The Citadel vs. Appalachian State, to be played at historic Johnson Hagood Stadium, with kickoff at 2:00 pm ET on Saturday, October 15. The game will not be televised. There will be a webcast on Bulldog Insider (subscription service), and the game can be heard on radio via The Citadel Sports Network, with "Voice of the Bulldogs" Danny Reed calling the action alongside analyst Walt Nadzak.
This post will serve as a combo review of Wofford/preview of Appy. I'm going to be having "combo posts" for at least two more weeks, if not longer.
Wofford 43, The Citadel 14.
I'm not sure there is a lot to say about this game that isn't blindingly obvious, but I'll try my best anyway.
— In his weekly press conference, Kevin Higgins noted that Wofford's punt return TD "took the wind out of [the team's] sails". I would say it probably just solidified things in that department; the die was cast when the Terriers moved down the field with ease on the opening possession of the game and scored their first touchdown.
— The horrendous start probably put the kibosh on any cadet corps frivolity, as it's hard to get wound up for a game when it takes on "no hoper" status that quickly. I've seen some criticism of the corps for its lack of enthusiasm on Saturday, but to be honest I'm inclined to give the cadets a mulligan.
Plus, the issues with the atmosphere at Johnson Hagood Stadium go a lot further than the corps. The scene on Saturday was particularly jarring, as the tailgating crowd was huge, but when I turned around to survey things shortly before the game started, there just weren't many people in the stands. It did fill in a bit a few minutes later; I guess folks knew there was no reason to show up on time, since the Bulldogs don't score in the first quarter anyway.
I guess a lot of people just wanted to stay in the parking lots and listen to the game on the radio, or perhaps watch/listen to the South Carolina game instead.
It's a problem. I've typed that before, and I suspect I'll be typing it again. Getting those people into the stands is going to be a tall order, at least until The Citadel starts winning on a consistent basis.
The game against Appalachian State will likely be a bit different, as it will be Parents' Weekend.
— Wofford did not commit a turnover on Saturday and also did not commit a penalty, which was a story in itself, as the Terriers entered the game as the most-penalized team in the Southern Conference. That was something of an anomaly, as Wofford is usually not a heavily-penalized outfit (much like The Citadel).
In the last four games against The Citadel, Wofford has committed a total of five penalties (for a combined 30 yards). That includes a delay-of-game penalty the Terriers took on purpose in order to set up a short punt in the 2008 contest. Only one of the penalties was for more than five yards (a holding penalty in that same 2008 game).
I am not a defensive coordinator, and never will be, and I'm not going to pretend to understand the intricacies involved in running a defense. When I see a box score in which the opponent did not commit a turnover or a penalty, though, I wonder if the problem is at least partly a lack of aggression.
Wofford aggressively defended The Citadel's option by having a man go "down hard to attack the fullback". The tactic led to bad reads and mistakes by the Bulldogs. In other words, the Terriers forced the issue.
Mike Ayers was quoted after the game as saying that to "stop the triple option, [you] have to put teams in negative plays." Wofford did that. The Citadel's defense did not. That has been a theme for the Bulldogs D against Wofford for a number of years now, as the Terriers have scored at least 28 points against The Citadel in every game of the Kevin Higgins era.
— This is possibly the best team Wofford has ever had, which is one reason I wasn't expecting The Citadel to win on Saturday. However, I wasn't expecting a walkover, either, and I was really disappointed by the outcome. A lot of other alums/fans are just plain angry about the way the series with Wofford has gone in recent years, and you know what? They have every right to be upset. There is no excuse.
Something to think about: there are only 11 seniors listed on Wofford's entire roster. Eight of them are on the two-deep (The Citadel had nine seniors on the two-deep released for the game against Wofford). Now, Wofford does not list redshirt juniors as seniors, but as juniors (including Eric Breitenstein), but the fact is that a lot of the Terriers will be back next season.
They probably won't be as good in 2012. The eight seniors on the two-deep include starting quarterback Mitch Allen and all three starting defensive linemen (one of whom, Ameet Pall, is Wofford's best player). The Terriers will continue to run their stuff on offense and defense, however, and will probably run it well.
— I felt badly for Cass Couey, who had an excellent game punting the ball, but whose efforts were almost completely wasted. The punt that was returned for a TD was outstanding, with his coverage unit having plenty of time to get to the returner; they just didn't get the job done. Then he boomed a magnificent 66-yarder to the Wofford one-yard line — but the Terriers promptly went right down the field and scored.
It's a "digital camo" stripe, to match the "C" logo on the helmet. My verdict: an interesting idea that did not work. It looked from some vantage points like a regular stripe decal that had been partially scraped off.
— The Bulldogs are in last place in the league in a number of different offensive categories, including third-down conversion rate, fourth-down conversion rate, scoring, total offense, first downs, pass efficiency offense, and red zone offense (although the last one is a touch misleading; I would rate The Citadel's red zone O ahead of Samford's, based on TD/FG ratio).
I included pass efficiency and not passing offense in that list, because it's not surprising The Citadel would be last in total passing, given the triple option. Wofford is next-to-last in that category — but the Terriers are third in the league in pass efficiency. When it does pass the ball, Wofford tends to make it count.
Defensively, the Bulldogs are solid statistically across the board, with the exception of defensive pass efficiency, which is a little puzzling.
The Citadel is also last in the league in both kickoff coverage and kickoff returns. The Bulldogs really need to pick it up in those areas. To me, the returners have seemed a little too tentative when moving upfield after receiving kicks.
In the SoCon media teleconference, Mountaineers coach Jerry Moore described his quarterback, DeAndre Presley, as "very questionable" for the game this Saturday after suffering an injury to his throwing shoulder against Wofford two weekends ago (Appy had a bye last week). However, there is a chance he could play.
Not everyone remembers this, but Presley was questionable for the game against The Citadel last year, too. He started and threw five touchdown passes in three quarters of action.
I'm guessing Presley plays this Saturday, too.
— In that teleconference, Moore was clearly annoyed by his team's play this season, and seemed (at least to me) overly upset about the Mountaineers' big loss to Virginia Tech in the season opener. I realize that Appy as a program thinks it can be competitive against any team, even a traditional FBS power (and of course, the Hokies had lost the year before to James Madison, so it wasn't exactly the impossible dream). I was struck by how much the loss seemed to bother the veteran coach, though.
— Appalachian State starts two freshmen on the offensive line (the center and left tackle), which may explain in part its sluggish offensive numbers (just two offensive touchdowns in its last two games). On the other hand, there is still plenty of experienced talent on the offense, including Presley, the dangerous running back/returner Travaris Cadet, and the aptly named Brian Quick.
Fans of The Citadel may remember Quick catching a 74-yard TD pass late in the contest at Johnson Hagood two years ago, which tied a game the Mountaineers would eventually win in overtime. That wasn't unusual for Quick, who is the FCS active leader in reception yardage and yards per reception.
On defense, the Mountaineers are led by nosetackle Dan Wylie. The regular starting defensive ends for Appy are "true" freshmen. Appalachian State has a bevy of experienced linebackers and defensive backs, including Jeremy Kimbrough, who was suspended for the Wofford game after some hijinks in the Mountaineers' win over Chattanooga.
Appalachian State's front seven is big; the three starters on the d-line average 287 lbs. per man, and the linebackers are a solid 224 lbs. on average.
Last year, of course, the Bulldogs did not complete a pass against the Appy defense (0-6).
Placekicker/punter Sam Martin is usually reliable, although he had a tough afternoon against Wofford, missing all three of his field goal attempts (two of which were 33-yarders).
I don't know what's going to happen on Saturday. I am expecting, however, a better performance from the Bulldogs than I saw against Wofford. Not a better effort, as I don't question last week's effort. I would also like to see The Citadel break its first-quarter offensive duck. It's time for Triple O'Higgins to get off to a quick start.
I'll be in attendance on Saturday, along with a lot of proud parents, and a bunch of seniors with shiny new rings. Good for them. I must admit I treasure my diploma a bit more than my ring, but I understand the importance of that band of gold.
Speaking of diplomas…is The Citadel going to continue handing out sheepskin? I certainly hope so.


