#calyceal

[nofatclips]

The Great Void by Calyces from the compilation album Unity vol 1 - In Solidarity With The Refugees of Moria Camp - Video directed by Kostas Konstantinidis & Panagiotis Tsalavrettas

[rockattitudegr]

Καλοζυγισμένα grooves και ένωση με τα αρχέγονα ένστικτά μας!!! Οι Khirki kai Calyces θα μας παρασύρουν στο χαοτικό μουσικό τους σύμπαν!!!”

[sinavlia]

[aliciavance4228]

Apparently Zeus Isn't the Biggest Whore...

I made a Top 3 Malewhores from Greek Mythology out of curiosity, and apparently Zeus isn't the first one.

3rd Place: Apollo! 🥉

Bodycount: 52

Goddesses (4)

Hecate

Calliope

Urania

Thalia

Nymphs (15)

Aethusa

Acacallis

Chrysothemis

Corycia

Cyrene

Leuconoe

Melaena

Melia

Ocyrrhoe

Othreis

Urea

Rhetia

Sinope (depending on the myth version)

Stilbe

Syllis

Mortal Women (24)

Acalle or Acacallis

Amphissa

Euboia

Aria

Deione

Arsinoe

Dryope

Evadne

Erginos

Hecuba

Hyria

Celaeno

Chione

Coronis

Creusa

Cyrene

Leucippus' wife

Manto

Parthenope

Phthia

Procleia

Psamathe

Thero

Thyia

Male Lovers (9)

Hyacinthus

Hymenaeus

Cyparissus

Adonis

Admetus

Branchus

Helenus

Hyppolytus

Phorbas

2nd Place: Zeus! 🥈

Bodycount: 56

Goddesses (16)

Aphrodite

Demeter

Dione (unless Aphrodite is motherless)

Eurynome

Gaia

Hera

Hybris (depending on the myth versions)

Calliope

Leto

Metis

Mnemosyne

Nemesis

Persephone (again, depending on the myth versions)

Selene

Styx (when she's the mother of Persephone)

Themis

Nymphs (18)

Aegina

Aix

Borysthenes' daughter

Deino

Electra

Himalia

Hora

Io

Callirhoe

Carme

Maia

Nymphe African

Nymphe Sithnis

Nymphe Samothrakian

Othreis

Plouto

Taygete

Thalia

Mortal Women (21)

Alcmene

Antiope

Danae

Dia

Elara

Europa

Eurymedusa

Callisto

Calyce

Cassiopea

Lamia

Laodameia

Leda

Lysithoe

Niobe

Olympias (Yes, mother of Alexander of Great!)

Pandora

Pyrrha

Phthia

Semele

Thyia

Male Lovers (1)

Ganymede

1st Place: Poseidon! 🥇

Bodycount: 71

Goddesses (4)

Amphitrite

Aphrodite

Demeter

Gaia

Nymphs (25)

Alcyone

Anippe

Arethusa

Ascra

Beroe

Eidothea

Euryte

Celaeno

Celusa

Chione 1

Chione 2

Cleodora

Corcyra

Medusa (I know she's a gorgon but this is the closest category she could've been included in)

Melantheia

Melia

Mideia

Nymphe Khias

Nymphe Tarentine

Peirene

Pero

Pitane

Salamis

Thoosa

Tritonis

Mortal Women (40)

Agamede

Aethra

Alope

Althaea

Amphikriton's daughter

Amymone

Anippe

Arene

Arne or Antiope

Astydameia

Astypalaea

Europa (not that Europa, another one; now I'm starting to believe that Poseidon tries to copy Zeus...)

Euryale

Eurycyda

Eurynome

Helle

Hyppothoe

Iphimedeia

Caenis

Calyce

Canace

Celaeno

Chalcinia

Chrysogeneia

Cleito

Larissa

Leis

Lena

Libya

Lysianassa

Mecionice

Melantho

Mestra

Molione

Oenope

The wife of Prince Ornytion

Periboea

Themisto

Theophane

Tyro

Male Lovers (2)

Nerites

Pelops

[botaniqueer]

More plampts and harvests!

Mini eggplants! I like how eggplants and other fruits can get tanlines from where the calyces block the sunlight. (Solanum melongena 'Patio Baby F1')

A pepper that I lost the tag to/forgot to label entirely, but I think might be 'Salatiga Orange Block'. It has no heat and a fun taste that I would describe as intensely concentrated pepper flavor. It doesn't show up in the photo but it has some purple stripe/blotches!

