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On a normal NASCAR weekend when the Truck Series and/or Nationwide Series run companion to the Cup cars, there are a lot of pit crew members who double or triple dip. Crew members make some extra cash and get more reps, and the teams get top talent pitting their cars. But this last weekend presented a unique challenge for teams with the trucks in Texas, NNS cars in Iowa, and Cup cars in Pocono. With good weather, there were many guys who could have pitted two, or all three races. A rainout in Iowa threw a wrench into those plans.
Once it became official that Saturday night's NNS race was postponed, the race was on for teams to get essential people from Iowa to Pocono, and for those teams with holes to fill in Iowa to find replacements. Most crew members are committed to their Cup teams first, so none of the big Cup teams were affected. But there were also some smaller Cup teams like BK Racing and Front Row Motorsports that had to scramble for fill-ins.
Because so many Nationwide teams rely on Cup crew members, there were holes to fill up and down Iowa's pit road. Teams used backups, crew members from teams in other series, and some retired over-the-wall veterans made comebacks.
If you watched the race, it was probably pretty evident who was using replacements. The race was dominated by Austin Dillon, and that was helped in part by the fact that his team was fully intact. The same was true for teammate Brian Scott. Sam Hornish got most of the #22 crew, because his team is made up of a lot of Cup guys, and the #22 was pitted by replacements. All three Gibbs cars are usually pitted by Cup guys, so all three had mostly new teams. Even race winner Trevor Bayne didn't have his full usual crew.
Two drivers who were victims of bad stops by fill-in crews were Ryan Blaney and Brian Vickers. After starting in the back, Blaney had to come from the rear of the field a second time in the race after there was confusion on an early pit stop. And later, confusion during a two tire stop for Vickers put him deep in the field, and ultimately led to him being involved in a wreck with Alex Bowman and Travis Pastrana.
When crews are thrown together at the last minute, it can be difficult to get everyone on the same page. Different teams use different methods, and any breakdown in communication can lead to disastrous stops. It's vital for crew members who are thrown into these situations to back the pace down, make sure they know the calls, and just do the job right.
It will be back to business as usual this weekend with both the Nationwide and Cup cars at Michigan. But teams will again be looking for replacements the following weekend, with the NNS teams tackling Road America in Wisconsin, and the Cup Series heading out west to Sonoma.


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- EPA denies Renewable Fuels Standard waiver request
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- The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will not grant a waiver of the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) mandate requested by several state governors and backed by ranchers, dairies and poultry operations.
- EPA failed to find "evidence to support … severe 'economic harm' that would warrant granting a waiver."
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will not grant a waiver of the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) mandate requested by several state governors and backed by ranchers, dairies and poultry operations.
According to an agency statement released Friday morning (Nov. 16), the denial follows a review that failed to find "evidence to support … severe 'economic harm' that would warrant granting a waiver. The decision is based on economic analyses and modeling done in conjunction with the USDA and U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)."
Full coverage of the RFS here.
"We recognize that this year's drought has created hardship in some sectors of the economy, particularly for livestock producers," said Gina McCarthy, assistant administrator for EPA's Office of Air and Radiation. "But our extensive analysis makes clear that Congressional requirements for a waiver have not been met and that waiving the RFS will have little, if any, impact."
Ranchers have long argued otherwise, claiming the government mandate -- requiring the production of 13.2 billion gallons of ethanol (requiring some 4.7 billion bushels of corn) in 2012 and at least part of 2013 (13.8 billion gallons, requiring 4.9 billion bushels of corn) -- is a key driver in high feed costs that have driven many operations out of business.
Joined by grain groups, the ethanol industry has vigorously denied that the fuel is a chief contributor to high feed costs.
On news of the EPA decision, Tom Buis, CEO of Growth Energy,said "granting a waiver on the evidence presented by the obligated parties would have sent the wrong signal the investment community, whose participation is vital to the reducing our dependence on foreign oil, creating jobs in the US that cannot be outsourced, improving our environment and saving consumers at the pump.
"Today's decision confirms what we knew all along -- the petitioners were wrong in their belief that the RFS caused the economic harm. I commend the administration's efforts to carefully review the facts and data in this matter. Their findings have echoed the comments of Growth Energy and we are pleased that the most successful energy policy enacted in the last forty years will not be modified."
Last July, in the midst of massive drought in the Midwest and skyrocketing feed costs for many livestock/poultry producers, a coalition of their backers asked the EPA for a RFS waiver to reduce market pressures. The petition, filed by the National Pork Producers Council, requested EPA administrator Lisa Jackson waive "in whole or in substantial part" the RFS mandate.
At the time, Buis ripped the coalition efforts. "Any objective source will see this argument for what it is -- an attempt to blame corn farmers and ethanol producers for an uncontrollable act of Mother Nature. The facts simply do not add up. The true root of this campaign is an attempt to increase the bottom line of the livestock and poultry industry at the expense of grain farmers."
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Despite the coalition's request, the EPA was only forced to act after several governors – including Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe -- requested an RFS waiver in August.
"Obviously, we're disappointed," said Matt Decample, spokesman for Beebe, following the EPA decision. "We were hoping to get additional relief for our ranchers who suffered through the tough drought this year. But we respect the EPA decision. We'll be looking at other possibilities to help out our growers and farmers in the state."
Prior to denying the waiver, the EPA conducted several economic analyses. "Economic analyses of impacts in the agricultural sector, conducted with USDA, showed that on average waiving the mandate would only reduce corn prices by approximately one percent," reads an EPA statement. "Economic analyses of impacts in the energy sector, conducted with DOE, showed that waiving the mandate would not impact household energy costs.
"EPA found that the evidence and information failed to support a determination that implementation of the RFS mandate during the 2012-2013 time period would severely harm the economy of a State, a region, or the United States, the standard established by Congress in the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct)."
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This is a first for Clumps of Mascara. I don't think I've ever discussed fragrances. *gasp*
I remember being a little girl and sneaking into my Mother's bathroom, stepping on my tippy toes and spritzing my little neck with whatever beautiful bottle of perfume I could find. For me, perfume bottles signified elegance.
I requested my first fragrance in Elementary School. I felt so grown up spraying a bit of Baby Love (now who remembers that?) on my wrists. By 7th grade I was all over Tommy Girl and Shi. And by high school I straight robbing Mommy's boudoir every morning for a bit of Bvlargi, Cool Water or Chanel N'5.
Every Christmas or birthday, my family members already knew what to get me, "….a fragrance." In college, I wasn't bankin' enough to purchase my own scents so I relied on the gifts. And even know, as a college graduate (um, still broke) with a little more sophistication, I find it hard to drop $50+ on a fragrance.
But that doesn't stop me from eye-ing them in department stores, indulging in the samples (don't act like you don't do this…lol) and treating to myself to one or two fragrances a year.
Baby Phat's Fabulocity was one of those fragrances that I had to have. But not because I'm in love with the self-absorbed Kimora Lee. It's because of the freakin' bottle. Look at it!
A diamond? Are you kidding me? I had to have it. Never mind that it wasn't anywhere in Orlando.
Never mind that I had to do something I haaate doing (buy things online, cries). I had to have it.
So when it finally arrived I placed it on one of the floating shelves in my room. I felt like a won a trophy.
But the smell? Uh…let's just say if you don't mind smelling like freshly cut grass with a tinge of honey suckle on a warm Spring today, then this is the fragrance for you.
No, I'm kidding.
I think.
I can't say that I'm a huge fan of this fragrance beyond the bottle. But I think it's because I have a very picky nose. I don't like anything too floral or too fruity. And if it smells good enough to eat, then honey I don't want it. Walking around smelling like a cookie, baked apple pie or strawberry shortcake (yumsss) is definitely not for moi.
I can get down with Baby Phat's first fragrance but Fabulocity is uhh….not up to par, for me.
I like smelling like a sophisticated woman something more on the lines of:
Elizabeth Arden's Provocative Woman
And Sean Jean's Unforgettable Woman
….yes, I desire to smell like a woman and these fragrances definitely deliver. So if I have to go around smelling like somebody's Momma, I'm down! No, I'm kidding. My friends used to laugh at me in high school because they said I smelled too old. Whatev. HA!
Any perfume-lovin' folx out there?
