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Q: Prove that $(I_n - A)^{-1} = I_n + A + A^2 + A^3$ when $A^4 = O_n$ I have been asked to prove the following:
$$(I_n - A)^{-1} = I_n + A + A^2 + A^3\,,$$
where $A$ is a square matrix of size $n\times n$, and provided that $A^4 = \mathcal{O}_n$, where $\mathcal{O}_n$ is the $n \times n$ zero matrix.
However, I have no idea from where I can start. It occurred to me to try and multiply $(I_n - A)^{-1}$ with $(I_n - A)$, however I do not think this is the case.

A: What is
$(I_n - A)(I_n + A + A^2 + A^3)$?
What is $A^n$ for $n \ge 4$?

A: Let $n \in \mathbb{N}$ and $A \in \mathcal{M}_{n}(\mathbb{K})$. Suppose that $A^4 = \mathcal{O}_n$. To show that $(I_n - A)^{-1} = I_n + A + A^2 + A^3$ is to show that $I_n + A + A^2 + A^3$ is the inverse matrix of $I_n - A$, i.e. $$(I_n - A)(I_n + A + A^2 + A^3) = I_n = (I_n + A + A^2 + A^3)(I_n - A)\,.$$ It follows from the properties of the addition and multiplication of matrices that
\begin{align*}
& \phantom{==} (I_n - A) (I_n + A + A^2 + A^3) \\
& = I_n + A + A^2 + A^3 -A - A^2 - A^3 - A^4 \\
& = I_n - A^4 \\
& = I_n - \mathcal{O}_n \\
& = I_n
\end{align*}
Similar computations shows that $(I_n + A + A^2 + A^3) (I_n - A) = I_n$. Hence $I_n + A + A^2 + A^3$ is the inverse of $I_n - A$. Therefore, $(I_n - A)^{-1} = I_n + A + A^2 + A^3$. $\square$

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Q: Как сделать, чтобы screen в Linux Ubuntu не закрывался? Запускаю php-скрипт так:
#!/bin/bash
screen -A -m -S mobiled su - www-data -c "php $DEMON_PATH/demon.php $1 $2 $3 $4 $5"

Все хорошо, но если скрипт завершается ошибкой, то в консоли только

[screen is terminating]

Как сделать так, чтобы screen не закрывался?

A:
Как сделать, чтобы screen не закрывался.

например, запустить какой-нибудь shell сразу же после команды.

пример.
допустим, интересующая нас команда, вывод которой мы не хотим терять — это echo 123. если запустить так:
$ screen echo 123

то screen тут же завершится и вывод команды (строка 123) «сотрётся».
а если запустить так:
$ screen $SHELL -c "echo 123; $SHELL"

то сразу же по выполнении команды echo 123 будет запущена программа, которую вы используете в качестве shell-а, screen не завершится и строка 123 останется на экране:
123
$

A: как вариант перенаправить вывод в файл
screen -A -m -S mobiled su - www-data -c "php $DEMON_PATH/demon.php $1 $2 $3 $4 $5" `2>&1 >> $DEMON_PATH/daemon.log`


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Bathyporeia elegans is a species of amphipod crustacean in the genus Bathyporeia which occurs in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean. It is unpigmented, and grows up to  long.

Description
Bathyporeia elegans is a translucent, laterally-flattened sand-digger shrimp up to  long. The head bears two pairs of antennae, four pairs of feeding appendages and a pair of large red eyes. The basal segments of the first pair of antennae are rectangular with feather-like chaetae on the ventral surface; several smaller segments extend from the base forming a zigzag, and the antenna is tipped by a flagellum, with five to six segments in females and nine to eleven segments in males. The second pair of antennae have five segments and in females, are tipped by an eight to ten-segmented flagellum, and are twice as long as the first pair. In males, the second pair of antennae have filiform flagella which extend the whole length of the body.

Distribution and habitat
Bathyporeia elegans occurs in the north-eastern Atlantic Ocean, the Irish Sea, the North Sea and the English Channel. Its range extends from northern Norway along the European coast as far south as North Africa, Madeira and the Canary Islands. It is typically found in fine to medium-grain sand and muddy sand at depths between about .

Ecology
Animals with which this sand shrimp is often associated in the North Sea include the bivalve mollusc Abra prismatica and various polychaete worms. The brittlestar Amphiura filiformis and the cumacean crustacean Eudorellopsis deformis may also be present in the habitat.

References

External links

Gammaridea
Crustaceans of the Atlantic Ocean
Crustaceans described in 1938

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The Castle (1997 Australian film)
The Castle is a 1997 Australian comedy-drama film directed by Rob Sitch . It starred Michael Caton , Anne Tenney , Tiriel Mora , Stephen Curry , Sophie Lee , Eric Bana (in his film debut) and Charles 'Bud' Tingwell . The screenwriting team comprised Sitch, Santo Cilauro , Tom Gleisner and Jane Kennedy of Working Dog Productions .
The Castle was filmed in 11 days on a budget of approximately A $ 750,000 . [1] The film gained widespread acclaim in Australia and New Zealand, but was not widely distributed globally. It grossed A $ 10,326,428 at the box office in Australia. [2]
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Q: Unable to prevent program to print a Error I took a piece of code from here:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/10457565/13882705
which is
# I have used os comands for a while
# this program will try to close a firefox window every ten secounds

import os
import time

# creating a forever loop
while 1 :
    os.system("TASKKILL /F /IM firefox.exe")
    time.sleep(10)

It will terminate a process if it is running using OS module
But if the program did not find the app we mentioned then it prints
ERROR: The process "firefox.exe" not found.
Is there a way to make the program just print application not found once and wait until the program is rerunned?
It is fine even if it just prints "Application Not found"

A: Use subprocess.run instead of os.system so you have more control:
import subprocess
import time

while True:
    proc = subprocess.run(["TASKKILL", "/F", "/IM", "firefox.exe"], stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
    if proc.returncode != 0:
        print("Application not found.")
        break # since application isn't here we just exit
    time.sleep(10)


