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What is the Eisenhower Leader Development Program?
The US Military Academy Brigade Tactical Department, in conjunction with the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Leadership, is currently seeking branch qualified (or soon-to-be branch qualified) captains for assignments as Company Tactical Officers, regardless of commissioning source. Annual selection boards convene each December and make selections for the academic year beginning 1.5 years ahead. (In other words, the December 2010 selection board will choose officers for a class start date of May 2012, and so forth.) Selection as a "TAC" begins with your enrollment in the full-time, 12-month Masters of Arts Program where you complete an M.A. in Social-Organizational Psychology (Leader Development) from Teachers College, Columbia University.
Additionally, officers seeking graduate school training through the Enhanced Graduate Program (EGSP) are encouraged to contact their respective branch to explore this opportunity. EGSP officers generally return to the larger Army for a follow on assignment upon completion of their degree and do not serve as TACs.
All officers are assigned to West Point, New York with academic instruction divided between West Point and the Teacher's College in New York City. Officers are afforded priority housing placement (future TACs only), individual study areas, government transportation to Teacher's College, full duty exemption and abide by the Advanced Civil School SOP. An Active Duty Service Obligation (ADSO) of 3 years is incurred upon completion of the M.A.
You are strongly encouraged to begin an on-line application and populate it as much as you can even if it is not possible to complete it by December. While incomplete packets will go before the board, it is in your interest to best represent your skills. Click here for the online application .
In the "Type of Position Desired" field, be sure to select "Tactical Officer" and add the "Brigade Tactical Department" for your department of assignment interest. Fields marked with * are required before submissions are accepted. Upon completion of this initial step, you'll receive an e-mail reply with a unique user name and password. (Do not lose or delete it, as it will be known only to you.) You'll then be set to access, manage and complete your file.
A Tactical Officer (TAC) is the legal Company Commander of a Cadet Company and the primary developer of cadets at the United States Military Academy (USMA), West Point, New York. He or she assists each cadet in balancing and integrating the requirements of the physical, military, academic, and moral-ethical programs. A "TAC" trains and coaches the cadet chain of command to establish and sustain high unit standards and behavior essential to a cohesive company environment. TACs have a senior NCO (SFC or MSG) assigned as their NCO partner (1SG equivalent) - together they form and model a professional command team for the cadets. TACs inspire cadets to develop effective leadership styles through role-modeling, counseling, teaching, and training. A Tactical Officer also presents formal and informal instruction to the company, implements special development programs for individual cadets as needed, and is responsible for all company administration.
BS&L and USCC (Tactical Officers) requires and wants diversity among the officer role models we place before cadets, and we are aggressively committed to a diverse faculty. It is very important that cadets are coached, taught, mentored, and led by both genders, and all ethnic groups. Women and minority officers are strongly encouraged to apply to work our programs.
Eisenhower Leader Development Program Goals
The Advanced Civil Schooling (ACS) portion of the Eisenhower Program takes 12-months to complete. Officers are stationed at West Point during this period and are assigned to the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Leadership. (They are inter-post transferred to the Brigade Tactical Department after graduation for the remainder of their tour as a TAC.) Classes are coordinated between USMA and Columbia University, with some held on post but all others held on the Teachers College campus in New York City. A sample of the classes in the program include:
- Human Resource Management
- Leadership
- Leadership Development
- Systems Leadership
- Organizational Dynamics
- Organizational Culture and Socialization
- Organizational Change
- Preparation for Individual Counseling
- Preparation for Coaching
- Career Counseling and Development
- Instructional Design
- Organizational Psychology
- Psychological Aspect of Organizations
- Military History/Profession
The academic program is rigorous but highly rewarding. It requires completion of 45 credit-hours of graduate study. Past participants confirm that it was challenging, both in terms of its workload and intellectual rigor. But historically, most have done very well. With this in mind, it is possible to not complete the degree due to any of numerous factors. Applicants should honestly self-assess their academic skills and personal situations before committing to this program.
Tactical Officer Timeline
First Year at USMA (ELDP)
- May - PCS to USMA, assigned to the Department of Behavioral Sciences & Leadership
- June - begin ELDP / Masters of Arts Degree work
- Graduate from ELDP with M.A. from Columbia after 12 months (late May)
Second Year at USMA (first year as a TAC)
- Inter-post transfer / assigned to the Brigade Tactical Department, United States Corps of Cadets
- Serve as Associate TAC for cadet summer training (late May – mid August)
- Primary TAC of a cadet company for academic year (mid-August – May)
Third Year at USMA (second year as a TAC)
- Serve as Primary TAC for cadet summer training (mentoring recent ELDP graduates)
- Primary TAC of cadet company for entire academic year
Fourth Year at USMA (third year as a TAC)
- Primary TAC of cadet company for entire academic year
- Possibility of serving as an XO to a Regimental Tactical Officer or as the XO to the Brigade Tactical Department
For more information please contact CPT John Borland, ELDP XO, 845-938-5589 or Mr. Billy Austin , USCC S1, 845-938-2213
CPT Barry Ammons
Please tell us a little about yourself
I graduated from the United States Military Academy in 2006 with a major in International/Strategic History. Following graduation, I served as an Infantry Officer in the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, KY and the 4-2 Stryker Brigade at JBLM, WA – including deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. As part of the Eisenhower Leader Development Program, I received my MA in Organizational Psychology from Teachers College (Columbia University) prior to becoming a Company Tactical Officer for G-2. I'm married to my amazing wife Abby, and we have two daughters, Emily Claire and Catherine.
Can you please describe your duties as a Tactical Officer (TAC)?
In short, Tactical Officers are leader-developers. It is ultimately our responsibility to integrate the academic, physical, military, and character programs into a single effort aimed at preparing our Cadets to be future leaders. To fulfill this obligation, TACs act as the legal company commanders for their companies; coach, teach, mentor, and counsel Cadets of all classes within their companies; collaborate with external agencies and personnel within USMA to facilitate Cadet development; closely assist the Cadet chain of command at the Company, Battalion, and Regimental Level with their respective duties; and serve as professional examples for the Cadets.
