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Haywood business community rallies around new economic development model
A cross-section of Haywood County business leaders took over the reins of economic development this month, with county government passing the torch to the Greater Haywood County Chamber of Commerce to blaze a new path of economic prosperity.
The shift in who will carry out economic development functions follows a larger trend to tap the prowess of the business community in an arena they know best. The multi-faceted quest for economic development — to bolster commerce, grow industry, encourage entrepreneurs, attract new companies, boost existing ones and create new jobs — can use all the know-how it can get from every possible sector.
Greg Boothroyd, chairman of the Haywood County chamber and advertising director of The Smoky Mountain News, thanked the more than two dozen players who invested their time and energy forging a new model for the Haywood County Economic Development Commission over the past 14 months.
"Consider this evening as a convocation as we all enter this next chapter in the EDC of our county," Boothroyd said.
To CeCe Hipps, the president of the chamber, it's the talents of those brought to the table that will make the new economic development model a success.
The first meeting of the new economic development commission last week was more than ceremonial. The energy was catching, the enthusiasm was real, the excitement was clear.
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"Your leadership, experience and dedication are needed for us to be economically successful in Haywood County and to fulfill the economic development mission," Hipps told the new EDC board at the meeting. "Our economy is made up of different business sectors, so we need people from those different sectors represented at the table."
The new EDC board numbers 22, but it takes that many to ensure a cross-section of all the important economic players — manufacturing, tourism, construction, agriculture, finance, utilities and small business, along with representatives from major institutions in the county, like Haywood Community College, Duke Energy and Lake Junaluska Conference Center.
Economic development efforts, from salaries to marketing to overhead, will continue to be funded by the county to the tune of $220,000. Those costs are the same as they have been for the past few years. But rather than running economic development as an in-house function of government, the county will give the money to the chamber to carry out the role on a day-to-day basis.
Mark Clasby, the Haywood County economic development director, will remain at the helm but will become an employee of the chamber of commerce rather than the county. Clasby, who is currently president of the N.C. Economic Developers Association, has been over the Haywood County economic development efforts for a decade now. Clasby was praised for how far he has brought economic development during this tenure.
"We agree you need not find fault in how it was being done in the past in order to find a way to do it better," said Mark Swanger, chairman of the Haywood County commissioners, who will serve on the new EDC.
The retooling had the potential to be controversial. A first stab at restructuring the EDC 10 years ago was met with resistance. But this time, the new model was embraced unanimously, with any reservations kept private.
"It's been said before in Haywood County — we argue about it and argue about it and we invariably get it right," said Gavin Brown, the mayor of Waynesville. "I have an abiding faith and belief in Haywood County."
The former county economic development commission was disbanded this month to make way for the new one under the chamber.
"There are other ways to skin a cat," said Ron Leatherwood with Clark & Leatherwood construction firm. "We have a clean palate to come up with great ideas to move the county forward."
The new model adopted in Haywood is a common one throughout the state, particularly in larger communities with active and robust chambers of commerce that are positioned to take the lead on economic development backed with monetary support from local government.
"Economic development is a team sport," said John Geib, the director of Duke Energy's economic development arm and the keynote speaker at last week's meeting of the new EDC. "I think business people like talking to other business people."
Geib's pep talk congratulated the business stakeholders on making a decision to come together.
The transition recognizes the stake that the private sector has in ensuring a business-friendly climate within their own community.
"We benefit a lot from good economic development," said Danny Wingate with Haywood Builders Supply, who sits on the new EDC.
"Healthy economies are good for all of us," added John Tench with HomeTrust Bank, who will also serve on the new EDC.
The merger of the EDC under the chamber moved rapidly, but systematically, over the past 14 months. A task force researched models elsewhere around the state and thoroughly examined whether the county's economic development arm would be better served under the umbrella of the chamber.
The first goal of the new EDC will be rebranding the county's image and marketing materials, creating a new economic development logo, website and promotional materials that have more "pop," said Bruce Johnson, owner of Champion Supply.
The chamber is well-suited for this project after going through a major rebranding of its own two years ago.
"A big part of this moving forward will be the marketing," Hipps said.
The new EDC also includes a cross-section of the county geographically, from Canton to Maggie Valley.
"I hope I can bring a new spirit of cooperation and working with our partners in the rest of Haywood County," said Ron DeSimone, a contractor and the mayor of Maggie Valley, who sits on the new EDC.
Under the agreement, the county or the chamber could decide they don't like the arrangement at any time.
"As long as county commissioners are seeing results in economic development, I think they will continue to fund it," Hipps said.
Mission statement:
The mission statement for the economic development commission will stay the same under the Haywood County Chamber of Commerce: "To foster a healthy and prosperous economy and quality of life for the community through the development of capital investment, job creation and entrepreneurial opportunities while supporting existing businesses and industry."


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Mountain Hardwear Lightpath 3
I have used this tent for about a year now so a review is in order. This tent has seen Dolly Sods, Seneca Rocks, Mount Whitney, Shenandoah, and Spruce knob, among others. I have about 40 nights in the tent, mostly with my wife. Our longest trip with the tent was a week. This was my fist non-freestanding tent and I was initially apprehensive about the sturdiness of the tent.
An overnight on a knob with winds gusting 30+ miles an hour quickly allayed those apprehensions. The tent is solid when properly staked and guyed out. It holds up like a champ in drenching rain. Condensation is about what you would expect with any well ventilated tent. It is there, but you won't wake up to find a soaked sleeping bag from drips. Camping without the rain fly is refreshing with great views due to all the mesh. It holds up well and was surprisingly warm at 12,000 feet with high winds and below freezing temperatures.
The vestibule design allows you to keep packs and boots on one side still allowing a quick exit for those middle of the night calls of nature. It has held up well and shows no signs of wear or tear.
It is NOT a 3 person tent, maybe 3 very small people. I am 6'2" 225lbs and my wife is 5'4" and just over a buck. We are comfortable but if you added a 3rd, even a child, it would be very cramped quarters. IMO this is the perfect size for 2.
The tent goes up in a snap with one person. It took me a few times because I was used to setting up dome style tents. Once you figure out to stake the corners first and clip the tent to the poles second, its a breeze for one person to set up.
