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i took izzy to the vet today.
i gave her 1/2 of a acepromazine 2 hours before, and it didn't seem to phase her one bit.
so i had to trick her into the carrier with a tiny pea size glob of smelly wet food. once in, she was a terror, meowing in a low loud tenor, and thrashing about.
fortunately, the car came right away.
i was 30 minutes early for my appointment, and only had to wait 10 minutes before the vet saw me.
i left the room, and it took 3 people to get her out of the carrier, and even then she escaped.
from the waiting room, i heard loud thuds, and crashes (thats my izzy!) as she tore up the examination room.
we had discussed what measures to take with her, and when they called me back in, she had been sedated. totally out of it.
she got x rayed, and didn't see any bladder stones, which is a good thing.
the vet said he bladder felt thick, which could be a sign of chronic infection. they drew blood, i want to be sure her kidneys are doing ok. and she was bone dry, couldn't get a drop of urine out of her....
so they gave me a 12 day supply of baytril and hopefully there will be a change.
Anifa is an 18 month old girl who lives in Nigeria. Anifa was born with spina bifida. Like most children with spina bifida, Anifa has no movement of her legs (she is paralyzed) and she has no bowel and bladder control. She works very hard just trying to crawl on her chest.
Anifa lives with her family in a village where there is no primary health center. Her mother does not own a stroller and cannot buy diapers. She has to use leaves and paper to keep her clean. She and her husband are doing everything they can for their child, but without proper care, the reality is that Anifa's future is uncertain.
Anifa had to wait until she was nine months old before she had her first back surgery to close the opening in his spine. Imagine that for nine months her spinal cord was exposed, without protection. In the United States, the first surgery for a baby born with spina bifida usually takes place within the first 24 hours of life to avoid infection, other complications, or death. But Anifa had no choice but to wait.
Anifa will likely face lifelong medical challenges associated with her spina bifida, and the financial and emotional impacts that her family will endure are overwhelming. In the United States, children born with spina bifida often live long and productive lives, even though they face many challenges. But, in many other countries, the outlook for children like Anifa is not as positive.
CDC would like to thank Anifa for sharing her personal story.
Gross photo of four yellow tan irregular bladder stones. Jian-Hua Qiao, MD, FCAP, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
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BPA Bladder used to recover additional water from urine brine. Matthias posted these images to his social media on 21 March 2022 with the caption:
Welcome to the less-glamourous side of spaceflight 😉 The farther we explore, the more important it becomes to preserve resources and recycle them efficiently. This includes water 💧 Using the BPA (Brine Processor Assembly) double membrane bubble, water can be recovered and filtered from urine brine. Such water treatment systems are important for closing the water cycle on the International Space Station, but also for future #Artemis missions towards the #Moon and exploration beyond, and for hard-to-reach regions on Earth where water is scarce.
Credit: NASA/ESA-M.Maurer
ID: iss066e132452
BPA Bladder used to recover additional water from urine brine. Matthias posted these images to his social media on 21 March 2022 with the caption:
Welcome to the less-glamourous side of spaceflight 😉 The farther we explore, the more important it becomes to preserve resources and recycle them efficiently. This includes water 💧 Using the BPA (Brine Processor Assembly) double membrane bubble, water can be recovered and filtered from urine brine. Such water treatment systems are important for closing the water cycle on the International Space Station, but also for future #Artemis missions towards the #Moon and exploration beyond, and for hard-to-reach regions on Earth where water is scarce.
Credit: NASA/ESA-M.Maurer
ID: iss066e132450
B0004446 Bladder sand, polarizing light micrograph
Credit: Spike Walker. Wellcome Images
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Light micrograph of bladder sand (urinary deposits, calculi) viewed with polarized light and a full-retardation plate. These spherulitic structures are usually composed of calcium oxalate.
Polarized light micrograph
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Nothing you see here is real, even though the conversion or the presented background story might be based on historical facts. BEWARE!
Some Background:
The Ki-38 fighter was designed by the Tachikawa Aircraft Company Limited (立川飛行機株式会社, Tachikawa Hikōki Kabushiki Kaisha) near Tokyo, an aircraft manufacturer in the Empire of Japan, specializing primarily in aircraft for the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force. The Ki-38 prototype was produced in response to a December 1937 specification for a successor to the popular fixed-gear Nakajima Ki-27 Nate. The specification called for a top speed of 500 km/h (310 mph), a climb rate of 5,000 m (16,000 ft) in five minutes and a range of 800 km (500 mi). Maneuverability was to be at least as good as that of Ki-27.
When first flown in early January 1939, the Ki-38 prototype was a disappointment. Japanese test pilots complained that it was less maneuverable than the Ki-27 Nate and not much faster. Even though the competition was eventually won by the Ki-43, service trials determined the aircraft to hold sufficient promise to warrant further work, leading to the adoption of an expanded and strengthened wing and a more refined Mitsubishi Ha-102 (Army Type 100 1,050hp Air Cooled Radial) 14-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine. During spring 1939, following the completion of further proving trials, an order for a pre-production batch of 25 aircraft was placed.
