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Coffee acts as painkiller for women: Study
Thursday September 26 2002, @09:07PM
Coffee acts as painkiller for women: Study
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/articleshow?artid=23352608
ANI [ THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2002 12:28:52 PM ]
LONDON: Coffee as painkiller? Well, a new study suggests just that, and it seems to work only on women.
The study conducted by researchers at a London college says a double espresso may be able to improve women's tolerance to pain. However, the caffeine jolt does nothing to help men.
It has long been suggested that women are the harder sex when it comes to dealing with pain, with their ability to cope with childbirth cited as principal evidence. That, however, could be a myth, suggest the researchers at Goldsmiths College. Men were, on the whole, better able to withstand pain than women.
The experiment, reported in BBC, used 50 men and women, who were asked to plunge their arms into buckets of ice-cold water and keep them there for as long as they could.
On the whole, men could keep their arms submerged for longer than women. Psychological studies have suggested that men tend to focus on their senses during pain, while women have a far more emotional response, making it harder for them to cope. However, when the women were given 250mg of caffeine - equivalent to a double espresso, their tolerance improved. Afterwards, they were able to keep their arms in the bucket for significantly longer time.
Ed Keogh, who led the study, said that increased blood pressure, a side-effect of consuming caffeine, might be behind the improvement. But there was no explanation as to why men fared no better after their caffeine fix.
"The effect may not last for very long, but a quick double espresso probably would make the pain of something like leg-waxing more bearable. We need a lot more research into the differences between the genders when it comes to pain. It may be that painkillers need to be tailored differently to the sexes to ensure they are as effective as possible," he said.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/articleshow?artid=23352608
ANI [ THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2002 12:28:52 PM ]
LONDON: Coffee as painkiller? Well, a new study suggests just that, and it seems to work only on women.
The study conducted by researchers at a London college says a double espresso may be able to improve women's tolerance to pain. However, the caffeine jolt does nothing to help men.
It has long been suggested that women are the harder sex when it comes to dealing with pain, with their ability to cope with childbirth cited as principal evidence. That, however, could be a myth, suggest the researchers at Goldsmiths College. Men were, on the whole, better able to withstand pain than women.
The experiment, reported in BBC, used 50 men and women, who were asked to plunge their arms into buckets of ice-cold water and keep them there for as long as they could.
On the whole, men could keep their arms submerged for longer than women. Psychological studies have suggested that men tend to focus on their senses during pain, while women have a far more emotional response, making it harder for them to cope. However, when the women were given 250mg of caffeine - equivalent to a double espresso, their tolerance improved. Afterwards, they were able to keep their arms in the bucket for significantly longer time.
Ed Keogh, who led the study, said that increased blood pressure, a side-effect of consuming caffeine, might be behind the improvement. But there was no explanation as to why men fared no better after their caffeine fix.
"The effect may not last for very long, but a quick double espresso probably would make the pain of something like leg-waxing more bearable. We need a lot more research into the differences between the genders when it comes to pain. It may be that painkillers need to be tailored differently to the sexes to ensure they are as effective as possible," he said.
Schools Teach 3 C's: Candy, Cookies and Chips
Thursday September 26 2002, @09:00PM
Schools Teach 3 C's: Candy, Cookies and Chips
By JANE E. BRODY
http://www.nytimes.com
chool is back in session, but do you know what your children are learning about a matter of lifelong importance? That matter is food and drink, the substances that sustain health and life.
But in more and more schools nationwide, children from kindergarten through high school are being taught that "nutrition" comes in boxes of fast foods, candy wrappers and soft-drink cans and bottles.
In many schools, fast-food companies have co-opted the lunch program, and children have ready access to soft-drink and snack machines. In the classroom, too, children in 12,000 schools are required to watch a 12-minute television program every day with two minutes of commercials from companies like McDonald's, Hershey, Pepsico, Coca-Cola, KFC, Frito-Lay, Domino's and 7Up.
As Dr. Marion Nestle of New York University points out in her illuminating book "Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health" (University of California Press, 2002, $29.95), "Given their purchasing power, numbers, potential as future customers and captive status, it is no wonder that food companies view schoolchildren as an unparalleled marketing opportunity."
