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Congratulations to tonight’s Par Mar Stores #StarOfTheGame, Gateway running back Jaquon Reynolds (Jaquon Reynolds), who had two touchdowns in the Gators’ 31-27 win over Penn-Trafford‼️🏆 He spoke with Paul Zeise postgame! #KDKAFridayNightLights #GoNextLevel #WPIAL

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A 24 year old from Chicago who still lives with his parents spent months studying sports betting books and found a legal edge in football parlays. He won $800,000 across two Caesars casinos. Caesars voided every ticket and sent his $50,000 stake back instead. Two state gaming commissions sided with Caesars. He is now suing them in federal court. – Thomas McPeek is a 24 year old from suburban Chicago who lives with his parents. – He spent months reading sports betting publications and studying parlay structures, bets where multiple events all have to happen to produce a win. – He identified what he believed was a consistent edge in certain football wagers where Caesars was pricing odds in ways that gave a sharp bettor an advantage. – In August 2024 he walked into the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond Indiana with roughly $30,000 and placed hundreds of small bets at self-service kiosks over the course of a week. – He won $350,000. – In September he moved to the Isle Casino in Bettendorf Iowa also owned by Caesars and won another $450,000. – He placed his bets in small amounts at kiosks specifically to avoid drawing attention. – Total winnings across both casinos: $800,000. – When McPeek returned to collect at Horseshoe in October 2024 his winning tickets were voided. – Caesars said he had violated their house rules by coordinating bets across state lines and by structuring his wagers in small amounts. – Caesars refunded his original $50,000 stake. They kept the rest. – One casino had already paid him before catching on. Blue Chip Casino in Michigan City Indiana paid him $127,000 in winnings then asked him never to return. – McPeek filed complaints with gaming regulators in both Indiana and Iowa. Both sided with Caesars. – In 2025 he filed a civil lawsuit against Caesars in US District Court in Nevada. – Caesars filed a motion to dismiss in July 2025 arguing the lawsuit was filed in the wrong jurisdiction and that McPeek had agreed to their terms when placing his bets. – "It's not like I can snap my fingers and make the bets win," McPeek told CBS News. "They still have to win." – The case is still ongoing. A 24 year old who lives with his parents studied betting books, found a legal edge, won $800,000 across two casinos, and watched every winning ticket get voided.

Aisar

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"This was filmed last Wednesday afternoon at Riverside Veterinary Clinic in Indianapolis, Indiana. The officer is Sergeant Paul Greer. He is 41 years old. A fourteen-year veteran of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department. The dog is Bruno. A ten-year-old German Shepherd who served eight years as Paul's K9 partner before a joint condition ended his working career two years ago. When Bruno retired from active duty, Paul adopted him right away. Brought him home. Bruno spent his retirement on Paul's couch, on Paul's bed, in the passenger seat of Paul's personal truck. The move from working partner to household companion was smooth and easy. Bruno had always been Paul's dog. The badge and the vest were just part of the job. Over the past several months, Bruno's condition had been getting steadily worse. The joint condition spread. He had trouble getting up. Stopped eating regularly. Paul had been working with Dr. Angela Reese at Riverside for months to keep Bruno as comfortable as possible. Last Tuesday evening, Bruno stopped getting up entirely. Paul called Dr. Reese that night. Wednesday afternoon, Paul drove Bruno to Riverside. He carried Bruno in from the truck himself. Wouldn't let the staff take him. Paul's partner, Officer Dana Choi, came with him. She filmed quietly on her phone from the corner of the room. She told us afterward that she asked Paul's permission before she started recording. He nodded. Paul sat on the exam table with Bruno cradled across his lap and chest. Bruno's head rested against Paul's shoulder. His eyes were half open. His breathing was slow and easy. Paul bowed his head and pressed his face into Bruno's fur. Bruno lay still for a long moment. Then slowly — carefully — he raised both front paws. One at a time. And wrapped them around Paul's shoulders. And held on. Paul made a sound that Dana said she will never forget. Dr. Reese, who was standing nearby getting ready, went completely still. Her assistant took a step back. Nobody moved. Dana told us: "Bruno could barely lift his head that morning. But he lifted his paws and he held Paul. In that moment, with everything he had left, he held him. I think he was saying thank you. I think he was saying goodbye on his own terms." Paul stayed in that position for a long time. The room stayed quiet. Bruno passed away peacefully a short time later, held in Paul's arms. Paul sent a message to his precinct group chat that evening. It said: "Bruno is at rest. He was the best partner I ever had. Eight years on the force and two years at home. He worked hard and he loved hard and he went out the same way. Holding on." The precinct held a small informal memorial the following morning. Bruno's vest and badge number were framed and hung in the K9 unit hallway. Some partners carry you through the hardest years of your life. And in the end, if you are very lucky, they find just enough strength to hold you one last time

