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To thank you for signing up, I'd like to offer you a sneek preview recipe from the book! This is my Baked Eggplant Parmesan with Zoodles and it is YUMMY!
Now I like to eat this as-is, but if you are looking to amp up the protein, this same method works very well with a chicken cutlet (and the recipe for that will be in the book).
More soon, but until then…let's get to the good stuff.
Set up a dredging station with the egg whites in a bowl and a mixture of bread crumbs, Parmesan cheese, salt and pepper whisked together on a plate.
One at a time, dredge eggplant slices first in egg whites, then in the bread crumb mixture, then repeat. When finished, arrange on a rack placed inside a cookie sheet.
Bake 25 to -30 minutes or until fork tender and coating is crispy.
Prepare the sauce by sauteeingsautéing onions and peppers in a skillet sprayed with nonstick cooking spray, 2-3 two to three minutes or until softened. Add marinara sauce, cover and simmer about 20 minutes.
Plate the dish by placing zoodles on a plate. Top with a piece of the baked eggplant, about 1/3 cup (or more) of the sauce mixture and top while hot with shredded mozzarella cheese.


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Book, Music & Lyrics by
Richard Carsey & Stephen Kovacs
Richard Carsey, Corrie Beula Kovacs & Stephen Kovacs
2021 World Premiere
Two actors. One monster. No stage.
Together, Chris and Alex have been planning a lavish musical version of Frankenstein. But when rehearsals are suddenly shut down, Chris and Alex are forced to perform a two-person, online version of the show instead. A madcap romp of a story about two actors whose visions of musical grandeur are hilariously thwarted by reality.
This show was written to be performed either on live on Zoom or in person, so we're doing both! In fact, you can buy your ticket to the virtual opening now (part of our Raise the Curtain: Take a Leap event)!
The five virtual performances will take place *live* every night–meaning, anything could happen! (This is not a pre-recorded on-demand situation.) The actors, Alex Campea and Doug Clemons, will be ensconced with director Nadja Simmonds at Chase Stoeger and Molly Rhode's condo in Milwaukee, and every night at showtime, they'll bring you *that night's* version of the show. And when we do the show in person–well, of course, that will be live, too.
Buy Tickets: May 30
Buy Tickets: May 31 – June 3
RICHARD CARSEY (Composer-Playwright–Lyricist)
Richard Carsey enjoys a diverse international career as music director, conductor, pianist, actor
and writer. He is currently Conductor for DISNEY ON CLASSIC, a concert tour featuring eight
American singers and The Orchestra Japan, presenting more than 60 concerts a year in major
cities throughout Japan. In February 2020, he conducted the score to the 1991 animated film
classic BEAUTY AND THE BEAST in concert at the 10,000-seat Yokohama Arena, featuring a
60-piece symphony orchestra accompanying Japanese film stars performing the songs live to
the film.
He is a Conductor for the longest-running musical in Broadway history, THE PHANTOM OF
THE OPERA, as well as the 2018 revival of CAROUSEL featuring Joshua Henry, Jessie
Mueller, and Renée Fleming. National tours include Cameron Mackintosh's new production of
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, and the revival of LA CAGE AUX FOLLES starring George
Hamilton. Also on Broadway, he was Music Supervisor of THE HOUSE OF BLUE LEAVES
starring Ben Stiller and Edie Falco, and Musical Director for Joshua Schmidt's musical A
MINISTER'S WIFE at Lincoln Center Theater.
Richard enjoyed a long association with the Skylight Opera Theatre in Milwaukee, WI as
Principal Conductor, and for nine seasons was Artistic Director of the company. As conductor,
he led more than 80 productions at the Skylight, ranging from opera and operetta to musicals.
Highlights include the world premiere and television broadcast of Richard Wargo's opera
BALLYMORE; a PBS broadcast of THE MIKADO; and the world premiere of the opera THE
RIVALS by Kirke Mechem. He has provided musical direction for regional productions
throughout the U.S. including the Marriott Theater (Chicago), Utah Shakespeare Festival,
Florida State Opera, and the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis. Internationally, he has performed
in such exotic locales as Lima, Athens, Barcelona, Islamabad, and Kuwait.
Richard has been guest conductor with the symphony orchestras of Kansas City, Indianapolis,
Hartford, Sacramento, and St. Louis, among others. He is a frequent conductor for Windborne
Music, which presents classic rock-and-roll with orchestra.
As an actor, he has appeared in over 400 performances of the play 2 PIANOS 4 HANDS at
regional theaters across the US and Canada, including Dallas Theater Center, Actor's Theater
of Louisville, The Globe (Saskatchewan), Laguna Beach Playhouse, and Hartford Stage
(Connecticut Critic's Circle Award). Other acting highlights include THE BOYS IN THE BAND
(Harold); TWELFTH NIGHT (Malvolio); SOUVENIR (Cosme) and OLD WICKED SONGS
(Mashkin).
STEPHEN KOVACS (Composer-Playwright–Lyricist)
Stephen Kovacs is thrilled for the world premiere of Not Even Remotely. A former music teacher, Stephen co-owns and operates Show How, LLC with his wife, Corrie. Together they provide performing arts training and services in the Fox Cities. Previous credits include co-author, composer and lyricist of 2019's NST world premiere We Like It Where?, Play-by-Play Theatre's production of Baby: The Musical (Nick), Guys on Ice (Marvin) and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Panch). Thanks to Corrie for her support, Molly and Jeff for their guidance, Alex, Doug and Nadja for their enthusiasm, and Richard for sharing your creative gifts.
CAST OF CHARACTERS 2021
Sam Hardt/Victor Frankenstein: Alex Campea
Chris Mozog, et al: Doug Clemons
Director: Nadja Simmonds
Northern Sky Theater's Not Even Remotely Ushers in Live Performances
By Andrew Kleidon, Peninsula Pulse Newspaper, August 4th, 2021
It's (A)Live!
When I first saw Not Even Remotely back in June, I was seated on my couch in front of my computer. The show, which was performed live via YouTube, was a distinctly remote production.
The play is about a lavish musical production of Frankenstein that's cut short, presumably (though never stated) by COVID-19, so it must be performed over the internet from the living room of a Milwaukee condo. Many of the jokes hinge on the audience viewing this production online because the director constantly cuts in to describe what the production would look like if it were being performed on an actual stage.
Now, Not Even Remotely is being performed indoors at Northern Sky's Gould Theater in Fish Creek, and the question at the top of my mind was how the show's premise would translate to an in-person performance.
The answer? It transitioned incredibly well.
Minor script updates were made at the top of the show to more clearly explain the premise to the audience, but those were not the only updates. Prop-focused sequences that were once confined to the small screen are now blown up by several orders of magnitude, and they are all the more entertaining for it.
My favorite moment involves several "characters" in a pub deciding what to do about Frankenstein's monster. Doug Clemons plays the director, and the director plays every other character besides Alex Campea's Victor Frankenstein. In the YouTube production, Clemons does this with finger puppets, but in the live show, he uses large, light-up Christmas decorations to play each character. This show is very good at introducing a simple idea, then exploring it to its fullest comedic potential.
Any questions I had regarding the show's ability to transition from a small screen to a full stage melted away a short while into the production as the actors used their new, larger play space to full effect, with performances that my laptop screen would no longer be able to contain.
The final iteration of this production will again be digital because a recording of the Gould production will be available for one week after the in-person run. For those keeping track, that will be a recording of a live performance of a remote play about a recording of a remote production.
Warren Gerds/Critic at Large: Review: 'Not Even Remotely' stoked with adrenaline in Fish Creek
by: Warren Gerds, WFRV-TV, Channel 5. Posted: July 28, 2021
The Creature was the product of Dr. Frankenstein.
"Not Even Remotely" is a product of Dr. Pandemic.
"Not Even Remotely" is an original musical comedy that was created for Northern Sky Theater in the midst of the COVID-19 blur to have two lives. The first life was online as a virtual presentation in June. The second life is as a live, in-person presentation in Northern Sky Theater's indoor venue, the Gould Theater.
Watching online, the bizarre energy leapt from the screen. I got it: A couple of theatrical whizzes created "Frankenstein: The New Modern and Musical Prometheus" for an extravagant production, only to get stuck doing it via their computer in their apartment. I laughed out loud at times to myself.
Watching the show live, in-person Monday night with real people, I, of course, knew what was happening. At first, the audience gave off a palpable aura: "What is this?" The show is so different for Northern Sky Theater. It's like Monty Python. A long way into the performance, a chuckle arose. One. More trickled in along the way. The clincher was when one of the guys on stage flipped into one of his 10-12 characters as a tavern operator who sings with bar patrons who are "portrayed" by plastic figures who light up when the guy speaks/sings for them by touching the figure or pressing hidden switches. It's an impressive display. The audience finally got it. Also, the show is end to end impressive displays of adrenaline-driven imagination. Audiences get that. The show ended with a standing ovation – a turnabout from the start when ???????????'s filled the air.
The show is still what I wrote in my review in June: "Not Even Remotely" is totally out of character and totally off the wall for the professional Northern Sky Theater.
In some songs, the authors subtly inject what's been heard around us for 16 months with such lines as "Nothing good can come from science" and "Play it safe, just stay home."
The show is being presented to Aug. 7 with the Gould Theater at limited capacity and social distancing for COVID-19 reasons.
Not Even Remotely Is Self-Aware Virtual Theater
By Andrew Kleidon, June 11th, 2021
The question on discerning theatergoers' minds recently has been about theatrical authenticity. During a time with little in-person theater, what does a virtual production look like, and how far on the spectrum from theater to film are theater companies willing to push their works?
Northern Sky Theater's first show of the 2021 season walks that line in two interesting ways.
First, the production, Not Even Remotely: Live Online, was presented on YouTube, but each performance was done live. Rather than film the show to release as a video on demand, every night of the show's four-night run was livestreamed from a condo in Milwaukee. Nothing was filmed prior to each performance, and so the actors, Alex Campea and Doug Clemons, performed their parts as they would on stage.
Second, this show was written to be performed either virtually or in person, so Northern Sky will present it in its new Gould Theater next month.
The premise is this: A lavish musical rendition of Frankenstein has been derailed by COVID-19, and now the remaining two company members have decided the show must go online. The play begins with an "accidental" look at the pre-show routine of the two actors before they realize the stream has begun early. From there, a comedic musical begins, with humorous cut-ins from the actors to explain what the set, lighting and choreography would have looked like if the show had gone on normally.
By writing a show with streaming in mind, Richard Carsey and Stephen Kovacs are able to play with the short-lived theatrical medium in interesting ways. It's a virtual show that knows what it is and uses its limitations to the fullest extent. Actors switch out theatrical props for everyday items that they find around the house; they stage technical difficulties as the production goes awry; and they constantly break the fourth wall to keep the audience imagining what the show should look like. It's truly a production that looks and feels as though it was thrown together at the last minute – as it should, given the premise.
What remains to be seen is how audiences will react to the show in person later this summer. By placing it in a cramped condo living room and having the actors talk to and interact with the camera, the show uses its format to tell its story. But what does the same show look like when it's separated from the reality in which it was originally performed?
Audiences will find out when Not Even Remotely: Live in Person premieres July 12. Tickets are available at northernskytheater.com.
Warren Gerds/Critic at Large: Review: 'Not Even Remotely Virtual' a crazy-camp show
by: Warren Gerds, WFRV-TV, Channel 5. Posted: Jun 1, 2021
Totally out of character, totally off the wall, totally comedic energy – whatever – "Not Even Remotely Virtual" is a product of COVID-19 for Northern Sky Theater.
The professional troupe based in Door County normally creates original musicals with strong Wisconsin themes.
But this is not a normal time, and the company has loosened the reins for a collection of Wisconsin creators to have at the "Frankenstein" story and let imaginations fly.
Much turns around the pandemic.
A goal is to have us coming out of that creature laughing. It works for me in quirky ways.
The premise is the fictional Little Theater in the Park has a $250,000 grant to produce an elaborate musical, "Frankenstein: The New Modern & Musical Prometheus." The cast is to be 40, and the set and all to be huge with the top-notch technology. The problem is COVID-19 has come along, and the two guys who dreamed up the show have to beam their baby from an apartment room playing all the characters with makeshift props and set work.
That is to say, "Not Even Remotely Virtual" is purposely awful/comically awful.
The performance level of Alex Campea and Doug Clemons is nuclear – the acting, singing, dancing and story/costuming/props mayhem. Everything fits the definitions of "camp" and "over the top."
The show is being done live online nightly to June 3. Access is via northernskytheater.com.
The story-in-a-story-in-a-story follows Dr. Frankenstein's quest to build a perfect man through his mad science and the assistance of Igor, a hunchback. Alex Campea portrays Victor Frankenstein, and Doug Clemons is Igor and everybody else – notably marriagable Elizabeth and the villagers.
Side trip: The villagers are finger puppets, with Doug Clemons able to do something special that I can't. He can wiggle his ring finger fully by itself without getting any action from the little or middle finger. (Watching a show closeup on a computer has some advantages).
The "Frankenstein" story – the castle, a laboratory, a cemetery, "crowd" scenes, etc. – is stuffed in a room that has a bit of interest, too. The apartment seems to be of the 1910s, if not earlier.
Direction is by Nadja Simmons. My impression of that work: She has fired off a shotgun with Alex Campea and Doug Clemons as the bb's – KABOOM! – wow, look at that, and it's top caliber.
All kinds of side stuff is part of the show. First, the characters go about preparations not knowing the camera is on. One is on his cellphone trying to find out whether his father is watching, and he ends the call blurting, "Oh, this is Alex," which is a way-out bit of humor.
The creative committee led by Richard Carsey, Stephen Kovacs and Corrie Beula Kovacs maneuvers in the not only the desperation of the characters to pull off their show but added touches about their personalities. A kind of reality is mashed in when the two actors argue and one professes, "Vanity? This is artistry."
And there is knowing self-teasing near the end when the character played by Doug Clemons says, "We did something like a performance."
Sight gags, verbal gags, grandiose singing, malaprops, costuming fakery, double-takes, duet dancing, breathless pacing – they're all there, in spades.
One of the songs is "We'll Take a Leap."

