancy and implied a July due date back in January. God is good. My heart can't even handle it.
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Visible here as the ship was prepared for re-floating following delivery from Spain is the Canberra's port azimuth propulsion pod. Credit: Anonymous
LHDs return to sea but defect root causes still unclear
Updated Tuesday 27th June 2017 8:15am
Patrick Durrant | Sydney
Defence released a statement this morning signalling HMA Ships Adelaide and Canberra will complete their unscheduled maintenance period this week after "rectification of emergent issues with their propulsion systems".
The docking and inspection of HMAS Adelaide identified wear in some bearings in the port pod which is assessed to be the likely cause of the oil contamination, however the root cause of the wear has not been clarified as yet by Defence.
HMAS Adelaide will leave the Captain Cook graving Dock at Navy's Fleet Base East today and will proceed with sea trials and a return to its operational capability program over the next few months.
Both Adelaide and her sister have been the subject of an intensive investigation after defects were found within Adelaide's azimuth propulsion pod systems.
On 29th May, Chief of Navy Vice Admiral Tim Barrett testified before a Senate Estimates hearing of the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee that trials had been conducted on HMAS Canberra between 17th and 18th May 2017, and that the test results of oil samples taken during those trials would be available within two weeks from the date of the hearing.
Last Friday a Defence spokesperson responded to ADM questions regarding the outcome of the trials:
"Subsequent to the work completed in HMAS Canberra alongside, a successful sea trials program was conducted with no demonstration of oil migration across the propulsion pod seals.
"Metal particulate levels in Canberra have been closely monitored throughout the sea trials and have not exceeded normal and acceptable levels. There is no evidence of excessive bearing loads in Canberra.
"The propulsion system has been recertified for seagoing operations with limited operational restriction in place until Canberra's planned docking in Quarter 3 this year. This validates the disciplined and rigorous engineering approach to addressing propulsion pod issues.
"Defence is working closely with original equipment manufacturers BAE, Navantia and Siemens to identify the root causes.
The forensic investigation surrounding the issues is ongoing. In both statements Navy affirmed it that following analysis and advice from industry partners, it would continue planning for Canberra to participate in Exercise TALISMAN SABRE 17; she will return to sea on 29th June.


On Saturday 18th of February, hundreds of business owners and professionals gathered at Connect Nigeria's e-business fair 2017. The acclaimed Africa's biggest SME event is an annual business and exhibition conference that focuses on growing micro, small and medium-sized enterprises in Nigeria. It was occasioned at the conference hall of Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos.
The event which is yearly hosted by Connect Nigeria has successfully seen thousands of SMEs in attendance over the years, with high-profile speakers discussing the best ways to grow businesses using technology, is in its sixth year.
Talk about the inspiring sessions, the exhibition hall, the speakers and the networking opportunities. In fact, it is an event that every business person should attend always. Indeed, the Connect Nigeria fair could have been worth a fortune, but given the organizer's mission and sponsors maybe, it was free registration for participants.
Although, a Yoruba adage says, 'Telling is never like Seeing', my intention here is to tell you a few things I learned from some of the speakers briefly but first let me share my experience with you.
I vividly remember the handshakes we had during the breakout sessions, the delivery of elevator pitches, trying to sell your business to a potential client in a minute and of course someone, I mean many people also trying to sell to you. Isn't that the essence? To connect Nigeria?
Talk about the exhibition hall too, it was colorful, and I mean it. Quite a number of companies had stands where you could meet with their representatives, I could go on and on mentioning names but I particularly remember the Federal Inland Revenue's stand promoting tax payment. (Lol. Does anyone like taxes? Well, good citizens oblige, we do too!).
There was Sage One the accounting company. Gidi Cartel the fashion business. My ads Global helping you reach customers on their platform. Etisalat, Connect Nigeria the host and a whole lot more like Dressme outlet and so on.
For me personally, networking and learning from successful entrepreneurs was the highlight of the event. Here are some things I learned.
Director and Head of Brand Strategy at Platform Branding Company Uju Obuekwe gave an insightful talk on how to build powerful brands. She emphasized the need for small businesses to differentiate themselves by giving the market a reason to choose them over competitors through a consistent communication of values. She added that the most important thing for small businesses is to make and keep their promises to customers.
Mr. Ayotunde Coker, the Managing Director of Rack Centre, a Premium Data Centre provider in Nigeria which was the recipient of 2015 Data Centre Dynamics Award for Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region in the Data Centre Impact Award Category area gave a talk too.
Mr. Coker articulated the importance of technology to enhance business growth and pinpointed that If a business or nation's IT is down, the business is down.
Somewhere else, Bankole Oluwafemi, the Editor in Chief of TechCabal gave a talk about using technology to make life and business operations easy. He advised that small business owners should take advantage of technological and digital innovations to improve their start-ups.
Another inspiring session from the day was the celebrity fashion entrepreneur, Creative Director of Mai Atafo Inspired. Mai advised entrepreneurs to ensure they understand the core of their business. He narrated a story of how he used to outsource part of his enterprise, and the effect of that on his business later on. His advice to young entrepreneurs was to own the core of their business and to use technology applications to their advantage.
Olatorera Oniru, the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Dressmeoutlet engaged the audience by sharing her story of hard work since teenage in the United States, she mentioned that there was a time in her life when she worked 24 hours, according to her, she only did that for a week before she gave up one of the jobs. Many years later, Olatorera Oniru left her banking job to start a fashion retail business in Nigeria and in her words, the sleepless nights are more than they were when she worked 24 hours years ago.
The E-business fair 2017 was an inspiring event that offers great opportunities for business owners. Nevertheless, the lessons learned must not be forgotten if one wants to succeed in doing business.
In conclusion, the importance of digital and technological innovation to aid business growth can never be overstated. Hence, without technology, you do not have a business.


