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The San Diego Audubon Society invites you to the 18th annual San Diego Bird Festival, being held at the Marina Village Conference Center. Festival headquarters, overlooking a picturesque marina, is just steps away from San Diego's species-rich San Diego River estuary. From sea to desert to mountaintop, San Diego County has a lot of birding to offer, with more than 500 species. The birding area encompasses diverse habitats ranging from desert to mountains, shore to coastal wetlands, urban and suburban. We'll even go birding by bicycle and kayak.
Friday's banquet keynote speaker will be James Currie, host of Nikon's Birding Adventures on NBC Sports Network. Long-time festival favorites such as social mixers, the keynoter banquet, and the Birding & Optics EXPO are returning in 2014.
The 2014 Bird Festival offers four pelagic trips. Swarovski Optik, SeaWorld San Diego, and Victor Emanuel Nature Tours are the pelagic trip sponsors. Pelagic birding maestro David Povey leads the trips and his co-leaders include some the best pelagic birders in the area. In addition to keynote speaker James Currie, who is the host of Nikon's Birding Adventures on NBC Sports Network, Denver Holt is a special festival guest. Denver is the founder and president of the Owl Research Institute, whose papers include Birds of North America and The Handbook of the Birds of the World. Currie will be a guest leader on two "Coastal Highlights" trips, and will be accompanied by a small film crew for Birding Adventures Television. Denver will host the Friday luncheon program on the identification and natural history of owls, as well as leading two "Night Owls" field trips and presenting an informative owl program for kids on Family Fun Day. The Festival will also include daily, free estuary walks, and Family Fun Day.
Sponsored by SDG&E, family-friendly activities include live bird presentations, a visit from Denver Holt the "owl-ologist," art activities facilitated by Family Adventures in Nature, kayak demos by Hobie, and a bird-calling workshop. All family events on Sunday are free with no pre-registration needed, although some field trips and workshops have limited availability. Families may sign up for these events in the registration room on the day of the event, on a first come, first serve basis.
Our exhibition area will be open to the public from 1 to 4 p.m. daily, February 27th through March 2nd. Try out new binoculars, learn about the latest and greatest in gear, or find that special piece of art you've been looking for. A pre-registration mixer for festival attendees will be held in the EXPO area Wednesday, February 26th, from 4 to 6 p.m. Social mixers for ticketed festival attendees are held in the EXPO area from 4:00 to 6:00 PM Thursday, February 27th and Saturday, March 1st.
The 2014 San Diego Bird Festival will be held at the Marina Village Conference Center, 1936 Quivira Way, on Mission Bay. All field trips begin and end at Marina Village and all workshops are held at Marina Village break-out rooms near the Seaside Room. Signs will direct you to the registration and check-in area.
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Take the Sea World Drive exit. From Sea World Drive, take West Mission Bay Drive on your right. When you see the large green sign that says Quivira Road, get in the farthest left of the two left turn lanes. Turn left, go one very short block and turn left again. Drive about one-half mile and Marina Village will be on your right. Turn right into the parking lot when you see the sign for the office. Then, just look for the Bird Festival signs that will direct you to our registration area, classes and our Optics Fair.
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Take the West Mission Bay Drive exit to the right. You will be on Ingraham Street for a short distance from which you will take the next exit marked West Mission Bay Drive on your right. When you see the large green sign that says Quivira Road, get in the farthest left of the two turn lanes. Turn left, go one very short block and turn left again. Drive about one-half mile and Marina Village will be on your right. Turn right into the parking lot when you see the sign for the office. Then, just look for the Bird Festival signs that will direct you to our registration area, classes and our Optics Fair.
The Dana on Mission Bay (www.thedana.com) is the Festival's host hotel and the nearest hotel to Festival headquarters at the Marina Village Conference Center. It's an easy walk and free shuttles will run each morning to Marina Village. To reserve a room reservation directly with The Dana, call toll-free 1.800.445.3339 or locally 619.222.6440 and mention that you are with the Bird Festival. To register using discounted Festival/Assembly rates, visit www.sandiegoaudubon.org.
Campland on the Bay (www.campland.com, 1.800.422.9386 or locally 858.581.4260) is also close by and available RV hookups. Located at 2211 Pacific Beach Dr., San Diego, Campland is on the northeast side of Mission Bay Park overlooking the Kendall Frost Wildlife Preserve. Campland offers a 20% discount on any site to Bird Festival registrants. Campland is a 5-minute drive from Marina Village via Pacific Beach Dr. and Ingraham St. south to Quivira Basin.
