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At the start of preseason, Galaxy rookie Michael Stephens figured his chances of playing in the regular-season opener weren't great. After all, it's not easy to walk into an established and successful club and make a name for yourself.
But Stephens persevered, did what he could with his opportunity and began to get noticed. By the time the regular season arrived, the young midfielder felt he had, too.
"As the week wore on, I wasn't sure if I'd get my shot, but I was definitely in the mix to get on the bench," Stephens said. "First of all 'cause I was dressing. That's the first step. When I saw I was on the 18, I knew all of us had a chance to play. Obviously you never know, it depends on what the game needs, but I prepared myself like I was going to go in."
Stephens, the Galaxy's first round pick in this year's SuperDraft, made his professional debut when he replaced Juninho in the 80th minute of the Galaxy's 1-0 win over New England.
Even though he came in late, Stephens had enough time to make and impact.
"I thought our young player Mike Stephens did well over the last 10 to 12 minutes to help us kill off the game," Galaxy coach Bruce Arena said after last weekend's match.
Stephens drew Arena's praise for playing well, but when the soon-to-be 21-year-old stepped onto the field at Home Depot Center for the first time in an official match, he had something on his mind besides the task at hand.
"Nerves," Stephens said. "I'd never played in front of that many people before."
An announced crowd of more than 20,000 was on hand, and while not every seat in the stadium was filled the atmosphere was enough to give Stephens something to worry about.
Not having much time to incorporate himself into the game, Stephens nevertheless tried to relax the best way possible.
"Once I got out there and after a few runs and a few touches, I sat back and took a deep breath when the ball was out of play," he said. "Whenever there was a stoppage I'd kind of gain myself and gain my composure a little bit. I started to feel more comfortable and it started to feel like any other game after that but there was definitely a lot of excitement and a lot of nerves."
Another challenge in a year that promises to present many of them will come Thursday. Stephens will have the opportunity to step onto the field during what he considered was one of the greatest spectacles for local soccer fans.
A alum of UCLA, Stephens is more than familiar with the soccer scene in Southern California. At the heart of it he said is the SuperClasico.
"I think that's the one game that all soccer fans in the LA area never want to miss," he said. "Same was for me when I was at UCLA. I would always come. I came last year to at least one of them."
Less than 12 months after taking in a Galaxy-Chivas USA match from the stands, he may not only be uniform for the game, but on the field and possibly playing an instrumental role in the outcome.
If Arena calls on Stephens for action against Chivas USA, whether it's as a late-game substitute or a starter, the youngster should be ready, sans the first-game jitters.
"I'm excited to do it," Stephens said. "I've always pictured it but I never imagined it coming true. Hopefully it does this Thursday."


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Earlier this month, Monkee's, a high-end boutique based in North Carolina, opened its second store in Kentucky at 3624 Brownsboro Road. In an email Q & A interview with owner Sarah Woodsworth, who also owns the first store in Lexington, she talks about the process of setting up shop in the River City
How did you become a franchisee of Monkee's?
Sarah Woodsworth: I opened the Lexington store in 2011, and couldn't wait to expand to Louisville.
What did you do before becoming a franchisee?
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Regarding shoes, there's Frye, Kate Spade, Jack Rogers, Cole Haan, Isola, and Butter.
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Use the
inputlookup command to search the contents of a lookup table. The lookup table can be a CSV lookup or a KV store lookup.
| inputlookup [append=<bool>] [start=<int>] [max=<int>] [<filename> | <tablename>] [WHERE <search-query>]
Required arguments
- <filename>
- Syntax: <string>
- Description: The name of the lookup file must end with
.csv.gz. If the lookup does not exist, a warning message is displayed (but no syntax error is generated).
- <tablename>
- Syntax: <string>
- Description: The name of the lookup table as specified by a stanza name in the
transforms.conffile. The lookup table can be configured for any lookup type (CSV, external, or KV store).
Optional arguments
- append
- Syntax: append=<bool>
- Description: If set to
true, the data returned from the lookup file is appended to the current set of results rather than replacing it. Defaults to
- max
- Syntax max=<int>
- Description: Specify the maximum number of events to be read from the file. Defaults to
- start
- Syntax: start=<int>
- Description: Specify the 0-based offset of the first event to read. If
start=0, it begins with the first event. If
start=4, it begins with the fifth event. Defaults to 0.
- WHERE clause
- Syntax: WHERE <search-query>
- Description: Use this clause to improve search performance by prefiltering data returned from the lookup table. Supports a limited set of search query operators: =, !=, <, >, <=, >=, AND, OR, NOT. Any combination of these operators is permitted. Also supports wildcard string searches.
inputlookup command is an event-generating command. See Command types.
Generating commands use a leading pipe character and should be the first command in a search.
The lookup can be a file name that ends with
.csv or
.csv.gz, or a lookup table configuration in the
transforms.conf file.
Appending or replacing results
append=true, data from the lookup file or KV store collection is appended to the current set of results. By default,
append=false which means that the current result set is replaced with the results from the lookup search.
Working with large CSV lookup tables
The WHERE clause allows you to narrow the scope of the query that
inputlookup makes against the lookup table. It restricts
inputlookup to a smaller number of lookup table rows, which can improve search efficiency when you are working with significantly large lookup tables.
Testing geometric lookup files
You can use the
inputlookup command to verify that the geometric features on the map are correct. The syntax is
| inputlookup <your_lookup>.