I have no negative comments on this tent however, keep in mind it is not free standing so is not going to work in all scenarios. The footprint is a little larger than a similar sized free standing would be so allow for some additional space for set up. Mt Whitney was a challenge because trail camp is at 12,000 feet on top of a rock. not much soil and no trees to tie your guy-lines to. We improvised with stones and made it work.
This tent is our workhorse and will be on my back until it gives out. I might come back when that happens and give an update here.
(note on price paid, this was purchased at an attic sale from a well known retailer. The original customer returned the tent because they did not know it was not freestanding. Because it was missing its original packaging it was sold for pennies on the $)
Design: 3 person bivy style end entry 2 pole tunel
Sleeps: 2
Ease of Setup: cake
Weight: 5 pounds 12 ounces with rainfly
Price Paid: $75
Too small for three, roomy for two, good space-to-weight ratio, reasonable quality. A good choice if the price is right and you don't mind a little extra weight in exchange for some extra space.
- Plenty of space for two
- Good space-to-weight ratio
- Easy pitch
- Too small for three
- Marginal in wind and cold
- Poor ventilation
We've had this tent for three years and used it a lot for summer camping. It has held up well, including over a two-month long car camping trip.
It's a simple design and easy to pitch, requires pegs at the four corners, two for the vestibule, and two more to hold the fly out from the walls. I don't mind a non-freestanding tent because of the weight advantage.
It has plenty of space for two and good headroom at the door end. The vestibule has enough space for a couple of backpacks or a big dog, with room to get out for a midnight pee.
There is no proper roof vent, so we have to leave the vestibule open or crack the zippers when it's not raining, and just seal it up and let it sweat when it rains.
Extra clips on the inside of the fly make it possible to guy the tent out in wind, but we haven't used it much in high wind. The canopy is almost 100% netting, which is nice and light but I think it could get drafty and cold in the shoulder seasons.
We weathered a 30 minute intense hailstorm in the Sierras in this tent — it almost seemed as if water was spraying right through the fly, but I think it was condensation being knocked off by the impact of the hail — much longer and we would have been good and wet:
Source: bought it new
Price Paid: Don't remember, on sale.
Easy to set-up, great tent for the money.
- Easy to set up
- Well ventilated
- Some condensation
- Not free-standing
We bought this tent when we went on a casual car camping trips and ended up at the top of a mountain and two hours from home with no tent poles. This was the biggest/least hardcore tent that the nearest outdoors shop had since they catered to "serious" backpackers and not idiot car campers who leave their tent poles at home. :)
Despite my apprehension that this would be way too much fancy tent for casual campers like us, I LOVE LOVE LOVE this tent.
It's incredibly light, it's SO easy to set up — one person can manage it easily — it's very well-ventilated (we usually take the fly off during the day to let air circulate too), it's got handy pockets and loops inside for lamps and gear. It's also pretty roomy considering it's a super-lightweight backpacking tent. My husband is a big guy and we're comfortable with the two if us and our two 60lb dogs inside. The vestibule also truly does help you keep the tent dry.
As previous commentors noted you will get a little condensation because of the great ventilation, but no soaked sleeping bags, and I have spent the night in this in a windy downpour.
I was very apprehensive about it not being free-standing, but honestly, I haven't had any issues or even thought about it since we bought it.
Highly recommend this tent. It's excellent quality and a great product, especially considering the price and reputation of MH.
Source: bought it new
Price Paid: $199
Love the ease of set up, and light weight. Only drawback has been condensation issues, so I have not figured out how to ventilate it properly.
- Ease of setup
- Light weight
- Ventilation — condensation on inside
Have owned this tent for 2+ years. Have used mine for scout camping 3.5 season in TN. It has been tested in very bad weather and held up fine.
Last two outings the rain fly was soaked inside as if a garden hose had been used on it (both outings had experience heavy rain so the ground was saturated - but used the footprint ground cloth.) If the top zippers of the door are opened to vent during a storm, rain would get through. Overnight condensation has actually dripped in to puddle on floor.
I have the 3-person version and use it for myself and one other person (spouse or teenager). Plenty of room for gear inside or in vestibule.
Like the color matching system between the poles-attachment points-rain fly and tent. Helped the first few times setting up, now it is second nature. I am set up before anyone else in troop and enjoy challenging the boys!
Wish it had more reflective strings in the tie downs instead of just the tabs. Have seen this on Coleman tents and it is super easy to find your tent in the dark.
When asked, I recommended it to new scout leader, so he bought the exact same tent! Only difference is the window shape.
Source: bought it new
Price Paid: $240
This tent is awesome! It does exactly what it's supposed to do. It's lightweight, keeps you dry, and is not too expensive. I don't think there's another tent out there that will give you more bang for your buck.
- Lightweight
- Keeps you dry
- Inexpensive
- Easy to set up
- Good design
- Would be a little tight with 3 people
- Condensation
This tent is great. I've used it twice now on weekend long backpacking trips. Both times it rained on me and the girlfriend but we stayed dry in the tent!
It's the perfect size for 2 people plus a dog. Fitting 3 in there is definitely possible but it would be a tight squeeze. The tent has 2 storage pockets on the inside which came in handy. The vestibule is pretty big which makes it easy to keep mud out of the tent. It's an easy set up and take down. It packs a little big but it's still light.
Overall, a great tent. The only issue I've had is a little bit of condensation on the inside mesh in the mornings, but it wasn't a huge problem for us.
Source: bought it new
Price Paid: $150
I have owned this tent for two months and have only used it once. Practice pitches in the yard reveal this tent to be fairly easy to pitch solo.
The tent weighs just under six pounds with poles stakes and footprint.
Very roomy for two and adequate for three. I used this tent on a sweltering summer night with my wife, daughter and three small dogs. Ventilation was adequate, though not stellar, however in all fairness, the weather was oppressively hot. The ample mesh was a most appreciated feature.
Large vestibule has two sides and provides easy entry for bivy style tent.
When pitched correctly the structure provides an excellent wind shedding profile, while remaining roomy enough at the front for two people to sit upright.
All in all a great backpacking tent when extra space for two, or accommodations for three people are needed.