I find it funny that my best friend said, "go do something Kobe" to me since it's my 24th birthday – I was pretty much thinking the same thing, and straight up 23 was a tough year, but it was also a year of growth and development in my adult self. Who quits their job, does a 7 month internship with nothing to support them financially, but only to come out with something that they wanted in the first place? A lot of people would only see those things in movies, or read about them in famous people's biographies, but that's what I did. I wanted something to change, so I enforced it (much to my mother's chagrin – thank you for being patient with me, mom). What I also did was write – a lot. I like doing this, not because it helps me personally, but also because there are people interested in what I have to say whether it's a mindless (well, thought-out) rant, or a simple music review (no matter how long it is). I appreciate the people who have supported not only my blog, but my overall dream to push forward in life.
Here's to this year and many more prosperous ones – a toast to progress.


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A 21-year-old, who calls herself Jasmine Tridevil, claimed that she had a third breast added to her chest because she wanted to turn guys off.
The picture shows how silicone gel-filled breast implants look like
According to Telegraph, Tridevil, from Tampa, Florida, said she didn't want to appear attractive to men.
To show the struggles she faces on a daily basis, due to the surgery, she posts videos on Facebook.
Tridevil paid $20,000 for the boob job, according to MTV. The third boob is in the middle of her two other breasts.
According to International Business Times, Tridevil had the surgery a few months ago. However, Tridevil had her areola tattooed because her doctors couldn't create an artificial one.
Tridevil had a hard time finding a doctor who would perform the surgery, and she said she called about 50 doctors. Tridevil said it was hard finding someone to do it because they were breaking the code of ethics.
Tridevil was asked about her family's reaction to the news of her getting a third breast. She said that her mother ran out of the door when she told her, and she will not talk to her. She continued to say that her mother won't let her sister talk to her, and her father isn't happy about it. She said that her father accepts what she did, but he is a little ashamed of her.
On September 23, some media outlets have been expressing some skepticism. Snopes points out that no third party images of Tridevil have emerged, and no evidence of her being booked on shows such as Jimmy Kimmel Live or Inside Edition, have surface, despite Tridevil claiming she has booked appearances. She did speak in a local TV interview but she only briefly flashed her "third breast."
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Tesla Motors frees it's patents, but that doesn't make it Open Source
David Herron June 12, 2014 April 12, 2015 EV Business
Last week Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk hinted that Tesla was about to make a controversial announcement, and today we learned it's a bombshell. Where most technology companies, whether they make cars or social networks on the Internet, use patents for defense from other companies, or as weapons to bludgeon competitors, Tesla Motors is embarking on a pseudo-Open Source strategy. The company is inviting other automakers to copy Tesla's technology, to infringe on their patents, and that Tesla Motors will not suit infringers.
UPDATE: I've written a deep dive into what/why/how of this announcement.
This is a bold, daring, move for any company to make, let alone one that's facing the huge challenges Tesla Motors faces. Conventional wisdom says that small upstarts need as many patents as they can, because bigger competitors will extort money or otherwise bludgeon the small companies with patent portfolios.
Before I began writing news articles and blogging, I worked in the Silicon Valley software industry for over 20 years. I am the co-inventor on 3 patents awarded in the early 2000's. I heard a story told by a Senior VP at Sun Microsystems telling about the time IBM tried to extort Sun for some money. IBM's lawyers paid Sun's lawyers a visit claiming that Sun was infringing on some of IBM's patents, and would Sun please pay a few million dollars. That early in Sun's history it could have screwed the company, while being pocket change to IBM. Sun was able to fend off the attack, because they actually weren't infringing, but IBM's lawyers warned that while Sun got off free that time that IBM has a pile of patents and surely Sun was infringing on one of them.
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That's where the conventional wisdom comes from. One can easily imagine GM or Ford or whoever having a pile of patents with which to bludgeon Tesla in a bid to drive Tesla into bankruptcy.
Musk writes in a blog post that when he started his first company, Zip2, he followed that conventional wisdom, worked to ensure the company had a bunch of patents, but learned that "receiving a patent really just meant that you bought a lottery ticket to a lawsuit".
But, having laid down their weapons (Tesla's patent portfolio), pledging to not suit other companies over patent infringements, will other companies do the same? This is the conundrum over nuclear disarmament, if one country denuclearizes will the other countries do the same, or will they instead see that first country as weak and launch an attack?
Nuclear weapons are such a threat to the survival of the human race that we all grew up with nightmares, and we all viscerally want nuclear disarmament. But despite the best efforts of peace negotiators over decades, the ranks of nuclear-capable countries is only growing, and we're still armed to the teeth with enough nukes to destroy everything on the planet several times over.
Patents play not quite so devastating a role in society, but they do stifle progress. Every technology company worries about patent lawsuits. The whole rigamarole around filing for and defending against patents is a drain on everyone, and the only people who get rich off the game are the lawyers. And, patents mean innovations cannot be used by multiple companies unless the company which "discovered" the patent is willing to share the technology at a reasonable cost.
This is why Tesla Motors is taking this step, according to Elon Musk, to speed up electric vehicle adoption by allowing other companies to use Tesla's technology. As he put it so eloquently: "Tesla Motors was created to accelerate the advent of sustainable transport. If we clear a path to the creation of compelling electric vehicles, but then lay intellectual property landmines behind us to inhibit others, we are acting in a manner contrary to that goal. Tesla will not initiate patent lawsuits against anyone who, in good faith, wants to use our technology."
Elsewhere he describes "Technology Leadership" as not being defined by a deep patent portfolio, but by the engineering talent employed by a company. Attracting engineers today means embracing some form of open source practices. Open source methodologies are now rampant in the software industry, and there are plenty of examples where companies make big piles of money on the back of open source software or hardware. I'm typing this using my iPad, am looking at the iPhone and Chromebook on the table in front of me, and pondering the mix of open source and closed source technology in these devices. Apple and Google have grown unimaginably wealthy through intelligently deploying open source software.
Clearly I'm excited about this, because it looks like a bold move which could be a game changer in the automotive industry. But, there's a couple key questions.
What are the precise terms of this offer?
What does Tesla Motors mean by "in good faith"?
The wording leaves the door open to Tesla suiting someone who infringes on their patents but not in good faith. Right? Who is going to define "in good faith"?
In the blog post, Musk claims "applying the open source philosophy to our patents will strengthen rather than diminish Tesla's position," without defining exactly what is meant. The phrase "Open Source" has a precise meaning – that exact designs are published – that anyone can use those designs to build anything they want – that anyone can change/improve the design – etc.
The phrase "open source philosophy" is, however, not so clear.