Don't forget to shoot me emails! I am still in Chicago and I'm sure I am mad bored going from luncheons to meetings. *sigh*
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A Beginner's Guide to Orlando Gay Days
Is this your first year at Orlando's Gay Days festival? If it is, you're in for a fabulous journey, but you're going to need a road map to navigate your way through this wonderland of gay vacation delights. The Beginner's Guide includes information for both men and women coming to Gay Days. It is also a great resource even if you are a regular attendee since Gay Days grows each year.
Gay Days is an all-over town, something-for-everyone vacation extravaganza. The staff at GayDayS.com is proud to be an important part of making this the best vacation you'll ever have.
Some people come to Orlando during Gay Days just to enjoy the company of 150,000+ other gays and lesbians, but most are looking to fill their itineraries with fun, fun, fun.
It does take a little planning and information to be sure you get everywhere you want to be. Be sure to check our complete Calendar of Events since only the highlights are represented here.
| This guide describes the major categories of events, tells you how to get tickets, and gives you some ideas about transportation. Events tend to fall into three major categories:
The Gay Days festival started with a theme park visit, and theme park visits remain one of the most popular Gay Days activities. Always the first Saturday in June, Gay Day in the Magic Kingdom (at Walt Disney World) is still the signature event of the week. An estimated 50,000 red-shirted Gay Days attendees pack Walt Disney World's original park on that 1st Saturday in June. The 3 o'clock parade down Main Street always draws an unforgettable "sea of red" that can be seen from one end of the park to the other.
Many Gay Days vacationers also like to plan some time to visit Disney's other parks (Animal Kingdom, Epcot, and Disney's Hollywood Studios).
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Although it all began with a daytime trip to Disney World, Gay Days has inspired and nurtured some of the largest and most incredible events & parties in the world. With some of the most imaginative and innovative venues found anywhere, Orlando's Gay Days has an unbeatable combination of attractions, events, and parties to help create a magical dream of a vacation week. From the tropical wonderland of the Gay Days Host Hotel , to the thrill rides of the Magic Kingdom, you're sure to find an event that will amaze and delight you.
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Pool Parties - Orlando is the perfect place to spend your days soaking up the hot sun and hot scenery around a sparkling hotel swimming pool. This low-stress treat gets even better when you're surrounded by hundreds of GUYS and GALS in Speedos and bikinis, sipping umbrella drinks and grooving to the sounds of some of the world's best known DJs! Pool parties will be held Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at the Gay Days Host Hotel
The Gay Days Expo, growing since it was first held in 1999, will be bigger and better again this year at the Gay Days Host Hotel . This event is free and open to the public with a wide variety of vendors, food, fun, and the Gay Days Ticket and Merchandise Center. Details are available at GayDaysExpo.com, the presenter of the event. Open Thursday through Sunday. Everyone loves this one.
Getting TicketsTickets are required for these pool events if you aren't registered through GayDayS.com as a hotel guest.
Well, that's the bird's-eye view. Now all you've got to do is mark out your personal fun map and get packing! Your magical Gay Days journey is waiting for you!


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They say the neon lights are bright—in Forestburgh?
I already know how to get to the playhouse, but am looking forward to changing my route by stopping in "Idaho!" on the way this year. "Man of La Mancha," "Chicago" and "Shirley Valentine" (starring M*A*S*H veteran Loretta Swit) are all on the bill this summer at the theatre, but from June 1 to 12, Catskill audiences will be able to say "I saw it first!" as the curtain rises on a brand spanking new show. Naturally, some of the creme de la creme of NYC society will be making its way to our neck of the woods to be a part of the scenery, but thanks to the Forestburgh Playhouse, Sullivan County is rising, once again, as the "entertainment capital" of New York.
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Thank you, NarutoBase Staff
he would ask zetsu to help
I still think that Sasuke will show up at some point...
Either that, or someone tries to assassinate the real Pein, ie Nagato.
i dont know it sounds pretty FAKE to me. whos going to summon naruto when all his toads are fighting with him!!
heres the real spoiler NARUTO 6 TAILS OF DEMOND TERROR. ask me how i know.lol
Originally Posted by aVague
here is the spoiler: Naruto will be brought back by reverse summoning, Pein will try to find him,but somehow he won't have time for this...(other troubles),consequently Pein asks for help someone who can come
hmmm, it doesn't sound like a naruto story to me...naruto always try his best even he's almost out of life, that's why others considered him weak, because he always win in a pinch...besides he was still unscratched; its not like the style of kishi at all...
ITS WAY TOO LAME MAN! hahahah :D
show us even one page of your spoiler and we'll be satisfied
Last edited by tristan; 01-27-2009 at 02:12 AM.
I would just say one word..
Originally Posted by Sage of The Six Paths
i dont know it sounds pretty FAKE to me. whos going to summon naruto when all his toads are fighting with him!!
...not all the toad are with it, there a hole bunch of frog still at myobokuzan.
What did I predicted was in some way absolutly correct.
SO listen to me strart from now.
last part of prediction will be in next chapter
Originally Posted by aVague
last part of prediction will be in next chapter
u didn't told us how u know!
ARE U KISHI??? lol
Originally Posted by Tenzu
From the above, it could easily be deduced that "Minato the Sage" got owned by truth.
lmao true
Originally Posted by aVague
What did I predicted was in some way absolutly correct.
SO listen to me strart from now.
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Originally Posted by TC9tails
lmao true
I'll trust u on this one (Avague)
But don't disappoint me!
OMG worshippy
Originally Posted by God of Fire
OMG worshippy
I can read ppl minds)
Originally Posted by aVague
I can read ppl minds)
well then you will know that I am kishi�s long lost brother and who is planning on overthrowing him and take all his glory o.O
or do you?
nagato will either die on his own or i could have theory that danzo may show up and kill him to make it look like hes still on the good side and not wanting to take advantage and secure the title of hokage
Why you ressurected your own post about 2 months latter? LOL!?
Hi mom
well the manga said, unexpected outcome. that is unexpected but it wouldn't stop his rasenshuriken. his FRS would still hit pein even IF naruto was reverse summoned.
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By Freedom Newspapers
We couldn't help but notice a recent wire story headlined "Illegal drugs getting scarcer."
The report began by noting that the availability of most illegal drugs is down and drug seizures are up. Drug warriors point to this information as proof the war on drugs is succeeding. Not everyone, however, is reaching that same conclusion.
Thomas Babor of the journal Addiction believes the United Nations drug warriors are looking at short-term trends and ignoring long-range predictions. According to the story, others note that street prices for heroin and cocaine in the United States remain at or near all-time lows, generally a market indicator of large supplies and ready availability.
One of the reasons for availability and low prices might be that drug use could be on the decline in the U.S. The University of Maryland's annual survey of drug use by high schoolers in the past 12 months — a traditional drug-war benchmark — shows a 23 percent decline over the past five years.
That's not much of a surprise to abuse researchers Peter Reuter and Jonathan Caulkins. They theorize that "once a drug has acquired a bad reputation, it does not seem prone to a renewed explosion or contagious spread in use." In other words, young people seem to be getting the message that drugs are not exactly the hallmark of a healthy lifestyle. And that's a good thing.
Maybe the feds can take this as a signal that the "war" portion of the nation's drug policy is due for reconsideration. Prohibition didn't work for alcohol, and it's not working with drugs to keep users and suppliers from doing business. It's simply making suppliers richer. We don't see how that is helping anyone but the dealers.
Rather than spending billions trying to shut down the pipeline that brings drugs to the users, it's time to consider other options, even if we run the risk of being accused of being soft on drugs.


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A good amount of mental debate went into the purchase of this dress. On one hand: it was vintage, blue, adorable, and on sale for less than $10. On the other hand: it was too adorable, as in something a child would wear. This went on for quite awhile and then I decided to choose the dress. I marched up to the cash register with it in hand, moving quickly before I could talk myself out of it. The lady checking me out said it was "pretty" and asked if I was going to display it. When I replied that I intended to wear it, she gave me the oddest look...like, "are you crazy?" Which of course made me question the victor in my rigorous mental debate, but at that point it was too late and she was cautiously putting it into a bag and handing it over to me, dubious expression still intact on her face.
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A good amount of mental debate went into the purchase of this dress. On one hand: it was vintage, blue, adorable, and on sale for less than $10. On the other hand: it was too adorable, as in something a child would wear. This went on for quite awhile and then I decided to choose the dress. I marched up to the cash register with it in hand, moving quickly before I could talk myself out of it. The lady checking me out said it was "pretty" and asked if I was going to display it. When I replied that I intended to wear it, she gave me the oddest look...like, "are you crazy?" Which of course made me question the victor in my rigorous mental debate, but at that point it was too late and she was cautiously putting it into a bag and handing it over to me, dubious expression still intact on her face.
