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Anne Hathaway, Russell Crowe, & More Rumored For 'Les Miserables'
– on Aug 30, 2011
Newly-minted Oscar-winner Tom Hooper is aiming big with his followup to The King's Speech by tackling a film adaptation of Les Miserables, the Broadway musical smash sensation that is itself based on Victor Hugo's classic novel - which revolves (in part) around the convict Jean Valjean and his lifelong conflict with the authoritative Inspector Javert, set against the backdrop of early 19th century France.
Hugh Jackman is confirmed to star as Valjean, but most of the other pivotal roles in the film have yet to be officially (or something like that) filled. One thing seems certain: there won't be a shortage of A-listers onboard, at the end of the day.
Broadway World is reporting that Anne Hathaway (at Jackman's encouragement) is "set to take on the role" of Fantine, a single mother who desperately struggles to provide for her young daughter, Cosette, in Les Miserables. Hayden Panettiere (Heroes), Miranda Cosgrove (iCarly), Lucy Hale (Pretty Little Liars) and Harry Potter's Emma Watson are all reportedly in contention to play the young adult version of Cosette.
Those four startlets are also said to be in the running to portray Éponine, the daughter of the Thénardiers, who are entrusted by Fantine to care for Cosette - but end up employing the latter as a slave and extorting money from her mother, under the pretense that they need it in order to raise Cosette properly. The co-stars of Hooper's King's Speech - Geoffrey Rush (who played Inspector Javert in a non-musical 1998 film version of Les Miserables) and Helena Bonham Carter - are reportedly in line to play that deceitful couple.
The Playlist has been keeping tabs on all these casting rumors for Hooper's musical, and is also reporting that Russell Crowe (not Paul Bettany, as previously rumored) is expected to portray Javert in the film.
Most of these casting rumors for Les Miserable make sense enough; after all, Jackman is a Tony Award-winning singer and Hathaway is known for being fairly musically talented as well (see: her "On My Own" solo at the 2011 Oscars ceremony). Crowe, by comparison, is perhaps best known as the (hot-tempered) powerhouse actor and star of films like L.A. Confidential, Gladiator, and A Beautiful Mind, but he's also an accomplished musician who began his professional career back in the 1980s. Plus, as far as screen personality goes, these three would fit their respective Miserables characters quite nicely.
There is some question about the production timeline for Les Miserables, which Jackman was originally supposed to begin work on once filming had wrapped on The Wolverine. However, there have recently been conflicting reports about whether that X-Men project will begin shooting this November - or be delayed until March 2012, allowing for its star to play Valjean first. Crowe is also slated to appear in Allen Hughes' Broken City, which begins production in about two months, so it's not yet clear how all these potential scheduling conflicts are going to be worked out.
We will keep you posted on the status of Les Miserables as the story develops.
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Q: Excel - Finding Data in one Column and showing the values in the corresponding column I'm having a lot of trouble trying to come up with the right formula for this...
I hope it'll be clear!
I have 2 sheets in my Excel.
The first has Active IDs (~500 rows).
The Second has All IDs, active & inactive with a dollar value associated to each member (~1200 rows)
What I want is for Excel to take the ID in the First Sheet with all the Active ID, find it in the 2nd sheet and return the $value.
So that when I look at Sheet 1, I see the Unique ID associated with their respective $value.
Thanks!

A: This can be done with a lookup function, for example Vlookup.
If your IDs are in column A, you can use
=vlookup(A1,'Sheet 2'!$A:$B,2,false)

In Words: Find the value in A1 on Sheet 2 in column A and return what is in column B (the 2nd column).
Copy down.

A: You also can use INDEX MATCH combination (more efficient than Vlookup)

= INDEX( Column_with_values , MATCH ( cell_with_Active_ID , Column_with_All_IDs )

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Happy New Year everyone. We are excited to get the year started but first, its time to let some phrases WAY overly used in 2012, finally go bye-bye.
Every year, Bill Rabe, public relations director at Michigan's Lake Superior State University, compiles the most annoying into his "Words to be Banished from the Queen's English for Misuse, Overuse and General Uselessness" list.
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Is it just me or is anyone else jonesing for summer and the warm weather that accompanies!? Although it is officially Spring, I am still waiting for the weather to catch up. There have been a few beautiful warm days here and there recently, and yet I woke up to snow on Monday. Welcome to New England in March! You just never know.
This past weekend I was up visiting a friend up on the North Shore of Mass, which naturally involved a little bit of shopping. If you are ever in the area, I highly recommend making a stop to MarketStreet in Lynnfield. The shopping is to die for - think J.Crew, Lululemon, Sephora, Vineyard Vines - the list goes on. Not to mention, there are a few great places to wine and dine (The fresca margarita at Temazcal.. YUM). You could easily make a day out of it. I definitely recommend checking it out!
While shopping my friend and I found ourselves in Pink Parkway, a Lilly Pulitzer signature store, and let me tell you, walking in there was like stepping into mid-July. The bright colors and adventurous prints scream summertime to me, and although we are still a few months out, I couldn't help but try on a few new arrivals.
As you can see from the above photo, I love love love the southern charm print. I grabbed it in both the romper and the slip dress, and honestly it's still up in the air as to which one I liked better. The romper is super fun, but you also can never go wrong with a silk racerback dress. Can we just take a second to talk about the parfait set in pink flamenco!? SO fun. I have been seeing it everywhere and just had to give it a go. Unfortunately the size I tried on was a little bit big, and the store was out of the size down, otherwise it would have been perfect! My friend tried it on too, and it looked great! I know it's a new style to Lilly, and the crop top makes it a little more out there than your normal Lilly styles, but I think it is totally worth checking out and absolutely adorable! If they had it in my size, it would have totally been mine.
The items I tried on are just a few things that have caught my eye lately. Lilly has so many prints and styles that I am loving this season. I mean when do they ever not? Check out some of my favorites below!
Keep dreaming of summer in Lilly until the warm weather rolls around. I sure know I am. Enjoy!
Did anyone else notice the last romper there is the 'Gretch' romper? I promise I didn't make that one up! I think I need it just because of that alone..


