tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-194363622009-07-10T08:57:37.429-05:00Pogue's Blogpoguenoreply@blogger.comBlogger110125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19436362.post-20998191989782509462007-11-28T05:27:00.000-06:002007-11-28T05:43:14.086-06:00Blackwater Mercenaries Accused of Steroid AbuseA civil lawsuit filed on behalf of the families of the individuals killed in the shooting incident on Sept. 16 in Nusoor Square, Baghdad, alleges that Blackwater guards were abusing steroids. The lawsuit, “Estate of Himoud Saed Atban, et al. v. Blackwater USA, et al.” (C.A. No. 07-1831), which was filed on October 11th in Washington DC by four families of persons killed in the shooting incident.poguenoreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19436362.post-21433598929110813312007-11-03T14:35:00.000-05:002007-11-03T14:35:47.563-05:00How to Syndicate my blog or Subscribe for UpdatesThis article describes several simple methods of how to syndicate the content of my blog to your website, including specific categories of posts. I also discuss how you can subscribe to my content yourself so you can be notified if I post a new article.Syndicating my RSS FeedI provide RSS feed of my sites post through Feedburner. The URL of my feed is http://feeds.feedburner.com/pogue972 By poguenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19436362.post-47442407895467878622007-10-22T22:16:00.000-05:002007-10-22T22:16:23.159-05:00Archive: Information on Lithium OrotateThis article was originally written and posted on a now defunct website which discussed topics involving incentive sites. Many incentive sites at the time had a trial offer for a product called Feel Serenity, which was a dietary supplement that contained lithium orotate. In order to receive a credit on these incentive sites to earn your prize, the member had to complete one of the trial offers,poguenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19436362.post-16929314651272259802007-09-04T21:05:00.000-05:002007-10-05T09:22:30.621-05:00Toxic PopcornAn ingredient used to create the butter flavor in microwave popcorn, diacetyl, has been causing some concerns for workers in plants who make the product, as it has been shown to have a causative link between the ingredient and bronchiolitis obliterans - a debilitating lung disease. However, a question that has not been addressed is whether or not the diacetyl ingredient is toxic when used in a poguenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19436362.post-9026496495738966082007-08-03T06:03:00.000-05:002007-08-03T06:03:48.782-05:00Archive: Methyl Hydroxy Nandrolone (MOHN)My article for Methyl Hydroxy Nandrolone (M4OHN) was written for the same company that I wrote my Methyl Hydroxy Testosterone (M4OHT) article for. It was also written in 2004 in a period leading up to the banning of prohormones, when manufacturers were bringing out all sorts of new compounds that were either active steroids or precursors to them. Most all of them had never been tested and were poguenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19436362.post-44988261362638188282007-08-01T02:40:00.000-05:002007-08-03T10:20:20.749-05:00Archive: Methyl Hydroxy Testosterone (MOHT)My two articles on Methyl Hydroxy Testosterone (M4OHT) and Methyl Hydroxy Nandrolone (M4OHN) were written for a supplement manufacturer who was selling the two compounds. When these articles were written in 2004, both of these were brand new compounds on the then still legal prohormone market. Unfortunately, shortly after M4OHT was released, it was discovered it wasn't just illegal in poguenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19436362.post-62687041854746864622007-06-18T09:40:00.000-05:002007-06-20T07:44:08.656-05:00New Lab Studies Show Creatine Ethyl Ester & Kre-Alkalyn IneffectiveAt the recent International Society of Sports Nutrition, two new studies were released showing that both Creatine Ethyl Ester (CEE) and Kre-Alkalyn were ineffective in vitro. The studies were conducted by The Division of Sport Sciences at Northumbria University, Newcastle UK and Kingston University London, Department of Life Sciences by Dr. MJ. Tallon Dr. R. Child.Both studies used similar poguenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19436362.post-56532494588472664772007-06-06T13:30:00.000-05:002007-06-06T13:25:24.801-05:00New Study Finds CLA Helps in Fat LossA new study by The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found CLA (Conjugated Linoleic Acid) at a level of around 3 grams per day may have a significant reduction in fat loss when used in conjunction with a regular diet. [1]CLA in the past has been viewed with skepticism by many because of the variety of studies, some showing that it has no or negative effects in the body, while others showing poguenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19436362.post-26763789746738844312007-05-17T11:40:00.000-05:002007-07-01T11:05:36.585-05:00Search