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First - out thanks to the 3000+ of you that open our monthly epistle. We try to make it worth you while and hope that it provides you with a few minutes of escape from your day. We'd like to hear from you about what you like and don't like about the newsletter.
Drop us an e here and let us know.
In April we had nearly 100 folks try their hand at our quizzes.
Marion T knew the
Peace Arch was located at the US Canada border and 63 of you recognized the
Wright brothers statue.
Sue C was the winner this month.
We're thinking of an all singing and dancing June newsletter, though we're still working out the details. Plus - really??? Not one of you picked up on the ground breaking Daniels Tunnel story. We were sure to have heard from a few engineers out there! Have a beautiful May!
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Just a reminder for those of you who brag on the one that got away...
425 lbs Sea Bass caught off Catalina Island by trumpet player Edward Llewellyn 1903. Wow, that's some trumpet player!
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that's the one that mounts on the wall)
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but you'll only pay for one
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We offered this promotion last year and it was wildly successful. So if you missed out last year - give us a call today and take advantage of these savings!
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Introducing The Galaxy Garden
This Galaxy Garden is the world's first large-scale, walk-through scale model of the Milky Way, mapped in living plants and flowers.
Different plants represent stars, globular star clusters, and nebulae and are placed in their actual galactic locations. At the center of the garden is a fountain representing the black hole at the Milky Way's heart.
All the stars visible without lenses in Earth's sky are one foot or less away from the Sun's perch on a single leaf in the Galaxy Garden. Designed by Jon Lomberg it can be found at the Paleaku Peace Gardens in Kona, Hawaii.
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Fix your gaze on the center of this image (the black pixel/dot) and stare at it for about 20 seconds. The colors will disappear.
Troxler's fading
, or
Troxler fading
, or the
Troxler effect
, is an
optical illusion
affecting
visual perception
. When one fixates on a particular point for even a short period of time, an unchanging stimulus away from the fixation point will fade away and disappear. Recent research suggests that at least some portion of the perceptual phenomena associated with Troxler's fading occurs in the brain.
Troxler's fading was first identified by Swiss physician
Ignaz Paul Vital Troxler
in 1804, who was practicing in Vienna at the time. But you probably knew that.
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Quiz #1... Who Is This Gent?
Think you know?
tell us here and you may win a gorgeous $25 Visa gift card!
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Albert Bierstadt "The Lookout"
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Albert Bierstadt
(January 7, 1830 - February 18, 1902) was an American
painter best known for his lavish, sweeping landscapes of the American West. To paint the scenes, Bierstadt joined several journeys of the Westward Expansion.
Born in Germany, Bierstadt became part of the
Hudson River School in New York, an informal group of like-minded painters who started painting along the Hudson River. Their style was based on carefully detailed paintings with
romantic, almost glowing lighting, sometimes called
luminism. An important interpreter of the western landscape, Bierstadt, along with
Thomas Moran, is also grouped with the Rocky Mountain School.
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Are We Crazy... or Do We Need Cake?
Spring has refused to arrive (as of this writing it is 38 degrees and sleeting!) So, we made a cake. You should too. You will feel better as a result of your efforts.
Hot Cocoa Cake
yield
8 slices
Ingredients
CAKE
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½ cup Dutch-processed cocoa
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1 ½ cups organic all-purpose flour
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1 teaspoon baking soda
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½ teaspoon baking powder
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ÂĽ teaspoon salt
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1 ÂĽ cups boiling water
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4 ounces unsweetened chocolate, chopped
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1 teaspoon instant espresso powder or instant coffee
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10 tablespoons organic unsalted butter, softened
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1 ½ cups packed light brown sugar
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3 large organic eggs, at room temperature
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½ cup organic sour cream, at room temperature
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1 teaspoon vanilla extract
FROSTING
FILLING
GARNISH
Instructions
CAKE
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Adjust and oven rack to the upper middle and lower positions and heat oven to 350 degrees. Spray 3 8-inch round cake pans with nonstick baking spray.
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Whisk flour baking soda, baking powder and salt together in a large bowl. In a medium bowl, whisk together the boiling water, chocolate, ½ cup cocoa and instant espresso powder.
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Using a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachme
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medium speed until light and fluffy, about 3 to 6 minutes. Beat in eggs 1 at a time until combined, about 30 seconds. Add sour cream and vanilla extract and beat until combined.
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Reduce the mixer speed to low and add the flour mixture in 3 additions, alternating with 2 additions of the chocolate mixture. Mix until just combined. Do not over mix. Give the batter a final stir by hand.
