Shortage of Pure Drug Samples Hampers 'Legal High' Work

'Legal highs' such as mephedrone can be easily purcahsed over the internet, but pure reference samples are hard to find. Image: Andy Rain/EPA/Corbis

Attempts to understand and control new synthetic recreational drugs are being hindered by analysis laboratories' inability to obtain pure samples of the compounds, experts say.

The growing problem of synthetic drugs ? which include mimics of cannabis and amphetamine ? came to the fore in the United Kingdom last year as politicians rushed to ban mephedrone, which had been linked in the media to several deaths. Mephedrone and several related compounds, known collectively as cathinones, are now controlled substances in the United Kingdom and in many other countries. But new drugs are already appearing that circumvent these bans.

In order to determine what a substance actually is, analytical chemists need to compare it with a pure version of what they think it might be, using techniques such as gas-column mass spectrometry (GCMS). But Robert Lantz and Oliver Sutcliffe told reporters at the American Chemical Society meeting in Denver, Colorado, that these 'reference standards' are hard to come by for emerging synthetic drugs.

Sutcliffe's group at the Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences in Glasgow, UK, has been working on methods for synthesizing and analysing pure cathinones. However, the team does not have a licence to distribute the compounds to other laboratories. Major chemical suppliers are also not permitted supply the drugs. A lack of reference standards can have serious repercussions for criminal cases.

"One of the problems is simply that it's often very difficult for legitimate laboratories to obtain pure reference standards to make a good comparison so that when you go into court we can say definitely this material is what we say it is," said Lantz, who has recently been working on synthetic cannabinoids at Rocky Mountain Instrumental Laboratories in Fort Collins, Colorado.

Arms race
Most legal and grey-area synthetic drugs are thought to originate from China, and the laboratories producing them are in a constant arms race with the legal systems of countries fighting the drugs.

"Basically, what these clandestine labs are doing is handle-turning," said Sutcliffe. "They know the basic chemical structure of a cathinone has some pharmacological activity and by tweaking it they can confound some of the law-enforcement agencies."

Sutcliffe says that law-enforcement agencies and academics should be proactive, and look to identify the compounds that such companies are likely to turn to next, rather that waiting for a new chemical to appear on the market.

But at sessions on chemistry and law at the Denver meeting, a number of speakers acknowledged that some forensics laboratories in the United States and elsewhere are not up to the task. They may be staffed by people who are not properly trained in chemistry and do not understand the scientific basis of the analyses they are doing.

Combined with the profusion of synthetic drugs on the market, this can present major problems.

"If you're doing GCMS on a sample and it almost matches mephedrone, well maybe it's butylone," said Lantz. "A good analytical chemist would be able to say 'yes, this is a slight variation' as opposed to a button pusher who would simply say 'it doesn't match anything in my library'."

The ability to characterize suspect substances is likely to become even more important for UK and US law-enforcement agencies in future. It is now illegal to import a number of these substances into the United Kingdom and parts of the United States, but the chemical building blocks used to produce them are common compounds that would be hard to ban ? or even to control.

This raises the spectre of homegrown production. "I'd be surprised if [that] doesn't happen," said Lantz.

This article is reproduced with permission from the magazine Nature. The article was first published on August 31, 2011.


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Watching viruses 'friend' a network: Researchers develop Facebook application to track the path of infection

ScienceDaily (Aug. 30, 2011) ? From SARS to swine flu, virus outbreaks can be unpredictable -- and devastating. But now a new application through the ubiquitous social networking site Facebook, developed in a Tel Aviv University lab, is poised to serve as a better indicator of how infections spread among populations.

Dr. Gal Almogy and Prof. Nir Ben-Tal of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at TAU's George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences have developed a Facebook application called PiggyDemic, which allows users to "infect" their friends with a simulated virus or become infected themselves. The resulting patterns will allow researchers to gather information on how a virus mutates, spreads through human interaction, and the number of people it infects. Their research was recently presented at the annual retreat of the Safra Bioinformatics Program.