Crazy Moments

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Charlamagne tha God built his name on *The Breakfast Club* by being the guy who says the quiet part out loud‼️. He trolls interviews, hands out “Donkey of the Day,” and regularly goes at rappers whose music, attitude, or relationship to the culture he doesn’t respect‼️. It’s not random shade—it’s a consistent pattern‼️. When he doesn’t like someone, he doesn’t just critique the music. He questions their authenticity, their respect for hip-hop, and sometimes their place in it‼️. Post Malone became one of the clearest, longest-running examples of that style‼️. The first major clash happened in 2015 during Post’s early *Breakfast Club* appearance‼️. Charlamagne came in aggressive‼️. He mocked Post’s look (commenting that white people with cornrows look stupid), asked if he was a culture vulture, tried to bait him into saying the N-word, and hit him with “What are you doing for the Black Lives Matter movement⁉️” Post stayed calm and later called Charlamagne a troll whose job is to get a reaction‼️. The interview became infamous because Post didn’t fold, which only seemed to fuel Charlamagne more‼️. Things escalated in 2017 when Post told *Rolling Stone* that if people want lyrics, emotion, or something to think about, they shouldn’t listen to hip-hop—they should put on Bob Dylan‼️. Charlamagne immediately gave him Donkey of the Day, arguing that Post came up off hip-hop (“White Iverson”) and then dismissed the genre that launched him‼️. In the same *Rolling Stone* profile, Post went further: “He’s not a good person‼️. He hates me because I’m white and I’m different.”‼️ Charlamagne’s response was direct‼️. He said he doesn’t dislike people because they’re white—he disliked Post at the time because he thought he was “wack.”‼️ He added that he actually likes “Rockstar” and told Post to keep winning and give back to the Black community in some form‼️. That was his public defense: it wasn’t race, it was taste and perceived disrespect for the culture‼️. He kept it going‼️. In 2020 he told Wallo that if he could kick one person out of rap, it would be Post Malone, calling him a “fake Future.”‼️ He admitted he might just be hating and later walked it back a bit, saying he didn’t even despise him that much‼️. Then in 2022 on *Impaulsive* with Logan Paul, Charlamagne laid out the fuller version of his issue‼️. Post came from hip-hop, got on *Breakfast Club*, then made comments that treated rap like it had no depth or meaning‼️. Charlamagne saw that as hypocritical‼️. He argued hip-hop is nuanced—you can go from Future to Kendrick—and Post’s take felt like someone who only heard the party/lean side of the genre‼️. He even joked about “mayonnaise records.” That interview was him explaining the dislike without fully walking it back‼️. This is the pattern‼️. Charlamagne has checked plenty of rappers on air (Birdman walked out, Master P shut him down, etc.)‼️. With Post it became personal and prolonged because Post represented something Charlamagne has always been vocal about: artists who profit from the culture then talk about it like it’s lesser or disposable‼️. Whether you see it as gatekeeping, hating, or just him being himself, he rarely hides it‼️. He frames it as honesty and cultural protection‼️. Post framed it as a hater who couldn’t stop his success‼️. Both versions have lived in public for years, and Charlamagne has never really pretended he was just being nice‼️.

