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Data Protection Declaration By the Helmut-Schmidt-University
Our Handling of your Data and your Rights Information in accordance with Articles 13, 14, and 21 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
This is to inform you about your entitlements and rights under the data protection regulations and how we process your personal data. Which data are processed in particular and how they are used largely depends on the services you use, some of which require an application.
Derogations from the present provisions are specified explicitly in separate privacy policies of the areas responsible.
1. What is the name of the automated processing concerned?
Web presence of Helmut Schmidt University / Bundeswehr University, Hamburg
(also known as website or home page of the Helmut Schmidt University / Bundeswehr University, Hamburg)
Welcome site accessible via URL https://www.hsu-hh.de
2. Who is responsible for data processing and whom should I approach?
Body responsible:
The President of
Helmut Schmidt University
Bundeswehr University, Hamburg
Statutory representative (overall responsibility):
Prof. Dr. Klaus Beckmann
The official officer for data protection in the Bundeswehr
Federal Ministry of Defense
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Technically responsible:
Data processing center, Helmut Schmidt University / Bundeswehr University, Hamburg
For information about data privacy, please contact:
Data Protection Officer, Helmut Schmidt University / Bundeswehr University, Hamburg
Zentrale Verwaltung (Central Administration)
3. Which sources and data do we use?
We process the personal data which are required to provide and render the services you use.
Relevant personal data are particulars (name, address and other contact details, user credentials). They can also include data related to your use of our offered telemedia (for instance, time of website request, apps, visited sites or entries) as well as other data comparable with the mentioned categories.
Category and quantity of the processed personal data depend on the location of access (internal / external) and the right of the user:
You use either the publicly accessible web server with an invariable copy of the web presence of Helmut Schmidt University / Bundeswehr University, Hamburg, or the internal web server as a guest user.
You use the variable web presence with a connected content management system as a logged-in user. This is only accessible within the campus network.
4. For which purpose do we process your data and on which legal basis?
We process personal data in accordance with the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council and the Federal Data Protection Act.
On the occasion of every access to / download from the web presence of Helmut Schmidt University / Bundeswehr University, Hamburg, the following data are recorded and used:
site visited (from where the file was requested)
name of downloaded file
date and time of request
data transmission volume
access status, i.e. an information if access/download was successful
description of the type of web browser used
All logging data are processed on the basis of the "Rahmendienstvereinbarung zur Protokollierung informationstechnischer Systeme" (Basic Works Agreement on IT Systems Logging) between the Federal Ministry of Defense and the Central Staff Council at the Federal Ministry of Defense dated 3 May 2006.
In accordance with this Basic Works Agreement (see Section 6 Subsection (2)), log data are exclusively used for:
monitoring the legitimacy of processing and using personal data
examining and safeguarding the requirements regarding data protection rules
analyzing and correcting technical faults
ensuring system safety
optimizing the network
conducting a statistical analysis of the overall efficiency (see also 12)
conducting sample checks
preventing and discovering criminal acts, and
analyzes as measures in case of infringement and abuse (in accordance with the above-mentioned Basic Works Agreement).
The purpose of "statistical analysis" is explained explicitly under 12 below. Furthermore, you have the possibility there to object and place an opt-out cookie.
For the purpose of identity management, authorization of users, modification logs and checking of access rights, personal data from a technical back-end system are used for access to the content management system of the website and to the services and applications offered; access thereto is only possible within the campus network. The following data are processed:
central login data
functionary data (for example, the E-mail address)
type, scope and time of content changes
group membership (control of authorization)
In accordance with Article 30 GDPR, detailed procedural information is listed in the automated processing register of the Bundeswehr which is the record of processing activities.
4.1 On the basis of your consent in accordance with Article 6 (1) a) GDPR
If you have given consent to the processing of your personal data for specific purposes, processing will be lawful on the basis of this consent. A given consent can be revoked at any time. This also applies to the revocation of declarations of consent which had been given before the GDPR entered into force, that means before 25 May 2018.
Please note that the revocation will take effect only in the future. Processing before the revocation is therefore not affected.
5. Who receives my data?
The respective bodies within Helmut Schmidt University / Bundeswehr University, Hamburg, receive those data from you which they require to fulfill their official and legal responsibilities.
Transfer of information to third parties will take place only on the basis of legal obligations and powers or your consent.
6. For how long will my data be saved?
If required, we process and save your personal data for the duration of your website visit. Maximum retention time for the logging data of the web server (see 4) will be 6 months.
Functionary data and other voluntary information (for example on a member site of a professorial chair) are collected from the respective person who can decide how long the data will be saved beyond the duration of the employment relationship (see 4.1 and 8.3).
7. Are data transferred to a third country or an international organization?
Data are not transferred to third countries (states outside the European Economic Area – EAA).
8. Which data protection rights do I have?
Each data subject has the right of access in accordance with Article 15 GDPR, the right to rectification in accordance with Article 16 GDPR, the right to erasure in accordance with Article 17 GDPR, and the right to restriction of processing in accordance with Article 18 GDPR. With regard to the right of access and the right to erasure, the restrictions in accordance with Sections 34 and 35 of the Federal Data Protection Act will apply. In addition, there is the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority (in accordance with Article 77 GDPR in conjunction with Section 19 of the Federal Data Protection Act).
Information on processing (for instance file name and storage location) is included in the record of processing activities (see 4).
The following paragraphs inform you about your rights as a data subject.
In accordance with Article 15 GDPR, the data subject has the right to obtain confirmation as to whether personal data concerning him or her are being processed. If this is the case, the data subject will be provided with the required information on the processing and will be informed about his or her rights.
Should you identify incorrect or incomplete data concerning you which you cannot correct yourself, please address the above-mentioned controller. Alternatively, you can address the responsible data protection officer of Helmut Schmidt University / Bundeswehr University, Hamburg.
In accordance with Article 16 GDPR, the data subject has the right to obtain without undue delay the rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning him or her. Taking into account the purposes of the processing, the data subject will have the right to have incomplete personal data completed, including by means of providing a supplementary statement.
8.3 Right to erasure
In accordance with Article 17 GDPR, the data subject has the right to obtain the erasure of personal data concerning him or her without undue delay. Under certain circumstances, the controller has the obligation to erase personal data without undue delay. This applies if
the personal data are no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which they were collected
the data subject withdraws consent and there is no other legal ground for the processing
the data subject makes a justified objection
the personal data have been unlawfully processed
Consequence of the user ID erasure (see 4) is the subsequent exclusion from the content management system of the internet presence of Helmut Schmidt University / Bundeswehr University, Hamburg.
The logging data will be erased in accordance with the Basic Works Agreement between the Federal Ministry of Defense and the Central Staff Council at the Federal Ministry of Defense dated 8 March 2006 (see 4)
The erasure of your data will be made upon request. The application is to be submitted to the controller or the data protection officer of Helmut Schmidt University / Bundeswehr University, Hamburg.
8.4 Right to restriction of processing
In accordance with Article 18 GDPR, the data subject has the right to obtain restriction of processing under certain circumstances. The following cases are possible:
The accuracy of the personal data is contested by the data subject.
The processing is unlawful and the data subject opposes the erasure of the personal data.
The controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of the processing, but they are required by the data subject for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims:
Upon request, the data will be marked for restricted processing. Should marking not be possible, the data will be saved prior to processing (for example via screenshot). The application is to be submitted to the controller or the data protection officer of Helmut Schmidt University / Bundeswehr University, Hamburg.