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Divide batter evenly among the prepared cake pans and smooth tops with a spatula and tap gently on the counter to release air bubbles. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cakes comes out clean or with a few moist crumbs attached, about 15 to 20 minutes. Switching pans twice through baking.
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Let cakes cool in their pans on wire racks for 10 minutes. Invert cakes on to wire racks to cool completely, about 2 hours.
FROSTING
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Place white chocolate chips in a small bowl. Bring ½ cup heavy cream and cocoa to a simmer in a small saucepan over medium-high heat, whisking until smooth. Pour cream mixture over chocolate chips and whisk until melted and smooth.
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Let white chocolate cool completely, about 30 minutes. Using a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, whip remaining 1 cup heavy cream with white chocolate mixture on medium-high speed until soft peaks form, about 1 - 1 ½ minutes. Set frosting aside until needed, or place frosting in another bowl and clean out your mixer bowl to make the filling.
FILLING
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Combine the sugar, cream of tartar and water in a small saucepan with a tight fitting lid. Heat saucepan over medium-high heat uncovered. Once the mixture comes to a boil, cover the saucepan and cook for 2 minutes. Uncover the saucepan and continue to boil until the sugar syrup reaches 242 degrees on a candy thermometer.
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While the syrup is heating up, combine the egg whites with the salt in a clean bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment and beat beginning on low speed and gradually increase to medium-high speed. Beat until soft peaks form.
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If your sugar syrup is close to reaching 242 degrees, continue to whip the egg whites to firm peaks. If your sugar syrup is not close to reaching 242 degrees, let the egg whites wait at the soft peak stage before whipping them into firm peaks as the sugar syrup comes to temperature.
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Once the sugar syrup has come to 242 degrees and the egg whites are whipped to firm peaks, run the mixer on high speed and slowly pour the sugar syrup down the inside of the bowl and into the whipped egg whites. Continue whipping until the filling becomes thick and holds stiff peaks, about 5 minute. Add vanilla extract and whip to combine.
ASSEMBLE
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Place 1 cake layer on a plate or cake pedestal. Spread ¾ cup to 1 cup of the marshmallow filling in an even layer over the top, leaving about ½ inch from the edge free of filling.
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Top the second layer of cake and spread about ¾ cup to 1 cup of the marshmallow filling in an even layer over the top, leaving ½ inch from the edge free of filling.
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Place the third cake layer on top and spread frosting over the top and the sides of the cake in an even layer.
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Arrange marshmallows on top in a large mound. Place remaining marshmallow filling in a piping bag and pipe marshmallow filling around marshmallows in a decorative fashion. Dust with extra cocoa powder and serve.
Notes
Cooled cakes can be stored wrapped tightly in plastic wrap at room temperature for 2-3 day.
Cooled cakes can be stored in the freezer wrapped tightly in plastic wrap, then foil for up to 1
month. Defrosted cakes at room temperature before unwrapping and frosting.
Assembled cake can be refrigerated up to 1 day in an air tight container.
SPECIAL TOOLS
Or you could just stop at Dunkin Donuts...ya know?
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Raffaele Monti
(1818-1881) was an Italian sculptor author and poet born in Milan. He studied under his father, the noted sculptor Gaetano Matteo Monti in the Imperial Academy.
He was invited to Vienna while aged only 20 where he received extensive patronage, he subsequently returned to Milan in 1840. Monti exhibited at the Royal Academy, and soon earned recognition as a leading sculptor with his piece for the 6th Duke of Devonshire, the "Veiled Vestal" a figure with illusionistic veil, a specialism of his.
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Theater Critics Can Be So...
We just saw the latest Hartford Stage production,
"Age of Innocence."
It was wonderful. Of course one might disagree but would they be as nasty as some of these reviews?
C.A. Lejeune wrote of
The Iceman Cometh
, "It is longeth and it stinketh."
The
New York Post
titled its review of a new Clifford Odets play: ODETS WHERE IS THY STING?
Walter Kerr after the Broadway opening of
I Am a Camera
: "Me no Leica."
Of a 1920s play whose author happened to be a vicar of Brockenhurst, the
Daily Graphic'
s critic wrote that it was "the best play ever written by a vicar of Brockenhurst."
George Jean Nathan on a 1920s musical: "I've knocked everything in this show except the chorus girls' knees, and there God anticipated me."