116 comments:
- Miss Mae said...
That dress is amazing!!!
- June 11, 2010 at 7:05 AM
- NikkiSunshine said...
The back is adorable! I absolutely love it, you were definitely right to buy it :]
- June 11, 2010 at 7:10 AM
- juste venteux said...
I love it!
- June 11, 2010 at 7:11 AM
- Aromy said...
Your surroundings seem quite appropriate for your dress!
- June 11, 2010 at 7:12 AM
- celi.a said...
Well, I think you look absolutely lovely. The primary colors say 'happy' more than anything. Enjoy it!
- June 11, 2010 at 7:25 AM
- kenda said...
you were definitely right to purchase this dress. it looks great.
- June 11, 2010 at 7:26 AM
- bestie said...
I am likewise struggling with a "childlike" dress I thrifted some time ago. It is incredibly cute and in my favorite color, but every time I put it on I feel almost embarrassed to step out the door. But maybe one of these days I will get the courage to wear it out.
And your gifs are not silly. I mean, how often does one get to fly in the forest? (:
- June 11, 2010 at 7:26 AM
- Rosie said...
You look like an awesomer version of hansel and gretel.I personally love this!
- June 11, 2010 at 7:27 AM
- Lydia said...
That's an adorable dress! It is so you! We shouldn't let other people tell us what to wear and what not to wear!
- June 11, 2010 at 7:27 AM
- Carys said...
That is the loveliest dress ever!! It looks great with the red tights too!
From Carys of La Ville Inconnue
- June 11, 2010 at 7:34 AM
- Jenna said...
The dress is amazing! Do not doubt it. The peter pan collar, button-up back and brilliant color makes it a perfect dress and great vintage find.
- June 11, 2010 at 7:35 AM
- boo said...
i love the gif!!! and the tights and the dress! awesome
- June 11, 2010 at 7:49 AM
- kater said...
For less than ten, how could you leave it behind! It was destined. Adorable!
- June 11, 2010 at 7:51 AM
- Elle Croft said...
Nice work on following through and not listening to doubt! Looks great1
- June 11, 2010 at 7:52 AM
- Jessica / Lola Vintage Clothing said...
I love your animated gifs. I think I must come on your blog and tell you that WAY too much, but I will keep saying it cause they are so fun, Rebecca! <33
- June 11, 2010 at 7:53 AM
- laura said...
i would have purchased it too if i could fit into it! no doubt a great buy!
- June 11, 2010 at 7:53 AM
- Laura, Owl Eyes said...
Oh my goodness, that dress is incredible! I'm glad you listened to your instinct and bought it anyway :)
- June 11, 2010 at 7:56 AM
- BARGAIN BEX said...
oh i think it is just all super sorts of adorable and if i had found it, i'd wear the heck out of it!
- June 11, 2010 at 7:58 AM
- girlxoxo said...
I love how you rocked this dress with red tights - I don't think it looks too childish from how it looks in the photos.
- June 11, 2010 at 8:02 AM
- hannah and landon said...
Ahh, It's adorable (and what a steal)! I'd say you've certainly made the right choice (and a proper number of girls jealous) in purchasing the dress!
- June 11, 2010 at 8:02 AM
- libys11 said...
that dress is absolutely darling on you!!! i think it fits you and your style well!! :D it would be such a shame if you just end up displaying that, what was that cashier thinking!? hahaha!
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- June 11, 2010 at 8:03 AM
- Diana said...
You look supercute and playful. The dress is gorgeous and suits you and your style well, though most people likely wouldn't be able to pull it off. Looks fab! I'm glad you didn't heed the saleslady. :)
- June 11, 2010 at 8:10 AM
- Charmalade said...
Politely damn that cashier and any other doubters to hell! If the dress fits and makes you feel fabulous, then why on earth not?? You look positively adorable in taht Heidi-esque dress. The gif is also too cute-- you're dancing on air!
Toast with Charmalade
- June 11, 2010 at 8:13 AM
- Raquel said...
the dress is amazing, you made the right choice buying it!
also the gif is hilarious!
- June 11, 2010 at 8:20 AM
- Adele said...
You look like a fairy :)
- Adele
- June 11, 2010 at 8:21 AM
- Skyline Eyes said...
I'm so glad you decided to buy it, it's wonderful! It fits you so well, do not doubt!
- June 11, 2010 at 8:25 AM
- Lies said...
Don't grow up as long as you can avoid it, I say :D You look so precious! Your gifs are the best!
- June 11, 2010 at 8:25 AM
- Velvet said...
You look fabulous in it! It doesn't matter what people may think about what we are wearing, or at least that's what I think.
- June 11, 2010 at 8:26 AM
- Mother of Style said...
Great find. You must be tiny to fit into it!
- June 11, 2010 at 8:39 AM
- Lauren Moyer said...
That dress was worth it! I wish I could wear things like that, but alas my shoulders are way too large. You look adorable, and who cares about being taken "seriously"
- June 11, 2010 at 8:40 AM
- Ena said...
What a lovely dress! It really suits you. I love the fun gif too. You look like a fairy :)
- June 11, 2010 at 8:40 AM
- Darcy said...
thank goodness you bought it because it's completely beautiful. i love the Scandinavian vibe from it & the colors look great on you.
- June 11, 2010 at 8:53 AM
- Charlotte Elise Jay said...
This dress is just beautiful!!!
Love the tights too
Char x
- June 11, 2010 at 9:02 AM
- Thea said...
The dress looks absolutely adorable on you and yes it makes you look a bit younger... but I never see kids wearing such dresses and you can look old your whole life, enjoy being young... :)
- June 11, 2010 at 9:03 AM
- Faux Naif said...
oh no, it is such a good thing that you bought it! it's so beautiful! i never have any luck - i never find anything like this on my hunts. don't worry about looking young - we're only young once!
- June 11, 2010 at 9:10 AM
- idealscraps said...
Definitely the right choice to buy. The lady at the cash register must have been crazy.
- June 11, 2010 at 9:18 AM
- The Daily Fashionista said...
You totally pulled off this dress! It looks great! It may have come off childish if worn with mary janes and pigtails, but you wore it well and matured the look with just the right accessories!! Kudos for looking fabulous in vintage!
- June 11, 2010 at 9:27 AM
- Casey said...
I have a dress sitting in the back of my closet that I constantly go back and forth on. It's a white, vintage child's dress, with some beautiful embroidery and tucked bodice, back buttoning too. It just fits me, but I worry it makes me look too young! So two years later it still goes between the "sell" and "keep" piles. haha.
I think you've done a great job at making this dress work for someone a bit older than 10! ;) The bright tights and sophisticated flats really help--it doesn't come off as overly childish. Just sweet and pretty! Have confidence--I think you made the right choice buying it! :)
♥ Casey
blog | elegantmusings.com
- June 11, 2010 at 9:37 AM
- Michal said...
I LOVE IT! It looks great on you. :)
- June 11, 2010 at 10:04 AM
- christina said...
Wow, this dress looks great and not in the least childish.
So what exactly make it childish the back buttoning, which is making a strong comeback right now? The short skirt which is not at all short by modern terms? The cross stitch which is also quite folky? In my book this adds to not a childish dress at all.
And why should anyone bother to buy dresses if not to wear them??? Strange concept.
- June 11, 2010 at 10:04 AM
- CAITLIN said...
gah! i love it! it is too cute for words and it looks perfect on you :)
- June 11, 2010 at 10:06 AM
- monkeyandsquirrel said...
this dress is absolutely adorable and fits you like a glove. kudos to you for going ahead and scooping it up!
- June 11, 2010 at 10:14 AM
- My Republic of Fashion said...
Really pretty blue dress and i love your hair up like that.SarahD
- June 11, 2010 at 10:33 AM
- Bryce said...
That dress is great. I and I would definitely wear it also. But then again, I tend to wear age inappropriate items all the time.
- June 11, 2010 at 10:40 AM
- Leia said...
well i think it's really cute! i would wear it, too!
- June 11, 2010 at 10:59 AM
- hello birdy said...
You absolutely made the right choice, this dress is just awesome :o) Perfect fit!
- June 11, 2010 at 11:09 AM
- Hannah said...
Ok, no. You were absolutely right in buying this dress. If I'd had the opportunity, I would have snatched it up right from under you. I hope you get about 150 more comments telling you that this dress is perfect, no matter what age you are.