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Q: How to develop a payment verification for in-app purchase? I have developed an iPhone application that was rejected. With this application I offer an SMS transmission service. On my website each user has an account and he can buy credits on the website to be able to send SMS.
The reason for rejections was that my app uses an external service, my website. They say I have to use in-app purchase for the credits.
So now I am about to extend my api. So if purchase takes place in-app the web server needs to know that there was a purchase and what type of purchase. This is done using HTTP-POST.
I could build a simple url and register the purchase in the user-account, since I can verify that an purchase was performed correctly in the app store. But to prevent hacking and just for security reason I think there has to be some kind of encryption.
E.g. if the payment process in the app was successful I send a HTTP-POST to my webserver. It contains some encrypted key that can be encrypted by the webserver.
What do you think about all this? How can I make my api safe regarding in-app purchase and what security algorithm could I use?
Any other suggestions or ideas?

A: You should probably look into the Server Product Model, rather than trying to invent some way for your app on the device to tell the server that credit was purchased after the fact. The section on Verifying Store Receipts will come in handy; in short, your app transmits the contents of transactionReceipt to your server (ideally via HTTPS). Your server base64-encodes it, embeds it in a simple JSON object, and posts it to Apple to get the status and verified purchase information.

A: I have a complete implementation of storekit including the server code.
http://blog.mugunthkumar.com/coding/mkstorekit-4-0-supporting-auto-renewable-subscriptions/
Try this

A: You should check out this wiki article on public key encryption. This is what you'll probably what to be using.
CommonCrypto is a module available for iOS that deals with this type of encryption. Here is a sample project in the iOS developer library that uses this module.

A: Yes You are correct. That is the best way. When user purchase credit using In-App purchase(IAP) You will have delegate method for purchase succeed. So you can call your Server API in this delegate method and put some flag with credit number in the user table of your server database. You can send this info encrypted and your server would decrypt it and insert in your database.

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Q: Improving the speed of a web scraper I have created a web scraper to extract information of research papers that are published in a digital library (sample document).
Basically I'm extracting the title, abstract and list of references for each paper and storing them in text files. This process is repeated for all the referenced papers also.

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*I have used a queue to store the document IDs.

*I need to extract such information from atleast 5000 papers, but the program is too slow and  takes about 3 hours to go through 250-300 papers.

What are the possible ways of improving the speed of this scraper?
Here is the code:
# _*_ coding:utf-8 _*_
import urllib2
import json
import Queue

crawled = []

fo = open("paper.txt", "w")

class Paper(object):
    def __init__(self, paper_id):
        self.paper_id = paper_id
        self.title, self.abstract = self.fetch_data()

    def fetch_data(self):
        base_url = "http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/rest/document/{0}/{1}"
        data_url = base_url.format(self.paper_id, "abstract")
        response = urllib2.urlopen(data_url)
        html = response.readlines()
        data = json.loads("\n".join(html))
        title = data["title"]
        abstract = data["abstract"]
        return title, abstract

    def fetch_ieee_references(self):
        base_url = "http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/rest/document/{0}/{1}"
        data_url = base_url.format(self.paper_id, "references")
        response = urllib2.urlopen(data_url)
        html = response.readlines()
        data = json.loads("\n".join(html))
        references = []
        try:
            for ref in data["references"]:
                try:
                    ref_link = ref["links"]["documentLink"]
                    ref_paper_id = ref_link.split("/")[-1]
                    references.append(Paper(ref_paper_id))
                except:
                    pass
       except:
           pass
       return references
    def extract_paper(self):
        try:
            print "Paper ID"
            print self.paper_id
            fname = str(self.paper_id)
            fname = fname + ".txt"
            fcon = open(fname,"w")
            print
            print "Title"
            print self.title
            print >>fcon, self.title
            print "Abstract"
            print self.abstract
            print >>fcon, self.abstract
            print "References"
            for ref in self.fetch_ieee_references():
                print ref.paper_id, ref.title
                print >>fo, self.paper_id, ref.paper_id
        except:
            pass

def new_func():
    n_id = 6639344
    q = Queue.Queue()
    q.put_nowait(n_id)
    crawled.append(n_id)
    while not q.empty():
        p_id = q.get_nowait()
        paper = Paper(p_id)
        paper.extract_paper()
        for ref in paper.fetch_ieee_references():
            if ref.paper_id not in crawled:
                crawled.append(ref.paper_id)
                q.put_nowait(ref.paper_id)

new_func()

A: As already mentioned by other users it mostly depends on the speed of the HTTP request so you are dependent on the server of the site. So to speed things up you can divide the papers between multiple processes.
Also I don't get why you read the html and then use json.loads you can just use json.load on the response, this will speed things up a little bit.


