Monthly Archives: February 2015

Does Remaining Impartial Improve Decision Making?

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Do people make significantly wiser decisions, discoveries, and observations if they remain neutral and impartial? Just as many newspaper reporters have observed, the idea of objectivity as a guiding principle is too valuable to be abandoned. Objectivity means to observe and report on something from a truly unbiased position. The skill of objectivity is lacking in our society today.

Objectivity means to observe and report on something from a truly unbiased position. Even scientists haven’t obtained objectivity. This is the same with absolute truth. Everyone agrees that objectivity is valuable and necessary as a guiding principal, and without it, knowledge would be utterly useless. The idea of objectivity shouldn’t be abandoned.

Reporters and scientists both agree that objectivity is something that they lack. They continue to bring their personal opinions into their articles and experiments. For example, if a police officer witnessed a black truck crash into a blue SUV, he might come to the conclusion that all black truck drivers are maniacs. Later, he sees another crash involving a black truck and an orange buggy, and automatically believes that the crash was a result of the wild truck driver. Upon later research, he finds out that it was actually the BW Beatle that caused the crash. He will still think that the reckless truck driver had something to do with it. Personal opinion clouds the impartial judgment. So even when evidence points the other way, it is very difficult to remain impartial.

My Favorite Type of Music

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Everyone has a favorite type of music. Some of the more popular genres are pop, rock, and rap. There are many different artists who have their own style within those categories. Popular pop, rock, and rap artists are Ariana Grande, Zendaya, Taylor Swift, and Nicki Manaj. You can dance and sing along to those types because of their fast tempo and fun lyrics. My favorite genre of music is known as classical with an edge. This music includes some of the instruments of classical music, but it is a bit more upbeat and energetic.

In the music genre, classical with an edge, many unique instruments are involved. There are the instrument that would be expected in classical music, such as the violin and flute. Then guitars, drums, and other popular instruments are added. Within the classical with an edge genre, many unique stations and versions emerge. While some of the songs are more rock and pop, others stick with the classical side a bit more.

Many ways have been created to listen to music. I like to borrow the CDs from the library. Though I have never been to a classical electronic concert, I would really like to. There are many websites and applications used for music, such as YouTube, Spotify, Pandora, and Amazon Music. Although all of these are available, I only need a few of them on my computer. YouTube, Pandora, and Amazon Music are the applications that I enjoy to listen to music on.

I enjoy listening to classical with an edge everywhere. I like to listen to it around the house while doing chores, and in the car while driving for long periods of time. My dad enjoys playing the Pandora station while we are hanging out and helping in the kitchen. I especially enjoy hearing the beautiful instruments while doing school. Classical with an edge is a great type of music to listen to whenever and wherever.

There are many classical electronic bands. Some of them include singing, while the bands that I prefer choose to exclude the vocals. I think that the music has a better sound when there is no singing, because it seems to interrupt the instruments; it is easier to relax to. A few of my favorite bands are E Nomine, Lindsey Sterling, Bond, Escala, and Apocalyptica. Each of them have a different unique sound.

E Nomine is a German electronica band. In one of their songs they sing the Lord’s Prayer in German. It’s beautiful. I particularly like their song, ‘Mitternacht,’ which is German for midnight. It is a wonderful song, with a large use of string instruments. It is a dark song that places images of mystery in your head. German singing is placed in with the music, which in this case, only adds to the greatness of the song.

Lindsey Stirling is violinist, dancer, and composer. She creates her own songs, and plays them on the violin. My favorite song of hers is called ‘Shadows.’ ‘Shadows’ is a fun song that gets you on your feet. It’s a song that everyone will want to dance.

Bond is an all-girl Australian British band who orchestrates beautiful upbeat music. Their music is the kind of classical with an edge that you could dance to. Their song, ‘Explosive,’ is probably my favorite. Windpipe instruments are included in this song, making it all the more amazing. The Bond girls did a great job on this song.

Escala is another talented female band. It is amazing to watch these bands play their instruments. ‘Requiem of a Tower’ is my favorite song from Bond. Beautifully orchestrated, it starts out slow, gaining speed and energy towards the end. ‘Requiem of a Tower’ is a fun classical with an edge song.

Apocalyptica is a talented classical rock band, and their style is slightly more rock than classical. Some of their songs include subtle vocals, which it nice sometimes. It adds just a bit of mystery to the songs. My favorite song from Apocalyptica is ‘Beyond Time,’ because of the way the different instruments all work together to make a beautiful song. These bands are extremely talented musicians, and I love the music that they make.

There are a large number of reasons why I love to listening to classical electronic music. It sounds great, and it’s inspiring. I like to draw when I am listening to this music because the sound makes me want to. Sometimes it is fun to dance to this music because it is so upbeat and energetic.

Although classical with an edge is one on my favorite types of music, I prefer to listen to Cristian rock music when I’m doing some of my easier school assignments. This is because of the fast tempo and the messages from the lyrics. I enjoy Christian rock music while doing my easier homework, I prefer to listen to classical with an edge for my harder assignments. It is soothing, and it helps me think.

Of all the styles of music, one that I prefer not to listen to is rap. I don’t particularly enjoy rap music, because I don’t feel that there is a reason for it. Rapping is singing extremely fast, which I don’t find appealing. Everyone has a type of music that they don’t necessarily enjoy, and for me, it’s rap.

Everyone has a favorite type of music that fits perfectly with their personality. My favorite type of music is classical with an edge because there are different sides of the same station. Sometimes it is more classical, and others it is more rock. Classical with an edge is inspiring, upbeat, and fun. Music is a wonderful form of art. It is really inspiring and thought provoking. Sometimes it is energetic and uplifting and other times it is relaxing and calming. I like Classical with an edge because it is both energetic and uplifting, as well as relaxing and calming.

The Beginning of the Civil War

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The Civil War was a war that took place from the year 1861 to around 1865, and was known as America’s Bloodiest War. It was fought between the United Stated of America, the U.S.A, and the confederate States of America, the C.S.A. The Civil War was fought over the freedom of slaves in the south. Another conflict had started. It was the war over Fort Sumter. Fort Sumter was a small fort built Charleston Harbor. It was the place of the first shots of the Civil War.

The Civil War was started in 1861 by the U.S.A. and the C.S.A, fought over the freedom of the slaves living in the South. It began in the Charleston Harbor on Fort Sumter. The Civil War was started by and attack on Fort Sumter from the Confederate states.

Abraham Lincoln, the President of the United States at that time, was very weak on the situation of slavery. He really didn’t get involved in the arguments. He didn’t take a strong stand on slavery, but he was greatly against it. But he wouldn’t accept his defeat on Fort Sumter. He called for 75,000 volunteers to join his army against the confederacy.

Many states had joined the confederacy, a total of eleven states. Those states where South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina. Four of those states joined during the attack of Fort Sumter and Abraham Lincoln’s call for volunteers. Those four states where Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina. Later, there was conflict within the confederacy. A few of the stated were beginning to secede from the Union. The first of the states to secede was South Carolina in the year 1860.

The man who was named as President of the Confederate States of America was Jefferson Davis. He was the first President of the C.S.A. His first action as president was to raise a 100,000 man army to protect the states. The army was finished just in time for the Fort Sumter war. The war ended not long after it started, lasting only 34 hours.

The Civil War and the battle of Fort Sumter was a large part of American history. It was a war between the Confederate States and the United States. It was fought to free the people from slavery in the South. President Abraham Lincoln raised an army that won that battle, helping the slaves gain freedom.