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Baja Dogs Vote (New Hints added)

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duke62 - 10-20-2009 at 01:16 AM

Done. (Why no dog images to post as opposed to laughing/barfing heads?). My Baja rescue dogs say, "Woof!"

1:20 A.M.

Mulegena - 10-20-2009 at 01:28 AM

and I voted again.

My Baja rescue doggie Suzi-girl says "Hi!" :bounce:

lizard lips - 10-20-2009 at 05:01 AM

Hi Suzi. Booger says hello.

DENNIS - 10-20-2009 at 08:01 AM

I'm in.

Family Portraits

Mulegena - 10-20-2009 at 09:50 AM

How 'bout we post pictures of our Baja Dog family members???

and can somebody refer me to the link how to do it, plz?

BajaNuts - 10-20-2009 at 01:38 PM

Here's a link to help with the photos...

http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=38854

lizard lips - 10-21-2009 at 07:25 AM

In again

DENNIS - 10-21-2009 at 07:39 AM

Me too

vandenberg - 10-21-2009 at 08:03 AM

Wiley, when are we going to move up in the standings or even know if we're making any headway :?:

They have been the same since we started. :?:

DENNIS - 10-21-2009 at 12:04 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by comitan
I certainly would like to hear from anybody that has Ideas that will get people to vote, we sure do have enough people on this forum along with the local groups to move us up. From now on I will bump this and have the voting site on each post.

Wiley...Do they have these contests occasionally? If there's another in the future, we should know about it in advance. Didn't we get a late start?

DENNIS - 10-21-2009 at 12:19 PM

OK Wiley...thanks.
If they have another one, we could turn it over to those ACORN folks and they'll get about ten billion votes. A sure winner. :lol:

BajaNuts - 10-21-2009 at 09:08 PM

Here's some text from their webpage. It'll serve as information and also to bump...

"Seventy-three grants will be awarded for a total of $100,000 to eligible Petfinder.com members. Final prizes will go to the eligible Petfinder.com organization with the highest accumulative votes for the duration of the Challenge as specified in the rules.

Voting begins on September 14th, 2009, and ends at midnight (PST) on December 20th, 2009. The more friends you can rally to vote for your favorite rescue organization, the better its chances of winning. Every vote, every day counts - shelters can pull ahead even during the last few days with enough support. Get people involved! Your favorite rescue organization is counting on you!"

BajaNuts - 10-21-2009 at 09:15 PM

from what I can find, Baja Dogs is #3 international and #157 overall.

These stats are updated daily.

WE GOTTA KEEP ON VOTING!

morning, noon and night.....

lizard lips - 10-22-2009 at 04:38 AM

Got it DONE

lizard lips - 10-23-2009 at 06:25 AM

OK------- In again

lizard lips - 10-24-2009 at 05:14 AM

Just milked the cow

shari - 10-24-2009 at 10:27 AM

doing my daily voting....here is our darling shami under the rainbow

and her after one of our sunday gatherings

[Edited on 10-24-2009 by shari]

lizard lips - 10-25-2009 at 06:52 AM

Ok---------- Done again

lizard lips - 10-26-2009 at 06:04 AM

VOTE-----

vandenberg - 10-26-2009 at 07:46 AM

Ditto

lizard lips - 10-27-2009 at 07:10 AM

Im in again

El Camote - 10-27-2009 at 09:13 AM

Rocked the vote. :biggrin:

BajaNuts - 10-27-2009 at 09:15 AM

I'm still voting on both computers-

morning, noon and night

DENNIS - 10-27-2009 at 10:08 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by BajaNuts
I'm still voting on both computers-

morning, noon and night

You mean, you can vote three times each day from each computer? I can't do that.

BajaNuts - 10-27-2009 at 11:11 AM

yep-

sssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

12:00 midnight Wednesday

Mulegena - 10-28-2009 at 12:04 AM

I voted again!!

I've found I can vote only once per 24-hour period, but I can click to award food more than once a day.