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Anywhere new. I love traveling and seeing different cultures, so it's hard to choose a favorite. Though, I've always been partial to the Southwest – New Mexico and Arizona play a huge part as inspiration for my collections.
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Sulby (; ) is a village in the parish of Kirk Christ Lezayre that is located on the A3 Castletown to Ramsey in the Isle of Man.

Location
Historically containing the Treen of the Curragh of Kirk Christ Lezayre and the Land of the Monks of Myrosco, the village is situated at the southern edge of the island's northern alluvial plain; north of the island's northern hills; at the point where the Sulby River emerges from those hills.

The old part of Sulby is situated at the junction between the A14 Tholt-y-Will Road and the B9 Claddagh Road (). This part of Sulby has a mill and a village green. The main part of the village is situated along the main A3 road between Close-e-Volley and Ginger Hall, centred on its junction with the A14. In this area there is a church, a post office, general stores, and an inn. Sulby has a primary school, a hotel and a large campsite in the river meadow of Sulby Claddagh. The village is dominated by the Sulby River, the Ballamanaugh farm estate, common land of the Claddagh and Cronk (hill) Sumark, which includes the remains of a fort from the Iron Age.

Name
The name Sulby () ('Soli's farm')), or Súla  + bý  (cleft or fork) in the Sulby river) reflects the Scandinavian influence in Isle of Man place-names.

Motor-Sport heritage
Sulby village located on the A3 road including  the   Sulby Straight  and Sulby Bridge was part of the 37.50 Mile Four Inch Course  for the RAC Tourist Trophy automobile races held in the Isle of Man between 1908 and 1922.

In 1911, the Four Inch Course for automobiles was first used by the Auto-Cycling Union for the Isle of Man TT motor-cycle races. This included the Sulby Straight. The course later became known as the 37.73 mile Isle of Man TT Course which has been used since 1911 for the Isle of Man TT Races and from 1923 for the Manx Grand Prix races.

During a practice session for the  2006 Isle of Man TT  races,  New Zealander Bruce Anstey achieved the unofficial current top speed record of  at the end of Sulby straight near the Kella crossroads. This speed value was registered by the on-board data-logging equipment. This unofficial speed record of was achieved again in 2015 by the TT competitor James Hillier riding the Kawasaki H2R factory concept bike during a demonstration lap, recorded by onboard Strava data-logging equipment.

Sulby Bridge
The notorious hump-backed Sulby Bridge on the A3 road located at the eastern end of the Sulby Straight (built c.1815), considered at the time to be the most difficult part of the TT Course for motor-cycle competitors, was removed in 1922–23 by the Isle of Man Highway Board and the road widened and road profile improved.

The Sulby Bridge was originally built in 1739 as a result of the 1739 Bridges Act to improve access to roads in the Isle of Man. The nearby 'Five Ton Bridge' over the Sulby river was built in 1935 on the Sulby Claddagh to replace a ford and footbridge damaged in flooding in September 1930.

Sulby railway stations
The village of Sulby was previously served by the Sulby Glen and Sulby Bridge railway stations until the Ramsey to St. Johns line closed in 1968.

Produce
ManX Spirit is a clear alcoholic beverage that is distilled from whisky by Kella Distillers Ltd in Sulby.

Gallery

See also

Sulby Bridge railway station
Sulby Glen railway station
Sulby Reservoir

References

Villages in the Isle of Man
Roads in the Isle of Man

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2.5 Million U.S. High School Students Had a Concussion in Past Year
Posted by [reposted by] Jim Liebelt · July 3, 2018
Published in Families, At-Risk, Culture, Health Issues, Teen Behaviors
*The following is excerpted from an online article posted on HealthDay.
The damaging effects of a concussion are well-known, and new research finds the injuries are common among U.S. high school students.
In a representative survey of nearly 15,000 kids in grades 9 through 12, just over 15 percent — equal to 2.5 million American youths — said they had suffered at least one concussion over the prior year.
The survey was conducted in 2017, and echoes results from prior surveys, according to researchers led by Lara DePadilla of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
What's more, 6 percent of respondents "reported two or more concussions" over the past 12 months, and 2 percent said they'd experienced four or more of the head injuries.
And the new figures — based on anonymous interviews with high schoolers — may be undercounting concussion frequency.
"Underreporting of concussions among athletes remains an important issue," DePadilla's group noted. In another study, 40 percent of high school students who believed they had suffered a concussion said that "their coach was unaware of their symptoms," the CDC researchers said.
One emergency physician agreed that too many concussions go unreported.
"The public needs to understand that you don't have to lose consciousness to have a concussion. In fact, body impacts that transmit force to the head and neck can also result in concussive symptoms," said Dr. Robert Glatter, who works in the ER at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City.
In the CDC study, boys were more prone to concussion than girls, and the injuries were highly linked with team sports. In fact, "the odds of reporting a concussion increased significantly with the number of sports teams on which students played," the researchers said.
"It's simply a matter of increasing the risk for collisions and contact, along with added risk of falls related to contact," said Glatter, who was not involved with the new research.
He stressed that a concussion can have lifelong effects — as tragically illustrated in cases of late-life mental illness among retired National Football League players. That might be especially true for injuries sustained by teens, Glatter said.
"Because children's brains are rapidly developing, they are more vulnerable to the effects of blunt trauma, with neurological symptoms presenting in a delayed fashion as they age," he explained.
The CDC team stressed that more must be done to shield young brains.
"Coaches and parents can encourage athletes to follow the rules of play for their sport with an emphasis on player safety," the researchers said, and more education must be done "to ensure that all students, parents, coaches, teachers and health care providers know how to prevent, recognize and manage concussions."
The study was published in the June 22 issue of the CDC journal Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
Source: HealthDay
https://consumer.healthday.com/cognitive-health-information-26/concussions-news-733/2-5-million-u-s-high-school-students-had-a-concussion-in-past-year-735076.html
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After their fierce battle with the zoids, York and Belle must journey down to the next level of the Biosphere, where all the plants and animals for the journey from Earth were kept. Since the zoid uprising this level has become a deadly mix of enormous carnivorous plants, mutated insects and animals that have evolved in terrifying ways. York and Belle have no choice but to fight their way through this dangerous landscape to reach the centre of the ship, where they will finally solve the mystery of the zoids.


