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American martial artist, actor, film producer and screenwriter
This article is about the American martial artist and actor. For the American politician, see Chuck Norris (politician). For the guitarist, see Chuck Norris (musician).
Norris in 2015
Carlos Ray Norris
(1940-03-10) March 10, 1940 (age 79)
Ryan, Oklahoma, U.S.
Navasota, Texas, U.S.
Actor, martial artist, film producer, screenwriter, air policeman (U.S. Air Force)
5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Republican[1]
Dianne Holechek
Gena O'Kelley
5, including Mike and Eric Norris
Airman First Class
15th Air Force
22d Bombardment Group
452d Troop Carrier Wing
National Defense Service Medal
Korea Defense Service Medal
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
Air Force Longevity Service Award
Small Arms Expert Marksmanship
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Carlos Ray Norris (born March 10, 1940) is an American martial artist, actor, film producer and screenwriter. After serving in the United States Air Force, he won many martial arts championships and later founded his own school of fighting named Chun Kuk Do. Norris is a black belt in Tang Soo Do, Brazilian jiu jitsu and Judo.[3]
Norris appeared in Way of the Dragon alongside Bruce Lee, Good Guys Wear Black, The Octagon, Lone Wolf McQuade, Code of Silence, The Delta Force, and Missing in Action 1, 2, & 3. He was The Cannon Group's leading star in the 1980s.[4][5] He played the title role in the television series Walker, Texas Ranger from 1993 until 2001. Since 1997, he and model Christie Brinkley have been the main spokespersons for the Total Gym infomercials.
Norris has written several books on martial arts, exercise, philosophy, politics, Christian religion, western novels, and biography. He was twice a New York Times best-selling author, first with his book on his personal philosophy of positive force and the psychology of self-improvement based on personal anecdotes called The Secret of Inner Strength: My Story (1988). His second New York Times Best Seller, Black Belt Patriotism: How to Reawaken America (2008), was about his critique on current issues in the USA.
Originally starting in early 2005 on an internet forum and later on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Chuck Norris facts became an internet meme documenting fictional and often absurd feats of strength and endurance. Although Norris himself did not produce the "facts", he was hired to endorse many products that incorporated Chuck Norris facts in advertising, and the phenomenon resulted in six books (two of them New York Times Best Sellers) and two video games.
2.1 1958 to 1968: United States Air Force and Martial arts
2.2 1969-1978: Early roles and breakthrough
2.3 1979 to 1983: Action film star
2.4 1984 to 1988: Mainstream success
2.5 1990s: Subsequent success
2.6 2000 to present day: Internet fame and current works
3 Chun Kuk Do
4 Distinctions, awards, and honors
5.1 Family
5.2 Christianity
5.3 Political views
6 Philanthropy
9 Video games
Norris was born in Ryan, Oklahoma on March 10, 1940[6] to Wilma (née Scarberry, born May 4, 1921) and Ray Norris (1918–1971), who was a World War II Army soldier,[7] a mechanic, bus driver, and truck driver.[8] Norris has stated that he has Irish and Cherokee roots.[4][7][9] Norris was named after Carlos Berry, his father's minister.[7] He has two younger brothers, Wieland (1943–1970; killed in Vietnam) and Aaron (a Hollywood producer). When Norris was sixteen, his parents divorced,[10] and he later relocated to Prairie Village, Kansas and then to Torrance, California with his mother and brothers.[4]
Norris has described his childhood as downbeat. He was nonathletic, shy, and scholastically mediocre.[11] His father, Ray, worked intermittently as an automobile mechanic, and went on alcohol drinking binges that lasted for months at a time. Embarrassed by his father's behavior and the family's financial plight, Norris developed a debilitating introversion that lasted for his entire childhood.[12]
1958 to 1968: United States Air Force and Martial arts
He joined the United States Air Force as an Air Policeman (AP) in 1958 and was sent to Osan Air Base, South Korea. It was there that Norris acquired the nickname Chuck and began his training in Tang Soo Do (tangsudo), an interest that led to black belts in that art and the founding of the Chun Kuk Do ("Universal Way") form.[13] When he returned to the United States, he continued to serve as an AP at March Air Force Base in California. Norris was discharged from the U.S. Air Force in August 1962.
Following his military service, Norris started to participate in martial arts competitions. He was defeated in his first two tournaments, dropping decisions to Joe Lewis and Allen Steen. He lost three matches at the International Karate Championships to Tony Tulleners. By 1967 Norris had improved enough that he scored victories over the likes of Lewis, Skipper Mullins, and Vic Moore. Norris would be a two-time winner at S. Henry Cho's All American Championship.[14] In early 1968, Norris suffered the tenth and last loss of his career, losing an upset decision to Louis Delgado. On November 24, 1968, he avenged his defeat to Delgado and by doing so won the Professional Middleweight Karate champion title, which he held for six consecutive years.[10] In 1969, he won Karate's triple crown for the most tournament wins of the year, and the Fighter of the Year award by Black Belt magazine.
Norris also worked for the Northrop Corporation and opened a chain of karate schools including a storefront school in his then-hometown of Torrance, CA on Hawthorne Boulevard. Norris's official website lists celebrity clients at the schools; among them Steve McQueen, Chad McQueen, Bob Barker, Priscilla Presley, Donny Osmond and Marie Osmond.[15]
In 1968, when Norris competed for the World Title, Bruce Lee, who at the time was known for the TV series The Green Hornet, noticed him. They developed a friendship and trained together for the next two years, until Lee returned to Hong Kong to pursue his movie career.[16]
1969-1978: Early roles and breakthrough
In 1969, Norris made his acting debut in the Dean Martin film The Wrecking Crew. In 1972, he acted as Bruce Lee's nemesis in the widely acclaimed martial arts movie Way of the Dragon (titled Return of the Dragon in its U.S. distribution). The film grossed HK$5,307,350.50 at the Hong Kong box office, beating previous records set by Lee's own films, The Big Boss and Fist of Fury, making it the highest-grossing film of 1972 in Hong Kong. The film is credited with launching him toward stardom. In 1973, he had a small role in the comedy The Student Teachers.[17]
In 1974, actor Steve McQueen, who was his martial art student and friend at the time, saw his potential and encouraged him to begin acting classes at MGM.
That same year, he played the main antagonist in the Lo Wei film Yellow Faced Tiger.[18] He played the biggest drug king in San Francisco who owns everyone including the police department. He found his match when a young police officer stood up to him.[19]
In 1975, he wrote his first book Winning Tournament Karate on the practical study of competition training for any rank. It covers all phases of executing speedy attacks, conditioning, fighting form drills, and one-step sparring techniques.[20]
Norris' first starring role was 1977's Breaker! Breaker!, an action trucking film. After turning down offers to do many martial art films, Norris decided that he wanted to do films that had story and where the action would take place when it is emotionally right. The low budget film turned out to be very successful.[21]
In 1978, Norris starred in the thriller, Good Guys Wear Black, that he considers to be his first significant lead role. No studio wanted to release it, so Norris and his producers four-walled it, renting the theaters and taking whatever money came in.[22] The film did very well; shot on a $1 million budget, it made over $18 million at the box office.[23]
1979 to 1983: Action film star
In 1979, Norris starred in A Force of One, where he played Matt Logan, a world karate champion who assists the police in their investigation.[24] The film was developed while touring for Good Guys Wear Black. Again no studio wanted to pick it up, but it out-grossed the previous film by making $20 million at the box office.[22][25]
In 1980, he released The Octagon, where his character must stop a group of terrorists trained in the ninja style.[26] Unlike his previous films this time the studios were interested. American Cinema Releasing distributed it and it made almost $19 million at the box office.[22][27]
In 1981, he starred in Steve Carver's An Eye for an Eye, co-starring Christopher Lee, Richard Roundtree, Matt Clark, and Mako Iwamatsu.
The following year he had the lead in the action horror film Silent Rage (1982) it was his first film released by a major studio Columbia Pictures.[28] In the film Norris is a sheriff who must stop a mentally ill man who goes on a rampage after being granted near-indestructibility in a medical experiment.
Shortly afterward MGM gave him a three-movie deal, and that same year they released Forced Vengeance (1982). Norris was unhappy with the direction they wanted to take with him, hence the contract was cancelled.[22]
In 1983, Norris made Lone Wolf McQuade with Orion Pictures. He played J.J. McQuade, a reckless Texas Ranger who'd rather work alone, but who gets a new partner because his captain would like to have him supervised. The partners investigate an arms dealer played by David Carradine. The film was a worldwide hit and had a positive reception from movie critics, often being compared to Sergio Leone's stylish spaghetti westerns. The film became the inspiration for Norris's future hit TV show Walker, Texas Ranger. Film critic Roger Ebert gave the film a 3.5 star rating, calling the character of J.J. McQuade worthy of a film series and predicting the character would be a future classic.[29][30][31]
The same year, he also published his second book about general exercising called Toughen Up! the Chuck Norris Fitness System.[32]
Also in 1983, Xonox produced the video game Chuck Norris Superkicks for the Commodore 64, Commodore VIC-20, Atari 2600, and Colecovision. The game combines two types of gameplay: moving through a map, and fighting against enemies. The player takes control of Chuck Norris who has to liberate a hostage. It was later sold as Kung Fu Superkicks when the license for the use of the name Chuck Norris expired.
1984 to 1988: Mainstream success
In 1984, Norris starred in Missing in Action, the first of a series of POW rescue fantasies themed around the Vietnam War POW/MIA issue that were produced by Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus and released under their Cannon Films banner, with which he had signed a multiple movie deal.[33] He plays Colonel James Braddock, a US military officer who spent seven years in a North Vietnamese POW camp, which he escaped 10 years ago. After the war, Braddock accompanies a government investigation team that travels to Ho Chi Minh City to investigate reports of US soldiers still held prisoner. Norris later dedicated these films to his younger brother Wieland, who was a private in the 101st Airborne Division, and had been killed in June 1970 in Vietnam while on patrol in the defense of Firebase Ripcord.[34] The film was a huge success and Norris became Cannon's most prominent star of the 1980s.
Norris on the set of the film The Delta Force (1986)
