Patrick

The Dolphins are just a mediocre team. That pretty much sums it up. Expectation is 7-9 or 8-8 at this stage. If we get hot and get some breaks, of course, anything can happen, but the likelihood of that happening seems ... slim. Oh well. At least we know what our priority should be next offseason: offensive line. Patrick

Hello Nidan Melbourne, Yes, that is Kansas. You can see a full list of state abbreviations here: http://www.50states.com/abbreviations.htm Patrick

Thanks for sharing that, Nidan Melbourne, and for pointing out the duplicitous questions. Not sure how those made it in there, that was funny. I have fixed it. Patrick

Hello, Welcome to the voting period of the twelfth annual KarateForums.com Awards. Through these awards, we recognize just a few of the individuals who have made outstanding contributions to KarateForums.com in the past year. You submitted your nominations and, from those, we have our KarateForums.com Awards 2013 nominees. In all, 23 different members have been nominated in the various categories that make up this year's awards. They are CredoTe, ps1, yamesu, Hawkmoon, mal103, AdamKralic, lowereastside, Kusotare, Wastelander, ninjanurse, sensei8, bushido_man96, DWx, Harkon72, MasterPain, ShoriKid, cheesefrysamurai, pittbullJudoka, tallgeese, JohnASE, Evil Dave, JusticeZero and KarateGeorge. Congratulations to all of you! Voting Guidelines These awards take into consideration all community activity between October 19, 2012 and October 18, 2013. As a voter, you should place your vote based upon activity made during this period - not activity prior to or after it. With the ballots crafted, it is now time to vote. In order to do so, you must have a KarateForums.com account that had at least 10 posts made on or before October 18, 2013 (Eastern Time). There are just two guidelines to keep in mind when voting: 1. You cannot vote for yourself or an article that you wrote. 2. Do not attempt to artificially inflate our vote totals in any way. This includes but is not limited to trading votes, encouraging people to vote indiscriminately (publicly or privately), mass mailing/posting and any other behavior that could lead to results being artificially skewed. Members found to be participating in these activities will be disqualified from nomination in any category. Please note that you do not have to vote in every category. You can vote in as many or as few as you would like - please go for as many as you feel comfortable with. The more valid votes we get, the better! Categories The categories are listed below. For each category, you will find a link to the ballot where you can vote. Member of the Year http://www.karateforums.com/member-of-the-year-vt45864.html New Member of the Year http://www.karateforums.com/new-member-of-the-year-vt45863.html Community Spirit Award http://www.karateforums.com/community-spirit-award-vt45862.html Staff Member of the Year http://www.karateforums.com/staff-member-of-the-year-vt45861.html Funniest Member of the Year http://www.karateforums.com/funniest-member-of-the-year-vt45860.html Karate Contributor of the Year http://www.karateforums.com/karate-contributor-of-the-year-vt45859.html Jiu-Jitsu and Grappling Martial Arts Contributor of the Year http://www.karateforums.com/jiu-jitsu-and-grappling-martial-arts-contributor-vt45858.html Korean Martial Arts Contributor of the Year http://www.karateforums.com/korean-martial-arts-contributor-of-the-year-vt45857.html Equipment Contributor of the Year http://www.karateforums.com/equipment-contributor-of-the-year-vt45856.html Health, Training and Fitness Contributor of the Year http://www.karateforums.com/health-training-and-fitness-contributor-oty-vt45855.html Instructor Central Contributor of the Year http://www.karateforums.com/instructor-central-contributor-of-the-year-vt45854.html Article of the Year http://www.karateforums.com/article-of-the-year-vt45853.html Vote Now So, that's all there is to it. Please vote. We need as many valid votes as possible! Voting will be closed on November 26, 2013 at 10 PM ET. Please do not post your votes in this or any thread. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to private message me or reply to this thread. Please do not post a reply on the poll threads. Thank you for reading and for visiting KarateForums.com. Your participation in these awards is the most important ingredient to them being a success. Sincerely, Patrick

