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Max B
MAX B – NEGRO SPIRITUALS
Max B drops off a pretty average album for himself. If you are looking for bars, this is not really the place to get that. It's more of a vibe or a style than anything else. There are features from Raheem DeVaughn, French Montana, and Giggs. The beats on here are pretty average overall. There are some old school samples that are pretty decent, but there really isn't much you are going to put on repeat here. I guess one would have to be in the mood to want to throw this on. I'm sure there are some people out there that would want to throw this one on, but it isn't me.
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MAX B – CHARLY
July 30, 2020 / poppaomega / Leave a comment
Max B comes back with a quick 5 pack EP. This one is definitely nothing special at all. There really wasn't too much hear on here. His bars are pretty average. His singing approach is received pretty flatly once again. The production on here isn't the highest caliber, but then again, wasn't the worst thing I've ever heard. The highlight was "Goodman" as this track actually played through rather decently. If he could make more songs like that, I think he would be cooking with something. Overall, not the best effort so this will probably be one to skip over.
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MAX B – WAVE PACK
April 8, 2020 / poppaomega / Leave a comment
Max B delivers an enormous project onto us. At 26 tracks, this is just too much Max B to take at one time. This really should have been cut down considerably. This is a collection of music that was done mostly before the time that he went to jail. As far as lyrically, it's the same old Max that we have always heard with his lazy, sing-songy voice. You're not really going to get any decent bars on here. The production was pretty average overall. There were a few tracks that might have stood out a bit more than others, but all in all, it's pretty forgettable. I wouldn't put a lot of stock in this one at all but maybe the Max B fans out there might love it.
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MAX B – HOUSE MONEY
January 10, 2020 / poppaomega / Leave a comment
Max B releases a quick 7 track project which actually sounds pretty good. I never really thought Max B could carry an entire project because most of it would sound the same, but in this case, it comes off pretty decent. This is probably due to the fact that it is short. Nevertheless, Max B comes off with a pretty decent flow which matches the beats. The production is pretty standard. You won't find anything classic on here, but at the same time, there's nothing really whack either. You get features from Jadakiss, Cam'ron, & Dave East which definitely help to up the ante on the lyrical side of things. All in all, this is not a bad listen. This is definitely the type of project Max B should be putting out. EPs for him are the way to go.
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FRENCH MONTANA & MAX B – COKE WAVE 4
French Montana joins the newly freed Max B for a bit of a mixed bag on this project. This definitely sounds like a mixtape should sound. You have some original songs and some mashups of verses over existing beats. It definitely sounds thrown together but, a lot of times, mixtapes should sound like that. Lyrically, don't expect too much out of French or Max. Max B, at times, is almost annoying to the ears when he spits. French almost tries to mirror him throughout as well. I know French can do a better job because I have heard it. This one was a bit of a letdown though because of the bars. The production is either dope because it's a pre-existing beat or it sounds like trash depending on the song. The duo actually sound dope over some of the beats. "Don't Push Me" samples Grandmaster Flash's "The Message." "Double Trouble" samples Jadakiss' "Kiss Of Death." "Treat Em Right" samples Chubb Rock's song of the same name. Both MCs actually flow great over these tracks, but then again, who wouldn't sound good on such classic tracks. Other tracks like "Angel Of My Life" are unlistenable. I'd probably skip over this record or skim through it very quickly. It definitely is a mixed bag.
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MAX B – THE ESCAPE
Max B is out of jail and back at this rap game with this new project. One thing that is definitely true about this project is that every song is exactly the same. Max has the same flow and same rhymes on every track. It gets monotonous to listen to sometimes. I think he is the type of artist that might be good for a feature or a hook just as Jim Jones used to recruit him frequently for songs. When it comes to a whole project, I don't know if he quite has it in him to go the distance. This one got to be hard to listen to the further into I got. The best track is "Long Time" because it has a sped-up, soul sample like the Diplomats used to favor heavily. The beat is fire, but Max B has to do his whining over it. French Montana features on the track and sounds pretty decent. Overall, I'd probably skip over this project. Max must not have been fully rehabilitated while in the clink. Can he improve on future projects? I guess time will tell.
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The days of the conscript citizen army in Great Britain and USA are over. We now have professional armies, that are made up of mercenaries who fight for money. This is very much in the interest of the rich and powerful. Previously the soldiers were drawn from the general population and returned to that population, i.e. it was a citizen army whose members never severed their links with the people they thought they served. Now the lower ranks are drawn almost exclusivelly from the poorest sectors of our society. The are bound into the brotherhood of the army and deliberately made separate from the population at large. That is, their loyalties are primarily to their military units and commanders.


There has been a lot of information posted on the internet and various social media sites today about the usage of the word 'SharePoint'. Yes, a few sites have been singled out about their improper use of a trademark. This is a far cry from the sensationalism that is being widely spread about a massive crackdown. Community groups can absolutely continue to use the word 'SharePoint' as long as it's in a referential manner. I'm enclosing a link to the general usage guidelines for Microsoft trademarks so anyone who's interested can read them. Below that is an excerpt containing the Social Media Guidelines. It's pretty easy to follow, the sky is not falling.
I would like to just end my portion of this post saying that we absolutely value our Communities and Partners at Microsoft and that will not change.