to Win!With the ever expanding list of search engines to pick from, there are now several that give their users more than just good results as an incentive to use them. Like what, you might ask? Prizes, points, gift certificates, and cash, in some instances. This new concept in search engine marketing is winning over a wide audience as they have learned from the mistakes of some of their predecessorspoguenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19436362.post-87521099316617049492007-05-08T14:15:00.000-05:002007-05-08T14:16:28.865-05:00Colorodo High School Bans Spike Energy Drink After Students Become SickAccording to a video report by CNN, Doherty High School, in Colorado Springs, Colorado has banned it's students from consuming Biotest's Spike Shooters Energy Drink after "In a span of a week, 18 Doherty High School students [...] reported becoming, after drinking an energy drink called "Spike Shooter". The principle of the school banned the drink "on campus" and then "convinced a near-by poguenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19436362.post-1169125075586839742007-01-18T08:45:00.000-06:002007-01-18T08:56:48.906-06:00Quick Tips for Saving Money When Shopping OnlineWhenever you visit an online store and make a purchase, you'll often see an open box towards the end of your purchase that says "Promo Code/Coupon". This is a box specially reserved for coupons and codes you can enter to save money on your purchase. Sometimes the store you're buying from will send you codes and coupons like these in a mailing (either email or postal) if you subscribe to their poguenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19436362.post-1168237383000390362007-01-08T09:30:00.000-06:002007-02-03T19:25:01.536-06:00FBI & New York Police on the Trail of StudioTrafficStudioTraffic was once one of the largest paid to autosurf sites on the net. It had existed for several years and was branded as one of the safest and most long lasting investment sites on the net, somewhat akin to AllAdvantage. StudioTraffic paid out a 1% daily investment on whatever money the user inputted into their account through their own payment processor system, StudioPay. All they hadpoguenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19436362.post-1167088556917582482006-12-25T18:05:00.000-06:002007-08-03T19:24:33.390-05:00Where Did all the Ephedrine Go?Please note: I am not advocating in any way, shape or form the illegal purchasing of prohibited products. I am not a licensed doctor, so please check with a doctor before taking any of the products mentioned below. However, because of the abuse of many illegal drug users, people who have a legitimate need to use ephedrine based products are being strictly limited in access to them and this poguenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19436362.post-1163281148710468972006-11-11T15:36:00.000-06:002006-11-11T15:43:18.626-06:00Simple Diet Trick to Help Shed PoundsNo matter what diet you prefer, there is one diet that almost anyone can follow and still have success. It requires no major dietary modifications, no supplements or drugs, and probably not much more exercise than would be normally recommended for anyone. It's called "The Water Diet" and it's very simple to follow. All you have to do is drink 3 full 8oz glasses of water with each meal. One poguenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19436362.post-1162749410203442492006-11-05T13:30:00.000-06:002006-11-30T15:56:29.380-06:00Cool Random Links of the MomentHere are some cool links that I've found or discovered that don't have much to do with each other or anything, just that they are cool. So, here they are with descriptions beside them.TV Links: A collection of television shows that you can watch online. The site is essentially a directory of a collection of a variety of different shows that range from regular comedies, sitcoms, dramas, and poguenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19436362.post-1159773664735970512006-10-26T13:50:00.000-05:002006-10-26T13:56:07.946-05:00Comodo Offering a Wide Array of Freeware Security Products for Windows UsersComodo, a company that has seemingly come out of nowhere, has released a suite of applications for Windows end-users that are completely free and do a variety of security related tasks that other companies charge a great deal for. One of their most popular products is their firewall, which is well received due to the recent halt in production of several free firewall products, such as Kerio and poguenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19436362.post-1161701791544498362006-10-24T09:50:00.000-05:002006-10-24T09:57:27.573-05:00More Proof of the Benefit of Testosterone TherapyA new study from the Archives of Internal Medicine finds that men older than 65 with low testosterone levels have increased