The data subject has objected to processing pursuant to Article 21 (1) GDPR pending the verification whether the legitimate grounds of the controller override those of the data subject.
In this case, too, your data will be marked for restricted processing upon request. Should marking not be possible, the data will be saved prior to processing (for example via screenshot). The application is to be submitted to the controller or the data protection officer of Helmut Schmidt University / Bundeswehr University, Hamburg.
In accordance with Article 21 GDPR, a data subject has the right to object, on grounds relating to his or her particular situation, at any time to the processing of personal data concerning him or her which is based on point (e) or (f) of Article 6 (1). The controller will no longer process the personal data unless the controller demonstrates compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject or for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.
In accordance with Article 6 (1) point (e) GDPR, personal data are processed in this application which are necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in Helmut Schmidt University / Bundeswehr University, Hamburg.
Helmut Schmidt University / Bundeswehr University, Hamburg, is a Bundeswehr agency and, in terms of its tasks, structures and rights, organized in accordance with Hamburg Land law.
If a data subject objects to the processing of his/her data, participation in services of Helmut Schmidt University / Bundeswehr University, Hamburg, by means of technical procedures is no longer possible.
The objection is to be submitted to the controller or the data protection officer of Helmut Schmidt University / Bundeswehr University, Hamburg.
In accordance with Article 20 GDPR, data subjects are entitled to receive a copy of the personal data concerning him or her in a commonly used and machine-readable format.
That right will not apply to the performance of tasks carried out in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller. This applies to the automated processing of personal data by Helmut Schmidt University / Bundeswehr University, Hamburg (see 8.5).
Thus, the right to data portability will not apply there.
8.7 Right to revoke the consent
This right will take effect in the future in each individual case.
As the processing of personal data on the internet presence of Helmut Schmidt University / Bundeswehr University, Hamburg, is covered by a legal basis and not by consent, the right to revoke the consent does not apply there.
Voluntary information, for instance on a member site, can be removed independently at any time by persons authorized to do the web administration of the sites concerned.
8.8 Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority
In accordance with Article 77 GDPR, every data subject has the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority if the data subject considers that the processing of personal data relating to him or her infringes the GDPR.
Supervisory authorities in terms of the GDPR are the Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information and the Data Protection Commissioners of the Länder. The Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information is the competent supervisory authority for Helmut Schmidt University / Bundeswehr University, Hamburg, the latter being a Bundeswehr agency and a higher federal authority.
Bundesbeauftragte/r für den Datenschutz und die Informationsfreiheit
(Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information)
+49 (0)228-997799-5550
Irrespective of the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, the complaint may also be lodged with the Bundeswehr Commissioner for Data Protection.
Beauftragte/r für den Datenschutz in der Bundeswehr (BfDBw)
(Bundeswehr Commissioner for Data Protection)
+49 (0)1888 12 13 940 or +49 (0)1888 12 13 942
9. Am I obliged to provide data?
For viewing the public internet presence of Helmut Schmidt University / Bundeswehr University, Hamburg, personal data in addition to log data will not be needed. The provision of personal data is necessary to use the content management system (see 4). Without these data, preparing and processing internet sites in the content management system is not possible.
Member sites require voluntary information (photo, contact details) which can be entered by the user himself/herself or a colleague who is entrusted with this task.
10. To what extent does an automated individual decision-making exist?
There is no automated decision-making in accordance with Article 22 GDPR.
11. To what extent are my data used for scoring?
Your personal data will be automatically processed. However, profiling or scoring will not take place
12. Statistical analysis and use of cookies
This website uses Matomo, a web analytics tool using cookies. These are text files which are saved on your computer and which enable us to analyze how the website is used. For this purpose, the user information generated by the cookie (including your abbreviated IP address) will be transmitted to our server. The processing is carried out in compliance with the provisions and purposes specified under 4. Your IP address will be changed during this process so that you remain anonymous to us. The information generated by the cookie about your use of our website will not be disclosed to third parties. You may reject the use of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly, however, in this case you might not have access to all functions of this site. When going from website to website, so-called session cookies are used to facilitate navigation. These session cookies contain no personal data and will expire at the end of the session.
If you disagree with this data being saved and analyzed, you can object to the saving and using at any time via mouse click. In this case, a so-called opt-out cookie is placed on your browser, which means that Matomo collects no session information at all. Important note: Clearing cookies means that the opt-out cookie is also deleted and you might have to enable it again.
13. Privacy policy for social media
We take the current discussion for data protection in the social media networks very seriously. At present, it is not legally resolved if and to what extent all networks are offering their services in accordance with European data protection provisions.
For this reason, we expressly point out the fact that the services also used by HSU/UniBw H, such as YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Snapchat, save their users' data in accordance with their data usage policies and exploit these data for commercial purposes. HSU/uniBw H has no influence on the collection of data and their further use by social networks. We do not have any knowledge on the extent, location and duration of data storage, the extent to which networks comply with obligations to delete data, which evaluations and links are made with the data and to whom data are transferred.
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General :: App To Capture Video When Watching YouTube Or Any Video?
Android :: How To Capture Video?
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Android :: Method To Capture Video To File Or Stream From OpenGL App?
HTC Desire :: 720p Video Capture To Unlocked?
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Android :: Capture Droid Application's OnPause Event?
Is there an app to capture video when watching let's say YouTube or any video? Was looking for something like that so I could capture my baby boys face as he watches videos .
it throws an exception on line recorder.prepare(). Does anyone know how to set parameters in order to be able to capture video?
I would like to be able to capture the video from an android phone camera, and then process this video. Processing involves adding a layer of AR to the live stream. Is this possible on android? Pretty sure it should be. I have looked at the android site [http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/media/index.html] but this seems to be concerned with video capture and storage. I would like to be able to play with the video pre-storage.
One of the alternative app stores is asking for unaltered, unedited capture from the app as a video. Plus I'm also interested in cleaner video than I get by focusing a camcorder on an Android on a table. Who knows how to do that? I think I found some posts that indicate Mark Murphy may have solved this with a tool that goes through DDMS. If so, I'll get that tool and donate.
Can anyone share or point me to working example of "video capture" with preview?
Does anyone knows some convinient method to capture video from OpenGL app on Android device? For example can we capture video from a view, opengl view? I just stopped on: 1) We can get frames using glReadPixels. (No video on this step?) 2) MediaRecorder can encode video, but how can we provide it our raw source, if possible? 3) Any working ports of ffmpeg(for example) or other encoding library? There are some tutorials of portng ffmpeg to use withing NDK. So, having raw frames and working port of ffmeg we can create video? Any issues on this step? Anyone managed to port any encoding library successfully?
I�m trying to capture frames from a video file, but I don�t know how to do it. Are there any classes like FrameGrabbingControl (in JMF) for Android? Is it possible with MediaPlayer and MediaRecorder classes?
Is it possible to capture a frame from a video in android and save it or use it in any way in the application?
Does anyone knows some convinient method to capture video to file or stream from OpenGL app on Android device? For example, can we capture video from a view, opengl view?
2) MediaRecorder can encode video, but how can we provide it our raw source, if possible?
3) Any working ports of ffmpeg(for example) or other encoding libraries? There are some tutorials of portng ffmpeg to use withing NDK. So, having raw frames and working port of ffmeg we can create video? Any issues on this step? Anyone managed to port any encoding library successfully? What components do I need from ffpmeg?