What made you decide to serve as a TAC?
Quite frankly, I wanted an assignment after company command where I would both get developed/broadened and have an opportunity to "give back" a little to the Army in the realm of leader development – two things my former BDE Commander really helped me prioritize when considering post-command assignments. Becoming a West Point Tactical Officer met those desires exactly.
What has been the most rewarding part of serving as a TAC?
As a TAC, you not only serve alongside top-caliber officers and NCOs, you supervise and develop the next crop of superstar officers to graduate from USMA. Every time a Cadet walks into my office with a question, wants to discuss our profession, or a former Cadet reaches out for advice now that they are in the force, I know that this job matters. That is the most rewarding part of serving as a TAC.
CPT Jen Wilson
Please tell us a little about yourself
I am from San Diego, California. I received a commission into the Medical Service Corps in 2007 from the University of California at Davis with a Major in Modern US History. I was a division 1 lacrosse player for 4 years and played in a garage band in my off time.
I've been married to the wonderful CPT Ryan Wilson for over nine years. Together we have one 5 year old dog, Zeva.I was a company commander in 2BCT, 82nd ABN and love jumping out of airplanes. Before that I was stationed at FT Carson, CO, and deployed with 3BCT, 4ID to Iraq. Before that I was stationed at Camp Casey, Korea, where I started my career.
Can you please describe your duties as a Tactical Officer (TAC)?
A TAC is an integrator of all of the programs at West Point: Physical, Military, Academic and Character. I am a career counselor, resident advisor, cadet chain of command mentor, formal and informal mentor (in and outside of the chain of command), disciplinarian and standards bearer. Like command I've found I spend 90% of my time on 10% of my company.
What made you decide to serve as a TAC?
Since I commissioned, I've always had a desire to serve as a TAC. I had a great experience in my ROTC program at Davis. I was always surrounded by great cadre that really cared. I think there is a great opportunity to make an impact on young people before they go out and serve in the operational Army. What has been the most rewarding part of serving as a TAC? Cadets are thirsty for knowledge, which I think can be easily forgotten about in the day to day. Here is a great opportunity to affect future officers from graduating classes 2016 – 2021 (by the time I leave). I don't think I'd have this opportunity anywhere else in the Army. Most days it's fairly rewarding. For me it's definitely the mentoring opportunities. I formally mentor 4 cadets either in SLDP, SLDP – H or for PL300. I have great conversations with these cadets and really get to experience their growth. It's fun to push them to think hard about who they are and about leadership.
How has serving as a TAC prepared you for future assignments back in the operational Army?
This job certainly has prepared me to be the "unemotional" field grade. The cadets and Academy have really forced me to separate myself from the emotional attachment I have felt in the past as a company commander. Additionally the current BTO has really taken a vested interest in the TACs and leading through us. He talks to us a lot about serving as field grades and does his best to keep us abreast of what is going on out in the operational Army. What was your graduate school experience like at Teachers College – Columbia University? TC was great. All of the faculty are wonderful and fully vested in our success. The first summer may have been the most "rough." That is, it was a transition back to being a student, re-learning how to learn and how to study was difficult. It was also the most condensed course load and work load of the year. But the material always felt very accessible and relatable to our future jobs. I had a lot of fun and met a lot of new friends outside of ELDP. I really loved being able to take an elective without the rest of the cohort. It made me feel a bit like a regular college student. The commute wasn't bad either. I lived at West Point and either carpooled or road the train. It was a great opportunity to get some reading in or just chat with friends on the way down. City food is great too. Definitely ate well while in school. A bunch of us started to use the Columbia gym as well, which is a perk of being a student as well.
How has this assignment been in terms of family time and work-life balance?
It puts the onus on the TAC for sure to strike the balance. As a TAC you can spend as much or as little time with the cadets as you want. There isn't anyone keeping you here, but there are more than enough activities to be present at and go to in support of the company cadets. They all either participate in a competitive club, division 1 sport or company athletics, which is a great opportunity to go out and see your cadets at work. In the same breath, if I need to go home in the middle of the day to take care of something, I just have to make sure my cadets know how to get a hold of me. We are encouraged to take leave and just make sure the cadets have someone to contact in they need something. In an average week, I do PT with the company 1 day in the morning (0530), have 2-3 things before they have breakfast formation at 0700, then will have various counselings/mentor meetings through the day, do administrative work, go to the gym, then be ready to go home around 1730 (sometimes drill goes to 1820). Like any job, there are late days (summers), but for the most part it's all up to you.
What advice would you give to officers who are considering applying to become a TAC?
The opportunity to get a master's degree from Columbia in one year in itself is amazing. While every day is not amazing and there are a lot of regulations specific to West Point, the overall experience as a TAC is fairly rewarding. You can be involved in as much or little as you want. I work with the women's lacrosse team as an officer rep, some TACs teach MS/MX courses and others participate in club activities as OICs/other things. Or you can stick to TAC life (which can fill you day as well). At the end of it all, like I mentioned before, there isn't anywhere else in the Army where you can affect some many future officers. And you get to see what your future subordinates go through in their leader development – you get to have a stake in how your future subordinates turn out by being a TAC. Anything else you'd like to share? It's not your typical "take a knee assignment," but it is definitely a great opportunity to surround yourself with great officers and NCOs and work together to continue shaping our Army's future.
CPT Westley LaFitte
Please tell us a little about yourself
I am a field artillery officer and 2007 graduate of USMA from Shreveport, Louisiana. My wife is an AG officer that works at USMA in ODIA. We have one daughter and a dog. Aside from the Masters from Columbia, I hold another Masters from Webster University.
Can you please describe your duties as a Tactical Officer (TAC)?
I am the legal commander and synchronizer of all elements of development for a 125 cadet organization. TAC's wear many hats and therefore an exact job description is difficult to codify. The best way to put it is we are involved in every aspect of a cadet's life to a detail that no other position at the academy can offer. We are with the cadets through their entire journey, not just a semester. This job provides the most opportunity to make a difference in a cadet's life. Additionally, TACs are required to be able to influence through a cadet chain of command a company without the reliance of a robust and experience NCO chain of command. We have one NCO and between the two of us we manage a company's administration and training. It requires creativity and an ability influence through multiple layers of an organization unique to the academy.
