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The multi-million-dollar project, which began last year, will more than double the separation capacity at the site and substantially increase the quantity of reclaimed refrigerants available from A-Gas.

The demand for reclaimed refrigerants is expected to grow in the US following the passing of the AIM Act for the phase down of HFCs and the expectation that the US will now ratify the Kigali Amendment.

“The demand for high-quality reclaimed refrigerants grows yearly,” said Mike Armstrong, president, A-Gas in the Americas. “As the United States prepares to enter its virgin HFC phase down, this system will provide an efficient and valuable service to our customers and supply partners. Industry experts know that refrigerants saved from disposal and returned to use as reclaimed gas can make a direct contribution to the reduction in use of virgin refrigerants and help the industry manage within the limits imposed by the phase down.”

The new equipment will enable reclamation of mixed refrigerants received from customers across the US. This will ensure that even the most complicated mixes of refrigerants, including HCFCs, HFCs, and HFOs, can be separated into their components and brought back to industry standards.

“This technology ushers in a new era of green refrigerants in the United States and ensures our valued customers access to a long-term, sustainable supply of reclaimed refrigerants for all of their needs, in a highly efficient, and environmentally friendly way,” commented the company’s vice president of refrigerants Taylor Ferranti. “Our investment reflects our commitment to the circular economy, to find and recover product through our Rapid Recovery network and reprocess that material for future use.”

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By Valencia TalaneFirst published on News24 The events of last week, in particular Wednesday 30 September’s high-profile arrests relating to the irregular Free State asbestos contract of 2014, indicate a step in the right direction in the fight against corruption. The Zondo commission has explored the contract extensively over the past few weeks, and some Read more >

MFMA report: officials continue to squander municipal millions

By Thato Mahlangu Municipalities continue to waste billions of rands through corruption-related activities, the Auditor-General of South African (AGSA) revealed on Tuesday. Auditor-general (AG) Kimi Makwetu said in his 2018/19 Municipal Finance Management Act (MFMA) audit report that municipalities should ask themselves if they are investing in qualitative and preventative measures which would help to Read more >

How the Guptas milked SA for diamonds

By Khadija Sharife and Josy JosephFirst published on the OCCRP website Under recently ousted President Zuma, the Gupta family made millions in South Africa. Some of that money may have been used to purchase diamonds in a scheme which defrauded a state program to help poor black dairy farmers. Until a couple of years ago, Read more >

CW welcomes Hawks’ arrest of Vrede scandal suspects

Corruption Watch applauds the Hawks’ morning raid on the Gupta compound, and the subsequent arrests in relation to the Vrede dairy farm investigations, including that of Ajay Gupta. Also arrested was Free State’s agriculture department head, Peter Thabethe. The organisation has repeatedly called for those implicated in multiple corruption scandals to be held accountable and Read more >

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By Valencia Talane It has been said on numerous occasions in the lead-up to this year’s national election that it is the youth vote that will draw the most attention of political parties. Their policies should appeal to young people who are thinking about the future of South Africa, more than anyone else. For an Read more >

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The Welsh Dee is not known as a renowned Sea Trout river and angling effort is extremely low. Most fish are caught by Salmon or Trout and Grayling anglers during daylight hours. However the Dee encounters annual runs in excess of 10,000 fish every year and the rewards of night time fishing on the river are great during the summer months.

Sea Trout begin to run the Dee in May and by late June can be caught in numbers on CADAC waters. The average size seems to be increasing and fish of 3 - 4lbs are relatively common whilst larger specimens make an appearance during the the early hours.

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[update] Elementis Delivers Clay-based Sensory Experiences

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Sensory innovation was in sight for Elementis this spring.

At in-cosmetics Global, the company debuted three additions to its ingredient portfolio that spanned rheology modifiers and natural talc; one of these new ingredient ranges was put to use in a line of sensorial skin care formulations.

New Ingredients

Bentone Luxe WN—This vegan rheology modifier and emulsifier enables stable emulsions with a variety of textures. The ingredient reportedly imparts a light feel and helps create a quick break sensation. Bentone Luxe WN was shortlisted for in the Innovation Zone - Functional Ingredients category for the 2019 in-cosmetics Global awards. (INCI: Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride (and) Stearalkonium Hectorite (and) Polyglycerol-3 Diisostearate (and) Polyglycerol-3 Polyricinoleate)

Mondana talc—A clean, natural talc option, recently added to Elementis' portfolio. (INCI: Not Available)

Bentone Hydroclay—A range of naturally sourced and clay-based water-phase rheology modifiers that can thicken water while creating a silky texture. They are also meant to provide thixotropy and suspension control in the aqueous phase. (INCI: Varies)

The company also showed its Bentone Gel dispersions; Rheoluxe line of thickeners; meadowfoam-based botanical, including its moisturizing Meadowestolide and Meadowfoam Seed Oil; and high-performance antiperspirant actives, including AACH-7172, Ultra Zag A77 and Ultra Zag 88L.

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Bentone Hydroclay was the basis of four formulations at the Sensory Bar; these include:

Glow Anywhere Mousse—This bouncy mousse is reportedly soft and leaves a golden glow behind on skin.

Cleansing Cherry Jam—With a jam-like texture and velvety skin feel, this cleanser is natural and sulfate-free.

Warm Apple TaffyThis mask has a taffy-like texture, which warms upon application to leave skin reportedly feeling clean and moisturized.