- For example, to verify that the geometric features in built-in geo_us_states lookup appear correctly on the choropleth map, run the following search:
| inputlookup geo_us_states
- On the Visualizations tab, zoom in to see the geometric features. In this example, the states in the United States.
Additional information
For more information about creating lookups, see About lookups in the Knowledge Manager Manual.
For more information about the App Key Value store, see About KV store in the Admin Manual.
Example 1: Read in a
usertogroup lookup table that is defined in
| inputlookup usertogroup
Example 2: Read in a
usertogroup table that is defined by a stanza in
transforms.conf. Append the fields to any current results.
| inputlookup append=t usertogroup
Example 3: Search the
users.csv lookup file (under
$SPLUNK_HOME/etc/system/lookups or
| inputlookup users.csv
Example 4: Search the contents of the KV store collection
kvstorecoll that have a
CustID value greater than 500 and a
CustName value that begins with the letter P. The collection is referenced in a lookup table called
kvstorecoll_lookup. Provide a count of the events received from the table.
| inputlookup kvstorecoll_lookup where (CustID>500) AND (CustName="P*") | stats count
Example 5: View internal key ID values for the KV store collection
kvstorecoll, using the lookup table
kvstorecoll_lookup. The internal key ID is a unique identifier for each record in the collection. This requires usage of the
eval and
table commands.
| inputlookup kvstorecoll_lookup | eval CustKey = _key | table CustKey, CustName, CustStreet, CustCity, CustState, CustZip
Example 6: Update field values for a single KV store collection record. This requires usage of
outputlookup, and
eval. The record is indicated by the its internal key ID (the
_key field) and this search updates the record with a new customer name and customer city. The record belongs to the KV store collection
kvstorecoll, which is accessed through the lookup table
| inputlookup kvstorecoll_lookup | search _key=544948df3ec32d7a4c1d9755 | eval CustName="Marge Simpson" | eval CustCity="Springfield" | outputlookup kvstorecoll_lookup append=True key_field=_key
Example 7: Write the contents of a CSV file to the KV store collection
kvstorecoll using the lookup table
kvstorecoll_lookup. This requires usage of both
inputlookup and
| inputlookup customers.csv | outputlookup kvstorecoll_lookup
See also
inputcsv, join, lookup, outputlookup
Have questions? Visit Splunk Answers and see what questions and answers the Splunk community has using the inputlookup command.
This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk® Enterprise: 6.6.0, 6.6.1, 6.6.2, 6.6.3, 6.6.4, 6.6.5, 6.6.6, 6.6.7, 6.6.8, 6.6.9, 6.6.10, 6.6.11, 6.6.12, 7.0.0, 7.0.1, 7.0.2, 7.0.3, 7.0.4, 7.0.5, 7.0.6, 7.0.7, 7.0.8, 7.0.9, 7.0.10, 7.0.11, 7.0.13, 7.1.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 7.1.3, 7.1.4, 7.1.5, 7.1.6, 7.1.7, 7.1.8, 7.1.9, 7.1.10, 7.2.0, 7.2.1, 7.2.2, 7.2.3, 7.2.4, 7.2.5, 7.2.6, 7.2.7, 7.2.8, 7.2.9, 7.2.10, 7.3.0, 7.3.1, 7.3.2, 7.3.3, 7.3.4, 7.3.5, 8.0.0, 8.0.1, 8.0.2, 8.0.3


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text: Search What Will It Take to Catalyze the Energy Transition? Kat Friedrich February 12, 2019 Topics: Energy Efficiency Energy Storage Solar Finance Community-Shared Solar Distributed Generation Economic Opportunity Fossil Fuels Climate Resilience Legislation Commercial and Industrial Markets Community-Based Marketing Electric Vehicles International Markets Research Rural Programs Vastly higher clean energy targets are essential to empower the international community to make the leap to a sustainable future, according to Richard Heinberg, coauthor of "Our Renewable Future: Laying the Path for One Hundred Percent Clean Energy." In this interview, he delves into the practical challenges involved in the global transition to renewable power sources. The Role of Community Microgrid Champions Sara Harari, Nate Grady December 18, 2018 Topics: Energy Efficiency Energy Storage Solar Finance Green Banks Distributed Generation Climate Resilience Research Community microgrids can be initiated by a wide range of individuals or organizations. They include mayors and utilities. They also may include "anchor" off-takers like hospital management, development companies, or community organizations. But to succeed, they require that at least one person really take the lead and energize the project. Energy Storage Catalysts and Barriers Alex McRae November 13, 2018 Topics: Energy Storage Solar Finance Distributed Generation Climate Resilience Commercial and Industrial Markets Electric Vehicles Research Because energy storage can help the power industry with many problems ranging from intermittency issues hamstringing renewables to energy crises threatening entire population centers, it is being acclaimed by many as the linchpin of tomorrow's clean energy future.


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From the series: Field-Oriented Control of Inductance Motors with Simulink
Emmanouil Tzorakoleftherakis, MathWorks
Implement and automatically tune a field-oriented control system that controls the flux and torque of a three-phase induction motor.
The control system consists of four PI controllers. The rotor speed and flux controllers in the outer loop provide references to the current controllers in the inner loop using the measured rotor speed and three-phase stator current as well as the Clarke and Park transformations. The four PI controllers are tuned using the Closed-Loop PID Autotuner block in a single simulation. This block injects an excitation signal during closed-loop plant operation to estimate the plant frequency response and automatically tune the PID gains. Based on the PID outputs, a PWM Generator module is used to generate the gate control pulses for the semiconductor switches in the machine-side power inverter, such that the desired flux and torque specifications are met. The Closed-Loop PID Autotuner block is part of Simulink Control Design™ since MATLAB® R2018a and the induction motor and power converters have been modeled in Simscape Power Systems™.


