#show chamption

[disruptivevoib]

Minute drought of CJ art that may be to come isn't cause I don't have interest anymore btw. I simply want to draw pretty women for a bit too FGGFD

And I do have a LOT of art planned, I just need to gear my motivation back up around all of it sometimes!

[punk-o-ween]

my summerslam predictions

this is very much a yap fest so if u dont wanna see a bunch of paragraphs of me yapping and me very much going insane then dont click the read more, but if u want to see me yap then go ahead 😋😋

bailey vs nia jax

winner ? i think nia jax 

why ? for one, im not rlly excited for this match and just from knowing jax i think she might win regardless.

shes just an icon anyway! i love bailey and ive loved how much shes grown and became an amazing superstar but i just hsve this gut feeling nias gonna win. i dont rlly think tiffany will cash in bc she needs to flaunt her mitb purse for a bit!!!

p.s: bailey's championship run is kind of boring ngl?? like ofc shes cool n all but we've already seen all the layers to bailey being champion and i need a new one and ineed it now

logan (fuckass) paul vs la knight

 winner ? la knight. no take backs

why? I FUCKING HATE LOGAN PAUL PLEASE LA KNIGHT WIN PLEADEMPLALSPELSLSKWPWLWL 

but in all seriousness, logan paul is barely here?? istg he shows up, yaps, and then leaves for like ten decades until someone provokes him again. hes barely defending it and hes not here enough to even do so. la knight DSERVES this belt! when i tell u hes been freaking phenomenal in the main roster and judt to think hes never had a belt is wild?? he needs to win point blank periodt 

p.s: i just know logans gonna try smthn anf fuck it up and thsts gonna cause him the match and what will i b doing? pointing and laughing

p.s.s: i will be sending a very nice and long letter if la knight doesnt win

sami jey- i mean zayn 😁 vs bron breakker

winner ? bron breakker

why? for this match im just going to wing it honestly bc there are SO many possibilities for this but im moreso on bron's side.

sami is known for being extremely strong in ring and surprising everyone around him when he kicks a big guy's ass, yes, but then again bron fucking breakker?? HELLO?? have we seen him??? remember that one time he left someone SHAKING and they had to go to the hospital? remember when he DESTROYED ricochet? the amount of spears he did to people? plus hes been a freaking powerhouse in many ways and i think he deserves this title as well

liv morgan vs rhea ripley

winner ? liv morgan 

why? bc i trust my gut and even tho it sucks to say, the liv revenge tour is not yet over.

liv morgan has been doing an fan fucking tastic job at being a chamption its insane and while ofc we all love our mami, i dont think wwe is just gonna grant her the belt right when she steps into wwe ?? thatd be so boring honestly bc i want to see MORE of this feud and how rhea will gradually win back everything from liv in a span of time. she cant just win everything back just from one ppv !!! so yeah i think liv will win, and i WANT her to win only because i want this rivalry to last a little longer bc if rhea wins, theyll basically just b going their separate ways. 

p.s: i just KNOW during the match, dom is going to cost rhea the win. question is tho will it be on purpose or accident? i REALLY want dom to turn and be with liv regardless of him calling her a bitch and saying he hates her bc i know if rhea didnt come back during raw, he wouldve definitely kissed liv and wouldhe got wirh her. itll also give rhea more to fight for–the title, and her man–and itll fire the feud even more

damien priest vs gunther

winner ? gunther...

why ? at first, i wanted to say damien was going to win but honestly i have a feeling papa trips is gonna cook and make gunther win instead

gunther deserves a title imo (u can tell the three am brain was hitting here bc i forgot gunther was champion already) and i feel like damien would be kinda clouded by the insults gunther was throwing around that its gonna throw him off in some way causing gunther to win

maybe some shenanigans might go down which coukd cost damien the match as well like if JD and finn will come out and make damien lose and then thatll cause damien to possibly go face and break from the judgement day bc he doesnt want help!!

gunther might walk in to bash in berlin as champion (or maybe im wrong abt this prediction and he'll actually win it at bash at berlin but idk lol)

cody rhodes vs solo sikoa (bloodline rules)

winner? mmmmm cody?????

