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She barely made it across the threshold of her doorstep before she burst into tears.
"Idiot!" She cried out loud. All at once the feelings that she'd buried deep down -- shame, disgust, hate -- washed over her and enveloped her in a dark cloud of negativity. She felt her knees buckle beneath her and she involuntarily sank to the floor.
This one was a secret -- a dark, embarrassing, and frightening secret -- that she'd never told anyone. Not her mom, not Liz, not even the countless journals that she'd meticulously kept since she was nine years old. For her entire life she'd kept a tight lid on how she felt, repressed that part of herself as much as she could, and pretended that she wasn't a freak, that she was normal.
And there was good reason for that. How could she possibly convey to someone else the deep craving inside of her, the emotional intensity of the thing, manifesting itself in a deep fascination for the marred physical features of men with disabilities? She couldn't possibly begin to describe the beauty of being not "beautiful", the allure of the imperfections, how enchanting the mixture of strength and vulnerability were, and her attraction to it.
She'd become acutely aware of it during her teenage years, but in retrospect she realized the attraction had always been there. From the start, there had always been shame attached it. Once, in fifth grade she'd told her best friend Jenna that she hoped they'd get a new kid in their class -- a boy in a wheelchair. Jenna had looked at her weirdly, furrowed her eyebrows, and gone off to play with someone else. They'd continued to be friends, but Margaret never forgot the way Jenna had looked at her and how she had staunchly proclaimed, "That's weird."
Obviously, Finn had felt the same way. Like he would feel any different. Note to future Margaret: if you ever have a date with a disabled man again, don't disclose your devotee status. You should also consider staying away from alcohol too.
"Get up," she told herself. Her voice was thick with tears and snot."You're won't feel so pathetic once you're not crumpled in a heap on the floor, Mags."
But then she saw the shocked look on Finn's face as the words came spilling out of her mouth. She remembered how his look of attraction turned to one of hurt and revulsion. She recalled how her stomach had churned and her face had burned and how immediately she'd wished that she could take the words back.
With a jolt she realized that what bothered her more than the divulging of her secret, was that Finn was the person she'd finally told. Finn: the subject of story upon which her career hung on, her best friend's brother-in-law, and the man who she'd repeatedly made a fool of herself in front of, yet who continually gave her a second chance.
Margaret knew that there wouldn't be another chance this time, and suddenly her humiliation outweighed her pride. She stayed on the floor.
Finn wasn't sure how long he sat at the table after Margaret left. Long enough though to garner dirty looks from patrons who were standing, as well as pitying ones from the table of middle-aged women sitting next to him. Finally, with a small grunt, he stood. Before he left, he picked up the cash Margaret had left and replaced it with his own.
By the time he left the brewery the afternoon had turned to evening. The air held the slight chill that accompanies springtime and the city seemed quiet for a Friday night. The traffic was minimal and the restaurants and bars seemed sparsely occupied. It was as if everyone else but him had been warned of the impending implosion of his personal life and had run for cover.
He'd missed the memo.
"I like all of that though." That's what she'd said. Finn wandered the streets aimlessly, thinking. He could see the cheeky grin playing on her face now."The lack thereof all of that, honestly."
She liked what? That he was an amputee?
That couldn't be it. How could anyone like the part of himself that he hated the most? Finn shook his head, trying to clear it with a physical shake. Bad idea, he realized when the world kept spinning even after he'd stopped shaking his head. You're not twenty-one anymore, English.
They were supposed to be eating at Central right now. It was a neat and local farm to table restaurant that had opened a few months ago in downtown, not far from where they'd been getting drinks at Railyard. That was what he'd planned anyway. But things don't always work out like one wants them too.
Finn knew that firsthand.
Instead of Central, he quickly ducked into a Subway. He was going to need food, a level head, and a heavy dose of patience. After the sandwiches were ready, he left and started walking towards Court Street. He walked slowly, trying to ignore the dull ache that pulsed through his right leg every time his foot impacted with the sidewalk. There was enough to focus on without having to think about that too.
Although, that was exactly what the subject at hand was. The irony almost made him laugh.
Finn kept walking. Eventually, he found himself standing in front of a sprawling historic brick building. Steeling himself, he picked up the large brass knocker and knocked.
Nothing. He knocked again.
Still nothing. "Margaret?"
From behind the door finally came her muffled response. "No."
Finn sighed heavily. "Come on, Margaret." He leaned forward and pressed his ear against the door, but didn't hear anything. "We should really talk." Still, he was greeted by silence and a closed door.
Come on, English. Get her to open up. He tried a different tactic this time. "And, I've got two footlong cold cuts. Way too much food for myself."
He waited. After a few moments, Finn heard the click of locks. Yes. Despite the seriousness -- and awkwardness -- of the situation, he smiled as Margaret finally opened the door.
Margaret eased the door open. "You're a growing boy," she said lightly, not meeting Finn's eyes. "Have both."
"I'm almost thirty. Time to keep a watch on my girlish figure."
Despite herself, Margaret chuckled. She looked at Finn (and his figure) appreciatively: broad shoulders that tapered into a small waist, without an ounce of unwelcome fat. She avoided looking at his left side and her gaze didn't linger on his right leg either. When she finally worked up her nerve to look at his face, she was shocked to see that he was smiling gently. Even though eyes were hesitant and unsure, his face was laced with compassion. Her own face, by comparison, was puffy and red and splotchy, she was sure. Low down on the list of things to be self conscious about at the moment, Margaret. Very low down.
She stepped aside to let him in and then started towards her living room. Nervously, she called over her shoulder, "Figure you might want to sit on the couch instead of the floor, which is where I've been." When she realized what she'd said, she flushed. "Oh God. I need to just shut up for the rest of the night."
Finn lowered himself gingerly onto the couch beside her. He shook his head. "That is the last thing you need to do."
Margaret shrugged. Finn sighed. Then he reached into the Subway bag and offered her a bag of chips and a sandwich. They ate in a heavy silence, the sounds of chips crunching and their chewing filling the air and practically echoing off the walls of her small apartment.
Sometime after they had finished eating, Finn eventually turned to her. He leveled a stern looking gaze at her, one that she wondered if he gave his students. "What did you mean back there?" he asked, getting straight to the point.
The question she'd been dreading. "I…it's...," she trailed off, searching for the right words. She what? Liked disabled men, especially amputees? For some reason that she couldn't fathom, Finn had actually been scared off. But that statement might finally do him in. She had to be tactful, both for her sake and his. "I like this stuff."
Finn furrowed his brow. "That's what you said earlier."
"Yeah, because that's all there is to it. I like it," she took a deep breath, "you know, in...a particular kind of way."
The aha moment was clear on face. He finally got it. His face, which until that moment had been purposefully blank, flushed a deep red. His expression was bewildered, a mixture of shock and curiosity.
"I'm sorry," Margaret added quietly. "I know this is all like an unwelcome bombshell."
Finn grinned wryly. "Me and bombshells are actually old friends."
Margaret felt heat rising to her cheeks. Foot meet mouth.
They lapsed into silence again. Margaret couldn't imagine what Finn might be thinking. Probably planning the easiest and quickest escape route. After a moment, he asked in a pained voice, "Is that the only part?"
What? "I don't understand."
Finn looked up at her, and when he did his eyes were filled with bitter resignation. "Is that the only part you like?"
He sounded miserable and his voice shook, betraying the emotion she was certain that he preferred to keep hidden. Her heart swelled as she suddenly realized that he thought the only reason she was attracted to him was because of his disability. She spoke up quickly, trying to change his mind and assuage his fears. "Finn, not at all."
It was a lame reassurance, but it must have worked because relief flooded his face. Poor Finn. For the first time she realized that this was equally tortuous for him.
"So, why?"
She looked up at the ceiling and sighed. That was a just the million dollar question. The one that she had no answer to. "It's hard to explain."
"Well, it's not exactly easy to grasp on this end either."
He didn't sound harsh or angry, just matter of fact. But still, the words cut her to the core. She felt waves of shame wash over her.
Her face must have betrayed how she felt because instantly, Finn began to backtrack. "I didn't mean it like that. I only meant," he paused, choosing his words carefully. "I only meant that it's hard to imagine someone -- anyone -- could be attracted this part of me at all."
Finn took a steadying breath, and then went on. In a low voice he added, "I just can't believe that the least attractive part of me would appeal to a woman like you."
"A woman like me?" She tried not to scoff. "I'm just--"
"--just beautiful, clever, and fairly bullheaded," he interrupted her with a small smile. Then he shook his head. "I just don't believe it. Or understand."
"Me either, Finn," she said softly, almost apologetically. But after his words sunk in, Margaret suddenly felt cautiously optimistic; her stomach filled with butterflies. Slowly but surely, she reached out and grabbed what remained of his left arm, just above where it ended above the elbow, and held it just as she could have held his other hand. She hoped it was comforting because that's how the gesture was meant. More than anything, she wanted to show him exactly how little it bothered her and how much it excited her; she wanted to show him it was okay and she wanted him to reward her with the same reassurance.
Finn looked taken aback at her touch, but not alarmed, so she didn't let go. His left arm was surprisingly thin -- thinner than she had expected. Five years of little use had reduced it to being soft and much less musclely than its counterpart on the right. She rubbed the area with her thumb, and as she did she could feel the stump twitch underneath her touch. The feeling sent shockwaves of pleasure through her body.
Beside her, Finn sat on the couch with his eyes closed. He swallowed hard. "That feels nice."
"On this end too," she whispered back. Finn opened his eyes and looked at her. His face held still held tendrils of confusion and curiosity, but it finally also held a faint look of acceptance and relief.
Simultaneously, they both let out long breaths, exhalations of adrenaline, nerves. The thick tension was replaced with tenderness, and Margaret saw flash of the same hungry, intense look that she'd seen in the brewery earlier in Finn's eyes. She knew without a doubt that her own eyes reflected the look, but somehow, the night's revelations had instilled timidity within her -- a trait she usually didn't possess.
"Come here," Finn whispered in a voice husky with desire, breaking the silence. He gently tugged her towards him with his left arm. She fell against his chest. But Finn wasn't done. With his right arm he grabbed Margaret around the waist and, with some effort, lifted her onto his lap. Her stomach tightened and she felt a familiar heat rise within in as she felt his prosthetic through his jeans underneath her.
He winced as she put the slightest amount of pressure on his right stump; so she shifted, putting most of her weight on his left leg instead of the right. Then she looked at Finn and slowly matched his smile. For the first time that night, the silence didn't hang heavy between them; instead, it cocooned them in a swath of warmth and comfort. Gently, he rested his forehead against hers and looked deep into her eyes, and they stayed like that, looking at each other with mutual intensity until he cupped her chin in his hand.
Margaret's eyes slowly lulled shut as she waited for their lips to touch. When they did, a warm feeling spread throughout her. Suddenly, the emotional turmoil of the night fell away and, she was suddenly unable to focus on anything except their slow tango, how comfortable the moment felt, and how soft Finn's lips were.
Posted by EJ at 9:32 AM
Gemini Sun March 22, 2016 at 2:43 PM
I'm loving this story :)
EJ March 25, 2016 at 9:59 AM
Thank you, Gemini!
I LOVED Lies, All Lies :)
lu5 March 22, 2016 at 5:07 PM
Oh.My.Gosh. Love it, love it, love it!
(I'll be in my bunk... )
(I look forward to the next chapter, for sure!)
Omg I absolutely love these two!!! Please post again soon!! I miss them so much already!!
EJ March 25, 2016 at 10:02 AM
lu5: *waves from her own [writing] bunk*
I'm so glad you loved it, loved it, loved it! I hope the next chapter holds up...(having a bit of trouble! but we'll get there!)
Anon: Thank you!
Pepper March 22, 2016 at 10:13 PM
Margaret and Finn -- a definite WIN! Always great to read about these two. (I tried to post this twice already, but it hasn't shown?)
It did! My mistake! Silly me!
My mistake -- It did post. Silly me!
These two are fabulous together! Thanks for the wonderful update.
Haha Pepper, thank you for all of comments! I'm so glad you're enjoying the story :)
Sweet Angel March 23, 2016 at 4:24 AM
I love how gentle and sweet Finn is. Adorable.
Great writing as usual! I love that it's out in the open now and they can explore their feelings for one another.. Thank you!
lynn c March 23, 2016 at 7:07 AM
Wow that was beautiful!
Thanks for the encouragement everyone
Blueskye March 24, 2016 at 7:38 PM
Yumm. I love this story. I feel so blessed to be the reciprocate of all these great writers. Finn is so tender and strong at the same time. That's what we love, huh ladies. :-)
Thanks for your comment, Blueskye. :) I'm glad you ladies love it, because I sure do :)
And I feel lucky to get to read the stories too!
I am loving this story - every chapter. You have some amazing talent as a writer. Will continue as I can - as often as I can steal on to read more.


