{"id":2448,"date":"2007-12-30T12:13:20","date_gmt":"2007-12-30T19:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=2448"},"modified":"2007-12-30T10:09:46","modified_gmt":"2007-12-30T17:09:46","slug":"the-odysseus-medal-competition-voting-for-the-peoples-choice-award-is-open-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/2448\/the-odysseus-medal-competition-voting-for-the-peoples-choice-award-is-open-13\/","title":{"rendered":"The Odysseus Medal competition &#8212; Voting for the People&#8217;s Choice Award is open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Only seven entries on the short list this week, but the long list was barely 25 posts. <a href=\"http:\/\/bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/PeoplesChoice.php\" target=\"_blank\">Vote for the People&#8217;s Choice Award here<\/a>. You can use the voting interface to see each nominated post, so comparison is easy.<\/p>\n<p>Ahem: Please don&#8217;t spam all your friends to come and vote for you. First, what we&#8217;re interested in is what is popular among people who would have been voting anyway. And second, I&#8217;ll eliminate you for cheating. Don&#8217;t say you weren&#8217;t warned.<\/p>\n<p>Voting runs through to 12 Noon MST Monday. I&#8217;ll announce the winners of this week&#8217;s awards soon thereafter.<\/p>\n<p>Here is this week&#8217;s short-list of Odysseus Medal nominees:<\/p>\n<p>< ?PHP\n$AltEntries = array (\n\"Jillayne Schlicke -- Mortgage fraud\t<a href=\\\"http:\/\/www.raincityguide.com\/2007\/12\/23\/recent-mortgage-fraud-developments-and-future-outlook\/\\\" target=\\\"posts\\\">Recent Mortgage Fraud Developments and Future Outlook&#8221;,<br \/>\n&#8220;Tom Royce &#8212; Property taxes\t<a href=\\\"http:\/\/www.therealestatebloggers.com\/2007\/12\/26\/making-the-seniors-work-to-pay-off-property-taxes-your-bloodsucking-government-in-action\/\\\" target=\\\"posts\\\">Making the Seniors Work To Pay Off Property Taxes &#8211; Your Bloodsucking Government in Action<\/a>&#8220;,<br \/>\n&#8220;Dustin Luther &#8212; Year in review\t<a href=\\\"http:\/\/4realz.net\/2007\/12\/27\/a-trip-down-the-memory-super-highway\/\\\" target=\\\"posts\\\">A trip down the memory&#160;super-highway&#8230;<\/a>&#8220;,<br \/>\n&#8220;Kris Berg &#8212; Happy holidays\t<a href=\\\"http:\/\/sandiegohomeblog.com\/2007\/12\/24\/happy-holidays\/\\\" target=\\\"posts\\\">Happy Holidays!<\/a>&#8220;,<br \/>\n&#8220;Todd Carpenter &#8212; Zillow mortgage\t<a href=\\\"http:\/\/blog.mariah.com\/2007\/12\/zillow-mortgage-prediction\/\\\" target=\\\"posts\\\">Zillow Mortgage Prediction<\/a>&#8220;,<br \/>\n&#8220;Dan Melson &#8212; Short sale\t<a href=\\\"http:\/\/www.searchlightcrusade.net\/2007\/12\/getting_another_mortgage_loan.html\\\" target=\\\"posts\\\">Getting Another Mortgage Loan After A Short Sale<\/a>&#8220;,<br \/>\n&#8220;Jeff Brown &#8212; Expert results\t<a href=\\\"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=2432\\\" target=\\\"posts\\\">Do Others Think Of You As An Expert? You Must Be Getting Results<\/a>&#8221;<br \/>\n);<br \/>\nshuffle($AltEntries);<\/p>\n<p>$radioGroup = &#8220;&#8221;;<br \/>\n$num = count($AltEntries);<br \/>\nfor ($i=0; $i< $num; $i++)\n\t{\n\t$pieces = explode(\"\\t\", $AltEntries[$i]);\n\t$radioGroup .= \"<LI>&#8220;;<br \/>\n\t$radioGroup .= &#8220;$pieces[0], &#8220;;<br \/>\n\t$radioGroup .= &#8220;$pieces[1]&#8221;;<br \/>\n\t}<\/p>\n<p>echo (&#8220;<\/p>\n<ul>$radioGroup<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;)<br \/>\n?><\/p>\n<p>Deadline for next week&#8217;s competition is Sunday at 12 Noon MST. You can nominate your own weblog entry or any post you admire <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?page_id=1755\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<br \/>\n<!-- technorati tags start --><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:right;font-size:10px;\">Technorati Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/blogging\" rel=\"tag\">blogging<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/real estate\" rel=\"tag\">real estate<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/real estate marketing\" rel=\"tag\">real estate marketing<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- technorati tags end --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Only seven entries on the short list this week, but the long list was barely 25 posts. Vote for the People&#8217;s Choice Award here. You can use the voting interface to see each nominated post, so comparison is easy. Ahem: Please don&#8217;t spam all your friends to come and vote for you. 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