To really adopt "open source" at Tesla Motors, all the engineering diagrams, CNC machine instructions, or whatever, would have to be published. I can't imagine Tesla Motors doing that, and if they had the announcement would have included a link to a website. Instead the announcement talks about not enforcing patents.
I'm expecting this means automakers who reverse engineer something Tesla did can now use that information in their electric cars.
Tesla Motors doesn't seem to be afraid – instead the blog post is infused with confidence that Tesla Motors is so far ahead of the other automakers that they'll never catch up. I think the word for this is — Hubris?
About David Herron
David Herron is a writer and software engineer living in Silicon Valley. He primarily writes about electric vehicles, clean energy systems, climate change, peak oil and related issues. When not writing he indulges in software projects and is sometimes employed as a software engineer. David has written for sites like PlugInCars and TorqueNews, and worked for companies like Sun Microsystems and Yahoo.
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Energy Democracy: Powering Communities Toward Justice and Equity
By Anthony Giancatarino and Denise Fairchild
Volume 23, number 2, People's Green New Deal
As the storm raged and the water swelled, the city's power went out and panic filled homes and hospital halls. The skyline was eerily dark, save for a small cluster of light emanating from a few buildings. Unfortunately, these lights of resilience were nothing but the glossy veneer of inequity.
When Superstorm Sandy struck New York City in 2012, the majority of Lower Manhattan and much of Brooklyn lost electricity. Utility disruption included 80,000 public housing residents, many elderly and sick, who went days to weeks without power being restored.1 Goldman Sachs and other financial institutions maintained power with an off-grid generator and a decentralized "World Trade Center" grid system managed by Con-Ed, the local investor-owned utility.2 The storm exposed the misdirected priorities of our energy infrastructure that values wealth and privilege over the people, particularly low-income residents and people of color living in public housing.
Imagine if the energy priorities were flipped. What if the most impacted communities, not just the powerful and resourced, could shape, decide, and build resilient energy systems? What would it mean if we thought about our energy system not as a "commodity for profit" but as a "public good"? Can we base decisions for our energy infrastructure—from generation to distribution—on racial, labor, and ecological justice? Accomplishing these goals would mean we've achieved "Energy Democracy."
Energy Democracy3 is a framework that places Black, Brown, marginalized, frontline communities, and workers at the center of the decision-making, planning and implementation processes of our economic and energy infrastructure. Energy Democracy means prioritizing community governance over corporate control by shifting public investment—federal, state, and local— into ecologically regenerative energy systems instead of extractive ones. To achieve Energy Democracy we, as a society, must shift our relationship to the energy system by moving away from energy as a commodity for profit to one that is a public good.
The Green New Deal (GND) offers this possibility by calling for monumental investments in public goods including housing, healthcare, public transit, and most of all the energy system. Yet, a GND must engage the Energy Democracy framework to ensure racial equity, community governance, and investment in public resources to ensure essential goods are equitable for all. Essential goods for all, including energy, water, food, and housing, have never been more important than in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. If our political and economic system prioritized people's health and wellbeing, rather than creating an extractive economy at the expense of people—the pandemic's economic and human toll would have lessened. This is especially clear in regards to our energy system, which is deeply implicated in COVID-19 deaths. Research has found that death rates are higher in polluted Black and Brown communities4 and not all investor-owned utilities have initiated shut-off moratoriums, which puts folks who are unemployed at risk of losing an essential good.
How the New Deal and other Federal Interventions Fostered Inequity
The concept of investing in energy as a public good for public benefit is not a novel one. In 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt advanced the idea of public investment in energy as part of his sweeping New Deal policies.5 Similar themes were also at the root of many Civil Rights demands in the 1960s. However, in the last 50 years, public goods have shriveled up as private enterprise has ensured its own survival, just as we saw with Wall Street during Hurricane Sandy. During the original New Deal, the federal government created the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) on the premise that investing in energy as a public good is critical for people and the economy by counteracting price gouging by private entities, expanding benefits of electrification to marginalized communities, and creating jobs.6 Nearly eighty years later, we are calling for a similar public investment—this time in renewables to fight the climate crisis.
However, in our pursuit of a GND, we have to make sure we do not replicate the harms of an extractive economy by repeating the past mistakes of the New Deal and intensifying the racist policies of our existing government. While we celebrate the TVA and rural electric cooperatives for expanding energy access to millions, these very institutions were also built on a legacy of racism and classism. The TVA displaced Indigenous Peoples from their lands, and many rural electric co-ops were built under the rule of the Jim Crow South, which meant Black and poorer communities were often excluded from decisions or leadership posts and still have limited community control today.7 Instead of a democratically-governed public energy provider, the TVA has become a foot soldier for corporate interests.8
The TVA is just one example of how failing to prioritize racial and class solidarity in policy design and implementation leads to deeper inequity; the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) had similar results. Despite the best intentions, the stimulus failed to address the structural and institutionally racist processes and policies already in place within local, state, and federal programs. Significant investment went into weatherization assistance programs (WAPs) and produced short-term job opportunities, but failed to open up career pathways for Black and Brown communities into the building construction trades. Moreover, most ARRA investments went to "shovel-ready" projects in urban and suburban corridors. Yet, being "shovel-ready" (projects that can be implemented immediately if financed) requires years of prior planning, investment, and capacity building.
Therefore, the communities that were best positioned to benefit from ARRA investments in infrastructure were predominantly white and wealthy, with access to governance processes. Black, Brown, Indigenous and poorer communities, those the ARRA intended to serve, were left behind. In particular, ARRA investments in renewable energy projects for rural communities did not fully account for reviewing the historic (and current) racist lending practices at the US Department of Agriculture (as exposed by Pigford v Glickman, 1999).9 This history made it difficult for Black farmers to engage in new energy opportunities provided by the ARRA because dollars flowed through the same USDA grant processes. The legacy of debt and racist USDA practices put Black farmers at a disadvantage when the necessity to leverage their land and other assets to seek more funding arose.10
Community-Centered Solutions must shape any Green New Deal
A Green New Deal should be a long list of bottom-up demands that transforms a society and economy built upon a legacy of racial, income, wealth and health disparities into one that is anti-racist, regenerative, and just. A Green New Deal must take into account an Energy Democracy framework to challenge the very nature of power and control in politics, economics, and energy. Otherwise, we could see a new round of public investment used to prop up green corporate solutions, such as a "sustainable" World Trade Center grid.