To be sure, in exchange for advertising and the opportunity to sell their nutritionally wanting products in schools, corporations often contribute money and materials desperately needed by schools.
These companies pay for sports uniforms, scoreboards, computers and other items, some of which carry the company logo.
When children's books are protected by covers bearing, say, the Coca-Cola logo, they see an advertising message even while they do their schoolwork.
"Many commercial activities produced no tangible benefits for the school, although the benefits to advertisers were quite evident," added Dr. Nestle, who heads N.Y.U.'s department of nutrition and food studies.
For example, advertisers may offer children free samples and coupons for fast food and sponsor Channel One closed-circuit programs viewed daily by 8.3 million schoolchildren, who see 2 minutes of commercial messages along with 10 minutes of news and features.
But not every school official is in favor of this noxious trend. Dr. Nestle quotes Jill Wynns of the San Francisco school board: "The law requires your future customers to come to a place 180 days a year where they must watch and listen to your advertising messages exclusively. Your competitors are not allowed access to the market. The most important public institution in the lives of children and families gives its implied endorsement to your products. The police and schools enforce the requirement that the customers show up and stay for the show."
Lessons Start Early
Beginning in preschool, children are exposed to thousands of messages from advertisers that can corrupt the food lessons their parents hope to teach them. For example, Dr. Nestle cites the public television program for toddlers called "Teletubbies," sponsored first by Burger King and then by McDonald's, which distributed toys representing the four Teletubby characters.
Then there are Saturday mornings, when parents may hope to catch some extra sleep while their young children are bombarded by television advertising for what Dr. Nestle calls "foods and beverages of dubious nutritional value: presweetened breakfast cereals, candy, fast foods, sodas, cookies, chips."
Not one commercial for fruits, vegetables, bread or fish was shown, according to a study published in The Journal of the American Dietetic Association.
Many studies have shown that young children do not readily distinguish program content from commercials.
And, to make it even more difficult, commercials these days look and sound more and more like the programs. To Dr. Nestle, "food marketing to children is big business aimed at uncritical minds."
Even some of the books bought for toddlers carry a not-so-hidden commercial message. For example, I bought my grandsons, who was then a year old, a Cheerios counting book (Cheerios being a nutritious nonsugar-coated cereal) but rejected the books featuring Kellogg's Fruit Loops and Oreo Cookies.
As Dr. Nestle wrote, "The Oreo book requires children to count (and presumably eat) their way through 10 cookies before reaching `and now there are none.' "
Once children are in school, the commercial lessons continue. More and more school lunch programs now offer brand-name fast foods.
Some schools have turned their entire lunch programs over to management companies that bring in nothing but fast foods, in the process forfeiting the federal reimbursements offered to schools that meet government nutritional standards.
Of course, the children are required to pay a lot more for these meals -- $2 or $3 instead of 40 cents -- which may make them out of reach for children from low-income families, the very children school lunch programs were designed to help.
More Pop, Less Milk
Some districts sign "pouring-rights contracts" and they result in soda-pop vending machines in thousands of schools in return for big bucks the schools say they desperately need.
The companies may even offer bonuses to schools that exceed stated sales targets.
For example, in 1997 the 53-school Colorado Springs district signed an $8-million, 10-year agreement with Coca-Cola that included cash bonuses for extra sales and incentives like a new car for a senior with high grades and a perfect attendance record.
As you might guess, the students comply. As reported in the American Journal of Public Health, "What we have seen in just about every exclusive contract around the country is a resulting increase in the amount of soda consumed by students."
Vending machines are going into schools that did not previously have them and even into elementary schools.
Also, as you might expect, as children drink more soft drinks, which offer no redeeming nutritional value (the Center for Science in the Public Interest calls them "liquid candy"), they consume less of the nutritious drinks like milk and fruit juices. Fruit drinks that contain 5 percent fruit juice to meet government standards still have too little of the natural product to be considered nutritious, Dr. Nestle said.
Can this trend be curbed? "By the end of 2000, more than 30 school districts in California, Tennessee and Wisconsin, for example, had refused such deals after protests by parents, students and school officials," Dr. Nestle reported.
"Philadelphia refused an offer from Coca-Cola for $43 million over a 10-year period," she said, "and Michigan turned down a contract that would have covered 110 school districts encompassing nearly half a million students."
