The legal definition of a "Controlled Substance Analog" hinged on the concept of "substantial similarity" to an already scheduled substance. Alexander Shulgin, the AUTHOR of the book you cite has made his feelings about the stupidity of the analog drug laws quite clear:
There is NO clear definition of "substantial similarity" that all chemists will agree on. And I certainly wouldn't want to have my freedom depend on a typical US jury being able to sort it out either (It must be an analog drug--it's made of the same types of atoms as heroin, cocaine, and meth!)
They specifically include "byproduct materials" in their definition (along with "source materials" and "special nuclear materials", the weapons grade stuff you refer to), which includes just about every radioisotope with commercial or medical applications...
Your average doctor or dentist won't have a radioactive source (a chunk of a radioactive isotope such as the Co-60 stolen in Mexico), only an X-ray machine.
The source in an X-ray machine is a specialized vacuum tube that is completely inert and harmless unless connected to power supplies and energized. Of absolutely no value for building a "dirty bomb" or whatever...
They just split the company yet again, and the electronics test/measurement operations (the descendant of the original HP business) got rebranded as "Keysight Technologies":
A company called "Hewlett-Packard" still exists, but they sell printers and PCs. Nothing to do with the company that Bill and Dave started in the Palo Alto garage....
Well, sure, our totally incompetent government workers could lose track of nuclear materials, but if we simply entrust this stuff to private corporations, all our problems will go away.
Analysis of the wreckage showed that at least a few of them survived long enough to activate emergency oxygen systems and flip some switches in an attempt to regain control.
When I watched the show, I was thinking the same thing regarding the baking temperatures killing off the yeast. Surely the presence of wild yeast in the air was critical to the process, even if the ancient brewers didn't know it. If the baking and brewing took place at the same location, there would be enough flour and grain dust in the air to help spread wild yeasts quite well, even without the addition of the finished bread.
"Brew Masters" aired on Discovery Channel a few years ago, and a total of 6 episodes were made, of which 5 actually aired. All 6 episodes are available on BitTorrent sites. Supposedly the show was killed when "Big Beer" threatened to pull their ads from the network, but who knows...
All episodes centered around Dogfish Head and their various projects. A good show, but tended to turn into an over-the-top promotional spot for DFH at points, rather than an exploration of the art of craft brewing in general. Well worth watching, though, especially with a beer or 2.:)
For the Egyptian ale project, the brewery worked with Dr. Pat McGovern, a molecular archaeologist from U. Penn. He analyzed residues from old pottery vessels to come up with some of the ingredients used. He also worked with them on a few other "Ancient Ale" projects that saw wider release, including "Midas Touch" and an interesting neolithic era Chinese inspired brew called "Chateau Jiahu", brewed with honey and hawthorne fruit.
I agree. They knew that the bread was a necessary part of the process, so it was added.
They had no idea that the only part of the bread that was needed was a microscopic one-celled organism that also caused the bread to rise in the first place.
Would likely be explained as the "spirit of the bread" causing the brew to become beer, or similar pre-scientific explanation.
Have you seen the TV show "Brew Masters?". They did an episode where an expedition was mounted to Egypt, to examine some hieroglyphs at a tomb and capture wild yeast. It was then used to brew "Ta Henket", a limited release one-time brew by Dogfish Head brewery in DE.
The hieroglyphs showed what appeared to be loaves of bread involved in the brewing of beer. One theory is that the ancient brewers put loaves of bread into the wort, inadvertently pitching yeast in the process. The modern brewers attempted to recreate this by baking simple loaves of bread using emmer, a local grain of the time period, then adding the crumbled loaves to the fermenter.
Have tried all of DFH's "Ancient Ales" (except the Kvasir which hasn't showed up locally yet), and they were all interesting and surprisingly drinkable. Their "Theobroma", a cacao-based beer based on a Honduran recipe is one of their best products.
Dogfish beers aren't for everyone. But their slogan "Off-Centered Ales for Off-Centered people" should explain that...
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Jumping from a mountain cliff will only get you the "E" in BASE jumping, though. The true addict will want to hit all 4 for the best rush.
The B-A-S, stands for Buildings, Antennas, and Spans. The Earth, E, is the "gateway jump", I guess.
The legal definition of a "Controlled Substance Analog" hinged on the concept of "substantial similarity" to an already scheduled substance. Alexander Shulgin, the AUTHOR of the book you cite has made his feelings about the stupidity of the analog drug laws quite clear:
http://bitnest.ca/Rhodium/chem...
http://www.opendemocracy.net/c...
There is NO clear definition of "substantial similarity" that all chemists will agree on. And I certainly wouldn't want to have my freedom depend on a typical US jury being able to sort it out either (It must be an analog drug--it's made of the same types of atoms as heroin, cocaine, and meth!)
http://www.beatlesbible.com/fe...