It's cute, and the way you styled it matures it up to your level perfectly.
- June 11, 2010 at 11:12 AM
- vintagereflection said...
Such a good choice, looks so lovely on you!!! x
- June 11, 2010 at 11:12 AM
- Copious Couture said...
This outfit is to die for!!!! So lovely!
- June 11, 2010 at 11:13 AM
- Elissa said...
ARGHHHH the adorableness is painful!!! And with the red tights and winklepickers, it doesn't look too twee at all! I think the embroidery on it is nice and simple, and creates great lines on you.
- June 11, 2010 at 11:29 AM
- Marika said...
Aaaah animation is so sweet!)))
you are darling!
and check out my new project - Story of my Clothes
- June 11, 2010 at 11:35 AM
- Stephanie Valerie Lebreton said...
adorable pictures!!
- June 11, 2010 at 11:54 AM
- H to the izzo said...
It is really NOT too twee. Though if you removed the red tights, you could probably "age it up" a little. Looks great!
- June 11, 2010 at 11:57 AM
- Caroline said...
I'm glad you got the dress, it's so pretty! And it really isn't THAT young looking, I mean, maybe if it was pink, but the darker color is fine. :)
I totally have a really old dress from the children's place that I still wear (as a tunic though-- I am way too tall for it to be a dress now lol)
- June 11, 2010 at 12:02 PM
- Indy said...
Wow, what a gorgeous find! I love the bold colors, and how you paired it with those lovely tights!
- June 11, 2010 at 12:11 PM
- paulinabelle said...
it is perfect! its so lovely, for 10 dollars you would have been crazy not to get it! haha the sales lady... if we all dressed like grown-ups all the times wed all be bored... so i think you were definitely right to buy it!
- June 11, 2010 at 12:13 PM
- An Adorable Cliché said...
It looks wonderful on you, and it doesn't make you look young, just like some-one who is very happy about life :) You made the right choice in buying it, I love your shoes as well by the way
- June 11, 2010 at 12:20 PM
- doublysweet said...
i'm glad you made the purchase. not only does it fit you sooo well, but i know if that lady has every seen your blog, she'd know that if anyone to pull it off, it would be you.
- June 11, 2010 at 12:27 PM
- Hunter said...
Your gif strangely reminds me of Peter Pan, love the dress.
- June 11, 2010 at 12:30 PM
- Rita P. said...
Was definitely a good choice!! this dress is gorgeous *.*
- June 11, 2010 at 12:33 PM
- Meghan V. said...
Oh goodness, that dress is amazing. The tights go great with it.
- June 11, 2010 at 12:35 PM
- Dress up scientist said...
I think the dress looks amazing on you! I love your tights pairing... the red... and your teal tights... they always add something extra to your outfit.
- June 11, 2010 at 1:01 PM
- jessica said...
You look so pretty in this dress! Absolutely adorable! I love it (and that gif!)! But, I know how you feel. I struggle with looking too young, as well.
- June 11, 2010 at 1:13 PM
- Polina said...
love this outfit!! it's great :)
- June 11, 2010 at 1:17 PM
Hey Rebecca,
I remember you writing of your concerns of looking age-appropriate before. As someone who's also quite petite and younger-looking, I know how you feel. That said, I believe one of the biggest advantages to being a girl and living in this decade are that you can look one way one day, and be completely different the next. There are so many style options that we don't have to limit ourselves. This dress is absolutely gorgeous and compliments you beautifully. So why not look youthful and carefree today, and be all-business tomorrow? We can have it all! ;D
- June 11, 2010 at 1:30 PM
- Ondine said...
J'aime beaucoup votre blog et votre style...
- June 11, 2010 at 1:33 PM
- Diane said...
this look is adorable! you look like a doll. i love that you paired red tights with that dress :)
- June 11, 2010 at 1:47 PM
- Delightfully Tacky said...
Hah! That's hilarious. I totally would've bought this dress instantaneously. So so so adorable. The collar, the detailing on the back, the cross stitching. Too cute!
It's so you, and you rock it!
- June 11, 2010 at 1:47 PM
- Winnie said...
I sometimes go through the same thing but I think that this was a perfect buy and whether it was originally for a child it really doesn't matter. I love it!!
- June 11, 2010 at 2:04 PM
- Denise said...
Wow Rebecca the dress is really pretty! I would love to wear children's clothes! Like it so much!:)
Simone's Closet
- June 11, 2010 at 2:27 PM
- reckless daughter said...
Very cute dress! I know what you mean though, I have these debates in my head all of the time. But you know what - you've got to mix it up and somedays I feel like dressing like I'm 5. People can need to just deal with it! :)
Oh, and that gif... is magical!haha
- June 11, 2010 at 3:09 PM
- rebecca said...
That dress is gorgeous! So want to steal it from you :P and that woman is wrong. So, so wrong.
- June 11, 2010 at 3:18 PM
- Juanduh. said...
You are gorgeous.
- June 11, 2010 at 3:30 PM
- Jonna said...
Love the dress! x
- June 11, 2010 at 3:49 PM
- Heidz said...
Umm..yes. That dress is much too young for you. Now hurry and post it in your shop so that I may buy it! :x I think you're adorable. In a classy lady-like way of course.
- June 11, 2010 at 4:12 PM
- Lexie, Little Boat said...
that dress is gorgeous, i don't think i could have passed it up, either!
- June 11, 2010 at 4:59 PM
- Chloe, Butterfly Cupcakes said...
I think the dress is adorable, I would totally wear it so I don't see why anyone would be shocked at the idea. I love how you paired it with the red tights too.
- June 11, 2010 at 5:45 PM
- Ashley said...
I love this dress and for the record, you can never be too adorable :) I also have a weakness for girlie silhouettes like this one that can look young. I can relate to your frustration about looking too young tho - I was recently on a plane and the flight attendant asked me if I was traveling alone and how old I was...I'm 24. Super cute, tho!
xoxo, Ashley
- June 11, 2010 at 6:15 PM
- Vanessa said...
Awesome outfit. Love your gif!!!
- June 11, 2010 at 6:17 PM
- Amelia said...
This is the best dress I've ever seen and it fits you amazingly. You definitely made the right choice.
- June 11, 2010 at 6:41 PM
- dr. L said...
Hey there I feel you. I'm 23 and have that so-called younger look, and smaller size of everything, that successfully make look like 15. I have tried my best to dress my age but every once in a while, I'd fall for a colorful outfit with immature details that could degrade my age even more but I'd buy it anyway because I just love it.
Sometimes you wish you were taller or looked more mature. But most of the times you're just feeling grateful for being this petite ;)
- June 11, 2010 at 6:50 PM
- dr. L said...
And of course,
That dress is gorgeously adorable!
- June 11, 2010 at 6:52 PM
- Ollie Otson said...
That dress is wicked cute. Glad you bought it. Who cares what the shop girl said, isn't that against the rules of sales associate-ship, anyways?
- June 11, 2010 at 6:55 PM
- Kaitlin Elizabeth said...
I absolutely love this dress, it looks adorable on you! Where's the fun in dressing your age, anyway?
- June 11, 2010 at 7:44 PM
- platformshoesandwintercoat said...
you can pull it off. i love it a lot.
- June 11, 2010 at 8:00 PM
- layia said...
So adorable! Love the shade of blue, the red detail of the dress and the cute collar!
- June 11, 2010 at 8:09 PM
- MOUSEVOX VINTAGE said...
It's definitely sugary sweet adorable, but you wear it well! It's not a purchase I think you should regret in the least. Silly cash register ladies and their opinions - this happens to me quite a bit, too when I go on buying excursions for my shop.
- June 11, 2010 at 8:12 PM
- Cupcake.Fashionista said...
ahhh, i love the dress! it looks great on you! glad you bought it!
- June 11, 2010 at 8:49 PM
- golden brown said...
just came across your blog..<3
I agree...that's a great dress! something I would definitely snap up, especially for under $10.
I often have the problem of buying too many "little girl" dresses also, but I just figure that we may as well wear it while we can! We won't be able to pull this off in 10 years...
- June 11, 2010 at 9:08 PM
- m.fay said...
well...you just look darling my dear! love the dress.
i started following you on twitter xo
- June 11, 2010 at 10:47 PM
- Heather Lynn said...
I does look a bit 'cutesy' but I love it so so much! This is one of my favourite outfits I've seen on your blog as of late. And under ten dollars? How can you say no to that. I've noticed those shoes lately too & I'm so jealous!