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What Was the Space Race and Which Countries Were Involved In the Space Race During the Cold War?
March 3, 2020 by Karen Hill
In short, the space race was, and for some still is, a contest of power between Russia, formerly the Soviet Union (USSR), and the United States.
It began with the USSR launching Sputnik 1.
The march of history has limited, if not eliminated, the idea of a race, but it played a great part in the development of spacecraft and space launches.
In 1955, the United States and the Soviet Union (now Russia) both set up projects to send a satellite into space as soon as possible.
Based on their development of missile technology during World War II, Werner von Braun led the U.S. effort and Valentin Petrovich Glushko and Sergei Pavlovich Korolov headed up the Soviet mission.
The prestige of being the first country to launch a satellite became a symbol of the political rivalry between the USSR and the United States.
The race to space included the fight for the first satellites, the first manned flight, the first to the Moon, and the first space lab, not to mention the first and best communication and spy satellites.
One of the downfalls of the space race was the sacrifice of safety for speed.
Another was that worthwhile scientific projects were delayed or abandoned in favor of the more spectacular race to put a human being on the Moon.
The Soviet Sputnik 1, a small radio satellite, beat the U.S. Explorer 1 satellite into space by 121 days.
The United States caught up, and even surpassed, its competitor in 1969, when it landed the first man on the Moon.
With the breakup of the Soviet Union in the 1980s and 1990s, and shifts in the priorities of both governments, the space race has taken on a different appearance.
In the future, it is hoped that the race will look more like cooperation.
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Non-motoring > Train Robber Biggs dies aged 84 Miscellaneous
Train Robber Biggs dies aged 84 - VxFan
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25426914
Train Robber Biggs dies aged 84 - Focusless
www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/celebrity/man-celebrated-for-achievement-in-the-field-of-stealing-2013121882157
Train Robber Biggs dies aged 84 - No FM2R
He was a pfd And, in Rio at least, a complete non-event.
And as for the BBC's "cocking a snook at authority as he lived the high life in Brazil", then I assume that is one man at least who never went there.
He lived in a nasty flat in a nasty area; he used to go out on to Copocabana or Ipanema and sit on the beach, or in a cafe, for photographs to try to maintain this myth of glory.
Most Brazilians had no idea who he was, and the ones that did know didn't care. He had an unbelievably inflated opinion of himself despite all evidence to the contrary. He was a nasty little petty thief who got involved with some big boys and got his name in the tabloids.
He avoided extradition because of a BRasilian born child by a woman who left him and wanted nothing to do with him.
He had no source of money. The tabloids never "found" him. He would contact them and try for photos and interviews in return for money.
He used to get talking to tourists, mostly from the Cruise ships, and allow them to buy him food and drinks, or pay to got to a barbecue with him, and other such activities.
He would charge for pictures with him and would sell souvenirs of himself.
I doubt there is anybody in England that really cares, other than the tabloids who seem to get in a fizz. They were an embarrassment on the occasion they turned up in Rio to "find" Biggs or listen to some latest interview from him - autobiography, cancer, the true story, whatever else he could drag up etc. etc. barf.
And truly a "little" man who has finally stopped embarrassing the British in Brasil.
Last edited by: VxFan on Mon 19 May 14 at 02:23
Train Robber Biggs dies aged 84 - Ted
Some good news at last ! One of the three or four things I hoped would happen in my lifetime.
Stuck 2 fingers up as Britain for years...even on his last public appearance he was doing it. Remember Jack Mills ? I don't know if Biggs did it but there was no need to ruin a good man's life with a vicious clubbing .
Thought he was a celebrity.....he was trash !
Train Robber Biggs dies aged 84 - Robin O'Reliant
The British public - or large sections of it anyway - have a curious attitude to professional villains. The Kray twins, two psychopathic headcases and at least one a serial rapist and paedophile are almost beatified by some people, mostly those who never knew them and a gaggle of rather stupid people from the entertainment world. "They only hurt their own kind", is a common excuse for them as if their own kind didn't matter. And of course if you had something they wanted...
It's the same with the train robbers, a bunch of thieving parasites who contributed nothing to society throughout their lives, cost a lot of decent people small fortunes and were mostly of the type no sane person would want to live next door to. Yet they became folk heroes within a short time of their major crime, "It's only money" being the justification (Tell that to Jack Mills family, or the Post Office staff on the train who were terrorised and assaulted) often put forward by those who spend time writing to the Guardian railing about some hard working soul cleverly and legally avoiding tax.
Most strange.
Train Robber Biggs dies aged 84 - Armel Coussine
Thieves and con-artists, even some robbers when they aren't working, can have superficial charm and can be amusing. But you have to think of what they are, not what they seem to be when everyone's in a good mood.
It's a narrow, restricted, focused, predatory outlook, more like that of a cockroach or rat than a rounded human being. Big grin, red rims and signs of anxiety around the eyes... watch out.
Train Robber Biggs dies aged 84 - R.P.
BBC coverage on PM last evening was geared towards the driver who was beaten up by these brave jolly rogues, barely a mention of Biggs. How it should be.
Train Robber Biggs dies aged 84 - Cliff Pope
But give the legend a few hundred years to mature and you get Dick Turpin or Robin Hood.
Train Robber Biggs dies aged 84 - Westpig
>> It's the same with the train robbers, a bunch of thieving parasites who contributed nothing >> to society throughout their lives, cost a lot of decent people small fortunes and were
>> mostly of the type no sane person would want to live next door to. Yet
>> they became folk heroes within a short time of their major crime,
>> Most strange.
Do you remember 'good old Moaty'?
>> Do you remember 'good old Moaty'?
Being evil is no bar to attracting your fair share of groupies.
Train Robber Biggs dies aged 84 - Mark
And who could forget Ronnie as the sixth "Sex Pistol"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tk1osVnYt0s
How the mighty had fallen and all for a couple of pints; not even a "good drink" in SE London parlance.
As always
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That's rather a good production, seems to me. Malcolm McClaren fecit? Sex Pistols were well cheeky but had a brilliant side. Biggs was honoured to have their backing and be asked to bawl their rude lyric.
Train Robber Biggs dies aged 84 - RattleandSmoke
I remember a long time ago (2007 think) going down to Brixton to see the Sex Pistols. Was not one of the best gigs I have ever been to, was just a load of old men. Was about as punk as Cliff Richard. Glad I went though.
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Of course the Sex Pistols gig in Manchester in 1976 changed things for ever and without that gig I wouldn't have met half the friends I know now, even though they were born about ten years after that gig! Who knows maybe it was just a legend not not many gigs actually end up having an entire book written about it.
www.amazon.co.uk/Swear-Was-There-Changed-World/dp/0954970497
A lot of the punk bands I like actually pre date the sex pistols, but the Sex Pistols are the band that made the scene popular and got other bands like Joy Division playing.
>> but the Sex Pistols are the band that made the scene popular and got other bands like Joy Division playing.
They were lucky to have McClaren as their Svengali. Remember their Jubilee song, 'God Save the Queen, it's a fascist regime...' Accepted with the usual protests by the establishment and given the accolade of a BBC ban... The Pistols were as fascist as the state or more so, it was their moment of glory... pure brilliance by the not-all-that-nice McClaren.
The reason they inspired so many bands is people like the members of what would become Joy Division (who were just school mates at this point) thought they were so damn awful that they could play better. I think until this point bands were either cover bands playing in pubs or bands that made it through luck (e.g good looks).
I am not quite sure where the Clash fits into all this, as they were around at the same time as the Sex Pistols and in my opinion better. Even a band I have seen a couple of times called Cock Sparrer are quite a bit better than the Pistols. The Pistols certainly never invented punk but they took bought it a much wider audience.
The Sex Pistols were damn awful, as you say.
In fact if the Establishment, fronted up by the BBC, hadn't fallen in love with the idea of hating how disrespectful they were and trying to ban/stop them, then they would never have got anywhere.
>> the not-all-that-nice McClaren.
And if ever an understatement were made.....
I actually saw the Pistols in 1976 and also followed the Clash through until about 1983 seeing them paly live some 15 times.
Whereas you are only in your 30's and by your own admission go to ahem "Punk Nights".
It was a very different world back them and I do not recall anyone saying Joy Divison were the way forward. They were an indie band who more or less vanished until some more or less utterly depressing film was made about them recently.
Indeed band like Cock Sparrer and Sham 69 have satisfactorily dissapeared into the memory hole and should not be brought back as they were so carp.
Those bands still have a massive following though, Sham69 recently sold out the Ritz which has a capacity of a few thousand. Joy Division have always been very popular in Manchester, when I started going out in around 1999 and 2000 JD was played a lot in the alternative venues.
Cock Sparrer attract around thousands when they play at Rebellion but I admit they also attract some of the less desirables in the punk scene.
Sadly I don't go to punk nights as such as they don't really exist, but punk is played at rock and indie nights the most you can hope for is a put of Clash, The Damned and the Ramones. I am actually more into post punk and new wave though.
I do know where you're coming from though, it makes me laugh when I see kids still dancing to stuff like Blink 182 as I was a teenager when all that stuff came out yet the kids all seem to really love pop punk.
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Yes AC it was produced for the film "The Great Rock and Roll Swindle" which not only summed up their career but it is also a very real reference in these X Factor days where ahem "stars" are knocked out every year.
And that was their perception of the UK music scene some 34 years ago!
Best music related doc I have seen of late was the David Bowie doc on one of the minor BBC channels. a brief clip showed a member of Sweet in full SS uniform performing a number.
Not saying it is right but al la Saville et all we would not be troubled by it today. I understand most of the TOTP tapes are no longer broadcastable due to the alleged nonce content and as mere mortals we are no allowed to see this foootage in case we all become rerrevocably depraved.
Perhaps this is why the Wombles are no longer shown especially as the Bulgarians are coming.
>> I understand most of the TOTP tapes are no longer broadcastable due to the alleged nonce content and as mere mortals we are no allowed to see this foootage in case we all become rerrevocably depraved.
No doubt they will be shown again eventually. The BBC which imposed the horrible thuggish creepy philistine on a pathetic swindled nation in the first place, then covered up for his fumblings and continued to promote him with the help of the great and good along with virtually all the other media until just the other week it seems, now has to pretend it's shocked that he was a nonce and try to make him a non-person.
Damn this country's pathetic...
Hi AC
It would appear North Korea has a similar method of making "undesirables" invisible.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/10515306/Kim-Jong-uns-executed-uncle-airbrushed-from-North-Korean-documentary.html
As had the Soviet Union in former times.
Just as well we live in a democracy, its not that I would ever wish to see DLT on TOPT again its more about being able to do so should I errrr wish to.
Train Robber Biggs dies aged 84 - Kevin
>Just as well we live in a democracy, its not that I would ever wish to see DLT on TOPT again its more about
>being able to do so should I errrr wish to.
My overriding regret of this whole sordid affair is that it's unlikely I'll ever again see re-runs of a scantily clad Cherry Gillespie.
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>> No doubt they will be shown again eventually. The BBC which imposed the horrible thuggish creepy philistine on a pathetic swindled nation in the first place, then covered up for
>> his fumblings and continued to promote him with the help of the great and good
>> along with virtually all the other media until just the other week it seems, now
>> has to pretend it's shocked that he was a nonce and try to make him
>> a non-person.
>> Damn this country's pathetic...
There are sex offenders and sex offenders though. Whether you're Persona Non Grata or not depends on how hip you are perceived to be. Lightweights like Savile, DLT and Gary Glitter cannot be shown because of the public (Tabloid) outrage that would ensue, but those on the cool wall -Elvis, Michael Jackson, Bill Wyman, John Peel, Chuck Berry, Pete Townsend and many more who have dubious sexual histories if not convictions are seen as ok.
Say no more Squire, she was only 13!
I don't think of Savile primarily as a sex offender, disgusting though he is said to have been. I think of him as an ugly dead philistine hand placed on popular culture deliberately by BBC and other suits, and tamely slobbered over for half a century by the pathetic swindled millions of my compatriots. That's who he really was.
There were a lot of teenage girls running wild in the sixties, and people in the music business ready to succumb to temptation, or anyway poontang on a plate... some of the names you mention were in that category, not nonces as such.
Disgusting as he may have been. he was certainly feted by the BBC, who else whould have let a suspected nonce host a TV show in which "kids dreams could come true"?
As Frankie Boyle has said, you can just imagine the dicussion at the nonces club, where Jimmy tells the others he now has a TV show where "kids dreams can come true" and then asks the others how this compares to a Transit Van and a bag of Revells?
But as you say we are viewing a 30/40 year old past with todays glasses and trying to match the two up. The world is a very different place today.


