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diff --git a/1_Data_and_Aesthetic/Assignments/RosalieYu/50 Shades of Gray/blogPost.rtf b/1_Data_and_Aesthetic/Assignments/RosalieYu/50 Shades of Gray/blogPost.rtf
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+{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\cocoartf1265\cocoasubrtf210
+{\fonttbl\f0\fswiss\fcharset0 Helvetica;}
+{\colortbl;\red255\green255\blue255;}
+\margl1440\margr1440\vieww10800\viewh8400\viewkind0
+\pard\tx720\tx1440\tx2160\tx2880\tx3600\tx4320\tx5040\tx5760\tx6480\tx7200\tx7920\tx8640\pardirnatural
+{\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "http://www.rosalieyu.com/50-shades-of-gray-visualization/"}}{\fldrslt 
+\f0\fs24 \cf0 http://www.rosalieyu.com/50-shades-of-gray-visualization/}}}
\ No newline at end of file
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diff --git a/1_Data_and_Aesthetic/Assignments/RosalieYu/50 Shades of Gray/week2/code.pde b/1_Data_and_Aesthetic/Assignments/RosalieYu/50 Shades of Gray/week2/code.pde
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+
+int getArticleKeywordCount(String word, String beginDate, String endDate) { 
+  String request = baseURL + "?q=" + word + "&begin_date=" + beginDate + "&end_date=" + endDate + "&api-key="  + apiKey; 
+  //
+  int total = 0;
+
+  JSONObject nytData = loadJSONObject(request);
+  println (request);
+  // println (nytData);
+
+  // exit();
+  JSONObject results = nytData.getJSONObject("response"); 
+  JSONObject results2 = results.getJSONObject("meta"); 
+
+  total = results2.getInt("hits"); 
+  println ("There were " + total + " occurences of the term " + word + " between " + beginDate + " and " + endDate);
+  try { 
+    // nothing
+  } 
+  catch (Exception e) { 
+    println ("There was an error parsing the JSONObject.");
+  }
+
+  return(total);
+}
diff --git a/1_Data_and_Aesthetic/Assignments/RosalieYu/50 Shades of Gray/week2/sketch.properties b/1_Data_and_Aesthetic/Assignments/RosalieYu/50 Shades of Gray/week2/sketch.properties
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+mode.id=processing.mode.java.JavaMode
+mode=Java
diff --git a/1_Data_and_Aesthetic/Assignments/RosalieYu/50 Shades of Gray/week2/week2.pde b/1_Data_and_Aesthetic/Assignments/RosalieYu/50 Shades of Gray/week2/week2.pde
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+String apiKey = "cca969849fecc48bed9fa47cda530450:17:69780977";
+
+String baseURL = "http://api.nytimes.com/svc/search/v2/articlesearch.json"; 
+
+void setup() {
+
+  size(700, 300);
+
+  String[] words = {
+    "grey"
+  }; 
+  // color[] colors = {
+  //  #FF0000, #00FF00, #0000FF
+  //};
+  String[] start = {
+    
+    "19650301", "19660301", "19670301", "19680301", "19690301", "19700301", "19710301", "19720301", "19740301", "19750301", "19760301"
+  };
+  String[] end = {
+     
+    "20060228", "20070228", "20080228", "20090228", "20100228", "20110228", "20120228", "20130228", "20140228","20150228"
+  };
+
+  int barSize = 20; 
+  int startY = 50;
+
+
+  /* Search for the words in the given time framed array and stores their values */
+
+  for (int i = 0; i < start.length; i++) { 
+    int freq = getArticleKeywordCount( words[0], start[i], end[i]);
+    //int freq1 = getArticleKeywordCount( words[1], start[i], end[i]);
+
+    fill(255); 
+    rect(0, startY + (barSize * i), freq, barSize);
+    //rect(200, startY + (barSize * i), freq1, barSize);
+
+    fill(100);
+    text (start[i], 10, startY + (barSize * i) +14 );
+    text (start[i], 100, startY + (barSize * i) +14 );
+  }
+}
+
+void draw() {
+  // 
+  noLoop();
+}
+
+//
+
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