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"Out of doubt, out of dark, to the day's rising
he rode singing in the sun, sword unsheathing.
Hope he rekindled, and in hope ended;
over death, over dread, over doom lifted
out of loss, out of life, unto long glory.
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I go to my fathers. And even in their mighty company I shall not now be ashamed.
Merry could not speak, but wept anew. 'Forgive me, lord,' he said at last, 'if I broke your command, and yet have done no more in your service than to weep at our parting.'

The old king smiled. 'Grieve not! It is forgiven. Great heart will not be denied. Live now in blessedness; and when you sit in peace with your pipe, think of me! For never now shall I sit with you in Meduseld, as I promised, or listen to your herb-lore.' He closed his eyes, and Merry bowed beside him.
 

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This post is very much in the wrong thread, but an 'ahksually'-correction is that Hill never won a single Academy award.

The truth is that Hill had roles both in 'Titanic' and 'Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King', and both films won 11 Academy Awards. Hill is the only actor to star in two different films that won so many Academy Awards.
 

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He's right but not in the way he thinks.

Indie games are generally priced below AAA. I haven't paid more than 30€ for a game in over a decade.
And if you're patient and wait a year or two, even big AAA games like Ubisoft and EA shit is gonna cost less than 20€ on a deep Steam sale with 80% off.

Thanks to indie games (which are usually way more fun than AAA slop) and Steam sales, Guybrush's old advice is easier to follow than ever!
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Priest accused by cops of spending over $40,000 of church funds on Candy Crush and Pokémon Go, says it might have happened because he's not a 'details guy'​

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By Joshua Wolens
published 1 May 2024
Lawrence Kozak is accused by police of misusing funds from Saint Thomas More Parish.
A faceless shot of a priest with his hands clasped, holding a rosary.

(Image credit: Getty Images)

In what's becoming something of a running theme for PCG's news coverage this week, a Catholic priest in Pottstown, Pennsylvania has been accused by police of dropping over $40,000 of the Church's money on mobile games. Namely, Candy Crush, Mario Kart Tour, Pokémon Go, various slot machine and hidden object games, and Cash Frenzy.
As reported by The Philadelphia Inquirer (via Kotaku), the Reverend Lawrence Kozak was charged by PA cops of using a credit card tied to Saint Thomas More Parish to spend $41,879.83 on addictive games over several years. Per the police affidavit, incongruous purchases on the church's credit card stretch back to 2019, and the situation was first brought to police attention by church officials in 2022.

At that time, Kozak was brought in for a chat with police in which he told investigators that he had both his personal bank card and the parish credit card connected to his iPhone, because the latter was used to pay for "streaming" and "Microsoft Office." Kozak said he hadn't intentionally used the parish card for his in-game purchases, but might have accidentally done so because he was not a "details guy," and usually just looked at the bottom line of a bill before hitting pay. Kozak also explained that his purchases were about "powering up," rather than gambling.
Documents obtained by police include "A spreadsheet containing Apple transactions associated with the Apple ID… associated with Kozak between 12/30/18 and 06/15/22." Those records show a grand total of $214,265.08 in transactions across that four-year period, some with order numbers consistent with irregular transactions found on the church's own financial records. Other records show Kozak making payments towards the church's credit card balance from a personal bank account, totalling $10,600.
On top of the Apple transactions for in-game boosts, other records show that an Amazon account connected to Kozak had also used parish funds to buy a Fire Tablet and kid's backpack that were shipped to Kozak's goddaughter, with notes signed by "Uncle Larry."
All of which, no doubt, looked quite damning to church officials, who placed Kozak on administrative leave in November 2022. In 2023, Kozak's replacement at Saint Thomas More Parish Thomas Kletzel told police he had received a letter from Kozak containing a cheque for $8,000 for "Parish reimbursement" alongside a handwritten letter reading "I am so sorry that I made this mistake which has been any source of stress for you."
In 2023, the parish's business manager expressed scepticism to police that Kozak would be unaware of his purchases on the parish credit card. Kozak was charged last Thursday with theft and other, associated crimes, and has since been released after posting $250,000 bail.
During his interview with the police, Kozak said he was seeking counselling for his struggles with videogame addiction, which is—regardless of the particulars of Kozak's personal situation—a very real and sinister problem.
 

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