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<center><sup>*Cover art by - @aaronleang*</sup></center>


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Welcome to the **264th** 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 - $7.36!
 
**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
 
<center>**Your Quality Curator ~( @goldendawne )~ Presents:**</center>
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|@shadowspub |  witness |
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<center>https://cdn.steemitimages.com/0x0/https://i.imgur.com/oLFOtc4.jpg</center>
[Presenting The Whole Ballot On Steemit- It's Not Rocket Science](https://steemit.com/witness/@shadowspub/presenting-the-whole-ballot-on-steemit-it-s-not-rocket-science)
>When you go to the Steemit page to vote for witnesses, you are presented with a list of 50. If you want to vote for someone not in the top 50, you have to know who it is and write that name in. Since we’re voting on that page, what we’re looking at is a ballot
>That list of only 50 gives that impression when in fact there are over 100 active witnesses. If you follow @witnessupdate you’ll see there are currently 614 witnesses with 131 active

We have all heard about voting for a witness. We also know we have thirty witness votes... but did you know you can vote for thirty of the 614 possible witnesses? It's time to get educated on witness voting. Stop over and read this post, check out the links and maybe tune into @shadowspub coming up with some witnesses.
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|@begtodiffer|  business |
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<center>https://cdn.steemitimages.com/0x0/https://i.imgur.com/kpdew3D.png</center>
[The Importance Of The Software Development Life Cycle](https://steemit.com/business/@begtodiffer/the-importance-of-the-software-development-life-cycle)
>Running a software and web development company has its challenges. One such challenge is that our client’s often do not understand that we do not often a product as a once off purchase, instead we offer a service that for the most part needs to remain continuous. This is because technology is constantly evolving, so the software we built say 3 years ago, might now be completed outdated and even impossible to use 

If you're not in the _know_ about technology and have to hire and IT person or company, they have to keep up on the ever-changing advancements. @begtodiffer is here to explain some software development and what it could mean to you and your business; and why it's so important to be up-to-date.
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|@ponpase |  ulog|
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<center>https://cdn.steemitimages.com/0x0/https://img.esteem.ws/499o5u8ons.jpg</center>
[Day 4- Relaxation At The Beach](https://steemit.com/ulog/@ponpase/day-4-relaxation-at-the-beach-billingual-e24a3ab7a30d3)
>A few days of silence at home made me feel very bored. Online and reading science theories have made this brain feel tired. I think I should go outdoors to enjoy the fresh air. It's been like this sometimes the saturation comes just like that. My choice was the beach with some lush trees. I have to do other activities to reflect away from this boredom. 

Some quiet time on a beach and a hammock! That's what @ponpase has been up to lately! Head over anad check out this relaxing post and say hello to a fellow Qurite!

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|@miraimage |  life |
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<center>https://cdn.steemitimages.com/0x0/https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmbfWuzMy1FUn2w8kbm5F1G6o83wAHvqxeHRQbQFHj2hbF/34013928_10217024466067419_1386934545781096448_n.jpg</center>
[My Little Insecurities](https://steemit.com/life/@miraimage/my-little-insecurities)
>My soul feels like it is being sucked into a black abyss of nothingness. Letting it overtake me to not feel the emotions caught between each breath. The torture of how much I feel like I am breathtakingly a disappointment to him

We have all felt this way; as if we disappointed someone in our life. Someone we love. 
How do you handle these moments, feelings and situations? Share your thoughts and ideas with @miraimage here. Let her know we have all been there too.

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|@sammosk |  science |
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<center>https://cdn.steemitimages.com/0x0/https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmNxzM23CQENVQXruJUkGG6CTL3r3UuX5vtnmAS8f8LVFc/snap.jpg</center>
[Microscopic Midweek- Naturally Tiny- The U.S.S. Minnowprize](https://steemit.com/science/@sammosk/microscopic-midweek-naturally-tiny-the-u-s-s-minnowprize)
>Today we went out foraging for some creatures to take a closer look at! We found some hungry ants (with the help of a little peanut butter frosting), a very grumpy little moth, some sort of chrysalis, and very lush moss to get up close and personal with 

@sammosk captures some unbelievable moments in nature in this post. Stop over and see which is your favorite!
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# <center>NEWS</center>


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<center>@qurator-tier-0 comment</center>

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#### We will be sending out some comments with the Tier 0 upvote. We don't think many of the members are  aware that it is really easy to move up to a higher tier by showing Qurator some support. Let's hope some of the older members can move up in tiers and we can make the whole community a bit stronger. =) 

#### This is by far on of the easiest ways to earn a little extra on your posts. READ the post mentioned in the comment. We are not trying to spam our T0 members, we are trying to help and reward you more. If you need help then you can always come visit us on Discord. =)  

*Note: You can opt out of the comment by replying `stop`. Keep in mind if you did not read the post linked in the comment you are losing out BIG TIME! Why get a $0.03 if you can easily get a $0.12 or higher upvote. Take part in the community, you won't regret it.* =) 



 



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##  <center>Tier Updates Finalized</center>

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Tier updates are out and finalized. You can check out the post [HERE](https://steemit.com/qurator/@qurator/qurator-tier-changes). 

