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NBA Season postponed possibly

  As I’m sure most of you are aware of by now, the NBA has suspended all playoff games for today. Before the season even started, Adam Silver encouraged players to wear a statement on the back of their jerseys for social change. The Milwaukee Bucks forfeit their game by not leaving the locker room while the Orlando Magic was on the court warming up. Chris Paul and Russell Westbrook met up to talk about boycotting tonight’s game. Not too long after, the NBA put out a message saying that all playoff games will be cancelled for the day. Lakers, Clippers, and other teas put out a statement in regards to the NBA season potentially being cancelled      NBA players such as LeBron James, took to social media to give their stance on this entire situation. Read this update put out by Bleacher Report via Woj. It says, “Talks centered on ending the season or not. Momentum growing towards not playing Thursday’s game” If you’re going make a statement, might as well make it lou...

Truck crashes. difference between preventable & non preventable

There’s an argument that periodically surfaces about the semantics (i.e. the meaning) of accidents vs crashes (or collisions). Some people argue that when a vehicle crashes it is never an accident because it was preventable. However, this is simplistic and, well, wrong.   https://youtu.be/cnOL-U6Dens   The word ‘accident’ describes intent. If we look at one definition of accident it is an unfortunate incident that happens unexpectedly and unintentionally, typically resulting in damage or injury. Therefore, if you throw a knife at a group of people and it hits and stabs one of them, it’s not an accident because it was deliberate; however, if you trip in the kitchen while carrying a knife and you stab someone, it is an accident. Sure, you should have perhaps been more careful, and you could have decided to carry the knife in a sheath, but the fact remains that you had no intention of stabbing the person in the second instance, you were simply moving the knife from one place...