The social media guidelines associated with use of Microsoft trademarks are quite similar to the app guidelines included above. Specifically, your social media account names and any and all pages or communities should not include any Microsoft trademarks. Any associated account, page, or community images should not include any Microsoft logos. The only exceptions to these requirements are if (1) you've secured permission from Microsoft through a license or equivalent (though such licenses are not generally available in this context); or (2) you're using a Microsoft trademark (not including logos) to describe the purpose of your account, page, or community without suggesting affiliation with Microsoft. Finally, any social media account should not use the name or likeness of any prominent individuals within Microsoft.
For example, you cannot name your account, page, or community "Skype Forum" or "Microsoft Products." However, it would be acceptable to name your account, page, or community "Forum for Skype Users" or "Information about Microsoft Products" as long as you do not use the Skype or Microsoft logos or otherwise suggest any affiliation with Microsoft.
Do not use or register any Microsoft trademark, including Microsoft logos, symbols, icons, or any potentially confusing variation thereof, as part of your company name, trade name, product name, service name, or domain name. Do not place your company name, trademarks, service marks, or product names next to, or combine them with, a Microsoft product name.
The SharePoint Team posted an update to their blog on the topic of trademark issues. Please check it out.
I've been asked for examples that can provide more guidance on this topic. If you have terms like 'Users', 'Fans', or 'User Group' in your name then that is ok. People should not be worried about imminent termination or anything like that. If Microsoft were to find an account that is problematic, we would work with the account owner to address it.
Any name that doesn't generate confusion that an account is operated or sponsored by Sharepoint is generally acceptable. It is important to note that likelihood of confusion is heightened by use of our logos. Please visit the page linked above for the General Microsoft Trademark Guidelines as it will have the most updated information available. If there's anything not addressed on that page feel free to leave a comment here with your question and I'll get it answered. Thank you.
…so SharePoint Pro Magazine is great, but SharePoint Magazine is, after 5 years, not OK?
Makes sense. Obvious difference. The Pro thing is really making it obvious that this is not misuse.
i'm running a SharePoint User Group in Austria basically on Facebook. So my question is if I have a user group registered at Microsoft Community Portal may I allowed to call my user group "SharePoint UserGroup Austria" or do I need to rename the group to User Group for SharePoint Users?
Or is the registration enough to get something like a licensed name?
Bjorn all I can say is that it appears you were not compliant with the policy for the past 5 years.
Bryan, all I can say is that this apparently wasn't a problem when there was a very pro-Microsoft operator of the site; an MVP no less. I haven't had the need to be compliant for the past five years because in the majority of those years, I wasn't running the site.
You see, you've known about any non-compliance for years and you haven't acted. SharePoint Magazine always was a community resource. Something has changed recently to make you start going after community resources now. You're not saying what, citing some 'secret' communication going on, of which nobody outside of Microsoft, most importantly me, has been a part.
Either you're targeting me, which would make this whole scandal far worse (don't be openly critical about Microsoft or we'll hunt you down), you're shifting your priorities and attacking for new reasons, which should make everyone very nervous regardless of what you claim, you're targeting 'commercial exploitation', which will make a huge number of your vendors very nervous, or you're lying.
Let's see which one it is, shall we? Let's play "Don't mess with the SharePoint community: Round 2"
Bjorn, it's unfortunate that you see this as a fight. There are clear guidelines that have been posted in black and white. It's that simple. As a member of the community for several years I admit I hadn't read the trademark guidelines until yesterday. You've brought this to the attention of the SharePoint community which is obviously well overdue.
I'd be happy to open a dialog and put you in touch with the LCA office at Microsoft to help you resolve your issues quickly. Please feel free to contact me if there's anything I can do to help.
Bryan, I am afraid that your statement on "SharePoint User Group" is incorrect. I run a SharePoint user group in Barcelona region. We tried to register ourselves as a non-profit called "SharePoint User Group Catalonia Association" but Microsoft didn't let us have "SharePoint" in the title, in no way. We finally had to register under the name "SUG.CAT Association".
You are correct. The rules are different for company, product, service, and domain names. I am updating this post to include guidance for those items.


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One of the world's largest collections of paper memorabilia chronicles 4,000 years of papermaking.
The Robert C. Williams Paper Museum. Daderot/Public domain
Document on grain distribution, papyrus, 2nd century BC. Daderot/Public domain
Manuscript in Toba-Batak language, central Sumatra, early 1800s. Daderot/Public domain
Adams letter press, c. 1820. Daderot/Public domain
Entrance to the Robert C. Williams Paper Museum. TallQuasar/cc by-sa 3.0
Exhibit in the Robert C. Williams Paper Museum. Daderot/Public domain
Paper Machine invented by Nicholas Louis Robert, 1798. Daderot/Public domain
Hollander Beater Daderot/Public domain
The 3rd African Map (Tertia Africae Tabula) from Ptolemy's Geography. Claudio Tolomeo/public domain
Despite the rise of electronic media, the average U.S. citizen uses over 600 pounds of paper each year, amounting to a total of 187 billion pounds nationwide. This museum charts humankind's relationship with paper, from the Sumerians and Egyptians through the modern era. With more than 2,000 books and 100,000 artifacts related to the history of papermaking, the collection is definitely on a roll.
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Visitors will find it difficult to remain stationary in the museum as they tear from one exhibit to another, reading pulp stories of yesteryear and learning about the modern green technologies designed to manage forests and greenhouse gases. One exhibit focuses on technologies dating back to 1300, and one of the highlights is the story of the first mold and deckle brought from Europe to the New World in 1690, which touched off paper production in the American colonies.