Programming a social disease

Currently, scientists use mathematical algorithms to determine which virus will spread and how, but this method has some flaws. It assumes that a virus has equal distribution across populations, but that is simply not the case, the researchers say. Patterns of social interaction must also be taken into account. "HIV is concentrated in Africa; certain types of flu are widespread in North America and Asia," explains Dr. Almogy. "Adding the element of human interaction, and looking at the social networks we belong to, is critical for investigating viral interaction."

Facebook, notes Dr. Almogy, is an ideal tool for such an undertaking. The social networking site's digital interactions simulate in-person interactions. Viral infections like the flu are a social phenomena, he explains.

Once added to a user's Facebook account, PiggyDemic follows the user's newsfeed to determine the people they interact with. Users are deemed "susceptible," "immune" or "infected" with various simulated viruses, and can pass them on to their online contacts. Researchers then follow these interactions using network visualization software, and watch the links between users as the "viruses" are passed on.

According to Dr. Almogy, accurate modeling of viral dynamics is critical for developing public health policy. Issues such as the use of vaccinations, medications, quarantine and anti-viral procedures will be better informed if we are able to predict more accurately the course of infection.

Taking your vitamin C

More than a research tool, PiggyDemic is also a game (users try to infect as many of their friends as possible), a teaching tool (users make choices that help them live a healthy life), and potentially a method for high-resolution, real-time tracking of virus outbreaks.

"People who have this software can report if they are actually ill," says Dr. Almogy. "If we know who their friends are and the sequence of the infecting virus, we can figure out which virus they have and how it passes from one person to another." If the network is large enough, he explains, they might be able to post warnings of possible outbreaks to Facebook networks, letting people know when it's time for a hefty dose of vitamin C.

The application has already provided a signficant finding, the researchers report. Flu's peak period, winter, is usually attributed to environmental conditions. But the researchers' findings suggest there are other forces at work.

PiggyDemic's viruses are not explicitly programmed to have a seasonal pattern, and yet like the real-life flu, they also display recurrent peaks of infection. Though researchers are not yet certain what drives these periodic peaks in the PiggyDemic eco-system, they indicate that a simple viral strategy superimposed on the basic structure of human society has a strong tendency to display periodic bursts of viral activity regardless of environmental conditions. "The flu doesn't maintain itself at a steady rate of infection," explains Dr. Almogy. "Yearly peaks of infection may serve instead as 'seeding periods,' similar to the 'blooming' process we see in flowering plants."

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Tiger will play in Frys.com Open

Tiger Woods has decided which of the four Fall Series events he will play ahead of his next previously scheduled start at the Australian Open, and it is the one you might least expect.

Woods confirmed an Associated Press report on his website on Monday that he will play at the Frys.com Open at CordeValle in northern California from October 6-9.

?I always enjoy competing in my home state, and this tournament fits my schedule perfectly,? Woods said. ?I?m looking forward to seeing some old friends.?

Many would have anticipated Woods playing in either Las Vegas ? site of his first tour win and a town he loves ? or Disney, where he won for the second time in his career, played consistently until 2005 and is played in the state of Florida, where he resides.

Instead, Woods chose a course that suits his game fairly well and does not have the poor optics of playing in Sin City, backdrop for many tabloid stories about the 14-time major winner.

The tournament takes place not too far from Stanford, where Woods attended college, and in the state where he grew up. It will be his first Fall Series start since the concept was developed as a postscript to the FedEx Cup in 2007.

Woods says playing an event for the first time was an aim of his in 2011.

He said, ?One of my goals this year was to participate in a tournament I hadn?t played before, and now, I will.?

Presidents Cup captain Fred Couples announced last week that Woods would be one of his two captain?s picks for the team headed to Royal Melbourne in November. Couples said at the Boeing Classic that Woods had given him assurance such a schedule change would be coming per Couples? request for Woods to play at least once more before the Australian Open, played the week before the Presidents Cup.