In 1985, Cannon Films released Missing in Action 2: The Beginning and Invasion U.S.A. which were extremely successful. Missing in Action 2: The Beginning is a prequel to the first instalment, where Colonel James Braddock is held in a North Vietnamese POW camp run by sadistic Colonel, who forces the POWs to grow opium for a French drug runner, and tries to get Braddock to admit to and sign a long list of war crimes. During his team's time in captivity, they are relentlessly subjected to various forms of torture. This leads them to attempt escape, and Braddock plots to free his fellow prisoners and destroy the prison camp.
Invasion U.S.A. takes place during the Cold War area. Rostov, a Soviet operative leads a band of Latin American communist guerillas to invade Florida. The invasion force spreads out into the South and causes havoc by shooting bazookas into suburban homes, inciting race riots by impersonating the police and attacking ethnic events, and planting bombs in churches and on school buses. With terror spreading everywhere, martial law is declared. Norris plays a former CIA agent who has had previous encounters with Rostov, and can take him on.
That same year Orion Pictures released Code of Silence which received positive reviews and was also a box office success.[35][36][37][38] Code of Silence is a crime drama, and features Norris as a streetwise plainclothes officer who takes down a crime czar responsible for officers being wounded in a botched drug raid. It's considered by fans and critics as Chuck Norris's best film to date.
In 1986, he made two films co-starring with Academy Award winners. The first one The Delta Force with Lee Marvin, The Delta Force was a box office success. In the film Norris and Marvin are leaders of an elite squad of Special Forces troops based on the real life U.S. Army Delta Force unit, who face a group of Lebanese terrorists who have hijacked a Boeing 707.
The second release that year was Firewalker with Louis Gossett, Jr. as a co-lead. The American action adventure film co-stars Will Sampson and Melody Anderson. It was directed by J. Lee Thompson.[39] Norris and Gossett play Max Donigan and Leo Porter, two soldiers of fortune, whose adventures rarely result in any notable gain. They are befriended by an inscrutable woman of mystery Patricia (Anderson). Patricia's map leads them on a quest for treasure in Central America. The name of the movie comes from the powerful guardian of the treasure.
That same year he was involved in the production of the Ruby-Spears cartoon Karate Kommandos, which was published as a comic by Marvel Comics.
In 1987, he published the book The Secret of Inner Strength: My Story It is an explanation of his personal philosophy of positive force and the psychology of self-improvement and is interspersed with anecdotes about international karate competitions, training with Bruce Lee, and Norris's acting career. It became a New York Times Best Seller.[40]
In 1988, he made his last two films of the eighties, the first Braddock: Missing in Action III which marks his brother Aaron Norris's directorial debut. Aaron Norris had previously been stunt and/or fight coordinator in the vast majority of his filmography up until that year. Aaron would direct most of his films from that point on. Colonel James Braddock who had believed his Vietnamese wife to be dead since the war ended in 1975, but he hears from a missionary, that she is not only alive, but that she and Braddock have a 12-year-old son. He returns to Vietnam to save them.
The next one was Hero and the Terror, co-starring Brynn Thayer, Steve James, Jack O'Halloran, Jeffrey Kramer, Ron O'Neal, Murphy Dunne, and Billy Drago. The film stars Norris as Danny O'Brien as a cop trying to stop a serial killer, Simon Moon (O'Halloran) known as "The Terror".[41]
1990s: Subsequent success
By 1990, MGM acquired the Cannon Films library, and Norris made the sequel Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection where his character leads his Delta team into the fictional South American country of San Carlos to rescue hostages and stop the flow of cocaine into the United States.
In 1991, he starred in The Hitman, where he plays a cop who's been brutally shot by his crooked partner. He's in a coma for several years and when he wakes up he assumes a new identity and infiltrates a drug-smuggling operation run by the local Mafia.
In 1992, he did Sidekicks, his most successful film of that area. It is about a loner boy, who lives with his widowed father. He has vivid daydreams about being Chuck Norris' sidekick, battling against Norris's movie enemies, who are often personified by his everyday bullies.
In 1993, he began shooting the action series Walker, Texas Ranger. The show is centered on Sergeant Cordell Walker (Norris), a Dallas–Fort Worth–based member of the Texas Rangers, a state-level bureau of investigation and is about his adventures fighting criminals with his partner James Trivette. It lasted eight seasons on CBS and continued in syndication on other channels, notably the Hallmark Channel.[42] The show was very successful in the ratings throughout its run, ranking among the Top 30 programs from 1995 until 1999, and ranking in the Top 20 in both the 1995–1996 and 1998–1999 seasons. His character Walker had cameos in the spin-off Sons of Thunder, and the TV show Martial Law.
Also in 1993, he co-starred in the made-for-TV comedy film Wind in the Wire starring Randy Travis in the main role. The rest of the cast includes Burt Reynolds, Lou Diamond Phillips, Melanie Chartoff, Dale Robertson, Denver Pyle, Charles Nelson Reilly, and Peter Jason.[43]
During the prime of Walker, Texas Ranger, he continued making movies starting with Hellbound (1994). A supernatural thriller film starring co-starring Calvin Levels and Christopher Neame. It was the final film made by Cannon Films. Frank Shatter (Norris) and Calvin Jackson (Levels) are two Chicago Police detectives sent to investigate the brutal murder of a rabbi. As the investigation begins, Shatter and Jackson are summoned to Israel for questioning. Upon arrival, they realize that they are, in fact, pursuing a supernatural being – Satan's emissary, Prosatanos (Neame)– who tried to wrest control of the world from God during the crusades.
At the 1994 edition of the World Wrestling Federation (WWF)'s Survivor Series event, Norris was the special outside enforcer for the casket match between The Undertaker and Yokozuna.[44] During the match, Norris delivered a roundhouse kick to an interfering Jeff Jarrett.[45][46]
Top Dog (1995), an action comedy, in which Norris' character, Jake Wilder, is partnered with Reno, a police dog, whose handler was killed. Jake and Reno investigate a plot by domestic terrorists to attack a conference on unity.
Forest Warrior (1996), an environmental family film about a land developer who wants to cut down all the trees in a forest where a group of local children play. A mythical spirit appears (Norris) to help them to vanquish the villains.[47]
He starred in Logan's War: Bound by Honor (1998), is an award-winning made-for-TV action-drama film directed by Michael Preece. It was written by Walter Klenhard.[48] Co-starring in the film, with Eddie Cibrian and Joe Spano.[49][50]
In 1996, he published the book The Secret Power Within: Zen Solutions to Real Problems where he explains how the ancient system of Zen, the core philosophy behind the martial arts, can help achieve spiritual tranquility and self-confidence.[51]
Since 1997, Norris has appeared with Christie Brinkley in a long-running series of cable TV infomercials promoting Total Gym home fitness equipment.[52]
2000 to present day: Internet fame and current works
Norris during a meeting with Commanding Officer Captain J.R Haley, in June 2005
In the early 2000s, Norris starred in the television film The President's Man (2000), and action film co-starring starring Dylan Neal, Ralph Waite, Marla Adams, Stuart Whitman, and Soon-Tek Oh. The story is about, Joshua McCord (Norris) is ready to think about retiring from his grueling job as a Secret Service agent who's assigned to protect the president. After saving the First Lady (Adams), kidnapped by a mysterious band of terrorists, McCord prepares to train his replacement.
Its sequel The President's Man: A Line in the Sand (2002), co-starred Robert Urich, and Roxanne Hart. Secret agent Joshua McCord (Norris) is assigned by President Adam Mayfield (Urich) to prevent a band of terrorists from setting off a nuclear device in a U.S. city.
In 2003, he co-starred in the film Bells of Innocence, alongside Mike Norris (his son), David A. R. White, Carey Scott, and Marshall R. Teague. The film is about Jux Jonas (Mike Norris) a man who loses his faith in God, after losing his family in a car accident. Reluctantly, he joins friends Conrad (White) and Oren (Scott) for trip. However, their small aircraft soon crashes, and the trio find themselves in the secluded wasteland of Ceres, a town where visitors are seen as unwanted outsiders. They face the town elder, Joshua (Teague) with the help of local rancher Matthew (Chuck Norris).
That same year he was a guest on the TV Show Yes, Dear.
In 2004, he made a cameo in the Rawson Marshall Thurber' DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story starring Vince Vaughn and Ben Stiller. The plot follows a group of misfits entering a Las Vegas dodge ball tournament to save their cherished local gym from the onslaught of a corporate health fitness chain. Norris plays himself as one judge during the final match.
That same year he published his autobiography Against All Odds: My Story.
In 2005, Norris founded the World Combat League (WCL), a full-contact, team-based martial arts competition, of which part of the proceeds are given to his Kickstart Kids program.[53]
On October 17, 2005, CBS premiered the Sunday Night Movie of the Week, Walker, Texas Ranger: Trial by Fire. The production was a continuation of the series, and not scripted to be a reunion movie. Norris reprised his role as Cordell Walker for the movie. He has stated that future Walker, Texas Ranger Movie of the Week projects are expected; however, this was severely impaired by CBS's 2006–2007 season decision to no longer regularly schedule Movies of the Week on Sunday night.
Norris during a promotion ceremony at Camp Taqaddum in the Al Anbar province of Iraq on November 2, 2006
Chuck Norris facts originally started appearing on the Internet in early 2005. Created by Ian Spector, they are satirical factoids about Norris. Since then, they have become widespread in popular culture. The 'facts' are normally absurd hyperbolic claims about Norris' toughness, attitude, virility, sophistication, and masculinity. Norris has written his own response to the parody on his website, stating that he does not feel offended by them and finds some of them funny,[54] claiming that his personal favorite is that they wanted to add his face to Mount Rushmore, but the granite is not hard enough for his beard.[55] At first it was mostly college students exchanging them, but they later became extremely widespread.[56] Books, video games, and TV ads would be based on the trend.[citation needed]
From that point on, Norris started to tour with the Chuck Norris facts appearing on major talk shows, and even visiting the troops in Iraq, for morale boosting appearances.[57][58][59][60][61]
In 2006, he starred in the film The Cutter, co-starring Joanna Pacuła, Daniel Bernhardt, Bernie Kopell and Marshall R. Teague. After a deadly kidnapping rescue gone wrong, a guilt ridden detective (Norris) recruits his specialized SWAT team to successfully rescue an aged diamond cutter from the hands of a murderous thief.
During that time he published his first novel The Justice Riders (2006) and its sequel A Threat to Justice (2007) both were co-written with Ken Abraham, Aaron Norris, and Tim Grayem.[62][63]
