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Name: snowman872
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Expertise: adult industry, law (small business, intellectual property, adult entertainment & family), photography, computers
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The Grand View Topless Coffee Shop in Vassalboro, Maine has burned down. After inspection, fire officials have determined the cause was arson.
The shop employed three men and ten women. Before the fire, The Grand View was doing a brisk
business. The workers, who are now unemployed, are said to be "in shock."
The controversial business opened earlier this year in February on a former motel site. Sole Proprietor Donald
Crabtree said crowds were "mobbing in" ever since. According to Crabtree, the place was made, "to
put a smile on your face." CNN interviewed waitress Krista Macentyre after the fire. Macentyre described the shop
as a "good, innocent business." She added "We really liked it here" and
"we weren't hurting anyone."
Unfortunately, the fire completely consumed the building and the Coffee Shop is a total loss. Owner Crabtree
was hit especially hard. He had no insurance and lived onsite in adjacent living quarters along with his two daughters, their boyfriends and infant children. Now the
entire family has been forced to move to a nearby motel.
“It really put the lives of seven people in danger,” Fire Marshal John
Dean said. “This is a very serious fire. We had seven people sleeping
at the time of fire, and somebody set the fire.”
The arson investigation is ongoing and evidence has been sent to the State Police Lab for analysis.
I certainly hope law enforcement catches the arsonist quickly and the local DA throws the book at him or her. I have a strong suspicion this fire was set by an untolerant person trying to impose their moral values on others at any cost.
Source: CNN, Boston Herald
P.S. -- Lots of great pics of the shop before the blaze can be seen here. Also, here's a CNN news report on YouTube shot shortly after the Coffee Shop opened.
Newbie Asian MILF Lucky Starr has joined the forum. Her main discussion thread (as well as from free galleries) can be found here. She also posted an Introduction here. Stop by and say "hi" to her! The picture above is from a recent shoot for Muffia's Cum-Fu.
 Last but not least, the winners of the 2009 APH Awards were:
(warning - the links above are not worksafe and are sexually explicit. Adults only please!)
Congratulations to all the winners!-- Snowman | | |
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APH Fans! This is your last chance to vote in the Third Annual Asian Porno Hottie Awards! Voting will close early in the morning of Friday, May 1st. Please support your favorite starlets, directors and websites. The categories and nominees this year are: 2009 APH Starlet of the Year: Jandi Lin, Jessica Bangkok, Lana Croft, London Keys and Tia Ling. 2009 APH Shooting Star Award (Best Newbie): Amai Liu, Asa Akira, London Keys, Kimmy Thai, and Krystal Kali. 2009 APH Scene of the Year: Jandi Lin in Evil Anal #05, Lana Croft & Priva in Invasian #03, Lana Croft in Asian Fever #34, Mya Luanna in Invasian #03 and Tia Ling in Invasion #03. 2009 Best Asian Niche Website: Anal Nippon, Asia Movie Pass, Asian Sex Club, Cum-Fu, Mr. Chew's Asian Beaver. 2009 Best Adult Movie of the Year (Asian Genre): Asian Fever #34 (directed by Kevin Moore), Cockasian #03 (directed by Robbie D.), Invasian #03 (directed by Jules Jordan), No Man's Land Asian Edition #05 (directed by David Aaron Clark) and Oriental Orgy World #06 (director unknown). and last but not least, the 2009 APH Hall of Fame Award where as expected, the race is very tight: Brooke Ashley (aka Fantasia), Jade Marcela, Mai Lin, Miko Lee and Mika Tan. All of the nominees were chosen by APH fans like yourself! To vote, visit the APH Awards board on the discussion forum at Snowman's Raincoat Reviews. Please note, only registered members can vote, but it is free and only takes a minute to sign up. I do manually validate accounts after your e-mail address is verified, so please do not delay. This can take a few hours unless you sign up when I am away from the computer for a long time (such as when I am sleeping!). Thanks in advance for your support! -- Snowman | | |
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Good Morning all!
This morning Denny's is offering a "Grand Slam" breakfast on the house between the hours of 6:00 AM and 2:00 PM! To find a location near you, click this link! As soon as I finish up some work here, I'm gonna take advantage of this awesome offer!
Thanks to Mystic Won for tipping me off to this!
Speaking of "Grand Slams", I recently saw an interesting article in Japan Times that described a study that found Japanese teens who skip breakfast as middle school students tend to have start having sexual relations at an earlier age in contrast to those who start the day off with a proper meal. The research was performed by the Japanese Family Planning Association and funded by the Japanese government. 1500 people were included in the sample and participates included both Japanese men and women from ages 16 to 49.
The average age for the first time sex for daily breakfast eaters at the time of middle school was 19.4, while the average age for breakfast skippers was 17.5.
Executive Director Kunio Kitamura believes the key lies in the family life of young people. ""The fact that people can't eat breakfast may show something about their family environment," said Kitamura. "Before blaming individuals for having sex at an early age, it may be necessary to look into the sort of homes they are from."
Another interesting result of the research indicated that teens who were not fond of their Mother tended to have sex at an earlier age. Those who found their Mother annoying started having sex at the average age of 16 versus 19 for those who appreciated her more.