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Ryan Zinke has been confirmed as the incoming Secretary of Interior, a position that oversees management of a substantial amount of the nation's public lands, wildlife and industrial development. Here's what you should know about Zinke, the powers he'll have, and the agencies he will lead.
The U.S. Senate Has Confirmed Ryan Zinke As The Secretary Of The Interior.
Former Montana Rep. Ryan Zinke will now be head of the department that is responsible for historic landmarks, national parks, wildlife refuges, endangered species conservation, and offshore territories of the outer continental shelf.
"As long as he serves in this role, the people of the United States will look to Secretary Zinke to safeguard public lands, reject fossil fuel extraction that jeopardizes our climate, and protect imperiled wildlife," Caputo said. "If he falls short of these responsibilities and puts our priceless natural heritage at risk, Earthjustice will hold him accountable." Read full statement.
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What is the Department of the Interior, and what does it do?
The Department of the Interior is primarily responsible for most federal lands and natural resources held in the public trust. Through a dozen agencies under its command, the DOI administers national parks, wildlife refuges, historic landmarks, and offshore territories of the outer continental shelf. The Interior Department is charged with steering wide-ranging preservation efforts such as endangered species conservation. It also oversees resource development of the public lands it manages by industries such as the mining, fossil fuel, and timber industries.
While the DOI is on the one hand charged with protecting wildlife and many of the country's treasured natural features, it also oversees coal, oil, gas, and other resource development. This broad set of responsibilities means that Zinke, if confirmed as Secretary of the Interior, will strongly influence how the federal government protects the environment from industry interests. The Secretary of the Interior has no fixed term length and serves at the pleasure of the President.
If you've ever been electrified by the sight of a wolf in the wild or a bald eagle soaring overhead, consider the role the Interior plays in protecting wildlife. The DOI, through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, is tasked with ensuring the survival of thousands of endangered species, such as wolves and grizzly bears, and with safeguarding ecosystems that support wildlife.
Even if you live nowhere near oil or gas drilling operations on public lands, climate change has the potential to impact everyone. Through its Bureau of Land Management, DOI regulates where and how industry may extract fossil fuels from public lands—including overseeing permits for surface mining or oil and gas drilling. In recent months, BLM crafted rules to rein in fracking, an environmentally questionable method of extracting gas or oil by thrusting sand and chemicals into shale rock. Since the burning of fossil fuels emits greenhouse gases, DOI's policies on fracking and coal extraction are an indicator as to whether the federal government will take serious steps to address climate change or worsen its impacts.
Through its Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, the DOI manages how and when the outer continental shelf—ocean waters surrounding U.S. coastlines—is used for oil and gas drilling. Offshore oil drilling can have a severe effect on coastal tourism, fishing, and wildlife—as exemplified during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill of 2010, which caused irreversible harm to the Gulf of Mexico. Under President Obama, BOEM in its most recent five-year plan removed the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans from being considered for leasing, and President Obama recently took steps to permanently protect important areas of the Arctic and Atlantic oceans from offshore drilling. The incoming administration may try to undermine the plan—and if confirmed as Secretary of the Interior, Zinke will play a key role.
Through the Bureau of Indian Affairs, DOI sets the tone for the federal government's relationships with Native American tribal governments.
How does Earthjustice's work relate to the Interior Department?
Earthjustice frequently works with DOI agencies to ensure the federal government fulfills its role as a steward of America's natural resources and cultural heritage. When the government fails to follow national environmental laws, we file suit against the agencies that are responsible. Given the range of threats facing America's natural resources, the decisions made by the incoming Secretary of the Interior could have far-reaching ramifications for generations to come.
Ryan Zinke was first elected to the House of Representatives in 2014, representing Montana's at-large Congressional district. He currently serves on the House Armed Services Committee and House Committee on Natural Resources. In 2008, Zinke was elected to the Montana State Senate, where he served until 2011. Zinke began his career as a Navy SEAL in 1985. He served for 23 years, until 2008.
What is Zinke's record on environmental protection?
Zinke has consistently voted to weaken clean air standards, dismantle environmental regulations, and expand fossil fuel exploration on public lands. In 2015, although he did throw his support behind clean-energy measures, Congressman Zinke voted against the environment on every other major vote. The League of Conservation Voters awarded him an abysmal 3 percent score for his environmental voting record. Zinke has supported measures to increase production of dirty and climate-heating fossil fuels, reduce or eliminate public involvement in management of public lands, and eliminate protections for endangered species.
Zinke has voiced support for fossil fuels as being integral to "energy independence." In May 2016, he sponsored a bill to put a time limit on President Obama's federal coal leasing moratorium. He was a supporter of the Keystone XL pipeline, and has labeled climate change "not a hoax, but … not proven science either." Zinke has also supported increased drilling in environmentally sensitive areas such as the Arctic Ocean and Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
What is Earthjustice's position on Zinke's nomination?
In an interview with Montana Public Radio, Caputo explained that while Zinke did take an encouraging stand against selling off public lands in the past, "the rest of his voting record in two years has been awful for the environment." Unfortunately, even Zinke's stance on public lands has since been called into question, after he recently backed a measure that would make it easier to transfer public lands to states.
How have some of Earthjustice's partner and client groups responded to Zinke's nomination?
How many votes does it take to confirm the Secretary of the Interior?
The Secretary of the Interior is confirmed by a simple majority of the full Senate.
Did individuals have a voice in this process?
Yes. Senators had a critical role in the Secretary of the Interior confirmation process. Send a letter to your senators today. You can also call your senators—at their offices in Washington, D.C., and at their local district offices—to voice your opinion on Zinke's nomination. Call the U.S. Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121, and asked to be connected to your senator's office.
Remind your senators that the Secretary of the Interior plays a vital role in safeguarding America's natural treasures, and ask them to hold Zinke accountable for upholding the strong environmental laws that enable us to preserve and protect public lands, oceans and wildlife.


