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Exactly How Many Hours Are Teens on Their Screens?
Media Consumption is a Full Time Job for Today's Kids
David R Smith
Exactly how many hours do you think teenagers actually spend on their screens each day?
What about tweens? That's right…8-year-olds…10-year-olds…how much time are they soaking in YouTube, Fortnite, Snapchat, Netflix and every other enticing entertainment media activity on their devices each day?
The number are in (in fact, you can take Jonathan's 8-question quiz right now to see how well you know your kids' media habits), and you might be surprised to find that media consumption is now a full time job.
Full Time Screen Time
As an adult, you work approximately 8 hours per day. Throw in the commute both ways and you're likely investing a total of ten hours of your day to a job. Today's teens have a similar commitment:
Each day, they consume 9 hours and 49 minutes of media through various outlets.
But they do this seven days a week.
Back in 2015, Common Sense Media released a jaw-dropping report that claimed teenagers spent 8 hours and 56 minutes of every day consuming entertainment media of some sort (TV, social media, video games, online videos, etc). Since then, the civilized world has been eagerly waiting for the study's sequel to see if there have been any shifts in young people's media practices.
The new study, which represents data from more than 1,600 tweens (ages 8-12) and teens (ages 13-18) from across the nation, was finally released in late October. You can read their full report if you have the time, or you can peruse the study's key findings to get "a big-picture look at the patterns of media usage among young people in the U.S." I've waded through the data, and I'd like to streamline the information even further into what I see as the four most important trends….and then offer a few tips to help families manage their media uptake.
Let's look at a few of these 2019 entertainment media trends:
Trend #1: The amount of media consumed by kids has continued to rise over the past four years.
This shouldn't surprise anyone. YouTube consumes the attention of young people of all ages. Social media and video games keep them glued to handheld screens. Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, and others offer round-the-clock access to thousands of hours of television content. The list goes on and on. Teens crave media in lots of different forms – including print – and their insatiable desire is revealed in how much time they spend consuming it each day. Tweens (8-12) average a total of 5 hours and 54 minutes every day which is almost exactly what they were doing four years ago. But teens (13-18) now consume 9 hours and 49 minutes of media every day – almost a full hour more than they did in 2015! Bottom line: young people are soaking in an increasing amount of entertainment media each calendar year, and the older a kid gets, the more media he/she uses.
Trend #2: Online video is quickly becoming king.
From 2015 to 2019, the number of kids who watched online videos every day more than doubled…and the amount of time they spent watching them also doubled! In 2015, 24% of tweens watched videos; today, 56% of the same age group does. In 2015, this younger group watched about 25 minutes of online video; today, it's 56 minutes. For older teens, going back to 2015 found 34% of them watching videos each day; now, 69% of them do it. Four years ago, teens watched 35 minutes of online videos each day; now, it's 59 minutes. Obviously, YouTube's content, creators, and user-friendly search features is driving this increase. In fact, tweens say watching online videos is their favorite media activity and YouTube is "the site they watch the most." Older teens still prefer listening to music over all else, but watching videos lands soundly in second place.
Trend #3: Smartphones are like hormones; most teens have them.
53% of 11-year-olds now own a smartphone. One year later, ownership jumps all the way to 69%! By the time a kid reaches his or her senior year of high school, 91% of their friends will own a smartphone. The graphic at the right shows two important differences between 2015 and 2019. First, every single age bracket begins at a higher level of smartphone ownership than it did four years prior. Second, the growth in smartphone ownership is constantly increasing by age. Now that millions and millions of young people carry a smartphone with them every day, it means our culture's images, lyrics, messages, and beliefs are being streamed into their back pockets – and minds.
Trend #4: Parents aren't really that concerned with screen use.
A mere 15% of tweens and just 12% of teens say they use some sort of app or tool to track their personal screen time. That means millions of kids do nothing to monitor themselves. Even more interesting is the fact that just 28% of tweens and 14% of teens said their screen time was tracked by their parents. However, when the subject switches to "content," parents lean forward a bit more. Roughly 50% of tweens' parents and 26% of teens' parents say mom and dad use an app or tool to track what their kid does on their devices. That's much better, but it still means over half of kids have little to no sensible (bare-minimum) screen-limits.
Entertainment Media and Cheesecake
Look, entertainment media isn't going away. Even if Snapchat, Netflix, Instagram, and the other giants of our day were to somehow crumble, they'll be replaced by something else just like Facebook replaced MySpace.
That means we as parents must be proactive in how we help our kids navigate the various elements of today's entertainment media.
Two weeks ago, my doctor had to have a similar conversation with me. In her polite voice, she warned me about the content of cheesecake, mostly sugar, and she also cautioned me about the frequency with which I eat cheesecake and similar sweets…mostly every day. I recommend a similar strategy when it comes to coaching our kids about media.
So what can Mom and Dad do? We need to help our kids learn discernment in the areas of quality and quantity.