The difficulty, however, is that energy policy is uniquely different at multiple scales: federal, tribal, regional, state, local, and in US territories. Therefore, this effort requires multiple strategies to protect and repair the harms done to communities on the frontlines. It will mean investing in community infrastructure from renewable community microgrids to equitable electrification of homes, and transforming current decision-making processes into deeply democractic ones.
To help us envision what this looks like, the Emerald Cities Collaborative and its partners spent the last eighteen months facilitating a participatory democratic process to curate the "Energy Democracy Scorecard."11 This tool helps communities learn about their energy systems, assess where they stand on the path towards energy democracy, and organize to create change locally. While the scorecard does not offer specific policy remedies, it does offer guidance on how to determine where your community stands and what interventions are needed through four intertwined lenses: social justice, moral economy, regenerative energy, and governance. It is not enough to have 100% renewable energy; it must be done equitably. The scorecard can help communities identify the interventions they need to achieve an energy system that doesn't leave the marginalized behind. This is an important step in building the muscle for participation at the local level to create community-driven projects for federal GND investments and avoid the pitfalls of the ARRA. What does this look like in real time?
Locally, the "Energy Democracy Blueprint," created by Soulardarity in Highland Park, MI, offers a suite of solutions such as: investing in community leadership, building community energy planning and technical capacity, moratorium on energy shut-offs, creating community governance and accountability mechanisms, and taking control of energy systems.12 Acknowledging how energy is integrated into our economy, politics, and society, the Blueprint calls for participatory budgeting processes, equitable job creation, and long-term investments in housing repairs with resilient and sustainable energy improvements taking on displacement and green gentrification.
Statewide, efforts by the Utility Justice Campaign show how communities are demanding control of the energy system by advocating that California refuse to bail-out corporate energy companies when they fail, instead placing them into public control. Currently, the fight is over the future of Pacific Gas & Electric, a company which has been negligent (at best) in its role around wildfires and power shut-offs that impact the most vulnerable, which has asked for public funding to bail them out.13
Regionally, the Gulf South for a Green New Deal exemplifies what it means to build power to take on the entrenched energy system that has implications across any state or local border and make energy democracy a critical component to its resilience and survival during climate disasters.14 And across Mississippi, Kentucky and the Midwest, organizations such as Kentuckians for the Commonwealth, One Voice, and We Own It are reclaiming democracy by demanding that rural electric cooperatives not only move off fossil fuels, but that they create fair, transparent, and equitable processes for decision-making and share-holder benefits—particularly for Black, Brown and highly impacted communities.
Federally, the United National Frontline Table has released a suite of eighty policy solutions and demands that advocate for divestment from extraction and investments in a regenerative economy, especially in building out Energy Democracy.15
Globally, the Trade Unions for Energy Democracy are challenging us to think of the global implications of our energy system calling for public control of the energy system that prioritizes workers rights and removes the profit motive from energy decisions. Costa Rica has nearly achieved 100 percent renewable electricity through public control, offering a promising example for other countries to follow.
The GND framework offers potential opportunities for such change. The GND Resolution proposed by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Ed Markey calls for investing in resilient systems defined by the community. But a GND should not be a set of top-down policy actions. It must be rooted and implemented by the people: a People's Green New Deal. How this is implemented is up to us as advocates and citizens to define through political education. We can do this through tools like the Energy Democracy scorecard, people-driven campaigns, and participatory policymaking and budgeting to practice what it means to truly have community governance over resources and systems. Through democratic community campaigns, we must ensure that our governments at all levels prioritize frontline communities, invest in community-owned decisions on the energy system, and address environmental racism and energy burdens through anti-racist governance practices.
Albert Huang, "Hurricane Sandy's Disproportionate Impact on NYC's Most Vulnerable Communities." NRDC, accessed May 14, 2020, https://www.nrdc.org/experts/albert-huang/hurricane-sandys-disproportionate-impact-nycs-most-vulnerable-communities.
Diana Hernandez et al, "Public Housing on the Periphery: Vulnerable Residents and Depleted Resilience Reserves post-Hurricane Sandy." Journal of Public Health 95, no. 5 (October 2018).
Denise Fairchild and Al Weinrub, Energy Democracy: Advancing Equity in Clean Energy Solutions (Washington DC: Island Press, 2017), 1-290.
Lois Parshley, "The deadly mix of Covid-19, air pollution, and inequality, explained," Vox News Media, April 11, 2020, https://www.vox.com/2020/4/11/21217040/coronavirus-in-us-air-pollution-asthma-black-americans.
Robert D. Leighninger, Long-Range Public Investment: The Forgotten Legacy of the New Deal (University of South Carolina, 2007), 1-292.
Tennessee Valley Authority, "About the TVA", accessed: June 15, 2020, https://www.tva.com/about-tva/our-history/public-power-transforms-real-lives.
William E. Schmidt, "Electric Coops Facing Challenges on Racial Makeup of Boards," New York Times, March 5, 1984, https://www.nytimes.com/1984/03/05/us/electric-co-ops-facing-challenges-on-racial-makeup-of-boards.html.
Caitlin Myers, "Disaster Coming Down River", Science for the People, Spring 2019, https://magazine.scienceforthepeople.org/vol22-1/disaster-coming-downriver/.
Chris Kromm, "The Real Story of Racism at the USDA," The Nation, July 23, 2010, https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/real-story-racism-usda/.
For more insights around the USDA and racist practices against Black farmers, please review: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/04/podcasts/1619-slavery-sugar-farm-land.html and https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/11/podcasts/1619-slavery-farm-loan-discrimination.html.
"Energy Democracy Matrix" and "Energy Democracy Flipbook" JCET Project, accessed February 13, 2020, https://jcetproject.org/resources.
"Energy Democracy Blueprint" Soulardarity, accessed June 24, 2020, https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/soulardarity/pages/235/attachments/original/1568988856/BEFD-poster-LIT-BBQ-05.pdf?1568988856.
"Utility Justice Campaign," Local Clean Energy Alliance, accessed February 13, 2020, http://localcleanenergy.org/UtilityJustice.
"Gulf South for a Green New Deal," Gulf Coast Center for Law and Policy, accessed February 13, 2020.
"A People's Orientation to a Regenerative Economy," United National Frontline Table, June 4, 2020, https://climatejusticealliance.org/regenerativeeconomy/.
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Zak Dingle is a fictional character from the British soap opera Emmerdale, played by Steve Halliwell. He first appeared on 20 October 1994. Halliwell initially joined the show as part of the Dingle family and was only initially supposed to appear for a few episodes, but has become a key part of the soap since his introduction. He has been nominated for several awards for his portrayal of Zak. Some of Zak's storylines have included his wife Nellie (Sandra Gough) divorcing him in 1997, marrying Lisa Clegg (Jane Cox) in 1998, having a daughter, Belle (Emily Mather; Eden Taylor-Draper) in 1998, the death of his son, Butch (Paul Loughran) in 2000, Lisa being raped in 2011, assaulting his son Cain (Jeff Hordley) and leaving him temporarily paralysed in 2011, suffering a mental breakdown in 2012, trying to control his rebellious daughter and dealing with the death of Lisa.