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… language can be a primary cause of problems, particularly in multi-ethnic societies, as well as a powerful tool for resolving them.
Joseph Lo Bianco, a professor of language and literacy education at the University of Melbourne, is testing those theories on the ground in Myanmar (Burma). He heads a UNICEF program encouraging dialogue and social cohesion in a country emerging from decades of military rule and ethnic conflict.
Operating in fraught and sometimes lawless situations, and using his mediation skills backed by solid academic research, Lo Bianco brings opposing parties together in multi-lingual 'facilitated dialogues'.
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In Myanmar, more than 130 languages are spoken by the 60 or so per cent of the population that belongs to an indigenous ethnic minority group. One major grievance is that mother tongues are not officially recognised or used, particularly in teaching.
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During Myanmar's recent troubled past, ethnic groups set up rival education systems and fought battles—real ones—over the curriculum.
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Theatre in Review: Dracula/Frankenstein (Classic Stage Company)
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Thus, the heroine, Mina Harker, laments, "I know I am a married lady now and must resign myself to no more adventures, but I should still like to experience the world, and I fear [her husband] Jonathan is my only opportunity." Her friend Lucy adds, "I have no family, and while I am comfortable enough, without a husband I have no future, no prospects; I cannot even dictate how my money is spent, it's all held in trust. But our whole destinies are wrapped up in the men we marry; once we are wed, we are little better than their chattel." Commenting on the asylum laws of the period, Lucy says, "Isn't it awful that men can lock us away if we run too wild?" Contemplating her upcoming marriage, she notes, "It is terrible to think that I am putting myself under someone's power, so completely." Even Renfield, the asylum case who snacks on flies and small vermin, gets in the act, observing, "But ladies cannot, you know, sign deeds or buy property!" Lucy, further dejected by the perfidy of men, looks at the pregnant Mina and murmurs, "I hope you don't have a girl, Mina. I hope your little one -- gets a fighting chance."
Well, Hamill certainly knows how to set a tone; these are but a small sample of the feminist lamentations that suffuse her script. Indeed, the inequities of the age are practically all they talk about, a rather peculiar fact what with so many vampires and associated nut cases prowling the stage. Under the circumstances, it may not surprise that when Dr. Van Helsing shows up, she is a black American cowboy with no use whatsoever for men. Offered assistance by Dr. Seward, the fatuous head of the mental institution where much of the play unfolds, she snaps, "You can fetch me a coffee." She repeatedly, emphatically announces, "I am no lady," a remark that was obvious the first time. Commenting on supernatural phenomena, she says, "The unbelievable quickly becomes believable -- if pigheaded men will only listen!" Turning intersectional, she says, "When the ruling class writes history, the words of the common people, of women, become superstition, but there is truth in [it]." Going all Karl Max on us, she theorizes, "Some of my benighted male colleagues post that these creatures are a natural evolution of man. In order for that theory to be true, you must accept that to become the most vicious consumer is to become the highest self." "God, I hate a lecture," mutters Seward, and, once, the fool has a point.
Indeed, Hamill bangs away at her theme so insistently that this Dracula often seems like an extended Chautauqua lecture. Oddly missing while this uplifting discussion unfolds is Dracula himself; until the eleventh hour, the title character gets surprisingly little stage time. Then again, as written by Hamill and played by the handsome and normally capable Matthew Amendt, he is strangely lacking in menace or seductive appeal; rather, he comes across as a minor Eurotrash aristocrat, chicly dressed and forever in a snit about the servant problem.
One character who does get plenty of stage time is Renfield, here made into a woman and played by Hamill in a costume that unaccountably makes her look like The Mummy. Renfield is yet another victim of the male power structure, a "lady-poet" who "wrote sonnets about flowers, and the countryside, and all that." (Romance writers, take note.) She adds, "I had faith in their authority once, worshiped the shibboleth of chivalry, sold my soul for sweet words" until she met Dracula, whom she calls "Daddy" and tries to summon with a twisted version of the Lord's Prayer. Hamill, who is never happier than when making faces and howling like a banshee, goes at the role tooth and nail.
Well, you get the point. The entire audience gets the point. People passing CSC on 13th Street probably get the point, so insistent is this Dracula in pressing its case against patriarchy. But if you don't think the sexual inequities of the Victorian Era are exactly front-page news, you might feel a tiny bit exhausted by it all. At least Sarna Lapine's direction keeps things moving, even if she has done nothing to curtail the cast's snarling tendencies. Kelley Curran, possessor of a fine period style, and Jamie Ann Romero are solid as Mina and Lucy. Jessica Frances Dukes -- last seen harvesting big laughs in By the Way, Meet Vera Stark -- is a bristling presence as Van Helsing. Matthew Saldivar, as the fat-headed Seward, who undergoes a last-minute change of heart, manages the trick of spoofing his character while earning sympathy for him.
John Doyle's spare thrust set -- which serves both plays -- works well enough. The clean lines and judicious use of color in Adam Honoré's lighting design gives the production a welcome touch of class. Robert Perdziola's costumes cleverly employ a nearly all-white palette (with tiny color accessories), with the exception of Van Helsing's ensemble of jeans, leather jacket, and cowboy hat, and a shocking appearance by Lucy, now one of the undead, in a scarlet frock. Leon Rothenberg's sound design -- which includes buzzing flies, a coach and horses, thunder, and the roar of a big cat -- makes a solid contribution.
The production picks up steam in the second act as talk gives way to action; the climax, featuring most of the principals running around a church crypt in the dead of night, is fairly exciting. It's too bad that Hamill couldn't find a way to embed her theme in the action of the play. Her lengthy, windy digressions on a well-worn subject constitute a worrying development for her as a writer.
At least, Hamill has written a play. Whatever Tristan Bernays is up to in his potted version of Frankenstein, it can't be called drama. It begins, rather intriguingly, with Victor Frankenstein's misbegotten creation coming to life on the operating table. (The entire first section has been lopped off; Bernays has no interest in exposition, based, I suppose, on the notion that everyone already knows the story.) Stephanie Berry, who plays the Creature, and the director, Timothy Douglas, bring a vivid sense of detail to this largely wordless sequence. The Creature sits up, learns to move each limb, and, carefully lifting each leg, transfers himself to the floor; Berry powerfully suggests the pain of his newfound physicality. Reaching into different metal cans, he devours some kind of food and instantly spits it out; the contents of another can are more to his liking. Interacting with an audience member, he identifies a number of objects -- a book, a coat; with each acquired bit of intelligence, including some halting words, a person comes into focus.
Then, suddenly, the Creature acquires the eloquence of, well, Mary Shelley and this Frankenstein bogs down in narration, focusing on the scenes everyone remembers. The Creature wanders into the home of the blind man, played by Rob Morrison, who, listed in the program as the Chorus, takes various roles, (He plays the guitar fluently, creating some eerie sound effects with his instrument.) As you probably know, this episode doesn't end well, and the Creature goes off in search of Frankenstein -- who had fled upon realizing what he had wrought -- demanding that Victor make him a companion for him. Berry takes on the role of Frankenstein as well; she doesn't do much to differentiate the characters, nor does she manage to invest their scenes with anything like menace or tension. Rather than act the text, the actress -- who made a strong impression not long ago in Sugar in Our Wounds at Manhattan Theatre Club -- has, apparently, been directed to declaim it.
What follows is so resolutely undramatic as to defy description. Suffice to say that the audiobook is probably more compelling; at least you'd get the full original text. What's especially baffling about this production is the lack of a fresh point of view; a story that has, over the years, been updated, spoofed, used as a metaphor, provided an opportunity for spectacle, or scared the daylights out of audiences is given the most dutiful, uninspired rendition possible.
Once again, Honoré's lighting attractively reshapes the space for each scene, and Rothenberg's sound design -- including fluttering bird wings, the sizzle of an electric current, and the tolling of bells -- is expertly done. But this piece feels like a work made for hire, done out of a desire to provide a vest-pocket stage version of Shelley's book rather than a driving need to say something. Does this production extend Dracula's critique of the patriarchy? It ends with the Creature helplessly calling out for his "father," and you could certainly say that Frankenstein is an account of male hubris run amok. But neither production makes its case with much gusto. Both offer horror of the most sedate sort: the horror of dullness. --David Barbour
(18 February 2020)


