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There is a dude-type dude inside that balloon-type dude. It was pretty funny. I am also uncertain of the tactical combat application of a balloon man. I also don't know how this makes me want to join the Army. As a kid, seeing a guy in a Mickey Mouse costume did not make me want to be a mouse...
Described in 1953 by Macintosh, the Oxford Inflating Bellows was developed by the Nuffield Department of Anaesthetics as the basis of a versatile, artificial ventilation and anaesthetic system. The bellows, moulded from antistatic black rubber, contains a spring that causes it to self inflate to approximately half full. For transport, the bellows can be fully depressed when it locates with an internal sprung catch that secures it. Once released, the bellows acts as a flexible reservoir permitting spontaneous or manually assisted ventilation. The bellows is interposed between a pair of unidirectional, low resistance, gravity operated disc valves which are orientated to permit gas to enter the bellows from the 'INLET' port and to be expelled via the exit 'TO PATIENT' port. The latter valve can be lifted and disabled by a small magnet when it is optionally mounted on its bracket. The complete system includes a mask, angle piece, a Heidbrink-type variable orifice spill valve and a length of corrugated antistatic rubber hose. An oxygen inlet, fitted with a spring-loaded unidirectional valve, admits a supply of oxygen to the bellows whilst preventing leakage. The main assembly is housed in a free-standing metal casting. With the magnet in place and oxygen flowing, the assembled system constitutes a Mapleson 'A' partial rebreathing configuration whilst a non- rebreathing characteristic is achieved by removing the magnet. Manual ventilation is made possible by partially closing the Heidbringk valve or by replacing it with a Cardiff or similar inflating valve. The inlet port is provided with a taper to permit attachment of breathing system components.
Well i'm back from a totally knackering but enjoyable break in Edinburgh - i'll have a few photos to upload sometime soon. And i'll slowly get round to catching up with everyone.
In the meantime here's something I took last weekend in Royal Victoria Park, Bath, as they were inflating the hot-air balloons. A group of 2-3 to people are used to hold onto the ballon by rope to 'control' the balloon as it's inflated, this chap was one of the them - you can see the rope he was holding of this multi-coloured balloon.
Cometa inflable en forma de mantarraya participante en el XXXIX Festival del Viento y las Cometas en Villa de Leyva, Boyacá, Colombia.
We couldn't figure out how to inflate the inflatable couch. We thought it was broken and we were going to dispute it. Later, someone showed us how to do it.
inflatable couch.
Bracey, Virginia.
July 21, 2017.
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BACKSTORY: Achievement Unlocked: Attended virginal burn. Birthday Burn!!! -- The first (only?) year for this burn -- was intimate and awesome -- and we declare their effigy to be twice as good as any of the 2 Wickerman effigies we've seen burned. (3 Wickermans ago, we missed the burn due to alcohol.) // This was our 51st time camping. // On the flip side, it turns out packing 600 sq ft of tents and shade shelters, instruments, board games, croquet, bocce, cornhole, fireworks, 2 coolers, lights, clothes, kink toys, etc (all into a Prius) and driving 4.5 hrs to camp 3 days in 110 heat index while having a horrible illness and occasionally coughing up blood ...... is a way to learn your limits. // HARDEST CAMPING EVER. (Other than that time we tried to camp on Assateague Island during a tropical storm. Don't do that. You will end up having to leave. At least we did not have to leave.) // Clint was on the verge of heat stroke almost every day. We left a day early to not die. If not for the chill room with A/C, we probably would have had to leave before the burn. // Clint was also unable to do anything physical. We had to decamp over a 2 day period. It was just too fucking hot. If the AliExpress solar-powered fan hadn't arrived the day before, Clint'd have been even MORE fucked. // At Ramblewood for Fusion, the heat index was 95, but survivable. This 110 shit melts the eye makeup right off your fucking face. So we've learned our limit is about 95, nowadays. We will have to exercise caution, check forecasts, and possibly avoid early-bird tickets for anything in July. And also NOT bring the 30x10 shade shelter we bought, which is way more work than putting up three 10x10 pop-ups. However, it was inviting enough to get a bunch of people to visit our camp. But several parts of it broke upon first install. We filed a credit card dispute. The heat made us hardly do anything. We just talked and sat around. We didn't play any of the games we bought. We didn't launch our fireworks. We still had a great time. The effigy was amazing! The heat, however, just sucked the most of any heat of any of the 51 camping trips we've ever been on. It was rough.
