>> ^Ornthoron:
Mercury is very non-volatile, so it's reasonably safe as long as you don't spend days locked in with it.

>> ^Asmo:
Quicksilver (elemental mercury) is relatively safe if well ventilated even with bareskin. You wouldn't immerse your hands in the tank but splashes landing on your arm wouldn't do you any harm.

>> ^flavioribeiro:
Mercury is only really dangerous if it enters the bloodstream (which happens if you ingest it or breathe its vapor). It's ok to have mercury bounce off your skin once in your lifetime, as long as it doesn't come near a wound or thin skin (like under your fingernails).


So mercury is only dangerous if it gets into your blood stream, and does not absorb through the skin very quickly. I wonder how it gets into the blood stream, and how people get mercury poisoning these days?

http://www.videosift.com/video/Mercury-vapor-from-dental-fillings

>> ^thinker247:
I like how he's wearing gloves as a precaution, then just drops the ball in there, letting the mercury splash.

Mercury is only really dangerous if it enters the bloodstream (which happens if you ingest it or breathe its vapor). It's ok to have mercury bounce off your skin once in your lifetime, as long as it doesn't come near a wound or thin skin (like under your fingernails).

You have been awarded 1 Power Point for fixing the embed code for Dead Pool video Once in a Lifetime - Talking Heads. Thank you for helping maintain VideoSift's reliability.

Perhaps President Obama's words three months ago were more than a PR move. Here's hoping his efforts towards improving relations between government and American Indians gets approved in the Senate.

• Play Video Video: Obama, GOP leaders meet on stimulus AP
WASHINGTON – American Indians stand to gain almost $3 billion as part of the economic stimulus moving through Congress, money that could help some of the nation's poorest communities rebuild roads, improve health care and boost employment that has lagged behind the rest of the country for decades.
The Senate Appropriations Committee on Tuesday included $2.8 billion for Indian tribes in its portion of the nearly $900 billion economic stimulus bill, and a House version to be voted on Wednesday includes a similar amount. That includes hundreds of millions of dollars for schools, health clinics, roads, law enforcement and water projects.
Dante Desiderio, an economic development policy specialist at the National Congress of American Indians, which has lobbied for the money for the past year, calls the bill a "once in a lifetime opportunity" for tribes.
"It really has the potential to lift our communities out of poverty," Desiderio said.
Indian Country has a long way to go in terms of reviving tribal economies. According to the National Congress of American Indians, real per-capita income of Indians living on reservations is still less than half the national average, unemployment is twice that of the rest of the country, and eight of the 10 poorest counties in the United States are on reservations.
That group originally asked for $6.1 billion in the stimulus, an amount that they said would generate more than 50,000 jobs.
"It's not going to allow them to catch up, but its a significant boost," said North Dakota Sen. Byron Dorgan, the Democratic chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee who inserted the money into the stimulus. "This is a group of Americans who have been left behind in many of the basic needs of life."
Julie Kitka, president of the Alaska Federation of Natives, asked Congress for stimulus dollars at a Senate Indian Affairs hearing earlier this month. She describes chronically underfunded Indian and Native Alaskan communities as "emerging economies" similar to developing countries around the world that can be hardest hit by an economic downturn. She says this is a chance for tribes to boost their economies for years to come
"It's an opportunity to do things right," she said.

The way Cynk talks about "elected officials" scores, he makes it seem like he's talking about Senators and Congress members. When in reality, the test states:
"Of the 2,508 People surveyed, 164 say they have held an elected government office at least once in their life."

So, 164 ppl who've been elected to some sort of office at least once in their lifetime (school board supers, judges, commissioners, etc) took this test. That's one hundred and sixty four people, of which, we know zero about who these people are, and what offices they held.

Cynk does this a lot. Loves to omit and cherry-pick.