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State School Boards Assn. condemns calling mask protests 'domestic terrorism'
Charlie Megginson October 14, 2021 Education, Headlines
The Delaware School Boards Association says it was not consulted before national group called for federal help over school mask protests.
The group that represents Delaware's school boards does not agree with a national group's characterizing protests over mask requirements and curriculum issues as hate crimes and acts of domestic terrorism.
Those protesting are exercising their right to free speech and to approach a local government board, said the Delaware School Boards Association.
The National School Boards Association wrote to President Joe Biden on Sept. 29 seeking federal law enforcement and other assistance to "deal with the growing number of threats of violence and acts of intimidation occurring across the nation."
"Local school board members want to hear from their communities on important issues and that must be at the forefront of good school board governance and promotion of free speech," the national association said in their letter to Biden. "However, there also must be safeguards in place to protect public schools and dedicated education leaders as they do their jobs."
The national association said it was writing on behalf of its state associations and the more than 90,000 school board members who govern the country's 14,000 local public school districts.
But the Delaware association sought to distance itself from the letter in a Thursday press release.
"The Delaware School Boards Association was not consulted prior to the release of this letter, nor do we agree with the letter," said John Marinucci, the group's executive director. "The comments and representations contained within the letter do not reflect the position of our organization."
Marinucci said he agrees that order must be maintained and that the safety of board members, staff, families and community members must be the top priority during meetings — but the group believes that free speech and the ability of citizens to address their locally elected board members are essential to successful governance.
"The bottom line is that the public education system in Delaware is established on the fundamental principle of local authority," Marinucci said. "The ability for parents and members of the local community to address their school board is a fundamental aspect of local authority."
Efforts to reach several local schools boards were unsuccessful Thursday afternoon.
The letter from the national organization called on Biden to authorize an expedited joint review of the protests by the U.S. Departments of Justice, Education and Homeland Security, along with training, coordination, investigations and enforcement mechanisms from the FBI's national security branch and counterterrorism division.
"As the threats grow and news of extremist hate organizations showing up at school board meetings is being reported, this is a critical time for a proactive approach to deal with this difficult issue," the national group said.
A proactive approach, in the National School Board Association's view, includes "enforceable actions" under the Gun-Free School Zones Act, the PATRIOT Act, the Hate Crimes Prevention Act, the Violent Interference with Federally Protected Rights statute and the Conspiracy Against Rights statute.
The group also requested Biden issue an executive order requiring the enforcement of all applicable federal laws "for the protection of students and public school district personnel."
The Delaware Association of School Boards said it continues to provide guidance to school boards on how they can help ensure their meetings run smoothly, even when there are contentious issues on the agenda.
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The 201 Khalid Ibn Walid Corps is one of the eight corps of the Islamic Emirate Army established in October 2021 and headquartered in Laghman. The current Chief of Staff is Abdul Rahman Mansoori.

The conventional corps of the Islamic Emirate Army were renamed in November 2021 by Mohammad Yaqub Mujahid, Acting Minister of Defense. The 201 Corps was renamed 'Khalid Ibn Walid' and at the time was under the command of Abu Dujana (Commander); Abdul Rahman Mansoori (Chief of Staff); and Ibrahim (Deputy Commander).

The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan-era corps it replaced was known as the 201st 'Selab' Corps and was a part of Afghan National Army.

Commanders

201st 'Selab' Corps 2004-2021

The 201st 'Selab' Corps was a corps-sized formation of the now-defunct Islamic Republic's Afghan National Army.

The establishment of the corps started when the first commander and some of his staff were appointed on 1 September 2004. The first two ANA brigades for what was at the time called the Central Corps were activated on 22 March 2003. Under the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan the corps had the name 'Selab' (Flood). The corps was responsible for the east of the country (Kabul, Logar, Kapisa, Nuristan, Kunar, and Laghman provinces). Brigadier Abdul Jabbar was the last commander of the Corps. He was appointed as the commander of Corps on 8 January 2021.

The corps' 1st Brigade was stationed at the Presidential Palace. Its 3rd Brigade at Pol-e-Charkhi was a mechanised formation including M113s and Soviet-built main battle tanks. In mid-2003, the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment sent a training team to the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Brigade, of the Central Corps to assist the creation of a battalion equipped with T-62s and BMP-1s and BMP-2s to help provide security during the Loya Jirga of 2003 and the 2004 Afghan presidential elections.

Later information from LongWarJournal.com placed most of the 3rd Brigade at Jalalabad, 2nd Brigade at Pol-e-Charkhi, and only a single battalion of 1st Brigade at the Presidential Palace. Its area of responsibility included Kabul as well as vital routes running north and south, and valleys leading from the Pakistani border into Afghanistan. As of 2009, the 3rd Brigade of the 201st Corps was the only unit that had control of an area of responsibility in Afghanistan without the aid or assistance of U.S. or coalition forces.  August 6–7, 2009 in the Shpee Valley, Kapisa , during a joint Afghan-Franco-American Operation (Brest Thunder), Afghan soldiers from 3rd Kandak, 3rd Brigade, 201st Corps saved the life of Forward Observer Christopher Mercer Lowe (US Army) after he took a snipers bullet to his right thigh.

A new fourth brigade of the corps was planned to be established in the province of Nuristan. By 2013, the 4th Brigade, 201st Corps, had its headquarters near Jalalabad.