Among stations using new Telos Z/IP One codecs are Cumulus Media's WKDF(FM), Levas Communications' WURD(AM) and Clear Channel's KQQL(AM/FM).
Telos Systems said those three broadcasters — respectively a Nashville country station, a Philadelphia talker and an oldies combo in Minneapolis/St. Paul — are each doing IP remotes with the IP codecs.
Z/IP One provides remote broadcasts over public IP networks and mobile phone data services.
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The lost tribes of British politics – day 3: the Labour left and the palaeo-socialists
5. The Labour Left
Just because New Labour is done for it doesn't mean that Old Labour is back in the game. That much was made clear when the Labour left tried to organise a challenge to Gordon Brown's coronation in 2007 – but couldn't even get enough nominations to force an election.
You might think that Labour doesn't need a left: it's mainstream is quite capable of bankrupting Britain on its own. But, to be fair, there is a sizeable chunk of non-totalitarian territory between, say, Ed Balls and outright Communism.
Tribune magazine is the traditional standard bearer – but, more recently, the Labour Left has been enlivened by sparky young writers like Owen Jones and Laurie Penny. Furthermore, thanks to campaign groups like the Occupy and 38 Degrees, proper pinkoes (as opposed to duller Brownites) haven't had it this good for a long time.
And yet, despite today's crisis of capitalism, Britain remains indifferent to the charms of full-blooded socialism. Unlike the situation on the continent, where parties of the left compete with those of the centre-left, the Labour Party – outside of the political micro-climates of Brighton, Bradford and Tower Hamlets – has the red corner all to itself.
Furthermore, within the Labour Party, there's no challenge to the ruling faction. The heirs of Gordon Brown have nothing to fear from the heirs of Tony Benn.
Come on lefties, sort it out!
Score card:
Intellectual inheritance: 2/5
Past glories: 3/5
Online presence: 3/5
Future prospects: 2/5
6. The palaeo-socialists
For curiosity value, it may be worth mentioning a heretical offshoot of the left – which, for the sake of a name, we'll call palaeo-socialism (we'll come on to palaeo-conservatism later in the week).
If nothing else, this provides an example of how the internet can provide obscure political ideologies with a voice that otherwise wouldn't be heard. In an admittedly restricted field, the premier palaeo-socialist blog is that of Neil Clark – sworn enemy of the liberal interventionists (featured yesterday).
Much of the left is too hypocritcal and cowardly to stand up for liberal values, but not the palaeo-socialists. No, they openly and defiantly take a stand against such values – seeing them as the problem. So no compromise with capitalism, indeed no truck with liberalism of any kind – including social liberalism and liberal interventionism in foreign policy.
Though, palaeo-socialism is very much a minority pursuit in this country, its combination the undiluted economic and social illiberalism represents the political mainstream in many parts of the world – though nowhere you'd actually want to live.


