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How can I sort my loop based on meta data, using a form?

This should help: http://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-select-query-sort-by-meta-value-within-category (look for the posts from user t31os)

Also this: http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/query_posts#Passing_variables_to_query_posts

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