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Gabriele Corno

93,032 次观看 • 1 个月前

This was filmed last Wednesday afternoon at Veterinary Clinic in Indianapolis, Indiana. The officer is Sergeant Paul Greer. He is 41 years old. A fourteen-year veteran of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department. The dog is Bruno. A ten-year-old German Shepherd who worked for eight years as Paul's K9 partner before a joint disease ended his career two years ago. When Bruno retired from active duty, Paul adopted him immediately. Brought him home. Bruno spent his retirement on Paul's couch, on Paul's bed, and in the passenger seat of Paul's personal truck. The change from working partner to family companion was smooth and easy. Bruno had always been Paul's dog. The badge and the vest were simply part of the job. Over the past several months, Bruno's condition had been getting worse. The joint disease spread. He had trouble standing up. Stopped eating regularly. Paul had been working with Dr. Angela Reese at Riverside for months to keep Bruno as comfortable as possible. Last Tuesday evening, Bruno stopped getting up completely. Paul called Dr. Reese that night. Wednesday afternoon, Paul drove Bruno to Riverside. He carried Bruno in from the truck himself. Wouldn't let the staff carry him. Paul's partner, Officer Dana Choi, came with him. She quietly recorded on her phone from the corner of the room. She later told us she asked Paul's permission before she started recording. He nodded. Paul sat on the exam table with Bruno resting across his lap and chest. Bruno's head rested on Paul's shoulder. His eyes were half open. His breathing was slow and calm. Paul lowered his head and pressed his face into Bruno's fur. Bruno stayed still for a long moment. Then slowly — carefully — he lifted both front paws. One at a time. And wrapped them around Paul's shoulders. And held on. Paul made a sound that Dana said she will never forget. Dr. Reese, who was standing nearby getting ready, became completely still. Her assistant stepped back. Nobody moved. Dana told us: “Bruno could barely lift his head that morning. But he lifted his paws and held Paul. In that moment, with everything he had left, he held him. I think he was saying thank you. I think he was saying goodbye in his own way.” Paul stayed in that position for a long time. The room stayed quiet. Bruno passed away peacefully a short time later while being held in Paul's arms. Paul sent a message to his precinct group chat that evening. It said: “Bruno is at peace. He was the best partner I ever had. Eight years on the force and two years at home. He worked hard, loved hard, and left this world the same way. Holding on.” The precinct held a small informal memorial the next morning. Bruno's vest and badge number were framed and placed in the K9 unit hallway. Some partners help carry you through the hardest years of your life. And in the end, if you are very lucky, they find just enough strength to hold you one last time.

DE GOLDSMITH🪙🪙🪙⭐ ⭐⭐

456,714 次观看 • 7 天前

Did you know‼️⁉️Drake's "Pop Style" (2016 single promoting Views)‼️Original single version featured The Throne (Jay-Z & Kanye West)⁉️Drake only wanted Kanye at first‼️ but Kanye sent it back with Jay-Z casually adding two lines⁉️"They still out to get me, they don't get it I cannot be got, and that's a given‼️Kanye was excited about the "The Throne" moment‼️For the Views album version‼️ Drake removed both features and added his own new verse‼️ He replaced Jay-Z's lines by re-recording nearly identical ones himself (with a small tweak):"They still out to get me, I don't get it I can not be got, and that's a given."‼️Drake explained that Jay “didn’t really do a verse,” fans would hate the brevity, and it “didn’t play out how I would have wanted it to as far as business goes,” ‼️so he went solo‼️But that's not really the real reason‼️ fans did not realise why Jay-Z refused to clear/be on the album version‼️until Kanye’s later Saint Pablo Tour rant‼️where he revealed that Jay pulled back out of respect for Meek Mill‼️who was in a heated public beef with Drake at the time‼️Meek had Roc Nation ties/management links, and Jay didn’t want to appear to side with Drake‼️But was that really the full details‼️⁉️Nope‼️ The bigger tensions and reason was that Drake had snubbed Jay-Z’s Tidal streaming service‼️where he was reportedly offered a co-owner/partner role‼️and instead took a massive Apple Music deal in 2015‼️which Jay viewed as disloyal‼️Kanye even tried mediating the Drake-Meek beef to make the collab happen, but it fell apart over “Tidal… political shit… percentages on songs.”‼️Therefore Jay (or his camp) refused full clearance for the album‼️, forcing Drake to scrap the features entirely‼️This is to tell you that the tension between them has been a long time coming‼️💯

