PowerBlogs: Jasmine Doobay

According to a new study from the University of Florence, a glass or two of red wine may increase a woman’s libido. 

Researchers found that levels of sexual desire were higher in women who were moderate drinkers of red wine than in women who preferred other alcoholic drinks — or didn’t drink at all.

One theory suggested by the team of Italian doctors who conducted the study is that chemical compounds found in red wine may improve sexual functioning by increasing blood flow to key areas of the body.

There have always been mixed drinks with great names. From the ankle breaker to the zombie — there are tons of mixed drinks with creative names.

On the other hand, beers have names like “Bud” and “Miller.” But, if you dig a little deeper, there actually are beers with cool names out there.

According to The St. Petersburg Times here are some of the “Best Beer Names” of all time:

1. Unibroue La Fin Du Monde — How can you not love a beer that calls itself “End of the World?”

2. Harveistoun Old Engine Oil — A beer from Scotland that’s probably not for the faint of heart.

3. Ridgeway Santa’s Butt — A brewery in England helping us through those miserable Christmas get-togethers.

4. Buffalo Bill’s Alimony Ale — The company claims Alimony Ale is the “bitterest beer in America.”

Phoner: Buffalo Bill’s Brewery, Hayward, California: (510) 886-9823 or BuffaloBillsBrewery.com

5. Mikkeller Beer Geek Breakfast Pooh Coffee — The coffee added to the beer is pooped out by a civet (a catlike mammal that loves coffee).

6. McQuire’s I’ll Have What The Gentleman On The Floor Is Having Barley Wine — You don’t want to chug this one. It’s sitting pretty with 12% alcohol.

7. Wasatch Polygamy Porter — The slogan? “Why have just one?”

MensHealth.com has a list of 19 things guys should never do. Here are a few of them …

1. Ask for a kiss. Her eyes will say yes or no, and nothing kills the mood like asking for a translation.

2. Dismiss a woman who shows any interest in watching baseball with you. She wants you bad.

3. Snoop through her e-mail, closets or medicine chest. There’s probably nothing there you need to worry about. But rest assured, you’ll find something you don’t want to see.

4. Talk salary. The more you make, the easier it is to cheapen your image.

5. Send her an angry e-mail. Have the guts to pick up the phone or, better yet, have a one-on-one.

6. Have that extra drink. You know, the one that takes you from relaxed to sloppy. Always know and respect your tippling point.

7. Pluck your brows. It’s okay to groom. It’s okay to like a woman who grooms. It’s not okay to groom like a woman.

Guys…there’s some bad news coming out of Europe.

It seems French women, who in years past have enjoyed sunbathing topless, are starting to cover up more.

According to reports, there have been fewer and fewer topless women on French beaches. It seems the trend among women these days is to actually use both pieces of their bikini.

The Metro France newspaper has reported that “Nude Breasts Are Less Trendy.”

Sociologist Jean-Claude Kaufmann explained, “We’re seeing a return to more conservative and family values.

Modesty and discretion are in fashion now.”

One survey found that 88% of young French women actually consider themselves to be prudes.

The mother of all endurance races just finished up in England. Give it up for all of the nearly 3,000 competitors who stepped foot on the Tough Guy Race course.

The race is only six miles, but features 21 different obstacles, including:

• fire walking
• ponds filled with leeches
• tiny, narrow tunnels
• crawling through shoulder high mud
• scaling a 40-foot high wall
• six-foot high stinging nettles
• mud-filled barbed wire trenches

The winner was James Appleton from Cambridge, who crossed the finish line in 1 hour and 39 minutes.

Some of the other contestants ended up with sprains, burns, cuts, scrapes, dehydration, hypothermia, twists and broken bones.

Organizer Mouser Wilson said, “There is nothing like this in the world and that is why people from all over the globe want to come here. I had a captain in Afghanistan write to me saying the British Army recognizes Tough Guy as the most arduous test of physical and mental endurance.”