On November 29, 2007, Gotham Books, the adult division of Penguin USA, released a book penned by Ian Spector entitled The Truth About Chuck Norris: 400 facts about the World's Greatest Human.[64] Norris subsequently filed suit in December against Penguin USA claiming "trademark infringement, unjust enrichment and privacy rights".[65] Norris dropped the lawsuit in 2008.[66] The book is a New York Times Best Seller. Since then, Spector has published four more books based on Chuck Norris facts, these are Chuck Norris Cannot Be Stopped: 400 All-New Facts About the Man Who Knows Neither Fear Nor Mercy, Chuck Norris: Longer and Harder: The Complete Chronicle of the World's Deadliest, Sexiest, and Beardiest Man, The Last Stand of Chuck Norris: 400 All New Facts About the Most Terrifying Man in the Universe, and Chuck Norris Vs. Mr. T: 400 Facts About the Baddest Dudes in the History of Ever (also a New York Times Best Seller).[67]
In 2008, he published the political non-fiction book Black Belt Patriotism: How to Reawaken America, which reached number 14 on the New York Times best seller list in September 2008.[68]
In 2008, Gameloft produced the video game Chuck Norris: Bring On the Pain for mobile devices, based on the popularity Norris had developed on the internet with the Chuck Norris facts.[69] The player takes control of Chuck Norris himself in a side-scrolling beat 'em up. The game was well reviewed.[70][71][72][73][74]
On October 7, 2009, Tyndale House Publishers issued The Official Chuck Norris Fact Book: 101 of Chuck's Favorite Facts and Stories, which was co-written and officially endorsed by Norris.[75]
In 2010, Norris appeared in advertisements for communications company T-Mobile in the Czech Republic.[76]
In 2011, Norris appeared in advertisements for the World of Warcraft video game.[77]
In 2012, Norris appeared in a series of commercials for the Polish bank BZ WBK.[78]
He co-starred in the 2012 sequel to The Expendables, alongside Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, Jean-Claude Van Damme, and many other action movie staples.The story of the second installment in The Expendables film series follows the mercenary group known as "the Expendables" as they undertake a seemingly simple mission which evolves into a quest for revenge against rival mercenary Jean Vilain (Van Damme), who murdered one of their own and threatens the world with a deadly weapon. Along the way they meet Booker (Norris) who saves them from Villain' minions and helps them along the way. The film was a success and grossed over $310 million worldwide.[79]
In 2015, he appeared in two commercials for the French TV show Pieds dans le plat.[80]
That same year, Norris and his wife Gena founded CForce Bottling Co. after an aquifer was discovered on his ranch.[81]
In 2016, he starred in the commercial for the beer Hoegaarden.[82]
In 2017, he appeared in the advertisement for United Healthcare.[83]
In 2017, Flaregames produced Non Stop Chuck Norris, an isometric action-RPG game for mobile device and is the second game to be based on his popularity developed by the Chuck Norris facts. The game was well reviewed.[84][85][86][87]
In 2017, Chuck Norris became Fiat's ambassador, a "tough face" for its commercial vehicles. Fiat says Norris embodies four pillars of its business: determination, reliability, dynamism, and competence.[88]
In 2018, Norris appeared in an ad for Hesburger, a Finnish hamburger chain.[89] That year he also did a commercial for Cerveza Poker.[90] His third commercial that year was for Toyota.[91]
Chun Kuk Do, Tang Soo Do, Taekwondo, Karate, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Judo
10th degree black belt Chun Kuk Do
9th degree black belt Tang Soo Do
8th degree black belt Taekwondo
5th degree black belt in Karate
3rd degree black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu[3]
Black belt in Judo
Chun Kuk Do
Chun Kuk Do was founded by Chuck Norris, and was originally based on Norris' Tang Soo Do training in Korea while he was in the military. During his competitive fighting career, Norris began to evolve the style to make it more effective and well-rounded by studying other systems such as Shōtōkan, Gōjū-ryū, Shitō-ryū, American Kenpo, Enshinkaikan, Kyokushin, Judo, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Arnis, Tae Kwon Do, Tang Soo Do and Hapkido. Chun Kuk Do now emphasizes self defense, competition, weapons, grappling, and fitness, among other things.[92] Each summer the United Fighting Arts Federation (UFAF) holds a training conference and the Chun Kuk Do world championship tournament in Las Vegas, Nevada.[93]
Chun Kuk Do includes a code of honor and rules to live by. These rules are from Norris' personal code. They are:[94]
I will develop myself to the maximum of my potential in all ways.
I will forget the mistakes of the past and press on to greater achievements.
I will continually work at developing love, happiness and loyalty in my family.
I will look for the good in all people and make them feel worthwhile.
If I have nothing good to say about a person, I will say nothing.
I will always be as enthusiastic about the success of others as I am about my own.
I will maintain an attitude of open-mindedness.
I will maintain respect for those in authority and demonstrate this respect at all times.
I will always remain loyal to my God, my country, family and my friends.
I will remain highly goal-oriented throughout my life because that positive attitude helps my family, my country and myself.
Like most traditional martial arts, Chun Kuk Do includes the practice of forms (Korean hyung and Japanese kata). The majority of the system's forms are adapted from Korean Tang Soo Do, and Taekwondo, Japanese Shitō-ryū, Shotokan Karate, Goju-ryu Karate, Judo, Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, American Kenpo and Kyokushinkai. It includes two organization-specific introductory forms, two organization-specific empty-hand forms, and one organization-specific weapon form (UFAF Nunchuk form, UFAF Bo form, UFAF Sai forms).[citation needed]
The United Fighting Arts Federation has graduated over 3,000 black belts in its history, and currently has nearly 4,000 active members world-wide.[95] There are about 90 member schools in the USA, Mexico, Norway, and Paraguay.[citation needed]
Distinctions, awards, and honors
Norris receiving the Veteran of the Year award by the U.S. Air Force in 2001
While in the military, Norris's rank units were Airman First Class, 15th Air Force, 22d Bombardment Group, and 452d Troop Carrier Wing.
Norris has received many black belts. These include a 10th degree black belt in Chun Kuk Do, a 9th degree black belt in Tang Soo Do, an 8th degree black belt in Taekwondo, a 5th degree black belt in Karate, a 3rd degree black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu from the Machado family, and a black belt in Judo.[96]
In 1967, he won the Sparring Grand Champions at the S. Henry Cho's All American Championship, and won it again the following year.[97]
In 1968, he won the Professional Middleweight Karate champion title, which he held for six consecutive years.[10]
In 1969, he won Karate's triple crown for the most tournament wins of the year.
In 1969, he won the Fighter of the Year award by Black Belt magazine.
In 1982, he won Action Star of the Year at the ShoWest Convention.
Chuck Norris Hollywood Star.
In 1989, he received his Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
In 1992, he won International Box Office Star of the Year at the ShoWest Convention.
In 1997, he won the Special Award of being a Texas legend at the Lone Star Film & Television Awards.
From 1997 to 1998, he won for three consecutive years the BMI TV Music Award at the BMI Awards.
In 1999, Norris was inducted into the Martial Arts History Museum's Hall of Fame.
In 1999, he was nominated for Favorite Actor in a Drama by the TV Guide Award.
Commandant Gen. James T. Conway making Norris an honorary United States Marine in 2007.
In 1999, he won the Inspirational Acting in Television Award at the Grace Prize Award.[98]
On July 1, 2000, Norris was presented the Golden Lifetime Achievement Award by the World Karate Union Hall of Fame.
In 2001, he received the Veteran of the Year at the American Veteran Awards.[53]
In 2001, he won the Golden Boot and the Golden Boot Awards.
On March 28, 2007, Commandant Gen. James T. Conway made Norris an honorary United States Marine during a dinner at the commandant's residence in Washington, D.C.[99]
On December 2, 2010, he (along with brother Aaron) was given the title honorary Texas Ranger by Texas Governor Rick Perry.[100]
In 2010, he won the Lifetime Achievement Award at the ActionFest.[101]
In 2017 he was honored as "Honorary Texan" because for many years he has lived at his Texas ranch near Navasota and he starred as Texas Ranger in his movie Lone Wolf McQuade and starred as ranger Cordell Walker in TV series Walker, Texas Ranger.
Norris married his classmate, Dianne Kay Holechek (born 1941), in December 1958 when he was 18, and Dianne 17 years of age. They met in 1956 at high school in Torrance, California. In 1962 their first child, Mike, was born. He also had a daughter who was born in 1963 of an extramarital affair.[102] Later, he had a second son, Eric, with his wife in 1964. After 30 years of marriage, Norris and Holechek divorced in 1989, after separating in 1988, during the filming of The Delta Force 2.
On November 28, 1998, he married former model Gena O'Kelley, 23 years Norris' junior. O'Kelley had two children from a previous marriage. She delivered twins on August 30, 2001.[103]
On September 22, 2004, Norris told Entertainment Tonight's Mary Hart that he did not meet his illegitimate daughter from a past relationship until she was 26, although she learned that he was her father when she was 16. He met her after she sent a letter informing him of their relationship in 1990, one year after Chuck's divorce with his first wife Dianne Holechek.[104]
Norris has thirteen grandchildren as of 2017[update].[105]
An outspoken Christian,[106] Norris is the author of several Christian-themed books. On April 22, 2008, Norris expressed his support for the intelligent design movement when he reviewed Ben Stein's Expelled for Townhall.com.[107]
Norris with George W. Bush and Jeb Bush on November 6, 1997
Norris and his wife at a political event in The Woodlands, Texas on February 15, 2016.
Norris with former Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee in Londonderry, New Hampshire on January 5, 2008
Norris is a Republican.[108]
On November 18, 2008, Norris became one of the first members of show business to express support for the California Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriage, and he chided activists for "interfering" with the democratic process and the double standard he perceived in criticizing the LDS Church without criticizing African Americans, who had voted for the measure by a wide margin.[109]
During the 2012 presidential election, Norris first recommended Ron Paul, and then later formally endorsed Newt Gingrich as the Republican presidential candidate.[110] After Gingrich suspended his campaign in May 2012, Norris endorsed Republican presumptive nominee Mitt Romney, despite Norris having previously accused Romney of flip-flopping and of trying to buy the nomination for the Republican Party candidacy for 2012.[111][112] On the eve of the election he and his wife Gena made a video warning that if evangelicals didn't show up at the polls and vote out President Obama, "...our country as we know it may be lost forever...".[113][114] Norris also produced the film Answering the Call, which featured his 2007 trip to Iraq to visit the troops.[115][116]
Norris has visited Israel and voiced support for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the 2013 and 2015 elections.[117][118] Norris endorsed Huckabee again in the 2016 Republican Primary before he dropped out.[119] In March 2016, it was reported that Norris endorsed Republican Texas Senator Ted Cruz and that he would be attending a Cruz rally,[120][121] but two days later, Norris stated he would only endorse the GOP nominee once that nominee has been nominated by the party.[122] He endorsed GOP nominee Donald Trump in the general election.[123] Norris endorsed former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore in the 2017 United States Senate special election in Alabama.[124]
