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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: alfsauve on May 23, 2009, 07:35:48 AM
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It would much appreciated if I could enlist the DRTV family to help me with a work related issue.
My show (my work) is entered in a photo contest on the Tony Awards web site. The more awards and recognition we get the less likely we'll be axed next fall. Would you mind going to the web link below and give us a FIVE star rating? Click on the 5th star.
http://tinyurl.com/o6o65n (http://tinyurl.com/o6o65n)
You can vote daily! It's allowed. And from more than one computer.
Thanks,
Alf
Technical Director / Chief Engineer
"Live It Live!" http://LiveItLive.net (http://LiveItLive.net)
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id be happy too alf
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I dunno, Alf, do you deserve 5 stars? ? ?
Gave 'em to you anyhow!
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Done - Good Luck!
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I used my toe to vote! ;D
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It would much appreciated if I could enlist the DRTV family to help me with a work related issue.
My show (my work) is entered in a photo contest on the Tony Awards web site. The more awards and recognition we get the less likely we'll be axed next fall. Would you mind going to the web link below and give us a FIVE star rating? Click on the 5th star.
http://tinyurl.com/o6o65n (http://tinyurl.com/o6o65n)
You can vote daily! It's allowed. And from more than one computer.
Thanks,
Alf
Technical Director / Chief Engineer
"Live It Live!" http://LiveItLive.net (http://LiveItLive.net)
Now that was a great video....I don't feel the least bit guilty giving your entry five stars.
Hope we help
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Done!
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Got you covered.
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Fired up the other systems. Ya got two more ;)
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Done
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I thought it was a 4 and a half, ;)
close enough to 5 for me....
Done.
I'll wake up Betsy, (desktop in office), and fire off another 5.
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Alf,
I put my 5 in ;D
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I voted for ya............I have no idea WHAT I voted for, but I voted for ya.
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Done. I had to use my fingers though. Evidently I'm not as coordinated as Haz. ;D
Swoop
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I got one more in there for you. I'm not sure what it is actually but what the hey, 5 stars is 5 stars, right? ;)
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Done.
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done
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Great video, but I screwed up Alpha. I thought you clicked on how many you wanted. When I hit th first, it counted as a vote. :P I'm only admitting to this fubar to warn others. I'll be back tomorrow and the next day to fix it.
Sorry
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Being from Chicago (originally) I voted early and often.
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Done! Again.....
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Being from Chicago (originally) I voted early and often.
I enlisted the help of ACORN, and alf, you should be all set... 8)
Even my great grandfather, RIP Henry W., even he voted 5 stars, loved the theater.
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Thanks everyone. Unlike Chicago, it's legal to vote early and vote often in this contest.
A quick check tonight showed we're near the top. I'd guess in the top 10 out of almost 500 submissions.
This goes until June 3rd. Can I ask if you wouldn't mind to go their daily and cast a FIVE start rating.
Below is the original picture I wanted to submit. It is totally different from all the other pictures and, I thought, reflected the nature and excitement of our "show". But the Tony Awards people didn't accept it so I had to go with a "standard" stage shot.
Thanks again. It could help insuring the "show" continues next fall.
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No problem, but you might have to remind us. ;)
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Done. Would it also help to give the other top photos 1 star? I'm not sayin' I did that, but I'm not not sayin' it either. ;)
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Done. Would it also help to give the other top photos 1 star? I'm not sayin' I did that, but I'm not not sayin' it either. ;)
Because THAT'S the christian thing to do. ;)
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There you go...five more.
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Five more from me too..
Remind us often will u?
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5 from each computer in the house. There's a cookie workaround too, but I guess that's be dishonest.
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Done, again and again and again and again....
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I'm way up north and hijacked ma's computer ... guess what I just did again ;D
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Done again.
BTW the 'once a day' is actually once ever 24 hours.
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Just found the thread, Alf, but I'm on it like a buzzard droppin' in out of a Georgia pine onto a fresh-rolled possum.
