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Monday, May 9, 2011
An Unending Love Giveaway
Create their love story (please try to limit your post to 75 words or less) for a chance to win a $75 Ruche gift card. ♥ Comment on this blog post. Contest ends Monday, May 16th* at 12pm PST. We will pick our favorite. =) Please check back to see if you've won!
*Contest has been extended until Monday, May 16th due to Blogger maintenance.
69 comments:
- katien said...
She was a hopeless romantic who broke her heel getting out of the rain; he was a pediatrician with an umbrella and helping hand. Their eyes met and he smiled, her heart skipped a beat when their hands touched. She offered to buy him coffee, he accepted. Nearly 6 hours later, the coffee shop closed and they felt like they had known each other forever. One soul from two, the best math ever.
katie n - san jose, ca
- May 9, 2011 at 5:22 PM
- Allison said...
He found her by the lake where she spent every summer picking cattails and floating on lily pads. She thought the farm boy from upstate uncouth, but he wooed her with the crook of his arm, offered with an unaffected smile. He pointed out constellations, and she showed him Paris. She sculpted her world, and he painted his. She saw her eyes in his sky; he saw his hands holding her heart.
- May 9, 2011 at 5:49 PM
- emma wallace said...
He found her wandering around the swamp, looking like a wood nymph of the Southern variety. Day after summer day, he took her to every enchanting place, hoping to see that mouth move from solemn to smile. But in the end, it wasn't the enchanting places that made her smile, it was he - so enchanted by her.
- May 9, 2011 at 6:15 PM
- Unknown said...
She kept a pout on her mouth as a signature; there was nothing she was more proud of. He had thought little was more pleasant than her mouth, and there was nothing he was more proud of than breaking her pout with shameless advances. She was against falling in love - his persistence struck her ego and her intrigue in a way she hadn't known. She couldn't pull herself from his open mouthed laughter and callused hands.
- May 9, 2011 at 6:29 PM
- ci said...
She was a rustic soul, wild with a heart full of fire and passion. Her eyes were guarded during summer days with him on the lake and amongst the flowers. Past wounds met healing when she saw the warmth of sunshine in his eyes. She new only comfort when he kissed her softly and his hand held hers so protective. He found his way to her heart and they swore there love for eternity
- May 9, 2011 at 7:50 PM
- Who am I... said...
Needing a place to get away and just be, no one telling her how to act or who to be. He was doing his job like any other day. It was not love at first sight, but love in the small movements, glances, and then...their souls met through a look.
- May 9, 2011 at 7:53 PM
- Renay said...
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- May 9, 2011 at 7:56 PM
- Renay said...
love sure to never return? The seconds passed like hours and the minutes as days.Missing him, her lover gone. Will he return to me? She waited for him each day returning to the roads once walked upon and lakes floated over by two young lovers. Forever is how long ill wait. She remembered his smile and the warmth of his skin as he held her close. True love meant to last and a burning fire within the heart they both had for one another.
- May 9, 2011 at 7:58 PM
She was lost in thought and had lost in love. She had tried to hide where no one could reach her. He had come to rescue her. but she was scared to feel again. Lost between the trees, the calming waters and their passionate silence, she extended her hand in sweet surrender and he took it kindly, without judgement, with full assurance. She was lost, no more.
- May 9, 2011 at 8:27 PM
- Genevieve said...
She was a Lithuanian student who was too shy to practice her English. He was a farm boy turned botanist who harvested orchids to pay for his Orthodontia. He fell wildly in love with her at first sight because of her stylish Ruche clothing. After courting her with bicycling and boating, she soon opened herself up to his perfect smile and love of flowers. He proposed and she said yes. She put Kate Middleton to shame.
- May 9, 2011 at 9:28 PM
- Alexandra says... said...
They met in the spring. Warm rain and cool air sticking to their skin as they explored the newly awakening earth together. Quiet boat rides and silent looks said more than any randomly spilled words could. They grew to love each other throughout the seasons, as the sun warmed the Earth, their love blossomed. Days spent out doors led to seasons spent wandering in the forests of their youth.
- May 9, 2011 at 10:26 PM
- Strauss House said...
Summer 1951.
With her poet aunt constantly hunched over her notebook, Helena had hours to herself and would stroll along the unfamiliar rivers edge. There she met Peter who was skipping rocks and they fell in love over lazy picnics and nights catching fireflies. On muggy days they'd float languidly in the river's slow current , talking of childhood dares and dreams of their life together. Summer love lasted long after the fireflies dimmed…
- May 9, 2011 at 10:40 PM
He found her in the bog. She had been raised by alligators, and had never seen another human before. He rescued her, and taught her how to be a person. She taught him about love at first sight. Her fashion sense was innate; that's something that can't be taught. She still has trouble forming a smile though, having never had occasion to before she met him. They take the boat and visit her parents often.
- May 10, 2011 at 5:02 AM
- Devin said...
He is a hopeless romantic.
She is the governor's daughter.
Never having been introduced to love, her timidity attracts him; a fragile creature, full of kindness and sincerity. An innocent heart won over by a touch and a glance.
- May 10, 2011 at 5:43 AM
- Rachel said...
Love came softly. Like a warm summer breeze on the tail end of June, it took them by surprise. Together since childhood they shared secrets with hearts intertwined. Yet, as adulthood danced its beckoning call they drifted away. Then, one enchanting day, in the woodsy marsh of their youthful dreams, love rang true. Their knowing of each other was long and their longing fresh and new. This love, now rekindled, was always meant for this moment under the sun.
- May 10, 2011 at 6:13 AM
- Adele said...
She wasn't used to fresh air and he wasn't used to paved streets. She couldn't imagine being just friends, he couldn't imagine why they shouldn't be. But something in the soft summer air or the velvety river water changed them. They realised they balanced out each other...The summer was long and they had lots of time to slowly grow towards each other. And they discovered they were one of those "meant to be" stories.
- May 10, 2011 at 8:45 AM
She had a wealthy family and lived in town. She was getting ready to go off to college when she bumped into the handsome carpenter at the annual summer carnival. They fell in love that summer through walks in the woods, dinners on the veranda and swinging from her grandmother's tree. They were kindred spirits, soul mates. Even though they came from different ways of life, it didn't matter. They knew none of that mattered because they were together.
- May 10, 2011 at 9:45 AM
- Brandi@ Flights of Whimsy said...
He remembers the first time he saw her, she strolled into the lounge where he was playing guitar that night. She had on a flowing dress and he remembers those lips...He almost hadn't accepted the gig that night and now he was glad he did. They kept making eye contact the whole evening. When his set was over they ended up next to each other waiting on a drink at the bar. She never made it back to the table where her friends were waiting. He never made it to the party at his friends house afterwards. Now she is the muse for his music and he the inspiration for all her photography.
- May 10, 2011 at 10:26 AM
- utterbliss said...
Her father's friend.. well, he was a gentleman. If possible, she'd choose the simple answer: to love her husband.
But it was beyond her control. She met John by chance.. or fate? Was she to live every girl's dream? Or continue her clandestine life, running away to where she made love with all her heart?