ComMar Sales LLC, a manufacturer's rep group, is expanding its sales team by adding a new associate to represent its clients' products. Jeff Clark is now servicing boatbuilders and yards in the New England and upper Mid-Atlantic regions. He has been tasked with developing and expanding ComMar's reach along the upper East Coast.
Clark is a native Rhode Islander who grew up fishing and boating in Narragansett Bay and freshwater lakes throughout New England. With more than 10 years of retail management with Boaters World and West Marine, Clark has the ability to leverage his understanding of the retail space to better assist ComMar's dealer network and merchants. He will actively promote ComMar's many lines of electronics, parts and equipment for outfitting new and refit boats.
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Diane Flannery, chair of the Products, Environmental & Mass Tort Litigation department, has tried complex products liability cases in federal and state courts, including high-profile cases that The National Law Journal has identified as some of the most significant cases tried.
She also has worked on a variety of class action and multidistrict (MDL) litigation matters. Diane is currently lead counsel in two MDLs pending in the rocket docket of the Eastern District of Virginia. During her 28 years of practice, she has had extensive experience coordinating and managing large-scale defense efforts that involved hundreds of cases pending in different jurisdictions. She also has defended emotionally charged severe injury and death cases and is experienced working with medical and scientific issues. Diane has significant experience advising clients on punitive damages, product recalls, and matters before the Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC).
Diane has served as defense counsel in a wide range of product liability cases, including ones involving lead paint, tobacco, beryllium, chemicals, asbestos, aluminum, formaldehyde, food manufacturers, all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), wheelchairs, pap smears, batteries, airplanes, generators, window blinds, building products, pet pharmaceuticals, children's shoes, boats, lighting fixtures, Chinese manufactured flooring, water filtration systems, hot tubs, furniture, and pipeline explosions.
Diane is active in the community and has served on a variety of boards, including the Board of Trustees for Richmond Chamber of Commerce, Board of Trustees for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society Georgia Chapter, and the Board of Trustees for the Junior League of Atlanta. Diane is a member of the Historic Richmond Council, Junior League of Richmond, and Impact 100, which provides transformative grants to Richmond non-profit organizations to improve the community.
Diane is a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America, an invitation-only trial lawyer honorary society composed of less than one half of one percent of American lawyers who are selected upon "effectiveness and accomplishment in litigation, both at the trial and appellate levels, and superior ethical reputation." She is also a Fellow of the American Bar Association and named a "Leading Lawyer" in Products Liability and Class Actions by the Legal 500. Diane has been AV Preeminent Rated by Martindale-Hubbell for more than two decades. She was selected to be a Master in the Lamar Inn of Emory University and the John Marshall Inn of the University of Richmond School of Law. She was also selected for the Georgia 100 Leadership Program and the Leadership Atlanta Program. She served on the Board of the Richmond Chapter of the Federal Bar Associations and is a member of the Product Liability Advisory Council ("PLAC"). Diane was selected among America's Top 100 High Stakes Litigators for 2018, a designation reserved to identify the nation's most exceptional trial attorneys in high value, high stakes legal matters.
Lead counsel in MDL litigation involving more than 140 class actions alleging excessive levels of formaldehyde in Chinese manufactured laminate flooring.
Lead counsel in MDL litigation involving more than 40 class actions alleging false marketing and deception trade practices.
Lead counsel in seven class actions following a pipeline explosion.
Lead counsel in purported nationwide class action pending in the Northern District of California alleging bamboo flooring prematurely scratches contrary to its 30 year warranty.
Lead counsel in six state deceptive trade practices act class actions (Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas) pending against a water filtration system pending in Madison County, Illinois and a Florida class action.
Trial counsel in several wrongful death cases brought against cigarette manufacturers.
Trial counsel in class action against the tobacco industry where the trial lasted two-years in Miami, Florida.
Trial counsel in Equal Pay Act Case in federal court in Atlanta, Georgia.
Lead counsel in child strangulation cases involving window blinds in California.
Lead counsel in nationwide class action lawsuit alleging food contamination and fraudulent labeling.
Lead counsel in asbestos litigation in Madison County, Illinois.
Lead counsel in nasal cancer litigation from wood dust exposure.
Lead counsel in numerous investigations and product recalls with the Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC).
National coordinating counsel and trial counsel in vehicle rollover cases.
National coordinating counsel in lead paint litigation class actions and individual cases.
Defense counsel in multiple toxic tort cases brought against beryllium manufacturer.
Defense counsel in asbestos litigation pending in Delaware.
Defense counsel in wrongful death action arising from crash of flight en route from Egypt to France obtaining favorable ruling of the French Supreme Court which effectively prevented plaintiffs from returning to sue plane manufacturer in U.S. courts.
Defense counsel in class action and numerous individual cases brought against a credit reporting agency.
Consumer Products Safety
Public & Private Nuisance Litigation
University of Virginia School of Law, JD, 1991
University of Richmond, BA, Political Science, BA, History, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 1988
Board Member, Richmond Chamber of Commerce
Board Member, Federal Bar Association, 2016-2018
Board of Trustees, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Georgia Chapter, 2000-2013
Board of Trustees, Junior League of Atlanta, 2007-2008
Master, The Lamar Inn of Court, Emory University, 2011-2013
Sustaining Member, Product Liability Advisory Council ("PLAC")
Member, The Fellows of the American Bar Foundation
Member, Defense Research Institute's Product Liability Division
Member, Product Liability Section, Georgia State Bar, 2007-2013
Master, John Marshall Inn of Court
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Member, Impact 100&
Co-author, "A Class Action Defense Gift From Frank V. Gaos," Law360 Expert Analysis, May 3, 2019
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Co-author, "The Supreme Court's Reprehensibility Factors Don't Work in Product Liability Cases," Bloomberg BNA Product Safety & Liability Reporter, March 2, 2016
Co-author, "2013's Key Rulings In Food Mislabeling Litigation," Law360, January 7, 2014
Author, CPSC Imposes Far-Reaching Penalties Including Mandatory Compliance Program Requirements, McGuireWoods Legal Insights, May 17, 2013
Author, Business Torts: A Fifty-State Guide, Georgia Chapter, Daller, 2013
Author, "Punitive Damages Reprehensibility Analysis," For The Defense DRI, 2011
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit
Selected for inclusion in Who's Who in American Law, Marquis Who's Who, 2019
Member, Lawyers of Distinction, Recognizing Excellence in Product Liability, 2019
Named to "Women in Law Awards: Litigation", Lawyer Monthly, 2019
Selected for inclusion as a "Leading Lawyer," Legal 500 US, Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action; Consumer Products 2016, 2018, 2019; Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action – Toxic Tort – Defense, 2018, 2019; Environmental Litigation, 2018, 2019; Product liability, mass tort and class actions – automotive/transport – defense, 2019
Named to "Top Rated Lawyers," Mass Torts, The American Lawyer, 2014
AV Preeminent Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America, The Trial Lawyer Honorary Society, 2011-present
Member, Diversity Law Institute
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Master, John Marshall American Inn of Court
Master, Lamar Inn of Court, Emory University, 2009-2013
Georgia Leadership Program
Leadership Atlanta Class of 2008
Flannery, Taylor, Gann Discuss Using Gaos Opinion to Foil Class Certification
Flannery, Gann Explain Virginia Product Liability Law for Legal 500 Guide
Diane Flannery Mitchell Morris BNA Article
Diane Flannery Quoted Law360 Class Actions Food Labeling
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It's all a simple question of economics and timing.
Well, that and not causing a 'mini-revolt' because you are seen to have blown your chances of progressing further in the Champions League.
Offloading key assets in the January transfer window is a hard enough sell for any club to make to its fan base. With Juventus due in town on February 12, the current Celtic board would need to have concrete justification for doing so in the coming weeks, such would be the ensuing wrath from the rank and file.
Victor Wanyama, Gary Hooper and, as Sportsmail reported this week, Beram Kayal are all coveted by a host of English Premiership clubs.
It would be absurd to suggest that the three will not break for the border at some stage. And it may well be sooner rather than later.
If there is a knack to buying a player, there is also one to selling them. Who could argue with the £9.5million Celtic brought in for a home-spun talent like Aiden McGeady in 2010? Or how about the £5m they pocketed from the sale of Ki Sung-Yueng to Swansea at the start of this season? Not bad for a player who cost just over £2m three years previously.
The club have not always been quite so sharp in their transfer dealings, however.
When Artur Boruc left for Fiorentina in the same summer as McGeady, they banked less than £2m for a player who had a year left on his deal. Had they cashed in after his heroics at Euro 2008, they could have earned a multiple of that amount.
Gary Caldwell looked to be on his way out of the club long before he left for Wigan in January 2010 for a nominal fee given that his deal was almost up. The Latics were the clear beneficiaries of that transaction.
By and large however, Celtic have acted shrewdly in terms of when to stick and twist.
Their current model of buying and developing players from emerging markets as opposed to importing ready-made Champions League players is underpinned by the need to know when to sell.
Judging when the economic argument for moving a player on overshadows the sporting reasons for retaining them is the tricky part.
Were it not for the small matter of the Italian champions' impending visit, the case to cash in on Wanyama, Hooper and Kayal at this juncture would be all the more compelling. One window closer to the end of a contract generally reduces the asking price.
In the case of Wanyama and Kayal however, that economic argument does not hold as much water.
Both are tied to Celtic until 2015. If anything, the offers will only increase come the summer — especially if further European success is attained.
Hooper, whose deal is up in 2014, might be more of a concern in that regard.
Celtic do not have to sell — a European campaign that's already coined in circa £20m sees to that — but few clubs in the world will blithely turn their noses up at seven or eight figure offers.
The spectre of Juve means only an extraordinary offer for any player will be entertained in this window.
But while it seems all the tea in China would be required to shift Wanyama or Hooper, might the club be willing to compromise on the case of Kayal?
There is at least a football argument for doing so that might look all the more appealing were Norwich manager Chris Hughton ready to spend £5m to get him.
The Israeli is not, as things stand, a certain starter against Juventus. A cut-price replacement such as Kilmarnock's Liam Kelly would go a long way to plugging the hole for domestic matters.
Just think how far those potential funds from Norwich could go in those untapped markets. In the case of Kayal, a player who's prone to injury and form fluctuations lest we forget, might the time now be right to realise his value?
'I don't think they can afford to lose anyone in this window,' countered former Celtic striker Frank McGarvey yesterday.
'What happens if Wanyama gets injured and can't play against Juventus? They'd be relying heavily on the likes of Kayal then.
'There's too much at stake to let players like that go at the moment, no matter what the money on offer might be.
'How would you replace Hooper's goals? That would be impossible.
'There's a right time and a wrong time to sell any player but I'm convinced this would be the wrong time.
'Ki was a great bit of business as was Aiden McGeady before that. It's always disappointing from a supporters' point of view when good players leave but, provided it happens at the right time and the club gets a lot of money in return, people will understand.
'I think there's now faith in the scouting system. They've uncovered some great players in the past few years that haven't cost an awful lot of money.
January is traditionally a slow market in football, rarely one in which season-defining trading is done.
Yet that has not stopped Celtic reaching for — and signing —the stars at this juncture in the past.
Craig Bellamy and Robbie Keane were both New Year gifts to the Celtic supporters, part of a policy of indulging marquee signings that seems consigned to the past.
At the outset of 2013 though, holding what they have is more of a priority to those who are dreaming of slaying the Italians en route to the last eight of the Champions League.
If key assets are banked before that particular journey is at its conclusion, the men who hold the purse strings will stand accused by some of derailing it.
'It's all very well people talking about money being reinvested but it takes time for a team to gel,' McGarvey added.
'Neil Lennon, his scouts and the board have done a great job in putting this team together — the last thing anyone wants to see is it unravelling halfway through a season.
'If there are going to be offers coming in this month, there will be good offers in the summer too.
'Celtic have been run well as a business for a number of years now. In the past, players left too early but more recently they've hung onto them and moved them on when the time's been right. This isn't the right time.


