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See also: Heads of Government of Sierra Leone The President is Ahmad Tejan Kabbah (since 29 March 1996, reinstated 10 March 1998). The president is both the head of state and head of government. Ministers of State are appointed by the president with the approval of the House of Representatives; the cabinet is responsible to the president. The president is elected by popular vote for a five-year term; elections were last held 14 May 2002 (Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, SLPP, 70.6%; Ernest Koroma, APC, 22.4%). The president ...

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Politics of Sierra Leone, Politics of Sierra Leone - Overview, Politics of Sierra Leone - Executive, Politics of Sierra Leone - Legislative, Politics of Sierra Leone - Judiciary, Politics of Sierra Leone - Political parties and leaders

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When used in combat, the nunchaku provide the obvious advantage of an increase in the reach of one's strike. Although somewhat difficult to control, the rope or chain joint of the nunchaku adds the benefit of striking from unexpected angles. Practitioners of the flashier styles contend that the motion of the nunchaku is often found distracting by opponents, who may have trouble keeping up with the nunchaku's rapid motion. In addition, the reach of the nunchaku is often underest ...

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Nunchaku, Nunchaku - Legality, Nunchaku - History, Nunchaku - Formal nunchaku styles, Nunchaku - Anatomy of the traditional nunchaku, Nunchaku - Anatomy of the modern nunchaku, Nunchaku - Nunchaku in combat, Nunchaku - Care of the nunchaku, Nunchaku - Nunchaku masters, Nunchaku - Nunchaku Trivia

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For wooden nunchaku it is advisable (although not strictly necessary) to clean the nunchaku with a cloth moistened in olive oil, camellia oil or any other plant oil for easier grip and this also prevents fading of the original color (because it puts a coating layer where the varnish disappeared). When hitting hard objects the wood may splinter. If this happens you can get splinters in your hands. To avoid this simply take an office-type sellotape (as it is wide, light, thin profiled, transparent and very tough when surface mounted) and caref ...

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Nunchaku, Nunchaku - Legality, Nunchaku - History, Nunchaku - Formal nunchaku styles, Nunchaku - Anatomy of the traditional nunchaku, Nunchaku - Anatomy of the modern nunchaku, Nunchaku - Nunchaku in combat, Nunchaku - Care of the nunchaku, Nunchaku - Nunchaku masters, Nunchaku - Nunchaku Trivia

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Unlike other kobudo weapons of the same period such as the Bo and Sai, there are no surviving Katas for the Nunchaku. Practice movements were transmitted by word of mouth, physical representation and in limited writing, suggesting that the Nunchaku was a less formalized tradition, and training methods did not reach the level of sophistication as the other kobudo weapons. A list of noted nunchaku masters with their respective publications: Bruce Lee Tadashi Yamashita - Dynamic Nunchaku Jiro Shiroma - Nunchaku, the Complete Training Guide Fumio Demura - Nunch ...

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Nunchaku, Nunchaku - Legality, Nunchaku - History, Nunchaku - Formal nunchaku styles, Nunchaku - Anatomy of the traditional nunchaku, Nunchaku - Anatomy of the modern nunchaku, Nunchaku - Nunchaku in combat, Nunchaku - Care of the nunchaku, Nunchaku - Nunchaku masters, Nunchaku - Nunchaku Trivia

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The modern nunchaku can be made from any suitable material: from wood as well as from almost any plastic or fiberglass material, commonly covered with foam to prevent self-injury or the injury of others. Modern equivalents of the rope are nylon cord or metal chains on ball bearing joints. The Nunchaku-Do sport, governed by the World Nunchaku Association, promotes black and yellow Styrofoam chucks. The difference with readily available p ...

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Nunchaku, Nunchaku - Legality, Nunchaku - History, Nunchaku - Formal nunchaku styles, Nunchaku - Anatomy of the traditional nunchaku, Nunchaku - Anatomy of the modern nunchaku, Nunchaku - Nunchaku in combat, Nunchaku - Care of the nunchaku, Nunchaku - Nunchaku masters, Nunchaku - Nunchaku Trivia

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A nunchaku is two sections of wood (or metal in modern incarnations) connected by a cord or chain. Chinese nunchaku tend to be rounded, whereas Japanese are octagonal. The ideal length of each piece should be the length of the users forearm; the bone between elbow and wrist. Traditionally both ends are of equal length (although asymmetrical nunchakus exist). The ideal length for the connecting rope/chain can be calibrated for each individual by letting the rope hang over the wrist, with the sticks hanging comfortably pointing straight to the ...