The museum was founded in 1939 at the Massachusettes Institute of Technology by paper expert and collector Dard Hunter, who came from a family of printers and was a follower of the American Arts and Crafts Movement in the early 20th century. Considered one of the preeminent papermakers and printers of his age, his work has been featured at the Smithsonian and the New York Public Library.
The museum was revived in 1989 and moved to Atlanta, where today it is located at the Renewable Bioproducts Institute at Georgia Institute of Technology. The current incarnation is named for Robert C. Williams, who was CEO of the James River Paper Company, once the largest paper company in the world. His business acumen and devotion to the museum earned him induction in the Paper Industry International Hall of Fame in 1998.
The museum is open 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, and admission is free. It's located at the Renewable Bioproducts Institute on the Georgia Institute of Technology campus.
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SQ 95 A Packet of White Powder
Aug 10 2016 August 26, 2020
Entry 95: A Packet of White Powder– You would really like Rat Park, if you were a rat. And- actually- it doesn't look too bad from a human perspective. Lots of friends and things to do, plentiful food and diverting activities including the odd hit of stimulating substances such as cocaine: what's not to like? In Rat Park there is no war on drugs and hence no multi-billion-dollar organised criminal rodent cartels corrupting the institutions of society and spreading misery and mayhem through every level of Rat Park.
The rats are free to have a blast whenever they feel like it. But, surely then, there are hordes of addicted, drug-addled rats committing all sorts of dastardly rat-crimes all over the place? No… Back in the 1970s a perceptive psychology professor from Vancouver, Bruce K Alexander, questioned the accepted protocol of placing lone rats in a bare cage and offering them drug-laced water. The outcome of such a protocol was: heavily addicted rats who would take the drugged water repeatedly until death intervened.
He and his colleagues built Rat Park as described before and, guess what? Because the rats lived in a healthy, harmonious community, they partook of the stimulants offered- but did not become dysfunctional. I read an article (or it may be a transcript of a speech) of his from July 3 2014 which begins,
Herewith, I confess to the charge of attempted murder. My intended victim was – and still is – the Official View of Addiction, sometimes known in the field by its aliases including, "the brain disease model of addiction" or "The NIDA model". The presentation below contains irrefutable evidence of my guilt. However, it also expresses my plea to the High Court that ridding the world of the Official View of Addiction is justifiable.
His thesis is simple and compelling: addicts are not brain-damaged creatures in thrall to their substance of abuse in an otherwise well-functioning society, but rather, in modern times, most addiction arises because of the dislocation caused by fragmented societies. In fragmented societies, addiction leaves few people untouched. This dislocation thesis is eloquently elaborated by Johann Hari in his book, Chasing the Scream: the First and Last Days of the War on Drugs.
Now initially, he, like many of you, felt the glowing reports from Rat Park were, well, rat-o-centric. But, as he writes in a Huff Post article in 2015, I discovered that there was – at the same time as the Rat Park experiment – a helpful human equivalent taking place. It was called the Vietnam War.
The American forces in that conflict used heroin habitually: 1 in 5 becoming addicted. There were some professionals back in the good old USA who were terrified of the prospect of hordes of addicted, drug-addled G.I.s returning home to commit all sorts of dastardly crimes all over the place.
Bated breath now, as Johann Hari reports what happened next, but in fact some 95 percent of the addicted soldiers…simply stopped. Very few had rehab. They shifted from a terrifying cage back to a pleasant one, so didn't want the drug any more. WTF! All this was known forty years ago?
How much money has been misspent, how much misery has been inflicted, and- yes- how much dislocation has been visited on societies and communities throughout our world over the decades since the war on drugs was declared by powerful forces in the US long, long ago?
Sort of reminiscent of the war on terror that exercises the bulging craniums of the great and good in our contemporary world, don't you think? Now, I could be privy to the secrets of deeply imbedded whistle-blowers and reveal here incontrovertible evidence that would support the professor's thesis.
But it would be in vain. The only force that can break through the immovable object which is the world's received wisdom is…(drumroll)…Poetry! Music! Literature! Art! Who knows!
But I sit and sip my shiraz and feel the fan swirling the humid midnight air around me and I thank God that I can still tap, tap, tap on the keyboard as I try to negotiate a way through this thicket before I have to go to bed and plug in the earplugs that will deliver to me Beethoven's late quartets as I toss and turn in the sheets and try to imagine a sun rising sometime soon when I can re-join the world of birds and buses and busy, busy, busy people.
Our addictions are legion. And I am grateful for those artists who have negotiated the shoals and reefs of their pain in order to show us what it is like to be on the edge of agony: and here, I would like to pay homage to Anne Sexton,
I'm the queen of this condition./I'm an expert on making the trip- …Then I lie on my altar/ elevated by the eight chemical kisses./What a lay me down this is/with two pink, two orange,/ two green, two white goodnights./Fee-fi-fo-fum-/Now I'm borrowed./Now I'm numb.
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Watch Arcade Fire Cover John Lennon, David Bowie and Radiohead in One Song at Lollapalooza Club Show: Set List + Video
Dave Lifton Published: August 6, 2017
Arcade Fire are closing out Lollapalooza tonight, and they warmed up for the set last night with a show at Chicago's Metro. They closed out the evening with a cover of John Lennon's "Mind Games," and incorporated Radiohead's "Karma Police," David Bowie's "Oh! You Pretty Things" and their own "Wake Up" into the performance.