1. Quality Control. No, not every single aspect of today's entertainment media is toxic, but some of it certainly is. No, not every Snapchat is pornographic in nature, but the "adult industry" is always looking for ways to introduce its product into the visual diet of young people. Our kids may not be able to distinguish between the good and the bad as quickly or as accurately as we can, so we have to help them. Can we use apps to help? Absolutely! But we can only delegate so much responsibility to a tech-related tool. At some point, we have to take a personal role in the process, so don't be afraid to step in. Remember, the goal is to help them monitor themselves, so always be working toward that end.
2. Quantity control. Let's say your kid never looks at porn, never sends a racy Snap, and never listens to a Cardi B song. Great! But they can still develop really unhealthy practices by spending hour after hour playing video games, watching YouTube videos, and scrolling through Instagram pics. Even if it's "good" entertainment media, we still have to moderate how much of it they consume. Left unchecked, grades will suffer, obesity will continue to rise, and attention spans will continue to shrink. Of course, this is in addition to the growing belief that the more time a kid spends using social media, the greater their likelihood of facing mental health issues such as anxiety and depression. We have to help them understand when enough is enough.
The research says most parents aren't taking a guiding role in their kids' entertainment media consumption. We cannot afford to make that mistake. Do everything you can to help your kid develop healthy practices when it comes to media.
Are you engaging your kids in these conversations?
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There is no question that the software development world offers a lot of excitement and challenging work. In the area of software user assistance we are particularly challenged by having to master a wide range of disciplines. From foundation skills like writing and editing—to the coding of content—to usability testing and user interface design, we find ourselves in a profession that is difficult to define. What is it that we really do?
Which technologies are most important to our UA systems?
The results of this survey may help us to better manage our career path and to improve the quality of our work.
The 2013 Skills and Technologies Survey was published on the WritersUA web site from January 8 – March 18 of 2013. There were 357 respondents. Anyone could participate in the survey. We did not require respondents to identify themselves. What you have in front of you is a synthesis of the results. We're presenting our analysis in three different sections: Skills, Technologies, and Platforms.
This study comes with a couple of caveats. First, the majority of respondents are most likely customers of WritersUA. Most of the survey submissions came in response to email broadcasts we made to our mailing list. However, the WritersUA constituency is large and probably is a fair representation of the overall user assistance community. We also announced the survey on related discussion lists. Second, this survey is intended to represent the interests of technical writers involved in software user assistance and may not be representative of the technical communication or the software development communities at large.
We received a number of comments from respondents regarding the survey.
Wish we used half this stuff!
We are in the process of moving to DITA, but still without delivery decision (needs corporate buy-in) for output. We continue to output to PDF (even from DITA). We have not yet moved help out of RoboHTML (WebHep).
This is an old-fashioned shop. We write in unstructured frame, publish PDFs to a knowledge base, and convert a few books into online help via ePublisher.
The documents I create are for end users and are not for software.
Thanks, WritersUA, for all that you do for our community! Please keep it up!
Thanks for doing this Joe! Cannot wait to see the results.
Thank you for keeping me informed of industry trends.
Some of my answers related to technologies that are used by my dev team in making our software products, but not used (nor even understood) by myself in my daily work.
Our methods are antiquated, but we are working on turning the ocean liner.
Our department is probably least likely to use new technologies, although we have switched from PDF and hard-copy delivery to intranet/HTML delivery. Our materials are nearly all used my internal staff and are subject to internal and external audits.
My answers about what operating systems and such that we support.. may be incorrect or missing checkmarks.. I just don't have that info.
Maybe include "Information Architecture," which is a pretty nebulous term. I never know if I should say I am one since there are DITA information architects and information architects for a library of books, for example, who decide on appropriate content for the deliverables and which content goes into them.
Many of the skills and technologies are at a base stage for us, but will be increasingly more important in the next 1-3 years.
Management shows little interest in copy editing, developmental editing, indexing, and localization standards. Instead they are now scrambling to implement DITA and will be spending a lot of money doing so. Management is also trying to adopt Agile (with no training or guidance) and trying to have writers produce short videos (again with no training or objectives; the videos will be rough and redundant since we have an excellent multimedia and training branch that produces superior tutorials.). I expect lack of training and confusing guidelines. Management typically operates in fire fighting/knee jerk reaction mode. It feels to me like managers want a feather in their cap to be able to say they did "this" and "that." Writers are somewhat demoralized.
Just entered what I personally work on or know about. Other employees in my company may support other technologies and require different skills. We do support iPhone mobile.
I write developer documentation for the Windows Compact platform. That skews my answers a bit, since I don't support other platforms/technology.
I have given my opinion/survey according to my projects.
I have a lot more skills and abilities than my company is interested in using. As the company has grown my position has narrowed and when we move to the Knowledge Base, it will narrow further.
I am stuck in a world of print delivery!! 🙁 However, it's the most appropriate format for this audience. I miss developing software help!
Due to the current economy, the focus is on get it out fast. I am set up to move to DITA but the lack of time prevents the transition (which, of course, will save time).