When I go to friends' homes I always log on and vote, too.

lizard lips - 10-28-2009 at 06:25 AM

OK

DENNIS - 10-28-2009 at 07:02 AM

I'm in too

Bajagypsy - 10-29-2009 at 06:02 AM

voted again, and moving this post to the top.

lizard lips - 10-29-2009 at 06:26 AM

Movin on up 2

Dianamo - 10-29-2009 at 06:29 AM

Voting everyday, and now I'm in the habit of clicking the food button also.

lingililingili - 10-29-2009 at 10:04 AM

Count me in, again.

BajaNuts - 10-29-2009 at 01:48 PM

where's the donate food thingy?

What am I looking for?

BAJA DOGS ROCK!!

Mulegena - 10-29-2009 at 10:11 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by BajaNuts
where's the donate food thingy?

What am I looking for?

This is how I do it:

1. Go to http://animalrescuesite.com homepage.

2. The Click to Give Food button is center-top.
Click it and you're sent to a second page which shows the food sponsors and says you've just given .6 bowl of food for animals.

3. Scroll down that second page to the Animal Rescue Center $100,000 Giveaway button.
--Click it and choose BAJA DOGS to cast your vote.
--You're then sent to another page to confirm your vote by id'ing an animal.
--You're then sent to another page where you can check the status of the national and international shelters.

I'm able to click for food numerous times per day, but am restricted to one vote for BAJA DOGS once per day per computer ISP.

[Edited on 10-30-2009 by Mulegena]

BajaNuts - 10-29-2009 at 10:22 PM

thanks, Mulegena,

I had the Vote page bookmarked, so I never saw this other page. I'll bookmark both pages and start adding food.

lizard lips - 10-30-2009 at 07:39 AM

Ok

BajaNuts - 10-30-2009 at 09:20 AM

I finally found the food tab

When on the "vote" page, or after voting, it's the top left tab labeled "HUNGER"-

then "Click To Donate"

Mulegena - 10-30-2009 at 10:38 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by BajaNuts
I finally found the food tab

When on the "vote" page, or after voting, it's the top left tab labeled "HUNGER"-

then "Click To Donate"

Neat! Didn't know there was more than one way to link in.
Now we can all do both services, whichever way we take.

Mulegena - 10-31-2009 at 12:32 AM

BAJA DOGS has advanced to the #2 POSITION!!

Hooray!! Keep on voting everyone, and get your friends and families to do the same, please.

lizard lips - 10-31-2009 at 01:19 AM

WE WANT NUMBER !...... :biggrin:

Please, Baja dogs need everyone's votes!

Dianamo - 10-31-2009 at 07:10 AM

I was so excited to see we have moved into the #2 position! We must defend our advancement and pursue #1!
Go Baja Dogs!

shari - 10-31-2009 at 07:32 AM

thanks for the heads up on the food donation...very cool...and wooooo hooooo...in number two!!!! feels good

vandenberg - 10-31-2009 at 08:05 AM

Haven't missed yet

vandenberg - 10-31-2009 at 11:19 AM

Just a reminder of the wonderful things done by Animalandia here in Loreto:

ANIMALANDIA

There will be a spay/neuter clinic on Nov. 2nd and 3rd. This is the clinic that was to be held on the 9th and 10th; however, it had to be changed to the 2nd and 3rd. Animals can be registered after 7:00 A.M. Two to three volunteers will be needed for the two days to doggie sit post surgeries and we will need someone to help wash instruments and get packs ready for the sterilizer. Volunteers may call the clinic, Misty or Linda (135-1747).

Mulegena - 10-31-2009 at 11:19 AM

Let's get the word out to our friends and family-- its easy, vote BAJA DOGS every day. Tell your kids their votes can be their Christmas present to you this year.

still #2

Dianamo - 11-1-2009 at 06:29 AM

lizard lips - 11-1-2009 at 06:35 AM

Did it again................ :yes:

comitan - 11-1-2009 at 07:31 AM

Just in from the La Paz Gringo's forum you can vote twice if you vote once in Firefox and once in Explorer. :rolleyes:

http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/clickToGive/shelterchalle...