why? im so stumped for this match and i dont wanna say i dont care abt it but its not my top priority 🤕

i want roman to come back during this match and fuck everything up since he technically is still apart of the bloodline and then he'll put solo back in his place which will make cody remain but then again idkkkk so, im winging this one and will just watch.

cm punk vs drew mcintyre 😨😨😨😨😨 (with sethie reffing!)

winner? i dont know in the best way possible

why? this is just going to be a yap session but here r all my thoughts

im moreso siding with drew on this (GASP CM PUNK FAN WANTING DREW TO WIN?) bc punk HAS cost drew so many matches atp that itd make drew look so damn weak for him to lose and then hed just be complaining again the next day?? like it would be so freaking boring??? 

if cm punk DOES win i feel like itd be because OF something like some sort of distraction perhaps? bc as seth said, they have to follow ALL of his rules n stuff so maybe drew gets distracted by seth and then punk will pin and seth HAS to grant him the win (like how shawn michaels had to grant bret the win during that one match when he guest reffed) 

i know this is setting the bar high but i want aj lee IF WWE LOVES ME! like aj slaps drew, telling him she'll never be his family n shit and then larry comes out and bite his ankles 😁😁 THIS IS SETTING THE BAR RLLY HIGH BUT IT WOULD BE QUITE FUNNY

[sunnydaleherald]

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[jamtoasties3316]

omega max who gets fucked and used all the time by the whole paddock, but he's still winning so much that red bull finally takes pity on him and lets him choose one person to fuck him and they'll keep everyone else away as a reward.

max chooses daniel of course, so they hire daniel as a third driver but really he's only there to be the one to fuck max for all the pr videos. daniel's resentful at first because he thought he would get to drive again but eventually he realizes this is better--he can't beat max on track but he's allowed to do anything he wants with him after max wins while the camera is on them. fucking him with the champagne bottle and forcing max's legs open so everyone can see it gush back out all frothy and mixed with max's slick. slapping max's full tits until they leak, teasing max until max begs to get knotted for real.

daniel tries to be cruel but he's always had a soft spot for max so he gives in every time and gives him the knot he needs so much. max is only getting fucked by daniel now so he's always so desperate and always ripe and leaking for him. he gets pregnant quickly and he gets to keep the baby because red bull spoil him so much, as long as daniel's sure to show off his swollen body on their videos.

Oh yes! Max getting regularly gangbangwd and fucked but still he wins on track, and barely even minds the rough fucks the moment he gets out of the car. Red bull taking pity on their chamption and having him mate Dan so he is taken and only can be fucked by 1 Alpha!

Dan goes every where mzx goes, except on track, and can do what he wants. Dan is there on the podiums too, using his alph voice to have Max crouch over the champagne and fuck himself on the bottle, before Dan pours it into him and spread his labia so everyone can see it run our combined with slick. He plays with msx's tits so much too until they are leaking, leaving nice wet spots in his firelroofs at all times. But everyone loves to see Dan fuck max, who is so needy and submissive then, moaning like a bitch in his heat and drooling when he gets knotted.

Max getting pregnant and not racing, but Dan films a ton of content for Red bull's social media, of Max with his bigger tits and his baby bump, getting fucked or dripping cun just after, all with a blissed out slutty face

[twinmoles]

170816 → Show Champion - Burn it Up

[easyxringo]

thank you so much for the new videos, also I wanted to remind you that if you don't out uu subbed tag in the first five tags tumblr is not going to show your new post, I don't mind digging into your blog for the videos but I know it would be easier if you could do it, either way you are a chamption for subbing all that emilia stuff I tend to skip some shit, idk how you do it but thank you for it. soon will be free and married can you believe it? these two soft idiots are getting their wedding.

Thanks for that :)Though it always seems like that the tags sometimes work and sometimes don’t...

Well, like I said, for me Emilia isn’t as annoying as Larissa was. Maybe it is because we know she’ll be gone for good soon. Or maybe it is because she’s not such a baby.

Anyway... wedding is coming and I’m here for it!!

And I’m excited, I want to hear Ringos speach and wanna see Easy cry and ... yeah it might be possible that I get teary eyes as well. I just wanna see them happy (and if UU sooner or later fucks this up, the wedding will always be my happy end).