Design: Three person bivy style two pole tunnel
Sleeps: 3
Ease of Setup: Easy enough for one person
Weight: around 6 lbs tent, fly, poles, stakes, footprint
Price Paid: $195
We took this tent with us on an 8-day trip to Glacier National Park. Two of those nights were spent in the backcountry.
First, Mountain Hardwear makes great products, but I will have to be honest, I absolutely hated this tent. It's not freestanding. You need to perform acrobatics to get out of the tent and it was terrible that it only had one door and one vestibule.
The worst part is that you can barely sit up straight without elbowing your tentmates -- there were 3 women using this tent on this trip and we all had to coordinate getting out of the tent because there was no way two people can get ready at the same time, even something simple like putting on your shoes had to be a coordinated effort.
On the last day of our trip, I just couldn't stand being inside of this tent anymore that I decided to sleep in the car. Compared to the tent, I felt like I was in a 5 star hotel.
If you need a good backpacking tent, don't buy this. Get a tent that is free standing, that you can sit-up in, with two doors and two vestibules. The tiny difference in weight is worth it, especially if you need to get up at night to pee. This tent is like a zipped up Pita bread for bears and we were the stuffing.
The only plus, it kept us dry.
Design: 3 season, not freestanding, one door, one vestibule
Sleeps: 3
Price Paid: NA
This is my second season with the tent...also bought footprint through Moosejaw for it as well instead of trying to make a tarp work and folding to fit it correctly under tent like before. Tent has been in snow, freezing rain, winds up to 40mph on beach, stifling heat at 98*F with over 80% humidity and everything in between. Great tent, easy setup, holding up well.
This last trip had two to three hours of steady rain and noticed about a tablespoon of water dripping from screen seam above me. Not sure where it came from but going to lay it out and clean and search for any holes and reseal if needed.
I am 6'3" so I am about the limit to lay down center of tent without worrying about touching walls...but is comfortable, light and well ventilated.
Price Paid: $200
Have used it in Maine and New Hampshire so far this summer with no problems at all. Very roomy for two, and really light thanks to the sloping design. In days of pouring rain, not one drop in the tent, no condensation.
It's not freestanding, but this is not so important to me at all. I don't think there is a bigger, lighter, three-season tent on the market at this price with the quality of Mountain Hardwear.
Sleeps: 3
Ease of Setup: easy
Weight: 4.5 lbs
Price Paid: $188
Love this tent! We stayed very dry during a few big storms. It's easy to set up, even for just one person. Vestibule is large enough for boots and packs.
Would have given 5 stars, but a gear loft does not fit it. Otherwise it is a great, light tent. The wife, me, and the dog all fit in it with plenty of room to move.
Design: three-season
Sleeps: 3
Ease of Setup: easy for one person
Weight: 5lbs. 8oz.
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|Minimum Weight
5 lb 2 oz / 2.32 kg
|Packed Weight
5 lb 11 oz / 2.56 kg
|Floor Area
44 sq ft / 4.1 sq m
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Amelia Goeppinger is an International Trade Specialist serving in the Minneapolis U.S. Export Assistance Center with the International Trade Administration's U.S. Commercial Service.
Last week, I had the pleasure of participating in a significant export summit led by Sen. Amy Klobuchar in Duluth, Minnesota – the fourth summit she has held to promote the importance of exporting in her state. Sen. Klobuchar, who chairs the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Competitiveness, Innovation and Export Promotion, is working with the International Trade Administration (ITA) to encourage the expansion of trade among businesses in her state through summits that can inform the private sector about economic opportunities through international trade. Minnesota manufacturers and service providers play a major role in trade around the globe, and their participation is expected to increase as the world's economy grows.
The senator kicked off the Duluth Export Summit by championing the relationship between exports and job creation, and during the summit she facilitated and led a panel discussion on the opportunities of exporting with local experts from the Minnesota office of ITA's U.S. Commercial Service and representatives from the Small Business Administration and the Minnesota Trade Office. Thirty representatives from local businesses and other interested parties listened to the presentations, which were followed by a spirited question-and-answer session.
My client, Epicurean Cutting Surfaces, was the highlighted company. The local Fox News channel interviewed Dave Benson, Epicurean's chief financial officer, and I was asked to highlight and elaborate on the successes of the Featured U.S. Exporter (FUSE) service – which Epicurean is using effectively. FUSE successfully identified qualified distribution partners for the company.
The success of the export summit is hopefully going to be replicated as an example of how the International Trade Administration, through its U.S. Commercial Service offices, collaborate with state congressional offices, exporting companies and local export resources to educate firms on the link between export growth and job creation.


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From the first time you put the Pit Boss helmet on, you can feel the difference. The ultra-light TriMatrix construction keeps weight to a minimum while still passing tough DOT standards. The Bell Pit Boss also features Bell's innovative Speed Dial adjustable fit system which provides unmatched levels of comfort while drastically reducing the tendency for open face helmets to lift off of the head. And with additional features like a removable neck curtain and drop down sunshield, the Pit Boss truly reigns supreme on the wide open road.


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Tampa, Fla., April 15, 2014"BAE Systems today unveiled a new mobile app that can be used with Google Glass for hands-free geospatial intelligence data collection and photo reporting from anywhere in the field.
The GXP Xplorer® Snap app can transform Google Glass devices, smartphones, and tablets into crowd-sourced information gathering tools capable of generating photo reports that can be shared across an organization. The app was showcased with Google Glass at the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation's annual GEOINT Symposium.
The GXP Xplorer Snap app enables Google Glass users to quickly snap photos and record a report title and brief description using only their voice. The report is automatically geotagged, time-stamped, and uploaded to a GXP Xplorer server, where it is immediately shared and accessible to the rest of the enterprise. The hands-free benefit makes it an ideal technology for use in reconnaissance missions and disaster relief operations.
This simple, wearable technology will revolutionize situational awareness and incident response capabilities for police, fire, and other first responders, said DeEtte Gray, president of BAE Systems' Intelligence & Security sector. The technology benefits pilots by delivering imagery and mission critical data directly through the hands-free device.