Santiago - 11-1-2009 at 07:36 AM

I'm in. I usually avoid long threads as they all seem to degenerate into political bickering but I chanced this one and - hey!, something good to do.

lizard lips - 11-1-2009 at 07:44 AM

Now I'm in twice a day--GREAT!

BajaNuts - 11-1-2009 at 08:58 AM

and remember to use the main computer, the laptop, work computer, you're co-workers, cell phone, the free one at the coffee shop when you're getting a latte............

and keep checking, morning, noon, and night...

comitan - 11-1-2009 at 09:05 AM

Ok this is even better.

And you can add Google Chrome, Safari (from Apple), Opera and other browsers to the list.

Perhaps simpler yet is to clear out the cookies associated with that web site or simple clear all of them out if that is your normal routine. In this manner, one can vote as many times as desired on any given day. Vote; clear cookies; repeat...

Viva los perros: I'm up to 27 today

Now can someone be more explicit on how to do this.

NOBODY BEATS THE NOMADS WE ARE GOING TO WIN.

BajaNuts - 11-1-2009 at 11:15 AM

The new title is good, hopefully it will get folks back in for the info.

deleting cookies seems to be working for me. Gives me something to do while the football game is on :lol:

Baja Dogs is currently 142 overall
Lighthouse Rescue in Costa Rica is 81 overall,

VOTE!VOTE!VOTE!

I'm looking forward to seeing where it's at tomorrow.
BTW, Lighthouse Animal Rescue used to be in Edgewater, FL so they probably have a pretty big following.
[Edited on 11-1-2009 by BajaNuts]

[Edited on 11-1-2009 by BajaNuts]

Bajagypsy - 11-2-2009 at 06:00 AM

voted, and bump

lizard lips - 11-2-2009 at 06:01 AM

TWICE!

DENNIS - 11-2-2009 at 08:44 AM

I'm in....... jeeeezo...it showed the picture of an animal to verify and I couldn't tell what it was. Looked kinda like a snake, black and white, so I called it a snake. Wrong. The next picture was a frog. That was easy.

vandenberg - 11-2-2009 at 10:26 AM

Good question.

Clearing cookies on internet options doesn't work.

vandenberg - 11-2-2009 at 02:27 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by morgaine7
There's another one that looks like a rat but apparently isn't. And me with straight A's in college zoology, sheesh. I alway hope for cat, dog, or zebra.

Kate

Kate,
made that error also. It's a giant mouse. :biggrin:

BajaNuts - 11-2-2009 at 06:58 PM

that black and white weird thing is a CAT! Go Figure! Doesn't look like it in the picture, but that's what I type and it accepts it. And there's a couple mouse pictures. I tried rat on one also and it didn't take it.

As for cookies, I just clear all my cookies. Just a personal preference, but we regularly dump all temp internet files, cookies, downloads, all kinds of stuff. Here's a link to a quick, easy program that will clean everything up in one easy step. ('Nuts2 does a clean up about every day, me...every few days.) This will even take the TRASH out..
http://www.atribune.org/index.php?option=com_content&tas...

As for voting cookies, I clear them like Comitan says-
Tools
Options
Privacy
Show Cookies
"Remove all Cookies" instead of searching through the list for BajaDogs

WOOOHOOO 127th!

edit to add- using Firefox, when I get to the "remove All Cookies" window, it has a "shrink" button, so I clear all cookies, shrink it down onto the toolbar, back the the shelter challenge to vote, then enlarge it, clear cookies, shrink it.... much easier than going through tools/options/privacy/etc.

[Edited on 11-3-2009 by BajaNuts]

BajaNuts - 11-2-2009 at 08:07 PM

Comitan,
I think it's something like that, but we keep our logins and passwords saved by Firefox, so it only takes a second to login.

There gets to be so many cookies, and many of them are tracking cookies, that we just keep everything cleaned out and it seems to help keeping the 'puters running without getting all bogged down.

Hubby just did a little housekeeping on my laptop yesterday and found all these programs running in the background that I didn't even know were on there. He eliminated about 8 programs from the start menu, and totally deleted a few more.