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[#1min_ACE] Annyeong~heart~seyo CHOICEs? !❤️! Did everybody watch today’s comeback stage on The Show?? Even though there was no video clip ㅎㅁㅎ Our debut stage on The Show feels like only a few days ago ㅠㅠ It’s so moving 😭🤣 Today #Donghuning #Seyooning #Tchuning and #Byeongkwaning tried out the bunny effect on VLine✌️hahaha #IDon’tThinkSo 😝 See us on Show Chamption tomorrow😘 Don’t miss it💙 #TAKE_ME_HIGHER #ACE

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[dailymailcoid]

FOTO: Deretan Busana Seksi Miss Universe Catriona Gray di NYFW

FOTO: Deretan Busana Seksi Miss Universe Catriona Gray di NYFW

Miss Universe 2018, Catriona Grey duduk saat menyaksikan fashion show Sherri Hill NYFW Spring 2020 di Cipriani 42nd Street di New York City (8/9/2019). Wanita berdarah Filipina ini tampil seksi mengenakan gaun off shoulder berbelahan paha tinggi. (AFP Photo/Dave Kotinsky)

Miss Universe 2018, Catriona Gray menghadiri 'Breakfast of Champtions' yang disajikan oleh Wheaties di Spring Studios selama…

[ask-tamamocat]

Can I get cooking lessons from you?

please look forward to tamamo cat starting a cooking show where she can teach every single master how to become the Holy Grail War Cook Off Chamption™

[wjsndaily]

[!] PROJECT HAPPY: MUSIC SHOWS TUTORIAL

Show your support by voting for #Happy_Moment on music shows and helping the girls try and get their first win! 

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Search “우주소녀”  on korean portal sites such as naver daum nate etc. during the music shows broadcast. Open one article for a minut, close then repeat

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20% Broadcast Time

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[luckyones]

they lost in music bank and show chamption this week too, seems like people are just crying now because the guys were there

i mean thats why im crying. i dont particularly care MUCH if they lose and arent even there asdkdljg

[twinmoles]

170830 → Show Champion - Wanna Be

[fy-kimjihun]

[ENG SUB]—[Show Chamption Behind] Fan Attack with KNK, Astro, & Snuper | 170110

[zashimae]

SIGLAKAS 2019

School events is very special to students because it can also a way to show their talents and ability. Also in can be their break from doing academics and relax their mind. In our school, one of the events that we have is intramural and we called it SIGLAKAS. For this article I will share some happenings and what the school and student did during intramural and we what we have prepared for this event. 

Every schools celebrate their intramural and we called SIGLAKAS. SIGLAKAS happen once a year and its usually happen during the month of December. SInce SIGLAKAS is our intramural it is a competition of many different sports like tennis, volleyball, basketball and more and its usually happen in 1 week. Every one is preparing by practicing steps for cheer dance, training every end of school hours and free days and also the supporters is preparing like making a banner to cheer their players. In our school, strands versus strands and only one can be a champion. Last 2018 the champion was ABM and BMAT or the Accountancy and Business department. For the opening ceremony each strands present their muse that will candidate as Ms. Siglakas 2019 and for the Senior High the winner is ABM department and for the College is Hospitality department. After presenting the muse next is performing the cheer dance of each strand and again the winner is Accountany and Business department. Since it happen 7 days many sports competition and every strand got their points because everyone want to be a champion. Days past, competition end, every one wait for the announcement of the champion and awarding of the players and the SIGLAKAS overall chamption 2019 is still ABM and BMAT department because they got the highest points. But still, every strand is still a champion because they all give their best and every students and teachers enjoy this event. 

Every event we had in our school is can be our stress reliever thats why every is enjoying it and every students and player deserve to be congratulated because they give their best. This kind of events in our school we should be enjoy it because it relax and stop our mind from problems or school works that we did.

