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Without further ado, let’s continue on with the 13th Stage (the 3rd Round of competition!) of the 2012 My Personal Finance Journey Tour de Personal Finance (to follow all of the action, click on the Tour de Personal Finance category link and scroll down to read all the posts involved in this subject).
AN IMPORTANT UPDATE ON PRIZES FOR THE COMPETITION
As I mentioned in the introduction post for the 2012 Tour de PF, I have reserved the reader portion of my 10% monthly blog income give back event for both June and July as prize money to the Yellow Jersey winner and runner-up/second place podium finisher. The Yellow Jersey winner will also select a charity of their choice to receive the charity portion of the 10% monthly blog income give back.
At the time that I mentioned these prizes, I did not yet know the exact quantities that they would be. However, I now have everything calculated, and the prizes will be as follows:
- Prize to Yellow Jersey Winner – $75.00
- Amount that will be given to a charity chosen by the Yellow Jersey Winner – $123.05
- Prize to 2nd place podium finisher – $50.00
Going along with Tour de France cycling tradition, I’ve listed each competition within each stage as an “intermediate sprint” (one post versus another) along with the description provided by the blog author when the post was submitted.
Also, if applicable, I will give a brief description of the stage of the Tour de France that took place the same day as (or that has happened since the previous Stage of) the competition.
HOW TO VOTE
You can vote for the one article (one from the one intermediate sprint in the case of today’s Stage) you’d like to see proceed in the Tour by commenting in the comments section below and telling which are your favorites.
I’ve listed a keyword after each post title to make it easy to vote (as a made-up example, you can just comment: Sprint 1: Mutual, etc.) Be sure to comment which one you like the best out of each set of two! Criteria for the best article is completely up to you, but you can use these factors as a guide: 1) post of your favorite blogger, 2) most interesting post, 3) most thought-provoking post, 4) most unique post, or 5) most actionable post.
Here are today’s competitions:
Voting will continue until July 16th for this Stage!
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The Value of Work (Work): You won’t get the same props (or paycheck) for vacuuming an apartment building as you would for performing open-heart surgery. But, that doesn’t mean a janitorial job is demeaning. It just means we don’t have the sense to appreciate it.
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Realising the Sacrifices Our Parents Made (Parents): Recently, when I saw a hitch hiker, I remembered my dad hitch hiking to work practically every day. I thought it was normal, but now realise that no, my parents sacrificed a lot for us kids. There is so much we can learn from how frugally they lived, although I couldn’t hitch hike!
TOUR DE FRANCE DAILY RECAP
Today’s stage in the Tour de France (Stage 13) is a flat stage taking the riders 217 km from Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux – Le Cap d’Agde. The stage is going on right now, so I’ll be sure to bring an update on the result when the other intermediate sprints go live later today.
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