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Welcome to the **173rd** 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 $0.07 - $1.23!
 
**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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|@nolasco |  marketfriday |
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[MarketFriday: The Jemaa El Fna One Of The Biggest Open Markets And UNESCO Heritage Landmark](https://steemit.com/marketfriday/@nolasco/marketfriday-initiated-by-dswigle-the-jemaa-el-fna-one-of-the-biggest-open-markets-and-unesco-heritage-landmark)
>This week I'm bringing you the Jemaa El Fna, one of the biggest open markets and UNESCO heritage landmark, in Marrakech, Morocco. What a place... The Jemaa El Fna square is immense and mandatory to visit when you go to Marrakech. Since the delicious street food stalls, to the "bric-a-brac" and souvenirs shops, you can find almost everything there

Every city and country have some unusual stores, markets and boutiques to explore. See where @nolasco is taking us today. So many people, so many unique stands; there's something for everyone to see and buy.
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|@asherlee|  myjuniors |
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[Thank God It's Thursday!](https://steemit.com/myjuniors/@asherlee/thank-god-it-s-thursday)
>This morning daddy woke me up telling me today was the last day of school for this week. I recall today being Thursday. Daddy explained that tomorrow is the last day of Chinese New Year and me being in a Chinese kindergarten, we get to have a day off from school! It’s interesting that Chinese need 15 days to celebrate the new year 

You think you have a long day at work? Well take a look at how much adventure @asherlee and the myjuniors have in one day. From the last day of school for the week to the busy schedule of a typical day. Bedtime didn't come soon enough for these little “guys”.
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|@seanytan |  steemit |
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[My Gratitude To Everyone On This Steemit Journey With Me! Thank You To You, You And You Too](https://steemit.com/steemit/@seanytan/my-gratitude-to-everyone-on-this-steemit-journey-with-me-thank-you-to-you-you-and-you-too-yes-you)
>In this post, I would like to thank everyone who has been part of my Steemit Journey so far. In this short 2 months that I have posted regularly on the platform, it seems that I have documented so much of my life, and while scrolling and looking back on my posts, it looks like time really past very fast

Let's take a walk down @seaytan's memory lane on steemit. He's met some great people, connected with wonderful steemians and is sharing all of this with us today! Stop over and congratulate him on all his successes and for continued advancement.



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|@heyitshaas |  travel |
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[Number 8 Haas Travels, Road Trip California, Baseball, Oscars And Chinatown](https://steemit.com/travel/@heyitshaas/8-haas-travels-road-trip-california-baseball-oscars-and-chinatown-15-pics)
>The trip here in California with my dad is coming to an end almost, we made it to our final stop Los Angeles and have four days to get around and create some memories. Here is the post about the first full day we had here in the city of Angels 

From Dodgers' Stadium to Chinatown, come along for a fun-filled day of roaming around LA. Was that Sylvester Stallone's Star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame? WOW! Is that King Kong? Stop over and have a look at all the great places @heyitshaas and his friends were able to visit.
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|@ewuoso |  health  |
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[Water Pollution And Its Causes](https://steemit.com/health/@ewuoso/water-pollution-and-its-causes)
>Water they say is life, and with four a doubt they were correct. With around 70% of the world's cover being water, it unquestionably ends up one of our most prominent assets. As youthful understudies, we found out about the different approaches to ration water; coming to consider it, water is utilized as a part of relatively every vital human tasks and procedures 

Read all the possible causes for water pollution in the world. @ewuoso shares great information about how water pollution comes from various sources. See what you can do to prevent more pollution from devastating the world's water supply in this post.

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# <center>The new and improved Qurator bot is here! </center>

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## Why the new bot? 

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The current bot had a 24 hour timer built in, thus you can only get upvotes 24 hours apart. Missing that window and you might not get your upvote. This resulted in posts not getting upvotes. The old EDIT and UPDATE trick always worked its magic but was a bit of a hassle. 

### Out with the old, in with the new!

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The new bot will search for posts to upvote 24 hour after your previous upvote. If you posted 2 post in a 24 hour period it will go back and upvote your posts. (More details to follow)

#### The new bot will be active withing the next 24 hours. We are busy getting everything ready and transferring databases. During this time both @qurator and @qurator-tier-0 will be offline. Please understand and be patient while we handle the necessary upgrades. 