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In 1988, Jim Simons flew to Berkeley to beg a math professor to fix his hedge fund. The professor had never traded a stock. He had spent his career on coding theory and mathematical board games. He agreed to help on the condition he could leave when he wanted. He delivered 55 percent net in his full year running it. Then he handed the whole thing back and went home to teach undergraduates. His name was Elwyn Berlekamp. He is one of two people who ever ran what would become the most profitable trading operation in history. Simons was the other one. MIT math PhD, 1964. Berlekamp wrote foundational papers in coding theory that still run every CD, DVD, satellite link, and QR code on Earth. The Berlekamp-Massey algorithm, published 1968, is why every scratched CD you owned still played through to the end. He also co-wrote "Winning Ways for Your Mathematical Plays" with John Conway and Richard Guy. Four volumes. It became the foundational text of combinatorial game theory. Berlekamp thought about board games the way most mathematicians think about theorems. He proved endgame results in Go that professional masters had assumed were unprovable. His 1994 book "Mathematical Go" reduced the last moves of a Go game to a formula. Top-ranked professionals started studying it. Simons had a problem in the late 1980s. His trading partnership was falling apart. The fund was losing money. He flew west to see the game theorist. Berlekamp bought a controlling stake, cut what was not working, and rebuilt the trading logic from combinatorial game theory principles. The fund returned 55 percent net after fees in his full year running it. In December 1990, Berlekamp sold his stake back to Simons and walked out. He wanted to go back to Berkeley. In interviews he said the same thing many times, in different words: Berkeley was where he belonged. Simons kept building on the system Berlekamp rebuilt. It became the Medallion Fund. Over the next 30 years, Medallion compounded at roughly 66 percent gross per year. It is the most profitable trading strategy in the history of finance. Berlekamp took his cut in 1990 and never went back. He spent the rest of his life at UC Berkeley. He gave a lecture called "Mathematics and Go" that is on YouTube. He died in 2019, aged 78. The paradox is not that Berlekamp made a fortune. It is that he had the door to the biggest fortune in trading history held open for him and walked out. The math was fun. The billions were not.

Veles

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🚨There is tension brewing in the westcoast‼️ And the reason is one name "Drake"‼️ If you don't know⁉️ I gat you‼️💯 It’s been simmering for years. Top Dawg just clarified the root this week on Stat Quo’s podcast‼️. The flashpoint was Game’s 2015 “100” collab with Drake‼️. He brought Drake to Compton and shot the video there while Drake-West Coast/Kendrick tension already existed‼️. Top said the optics of that video in the city is what made Kendrick’s side pull back‼️ it wasn’t just the song‼️. Game’s stance⁉️: he didn’t know Kendrick took it that deep, and he never held a grudge when Kendrick appeared on Power with 50 Cent (his actual long-running rival)‼️💯. On top of that, Game has always been open about his loyalty to Drake‼️ calls him a brother, says Drake shows up for him and his kids, and refused to flip during the 2024 beef‼️. That alone keeps Kendrick’s camp cold‼️. There’s also the older history. Game had Kendrick around early, took him on tour as Jay Rock’s hype man, and has said he tried to get him signed‼️. From Game’s side, the lack of reciprocity and the quiet distance feel personal‼️. He’s left recent cryptic Instagram comments about people not being who fans think and eventually “pulling the curtain down.”‼️ Drake affiliation is the public face‼️. The deeper issue is respect, perceived disloyalty in Compton‼️, and two different codes about old relationships once politics and loyalty get involved‼️. This is quiet West Coast beef that is gaining momentum as the day goes by‼️ it might be exploding soon‼️

