We have 18 entries on the short list this week, out of a long list of 74 posts.<\/p>\n
Vote for the People’s Choice Award here<\/a>. You can use the voting interface to see each nominated post, so comparison is easy.<\/p>\n Ahem: Please don’t spam all your friends to come and vote for you. First, what we’re interested in is what is popular among people who would have been voting anyway. And second, I’ll eliminate you for cheating. Don’t say you weren’t warned.<\/p>\n Voting runs through to 12 Noon MST Monday. I’ll announce the winners of this week’s awards soon thereafter.<\/p>\n Here is this week’s short-list of Odysseus Medal nominees:<\/p>\n < ?PHP\n$AltEntries = array (\n\"Athol Kay -- Tales For An Accelerated Culture\tTales For An Accelerated Culture”, $radioGroup = “”; We have 18 entries on the short list this week, out of a long list of 74 posts. Vote for the People’s Choice Award here. You can use the voting interface to see each nominated post, so comparison is easy. Ahem: Please don’t spam all your friends to come and vote for you. 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\n“Brian Brady — Are You Blogging For Speed?\tAre You Blogging For Speed?<\/a>“,
\n“Dan Green — Ignoring Adjectives\tHow Ignoring Adjectives Can Improve Your Understanding Of Mortgages<\/a>“,
\n“Dan Green — Mortgage Rates\tWhy Mortgage Rates Don’t Look Like They’re Coming Back Down Any Time Soon<\/a>“,
\n“Geno Petro — She tried to make me buy a rehab\tShe tried to make me buy a rehab…<\/a>“,
\n“Harvey Edgecombe — Barack Obama versus the US Economy\tBarack Obama versus the US Economy<\/a>“,
\n“Jay Thompson — Dale Stinton Stops By NARWisdom.com\tNAR CEO Dale Stinton Stops By NARWisdom.com<\/a>“,
\n“Kris Berg — A lesson in push(y) marketing.\tA lesson in push(y) marketing.<\/a>“,
\n“Kris Berg — In sickness or in health\tIn sickness or in health – It’s viral.<\/a>“,
\n“Mike Farmer — Due Diligence and Real Estate\tDue Diligence and Real Estate<\/a>“,
\n“Mike Farmer — The Religion (Tyranny) of Niceness\tThe Religion (Tyranny) of Niceness<\/a>“,
\n“Mike Price — Armchair Quarterbacking Real Estate 2.0\tArmchair Quarterbacking Real Estate 2.0<\/a>“,
\n“Morgan Brown — McCain’s Mum on Mortgage Reform\tMcCain’s Mum on Mortgage Reform<\/a>“,
\n“Morgan Brown — New conforming limits\tNew conforming limits – what will it do to jumbo loan rates?<\/a>“,
\n“Nick Bostic — Save the World (and some money)\tSave the World (and some money)<\/a>“,
\n“Teri Lussier — The training of the shrewd\tThe training of the shrewd<\/a>“,
\n“Todd Carpenter — Why Google Page Rank Matters\tPerception Is Reality, Why Google Page Rank Matters<\/a>“,
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