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There's no slowing down for indie hardcore punk band Touche Amore.
At least, not anytime soon.
With their roots lying in Southern California's city of Los Angeles, they have made it around the world and back twice since their formation in 2007.
And they will be embarking on another international tour once again this fall making stops in 3 different continents - Australia, Southeast Asia, and Europe - with bands Make Do and Mend and the legendary hardcore punk band Converge.
"I never thought I'd see London. I never thought I'd see New York City. And by yelling in a microphone I get to see Malaysia and Indonesia," says Touche Amore lead singer Jeremy Bolm.
Bolm says that putting out music on vinyl and touring were two intentions for the group when they formed. He goes on to explain what has already occurred in the lifespan of Touche Amore was never planned.
"We never really had a goal. We wanted to tour and put out as much on vinyl as possible. That's what we wanted and still want to do."
Touche Amore achieved what they set out to do with touring and their musical releases. There have been unexpected outcomes of touring, as well - touring abroad, establishing new relationships, and creating support systems with bands that have been long-time musical influences.
"Everything has been mind-blowing. We are on our favorite label (Deathwish Inc.) that have our favorite bands on it, and get to go places we've never been before. We're thankful."
Offering insight he doesn't typically state when interviewed, Bolm explains, "I feel we're one of the luckiest bands to have been able to do so much in such a short time. We've got to tour with bands that have influenced us and all of us have looked up to since our teenage years. We have a support system we can go to get advice."
"When I'm freaking out about something, I can get in touch with Geoff from Thursday or Jake from Converge. I have them as a support system for those situations."
"If we broke up today, none of us would be bummed at all. There would be mourning that we're not going to do this anymore. But we are so appreciative of what has happened already. If we expected anymore or wanted anymore, we would be ass*holes."
The appeal of Touche Amore: high volume, intense tempo, and straightforward lyrics.
Those elements have fans going wild. At times, Jeremy Bolm can barely be heard among the voices in the crowd singing along. Jumping on stage is nonstop when Touche Amore plays a venue without stage barriers.
And crowd surfing, well, that's a given.
Bolm talks about what attracts fans to the band, their message, and the Touche Amore show experience.
"It could be a number of things they're attracted to. A lot of the stuff written is straightforward - cut and dry confessional lyrics. I write about personal things I may be going through that they may be able to attach themselves to. I don't write in hidden meanings. I think that has a lot to do with it."
And on Touche Amore's message. "To be honest, we're not a political band by any means. If something gets me riled up, I'll write about it. Like on our first record, there's a song about pro-gay marriage. But politics are not something we are all about. I would say if our band broke up, we would want to be remembered as being as honest as possible."
"When we're playing a show without barriers, it's intimate. Kids are jumping off the stage and singing. We welcome it. It makes it more of a personal experience. Kids just want to be involved. It's pretty flattering."
And for all you hardcore ladies, don't be deceived by Touche Amore YouTube videos and what appears to be a male dominated presence in the crowd. When Bolm was asked about the female presence of his fans, he said, "It's pretty even. It's not male-dominated and we're pretty stoked about that. This kind of music should not be male focused. I get more excited when I see a girl crowd surf toward the front. I purposely try to reach out to them when I do see them."
With the touring and recognition they've gotten from the LA Times, Alternative Press, NPR, and other publications - there is bound to be challenges that the band must face. Bolm talks about obstacles that arise when touring, for the band collectively and for himself individually.
"We have gone through a couple of members. There's always going to be things you don't agree on. The band we are now - we've been strong for two years of the four. There are things that are stressful and weigh you down. The amount of touring is something we never had a problem with. Last year we were gone for nine months of the year. The year before that we were gone eight months. This year, we're on our way to doing it again."
"You feel more at home when you're gone then when you're here. It comes so naturally when you're in the van. It's nice to know whatever city you're going to you are going to see a group of friends there."
"The harder stuff is pressure on yourself when it comes to writing. For me, personally, when you have an audience with such an attachment, you can't let them down in a way. The goal is to start writing a new record. And I can't write the same stuff as last time. And musically, it can't be the same thing. Touring is rough, but has never been a problem. Putting pressure on yourself for upcoming releases is."
Bolm met another artist while on tour and was able to relate with his personal challenge.
"Andy Hull, of Manchester Orchestra, came out to one of our shows. We were both talking about how we're going to start working on a new record. We were talking about some of the same things. I am happier now then I was [when I wrote the last record], I'm not going to fake these sad lyrics. Andy Hull gave me some of the most on point couple of words I've heard in so long. It's nice to know other people are going through that, too."
Whatever the internal struggles may be, they are not evident on stage. The level of energy Touche Amore induces from fans is similar to that of hardcore punk veterans Snapcase, Sick of It All, Dillinger Escape Plan, and Refused. And while they look forward to their upcoming international tour to Australia, Southeast Asia and Europe, they are currently touring across the country with Circa Survive, Balance and Composure, and O Brother.
"This tour is really special. We are so proud to be part of it. No band has an off night. And Circa Survive kills it every night. I'm looking forward to the San Francisco crowd."
The tour is special for more reasons that one. Bolm attached himself back in 2001 to the former hardcore band Taken from California, with bassist Nick Beard of Circa Survive. "It's an extra level of special. And Anthony has become such a good friend to our band."