Just too see how far I can take this entry, I looked up "Grand Slam" on Urban Dictionary to see if it had any special meanings on the street and sure enough it did! According to this trusty and endlessly fascinating resource, a Grand Slam can relate to a "4-way":
Okay for this you need 4 gentlemen and a chick. A party may be a good place for this. The first three gentlemen need to make out with the chick. They each get to "first base." The bases are loaded as the "runners" advance. Finally the fourth gentleman approaches the chick and proceeds to have sexual intercourse with her. Once he "gets all around the bases" by this act he has "hit a grand slam home run." Or simply a "grand slam." The remaining gentlemen burst into the room and many hi-fives are exchanged while they all yell, "Grand Slam."
Eek!
-- Snowman
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Sorry guys, the SRR forum is temporarily down due to technical problems at the server level. My current host is Surpass Hosting. Although I have been happy with them in the past, their ability to properly support this problem (related to the MySQL databases on the backend) has been woefully inadequate and their response time unacceptably slow. At this point, the problem has been referred to a "Level 3 Server Analyst" where I was asked to "Await for their response." That was thirteen hours ago and the forum itself has been down now for nearly a full day. Plus this problem has been happening now for about three days in a row. As a Surpass customer of 5+ years, this is pretty disappointing.
It appears I may have to find a new hosting company if Surpass doesn't get their act together and solve these issues soon. The good news is, the forum data is backed up and safe.
If anyone has suggestions for reliable hosts familiar with running vBulletin and offer dedicated servers at an affordable cost, please respond here in a comment or e-mail me at snowman872 at gmail dot com. The host would have to be OK with adult content. Most are, but there are still a few prudish ones out there. I'm considering Global Gold to host of the forum who seem to have a lot of experience with vBulletin, but they are located in the UK.
In the meantime, I'll post updates on the situation here and on Twitter. Thank you for your patience. The forum will be back soon...!
-- Snowman | | |
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Today marks the 20th anniversary of World AIDS day. The theme this year is leadership along with the slogan "Stop AIDS. Keep the Promise." Since adult movies often portray (and in the process arguably promote) unsafe sex, on this day, I usually feel a responsibility to blog about this cause.
While a great deal of progress has been made in fighting the deadly disease, it is important to remember, there is still no cure.
Even though AIDS is not talked about as much anymore, it's still
lurking out there and in fact infection rates may be on the rise. It is
more important than ever to learn about the virus and practice safe
sex.
It's estimated that about 33 million people around the world are
currently living with HIV or AIDS. Last year, 2.7 million people were
newly infected and approximately 2 million died from the disease. For
more statistics about HIV and AIDS see this page.
Although reminding ourselves about these numbers admittedly is a
serious downer, every December 1st need not be all depressing. The good
news is, World AIDS Day and similar events raise awareness of the
problem, help educate people on prevention and reduce the unfortunate
public stigma that still surrounds the disease. This stigma is
especially prevalent among teens, who often tend to be homophobic and
sexually insecure.
A good starting place to learn more about HIV & AIDS is the AIDS.gov website.
This site is a virtual goldmine of information about HIV and AIDS
sponsored by Uncle Sam. Don't worry, it's not as dry as the lovely IRS
site and covers all kinds of AIDS related topics from prevention and
testing to obtaining funding for research. And if you are on MySpace,
add the AIDS.gov website as a "friend" to help spread awareness. While
you are it, take a moment to add the "Drugs & HIV" page as a friend as well. Learn about the link between drug abuse and the spread of HIV in the USA.
One of the neat ideas for reducing the public stigma challenge
mentioned above this year is the "Facing AIDS" campaign aimed at social
networks and Blogs. The idea is to urge others to "face" the AIDS
epidemic while at the same time putting an actual faces to supporters
of the cause from all over the world on personal web pages.
It's easy to participate. From the AIDS.gov blog:
Quote:
STEP 1: Take a photo of yourself wearing a red ribbon. No camera or time to take a photo? Instead, you can select one of our web badges (or any other red ribbon image).
STEP 2: Add the photo (or badge) to your social network
profiles, Twitter, and/or blog in time for World AIDS Day. Leave it up
for at least one week. Don’t have a profile in any of these places? No
problem! You can go directly to Step 3.
STEP 3: Add your photo to the “World AIDS Day 08” Flickr group! If you tag the photo with your geographic location, together we can make a map and album of supporters around the world.
STEP 4: Use your wall, status, tweets or website to
encourage HIV testing. To find an HIV testing site near you (in the
U.S.), send a text message with your ZIP code to “KNOWIT” (566948) or
visit: http://www.hivtest.org.
STEP 5: Encourage your friends to do the same and to promote HIV testing!
In case anyone is wondering, adult performers are all tested regularly for the HIV virus and other STDs in Porn Valley. At least once a month male and female talent alike go to the AIM clinic or a similar testing facility and are given the test results. Without a "clean bill of health" to present on the set to the director and whoever they are paired with as a co-star, the shoot will not proceed. Although this system is not perfect, to date very few people have contracted HIV in the adult entertainment industry. In the rare instances where it did occur, the circumstances were highly unusual.
Have fun, but be safe, get tested and be informed!
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