You can find the video above, which was discovered by Consequence of Sound, who also note that the show featured the tour debut of "Keep the Car Running" and the live premieres of Everything Now's "Good God Damn" and "Dimensions," a song they released on the soundtrack to Her. You can see the entire set list, and watch more video from the concert, below.
The band released Everything Now on July 28, and they'll begin a North American tour on Sept. 5 at the Centre Videotron in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. After that, they'll hit many major cities in the U.S. and Canada before wrapping it up at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto on Nov. 3.
Metro, an 1,100-person capacity club on the North Side of Chicago, was also the site of a 32-song, three-and-a-half hour performance by Foo Fighters the night before. Their set also featured a cameo by Lollapalooza founder Perry Farrell, who sat in on a cover of Jane's Addiction's "Mountain Song."
Arcade Fire, Metro, Chicago, Ill., Aug. 5, 2017 Set List
1. "Everything Now"
2. "Electric Blue"
3. "Here Comes the Night Time"
4. "Chemistry"
5. "Signs of Life"
6. "Rebellion (Lies)"
7. "No Cars Go"
8. "Keep the Car Running"
9. "Good God Damn"
10. "Dimensions"
11. "The Suburbs"
12. "The Suburbs (Continued)"
13. "Ready to Start"
14. "Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)"
15. "Afterlife"
16. "Creature Comfort"
17. "Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)"
18. "Wake Up"
19. "Mind Games"
"Good God Damn"
"Wake Up"
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Case Studies: Energy Products & Services
By working with our Business Solutions team, these organizations were able to make an impact by choosing energy solutions that helped them save money and contribute to a greener province.
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Four years ago, Trinity United Church in New Glasgow installed heat pumps and is saving an average of $8650 per year on energy costs. The church council enlisted the help of Winmill Electric, a local company and Nova Scotia Power participating contractor, to propose a heating solution that addressed the specific needs of the 4,000 square ft church that was built in 1927.
Six 24,000 BTU Fujitsu heat pumps displaced the use of the 80 year old oil boiler. Winmill attended council meetings to answer questions and explain how heat pump technology is one of the most efficient heating options and to show the potential cost savings allowing the council to make an informed decision.
In addition to the immediate heating costs savings, the equipment and installation costs will be paid for within five years of installation and at that time the church will benefit from an overall annual energy savings of approximately $8,650 and that's with the added benefit of cooling during the summer months.
Constructed in 1927
Approximately 4,000 sqft.
Oil boiler was 80 years old
Heating and lights $37K/year
Contractor: Winmill Electric
Financed through NS Power
"Maintaining an inviting environment for our congregation is important and it's wonderful that we can do that while saving money on our energy bills. Switching to heat pumps was the right solution for Trinity United Church and Windmill Electric was very professional throughout the entire process and maintained a clean and safe work area when installing the heat pumps."
- Rev. Donna Tourneur, Minister
Sante Centre
Santé Centre is a commercial health and wellness facility based in Bedford, Nova Scotia. The building is home to seven local businesses, each focused on the optimal health of their clients.
The owners of Santé Centre made it a priority to invest in innovative energy efficiency solutions during the design and development of the building. With the help of our team, they implemented a tailored heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system to improve comfort for their tenants and reduce annual energy costs.
A detailed analysis with our team found that a combination of high-performance rooftop heat pumps with zoning terminals and a building automation system was the best solution to meet the varying thermal comfort demands of the building, while minimizing energy usage and costs.
In addition to saving energy year-round, Santé Centre saves approximately $20,000 per year on their energy bill, with forecasted total savings of $150,000.
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Founded in 1788, King's-Edgehill School (KES) was the first independent school in both Canada and the British Commonwealth.
The school's administration building, Marshall House, is a historic two-and-a-half story wooden building with sash windows and a gable roof. It is over 100 years old and still maintains its architectural integrity.
As with other similar buildings in Nova Scotia, the date of the building meant it had an older, oil-based heating system with no ability for cooling or dehumidification. This was a concern because the second floor of Marshall House is home to KES's archives, where boxes of historic items, documents, and photos are housed.
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In 'Plot Against America,' David Simon Finds Present Day In An Imagined Past
Friday, March 13, 2020 by Arezou Rezvani (NPR)
John Turturro plays Rabbi Lionel Bengelsdorf in The Plot Against America, a limited HBO series based on Philip Roth's 2004 novel. "Every one of the characters struggles with that question of: Where do you stand in an America that is transforming itself into something less than a republic?" says series co-creator David Simon.
David Simon's new TV series, The Plot Against America, imagines an alternative American history, one in which an aviation legend and Nazi sympathizer is elected president.
Simon adapted the series from a 2004 novel by Philip Roth: Charles Lindbergh beats Franklin Delano Roosevelt and becomes the 33rd U.S. president. It follows the story of a working-class Jewish family living in New Jersey in 1940 as Lindbergh unexpectedly ascends to power.
Lindbergh's presidency ushers in a wave of anti-Semitism that forces Jewish Americans to choose: who to be and how to act in the face of intolerance.
"Every one of the characters struggles with that question of: Where do you stand in an America that is transforming itself into something less than a republic? And that's kind of where we're at," he tells NPR.