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*The bot is completely new and even though we did test it, there might still be some errors that we have to work out during the next few days.* 

### *UPDATE: We are seeing some minor issues with the bot and will be testing it more on the @qurator-tier-0 account. Once it is stable on that account and all the bugs have been sorted out we will let it go live on the main @qurator account.*

### *UPDATE 2: Worked out most of the kinks and will be running it for a while on @qurator-tier-0. If the test goes well then we will start using it on @qurator. =)*

### *UPDATE 3: Looks like we worked out most of the bugs and will be doing a long run to see if the bot is stable. If it is then after this weekend we should be using the new bot on the main @qurator account.*

### *UPDATE 4: Rough weekend for Steemit nodes. Steemit was down a bit and nodes were bombing out. Took a toll on the old bot. The new bot was also affected but not as drastically as the old one. Think that's a good thing. Still working out some kinks and polishing here and there.*


### *UPDATE 5: Think we got most of the bugs sorted out, bot has been stable for 24 + hours. This means it will be heading to the main Qurator account pretty soon!*


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# <center>Steemit Challenges on Discord</center>

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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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# <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-14)|[ ![Tasty Tuesday.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmRYTLxhpmRAXL33yN1a9HRDEYKKJTCiQYEGBUU4uEoa9n/Tasty%20Tuesday.png)](https://steemit.com/qurator/@qurator/qurator-s-tasty-tuesday-13-food-competition-nomination-rules-changed-please-read)  











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> The bot is Qurator exclusive and will upvote all Qurites with an upvote of 2.65 times the worth of what you send it, up to $1.20+!

> Delegators will see payouts of 90% of all SBD earned by the bot. 








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

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## <center>New Tiers Update </center>

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<center>The latest Tiers update is out and updated. You can see the post [here](https://steemit.com/qurator/@qurator/qurator-tiers-and-upvote-weights-update-27-02-2018). </center>

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

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<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        | 
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| ![TIER 0.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmRndn3w9sCRLbkEeUh7TbWd1Kah9nsT38C73y7koqT75Z/TIER%200.png)  | Basic 4 STEEM registration fee. Basic upvote for life from @qurator. | 
|  ![Tier 1.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmScZsmhMG52bDSDcAiFcPKBT1Y3ToR3ppJ5Yv3Lj9mrFQ/Tier%201.png)| **Delegate 100SP to @qurator**  *or* **Upvote @qurator's posts 4+ times a week** | 
|  ![Tier 2.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmR6L8b23qajZZL3SkNsCyy8reb1GS8pXAnbeoN3UCDPDi/Tier%202.png)|  **Delegate 200SP to Qurator** *or*  **Upvote @qurator's posts 7+ times a week**  | 
| ![Tier 3.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmNpUaYm9BkWUifYNbczrLKF87HfDneaFFa23Y7K7DLbHT/Tier%203.png)  | **Delegate 300SP to @qurator** |
|![Tier 4.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmVyKcApqGQ28wp2Ev6CnqHRpxzyMGpFJUxVhimHM9RYrC/Tier%204.png) | **Delegate 400SP to @qurator** | 
|  ![Tier 5.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmca21jVPRTdA3gx2bxCJS83CSCkfE6PyFVHnWDYEUoeW9/Tier%205.png) | **Delegate 500SP+ to @qurator**  | 

### Delegation links: 

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|  [100](https://v2.steemconnect.com/sign/delegateVestingShares?delegator=&delegatee=qurator&vesting_shares=205303.639667%20VESTS) | [200](https://v2.steemconnect.com/sign/delegateVestingShares?delegator=&delegatee=qurator&vesting_shares=409999.639667%20VESTS) |  [300](https://v2.steemconnect.com/sign/delegateVestingShares?delegator=&delegatee=qurator&vesting_shares=615999.639667%20VESTS)| [400](https://v2.steemconnect.com/sign/delegateVestingShares?delegator=&delegatee=qurator&vesting_shares=819999.639667%20VESTS)| [500](https://v2.steemconnect.com/sign/delegateVestingShares?delegator=&delegatee=qurator&vesting_shares=1025999.639667%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	|	1136|+8 |  
|	Steem Power	|	2942|  | 
|	Delegated	|	     120 978  | (+307) |
|	Voting Power	|	80.30% 	| |
|	Upvote Weight T0 (@qurator-tier-0)	|	5% 	| $0.07|
|	Upvote Weight T1	|	1%	|$0.27      |
|	Upvote Weight T2	|	1.8%	|$0.41    |
|	Upvote Weight T3	|	3.3%	|$0.82  |
|	Upvote Weight T4	|	4.2%	|$0.96    |
|	Upvote Weight T5	|	5.5%	|$1.23     |






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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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Feel free to use our any of our banners created by awesome Steemians.

Simply copy and paste the link into the bottom of your post, this will be awesome support towards the project and we are sure many of you are proud to be a Qurite. =)



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<center><sup>Thank you @mrlightning |  @rebelheart | @royalfinest for your designs.</sup> </center>


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

<center><sup>@scrooger | @boontjie | @goldendawne | @ewkaw | @ackhoo | @em3 | @brumest | @stresskiller | @aaronleang</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-2-0-update-post-guidelines-or-registration-details-or-tier-changes)</center>