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Q: how to get a product compare url in magento 2? I am trying to get compare url of a product.
For this i am using:
<?php echo $_compareUrl=$this->helper('Magento\Catalog\Helper\Product\Compare')->getAddUrl($_product); ?>
Its output is http://localhost/my_magento_folder/catalog/product_compare/add/.
I am not getting the compare url with product id. It should be like http://localhost/my_magento_folder/catalog/product_compare/add/product/3723/uenc/aHR0cDovL2xvY2FsaG9zdC90d3Avd2lyZS1tZXNoLW1hdGVyaWFsL2JyYXNz/.
Please help me. Thanks

A: When you look at compare.phtml from below file path
magento\vendor\magento\module-catalog\view\frontend\templates\product\list\addto\compare.phtml
<a href="#"
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   title="<?php echo $block->escapeHtml(__('Add to Compare')); ?>"
   aria-label="<?php echo $block->escapeHtml(__('Add to Compare')); ?>"
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It means they are using getPostDataParams() method from compare helper, so you can also use same method to get the compare URL. Like below
<?php echo $_compareUrl=$this->helper('Magento\Catalog\Helper\Product\Compare')->getPostDataParams($_product); ?>


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La battaglia di Mossul vide affrontarsi l'Impero persiano e quello ottomano nel corso della guerra del 1743-1746. Dopo esser venuto a conoscenza della notizia che due armate ottomane provenienti da ovest marciavano verso i confini dei suoi domini, lo scià di Persia, Nadir Shah, divise anch'egli le sue forze in due. Un contingente venne posto al comando del figlio di Nadir, Nasrollah Mirza, e l'altro comandato da lui personalmente. Nasrollah Mirza si portò ad ovest, in modo da trovare e distruggere l'esercito turco.

La battaglia
Il comandante ottomano marciò nell'Eyalet di Mossul dove si unì alle forze ottomane locali e ad un corpo significativo di ausiliari curdi. I persiani riuscirono ad infliggere una pesante sconfitta ai turchi. La durezza della sconfitta ottomana fu tale che Nassrollah Mirza scrisse a suo padre Nadir chiedendogli il permesso di attuare un'invasione su vasta scala dell'Iraq ottomano. La lettera raggiunse Nadir Shah l'ultimo giorno della battaglia di Kars, dove Nadir ottenne una grandiosa vittoria su Yegen Pasha.

Conseguenze
Entrambe le vittorie costrinsero gli ottomani a scendere a negoziati coi persiani. Con le proprie armate distrutte, Costantinopoli perse ogni possibilità di rivaleggiare militarmente coi persiani. Ad ogni modo, Nadir Shah scelse di non lanciare una controinvasione nell'Impero ottomano, malgrado ne avesse le possibilità. Egli preferì invece perseguire la via della diplomazia per la cessazione delle ostilità.

Dopo alcuni scambi di opinioni, il trattato di Kerden venne sottoscritto e ufficialmente venne posta fine alla guerra nel 1746.

Note

Bibliografia
 Axworthy, Michael (2006). The Sword of Persia: Nader Shah, from Tribal Warrior to Conquering Tyrant. I.B. Tauris, London. ISBN 1-85043-706-8
 Malleson, George Bruce. History of Afghanistan, from the Earliest Period to the Outbreak of the War of 1878. Elibron.com, London. ISBN 1-4021-7278-8
 J. P. Ferrier (1858). History of the Afghans. Publisher: Murray.

Guerra nel 1745
Campagne di Nadir

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Committees kick off work on new Aspen airport
News | February 23, 2019
The committees that will help determine what Aspen and Pitkin County's new airport will look like met for the first time Thursday.
About 140 people attended the kickoff to a year-long process in which one main committee and three subcommittees will drill down on the project, make recommendations and come up with a preferred vision for the airport by November, a spokesperson said.
The main group that will oversee the entire public outreach process will be the Airport Vision Committee. Under that will be a committee focused on the airport experience for customers, while another committee will deal with technical aspects of the project and the third will focus on "community character."
The Pitkin County board of commissioners will have the final say on the airport project, which will likely come in December, according to a timeline presented Thursday.
Proposed plans for the airport include relocating and widening the runway to accommodate a projected new class of regional jets that are quieter and more fuel-efficient but have larger wingspans than the airport can now accommodate. Officials also have presented plans for a new 60,000- to 80,000-square-foot modern terminal to replace the current, somewhat ramshackle 47,000-square-foot building.
Together, those two projects are currently estimated to cost between $350 million and $400 million. No decision about the project has yet been made, though the federal government has approved the environmental aspects of it.