On creating a world that blends seamlessly with reality
[Roth] is seizing on a moment that is politically accurate, which is that Roosevelt running for an unprecedented third term, feared Charles A. Lindbergh, the aviator, as a Republican nominee more than anyone. He was an outsider to politics, he had great boyish charm and fundamentally he was the greatest American hero of his generation. But Lindbergh was also fundamentally a demagogue and an anti-Semite and a proto-fascist, and he very much admired Adolf Hitler.
On how the book resonates now, in this political moment
If you read the novel it's startling how allegorical it is to our current political moment. He wrote it obviously without Trump in mind. This was published in 2004. It wasn't allegorical when he wrote it, but believe me, I met the man for about an hour and a half when we optioned the book — he saw that he had perversely written an allegory for events that had not yet happened. He did not imagine a Donald Trump.
I think the "othering" of the Jewish Americans in plot in the novel is just simply and almost perfectly allegorical to the othering of people with black and brown skin and Muslims and immigrants that have propelled this administration to power — whether people see it or not, I think it's just empirical.
On how families are divided — in the book and in present-day America
I think we live in very divisive times, and that's the 1940 that Roth portrayed. I remember somebody wanted me to make it into a miniseries in 2013, in the middle of the Obama years, and I had my doubts but I reread the book – it sounded like a possible project — and I called the guy and I had to say, "I don't think the country is going that way anymore. We feel more inclusive, we feel less susceptible to demagoguery, I don't think somebody coming up and 'othering' a minority group and playing into America's worst impulses towards fears is a natural scenario for something right now." How wrong I was. Three years later, I was walking the thing into HBO.
On what he's learned about America after working on the miniseries
I think I'm fairly convinced not only that it can happen here, but that we are right now on a road that it will happen here, that unless there's a sufficient level of awareness of how vulnerable we are and how fragile democracy actually is.
Churchill – no great liberal – said that democracy was the worst form of government until you considered all the alternatives. And he's not far off. It involves quotidian struggle; every day you gotta kill snakes, every day you have to get a little bit closer to your ideals and the job is never done. That's democracy. But it can be lost.
And if you look just even at what's happening now with Coronavirus and the inability of our government to speak with one coherent voice on something as basic as a health issue, and you watch this level of misrule, I think you have to worry for the republic.
Danny Hajek and Arezou Rezvani produced and edited this story for broadcast. Heidi Glenn adapted it for the Web.
Tags: antisemitism, TV
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At this point in the process, you should know your data and your story. Now you can begin to build the chart itself, starting with its form, or type.
There are many types of charts that we can use in data visualization. Some are specific to only one goal, such as depicting a trend in data, so their usage is limited to those stories. Others, like the bar chart, are more universal. In this course, we will explore the seven most popular charts.
Each of chart type will be presented in the chapter section called Visualize your data. We will learn how each chart is constructed, how to prepare data for it, and how data is encoded on it (i.e. what the size, shape, and/or position(s) of the data points mean). We'll also discuss the chart's pros and cons and what kind of data it works with.


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Thoughts for a Monday: Let's Care for Each Other and the Planet. By Jonathan Ater
Did Salovey get it right?
Notifying Classmates
of Services
Reminder: The dates for our 55th reunion in 2017 are June 1-4. Start making air and hotel reservations.
~ Upcoming debates ~
Gerrymandering Is Destroying the Political Center
Obama's Foreign Policy Is a Failure
Call a Convention to Amend the Constitution
~ Past debates ~
Climate Change: The EPA Has Gone Overboard
Blame the Elites for the Trump Phenomenon
Blame Big Pharma for Out-of-Control Healthcare Costs
Give Undocumented Immigrants a Path to Citizenship
Reilly: Trump?
Rosenkranz: Debates?
"DARK" CONTINENT "NOIR" L.A., AND THE CHIPPER CONSERVATISM WE NEED
REMEMBERING BILL HAMILTON AND DENNY PHIPPS
CAMPUS TURMOIL, BOSTON TEMPTATIONS, AND PARISIAN RESILIENCE
Boyer, Buck, Ravenscroft, Stott and Finkle on the recent events in New Haven, Paris and beyond.
Travel issue: AUSTRALIA, THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, INDIA, AND THE PENUMBRA
Proctor, Jackson, Hummel, Ravenscroft, Weil, Appell, van der Merwe
TRUMP, REUNIOSNAPS, JURIES, CUBA Bent, Mini Reunions updates, Susman, Mestre, Culver, Newberger
A VIDEO ISSUE Tuba (Newberger), Cuba (Ater) and Weeden
DEALING WITH DYING Planning tips from Stork, Oliver's dedication to a class task, musings from Graves and Saari, plus more
WILDER SIDE OF WINTER Wilder by Stewart, plus Greer, Hedlund, Marr, Kovel, Kolodny, Finkle
A JANUARY TRIO Fine, short articles by Starr, Weil and Boyd
The Fall '14 Intelligence Squared Debate Series on Yale'62, including FIVE EASY PIECES
Summer and Other Vacations A potpourri of updates from Finkle, Truslow, Newberger, Stott, Snider and more.
Mirror Selves Zucker on Elihu, Starr on Central Asia, Platt on nicer cities, and more.
Arresting Responses to the Normandy Anniversary Edition (Special Edition) Gorry evoked family memories of yesteryear, while Buck focused on current events.