In 2019, Norris signed an endorsement deal with the gun manufacturer Glock. The deal was met with criticism from the media, celebrities, and some of his fans who felt it was bad timing due to the increase in school shootings in the United States.[125]
In 1990, Norris established the United Fighting Arts Federation and Kickstart Kids. As a significant part of his philanthropic contributions, the organization was formed to develop self-esteem and focus in at-risk children as a tactic to keep them away from drug-related pressure by training them in martial arts. Norris hopes that by shifting middle school and high school children's focus towards this positive and strengthening endeavour, these children will have the opportunity to build a better future for themselves.[53][126] Norris has a ranch in Navasota, TX where they bottle water; a portion of the sales support environmental funds and Kickstart Kids.
He is known for his contributions towards organizations such as Funds for Kids, Veteran's Administration National Salute to Hospitalized Veterans, the United Way, and the Make-A-Wish Foundation in the form of donations as well as fund-raising activities.[53]
His time with the U.S. Veterans Administration as a spokesperson was inspired by his experience serving the United States Air Force in Korea. His objective has been to popularize the issues that concern hospitalized war veterans such as pensions and health care. Due to his significant contributions, and continued support, he received the Veteran of the Year award in 2001 at the American Veteran Awards.[53]
In India, Norris supports the Vijay Amritraj Foundation, which aims at bringing hope, help and healing to the defenceless and innocent victims of disease, tragedy and circumstance. Through his donations, he has helped the foundation support Paediatric HIV/AIDS homes in Delhi, a blind school in Karnataka, and a mission that cares for HIV/AIDS infected adults, as well as mentally ill patients in Cochin.[127]
Main article: Chuck Norris filmography
Winning Tournament Karate (1975)
Toughen Up! the Chuck Norris Fitness System (1983)
The Secret of Inner Strength: My Story (1987)
The Secret Power Within: Zen Solutions to Real Problems (1996)
Against All Odds: My Story (2004)
The Justice Riders (2006)
A Threat to Justice (2007)
Black Belt Patriotism: How to Reawaken America (2008)
The Official Chuck Norris Fact Book: 101 of Chuck's Favorite Facts and Stories (2009)
Chuck Norris Superkicks (1983)
Missing in Action (1989) - TNT Games were developing a game based on the film Missing in Action for the Atari 7800. Although the game was at or near completion (as confirmed by the programmer), it appears that the 7800 market just wasn't viable enough for TNT to release it.[128] The prototype resurfaced and has been well received by the game reviewer who tried it.[129]
Chuck Norris: Bring On the Pain (2008)
Non Stop Chuck Norris (2017)
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Against All Odds: My Story, an autobiography. Broadman & Holman Publishers (2004). ISBN 0-8054-3161-6.
The Justice Riders, Wild West novels. Broadman & Holman Publishers (2006). ISBN 0-8054-4032-1.
Norris, Chuck. Black Belt Patriotism: How to Reawaken America, Regnery Publishing (2008). ISBN 978-1-59698-558-2
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Association of Community Cancer Centers Annual Meeting
The Price of Innovation When Improving Cancer Care Delivery
Dr James Hamrick Outlines Challenges of Managing Clinical Trials and Benefits of Community Practices
Changing Trends in Oncology Practice: Value-Based Care and an Empowered Patient
Why Tom Gallo Wants to Address Burnout During His Year as ACCC President
Roger Holzberg Discusses Integrating Technology Into Healthcare
Investing in the Vital Role of a Cancer Care Coordinator
Barbara Tofani: The United States Underestimated the Need for Care Coordination
Technology Integration in Community Oncology Practice: Building the Future
Experts Emphasize the Value of Cancer Care Integration at ACCC Meeting
Tom Gallo: Burnout Needs to Be Addressed for All Members of the Care Team
Tom Gallo Discusses How Burnout Is Increasing and the Role of Technology
Dr Kathleen Blake Discusses the Impact Healthcare Industry Changes Have on Burnout
Dr Mark Soberman on the Next Generation Multidisciplinary Cancer Care Team
Dr Mark Soberman on the Importance of Communication Among Integrated Care Teams
Dr Charles Saunders Outlines the Increasing Importance of Technology in Practices
Barbara Tofani: The Old Ways of Coordinating Care Are Gone
Dr James Hamrick: Community Practices Help Increase Diversity in Clinical Trials
Dr Kathleen Blake Highlights Telltale Signs of Burnout
Dr Yousuf Zafar Discusses the Burden of Financial Toxicity and Trends Over Time
Thomas Asfeldt Highlights 3 Key Challenges to Creating Integrated Cancer Care Teams
Pamela Tobias Discusses Pulling Data from EHRs to Improve Processes
Dr Mark Soberman Discusses Integrated Care Teams in Oncology
Dr Charles Saunders Highlights Data Collection Challenges
Dr Kathleen Blake Outlines How Burnout Affects Specialties Differently
Barbara Tofani Outlines Best Practices and Mistakes of Care Coordination
Conferences > Association of Community Cancer Centers Annual Meeting – Published on: March 15, 2018
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What are the biggest drivers of change in oncology care and what needs most attention? This was the crux of the discussion during an early panel at the Association of Community Cancer Centers' 44th Annual Meeting & Cancer Center Business Summit, held March 14-16, 2018, in Washington, DC.
What are the biggest drivers of change in oncology care and what needs most attention? This was the crux of the discussion during an early panel at the Association of Community Cancer Centers' (ACCC) 44th Annual Meeting & Cancer Center Business Summit, held March 14-16, 2018, in Washington, DC.
Deirdre Saulet, PhD, practice manager, Advisory Board, led the discussion by introducing findings from the 2017 Trending Now in Cancer Care Survey, which was developed through a partnership among ACCC, the Oncology Roundtable, and the Advisory Board. Saulet was joined on the panel by Jo Duszkiewicz, MSA, vice president and administrator, Renown Health Institute for Cancer; and Mark Liu, director of strategic initiatives, Mount Sinai Health System.
There were several key takeaways from the survey, which had a majority of respondents from nonteaching community hospitals, followed by teaching hospitals and academic medical centers:
The cost of drugs or new treatment modalities (68%), as well as physician alignment around services and program goals (47%), were top threats to the growth of future cancer program growth.
Respondents felt that clinical standardization (63%) and drugs (62%) presented a significant opportunity for cost savings.
Market consolidation was a common theme among survey respondents, with 75% reporting that their group had partnered with an existing hospital or health system and 36% had merged with a private oncology practice.
Regarding information technology, data abstraction and interoperability of electronic health records were listed as significant challenges.
Just over half (51%) agreed that prior authorization had significantly increased in the 12 months prior to the survey.
There exist staff shortages, especially for oncology nurses, medical oncologists, and advanced practitioners.
Saulet then invited Duszkiewicz to share how Renown Health Institute for Cancer has adapted to the changes.
Renown's health system is a combination of acute care, transitional care, network services, and insurance services, Duszkiewicz said.
"Understanding where patients are, where they got their treatment, drawing out specifics of treatment into EPIC, and then ensuring we have all the information is difficult," she explained. It is further complicated by the fact that Renown works with many rural community practices, which may be 200 to 300 miles away.
"We do practice oncology telemedicine for a few of our communities, in parallel with medical oncologists conducting site visits," Duszkiewicz said. "We also link with primary care in those areas. However, we found out that primary care physicians were struggling with diagnosis and the tests that were needed." Consequently, these struggles resulted in an extended time to diagnosis.
To unscramble this situation, Renown developed a solution: the intake oncology coordinator (IOC) process, which included conducting a phone triage first, then a chart review, and finally, bringing the patient in for a clinic visit.
"On evaluating the data, we see that 31% of patients get phone advice, and 25% do a chart review, but 44% of patients who are referred come to see the advance practice nurse," Duszkiewicz said, adding that IOC has resulted in a very successful clinic.
Duszkiewicz then presented trends within the fee-for-service reimbursement model from 2013 to 2022, which show that productivity adjustments have been increasing, from $4 billion to $94 billion, she said. The shift now is toward value-based contracts, such as the Oncology Care Model (OCM), alternate payment models, and others.
However, Duszkiewicz asked, are shared savings feasible in oncology? She shared data from the Miami Cancer Institute on the results of adopting a value-based approach to care:
First-year savings were modest: $354 per patient per year (pppy)
Second year: $2235 pppy
Third year: $9095 pppy
Fourth year: $4917 pppy
She explained that clinical pathway adherence had a significant impact on the savings seen over the first to the third year. However, the diminishing returns of savings in year 4 have triggered more cost savings initiatives within the institute that are focused specifically on the inpatient population.
Next, Liu spoke of Mount Sinai's practice changes. To be able to provide high-value care and broaden patient access, the hospital has developed several projects and programs, including creating disease management teams (DMTs), building clinical pathways programs, establishing a chemo council, and using Epic_Beacon to monitor the clinical pathways being used.
DMTs, Liu said, are focused on quality metrics, value-based care, care pathways, tumor boards, and clinical trials. They are also tasked with narrowing down the quality metrics to avoid overlap and integrating OCM quality metrics with disease-specific metrics for tracking and decision making.
Saulet then spoke about the changing dynamic between the patient and the provider. "Cancer patients are acting independently and asking questions," she said. "Patients are taking more responsibility for their healthcare costs. Patients have information available at hand on sites of care as well as drugs and treatment. Plus, the patient–provider relation is changing—there are rising expectations on service, with patients feeling more empowered and being skeptical about the care they receive."
Saulet said that patients with cancer are doing their research: 25% of patients who were surveyed said that they are spending an hour on average reviewing oncologists and 41% said they had researched their treatment options.
Precision medicine is also evolving rapidly, Saulet said, with 92% conducting predictive tests, 92% conducting single-gene tests, 72% conducting small panel tests, and 31% conducting whole-genome sequencing.
UnitedHealthcare Reports Positive Shift Toward Value-Based Care Plans
Dr Linda Frisk Discusses the Role of the Pharmacist in Value-Based Care