What made you decide to serve as a TAC?
I never thought I would return to the academy after I graduated. I recall looking in the rearview mirror as I left as a cadet thinking, "Well that's over. I'm never coming back!" I wanted to make sure others did not have that kind of feeling about their academy experience. I enjoy mentorship and helping others develop. I wanted to help others grow as leaders and felt like coming to USMA was a great way to influence the next generation of officer to be better than our generation.
What has been the most rewarding part of serving as a TAC at USMA?
Seeing the product of my influence on cadets in my company, in the classroom, and in various cadet organizations I support. It is amazing to see the growth that these young men and women experience during their time at the academy.
How has serving as a TAC prepared you for future assignments back in the operational Army?
The ELDP experience has taught me to be more patient and to gain perspective on situations before making a decision. The TAC position is very much like being an S-3 or XO. You have to lead through the cadets and allow them to exercise their own mission command. As the TAC, I allow my cadets to command. I act on the environment and resource the organization in order to allow them to be a successful unit. The job teaches you to rely more upon leading through others. It teaches you to have a more executive approach to leadership as opposed to solely relying upon direct leadership.
I would also say that this job has enhanced my ability to build meaningful relationships with peers and seniors. Many important activities TACs engage in depend upon TACs having good working relationships with people within and outside the organization both military and civilian alike. Having the ability to influence up and outside the chain of command is a valuable skill for field grade officers.
Finally, the job has taught me to be comfortable with significant responsibility when I have limited control. As a TAC you are responsible for everything even if you have no control over the situation, more so than as a line company commander. Having the ability to manage an organization with many moving and seemingly disparate parts without full control of every piece is an activity I am glad I am allowed to practice prior to taking over as an S-3 or XO.
What was your graduate school experience like at Teachers College – Columbia University?
Different and enlightening. This is my second Masters experience. I did not learn how to be a leader by going to Columbia. I did learn how to contextualize my experience and more appropriately articulate my personal methods of leadership. The college will expose you to many different perspectives that you might not see in the military. Although I did not learn how to be a leader at TC, I did learn how to be a better military leader and I learned how to translate military leadership into civilian leadership. I was very involved in student life and student leadership. I served as a senator for the college's Student Senate. I learned how to adapt my leadership style to fit that environment.
How has this assignment been in terms of family time and work-life balance?
The job is as busy as you make it, but it is inherently busy. I have a dual military family, so the balance has to be deliberate. It is not the traditional "take a knee" job. It does provide time for reflection and a challenge that will make one grow as a professional. I think it is the very definition of a broadening assignment.
I see the cadets as an extension of my family. I have 126 little brothers and sisters. They know my family and my family knows them. My family is also a tool for their development as it serves as a reminder that TACs are people too. We have lives, families, and challenges like other people. It is important that we model that for cadets. I use my wife to teach and develop cadets. I use my own situation to discuss dual military life. I say all this to show that managing the time spent with the family has to be creative and can serve a second purpose of developing the cadets.
My wife and I love the stability of knowing we won't deploy. We have started having children because we know for at least 3 years we will get to see our kids grow up without having to leave. This is a great place to start and raise a family. The community is unparalleled. We live off-post and make the short commute from Cornwall. Whether you live on or off-post (both have their drawbacks), schools are great and the sense of community is wonderful.
Even though the hours can be long and odd sometimes, the cadets make it all worth it. The work-life balance is just like anywhere else except with different challenges. What advice would you give to officers who are considering applying to become a TAC? If you are looking to relax for 3 years, look elsewhere. The job is intense because that's the level of commitment cadets deserve. If you are looking to grow as a leader and to have a major impact on the Army, this might be the job for you. Reach out to people who have been here in the job, there is a lot of misinformation in the force on how going to West Point kills careers. That is absolutely not true. This assignment will enhance you as a person and teach you some valuable skills for life and organizational leadership.


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Antenna and Antenna Array Fundamentals (2-Day)
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This two-day course teaches the basics of antenna and a brief overview of antenna arrays. Fundamental concepts such as beam patterns, radiation resistance, polarization, gain/directivity, aperture size, reciprocity, and matching techniques are presented. Different types of antennas such as dipole, loop, patch, horn, dish, and helical antennas are discussed and compared and contrasted from a performance – applications standpoint. The locations of the reactive near-field, radiating near-field (Fresnel region), and far-field (Fraunhofer region) are described and the Friis transmission formula is presented with worked examples. Propagation effects are presented. Antenna systems (transmit/receive) with active amplifiers are introduced. Finally, measurement techniques commonly used in anechoic chambers are outlined.
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Multiscale modelling methods are nowadays an essential tool for structural analysis of complex systems. Structural Engineers often need to simulate large scale structures where the micro-mechanical properties of constituent materials greatly affect the overall structural behaviour. The micro-structure and mechanical properties need therefore to be explicitly introduced in the analysis procedure.
Traditional simulation methods such as FE are consequently pushed to their limits; fine detailing is required to accurately represent the actual response leading to prohibitive computational costs. This course aims to introduce the essential principles of multiscale analysis for structural engineering problems which aim to properly communicate micro-scale structural information onto the macro-scale leading to reduced order yet accurate models. Focus will be on presenting the key benefits and limitations of multiscale analysis through illustrious examples pertaining to actual industrial applications.
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• Distinguish between different multi-scale modelling methods
• Appreciate the advantages of multi-scale modelling methods as opposed to current FEA techniques
• Reflect on the potential applications of multi-scale methods in current industrial applications using state-of-the-art commercial software
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ĐỒNG NAI - In a house on a small stone-paved alley, a three-year-old girl nicknamed Nhân Thiên (Human Heaven) sits next to a slim, Buddhist nun, selecting seeds to grow vegetables.
The house in Đồng Nai Province, surrounded by a lush green vegetable garden, is home to seven unfortunate children aged two to four who'd been abandoned by parents to poor to rear them.