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Profile: Alissandra Hillis
Probing a critical player in cancer growth
Alissandra Hillis '18 has spent all four years at MIT in the same cancer metabolism lab, deciphering the basic science behind pancreatic cancer.
Raleigh McElvery
Senior Alissandra Hillis attributes her appetite for the basic sciences to her craving for fundamental knowledge. She's spent her four years at MIT in the same lab, committed to unraveling the molecular mechanics of pancreatic cancer — the fourth leading cause of cancer death for both men and women, given that symptoms do not often appear until the disease is quite advanced.
"I was always very curious growing up," she says. "I taught myself how to read at a very young age, just because I wanted to know about things and how they worked. But I didn't become interested in biology and chemistry specifically until I came to MIT and started taking my General Institute Requirements."
In doing so, Hillis became enthralled by the prospect of breaking down life into its most fundamental, biological units to decipher cellular function and disease. Originally a Course 7 major with a chemistry minor, she declared Course 5-7 (Chemistry and Biology) as soon as it became available in the fall of 2017 — applying her study of biochemistry and cell metabolism to cancer research.
"When I was quite young, my grandfather was diagnosed with stomach cancer, and ended up having almost three quarters of his stomach removed," she says. "I was too little to really understand the severity of the situation, but as soon as I came to MIT I started to wonder what was going on at a cellular level. Most people today know someone who is fighting cancer, and yet we're still lacking effective treatments for its most severe forms."
Hillis joined Matthew Vander Heiden's cancer metabolism lab the first semester of her freshman year, and has been there ever since.
"Professor Vander Heiden does an excellent job of tailoring the research project to the individual, and there is no hierarchy among lab members," she says. "I really liked it from the onset, so I stayed."
For nearly two years, Hillis has been investigating the role of one enzyme, pyruvate kinase muscle isozyme M2 (PKM2), in pancreatic cancer. PKM2 is responsible for catalyzing the final step in glycolysis, which is required to create the energy that fuels cells. Glycolysis is also important in tumor metastasis and growth, since cancer cells demand energy in order to proliferate.
Cancer cells often preferentially express PKM2 over other types of pyruvate kinases such as PKM1. This spurred William Israelsen PhD '14, a former graduate student in the Vander Heiden lab working in breast cancer models, to delete the PKM2 gene and see what happened. Since PKM2 is critical for glycolysis, and cancer cells require energy to proliferate, he anticipated that removing PKM2 would hinder energy production and thus disrupt tumor development. To his surprise, he found the opposite: deleting PKM2 actually accelerated tumor formation and promoted liver metastasis in mice.
In his 2014 paper, Israelsen concluded that PKM2 might permit cancer cells to maintain their "plasticity," shifting from one specialized role to another even after they've fully matured. In the absence of PKM2, he proposed PKM1 might take over PKM2's influential role.
Hillis wondered if she could replicate Israelsen's breast cancer results in a model for pancreatic cancer, especially given the conflicting findings in human data regarding PKM2 expression in the latter. Some studies suggest that high PKM2 expression correlates with accelerated disease, whiles others indicate just the opposite: that high PKM2 expression is associated with better survival rates.
"Going into the project, we were expecting similar effects in both pancreatic and breast cancer models because both cancers preferentially express PKM2, and we were using the same method of PKM2 deletion, just bred into a different cancer model," Hillis explains. "We anticipated that PKM2 deletion would accelerate pancreatic tumor size and tumor genesis, and decrease the mouse's lifespan. But we've noticed that these effects — if they exist — are very much attenuated in the pancreatic cancer model; there is only a slight decrease in lifespan and increase in tumor size without PKM2."
Right now, her working hypothesis holds that PKM2's influence varies depending on the tissue in question. This might explain why her own results don't exactly parallel what Israelsen found in his breast cancer model. For instance, the method they were using to delete PKM2 is quite effective in the breast and pancreatic cells themselves, but less so in the dense scar-like tissue characteristic of pancreatic tumors in particular. It's possible, she thinks, that this fibrous tissue may still express some PKM2 even post-knockout, perhaps hindering both a drastic decrease in lifespan and increase in tumor size.
Hillis hopes piecing together PKM2's mechanism of action will help us better diagnose — and eventually treat — certain cancers. Her most recent results were published in the November 2017 issue Cancer & Metabolism.
Although Hillis enjoys tackling the more fundamental questions concerning cancer, she's also interested in translating this work from bench to bedside. That's why she decided to intern with David Ting at the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center this past summer.
"I wanted to try a different type of research before applying to graduate school," she says. "The Department of Biology frequently sends out emails about job opportunities, and there was one advertising that the Ting lab was looking for a research technician."
Although she was still a junior at the time, she contacted Ting — an MIT alumnus with a dual degree in 7A and 10 — and together they fashioned a summer position just for her, studying the role of miniscule, fluid-filled transportation structures called exosomes in cancer development and diagnosis.
"That was the first time I'd worked with samples from actual patients," she says. "Many of the assays were the same, but I felt closer to a clinical application than I ever had before. I really enjoy doing the foundational work to identify the basic problem, but there's definitely something to be said for experiencing research targeted at creating a diagnostic tool. I can see the pros and cons of both approaches."
As Hillis begins her final semester at MIT, she's continuing her work in the Vander Heiden lab, while also finishing up the requirements for her HASS concentration in legal studies. She's still set on pursuing a PhD in cancer biology, but the propensity to ask tough questions that drew her to science in the first place has led her to realize that the questions she raises in her own research have ramifications far beyond her lab bench. Taking policy-oriented classes in addition to her science-related ones has inspired her to pursue a law degree in conjunction with her PhD — weaving together her love for science with a newfound interest in the rules and regulations that govern how science is funded, performed, shared, applied, and monetized.
"I really enjoy doing research, and that's something I probably will continue to do," she says, "but I also want to influence science-related regulations, which is something I couldn't possibly do without a law degree. I would still be heavily immersed in science, while applying the subjects I love in new and exciting ways."
Photo credit: Raleigh McElvery
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Load Forecasting, Chilled Warehouse
An electrical contractor asked for advice on a logistics distribution site where an additional warehouse had been built. The new facility was to provide chilled storage. The site had a number of warehouses and was supplied at 11kV to 3 sub-stations through 4 x 11kV/415V transformers. The authorised supply capacity(ASC) to the site was 2MVA; the previous peak demand to the site had been 950kVA.
It was planned that eight condensers linked with eight air handling units would be installed and the refrigeration contractors stated that each unit would have a demand of 250 Amps, approximately 200kVA. Therefore, the estimated increased demand was 1600kVA, theoretically the future peak demand would increase to almost 2600kVA and an application for increased supply availability would be required. The project scheduled four units to be commissioned initially and the remainder at a later date.
The site survey identified that the transformer serving the new warehouse was rated at 1500kVA (2000A) and was set to nominal tapping 3; offload the output terminal Voltage was 433V. The main breaker on the LV panel was rated at 2500 Amps and commissioned to operate at 1000 Amps; the existing shed lighting and power demand exceeded 100kVA Clearly, the incoming circuit breaker rating, after adjustment, could support the increased load but, the transformer would not. However, the new equipment specification sheet highlighted the equipment power factor to be 0.82.
It was recommended that an application to increase the ASC to 3MVA should be made to the local distribution company and 800kVAr of power factor correction be installed at the LV incoming supply to the warehouse, this would effectively reduce the apparent load to within the rating of the transformer and protect against possible excess reactive charges. Also, considering transformer tap down was suggested to reduce the secondary Voltage (chiller equipment commissioning notes warned against Voltages in excess of 400V). Additionally, this could reduce the kWh consumption and energy costs.
Following the commissioning of the first four chiller units the site demands were monitored and it was evident that the loads the refrigeration engineers stated were not apparent and the increased demand was only about 400kVA. Installation and commissioning data from the internet highlighted that the figures quoted by the refrigeration engineers were based on ambient temperatures of 43degC and evaporator temperatures of 2.5degC. In practice the design was for A30/E10.
The conclusion was that, although the increased ASC had been agreed, it would not be necessary and therefore the monthly charges would not increase. Transformer tap down and PFC were still a recommendation but left with the site management for future consideration.
During the project a request was made by the site management to look at an energy efficiency review report from an energy consultancy, relating to a recommendation to install additional power factor correction capacitors in one of the main LV distribution boards. The budget cost for this work was £6000.00; inspection of this equipment identified that the circuit breaker had tripped. It was switched on and the staged capacitance improved the power factor to 0.99pf. This saved the cost of additional equipment.