As a whole, the Ki-38 was an all-modern design consisting of all-metal skin and understructure construction with low-set monoplane wing appendages. The wings were straight in their general design with rounded tips and set well-forward of amidships. The engine was fitted to the extreme forward section of the fuselage in a traditional manner, powering a three-bladed propeller installation. Interestingly, the cockpit was also situated well-forward in the design, shortening the visual obstacle that was the engine compartment to some extent. However, views were still obstructed by the short engine housing to the front and the wings to the lower sides. The fuselage tapered at the rear to which a single vertical tail fin was affixed along with mid-mounted horizontal tailplanes. The undercarriage was retractable and of the "tail-dragger" arrangement consisting of two main single-wheeled landing gear legs and a fixed, diminutive tail wheel leg at the rear.
The series-production Ki-38-I was further modified to enhance its performance. These changes involved a major weight saving program, a slimmer and longer fuselage with bigger tail surfaces and a new, more streamlined bubble-style canopy that offered, even while bearing many struts, the pilot a very good all-round field of view.
In addition to good maneuverability, the Ki-38-I had a good top speed of more than 500 km/h (310 mph). The initial Ki-38 was armed with four 7.7 mm (0.303 in) Type 89 machine guns in the wings, but this soon turned out to be insufficient against armored Allied fighters and bombers. Quickly, the inner pair of weapons was, after just 50 aircraft, replaced with 12.7 mm (0.50 in) Ho-103 machine guns in the Ki-38-Ib (the initial version subsequently became the Ki-38-Ia), of which 75 were built. On board of the following Ki-38-Ic, the inner weapons were replaced with a pair of even heavier and more effective 20 mm (0.787 in) Ho-5 cannon, which required fairings for the ammunition under the wings and made this version easy to identify. The Ki-38-Ic became the most frequent variant, with 150 examples built.
All types also featured external hardpoints for a drop tank under the fuselage or a pair of bombs of up to 250 kg (550 lb) caliber under the wings. Late production aircraft were designated Ki-38-II. The pilot enjoyed a slightly taller canopy and a reflector gunsight in place of the earlier telescopic gunsight. The revised machines were also fitted with a 13 mm (0.51 in) armor plate for the pilot's head and back, and the aircraft's fuel tanks were coated in rubber to form a crude self-sealing tank. This was later replaced by a 3-layer rubber bladder, 8mm core construction, with 2mm oil-proof lamination. Some earlier aircraft were retrofitted with these elements, when available to the field workshops, and they dramatically improved the aircraft’s resilience to enemy fire. However, the bladder proved to be highly resistant only against light 7.7 mm (0.303 in) bullets but was not as effective against larger calibers. The Ki-38-II’s armament was the same as the Ki-38-Ic’s and 120 aircraft were built.
Ki-38 production started in November 1939 at the Tachikawa Hikoki KK and at the 1st Army Air Arsenal (Tachikawa Dai-Ichi Rikugun Kokusho) plants, also at Tachikawa. Although Tachikawa Hikoki successfully managed to enter into large-scale production of the Ki-38, the 1st Army Air Arsenal was less successful – hampered by a shortage of skilled workers, it was ordered to stop production after 49 Ki-38 were built, and Tachikawa ceased production of the Ki-38 altogether in favor of the Ki-43 in mid-1944.
Once it was identified and successfully distinguished from the IJA’s new Ki-43 “Oscar” and the IJN’s A6M “Zero” (Oscar), which both had very similar outlines, the Ki-38 received the Allied code name “Brad”. Even though it was not produced in the numbers of the Ki-43 or the A6M, the Ki-38 fought in China, Burma, the Malay Peninsula, New Guinea, the Philippines, South Pacific islands and the Japanese home islands. Like the Oscar and the Zero, the Ki-38 initially enjoyed air superiority in the skies of Malaya, Netherlands East Indies, Burma and New Guinea. This was partly due to the better performance of the Brad and partly due to the relatively small numbers of combat-ready Allied fighters, mostly the Curtiss P-36 Hawk, Curtiss P-40, Brewster Buffalo, Hawker Hurricane and Curtiss-Wright CW-21 in Asia and the Pacific during the first months of the war.
As the war progressed, however, the fighter suffered from the same weaknesses as its slower, fixed-gear Ki-27 "Nate" predecessor and the more advanced naval A6M Zero: light armor and less-than-effective self-sealing fuel tanks, which caused high casualties in combat. Its armament of four light machine guns also proved inadequate against the more heavily armored Allied aircraft. Both issues were more or less mended with improved versions, but the Ki-38 could never keep up with the enemy fighters’ development and potential. And as newer Allied aircraft were introduced, the Japanese were forced into a defensive war and most aircraft were flown by inexperienced pilots.