Cloud Water—Inspired by micellar water, this cleanser is meant to evoke images of puffy clouds in the sky.

in-cosmetics Global took place in Paris, April 2-4, 2019.

[update] Elementis will showcase their ingredients and formulations at NYSCC Suppliers' Day with the theme "Enhanced Performance through Applied Innovation."

"... This New York Suppliers’ Day event is one of many major conferences that provide a perfect platform for our applications team members to demonstrate several new formulations. These formulations serve as excellent examples of how our new products can be incorporated to create unique textures and superior sensory experiences. Our new products also add value because of their stability and ease of use," commented Kathleen Benditt, global marketing director, Elementis Personal Care Business Segment.

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Reader, would you believe you if I told you another presidential debate occurred this week -- and it wasn't a total dumpster fire? One where instead of the participants telling a white supremacist group to "stand back and stand by" and spewing a number of blatant falsehoods, viewers didn't come away calling for the next round to be, to paraphrase Twitter user, @OmeedMalek, "a fistfight in a Chili's parking lot"?

No, I'm not talking about an alternative universe, where we're not, as certified treasure, "Weird Al" Yankovic, aptly put it, "We're all doomed." I'm talking about New Zealand's election debate on Wednesday, that according to CNN, was (thankfully) "very different" than our own. One way it was different? Current Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern admitted to smoking weed at one point in the past -- and received a round of applause, according to The New York Times

While enlightening and inspiring (who wouldn't want to smoke a joint with a badass woman PM who, as Vogue U.K. called her, is an "exceptional leader?") her admission -- and the crowd's reaction -- raises a fascinating question. When, exactly, did the tide of public opinion change surrounding our political leaders partaking in a jazz cigarette or two? The answer, like most things in life, isn't exactly clear.

Almost 30 years ago, Bill Clinton tried to convince the world that he "didn't inhale" when he tried weed during his time at the University of Oxford in the U.K., responding to what Time dubbed a "surgically worded question," during his first successful bid for the White House.

"I've never broken a state law," President Clinton said. "But when I was in England, I experimented with marijuana a time or two, and I didn't like it. I didn't inhale it, and never tried it again." While some heralded the coy admission as a sign of social progress, CNN Anchor Jonathan Mann said that Clinton's honest answer "would have ended a political career" in another era.

Yet Clinton was not the first pot-smoking POTUS (JFK allegedly smoked three marijuana cigarettes with one of his mistresses, to give one example) nor was he the last -- two of his successors, President George W. Bush and President Barack Obama, both allegedly smoked weed. Yet the way they approached the political elements of marijuana -- and sharing their experiences with the substance -- drastically differed.

During Bush's presidency, he launched what Rolling Stone called an "all-out assault on marijuana," shifting the war on drugs towards cracking down on cannabis, avoiding the topic of his personal use like the plague. According to Time, a tape of Dubyah speaking with an advisor about his past marijuana use leaked in 2005, 9 years following California becoming the first state to legalize medical marijuana, where the President allegedly said he "wouldn't answer the marijuana question," to prevent kids from saying "President Bush tried marijuana, I think I will."

Obama took a bit of a different, more upfront approach with his penchant for green. While he'd publicly spoken about his marijuana use many times, including a 2006 interview where he not-so-subtly shaded Bill Clinton, saying he "inhaled frequently ... that was the point."

Yet Obama fully elaborated on his experiences smoking weed in his 1995 memoir, Dreams From My Father. To quote a beautifully worded ABC News write-up on the subject:

"In his 1995 memoir 'Dreams of My Father,' Obama writes about smoking pot, almost like Dr. Seuss wrote about eating green eggs and ham. As a high school kid, Obama wrote he would smoke "in a white classmate's sparkling new van," he would smoke "in the dorm room of some brother" and he would smoke "on the beach with a couple of Hawaiian kids."

He would smoke it here and there. He would smoke it anywhere."

Nice. President Obama knows what's up. To be candid, I'm excited for the U.S. to have our own Jacinda Ardern moment. Cannabis -- it makes presidential debates actually tolerable.

For a smokin' good time, follow Carly on Instagram on @HuntressThompson and on Twitter @TennesAnyone.

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Like many, my first thought at the interview of Boshirov and Petrov – which apparently are indeed their names – is that they were very unconvincing. The interview itself seemed to be set up around a cramped table with a poor camera and lighting, and the interviewer seemed pretty hopeless at asking probing questions that would shed any real light.

I had in fact decided that their story was highly improbable, until I started seeing the storm of twitter posting, much of it from mainstream media journalists, which stated that individual things were impossible which were, in fact, not impossible at all.

The first and most obvious regards the weather on 3 and 4 March. It is in fact absolutely true that, if the two had gone down to Salisbury on 3 March with the intention of going to Stonehenge, they would have been unable to get there because of the snow. It is therefore perfectly possible that they went back the next day to try again; and public transport out of Salisbury was still severely disrupted, and many roads closed, on 4 March. Proof of this is not at all difficult to find.

This image is from the Salisbury Journal’s liveblog on 4 March.

Those mocking the idea that the pair were blocked by snow from visiting Stonehenge have pointed to the CCTV footage of central Salisbury not showing snow on the afternoon of 4 March. Well, that is central Salisbury, it had of course been salted and cleared. Outside there were drifts.