I m so excited to share with you my children's canvas and decor based on Micah 6:8! Over the past week, I worked hard to spruce up and make the space more casual and kid oriented. Izzie (my three-year old) and I made two canvases to put in the dining room, above her small, wooden table. I had thought I would stop there, but once I hung them it seemed too small on the wall.
This Glorious Day put her children's hand and foot prints on paper, wrote the phrases on top of the prints, and then framed it. So simple and beautiful!
I took Izzie outside to do the hands and feet and kept a bowl of water and lots of paper towels on hand for after she made the prints.
Izzie loved getting her hands and feet COVERED in acrylic paint. I used the same colors as used in the previous two canvases. And once covered, I very carefully placed her hands and feet on the canvas, being sure to go straight up and straight down.
There a bit of a smudge on one hand, but the smudge was easily removed with a wet paper towel. You could also use a wet Q-tip, just do it while the paint is fresh and wet.
After the foot and hand prints were in place, I went about painting the heart. I wanted it to look stamped like the hand and foot prints. So, I cut out a slightly asymmetrical heart using craft foam and glued it to the top of my large peanut butter container. I know, a peanut butter container…kinda weird choice, right? It was the only flat container I could find that was formed in a way that I could press and distribute the pressure evenly. It made a wonderful (and free) stamp.
Once the heart, foot prints, and hand prints were completely dry, I used a fine tip paint marker to write the words. This Glorious Day said she struggled with paint splatter using the pen. If you press too hard it will splatter as you go against the grains on the canvas. So, press lightly and retrace, if needed.
Once it was dry, I hung it next to the other two canvases. While pretty, it had too much white space compared to the other two canvases. So I took a dry paint brush and lightly brushed the edges with pink paint.
It is by far my favorite of the three canvases, in meaning and appearance!
Need some other ideas for using children's artwork for decor? Head on over to Heather at Setting for 4!
Could not have turned out better. Love the precious foot prints!
I think they are all awesome together… but I agree that this is my favorite also!!
Thanks, Erin! Can't wait for you to see them in person!
Nice job Jocie! I really like what you've done.
Definitely like this last one the most. Great concept. Wish I was that creative!
I like the detail that Lucy is too lady-like to get dirty. That is hilarious.
The kids make this one!