Touche Amore will be opening for Circa Survive this Thursday, October 11th and The Regency Ballroom.
If you're looking to check out the SoCal hardcore band, fast-paced songs that last on an average of 2 minutes, and experience the realness of this traditional style hardcore band, take the opporunity to do so because they're heading around the world before they visit the Bay Area once again.
Jeremy Bolm enjoys visiting as many record stores as possible when in San Francisco and the Bay Area - Amoeba, 1-2-3-4 GO! Records, and such.
And every now and then he'll get someone into the show for free if they take him around to the record stores. Keep an eye out on his tweets for that chance.


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Remember this mystery mailing I reported receiving yesterday? Your theories as to its true nature were, sadly, off the mark.
Some readers thought the package, which came with the three pictured games and no explanatory note, was an elaborate tease of a new Prince of Persia game.
Some suggested that these three games were bound by the fact that their protagonists were all replacements.
One reader helpfully noted to me that all three games were published by Ubisoft.
The envelope they arrived in only indicated that the Family Feud would be inside. So I wondered if the person mailing it just threw some extras in. Then I heard from other people in the games media who received the same package.
Well, the dull truth is that these games were part of Ubisoft's mailing to judges for the 2009 Spike Video Game Awards this year. A company rep confirmed the details to me today. These and other games that didn't make it into that package — unless the mailman snatched himself an early copy of Assassin's Creed II or something — are titles the company hopes will be considered for some of the possible VGA categories.
Prince of Persia may have been released in December of 2008, but it just qualifies for the December 2nd 2008 date of eligibility for this year's VGA. Games released through late November 2009 are eligible. The awards air on Spike on December 12.
So, it's not a hint of a Prince of Persia sequel. Sorry.


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San Francisco-based startup ifttt (If This Then That) has built a framework that lets you harness the full potential of the Internet and your web-connected devices.
By "listening" to various channels (weather, stock prices, RSS feeds, SMS messages, and many more) ifttt can carry out actions when certain criteria are met.
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It's duct tape for the Internet.
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text: Kepler-32 f has been discovered by the Kepler spacecraft and was originally classified as a planet candidate. A new statistical analysis led by a team at NASA Ames Research Center has validated the planet with more than 99 percent confidence. Although many parameters of Kepler-32 f are still unknown, the object is highly unlikely to be a false positive. Link to scientific paper Your name Note: Your commit will be vetted before it is merged into the public version. It is crucial that you include a link to a scientific publication. For more information on the meaning of the different datafields see the readme file in the Open Exoplanet Catalogue repository on github.


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An Earlier Allusion: "Beneath the Venerable Elm…"
The author was politician, academician, and orator Edward Everett (shown here), and the occasion was his speech in Cambridge on 4 July 1826. He told the crowd how fortunate they were to be right where they were:
Here the first American army was formed; from this place, on the seventeenth of June, was detached the Spartan band that immortalized the heights of Charlestown—consecrated that day, with blood and fire, to the cause of American liberty.A footnote identified "that seat" as "The first wall pew on the right hand of the pulpit," which suggests Everett spoke in the Cambridge meetinghouse beside the common. I've seen evidence that Washington attended at least one service in that church, but not that he went there habitually.
Beneath the venerable elm which still shades the southwestern corner of the common, General Washington first unsheathed his sword at the head of an American army; and to that seat he was wont every Sunday to repair, to join in the supplications which were made for the welfare of his country.
In addition, on 4 July 1842, the Rev. Charles W. Upham of Salem delivered an oration in that city which said:
A more perfectly fitted and furnished character has never appeared, on the theatre of human action, than when, reining up his war-horse, beneath the majestic and venerable elm, still standing at the entrance of the old Watertown road upon Cambridge Common, George Washington unsheathed his sword, and assumed the command of the gathering armies of American liberty.Both speeches were reprinted and anthologized in the 1800s, and Upham's passage was quoted in several elocution textbooks, helping to seal the image of Washington under the elm in Americans' minds. (Everett was also, you may recall, responsible for putting the Washington Elm on Cambridge's city seal.)
TOMORROW: But nothing lasts forever.


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Gomes swings bats to honor Boston victims
BOSTON -- With the Boston Marathon bombing still on his mind, Jonny Gomes was using a pair of specially designed bats on Sunday.
Along the barrel of the wood was inscribed, "Boston Strong," with the names of the four mortally wounded victims -- Martin Richard, Lu Lingzi, Krystle Campbell and Sean Collier -- added beneath.
"My agent contacted me and said he could make that happen if I'd be willing to swing them," Gomes said. "If not swing them, just trying to get the word out there, just do what I can. I've got four of them, took two of them into the game -- first at-bat, second at-bat.
"Two more coming and I'll have the whole team sign them, and then I'll auction them off and hopefully raise some funds for where it's needed."
Gomes went 0-for-4 in a 4-2 loss to the Royals on Sunday afternoon, but was not in the lineup for the nightcap.


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Inspired by the motto 'live.love.ride' Cycle House brings the best of both worlds a great workout paired perfectly with a charity. Actress and TV Host, Stacy Keibler was the hosts of the charity ride this past weekend, which was to benefit the 'American Cancer Society: Relay For Life- West Hollywood'.