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Nunchaku, Nunchaku - Legality, Nunchaku - History, Nunchaku - Formal nunchaku styles, Nunchaku - Anatomy of the traditional nunchaku, Nunchaku - Anatomy of the modern nunchaku, Nunchaku - Nunchaku in combat, Nunchaku - Care of the nunchaku, Nunchaku - Nunchaku masters, Nunchaku - Nunchaku Trivia

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According to Ben Jones ("Cooter" in the show), as well as builders involved with the show, 309 General Lees were used to film the series. Twenty still exist in various states of repair. On average, more than one General Lee was used up per show. When filming a jump, anywhere from 500 to 1,000 pounds of lead or concrete ballast was placed in the trunk to prevent the car from nosing over. Stunt drivers report enjoying the flights but hating the landings. Despite the ballast, the landing attitude of the car was somewhat unpredicta ...

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The General Lee, The General Lee - Description, The General Lee - History, The General Lee - Differing Eras of The General Lee, The General Lee - The Georgia era, The General Lee - The Valuzet era, The General Lee - The Warner Brothers era, The General Lee - Engines, The General Lee - Exhaust Systems, The General Lee - General Trivia and other references, The General Lee - Media

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The most common martial arts to use nunchaku are the Japanese and Okinawan martial arts such as some forms of karate/kobudo, but some Eskrima systems also teach practitioners to use nunchaku. Songahm Taekwondo, a Korean style patterned after karate, also teaches how to use one and two Nunchakus, though in Korean, they are known as Sahng Jeol Bahngs, or sometimes Sahng Jeol Bongs. The styles of these three arts are rather different; the traditional Okinawan arts would have used the sticks primarily to grip and lock, while the Filipino arts would have used the sticks primarily for striking, whi ...

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Nunchaku, Nunchaku - Legality, Nunchaku - History, Nunchaku - Formal nunchaku styles, Nunchaku - Anatomy of the traditional nunchaku, Nunchaku - Anatomy of the modern nunchaku, Nunchaku - Nunchaku in combat, Nunchaku - Care of the nunchaku, Nunchaku - Nunchaku masters, Nunchaku - Nunchaku Trivia

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"The General" is a reddish-orange 1969 Dodge Charger with a Rebel flag painted on the roof, and the words "GENERAL LEE" over each door. Each door also has a large "01" in black. The upper left corner of the "1" in the "01" differs on occasion, causing continuity errors. When the car's horn is pressed, it plays the first 12 notes from the de facto Confederate States anthem "Dixie" (See Media section below for sample). Though The General Lee is often used as a daily driver by Bo and Luke, the implied primary purpose of the ...

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The General Lee, The General Lee - Description, The General Lee - History, The General Lee - Differing Eras of The General Lee, The General Lee - The Georgia era, The General Lee - The Valuzet era, The General Lee - The Warner Brothers era, The General Lee - Engines, The General Lee - Exhaust Systems, The General Lee - General Trivia and other references, The General Lee - Media

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Main article: Demographics of Sierra Leone There are about 14 different tribes living in Sierra Leone, which together make up about 99% of the population. The most important tribes are the Temne (mostly in the north) and Mende (central and south), both forming about one third of the population. There is a sizeable number of Krioss, descendants of enslaved Africans, freed in London in the ...

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Sierra Leone, Sierra Leone - History, Sierra Leone - Politics, Sierra Leone - Provinces, Sierra Leone - Geography, Sierra Leone - Economy, Sierra Leone - Demographics, Sierra Leone - Miscellaneous topics

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Main article: Politics of Sierra Leone The head of state and government is the president, who is elected every five years (most recently in May 2002). He appoints and heads a cabinet of ministers. The Sierra Leonean parliament is unicameral, with 124 seats. 112 members are elected concurrently with the presidential elections; the other 12 seats are filled by paramount chiefs from each of the country's 12 administrative districts. Local Government elections were held in 2004 (for the first time since 1972), electing 456 ...