General characteristics:
Crew: 1
Length: 8.96 m (29 ft 4 in)
Wingspan: 10.54 m (34 ft 7 in)
Height: 3.03 m (9 ft 11 in)
Wing area: 17.32 m² (186.4 sq ft)
Empty weight: 2,158 kg (4,758 lb)
Gross weight: 2,693 kg (5,937 lb)
Max takeoff weight: 2,800 kg (6,173 lb)
Powerplant:
1× Mitsubishi Ha-102 14-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine with 1,050hp (755 kW),
driving a 3-bladed variable-pitch propeller
Performance
Maximum speed: 509 km/h (316 mph, 275 kn)
Cruise speed: 450 km/h (280 mph, 240 kn)
Range: 600 km (370 mi, 320 nmi)
Service ceiling: 10,000 m (33,000 ft)
Time to altitude: 2,000 m (6,600 ft) in 3 minutes 24 seconds
Wing loading: 155.4 kg/m2 (31.8 lb/sq ft)
Power/mass: 0.182 hp/lb (0.299 kW/kg)
Armament:
2× 20 mm (0.787 in) Ho-5 cannon with 150 rpg
2× 7.7 mm (0.303 in) Type 89 machine guns with 500 rpg
2× underwing hardpoints for single 30 kg (66 lb) or 2 × 250 kg (550 lb) bombs
1× ventral hardpoint for a 200 l (53 US gal; 44 imp gal) drop tank
The kit and its assembly:
I always thought that the French Bloch MB 150 had some early WWII Japanese look to it, and with this idea I recently procured a relatively cheap Heller kit for this conversion project that would yield the purely fictional Tachikawa Ki-38 for the IJA – even though the Ki-38 existed as a Kawasaki project and eventually became the Ki-45, so that the 38 as kitai number was never actively used.
The Heller MB 150 is a vintage kit, and it is not a good one. You get raised panel lines, poor details (the engine is a joke) and mediocre fit. If you want a good MB 150 in 1:72, look IMHO elsewhere.
For the Ki-38 I wanted to retain most of the hull, the first basic change was the integration of a cowling from a Japanese Mitsubishi Ha-102 two-row radial (left over from an Airfix Ki-46 “Dinah”), which also received a new three-blade propeller with a different spinner on a metal axis inside. The engine also received some more interior details, even though the spinner blocks most sight.
The next, more radical move was to replace the MB 150’s spinal cockpit fairing with a bubble canopy and a lowered back – I found a very old and glue-tinted canopy from a Matchbox A6M in the spares box, and it turned out to be very suitable for the Ki-38. However, cleaning the clear piece was quite challenging, because all raised struts had to be sanded away to get rid of the old glue and paint residues, and re-polishing it back to a more or less translucent state took several turns with ever finer sandpaper, polishing paste and soft polishing mops on a mini drill. The spine was re-created with 2C-putty and the canopy was blended into it and into the fuselage with several PSR turns.
Inside, I used a different pilot figure (which would later be hard to see, though), added a fuel tank behind the seat with some supporting struts and inserted a piece of styrene sheet to separate the landing gear well from the cockpit – OOB it’s simply open.
The landing gear was basically taken OOB, I just replaced the original tail skid with a wheel and modified the wheels with hub covers, because the old kit wants you to push them onto long axis’ with knobs at their tips so that they remain turnable. Meh!
The fairings under the guns in the wings (barrels scratched from the MB 150’s OOB parts) are conformal underwing fuel tanks from a late Seafire (Special Hobby kit).
Painting and markings:
The initial plan was a simple green/grey IJA livery, but the model looked SO much like an A6M that I rather decided to give it a more elaborate paint scheme. I eventually found an interesting camouflage on a Mitsubishi Ki-51 “Sonia” attack plane, even though without indications concerning its unit, time frame or theater of operations (even though I assume that it was used in the China-Burma-India theater): an overall light grey base, onto which opaque green contrast fields/stripes had been added, and the remaining light grey upper areas were overpainted with thin sinuous lines of the same green. This was adapted onto the Ki-38 with a basis in Humbrol 167 (RAF Barley Grey) and FS 34102 (Humbrol 117) for the green cammo. I also wanted to weather the model considerably, as a measure to hide some hardware flaws, so that a partial “primer coat” with Aluminum (Revell 99) was added to several areas, to shine through later. The yellow ID markings on the wings’ leading edges were painted with Humbrol 69. The propeller blades were painted with Humbrol 180, the spinner in a slightly lighter mix of 180 and 160.
Interior surfaces were painted with a dull yellowish green, a mix of Revell 16 and 42, just the inside of the landing gear covers became grey as the outside, in a fashion very similar to early Ki-43s.
The decals came form various sources, including a Hasegawa Ki-61 sheet for the unit markings and some stencils and hinomaru in suitable sizes from a generic roundel sheet.
Some dry-brushing with light grey was done to emphasize edges and details, and some soot stains were added with graphite to the exhausts and the guns. Finally, the kit was sealed with matt acrylic varnish, some more dry-brushing with aluminum was done, esp. around the cockpit, and position lights were added with translucent paint.