Join the San Diego Audubon Society and Andiamo Travel for a 10-day, specially priced trip to bird all 1063 miles of the stunning and rugged Baja Peninsula, Mexico, with two boat excursions, one in Magdalena Bay and the other at Scammon's Lagoonto see the world famous "friendlies," female California Gray Whales and their young calves. Over 400 bird species have been recorded in Baja California Norte and Sur and adjacent waters. Several of these endemic species and unique plumage subspecies found nowhere else in the world. Target birds include Xantus's Hummingbird, Gray Thrasher, Belding's Yellowthroat, and Blue-footed Booby. The trip is sponsored by San Diego Audubon and operated by Andiamo Travel. Registrations are made through Andiamo Travel, not with San Diego Audubon. Visit www.andiamo-travel.com and click the Our Journeys tab, then Baja Peninsula and Birding, or call toll-free 800.661.1325.
Extend your festival experience with a post-festival trip! Join San Diego Audubon and Andiamo Travel for a 4-day, specially priced trip to bird the Salton Sea. The Salton Sea, located along the Pacific Flyway, contains 5 distinct habitats: the sea, agricultural, wetlands, desert, and suburban. Imperial County attracts annually more than 400 species of birds. It has become an important staging and wintering area for migratory birds, and a permanent habitat for many species, some of them endangered. It is the "south in winter" for many species, breeding grounds for some and the northern limits for a few. This birder's paradise offers variety, rarities, and overwhelming numbers. The trip is sponsored by San Diego Audubon and operated by Andiamo Travel. Registrations are made through Andiamo Travel, not with San Diego Audubon. Visit www.andiamo-travel.com and click the Our Journeys tab, then Salton Sea and Birding, or call toll-free 800.661.1325.


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Joop Alberda was appointed head coach of the Netherlands Men's National Team in 1994 and soon became a legendary figure within the program. He guided Netherlands to the gold medal at 1996 FIVB World League, and that success continued on into the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games as the Dutch won their first-ever Olympic Games gold medal. He was proclaimed the Best Volleyball Coach in the world after the two gold-medal performances, and the Dutch chose the 1996 Olympic performance the top sports moment of the 20th century. Alberda served as the technical director for the Dutch Olympic Committee from 1997 to 2004, and that led to a record 25 Dutch medals at the 2000 Olympic Games. He later served as the technical director for the Dutch Volleyball Federation from 2006 to 2010.
Nalbert Bitencourt was a multi-dimensional player equally skilled as a passer and attacker on Brazil's dominating teams of the early 2000s. He was part of Brazil's Triple Crown of gold medals in winning the 2002 FIVB World Championship, the 2003 FIVB World Cup and the 2004 Olympic Games. During the Triple Crown run, Bitencourt helped Brazil capture the 2001 and 2003 FIVB World League titles to go with the 2002 World League silver medal and 2007 World League gold medal. He was selected as Brazil's Sportsman of the Year in 2002. Bitencourt played professionally in three countries - Brazil (1992-1999, 2004-), Italy (1999-2002, 2002-2004), Japan (2001-2002).
Tara Cross-Battle became the United States' first four-time Olympic Games volleyball player having competed in the Games in 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004. In her debut Olympics, she helped the United States to the bronze medal in Barcelona. Cross-Battle competed in three FIVB World Championships (1990, 1994, 2002), winning the bronze medal in 1990 and the silver medal in 2002. She was instrumental in the United States winning gold medals in the 1995 and 2001 FIVB World Grand Prix, along with bronze medals in the 2003 FIVB World Cup and World Grand Prix. In 2001, Cross-Battle led the U.S. to the NORCECA Continental Championship and was named most valuable player in the tournament.
Miloslav Ejem of the Czech Republic has been a leader within the FIVB for over 30 decades and passed on his technical knowledge to countless up-and-coming coaches. He served on the FIVB Coaches Commission for nearly 30 years with stints as both the commission president and secretary. Ejem was a member of the FIVB Technical Commission from 1994 to 2002. He held a spot on the FIVB Board of Administration from 1998 to 2002. Ejem shared or independently authored approximately 30 books, including the FIVB Coaches Manual, and over 100 volleyball technical articles. He served on the Czech Volleyball Federation Administrative Board from 1969 to 1982.
Sandra Pires helped usher in beach volleyball at the Olympic Games and was a dominant force on the sand for many years. She and Jackie Silva won the inaugural Olympic Games beach volleyball gold medal in 1996. Four years later Pires teamed with Adriana Samuel to win the silver medal at the 2000 Olympic Games. She and Silva won the 1997 FIVB World Championship held in Los Angeles. Pires later teamed with Tatiana Minello to earn the bronze medal at the 2001 FIVB World Championship. Pires was a three-time FIVB Tour Champion in 1995, 1996 and 2003, won 20 FIVB titles and reached the medal podium in 110 FIVB events.
Roza Salikhova was a nominated attacker for the USSR in the late 1960s and through most of the 1970s. She earned gold medals at both the 1968 and 1972 Olympic Games as the USSR was in a class of its own during that period. In between the two gold medals, Salikhova helped the USSR to the 1970 FIVB World Championship gold medal and later captured the silver medal at the 1974 FIVB World Championship. Her medal collection also includes gold medals at the 1967 and 1971 European Championships. During her career she won six USSR championships playing for two different clubs. Salikhova was presented the USSR Honorable Master of Sport in 1968 and was later honored with the Order "Sign of Honor."