What is needed now is legislation at the national level, laws with enforcement teeth. So if you are a parent concerned about your child's health, pay attention to the nutrition messages the children receive at school and at home and write to your representatives in Congress about the need for national action.
By JANE E. BRODY
http://www.nytimes.com
chool is back in session, but do you know what your children are learning about a matter of lifelong importance? That matter is food and drink, the substances that sustain health and life.
But in more and more schools nationwide, children from kindergarten through high school are being taught that "nutrition" comes in boxes of fast foods, candy wrappers and soft-drink cans and bottles.
In many schools, fast-food companies have co-opted the lunch program, and children have ready access to soft-drink and snack machines. In the classroom, too, children in 12,000 schools are required to watch a 12-minute television program every day with two minutes of commercials from companies like McDonald's, Hershey, Pepsico, Coca-Cola, KFC, Frito-Lay, Domino's and 7Up.
As Dr. Marion Nestle of New York University points out in her illuminating book "Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health" (University of California Press, 2002, $29.95), "Given their purchasing power, numbers, potential as future customers and captive status, it is no wonder that food companies view schoolchildren as an unparalleled marketing opportunity."
To be sure, in exchange for advertising and the opportunity to sell their nutritionally wanting products in schools, corporations often contribute money and materials desperately needed by schools.
These companies pay for sports uniforms, scoreboards, computers and other items, some of which carry the company logo.
When children's books are protected by covers bearing, say, the Coca-Cola logo, they see an advertising message even while they do their schoolwork.
"Many commercial activities produced no tangible benefits for the school, although the benefits to advertisers were quite evident," added Dr. Nestle, who heads N.Y.U.'s department of nutrition and food studies.
For example, advertisers may offer children free samples and coupons for fast food and sponsor Channel One closed-circuit programs viewed daily by 8.3 million schoolchildren, who see 2 minutes of commercial messages along with 10 minutes of news and features.
But not every school official is in favor of this noxious trend. Dr. Nestle quotes Jill Wynns of the San Francisco school board: "The law requires your future customers to come to a place 180 days a year where they must watch and listen to your advertising messages exclusively. Your competitors are not allowed access to the market. The most important public institution in the lives of children and families gives its implied endorsement to your products. The police and schools enforce the requirement that the customers show up and stay for the show."
Lessons Start Early
Beginning in preschool, children are exposed to thousands of messages from advertisers that can corrupt the food lessons their parents hope to teach them. For example, Dr. Nestle cites the public television program for toddlers called "Teletubbies," sponsored first by Burger King and then by McDonald's, which distributed toys representing the four Teletubby characters.
Then there are Saturday mornings, when parents may hope to catch some extra sleep while their young children are bombarded by television advertising for what Dr. Nestle calls "foods and beverages of dubious nutritional value: presweetened breakfast cereals, candy, fast foods, sodas, cookies, chips."
Not one commercial for fruits, vegetables, bread or fish was shown, according to a study published in The Journal of the American Dietetic Association.
Many studies have shown that young children do not readily distinguish program content from commercials.
And, to make it even more difficult, commercials these days look and sound more and more like the programs. To Dr. Nestle, "food marketing to children is big business aimed at uncritical minds."
Even some of the books bought for toddlers carry a not-so-hidden commercial message. For example, I bought my grandsons, who was then a year old, a Cheerios counting book (Cheerios being a nutritious nonsugar-coated cereal) but rejected the books featuring Kellogg's Fruit Loops and Oreo Cookies.
As Dr. Nestle wrote, "The Oreo book requires children to count (and presumably eat) their way through 10 cookies before reaching `and now there are none.' "
Once children are in school, the commercial lessons continue. More and more school lunch programs now offer brand-name fast foods.
Some schools have turned their entire lunch programs over to management companies that bring in nothing but fast foods, in the process forfeiting the federal reimbursements offered to schools that meet government nutritional standards.
Of course, the children are required to pay a lot more for these meals -- $2 or $3 instead of 40 cents -- which may make them out of reach for children from low-income families, the very children school lunch programs were designed to help.
More Pop, Less Milk
Some districts sign "pouring-rights contracts" and they result in soda-pop vending machines in thousands of schools in return for big bucks the schools say they desperately need.
