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PROVIDENCE — The demand for marriage licenses for gay and lesbian couples in Rhode Island continues one month after the state's new marriage law took effect.
Clerks in Warwick, Cranston, Pawtucket, and other cities told the Associated Press on Friday that they have issued dozens of licenses since Aug. 1, the first day same-sex couples could wed in Rhode Island.
Officials in Providence and East Providence are not counting how many licenses they have given to gay and lesbian couples. The new law eliminated gender classification in the state's marriage law, and Providence city spokesman David Ortiz said there is no reason to treat same-sex couples and opposite-sex couples differently.
''We treat them the same. With the change in the law, we should not be doing any record-keeping that separates the two,'' Ortiz said. ''That was our reading of the law.''
East Providence Clerk Kim Casci said her city is not keeping track of how many marriage licenses its issues to gay and lesbian couples either. ''We keep them all together,'' she said.
Clerks in other cities said the number of couples seeking marriage licenses peaked Aug. 1 but has remained steady since. In Warwick, six or eight couples showed up for licenses on the first day they were offered. The city has now issued 20 licenses to same-sex couples, according to City Clerk Marie Ahlert. She said her office has had no problems implementing the new law.
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Two of the biggest names in Detroit politics and two of the LGBT community's biggest supporters on Capitol Hill face serious re-election difficulties in 2010, according to a new poll published by the Detroit Free Press. Reps. John Conyers Jr. and Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, both of whom have been tainted by federal corruption convictions involving family members, each lose to hypothetical opponents if the election were held today.
A poll of 300 voters each in Kilpatrick's and Conyers' congressional districts shows that only 27% of the people polled would vote for Kilpatrick. Conyers' numbers are stronger with 40% of the people polled saying they would vote for him. But only 34% of voters in Kilpatrick's district and just 22% in Conyers' district say the problems of their son and wife, respectively, affect their opinions of the two Congress members.
Kilpatrick is the mother of the disgraced and anti-gay former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. Conyers, the veteran congressman who chairs the powerful House Judiciary Committee, is the husband of former Detroit City Council President Monica Conyers who recently pleaded guilty to federal corruption charges. Cheeks Kilpatrick is considered "the weakest of the two," reports the Free Press.
At 80-years-old, Conyers is the second-longest serving member in the House. Conyers is the lead sponsor of the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act, also known as the Matthew Shepard Act. Conyers and Kilpatrick both signed the recent letters to the Obama Administration demanding an end to "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" investigations and declaring they would not vote for health care reform without a public option. Conyers has a 100% HRC Rating. Cheeks Kilpatrick is rated at 85%.
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WASHINGTON (WJLA) - For one Washington Capitals fan, nothing was going to stop her from getting to D.C. for the Stanley Cup victory parade.
Virginia Tech student Katie Karlinchak, 19, says she had to choose between her job at a florist and the chance to attend the first victory parade by a D.C. sports team in nearly 30 years.
It looks like she made the right choice.
The newly unemployed Hokie says she is not worried about her future job prospects. With this kind of dedication to the Caps, maybe someone should get Karlinchak's resume to team owner Ted Leonsis.
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Seems like Mittens has gone a bit too much into the right for the independents.
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Seems like Mittens has gone a bit too much into the right for the independents.
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It's really early, but things are looking good for Obama at the moment. His approval rating is now at 50% (while Congress' rating continues to be at all-time lows) and he's comfortably ahead of any of the Republican challengers in polls.
What really worries me though is this looming conflict with Iran. That is likely going to cause oil prices to skyrocket and cause the economic recovery to stall right before election time. Obama will get the blame for that, whether it's his fault or not.
Anyway, I am not saying they are making the election a foregone conclusion or they are writing in votes for dead people. I do however doubt that the process is completely legitimate. That can be exemplified by what happened in Nevada and Maine. It is an out there kind of thing to say, but this is the office of arguably the most powerful country in the world. Do I think the powers to be, the powers the benefit, will leave it to chance? I think that is an even more out there proposition.
Things like the media though are definitely bought and sold. Honest punditry and journalism in the mainstream just does not exist, or if it does it is only there for a glimmer.
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Its a caucus, of course there are going to be **** ups.
The whole process is intended to be so.
Add citizens united to this joke of a system, and I am sure there are votes being paid for.
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Will say this once and then nothing else. Defamation laws quite clear in Aus.be careful.
One guy was a governer and has been constantly running for PResident for six years, the other guy was the speaker of the ****ing house of representatives, while the third guy was a senator until he got kicked out by 17 points and the final guy was been serving in Washington in the house since the 19th century. The guy opposing them was a senator and now is the President. Let's not kid ourselves, none of them are 'washington outsiders' here, not that the term means anything mind you.
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Paul is certainly what you would call a Washington outsider in the sense that he is simply not of the Capitol Hill gang. He is not one of them. He does not take money from special interests nor do they even waste time anymore trying to sway him. The rest are subservient to one cause or more: the military industrial complex, wall street, big pharma, etc. Paul is nothing like them. Paul is a statesman, they're politicians.
More on Maine ongoings. I don't think much of Maddow, but this is a good report.
Maine Republicans Urged to Reconsider Mitt Romney's Win 'The Rachel Maddow Show' - YouTube
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You can't call yourself a statesmen and be so rigid in every position that you will never compromise on anything. That's not good governance.
The existence of Rick Santorum makes me want to drown things.
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newt's going down the whole 'i'm not a part of the elite/they think they're smarter than you!" road which obviously is just so
Changing your views is not my definition of a statesman. Being respectful, honest and honourable, and working hard for your constituents and fellow citizens is what I think being a statesman is about. Anyway, Paul is strict on certain principles of governance - which your founders implemented to guarantee good governance. He doesn't really care how you decide to govern yourself apart from following those rules. That is where his rigidity is a virtue. For example, he is against abortion himself; but he believes it is upto the States to decide. Each state can decide as they wish. The principles are to follow the federal model and not allow the majority to condemn the entire nation; and also not to give the central govt. power it should not have.
To go back to my fundamental point when saying Paul is not the establishment candidate: he is not the candidate that wants the status quo to survive. He is not selling himself out for special interests. His cause is for real change, regardless if you agree with that or not. The rest are a different shade of grey.
