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Grimoire-My Magical record system
Grimoire: My Record system
Most witches out there have books that they keep their rituals and spells in. Many traditions call this book a Book of Shadows. In this book they write down all their rituals, all their spells, and any work that they do with spirits and spiritual beings. This record becomes in many way our personal sacred texts and documents. In some cases witches can use their experiences within their records and books to in effect create the lore for their own system and practices.
Like most witches I do have my own magical book and record system. I actually used to have several different books that I would keep. In an effort to keep all of the rituals from the different systems I studied separate as they were all separate systems I decided to keep my notes and my notes books separate. Its only recently that they have been combined back into one book, at least for the time being.
As a solitary and primarily self directed witch I have the freedom to basically record any information I want in any way that I want. This means that I can have articles from magazines in there as well as any personal reflections. My book is really personal and is my own record. Though this book will in the end be used as the basis for the tradition I would like to found and teach, in general my book is something that really only makes sense to myself.
Now I call my book a Grimoire for many reasons. The term book of shadows just never seem to fit. For one thing I have never been in the shadows with my practice at all. I have always been open and upfront about it. I have never hidden my practice. Though I might not have discussed it or brought it up in front of some family members I’ve never really made any attempts to hide the fact that I am and have always been a witch. So the concept of a book of shadows when I am not in the shadows didnt make any sense.
The other reason is that my book has more than just spells, rituals, and invocations. My book has theory and exercises. It has lore and poetry. My book basically contains the sum of my spiritual knowledge and experience over the years. In this book I have recorded the names of spirits I work with, their personalities, and much more. This book could in essence be used to teach my path to another person. It provides step by step exercises with reflections to give an idea of what could be experienced. The book even has some of the realms and other worlds I have visited listed in there with details.
I also like the term Grimoire. So I use it for my own practices. I know that its not one of the great Grimoires of Ceremonial Magic and Invocation traditions, but for me it still is a Grimoire. Other people when they have read my book will be able to look at it and perform the rituals and the works in there and have effective practices. They can use my book as a step by step manual for the works I have done.
The other thing is that I have material from the official Temple Tradition Grimoire for the first degree in my book as well. The Temple material does have its own book as well. However the material also belongs in my book as I have experiences based on the training found in the Temple tradition. That is the other reason I call my book a Grimoire. If the Temple tradition calls its ritual handbook a Grimoire, than I think I can call my book the same thing. I am after all scribing information from the Temple text into my own text as well.
One thing I am going to try and be better about is actually recording and writing down my rituals and my spells. I’m the sort of witch who may not always write down the rituals and spells that they have performed. For this reason there are large gaps in my book of dates. I also don’t have any information from my early days as a witch. That first book is long gone. So working on my Grimoire is actually one of the ways I have started to get my spirituality back on track.
I have all kinds of notes from books I have read that need to be transcribed into my Book. I am also going to sift through my diaries of a couple years. I know in several of my diary entries I have thoughts on Gods, Goddesses, and my spirituality. The notes and the diary entries will provide more material for my book and show me even more places where I have grown and where my spiritual paths have developed. I just need to spend the time to sort my notes and find out where in my book they will belong.
I do hope that in time I can create different books of Grimoire style work. I want to have a book just for Dragon work. That way in that book I have only information that relates to dragons. By separating that information it also makes it easier to find exactly what I am looking for in my books. The same goes for my work with Germanic paganism and Greek Paganism. I’m also creating a prayer book and a specific spell book. The creation of these books is part of my spiritual development and my spiritual practices. It relates to my view of the importance of the sacred scribe.
Over the next few weeks my Grimoire is going to get more information into it. I am going to be adding spells I have posted on websites and I am going to be adding in all sorts of additional correspondence information and the like. I may have to end up making the main book into separate books any way as this one is already quite full. So I may end up with theory and exercises in one book with rituals and correspondences in another book. We shall see how things develop over time.
I know that as I study Hoodoo and get recipes for various items and spells I will be including those in my book as well. I already have a few recipes for different types of water in my book. Soon I am going to add spells to the book. I just got to the spell centric section of one of the books I have been reading and working through. So that in itself is going to add a bit of stuff to my book. I’m always busy developing something spiritually between my business and this new maintenance of my Grimoire there is always something new to do and make.
Pagan Blog Project: B- To begin
Beginning your path
Over the last few weeks I have given you a lot of information about researching and answering questions related to your path. I gave you advice on how to choose your directions and even some concepts on divinity to start with. These are all great things to know and have as an idea before you actually begin your path. However once you know where you are going, what your views on deity are and the cultures you are basing your practices off of how do you actually start to begin your practice and path? This is the question we are going to focus on and answer for you today.
There are many different ways that you can actually begin your path. The important thing is to try and spend as much time doing research and reading about new beliefs and practices you want to explore as it is to actually spend the time doing the work. If all you do is read and research and reflect on what you read and research you will have a lot of book knowledge and some great opinions. You just wont have any experience and you wont actually “know” the processes, the spirits, the Gods, or even the effects of the practices you have been dedicating your time to.
Ways to begin your practice
I remember when I took my first steps on my path as a witch I was very nervous. I was afraid of doing things wrong. I was afraid that the Gods and the spirits wouldn’t listen to me. I had no formal teachers or training. I was simply stumbling in the dark. So I remember the anxiety. It was both a positive anxiety as well as a negative or hesitant type of anxiety. I had the same feelings when I started to practice Germanic Paganism. The important thing is that you work through the anxiety and the sensations and start on the path.
So what can you do to start on your path? You can build an altar. You can start a magical journal or spiritual record of your practices. You can start a meditative practice. If you are very confident in your connection to your path you can perform a rite of dedication and direction. Finally the most important thing you can do is try the exercises you encounter in the books and websites you use as tools and references in your studies.
There are as I said many different things that you can do to start walking your path. You may not be able to do as much as you would like right away and that is ok. You may miss sabbats and opportunities for rituals and worship as you learn the important dates and times in your chosen spiritual path. The Gods know you are human and you are learning. So long as your heart is in your path and you work hard you will be amazed at the path you will create for yourself.
One of the things you can do to begin your path is start an altar. Altars are a wonderful way to express your spirituality. By creating an altar you are creating a sacred space in which you can focus on performing your spiritual work and practices. Altars can be very simple or they can be very elaborate. There are many different things that you can put on an altar and there are many different ways that an altar can be set up.
My basic altars when I am working with a new spirit or starting to work with new Gods are very simple. They typically include a candle that I light when I am praying to that spirit. I also light the candle as an offering to them. I also if I have them have an incense burner for burning incense as offerings to the Gods and spirits and to help as a focus when I work on meditation. I also typically have a cup or bowl for any liquid offerings I may give the spirits.