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Sixty-year-old Leonor Mason chimes in: "My grandsons and their friends come home for summer vacation and there are no jobs for them. At night, you walk in the neighborhood — it's frightening. [The immigrants] urinate by the clock tower! At CVS, my God, they just loiter — it's hurting their business. They're shoplifting. Go in TJ Maxx, Ross — you don't have room to walk anymore."
Joseph Henry Timlin Jr., a master tile setter — "28 years in the trade, baby" — says he went to El Sol to find day work. "I thought I had a good chance." He says he took a number but didn't get hired. Like most of the protesters, he is white. He wishes more African-Americans would join the protesters' cause. If a white woman wanted to try going through the raffle process at El Sol, Timlin says, "Come armed, and bring your boyfriend. Illegal aliens commit a lot of rapes."
Marine Bob gets a kick out of the time he called the cops on a Mexican restaurant that was flying the Mexican flag withoutflying an American one in a position of superior prominence — a violation of U.S. Code, Title 4, Chapter 1, Section 7, Paragraph C, he recites. The cops, he said, made the restaurant fold up its flag.
Almost every time the light turns red and cars back up at the intersection, the protesters get at least one honk of support. Sometimes people chime, "Get 'em out of here!" or "Better days are coming!"
Less frequently, people argue: "Racist! I respect hard-working people better than you!" One passerby shouts out the window: "Oh yeah — you guys were all on the Mayflower! You're all fuckin' idiots."
It's about 11:30 a.m. when four giggling teenagers suddenly jump through the bushes carrying signs that say "I [Heart] Immigrants," "Buck Fush," and "Deport Yourself — You're an Immigrant Too."
"We are brothers!" shouts the only boy, 17-year-old Eric Lankford. He runs through the crowd of protesters and leans toward the windows of passing cars. "The melting pot is boiling over!" he wails, then bursts into laughter. His three female friends giggle and raise their signs high in the air.
This is something the protesters didn't count on: counterprotesters. Teenaged nihilists. Provocateurs who question everything.
"Shut up, you piece of junk, piece of trash," mutters John Barber, in his jean shorts.
"You hate your own family!" cries Lankford, jumping up and down.
"Speak for yourself, idiot," Barber says.
"I think that guy's got a problem," Marianne Bonsignor says worriedly.
"Everyone here is for Satan!" Lankford yells at cars, laughing.
"You're jumping around like a nut," Bonsignor says.
"They're radicals," John Parsons mumbles dismissively, trying not to take the bait.
"Hooray for communism!" Lankford shouts.
"If I had a son like that...," Bonsignor gasps. "He's got a brown sock and a black sock — is that weird or what?"
The protesters leapfrog the counterprotesters to get the more visible spot on the sidewalk. The counterprotesters leapfrog them. And so it goes, until the cops walk over.
Barber and another protester grill two of the girls about their beliefs. They admit that they don't know that much about illegal immigration and that they tagged along because they were bored. "You are talking like a little girl," Barber says condescendingly. "Educate yourself." She folds an arm across her chest as though embarrassed.
Lankford continues to jump and shout, waving a sign that says, "You can't be a pimp and a prostitute too!"
"It's better illegals get hired than idiots like you," Barber grumbles.
Eighteen-year-old Sarah O'Connor stands her ground as the protesters try to convince her that they are saving the jobs of her family and her generation. She knows better; she's president of Amnesty International at her high school. "The pilgrims weren't legal," she says. She believes the protesters' claims are bunk. Kids her age work at movie theaters, not at jobs based on physical labor, and she's never seen gang violence at her school. Most of her peers have gotten along fine with incoming immigrant students. "We're all cool with it," she says.
Bonsignor approaches the cops. "I don't think they should be permitted to use those signs," she states.
"Freedom of speech, ma'am," the officer replies.
"Yeah, but it's nasty speech." She herself has been holding a sign that says "Secure the Border" all day, but any irony is lost on her.
As the two groups — all white — crowd the sidewalk, a Hispanic male comes cruising down the lane on his bicycle. He looks oblivious to the fracas around him — and quite possibly about him.
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Jefferson City, Mo. -- Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster and 11 other states entered into a settlement today with the company formerly known as General Motors Corporation ("Old GM"), which now goes by the name Motors Liquidation Company. For years, Old GM manufactured automobiles with mercury switches. The settlement will fund Old GM's share of the costs of collecting mercury switches from old cars that are scrapped at the end of their useful life.
The settlement is the result of a claim Attorney General Koster filed on behalf of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources in Old GM's bankruptcy case. The claim asserted that Old GM had the legal obligation to fund a program to collect, recover, and recycle mercury switches from its cars.