- June 11, 2010 at 11:21 PM
- Midwest Mayhem said...
This dress is so adorable and looks great on you. You definitely made the right decision by buying it. I have a small collection of little girl's dresses that I wear and I always get compliments on them.
- June 12, 2010 at 1:08 AM
- PinkBow said...
oh i really love it, it suits you so well. i think you should just rely on your own taste :-)
- June 12, 2010 at 1:47 AM
- Luce said...
by far my favourite post/dress. The gif gave me a chuckle and certainly a refreshing piece exemplifying the inner impulse to dress in little peter pan collars and high waisted dresses that have embroidery that looks like a dirndl :)
- June 12, 2010 at 5:10 AM
- YEYE STYLE BLOG said...
I love love love this dress! I really like the hand embroidery detail on it. The gif image is also so great!
Your pal in Montreal,Quebec,
- June 12, 2010 at 5:57 AM
- zoë, lion heart vintage said...
ohhhh man. this dress is INSANELY perfect! definitely a good call rebecca. mos defs.
you look like gretel from hansel and gretel, prancing down the woodsy path... to a house made of candy... that fairytale is actually really creepy.
- June 12, 2010 at 6:59 AM
- Sharon said...
You look absolutely adorable, and I can't believe it cost under $10!! Perfect fit and such a wonderful combination with the red tights.
- June 12, 2010 at 7:15 AM
- Meg said...
Bah, who needs to be taken seriously in this day and age? It's cute, whatever.
- June 12, 2010 at 7:44 AM
- June 12, 2010 at 8:35 AM
- megannielsen said...
I think that dress is amazing! It's looks awesome on you!!
- June 12, 2010 at 11:24 AM
- MarieBayArea said...
PERFECTION...thank you doll for wearing this. my absolute favorite on your blog (so far).
- June 12, 2010 at 12:50 PM
- Raji said...
Ahhh what do those counter ladies know anyway :P
It looks absolutely fabulous and I'm far tooo in love with your shoes for my own health
Amazing outfit and the most beautiful setting
- June 12, 2010 at 3:26 PM
- Jenna said...
It's so adorable and looks amazing on you, so no worries =]
ANd that gif...is perfection.
- June 12, 2010 at 4:28 PM
- Sarah said...
That dress is so CUTE. Honestly, you can pull it off - you're little and adorable enough to work it (and it really goes with the red tights!). I'm nearly 28 now and I constantly have mutton-dressed-as-lamb fears (I wore a sundress with a t-shirt in a pinny style today, concerning!). But you definitely aren't mutton.
And I LOVE the gif.
- June 12, 2010 at 4:39 PM
- JessKPrice said...
Cutest dress ever.
- June 12, 2010 at 6:38 PM
- Juliet said...
I love the huge contrast between the red and the blue!
juliet xxx
- June 13, 2010 at 7:09 AM
- Malicious Mallory said...
Your outfits/photos always remind me of fairytales. :)
- June 13, 2010 at 5:55 PM
- lyri said...
That dress is amazing! Good choice in buying it, definitely.
- June 13, 2010 at 9:13 PM
- The Bird said...
I really love the shoes you're wearing with this dress. I was rather against these type of menswear-inspired shoes when they started popping recently, but I'm starting to come around. It's too bad these are vintage, if they weren't I might have to track some down for myself.
- June 14, 2010 at 8:15 PM
- Freddie said...
This is adorable indeed. And I frequently have the same dilemma. It's just so much fun to dress like a little doll! ;)
- June 15, 2010 at 8:16 PM
- Morgan and Lua said...
I didn't know you could fly!!!
- June 17, 2010 at 8:04 PM
- Becca Jane said...
I think, dubious saleslady looks or not, that this dress looks so cute on you!
- June 18, 2010 at 7:43 PM
- Annie, Time Enough for Drums said...
My favorite vintage shop in Minneapolis had a rack for children's clothes. I'd always go in and peek at the things on it, because they were always cheaper than the adult clothes, and I always would find adorable dresses for little girls that would fit me! Once I walked out of the dressing room to look in the long mirror and the owner couldn't stop asking me how I fit in the dress! I say petite girls should take advantage of all the lovely vintage dresses we can fit in! You look lovely; I WANT this dress!!! Love, Annie.
- June 18, 2010 at 8:27 PM
- selinaoolala said...
i really like it! if modcloth sold something similar i don't thinki it would be a problem, i love the stitching and the hair bun helps make it a bit 'older' too, a great trick xx
- June 28, 2010 at 4:58 AM
- Katey said...
You have this amazing way of making everything look perfect on you. I love the dress, especially with those red tights, but I know that I wouldn't look nearly half as good in it as you do :D
- July 1, 2010 at 10:21 PM
im so glad you bought it, its fantastic! really made for you!
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With regards to the pictures you couldn't see, I went back to check on them. They're there, which is good. For a second I thought that maybe a mod took them down, but I couldn't remember doing anything naughty. D:
Here's the exact page that they're on, hopefully :http://hitsujifox.deviantart.com/gallery/?offset=24
I also talk about it more freely than the average girl 'cause it helps other girls/women to realize that they don't have to be so secretive and ashamed of a normal bodily function.
The way I see it: If a guy can talk in public about the multitude of x-rated things he did to a girl, without anyone batting an eyelash no less, then girls should be able to talk about what makes them female without worrying about being bullied.
I've actually been discovering some crazy things about my family over the years. Some things I wish I never heard. Ugh.
But hey, everyone's gotta dysfunctional family, right?
I didn't even start the argument. He just forced me to sit there at the dinner table an listen to his rant. I wasn't allowed to say anything.
It was quite dehumanizing, especially when my mom asked me why I cried at such 'minor' comments. She didn't seem to give a shit that my dad was bullying me. :/
It got really kinky, really fast. It was quite a fun and enjoyable conversation with my boy. He really knows how to make me laugh. XD
Anyways, thanks so much for your kindness! You're so sweet.


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NSW death certificates and how they can help in your research.
NSW Birth, Death & Marriage certificates contain a wealth of information that can help you in your research.
Today I am going to look at some NSW death certificates that I have obtained that has helped in my research. Death certificates are great as they can have a lot of information but in some cases, they don't have the correct information (as you figure out once you start to check the information) or they don't have any information. Note though that the informant of the death certificate is not always the one with the correct information on the deceased. Some death certificates can have a world of information (though maybe not correct) and some can have very little information with no chance to work out anything else.
Case 1: Death Certificate for Joseph Dilworth (died: 1877 – Ref:9391)
Joseph Dilworth died in August 1877 and according to his death certificate his place of death was 'Cooks Creek, Rampsbeck, New England'. He was a farmer, aged 67. His father is listed as John Dilworth. His son Joseph was the informant. He is listed as being born at 'Belfast' Ireland and had been in the colony for 35 years. His place of marriage was 'Newtown' to Mary Quirk. Children of marriage are listed as John 30 and Joseph 21.
From that, I was able to work out the following:
- That Joseph had arrived around 1842 and after checking the bounty shipping records, I found that he arrived on the ship Wilson, with his wife 'Eliza' and son 'Josias' in January 1842. He is listed as being a native of Killyman, Tyrone and aged 24, making his birth year to be around 1818. His parents are listed as John and Ruth. If you take his 'age' at death, his birth year would be 1810. Family Search shows a christening date for Joseph, with parents of John & Ruth in 1815 at Killyman Tyrone.
- His place of Marriage to Mary Quirk, is correct. Checking the NSW BDM indexes, shows they were married in 1857.
- Checking the 1870-1871 Electoral Rolls (available on Internet History Resources), shows Joseph living at Ramsbeck, New England.
What is missing from the death certificate?
- Details of his first marriage to Eliza. Elizabeth died in December 1856. It's possible Joseph was not aware of her, though I'm not sure why when he had 5 half brothers & sisters.
- Details of all of Joseph's children from both marriages are not listed. Joseph & Eliza had 5 children and Joseph & Mary had 6 children.
- By the time Joseph had died, Mary, his second wife was living in a defacto relationship with Michael Melverton and had 3 children to him during the early 1870's.
Case 2: Death Certificate for Mary Melvyton, formerly Dilworth (maiden name Quirk)
The death certificate for Mary Melverton or Melvyton was registered in the NSW BDM indexes under both Melvyton and Dilworth.
