Welcome to the Pay It Forward Curation Contest, sponsored by the PIFC community you will find at @pifc!  There you will "meet" a dedicated group of fellow Steemians hard at work on a [weekly contest](https://steemit.com/payitforward/@pifc/week-30-pay-it-forward-curation-contest-ccaaa7f562689est).  Our goal is to find and encourage under-valued contributors of great content to our Steem blockchain.

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To be selected, your post needs to have a minimum of 200 words of high quality, original content.  And your reputation cannot be above 55.  Pretty simple!

If you are reading this, perhaps we are looking for or have already found __*you*__.  &#128522;

So, let's get started!  My two entries for this week are:

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#  Selection #1:  &#x2B50;  @cheekah (71.735 SP)  &#x2B50;
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A favorite type of posting for many Steemians is entering a contest.  These contests come in all "shapes and sizes," but they all have one thing in common.  The opportunity to earn prizes!

An example is my first selection  - @cheekah - who enjoys writing.  She has made an entry into the #twentyfourhourshortstory contest of @mctiller - with her [The Little Green Man](https://steemit.com/twentyfourhourshortstory/@cheekah/the-little-green-man-e81650dd0752f) post.


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This is the story of a little girl.  In trouble in the forest …

> *” She opened her eyes and screamed as she scrambled back.
It was a little green man! And he had touched her! “*
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> *” She was afraid to look down...who knows if he had turned her green! She sneaked a peak at her palms. She breathed a sigh of relief when she saw all was in order. “*
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> *” She studied the man in fear. “*
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> *” It had pale brown eyes that seem to melt as she gazed into them. Its nose was pointed and large as was its mouth. Its arms had branches with leaves sticking out of it but it had little human hands. It was also naked! “*

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I won’t spoil the story with any more excerpts from it, but it is creative and very well put together.

If you enjoyed this post, you may wish to get to know @cheekah a little bit better.  Here is her [introductory](https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@cheekah/facts-about-me-my-introductory-post) post.  In looking over her profile, I can see a fellow Steemian putting a lot of effort into creating great content.  Hopefully she will win the contest she has entered.  Why not win this one as well? &#128521;

Please give her your full support.

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#  Selection #2: &#x2B50;  @ojap02 (34.702 SP)  &#x2B50;
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I have a soft spot in my heart for posts which demonstrate to me a great deal of effort has gone into creating them.  Given what passes for a “post” in here at times, they really stand out to me.  They particularly stand out when the author isn’t getting the attention and credit they deserve for their efforts – the point of our contest!

A case in point is my second selection  - @ojap02 – and his post entitled [Colors, vision and polarized light](https://steemit.com/steempress/@ojap02/colors-vision-and-polarized-light).  I was first drawn to his post by a great image.  On opening it and scanning through it, I was very impressed with the effort put into it.

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As a Systems Engineer and University Teacher in Venezuela, he is teaching us about light and our ability to see colors.  Some excerpts follow:

> *”What does it mean, then, that we see a body of a given color? Let, for example, be an object of red color; we see it with said coloration because only the red light reflected by the body reaches our eyes.  And what happened to the light of the other colors? Well, it has been absorbed by the object. According to this, a color will be more pure the less the presence of other colors. In other words, painting a blue wall, for example, means having the wall absorb all the colors and reflect the blue.“*
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>  *”Hering's experiences are simple; we can all do them Let us suppose that a disk is observed, which, for example, has a red color; If you keep the view for several seconds and then close your eyes, you will see an image of the disk, but with a different color, in this case green.“*
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>  *”It is evident that Hering's theory combines the physical properties of light with the physiology of our eye. It is really impossible to understand the vision of colors if they do not take into account its two fundamental aspects: one, light and its physical laws; another, the eye and its physiological functions.”*

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As a scientific work and future reference for our Steem community, @ojap02 has put together a very impressive post.  He also wrote the same post separately in his native Spanish, so he did double the work!

If you look into his profile, you will see he is putting a lot of effort into creating high quality posts for Steem.  You may also be interested in his [introductory](https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@ojap02/mi-presentacion-a-esta-comunidad) post where he tells our Steem community more about himself – in English and Spanish – winning a Best Introduction award.

Please give this worthy Steemian your full support!

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Thank you for investing your time to read through this post.  If you haven't already, please visit the posts highlighted above and encourage these fellow Steemians in their efforts.

A big “shout out” and a sincere “thank you” to our judges for this week’s contest - @lynncoyle1, @tryskele, @headchange, and @viking-ventures!  And to our great sponsors - @thehoneys, @bengy, @andrewharland, @el-nailul, @stever82, and @thedarkhorse!

All the best to you for a better tomorrow, as we all work together to build our Steem Community!  &#128077; &#128522;

Respectfully, 

Steemian @roleerob 

Posted using [SteemPeak](https://steempeak.com) and  *“immutably enshrined in the blockchain”* on Thursday, 1 November 2018!

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##### Interested to know how I found this community and why I support it?  The following post tells you the story:

*  [Chapter Two:  My “Journey” and the Pay It Forward Community](https://steemit.com/steem/@roleerob/chapter-two-my-journey-and-the-pay-it-forward-community)
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###### If you have found this post to be of interest, the PIFC team would love to have you join us.  Here are some posts to help you in making your decision:

*  [@PIFC's 1st Post:](https://steemit.com/payitforward/@pifc/account-builder-post-1)  The beginning of a Steem movement flowing from the tireless efforts of @thedarkhorse and all of those who consistently and faithfully work alongside him to build up our Steem blockchain.
* [@PIFC's Latest Update Post:](https://steemit.com/payitforward/@thedarkhorse/from-contest-to-community-the-pay-it-forward-movement-c87247df84ae6est)  The "latest word" on how well this movement is doing, through the eyes of @thedarkhorse,  along with details about the judges and curators helping make it happen!
* [@PIFC's Latest Financial Post:](https://steemit.com/payitforward/@pifc/continued-growth-f47ea047d6aefest)  For transparency and accountability, the latest from @thedarkhorse on the @pifc account's financial status.
* [@viking-ventures' post](https://steemit.com/curation/@viking-ventures/how-to-get-curated-de497b5b666afest) on Curation:  Help from one of the dedicated PIFC team members on writing great Steem content.

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###### Entries from previous weeks:

*  [Week 23]( https://steemit.com/payitforward/@roleerob/entry-for-the-pay-it-forward-curation-contest-week-23)
*  [Week 24](https://steemit.com/payitforward/@roleerob/entry-for-the-pay-it-forward-curation-contest-week-24)
*  [Week 25](https://steemit.com/payitforward/@roleerob/entry-for-the-pay-it-forward-curation-contest-week-24)
*  [Week 26](https://steemit.com/hf20/@roleerob/entry-for-the-pay-it-forward-curation-contest-week-26-then-boom-hf20)  Then Boom! HF20 impact edition …
*  [Week 26](https://steemit.com/payitforward/@roleerob/entry-for-the-pay-it-forward-curation-contest-week-26)

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