tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67404216349998123082024-02-19T21:38:27.859+05:30Blog-a-TonIf It's Your Post, It looks Best On Your Own Blog.Vipul Groverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14759165630549569179noreply@blogger.comBlogger330125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740421634999812308.post-79012754461933814852020-07-27T14:59:00.001+05:302020-07-27T14:59:22.220+05:30Blog-a-Ton 59 Results<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Nineteen entries and from them, twelve returned to vote for their favorites. Fifteen entries garnered at least one vote. I, Sarav, Blog-a-Ton Marshal, thank all of you for participating in this edition, and making it a successful comeback edition.</span></div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">The <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">results</span></b> of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><b>Blog-a-Ton 59</b></span>, here is<b> </b>the list of participants and the cheers they garnered:</div><br />
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<b>As evident, here are the Blog-a-Tonics of the Month. Click on their names to read their respective entries. </b><br />
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<tr><td style="background-color: #f1c232; color: black;"><h4 align="center">GOLD BATOM</h4></td><td style="background-color: #cccccc; color: black;"><h4 align="center">SILVER BATOM</h4></td><td style="background-color: #cccccc; color: black;"><h4 align="center">SILVER BATOM</h4></td></tr>
<tr><td><div style="margin: 0px;"><img align="middle" src="https://muppozhudhum.files.wordpress.com/2020/07/batom_award_1.png" style="cursor: move;" width="150" /></div></td><td><div style="margin: 0px;"><img align="middle" src="https://muppozhudhum.files.wordpress.com/2020/07/batom_award_2.png" style="cursor: move;" width="130" /></div></td><td><div style="margin: 0px;"><img align="middle" src="https://muppozhudhum.files.wordpress.com/2020/07/batom_award_2.png" style="cursor: move;" width="130" /></div></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: #f1c232;"><h3 align="center"><a href="http://dusht-ka-drishtikone.blogspot.com/2020/07/double-lockdown.html" target="_blank">Kshitij Khurana</a></h3></td><td style="background-color: #cccccc; color: black;"><h3 align="center"><a href="http://www.vipulgrover.com/2020/07/unfinished-work-left-in-our-bags.html" target="_blank">Vipul Grover</a></h3></td><td style="background-color: #cccccc; color: black;"><h3 align="center"><a href="https://wp.me/p2L81i-bL" target="_blank">Unknown Shri</a></h3></td></tr>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Congratulations to the well deserved winners (Kshitij, Vipul and Unknown Shri) and to all those listed above..</i><br />
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Winners can drop an email to pendownmythought@gmail.com to claim their badges. Winners name and photo will be featured on Blog-a-Ton Cover Photo (soon). Thanks and Keep Writing!!!<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: 10pt;">You all can also read the voting comments now. Just </span><a href="https://blog-a-ton.blogspot.com/2020/07/vote-for-your-bat-59-favorites.html" style="font-size: 10pt;" target="_blank"><b>click here</b></a><span style="color: red; font-size: 10pt;"> to find who all voted for you or liked your entry or what they had to say about it!</span></div></div><div style="color: blue; text-align: center;"><br />
The Top Three contributors are<br />
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<tr><td>aativas</td><td>51</td></tr>
<tr><td>Someone is Special</td><td>42</td></tr>
<tr><td>Leo</td><td>35</td></tr>
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: 130%; font-weight: bold;"><marquee bgcolor="#faf19e" closure_uid_iqp5p9="184" width="100%"><b>See you soon in BAT 60! September 2020! <a href="https://blog-a-ton.blogspot.com/2015/09/blog-ton-30.html" target="_blank">Please visit Blog-a-Ton 3.0 for more info</a>!!!</b></marquee></span></div><br />
<div style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #38761d;">A Reminder</span> - <span style="color: blue;">Have your number of participation reached 10, 25 or 50???</span></span></b> <b style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Then you are eligible to be included into the Elites Blog-a-Tonics. </span></span></b><b style="background-color: #fff2cc;"> <span style="color: red;">Just drop a mail to "pendownmythought@gmail.com" with the links to all your posts (or simply label all your BAT entries and send Marshal that <a href="https://muppozhudhum.wordpress.com/tag/blog-a-ton/" target="_blank">single link</a>).</span></b></span><br />
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Poetically Yours,<br />
Blog-a-Ton Marshal,<br />
<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://iamsaravofficial.com">~ Someone is Special ~</a></span></div></div></div></div>Someone is Specialhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16271391140125090742noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740421634999812308.post-66476606834135847142020-07-20T20:00:00.002+05:302020-07-20T20:00:03.427+05:30Vote for your BAT 59 Favorites<div style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; color: blue; font-size: 130%; font-weight: bold;"><marquee bgcolor="#faf19e" closure_uid_iqp5p9="184" width="100%">Voting ends at 19:59 hrs (IST) on July 26, 2020. Remember, that means time stamp of your comment can be at most 19:59 on July 26, 2020 and not 20:00 on July 26, 2020.</marquee></span><br />
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The curtain closes on a wonderful edition of Blog-a-ton, the 59th one. We had 19 entries this time, 10 more than what we had in our last edition. I would like to thank each one of you from the bottom of my heart for participating! Do comeback and vote for the entries worth winning!<br />
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We had 18 blog-a-tonics enter in this edition within the stipulated time. Only those 18 Blog-a-Tonics are eligible for voting. So feel free to vote for your B-A-T 59 Favorites.<br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><b>Click <a href="https://blog-a-ton.blogspot.com/2020/07/blogaton59.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: bold;">here</span></a> to check the fellow Blog-a-Tonics who took part in this edition of Blog-a-Ton along with the direct links to their posts.</b><br />
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<b>Three Cheers</b> to all the Blog-a-Tonics.</span><br />
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Please follow the following <b><span style="font-size: x-large; color: purple;">rules</span></b> while voting.<br />
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1. <b><span style="color: red;">ONLY THOSE BLOG-A-TONICS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR VOTING (i.e., Contesting for votes and voting for others) WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THIS EVENT WITHIN THE STIPULATED TIME.</span></b><br />
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2. <b><span style="color: red;">AS PER BLOGATON 3.0 GUIDELINES, THE NUMBER OF VOTES IS DETERMINED BY THE NUMBER OF ENTRIES.</span></b> We have 18 entries this time. In this edition, you <span style="color: #000099; font-weight: bold;">can cast upto 3 votes or <span style="color: red;">cheers</span> as we call them, </span>and of course you <span style="color: #000099; font-weight: bold;">can <span style="color: red;">not</span> vote for yourself</span>. In short, you are allowed to vote for one, two, OR three. <span style="color: purple;">All your votes will carry the same weightage</span>.<br />
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3. Your Voting Comment should be as follows:<br />
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I, <b><u>BLOGGER NAME</u></b>, participated. My Blog-a-ton 59 Entry Is Here: <b><u>BLOGATON59 ENTRY LINK</u></b><br />
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I vote for:<br />
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1. <b><u>BLOGATONIC 1 NAME</u></b>: His/her entry is here: <b><u>BLOGATONIC 1 ENTRY LINK</u></b><br />
2. <b><u>BLOGATONIC 2 NAME</u></b>: His/her entry is here: <b><u>BLOGATONIC 2 ENTRY LINK</u></b><br />
3. <b><u>BLOGATONIC 3 NAME</u></b>: His/her entry is here: <b><u>BLOGATONIC 3 ENTRY LINK</u></b><br />
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The voting format has been simplified for assisting you. Replace <b>"BLOGGER NAME"</b> by your name, and <b>"BLOGATON59 ENTRY LINK"</b> by the direct link to your BAT59 Entry. Likewise, for the votes, replace <b>"BLOGATONIC 1 NAME"</b> by the name of the entrant (as used in his/her participation entry) and <b>"BLOGATONIC 1 ENTRY LINK"</b> by the direct link to that blogatonic's BAT59 Entry. <b><span style="color: red;">Votes NOT IN THIS FORMAT will not be accepted</span></b>.<br />
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For eg: A valid vote can look like this:<br />
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I, Vipul, participated. My Blogaton entry is here: http://www.vipulgrover.com/2020/07/unfinished-work-left-in-our-bags.html<br />
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I vote for the following:<br />
1. Someone is Special: https://muppozhudhum.wordpress.com/2020/07/19/love-in-the-time-of-virus-the-lockdown-and-thereafter/<br />
2. Leo: http://artofleo.com/2014/10/05/a-knot-in-time/<br />
3. Amity: http://intelclub.blogspot.com/2010/10/train-of-thoughts.html<br />
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4. <span style="color: purple; font-size: large;"><b>While voting for a Blog-a-Tonic, use his/her name as provided by him/her in his/her participation entry and not his/her profile name.</b></span><br />
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5. Post your<span style="color: purple;"> <b>vote in the comments section</b></span> of this post.<br />
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6. <b style="color: purple;">All your votes should be posted in a single comment</b>. So, take your time - go through all posts - only then decide your one or two or three winning entries. In case you vote separately, only the first comment will be taken into consideration.<br />
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Now coming to the <span style="color: purple;">other rules</span>:<br />
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<ul style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify;"><li>Voting ends at 19:59 (IST) on SUNDAY, July 26, 2020.</li>
<li>I have started <span style="color: red;">moderating</span> the comments and won’t display the voting comments till the end of this process to keep the result secret till its conclusion.</li>
<li>After the voting code mentioned above, you may also add the reason, why you voted for a particular post to help others know what you expect as a reader. Moreover, you may also mention the other posts that you liked though you can vote for just for three of them. </li>
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<span style="color: red;">The Votes will be discarded without any prior warning in case they are not sufficiently compatible with the rules</span>.<br />
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<b style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #38761d;">A Reminder</span> - <span style="color: blue;">Have your number of participations reached 10, 25 or 50???</span></span></b> <b style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large; font-size: small;">Then you are eligible to be included into the list of Elites Blog-a-Tonics. </span></b> <b style="background-color: #fff2cc;"> <span style="color: red;">Just drop a mail to "pendownmythought@gmail.com" with the links to all your posts (or simply label all your BAT entries and send Marshal that single link).</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: 130%; font-weight: bold;"><marquee bgcolor="#faf19e" width="100%"><b>A THOUGHT: Be it Gerneral Elections or Blog-a-Ton, it is your duty to vote, because you have the power to select the winner, so please DO NOT WASTE YOUR VOTE.</b></marquee></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: 130%; font-weight: bold;"><marquee bgcolor="#faf19e" width="100%">Remember, the time stamp of your comment can be at most 19:59 on July 26, 2020 and not 20:00 on July 26, 2020.</marquee></span><br />
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<div style="color: #274e13; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right;">May the best entries in this edition win..!<br />
Poetically Yours,<br />
Marshal,<br />
<a href="http://iamsaravofficial.com/welcome/" target="_blank">Sarav</a><a href="https://muppozhudhum.wordpress.com/2015/04/05/life-is-a-chocolate/"></a></div><br />
</div>Someone is Specialhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16271391140125090742noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740421634999812308.post-46301191017956176172020-07-17T20:23:00.001+05:302020-07-20T00:04:30.658+05:30Rules and Reminder for Blog-a-ton 59<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: 150%; font-weight: bold;"><marquee width="100%"><b><a href="https://blog-a-ton.blogspot.com/2014/08/subscribe-to-blog-ton-reminders.html" target="_blank">Subscribe to Blog-a-Ton Reminders & stay updated!</a></b></marquee></div><br />
<div style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold;"><marquee bgcolor="#faf19e" width="100%">Publish the post anytime between July 18, 2020, 00:00 HRS and July 19, 2020, 23:59 HRS (Indian Standard Time)!</marquee></div><br />
<div style="color: #274e13; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, Garamond; font-size: 15pt;">Welcome to Another Edition of Blog-a-Ton! The 59th Edition of Blog-a-Ton!</span><br />
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Our dream is to have <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">100 participants join in one edition, and our motto is to help writers to write better</span></b><br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: #b6d7a8; color: red; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Blog-a-Ton 59 WEEKEND: <span style="color: blue;">July 18-19, 2020</span></b></div></blockquote>As you already know, the topic for Blog-a-Ton 59 has been finalised as: LOCKDOWN<br />
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Please follow these <span style="color: purple; font-size: 29px;">rules</span> while publishing your post and thereafter:</div><br />
<ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>You can choose the<b style="color: red;"> title</b> for your post as you wish.</li>
<li>Please use the hashtag<b style="color: red;"> #LockdownTales #BlogATon59</b> in your post and while sharing it on social networks.</li>
<li>You can submit <b style="color: red;">MORE THAN ONE POST</b> this time, but you are allowed to vote only once irrespective of the number of posts that you submit.</li>
<li>Your post must justify the topic <span style="color: red;"><b>LOCKDOWN</b></span>.</li>
<li>The <span style="color: purple; font-weight: bold;">post should start with this code</span>. Just copy the following HTML code and paste to your post in Edit HTML mode:<br />
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<span style="background-color: #f4cccc; color: #134f5c;"><div style="text-align: justify;"></span><br style="background-color: #f4cccc; color: #660000;" /><span style="background-color: #f4cccc; color: #134f5c;"><blockquote></span><br style="background-color: #f4cccc; color: #660000;" /><span style="background-color: #f4cccc; color: #134f5c;">This post has been published by me as a part of <b>Blog-a-Ton 59</b>; the fifty-ninth edition of the online marathon of Bloggers; where we decide and we write. In association with <a href="https://indicreator.com" target="_blank">IndiCreator. For Creators. By Creators.</a>. Share Your #LockdownTales at indicreator.com</span><br style="background-color: #f4cccc; color: #660000;" /><span style="background-color: #f4cccc; color: #134f5c;"></blockquote></span><br style="background-color: #f4cccc; color: #660000;" /><span style="background-color: #f4cccc; color: #134f5c;"></div></span></li>
<li>The <span style="color: #134f5c; font-weight: bold;">post should end with the following code.</span> Just copy the following HTML code and paste to your post in Edit HTML mode and <b>replace XX</b> with your Blog-a-Ton participation count:<br />
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The <b>fellow Blog-a-Tonics</b> who took part in this Blog-a-Ton and links to their respective <b>posts</b> can be checked <a href="https://blog-a-ton.blogspot.com/2020/07/blogaton59.html"><b>here</b></a>. To be part of the next edition, visit and start following <b><a href="https://blog-a-ton.blogspot.com">Blog-a-Ton</a></b>. Show your support for the hastags #BlogATon59 & #LockdownTales. Participation Count: XX. </blockquote><br />
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<li><span style="color: #134f5c; font-weight: bold;">Publish</span>the post <b style="color: red;">anytime between July 18, 2020, 00:00 HRS and July 19, 2020, 23:59 HRS (Indian Standard Time)</b></li>
<li><span style="color: purple; font-weight: bold;">After publishing it</span>, do not forget to <b style="color: red;"><a href="https://blog-a-ton.blogspot.com/2020/07/blogaton59.html#comments" target="_blank">leave the link in the comments section</a></b> of this post.</li>
<li>Use the following code to provide direct link to your post.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="DIRECT LINK TO YOUR POST">YOUR NAME - YOUR TITLE</a></span> </b><br />
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It will look like this: <a href="https://muppozhudhum.wordpress.com/2020/07/19/love-in-the-time-of-virus-the-lockdown-and-thereafter/" target="_blank">Someone is Special - Lockdown!</a> and will link to your post.</li>
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<div style="color: #274e13; color: blue; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-size: large; text-align: center;">And this time....</div><br />
<div style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, Garamond; font-size: 15pt; text-align: justify;"><ul><li>The winners will also be featured on the Blog-a-ton <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BlogATon">Facebook Page</a> cover photograph.</li>
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<b><span style="color: red;">Please follow these rules to ensure easy navigability to your post.</span></b><br />
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<ul><li><span style="color: red;">Use your <b style="color: blue;">complete name</b> to prevent any confusion and mix up with other bloggers.</span></li>
<li><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">In case you post your link after the stipulated time, then your submission will not be considered for voting. </span></b></li>
<li>Return between July 21 00:00 IST and July 26th 19:59 IST to vote for your favourite post. A separate notification for the same will be posted upon the conclusion of the event. So <span style="color: purple;"><b>do</b> <b>not vote till then</b></span>. Just enjoy reading the various entries, keeping in mind your favourite but worth-winning ones.</li>
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<div style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 21px; font-weight: bold;"><marquee bgcolor="#faf19e" width="100%">DO NOT USE THE COMMENTS SECTION OF THIS POST FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE. If there are any queries, ask them in the comments section of previous post.</marquee></span></div><br />
<div style="font-size: 40pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: purple;">...H<span style="color: red;">A</span><span style="color: gold;">P</span><span style="color: blue;">P</span><span style="color: lime;">Y</span> <span style="color: green;"> W</span><span style="color: cyan;"><span style="color: indigo;">R<span style="color: red;">I<span style="color: green;">T<span style="color: orange;">I<span style="color: purple;">N<span style="color: blue;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: purple;"><span style="color: cyan;"><span style="color: indigo;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: green;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: purple;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: green;"></span> <span style="color: purple;"><span style="color: cyan;">G<span style="color: purple;">...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><br />
<div style="color: #274e13; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Looking forward to a read wonderful passionate Blog-a-Ton writers post again!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Poetically Yours,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Marshal,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "segoe print" , "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 20pt; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://iamsaravofficial.com/welcome/">~ Someone is Special ~</a></span></div><br />
</div></div>Someone is Specialhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16271391140125090742noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740421634999812308.post-77554852689412012042020-07-11T00:20:00.000+05:302020-07-11T00:20:27.083+05:30The Topic for Blog-a-Ton 59 is...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: 150%; font-weight: bold;"><marquee width="100%"><b><a href="https://blog-a-ton.blogspot.com/2014/08/subscribe-to-blog-ton-reminders.html" target="_blank">Subscribe to Blog-a-Ton Reminders & stay updated!</a></b></marquee></span><br />
<div style="color: #274e13; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, Garamond; font-size: 15pt;">Welcome to Another Edition of Blog-a-Ton! The 59th Edition of Blog-a-Ton.</span>. It's a tie between 'Lockdown' and 'Survival' and so, the marshal vote will decide the topic. I vote for...<br />
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<blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: #b6d7a8; color: red; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>BLOG-a-TON 59 WEEKEND:<br />
<span style="color: blue;">July 18-19, 2020</span></b></div></blockquote><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: #b6d7a8; color: red;"><b>TOPIC for BLOG-a-TON 59: <br />
<span style="color: blue;">LOCKDOWN</span></b><span style="color: blue;">.</span></blockquote></div><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, Garamond; font-size: 15pt;">Our dream is to get 100 participants in one edition, and our motto is to help writers to write better.<br />