Stacy Keibler hosted a special charity spin ride event to benefit the American Cancer Society and jumpstart fundraising for West Hollywood's Relay for Life, a 24-hour relay event to help communities raise awareness and fight back against cancer. Hosted at Cycle House in West Hollywood, seats for the 45-minute ride sold for $60 per bike and riders got a chance to train with LA's top cycling instructor Nichelle Hines and actress/athlete Stacy Keibler. As quoted by Stacy, "I am so excited to be working out here at Cycle House with the American Cancer Society. All proceeds from today's Ride will go directly to the America Cancer Society to raise much-needed funds and awareness to save lives from cancer."
The course of the class is 45 minutes that burn 500 to 1,000 calories per class. Incorporating weights along with riding to todays' hottest beats, riders dance, pump, and sprint their way to the finish. Trainers motivate you to find your inner tempo and comfortable pace and resistance in order to keep up and get the absolute most out of the class.
Cycle House instructors are phenomenal. Regardless of your level of riding, they encompass any sort of insecurity and make you feel 'one' with the Cycle House. Built upon the statement, 'Our House is Your House', Cycle House is sure to give you a one-of-a-kind, kind of a ride!
Following the ride, guests enjoyed a reception on the patio with fruit, vegetable, meat and cheese platters. Upon departure, all guest received gift bags with items from American Cancer Society, VIOLET LOVE, and Cycle House.
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text: Register Today! The Bluegrasspreps.com Technology forum brings together the tech topics of today as well as the future. Discussions ranging from today's smart phones to the future uses of robotics and drones in both everyday life of individuals and corporate uses, to the slippery slopes of government applications. Stimulating debate topics include everything from conspiracy theories to the relinquishing of personal privacy in the name of technological advancement.


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What Puts the Open in Open API?SendGrid Team
Open APIs make the web better. Heck, they make the world better. They've certainly made SendGrid better. Isaac, Jose and Tim entered TechStars with API in the company name, so it's an important part of who we are.
API as a term has existed for almost as long as computers, but the heyday of web APIs began in 2005. Google released its mapping API and inspired the creativity of thousands of developers. With it came this idea of the "open API," a nebulous concept that I'll try to clear up in this blog post. However, it gets sticky because there are so many different definitions of "open."
In those early days, we called something that used multiple APIs a "mashup." It was pretty much expected that a service would cost nothing. Similarly, we expected the service to be available to anyone. The biggest barriers were usually registering for an API key. Many still use this definition when determining whether an API is open, but it's short-sighted. As Mehdi Medjaoui writes, open is not a binary choice. There is flexibility.
The snarky definition of open would be "not closed." That's hardly helpful, though it does differentiate open APIs from another API trend. Every mobile app that does anything interesting has its own API. Almost all of these APIs are private, available only to the app. Maybe the company behind the app uses the same API internally for other products. A private API is certainly not an open API.
As I have discussed this topic and considered the many API examples I've seen, there are three signs that I look for in an open API:
- Acknowledged — the company or entity behind the API acknowledges that the service exists and is available for some practical subset of all developers.
- Documented — information on how to access the API is available in some capacity, on the open web, behind a registration/pay wall, or directly from the provider.
- Supported — someone is available to answer questions, fix bugs and provide the support needed to use the API.
The kicker here is that these three aren't a checklist, but rather levels of openness. At the very basic level, an open API needs to be acknowledged. This is what separates it from a private API. A documented API then becomes more open and a supported API even more-so.
This loose definition invites more companies to the table, because it accepts that business decisions are naturally going to be involved in how open a company can be. As Marco Arment wrote in his recent post Lockdown, "You aren't entitled to unrestricted access to someone else's service." Some may point to Google, Facebook and Twitter closing, restricting or never opening APIs that people want. And holding on to data–our data–is a disturbing trend. I'm bullish on open APIs, despite these signs from major players.
I concluded my keynote at API Days SF (slides above) with the best reason to expect open APIs in the future: people are asking for them. Not developers, but real people, care about APIs, even if they don't know that techy term. When Twitter shut off Instagram's access to its API, users complained. Here were real people affected by an API decision. Holding customers' data hostage will only work for so long. With the continuing proliferation of smart devices, I hope we'll see an expectation that our own data will be available in a way that plays well with others.
There are actually earlier signs of end users voting for APIs. In 2010, cloud accounting company FreshBooks wrote that its free customers were three times as likely to pay for the service if they used an integration. Here you have people asking for open APIs with real money.
These days it's not a question of whether an API exists. If there's an app for that, there's an API for that. The question is whether that API is made available. When customers expect services to work together, they'll implicitly expect an API to be acknowledged, documented and supported.


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featuring Merle Travis, Doc & Merle Watson, Elizabeth Cotten, Roscoe Holcomb, Josh White, Sam & Kirk McGee, Mance Lipscomb, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, and Rev. Gary Davis
Traditional fingerstyle guitar is particular to its time and place, drawing heavily upon local cuture, but allowing for personal expression and innovation. Each of the artists presented here is a master of fingerstyle guitar, whether two- or three-finger picking. With rare exceptions, most were born around the turn of the century, or in its early years.