She felt dirty. But if YOUR true love walked into your life, would you let them go?
(Word Count: 72/75)
- May 10, 2011 at 11:29 AM
- Crystal said...
It didn't happen by chance, at first sight, or in a fairytale kind of way. It happened on an overcast day, whilst staring at each other after weeks of cordial dates and late-night talks. The words "I love you" spilled out of each their mouths during a pause on a walk through the damp air by the lake. Now, their love is profound and thoughtful.
- May 10, 2011 at 12:09 PM
- Emily said...
It's funny how one of the worst days of your life, and one of the best days of your life can be one and the same.
You can be fired from the local newspaper, after which a sudden Southern downpour sends your entire in-the-works novel sailing into the mud.
...And a moment later, She's kneeling beside you, stowing soiled pages in Her sweater as rain streams down Her perfect face. She takes you by the hand, and you feel yourself…unfold.
- May 10, 2011 at 12:47 PM
- cat said...
There was love. Although it wasn't easy to see they both knew how the other felt even though nobody else could.
- May 10, 2011 at 1:47 PM
- jasmine said...
i wrote a poem. :)
You said that our love was unending; and led me through
the forest on the stream, on a boat
that wobbled ever so slightly on the
rippling waters. I saw your hands
grasp the oars, firmly, like the way
you would take my hand and tell me
not to be afraid, if only because
you were there. And so I tried
to keep fear at bay, when you felt
far away, and waited, waited
and waited. For unending means never
ending, never
breaking, never looking away,
though touch might cease
and hands might part.
- May 10, 2011 at 2:13 PM
- Unknown said...
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- May 10, 2011 at 2:27 PM
- cat said...
Riding her bike a spring morning after he had just missed his bus back to his home town. She asked "what's the matter?" and he explained. She welcomed him over to her small cottage surrounded by wild flowers. She baked him sweets and told him her dreams. He soon became engulfed in her. As did she to him. His love shown out through everything he did. Her's only he could understand. It was unlike others way to show affection. But he knew, and he loved her for it.
- May 10, 2011 at 2:30 PM
- Lauren said...
So spellbound was she by the beauty of the surrounding countryside as she rode her bike, that she did not notice as he crossed in front of her—until all she could do to avoid hitting him was swerve into a ditch. He smiled as he pulled her to her feet, and although disheveled and flustered, she couldn't help but know this summer would hold more charm than just old trees or hidden lakes.
- May 10, 2011 at 2:31 PM
- Jweaver said...
They were childhood friends who hadn't seen each other in years after her family moved to the city. Upon returning to the home she knew as a girl, memories of the blond boy who brought her frogs as a gift and joined her in cloud gazing flooded back. When they were finally reunited, eyes meeting and hearts remembering, the love that had been shared between the two friends quickly turned into a lasting love between two souls.
- May 10, 2011 at 2:33 PM
In separate worlds they lived, both overcome with brokenness. He suffocated under his parents' pressure and she lived with memories haunting her days. They took refuge in the woods, where pain could be greeted with the tranquil understanding of nature. It was there, amidst towering trees and enveloping silence, the two found their missing piece. Over time, two souls were made new by deep understanding and two hearts were healed with genuine, promising love.
- May 10, 2011 at 4:10 PM
- Unknown said...
They were young lovers in the communist Eastern European block. They wanted a fresh start in the U.S.A. but like all young couples they weren't allowed to leave. So, in the middle of the night he fled the country, risked prison camps and death if he was caught, and crossed the border into Democratic Germany. There he stayed for a few years working and saving enough money. Finally, he managed to scrape together enough to come to the US. He got here poor, with nothing to his name. but within a few years he had built a small life for himself and gotten his citizenship. Then he called for his young wife - the woman that had never been away from his heart but that he hadn't seen for years. The Communist block couldn't refuse the request or they would lose face. So this is their first time together in years and he's showing her their new home.
- May 10, 2011 at 4:33 PM
- Angela said...
Their story is a dramatic one: they met onstage. Cast as partners in a murder mystery, he played the suave, flirtatious detective; she, his no-nonsense partner.
His advances and her refusals imitated their real-life relationship: she would have nothing to do with him. At the end of the play, his character chose another woman. Her character realized she couldn't live without him.
And suddenly, she realized she felt the same way. Slowly and awkwardly, she voiced her feelings and found that he shared them.
Too dramatic, you say? It could happen. It happened to me.
- May 10, 2011 at 5:48 PM
- Tiffany said...
Two friends falling in love? She, fresh from the end of a relationship she stayed in out of comfort, not love. He, ending a three year relationship with a woman he knew he couldn't marry. Both, when meeting the other, did not have romance on their minds. They were friends. Confidants. She had a shy sweet smile and he was disarming. full of confidence. Could true love happen between friends?
Yes it can. And it did.
- May 10, 2011 at 5:48 PM
- Arina said...
wow, this is so amazing, where did you had this shoot at?
- May 10, 2011 at 9:28 PM
Amidst the serendipity of heaven-strewn starlight, there are moments, sublime moments, moments steeped in the superlative, that kindle the poetic soul and illuminate the heart. She was his moment, so sweet, so sumptuous, his momentous bout of bliss, the jewel of his desiring. Upon the star-strung chords of his being, she strummed her song-hued ardor in a flight of felicity. He was fairly intoxicated with the ambrosial libation of her essence, poured out for him like so much sacrificial wine. She was his moment. And she alone could elevate this moment, their moment, from the debility of time to the echelon of eternity.
- May 11, 2011 at 3:44 AM
They had known each other forever, since she was a eccentric skinny girl who wore vintage like a badge of honor and he was the boy who noticed her more than he should. Occasionally as they walked home from their bus-stop their eyes would meet and she, wary and yet eager would smile shyly, but they would say nothing, because the time was not right Until one day, when the heat made the Spanish moss wilt on the ancient oaks and smell of grass was carried on rolling waves of humidity, they met, when he checked the mail for his parents, and she rolled her old bicycle past the house. He tipped his newsboy cap, took a deep breath, and gave her that blindingly sweet smile... that makes her heart stutter to this day.
- May 11, 2011 at 7:52 AM
She was a pianist; a musician. She would spend hours practicing on her smooth, black grand piano. He was a hard worker. He would spend hours working his fields, spending time with his horses, and leaning on the fence that separated their two lives. He would close his eyes, and listen to her songs of love, sadness, and longing and wish to be joined with those songs. One day she was riding home on her bicycle, when she was caught in a harsh thunderstorm. She tried to reach home, but her bicycle hit a rut and threw her off the road. He, ever watchful, ran to help her inside his home. As the storm grew harsher, and the hours dragged on, the relationship turned to friendship, then slowly to something deeper. She would sing and talk with him about her dreams, he would listen, transfixed. When the storm ended he took her home. She turned to him, and they stood looking into each other's eyes. They then knew that the storm was no act of chance.
- May 11, 2011 at 8:35 AM
- Flora said...
