YOLO is an acronym for "you only live once". Similar to carpe diem or memento mori‚ it implies that one should enjoy life‚ even if that entails taking risks. The phrase and acronym are used in youth culture and music. The phrase and acronym were popularized by the song "The Motto" by Canadian rapper Drake. Contents [hide] 1 Background 2 Use in music 3 In youth culture 4 Criticism 5 References Background The phrase "you only live once" is commonly attributed to Mae West‚[1][2] but variations
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Background of SportStuff.com SportStuff.com is founded in 1996 by Sanjay Gupta. The company is supplying affordable sports equipment for the parents to their children. Sanjay Gupta created the idea of this business because the parents complained that the children grow rapidly. It was not efficient and wasting money to replace the sports equipment for the children frequently. Since parents had to replace new expensive skates‚ skis‚ jackets‚ and shoes so often that it became of the rapid growth of
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Yiheli Tesfu | Homework I | ECON 545: Business Economics | Sir‚ Edward Melton | Jan. 5‚ 2013 | S2 S2 S1 S1 D2 D2 D1 D1 8. Using the figures above‚ answer the following questions: a. On the Demand panel: ■ Show an increase in demand and label it D1. ■ Show a decrease in demand and label it D2. ■ Show an increase in quantity demanded. ■ Show a decrease in quantity demanded. ■ What causes demand to change? Answer: Changes in demand comes from various factors. Changes
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Is the Tell-Tale Heart a Tall Tale? How can we always trust a narrator to be credible in stories we read? Are we to assume that the words we read are always truth? If characters are able to lie to one another‚ the narrator could also have the ability to fib to the reader‚ or at the very least give a sense of false hyperbole to a situation. In the case of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Tell Tale Heart”‚ is our narrator capable of telling the story of his late night plight with complete objectivity? The
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The Go-Between This whole story is filled with feelings for different things. At first the Article 13 is mentioned‚ which is an article about the Human Rights. “All Human beings are born free and equal.” Which is clearly shown is a lie or the contract isn’t being held as they should because a lot refugees is getting tortured in the story‚ just like a big part of them are being held captive in the real world today. A home is something you can connect yourselves to‚ like something you won’t be able
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text‚ as bold as brass‚ the root of evil is desire." (Pardoner’s Tale‚ 1-5‚ p. 129) In the narrative poem "Pardoner’s Tale" the author Geoffrey Chaucer warns his audience the dangers of evil‚ greed‚ and desire. The short excerpt from the story above is true because all evil actions committed by criminals are done because of avarice or desire for something better than what they have. A great example of evil can be read in the epic tale of "Beowulf". The monstrous being Grendel‚ who plays one of the
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What wasn’t that great about it One of the only problems I had with the GO-GO Ultra X was its maximum travel distance - it can only drive for 8 miles on one charge. That’s a shame‚ since it’s otherwise so mobile and maneuverable‚ you’d think the manufacturers would want to take advantage of that as much as possible. Final Verdict The slower speed and shorter battery duration means that this scooter is best suited for short-range travel indoors or to the store. But when this scooter is in its element
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10/2/12 The Canterbury Tales The Canterbury Tales‚ written by Geoffry Chaucer‚ is known as a Frame tale. A Frame tale is a story that leads up to another story. The Canterbury Tales‚ to me‚ was a very interesting story. A couple of the characters‚ the Knight and the Plowman‚ greatly caught my eye. The Canterbury Tales is about a pilgrimage made to a holy place during the 1300’s for religious reasons. Twenty-nine pilgrims travel to Canterbury to visit the shrine of Saint Thomas a Becket. As
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GO GREEN! The importance of environmental awareness and activism is high‚ at least to me and my family. People in the communities work better when others are leading and giving the example. Being “green” is important because we a re trying to savage the planet earth and the future generations. Using high efficiency energy saving lightbulbs and recycling is not something I was doing because of reading a magazine or watching the television‚ it was something I begun doing because others were doing
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Marlyn Barroso ETS 192 October 3rd‚ 2013 Hierarchy in The HandMaid ’s Tale Margaret Atwood ’s The Handmaid ’s Tale is a interesting novel that will have you confused but also have you bitting your nails with intrigue. So many questions might go in your head‚ at the same time; Atwood wrote this novel so her readers can have curiosity‚ even after reading the last word of the last paragraph of the last page of the book. One of the main topics of this novel is the effect on society when a women
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