An unexpected result – I was not prepared that the modified MB 150 looks THAT much like a Mitsubishi A6M or the Ki-43! There’s even an Fw 190-ish feel to it, from certain angles. O.K., the canopy actually comes from a Zero and the cowling looks very similar, too. But the overall similarity is baffling, just the tail is the most distinguishing feature! However, due to the poor basis and the almost blind canopy donor, the model is far from stellar or presentable – but some in-flight shots look pretty convincing, and even the camouflage appears to be quite effective over wooded terrain.
BPA Bladder used to recover additional water from urine brine. Matthias posted these images to his social media on 21 March 2022 with the caption:
Welcome to the less-glamourous side of spaceflight 😉 The farther we explore, the more important it becomes to preserve resources and recycle them efficiently. This includes water 💧 Using the BPA (Brine Processor Assembly) double membrane bubble, water can be recovered and filtered from urine brine. Such water treatment systems are important for closing the water cycle on the International Space Station, but also for future #Artemis missions towards the #Moon and exploration beyond, and for hard-to-reach regions on Earth where water is scarce.
Credit: NASA/ESA-M.Maurer
ID: iss066e077742
Bladder wrack is a curious plant; it makes actively swimming sperm, just like we do. It releases eggs and sperm into the water, and the sperm cells propell themselwes with their two flagellae towards the eggs, guided by the pheromones.
This plant's reproductive organs have not yet began to mature; only small buds are seen on the tips of the fronds, where the new shoots are about to appear. The one anchored next to it just a foot deeper already has them.
Source: 080427_192505.RAF
Descriptive Title: Arrangement of fetal skeletons with bladder calculi, blood vessels and songbird.
Actual Title: Thes: 1, tab. I
Artist: Huyberts, Cornelis
Technique: engraving/etching
Dimensions: 30 x 33 cm.
Digital ID: RBAI062-0090
Scope and Content: Decorative arrangement of fetal skeletons with bladder calculi, blood vessels and songbird. 3 skeletons shown, 1 skeleton appears to be crying and wiping its tears with a section of mesentery, 1 skeleton holds a paintbrush. Anterior view of skeletons.
This plate is taken from the book:
Title: Opera omnia
Author: Ruysch, Frederik, 1638-1731
Published: Amstelodami [Amsterdam] : Apud Janssonio-Waesbergios, 1737
Part of the digital collection Anatomia 1522-1867 located at link.library.utoronto.ca/anatomia/application/index.cfm
The Vine, better known as The Bull and Bladder.
Mick (Freight Sales Manager Birmingham)
Pat (S&T Telecoms Birmingham)
Woody (Driver/Guard Manager Gloucester)
Roy (Operating Clerk Birmingham)
JT (Signalman New Street PSB)
John (Signalman New Street PSB)
All retired railwaymen.
2nd August 2018
My first week at work completed. I surprised myself. I was expecting to be planning escape routes, finding reasons to leave early, sourcing hiding places for tots of whiskey and emergency chocolate.
To my utter shock I found that I was able to partake in my favourite past time whilst being paid. I had regular bouts of hysterics (and not the unhappy, smudged make up, pulling hair out kind). I had forgotten that real people (and not only Russell Brand or Eddie Izzard) are able to make me bend double.
So this weekend, having done one of those 5-day weeks that I have heard legend of I felt totally justified in returning to loaf-dom. Previously my lolling on the bed with a library of vengeful DVDs playing continuously throughout the day, lying in a nest of magazines and books and permitting myself to nap like a fifteen year old goth on his summer holidays felt just a little bit uncomfortable. I felt the odd wince of pain as I recalled all the things I ought to be doing. I wrote lists that I knew would be used only as bookmarks.
Now having spent 40 hours wincing in an office at different things that needed to be done I had to turn off my guilt valve and wallow in luxurious nothing.
I’m becoming a dirty old woman though.
Athletics is on TV and where once I wouldn’t have been that interested now I ogle like a farmer at an auction.
I shouldn’t admit this but I hope that I am not alone….. During the weekend I was sat on the tube when a gaggle of cricketing schoolboys stumbled aboard my carriage oozing boyish scents, lynx, Physio sport – these cheap boyish deodorants drive me a bit wild and I (surreptitiously of course) studied them and wondered which would become fabulous specimens of men in a few years time. I wondered if there should be some kind of bidding system on ebay for boys/men coming of age and you can put in a bid and see in a few years time if you win your very own fresh young man to corrupt. They did it in Japan with Geishas – and perhaps there could be a clause where you could withdraw your bid if you found that your chosen boy was developing into rather a geeky gangly stork rather than the curly haired figure of David that you had hoped.
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"Bladder" of the long range autonomous underwater vehicle (LRAUV), which allows it to control its depth in the water
Image Credit: NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory
From bladder cancer.
Update 2013: I've had surgery twice since 2012 to remove the cancer from my bladder. The cancer has been non-invasive.