Titles include: MERLE TRAVIS John Henry, Mus'rat, Lost John SAM & KIRK McGEE Railroad Blues, Wheels, Victory Rag MANCE LIPSCOMB Take Me Back, Run Sinner Run ROSCOE HOLCOMB Poor Wayfaring Stranger ELIZABETH COTTEN Goin Down the Road, Mama Your Papa Loves You, Freight Train, Vestapol DOC WATSON Deep River Blues, Traveling Man DOC & MERLE WATSON Lay My Burden Down, Sittin' On Top of the World, Got the Blues Can't Be Satisfied JOSH WHITE John Henry BROWNIE McGEE & SONNY TERRY Keys to the Highway REV. GARY DAVIS I Belong to the Band
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Review: Here's something different and really worthwhile. It's a collection of filmed and videotaped musical performances by some of America's greatest fingerpicking guitarists. . . . This tape is a kinetic catalog of southern guitar picking, a musical entertainment, and a valuable learning tool for deciphering the techniques of some of the featured guitarists. - The Old Time Herald


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Game 5: Toronto at Cleveland pregame
A slightly new look for the Blue Jays' lineup this afternoon here at The Jak…er, Progressive Field. With lefty Scott Lewis on the mound, Toronto skip Cito Gaston decided to give a day off to left-handed hitters Travis Snider and Lyle Overbay.
In the lineup instead are Jose Bautista (left) and Kevin Millar (first). Gaston said it wasn't strictly due to the left-hander on the mound, though the manager did say he feels Adam Lind handles southpaws a tad better than Snider right now.
"This is a team where I'm very seldom going to pinch-hit for anybody," Gaston explained. "So the other guys will just be sitting here if you don't play them once in a while."
Michael Barrett is also behind the plate for a second game in a row. Gaston said that's partly due to the fact that he wants Rod Barajas to catch Doc on Saturday and Rod will also be behind the plate on Sunday. It also is because, as Gaston said all spring, Barajas will likely play 4-5 times per week, with the backup taking the other starts.
I'm also going to go ahead and say that if B.J. Ryan or Scott Downs have any issues this series, the team might want to consider their pregame clubhouse routine.
Ryan was playing a Golden Tee arcade game and Downs was handling a plastic shotgun, taking out some deer on another hunting arcade game. I'm surprised more pitchers don't injure their arms here in Cleveland. Might be a strategy by the Tribe.
Today's lineups:
1. Marco Scutaro, SS
2. Aaron Hill, 2B
3. Alex Rios, RF
4. Vernon Wells, CF
5. Adam Lind, DH
6. Scott Rolen, 3B
7. Kevin Millar, 1B
8. Jose Bautista, LF
9. Michael Barrett, C
Starter: RHP Scott Richmond
1. Grady Sizemore, CF
2. Mark DeRosa, 3B
3. Victor Martinez, C
4. Travis Hafner, DH
5. Jhonny Peralta, SS
6. Shin-Soo Choo, RF
7. Ryan Garko, 1B
8. Ben Francisco, LF
9. Asdrubal Cabrera, 2B
Starter: LHP Scott Lewis
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Nice of Cito to spice things up. Looking forward to watching the game today and seeing Millar for the first time this season.
Richmond would look good in -A- ball.
Richmond would look good in -A- ball.
Hey all,
I don't normally delete comments, but I'm not gonna tolerate swearing on here. Garryguy, call V-Dubb lazy all you want, but leave the expletives out.
Hey all,
I don't normally delete comments, but I'm not gonna tolerate swearing on here. Garryguy, call V-Dubb lazy all you want, but leave the expletives out.
I'm glad you posted here. Now maybe you understand the problem we all have in posting. It took me over 5 minutes to sign on. I see it took you 8 minutes to post.
So when you're in the mood for deleting why don't you delete the 2006 and 2007 archives, so this site speeds up.
Because right now, this site is pathetic. I am posting this at 5.12, lets see how long it takes to post-maybe Ill get lucky.
I don't usually have much of a problem posting. Once I'm logged on, it doesn't take too long. If it said it took 8 minutes, it didn't I hit submit and it was on right away on my end. Weird.
it isn't consistent. That first post took 3 minutes I posted another that spun for 5 minutes and got a server timeout error. I'm going to time all my posts from here on in so you can easily see.
There's too much stuff being reloaded each time like the 2006 and 2007 archives that serve no purpose and should be delelted. If you watch the bottom left hand side of your screen when you reload there's sometimes 300 or 400 items being reloaded that seriously impact the reload time and I have high speed cable.
In addition, MLB are running all that video stuff, including gameday and MLB tv, and either their servers or hub pipe can't can't handle the load, they need to be seriously uploaded.
I realize this is not your job-other than eliminating those old archives, but someone has to tell MLB to clean up their act and you're elected. lol. It's now 5.42.
Wow, what about Lind, 3 homers and 9 rbi's-so far in 5 games. It's now 5.44
I appreciate the problem, but I'm not going to delete the archives — not even sure where I'd go in this thing to do that anyway. I actually go back and use old posts for reference throughout the year. I'll pass a note along to our blog people and let them know you've been having problems. Again, I've never had any issues on my end.
Thanks JB.
Just in case they ask, I'm running a quad processor, 8 gb.'s of ram on high speed under Vista with Explorer 8 and I'm one of many having problems, a number just don't post any more.
By the way those archives can be stored in "my documents" or put them up on facebook for future use and reference so they don't need to be stored and reloaded here. It's now 5.59
Bastian, why are you such an awful journalist? I'm sorry, but the game has been delayed for several hours and the blogosphere and BJ's message board is just fiending for information on what's going on (so that we can plan the rest of our days, in many cases) and you can't even post a two sentence update indicating whether or not you know anything and, if so, what? Seriously. I like your reporting, but this is indefensible.
RAOULDUKE1: As I've pointed out on here numerous times, my in-game updates can be found on twitter under @MLBastian. I won't be updating the blog much in-game during the season unless it's for breaking news. Follow me on twitter and you'll get even more Jays info.
