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  2. Contra dance choreography - Wikipedia

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    A figure which takes four counts and is often performed with a partner before a swing, [3] though it can also be done in circles or wavy lines. [2] There are many variations in how a balance is executed, but most commonly it consists of stepping on the right foot and kicking the left, and then stepping on the left foot and kicking the right. [ 2 ]

  3. Load-link/store-conditional - Wikipedia

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    If any updates have occurred, the store-conditional is guaranteed to fail, even if the value read by the load-link has since been restored. As such, an LL/SC pair is stronger than a read followed by a compare-and-swap (CAS), which will not detect updates if the old value has been restored (see ABA problem).

  4. Swing (seat) - Wikipedia

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    A swing is a seat or platform, suspended from chains, ropes, or bars, on which one or more people can swing back and forth for enjoyment or relaxation. Swings are a common piece of equipment at children's playgrounds and may also be found in yards or gardens, on porches, inside homes (for example, the Indian oonjal ), or as freestanding public ...

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    “The loudest fan base in the world, baby,” Kelce said. “Yeaaaah, Chiefs Kingdom. “We’re ready, baby. Let’s get this thing going.” ...

  6. Sting (percussion) - Wikipedia

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    [citation needed] When a full orchestra flourish is to be indicated as a sting, it sometimes is written or spoken as, ta da! or ta da— as an interjection. In the context of percussion, rimshot normally refers to a single stroke of the stick in which the rim and head of a drum are both struck simultaneously by the same stick, creating an ...

  7. Balanced-arm lamp - Wikipedia

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    A balancing arm (the forearm) has on one side of an axis a small counterweight and on the other side a lamp cap. These parts are lifted by a second bigger balancing arm (the upper arm) that has on the other side of a second axis a heavier counterweight. The lamp designed by Edouard-Wilfrid Buquet in 1927 works in this way.

  8. Valemax - Wikipedia

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    The new Valemax ships, expected to cut the company's transportation costs by 20–25%, [143] were blamed for driving down the freight rates for the entire industry, swelling the already oversupplied bulk transportation market and stalling the recovery of the shipping business after the Great Recession.

  9. Jazz improvisation - Wikipedia

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    In jazz, when one instrumentalist or singer is doing a solo, the other ensemble members play accompaniment parts. While fully written-out accompaniment parts are used in large jazz ensembles, such as big bands, in small groups (e.g., jazz quartet, piano trio, organ trio, etc.), the rhythm section members typically improvise their accompaniment parts, an activity called comping.