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when you think about it, the one thing American politics needs more than anything else is more politicians who refuse to compromise
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Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has described Luis Suarez's admission of diving as "unacceptable'' and said the Uruguayan forward would be "dealt with internally".
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May Soybeans
After the close on 4/15/10: My resistance was 9.85, just .00 1/2 from the actual high, and my pivot acted as support and was 9.64 3/4, just .00 1/2 from the actual low.
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9.85 Resistance 9.77 2 1/2 cent from the 200 DMA -------------9.64 3/4 Pivot 9.52 1/4 FG Use the same numbers as used on 4/ 13 & 14 /10 Trend 5 day chart... Up from last week same day Daily chart …. Down Weekly chart …Sideways Monthly chart Sideways $9.74 1/2 the 200 DMA ATR 16 1/2 Overbought 83%
9.85 Resistance
9.77 2 1/2 cent from the 200 DMA
-------------9.64 3/4 Pivot
Use the same numbers as used on 4/ 13 & 14 /10
5 day chart... Up from last week same day
Daily chart …. Down
Weekly chart …Sideways
Monthly chart Sideways $9.74 1/2 the 200 DMA
ATR 16 1/2 Overbought 83%
I said "Market has resistance at the 200 day MA, $9.77, and $9.85, support at $9.52 1/4 gap".
In my daily numbers on Wednesday; my resistance was .01 from the actual high; my support was .00 1/4 from the actual low.
Please Note: This is the actual 5 minute bar chart showing the results of the trade on 4/15/10:
This is a 5 minute bar chart of May soybeans. Bulls who wanted to buy got their chance at the pivot not long after the open and were never in jeopardy of getting stopped out. Before the noon hour the resistance was met and profits taken. Bulls that were looking for the next resistance and used a sell stop just under the resistance of 9.77 would have gotten the 9.85 resistance before the close. Once the resistance of 9.77 traded in open outcry it never traded below, and in the electronic session it never traded below 9.76 1/2. I would have taken profits at 9.77.
May Soybeans for 4/15/10:
More chart comments:
I still say "Up and downtrend lines contain the market for now. Wait for a trade location at either. We are now approaching resistance levels so my bias becomes to sell at resistance".
Patience to wait for good locations to enter a trade will reward you by providing minimum loss if wrong, and more profit if right. You might miss trades (some glad you did) and not be as active, but this type of trading makes you a casino, not a player.
Grains: Spot on numbers. Soybeans opened strong and stayed strong for a few bars before spitting up the gains, while corn although higher could not take out the gap a few ticks higher. When soybeans were selling off corn had a hard time going 1 cent lower, and I could see the unwinding of a spread that has been buying beans and selling corn the last 2 months. This short covering in corn above the gap hit layers of stops including above my 3.60 resistance number, and dragged soybeans back to unchanged. I was not expecting the corn market to perform as well as it did. Only thing that I did not like about corn was the inability to close near their highs.
I am sure if you read commentary from the market reporters they will outline every bullish fundamental they could think of, but this is the "pin the news story on the donkey" and is like the glass is half full half empty depending on the price action that day. I would say the corn bears ran out of energy after days of trying to extend the downside below 3.43 1/2 and watching soybeans climb higher. There is plenty of time for the market to trade a range until more information is known about this year's crops to further price discovery more than what we have seen this year high to low prices.
As I said, fundamentals are 1/2 the story, and fund buying no matter the reason is another. This week soybeans have gained $.16 1/2, corn $.12 1/4, and wheat $.09, not exactly a bull stampede to gain ownership of the future price. For $.15 you can buy the July corn $3.80 call and you have 10 weeks with a known risk and no margin to be long July corn $.11 1/2 above where we closed on Wednesday. To get your money back you would need to be at $3.95 on expiration day. Need to be at $4.10 for it to be worth $.30 and earn even money in doing so. Does that sound like a good bet? If you really thought we could go beyond that and maybe $1 or more higher than that, then it would be an attractive bet knowing if wrong and the market goes down $.50 or more you would only lose $.15.
Bottom Line: Bulls certainly have the momentum and are betting on the "what if" for now. I will maintain my bearish stance and take each trade for what it is, another trade. The problem I have with the upside is unless the fundamentals change, the upside is not sustainable. I favor taking all sell signal trades using buy stops not risking much to protect, and staying away from the buy signals at this level at this time and being in overbought conditions. This is not an easy trade with the threat of the bulls pushing out the weak shorts next, but for me worth
This is a 5 minute bar chart for May soybeans on 4/14/10. My resistance was 9.77 and my pivot was 9.64 3/4 and it acted as support. Sellers could have sold at resistance for the first 10 minutes of open outcry, and could have covered (taken profits) before 10am (within the first 30 minutes of trade) at the pivot support. At that time people who wanted to get long had the opportunity at the pivot and might have taken profits near the 200 day MA at 9.74 1/2 seen just after 12noon. I would not have risked more than 4 cents to make 8 on the sell or the buy, using a stop to protect.
This is how I use my numbers to trade. If you have the exact high and low of the day before the open the question becomes "how do I trade it'?
Results for 4/14/10 were:
Soybeans: My resistance was .01 from the actual high; my support was .00 1/4 from actual low.
Corn: My resistance was .03 3/4 from the actual high; my support was .00 3/4 from the actual low.
Crude Oil: My resistance was 0.68 from the actual high; my support was 0.37 from the actual low.
S&P: My resistance was .75 from the actual high; my support was 1.25 from the actual low.
Gold: My resistance was .60 from the actual high; my support was 2.30 from the actual low.
Euro: My resistance was .12 from the actual high; my support was .15 from the actual low.
Bonds: My resistance was 2 from the actual high; my support was 9 from the actual low.
Nat. Gas: My resistance was .102 from the actual high; my support was .115 from the actual low.
Cattle: My resistance was .05 actual high; my support was .17 from the actual low.
May Soybeans for 4/14/10:
Grains: Spot on corn numbers, spot on soybean support and accurate resistance. Corn is at the downtrend line now and no matter what the reason was to get it there I want to sell using a buy stop above the gap (if I sell below the pivot) and at $3.60 1/2 buy stop if I sell against the $3.56 1/2 gap.