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Can we make it possible in this edition? Can we read 100 entrants this time? Can we find 100 passionate writers? I hope we can. If you think the same, join us.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, Times New Roman, serif;">The rules for BLOG-a-TON 59 are:</span></div><ul><li><span style="font-family: Tahoma, 'Times New Roman', serif;">You can give your post <b><span style="color: blue;">any title</span></b> that you wish to.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Tahoma, 'Times New Roman', serif;">You must justify the theme with your post. You (i.e. Poetry (*Haiku or set of Haiku is not accepted), Fiction or any form fiction other than 160 characters, dialogue, Essay… etc.). You can also choose to make it serious, humorous, tragic, romantic... whatever setting you'd love to give.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Tahoma, 'Times New Roman', serif;">You can write in any language as well, but since most Blog-a-tonics would prefer English as their language of communication, we'd suggest that too, so your post reaches a wider audience, and help you when it comes to BLOG-a-TON 59 voting time.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Tahoma, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The <b><span style="color: blue;">other rules</span></b> (viz. header & footer to put in your post, the way to submit it on JULY 18-19, 2020 etc.) will be <b><span style="color: blue;">conveyed to you on July 17, 2020 04:00 PM IST</span></b>. So kindly wait for that notification then rather than putting up queries right now. If the queries are regarding general pattern of the event, please go through the posts about previous events.</span></li>
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<div style="text-align: justify; color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, Garamond; font-size: 15pt; text-align: center;">And this time....</div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, Times New Roman, serif;">You have eight days to write your post but <span style="color: blue;"><b><u>please publish the post only during the Blog-a-Ton Weekend: July 18-19 2020, and not before.</u></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Tahoma, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b>Encourage your fellow bloggers to participate in this edition. You can share this post on your various social networking profiles through the ShareThis widget present at the bottom of this post.</b></span></div><span style="font-family: Tahoma, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />
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<div style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Tahoma, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Looking forward to a great Blog-a-Ton comeback edition.</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Tahoma, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Poetically Yours,</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Tahoma, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Marshal,</b></span><br />
<div style="color: #274e13; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS, sans-serif; font-size: 15pt; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://iamsaravofficial.com">Someone is Special</a></span></div><div style="color: #274e13; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</div></div></div></div>Someone is Specialhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16271391140125090742noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740421634999812308.post-87479430597437329942020-07-03T22:00:00.021+05:302020-07-06T20:01:34.450+05:30Blog-a-Ton 59 - Topic Discussion<br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: 150%; font-weight: bold;"><marquee width="100%"><b>Hope you are staying safe and healthy! We are back after almost a 4-year-break. We need your support this time to fly colorfully. Stay around and support forever!</b></marquee></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: 150%; font-weight: bold;"><marquee width="100%"><b>Apologies for not delcaring winners of BAT 58. All due to many personal reasons four years ago. Anyways, we did receive only one vote. So let's consider we do not have winners for the 58th edition!</b></marquee></span><br />
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<blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: #b6d7a8; color: red; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>BLOG-A-TON 59 WEEKEND:<br />
<span style="color: blue;">JULY 18-19, 2020</span></b></div></blockquote><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: #b6d7a8; color: red;"><b>TOPIC DECLARATION: <br />
<span style="color: blue;">FRIDAY, JULY 10, 2020 22:00 IST</span></b><span style="color: blue;">.</span></blockquote></div><hr /><br />
<div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia, Garamond; font-size: 13pt;">Welcome to a New Edition of Blog-a-Ton!<br />
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We are at Version 3.0...New Format, New Rules, and New Badges. Visit <a href="https://blog-a-ton.blogspot.com/2015/09/blog-ton-30.html" "_blank">here for more info.</a><br />
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I’m <a href="http://iamsaravofficial.com/">Sarav a.k.a Someone is Special</a> - The Marshal of Blog-a-Ton. Well, the time is ticking along, and we move to our <b><span style="color: blue;">59th Blog-a-ton edition</span></b>, which will be on JULY 18-19, 2020.<br />
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Our dream is to get 100 participants in one edition, and our motto is to help writers to write better.<br />
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Can we make it possible in this comeback edition? Can we read 100 entrants this time? Can we find 100 passionate writers? I hope we can. If you think the same, join us.</div><br />
<hr/><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: 16pt;"><b>General Pattern:</b></span><br />
<ol><li>Initiating a new Blog-a-Ton edition by inviting suggestions for the topic: <b>First Friday of the month at 22:00 HRS IST</b></li>
<li> Declaring the Topic of the month: <b>Second Friday of the month at 22:00 HRS IST</b>.</li>
<li>Sending <b>Newsletter</b> to our subscribers, featuring the last edition winners, topic of the month, prizes, and introducing our sponsors of the month (if any): <b>Second Sunday of the month at 17:00 HRS IST</b></li>
<li> RULES AND REMINDER POST: <b>Third Friday of the month at 16:00 HRS IST</b></li>
<li> BLOG-A-TON WEEKEND: we reserve the <b>Third Saturday and Sunday of the month for Blog-a-Ton (from 00:00 HRS IST on Saturday to 23:59 HRS IST on Sunday). No further extension will be provided.</b></li>
<li> Opening the Voting: <b>Next day of Blog-a-Ton Weekend</b></li>
<li> Declaration of the winners: <b>Fourth Sunday of the month between 22:00 HRS and 23:59 HRS IST</b></li>
</ol>* We will have a maximum of six editions per year. </div><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia, Garamond; font-size: 13pt;">We will be having the secret ballot in this edition.<br />
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What you have to do is suggest the <b>TOPIC</b>. <b>(ONLY ONE WORD)</b> <span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-weight: bold;">Moderation is enabled, and I'll select the first six topics that come. </span> And we begin voting on that. If I find any topic to be inappropriate, or similar to that of a previous edition, that'll not come into the voting list.<br />
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<b>Suggestions are closed. Vote for a topic of your choice.</b><br />
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<table align="center" border="2" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: justify;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><b>Topic </b> </td><td style="text-align: center;"><b>Votes </b> </td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;">FRESH</td><td style="text-align: center;">3</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;">SURVIVAL</td><td style="text-align: center;">6</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;">LOCKDOWN</td><td style="text-align: center;">4</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;">PERSISTENCE</td><td style="text-align: center;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;">KARMA</td><td style="text-align: center;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;">BUTTERFLY</td><td style="text-align: center;"></td></tr>
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<ul style="text-align: justify;"><li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You can vote for any one topic. (Sample: I vote for FRESH, if it is one of the choices.)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">If you wish to change your vote later and support another topic, you can do so during the voting time-frame. But <b><span style="color: purple;">you are allowed only one change-of-vote</span></b>. I’ll consider only the second vote in that instance.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The <b><span style="color: red;">voting period is from July 03, 2020, FRIDAY to July 10, 2020, FRIDAY 21:00 HRS IST.</span></b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The topic <u><span style="color: red;">that gets the majority votes</span></u> will be announced <b>on July 10, 2020, 22:00 HRS IST as the BLOG-A-TON 59 Topic</b>. In case two or more topics are tied at the end of voting, my vote as Marshal vote will decide. This time, we are giving you 8 days to write your post.</span></li>
<li><b><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><u>BLOG-A-TON 59 WEEKEND starts at 00:00 HRS IST on July 18, 2020 and ends at 23:59 HRS IST on July 19, 2020.</u></span></b> No further extension will be provided.</li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Looking forward to a wonderful Blog-a-ton after a long gap…</span><br />
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<div style="color: #274e13; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Poetically Yours,<br />
Marshal,<br />
<span style="font-family: Segoe Print, sans-serif; font-size: 15pt; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://iamsaravofficial.com" target="_blank">Sarav</a> | New Blog: <a href="https://muppozhudhum.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Muppozhudhum</a> </span></div>Someone is Specialhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16271391140125090742noreply@blogger.com32tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740421634999812308.post-59459938157439359922016-11-09T20:08:00.001+05:302020-07-03T19:36:14.683+05:30Vote for your BAT 58 Favorites<div style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; color: blue; font-size: 130%; font-weight: bold;"><marquee bgcolor="#faf19e" closure_uid_iqp5p9="184" width="100%">Voting ends at 23:59 hrs (IST) on November 13, 2016. Remember, that means time stamp of your comment can be at most 23:59 on November 13, 2016 and not 00:00 on November 14, 2016.</marquee></span><br />
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The curtain closes on a wonderful edition of Blog-a-ton, the 58th one. We had 9 entries this time. I would like to thank everyone from the bottom of my heart for participating! Do comeback and vote for the entries worth winning!<br />
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We had 9 blog-a-tonics enter in this edition within the stipulated time. Only those 9 Blog-a-Tonics are eligible for voting. So feel free to vote for your B-A-T 58 Favorites.<br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><b>Click <a href="https://blog-a-ton.blogspot.com/2016/10/blogaton58.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: bold;">here</span></a> to check the fellow Blog-a-Tonics who took part in this edition of Blog-a-Ton along with the direct links to their posts.</b><br />
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<b>Three Cheers</b> to all the Blog-a-Tonics.</span><br />
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Please follow the following <b><span style="font-size: x-large; color: purple;">rules</span></b> while voting.<br />
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1. <b><span style="color: red;">ONLY THOSE BLOG-A-TONICS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR VOTING (i.e., Contesting for votes and voting for others) WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THIS EVENT WITHIN THE STIPULATED TIME.</span></b><br />
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2. <b><span style="color: red;">AS PER BLOGATON 3.0 GUIDELINES, THE NUMBER OF VOTES IS DETERMINED BY THE NUMBER OF ENTRIES.</span></b> We have 9 entries this time. In this edition, you <span style="color: #000099; font-weight: bold;">can cast upto 3 votes or <span style="color: red;">cheers</span> as we call them, </span>and of course you <span style="color: #000099; font-weight: bold;">can <span style="color: red;">not</span> vote for yourself</span>. In short, you are allowed to vote for one, two, OR three. <span style="color: purple;">All your votes will carry the same weightage</span>.<br />
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3. Your Voting Comment should be as follows:<br />
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I, <b><u>BLOGGER NAME</u></b>, participated. My Blog-a-ton 58 Entry Is Here: <b><u>BLOGATON58 ENTRY LINK</u></b><br />
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I vote for:<br />
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1. <b><u>BLOGATONIC 1 NAME</u></b>: His/her entry is here: <b><u>BLOGATONIC 1 ENTRY LINK</u></b><br />
2. <b><u>BLOGATONIC 2 NAME</u></b>: His/her entry is here: <b><u>BLOGATONIC 2 ENTRY LINK</u></b><br />
3. <b><u>BLOGATONIC 3 NAME</u></b>: His/her entry is here: <b><u>BLOGATONIC 3 ENTRY LINK</u></b><br />
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The voting format has been simplified for assisting you. Replace <b>"BLOGGER NAME"</b> by your name, and <b>"BLOGATON58 ENTRY LINK"</b> by the direct link to your BAT58 Entry. Likewise, for the votes, replace <b>"BLOGATONIC 1 NAME"</b> by the name of the entrant (as used in his/her participation entry) and <b>"BLOGATONIC 1 ENTRY LINK"</b> by the direct link to that blogatonic's BAT58 Entry. <b><span style="color: red;">Votes NOT IN THIS FORMAT will not be accepted</span></b>.<br />
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For eg: A valid vote can look like this:<br />
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I, Vipul, participated. My Blogaton entry is here: http://vipulgrover.blogspot.com/2010/08/goodbye.html<br />
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I vote for the following:<br />
1. Someone is Special: https://muppozhudhum.wordpress.com/2015/04/05/life-is-a-chocolate/<br />
2. Leo: http://artofleo.com/2014/10/05/a-knot-in-time/<br />
3. Amity: http://intelclub.blogspot.com/2010/10/train-of-thoughts.html<br />
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4. <span style="color: purple; font-size: large;"><b>While voting for a Blog-a-Tonic, use his/her name as provided by him/her in his/her participation entry and not his/her profile name.</b></span><br />
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5. Post your<span style="color: purple;"> <b>vote in the comments section</b></span> of this post.<br />
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6. <b style="color: purple;">All your votes should be posted in a single comment</b>. So, take your time - go through all posts - only then decide your one or two or three winning entries. In case you vote separately, only the first comment will be taken into consideration.<br />
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Now coming to the <span style="color: purple;">other rules</span>:<br />
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<ul style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify;"><li>Voting ends at 23:59 (IST) on SUNDAY, November 13, 2016.</li>
<li>I have started <span style="color: red;">moderating</span> the comments and won’t display the voting comments till the end of this process to keep the result secret till its conclusion.</li>
<li>After the voting code mentioned above, you may also add the reason, why you voted for a particular post to help others know what you expect as a reader. Moreover, you may also mention the other posts that you liked though you can vote for just for three of them. </li>
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<span style="color: red;">The Votes will be discarded without any prior warning in case they are not sufficiently compatible with the rules</span>.<br />
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<b style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #38761d;">A Reminder</span> - <span style="color: blue;">Have your number of participations reached 10 or 25???</span></span></b> <b style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large; font-size: small;">Then you are eligible to be included into the List of Veteran Blog-a-Tonics. </span></b> <b style="background-color: #fff2cc;"> <span style="color: red;">Just drop a mail to "pendownmythought@gmail.com" with the links to all your posts (or simply label all your BAT entries and send Marshal that single link).</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: 130%; font-weight: bold;"><marquee bgcolor="#faf19e" width="100%"><b>A THOUGHT: Be it Gerneral Elections or Blog-a-Ton, it is your duty to vote, because you have the power to select the winner, so please DO NOT WASTE YOUR VOTE.</b></marquee></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: 130%; font-weight: bold;"><marquee bgcolor="#faf19e" width="100%">Remember, the time stamp of your comment can be at most 23:59 on November 13, 2016 and not 00:00 on November 14, 2016.</marquee></span><br />
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<div style="color: #274e13; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right;">May the best entries in this edition win..!<br />
Poetically Yours,<br />
Marshal,<br />
<a href="http://iamsaravofficial.com/" target="_blank">Sarav</a><a href="https://muppozhudhum.wordpress.com/2015/04/05/life-is-a-chocolate/"></a></div><br />
</div>Someone is Specialhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16271391140125090742noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740421634999812308.post-15040230334117766022016-10-28T12:20:00.001+05:302020-07-03T19:42:56.662+05:30Rules and Reminder for Blog-a-ton 58<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: 150%; font-weight: bold;"><marquee width="100%"><b><a href="https://blog-a-ton.blogspot.com/2014/08/subscribe-to-blog-ton-reminders.html" target="_blank">Subscribe to Blog-a-Ton Reminders & stay updated!</a></b></marquee></div><br />
<div style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold;"><marquee bgcolor="#faf19e" width="100%">Publish the post anytime between November 05, 2016, 00:00 HRS and November 06, 2016, 23:59 HRS (Indian Standard Time)!</marquee></div><br />
<div style="color: #274e13; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, Garamond; font-size: 15pt;">Welcome to Diwali Special Edition of Blog-a-Ton! This Edition, is also Aatvias of <a href="http://thistimethattime.blogspot.in" target="_blank">Times Change</a>'s 50th Edition, and so we are performing a tribute to her. On the result day, we have planned a surprise. Stay tuned!</span><br />
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Our dream is to have <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">100 participants join in one edition, and our motto is to help writers to write better</span></b><br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: #b6d7a8; color: red; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Blog-a-Ton 58 WEEKEND: <span style="color: blue;">November 05-06, 2016</span></b></div></blockquote>As you already know, the topic for Blog-a-Ton 58 has been finalised as: RETURN<br />
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Please follow these <span style="color: purple; font-size: 29px;">rules</span> while publishing your post and thereafter:</div><br />
<ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>You can choose the<b style="color: red;"> title</b> for your post as you wish.</li>
<li>Please use the hashtag<b style="color: red;"> #Aativas50 #BlogATon58</b> in your post and while sharing it on social networks.</li>
<li>You can submit <b style="color: red;">MORE THAN ONE POST</b> this time, but you are allowed to vote only once irrespective of the number of posts that you submit.</li>
<li>Your post must justify the topic <span style="color: red;"><b>RETURN</b></span>.</li>
<li>The <span style="color: purple; font-weight: bold;">post should start with this code</span>. Just copy the following HTML code and paste to your post in Edit HTML mode:<br />
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<span style="background-color: #f4cccc; color: #134f5c;"><div style="text-align: justify;"></span><br style="background-color: #f4cccc; color: #660000;" /><span style="background-color: #f4cccc; color: #134f5c;"><blockquote></span><br style="background-color: #f4cccc; color: #660000;" /><span style="background-color: #f4cccc; color: #134f5c;">This post has been published by me as a part of <b>Blog-a-Ton 58</b>; the fifty-eighth edition of the online marathon of Bloggers; where we decide and we write. In association with <a href="https://www.facebook.com/iamsaravofficial" target="_blank">Saravanakumar Murugan</a>, the editor of <a href="https://www.payumoney.com/store/product/945cdd0c2d1c04b7a4468c8d52203f14" target="_blank">Shades Of Life book series</a>. </span><br style="background-color: #f4cccc; color: #660000;" /><span style="background-color: #f4cccc; color: #134f5c;"></blockquote></span><br style="background-color: #f4cccc; color: #660000;" /><span style="background-color: #f4cccc; color: #134f5c;"></div></span></li>
<li>The <span style="color: #134f5c; font-weight: bold;">post should end with the following code.</span> Just copy the following HTML code and paste to your post in Edit HTML mode and <b>replace XX</b> with your Blog-a-Ton participation count:<br />
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The <b>fellow Blog-a-Tonics</b> who took part in this Blog-a-Ton and links to their respective <b>posts</b> can be checked <a href="https://blog-a-ton.blogspot.com/2016/10/blogaton58.html"><b>here</b></a>. To be part of the next edition, visit and start following <b><a href="https://blog-a-ton.blogspot.com">Blog-a-Ton</a></b>. Show your support for the hastags #BlogATon58 & #Aativas50. Participation Count: XX. </blockquote><br />
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<li><span style="color: #134f5c; font-weight: bold;">Publish</span>the post <b style="color: red;">anytime between November 05, 2016, 00:00 HRS and November 06, 2016, 23:59 HRS (Indian Standard Time)</b></li>
<li><span style="color: purple; font-weight: bold;">After publishing it</span>, do not forget to <b style="color: red;"><a href="https://blog-a-ton.blogspot.com/2016/10/blogaton58.html#comments" target="_blank">leave the link in the comments section</a></b> of this post.</li>
<li>Use the following code to provide direct link to your post.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="DIRECT LINK TO YOUR POST">YOUR NAME - YOUR TITLE</a></span> </b><br />
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It will look like this: <a href="https://iamsaravofficial.com" target="_blank">Someone is Special - Welcome to Blog-a-ton!</a> and will link to your post.</li>
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<div style="color: #274e13; color: blue; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-size: large; text-align: center;">And this time....</div><br />