In February 2008, Marine Colonel Jeffrey Haynes and Embedded Training Team (ETT) 3–5, a part of the Regional Corps Advisory Command-Central (RCAC-C), arrived with a mission to "mentor the 201st Corps.. by providing military advice and training guidance" to its officers and staff noncommissioned officers. "The 201st Corps is very good," Colonel Haynes said. "When the Taliban attacked the prison in Kandahar last summer, they spearheaded the ANA effort into Anghardab and recaptured that strategic valley. The ANA handled their own logistics and their own intelligence." In the recent Marine-ANA-French (Groupement tactique interarmes de Kapisa) Operation Nan-e-Shab Berun, coalition and ANA forces cleared the Alah Say Valley of insurgents; casualties included one French and four ANA soldiers killed, with 37 opponents killed in action.

Following the crash of Kam Air Flight 904 in 2005, ISAF made numerous unsuccessful helicopter rescue operation attempts. ANA soldiers also searched for the plane. The Ministry of Defense ordered the ANA's Central Corps to assemble a team to attempt a rescue of victims presumed to be alive. The crash site was at an altitude of  on the peak of the Chaperi Mountain,  east of Kabul.

The 2nd Security Force Assistance Brigade provided maintenance assistance to the 201st Regional Military Training Center of the 201st Corps in late 2019-early 2020 to help maintain their 1960-vintage Soviet D-30 122mm howitzers.

The 201st Corps and 111th Capital Division were the last IRA forces operational in Afghanistan remaining before the Taliban's offensive reached Kabul. On 15 August 2021, the 201st Corps surrendered in east of Kabul.

Previous Afghan Army forces in the Kabul area
Previous Afghan formations in the Kabul area included the Central Army Corps, from at least 1978 through the 1990s, and possibly earlier. The Central Army Corps was a very influential formation.

In 1953, Lieutenant General Mohammed Daoud Khan, first cousin of the King who had previously served as Minister of Defence, was transferred from command of the Central Corps in Kabul to become Prime Minister of Afghanistan. His command has also been referred to as the Central Command and Central Forces. The Central Corps was headquartered at Amanullah's Darulaman Palace. On the opening day of Parliament in October 1965, a violent student demonstration among which Babrak Karmal was at the forefront forced Zahir Shah's new prime minister Yousef to resign. Two students were killed when the new corps commander, General Abdul Wali, sent in troops to restore order.

In 1978 the corps consisted of the 7th and 8th Divisions, the Republican Guard Brigade, two commando regiments, the 4th and 15th Armoured Brigades, and several support units. The 4th Armoured Brigade played a key role in spearheading the Saur Revolution of April 1978. An accessible Kabul Times article of the period describes what it claims as the 15th Armoured Division's celebrations of the Saur Revolution, and gives the division commander's name as Major Mohammed Amin. The Corps began to be worn away by desertions, with one of the first, involving a brigade of the 7th Division, occurring in mid-May 1979 on the road from Gardez to Khost. The whole brigade, maybe 2000 strong, reportedly joined the mujahadeen. Reportedly they surrendered on the condition that they be allowed to keep their uniforms and weapons and join the anti-government struggle.

"As late as September 1982," the commander of the Central Corps, a General variously reported as Wodud (Joes) or Abdul Wadood (Yousaf and Adkin), was shot in his office. The 8th Division is extensively referenced in Ali A. Jalali and Lester Grau's Afghan Guerrilla Warfare: In the Words of the Mujahideen Fighters, c. 2001.

In response to a Taliban attack towards Herat from the south in March–April 1995, the Kabul government airlifted a reported 2,000 troops from the Central Corps to Herat. This was the first airlift of its kind since 1992.
BBC's Summary of World Broadcasts for 1999 reports a radio transcript from Kabul noting that the former commander of the Central Corps, Mola Abdurraof Akhond, was appointed a commander elsewhere.

The Central Corps appears to have been reactivated in August 2003. The creation of the corps was planned to place army brigades under a central command structure for the first time, and create a command and control headquarters. Maj Gen Mohammed Moiun Faqir, an ethnic Pashtun, was appointed as corps commander. It was one of the first recipients of new Afghan National Army battalions trained by the United States, with its strength in July including five to six of the new battalions within two brigades. Soon afterwards, a training team from the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment at Fort Irwin was sent to Kabul to assist the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Brigade, of the Central Corps to form an effective tank unit, using T-62s.

In March 2004, fighting between two local militias took place in Herat. It was reported that Mirwais Sadiq (son of warlord Ismail Khan) was assassinated in unclear circumstances. Thereafter a bigger conflict began that resulted in the death of up to 100 people. The battle was between troops of Ismail Khan and Abdul Zahir Nayebzada, a senior local military commander blamed for the death of Sadiq. Nayebzada commanded the 17th Herat Division of the Defence Ministry's 4th Corps. In response to the fighting, about 1,500 newly trained Central Corps soldiers were sent to Herat in order to bring the situation under control.

The 8th Division was still active in July 2004, when defence minister Mohammed Fahim was considering pushing back against Karzai's removal of him from the position of Karzai's running mate for first vice-president. Fahim and his faction Shura-e Nazar commanded the loyalty of the formation, which was described as having ''..an estimated 5,000 loyal troops stationed in the Shomali Plain—the fertile land just north of Kabul—and in the capital itself.''