View the 30 minute video of the actual burn at www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jchc-vBRKo
Each spring, remote areas in Oregon's sagebrush steppe attract scores of greater sage grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) for elaborate mating rituals. These areas - called leks - provide wildlife biologists a golden opportunity for census-taking, because they host the largest annual gathering of male and female sage grouse.
Since the males are in full display - strutting their uniquely shaped pin-like tail feathers, inflating and deflating distinctive golden throat sacs, and cooing and clucking a range of sounds - they stand out in the landscape and are more easily identified and counted.
This counting is critical. The BLM and its partners are taking steps to protect the greater sage grouse and more than 350 other species that rely upon the sagebrush steppe landscape for their survival, and these annual censuses - called lek counts - provide vital information about sage grouse population health.
At one of many lek counts in the spring of 2016, wildlife biologists from the Bureau of Land Management and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife teamed up near Steens Mountain in southeastern Oregon to count and record the population of greater sage grouse in two nearby leks.
The biologists traveled several hours to the lek site, arriving to begin their count at first light - a time when the birds are most active. Using spotting scopes, the biologists meticulously counted sage grouse and recorded them for later study.
The biologists also noted the presence of forbs favored by the birds, including some of the 17 species of buckwheat found near Steens Mountain. In addition to sagebrush, greater sage grouse rely upon many plants within the sagebrush steppe environment for food. Forbs - herbaceous plants (excluding grasses) with flowers and nutritious leaves - provide important seasonal alternatives to the sage grouse's year-round sagebrush fare.
Oregon is home to 6.3 percent of the nation's sage grouse population, but the effect of rangeland fire and invasive plants on sagebrush habitat continue to threaten the bird's survival. In 2015, following concerted efforts by the BLM and partners to address these and other threats, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service determined that protection for the greater sage-grouse under the Endangered Species Act was no longer warranted, and they withdrew it from the candidate species list.
This decision was not an end to conservation measures, though. Within the next five years, the USFWS will conduct a status review to evaluate the greater sage grouse conservation efforts. That's where the importance of lek counts factors in. It is critical that the BLM has the capacity to document how greater sage grouse plans are being implemented and can demonstrate that they're effective at conserving the bird's habitat by reducing threats, minimizing new surface disturbance, and improving habitat integrity.
Lek counts are like a blood pressure monitor for the greater sage grouse and the sagebrush ecosystem: they provide important data that indicate health, and also inform prescriptive paths toward recovery.
- Story and photos by Greg Shine, BLM, gshine@blm.gov
For more information on greater sage grouse, visit www.fws.gov/greatersagegrouse/
This step is scary - you have to cut a hole in the plastic you have worked so hard to keep hole free!
It's everyone's favorite part. They look like they're having a good time in those inflated life jackets.
Unreleased prototype figure.
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Not-so-interesting fact 3256: Hot air balloons were first used as an air-war mechanism in the American Civil War. The Union Army Balloon Corps, under the command of Prof. Thaddeus S. C. Lowe, used limp silk envelopes inflated with coke gas or hydrogen. The Confederate Army did attempt to counter with a rigid style hot air, or "hot smoke balloon." Captain John R. Bryant inflated his rigid cotton balloon with a fire of oil-soaked pine cones. The balloon was soon captured by Union forces as the Confederate's techniques of balloon handling were not competent.
Looks like these Mississipians have got the hang of it now....
Babadag (Father Mountain) towering above Oludeniz on the Southwest coast of Turkey is a geological marvel that just happens to make for incredible thermals and ideal conditions for paragliding flight. Oludeniz is reputedly the best site in Europe, if not the world, to fly pargliders cross-country in both solo and tandem modes.