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CHALLENGE #59-2019
Challenge is Complete!
HOPE'S DOOR NEW BEGINNING CENTER
Established in 1985, Hope's Door in Plano housed domestic abuse victims in community hotels until their shelter opened in 1989. Hope's Door also has a shelter in Garland, TX, and in 2017, the shelters housed 573 adults and children. PSP would like to show our support and send the following:
5 Baby Booties (neutral colors) - DONE
Hope's Door
New Beginning Center
ATTN: Beth Robinson
860 F Avenue Suite 100
If you would like to make a pledge on this challenge, you may send it via email to: ThePinkSlipperProject (at) gmail (dot) com or send it through the message box (top right). Please include your full name and city/state and category or categories and the amount of each you wish to pledge. If a size/gender category has already been filled, we will let you know and ask if there may be another size/gender that you would like to make and send. Our challenges are also posted on our Facebook page and most pledges are made there.
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This challenge is complete!
DOVES (Domestic Violence Emergency Services) serves six counties in Kentucky with a 28-bed emergency shelter. In addition to the domestic violence shelter, they offer a help line, case management, counseling, assistance in finding housing, and legal advocacy. DOVES is a repeat shelter for PSP as we sent slippers and washcloths in August of 2018. The shelter would like more so let's send the following:
15 Women's, Medium- DONE
8 Preteen Girls -DONE
PLEASE MAIL BY: December 16
ATTN: Melissa Cooper
WHITE MOUNTAIN SAFE HOUSE - Challenge is complete!
Show Low, Arizona
"Our ultimate goal is to provide shelter, support, and advocacy to survivors of domestic violence in order to provide them with the options to move forward in their lives and become self-sufficient and independent members of the local community, as well as maintain a life free from abuse." PSP would like to show our support and send the following:
PLEASE MAIL BY: December 9th, 2019
White Mountain SAFE House
ATTN: Becky
1801 W. Deuce of Clubs
Show Low, AZ 85901
f you would like to make a pledge on this challenge, you may send it via email to: ThePinkSlipperProject (at) gmail (dot) com or send it through the message box (top right). Please include your full name and city/state and category or categories and the amount of each you wish to pledge. If a size/gender category has already been filled, we will let you know and ask if there may be another size/gender that you would like to make and send. Our challenges are also posted on our Facebook page and most pledges are made there.
Challenge 56-2019 is Complete
BETHANY HOUSE of NORTHERN VIRGINIA
"Bethany House eliminates domestic violence one family at a time by assisting victims through our emergency shelter." It provides temporary housing for four months with a two-year Aftercare program. Bethany House has an established track record of successfully addressing the needs of victims of domestic violence and their children since 1979.
SLIPPERS (No washcloths requested)
*NOTE: All youth and children's slippers except the teen boys need to be in neutral colors suitable for either a boy or a girl.
2 Teen boys slippers - DONE
2 Baby Booties - DONE
CHILDREN'S INN
Established in 1893, Children's Home Society is South Dakota's oldest human services, nonprofit organization and served as the state's primary orphanage and adoption agency for more than 70 years. In 1977, Children's Inn opened to provide emergency shelter for women and children who were victims of domestic violence, child abuse, and neglect. Children's Inn and Children's Home Society merged in 1998 and they serve families, individuals, and children of all ages who are victims of domestic violence, abuse and/or neglect, or traumatic life events. This is a repeat shelter for PSP. They are interested in receiving more slippers!
ATTN: Staci Kropuenske
Sioux Falls, SD 57104-5607


