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It looks like your flame hawkfish is interested.

My impression of it is that it is difficult to get it right, and I'm not sure that the benefits outweigh the risks. Supposedly, some of the most colorful tanks anywhere come from Zeo users, however.

It might, although some people have observed that feeding heavier tends to raise phosphate more than it does nitrate.

The par meter works well, but not for continuous monitoring. You have to change the orientation of the sensor so that it points up at the light in order to get a reading. Since the whole system is about the same price as an apogee meter, it was well worth the purchase.

This makes sense if you have a skimmer that keeps your nutrients at undetectable levels. And it already hasn't worked to add more fish and/or just run your skimmer at night. It's a problem that I wish that I had in my systems.

I set up a Seneye monitor in my office tank, and I have been having fun watching the daily pH swings and the ammonia spikes after I feed the fish. One thing I noticed is that on weekends when I am not in my office, the pH gets higher during the day than it does when I am in the office puffing CO2 into the air. When I am in the office during the day the pH gets up to 8.3 and when I am gone on a weekend it gets up to 8.43! Didn't you see this too, Jeremy, with your Apex?

Haven't you read all 110 posts in this thread? We have talked about mental health as well, and have covered most of the things that you mentioned.

FYI, Krizzy, this is the text of the second amendment, "A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." Do you think we should ignore the part about security and well-regulated? I would feel more secure on my campus if any crazy person in one of my classes didn't have such an easy time putting together an arsenal.

We have a right to drive a car. Street racing is also driving. It is illegal because of regulation. We have a constitutional right to have guns, but that does mean that they cannot be regulated.

Do you understand what a PER CAPITA statistic is? But, fair enough, how about we compare Sidney Australia to any large US city. Below is a quote about Sydney from the US department of state. "In general, the gun-related violence in Sydney has remained stable over the past year and is remarkably low when compared to major U.S. cities." "Sydney’s murder rate has halved in the past decade, falling to its lowest level in recent history. The current rate of one homicide per 100,000 people is the lowest in many years, according to BOSCAR. " Chicago's is 15 per 100,000, which is 15 x the rate in Sydney. New Orleans has a rate of 57.6 per 100,000. You can read the whole thing here: https://www.osac.gov/pages/ContentReportDetails.aspx?cid=13864

All of the other sensible people have stayed away from this thread. I have gotten some private messages of support, however, from people that are better at recognizing an exercise in futility than I am.

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The AR platform is powerful and shoots as fast as you can pull the trigger. It's more than you need for hunting or personal protection. I'm no gun expert, so perhaps there are other rifles that are equally dangerous. If so, I don't think they are necessary either. I think the more realistic approach to making an impact on the gun violence problem is universal background checks, however.

Because street racing cars are illegal to drive on the highway that means that we are well on our way to ALL cars being banned. http://faze.ca/illegal-street-racing-the-real-world-of-the-fast-the-furious/ This is called the "slippery slope" logical fallacy. https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/slippery-slope

Well then how about Australia, all of Western Europe, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, etc....? There are lots of examples of comparable societies in the developed world with sensible gun laws and much lower murder rates than ours. To deny this is simply an exercise in futility. Japan is often brought into the discussion when the potential influence of video games on gun violence is brought up (as opposed to easy access to guns), since they play more violent video games then us but have a very low murder rate. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2012/12/17/ten-country-comparison-suggests-theres-little-or-no-link-between-video-games-and-gun-murders/ Actually, new Orleans has the highest murder rate in the US. But, no matter. Chicago has a huge problem, no doubt about that. Of course, I could use glib logic and say "Imagine how bad a problem Chicago would have if it didn't have restrictions on guns?" This is possible, but the reality is likely that the effectiveness of city-wide restrictions on guns is limited. A city with tough gun laws is an island in a sea of easy guns, so it isn't surprising to me if they are not that effective. You have the same problem when states have gun restrictions, but are surrounded by states with easy gun access. That's why I support a federal system of background checks.

Cool. Is that Danae?

Plus it's hard to control for all of the ninjas there.

Second or third, they are still "developing" countries, which makes them categorically different from the U.S., Western Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Japan according to the UN and most economists.

That's why statistics are reported as per capita.

It's because they do not have effective institutions, like a reliable police department that can't be bribed. They also don't have a reliable and strong military to take on the cartel and enforce rule of law in all parts of the country. The current state of Mexico has nothing to do with their gun laws and everything to do with OUR drug laws, but that is another discussion. As an example, take a look at Japan where gun ownership is heavily restricted, but they have an effective police force. It's one of the safest countries in the world. This is the problem with comparing a developing country like Mexico, with inferior institutions, to us. It's apples and oranges or apples and mangoes.

Saying that our country has some big problems that we need to work on to fix is not the same as saying that our country "sucks." in fact, there are a lot of things that we do really well that the rest of the world tries to emulate. As an example, our medical research, our aircraft technology, computer / high tech industry, and university system are the envy of the world. Our gun record is not something the rest of the world wants to learn from, however. Just because I think there are things we can improve here does not mean that I should move to France. That's like me suggesting that you move to Somalia (a "government free" zone) if you don't like some things about our government.

Great question. Here's the latest world university rankings: http://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/rankings Harvard is ranked #1 in the world. Much of what we know regarding cancer, heart disease, diabetes, alzheimers, etc.... comes from researchers at Harvard or from researchers who were trained at Harvard. If you are ever diagnosed with any serious illness, I really hope you treat the recommendations from your doctor (that came from the Harvard research) with less skepticism than you give their findings regarding gun safety.

Ha Ha Ha! But, I'm not sure why you are laughing so hard. Mexico and the rest of central America are classified as "developing" by the UN. Third (not 'thrid' Haha) world is an older term, often used as a synonym of developing, but "developing" is the more correct term to use. Brazil is also a "developing country." I've been to both Mexico and Brazil and I can tell you that having Home Depots and Iphones does not a developed country make. It has a lot to do with the quality of institutions in the country. Here's the classification at the UN: http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49regin.htm#developed I stand by my original point: It is apples and oranges to compare gun laws in Mexico and Brazil with the USA, and that is why reputable researchers, such as the ones at Harvard only compare us with developed countries.

That sucks, Devon. Be safe!

Those are awesome, Keli!