Buddhist nun Nhân Trúc takes care of the children who were given away to a pagoda in Bạc Liêu Province. Because the pagoda could not afford to take care of the children, Nhân Trúc took the children to Đồng Nai Province, where her parents were born, to raise them.
"We decided to invest in a clean vegetable garden so that the quality produce can be sold to health-conscious customers, and the income used to bring up my children," she said.
Nhân Trúc is very keen on hi-tech agriculture. She has visited several clean vegetable gardens to learn their practices and invested in net houses and mist spraying systems to grow her own vegetables.
Besides 200sq.m of land in her own house, Nhân Trúc has leased a 1,000sq.m plot to expand cultivation.
She and other nuns grow a variety of vegetables including cải ngọt (choy sum), cải xanh (mustard greens), mồng tơi (ceylon spinach), rau muống (water spinach), hẹ (shallots).
"I spend almost all the day in the garden. I can get home to my children only when it is dark. Farming is a hard job."
Apart from the physical labour involved, Nhân Trúc has also had to deal with problems like poor productivity and quality of produce.
"Sometimes the vegetables are not big enough because we neither use any chemical spray nor do we add chemicals to the soil. A bed of rau muống (water spinach) in other gardens can yield 50kg, but mine yields just 10kg."
At first, Nhân Trúc only planted vegetables and sprouts based on orders from customers. But she felt it was a passive method. So she expanded cultivation area and started a delivery service.
Twice every week, Nhân Trúc takes about 50kg of vegetables by motorbike from Đồng Nai Province to HCM City, delivering them to some 30 households there. Each household pays her VNĐ1 million each month.
No matter what the weather, she starts out at 2am for HCM City.
"The delivery takes me the whole day because each customer far from each other. I only come back home in the late evening. It is exhausting, I still have to try to earn a living to nurture the kids," Nhân Trúc said.
Recently, a customer has started helping her to deliver the vegetables.
Sprouts and soy cakes
Nhân Trúc plans to expand her sprouts cultivation and obtain the VietGAP standard certification.
After two years of learning, she is also able to make high-quality tofu.
"I believe that the high-quality products that I am making will meet market demand. My plan is to provide the produce to restaurants and supermarkets. I believe that customers will by these nutritious products," she said.
Nhân Truc's humanitatiran effort has been supported by local associations. Huỳnh Minh Chiến, vice president of Farmers' Association of Nhơn Trạch District in Đồng Nai Province said that he was ready to advice with investment procedures and help Trúc establish her facility. — VNS


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The IRS Scandal and Impeachment: Special Prosecutor Necessary
If you believe Rep. Elijah Cummings, the scandal is over. Of course if you believe Rep. Cummings, you probably also believe the argument over climate change is also over. Over before it even began. The Left would like you to believe that it isn't even a scandal. But that is nonsense. If the President of the United States used the IRS, one of its beefiest and most aggressive enforcement agencies, with the power to seriously mess up someone's life, to intimidate or harass or suppress his political opponents, it would easily rise above the threshold of "High Crimes and Misdemeanors" necessary to remove the President from office.
So the question is how does one prove presidential involvement? Perhaps an email between IRS staff or executives and someone at the White House? One would think that no one would be stupid enough to leave such a trail of evidence but then there is the curious fact that Lois Lerner and 6 other people, the 7 people who were of interest to Congressional investigators, all had their computers crash and their hard drives irretrievably wiped a mere 10 days after Congress first started inquiring about these matters. Umm. Yeahhhhh. Let's see, the odds of that are probably less than the odds of a proton spontaneously decaying, something so unlikely it would take longer than the life of the universe. So maybe someone was stupid enough to leave something incriminating that might implicate the White House.
But common sense says that it is unlikely that there would be such an easy smoking gun. If you were Barack Obama or Valerie Jarrett (which is much the same thing) and you wanted to abuse the power of office for political advantage, you would do it in person. You would either visit the minions where they work, or you would bring them or their handlers into the White House itself. That way you could commit high crimes and misdemeanors face to face, without leaving an inconvenient paper trail like some kind of incompetent conspiracy newbie. There have been reports that the IRS commissioner and probably other officials made many many visits to the White House. The Left would like to downplay the information, but even if their characterization were substantiated, there were still ample opportunities for the necessary contact to set up the system to defeat the Tea Partiers who might have motivated enough people to deny Dear Leader his second term.
So there is a real reason that s special prosecutor is necessary. Only such an investigation could request the transcripts of all conversations in the White House between likely involved parties. Then we could see if the President's secretary might accidentally wipe 15 minutes of a couple of tapes out, preventing the world from hearing the President or his top aides commanding High Crimes and Misdemeanors. Nixon had the Watergate Tapes. What does Obama have? Personally I believe it is obvious that Obama or Jarrett put the IRS up to it.
I also believe that impeachment as called for by what's her name is premature. You have to have the Special Prosecutor first and let that build the political case. Then the impeachment proceeds by its own inertia and the GOP does not shoot itself in the foot by overreaching.


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With the Easter week-end fast approaching here is a guide to a few things for you all to enjoy in Chesterfield this Easter break.
Easter Celebrations @ Chatsworth House – Saturday 31st March - Sunday 15th April
Join in the fun throughout the Easter holidays at Chatsworth in the house, garden and farmyard. Most activities are included with entry fee. Look out for the Easter Bunny and enjoy Easter Trails through the House and Garden. Try out the new climbing forest play equipment in the adventure playground and enjoy spring themed crafts. Whilst in the farmyard enjoy Easter Egg hunts on Good Friday, Easter Saturday, Sunday and Monday. The Easter Eggspress will run throughout the day For more information on this event please click here.
The Ancient Greeks Exhibition at Chesterfield Museum and Art Gallery – Saturday 31st March – Saturday 12th May
A hands on FREE, exhibition about life in Ancient Greece. Learn about Greek soldiers called 'Hoplites', explore the Parthenon and discover the ideas, such as democracy, that are the legacy of the ancient Greeks. For more information on this event please click here.