So that part of their story in fact turns out not to be implausible as social media is making out; in fact it fits precisely with the actual facts.

The second part of their story that has brought ridicule is the notion that two Russians would fly to the UK for the weekend and try to visit Salisbury. This ridicule has been very strange to me. Weekend breaks – arrive on Friday and return on Sunday – are a standard part of the holiday industry. Why is it apparently unthinkable that Russians fly on weekend breaks as well as British people?

Even more strange is the idea that it is wildly improbable for Russian visitors to wish to visit Salisbury cathedral and Stonehenge. Salisbury Cathedral is one of the most breathtaking achievements of Norman architecture, one of the great cathedrals of Europe. It attracts a great many foreign visitors. Stonehenge is world famous and a world heritage site. I went on holiday this year and visited Wurzburg to see the Bishop’s Palace, and then the winery cooperative at Sommerach. Because somebody does not choose to spend their leisure time on a beach in Benidorm does not make them a killer. Lots of people go to Salisbury Cathedral.

There seems to be a racist motif here – Russians cannot possibly have intellectual or historical interests, or afford weekend breaks.

The final meme which has worried me is “if they went to see the cathedral, why did they visit the Skripal house?” Well, no evidence at all has been presented that they visited the Skripal house. They were captured on CCTV walking past a petrol station 500 yards away – that is the closest they have been placed to the Skripal house.

The greater mystery about these two is, if they did visit the Skripal House and paint Novichok on the doorknob, why did they afterwards walk straight past the railway station again and head into Salisbury city centre, where they were caught window shopping in a coin and souvenir shop with apparently not a care in the world, before eventually returning to the train station? It seems a very strange attitude to a getaway after an attempted murder. In truth their demeanour throughout the photographs is consistent with their tourism story.

The Russians have so far presented this pair in a very unconvincing light. But on investigation, the elements of their story which are claimed to be wildly improbable are not inconsistent with the facts.

There remains the much larger question of the timing.

The Metropolitan Police state that Boshirov and Petrov did not arrive in Salisbury until 11.48 on the day of the poisoning. That means that they could not have applied a nerve agent to the Skripals’ doorknob before noon at the earliest. But there has never been any indication that the Skripals returned to their home after noon on Sunday 4 March. If they did so, they and/or their car somehow avoided all CCTV cameras. Remember they were caught by three CCTV cameras on leaving, and Borishov and Petrov were caught frequently on CCTV on arriving.

The Skripals were next seen on CCTV at 13.30, driving down Devizes road. After that their movements were clearly witnessed or recorded until their admission to hospital.

So even if the Skripals made an “invisible” trip home before being seen on Devizes Road, that means the very latest they could have touched the doorknob is 13.15. The longest possible gap between the novichok being placed on the doorknob and the Skripals touching it would have been one hour and 15 minutes. Do you recall all those “experts” leaping in to tell us that the “ten times deadlier than VX” nerve agent was not fatal because it had degraded overnight on the doorknob? Well that cannot be true. The time between application and contact was between a minute and (at most) just over an hour on this new timeline.

In general it is worth observing that the Skripals, and poor Dawn Sturgess and Charlie Rowley, all managed to achieve almost complete CCTV invisibility in their widespread movements around Salisbury at the key times, while in contrast “Petrov and Boshirov” managed to be frequently caught in high quality all the time during their brief visit.

This is especially remarkable in the case of the Skripals’ location around noon on 4 March. The government can only maintain that they returned home at this time, as they insist they got the nerve agent from the doorknob. But why was their car so frequently caught on CCTV leaving, but not at all returning? It appears very much more probable that they came into contact with the nerve agent somewhere else, while they were out.

I shall write a further post on these timing questions shortly.

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  • Sir Keef

    At the risk of being repetitious (I posted this comment on another of CM’s Skripal related articles) I just wanted to share a thought: If MI6 had wanted to frame the Russians for the a nerve agent attack on the Skripals (an event which would have certainly been months in the planning) they may have just needed to sit and wait, monitoring flights from Russia (as they would routinely do), keeping potential patsies under surveillance and picking their moment to pounce. The slightly erratic and inexplicable movements of the two hapless Russian tourists who made their way to Salisbury on that day would have been a perfect fit for the rap, and they may have unwittingly been victims of a plot that was effectively built around them. Whilst seemingly convoluted and far fetched, this theory is far from impossible to conceive, but goes some way towards accounting for some of the otherwise mysterious aspects of this case.

    For example, this scenario might account for the apparently genuine incredulity of the two subjects at being thrust into the media spotlight, the palpably feeble narrative that they just happened to be in Salisbury by sheer coincidence when the attacks were taking place, (a weakness in their story which the UK Government and media have, perhaps cynically, milked for all its worth), their seemingly inexplicable reliance on public transport, the way they made no efforts to avoid surveillance cameras, in fact their general demeanor throughout, being that of a pair of normal tourists on a sightseeing trip (which is what they were) and not remotely consistent with the praxis of a pair of highly trained professional killers – I could go on…

    Of course I might just be losing the plot myself, but the way this thing is playing out, anything seems possible…

    • flatulence'

      Why wait for such a miracle of coincidence, when they could set them up with a phoney meeting with a client. All in ideal timing for their moves in Syria.