No two altars are going to be the same. If you do decide to set up an altar let it be a reflection of your relationship with the spirits you are working with. Your altar is for you and your practice alone. It doesn’t matter what it looks like or what you have on it at this point in time. Its just there as a focal point and expression of your relationships with the spirits you work with.
A lot more can be said about altar creation. I have written two entries elsewhere on this blog that deal with altar creation. If you decide to start with the creation of an altar I would recommend you look at the articles. They contain several examples and some exercises for you to use as you build your altar.
Altars part 1: 6 exercises and points for altar building
Altars part 2: Specifics for paths and practices
Magical and spiritual record keeping
The second thing I mentioned you could do as a formal start of your path is to create a spiritual journal. This journal may have already been started if you have been following the exercises and advice I have been giving you on this blog. Some traditions have specific names for the journals that are kept and others are incredibly personal. In all traditions though the personal spiritual journal is a very powerful sacred personal object.
One thing I mentioned previously is that as you do your research into the various paths out there was take note of things that you agree with and things you disagree with. I also advised you to write down quotes that gave you something to think about. I have also given you several different types of questions to answer and reasons for asking those questions.
All of the notes you have taken, the questions you have asked, and the answers you have given yourself are the start of a very important document. This document or well book is very important. This book is going to serve as your record of spiritual growth. This book will have a lot of information in it as time goes on. It is also one of the most personal spiritual items and tools you will ever make.
You may be asking why a journal of your spiritual experiences, thoughts, and beliefs is important. The answer is simple. This book and journal will show how you have grown and developed spiritually. This book will contain things you agree with and things you disagree with. You will basically put anything in here that you feel is important information about your path. There really isn’t anything you can’t put in this journal.
The act of working on this spiritual journal is also a way to connect your mind and emotions with your actual soul and spirit feelings. By writing out your thoughts and reflections to ideas and concepts you are processing how your spirit feels about these things. This allows your mind to understand what drives you and allows your mind to spend time finding ways to include those thoughts, beliefs, and practices in everything that you do.
Writing in a journal is a very therapeutic thing. It helps you process the day and it helps you really sort out how you really feel and think about many concepts and ideas. In many different spiritual paths one of the key concepts or ideas to strive for is to know yourself. Writing in a journal is one of the best ways to know yourself as you are truly honest to yourself about how you feel and what is on your mind. By knowing yourself you also know what your real needs, wants, and desires are. In spirituality this can also mean knowing exactly the type of connection you are actually seeking with the Spirits and the universe.
These books will also serve as your references for your personal experiences. In them you should include exercises you have done (the steps of the exercise and your experiences), prayers you have said and or rituals you have done. It can also include prayers and spells you have found inspiring from other sources. If there is poetry or myths you find inspiring and directly related to your path you can put that in there. Its your guide to your experiences and your development as a spiritual person.
In witchcraft most often there are two terms for these spiritual journals. One of them is occasionally called a mirror book. That book is full of your reflections and ideas. Its where your theories and beliefs are recorded. Its a reflection of your innerself and your soul. This is a very personal book and is often not shared.
The other book is often called the Book of Shadows. The book of shadows is a book containing spells and rituals. It also has the lore of the practice. In solitary practice this book is your sacred text basically. It forms a workbook for formulating spells and rituals. Its your tool in your acts of priesthood. This book can be shared with people if a solitary chooses to share their work. Typically if it is handed down it will be to children or very specific family members interested in the practice all at the individuals discretion.
In covens and in specific traditions there is a Book of Shadows that is specific to that coven or tradition. Members are expected to hand copy or make themselves an exact copy of the book for their own use. Like the individual book this also contains all the materials needed to form the rituals and practices of the coven. It may also contain coven history and tradition history. These books are also used as teaching materials to preserve the practice and and ensure that all members have the same information to go from. Ceremonial Magic has a similar practice called Grimoires, and some witches elect to call their ritual and theory books Grimoires as well.
One element that is common among spiritual paths is some sort of meditation practice. This practice is a way for you to go within yourself and reflect on things. It can also be a way for you to communicate with spirits and Gods. Meditation is a very powerful tool for spiritual development and daily spiritual practice. This is one tool that comes in many different forms and has different uses.
One use for meditation techniques is to understand different philosophic principles. By working with different powers of the mind in meditative states you can learn and experience different philosophies which will create spiritual experiences. Often times these meditative techniques also are building blocks to deeper spiritual techniques and can also be magical techniques as well.
Meditation techniques can also help you learn how to better focus and use the powers of your mind. Through meditation you can travel to the spirit worlds. You can meet many different spirits and interact with them. You can experience the mysteries in the universe. These mystery experiences will provide you understanding and spiritual growth. These are things that will also make your spirit and you feel at home and have deeper understandings and connections to the world around you.
Basically meditation can work for psychic development, spiritual development, mental development, and the development of focus skills. Meditation has many different effects and uses spiritually and practically. Its worth an entry all of its own. When you engage in meditation as the starting point or beginning of your practice you will want to explore many different philosophies and types of techniques. Remember to record and write down what you experience in meditation and what the techniques were.
This is often the first real serious step a person takes on their spiritual path and practices. Dedication rituals are very serious acts and indicate a specific level of commitment. When you are dedicating yourself to your path you are promising any and all spiritual powers on this path that you are there to serve them and to learn from them. You will listen to them and you will do all that you can to live your life the way they ask you to. It also shows that you are ready to make your path an intricate part of all aspects of your day to day life in some manner. You are ready to not just be a student and exploring of the path. You are ready to say this is my path. I will follow you for as long as I can.
If this is what you want to do for your first step on your path than you should go for it. If this is your choice then you have done enough research and had enough of an emotional connection and response that you know that this is where you want to go for now spiritually. Taking the step of dedication is a big step and its one that should not be taken lightly. In some paths a self dedication is the equivalent of an initiation of sorts. In other paths its a phase of learning before swearing a deeper oath and practice. For myself dedication is both a learning period and a way of swearing an oath.
I am not going to write any more on dedication here. It is a first step in a path and it is a way to begin your path. I have written an essay on this blog earlier in more depth about dedication and the types of dedication there are. That post even has two different types of dedication rituals.
Do the Exercises
Many books on spirituality and spiritual paths will have exercises scattered throughout the chapters to illustrate and give you personal experience with the concepts being discussed. Most of the exercises do have a practical aspect to them. When it comes to spirituality and magical practices the only way to really understand the concepts of energy and spirit is to have experiences. The experiences do more to teach you the philosophies and world views than just the books ever could.
Sometimes it may not be easy to see the meaning or reason behind the exercise being placed where it is. If this is something you experience that is fine. In this case finish the chapter. Read the exercises and the rest of the chapter. Reread it a few times if you have to. However once you have an idea of what the exercises and the chapter together are teaching you need to do the exercises. The exercises will actually show you more than any words can.