It was a warm June night and as their looks crossed both fell under the eternal fire of love at first sight. They danced all night and dawn caught them by surprise. He offered to walked with her towards the weeping willows that marked the end of the town. Without word, she kissed him and crossed the Cemetery Gate as she were part of the wind and disappeared under the wet air of the morning.
- May 11, 2011 at 8:38 AM
- Life Masquerade said...
It was a cold and windy summerday. She walked in her favourite cafe to drink a warm cup of raspberry tea. And there he was- young writer sitting next to the window. The cafe smelled like chocolate and fresh strawberries. He saw the girl and she noticed his eyes full of happiness and love. They started to talk to each other and underestood how amazing that cold and rainy day was.
- May 11, 2011 at 10:37 AM
- JN said...
He bumped into her at a farmers market, causing her to drop her bag of fruit which fell and apples rolled everywhere. Laughing, they chased after the apples and touched hands picking up the last one. Embarrassed, he wanted to apologize by buying her a cup of coffee. It turned into a fun morning, sharing laughs and smiles over chai, and blossomed into love!
- May 11, 2011 at 10:40 AM
- Shewearscrazywell said...
As she stood outside in front her home the wind blew her skirt and caught his eye. He felt like magic lived inside her heart. She felt like no one ever saw who she was quite like he did. He'll never forget the magic that lived in the lace trim of her clothes. She'll never forget the first time they locked eyes.
- May 11, 2011 at 4:24 PM
- angela said...
Dearest May,
I'd never believed you'd be a fare in my boat! From the moment on the dock, I am lost in visions of you. Such sorrowful circumstances of our meeting; I hope the business of your late aunt's estate is complete. My sole regret was our finite time together. I was overjoyed of your return; strolling, picnicking, finally, the sun reappeared. Alas, again, I eagerly await your return, and answer to the question of our Unending future together.
Forever Yours,
- May 11, 2011 at 6:57 PM
- Green Girl said...
i still remember our days together
our hands touch, our hearts unmindful of time
we listened to the songs of the river as we float
we were filled with dreams
each day, was an exciting beginning
the places we've been, the elements
everything we touch turns to love
and Mr. Sun approves
who are we to deny our joy when our witnesses
stand eternal?
If ours is not love, nothing is.
- May 11, 2011 at 8:36 PM
- Colleen said...
She hadn't wanted to fall in love – not with him. His smile was too easy. She wanted more, something grander and greater than the sticky sweet honeysuckle torpor that surrounded the family home. She wanted someone she could talk to about the things she found impressive – about Yeats and Keats and life in the city. But, there was something about him, she didn't know what, and she succumbed at last when the cicadas began to hum.
- May 12, 2011 at 5:54 AM
It all started with an ordinary day,
As all great love stories do.
She wasn't looking for love,
And neither was he.
The true manner in which they met?
A secret they swore to never share. All you need to know,
When she first saw him,
She believed in soul-mates,
When he first saw her,
He knew love existed.
The world stopped for just one second,
And then it all began.
- May 12, 2011 at 9:12 AM
- Emma said...
Jweaver wrote the exact story I had in my head so instead I will just say that the lookbook is absolutely breathtaking! It is very apparent that a huge amount of love, time and effort went into making it happen. I am blown away by the beauty you have created! Well done and congratulations to all involved, you should truly be proud of yourselves!
Emma x
- May 12, 2011 at 11:22 AM
- Emilie said...
It started in the spring as she was out for an afternoon walk when she saw the man she would soon be in awe of. His genuine sensitivity towards her affection of him grew more and more
with each passing day. Days passed like minutes in their mind.He adored the innocence in her waking expression and the tender way she caressed his arm as they
walked. She was the one thing he could not get enough of. Her eyes bloomed once and he was enthralled. No more wishing for love,
they had found the truest love, and unending love which would not wither, but set their souls on fire with deep passion. Every moment spent together was like heavenly
ecstacy, the purest and most innocent ecstacy they had ever known. They knew this was not just a moment of lust, but a simply beautifullove. One that would overtake them and they would
no longer be two, but be one... Nature became their homeaway from home. Spending as much time with the simple beauty's as much as possible.
Love had just begun for the two of them!
- May 12, 2011 at 12:35 PM
- Fiat Lux said...
She had wanted so badly to go to Delia's seventeenth birthday party because Randal was going to be there. Her mother's mind made up, she had flung out of the house and to the river, allowing herself a few tears once she was alone.
A friendly greeting in a gentle drawl shocked her so deeply she stopped crying as if someone had turned off a faucet.
The man grinning at her from a shabby blue rowboat was so handsome Randal flew out of her mind as simultaneously as her embarrassment. Taking her hand, he helped her into the old rowboat. That summer was enough to convince her that she had fallen in love with the man who propelled them through the quiet beauty of the dark water day after day. They laughed about it exactly four years after their first meeting: the morning of their summer wedding.
- May 13, 2011 at 10:12 AM
- Grace said...
They met a lifetime ago, or so it seemed. Certainly, during another time; before the house, the river, the bayou trees, she remembered endless fields of cotton, shy walks beyond white mansion walls.
Now, she lived her life waiting for his return.
She loved him.
She loved the curious baubles he'd bring back, the stories from different times, different places.
And no matter how long it took, she promised, she would wait for him forever.
- May 13, 2011 at 10:27 AM
SHE was drawn to the water. HE avoided it. So when the invitation came, announcing the engagement of Brian and Jennifer...SHE was thrilled because it was at the lake. HE wasn't. But a friend is a friend, right?
At the party, HE spotted a woman in a pink ruffled dress. Long red hair spilled from her straw hat. HE was smitten.
Should he go over and talk to her? Was she with someone else? But HE took the chance and approached her. There was a scent of lilacs floating in the air.
SHE smiled and said 'hello'. HE smiled back and took her hand.
Fast forward 25 years. HER smile and scent of lilacs still made HIM weak in the knees. SHE still liked the water!
- May 13, 2011 at 12:21 PM
- Jessica said...
He and she came from Southern money. She - prim and proper, going through life as expected and being happy about it. He - a gentleman adventurous enough to share with her his world. Together, they were ecstatic.
- May 13, 2011 at 1:24 PM
He was the dressmaker's son. She, the only daughter of a local senator. He had been mesmerized by her since they were kids, but she had always been unreachable.
Then one day he saw her by the marshes, reading. He hadn't meant to startle her, but she jumped in surprise and found herself caught in the twigs.
He promised to fix her dress.
With each stitch he sewed on one by one, she found herself drawn to him.
From then on, she visited the dressmaker's shop everyday bringing something in to be sewn or hemmed.
And that was how their love began….
- May 13, 2011 at 2:28 PM
- Unknown said...
In a quiet town, they grew up together. She was scared to let anyone in, as it had just fallen flat in the past. She didn't even take a glance, all the while he couldn't keep his eyes off of her. Slowly but surely he broke down her walls and taught her how beautiful and special she was. In turn, she gave him her love and affection. She didn't expect any of this, but God had planned quite an adventure for the two of them, together.
- May 13, 2011 at 4:46 PM
It started on an ordinary day,
As all great loves stories do.