<div style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, Garamond; font-size: 15pt; text-align: justify;"><ul><li>The <b><span style="color: red;">winners of Blog-a-Ton 58</span></b> will receive the book, <a href="https://www.payumoney.com/store/product/945cdd0c2d1c04b7a4468c8d52203f14" target="_blank" title="Shades of Life edited by Saravanakumar Murugan">Shades of Life</a> edited by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/iamsaravofficial" target="_blank" title="Like Sarav on Facebook!">Saravanakumar Murugan</a>. You are welcome to add the book to your reading list on <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29410020-shades-of-life">Goodreads</a>, follow the editor on <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/iamsaravofficial" target="_blank" title="Follow Sarav on Goodreads!">Goodreads</a> and on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/iamsaravofficial" target="_blank" title="Follow Sarav on Facebook!">Facebook</a>.</li>
<li>The winners will also be featured on the Blog-a-ton <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BlogATon">Facebook Page</a> cover photograph.</li>
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<b><span style="color: red;">Please follow these rules to ensure easy navigability to your post.</span></b><br />
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<ul><li><span style="color: red;">Use your <b style="color: blue;">complete name</b> to prevent any confusion and mix up with other bloggers.</span></li>
<li><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">In case you post your link after the stipulated time, then your submission will not be considered for voting. </span></b></li>
<li>Return between November 8th 00:00 IST and November 13th 22:59 IST to vote for your favourite post. A separate notification for the same will be posted upon the conclusion of the event. So <span style="color: purple;"><b>do</b> <b>not vote till then</b></span>. Just enjoy reading the various entries, keeping in mind your favourite but worth-winning ones.</li>
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<div style="color: #274e13; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Looking forward to a read wonderful passionate Blog-a-Ton writers post again!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Poetically Yours,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Marshal,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "segoe print" , "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 20pt; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://muppozhudhum.wordpress.com/">~ Someone is Special ~</a></span></div><br />
</div></div>Someone is Specialhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16271391140125090742noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740421634999812308.post-73905268774677989932016-10-19T18:12:00.001+05:302020-07-03T19:54:26.529+05:30The Topic for Blog-a-Ton 58 is... #Aativas50<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: 150%; font-weight: bold;"><marquee width="100%"><b><a href="https://blog-a-ton.blogspot.com/2014/08/subscribe-to-blog-ton-reminders.html" target="_blank">Subscribe to Blog-a-Ton Reminders & stay updated!</a></b></marquee></span><br />
<div style="color: #274e13; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, Garamond; font-size: 15pt;">Welcome to Diwali Special Edition of Blog-a-Ton! This Edition, is also Aatvias of <a href="http://thistimethattime.blogspot.in" target="_blank">Times Change</a>'s 50th Edition, and so we are performing a tribute to her.</span>.<br />
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<blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: #b6d7a8; color: red; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>BLOG-a-TON 58 WEEKEND:<br />
<span style="color: blue;">OCTOBER 29-30, 2016</span></b></div></blockquote><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: #b6d7a8; color: red;"><b>TOPIC for BLOG-a-TON 58: <br />
<span style="color: blue;">RETURN</span></b><span style="color: blue;">.</span></blockquote></div><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, Garamond; font-size: 15pt;">Our dream is to get 100 participants in one edition, and our motto is to help writers to write better.<br />
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Can we make it possible in this edition? Can we read 100 entrants this time? Can we find 100 passionate writers? I hope we can. If you think the same, join us.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, Times New Roman, serif;">The rules for BLOG-a-TON 58 are:</span></div><ul><li><span style="font-family: Tahoma, 'Times New Roman', serif;">You can give your post <b><span style="color: blue;">any title</span></b> that you wish to.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Tahoma, 'Times New Roman', serif;">You must justify the theme with your post. You (i.e. Poetry (*Haiku or set of Haiku is not accepted), Fiction or any form fiction other than 160 characters, dialogue, Essay… etc.). You can also choose to make it serious, humorous, tragic, romantic... whatever setting you'd love to give.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Tahoma, 'Times New Roman', serif;">You can write in any language as well, but since most Blog-a-tonics would prefer English as their language of communication, we'd suggest that too, so your post reaches a wider audience, and help you when it comes to BLOG-a-TON 58 voting time.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Tahoma, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The <b><span style="color: blue;">other rules</span></b> (viz. header & footer to put in your post, the way to submit it on OCTOBER 29-30, 2016 etc.) will be <b><span style="color: blue;">conveyed to you on October 28, 2016 02:00 PM IST</span></b>. So kindly wait for that notification then rather than putting up queries right now. If the queries are regarding general pattern of the event, please go through the posts about previous events.</span></li>
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<div style="text-align: justify; color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, Garamond; font-size: 15pt; text-align: center;">And this time....</div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify; color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, Garamond; font-size: 15pt;"><ul><li>The <b><span style="color: red;">winners of BLOG-a-TON 58</span></b> will receive editor signed copy of the book, <a href="https://www.payumoney.com/store/product/945cdd0c2d1c04b7a4468c8d52203f14" target="_blank" title="Shades Of Life Edited by Saravanakumar Murugan">Shades of Life</a> edited by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/iamsaravofficial" target="_blank" title="Like Sarav on Facebook!">Saravanakumar Murugan</a>. You are welcome to add the book to your reading list on <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29410020-shades-of-life" target="_blank">Goodreads</a>, follow the man behind the SOL project on <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/iamsaravofficial" target="_blank" title="Follow Sarav on Goodreads!">Goodreads</a>.</li>
<li>The winners will also be featured on the Blog-a-ton <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BlogATon">Facebook Page</a> cover photograph.</li>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, Times New Roman, serif;">You have ten days to write your post but <span style="color: blue;"><b><u>please publish the post only on October 29-30, 2016 and not before.</u></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Tahoma, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b>Encourage your fellow bloggers to participate in this edition. You can share this post on your various social networking profiles through the ShareThis widget present at the bottom of this post.</b></span></div><span style="font-family: Tahoma, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />
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<div style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Tahoma, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Looking forward to a good Blog-a-Ton again.</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Tahoma, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Poetically Yours,</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Tahoma, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Marshal,</b></span><br />
<div style="color: #274e13; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS, sans-serif; font-size: 15pt; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://iamsaravofficial.com">Someone is Special</a></span></div><div style="color: #274e13; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</div></div></div></div>Someone is Specialhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16271391140125090742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740421634999812308.post-80255577239679851872016-10-03T16:42:00.001+05:302020-07-03T19:56:52.926+05:30Blog-a-Ton 58 - Topic Discussion #Aativas50<br />
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<blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: #b6d7a8; color: red; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>BLOG-A-TON 57 WEEKEND:<br />
<span style="color: blue;">OCTOBER 29-30, 2016</span></b></div></blockquote><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: #b6d7a8; color: red;"><b>TOPIC DECLARATION: <br />
<span style="color: blue;">SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2016 23:00 IST</span></b><span style="color: blue;">.</span></blockquote></div><hr /><br />
<div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia, Garamond; font-size: 13pt;">Welcome to Diwali Special Edition of Blog-a-Ton! This Edition, is also Aatvias of <a href="http://thistimethattime.blogspot.in" target="_blank">Times Change</a>'s 50th Edition, and so we are planning to perform a tribute to her. <br />
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We are at Version 3.0...New Format, New Rules, and New Badges. Visit <a href="https://blog-a-ton.blogspot.com/2016/09/blog-ton-30.html" "_blank">here for more info.</a><br />
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I’m <a href="http://iamsaravofficial.com/">Sarav a.k.a Someone is Special</a> - The Marshal of Blog-a-Ton. Well, the time is ticking along, and we move to our <b><span style="color: blue;">58th Blog-a-ton edition</span></b>, which will be on OCTOBER 29-30, 2016.<br />
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Our dream is to get 100 participants in one edition, and our motto is to help writers to write better.<br />
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Can we make it possible in this special edition? Can we read 100 entrants this time? Can we find 100 passionate writers? I hope we can. If you think the same, join us.</div><br />
<hr/><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: 16pt;"><b>General Pattern:</b></span><br />
<ol><li>Initiating a new Blog-a-Ton edition by inviting suggestions for the topic: <b>First Sunday of the month at 18:00 HRS IST</b></li>
<li> Declaring the Topic of the month: <b>Third Saturday of the month at 22:00 HRS IST</b>.</li>
<li>Sending <b>Newsletter</b> to our subscribers, featuring the last edition winners, topic of the month, prizes, and introducing our sponsors of the month: <b>Thir Saturday of the month at 22:00 HRS IST</b></li>
<li> RULES AND REMINDER POST: <b>Last Friday of the month at 14:00 HRS IST</b></li>
<li> Blog-a-Ton: we reserve the <b>Last Saturday and SATURDAY of the month for Blog-a-Ton (from 00:00 HRS IST on Saturday to 23:59 HRS IST on SATURDAY). No further extension will be provided.</b></li>
<li> Opening the Voting: <b>Next day of Blog-a-Ton</b></li>
<li> Declaration of the winners: <b>Second SATURDAY of the month between 22:00 HRS and 23:59 HRS IST</b></li>
</ol>* We will have a maximum of six editions per year. </div><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia, Garamond; font-size: 13pt;">We will be having the secret ballot in this edition, but with a twist like we had for Blog-a-Ton 33. We will do a Re-prompt! How many times we had missed out on a topic because of other tasks. It's a change to write on the most favorite topic. Are you ready?<br />
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I've selected 10 topics with the most no. of entires. What you have to do is vote for one of the <b>TOPIC</b>s listed below: <span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-weight: bold;">Moderation is enabled.</span> All your votes will be kept secret.<br />
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<b>Vote for a topic of your choice.</b><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><b>Edition</b></td><td style="text-align: center;"><b>Topic </b> </td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;">BAT09</td><td style="text-align: center;">Fool</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;">BAT 10</td><td style="text-align: center;">Escape</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;">BAT 11</td><td style="text-align: center;">Hidden</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;">BAT 12</td><td style="text-align: center;">Wish</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;">BAT 13</td><td style="text-align: center;">Goodbye</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;">BAT 14</td><td style="text-align: center;">Return</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;">BAT 16</td><td style="text-align: center;">Celebrations</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;">BAT 18</td><td style="text-align: center;">Change</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;">BAT 23</td><td style="text-align: center;">Free</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;">BAT 50</td><td style="text-align: center;">Soulmates</td></tr>
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<ul style="text-align: justify;"><li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You can vote for any one topic. (Sample: I vote for Celebrations, if it is one of the choices.)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">If you wish to change your vote later and support another topic, you can do so during the voting time-frame. But <b><span style="color: purple;">you are allowed only one change-of-vote</span></b>. I’ll consider only the second vote in that instance.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The <b><span style="color: red;">voting period is from October 03, 2016, MONDAY to OCTOBER 15, 2016, SATURDAY 23:00 HRS IST.</span></b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The topic <u><span style="color: red;">that gets the majority votes</span></u> will be announced <b>on OCTOBER 15, 2016, 23:59 HRS IST as the BLOG-A-TON 58 Topic</b>. In case two or more topics are tied at the end of voting, my vote as Marshal vote will decide. This time, we are giving you 14 days to write your post.</span></li>
<li><b><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><u>BLOG-A-TON 58 WEEKEND starts at 00:00 HRS IST on October 29, 2016 and ends at 23:59 HRS IST on October 30, 2016.</u></span></b> No further extension will be provided.</li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Looking forward to a wonderful Blog-a-ton once again…</span><br />
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<div style="color: #274e13; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Poetically Yours,<br />
Marshal,<br />
<span style="font-family: Segoe Print, sans-serif; font-size: 15pt; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://iamsaravofficial.com">Someone is Special</a></span></div>Someone is Specialhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16271391140125090742noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740421634999812308.post-2127366002581891292015-11-16T11:46:00.001+05:302020-07-03T20:01:18.403+05:30Blog-a-Ton 57 - The Results<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Fourteen entries and from them, just five returned to vote for their favorites. Nine entries garnered at least one vote. We, the Blog-a-Ton Marshals thank all of you for participating in this edition, and hope to see more participation in the next edition.</span></div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">The <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">results</span></b> of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><b>Blog-a-Ton 57</b></span>, here is<b> </b>the list of participants and the cheers they garnered:</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDaV2alvTR9kyc4TrjLck8exz67T9_oBHiRaCPhZ_saZTPzhOvailMFrX010fLzNmMdYQHq2fgM__Vma4-vHGsfM37rsDAn1KhjJVRcTkLwxP8tnLgeG5SZckAnxkxEzD0Ti1Tpt6lMfs/s1600/BATresults.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDaV2alvTR9kyc4TrjLck8exz67T9_oBHiRaCPhZ_saZTPzhOvailMFrX010fLzNmMdYQHq2fgM__Vma4-vHGsfM37rsDAn1KhjJVRcTkLwxP8tnLgeG5SZckAnxkxEzD0Ti1Tpt6lMfs/s400/BATresults.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><br />
<b>As evident, here are the Blog-a-Tonics of the Month. Click on their names to read their respective entries. </b><br />
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<tr><td style="background-color: #f1c232; color: black;"><h4 align="center">GOLD BATOM</h4></td><td style="background-color: #cccccc; color: black;"><h4 align="center">SILVER BATOM</h4></td><td style="background-color: #cccccc; color: black;"><h4 align="center">SILVER BATOM</h4></td></tr>
<tr><td><div style="margin: 0px;"><img align="middle" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj52uSwDCfMSH3NK-RsOFY6XIfolVRUzkhanys-07wXprQW6W7QLSNlZDgzfbQShPCTiOw65Lg-9_RTKtzh0vLbFONdRyVkJQTb_o5rSltH6HGgQmlIdyFQnidbXtRKg93wMR01lbmnqK0/s1600/batom_award_1.png" style="cursor: move;" width="150" /></div></td><td><div style="margin: 0px;"><img align="middle" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicnEuizA6jkLSl6EqGAQmS5klih8RcmWy14lS_dCZnuieGD00cStJHoyhKD3QUH_wd14HqcMHuz1btNvP4AflsytnFqDMKcC4PuFVZKJpx60XQ5gNl29BqSvxCKEBG7DtLOAduMWYLxK8/s1600/batom_award_2.png" style="cursor: move;" width="130" /></div></td><td><div style="margin: 0px;"><img align="middle" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicnEuizA6jkLSl6EqGAQmS5klih8RcmWy14lS_dCZnuieGD00cStJHoyhKD3QUH_wd14HqcMHuz1btNvP4AflsytnFqDMKcC4PuFVZKJpx60XQ5gNl29BqSvxCKEBG7DtLOAduMWYLxK8/s1600/batom_award_2.png" style="cursor: move;" width="130" /></div></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: #f1c232;"><h3 align="center"><a href="http://maheshisms.blogspot.in/2015/11/hold-my-hand.html" target="_blank">Mahesh Aadhya Kalaal</a></h3></td><td style="background-color: #cccccc; color: black;"><h3 align="center"><a href="http://poeticbug.blogspot.in/2015/11/blogaton-hold-my-hand-homeless-people-why-do-I-complain.html" target="_blank">Salvwi Prasad</a></h3></td><td style="background-color: #cccccc; color: black;"><h3 align="center"><a href="https://5foot5.blogspot.com/2015/11/hold-my-hand.htmll" target="_blank">Sunjoo Krishna</a></h3></td></tr>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Congratulations to the well deserved winners (Mahesh, Salvwi and Sunjoo).</i><br />
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Winners can drop an email to pendownmythought@gmail.com to claim their badges and copies of the book Seeking Redemption by Madhu Vajpayee. Winners name and photo will be featured on Blog-a-Ton Cover Photo (soon). Thanks and Keep Writing!!!<br />
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The first five participants i.e. Cifar Shayar, Akshitha Satla, Mahesh Aadhya Kalaal, Salvwi Prasad and Vajra Deep can also drop an e-mail to pendownmythought@gmail.com for the copies of the book, Friendship - Bonds Beyond Time.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: 10pt;">You all can also read the voting comments now. Just </span><a href="https://blog-a-ton.blogspot.com/2015/11/vote-for-your-bat-57-favorites.html" style="font-size: 10pt;" target="_blank"><b>click here</b></a><span style="color: red; font-size: 10pt;"> to find who all voted for you or liked your entry or what they had to say about it!</span></div></div><div style="color: blue; text-align: center;"><br />
The Top Three contributors are<br />
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<tr><td>aativas</td><td>49</td></tr>
<tr><td>Someone is Special</td><td>40</td></tr>
<tr><td>Leo</td><td>35</td></tr>
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: 130%; font-weight: bold;"><marquee bgcolor="#faf19e" closure_uid_iqp5p9="184" width="100%"><b>See you soon in BAT 57! <a href="https://blog-a-ton.blogspot.com/2015/09/blog-ton-30.html" target="_blank">Please visit Blog-a-Ton 3.0 for more info</a>!!!</b></marquee></span></div><br />
<div style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #38761d;">A Reminder</span> - <span style="color: blue;">Have your number of participation reached 10 or 25???</span></span></b> <b style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Then you are eligible to be included into the List of Veteran or Super Veteran Blog-a-Tonics. </span></span></b><b style="background-color: #fff2cc;"> <span style="color: red;">Just drop a mail to "pendownmythought@gmail.com" with the links to all your posts (or simply label all your BAT entries and send Marshal that <a href="https://muppozhudhum.wordpress.com/tag/blog-a-ton/" target="_blank">single link</a>).</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="color: red;"><br />
</span></b></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify;"><div style="color: #274e13; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right;">Hope you all enjoyed this edition!<br />
Poetically Yours,<br />
The Blog-a-Ton Marshals,<br />
<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://iamsaravofficial.com">~ Someone is Special ~</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "segoe script" , sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://artofleo.com//">~ Vinay Leo R. ~</a></span></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740421634999812308.post-39071657141857211412015-11-09T13:35:00.002+05:302020-07-03T20:08:59.982+05:30Vote for your BAT 57 Favorites<div style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; color: blue; font-size: 130%; font-weight: bold;"><marquee bgcolor="#faf19e" closure_uid_iqp5p9="184" width="100%">Voting ends at 23:59 hrs (IST) on November 15, 2015. Remember, that means time stamp of your comment can be at most 23:59 on November 15, 2015 and not 00:00 on November 16, 2015.</marquee></span><br />
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The curtain closes on a wonderful edition of Blog-a-ton, the 57th one. We had 14 entries from 13 entrants this time. I would like to thank everyone from the bottom of my heart for participating! Do comeback and vote for the entries worth winning!<br />
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We had 13 blog-a-tonics enter in this edition within the stipulated time. Only those 13 Blog-a-Tonics are eligible for voting. So feel free to vote for your B-A-T 57 Favorites.<br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><b>Click <a href="https://blog-a-ton.blogspot.com/2015/11/blogaton57.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: bold;">here</span></a> to check the fellow Blog-a-Tonics who took part in this edition of Blog-a-Ton along with the direct links to their posts.</b><br />
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<b>Three Cheers</b> to all the Blog-a-Tonics.</span><br />
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Please follow the following <b><span style="font-size: x-large; color: purple;">rules</span></b> while voting.<br />