The short version is that Tier 1 and Tier 2 requirements have changed a bit. Please review them. 

- A separate account has been created and 30 000 SP has been delegated to it. @qurator-tier-1-2 will be upvoting Tier 1 and Tier 2 members. 

- A large amount of SP was undelegated from @qurator to accommodate for the new account, BUT the upvote weights have been adjust so they should balance out. Just have to see how the Voting Power holds up with the big change. 




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# <center>Qurator Details</center>

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|![Qwitness.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmXf94ghJam5YiUNKwpzcMqLaUG3R1ydrgomQnyyjaz2WV/Qwitness.jpg) | For more details go check out our [witness page](https://steemit.com/witness-category/@qurator/announcing-the-qurator-witness) and consider voting for us.  | 
|![Q3.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmX3DnWNre4GSgFvzLMT4xVFdf7ehwJKBnQzFjD61oG1v1/Q3.jpg) | [Qurator 3.0 is finally here](https://steemit.com/qurator/@qurator/qurator-3-0-update-post-guidelines-or-registration-details-or-tier-changes)! There has been quite a few changes. Go and check it out.   |
|  ![Qchallenges.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmbomG33M9zQF7GP3kUeQ75RxANM632DJkfR9xCCLdp1SK/Qchallenges.png) | Check out our Discord Channel and visit the `steemit-challenges` tab. There you will find an updated list of all the daily/weeklychallenges.  Thanks to @stresskiller!     | 

























# <center>Competitions!</center>

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 `#nominate`in either of the posts to stand a chance to be featured in the competitions. 


Photo Friday!|Tasty Tuesday!
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[ ![Photo Friday.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmWuCySB4QFdgMq8pNEdYP81Nx14iwuz7ELHD5GppaT63L/Photo%20Friday.png)](https://steemit.com/qurator/@qurator/qurator-s-photo-friday-photography-competition-27)|[ ![Tasty Tuesday.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmRYTLxhpmRAXL33yN1a9HRDEYKKJTCiQYEGBUU4uEoa9n/Tasty%20Tuesday.png)](https://steemit.com/qurator/@qurator/qurator-s-tasty-tuesday-26-food-photography-competition)  


Toss up Thursday| Biweekly
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[![DQmS3rtbZbqL8PNmstRnrKHP1R5XgVVBzQBb31dxLjMGTgK.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmeiqgDuVw175erZwacSRJpb6SDodQFnxKKq5Ubu6QiXGk/DQmS3rtbZbqL8PNmstRnrKHP1R5XgVVBzQBb31dxLjMGTgK.jpg)](https://steemit.com/qurator/@qurator/qurator-s-toss-up-thursday-7-free-for-all-promotion-competition)| 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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| Qurator Tiers   	|    	| 
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| ![Tiers Update 1.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmZqyGcapaLhS3QESTyXW28ybLss4o9PRehDmvTwZHEVRy/Tiers%20Update%201.jpg)       	|  <center>[The latest Tiers update is out and updated. You can see the post by clicking here](https://steemit.com/qurator/@qurator/2dzwcw-qurator-tiers-and-upvote-weights-update-22-05-2018)</center>|  


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# <center>@qustodian support bot</center>


<center>![DQmRFeDPwYrJYcGBqsU52WWwTkxbv4tA5J6QBwsPZBqYwuc.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmZ3CyLWioYi131qRphvXrVT74VpdSgUXKiyZeNz1zmuKT/DQmRFeDPwYrJYcGBqsU52WWwTkxbv4tA5J6QBwsPZBqYwuc.png)</center>

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. 