I don't know where they come from but every so often we check all that stuff and find things that don't belong.

I think every site you visit puts a cookie in the cookie jar, even sites that aren't what you want when you're just searching for something.

I'm not a techi-guru, just sharing what we do and it works for us to keep things cleaned out.

That ATF cleaner program is super for getting rid of temp internet files and all that background stuff.

Back to the vote, I don't think I've made it through Noah's Ark of verification pictures yet!

:biggrin:

shari - 11-2-2009 at 08:14 PM

man, you'd think they'd come up with some better animal photos in the confirm vote section....have you seen that dead cat one??? weird

BajaNuts - 11-2-2009 at 10:09 PM

yea, that's what some thought was a snake.

I really couldn't tell except it looked fuzzy, domesticated, and laying tummy up (but I couldn't even say that last one for sure!:biggrin

I guessed CAT and it took the answer........

Bajagypsy - 11-3-2009 at 11:06 AM

voted for the second time today! :biggrin:

lizard lips - 11-4-2009 at 05:52 AM

Votes in from beautiful downtown Juarez.

bajamigo - 11-4-2009 at 07:34 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by lizard lips
Votes in from beautiful downtown Juarez.

Stay indoors.

DENNIS - 11-4-2009 at 08:55 AM

Im in.............

lizard lips - 11-5-2009 at 06:49 AM

In again

DENNIS - 11-5-2009 at 08:50 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by comitan
http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/clickToGive/shelterchalle...

Just bumping the link.

I'm in.........

vgabndo - 11-5-2009 at 02:25 PM

Fortunately I can still recognize a rana.

Bajagypsy - 11-6-2009 at 05:57 AM

voted

DENNIS - 11-6-2009 at 08:54 AM

I be in....

lizard lips - 11-6-2009 at 09:00 AM

I be 2

BajaNuts - 11-6-2009 at 11:00 AM

I can't seem to get faster than 3 per minute, but after 15 minutes...

clearing cookies will get you more-

HEY! just thought of something! Clearing cookies is a fast way to vote, But like Comitan pointed out, he doesn't like to clear all cookies, which is the fastest way. SOOOO....

Take one of the browsers listed above that is not your regular browser, designate that as your doggie browser! Use it only for voting. Then the only cookie that will be on it is the voting cookie.

The "clear all cookies" window has a "shrink" button, so if you just keep it open and the voting window open, it's really easy to toggle back and forth to vote, clear, vote, clear, and so on, and so on.....

:light:

GOBAJADOGS!

[Edited on 11-6-2009 by BajaNuts]

[Edited on 11-7-2009 by BajaNuts]

lizard lips - 11-7-2009 at 05:46 AM

Got it

DENNIS - 11-7-2009 at 07:34 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by DENNIS

Quote:

Originally posted by comitan
http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/clickToGive/shelterchalle...

I'm in

DENNIS - 11-7-2009 at 07:37 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by BajaNuts
The "clear all cookies" window has a "shrink" button, so if you just keep it open and the voting window open, it's really easy to toggle back and forth to vote, clear, vote, clear, and so on, and so on.....

I wonder if the competition sees this??? I suppose so.
Oh well.....

DENNIS - 11-7-2009 at 08:11 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by comitan

Do you think we are the only ones smart enough to be using this method to get votes. :rolleyes:

I guess so, Wiley. Kinda naive, huh.

BajaNuts - 11-7-2009 at 08:30 AM

Dianamo,
To edit your post, look on the upper right corner of your post and you will see the "edit" button.

Notice that button is not on others' posts, only yours, when you are logged it. Just click on it, make changes, and click "edit post".

Use that button also to "delete" a post.