She wasn't looking for love,
And neither was he.
How they met?
That's a secret,
They both swore to never share.
All you need to know,
When she saw him,
She believed in soul-mates,
When he saw her,
He was in love.
There was a look,
A kiss,
And a lingering stare,
The parted ways slowly,
As it all began.
- May 13, 2011 at 9:28 PM
- Emma said...
my original comment got deleted with the blogger madness so if I remember correctly I said some thing like;
Jweaver wrote the same story I had in my head so I just wanted to say that the lookbook is absolutely breathtaking. It is clear that you all put so much love and so much time and effort into making it so amazing. You should all be very proud of yourselves!
Emma x
- May 14, 2011 at 5:31 AM
- Cordelia said...
He wasn't looking for Love.
Love found him -- or rather, he found her.
He walked over the path as he always did, while the warm summer sun found its way through the gaps in the tall trees and beat down on the grassy, green floor of the woods. He saw a shadow pass by on the other side of the trail. Then he saw her. One look at her -- that was all he needed.
Every doubt he had ever had vanished almost instantaneously. Love was real. Love at first sight? It was even more real and certainly more beautiful.
- May 14, 2011 at 12:45 PM
- Alexandria said...
He was meandering towards his old pick-up, oars in hand, canoe in the back. He noticed a wisp of golden fabric behind the Deerhead oak. He ventured over to find her reading. Ignoring her blatant irritation from his interruption, he inquired about her reading, if she liked McClellanville, and would she like to see the waterways. She thought a moment, smiled, gracefully stood up, and took an oar.
You know the rest of the story…
- May 14, 2011 at 2:54 PM
- DaniDoes said...
This young lady was born to a farmer and grew up a tomboy with many brothers. Then when she turned 16 she moved away for schooling, where she blossomed intoo the lovely young lady she is now. When she returned home she was reintroduced to the neighbor boy that used to chase her with worms when they were young. He fell in love with her at first sight and slowly he warmed her heart. Now her father will be walking her down the isle as he waits for her.
- May 14, 2011 at 4:27 PM
For those 4 days touring with the Shakespeare company, he was the photographer that had seen right through her.
Everything had changed since they had parted and yet nothing had really changed; he was in Milan and she was here. She had left a part of her there and each time she briefly saw him, she lost another part.
She had lost much and yet, he had given her her soul back.
- May 14, 2011 at 5:34 PM
- Green Girl said...
i still remember our days together
our hands touch, our hearts unmindful of time
we listened to the songs of the river as we float
we were filled with dreams
each day, was an exciting beginning
the places we've been, the elements
everything we touch turns to love
and Mr. Sun approves
who are we to deny our joy when our witnesses
stand eternal?
If ours is not love, nothing is.
- May 14, 2011 at 8:40 PM
- angela said...
seems my first post was deleted :(
Dearest May,
I'd never believed you'd be a fare in my boat! Since the first moment on the dock, I have been lost in visions of you. Under such sorrowful circumstances was our first meeting; I do hope the business of your late aunt's estate is complete. My sole regret was our finite time together. Saddened by your departure, then overjoyed at your return; strolling, picnicking, finally, the sun reappeared. Alas, again, I eagerly await your return, and your answer to the question of our Unending future together.
Forever Yours,
- May 14, 2011 at 9:46 PM
- Ashley Noel said...
Allie's family had lived for decades on a charming old plantation in the beautiful, mysterious swamps of South Carolina. Then came the quiet, poor farm hand. Caleb's gentle ways and love of the land won over the heart of a girl who could have had anyone that she wanted. When he held her hand, he told her that he would never leave her or forget her. He would always be there, to have and to hold. The ensuing summer romance would never die.
- May 15, 2011 at 1:39 PM
- Esther said...
Remember the day you took my face in your hands and told me you would show me how beautiful I was? How I looked at you in disbelief but went along anyway? You were right. I have you to thank when it comes to making me feel beautiful. I could wear many faces and yet you would find me.
- May 15, 2011 at 6:24 PM
- Unknown said...
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- May 15, 2011 at 8:34 PM
- Chesh said...
While she was visiting her parents in South Carolina she visited her favorite hat shop, the new sales boy showed her around, and she left the store triumphantly with 3 beautiful hats and a phone number. He helped her out of the boat, and when they went swimming, brought her a hat to keep her porcelain complexion. She hadn't wanted a relationship, but when you meet a man that can make you a hat, you have to make exceptions. She promised to return next year for a summer of boating, romance, and hats.
- May 15, 2011 at 8:36 PM
She had vowed to never love again.
But to deny his attentions would be a sin.
He spoke of times of innocence and joy.
She attempted to refuse but instead was coy.
Her heart was no longer hers to hold
but his to cherish and protect from the world's cold.
- May 16, 2011 at 9:12 AM
- shopruche.com said...
How did they fall in love?
Like any romance should, with a spark. A coy glance. Eyes that sparkled in the sun and shone in the moon. They cheated time, willing away 'hours' and 'days' into moments and feelings. Each day a new adventure, seeing the world through the others view. Everything was new again and every thing beautiful. Each second more vivid than the last. The simplest of activities elicited pure joy, knowing they had found unspoken bonds. -- Mandi Christensen
Congrats, Mandi! Your story made our hearts swoon. <3
- May 16, 2011 at 3:07 PM
- Tündéri Lonka said...
oh my god this dress !
- May 19, 2011 at 11:31 PM
- andrea kathryn said...
Apparently Ruche has some extremely talented writers!!! I am completely inspired by these wee tidbits. I would love to use some of them on my blog... is there any aversion to this? Perhaps I could think of a giveaway to go with them... it's a bridal blog (that happens to be VERY inspired by all of Ruche's escapades and mentions them as often as possible :) because I know that an outfit from Ruche is the perfect thing to wear to a wedding or even as a maid...)
So these love stories fit right in...
- May 20, 2011 at 2:09 PM
Any word on when the winner will be announced?
- May 23, 2011 at 7:15 AM
- shopruche.com said...
Hi there! The winner was announced on May 16th. :) Thanks!
- May 23, 2011 at 9:45 AM


text:
There are times when I get up and walk off the House floor.
I go to my office and tell my secretary not to let anyone in. Or, I will go wandering around the rotunda.
But I get away from the mike on my desk and its ever-beckoning invitation to let fly and say whatever I want.
Because what I would want to say in that heated moment is not what I would want to say later, after the dust has settled and I've found my inner sane.
I am in a similar situation now, which is why I am not going to weigh in on the only bit of news today that has anything directly to do with me. Because I know that what I would say now is not what I would want to have said later.
Sometimes, it's better to just keep your mouth shut.
The Supreme Court of the United States has decided not to hear a case based on an Oklahoma law concerning the prescribing of drugs used in chemical abortions. I co-authored an amicus curiae brief in favor of this law, along with my friend House Majority Leader Pam Peterson. That's why I've been mum on this case up until now.
I will talk about it more. Later.