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So far our research has focused on names, dates, and places. But, what about the times that Elizabeth Nestor Milligan lived in? What did the major milestones in her life look like in the context of the times? For example, what was her life like 100 years ago today?
On June 14, 1914, tensions were rising across the Atlantic as decisions made years before were threatening peace. In 1878, European powers allowed the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary to occupy the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as long as the country remained under the rule of Turkey. However in 1908, Austria-Hungary decided to annex Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the bold move agitated many, especially the little country of Serbia, that harbored its own thoughts of annexation to re-unite the Slavic peoples who had been divided by centuries of empires fighting over them. Little did the people of Malden, Massachusetts know, but in just 14 days, on June 28, 1914, those tensions would reach a breaking point after an Austria-Hungary Archduke visiting Sarajevo would be assassinated by a Serb.
Assuming that the Serbian government was behind the assassination, the Dual Monarchy presented Serbia with an ultimatum: let Austria-Hungary run the investigation into the murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie, or risk a declaration of war.
When Serbia didn't accept the ultimatum, Austria-Hungary followed-through with its promise, creating a catastrophic domino effect where Germany backed Austria-Hungary and declared War on France, Russia rushed to defend Serbia and come to the aid of its ally France, and England soon followed. In less than one month, these tragic events would initiate the "War to End All Wars," which would end up killing more than 16 million people and wounding over 20 million.
In the summer of 1914, Lizzie was 42 years old and living in either Everett or Malden. Local conversations would have been dominated with debates on whether or not the United States would enter the war–a development that Lizzie would have been keenly interested in, considering her 28 year-old son was draft-eligible. But Edward wasn't the only household member that would have been effected. Depending on how long the war lasted, Lizzie's nephews Joseph (14), Gerard (9), Francis (8), Nestor (7), and Edward (6) also found themselves in the draft queue.
On April 6, 1917, the United States declared war on Germany. The resulting draft of June 5, 1917 sought all men between the ages of 21 and 31, making Edward, at exactly 31 years of age, eligible. The second draft of June 5, 1918, sought those who attained age 21 after June 5, 1917. Lizzie's nephew, Joseph, born on April 8, 1900, would have been 18 years-old, and thus was non-eligible. But that wouldn't be the case for long. On September 12, 1918, a third draft sought men between 18 through 45, making Joseph eligible.
A search through the draft registration cards didn't reveal anything for Edward, which may have had something to do with his diagnosis with Pulmonary Tuberculosis that same year. However, we did locate the draft registration card for Joseph Francis Cardinal. The card, dated September 12, 1918, suggests that young Joseph was eager to join the fighting, as he signed his card on his very first day of draft eligibility. Luckily for his family, though, the war ended two months later on November 11, 1918.
When reading history books, it's easy to memorize the names of assassinated Archdukes, learn about secret societies with intriguing names such as the "Black Hand," and glance casually at the number of soldiers who died at a particular battle. But it's important to take a step back and think about the effect that these facts had on people who lived during those times. Lizzie, Edward, and Joseph didn't choose their circumstances. The tragic events that unfolded thousands of miles away were thrust upon them and their lives were determined by how they chose to react.
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Inclusiv, a national network of 400 mission driven credit unions, and itself a community development financial institution (CDFI), has been working with many of the 125 CDFI-eligible financial cooperatives in Puerto Rico. Inclusiv's Cathie Mahon said that "Puerto Rico's financial coops are uniquely positioned to serve the micro and small business community on the island. They operate deep at the local level and have traditionally been a lifeline for those communities, particularly in rural areas. This strategic alliance with SBA Puerto Rico reinforces Inclusiv's commitment to developing the capacity of the island's financial cooperatives to benefit Puerto Ricans not served by the traditional banking system."
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The next season of The Chew will be its last. ABC confirmed today that it's canceling the celebrity chef-hosted daytime talk show, Deadline reports.
The Emmy Award-winning program is presently hosted by chefs Michael Symon, Carla Hall, fashion consultant Clinton Kelly, and, until recently, chef Mario Batali. Batali was suspended and ultimately fired from the show in December amid widespread reports of the chef's alleged sexual misconduct that spanned two decades. (In a segment that acknowledged Batali's suspension, Symon, Hall, and Kelly released a group statement saying "Our commitment to our viewers remains the same — to deliver the entertaining show that you've come to expect.") Batali is currently the subject of a criminal investigation led by the New York Police Department into the misconduct allegations lodged by several employees who worked at the Spotted Pig.
Just last week, co-host Carla Hall addressed the vacant co-host slot left by Batali, stating that The Chew had no plans to replace him, and that the remaining hosts had "become closer" since the incident.
A representative for ABC called the cancellation a "business decision." Recent ratings suggest that despite the chef's firing, he continued to have a negative impact on The Chew's viewership. During the most recent season, the number of women viewers ages 18-49 plummeted by 17 percent, making it the least-watched season since the talk show first aired in 2011, according to Page Six.
Daphne Oz, one of the original co-hosts on the show and daughter of dubious TV health personality Dr. Oz , departed last August. Producers also elected not to refill her seat on the show.
The Chew will continue to air new episodes from June through September. After that, Good Morning America will be expanded to three hours to fill its current time slot.
Update, 3:29 p.m., May 23: Carla Hall Tweets a statement, calling the experience an "amazing ride":
I am so grateful for all the good times and incredible friends I have made over the past seven years on @thechew. It has truly been an amazing ride.
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Update, 3:50 p.m. May 24: On today's episode of The Chew, hosts Carla Hall, Michael Symon, and Clinton Kelly addressed the cancelation of the show in an emotional seven-minute segment where they thanked their fans and each other, while also sharing anecdotes about how they reacted to the news last night. Clinton Kelly also explained their shooting schedule after the Memorial Day break: "We are coming back to do two weeks of fresh new shows and our last tape day is going to be June 14th. So our last show will be the 14th or the 15th, but then we'll have summer shows that will be taped in advance." Here's the full segment:
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A huge thank you to #TheChew's incredible fans. "You guys are unbelievable and you made it so special for us. You let us into your homes every day at 1 o'clock to laugh, and to teach, and to have a great time. It's been great." ❤
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The Astoria Ash Wednesday Fishing Expedition