As a result of the settlement, Old GM agreed to a claim of $2,845,000 to resolve the claims of 12 states. The money will be paid to End-of-Life-Vehicle Solutions, Inc. (ELVS), a not-for-profit corporation that operates the National Vehicle Mercury Switch Recovery Program, a voluntary, national program established in 2006 by the United States EPA, automobile manufacturers, and related industries.
"Exposure to mercury can cause serious health effects to children and others by damaging the nervous system, kidneys, liver and immune system," Koster said. "The National Vehicle Mercury Switch Recovery Program is important for protecting the public and the environment from the harmful effects of mercury."
Under the recovery program, more than 3.48 million switches containing 7,650 pounds of mercury have been collected and recycled. Without the recovery program, most of that mercury would have gone into the environment.
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biographical name(born Sept. 10, 1839, Cambridge, Mass., U.S.died April 19, 1914, near Milford, Pa.) U.S. scientist, logician, and philosopher. He was the son of the mathematician and astronomer Benjamin Peirce (1809–80). After attending Harvard University he spent 30 years with the U.S. Coast Guard Survey (1861–91). As a scientist, he is noted for his contributions to the theory of probability, the study of gravity, and the logic of scientific methodology. He eventually abandoned the physical sciences to study logic, which in its widest sense he identified with semiotics. He lectured on logic at Johns Hopkins University from 1879 to 1894, then spent the rest of his life writing in seclusion. He is regarded as the founder of pragmatism. Though he made eminent contributions to deductive logic, he was a student primarily of the logic of sciencei.e., of induction and of retroduction, or abduction, the forming and accepting on probation of a hypothesis in order to explain surprising facts. His lifelong ambition was to establish induction and abduction as permanent branches of logic.
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[1834] Effect of Fixatives and Duration of Fixation on Expression of MSI Markers.
Patrick A Adegboyega. LSU Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA
Background: Tumors with abnormal DNA mismatch repair (MMR) genes are described as having microsatellite instability (MSI) and have also been shown to have distinctive clinical and pathologic features including tumor response to chemotherapeutic agents and patients' survival. Hence, immunohistochemical expression of MMR gene products is used to screen for MSI status of tumors for therapeutic decisions and determination of prognosis. This study investigates the optimal tissue processing and fixative conditions for immunohistochemical assay of MMR proteins.
Design: Benign samples of 10 routine tonsillectomy specimens and 5 colectomy specimens were fixed separately in 10% neutral buffered formalin (NBF) solution and dissect aid (DA). Matched samples from each fixative were processed for routine paraffin embedding after fixation for 1, 7, 14, 21, 42, 84, 96, and 112 days. Section of each block was immunostained for MLH1, MSH2 and MSH6. Immunoreactivity was scored in a blinded fashion using a semi quantitative score of 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4. The fixatives' code was then broken.
Results: In tonsils, MLH1 expression in germinal centers was comparable in both fixatives for the first 4 weeks; and thereafter begins to fade out in fixative A samples – with even lower scores in the inter-follicular areas and in the overlying squamous mucosa. For fixative B, MLH1 and MSH6 expression were 4+ in all samples and in all compartments of the tonsil throughout the 16 weeks of tissue fixation; MSH2 expression was 3- 4+ but begins to fade out after 4 weeks. Fixative A samples expressed 1-2+ MSH6 only in the germinal centers and MSH2 was undetectable in most cases (8/10) – even with as little as 24 hours of fixation in fixative A.
In the colon, all fixative B samples stained strongly positive for MLH1, MSH2 and MSH6 and the strong staining reaction was maintained throughout the study. In comparison, fixative A samples' MLH1 scores were consistently at least 1+ lower than corresponding scores for fixative B samples. MSH2 and MSH6 had negative staining reaction for all colon samples processed in fixative A – with as early as 24 hours fixation.
Conclusions: The effect of tissue fixatives on levels of MSI markers is tissue dependent and also varies with the gene product examined. In the tonsil, the overlying squamous mucosa and interfollicular lymphoid cells are more negatively affected than the germinal center cells fixed in fixative A (DA). Compared with MLH1, MSH2 and MSH6 are more susceptible to the adverse effects of fixative A in all the tissue types studied. Fixative B (NBF) is the preferred fixative for MSI immunohistochemical assays.
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Dear McDonalds: I feel as if we are growing apart…. Or maybe you are looking out for my best interest. Can McDonalds and I have a healthy existence together?! I just don't know. We need relationship counseling… I will acknowledge that I created a wedge when I developed a 3 Sweet Tea a day addiction if you acknowledge that Ronald McDonald was slightly overweight in the 2010 Macy's Day Parade. Ok, ok, ok… let's not point fingers… let's recognize that both of us are growing…. maybe for the better.
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This is on the inside wall of the closet above the door. The house was built in the mid 50s, and I have no idea what this is. It's in the entry hall. The wall on the outside of the closet has never had any holes (paneling keeps no secrets). Oh, I know what the one on the left is. :) Thanks!