      • Sir Keef

        Yes but if the trip was set up by someone else they (R&B) surely would have divulged that information to the press. It may be that there was some way that they were influenced into taking the trip when they did but the decision had to look as though it was theirs. Of course this is all highly speculative, but I think it is a definite possibility that the British security services were just waiting for the right Russian visitor to pin something on. If there is a steady flow of tourists to Salisbury and Stonehenge, it would only be a matter of time before the right candidate came along, and then the operation could have been launched to coincide with that visit. As I said, it does help to provide an explanation for a lot of the other more baffling aspects of this bizarre case.

          • Borncynical

            You’re not alone! I found myself writing R&B as well a couple of times but realised just in time before posting it.

        • flatulence'

          Yeah I get you, but they would not know that they were heading yards away from the Skripal’s turn off or neighbouring street until minutes before hand, not to mention it being an unlikely detour for any sightseers, so they would have to have a team ready to act at all the times, and even then, they would have to be sure they would not be given an alibi at the last second by meeting a friend or relative or getting publicly hammered at the pub and on camera the whole time.

          The reason Rhythm and Blues, (lets call them the Blues Brothers) didn’t disclose this info could be because they are playing this as a holiday, not a business trip, and they may have shady dealings they do not want out in the open. They may not be brightest bless ’em. They may even be working for someone else who would have them or their families killed if the real nature of their dealings were disclosed. Rock and a hard place. Who knows. It’s conjecture, but all our theories are still more reasonable than the conspiracy theory we are being fed by the press et al.

        • Borncynical

          I have put forward your scenario previously on this thread. I wondered what B&P might have said on their visa application, which would presumably have been processed several weeks before they travelled. If security services had some sort of ‘sting’ in mind they could check applications mentioning a visit to Salisbury over a specified period, select an appropriate applicant or applicants and arrange the Skripal ‘incident’ to coincide with the intended Salisbury visit.

          This would have to suggest as well that the Skripals were in on it as their movements that weekend would be crucial to make it all work. It could even be that Skripal was behind them coming over through various underground contacts, although B&P might never have known his name so they wouldn’t even be aware restrospectively that he was behind it; if this was the case it wouldn’t even matter if they mentioned Salisbury on their visa applications because they were already selected to fit the profile.

          If the reason they came over was illegal then that would explain their reticence to talk about it so in a sense they’ve effectively been blackmailed into silence but didn’t understand what they were getting themselves into. Precise timings wouldn’t be an issue because – as we have seen – the intelligence services would only have to select a few CCTV images to prove that the ‘culprits’ were in Salisbury that weekend and pin the blame on them with nothing more. The police would probably have been monitoring their movements from the moment they arrived at Gatwick. After ‘the incident’ the weeks spent analysing CCTV images would have been devoted entirely to looking for and sifting through appropriately incriminating images of B&P who were already earmarked as the culprits. Had B&P not gone to Salisbury, the police could simply have said that they had been unable to identify anyone on CCTV whilst still throwing out a few red herrings about ‘suspicious’ vehicles that they hadn’t been able to identify. Even in the absence of a direct Salisbury link they might even have somehow identified them through a contrived novichok incident at the hotel they stayed at in London.

          For professional security and intelligence services all this would be a relatively simple scenario to enact.

          • Borncynical

            My post at 21.17
            Just to clarify my penultimate sentence: I should have written “Even in the absence of a direct Salisbury link they might even have purportedly ‘identified’ them through a contrived ‘novichok’ incident at the hotel they stayed at in London.

          • Borncynical

            Another thought – perhaps Yulia’s ‘mysterious’ boyfriend/fiancé could be the ‘go-between’ responsible for getting B&P over to Salisbury. And Yulia may have come over to be part of the ‘sting’ (with her father a willing participant for whatever reason), knowing that P&B were on their way to be set up.
            I haven’t any suggestion for Dawn and Charlie’s apparent involvement in all this but I do think they were in someway connected to the Skripals and the Skripal ‘poisoning’ incident. I certainly do not believe that P&B were in any way responsible for their fate.

          • Sir Keef

            Agreed – I don’t know whether the Skripals would necessarily have known anything about it though – it would have been a very simple thing to dose them with the substance that incapacitated them, and this could have been done with relatively little forward planning. If the intelligence services knew they were heading for Salisbury, the only variable would have been that the Skripals would have needed to stay in town when the two ‘suspects’ were there. As I said before, this is all conjecture and best guessing, but the notion that the incident was fitted around these two subjects, who may have been in Salisbury on that day for perfectly innocent reasons and (crucially) whose intention to travel there was already known by the real perpetrators, does help to make sense of many of the otherwise inexplicable parts of the narrative.

          • Borncynical

            Sir Keef (09.32)

            Thanks for your comments.

            On the basis of the scant undisputable evidence we have on this event from beginning to end, whatever we say has to be conjecture, as you say. My one reason for possibly drawing the Skripals in as ‘willing partners’ is because (a) it would make the circumstances much easier to explain and (b) I personally (conjecture of course!) am uncomfortable at the moment with what we do or don’t know about the couple on the bench and whether they were actually the Skripals; especially in the absence of any released CCTV footage or ‘stills’ putting them in that immediate area before the ‘incident’. For interest’s sake, you might like to see this hyperlink about the CCTV couple and Charlie and Dawn. Hopefully it will open for you – I provided it previously for @Doodlebug, for his own research on this, but he was unable to open it.