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The Bossard Quartet
Hampshire string quartet available for bookings for weddings, corporate & military events
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A String Quartet Quiz onboard HMS Warrior
We enjoyed playing at the wedding of Christine and her beau on Saturday, onboard HMS Warrior. We were really looking forward to this wedding, as Christine had asked us to do something quite unique – a String Quartet Quiz of tunes for their guests to play 'name that tune' during the wedding meal. We embraced this idea with gusto, and together compiled a list of 10 pieces where we would just play the first few bars and then leave the guests to guess the tune.
We enjoyed this game immensely, and hope the guests did too… We think this is a great way to get your guests engaging in the music on your wedding day. Well done to Christine for thinking of the idea, it is something we will be suggesting to people in the future!
We set up just before 5pm to play for the ceremony, where the bride entered to Haydn's Serenade, we played a custom arrangement of The Smiths' There is a light that will never go out, and Sting's Fields of Gold. The couple exited the ceremony to the sounds of Howard Shore's Concerning Hobbits from Lord Of The Rings, which seemed perfectly apt given the Lord Of The Rings themed cake on display on the gun deck.
After the ceremony, we moved upstairs to the top deck (thank you kind HMS Warrior men who helped us with our gear up and down those stairs!) and played a selection of tunes for the guests to enjoy. We like this vid of us taken while we were playing The Kinks' Sunny Afternoon.
We then moved back downstairs to set up for the meal time, then took a quick break and a bite to eat. Once the bride & groom had entered for the meal, we did TBQ Jukebox, where guests completed slips of paper for requests from our repertoire. We enjoyed requests such as Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit, Led Zeppelin's Stairway To Heaven, My Fair Lady's I Could Have Danced, Elton John's Your Song.
Then it was quiz time, which was great fun!
All in all, a top wedding and a lovely couple. Thank you for booking TBQ !
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Associate professor of finance at the School of Business Administration of Rider College in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. He is also currently on the board of trustees of the Financial Markets Society of Princeton. Dr. Randall has written numerous articles for business and finance journals, including Financial Management and the Financial Analysts Journal, and is the author of a jnancial textbook. He holds a Ph.D. from New York University.
Assistant professor of finance at the School of Business Administration of Rider College. Dr. Suk is also a frequent contributor to business and finance journals, including International Journal of Finance. He holds a Ph.D. from Ohio State University.