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in stock. When he sold out, it was to celebrate the regaining of his health.
In 1898 he made a short visit to California, stopping at Riverside and Colton, but
did not stay, however, until 1904, when he came to Los Angeles from New Mexico.
He had always been fond of marine painting, hence he soon set up his studio at Cata-
lina, where he remained for four years, off and on, returning frequentl}' to the inain-
land, and sketching to his heart's content. Since the spring of 1906, however, Mr.
Griffith has been established at Laguna Beach, finding, as others have, that this
locality has charms and advantages nowhere else hereabouts to be enjoyed. On
account of his long residence here. Mr. Griffith is recognized as the pioneer artist of
Laguna Beach; but he also makes annual trips to the mountains and desert for the
purpose of sketching.
Mr. Griffith's brother, A. H. Griffith — at whose home the mother made her home
until her death — is a noted art critic of Detroit, so that our subject seems to have
come to his own talents very naturally. As a self-taught artist, he has an individual
interpretation which is much appreciated by the admirers of his work. He is a regular
contributor to the art exhibits at Los Angeles and San Francisco, and is a member
of the California Art Association, and a charter member of the Laguna Beach Art
Association. He also belongs to the Laguna Beach Chamber of Commerce, and in
national political affairs is a Republican.
SIMEON TUCKER. — One of the substantial citizens of the community whose
increasing interests in Mexican lands has by no means diminished his enthusiasm for
Orange County and its future prospects, is Simeon Tucker, who was born in Stockton,
To Daviess County. 111., on June 1. 1847. His father was F. L. Tucker, a native of
Green Mountain. N. Y., who settled in Illinois about 1835, and was a pioneer merchant
at Stockton, when he had the post office on his farm, and he had to haul things to and
from Galena. In 1859 or 1860 the elder Tucker set out across the plains for California;
and arriving in Tuolumne County, he tried his fortune at mining. And there he died,
in March, 1884, esteemed by those who knew him in his rugged Americanism. He
had married Miss Marcia Hunt, a native of the Nutmeg State, but she died in Illinois.
She was the mother of six children, among whom Simeon, the youngest, is now the
only one living.
Brought up at Stockton, Simeon attended the Illinois district school, and for some
years assisted his father on the farm and in the store. In January. 1874. having come
out to California, he worked on a fruit ranch at Shaw's Flat, at thirty dollars a month,
after which he peddled fruit. In 1875 he came to Westminster, then in Los Angeles.
now in Orange County, and buying a ranch he engaged in general farming, raising
hogs and hominy.
When he sold out, at the end of five years, Mr. Tucker came to Anaheim, and in
1881 bought a place in the same district, but one mile below. He put in a vineyard, and
two years later it died. Then he set out St. Michael and Mediterranean sweet oranges,
and otherwise considerably improved the place. Later he traded it for a ranch in the
Newhall Mountains in Los Angeles County. He went into the hotel business at San
Francisquito Canyon, and the large stone building he then acquired is still standing.
In the meantime, having thirty-four acres in East Anaheim, he bought forty acres
more, all raw land, with cactus and other brushwood covering the surface. He
cleared the land, leveled it, drove out the rabbits and gophers, and in many ways
agreeably improved it; and then he raised orange trees from seed, and budded them
to superior Valencias. He sunk wells, installed an engine and had a tine pumping plant.
He devoted forty acres to oranges, and he was the first to set out oranges in this
district. In 1914 he also set out twenty-five acres of lemons. He raised much alfalfa,
and now he not only has an electrical pumping plant for himself, but he supplies water
to seventy-five acres belonging to other ranchers.
In addition to his valuable California holdings, Mr. Tucker owns two sections of
land in Sonera, Mexico, and he has a stock ranch of 18,000 acres at Hermosillo in
the same state.
In 1881 Mr. Tucker was married at Anaheim to Mrs. Lizette (Parker) Beckington,
a native of Marengo, McHenry County, 111., and the daughter of Leonard Parker. She
came to California in 1871 and settled with a brother at Anaheim, and later her parents
bought land in the East Anaheim district, near Madame Modjeska's home. In 1908
Mr. Tucker built a new, handsome residence. One son. Earl Robert, who was born on
the first ranch they had, has blessed this fortunate union; he married Miss Laura
Lensing, a native of Missouri, and assists his father. Mrs. Tucker has a daughter by
her former marriage, Mrs. Lottie Bush.
Mr. Tucker has always, both as a genuine American and as a Socialist, been
interested, not merely in building up a community, but in the more difficult, more
important work of upbuilding as well; and when he lived near Newhall he served with
satisfaction to all as a school trustee.
JAMES HARVEY GULICK.— A most interesting illustration of keeping one's
family tree record so that it may become a contribution to history, is afforded by
James Harvey GulicTc, who can trace his ancestry back to good old pre-Revolutionary
stock. Henry Gulick was a captain of the Second Regiment of Hunterdon County,
N. J., in the Revolutionary War. He married Mary Williamson of that county, and
of their several children one, a son, Nicholas Gulick, of New Jersey and New York,
served a part of his time with his father's command. He married Elizabeth Gano, also
of those two states. She was of Huguenot stock, and one of their children was William
Gano Gulick, of Clark County, Ind., and Cincinnati, Ohio. He married Sarah Adams,
and their son was named Martin Nicholas Guli?;k. He married Eleanor Welch in
Clark County, Ind., 1841, and the same year moved to Macoupin County, 111. After
living on his farm at Plainview for more than fifty years he came to Tustin, Orange
County, Cal., and died in 1900.
Their son, James Harvey Gulick, was born at Plainview, 111., June 18. 1844, and
there he attended the district school and lived with his parents on the liome farm.
After the Civil War broke out, he enlisted in Company A, One Hundred Twenty-second
Illinois \'olunteer Infantry, and served in the West, as some called it at that time,
and the last half of his service under that intrepid leader, Andrew Jackson Smith,
commanding the Sixteenth Corps. He was in spirited engagements in Tennessee,
Alabama, and Mississippi; was in action at Parkers' Cross Roads, Tenn., and Tupelo,
Miss., and present at Nashville, Tenn., and Fort Blakelv, Ala. He received his dis-
charge July 15, 1865.
After returning to the Illinois home, Mr. Gulick attended the best business college
in St. Louis, and then taught school in several counties in western Missouri. On
December 6, 1868, he was married in Appleton, Bourbon County, Kans., to Miss Laura
Jane Palmer, the daughter of William and Mary Palmer, of Greenbush, Warren County,
111. A forbear of Mrs. Palmer. Walter Palmer, came from England in 1629, and her
father from New York, and her mother from Ohio. They lived in Chickasaw County,
Iowa, during the Civil War, and in 1865 moved to Bourbon County, Kans. Mr. Gulick
went to Wilson County, Kans., in 1869, and took up 160 acres of government land,
to which he added 240 more, which he devoted to grain and stock.
On removing further west to California in the "boom" year 1887, Mr. Gulick came
directly to what is now Orange County and for a while he and his family lived in the
Greenville district. Then they removed to Villa Park; in 1893 he sold that farm and
moved to the Richfield section, where he purchased 107 acres. Seventy of these he
set out to walnuts and the rest in various crops. After nineteen years there, however,
he disposed of that holding and came to Santa Ana. Here he purchased a home at
1702 Spurgeon Street, where he has resided ever since. Ten children, eleven grand-
children and four great-grandchildren have called this worthy couple blessed. William
Nicholas married Mrs. Julia Scovil and is living in Tustin; Mary Eleanor died in in-
fancy; Phillip Frederick passed away at the age of nineteen; Fanny Ethel married
William Wagner of Long Beach; Lena May married William L. Hewitt of Santa
Ana; Arthur Quinn married Jessie M. Lough and is living at Fullerton; Winnie Hope
also died in infancy; Laura Helen married William Huntley of Tustin; James Mark
married May Wiley and they reside at Hemet; George Asbury married Maggie Forbes
and they live at Tustin. Mr. Gulick belongs to the Sons of the Revolution at Los
Angeles, and those that are interested in Gulick genealogy are invited to inspect a
fifty-page manuscript on file in the library of that order in Los Angeles.
WILLIAM M. SMART. — Highly esteemed as a member of a distinguished family
of Santa Ana, the late William M. Smart, was interesting as a gentleman long foremost
in movements for the educational and intellectual advancement of the community. He
was born at Xenia, Ohio, September 29, 1848, a son of Rev. James P. and Elizabeth
(McClellan) Smart. Reverend Smart served as a pastor of the United Presbyterian
Church near Xenia for twenty-two years, or until his death. W. M. Smart was given
a good public school education and afterwards attended the Xenia Seminary, after
which he was for years engaged in the coal business at Xenia with his brother John,
until he sold out to him to come to California.
In 1887 he arrived in Santa Ana and for a time served as secretary of the Mc-
Fadden Lumber Company, later he was for two years secretary of the Santa Ana Valley
Irrigation Company, and from 1901 until 1914, up to the time of his death, he served as
secretary and manager of the Santiago Fruit Growers Association. Mr. Smart had
been a member of the Santa Ana board of education and of the library board, giving
freely of his services when the present building was erected. In politics he was a
Republican in national affairs, but most nonpartisan when it came to putting his
shoulder to the wheel and working for the best candidates making for local improve-
ments. He was a member of the United Presbyterian Church and lived an exemplary
Christian life.
The marriage of W. M. Smart, on October 31, 1882, at Xenia, Ohio, united him
with Miss Lydia C. the daughter of William and Mary (Collins) Anderson, substantial
farmer folk of the Buckeye State. She was educated in the public schools of Xenia
and in Ohio Central College at Iberia, an institution now of national repute on account
of President-elect Harding having been a student there. To Mr. and Mrs. Smart six
children were born: Mary A., is • recognized as a professional photographer and is
proprietor of the Mary Smart Studio, Santa Ana; Janet, is the wife of Henry L. Thomp-
son of Moline, 111., and the mother of a son, Carson F. ; Fannie M., is a teacher in the
public schools of Bisbee, Ariz.; James P., who married Miss Loraine Scott, is a rancher
in Oregon, and he was formerly in Y. M. C. A. work in Los Angeles for years; he has
two children — Margaret and James P., Jr.; William A., is connected with the Oregon
State Agricultural College at Corvallis; and Carson M., is a surveyor and civil engineer
in the employ of the city of Los Angeles. William A., and Carson M. were in the
United States service during the World War, the former as a second lieutenant of
heavy artillery and in line for promotion when the armistice was declared. Carson M.
reached France, but did not see active service. Mrs. Smart had the honor of serving
on the Santa Ana Board of Education at the time when the Polytechnic was built, and
she also is a member of the United Presbyterian Church. William M. Smart passed
away on October 11, 1914, mourned by a large circle of friends in Orange County.
ADONIRAM JUDSON SANDERS.— The memory of a worthy, self-sacrificing and
attaining pioneer such as the late Adoniram Judson Sanders, known by all his friends
as plain Judson, is not likely soon to be forgotten, especially when his esteemed widow,
herself one of the oldest settlers in these parts is following in his steps. He was born