GXP Xplorer Snap works as a companion app to the GXP Xplorer data discovery and management application, which is part of the suite of GXP Enterprise Solution products that streamlines the image analysis workflow and increases workforce productivity, allowing more products to be created in less time. Photo reports that are collected with the mobile app can then be brought into GXP WebView, a new lightweight, Web-based Electronic Light Table that allows users to find and exploit mission-critical geospatial data using only a Web browser.
The GXP Xplorer Snap mobile app is expected to be released for Google Glass later this year. A similar version of the app, compatible with iOS and Android devices, is already available for download in the Apple App Store and Google Play marketplace. ¨¨BAE Systems provides intelligence and security services to manage big data, inform big decisions, and support big missions. BAE Systems delivers a broad range of solutions and services including systems development, IT, cyber operations, and intelligence analysis to enable the U.S. military and government to recognize, manage, and defeat threats. The company takes pride in supporting critical national security missions that protect the nation and those who serve.


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Clear Labs: Disrupting food safety testing with Google Cloud
About Clear Labs
Clear Labs offers the only automated, intelligent next-generation sequencing platform built for food safety testing. Forbes magazine named it one of the 25 most innovative agtech startups of 2018. The company was founded in 2014, has 50 employees, and is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.
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Clear Labs is delivering pathogen test results to enterprise food producers in hours instead of days by leveraging Google Cloud services including Google Pipelines API and Compute Engine.
Google Cloud results
- Processes terabytes of sequencing data efficiently
- Scales as needed to support increased processing loads
- Saves an estimated 20% in infrastructure costs compared to competitive cloud service
Delivers test results in hours not days
Every year, contaminated food sickens one in six Americans, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Food safety awareness is on the rise, as nearly every week brings news of Salmonella outbreaks or food product recalls. No surprise, then, that the global food safety testing market is expected to grow to $17.7 billion by 2021, BIS Research reports.
Enter Clear Labs. The Menlo Park, California-based company's latest offering, Clear Safety, is the first Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) platform to cost-effectively perform fast, highly accurate, high-volume pathogen tests.
Clear Safety includes cloud software for laboratory management and genetic analysis as well as a fully integrated sample test device deployed at Clear Safety customer locations. The remote device combines Robotic Liquid Handling and DNA Sequencing into a single, fully automated self-service entity. "We're helping large food companies improve the safety of their food by enabling them to test for pathogens with greater accuracy and faster turnaround time," says Henrik Gehrmann, Head of Engineering for Clear Labs. "What we're offering is a game changer for this industry, and ultimately for consumers."
Technologically speaking, Clear Safety is an ambitious offering that requires a robust infrastructure. For example, with Clear Safety, hundreds of pathogen samples are tested in parallel in a single test run, which means the platform must expediently process terabytes of data per test run. The resulting files are optimized to make them smaller, usually in the hundreds of megabytes, so they can be sent efficiently through Clear Labs' custom-built bioinformatics analytics pipeline (bio-pipeline). The bio-pipeline consists of multiple, process-intensive steps such as alignment, error correction, and pattern matching, in which sample DNA strains are analyzed and compared to detect pathogens such as Salmonella.
"Google Cloud gives us the infrastructure to scale and quickly process a huge amount of data. No other cloud provider comes close."—Henrik Gehrmann, Head of Engineering, Clear Labs
To power its product, Clear Labs chose Google Cloud. "Google Cloud is the only solution that makes it easy to set up a robust environment from scratch and to scale it quickly, that widely supports open source software, and provides super-fast processing power — all at a lower cost than its competitors," Henrik says.
Clear Labs uses the Google Pipelines API to efficiently process huge volumes of genomic data; Compute Engine as a high-performance virtual machine infrastructure to run its bioinformatics pipeline and Google Kubernetes Engine to run and manage the company's services and app; Cloud Pub/Sub as a foundation for stream analytics; Cloud SQL for managing databases; and Cloud Storage for unified object storage.
Starting from scratch with ease
From the beginning, Henrik and colleagues were impressed with how easy Google Cloud made it to set up the infrastructure for Clear Safety. "Unlike the other cloud platform that we considered, Google Cloud does a great job of integrating its services, and that makes it so much easier to set up a new environment," Henrik says. "That's really important, especially when you have limited resources to build an infrastructure from scratch."
Henrik adds, "There's quite a bit of complexity involved in managing all the different pieces we need to make our product work. Having worked with competing cloud providers and briefly reviewing Google Cloud two to three years ago, we had several concerns about managing the operational complexity of such a system. However, we quickly discovered that Google's offering had advanced on seismic levels since then. We can focus on building enterprise-level software with a solid architecture behind it. At the end of the day, we're in the business of analyzing food and improving food safety. We're not in the business of managing infrastructure or building data centers around the world."
"We compared Google Cloud to a close competitor in terms of price, and we estimate that running our bioinformatics pipeline on Google Cloud costs about 20% less. This is a big plus for us."—Henrik Gehrmann, Head of Engineering, Clear Labs
Scaling as needed
With Google Cloud, Clear Labs has the flexibility to spawn new virtual machine instances on demand to handle increased use of the company's bio-pipeline. "Google Cloud gives us the infrastructure to scale and quickly process a huge amount of data," Henrik says. "No other cloud provider comes close."
A key Google Cloud benefit is the ability to spin up and orchestrate extremely powerful virtual machine instances in Compute Engine of up to 160 vCPUs and 3.75TB of system memory. "Processing speed is an essential component of our business because our bio-pipeline requires a lot of processing power, along with the ability to easily scale," according to Henrik. "In our tests, our bio-pipelines run faster and more efficiently on Google Cloud than on the other cloud infrastructure we tested."
The processing power behind Google Cloud plays a leading role in helping Clear Labs dramatically reduce test result sampling times for its customers. "Using Clear Safety, our customers can receive accurate and detailed pathogen test results in under 24 hours," says Henrik. "That gives us a big competitive edge."
Leveraging open source software
A strong commitment to open source software is another key differentiator for Google and Google Cloud at Clear Labs. For example, Google has created more than 2,000 open source projects including Kubernetes and many APIs. "Because of my experience in software development, I've always been a big proponent of open source software," says Henrik. "The support for open source is a big part of the attraction to Google. It's in the Google DNA (no pun intended). And that open source commitment gives companies like us comfort that the infrastructure we build with Google Cloud will be future-proof."