For now, here are a few facts (which I will have some thoughts about in the future) from the Washington Post:
The Supreme Court left in place Monday a decision by Oklahoma's highest court that a major provision of that state's new abortion law is unconstitutional because it effectively bans all medication abortions.
The high court last summer had tentively agreed to consider the issue but asked the Oklahoma Supreme Court for clarification on exactly what the law proscribes. The Oklahoma court issued an opinion last week that the law would effectively end the early-term practice of medication-induced abortions, and was thus unconstitutional.
Upon receiving the Oklahoma opinion, the Supreme Court then announced Monday that it will not schedule the case for briefing and consideration. As is customary, the justices gave no reason for deciding not to hear the case.
It is clear, however, that there are other ways for the issue to reach the Supreme Court. A number of states have passed similar restrictions on medication abortions, and the issue is working its way through the courts.

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Pope Francis consecrated the world to the care of our Lord's mother today.
I remember that Pope John Paul II consecrated Russia to Our Lady, and the impossible happened. Russia quit the Communist fight without firing a shot.
No one in the secular world has ever acknowledged the miraculous nature of what happened. Instead, they try to explain it in terms of economics and such. In truth, it was unprecedented, and economics do not explain it. Nothing, except the miraculous intervention of Our Lady could have ended the Cold War so suddenly and peacefully.
So, my reaction to Pope Francis' action today is that I hope Our Lady leads this world out of its self-made hells in the same way. This world needs a miracle.
You can read the Holy Father's homily here.
This is the full text of Pope Francis' prayer by which he consecrated the world to Our Lady today. I pray my personal prayer of consecration to Our Lady almost every morning. If you have made a similar consecration, today would be a good day to renew it.
From Zenit:
Holy Mary Virgin of Fatima,
with renewed gratitude for your maternal presence
we join our voice to that of all the generations
who call you blessed.
We celebrate in you the works of God,
who never tires of looking down with mercy
upon humanity, afflicted with the wound of sin,
to heal it and save it.
Accept with the benevolence of a Mother
the act of consecration that we perform today with confidence,
before this image of you that is so dear to us.
We are certain that each of us is precious in your eyes
and that nothing of all that lives in our hearts is unknown to you.
We let ourselves be touched by your most sweet regard
and we welcome the consoling caress of your smile.
Hold our life in your arms:
bless and strengthen every desire for good;
revive and nourish faith;
sustain and enlighten hope;
awaken and animate charity;
guide all of us along the path of holiness.
Teach us your own preferential love
for the little and the poor,
for the excluded and the suffering,
for sinners and the downhearted:
bring everyone under your protection
and entrust everyone to your beloved Son, Our Lord Jesus.
[Translation by Joseph Trabbic]


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If you have an HTC Android phone, you're probably wondering where your Ice Cream Sandwich is. And though Android 4.0 ICS remains an elusive treat for most Android users, it's gotta be a little comforting to know that the update will eventually come to your phone, right? Well, if you have these HTC phones slated to get Android 4.0, it will.
HTC has just announced which of its phones will get the tasty update and the list is looking pretty solid, with most of HTC's recent headlining phones getting the makeover treatment. In all, there'll be 16 phones getting to 4.0:
- DROID Incredible 2 by HTC
- HTC Amaze 4G
- HTC Desire S
- HTC Desire HD
- HTC EVO Design 4G
- HTC Incredible S
- HTC Sensation
- HTC Sensation XL
- HTC Sensation 4G
- HTC Sensation XE
- HTC Raider
- HTC Rezound
- HTC Rhyme
- HTC Thunderbolt
- HTC Vivid
HTC said that Android 4.0 is in the "early stages" of rolling out to the HTC Sensation and HTC Sensation XE with updates for the Sensation 4G and Sensation XL to follow. Of course, HTC hasn't specified when for the other phones, so you could still be twiddling your thumbs with Gingerbread for all we know but at least your phone's not SOL yet. As for phones not on the list? Well, I guess it's time to get a new phone. [HTC via TechCrunch]


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More than 750 people came out to Dartmouth College Monday to see former President Bill Clinton campaign for his wife, Hillary Clinton.
Many voters discouraged by this election told necn after the event they were reinvigorated by Clinton's positivity.
"I really wanted to get a chance to see one of the presidents that I idolize," said New London resident Michael T. Brown II.
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Clinton's focus at Dartmouth College Monday was inclusion.
"If we're stronger together, we have to mean it, it's not us and them, us and them, us and them," Clinton told the packed auditorium at Alumni Hall.
Though Clinton didn't once mention the Republican nominee by name, he still took aim at Donald Trump.
"We've got a guy running for president who knows more about ISIS than our military, he says everything is a disaster but his campaign," Clinton said.
Many people are calling this the nastiest election in our country's history.
"I have never seen anything like it and I am sickened by it," said Fran Newton of Ashland. "We should be better than that as a people and as a country."
In a statement Monday, the Republican National Committee pointed to newly leaked Clinton campaign emails. RNC Spokesperson Johanna Persing, writing, "New emails indicate more corruption within the Clinton inner circle after it was revealed that an influential Clinton Foundation official convinced the campaign to accept big money raised by lobbyists representing foreign governments. While Bill Clinton is in New Hampshire today, the former president should explain to Granite Staters why corruption, conflicts of interest, and deceit seem to follow the Clintons."
Clinton didn't address any of the scandals that've followed this campaign, but we took the question to voters.
When asked whether anything causes hesitation in casting a vote for Hillary Clinton, Brown answered, "Well, her emails a little bit, but here's the thing, we all make mistakes."
"I don't know the truth about these things and all I can do is go with is my gut, and I trust these people, call me crazy, but I do," said Virginia Ramus of White Water Junction.
"Hillary Clinton, sure she's had a few issue, but I believe she will do right for our country," agreed Connor Cryans.
So too does her husband and he's warning America about the alternative.
"If you don't want someone to drive the truck off a cliff, don't give them the keys," Clinton told the crowd.
The latest polls put Clinton ahead of Trump in the Granite State by a four to six point lead.


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HALF MOON BAY — It was a wine country sweep Monday at the West Coast's premiere giant pumpkin weigh-off. For the first time organizers can remember, the five heaviest gourds were grown not just in California but in a single Bay Area region.
Gary Miller, of Napa, won the title with a rhinoceros-sized pumpkin that registered 1,985 pounds, the heaviest in the 40-year history of the Half Moon Bay contest. In a North Bay rout, second and third place went to fellow Napa growers Tim Mathison and Leonardo Urena, while two Santa Rosa cultivators grabbed fourth and fifth.
Miller likened his victory to "winning a marathon." The 66-year-old landscape designer, who lives near Mathison and shares seeds and tips with him, patiently tended more than 10 half-ton pumpkins in his garden this summer. He celebrated his win with three of his four young grandchildren.
"My secret is just working my butt off," said Miller, adding his goal now is to grow a pumpkin that tops a metric ton, or 2,205 pounds. "I'm just getting started."
The Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-off began just after dawn Monday in a parking lot on Main Street in Half Moon Bay. As the sun burned away the early morning chill, the squash got bigger and bigger. A crowd of a couple hundred people gaped at pale orange gourds shaped like half-deflated rugby balls.
