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Welcome to the 186th Daily Edition of the Daily Qurator. Below you will find some awesome members of @qurator that worked hard to post some good quality content for all you awesome Steemians to enjoy!

The @qurator project was created to help give Steemians some extra exposure and awesome upvotes currently worth around $0.04 - $7.90!

Note: some of you have been curated twice since the start of the daily qurator and some have been curated only once. As the Daily Qurator is gaining fame with every passing day, many new steemians are asking/will ask to join us. So, expect to see posts from new users for now. When the opportunity arises, posts from older users will be curated once again

Your Quality Curator ~( @goldendawne )~ Presents:

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@xervantes	steemit

Pace Yourself!

There is no denying that being active on Steemit can become very addicting. Whether it is the rush of trying to get that trending post for fame, getting paid for you content or the freedom to express yourself, once you start Steemin' you will get hooked

Are you like @xervantes? Did you get hooked on steemit from day one? See what he learned after going full force on steemit to taking a short break. Maybe comment on some of your experiences with the platform and what happened if you've taken a short hiatus too.

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@supersoju	teamaustralia

1000 Steps- Kokoda Track Memorial Walk

This is one of my favourite smartphone photo taken long ago when my partner and I decided to go to 1000 steps in the Dandenong Ranges. 1000 steps is a Kokoda Track Memorial Walk. Many people head here for fitness training because the steps are very steep and the step tread and rise sizes vary

Come along for an almost mystical walk through the Kokoda Track Memorial with @supersoju. The way the fog hovers around the forest adds such a metaphysical feel to this post.

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@yekrats	steemgig

Steemgig- I Hired @keciah To Help Manage My Social Media

I'm going to be honest with you. I've never done this sort of thing before.
Six years ago, I upgraded my hobby in magic, to doing it professionally part-time. I found that there's a real need in my community for someone to do these sorts of events. I got a hat and started busking at festivals to improve my chops. I performed private parties, and gradually expanded my repertoire. My magician business is really going like gangbusters, but mostly by my reputation from reviews on expensive gigging services like Thumbtack and Gigmasters. I had to admit that I was not so good at seemingly simple things, like Facebook promotion... One part of the business that I always was terrible at was the marketing

Did you know you can get a job by using steemit? Steemgigs is really taking off and you don't want to be left behind, do you? Members are coming out in droves to offer virtual and freelance services; as well as many also looking to hire fellow members. Head over to @yekrats post to see what he's doing, and who's helping him.

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@gabrielatravels	travelfeed

Let's Travel Together Number 51- The Cisterian Abbey From Carta

Cârţa is a little village from Sibiu which is surrounded by the beautiful Fagaras Mountains. Even though the village has only a few residents, the place can be considered like a halt for the tourists, having a lot of guest houses and camping bases in the are

WHAT a beautiful trip @gabrielatravels has taken here! From stunning flower gardens to the monastery, see what historical sites she nad her sister saw on this trip to the Cistercian Abbey.

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@effofex	steemit

30-ish Days On Steemit And The Blockchain: What I've Learned

It's been a little over a month since my first #introduceyourself post, where I was quite candid about my first impressions of the content on the steem blockchain... Since then I've delved more deeply and have had a generally very positive experience.

@effofex is offering up his experience on the platform for the last month. From writing quality content to some great Discord groups and curation, he's letting you in on his secrets to success.

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^{@qurator does not explicitly or implicitly endorse third parties opinions or statements in the Daily Qurator. Any statements made in these posts are the author's and curator's own opinion.}

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NEWS

Qurator 3.0

Qurator 3.0 is finally here! There has been quite a few changes. Go and check it out. It is quite a long read but well worth it if you are an avid Qurite. =)

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Toss up Thursday Winners!

Congratulations to @zephalexia and @lebron2016!

You two seem to have snuck in before the deadline and silently dropped of your comments. Even though you still managed to get some upvotes, it was not enough to knock you two out!

Congrats! Your Tiers will be upgrades shortly, enjoy the Tier 5 upvotes for the next 30 days!

Round 2 went really well and we saw way more interaction and upvotes than before. Did however also find another problem that we will have to deal with. So, some accounts that laid dormant for long time and then all of a sudden jump back to life to go and upvote comments. Even saw some brand new accounts, not cool!

Not a train smash though, for the next Toss up Thursday we will only let Upvotes from Qurites count. No other upvotes will be counted.

Congrats again to the winners and see you all again next week!

