Patrick

Please vote for the Community Spirit Award in the KarateForums.com Awards 2008. Award Description: This award should go to a person whom you feel has a passion for this community. A person who is all about the home team - in this case, KarateForums.com. Here are the nominees: bushido_man96 http://www.karateforums.com/member7445.html DWx http://www.karateforums.com/member9468.html ps1 http://www.karateforums.com/member4400.html Voting will be closed on November 15, 2008 at 9 PM ET. Please do not respond to this thread. Thank you for voting.

Please vote for the Staff Member of the Year in the KarateForums.com Awards 2008. Award Description: This award is intended to acknowledge the staff member who you feel is deserving of special honor due to their contributions to the community and its livelihood. Here are the nominees: bushido_man96 http://www.karateforums.com/member7445.html pittbullJudoka http://www.karateforums.com/member3478.html DWx http://www.karateforums.com/member9468.html Voting will be closed on November 15, 2008 at 9 PM ET. Please do not respond to this thread. Thank you for voting.

Please vote for the Funniest Member of the Year in the KarateForums.com Awards 2008. Award Description: Humor is an important aspect of the forums and this award recognizes the member who has brought a smile to your face many times. This person should have a good, clean sense of humor. Here are the nominees: The BB of C http://www.karateforums.com/member9883.html DWx http://www.karateforums.com/member9468.html Voting will be closed on November 15, 2008 at 9 PM ET. Please do not respond to this thread. Thank you for voting.

Please vote for the Article of the Year in the KarateForums.com Awards 2008. Award Description: This award distinguishes your favorite article that was published in the KarateForums.com Articles section on or between October 19, 2007 and October 18, 2008. Whether the article enlightened or inspired you, this is the time to recognize it. Here are the nominees: Women and the Martial Arts by Kieran-Lilith http://www.karateforums.com/women-and-the-martial-arts-vt33669.html The Nature of Conflict by Taylor http://www.karateforums.com/the-nature-of-conflict-vt33753.html Testing a Technique: The Steps to Make it Work by NightOwl http://www.karateforums.com/testing-a-technique-the-steps-to-make-it-work-vt33340.html Martial Arts: The Trouble with the Terminology by bushido_man96 http://www.karateforums.com/martial-arts-the-trouble-with-the-terminology-vt30998.html Voting will be closed on November 15, 2008 at 9 PM ET. Please do not respond to this thread. Thank you for voting.

http://shop.starwars.com/catalog/product.xml?product_id=1307702;category_id=336;pcid1=;pcid2= The toaster for the Star Wars fan! Via Digg via Register Hardware.

Thank you for your submission.

Smashing Magazine has a bunch of great high speed photography: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/11/02/when-time-freezes-50-beautiful-examples-of-freeze-photography/ Really vibrant pictures. Via Digg.

Wow, check out these costumes: http://www.slobsofgaming.com/article/104754/31-amazing-video-game-costumes Amazing detail. Via Digg.

Thanks Ryan. I appreciate it. There's some good stuff in there. Thanks, Patrick

Hello, I appreciate the sentiment expressed in this post. This is a great community of people. I am going to go ahead and close this thread and direct this discussion the member of the month thread, where it would be most appropriate, I feel. Here it is: http://www.karateforums.com/karateforums-com-member-of-the-month-for-october-2008-vt34940.html Thanks, Patrick

Hey all, Thank you for visiting KarateForums.com. As an update to this, I wanted to mention that I have decided to move KarateForums.com TV to it's own dedicated page. It can now be found at: http://www.karateforums.com/karateforumstv.php Thank you for reading. Sincerely, Patrick

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/10/peru_rocks.html They walked around various parts of Peru and the pictures included in the article are amazing. Via Digg.

Via Digg.

Details on that one: http://www.chrislee.tv/costuming/anime/cyclone

Hello, KarateForums.com recognizes one member every month as the Member of the Month for their positive contributions to this community. The November 2008 selection is... unknownstyle. Congratulations!

http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/multimedia/2008/10/gallery_best_reader_costumes The Facebook profile one is awesome. Via Digg.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/boxing/7698217.stm Via Digg.

We are now closed to nominations. Thank you to everyone who contributed. Voting is next! We'll have polls and a new announcement soon. Thanks, Patrick

The nominations will be closing later tonight. Time for those last minute entries! Thanks, Patrick

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1081751/Pictured-The-giant-8ft-Lego-man-washed-beach.html Via Digg.

Pretty creative. Via Digg.

http://sports.espn.go.com/extra/mma/news/story?id=3674338 Thoughts?

Welcome.

Hey all, I realize that a lot of our newer (i.e. the last 1-2 years) members may not be familar with Tammy, a.k.a. monkeygirl, but she is a former, long time staff member here and a great contributor to the community, as well as a friend of mine. I just found out, last night, that she was recently engaged. A big congratulations to her and her fiancé - I'm really happy for them. Anyway, I thought it'd be nice to start a thread here to congratulate them. After a while, I'll pass her the link so she can stop by and check it out. Thanks, Patrick

I don't know if we have any Phillies fans here, but in any case, congrats to the Phillies and their fans!