in Yarmouth, N. S., and came of English and Scotch descent; and there he was reared
and received his education in the local schools. In his youth he showed a natural
aptitude as a mechanic and he, therefore, followed the machinist's trade. Later, he
came out to Minnesota, locating at Le Sueur, where he followed his trade, and it was
there in December, 1865, he was married to Miss Elizabeth McPherson, who was born
in Chaumont, Jefferson County, N. Y., the daughter of Hugh McPherson, born in
New Hampshire, but of Scotch descent. The McPherson family were among the first
settlers in the Granite State, and Grandfather William McPherson served in the Revo-
lutionary War. Hugh McPherson was a captain in the New Hampshire State Militia,
and was also a farmer; and he followed agriculture when he removed to Chaumont Bay,
N. Y. He married Betsy Butterfield, a native of New Hampshire, and the grand-
daughter of Peter Butterfield, who was of English descent and also served in the
Revolution. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh McPherson were Presbyterians, and died at the old
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home farm at Chaumont, N. Y. They had thirteen chil.l.en, and Mrs. Sanders was the
youngest and is the only one now living. She completed her education at Watertown
Academy, and looks back to those girlhood days, in northern New York, as among the
happiest of her long career.
After his marriage, Mr. Sanders followed his trade in Minnesota, and in 1873, they
came out to California and purchased a ranch two miles east of Orange, where they
resided for thirty-six years. The land was a raw cactus and brush patch when they
first took hold; but they cleared it and brought it under cultivation, although for the
first five years they had very little water. They set out a vineyard of muscat grapes,
and soon enjoyed the credit of making among the finest raisins in the vicinity. Indeed,
a Los Angeles grocer selected some of their raisins as the best obtainable hereabouts
and sent them on to President and Mrs. Cleveland.
Then came the grape disease and killed the vines, after which, they put in a second
vineyard, but this also died after the first crop. They then gave up the vineyard, and
began setting out oranges and walnuts, and in time they had groves bearing splendidly.
After operating the ranch for thirty-six years, they sold out and moved into Orange.
Here they purchased the residence in which Mrs. Sanders now resides, and where,
in November, 1914, he died, aged about seventy-eight years, an exemplary man in all
his habits and a consistent Christian. While living on this ranch at McPherson, they
purchased 1,000 acres of land near Murietta, which they devoted to stock raising and
grain farming; but this ranch was also sold after Mr. Sanders' death.
Two children testify to the ideal marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Sanders: Will Hugh
Sanders is a well-known operator in the L,os Angeles realty world, and Frank .A.
■Sanders is ranching at Paso Robles. Mrs. Sanders has four grandchildren and one
great-grandchild. She is a member of the Presbyterian Church at Orange. For years
she was a member of the Ebell Club; and, as was her patriotic husband, Mrs. Sanders
is a stanch Republican.
JOHN F. PATTERSON.— .\niong the esteemed citizens of Westminster, Orange
County, Cal., is John F. Patterson, the successful pioneer merchant and oldest business
man in continuous business life at Westminster.
A native of Brook County, Va., he was born a few miles north of Wheeling, W. Va.,
April 14, 1851, and when two years old had the misfortune to lose his mother. When
he was nine years of age his father, W. J. Patterson, came to California and located on
the Feather River in Butte County, twenty miles above Marysville, where John F.
grew to maturity. The father engaged in the freighting business and ran an eight-mule
team, hauling freight to the mines in Plumas County, Virginia City, Nev., Black Rock,
Idaho, and other places. The only child by his father's first marriage, John F. was
educated in the schools of Butte County near Biggs. He later attended Heald's Busi-
ness College at San Francisco, where he pursued a general commercial course. While a
mere boy he worked several years for Maj. Marion Biggs, in Butte County, Cal., the
large stockman and owner of an 800-acre ranch. Afterwards he joined his father in
the sheep business and they owned a flock of 2,000 sheep. Then with his father and
three half-brothers he went to Abilene, Texas, to engage in the sheep business. He
was taken ill and returned to California, going to Los Angeles. The father died at
Los Angeles at the age of ninety. John F. engaged with Roth, Blum and Company,
provision dealers of San Francisco, as traveling salesman for the territory of Southern
California, and remained with the firm five years. Afterward he came to Westminster
and opened a grocery store in 1889, buying a new stock of groceries from Hellman,
Haas & Company, of Los Angeles. Since then he has been the proprietor of several
stores, and ran a general merchandise store, dealing in flour, hay, grain, etc. He was
manager of the flour and feed business for awhile, but has mainly functioned as
proprietor. At present he is proprietor of a flour, hay, grain, mill feed and fuel store.
Mr. Patterson's marriage was solemnized at Westminster, and united him with Miss
Virginia Carlyle of Westminster, daughter of H. W. Carlyle, pioneer rancher, who
came to California from Independence, Mo. Mr. Patterson owns the two acres upon
which he built his residence, and has been active in the civic life of Westminster,
donating the right-of-way for the Southern Pacific Railway through Westminster.
Ex-Governor George C. Perkins was a warm personal friend of both Mr. Patterson
and his father, and Mr. Patterson cast his first vote in California for governor for Mr.
Perkins. Politically Mr. Patterson is a Democrat, and fraternally he is a member and
past grand of the I. O. O. F., and recalls attending grand lodge once when Reuben D.
Lloyd was grand master. Manly, honorable and public spirited, matters that concern
the welfare of his home town receive his interested support, and his disinterested eflforts
for the community's betterment have won for him many warm personal friends and the
respect of his fellow-citizens.
MRS. ADELHEID KONIG-SCHULTE.— To know Mrs. Adelheid Konig-Schulte,
is to fully appreciate her talents and worth. As one of the pioneer women of Orange
County she has been identified with its development for over fifty years, during which
time she made Anaheim her home. A native of Hungary, she came to the United
States during her girlhood, with her father and stepmother and three brothers. After
the death of her mother she was reared in the home of an aunt in Vienna.
Mrs. Schulte is a lady of culture and has many varied accomplishments; the walls
of her home are decorated with oil paintings of her own handiwork and as a vocalist
of more than local renown she appeared in public before audiences in Los Angeles
many times, also has been on the program for vocal solos at the entertainments given
by the Calumet Club in their hall in that city at one time appearing before an audience
of 600 and singing in three languages, as well as appearing at other prominent gather-
ings on many occasions. Besides these varied accomplishments she is par-excellence in
domestic science, serving one year studying and demonstrating, and excels in both
plain and fancy baking. One cake baked by her and donated to the Catholic fair at
Anaheim sold for thirty-six dollars.
As stated, Mrs. Schulte came to the New World with her father, Henry Eichler.
and his second wife in 1866, first locating at Cairo, 111., where they joined her uncle.
From there Mrs. Schulte came to California, in the following year with her aunt,
locating in San Francisco, where these two ladies embarked in business, dealing in
dry goods and millinery. They carried on a very profitable business until the earth-
quake of 1868, which destroyed their building. From San Francisco she came to Los
Angeles in 1869, and it was here that she met, and that same year was united in mar-
riage with William Konig. He was born in Hanover in 1832 and was there reared and
educated and also learned the art of wine making, serving an apprenticeship of seven
years, after which he was employed at the trade for several years in Hamburg. He
later came from that city by way of Cape Horn to San Francisco and from there to Los
Angeles, where he found employment at his trade.
Immediately after their marriage in 1869 Mr. and Mrs. Konig came to Anaheim
and made a permanent location. Here Mr. Konig purchased twenty acres of land de-
voted to a vineyard, erected a winery and carried on a very profitable and growing
business, having one of the largest wineries in this section, which was then Los Angeles
County. They shipped wine in carload lots to various places in the United States and
even to Europe. Much of their product was kept and sold to be used for medicinal
purposes. Mrs. Konig was a true helpmate and worked with him picking grapes in the
field with the Indians and also assisted him with the manufacture of the wine. They
both labored hard to accumulate a competency and as a result became owners of some
very valuable property. Mrs. Konig erected a bath house in .Anaheim at a cost of
$6,000 which she leased, and where steam electric and mineral baths were given. She
presented the bell that marks the old El Camino Real, which was dedicated with
appropriate ceremonies February 5, 1911, and to commemorate the donor her name is
inscribed on a brass plate in front of the column supporting the bell; by virtue of this
gift she holds a life membership in the El Camino Real Association, which has done
so much to perpetuate historical features and for the betterment of the roadways in
the state. When the public library was secured for Anaheim, this public-spirited woman
donated one of the two lots for its site, and was a liberal contributor towards the
building of every church in that city. She was one of the organizers and a large stock-
holder in the German-.\merican Bank, now the Guaranty Trust and Savings Bank, in
Los Angeles. Both Mr. and Mrs. Konig were reared in the Lutheran Church.
Mr. Konig was an invalid for many years and his wife proved herself an excellent
manager, for she was the means of adding to their holdings of property as well as
improving them, thus adding to their value. They were both very generous and recog-
nized as being among the most liberal citizens of Orange County. Mr. Konig died on
April 1, 1911, at the age of seventy-nine years. On February 22, 1917, Mrs. Konig
became the wife of Anton Schulte and they lived in Anaheim one year, then on account
of the ill health of Mrs. Schulte, they moved to South Pasadena where they have a
fine home on Diamond Avenue and dispense a generous hospitality. Mr. Schulte is an
Iowa pioneer, having lived in that state for forty-eight years and where he achieved
prominence as an official and public-spirited man, always striving to do what he con-
sidered his duty. He came to California in 1914 and ever since then has booked a
permanent residence for himself in Southern California. He is a member of the
Knights of Pythias and of Anaheim Lodge No. 1345, B. P. O. Elks. With Mrs.
Schulte, he eniovs a wide circle of friends.
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FRED G. AND ELIZABETH TAYLOR.— A distinguished American couple of
Santa Ana, liighly esteemed by all who know them, and especially admired for their
many sterling qualities, are Fred G. and Elizabeth Taylor, who established the nucleus
of "Taylor's," now so noted throughout Orange County, in Santa Ana many years ago.
Mr. Taylor was born in Chicago, 111., in 1847, the son of John Otis Taylor, a native of
New York, who came west to Chicago and as early as 1852 located in Freeport,
Stephenson County, 111., where he was successful as a pioneer business man. He died
about 1900, survived by his widow, whose maiden name had been- Harriet Eames, and
who also died at Freeport. They were the parents of five children: J. B. Taylor, a
prominent business man and manufacturer in Freeport and founder and owner of