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- Posted by badgergrrl (My Page) on Tue, May 17, 11 at 18:59
Looks like the transformer for a doorbell. |
Doorbell makes sense--are they ever mounted entirely in a closet? Yet there aren't any holes or patches for the dinging part. There is an existing doorbell and it's elsewhere, in what I THINK is the original location because I just vacated another house in the subdivision by the same builder etc. There is also a set of bells in the backyard that I assume is a doorbell but doesn't ring. We just moved in and haven't had time to trace all the weirdities yet. So it's not a bomb. Whew. :) |
Do it yourself alarm system?? Get a good flashlight & see if you can find any writing on the "thing". Can you tell which direction the wiring is going- attic or upstairs I guess since not down wall.(look with flashlight!) Sounds like you are going to have some puzzles to work through! Good Luck! |
- Posted by badgergrrl (My Page) on Tue, May 17, 11 at 23:43
It's not the bell / chime part, it's just the transformer, which steps the electricity down to what is needed for your bell. Article linked below... |
Here is a link that might be useful: About wired doorbells
- Posted by columbusguy1 (My Page) on Wed, May 18, 11 at 3:35
Another option to consider: rather than a doorbell transformer, it could be a ringer box for your telephone! My house has such a box mounted in the basement, and it would go off whenever someone called, until I found the volume switch and turned it down--not all old phones had their own bells inside, so the house needed such a box to let you know of an incoming call. |
No all old phones had ringers.....the big set of bells can still be bought at places like radio shack. My mother was going deaf and I bought a set like that so that it would produce a loud 'mechanical' ringing, instead of the softer electronic ring of the new phones in the hopes she could tell when someone was ringing her up. They can be mounted outside, too so that you can hear if the phone is ringing in the house when you are outside. These were popular in the days before wireless and mobile phones. It was an issue. |
I was ready for the doorbell explanation and now you bring up phones! It could probably be either. Or neither. I thought it was part of the original construction but on second glance, it's not as pretty an installation as I'd expect. On the other hand, this closet was never even painted. Yet it does have the same mahogany trim as the outside. Maybe they forgot... Anyway, it's a one story house (crawl space/crawl attic) and this is pretty close to the front door. (Also pretty close to everything else since it's not that big a house.) Thanks for the suggestions. I still don't know but at least I have a clue. I'll have to crawl around in the attic and figure out some of these things. |
- Posted by liriodendron (My Page) on Wed, May 18, 11 at 14:08
Could it have been part of a visual annunciator system for the telephone/TTY for a deaf person? (Or same function for a door bell?) L |
So where are the chimes part of your doorbell located? In my folks' 1930s house, immediately over the entry way closet on the outside. I shall have to look to see if the transformer is located just on the other side on the inside of the entry wall closet. LOL. I do believe, however, their door bell transformer is inside a large decorative box where the chimes are. I do agree, it does look like a voltage step-down for a solenoid device, and i'm still wagering it's a door bell transformer. Those red and black wires do not feed anything with much voltage. |
- Posted by badgergrrl (My Page) on Wed, May 18, 11 at 15:06
Listen to calliope (and to me), it's a transformer, and unless you have some other type of hardwired low-voltage thing in your house (old-school intercom?), it's for the doorbell. New doorbells have them built right in, old ones don't. You can mount the transformers wherever you want, as long as it's between the line voltage and the doorbell. They don't have to be close to either the chimes or the button. (Mine is mounted on the wall in the basement under the front of the house. They ran the doorbell and chime wires along in the basement.) |
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Sounds doorbelly. It could have been an intercom--I've seen at least one in this subdivision and this house was one of the spendier ones. |
The size, shape, and location strongly suggest doorbell transformer. Another possibility, somewhat less likely, is that it's a transformer for a gas heater of some kind, perhaps a wall furnace or even a coal furnace conversion burner. |
Hmm. There is an unringing bell on the back patio that I thought was an accessory doorbell, but it does have a wire running directly to a phone jack. Ack. I'm gonna have to crawl around in the attic, aren't I? |
The phone jack set of bells is not part of your doorbell system. It is the unit I was telling you about you can still get at radio shack. It was mounted outside, so that it rang when the impulse came in through the phone lines and if you were outside, you could tell when somebody was trying to call you. They were popular in the days before mobile or cordless phones. It does not have to be wired in to any transformer because the ringer is set off by the same small electrical impulse what sets off your phone ringers. It's totally unrelated to your transformer in the closet. Trust me on this one. I have a set. Do you see a push button to operate it? No. If you have a button at your rear entrance, it has nothing to do with that set of bells. Doorbell ringers are inside, so you can actually hear that somebody is outside. LOL. |
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Right. I'm assuming those bells are for the phone. I don't know if the closet transformer is for those, the regular doorbell, or another, smaller set of bells (much more doorbelly) elsewhere on the back porch. The main doorbell ringer is inside. Of course. But having a ringer in the backyard (no button) would make sense as the original owners were into backyard entertaining. This is one of those postwar neighborhoods that was built for that sort of thing! |
"Right. I'm assuming those bells are for the phone. I don't know if the closet transformer is for those" No, fori......I just told you they had nothing to do with a transformer. The electric they used is provided by the telephone line and those are telephone annunciators and a self contained unit. Are you finding another set of bells or something? If you aren't then you don't have outside door bell chimes. You may have a back door button for a door bell, but it is connected to the same system your front door doorbell is but would have a different ring pattern so you'd know whether someone was at your front or back door. I grew up in that era........and although it is possible to have an annunciator so that you could hear outside if someone was ringing at your front door, it would be something pretty unusual and likely a custom installation. You're making something really complicated out of a simple, common pair of devices. If your front doorbell works now, go unhook those two little wires inside the closet. If your front (or back) doesn't work then you'll know we were right. |
Doorbells are normally 24 Volts, 60 Hertz, AC. The ringing voltage for a phone is 90 volts, 20 hertz, AC. It really looks like a plain old doorbell transformer, at least it is not buried inside the wall. |
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I didn't say it. Frank Schaeffer, the son of Francis Schaeffer, said it. Frankie is a writer and New York Times best-selling author of Crazy for God
Read the rest of his Huffingtonpost blast here but make a strong coffee first.
