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		<title>Top 20 Flowers</title>
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Welcome to the Top 20 System! The Top 20 groups are self-moderated and based on trust. Please read these &lt;b&gt;guidelines&lt;/b&gt;:

1. Our goal is to keep the pool at only 20 best flower pictures. Shortly after joining our group you will receive a Moderator or Admin status, to be able to delete. If promoted to Admin, you must also &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/groups/top20flowers/admin/members/&quot;&gt;promote new members&lt;/a&gt; to Moderators. 

&lt;i&gt;In order to prevent this group from being vandalized or ending up private like many other Top 20 groups (including the previous &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/groups/top20flower&quot;&gt;Top 20 Flower&lt;/a&gt;), please do not promote directly to Admin unless you know and really trust a member and have discussed it with the other admins.&lt;/i&gt;

2. If we already have 20 pictures when you want to add yours, first delete another one that you like the least from the pool, then post - your new addition must be better. After your photo is removed, you can send another one to see if it is strong enough to make it until the end. 

3. Every photo has just one chance in the pool - no reposting after it gets deleted. To play again the same flower, you can post it only in &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/groups/top20flowers/discuss/72157601235663603/&quot;&gt;₪ TOP 20 GAME - The 2nd Chance ₪&lt;/a&gt;. 

4. If you &lt;b&gt;c o m m e n t&lt;/b&gt; a favorite photo in our pool, please mention the group's name or copy and paste the following &lt;b&gt;link/code&lt;/b&gt;:
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&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;lt;a href=&amp;quot;http://www.flickr.com/groups/top20flowers/&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Seen in Top 20 Flowers.&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;

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By commenting with our logo, you make the most beautiful flowers eligible for posting to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/groups/top20everlasting&quot;&gt;Top 20 Everlasting&lt;/a&gt;. Here's a special invitation too (optional):

&lt;i&gt;Unforgettable picture! 
Please add this to &amp;lt;a href=&amp;quot;http://flickr.com/groups/top20everlasting/&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Top 20 Everlasting&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;.
&amp;lt;a href=&amp;quot;http://flickr.com/groups/top20everlasting/&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;img src=&amp;quot;http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1272/buddyicons/388970@N25.jpg?1184787519&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; 
&amp;lt;i&amp;gt;Seen in a Top 20 pool / thread.&amp;lt;/i&amp;gt;&lt;/i&gt;

5. When you discover a new great flower outside our pool (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/search/?z=t&amp;amp;q=flower+macro+nature&amp;amp;m=tags&quot;&gt;search here&lt;/a&gt;), just copy and paste in the comment box the following  &lt;b&gt;i n v i t a t i o n:&lt;/b&gt;

&lt;i&gt;Outstanding flower picture! 
Please add this to &amp;lt;a href=&amp;quot;http://flickr.com/groups/top20flowers/&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Top 20 Flowers&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;.&lt;/i&gt; 
&amp;lt;a href=&amp;quot;http://flickr.com/groups/top20flowers/&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;img src=&amp;quot;http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1316/buddyicons/433563@N21.jpg?1188661732&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;

6. Please check the oldest surviving picture (from the bottom end of our pool) and copy &amp;amp; paste the following &lt;b&gt;a n n o u n c e m e n t:&lt;/b&gt;

&lt;i&gt;Congratulations! Your flower survived until the end in Top 20 Flowers. 
Please post it to &amp;lt;a href=&amp;quot;http://www.flickr.com/groups/top20flowers/discuss/72157602302339575/&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Surviving Flowers (Hall of Fame)&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;.&lt;/i&gt;
&amp;lt;a href=&amp;quot;http://flickr.com/groups/top20flowers/&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;img src=&amp;quot;http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1316/buddyicons/433563@N21.jpg?1188661732&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;
  
7. You can also &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/groups_invite.gne?id=433563@N21&quot;&gt;invite your contacts&lt;/a&gt; to the group - if they are flower lovers they'll probably join the fun and thank you for that.

8. Add our tag &amp;quot;Top 20 Flowers&amp;quot; to the pictures in the pool to avoid accidental re-posting after deletion and to be included in our &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/search/show/?q=top20flowers&amp;amp;m=tags&amp;amp;ct=6&amp;amp;ss=2&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;SlideShow&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.

