Here is the top 100 list of "Twitterholics."

http://twitterholic.com/

your statement is true....one needs to take into account the actual levels of mercury.

from the abstract: The samples were found to contain levels of mercury ranging from below a detection limit of 0.005 to 0.570 micrograms mercury per gram of high fructose corn syrup. Average daily consumption of high fructose corn syrup is about 50 grams per person in the United States. With respect to total mercury exposure, it may be necessary to account for this source of mercury in the diet of children and sensitive populations.

this was one of two studies done on the subject. While I know the 2nd study found mercury in more products that contain HFCS, I'm not sure at what levels.

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>> ^qruel:
Since we are talking about Mercury... here's some interesting facts...
Gold mines are the nation's largest source of mercury pollution. Like all mining, separating and processing the gold creates tons of toxic metals, like lead and mercury. Nevada is home to eight of the nation's top 10 mercury polluters. Here is a list of the top 100 Some other sources: Coal Fired Power Plants, Cement Kilns, Incinerators, Chlor-alkali Production, Chemical Plants.

In 2005 the FDA did a study that showed mercury in many food products that contained High Fructose Corn Syrup (due to mercury in the caustic soda and hydrochloric acid used in the manufacture of HFCS), and the FDA did absolutely nothing about it.


Presence of "detectable" levels is meaningless unless you name a specific concentration. Nearly everything will randomly contain at least 1 part in 10^20 of whichever stable element you want, which could be measured with a sufficiently accurate mass spectrometer.

>> ^qruel:
Since we are talking about Mercury... here's some interesting facts...
Gold mines are the nation's largest source of mercury pollution. Like all mining, separating and processing the gold creates tons of toxic metals, like lead and mercury. Nevada is home to eight of the nation's top 10 mercury polluters. Here is a list of the top 100 Some other sources: Coal Fired Power Plants, Cement Kilns, Incinerators, Chlor-alkali Production, Chemical Plants.

In 2005 the FDA did a study that showed mercury in many food products that contained High Fructose Corn Syrup (due to mercury in the caustic soda and hydrochloric acid used in the manufacture of HFCS), and the FDA did absolutely nothing about it.


Presence of "detectable" levels is meaningless unless you name a specific concentration. Nearly everything will randomly contain at least 1 part in 10^20 of whichever stable element you want, which could be measured with a sufficiently accurate mass spectrometer.

Since we are talking about Mercury... here's some interesting facts...

Gold mines are the nation's largest source of mercury pollution. Like all mining, separating and processing the gold creates tons of toxic metals, like lead and mercury. Nevada is home to eight of the nation's top 10 mercury polluters. Here is a list of the top 100 Some other sources: Coal Fired Power Plants, Cement Kilns, Incinerators, Chlor-alkali Production, Chemical Plants.

In 2005 the FDA did a study that showed mercury in many food products that contained High Fructose Corn Syrup (due to mercury in the caustic soda and hydrochloric acid used in the manufacture of HFCS), and the FDA did absolutely nothing about it.

When you learn how to make arguments without loaded terms like "heavy taxation", "excessive burdens" and "genocide", then maybe I'll decide to reply to one of them. Given the way you wrote, for me to make an intelligent reply would take 80% refuting things I didn't say. Which is too bad, because you do make some interesting points in there.

I have found this sort of response to be commonly employed when debaters would rather stay on the surface instead of diving deep to the root of an issue. If you really want to address the substance, then it isn't difficult. Pick whatever adjectives you didn't like and toss them. Instead of 'heavy taxation' just say 'taxation' in your brain. It isn't a tough exercise, and should alleviate your overtly stated concern which you claim prevents you from continuing to substance.

However, I disagree with your opinion that the terminology was 'loaded'. That implies that the words were inaccurate or misleading. But they were not. The US taxes ARE heavy - 2nd highest on the planet in fact. Industry IS saddled with excessive burdens, which is why they shelter overseas to reduce costs. Socialist governments DO commit genocide when they are at thier worst (which is how I qualfied it). Stalin, Lenin, Khamir Rouge, China - there is no shortage of examples. Now, you may not personally LIKE the words I chose if they do not hew to your bias, but that does not mean that I have inaccurately applied them.