Official: HTC rolling out Android 2.2 and 720p video capture to unlocked European Desires this weekend -- Engadget. so i have jsut had a look on engadget web site and it saying that froyo 2.2 will be released to users whos desire is not carrier locked. my question is how do u tell if your htc desire is carrier locked i got my htc desire for vodafone and it has no sign of it having any vodafone features. dose any 1 no how to tell if myn is locked or open to this update that is ment to be coming this weekend. Could this be the week i finally get froyo to use on my phone..
after updating (the official update) my HTC Desire to Froyo 2.2 I cannot capture any Video (any resolution). It happens that I press the trackball and the timer (on the upper-right corner) disappears and nothing works anymore (menu, etc...), only the Home button allow me to go back to the home panel. After doing that, the battery die in a few minutes and the phone is very slow: i.e. some video camera service is still up and running and consuming battery.
One of the winners of the Google app contest was Jigsaw by Mikhail Ksenzov, an app to capture and process whiteboard data. The app isn't in the market, and I can't find anything via Google about it's status. Is it still beta, or what?
I am trying to implement Camera application in android,and i got some code from net to create a Live Camera through WebCam.Upto this no problem.Now i have to capture the images when click the button, and i displayed the captured images in the Dialog window.Without any exception the program is running but the captured image is not displayed,some default image is displayed.
I have no idea from where this default image is coming.
I am developing an application that has to capture the key events both in foreground and in background. I used the following code. But am unable to capture the keys in background.
My android application is consists of 20+ activities. I want to perform some task when application is in background (not an specific activity) and want to perform some other task when application is resumed. How to do this? I couldn't find onPause() and onResume() methods in Application class.
I am writing an app to capture the camera preview frames and convert it to bitmap in Android.
After I start preview, the callback got called with data, but the bitmap is null.
What did I do wrong when convert the byte array to BitMap?


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The Andover U3A is affiliated to the Third Age Trust.
Some areas of that website are restricted to members only, and you will be required to register and obtain a login and password to view those areas. Registration is quick and easy: note that, for registration purposes, the Andover U3A Group sits in the U3A's "South East" Region.
Page last updated 26 January 2019 by Jan Ward.


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I opened my eyes, confused, sweat slick on my brow, tears still damp on my cheeks. The men were gone, but I could hear their cries. Climbing to my feet, I scanned the vast savanna ocean. A mud altar that hadn't been there before now stood beside me. Blood spilled from the edges of the altar like melting wax. The men's cries came from the structure. From the thousands of tiny figures piled upon it. At first, I thought they were living dolls, but they were the miniaturized bodies of men suffering myriad violent deaths. These were the casualties of war.
I stared at the mangled bodies, some of which were writhing in pain, and somehow knew these men had died—were dying—in the battle many leagues away. Frantic and nearly petrified by what I might find, I searched for my uncle among the bodies. There were so many Zazzagawa and Kwararafa mingled in the pile; I couldn't tell one fallen soldier from another.
Wringing my hands, I backed away and reminded myself not to let fear subdue me, but terror pounded in my chest. The stink of death hung over the altar like a horrible fog that choked my lungs. Retreating from it, I came up against something hot and solid.
The thing behind me shifted. It spoke.
I spun around, stumbling backward, to find myself staring at the chest of a very tall man. Still trying but failing to fully master my fear, I took another backward step and looked up at who stood before me.
Towering over seven feet, the man had skin like polished ebony. He wore a vivid red and gold kilt that hung to just above his knees and a black cloak so long it brushed the ground. Black leather bracers with gold clasps covered his forearms. The open cloak was slung back over his shoulders, exposing a lean, powerful torso that rippled with muscle under smooth, dark skin.
I followed the contours of his chest, his long neck, a proud jawline. Save for the pointed tuft of hair on his chin and the thick, black eyebrows, his face and head were bald. His gaze was not upon me, his chin raised, so I could not see his eyes. I didn't need to see them. I knew that once he looked at me, I'd be staring into the roiling red eyes of War.


Pancake tortoises are unlike any other tortoise in the world.
Pancake tortoises can be housed indoors or outdoors. An indoor enclosure can be a 40-gallon terrarium or larger. Substrates of bark, coconut bedding or rabbit pellets are OK. Potting soil can also be used, but make sure it doesn't contain fertilizer, pesticides or manure. Include a shallow water bowl large enough for the tortoise to soak.
Also provide hiding and climbing areas. I recommend the realistic artificial-rock hides on the market today. Give the tortoise two hiding spots: one on the cool side of the tank and one on the warm side. Flat rocks can also be stacked carefully in a corner of the enclosure to provide crevices for them to explore.
A fluorescent UVB bulb spanning the length of the enclosure takes care of the lighting needs. Provide a photoperiod of 12 hours of daylight.
For heating, a ceramic heat emitter of the appropriate wattage can provide a hotspot of 100 degrees Fahrenheit. The cooler side of the enclosure can range from 70 to 75 degrees. This temperature gradient allows the tortoise to choose its preferred body temperature. Keep the heat emitter on 24 hours a day.
Housing pancake tortoises outdoors is fine as long as you follow some enclosure-design precautions. Enclosure size needs to be at least 4 square feet for up to two tortoises. Add 2 square feet for every additional tortoise. Walls should be at least 1 foot tall, but taller is better for full-grown adults. The goal is to make sure they can't reach the top when standing against the wall on their hind legs. I also recommend a screen top that covers the entire enclosure, because pancake tortoises are master climbers that can scale vertical walls when the mood hits them. A top ensures that your tortoise can't leave. Set up cage furniture like you would for an indoor enclosure, but keep all rocks and other scalable items away from the enclosure walls.
Pancake tortoises can be housed outdoors in the spring, summer and fall in areas of the country where temperatures are suitable. However, because pancake tortoises don't hibernate, they have to be housed indoors during the winter.
Unlike many tortoises, pancake tortoises run when they get scared. They seek narrow cracks in the rocks and hold tight with their front legs, so they can't be pulled out. Good climbers, they live in caves, under rocks and in tight cracks on rocky ledges.
These herbivores feed on a variety of fresh and dry grasses, and some fruit in the wild. In captivity they eat a variety of grasses, hay, greens (such as collard, turnip and mustard), along with dandelion, endive, squash, carrots, hibiscus leaves, and many other vegetables and leafy greens. They also eat several of the commercial diets, which can be used to supplement fresh food. Supplement all fresh food items with calcium and multivitamins.
Years ago wild pancake tortoises were collected by the hundreds for the pet trade. Export to Europe and the United States actually started to threaten wild populations. Currently very few exports occur, and any that do are strictly regulated. For that reason, the supply of pancake tortoises has dropped, and their price has climbed.
Captive bred is way to go. However, because these tortoises only lay two to five eggs per year, production in captivity is somewhat low, and finding captive-bred pancake tortoises is sometimes difficult. But if more people insist on captive-bred tortoises, then more people will breed them to sell, and this will help preserve the wild populations.


Every year Ukraine harvets 18 million cubic meters of wood. However, the real figure might be up to 40 million cubic meters, up to 50 per cent of this market is shadow market.