Are you replaceable? As a business owner, this question might have hurt the EGOISTIC nerve. Your response to this will undoubtedly be, "No, I can't be replaced!" And it is quite natural, for you must be thinking how someone can possibly be efficient enough to replace you and run the business as smoothly as you have been doing. After all, we have been "programmed" to believe that the ones who are replaceable are weak and timid and they are likely to fail, for whatever they do is not sufficiently important or involved.
Having said that, I am here to tell you that being irreplaceable is a problem, a huge problem!
Don't just shudder yet… Hear me out on this. I know it sounds unsettling initially, to think that you are willing to be replaceable. But after a thorough discussion in this chapter, however, I think you will be able to contemplate the benefits of being replaceable that make it a must for every business owner.
For those business owners who reckon they have built a company that is irreplaceable, it is more of a trap than a company. And trust me on this; you don't want that kind of trap to choke your progress. Being a business owner necessitates a lot of things and one of them is ensuring that every feature of your business is systematized and synchronized. Is it important? Well, of course, it is important for sustaining the business itself and allowing it to grow.
The saying does not exclude you too. You have to not only understand this but acknowledge it as well. Your task is to focus on empowering yourself yet make you replaceable by systematizing everything you do. Document the duties, entries, and other important logs that you perform. Hire contractors and other employees to comprehend the task that you are doing. If the hired help seems to be failing at it, don't frown, just go back and fix the system. If they still cannot do it right, it is time you find someone who can.
Most people do not know this but the truth is the easier it is to replace you, the more saleable you will be and same applies to your company too. People love to work in the business they understand and feel connected to. When someone purchases your company, and that will be a happy day indeed, they will regard it more valuable if all they have to do is just take over the reins and it generates an appreciable amount of profit. However if you have made yourself irreplaceable, as a CEO or a business owner, and by any means your absence is likely to cause them struggle, the value will drop eventually.
Making yourself replaceable is to attain freedom.
The difference between an ordinary person (serviceman) and a successful business owner is that the latter one has the freedom to do whatever he wants to. Perhaps this is one of the prime reasons why anyone gets into business. But if you have made yourself the critical piece that cannot be replaced, you will not be able to take time off. Think about it, how could you? However if you can make yourself a replaceable one, you can go out and enjoy life while the business prospers.
Attaining such freedom by the virtue of being replaceable has its own perks. When you can systematically organize the actions on an everyday basis, you can reallocate your resources into those areas where you seek out new challenges, exclusive opportunities, experiment with new things, and innovate. In simple words, your company will follow your directions and you will be capable of leading your company where you want it to proceed.
When you can no longer submerge your time and energy in petty tasks, it allows you to supervise the business from afar and it is highly advisable for you to keep a regular check on your numbers and employees. Doing so will enable you to make little tweaks and changes by understanding trends, the demand-supply ratio on the global scale and accordingly you can tune the productivity of your business.
Be a chef, rather than being just a stew!
Now that you have made yourself aware of the benefits of making yourself replaceable, you know it is a good practice. Along with the above-mentioned reasons, your business will be able to proceed if you were to fall ill suddenly or you were incapacitated to carry on with your work schedule.
While we do not often avoid any such thoughts in the name of negativity, we try to escape from the bitter, hard truth. It is not that we do not want to think these kinds of things but we need to. A smart business owner knows that if he is not replaceable, and something happens to him, it could lead to a downfall of his business altogether and could imply the immediate closing of his company.
Only if you have set the guidelines, left trails to follow, and made yourself replaceable, others would willingly step up to carry on your legacy.
Replacing yourself does not imply that you should retire right away. Making yourself a replaceable player will be a kind of insurance policy for your business. You would not want your company that you have worked so hard to build drown the next day after you leave. Make sure that it is ready to carry on, even if the day comes when you cannot, or no longer want to.
Don't be a victim of excellence!
Peter's ecstasy lasted a couple of weeks until he discovered that some junior marketing personnel got a promotion that he had been working so hard for. Confused and disappointed, he began to ponder whether the word "irreplaceable" was a negative message with a positive note in it.
Now that is something you would not want, would you? Like I said, do not be a victim of excellence. You can be a great professional but making yourself too good can create problems as well. Let me guide you through the ways that will help you in reassuring your progression.
Firstly, instill a habit of making your knowledge available to others. While it is good to be the smartest person in the room and the most cherished expertise in the systems you manage, I recommend you to make others equipped enough with required knowledge and skill set so that the system does not suffer nor do you.
Frankly speaking, you do not want to become the guardian of knowledge that no one else possesses. It is not an asset but a curse. To make yourself accessible, try to find someone reliable and train them with the basics of what you do. It can be anything, maintaining a database of client contacts, updating the annual report, or serving as the contact person for a large number of salespeople in the field.
Identify a few potential successors and keep in regular touch with them. Select a couple of trainee or junior people and start working on improving their skills so that they can fill in your shoes and take over for you one day. The point of doing so is letting your employer believe that you are expendable. Every time you have a quick chat with him, to communicate that the following newcomers have the potential and are capable, intelligent enough for advancement within the company. When your boss realizes that you are not the only person who can manage the particular job you do, it will be just a matter of time that he will begin to acknowledge your presence more seriously for new responsibilities.
Simultaneously plan for the long-term goals, and build a foundation of support. To achieve success, it is equally significant to map where you might budge from the company and start contemplating your position for the place.
Any organization is full of opportunities, if it is not, you better join one that is. Identify those opportunities within your firm. If you observe an organizational chart or perhaps draft one yourself, you will be utterly surprised to see the number of possibilities you have to plan your next move.
It could be a sales department expansion; they might be adding new sales heads, leads, and managers who will require assistance. Or perhaps the sales manager has announced that she is likely to retire by the end of this month.
As much as your physical hard work is important, it is more important to have the vision to promote yourself. Merely by the virtue of imagination, you can craft countless new opportunities for yourself within your organization.
If your company has been planning on hiring a staff of new salespeople in a neighboring state, you can apply to be their in-house liaison prior to the announcement of the job availability. Or, if your company collaborates several departments, you can ask to serve as the assistant to several of the executives involved.
In today's era of downsizing climate, it is often plausible to advance yourself by predicting needs and offering yourself as a cost-effective solution to future staffing requirements. Establish excellence in the skills you will need for the targeted opening.
What kind of work is performed in this department on a daily basis?
What kind of specialized skills are needed to survive here?
Would knowledge of a particular software program, for example, make you a likely candidate to start working there?
The reason behind seeking advice from experts is quite obvious and at the same time, it is important. When you switch your department or change the line of work, it becomes highly essential for you to understand the ways how the work is done and what people in that department prefer. Rest assured if you are able to adapt yourself, you can achieve milestones.
Last but not the least, don't expect people to read your mind. After Peter was passed over for a promotion, he went to Mr. James and asked why he was not considered for the post. The boss's response disarmed him. He said, "You would have been a leading candidate had I known that you were interested." Do not be like Peter and keep away from such events, for they nothing but cripple your own career, make it a point to speak up! People will acknowledge your initiative.


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Giles Coke
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Name: Giles Coke
Age: 33 years (2 June 1986)
Nationality: England
Shirt number: 28
Club: Oldham Athletic / edit.
Giles Coke. Biography
Giles Coke is a midfielder of Sheffield Wednesday. He was born on 3 June 1986 in Westminster, London, England.
Giles's professional career took off in Kingstonian in 2004, when he penned his first professional contract and started to make occasional appearances. The footballer showed encouraging performance and became a regular by the second part of his début season, which helped him to net six goals in 28 fixtures for the club before transferring to Mansfield Town, where he fired five goals in 70 games during two years.
In 2007, Coke sealed a permanent deal with Northampton Town and found the net seven times in 52 matches for the team during two seasons. In 2009, the midfielder completed a move to Motherwell and scored two goals in 32 fixtures for the Scottish club before joining Sheffield Wednesday in 2010. Giles made solid display during his début season, but the management decided to send him on loan to Bury in the summer 2011. The footballer amassed six goals in 30 games for the team and put pen to paper of a temporary contract with Swindon Town, where he featured in four games. After returning to his parent Sheffield, Coke took his tally to four goals in 27 matches for 'The Owls' as of February 2013.