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#  <center>Invest in @qustodian</center>

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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): 

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| :-------------------------------------:	|:--------------------------------------------:| :-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|
|  [100](https://v2.steemconnect.com/sign/delegateVestingShares?delegator=&delegatee=qustodian&vesting_shares=205303.639667%20VESTS) | [200](https://v2.steemconnect.com/sign/delegateVestingShares?delegator=&delegatee=qustodian&vesting_shares=409999.639667%20VESTS) |  [300](https://v2.steemconnect.com/sign/delegateVestingShares?delegator=&delegatee=qustodian&vesting_shares=615999.639667%20VESTS)| [400](https://v2.steemconnect.com/sign/delegateVestingShares?delegator=&delegatee=qustodian&vesting_shares=819999.639667%20VESTS)| [500](https://steemconnect.com/sign/delegateVestingShares?delegator=&delegatee=qustodian&vesting_shares=1022999.639667%20VESTS)|[1000](https://steemconnect.com/sign/delegateVestingShares?delegator=&delegatee=qustodian&vesting_shares=2042999.639667%20VESTS)|[5000](https://steemconnect.com/sign/delegateVestingShares?delegator=&delegatee=qustodian&vesting_shares=10212999.639667%20VESTS)
<center><sup>For any other amount feel free to contact us in Discord.</sup></center>






























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

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## <center>Steemauto Curation Trail</center>

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<center>https://steemitstageimages.com/DQmRviZWBhhxeNa6TSQKpSitHj3XHmGC24WUxn9uUVTWCG6/steemauto.png</center>

<center>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 </center>

[Steemauto guide and registration info](https://steemit.com/guide/@scrooger/steemauto-full-guide-and-how-to-register)




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# <center>Want bigger upvotes? Check out Tiers and how to gain access to them</center>

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| 	TIER |                   Requirements        | Perks | 
| -------------------------------------	|:--------------------------------------------:| :--------------------------------------------:| 
| https://steemitimages.com/DQmdyagYvbj8ukYr16xWmcbZL44orsptH8uRYBqFNK4TnJi/QT0.jpg | Basic 4 STEEM registration fee. Upvote for life from Qurator Project | Basic upvote for life from Qurator.| 
|  https://steemitimages.com/DQmdWANGYYcV7r5Ui1c3ZE1VecA8dSdvmMzxnA8mKmKnGfL/QT1.jpg|  **Delegate 100SP**  **OR** Upvote 7 times a week on any @qurator posts with a minimum upvote of at least $0.03 **OR** pay  1 Steem per month subscription.** |  Tier 1 upvotes  |
|  https://steemitimages.com/DQmUsa4bLbc1q7tRjtUoSe9Uiz28yyrmg3TLxPraxtFEqn6/QT2.jpg|  **Delegate 200SP** **OR**  Upvote 7 times a week on any @qurator posts with a minimum upvote of at least $0.05 **OR** pay the 2 Steem per month subscription.  |  Tier 2 upvotes | 
|https://steemitimages.com/DQmPZD5tgYEtQ3pCUJ7ifSWJkYC7ThXPyEebY2np4bg3jSE/QT3.jpg  | **Delegate 300SP** |Tier 3 upvotes  | 
|https://steemitimages.com/DQmV3avRQwdM7m5jniotdnvC2PEu2sshXpysH2qKsEQdCrd/QT4.jpg | **Delegate 400SP** | Tier 4 upvotes |
|  https://steemitimages.com/DQmQVm15k1rvH85CVxQUQ8XX9PxRXkgRxQmYvFYdWyfU24j/QT5.jpg | **Delegate 500SP**  |Tier 5 upvotes |


## <center>Elite Tiers</center>
| 	TIER |                   Requirements        | Perks | 
| -------------------------------------	|:--------------------------------------------:| :--------------------------------------------:| 
 |https://steemitimages.com/DQmZbob7w2kTySTZBC1hnHZDLfFcqEPZp2qjNFq9orKUDM3/QTCopper.jpg| **Delegate 1000SP+ to @qurator**  |  Copper weight - T5 x 2|
https://steemitimages.com/DQmevnqdja5hoSDftUAqaweBf1F4ktFQFQtsBcgSAhGdin3/QTSilver.jpg | **Delegate 1500SP+ to @qurator**  | Silver weight - T5 x 3  | 
https://steemitimages.com/DQmdjY6TFfLqVCGRVebjW9hxb7WsX497HByQotNd66bmpaB/QTGold.jpg | **Delegate 2000SP+ to @qurator**  |  Gold weight - T5 x 4|
https://steemitimages.com/DQmRXrbsQBmmaFnaFfPM5BBY1ow7M8XvVWPHeiqLN5nSWu7/QTPlatinum.jpg| **Delegate 2500SP+ to @qurator**  |  Platinum weight - T5 x 5|
https://steemitimages.com/DQmVJBvaEQZv3msnbLQTabaMuJxL3QqaqkkqxACKKyc2TRB/QTDiamond.jpg | **Delegate 5000SP+ to @qurator**  |  Diamond weight - T5 x 12 + Rotational Resteems |


