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


























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Welcome to the **224th** 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 $0.03 - $11.17!
 
**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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|@lizelle |  cookwithus |
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<center>https://steemitimages.com/DQmZx6nB6KPemwaJXM7mMo7nVqM6CVV9tPjM15Vg1b1XN2F/IMG_20180418_164320.jpg</center>
[Cook With Us 7: Cookie Jar- Lemon Cookie Bars](https://steemit.com/cookwithus/@lizelle/cook-with-us-7-cookie-jar-lemon-cookie-bars)
>Cookies have always been my favourite bake; love using my biscuit gun, used to have endless fun decorating cookies with my fledglings when they were still around... I still have fun baking cookies all by myself these days, but it's just not the same! I wanted to share a very special recipe with all the CookWithUs Bakers, as well as any Steemians who enjoy cookies; this one is Lemon Bars, not your traditional hard crispy cookie, but a Cookie Bar with a crispy base and a Lemon Curd topping, absolutely yummy! 

Oh lemon!!! Heavenly lemon! @lizelle makes some the most delicious looking lemon bars in this post. I can almost feel my mouth _quenching_ from the sour lemon flavor.
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|@basileonardo|  art |
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<center>https://steemitimages.com/DQmZaj6oYbGRctEr1FT3L9QRMMjCXUck7z9gu8PfKZRsczT/link%20para%20internet.jpg</center>
[Link- The Legend Of Zelda](https://steemit.com/art/@basileonardo/link-the-leyend-of-zelda-english-espanol)
>In this case it is Link, the hero is the legend of Zelda, I wanted to give him a different outfit, a little classic, with a little Breath of the wild with a bit of Warcraft armor, I hope you like it a lot. This drawing is made with a digitizing table in Flash, with retouching in Photoshop. I leave the whole process of this drawing in the video 

New clothes? A new look? For a legendary Zelda character? I think @basileonardo did a great job with this updated image of Link. What do you think?
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|@yasu24 |  japanese |
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<center>https://steemitimages.com/0x0/https://steemitimages.com/DQmebM9xbQxnTqdPxgtd7MRXe7xFEL2RUzCVXxUwj58MaZe/2A0D66ED-EB05-4C97-B4A1-1D96710FE208.jpeg</center>
[Tsukuba Tourism And Misunderstanding In Community](https://steemit.com/japanese/@yasu24/tsukuba-tourism-and-misunderstanding-in-community)
>After such meetings, after Mitto up, Mr. B told me around Tsukuba station.
• Shopping mall 
• Museum 
• rocket 
• Hoshimaru Cafe 
• Ibaraki's highlight map 
• Planetarium 
• Mr. Donut 
• Light on head office 
• Segway
Because Mr. B gave me the opportunity to hear such an interesting story, I was able to have a good time. I laughed a lot. I came to like Tsukuba city


Let's take a tour! @yasu24 acts as our tour guide in this post as he is shown around Tsukuba; he takes us with him and shares some of what he saw while visiting the city.



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|@singa |  travel |
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<center>https://steemitimages.com/0x0/https://topwar.ru/uploads/posts/2015-10/1445276136_06c4c6169278.jpg</center>
[Otto Kotzebue, The Man Who Discovered The Secret Of The Three Oceans](https://steemit.com/travel/@singa/otto-kotzebue-the-man-who-discovered-the-secret-of-the-three-oceans)
>The beginning of the XIX century opens a glorious era in the history of Russian navigation. And since 1803, the first round-the-world expedition under the Russian flag, headed by the legendary Ivan Kruzenshtern, is being prepared 

It's time for a little history lesson today. @singa takes us through some Russian history and explains how Otto Kotzebue made discoveries and found the northern passage from the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean.
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|@seckorama |  smartphonephotography |
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<center>https://steemitimages.com/DQmQtN1KuJ6osJLwtWBKm87efmJ4Uds34b7JMyooeSTxBRg/kanal1.jpg</center>
[Canal Statues](https://steemit.com/smartphonephotography/@seckorama/canal-statues)
>These are the fragments from my canal boat trip in Amersfoort, Dutch medieval city with a lot of monuments and museums. I catch some statues on the canal walls. Each statue has its own story and represents some people from city history 

What is up with all the statues in Amsterdam? While these are centuries old... other statue have been erected in Amsterdam in more recent years. What is the story behind all these statues and stone structures?

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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. =) 


 



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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 26 000 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-21)|[ ![Tasty Tuesday.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmRYTLxhpmRAXL33yN1a9HRDEYKKJTCiQYEGBUU4uEoa9n/Tasty%20Tuesday.png)](https://steemit.com/qurator/@qurator/qurator-s-tasty-tuesday-20-food-competitionn)  


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-5-free-for-all-promotion-competition-or-easy-upvotes-if-you-play)| 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/qurator-tiers-and-upvote-weights-update-24-04-2018)</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	|	1309|  +1| 
|	Steem Power	|	4477	|  | 
|	Delegated	|	78 683| +305 |
|	Voting Power	|	88.68% 	| |
|	Upvote Weight T0(@qurator-tier-0)	|	2%	|$0.03             |
|	Upvote Weight T1(@qurator-tier-1-2)	|	  1.5%	|$0.09               |
|	Upvote Weight T2	(@qurator-tier-1-2)|        	3.5%	|$0.17              |
|	Upvote Weight T3	|	                                         3%	|$0.52               |
|	Upvote Weight T4	|	                                         4.5%	|$0.77            |
|	Upvote Weight T5	|                                               6%	|$0.95             |
|	Copper (T5 x 2)	|	                                                   12%	|$1.89               |
|	Silver (T5 x 3)	|                        	                       18%	|$2.84               |
|	Gold	(T5 x 4)|	                                               24%	|$3.78             |
|	Platinum (T5 x 5)	|	                                          30%	|$4.64              |
|	Diamond	(T5 x 12)|	                                       72%	|$11.17           |
|	Witness rank|	              79	|   |


<sup>*Median Steem Price when Upvote values were calculated: $3.03*</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 | @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-3-0-update-post-guidelines-or-registration-details-or-tier-changes)</center>


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