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A lookbook is a collection of photographs compiled to show off a model, photographer, style, stylist, or clothing line. Usually, bloggers or vloggers will "model" fashionable looks for that month or season. This gives viewers ideas on how to style outfits, or to show what the latest fashions are. It is an especially popular term with "fashion bloggers".

Lookbooks in their online form can be described as "fashion diaries" because bloggers are constantly updating them on a daily or weekly basis. However, sometimes they are made to compile the looks of other people such as a celebrity, politician or socialite. They can also be used as an artist's portfolio.

Lookbook in fashion industry
Lookbooks take a special place in the fashion industry, as they are used to present the product to the client. There are multiple reasons for that:

There is a global shift towards online business.
Online lookbook is a digital marketing tool that helps companies reach out to their target audience worldwide. For example, 'due to the increasing advancement in online marketing trends and rising trend of use of digital media for product marketing, the demand for online shopping of jewelry is predicted to witness tremendous growth in the coming years. Moreover, due to the growing adoption of technological advancement techniques and innovative stones for artificial jewelry is anticipated to contribute major growth in e-commerce industry. Due to the increasing trend is advanced standard of living, growing fashion, and living a luxury lifestyle the demand for global online jewelry market is anticipated to witness significant growth over the forecast period'.

The lookbook helps to build an emotional connection with the clients.
To achieve it, all the professional lookbooks and catalogs makers advise presenting a product on a person and within a context."A golden diamond necklace on the white background says nothing. But if you put this necklace on the grandma's neck and imagine a grandpa hugging her, you will see that this necklace is a symbol of life-long love. So, would you prefer to spend $1000 on a chain or the never-ending love?"

The fashion industry is fluid.
Trends and products are changing every 3 months. So, the companies are supposed to present a new collection every season. At the same time, lookbooks are comparatively easy to be created. To achieve this result companies automate a lookbook creation process. Nowadays, lookbooks may be connected to the product databases. In this case, the catalog can be updated every time there is a change of the product database. This is how fashion brands can stay up-to-date.