[Edited on 11-7-2009 by BajaNuts]

BajaNuts - 11-7-2009 at 11:59 AM

I just showed BajaNuts 0.5 how to vote, he's been averaging 3 per minute for the past 30 minutes.

fyi- In searching for Baja Dogs' international competitor, I entered Lighthouse (for the Lighthouse Rescue in Costa Rica) and another Lighthouse rescue came up with a rank of 4010. So there are over 4000 charities that have been nominated.

vandenberg - 11-7-2009 at 02:22 PM

I noticed that if you go to Internet Options and delete the cookies, it takes the better part of an hour to be able to vote again. Voted 4 times today, however have my thoughts about it not being very kosher. :saint:

vgabndo - 11-7-2009 at 03:11 PM

"You can cast one vote every day for your favorite rescue organization."

A very generous organization creates a competition, establishes their rules, and offers nice rewards. Is there no one with recent posts that finds anything unsavory about devising a way to CHEAT, actively attempting to teach the means of CHEATING, and proudly reporting the number of times they've cheated? (Ok Vandenberg I acknowledge that you did hedge a tiny bit)

I'd be curious to know what kind of techniques you teach your kids to help them cheat on tests in school.

I'm sure someone will TRY to justify their behavior. Bring it on. In football, the rules say you aren't allowed to gouge-out the eyes of your opponent, in boxing you are prohibited from biting off your opponents ear, in this contest you are prohibited from voting more than once a day.

These generous donors will now have to spend money, they could have spent on protecting pets, to hire IT people to make it impossible for you people to rig the contest. That's part of Baja Nomad that does NOT make me proud. :no:

[Edited on 11-7-2009 by vgabndo]

comitan - 11-7-2009 at 03:59 PM

I accept what Vagabundo says, we are showing no ethics in what we are doing, therefore I'm deleting my original post, and all following posts, and would hope that everyone else does the same thing.

vgabndo - 11-7-2009 at 04:26 PM

"It isn't whether you win or lose, but how you play the game." Is that just a nieve old saw left over from the "Finest Generation" or is there, in fact, some validity to winning honestly or proudly losing while playing fair?

Your Yiddish proverb works here DT. A person who knowingly does not play by the rulers cannot be trusted. If a person can't be trusted, what do they have left?

Situational ethics??? It seems to this old college drop-out that most of the philosophical mental masturbation around Situational Ethics turns out to be fairly narrow in scope.

That said, I live in a country where the national religion is structured to allow a miscreant to self-forgive and continue down the same crooked path. I think that the IT folks previously mentioned should just fix is so anyone who cheats loses their privilege to vote even ONCE a day. Then it will be a contest for honest folks.

It won't likely make any difference, but my one daily vote is likely lost because I don't participate in rigged contests.

vandenberg - 11-7-2009 at 04:31 PM

Okay, Vagabundos,
You made your point and a very valid one.
But, this doesn't have to mean we shouldn't vote any more. Let's keep it honest and obey the rules.
Please Wiley, repost the site.

[Edited on 11-7-2009 by vandenberg]

comitan - 11-7-2009 at 04:34 PM

Vagabundo

Do you think for one instant that any one of us didn't know what we were doing, we just didn't need it brought to our attention. we felt that we were doing something good.

vgabndo - 11-7-2009 at 04:35 PM

Vandy...I'm with you all the way. Taking down the link, I judge, is too extreme. Let's just play fair.

vandenberg - 11-7-2009 at 04:36 PM

peepoor reasoning Wiley.
Just post the site.

DENNIS - 11-7-2009 at 04:45 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by vgabndo
It won't likely make any difference, but my one daily vote is likely lost because I don't participate in rigged contests.

Seemingly, I do. I vote once a day and won't take responsibility for the actions of others. I won't comment on the morality of their methods either. My efforts are mine alone.

DENNIS - 11-7-2009 at 04:47 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by DENNIS

Quote:

Originally posted by comitan
http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/clickToGive/shelterchalle...

vandenberg - 11-7-2009 at 05:10 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by DENNIS

Quote:

Originally posted by DENNIS

Quote:

Originally posted by comitan
http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/clickToGive/shelterchalle...