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"It's the Christian Zionists who have driven American foreign policy over a cliff. (I'm speaking here as the proud father of a Marine, who was sent to war in the Middle East, again and again.) Christian Zionists continuously jeopardize our future by putting the promotion of harebrained interpretations of biblical "prophecy" ahead of the well being of both Israel and the US.
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To the Christian Zionists "defending Israel" is just a handy pretext for indulging their obsession: egging on, even "helping" the fulfillment of "biblical prophecies" about the "return of Christ." But their worst sin isn't just embracing dumb "theology" but that they have enabled a nefarious group of losers to irreparably harm America and contribute to the needless killing of our men and women in uniform worldwide: the neoconservatives.
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Well, they tried. Circus Records has consistently put out some of the most genre-pushing, forward-thinking, and outright weird dubstep and bass-related sounds over the years, but I can't help but feel that a good chunk of their Grand Central compilation is simply jumping the shark. From a Cookie Monsta tune that sounds entirely rhythmless to a repetitive Flux Pavilion carnival/hardstyle sounding track that is trying way too damn hard, the compilation is a misstep from Circus, a collection of mood-killing bass music that defies expectations in the not-so-great way. A big part of Circus' reputation is exploring new sounds, but the entries from the big names, like Flux and Cookie and even label boss Doctor P, all sound like either half-baked sketches of ideas or absurdly over-confident concepts that would confuse most dancefloors before inspiring them. This isn't to say there aren't a few gems in the rough here: "Bada Bing" by Robots Can't Dance is a balls-out 128BPM banger that expertly walks the line between big-room and bass music aesthetics with trumpets turned to a billion. 100BPM jams from Mizuki, as well as Odjbox and Port Limbo, provide a sanctuary of tasteful, groovy vibes in an otherwise tone-deaf compilation.
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People pictures, alright! I got one of those:
Here's one from my dad's collection: a wedding from the 1940s. The woman in black is quite a contrast to Carol's Red Hatters. I'm sitting here (at work) in my jeans, wondering if she's younger than I. Hard to tell. I'd also like to know what the last man on the right is staring at. LOL |
A few from this years backpacking trip. All five of my kids and a daughter-in-law were able to go this year. Here I am on the trail less traveled. My daughter after not being able to shampoo her hair for a week. The kids; kind of. Ron |
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My grandpa, getting ready to retire from the railroad...signing his last log book in 1948. |
My husband and son, at Cabela's. Old pic of my mom and my son, who is now 45! |
My granddaughter (and Caroline, the collie-shepherd) about five years ago. |
Here's another man and critter pic that I found. Taken at a state park lobby. DH and the bear. |
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Mission San José's new retablo by Agustin Parra borrows elements from the mission's carved façade and colors found in original church interior paint. Carol Baass Sowa | Today's Catholic By Carol Baass Sowa Today's Catholic
SAN ANTONIO • One hundred years ago, visitors stepping inside Mission San José y San Miguel de Aguayo would have been standing in underbrush and the rubble from the old mission's collapsed roof and north wall. The towering stone façade surrounding the doorway through which they passed would have held partially destroyed statues and carvings — another reminder of how badly the old church had fared since the abandonment of the missions at the end of the 1700s. It was a far cry from San José's glory days as a thriving center of faith and life in Spanish Colonial Texas.
Fast forward to August 2011, with the mission's interior walls painted in their original colors and rising tall and proud up to San José's domed ceiling, a gilt-trimmed retablo soaring above the altar, and the intricately carved stone façade shining like new in the hot Texas sun, and it is evident the stately old "Queen of the Missions" has reclaimed her past glory — with more to come.