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We are our own solution to our own madness. Our greatest purpose steers our entire life. When it really comes down to it, we are our only hope to get ourselves out of any situation we are stuck in. If we spend our entire lives waiting for other people to save us, we will spend a whole lot of time waiting in disappointment because no one ever came.
We are all given gifts in this world and it's our responsibility to use them. Don't wait for someone…be that person. Don't wish to change the world, do it. Waste no time wondering and simply be that person you've always wished to be.


National Savings Pakistan Draw No.24, prize bond results for Rs. 100 Prize bond. The Draw was held at Multan on Thu 15-11-2018 are presented here. The reward for the winner of the first prize is of worth Rs.700,000 and the Prize bond number 449000, Second prize reward is of worth Rs.200,000 and the fortunate winners have the prize bond numbers of 021410,390120,517366. The Third prize winners of Draw no 24, held in Multan on the same date arepresented below on the page. Have a great time and luck ahead.


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package org.ops4j.pax.exam.container.eclipse.impl.sources.unit;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
import java.util.Properties;
import java.util.Set;

import org.ops4j.pax.exam.container.eclipse.ArtifactNotFoundException;
import org.ops4j.pax.exam.container.eclipse.EclipseBundleOption;
import org.ops4j.pax.exam.container.eclipse.EclipseEnvironment;
import org.ops4j.pax.exam.container.eclipse.EclipseEnvironment.ModifiableEclipseEnvironment;
import org.ops4j.pax.exam.container.eclipse.EclipseFeatureOption;
import org.ops4j.pax.exam.container.eclipse.EclipseInstallableUnit;
import org.ops4j.pax.exam.container.eclipse.EclipseInstallableUnit.ResolvedArtifacts;
import org.ops4j.pax.exam.container.eclipse.EclipseInstallableUnit.UnitProviding;
import org.ops4j.pax.exam.container.eclipse.EclipseInstallableUnit.UnitRequirement;
import org.ops4j.pax.exam.container.eclipse.EclipseProvision.IncludeMode;
import org.ops4j.pax.exam.container.eclipse.EclipseRepository;
import org.ops4j.pax.exam.container.eclipse.EclipseVersionedArtifact;
import org.ops4j.pax.exam.container.eclipse.impl.repository.ResolvedRequirements;
import org.ops4j.pax.exam.container.eclipse.impl.sources.AbstractEclipseBundleSource;
import org.ops4j.pax.exam.container.eclipse.impl.sources.AbstractEclipseFeatureSource;
import org.ops4j.pax.exam.container.eclipse.impl.sources.BundleAndFeatureSource;
import org.ops4j.pax.exam.container.eclipse.impl.sources.CacheableSource;
import org.ops4j.pax.exam.container.eclipse.impl.sources.ContextEclipseBundleSource;
import org.ops4j.pax.exam.container.eclipse.impl.sources.ContextEclipseFeatureSource;
import org.ops4j.pax.exam.container.eclipse.impl.sources.ContextEclipseUnitSource;
import org.ops4j.pax.exam.container.eclipse.impl.sources.directory.DirectoryResolver;
import org.ops4j.pax.exam.container.eclipse.impl.sources.p2repository.P2Resolver;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