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1. <b><span style="color: red;">ONLY THOSE BLOG-A-TONICS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR VOTING (i.e., Contesting for votes and voting for others) WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THIS EVENT WITHIN THE STIPULATED TIME.</span></b><br />
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2. <b><span style="color: red;">AS PER BLOGATON 3.0 GUIDELINES, THE NUMBER OF VOTES IS DETERMINED BY THE NUMBER OF ENTRIES.</span></b> We have 14 entries this time. In this edition, you <span style="color: #000099; font-weight: bold;">can cast upto 3 votes or <span style="color: red;">cheers</span> as we call them, </span>and of course you <span style="color: #000099; font-weight: bold;">can <span style="color: red;">not</span> vote for yourself</span>. In short, you are allowed to vote for one, two, three, four OR five. <span style="color: purple;">All your votes will carry the same weightage</span>.<br />
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3. Your Voting Comment should be as follows:<br />
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I, <b><u>BLOGGER NAME</u></b>, participated. My Blog-a-ton 57 Entry Is Here: <b><u>BLOGATON57 ENTRY LINK</u></b><br />
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I vote for:<br />
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1. <b><u>BLOGATONIC 1 NAME</u></b>: His/her entry is here: <b><u>BLOGATONIC 1 ENTRY LINK</u></b><br />
2. <b><u>BLOGATONIC 2 NAME</u></b>: His/her entry is here: <b><u>BLOGATONIC 2 ENTRY LINK</u></b><br />
3. <b><u>BLOGATONIC 3 NAME</u></b>: His/her entry is here: <b><u>BLOGATONIC 3 ENTRY LINK</u></b><br />
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The voting format has been simplified for assisting you. Replace <b>"BLOGGER NAME"</b> by your name, and <b>"BLOGATON57 ENTRY LINK"</b> by the direct link to your BAT57 Entry. Likewise, for the votes, replace <b>"BLOGATONIC 1 NAME"</b> by the name of the entrant (as used in his/her participation entry) and <b>"BLOGATONIC 1 ENTRY LINK"</b> by the direct link to that blogatonic's BAT57 Entry. <b><span style="color: red;">Votes NOT IN THIS FORMAT will not be accepted</span></b>.<br />
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For eg: A valid vote can look like this:<br />
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I, Vipul, participated. My Blogaton entry is here: http://vipulgrover.blogspot.com/2010/08/goodbye.html<br />
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I vote for the following:<br />
1. Someone is Special: https://muppozhudhum.wordpress.com/2015/03/08/an-unsent-letter-written-by-a-girl/<br />
2. Leo: http://artofleo.com/2014/10/05/a-knot-in-time/<br />
3. Amity: http://intelclub.blogspot.com/2010/10/train-of-thoughts.html<br />
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4. <span style="color: purple; font-size: large;"><b>While voting for a Blog-a-Tonic, use his/her name as provided by him/her in his/her participation entry and not his/her profile name.</b></span><br />
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5. Post your<span style="color: purple;"> <b>vote in the comments section</b></span> of this post.<br />
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6. <b style="color: purple;">All your votes should be posted in a single comment</b>. So, take your time - go through all posts - only then decide your one or two or three winning entries. In case you vote separately, only the first comment will be taken into consideration.<br />
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Now coming to the <span style="color: purple;">other rules</span>:<br />
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<ul style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify;"><li>Voting ends at 23:59 (IST) on SUNDAY, November 15, 2015.</li>
<li>I have started <span style="color: red;">moderating</span> the comments and won’t display the voting comments till the end of this process to keep the result secret till its conclusion.</li>
<li>After the voting code mentioned above, you may also add the reason, why you voted for a particular post to help others know what you expect as a reader. Moreover, you may also mention the other posts that you liked though you can vote for just for three of them. </li>
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<span style="color: red;">The Votes will be discarded without any prior warning in case they are not sufficiently compatible with the rules</span>.<br />
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<b style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #38761d;">A Reminder</span> - <span style="color: blue;">Have your number of participations reached 10 or 25???</span></span></b> <b style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large; font-size: small;">Then you are eligible to be included into the List of Veteran Blog-a-Tonics. </span></b> <b style="background-color: #fff2cc;"> <span style="color: red;">Just drop a mail to "pendownmythought@gmail.com" with the links to all your posts (or simply label all your BAT entries and send Marshal that single link).</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: 130%; font-weight: bold;"><marquee bgcolor="#faf19e" width="100%"><b>A THOUGHT: Be it Gerneral Elections or Blog-a-Ton, it is your duty to vote, because you have the power to select the winner, so please DO NOT WASTE YOUR VOTE.</b></marquee></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: 130%; font-weight: bold;"><marquee bgcolor="#faf19e" width="100%">Remember, the time stamp of your comment can be at most 23:59 on November 15, 2015 and not 00:00 on November 16, 2015.</marquee></span><br />
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<div style="color: #274e13; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right;">May the best entries in this edition win..!<br />
Poetically Yours,<br />
Marshal,<br />
<a href="http://iamsaravofficial.com/" target="_blank">Sarav</a><a href="https://muppozhudhum.wordpress.com/2015/03/08/an-unsent-letter-written-by-a-girl/"></a></div><br />
</div>Someone is Specialhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16271391140125090742noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740421634999812308.post-72140159100885417422015-11-06T11:00:00.001+05:302020-07-03T20:14:14.669+05:30Rules and Reminder for Blog-a-ton 57<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: 150%; font-weight: bold;"><marquee width="100%"><b><a href="https://blog-a-ton.blogspot.com/2014/08/subscribe-to-blog-ton-reminders.html" target="_blank">Subscribe to Blog-a-Ton Reminders & stay updated!</a></b></marquee></div><br />
<div style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold;"><marquee bgcolor="#faf19e" width="100%">Publish the post anytime between November 07, 2015, 00:00 HRS and November 08, 2015, 23:59 HRS (Indian Standard Time)!</marquee></div><br />
<div style="color: #274e13; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15pt; text-align: justify;">Welcome to Blog-a-Ton 57!<br />
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Our dream is to have <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">100 participants join in one edition, and our motto is to help writers to write better</span></b><br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: #b6d7a8; color: red; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Blog-a-Ton 57 WEEKEND: <span style="color: blue;">November 07-08, 2015</span></b></div></blockquote>As you already know, the topic for Blog-a-Ton 57 has been finalised as: HOLD MY HAND<br />
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Please follow these <span style="color: purple; font-size: 29px;">rules</span> while publishing your post and thereafter:</div><br />
<ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>You can choose the<b style="color: red;"> title</b> for your post as you wish.</li>
<li>You can submit <b style="color: red;">MORE THAN ONE POST</b> this time, but you are allowed to vote only once irrespective of the number of posts that you submit.</li>
<li>Your post must justify the topic <span style="color: red;"><b>HOLD MY HAND</b></span>.</li>
<li>The <span style="color: purple; font-weight: bold;">post should start with this code</span>. Just copy the following HTML code and paste to your post in Edit HTML mode:<br />
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<span style="background-color: #f4cccc; color: #134f5c;"><div style="text-align: justify;"></span><br style="background-color: #f4cccc; color: #660000;" /><span style="background-color: #f4cccc; color: #134f5c;"><blockquote></span><br style="background-color: #f4cccc; color: #660000;" /><span style="background-color: #f4cccc; color: #134f5c;">This post has been published by me as a part of <b>Blog-a-Ton 57</b>; the fifty-seventh edition of the online marathon of Bloggers; where we decide and we write. In association with <a href="https://www.facebook.com/mvajpayee" target="_blank">Madhu Vajpayee</a>, the author of <a href="http://bit.ly/SeekingRedemptionAMZN" target="_blank">Seeking Redemption</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ShadesYouthMag" target="_blank">Shades Publications</a>, the publisher of <a href="http://bit.ly/FriendshipBondsBeyondTimeAMZN" target="_blank">Friendship- Bonds Beyond Time</a>. </span><br style="background-color: #f4cccc; color: #660000;" /><span style="background-color: #f4cccc; color: #134f5c;"></blockquote></span><br style="background-color: #f4cccc; color: #660000;" /><span style="background-color: #f4cccc; color: #134f5c;"></div></span></li>
<li>The <span style="color: #134f5c; font-weight: bold;">post should end with the following code.</span> Just copy the following HTML code and paste to your post in Edit HTML mode and <b>replace XX</b> with your Blog-a-Ton participation count:<br />
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The <b>fellow Blog-a-Tonics</b> who took part in this Blog-a-Ton and links to their respective <b>posts</b> can be checked <a href="https://blog-a-ton.blogspot.com/2015/11/blogaton57.html"><b>here</b></a>. To be part of the next edition, visit and start following <b><a href="https://blog-a-ton.blogspot.com/">Blog-a-Ton</a></b>. Participation Count: XX. </blockquote><br />
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<li><span style="color: #134f5c; font-weight: bold;">Publish</span>the post <b style="color: red;">anytime between November 07, 2015, 00:00 HRS and November 08, 2015, 23:59 HRS (Indian Standard Time)</b></li>
<li><span style="color: purple; font-weight: bold;">After publishing it</span>, do not forget to <b style="color: red;"><a href="https://blog-a-ton.blogspot.com/2015/11/blogaton57.html#comments" target="_blank">leave the link in the comments section</a></b> of this post.</li>
<li>Use the following code to provide direct link to your post.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="DIRECT LINK TO YOUR POST">YOUR NAME - YOUR TITLE</a></span> </b><br />
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It will look like this: <a href="https://iamsaravofficial.com/" target="_blank">Someone is Special - Welcome to Blog-a-ton!</a> and will link to your post.</li>
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<div style="color: #274e13; color: blue; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-size: large; text-align: center;">And this time....</div><br />
<div style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, Garamond; font-size: 15pt; text-align: justify;"><ul><li>The <b><span style="color: red;">winners of BLOG-a-TON 57</span></b> will receive the book, <a href="http://bit.ly/SeekingRedemptionAMZN" target="_blank" title="Seeking Redemption by Madhu Vajpayee">Seeking Redemption</a> by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/mvajpayee" target="_blank" title="Like Madhu on Facebook!">Madhu Vajpayee</a>. You are welcome to add the book to your reading list on <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26879173-seeking-redemption">Goodreads</a>, follow the author on <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7349761.Madhu_Vajpayee" target="_blank" title="Follow Madhu Vajpayee on Goodreads!">Goodreads</a> and like the Author on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/mvajpayee" target="_blank" title="Like Madhu on Facebook!">Facebook</a>.</li>
<li>The first five participants will receive the book, <a href="http://bit.ly/FriendshipBondsBeyondTimeAMZN" target="_blank" title="Buy the Book on Amazon.in">Friendship- Bonds Beyond Time</a>. You are welcome to add the book to your reading list on <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26029603-friendship-bonds-beyond-time" target="_blank" title="Add to Reading List on Goodreads!">Goodreads</a>, Like the Publisher, <a href="https://facebook.com/ShadesYouthMag" target="_blank" title="Like the Publisher on Facebook!">Shades Publications</a>, and like the compiler and editor of the book, <a href="https://facebook.com/iamsaravofficial" target="_blank" title="Like the Author on Facebook!">Saravanakumar Murugan</a>.</li>
<li>The winners will also be featured on the Blog-a-ton <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BlogATon">Facebook Page</a> cover photograph.</li>
<li>Thanks to Madhu Vajpayee and Shades Publications :)</li>
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<b><span style="color: red;">Please follow these rules to ensure easy navigability to your post.</span></b><br />
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<ul><li><span style="color: red;">Use your <b style="color: blue;">complete name</b> to prevent any confusion and mix up with other bloggers.</span></li>
<li><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">In case you post your link after the stipulated time, then your submission will not be considered for voting. </span></b></li>
<li>Return between November 10th 00:00 IST and November 15th 22:59 IST to vote for your favourite post. A separate notification for the same will be posted upon the conclusion of the event. So <span style="color: purple;"><b>do</b> <b>not vote till then</b></span>. Just enjoy reading the various entries, keeping in mind your favourite but worth-winning ones.</li>
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<div style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 21px; font-weight: bold;"><marquee bgcolor="#faf19e" width="100%">DO NOT USE THE COMMENTS SECTION OF THIS POST FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE. If there are any queries, ask them in the comments section of previous post.</marquee></span></div><br />
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<div style="color: #274e13; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Looking forward to a read wonderful passionate Blog-a-Ton writers post again!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Poetically Yours,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Marshal,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "segoe print" , "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 20pt; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://muppozhudhum.wordpress.com/">~ Someone is Special ~</a></span></div><br />
</div></div>Someone is Specialhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16271391140125090742noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740421634999812308.post-5941592218530798552015-11-02T18:11:00.002+05:302020-07-03T21:06:12.881+05:30The Topic for Blog-a-Ton 57 is...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: 150%; font-weight: bold;"><marquee width="100%"><b><a href="https://blog-a-ton.blogspot.com/2014/08/subscribe-to-blog-ton-reminders.html" target="_blank">Subscribe to Blog-a-Ton Reminders & stay updated!</a></b></marquee></span><br />
<div style="color: #274e13; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, Garamond; font-size: 15pt;">Welcome to Blog-a-Ton!</span>.<br />
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<blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: #b6d7a8; color: red; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>BLOG-a-TON 57 WEEKEND:<br />
<span style="color: blue;">NOVEMBER 07-08, 2015</span></b></div></blockquote><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: #b6d7a8; color: red;"><b>TOPIC for BLOG-a-TON 57: <br />
<span style="color: blue;">HOLD MY HAND</span></b><span style="color: blue;">.</span></blockquote></div><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, Garamond; font-size: 15pt;">Our dream is to get 100 participants in one edition, and our motto is to help writers to write better.<br />
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Can we make it possible in this edition? Can we read 100 entrants this time? Can we find 100 passionate writers? I hope we can. If you think the same, join us.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, Times New Roman, serif;">The rules for BLOG-a-TON 57 are:</span></div><ul><li><span style="font-family: Tahoma, 'Times New Roman', serif;">You can give your post <b><span style="color: blue;">any title</span></b> that you wish to.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Tahoma, 'Times New Roman', serif;">You must justify the theme with your post. You (i.e. Poetry (*Haiku or set of Haiku is not accepted), Fiction or any form fiction other than 160 characters, dialogue, Essay… etc.). You can also choose to make it serious, humorous, tragic, romantic... whatever setting you'd love to give.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Tahoma, 'Times New Roman', serif;">You can write in any language as well, but since most Blog-a-tonics would prefer English as their language of communication, we'd suggest that too, so your post reaches a wider audience, and help you when it comes to BLOG-a-TON 57 voting time.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Tahoma, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The <b><span style="color: blue;">other rules</span></b> (viz. header & footer to put in your post, the way to submit it on NOVEMBER 07-08, 2015 etc.) will be <b><span style="color: blue;">conveyed to you on November 06, 2015 02:00 PM IST</span></b>. So kindly wait for that notification then rather than putting up queries right now. If the queries are regarding general pattern of the event, please go through the posts about previous events.</span></li>
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<div style="text-align: justify; color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, Garamond; font-size: 15pt; text-align: center;">And this time....</div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify; color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, Garamond; font-size: 15pt;"><ul><li>The <b><span style="color: red;">winners of BLOG-a-TON 57</span></b> will receive the book, <a href="http://bit.ly/SeekingRedemptionAMZN" target="_blank" title="Seeking Redemption by Madhu Vajpayee">Seeking Redemption</a> by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/mvajpayee" target="_blank" title="Like Madhu on Facebook!">Madhu Vajpayee</a>. You are welcome to add the book to your reading list on <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26879173-seeking-redemption">Goodreads</a>, follow the author on <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7349761.Madhu_Vajpayee" target="_blank" title="Follow Madhu Vajpayee on Goodreads!">Goodreads</a> and like the Author on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/mvajpayee" target="_blank" title="Like Madhu on Facebook!">Facebook</a>.</li>
<li>The first five participants will receive the book, <a href="http://bit.ly/FriendshipBondsBeyondTimeAMZN" target="_blank" title="Buy the Book on Amazon.in">Friendship- Bonds Beyond Time</a>. You are welcome to add the book to your reading list on <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26029603-friendship-bonds-beyond-time" target="_blank" title="Add to Reading List on Goodreads!">Goodreads</a>, Like the Publisher, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ShadesYouthMag" target="_blank" title="Like the Publisher on Facebook!">Shades Publications</a>, and like the compiler and editor of the book, <a href="https://facebook.com/iamsaravofficial" target="_blank" title="Like the Author on Facebook!">Saravanakumar Murugan</a>.</li>
<li>The winners will also be featured on the Blog-a-ton <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BlogATon">Facebook Page</a> cover photograph.</li>
<li>Thanks to Madhu Vajpayee and Shades Publications :)</li>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, Times New Roman, serif;">You have five days to write your post but <span style="color: blue;"><b><u>please publish the post only on November 07, or 08, 2015 and not before.</u></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Tahoma, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b>Encourage your fellow bloggers to participate in this edition. You can share this post on your various social networking profiles through the ShareThis widget present at the bottom of this post.</b></span></div><span style="font-family: Tahoma, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />
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<div style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Tahoma, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Looking forward to a good Blog-a-Ton again.</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Tahoma, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Poetically Yours,</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Tahoma, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Marshal,</b></span><br />
<div style="color: #274e13; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS, sans-serif; font-size: 15pt; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://muppozhudhum.wordpress.com/">Someone is Special</a></span></div><div style="color: #274e13; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</div></div></div></div>Someone is Specialhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16271391140125090742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740421634999812308.post-35908340664511772192015-10-25T23:45:00.003+05:302020-07-03T21:09:22.760+05:30Blog-a-Ton 57 - Topic Discussion<br />
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<blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: #b6d7a8; color: red; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>BLOG-A-TON 57 WEEKEND:<br />
<span style="color: blue;">NOVEMBER 7-8, 2015</span></b></div></blockquote><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: #b6d7a8; color: red;"><b>TOPIC DECLARATION: <br />
<span style="color: blue;">SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2015 23:00 IST</span></b><span style="color: blue;">.</span></blockquote></div><hr /><br />
<div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia, Garamond; font-size: 13pt;">Welcome to a new edition of Blog-a-Ton!<br />
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New Format, New Rules, and New Badges. Visit <a href="https://blog-a-ton.blogspot.com.in/2015/09/blog-ton-30.html" "_blank">here for more info.</a><br />
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I’m <a href="http://iamsaravofficial.com/">Sarav a.k.a Someone is Special</a> - The Marshal of Blog-a-Ton. Well, the time is ticking along, and we move to our <b><span style="color: blue;">57th Blog-a-ton edition</span></b>, which will be on NOVEMBER 7-8, 2015.<br />