Jesus tells Bush where to find Osama bin Laden, and we invade Pakistan to get him. While there, our troops find the Ark of the Covenant. All of a sudden, Nazi ninjas descend upon the scene and steal back the ark. Unfortunately for them, the leader drinks water from some golden cup and dies, since it's totally not the cup of Jesus. Bush knows this, so he travels to the site and finds the real holy grail, and he is filled with alien crystal skulls, as snakes surround him. Then he grows ten times in size, stomping his way through the Middle East. He takes out Iran and all of al-Qaeda with one step, thus eradicating terror in the Middle East. Seeing a once-in-a-lifetime chance, Israel asks Bush to destroy the Dome of the Rock, which he does. Construction begins on a new Jewish temple, which brings Jesus back to the Mt. of Olives. Armageddon is fought and eventually Jesus and Giant George W. Bush destroy the devil and his fallen angels. The world explodes and Obama comes down to bring us all to the New Heaven, saying, "You were right. I am God. Now tax cuts for everyone!"

The End.

I hit the loose juice, and pulls up in the duece
He gives me the scoop about the fake ass troops
And how nigga's out they're wanna play
I take another hit of the way, and then I blast away
How far playa? Far enough to go off the edge
I push another nigga off the ledge
So I stumble as I slide to the chevy
Yeah my eyes kinda teary, and gun kinda heavy
I'm a walking dead man is what they call me when I'm comin
Got the big S on my chest, so I'm kinda gunnin
High powered on my way too the west side
To check upon on some chickens, it's a hell of a drive, so drive on
As I hit my dodo stick to the break of dawn
Crime fightings what I do, and nigga's in my crew
Don't take lightly, to you busta's, and so we say f**k you
Then buck you, tuck you in for the night
As you think about the paper at the funeral sight
So when I'm hangin wit the click, and we in demand
I feel good that the city of angel's call me black superman

Now everybody know, black superman
Everybody sing, black superman
Now everybody know, black superman

Now it was once said by a known loc G
Always tryna come up, and yeah that's a G
Uh, cause when I bomb it's like a curse
Cause see once in a lifetime, everybody did some dirt
I guess it got to me the same
So at the age of 15, I enterted the dope game
I had my cane locked up tight
In the day I went to school, but I clarked all night
And when I went to class I always feel asleep
But I was out like a motherf**ker, if somebody beeped
My teacher said, 'boy can't it wait?'
I said, 'naw I got to put some mo' icin on my cake'
I think I saved about 50 G's
I bought a truck, a house, and a coup on D's
Moms is trippin, but she really don't know
All I'm thinkin is she ain't on the county no mo'
Before my mama f**ked wit the county again
I'd rather take the risk of doin 5-10
I'm not takin a chase, I'm staright makin a chase
So now we deserve, to get what we wanna get
I got my mama up outta they're
Because y'all motherf**ker's just don't care
Uh, you really wanna know why I sold scum?
Because my mama to me comes number one
Now you sucka motherf**ker's don't understand
But to my mama, I'm her real black superman

Uh oh -
Dupe (sifted a whole 2 years 4 months ago)

*discard

Talking Heads:Once In A Lifetime
From LyricWiki
This song is performed by Talking Heads.

And you may find yourself living in a shotgun shack
And you may find yourself in another part of the world
And you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile
And you may find yourself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful wife
And you may ask yourself: Well...How did I get here?

Letting the days go by; let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by; water flowing underground
Into the blue again; after the money's gone
Once in a lifetime; water flowing underground.

And you may ask yourself
How do I work this?
And you may ask yourself
Where is that large automobile?
And you may tell yourself
This is not my beautiful house!
And you may tell yourself
This is not my beautiful wife!
Letting the days go by; let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by; water flowing underground
Into the blue again; after the money's gone
Once in a lifetime; water flowing underground.

Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...
Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...
Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...

Water dissolving...and water removing
There is water at the bottom of the ocean
Under the water, carry the water
Remove the water at the bottom of the ocean!
Water dissolving...and water removing

Letting the days go by; let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by; water flowing underground
Into the blue again; into the silent water
Under the rocks and stones; there is water underground
Letting the days go by/let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by/water flowing underground
Into the blue again/after the money's gone
Once in a life time water flowing underground.