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Looking Into Motivational Speakers for Your Business Event

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Have you ever thought about hiring a motivational speaker for an event? Would you like some more general information on professional motivational speakers? Having a basic knowledge of what motivational speakers do and how they might benefit a group of people can certainly be helpful, especially if you have a lot of questions that you would like answers to.

A motivational speaker can take on many roles depending upon the nature of the group he or she is addressing and the content of the speech, but generally speaking, a motivational speaker's main goal is to inspire or motivate an audience. Often, motivational speakers are used by a business or a company to communicate company strategy and motivate their employees to work hard and see their jobs in a positive manner. Motivational speakers are often energetic, having the main goal to move the audience into taking action.

If you are thinking of hiring a motivational speaker to speak at your business events, you will want to know the qualities you should expect a motivational business speaker to have. In the case of the business world, good motivational speakers are going to not only be entertaining and energetic, but they are also going to be knowledgeable about the content and deliver the content in an effective way that the audience will remember. Good motivational business speakers will avoid being generic and using the same speeches they have used in the past, only replacing the names. Instead, they will design their speech and presentations to your particular company's needs and goals. Also, it's helpful if the speaker has specific business-related experience that is relevant to the goals of the company. For example, if you would like to look into good motivational sales speakers, I would say it's a good idea if the speaker also has experience in sales.

Motivational speakers can be used in so many different business contexts such as an association meeting, a sales conference, a business conference, and other events. At these events, it's definitely important that you find a good keynote speaker. If you have a good keynote speaker, the audience will be engaged, they will remember all of the content, and they will leave the event feeling better and feeling motivated. This can certainly go a long way in a business or a company as far as boosting morale and increasing productivity.

You should have high expectations for your event and choose a motivational speaker who can give you and your company positive results. You will want to find a keynote speaker who can bring new insights to an audience and bring new perspectives as well. If you select the right person, it's possible that the audience can leave feeling very positive about the company, feeling more excited about their jobs, and feeling more motivated in general to get their work done. You can see how it's important to investigate several motivational business speakers and see which one meets your expectations.

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Billy Madison (Movie Review)

One of the best films of Adam Sandler's, Billy Madison is the absolutely hilarious film, Sandler long reign as a romantic comedy box office draw triggered. With a strong spirit, with a hint of sensitivity for the fairer sex combined, the former Saturday Night Live with outstanding success is far away from the lewd and crude comedy path and creates a nice medium between outrageous comedy and carefree. It is a path that would follow with box office hits Happy Gilmore, TheWedding Singer, The Waterboy and Mr. Deeds. In Billy Madison, follows the same path to perfection ?

Billy Madison follows the life of a character with the same name (Adam Sandler) ? at the age of 27, unemployed hotel heirs a fortune, which lacks all ambition. The opening scenes capture Billy lying by the pool with his friends, hungover and completely out of my head, and the tone for a film full of funny antics and great one-liners. But Billy is the life of lazinesson the head when his father (Darren McGavin) decides that he wants to retire from running his multimillion-dollar empire Dollar Hotel. He appoints his arrogant and condescending, Eric Gordon (Bradley Whitford) as heir apparent. The appointment comes as a shock to Billy, it would automatically inherit the kingdom, which meant at the time his father retired. But when Billy's father reveals that he paid all of Billy's teachers from kindergarten through high school to his son a rideable, the young man begins to understand why. Billy quickly offered a contract to his father when he notes the K-12 can happen again, then he is in control of the hotel, after all inherit. His father agrees.