Regardless of that - Lord knows people (such as the kid in the vid) who espouse personal responsibility and small government have had to put up with more than their share of 'loaded terminology' when discussing issues. What's good for the goose is good for the gander. You - for example - used loaded terms when you said 'benefits the country as a whole more than it benefits the individuals who used to have that money'. That's loaded. Who are you to say that the person who has the money isn't benefiting the country? Why is it assumed that a person who has earned wealth is somehow an unworthy custodian of it?

Starting every paragraph with "I would suggest..." and "I would posit..." doesn't make your style appropriate, and putting smiley faces after put-downs doesn't work either.

It is as I feared. You have no sense of humor. But in jest I made a good point. You claimed Canada has the best universities on the planet. Even the kindest evaluation wouldn't define Canada's colleges in that kind of lofty 'loaded' language. The QS poll lists the top 100 Universities, and Canada has grand total of four entries... #20, #34, #74, and #91. By comparison, the USA has 1, 2, 5, and 8-14, 17, and 18 of the top 20. I'm not trying to offend you. I'm just grounding you in reality.

I never read the book but I most likely will now after watching the show. The story ark was WAY deeper and human than I thought it would be. I can now see why this was on the top 100 novels of all time.

Their album of the same name is one of the best, sweetest, loveliest, etc. albums ever made. Don't trust me on this, check it out for yourselves.

Also, Wiki sez:
"Pitchfork Media placed the album at number 14 in its top 100 albums of the 1990s.[1] Rolling Stone magazine featured the album on its list of "Essential Recordings of the 1990s,"[2] while Spin (magazine) included the record at number 76 on its "100 Greatest Albums, 1985-2005" list.[3] If You're Feeling Sinister also appears as an entry in the book 1001 Albums to Hear Before You Die as chosen by music critics. Another source that analyzes critics, Acclaimed Music, has placed If You're Feeling Sinister as the 5th-best album of 1996 and number 341 of all time."

w00t! I got 3 vids in the top 100! Great to be in the company of so many fine sifters.

Personal top 100 films. Maybe top 25.

When this question was asked last year:

http://www.videosift.com/talk/2007-Nominations

http://www.videosift.com/talk/The-best-of-2007


What was done instead:

http://www.videosift.com/talk/The-1st-Annual-Sifties-Results-are-In

http://www.videosift.com/talk/Top-100-Videos-of-2007

Thanks man. Keep on keepin it real. I'm sure you've got some promotes coming your way...

In reply to this comment by MrFisk:
This suave motherfuckers got some great taste! Better than me, you wonder? Perhaps. One things certain, he don't need your stinking upvotes, he'll just keep rocking the fuck out. Seriously, he made 100 with music vids! And not top 100 bullshit but great music. Do you realize how daunting that accomplishment is? Gratz amigo. Don't believe the hype. Great work alien.

Now that's what I call a comment man! And cheers for the nod

In reply to this comment by MrFisk:
This suave motherfuckers got some great taste! Better than me, you wonder? Perhaps. One things certain, he don't need your stinking upvotes, he'll just keep rocking the fuck out. Seriously, he made 100 with music vids! And not top 100 bullshit but great music. Do you realize how daunting that accomplishment is? Gratz amigo. Don't believe the hype. Great work alien.

This suave motherfuckers got some great taste! Better than me, you wonder? Perhaps. One things certain, he don't need your stinking upvotes, he'll just keep rocking the fuck out. Seriously, he made 100 with music vids! And not top 100 bullshit but great music. Do you realize how daunting that accomplishment is? Gratz amigo. Don't believe the hype. Great work alien.

Well you have to count in all the huge sites out there like google, ebay, amazon, and all the news sites that have several language options. Each google, whether it be .com or .fi or .ie, is counted separately.

Plus I'm happy that videosift isn't mainstream. DeviantART, for example, is in the top 100 ( currently 83 ). I've had quite a lot of bad experience there, from more and more bad art ( mostly anime ) to incredibly pointless comments, to the generally horrible behavior of most of the members.

IMO Videsift deserves to be in the top 100, but if it were, it wouldn't be the way it is now. But yeah.. top 1000 or so would be nice.

>> ^Sarzy:
Yeah, thanks for posting this, karkarlee. Interesting (and I would have thought that the sift would at least be in the top 5000... we need to spread the word, I guess).

>> ^campionidelmondo:
Your favorite BOOK? It's a comic dude. Get out of your parents basement and see the world, seriously!

Ooooo, lookie here, seems this little comic book made Time Magazine's Top 100 Novel list. Those immature editors at Time better get out of their mother's basement and see the world!