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I had to dig through the page source to find the image urls.

We obviously made a mistake. We've removed it from 2 of the categories.

I want to comment on a few things here quickly. The images are posted randomly, there was no order to how I did this. So if anyone thinks we unfairly ordered them please understand there is no order, it was determined by an excel spreadsheet. We realize the voting system is not ideal, having to submit the form for each category. We would rather have an unideal contest then none at all. We hope you agree. We will try and have a better system in place next year when we do this that will highlight the photos better and offer a better voting system for the contestants and the people voting.

We love first post first TR people! Thank you, I've fixed the images for you.

Alpine -- $330 AAI Gift Cert* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Cragging -- $120 PMS and $120 Backcountry Gear Gift Cert 1 2 3 Removed 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Scenic -- $330 AAI Gift Cert* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Skiing/Boarding -- $330 AAI Gift Cert* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Bouldering -- 6 month pass to Seattle Bouldering Project valued at $432 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Ice -- $250 PMS Gift Cert 1 2 3 4 5 removed 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Humor -- $120 PMS Gift Cert 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

Hi Everyone, We have finally done the internal first round voting and are ready to rock here and have everyone vote. There were so many incredible photos and it was incredibly hard for us to come up with the final voting. Again thanks to our sponsors American Alpine Institute as the premier sponsor for this, and Pro Mountain Sports, Seattle Bouldering Project, and Backcountry Gear for their generous support. Again the categories and prizes are... Alpine -- $330 AAI Gift Cert* Cragging -- $120 PMS and $120 Backcountry Gear Gift Cert Scenic -- $330 AAI Gift Cert* Skiing/Boarding -- $330 AAI Gift Cert* Bouldering -- 6 month pass to Seattle Bouldering Project valued at $432 Ice -- $250 PMS Gift Cert Humor -- $120 PMS Gift Cert For the scenic category there were so many excellent photos we decided to allow more nominations then normal. In the event of a tie for a category, we will have a quick revote for that category with the photos that tied for 3 days to determine the winner. Results will be posted on 9pm August 20.

Just remember these jackasses are the same ones who gave AAA ratings to the junk mortgage back securities that helped start this whole mess.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2015852731_goatclams09m.html

Just a quick reminder to everyone it helps to put FS: or WTB: in the title in this forum.

The WaMu execs and Casey Anthony are having a party tonight!

Prole, what did you do before you went to Harvard Law? Yes, Obama should have not compromised and insisted on more. Reality is he wouldn't have gotten it. The stimulus should have been much bigger and financial reform should have been much tougher, going as far as breaking up some of the banks. I think it's funny how everyone is NOW noticing things aren't good since the stock market is falling. Things haven't been good for two years. The raw data has been terrible and the governments actions across the world inadequate, especially in Europe. You now have China, which is highly corrupt, with completely over-leveraged municipal debt levels on bond money that likely doesn't even exist on land collateral valued at 10x realistic levels. Australia and Canada are in an enormous housing bubbles and household debt levels worse then the US ever was. @noriel "Markets not buying into spin of a "better than expected" jobs # as report was lousy: unempl rate down only because 200k left the labor force" Yes the unemployment rate is down to 9.1%. What is the real unemployment rate? How many people have a job now that pays much less then before?

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Hi everyone, We are in need of a few volunteers to help select the finalists for the photo contest. Drop me a PM if you are willing to help.

Tom, I fixed your images. In the future add &.jpg to the end of the image url and it should work (you can click edit to see what I did).

Nice work Tom! Great report! Hey, I noticed the image problem with the extension you were using passing the image size argument and I'm working on a solution.

Actually it's because there hasn't been any spray in days. Imagine that! But yes we need to fix that. I think your suggestion is good and we'll get rid of the permit forum traffic in the search results. We appreciate people's patience with this, I know it's a bit of annoying, but it really does have a huge benefit to us and will more in the future.

I wonder how Gov. Christie would feel about his medical care today if he couldn't afford it like most Americans.

My favorite is the senator saying how people are suffering and getting rid of their country club memberships and expensive cars.

Let me heed some advice to anyone just getting out of school. Apply for this job. Real unemployment is at 22%. Most jobs out there are either a unpaid internship for new grads or they require 5 years of experience, which, guess what kiddo, you don't have. Get job experience. Get business experience regardless of your major. Having business experience will not hurt your biology ambitions. Plus, it's probably the coolest small city in Washington. Close to Baker, WA Pass, Whistler and Squamish. Cheaper housing then Seattle area, great food, TJs and Costco, stable economy thanks to all the Canucks coming across to shop.

Not sure what brand but I've seen huge packs at Costco.

This is not looking good.

Has anyone made a TRX knockoff having used the branded one? Curious as to what you used for parts and how much it ended up costing you.

Thanks for the suggestions, Jason. We'll keep them in mind as we are planning our feature upgrades that we are currently working on.

Photos that won in the previous contest were not allowed to be entered this time. If you did not win before submitting them again was fine. Sorry for the confusing statement.

All fixed.