Please vote for the Member of the Year in the KarateForums.com Awards 2013. Award Description: This award is intended to acknowledge the non-staff member who you feel best exemplifies the qualities that KarateForums.com puts a premium on. Knowledge is valuable, but most valuable is a kind and helpful nature. You don't need to be a martial arts expert to win this award - you need to be someone who is kind and who shares what they know in a productive fashion that helps others. Here are the nominees: CredoTe ps1 yamesu Hawkmoon mal103 Voting will be closed on November 26, 2013 at 8 PM EST (GMT -5). Please do not respond to this thread. Thank you for voting.

Please vote for the New Member of the Year in the KarateForums.com Awards 2013. Award Description: This award is intended to acknowledge the non-staff member, that registered on or between the dates of October 19, 2012 and July 18, 2013, who you feel best exemplifies the qualities that KarateForums.com puts a premium on. Knowledge is valuable, but most valuable is a kind and helpful nature. You don't need to be a martial arts expert to win this award - you need to be someone who is kind and who shares what they know in a productive fashion that helps others. Here are the nominees: Hawkmoon AdamKralic lowereastside Kusotare Voting will be closed on November 26, 2013 at 8 PM EST (GMT -5). Please do not respond to this thread. Thank you for voting.

Please vote for the Community Spirit Award in the KarateForums.com Awards 2013. 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: Wastelander ps1 ninjanurse sensei8 bushido_man96 DWx Voting will be closed on November 26, 2013 at 8 PM EST (GMT -5). 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 2013. Award Description: This award is intended to acknowledge the staff member who you feel deserves special recognition for their contributions to the community. Here are the nominees: ninjanurse sensei8 DWx bushido_man96 Harkon72 Voting will be closed on November 26, 2013 at 8 PM EST (GMT -5). Please do not respond to this thread. Thank you for voting.

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Please vote for the Karate Contributor of the Year in the KarateForums.com Awards 2013. Award Description: This award is for your favorite contributor within the Karate forum. It should be a member who has added substantial value to that section in the past year. Here are the nominees: sensei8 cheesefrysamurai bushido_man96 Kusotare mal103 CredoTe Wastelander Voting will be closed on November 26, 2013 at 8 PM EST (GMT -5). Please do not respond to this thread. Thank you for voting.

Please vote for the Jiu-Jitsu and Grappling Martial Arts Contributor of the Year in the KarateForums.com Awards 2013. Award Description: This award is for your favorite contributor within the Jiu-Jitsu and Grappling Martial Arts forum. It should be a member who has added substantial value to that section in the past year. Here are the nominees: pittbullJudoka tallgeese ps1 Voting will be closed on November 26, 2013 at 8 PM EST (GMT -5). Please do not respond to this thread. Thank you for voting.

Please vote for the Korean Martial Arts Contributor of the Year in the KarateForums.com Awards 2013. Award Description: This award is for your favorite contributor within the Korean Martial Arts forum. It should be a member who has added substantial value to that section in the past year. Here are the nominees: bushido_man96 DWx Voting will be closed on November 26, 2013 at 8 PM EST (GMT -5). Please do not respond to this thread. Thank you for voting.

Please vote for the Equipment Contributor of the Year in the KarateForums.com Awards 2013. Award Description: This award is for your favorite contributor within the Equipment forum. It should be a member who has added substantial value to that section in the past year. Here are the nominees: JohnASE Hawkmoon Wastelander Harkon72 Voting will be closed on November 26, 2013 at 8 PM EST (GMT -5). Please do not respond to this thread. Thank you for voting.

Please vote for the Health, Training and Fitness Contributor of the Year in the KarateForums.com Awards 2013. Award Description: This award is for your favorite contributor within the Health, Training and Fitness forum. It should be a member who has added substantial value to that section in the past year. Here are the nominees: bushido_man96 tallgeese yamesu Evil Dave Voting will be closed on November 26, 2013 at 8 PM EST (GMT -5). Please do not respond to this thread. Thank you for voting.