Eat or Drink your greens.
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Matthias holding a BPA Bladder used to recover additional water from urine brine. He posted these images to his social media on 21 March 2022 with the caption:
Welcome to the less-glamourous side of spaceflight 😉 The farther we explore, the more important it becomes to preserve resources and recycle them efficiently. This includes water 💧 Using the BPA (Brine Processor Assembly) double membrane bubble, water can be recovered and filtered from urine brine. Such water treatment systems are important for closing the water cycle on the International Space Station, but also for future #Artemis missions towards the #Moon and exploration beyond, and for hard-to-reach regions on Earth where water is scarce.
Credit: NASA/ESA-M.Maurer
ID: iss066e091123
Haleakala Crater hike on 7/9/2019
I caught the first Hawaiian Airlines flight to Maui from Oahu which left at 5:05 am, arrival at 5:44 am.
I took a carryon duffel bag and a photo backpack ( no checked bags )
Picked up my rental car from Alamo and first stopped at 7-Eleven for water, food and snacks.
Maui Airport has changed. All the car rental companies moved to one central location reachable by tram. Additonally a specific Airport Access road was constructed and in use by this trip.
7:40 am left 7-Eleven for Haleakala.
7:30 am arrived at park entrance. $25 entrance fee by credit card only.
8:00 am arrived at Halemau'u trail head parking lot. Filled my CamelBak bladder with 3L of water, redistributed my equipment and used the bathroom to add a thermal underwear layer for the cold.
8:40 am left the parking lot and went to the Hitchhiking spot to wait for a ride. I was picked up by the 3rd car to come along. A single young male on vacation by himself. As I was grabbing my things to get into his car a mother and young son came up and asked to share the ride. I only waited maybe 5 minutes to catch a ride.
9:00 am arrived at the Summit Visitor Center parking lot. The driver had never been up to Haleakala even after visiting Maui a couple of times before, and he was considering doing a short hike while up there. I would be passed by him and the other hitch hiker about a mile down the trail later.
9:15 am after a short look around at the lookout and tightening up my boot laces, I started on Keonehe'ehe'e ( Sliding Sands Trail )
11:51 am I would get to the bottom of the crater and the trail for Holua cabins or Kapaloa, Paliku cabins. Ate lunch of one Spam musube.
12:06 pm I would start on the trial to Holua Cabin
12:59 pm top of the ascent to "Ka Moa o Pele"
1:24 pm trail juncture on the left of "Halali'i"
2:14 pm Silver Sword loop begin ( did not take the loop )
2:22 pm Silver Sword loop end
3:05 pm Holua Cabin - rested
3:32 pm left Holua Cabin and headed out on Halemau'u trail and the crater rim.
4:13 pm arrived at base of crater rim and the start of the switchbacks up the crater wall. rested and stretched.
4:27 pm started up the crater rim switch backs.
6:56 pm I would reach the flat narrow spot I consider the end of the switchbacks.
7:00 pm the temperature would be 56 degrees and dropping down to 52 degrees ( not including windchill )
7:10 pm Sunset, and I was hiking in dark shadow. Too dark to take meaningful pictures or pics of my watch.
8:00 pm I would reach the Halemau'u parking lot and my car.
8:30 pm I would finish unloading and repacking bags for going to my hotel and possibly doing some astro photography.
8:45 pm arrive at Kalahaku overlook to check out the possibility of astro photography. The 50% moon washed out the Milky way too much, stars were visible and I was starting to yawn. So I didn't, and I left at 9:05 pm for Kahului and a shower.
I used up all my water, when I got to my hotel and check, the hydration bladder was flat. Possibly one or two sips left in the tube. This was the 2nd time hiking this trail. Both times I brought a collapsable water bag w/filter to refil water at Holua and did not. If I do this again I really, REALLY need to refill water at Holua cabin.
The weather reports for the previous week were about the possibility of hurricane Barbera hitting the islands the day before my trip. Fortunately Barbera down graded and by the time of my trip and predictions for the summit were somewhat cloudy with occasional showers. While hiking I only encountered a few light drizzle/drops from the clouds that didn't require me to break out any of the rain gear I brought or to stow my cameras from rain.
The weather at the summit was cloudy and approximately 65 degrees with windchill. Along the hike until the ascent up the crater rim at the end, the temperature would not seem as cold as I expected or remember from my previous hike a couple of years ago. Possibly due to my wearing thermal underwear, hiking pants, a medium thick long sleeve athletic shirt beneath a button long sleeve hiking shirt and my broad brimmed hat of course. While moving I felt cool and relatively comfortable temperature wise, while raising a slight glistening sweat. At least it wasn't dripping into my eyes.
Keeping to my expected and normal average hiking pace of around 1 mph or less going down hill and across the flats, I would take pictures about every 1-2 hundred feet of the trail. Boring, but I like to document the trail condition. In addition to any interesting views, scenery or recording the weather.