            The question asking why this whole, arguably fake, scenario might have been set up is the $64,000 question! I know a number of possible explanations have been put forward by fellow theorists (and you may have your own ideas) but we can, I think, safely argue that – whatever the reasons – it would have had to be done with MI6 (and possibly CIA) involvement. I am not knowledgeable enough myself to put forward any views on this so I am limiting myself to simply scrutinising the events of the weekend in question.

          • Borncynical

            Further to my post at 21.17, and just for the record, @Doodlebug was able to open the link to the website but no images appeared. As I say, hopefully others trying it may have more luck.

          • Borncynical

            I’m obviously still half asleep this morning and wasting everyone’s time by taking up space with unnecessary posts as a result! I must get some coffee. Anyway my post at 10.47 should have referred to my post at 10.24.

  • Elle

    As Russian is my native tongue, I have been trying to catch any possible nuances in the suspects’ interview that might have hot lost in translation.
    If I may, I’ll give my impression on the guys and the way they spoke. Both are not great talkers, to be honest. They definitely sound like Brice speaking, no doubt as they don’t have ant accent, but their vocabulary is poor. The grammatical structure of their sentences is poor as well. They do not finish one sentence before starting a new one. Do they look like people with the Uni educational background? Well, no.
    From what they said, it was difficult to figure out 1 thing: whey they spent fo much time on talking about the adverse weather conditions and closed roads. Whether they failed to explain what that meant for their trip to Salisbury on 4 March or it was sencored (a possibility) but after listening to the interview for a dozen of times, after scrutinising the weather news from Salisbury at the time, I think I am able to offer my own hypothesis of events on 4 March.

      • Borncynical

        I am grateful for your insight as a native Russian speaker. It is particularly useful to see what you say about their likely social/educational background. To me they seem the kind of men who would be tempted by promises of a good ‘salary’ and the opportunity to travel at no cost to themselves, in return for delivering something or collecting something (if you understand what I mean!) and following basic instructions. I would not consider them suitably competent people to undertake a professional assassination attempt using “one of the deadliest nerve agents known”.

        I shall try to explain simply the implications of the discussions in the interview about the weather. The incident with the poisoning of the Skripals took place on Sunday 4 March. Apart from CCTV showing Boshirov and Petrov in Salisbury on 3 March and 4 March there is no evidence that has been released to the public linking them to the ‘attack’ on the Skripals. But they have still been named by the UK Government as the perpetrators.

        In the interview Boshirov and Petrov were asked to explain what they did over that weekend when they visited Salisbury. They explained that their original plan was to go from London to Salisbury only on the Saturday to visit the Cathedral, Old Sarum (an old Roman settlement, I think) and Stonehenge. But they explained that the weather was so bad when they arrived in Salisbury they couldn’t get to visit these tourist sites so they only stayed a short while, got themselves a coffee and returned to London. They decided to return to Salisbury the following day (Sunday) to visit the Cathedral and Old Sarum ( presumably from what they said, they had decided not to bother with a visit to Stonehenge). They claim to have visited the Cathedral (it wasn’t clear whether they managed to get to Old Sarum or tried to get there) and then returned to London early in the afternoon because sleet started to fall. They mention the weather a lot because they were asked to explain why they couldn’t do what they wanted to do on the Saturday and had to return to Salisbury on the Sunday.

        Overall, what they say with regards to the weather and travel disruption does appear valid. But there are people in the UK who are sceptical about their brief weekend visit to the UK to have fun in London and fit in a visit to Salisbury, so the suspicion is that they may have been doing something illegal which required them to go to Salisbury on both the Saturday and the Sunday. Of course many people think that the information about them supports the contention that they must have had something to do with the (purported) attack on the Skripals. My view, given in my earlier posts, is that they may have been following instructions to go to Salisbury on some ‘illegal’ errand but were actually simply being set up to be identified as the ‘nerve agent attackers’. I can’t guess whether they might have been under instruction to go there on both days or whether when they got there on the Saturday they might have received an instruction to return the following day. They don’t want to say too much because they were possibly doing something illegal under Russian law, their livelihoods could be affected and, most significantly, they might have been told that if they reveal anything they are not likely to live to an old age!

        Hope this is of help.

        • Elle

          Thank you for your insight. From what they said it is possible to assume that they did visit Old Sarum. Because when Margarita asked them about the 4th of March, Petrov said “The original plan was to see Old Sarum and the Cathedral”. When asked if they managed to do that, Petrov said, “Yes”.
          From the train station they headed left in the opposite direction from the Cathedral but in fact towards Old Sarum.
          Google maps show a few walking routes from the train station to Old Sarum, the fastest being turning right from Fisherston Rd on the St Paul’s roundabout to A36, the other being heading straight on that roundabout to A360 and the last one – first left onto Wilton Road, on which there is the Shell garage where they were pictured.
          Boshirov went into a lengthy explanation about most rouds being closed on their visit. And his words are confirmed by from that date stating that A360 was closed till afternoon, not sure about the A36 though.
          So if we assume that that are innocent people whatsoever heading to Old Sarum, the chances are they were really heading there via the only accessible route that day which is Wilton Road. The route via Wilton Road to Old Sarum lies in a very dangerous proximity to the Skripal’s address which makes any supposition about their innocence extremely difficult to sustain. But on the other hand, the history has seen even stranger coincidences.

