The NaOH isn't the problem. Sodium Hydroxide can be easily neutralized.
The problem is when Na comes in contact with water, it gives off hydrogen gas, and being that the rxn is exothermic, the hydrogen can be ignited resulting in an explosion.
It normally applies if you are certified in First Aid/CPR/AED.
There are limits to what a non-certified person can do. At least thats I'm taught when I get re-certified every year, that it will prevent you from being sued under the good samaritan law, in Indiana at least.
Well for one, I don't watch cable news or listen to AM radio.
What I do know is that the government is a horribly inefficient system. Look at the IRS, the post office, medicare, SS, welfare. There is little incentive to run efficiently when you have an unlimited amount of cash, which without budget constraints and an adjustable tax-base, is virtually unlimited. The "can-do" attitude used to be a part of this country, but now the government says you can't do and "we can", if you just give us more money.
I'm not really for the dog-eat-dog system, but I'm not for forced assistance either. People should have a choice in the matter and be able to decide the level they which to help instead of the government stating that I'm going to help at 40%/paycheck or go to jail.
Read that preamble of the constitution. It says promote the general welfare, it doesn't say provide the general the general welfare.
I didn't mean that, I mean in the case of blackwater, the government is the one responsible for prosecuting them since they are operating under contract with them.
Do you honestly know anyone that eats it? I know plenty of pot users and none eat it, except for one that swallowed a bit so customs wouldn't catch him. That was a good while ago though.
It doesn't matter if most are. It only takes a few multi-million dollar payouts to bankrupt an insurance company. They have to hedge the possibility that this could happen.
Let's say my previous doctor paid an even $100,000k/year in insurance. If he paid the same rate for 25 years, that would be $2.5 million. If you had one $10 million dollar judgment, it would take the 25 year career of 4 doctors to pay for one claim.
That is the governments fault, not the fault of blackwater (as an organization). It's up the government if they should be prosecuted, but instead they spirited out of the country, by the government.
They basically have a free pass. Hold them to the exact same laws that our military personnel are held to. See how fast they shape up.
Aside from that, I do believe that utilities should be privately controlled.
Of course they should have insurance, but should someone get $10 million because a surgeon left a sponge in them?
Tort reform would solve a lot of these particular problems, but being that the federal government is mostly populated by lawyers that directly benefit from these kinds of accidents, it won't happen.
We could also stop pouring billions upon billions of dollars into fixing laziness.
If you won't take some responsibility for your own health (aka get off your ass and exercise, eat healthier, etc.), I don't feel I should take up the slack by paying for you.
How would you know? Health care is the most heavily regulated system in the U.S., which is pretty much the opposite of capitalism.
I wouldn't call it capitalistic when my family doctor closed his doors late 2006 because he couldn't continue to pay the six-figure/year premiums for insurance that the government mandates. Then we have guys like Edwards who made a fortune by perpetuating this, but of course he is for the working man.
You know, I don't usually get pissed, but you are just absolutely, entirely and most definitely full of shit. I mean that in it's purest sense. You have absolutely no idea what the hell you are talking about.
You can't/won't improve your argument, so you resort to name calling. The last bastion of a lost arguement. If you want to prove me wrong, give me some facts, I'll read and study them. If I'm wrong, show me why.
If you can't, good luck trolling in the name of Jesus. Hopefully that works out for you.
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I don't like the animation style. The big eyes, tiny faces, etc. It's not the content, it's the look.
It just bugs me.
The NaOH isn't the problem. Sodium Hydroxide can be easily neutralized.
The problem is when Na comes in contact with water, it gives off hydrogen gas, and being that the rxn is exothermic, the hydrogen can be ignited resulting in an explosion.
2Na + 2H20 --> H2 + 2NaOH
I forgot to add the Mg-24 is the most common magnesium isotope with about 79% abundance.
So what you think of regular Mg metal is mostly Mg-24.
I'm a chemist, but not big into nuclear.
Na-24 beta decays into Mg-24, which is stable and not dangerous.
Emo sucks worse than all of them.
My sig is a joke, what I replied with is the truth.
