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Ply, Pli, Plies or Plying may refer to:
- Ply (game theory), a turn in game play
- PLY (file format) or Polygon File Format
- Plying, a spinning technique to make yarn
- Plies (rapper), American rapper
- Pli, an academic journal
- Ply, a layer of paper or wood, such as with toilet paper, tissue paper, paper towels or plywood
- PLY, an implementation of the yacc parsing tool for the Python programming language
- Tire ply, a layer of cords embedded in the rubber of a tire
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- 3-Ply, a California music band
- Two-ply, a comic book publishing term
- Plié, a ballet term that has a somewhat similar pronunciation
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Plies (rapper)
Plies (born Algernod Lanier Washington; July 1, 1976) is an American rapper. He is the founder of Big Gates Records. Born in Fort Myers, Florida, Washington was a wide receiver on the football team of Miami University in Ohio in 1996 and 1997 before he became a rapper. After dropping out of college, he founded Big Gates with his stepbrother. Signed to Slip-n-Slide Records, from 2007 to 2008 he released three albums. Plies debuted in 2007 with The Real Testament with successful singles "Shawty" and "Hypnotized". Plies also released two albums in 2008, Definition of Real and Da REAList, and later released Goon Affiliated in 2010.
Early life
Plies was born Algernod Lanier Washington in Fort Myers, Florida and grew up in the East Dunbar area of Fort Myers. While at Fort Myers Senior High School, he played receiver and defensive back in its football team, was crowned Homecoming King, and was named the "Best Dressed" student of his class.
He attended Miami University and under the name Nod Washington was wide receiver on its football team from 1995 to 1997, then transferred to the University of Central Florida and dropped out. As a freshman in 1995, Washington had nine receptions for 69 yards. In 1996, his sophomore year, Washington had 25 receptions for 262 yards and 2 touchdowns, the second-most receptions of his team for the season. The next season, Washington had five receptions for 43 yards.
Motivation
Motivation is a theoretical construct used to explain behavior. It represents the reasons for people's actions, desires, and needs. Motivation can also be defined as one's direction to behavior, or what causes a person to want to repeat a behavior and vice versa. A motive is what prompts the person to act in a certain way, or at least develop an inclination for specific behavior. According to Maehr and Meyer, "Motivation is a word that is part of the popular culture as few other psychological concepts are".
Types of theories and models
Motivation theories can be classified on a number of bases.
Psychological theories and models
Motivation can be conceived of as a cycle in which thoughts influence behaviors, behaviors drive performance, performance impacts thoughts, and the cycle begins again. Each stage of the cycle is composed of many dimensions including attitudes, beliefs, intentions, effort, and withdrawal which can all affect the motivation that an individual experiences.
Motivation (Sheryl Crow song)
"Motivation" is a song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow for her sixth studio album, Detours, and released as a single.
The song has earned praise for its memorable melody and facetious lyrics.
Chart performance
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Motivation (Sum 41 song)
"Motivation" is a song recorded by Canadian pop punk band Sum 41. It was released in January 2002 as the third single from the album All Killer No Filler. Greig Nori appears on backing vocals.
Content
The song is about being self-centered, demotivated and being too lazy to look for motivation to do anything.
In popular culture
The song has been used in the Smallville episode "Hothead", the Malcolm in the Middle episode "Hal Coaches" and The Challenge episode "Battle of the Seasons: Slam Dunk". The Detroit Red Wings chose Motivation to be their opening song each home game in 2003. It has been used in the video game Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock.
Music video
The music video is of the band playing in Steve Jocz' attic located in Ajax Ontario. The room is piled with garbage and other various items.