  • Suzanne Riney

    There is something seriously wrong with the whole thing. On the news reports, it was said, small drops
    of the nerve agent were found in the hotel, where the two Russians who were accused, had stayed. That hotel was not cornered off, like places in Sailsbury, I believe we are not being told the real truth from our government, which makes me suspicious of them

    • Borncynical

      I think you will find the majority of people who post comments on here, including me, would go along with your assessment. If you can spare the time (!), it is worth reading through past comments – as well, of course, as Craig Murray’s own commentaries on the various issues raised by the whole Skripal scenario. You will be reassured to see how many people would agree that we are being kept in the dark and lied to by the Government.

    • Gunvald

      The big question need an answer : Who left the perfume in Amesbury, and of what reason ?
      Borshinov and Petrov did not visit Amesbury. So then, was the perfume accidently lost, og placed there with some intention. If so, by who?
      Finding traces of Novichok at the room the Russians lived in for three days, visited by other people also, sounds weird. If the substance they found had no harm to human health, then the chemical fingerprints identifying Novichok, must be revealed.
      Is it by occasion that Porton Down is situated midway between Salisbury and Amesbury? And from where came Novichok? I tend to believe it is easier to smuggle out a small amount of Novichok from Porton Down, than to smuggle it into Britain from Moscow.

    • flatulence'

      And you may be right to be suspicious, and therefore naturally suspicious of anything they try to feed you.

      Welcome to the entrance to the rabbit hole Riney. Once you smell the bullshit, there’s no going back. So you’re already down the rabbit hole really. Try not to get too carried away though. It’s all bullshit, but you still gotta live. Just stay aware, and keep your mind open. Some here are loonies, like me, and some spout the government line. Possibly too much… The rest are well meaning, open minded, intelligent and friendly for the most part, even if their views, ideas, political persuasions are different. Welcome.

  • Andy

    The claim of UK government and releasing details of these two gentleman has been a very cruel unlawful action against the human rights. These two have the right to sue our government. They could be hurt due to irrisponsible revelation of their travels and private affairs. For example one of them has lost the girl that he admired through the facebook after the girl heard the news about him. She also though that she might get into trouble due to her connection, and who knows perhaps she is now in trouble as she leaves in an EU country. Their story cmpletely fits together.

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Houston Astros top prospect Alex Bregman was placed on the 7-day disable list on Saturday, as reported by the Corpus Christi Caller-Times' Quinton Marinez.

Bregman left Friday's Double-A Corpus Christi Hooks game with a limp following a ground in the seventh inning. The injury is being reported as a hamstring injury.

Bregman, 22, was the second-overall pick in the 2015 draft out of LSU. He was batting .340 (17x50) with 11 runs scored, a double, five home runs 14 RBIs, six walks, five strikeouts, .431 OBP, and 1.091 OPS.

On the surface, the move appears to be  precautionary.  Hooks manager Rodney Linares said to the Caller-Times:

"I told him to take his time. I'd rather this be a seven-to-10 day thing than a two or three-month thing. We are going to be cautious with him."

Bregman has impressed in his early minor league career in the Astros system. The team has elevated Bregman from Low-A Quad Cities to High-A Lancaster last season. He batted .294 (29x112) with 5 doubles and 34 RBIs in 2015.

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Police say it is less likely there will be witnesses to crimes in rural areas as there are less people around and properties are further apart.

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The information also shows that during the same period, there was only one incident of attempted burglary in the whole of the Nantwich rural area, which took place in Buerton in October.

There were a further 13 incidents of thefts from a garden shed or outbuilding.

A spokesman for Cheshire police told the Chronicle the trend for burglary other than in a dwelling, which includes thefts from outbuildings and sheds, has been decreasing since 2008.

The spokesman added: “However we continue to tackle the issue by working with the community.

“In rural areas neighbours are further away from each other and there are less people around so there are less likely to be witnesses to a crime.

“That’s why we urge residents living in rural areas to call us if they spot anything they consider suspicious.

“To help try and prevent crime, we warn of any suspicious activity or crimes to beware of through Ruralwatch, which is a valuable tool in communicating with those often in isolated areas.

“The policing units across the rural areas also carry out intelligence led operations to tackle the travelling criminals who come into the rural areas to commit crimes.

“We can’t do this without the help of the community who are valuable in helping us by telling us of suspicious activity.

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Also commonly known in Ohio as a restraining order, a protection order is intended to protect an alleged victim, but when used as weapon or when a misunderstanding causes allegations of a violation, it can do so at the expense of the alleged offender and possibly do more harm than good. If you have been accused of violating your protection order in Columbus, Grove City, Westerville, Lancaster, Springfield, Reynoldsburg, Delaware, Dublin, or the surrounding areas, contact the experienced Columbus defense attorneys at Joslyn Law Firm.

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Ohio protection orders are issued for many different purposes, but all are usually means to the same end – to protect an alleged victim from being harassed and/or violated by an alleged offender. The types of protection orders in Ohio include:

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  4. Anti-Stalking Protection Orders

Temporary Protection Order (TPO).

Before the case has been resolved, the alleged victim may seek a TPO.  A TPO is an order from the court that prohibits the alleged offender from having any contact with the victim and/or the victim’s family and/or pets.  The order may cover the home or public places, such as schools, places of employment or other public locations.  This order also prohibits the alleged offender from possessing weapons intended to injure or harm the victim or others around the victim.  Violation of the TPO is a criminal offence.