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Blogs - Ghar Tak Fibre Scheme- Wave towards the Progress of Digitalization
Ghar Tak Fibre Scheme- Wave towards the Progress of Digitalization
Background of the Scheme
Kickstarted by our Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Bihar, the Ghar Tak Fibre scheme is an optical fibre internet service. This scheme and the services assured will be executed with the combined efforts of both the Central government as well as the Common Service Centre. Targeted to be executed by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, the Ghar Tak Fibre Scheme will be connecting 45,945 villages in the state, making Bihar a digital face of the nation.
Introduction of the Scheme
Commencing on March 31, 2021, the Ghar Tak Fibre Scheme is pre-prepared to provide broadband services in all the remote and rural areas of the state. Launched by the Central government in September 2021, the Ghar Tak Fibre Scheme is a well-structured yojana focusing on connecting all the villages of Bihar to the state.
Introduced in Bihar, the Ghar Tak Fibre Scheme is a purposive yojana launched to connect all the rural areas and urban areas of Bihar to the state.
The Objective of the Yojana
Not only does this yojana aim at connecting 45,945 villages to the state, but it also intends to:-
Make India a digital face for the backward and rural population of our country.
Initiating this scheme will grant the underprivileged people the chance to taste surfing the government schemes, yojanas, and all other related information online.
All the targeted villages in Bihar will be connected with a high-speed optical fibre internet service.
Highlights of Ghar Tak Fibre Scheme
Let us now go through the highlights of the Ghar Tak Fibre Scheme:-
The intention behind introducing and providing broadband services in the rural areas of Bihar is to facilitate the people living in reduced circumstances.
Addressing necessities like- browsing banking and financial services, -ticketing services, e-governance services, online shopping, educational and healthcare services, mobile/DTH recharge, etc.
Launched recently in Bihar, the Ghar Tak Fibre Scheme will be working to outreach all the phases to make them avail of the FTTH (fibre-to-the-home) Broadband Service.
Providing high internet services to the backward areas of the state will also contribute to develop and increase the employment rate. The scheme will offer job opportunities in various sectors like- Online -Banking, Rural BPO, e-Education, Tele-Medicine, etc.
With high-speed internet service, 45,945 villages will be connected digitally.
Rate of Internet Penetration in Bihar
As per the information based on the reports of TRAI, out of India's 55% of the population using the internet service, only a population of 30.35% has access to internet connectivity in Bihar.
In comparison to the rural internet connectivity in Kerala (98.10%), only 22.61% of the population has access to broadband service and internet connection.
The Target of this Ghar Tak Fibre Scheme
The Ghar Tak Fibre Scheme has been formulated with the motive of targeting the following:-
The scheme aims to target the lowest urban internet subscriber rate of Bihar (73.26%).
The scheme is targeted to stimulate and boost the employment rate in the rural sectors and remote areas of Bihar.
Key Features of the Ghar Tak Fibre Scheme
Following are the key features of the Ghar Tak Fibre Scheme:-
Formerly known as the Bharat Net scheme (2014), the yojana managed to cover over 1.5 lakh village panchayats.
The scheme revolves around providing optical fibre enabled internet connections in the remote areas of the state.
In the initial front, the scheme managed to connect 8,745-gram panchayat (GP) in Bihar.
After the launch of the Bhart Net scheme, the yojana was again launched in the following year (2015).
Vision of the Ghar Tak Fibre Scheme
The vision of this scheme focuses on providing high internet connectivity service to the people of rural areas of Bihar in the following ways:-
To connect all the remote areas by March 31, 2021.
Connecting 45,945 villages.
The scheme has been structured and prepared by keeping in mind the timeline of all the required work.
Based on the latest data generated for this scheme, the fibre has been laid in 4,347 villages.
The deadline to achieve the target is based on covering 257 villages on a daily basis.
At present, the working capacity for achieving the set target is laying down between (80,000-100,000 km) of optical fibre.
Challenges Faced and Strategy to Overcome Them
Mentioned below are the challenges faced under BharatNet yojana:-
Under the BharatNet scheme, a village is only considered digitalized, when it has an active broadband connection.
This active internet connection is required to be verified by its existing users.
This scheme has been segregated into two phases:-
Phase I and Phase II
Under the first phase of this scheme, 5,889 out of 8,745 Gram Panchayats are connected with the main source of the internet service.
Whereas, the remaining 2,856 Gram Panchayats are connected under the second phase.
But, nearly 60% of the villages that are connected under the first phase are yet non-operational.
Other challenges faced under this scheme are:-
Equipment theft
Lack/ Loss of power supply
Faulty leased fibre
Old and loose cables that have been laid under the first phase need to be changed and replaced with new fibres.
About BharatNet
In the year 2011, a scheme with the name National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN)[1] was launched. But, in the later run, it was renamed as BharatNet project in 2015. In the existing situation, the status of 3,591-gram panchayats which fall under phase-I of the scheme is non-operational. However, the status of the remaining 200 is debatable.
Strategy to Achieve Success
Given below points is the layout of the strategy used by the government and other officials to make the Ghar Tak Fibre Scheme successful:-
A target of connecting 1 lakh villages in 1, 0000 days through optical fibre has been set.
Under this scheme, implementation of 1 Wi-Fi and 5 free of cost connections would be granted to the following government institutions:-
Aasha Workers
Anganwadi Centres
Jeevika Didi
Benefits of the Ghar Tak Fibre Scheme
Listed below are the benefits offered under the Ghar Tak Fibre Scheme:-
This scheme will help all the people living in the rural and remote areas of Bihar in the following ways:-
In making the undeveloped and rural villages of Bihar digitalized
Making the lives of people easy by granting them access to internet service.
By creating and developing digitization in sectors like- e-Agriculture, Tele-law, e-Education, etc.
The farmers would also be benefited as they would be able to:-
Browse information regarding the irrigation process, soil fertility, seeds, new ideas of farming, etc.
Access to the internet service will give the farmers a digital platform to sell their crops.
This broadband service scheme is an advanced way to enable a digital revolution in the state.
Understanding FTTH
FTTH (fibre-to-the-home), also known as fibre to the premises (FTTP) is referred to the use and installation of optical fibre. This optical fibre is used directly from a central point and is connected to the buildings of- industries, residential areas, organizations, etc.
As per the data of the Project Management Office, the Common Service Centres (CSC) has 34,821 centers in Bihar. In addition to this, these centers will be used as a workforce to execute this scheme and ensure the complete success of the broadband services for all the natives of each village of Bihar.
Role of Aatmnirbhar Sena
An independent unit of progressive people, Aatmnirbhar Sena, is an organization that works for the evolution and growth of the less-privileged people. Intending to propagate the schemes of the government, we work tirelessly. Our only motive is to build the voice of the nation strong and self-reliant. Aatmnirbhar Sena always participates in assisting the government by volunteering to create awareness of the schemes launched for the benefit of the economically vulnerable section of the society.
Launched by the central government, the Ghar Tak Fibre Scheme is a thoughtful initiative taken for the development of the backward and rural areas of Bihar. It is a scheme under which broadband services will be provided to remote villages of the state. The idea is to connect the villages with the state to achieve digitalization. The scheme will be jointly implemented by the Central Government, Department of Telecom (DoT), Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, and Common Service Centres (CSC). Implementation of this scheme will create employment opportunities in rural areas.
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