When Billy goes through all the grades, meets a new set of friends ? mostly third grade. Also falls in love with his beautiful third grade teacher Veronica Vaughn (Bridgette Wilson), which quickly became Billy as a lazy, self-centered, screw-ups is to be condemned. But then he hasrecognizes his sensitivity and special way with children, and developed an interest in him. Billy is also interested in the gay elementary school principal Max Anderson (Josh Mostel). When Eric Gordon sees that Billy is successfully passed each grade, he blackmails the main Anderson. If Anderson does not go on TV and tell the world that Billy paid for passing, he will tell all about the past in secret, like a professional wrestler Anderson "The Revolting Blob", theaccidentally killed another wrestler in the ring.

As Billy's elementary school friends come to his aid, it is determined that Billy and Eric will fight for the control of the hotels have a "academic decathlon". Now, only Billy's mind to get what he wants most ?

Billy Madison is a film with a series of funny scenes. In one scene, for example, a third grader accidentally "pee on" and is afraid to get on a bus during a trip. Sandler throws water on hisPants and told the other children "peein 'in your pants is cool!" This saves the child from embarrassment. In another scene, Billy calls ex-classmate Danny McGrath (Steve Buscemi) to apologize for the collection of him as a child. After the phone call, Danny crosses Billy off his master list "to kill people." The Later, Danny comes to help Billy.

Overall, this is a funny movie. If you like light-hearted comedy with a touch of outrageous behavior, then you will enjoy this breakoutAdam Sandler hit. Billy Madison is not to be in someone's list of Oscar winners of all time great cinema masterpieces, but it is just as much fun as any movie would. Therefore I have movie as a must-see place. Be sure to check it out ?

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Debt Consolidation Loans: The Keys For Fixing Credit

Are you one of those people slowly getting buried into all those bad credits? If yes, then here?s the solution you?ve all been waiting for. This bad credit situation implicates how the economy and other factors build up high credit lines. Not to mention those increasing medical and living costs that worsens it.

Wanting to become debt free and regain good finances as soon as possible? Your long wait is now over, debt consolidation loansare now here to have your finances fixed. Check out more of debt consolidation loans on this article and see if you are qualified to get one for your credit.

Accumulating money is the main goal of all lending institutions. High APR?s and late payment penalties from their clients is what boosts them most. You might also think that they are up to bury you in debts, but certainly not. They just try to push you to the limit of paying your debts because if they?d lose you as well as other clients with the same situation, they might end up broke.

Thus, if you feel that paying your credit takes a lifetime then you might want to apply for some debt consolidation loan.

What do you think is the real deal about these debt consolidation loans? Primarily, it aims to have all your monthly debt wound up into a single easy pay per month. Lots of client support organizations are behind it to help lots of people in similar state.

Browse the internet to find sites that offer debt consolidation loans, most especially those with the suffix ?.org?. These particular sites are non-profit organizations that readily help people that seem hopeless of recovering from bad credit.

Do you need to pay for this debt consolidation loans? Yes, a minimum charge is expected but is all worth it. Legitimate debt consolidation services offer you a vast network of contacts in the credit world.

What are the steps to start debt consolidation loans? First, you?ll have to present your debts to them. Next, they solve your problem by cutting down your debts to an amount that is payable for you per month. What they do is that they try to contact your creditors in your behalf and they?ll attempt to bargain them to lower your APR as well as releasing some of the penalties they gave you.

Although it only takes a few hours or even days for the consultant to finish his evaluation to alleviate your debt structure, it still takes about 3 years (depending on your debt) for you to get rid of all debts and become officially debt free.

Do you know how to rid of bad credit aside from debt consolidation loans? A good way of getting rid bad credit is by starting to reduce credit card usage and in turn increasing the use of paychecks. By then, you?ll be reordering checks for replenishment, wherein you can choose from various styles and designs for it. What?s more exciting is that you can avail of a 50% discount upon ordering it online.

Don?t you know that checks are available on different types? Check types include duplicate copy checks, single copy checks as well as side and top tear checks formats. Almost all check manufacturers have sites that reach out to the market, wherein they offer a 50% off the regular price of check orders. Not only that, they also allow their clients to have the designs, colors styles, fonts and motifs that they like on their check purchases. Reorder checks from ReorderChecksstore.com which carries the the largest selection of hi-quality checks at guaranteed lowest prices!