In spiritual paths the concept of mysteries and how they must be experienced is often brought up. The exercises including guided meditations and occasionally mini spells or rituals are there to have you gain access to the particular mysteries of that path. The author of those exercises has used them several times themselves and seen how they worked for their spiritual paths and development. By publishing those exercises in a book, website, blog, or podcast the author is providing access to the mysteries for others. They want you to share the experiences they have had.
When you do an exercise be sure to write down the exercise in step by step processes so you can repeat the exercise. Also write down everything you experience while doing the exercise. You will find that some of the techniques out there will be more effective for you than others. That is ok. By having the experiences and by doing the exercises and the work you are knowing yourself and your spiritual path bringing both into closer harmony.
In this post I have illustrated several different ways that you can start practicing and walking your path. Each of these first steps has a benefit to them and they also have their down sides to. Each step also plays its own role in your development spiritually and personally. These steps are all good ways to start including your path in your life in a more direct and outward way.
My personal suggestion would be to do a mixture of the journal, meditation, and exercises for a while. Then after you know a bit more about the spirits you are working with and you have gained some experiences I would set up an altar. Now the altar can be a tool for meditative focus and spiritual development. I would work with these combinations for a few months before I performed an act of dedication.
I hope that these steps help you find and develop your spiritual path. As always if you have any questions or comments please let me know. If you feel that there are other steps out there I could have mentioned also please let me know.

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SAPPORO – The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters have acquired right-hander Michael Tonkin on a two-year deal, the Pacific League club announced Monday.
The 27-year-old Tonkin has pitched in 141 major league games spread over five seasons with the Minnesota Twins. He is 3-3 with no saves and a 4.43 earned run average, but has struck out 149 batters in his 146⅓ career innings.
Tonkin’s contract is reportedly worth ¥120 million ($1 million) a year as the Fighters seek to replace hard-throwing right-hander Chris Martin, who did not re-sign with Nippon Ham after two seasons.
“His hard two-seam fastball is his strength and his strikeout rate stands out,” Fighters skipper Hideki Kuriyama said. “We expect he will give us some strength out of the bullpen late in games that we are winning.”
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Infrared photo exhibit shows world we can’t see
You may have seen a lot of the things portrayed in Joe del Tufo’s exhibit in the Mezzanine Gallery at the Carvel Office Building in Wilmington.
But not like this.
The Arden photographer has shot the 31 photos in “Spirit of Eden: Nemours” in infrared, a spectrum of light just beyond the range we humans can see, and the effect is spectacular. Blue skies brighten up everything else, which shows in shades of blue, white and gray.
The technique turns a bighorn sheep in Cody, Wyoming, into a magnificent marble-like statue, and stately trees into color-stripped forests that somehow seem alien. The statue of an angel becomes an avenging warrior rather than a peaceful manifestation of love.
del Tufo got into infrared work about 10 years ago. He had really admired some old black and white infrared shots from the West.
“My interest in it was purely visceral,” del Tufo says. “I liked the way it made me feel when I saw it. When I first started shooting color infrared, it was even more so – like the were parallel worlds that existed right in front of us, just outside of our visual wavelength. Of course, that's basically the fact of it.”
He tweaks his camera sensor to only give the sky color, pushing the blue a tiny bit toward green so the look would be consistent from shot to shot.
He’s been photographing the gardens of Nemours Mansion on and off for the last five years, and the exhibit largely, but not exclusively, consists of shots from that former du Pont estate that’s now held in trust by the same foundation that runs A.I. Dupont Hospital for Children. A.I. built the house for his wife as a copy of Marie Antoinette’s petit trianon at Versailles. It’s surrounded by French formal gardens enveloped by forested land.
“Of the places I've photographed in Delaware, Nemours is to me the best hybrid and man-made and natural beauty,” del Tufo says. “I discover new things every time I shoot there, in infrared, color or just my eyes.”
The exhibits includes other photos, too, including spots around Delaware and some from Wyoming and Georgia.
His photos win raves from those who love them, like British vistual artist and filmmaker David McKean, a friend of del Tufo’s since del Tufo began working with graphics. Among the things McKean is known for is drawing Neil Gaiman’s Sandman comics covers. The Delaware man really liked McKean’s style. They met at a graphics event more than a decade ago.
“People trust photography to tell them the truth, but you learn so much about the world when photography is allowed to lie a little in order to show you the world in a startlingly different and revealing way,” McKean says in a blurb for a book that del Tufo is working on. “del Tufo’s crystalline ice world really is around us, revealed by another mysterious natural force, chemistry. Life is just very strange, here's the proof.”
del Tufo, 48, got into photography about 18 years ago, when his daughter Alex was born. He had just helped found the Wilmington design firm Mobius with Matt Urban and Barry Crell, and all the websites they were working on needed photos.
“Everything needed to be photographed, so I bought the first Apple digital camera, before they came with phones, and went from there,” del Tufo says. “Alex was my first victim; she's easily been photographed 10,000 times.”
He’s self-taught, but feels lucky to have been surrounded my amazing teachers.
“I like it because it helps me feel connected to things, helps me notice and take interest in things I otherwise would have looked past,” del Tufo says. “I like the conversations that come out during shoots – there's a certain vulnerability that comes from being photographed that tends to bring out a deeper, truer conversation. I like sharing beauty, especially when people don't see it in themselves.
“I also like that it is a craft that can never be mastered. There are so many kinds of photography that I have not touched that I'd love to try in the future. And virtually every photo could be better if one of the million variables shifted. But I try not to think about that.”
He left Mobius at the end of last year to found another company, Moonloop Photography with Jim Coarse, a wedding photographer.
“I wanted to pursue photography,” he says. “And I knew that if I waited any longer that would become a challenge ... But in order to grow I knew I needed to push myself, immerse myself in the work and see what I could do.”
The first seven months has been more challenging than he expected.
“I am very busy, but I am often very busy with the business and networking,” he says.
He’s been doing wedding more frequently than he expected. He’s still looking for his first infrared wedding, although he did some infrared bride photos.
He’s selling his current infrared camera to buy one which more resolution so he can make bigger prints. The prints at this exhibit max out at 24 inches by 36 inches, and he’s like to print larger.
del Tufo disagrees with critics who say people with cell phones spend so much time taking photos at events and uploading them on social media that they don’t really enjoy the event.
“I feel the opposite,” he says. “I really have a lot of problems just attending concerts and events without a camera. My mind wanders and I start to imagine some of the shots I'd be getting if I had my camera in hand. Because the camera focuses me, it also brings me closer to what I am experiencing. And when I look at a photo a decade later, it all flows back through me as a story.”
But he does think too many people think it’s so easy to take photos with a phone camera that photography and great photos are simple.
