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    Hardcore Ethnography

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    Minor Threat was a hardcore band from the 1980’s who pioneered the Straight Edge movement with a song called “Straight Edge”, which told kids that it was okay not to do drugs. That in turn gave birth to something of a sub-genre, straightforwardly named, “Straight Edge Hardcore”, which include other hardcore pioneering bands such as Gorilla Biscuits and Youth of Today, which introduced vegetarianism and animal rights to the Straight Edge community, with their 1988 song, “No More”, which included…

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    Punk Music Vs Rap

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    Project Task #1 My research topic is about the correlation between punk music and rap. Music has always reflected its generation and what was going in that era. Punk music and rap are two totally different genres and cultures. Despite the difference in sound, they face the same socioeconomic issues. Both Punk, and Rap are products of low income areas. What I’m gonna be talking about is how and why the same things affect both subcultures. Both are viewed negatively, but…

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    Scared Straight Proposal

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    Scared Straight program is arranged to hinder juvenile participants from further criminal offenses. Teenagers visiting the inmates watch prison life unfold while communication with the problematic offenders. Inmates portray severe surroundings in jail towards the juveniles. The predicted result is to change the attitude of youth by scaring and horrifying them from becoming involved in future delinquent behavior. The controversial issue being discussed now, is whether or not the Scared Straight…

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    Explore how the portrayal of emotion and atmosphere differs between Straight Photography and Pictorialism Straight photography is the based on the idea of creating images that accurately portray the reality of the world by faithfully depicting what is in front of the camera lens without manipulating the image in any way. Straight photography encourages experimentation with the limits of the camera itself as opposed to manipulating the image with a brush after it has been printed. In contrast to…

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    Gay-Straight Alliance

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    school, there were positive factors that were identified such as “having visible LGBTQ persons in school such as teachers or other students . . . [which] helped with promoting a supportive school climate for youth” (Higa et al, p.677). Having a Gay-Straight Alliance was…

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    Straight Punch In College

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    the boxing training classes with a great coach Lee. At the first class, he told me about many basic knowledge and information about the boxing. We started with the most basic action: straight punch. We spent much time in the straight punch.He would set a challenging goal for me, for example, make 10 standard straight punch. It is a little harder for me because this task asked for both strength and speed. However, I did it with great effort. At the same time, he would give me many feed-backs…

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    In part one of “How to Become a Straight-A Student” by Cal Newport the main of this story is how to not to work and study for twelve hours straight, to show how to manage your time doing some simple things and help you avoid the urge of procrastination. The five ideas that resonated with me was making a “To Do List” and a “Things to Remember Column”, to feed my body with nutrients, tell others of your work and go to an area where there is no one you know, plan the hard days in advance, and to…

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    Straight Hair Speech

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    In the African American community, amongst women, the term “natural” when we speak of our hair, means that the state of our hair is chemical, relaxer and perm free. When black women say that, “my hair is natural”, the most common, automatic vision of our hair is nappy or a curly afro. This has proven to not be true for all women of color. Many people don’t like to embrace their curly hair, no matter the color of their skin. It seems as if we have all been brainwashed to believe that straightened…

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    “Scared straight!” was a program design by the prisoners of Rahway State prison in New Jersey to aid prevent juveniles from continuing a life of crime that would lead them to eventually enter a prison system. The film shows the program in action with seventeen adolescents and follow up interviews with the juveniles and the inmates who ran the program, twenty years after the event. The “Scared Straight” program depicted a high success rate, but it did not take into account outside factors.…

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    Straight Line Lab

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    The termites seemed to focus and not become disoriented by the straight line. However, the sharp angle line seemed to confuse the termites. According to Joe Culin, from the Department of Entomology at Clemson University, “Termites are better at following relatively straight or gently curved lines rather than those containing sharp angles”(Culin). In the lab the termites were tested on a straight line and another line, which had closely drawn sharp angles. With this information in mind, that…

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