Moratorium on exports of unprocessed timber is a temporary measure to solve profound systematic problems of Ukrainian economy, said experts and MPs at a press briefing at Ukraine Crisis Media Center. "The main problem is corruption in all key segments: logging, sale & processing and export," noted Viktor Mazyarchuk, head of the Parliamentary Office of Financial and Economic Analysis. According to the official figures, every year Ukraine harvets 18 million cubic meters of wood. However, the experts say, the real figure might be up to 40 million cubic meters. In other words, up to 50 per cent of this market is shadow market.
The acting moratorium on exports of unprocessed timber is often bypassed through illegal registration of the roundwood under other product range. In collaboration with customs officers, it is often registered as "firewood". To counter this practice, Ukraine should adopt an electronic registration system for exported timber and to install video surveillance on the customs checkpoints, says Viktor Mazyarchuk. The only thing needed to put this mechanism in practice is the political will of the officials.
According to MP Ostap Yednak, the root of the problem is inefficient and obscure forestry management. "We still have soviet-type system that tries to imitate market economy. […] State forestry enterprises should be taken out of direct control of the State Forestry Agency of Ukraine. The latter should be responsible for forestry policy, while the enterprises should be merged into one centralized structure for forestry management […]. This should be a holding functioning according to international management standards, with transparently appointed Supervision Council, with transparent accountancy and clear investment and price policy," he said. According to Igor Guzhva, international trade expert at the NGO "Center for Market Economy Development" (CMD-Ukraine), in the future these state enterprises should be responsible only for harvesting wood, while wood processing will be reserved for businesses.
Electronic record of wood and trade through online-platforms with anonymous customers would help to overcome the grey market, corruption and artificial deficit of timber, said Ostap Yedmak. These tools would ensure transparency and real responsibility of timber suppliers. According to him, public e-procurement system "ProZorro" would be the best platform for this purpose, preliminary negotiations have already started. In addition, it is important to strengthen responsibility for illegal logging and errors in the documents.
According to Igor Guzhva, Ukraine should launch wood market. This would ensure accountability for wood harvesting and transmission, as well as transparent wood record. The income could be used for reforestation. "It is very important to impose restrictions on domestic consumption of timber. […] It is necessary in order to approximate our legislation to international law," he added.
Cancellation of duties on innovative equipment would boost timber industry in Ukraine, said Igor Guzhva. According to Ostap Yednak, many Ukrainian enterprises modernize their equipment and improve products quality. "According to my estimations, there will be nearly EU 100 million of investments in this sector. It would create thousands of jobs," he noted. It is very important that the Government take a clear stand on this issue.
"The moratorium as a single measure turned out unable to solve the crucial problems in this area. In practice, it did not help to prevent uncontrolled clearance, deforestation, illegal wood harvesting and trafficking (as firewood, etc.). It did not solve the problem of opaque pricing as well as absence of transparent mechanisms in forestry market, that paves the way for corrupt schemes," said Ivanna Klympush-Tsyntsadze, Vice-Prime Minister of Ukraine on European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, in her comment on the results of the discussion. "In order to solve all the problems in forestry, we need to reform the state policy in this field through a complex and balanced approach that would ensure civilized use of forests and compliance with our international commitments. We consider that cancellation of moratorium on export of unprocessed timber is possible only after the launch of complex measures that would bring solution to systematic problems in this field that were the reason for imposing the moratorium," said Vice-Prime Minister of Ukraine on European and Euro-Atlantic Integration.


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library(sqldf)

sqldf("SELECT A.*,
       date(B.REFERENCE_DATE + 2440587, '+1 day') AS B_REF_DATE,
       FROM table1 A
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I also tried to install the previous version of sqldf which is 0.4-9, (currently using 0.4-10) but it did not work. Does anyone know how to fix this problem?

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My environmet is Alfresco CE 3.4.e with external chain authentication with jasig CAS 3.5 (cas-client).
How I can disable auto creation of users?
there are a couple of answers to this question already - see this thread for example.
Thanks for your quick response. But I have a new problem.
Unable to create authentication as there is no suitable authentication service.
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The modern rooms of the resort offer 24-40 square meters of living space and are equipped with all necessities such as air conditioning, refrigerator, TV, hot shower and bath, seating, DVD player, hair dryer, free WiFi Internet and balcony or terrace overlooking the garden or mountains. Some also have direct access to the outdoor pool, where guests can take a refreshing dip. Facilities include a restaurant, meeting rooms, parking and barbecue facilities, and a range of services are also available.


First developed by Good Year Tires in the USA, with the backing of the US Military, the idea for inflatable drop stitch material was to consider the creation of inflatable bridges and even an inflatable plane. That was back in the 1950s and the technology has advanced in leaps and bounds since this time, whereby such material is used in all manner of ways, though inflatable stand up paddle boards, have served to accelerate and challenge the makers of this fabric.
Historically, Mistral were the first SUP company to use super lightweight, woven PVC drop stitch fabric, manufactured in Germany – and this was long before the mystical introduction of MSL (Monocoque Structural Laminate) developed by a factory in China and not indeed by a brand who would like to lay claim to it.
Mistral's adoption of Germany's revolutionary internal construction technology, consisted of multi PVC layers with a three-dimensional woven structure; in simple terms, the top and bottom layers were connected by multiple threads that are cross-woven rather than straight, creating 50% more durable warp and weft tensile strength than existing drop stitch technology. This resulted in a much lighter, stiffer and durable board. These we used on our Equipe range. These super light boards were made in Europe, using the German material, with components imported from Asia. Regrettably and despite winning awards for construction in the USA, the process was costly, making the boards a premium product which ticked all the boxes of being the lightest and stiffest on the market, ideal for travel.
In 2016, with all the fuss made of MSL, which certainly had advantages over conventional HDDS (High Density Drop Stitch) which relied upon separate multi-layers of PVC, Mistral responded and adopted essentially the same material, accepting we needed a new name and so FLT (Fusion Layer Technology) was born. Ironically, this name is now used in Asia to define this material as the universal name for this drop stitch material, which remains in essence the same as MSL.
FLT in its basic, original form, is fabricated using knitted technology, whereas our original material out of Germany, was fabricated using woven technology, making it way ahead of its time. The upside of a woven fabric, is that its tensile strength is substantially more than that of knitted material of the same thickness. This means it's possible to manufacture a lighter board of equal dimensions and achieve a significant weight saving together with a more rigid board. For 2019 Mistral, are pleased to announce we're introducing once again our award winning woven fabric technology combined with the advantages of FLT (Fusion Layer Technology) which will once again, make us leaders in the use of this technology.
To give but one example of the weight saving, if we take one of largest and most advanced dual chamber boards, the Trekkers, which uses conventional HDDS material (old tech multiple layer PVC sheets) our 12'6 weighed in at 16.9kg; for 2019 expect 11.3kg and for the 14' at 18.1kg, expect a weight reduction to 12.6kg and across the existing range of our boards using FLT, expect an average weight reduction in the region of 20%, with an increase in board rigidity. Best of all it will not affect your back pocket, as the costings remain super competitive, if not even cheaper for some models.
We're working hard to make a difference, to rise above cheap knock-offs and offer you a quality product with excellent performance, durability and resale value.


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Tag Archives: Elkhart Christian Academy
'Making better men' means most to Bethany Christian coach Kraft
Jim Kraft would like his baseball players at Bethany Christian High School to take the right approach at the plate, hit the cut-off man and throw strikes from the mound.
But's that not the most-important thing to the man who has led the Bruins program since the 2018 season.
"No. 1 it's about making better men," says Kraft. "It starts with being a good teammate, work ethic and things like that.