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Restaurants, Religion, and Rolling Hills!
Detroit Lakes! What an amazing region. Driving through the Smokey Mountain Hills on the way to Park Rapids we pass the unique Cowboy Church. I don't know how many of these are in the world but it is definitely a stopper.
And in this region there seems to be more churches per capita than in most places I have visited. Who knows, maybe that's why they are so genuinely friendly.
While we are here there is a national faith healers gathering. We tried and couldn't find it. It would have been worth seeing. My wife was not impressed when I told her that if it was going to cost money, she would have to live with damnation and look for her healer closer to home.
Dorset, the town of restaurants, may have more restaurants per capita than anyone else for its less than 50 residents, but it also has this church. Hopefully visitors come to pray from the surrounding region as well as this old stone church likely needs a big congregation to support it.
This really is a region worth visiting with families. While Rae and I toured it on our own the number of beaches on its multitude of lakes, and resorts of all kinds available it really is a holiday paradise. Cottages for rent are in abundance. And here at the Holiday Inn on Little Detroit Lake it has its own beach and totally updated and renovated rooms on the interior.
It also proved to be one of the best restaurants we dined at while in Detroit Lakes.But take a drive and you will find many other dining establishments.
We had to keep going back to Park Rapids, not just for the dining but for the shopping, ambiance, and other things to see and do.
While we didn't partake, river tubing seems to be a really big attraction in the area.
All in all, as we wrap up our visit, it has been a tremendous experience. Rae loved it and wants to come back next summer. And for my money that is likely the best recommendation of all.
People may be thinking more of sun destinations now but come next summer do consider this region an option. It has provided excellent memories for us.
Rolling on the River Again Nowhere near Detroit surrounded by over 400 Lakes!