And you may ask yourself
What is that beautiful house?
And you may ask yourself
Where does that highway go to?
And you may ask yourself
Am I right?...Am I wrong?
And you may say to yourself
MY GOD!...WHAT HAVE I DONE?

Letting the days go by/let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by/water flowing underground
Into the blue again/into the silent water
Under the rocks and stones/there is water underground
Letting the days go by, let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by, water flowing underground
Into the blue again/after the money's gone
Once in a lifetime/water flowing underground

Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...
Look at where my hand was
time isn't holding us, time isn't after us
Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...
Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...
Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...

letting the days go by(x3)
once in a lifetime
letting the days go by(x3)
once in a lifetime

She is very well spoken considering the stereotype put on individuals in the porn industry.

"In November 2001, the venerable Oxford Union debating society invited Jameson to come to Oxford to argue against the proposition "The House Believes that Porn is Harmful."[34] She wrote in her diary at the time, "I feel like I am going to be out of my element, but, I could never pass this chance up... it's a once in a lifetime thing."[100] In the end, her side won the debate 204 to 27.[11]"

That's impressive. Also, here is something else funny regarding Jenna vs. O'Reilly:

"In February 2003, Pony International planned to feature her as one of several porn stars in advertisements for athletic shoes. This was attacked by Bill O'Reilly of Fox News in an editorial called "Using Quasi-Prostitutes to Sell Sneakers", calling porn stars inappropriate role models for teens.[101] In response, The Harvard Crimson proposed a boycott of O'Reilly and Fox News.[102] Jameson herself fought back with a sarcastic email to the show, writing:

I hope Bill understands the difference between a porn star and a hooker. I assume he has done some research on the subject because he requested some of my videos after we finished taping my appearance. I imagine he wanted them for professional reasons.[103]"

Here is a fix for you Talking Heads "Once in a Lifetime" vid...

That was pretty wild. I love the idea of going balls-out to give a few people an amazing once-in-a-lifetime experience... they're all guaranteed to remember and re-tell it for a very long time, if not the rest of their lives.

I've only seen the northern lights once where they were really strong and they were still only a fraction of this. Nonetheless they were absolutely breathtaking, something everyone should witness in person at least once in their lifetime.

I know someone who saw them live and said it was a once in a lifetime experience that was well worth having. These guys are my heroes, seriously....

Here is the plot summary, which gives the context for this speech, from imdb:


Plot Summary for
The Great Dictator (1940)

During the last days of the First World War, a clumsy soldier saves the life of devoted military pilot Schultz. Unfortunately, their flight from the advancing enemy ends in a severe crash with the clumsy soldier losing his memories. After quite some years in the hospital, the amnesia patient gets released and reopens his old barber shop in the Jewish ghetto. But times have changed in the country of Tomania: Dictator Adenoid Hynkel, who accidentally looks very similar to the barber, has laid his merciless grip on the country, and the Jewish people are discriminated against. One day, the barber gets in trouble and is brought before a commanding officer, who turns out to be his old comrade Schultz. So, the ghetto enjoys protection from then on. Meanwhile, Dictator Hynkel develops big plans, he wants to become Dictator of the whole world and needs a scapegoat for the public. Soon, Schultz is being arrested for being too Jewish-friendly, and all Jews except those who managed to flee are transported into Concentration Camps. Hynkel is planning to march into Osterlich to show off against Napaloni, Dictator of Bacteria, who already has deployed his troops along the other border of the small country. Meanwhile, Schultz and the barber manage to escape, guised in military uniforms. As luck would have it, Schultz and the barber are picked up by Tomanian forces and the barber is mixed up with Hynkel himself. The small barber now gets the once-in-a-lifetime chance to speak to the people of Osterlich and all of Tomania, who listen eagerly on the radio.