"Google Cloud has enabled us to create a system that is implicitly secure, saving valuable development time, alleviating potential vulnerabilities, and reducing overall risk."—Henrik Gehrmann, Head of Engineering, Clear Labs
Saving money
Scaling on demand helps Clear Labs hold down its cloud infrastructure costs. "With Google Cloud, we don't waste money on infrastructure resources that just sit there, waiting to handle an increase in demand," Henrik says.
Google Cloud also helps Clear Labs save money in other ways. "We compared Google Cloud to a close competitor in terms of price, and we estimate that running our bioinformatics pipeline on Google Cloud costs about 20% less," adds Henrik. "This is a big plus for us."
Achieving peace of mind
The more secure-by-design infrastructure of Google Cloud gives the Clear Labs team peace of mind. "With all the progressive layers built in, we implicitly trust the security that Google Cloud gives us across hardware, user identities, storage, services, and everywhere else," adds Henrik. "Google Cloud has enabled us to create a system that is implicitly secure, saving valuable development time, alleviating potential vulnerabilities, and reducing overall risk."
Google has been a valued cloud provider for Clear Labs both in terms of assisting with setting up its infrastructure as well as helping the company move forward in the future.
"We were able to build a solid infrastructure with Google Cloud in a very short timeframe," Henrik says. "Along the way, we had direct contact with Google engineers and architects, who helped us understand the features and capabilities currently available with Google Cloud and get an idea of what's coming in the future. The level of support Google gives us is tremendous."
Clear Labs has big ambitions. Plans include expanding the ability of the Clear Safety platform to test samples for E.coli, Listeria, Campylobacter and other pathogens, to expand its cloud feature to track origination of pathogens and predictive capabilities, and to offer its platform to domestic as well as international customers. The company is also investigating how to employ Cloud Machine Learning Engine to deliver even more value to customers.
"Google Cloud helped us get off the ground quickly, not just running but jumping," Henrik says. "And it's going to be a key partner for us to expand and scale our system in the future, so we can keep jumping without missing a beat."
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About Clear Labs
Clear Labs offers the only automated, intelligent next-generation sequencing platform built for food safety testing. Forbes magazine named it one of the 25 most innovative agtech startups of 2018. The company was founded in 2014, has 50 employees, and is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.


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Nokia revving up NFC-enabled Lumia 610
Set to debut in Europe next quarter, the next flavor of the Lumia 610 will be the first Windows Phone handset to let people pay for items via their cell phone.
Nokia and Microsoft are jointly jumping onto the NFC bandwagon with the next version of the Lumia 610.
Slated to debut in Europe sometime this summer, the new version of the 610 will be the first Windows Phone handset to let users pay for goods on the go via NFC. The phone has already been certified for use with both MasterCard's PayPass and Visa PayWave, according to Nokia.
European carrier Orange will be the first provider to offer the NFC-enabled 610, which will be able to read NFC tags at the point of sale and pair with other NFC accessories.
Moving beyond just mobile payments, the phone will be able to use NFC as an alternative to Bluetooth by communicating with other devices around the home. As one example, the 610 could tap into NFC to pipe music to Nokia's wireless Play 360 speakers.
"Nokia continues to lead the field in NFC with this latest implementation on the Windows Phone platform, in which we have the full support of Orange," Ilari Nurmi, head of product marketing for Nokia's Smart Devices business unit," said in a statemdent. "We're bringing NFC right across our portfolio, and together with our ever-growing range of NFC accessories we're making it easy for people to connect via a single tap. We're also enabling operators and other service providers to build NFC payment and ticketing solutions on top of our smartphones."
This is hardly Nokia's first foray into NFC. The Finnish handset maker has been equipping its Symbian phones with the mobile payments technology. But it is a first for Microsoft's mobile OS, with the 610 the first NFC-equipped Windows Phone handset, courtesy of Nokia.
Though years in the making, NFC has been slow to ramp up, especially in the United States. Businesses, banks, phone makers, and carriers have all been trying to work together to push the technology and convince consumers of its ease of use. Google already offers NFC in a few of its smartphones. But until more major devices (ahem, the iPhone) support the technology, its adoption will likely move ahead slowly.
Still, the move could pay off for Nokia and Microsoft, which need to distinguish the Lumia lineup from the competition if they expect to make any headway in the mobile marketplace.
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Ibrahima Sambégou Diallo may have become the first African mathematician of the contemporary era to have elaborated a theorem.
This Guinean journalist who recently reconverted himself into mathematics has found the solution to the Goldbach's conjecture, which is one of the oldest best unsolved mathematics problems of all times.
The Goldbach's conjecture was elaborated 270 years ago by Christian Goldbach, tutor of the tsar Peter II, and employee in the Russian Foreign affairs's ministry.
In 1742, Goldbach sent a letter to Euler, stating the Goldbach's conjecture: "Every even integer greater than 2 can be expressed as the sum of two primes." For instance, 6 = 3 + 3; 8 = 3 + 5; 10 = 3 + 7 = 5 + 5; 30 = 11 + 19 = 13 + 17; 100 = 17 + 83 … This mathematical problem was so hard to solve that it took 270 years, and hundreds of mathematicians around the globe working on it.
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Report: Feds Targeting Walmart With Criminal Investigation In Wake Of Bribery Claims
A new report says the U.S. Justice Department is taking allegations of Walmart bribery in Mexico very seriously, and have started a criminal investigation. And just as that news hits comes a story that the company has created a Global Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Compliance Officer. Coincidence? We think not.
Bloomber cites a person familiar with the probe, while also running a story about the FCPA compliance officer who will oversee five international compliance officers. The Justice Department is looking into whether or not Walmart violated the law, after an April 21 New York Times article laid out a story of not only widespread bribery by Walmart de Mexico to obtain permits, but a cover-up at the executive level.
Walmart is also conducting its own review of the allegations. If those investigations find that senior managers were lacking in their actions regarding any kind of bribery or covering up of bribes, Walmart might see a few heads roll and face penalties from the government.
"The penalties paid by companies in settling these types of FCPA investigations have grown significantly larger in recent years," said Jeffrey Lehtman, a Washington-based partner with the law firm of Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP. "Depending on the facts uncovered, companies like Wal-Mart can expect the penalties to be incredibly high."