/**
 * The resolver takes a list of repros, a mode and a list of units and resolve the content of those
 * into a new Eclipse Source. Depending on the mode requirements of the given units are transitivly
 * resolved
 *
 * @author Christoph Läubrich
 *
 */
public class UnitResolver extends BundleAndFeatureSource implements CacheableSource {

    private static final String KEY_BUNDLE = "bundle:";
    private static final String KEY_FEATURE = "feature:";
    private static final String KEY_UNIT = "unit:";

    private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(UnitResolver.class);

    private final AbstractEclipseBundleSource<?> bundleSource;
    private final AbstractEclipseFeatureSource<?> featureSource;

    public UnitResolver(Collection<? extends EclipseUnitSource> repositories, IncludeMode mode,
        Collection<EclipseInstallableUnit> units, boolean includeFeatures,
        EclipseEnvironment enviroument) throws ArtifactNotFoundException, IOException {
        ContextEclipseBundleSource bundleSource = new ContextEclipseBundleSource();
        ContextEclipseFeatureSource featureSource = new ContextEclipseFeatureSource();
        ContextEclipseUnitSource unitSource = new ContextEclipseUnitSource();
        ModifiableEclipseEnvironment localEnviroument = enviroument.copy();
        if (includeFeatures) {
            localEnviroument.set("org.eclipse.update.install.features", "true");
        }
        ResolvedRequirements resolvedRequirements = new ResolvedRequirements();
        for (EclipseInstallableUnit unit : units) {
            resolveUnit(unit, unitToPath(unit), mode, resolvedRequirements, enviroument,
                bundleSource, featureSource, unitSource, repositories);
        }
        this.featureSource = featureSource;
        this.bundleSource = bundleSource;
    }

    public UnitResolver(DirectoryResolver directoryResolver) {
        this.featureSource = directoryResolver.getFeatureSource();
        this.bundleSource = directoryResolver.getBundleSource();
    }

    private static String unitToPath(EclipseInstallableUnit unit) {
        EclipseUnitSource source = unit.getSource();
        if (source instanceof P2Resolver) {
            P2Resolver p2Resolver = (P2Resolver) source;
            return unit.getId() + "[" + p2Resolver.getName() + "@" + p2Resolver.getUrl() + "]";
        }
        else if (source instanceof EclipseRepository) {
            return unit.getId() + "[" + ((EclipseRepository) source).getName() + "]";
        }
        return unit.getId();
    }

    private static Set<String> resolveUnit(EclipseInstallableUnit unit, String sourcePath,
        IncludeMode mode, ResolvedRequirements resolvedRequirements, EclipseEnvironment enviroument,
        ContextEclipseBundleSource bundleSource, ContextEclipseFeatureSource featureSource,
        ContextEclipseUnitSource unitSource, Collection<? extends EclipseUnitSource> repositories)
        throws ArtifactNotFoundException, IOException {
        if (unitSource.containsUnit(unit) || resolvedRequirements.containsUnit(unit)) {
            LOG.debug("Skip resolving of {}, already resolved or resolving in progress...", unit);
            return Collections.emptySet();
        }
        resolvedRequirements.addUnit(unit);
        unitSource.addUnit(unit);
        LOG.info("Resolve {}...", unit);
        Set<String> result = new LinkedHashSet<>();
        result.add(encode(KEY_UNIT, unit));
        addArtifacts(unit, featureSource, bundleSource, enviroument, result);
        for (UnitRequirement requires : unit.getRequirements()) {
            if (!requires.matches(enviroument)) {
                LOG.info("Skip {} because it does not match enviroument...", requires);
                continue;
            }
            if (resolvedRequirements.isResolved(requires)) {
                LOG.debug("Skip {} because it is already resolved...", requires);
                continue;
            }
            if (resolvedRequirements.isFailed(requires)) {
                LOG.debug("Skip {} because it has already failed...", requires);
                continue;
            }
            LOG.debug("Try to resolve {}...", requires);
            EclipseInstallableUnit resolvedUnit = resolveRequirement(requires, unit,
                resolvedRequirements, sourcePath, mode, repositories);
            if (resolvedUnit != null) {
                result.addAll(resolveUnit(resolvedUnit,
                    sourcePath + " -> " + requires.getID() + " -> " + unitToPath(resolvedUnit),
                    mode, resolvedRequirements, enviroument, bundleSource, featureSource,
                    unitSource, repositories));
            }
        }
        return result;
    }

    private static EclipseInstallableUnit resolveRequirement(UnitRequirement requires,
        EclipseInstallableUnit unit, ResolvedRequirements resolvedRequirements, String sourcePath,
        IncludeMode mode, Collection<? extends EclipseUnitSource> repositories) throws IOException {
        EclipseUnitSource primarySource = unit.getSource();
        try {
            Collection<EclipseInstallableUnit> allUnits = primarySource.getAllUnits();
            for (EclipseInstallableUnit reproUnit : allUnits) {
                for (UnitProviding providing : reproUnit.getProvided()) {
                    if (requires.matches(providing)) {
                        return reproUnit;
                    }
                }
            }
            throw failedRequirement(requires, sourcePath);
        }
        catch (ArtifactNotFoundException anfe) {
            if (mode == IncludeMode.SLICER) {
                LOG.debug("Failed to resolve {} ({}), ignore because of slicer mode...", requires,
                    anfe.getMessage());
                resolvedRequirements.addFailed(requires);
                return null;
            }
            else if (requires.isOptional() && !requires.isGreedy()) {
                LOG.debug("Failed to resolve optional {} ({}) ignore because of non greedy...",
                    requires, anfe.toString());
                return null;
            }
        }
        for (EclipseUnitSource unitSource : repositories) {
            if (unitSource.equals(primarySource)) {
                continue;
            }
            try {
                Collection<EclipseInstallableUnit> allUnits = unitSource.getAllUnits();
                for (EclipseInstallableUnit reproUnit : allUnits) {
                    Collection<UnitProviding> provided = reproUnit.getProvided();
                    for (UnitProviding providing : provided) {
                        if (requires.matches(providing)) {
                            return reproUnit;
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
            catch (ArtifactNotFoundException anfe) {
            }
        }
        if (requires.isOptional()) {
            LOG.debug("Ignore {} because it is optional and can't be resolved...", requires);
            return null;
        }
        throw failedRequirement(requires, sourcePath);

    }

    private static ArtifactNotFoundException failedRequirement(UnitRequirement requires,
        String sourcePath) {
        return new ArtifactNotFoundException(
            "can't resolve " + sourcePath + " -> " + requires.getID() + " -> ???");
    }

    private static void addArtifacts(EclipseInstallableUnit unit,
        ContextEclipseFeatureSource featureSource, ContextEclipseBundleSource bundleSource,
        EclipseEnvironment enviroument, Set<String> resolved)
        throws IOException, ArtifactNotFoundException {
        ResolvedArtifacts artifacts = unit.resolveArtifacts(enviroument);
        for (EclipseBundleOption bundle : artifacts.getBundles()) {
            if (bundleSource.addBundle(bundle)) {
                resolved.add(encode(KEY_BUNDLE, bundle));
                LOG.debug("Resolve bundle {}:{}...", bundle.getId(), bundle.getVersion());
            }
        }
        for (EclipseFeatureOption feature : artifacts.getFeatures()) {
            if (featureSource.addFeature(feature)) {
                resolved.add(encode(KEY_FEATURE, feature));
                LOG.debug("Resolve feature {}:{}...", feature.getId(), feature.getVersion());
            }
        }
    }