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Just found the thread, Alf, but I'm on it like buzzard droppin' out of a Georgia pine onto a fresh-rolled possum.
Yeah, kind of like that, only a lot less gross. Those Georgia boys get a bit strange, as Burt Reynolds will tell you (do I hear banjos?). Anyway I voted again to cancel out my earlier FUBAR. I will do so again tomorrow.
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I gave it 15 stars. 5, 3 times. ;D
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I gave it 15 stars. 5, 3 times. ;D
I think that means you get a free Il. or La. drivers license, your choice. ;D
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Been voting when I can, from home and work.
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Thanks everyone for the support. Today I unleash another 100 people, from another mailing list, on the picture. Should be interesting to see the rating by lunch time.
Thanks again. I'll keep you posted mid-week.
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Done.
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Nothing like a good ol' fashion fire mission ;D
I have access to a 'few' computers, and I have no qualms about clearing cookies and going again. It seems you got another 20 votes from my IP. ;) (I have time to burn right now and nothing else to do)
You better win at this point.
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Cookies? Who's got cookies? I like cookies!!! ;D ;D
ya know.....when ya give a mouse a cookie, he'll want a glass of milk!
Oh, yea.....done a few more times.....and some more later....
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Cookies? Who's got cookies? I like cookies!!! ;D ;D
ya know.....when ya give a mouse a cookie, he'll want a glass of milk!
Oh, yea.....done a few more times.....and some more later....
Oh man. Have I ever gotten tired of reading that book! :) Until the 3 year old asks again. Then I'm ready to read it again! ;D
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5 more.....
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Oh man. Have I ever gotten tired of reading that book! :) Until the 3 year old asks again. Then I'm ready to read it again! ;D
Upside is that in another year, you can have her read it to you. Its never to early to start. Plus, think of all those cool youth model .22s, AND the Red Ryder BB gun you never got for fear of shooting your eye out. ;D
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+1
I love to take my kids shooting. I can't wait to buy one of those pink .22 rifles for my girls. Which will happen as soon as I find one when my wife isn't with me. ;)
The 3 year old likes shooting the most out of all of them, I think. She loves it! ;D ;D ;D
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5 more for ya Alf ;)
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Allright thats three votes. Let no one doubt my So. Fl. credentials. One screwed up, and then two more to fix it. I feel I've done Palm Beach County proud. ;D
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Allright thats three votes. Let no one doubt my So. Fl. credentials. One screwed up, and then two more to fix it. I feel I've done Palm Beach County proud. ;D
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Quit crowing. Your "mistake" now makes it 3.67 from you - keep voting until you clear 4.5 minimum! >:(
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Quit crowing. Your "mistake" now makes it 3.67 from you - keep voting until you clear 4.5 minimum! >:(
Ok, but I don't want to get in trouble. The Palm Beach County Commision is pretty strict on only voting three times....wait....thats only in presidential elections. I guess I'm still good to go. ;)
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Yea, I keep going back, every day, cast a few....clear the cookies, cast a few...clear, cast, clear, cast..........
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Yea, I keep going back, every day, cast a few....clear the cookies, cast a few...clear, cast, clear, cast..........
ditto 8)
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Two computers means remembering twice a day ... Doing my best!
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A very big THANK YOU for everyone being so diligent.
I know it was a rush job on the picture and most are better quality photos, but I think my show is the neatest. Unfortunately, some of the powers-that-be, are poised to cancel this show for next season. Word should go out Monday, then all the children's parents will respond over next week. The final say comes on Sunday, the 7th, when the "board of directors" meets. It would be neat to go out with a bang....a "Tony".....Okay it's not a REAL Tony, but at least Tony sponsored.
This contest runs until Wednesday and I do appreciate the support.
Alf
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A very big THANK YOU for everyone being so diligent.
I know it was a rush job on the picture and most are better quality photos, but I think my show is the neatest. Unfortunately, some of the powers-that-be, are poised to cancel this show for next season. Word should go out Monday, then all the children's parents will respond over next week. The final say comes on Sunday, the 7th, when the "board of directors" meets. It would be neat to go out with a bang....a "Tony".....Okay it's not a REAL Tony, but at least Tony sponsored.
