User:SCLamont

SCLamont 5 July 2005 05:52 (UTC)

22 July, 2024

enThis user is a native speaker of the English language.

Just joined, so will have to work on creating a nice user page. I was born in Calgary and am still registered in Alberta as a nurse, but now live and work in the USA as one of "King Ralph's Refugees". I am currently a graduate student at the University of California, San Francisco. I'm interested in how nursing is treated by the media, and to that end have started producing the first nursing podcast on the web.

Interests

• Nursing Profession
• Profession
• Florence Nightingale, a key pioneer of modern nursing.
• Nursing models
• Nursing Practice
• Nursing theory
• Nursing research
• Alberta
• Canada
• Same-sex marriage in Canada
• Same-sex marriage
• Green party

Gay pride flag

Human rights symbol Human rights symbol

I support equality for everyone.

In The News

Joe Biden

• Incumbent U.S. president Joe Biden (pictured) withdraws from the 2024 presidential election.
• General secretary and former president of Vietnam Nguyễn Phú Trọng dies at the age of 80.
• The International Court of Justice finds the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories to be a violation of international law.
• A faulty software update by CrowdStrike, an American cybersecurity company, causes global computer outages.
• President Bashar al-Assad's Ba'ath Party wins a majority of seats in the Syrian parliamentary election.

Ongoing:

• Israel–Hamas war
  • timeline
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • timeline
• Sudanese civil war
  • timeline

Recent deaths:

• Sarah Gibson
• Lou Dobbs
• Evan Wright
• Ray Reardon
• M. S. Valiathan
• Fresia Saavedra

Did you know...

Scybalium fungiforme flower

• ... that before they can be pollinated, Scybalium fungiforme flowers (example pictured) need to be forcefully peeled open by possums or tanagers?
• ... that Zali Steggall, an independent member of the Parliament of Australia, has won an Olympic medal in skiing?
• ... that petroglyphs from western Crete may depict extinct Candiacervus deer from the Palaeolithic?
• ... that North Korean child prodigy Ri Jong-yol defected to South Korea after winning silver at the 2016 International Mathematical Olympiad in Hong Kong?
• ... that after women at Apple Inc. found a 6-percent gender wage gap and spoke out against sexual harassment and discrimination in #AppleToo, a class-action lawsuit was filed in June 2024?
• ... that Fu Wuji's Fuhou gujin zhu includes information on a diverse range of topics, from astrological signs to the dimensions of imperial tombs?
• ... that Ascension Island designated its entire marine territory as a protected area with no commercial fishing permitted?
• ... that Jewish video essayist Jacob Geller cited Jewish traditions of study and scholarship as an inspiration behind his analysis of popular culture?
• ... that one critic likened the design of 185 Montague Street in New York City to the horns of Count Basie's orchestra?

Picture of the day

The marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer) is a wading bird in the stork family, Ciconiidae, native to sub-Saharan Africa. It is a large bird, with individuals reaching a height of 152 centimetres (4.99 feet) and a weight of 9 kilograms (20 lb), and has the largest wingspan of any land bird, with an average of 2.6 metres (8.5 ft) and some recorded examples of up to 3.2 metres (10 ft). The marabou stork breeds in Africa south of the Sahara. In East Africa, the birds interact with humans and breed in urban areas. In southern African countries, the birds breed mainly in less populated areas. This marabou stork in flight was photographed in the town of Batu, by Lake Ziway, Ethiopia.Photograph credit: Charles J. Sharp

Licensing

Against voluntary dual-licensing
I am against voluntary dual-licensing of Wikipedia contributions.

External Links

• The Nursing Station First Nursing Podcast on the web