The companies may even offer bonuses to schools that exceed stated sales targets.
For example, in 1997 the 53-school Colorado Springs district signed an $8-million, 10-year agreement with Coca-Cola that included cash bonuses for extra sales and incentives like a new car for a senior with high grades and a perfect attendance record.
As you might guess, the students comply. As reported in the American Journal of Public Health, "What we have seen in just about every exclusive contract around the country is a resulting increase in the amount of soda consumed by students."
Vending machines are going into schools that did not previously have them and even into elementary schools.
Also, as you might expect, as children drink more soft drinks, which offer no redeeming nutritional value (the Center for Science in the Public Interest calls them "liquid candy"), they consume less of the nutritious drinks like milk and fruit juices. Fruit drinks that contain 5 percent fruit juice to meet government standards still have too little of the natural product to be considered nutritious, Dr. Nestle said.
Can this trend be curbed? "By the end of 2000, more than 30 school districts in California, Tennessee and Wisconsin, for example, had refused such deals after protests by parents, students and school officials," Dr. Nestle reported.
"Philadelphia refused an offer from Coca-Cola for $43 million over a 10-year period," she said, "and Michigan turned down a contract that would have covered 110 school districts encompassing nearly half a million students."
What is needed now is legislation at the national level, laws with enforcement teeth. So if you are a parent concerned about your child's health, pay attention to the nutrition messages the children receive at school and at home and write to your representatives in Congress about the need for national action.
Column: Trials and tribulations of camping trips today
Thursday September 26 2002, @08:57PM
Column: Trials and tribulations of camping trips today
http://news.statesmanjournal.com/article.cfm?i=48900
HENRY MILLER
Statesman Journal
September 26, 2002
Let's just call this one "Survival of the Fattest."
The inspiration comes from recently reading a used-bookstore treasure, Endurance, a book printed in the 1950s about the legendary survival story of Ernest Shackleton's disastrous 1914 expedition to Antarctica.
Shackleton's party survived by eating seals and sled dogs. They lived in frozen, rotted sleeping bags huddled in tents ripped to shreds by bitter, icy winds.
The book was a compilation of journals and reminiscences from participants in the grueling journey. It just goes to show the value of documentation.
Which is why I kept a journal of the privations and hardships suffered during a weeklong camping trip around the Beaver State with my brother-in-law, Bob.
Shackleton thought he had it so tough.
Read on, if you dare.
Day 1: South Twin Lake
First setback: Grill on the fire ring at campground is too high for the briquettes.
There is a genuine fear that the marinated halibut steaks may be woefully underdone.
With invention born of desperation, we pile rocks under the grill for a stand for the charcoal.
It succeeds, but the amount of briquettes needed is far more than the length of the journey can sustain.
Day 2: Diamond Lake
Supply of double-stuff Oreos critically low, thanks to three-hour drive around Crater Lake. Rationing may be needed.
Forced cutback in briquettes means the party has to subsist on medium-rare steaks on the grill, and seasoned potato wedges cooked in a pan on the Coleman stove.
Milk frozen by dry ice in the cooler means bacon and eggs for breakfast.
Eggs also have frozen, so we are forced to eat them scrambled rather than over easy.
Fate is, indeed, a cruel mistress.
Day 3: Steens Mountain
Oreo supply completely depleted, forcing switch to Doritos and bean dip.
A vicious twist of fate considering the windows of the truck must remain rolled up because of the dust on 73 miles of dirt road.
Arrive at camp at sunset, meaning a cold dinner of club sandwiches with ham and smoked turkey on hogie rolls.
We can't find the water spigot in the dark, and are forced to subsist on beer and Pepsi.
Discipline is breaking down as all members of the expedition are relieving themselves behind trees in the deserted campground.
Note: Aquafresh with a Bud rinse is not a bad nightcap.
Day 4: Walton Lake
Lack of fishing success means the corn meal may be useless, unless I can find a muffin or loaf pan.
Spaghetti with Italian sausage is a welcome change from cold food of night before, and takes our minds off the charcoal shortage.
Morale is lifting despite Oreo deprivation as party of exploration reaches halfway point. Hershey bars have inexplicably disappeared.