[ciathyzareposts]

Rome – The Political Machine

Written by TBD

Hector’s Journal #3: “I’ve been a Senator for 15 minutes and I’ve already been given the opportunity to become a Consul, a position of power second only to the Emperor himself. So how do I get the populace to vote for me? Sensible and affordable policies? Tax breaks for low income families? Screw all that. I figure the most effective way of getting this promotion is by bribing as many citizens as I can! It’s times like these I’m wondering if I should have spent more time earlier in the game stealing money…”

I hate Rome! Each chapter of the game has involved me restarting it over and over again until I get it right. And these sections have gotten progressively harder. To top it all off, while each section is a self-contained level, the amount of gold I have is carried over, so when I’ve only just passed an earlier section with minimal extra funds, I make each subsequent section harder. Can I make it too hard to finish? I certainly hope not. I actually enjoy the repetition the first few times I have to restart, as I see different things, but after a few goes I see nothing new and just have to plod through hoping the luck of the dice turn my way. I thought the reloading of saved games was tedious in the previous chapter, but this chapter leaves Britain for dead in the ‘you failed – start again’ stakes. Sigh. Oh well, Let’s continue playing and see how I go.

When last we looked in on Hector the slave owner, invader and pillager, he’d just been made a Senator by leading an army into killing a lot of Britons. Being a responsible slave owner, I enquire about Barbarus’ health.

Good, because I’ll probably be having you fight until you die at the arena later today.

Soon after my welcome parade disperses, the trumpeteer announces that the Emperor has something else to say.

The rules to the election are as follows:

Nominations for Consul need to be made at the Senate within the hour

Candidates will have to canvass the people for support

As soon as one of the candidates says he is ready, the election takes place

I go straight to the Senate to nominate myself for Consul.

No. I don’t support him. I support me!

It seems I can’t nominate myself so I talk to people about how to be nominated. I’m told that I just need to convince a citizen that I’m generous in order to get them to nominate me.

Before I get around to deciding how to proceed, a slave auction is announced. I have some cash, so decide to gather another slave in order to make more cash. I buy Ignominius, but then hear some bad news.

Damn.

I go back to the senate, and the Emperor confirms that I’m too late to be nominated. Ignoring the news, I go to the arena, where a new contest has just been announced. I pit Ignominius against the chamption and make 40 sesterces. I await my next challenger, knowing that Ignominius won all the fights last time I was in Rome.

But… Billius is MY slave. And he died before I left for Britain.

When the soldiers take away the dead losers do they cast a resurrection spell on them? It it just a different guy with the same name and skills? Oh well, it took me a lot of tries and reloading for Billius to beat Ignominius last time so I’m sure it won’t be a prob…

Zombie Billius is much more powerful than human Billius.

I put Barbarus up against Billius and he lost too – combining that with my failure to be nominated to Consul, I restarted the chapter.

This time when I went to the Senate, I gave 10 sesterces to the first citizen I found.

I’d say giving someone money with the expectation they’ll do you a favour is much closer to bribery than generosity.

Asking for a nomination while standing in the Senate has some unexpected results. I don’t think the game thought I’d do that here.

Um… why are you walking away. The Emperor was right next to you.

Claudia leaves the Senate and nominates me from the doorway, then comes straight to me and tells me that the Emperor has accepted my nomination.

Claudia’s already ahead of you, Emperor. She just told me you’d accepted. Maybe she sees the future!

While I’m there three more citizens nominate Laborius Domesticus (the slave trader). It seems he has a lot of support. Because I want to see how this plays out, I immediately call an election, hoping that my military success will be enough to get me a few votes.

The herald calls an election, and I wait for the people to arrive. I offer Laborius 5 sesterces to vote for me, but he unsurprisingly calls me out for being ridiculous.

I offer some money to a slave, but he tells me only citizens can vote.

With all the citizens gathering around, I try to do a quick bribery session. The first person I bribe takes my cash, but it doesn’t help.

Well, give me my 5 bucks back, then!

I have time to bribe two more people before the election begins.

So how does the voting go…

Laborius gets 6 votes

Unscrupulus (the money-lender) gets 0 votes

and I get…

I’d like to thank the two people I’d successfully bribed, for supporting me. I’d like to thank my mum and dad…

Having lost the election, I get a cutscene telling me that I’d taken a real blow to my self-esteem and therefore lost the game.

Retiring in the countryside sounds pretty bloody good to me. Did Hector forget that he was a slave in a city being consumed by lava not so long ago? Do you think zombie Billius would prefer retiring to the countryside to being brutally killed in the arena?

So the chapter restarts, and this time I notice that pressing the SYSTEM button gives me a SKIP INTRODUCTION option.