You do realize that all forms of anime suck, right?
By Saddam Hussein invading Kuwait.
Say what you want. Thats where it all started.
It normally applies if you are certified in First Aid/CPR/AED.
There are limits to what a non-certified person can do. At least thats I'm taught when I get re-certified every year, that it will prevent you from being sued under the good samaritan law, in Indiana at least.
S3 standby can be woke remotely if need be, and on new computers it only takes a few watts.
Thats a good point actually.
Either way, they shouldn't get immunity.
I will add that the grants can come from taxes, but often they don't.
The last large sum of money given to the local FD was a grant given by a casino, which they used to buy jaws of life.
They are funded by grants that they have to apply for every year and by payment from insurance companies when that allows.
They get no tax money for equipment or training.
My fire protection is volunteer. They receive no tax money and they work great.
Well for one, I don't watch cable news or listen to AM radio.
What I do know is that the government is a horribly inefficient system. Look at the IRS, the post office, medicare, SS, welfare. There is little incentive to run efficiently when you have an unlimited amount of cash, which without budget constraints and an adjustable tax-base, is virtually unlimited. The "can-do" attitude used to be a part of this country, but now the government says you can't do and "we can", if you just give us more money.
I'm not really for the dog-eat-dog system, but I'm not for forced assistance either. People should have a choice in the matter and be able to decide the level they which to help instead of the government stating that I'm going to help at 40%/paycheck or go to jail.
Read that preamble of the constitution. It says promote the general welfare, it doesn't say provide the general the general welfare.
I didn't mean that, I mean in the case of blackwater, the government is the one responsible for prosecuting them since they are operating under contract with them.
Thats probably right, but it still remains that sue-happy Americans raise prices all around.
haha, I knew someone was going to say that..
Do you honestly know anyone that eats it? I know plenty of pot users and none eat it, except for one that swallowed a bit so customs wouldn't catch him. That was a good while ago though.
It doesn't matter if most are. It only takes a few multi-million dollar payouts to bankrupt an insurance company. They have to hedge the possibility that this could happen.
Let's say my previous doctor paid an even $100,000k/year in insurance. If he paid the same rate for 25 years, that would be $2.5 million. If you had one $10 million dollar judgment, it would take the 25 year career of 4 doctors to pay for one claim.
That is the governments fault, not the fault of blackwater (as an organization). It's up the government if they should be prosecuted, but instead they spirited out of the country, by the government.
They basically have a free pass. Hold them to the exact same laws that our military personnel are held to. See how fast they shape up.
Aside from that, I do believe that utilities should be privately controlled.
Of course they should have insurance, but should someone get $10 million because a surgeon left a sponge in them?
Tort reform would solve a lot of these particular problems, but being that the federal government is mostly populated by lawyers that directly benefit from these kinds of accidents, it won't happen.
I know the rule, don't feed the trolls, but I had to reply to this one.
There is nothing, I repeat, nothing natural about smoking anything. Thats pretty much the opposite of nature.
There is no better security than just not being connected, end of story.
Where does this idea that every computer that exists must be plugged into the net come from?
We could also stop pouring billions upon billions of dollars into fixing laziness.
If you won't take some responsibility for your own health (aka get off your ass and exercise, eat healthier, etc.), I don't feel I should take up the slack by paying for you.
How would you know? Health care is the most heavily regulated system in the U.S., which is pretty much the opposite of capitalism.
I wouldn't call it capitalistic when my family doctor closed his doors late 2006 because he couldn't continue to pay the six-figure/year premiums for insurance that the government mandates. Then we have guys like Edwards who made a fortune by perpetuating this, but of course he is for the working man.
You know, I don't usually get pissed, but you are just absolutely, entirely and most definitely full of shit. I mean that in it's purest sense. You have absolutely no idea what the hell you are talking about.
You can't/won't improve your argument, so you resort to name calling. The last bastion of a lost arguement. If you want to prove me wrong, give me some facts, I'll read and study them. If I'm wrong, show me why.
If you can't, good luck trolling in the name of Jesus. Hopefully that works out for you.