Mary died in Boggabri in November 1911. Her cause of death is listed as 'rodent cancer of the face'. She was 78 years of age. Father's name is listed as 'John Quirk'. Mother listed as 'unknown'. The informant was J J Dilworth, her son (John James Dilworth). She was born in County Kilkenny, Ireland and had been in the colony of NSW for 59 years. The details of both marriages are listed, firstly to Joseph Dilworth, when she was 19 years and secondly to Michael Joseph Melvyton when she was 38 years. Five of her children to Joseph are listed, along with their ages, with one being deceased. Only 2 of her children to Michael are listed.
From that, I was able to work out the following:
- Doing a search of the NSW shipping indexes, I found a few Mary Quirk that were about the same age, but the only one that fitted was the Mary Quirke who had arrived on board the ship "Athenian" in 1853. (Reel 2137, [4/4791]; Reel 2464, [4/4928]. Her parents were listed as John & Catherine and she her native place was Kilkenny. She had an uncle Peter already living in the colony. A further check of the indexes and microfilm, I find not only find her Uncle Peter had arrived in 1852 (Ship Neptune) with his family but Peter's two eldest children James and Margaret had arrived in 1849 on board the ship 'Victoria'. Further checks on the indexes also find's Mary's brother, Patrick arrived in 1854 on 'David McIver' and her mother Catherine and her two sisters also came out in 1857 (Matoka).
- Mary had 3 children to Michael Melverton whilst still being married to Joseph. She did not marry Michael until 1887.
What is missing from the death certificate?
- Mary's mother is listed as not known and her father's name is listed as John. Mary's mother Catherine came out to NSW in 1857 and died in 1891. Mary's father, John though died late 1840's in Kilkenny Ireland. From this, I would take it that maybe Mary's children did not know their grandmother but Mary had talked about her father?
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Hello everyone. I've been lurking here for a few days to get answers to some of my questions. This site has been very helpful but Ive decided just to ask for help directly. There is not a LLL for 2 hours so the only resource I have really is the lactation consultant from the hospital, and it seems like such a hassle to drive there. But I really need help, so here is a little background.
My sweet baby Willow was born Aug. 29th at 2lbs. 13 oz. via c-section. I had preeclampsia really bad and wasnt able to see her at all for 48 hours after delivery. They gave her a pacifier right away and continued giving her one all through her 6 week stay in the NICU. They fed her through a tube for 3 weeks with my EBM (which at the time I was making tons of - 2+ oz. per side.) Then they tried nipple feeding her with a bottle, saying this was one of her requirements for going home. I really knew nothing about nursing then and let them do this. Then when it came time to try breastfeeding we had lots of trouble. I literally lived at the hospital for 3 weeks nursing around the clock every 3 hours. I'd thought we finally got the hang of it, but instead my milk almost dried up (less that 10 ml each side) because she wasnt eating from me, she was eating the supplements they were giving her after breastfeeding. When they sent her home it was on bottle supplements (now I could bonk myself!). She is well over 5 lbs now.
She stays on each side for 10-15 mins, but every single feeding ends with a bottle. She'd saty on longer, asleep, if I let her.I really want to breastfeed exclusively but I dont know how to break the cycle. I cant seem to wake her up at the breast to eat no matter what I do (stripped down to diaper, skin to skin, stimulation). When it comes time for her bottle of course she wakes right up. I tried BF on demand yesterday and she would fall asleep until I tried to put her back to bed and then she would wake up and want to go again, only to fall asleep after a few sucks. I finally gave her a bottle after a 2 hour feeding session because my nipples were so sore and she hadnt slept more than 1-2 mins at a time.
Part of my problem has been supply because it was so low, which is why she had to be supplemented. Of course now I know that if I'd just stuck with it my supply would have gone up. It has slightly because I pump for 10-15 mins after every time I feed her. I am making enough for her, barely, if she would just empty the breast. After our last feeding I pumped 40 ml and that's 5ml less than what she took in her bottle.
I'm getting so stressed and feel like a failure everytime I have to give her a bottle. I think I'm getting a touch of PPD because of this, and I know that is only going to make matters worse. Can anyone offer any advice? How do I get her to wake up for the breast? How can I get her to empty the breast? How do I get rid of the bottles? Any advice on how to get my supply to keep going up would be welcome too. My freezer supply is running out.
I'm sorry about the length of my post but I put as much info as I though might be neccessary. Please, any advice would be welcome!


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John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, 1st Baron Acton (10 January 1834 – 19 June 1902) was an English historian, commonly known as Lord Acton.
- There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the simple development of the contrary qualities. They will not bear discussion.
- Letter (23 January 1861), published in Lord Acton and his Circle (1906) by Abbot Francis Aidan Gasquet, Letter 74
- Every thing secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity.
- Letter (23 January 1861), published in Lord Acton and his Circle (1906) by Abbot Gasquet, Letter 74
- Whenever a single definite object is made the supreme end of the State, be it the advantage of a class, the safety of the power of the country, the greatest happiness of the greatest number, or the support of any speculative idea, the State becomes for the time inevitably absolute. Liberty alone demands for its realisation the limitation of the public authority, for liberty is the only object which benefits all alike, and provokes no sincere opposition.
- Without presuming to decide the purely legal question, on which it seems evident to me from Madison's and Hamilton's papers that the Fathers of the Constitution were not agreed, I saw in State Rights the only availing check upon the absolutism of the sovereign will, and secession filled me with hope, not as the destruction but as the redemption of Democracy. The institutions of your Republic have not exercised on the old world the salutary and liberating influence which ought to have belonged to them, by reason of those defects and abuses of principle which the Confederate Constitution was expressly and wisely calculated to remedy. I believed that the example of that great Reform would have blessed all the races of mankind by establishing true freedom purged of the native dangers and disorders of Republics. Therefore I deemed that you were fighting the battles of our liberty, our progress, and our civilization; and I mourn for the stake which was lost at Richmond more deeply than I rejoice over that which was saved at Waterloo.
- The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. Every class is unfit to govern. The law of liberty tends to abolish the reign of race over race, of faith over faith, of class over class.
- Letter to Mary Gladstone (24 April 1881); later published in Letters of Lord Acton to Mary Gladstone (1913) p. 73
- There is no error so monstrous that it fails to find defenders among the ablest men. Imagine a congress of eminent celebrities, such as More, Bacon, Grotius, Pascal, Cromwell, Bossuet, Montesquieu, Jefferson, Napoleon, Pitt, etc. The result would be an Encyclopedia of Error.
- Letter to Mary Gladstone (24 April 1881)
- I cannot accept your canon that we are to judge Pope and King unlike other men, with a favorable presumption that they did no wrong. If there is any presumption it is the other way against holders of power, increasing as the power increases. Historic responsibility has to make up for the want of legal responsibility. Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority: still more when you superadd the tendency or the certainty of corruption by authority. There is no worse heresy than that the office sanctifies the holder of it.
- Letter to Mandell Creighton (5 April 1887), published in Historical Essays and Studies, by John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton (1907), edited by John Neville Figgis and Reginald Vere Laurence, Appendix, p. 504; also in Essays on Freedom and Power (1972)
- Paraphrased variant: All power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
- The inflexible integrity of the moral code is, to me, the secret of the authority, the dignity, the utility of History.
If we may debase the currency for the sake of genius, or success, or rank, or reputation, we may debase it for the sake of a man's influence, of his religion, of his party, of the good cause which prospers by his credit and suffers by his disgrace. Then History ceases to be a science, an arbiter of controversy, a guide of the Wanderer, the upholder of that moral standard which the powers of earth and religion itself tend constantly to depress. It serves where it ought to reign; and it serves the worst cause better than the purest.
- Letter to Mandell Creighton (5 April 1887), published in Historical Essays and Studies, by John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton (1907), edited by John Neville Figgis and Reginald Vere Laurence, Appendix, p. 504; also in Essays on Freedom and Power (1972)
In the Moral Sciences Prejudice is Dishonesty.
A Historian has to fight against temptations special to his mode of life, temptations from Country, Class, Church, College, Party, Authority of talents, solicitation of friends.
The most respectable of these influences are the most dangerous.
The historian who neglects to root them out is exactly like a juror who votes according to his personal likes or dislikes.
In judging men and things Ethics go before Dogma, Politics or Nationality. The Ethics of History cannot be denominational.
Judge not according to the orthodox standard of a system religious, philosophical, political, but according as things promote, or fail to promote the delicacy, integrity, and authority of Conscience.