I adjusted the downtrend line on the soybean chart in this part 2, to reflect the adjustment that needed to be made. "Pop" in soybean values is because the PRC is buying US and SA soybeans this week, as well as fund buying. In 2010 the funds have added 68,000 contracts of corn, 20,000 soybeans, and 44,000 soybean oil. This is the offset of the bearish supply demand fundamentals. Again I point out to you, do you really care what drives the market as long as you are right the trade?
I am recommending corn producers to hedge at this downtrend line, at least a % of what you have left to market. Even though corn is not far of their low and soybeans are near their high for their year, each chart is near a resistance that I want to sell. If I was long (and you are) I would sell at least 3/4 of what I had (if not all) and in that way if they did go higher I would still make more money, but if it instead went down I would have locked in some profits and would be able to buy again (if I still wanted to) and make more money if they go back up, instead of spinning my wheels to get back to where I was now.
Results for 4/13/10 were:
Soybeans: My resistance was .04 3/4 from the actual high; my support was .02 from actual low.
Corn: My resistance was .01 from the actual high; my support was .01 3/4 from the actual low.
Crude Oil: My resistance was 0.34 from the actual high; my support was 0.29 from the actual low.
S&P: My resistance was 2.75 from the actual high; my support was 2.00 from the actual low.
Gold: My resistance was 1.60 from the actual high; my support was 2.10 from the actual low.
Euro: My resistance was .65 from the actual high; my support was .29 from the actual low.
Bonds: My resistance was 8 from the actual high; my support was 12 from the actual low.
Nat. Gas: My resistance was .006 from the actual high; my support was .040 from the actual low.
Cattle: My resistance was .15 actual high; my support was .40 from the actual low.
May Soybeans for 4/13/10:
Grains: Spot on corn numbers, and accurate soybean numbers. Weekly crop progress report (comes out every Monday at 2pm Chicago time) can be found by using this link that you can copy and paste into your browser. You can keep in your favorite places and it will update every Monday. This week showed the same conditions in wheat (good to excellent at 65%) and corn did not show the progress I expected, but with the weather forecast in the near term ideal, I expect it will be reflected on next Monday's report.
Everyone knows the same fundamentals, and human nature will have you look at it from the bias you have, and this includes me, but I have never traded the fundamentals (only used them for a bias and help me with the "what if" scenarios) and have always traded by the charts and using my numbers. This has always kept me out of trouble. Trouble is being right the fundamentals but wrong the market and losing money. I would rather be right the market for all the wrong reasons. My mentality is to use whatever fundamental knowledge I have in the grain market to improve the approach I trade technically. Other markets I have no interest except in the basic fundamentals, and the task of trading without fundamental bias is easy, leaving only my charts and numbers for trade ideas, at what price I will be wrong and exit, and where my objectives are if right. I have a clear plan (no matter the fundamentals) of why, where, and how I want to make a trade. I can be long today, and if the charts warrant I would be short the next. I have no use for an opinion that is late to change. The fundamentals might not change but the chart could, and I will go with the chart EVERYTIME.
Monday's action if I was a bull would be very disappointed in the fact the dollar getting pounded versus the Euro would have been more supportive to grains than it was by the day's end. The market told the bulls "you are going to need more than a weaker dollar" to rally these market at this level. The market looked heavy even though all 3 grains were higher except for new crop soybeans (SX). That should tell you something about how weak soybeans are. If they are going to get corn planted early as I think, this might take away some acres from soybeans which should be supportive. But as I have been saying, it is not much to adjust for acreage from here, but the yields is really the biggest factor going forward.
I have outlined my price parameters to you over the weekend, and you will be the first to know when that changes. We have been and are marking time. Corn is flat lining..... "Stand back, paddles clear, no pulse". "Dr. Bull, what will you need to revive it, and then what will be the prognosis"?
Results for 4/12/10 were:
Soybeans: My resistance was .02 1/2 from the actual high; my support was .05 from actual low. Corn: My resistance was .00 3/4 from the actual high; my support was .02 from the actual low.
Crude Oil: My resistance was 0.66 from the actual high; my support was 0.04 from the actual low.
S&P: My resistance was 5.00 from the actual high; my support was 2.25 from the actual low.
Gold: My resistance was 1.20 from the actual high; my support was 4.90 from the actual low.
Euro: My numbers were not in play, market gapped 1.11 higher from Friday's settlement.
Bonds: My resistance was 2 from the actual high; my support was 8 from the actual low.
Nat. Gas: My resistance was .007 from the actual high; my support was .029 from the actual low.
Cattle: My resistance was .15 actual high; my support was .32 from the actual low.
May Soybeans for 4/12/10:
Grains: Spot on corn numbers, and accurate soybean numbers. Global soybean stocks are increasing by 21 MMT (million metric tonnes) more than last year and totaling 63 MMT. We could gain 7 to 10 MMT more given normal weather in 2010 for the US and SA. Corn stocks going forward although adequate now, will depend on our 2010 production and you already know how bearish I am due to what I believe will be a huge production gain given current weather forecasts. That is the "what is", and the "what if" I would play by not looking for more than the prices the day before the January "game changing report". The closer we get to a burdensome supply situation, the closer we get to the elimination of any hope for a rally of any magnitude until that fact changes. Grains will not sustain any rally as long as end users see plenty of supplies in the pipeline.
Unlike a position held on paper like accumulating stocks of a company, grain stocks have to be held in storage and that costs money. After the farmers have their bins full, that is the only choice they have, pay for storage. As the world turns and the sun comes up, they are faced with harvesting yet another crop and need to make room for the incoming supply. They almost add to their own problem of low prices by not selling and moving the supply that can be used at today's price, instead being a speculator and not selling, the result is more grain that is unsold and thus not consumed adding to the supply on hand. The more stocks the lower the price and end users back off on locking in prices and tying (using) up money. Now the market faces less demand until the market adjusts to this hand to mouth situation that will abate when the "what if" possibility makes it attractive once again to take ownership of grain and end users start fulfilling their future needs.