"The baseball stuff kind of takes care of itself after that."
Bethany, a school of about 140 in the top four grades with its campus in Waterford Mills, Ind. (south side of Goshen), has 13 players in 2021 and is playing a varsity-only schedule and got off to a 4-0 start through April 22.
"In a weird way (the COVID-19) pandemic probably benefited us a little bit with being small and not having a JV team," says Kraft. "We only graduated a senior and junior from the team of two years ago.
"We really only had one player playing travel baseball (last summer). But other schools played less last year.
"We're really looking forward to growing this year."
Kraft is assisted this spring by former Fairfield High School players Jason Smith and Jared Christophel and former Bethany athlete Jared Schlabach.
The Bruins are members of the Hoosier Plains Conference (with Argos, Career Academy of South Bend, Elkhart Christian Academy, Lakeland Christian Academy and Trinity at Greenlawn). Argos and ECA are the other baseball-playing schools this spring.
Bethany is part of an IHSAA Class 1A sectional grouping with Elkhart Christian Academy, Fort Wayne Blackhawk Christian, Fort Wayne Canterbury, Fremont (the 2021 host site) and Lakewood Park Christian. The Bruins won their lone sectional title in 1987.
Others on the BC schedule are Bremen, Concord, Fairfield, Goshen, Harlan Christian, Jimtown, Lakeland, LaVille, NorthWood, Oregon-Davis, Prairie Heights, Triton, Wawasee, Westview and White Pigeon (Mich.).
Bethany plays home games at the Dan Bodiker Athletic Fields, located across the railroad tracks behind the school. Kraft says a capitol campaign is expected to bring upgrades to soccer, track and field, softball and baseball.
There are currently no Bethany graduates playing college baseball. Kraft says three of his seniors could play if they want to pursue that route.
The 2021 Boys of Summer Baseball League is expected to include a Bethany junior high team.
Kraft grew up on a dairy farm near Trufant, Mich., and was active in 4-H and Future Farmers of America. He is a1984 graduate of Lakeview (Mich.) High School and earned an engineering degree at Michigan State University.
He is employed at Brock Grain Systems in Milford, Ind., as a product director.
Jim and wife Tammy have a son, Logan, and live in New Paris, Ind. Logan played baseball at Fairfield and graduated from Indiana Wesleyan University in 2020.
Logan Kraft played for his father on Boys of Summer Baseball League 10U and 12U teams and Jim coached the New Paris Dukes to a 10U Town & Country Baseball state title in 2016.
Jim Kraft (head baseball coach at Bethany Christian High School)
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Baker, Flemm guiding Elkhart Christian Academy Eagles
April 3, 2021 stvkrh905	2 Comments
A 30-something from Indiana and a 20-something from New Jersey have come together to lead the baseball program at Elkhart (Ind.) Christian Academy.
Shawn Baker, 34, and Matthew Flemm, 24, are co-head coaches for the Eagles.
Baker graduated from Northridge High School (Middlebury, Ind.) in 2005 and Manchester University (North Manchester, Ind.) in 2009 as a Grades 5-12 Social Studies major.
He played at Northridge for two head coaches — Mike Logan and Troy Carson. Rick Espeset was his coach for four seasons at Manchester.
Northridge was very competitive in Baker's junior and senior seasons and the friendships started off the field carried on to it.
"We'd have our backs there, too," says Baker.
"Both Mike and Troy instilled the hard-nosed baseball philosophy in us as players," says Baker of Logan and Carson. "It's working hard in practice and seeing the transfer over in games.
"I learned a lot from Coach Espeset about the 'why' and the philosophy of the game of baseball."
As an educator, Baker was at South Bend (Ind.) Career Academy and Westview High School in Topeka, Ind., and has been at Northridge Middle School for the past eight years, teaching eighth grade Social Studies and coaching seventh grade boys basketball.
He has served an assistant baseball coach at Dowagiac (Mich.) Union High School and Westview for Warriors head coach Jason Rahn.
"I had been getting the itch to coach baseball again," says Baker, who applied at ECA and was hired in mid-February. The first official day of practice was March 15.
Baker has been married for eight years. Shawn and Heather have a girl and two boys — Aleah (6), Colson (4) and Bennett (2).
Shawn's younger brother, Shannon Baker, played at Northridge and Indiana Purdue Fort Wayne and is now an assistant to A.J. Risedorph at NorthWood High School in Nappanee, Ind.
Flemm is an alum of Veritas Christian Academy in Sparta, N.J., where he pitched for the Lions baseball team and graduated in 2015. He finished his course work at Cedarville (Ohio) University as a History major and double minor in International Studies and Bible in December and is planning to attend May 1 commencement.
He was contacted by former Veritas Christian administrator and current Elkhart Christian secondary principal Sean Bevier who informed him of the baseball coach opening. Flemm was working with the Sussex County Miners Travel Baseball 13U team. Besides coaching, he is substitute and study hall teacher at ECA.
Baker and Flemm, who are assisted by former Elkhart Christian players Mark Stevens and T.J. Tice, guide a group of 12 players that includes one senior (Matt Elmerick), no juniors and the rest sophomores and freshmen.
Some have played travel ball. Others have little baseball experience.
"It sounds cliche', but we're working on getting better each day," says Baker. "We want them listening to what we tell them and trying to apply it on the field."
Three — Elmerick and sophomores Jude Reynolds and Luke Schramm — split their time between baseball and the Eagles track and field team coached by Allen Lollis. With the help of athletic director Richelle Viront, game and practice schedules are coordinated to accommodate both spring programs.
Elkhart Christian Academy (enrollment around 160) is a member of the Hoosier Plains Conference (with IHSAA Class 1A schools Argos, Bethany Christian, Lakeland Christian Academy, South Bend Career Academy and Trinity at Greenlawn). Only ECA, Argos, Bethany have baseball teams this spring.
The Eagles are part of an 1A sectional grouping with Bethany Christian, Fort Wayne Blackhawk Christian, Fort Wayne Canterbury, Fremont (the 2021 host), Hamilton and Lakewood Park Christian. ECA won a sectional title in 2013.
Besides conference and sectional foes, ECA's regular-season schedule includes games with 4A's Concord, Mishawaka and South Bend Riley, 3A's Culver Academy, John Glenn, Lakeland and NorthWood, 2A's Bremen and LaVille and 1A's Culver Community and Oregon-Davis.
"We play a lot of these really big school," says Flemm. "That's going to set us up for success in the conference and a state tournament time."
The Eagles are trying to develop pitchers and catchers on the fly. Many will get a turn on the mound.
"Everybody's a pitcher until we figure out that's not your forte'," says Baker.
Something that was ingrained during Flemm's travel and high school pitching career was the importance of control.
"Throwing strikes is the only way you're going to succeed," says Flemm. "Our second game (against LaVille) we had more strikes and that was awesome to see.
"It'll just take a lot of refinement and more experience for the guys on the bump."
Baker looks for ECA pitchers to develop a fastball and change-up and be able to hit their spots with it.
Flemm is upbeat about the future.
"We see a lot of potential," says Flemm. "It's been a blessing working with this group of guys.
"I'm excited for what's coming and how we can develop these guys even more."
As a private K-12 school, ECA does not always know who will be attending from year to year.
Flemm says there has been talk of starting a junior high baseball program. He has noticed interest in the game among students in those grades.
"It's something, hopefully, Coach Baker and I can start." says Flemm, who notes that he and Baker will lead a youth baseball camp ECA in early June. "We'll get a chance to see what kind of talent we have coming in."