Won't tell the other member of the party the dry ice is nearly gone. I think Bob knows because the milk has thawed enough to have Grape Nuts.
May have to ration everyone to 15,000 calories a day.
Day 5: Three Creeks Lake
After all we've been through, it's degenerated to this: Lack of briquettes and marinade force cooking seasoned chicken in foil by burying it in campfire coals.
It's small comfort, but the milk has thawed and butter softened, to the point where mashed potatoes are possible.
It takes our minds off the fact that we are completely out of charcoal, and may have to stop in Sisters for ice.
Last Day: House Rock Camp
Because of our desperate charcoal situation, we are forced to subsist on diced, marinated steak and onions mixed with the last of the brown rice.
The stock of marshmallows nearly gone. The end is near.
Civilization!
Burger King!!
Henry Miller can be reached at (503) 399-6725.
http://news.statesmanjournal.com/article.cfm?i=48900
HENRY MILLER
Statesman Journal
September 26, 2002
Let's just call this one "Survival of the Fattest."
The inspiration comes from recently reading a used-bookstore treasure, Endurance, a book printed in the 1950s about the legendary survival story of Ernest Shackleton's disastrous 1914 expedition to Antarctica.
Shackleton's party survived by eating seals and sled dogs. They lived in frozen, rotted sleeping bags huddled in tents ripped to shreds by bitter, icy winds.
The book was a compilation of journals and reminiscences from participants in the grueling journey. It just goes to show the value of documentation.
Which is why I kept a journal of the privations and hardships suffered during a weeklong camping trip around the Beaver State with my brother-in-law, Bob.
Shackleton thought he had it so tough.
Read on, if you dare.
Day 1: South Twin Lake
First setback: Grill on the fire ring at campground is too high for the briquettes.
There is a genuine fear that the marinated halibut steaks may be woefully underdone.
With invention born of desperation, we pile rocks under the grill for a stand for the charcoal.
It succeeds, but the amount of briquettes needed is far more than the length of the journey can sustain.
Day 2: Diamond Lake
Supply of double-stuff Oreos critically low, thanks to three-hour drive around Crater Lake. Rationing may be needed.
Forced cutback in briquettes means the party has to subsist on medium-rare steaks on the grill, and seasoned potato wedges cooked in a pan on the Coleman stove.
Milk frozen by dry ice in the cooler means bacon and eggs for breakfast.
Eggs also have frozen, so we are forced to eat them scrambled rather than over easy.
Fate is, indeed, a cruel mistress.
Day 3: Steens Mountain
Oreo supply completely depleted, forcing switch to Doritos and bean dip.
A vicious twist of fate considering the windows of the truck must remain rolled up because of the dust on 73 miles of dirt road.
Arrive at camp at sunset, meaning a cold dinner of club sandwiches with ham and smoked turkey on hogie rolls.
We can't find the water spigot in the dark, and are forced to subsist on beer and Pepsi.
Discipline is breaking down as all members of the expedition are relieving themselves behind trees in the deserted campground.
Note: Aquafresh with a Bud rinse is not a bad nightcap.
Day 4: Walton Lake
Lack of fishing success means the corn meal may be useless, unless I can find a muffin or loaf pan.
Spaghetti with Italian sausage is a welcome change from cold food of night before, and takes our minds off the charcoal shortage.
Morale is lifting despite Oreo deprivation as party of exploration reaches halfway point. Hershey bars have inexplicably disappeared.
Won't tell the other member of the party the dry ice is nearly gone. I think Bob knows because the milk has thawed enough to have Grape Nuts.
May have to ration everyone to 15,000 calories a day.
Day 5: Three Creeks Lake
After all we've been through, it's degenerated to this: Lack of briquettes and marinade force cooking seasoned chicken in foil by burying it in campfire coals.
It's small comfort, but the milk has thawed and butter softened, to the point where mashed potatoes are possible.
It takes our minds off the fact that we are completely out of charcoal, and may have to stop in Sisters for ice.
Last Day: House Rock Camp
Because of our desperate charcoal situation, we are forced to subsist on diced, marinated steak and onions mixed with the last of the brown rice.
The stock of marshmallows nearly gone. The end is near.
Civilization!