Solanum opacum or the Australian greenberry. One of the weird nightshades I was actually able to get to fruit! (I like trying to raise unusual nightshades but am not necessarily successful at growing them.) These ones are super weird and don't taste at all like what I was expecting. It's a very melony sweet flavor. I was thinking it was going to taste like a typical undomesticated berry and be tart with some mild sweetness.

Solanum corymbiflora survived its second year outside and is flowering again!

[certkidwhocantdomath]

I don't have motivation to write a story or come up with headcanons, so here are some scenerios that happened in my classroom! I'll only use my classmate's first names btw (Translation will be underneath in italics with open and close parentatis)

While watching the Mortal Kombat 2021 movie:

*watching Hanzo kill Lin Kuei members*

Me and Lucio: *Cheering Hanzo on*

Roshan: *Confused silence*

- -

Roshan: Anong movie yan?

(What movie is that?)

Me: Nanjan si Scorpion, nanjan si Sub-Zero! Manghula ka, p're!

(Scorpion is there, Sub-Zero is there! Take a guess, dude!)

Lucio: Roshan, pag hindi mo to alam, hahampasin kita!

(Roshan, if you don't know, I'll punch you!)

- -

*Liu Kang shows up on screen*

Me: *Loud squealing*

Giro: Kumalma ka, crush mo ba yan?

(Calm down, is that your crush?)

Me: Hindi, pero favorite ko yan.

(No, but he's a favorite.)

- -

*watching ending*

Me: *realizes Cole is talking about Johnny: YES! YES! LET'S FUCKING GO!

making Mortal Kombat 1 references:

Me: *Pushes glasses up with middle finger*

Lucio: *Gets up and starts winding up his middle finger*

Me: *Gasp* alam mo yon?!

(You know that?!)

Lucio: Oo, Johnny Cage diba?

(Yea, it's Johnny Cage, right?)

Calyce: *yells from afar* Johnny x Kenshi!

Me: YES!

- -

*doing MK1 intros*

Lucio, Omni-Man: They don't make movies about movies about movies about movies about movies about movies about movies-

Me, Johnny Cage: What the fuck?!

- -

Me, Johnny Cage: *pure silence* ...

Lucio, I don't know: *pure silence* ...

Lucio: [VIDEO GAME NA ALAM NYA] na to, kaylangan mo mag bayad para may dialogue

(This is [VIDEO GAME HE KNOWS] now, you have to pay to have dialogue)

- -

Me, PS5 Johnny Cage: *Pushes glasses up with middle finger*

Lucio, Nintendo Switch Johnny Cage: *Pushes imaginary shades up with middle finger and wide ass eyes*

- -

Lucio, Peacemaker: Who are you?

Me: Your mom.

Lucio: MOM?!

- -

Lucio, Peacemaker: Mom, why did dad abandon me?

Me, with Chinese accent: Because you are a disappointment!

Lucio: Oof-

Me: A disgrace to our bloodline!

Lucio: OOF-

EMOTIONALITY

Xia wins

During our Christmas party:

Elise: Bat' naka all-black ka?

Me, looking emo as fuck: Para kapag pinatay kita, hindi makita ang dugo mo.

(So that when I kill you, your blood won't be visible.)

Small fact about me:

- Elise had a crush on me, a guy in grade 8 has a crush on me, a guy in grade 11 has a crush on me and two girls in my class has a crush on me(I'm dating one of those girls right now actually).

[pumpkin-patch]

My next favorite c moschata observation (unless this is just a honeynut squash thing) is that the calyces are ridiculous. Sir. Sir what are you gonna do with all that.

Local woman wonders what itty bitty baby Honeynut Squash buds are gonna look like not realizing she's been looking at them for a week already and That's It. so you're just gonna inflate like a balloon animal or

[arikitari-josei-osaka-naru]

Vision of The Great Shadow Youma

Late submission for @smvillainsweek 2023 Day 3, theme: Prophecy. This piece is also (loosely) inspired by the "Our Super Weapon R" fan manga from 2003, by Senhi Shinban and Kazuyuki Tsukine, though I've reworked the ideas to fit my own story: "The peace talks between the Golden Kingdom of Earth and the Silver Millennium Kingdom of the Moon were finally going well. The people of Earth would take more convincing, but Queen Calyce and Queen Serenity were already good friends, and agreed on a plan to establish nine "Crystal Points" within the Golden Kingdom, giving the Earth's people the same longevity enjoyed by those living on the Moon. Prince Endymion and his four Heavenly Knights were busy keeping the peace, fending off a series of energy-draining attacks (perpetrated by servants of a mysterious Dark Pact: the dark "Princess" Osakaite, and her minion, Ullmannite the spy). In the meanwhile, the prince sent his trusted assistants, the Seven Warriors of Fortune, to meet with the four guardian soldiers of the Moon Princess to help plan the Crystal Points. The shy young Warrior Bunbo and the kind genius Sailor Mercury got along quite well- but when Bunbo finally worked up his courage to shake her hand, he had a terrible vision- and the dreadful feeling that it was already too late...!" The day 4 piece goes with this one, and includes an explanation of the manga "Our Super Weapon R" (which has a different telling of the Seven Great Youma's adventures during the corruption of the Earth Kingdom):

[nofatclips]

Beyond Sight by Calyces (featuring Chrysa Chaltampasi) from the album Impulse to Soar

[konjaku]

紫陽花[Ajisai] Hydrangea macrophylla

Reading 紫陽花 as ajisai is an ateji.