The Elkhart Christian campus is located in an open area behind the school and next to the U.S. 20 By-Pass. A breeze seemingly never stops.
"We're almost in a wind tunnel," says Baker. "It can be difficult to hear (talk between players and coaches and players and other players).
"We need to work on communication and use our big-boy voices so people can hear."
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Ganger getting broadcast reps at Ball State and beyond
March 24, 2021 stvkrh905	Leave a comment
Just like batters crave their cuts, broadcasters need their reps.
Nathan Ganger started getting his in high school and continues to hone his craft in college.
Once bitten by the sports play-by-play bug, he began talking into a tape recorder during Elkhart (Ind.) Christian Academy basketball games.
The Michigan resident attended ECA all four years of high school.
"I absolutely loved it there," says Ganger. "It was the perfect size for me.
"You get to know everybody in your class."
Ganger attended the Elkhart Area Career Center as a junior (2017-18) and senior (2018-19) where Audio/Video Production instructor Warren Seegers taught camera operation and concepts like the "rule of thirds" and helped Ganger build the skills that allowed him to tell sports stories on WVPE HD3 88.1 FM and conduct interviews on Facebook Live.
"Mr. Seegers is awesome," says Ganger. "Everything I learned over my two years I'm using now."
Ganger got to interview South Bend (Ind.) Cubs President Joe Hart and Notre Dame men's basketball associate head coach Rod Balanis.
He counts his Q&A with ND women's basketball coach Muffet McGraw after the 2018 national championship as a career highlight.
Before the interview began, McGraw was kind of standoffish and giving one-word answers. Then she began to respond to Ganger's thoughtful questions.
"She realized I did my research," says Ganger.
In two seasons working with the South Bend Cubs, Ganger was supervised by Chris Hagerstrom-Jones, who is now Assistant General Manager for Marketing and Media.
"I started as camera operator then I told my boss I wanted to get into broadcasting and learn everything," says Ganger, who got to host the on-field pregame show, work with replay on TV broadcasts and occasionally operate the Four Winds Field video board.
"It was fun getting to learn all different sides of the industry," says Ganger. "I want to be not just a broadcaster, but be as well-rounded as I possibly can.
"You can't always rely on other people. You need to know how to do everything yourself."
Ganger is now a second-year Telecommunications major at Ball State University in Muncie, Ind. He's on a path to graduate in the Spring of 2023.
In 2020-21, Ganger has done play-by-play or color commentary for Cardinals baseball, football, basketball and volleyball while also helping to create social media video content for Ball State Sports Link.
For his first Ball State Sports Link broadcast, Ganger was on the call for BSU's football opener at Miami in Oxford, Ohio. With COVID-19 restrictions, it was a remote production. A monitor showed him the action which he conveyed to his audience.
"It was definitely different," says Ganger. "Numbers on the screen is different than being at the game.
"I can't be picky. Any opportunity I have to go for it."
Ganger can't say enough good things about Sports Link.
"It's the best of the best for sports media anywhere," says Ganger. "(Senior Director of Sports Production and Lecturer) Chris Taylor does literally anything he can to get us this opportunity."
Ganger teamed in the booth with Ryan Klimcak (who shared Northwoods League TV Announcer of the Year honors in 2020 while working for the Bismarck Larks) on last weekend's baseball Mid-American Conference homestand and got to call a walk-off win against Western Michigan.
According to Ganger, keys for a good broadcast include knowing the players' names.
"Memorize those the best you can," says Ganger. "In basketball — when they're running up and down the court — you have time to look down at your score chart."
For a radio game, Ganger is sure to give time and score every 90 seconds.
"You have to be the listeners' eyes," says Ganger. "You want to have descriptive words for everything."
It's important to pinpoint the ball and it's trajectory. The broadcaster tells his audience where it was hit and if it's a line drive or a slow roller.
"We also build story lines," says Ganger. "Why is this game important? What's at stake? Throughout the game we recap what's happened."
The voice is to be used as an instrument.
"Be creative with ways to say things with voice inflection," says Ganger. "You need a balance between sounding excited and not yelling all the time.
"I'm still learning. You can never be too good at broadcasting. It's very competitive. You have to find ways to set yourself apart."
Ganger used COVID quarantine time last summer to get in the reps that would help prepare for Sports Link broadcasts and to land an internship for the summer of 2021.
"I didn't want to sit around," says Ganger, who took old tapes of football, basketball and baseball games which he described by himself or with a friend and posted on YouTube. "I wanted to get better and be ready for games at Ball State and I wanted to get that internship."
Ganger got it.
During the process of searching and interviewing, he encountered the Expedition League. It's a 12-team summer collegiate circuit that plays a 64-game schedule beginning in late May.
It came down to choosing between the Mining City Tommyknockers (Butte, Mont.) and Sioux Falls (S.D.) Sunfish. Ganger chose the expansion Tommyknockers.
"I felt comfortable with (Mining City GM/Co-Owner) Dane Wagner," says Ganger. "He showed a lot of interest in me from the day he contacted me.
"He felt me feel wanted. The Expedition League makes a point of taking care of their interns."
Southern Illinois University student Tyler King will be Ganger's broadcast partner and the the two have been corresponding to get to know one another.
"It's been cool for Tyler and I to be he first-ever voices of the team," says Ganger.
Not only will the duo get to enjoy the first with a team playing at 3 Legends Stadium (a facility that debuted in 2017 which has gone from a capacity of 470 to 1,300), Ganger and King will get to know a wide swath of territory.
Besides Mining City, the Lewis Division features the Badlands Big Sticks (Dickinson, N.D.), Canyon County (Idaho) Spuds, Casper (Wyoming) Horseheads, Souris Valley Sabre Dogs (Minot, N.D.) and Wheat City Whiskey Jacks (Brandon, Manitoba, Canada) with the Clark Division sporting the Fremont (Neb.) Moo, Hastings (Neb.) Sodbusters, Pierre (S.D.) Trappers, Sioux Falls Sunfish, Spearfish (S.D.) Sasquatch and Western Nebraska Pioneers (Gering, Neb.).
Nathan Ganger with the South Bend Cubs (South Bend Cubs Photo)
Nathan Ganger with the Mid-American Conference football championship trophy earned in 2020 by Ball State football. (Ball State Sports Link Photo)
Nathan Ganger (right) calls many contests for Ball State Sports Link, including volleyball. (Ball State Sports Link Photo)
Ball State University Telecommunications major Nathan Ganger calls several contests for Ball State Sports Link. Among his spring assignments has been BSU baseball. He has an internship this summer with the Mining City Tommyknockers college team in Butte, Mont. (Ball State Sports Link Photo)
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VanArsdale builds Elkhart Christian culture of humility, hard work
February 4, 2020 stvkrh905	Leave a comment
When Tyler VanArsdale was asked to be the varsity baseball coach at Elkhart (Ind.) Christian Academy, the invitation came with a request.
Athletic director Richelle Viront wanted him to establish culture with the Eagles.
VanArsdale, a 2013 ECA graduate who had played baseball, golf and basketball at his alma mater, was a baseball assistant in 2017 and came back to lead the program in 2019.
"I've been preaching to the guys to stay humble and work hard," says VanArsdale. "Humility is so valuable in a team sport."
VanArsdale, who had also coached many of these same athletes as junior high basketball players, does not put the emphasis on personal statistics but the team.