I kept one of my watches attached to my sleeve so it would not be in skin contact and would mostly dangle in my body shade. This would give me a way of tracking my elevation and mostly the temperature.
There were many more day hikers actually crossing the crater along the same route I was going. Most notable was the mother and son that caught a ride with me. They met up with her husband and other son who caught another ride a bit later.
Probably all the hikers that were crossing the crater caught up to me and passed me, and they all started later than I did. The only people who caught up but didn't pass me were 3 female park rangers on their way to Holua Cabin and pretty much started doing their park ranger stuff in the area where they caught up to me and didn't catch up again.
I was constantly annoyed by the hikers I would see taking short cuts along the trail. I had to remind myself to not get pissy with them. I'm tempted to think the only other hikers on the trail that did not take short cuts were the park rangers I met.
Personally, I started the hike with a kinda sharp lower back pain, which had been ongoing since the previous week. But since this hike was already book and paid for I wasn't going to cancel. All thru the hike my back would be in constant pain and I would continually think I might have to give up hiking if my back doesn't get better. It was most painful going down hill, while the flats and going up weren't as bad.
I was hoping the strain and constant back movement would loosen up my lower back and aleviate my pain. Supprisingly, while getting on my stomach with all my gear still on me, when I got up my lower back was better. The pain would come and go, but could now be aleviated for short periods of time by taking off all my gear and bending over to stretch my back. When I would get home, my lower back pain issues would return to "normal"
Evidently, the dry cold air and constant breeze caused my face and lips to chap, which showed up a day after I got home.
Once again I brought chapstick but didn't use it.
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CamelBak Octane 16X Hydration Pack (3L Hydration bladder)
3 liters of water = 6.6 pounds
1x Nikon D700 w/battery grip - Nikon 28-300mm
1x Nikon D700 w/out grip - Rokinon 12mm f2.8 fisheye
Tokina 16-28mm f2.8
Camera & lens weight = 12 pounds
I brought both cameras to reduce the amount of time spent changing lenses and the possibility of getting grit on the camera sensors. Turns out I never changed to the 16-28 so never removed any lens. Yay, no spots in my pictures, Bo, lugged another heavy lens around for nothing. At least I left the 100mm macro in the car already.
If when your bunny pees you see this chalky wee then you need to consider putting them on a low calcium diet. You can see what I assume are small calcium deposits in here too. If sludge like this accumulates in the bladder then it risks urinary tract infections and/or kidney stones. The risk is greater in bunnies that don’t have proper bladder control and thus are unable to fully empty it (e.g. due to EC or arthritis). In those cases ask your vet to show you how to manually express the bladder (and how often you should do this).
Haleakala Crater hike on 7/9/2019
I caught the first Hawaiian Airlines flight to Maui from Oahu which left at 5:05 am, arrival at 5:44 am.
I took a carryon duffel bag and a photo backpack ( no checked bags )
Picked up my rental car from Alamo and first stopped at 7-Eleven for water, food and snacks.
Maui Airport has changed. All the car rental companies moved to one central location reachable by tram. Additonally a specific Airport Access road was constructed and in use by this trip.
7:40 am left 7-Eleven for Haleakala.
7:30 am arrived at park entrance. $25 entrance fee by credit card only.
8:00 am arrived at Halemau'u trail head parking lot. Filled my CamelBak bladder with 3L of water, redistributed my equipment and used the bathroom to add a thermal underwear layer for the cold.
8:40 am left the parking lot and went to the Hitchhiking spot to wait for a ride. I was picked up by the 3rd car to come along. A single young male on vacation by himself. As I was grabbing my things to get into his car a mother and young son came up and asked to share the ride. I only waited maybe 5 minutes to catch a ride.
9:00 am arrived at the Summit Visitor Center parking lot. The driver had never been up to Haleakala even after visiting Maui a couple of times before, and he was considering doing a short hike while up there. I would be passed by him and the other hitch hiker about a mile down the trail later.
9:15 am after a short look around at the lookout and tightening up my boot laces, I started on Keonehe'ehe'e ( Sliding Sands Trail )
11:51 am I would get to the bottom of the crater and the trail for Holua cabins or Kapaloa, Paliku cabins. Ate lunch of one Spam musube.
12:06 pm I would start on the trial to Holua Cabin
12:59 pm top of the ascent to "Ka Moa o Pele"
1:24 pm trail juncture on the left of "Halali'i"
2:14 pm Silver Sword loop begin ( did not take the loop )
2:22 pm Silver Sword loop end
3:05 pm Holua Cabin - rested
3:32 pm left Holua Cabin and headed out on Halemau'u trail and the crater rim.
4:13 pm arrived at base of crater rim and the start of the switchbacks up the crater wall. rested and stretched.
4:27 pm started up the crater rim switch backs.
6:56 pm I would reach the flat narrow spot I consider the end of the switchbacks.
7:00 pm the temperature would be 56 degrees and dropping down to 52 degrees ( not including windchill )
7:10 pm Sunset, and I was hiking in dark shadow. Too dark to take meaningful pictures or pics of my watch.