Walmart may have been trying to save its skin when it announced in December 2011 that they were looking into whether they were in compliance with the FCPA. The New York Times says that action came as Walmart got wind of the newspaper's investigation into bribery allegations. As for whether or not that will help it look pretty in the federal investigation is anyone's guess.
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Sunday, June 26, 2011
Caravan baby.
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- AnonymousJune 26, 2011 at 3:29 PM
OH!! YAY for exciting new adventures!! Double YAY for the finalising of long dreamed of plans!ReplyDelete
So exciting! I'd love to just pack up and drive. Bliss... (oh, except for the pre-planning and packing of course)!ReplyDelete
Natural to feel nervous but what fun!!! I am so jealous we did it when we only had 3 kids and loved it.I would so love a gypsy van to do it again with all my family including the grandies.ReplyDelete
Cant wait to follow your adventures.xxx
Thank god you don't have to actually squeeze the caravan out of your vagina!! lordy!!ReplyDelete
I reckon the caravan is a little womb like- everything you need in one place!
Sounds like a grand adventure. I'm sure you will get it all sorted out and once you are on the road, it'll all be good. Enjoy! TammyReplyDelete
Well, it's just like giving birth really, once you're on the way you'll forget all the pain that came before... :o)ReplyDelete
I just love the look of anticipation and excitement on your children's faces. How fabulous for all of you!ReplyDelete
Oh, I know, this excitement for a new adventure and yet the anxiety for the change and the unkown.ReplyDelete
If you had the time to write down your feelings, it will be good to 'cleanse' your soul and also it would be a lovely souvenir of this important family moment in the years to come.
Oh Kate, it is going to be the most beautiful caravan ever.ReplyDelete
So exciting! This adventure will be life-changing for all of you..ReplyDelete
Good luck with all the prep. It will so be worth it.
I want my own caravan adventure too! waaaaahhhh!!!ReplyDelete
Post lots and lots and lots pics won't you? Pleeeease :-)
eeeeep indeed! Look at those little girl bunks. How cute and cozy and how unbelievably exciting for you. I'm dead envious! It's uncanny how all those questions could absolutely be about an impending birth. And hilarious that you can't agree on a name!ReplyDelete
This must be beyond exciting for you all! Your van looks brilliant so far, and those goregous quilt covers, your lovely trimmings, it's just amazing. It's going to be awesome!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 26, 2011 at 5:20 PM
perfect. the GIBB RIVER rd has just fully opened..there are still lots of repairs going on up past cape leveque, queen's face , way. happy travels!ReplyDelete
Dear Kate,ReplyDelete
Sorry that the overlocker has not been working and changing the needle did not help. I used to prayer to St.Clara (Patron Saint of sewers and needleworkers) when I had a line of 25 Year 7's waiting in line to use the over locker. (No offence to patron saints and Christians). I needed all the help I could get.
All the best on your adventures
Happy caravaning Kate! My auntie and uncle and Paul's mum used to go on adventures in their caravan all over Australia and they absolutely loved it. I am sure yours will be one of excitement and meeting lots of wonderful people and making life long friends too, just like in blogland, lol! Your caravan is looking great. Have fun packing for your big adventure xxxReplyDelete
I'm feeling the need for a big bow or some sort of "christening/naming gown" for the new baby!ReplyDelete
It's looking so nice! Are you also getting suggestions and advice from everyone in the street??ReplyDelete
so exciting!
How exciting. How long are you planning on being away for and where are you going?ReplyDelete
Oh Kate...it's looking quite amazing...and farmer Bren is the treasure hanging up some granny goodness...Isn't he...ReplyDelete
I could envision farmer Bren and my man sitting on some old chairs out the back...knees crossed and cuppa in hand debating how many metres of crocheted granny goodness it takes to cover a caravan...
We are very lucky ladies indeed...
It (the caravan) looks soooo good!ReplyDelete
Yay indeed, you know you will get it all done and the day you set off on your new chapter in life you will be able to take a deep breath and let it out and just enjoy the ride. Wheeehooooo.ReplyDelete
I am loving all your colorful magic you are creating for your wee home on wheels.
x Sandi
Yay it's almost time! Me and my parents set off on just such an adventure when I was 5. Lots of great memories to be made good luck to you.ReplyDelete
Beds are looking ACE ... so patchworky!!!!ReplyDelete
YAY for it looking how you wanted/visioned it ( which is pretty gorgeous if these sneak peaks are a indicator )xoReplyDelete
Sounds like the nesting is going well. The kidlets all look pretty pleased with their digs. Can you give us a grand tour of the baby before you leave? melxReplyDelete
Wow, I love this caravan. I am also here for the first time so about to go nosy about some of your posts and have a read.ReplyDelete
We are at the very begining of starting to plan a trip. Not sure where or how! If you are back in three years and need to sell the caravan, let me know!
I was telling a friend about your adventure, as her family is also embarking on one. They are moving to NZ for a year from the US! She is a doctor and will be working an hour out of Auckland...I am so jealous! I told her I'd give her all the blog addys of the ones I read in NZ...ReplyDelete
So, so pleased none of that huff and puffery malarkey will be required come D day. It's going to be fabulous. Imagine how BORING life would seem without this count down!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 26, 2011 at 10:19 PM
I feel so excited for you and totally envious at the same time, sending lots of happy caravaning vibes and I do hope we hear from you from time to time or else I shall I miss you xxReplyDelete
Amelia the Caravan.ReplyDelete
WOW WOW WOW Kate! It's all coming together, how exciting! I am quietly envious of your amazing trip already. To just pack up and have no plan at all, sounds BRILLIANT! You'll get there, just keep smiling xoReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 26, 2011 at 11:07 PM
The journey wouldn't be even half as meaningful and enjoyable if you weren't stressing about it before hand. I have NO experience, but I'm imagining that being pregnant and giving birth is similar.ReplyDelete
By the way - Yay for your farmer boy hanging gorgeous crotchet trim - think you have a good one there.