Storylines
Zak arrives in the village in October 1994 and immediately challenges old bare-knuckle boxing adversary Ned Glover (Johnny Leeze) to a bare-knuckle fight, which he goes on to lose. Zak's family start a feud with the McAllister family over the death of his son, Ben (Steve Fury), following a fight with Luke McAllister (Noah Huntley) two months earlier. Despite discovering that Ben died as a result of a heart defect, the Dingles still blame Luke and force the family, except Luke, to leave the village. He is enraged to discover his daughter, Tina (Jacqueline Pirie) is in a relationship with Luke and attacks him until Tina tells him she is expecting Luke's baby. The truth is revealed when Tina humiliates Luke at the altar and tells him that there is no baby, in revenge for Ben's death. After Luke is killed in a car crash in August 1995, just seconds after Tina had jumped from the car, the Dingles and McAllisters put the feud aside. Zak's wife, Nellie (Sandra Gough) attends to her sick father, Jimmy in Ireland but does not return.

Lisa Clegg (Jane Cox) enters Zak's life and they begin a relationship, and despite a few hiccups, they eventually marry. Lisa gives birth to a daughter, Belle (Emily Mather) at Christmas 1998, which is a shock as she did not know she was pregnant. Zak's and Lisa's happiness is tested when Nellie (now Maggie Tagney) returns and tries to win Zak back but is unsuccessful. When a bus crashes in the village, Butch is injured and his condition rapidly deteriorates and he dies, leaving Zak devastated at the second death of one of his sons. Fresh trauma comes when Zak learns Lisa worked on the bus's engine before it was roadworthy, leading to Zak blaming her for his son's death for a while but he eventually relents. Zak reveals to Cain (Jeff Hordley) that he is his real father as the result of an affair with Cain's mother, Faith (Gillian Jephcott; Sally Dexter). After some violent words, the two men accept the situation and a bond develops between them.

