Wait for it...wait for it...

{Book[s] I want to write}

[Embrace  Dreams]

Throughout my everyday busy life, at least one moment during
the day, I daydream about writing a book.  Nothing in
particular comes to mind when I think about it, just making
one.  Silly right?  I don't especially like English classes
although I do take them and receive A's.  It's attrative to
me due to my creative side I established at a young age
I like to tell myself. I plan to find an article that really inspires
me to write and begin my writing process, wish me luck!

Stuck Inside Yesterday [Again] 

Realization strikes every time I frequently think about where I grew up.  The high grass brushing against another, due to ever so softly wind gusts.  They tentatively whisper secrets in my ear.  The wind whisps through my busy mind, controls let loose, and Ive lost control.  All control.  The only feeling I have is harmony.  The birds 'tweet tweet' surround my shadow from top to bottom as they move from tree to tree [relax]. I raise my arms to feel my loose top sway with the high grass.  The wind causes ripples in my shirt to touch my skin and pull back, creating a tingly sensation throughout my body.  Freedom is all I can taste. I dance in the meadow, alone, aware I may not be alone.  I keep my body in rhythm with the sensation of being free.  Nothing can pull me back to reality.  My skin is exposed to the late afternoon sun [warm] and I'm home. 

10 Research Sources

Books:
1.  Careers and Jobs in Nursing by Linda Nazarko
2.  Ambulatory Surgical Nursing by Nancy Burden, Donna M. DeFazio Quinn, Brenda S. Gregory Dawes
3.  Oncology Nursing in the Ambulatory Setting: Issues and Models of Care by Patricia Corcoran, Connie Henke Yarbro
4.  Quality Assurance Policies & Procedures for Ambulatory Health Care by Judith M. Bulau
5.  United States. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Dept. of Labor. Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2010-2011 Edition. Washington: GPO, 2010. 342-346.
Magazines and Journals:
6.  New York Magazine
7.  Ebony
8.  The American Journal of Nursing, Volume 5  
9.  The Alcalde
Internet:
10.  Florida Hospital College of Health Sciences

Research Topics: Brainstorming

~Idea: Becoming an RN
Questions: Am I able to become a registered nurse, or do I have to be a certified nursing assistant first?  Are there alternative programs available to gain extra experience in the nursing field?  What percentage of nurses make it into the desired nursing field they have selected?  What are the percentage outcomes of nurses remaining RN's in the first five years?
~Idea: How to write a novel
Questions:  Do I have to be a great speller, and good at punctuation?  On average, how big is a writers imagination?  What is the average amount of time an author will spend writing a book?  How will they know when they want to end it, or keep the story going a little while longer?  Are most of the novels based on real life experiences, or a desire to get a certain point across to the readers? Does voice vary depending on the topic the author is writing about?
~Idea: How to recycle
Questions:  How will I know if an item is something I can recycle if its half recyclable and half not?  Is there a certain way I should recycle, (separating aluminum plasitc, and cardboard)?  Which recycled material is the most commonly recycled?  On average, what is the amount of money, per year, saved by people recycling?  Are plastic bags separate from plastic bottles when recycling even if they're both plastic?
~Idea: Interviewing someone famous
Questions: When in your life did you realize what you wanted to do, and stuck with it?  How long did it take until your breakthrough, where everyone made you a household name?  How did you take your first critic? What is it like to be chased by strangers?  Are you more paranoid now because of the fame?
~Idea: How to be involved with the community
Questions:  Where or how do you start, with volunteering?  Are there fundraisers I am able to organize, or do others arrange them, and I would just help?  How does volunteering benefit an organization?  Do all volunteers see the same vision of doing something for the community, or are they doing it for a different reason?  What is the most common type of volunteering done in the community?
~What I think the most serious problem in the world is, and why?
~How and what it takes to become a professional golfer.
~What is a planet in the solar system we may have a chance of living on besides Earth and Mars?

Logical Fallacies

This fallacy is an example of Non-Sequitur.  It is Affirming the Consequent, meaning "it does not follow".  The image is saying that some penguins are old tv shows.  No they are not.  This argument is an invalid argument set up because a penguin and an old tv show happened to have one thing in common; the colors black and white.  But this doesn't mean that penguins are old tv shows.  They are very much two separate things with just colors as a common item.

This fallacy is one of the most recognized fallacies.  It is a fallacy of distraction, and categorized under false dilemma.  Either you can love America, or you can leave it is what is the picture portrays.  Simple as that.  Point A to point B, and you have it.  In all honestly though, it's not really that basic.  This image is only providing two options, when really there are many options that are available.  Summing it up, its easier to say that in the picture, there are no middle grounds.  In all reality this is a fallacy of a false dilemma, and there really are middle grounds.

The last fallacy illustrates Eva Longoria, a gorgeous model/ actress.  This advertisement is a fallacy of Appeal to Popularity (argumentum ad populum).  Eva is a talented woman with a great career in the modeling business as well as the acting business.  Look, she is using Loreal to get great hair like that! So if you buy Loreal products, you will have the exact hair like Evas and be just as gorgeous.  Well folks, this is false.  More than likely Eva is not using Loreal daily she is just modeling her wonderful hair because she has it.  In turn, giving business to Loreal because of who is "using their product." 

Logical Fallacies Response

The Jon Stewart clip was filled with many fallacies and was quite hysterical.  The first fallacy I noticed was an Inductive Fallacy.  Mr. Hodgman used Hasty Generalization when he showed the news clips about disease coming back to America.  The news broadcasters said that some immigrants have brought back diseases we thought were wiped out.  After the clips, Hodgman said the newscasters had it "exactly right," in that all illegal aliens have tuberculosis and leprosy.  This is a hasty generalization.  Not all illegal immigrants have tuberculosis and leprosy!  Another fallacy that is presented by Hodgman is Anonymous Authorities.  Before the video clips, Hodgman said, "There was a larger concern here, one that my fellow television experts picked up on."  Well, who exactly are your television experts picking up on these clips?  If they are experts, why are the experts not named?  When the authority is not named it is impossible to confirm that the authority is truly an expert, it just sounds better to say television experts versus who these people really are.  Another fallacy presented was Appeal to Authority.  Multiple times throughout the video clip, Jon Hodgman made jokes, or mocked what the newscasters were saying.  The clips had bits and pieces removed, and Jon Stewart was saying what the newscaster would say on the clips, before the clips were presented.  Addressing fallacies comically by watching the clip of The Daily Show helped me see fallacies easier than I had before.