Maybe you've just been smoking too much sensi....
No, we saved that level of treatment for the Japanese...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J...
They specifically include "byproduct materials" in their definition (along with "source materials" and "special nuclear materials", the weapons grade stuff you refer to), which includes just about every radioisotope with commercial or medical applications...
http://www.nrc.gov/materials.h...
Your average doctor or dentist won't have a radioactive source (a chunk of a radioactive isotope such as the Co-60 stolen in Mexico), only an X-ray machine.
The source in an X-ray machine is a specialized vacuum tube that is completely inert and harmless unless connected to power supplies and energized. Of absolutely no value for building a "dirty bomb" or whatever...
They just split the company yet again, and the electronics test/measurement operations (the descendant of the original HP business) got rebranded as "Keysight Technologies":
http://www.nasdaq.com/article/...
A company called "Hewlett-Packard" still exists, but they sell printers and PCs. Nothing to do with the company that Bill and Dave started in the Palo Alto garage....
All well and good, but the source discussed in the article I linked wasn't stolen, it was just lost because of incompetence.
when the 2 states that recently legalized weed meet for a championship football game...
According the Wikipedia, the longest-lived radioactive gold isotope is Au-195, with a half life of only 186 days.
Well, sure, our totally incompetent government workers could lose track of nuclear materials, but if we simply entrust this stuff to private corporations, all our problems will go away.
Oh, wait....
http://stateimpact.npr.org/tex...
the fans coming in from Washington and Colorado didn't bring any weed with them....
This is an entry-level 50MHz dual channel DSO, that can be upgraded to 100 MHz bandwidth with a simple, widely available firmware hack.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
scheduled for that night, and old Ronnie Raygun was planning to use the "Teacher in Space" as one of his talking points, afterall...
Analysis of the wreckage showed that at least a few of them survived long enough to activate emergency oxygen systems and flip some switches in an attempt to regain control.
And of course there is Marinol.
Which is supplied as a liquid in gelatin capsules....
Just wait, someone is going to get it down to a THC powder, and then...
Doubtful, seeing as 100% pure THC is an oily liquid....
FBI agents wouldn't have blown themselves up.
Right. Because federal agents are highly competent and could never do something that totally stupid...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eP6UvNgbqIA
When I watched the show, I was thinking the same thing regarding the baking temperatures killing off the yeast. Surely the presence of wild yeast in the air was critical to the process, even if the ancient brewers didn't know it. If the baking and brewing took place at the same location, there would be enough flour and grain dust in the air to help spread wild yeasts quite well, even without the addition of the finished bread.
"Brew Masters" aired on Discovery Channel a few years ago, and a total of 6 episodes were made, of which 5 actually aired. All 6 episodes are available on BitTorrent sites. Supposedly the show was killed when "Big Beer" threatened to pull their ads from the network, but who knows...
All episodes centered around Dogfish Head and their various projects. A good show, but tended to turn into an over-the-top promotional spot for DFH at points, rather than an exploration of the art of craft brewing in general. Well worth watching, though, especially with a beer or 2. :)
For the Egyptian ale project, the brewery worked with Dr. Pat McGovern, a molecular archaeologist from U. Penn. He analyzed residues from old pottery vessels to come up with some of the ingredients used. He also worked with them on a few other "Ancient Ale" projects that saw wider release, including "Midas Touch" and an interesting neolithic era Chinese inspired brew called "Chateau Jiahu", brewed with honey and hawthorne fruit.
I agree. They knew that the bread was a necessary part of the process, so it was added.
They had no idea that the only part of the bread that was needed was a microscopic one-celled organism that also caused the bread to rise in the first place.
Would likely be explained as the "spirit of the bread" causing the brew to become beer, or similar pre-scientific explanation.
Have you seen the TV show "Brew Masters?". They did an episode where an expedition was mounted to Egypt, to examine some hieroglyphs at a tomb and capture wild yeast. It was then used to brew "Ta Henket", a limited release one-time brew by Dogfish Head brewery in DE.
The hieroglyphs showed what appeared to be loaves of bread involved in the brewing of beer. One theory is that the ancient brewers put loaves of bread into the wort, inadvertently pitching yeast in the process. The modern brewers attempted to recreate this by baking simple loaves of bread using emmer, a local grain of the time period, then adding the crumbled loaves to the fermenter.
Have tried all of DFH's "Ancient Ales" (except the Kvasir which hasn't showed up locally yet), and they were all interesting and surprisingly drinkable. Their "Theobroma", a cacao-based beer based on a Honduran recipe is one of their best products.
Dogfish beers aren't for everyone. But their slogan "Off-Centered Ales for Off-Centered people" should explain that...