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Psychic Online Readings | Further Musings of a Bewildered Psychic

Believer vs. Disbeliever

In my earlier post I gave an introduction to the paranormal, described a few psychic abilities through the clair-talents, provided a brief history of psychics, and then covered some of the more modern psychics. Whether or not one believes or doesn?t is of moot concern when you consider that everyone possesses some form of psychic ability in one way or another.

The difference between the believer and the non-believer is strictly a matter of how in touch one is with their higher being; the spiritual self. As I?ve witnessed over the years, sometimes it?s a good thing some people are not in touch and in a way have chosen to be so. I say chosen because, every person that is born to this life does so with an agenda in mind; that is to learn in this classroom called Earth.

I am neither here to persuade nor convince a disbeliever to become a believer. My purpose is to merely support and affirm a believer?s or a soon to be believer?s mind in their process of discovery. If a person is not ready to accept the next step, then he/she is simply not ready and should never be forced to accept what they are otherwise not ready for. It can never be stated enough that we are all here to learn our own lessons no matter where that path they may lead us.

Earth is a spiritual classroom where souls come to experience things that could not otherwise be experienced. We are here to learn new concepts which are then integrated into the awareness of our higher being. In a way, giving reference to a higher being doesn?t quite capture the essence of our true spirit. The fact is that the term ?higher being? is only a reference point and not an absolute. The absolute is the sum of our whole being; body, mind, and spirit together.

Absolutes

As corporeal beings with body and mind here on Earth, we have a strong tendency to define and be defined in terms of absolutes. For instance, we go to college to be educated and ultimately be given a degree. That degree confers to the graduate certain absolutes we have come to expect as given facts.

Many times though, we have come to understand that the degree doesn?t necessarily wholly mean what it was designed for. After all, there are Psychiatrists who sometimes behave in a contradictory and erratic manner. Then again, there are those who have risen to great heights with little to no education. Despite the infrequent aberrant behavior from the norm, we still cling to education as an absolute indicator or worth and talent.

Does this automatically infer that there are no absolutes? Absolutely not, absolutes provide the framework for growth, just like a baby grabs hold of a chair or other prop to assist in standing. Eventually, when the baby is able to stand on its own, he/she will no longer need props to stand. When props are no longer necessary, a new absolute takes its place; legs and feet become means of locomotion. In this manner we could consider absolutes as tools (framework) for greater growth.

Higher Self and Being

Bearing in mind that absolutes are a means to an end and not an end to a means, so are we in relationship to our ?higher self?. The concept of a higher self stems from the need to define a part of ourselves in absolute measures of greater, lesser, higher, or lower values. As a result it becomes a compartmentalized representation of who we ought to be rather than who we are.

This rigid compartmentalized way of thinking has become so prevalent as to be considered an absolute institution unto it?s self. This institutionalized thinking is both a corruption of the spirit and a necessary evil if life is to exist here on earth. A corruption due in great part to its inhibition of abstract creativity, a necessary evil because not all people are capable of or should be capable of anything greater than concrete reasoning.

Like the child who has just taken his/her very first steps, there is a moment of confusion and uncertainty with this new ability. At this point the child will either grasp the new concept of standing or walking, or will simply revert back to using props to sustain his/her efforts. In the later, the infant has chosen to become overwhelmed by his/her surroundings instead of overcoming them. They (the infant) become, as it were, a part of the fixtures at this point; neither succeeding nor receding.

As created beings, we in turn possess the inherent needs and abilities to create and evolve. When we sleep, our dreams, rich in symbolism, help to drive us closer to the truth of who we are. Some of us will heed the call to merge with the infinite, while others may give a perfunctory acknowledgement at best and move on, while others ignore it completely. In all, just a matter of whom and what we have chosen to be in this life and the lessons we choose to learn.