Easter Family Fun Trail @ Bolsover Castle
Can you crack our clues to complete this 'egg-citing' trail? Find the missing eggs around the grounds to be rewarded with a yummy Easter prize. For more information on this event please click here.
Junk Music! @ Tapton Lock Visitor Centre – Wednesday 4th April
Join us and become a recycling musician for the afternoon. We will be helping you to make instruments out of everyday items that would normally be thrown away. From 2pm until 4pm but feel free to turn up and join in anytime. Please dress warmly as you will be outside in the garden. £2 per person - Booking is essential.
Good Friday at Brampton Manor – Friday 6th April
Bar food served Noon until 8:30pm and Live Entertainment and Charity Slave Auction from 8:30pm
Chesterfields Crooked Spire Open Day – Saturday 7th April & Monday 9th April
Take a guided tour of Tower, climb the 144 steps and enjoy the views over Town and close up views of the famous crooked spire. From 10am-4pm, Adults £3.50 and children under 16 £1.50
Brampton Food Market @ St Thomas' Church – Saturday 7th April
Pop along to Brampton Food Market and pick up some great local food whilst supporting local businesses. 10:00-14:00
Easter Sunday Carvery @ Brampton Manor – Sunday 8th April
Don't slave away in the kitchen this Easter treat the family to Easter Sunday Carvery, 2 courses £11.95 or 3 courses £14.95. Please book to avoid disappointment.
Dronfield Car Boot & Family Extravaganza – Sunday 8th & Sunday 15th April
Car Boot Sunday Market on 6 acres of concrete hard standing, lot of entertainments for the kids and great bargains for the adults. Fantastic food including giant Hog Roast, Entertainment with some great Buskers, gates open 7am for traders and 9am for the general public. For more information please click here.
Easter Extravaganza at Renishaw Hall and Gardens – Sunday 8th & Monday 9th April
Come and join us for a weekend of fun and Easter Activities! We will help keep the children entertained for hours with the fun Easter Egg Hunt, free face painting and a balloon artist, among other family entertainment. There will also be Easter themed treats and special lunches will be available from the Gallery Café all day. For more information please click here.
Easter Egg-citement at Linacre Reservoirs – Monday 9th April
Join the Easter fun at Linacre Reservoirs. Explore the woodlands around Linacre and see if you can find any hidden treasures left behind by the Easter Bunny. For more information please click here.
Bank Holiday Monday Jazz & Wine at the Inn – Monday 9th April
A Special Night of Jazz with the fabulous Walker Brothers from 7pm to celebrate the launch of our New Wine List. FREE ADMISSION for all diners and a Complimentary Glass of ANY Wine by the Glass for all. Book your table now: 01246 566335
Easter Market & Table-top Sale at Chesterfield Market – Monday 9th April
Come along to our Easter Market and have a rummage around the stalls in our Tabletop Sale. Entertainment includes: Magic and Music Show, Circus Skills Workshop, Easter Costumed Character. FREE entry and open 10am until 4pm. For more information please click here.
Easter Monday Family Fun @ Brampton Manor – Monday 9th April
Family Fun with 2 Live Bands, BBQ and Bouncy Castle From 2pm until late. All welcome!
Meet a Greek Soldier at Chesterfield Museum and Art Gallery – Thursday 12th April
Discover what life was like as a Hoplite in Ancient Greek. These soldiers were free citizens of Greece but had some military training. They were named after the Hoplon shield that they all carried. For more information please click here.
Fab Four at Barrow Hill Roundhouse Railway Centre – Friday 13th, Saturday 14th & Sunday 15th April
Go along and see the 'Fab Four', an unprecedented line up of world famous steam locomotives, which are being brought together for the first time in 60 years at the UK's only surviving operational Roundhouse! In addition enjoy the train rides, numerous stands and food. For more information please click here.
The Duke of Newcastle Returns to Bolsover Castle – Saturday 14th & Sunday 15th April
Step back in time to the 17th century at Bolsover Castle, home of the Duke of Newcastle. Watch as his Cavaliers show their skill on horseback and the art of manège - the forerunner of modern dressage. Visitors will get the opportunity to hear a variety of talks on 17th century equestrianism from leading academics on the period as well as witness a range of spectacular displays. For more information please click here.
Whatever you decide to do, have fun!!
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Editors: Schubert H, Rimski-Korsakov A
Publisher: Springer
Conference information: Stand-off Detection of Suicide Bombers and Mobile Subjects
Abstract: Fast, selective, sensitive and inexpensive detection techniques are highly required concerning the identification of planned terrorist attacks involving explosive, chemical or biological materials. State of the art are cost intensive equipments used e.g. in airport portal systems or swapping techniques (Imaging by X-ray, TeraHz-, MMwave, NQR, neutron activation techniques, electronic noses, IMS). We propose the development of substance specific low cost sensors, which can be installed as self reporting sensors in containers, compartments, wagons etc., used as hand held systems or sniffing devices which analyse the content of explosives in the gas phase. The basic sensor concept uses mass-sensitive devices coated with molecularly imprinted polymers (MIP). The components are cheap promising lowcost detection devices which could be applied for the passive as well as active sensing of explosives like TNT, DNT or TATP at short-range distances of about one meter. In the case of active sampling the MIP sensor will be combined with a suitable air-sucking system. Molecular imprinted polymers (MIPs) are highly cross-linked polymers. Like enzymes they possess a high affinity and selectivity for the adsorption of a special target substance (template molecule) which is present only during the MIP-synthesis and is afterwards extracted. This yields to a finished polymer with special and very selective binding sites for the former template. MIPs are very inexpensive, rapid to synthesise and they are already applied as substance specific solid phase extraction materials in the liquid phase. Preliminary results /1/ of synthesized particulate TNT-specific MIPs showed the effective adsorption capability of the material for TNT vapours. Moreover first experiments using direct UV-initiated polymerisation of TNTMIPs produced thin films which can be used in combination with different sensor materials. The response time reached with so-called quartz crystal microbalances, QCMs, is in the pg per minute range. Improvement of the MIP capacity will lead to shorter detection times (ca. 1 s). Overall objective of the proposed study will be to achieve a MIP sensor performance making them usable for short range stand-off detection (1-2 in). The TNT adsorption characteristics of layered MIP-material (pg to ng in seconds-range) has to be improved by varying the synthesis conditions and using QCMs as fast screening tool. The second step of the proposed work will be to coat so-called FBARs, mass-sensitive piezoelectric sensors/arrays (Film Bulk Acoustic Resonators, Cooperation with Siemens) with the improved TNT-specific MIP. Realistic measurements will demonstrate the performance of the cheap sensor prototype
Author keywords: suspension polymerization


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Melissa & Doug Chef Puppet
Brand Melissa & Doug
Product Description
What's for dinner? Just ask Chef Alfredo 'Al' Dente for the special of the day! Use one hand to manipulate the puppet's mouth and facial expressions while gesturing with the removable wooden rod with the other. Detachable rod is suitable for lefties or righties!