8:00 pm I would reach the Halemau'u parking lot and my car.
8:30 pm I would finish unloading and repacking bags for going to my hotel and possibly doing some astro photography.
8:45 pm arrive at Kalahaku overlook to check out the possibility of astro photography. The 50% moon washed out the Milky way too much, stars were visible and I was starting to yawn. So I didn't, and I left at 9:05 pm for Kahului and a shower.
I used up all my water, when I got to my hotel and check, the hydration bladder was flat. Possibly one or two sips left in the tube. This was the 2nd time hiking this trail. Both times I brought a collapsable water bag w/filter to refil water at Holua and did not. If I do this again I really, REALLY need to refill water at Holua cabin.
The weather reports for the previous week were about the possibility of hurricane Barbera hitting the islands the day before my trip. Fortunately Barbera down graded and by the time of my trip and predictions for the summit were somewhat cloudy with occasional showers. While hiking I only encountered a few light drizzle/drops from the clouds that didn't require me to break out any of the rain gear I brought or to stow my cameras from rain.
The weather at the summit was cloudy and approximately 65 degrees with windchill. Along the hike until the ascent up the crater rim at the end, the temperature would not seem as cold as I expected or remember from my previous hike a couple of years ago. Possibly due to my wearing thermal underwear, hiking pants, a medium thick long sleeve athletic shirt beneath a button long sleeve hiking shirt and my broad brimmed hat of course. While moving I felt cool and relatively comfortable temperature wise, while raising a slight glistening sweat. At least it wasn't dripping into my eyes.
Keeping to my expected and normal average hiking pace of around 1 mph or less going down hill and across the flats, I would take pictures about every 1-2 hundred feet of the trail. Boring, but I like to document the trail condition. In addition to any interesting views, scenery or recording the weather.
I kept one of my watches attached to my sleeve so it would not be in skin contact and would mostly dangle in my body shade. This would give me a way of tracking my elevation and mostly the temperature.
There were many more day hikers actually crossing the crater along the same route I was going. Most notable was the mother and son that caught a ride with me. They met up with her husband and other son who caught another ride a bit later.
Probably all the hikers that were crossing the crater caught up to me and passed me, and they all started later than I did. The only people who caught up but didn't pass me were 3 female park rangers on their way to Holua Cabin and pretty much started doing their park ranger stuff in the area where they caught up to me and didn't catch up again.
I was constantly annoyed by the hikers I would see taking short cuts along the trail. I had to remind myself to not get pissy with them. I'm tempted to think the only other hikers on the trail that did not take short cuts were the park rangers I met.
Personally, I started the hike with a kinda sharp lower back pain, which had been ongoing since the previous week. But since this hike was already book and paid for I wasn't going to cancel. All thru the hike my back would be in constant pain and I would continually think I might have to give up hiking if my back doesn't get better. It was most painful going down hill, while the flats and going up weren't as bad.
I was hoping the strain and constant back movement would loosen up my lower back and aleviate my pain. Supprisingly, while getting on my stomach with all my gear still on me, when I got up my lower back was better. The pain would come and go, but could now be aleviated for short periods of time by taking off all my gear and bending over to stretch my back. When I would get home, my lower back pain issues would return to "normal"
Evidently, the dry cold air and constant breeze caused my face and lips to chap, which showed up a day after I got home.
Once again I brought chapstick but didn't use it.
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CamelBak Octane 16X Hydration Pack (3L Hydration bladder)
3 liters of water = 6.6 pounds
1x Nikon D700 w/battery grip - Nikon 28-300mm
1x Nikon D700 w/out grip - Rokinon 12mm f2.8 fisheye
Tokina 16-28mm f2.8
Camera & lens weight = 12 pounds
I brought both cameras to reduce the amount of time spent changing lenses and the possibility of getting grit on the camera sensors. Turns out I never changed to the 16-28 so never removed any lens. Yay, no spots in my pictures, Bo, lugged another heavy lens around for nothing. At least I left the 100mm macro in the car already.
BPA Bladder used to recover additional water from urine brine. Matthias posted these images to his social media on 21 March 2022 with the caption:
Welcome to the less-glamourous side of spaceflight 😉 The farther we explore, the more important it becomes to preserve resources and recycle them efficiently. This includes water 💧 Using the BPA (Brine Processor Assembly) double membrane bubble, water can be recovered and filtered from urine brine. Such water treatment systems are important for closing the water cycle on the International Space Station, but also for future #Artemis missions towards the #Moon and exploration beyond, and for hard-to-reach regions on Earth where water is scarce.