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22,992 次观看 • 24 天前

jfk jr.’s last night alive (thursday, july 15, 1999). “that night, after john had gotten his cast removed, john and gary ginsberg went together to the yankees game. the pair were driven by car service to yankee stadium to attend an interleague night game between the yankees and the atlanta braves. ginsberg had also invited to the game james and lachlan murdoch, rupert's two sons. they all sat together in the box of george steinbrenner, the yankees' owner. part of the idea was to have john meet the murdoch sons to see if there might be some interest in news corporation replacing hachette as john's partner for george. george was not the only topic of conversation that evening. gary recalled, "it was not a good last night for john. i think his most immediate concern was "what do i do with george?" it was an unsettling period. there were a lot of unknowns in his personal and professional life. but what he was talking about that night was running for governor against pataki. there was a lot of uncertainty. he didn't want to get divorced. he was a sticker, not someone who looked to get out of things. he looked at his sister's marriage and saw how happy it was and wanted the same for himself. so i'm thinking, in a perfect world, it all works out". in the long car ride to and from the stadium, gary talked with john about his political ambitions. john mentioned that he was eyeing the new york governor's race in 2002. "that's the race", john told gary. he had stopped brooding over the senate seat that hillary clinton had moved to claim. "i'm intellectually and temperamentally better suited to be an executive than a legislator," he said. "my dad didn't like it, either", he revealed, referring to his father's time in the house and the senate. john felt he could beat incumbent george pataki, a bland moderate republican who was seeking a third term. john realized that he had to get his house in order before he could make the move. He worried whether carolyn would ever be emotionally capable of dealing with him running for office. and then there was george, which was hanging like a dark shadow over his future ambitions. "he was looking for a graceful way out of george", ginsberg recalled. the yankees lost to the atlanta braves that night, 6-2, and after the game john and gary shared a car home. gary recalled they spoke about john's dealings with jack kliger. john confessed that after kliger said he was cutting george loose, john had felt both depressed and liberated — depressed because he hadn't expected kliger's decision, liberated because now the worst had happened and he knew he would survive it. he had felt uncomfortable with kliger, john admitted. he had a problem with male authority figures. gary pointed out that that was understandable, given that john's father was a national hero. john also admitted that he'd been thinking about death a lot lately.. anthony radziwill's sickness was weighing on him. instead of going to his loft in lower manhattan, john instructed the driver to head south on fifth avenue. he would be staying at the stanhope hotel, at 81st and fifth. he told gary that he had lost his keys. john returned to the stanhope, arriving shortly after 1:00 a.m. "he was limping uneasily on his crutches and in obvious pain", said jeffrey jones, the hotel's night clerk.”

mah

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I understand Tommy Robinson has, once again, shared a documentary in which he *implies* I received money from the filthy, Communist NGO 'Hope Not Hate'. This has been proven in court to be a lie. So, every time Tommy shares the video, I will release evidence proving he is lying to defend a woman-beater. In his film, Tommy never actually says the money I received came from Hope Not Hate - because he knows categorically that it didn't. When I left Britain First in 2019, I went to the Knights Templar Order and asked them to help me get away from the BF leader, Paul Golding. THAT is where the money came from. I had just been released from jail in England for confronting a rape gang, whilst I was inside, the High Court took my house and awarded it to Muslims who had sued Britain First for £500,000. Paul Golding sold my car (and bought himself a Range Rover) and used my accounts / credit cards without my knowledge. When I was released from prison, he attacked me again in Belfast, and I decided that had to be the last time. I knocked on the door of the Templar Priory in Northern Ireland where I was facing jail AGAIN, and I asked them for help. They immediately launched a fundraiser (I still have the emails they sent out and the details of every single person that donated to me) called 'Support Jayda'. They raised $20,000 (approx £17,000) which helped me start my life over, get a solicitor for my Northern Ireland court case and pay off some of the debt that Paul Golding ran up on my cards whilst I was in jail. I had endured over 5 years of violent physical, mental and sexual abuse at the hands of Paul Golding. Some of these details were made public in a Northern Ireland documentary - including Paul Golding admitting to beating two women: myself and the mother of his child. He has also been convicted of attacking his 'security guards' who volunteer to protect him. Thanks to the Knights Templar International, I was able to get away from Paul Golding. He is a deeply disturbed man, and I am forever grateful to them for helping me. I took Paul Golding to court for the years of physical abuse and for the money he stole from me. He was ordered to pay me £75,000 plus damages. Paul Golding, the leader of Britain First, is currently under Police investigation for: Attempted Rape Sexual Assault by touching (3 counts) Controlling and Coercive Behaviour Multiple counts of Assault ABH I am aware of at least one other victim whom Paul Golding has sexually assaulted, that attack is also the subject of police investigation. I am quite sure there are other women he has harmed. Tommy Robinson has offered to give statements to the Police defending Paul Golding - despite the fact that Tommy wasn't there when ANY of the offences took place, he had NEVER been in our home, and had only ever briefly met us 4 or 5 times. In fact, Tommy and Paul hated each other back then. So you might ask yourself, why would Tommy Robinson defend Paul Golding now? The answer is simple: Money. Paul Golding writes Tommy Robinson's fundraiser emails. To be clear: I have NEVER taken a penny from Hope Not Hate and I NEVER would. They are the enemy. The court proved that Tommy's documentary was nothing more than an attempt to smear a woman who had been violently and sexually assaulted for years by his new business associate, Paul Golding. Paul Golding has ADMITTED to beating up women. I took him to court and proved Tommy Robinson was lying to protect him. Of course, I don't have millions of followers on this app, and Tommy Robinson blocked me the MOMENT he was allowed back onto Twitter/ X so that I couldn't respond to his lies about me. So, I know that this is a David and Goliath post, but the truth matters, and patriots deserve to know what kind of men they are supporting. If you made it to the end, thanks for reading! I'm in a much better place than I was back then, I remain a dedicated activist and I'm glad to be connected with so many genuine, honest Nationalists. In the end, we win. Onward Christian Soldiers. x