    @Override
    public AbstractEclipseBundleSource<?> getBundleSource() {
        return bundleSource;
    }

    @Override
    public AbstractEclipseFeatureSource<?> getFeatureSource() {
        return featureSource;
    }

    private static String encode(String prefix, EclipseVersionedArtifact artifact) {
        return prefix + artifact.getId() + ":" + artifact.getVersion();
    }

    @Override
    public void writeToFolder(Properties metadata, File cacheFolder) throws IOException {
        DirectoryResolver.storeToFolder(cacheFolder, getBundleSource().getIncludedArtifacts(),
            getFeatureSource().getIncludedArtifacts());
    }

    public static UnitResolver restoreFromCache(Properties metadata, File cacheFolder)
        throws IOException {
        DirectoryResolver directoryResolver = new DirectoryResolver(cacheFolder);
        return new UnitResolver(directoryResolver);
    }

}


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Kurdstenskvätta (Oenanthe xanthoprymna) är en bergslevande tätting som tillhör släktet stenskvättor. Släktet räknades tidigare till familjen trastar, men är numera placerad inom familjen flugsnappare (Muscicapidae). Den häckar i Mellanöstern från sydöstra Turkiet till sydvästra Iran. Tidigare behandlades kurdstenskvättan och persisk stenskvätta (O. xanthoprymna) som en och samma art. Arten är relativt fåtalig, men beståndet anses vara livskraftigt.

Kännetecken

Utseende
Kurdstenskvättan är en relativ liten stenskvätta, ungefär 14 centimeter lång. Hjässan och nacken är blekgrå, åtskilda av ett vitt ögonstreck från det svarta ansiktet och den svarta strupen. Ryggen är brungrå och undersidan vit eller gulbrun. Vingarna är kolsvarta. Flankerna och undergumpen är orangefärgad, stjärten vit basalt med ett svart band längst ut. Honan är likartat tecknad, men med dovare färger samt med mörka strupen och ansiktet ersatt av en grå ögonmask.

Läten
Sången är mörkröstad och kort, en upprepad kvittrig strof med fyra till sex rullande, torra toner. Bland lätena hörs smackande "tschack", smattrande "tjr'r'r'r" och fallande, visslande "tjiyp".

Utbredning och systematik
Kurdstenskvättan häckar från bergstrakterna i sydöstra Turkiet till sydvästra Iran och flyttar vintertid söderut till Sinaihalvön, östra Egypten och Sudan. Den har påträffats tillfälligt i Cypern, Georgien, Jordanien, Libyen, Oman, Qatar, Syrien och Förenade Arabemiraten. 19 maj 2015 uppehöll sig en kurdstenskvätta i Auvergne, Puy-de-Dôme, Frankrike.

Persisk stenskvätta (Oenanthe chrysopygia) behandlades länge som en underart till kurdstenskvättan på basis av fåglar funna med intermediära karaktärer, vilket tolkades som att arterna hybridisiderade. Dessa individer kan dock istället röra sig om unga kurdstenskvättor.

Familjetillhörighet
Stenskvättorna ansågs fram tills nyligen liksom bland andra buskskvättor, stentrastar, rödstjärtar vara små trastar. DNA-studier visar dock att de är marklevande flugsnappare (Muscicapidae) och förs därför numera till den familjen.

Ekologi
Kurdstenskvättan trivs i hedlandskap, öppna sluttningar och halvöken. Den bygger sitt bo bland stenar, i en klippskreva eller under ett klippblock. Honan lägger fyra till fem blåvita ägg med några kastanjefärgade fläckar. Arten lever huvudsakligen av myror och andra små insekter.

Status och hot
Arten har ett stort utbredningsområde en stabil populationsutveckling. Världspopulationen är ganska liten med uppskattat 12 000 till 40 000 vuxna individer, men inte tillräckligt liten för att kurdstenskvättan ska betraktas som hotad. Utifrån dessa kriterier kategoriserar IUCN arten som livskraftig (LC).

Referenser

Externa länkar

 Läten på xeno-canto.org

Flugsnappare
Fåglar i palearktiska regionen
Fåglar i etiopiska regionen

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"The Yemen peace consultations taking place in Stockholm, Sweden this week must result in meaningful steps to relieve human suffering in Yemen. After almost four years of war, the Yemeni people have suffered more than enough, with 22 million people in need of aid and 14 million people facing starvation.
As parties start to travel to Stockholm, IRC staff on the ground are delivering nutrition to an increasing number of malnourished children in parts of the country where the healthcare system has been decimated. Despite calls by the US and the UK for a ceasefire, fighting has spread around the country, including in and around the critical port of Hodeidah where food imports dropped by nearly 50 percent from already pitiful levels since fighting intensified in mid November—taking a toll on imports, especially commercial goods, and contributing to dangerously high food prices.
Yemenis need immediate relief as a stepping stone to longer term hope. The focus of the talks on the future management of the Hodeidah port and city and de-escalation of the fighting are important and welcome. The most practical step towards an improvement of the humanitarian situation would be an immediate cessation of hostilities to prevent further loss of life and allow for humanitarian assistance to reach those in desperate need.
We call on the US and UK, as military supporters to the Saudi- and Emirati-led coalition in Yemen, to use their influence to encourage meaningful dialogue in these talks and ensure the result is a reduction in violence, improved humanitarian and commercial access around the country, including full functioning ports and commercial traffic to Sana'a airport, a rebuilding of public services and infrastructure, and salary payments to to public sector workers.


1,273 Posts	 Mascot Contest Message me your entries. all winners will get 250k each. There will be one male, one female and one pup. :3 Entries Raffle! buy your tickets now! Prizes include: 1 month upgraded *donated by Concourse #1639* 10 million hpd *donated by Concourse #1639* 2 private horse shows *donated by Concourse #1639* 2 private dog shows *donated by Concourse #1639* Tickets cost 500k each. current tickets; * none yet Chat Party! Currently just an idea I wanna have a chat party this term, cause it will be the last term I even try to run (even though my name is in the ballot). There will be trivia questions and fun activities! Will take place 9/25/13 (Wednesday) at 7pm EST (same time as HP). Prizes need to be donated though (as I am broke)... currently they only include somewhere between 200k - 1million HPD per trivia question. If you would like to donate to our chat party, please let me know.
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Q: Persian (Arabic) Support for Visual Studio Code Visual Studio Code does not seem to display Persian or Arabic scripts nicely in the terminal window. I can confirm that on Linux, but not sure about macOS or Windows. Instead of displaying right-to-left languages from right to left, it chains characters to each other from left to right. I tried changing its terminal to one with good Persian support like Konsole from the settings, but it didn't work. Is there a way to solve this or do we have to request project maintainers to add the support?
A screen shot is attached to show the problem.

A: I had the same problems use the package linked below. You can use it to first convert the text and copy that and paste it into the terminal for input. I made it to correctly organize the Arabic characters and display them correctly. The library supports,
Arabic, Farsi, and English characters and symbols.
Check it out.
https://www.npmjs.com/package/rtl-arabic

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New Association To Serve As Voice For 'Main Street' Investment Banks
By Katie Bascuas / Mar 8, 2016 (iStock/Thinkstock)
The American Securities Association will work to create an even playing field for all sizes of investment banks and securities dealers.
There's a new association to protect the interests of midsized and regional investment banks and securities dealers.
The American Securities Association formed late last month to serve as a voice and leadership platform for the investment banks, broker dealers, banks, and wealth managers that serve "Main Street."
The new group will focus on federal regulations imposed after the financial crisis of 2008 that some small and midsized firms believe create undue burdens for them.
"Washington's one-size-fits-all approach to industry regulation disproportionately harms our ability to drive economic recovery and job creation, which is vital to the regions we serve, and surely is not the intended purpose," Curt Bradbury, inaugural chair of ASA, said in a statement. "To remedy this, the ASA brings together the highest-level of industry leadership who share a vision for proscriptive change."
ASA will serve as an umbrella organization for the existing Bond Dealers of America, which represents fixed income dealers, and the newly formed Equity Dealers of America, a trade association that will work on equity-specific issues relevant to midsize and regional investment banks and securities dealers.
According to Investment News, Main Street investment banks have complained about additional regulatory burdens imposed after the crisis in 2008, especially given the fact that it was big banks that were responsible for the subprime mortgage crisis that led to the economic downturn.
"Our members did not create the crisis, nor do we pose systemic risk to U.S. markets or the American economy," ASA states in its mission. "We seek differentiated regulation, which appropriately takes into account a financial firm's size, business model, and economic risk."
The group hopes that with a level playing field, its members can better spur economic growth in towns and cities throughout the United States.