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Steemit Challenges on Discord

We all know that there are some awesome Steemians that created great challenges with cool prizes here on steemit. @stresskiller took it upon himself to make a really neat Steemit challenges calendar that he synced and integrated into Qurator's Discord Channel. If you are a member of Qurator feel free to check out the Discord Channel and visit the steemit-challenges tab. There you will find an updated list of all the daily/weekly challenges. massive shout-out and thanks to @stresskiller!

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Competitions!

We host weekly Photo and Food competitions. Click on the images below to view the posts and cast your votes to the nominated Qurites. You can also comment #nominatein either of the posts to stand a chance to be featured in the competitions.

Photo Friday!	Tasty Tuesday!

Toss up Thursday	Biweekly
	Free for all post-promotional competition with a twist!

With all the flag wars and drama on Steemit, we decided to go the opposite route. Make love, not war! We don't take part in flag wars, instead we have upvote wars! We highly suggest checking out our latest competition and think of your ideal strategy to win that awesome Tier 5 prize. =)

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@qustodian support bot

For those who would like some extra upvotes from the Qurator project can send SBD and their link to @qustodian. The bot will upvote your post to the value of 2.65 times the amount of SBD you send it.

Send around 0.5SBD and your link to receive upvotes.

Any extra SBD will be refunded!

Upvotes limited to one every 24 hours.

Invest in @qustodian

For those who would like to invest some Steem Power. @qustodian pays out 90% of all the SBD sent to the account. Minimum of 50SP to invest, daily payouts in SBD.

Delegations links can be found below. Please remember to leave at least 50SP in your account!

Delegation links for @qustodian (NOT @QURATOR):

100	200	300	400	500	1000	5000

^{For any other amount feel free to contact us in Discord.}

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Qurator Tiers
	The latest Tiers update is out and updated. You can see the post by clicking here

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Qurator's Discord Channel that all Steemians can join - https://discord.gg/pJtWp57

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Steemauto Curation Trail

RIP Streemian and hello Steemauto! The new curation trail is active and running! If you would like to support your fellow Qurites or just earn some extra curation feel free to join our curation trail that is active on Steemauto.

We suggest not following the trail with 100%, steemauto has 2 ways of following a trail, static or scaled. We suggest using SCALED instead of static since static votes can add up quickly and drain VP very fast. We suggest using scaled and then maybe around 25%.

Steemauto can show us who is currently on the trail and at what percentage. Looking forward to see more Qurites joining the trail in the near future! We also reward the team players and there might be a nice surprize for a lucky trailer. =P

Steemauto guide and registration info

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Want bigger upvotes? Check out Tiers and how to gain access to them

TIER	Requirements	Perks
	Basic 4 STEEM registration fee. Upvote for life from Qurator Project	Basic upvote for life from Qurator.
	Delegate 100SP or Upvote @qurator's posts 4+ times a week	Tier 1 upvotes
	Delegate 200SP or Upvote @qurator's posts 7+ times a week	Tier 2 upvotes
	Delegate 300SP	Tier 3 upvotes
	Delegate 400SP	Tier 4 upvotes
	Delegate 500SP	Tier 5 upvotes

Elite Tiers

TIER	Requirements	Perks
	Delegate 1000SP+ to @qurator	Copper weight - T5 x 2
	Delegate 1500SP+ to @qurator	Silver weight - T5 x 3
	Delegate 2000SP+ to @qurator	Gold weight - T5 x 4
	Delegate 2500SP+ to @qurator	Platimum weight - T5 x 5
	Delegate 5000SP+ to @qurator	Diamond weight - T5 x 12 + Rotational Resteems

Delegation links:

100	200	300	400	500	1000	1500	2000	2500	5000

After you click the link you will have to check the value, click next and then enter your steemit NAME and Private Active Key to delegate. Please remember to leave at least 50SP in your account!

Members	1190
Steem Power	3346
Delegated	107 866	(+4403)
Voting Power	82.65%
Upvote Weight T0(qurator-tier-0	3.5%	$0.03
Upvote Weight T1	0.5%	$0.08
Upvote Weight T2	1.25%	$0.23
Upvote Weight T3	2.5%	$0.39
Upvote Weight T4	3.5%	$0.47
Upvote Weight T5	5%	$0.70
Copper (T5 x 2)	10%	$1.33
Silver (T5 x 3)	15%	$2.03
Gold (T5 x 4)	20%	$2.66
Platinum (T5 x 5)	25%	$3.28
Diamond (T5 x 12)	60%	$7.90

^{Steem Price when Upvote values were calculated: $2.13}

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