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Thunderbirds fall to Evergreens
The Baraboo/Portage Thunderbirds hit the road Monday night, dropping a 5-1 decision to the DC Everest Evergreens at Greenheck Field House in Schofield.
The T-Birds trailed 1-0 after a period and the host Evergreens added two more before Oliver Scanlan fired the lone T-Birds goal of the contest, from Will Gunnell and Aidan Collins with a little over a minute to play in the second period.
The home team notched two more goals, 38-seconds apart in the final five minutes of the match, erasing any thoughts of a comeback by the visiting Thunderbirds.
Dane Hinz was the busiest player in the game, turning aside 37 shots as the host squad outshot its guest 42-20.
The loss drops the Baraboo side back to .500 on the season at 10-10-1. The locals will be on the ice again tonight at Pierce Park Pavilion against the visiting West Salem Panthers in its final home game of the regular season.
On Friday, the Thunderbirds will be in Lake Delton to play RWD and the regular season will end next Tuesday at Beaver Dam.
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Backeberg's buzzer beater lifts Squirt B Cyclones to state berth
James Bond would have been proud.
The Squirts Cyclones posed for a quick picture after its Regional Semi-final win against Oregon Saturday amid their locker room celebration.
Noah Backeberg sank the clinching goal for the South Central Squirt B Cyclones with 007 (seven seconds) to play in the contest, not only lifting the Cyclones into the Wisconsin Amateur Hockey Association (WAHA) Region 4 Squirt 2B championship match with the 2-1 win against Oregon but clinching a spot at the State Championship tournament.
Coach Justin Messer's Squirt 'B' squad dropped a 5-0 decision I the championship game but were granted a spot at the dance as a Region 1 Representative as that northern Wisconsin group did not have a team at that level.
Matthew Stando collected an assist on the Backeberg goal and is was his twin brother Andrew Stando getting the Cyclones on the board with the opening goal, 6:29 from the end of the second period. Oregon tied the game about four minutes later.
Cyclone goaltender Jesse Arnold turned aside all but one of the 18 shots he faced to backstop the win.
The Squirt B's were the only team of the eight SCC Cyclones to play in a championship game and despite a 5-0 loss to Janesville Bluebirds in the championship game, the Division 4 Runners Up will move on as a Division 1 representative – the Northern Region not having a team at the Squirt 2B level this season.
The Cyclones will open play at the eight-team state tournament against Elmbrook Falcons at 11:30 a.m. and could get another shot at Janesville in the next round depending on how both teams fare in their respective openers.
The other two SCC squirt entries faced some tough competition but the Squirt A squad put up a good battle against the Oregon Panthers before falling 5-3. The Panthers advanced to the Regional final, dropping a 3-2 decision to the Bluebirds.
The Squirt C team, made up primarily of younger players that will benefit from a year's experience as second year squirts next season, dropped a tough decision to McFarland Friday night.
U-12 Badger Lightning
The U-12 Badger Lightning did not have to qualify and as host of the U-12 B State Championship tournament (See story — Lightning and Monkeys hosting State Tournaments).
The Peewee A team was in a tough pool, facing the Bluebirds in its Regional semi-final on Saturday night, coming up short in a shutout loss. McFarland will go on to represent the Region at the State tournament in Elmbrook March 14-15.
The Peewee B side also ran into some tough competition and gave up a shutout decision on Saturday as well. There is some consolation as they fell to the Panthers who went on to claim the Region championship and will likely be one of the top contenders at the 2B State Championship at Eagle River March 14-15.
The Bantam Cyclones faced a tough challenge heading in against Janesville Saturday afternoon at Verona. Head Coach Billy Oakes said the team gained some momentum reaching the championship game at a tournament the week previous, but the mountain became a little steeper as goaltender Burke Schweda was battling illness as well as slapshots in the contest.
"We got off to a rough start, "said Oakes. "They scored three quick goals." The Coach said he called time out to discuss things and the team played a defensive trap which worked well the rest of the way. "They never scored another goal. Schweda turned in a 22-save effort and was unbeatable in the final two periods.
But, while the defense was sound, the Cyclones were unable to climb all the way back on the score sheet. Mark Othmer and Iszak Elder both notched goals, Tye Barney picking up an assist, but the Cyclones fell one shot of reaching the Regional championship game.
Janesville in turn fell a goal shy in the Championship game, falling 7-6 in a wild one to Oregon who will represent the Region at the State 2A Championship tournament at Hayward.
The Bantam 'B' squad was eliminated in a shutout loss to Janesville Saturday afternoon at Oregon and Janesville went on to claim one of two Regional spots for the state tournament. Both Janesville and Oregon will be at the tournament at Sheboygan March 7-8.
The Badger Lightning squad faced the Maverick 'A' squad in its Regional semi at McFarland Saturday night, falling in a shutout defeat.
The Maverick squad went on to defeat the Jr. Fury in the championship game and will represent the Region at the state Tournament to be played at West Salem March 7-8.
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Flyers/Monkeys sending every team to state tournaments again
For a second straight season, the Sauk Prairie Flyers and Monkeys have placed every one of its teams into their respective State Championship tournaments as Regional champs.
Both Squirt entries will make the trip as the Squirt 'A' Flyers held off Stoughton 4-3 Sunday afternoon in the Regional championship game at the Ice Pond in Waunakee to win the Region 4 Championship.
Flyers' goals came from Alexander Kirk, Logan Harrington, Easton Leatherberry and Davis Lombard. Michael Jolicoeur set up a pair and other assists were collected by Kirk and Caden Argall.
Benjamin Freeman picked up the win I goal with a 22-save effort.
The Squirt Flyers will represent the Region at the State Championship Tournament in Waupaca, March 7-8, beginning with a first round match against the host team at 12:45 p.m. The Eagles will move on to play either Amery or Waupun in the Championship or Consolation semis and the tournament championship game will be played at 1:30 p.m. Sunday.
The Squirt B Flyers grabbed an automatic bid on the weekend as the lone 3B division representative from Region 4 and they will go on to play on the same weekend at Marshfield, also playing the host team at 12:45 p.m. The Flyers will face either Black River Falls or Waupaca in the second round and the Championship game will be played at 1:30 p.m. Sunday.
U-12 Monkeys
The Monkeys Girls team earned a 2-0 shutout win against the Dane County Diamonds in the Regional championship game, also at the Ice Pond at 9:15 a.m. Sunday and they will not have to travel far with the State Championship tournament to be played at the Reedsburg Area Community Arena (RACA) March 14-15.
The Monkeys will face the host Badger Lightning U-12's in the opening round, then move on to play either the Hayward or Beaver Dam U-12's in the second round. The State Championship will be decided at 2 p.m. on Sunday.
Peewee Flyers
The Peewee Flyers came up with an 8-5 win against the Monroe Avalanche to capture the Region 4 championship at the Ice Pond Sunday.
As a result, the local peewees will move on to play the State Championship game at Black River Falls March 14-15.
The Flyers will keep up the trend, wrapping up the opening round of the tournament against the host team from Black River Falls on Saturday at 1:15 p.m.
The peewees will face either Amery or Waupun in the second round and the state championship faceoff is at 2 p.m. on Sunday.
Bantam Flyers
The Bantams made up of many of the players who claimed a peewee state championship last season earned a return trip with a 4-1 win against Monroe at Hartmeyer Arena in Madison on Sunday.
The Flyers will make the trip to Rhinelander March 7-8 to play in the Bantam 3A State Championship and like all of the other Region 4 reps, the Flyers will start out the event against the host side at 1:15 p.m. on the Saturday to decide whether it faces Amery or Beaver Dam in the second round. The bantam 3A Championship game will faceoff at 2 p.m. on Sunday.
Note – In an effort to be timely, I have put this story on the website/facebook page without scoring details. Hopefully future edits will show more information added. Please check back for updates.
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Lightning and Monkeys hosting State Tournaments
The South Central Cyclones/Badger Lightning at Sauk Prairie Flyers/Monkeys will both be Wisconsin Amateur Hockey Association (WAHA) State Championship hosts this season with the State 10-U B Girls Championship tournament to be held at the Sauk Prairie Area Recreation Center (SPARC) in Prairie du Sac March 7-8 and the State U-12 B State Championship contest at Reedsburg Area Community Arena (RACA) the following weekend.
Details on both events was finalized with the various Regional Championships decided this past weekend.
WAHA U-10 B Girls State Championship
As host, the U-10 Sauk Prairie Monkeys earn an automatic berth into the tournament as did the Dane County Diamonds, the only other Regional representative at this division.
They will square off in the final game of the opening round of play at SPARC at 12:45 p.m. Saturday (March 7). Other opening round games will see Green Bay Bobcats against a still to be determined team at 9 a.m.; Washington County Lynx, taking on Appleton Freeze at 10:15 a.m. and Hayward Hurricanesagainst Beaver Dam at 11:30 a.m.
All eight teams will play twice on the opening day, the Monkeys facing off against either Beaver Dam or Hayward in the second round. All eight will play once more on Sunday, culminating with the State Championship game at 1:30 p.m. Sunday.
The U-12 Badger Lightning will play host as well at the RACA the following weekend.
The good news is both the Badger Lightning and Monkeys will play in the tournament. The bad news is they will square off against each other at the end of the opening round Saturday at RACA at 1:15 p.m. Saturday (March 14).
Other first round action will see Marinette/Menominee Thunder against TNT (Black River Falls); at 8 a.m.; the Washington County Lynx against the Black Cats (Black River Falls) at 9:45 a.m. and the Hayward Hurricanes taking on the Beaver Dam Wildfire at 11:30 a.m. Depending on results, the Monkeys and Lightning will move on to play either the Wildfire or Hurricanes in the second round at RACA. The U12 B State Championship game will faceoff on Sunday at 2 p.m.
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Can someone provide info on a front sight tool specifically made to work with the Yugo front sight?
Also what is the function of the lever on the sight assembly?
I believe the front site uses the standard AK adjusting tool. It looks like a "C"-clamp. Check Apex or Cope's. Virtually anyone who stocks AK parts has the adjusting tool.
If you are talking about the lever on the rear sight block, it is what locks the upper handguard/gas tube assembly in place. Some are very hard to move, and I have had several that I just use pliers to move it. Do not use the pliers to bend it outward as this could break it, just use them to help in rotating the lever.
OK, I lied...just checked and couldn't find one on Apex but Cope's has two. The new round one looks interesting. Never tried it, in fact never saw it before.
Thanks for you input. The lever I'm refering to is mounted on the aft support of the FRONT sight and flips to the horizontal position with no obvious function.
Tapco makes a AK47 front sight adjusting tool but specifically states it does not work on the Yugo version!!