“To master it you have to work on it like any other craft,” he says. “I believe my work now is better than it was two years ago and much better than 10. I hope that is always the case.
“And I do think there are elements of photography that are innate, just like any talent.”
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If you go
WHAT: “Spirit of Eden: Nemours.” photographs by Joe del Tufo
WHERE: Mezzanine Gallery in the Carvel State Office Building, 820 N. French St., Wilmington
WHEN: Through April 29. Open 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

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The gradual spread of cash flow, the local movement in a few individual pillars made the market relatively poor push. Besides, information such as the results of the next meeting of the Fed, the maturity of derivatives or restructuring the portfolio of ETFs are the main factors that make market sentiment more cautious.
The domestic market, the VN-Index and the VN30 index all tend to fluctuate in a narrow range. At the end of the session, the VN-Index increased by 1.69 points (0.19%) to 896.26 points, the HNX-Index increased by 0.39% to 127.93 points, and the UPCoM-Index increased by 0.25% to 59.56 points. .
VIC, GAS and BCM were the three most positive support codes for the VN-Index’s gain today, contributing 1.81, 0.48 and 0.39 points respectively. On the other hand, VHM, VCB and CTG were the three stocks with the most negative impact on the index, removing 0.66, 0.52 and 0.21 points.
Investors are cautious with unpredictable developments of the derivative maturity session (September 17) and the portfolio restructuring session of the third quarter of 2020 of the funds is taking place on Friday (September 18). Therefore, the index has fluctuated in a narrow range lasting in the last 5 sessions.
The market liquidity continued to improve with the matched value of 5,535 billion dong. Foreign investors’ trade was not very positive as they continued to be net sellers with a total value of more than 360 billion VND on the whole market.
Here are the comments of securities companies on September 16:
MB Securities Joint Stock Company (MBS)
It is likely that in the next few sessions, the market will experience shaking waves to verify the inherent strength after a recovery process. This is considered a necessary movement for the index to increase sustainably.
Bao Viet Securities JSC (BVS)
The VN-Index is forecasted to continue moving sideways with a strong differentiation between the stock lines in the region limited by the support level of 880 – 885 points and the resistance level of 895 – 905 points in the next few sessions.
Yuanta Securities Vietnam (FSC)
Correcting pressure may increase on small and medium caps. But the risks in these two stocks are still low, so the correction may not affect the short-term uptrend on these two groups of stocks.
Besides, the short-term sentiment indicator is still in the optimistic area, showing that the appropriate short-term strategy is to hold a high proportion of stocks in the portfolio.
Investors should only consider comments of securities companies as a source of reference information. Securities companies all recommend disclaimer for the above comments.
Source: vietnambiz.vn – Translated by fintel.vn

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A Congressional conference committee to
reconcile differences between House and Senate defense bills has
dropped two anti-gay measures but kept the military's sodomy
Leaders of the House and Senate Armed
Services Committee announced late Monday that they had reached
agreement on the details of the $662 billion defense bill.
Gay rights advocates hailed the
conference for removing two House amendments related to marriage.
In a memo issued by Under Secretary of
Defense for Personnel and Readiness Clifford Stanley, chaplains may
officiate the marriage and civil union ceremonies of gay couples,
including on a military installation.
The amendments, sponsored by Republican
Representatives Vicky Hartzer and Todd Akin of Missouri, stated that
the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), the 1996 law which bars federal
agencies and the military from recognizing the legal marriages of gay
couples, prohibits the use of military facilities and the
participation of military personnel in such ceremonies.
“Anti-gay attacks and infusion of the
so-called Defense of Marriage Act have no place in legislation
designed to support all the brave men and women who fight to defend
this nation,” said Evan Wolfson, president of Freedom to Marry.
“Gay and lesbian servicemembers risk their lives every day and
Freedom to Marry is pleased that the conference committee agreed with
us and voted to remove these discriminatory anti-gay provisions from
However, the committee decided in favor
of Senator Roger Wicker's (R-Miss) amendment that reiterates that
chaplains are free to decline to participate in such ceremonies.
“This amendment will allow the
chaplains of our Armed Forces to maintain the freedom of conscience
necessary to serve both their Nation and their religion without
conflict,” Wicker said in a statement released with the amendment's
introduction last month. “Protections for military chaplains
should be guaranteed in any policy changes being implemented.”
Activists had also sought removal of
language that outlaws sodomy in the military.
“[W]e are very disappointed that the
conference voted to keep the sodomy provisions in Article 125,”
said Aubrey Sarvis of Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN).
“Dropping Article 125 has been recommended for more than a decade
by SLDN and several groups, including the Cox Commission that
includes distinguished legal scholars from the military and academia,
as well as the Comprehensive Review Working Group (CRWG).”
The House and Senate must approve the
final bill before it heads to the president's desk.

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"At around 4 p.m., an RPG was fired by gunmen at a tank securing the forces, and simultaneously, an explosion occurred in two two-story buildings. The buildings collapsed due to this explosion, while most of the forces were inside and near them," said Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, the Israel Defense Forces spokesperson. "One of the missiles apparently hit a mine, which exploded and caused the buildings to collapse with the soldiers inside them."
The Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, released a statement Tuesday describing an attack that was consistent with the time and nature of the Israeli military's description. While the IDF statement was unclear about the exact cause of the explosion inside the buildings, the Qassam Brigades said its operatives "targeted" the structure, leading to the "explosion of the [IDF's] ammunition and engineering equipment," "completely blowing [it] up."
Such controlled demolitions have become an increasingly common tactic used by Israeli forces in Gaza. The Israeli military has justified its destruction of civilian housing and other infrastructure by claiming it houses Hamas facilities or leaders or to gain access to subterranean tunnels. In Monday's incident, however, Hagari said the buildings were marked for demolition because they were situated in an area of Gaza that Israel unilaterally declared a "buffer zone" between Gaza and Israel. He said the purpose was to protect an Israeli kibbutz located a half mile from Gaza against possible future attacks.
Comment: A small sample of the destruction:
This appears to be the first time the Israeli military has publicly admitted that its systematic destruction of whole areas of eastern Gaza are not entirely aimed at destroying tunnels or other Hamas infrastructure, but at depopulating more areas of Gaza in the name of security for nearby Israeli settlements. "The IDF systematically demolishes Palestinian buildings that enable surveillance and firing capabilities toward Israel, leading to the destruction of hundreds of buildings to date," the IDF said in a statement.
Controlled demolitions against the property within an occupied territory are generally prohibited under international humanitarian law unless they are "imperatively demanded by the necessities of war."