Thanks sainted one :lol:

DENNIS - 11-7-2009 at 05:24 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by vandenberg
Thanks sainted one :lol:

Bless ewe. :saint:

vgabndo - 11-7-2009 at 06:16 PM

Bless you all. I am operating here from the point of view that elders in our society have an obligation to point out to their friends and neighbors (cyber or otherwise) when they slip out of integrity. I just happen to have a couple of years of training, now, that has put me in a position to be very grateful to anyone who knows me who will call me if I am screwing-up. What a gift to have people around me to help be hold the line against that part of myself that I might wish to hide, repress, or deny. I could NEVER expect another to read my comments if I was not openly inviting others to hold me accountable for my own actions.

You WERE trying to do something good. We all were. I just think we can do that without having a mouth full of ear. (reference to previous post:lol

Let's hear some suggestions for how we can get many more people than now to vote just once a day. I sent the link to both the big address lists I have, and one of these non-Baja people, at least, has reported that they are voting for La Paz every day. I trust there are more.

DENNIS - 11-7-2009 at 06:31 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by vgabndo
You WERE trying to do something good. We all were. I just think we can do that without having a mouth full of ear. (reference to previous post:lol

Absolutly. Perhaps the method was a bit over-zealous but, the intent was pure.
It serves no purpose to dive into the philosophical goo of ends justifying means so, I hope everybody involved with this effort will continue to get out the vote and we all can give it our best. A noble effort is a win in itself.

BajaNuts - 11-7-2009 at 06:39 PM

Did a little searching and found the following quotes relating to other organizations in the contest.

"And all the follow-on days, you won't have to type in XXXXXXX or anything because it will remember your vote on that computer and you can skip steps 4 and 5. I run around my house every day and vote on each computer I have (you can only vote once per computer)."

"You can vote every day from all computers you have, but only once a day, until December 20th. "

"On the days I'm working, I get 9 votes in.
It lets me vote on every computer.
Plus I get my vote in on my home computer.
So most days I'm getting 10 votes in daily."

We are not the only ones to vote multiple times, just happen to be a little smarter to figure out the cookie trick.

(May have to edit this post as I've been searching and copying for a while......)

As in every situation involving personal ethics....be it harvesting seafood out of season, speeding, mordida, voting more than once, or any other situation, follow your heart and you'll sleep at night.

[Edited on 11-8-2009 by BajaNuts]

[Edited on 11-8-2009 by BajaNuts]

DianaT - 11-7-2009 at 06:44 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by DENNIS

Quote:

Originally posted by vgabndo
You WERE trying to do something good. We all were. I just think we can do that without having a mouth full of ear. (reference to previous post:lol

Maybe the ends do not justify the means----I seldom believe they do. But maybe it is not just a black and white world, and maybe situational ethics are far more than mental masturbation---it all depends on many points of view, and maybe it is more that philosophical goo----but then again, most of us will continue to see the world from our own perspectives---and that is always situational.

So, yes, cast the first stone.

A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing.
Albert Camus

[Edited on 11-8-2009 by DianaT]

DENNIS - 11-7-2009 at 06:49 PM

"A half truth is a whole lie." ~Yiddish Proverb

Is this situational?

DianaT - 11-7-2009 at 06:54 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by DENNIS
"A half truth is a whole lie." ~Yiddish Proverb

Is this situational?

Can be----most definitely. Truth and the path to truth can be found in many places,

and another quote from one of my favorite people,

Ralph Waldo Emerson === Foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds.

BajaNuts - 11-7-2009 at 06:57 PM

just edited my post on pg 10 to include-

As in every situation involving personal ethics....be it harvesting seafood out of season, speeding, mordida, voting more than once, or any other situation, follow your heart and you'll sleep at night.

comitan - 11-7-2009 at 07:00 PM

BajaNuts

Excellent post. My sympathies exactly

DianaT - 11-7-2009 at 07:07 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by BajaNuts
just edited my post on pg 10 to include-

As in every situation involving personal ethics....be it harvesting seafood out of season, speeding, mordida, voting more than once, or any other situation, follow your heart and you'll sleep at night.

Very well stated. It is good, IMHO, to see that Existentialism is alive and well.

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