Burger King!!
Henry Miller can be reached at (503) 399-6725.
Would be great if they posted this one
Thursday September 26 2002, @11:31AM
This is to funny. I wish they would post this one.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2002/sept/27/enter/20020927ent1.html
Sexciting scenes from Prosti
Sex happens in strange places in the latest Regal Entertainment film, and the star it hopes to launch into the bigtime, Aubrey Miles, swears making this happen has made her debut on the big screen a real scream.
Aubrey Miles
With no one else to blame but her director, Erik Matti, doing it in every conceivable way can only fuel the film's contemporary take on the oldest profession.
"Direk Erik has weird but very exciting imagination," says Aubrey. "Iba siyang mag-isip ng mga eksena." He makes it a point to come up with something nobody has ever thought of coming up before whenever he's to shoot the film's love scenes. Everything comes out great every time kasi he goes the extra mile. Ayaw na ayaw n'ya ng cliché na love scene."
The bedroom is a tired venue for the director, and in the sex den circus, Aubrey and her colleagues work for, the sexual acrobatic will have to happen elsewhere.
So some of the film's many highlights have Aubrey doing it with co-star Jay Manalo inside the latter's parked tricycle where they pass the night away as it rains cats and dogs. Another one has the two at it again, standing up this time, inside a cramped closet.
Yet another sizzler has Aubrey making the grade with her Math teacher inside the locker room. Sex goes tabletop another minute as Aubrey makes a rare house call, the provincial capitol, where she spread-eagles for a horny governor in another highlight.
"Hindi naman for the sake of doing something different lang kaya ganu'n," explains Matti. "Most of Aubrey's love scenes happen under a given premise na either stolen moments sila as in her love scenes with Jay Manalo, or yun ang gusto ng mga nagiging costumer n'ya du'n sa istorya.
"I go with the flow of the story and at the same time conscious din sa kung ano'ng possible given the same situation in real life. Kasi in real life, we know and even hear of really horny people doing it in parked cars, sa madidilim na sulok ng Luneta, kahit nga sa abandoned guardhouse o kariton nga mero'ng gumagawa, eh! Andu'n kasi yung thrill sa unexpected places!"
Prosti takes a peek into the sleazy nocturnal world of whores, pimps, johns and sex dens with a focused sense of gutter flower drama. That which provides the film with a rare contemporary twist to a film subject as old as the profession it examines on the big screen.
The Roy Iglesias-penned screenplay likewise tweaks the millieu's ragged underbelly to illuminate the triumph of true love over lust, redemption over lust, redemption over corruption, and humanity over despairing hopelessness.
Believed by many to be among Erik Matti's best works, Regal's Prosti is also predicted to power Aubrey Miles' debut into the genre's big league.
Prosti also stars Paolo Rivero, Pinky Amador as a lucky prostitute -- a kind-hearted costumer will marry and treat her like a decent wife, and Racquel Villavicencio as a very religious prosti-tution house opera-tor. The film opens in Metro Manila on Oct. 2.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Do you know that Kuh Ledesma expects to re-open her burned down Republic of Malate theater-restaurant in Malate, Manila this November?
Yes, Kuh quietly attended to the reconstruction of the place almost as soon as it burned down almost a year ago. But, then, we heard from one of her publicists that it's most likely only the theater part of the restaurant that the very business-minded pop diva would be able to open this year -- and she's doing so to catch the many bookings for shows when the Christmas season comes around.
But, then, the new place might be bigger than the one that burned, because Kuh expects to be able to rent out space to celebrities who want to put up their own merchandising ventures or whatever kind of legitimate business.
We hear that Pops Fernandez seems to be interested to get space in the new Republic of Malate so she can sell her fashion products under the brand name Pipay and which she herself designs. Pops recently showcased her products to the press, and when she was asked how come she is not using "Pops" as a brand, she revealed that other people have patented the name "Pops" regardless of whether it's also their name or not.
"But it's all right, since 'Pipay' is my real nickname," she told the press at Ratsky Morato where she showcased her products which are now actually being sold in Fish boutiques owned by the couple Tina Maristela and Rico Ocampo.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2002/sept/27/enter/20020927ent1.html
Sexciting scenes from Prosti
Sex happens in strange places in the latest Regal Entertainment film, and the star it hopes to launch into the bigtime, Aubrey Miles, swears making this happen has made her debut on the big screen a real scream.