- Use one hand to manipulate the puppet's mouth and facial expressions, and the other to gesture with the wooden arm rod
- Whimsically designed to inspire "animated" play, and durably constructed to stand up to it
- Detachable rod is suitable for lefties or righties
- Product: 15"H x 5"L x 6.5"W
- Surface washable
- Ages: 3 Years +
Play Value
Great for developing motor skills, hand-eye coordination, communication skills, self-confidence, parent-child bonding, and so much more!


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Gretchen McNeil
Gretchen McNeil is the author of several young adult horror/suspense novels for Balzer + Bray, including Possess, 3:59, Relic, Get Even, Get Dirty, and the award-winning Ten. In 2016, Gretchen published her first YA comedy, I'm Not Your Manic Pixie Dream Girl, and her next novel will be the horror-comedy #MurderTrending for Disney/Freeform. The film adaptation of Ten starring China Anne McClain (Descendants 2, Black Lightning) and Rome Flynn (The Bold and the Beautiful) premiered on Lifetime on September 16, 2017. Visit Gretchen online at www.gretchenmcneil.com.
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How to Effectively Generate Brand Partnerships for Your Online Store
May 4, 2019
1 year ago
You might have heard about famous brand partnerships like GoPro & Red Bull, Uber & Spotify, Apple & MasterCard or Airbnb & Flipboard. They all had something in common: none of them are direct competitors but they have a target market that is interested in the other's products. These brands found ways to improve their user experience by incorporating a complementary service or product.
Partnering up with other brands can increase your store's exposure, generate sales and improve the customer experience. Your marketing efforts will go farther as you tap into another brand's audience and add more value to your customers.
Brand partnership benefits include:
- Cost-effective marketing through pooling resources.
- Sharing audiences with a similar target market.
- Creating a positive long-term relationship to help each other.
- Unique co-branded products that enhance the user experience.
Where to Discover Partners for your Brand
You'll first want to identify companies that share similar values and interests to your target market. Make sure that they don't have competing products. You can start with some simple Google keyword searches and read through some industry related blogs.
Join Brand Matchmaking Platforms
If you're an e-commerce store looking for marketing partners, there's probably no better place to go than DojoMojo. DojoMojo is a platform that connects e-commerce brands looking for partners to collaborate on co-marketing actions like content swaps, email blasts or sweepstakes.
The platform allows marketers to browse potential partners they can reach out to, or they can browse existing campaigns posted by other brands who are looking for partners to join them. Brands can also post their own campaign opportunities, and make them attractive to other brands by sharing their email list size and social media audience.
Look for Potential Partners on LinkedIn
LinkedIn is far from being the hottest social network nowadays, but being the first widely used social network built specifically for professional reasons gave them a status that we cannot ignore.
We might not spend as much time on LinkedIn as we do on say, Instagram or Twitter, but we all make sure that our profile not only looks good but it's also up to date. That makes LinkedIn extremely valuable as a tool to find new clients but also, new partners.
Let's say you are an upcoming perfume brand who is looking to partner with small and apparel brands so you can cross-sell your products to each other's audiences. You can use LinkedIn search filters to find the right person to talk to:
In this case, we would be looking for someone who is a marketing manager for a company in the apparel and fashion industry who is based in the US. Once you have identified a few companies you'd like to work with, you can use tools like Voila Norbert or Clearbit Connect to find email addresses and reach out to your potential partners.
How to Effectively Pitch a Partnership
Once you have identified some great partnerships, you need to email them. You'll want to reach out and identify how you think that your brands can work together. Make sure that you give them some examples and ideas.
Take this email as an example:
Subject line: Partnership Request
Hi [Name],
I discovered your brand browsing for (what you were browsing for). I feel there may be some potential for partnership between our brands.
My name is [Your name] and I am the marketing director at [Name brand], a brand that offers [brand/product description]. I think there is some room for partnering in the following areas:
- [Example 1]
- [Example 2]
- [Example 3]
I believe through partnering we will be able to add greater value to one another's audiences. Are you open to an exploratory co-marketing call to see what opportunities might be available?
Read More: 16 Email Outreach Templates for Every Situation
Make sure that your examples are detailed and demonstrate the value that you can add to their audience for best results. Not everyone will have the ability to see the potential immediately.
Managers will want to know the potential increase in brand exposure through working with you, so sharing useful data like social media following, email list size or client base will be key for your potential partners to determine whether they'd want to explore co-marketing actions with you.
Case Studies: Great Co-Marketing Examples
There are lots of co-marketing examples among big companies — some of them might even seem unusual at first.
1. National Geographic and Tourism New Zealand
National Geographic has millions of readers that enjoy brilliant photos of exotic places around the world. Partnering with Tourism New Zealand was a natural fit. They teamed up to create a video called "The Ultimate New Zealand Experience." The video features many of New Zealand's stunning visuals and some thoughtful coverage of the natural world and current events.
The video helps to reach an audience that may never have considered New Zealand as a getaway. It also gives National Geographic a stunning video that their audience will enjoy.
Why it works: The video appeals to the National Geographic customers who love natural photographs from around the world. It also appeals to travelers who may be considering New Zealand. It gets the viewers excited not only about the beautiful landscape in New Zealand, but also the exciting culture.
