Completed in 1930, the baroque-inspired brick mansion is a staple among L.A. filming locations and can also be seen in Being There, The Muppets and as Gleeâs Dalton Academy. In Hail, Caesar!, the houseâs wood-paneled drawing room was turned into Capitol Studiosâ conference room.
Mussels are mollusks found in fresh water and salt water habitats. They are longer and more elongated that other types of edible mollusks like clams. They are frequently found attached and clumped together on wave-washed rocks. To reach market size it takes mussels over a year to grow.
Natural adhesive systems of marine mussels, Mytilus edulis (INL research and development). (PDF, 176 KB), on the blue mussel byssus thread. Apart from the foot, two siphons can be seen, as soon as the mussel opens its shell halves wide enough. A mussel will do so only under water, to breathe and to feed. Like other bivalves, mussels also are filtrators that take oxygen from the surrounding sea water to breathe as well as food particles. In doing so, mussels make a very important part in preserving the ecosystem of the Wadden Sea: Each individual mussel filters about 2 to 3 litres of sea water per hour. Taking into account the falling dry of mussels during low tide, that makes about 10 to 20 litres of sea water per day and mussel.