Put conscience above both system and success.
History provides neither compensation for suffering nor penalties for wrong.
- Postscript of letter to Mandell Creighton (5 April 1887), puplished in Historical Essays and Studies, by John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton (1907), edited by John Neville Figgis and Reginald Vere Laurence, Appendix, p. 505
- Liberty is the prevention of control by others. This requires self-control and, therefore, religious and spiritual influences; education, knowledge, well-being.
- As quoted in Faith in Freedom : Libertarian Principles and Psychiatric Practices (2004) by Thomas Stephen Szasz, p. 10
- The issue which has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later is the people versus the banks.
- As quoted in Maxed Out : Hard Times, Easy Credit, and the Era of Predatory Lenders (2007) by James D. Scurlock
The History of Freedom in Antiquity (1877)[edit]
- Liberty, next to religion has been the motive of good deeds and the common pretext of crime...
- Opening statement.
- At all times sincere friends of freedom have been rare, and its triumphs have been due to minorities, that have prevailed by associating themselves with auxiliaries whose objects often differed from their own; and this association, which is always dangerous, has been sometimes disastrous, by giving to opponents just grounds of opposition, and by kindling dispute over the spoils in the hour of success. No obstacle has been so constant, or so difficult to overcome, as uncertainty and confusion touching the nature of true liberty. If hostile interests have wrought much injury, false ideas have wrought still more; and its advance is recorded in the increase of knowledge, as much as in the improvement of laws.
- By liberty I mean the assurance that every man shall be protected in doing what he believes his duty against the influence of authority and majorities, custom and opinion. The State is competent to assign duties and draw the line between good and evil only in its immediate sphere. Beyond the limits of things necessary for its well-being, it can only give indirect help to fight the battle of life by promoting the influences which prevail against temptation, — religion, education, and the distribution of wealth.
- In ancient times the State absorbed authorities not its own, and intruded on the domain of personal freedom. In the Middle Ages it possessed too little authority, and suffered others to intrude. Modern States fall habitually into both excesses. The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities.
- It is bad to be oppressed by a minority, but it is worse to be oppressed by a majority. For there is a reserve of latent power in the masses which, if it is called into play, the minority can seldom resist.
- Liberty and good government do not exclude each other; and there are excellent reasons why they should go together. Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. It is not for the sake of a good public administration that it is required, but for security in the pursuit of the highest objects of civil society, and of private life. Increase of freedom in the State may sometimes promote mediocrity, and give vitality to prejudice; it may even retard useful legislation, diminish the capacity for war, and restrict the boundaries of Empire.
- The Stoics could only advise the wise man to hold aloof from politics, keeping the unwritten law in his heart. But when Christ said: "Render unto Cæsar the things that are Cæsar's, and unto God the things that are God's," those words, spoken on His last visit to the Temple, three days before His death, gave to the civil power, under the protection of conscience, a sacredness it had never enjoyed, and bounds it had never acknowledged; and they were the repudiation of absolutism and the inauguration of freedom.
- It was from America that the plain ideas that men ought to mind their business, and that the nation is responsible to Heaven for the acts of the State — ideas long locked in the breast of solitary thinkers, and hidden among Latin folios— burst forth like a conqueror upon the world they were destined to transform, under the title of the Rights of Man … and the principle gained ground, that a nation can never abandon its fate to an authority it cannot control.
- Truth is the only merit that gives dignity and worth to history.
- Writers the most learned, the most accurate in details, and the soundest in tendency, frequently fall into a habit which can neither be cured nor pardoned — the habit of making history into the proof of their theories.
The History of Freedom in Christianity (1877)[edit]
- Constantine declared his own will equivalent to a canon of the Church. According to Justinian, the Roman people had formally transferred to the emperors the entire plenitude of its authority, and, therefore, the emperor's pleasure, expressed by edict or by letter, had force of law. Even in the fervent age of its conversion the empire employed its refined civilization, the accumulated wisdom of ancient sages, the reasonableness and subtlety of Roman law, and the entire inheritance of the Jewish, the pagan, and the Christian world, to make the Church serve as a gilded crutch of absolutism. Neither an enlightened philosophy, nor all the political wisdom of Rome, nor even the faith and virtue of the Christians availed against the incorrigible tradition of antiquity. Something was wanted, beyond all the gifts of reflection and experience — a faculty of self government and self control, developed like its language in the fibre of a nation, and growing with its growth. This vital element, which many centuries of warfare, of anarchy, of oppression, had extinguished in the countries that were still draped in the pomp of ancient civilization, was deposited on the soil of Christendom by the fertilising stream of migration that overthrew the empire of the West.
- In the height of their power the Romans became aware of a race of men that had not abdicated freedom in the hands of a monarch; and the ablest writer of the empire pointed to them with a vague and bitter feeling that, to the institutions of these barbarians, not yet crushed by despotism, the future of the world belonged. Their kings, when they had kings, did not preside [at] their councils; they were sometimes elective; they were sometimes deposed; and they were bound by oath to act in obedience to the general wish. They enjoyed real authority only in war. This primitive Republicanism, which admits monarchy as an occasional incident, but holds fast to the collective supremacy of all free men, of the constituent authority over all constituted authorities, is the remote germ of parliamentary government.
- The idea that the ends of government justify the means employed, was worked into system by Machiavelli. He was an acute politician, sincerely anxious that the obstacles to the intelligent government of Italy should be swept away. It appeared to him that the most vexatious obstacle to intellect is conscience, and that the vigorous use of statecraft necessary for the success of difficult schemes would never be made if governments allowed themselves to be hampered by the precepts of the copy-book.
His audacious doctrine was avowed in the succeeding age, by men whose personal character otherwise stood high. They saw that in critical times good men have seldom strength for their goodness, and yield to those who have grasped the meaning of the maxim that you cannot make an omelette if you are afraid to break the eggs. They saw that public morality differs from private, because no government can turn the other cheek, or can admit that mercy is better than justice. And they could not define the difference, or draw the limits of exception; or tell what other standard for a nation's acts there is than the judgment which heaven pronounces in this world by success.
- Machiavelli's teaching would hardly have stood the test of parliamentary government, for public discussion demands at least the profession of good faith. But it gave an immense impulse to absolutism by silencing the consciences of very religious kings, and made the good and the bad very much alike.
- The way was paved for absolute monarchy to triumph over the spirit and institutions of a better age, not by isolated acts of wickedness, but by a studied philosophy of crime, and so thorough a perversion of the moral sense that the like of it had not been since the Stoics reformed the morality of paganism.
The clergy who had in so many ways served the cause of freedom during the prolonged strife against feudalism and slavery, were associated now with the interest of royalty.
- The tide was running fast when the Reformation began at Wittenberg, and it was to be expected that Luther's influence would stem the flood of absolutism. For he was confronted everywhere by the compact alliance of the Church with the State; and great part of his country was governed by hostile potentates who were prelates of the court of Rome. He had, indeed, more to fear from temporal than from spiritual foes.
- Nations eagerly invested their rulers with every prerogative needed to preserve their faith, and all the care to keep Church and State asunder, and to prevent the confusion of their powers, which had been the work of ages, was renounced in the intensity of the crisis. Atrocious deeds were done, in which religious passion was often the instrument, but policy was the motive.
Fanaticism displays itself in the masses; but the masses were rarely fanaticised; and the crimes ascribed to it were commonly due to the calculations of dispassionate politicians.
- John Knox thought that every Catholic in Scotland ought to be put to death; and no man ever had disciples of a sterner or more relentless temper. But his counsel was not followed.
All through the religious conflict, policy kept the upper hand. When the last of the Reformers died, religion, instead of emancipating the nations, had become an excuse for the criminal art of despots. Calvin preached, and Bellarmine lectured; but Machiavelli reigned.
- That men should understand that governments do not exist by divine right, and that arbitrary government is the violation of divine right, was no doubt the medicine suited to the malady under which Europe languished. But although the knowledge of this truth might become an element of salutary destruction, it could give little aid to progress and reform. Resistance to tyranny implied no faculty of constructing a legal government in its place. Tyburn tree may be a useful thing; but it is better still that the offender should live for repentance and reformation. The principles which discriminate in politics between good and evil, and make states worthy to last, were not yet found.