2. Nike and Apple
The fitness brand, Nike, has created many successful partnerships over the years. One that goes back to the early 2000s is its partnership with Apple. When Apple launched its first iPods, Nike saw a co-marketing opportunity.
Nike knew this was a great way to bring music to its customer's workouts. Nike and iPod created fitness trackers, sneakers and clothing that tracked activity while people listened to their music.
This partnership has evolved to become Nike+. The brand has technology tracking built into athletic clothing that will sync with Apple iPhone apps and track your workout.
Customers will discover they enjoy working out more with Nike tracking apps and music. It also gives the user more opportunities to listen to their tunes.
Why it works: The Nike brand doesn't compete at all with the technology industry. However, music improves the experience of a workout. Customers want to work out more when music is involved and this gives Apple a unique niche to pitch their products.
3. GoPro & Red Bull
GoPro and Red Bull partnered up with the co-branding campaign, Stratos. GoPro and Red Bull work well together because they are both lifestyle brands that target adventure seekers. These shared values have helped them develop a great partnership.
GoPro gives athletes and adventurers from around the world the tools to capture their races, stunts and action sports on video from the unique athlete's perspective. Red Bull often sponsors these types of events.
The GoPro technology allows RedBull to complement their programs by delivering an athlete's perspective. The collaboration allows GoPro content to enhance the company's growth by providing unique views for the races and events that RedBull sponsors.
The Stratos collaboration has been their biggest. Felix Baumgartner jumped from a space pod over 24 miles above the Earth's surface with a GoPro. This embodied the value of reimagining human potential.
Why it works: RedBull and GoPro are not competitors. They do both have audiences who share the same values of seeking adventure and pushing limits. The GoPro allows for user-generated content that can be shared by both companies and excite their fans.
Partner marketing is a cost-effective way of reaching new audiences that are qualified and potentially ready to buy your product. Look for products and brands that can complement your products and enhance a user's experience. In order for partner marketing to be successful, there should be a shared value system or a common target market.
As you email your potential partners, ensure that you clearly articulate the benefits of partnering for their audience. You must be clear about what you want to work together to produce and how it will benefit their market.
About the author
Melinda Curle is a writer for ReferralCandy and CandyBar.


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@SAY_MY_NAME said:
So you want to affirm that grens rifle doesn't scale through veterancy ?
That's bs, a grenadier model has 2 to 6 dps, that increase with veterancy.
I never said that.
If you had basic reading comprehension, you'd knew and understood that I said brens provide much lower DPS increase at effective range then LMGs and that tommies scale worse offensively.
That's all I've said.
It's in average HALF of an lmg 42, and the dps difference in close range differs of less than a point.
Same for volks, stg are overglorified garands with a ridicolous 1.9/8 dps, all the models contribute to it.
Stop pretending veterancy applies only to upgrades.
DPS difference at close range is completely irrelevant when talking about two long range squads with long range weapon upgrades.
I've never said base weapons don't scale, you did just now in your rumbling.
Stop lashing out, start reading and understanding.
What you're saying here is pulled out of your rear completely and has nothing to do with what I've said.
That's enough, we don't want t1000 has last penal model.
Of course, 100 manpower and 10 fuel is relevant, the fact that rifle needs 150 mp and 15 fuel for grenades instead is not worth noting, barely a coincidence.
Truth is penals don't cost any more fuel than rifles, IS and volks do, cost less techong instead...
You're not able to tell teching from side costs.
That's a fact.
And I.stead I specifically quoted only 2 doctrines because those are the only viable in competitive play (especially advanced tactics), and those are.
Cons are viable, penals are just braindead easy to use.
It's not cons play that needs buff, it's penals that need to be nerfed, like FBP was going to do.
Cons and shock have no problem, but why not use an anti everything mainline that gets powerful weapons from start and forget about cover and moving accuracy penalties ?
Provide replays, twitch streams or yt casts then.
If cons are as competitive as you say they are, you surely won't have problems finding one or two from this patch.
Hell, go play a game yourself with them, win it against equal opponent in 1v1 and post it here as a definitive proof.
Heh, I recall that game. It's actually triple flamer engineer builds + mining everything winning engagements, double cons were just there to keep caps. I wouldn't call this a conscripts game - the engineers achieving vet2 early game were clearly the MOVs. I think even Imperial commented on the great use of engineers in that cast.
@SAY_MY_NAME said:
Engies did a lot of damage, yet cons pulled their weight with field presence and numbers and garrisoning buildings.
Which is what I use rear echelon for when I'm playing US. Not a great statement on behalf of cons. What exactly is the difference between field presence and numbers by the way?
Not even sure what your point is about cons if you're also suggesting they need a non-doc upgrade. That would seem to be an admission that they suck. They were absolutely fine in the Wher v. Sovs days, now they are horrendously bad compared to WFA infantry, even with the lesser cost. The ppsh upgrade is good, it does not save them from being dog**** as a whole. The molly and AT nade research should be 1 package for 150mp, 25 fuel and the molly throw time needs to be decreased a little (for starters).
@thedarkarmadillo said:
And finally, i see no reason for penals satchels/AT rifles to not be locked behind said sidetechs, given their current performance
Also I really liked the FBP change that made the AT form of the satchel require the ptrs upgrade. Makes it so axis tanks can actually engage regular Penals like most other AI specialists: head on without much concern. Also lets wher actually use their light vehicles against them.
They also made the satchel lock on whether or not the tank leaves range before its thrown, but I think it was a fair trade off all things considered.


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Monday was a bank holiday in the UK and amazingly it coincided with the best weather of the year so far. Actually, the hottest, sunniest day was Tuesday but luckily for us, my children had an extra day of holiday due to school being closed for staff training. Days like these are few and far between. It was a great opportunity to get out and about.
I have been promising The Middle Miss a trip to Staithes for a while now. It's not far from where we live – less than an hour away in the car. Usually, if we are heading that far along the coast we aim for Whitby but Staithes is actually closer and we had a reason to visit.