Normandy Edition (Special Edition) Hovland and Wortman contribute early memories
America's Role in the World (Special Edition) Buck, Hughes and Starr weigh in on world events
For previous issues you can search by author's name and key content words here, or head over to the issue archives.
November 3, 2016.
VOL. XVIII NO. 4
CLICK HERE TO COMMENT OR TO PROVOKE COMMENTS FROM OTHER CLASSMATES
Here are his Wall Street Journal column,
his letter to us, and a place to share your reactions
Yale Believes In Free Speech - and So Do I
Peter Salovey, President, Yale University
The United States is struggling culturally and politically with questions of race and ethnicity, as it has through its entire history. It should be no surprise that these matters are surfacing on college and university campuses, as they did in the past.
This time around, campus presidents have come under heavy pressure to take sides in a conflict that many have characterized as a war between the principles of inclusion and free expression. One side seems to think that we cannot make communities more inclusive unless we are willing to constrain or discourage the expression of offensive views. As the other side sees it, we cannot sustain an absolute commitment to free expression if we make inclusion an essential aspect of our mission.
This narrative of conflict rests on a false dichotomy, and a dangerous one at that. I believe we can uphold free expression and make our campuses more inclusive places. I also think it is critical that we do so.
At Yale, we adhere to exceptionally strong principles of free expression. These were set forth originally in the Woodward Report of 1974, which was Yale's signal contribution to earlier debates over free expression, and which has served as a model at many other universities. Yale does not censor invited speakers, nor does the administration discipline faculty members or students for the expression of ideas, no matter how unpopular. The answer to speech one finds offensive is more speech.
We also prize an inclusive community. Last year, when racial matters again became national issues, incidents took place on many campuses that catalyzed student activism. Some of our students were determined to communicate to us their own experiences-at Yale. We took the time to listen to what they had to say. Not only were they telling us some things we needed to hear, but we also knew we should be models of how to engage in difficult conversations without shutting down the people trying to speak.
We responded to student concerns, denying some requests while announcing measures to address others. We had been considering most of these measures for some time, including a previously announced initiative to promote faculty diversity and excellence. Student concerns reinforced and confirmed some of our own judgments about specific steps we could take to make Yale a more inclusive community. I believed that in taking some of these steps, we were unquestionably doing the right thing for our university.
Those who worry that free speech is imperiled at Yale should take note of the facts. In the course of all the events and discussions of the past year, the Yale administration did not criticize, discipline or dismiss a single member of its faculty, staff or student body for expressing an opinion. Nor have we allowed any member of the community to disrupt or otherwise prevent a scheduled speaker from having his or her say. No invitation to any speaker has been withdrawn as the result of concerns about viewpoint or potential disruption.
A commitment to free speech does not mean that one has to think all speech is equally valuable, respectful or helpful to the educational mission. Last year many campuses, including our own, saw difficult confrontations and moments in which individuals demonstrated poor judgment about where and how to speak.
The promotion of free expression does not mean all speakers will express themselves in wise or civil ways. In a volatile world with social media and cameras on every phone, emotional moments can be taken out of context and magnified, distorting or obscuring an accurate view of events. With rare exceptions, our community conducted itself thoughtfully and respectfully through many weeks of intense discussion.
Far from discouraging free speech, events at Yale last year triggered a rich and remarkable set of conversations and debates across our student organizations, classrooms and open campus forums. The Yale Daily News, the oldest daily student newspaper in the country, filled its pages and opinion columns with voices that diverged in every conceivable way. Faculty have spoken to all aspects of the relevant events and issues, as have alumni and staff. I cannot remember a greater display of free expression since I arrived at Yale as a graduate student in 1981.
Our nation has not come to the end of its challenges with the terrible legacies of slavery and discrimination in all its forms. Inclusion and equality are works in progress, both for Yale and for the rest of our exceptional country. I deeply believe that free expression advances that work, as it always has, the more of it the better.
Comment here.
President Peter Salovey's Letter to Yale Alumni,
Here are Salovey's key paragraphs:
What about our challenges? Over the past year, I know that many alumni have been concerned about the political and cultural issues confronting both higher education and American society as a whole. Yale faculty and students have engaged strongly with these issues, as we often have before. We have been wrestling with difficult and complex matters: how to ensure and encourage free expression while prohibiting harassment, intimidation, and coercion; how to make our campus welcoming and inclusive to an exceptionally diverse student population; and how to understand and commemorate the past.
At the end of this message, I have attached an editorial I published recently in The Wall Street Journal. (Ed. note: see letter above) Over the past year, some commentators have presented partial or inaccurate accounts of the events that took place on campus last fall, including misrepresentations about our treatment of free speech. I appreciate the Journal's editorial board providing me space to respond, and I wanted you in particular to know what I had to say.
Given the limits of such a short piece, I also wanted to expand on it for you, those who care most deeply about Yale. As I noted in the editorial, higher education confronts a dangerous false dichotomy where some wish to pit the principle of free expression against a commitment to inclusion, and others wish to pit a commitment to inclusion against the principle of free expression. I believe we must sustain both.
I want to be very clear in particular that our entire leadership team is dedicated to the free exchange of ideas at Yale - all ideas. In my writings and lectures - including to the incoming freshmen in 2014, and at the baccalaureate service for the Class of 2016 last spring - I have addressed our community about the duty to speak fully, listen carefully to others speaking their minds, and seek common ground to move forward. It is our responsibility as educators to ensure our campus is a model for the free exchange of ideas that represent diverse points of view.
