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Welcome to the first Qurator Treasure Hunt!

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The game is simple. We will give you a list of stuff you have to find and take a pic of in order to win some Q tokens.

The "treasures" to find will be given in our DISCORD. The members have to make a post with all 7 treasure objects. You need to post photos and you have to hold a piece of paper with your steemit name (or take a selfie with the object) and "Qurator's Treasure Hunt Week 1" written on it for us to be sure you took the photo. It can be an object, an animal, a reaction or emotion. The best 5 posts will get 5 Q tokens each. You have to add the tags "qurator" and "Qtreasurehunt" to the post. You will have until Monday to make the post and the winner will be announced on Tuesday in DISCORD. There will be a special bonus of 5 Qtokens for the most creative post. So make sure to be creative and have fun with those photos!

The "treasures" you will hunt this week are:

Q - qwerty

U - uniform

R - relax

A - ancient

T - traffic

O - overjoy

R - rhythm

Welcome to the 654th 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!

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Your Quality Curator ~( @goldendawne )~ Presents:

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@bluefinstudios	foodphotography

Summer Time Pasta Salad

Perfect summer fixin's
For me, this summer staple is easy and perfect for quick meals!

So simple! So easy! But have patience when waiting to eat this summer side dish favorite. Why, you ask? Let's let @bluefinstudios explain here.

After it's all mixed, then, patience, but, OFF it goes to the fridge. This pasta Salad is best served cool! AND, it's an easy snack when it's too hot to cook!

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@codingdefined	india

Are You Afraid Of Coming Out Of Comfort Zone?

We all have been in our comfort zone from time to time and it's not the bad thing. You should be in your comfort zone until you feel the comfort zone is not comfortable anymore. But the real question is are you afraid of coming out of your comfort zone

Some times you just have to push yourself beyond your normal limits; your comfort zone. But are you hesitant? Read what @codingdefined has to say about getting ready to rock the norm in this post.

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@apsu	bread

The Bread Returns- The Great Sourdough

I was afraid that I had killed my sourdough, but luckily it stayed alive. What a wonderful time to be alive I'd say.
The base of the bread is almost the same I'm typically doing. However this time before baking, I had fed the sourdough started for tree times over the period of 2 days before starting to bake. This should affect the dough taste and make it rise better, as the baking yeast would be able to conquer some living space from the sourness causing yeasts

Who's ready to head off to the kitchen for some fresh baked bread? If it's you, then stop over at @apsu's post for how they made this delicious looking sourdough bread.

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@derosnec	photography

zvisit To The Los Angeles Natural History Museum- Part 3

The LA Natural History Museum also has a butterfly garden, which has a whole bunch of native California species as well as a few non-natives. I managed to snap a few nice photos, but mostly I just convinced myself to buy a new 90mm macro lens, because I just couldn't get the sharpness I wanted with this 18-55mm. So, once I get that new lens, expect a bunch of new photos because I'll probably go nuts

Let's get up close and personal with this butterfly and many more! @derosnec shares some fabulous images of butterflies from a recent visit to the LA Natural History Museum.

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@cryptocopy	dpoll

So Many Splinters, So Little Time!

According to @steemmonsters, the recently concluded battle season has seen all-time activity highs for the game. From a record-high 35,389 ranked matches played in a day, to the highest number of active users transacting, and even the increasing DEC market cap and transactions volume. The Splinterlands is really keeping its players busy and engaged 24/7

What's this? A giveaway? YES! Head on over to @cryptocopy's post to see how you can get in on this!

Because the Splinterlands tribe is such a giving and generous community, it only makes sense that I add a little giveaway to this poll

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Qurator News:

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Bigger better monthly subs!

We know not everyone can delegate or upvote for larger upvotes. Thus sending in steem allowed for a larger upvote for the month.

It used to be only two levels.

SUB1 = 0.8 Steem for an upvote from 750 SP
SUB2 = 1.6 Steem for an upvote from 1500 SP

We decided to add three more levels to this, with level 5 adding a little bonus in there!

SUB3 = 2.4 Steem for an upvote from 2250 SP
SUB4 = 3.2 Steem for an upvote from 3000 SP
SUB5 = 4 Steem for an upvote from 4000 SP (250SP Bonus!)

So how does that work?

Let's say you send 3.2 Steem with the memo sub JULY then you will get an upvote from @qurator similar to a 3000 SP account.

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Introducing Referral Bonuses!

Dear Qurites,

We know times are tough now and we all have to push a little bit harder. We came up with two programs that will help you earn some extra upvotes and visibility from Qurator, and will also help Qurator to reach more Steemians/your friends that need some extra help.

Write a post about Qurator.

Our long time members know how it all works. You have been with us through thick and thin.

Share your experience with your friends and followers. We would love to know how our members see Qurator and what they like (or don't) the most about the project.
Feel free to write in your own native language. We are open to all languages and have already translated our main Qurator post to several languages.
Well written posts will receive some extra upvote love from Qurator and a resteem. :) Feel free to drop your post link in our Daily Qurator comment section, so we don't miss it.

Invite a friend.

Do you know someone who is starting out? Or maybe someone who is posting great posts for a while but still need more exposure? Refer Qurator to your friend and after they get approved and become a member you will also receive a bonus 1SBD upvote on your most recent posts.

There are two ways to do it and this is how it works:

	Option 1 - Referrals	Option2 - Sponsorship
1	You refer a friend to Qurator	You sponsor a membership to your friend
2	Your friend sends registration fee to Qurator and mentions your name in the memo: referred by @your_steemit_username	You send registration fee to @qurator with your the person's name in memo: @your_friends_username
3	Our team reviews the account	Our team reviews the account
4	Your friend is approved - you receive a 1SBD upvote	Your friend is approved - you receive 1SBD upvote

Keep in mind that all registration rules still apply and all account will be reviewed by our team. You can read about content requirements in THIS post.

Note: Both programs are open to everyone, not only Qurator members.

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Competitions

We host weekly Photo and Food competitions. Click on the images below to view the posts.

Additionally for all members we have Toss up Thursday, a biweekly free for all post-promotional competition.

Tasty Tuesday	Toss up Thursday	Photo Friday

@Qustodian support bot

For Qurator members
For those who would like some extra upvotes from the Qurator project can send SBD and their link to @qustodian. This little bot is available to Qurator members only.

	- Send any amount of SBD and your link to receive upvotes. - Any extra SBD will be refunded. - The bot will upvote your post to the value of 2.35 times the amount of SBD you send.

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

Delegation links for @qustodian (NOT @QURATOR):
Please remember to leave at least 50SP in your account!

100	200	300	400	500	1000	5000

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

Delegation links for @qurator

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 and that new delegations overwrites the old one. Always use the total amount you want to delegate.

Qurator's Discord Channel

There is more perks and fun stuff on our server:

• Feel free to ask Qurator Team questions
• Meet other members
• Promote your post in our Postpromotion room
• Check your last upvote, current tier and @qustodian balance with Quro bot in Qurator-Assistant room
• Keep an eye on on Steemit challenges in Steemit-challenges room

Join us! https://discord.gg/pJtWp57

Qurator banners

If you would like to show some more support and use Qurator banners then please head over to this post and copy the banner links from there. =)

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