But IDF soldiers have posted multiple videos on TikTok and other social media sites of themselves gleefully hitting the trigger button sparking massive controlled explosions in Palestinian neighborhoods, as well as educational, cultural, and government institutions. In a TikTok video showing a military bulldozer knocking down houses in Khan Younis, an Israeli soldier jokes that he and his colleagues are setting up a real estate company. "This field is definitely worth investing in," he says. "For those who have money, this is the time to invest. Make an offer."
On January 17, Israeli forces blew up Al-Isra University, reportedly rigging it with more than 300 mines before conducting a triggering strike that leveled the entire campus. "The explosion occurred 70 days after the Israeli military transformed the school into barracks and, later, into a temporary detention facility," according to the humanitarian organization Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor.
State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller told reporters he had seen the video of the demolition of the privately owned school, but refused to comment on the legality or justification for the operation.
"It looks like a controlled demolition," said Associated Press correspondent Matt Lee during the briefing. "It looks like what we do here in this country, when we're taking down an old hotel or a stadium. And you have nothing to say? You have nothing to say about this?"
Miller responded that the Biden administration had made inquiries with the Israeli government about the bombing, "But I'm not able to characterize the actual facts on the ground before hearing that response." Echoing Israeli inferences that Hamas used the university for military purposes or had an underground facility, Miller added, "I don't know what was under that building. I don't know what was inside, inside that building."
Monday's mass casualty incident among the ranks of the IDF comes as Israel has become increasingly mired in a morass in its military battle against Hamas and other Palestinian guerrillas. Israel has, to date, confirmed the deaths of 219 soldiers in Gaza ground operations. Significantly, major U.S. and Israeli media outlets have begun to raise questions about the prospects of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decisively achieving any of the stated goals of the war. "Israel's limited progress in dismantling Hamas has raised doubts within the military's high command about the near-term feasibility of achieving the country's principal wartime objectives," reported the New York Times on January 20. Haaretz's defense correspondent Amos Harel penned a January 19 column warning of "clear signs that Israel is getting bogged down in the Gaza quagmire" and saying Netanyahu's government is increasingly "delusional."
Netanyahu responded to the deaths of the 21 soldiers killed in the attempted demolition operation, and an additional three IDF soldiers killed Monday, with a pugilistic declaration. "While we bow our heads in memory of our fallen, we are not relenting — even for a moment — in striving for the goal that has no alternative — achieving total victory," he said. "We are in the midst of a war, the justification of which is without parallel." Israel's Defense Minister Yoav Gallant echoed those sentiments, saying, "This is a war that will determine the future of Israel for decades to come. The loss of these soldiers is an imperative for achieving the goals of this war."
While Israel is struggling in its stated aims of eliminating Hamas and freeing the Israeli hostages, the IDF continues to prove murderously adept at killing large numbers of Palestinian civilians. Its ground operations in Khan Younis has seen IDF forces attack numerous shelters, including those run by the U.N., where the Israeli government had instructed Palestinians to flee to remain safe. It has also laid siege to more hospitals and medical facilities. A mass grave has now been dug on the grounds of Nasser Hospital to bury Palestinians killed in the intense Israeli attacks on Khan Younis.
This week, the conservative death figures published by the Gaza health ministry reported that the number of fatalities in the enclave had surpassed 25,000 Palestinians, with another 63,000 wounded. These numbers only include cases where deaths have been officially recorded by Gaza's hospital and mortuary system. They do not include the thousands of Palestinians unaccounted for and trapped under rubble caused by Israeli bombardment and fighting.
Comment: That's 5 percent of Gaza's population. But don't you dare call it a genocide.
Israeli media outlets are focused on the loss of lives of their nation's soldiers in Monday's incident, displaying photographs of the dead and describing the efforts to retrieve any possible survivors. "Rescue forces described the scene as reminiscent of the aftermath of an earthquake," reported The Times of Israel. "For several hours, a large number of troops from the IDF's search and rescue units, as well as members of the Israel Fire and Rescue Services, worked to extract the casualties from the collapsed buildings."
The estimated 7,000 Palestinians trapped under the rubble of their former homes and other structures receive no such media coverage. They are simply nameless statistics often omitted from the descriptions of the carnage in Gaza, a mass destruction enabled primarily by U.S.-supplied and manufactured bombs. The vast majority of these victims have no official search-and-rescue operation and no fire department to respond to their desperate, muffled pleas for help. Often their only hope is that their neighbors might somehow claw their way through the heavy concrete wreckage using whatever tools they can find. Or they are left, trapped, spending their last moments desperately scraping their own hands raw and bloody in an effort to dig their way out.


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Soul singer Robin Thicke and his actress wife Paula Patton have separated after nine years of marriage.
The "Blurred Lines" hitmaker began dating Patton when he was 14 and the high school sweethearts welcomed their first child, son Julian, in April, 2010.
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However, despite cuddling up for the cameras at the Grammy Awards just last month, the couple has decided to call it quits.
A statement issued to People reads: "We will always love each other and be best friends, however, we have mutually decided to separate at this time."
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Thicke and Patton wed in 2005.
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In the past fifteen years, great efforts have been made to understand the genetic architecture of complex human diseases through genome-wide association studies. Although many genome-wide significant variants have been identified, the heritability or variance explained by these variants remains very small, suggesting substantial missing heritability that may yet be explained by common genetic variants with smaller effect sizes and/or rare and low frequency variants, which calls for the development and application of novel statistical methods to whole genome/exome sequencing data collected from deeply phenotyped cohorts. In this project, we will develop methods that leverage multiple correlated endophenotypes and further integrate functional annotation data to identify novel rare variants for complex traits. We will develop a set of new computational and analytical tools that are practically useful and broadly applicable to general sequencing studies, and the applications of our methods will likely identity novel rare variant associations and shed new lights on the genetics of cardiometabolic diseases.
In Aim 1, we propose to develop novel statistical methods to integrate multiple endophenotypes to study the impact of rare variants on complex human diseases. Our methods will fill in the gap between the current practice of association studies and the practical needs of integrating endophenotypes for improved understanding and diagnosis of clinical outcomes.
In Aim 2, we will extend the methods to meta-analyses across studies.
In Aim 3, we will develop a novel kernel machine learning approach to integrating various functional information to annotate the whole genome region, and further integrate them to develop a dynamic whole-genome scan test to detect rare variant associations with multiple endophenotypes. We will leverage the NHLBI TOPMed whole genome sequencing (WGS) data and the UK Biobank whole exome sequencing (WES) data, and integrate the functional annotation data to identify and dissect the role of rare variants on the cardiometabolic traits (Aim 4). Our proposed work is cost-effective as it leverages the existing WGS/WES samples and functional annotation data while providing methods and tools that are broadly applicable to other studies, and builds on a strong team of scientists with proven track record in statistical genetics, large-scale genetic studies, and cardiometabolic traits. We expect our methods will lead to the discoveries of many more rare and low frequency variants for these traits. These results will offer new insights to help design more effective treatment and prevention strategies. All our proposed methods will be disseminated to the public through well-tested and publicly available software (Aim 5).