Sadly, we live in a fracturing world, where partisanship and polarization are rampant not only in politics but in society as a whole. We simply cannot afford to splinter into groups of narrow self-interest or rigidly-defined views. We cannot choose to align, work, or socialize only with people who feel precisely as we do. As John F. Kennedy urged his audience at American University in 1963: "Let us not be blind to our differences. But let us also direct attention to our common interests and to the means by which those differences can be resolved." Over fifty years later, the world still demands "attention to our common interests."
Institutions of higher learning have a special role to play in this work, and none more so than Yale. We must remain a community of diverse individuals living, working, and learning together, in pursuit of light and truth. We cannot continue that pursuit without our bedrock, unshakeable commitment to free expression set forth in the Woodward committee report more than forty years ago. We are working hard to create a campus culture that both celebrates diversity and is characterized by the willingness to hear and consider perspectives antithetical to one's own.
Will members of our community sometimes test the university's commitments, and will they sometimes make poor judgments about the exercise of their rights to expression? Yes, of course they will. Every generation has to learn its own lessons about these matters, and universities are not isolated preserves of perfectly achieved understanding. Yale is always a work in progress. Still, the only answer on this campus to speech with which one disagrees is the same as it has been at Yale for many years: more speech.
Before I close, let me preview one additional matter that will be coming to your attention later this fall. In conjunction with our own deliberations at Yale regarding the commemoration of John C. Calhoun, we have both witnessed and learned something from a full range of similar conversations about renaming buildings taking place at Duke, Georgetown, Harvard, Princeton, Vanderbilt, the University of North Carolina, the University of Oregon, the University of Texas, and elsewhere. In fact, we have seen vigorous debates about renaming monuments, buildings, counties, streets, and other public spaces taking place throughout the country-and indeed, around the world.
At Yale, I decided in April to retain the name of Calhoun College, following a year-long process of engagement with the Yale community, including Yale alumni. However, in the weeks and months that followed the decision, many faculty, students, alumni, and staff raised additional concerns about that decision. I recognized in particular that we could have drawn more effectively on our own campus expertise, and I also came to see that both for this decision and others that may arise, we needed to develop a set of reasonable and well-understood principles.
I therefore asked John Witt '94, '99 J.D., '00 Ph.D., the Allen H. Duffy Class of 1960 Professor of Law and Professor of History, to chair a Committee to Establish Principles on Renaming. I charged the committee to articulate principles that could guide Yale in decisions about whether to remove a historical name from a building or other prominent structure or space on campus-principles that are enduring rather than specific to particular controversies.
The committee consists of six faculty members with expertise in history, law, and management; three alumni (Len Baker '64, Tom Bernstein '74, '77 J.D., and Mimi Wright '86); one staff member; and two current students. Their work includes consulting with experts; communicating and coordinating with other universities that are addressing similar issues; and collaborating with other groups at Yale that have been charged with related work, such as the Committee on Art in Public Spaces. We expect the committee to finish its work and issue a report by the end of this fall semester, when I will share it with you.
Peter Salovey
President and Chris Argyris Professor of Psychology
NOTIFYING CLASSMATES OF SERVICES
If you would like classmates to be notified about your funeral or memorial activities, if we get the information in time the Class of 1962 will send information to the names on our class email list. Please ask those who will be in charge to send the details to Bob Oliver at oliver@moglaw.com, 203-624-5111, and for backup to John Stewart, Co-Corresponding Secretary, at johnhargerstewart@gmail.com, 845-789-1407. We will not send out information unless someone makes this request.
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Brazilian Novus Ordo Priest and Canon Lawyer denounces Francis as Antipope and False Prophet, alleges Schism
The list of Novus Ordo adherents who are publicly denouncing Francis as a false pope (or worse) is growing. The latest to join in the chorus is "Fr." Paulo Renato Dornelles from Brazil. Reportedly a canon and civil lawyer who graduated from the Pontifical Lateran University summa cum laude and worked as an ecclesiastical judge and university professor in the archdiocese of Porto Alegre, Dornelles released a video on May 21, 2019, charging Jorge Bergoglio ("Pope Francis") with heresy and schism and also accusing him of being an antipope (i.e. false pope) and even the False Prophet, the immediate precursor of the Antichrist mentioned in the Apocalypse (see Apoc 16:13, 19:20, 20:10). The video was recorded in Portuguese, but English subtitles have been added:
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A transcribed English translation has been made available by Veritas Vincit (we have made some minor modifications for easier reading and added underlining):
I am Dr. Fr. Paulo Renato Dornelles from Kyria Eschatological Community. In my sermons, since 2016, as published in videos, on Facebook, under my name, and on the "Comunidade Kyria" Youtube Channel… I formally accuse Pope Francis of being an antipope. Don't be surprised, because we have already faced 37-38 before him in Church history. And for worse, I recognise Pope Francis as the one who configures the "false prophet". We must consider, first of all, that Our Lord Jesus created the papacy in the Catholic Church in order to ensure the unity of Faith. The Pope, as Jesus teaches in Luke 22:32, shall confirm the brothers in the faith. He is not there to invent faith, or to build another merely human Church, as Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI reminds us in his last letter. Antipope Francis has already committed formal heresy in "Amoris Laetitia" when, in its n. 295 it says there is "a gradualness in the prudential exercise of free acts on the part of subjects who are not in a position to understand, appreciate, or fully carry out the objective demands of the law." This way, he moves against the Sacraments, chiefly that of Marriage and of the Holy Eucharist, and against the dogmatic teaching of the Church and all her Magisterium, thus configuring a schism against the whole Church. And so he goes on spreading heresies in this document and in his teachings these long, last six years. We are in a schism since at least 2016. Besides all these, he has associated himself with certain people -- remember that pitiful ex-cardinal now reduced to layman, McCarrick. All this proves his program for the destruction of the papacy and the Church, as he has already proposed in his first post-synodal Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Gaudium. Indeed, since his election, due to his heresies, Pope Francis puts himself as excommunicated. Out of the Church. And he cannot direct it. And he is dragging after him, unfortunately, all the Church, which stays inert and in communion with him. This way, he has created, overnight, a counter-church that is deceiving Catholic people with all the appearance of catholicity. Cardinals, bishops, priests, laypeople, dioceses and parishes, movements, orders and congregations don't have the courage to oppose his nefarious work of destruction! For all of this, I affirm Francis to be more than just an antipope, but the one that fulfills the form of the false prophet of Revelation [Apocalypse] 13:11. This, ultimately, becomes the main proof of how deeply we are actually living now the end times. In order to confront this reality we are getting united in a community, through Whatsapp (+55-51-99641-027), to get organized and build a refuge, as a true Catholic Church, that will know how to face the present times and all that is reserved to us. You are invited to join us in this community. God bless you!