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Sierra Leone, Sierra Leone - History, Sierra Leone - Politics, Sierra Leone - Provinces, Sierra Leone - Geography, Sierra Leone - Economy, Sierra Leone - Demographics, Sierra Leone - Miscellaneous topics

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Some Rishonim, including Rabbenu Yaakov Tam, report that a custom in the era of the Talmud was to read a haftarah at the mincha service each Sabbath afternoon — but that this haftarah was from the Ketuvim rather than from the Nevi'im. Most halachic authorities maintain that that was not the custom in Talmudic times, and that such a custom should not be followed. In the era of the Geonim, some communities, including some in Persia, read a haftarah from Nevi'im Sabbath afternoons. Although this practice is virtually defunct, most ...

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Haftarah, Haftarah - History, Haftarah - Who reads the haftarah, Haftarah - The haftarah blessings, Haftarah - Haftarah cantillation, Haftarah - Haftarot on Sabbath afternoon, Haftarah - Haftarah as a Bar- or Bat-Mitzvah ritual, Haftarah - List of Haftarot, Haftarah - Haftarot for Genesis, Haftarah - Haftarot for Exodus, Haftarah - Haftarot for Leviticus, Haftarah - Haftarot for Numbers, Haftarah - Haftarot for Deuteronomy, Haftarah - Haftarot for special Sabbaths Festivals and Fast Days, Haftarah - Haftarah for a bridegroom

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The current Okinawan head of Isshinryu is Shimabuku Kichiro, the oldest son of Shimabuku Tatsuo. However there are many political disagreements, and most would rather follow the younger son, Ciso, who Tatsuo intended to leave the style to, or Shimabuku Tatsuo's son-in-law Angi Uezi, who heads a separate organization in Okinawa. There are also many Isshinryu organizations that exist independent of Okinawan control or leadership, each with its own separate leaders. Don Nagle, an American Marine, opened the first Isshinryu dojo in the United States in Jersey ...

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Isshin-ryu, Isshin-ryu - Kata, Isshin-ryu - Empty-handed kata, Isshin-ryu - Bo staff kata, Isshin-ryu - Sai forked weapon kata, Isshin-ryu - Other kata, Isshin-ryu - Organization, Isshin-ryu - History, Isshin-ryu - Tatsuo Shimabuku

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The haftarah is read with cantillation according to a unique melody (not with the same cantillation melody as the Torah). The tradition to read Nevi'im with its own special melody is attested to in late medieval sources, both Ashkenazic and Sephardic. A medieval Sephardic source notes that the melody for the haftarot is a slight variation of the tune used for reading the boo ...

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Haftarah, Haftarah - History, Haftarah - Who reads the haftarah, Haftarah - The haftarah blessings, Haftarah - Haftarah cantillation, Haftarah - Haftarot on Sabbath afternoon, Haftarah - Haftarah as a Bar- or Bat-Mitzvah ritual, Haftarah - List of Haftarot, Haftarah - Haftarot for Genesis, Haftarah - Haftarot for Exodus, Haftarah - Haftarot for Leviticus, Haftarah - Haftarot for Numbers, Haftarah - Haftarot for Deuteronomy, Haftarah - Haftarot for special Sabbaths Festivals and Fast Days, Haftarah - Haftarah for a bridegroom

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A blessing both precedes and follows the haftarah reading. The blessings are read using haftarah cantillation by the person to read the haftarah portion. The blessing that precedes the reading translates as: "Blessed art Thou, O Lord our God, King of the universe, who has chosen good prophets, and has found pleasure in their words which were spoken in truth. "Blessed art Thou, O Lord, who hast chosen the Law, and Moses Thy servant, and Israel Thy people ...

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Haftarah, Haftarah - History, Haftarah - Who reads the haftarah, Haftarah - The haftarah blessings, Haftarah - Haftarah cantillation, Haftarah - Haftarot on Sabbath afternoon, Haftarah - Haftarah as a Bar- or Bat-Mitzvah ritual, Haftarah - List of Haftarot, Haftarah - Haftarot for Genesis, Haftarah - Haftarot for Exodus, Haftarah - Haftarot for Leviticus, Haftarah - Haftarot for Numbers, Haftarah - Haftarot for Deuteronomy, Haftarah - Haftarot for special Sabbaths Festivals and Fast Days, Haftarah - Haftarah for a bridegroom

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No one knows for certain the origins of reading the haftarah, but several theories have been put forth. The most common explanation, accepted by some traditional Jewish authorities, is that when the Jews were under the rule of the Seleucid king Antiochus IV Epiphanes, they were forbidden from reading the Pentateuch and made do with a substitute. When they were again able to read the Pentateuch, they kept ...