By holding grain instead of selling the producers become the weakest of speculators, even worse than the funds who also never consume product but whose function is to risk money to make money. Farmers are risking their income, funds risk "risk capital" of a portion of clients income, and bull speculators accounts will find trouble when the market has a downturn and it turns into a long term bear market that not only lasts 1 year but more, and the losses become such that they are UNABLE to maintain ownership. That is why you hear the old expression "farmers and speculators sell when they are forced to, and that is when they are at the low for the move". When I say they are forced to I mean when they are bankrupt or risk capital ends. Tens of thousands of farms have been lost in my day, and thousands of funds have closed their doors due to losses because they were wrong and their plan for survival was never in place. They "risked their farms" or lost their "Funds" because they did not allow for being wrong and bet it all (or enough to close). Strong hands are end users who will use the product eventually. They will use it if the market goes down, and unless the price goes up enough to make more profit by selling it back than what they would make if they use it, it will never come back into the pipeline. So while the stocks will report the same, who has ownership matters. In farmers hands it will eventually need to be sold, the same stocks in commercial hands even though there now will be gone tomorrow and not be for sale. This is the way I look at it.
Lastly, I have said in the past that the funds are "strong hands" and that is true when the market is going higher or is reasonably going lower, but the more they are wrong their trade idea, the weaker their hands become. When they (funds or farmers) have to sell, the situation becomes worse with no buyers to take their place.
The PRC appetite for soybeans is steadily growing but not at the pace of world production. Record SA production and record world soybean supplies will limit any rally in soybeans. They might pay more for what they need now (old crop) but they will not for the new crop, that is why there is an inverse in price relationship reflecting tighter stocks now than will be in the future. This is why I want to sell November (new crop) soybeans more than the front months old crop such as the May contract.
November futures (SX) will do well this year to get back to the gap left on 1/14/10 at $9.59 1/2, just $.23 above where we are now. The low on 2/4/10 of $9.01 should hold next time down, but as the days go by and the crop makes further progress getting planted, the price will erode as to where $9.01 will be resistance going forward from there. When any sign of the "what if" comes into sight I will reset all thoughts to reflect that possibility and position myself to take advantage if the "what if" turns into the "what is".
December corn futures would do well to get back to my bracket line at $3.90, but any rally in the future will be capped by the major downtrend line that comes in $4.12 now but will be coming down about $.08 a month in the near term, so it will not take more than 3 months to get under the bracket line. May corn looks vulnerable to taking out their recent lows.
My outlook is the same as it has been. I look for eroding prices and I want to sell rallies at resistance to get short, and take what the market has to offer when at support and oversold conditions to take profits, then my position will be "none at all" and I will wait for another opportunity to get short. While waiting to get short longer term I would day trade the long or short side with no overnight position. Bottom line is I look for 10% lower prices in all 3 grains from here as we get near the end of pollination and the weather cooperates. I will quickly get off that idea on any sign of potential problem with the weather. For now that is of no concern and I will not bet on that "upside lottery ticket". I know that the market will not go down every day, and I know there will be weeks where grains will have good gains, but the charts are pointed lower, and no matter the fundamentals I want to TRADE THE CHARTS for price discovery, and use my numbers on the days I want to trade.
Results for 4/9/10 were:
Soybeans: My resistance was .04 1/4 from the actual high; my support was .04 1/2 from actual low. Corn: My resistance was .02 from the actual high; my support was .00 1/2 from the actual low.
Crude Oil: My resistance was 0.48 from the actual high; my support was 0.75 from the actual low.
S&P: My resistance was 2.50 from the actual high; my support was 2.00 from the actual low.
Gold: My resistance was 1.70 from the actual high; my support was the 0.60 from the actual low.
Euro: My resistance was 0.17 actual high; my support was 0.35 from the actual low.
Bonds: My resistance was 3 from the actual high; my support was 9 from the actual low.
Nat. Gas: My resistance was .003 from the actual high; my support was .048 from the actual low.
Cattle: My resistance was .12 actual high; my support was .07 from the actual low.
May Soybeans for 4/9/10:
Grains: Spot on numbers. Report tomorrow and I will comment on what I think now and going forward on the weekend report. Basically you know I am bearish all 3 grains, and look for much lower prices at harvest than where we are now if we have normal growing conditions.
Forecasts for a normal planting season, and more importantly a forecast for a rainy July (when corn pollination takes place, an important phase in production) which trumps too little or too much rain until then. El Nino pattern this year bodes well for favorable growing conditions. We have plenty of subsoil moisture even if conditions are warmer and drier than expected. Rain in July, that's worth hundreds of millions of bushels in grain production if in fact that happens.
I will send a report and my comments by 9am Chicago time, but I do not see a surprise in here.
Lastly, I want you to notice how once again the downtrend line in corn was a perfect place to sell. This applies no matter the market. This is my location (signal) to sell to go short or sell to take profits if long. Remember how many times I have said and try to instill in you, "that I do not care the reason a market goes to a chart location, I want to exploit that and risk little if it does not hold, and be rewarded nicely when it does". This has been the premise of my trading since I started trading decades ago.
I am a technical trader in any market or time frame I trade, only the grains do I call myself an expert analyst, if I cannot say that after trading it for 34 years and followed the fundamentals the entire time, then who can? Being a technical trader I knew from the beginning and have seen nothing change in all these years as far as my charts are concerned and my trend lines, bracket lines, gaps, and more important how I view and trade them. I use these "lines in the sand" because from the beginning until now I can see that in doing so I become the casino getting the odds instead of the player who feels "lucky" and feels they can beat the odds. I want to always be the casino. I NEVER want to be emotional, and NEVER want to make any trade anything but "just another trade". The only way I can do that is by never making a wager that the risk is significant, affects the way I think, that could affect the way I would view and approach my next trade, and most important is to not lose more money on a trade idea than my account size warrants. I really like trading my signals and I would say reasons I have been able to be here today is, I have a structure that I can execute, makes sense and is logical to me, has parameters that work, and does not allow me to let a trade lose more than what should be lost a given trade idea.
When I see the downtrend line in corn with a correction in a bear market from lower levels approaching that line, it is a sell every time. That is why yesterday in bold letters I said I wanted to sell against that line. If wrong and the line did not hold I would have lost a little, but if right I would make more than I was willing to lose. These signals give me a trade, how you use these signals from the chart and the approach you use depends on you the trader, the time frame, account size and so on, but that lines for me is a place to take profits if long, and a place to go short.