Nice fourth-wall break, Hector.

Much like I did when I had Claudia nominate me while already in the Senate, I confused the game’s logic by getting a citizen to nominate me before the Emperor had even showed up to announce the election.

Um… he’s just arrived right behind me, why are you wandering off towards the Senate?

The Emperor announces the election, then makes his way to the Senate. I follow him and find my new friend waiting here – she nominates me as soon as the Emperor arrives.

Now that I know a little about how elections work, I start bribing every citizen I find.

With luck, one of the men I find is a satirist. I give him 10 sesterces to say bad things about my opponent.

… and what’s the deal with airline food?

I also find a priest who for the right price is willing to put in a good word to the man upstairs on my behalf.

I thought Zeus was Greek. Shouldn’t you be praying to Jupiter?

And I find a poet who’s willing to perform a play in my honour for 15 sesterces.

I think I’m starting to see the fruits of my bribery of the satirist, priest and poet, as I may have people willing to vote for me without having to bribe them individually.

A gladiatorial game is announced, so I take my slaves to the arena. Ignominius makes me 80 sesterces, and just in time too.

I have problems paying him. Using the PAY button seems to have me wanting to bribe him with 5 sesterces to vote for me. Or perhaps I’m clicking in the wrong place because the stupid moneylender decided to talk to me from behind a large wall and perhaps behind another citizen.

But I tried to pay, I just couldn’t click on you correctly! Shut up and take my money!

I had saved the game after winning the fight, so had quite a few goes at trying to pay the moneylender. But I kept failing.

With Unscrupulus promising to spread word of my deadbeat qualities, I rush to the Senate to call an election before the word spreads. But the Emperor isn’t there so I can’t call an election now. Day quickly turns to evening and a play was announced. I went to watch the play and bribe the audience.

Unscrupulus was there, and once again whinged about me owing him money. Now, I had reloaded so much that I’m not sure what happened here. Perhaps last time I reloaded I just left the arena before Unscrupulus got to talk to me. Either way, this time I successfully paid him because he was only half hidden behind a statue.

When night falls, I go to the hostel and buy a bed for the night, hoping to start the election as soon as morning falls. I wake up and go straight to the Senate. Once again, I don’t find the Emperor there yet, so I explore, looking to bribe a few more people. Unfortunately I found that one of my previously bribed friends has been counter-bribed.

But… I bribed you yesterday to say bad things about MY competition…

The election is called, and this time Laborius gets 7 votes, Unscrupulus 0 votes again and I get 5 votes. I’m getting better, but still not good enough.

I had QUIT AND SAVEd at the theatre last evening, so I went back to that game, and bribed another person. If that person was going to vote for Laborius, that would make it even. And if I could get an election called before Laborius bribed anyone else, that could swing the vote.

I went to bed again. An assassin works just outside the hostel, but I ignored him last time and went to sleep. I did the same this time, but due to the pathfinding it took me slightly longer to enter the hostel door.

Aw man, that sucks.

But that made me think. Perhaps I could hire the assassin to kill Laborius. Unscrupulus is no contest to me as he always gets 0 votes…

I’ll give you 17 now, plus 183 when we reach Alderaan.

Gee. This guy kills me if I ignore him, kills me if I tell him I’m not interested and kills me if I tell him yes but can’t afford it. I’m starting to think this assassin is not a moral person!

This time I run, hoping he’s more of an assassin than an athlete. I actually make it a few blocks before he catches me.

Tag! You’re it!

But wait. I’m a victorious Roman Centurion and General. I’ll accept that he killed me in my sleep last time but shoudn’t I be able to easily beat an assassin in a straight up street fight when I know he’s coming?

I kept restarting and/or reloading, trying different things. Somewhere amongst the repetitive boredom, I found a few more things I didn’t find in my first few attempts.

I tried my luck at the dice game. I lose a lot more than I win, and as the payoff is not that great, didn’t bother with this more than once.

I could meet the satirist after he’s been bribed by someone else and instead of asking for 10 seseterces, he asks for 20 to change allegiances. If he keeps this up he could run for Consul himself!

I buy a slave girl at one point but I can’t put her in the arena

By the end of the game, I think I might be!