The average price of a sq.m Land of Hankyu Itami Line (Tsukaguchi to Itami), in Jan, 2018 to Sep, 2018 was 194,395 JPY/sq.m. The market value represents an increase of 29,440 JPY (+17.8%) compared to 1 year ago and a transition to a bull market. 40 properties exchanged hands ( The market value represents a decrease of 14 (-25.9%) compared to 1 year ago and a transition to a dramatic market.).
The average size of the real estate was 185.6 sq.m (a -38.9% decrease compared to the 304.0 sq.m of last year.).
3 stations have experienced increased prices; 1 stations have experienced decreased prices. The overall trend was toward increased prices. Tsukaguchi, Inano, Shinnitami station has seen a price increase of over 20% compared to last year. The most dramatic price increase was at Shinnitami station, where prices have increased +44.8% compared to last year; a sq.m unit now costs 240,000 JPY/sq.m.
The top 1 stations has seen prices increase +44.8% (+74,215 JPY/sq.m). On the other hand, The bottom 1 stations has seen prices decrease -2.0% (-3,361 JPY/sq.m).
The average price of a sq.m Land of Shinnitami, the highest market value along this railway was 240,000 JPY/sq.m. The market value represents an increase of 74,215 JPY (+44.8%) compared to 1 year ago and a transition to a dramatic market. 1 properties exchanged hands ( The market value represents a decrease of 2 (-66.7%) compared to 1 year ago and a transition to a dramatic market.).
The average price of a sq.m Land of Itami, the lowest market value along this railway was 160,866 JPY/sq.m. The market value represents a decrease of 3,361 JPY (-2.0%) compared to 1 year ago and a transition to a slight market. 14 properties exchanged hands ( The market value represents a decrease of 25 (-64.1%) compared to 1 year ago and a transition to a dramatic market.).
The average price of a sq.m Land of Shinnitami was 240,000 JPY/sq.m. The market value represents an increase of 74,215 JPY (+44.8%) compared to 1 year ago and a transition to a dramatic market. 1 properties exchanged hands ( The market value represents a decrease of 2 (-66.7%) compared to 1 year ago and a transition to a dramatic market.).
The average size of the real estate was 125.0 sq.m (a +10.3% increase compared to the 113.3 sq.m of last year.).
The average price of a sq.m Land of Itami was 160,866 JPY/sq.m. The market value represents a decrease of 3,361 JPY (-2.0%) compared to 1 year ago and a transition to a slight market. 14 properties exchanged hands ( The market value represents a decrease of 25 (-64.1%) compared to 1 year ago and a transition to a dramatic market.).
The average size of the real estate was 238.9 sq.m (a -21.9% decrease compared to the 305.9 sq.m of last year.).