In 2001, Zak discovers he has testicular cancer, confiding in long-time friend Seth Armstrong (Stan Richards), although Seth originally gets the wrong idea. Zak decides to not get treatment but Seth, his son Sam (James Hooton) and nephew Marlon (Mark Charnock) kidnap him and force him to come to his senses, he goes to hospital.  As soon as he recovers, domestic harmony is shattered when his elderly mother, Peg (Jeanne Hepple), comes to stay. Zak blames Peg for the death of his father, Jed (Richard Mayes), believing she murdered him but when she reveals that Jed deserted them, they declare a truce. Zak later tracks down a dying Jed, who tells him of a fortune in Chile. Zak leaves to find the fortune, much to the shock of his family and in his absence, Lisa becomes close to Eddie Hope but realizes she still loves Zak and they reconcile on his return. Zak attacks Andy Sugden (Kelvin Fletcher) when he learns he is having an affair with his granddaughter Debbie (Charley Webb). When Debbie gives birth to a daughter, Sarah, Zak and Lisa help Debbie but she gives Sarah to Emily Kirk (Kate McGregor) as she is not ready to be a mother. Zak's youngest son, Sam (James Hooton), returns with his fiance, Alice Wilson (Ursula Holden-Gill) and they are expecting a child. Sam and Alice marry but Alice develops cancer and dies shortly after their son, Samson (Bradley Milnes) is born. Zak and the family rally round to help Sam.