Hey JB,
Do you have to put up with a lot of people complaining rather than talking about the game? I cam eback to read some new comments and all I have read are complaints so far, and absolutely no one talking about how the Jays have been able to come back in this game, although right as i wrote this the tribe hit a home run to bring the lead down to one 😦
Well, that's 6 starts in total now for Scott Richmond and tonight's start convinced me, he's not a starter for the major leagues, unless he solves a critical problem.
The problem is he can't get left hand hitters out. In 6 starts he's given up 3 home runs-all to left hand hitters. Lefties are hitting .426 against him while righties are hitting .128. So he'd make a great right hand batter specialist, but no way he survives with lh hitters hammering him like they do.
The disturbing thing is Richmond and the coaching staff knew this issue at the end of last year, and tonight Cleveland lefties nailed him. What that means to me is he still hasn't developed a pitch to get lefties out or at least keep them honest, when he knew he had to do it in order to survive at this level.
Unless that changes quick, other teams will load up their lefties against him and pound him into the ground.
I hope either Cecil or Janssen is ready to replace him soon, we will need them.
Great start for the Jays! Just wanted to say that Jordan, you are doing a great job of keeping us updated this season. Dont worry about the odd complaint. Keep up the Great work!
Great start for the Jays! Just wanted to say that Jordan, you are doing a great job of keeping us updated this season. Dont worry about the odd complaint. Keep up the Great work!
That took me about 5 seconds to sign in this AM. The problem is not with the archives–they are just links that don't take any time to load unless you click them. You notice when you go to your sign in page, that the address bar sez "https:". You are signing in over an encrypted connection to protect your personal info, but when the mlb server is busy, it can get jammed up. I had probs yesterday, and even got an error page twice, but unless mlb is willing to fork out some cash for fatter pipes, that's what you are going to get.
Wild game yesterday, and too bad about Richmond. The last 2 innings, he was dropping his overhand curve in for strikes, and was doing much better. Had he not been forced out, I think he could have kept it close. It was tough for both bullpens, with the weather, and the delay. Ours was bad, but theirs was worse!
The key today is a strong outing from Doc, and get to Cliff Lee early and get into their pen.
As far as Richmond goes, it is far too early to start calling for his head. There are far more right handed hitters than lefties, and when you look at the bottom line, he has the ability to keep the team in the game, and that's what you expect from a #5 guy. After all, home runs or not, he left with the lead last night. And aside from Frazor's outing the other day, I haven't seen a better overhand curve yet this Spring.
Let's wait and see where we are in May, after all our pitchers settle in and get better command of their breaking stuff. I agree with you in that I would like to see Jansen in the lineup, but in the meantime, lighten up! We are atop the AL East, and Boston is at the bottom, so enjoy it while you can.
I agree with Gnorm about Richmond but they do have better options in the minors. I'd take Janssen or Cecil in that spot before I go to Richmond. That said he has done as you've mentioned which is keep the team in the game for the most part.
What's with all the Jordan bashing lately ?
The Jays are off to a really nice start and people are talking about how Jordan doesn't update his blog when he has mentioned that in-game updates will be less frequent this year.
With the exception of Thursday i've had no problems signing on to the blog. It's been quick as usual, though that complaint I can understand.
Just for the record, I post this stuff regarding the blog for feedback so the site improves, not just to complain. I was in the web development business for 5 years and my experience in this stuff suggests if it isn't fixed soon, the whole thing will crash.
There are multiple reasons to the two basic problems we face as posters which are "how long it takes to log in" and " how long it takes to post".
I won't get too technical but http is a standard internet protocol, it has nothing to do with encryption. The actual log in still goes through the same path which is a major part of the problem on log ins.
Next time when you log in you'll note right after http you see "comment/mlbbastian…", which means to log in you must plough through all the same stuff you do when you post, only you go to an encrypted part of the site.
In my opnion, without having access to the actual site code, all the achives have a great deal to do with both problems.
All MLB sites are likely hosted by an outside isp-I doubt very much if MLB has their own hub. MLB probably portion a bit of space to each team, so the more stuff per site, the slower it's going to be. Point is, it's all stored in the same space. Imagine how many posts in total have been done on all mlb sites since 2006-thats ultimately what you plow through each time you post and the more active the mlb writer is on a particular site, the longer it takes.
All of this, wouldn't have been as much of a problem until game day, MLB TV and more video presentations were added on each site. On this particular site-as an example, a video is running with real bad script code-which alone can bring down the site and at worst, dramatically slows all activity on the site.
A perfect example is when I tried to sign in today on this site, I got 3 server timeouts and couldn't get on. I went to the KC site which has very few archives, signed in in seconds, went from there to the MLB site and from there to here-all in less than a minute.
The solution, short term is for MLB to do some things. Either contract for a signifcant bigger pipe-assuming the ISP has it available (which they might not) or take all the achives from each site and put them onto a different server and move game day and MLB TV to a different ISP and clean up the code in some of the video presentations on each site that are causing some of the blockage.
Long term, MLB should set up their own hub to eliminate any pipe issues, set up their own noc, and rewrite all these sites with tighter code.
The point is, MLB are moving to garner more and more revenue from a web based presence which is a good idea, but they forgot to put the architecture in place before doing it. Now they'd better bandaid what they have or it will all come crashing down.