Results for 4/8/10 were:
Grains: My soybean resistance was .01 3/4 from the actual high and my support was .02 1/4 from the actual low, and my corn resistance was .01 1/4 from the actual high, and my support was .01 1/4 from the actual low.
Crude Oil: My resistance was 0.02 from the actual high; my support was 0.49 from the actual low.
S&P: My resistance was 3.00 from the actual high; my support was 0.75 from the actual low.
Gold: My resistance was 3.70 from the actual high; my support was the 6.60 from the actual low.
Euro: My resistance was 0.10 actual high; my support was 0.17 from the actual low.
Bonds: My resistance was 14 from the actual high; my support was 9 from the actual low.
Nat. Gas: My resistance was .074 from the actual high; my support was .026 from the actual low.
Cattle: My resistance was .37 actual high; my support was .20 from the actual low.
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This marks my 400th post! Where, oh where, does the time go? I figure that the phrase "Go Big Or Go Home" should apply to all major milestones and a 400th blog post should be no exception.
I told you earlier in the week that I watched a Lisa Ling documentary on the Oprah network recently about Christianity and homosexuality called Our America: Pray the Gay Away? . The premise of the documentary was to look at the question of weather or not one can be both gay and Christian at the same time. I'll be honest- I was expecting to watch this documentary and cringe all the way through it. I am unashamedly a Christian- meaning that I have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. I find that usually documentaries like this portray Christians in an overtly negative and skewed way. This one was no exception- but it did make me think about how to verbalize my thoughts on "the church" in regards to inclusion and equality. I'm in no way a theologian. I've read the Bible, but I'm just a mom sitting in her kitchen shaking children of her legs. Take my thoughts for what you will. They are just that- my thoughts. I like to visit churches and have been in a whole lot of churches over the course of my lifetime. I've been in some churches who totally get it right and some who totally miss the mark. These thoughts are not always about my specific church, but about the church as a whole.
Growing up in a small country church, I don't remember anyone who was black, gay or single parenting ever gracing the doors of our church. When I grew up and changed churches, I find that it is still mostly the case. I love my church- but I fit the "norm". I am white, middle class, and married to a man. I always wonder if any of these characteristics about me were different, would I still be as accepted? As I watched the documentary, I watched gay men walk into church. They were searching for something- God, peace, connection- something. Every now and then, they were welcomed with open arms into a church. But more often than not, the church immediately began to work on these men to change them, giving them books about how to erradicate their femine ways and embrace God's plan for masculinity and praying over them to be "healed" from their homosexuality. The documentary followed how conflicted these men felt as they worked through choosing between being themselves and having a relationship with God.
I laid awake that night not understanding why you can't have both. I think that many times, today's modern church is a conglomerate of man made rules and conventions that often deviate from the message of love and inclusion that Jesus preached. It is a place where damaged and fallen people go to feel good about themselves and put on the mask that they have it all together. We use the church as a staging area for our good works, instead of a staging area for building deeper faith. In doing so, we alienate all those fallen people who walk through the doors without their masks on who are seeking an authentic relationship with Christ. When word got out that our adoption adjustment wasn't super peachy, I felt really ignored in our church. Many people stopped reaching out. People didn't understand what we were going through and thus we kind of fell through the cracks. Our struggles were seen on the outside and since they weren't the things that churches rally around (illnesses and deaths) we found ourselves in no man's land. For a long time, this shook my faith. Until I realized that my disappointment was not in Jesus- but in people. Jesus got it. He understood my pain, my hurt and my unfathomable guilt. And he delivered people who supported me and lifted me up- but it wasn't through the church. Many of those people were Christians, but it made me think that something happens to us when we walk through the doors of the church. We take our selves and we bend to convention. We conform to the idea that we must present our perfection. God's not looking for perfection- but authenticity and communion with him. Unfortunately, I think what we are looking for and expecting as a church is exactly the opposite. We stamp out authenticy. We call it sin and we demand perfection.
It wasn't long ago that author Ann Rice denounced herself as a Christian and called herself a Christ Follower. I get it. I have often found myself feeling like sometimes the church and it's endless stream of meetings and drama actually pull me away from doing the work that Christ has laid out for my life. I look around at churches with their lack of diversity and wonder if sometimes as a church we are sending a message to "keep out!". I heard a man speak a couple of weeks ago about a church that he started that meets in a community building in an impoverished inner city neighborhood. He said that most of the people that come to the church are in some stage of addiciton recovery. He talked about how many addicts often come through their doors who are strung out, drunk and hurting. Is this not the time when someone needs Christ the most? But I look around most of the churches that I know and visit and can't help but think that they would look at that addict and sit in their pews and cast judgement because we don't want that in "our" church. We are more comfortable leaving people who's sins that we deem worse than ours for the more inner city "missional" churches. When need comes walking through our door, we panic. We panic without realizing that our own need for redemption is just as great- even if it is less glaring or unseen. I feel like this same thing goes for anyone who doesn't fit the manmade "perfect Christian mold". We ostracize homosexuals, felons, people of different races, etc. and then we wonder why people hate Christians.
We hear sermons from the pulpit about God's design for families. Mom. Dad. Kids. Period. We alienate single moms, divorced couples, and families that are made in unconventional ways.
I know people who attend churches where the history of racism is so entrenched that if an African American came in the doors, it would probably stop the service. Likewise, I have spoken with my gay friends who feel so judged by the church that they feel they have nowhere to go to further their relationship with Christ within a communtiy of believers. I've seen it happen. We've taken teenagers who are searching for faith and because of their sexual orientation, we've condemned then and turned them against Christ because Christians are not being good ambassadors of Christ's love.
I think we spend so much time as Christians puffing ourselves and our goodness up, that we forget it is about bringing others to a loving and personal relationship with Jesus. We forget that the things that separate others from God are the same things that separate us from God. Sin is sin is sin. Judgement is a sin. It seems to me the ultimate anomoly. In judging people for their perceived separation from God, we in turn separate ourselves.