The Half Moon Bay weigh-off has been dominated recently by Oregon and Washington growers, who until Monday had won eight of the past 10 competitions. Last year's winner, Thad Starr, of Pleasant Hill, Ore., set a new California record of 1,775 pounds.
But that mark was obliterated this year as cross-pollinating backyard Frankensteins continue to test the limits of the Atlantic Giant pumpkin. Miller's winning entry Monday, descended from a 1,409-pound squash he grew in 2010, was more than double the weight of the 2000 winner, which was just 940 pounds.
Miller will take home $11,910 for Monday's win, plus $1,00 for biggest California pumpkin. But his cash haul this season has been modest compared with that of Mathison, who put together a monster growing season capped by setting a new world record Saturday for heaviest pumpkin in a contest at Uesugi Farms near Morgan Hill.
Mathison, who entered three different pumpkins weighing a total of nearly three tons in contests this month, is poised to claim the Great Pumpkin Commonwealth's title of world "grower of the year."
Mathison won $2,000 on Monday, on top of $11,247 for an 1,874.5-pounder that won the Elk Grove weigh-off Oct. 5 and $15,724 for the 2,032-pound colossus that flattened the competition over the weekend. He'll get a $15,776 bonus from Uesugi Farms if his world record stands through the end of the weighing season Nov. 1.
After the competition, Mathison walked into the crowd to find his "angel and inspiration" — 24-year-old daughter Tara, who cannot speak or walk due to a developmental disorder called Rett syndrome. She accompanied her father to the pumpkin patch every evening this summer, offering quiet encouragement.
"We got second place, honey," said Mathison, leaning over her wheelchair. "We did good."
Contact Aaron Kinney at 650-348-4357. Follow him at Twitter.com/kinneytimes.


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Great video from BetterRide coach Andy Winohradsky on the Mountain Bike Switchback Tripod Technique! As Andy states we teach the "proper" in balance and in control switchback skills (line choice, body position, vision, balance, etc.) in our camps but this is a great way to get around super scary switchbacks and for beginner riders to use on switchbacks that they aren't comfortable with.
If you missed Andy's mountain bike switchback line choice article and video check it out here: http://wp.me/p49ApH-13i
Remember, there are no style police in mountain biking! We would much rather have you "dab" (put your foot down) than get hurt. Our goal is to help you ride with more confidence so we really stress baby steps when learning anything. Think how many injuries could be prevented if mountain bikers learned skills first and then worked their way up using baby steps instead of letting their friends goad them into trying something they didn't feel ready for.


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After months -- years -- of clamoring for details about production on "the Hobbit," someone claiming to be Gandalf himself gave up the goods on his blog.
In a post on McKellen.com, the great English actor Ian McKellen announced that shooting would start in just four months:
THE HOBBIT's two films start shooting in New Zealand in July. Filming will take over a year. Casting in Los Angeles, New York City and London has started. The script too proceeds. The first draft is crammed with old and new friends, again on a quest in Middle Earth.
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The director Guillermo del Toro is now living in Wellington, close to the Jacksons' and the studio in Miramar.
Is this the real Ian McKellen's site? Well, it's got his name, an introduction hailing it as his "online Autobiography," and it claims to the "Sr Ian McKellen Official Home Page." So it must be him, right? Who knows?
The production has been plagued by script problems and the role of title role of Bilbo Baggins remains uncast, but it could happen.


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Fungi that trigger allergies go under scrutiny.
Industry researchers have produced the largest study yet of airborne fungi in US buildings. The fungal fingerprints may help scientists understand their role in triggering allergies and other medical conditions.
Exposure to spores released by moulds is known to cause or worsen allergies and trigger asthma episodes in sufferers. Spores enter buildings through air ducts or open windows and can thrive in moist indoor conditions.
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Finding new clues to brain cancer treatment
21.02.2020 | Case Western Reserve University
UIC researchers find unique organ-specific signature profiles for blood vessel cells
18.02.2020 | University of Illinois at Chicago
The operational speed of semiconductors in various electronic and optoelectronic devices is limited to several gigahertz (a billion oscillations per second). This constrains the upper limit of the operational speed of computing. Now researchers from the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter in Hamburg, Germany, and the Indian Institute of Technology in Bombay have explained how these processes can be sped up through the use of light waves and defected solid materials.
Light waves perform several hundred trillion oscillations per second. Hence, it is natural to envision employing light oscillations to drive the electronic...
Most natural and artificial surfaces are rough: metals and even glasses that appear smooth to the naked eye can look like jagged mountain ranges under the microscope. There is currently no uniform theory about the origin of this roughness despite it being observed on all scales, from the atomic to the tectonic. Scientists suspect that the rough surface is formed by irreversible plastic deformation that occurs in many processes of mechanical machining of components such as milling.
Prof. Dr. Lars Pastewka from the Simulation group at the Department of Microsystems Engineering at the University of Freiburg and his team have simulated such...
Investigation of the temperature dependence of the skyrmion Hall effect reveals further insights into possible new data storage devices
The joint research project of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) that had previously demonstrated...
Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, recently completed a 5-year research project looking at how to make fibre optic communications systems more energy efficient. Among their proposals are smart, error-correcting data chip circuits, which they refined to be 10 times less energy consumptive. The project has yielded several scientific articles, in publications including Nature Communications.
Streaming films and music, scrolling through social media, and using cloud-based storage services are everyday activities now.
After helping develop a new approach for organic synthesis -- carbon-hydrogen functionalization -- scientists at Emory University are now showing how this approach may apply to drug discovery. Nature Catalysis published their most recent work -- a streamlined process for making a three-dimensional scaffold of keen interest to the pharmaceutical industry.
"Our tools open up whole new chemical space for potential drug targets," says Huw Davies, Emory professor of organic chemistry and senior author of the paper.
70th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting: Around 70 Laureates set to meet with young scientists from approx. 100 countries
12.02.2020 | Event News
11th Advanced Battery Power Conference, March 24-25, 2020 in Münster/Germany
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Laser Colloquium Hydrogen LKH2: fast and reliable fuel cell manufacturing
15.01.2020 | Event News
NUI Galway highlights reproductive flexibility in hydractinia, a Galway bay jellyfish
24.02.2020 | Life Sciences
KIST researchers develop high-capacity EV battery materials that double driving range
24.02.2020 | Materials Sciences
How earthquakes deform gravity
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(Dipti + Sonal + Swati + Splurja +Pavitra + Nosto) = Shantanu
I seriously cannot stay at a place where I do get some kind of a high or some kind of a "Nashaa". Well, I don't know why did I write this sentence?
Anyways, its since ages that I have been to my blog. Last some days are truly memorable for me and I know its not gonna end here as I am going to go places in coming months. Its a great deal of satisfaction and contentment I am experiencing that one craves for out of his job. Its a magical feeling when you see lives of grass root people are getting altered because of your one act, may its professional by your point of view, but its truly a big deal for you.