It is a garden variety improved from 額紫陽花[Gakuajisai] and what appears to be a flower is an ornamental flower with well-developed calyces.

There is a kanji 英. Reading this in kun-yomi(Japanese-style reading) as hanabusa, it means calyx or flower cluster. Reading this in on-yomi(Chinese-style reading) as ei, it means excellent. In passing, English(language) is written as 英語[Eigo]. 英 in this case is an abbreviation of the meaning of the United Kingdom. 語 means language.

It is also known as 七変化[Shichihenge](Seven changes) or 八仙花[Hassenka](Flower of the eight immortals) because its flowers change color depending on the pH value of the soil. In Japan, it is the rainy season before summer now. The flowers of Ajisai look great in the rain.

The name of the person who painted the following picture is 英一蝶[Hanabusa Itchō]. https://colbase.nich.go.jp/collection_items/tnm/A-11719?locale=en

[putah-creek]

Magnolia Slope

Lotus blossoms adrift out across treetops flaunt crimson calyces among mountains.

At home beside this stream, quiet, no one here. Scattered. Scattered open and falling.

-poem & art by Wang Wei, 699-761 CE

[dollsonmain]

For anyone that's curious, these are the doctor's notes from surgery:

PATIENT NAME: REDACTED

MRN: REDACTED

DOB: REDACTED

DATE OF SERVICE: 9/27/2023

PREOPERATIVE DIAGNOSES:

Nephrolithiasis [N20.0]

POSTOPERATIVE DIAGNOSES:

Nephrolithiasis [N20.0]

NAME OF PROCEDURES:

right ureteroscopy with laser lithotripsy

right steerable ureteroscopic renal evacuation (C9761) (CPT 53899 crosswalked to 52001)

right retrograde pyelogram

right ureteral stent exchange

SURGEONS: Dr REDACTED

ANESTHESIA: General.

OPERATIVE FINDINGS:

Large right renal pelvis stone (Note from me: this is the 1.6cm stone)

SPECIMENS: Yes kidney stones

ESTIMATED BLOOD LOSS: Less than 5 mL.

COMPLICATIONS: None

CONDITION: Stable

DISPOSITION: PACU - hemodynamically stable.

INDICATIONS

Patient is a REDACTED y.o. female with nephrolithiasis.

DESCRIPTION OF OPERATION (Note from me: Added spacing to make it a little easier to read)

After obtaining proper consent, the patient was brought to the Operating Room and anesthesia was induced.

They were placed in the low-lithotomy position and prepped and draped in the standard sterile fashion.

A 21-French ACMI rigid cystoscope with a 30 degree lens was placed in the bladder without difficulty and the bladder was inspected.

No stones or lesions were seen and the right ureteral orifice was identified in its orthotopic position.

The previously placed stent was grasped and brought to the urethral meatus.

The ureter was intubated with a sensor wire through the previous stent and was advanced to the renal pelvis under fluoroscopic guidance.

The previously placed stent was then removed and discarded.

A ureteral access sheath was then placed over the wire without difficulty.

A flexible ureteroscope was then advanced up to the renal pelvis.

Extensive laser lithotripsy was then performed on this large stone until all residual fragments were 2 mm or less.

Vacuum Stone aspiration was then performed with the CVAC device.

Flouroscopy was performed to guide the aspiration of stones and stone fragments were captured for analysis in a trap used in the suction tubing.

Retrograde pyelogram was performed by injecting 6 cc of Omnipaque.

The patient had normal renal anatomy with some mild upper pole caliectasis.

A filling defect of stone fragments was noted in the renal pelvis.

All calyces were inspected for residual stones on repeat ureteroscopy.

A few residual pieces were removed by basket stone extraction.

No residual stone fragments over 1 mm were present on final inspection.

The flexible ureteroscope was then removed, leaving a wire in the renal pelvis, and the ureter was carefully inspected during withdrawal.

A 24 centimeter x 6-French Double-J ureteral stent was then placed over the wire.