We got the email from Zio several days before we were to meet. That we were notified of his choice for our food group so far in advance was unusual for Zio. His normal procedure was to glean help from anyone he can and then, just a day or so before the assigned date, come up with a destination. So confident was he of his choice of Astoria Seafood that in his email to us he even did the research about the liquor status of the place.
"They don't serve alcohol, but you can bring your own beer," he wrote as if beer or something stronger was one of the criteria for our group. It wasn't, but it was nice of him to think of what was truly important to us.
Eugene's concern was more spiritual. Eating meat, he explained, also by way of email, would be in conflict with his Ash Wednesday obligations. It was too late to reschedule to Fat Tuesday, and the next day was Valentine's Day, so we stuck with the original Ash Wednesday date and assured Eugene that since we were eating at a place called Astoria Seafood, there should be no conflict.
To further assure Eugene, Zio dryly added: "Wednesdays they serve tilapia from the Gowanus Canal."
"Yeah, and don't worry Eugene, it's BYOA. Bring Your Own Ash," Gerry quipped.
And so Eugene did—the ash in the middle of his forehead—its mark adding to his already shadowy complexion.
When I arrived, Zio was in the process of securing our table in the combination seafood market and restaurant. The place was bustling; maybe others were observing Ash Wednesday by confining their diet that evening to fish. I could hear Spanish, Greek, and Arabic spoken from the customers (mostly men) at the restaurant's tables as Zio and I surveyed the offerings on ice.
Seafood restaurant/fish market
A young man wearing a Yankees' baseball cap came over.
"Hey, how are you? " Zio said to him.
The man smiled and stared somewhat dumbfounded.
"You remember me? From the last time I was here?" Zio asked hopefully.
"Oh yeah, sure I do," the man, who said his name was Matt replied as if he actually meant it.
From then on, Matt served as our guide and host in the somewhat complicated maze that was Astoria Seafood.
The guide of our fishing expedition.
"You pick out what you want," Zio tried to explain to me. "They weigh it and then you tell them how you want it cooked."
It wasn't as easy as it sounded mainly because it was almost impossible what fish to choose much less how to prepare it. Should we stick with a whole fish? Something filleted. Fried? Broiled? Grilled? Raw? And what about shellfish? Those oysters, wherever they were from, were tempting. There were just too many options to consider.
We had to go through the procedure with Gerry and Eugene, but not Mike from Yonkers, who we learned when Gerry arrived wasn't coming and had no other excuse than that he just forgot that we were scheduled to meet. There was no word at all from Rick and after waiting about fifteen minutes, figured he was a no show as well. The next day he attributed his not being there to what he called a "brain fart," thinking Ash Wednesday was the following week.
So there were just four of us and we tried to order accordingly. Zio decided on a large freshly caught fluke that he asked to have deep fried. I saw others at a table sharing a platter of scallops and shrimp that looked like it was prepared scampi style. I asked Matt if he could put together a total of two pounds of shrimp and scallops and make up a scampi for us. He assured me he could.
Fluke before
I also noticed that everyone eating at the tables were indulging in a salad served on a large platter and coated in a feta laced dressing. "We have to have one of those," I told Zio.
"Oh we will," he said with confidence.
"And what about a cup of fish soup," I said hopefully.
Matt our server looked at me.
"Fish soup for all of us," I said to him. No one argued.
The soup came out first, a light tomato broth overflowing with pieces of white fish.
"There's a lot of fish in here," Zio said to Matt.
Matt smiled at Zio, his new"old friend."
"I made sure of it," he said.
The salad came out next along with a platter of toasted French bread coated with olive oil. It tasted as good as it looked. The fried fluke, filleted and battered in a light coating of bread crumbs, followed. The fish was big enough to feed six, but we were just four. Not that there was a problem. We worked through it with ease.
Fluke after
From behind the counter, one of the chefs was calling to Eugene. It was very noisy in the place and he cupped a hand to his ear. "What?" Eugene mouthed back to him.
The chef called out something again and Eugene nodded.
"What's he saying," I asked Eugene.
"I have no idea," Eugene said.
Another waiter came over. "He wants to know if you want the lemon potatoes."
Lemon potatoes? How could we resist?
The potatoes quickly appeared, halves of skinless potatoes, tender and tinged with lemon.
Lemon potatoes
The addictive crunchy bread had long since disappeared and when the shrimp and scampi arrived on a gargantuan platter swimming in garlicky oil also flavored with lemon, we knew we needed more bread to soak up the "juice."
"I'm sure I said two pounds," I told our group as we stared in disbelief at the quantity of crustaceans in front of us.
"You did. I was there." Zio remarked as he speared a scallop and swirled it in the sauce.
Multiple pounds of shrimp and scallops prepared scampi style.
The mercury level in our blood rising fast, we were nearing exhaustion. Despite our best efforts, the four of us just could not finish the scampi. In fact, there was enough left for a substantial snack.
Matt brought our tab. We were considerably over our usual budget of $20 per person. Eugene deciphered the scrawl on the tab.
"They charged us for almost four pounds of shrimp and scallops," he said shaking his head.
"That's not right," I said. "I told him two pounds."
And then we just shrugged it off. The food was very good. And we could justify going over budget because we were minus two of our members. With six in attendance we wouldn't have had to order anything else and would have easily come close to our $20 allotment.
We had the remains of the scampi wrapped up.
"Take it," Gerry said to Zio. "You deserve it for picking this place."
Zio grabbed the bag. "Now I know what I can give the Colonel for Valentine's Day," he said. "Who needs chocolates when you can have day old shrimp and scallop scampi."
Zios Valentine gift for the Colonel.
Astoria Seafood
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Baklava in the Bleachers
As I said in these pages about a month ago (New Year's Penicillin), I've been spending a lot of time just off the 230th Street exit of the Major Deegan, sitting on crooked aluminum bleacher seats watching baseball on a small field. The field borders the Deegan and the hum of traffic is a constant.
The bleacher seats: no admission charge.
In between games or while waiting for the games to begin, I've become very familiar with the Kingsbridge neighborhood that surrounds the field. A café con leche at Malecon Restaurant has become a weekly treat and as I reported here, I "discovered" a 50 year old Kosher deli named Loeser's where the penicillin includes chicken broth, noodles, or maybe a matzoh ball.
More recently, as I waited for the games to begin, I happened on another place. Just a few paces from the 50th police precinct and across the street from the Nice Guys Car Wash, I found a small, shed of a diner called Christos Gyro & Souvlaki.
The souvlaki of Christos.
Christos, I learned, has been at its tiny location on Kingsbridge Road the past eight years—at least that was what the owner, Christopher, a.k.a Christos, said to me as he also proudly handed me a laminated Daily News article about his restaurant where that newspaper rated his gyro the best in the city.
The weather was changing. An Indian summer day was quickly turning into a brisk autumn one. I'd have to take the Daily News' word on the gyro. I wanted something else. I didn't need New Year's penicillin, but the close Greek equivalent would do very well.