Christ said that above all else, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, mind, soul and strength and love your neighbor as yourself." Not judge your neighbor. Not turn your back on your neighbor. Not welcome your neighbor to church only if they fit the mold. He said LOVE your neighbor. We are people. We have a guidebook for our faith that is written by other people. If we take man out of the equation and focus on our relationship with Jesus, I think we will find that all the labels fall off. Those labels are between each of us and our creator- not to use against one another. Because someone is gay, does that mean that they have less of a heart for God? Or because a woman is an unwed mother does that mean that her family is less pleasing to God? I think not. I think that the ultimate reason that each of us is created is because there is something unique in each person that delights God. I think that all the circumstances that bring us to each point in life, create that uniqueness in us that brings pleasure to Him. He created those things in us for his delight for a reason. Even though we don't always understand different lifestyles, cultures, or behaviors- doesn't mean that they are wrong or that they separate us from God. I think that God created YOU to be YOU and man's judgement is inconsequential. When the church becomes a place where ALL people are truly welcomed and valued, only then do I feel like we are carrying out the true mission of the church to bring ALL the world to know Him.
If only we spent as much time spreading messages of acceptance and inclusion as we do casting stones...
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Mid-July provides one of the few moments of the year when the entire sports world takes a few days off, other than the participants in the Major League All-Star Game. This break provides a time to celebrate athletes and thus the ESPY Awards were created. To honor some of the 2013 ESPY Award nominees and presenters, GBK hosted their ESPY Pre-Award Gift Lounge on July 16th at the Andaz in West Hollywood.
GBK is well known for hosting some of the most luxurious gifting lounges that help to celebrate the biggest moments in sports and entertainment. The celebrities in attendance were treated to an amazing assortment of memorable gifts, music, food and they concluded the evening with a celebrity poker tournament. In addition the day benefitted a number of great charities including: the Los Angeles Lakers Youth Foundation, The Model Citizen Fund, the Mama Sarah Obama Foundation and The Giving Back Fund.
With the help of participating sponsors and generous celebrity guests, 100% of the poker tournament proceeds were donated to charity. Poker Professional Tim Phan won the tournament; winning a 3 night stay at the St. Regis Princeville, as well as an $8000 watch from Jason of Beverly Hills. Second place winner was Andy Milonakis, winning a Technogel Mattress. $12.000 was raised for the Model Citizen Fund, and Ike's Love and Sandwiches gave a $1.000 donation in the name of Roger Cross to the Mama Sarah Obama Foundation for coming in 4th place. Other attendees included: : Trey Burke (Utah Jazz- Point Guard Nominated for ESPY 2013 Best Male College Athlete), Kyla Ross (2012 Olympic Gold Medalist- Gymnastics Team Nominated for ESPY 2013 Best Team: US Women's Gymnastics), James Ihedigbo (Baltimore Ravens -Team Nominated for ESPY 2013 Best Team), Aldon Smith (San Francisco 49ers), Cortez Allen (Pittsburgh Steelers), Datone Jones (Green Bay Packers); DeMarre Carroll (Utah Jazz), David Anders (ABC's "Once Upon A Time"), Eric Shanteau (2012 Olympic Gold Medalist -Men's Swimming (4x100m Medley), Gilbert Arenas (Dallas Mavericks), Heather McDonald (E!'s "Chelsea Lately" & "After Lately"), Kim Glass (US Women's Volleyball Player), Lindsey Berg (Women's Volleyball 3 time Olympian with 2 Silver Medals), Marcedes Lewis (Jacksonville Jaguars), McKinley Freeman (VH1's "Hit the Floor"), Mekhi Phifer (Actor), Sean Patrick Flanery (Showtime's Dexter), Steven Bauer (Showtime's "Ray Donovan"), Terrell Owens (American Football Wide Receiver) and Terrell Thomas (New York Giants).
Athletes have always taken pride in their automobiles; they are almost as competitive with their friends in terms of who has the best ride as they are on the field. Just owning the vehicle is half the battle, you always have to have it looking pristine when you take it out of the garage and Miracle Details is the perfect company to take care of this. Miracle Details was gifting a complete detailing service valued at $350 for guests. From top-to-bottom and inside and out, Miracle Details will make your car look like you just drove it off of the lot. For more information on Miracle Details, visit: www.miracledetails.com
Nutrition53 was gifting containers of the newest version of Lean1 to help keep every athlete in attendance in perfect shape. The new line that features a wide variety of flavors has added probiotics and also added 60% more fiber and cut sugar by 15% compared to the previous Lean1 line. For more information Nutrition53, visit: www.nutrition53.com
It was hard to drag guests away from Ike's Love & Sandwiches, who were letting guests enjoy their amazing subs that included unique versions such as the turkey and sundried tomato version. Ike was also gifting $1,000 gift certificates so guests would be able to try everything on the lengthy and tasty menu at Ike's. For more information on Ike's Love & Sandwiches, visit: www.ikes.com
Sports and apparel go hand-in-hand and JH Design creates some of the most stunning jackets around. JH Design was gifting their licensed jackets that included teams from the MLB, NBA and NASCAR. For more information on JH Design Group, visit: www.jhdesigngroup.com
Wild Soul Sunglasses was gifting their classic and stylish sunglasses that featured some amazing frame colors such as tortoise. Wild Soul Sunglasses while creating a unique line of sunglasses, also allow you to choose from one of ten different charities to donate $5 of your purchase to. For more information on Wild Soul Sunglasses, visit: www.thewildsoul.com
The Los Angeles Lakers Youth Foundation was gifting the number 52 jersey of Laker great Jamal Wilkes. In addition a silent auction that featured Laker memorabilia was being held during the poker tournament to provide money and services on a need based scale to organizations all over the Los Angeles County. For more information on the Los Angeles Lakers Youth Foundation, visit: www.nba.com/lakers/community/foundation.html
The Mama Sarah Obama Foundation is a charitable nonprofit organization whose mission is to improve the education and welfare of disenfranchised children in order to help them successfully achieve their goals and have a better future. In the near future they are trying to raise money to build not only a school but also a hospital. For more information on the Mama Sarah Obama Foundation, visit: www.msof.org
The Model Citizen Fund's mission is to distribute life-sustaining backpacks that contain up to 150 survival essentials to help the homeless and disaster victims. These many items are key to provide them with the tools and confidence to help them move forward with their lives. For more information on the Model Citizen Fund, visit: www.ModelCitizenFund.org