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Review: Vishwaroopam – Wish you were a fan
Before I say anything I absolutely have to gloat & say this, I CAN HAZ VISHWAROOPAM! Now a majority of the folks reading this are yet to see the movie and at the time of writing this post, the movie is still banned in Tamil Nadu. Let us start with the assumption, you know Kamal is an indian agent who infiltrates an Al-Qaeda camp and later tries to stop their operations in NY disguised as an effeminate tambrahm kathak dancer. This is not a spoiler, if you could not gather this much from the trailers then you should start watching bhojpuri films instead. Now I shall give you a moment to take that last line but that is truly the crux of the movie with subplots and gaping holes woven into it. I say that because it seems almost schizophrenic when one scene makes you stand up & take notice for how well it was done and then immediately followed up by a can-you-pass-me-the-weed-you-were-smoking scene. I absolutely wanted to watch the movie because I felt it could either be awesome or a ginormous blade, either ways it would be a fun ride for me. My problem is that it ended up being in the middle and that makes it difficult for me to put my thoughts around it. Asking me if it was better than Dasavataram is very very wrong, because that's like comparing the Afghanistan cricket team to New Zealand.
Kamal's character makes you wonder if he's been spending time with Abbas-Mastaan. We start out with an effeminate tambrahm kathak teacher who marries a PhD student so that she can get a visa. Why does a student have to be on a dependent visa and what kind of visa does a kathak teacher come under? Just as you're trying to come to terms with that, they tell you that he's a muslim dude with an Al-Qaeda leader out to get him. Aha just when you thought it to be a case of mistaken identity, they hit you in the head and tell you that he's trained with the Al-Qaeda. Oh so maybe he's an ex-jihadi who had a change of heart, but no! One tight
for youOne tight slap for you because he's now an Indian agent who was just playing you all this while. We're still not sure if that is the truth because they tell you that there's a Part-2 coming and given Kamal, there could be three more character twists in store! So there's no explanation to why his character takes these twists or any back stories to go with them. It feels like licking the peel of a raw banana and the aftertaste that refuses to leave you for the next 2hrs. On the other hand Rahul bose is just a jihadi leader who wants to blow up NY and avenge the death of his family in a drone attack. They even make up for his lack of acting skills by giving him a fake eye, burnt face and limited movement in the buccal cavity. Pooja Kumar didn't have much to do but stand with her mouth agape as the events unfolded before her, her bosom got ample screen time though. Her only role in the movie apart from wearing eye-popping silk nightwear is rattling the atomic number of Cesium and its properties. Kamal is known to let the audience interpret major parts of his movies and sadly the Pooja Kumar character is there to dumb that down and break it down for you. The remaining characters have nothing to do in the movie other than getting IMDb mentions, it's a shame but hopefully they'll have something to do in Part-2.
There are no mindless songs in the movie, which is a good thing. But the Al-Qaeda portions drag a tad too long and after a while you wonder if you're watching a documentary on the hunt to
find Osama insteaddocumentary on the hunt to find Osama instead. The action sequences are done very well and the CG work seems believable unlike the giant tsunami in Kamal's previous ego-massage-fest. The afghan landscape shots are visually stunning but also give Kamal ample room to tear up at all the destruction around him. There's way too much gore, severed heads and blood which makes me wonder how the hell did the censors give it a U/A certificate? The real outrage must not be against why the censors okayed the so-called anti-muslim dialogs but should infact question their logic on not giving it a straight A certificate. The movie theater where I saw this movie was teeming with kids, you could be mistaken thinking that they were there for a showing of the lion king movie. Seriously I wonder what those parents were thinking when they brought their kids to this movie. The kids were gasping in horror at the severed heads and all their parents said was to close their eyes. Anybody can make a mistake and end up at the wrong movie expecting a lot less violence, but when you see a man blow up on screen, you better walk out of the theater with you kids in tow. To the parents who brought their kids to vishwaroopam, May you be locked in a dark room for 3 days with death metal playing on full blast. Sadly there's not much good or bad to write about the movie and if not for the outrage & religious tamasha that is going on this would have been just an average movie that crawled its way to the 100cr club. It gets my vote because I feel that good or bad a movie still deserves a chance to be screened & judged by the junta not lawmakers and political groups. Kamal may have taken a huge gamble with the 90cr budget, but he deserves a fair chance to fail and that is why I'm behind this movie.
If the movie never gets released then I have thought of ways on how Kamal could try selling portions of it instead. With a few more songs, the opening portion could be sold as a kathak lecture demonstration. Pooja Kumar's portions could be a longish segment on intimate silk innerwearlongish segment on intimate silk innerwear, maybe could be broken in to 5-6 30sec commercials. Then there's the obvious 90minute documentary on Al-Qaeda training camps and their rejection of western medication. We could also manage to scrape out a tourist guide to NYC featuring popular tourist attractions with special mentions to stay away from the pigeons. They may not kill you to radiation exposure but they sure can poop on your foreheads. The movie can also be marketed as study material to film schools on how not to shoot a two-part movie. Now if kamal had shot a 5hr movie and then split it into two parts that would have been brilliant, or if atleast he had shot it such that each part ends with some closure. Here it almost seems like kamal had a 5hr movie in his mind, could only shoot portions of it due to various constraints and then at the editors table realized how many holes it had. How do you cover this up, promise the audience that it will all make sense in Part-2! The end is probably the weakest and even hilarious given the fact that it involves a master terrorist, a top Indian agent & the FBI! You know the feeling when you're watching a BAN-NZ game because you have nothing better to do & it goes into the last over with 12runs to win and the power goes out right then. Yeah that!
It is still a landmark movie for tamil cinema, visually slick, CG done right, an action thriller(atleast some parts) that deserves to be seen because only the box-office has the right to defeat a film not lawmakers and political groups.
Vishwaroopam 6/10- the good: lots of kamal, the bad: way too much kamal, the ugly: in your face kamal
— maxdavinci (@maxdavinci) January 27, 2013
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kusublakki
Its shocking that you think Rahul Bose has no acting skills. But then, you're pardoned cuz you only watch trashy films.
I got specifically irritated with them portraying americans as exceptionally dumb people. Felt it was overdone.
sridharvisu76
I liked the review.
Some points
He is a RAW agent. So he can get into NY even if he has "trained" al qaeda
I think Kathak dancer is a strech. but whatever disguise he choose would be lame as well
(Maybe effeminate so he doesnt need to have bodily relation with pooja character…
I wouldnt have opted for this had i been the agent 🙂
Also it is inspired by Arjuna in virata parva in mahabharatham…so symbolism ?)
Rahul bose: Actually i liked him. And Jaideep. Very good pairing in my opinion.
My only complaints:
a) Last part of movie (not the final teaser) where FBI cracks jokes etc.
If only they had done that part from the american POV…
and then Kamal slowly revealing the distractions part, it would have been interesting
b) Kamal's macro-expressions in Afghanistan when he feels for their plight. He could have opted for better expressions to show it.
when u r an agent you are part of that disguise. You dont need to shrug your shoulders and show your contempt.
undeniablyblah
Loved the review! I do not get how the brain behind Anbe Sivam thought it acceptable to hide behind technical soundness after writing a messy story with painful stereotypes, countless cliches and now the super old and irksome"endha kadavul" dialogue. My face was caught between a disbelieving laugh and "dho paar pei" expression when they started walking towards the audience with the promise of a part 2. ack.
Disappointing story-telling 🙁