Design
There are various tips to keep in mind while creating a lookbook:

 Create a simple background, not to distract people from a product's image.
 Generate high-quality and professional-looking images.
 Be consistent in terms of colors and fonts.
 Add a 'Buy' button so that the client can buy right from the online lookbook.
 Add the contact information.
 Include cover and back pages, short product descriptions, and social media share options

Following this gives you a chance to generate a lookbook that will sell.

Cinematography

Whilst the lookbook term has become more prevalent in recent years through fashion vloggers, lookbooks have long been associated with cinematography.  Whereas a fashion lookbook has more in common with a portfolio, cinematography lookbooks will contain a collection of reference images illustrating scene layout, setting, and lighting.  This may be used by a cinematographer to show a director how to illustrate or communicate the intended result from a scene, or vice versa when the director has something particular in mind.

References

External links
The Look Book Blog—New York magazine
LOOKBOOK.TV Channel The LOOKBOOK Film Channel
Jacco Fashion Lookbook: Japanese and Korean Fashion

Fashion photography
Modeling (profession)

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Most important for an energy system mainly based on intermittent renewable energy sources, such as solar photovoltaics and wind energy, is its stable functioning for all hours of an entire year and all events. The underlying energy system model of Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT), developed within the Neo-Carbon Energy project (financed by Tekes, the Finnish Funding Agency for Innovation), takes the hourly constraint into special focus.
The full hourly resolution for the selected geographic dimension and system components is visualized dynamically in a chronological flow for the assumed year 2030 and a hypothetical 100% renewable energy system in the power sector.
The electricity demand is covered in all hours of the year. The system is optimized for least cost of a 100% renewable based electricity system. Other energy sectors, such as heat, mobility, desalination and non-energetic industrial demand are part of a future update.
1. Slow play / Play / Fast play / Pause
The electricity generation, demand, storage charging, storage discharging, import, export and curtailment is visualized in the ENERGY diagram for every hour of the year. The buttons for SLOW PLAY, PLAY, FAST PLAY and PAUSE enable the control of the speed of the visualized ENERGY diagram.
In the standard setting for the ENERGY diagram, all electricity system components are visualized in a full hourly resolution for the assumed year 2030. A legend can be popped up left of the hourly timeline. All system components are displayed by full name and their respective colour coding. By clicking on single system components, they can be deactivated and again activated. This allows a more focused view of single system components or a group of system components. The electricity flow of the system components is shown for the selected AREA, COUNTRY or REGION which is activated on the map. The units are in power units of gigawatts (GW) of current power flow and can be interpreted as gigawatt-hours (GWh) for one respective hour.
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The scenarios differ in the allowed electricity exchange: the REGIONS scenario does not allow electricity exchange between neighbouring regions, it represents the most decentralised scenario setup. The COUNTRIES scenario allows unlimited electricity exchange between neighbouring regions, in case they belong to the same country. The AREA scenario allows full electricity exchange among all neighbouring regions within the selected major world region.
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Publications and presentations are available for all major world regions. The publications can be used as REFERENCE for further usage of the internet tool, but also for the DOWNLOAD DATA. The latest publication and presentation for a selected major world region is directly linked. More details on the LUT Energy System model, the applied scenarios and assumptions (resources, technical, financial) are provided in the publications.
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Casket Carriers, 2021
Welcome to the twilight zone, the suspended moment of mystique wherein lies Tito Stanley's fantastical worldview. It is a land of contradictions, replete with flashes of vibrant tenderness and discombobulation that is all at once startlingly familiar and comforting, and yet unknown and disturbing. It is what Mikhail Bakhtin called the 'Carnivalesque,' a grotesquery that destabilises our everyday realities and sense-perception, uniting the blasphemous dualisms of the real and the imaginary, of the sacred and the profane, of highs and lows, of great and small. In this zone, Tito is both the performer and the ringmaster, presenting us an upside-down world where wistful environments are seldom peaceful, where calm and meditative figures are cloaked with anxiety and loss, and where seemingly bright pageantry is anything but so.
