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| 24thcenstfan | Apr 10 2011, 07:12 PM Post #4721 |
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Cute cat! Hopefully she will settle in and get used to the other cats. It can't be easy for her having to get used to a new home/family....especially with her being an older cat. |
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| Nimor | Apr 11 2011, 03:35 AM Post #4722 |
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Cute kittie.
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| Swidden | Apr 17 2011, 02:47 AM Post #4723 |
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Hey 24, Just thought I'd check in and see if the wild weather back there has been a cause for concern for you and yours. |
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| 24thcenstfan | Apr 17 2011, 08:28 AM Post #4724 |
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Hey Swidden! We've had some odd rain and strong wind, but nothing too terrible for us. There have been reports of tornado activity close by though. Today it will be clear skies, warm in the 70s. So we're good for today. |
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| TribbleMom | Apr 17 2011, 07:43 PM Post #4725 |
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24, good to know that nasty weather didn't give you much grief. Hey, all, I'm going to shamelessly promote an Earth Day contest at work that I have entered. Our workplace has asked employees to create a video or slideshow posted on YouTube about the things we do to help Mother Earth and our environmental activism. The winner is the video that gets the most views this coming week (Earth Day is April 22). So I'll ask for one minute and 5 seconds of your time to give a quick view of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1tQeyO5xlA The winning video-maker will get a prize plus a charitable donation from our company to the organization of their choice. I'm kind of a late entry into the contest, so I'm already several hundred views behind. Maybe you could check it out twice, or maybe more, pretty please? (I've never made a video or posted anything on YouTube before, so be gentle with the critiques -- I'm a newbie). This will also give you an idea of the stuff I spend a lot of my summer doing. Thanks! |
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| 24thcenstfan | Apr 17 2011, 08:32 PM Post #4726 |
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So the contest is based on number of views? No problem. Goes off to watch the video until I pass out at the computer... Edit: I've watched it three times so far, and the number of views hasn't changed. I'll wait to see if it updates. Btw, I sent you a PM about a change to the Blogosphere. Edited by 24thcenstfan, Apr 17 2011, 08:42 PM.
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| Swidden | Apr 17 2011, 11:26 PM Post #4727 |
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I'll try to click on it once or twice a day for the next few days TM. And I think the video quality is fine. Good luck! |
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| 24thcenstfan | Apr 18 2011, 06:31 AM Post #4728 |
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Well, the view number has definitely gone up since last night. Maybe it takes a little while before the view number updates. Edit: It just updated again! Edited by 24thcenstfan, Apr 18 2011, 06:41 AM.
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| TribbleMom | Apr 20 2011, 06:01 PM Post #4729 |
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I read on YouTube that if one IP address clicks on the video frequently within a certain time period, their counting software freezes the count. That answers that question about it not updating as much as some of us think it should. And thanks for the help on that project. Now that the # of YouTube views has given us our finalists in the contest, we get to vote on a site called SurveyMonkey. If you go to this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1tQeyO5xlA&feature=BFa&list=PL0A23ED4D78C950FC&index=5 You can see all the finalist videos involved in the contest. Then, the next step is to vote at this link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/my_echo_story_contest Voting will be tallied at 10:00AM Mountain Time this Friday. And apparently there is no limit on how frequently you can vote through this site. (That seems a bit odd to me). Anyway, the top 3 will be awarded $$ donations from our employer to the environmental non-profit of our choice. I'm hoping to get a donation for the Colorado Fourteeners Initiative, who guided us last year (and will again this year) in our trail maintenance work. Any voting that you have time for will be greatly appreciated. |
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| 24thcenstfan | Apr 20 2011, 06:51 PM Post #4730 |
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^^ My vote has been cast! And will be several times....
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| StarTrekFanatic1701 | Apr 21 2011, 03:15 AM Post #4731 |
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I'm happy! I bought the X-Files movie and I'm about to go and watch it! WOOT!!
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| Nimor | Apr 22 2011, 01:54 PM Post #4732 |
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Let's not let this thread be lost!
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| 24thcenstfan | Apr 22 2011, 01:56 PM Post #4733 |
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LOL. This thread will never be lost. ![]() Its actually the oldest on-going thread around. I started it back in 2006 when KOT first opened. Anyway, how's it going Nimor?
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| Nimor | Apr 22 2011, 01:57 PM Post #4734 |
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Pretty well, admiring the new dark theme. ![]() Activity's really gone up here since the re-opening. ![]() How are you? |
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| 24thcenstfan | Apr 22 2011, 01:58 PM Post #4735 |
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Glad you like the dark theme. Its good to see people coming around again. I hope membership/activity continues to increase. I'm doing okay. The weather is a bit dreary. Its been raining all day. |
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| Nimor | Apr 22 2011, 01:59 PM Post #4736 |
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Rain is not good. I hate it. ![]() |
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| Nimor | Apr 22 2011, 02:00 PM Post #4737 |
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Most of all can trigger a bad mood.
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| TribbleMom | Apr 22 2011, 08:55 PM Post #4738 |
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Please send some of that rain my way. We're in a drought, and every time the wind blows from the west, it looks like the Dustbowl around my house (there's a big empty field across the road, and I'm getting a lot of their topsoil). Meanwhile, on to other news of the day: What an exciting day -- the Quandary Peak/SSV trail maintenance slideshow video took first place in the video contest! That means that the Colorado Fourteeners Initiative will receive a $1000 check from Vail Resorts. A very huge THANK YOU to everyone who voted in the Echo Earth Day video contest. My workplace warehouse echoed (literally, and pun intended) with a resounding whoop when I opened the announcement email. I was so excited at the news that I immediately emailed the guys at the Colorado Fourteeners Initiative to share the good news. Greg (field program manager) and Lloyd (executive director) both wrote back right away; they sounded absolutely thrilled and tremendously grateful! This $1000 donation will go so far in helping with this summer’s programs to maintain Quandary Peak and Colorado’s other 53 “14ers” as well. I’m so extremely pleased that my company can help this organization with a donation (if only we could help ALL the worthy causes out there). That generosity will be appreciated by many folks, including the estimated 500,000 hikers that use those trails each year. So thank you again to everyone who voted for the Quandary video and made this wonderful thing happen! And thank you to those of you who networked all your friends into this as well; please pass on the gratitude. You’re all now officially what we hikers call “trail angels,” creating “trail magic” for the many others that use the trails. |
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| 24thcenstfan | Apr 23 2011, 12:48 PM Post #4739 |
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That's wonderful news, TribbleMom! Congratulations!
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| 24thcenstfan | Apr 26 2011, 04:39 PM Post #4740 |
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We are supposed to get some crazy thunderstorms tonight. |
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