In rejecting Francis as an antipope, the Rev. Dornelles is preceded by other Novus Ordo clerics such as the American "Bp." René Gracida, the Canadian "Fr." Nicholas Gruner, the American "Fr." Paul Kramer, and the Colombian layman Prof. José Galat (1928-2019). Ordained on Nov. 21, 1981 in "Pope" Paul VI's doubtful ordination rite, however, Dornelles' orders must tragically be considered invalid in practice. Since 2013, the head of the Porto Alegre archdiocese has been Jaime Spengler, OFM, appointed by Francis. Three years ago, Dornelles requested to be dismissed, and the request was granted: In the 2016 diocesan directory (see p. 65), he is listed as "discharged from office" ("Licenciado de Ofício"). After leaving the diocese, Dornelles founded a religious community known as the Comunidade Kyria. He is now present on numerous social media platforms:
Personal Facebook page
Personal Twitter account
Personal Tumblr page
Personal Linked In page
Comunidade Kyria YouTube account
Comunidade Kyria Pinterest profile
Although he can be looked upon as a sedevacantist of sorts now, it is nevertheless clear that "Fr." Dornelles accepts Francis' five predecessors as legitimate popes. One can perhaps speak of a "Novus Ordo sedevacantist" here, inasmuch as he does not reject the Vatican II Church as such or its countless errors and heresies, but only the excesses, as it were, introduced by Francis. We have been warning of the dangers of an intra-NovusOrdo schism for years, such as in the following posts:
How Long until Schism? The Vatican II Church on the Brink of Chaos
Amoris Laetitia and the Coming Schism: Retrospect and Prospect
Time will tell what other developments among Novus Ordo clergy there may be in reaction to Francis. The man we have nicknamed "Chaos Frank" is certainly living up to his moniker. A tip of the hat for this story goes to Gloria TV and the Veritas Vincit blog, and to the Facebook user who kindly made us aware of it. Image source: youtube.com (screenshot) License: fair use
Novus Ordo Priest and Canon Lawyer denounces Francis as Antipope and False Prophet, alleges Schism
Warns of deceptive "counter-church"…
The list of Novus Ordo adherents who are publicly denouncing Francis as a false pope (or worse) is growing. The latest to join in the chorus is "Fr." Paulo Renato Dornelles from Brazil.
Reportedly a canon and civil lawyer who graduated from the Pontifical Lateran University summa cum laude and worked as an ecclesiastical judge and university professor in the archdiocese of Porto Alegre, Dornelles released a video on May 21, 2019, charging Jorge Bergoglio ("Pope Francis") with heresy and schism and also accusing him of being an antipope (i.e.
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Hearing things? Not hearing things? Use this guide to replace the left speaker in your 15" Mid 2015 MacBook Pro Retina.
Note that the left speaker is on the left of the machine while you're using it, and on the right while you're working on it.
Hi! Such an excellent guide you've made. But I wonder, if I want to replace only the speaker, should I disassemble most of the parts or just doing step 41-42? Because I'm too afraid that I'll break those small wirings and connectors.. while my only problem is the speaker.
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One of the latest addition to the growing number of resto-bars in Baguio City, Turf Lounge & Bar is a modern, trendy and upscale place to dine and hang out in the city of pines. It is definitely the newest hotspot for foodies and hipsters alike in Baguio City.
I love the interior of the bar as it looked very flashy. Once you enter the the bar, you'd be stunned by wall decorations and collections displayed on the front counter. It is very spacious and the chairs in the lounge areas were very comfortable. They also have a billiards hall where guests can learn and play billiards while having a drink at the same time.
We were serve with numerous serving of different types of food. I personally enjoyed every bit of it. I love the Crispy Pata. It was delicious. It surely did satisfy my gastronomic cravings for that night before leaving the city of pines.
I seriously enjoyed the food and the ambiance at Turf Lounge & Bar. It was definitely one of the highlights of the whole Baguio Food Tour. I am so looking forward in visitng Turf again when I go back to Baguio.
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