Krsna cannot be controlled by anyone or any means. But pure devotee's love captures His attention, and He becomes controlled.
Form and action follows primary principle of desire to please Krsna.
Somebody who does not worry about the mood, just mechanics, still has that mood of only worrying about mechanics.
Sarva-dharman parityajya means switching from the idea that mechanics is all in all, to pleasing Krsna.
Devotion makes symptoms, not vice versa.
Purifying the focus on mechanics.
Masculine is situated in sambandha, focused on prayojana.
Feminine is situated in prayojana, focused on sambandha.
Interaction in abhideya is the common platform for them.
The 'couch potato' is situated 'below the modes.' Existence without transcendental knowledge is in the mode of ignorance. This type of masculine existence does not include Pradyumna, so there is no connection to prayojana, therefore it makes women insecure. Women will then try to move the man's position from Sankarshana to Pradyumna.
Krsna never goes in Sankarshana mood when He is with His energies, but the gopis accuse Him of this after His disappearance from the Rasa dance. But Radharani never questions Him, therefore Her love is the greatest, therefore everyone should serve under Her.
If one does not want to follow the rules, one should just manifest one's spiritual form, just as Srila Vishvanatha Cakravarti Thakura when caste brahmanas wanted to kill him.
Since we don't yet have a spiritual form, we use the form we currently have in Krsna's service.
If gopis would be allowed to freely move around, what would be the value of the parakiya rasa? There are rules to create rasa.
Nobody normally goes out in the middle of the day, so gopis go.
Parakiya-rasa gets intensified by rules.
If there would be nurses, how deep would mother Yashoda's love for Krsna be? She has her helpers, but mostly does everything herself.
We must focus on creating brahmanas, not on shudras in the management.
There are already leaders in each rasa, and nobody can become equal to them. There is always the principle of following in the footsteps of superior devotees.
We do activities that match our position, with facilities provided by Mahamaya, since we don't have the facilities of the Vrajavasis provided by Yogamaya. We don't imitate, but the effect will be that of Yogamaya.
Unless we are liberated, meditating on doing something in the spiritual world is sahajiya. If we project ourselves in the pastimes, they will disappear.
Our acting in our spiritual form will come in its own sweet time, literally.
Those who are qualified won't speculate, and those who speculate are not qualified.
Meditating on mother Yashoda because 'we should' is still vaidhi.
We are thinking that raganuga bhakti is created by externals because everything in society is.
We are trying to put in a gross framework something that is so subtle.
Before puberty the training of the girl is just about good qualities, afterwards she can understand the deeper meaning of chastity.
The shape of the grinding mortar; Krsna would turn it around and climb on it.
Mother Yashoda cooks the milk in a huge pot, so she is not able to handle it while also holding the baby.
Nanda's and Yashoda's love is far beyond what anybody else can ever achieve.
Mother Yashoda was herself engaged in various household works, doing whatever was necessary.
Meditation is done individually. In a group there is Hari-katha.
Butter from yoghurt cream is better for salty items.
Mother Yashoda would herself compose songs of Krsna's pastimes to remember them.
It would not be uncommon for people in Vedic times to speak in verses.
The acaryas have composed enough songs, and then there is all the Vedic literatures, so we don't have to invent our own.
The systems of artistic expression are already fixed. One just has to learn them and learn how to use them.
Akara – repetition of some parts of the songs in a particular way, such as 'madhur madhur madhur bhaje'.
Popsongs about Krsna may not carry the cit potency.
We should not associate too closely with nowadays Vrajavasis. We should not imitate or buy their songs.
We should follow in the footsteps of mother Yashoda in how to remember Krsna.
In South India flowers in the hair are considered dressed hair.
Many ornaments keep the feminine nature peaceful.
One should meditate on mother Yashoda, but not try to become like her.
The Vedic system only has adult education, children learn aspects of that according to their ability.
Butter is churned early in the morning, then it is better.
Mother Yashoda's prema is so strong; she was so concerned about Krsna's food that temporarily she neglected Krsna Himself.
Krsna guides the devotee what to do when best.
Taste is more important than the chronology of items.
Mother Yashoda is a much greater yogi than the yogis.
Any path outside of parampara is the wrong path.
There are many great personalities who know about Krsna from scriptures, but without any connection to parampara they don't surrender. They read all the things, but don't know what they are meant for.
The only purpose of the material world is to get out from here.
Most of the needs in the modern society are engaged in a sinful way, while in the Vedic society they are engaged piously.
The temporariness of the world is not important, if things are engaged in the Lord's service.
The essence of Bhagavatam is the 10th canto, the Lord's smiling face. That's where our focus is.
In kriya-shakti knowledge is applied. By knowledge we should give up desire for control and enjoyment.
The Lord is always caught by mother Yashoda's devotion.
Time and space actually don't mean anything in the spiritual world.
Devotees already live in the Lord's effulgence.
Only when there is a relationship, one is able to see the Lord.
The whole universe is afraid of Krsna, but He had fear of His mother.
Bhava extends down through stages of sadhana.
People dressing up for Halloween as devotees still get benefit.
As we take up our svarupa, we will appreciate the Holy Name more and more.
Punishment is only there to get proper understanding.
We are far from spiritual world only due to our consciousness.
All aspects of Krsna are attractive, but there are certain ones that bring out particular rasas.
Nanda Maharaja is not a follower of Vedic ritualistic ceremonies, he only uses them to please Krsna.
The first stage in Vraja bhakti is to meditate on the love of the residents, no matter which rasa.
In Vraja everybody are friends because they are all trying to please Krsna.
Transcending karma, jnana and yoga doesn't mean that we don't engage them.
Mother Yashoda has so much affection that she doesn't even care who Krsna is.
Krsna can be all the contradictory things at once, and it is always described.
Time and space is Krsna, so nuclear physicists can never understand it fully.
Krsna is unlimited, so an attempt to bind Him can only happen on the platform of pure love.
The greatest possible difference exists between the masculine and feminine principles, so bringing them together generates the greatest pleasure. Making man and woman equal makes it boring.
There are things that we can mathematically imagine, but they have no value for Krsna. Krsna has already chosen the best things.
We are mature in our faith in lust.
The potential of creation, maintenance and destruction is there in Balarama, but actually He does not do it personally, He just serves Krsna.
Both Krsna and Radharani have nothing to do, so they are a perfect match.
Iccha, jnana and kriya indicates the influence of energies; samvit, sandhini and hladini – their position.
Krsna is controlled by love, but it is not that one actually controls Him.
Krsna reveals Himself when He is pleased by our attitude.
The ones who think that form is not important actually manifest the impersonal nature to the greatest extent, even though they consider themselves the most personal.
Those who don't understand Krsna's personality, only see His effulgence.
There are unlimited expressions of love for Krsna, but it has to be according to Krsna's desire, not ours.
Aropya means overemphasizing our own needs and desires and projecting that unto devotional process.
The apasampradayas take a bonafide aspect of devotional service and overemphasize it to the point of absurd.
Brahmacharis overemphasize the prasadam aspect.
Mother Yashoda expressing affection for Krsna is prayojana. Her attempt to bind Him is a form of expression.
Devotee is happy as long as he is focused on Krsna. When one focuses on being happy, happiness goes away because we are focusing in the past, and it becomes ignorance.
Everything about Krsna is universal, but there are aspects that might work just for us.
It is probably due to lack of association that devotees take some aspects and overemphasize them, forgetting the whole picture.
Mother Yashoda is only concerned about the welfare of her son.
The two finger length that was lacking was filled up by devotee's endeavor (parishrama) and Lord's mercy (kripa).
Pure devotional service manifests more or less according to the influence of the time factor.
One cannot actually have proper conversations with politically correct people, because everything we say will be used against us.
Nowadays preaching can be done in a more nice, polite way, since there is no emergency, but it doesn't mean that one is not straightforward.
When there is steadiness, or faith for the devotee and it is combined with steadiness of the Lord, then the Lord shows His mercy.
The effort devotee makes is an expression of devotion.
When we simply try to use logic and intelligence, we can never understand Krsna. We only understand if He allows.
In the Vedic system the ability to reconcile contradictions is considered a better position than being able to find them.
If the Vedic things are not connected to Krsna they are useless – but we only get the 'useless' part.
Daksha is the most expert, but he is not a devotee.
Devotees' devotion, not action catch the Lord, but pure devotees' actions are based on their devotion, so they are not different.
We only have to separate between primary and secondary if there is some problem to sort out, otherwise not.
Control comes through service and surrender.
Technically properly done activity without a proper attitude does not give good experience.
Control is overrated, Lord controls everyone, but He desires to be controlled by His devotees.
Except for Vrajavasis, nobody works purely based on affection.
There are 3 kings overseeing Vrindavana – Nanda Maharaja, Vrshabhanu Maharaja and Govardhan Majumdar.
Varnashrama is actually only meant for the expression of rasa. It creates all environments for that.
Those who don't care for the rules, strictly stick to their own rules.
Contradictions can give profit, but if one doesn't know how to use them, they give losses.
Political correctness is hermeneutics how to interpret words according to political position.
Association with devotees create everything else in devotional service.
Our position in spiritual realms depends on how we identify ourselves.
Prabhupada has given us everything needed to go to Vrindavan, but we like digging around and finding other things that are actually not needed for that.
Srimati Radharani is the only direct servant of Krishna. All others are servants of the servants.
Raganuga bhakti is not about tricks.
We will always be following the footsteps of superior devotees.
Once one gets to that platform, there is technically no difference between Ragatmika and Raganuga.
Krsna can hear our prayers; we do not have to worry about it.
Krsna already controls everything, so for Him it is more interesting to perform human pastimes and be controlled by His devotee's pure love.
Bhava is still considered sadhana-bhakti.
All Srila Prabhupada's purports give a consistent flow of thought.
Women do not like men naked, even if women themselves are naked.
A curse by devotee is always beneficial.
One who does not take up devotional service after coming in contact with devotees is a naradhama.
Misbehaving kids called naradhama in India.
Narada Muni was not actually angry at the 2 sons of Kuvera, he just wanted to benefit them.
Arjuna trees have some medicinal properties, but otherwise they are devoid of opulence – no fruits or flowers.
Krsna sets the standard of what is right and what is wrong.
Human beings should only eat food offered in sacrifice.
How do we know if Krsna really accepted our offerings?
It is not volume that matters in devotional service, but we have been trained to think like that.
If one acts or preaches against the direction of the acaryas, we can understand that they are influenced by rajo-guna ando tamo-guna.
Since we are only assisting the Guru, there is nothing to be proud of.
When we wonder why things are not going well materially despite our spiritual practice, there is nothing transcendental about that doubt.
Materialists only have a veneer of good qualities.
With less possessions one is engaging senses less, one is less violent, so there is less pride.
Modern ideas and identities are not helpful for improving devotional service. We have to use the traditional culture.
Intoxication is bad, but not as bad as pride.
Narada Muni speaks of advantages of being poverty stricken.
Someone who is poor automatically performs austerity, so they develop the same qualities as saintly persons who perform austerity voluntarily. But because their consciousness is not involved in such austerity, they may abandon the proper behaviour if the situation changes.
We should aspire to eat enough, not more or less than required.
Modern society only has flavours of true ashrama relationships.
Restrictions create relationships. Our restriction is someone else's facility.
When one is tolerant one can have other saintly qualities also. Enemy is someone that we are not tolerant of.
Even if karmis manifest good qualities they are not worth associating with because their niceness is only for sense gratification.
The position of devotees should always be appreciated, even though there are some weaknesses.
Culture takes a long time to establish, but Krishna consciousness can be established immediately.
If we want to avoid devotees there is no place for us to go in the spiritual world.
Political correctness is atheistic if used as lifestyle. It may be a tool, but not a goal.
It is rare to meet people on prana-maya platform who are actually nice to everyone.
Internet was meant for business, not to replace personal interaction.
In understanding scripture we always have to use the perspective of the acaryas.
Several saints also walk around naked, but due to their purity nobody cares.
Children are born in devotee families to further their devotional service, otherwise they would have been born somewhere else.
Demigods are arms of the Lord's universal form, but as a person He does not care for them much.
Krsna is pleased by people taking shelter of devotees.
Pure devotees move through the world only paying attention to situations that can be engaged in Krsna's service, just as conditioned souls only pay attention to situations of sense gratification.
One who simply doesn't know is a mudha. One who is explained but rejects is a naradhama.
The context of piety within the material world is still that people are all prisoners.
Other than by the mercy of devotees there is no way to understand the nature of the Supreme Lord.
Normal punishment for walking around naked is to become a tree. But by the mercy of Narada, Nalakuvara and Manigriva were also allowed to be conscious and see Krsna.
The more one becomes proud, the more there is madness, or pramada.
In pride we think we are special and stop performing proper activities that move us forward.
Punishment is a normal case in the material world.
Any type of siddhi is only achieved by the mercy of the spiritual master.
Narada Muni gave qualification to Nalakuvara and Manigriva when there was none. The most wild cases of devotees are Narada Muni's disciples.
The Yamalarjuna trees were probably not hearing and seeing, but they were purified due to residing in the Dhama.
The more realized one becomes in Krsna consciousness, the more one actually sees everything in connection to Krsna as sarvam khalv idam brahma.
Those who are interested in trends are not actually into success, they are only interested in what is going on right now.
Vaishnavas are well-wishers of everyone, so if we are only well-wishers of a few, we have not reached that platform.
Just by seeing people who are above respect and disrespect, one gets benefit, whether one thinks nicely or badly of them.
Nobody actually likes what everybody else is wearing.
Culturally intolerant people are low-class.
Offense is temporary, but exposure to the Holy Name gives eternal benefit.
Having come to the platform of always remembering Krsna one does not fall away.
Development in devotional service has absolutely nothing to do with one's material qualifications.
The devotees understand the conditioned nature they are dealing with, they are expert at engaging people.
We cannot do anything to become a krpa-siddha, we have to follow our sadhana.
People in China only dislike Indian politicians, it has nothing to do with culture.
Krsna is just the best generic term for God.
Vedanta goes beyond the mundane, so everything can be explained by it.
Krsna is bound by the love of mother Yashoda. Neither Nalakuvara and Manigriva, nor Krsna's friends could untie Him. Only Nanda Maharaja could do it.
Gopis asked Krsna to bring them things simply out of affection.
Krsna does everything just for the pleasure of his relatives, so His activities are very, very attractive.
The Lord is the cause of all fruits, but He acted as if He needed some fruit.
False ego of thinking that we are able to benefit the Lord, or that we don't care for the Lord is quite useless.
The Holy Name is both the process and the goal, but none of other religious processes are.
Rohini is there in both Vraja and Dvaraka pastimes. But her affection is less than that of mother Yashoda, so she follows mother Yashoda.
Even though mother Yashoda is firm, she is still polite.
On one's birthday one is supposed to do more sacrifice, charity and austerity.
Everyone in the material world is making big plans, although their size differ.
People are bewildered because they do not know that they are just the instrument of material nature.
The Lord's impersonal aspect is spread everywhere, but it does not mean that the Lord is impersonal.
Everyone has an impersonal aspect. Perceptions of qualities is impersonal, but qualities have their personal applications.
First 6 cantos describe samanya-bhakti – what devotional service is and what it is not.
Anger should be overcome with intelligence because in anger intelligence goes. One should take things to a higher platform.
The modes have nothing to do with the real nature of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Yamaraja is death personified, and he does not get stopped by anyone.
The chanting of the Holy Name is not restricted.
No rule given in the Vedas ever get in the way of devotional service. They only get in the way if we think they have the same value as bhakti – we trip over our own low consciousness.
We should work on yama and niyama, not on rights.
Leadership may do the best they can, but even during Lord Caitanya's time there were people like Ramacandra Puri – to show that we cannot please everybody.
We cannot satisfy anybody on the material platform – the material modes can turn things around too quickly.
Who are we to expect something from the devotees?
Canto 6 explains how the Duties of Mankind is to connect themselves to the Supreme.
Prescribed duties are posana – how things are maintained.
We are supposed to learn how one who did something wrong will still be protected.
The person doing wrong should be corrected, and also those who think that such a person cannot be corrected should be corrected.