If I give coins to priests too many times I actually make the gods angry.

Greedy? By giving my money to HIS worshippers?

I actually end up getting worse at campaigning as I go on. At one point Laborius got 11 votes while I only got 2.

Having tried quite a bit, and been through the same day a LOT of times, I actually wrote down a plan on how to proceed.

Wait for the Emperor’s announcement.

Immediately bribe a citizen to nominate me.

Bribe every citizen I find that doesn’t already like me, but make sure I keep at least 65 sesterces in order to pay back the moneylender and purchase a fighting slave

Find and bribe the satirist

Be nice to Ned Ryerson

Find and bribe the poet to perform a play in my honour

Find a bribe a priest or priestess for Zeus’ favour

When the herald announces the slave auction, buy two male slaves if I can afford them both.

Pour a milkshake over my mean sorority sister

When the herald announces the gladiatorial fights, sacrifice my slaves in order to make money at the arena

Call an election.

Use my arena winnings to bribe everyone who’s near the election who doesn’t already love me.

Get upset that I still lost

Tell Dormammu I’ve come to bargain.

Wonder if I should restart the entire game in order to make more money in early chapters

Sigh, then restart the chapter, going back to step 1.

At this point, I stopped playing for a while. I’d really gotten sick of the game and didn’t play for over a week. I felt I needed at least an hour of free time, preferably more and even when I had free time I just didn’t feel up to spending it in this game doing the same thing over and over. 

Eventually I got back into the game and won in 18 minutes. I didn’t even follow my plan. I’d made a mistake in saving the game and ended up reverting to a save game from over a week earlier, and which I’d failed at last time I played it. That save gave me little time before the election started so I decided to just lose that game and then let the game restar…

I won 6 votes to 5! Random number generators, ladies and gentlemen!

Rather than congratulate me or allow me to start my new job, the Emperor immediately sees me as a threat and does his best to get rid of me.

But you’re the one responsible for my rapid rise. You’ve just given me my third promotion in as many chapters!

The Emperor sends me to Egypt with a small group of soldiers, hoping I’ll die over there and not be his problem. I have to wonder why he let me get promoted to Senator and Consul if he wasn’t going to allow me to do the job of a politician in Rome and immediately send me off as a Centurion and General instead.

But, Cleopatra, I already helped you with this problem when I played an Assassin’s Creed game last year!

I can see by the interface on the left that I’m about to start another Real Time Strategy chapter. And I had so much fun with that last time! Well, we’ll see how I go with that in a week or so if I can keep my sanity. See you then.

Just a thought I had about the Final Rating. I’m not sure how much my dislike of the game will affect the rating. The game is barely an adventure game as it is. The best way I can describe its adventure qualities is that each Chapter is a single puzzle, and each puzzle must be solved by getting close to the optimum route, which is largely only doable by restarting multiple times until you get it right.

Session time: 2 hours 35 minutes (gee, I’m impatient. I could have sworn it’d be closer to 6 hours!)

Total time: 8 hours 10 minutes Amount of times I failed before finding the one scenario I won: 14,000,604

source http://reposts.ciathyza.com/rome-the-political-machine/

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David is a valued member of “Team Comfort” and has worked has worked in every department, including: Maintenance, Housekeeping, Laundry, Breakfast & Front Desk since our hotel opened in September, 2015.

As one of our opening team members, David helped open our COMFORT INN & SUITES as a member of our Maintenance Department, which included moving in furniture and deep cleaning hotel.  Once the hotel opened, he also began assisted us in Housekeeping/Laundry Department, including Houseman duties.  Last year, he began working at our Front Desk on 2nd Shift and Weekend Night Auditor and is now our full-time Night Auditor.

David has completed every course available to him at Choice University (over 500) and has earned 17 certifications.  He has also served in the US Marine and US Army, which included two tours in Iraq.  He is married to Tamilyn and together they have five children — All Girls!

For the past three years, our hotel has been recognized with the “Platinum Award” and is currently ranked as the #1 Hotel in Lynchburg (out of 25 hotels) by TripAdvisor.  We attribute our success to outstanding team members such as David Porter and would like to congratulate him on his outstanding achievement.  CONGRATULATIONS DAVID!

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