Civil Protection Order (CPO).

Under the Ohio Revised Code Section 3113.31, alleged victims of domestic violence can seek a CPO, which provides legal protection against violence occurring within the family unit.  The alleged harm or threat of injury must be perpetrated by a family or household member. An alleged victim can file for a CPO without an attorney.  Violation of the CPO is a civil offense.

By requesting a TPO or a CPO, the victim is demonstrating to the court that he or she is reasonably in fear, and the court will typically take the matter more seriously.  However, such orders complicate the alleged offender’s defense, as evidence entered in the civil case (for the CPO) may compromise the criminal procedure.  This is another reason it is necessary for an alleged offender to have legal representation.

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Criminal protection orders are issued by the criminal court in response to a crime, such as domestic assault, being committed. Anti-stalking protection orders are meant to protect the alleged victim from stalking and other non-physical harassment.

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What constitutes a violation of a protection order depends on the type of order issued and the specific injunctions against you listed in that order. It is of the utmost importance to know in detail what actions you are prevented from committing or required to perform according to the order. Some of these injunctions may include:

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  • Attending required counseling
  • Providing financial support to the alleged victim
  • Prohibition from owning or purchasing a firearm or ammunition

The injunctions against you will vary according to the judge and the protections that the alleged victim asked for. If at any point you are questioning whether something is a violation of your Franklin County protection order, either err on the safe side and don’t do it, or contact an experienced Columbus criminal defense lawyer for review. Given the severe civil and criminal penalties that come with a violation, it is always better to be safe than sorry.

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Consequences for Violating a Protection Order in Ohio

The consequences for violating a protection order in Ohio are very punitive, and rarely are judges sympathetic to the alleged offender for such violations. The penalties for violating a protective order in Ohio are defined in O.R.C. § 2919.27. Generally, a violation is a first-degree misdemeanor, which in Ohio comes with a maximum of 6 months in prison and a $1,000 fine.

If the alleged offender has previously been guilty of violation of the current or any previous protection order, or has had two or more violations of menacing, aggravated menacing, stalking, or aggravated trespass against the current alleged victim, the charge is upgraded to a fifth-degree felony. A fifth-degree felony is punishable by 6-12 months of prison time and a $2,500 fine. If the alleged offender violates the protection order while committing a felony, he or she could be facing a third-degree felony charge with 1-5 years of prison and a $10,000 fine.

Additionally, a protection order violation could also have severe consequences on housing applications, employment and educational opportunities, and anything that requires a background check. A violation of a protection order enables you to be arrested on sight for contempt of court. It is critical to contact an experienced criminal defense lawyer immediately after you have violated or may have violated your Columbus-area protection order to begin protecting your rights.

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It’s here. The Ahmyo life. It’s one of the first practical applications of all the work, all of the releasing, and all of the worrying we’ve done in this lifetime.

Ahmyo is the good life, the Master’s life. Adamus heralded in the new era with the recent Master’s Life 5: Ahmyo. The Crimson Circle glossary defines Ahmyo as “Absolute, unconditional trust in self; understanding that everything is for your highest good and that you are the creator of your reality; accepting full responsibility for yourself and going beyond such things as fate, destiny, karma, angels and guides.

Adamus defines it in several ways. He says it’s when you allow energies to serve you, rather than being at the mercy of energy, people and situations. He says it’s the life of ease and grace, when you realize you don’t have to struggle or effort for what should come naturally to support your human life, and coming to Realization. It’s a state of grace, he says, that is available right now without cost or effort.

I say Ahmyo is when you allow your dreams to come true, without feeling uncomfortable about it.

And… Ahmyo brings up so many questions and issues. Adamus anticipated this when he requested a special Question & Answer session for everyone that subscribed to Master’s Life 5. Viewers sent in over 60 questions, and Linda and I just finished recording a one-hour session with Adamus’ answers. Some of the questions were convoluted and confusing, some were clear and concise, and some were actually a little sad. It’s very indicative of how we perceive and allow Ahmyo.

Many years ago, Tobias said, “It comes to you.” Not through positive thoughts or affirmations, not through prayer or negotiation, and not through mental manipulation. It comes because you’re ready, because you Allow, and perhaps because you’re sick and tired of the old way. “It” means that we’re done with hard work and struggle in what Adamus says is the “just barely enough” consciousness. “It” means having trust in Self and letting go of old limited beliefs. “It” means we don’t feel guilty about having an easier and more abundant life than others, because Ahmyo is also available to them when they’re ready for it.

I’ve probably worked harder in my life than I should have, because I thought I had to. My Midwest-US, Catholic upbringing instilled this work ethic deep into me. I don’t even want to think about all of the late nights and weekends at the office throughout most of my professional career. I actually learned to like working hard, but now I realize it was just a dysfunctional aspect. One of the questions submitted to Adamus for the Q & A session asked, “Why did I feel so depressed and sad after watching Master’s Life 5?” I can answer that because I had the same feelings after channeling the Cloud Class. I thought I had to work hard and struggle, and then I realized it deprived me of years of ease, grace and joy. That’s pretty depressing.