"We talked about distractions," says VanArsdale. "One huge one is pride."
VanArsdale wants his players to know that "everyone matters" and that seniors with experience respect freshmen with little to none.
"When I see someone who is toxic to that culture, we're addressing it head-on right away," says VanArsdale. "At the end of the day, ECA baseball is about life development."
VanArsdale saw the Eagles go from 1-11 in 2018 — a year he stayed out of coaching with the birth of his daughter (Bethel College graduates Tyler and Brittany welcomed Clara on their wedding anniversary of May 10, 2018 at 10:18 p.m.) — to 8-8 in 2019 with him in charge.
"It's a mindset thing — a change in thinking," says VanArsdale. "That's a great turnaround."
Elkhart Christian lost 4-0 to Fremont in the semifinals of the IHSAA Class 1A Fremont Sectional.
"It was intense and competitive," says VanArsdale. "I was proud of the guys."
Two seniors — Bailey Petty and Mark Stevens — were on that squad. Many players return for 2020. Stevens has joined a coaching staff that also includes Tony Tice and Chad Viront.
VanArsdale started his high school athletic career at nearby Penn.
As a sophomore, he transferred to ECA. He was allowed to play junior varsity basketball. The Eagles did not have a JV baseball team, but an arm injury ended his travel season early.
VanArsdale played basketball as a junior and season for squads that won 13 and 14 games.
His senior spring saw ECA go 21-8 and win the school's first baseball sectional title, reigning at Hamilton and advancing to the finals of the 1A Caston Regional.
That team featured Caleb Stayton (who went on to a standout career at Ball State University) and Tanner Watson (who excelled at Taylor University) and VanArsdale keeps in-touch with many of his former teammates.
A former golf mate of Alec Dutkowski, VanArdale was also able to juggle the links and the diamond in the spring at ECA. He anticipates that he will have some baseball players also competing in track and field this spring.
During the IHSAA Limited Contact Period, the Eagles have been practicing on Tuesdays and Saturdays with weight workouts on other days.
Players and coaches are communication via group chat and VanArsdale, who is also account manager for Legacy Fire Protection, has lunch with his seniors — a group that will have at least six.
"I'm excited," says VanArsale. "1 through 9, we'll be stronger at the plate.
"With pitching, we lost Bailey Petty. But we'll be more diverse and may use three pitchers in a game."
To keep his pitchers healthy, VanArsdale has them using J-Bands, lifting weights and stretching in the off-season.
For those players who have their sights on the next level, the coach has advice.
"If you have a goal to play college ball, I preach prospect camps," says VanArsdale. "You don't want to get worn out on travel ball."
While ECA (enrollment around 170) is an independent in all sports but soccer now, the school will be part of the Hoosier Plains Conference (with Argos, Bethany Christian, Lakeland Christian Academy, South Bend Career Academy and Trinity at Greenlawn), beginning in 2020-21. It will come with a double robin schedule and end-of-season recognition.
"It's going to be really good," says VanArsdale. "It'll give each school something to shoot for."
The Eagles are part of a 1A sectional grouping in 2020 and 2021 with Bethany Christian, Fort Wayne Blackhawk Christian, Fort Wayne Canterbury, Fremont, Hamilton and Lakewood Park Christian.
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Gould finds baseball players who fit Taylor Trojans program, keeps on winning
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Put a player in position to succeed and let him do it.
It's long been a winning formula for Taylor University baseball.
"I try to look at what they do best and figure out how that can impact the game," says Trojans head coach Kyle Gould. "I don't care how a guy's good. I just want to know that they are and they can play to their strengths."
If a player can run or is exceptional on defense, how can his speed or defensive ability impact the game?
If a pitcher throws hard or a has a mean slider, how can he use those pitches to get hitters out?
"We want to get the best players we can," says Gould. "As a coach, it's my job to manage the talent we have.
"If a guy can really bunt for a hit, let him bunt. If he can drive a ball to the gap, let him drive the ball to the gap."
Over the years, the Trojans have won with dominant pitching and with a deep, talented offensive lineup.
"It's part of what makes baseball fun," says Gould. "You can win a lot of different ways."
Taylor (currently 24-9 overall, 4-4 in the Crossroads League and receiving votes in the NAIA national rankings) has enjoyed sustained excellence since Gould's first season in 2005, winning just under 60 percent of its games.
In his 14th season, Gould's career mark is 457-266-1 with 10 campaigns of 32 or more victories. The 2016 squad went 40-18-1 and set a single-season record for wins. Early in March, he surpassed Taylor Sports Hall of Famer Larry Winterholter (444 victories) to sit atop the baseball coaching win list at the school.
Gould, a 2002 Taylor graduate, has coached seven squads to league titles and produced six CL Players of the Year. Jared Adkins, who is a junior in 2018, was the honoree in 2017.
"Everything we do here is about development," says Gould. "We've had a long run of success because our guys get better every year."
Following an individualized program, Taylor players work in the weight room and on the practice field so they can contribute to the team.
When recruiting players, Gould and his assistants look for character first.
This is in line with the NAIA Champions of Character initiative, which places emphasis on respect, responsibility, integrity, servant leadership and sportsmanship.
"You ask our players what their No. 1 job is and they'd say, 'be a good teammate,'" says Gould. "If you're not a high-character person, you're not going to value other people more than yourself.
"You're going to be a great teammate here or you're not going to fit in and it's not going to work."
Taylor coaches watch how potential recruits interact with their teammates and the way they respond to success and failure.
Gould and company often seek out the familiar.
"You want to find references who know the kid and know you and can evaluate whether it is the right fit or not," says Gould. "Taylor is a great school. Baseball isn't the only reason our guys are picking Taylor. They want to grow their faith. They want to get a great education. We sell all of that."
Taylor, located in the Grant County town of Upland, Ind., has had all 18 of its intercollegiate athletic teams post grade-point averages over 3.0 in each of the past five years and led all NAIA schools in 2016-17 with 17 teams boasting GPA's over 3.30.
Players work with advisors to get morning classes in the spring, so they're academic life is interrupted as little as possible.
"We tell our guys that baseball is what you do, it's not who you are," says Gould. "We want guys who are passionate about the game. But if they are not interested in an actual education, this isn't the right fit for them.
"We want our guys to graduate and go on and do things with their lives that matter."
About 40 percent of the Taylor student body of around 1,900 are Indiana residents.
"We try to be open to the right kids," says Gould. "We know what we want and we know when we find it.
"Whether that's a kid from 10 miles down the road or 10 states away, it doesn't matter.
"We try to do what we do as well as we can. It's worked for us. I'm proud of the success we've had. I'm more proud of the people we've had."
Outside of southern trips and league games, Taylor plays most of its games on the artificial turf at Winterholter Field, using the lights when necessary.
The Trojans played 32 games there in 2017 — far more home contests than any other league squad and likely more than most schools in the upper Midwest.
The 2018 Trojans are currently 17-1 on their home turf and also has three road wins against teams that were in the NAIA Top 25 when the game was played — No. 10 Keiser in West Palm Beach, Fla., No. 20 Campbellsville in Campbellsville, Ky., and No. 22 Indiana Tech in Columbia, Ky. The season opened with games in Florida against Florida Memorial, Keiser and Ave Maria.
"When we travel early, we don't travel south to play northern teams," says Gould. "We travel south to play southern teams. It's one of our rules.