Zak strikes up a friendship with Rosemary King (Linda Thorson). He takes her at face value, despite her being devious and manipulative. They get on and she asks him to keep a discreet eye on her son, Grayson Sinclair (Christopher Villiers), and let her know what he is doing. She hires him as gamekeeper at Home Farm and confided family secrets, knowing she could trust him. Rosemary bonds with Belle and pays for her to attend private school but Zak cuts this associate short when he learns Rosemary has been poisoning her daughter-in-law Perdita Hyde-Sinclair (Georgia Slowe).

When Cain is viciously attacked in December 2011, Zak is very uncomfortable to the extent he refuses to visit him hospital. He later reveals himself to Cain as his attacker when he discovers Cain is trying to get Jai Sharma (Chris Bisson) falsely imprisoned for the crime. Zak also confesses to Lisa and prepares hand himself in, but Cain keeps his father's involvement in the attack secret, and retracts his statement against Jai. Zak's guilt weighs heavily on him and disappears for long periods of time and begins drinking heavily.  He takes Samson (now Sam Hall) poaching one day and accidentally leaves his phone in the van. Lisa and Sam are frantic with worry. Zak and Samson are later found by Megan Macey (Gaynor Faye), who calls Sam and he arrives to collect Samson and warns Zak to stay away from him. A few weeks later, a scan reveals some abnormalities in Zak's body, he is referred to a consultant to have some more scans. At the appointment with the radiologist, the doctor warns Zak that in the abnormalities could be pancreatic cancer, but also could be a simple curable form of the flu. However, an appointment later reveals that Zak does not have pancreatic cancer.

Zak begins to act erratically and becomes paranoid, he is told by a vet that his chickens are healthy but in his paranoia and belief that there is something wrong, he kills them. He later starts believing he has cancer again and talks to a doctor about it, the doctor tells him he does not have cancer but Zak refuses to believe it and tells his family that he has cancer. It later becomes apparent that Zak has suffered a nervous breakdown and is later sectioned.

On Christmas Day 2015, Belle reveals to Lisa that she'd seen Zak having an affair with their lodger Joanie Wright (Denise Black). Lisa is heartbroken by the news, and her and Zak separate. This separation effectively severs Zak's ties to the rest of the family, who convene at Wishing Well Cottage and decide to "excommunicate" Zak from the Dingles. Zak and Joanie then move in with the biological grandmother of Joanie's adoptive grandson Kyle, Kerry.

Early in 2016, Zak tries to regain the attention of his estranged family, especially after they all begin to act rather out of character. Zak becomes determined to know what's going on, and he pesters Sam and Belle in the village shop to tell him the secret they're supposedly hiding. The two initially try to keep it together, but, pushed to her limit, Belle blurts out that Zak's great-nephew Aaron Livesy (Danny Miller) was raped as a child by his father Gordon. Much like the rest of the family, Zak is devastated by the news, and Joanie begins to question his loyalties.

After Joanie accepts Zak's proposal of marriage, they quickly plan their wedding and during the stag do put together at The Woolpack, Zak drinks too much and mistakenly calls Joanie 'Lisa' which causes her to panic and get cold feet. On the day of the wedding Zak is upset after thinking that Joanie has jilted him, however she arrives at the church late and they are eventually married.

Despite his commitment to Joanie, Zak still remains close to Lisa causing Joanie and him to argue constantly. On Christmas Day, Joanie splits up with Zak due to his unresolved feelings for Lisa and he tried to reconcile with Lisa, who rejects him. When Joanie dies suddenly after being released from prison, Lisa comforts Zak in his grief and she accepts him.