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Associate Director, Strategic Information - Military HIV Research Program at The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancemen in Bethesda, MD
The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancemen
Allied Health Professionals, Healthcare Management
Join the HJF Team!
HJF is seeking a Associate Director, Strategic Information to support the U.S. Military HIV Research Program (MHRP) located at the Rockledge Office in Bethesda, MD. HJF provides scientific, technical and programmatic support services to MHRP.
The AD/SI is responsible for assisting the Director and Deputy Director of Global Health in the Department of International HIV Prevention and Treatment (IHPT) in monitoring and evaluating site activities under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) prevention, care and treatment initiatives supported overseas by the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR), U.S. Military HIV Research Program (MHRP). The incumbent will be responsible for directing management of all aspects of the data continuum from capture to housing and developing measures to ensure the most effective utility for overall program performance and quality. S/he will work in close collaboration within IHPT and SI field-based colleagues.
NOTE: As a U.S. Government contractor, all HJF employees are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by December 8, 2021. Proof of vaccination or an approved religious or medical accommodation will be required.
Directs measures and activities to ensure the most effective monitoring and evaluation of HIV care and treatment programs.
Provides oversight to ensure the systems required to warehouse and analyze overall program's data are functional and user friendly.
Provides oversight to ensure that overall program data for Intensified Performance Management (IPM) processes is accessible and available to staff at all levels.
Directs the process of PEPFAR specific data collection and reporting to include Monthly, Quarterly, Semi-Annual and Annual Progress Report (S/APR) submissions with Africa-based teams and ensures timely submission from field sites to the home office and to the State Global AIDS Coordinator (S/GAC).
Develops and directs analysis and visualization of data to align with PEFPAR, USG and internal program needs, standardizing as required for cross-country program performance monitoring.
Directs ongoing requirements in data management to include guiding changes at all levels of the SI process to ensure the program keeps pace with new and emerging software or systems for data housing, analysis and use.
Ensures quarterly, internal MHRP analyses are prepared and available to identify areas of in-country SI strengths and weaknesses with regard to targets and achievements.
Serves as primary advisor and IHPT lead with in-country SI leads in the area of routine data collection, data quality assurance and reporting.
Directs and mentors the SI team in the home office and at site to conduct initial analysis and review of all routinely collected program data received from all sites (including reviewing calculations, analyzing trends in data and progress made against targets, and assessing policy implications), and provide preliminary feedback.
Directs the design, modification, and implementation of relevant SI tools for site-level staff to conduct routine assessments of data management systems.
Serves as MHRP/DoD lead Subject Matter Expert (SME) for SI on internal and external bodies and groups as directed.
Provides guidance and dissemination of DoD and OGAC monitoring and evaluation policy to US-based and in-country MHRP staff and partners for more effective evaluation and implementation of PEPFAR-related activities.
Collaborates with IHPT departments including Medical Affairs, Program Quality and Program Management to leverage the technical capacities to conduct more complex data analysis, generate data capture tools and determine database development requirements.
Direct the development of an integrated SI training plan to address identified gaps at the home office and at site.
Additional duties as assigned.
Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: Experience working in public health data collection, data quality measures and basic data analysis; supporting use of electronic systems in public health settings. PEPFAR experience required. Excellent organizational, analytical, interpersonal, and administrative skills; Excellent written and oral communication skills in English, with exceptional attention to details; Excellent editing and proofreading skills; Expertise in use of data analytical software (ex. Stata) and analytical visualization platforms (ex. Tableau). Experience with the management and utilization of DHIS2 and/or other equivalent data housing instances. Advanced skills in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint; Flexibility and capacity to become familiar with other software and/or hardware as needed. Ability to manage multiple complex, detail-oriented tasks at once with limited supervision; Strong time management skills and the ability to thrive when working under deadlines. Experience in working effectively with multiple international programs across geographic boundaries and differing time zones. Demonstrated excellent cross-cultural skills and ability to work effectively in a diverse team, both as a leader and a participant; Demonstrated initiative, creativity, and flexibility in problem solving; Ability to quickly absorb and apply new concepts. Strong supervisory skills required.
Minimum Education: Master's degree in Public Health or related field required.
Minimum Experience/ Training Requirements: 6-8 years of relevant work experience required.
Work Environment: Set in an office work environment.
Work Arrangement:
Employment with HJF is contingent upon successful completion of a background check, which may include, but is not limited to, contacting your professional references, verification of previous employment, addresses, education, and credentials, a criminal background check, drug screening, and a department of motor vehicle (DMV) check.
Any qualifications to be considered as equivalents, in lieu of stated minimums, require the prior approval of the Chief Human Resources Officer.
Masters or better.
6-8 years: 6-8 years of relevant work experience required.
About The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancemen
The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine is a global non-profit organization created by Congress in 1983.
HFJ is dedicated to the advancement of military medicine, and serves as a trusted and responsive link between the military medical community, federal and private partners, and the millions of American service members, veterans, and civilians who benefit from the foundation's research.
HJF was created to support Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and throughout the military medical community. HJF was named in honor of Washington State Senator Henry "Scoop" Jackson, who sponsored the original legislation. Senator Jackson had a long-standing commitment to military medicine and health.
HJF provides scientific and management services, from infrastructure development, financial administration, clinical trials management to staffing and event planning. HJF works with a variety of programs, from large multi-site clinical trials to small, bench top projects, both nationally and abroad.
Long-time chief executive officer and president John W. Lowe retired after 25 years of serving HJF in May 2017. Retired Army Major General Joseph Caravalho, Jr. was named HJF CEO and president on September 1, 2017.
In 2000, HJF established the John W. Lowe Joint Office of Technology Transfer in partnership with USU. This department helps scientists expedite their novel inventions, devices and technologies to possible patenting and commercialization. The office's achievements vividly illustrate a tremendous untold story about military medicine: its commitment to sharing advances with service members and civilians alike. The JOTT has won 6 Federal Laboratory Consortium awards.
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Albert Einstein has called compound interest the eighth wonder of the world. And like other things, about compound interest too, he was not wrong. In his book "One Up On Wall Street", legendary Fidelity fund manager Peter Lynch, narrates a story. About the native (Red) Indians of Manhattan, who way back in 1625 sold all their real estate to a group of immigrants for – get this – all of $24. Yes – real estate in Manhattan that is currently worth crores of rupees was sold for what in rupee terms is around Rs. 1,500!! And hence, ever since then, these Indians have been the subject of cruel jokes – but as it turns out that they may have made a better deal than the buyers who got the island. At 8% interest on $24 compounded over all those years, the Indians would have built up a net worth just short $30 trillion, while the latest tax records from the Borough of Manhattan show the real estate to be worth only $28.1 billion. Give Manhattan the benefit of doubt: That $28.1 billion is the assessed value, and for all anybody knows, it may be worth twice that on the open market. So, Manhattan's worth $56.2 billion. Either way, the Indians could be ahead by $29 trillion and change.
This little story shows you the power of compounding and the points out the fact that the earlier you start investing the better it gets.
Let's try and understand this through an example of two friends Ravi and Vishal. Both start working at the same time at the age of 23. Ravi starts saving when he turns 25 and invests Rs 50,000 every year. Assuming that on this he earns a return of 10% every year, at the end of ten years, Ravi has been able to accumulate Rs 8.77 lakh. After this, due to financial constraints he is not able to invest the Rs 50,000 every year. But at the same time he does not touch the money that he has already accumulated, hoping to live of it when he retires.
He lets the Rs 8.77 lakh grow and assuming that it continues to earn a return of 10% every year, he would have been able to accumulate around Rs 95 lakh by the time he turns 60. So the Rs 5 lakh (Rs 50,000 x 10 years) he had invested in the first ten years has grown to Rs 95 lakh. This even though he stopped investing (Rs 50,000 every year) after the first ten years.
Now let's take the case of Vishal. During the first few years of his life Vishal enjoyed spending money on all kinds of things rather than invest regularly. At the age of 35, reality suddenly dawns on him and he starts investing Rs 50,000 every year. He invests this amount every year till he turns 60, i.e. for 25 years. Assuming he also earns a return of 10% per year on his investments. At the end Vishal would have managed to accumulate Rs 54.10 lakh.
Even after investing Rs 50,000 regularly for all of 25 years, Vishal has managed to accumulate Rs 54.10 lakh, which is around Rs 41 lakh less in comparison to Ravi. Now remember, Ravi has invested only Rs 5 lakh over the ten years he invested. In comparison, Vishal over the 25 years has invested Rs 12.5 lakh (Rs 50,000 x 25 years). Even by investing two and half times more than Ravi, Vishal has managed to build a corpus which is 43% less. This happened because Ravi started investing earlier. This allowed the money to compound for a greater period of time.
Also as the corpus grows, the impact of compounding is greater. Ravi as we know had managed to accumulate Rs 8.77 lakh after ten years and then he stopped investing Rs. 50,000 every year, allowing the accumulated corpus to compound for twenty years more. Let's say, he had allowed the corpus to compound for only 20 years more till he turned 55. If the corpus had earned a return of 10% every year, then at the end Ravi would have accumulated a corpus of around Rs 59 lakh. By choosing to let his investment run for five years more, he managed to accumulate Rs 45 lakh more.
Now we know why Albert Einstein himself called the power of compounding the eighth wonder of the world. In this article we have given various examples of how potent this power is when combined with its ally --- Father Time. To grow your money is entirely up to you – the question is – Are you up to it?