A Scottish brewery has been called “irresponsible” after launching what it said was the UK’s strongest beer.
With an 18.2-percent alcohol content, a 330ml bottle of Tokyo, made by BrewDog, contained six units of alcohol — twice the recommended daily limit.
BrewDog uses jasmine, cranberries, malts and American hops, and is then fermented with a champagne yeast to make the high alcohol content.
They say the beer’s high quality should help tackle the country’s binge-drinking culture.
BrewDog founder James Watt said, “Mass-market, industrially-brewed lagers are so bland and tasteless that you are seduced into drinking a lot of them.
“We’ve been challenging people to drink less alcohol, and educating the palates of drinkers with progressive craft-brewed beers which have an amazing depth of flavor, body and character.
“The beers we make at BrewDog, including Tokyo, are providing a cure to binge beer-drinking.”
But the watchdog group Alcohol Focus Scotland said that idea is “deluded” and it is “irresponsible” to bring out a beer which is so strong at a time when Scotland is facing so much social harm.

Modern technology is awesome and it’s only getting better, faster and smaller.
But as things change, some technology we grew up with will not be passed down the line to the next generation of geeks.

Here are some things your kids may never know about:

Inserting a VHS tape into a VCR to watch a movie or to record something.
3-D movies requiring red-and-green glasses.
The buzz of a dot-matrix printer
Floppy discs
Phone books and the Yellow Pages
Typewriters
Putting film in your camera
Finding books in a card catalog at the library
Having to manually unlock a car door
Having to get up to change the TV channel
A physical dictionary
Finding out information from an Encyclopedia
Doing bank business only when the bank is open
Swimming pools with diving boards
Not knowing who was calling you on the phone

There are a ton of sports drinks out there – but are any of them needed?

Fitness experts say the need for sports drinks depends on the intensity and duration of your workout.

Water is good enough for shorter sessions, but for exercise lasting more than 60 minutes, a sports drink is recommended.

Some believe sports drinks can be useful for shorter workouts, too. If you’ve had a good high-carbohydrate meal three to four hours before your workout, you probably don’t need a sports drink.

But if you haven’t eaten for a while, a sports drink will provide a little extra energy, helping you get more out of yourself.

There are two key ingredients in a good sports drink – carbohydrates, which provides fuel for working muscles – and sodium, which helps to maintain fluid balance.

And, research also supports the practice of consuming protein after exercise to promote muscle recovery. Amazingly, chocolate milk seems to be effective in helping your muscles recover.

AskMen.com recently unveiled their second annual Great Male Survey results.

Among the highlights (or lowlights):

• 85 percent of men believe that they should pay for the majority of dates at least until a relationship is established.
• 50 percent are comfortable with their significant other staying in touch with an ex.
• 23 percent say salary is the most important thing about a job.
• 69 percent have fantasized about a girlfriend or wife’s friend.
• 48 percent would dump their girlfriend if she got fat.
• 83 percent would be bothered if their wife or girlfriend made more money than them.
• 35 percent would change their partner’s breast size if they could.

2009-July-26- Update from the Vernon ESS

The volunteer staff at the Vernon ESS Centre is working hard to assist the evacuees that have been asked to leave their homes as a result of the Terrace Mountain fire.

The Vernon ESS Centre will continue to remain open from 8:00AM until 8:00PM daily until the evacuees are allowed to return to their homes. This is to accommodate work schedules of those people who have been evacuated and might require extensions on their ESS referral forms. There is no longer any phone registration, you must appear in person for an extension on your vouchers.

The ESS Centre and officials on the road blocks are asking all people from the evacuation area to please continue to monitor the CORD website as well as all the media outlets for accurate timely updates about the evacuation orders.

Approximately 1,018 people continue on Evacuation Order in the following areas:

· Valley of the Sun

· Fintry High Farm

· Fintry Delta

· Upper Fintry

· Fintry Provincial Park

· Muirallen Estates

· La Casa

· District lots off South Terrace Mountain.

The police and emergency  officials on the road blocks in the evacuation area are asking that you do not drive up to them asking if you can go back home yet. Everyone will be advised by public broadcast when the evacuation orders have been lifted.

The Vernon ESS Center is aware of the frustrations and concerns of the people affected by this fire, we ask for your continued patience during this difficult time.