Credit: NASA/ESA-M.Maurer
ID: iss066e077741
BPA Bladder used to recover additional water from urine brine. Matthias posted these images to his social media on 21 March 2022 with the caption:
Welcome to the less-glamourous side of spaceflight 😉 The farther we explore, the more important it becomes to preserve resources and recycle them efficiently. This includes water 💧 Using the BPA (Brine Processor Assembly) double membrane bubble, water can be recovered and filtered from urine brine. Such water treatment systems are important for closing the water cycle on the International Space Station, but also for future #Artemis missions towards the #Moon and exploration beyond, and for hard-to-reach regions on Earth where water is scarce.
Credit: NASA/ESA-M.Maurer
ID: iss066e077740
Matthias holding a BPA Bladder used to recover additional water from urine brine. He posted these images to his social media on 21 March 2022 with the caption:
Welcome to the less-glamourous side of spaceflight 😉 The farther we explore, the more important it becomes to preserve resources and recycle them efficiently. This includes water 💧 Using the BPA (Brine Processor Assembly) double membrane bubble, water can be recovered and filtered from urine brine. Such water treatment systems are important for closing the water cycle on the International Space Station, but also for future #Artemis missions towards the #Moon and exploration beyond, and for hard-to-reach regions on Earth where water is scarce.
Credit: NASA/ESA-M.Maurer
ID: iss066e091124
Physalis alkekengi (Solanaceae)
L' alkékenge (Solonacée)
Common names: bladder cherry, Chinese lantern, Japanese lantern, strawberry ground cherry and winter cherry.
Noms communs: L’Alkékenge, Coqueret alkékenge ou Lanterne (Physalis alkekengi), Amour-en-cage, Cerise d'hiver, Cerise de juif.
Dextranomer is a hydrophilic dextran polymer that has been used as a 'cleansing agent' for various types of exudating wounds or ulcers. Dextranomer/hyaluronic acid (Dx/HA) is a copolymer in a gel of hyaluronic acid. The dextranomer is in the form of microspheres that are 80 to 200 μm in diameter and do not fragment, eliminating the risk of distance migration. DxHA is injected subureterally into the urinary bladder to correct congenital vesicoureteral reflux, as was done in this case. It is also used to treat stress urinary incontinence.
Dx/HA is a highly viscous solution, nonimmunogenic and biocompatible, with no risk of allergy or granuloma formation. Hyaluronic acid functions as a carrier gel and is resorbed within 2 weeks after injection. The dextranomer microspheres are biodegraded very slowly by hydrolysis and remain at the injection site for up to 4 years. The color of the microspheres when stained with H&E is variable, apparently depending upon the hematoxylin/eosin ratio and the particular product used. Prior to degradation the microspheres resemble and may be confused with embolic microspheres.
Images contributed by Gyu-Yeung Kim (medical student MS4) - @Rosenrot_Path - Yonsei University Health System(Yonsei Severance Hospital, South Korea)
Physalis alkekengi (Bladder cherry, Chinese lantern, Japanese lantern, or Winter cherry; Japanese: hōzuki), is easily identifiable by the large, bright orange to red papery covering over its fruit, which resemble Chinese lanterns. It is native from southern Europe east across southern Asia to Japan. It is a herbaceous perennial plant growing to 40-60 cm tall, with spirally arranged leaves 6-12 cm long and 4-9 cm broad. The flowers are white, with a five-lobed corolla 10-15 mm across, with an inflated basal calyx which matures into the papery orange fruit covering, 4-5 cm long and broad.
[Source: Wikipedia]
"Tethys," a long range autonomous underwater vehicle (LRAUV), being prepared to be deployed in Lake Erie to map algae distribution
Image Credit: NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory
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Fabaceae - Southern Europe, North Africa
Bladder Senna
Shown: Detail of fruit, an inflated bladder; to 3 cm wide x 8 cm long
"Colutea arborescens is a species of leguminous shrub known by the common name bladder senna. It is native to Europe and North Africa, but it is known on other continents where it is grown as an ornamental and used in landscaping for erosion control. It is also known in the wild as an occasionally weedy escapee from cultivation. The shrub takes a rounded form and has many branches covered in deciduous leaves. The leaves are made up of many pairs of slightly hairy oval-shaped leaflets, each up to about 3 centimeters long. The inflorescence is a raceme of generally pea-like yellow flowers about 3 centimeters long. The fruit is an inflated bladdery pod which dries to a papery texture..." (Wikipedia)
My additional images of C. arborescens:
www.flickr.com/photos/jim-sf/6293918751/
www.flickr.com/photos/jim-sf/6310254579/
www.flickr.com/photos/jim-sf/6310970268/
Photographed in U.C. Botanical Garden at Berkeley - Berkeley, California
We often hear people talking about a certain Kegel ‘thing’ – what and who are talking about?
Well, Kegel is the name of a pelvic floor exercise, named after Dr. Kegel who discovered the exercise. He studied the muscles attached to the pelvic bone, which act like a hammock,...
This is a Bladder Cup fungi (Peziza Vesiculosa) and it was growing on the straw bales I used to create raised beds for my wildlife garden. Kind of reminds me of E.T. - I got quite a lot of these growing on the bales around April/May 2011 - this one was the most interestingly shaped.
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