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"Wine and Women" is a song written by Barry Gibb, and released by Barry Gibb and the Bee Gees in September 1965 on Leedon Records in Australia. The song's B-side was Follow the Wind. The single reached #19 in Australia, marking the Bee Gees' international chart debut. They achieved this by getting as many of their fans as possible to buy enough copies to get the song into the charts at #35 and, thus, to the attention of disc-jockeys.

Both songs were later included on the group's debut album The Bee Gees Sing and Play 14 Barry Gibb Songs, as well as the 1998 anthology of the group's Australian recordings Brilliant from Birth.

Wine and Women marked the first time Barry and Robin had traded lead vocals. Maurice plays the brief, lead guitar break, Barry's guitar strumming is mixed forward and he sings most of the lead vocals on this song. "Follow the Wind", despite being written by Barry, was sung by Robin.

Another important debut was that of Bill Shepherd in the producer's chair. Shepherd would travel with the group to England when they launched their international career and for many years arranged and conducted their orchestral backing on record and in concert.

Personnel
 Barry Gibb – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
 Robin Gibb – lead vocals
 Maurice Gibb – backing vocals, 12-string lead guitar
 Uncredited musician – drums

References

Bee Gees songs
1965 singles
Songs written by Barry Gibb
1965 songs
Leedon Records singles


I've seen this awesome pic of collecting rain water and I told myself, why not? The collected rain water could be use to water the plants, wash the car and clean the garage and it can even be use to flush the toilet. That could save us a lot from water bills!
These plastic water containers are covered, so we could be assured that water would be kept clean and would not attract mosquitoes. Water could be collected from the container through the installed water hose. I think that would save us a lot of time and effort.
Dito sa Panglao, uso ang mga malalaking water tanks na ginagamit pangkolek ng mga tubig-ulan. Some are concrete, some are plastics and some are metals. Before the water tank here in the church was also used to collect rain water. But it was stopped because according to the previous dwellers, the water was also used for bathing and it cause them skin diseases. I guess there should be a separate tank which will only be used for watering the plant, motor wash, cleaning etc.
This a nice way to save water and it will really save lots of money.


Teachers!"Put the Art into Language Arts" this Thanksgiving by making these adorable Pinecone Turkeys with your students.
Watch the video and download the FREE lesson templates now!
Fall Baking/Language Arts Project: Make Pumpkin Spice Muffins with Your Students!
Read-Aloud for 2nd Grade: "Are You Ready for Me?"


Finally, the last few photos from Beverly Hills weekend... sadly, I have no pictures of my time spent in Glendale with the fabulous Lelash family - Vicky, Curtis, Carter, Graham and Molly the dog. You may remember, Vicky was my supervisor in Atlanta and we worked on the Brand Atlanta Campaign together. Remember my scary car accident right before I moved to NY? Vicky was the first person I called (after mom, who was already on the phone with me.) She and Curtis were headed to a screening of Superman, but she gave all that up to rescue me and sit at the hospital with me and my neck brace. She's one of my favorite people.
For two days, we vegged out, watched Pretty Woman, celebrity-stalked, took a driving tour of Beverly Hills and went to see He's Just Not That Into You at the fancy movie theater. It was a blast hanging with them.
Did you know everything closes at 2 a.m. in LA? Erica and I were shocked at how quickly everyone turned in for the night, so we made our own fun at the Mondrian. Actually, we got into quite a bit of shenanigans at the Mondrian, including but not limited to pretending I was from Alabama and calling the front desk to ask about the cost of the mannequin hand in Dr. McDreamy's hotel room. Bizarre, I know, but it's their fault for putting such weird things in their hotel rooms. If I can get the videos uploaded, you're in for a treat.
Great news. Dr. McDreamy and Erica have named me their long lost sister. Huzzah!
PR girls on the top of the world!


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The Rhetorical Gamer
Life Without Dice
On May 30, 2018 May 30, 2018 By MichaelIn Diceless, Game Design
Diceless games are hard. I've written about diceless games before – I love Amber DRPG – and explored other games that don't use dice (or cards, or any sort of randomizer). I tend to very much enjoy games without randomizers, without the disturbance of dice. I've tinkered with trying to create such a game several times. But trying to work on a diceless game (games) has led me to a couple of realizations that I thought I'd share and see what kind of feedback I get. I'm going to use the term "diceless" a lot in this post. Please remember that when I use that term, I mean – "no randomizer" so I'm including cards, etc. in that as well.
The Resource Wars
Diceless games tend to fall into three general categories:
The first is what Amber attempts to do, which is establish hierarchies of ability, keep the powers vague, and then let each group work out for themselves what their tolerance for GM fiat is. It involves a lot of trust in the system and the GM.
The second category is a more hard-coded version of the first where your character has abilities and those abilities are hard caps for whether or not you can do certain things… they create a pass/fail mechanic. I first encountered this in Cthulhu Live (not sure which edition) but even though my initial reaction to it was negative, over time, I started to think that such a mechanic had solid merit in a LARP setting because it answered the question of "how does my character do?" very succinctly. It also establishes strong niche protection because, hey, if your EDU stat isn't high enough, you can't just luck out because you rolled a natural 20. It has the downside, of course, that you can find yourself in situations where no one in the group can accomplish a task. And even though it works well for static, one-off kinds of ability tests, it is not as useful for fluid, extended situations such as combat.
The third kind – and the one I've been trying to build around – is resource-driven. Characters have abilities like in the previous two styles – but they also have some sort of resources that they expend to help them shape the narrative somewhat. There are many incarnations of this style of game. One of my favorites is the Marvel Universe RPG which used "stones" and had some interesting "Fate-like" mechanics baked on to it. It was a short-lived game and it needed some tweaking but the core idea was pretty solid. (I think that stone regeneration should have been based on an edge-like mechanic – from the Marvel Saga game – rather than a character stat, for example). Unfortunately, games based on licenses are problematic because once a company loses the license, the game just disappears.
I digressed a little there… But yeah, it's the third category that interests and vexes me. Obviously, the Amber DRPG method is something I love, but it only works so well in Amber because the system is built around the fluff. It cuts corners and avoids certain pitfalls because player expectation is already shaped around the understanding that "this is just how stuff works" in Amber. The auction-based character creation mechanic, while brilliant, only really works when your characters will be the only ones in the Universe that it really matters to. And the "stakes" in Amber are often not about life-and-death in the sense that a traditional D&D game are… they are usually more abstract. Amber DRPG is a soap-opera with cosmic powers. D&D is a reality TV show with eliminations every week.
But some people (like me) want to play a more diceless-style of game that isn't based around the lives of virtual deities. We want to play that diceless game with the struggles of superheroes, or shadowrunners, or fantasy adventurers. And in those games the stakes are much more direct. Combat is often a big part of those games because the heroes in them are often striving against their enemies in direct confrontations. They often involve more "nitty-gritty" details like ammunition and money (Amberites don't worry about such things) and striving against the elements. These games often involve a need to be more "zoomed in" on what characters can do (skills, attributes, etc.) because they don't have the advantage of being a couple thousand-year-old immortal who took a eight years to become a surgeon just because they had the time…
And because these genres need to hone in on those details, it also becomes more important to track things like, "hit points" (that is, how healthy is your character at any given moment). Amber's method of handling combat and injury is absolutely brilliant (!) but again, is very difficult to lift out and use elsewhere because it relies so much on other aspects of the game and setting.
All of the above has led to attempts to use resource pools to provide some control over the stakes and outcomes of character actions. Where these systems often seem to run into trouble though is how to balance the resources so that expending them is important, and means something but also balancing them in such a way that characters have access to them without having too many. It also requires a careful decision of how GM's are allowed to use resources for NPCs. In other words, it is very hard to implement in a way that feels meaningful without also being frustrating. The Marvel game I mentioned above was an excellent example of how a system could work pretty well but the exact minute that a major combat started (something that happens a lot in comics) the resource pools would skew badly and the game became more about micro-managing your stones than playing your character.
All of this discussion so far has been largely about more traditional gaming structures and genres… there is a whole dimension of so-called "story games" that have their own takes on diceless play and resource use. I'm fascinated by these games and how they are built but this is long enough for now. So I'll save that for another post.
If you've made it this far, let me apologize and say that you've really been subjected to this post because I've made a commitment (in public) that by the end of the year I intend to have a fully-workable prototype/playtest version of a diceless game ready to go. And so I'm back in the intellectual salt-mine of trying to parse it out and you got to come along for the ride as I discussed the various options with myself.
As always, comments are welcome and thanks for reading.
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