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Sticks
Stick or the stick may refer to: Thin elongated objects * Twig * The weapon used in stick fighting * Walking stick, a device to facilitate balancing while walking * Shepherd's crook * Swagger stick * Digging stick * Swizzle stick, used to stir drinks Sports * Bandy stick, used in bandy * Cue stick, used in pool, snooker and carom billiards * Hockey stick, used in hockey ** Field hockey stick ** Ice hockey stick * Lacrosse stick, used in lacrosse * The rods, called "the sticks" used to measure distance by the chain crew in American football Music * Drum stick, used to strike drums * Part of a bow used to play a string instrument * Chapman Stick, an electric musical instrument in the guitar family * Percussion stick, a struck percussion instrument * ''Led Zeppelin IV'', a 1971 album sometimes referred to as ''Sticks'' * ''The Sticks'' (album), a 2012 album by Canadian band Mother Mother * ''Sticks'', a 2019 EP by Bish included within the album '' Carrots and Sticks'' * "The Stic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twig
A twig is a thin, often short, branch of a tree or bush. The buds on the twig are an important diagnostic characteristic, as are the abscission scars where the leaves have fallen away. The color, texture, and patterning of the twig bark are also important, in addition to the thickness and nature of any pith of the twig. There are two types of twig: vegetative twigs and fruiting spurs. Fruiting spurs are specialized twigs that generally branch off the sides of branches and are stubby and slow-growing, with many annular ring markings from seasons past. The age and rate of growth of a twig can be determined by counting the winter terminal bud scale scars, or annular ring marking, down the length of the twig. Twigs can be useful in starting fire Fire is the rapid oxidation of a material (the fuel) in the exothermic chemical process of combustion, releasing heat, light, and various reaction Product (chemistry), products. At a certain point in the combustion reaction, call ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Percussion Stick
Struck idiophones is one of the categories of idiophones (that is, any musical instrument that creates sound primarily by the instrument as a whole vibrating—without the use of strings or membranes) that are found in the Hornbostel-Sachs system of musical instrument classification. Struck idiophones are categorised as 11 in the Hornbostel-Sachs system. There are two main categories of struck idiophones, directly (111) and indirectly (112) struck. According to Sachs, Directly struck (111) Directly struck idiophones produce sound resulting from a direct action of the performer as opposed to the indirectly struck idiophones. The player strikes the instrument with a direct action, either by hand or by mechanical intermediate devices, beaters, keyboards, or by pulling ropes, etc. It is definitive that the player can apply clearly defined individual strokes and that the instrument itself is equipped for this kind of percussion. There are two main categories of directly struck id ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sticks (short Story)
"Sticks" is a short story by horror fiction writer Karl Edward Wagner, first published in the March 1974 issue of '' Whispers''. It has been reprinted in several anthologies, including the revised edition of ''Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos'', indicating that it is part of the Cthulhu Mythos genre. While on a fishing trip in the Adirondack Mountains, horror illustrator Colin Leverett encounters an old abandoned house surrounded by bizarre stick formations. Enthusiastically sketching the strange constructions, he enters the house and is attacked by a lich in the basement, from whom he narrowly escapes. Many years later, Leverett is contacted by a descendant of a famous horror author, H. Kenneth Allard (supposedly based on H.P. Lovecraft), who hires him to illustrate a volume of Allard's previously unpublished stories. When Leverett decides to base the illustrations on his old sketches of the stick lattices, he is unwittingly drawn into a supernatural conspiracy of potentially apoc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elmore Leonard
Elmore John Leonard Jr. (October 11, 1925August 20, 2013) was an American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. His earliest novels, published in the 1950s, were Westerns, but he went on to specialize in crime fiction and suspense thrillers, many of which have been adapted into motion pictures. Among his best-known works are '' Get Shorty'', '' Out of Sight'', ''Swag'', ''Hombre'', ''Mr. Majestyk'', and '' Rum Punch'' (adapted as the film '' Jackie Brown''). Leonard's writings include short stories that became the films '' 3:10 to Yuma'' and '' The Tall T'', as well as the FX television series '' Justified''. Early life and education Leonard was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, the son of Flora Amelia (née Rive) and Elmore John Leonard. Because his father worked as a site locator for General Motors, the family moved frequently for several years. In 1934, the family settled in Detroit. He graduated from the University of Detroit Jesuit High School in 1943 and, afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stick (novel)
Stick or the stick may refer to: Thin elongated objects * Twig * The weapon used in stick fighting * Walking stick, a device to facilitate balancing while walking * Shepherd's crook * Swagger stick * Digging stick * Swizzle stick, used to stir drinks Sports * Bandy stick, used in bandy * Cue stick, used in pool, snooker and carom billiards * Hockey stick, used in hockey ** Field hockey stick ** Ice hockey stick * Lacrosse stick, used in lacrosse * The rods, called "the sticks" used to measure distance by the chain crew in American football Music * Drum stick, used to strike drums * Part of a bow used to play a string instrument * Chapman Stick, an electric musical instrument in the guitar family * Percussion stick, a struck percussion instrument * ''Led Zeppelin IV'', a 1971 album sometimes referred to as ''Sticks'' * ''The Sticks'' (album), a 2012 album by Canadian band Mother Mother * ''Sticks'', a 2019 EP by Bish included within the album ''Carrots and Sticks'' * "The Stick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stick (comics) Stick is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, depicted as a blind sensei and leader of the Chaste who trained Matt Murdock and Elektra Natchios. Stick appeared in the 2005 film ''Elektra'' portrayed by Terence Stamp, and in the first two seasons of the streaming television series ''Daredevil'' and the miniseries '' The Defenders'' (2017), set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), portrayed by Scott Glenn. Publication history Stick first appeared in ''Daredevil'' #176 and was created by Frank Miller. Fictional character biography The mysterious Stick is a blind sensei who trained Matt Murdock. Stick has made it his mission to keep the Chaste pure and clean from any evil infection. He forbade another of his prominent students, Elektra Natchios, from remaining in their ranks because of her vengeful personality, in spite of her formidable progress. Stick is quite punishing and arrogant with his charges. He encountered Wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] |