I’m certainly no expert at the Ahmyo life at this point, but I’ve been experiencing it in many ways in my life. The first thing I learned was that if something smells like struggle and conflict, drop it right away because it’s not going to get any better. That applies to people, opportunities and projects. For instance, if I sense that a contractor we need to hire is not in service, I drop them right away even if they had the best price. If a hotel we’re trying to book is a hassle, we find another hotel that is compatible with Ahmyo energies. If I don’t feel ease and grace from a customer service agent on the phone, I immediately hang up (without saying goodbye) and call another agent.

I also learned to get the hell out of my way. Tobias told me/us that years ago but it took me a while to actually do it. “Being in my way” looks like thinking about things too much, putting my limitations into the reality landscape, worrying about the outcome, wondering about what other’s will think…. Blah, blah, blah. Damn, it’s almost depressing to think about how often I got in my own way, and didn’t allow in energies that were here to serve me in a much more graceful way. I see my human aspect as the little bully in the neighborhood, trying to control everything but actually quite fearful underneath the façade.

About those questions regarding Master’s Life 5 and Ahmyo:

One Shaumbra asked if the Amhyo life meant she could learn French (sucking up to Adamus I suppose) without studying. Adamus’ answer: Don’t learn it by studying the old tedious way. Instead, feel into the essence of the language and the people who speak it. Absorb the energy from the books without reading all of the words. Then get out of your way and start speaking it without worrying about how it sounds. It will start coming to you intuitively rather than mentally, but it is important to speak it out loud rather than just think about it. Ils ont ri quand j’ai essayé de parler français.

Another Shaumbra asked about the light body, and if they should stop taking supplements and seeing alternative health practitioners. Adamus said he prefers to call it our “energy body” rather than the light body because of the common misperceptions about the light body. He added that we’ll still have a biological body to take care of, but there will be less pain and maintenance, and the bio-body will become much more efficient. He said to do a test: Drop the supplements and alternative therapies for 30 days in order to give the energy body the chance to integrate with the physical body, and see what affect it has after 30 days. I guess I’ll have to hide my vitamins for a month, or just tell Adamus it’s candy.

Someone else asked, “Beloved St. Germain, Beloved St. Germain - Remind me again why it sucks so bad before realization occurs....” Hmmm, I can relate to that. Adamus’ answer: Because everything about you is changing rapidly, old systems breaking down while new non-systems are emerging. He added that we knew it could be a challenge when we came into this lifetime. Well Adamus, I appreciate the answer but your bedside manner has something to be desired.

Another Shaumbra asked, “What is the difference between Ahmyo and Theos?” Adamus answered that the Ahmyo applies to life on earth in the physical body, whereas there are no permanent physical bodies in Theos. Earth has more limitations than Theos due to mass consciousness, but not enough to deprive us of a life of ease and grace. Theos, on the other hand, provides truly unlimited creativity and does not require energy, although energy is available if we choose to play with it. How can I book the next flight to Theos?

Several of the questions asked the same thing: “I took the Master’s Life 5 class but why am I not experiencing ease and grace yet.” Adamus: “You’ve had over 1000 lifetimes to learn the old energy ways. It will take a few years to unlearn it before allowing the Ahmyo life.” So can you give me an exact date, Adamus?

The Ahmyo life is here, but it doesn’t happen overnight. It comes with Allowing and patience. The old ways of struggle and effort start dropping off layer by layer, and you’ll notice that your problem-solution process – the way you handle situations and people in your life – has a new clarity and creativity. You’ll notice that things just start coming to you without the stress and energy previously required. And, as Adamus says, when it comes to you, don’t question it and don’t analyze it.

Just allow it.

About Master’s Life 5 – Ahmyo

St. Germain opens this chapter of The Master’s Life Series by stating that “Ahmyo is the state of the relationship between the human and the divine. In other words, we’ve come to that time now for the integration of the human and the divine, the Master and the student.” He then proceeds to explain what Ahmyo is, why it’s now coming into your life and what it means to live the Ahmyo life – a life of ease and grace.

Master’s Life 5 – Ahmyo is all St. Germain. Although it’s still channeled by Geoffrey Hoppe, there’s a different demeanor and energy than previous Master’s Life Cloud Classes with Adamus. In this very comforting and inspiring presentation, St. Germain makes it clear that the Ahmyo life is not something to hope for in the future. It is happening now for those who are choosing their embodied enlightenment. In fact, as he points out several times, the Ascended Masters who have come before are also quite interested in this topic, for it is something they never truly experienced.

• Five segments, including a beautiful merabh for integrating all of the energy

• Includes text transcript (e-reader format) and bonus Question & Answer session with Adamus

• Ninety days unlimited access on the Crimson Circle Cloud Class

• Now available with e-readers in these languages: Brazilian Portuguese • Čeština • Deutsch • 日本語 • Latvijas • Norsk • Português • Polski • Pyccкий • Română • Svenska

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3 comments on "The Ahmyo Life"

  • Mari on July 10, 2021 9:08 AM said:
    Thank you. I did ML5 last spring and remember feeling very happy to be. It is very nice to be able to revisit some aspects here, after long time and many other ML experiences ( including ML14), I find a lot deeper meaning to the state of Ahmyo now. Sincere gratitude.
  • ROSANA VEIGA GUIMARÂES on December 13, 2017 4:39 AM said:
    Obrigada !
  • Marzia on December 5, 2017 11:51 AM said:
    Thank you

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