On Aug. 20, the day following San José's reopening and rededication, members of the San Antonio Professional Tour Guide Association gathered inside for a special talk and tour presented by Father David Garcia, director of the Old Spanish Missions; mission restoration architect Carolyn Peterson of Ford, Powell and Carson; and Tom Castanos of the National Park Service.
"We didn't do this just to restore a building, we did it for deeper reasons," said Father Garcia, speaking of the restoration. "We're taking care of people's lives throughout the cycle of life," he said. "That's what this is all about."
Founded in 1720 by Father Antonio Margil de Jesús, a Franciscan missionary, Father Garcia related that the actual building of the church did not commence until around 1768, after Native Americans had been gathered in and money raised for construction. San José almost did not come about at all, as Father Antonio Olivares was adamant that San Antonio did not need more missions, already having Mission San Antonio de Valero, today known as the Alamo. Father Margil persisted though, and as a result we have Mission San José, as well as missions Concepción, San Juan Capistrano and San Francisco de la Espada. He coaxed funding from the Marqués de San Miguel de Aguayo by promising to add his name to that of St. Joseph, to whom the new mission was to be dedicated and whose statue Father Margil already had in his possession. It is the statue that today graces the lower right niche of the new retablo.
After the missions were shut down by Spain, they fell into disrepair, but San José, as Father Garcia put it, was "so big and so beautiful" that it was kept going by different orders over the years, which is why its "convento" sports both rounded German arches and pointed Gothic ones. By the early 1900s, however, San José's roof, dome, one wall and a portion of another, and part of the tower had collapsed, leading to the city, state, San Antonio Conservation Society and Archdiocese of San Antonio coming together in an effort to save the deteriorating mission that Father Margil had set out to make the most beautiful in all New Spain. In the depths of the Great Depression, work began on what would be the mission's first major restoration, ensuring its survival into the future.
Father Garcia related the church was built in the traditional Spanish manner, with sanctuary to the east so the priest, as he faced the altar with his back to the people, would face the rising sun symbolizing the light of Christ. The elaborately carved façade of stone angels and saints around the front doors faced west, "the darkness."
For the current restoration, Agustin Parra of Guadalajara was commissioned to create a retablo for the church. Its blue-gray background is a color unique to San José among the San Antonio missions and matches original paint trim traces found on interior walls, with shades of ochre and red trim from the walls also seen in the retablo, which displays floral motifs, shells and "guarda malleta" (resembling rising curtains) drawn from the façade. Some of the retablo's decorative elements are painted in 24-karat gold leaf.
The retablo's niches hold its original statue of St. Joseph, a statue of the Blessed Virgin from the late colonial period, and two new statues created by Parra: St. Michael the Archangel, poised to battle the forces of evil, and St. Francis of Assisi in missionary pose. The retablo also displays cherubs and the crucified Christ, with a magnificent "esplendor" bearing the Holy Spirit at its summit. Parra is considered one of the best artists in Mexico for his realistic statues, Father Garcia noted, and uses old techniques from the 1600s and 1700s, such as burnishing with the skin of a goat's stomach.
The new altar, ambo and altar chairs were carved by local ARTchitectural Interiors, with Victor Salas using long leaf pine salvaged long ago from barracks demolished at Fort Sam Houston. Their decorative carvings are also drawn from elements in the façade, including the Sacred Heart. Contractor for the church renovation was Guido Brothers Construction Company. Restoration Associates was hired to carefully remove patches of wall plaster in the interior for traces of original color to match in repainting.
Carolyn Peterson, architect for the San Antonio missions for 40 years, noted the church's roof was restored in the 1930s, with columns of concrete installed in the walls and ceiling to stabilize them. "In restoration," she said, "you want to remember that something that looks like the original really isn't." Peterson commended those involved in that early reconstruction for doing a "really good job" with what they had. Ernst Schuchard was the engineer and did much recording of what still existed there, including the brightly colored geometric designs originally painted on the mission exterior. Reproductions of these were applied to a portion of outside wall back then and can be seen today. This lime coating prevented water leaking through the porous rock walls, and Peterson noted leakage here is a problem that still needs to be addressed. The sacristy, whose walls remained intact over the years and whose exterior holds the famed Rose Window, will also be a focus of future restoration work.
Commenting on what a thrill it has been to be involved with the missions for so many years, she noted a new surge of restoration on San José began with architect O'Neil Ford in the late '60s, with whom she worked. During that time, she said, they managed to keep fixing things as best they could on a very tight budget. A study they did back then was the basis for the present restoration spearheaded by Father Garcia, resulting in the first long-term plan for the missions being implemented. "It's been a wonderful thing for me just to see it finally happen," she said.
In introducing Tom Castanos of the National Park Service (NPS), Father Garcia explained that the federal park system here is unique in that the four missions function as Catholic parish churches within a national park. Church property ends with the church walls, he noted, so the federal government spends no money on upkeep of the mission church.