We will develop statistical methods and computational software to analyze whole genome/exome sequencing data by integrating multiple phenotypes and functional annotations to identify novel genes associated with cardiometabolic diseases and allow researchers to better disentangle the impacts of rare variants on these complex human diseases. It will also facilitate the translation of basic research findings into clinical studies.


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to ensure it is not caught short by the US government
clamping down on the technology Chinese giant, a move that experts say will likely be replicated by other Indian IT companies
Last month, the US government imposed sanctions on Huawei placing it on its ‘Entity List’ which restricts the Chinese company’s ability to buy and sell hardware, software and services to and from American hi-tech suppliers. The company was granted a threemonth reprieve to continue purchasing US equipment until mid-August.
Infosys does a large chunk of work with Huawei and export controls apply to all individuals and companies that deal with US-origin technology, irrespective of their citizenship, experts said.Wipro
also have Huawei contracts.
Infosys, which has a strategic alliance with Huawei, has brought in help to ensure it does not fall foul of US rules.
“The company has brought in consultants. This is not an easy thing to determine, and it does not mean they have to immediately stop working, but they have to determine where licences may be needed,” a source with knowledge of Infosys’ moves, said.
Infosys, Wipro and Cognizant declined to offer comment on their contracts with Huawei and any impact they might face. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) declined to comment on its role in potentially regulating USlisted companies’ work with Huawei. Huawei had not responded to a request seeking comment till the time of going to press.
Last November, the US SEC had queried Infosys’ alliance with Huawei, which offers its products in Syria and Sudan, to determine whether the company was indirectly selling software and services to those countries. The US has imposed sanctions and export controls on both these countries.
Infosys had told the SEC that it does not work with Huawei in those countries, but explained the nature of its business with the Chinese firm.
“In our business with Huawei, we support the Enterprise Business Group of Huawei that conducts business in Mexico, Brazil, Europe, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar, China, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand,” Infosys had said in a filing with the SEC. Determining what constitutes a US origin technology that requires a licence is a complicated process, experts said, which requires the ‘careful analysis by lawyers and technical experts’.
“Any Indian company that is working with Huawei should at least consult a sanctions law expert to analyse whether the technology they are using or providing to Huawei would trigger US export controls and require a licence,” Julian Ku, Faculty Director of International Programs, and Maurice A Deane Distinguished Professor of Constitutional Law at Hofstra University, said.
Legal experts said companies that had a legal presence in the US would be required to uphold the blacklisting just as much as US companies. “You might see a trickle-down impact from companies that have indirect ties to Huawei. What remains to be seen is the direct impact on the companies here. A company would need to look to their legal advisors to explain what the restrictions are,” Probir Roy Chowdhury, partner, J Sagar Associates, said. “In a case like this, where a country is clamping down, the restrictions could be generally broad.” Analysts also said Indian IT companies could be indirectly hurt by the clampdown on Huawei.

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JEREMY McConnell will ask for JOINT CUSTODY of Stephanie Davis' son if a DNA test confirms he is the tot's dad.
A question mark has hung over baby Caben-Albi's head since he was born on 13 January, but Jeremy - Steph's ex of four months - strongly believes (and hopes) that he is the child's dad.
Speaking exclusively to The Sun online, he said: "If I am the father of Stephanie's baby then I one hundred per cent want joint custody.
"I am serious about being a good dad if the child is mine.
"If I need to go through the courts to get access to my son then so be it - I will take the necessary action to make sure I am a part of my son's life.
"I really hope it doesn't get to that point and we can come to an agreement amicably and as adults - as two loving parents with our child's best interests at heart.
"If I'm his dad I want to be fully involved in his life from the moment the test comes back.
"I love kids, and I've always wanted a family."
Jeremy vowed that if he is Caben's dad he will "fly to Liverpool every weekend" in order to spend time with his son, and make sure he builds a strong relationship with him and be a good influence in his life.
He explained: "I don't want him having a step dad, some mucker calling him 'son' and taking him to his football matches.
"If that's my boy I will be active and present in his life.
"The situation between me and Steph has killed me. People might think I've had an easy ride, I admit that it might look like that but inside it's been killing me.
"We weren't that careful and I did love her to the extent I would have a child with her.
"I've always wanted the perfect family, I would have loved to be involved in her pregnancy, but it wasn't possible - the relationship was far too toxic."
Today, desperate Jeremy took a DNA test live on This Morning after revealing that Steph and her legal team had tried to force him to sign a secret contract about the paternity of the baby.
The silver-haired presenter explained: "The contract says we can’t discuss the contract. So we can’t discuss that.
“What I can say, and we have looked at this professionally as a team, what we can say is that the word we would use for that contract, if it were me, and I wouldn’t sign it, is unreasonable.
“Because the terms of that contract in my eyes and in terms of our legal team here and the people that we’ve discussed it with, it has an impact on your entire life.”
Jeremy maintains that he flew home from Thailand the day Steph gave birth to her son - who she previously claimed she named after a random man - and has been trying to gain access - and answers - since he landed back in the UK.
He said: "I came home from Thailand the day that baby was born and the first thing I did was call her parents.
"It was like talking to a brick wall. I am angry at myself for allowing it to get to this point."
Stephanie was pictured drunk and smoking a cigarette on the tarmac of a Liverpool car park shortly after announcing she was pregnant, and she was also seen drinking a pint of beer with a mystery man in a pub beer garden.
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Jeremy must now wait to see if Stephanie will send a DNA swab from baby Caben-Albi to Jeremy Kyle's DNA lab to finally reveal if he is the tot's dad once and for all.
Pleading directly to his former love he begged: "I want the best for the child.
"Please Stephanie, stop all the games if it's our child.
"Give me what I want, please give me a DNA test. We need to work together as a team now."
Yesterday The Sun online revealed that Jeremy believes he IS the father of Steph's baby, and hopes that he is, too.
Admitting that he can see a resemblance between him and little Caben, he begged his former love to give him a DNA test so he can step up and be a good dad.
Explaining that he "flew home from Thailand the day the baby was born", Jeremy is eager to be a positive influence and role model in Caben's life if the DNA test comes back positive.
He said: "The baby is only a few weeks old, there is still time for me to bond with him and be the first person he ever falls in love with.
"I'm not a feckless father, it upsets me that people think me I'm that kind of man.
"I loved Steph very much, but our relationship had turned so toxic I had to walk away to protect her and her - our - unborn child."
The new mum and former Hollyoaks actor had previously been really vocal about how she would name her first born after her dead grandad, and at one point even toyed with giving him the middle name 'Patrick' as a homage to his Irish roots.