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Our dream is to get 100 participants in one edition, and our motto is to help writers to write better.<br />
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Can we make it possible in this edition? Can we read 100 entrants this time? Can we find 100 passionate writers? I hope we can. If you think the same, join us.</div><br />
<hr/><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: 16pt;"><b>General Pattern:</b></span><br />
<ol><li>Initiating a new Blog-a-Ton edition by inviting suggestions for the topic: <b>Last Friday of the month at 18:00 HRS IST</b></li>
<li> Declaring the Topic of the month: <b>First Saturday of the month at 22:00 HRS IST</b> We're declaring the topic on the last week of the month this time.</li>
<li>Sending <b>Newsletter</b> to our subscribers, featuring the last edition winners, topic of the month, prizes, and introducing our sponsors of the month: <b>First Sunday of the month at 22:00 HRS IST</b></li>
<li> RULES AND REMINDER: <b>Second Friday of the month at 14:00 HRS IST</b></li>
<li> Blog-a-Ton: we reserve the <b>Second Saturday and Sunday of the month for Blog-a-Ton (from 00:0o HRS IST on Saturday to 23:59 HRS IST on Sunday). No further extension will be provided.</b></li>
<li> Opening the Voting: <b>Next day of Blog-a-Ton</b></li>
<li> Declaration of the winners: <b>Third Sunday of the month between 22:00 HRS and 23:59 HRS IST</b></li>
</ol>* We take a break either in the month of February or in the month of August. We will have a maximum of ten editions per year. </div><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia, Garamond; font-size: 13pt;">We will be having the secret ballot in this edition.<br />
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What you have to do is suggest the <b>TOPIC.</b> This time, we will have three words phrases. <b>(ONLY THREE WORDS)</b> <span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-weight: bold;">Moderation is enabled, and I'll select the first six topics that come. </span> And we begin voting on that. If I find any topic to be inappropriate, or similar to that of a previous edition, that'll not come into the voting list.<br />
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<b>Suggestion a topic now or Vote for a topic of your choice.</b><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><b>Topic </b> </td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;">HOLD MY HAND</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;">THE GHOST TOWN</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;">Suggestion Open</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;">Suggestion Open</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;">Suggestion Open</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;">Suggestion Open</td></tr>
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<ul style="text-align: justify;"><li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You can vote for any one topic. (Sample: I vote for Celebrations, if it is one of the choices.)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">If you wish to change your vote later and support another topic, you can do so during the voting time-frame. But <b><span style="color: purple;">you are allowed only one change-of-vote</span></b>. I’ll consider only the second vote in that instance.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The <b><span style="color: red;">voting period is from October 25, 2015, SUNDAY to November 1, 2015 23:00 HRS IST.</span></b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The topic <u><span style="color: red;">that gets the majority votes</span></u> will be announced <b>on November 1, 2015, 23:59 HRS IST as the BLOG-A-TON 57 Topic</b>. In case two or more topics are tied at the end of voting, my vote as Marshal vote will decide. This time, we are giving you 5 days to write your post.</span></li>
<li><b><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><u>BLOG-A-TON 57 WEEKEND starts at 00:00 HRS IST on November 7, 2015 and ends at 23:59 HRS IST on November 8, 2015.</u></span></b> No further extension will be provided.</li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Looking forward to a wonderful Blog-a-ton once again…</span><br />
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<div style="color: #274e13; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Poetically Yours,<br />
Marshal,<br />
<span style="font-family: Segoe Print, sans-serif; font-size: 15pt; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://muppozhudhum.wordpress.com/">Someone is Special</a></span></div>Someone is Specialhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16271391140125090742noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740421634999812308.post-40357812644650184092015-10-19T01:17:00.001+05:302020-07-04T15:51:32.738+05:30And the winners of BAT 56 are<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Seventeen entrants and from them, nine returned to vote for their favorites. 14 out of 17 entries garnered at least one vote, which is good to see. I thank all of you for participating in this edition.</span></div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">The <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">results</span></b> of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><b>Blog-a-Ton 56</b></span>, here is<b> </b>the list of participants and the cheers they garnered:</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCrnija2GzkYEWeYeOQtKhQLhYzktRSMbwoH49QYsL2-lmb6C7o9NST9dRdmbsyt81K0qad9EinFB28_x-tIOWmg38LKdtxMV323AImtdXum8SdRmQKWuyVCRtBXbEzLl0ulWxtoi90wA/s1600/Votes+Count.png" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCrnija2GzkYEWeYeOQtKhQLhYzktRSMbwoH49QYsL2-lmb6C7o9NST9dRdmbsyt81K0qad9EinFB28_x-tIOWmg38LKdtxMV323AImtdXum8SdRmQKWuyVCRtBXbEzLl0ulWxtoi90wA/s640/Votes+Count.png" width="500" /></a></div><br />
<b>As evident, here are the Blog-a-Tonics of the Month. Click on their names to read their respective entries. </b><br />
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<tr><td style="background-color: #f1c232; color: black;"><h4 align="center">GOLD BATOM</h4></td><td style="background-color: #cccccc; color: black;"><h4 align="center">SILVER BATOM</h4></td><td style="background-color: #cccccc; color: black;"><h4 align="center">SILVER BATOM</h4></td></tr>
<tr><td><div style="margin: 0px;"><img align="middle" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj52uSwDCfMSH3NK-RsOFY6XIfolVRUzkhanys-07wXprQW6W7QLSNlZDgzfbQShPCTiOw65Lg-9_RTKtzh0vLbFONdRyVkJQTb_o5rSltH6HGgQmlIdyFQnidbXtRKg93wMR01lbmnqK0/s1600/batom_award_1.png" style="cursor: move;" width="150" /></div></td><td><div style="margin: 0px;"><img align="middle" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicnEuizA6jkLSl6EqGAQmS5klih8RcmWy14lS_dCZnuieGD00cStJHoyhKD3QUH_wd14HqcMHuz1btNvP4AflsytnFqDMKcC4PuFVZKJpx60XQ5gNl29BqSvxCKEBG7DtLOAduMWYLxK8/s1600/batom_award_2.png" style="cursor: move;" width="130" /></div></td><td><div style="margin: 0px;"><img align="middle" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicnEuizA6jkLSl6EqGAQmS5klih8RcmWy14lS_dCZnuieGD00cStJHoyhKD3QUH_wd14HqcMHuz1btNvP4AflsytnFqDMKcC4PuFVZKJpx60XQ5gNl29BqSvxCKEBG7DtLOAduMWYLxK8/s1600/batom_award_2.png" style="cursor: move;" width="130" /></div></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: #f1c232;"><h3 align="center"><a href="http://artofleo.com/2015/10/11/that-one-secret/" target="_blank">Vinay Leo</a></h3></td><td style="background-color: #cccccc; color: black;"><h3 align="center"><a href="http://vyoworld.blogspot.in/2015/10/secret-hidden-clues-or-revealing-hints.html" target="_blank">Viyoma</a></h3></td><td style="background-color: #cccccc; color: black;"><h3 align="center"><a href="http://www.sidoscope.co.in/2015/10/short-story-winds-of-change.html" target="_blank">Siddhesh</a></h3></td></tr>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Congratulations to the well deserved winners (Leo, Viyoma and Siddhesh).</i><br />
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Winners can drop an email to pendownmythought@gmail.com to claim their badges. Winners name and photo will be featured on Blog-a-Ton Cover Photo. Thanks and Keep Writing!!!<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: 10pt;">You all can also read the voting comments now. Just </span><a href="https://blog-a-ton.blogspot.com/2015/10/vote-for-your-bat-56-favorites.html#comments" style="font-size: 10pt;" target="_blank"><b>click here</b></a><span style="color: red; font-size: 10pt;"> to find who all voted for you or liked your entry and what they had to say about it!</span></div></div><div style="color: blue; text-align: center;"><br />
The Top Three contributors are<br />
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<tr><td>aativas</td><td>48</td></tr>
<tr><td>Someone is Special</td><td>39</td></tr>
<tr><td>Leo</td><td>34</td></tr>
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: 130%; font-weight: bold;"><marquee bgcolor="#faf19e" closure_uid_iqp5p9="184" width="100%"><b>See you soon in BAT 57! <a href="https://blog-a-ton.blogspot.com/2015/09/blog-ton-30.html" target="_blank">Please visit Blog-a-Ton 3.0 for more info</a>!!!</b></marquee></span></div><br />
<div style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #38761d;">A Reminder</span> - <span style="color: blue;">Have your number of participation reached 10 or 25???</span></span></b> <b style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Then you are eligible to be included into the List of Veteran or Super Veteran Blog-a-Tonics. </span></span></b><b style="background-color: #fff2cc;"> <span style="color: red;">Just drop a mail to "pendownmythought@gmail.com" with the links to all your posts (or simply label all your BAT entries and send Marshal that <a href="https://muppozhudhum.wordpress.com/tag/blog-a-ton/" target="_blank">single link</a>).</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="color: red;"><br />
</span></b></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify;"><div style="color: #274e13; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right;">Hope you all enjoyed this edition!<br />
Poetically Yours,<br />
Marshal,<br />
<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://iamsaravofficial.com">~ Someone is Special ~</a></span></div></div></div></div>Someone is Specialhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16271391140125090742noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740421634999812308.post-42428625504715727462015-10-12T13:19:00.002+05:302020-07-04T15:54:13.284+05:30Vote for your BAT 56 Favorites<div style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; color: blue; font-size: 130%; font-weight: bold;"><marquee bgcolor="#faf19e" closure_uid_iqp5p9="184" width="100%">Voting ends at 23:59 hrs (IST) on June 21, 2015. Remember, that means time stamp of your comment can be at most 23:59 and not 00:00 on June 22, 2015.</marquee></span><br />
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The curtain closes on a wonderful edition of Blog-a-ton, the 56th one. We had 18 entries from 17 entrants this time. I would like to thank everyone from the bottom of my heart for participating! Do comeback and vote for the entries worth winning!<br />
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We had 17 blog-a-tonics enter in this edition within the stipulated time. Only those 17 Blog-a-Tonics are eligible for voting. So feel free to vote for your B-A-T 56 Favorites.<br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><b>Click <a href="https://blog-a-ton.blogspot.com/2015/10/blogaton56.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: bold;">here</span></a> to check the fellow Blog-a-Tonics who took part in this edition of Blog-a-Ton along with the direct links to their posts.</b><br />
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<b>Three Cheers</b> to all the Blog-a-Tonics.</span><br />
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Please follow the following <b><span style="font-size: x-large; color: purple;">rules</span></b> while voting.<br />
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1. <b><span style="color: red;">ONLY THOSE BLOG-A-TONICS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR VOTING (i.e., Contesting for votes and voting for others) WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THIS EVENT WITHIN THE STIPULATED TIME.</span></b><br />
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2. <b><span style="color: red;">AS PER BLOGATON 3.0 GUIDELINES, THE NUMBER OF VOTES IS DETERMINED BY THE NUMBER OF ENTRIES.</span></b> We have 17 entries this time. In this edition, you <span style="color: #000099; font-weight: bold;">can cast upto 3 votes or <span style="color: red;">cheers</span> as we call them, </span>and of course you <span style="color: #000099; font-weight: bold;">can <span style="color: red;">not</span> vote for yourself</span>. In short, you are allowed to vote for one, two, three, four OR five. <span style="color: purple;">All your votes will carry the same weightage</span>.<br />
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3. Your Voting Comment should be as follows:<br />
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I, <b><u>BLOGGER NAME</u></b>, participated. My Blog-a-ton 56 Entry Is Here: <b><u>BLOGATON56 ENTRY LINK</u></b><br />
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I vote for:<br />
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1. <b><u>BLOGATONIC 1 NAME</u></b>: His/her entry is here: <b><u>BLOGATONIC 1 ENTRY LINK</u></b><br />
2. <b><u>BLOGATONIC 2 NAME</u></b>: His/her entry is here: <b><u>BLOGATONIC 2 ENTRY LINK</u></b><br />
3. <b><u>BLOGATONIC 3 NAME</u></b>: His/her entry is here: <b><u>BLOGATONIC 3 ENTRY LINK</u></b><br />
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The voting format has been simplified for assisting you. Replace <b>"BLOGGER NAME"</b> by your name, and <b>"BLOGATON56 ENTRY LINK"</b> by the direct link to your BAT56 Entry. Likewise, for the votes, replace <b>"BLOGATONIC 1 NAME"</b> by the name of the entrant (as used in his/her participation entry) and <b>"BLOGATONIC 1 ENTRY LINK"</b> by the direct link to that blogatonic's BAT56 Entry. <b><span style="color: red;">Votes NOT IN THIS FORMAT will not be accepted</span></b>.<br />
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For eg: A valid vote can look like this:<br />
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I, Vipul, participated. My Blogaton entry is here: http://vipulgrover.blogspot.com/2010/08/goodbye.html<br />
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I vote for the following:<br />
1. Someone is Special: https://muppozhudhum.wordpress.com/2014/10/05/down-memory-lane-truestory/<br />
2. Leo: http://artofleo.com/2014/10/05/a-knot-in-time/<br />
3. Amity: http://intelclub.blogspot.com/2010/10/train-of-thoughts.html<br />
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4. <span style="color: purple; font-size: large;"><b>While voting for a Blog-a-Tonic, use his/her name as provided by him/her in his/her participation entry and not his/her profile name.</b></span><br />
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5. Post your<span style="color: purple;"> <b>vote in the comments section</b></span> of this post.<br />
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6. <b style="color: purple;">All your votes should be posted in a single comment</b>. So, take your time - go through all posts - only then decide your one or two or three winning entries. In case you vote separately, only the first comment will be taken into consideration.<br />
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Now coming to the <span style="color: purple;">other rules</span>:<br />
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<ul style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify;"><li>Voting ends at 23:59 (IST) on SUNDAY, October 18, 2015.</li>
<li>I have started <span style="color: red;">moderating</span> the comments and won’t display the voting comments till the end of this process to keep the result secret till its conclusion.</li>
<li>After the voting code mentioned above, you may also add the reason, why you voted for a particular post to help others know what you expect as a reader. Moreover, you may also mention the other posts that you liked though you can vote for just for three of them. </li>
<li><b><span style="color: purple;">A THOUGHT: Be it Gerneral Elections or Blog-a-Ton, it is your duty to vote, because you have the power to select the winner, so please DO NOT WASTE YOUR VOTE.</span></b></li>
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<span style="color: red;">The Votes will be discarded without any prior warning in case they are not sufficiently compatible with the rules</span>.<br />
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<b style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #38761d;">A Reminder</span> - <span style="color: blue;">Have your number of participations reached 10 or 25???</span></span></b> <b style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large; font-size: small;">Then you are eligible to be included into the List of Veteran Blog-a-Tonics. </span></b> <b style="background-color: #fff2cc;"> <span style="color: red;">Just drop a mail to "pendownmythought@gmail.com" with the links to all your posts (or simply label all your BAT entries and send Marshal that single link).</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: 130%; font-weight: bold;"><marquee bgcolor="#faf19e" width="100%">Remember, the time stamp of your comment can be at most 23:59 on October 18, 2015 and not 23:00.</marquee></span><br />
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<div style="color: #274e13; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right;">May the best entries in this edition win..!<br />
Poetically Yours,<br />
Marshal,<br />
<a href="https://iamsaravofficial.com/" target="_blank">Sarav</a><a href="https://muppozhudhum.wordpress.com/"></a></div><br />
</div>Someone is Specialhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16271391140125090742noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740421634999812308.post-12689596595548281882015-10-09T12:00:00.001+05:302020-07-04T15:57:23.315+05:30Rules and Reminder for Blog-a-ton 56<div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: 150%; font-weight: bold;"><marquee width="100%"><b><a href="https://blog-a-ton.blogspot.com/2014/08/subscribe-to-blog-ton-reminders.html" target="_blank">Subscribe to Blog-a-Ton Reminders & stay updated!</a></b></marquee></div><br />
<div style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold;"><marquee bgcolor="#faf19e" width="100%">Publish the post anytime between October 10, 2015, 00:00 HRS and October 11, 2015, 23:59 HRS (Indian Standard Time)!</marquee></div><br />
<div style="color: #274e13; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15pt; text-align: justify;">Welcome to Blog-a-Ton 56!<br />
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Our dream is to have <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">100 participants join in one edition, and our motto is to help writers to write better</span></b><br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: #b6d7a8; color: red; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>BLOG-A-TON 56 WEEKEND: <span style="color: blue;">OCTOBER 10-11, 2015</span></b></div></blockquote>As you already know, the topic for Blog-a-Ton 56 has been finalised as: SECRET<br />
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Please follow these <span style="color: purple; font-size: 29px;">rules</span> while publishing your post and thereafter:</div><br />
<ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>You can choose the<b style="color: red;"> title</b> for your post as you wish.</li>
<li>You can submit <b style="color: red;">MORE THAN ONE POST</b> this time, but you are allowed to vote only once irrespective of the number of posts that you submit.</li>
<li>Your post must justify the topic <span style="color: red;"><b>SECRET</b></span>.</li>
<li>The <span style="color: purple; font-weight: bold;">post should start with this code</span>. Just copy the following HTML code and paste to your post in Edit HTML mode:<br />
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<span style="background-color: #f4cccc; color: #134f5c;"><div style="text-align: justify;"></span><br style="background-color: #f4cccc; color: #660000;" /><span style="background-color: #f4cccc; color: #134f5c;"><blockquote></span><br style="background-color: #f4cccc; color: #660000;" /><span style="background-color: #f4cccc; color: #134f5c;">This post has been published by me as a part of <b>Blog-a-Ton 56</b>; the fifty-sixth edition of the online marathon of Bloggers; where we decide and we write. </span><br style="background-color: #f4cccc; color: #660000;" /><span style="background-color: #f4cccc; color: #134f5c;"></blockquote></span><br style="background-color: #f4cccc; color: #660000;" /><span style="background-color: #f4cccc; color: #134f5c;"></div></li>
<li>The <span style="color: #134f5c; font-weight: bold;">post should end with the following code.</span> Just copy the following HTML code and paste to your post in Edit HTML mode and <b>replace XX</b> with your Blog-a-Ton participation count:<br />
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The <b>fellow Blog-a-Tonics</b> who took part in this Blog-a-Ton and links to their respective <b>posts</b> can be checked <a href="https://blog-a-ton.blogspot.com/2015/10/blogaton56.html"><b>here</b></a>. To be part of the next edition, visit and start following <b><a href="https://blog-a-ton.blogspot.com/">Blog-a-Ton</a></b>. Participation Count: XX. </blockquote><br />
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<li><span style="font-weight: bold; color: #134f5c;">Publish</span>the post <b style="color: red;">anytime between October 10, 2015, 00:00 HRS and October 11, 2015, 23:59 HRS (Indian Standard Time)!. (Indian Standard Time)</b></li>
<li><span style="color: purple; font-weight: bold;">After publishing it</span>, do not forget to <b style="color: red;"><a href="https://blog-a-ton.blogspot.com/2015/10/blogaton56.html#comments" target="_blank">leave the link in the comments section</a></b> of this post.</li>
<li>Use the following code to provide direct link to your post.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="DIRECT LINK TO YOUR POST">YOUR NAME - YOUR TITLE</a></span> </b><br />
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It will look like this: <a href="https://iamsaravofficial.com/" target="_blank">Someone is Special - Welcome to Blog-a-ton!</a> and will link to your post.</li></ul><br />
<div style="color: #274e13; color: blue; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-size: large; text-align: center;">And this time....</div><br />
<ul><li><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, Garamond; font-size: 15pt;">The winners will be featured on the Blog-a-ton <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BlogATon">Facebook Page</a> cover photograph.</span></li></ul><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">Please follow this rule to ensure easy navigability to your post.</span></b><br />
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<ul><li><span style="color: red;">Use your <b style="color: blue;">complete name</b> to prevent any confusion and mix up with other bloggers.</span></li>