Tito's art invites us to step inside an ethereal arboretum that is glittered with rich and expressive brushwork; it is a nursery invoking the American poet Wallace Stevens' words, 'black reds, pink yellows, orange whites,' enamouring the viewer in a metaphor of excess - an excess of colour, imagination, and truth. It is in this lush landscape, this intangible world of a stranger, riddled with Christian mythology and symbolisms, where Tito performs the danse macabre, or the dance of death. By sardonically introducing his presence in the paintings, he brings down to Earth a turbulent lived experience that has witnessed violent upheavals, communal strife, and personal crises. In Tito's paintings we note an assiduous consideration for every brushstroke and daub of paint; it is a meticulousness that speaks to the disquieted phantom lurking in his fertile and ripe landscapes. In the desolate and estranged projection of himself, Tito's art remarks on a realism that oscillates between the circumstance of being from another place and encountering the culture of his familial heritage. As an outsider, this allows Tito to invest in an explicit and shocking visuality that debases power and welcomes the haunting spectre of death and mortality. Tito's canvases are not merciful - in their deliberate attempt to remove any straight navigation to meaning, they are all at once a polyphony of our reality.
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Before joining the Daily News in 1990, Davies was city hall bureau chief for KYW News Radio, Philadelphia's commercial all-news station. From 1982 to 1986, Davies was a reporter for WHYY covering local issues and filing reports for NPR. He also edited a community newspaper in Philadelphia and has worked as a teacher, a cab driver and a welder.
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Until recently, my experience with squash had been largely limited to butternut, zucchini, and summer squash, plus the occasional canned pumpkin in pies if I'm being loose with the definition. This fall, that all change when I discovered the king of squash: the kabocha.
Forget everything you thought you knew about squash. This "Japanese pumpkin" might as well be it's own category. It's been described as a drier, less sweet cousin to the Japanese sweet potato, but that description fails to capture the nutty flavor and satisfying texture that is so uncannily well balanced. It's wonderful addition to any meal warm out of the oven, but equally viable as a snack straight from the fridge. Have it plain, or sprinkled with some cinnamon or curry powder.
Preparing it is simple: heat an oven to 400 °F and roast it whole for 20 minutes. Take it out and slice it in half. Scoop out the seeds, cut it into thick slices and return it to the oven for 40 minutes. That's all.
The only challenge is identifying a good one. I had great luck early on, but most recently started stumbling across specimens that were wetter and more fibrous (what I describe to my wife as "squashy"). That's no good. The texture should be starchy and slightly crumbly, almost like the yolk of a hard boiled egg. I still haven't completely cracked the code of identifying them from the outside, but a deep green color, smaller size, and smooth texture is usually bad news. Larger size, a heavier weight, greyish green with a small orange patch, and uglier rough patches are usually good omen. In the picture above, the squash on the right was superior. Despite the sometimes unattractive appearance, the skin is completely edible (though not required; my wife doesn't care for it, but I gladly take leftovers).
With several misses recently, I thought the season must be coming to an end, but during a trip to the Midwest I discovered good squash could still be found.
Be forewarned, kabocha are highly addictive. I'm convinced scientists will discover a dependence inducing substance lies within the dense orange flesh. Fortunately, they appear to be relatively healthy: high in fiber and low in calories and rich enough in vitamin A that I've wondered if the beta-carotene is more responsible for my winter than than my tropical vacation.
I have been able to find kabocha at many standard supermarkets, but they are clearly a fourth choice in the stock list of winter squashes after butternut, acorn, and spaghetti. They have inexplicably disappeared from my local Whole Foods, and I tend to hoard them when I discover a promising batch and the few reliable hideouts that supply my fix. They seem to keep well: I've never had one rot or go bad, though they don't have much opportunity given the rate they are consumed. Maybe their relative scarcity has a benefit: they could easily take over the majority of my diet, which may not make for a healthy balance.
Bit what is life without some indulgence? Can squash really be an indulgence? It's not squash. It's kabocha.