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My point on Richmond is very simple. He needs to develop a pitch to get lefties out. That isn't asking for his head as you put it, that's simply pointing out what is a significant weakness he has which needs to change for him to be an effective mlb pitcher.
The idea is to improve, not put your head in the sand and hope a problem goes away.You and I both know, other teams already know this weakness and will start loading up their lineups with lefties when facing him. Look what Hafner did to him yesterday.
That curve he has is very good, but obviously not effective against left hand hitters. If he develops another pitch which is effective then he will be a nice starter. My concern on that issue, though is, Richmond's had this problem from day 1, I'm disappointed that a combination of the off season and spring training didn't solve the problem. I hope Arnsburg takes him on as a project and helps him develop that pitch.
Enigma, I hope you don't thin my pointing out difficulteis with this site is Jordan bashing because it isn't. I have the upmost respect for Jordan and think he's one of the best MLB writters. I also have no clue as to why aoulduke1 made the post he did, because this site has never been a "game action type of site."
This post is at 12.01
Richmond will only be there for 5-6 starts, until Janssen is ready. If the Jays can win 50% of those starts, it'd be a big bonus. They're already one up on that. I just hope that, for his sake, he pitches well enough in those 5-6 starts and then down in AAA to get a shot somewhere else, because I think the Jays pitching is too deep and good for Richmond to really have a long term shot a cracking the rotation as the 5th starter.
I was very impressed with Millar (did I spell his name right?). Given that he hit twenty home runs last year, and seems to have his swing in gear this year, it would be a shame if Cito trots out Overbay, game-after-game, at Millar's and the team's expense. Toronto is off to a great start. We need to capitalize on this and try to win as many as possible as early as possible. As much as I like Cito, I am afraid that his commitment to players like Overbay may hurt us. It would be great to get Overbay going, but that is not Cito's or the team's job — it is Overbay's job to get himself going. If he cannot do it, move Millar in there asap (this is Cito's job), and let's get some production out of 1B to keep this winning streak going.
I think it's been along time since this team's offense exploded like they did yesterday. How about Lind, now .476ba/ .476obp/ 1.0 slg, and in 21 at bats has 3 home runs-tying him for 2nd place in all baseball, 11 rbi's-first in all baseball and 4th in BA in the AL.
Millar did a great game. I also agree we need to win as many as possible this month, since we spend most of it playing aganst the AL Central.
I am still hopeful Overbay gets it going, thank goodness Lind is hitting i nthe 5th hole.


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"But the really, really great thing about this school is the pre-clinic. When I came to interview, I was surprised to hear there would be 26 chairs in the lab! Everyone is either the patient or the doctor at all times; we never have to wait. It's not like that at other optometry schools."
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Their reconciliation rocked the world of show-business – dividing critics and fans – but Rihanna has revealed her relationship with Chris Brown could go all the way, including having children together.
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I am not a victim: Rihanna shows off her gun tattoo in a backless gown on the Elle UK shoot
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Speaking frankly about her relationship with Brown, who assaulted her before the 2009 Grammy Awards, Rihanna said: 'Stay [her new single] is a story about having love that close and wanting it to last forever. You don't have that feeling with everybody so when you have it you don't want to let go of it. I would definitely say that he [Chris Brown] is the one I have that kind of relationship with.'
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'Everybody wanted to know what was happening in my life. Is she a drug addict? No. Is she an alcoholic? No. Is she a victim? No. That's when I got the gun [tattoo]. It was a symbol of strength. I'll never be a victim.'
'That's why I'm posting pictures of myself smoking pot, to tell the truth about myself. I've got so much to think about, why bring all this extra s*** by being dishonest?'
But her open attitude doesn't swing with everyone.
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'I'm not afraid of any person in this world but my mother. I'm terrified of her!
'She called me two days ago and reeled me in about two naked pictures Melissa [her best friend] put up on Instagram – a sneak-peek from a photo book she's making about me. My mom, she went crazy on me.
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I love these "secrets within secrets" games.
Admetus wrote:Subject: Night 4. Need better Hypnosis.twdog wrote:Unfortunately, given how this game is going, it's not impossible that in the future we may need to post messages on a .... let us say ... insecure ... board. I'm going to quickly show how to do a diffie-hellman key exchange which is an easy(ish with a calculator) and quick-ish way for two people to agree on a secret number in a public space. That secret number can then be used as an encryption key.
[ and then maths ... ]
You guys have Private Messages any day other than that day. Seems like that would be much more straightforward.
I was already getting paranoid about there being a traitor in the team. Not that I was suspicious of anyone in particular, but that I assumed that we weren't the only ones that could convert. Plus the theory of someone else reading our board was entirely plausible to me, after all I had that in one of my games.
Sure there were PMs, but in PM games I take it for granted that the PMs are being read by a 3rd party networker, or at least being passed around. This might be the reason that I suck at PM games, actually ...
So the idea of the dh key exchange was to have an easy way to reestablish secure communication despite PM evesdroppers, a converted teammate, and a compromised board. Plus, dh is really quick; it only takes a couple of minutes and 2 posts to setup.
That PJ wrote:Anyway, I want to know if twdog and Zark are playing revisionist history and "oh, yeah, we totally knew all along" or if I have a legitimate blind spot in how I play that needs to be corrected. I don't suppose anyone is interested enough to go look and tell me, but if anyone's been following along, I'd love to know what they saw.
You didn't seem as committed, and I'll leave it at that. However, there are pile of (often irl) reasons someone might be less committed that don't involve a conversion. So I didn't know that you'd been converted, but I wasn't surprised