Jayda Fransen

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Paul Sorvino, who played Paulie in Goodfellas, nearly backed out of the film two days before production. The self-described “softie” had spent months agonizing over the role, convinced he didn’t have what it took to play a mafia boss. He explains… “I didn’t think I could do it, because it was not the kind of role that I felt I really had an affinity for. The externals were easy: middle-aged Italian man. The difficulty was in the lethality that I felt I didn’t possess. And so even though I wanted to do it, I was sort of faking when I went to the meeting and giving Martin the impression that I knew exactly what to do with it - when I had no idea what to do with it. But I wanted so much to be in a Scorsese movie. I guess he just figured I was capable of it. It was about two months of preparation to try to get this quality that I knew it called for. I was kind of agonizing over it - I was thinking, “I’m gonna ruin this movie.” I was looking for something to get out of it till two days before we started production. By virtue of constantly searching to find that kind of quality that killers have, I was preparing to go out one night, passed by the mirror to check for spinach in the teeth, and I jumped back. I literally frightened myself. I saw a look in my eyes that frightened me. ‘Who was that?’ I said, ‘That’s Paulie.’ And once I found it, the role became just a duck in water. It just was so easy to do.”

Gangster Cinema Central

567,725 次观看 • 2 个月前

The last time I saw my grandfather before he died, we had a conversation that changed the course of my life. I was studying at Columbia in 2003 when my father called to tell me that I needed to travel back to Venezuela to see my grandfather for the last time. He was dying of cancer. Escaping the rising tide of Jew hatred that would soon consume all of Europe, my grandfather immigrated to Venezuela in the 1930s. Although he spoke no Spanish and knew no one in the country, he took a job as a bellhop at a hotel in Caracas, learned the language, and soon became the hotel's general manager. When I traveled back to Venezuela in 2003, the country was gripped by widespread protests against its dictator, Hugo Chávez, who—after packing the Supreme Court with loyalists—had convinced it to allow him to run for reelection as many times as he wanted, even though the constitution was clear that he could seek only one, five-year term. In response, over one million Venezuelans took the streets—in a massive show of democratic objection that happened to coincide with my final conversation with my grandfather. He was by then very weak, in a wheel chair, and weighed no more than 90 pounds. He asked me to wheel him out onto the balcony so that we could play chess together, as the crowds amassed in the streets below us. “What kind of lawyer do you want to be?” he asked me during our game. "Well, I don't know," I answered. "I'm still in college." He then raised his bony finger, pointed it at the crowd below, and said: "Always remember — this is what happens to a country when good people don't serve it." That was the last conversation I ever had with him. He died two or three weeks later. But it was because of that conversation, and my deep love for the United States—a country that welcomed my family and me with open arms and which has given us everything we have—that I decided to devote my life to the service of the greatest country the world has ever known.

Roy K. Altman

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