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The 8 best apps for rappers on iOS and Android
While most music genres are based on both a combination of words and music, the rap genre focuses more on words and narration. A rap artist has to focus on getting the beat right, a rhyme scheme, and probably a good vocabulary for the pun to sound perfect. Perfection takes practice, but there are tools that can help you. So these are some of the best rapper apps on iOS and Android. Excited to find out more about them? Let us begin.
The best apps for rappers to improve their skills
1. Groovepad – Music & Beat Maker
There are numerous tools that allow you to create loops, add effects, and also allow you to record. Groovepad is one of those rap apps that is easy to understand and get started.
To start making music, choose a package or sound. For example, you can choose hip-hop, trap, EDM, Techno, and many similar sounds. You can also preview the sound of each pack by clicking the play button on the thumbnail. Once you have downloaded the sound, it will show you different sounds in the package that you can click and activate. Remember, these are already on time, so you don't have to worry about getting out of sync. The application also allows you to record and export the audio so that you can use it with any production software or simply devise using your music player.
Besides sounds, you can also add special effects like flanger, reverb, and also add filters. If you want to review all the recorded tracks, you can find them in the My Records section. The software is exported in.wav format but you can choose mp3 to reduce the file size as well.
Get Groovepad (ios | Android)
2. Notepad with letters
Every musician needs to write, but rappers need to write a lot more. Lyric Notepad is one of the best apps for rappers to organize all songs in one place. I use this app for songwriting, but it's good for rappers too. You can use Google Keep or Evernote for real-time sync, but if it's just the phone, you might want to give it a try.
Starting with the most important functions, you can see a syllable count to the left each time you write a sentence. It has formatting options so you can easily bold, italicize and mark the heading with shortcuts. Often you want to add intricate details like how to pronounce a word or additional information that you need to share before the performance, this can easily be done with the notes sections. The record option is also useful when you can record for each line separately.
Another important feature includes highlighting a word to find exact or close rhymes. You can also find synonyms and definitions within the application. So if you need a songwriting tool for rapping or any other genre, you know what to use!
Get Notepad with Letters (ios | Android)
3. Freestyle rap coach
When words are pronounced without structure, it is called freestyle. For those of you who are already familiar, it's a great way to grow as a rapper and get used to different rhyme schemes. So the more you do it, the better.
It works by generating a random track to rap on with an instrument track. It is different from other rap apps in that it suggests words and rhymes to help you keep up the flow of words. The user interface is simple and you can find a word at the top and suggested rhymes in the middle of the screen. There are enough words to rhyme in addition to the suggested phrases. You can choose the length between songs and also record while singing (still in beta).
Get freestyle rap coach Android
4. BandLab
Now you have lyrics and enough material to turn it into a song. You know how to produce a beat, and you've even freestyle, so you're almost intermediate. But it is necessary to record the song to release it to the market. There are many mobile DAWs you can choose from, but because we need a simpler option and Bandlab works fine.
It is a multitrack recorder, so you can record it with your microphone or import an audio file. In our case, a rhythm track for rapping. There's support for recording MIDI instruments and even looping. He can do everything a rapper could need. Besides that, you can use the metronome, add a time signature, and also add lyrics in the same tab. It's very easy to export your song and save it to your storage.
Get BandLab (ios | Android)
5. Voloco: Auto Voice Tune
We are all familiar with oro-tuning and we also know for a fact that many hip-hop artists use it in their tracks. But autotuning is expensive and requires the proper knowledge to process audio in such a way that it sounds good to the listener. But what do you do when you don't have any of those things?
Voloco is an app for rappers that fills that gap and gets the job done automatically. Oh that's how cat sounds using the app!
Famous songs like Future "Tony Montana" Y Chief Keef "Citgo" I have used it creatively.
You can start creating by tapping the plus sign at the bottom of the screen. It will instruct you to use headphones if you don't want echo and voice delay while recording. In addition, you can choose a key, choose from effects such as chorus, noise reduction, natural tone, or adjust the mixer. You can choose a rhythm from your storage or add it from the Voloco Beats section.
Get Voloco (ios | Android)
6. Rapchat
I use Instagram to connect with friends, but I also meet a lot of new artists every day. While Instagram is not a community of musicians, Rapchat It lets you do that and connect with like-minded audiences and creators.
