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Welcome aboard, AlbanyDude. Congrats on your return. Patrick

Thank you for starting this thread, chiliphil1. Congrats on the anniversary, Devin! I was sick for New Year's Eve. Felt something coming on the night before and, sure enough, it developed into a sore throat and congestion for a couple of days. Still getting over it, but feeling a lot better. So, I pretty much rested the whole day, watched the countdown and went back to bed. Patrick

Happy New Year, everyone. Patrick

Thank you for the submission, Devin. Enjoyed reading this. Patrick

Sure thing. They actually made a calculation error and had to adjust the numbers, but obviously the week is over now. Here are the week 17 numbers: http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/nfl-week-17-playoff-implications-someone-has-to-win-the-nfc-south/

Thank you for the submission, Bob. Patrick

Welcome aboard, Tanulis. Patrick

Consulting the IMDB page, that sounds right to me, jaypo. I finished the movie last night. I tend not to be too critical. It was alright - had some classic 80s elements to it. I didn't enjoy it as much as 6 Bullets, a recent Jean-Claude Van Damme film that I watched a while back. That said, it had its fun and interesting moments. The villain was a special kind of evil. Seemed like he took special pleasure in being a big jerk. Heh. After a couple of encounters, you wonder why he doesn't just kill JCVD, instead of torturing him. The scene with JCVD up on the crucifix was pretty striking (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XITc_tuH2o). I went reading about the movie and found this interesting back story: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyborg_%28film%29#Production Essentially that Albert Pyun, a director specializing in low budget/B movies, was working with a production company who had secured the rights to do films for both Spider-man and He-Man. But they ran into financial issues. So some of the costumes and sets they had created ended up being used for Cyborg, which Pyun supposedly wrote in one weekend. Pretty crazy. Patrick

Awesome! Congrats hammer. What a great feeling that must have been. Patrick

Thank you for the submission, Noah. Patrick

Hey Bill, great to see you, too. Patrick

I'm watching it on Amazon Prime, and I'm about half way through it. JCVD was up above someone doing a split over them and, somehow, they walked under him without seeing him and then they stabbed him. Patrick

Congrats gronis! Patrick

The Dolphins have a 1.9% chance of making the playoffs. Yay. Frustrating year. Chiefs are at 26.0% and Cowboys are at 81.3% (66.3% for the division, 32.6% for a bye, 20.2% for the top seed). You can check your team here - great guide for who to root for in order for your teams to be in the best possible position: http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/nfl-week-16-playoff-implications-when-things-start-to-shake-out/ Good luck. Patrick

Thank you for the submission, Bob. Patrick

Thank you, Nidan Melbourne and Gareth. Patrick

Cyborg is currently in my Netflix queue (I put it there a while back). Never seen it before. Patrick

Congrats again. Patrick

Hey all, Unfortunately, we have removed a post from this thread in error. The post is below. I apologize for the mistake. Thank you for your time and understanding. Sincerely, Patrick That was great! Thanks for the laugh!http://i.giphy.com/UH2avkr55L1Fm.gif .. I have no words!

Hello, Thank you for visiting KarateForums.com. I'd like to wish you and all of our members a happy holiday season and a great 2015. This holiday season, I am grateful for the wonderful people in our community who debate thoughtfully, respond considerately and, above all else, treat their fellow members with respect and kindness. Thank you. Sincerely, Patrick

Thank you for the submission, Devin. Patrick

Thanks for sharing this, jaypo. Keep us posted if you do happen to catch a look at the production when it begins. They shoot so many movies down there. Patrick

For anyone curious: $75 to $85 = £47.72 to £54.08 (XE) Though, certainly, if you are in one country, it really doesn't matter what it costs to do the martial arts in another country, unless you plan to move there. Great answer, Devin! Thanks, Patrick

Thanks CredoTe! Patrick