Grip

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Grip!

"Grip!" is the 24th single by the Japanese J-pop group Every Little Thing, released on March 12, 2003. This single was used in the anime series InuYasha as the fourth opening for the end of season four and all of season five while "Yura Yura" was used as the ending song for the animated movie InuYasha the Movie: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass.

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Grip (tennis)

In tennis, a grip is a way of holding the racquet in order to hit shots during a match. The three most commonly used conventional grips are: the Continental (or "Chopper"), the Eastern and the Western. Most players change grips during a match depending on what shot they are hitting.

The octagonal handle

In order to understand the grips, it is important to know that the handle of a racquet always consists of 8 sides or, in other words, has an octagonal shape. A square shape would hurt the hand, while a round shape would not give enough friction to gain a firm grip. The eight sides of the handle are called bevels. We can number the bevels from 1 to 8 as follows: if the blade of the racquet is perpendicular to the ground, the bevel facing up is bevel #1. Rotating the racquet counter-clockwise (for a right handed player, clockwise for a left handed player), the next bevel facing up is bevel #2, if you are right-handed, and clockwise if you are left-handed, and so on to identify all 8 bevels.

Grip (software)

Grip is a free Compact Disc player and CD ripper within the GNOME project.

Development began in 1998, and it was registered as a project at the SourceForge.net free and open-source software website on March 17, 2000. Pre-compiled binaries are available for RPM Linux distributions. The software is rather similar to Audiograbber on Windows - without sound card capture feature; it is fast, light, easy to compile and it does well what it is intended to do.

Grip uses a selection of encoders, including cdparanoia.

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Grip (job)

In the U.S. and Canada, grips are lighting and rigging technicians in the filmmaking and video production industries. They constitute their own department on a film set and are directed by a key grip. Grips have two main functions. The first is to work closely with the camera department to provide camera support, especially if the camera is mounted to a dolly, crane, or in an unusual position, such as the top of a ladder. Some grips may specialize in operating camera dollies or camera cranes. The second main function of grips is to work closely with the electrical department to create lighting set-ups necessary for a shot under the direction of the director of photography.

In the UK, Australia and most parts of Europe, grips are not involved in lighting. In the "British System", adopted throughout Europe and the British Commonwealth (excluding Canada), a grip is solely responsible for camera mounting and support.

The term "grip" is from the early era of the circus. From there it was used in vaudeville and then in today's film sound stages and sets. Some have suggested the name comes from the 1930s–40s slang term for a tool bag or "grip" that these technicians use to carry their tools. Another theory is that in the days of hand-cranked cameras, it was necessary for a few burly men to hang on to the tripod legs to stop excessive movement of the camera. These men became known as the "good grips"—as they were constantly being instructed to "keep a good grip on the tripod".

Grip Ltd.

Grip was the name of the Toronto, Ontario design firm that was home to many of Canada's premier designers and painters during the first half of the 20th century.

The company was founded in 1873 by the cartoonist J. W. Bengough to publish his satirical weekly magazine Grip. In addition to publishing the magazine, Bengough published chapbooks and did design work and advertising for various clients. After Bengough lost control of the company in the 1890s, the company became better known as an important design firm, providing artwork, wood cuts, and other services for merchandise and print advertising. Many artists like C. W. Jefferys, Tom Thomson and members of the Group of Seven were employed there.

The company was later renamed Rapid Grip. Later it became known as Batten, then Bomac Batten, until it was finally purchased by the Laird Group.

Grip magazine was briefly revived in 2000 as a satirical quarterly, published by Toronto-based Lategan Media Group.

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