Lisa and Zak then get back together and in early 2018 Lisa, Zak and the Dingles protest to save their house from being torn down by Joe Tate. In May 2018 Lisa and Zak's relationship take a turn and Lisa tells Zak she has got a job offer in Scotland and has been called up to work there for a few months. In September it's revealed that Lisa is now travelling overseas and Zak offers to go with her so he leaves.

In early 2019, it's revealed that Lisa has a deathly heart condition and hasn't got long left to live. Lisa then tells Charity that Zak can barely cope with the news and that she doesn't want Charity to tell anybody yet. Zak asked Lisa to marry him and after only two days of planning they married on 23 May 2019 in the church. Before the wedding, the Dingle's pigs escaped from their pen and were rounded up by Cain, Belle and Lisa in their wedding outfits causing Lisa's dress to become covered in mud. After the wedding, celebrations were held in the pub and Lisa went home to get changed as she did not want her wedding photos to be of her covered in mud. Zak went to find her and found her asleep on the sofa but when he tried to wake her up he realized that she had died.

Casting
Steve Halliwell joined Emmerdale as Zak in September 1994. He explained that Zak was brought in to fight Ned Glover (Johnny Leeze), whom he lashed out at following the death of his son Ben. Halliwell revealed that he was only supposed to be in the show for two episodes, but he tried to "make a mark" and hoped that he would be asked back. Zak was introduced along with the rest of the Dingle family to "run riot through the rural tranquillity and put the muck back into the mix". The family were initially planned to be "nothing more than a bit of spot of bother over a couple of episodes." The Dingles celebrated their ten year anniversary in 2005.

In 2003, it was announced Halliwell was to take a break. This led him to comment that he had "no axe to grind" and it wasn't "about salary or storylines" and added "I love Zak, I love Emmerdale, but I've asked for a spell out to spend some quality time with my family and friends". In 2010, Halliwell said that his casting in Emmerdale was "the greatest break in my professional life". In September 2018 Halliwell had to take five months off from Emmerdale for health reasons, which he later revealed was due to having heart surgery. Halliwell returned to play Zak on 13 May 2019. Halliwell then left again in October 2019 with a storyline where he leaves to help Debbie in Scotland. Due to return sometime in 2020, Halliwell's return to filming was delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Zak made his first reappearance alongside relative Debbie Dingle (Charley Webb) in the episode first broadcast in the United Kingdom on 18 January 2021.

Characterisation
ITV describe him as the "patriarch" of the Dingle family, adding he is "ostensibly a scrap dealer and pig farmer" although he spends "most of his time either doing nothing at all, or dreaming up scams and schemes". They also labelled him as occasionally being "a violent man" who is "prone to jealousy, however, he will do anything for a quiet life and a pint in the Woolpack!" Halliwell said that Zak was "brought in as a violent nutter, then after they introduced the rest of the family, this workshy, loveable rogue started to emerge, and they started writing more comic elements for the Dingles". Halliwell described the family saying they are "petty thieves" and "a bit part of the under class of life" who "still hold those old values that people are more important than money". He added that "[The Dingles] do strike a chord with a lot of people. Most of us will never be rich, so they can identify with the Dingles much easier than rich characters". What's on TV described him as a "General dodgy dealer" who is an "all round wrong 'un" and the "keeper of the 'Dingle code' – which basically means that he makes sure all Dingles live on the wrong side of the law". Holy Soap described him as "head of the Dingle clan, Zak is the scallywag you can't help but have a soft spot for" before adding that he "has had several odd jobs over the years, but he tends to fill his coffers by masterminding several dodgy deals with his brother, Shadrach (Andy Devine)."

Reception
At the British Soap Awards in 2002, Halliwell was nominated for Best Actor for his portrayal of the part, and Zak was nominated for Hero for his testicular cancer storyline. In 2007 he was again nominated for Best Actor. In a poll to find the "top soap bloke" of all time which was run by Loaded, Zak came fourth. The character was selected as one of the "top 100 British soap characters" by industry experts for a poll to be run by What's on TV, with readers able to vote for their favourite character to discover "Who is Soap's greatest Legend?" Fellow Emmerdale cast member James Hooton commented that said Steve Halliwell often gets recognised for his alter ego saying "Steve can't tie his shoelaces in the street without people noticing. It's the beard". A writer from Holy Soap named Zak's most memorable moment as being his introduction into the series; challenging Bernard McAllister to a bare knuckle fight.

References

External links
 Zak Dingle at itv.com
 Zak Dingle at Holy Soap

Emmerdale characters
Television characters introduced in 1994
Male characters in television
Fictional farmers
Fictional taxi drivers
Fictional characters with cancer
Fictional characters with psychiatric disorders