Back in August, a few months after revealing she was pregnant via a promptly deleted comment on her ex's Instagram, Steph jetted off for a fun girls' holiday.
While away, she explained how she met a man in a bar who would go on to play a HUGE role in her son's life - he would inspire his name.
Writing in her OK! mag blog in August, she revealed: "I've picked my boy's name! It's not Albi but that will definitely be a middle name.
"I'm going to keep it a secret for now but I will say it's something different – I've not heard it before! It's like a movie star name.
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"We got it when I was getting chatted up with my friends recently and he said his name when he left – we just all looked at each other and knew, so thanks to him!
"My mum loves it but my brothers weren't so sure to start with – but I think they want a proper lad's name."
JEREMY McConnell has taken a paternity test live on Wednesday's This Morning - as he desperately tries to find out if he is the father of Stephanie Davis' baby.
The former Celebrity Big Brother star joined hosts Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield on the show to discuss his ongoing paternity battle with his ex-girlfriend, who gave birth to son Caben-Albi last month.
Jeremy took the DNA test live on air with the help of AlphaBiolabs DNA Testing, the same company used by the Jeremy Kyle Show.
The brand was called to the This Morning studios at 9am to take a swab from the Irish model, with the results set to take 24 hours once a sample is taken from baby Caben - if Steph agrees to it.
Speaking to the hosts, Jeremy said: "I’ve never once said I wasn’t the father, I’m not fame hungry.
"I want to set the record straight, I just said there was a month from April to May I didn’t know about and I want reassurance.
"When she makes it public it has to be dealt with, I have to defend myself.
"I hope I am the dad, people are thinking that I’m a bad person, thinking I won’t step up and I would.
"I want to be a dad I want to stand up [and be there] but I’m not being given the opportunity."
Holly started off by saying: "This is tricky because we have seen this contract and we can’t discuss it because of the terms of the contract."
Phillip continued: "The contract says we can’t discuss the contract. So we can’t discuss that.
What I can say, and we have looked at this professionally as a team, what we can say is that the word we would use for that contract, if it were me, and I wouldn’t sign it, is unreasonable.
"Because the terms of that contract in my eyes and in terms of our legal team here and the people that we’ve discussed it with, it has an impact on your entire life."
The test came the day after Jeremy broke a nine month vow of silence to plead with the former Hollyoaks actress to finally let him know if he is the father of little Caben-Albi, the son she gave birth on January 13th.
In an exclusive interview with The Sun online, Jeremy begged the 23-year-old to stop playing games and confirm who the little boy's dad is once and for all.
He said: "I do believe I am the father. I want the baby to be mine, I can see a resemblance.
"I never said the baby wasn't mine, all I said was that there was a doubt because she was with other men in the first two weeks of April.
"Before we went to Cape Verde, we were broken up for two weeks - and I have no idea who she was sleeping with then."
Jeremy claims that during their many splits, Stephanie would contact him to gloat about spending time and sleeping with other men - and admits that he also behaved badly.
He adds that their relationship went toxic just weeks after leaving the Celebrity Big Brother house after the couple fell in love in front of the eyes of the nation - including Steph's then-boyfriend Sam Reece.
Away from the show, the actress struggled to deal with Jez's new status as a reality TV sex symbol with jealous rows and "emotional blackmail" forcing them apart.
In fact the on-off nature of their relationship allowed for infidelity on both sides, and Jeremy admits that his "wandering eye" didn't help reassure his fragile girlfriend.
The pair finally split after a row at a nightclub in Basingstoke on April 29. This is the last time Jeremy and Stephanie saw one another.
Jeremy smiles as he recalls the moment that Steph rang him to tell him that he was to become a dad.
He said: "I was delighted. I was buzzing. I told her I loved her and I would be there for her.
"My initial reaction was to go straight to her... but I didn't.
"Maybe I regret it a little now, but I know I've done the right thing.
"Things were so bad between us that going back to her could have been harmful for her and the baby.
"I loved her so much, I didn't want to take that risk."
Since Stephanie told the world she was pregnant in a hastily deleted comment on Jez's Instagram, he has stayed away from her and stayed silent.
In part he claims this is because he didn't want to rile the fragile star and cause her and the baby undue stress, but also because he felt he couldn't reach out to her privately without her relaying their conversation to her fans on Twitter.
Jeremy said: "It's been killing me to stay quiet.
"People think I'm in denial, but I just want reassurance. That's it.
"If I'm the dad I will be delighted and I'll be civil with Steph. I want us to work together and do the best for our son.
"But she's making it really hard for me at the moment."
One of the reasons Jeremy thinks Steph is delaying giving him a paternity test is because she was hurt so badly by their split that she is enjoying allowing him to be portrayed as an uncaring, feckless father - which is something he strenuously denies.
He said: "She's happy getting the sympathy.
"She's getting a TV show out of it, she's taking the baby on a free holiday, she's got her OK! deals, her magazine spreads... I just think it's horrible parading him around.
"The baby has only just come out of the womb and already she's saying on a video that he's already had his first modelling shoot?
"I would not be in to it. It's just money making.
"She doesn't want me involved.
"Everything I see it's all about 'me and the baby'.
"She's parading him around like he was the FA Cup. Stephanie is living off me and the baby, simple."
A representative for Stephanie Davis disputed Jeremy's claims of infidelity in a strongly worded statement.
They said: "Jeremy has spent nine months claiming he isn't the father of baby Caben, to suddenly announce there is a similarity shows he is clearly deluded and feeling the pressure.
"Stephanie was at all times faithful to Jeremy. She confirmed to Jeremy that she was pregnant ten days after the relationship had ended.
"Any images or video that Jeremy refers to are 2-3 weeks after Stephanie had announced that she was pregnant and any suggestion that she was unfaithful to him are to detract away from his numerous infidelities whilst in the relationship.
"Jeremy has caused Stephanie massive amount of stress, pressure and upset throughout her pregnancy, ruining what for most women is one of the most special times of their lives.
"Quite frankly he should be ashamed of himself."
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THE FOUNDER of Fathers4Justice has backed Jeremy McConnell in his plight to find out if he is the dad of his ex-girlfriend's baby.
Speaking exclusively to The Sun online, Matt O’Connor, the founder of Fathers4Justice said that Jeremy "needs to stand up for his rights AND the rights of the child."
He said: "Stephanie Davis has asked Jeremy McConnell to sign a legal document which would prevent him talking about a paternity dispute after she gave birth to son Caben-Albi last month.
"The extraordinary attempt to gag him comes after Davis has paraded the baby in the media and seemingly thinks it's acceptable for the child to be denied a relationship with its father – whoever that is.
"In fact, its reported the first time McConnell saw the child was on the cover of a magazine.
