Discovered today that the School Clinicians at a local FCPS ES have no means to get vital signs for a student undergoing physical distress. Would be a good idea to get them the equipment and training to check heart rate and blood pressure, might save a life one day. What do you say, FFX County?
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Kilton Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > True! > > src="http://www.nastyhobbit.org/data/media/7/fat-b > ike.jpg"> Ha ha ha, good one!
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Everyone's a winner on a bike. . .
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FFT Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > Very nice pic. How long an exposure was that? Does > the telescope track the moon while you're taking > the shot? I heard the moon moves (visibly) every > three seconds so the telescope has to move with > it. Is that true? > > Does your camera plug into the telescope? If so, > how? USB or something
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It's True Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Do you have any recommendations for a "starter" > telescope? Something under the 1k range Yes. A great starter scope would be a manually-controlled scope and mount combination. The scope itself needs a mount and tripod upon which to rest - and these items can be sold together or individually. Telecope tube: Russian
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eesh Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > So why is there such a price difference on > telescopes? I was looking on Opticsplanet.com and > Celestrons range from a few hundred dollars to > over $4k... A lot of variables: 1. size of optic glass 2. quality of optic glass 3. amount of optic glass elements, or groups inside tube 4. size and quality of mirror i
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Got out early on the hill top this evening and put the scope to use:
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Pickett Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Pickett Shoppping Center 1970's Thanks for that one, Pickett, saw Star Wars for the first time in 1977 at the theater tucked in the corner. Wow....
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Shooter up Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > No, I don't because it's just another typical > attempt to do "something" for the sake of doing > something because it's easy and people can pat > themselves on the back regardless whether that > something actually is effective. You're > attempting to legislate against, quite literally, > a 1
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Shooter up Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > You can game all kinds of hypothetical scenarios > but in either case an unopposed shooter isn't > going to be hindered much by changing magazines as > Cho and some others have demonstrated. If even the smallest hindrance would save just one life, then it would be well worth it, don't you think?
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contridiction Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > your post contridicts itself. You just said how > easy it is to change mags then you said that 3 10s > are less effective than 1 30. No, I said that it could easily take 10 seconds. I did not write that it is easy to change magazines. I also said that 1x30 is more efficient than 3x10, not more effective. Ex
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jay straud Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I can live with the lack of knowledge between a > clip and a magazine. But before these liberals > seek to pass another hundred laws to add to the > thousands already on the books they should learn > the difference between automatic and semi > automatic weapons. They should also be aware that > a per
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A lot of folks in the area seriously need to get over themselves. It would be way cool to have larger cycling events in FFX county, where most streets are shut down for cycling races or volks-rides. That's right, just shut down the whole daggone rat race and let everyone ride their bikes for fun....no cars, buses, trucks, just bikes on the roads, even if only for one day in the year.
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blake lane 73 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Wall Street just hit an all time record while 49 % of > American require some form of public assistance. > This is progress? Are you suggesting that the rich are getting richer, and the poor and middle class are getting poorer? Are you suggesting that market-gained wealth is not trickling down?
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Lies, Damn Lies, and Politics Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Nobody suggested that it was wasteful spending. > Although there is a lot of waste involved, that's > a separate discussion. Understood, I was the one who linked a rationale for cuts with wasteful spending. > It is the same political avoidance of real > problems that should have been
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Lies, Damn Lies, and Politics Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Berdhuis Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > > > Republicans don't want to go on the record for > > proposing any cuts to defense, so they're > quietly > > satisfied to pretend to let it happen > accidentally > > through t
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Republitards Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Obama wants tax loop holes closed, Republicans say > that's a non starter. They want spending cuts or > we sequester and ruin the Economy. So what > spending cuts do they want? > > If you want to cut Medicare, come out and say it. > Propose your legislation cutting Medicare. Take > away acce
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Go out and catch Sirius at SSE, all of you telescope wielders. And Saturn is up at ESE at 2330 - should be a good show.
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^^Pretty cool Reston, pics, Ahmayzin.
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DoD civilians
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stui Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Go out and look at the huge full moon now. It is > surrounded by clouds and looks awesomw. Way cool, thanks, man!
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FUNdamental Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > I couldn't see the bands. I could see the outline > of the red spot, and the storms appeard to be > darting in a chaotic way back and fourth, so I > could have used the word "swirling" to describe > what I saw. You would be able to see the storm bands sooner than the red spot. There are two, wide
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^^^ What, does your butt hurt? You mad that you don't have a telescope? Take it somewhere else, please.
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Incredible moonrise this evening - as orange as you can get, nearly full, was able to zoom at 160x for nice details of ridges and craters on the edge. Also fun when a goose traversed the field of view in front of the moon - cool silhouette.
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Hint: I know some of you have rabotali here....
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FUNdamental Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Berdhuis Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > FUNdamental Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > eesh Wrote: > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > >
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chuckhoffmann Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > bright star Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > it has something to do with uranus > > I can see Uranus from my house, but it's really > faint and dim. Chuck, is that Stellarium you're using?
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FUNdamental Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > eesh Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > It's beautiful. Can anyone see Jupiter's red > spot? > > I took my kids out last night with a Meade > telescope around 7:00 PM. The moon was > practically a strait shot directly above my house, > so the telesco
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Hint, it's not the Unitarian Church on Hunter Mill Road.
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^ Cool, thanks for the corrected detail.
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