This contest runs until Wednesday and I do appreciate the support.
Alf
Well it is one of those right wing religious nut case shows that teaches ridiculous, out moded thinking like 'right and wrong' and 'morales'! Can't have any of THAT being broadcast. Gotta make room for 'My two Daddies'.
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Alf, sorry to hear the way things look, but you are as aware as the rest of us that nothing is done until He says it is done. Keep the Faith, and if this one closes watch for the next opening!
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Voted. BTT
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Bump again, vote again.
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FINAL RESULTS:
The contest is over and I can't say how thankful I am for all those who helped keep my show top rated. Thank you.
It was in the end a popularity contest, but one in which voters could cast negative (1 star) ratings. Some of the shows must have had concerted, organized activities to lower the ratings of other shows. No hard feelings, I just learned you wait until the last minute to make your entry and have all your friends lined up to vote, before the nay-sayers can lower your rating.
The show finished (as best I can tell) at 50 out of 916 entries. Not bad. Top 5%. And I feel it was mostly earned honestly.
BAD NEWS. The powers-that-be will make their final vote on funding this Sunday night. They will kill this show. Not so much by direct vote but by cutting funding so badly and setting impossible circumstances that it can not continue. My heart was in this ministry. BUT where one door closes God will open another, so I've got to keep my eyes and ears open.
Thanks, again. For your diligence in voting for my show.
Alf
Tech Director - "Live It Live!"
http://LiveItLive.net (http://LiveItLive.net)
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Sorry to hear that Alf, will you be out of a job, or will they shift you to another project ?
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FINAL RESULTS:
The contest is over and I can't say how thankful I am for all those who helped keep my show top rated. Thank you.
It was in the end a popularity contest, but one in which voters could cast negative (1 star) ratings. Some of the shows must have had concerted, organized activities to lower the ratings of other shows. No hard feelings, I just learned you wait until the last minute to make your entry and have all your friends lined up to vote, before the nay-sayers can lower your rating.
The show finished (as best I can tell) at 50 out of 916 entries. Not bad. Top 5%. And I feel it was mostly earned honestly.
BAD NEWS. The powers-that-be will make their final vote on funding this Sunday night. They will kill this show. Not so much by direct vote but by cutting funding so badly and setting impossible circumstances that it can not continue. My heart was in this ministry. BUT where one door closes God will open another, so I've got to keep my eyes and ears open.
Thanks, again. For your diligence in voting for my show.
Alf
Tech Director - "Live It Live!"
http://LiveItLive.net (http://LiveItLive.net)
Sucks, Alf. But you have the right idea - trust in the Lord and follow His directions. Our hopes and prayers are with you.
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Sucks, Alf. But you have the right idea - trust in the Lord and follow His directions. Our hopes and prayers are with you.
Couldn't say it any better.
Good luck, Alf....things will work out.
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Last Post on this:
First, thanks to all who diligently voted for my show. We finished in the top 50 which means they at least looked at the photo for the final judging. I wish I had a better picture. The winner really was pretty good. Here's the top winners.
http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/community/contest/winners.html (http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/community/contest/winners.html)
Now I have BAD NEWS and GOOD NEWS.
I've seen it coming, but Monday it was official. My little TV show is dead. No funding. We lasted 3 seasons and have 75 edited episodes that we will try to "sell". We have 30 episodes in the can that need editing but without funding we can't afford the editor. It is a little sad as the creative team, talent and volunteers realize it will be no more. (We're in summer hiatus right now.) All that's left is to figure how to disperse the assets (sound, lighting, set and props). Some of it has already been taken (retasked) for other activities.
GOOD NEWS:
I still have my job as overall Tech Director for the church. On Sunday's I will be running sound for the contemporary service since there is no money to pay a sound engineer each week.
Thanks again for the well wishes and for the votes.
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Hang in there Alf. He will provide if you listen and follow.