The Giving Back Fund works together with athletes such as Yao Ming and Ben Roethlisberger to help run their charities. They help keep costs down for the charity by lowering overhead and they were sharing that information with athletes in attendance to help spread the word and help anyone who was looking for assistance in this area. For more information on The Giving Back Fund, visit: www.givingback.org
What athlete does not love gaming and their phone? Well MHL was gifting one of the most popular items of the day, a docking station to connect your smartphone to your TV and a controller, allowing you to play games from your phone on your TV. And you know how fast the battery drains on your phone, so MHL designed it so the TV will charge your phone. For more information on MHL, visit: www.meetmhl.com
One of the ultimate vacation spots in the world, Sparkling Hill Resort was gifting a Couples Escape in a stunning penthouse suite. This European-inspired wellness resort known as the first resort in the world to incorporate Swarovski crystal elements into every aspect of its design was one of the gifts that highlighted the day. For more information on Sparkling Hill Resort, visit: www.sparklinghill.com
Created by members of the active duty military, Bands For Arms creates a number of assorted bracelets that originate from old and donated military uniforms. Bands For Arms was gifting a package of assorted bracelets to guests. For each item purchased, Bands For Arms will donate 50% of the sale price to a variety of military charities. For more information on Bands For Arms, visit: www.bandsforarms.com
Chambord Premium Spirits was mixing up cocktails and gifting a bottle of their vodka. The vodka was a big hit as the flavors of hibiscus, vanilla and black raspberry really made this great vodka for whatever you wanted to mix it with. For more information on Chambord Premium Spirits, visit: www.chambordonline.com
Who would not want to eat an apple a day if it came in a great tasting crunchy chip form? Well that is exactly what you get from Bare Snacks who was gifting six month supplies of their baked apple snacks. Each individual serving package contains one whole apple and has no sugar and they have a great crunch to them from the baking process. For more information on Bare Snacks, visit: www.baresnacks.com
Technogel Sleeping was gifting on their super comfortable pillows so everyone in attendance could get a perfect nights sleep. These are not your normal pillow; they are created with a unique patented gel layer to enhance the memory foam base as well as providing pressure relief and a cooling sensation. This pillow is a must-have. For more information on Technogel Sleeping, visit: www.TechnogelSleeping.com
Most athletes fit in either the big or tall category and many fit in both so Fruit of the Loom wanted to make sure they were all taken care of as they were gifting t-shirts from their new Big & Tall Collection as well as the BEST Collection. For more information on Fruit of the Loom, visit: www.fruit.com
To keep everyone energized and entertained, DJ Babychino was spinning tunes all day. Not your typical DJ, DJ Babychino is the worlds youngest DJ and don't let that fool you as he spins with the best of them. For more information on DJ Babychino, visit: www.facebook.com/djbabychino
A watch with flowing diamonds or a necklace that has the entire Bible on a chain, those are just two examples of the unique and stunning jewelry from Jason of Beverly Hills. Some of the most beautiful jewelry pieces around are created here and guests were gifted a certificate of $700 to the purchase of any item. For more information on Jason of Beverly Hills, visit: www.jasonofbh.com
SKLZ is home to a great line of performance and skill development products that will assist any athlete in any sport. SKLZ was gifting the Gold Flex warm-up and tempo training aid and for a little fun around the house they also were gifting the SKLZ Pro Mini-Hoop. For more information on SKLZ, visit: www.sklz.com
If you are looking for almost anything sports related, the online source to find it all is Dazadi. Guests were gift a $250 certificate to choose from equipment, items to make a game room, a home gym, the list is almost endless. For more information on Dazadi, visit: www.Dazadi.com
Fly Watches was gifting their newest line of watches that included 11 different faces and 11 different bands. The interchangeable line is now waterproof and the watches also feature a new flashing light on the face. For more information on Fly Watches, visit: www.fly-watches.com
Golf in the off-season is always popular among athletes and to help everyone get ready for the links, iLinks was demonstrating their new app. iLinks has a golf club that has sensors all over the head and with one swing will relay all of the details of your swing to your smartphone. For more information on iLinks, visit: www.iLinks.com
Athletes are always looking for new ways to avoid being sore after a workout and Marena provided a great solution. Marena was gifting their compression garment apparel Athletics8 which is meant to improve performance and reduce soreness. For more information on Marena, visit: www.marenagroup.com
Jalisco's Mobile Taco Grill was sampling an assortment of their tacos including chicken and vegetarian to go with all of their in-house created toppings. They were also gifting certificate for a future party of 50 hosted by Jalisco's. For more information on Jalisco's Mobile Taco Grill, visit: www.jaliscosmobiletacogrill.com
GBK, formerly GBK Productions, is a luxury lifestyle gifting and special events company, specializing in entertainment marketing integration. Formed in 2000 by Gavin Keilly, the company's Founder and CEO, GBK consists of five divisions: GBK Celebrity Gifting, GBK Special Events, GBK Weddings, GBK Charitable Consulting and GBK Marketing/Public Relations. Widely known in the entertainment industry for bringing that little extra something into the Gifting Lounge environment, GBK offers its clients a full range of marketing services. For more information on Gavin B. Keilly (CEO), Carla Domen (VP) or GBK, please go to gbkproductions.com.


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I was just searching on the net for scripts when I found the script for 'The Woods' with the truck driver ending. I love that ending, it's much more open, more mystery!It would have raised much more questions to the story than The Village does now. There are only two questions left right now: will Lucious make it? and will the Ranger even enter the woods to find what's inside of it? While the orignal ending would have made you ask the question 'Oh, what did I just see?', just like it did with The Sixth Sense and Unbreakable.Only thing I dislike about the script is the first scene where the gravestone actually reads "Died October 3, 1897". Is that in the movie too? Because I wouldn't have showned it, this is a direct lie 'cause it's not 1897, it's 2004. I mean, everything in the movie makes the viewer believe the things are different than they are, but M. Night never lied.
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Fable 3: Cinematic Intro
Welcome to the city of the downtrodden, where those who dare to speak out are punished and those who dare to hope find nothing to hope for.