Excellent positioning of the stent was confirmed by a curl in the renal pelvis and a curl in the bladder.

The bladder was then drained.

The patient tolerated the procedure well and was transferred to the Recovery Room in good condition at the conclusion of the operation.

[botaniqueer]

Blooms and fruits!

The Kleinia stapeliiformis I keep at Chocolati flowered!! Fun fact— these are weird succulent members of the daisy family Asteraceae.

One of the milkweeds I germinated last year Asclepias fascicularis also had its first bloom. Milkweeds like Hoyas all have very weird, fleshy, mostly-star-shaped flowers.

The Roselle Hibiscus Hibiscus sabdariffa is finally fruiting as well. It’s been flowering but the calyces just fell off. Either it was waiting for the data to shorten or it’s just happier now that it’s in the ground and not a pot. The cool looking pseudofruit are used in jams and teas! I ate it raw and it was very sour.

[fishmech]

click read more to see the pathology report on my kidney they took out

Surgical Pathology Report

SPECIMEN SOURCE:

A. LEFT KIDNEY

CLINICAL HISTORY: Polycystic kidney disease

DIAGNOSIS:

A. LEFT KIDNEY:

Polycystic kidney disease with a small papillary adenoma (0.4 mm)

MD, PhD Attending Pathologist

GROSS DESCRIPTION: The specimen labeled "LEFT KIDNEY" is received fresh, now fixed in formalin and consists of 1646 gram 28.0 x 15.0 x 13.0 cm polycystic left nephrectomy specimen. The kidney alone measures 17.0 x 9.5 x 8.0 cm overall and is trabeculated and cystic. The hilum displays vessels inclusive of: ureter (8.0 x 0.2 cm); renal vein (0.6 cm in diameter) and renal artery (0.2 cm in diameter). A fixed portion of Gerota's fascia is present measuring 24.0 x 11.0 cm. The renal vein is devoid of any lesion or thrombus. The kidney is bivalved revealing brown liquid and polycystic kidney with cysts ranging in size from 0.3 x 0.3 cm to 5.0 x 4.0 cm overall. The cyst walls tan-white and smooth measuring up to 0.2 cm in thickness. The urothelium of the renal pelvis is tan-white and smooth surrounded by abundant yellow fatty tissue. The calyces, medullary pyramids, and cortico-medullary junction, and cortex are not grossly identified and totally obliterated by the cysts. An adrenal gland is not present. A lesion is not gross identified. The tissue is representatively submitted. Gross pictures are taken.

SUMMARY OF SECTIONS: A1 = Vascular margins, shaved, en face (ureter, renal vein and renal artery) inked orange A2=section of renal pelvis with cysts A3=cyst with gerota's fascia A4=cyst with hilar fat A5=cyst with perinephric fat A6=gerota's fascia and perinephric fat A7-A9= representative sections of cysts Total 9

[amelia-rate]

Roselle aka sorrel aka hibiscus from flower to glass!

Growing hibiscus in my area, the Southeast US zone 8a, is pretty low-effort. I sowed the seeds in place in a sunny spot and kept the soil moist. Once the seedlings get a third set of leaves I pretty much left them alone. They started blooming in August and they'll keep going until the first frost.

The part of this hibiscus that makes the drink isn't actually the flower petals. It's the calyx, which is the part of flowers that protects the bud before it blooms. On Roselle hibiscus, this calyx continues to grow after the flower falls off and becomes tart and juicy. The seed pod will develop inside the calyx, and for making hibiscus drinks you'll want to separate them out. There's a way to use the seed pod's natural pectin to make jelly, but I haven't perfected it.

There's a couple different ways to use the calyces for drinks. You can simply pick the pods and dry them and use the dried material to steep a tea. You can also boil them in an amount of water that covers the calyces and strain out the material to create a syrup for a more concentrated flavor you can use in drink mixes. I added 3/4 cup of sugar and a generous portion of honey to mine.

The overall flavor of the Roselle hibiscus is very tart and similar to cranberry juice. I like to snack on the calyces right from the branch, they taste like warhead candies a bit. They're high in vitamin C and antioxidants, and the color is just lovely. If you have warm summers and want to grow some, I'll mail you seeds!

[purpela]

Unveil the Beauty of Purple with Red Hibiscus

Discover the magic of red hibiscus! 🌺✨ This plant, scientifically known as "Hibiscus sabdariffa", is not only beautiful but also contains a treasure of natural purple dye. 🌿 The crimson calyces, rich in anthocyanins, give this plant its unique ability to produce a stunning purple dye. Simply boil the calyces and extract the liquid to obtain the natural purple color, which can be used to dye food, fabrics, and more.