Aubrey Miles
With no one else to blame but her director, Erik Matti, doing it in every conceivable way can only fuel the film's contemporary take on the oldest profession.
"Direk Erik has weird but very exciting imagination," says Aubrey. "Iba siyang mag-isip ng mga eksena." He makes it a point to come up with something nobody has ever thought of coming up before whenever he's to shoot the film's love scenes. Everything comes out great every time kasi he goes the extra mile. Ayaw na ayaw n'ya ng cliché na love scene."
The bedroom is a tired venue for the director, and in the sex den circus, Aubrey and her colleagues work for, the sexual acrobatic will have to happen elsewhere.
So some of the film's many highlights have Aubrey doing it with co-star Jay Manalo inside the latter's parked tricycle where they pass the night away as it rains cats and dogs. Another one has the two at it again, standing up this time, inside a cramped closet.
Yet another sizzler has Aubrey making the grade with her Math teacher inside the locker room. Sex goes tabletop another minute as Aubrey makes a rare house call, the provincial capitol, where she spread-eagles for a horny governor in another highlight.
"Hindi naman for the sake of doing something different lang kaya ganu'n," explains Matti. "Most of Aubrey's love scenes happen under a given premise na either stolen moments sila as in her love scenes with Jay Manalo, or yun ang gusto ng mga nagiging costumer n'ya du'n sa istorya.
"I go with the flow of the story and at the same time conscious din sa kung ano'ng possible given the same situation in real life. Kasi in real life, we know and even hear of really horny people doing it in parked cars, sa madidilim na sulok ng Luneta, kahit nga sa abandoned guardhouse o kariton nga mero'ng gumagawa, eh! Andu'n kasi yung thrill sa unexpected places!"
Prosti takes a peek into the sleazy nocturnal world of whores, pimps, johns and sex dens with a focused sense of gutter flower drama. That which provides the film with a rare contemporary twist to a film subject as old as the profession it examines on the big screen.
The Roy Iglesias-penned screenplay likewise tweaks the millieu's ragged underbelly to illuminate the triumph of true love over lust, redemption over lust, redemption over corruption, and humanity over despairing hopelessness.
Believed by many to be among Erik Matti's best works, Regal's Prosti is also predicted to power Aubrey Miles' debut into the genre's big league.
Prosti also stars Paolo Rivero, Pinky Amador as a lucky prostitute -- a kind-hearted costumer will marry and treat her like a decent wife, and Racquel Villavicencio as a very religious prosti-tution house opera-tor. The film opens in Metro Manila on Oct. 2.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Do you know that Kuh Ledesma expects to re-open her burned down Republic of Malate theater-restaurant in Malate, Manila this November?
Yes, Kuh quietly attended to the reconstruction of the place almost as soon as it burned down almost a year ago. But, then, we heard from one of her publicists that it's most likely only the theater part of the restaurant that the very business-minded pop diva would be able to open this year -- and she's doing so to catch the many bookings for shows when the Christmas season comes around.
But, then, the new place might be bigger than the one that burned, because Kuh expects to be able to rent out space to celebrities who want to put up their own merchandising ventures or whatever kind of legitimate business.
We hear that Pops Fernandez seems to be interested to get space in the new Republic of Malate so she can sell her fashion products under the brand name Pipay and which she herself designs. Pops recently showcased her products to the press, and when she was asked how come she is not using "Pops" as a brand, she revealed that other people have patented the name "Pops" regardless of whether it's also their name or not.
"But it's all right, since 'Pipay' is my real nickname," she told the press at Ratsky Morato where she showcased her products which are now actually being sold in Fish boutiques owned by the couple Tina Maristela and Rico Ocampo.
Nephew charged in death of aunt
Thursday September 26 2002, @11:11AM
Nephew charged in death of aunt
Suspect allegedly abetted drug heist
By CHRISTINA HALL
BLADE STAFF WRITER
http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20020926&Category=NEWS02&ArtNo=109260047&Ref=AR
The nephew of a central Toledo woman shot fatally last month at a duplex she owned on Batavia Street was charged yesterday with his aunt's death.