This is the cinematic introduction to Lionhead Studios' videogame for PC and XBOX 360, Fable III, starring a rebel… chicken. No idea who did the job.Also tagged birds, blade, candle, flag, flying, glass shards, guns, kitchen, machinery, ship, slow motion, smoke, window


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COURTHOUSE - A former Spring-Ford Area High School band director and his female acquaintance each face several years of court supervision after their 'rolling domestic' altercation while driving vehicles along Route 422 ended in a crash in Lower Pottsgrove.
John Edward Eckstine Jr., 45, of Hagerstown, Md., who resigned as band director after his arrest in May, was sentenced in Montgomery County Court on Monday to four years' probation and 60 hours of community service after he pleaded guilty to three misdemeanor counts of recklessly endangering other persons in connection with the May 2 incident that ended on East High Street in Lower Pottsgrove.
Jacqueline M. Alegado, 48, of the first block of Castle Drive, Limerick, was sentenced to five years' probation and 36 hours of community service after she pleaded guilty to charges of aggravated assault by a prisoner, recklessly endangering another person and ethnic intimidation in connection with her role in the incident.
As conditions of their sentences, Judge Steven T. O'Neill, who accepted plea agreements in the cases against Eckstine and Alegado, ordered Eckstine to have no contact with Alegado and ordered Alegado to write letters of apology to emergency medical technicians and the driver of another vehicle struck by Alegado during the incident.
Alegado also must continue with counseling, the judge said.
Eckstine is the former director of instrumental music and former director of the Golden Rams Marching Band at Spring-Ford Area High School.
Police, based on witness reports, alleged the pair engaged in what they previously called a 'rolling domestic,' weaving in and out of traffic along Route 422 about 7 p.m. May 2, before exiting Route 422 and ending up on East High Street.
Lower Pottsgrove Police Officer David Slothower responded to a two-vehicle crash in the 2500 block of East High Street and found Alegado behind the wheel of a white Chevrolet sedan and Eckstine standing near the driver's side door of the Chevrolet with scratches on his neck, according to the arrest affidavit.
Slothower asked both Eckstine and Alegado if they were hurt and neither said they were. Eckstine told police he was in a separate vehicle that was past the crash scene.
Slothower went to check on the third party, the driver of the second car that was involved in the crash, when he saw Eckstine 'slapping the window on Alegado's driver's door with his right hand ... trying to get Alegado to open the door,' according to the criminal complaint. Slothower noted in the arrest affidavit that he told Eckstine to step away from Alegado's vehicle, and Eckstine responded that he wanted his cell phone back from Alegado.
Investigators learned about an earlier incident involving Alegado and Eckstein on Route 422. At about 6:30 p.m. off-duty officers encountered the pair arguing and separated the pair, court papers indicate. Eckstine 'admitted he had dealt with police because Alegado had thrown his keys and credit cards onto Route 422.'
When officers spoke with Alegado, she showed them an injury to her right knee which she said happened when Eckstine pushed her down earlier while they were along Route 422, according to the court papers. Alegado also showed police a torn fingernail and told police Eckstine 'started to chase her in his car' when they were along Route 422, and they were 'weaving in and out of traffic until the accident occurred.'
When police spoke with Eckstine and asked him how he got the scratches on his neck, he told police Alegado keyed his car and he pushed her, and she got back up and tried to scratch and punch him with her car keys, police wrote in the arrest affidavit.
Several witnesses stopped at the crash scene after being passed by Alegado and Eckstine.
'The witnesses stated that both were driving recklessly weaving in and out of traffic, at a high rate of speed and without care for general public safety,' Slothower wrote in the criminal complaint.
Witnesses testified previously at a preliminary hearing that they believed they were observing 'road rage' and that 'it looked like one was chasing the other,' specifying that the white car operated by Alegado was in front of a blue vehicle operated by Eckstine.
The female driver of a Pontiac that eventually was struck by Alegado's vehicle previously testified that she was on her way home from work when the white car 'pulled right out in front of me and struck my passenger side.'
Police took both Eckstine and Alegado into custody and transported them to Pottstown Police Department. As Alegado was taken into custody, she allegedly claimed she was suffering from seizures and Goodwill Ambulance was called to the scene. Police alleged Alegado struggled with emergency medical technicians as they tried to treat her.
Alegado uttered a racial slur word to a black EMT and then spit in the face of a female EMT, according to court documents.
Other charges of stalking, disorderly conduct, harassment and careless driving were dismissed against Eckstine as part of his plea agreement.
Charges of aggravated and simple assault, false reports to law enforcement authorities, disorderly conduct, harassment and careless driving were dismissed against Alegado as part of her plea agreement.
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Sunday, January 06, 2008
Tazo Profiled & Top Tea Stops
Tea has been covered in some high-profile news outlets lately. Here are a few tidbits to ponder on your Sunday afternoon - while you have a cup of tea, of course.
The Seattle Times recently did a profile of Tazo Tea. You can find their wares in most supermarkets, but if the name sounds familiar its probably because Tazo is the tea of choice at all 2.4 million Starbucks outlets.
Whittling down the top places to have tea in the United States to a list of ten is probably a thankless task. But USA Today takes a crack at it, with the help of Jennifer Sauer, author of The Way to Tea: Your Adventure Guide to San Francisco Tea Culture. I'm sorry to say that I haven't had the chance to try any of these establishments.
If we may try an exercise in audience participation, where's your favorite place to go for tea?
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3 comments:
- Tom said...
Tea Zone in Portland, OR is my favorite place to go.
Tea Zone is a bit of a drive from here -- so my favorite place near here is Peet's Coffee and Tea on NE 162nd in Vancouver, WA.
- Steph said...
St. James Tearoom in ABQ, NM is the best tea room I've been to in the US (and I visit as many as possible)! Mary Alice and her staff have it figured out!
- Unknown said...
"Tavalon" at Union Square is definitely one of my favorite tea houses in NY. In addition to great selections of innovative tea drinks and high-quality loose-leaf, they even have DJ spinning live music in house. Wonderful place for big fans of tea.
(Bill, please remove my prior post and use this one, since I just found a typo there. thanks!)
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