A programmable dancing figurine visually representative of a religious or biblical figure, and a method of conducting a dance routine with the programmable dancing figurine are presented herein. In accordance with a method, desired movement information is received that identifies a desired motion of a mechanical body, the mechanical body having a first number of degrees of freedom. The information file contains data blocks, and each data block identifies the position of a data packet with structural information, as well as the distance to the next or previous such data packet, and additional information relating to the respective data packet. A sealing ring is mounted in the passageway adjacent the rearward face and provides a seal between the tubular body and an end of the conduit. The vibration detecting unit, inclusive of a differential transformer having a plurality of coils and a magnetic body, is disposed between the supporting metallic part and the washing machine base and detects a vibration of the water tub. Metal-carbene complexes comprising N-heterocyclic carbene ligands can be chiral, which are useful for catalyzing enantioselective synthesis.