Brooks Atkinson on
First Impressions
, a 1959 musical version of
Pride and Prejudice
: "Farley Granger played Mr. Darcy with all the flexibility of a telegraph pole."
Walter Kerr on Jay Robinson in
Buy Me Blue Ribbons
: "Mr. Robinson has delusions of adequacy."
John Mason Brown on a 1937 production of
Antony and Cleopatra
: "Tallulah Bankhead barged down the Nile last night as Cleopatra and sank."
Nathan on Maureen Stapleton's opening in 1953's
The Emperor's Clothes
: "Miss Stapleton played the part as though she had not yet signed the contract with the producer."
Dorothy Parker on a 1931 Empire Theatre production: "The only thing I didn't like about
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
was the play."
George S. Kaufman on Gertrude Lawrence in
Skylark
: "A bad play saved by a bad performance."
A critic wrote that that Wilfrid Hyde-White had spent one West End performance "prowling round the stage looking for laughs with the single-mindedness of a tortoise on a lettuce-hunt."
Max Beerbohm once had to greet a great Edwardian actress after watching her give a tedious performance. Thinking quickly, he said, "Darling! Good is
not
the word!"
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(Now Get One Free!)
Never Worry About Running Out Again!
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The Gremlin Tank Monitor is a reliable and inexpensive system that allows you and Daniels Energy to know exactly how much fuel is in your propane tank at all times.
Accurate information keeps run-outs from ever happening again!
The Gremlin attaches to your propane tank and sends daily readings directly to our office via cell phone technology.
You can also download the Gremlin app - for access to that same information right on your phone!
The Gremlin is the perfect peace of mind technology for:
* Snowbirds on extended leave for the winter
* Customers with second homes
* Customers with inconsistent propane usage
* Customers who experience changes in usage with kids moving back in
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Customers who experience 4 Nor-easters in 4 weeks
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Know anyone like that?)
Now is the time to install a new Gremlin Tank Monitor.
For Daniels Propane customers with company-owned tanks the
Gremlin and installation is
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PLUS:
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For Daniels Propane customers with customer-owned tanks there is a one-time charge of $149.95 for the Gremlin and installation.
Plus the $6.95 a month fee.
CALL Daniels Energy Today
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860.813.9122
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Let's pay a visit to the Department of Awesome Anamorphic Artwork where everyone is trying to wrap their brains around this amazing 3D calligraphy and lettering created by Turkish graphic designer and electrical engineer Tolga Girgin. His playful letters defy both gravity and reason as they appear to sit upright, drip down on, melt off, dance around and float above their respective pieces of paper
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Sometimes we try to make it as easy as we can, because, hey, we're nice people. This is not one of those times.
Tell us where we are
(in the picture) and you may win one of those highly coveted $25 gift cards.
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Red Apple Restaurant in St. Joseph, Missouri. Here are some other bizarre shaped houses. What were they thinking?
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A True Leave 'em Laughing...
Epitaphs gathered by Gyles Brandreth for
Famous Last Words and Tombstone Humor
Underneath this pile of stones
Lies all that's left of Sally Jones.
Her name was Briggs, it was not Jones,
But Jones was used to rhyme with stones.
(Skaneateles, New York)
Here lieth
Mary - the wife of John Ford
We hope her soul is gone to the Lord
But if for Hell she has changed this life
She had better be there than be John Ford's wife
1790 (Potterne, Wilstire, England)
Old Thomas Mulvaney lies here
His mouth ran from ear to ear.
Reader, tread lightly on this wonder,
For if he yawns you're gone to thunder.
(Middlefield, Massachusetts)
Sacred to the memory of Henry Harris
Born June 27, 1821, of Henry Harris
and Jane, His Wife. Died on the 4th
of May, 1837, by the kick of a
Colt in his bowels.
Peaceable and quiet, a friend to his
father and mother, and respected by all
who knew him, and went to the world
where horses do not kick, where sorrow
and weeping is no more.
(Williamsport, Pennsylvania)
Here lies I -
Jonathan Fry -
Killed by a sky-
Rocket in my eye-
Socket.
(Frodsham, Cheshire, England)
Julia Adams.
Died of thin shoes,
April 17th, 1839, aged 19 years.
(New Jersey)
A stone in Litchfield, Connecticut, reads, "Sacred to the memory of inestimable worth of unrivalled excellence and virtue, N.R., whose ethereal parts became seraphic, May 25th, 1767."
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Dave, John & Bob
The Daniels Family says, "thank-you for reading, This Just In."
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