"You want the avgolemono?" Christos asked.
"Yes I do," was my definitive response.
"Moussaka," I said, not caring that I might miss the beginning of the game.
"Very good choice."
The bowl of the yellow-tinged, lemon chicken soup was steaming. Spherical dots of orzo floated within along with slivers of chicken. The distinct citrus snap of lemon meshed magically with the hearty, comforting chicken broth.
I crumbled a few saltines into the bowl and slurped. It wasn't long before the bowl was empty.
Christos' avgolemono
Moussaka awaited, paired with a simple Greek salad, pita bread and a generous bowl of tzatziki. I dipped the pita into the creamy, garlicky yogurt…and then I double dipped.
The half inch of béchamel sauce on top of the ground beef and eggplant was airy, the filling scented with cinnamon. I alternated between bites of the moussaka and dips of the tzatziki until all was gone.
Moussaka, Greek salad, tzatziki
Christos came to clear my table. "You did good," he said.
"I know," I answered, happy to have made him proud.
As I waited to pay, I noticed a tray of baklava and remembered reading in the Daily News piece that Christos' wife made them fresh daily. I pointed to it. Christos' son was working the cashier—Christo's was most certainly a family affair. "To go?" he asked.
I nodded and took the bagged baklava back to the ball field. I devoured it watching baseball on the bleacher seats while like a continuous loop, the music of the Major Deegan played on and on.
Music to eat baklava by.
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The Greek Uncle (R.I.P)
When Zio picked Uncle George's in Astoria, the restaurant really didn't qualify for our criteria. This was late 2003 and having been around since 1985, it was well known among the burgeoning foodie crowd. But we hadn't done "Greek" yet and it was cheap, so we let Zio slide on the pick. As you'll read below, that was our mistake.
Uncle George's Greek Tavern
Is Astoria now to Greek restaurants what Little Italy is to Italian restaurants? Are they just there to appease the tourist or wandering foodie; to present a pale imitation of what Greek-American or Italian-American cuisine was like 40 years ago. That's what I was afraid of when Zio choose Uncle George's as the next destination for our group of intrepid eaters. Uncle George's had a reputation as one of those authentic Greek restaurants, but my sources had warned that the food had there had gone downhill. This was Zio's choice, however, and it was not my place to interfere.
When I entered Uncle George's, the fluorescent-bright interior looked much more like a dingy diner than a Greek tavern. This was a good sign, I thought. There were other good signs: men with bushy forearms reading newspapers with undecipherable, to me, Greek lettering, a bilingual menu in English and that same undecipherable Greek on the wall, a surly, casting-couch Greek waiter who scoffed at Gerry when he inquired about a glass of ouzo: "No ouzo here! Whattya think? This a bar?." Lamb head on the menu. I was encouraged. Maybe Zio picked Uncle George's truly for the food and not just for the convenience; surely that it was only a couple of blocks from his Astoria love shack was not a factor at all.
After we finally all assembled and sipped retsina; bad Greek wine served ice cold out of an olive oil container, our brusque waiter took our orders. Of course most of the items we desired were not available. The waiter recited what was left and when one of our large, slightly deaf, contingent inquired again about something not on the menu, he became exasperated with us. Still, there were plenty of items to choose from—lamb head, sadly, was not one of them.
We started with the typical Greek dips; fish roe (taramaslata) yogurt, garlic and cucumber (tzatziki) and the very garlicky potato dip (skoradilia). All were very good and served with warm pita bread. Gerry tried the fried cheese and Rick was curious about the spinach pie, which was not anywhere near the equal of what I commonly ordered at Big Nick's Burger Joint on the Upper West Side, not to be confused with Uncle Nick's in Hell's Kitchen, which also had a better spinach pie than Uncle George. I erred badly by choosing the baked macaroni and octopus. The macaroni, baked to a mushy consistency, was the antithesis of "al dente" and the octopus, canned and accompanied with an overdose of dill. Gerry had a similar unfortunate experience with his pastitio, the Greek version of baked ziti. Eugene fared better with the grilled whiting as did Rick with the barbecued baby lamb. Zio tried the lamb stew with spinach, which reminded me of one of the many common themes on meats, whether beef, pork or veal, that was the few dinner options at my college dormitory. Charlie's roast leg of lamb was if nothing else, slow-cooked tender and highlighted by a large portion of lemon potatoes.
The food was certainly plentiful, but we'll leave it at that. Zio had a "sheepish" look on his face as we left and it had nothing to do with our consumption of lamb. He shrugged. "They make good eggs," he said. And to that we had no response.
No lamb head today!
Uncle George continues to thrive 24 hours a day in Astoria. It's been "remodeled" since we visited in 2003, but the menu remains the same. Now, I think, the restaurant is more a guilty pleasure to its followers; like Wo Hop in Chinatown or Vincent's Clam Bar in Little Italy. They are comforting reminders of the past that are knowingly not very good, but still irresistible for, if nothing else, their continued existence in an ever-changing food universe.
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Lobbying and influence activities in the Pharmaceutical and Food and Beverage industries
Lead Research Organisation: University of Bath
Department Name: Social and Policy Sciences
My research will explore modes and channels of influence used by the pharmaceutical ("pharma") and food and beverage (F&B) industries in the UK, in particular mapping how the two industries align and differ in their attempts to influence policy-making. The two industries have major economic and public health implications and their governance involves many stakeholders and complex scientific evidence. The industries also have major implications for public and individual health and budgets. I aim to map each industry's approach to lobbying and influencing policy-making. I will also look specifically at the policy role and impact of so-called third-party organisations (such as healthcare organisations and advocacy organisations) in the context of the pharma and F&B industries in the UK. The nature of third-party organisations' expertise, attempts to influence society through policy, and relationships with other stakeholders will be key considerations.
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1) What tactics do the pharma and F&B industries deploy to influence policy-making?
2) To what extent does third-party organisations' activity align with pharma and F&B industry agendas?
3) How do the two industries align and differ in their attempts to influence policy-making?
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The project will draw on the power structure research tradition examining organisational networks and associated ideologies. It will use an innovative mixed-methods design, combining "big data" and case-studies, and triangulating methods and data sources.
My research will have an academic impact through demonstrating the use of innovative methods, as well as transcending to non-academic beneficiaries including decision-makers (through casting light on the influence and mechanisms behind third-party organisation policy recommendations, unravelling the process to reveal the extent to which we can trust the outcomes) and the general public (as policymaking decisions have a direct impact on society, particularly in the domain of public health).
Emily Jane Rickard
Period of Study:
Oct 18 - Dec 21
Studentship
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