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Year : 2020 | Volume : 23 | Issue : 2 | Page : 88-93
Delays in accessing antenatal care services in a developing nation tertiary health center
Natalia Adamou1, Saeed Okatewun Abdul2, Usman Aliyu Umar1
1 Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Bayero University, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, Nigeria
2 Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, Nigeria
Date of Submission 15-Mar-2019
Date of Acceptance 25-Jun-2019
Dr. Usman Aliyu Umar
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, PMB 3452, Kano
Background: Delay in seeking medical care is common and constitutes a major unresolved public health problem. It could contribute immensely to maternal mortality, especially in developing countries, where access and availability of functional health-care facility have remained a challenge. Objective: This study aimed at identifying the forms of delays encountered by pregnant women seeking antenatal care (ANC) services and also factors responsible for such delays. Materials and Methods: This was a cross-sectional study among women attending antenatal care clinic of our hospital. Data were obtained through an interviewer-administered questionnaire and were analyzed by the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences version 17. Results: The mean age of the respondents was 28.6 (standard deviation [SD] ± 5.44) years. About a third (31.5%) experienced Type II delays due to inaccessibility to the mode of transportation and traffic deadlock; while majority (77.1%) experienced intrahospital delays due to delay in retrieving cases notes, seeing an obstetrician, inadequate health personnel, and consulting rooms. The average waiting time was 3.1 ± 0.91 SD hours (188 min). The waiting time was not statistically associated with time of arrival to the clinic. Conclusion: Most women experience intrahospital delays while seeking ANC. Intervention by policymakers and adequate staffing coupled with provision of necessary health-care amenities will go a long way in reducing patients waiting time.
Keywords: Antenatal care, delays, Kano
Adamou N, Abdul SO, Umar UA. Delays in accessing antenatal care services in a developing nation tertiary health center. Sahel Med J 2020;23:88-93
Adamou N, Abdul SO, Umar UA. Delays in accessing antenatal care services in a developing nation tertiary health center. Sahel Med J [serial online] 2020 [cited 2021 Jan 15];23:88-93. Available from: https://www.smjonline.org/text.asp?2020/23/2/88/289345
Antenatal care is a specialized pattern of care organized for the pregnant women to enable them attain and maintain a state of good health throughout pregnancy to improve their chances of having a safe delivery of a healthy infant at term.[1] The major objective of antenatal care is to ensure optimal health outcomes for the mother and her baby.[1],[2],[3] It entails series of consultations and follow-up offered by a specialized health worker (doctors, midwives, and trained auxiliary nurse) with the aim of monitoring pregnancy and fetal growth, early detection of complications and prompt treatment, and prevention of diseases through immunization and micronutrient supplementation.[4],[5] It also ensures birth preparedness and complication readiness and general health promotion through health messages and counseling for pregnant women.[1],[4],[5]
The World Health Organization (WHO) introduced different antenatal care models over 15 years to improve maternal and child outcome. The traditional form which involves a series of visits every 4 weeks until 28 weeks and then fortnightly till 36 weeks and every week until delivery was challenging in resource-constricted countries. In 2001, focused antenatal care model was introduced, involves fewer (four) visits, and focuses on the quality of care and not quantity.[6],[7] Four visits were recommended for developing countries due to financial challenges. However, less frequent visits did not solve the problem in reduction in perinatal and maternal mortality, pregnancy complications, and led to less satisfaction with the reduced visit. New WHO guidelines recommend eight visits instead of four during the pregnancy, which provides greater opportunity to meet health provider, to increase chances in diagnosing complications, to implement preventive measures, and to improve communication between pregnant woman and her medical practitioner. It recommends visits as the first contact in the first 12 weeks and subsequently at 20, 26, 30, 34, 36, 38, and 40 weeks' gestation.[7],[8]
Globally, 86% of pregnant women access antenatal care with skilled health personnel at least once with only three in five (62%) receiving at least four antenatal visits.[9]
In regions with the highest rates of maternal mortality, such as sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, even fewer women receive at least four antenatal visits (52% and 46%, respectively).[9]
The 2013 Nigeria demographic health survey showed that only about 61% of women received antenatal care services from trained personnel.[4]
There is an inverse relationship between antenatal care utilization and maternal mortality ratio (MMR) with nations having a higher antenatal care uptake having much lower MMR compared with those with low antenatal care (ANC) coverage.[2],[10],[11] Factors limiting utilization of antenatal care services range from maternal educational status, age, financial status, cultural differences, accessibility to health-care facility, and delays in receiving health-care services even within health facilities.[2],[3],[4],[12],[13]
"Three delays" model was introduced since 1991 to describe obstetric obstacles that contribute to maternal mortality. Type I delay is delay in the decision to seek care due to the financial implications, poor understanding of risks, and complications. Type II delay is due to delay in reaching care as a result of location, distance, and transportation. Type III delay includes delay in receiving adequate health care due to lack of medical facilities, inadequately trained staff, or inadequate referral.[14] Socioeconomic and cultural factors, accessibility of facilities, and quality of care may independently affect the lengths of these three delays.
Affordability of quality antenatal care is a problem in the most government hospital. These coupled with long distance, poor road network, and long waiting hours in the hospital in addition to the attitude of the health caregiver may also limit the utilization of ANC services.[2],[3],[15] Waiting time in hospital before accessing health is another contributing factor. Although there is no agreed standardize waiting time, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) recommends that at least 90% of patients should be seen within 30 min of their scheduled appointment time.[16],[17]
The objective of this study is to identify challenges faced by women attending antenatal care clinic in our teaching hospital, especially delays faced within the hospital.
The study was a cross sectional study conducted over a period of 4 days from March 5 to 8, 2018. This corresponds to the antenatal clinic days of the various teams in the obstetrics and gynecology department of the hospital.
Sampling technique
Patients were recruited by convenient sampling technique. A focused group interview was also done between health care providers related to ANC services (two health record officers, two nurses in the antenatal clinic, and four doctors one in each of the four teams that run the antenatal clinic) with a view of finding out reasons for intra-hospital delay in accessing ANC services.
For this study, booked patients were taken as those who had had at least two antenatal visits after the booking visit. Distance from clients' home and our hospital was classified as near, if it is <5 km, far, if between 5 and 35 km, and very far, if more than 35 km.
Information were extracted through an interviewer administered questionnaire, and data obtained were analyzed by the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 17 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA). Chi square tests were used to compare differences between categorical variables. P ≤ 5% (0.05) for consideration of statistical significance.
Ethical clearance was obtained for the study from the Research and Ethics Committee, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, Nigeria. Date of approval is 12th February 2018. All procedures were in accordance of the 2013 Geneva declaration guideline.