### <center>Delegation links: </center>

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|  [100](https://v2.steemconnect.com/sign/delegateVestingShares?delegator=&delegatee=qurator&vesting_shares=204145.639667%20VESTS) | [200](https://v2.steemconnect.com/sign/delegateVestingShares?delegator=&delegatee=qurator&vesting_shares=408290.639667%20VESTS) |  [300](https://v2.steemconnect.com/sign/delegateVestingShares?delegator=&delegatee=qurator&vesting_shares=612435.639667%20VESTS)| [400](https://v2.steemconnect.com/sign/delegateVestingShares?delegator=&delegatee=qurator&vesting_shares=816580.639667%20VESTS)| [500](https://v2.steemconnect.com/sign/delegateVestingShares?delegator=&delegatee=qurator&vesting_shares=1020725.639667%20VESTS)|  [1000](https://v2.steemconnect.com/sign/delegateVestingShares?delegator=&delegatee=qurator&vesting_shares=2041450.639667%20VESTS) | [1500](https://v2.steemconnect.com/sign/delegateVestingShares?delegator=&delegatee=qurator&vesting_shares=3062175.639667%20VESTS) |  [2000](https://v2.steemconnect.com/sign/delegateVestingShares?delegator=&delegatee=qurator&vesting_shares=4082901.639667%20VESTS)| [2500](https://v2.steemconnect.com/sign/delegateVestingShares?delegator=&delegatee=qurator&vesting_shares=5103626.639667%20VESTS)| [5000](https://v2.steemconnect.com/sign/delegateVestingShares?delegator=&delegatee=qurator&vesting_shares=10207252.639667%20VESTS)|
*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!* 



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|	Members	|	1388| +1  | 
|	Steem Power	|	5646	|  | 
|	Delegated	|	67 430|    |
|	Voting Power	|	94.75% 	| |
|	Upvote Weight T0(@qurator-tier-0)	|	2%	|$0.04             |
|	Upvote Weight T1(@qurator-tier-1-2)	|	  2%	|$0.10             |
|	Upvote Weight T2	(@qurator-tier-1-2)|        	4%	|$0.19            |
|	Upvote Weight T3	|	                                         2.5%	|$0.29            |
|	Upvote Weight T4	|	                                         4%	|$0.47            |
|	Upvote Weight T5	|                                               5.5%	|$0.64        |
|	Copper (T5 x 2)	|	                                                   11%	|$1.23              |
|	Silver (T5 x 3)	|                        	                       16.5%	|$1.87           |
|	Gold	(T5 x 4)|	                                               22%	|$2.45          |
|	Platinum (T5 x 5)	|	                                          27.5%	|$3.10         |
|	Diamond	(T5 x 12)|	                                       66%	|$7.36  |
|	Witness rank|	              73	|  |



<sup>*Median Steem Price when Upvote values were calculated: $2.41(+1.26%)*</sup>



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<center>**Upvoting or Resteeming this post will help us grow and in turn enable us to give better upvotes to our members and quality content creators.**</center>

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# <center>Your Quality Content Curator - Banners</center>

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If you would like to show some more support and use Qurator banners then please head over to [this post](https://steemit.com/qurator/@qurator/qurator-3-0-update-post-guidelines-or-registration-details-or-tier-changes) and copy the banner links from there. =) 



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##### <center><sup>The Qurator project is brought to you by: </sup></center>

<center><sup>@scrooger | @boontjie | @goldendawne | @ewkaw | @ackhoo  | @brumest | @stresskiller | @blacklux</sup></center>

<center><sup>Special thanks to @kryzsec for the SBD contributions. </sup></center>


# <center>For more information about the Qurator Project and how to join click [HERE](https://steemit.com/qurator/@qurator/qurator-3-0-update-post-guidelines-or-registration-details-or-tier-changes)</center>


# Like what we do? Consider voting for us as a steemit witness.
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- Via [steemit.com](https://steemit.com/~witnesses).


https://steemitimages.com/DQmSgyKUFZS9JRG5VmeAbaUihLpq32NeRyH6vZPFBZZqhTm/Witness%20vote.png

- Via [SteemConnect](https://steemconnect.com/sign/account-witness-vote?witness=qurator&approve=1).