<li><b><span style="font-size: large; color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In case you post your link after the stipulated time, then your submission will not be considered for voting. </span></b></li>
<li>Return between October 13th 00:00 IST and October 18th 23:59 IST to vote for your favourite post. A separate notification for the same will be posted upon the conclusion of the event. So <span style="color: purple;"><b>do</b> <b>not vote till then</b></span>. Just enjoy reading the various entries, keeping in mind your favourite but worth-winning ones.</li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Poetically Yours,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Marshal,</span><br />
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</div>Someone is Specialhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16271391140125090742noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740421634999812308.post-23895471025834859092015-09-29T02:07:00.001+05:302020-07-04T15:59:36.230+05:30The Topic for Blog-a-Ton 56 is<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: 150%; font-weight: bold;"><marquee width="100%"><b><a href="https://blog-a-ton.blogspot.com/2014/08/subscribe-to-blog-ton-reminders.html" target="_blank">Subscribe to Blog-a-Ton Reminders & stay updated!</a></b></marquee></span><br />
<div style="color: #274e13; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, Garamond; font-size: 15pt;">Welcome to Blog-a-Ton!</span>.<br />
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<blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: #b6d7a8; color: red; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>BLOG-A-TON 56 WEEKEND:<br />
<span style="color: blue;">OCTOBER 10-11, 2015</span></b></div></blockquote><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: #b6d7a8; color: red;"><b>TOPIC for BLOG-a-TON 56: <br />
<span style="color: blue;">SECRET</span></b><span style="color: blue;">.</span></blockquote></div><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, Garamond; font-size: 15pt;">Our dream is to get 100 participants in one edition, and our motto is to help writers to write better.<br />
<br />
Can we make it possible in this edition? Can we read 100 entrants this time? Can we find 100 passionate writers? I hope we can. If you think the same, join us.</span><br />
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<hr /><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, Times New Roman, serif;">The rules for BLOG-a-TON 56 are:</span></div><ul><li><span style="font-family: Tahoma, 'Times New Roman', serif;">You can give your post <b><span style="color: blue;">any title</span></b> that you wish to.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Tahoma, 'Times New Roman', serif;">You must justify the theme with your post. You (i.e. Poetry (*Haiku or set of Haiku is not accepted), Fiction or any form fiction other than 160 characters, dialogue, Essay… etc.). You can also choose to make it serious, humorous, tragic, romantic... whatever setting you'd love to give.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Tahoma, 'Times New Roman', serif;">You can write in any language as well, but since most Blog-a-tonics would prefer English as their language of communication, we'd suggest that too, so your post reaches a wider audience, and help you when it comes to BLOG-a-TON 56 voting time.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Tahoma, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The <b><span style="color: blue;">other rules</span></b> (viz. header & footer to put in your post, the way to submit it on October 10-11, 2015 etc.) will be <b><span style="color: blue;">conveyed to you on October 09, 2015 02:00 PM IST</span></b>. So kindly wait for that notification then rather than putting up queries right now. If the queries are regarding general pattern of the event, please go through the posts about previous events.</span></li>
</ul><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, Garamond; font-size: 15pt;">The <b><span style="color: red;">winners of BLOG-a-TON 56</span></b> will be featured on the Blog-a-ton <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BlogATon">Facebook Page</a> cover photograph.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, Times New Roman, serif;">You have ten days to write your post but <span style="color: blue;"><b><u>please publish the post only on October 10 or 11, 2015 and not before.</u></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Tahoma, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b>Encourage your fellow bloggers to participate in this edition. You can share this post on your various social networking profiles through the ShareThis widget present at the bottom of this post.</b></span></div><span style="font-family: Tahoma, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />
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<div style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Tahoma, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Looking forward to a good Blog-a-Ton again.</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Tahoma, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Poetically Yours,</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Tahoma, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Marshal,</b></span><br />
<div style="color: #274e13; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS, sans-serif; font-size: 15pt; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://iamsaravofficial.com">Someone is Special</a></span></div><div style="color: #274e13; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</div></div></div></div>Someone is Specialhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16271391140125090742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740421634999812308.post-61691314493995532015-09-11T21:02:00.001+05:302020-07-04T16:01:35.780+05:30Blog-a-Ton 56 - Topic Discussion<br />
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<blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: #b6d7a8; color: red; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>BLOG-A-TON 56 WEEKEND:<br />
<span style="color: blue;">OCTOBER 10-11, 2015</span></b></div></blockquote><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: #b6d7a8; color: red;"><b>TOPIC DECLARATION: <br />
<span style="color: blue;">SUNDAY, SEPTERMBER 27, 2015 23:59 IST</span></b><span style="color: blue;">.</span></blockquote></div><hr /><br />
<div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia, Garamond; font-size: 13pt;">Welcome to a new edition of Blog-a-Ton!<br />
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New Format, New Rules, and New Badges. Visit <a href="https://blog-a-ton.blogspot.com/2015/09/blog-ton-30.html" "_blank">here for more info.</a><br />
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I’m <a href="https://iamsaravofficial.com/">Sarav a.k.a Someone is Special</a> - The Marshal of Blog-a-Ton. Well, the time is ticking along, and we move to our <b><span style="color: blue;">56th Blog-a-ton edition</span></b>, which will be on October 10-11, 2015.<br />
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Our dream is to get 100 participants in one edition, and our motto is to help writers to write better.<br />
<br />
Can we make it possible in this edition? Can we read 100 entrants this time? Can we find 100 passionate writers? I hope we can. If you think the same, join us.</div><br />
<hr/><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: 16pt;"><b>General Pattern:</b></span><br />
<ol><li>Initiating a new Blog-a-Ton edition by inviting suggestions for the topic: <b>Last Friday of the month at 18:00 HRS IST</b> We're starting early this time.</li>
<li> Declaring the Topic of the month: <b>First Saturday of the month at 22:00 HRS IST</b> We're declaring the topic on the last week of the month this time.</li>
<li>Sending <b>Newsletter</b> to our subscribers, featuring the last edition winners, topic of the month, prizes, and introducing our sponsors of the month: <b>First Sunday of the month at 22:00 HRS IST</b></li>
<li> RULES AND REMINDER: <b>Second Friday of the month at 14:00 HRS IST</b></li>
<li> Blog-a-Ton: we reserve the <b>Second Saturday and Sunday of the month for Blog-a-Ton (from 00:0o HRS IST on Saturday to 23:59 HRS IST on Sunday). No further extension will be provided.</b></li>
<li> Opening the Voting: <b>Next day of Blog-a-Ton</b></li>
<li> Declaration of the winners: <b>Third Sunday of the month between 22:00 HRS and 23:59 HRS IST</b></li>
</ol>* We take a break either in the month of February or in the month of August. We will have a maximum of ten editions per year. </div><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia, Garamond; font-size: 13pt;">We will be having the secret ballot in this edition.<br />
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What you have to do is suggest the <b>TOPIC.</b> <span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-weight: bold;">Moderation is enabled, and I'll select the first six topics that come. </span> And we begin voting on that. If I find any topic to be inappropriate, or similar to that of a previous edition, that'll not come into the voting list.<br />
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<b>Suggestion a topic now or Vote for a topic of your choice.</b><br />
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<table align="center" border="2" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: justify;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><b>Topic </b> </td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;">FAITH</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;">CATCH</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;">SECRET</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;">FEAR</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;">DROWN</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;">EXUBERANCE</td></tr>
</tbody> </table></div><br />
<ul style="text-align: justify;"><li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You can vote for any one topic. (Sample: I vote for Celebrations, if it is one of the choices.)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">If you wish to change your vote later and support another topic, you can do so during the voting time-frame. But <b><span style="color: purple;">you are allowed only one change-of-vote</span></b>. I’ll consider only the second vote in that instance.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The <b><span style="color: red;">voting period is from September 11, 2015, TUESDAY to September 27, 2015 23:00 HRS IST.</span></b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The topic <u><span style="color: red;">that gets the majority votes</span></u> will be announced <b>on September 27, 2015, 23:59 HRS IST as the BLOG-A-TON 56 Topic</b>. In case two or more topics are tied at the end of voting, my vote as Marshal vote will decide. This time, we are giving you 14 days to write your post.</span></li>
<li><b><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><u>BLOG-A-TON 56 WEEKEND starts at 00:00 HRS IST on October 10, 2015 and ends at 23:59 HRS IST on October 11, 2015.</u></span></b> No further extension will be provided.</li>
</ul><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Looking forward to a wonderful Blog-a-ton once again…</span><br />
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<div style="color: #274e13; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Poetically Yours,<br />
Marshal,<br />
<span style="font-family: Segoe Print, sans-serif; font-size: 15pt; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://muppozhudhum.wordpress.com/">Someone is Special</a></span></div>Someone is Specialhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16271391140125090742noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740421634999812308.post-89764700926484842402015-09-06T20:33:00.001+05:302020-07-03T21:32:57.452+05:30Blog-a-Ton 3.0<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="color: #274e13; font-family: Cambria, Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: 16pt;"><b>What is Blog-a-Ton?</b></span><br />
As our Founder Marshal, Vipul Grover says, “<i>Blog-a-Ton is a misnomer for the word Blogathon. An online marathon of bloggers; where we decide and write on a topic.</i>” In short, it is a monthly writing festival.<br />
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-size: 16pt;"><b>The Journey:</b></span><br />
On 5th July 2009, Blog-a-Ton was <a href="https://blog-a-ton.blogspot.com/2009/07/what-is-blog-ton.html" target="_blank">born</a>, a misnomer of the word <i>Blogathon</i> and on 1st August 2009, our first edition was hosted by our Founder Marshal Vipul Grover and after 17 editions, he willingly took a break. Our Marshal Vinay Leo hosted initially, later I took the responsibility on my shoulders to march forward towards the dream.<br />
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-size: 16pt;"><b>Dream & Motto:</b></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: 16pt;">Our dream is to get 100 participants in one edition, and our motto is to help writers to write better.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-size: 16pt;"><b>General Pattern:</b></span><br />
<ol><li>Initiating a new Blog-a-Ton edition by inviting suggestions for the topic: <b>First Friday of the month at 22:00 HRS IST</b></li>
<li> Declaring the Topic of the month: <b>Second Friday of the month at 22:00 HRS IST</b></li>
<li>Sending <b>Newsletter</b> to our subscribers, featuring the last edition winners, topic of the month, prizes, and introducing our sponsors of the month (if any): <b>Second Sunday of the month at 17:00 HRS IST</b></li>
<li> RULES AND REMINDER: <b>Third Friday of the month at 16:00 HRS IST</b></li>
<li> Blog-a-Ton Weekend: we reserve the <b>Third Saturday and Sunday of the month for Blog-a-Ton (from 00:00 HRS IST on Saturday to 23:59 HRS IST on Sunday). No further extension will be provided.</b></li>
<li> Opening the Voting: <b>Next day of Blog-a-Ton Weekend</b></li>
<li> Declaration of the winners: <b>Fourth Sunday of the month between 22:00 HRS and 23:59 HRS IST</b></li>
</ol>* We will host Blog-A-Ton only in January, March, May, July, September and November. That's a total of six editions per year. <br />
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-size: 16pt;"><b>Rule book:</b><br />
General:</span><br />
Anybody who is passionate about writing and owns a blog or a team blog can participate in Blog-a-Ton.<br />
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-size: 16pt;"><b>Topic Suggestion: </b></span><br />
<ol><li> The post will be published on the <b>First Friday of a month at 22:00 HRS IST.</b></li>
<li> Choosing the type of topic (one of the below kind or a theme) is decided by the hosting Marshal.</li>
<li> Participants are allowed to <span style="color: red;">suggest only one topic</span>. Usually, it will be a one-word topic, an image, or a phrase of three to eight words.</li>
<li> Participants can either suggest or vote for a topic. </li>
<li> Participants are allowed to change the vote later and support another topic, you can do so during the voting period. But <span style="color: red;">you are allowed only one change-of-vote. I’ll consider only the second vote in that instance.</span></li>
<li> The voting period will be a minimum of seven days. The maximum limit will be decided by the hosting Marshal.</li>
<li> <span style="color: red;">Due to the increase in number of spams, marshals will be moderating the comments and will disclose the comments only at the end of the voting period. We call this as ‘<b>Secret Ballot</b>’.</span></li>
<li> The topic that gets the majority votes will be announced as the topic of the month. In case two or more topics are tied at the end of voting, Marshal Vote will decide.</li>
<li> <span style="color: red;">Marshal decision is final and is not allowed to be questioned by any.</span></li>
</ol><br />
<span style="color: #e06666; font-size: 16pt;"><b>Topic Declaration:</b></span><br />
<ol><li> The topic will be declared on the <b>Second Friday of the Month at 22:00 HRS IST</b>.</li>
<li> Participants will get a minimum of seven days to write on the topic.</li>
<li> Participants can <span style="color: red;">SUBMIT ONLY ONE POST</span> irrespective of the number of blogs they own.</li>
<li> Participants can give the <span style="color: red;">post any title</span> that they wish to. (This rule can be changed by the hosting Marshal.)</li>
<li> Participants must <span style="color: red;">justify the theme with their post</span> or must follow the rules as conveyed in the post. </li>
<li> Participants can do it with any type of post (i.e. Poetry (*Haiku or set of Haiku is not accepted), Fiction or any form fiction other than 160 characters, dialogue, Essay… etc.). They can also choose to make it serious, humorous, tragic, romantic… whatever setting they’d love to give.</li>
<li> Participants can write in any language as well, but since most Blog-a-tonics would prefer English as their language of communication, we’d suggest that too, so the post reaches a wider audience, and help you when it comes to voting time.</li>
<li> <span style="color: red;">Marshal decision is final and is not allowed to be questioned by any.</span></li>
</ol><br />
<span style="color: #e06666; font-size: 16pt;"><b>Blog-a-Ton Weekend:</b></span><br />
<ol><li> We reserve the <b>Third Saturday and Sunday of the month for Blog-a-Ton (from 00:00 HRS IST on Saturday to 23:59 HRS IST on Sunday).</b> No further extension will be provided.</li>
<li> 2. The RULES AND REMINDER post will be published on <b>Third Friday of the month at 16:00 HRS IST</b> or at least 6 hours before the start of Blog-a-Ton Weekend.</li>
<li> The post should <span style="color: red;">start with the code given in the post.</span> Just copy the HTML code and paste to your post in Edit HTML mode in case of Blogger blogs, and in TEXT mode in case of Wordpress blogs.</li>
<li> The post should <span style="color: red;">end with the code given in the post.</span> Just copy the HTML code and paste to your post in Edit HTML mode in case of Blogger blogs, and in TEXT mode in case of Wordpress blogs. Make sure you <span style="color: red;">replace XX with your Blog-a-Ton participation count.</span></li>
<li> Participants must publish the post on <b>Blog-a-Ton Weekend anytime 00:00 HRS IST on Saturday to 23:59 HRS IST on Sunday (Indian Standard Time)</b></li>
<li> Participants must leave the link in the comments section of RULES AND REMINDER post using the following code: <span style="color: red;"><a href="DIRECT LINK TO YOUR POST">YOUR NAME - YOUR TITLE</a></span> </li>
<li> Participants must use their <span style="color: red;">complete name</span> to prevent any confusion and mix up with other bloggers.</li>
<li> In case participants post link after the stipulated time, then the submission will not be considered for voting. (This rule can be changed by the hosting Marshal.)</li>
<li> The hosting Marshal is allowed to participate in Blog-a-Ton.</li>
<li> <span style="color: red;">Marshal decision is final and is not allowed to be questioned by any.</span></li>
</ol><br />
<span style="color: #e06666; font-size: 16pt;"><b>Votes:</b></span><br />
<ol><li> The post will be published on the next day of Blog-a-Ton Weekend at 22:00 HRS IST.</li>
<li> Only those Blog-a-Tonics who are eligible for voting (<span style="color: red;">all accepted participants by the Marshal</span>) can vote.</li>
<li> The number of votes or cheers as we call them may change with respect to the number of participants. </li>
<table align="center" border="2" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;">Participant Count</td><td style="text-align: center;">Eligible Vote Count</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><= 25</td><td style="text-align: center;">Maximum of three votes will be allowed</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;">26 – 30</td><td style="text-align: center;">Maximum of four votes will be allowed</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;">31 – 50</td><td style="text-align: center;">Maximum of five votes will be allowed</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;">51 - *</td><td style="text-align: center;">Maximum of seven votes will be allowed</td></tr>
</tbody></table><li> Of course, participants cannot vote for their own post. In short, participants are allowed to vote for one, two, and three or as mentioned in the post.</li>
<li> All the votes will carry the same weightage.</li>
<li> The Voting Comment should be as follows:<br />
I, BLOGGERNAME, participated. My entry is here: BLOGATON POST LINK<br />
1. BLOGATONIC 1 NAME: BLOGATONIC 1 ENTRY LINK<br />
2. BLOGATONIC 2 NAME: BLOGATONIC 2 ENTRY LINK<br />
3. BLOGATONIC 3 NAME: BLOGATONIC 3 ENTRY LINK</li>
<li> While voting for a Blog-a-Tonic, use his/her name as provided by him/her in his/her participation entry and not his/her profile name.</li>
<li> Post vote in the comments section of the voting post within the voting period.</li>
<li> All the votes should be posted in a single comment. So, take your time - go through all posts - only then decide the winning entries. If a participant votes more than once, only the first comment will be taken into consideration.</li>
<li> Marshal will moderate the comments and will not display the voting comments until the end of this process to keep the result secret.</li>
<li> After the voting code mentioned above, one may also add the reason, why you voted for a particular post to help others know what you expect as a reader. Moreover, you may also mention the other posts that you liked though you can vote for just for three of them or as mentioned in the post.</li>
<li> The Votes will be discarded without any warning in case they are not sufficiently compatible with the rules.</li>
<li> <span style="color: red;">Marshal decision is final and is not allowed to be questioned by any.</span></li>
</ol><br />
<span style="color: #e06666; font-size: 16pt;"><b>Winners:</b></span><br />
<ol><li> The winners will be declared on the <b>Fourth Sunday of a month between 22:00 and 23:59 HRS IST.</b></li>
<li> The winners will be chosen based on the number of votes they received for their entry.</li>
<li> A minimum of three winners will be chosen (GOLD, SILVER AND BRONZE) and a maximum of four winners will be chosen in case of a tie.</li>
<li> In case of a tie, the following rules will be applied.<br />
<ol start="a"><li> Irrespective of the badge, if there is only one extra person vying for a marshal vote, then that extra person is also a winner, <span style="color: red;">provided if he/she has voted in that edition.</span></li>
<li> The possible combinations that can be chosen as winners are GSB, GSS, GGS, GGG, and in case of tie, the possible combinations that can be chosen as winners are GGSS, GSSS and GSBB</li>
</ol></li>
<li> Winners can drop an email to sarav@iamsaravofficial.com to claim their badges.</li>
<li> If you fail to get a response in a week then feel free to post on our Facebook Page or WhatsApp at 9742288872 for faster actions.</li>
<li> <span style="color: red;">Winners will also be featured on Blog-a-Ton Cover Photo. The photographs will be taken from their respective Blogger or Google+ profiles.</span> </li>