- The French philosopher Charron was one of the men least demoralised by party spirit, and least blinded by zeal for a cause. In a passage almost literally taken from St. Thomas, he describes our subordination under the law of nature, to which all legislation must conform; and he ascertains it not by the light of revealed religion, but by the voice of universal reason, through which God enlightens the consciences of men. Upon this foundation Grotius drew the lines of real political science. In gathering the materials of International law, he had to go beyond national treaties and denominational interests, for a principle embracing all mankind. The principles of law must stand, he said, even if we suppose that there is no God. By these inaccurate terms he meant that they must be found independently of Revelation. From that time it became possible to make politics a matter of principle and of conscience, so that men and nations differing in all other things could live in peace together, under the sanctions of a common law.
- It was manifest that all persons who had learned that political science is an affair of conscience rather than of might or expediency, must regard their adversaries as men without principle, that the controversy between them would perpetually involve morality, and could not be governed by the plea of good intentions which softens down the asperities of religious strife. Nearly all the greatest men of the seventeenth century repudiated the innovation. In the eighteenth, the two ideas of Grotius, that there are certain political truths by which every state and every interest must stand or fall, and that society is knit together by a series of real and hypothetical contracts, became, in other hands, the lever that displaced the world. When, by what seemed the operation of an irresistible and constant law, royalty had prevailed over all enemies and all competitors, it became a religion. Its ancient rivals, the baron and the prelate, figured as supporters by its side.
- I have shown you how Machiavelli supplied the immoral theory needful for the consummation of royal absolutism; the absolute oligarchy of Venice required the same assurance against the revolt of conscience. It was provided by a writer as able as Machiavelli, who analyzed the wants and resources of aristocracy, and made known that its best security is poison.
- At that time there was some truth in the old joke which describes the English dislike of speculation by saying that all our philosophy consists of a short catechism in two questions: "What is mind? No matter. — What is matter? Never mind." The only accepted appeal was to tradition.
- The idea that religious liberty is the generating principle of civil, and that civil liberty is the necessary condition of religious, was a discovery reserved for the seventeenth century.
- I have reached the end of my time, and have hardly come to the beginning of my task. In the ages of which I have spoken, the history of freedom was the history of the thing that was not. But since the Declaration of Independence, or, to speak more justly, since the Spaniards, deprived of their king, made a new government for themselves, the only known forms of Liberty, Republics and Constitutional Monarchy, have made their way over the world.
- I have fixed my eyes on the spaces that heaven's light illuminates, that I may not lay too heavy a strain on the indulgence with which you have accompanied me over the dreary and heartbreaking course by which men have passed to freedom; and because the light that has guided us is still unquenched, and the causes that have carried us so far in the van of free nations have not spent their power; because the story of the future is written in the past, and that which hath been is the same thing that shall be.
Review of Democracy in Europe (1878)[edit]
- Acton's review of Democracy in Europe (1877) by Sir Thomas Erskine May, in The Quarterly Review (January 1878), p. 74; also in The History of Freedom and Other Essays, Section III: Sir Erskine May's Democracy in Europe, p. 76
- The manifest, the avowed difficulty is that democracy, no less than monarchy or aristocracy, sacrifices everything to maintain itself, and strives, with an energy and a plausibility that kings and nobles cannot attain, to override representation, to annul all the forces of resistance and deviation, and to secure, by Plebiscite, Referendum, or Caucus, free play for the will of the majority. The true democratic principle, that none shall have power over the people, is taken to mean that none shall be able to restrain or to elude its power. The true democratic principle, that the people shall not be made to do what it does not like, is taken to mean that it shall never be required to tolerate what it does not like. The true democratic principle, that every man's free will shall be as unfettered as possible, is taken to mean that the free will of the collective people shall be fettered in nothing. Religious toleration, judicial independence, dread of centralisation, jealousy of State interference, become obstacles to freedom instead of safeguards, when the centralised force of the State is wielded by the hands of the people. Democracy claims to be not only supreme, without authority above, but absolute, without independence below; to be its own master, not a trustee. The old sovereigns of the world are exchanged for a new one, who may be flattered and deceived, but whom it is impossible to corrupt or to resist, and to whom must be rendered the things that are Caesar's and also the things that are God's. The enemy to be overcome is no longer the absolutism of the State, but the liberty of the subject. Nothing is more significant than the relish with which Ferrari, the most powerful democratic writer since Rousseau, enumerates the merits of tyrants, and prefers devils to saints in the interest of the community.
For the old notions of civil liberty and of social order did not benefit the masses of the people. Wealth increased, without relieving their wants. The progress of knowledge left them in abject ignorance. Religion flourished, but failed to reach them. Society, whose laws were made by the upper class alone, announced that the best thing for the poor is not to be born, and the next best to die in childhood, and suffered them to live in misery and crime and pain. As surely as the long reign of the rich has been employed in promoting the accumulation of wealth, the advent of the poor to power will be followed by schemes for diffusing it. Seeing how little was done by the wisdom of former times for education and public health, for insurance, association, and savings, for the protection of labour against the law of self-interest, and how much has been accomplished in this generation, there is reason in the fixed belief that a great change was needed, and that democracy has not striven in vain. Liberty, for the mass, is not happiness; and institutions are not an end but a means. The thing they seek is a force sufficient to sweep away scruples and the obstacle of rival interests, and, in some degree, to better their condition. They mean that the strong hand that heretofore has formed great States, protected religions, and defended the independence of nations, shall help them by preserving life, and endowing it for them with some, at least, of the things men live for. That is the notorious danger of modern democracy. That is also its purpose and its strength. And against this threatening power the weapons that struck down other despots do not avail. The greatest happiness principle positively confirms it. The principle of equality, besides being as easily applied to property as to power, opposes the existence of persons or groups of persons exempt from the common law, and independent of the common will; and the principle, that authority is a matter of contract, may hold good against kings, but not against the sovereign people, because a contract implies two parties.
- The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority, or rather of that party, not always the majority, that succeeds, by force or fraud, in carrying elections. To break off that point is to avert the danger. The common system of representation perpetuates the danger. Unequal electorates afford no security to majorities. Equal electorates give none to minorities. Thirty-five years ago it was pointed out that the remedy is proportional representation. It is profoundly democratic, for it increases the influence of thousands who would otherwise have no voice in the government; and it brings men more near an equality by so contriving that no vote shall be wasted, and that every voter shall contribute to bring into Parliament a member of his own opinions.
The Study of History (1895)[edit]
- Inaugural lecture on The Study of History (11 June 1895), included in Lectures on Modern History (1906) - PDF file at Google
- I am not thinking of those shining precepts which are the registered property of every school; that is to say — learn as much by writing as by reading; be not content with the best book; seek sidelights from the others; have no favourites; keep men and things apart; guard against the prestige of great names; see that your judgments are your own; and do not shrink from disagreement; no trusting without testing; be more severe to ideas than to actions; do not overlook the strength of the bad cause of the weakness of the good; never be surprised by the crumbling of an idol or the disclosure of a skeleton; judge talent at its best and character at its worst; suspect power more than vice, and study problems in preference to periods.
- Many of these precepts which he quotes here have been quoted as originating with Lord Acton.
- Most of this, I suppose, is undisputed, and calls for no enlargement. But the weight of opinion is against me when I exhort you never to debase the moral currency or to lower the standard of rectitude, but to try others by the final maxim that governs your own lives, and to suffer no man and no cause to escape the undying penalty which history has the power to inflict on wrong. The plea in extenuation of guilt and mitigation of punishment is perpetual. At every step we are met by arguments which go to excuse, to palliate, to confound right and wrong, and reduce the just man to the level of the reprobate. The men who plot to baffle and resist us are, first of all, those who made history what it has become. They set up the principle that only a foolish Conservative judges the present time with the ideas of the past; that only a foolish Liberal judges the past with the ideas of the present.
- Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral laws are written on the tablets of eternity.
- James Anthony Froude, in the lecture "The Science of History" (5 February 1864); published in Representative Essays (1885) by George Haven Putnam, p. 274; Lord Acton quoted Froude in an address "The Study of History" (11 June 1895), which led to this being widely attributed to him. The phrase has also sometimes been misquoted as: Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral laws are written on the table of eternity.
External links[edit]
- The Acton Institute for the Study of Religion & Liberty
- The Study of History (11 June 1895)
- Lectures on Modern History (1906) - PDF file at Google
- The History of Freedom and Other Essays (1907) downloadable in HTML and PDF formats
- "The Acton - Lee Correspondence" (1866)
- The History of Freedom in Antiquity (26 February 1877)
- The History of Freedom in Christianity (8 May 1877)