I have so many stories to tell, about people, about places, about food, about egos, attitudes n so much. Rarely do I get a good time to write all this stuff. Weekends I go for tracking or some kind of a site seeing when I am in a new a place. Since last month, I have explored some unknown places in and around bangalore, davangere, Mysore, tumkur, aurangabad, Delhi and so many small n remote places. And of course food without fail. I can't afford to miss regional food tastes. So you see its totally a packed week and I have told many of you, my dell baby do not allow me to open my blog.
But ya, I do keep in touch with all of those on FB. I bought one super k0ol nokia machine which takes some awesome photographs, "with sigh," abhi tak sirf mere cabin, chair n ek mera he photu liya maine...kitne saare fotos lene hai...!!!!!!!!!!!! I'll upload those on FB, almost all of you are there in my FB list, "blush rising"..
I truly miss you all veryyy muchhh..!! Dip, I was always in touch with your mood, these days I don't know what are you upto. I am starting reading your stuff right away. Today only, me ans Swati were discussing about you, soo see how much do we care and always wana be in touch with you.
Bebo..!! Sonal, now you have became an inevitable friend that I cannot afford to lose. I am truly thankful of this place aka venting machine for having met us, FB also. Its always fun and refreshing as I have already mentioned on FB, to share thoughts with you. The basic vital element that I like of this friendship is its no exaggeration and its just like that. No matter how less I'm on blog, I am so happy FB has given that place to catch up. Always be happy, all the good things, good people, best friends are there for you and you are a serious sweetheart..!
Swati mata, you rockkk..!! and yes you also a sweetheart and love you too.!! I know you hate flattering and can tear one up if you don't like, but I can do it well. zel lo..! I have already done you tarrif there at FB and I mean it girl. Find some time to write some posts I'l be obliged. all the best. and follow me na yaar, I want you here in my friend list.
Splurjo Splurjo Splurjo..... remember me kya?? kahan ho tum, infact you should ask this to me. but anyways, I miss you and your mature words too. I'll mail you tonight.
Nosto girl.. I have some god wishes for you. first of all a peace of mind, all the happiness in the world, and love love love..!! all that you deserve.
Pavitra.. Its as if I am doing a sin that I am not reading your posts. But I'll make sure to read out all those this weekend. You really write well, no doubts, its blessing to write poems
I shall write one interesting post of my interesting experience in bangalore.
for now guys aasata la vistaa..!
loads of love n luckss..


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ESENIAS News
ESENIAS-TOOLS Project News
Alien CSI - Bulgaria News
|WG4 meeting Serbia
ESENIAS-TOOLS WG4 Meeting: Data collection, analysis, standardisation and harmonisation on alien plant and fungi species, was held on 03-04 March 2016, in Novi Sad, Serbia.
The meeting was organised by the University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences, Department of Biology and Ecology, with the support of the Office of the Rector at University of Novi Sad, the Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research with the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IBER-BAS) and ESENIAS. The meeting was funded by the Financial Mechanism of the European Economic Area 2009–2014, Programme 'BG03. Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services', under the ESENIAS-TOOLS project, and co-funded by the Provincial Secretariat for Higher Education and Scientific Research Activity. The programme of the meeting was additionaly supported by the Provincial Secretariat for Urban Planning and Environmental Protection, because of the high importance of the topics related to improvement of the Serbian national legislation on invasive alien species.
The meeting was attended by 37 participants, from 12 countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Hungary, R. Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Turkey, and United Kingdom). The participants represented project partner institutions, as well as research institutions, universities, environmental protection agencies related to invasive alien plants from other ESENIAS countries.
The following topics were discussed:
1) ESENIAS-TOOLS WG4 (alien plants and fungi species) working plan, tasks, activities and expected results
2) Existing lists of alien plant species per country
3) Existing review lists of alien plant species for the ESENIAS region
4) Future activities to compile data for the 2nd ESENIAS book, as one of the project outcomes; preparation of fact sheets
5) Standardisation and harmonisation of methods on alien plant species
6) Prioritisation of alien plant species for the ESENIAS region
7) Data validation per country and possibilities for publishing of new national lists.
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List of participants >>>
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October 27 – Happy Birthday Tom Nieto
Slim pickings when it comes to October 27th Yankee birthdays. Tom Nieto was a big league backup catcher for seven seasons during the 1980s, who succeeded my high school classmate, Gary Tuck as Yankee catching coach in 2000. A native of California, Nieto caught for the Cards, Expos, Twins and Phillies during his playing days, but his lifetime .205 batting average kept him out of the starting lineups on all those ball clubs.
He got his start with the Yankees in 1995, when he was hired as the organization's minor league catching instructor. Two years later, he was given the managers' job with the Yankees old South Atlantic League affiliate in Greensboro, NC. After two winning seasons there, he was promoted to the skipper's job for the Tampa Yankees. After two seasons there, he replaced Tuck as the Yankees catching mentor.
The Yanks let him go after the 2001 season and he went back to managing in the minors for the Cardinals' organization. Then in 2004, when Willie Randolph got the Mets' manager's job, he made Nieto his bench coach. He's now back with the Yankee organization, managing their Gulf Coast League affiliate, down in Florida.
The only other Yankee born on this date was this long-ago outfielder.


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Located on the Upper River Avon the Marina is situated in the heart of historic Stratford-upon-Avon with the Royal Shakespeare Theatre only 100 yards down the river. This is an ideal base for exploring the midlands with Warwick, Leamington Spa and Birmingham all within easy reach. Your boats is licensed for the Upper Avon and the BW's canals as well as the River Severn. Should you decide to travel onto the Lower Avon, a special seven day licence can be purchased en-route for an extra charge.
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Adams Continues his Namesake's Political Legacy
By Nicole Cisneros McKeen
With a name like Sam Adams, people may wonder if you'll go into politics. "I always had an overarching goal to one day be the guy the people turn to in tough times for political or policy guidance," says Samuel Coye Adams '11, who is actually a distant relative of his namesake, the revolutionary journalist behind the Boston Gazette in the time leading up to the American Revolution. He is also related to both presidents Adams.
Adams's interest in politics had grown during his college years. "If something is not being protested in Ithaca, either world peace has come upon us or the world has come to an end," he says.
But when a young Sam Adams walked into the office of Republican Senator Olympia Snowe, of Maine, in Washington, D.C., looking to score an internship, he had no marketable political experience. He hadn't even volunteered to stuff envelopes for a campaign.
But he did have swagger. That swagger helped him score his first internship in politics.
Adams, who was interning with a boutique PR firm near K Street, walked the three blocks to the Capitol from his apartment and strode into Snowe's office. Adams walked out of that office with the email address of the senator's personal aide, and before long, he had garnered an internship offer. But Adams wanted to do more than answer phone calls and fetch coffee.
So he applied for a different internship with Snowe's Small Business Committee in Maine. His previous public relations internships and degree in integrated marketing communications from IC made him a strong candidate.
He was hired for the Small Business Committee internship, and from February until April 2012, he researched, wrote, and helped with document preparation and presentation. He read a lot of white papers having to do with small business policy, which he would then interpret for the senator to see whether they were policies she would want to promote.