Toledo police issued warrants for Vincent Daniels, 26, of 2462 Parkview Ave., charging him with involuntary manslaughter and of aggravated robbery. He was not in custody last night.
Andrea Daniels, 35, of 324 Batavia, died Aug. 1 of a single gunshot wound about 30 minutes after the incident in the lower unit of the duplex at 348 Batavia, authorities said.
The charges are based on Vincent Daniels' planning of and participation in the robbery of his aunt. Narcotics trafficking played a role in the underlying motive for the robbery, investigators said.
Police Lt. Rick Reed said Vincent Daniels is believed to be one of the two masked men who burst through a back door of the two-story duplex and confronted Ms. Daniels and a male acquaintance. One man had a handgun; the other, a shotgun.
The acquaintance escaped by jumping through a living room window. Ms. Daniels was shot in the back, and the bullet went through her right lung, according to the Lucas County Coroner's Office.
Court records state that when the suspects entered the house, Ms. Daniels and a man were engaged in a drug transaction. The suspects took money and drugs - namely, cocaine - that belonged to Ms. Daniels and the man.
The court documents state that Vincent Daniels later admitted to someone his role in the incident and to taking the drugs and money. He also admitted that he was involved in a conspiracy to rob the man who brought the drugs to the duplex, the records state.
The court records state that Vincent Daniels told someone that he and the victim had formulated a plan to rob a drug dealer with whom the victim was to make a drug transaction. He told the person that the victim, Ms. Daniels, was supposed to be shot and receive a minor injury to make the robbery appear more legitimate, records state.
Vincent Daniels served nearly five months for a drug possession conviction. He was released on parole in May, 1999.
The investigation into Ms. Daniels' death is continuing. Investigators anticipate charging additional suspects.
Lieutenant Reed said he has been aware of the community's concern over the number of homicides that have occurred this year. He pointed out that police have charged suspects in all but one of the six homicides that have occurred since Aug. 1.
Suspect allegedly abetted drug heist
By CHRISTINA HALL
BLADE STAFF WRITER
http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20020926&Category=NEWS02&ArtNo=109260047&Ref=AR
The nephew of a central Toledo woman shot fatally last month at a duplex she owned on Batavia Street was charged yesterday with his aunt's death.
Toledo police issued warrants for Vincent Daniels, 26, of 2462 Parkview Ave., charging him with involuntary manslaughter and of aggravated robbery. He was not in custody last night.
Andrea Daniels, 35, of 324 Batavia, died Aug. 1 of a single gunshot wound about 30 minutes after the incident in the lower unit of the duplex at 348 Batavia, authorities said.
The charges are based on Vincent Daniels' planning of and participation in the robbery of his aunt. Narcotics trafficking played a role in the underlying motive for the robbery, investigators said.
Police Lt. Rick Reed said Vincent Daniels is believed to be one of the two masked men who burst through a back door of the two-story duplex and confronted Ms. Daniels and a male acquaintance. One man had a handgun; the other, a shotgun.
The acquaintance escaped by jumping through a living room window. Ms. Daniels was shot in the back, and the bullet went through her right lung, according to the Lucas County Coroner's Office.
Court records state that when the suspects entered the house, Ms. Daniels and a man were engaged in a drug transaction. The suspects took money and drugs - namely, cocaine - that belonged to Ms. Daniels and the man.
The court documents state that Vincent Daniels later admitted to someone his role in the incident and to taking the drugs and money. He also admitted that he was involved in a conspiracy to rob the man who brought the drugs to the duplex, the records state.
The court records state that Vincent Daniels told someone that he and the victim had formulated a plan to rob a drug dealer with whom the victim was to make a drug transaction. He told the person that the victim, Ms. Daniels, was supposed to be shot and receive a minor injury to make the robbery appear more legitimate, records state.
Vincent Daniels served nearly five months for a drug possession conviction. He was released on parole in May, 1999.
The investigation into Ms. Daniels' death is continuing. Investigators anticipate charging additional suspects.
Lieutenant Reed said he has been aware of the community's concern over the number of homicides that have occurred this year. He pointed out that police have charged suspects in all but one of the six homicides that have occurred since Aug. 1.