Only booked patients who were willing to participate were recruited. All participants were fully counseled about the study, and an informed consent was obtained.
A total of 100 questionnaires were made available but 92 clients responded, giving a response rate of 92%. The ages of the respondents ranged from 18 to 45 years with the mean age being 28.6 (standard deviation [SD] ± 5.44) years. All 92 respondents were married and 72 (78.3%) were of Hausa/Fulani ethnicity while majority 88 (95.7%) lived in urban dwellings. Most of the respondents 82 (89.1%) were Muslims. Furthermore, 46 (50%) of the respondents had tertiary education while 2 (2.2%) were not educated. This is shown in [Table 1].
Table 1: Sociodemographic characteristics
Gravidity ranged from 1 to 9 pregnancies with mean gravidity of 3 (SD ± 2) pregnancies out of whom 13 (16%) were grand multiparas.
Most of the respondents 84 (91.3%) had adequate knowledge on the meaning of antenatal care and 86 (93.5%) believed that ANC was required by every pregnant woman. Most clients 62 (67.4%) believed that ANC should be commenced between 4 and 6 months gestation with 77 (83.6%) booking their index pregnancy between 16 and 24 weeks of pregnancy. Mean gestational age at booking was 19.6 (SD ± 4.32) weeks. Majority of patients reside far from Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, Nigeria. Seventy-three clients (79.3%) come to the clinic by car, 17 (18.5%) through tricycles, while 2 (2.2%) of the respondents who lived near Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital trekked. Details are shown in [Table 2]. [Table 3] shows that most of the respondents 63 (68.5) do not experience any form of Type II delay; however, 29 (31.5%) respondents had various forms of Type II delays almost all of which were due to getting vehicle (taxi) or traffic deadlock. Majority 51 (55.4%) of the respondents arrived before 8:00 am (about a third arrive before 7:00 am) while 41 (44.6%) arrive by 8:00 am and beyond. Despite early arrival, only 27 (29.3%) clients had their case files retrieved within 30 min of arrival, while 26 (28.3%) had their case files retrieved after 1 h. Most 71 (77.1%) of the respondents have to wait for 3 h or more before seeing a doctor. Only 21 (22.9%) were seen within 1–2 h of arrival. The mean waiting time was found to be 3.14 (SD ± 0.91) h (188 ± 55 min).
Table 2: Knowledge, attitude, and practice of antenatal care
Table 3: Delays experience by clients
Concerning attitude of the health workers, 82 (89.1%) felt that the health workers had a kind attitude during interactions with patients. Most of the patients 58 (63%) wished to be seeing by the attending doctor within 30 min of arrival. In all, 79 (85.9%) clients rated our antenatal services as satisfactory. This is shown in [Table 4].
Table 4: Altitude of health workers
Clients living near the hospital, those with four or less parity and those who were unemployed, were more likely to arrive the antenatal clinic earlier compared to clients who reside far distance from our hospital or those who were working-class women or of higher (5 or more) parity. However, this was not of statistical significance. Furthermore, people who arrived before 8:00 am are likely to see an obstetrician within 2 h when compared to those who arrive after 8:00 am. The differences were found not to be statistically significant (χ2 = 1.269; df = 1; P = 0.260). Details are shown in [Table 5].
Table 5: Correlations
The mean age of respondents was 28 (SD ± 5.44) years which is within the recommended age for childbearing.[18] However, 8 (8.7%) of the respondents were aged 35 years and above. Most of the clients were Muslims living in urban areas and were of Hausa-Fulani ethnicity. This may be attributed to the study location (Kano) where the major ethnic groups are Hausa.[19]
Knowledge on the meaning and need for ANC were found to be high (91.3% and 93.5%), respectively. These may be attributed to the relatively high literacy rate found in this study as 90 (97.8%) had at least primary education.
Mean gestational age at booking found was 19.6 (SD ± 4.32) weeks. This was similar to that found in Benue (19.1 ± 7.8) and slightly less than that found in Ado Ekiti 21.1 (SD ± 6.98 weeks).[20],[21]
About one-third of the clients experienced type II delays which result from delay in accessing vehicle for transport to the hospital and delays due to traffic congestion. This is similar to studies earlier highlighted where delay in accessing transportation was identified as reasons for delays in accessing health-care services.[2],[3],[15],[22]
Delays noticed in retrieving patients' case notes were found to be due to misfiling, inadequate health record staffs, and absence of a computerize filling system in Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, Nigeria. There was no statistically significant relationship (P > 0.05) between the time of arrival and the waiting period. Patients that presented earlier to the clinic were seen first.
Patients' parity, employment status, and distance of the place of resident also contributed to the time of arrival to the antenatal clinic, but this was also not of statistical significance. This was in keeping with reasons noted for delays in accessing health care from studies highlighted above.[2],[3],[4],[12],[15],[22] More so, these factors may possibly be confounded by distance from the hospital.
The average waiting time was 3.1 (SD ± 0.91) h (188 min). This was much longer than that (30 min) recommended by the IOM; however, this was lower to that found in Benin (228 min) but higher than Ibadan (133 min).[17],[23] Other factors identified for this delay in addition to the delay in retrieving patients' case notes were inadequate number of obstetricians and consulting rooms. Furthermore, the doctors arrive at the antenatal clinic at 10:00 am every day after a daily academic meeting, whereas most patients arrive before 8:00 am thus necessitating prolong waiting time.
Majority of the respondent experiences intrahospital delays before accessing health-care services. Major reasons noted for these delays include lack of adequate health-care personnel, insufficient consulting rooms, and lack of modern health record facility. Intervention by policymakers and adequate staffing coupled with the provision of necessary amenities will go a long way in reducing patients waiting time.
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Adhikari T, Sahu D, Nair S, Saha KB, Sharma RK, Pandey A. Factors associated with utilization of antenatal care services among tribal women: A study of selected states. Indian J Med Res 2016;144:58-66.
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EDMONTON, Alberta, July 09, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Restaurants Canada commends the Government of Alberta for introducing new labour legislation this week that will help restaurants continue contributing to the province's economic recovery.
"The proposed changes in the Restoring Balance in Alberta's Workplaces Act will provide foodservice businesses with more simple, fair and flexible labour policies, which will help them remain operational and bring more Albertans back to work," said Mark von Schellwitz, Restaurants Canada Vice President, Western Canada. "Our members tell us operating under ongoing restrictions is a challenge and reducing red tape wherever possible can make these extraordinary times much easier to navigate."
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You guys ever have that bff that goes and freakin gets married and then you never hear from them again? When you do hear from them they're just like..."so you dating anyone?". In your mind you're thinking, shut up Philip, and just sit there imagining driving plastic cutlery into their fleshy bits?
You ever wonder what they do all day? Those married couples? Well if you're a BomCouple then this is what you do. You embrace, silently acknowledging one another, and the love you've found. You sit quietly just looking...out. You know what else BomCouples do? They stay together. Forever. And make babies.
If you're not a BomCouple you basically run the risk of daily fights. Constant ingrown toenails. Full body hemorrhoids. Uncontrollable flatulence by your significant other. Excessive weight gain. Loss of vision. Even death. So it's like...why would you not BomSocks together? Do it for you. Do it for your marriage. Bomsocks....isn't it about...time?


