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<center><b>W E L C O M E&nbsp;<br>TO THE 109<sup>th</sup> EDITION of the<br>LADIES OF HIVE COMMUNITY CONTEST</b></center>

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<p>This is a contest from our community to you, women empowering each other both on the blockchain and in Discord! A place we love and where Hive is alive. If you haven't joined our discord yet, an invite can be found by clicking on the first banner under this post!</p></div><div class="pull-right"><p>¡Este es un concurso de nuestra comunidad para ustedes, mujeres que se empoderan unas a otras tanto en blockchain como en Discord! Un lugar que amamos y donde Hive está presente. Si aún no se ha unido a nuestra discordia, puede encontrar una invitación haciendo clic en el primer aviso publicitario debajo de esta publicación.</p></div>
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<div class="pull-left"><p>We will award 3 HIVE, 300 Ecency Points, and 15 LEO tokens to the best entry. Up to three Second Place winners will receive 2 HIVE, 150 Ecency Points, and 7 LEO tokens each. Third Place Winners will be granted one HIVE, 50 Ecency Points, and a split of the remaining LEO tokens.</p></div><div class="pull-right"><p>Otorgaremos 3 HIVE, 300 Ecency Points, y 15 tokens LEO a la mejor entrada. Hasta tres ganadores del Segundo Lugar recibirán 2 HIVE, 150 Puntos Ecency, y 7 tokens LEO cada uno. Ganadores del tercer lugar recibirán una HIVE, 50 puntos Ecency, y una división de los tokens LEO restantes.</p></div>

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<p>Please place the text of each language <u>together</u>, either in side-by-side columns <b>~OR~</b> in adjacent paragraphs! It is harder for our judges to read when there are two or three paragraphs in Spanish, then two or three in English, then two or three more in Spanish, <em>etc.</em> <b>THANK YOU!</b> 😊</p></h2></center>

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<center><h4><b>PLEASE</b> place the contest number <b>#109</b> somewhere in your title!
► Also, <u>please</u> link your entry in a comment on this Contest post! ◄</h4></center>
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For this week we want to know:</center>

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1️⃣ What is your favorite musical instrument and why? Do you know how to play it? If not, do you think there are limits to learning to play it?

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2️⃣ Death is an unusual topic of conversation, but remembering death makes us appreciate life. If this were your last birthday, how would you like to celebrate it and why?
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The Hive blockchain uses UTC (Coordinated Universal Time).
<b>The contest ends each Saturday at 11:59 PM (23:59) UTC.</b>
You can see the current date/time expressed in UTC here:
<a href="https://time.is/UTC"><b>• Current UTC</b></a>
<a href="https://hiveblocks.com"><b>• Hiveblocks.com</b></a>
or in our Discord server with the command: &nbsp;<b>.time</b>
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<p>To make sure that your entry is valid, and can not be missed for the contest, please make sure that you follow the <b>RULES</b>:</p></div>

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<p>Para garantizar que su participación sea válida y no se pierda el concurso, asegúrese de seguir las REGLAS:</p></div>

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<ul><li>Blog must answer at least one of the questions(or more, if you wish!)</li></ul
</div><div class="pull-right"><ul><li>El blog debe responder al menos una de las preguntas (¡o más, si lo desea!)</li></ul></h6>
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<div class="pull-left"><ul><li>Blog must be submitted <b>before the end of day Saturday</b>, November 26, 2022</li></ul></div><div class="pull-right"><ul><li>El blog debe enviarse <b>antes del final del día Sábado</b>, 26 de Noviembre, 2022</li></ul></div>

<div class="pull-left"><ul><li>Blog must be published in 'Ladies of Hive' community</li></ul></div><div class="pull-right"><ul><li>El blog debe publicarse en la comunidad 'Ladies of Hive' (Damas de Hive)</li></ul></div>

<div class="pull-left"><ul><li>Blog must be linked in a comment to this post</li></ul></div><div class="pull-right"><ul><li>El blog debe estar vinculado en un comentario a esta publicación</li></ul></div>

<div class="pull-left"><ul><li>Blog must be original in order to win</li></ul></div><div class="pull-right"><ul><li>El blog debe ser original para poder ganar&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</li></ul></div>

<div class="pull-left"><ul><li>Blog must be 200+ words (word count must be met before any translation of your blog!)</li></ul></div><div class="pull-right"><ul><li>El blog debe tener más de 200 palabras (el recuento de palabras debe efectuarse antes de cualquier traducción de tu blog!)</li></ul></div>

<div class="pull-left"><ul><li><b><u>It is no longer required</u></b> that you must invite another woman to the community, but you may do so if you wish!</li></ul></div><div class="pull-right"><ul><li><b><u>Ya no es necesario</u></b> que invites a otra mujer a la comunidad, ¡pero puedes hacerlo si lo deseas!</li></ul></div>

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<center>Questions this week by:  <b>@irenenavarroart</b>
Judging will be by: <b>@irenenavarroart</b></center>

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