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Maricopa County is spending about 800,000 on its anti-drop house ad campaign.
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When those outdoor anti-drop anti-dust anti-splash cameras get reviewed, nobody seems to have the guts to actually test if the camera can really withstand what it claims it can.
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The New Jersey experiment didn’t collect data on test scores, but there was a very significant effect on school continuation; that is, BIG was an effective anti-drop out program.
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tankhughes commented on the word anti-drop
The drop is an EDM term for the part of an electronic-inspired song that comes after building up tension.
Modern pop songs often build up tension with their pre-chorus to mimic this aspect of EDM, but now there are also songs that intentionally build up lots of dense production in the pre-chorus and then have a sparse chorus. That's called an anti-drop. This YouTuber uses it, and has a clip of musician Charlie Puth using the term in reference to his own song: https://youtu.be/ZWhmkpdgj74
March 15, 2023