A shtick (Yiddish: שטיק) is a comic theme or gimmick. The word entered the English language from the Yiddish shtik (שטיק), in turn derived from German Stück and Polish sztuka (both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *stukkiją), all meaning "piece" or "thing"; note that "Theaterstück" is the German
word for Play (theatre) (and is a synonym of "Schauspiel", literally "viewing play"
in contrast to the "Singspiel").
The English word "piece" is sometimes used in a similar context (e.g., a musical piece).
In stand-up comedy context a near equivalent term is a "bit". Another variant is "bits of business" or just "bits". Shtick may refer to an adopted persona, usually for comedy performances, that is maintained consistently (though not necessarily exclusively) across the performer's career. In this usage, the recurring personalities adopted by Laurel and Hardy through all of their many comedy films (although they often played characters with different names and occupations) would qualify as their shtick. A comedian might maintain several different shticks of this sort, particularly if appearing in a variety show encouraging development of multiple characters, such as Saturday Night Live.
In common usage, the word shtick has also come to mean any talent, style, habit, or other eccentricity for which a person is particularly well-known, even if not intended for comedic purposes. For example, a person who is known locally for an ability to eat dozens of hot dogs quickly might say that it was his shtick. Among Orthodox Jews, "shtick" can also refer to wedding shtick, in which wedding guests entertain the bride and groom through dancing, costumes, juggling, and silliness.
Because of its roots in show business, shtick has taken on connotation of a contrived and often used act. For this reason, journalists and commentators often apply the word disparagingly to stock replies from politicians.
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a)Solve 3cosec x-5sin x = 2 for 0<x<360degrees
b) Prove that cosecx - sinx = cosx cotx
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I was messing around with various integral problems for a test a few months before, and I got stuck on a problem I made up:
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The problem gives a graph of Emf versus time, in a circuit consisting of capacitor C and voltage source e. It asks to draw the time dependence of the current I in the circuit.
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The graph looks like a trapezoid, positive slope starting at Emf=0 t=0...
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I have a sway case beam as in the image below, but do not know the equation for the pinned joints.
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I found the minimal polynomial p(x) of 4th root of 2 over Q and Q(i) to be
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An unstable high-energy particle is created in the laboratory, and it moves at a speed of 0.978c. Relative to a stationary reference frame fixed to the laboratory, the particle travels a distance of 1.38x10-3 m before disintegrating.
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Two objects, m1 = 5.50 kg and m2 = 3.00 kg, are connected by a light string passing over a light frictionless pulley as shown in the figure below. The object of mass 5.50 kg is released from rest, h = 4.50 m above the ground.
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dx(1)/dt=-0.1x(1)-x(2)
dx(2)/dt=x(1)-0.1x(2)
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A cannon is arrange to fire projectiles, with initial speed V0, directly up the face of a hill of elevation angle alpha. At what angle from the horizontal should the cannon be aimed to obtain the maximum possible range R up the face of the hill?
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A 10.00 mL solution of 0.2500 M CH3COONa is titrated with 0.1300 M HCl to the equivalence point.
CH3COO− + H+ → CH3COOH
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Calculate the pH of the solution at the equivalence point.
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y'' - 2y'+ 6y = 0
y(0) = 3
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The Attempt at a Solution
I found the characteristic equation: x2 - 9x = 0, which has roots at 0 and 9.
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If AB = BA and p is a nonnegative integer, show that (AB)^p = (A^p)(B^p)
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N/A
The Attempt at a Solution
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In order for a jumbo jet to take off, it must reach a final velocity of 360 km/h. Given that it moves at a constant acceleration and that the runway is 1.8 km long, find the minimum initial acceleration required to reach the final velocity. The jet starts at rest...
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Use Fourier transforms to get solution in terms of f(t) adn g(t)Homework Equations
d4u + K2*d2u =0
dx4 (space) dt2
u(0,t)=f(t)
u'(0,t)=g(t)
u''(L,t)=0
u'''(L,t)=0
The Attempt at a Solution
I been working no it for hours the best I got is
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(\frac{n + \frac{1}{c}}{\frac{s}{n} }) [\mu^2 - 2\mu(\frac{n \overline{y}}{n+\frac{1}{c}})]
then i completed the square:
(\frac{n +...
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A 25.0g ice cube at its melting point is added to a calorimeter water at 25.4ºC. When thermal equilibrium is reached, the final temperature of the mixture is at 15.0ºC. The original volume of water in the calorimeter was?
This is all the data given.
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B. 136mL
C. 209mL
D. 228mL...
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The question...
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#!/usr/bin/python
#Filename: continue1.py
while True:
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if len(s) < 3:
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An electronic switching device occasionally malfunctions and may need to be replaced. It is known that the...
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A horizontal massless spring of spring constant k is attached to a immovable wall at one end and a mass of 0.45kg at the other end. The spring which was not originally under tension, is now extended by 0.18 m by pulling the mass horizontally. The mass was then released by...
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an i section beam 5 meters long, supported both ends,
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caculate,
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min bending stress
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a neutral kaon at rest decays to pion- and pion+ , if kaon rest mass is 497.7MeV/c^2, and the pions rest mass is 139.6MeV/c^2, what are the kinetic energies of the resulting pions?
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I have an assignment, which is to Solve Schrodinger's equations, for a certain potential distribution, which can be divided up into three regions.
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When one calculates electric potentials, it involves integrating over the charge distribution, and for a surface with a uniform charge distribution, you encounter an integral of the form:
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Equation: dy/dx=x+1/3y^2 where y>0
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I'm to show that (1/2x^2+x+8)^1/3 is a solution
The Attempt at a Solution
Splitting it up in x/3y^2+1/3y^2 has been futile and I'm out of ideas.
Can anyone help me see the light?
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Prove the pigeonhole principle directly. so basically |Nk-{x}|=|Nk-1| if k>1 is an integer and x belongs to the set of naturals.
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The Attempt at a Solution
I have no idea even where to begin.
State Gauss' Law
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2. y =LtanΘ...
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a robotic space probe of mass 7600 KG is traveling through space at 120 m/s. Mission control determines that a change in course of 30.0 degrees is necessary and instructs the probe to fire rockets perpendicular to its direction of motion. If the escaping gas leaves the...