&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/groups/top20everlasting/discuss/72157601276576126/&quot;&gt;TOP 20 GROUPS LIST&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

&lt;a href=&quot;http://dev.nitens.org/flickr/group_trackr.php?group=433563@N21&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://dev.nitens.org/flickr/images/button.png&quot; alt=&quot;Group Trackr&quot; title=&quot;Statistics for Flickr group: Top 20 Flowers&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

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			<title>Thank you.</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/people/76597302@N06/&quot;&gt;dintsy&lt;/a&gt; posted a new topic:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I am not a photographer. I have been so inspired by photographers such as yourselves. But a camera seems to be elusive to me at the time. But I found myself actually getting emotional tonight (and I am not an emotional person) at the willingness so many of you have to share your photos. My soul reason for getting on here was to try to thank you all.  But in reading through the comments, I noticed a complaint by someone that they no one can ever get to the top. I noticed here and everywhere else this person posts, they will not share. I know there are reasons not to. But I will never understand the mentality that they do not want to share not only the beauty that God has given us, but the talent that God has given those of you who do. When you share, the blessings are multiplied. SO MUCH ENJOYMENT is given by those of you who do. As a person who favorites-not as much as I should because I get so excited by beautiful, cute, etc.. photos. I will never favorite a person who won't share. Ironically, those who don't share, seem to value their talent over superior artists. I know this probably makes no sense, but the long and the short of it is, that you are so much more appreciated than you will ever know and you light a fire in many of us. I promise that if ever I get lucky enough to be able to even put myself in a photographer ballpark-I will follow those of you that have set such a great example to others. It sounds cliche, but it is absolutely not meant that way. Sincerely, Cindy&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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			<title>Reply to Surviving Flowers (Hall of Fame)</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/people/415384/&quot;&gt;MarculescuEugenIancuD60Alaska&lt;/a&gt; posted a reply:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/velurajah/8327437342/&quot; title=&quot;Happy New Year To All My Flickr Friends by Velurajah UK, on Flickr&quot;&gt;&lt;img class='notsowide' src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8081/8327437342_1e28bb9273_m.jpg&quot; width=&quot;235&quot; height=&quot;240&quot; alt=&quot;Happy New Year To All My Flickr Friends&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/people/naresharma/&quot;&gt;nareshsharma&lt;/a&gt; posted a reply:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/naresharma/254957035/&quot; title=&quot;dew drops by nareshsharma, on Flickr&quot;&gt;&lt;img class='notsowide' src=&quot;http://farm1.staticflickr.com/79/254957035_fbb0dd6207_m.jpg&quot; width=&quot;240&quot; height=&quot;154&quot; alt=&quot;dew drops&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/people/longint57/&quot;&gt;LongInt57&lt;/a&gt; posted a reply:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/longint57/6968622498/&quot; title=&quot;I Can Smell Them from Here 6 by LongInt57, on Flickr&quot;&gt;&lt;img class='notsowide' src=&quot;http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8154/6968622498_648026b129.jpg&quot; width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;333&quot; alt=&quot;I Can Smell Them from Here 6&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/people/21476539@N04/&quot;&gt;thantrongnhan&lt;/a&gt; posted a reply:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/21476539@N04/7004203499/&quot; title=&quot;_MG_7384 by thantrongnhan, on Flickr&quot;&gt;&lt;img class='notsowide' src=&quot;http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7273/7004203499_e1948e7279_n.jpg&quot; width=&quot;263&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; alt=&quot;_MG_7384&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/people/8vrednefed/&quot;&gt;DEFENDER01 {Going back to the Forest.}&lt;/a&gt; posted a reply:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/8vrednefed/6837248960/&quot;&gt;&lt;img class='notsowide' src=&quot;http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7178/6837248960_83087c3220_n.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;240&quot; alt=&quot;Around the garden flowers.&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/people/23631227@N03/&quot;&gt;sylkky2&lt;/a&gt; posted a reply:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;photo_container pc_m bbml_img&quot;&gt;&lt;a data-track=&quot;thumb&quot; href=&quot;/photos/23631227@N03/6798905340/&quot; title=&quot;A lighter shade of pale by sylkky2&quot;&gt;&lt;img class='notsowide' src=&quot;http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7205/6798905340_27f47f31be_m.jpg&quot; width=&quot;240&quot; height=&quot;180&quot; alt=&quot;A lighter shade of pale by sylkky2&quot;  class=&quot;pc_img&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/people/naresharma/&quot;&gt;nareshsharma&lt;/a&gt; posted a reply:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/naresharma/254957035/&quot;&gt;&lt;img class='notsowide' src=&quot;http://farm1.staticflickr.com/79/254957035_fbb0dd6207_m.jpg&quot; width=&quot;240&quot; height=&quot;154&quot; alt=&quot;dew drops&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2012 23:35:13 -0700</pubDate>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/people/annfrau/&quot;&gt;annfrau&lt;/a&gt; posted a reply:&lt;/p&gt;

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			<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 00:18:03 -0700</pubDate>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/people/annavanilla/&quot;&gt;Anna Grove&lt;/a&gt; posted a reply:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/annavanilla/385997699/&quot;&gt;&lt;img class='notsowide' src=&quot;http://farm1.staticflickr.com/151/385997699_7d21bec98f_n.jpg&quot; width=&quot;240&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; alt=&quot;Sensual Orchid&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 08 Apr 2012 12:46:44 -0700</pubDate>
						<author flickr:profile="http://www.flickr.com/people/annavanilla/">nobody@flickr.com (Anna Grove)</author>
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