Start by getting a rap name that would otherwise be generated randomly. The app has three basic tabs – the first is the next tab where you can see the feed and activity of anyone you follow. Then there is the features tab where you can listen to popular musicians, and lastly, an exclusive beats tab for producers and someone just trying to find a beat. You can like, comment, share content, and also follow hashtags.
In terms of production, you can download the backing tracks from the rhythm section and add a vocal track. There are also effects that you can apply to your voice like radio, chipmunk, cave, etc.
Get Rapchat (ios | Android)
7. Rap Fame
Rap battles are a cult from Eminem to Immortal Technique, it's a culture that has contributed to the growth of all rappers. But with technology, you don't have to be physically present. With Rap Fame, it's easy to fight using just your phone.
Some dedicated members use it to battle, but it's just as easy to get started even if you're a newbie. There is a hall of fame of the best fighters according to the total of matches and matches won. You can also follow other rappers and call specific people in a game.
The story is well recorded in a feeding. In case you don't want to participate, just listen, there is also a section for the best battles. In terms of battles, you can choose an opponent or let the app pick one at random. You can fight in audio or opt for video. You can listen to the backing track as many times as you like and write the lyrics in the notepad section of the same window. Other useful features include the option to manually correct latency, filter with autotuning, and add reverb. So if you're looking for the best rapper apps, this one offers a complete package.
Get Rap Frame (ios | Android)
8. BARS – Rapper's Delight
BARS is a free rapper app recently introduced by Facebook. Although the app is free, it is only available to iOS users and is still in beta. It is promoted as a TikTok clone, but it is exclusively aimed at the rap community. So if you've used TikTok before, you'll be able to swipe through the interface. A user can choose from professionally created beats and rap them with their own lyrics. Since it is based on a short format, the length of the video is restricted to 60 seconds.
The app is still in closed beta testing. Therefore, there is a wait time once you register.
It's packed with tools that will enhance your rapping skills. For example, you have a native rhyming dictionary that suggests rhyming words so you don't get stuck. There are some basic filters like Clean, AutoTune, Imaginary Friends, and AM Radio.
Similar to TikTok, the app allows you to react to videos and view popular rappers in the featured tab and the latest creations in the upload tab. Lastly, if you're serious about freestyle rapping, switch to Challenge mode which automatically suggests your rapping word.
Get BARS – Rapper's Delight for ios
Closing remarks: What is the best app for rappers?
All of these apps are a healthy package for any rapper. From recording audio, producing beats, sharing tracks to rapping freestyle, the list has you covered. You can also choose to install Rap Fame and Rapchat if you really want to grow up and take rap seriously.
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Update your project from the last quest by completing the following specifications. Remember that this is an original project with the specifications applied to something other than Bug World or Crab World. You may NOT use any classes from the lesson or book; all work must be original.
To your project from the last assignment, add random movement to at least one actor that calls the Greenfoot getRandomNumber() method.
If you prefer, you may start a new scenario as long as the scenario meets all the specifications of the last assignment (like original characters) and this assignment.
Declare and assign values to at least two variables in one of your actor subclasses.
Code at least one if-statement with relational operators in your scenario.
Organize your scenario code by writing and calling at least five (5) original methods besides act() or prepare().
Add these methods to original classes and not built-in or imported classes.
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Mainstream pop, dance pop
Most recent release, go all out (2001)
Band currently has no known web presence as of 5/11
Britney Spears, Madonna's danciest stuff, generic dance pop
Covers and co-written material
Generic dance pop. Canada's answer to Britney Spears. They're 18 and 14. Ay yi yi. A crack up. Carefully produced for extreme catchiness. (sophiagurley@hotmail.com)
go all out is their debut
go all out (2001)
go all out
2001—Kick Ass Records—KACD 1667
Recommended for dance pop fans only
Kimmy Moffit, Alithea Watters, Daniella Watters—vocals
Adam Alexander, Chris Perry—programming/instruments
Perry Alexander
You can tell they're Canadian because they offer a French version of the track they're aiming for radio hit on: "You're Not Gonna Score". Silly and fun if you're into that kind of music at all. They have decent voices and clearly are enjoying themselves, they sing with such verve. The album is pretty uneven. "You're Not Gonna Score" is the best track. "Going Going Gone", "Go All Out" and "Gonna Get U" are pretty fun, but "Nothing In This World" is a waste of the effects especially the vocorder and "Name In The Sand" sounds a little too much like a high-school talent contest entry. (sophiagurley@hotmail.com)
Thanks to Sophia Gurley for work on this entry.