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Q: Transform scale property not working in Chrome & Safari

.tricky {
  width: 200px;
  height: 200px;
  border-radius: 50%;
  border: 0px solid;
  background: #2373bd;
  display: inline-block;
  position: relative;
  overflow: hidden;
}

.tricky_image {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  -moz-transition: all .6s ease;
  -webkit-transition: all .6s ease;
  -ms-transition: all .6s ease;
  -o-transition: all .6s ease;
  transition: all .6s ease;
  opacity: 0.7;
  border-radius: 50%;
  filter: alpha(opacity=70);
  overflow: hidden;
}

.tricky_image:hover {
  opacity: 1;
  filter: alpha(opacity=100);
  -webkit-transform: scale(1.2);
  transform: scale(1.2);
}
<!doctype html>

my desired effect is only working in Firefox and i assume IE. I am starting with a transparent image with a div wrapper around it with a blue background. When the user hovers over the image, i want it to zoom in and restore the opacity to 100% without breaking the set width and height of the div wrapper. This works perfectly in Firefox, but when i run the animation in Chrome the image exceeds the width of the blue div wrapper behind it. Here is my code and any help would be appreciated & JS Fiddle http://jsfiddle.net/yaLupdzo/1/:
<!doctype html>

A:   -webkit-transform: scale(1.2);
  -moz-transform: scale(1.2);
  -o-transform: scale(1.2);
  transform: scale(1.2);

You can repeat your code like that for browser compatibility..

A: This is a known issue as filed here: https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=157218
In Webkit, with hardware acceleration, animated layers get promoted to a different rendering surface during animation, and then demoted once the animation is complete.
Turns out there is a simple solution. Have the container element 'promoted' to the same rendering layer as the hardware accelerated child by adding a lightweight animation to it:
.tricky {
    width: 200px;
    height: 200px;
    border-radius: 50%;
    border: none;
    background: #2373bd;
    display: block;
    overflow: hidden;
    -webkit-transform:scale(1.0);
}

.tricky_image {
    width: 200px;
    height: 200px;
    -webkit-transition: all .6s ease;
    opacity: 0.7;
}

.tricky:hover {
    -webkit-transform:scale(1.0);
}

.tricky:hover .tricky_image {
    opacity: 1;
    -webkit-transform:scale(1.2);
 }

See: http://jsfiddle.net/yaLupdzo/3/
Note that I've also added a simple animation to the parent container's default state, so that the same issue doesn't happen when hovering out.

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When Alex Billington and myself were at Sundance, we caught the awesome indie sci-fi flick The Signal. Now the film is poised for release this summer from Focus Features, and to kick off the hype machine, we have some viral goodies that just popped up. First off, the viral video led us to the website RUAGITATED.COM, and that's where we were given a special code to access the teaser poster featuring a pixelated Laurence Fishburne, and a few new first look photos from the film as well. This is seriously one cool little sci-fi flick with some impressive special effects and a cool, mysterious story. More details below!
We're not sure what else can be accessed, but that countdown is likely leading to the trailer this week.
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The Spurs are up nine with 28 seconds left.
The Spurs are up nine with 28 seconds left, and they are playing the Kings.
Boris Diaw is credited with the alley, but it kind of looks like he just missed an awkward shot with three seconds left on the clock.
Tiago Splitter gets the oop; at 6' 11'' he seems to get about eight inches off the ground.
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