Castanos, who has an archaeological background, reported on a discovery that had occurred during the present restoration. In digging up the flagstone floor at the rear of the church to lay new electrical and gas lines, an intact skull and scattered bone fragments were found. The Center for Archeological Research at the University of Texas at San Antonio, monitoring the excavation, determined the skull to have been that of an adult, but it was not possible to date it and no records of burials under the church floors exist. Father Garcia surmised, based on church procedure in missionary times, it would likely have been either a priest or a Native American leader. The remains were photographed "in situ," measured and catalogued, before a solemn re-interment where they were discovered, with a blessing given by Father José Antonio Posadas, OFM, pastor of San José.
"That was just a moment in time that stopped everybody in their tracks," said Castanos. He recalled the words of his archaeology professor at the University of Texas concerning such discoveries: "Remember it is no more than a human — but it is no less. Treat it as if it is someone's relative. Treat it is as if it is someone's family. It is not an oddity. It is not something you display in a glass case. It is someone. Do no more with it than you would with your own. Be just as respectful."
Moving outside to view the ornate limestone façade that surrounds and rises above the front doors, Father Garcia noted that restoration here was moving into its third year, with half to two-thirds completed. Work on the upper façade is essentially finished, and stone conservationists Ivan Myjer and Miroslav Maler of Massachusetts-based Building and Monument Conservation will begin concentrating on the lower carvings this fall.
He related that Myjer, a master stone mason who had worked on the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York, had commented that San José's façade was among some of the finest work he had ever seen world-wide and that he considered working on it to be a crowning achievement of his career. The façade's decorative carvings (some of which have five layers of depth) were originally chiseled out of the large stone blocks that were then hoisted into the façade, an amazing feat in itself.
The façade depicts Mary's family tree, with St. Anne (holding the child Mary) and St. Joachim at the base of elaborate vegetation that extends upwards to Our Lady of Guadalupe and St. Joseph with the infant Jesus. Flanking them are Franciscan saints, St. Dominic and St. Francis of Assisi.
Peterson noted that Myjer and Maler felt it likely different teams of less-experienced stone masons were involved in carving the lower façade, as there is evidence of the two sides not coming together evenly. It was felt likely that the upper portion was the master carver's work, though who he was has yet to be proven conclusively. Two names in the forefront of the scholarly contention are Pedro Huizar and Antonio Salazar.
Father Garcia pointed out that black mold covering the statues and decorative carvings had been removed and the head of St. Francis, which had been about to fall off, was safely reattached. A notable project in the lower façade will be the statue of St. Joachim, who is missing an arm that held a book, for which a replacement will be carved. Where things are replaceable, that is being done, he related, but in some cases things will be left alone, such as historic graffiti from the 1800s.
"Not everybody appreciated it for what it truly is," he said of the façade, noting in earlier times people removed pieces for souvenirs and used the carvings for target practice. "We don't know what we have here. We really have something spectacular here that nobody else has in the country."
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Australian rock star Rick Springfield lent his name, likeness, and songs to this 13-episode show about a magic schoolteacher and her six students. Originally spun off from an episode of fellow Filmation series The Brady Kids, Mission: Magic starred teacher Miss Tickle, her pet cat Tut-Tut, and students Franklin, Vinnie, Kim, Carol, Harvey, and Socks, who together formed the "Adventurers Club." The animated Rick Springfield also had a pet, an owl named Tolamy.
In every episode, some sort of trouble reared its head in Rick's alternate dimension, and the singer would contact Miss Tickle on his magic gramophone for help. Responding to the call, Tickle would draw a chalk door on the blackboard, creating a portal to Rick's fantasy world. Not surprisingly, principal Mr. Samuels disapproved of all the supernatural goings-on, but Tickle's otherworldly field trips were simply too exciting for the Adventurers Club to pass up.
At the time this cartoon aired, Springfield was primarily a superstar in his own homeland, with 1972's "Speak To the Sky" as his only stateside hit. He would, of course, go on to greater U.S. fame as a star of daytime's General Hospital and as the singer of "Jesse's Girl" and "Don't Talk To Strangers."
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Ingredients for the Yuzu parfait:
16oz Lemon Curd
10oz Swiss Meringue (stiff)
2 C Cream (stiff peaks)
2 T Yuzu
Combine oil and curd then fold in meringue
Whip cream
Fold together and pipe into acetate tubes
Ingredients for the Swiss Meringue:
4oz Whites
8oz Sugar
Combine sugar and whites in kitchen aid bowl.
Place over steam bath and warm.
Ingredients for the Green Tea Ice Cream:
568 grams Milk
84 grams Cream
120 grams Yolk
120 grams sugar
3 grams stabilizer
42 grams milk powder
40 grams glucose
20 grams trimoline
6 bags green tea
Milk and cream to warm, add tea bags cover and let steep.
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Squeeze out tea bags and rewarm milk.
Dissolve glucose and trimoline into milk.
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Temper yolks and proceed ala anglaise.
Chill overnight then freeze in paco.
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