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Q: Verifying a recurrence relation for the location of a random walk Consider a random walk $\left(X_i\right)$ where $X_i$ equals $1$ (right) or $-1$ (left). Define $$S_m=\sum_{i=1}^m X_i;$$
i.e., $S_m$ is the location of the walk after $m$ steps. Define a random walk for which $\mathbb{P}\left(X_i=1\right)$ is equal to:

*

*$p>1/2$ when $S_{i-1}<0$,

*$q=1-p$ when $S_{i-1}>0$,

*$1/2$ whenever $S_{i-1}=0$.

The paper On a particular one-dimensional random walk, by Robert Burton, 1962 proves that $\sum_{m=1}^{2n}\mathbb{P}\left(S_m = 0\right)\sim \left(2-1/p\right)n$ (note that the event $S_m=0$ means that the walk is located at the origin after $m$ steps, which implies $m$ must be even).
In the proof, the author defines $P_m\left(k\right)=\mathbb{P}\left(S_{2m}=k\right)$ and claims that $$P_{m+1}\left(0\right)=2p^{2}P_{m}\left(1\right)+pP_{m}\left(0\right).$$
However, I obtained $p^2P_{m}\left(-1\right)+\left(p+q\right)P_{m}\left(0\right)+q^{2}P_{m}\left(1\right)$ since the location after $m$ steps is either at $-2$, $0$, or $2$; to get back to the origin in two steps, we either need to go two to the right, two to the left, or one left and one right.
Since $p+q=1$, my expression simplifies to $p^2P_{m}\left(-1\right)+P_{m}\left(0\right)+q^{2}P_{m}\left(1\right)$. How can I obtain the author's equivalence relation?

A: As mentioned in the comment, $P_m(k) = \mathbb{P}(S_{2m}=2k)$, but your working shows that you get this right, so it's likely to be a typo.
Be careful of definitions. $p$ is not the probability to move towards the right, $p$ is the probability to move towards $0$ when we are not at $0$, by symmetry, $P_m(-1) = P_m(1)$.
When we are at $2$ or $-2$, we need to move towards $0$ twice, resulting in a probability of $p^2$.
When we are at $0$, we need probability $\frac12$ to move away from $0$ and then $p$ to move back to $0$. The first move can be to the left or right.
\begin{align}
P_{m+1}(0) &= p^2P_m(-1) + \frac12\left(p+p \right)P_m(0) + p^2P_m(1) \\
&=(p^2+p^2)P_m(1)+pP_m(0)\\
&=2p^2P_m(1) + pP_m(0)
\end{align}

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Q: How to substitute number of words simultaneously using Stream Editor? inputfile : multiple_sed.txt
perl is an interpreterated language

it has three data types

scalar

array

hashes

scalar is a single value

I tried the below command:
sed -e 's/array/scalar/g;s/was/is/g' multiple_sed.txt

Output:
perl is an interpreterated language

it has three data types

scalar

scalar

hashes

scalar is a single value

I tried the above command for two words substitution but how can I  change the number of words substitution (i.e more than 100 words).
How I can do it with stream editor (sed)?