<li> If a participant wins <span style="color: red;">three times GOLD BATOM in a row</span>, then he/she is <span style="color: red;">eligible to host Blog-a-Ton once.</span></li>
<li> <span style="color: red;">Marshal decision is final and is not allowed to be questioned by any.</span></li>
</ol><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: 16pt;"><b>Specials:</b></span> <br />
<ol><li> If a participant has entered in ten or more editions, then he/she is eligible to be included in the list of <b>Veteran Blog-a-Tonics</b>. Drop an email to any or all of the marshal email ids to get listed.</li>
<li> Veterans are eligible to share their Blog-a-Ton experience on our blog.</li>
<li> If a participant has entered in twenty-five or more editions, then he/she is eligible to be included in the list of Super Veteran Blog-a-Tonics. Drop an email to any or all of the marshal email ids to get listed. </li>
<li> Super Veterans are eligible to <b>list their published books on Blog-a-Ton</b> Blog, provided if he/she is the sole author of the book.</li>
<li> If a participant has entered in <b>Fifty or more editions</b>, then he/she is eligible to be included in the list of <b>King/Queen of Blog-a-Ton</b>. Drop an email to any or all of the marshal email ids to get listed. If the participant agrees, then all the fifty entries will be compiled into an eBook by Blog-a-Ton Marshal and the book will be available for free download.</li>
<li> The above feature (<b>King/Queen of Blog-a-Ton</b>) allows the respective participant to <b>pick a special winner and award King/Queen Pick Badge</b>. The Badge will be awarded only if he/she has voted in that edition.</li>
<li> If a participant has entered in <b>Seventy-Five or more editions</b>, then he/she is eligible to be included in the list of <b>The Jewel of Blog-a-Ton</b>. Drop an email to any or all of the marshal email ids to get listed.</li>
<li> The above feature (<b>The Jewel of Blog-a-Ton</b>) allows the respective participant to <b>pick a special winner and award The Jewel Pick Badge</b>. The Badge will be awarded only if he/she has voted in that edition. </li>
<li> If a participant has entered in <b>Hundred or more editions</b>, then he/she is eligible to be included in the list of <b>The God of Blog-a-Ton</b>. Drop an email to any or all of the marshal email ids to get listed. If the participant agrees, then all the hundred entries will be compiled into an eBook titled “<b>THE HOLY BOOK OF BLOG-A-TON</b>” and will be published on Amazon eBook Store.</li>
<li> <b>Marshal can pick any deserving posts and award them Marshal Pick Badge</b>.</li>
</ol></div></div>Someone is Specialhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16271391140125090742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740421634999812308.post-42478342407630250562015-06-22T04:00:00.001+05:302015-06-22T04:00:16.006+05:30And the winners of BAT 55 are<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Twenty seven entrants and from them, nineteen returned to vote for their favorites. 23 out of 27 entries garnered at least one vote, which is good to see. I thank all of you for participating in this edition.</span></div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">The <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">results</span></b> of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><b>Blog-a-Ton 55</b></span>, here is<b> </b>the list of participants and the cheers they garnered:</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUTYRwRS-E00CszSdLCGNLE-GwcOfnN35GGIBfpf6eGwirZE_CQLoU7qpBufn0TtnzjHG2RrZA5BQY54qIheEsctVsZCABsYahyphenhypheniGVHTaOLkTwFTDOueCkSKauH3U7HY-3IdcVp9vDllU/s1600/BAT55Winners.png" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="405" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUTYRwRS-E00CszSdLCGNLE-GwcOfnN35GGIBfpf6eGwirZE_CQLoU7qpBufn0TtnzjHG2RrZA5BQY54qIheEsctVsZCABsYahyphenhypheniGVHTaOLkTwFTDOueCkSKauH3U7HY-3IdcVp9vDllU/s640/BAT55Winners.png" width="575" /></a></div><br />
<b>As evident, here are the Blog-a-Tonics of the Month. Click on their names to read their respective entries. </b><br />
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<tr><td style="background-color: #f1c232; color: black;"><h4 align="center">GOLD BATOM</h4></td><td style="background-color: #cccccc; color: black;"><h4 align="center">SILVER BATOM</h4></td><td style="background-color: #b45f06; color: black;"><h4 align="center">BRONZE BATOM</h4></td></tr>
<tr><td><div style="margin: 0px;"><img align="middle" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj52uSwDCfMSH3NK-RsOFY6XIfolVRUzkhanys-07wXprQW6W7QLSNlZDgzfbQShPCTiOw65Lg-9_RTKtzh0vLbFONdRyVkJQTb_o5rSltH6HGgQmlIdyFQnidbXtRKg93wMR01lbmnqK0/s1600/batom_award_1.png" style="cursor: move;" width="150" /></div></td><td><div style="margin: 0px;"><img align="middle" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicnEuizA6jkLSl6EqGAQmS5klih8RcmWy14lS_dCZnuieGD00cStJHoyhKD3QUH_wd14HqcMHuz1btNvP4AflsytnFqDMKcC4PuFVZKJpx60XQ5gNl29BqSvxCKEBG7DtLOAduMWYLxK8/s1600/batom_award_2.png" style="cursor: move;" width="130" /></div></td><td><div style="margin: 0px;"><img align="middle" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_jKvsNJTH4Sk/TEL_D6FUA1I/AAAAAAAACRU/_qQfyexCBzU/batom_award_3_small.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="110" /></div></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: #f1c232;"><h3 align="center"><a href="http://cifarshayar.blogspot.com/2015/06/the-monsoon-pain.html" target="_blank">Cifar</a></h3></td><td style="background-color: #cccccc; color: black;"><h3 align="center"><a href="http://penningdownthemind.blogspot.in/2015/06/that-monsoon-those-rains.html" target="_blank">Animesh</a></h3></td><td style="background-color: #b45f06; color: black;"><h3 align="center"><a href="http://khushizdiary.blogspot.in/2015/06/lets-get-drenched.html" target="_blank">Khushi</a></h3></td></tr>
<tr> <td style="background-color: #f1c232; color: black;"><h4 align="center">MARSHAL PICK</h4></td><td style="background-color: #f1c232; color: black;"><h4 align="center">MARSHAL PICK</h4></td><td style="background-color: #f1c232; color: black;"><h4 align="center">MARSHAL PICK</h4></td></tr>
<tr> <td><div style="margin: 0px;"><img align="middle" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWqBOW8UOyzS2XHetfSoESErejYvdMgBGWy_8hiK4FANpMOD4gnESjwuXvzlMhsfTzjdwmIlE8vpMYv5WJKiZSGvMDrQCjIITNSj4g-tk9ebtwdXRO0H1-X8-q1L9sPhnamVlTr8STZ0o/s1600/batom_award_M.png" style="cursor: move;" width="150" /></div></td> <td><div style="margin: 0px;"><img align="middle" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWqBOW8UOyzS2XHetfSoESErejYvdMgBGWy_8hiK4FANpMOD4gnESjwuXvzlMhsfTzjdwmIlE8vpMYv5WJKiZSGvMDrQCjIITNSj4g-tk9ebtwdXRO0H1-X8-q1L9sPhnamVlTr8STZ0o/s1600/batom_award_M.png" style="cursor: move;" width="150" /></div></td> <td><div style="margin: 0px;"><img align="middle" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWqBOW8UOyzS2XHetfSoESErejYvdMgBGWy_8hiK4FANpMOD4gnESjwuXvzlMhsfTzjdwmIlE8vpMYv5WJKiZSGvMDrQCjIITNSj4g-tk9ebtwdXRO0H1-X8-q1L9sPhnamVlTr8STZ0o/s1600/batom_award_M.png" style="cursor: move;" width="150" /></div></td></tr>
<tr><td style="background-color: #f1c232;"><h3 align="center"><a href="http://homemess.blogspot.in/2015/06/rain-rain-stay-while.html" target="_blank">Vidhya</a></h3></td> <td style="background-color: #f1c232;"><h3 align="center"><a href="http://alazydesi.blogspot.in/2015/06/rains-bring-rainbows.html" target="_blank">Gunjan</a></h3></td> <td style="background-color: #f1c232;"><h3 align="center"><a href="http://thistimethattime.blogspot.com/2015/06/226-countdown.html" target="_blank">aativas</a></h3></td></tr>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Congratulations to the well deserved winners (Cifar Shayar, Animesh Ganguly, Khushi, Vidhya, Gunjan and aativas).</i><br />
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Winners (including Marshal Pick) must drop an email to pendownmythought@gmail.com with their real name, phone number and address to claim their badges and books on or before 25 June 2015 EOD. Marshal Pick (Vidhya, Gunjan and Aativas) will receive flipkart.com voucher worth 500 INR sponsored by me. Winners name will also be featured on Blog-a-Ton Cover Photo. In case if any of the winners fail to receive the book within a month of your response, please drop me an email to check the status of the same. Thanks and Keep Writing!!!<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: 10pt;">You all can also read the voting comments now. Just </span><a href="http://www.blogaton.in/2015/06/vote-for-your-bat55-favorites.html#comments" style="font-size: 10pt;" target="_blank"><b>click here</b></a><span style="color: red; font-size: 10pt;"> to find who all voted for you or liked your entry and what they had to say about it!</span></div></div><div style="color: blue; text-align: center;"><br />
The Top Three contributors are<br />
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<tr><td>aativas</td><td>48</td></tr>
<tr><td>Someone is Special</td><td>38</td></tr>
<tr><td>Leo</td><td>33</td></tr>
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: 130%; font-weight: bold;"><marquee bgcolor="#faf19e" closure_uid_iqp5p9="184" width="100%"><b>And, we're off for our vacation. Since, this year, we did not go on a vacation during Feb, we will opt for it now. See you all in September. <a href="http://www.blogaton.in/2013/11/blog-ton-20.html" target="_blank">Please visit Blog-a-Ton 2.0 for more info</a>!!!</b></marquee></span></div><br />
<div style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #38761d;">A Reminder</span> - <span style="color: blue;">Have your number of participation reached 10 or 25???</span></span></b> <b style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Then you are eligible to be included into the List of Veteran or Super Veteran Blog-a-Tonics. </span></span></b><b style="background-color: #fff2cc;"> <span style="color: red;">Just drop a mail to "pendownmythought@gmail.com" with the links to all your posts (or simply label all your BAT entries and send Marshal that <a href="http://www.fewmiles.info/search/label/Blog-a-ton" target="_blank">single link</a>).</span></b></span><br />
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Poetically Yours,<br />
Marshal,<br />
<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.fewmiles.info/">~ Someone is Special ~</a></span></div></div></div></div>Someone is Specialhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16271391140125090742noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740421634999812308.post-52366457024025529122015-06-16T13:09:00.001+05:302015-06-16T13:13:34.017+05:30Vote for your BAT55 Favorites<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: 130%; font-weight: bold;"><marquee bgcolor="#faf19e" closure_uid_iqp5p9="184" width="100%">Voting ends at 23:59 hrs (IST) on June 21, 2015. Remember, that means time stamp of your comment can be at most 23:59 and not 00:00 on June 22, 2015.</marquee></span> </span></div><div style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify;"><div closure_uid_iqp5p9="173"><div closure_uid_iqp5p9="185"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />
</span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The curtain closes on a wonderful edition of Blog-a-ton, the 55th one. We had entries from 27 entrants this time. I would like to thank everyone from the bottom of my heart for participating! Do comeback and vote for the entries worth winning!</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We had 27 blog-a-tonics enter in this edition within the stipulated time. Only those 27 Blog-a-Tonics are eligible for voting. So feel free to vote for your B-A-T 55 Favorites.</span><br />
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</span></div></div></div><div style="color: purple; font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Click <a href="http://www.blogaton.in/2015/06/blogaton55.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: bold;">here</span></a> to check the fellow Blog-a-Tonics who took part in this edition of Blog-a-Ton along with the direct links to their posts.</span></b><br />
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</span></b></div><div style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: purple;">Three Cheers </span></b>to all the Blog-a-Tonics. </span> <span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></div><div style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify;"><div closure_uid_iqp5p9="183"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Please follow the following <b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: purple;">rules</span></span></b> while voting.<b><span style="color: purple;"></span></b></span><br />
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</span></div></div><div style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify;"></div><div style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1. <b><span style="color: red;">ONLY THOSE BLOG-A-TONICS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR VOTING (i.e., Contesting for votes and voting for others) WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THIS EVENT WITHIN THE STIPULATED TIME.</span></b></span><br />
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</span></b></div><div style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">2. <b><span style="color: red;">AS PER OUR RULES LISTED IN BLOGATON 2.0 ANNOUNCEMENT, THE NUMBER OF VOTES IS DETERMINED BY THE NUMBER OF ENTRIES. WE HAVE 27 ENTRIES THIS TIME.</span></b> In this edition, you <span style="color: #000099; font-weight: bold;">can cast upto 5 votes or <span style="color: red;">cheers</span> as we call them, </span>and of course you <span style="color: #000099; font-weight: bold;">can </span><span style="color: #000099; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: red;">not</span></span><span style="color: #000099; font-weight: bold;"> vote for yourself</span>. In short, you are allowed to vote for one, two, three, four OR five. <span style="color: purple;">All your votes will carry the same weightage</span>. </span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">3. Your Voting Comment should be as follows:</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I, <b><u>BLOGGER NAME</u></b>, participated.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My Blog-a-ton 55 Entry Is Here: <b><u>BLOGATON55 ENTRY LINK</u></b></span><br />
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</span></div><div style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I vote for:</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1. <b><u>BLOGATONIC 1 NAME</u></b>: His/her entry is here: <b><u>BLOGATONIC 1 ENTRY LINK</u></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">2. <b><u>BLOGATONIC 2 NAME</u></b>: His/her entry is here: <b><u>BLOGATONIC 2 ENTRY LINK</u></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">3. <b><u>BLOGATONIC 3 NAME</u></b>: His/her entry is here: <b><u>BLOGATONIC 3 ENTRY LINK</u></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">3. <b><u>BLOGATONIC 4 NAME</u></b>: His/her entry is here: <b><u>BLOGATONIC 4 ENTRY LINK</u></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">3. <b><u>BLOGATONIC 5 NAME</u></b>: His/her entry is here: <b><u>BLOGATONIC 5 ENTRY LINK</u></b></span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The voting format has been simplified for assisting you. Replace <b>"BLOGGER NAME"</b> by your name, and <b>"BLOGATON55 ENTRY LINK"</b> by the direct link to your BAT55 Entry. Likewise, for the votes, replace <b>"BLOGATONIC 1 NAME"</b> by the name of the entrant (as used in his/her participation entry) and <b>"BLOGATONIC 1 ENTRY LINK"</b> by the direct link to that blogatonic's BAT55 Entry. <b><span style="color: red;">Votes NOT IN THIS FORMAT will not be accepted</span></b>.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">For eg: A valid vote can look like this:</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I, Vipul, participated. </span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My Blogaton entry is here: http://vipulgrover.blogspot.com/2010/08/goodbye.html</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I vote for the following:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1. Someone is Special: http://www.fewmiles.info/2015/06/the-rain.html</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">2. Leo: http://artofleo.com/2014/10/05/a-knot-in-time/</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">3. Amity: http://intelclub.blogspot.com/2010/10/train-of-thoughts.html</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">4. C Suresh: http://jambudweepam.blogspot.in/2013/01/the-silent-world.html</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">5. The Fool: http://luciferhouseinc.blogspot.com/2011/08/in-search-of-freedom.html</span><br />
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<div style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">4. <span style="color: purple; font-size: large;"><b>While voting for a Blog-a-Tonic, use his/her name as provided by him/her in his/her participation entry and not his/her profile name.</b></span></span><br />
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</b></span></div><div style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">5. Post your<span style="color: purple;"> <b>vote in the comments section</b></span> of this post.</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">6. <b style="color: purple;">All your votes should be posted in a single comment</b>. So, take your time - go through all posts - only then decide your one or two or three or four or five winning entries. In case you vote separately, only the first comment will be taken into consideration. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> </span></span><br />
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</span></div><div style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Now coming to the <span style="color: purple;">other rules</span>:</span></div><ul style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify;"><li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #000099; font-weight: bold;">Voting ends at 23:59 (IST) on SUNAY, June 21, 2015</span><span style="color: #000099;">.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-weight: bold;">I have started <span style="color: red;">moderating</span> the comments and won’t display the voting comments till the end of this process to keep the result secret till its conclusion.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">After the voting code mentioned above, you may also add the reason, why you voted for a particular post to help others know what you expect as a reader. Moreover, you may also mention the other posts that you liked though you can vote for just for three of them. </span></li>
<li><b><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A THOUGHT: Be it Gerneral Elections or Blog-a-Ton, it is your duty to vote, because you have the power to select the winner, so please DO NOT WASTE YOUR VOTE.</span></b></li>
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</span></div><div style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: red;">The Votes will be discarded without any prior warning in case they are not sufficiently compatible with the rules</span>. </span></div><div style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #38761d;">A Reminder</span> - <span style="color: blue;">Have your number of participations reached 10 or 25???</span></span></b> <b style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Then you are eligible to be included into the List of Veteran Blog-a-Tonics. </span></span></b><b style="background-color: #fff2cc;"> <span style="color: red;">Just drop a mail to "pendownmythought@gmail.com" with the links to all your posts (or simply label all your BAT entries and send Marshal that single link).</span></b></span><br />
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<div style="color: #274e13; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">May the best entries in this edition win..!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Poetically Yours,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Marshal,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Cambria, Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://iamsarav.com/" target="_blank">Sarav</a></span><br />
<a href="http://www.fewmiles.info/2015/06/the-rain.html"></a></div><br />
</div></div></div>Someone is Specialhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16271391140125090742noreply@blogger.com41tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740421634999812308.post-90627300901939743172015-06-12T19:29:00.000+05:302015-06-16T13:13:09.955+05:30Rules and Reminder for Blog-a-ton 55<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: 150%; font-weight: bold;"><marquee width="100%"><b><a href="http://www.blogaton.in/2014/08/subscribe-to-blog-ton-reminders.html" target="_blank">Subscribe to Blog-a-Ton Reminders & stay updated!</a></b></marquee></span><br />
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<div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold;"><marquee bgcolor="#faf19e" width="100%">Deadline extended till 23:59 HRS on June 15, 2015 (IST)!</marquee></span></div><br />
<div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold;"><marquee bgcolor="#faf19e" width="100%">Publish the post anytime between 00:00 HRS and 23:59 HRS on June 14, 2015 (IST)!</marquee></span></div><br />
<div style="color: #274e13; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 15pt;">Welcome to Blog-a-Ton 55!</span>.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, Times New Roman, serif;">Our dream is to <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">have a hundred participants come in one day and take part in an edition of Blog-a-ton</span></b>. Can we make this happen in this edition?</span><br />
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</div><div style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Date for Blog-a-Ton 55</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> : </span></span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">June 14</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">, 2015</span></span></b></span></span></div></div><br />
<div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As you already know, the image for Blog-a-Ton 55 has been finalised as:</span> <br />
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<div style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ16h4au_uQC4cY7rXOv6laKD8Hh5T3Q9YoE4SycR3chNR2iwh1D6foSwaQ5tLTkPUUV45ecCw2012dzM0RWGeOV8IavmRW28FH06Z8-qvOgz40bvPFjF83FjER8qDSgxslAuJ5XrFETY/s1600/1280px-Monsoon.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ16h4au_uQC4cY7rXOv6laKD8Hh5T3Q9YoE4SycR3chNR2iwh1D6foSwaQ5tLTkPUUV45ecCw2012dzM0RWGeOV8IavmRW28FH06Z8-qvOgz40bvPFjF83FjER8qDSgxslAuJ5XrFETY/s400/1280px-Monsoon.jpg" width="400" /></a><br />