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Behind the scenes with Mortal Fools...
If you've never heard of Mortal Fools before, what do you need to know about them? We asked Artistic Director, Kiz Crosbie, to explain more about the theatre company – who they are and what they do, why they do it and what's really important to the organisation.
Mortal Fools are a group of theatre professionals passionate about making really great theatre which also seeks to help improve people's lives. The company is led by Kiz (Artistic Director / CEO), Helen Ferguson (Creative Producer) and Zoe Anderson (Programme Co-ordinator), together with a magnificent team of Associate Artists and Practitioners who we work with regularly.
We are a company who pride ourselves on being people-centred – all our work is for the benefit of people and we work hard to always balance our business needs with human needs. The values we strive to live by as an organisation are Contributing, Growing, With Others, As Ourselves. These are things we passionately believe help people to thrive and so also help us to thrive as an organisation. They're not for a poster on the wall – but for every day, present in all elements of our work - as a living, breathing enactment of the world we are working to create.
We are also a company who pride ourselves on crafting deep, supportive relationships with theatre artists at early stages of their careers. It can be extremely hard-going as an independent artist just starting out, so we provide opportunities for them, recruiting partly on the basis of skills and experience, but mostly seeking those who share our passions and beliefs and supporting them to develop as artists through our existing projects and their own projects.
We also believe that, when done in the right way, participating in and making great art can improve people's lives. We love drama and theatre and work to bring the highest quality of dramatic arts into (sometimes) the most unlikely of places.
Earlier in 2017, we moved to a new base in Prudhoe, Northumberland. We've always worked extensively in the county, but we wanted to locate ourselves in an area that wasn't well-served and work to change that. We've been welcomed by the community in the most wonderful way – met with curiosity, intrigue and perhaps a little confusion, but always with warmth.
In the last 6 months alone we've brought 'Stupid', a solo show by young artist, Sian Armstrong, to Prudhoe High School as part of a regional series of preview performances. She and director, Anna Ryder, were also in residence at the school for a week as part of the show's development process. We've also delivered a leadership training day as part of our adult training programme for leaders in the voluntary, community and small business sector in the area, in partnership with Prudhoe Community Partnership. And now we're bringing 'Melva', transforming a shop unit on the high street into a pop-up theatre and producing our own family theatre for the first time. We're working with young actors, a young director, supporting a writer with her first full play script and bringing all this excitement to a community who's had nothing like this there before.
What about Kiz? Who is the person behind the organisation?
I trained at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London, and since have worked as a director and education practitioner for organisations like Live Theatre in Newcastle (my first job out of drama school), Royal Shakespeare Company, Shakespeare Schools Festival, Maverick Television and Northern Stage. I especially love working with children and young people – devising theatre with them, creating great theatre with them and now, making professional theatre for them as an audience. They are honest – there's no pretending to be good if really you're not. They spot that a mile away and call it out. As a practitioner and artist, it keeps me on my toes all the time and helps make sure I'm always growing and developing my skills. There's no excuse for getting stale and boring.
I founded Mortal Fools in 2012, really by accident. I was an independent artist looking for some work, and saw a opportunity to trial something with young people in my local area, so gave it a go. 40 young people came to my first taster sessions, and that group has now developed into Tyne Valley Youth Theatre, our youth theatre flagship, soon to be touring the region and pioneering a new touring network for work by young people.
You've talked about why you moved Mortal Fools to Prudhoe, but why is it so important that you continue to develop your work in Northumberland?
Mortal Fools' location initially happened because that was where I lived, and there was also a gap for something new. Our location has since become something of strategic importance. Northumberland is a vast county, with large populations of people who don't have easy access to great artistic activities. Creative activities can provide a vibrant place for communities to come together. Lack of community cohesion and a 'me first' society is something that we're all suffering the effects of. It's something Mortal Fools works to change.
I never set out to establish a company, but (aside from my daughter) it is, without doubt, the accomplishment I am most proud of in my career to date. We do such amazing work. We support and lift each other to great heights and I feel proud to bursting on a weekly basis. That said, I've never run a company before so I am learning all the time. It's a great challenge to keep small organisations going in this economic climate, especially in the arts sector, and so I strive day-in, day-out to make sure this ship we've built keeps sailing and keeps serving the communities we work in.
Mortal Fools are obviously a small but very busy theatre company – producing shows, transforming theatre spaces and working to develop young people and artists – but what is a normal day for Mortal Fools actually like?
We have our office base in Spetchells Centre in Prudhoe – a lovely 2nd-floor space with three desks, a red sofa, framed pictures of all the shows we've done on one wall and access to a balcony overlooking Front Street below (which we plan to make into a gin terrace by next Summer!). All our roles are busy, so there's lots of comings and goings from the office. In a typical day I might have a couple of hours at my computer – sending and answering emails, maybe writing up notes from a training session, writing funding bids or preparing contracts. Then I might head off somewhere to run a session with a group or meet with one of our partners.
We invite everyone who works for us to use the office if they need to, so a typical day will mean catch ups of various projects across the desks, maybe a production meeting for one of our current projects, where we chat through who needs to do what and progress we've made. We are all very good at making cuppas for one another (but some of us are not so good at washing up afterwards!).
Mortal Fools often prefer to make theatre in unconventional spaces – which is why it's no surprise that this Christmas, Melva will take place in a former hardware store. Why is that important to the work that Mortal Fools do, especially with the community around them?
Theatre shouldn't just take place in a theatre - it's only bricks and mortar (and shiny things on top) after all. Many people find theatre buildings intimidating or just not for them – but will chance something in a venue they know and are comfortable in.
For some people, the sheer distance they would have to travel gets in the way of seeing theatre or taking part in drama activities. So we look for those gaps and work to fill them.
We've transformed community halls into dystopian fighting pits (with a tonne of sand), covered whole halls in newspaper to create a WOW effect and created shows where the audience are blindfolded for parts of it.
We make exciting, dynamic and unexpected theatre and we want people to be able to reach it. Bricks and mortar are fixed, but we are not, so we roll our sleeves up and turn ordinary places into theatre spaces, and it's a joy.
On the subject of Melva, what is it, and why is it such an exciting project for Mortal Fools to work on?
Melva is a play for children and young people which is about something real, something which is affecting them here and now and that we, as a society, as parents and families, have to find ways to make better. It's one young girl's story about battling with anxiety, but told in a way which balances laugh-out-loud funny with pathos in a sensitive and entertaining way.
(Writer) Danielle's concept of worrits as those squiggly creatures that writhe around in our bellies when we are fearful of something was an immediate hook for me when she originally pitched the idea. It's been crafted into an engaging story with some wonderful characters which everyone, young and old, will relate to.
I want Mortal Fools to be making theatre which means something, which has something to say. We want to capture the voices and experiences of those we work with and bring them to life in theatre which asks important questions and challenges audiences to think differently – but it must also be great, entertaining theatre.
There is so much wonderful stuff about this project: supporting Danielle Burn in her first full-length play (and helping her learn she's a blummin' brilliant writer for children); working with young director, Anna Ryder; expanding our team to work with new artists and practitioners and perhaps most of all bringing a wonderful new play to a new audience in a new place.
I also love the thrill of transforming spaces – it's a huge amount of work – but the pay-off is always worth it. Working in community spaces, we often have to work around the Bridge Club or Puppy Training classes and the like. For Melva, we are able to occupy our own transformed space, create Front Street Theatre, and have a decent run of performances too. We create magic with every project we do, but I already know this project is going to have a special place in my heart in Mortal Fools' history.
So, it's understandable what's so exciting for Mortal Fools about Melva, but what are you most excited about audiences getting involved with?
I already have butterflies (or maybe worrits!) about that first night we open Front Street Theatre to the public. I want to see their reactions to the space, the play and the experience. I want to see what the children have to say about the play – how they feel about the characters and which bits they particularly liked. I think this is a great play, but our audiences will be the one to judge – and if they like it, I guess we just get to work making the next one happen!
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On Wednesday I'm packing my bags and heading down to Copper Mountain for a few more days of skiing.
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