Patrick

Deep breath!

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Good luck, Brenda!

Thanks for sharing this, Bob. Generally speaking, if the martial arts interests you - it interests you. If kids doing it discourages you from doing it, you're can't be that deeply interested in it - can you? People who say "the martial arts is something kids do" are people who aren't going to be interested in the martial arts, anyway, for the most part, and that's their choice. It's on par with someone thinking all martial arts are the same or are "Karate." Why does it matter so much? If that's the concern, too, what's the answer to that concern? Prevent children from wearing a gi? Preventing them from taking the martial arts? At the end of the day, it's not the children's fault. I go back to what I said on that thread about young black belts. I would also note that if you have a passionate child who does the martial arts, that person has to be much, much, much more likely to develop into a passionate adult who does the martial arts. As Bob eluded to, you are teaching the adults of the future. Teaching children is a huge responsibility. Setting accurate expectations with parents will go a long way toward preventing confusion over instruction. Having an open door to parents and encouraging them to ask questions, etc. does, too. But, there will always be the odd parents who is concerned and they have to do what they have to do. An instructor has to realize that the kids he or she teaches are not his or her kids - the parents decide what they want their kids to learn and, as an instructor, you have to accurately convey what your lessons contain, so that parents can make that choice. This doesn't mean them dictating your lesson plan - but it does mean being able to tell them what that plan contains. Just my thoughts. Thanks, Patrick

Congrats Alex. Patrick

Belated welcome to you, Chuck. Glad to have you.

Welcome to the site, Patch. Patrick

Welcome to KF, boxingking. Glad to have you.

Cool, yeah, glad to hear. It sounded like you just needed the latest version of the Flash plugin. Compatibility mode is also something to try, as Danielle pointed out. Patrick

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Happy to share.

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Welcome aboard.

Thank you for the submission.

http://designcrave.com/2009-07-08/contemporary-architecture-10-contemporary-homes-of-the-future/ Amazing stuff. Via Digg.

Glad you guys enjoyed that. Kind of an expensive trip to make just to see what's left. I imagine there would be other reasons, like you said.

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Welcome back, Ranpu. Congrats on your improvement. Patrick

Here's a clip of Harold Ramis talking about Ghostbusters 3: http://makingof.com/filming_now/media/ghostbusters-3/harold-ramis-on-ghostbusters-3/63/231 Great clip for Ghostbusters fans to check out. Via Digg via Peter Sciretta.

Well, you know... my family has vacationed there a few times. It's great the first time, but once you've seen the moon... you've seen the moon. I REALLY needed a tape to record the last episode of House, so I decided to go ahead and tape over it one of our later visits.

http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/17/walter-cronkite-iconic-anchorman-dies/?em Rest in peace.

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Wow. Glad they are working on restoring it, though.

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Sorry to hear that.