Saints and Sinners Alike

What exactly is a saint? According to tradition, a saint is an individual of exceptional holiness who is an important aesthetic symbol of virtue in many religions, particularly Christianity. In addition Christianity, Hindus have their own version of saints, as do ancient religions which used the term demigod to refer to special half god and half human like individuals. For the most part, Saints and Demigods alike are considered to be on par with superhuman abilities.

On the other hand, sinners are considered those reeking in moral turpitude. That is, lacking good character and integrity normally expected of a human being. Unlike saints who are adored for their virtues, sinners are abhorred for the lack of them. Wretched, greedy and godless; with little or no regard for any sensible shred of human dignity. Today?s psychiatric terminology would label them as antisocial personalities, sociopaths, and/or psychopaths.

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Saints and sinners have one thing in common; both serve the purpose of providing a stark contrast to right and wrong. After all, for the sake of being human, how else would we know light if there is no darkness and darkness if there is no light? Each has their reason for existing and a greater knowledge to unfold.

Destiny

Does this mean that we?re predestined to live a life in black and white? Not in the least, there are as many colors as the world can hold. Just because we have chosen the life we will lead here and now, doesn?t mean we will follow a direct path between X and Y. Think of it as being on a cruise ship, with the captain steering and overseeing the journey as it progresses. In the mean time we?re free to walk about and interact with the other passengers. The only difference is that we have a general agreement and understanding of where we are headed and the lessons to be learned along the way.

A well known psychic made a statement a while back that really caught my attention. She said, ?Each of us has been given five waypoints in life where we will be provided with the opportunity to live or die.? At that moment I realized just how disingenuous this psychic really was. The fact is, there is no such thing as five waypoints in life for anything let alone our demise. We might have an idea of what, when, where and why, but it is not a waypoint by any means.

The creator has created and in that creation creates in return. In this way we are all like artists working in a strange medium we call life. We craft every curve and nuance in whatever manner of our choosing. It is through the act of creation that we unleash our true passions upon the world. Every stroke capturing a moment in time of who we are and building upon the next of whom we are becoming. Therein is the one and only absolute in life and that is that the creation exists to become a creator.

Strange as it May Seem

Anyone who has taken the time to embark on a spiritual journey has eventually come upon a moment similar to a child?s first steps. It is a moment filled with all sorts of emotions; the joy of a new revelation, the fear of uncertainty, and most of all the confusion of facing a new form of reality. It?s a daunting challenge for even the most adept and willing of humanity to take in let alone an overwhelming fright for those caught unprepared.

One of my very first inklings of having psychic abilities came during a bible study meeting at a friend?s house. During the meeting I was suddenly overcome with a strange emotion of dread and sorrow. As these feelings persisted I started to look within for an answer. Just as quickly as these feelings had enveloped me, so did the answer, ?Say a warm goodbye to your friend tonight, this will be the last time you?ll see her.? Can we say dumbfounded and dismayed?

Reluctantly believing what I had just been told, I still managed to say a fond goodbye as though it would be the last time we would see each other. That Sunday, upon arriving at church, another close friend approached me with some very sad news. My friend, it turns out, suffered a stroke the night before and passed over unexpectedly. As sad as I was at her passing I was also confronted by a sense of guilt for not having said or done anything to prevent it. Again, a voice came from within saying, ?The information was not intended to save her life, it was given for you to say a final goodbye. This was the time she had chosen to depart and her life here was complete.?

Well, talk about learning to stand, for me this was the equivalent of skipping that part and going all the way to flight school without a learner?s permit. I?ve always known that the other side had a tremendous sense of humor, but good grief, can we start out a little simpler next time? How about a hamster or gold fish, something a little easier to handle? But hey, sometimes it?s true; it?s easier to get my attention with a baseball bat than a toothpick any day.

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