Please vote for the Instructor Central Contributor of the Year in the KarateForums.com Awards 2013. Award Description: This award is for your favorite contributor within the Instructor Central forum. It should be a member who has added substantial value to that section in the past year. Here are the nominees: sensei8 JusticeZero bushido_man96 mal103 Voting will be closed on November 26, 2013 at 8 PM EST (GMT -5). Please do not respond to this thread. Thank you for voting.

Please vote for the Article of the Year in the KarateForums.com Awards 2013. Award Description: This award distinguishes your favorite article that was published in the KarateForums.com Articles section on or between October 19, 2012 and October 18, 2013. Whether the article enlightened or inspired you, this is the place to recognize it. Here are the nominees: Martial Arts is Half Physical, But 90% Mental by KarateGeorge Creating a Home Training Environment for Martial Arts by tallgeese The Secrets to Good Taekwon-Do! by DWx Voting will be closed on November 26, 2013 at 8 PM EST (GMT -5). Please do not respond to this thread. Thank you for voting.

Thank you to everyone who has served honorably in the armed services. Patrick

My pleasure. Glad that we were able to record this one, thanks to Google+ Hangouts. Patrick

Thank you for sharing that, lowereastside. I appreciate it. I am fortunate to have a great staff that consists of guidelines (Sempais), including sensei8, Harkon72, Wastelander and Lupin 1, and moderators (Senseis), including ninjanurse, bushido_man96, DWx and tallgeese. Together we are able to follow through on the goals that I have for the community. Thanks again, Patrick

Good luck, Hawkmoon. Patrick

Glad that you enjoyed it, CredoTe. I appreciate the tip on your name. I will try to keep that in mind. Patrick

Thanks Alex, Nidan Melbourne, blacknebula and Brian. My pleasure. Patrick

Hello, Thank you for visiting KarateForums.com. Did you miss today's live stream? If so, don't worry. You can watch a replay here: The stream featured plenty of reminiscing and reflecting on the journey to 500,000 posts, with appearances by jamesdasher, Harkon72, pittbullJudoka, ShoriKid, sensei8, monkeygirl, bushido_man96 and DWx! Thank you to everyone who participated on the stream and in the chat, including ninjanurse, Lupin1, Kusotare, GaryMo and more. Please feel free to comment on the live stream here. Thanks, Patrick

Hello, Thank you for visiting KarateForums.com. For everyone looking forward to today's live stream, the chat room is now open and the show will begin shortly, on schedule. You can find it here: http://www.karateforums.com/livestream.php I look forward to seeing you there! Thanks, Patrick

Hey all, If you didn't participate in the interview series and won't have the chance to appear on tomorrow's live stream, I still would love to do a brief interview with you here! If you are comfortable doing so, please answer these questions in a reply to this thread. To make this easy, to post a visually appealing interview, I will also include the questions, formatted nicely, in a code BBCode box at the bottom of this post. Simply use your mouse to highlight/select all of the text inside this box, then copy and paste it into a new reply and fill in your answers! 1. Where are you from? 2. Why did you get started in the martial arts? 3. Please briefly describe the styles of martial arts that you have taken and your ranks in them. 4. Do you remember how you found KarateForums.com? Why did you join? And why did you stay? 5. What does KarateForums.com mean to you? 6. Can you share a memorable moment within the community where you received great advice or an experience that really affected you and your martial arts journey? [b]1. Where are you from?[/b] Your answer. [b]2. Why did you get started in the martial arts?[/b] Your answer. [b]3. Please briefly describe the styles of martial arts that you have taken and your ranks in them.[/b] Your answer. [b]4. Do you remember how you found KarateForums.com? Why did you join? And why did you stay?[/b] Your answer. [b]5. What does KarateForums.com mean to you?[/b] Your answer. [b]6. Can you share a memorable moment within the community where you received great advice or an experience that really affected you and your martial arts journey?[/b] Your answer. I look forward to hearing from you. Thanks, Patrick