Yipeeee can you please pick me up on the way through?ReplyDelete
Oh Kate it looks fabulous. I'm so ecstatically happy for you All ... whooop-de-doo. ♥♥♥♥♥
What Joy ... thank you for doing what so many of us would love to do too ... but for whatever reason, just can't!ReplyDelete
How exciting for you alll. I am looking forward to finding out where those no plans are going to take you. I know something for sure. The five of you are going to have a blast.ReplyDelete
I would love to caravan if I could snuggle under gorgeous coloured quilts and gaze out through my window at the landscape! :)ReplyDelete
wow kate, the gypsy van is looking stunning. i hear you about the scary planning. we are yet to formulate a plan. the packing, the preparation for mishaps, OMG it all gets a bit much. i'm hanging for the day we pull out of the drivewayReplyDelete
i love your caravan posts. so much crochet and vintage sheet prettiness that i can't help smiling! good luck on your final preparations.ReplyDelete
How totally exciting! All your beautiful creations look fabulous in your gorgeous caravan. Have a lovely week!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 27, 2011 at 2:12 PM
Your van is looking quite stunning Kate, it's coming together beautifully. Good luck getting all the last minute bits and pieces done.ReplyDelete
I am still chuckling over Cath's comment. That crocheted trim is divine. Oh it will be fabulous to get on the road!ReplyDelete
I'm so excited for you. Best of luck with finishing everything, packing and starting your adventureReplyDelete
oh i am so excited for you and your family this sounds so exciting. i love the curtains in the above post too. but the pics in this post make me want a cute homey caravan and this adventure too someday in my life too. have fun xReplyDelete
eeeep times a gazzilion! your adventure looks like sooo much fun.ReplyDelete
hope you are coping with the cold.
sending you some sunshine lovely ♥
Holy crap your caravan rules!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!ReplyDelete
How wonderful! I'm so excited for you!! So great to see all the hard work you've done too - the caravan is looking fantastic Kate :) KxReplyDelete
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Bahrain march hints at rising F1 anger
Thousands of anti-government demonstrators in Bahrain have joined a march that included breakaway protests against the scheduled Formula One race later this month.
The anger against the F1 event appears lower than last year but rights groups say security forces have expanded arrests and crackdowns near the track. Opponents of the race have vowed wider protests in the coming week.
The race is Bahrain's premier international event. It was cancelled in 2011 as the Arab Spring uprising engulfed the Gulf kingdom. In 2012 it went ahead despite huge demonstrations.
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If you're a startup or a single entrepreneur you need to take a look at the infographic by kissmetrics in partnership with blackbox where they collected data from over 650 startups for The Startup Genome Report. Take a look bellow.
1. Founders that learn are more successful: Startups that have helpful mentors, track metrics effectively, and learn from startup thought leaders raise 7x more money and have 3.5x better user growth.
2. Startups that pivot once or twice times raise 2.5x more money, have 3.6x better user growth, and are 52% less likely to scale prematurely than startups that pivot more than 2 times or not at all.
3. Many investors invest 2-3x more capital than necessary in startups that haven't reached problem solution fit yet. They also over-invest in solo founders and founding teams without technical cofounders despite indicators that show that these teams have a much lower probability of success.
4. Investors who provide hands-on help have little or no effect on the company's operational performance. But the right mentors significantly influence a company's performance and ability to raise money. (However, this does not mean that investors don't have a significant effect on valuations and M&A)
5. Solo founders take 3.6x longer to reach scale stage compared to a founding team of 2 and they are 2.3x less likely to pivot.
6. Business-heavy founding teams are 6.2x more likely to successfully scale with sales driven startups than with product centric startups.
7. Technical-heavy founding teams are 3.3x more likely to successfully scale with product-centric startups with no network effects than with product-centric startups that have network effects.
8. Balanced teams with one technical founder and one business founder raise 30% more money, have 2.9x more user growth and are 19% less likely to scale prematurely than technical or business-heavy founding teams.
9. Most successful founders are driven by impact rather than experience or money.
10. Founders overestimate the value of IP before product market fit by 255%.
11. Startups need 2-3 times longer to validate their market than most founders expect. This underestimation creates the pressure to scale prematurely.
12. Startups that haven't raised money over-estimate their market size by 100x and often misinterpret their market as new.
13. Premature scaling is the most common reason for startups to perform worse. They tend to lose the battle early on by getting ahead of themselves.
14. B2C vs. B2B is not a meaningful segmentation of Internet startups anymore because the Internet has changed the rules of business. We found 4 different major groups of startups that all have very different behavior regarding customer acquisition, time, product, market and team.
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DURHAM, N.C. -- USA Baseball released its 60-man preseason Golden Spikes Award watch list on Friday, launching the organization's journey to naming the top amateur baseball player in the country on July 17. Sponsored by Major League Baseball, the Golden Spikes Award will be presented in 2014 for the 37th time.
The watch list features 60 of the nation's top amateur players, and will be a "rolling" list until May 27 -- when the Golden Spikes Award semifinalists are announced -- ensuring that athletes can play themselves into consideration for the award throughout the collegiate and high school seasons.
"USA Baseball is excited to present the Golden Spikes Award for the 37th time in 2014," said Paul Seiler, USA Baseball's executive director/CEO. "With two former finalists on the preseason watch list, we look forward to a competitive year across all levels of amateur baseball."
Headlining the 2014 watch list are the athletes that were previously finalists for the award. NC State left-handed pitcher, Carlos Rodon (Junior), was a finalist for the award in 2012 as a freshman, while Vanderbilt right-hander, Tyler Beede (Junior), was a finalist in 2013.
In addition to the former finalists, five athletes return to the list after being named semifinalists in 2013: David Berg (RHP, Junior, UCLA), Alex Bregman (IF, Sophomore, Louisiana State), Thomas Eshelman (RHP, Sophomore, Cal State Fullerton), Aaron Nola (RHP, Junior, Louisiana State) and Trea Turner (IF, Junior, NC State).
The Southeastern Conference leads all conferences with 13 players named to the watch list. The PAC 12 has 10 players named to the list, while the Atlantic Coast and Big West have eight and six representatives. Cal State Fullerton and Oregon State lead all schools with four representatives each.