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As the forces of the rebellion take the offensive, the Mockingjay and the Victors are deployed in the Capital as propaganda tools, but Katniss breaks rank to take the fight to President Snow himself.
The MockingJay returns to save the day-and kill!
I scoffed at the cynical ploy that Lionsgate took in splitting up the final chapter of the Hunger Games film series. It's the simplest way to make money off filming a book series. I hated it when Twilight did it and Harry Potter and now Divergent has done it too. That being said, MockingJay Part 2 is pretty good. It's a solid conclusion to the story with a sufficient mix of action and the romantic entanglements that Y/A movies are notorious for these days. While Part 1 was well made, it was talky and slow moving. Part two picks things up and the pacing is far better.
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Q: A* pathfinding algo for a single layer made from json file iphone I am trying to implement A* pathfinding algo. M new to iphone development and especially game side. Wanted to ask, I have a tiled map array m reading from a json file. Got all the values of the tiled map in an NSArray. Now i want to implement A* pathfinding algo on it. Do I have to create the A* pathfinding algo with input as NSArray myself or do we have any tutorial of it also. I have tried internet but got tutorials involving tmx files. Can anyone post me some nice tutorials or a sample code or atleast direct me in the right direction. It will be really nice of you guys. Thank you.

A: A* is an algorithm that is at its core applied to a graph. In your case, every node on the graph corresponds to a single tile in your map.
Every edge on the graph corresponds to a an adjacency between two tiles.
Implementing A* isn't hard, but it may be overkill for your use. You need to worry about using a priority queue, supporting heuristics, etc.
In your case, a simple breadth-first-search might do the trick as long as there are no weights on your edges.
Rough algorithm sketch:
ShortestPath(start, goal):
    let queue = new Queue
    queue.Enqueue(start)
    while (queue is not empty):
        let node = queue.Dequeue()
        if (node == goal)
            break;
        else
            for each adjacent node, aNode:
                // only add unvisited nodes
                if (aNode.previous == null)
                    aNode.previous = node
                    queue.Enqueue(previous)

    if (node != goal) return failure // we never found the goal, so there's no path

    // trace back your path into a list structure
    let path = new List

    while (node != null):
        path.Add(node)
        node = node.previous

    // it's in a backwards order, so reverse it
    return path.Reverse()

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A major scare avoided Thursday night in Matthews after a snake from South America was found in the woods behind a restaurant. Experts are now saying that it's a red-tailed boa constrictor.
Carolina Waterfowl Rescue now have custody after it was captured and turned by a man in Matthews NC.
Officials commented that the snake is native to South America, it wouldn't survive the winter if it had stayed out there. Whomever owned the snake clearly didn't go through the proper measures to give it up.
Jennifer Gordon, the director of Carolina Waterfowl Rescue, said that she is glad that "Sheba," as she's named her, is safe here now, but she can't stay forever. They expect this boa to grow as long as 10 feet. If it lived here at that point, Sheba's diet would change, too.