A: With a list of words with their substitution text :
wordsfile:
array scalar
is was
interpreterated interpreted

You can use process substitution:
$ sed -f <(sed 's/^/s\//g;s/ /\//;s/$/\//g' wordsfile) multiple_sed.txt
perl was an interpreted language

it has three data types

scalar

scalar

hashes

scalar was a single value

With the inner sed command passed to -f, all lines in wordsfile are formatted to a sed substitution command. The result is send to the external sed that process the substitutions in multiple_sed.txt.
Edit:
As suggested by potong, using a different delimiter in the inner sed command make it more readable (also removed the g modifier that is useless here):
sed -f <(sed 's/^/s#/;s/ /#/;s/$/#/' wordsfile) multiple_sed.txt


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Japanese two-wheeler manufacturer Suzuki has started accepting the bookings for its upcoming Gixxer 150 in India.
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Japanese two-wheeler manufacturer Suzuki is wasting no time to grab a share in the two wheeler market. The company has started accepting the bookings for its upcoming Gixxer 150 in India.
Powered by 155cc single cylinder, SOHC air cooled engine, which can churn out 13.7 bhp of power and 14Nm of torque, the new Gixxer from Suzuki is expected to reach the domestic market in the coming weeks. An earlier report had said that the company will launch the new bike on 10 August; however, Suzuki is yet to confirm it. We don't know the price of the bike as well, but the rumour is that the company would price it in the ₹75,000 brackets.
The Gixxer 150, a stylish offering of Suzuki will feature Telescopic suspension at the front and Mono Suspension at the rear. The bike, which made its first appearance at the Delhi Auto Expo will have a fuel tank capacity of 12 Ltr.
It measures 2,050 mm in length, 785 mm in width, 1,030 mm in height and has a wheel base of 1,330 mm. In India, Gixxer will be available in five colour options - Metallic Oort Grey, Candy Antares Red, Glass Sparkle Black, Metallic Triton Blue and Pearl Mirage White and it will take on the likes of Hero Xtreme and Honda CB Trigger.
For Suzuki, the launch of Gixxer is significant in the country as it is trying to tap new sales volumes in the domestic market. Recently, the company had slashed the price of its Inazuma GW250 street bike in India. In India, the Inazuma GW250 is pegged against KTM Duke 200, Honda CBR250R and Kawasaki Ninja 300 and was launched at ₹3.61 lakh.
Under the hood, the Suzuki motorcycle packs a 248cc, liquid-cooled, twin-cylinder engine, which generates a power of 26 bhp and a torque of 24.4 Nm. The bike is mated to a six-speed gearbox and features telescopic front forks and disc brakes.
Suzuki also introduced its 110cc segment scooter Let's in India with a price tag of ₹46,925 (ex-showroom Chennai). Currently, Suzuki markets Access 125 and Swish 125 scooters in India. Let's is powered by 112.8cc engine, which can churn out 8.7 bhp of peak power and 9 Nm of peak torque.
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B-Rad, your particular brand of brutal honesty is usually well received!
Full disclosure–I still haven't seen it. But I do appreciate the spoiler alert. And I'm surprised that those who dislike the film have stretched so far. An expression of love for a sibling, either by way of saying "don't marry someone you just met" or by way of personal sacrifice, doesn't immediately call to mind the LGBT community. I'm guessing the root cause for such a stretch is the inclusion of a character like Hans, who throws an unwelcome wrinkle into the story they were hoping for: they're flailing around for a reason to dislike the movie without admitting (perhaps even to themselves) that they didn't want anything like a realistic take on relationships intruding on their fairy tale.


