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[Brink]

Voted. Now at 26,655.

 

[C-11]

26,746

 

[Joan Archer]

26,754 Just voted

 

[essenbe]

26,768

 

[tom982]

Sorry about the app crashing guys, I'll try and get that fixed tonight. I can tell you that we've just overtaken another person though

 

[Stephanie]

Voted - 26,805

 

[essenbe]

Sorry about the app crashing guys, I'll try and get that fixed tonight. I can tell you that we've just overtaken another person though

What place is Amber in Tom? I'm sure she has to be pretty high up there. She already has many more votes than last year and made the top 10% then, so I would expect her to be much higher this year.

 

[COMPUTIAC]

** 26,866 **

 

[tom982]

Just to check, have you guys that tried the app got the .NET Framework 4.5 installed? It's working fine on two computers I've tested it on and can't see any reason for it to crash - there's only 100 lines of code or something

It takes quite a while to download all 1300 contestants' pages, so when I first processed the lot I took the top 50 contestants and check those now. The latest results can be found here: NMEDA Results - 23:00 07/05/2014 - Pastebin.com

People towards the end of the list might be wrong as the person who was 51st may now be 49th etc. but it doesn't matter to Amber as we've got her so far up the list

 

[bawldiggle]

I have voted every day since I started, not reported here though.
Got my first double vote yesterday, thanks to the tip off by bison2000 ...

 

[COMPUTIAC]

She is looking good to me at # 17

Thank's Tom.

 

[The Howling Wolves]

Voted today 26,878

 

[A Guy]

26,883

Tom, I have .net 4.5.1 and it didn't work for me either, sorry. A Guy

Details attached

View attachment Details.txt

 

[UsernameIssues]

I've got a present for you all: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16537616/Amber%20Rank%20Check.exe

I'm in such a rush but just managed to squeeze out a working build (clear and copy buttons don't work yet). Make the folder C:\NMEDA, then run the app (might have to as an admin, but I doubt it). It'll take a while to run depending on your internet speed, but it will generate a list of the top 50 contestants in the NMEDA competition Haven't coded the sorting algorithm yet, so just run it through here:

Sort Text Lines

Click Natural, then Reverse to get your list

Enjoy!

26,883

Tom, I have .net 4.5.1 and it didn't work for me either, sorry. A Guy

Details attached

View attachment 316972

Did you make that folder?

I would suggest that we not all run the app. It is not the kindest thing to do to a website.

I've been pulling the data every couple of days for a while now, but I'm not sure what the numbers mean.

http://www.mobilityawarenessmonth.com/entrant/juan-giraldo-tampa-fl/ 90945
http://www.mobilityawarenessmonth.com/entrant/jay-erwin-deep-gap-nc/ 75468
http://www.mobilityawarenessmonth.com/entrant/meenu-sikand-woodbridge-on/ 72506
http://www.mobilityawarenessmonth.com/entrant/zakkary-smith-moreno-valley-ca/ 63237
http://www.mobilityawarenessmonth.com/entrant/eddie-lowe-jacksonville-il/ 59952
http://www.mobilityawarenessmonth.com/entrant/shruthi-reed-herculaneum-mo/ 57770
http://www.mobilityawarenessmonth.com/entrant/emily-brown-jonesborough-tn/ 55256
http://www.mobilityawarenessmonth.com/entrant/laurene-trostel-twin-falls-id/ 53802
http://www.mobilityawarenessmonth.com/entrant/courtney-boyll-moulton-al/ 49117
http://www.mobilityawarenessmonth.com/entrant/michael-mansur-san-diego-ca/ 36523
http://www.mobilityawarenessmonth.com/entrant/paul-gauthier-new-westminster-bc/ 34834
http://www.mobilityawarenessmonth.com/entrant/alex-berube-east-hartford-ct/ 34558
http://www.mobilityawarenessmonth.com/entrant/travis-lada-hamilton-nj/ 30557
http://www.mobilityawarenessmonth.com/entrant/cayden-atchison-calera-al/ 30401
http://www.mobilityawarenessmonth.com/entrant/theresa-charlton-charlemont-ma/ 30069
http://www.mobilityawarenessmonth.com/entrant/sylvia-hicks-brunson-sc/ 29314
http://www.mobilityawarenessmonth.com/entrant/amber-chaffee-oxford-in/ 26914
http://www.mobilityawarenessmonth.com/entrant/bryce-napp-chelsea-al/ 26212
http://www.mobilityawarenessmonth.com/entrant/christopher-sanders-parksley-va/ 25960
http://www.mobilityawarenessmonth.com/entrant/antonio-dowels-riverview-fl/ 24641

7. WINNER SELECTION PROCESS AND ODDS: The Winner will be selected in the sole discretion of the National Mobility Equipment Dealers Association (NMEDA). For phase one of the Program, the Local Hero has to qualify in the top ten percent of entries that received the most votes at the conclusion of the Voting Period. During phase two of the selection process, the top 10% vote earners will be reviewed by an independent panel of judges that are in the mobility specialty field.

If the rules just said:
...the Local Hero has to qualify in the top ten percent of entries...
Then there are currently about 1390 entrants.
So, the top 139 would go on to phase two.
(139 entries is a lot of info to be reviewed by the panel.)

But, the rules also say:
...the top 10% vote earners...
(which might just be a brief way of restating the first mention of 10%)

There are other ways of figuring the 10% that makes only 4 or 5 entrants move on to phase two.

edit: I forgot to add that some entrants might be removed from consideration due to automated voting... or a block of votes that were deemed to have been automated might just be removed from an entrant's total. I'm not sure how those running this contest could be absolutely positive of automation. Also, I wonder if some people would automate votes for those in the top slots in the hopes of getting them knocked out of the contest.


Attached is a zipped CSV (text) file.

 

[bison2000]

Today's answer: false

Vote for Amber Chaffee - Oxford, IN in the 2014 National Mobility Awareness Month Local Hero contest!

 

[Joan Archer]

26,932 Just voted. Hi Amber good luck this year.

 

[essenbe]

26,981

 

[sandpd]

:busted: 1 day left for voting :busted:

26,969

 

[A Guy]

Did you make that folder?

No, I'm a noob. Worked now. But I agree, no use us all running the app.

27,002

A Guy

 

[Tews]

27,087