But Adams says his work was more than policy pushing. He found himself researching things the U.S. Treasury Department researched because Snowe was a senior member of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee. In fact, he also researched Snowe's Q&A portion of a Finance Committee hearing with Treasury Secretary Geithner as a witness.
Adams hopes this is just the beginning of a long political career. He thinks it's something more young people should consider. Get over the fashionable cynicism and jump right in, he says.
"Find time to volunteer," Adams counsels. "Immerse yourself in it and when you do, try to make it your central focus. Find something you are good at, and if you are good at communications, volunteer for the PR shop or social media. If you have a background in economics, use that for a policy position. Get involved in local elections."
Read more about IC alumni who work behind the scenes in the world of politics at these links:
Georgia Bills '74 represented Massachusetts State Representative Jerry Parisella while he was deployed in Iraq.
Les Bernal '91 is executive director of Stop Predatory Gambling.
Tammy Mayberry '97 is a a lobbyist for the City of Chicago in Washington, D.C.
Dan Lamb '86 has served as a top adviser to U.S. Congressman Maurice Hinchey since 1997.
Rob Bluey '01 is the director of the Center for Media and Public Policy at the Heritage Foundation
John Balduzzi '01 is the president of The Balduzzi Group, a political consulting firm in Washington, D.C.
Rob Flaherty '13 served as campaign communications director for Ithaca mayor Svante Myrick.


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This week's challenge is Objective Caml, the most popular variant of the Caml language. OCaml combines the Object-Oriented, Imperative, and Functional paradigms, along with static typing to help reduce problems at runtime. It also has type-inference, so one does not need to explicitly declare data types in method signatures or variables.
Some of OCaml's other features include:
- Parametric polymorphism
- Tail recursion
- Pattern matching
- First class lexical closures
- Functors
- Exception handling
- Automated garbage collection
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Today we learned that the U.S. economic downturn has been much more severe than previously understood and the economy is growing much too slowly to keep unemployment from rising. The economic downturn was 24% deeper than previously assumed, and actual economic output currently stands a staggering $882 billion (5.6%) below potential. The anemic recovery has been losing steam for months, explaining the sharp deceleration in employment growth in May and June. As the U.S. Congress frantically debates an eleventh hour resolution to an artificial crisis of epic proportions, the real crisis in the labor market goes tragically ignored—and it is about to be amplified by bad policy choices. Unfortunately, the only conceivable debt ceiling compromises will further slow economic growth and exacerbate the unyielding crisis in the labor market. Today's depressing GDP numbers should serve as a clarion call to refocus Washington's attention to jobs and the economy.
A month ago, it seemed possible, albeit unlikely, that a little more incremental economic support might be included to grease the wheels of a deficit reduction package, which has been forced onto the traditionally pro forma vote to increase the debt ceiling. Last December's tax cut and unemployment extension compromise had even set a precedent for such an outcome: the deal reduced payroll tax rates by two percentage points on the employee side and continued emergency unemployment insurance through 2011 in exchange for extending the Bush-era tax cuts for the top 2% of earners. Despite clear warning signs that the recovery is faltering and job gains are decelerating, no stimulus has been enacted since.
In a primetime speech on the debt ceiling impasse on July 25, President Obama explicitly endorsed extending the payroll tax cut for working families—the only extra economic support seriously discussed this Congress. The president and Congress should seek more support for the economy, but the payroll tax cut is an inefficient and inequitable means to this end. A better way to create jobs would be to replace the payroll tax cut with a targeted tax rebate, similar to the one signed into law by President Bush in 2008. (Back then, the unemployment rate rising to 5.0% was enough to prompt $115 billion in tax stimulus.) Targeted tax rebates would do more to alleviate poverty than a payroll tax cut extension and end Social Security's politically risky dependence on general revenue, but it would also generate roughly 12% more economic activity and jobs per dollar.
At first blush this may seem trivial, but look at it this way: If Congress had passed the more efficient, targeted tax rebate instead of the payroll tax cut, we would be seeing roughly an additional 10,000 job gains a month—a 55% increase relative to the dismal 18,000 jobs created in June. A targeted tax rebate is far too small to abate the unemployment crisis, but this would be a step in the right direction—the first since December despite a steady stream of alarming economic data. Squeezing any additional economic support out of the federal budget—the most direct policy lever for increasing employment—has become a grueling exercise for those of us still fixated on the real economic challenge. While deficit-financed direct infrastructure investment and more state fiscal relief would certainly be far superior job creation policies to be complemented with additional tax stimulus, the national political conversation has strayed depressingly far from rational policymaking. Why?
Washington is instead focused on reducing government spending. And let's be clear, this partisan stalemate is not about the deficit—if it were, House Republican leaders would not have walked away from negotiations—not once, but three times—over drawing slightly more tax revenue out of our antiquated system of deductions and preferences. This is about an ideological war on government's expenditure and role in society. To that end, conservatives have argued that spending cuts will actually help the economic recovery—an assertion that private-sector forecasters find laughable. Between high unemployment and historically low interest rates (the result of anemic private-sector demand and Federal Reserve policy actions), there is zero scope for expansionary fiscal contraction. Indeed, the deep, near-term discretionary spending cuts in both the House and Senate debt ceiling plans will further undermine the faltering economic recovery.
Even if this were about the deficit, there is only one mechanism by which long-term deficit reduction will help the economic recovery: lower interest rates, thereby crowding-in private-sector investment. (As Paul Krugman repeatedly points out, there is no confidence fairy to magically lead our way onward to recovery.) There is no evidence of government crowding out private-sector borrowing, which makes sense because our economic woes stem from inadequate demand and abundance of unemployed labor and unused industrial capacity.
If this charade was meant to lower interest rates and convince the bond market that Washington's leaders are truly serious about addressing long-term fiscal imbalances, things could hardly have gone worse. Writing in yesterday's Washington Post, Mohamed El-Erian, CEO of PIMCO, warned that any benefits from long-term deficit reduction would be completely offset by how it was achieved, even if the United States avoids both a default and a credit rating downgrade. (Of course, the House Republican debt ceiling plan reportedly still risks a credit downgrade because it forces a repeat of this brinksmanship half a year from now.)
So what will Congress have accomplished through this debacle? Higher interest rates, a credit rating on review, lower employment, and public furor. Best case scenario: we will avoid an unnecessary credit downgrade, default, and financial crisis. Our national politics have become mind-bogglingly asinine; almost as insulting has been the deliberate effort to unlearn every Keynesian lesson from the Great Depression. It's still the economy, Congress—not the concocted, phony debt crisis. Boosting the economy is not at odds with responsible long-term deficit reduction; indeed deficit reduction of any sort will be immensely difficult if economic output remains nearly a trillion dollars below potential and the recovery continues decelerating. We have the policy tools to restore full employment; we have the ability to service our debts and meet our obligations; we just lack the political will to prioritize policies for economic recovery and instead hope the economy somehow magically recovers all by itself.


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