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Title: Emma Goldman
Subject: Borscht, Anarchism, Egoist anarchism, Anarchism and education, Anarchist communism
in Russia. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page and Co., 1924.
Living My Life. New York: Knopf, 1931.
Voltairine de Cleyre. Berkeley Heights, New Jersey: Oriole Press, 1932.
Edited collections
Red Emma Speaks: Selected Writings and Speeches. New York: Random House, 1972. ISBN 0-394-47095-8.
Emma Goldman: A Documentary History Of The American Years, Volume 1 – Made for America, 1890–1901. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2003. ISBN 0-520-08670-8.
Emma Goldman: A Documentary History Of The American Years, Volume 2 – Making Speech Free, 1902–1909. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2004. ISBN 0-520-22569-4.
Emma Goldman: A Documentary History of the American Years, Volume 3 – Light and Shadows, 1910–1916. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2012. ISBN 0-8047-7854-X.
Emma Goldman: The Anarchist Guest
History of the birth control movement in the United States
List of peace activists
List of women's rights activists
^ Diggs, Nancy Brown (1998). Steel Butterflies: Japanese Women and the American Experience. Albany: State Univ. of New York Press. p. 99.
^ a b University of Illinois at Chicago Biography of Emma Goldman. UIC Library Emma Goldman Collection. Retrieved on December 13, 2008.
^ Streitmatter, Rodger (2001). Voices of Revolution: The Dissident Press in America. New York:
^ Goldman, Living, p. 24.
^ a b c Goldman, Living, p. 447.
^ Drinnon, Rebel, p. 5.
^ The order of birth is unclear; Wexler (in Intimate, p. 13) notes that although Goldman writes of herself as her mother's fourth child, her brother Louis (who died at the age of six) was probably born after her.
^ Chalberg, p. 13.
^ Drinnon, Rebel, p. 12.
^ Wexler, Intimate, p. 12.
^ Wexler, Intimate, pp. 13–14.
^ Drinnon, Rebel, pp. 6–7.
^ a b Chalberg, p. 16.
^ Falk, Love, p. 14.
^ a b Goldman, Living, p. 23.
^ Falk, Love, pp. 15–16.
^ Drinnon, Rebel, pp. 15–17.
^ Chalberg, pp. 27–28.
^ Quoted in Wexler, Intimate, p. 63.
^ Chalberg, pp. 42–43; Falk, Love, p. 25; Wexler, Intimate, p. 65.
^ "Alexander Berkman, the Anarchist, to Be Deported; Case of Emma Goldman Now Up for Decision". The New York Times. November 26, 1919.
^ Goldman, Living, p. 106.
^ "Panic of 1893". Ohio History Central. Ohio Historical Society, 2007. Retrieved on December 18, 2007.
^ Quoted in Chalberg, p. 46.
^ Nellie Bly, "Nelly Bly Again: She Interviews Emma Goldman and Other Anarchists", New York World, September 17, 1893.
^ Wexler, Intimate, p. 104.
^ Wexler, Intimate, pp. 103–104.
^ Falk, The American Years, p. 461.
^ Falk, Making Speech Free, p. 557.
^ Quoted in Goldman, Living, p. 391.
^ a b Goldman, Anarchism, p. 49.
^ Alice S. Rossi. The Feminist Papers: From Adams to de Beauvoir. Lebanon, New Hampshire: Northeastern University Press, 1988, p. 507
^ Quoted in Wexler, Intimate, p. 210.
^ "Today in History: February 11". Library of Congress. Retrieved January 28, 2014.
^ Drinnon, Rebel, pp. 186–187; Wexler, Intimate, p. 230.
^ Berkman, p. 155.
^ Drinnon, Rebel, pp. 186–187.
^ Chalberg, p. 129.
^ a b "Emma Goldman and A. Berkman Behind the Bars". The New York Times. June 16, 1917. Retrieved December 17, 2007.
^ Quoted in Chalberg, p. 134.
^ Shaw, Francis H. (July 1964). "The Trials of Emma Goldman, Anarchist". The Review of Politics 26 (3): 444–445.
^ Trial and Speeches of Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman in the United States District Court, in the City of New York, July, 1917 (New York: Mother Earth Publishing Association, 1917)
^ Wexler, Intimate, p. 235–244.
^ Chalberg, pp. 141–142.
^ Quoted in Drinnon, Rebel, p. 215.
^ "Deportation Defied by Emma Goldman". The New York Times. October 28, 1919. Retrieved February 4, 2010.
^ "Will Fight Deportation". The New York Times. December 1, 1919. Retrieved February 4, 2010.
^ Post, pp. 13–14.
^ McCormick, pp. 158–163.
^ a b Ark' with 300 Reds Sails Early Today for Unnamed Port"'". The New York Times. December 21, 1919. Retrieved February 1, 2010.
^ Clay, Steven E. (2011). U. S. Army Order Of Battle 1919-1941. Volume 4. The Services: Quartermaster, Medical, Military Police, Signal Corps, Chemical Warfare, And Miscellaneous Organizations, 1919-41 4. Fort Leavenworth, KS 66027: Combat Studies Institute Press.
^ Post, p. 4.
^ Murray, 208-9
^ "Soviet Ark Lands its Reds in Finland". The New York Times. January 18, 1920. Retrieved February 1, 2010.
^ Murray, pp. 207–208.
^ Post, pp. 1–11.
^ Quoted in Wexler, Exile, p. 17.
^ a b c Goldman, Emma. Living My Life. 1931. New York: Dover Publications Inc., 1970. ISBN 0-486-22543-7.
^ Wexler, Exile, pp. 47–49.
^ Falk, Love, pp. 209–210.
^ Quoted in Wexler, Exile, p. 111.
^ Wexler, Exile, p. 115.
^ Mary V. Dearborn, Mistress of Modernism: The Life of Peggy Guggenheim, Houghton Mifflin, 2004, pp.61–62
^ Wexler, Exile, pp. 158–164.
^ Quoted in Wexler, p. 232.
^ Both quoted in Wexler, Exile, p. 232.
^ a b Quoted in Wexler, Exile, p. 236.
^ Wexler, pp. 240–241.
^ "Emma Goldman, Anarchist, Dead. Internationally Known Figure, Deported From The U.S., Is Stricken In Toronto. Disillusioned By Soviets Opposed Lenin And Trotsky As Betrayers Of Socialism Through Despotism.". The New York Times. May 14, 1940. Retrieved April 20, 2008. Emma Goldman, internationally known anarchist, died early today at her home here after an illness of several months. She was 70 years old.
^ Goldman, Living, 194.
^ Goldman, Anarchism, p. 62.
^ a b Quoted in Wexler, Intimate, p. 92.
^ Goldman, Disillusionment, pp. 260–264.
^ My Disillusionment in Russia"Preface to First Volume of American Edition" for (Emma Goldman Papers Project, University of California-Berkeley).
^ Goldman, Anarchism, p. 205.
^ See generally Living My Life.
^ See Geoffrey R. Stone, Perilous Times: Free Speech in Wartime, From the Sedition Act of 1798 to the War on Terrorism (2004), pp. 139–152 (discussing persecution of Goldman and other anti-war activists, and the passage of the Espionage Act of 1917).
^ Falk, Making Speech Free.
^ David M. Rabban, Free Speech In Its Forgotten Years (1997).
^ Christopher M. Finan, From the Palmer Raids to the Patriot Act: A History of the Fight for Free Speech in America, p. 18.
^ Marshall, p. 409.
^ See generally Haaland; Goldman, "The Traffic in Women"; Goldman, "On Love".
^ Katz, Jonathan Ned (1992). Gay American History: Lesbians and Gay Men in the U.S.A. New York City: Penguin Books. pp. 376–380.
^ a b Goldman, Emma (1923). "Offener Brief an den Herausgeber der Jahrbücher über Louise Michel" with a preface by Magnus Hirschfeld. Jahrbuch für sexuelle Zwischenstufen 23: 70. Translated from German by James Steakley. Goldman's original letter in English is not known to be extant.
^ Goldman, Emma (February 1916). "The Philosophy of Atheism". Mother Earth. Retrieved December 7, 2007.
^ Goldman, "The Failure of Christianity". Mother Earth, April 1913.
^ Wexler, Exile, p. 41.
^ Marshall, pp. 396–401.
^ Shulman, Alix Kates. "Dances with Feminists". Women's Review of Books, Vol. IX, #3. December 1991. Available at the Emma Goldman Papers. Retrieved on December 13, 2007.
^ a b Wexler, Exile, p. 1.
^ Lynn Rogoff at doollee.com: The Playwrights Database
^ "About Us". The Emma Goldman Clinic. 2007. Retrieved on December 15, 2007.
^ "Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse: Who is Red Emma?".
^ a b John Clark (14 May 2007). "Remembering Helen Hill: A New Orleans community comes together after the murder of a friend and activist". Divergences.
^ Goldman, Emma (1932). "Voltairine de Cleyre". Berkeley Heights, New Jersey: Oriole Press.
Avrich, Paul. The Haymarket Tragedy. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1984. ISBN 0-691-04711-1.
Berkman, Alexander. Life of an Anarchist: The Alexander Berkman Reader. New York: Four Walls Eight Windows Press, 1992. ISBN 1-888363-17-7.
Chalberg, John. Emma Goldman: American Individualist. New York: HarperCollins Publishers Inc., 1991. ISBN 0-673-52102-8.
Drinnon, Richard. Rebel in Paradise: A Biography of Emma Goldman. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1961. OCLC 266217.
Drinnon, Richard and Anna Maria, eds. Nowhere At Home: Letters from Exile of Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman. New York: Schocken Books, 1975. OCLC 1055309.
Falk, Candace, et al. Emma Goldman: A Documentary History Of The American Years, Volume 1 – Made for America, 1890–1901. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2003. ISBN 0-520-08670-8.
Falk, Candace, et al. Emma Goldman: A Documentary History Of The American Years, Volume 2 – Making Speech Free, 1902–1909. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2004. ISBN 0-520-22569-4.
Falk, Candace Serena. Love, Anarchy, and Emma Goldman. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1990. ISBN 0-8135-1512-2.
Glassgold, Peter, ed. Anarchy! An Anthology of Emma Goldman's Mother Earth. Washington, D.C.: Counterpoint, 2001. ISBN 1-58243-040-3.
Goldman, Emma. Anarchism and Other Essays. 3rd ed. 1917. New York: Dover Publications Inc., 1969. ISBN 0-486-22484-8.
Goldman, Emma. Living My Life. 1931. New York: Dover Publications Inc., 1970. ISBN 0-486-22543-7.