If you have small children and you watch CBeebies you will probably know where I am going with this. If not, I will explain… Old Jack's Boat is a relatively new series starring Bernard Cribbins as 'Old Jack', the captain of a magical boat called The Rainbow.
Now, I have yet to watch a full episode, but, a while ago I saw the opening and thought "That looks a lot like Staithes". As I watched a bit more I heard the words (that begin every story that Old Jack tells) "Once upon a twinkly time The Rainbow set off from Staithes, waved goodbye to Whitby and headed off over the horizon…" Not only had the BBC filmed the series in such a lovely, local place, they had also chosen to keep the real name. I hit google to find out more and discovered this quote from the show's production team "Staithes was a wonderful backdrop to the series and we took the decision to retain its name as we wanted the programme to feel rooted in a real place." I was immediately excited by the fact that I could take my children to see this very real, very special place.
Staithes is a very magical looking little village, especially on such a sunny day. There is one main street winding down the steep cliff side to the quay. The houses seem to built on top of each other, each one clinging on to it's place alongside the road or the river. It's not really the best place to visit with a pushchair because of the gradient of the hill….I'm not sure which is worse, going up or down.
We wound our way down to the seafront, ready to look for Old Jack's Boat. Alas, it wasn't in port. If it had been, it would have been moored up on the far side of this picture, just in front of the lobster pots and the small stone building with the red square on it. If you watch the opening sequence on the CBeebies website you will be able to see it.
Undeterred, we went on to the small crescent of beach where, I was reliably informed by The Middle Miss, Jack's dog, Salty, lost his blanket. We thought we had better go and search for it. In fact, the children just got stuck into digging in the sand, enlarging big holes that someone else had previously begun.
We had the beach pretty much to ourselves, the sun was shining (have I mentioned that already?) and we were sheltered from the wind. Bliss, a chance to sit back and feel the sand between my toes or skip off to take a few more photos.
The digging progressed into seaweed gathering, which was then turned into 'hair' on a very sandy face by The Middle Miss. The only downside of the beach being so quiet was that I think the whole of Staithes could hear my darling daughter keeping her brothers in order. She told them in no uncertain terms just what she required for her work of art. Eventually Son Number One resigned from her work force and it was time to head back up the village.
On the way we passed Captain Cook's Cottage, where, as is says on the plaque, a young James Cook got his first taste of the sea while working as a shop apprentice. Both my children have studied Cook at school and Son Number One was quite taken with the idea that he actually lived in this house. Another example of a story coming to life in Staithes.
A bit further up the hill, we found a craft gallery selling all kinds of things knitted, stitched and painted. This beautiful mermaid sculpture was in the sunny courtyard behind.
Finally, we crossed the little foot bridge across the river to see if we could spot Old Jack's house but we weren't very good at that. We had a little peek in at the lifeboat station and stood on the quayside where Old Jack would be coming back soon to moor up The Rainbow, next to the lobster pots. After that there was nothing for it but to drag ourselves (and push the pushchair) back up the hill, just in time for tea and cake.


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A Method and Device for Secure, High-density Tritium Bonded with Carbon
Idaho National Laboratory (INL) created a novel method and device for secure, high-density storage of tritium. The high-density tritium is bonded with carbon by irradiating an intercalated precursor into tritium bonded with carbon in a substrate. Existing solutions to safely secure tritium result in a low-density tritium, minimizing tritium's potential as a significant energy source.
Patent Abstract:A method and device for producing secure, high-density tritium bonded with carbon. A precursor is intercalated between carbon in the substrate, then irradiated until at least a portion of the precursor is transmutated into tritium and bonds with the carbon in the substrate. This forms bonded tritium, tritium bonded with carbon, that produces electrons via beta decay. The substrate can be highly-ordered pyrolytic graphite, carbon fibers, carbon nanotunes, buckministerfullerenes, or combinations thereof. The precursor can be boron-10 or lithium-6. The resulting bonded tritium can be used in a long-term power source (preferably between 10 and 20 years), capable of operating under extreme environments (e.g. deep ocean, vacuum of space, high altitude, etc.) and under extreme temperatures (preferably up to 300°F).
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CPEC a road to peace, prosperity: Dr Iqbal Chawla
LAHORE: (Monday, September 17, 2018): Punjab University's Dean Faculty of Arts and Humanities and Director Pakistan Study Centre Prof Dr Iqbal Chawla has said that China Pakistan Economic Corridor is road to peace and prosperity for the region and both the countries would eliminate all hurdles to this joint project. He was addressing a seminar organized by Pakistan Study Centre on China Pakistan Economic Corridor at Al Raazi Hall here on Monday.
Addressing the seminar, Dr. Chawla said that silk route was an ancient route and OBOR is the revival of old silk route. He said that with every passing day, Pakistan and China were coming closer and CPEC was the culmination of their relationship. He said that some international powers were scared of China's emergence as second super power of the world. He said that they were creating hurdles in the development of CPEC & OBOR. He said that the development of infrastructure had mostly taken place and now the time had come to develop the least developed areas of Pakistan. He said that there was no need of confusion about this project which is win-win for both the countries. Addressing the seminar, Prof. Sun expressed his views that OBOR was put forward in 2013 and it had been welcomed by most countries of the world and reached great achievements. He said that in the past five years, the amount of trade between China and the countries along OBOR had enhanced rapidly and the construction of OBOR provided more than 200,000 jobs for local people. He said that but some countries trying to hinder China's development. He said that CPEC was the most important part of OBOR, the flagship programme in BRI. China and Pakistan could not allow the project failed. He said that Jiangsu and Punjab were brother-provinces and should join hands to construct CPEC and OBOR. He said that Jiangsu Normal University and Punjab University had cooperated for many years and surely would play more positive roles in construction of CPEC and OBOR. Prof. Zhang Shengzhen reviewed the Pak-China communication and focused on the potential cooperation in the field of education and enterprises. Mr. Muhammad Mehdi said that Pakistan desires new trade routes from its soil for the growth of economy and China is investing money in many countries. He said that new dimensions on the world politics had emerged but in new circumstances, Pakistan should find new ways to play a new role.
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