The NBA playoffs have been one of the most watched and most anticipated sporting events every year. This year everyone is talking about the reigning champion Miami Heat. The Heat have won the last 2 NBA championships and are trying to become the first team since the Los Angeles Lakers in the early 2000's to win 3 straight NBA titles.
Even as I am a Miami fan myself, I don't think my team will "3-peat" this year. The team to beat in this years NBA playoffs has to be the San Antonio Spurs. They have played their starters the least amount of time out of any other team, and they still have the best record in the NBA! That usually just doesn't happen. The Spurs, led by point guard Tony Parker, have ended the regular season with a record of 62-20. They play as a team, distributing the ball effectively to get every player involved.
The number 1 team in the Eastern Conference is the Indiana Pacers. They finished the regular season with 56 wins and 26 losses. Before the season the Pacers were determined to take down the reigning champs, and they have ended the season 2 games ahead of the Miami Heat.
Don't get me wrong, the road to the NBA Finals won't be easy for the San Antonio Spurs, Miami Heat, or the Indiana Pacers, but it will be an entertaining next few weeks as the road to those NBA finals begins. Who do you think will be the team to come out on top?
Thursday, April 17, 2014
Friday, April 11, 2014
The Flood: Global or Regional?
Both of these articles really are pulling me in 2 completely different directions with their opinions, but I honestly don't see enough facts to swing me one way or the other. Since I heard the story of Noah when I was about 4 years old, I have thought that the flood in Genesis 6-9 was worldwide, as in it covered the entire earth. I have not even considered thinking about it in a different way until reading these two articles.
"So God said to Noah, 'I am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. I am surely going to destroy both them and the earth.'" - Genesis 6:13. In this verse God is saying that he wants "to put an end to all people"; he doesn't specifically say that he will flood the earth. The definition of the word earth, according to dictionary.com is "the surface of this planet" or "the solid matter of this planet", so God could have told the author of Genesis to write the word earth meaning the physical land only in that certain region.
I also believe that God could have told the author of the Old Testament book of Genesis to write the word earth meaning this entire planet as a whole, as that is the other meaning of the word. Truthfully speaking from my own opinion and point of view, I think that God flooded the whole earth. I mean, think about it for a minute, the earth had been formed at least several hundred years before Noah and the Ark, so the descendants of Adam and Eve could have not only moved around, but they could have moved to the other ends of the earth by then. Especially when you consider how long some people lived back then. They could have made one single journey that lasted half of their lifetime! That is why I honestly believe that the flood that God sent to put an end to all inhabitants of the earth, except Noah and his family, was over the entire earth, as in all of the land on this planet. God says that the mountains were covered with water from the flood. Mountains: plural. I still think that God flooded the earth globally, and I will always believe that.
"So God said to Noah, 'I am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. I am surely going to destroy both them and the earth.'" - Genesis 6:13. In this verse God is saying that he wants "to put an end to all people"; he doesn't specifically say that he will flood the earth. The definition of the word earth, according to dictionary.com is "the surface of this planet" or "the solid matter of this planet", so God could have told the author of Genesis to write the word earth meaning the physical land only in that certain region.
I also believe that God could have told the author of the Old Testament book of Genesis to write the word earth meaning this entire planet as a whole, as that is the other meaning of the word. Truthfully speaking from my own opinion and point of view, I think that God flooded the whole earth. I mean, think about it for a minute, the earth had been formed at least several hundred years before Noah and the Ark, so the descendants of Adam and Eve could have not only moved around, but they could have moved to the other ends of the earth by then. Especially when you consider how long some people lived back then. They could have made one single journey that lasted half of their lifetime! That is why I honestly believe that the flood that God sent to put an end to all inhabitants of the earth, except Noah and his family, was over the entire earth, as in all of the land on this planet. God says that the mountains were covered with water from the flood. Mountains: plural. I still think that God flooded the earth globally, and I will always believe that.
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
Plagiarism Article Response
1. If this same incident occurred at TCA, and I was accused of plagiarism, then I would simply confess my wrongs to the school, unless of course I knew I was innocent. If I knew that I did it, I would admit that I did wrong because, from this article, I've learned that confessing can save a lot of trouble from the parents and administrators.
2. My parents would be upset with me, but I know they would forgive me. They would be extremely disappointed in me, but they would be ok with it in the end because they are my parents and they love me enough to forgive me when I do wrong.
3. I think that no matter who it is they should get a zero if they cheat on anything. If they say that they are innocent, then at least give them something other than a zero, because they could have just simply thought of something good to put in their project and it just sounds similar to someone else's, and you falsely accusing them gets them nowhere.
4. This story does not really affect my view on plagiarism because I still see it as wrong, but only wrong if you know that you had intentions of copying, not if you weren't trying to.
5. From this article, I have learned that plagiarism isn't just something that can get you a bad grade, but it can completely change this little town that has been arguing about this topic. THey parents think they're right, and the administrators think that they are right. The students deserved the bad grade, and the parents know that. They should just accept that fact and move on.
2. My parents would be upset with me, but I know they would forgive me. They would be extremely disappointed in me, but they would be ok with it in the end because they are my parents and they love me enough to forgive me when I do wrong.
3. I think that no matter who it is they should get a zero if they cheat on anything. If they say that they are innocent, then at least give them something other than a zero, because they could have just simply thought of something good to put in their project and it just sounds similar to someone else's, and you falsely accusing them gets them nowhere.
4. This story does not really affect my view on plagiarism because I still see it as wrong, but only wrong if you know that you had intentions of copying, not if you weren't trying to.
5. From this article, I have learned that plagiarism isn't just something that can get you a bad grade, but it can completely change this little town that has been arguing about this topic. THey parents think they're right, and the administrators think that they are right. The students deserved the bad grade, and the parents know that. They should just accept that fact and move on.
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