"We want to play good teams and we want to prepare ourselves to play well in the national tournament. We've never made it to the (NAIA) World Series. We're going to continue to chip away until we make it."
Taylor's 30-game varsity roster features players with hometowns in nine different states, including Indiana (18), Ohio (3), Florida (2), Kentucky (2), Georgia (1), Illinois (1), Iowa (1) and Texas (1). There are also 15 junior varsity players, representing Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota Ohio and Wisconsin.
Through team's first 33 games, junior Nathan Targgart (.400), senior Tanner Watson (.370), junior Cody Tait (.321) and sophomore Andrew Kennedy (.319) were the leaders in batting average. Targgart (24), Kennedy (20), Watson (20) and junior Wyatt Whitman (19) were the pacesetters in runs batted in. Adkins (19) led the way in stolen bases, followed by Whitman (15) and junior Josh Lane (15).
With Monday's two-hit, 4-0 shutout of visiting Bethel, senior right-hander Matt Patton moved to 8-2 with a 1.72 earned run average. He struck out 13 and walked none against the Pilots, sending his season totals to 76 K's and three walks (one intentional) in 62 2/3 innings (11 starts).
Nine other Taylor pitchers — all right-handers — had appeared in at least eight games.
Senior Rob Fox (0-1, 1 save, 3.65 ERA) has been called upon 19 times, followed by Patton and sophomore Mitch Ubelhor (2-0, 1 save, 0.48) with 12 apiece.
Freshman Luke Shively (4-0, 1 save, 2.49), junior Clay Riggins (3-0, 1 save, 2.36), freshman Drake Gongwer (0-0, 1 save, 2.57), freshman Kole Barkhaus (0-1, 1 save, 9.19 and sophomore eight-game starter Tucker Waddups (3-3, 2.91) have all taken the mound on nine occasions.
Kennedy (1-1, 1 save, 5.40) and senior Trevor Booth (1-0, 1 save, 5.68) have each toed the rubber in eight games.
Targgart played high school baseball at Fort Wayne Blackhawk Christian. Watson (Elkhart Christian Academy), Kennedy (Northridge), Adkins (Whiteland), Patton (East Noble), Fox (Delta), Ubelhor (Avon), Riggins (Bloomington South), Gongwer (NorthWood), Barkhaus (Blackhawk Christian) and Waddups (Logansport) are also Indiana products.
Gould, who this year works with hitters and infielder, works with a coaching staff of Devin Wilburn (third season; pitching), Chad Newhard (second season; baserunners and catchers) Rick Atkinson (15th season; outfielders) and Lincoln Reed (second season). Atkinson is in both the Indiana High School Baseball Coaches Association and Grant County halls of fame.
Before playing at Taylor, Gould was an IHSAA Class 1A all-state catcher at Triton High School, where he graduated in 1998. His high school head coach was Jim Shively, father of current Trojan freshman Luke Shively.
"He was a really good coach and we did a lot of things offensively that were a little different at the time," says Gould of Jim Shively. "We were really aggressive. We ran a lot. We hit for some power. We scored a lot of runs. We were difficult to defend and we won a lot of games doing it.
"He was really good at using the best athletes to maximize that."
Shively coached Triton to a 1A state championship in 2001.
Gould is in his second year as athletic director at Taylor. Jess Fankhauser, a former softball pitching standout at Taylor, is the assistant AD.
"It's mostly about managing time," says Gould of juggling his administrative and coaching duties. "We have great group of people in the athletic department.
"It's a team effort."
Kyle and Kate Gould have a daughter — Penelope (2). On the day she was born — March 17, 2016 — Taylor won a pair of games in Indianapolis against Marian University with last at-bat home runs by Watson in Game 1 and Reed in Game 2.
"It's a cool memory," says Gould. "It's also a great reminder that there is not one person that makes it all go. No one person is indespensible. The assistant coaches did a great job with the guys and they played really well.
"It's true in all areas of life. None of us are as important as we think we are."
Kyle Gould, who graduated from Triton High School in 1998 and Taylor University in 2002, is in his 14th season as head baseball coach at Taylor. This spring, he surpassed Larry Winterholter for the top spot on the school's baseball coaching win list. (Steve Krah Photo)
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The Black Dragon Japanese Cedar is a dramatic, upright plant with dark foliage and swirling branches that will rear up in your garden just like the dragon of its name. It grows into a small tree perhaps eventually 10 feet tall and 5 feet across, but it can easily be kept smaller if needed. It brings a touch of drama to any garden, but it is especially useful in Asian-themed gardens, where a little pruning can heighten the exotic nature of this plant even more. Plant it in combination with other Asian plants, like Japanese Maples, for an easy Asian-style garden, or plant it as an unusual and eye-catching specimen in any garden at all. It grows easily in any region with good rainfall and is hardy right into zone 5.
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Dwarf evergreens are essential parts of every garden, but some are grown so often they begin to lose their interest. So when planting the foundations of your garden and putting in evergreens, it is always a good idea to choose something that is both reliable and attractive, but which is not seen in every garden. The Black Dragon Japanese Cedar fits that description perfectly.
This is a tough, reliable plant that will grow to about 10 feet tall in time, with a spread of about 4 feet or perhaps a little more. Its foliage turns a beautiful rich black-green in winter, looking beautiful throughout that dreary season, and especially striking against freshly-fallen snow. Your tree will be rich green in summer and make the perfect backdrop to the bright colors of flowering shrubs and trees.
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When young this tree has an open form, and every example is unique. Some trees show more bark than other, and since the reddish, peeling bark is an attractive feature, more can be exposed by selective pruning of branches. With its twisting habit and swirling branches it really does look liking a rearing dragon and this effect can be increased with staking and pruning. It is also possible to produce a beautiful bonsai tree from this plant.
When planting your Black Dragon Japanese Cedar, choose either a sunny spot or one with a little dappled shade. It looks lovely combined with one of our extensive range of Japanese Maple Trees, producing a classic oriental combination. Plant it in an open spot where its beauty can be really appreciated, although an exotic low screen could also be made from of row of these intriguing plants. It also makes something very different to plant in the ground or in large pots on either side of an entrance way.
Japanese cedar will grow in most soils that are not permanently wet, and it grows best in soil that is not dry. Add plenty of organic material while planting, and mulch each spring. Do not let your tree become dry, especially during the first season or two, while its roots spread and establish the tree.
Although this plant requires no pruning, you may choose to remove some branches as it grows to retain its 'Dragon' habit, as older trees naturally become fuller and denser in form. It has no significant pests and diseases and is generally not bothered by deer. Over the years your Black Dragon Japanese Cedar will become a great feature in your garden, no matter what style of landscape you have, and this tree is a real asset in any garden.
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Charles Hays (February 2, 1834 – June 24, 1879) was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.

Biography
Hays was born at "Hays Mount," in Greene County, Alabama near Boligee where he completed preparatory studies under private teachers.

He attended the University of Georgia at Athens and the University of Virginia at Charlottesville.

He was a cotton planter in Greene County and also engaged in other agricultural pursuits before becoming a delegate to the Democratic National Convention at Baltimore in 1860.

Hays was elected as a Republican to the Forty-first and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1877) and served as chairman of the Committee on Agriculture (Forty-third Congress).

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Flint will soon mark the fifth anniversary of the city's drinking water switch which resulted in contaminating its tap water with lead. Improperly treated water from the Flint River damaged pipes, releasing lead particles into the city's drinking water.
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