"He has now rightly asked for a DNA test to establish whether he is the father or not, and should make an application to a Family Court to order Davis to comply with this.
"Not only does he need to do this to establish whether he will be liable for child support, but he will almost certainly want to be a loving dad to his son if paternity is established.
"Most importantly, Caben-Albi deserves the best of BOTH his parents. It’s his human right to have the love and support of his mum AND dad.
"Mum needs to set aside her differences with McConnell and put her child’s rights to a dad first, because no parent should ever hate their ex more than they love their child."
Matt added that he has met countless dads who have been tricked in to paying for children who aren't theirs, as well as parents who have never been granted fair and legal access to their own children.
He explained: "The issue of paternity fraud is one we increasingly deal with at Fathers4Justice.
"Too many dads are being duped by mums into paying for children that are not theirs. To date not a single mother has been prosecuted for paternity fraud, which we believe should be treated as seriously as regular fraud.
"In fact, a recent report by DNA Clinics said that nearly HALF of men who take paternity tests are NOT the real father.
"Failure to establish paternity can have a devastating effect on children and their families at a later date."
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Riot Games created Valorant, and it has its own service and website where you can download their games for their platform. Because Riot handles all of this, players don't need to go anywhere else after downloading the game. Will Valorant make its way to Steam? It is extremely unlikely.
For those who want to download Valorant, you can do so from the main website. Before doing so, you will need to have created a Riot Account. You can do this on this page or subscribe to an existing page that you have already created.
After setting up your Riot account, you can start playing Valorant once the download is complete, and you follow the step-by-step instruction guide through the installation process. Once the download is complete, you should have a shortcut to the game in your main desktop window. If you don't, you can freely find it in your files by searching for "Valorant."
At this time, Riot Games has not created a launcher for all of its games. It could happen in the future, and it hasn't brought its massively popular League of Legends game to other platforms or storefronts. Because of this, you'll likely be able to connect it to your Steam account or find it in your Steam library. Valorant will likely continue to live with a single icon on your desktop.
If Riot were to create a launcher in the future, Valorant and the other Riot games, League of Legends and Legends of Runterra, would likely be available from this location.


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There are NO face to face events for the next few weeks but may be worth checking what’s hopefully happening later in the year.
The calendar below lists most events in town but …..
Art Exhibitions are listed on their own page. If you have young ones check out our Family Fun page. For more information about venues that run workshops, etc, and upcoming events see the Courses, Classes, Workshops & Circles page. You can also check out Events on Facebook. If you are not familiar with Glastonbury our Venues page lists places where events take place and venues for hire should you wish to put on an event.
Intelligent, provocative lyrics with dangerously catchy hooks and a feel good groove!
Mestizo rock Hawthorns, Glastonbury with intoxicating blend of blues, rock soulfulness.
To celebrate the landmark birthday Toploader will be performing a special anniversary live set.
Bringing joy to the masses with ferocious skanktastic purpose! Plus DJ Dr Amaqueen
The most spooktakular gig of the year:) Prizes for the best fancy dress:) Free Entry
Jazz vocalist/pianist/composer Jack Challoner has one of those smooth and soulful voices that soars and glides through jazz standards from the Great American Songbook and beyond.


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We've heard of celebrities venturing into the art world, but this a little strange. Heidi Klum spoke with website YourTango during a Shutterfly design home décor event about something strange she did with her children. Apparently she saved their hair and created art.
"So two of my boys, they have big afros, and when I shaved them all down, I kept all the hair and I put it in a Ziploc bag," she said of Henry and Johan, who are her sons with exhusband Seal. "I keep everything! But then, I waited and I'm like, 'I don't know what I'm gonna do with this.' It was so beautiful, this whole bag of afro: one for Henry, one for Johan. The next time they painted their faces, I glued all their hair around it, so it was like this three-dimensional painting. It's their face!"
Don't worry, Klum is able to differentiate the locks. "Henry was always a bit more blonde, like the tips are really blonde, and Johan's more dark. So you can see, this one looks like Henry and this one looks like Johan. It's so pretty," she said. Well, maybe she can now add artist to her resume.


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Lithuania vs BulgariaWorld Cup, KO: 14:00 Oct 9, 2021, LFF Stadium
Bulgaria will be aiming to maintain their recent good form when they travel to the LFF Stadium for a 2022 World Cup qualifying Group C fixture against Lithuania. The Bulgarians have shown plenty of improvement in recent times and should have too much for Lithuania, who have been one of the worst teams in the qualifying series.
Lithuania continued their struggles in Group C with a 5-0 loss to Italy in their previous fixture. They were no match for the Italians, barely mustering any attacking threat and finishing with just a single attempt on target.
Valdas Ivanauskas' men have been one of the worst teams in the entire qualifying series and have lost all five of their matches in Group C. They also have the worst defence in the group with 13 goals conceded in just five matches.
Aside from their defensive problems, Lithuania have also found things difficult in attack with just one goal scored in five qualifiers.
Bulgaria were in fine form last time out in the qualifiers as they claimed a 4-1 victory over Georgia. They had four different goalscorers with Todor Nedelev, Dimitar Iliev, Spaz Delev and Andrea Hristov all getting on the score sheet.
After enduring a slow start to the qualifiers, Bulgaria seem to be finding their feet lately with a 1-1 draw against Italy appearing to spark a revival. Yasen Petrov's men have won their last two matches which has put them back in the mix for a playoff spot.
A more solid defensive setup seems to be at the heart of Bulgaria's recent rejuvenation. They were resolute at the back against the Italians and kept a clean sheet in the reverse fixture against Lithuania.
How the bookies view it
Head to head
Bulgaria have won the two previous matches against Lithuania and claimed a 1-0 victory in the reverse fixture back in March.
Players to watch
Spaz Delev and Dimitar Iliev have a solid partnership in attack for Bulgaria and both men were on target in the win over Georgia. Betfair has Delev at 5/2 to score anytime while Iliev is priced at 2/1 by Paddy Power in the same market.
Bulgaria have also looked solid at the back lately with Vasil Bozhikov and Petko Hristov partnering in central defence. They kept a clean sheet in the reverse fixture against Lithuania and could be set for a repeat at 6/5 with Paddy Power.
Anything else catch the eye?
Bulgaria have tightened up at the back in recent matches and with Lithuania struggling in attack, BTTS NO could be considered at 3/4 with BetVictor. The visitors are likely to earn a win to nil at 15/8 with Skybet.
Given Bulgaria's solid defence, they could also be tipped as the only team to score at 7/4 with bet365.
This World Cup match between Lithuania and Bulgaria will be played on Oct 9, 2021 and kick off at 14:00. Check below for our tipsters best Lithuania vs Bulgaria prediction. You may also visit our dedicated betting previews section for the most up to date previews.

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