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Haftarah, Haftarah - History, Haftarah - Who reads the haftarah, Haftarah - The haftarah blessings, Haftarah - Haftarah cantillation, Haftarah - Haftarot on Sabbath afternoon, Haftarah - Haftarah as a Bar- or Bat-Mitzvah ritual, Haftarah - List of Haftarot, Haftarah - Haftarot for Genesis, Haftarah - Haftarot for Exodus, Haftarah - Haftarot for Leviticus, Haftarah - Haftarot for Numbers, Haftarah - Haftarot for Deuteronomy, Haftarah - Haftarot for special Sabbaths Festivals and Fast Days, Haftarah - Haftarah for a bridegroom

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Isshin-ryu - Tatsuo Shimabuku. A native of Okinawa, Tatsuo Shimabuku studied the Shorin-ryu and Goju-ryu systems. He began training under his uncle, and then under Chotoku Kiyan who would be his most influential instructor (and after whom he initially named his style). He also studied karate from Chojun Miyagi and Choki Motobu. He then studied Ryukyu Kobudo, the art of traditional Okinawan weapons, including the sai, bo, and tonfa, under Taira Shinken and Yabiku Moden. From the open-hand and weapons techniques of ...

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Isshin-ryu, Isshin-ryu - Kata, Isshin-ryu - Empty-handed kata, Isshin-ryu - Bo staff kata, Isshin-ryu - Sai forked weapon kata, Isshin-ryu - Other kata, Isshin-ryu - Organization, Isshin-ryu - History, Isshin-ryu - Tatsuo Shimabuku

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Miyamoto Musashi - Birth. Much of Miyamoto Musashi's early life is shrouded in mystery. His place and date of birth are uncertain. One likely possibility is that he was born into a samurai family in the village of Miyamoto (in present-day Mimasaka, Okayama or Harima) in the province of Mimasaka. As a member of the Shinmen Family, his full name was Shinmen Musashi no Kami Fujiwara no Genshin. When Musashi was seven years old, his father died and the boy was raised as a Buddhist by his uncle, Dorinbo. ...

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Miyamoto Musashi, Miyamoto Musashi - Biography, Miyamoto Musashi - Birth, Miyamoto Musashi - Upbringing, Miyamoto Musashi - Training in swordsmanship, Miyamoto Musashi - Timeline, Miyamoto Musashi - Adolescence and Maturity, Miyamoto Musashi - Death, Miyamoto Musashi - Legends, Miyamoto Musashi - Philosophy, Miyamoto Musashi - The Way of Strategy, Miyamoto Musashi - Myths, Miyamoto Musashi - Miyamoto Musashi in fiction

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Main article: Economy of Sierra Leone Sierra Leone is an extremely poor nation with tremendous inequality in income distribution. In fact, it has the lowest average income in the world. It does have substantial mineral and fishery resources and agricultural potential. However, the economic and social infrastructure is not well developed, and serious social disorders continue to hamper economic development, following a 9-year civil war. About two-thirds of the working-age population engages in subsistence agriculture. Manufacturing consists mainly of the processing of raw materials and of ligh ...

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Sierra Leone, Sierra Leone - History, Sierra Leone - Politics, Sierra Leone - Provinces, Sierra Leone - Geography, Sierra Leone - Economy, Sierra Leone - Demographics, Sierra Leone - Miscellaneous topics

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Main article: Geography of Sierra Leone Much of Sierra Leone's coastline consists of mangrove swamps, with the exception of the peninsula on which the capital city Freetown is located. The rest of Sierra Leone is mostly plateau (about 300 m above sea level) covered by forests, with mountains in the northeast of the country (highest point Loma Mansa, 1,948 m). The climate is tropical, with a rainy season from May to December. Major cities are the capital Freeto ...

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Sierra Leone, Sierra Leone - History, Sierra Leone - Politics, Sierra Leone - Provinces, Sierra Leone - Geography, Sierra Leone - Economy, Sierra Leone - Demographics, Sierra Leone - Miscellaneous topics

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These events are details from The Book of Five Rings. Miyamoto Musashi - Adolescence and Maturity. From 1605 to 1612 he traveled extensively all over Japan in Musha-Shugyo, a warrior pilgrimage during which he honed his skills with duels. He was said to have used bokken or bokuto in actual duels. Most of duels from these times did not try to take the opponent's life unless both agreed, but most duels, it is known that Musashi did not care which weapon another was using - ...

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