Also appearing on the list are seven non-NCAA Division I athletes. Three NCAA Division II athletes appear on the preseason list, headlined by Minnesota State's Jason Hoppe. Hoppe set the NCAA all-division record for consecutive scoreless innings in 2013 when he fired 55.1 consecutive shutout frames. Also on the list is reigning NCAA Division III pitcher of the year, Chris Haddeland (Linfield), who was named the most valuable player of the 2013 NCAA Division III baseball championships. A trio of high school seniors round out the non-Division I nominations to the list. Bryce Harper (2010) and Alex Fernandez (1990) are the only two non-D1 winners of the award.
On April 10, USA Baseball will release its 50-man midseason watch list, shaped by USA Baseball staff and its committee of amateur baseball experts and media. On May 27, USA Baseball will announce the semifinalists for the 2014 Golden Spikes Award. The semifinalists list will be sent to a voting body consisting of past USA Baseball National Team coaches and press officers, members of the media that follow the amateur game closely, select professional baseball personnel, current USA Baseball staff and the 36 previous winners of the award, representing a group of more than 200 voters.
Fan voting will once again be a part of the Golden Spikes Award in 2014. Tuesday, May 27, marks the day when amateur baseball fans across the country will be able to vote for their favorite semifinalists at GoldenSpikesAward.com. As part of this selection process, all voters will be asked to choose three players from the list. On Tuesday, June 3, USA Baseball will announce the finalists, and voting will once again commence that same day.
Last year, University of San Diego's infielder, Kris Bryant, took home the prestigious award, joining a group of recent winners that includes Mike Zunino (2012), Trevor Bauer (2011), Bryce Harper (2010), Stephen Strasburg (2009) and Buster Posey (2008).
Other past winners of the Golden Spikes Award include Terry Francona (1980), Will Clark (1985), Jim Abbott (1987), Robin Ventura (1988), Ben McDonald (1989), Jason Varitek (1994), J.D. Drew (1997), Mark Prior (2001), Jered Weaver (2004), Tim Lincecum (2006) and David Price (2007).
Important 2014 USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award dates include:
Friday, Feb. 14: 60-man preseason watch list released, shaped by USA Baseball officials and advisors
Thursday, April 10: 50-man midseason watch list released, shaped by USA Baseball officials and advisors
Thursday, May 8: 30-man watch list, shaped by USA Baseball officials and advisors
Tuesday, May 27: Semifinalists announced, selected by USA Baseball officials; semifinalist voting begins; voters to select three
Friday, May 30: Deadline to vote for finalists, 5 p.m. ET
Tuesday, June 3: Finalists announced; finalist voting begins; voters to select one
Friday, June 13: Deadline to vote for winner, 5 p.m. ET
Thursday, July 17: Golden Spikes Award presentation
The complete 2014 preseason Golden Spikes Award watch list is as follows:
Name, Position, Class, School
Brian Anderson, IF, Junior, Arkansas
Tyler Beede, RHP, Junior, Vanderbilt
David Berg, RHP, Junior, UCLA
Alex Blandino, IF, Junior, Stanford
Skye Bolt, OF, Sophomore, North Carolina
Alex Bregman, IF, Sophomore, Louisiana State
Nick Burdi, RHP, Junior, Louisville
Ryan Burr, RHP, Sophomore, Arizona State
Matt Chapman, IF, Junior, Cal State Fullerton
Kyle Cody, RHP, Sophomore, Kentucky
Michael Cederoth, RHP, Junior, San Diego State
Michael Conforto, OF, Junior, Oregon State
Austin Cousino, OF, Junior, Kentucky
Kevin Cron, IF, Junior, TCU
J.D. Davis, OF/RHP, Junior, Cal State Fullerton
Dylan Davis, OF, Junior, Oregon State
Brannon Easterling, RHP, Junior, St. Edward's
Thomas Eshelman, RHP, Sophomore, Cal State Fullerton
Erick Fedde, RHP, Junior, UNLV
Brandon Finnegan, LHP, Junior, TCU
Derek Fisher, OF, Junior, Virginia
Jack Flaherty, IF/RHP, Senior, Harvard-Westlake (Calif.) HS
Kyle Freeland, LHP, Junior, Evansville
Justin Garza, RHP, Sophomore, Cal State Fullerton
Michael Gettys, OF, Senior, Gainesville (Ga.) HS
Casey Gillaspie, IF, Junior, Wichita State
Grayson Greiner, C, Junior, South Carolina
Chris Haddeland, RHP, Junior, Linfield
Ian Happ, IF, Sophomore, Cincinnati
Jeff Hoffman, RHP, Junior, East Carolina
Jonathan Holder, RHP, Junior, Mississippi State
Jason Hoppe, RHP, Senior, Minnesota State
Matt Imhof, LHP, Junior, Cal Poly
Alex Jackson, C, Senior, Rancho Bernardo (Calif.) HS
Ryan Kellogg, LHP, Sophomore, Arizona State
Ross Kivett, IF, Senior, Kansas State
Zech Lemond, RHP, Sophomore, Rice
Patrick Mazeika, C/OF, Sophomore, Stetson
Daniel Mengden, RHP/C, Texas A&M
Andrew Moore, RHP, Sophomore, Oregon State
Harrison Musgrave, LHP, RS-Junior, West Virginia
Kevin Newman, IF, Sophomore, Arizona
Aaron Nola, RHP, Junior, Louisiana State
Joey Pankake, IF, Junior, South Carolina
Mike Papi, OF, Junior, Virginia
Max Pentecost, C, Junior, Kennesaw State
A.J. Reed, LHP/1B, Junior, Kentucky
Carlos Rodon, LHP, Junior, NC State
Kyle Schwarber, C, Junior, Indiana
Nick Sell, IF, Junior, Seton Hill
Taylor Sparks, IF, Junior, UC Irvine
DJ Stewart, OF, Sophomore, Florida State
Trent Thornton, RHP, Sophomore, North Carolina
Tommy Thorpe, LHP, Junior, Oregon
Sam Travis, IF, Junior, Indiana
Trea Turner, IF, Junior, NC State
Luke Weaver, RHP, Junior, Florida State
Ben Wetzler, LHP, Senior, Oregon State
Mikey White, IF, Sophomore, Alabama
Bradley Zimmer, OF, Junior, San Francisco
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