Goldman, Emma. My Disillusionment in Russia. 1923. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1970. OCLC 76645.
Goldman, Emma. Red Emma Speaks. ed. Alix Kates Shulman. New York: Random House, 1972. ISBN 0-394-47095-8.
Goldman, Emma. The Social Significance of Modern Drama. 1914. New York: Applause Theatre Book Publishers, 1987. ISBN 0-936839-61-9.
Goldman, Emma. The Traffic in Women, and Other Essays on Feminism. Albion, CA: Times Change Press, 1970. ISBN 0-87810-001-6.
Goldman, Emma. The Tragedy of Woman's Emancipation. New York: Mother Earth Publishing Association, 1906. OCLC 15865931
Goldman, Emma. Vision on Fire: Emma Goldman on the Spanish Revolution. ed. David Porter. New Paltz, NY: Commonground Press, 1983. ISBN 0-9610348-2-3.
Haaland, Bonnie. Emma Goldman: Sexuality and the Impurity of the State. Montréal, New York, London: Black Rose Books, 1993. ISBN 1-895431-64-6.
Marsh, Margaret S. Anarchist Women 1870–1920. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1981. ISBN 0-87722-202-9.
Marshall, Peter. Demanding the Impossible: A History of Anarchism. London: HarperCollins, 1992. ISBN 0-00-217855-9.
McCormick, Charles H. Seeing Reds: Federal Surveillance of Radicals in the Pittsburgh Mill District, 1917–1921. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1997.
Moritz, Theresa. The World's Most Dangerous Woman: A New Biography of Emma Goldman. Vancouver: Subway Books, 2001. ISBN 0-9681660-7-5.
Murray, Robert K. Red Scare: A Study in National Hysteria, 1919–1920. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1955. ISBN 0-313-22673-3
Post, Louis F. The Deportations Delirium of Nineteen-twenty: A Personal Narrative of an Historic Official Experience. NY, 1923.
Solomon, Martha. Emma Goldman. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1987. ISBN 0-8057-7494-7.
Weiss, Penny A. and Loretta Kensinger, eds. Feminist Interpretations of Emma Goldman. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2007. ISBN 0-271-02976-5.
Wexler, Alice. Emma Goldman: An Intimate Life. New York: Pantheon Books, 1984. ISBN 0-394-52975-8. Republished as Emma Goldman in America. Boston: Beacon Press, 1984. ISBN 0-8070-7003-3.
Wexler, Alice. Emma Goldman in Exile: From the Russian Revolution to the Spanish Civil War. Boston: Beacon Press, 1989. ISBN 0-8070-7004-1.
Avrich, Paul; Avrich, Karen (2012). Sasha and Emma: The Anarchist Odyssey of Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press.
Works by Emma Goldman at Project Gutenberg
Emma Goldman Papers Project at UC Berkeley
Emma Goldman entry at the Anarchy Archives
Works by Emma Goldman at the Anarchist Library
Anarchism and Other Essays from American Studies at the University of Virginia
My Disillusionment in Russia by Emma Goldman
Emma Goldman Papers. Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University.
Emma Goldman "Women of Valor" exhibit at the Jewish Women's Archive
"Emma Goldman". Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia. Jewish Women's Archive.
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I found a clever way around this on my third cruise or so. Take your seapass card and head to the casino. Sit down at a slot machine and insert your card. Let's say you want $200 cash. The machine will ask how much you want to "play" with. Enter in the amount you'd like to withdraw then hit "cash out" after it has given you those credits!
Go over to the cashier and collect your funds.
Roll your clothes – Instead of folding, try rolling your clothes up. This not only prevents wrinkles but it also gives you much more space in your suitcase. You aren't allowed to pack your own iron. Additionally, some ships do not have an area where you can iron your clothing yourself. You may actually have to pay to get them steamed or ironed. I totally stand by clothes-rolling and a good wrinkle release spray!
Surge Protector with USB Outlets – Cabins often have very few outlets so it can be difficult to charge all of your electronics at once. Take your own multi-plug USB outlet so that you can charge your phone, camera, ipad, etc. all at once without have to swap them out periodically.
Ziploc Bags – These little guys are lifesavers! Taking a few empty baggies with you will prove to be so useful. You can use them when going on shore excursions to keep water and sand away from your electronics. I also recommend taking larger grocery bags to store your wet clothes in in case there is not enough time to hang-dry them before your disembarkation.
Portable USB Charger – I tend to use my phone for photos these days as the camera quality is rather great. However, this means that my battery dies at a rapid rate. I don't leave my cabin without my portable USB charger. I snagged one at Five Below, but you can get them almost anywhere these days. For a measly $5, it can't hurt to have this as your safety net!
Travel Alarm Clock – Cruise ship cabins do not have alarm clocks. Some of us are okay using our cell phones – but insanely heavy sleepers like myself require a louder standard alarm clock.
In-room Bible – Bibles are typically left in the bedside tables. Passengers have been known to leave leftover drink coupons in these. It can't hurt to check. For two of my past cruises, I've scored a free drink this way!
Plastic Wrap your Toiletries – Though we keep our toiletries in their own bag inside of another bag, they somehow always spill out! Try placing plastic wrap under the caps of your shampoo/conditioner bottles to keep them from leaking out. Works like a charm.
Dryer Sheets in Luggage – We've noticed that on rather long flights, our clothes have a certain unwanted smell to them once our luggage arrives to our cabin. We've purchased overpriced scent balls to put in our bags before to keep our clothing smelling fresh but we've found that tossing in a dryer sheet works even better and it is likely something you already have at home.
Free Wifi in Port – Wifi packages onboard the ship can be a little pricey and maybe you just want to check in on Facebook every now and then. When the ship pulls into port, check for free wifi. After you exit the ship, it is likely that you will see signs indicating "free Wifi" or you will see the masses of people hanging out there in one area. You can also ask the ship's crew members. They know exactly where the free WiFi is!
Use the Ship's WiFi while docked – If you did purchase an internet package for your cruise, using it in the port will give you an increased speed compared to when the ship is sailing the open waters where the connection is much slower.
Over-the-door Shoe Organizer – For families traveling together in one stateroom, the bathroom space is never quite adequate. Take an over-the-door shoe organizer to store of all your toiletries, curling irons, etc. so it isn't cluttering what limited counter space you have.
Drink for FREE – Beverage packages can be super expensive! If you're one that just wants a drink or two per day at little to no cost, try this out! The daily itineraries always list something along the lines of "Captain's Toast" where servers run around with trays full of complimentary mixed drinks, wine, or champagne. I've experienced this on Carnival, Norwegian, Royal Caribbean, and Princess recently. This fun little mixer is also a great way to meet other cruisers!
Additionally, for cruisers that have sailed with a particular line before, there is typically a coupon booklet left in your cabin that will have a drink coupon in it. It pays to be loyal!
Lastly, the atrium shops have frequent "liquor tastings" where you can sample the brands they sell in their duty free shops.
You can often get your favorite brand for a better price than you can at home. The only catch here is that they do not give you the goods until the last day of your cruise — but it is typically a great deal!
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Swimming Olympic Sport
Swimming is a water based team or individual sport. Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic sports, with events in freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly. Recreational swimming is a popular low-impact form of exercise.
The swimming competitions at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens took place from 14 to 21 August 2004 at the Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre in Marousi. It featured 32 events (16 male, 16 female), a total of 937 swimmers from 152 nations, and the program's changes instituted in the previous Games, including notably the three-phase format (heats, semifinals, and final) for all short-distance races (200 metres and under).
Swimmers from the United States continued to dominate the medal tally with a total of 28, earning twelve golds, nine silver, and seven bronze. Australia still maintained the second spot from Sydney in 2000, but produced a total of 15 more medals (seven golds, five silver, and three bronze) to its historical hardware in swimming. Meanwhile, Japan moved from behind to third overall in the medal board with eight medals after a sterling breaststroke double from Kosuke Kitajima. A total of eight world records and twenty-five Olympic records were set during the competition.
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