chances of falling. In senior citizens, falling can be quite traumatic and lead to major bone fractures, especially breakage of the hip bones, which become more fragile with age.Endogenous Testosterone Levels, Physical Performance, and Fall Risk in Older MenEric Orwoll, MD;poguenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19436362.post-1161678664345749412006-10-24T04:55:00.000-05:002006-10-24T05:01:22.716-05:00Solutions for Web Sites that Force Registration to Access ContentWe all come across pages online that require you to register. Sometimes these are straightforward, just asking for your email address and a username so you can post on a messageboard with other information being optional. But some sites want more, like your name and address, date of birth, and lots of other details you might not want to give out. Even if the site says it won't sell or give outpoguenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19436362.post-1159407237816607882006-09-27T22:10:00.000-05:002006-09-27T22:23:35.356-05:00Too little testosterone causes ignoranceIn a widely misinterpreted study, the media and the authors of the study have concluded that "too much testosterone kills brain cells".Tests on brain cells in lab dishes showed that while a little of the male hormone is good, too much of it causes cells to self-destruct in a process similar to that seen in brain illnesses such as Alzheimer's."Too little testosterone is bad, too much is bad but poguenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19436362.post-1158589404937887042006-09-18T09:23:00.000-05:002006-09-18T09:28:32.416-05:00Happy Birthday GretaToday, September 18th, is the birthday of film legend Greta Garbo. If you were to stop anyone on the street and ask them who she was you would probably get a variety of guesses. She's probably most known in contemporary culture from the phrase "[she's]... the next Garbo", referring to anyone who believes the latest actress on the scene is the next big thing - Greta Garbo was (and still is to poguenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19436362.post-1157461183186814112006-09-05T10:45:00.000-05:002006-09-16T19:48:33.516-05:00AOL Offers Free Streaming XM RadioAOL, in a move to offer more free services and cut back less on it's dial-up internet subscriber base, which has been losing significant amounts of money since the introduction of widespread broadband use, causing a drop in AOL dialup subscribers.AOL, or America Online, has become a culture icon in the years since its inception. Both lamented by some for it's excessive mailings of unwanted poguenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19436362.post-1157342841600526312006-09-04T00:10:00.000-05:002006-09-05T17:09:03.383-05:00XP-AntiSpy Now Includes WGA DisablerWindows Genuine Advantage, or WGA, is a tool that has met which much scorn since it was first released a few months back. WGA is a background utility that is required to be installed on all Windows XP machines in order to download manual updates. The program checks to determine if the copy of Windows is properly registered and has a valid license key. If it doesn't have the proper credentials,poguenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19436362.post-1157184385132699132006-09-02T05:19:00.000-05:002006-09-06T14:43:10.303-05:00T-Mag Slams Muscle MilkT-Mag, now known as T-Nation or Testosterone Nation is an online bodybuilding zine that's well known to most in the supplement world as a fairly biased, yet still a worthwhile read most of the time (I syndicate their RSS feed here on my blog). T-Mag is owned and operated by supplement maker BioTest, and has always had somewhat of a laughable element behind many of the articles, since they poguenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19436362.post-1156740418687288422006-08-28T00:05:00.000-05:002006-08-28T00:07:10.423-05:00The Final Blow for EphedraOn August 17th, the US 10th Circuit Court of Appeals struck down the previous ruling by a Utah Judge that the FDA's banning of ephedra was invalid, thus allowing supplement manufacturers to sell it in over the counter supplements in 10mg per capsule amounts.The Consumer Health Digest newsletter said the following:Appeal court upholds FDA ephedra ban.The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuitpoguenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19436362.post-1154990933858948592006-08-26T04:20:00.000-05:002006-08-26T04:23:24.510-05:00FreePay gone Bankrupt?According to a recent post from a purported ex-employee of FreePay, the company might be filing for bankruptcy. FreePay, formerly known as Gratis Internet, is a company that gives away free products using a referral marketing based system.In March, the company changed its terms of service so that users only had ninety days to complete the requirements to get the prize, where as previously, they poguenoreply@blogger.com0