<a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Monsoon.jpg" target="_blank">Monsoon</a> by Yann (Wikimedia Commons). Shared with GNU Free Documentation License CC Attribution-Share Alike.</div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="font-size: 10pt;"></div><div style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Please follow these</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"> <span style="color: purple; font-size: 29px;">rules</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> while publishing your post and thereafter:</span></span></div></div></div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You can choose the<b style="color: red;"> title</b> for your post as you wish.<span style="color: purple; font-weight: bold;"></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You can submit <b style="color: red;">MORE THAN ONE POST</b> this time, but you are allowed to vote only once irrespective of the number of posts that you submit.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Your post must justify the image <span style="color: red;"><b>Monsoon</b></span>. </span></li>
</ul><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The <span style="color: purple; font-weight: bold;">post should start with this code</span>. Just copy the following HTML code and paste to your post in Edit HTML mode:<br />
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<span style="background-color: #f4cccc; color: #134f5c;"><div style="text-align: justify;"></span><br style="background-color: #f4cccc; color: #660000;" /><span style="background-color: #f4cccc; color: #134f5c;"><blockquote></span><br style="background-color: #f4cccc; color: #660000;" /><span style="background-color: #f4cccc; color: #134f5c;">This post has been published by me as a part of <b>Blog-a-Ton 55</b>; the fifty-fifth edition of the online marathon of Bloggers; where we decide and we write. In association with <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Rashmi-Kumar/311383238048" target="_blank">Rashmi Kumar</a>, the author of <a href="http://bit.ly/HLSRashmiKumar" target="_blank">Hooked, Lined and Single</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/jy0tiar0ra" target="_blank">Jyoti Arora</a>, the author of <a href="http://bit.ly/LemonGirlJyotiAroraFK" target="_blank">Lemon Girl</a>. . </span><br style="background-color: #f4cccc; color: #660000;" /><span style="background-color: #f4cccc; color: #134f5c;"></blockquote></span><br style="background-color: #f4cccc; color: #660000;" /><span style="background-color: #f4cccc; color: #134f5c;"></div></span></span></li>
</ul><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The <span style="color: #134f5c; font-weight: bold;">post should end with the following code.</span> Just copy the following HTML code and paste to your post in Edit HTML mode and <b>replace XX</b> with your Blog-a-Ton participation count:<br />
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The <b>fellow Blog-a-Tonics</b> who took part in this Blog-a-Ton and links to their respective <b>posts</b> can be checked <a href="http://www.blogaton.in/2015/06/blogaton55.html"><b>here</b></a>. To be part of the next edition, visit and start following <b><a href="http://blogaton.in/">Blog-a-Ton</a></b>. Participation Count: XX. Image Credits: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Monsoon.jpg" target="_blank">Monsoon</a> by Yann (Wikimedia Commons). Shared with GNU Free Documentation License CC Attribution-Share Alike.</blockquote><br />
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</ul><ul style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify;"><li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: purple; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">Publish</span> </span>the post on <b style="color: red;">June 14, 2015 anytime between 00:00 HRS and 23:59 HRS. (Indian Standard Time)</b></span></li>
</ul><ul style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify;"><li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: purple; font-weight: bold;">After publishing it</span>, do not forget to <b style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.blogaton.in/2015/06/blogaton55.html#comments" target="_blank">leave the link in the comments section</a></b> of this post.</span></li>
</ul><ul style="color: red; font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify;"><li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-weight: bold;">Use the following code to provide direct link to your post.</span></li>
</ul><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="DIRECT LINK TO YOUR POST">YOUR NAME - YOUR TITLE</a></span> </span></b></div><div style="font-size: 10pt; margin: 0px;"></div><div style="color: red; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />
</span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It will look like this: <a href="http://www.iamsarav.com/" target="_blank">Someone is Special - Welcome to Blog-a-ton!</a> and will link to your post.</span></div><br />
<div style="color: #274e13; color: blue; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-size: large; text-align: center;">And this time....</div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, Garamond; font-size: 15pt;">The <b><span style="color: red;">winners of BLOG-a-TON 55</span></b> will receive the book "<a href="http://bit.ly/HLSRashmiKumar" target="_blank" title="Hooked, Lined and Single by Rashmi Kumar">Hooked, Lined and Single</a>" by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Rashmi-Kumar/311383238048" target="_blank" title="Like Rashmi Kumar on Facebook!">Rashmi Kumar</a>. You are welcome to add the book to your reading list on <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23631907-hooked-lined-single">Goodreads</a> and like the author on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Rashmi-Kumar/311383238048" target="_blank" title="Like Rashmi Kumar on Facebook!">Facebook</a></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, Garamond; font-size: 15pt;"><a href="https://www.jyotiarora.com/" target="_blank" title="Visit the website!">Jyoti Arora</a>, the author of "<a href="http://bit.ly/LemonGirlJyotiAroraFK" target="_blank" title="Buy the Book on FlipKart.com">Lemon Girl</a>", will be giving away smashwords gift coupon of the book Lemon Girl for the first twenty-five participants. You are welcome to add the book to your reading list on <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23588660-lemon-girl" target="_blank" title="Add to Reading List on Goodreads!">Goodreads</a> and like the author on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/jy0tiar0ra" target="_blank" title="Like Jyoti Arora on Facebook!">Facebook</a>.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, Garamond; font-size: 15pt;">Marshal Pick (winners picked by me) will receive e-Gift Vouchers. *Marshal decision will be final.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, Garamond; font-size: 15pt;">The winners will also be featured on the Blog-a-ton <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BlogATon">Facebook Page</a> cover photograph.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, Garamond; font-size: 15pt;">Thanks to Jyoti Arora and Rashmi Kumar :) </span></li>
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<span style="color: red;">Please follow this rule to ensure easy navigability to your post.</span></span></b></div></div><div style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify;"><ul><li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: red;"> <span style="color: black;">Use your <b style="color: blue;">complete name</b> to prevent any confusion and mix up with other bloggers.</span></span><b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><br />
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</ul></div><ul style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify;"><li><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In case you post your link after the stipulated time, then your submission will not be considered for voting. </span></span></b></li>
</ul><ul style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify;"><li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Return between June 16th 13:00 IST and June 21th 23:59 IST to vote for your favourite post. A separate notification for the same will be posted upon the conclusion of the event. So <span style="color: purple;"><b>do</b> <b>not vote till then</b></span>. Just enjoy reading the various entries, keeping in mind your favourite but worth-winning ones.</span></li>
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</span></div><div style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 21px; font-weight: bold;"><marquee bgcolor="#faf19e" width="100%">DO NOT USE THE COMMENTS SECTION OF THIS POST FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE. If there are any queries, ask them in the comments section of previous post.</marquee></span></div></div><div style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify;"><div style="color: red;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></div><div style="font-size: 40pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: purple;">...H<span style="color: red;">A</span><span style="color: gold;">P</span><span style="color: blue;">P</span><span style="color: lime;">Y</span> <span style="color: green;"> W</span><span style="color: cyan;">R<span style="color: indigo;">I<span style="color: red;">T<span style="color: green;">I<span style="color: orange;">N<span style="color: purple;">G<span style="color: blue;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: purple;"><span style="color: cyan;"><span style="color: indigo;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: green;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: purple;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: green;"></span> <span style="color: purple;"><span style="color: cyan;"><span style="color: purple;">...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><br />
<div style="color: #274e13; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Looking forward to a read wonderful passionate Blog-a-Ton writers post again!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Poetically Yours,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Marshal,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Segoe Print, Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 20pt; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://fewmiles.info/">~ Someone is Special ~</a></span></div></div></div>Someone is Specialhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16271391140125090742noreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740421634999812308.post-54245266757632062412015-06-02T13:17:00.001+05:302015-06-16T14:21:49.462+05:30The image for Blog-a-Ton 55 is...<div style="color: #274e13; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: 150%; font-weight: bold;"><marquee width="100%"><b><a href="http://www.blogaton.in/2014/08/subscribe-to-blog-ton-reminders.html" target="_blank">Subscribe to Blog-a-Ton Reminders & stay updated!</a></b></marquee></span><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, Garamond; font-size: 15pt;">Welcome to Blog-a-Ton!</span>.<br />
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<div style="color: #274e13; color: blue; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><b>DATE for BLOG-a-TON 55: </b> <span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Tahoma, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b>June 14, 2015</b></span><br />
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<a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Monsoon.jpg" target="_blank">Monsoon</a> by Yann (Wikimedia Commons). Shared with GNU Free Documentation License CC Attribution-Share Alike.</div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Tahoma, Times New Roman, serif;">Our dream is to <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">have a hundred participants come in one day and take part in an edition of Blog-a-ton</span></b>. Can we make this happen in this edition! Thanks for the support as always.<br />
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The rules for Blog-a-ton 55 are:</div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify; color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, Garamond; font-size: 12pt;"><ul><li>You can <b><span style="color: red;"><u>SUBMIT MORE THAN ONE POST</u></span></b>.</li>
<li>You can give your post <b><span style="color: blue;">any title</span></b> that you wish to.</li>
<li>You must justify this image with your post. You can do it with any type of post (i.e. Poetry, Fiction, 55 fiction, dialogue, Essay... etc). You can also choose to make it serious, humorous, tragic, romantic... whatever setting you'd love to give.</li>
<li>You can write in any language as well, but since most Blog-a-tonics would prefer English as their language of communication, we'd suggest that too, so your post reaches a wider audience, and help you when it comes to Blog-a-ton 55 voting time.</li>
<li>The <b><span style="color: blue;">other rules</span></b> (viz. header & footer to put in your post, the way to submit it on June 14, 2015 etc.) will be <b><span style="color: blue;">conveyed to you on June 13, 2015 10:00 AM IST</span></b>. So kindly wait for that notification then rather than putting up queries right now. If the queries are regarding general pattern of the event, please go through the posts about previous events.</li>
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<div style="color: #274e13; color: blue; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-size: large; text-align: center;">And this time....</div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify; color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, Garamond; font-size: 15pt;"><ul><li>The <b><span style="color: red;">winners of BLOG-a-TON 55</span></b> will receive the book "<a href="http://bit.ly/HLSRashmiKumar" target="_blank" title="Hooked, Lined and Single by Rashmi Kumar">Hooked, Lined and Single</a>" by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Rashmi-Kumar/311383238048" target="_blank" title="Like Rashmi Kumar on Facebook!">Rashmi Kumar</a>. You are welcome to add the book to your reading list on <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23631907-hooked-lined-single">Goodreads</a> and like the author on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Rashmi-Kumar/311383238048" target="_blank" title="Like Rashmi Kumar on Facebook!">Facebook</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.jyotiarora.com/" target="_blank" title="Visit the website!">Jyoti Arora</a>, the author of "<a href="http://bit.ly/LemonGirlJyotiAroraFK" target="_blank" title="Buy the Book on FlipKart.com">Lemon Girl</a>", will be giving away smashwords gift vouchers for the first twenty-five participants. You are welcome to add the book to your reading list on <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23588660-lemon-girl" target="_blank" title="Add to Reading List on Goodreads!">Goodreads</a> and like the author on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/jy0tiar0ra" target="_blank" title="Like Jyoti Arora on Facebook!">Facebook</a>.</li>
<li>Marshal Pick (winners picked by me) will receive e-Gift Vouchers. *Marshal decision will be final.</li>
<li>The winners will also be featured on the Blog-a-ton <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BlogATon">Facebook Page</a> cover photograph.</li>
<li>Thanks to Rashmi Kumar and Jyoti Arora :)</li>
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<div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Tahoma, Times New Roman, serif;">You have twelve days to write your post but <span style="color: blue;"><b><u>please publish the post only on June 14, 2015 and not before.</u></b></span> The aim of Blog-a-ton is to have many people posting on the same theme on the same day, and that day is June 14, 2015 for BLOG-a-TON 55!!</div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify; color: red; font-family: Tahoma, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b>Encourage your fellow bloggers to participate in this edition. You can share this post on your various social networking profiles through the ShareThis widget present at the bottom of this post.</b></div><br />
<div style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Tahoma, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Looking forward to a good Blog-a-Ton again.<br />
Poetically Yours,<br />
Marshal,</b><br />
<a href="http://booklovers.iamsarav.com/">Someone is Special</a></span></div></div>Someone is Specialhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16271391140125090742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740421634999812308.post-21654792525660598302015-05-26T15:36:00.003+05:302015-05-29T18:22:17.838+05:30Blog-a-ton 55 - Topic Suggestion<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: 150%; font-weight: bold;"><marquee width="100%"><b><br />
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<blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: #b6d7a8; color: red; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>DATE OF BLOG-A-TON 54: <span style="color: blue;">SUNDAY, JUNE 14, 2015</span></b></div></blockquote><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: #b6d7a8; color: red;"><b>TOPIC DECLARATION: <br />
<span style="color: blue;">MONDAY, JUNE 1, 2015 23:59 IST</span></b><span style="color: blue;">.</span></blockquote></div><hr /><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Welcome to a new edition of Blog-a-Ton!!!!<br />
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I’m <a href="http://iamsarav.com/">Sarav a.k.a Someone is Special</a> - The Marshal of Blog-a-Ton. Well, the time is ticking along, and we move to our <b><span style="color: blue;">55th Blog-a-ton edition</span></b>, which will be on JUNE 14, 2015.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It is going to be a special edition, especially for me, as this is the 25th edition, I'm hosting Blog-a-Ton. I'm excited about it. Are you excited? <br />
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Join then... I've arranged something special for all the participants in this edition. Watch this space for more clues.<br />
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Before I proceed further, let’s relive the journey together!<br />
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........the sweet journey<br />
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On <i>5th July 2009</i>, Blog-a-Ton was <a href="http://www.blogaton.in/2009/07/what-is-blog-ton.html">born</a>, a misnomer of the word <i>Blogathon</i> and on <i>1st August 2009</i>, our <a href="http://www.blogaton.in/2009/07/reminder-for-blog-ton-1.html">first edition</a> was hosted by our Marshal Vipul Grover and after 17 editions, he willingly took a break. Our Leo hosted initially, later I took the responsibility on my shoulders to march forward towards the dream! </span></div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, Garamond; font-size: 15pt;">Our dream is to get 100 participants in one edition, and our motto is to help writers to write better.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Can we make it possible in this edition? Can we read 100 entrants this time? Can we find 100 passionate writers? I hope we can. If you think the same, join us.</b><br />
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I’ve been known to cherish stats a lot. So here you go... in <b>54 Editions</b>, we have read <b>1798 Official Entries</b>; that’s an average of <b>36 entries per edition</b>. We have crowned <b>151 Blog-a-Tonics</b> so far – <b>70 GOLD BATOMS, 58 SILVER BATOMS,</b> <b>22 BRONZE BATOMS</b> and <b>1 MARSHAL PICK</b>. Our Official Followers count is more than the <i>magical four-digit number</i> and we are more than <i>seven hundred plus member</i> family on Facebook! <br />
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<i>Do you like to know more numbers that are magical?</i><br />
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<i>Vinay Leo R</i> of <b>I Rhyme Without Reason</b> has won <b>17 BATOMS</b> (<b>9 GOLD BATOMS, 7 SILVER BATOMS and 1 BRONZE BATOM</b>) in total and has the <i>most</i> in <b>GOLD</b> and <b>SILVER</b> categories. <i>Shilpa Nair</i> of <b>Servings of Mania</b> and <i>Apala Sengupta</i> of <b>A Message in a Bottle</b> has won <b>2 BRONZE BATOMS</b> each, the <i>most</i> by any. <i>Vinay Leo R</i> is also the <i>best topic giver</i> for BAT. His topic was selected as <b>BAT TOPIC 12 times</b>. <i>Aativas</i> of <b>Times Change</b> has participated in <b>47 editions</b>, the <i>most</i> by any. <i>Someone of Special</i> of <b>Few Miles</b> is the <i>most capped</i> (<b>24</b>) Marshal. More stats below… </span></div><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The way we usually go about on Blog-a-ton is that we have a call for topics <span style="color: red;">(This time we are going to select an image and write inspired by the image.) </span>and then by voting, we decide on one of the image as the topic for the month. After that, we give you a week’s time to write your post justifying the theme (IMAGE SELECTED) with a complementary post. Then, on the second Sunday of the succeeding month, you will publish the post on your blog, with our preset header and footer and come to Blog-a-ton and link your post in a comment. The week after the Blog-a-ton day will be for voting for your favorite blog-a-tonics from that edition.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We will be having the secret ballot in this edition.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">What you have to do is suggest the <b>IMAGE ALONG WITH CREDITS TO PROPER SOURCE. </b><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-weight: bold;">Moderation is enabled, and I'll select the first six images that come. </span> And we begin voting on that. If I find any image to be inappropriate, or similar to that of a previous edition, that'll not come into the voting list.<br />
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<b>Suggestion a image now or Vote for a image of your choice.</b></span><br />
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<ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You can vote for any one image. (Sample: I vote for IMAGE 1)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">If you wish to change your vote later and support another image, you can do so during the voting time-frame. But <b><span style="color: purple;">you are allowed only one change-of-vote</span></b>. I’ll consider only the second vote in that instance.</span></li>
</ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The <b><span style="color: red;">voting period is from May 26, 2015, TUESDAY to June 1, 2015 Monday 23:00 HRS IST.</span></b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The image <u><span style="color: red;">that gets the majority votes</span></u> will be announced <b>on June 1, 2015, 23:59 HRS IST as the BLOG-A-TON 55 image</b>. In case two or more images are tied at the end of voting, my vote as Marshal vote will decide. This time, we are giving you 13 days to write your post.</span></li>
<li><b><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><u>The Date for BLOG-A-TON 55 is JUNE 14, 2015 Sunday from 00:00 IST to 23:59 IST.</u></span></b></li>
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</span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Looking forward to a wonderful Blog-a-ton once again…</span><br />
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<div style="color: #274e13; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Poetically Yours,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Marshal,</span><br />
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