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We are looking for women who suffer from menstrual migraine to participate in a 2-visit migraine brain imaging research study. Our goal is to see how the menstrual migraine brain's pain pathways function when the migraineur has been taking Frovatriptan. During the screening visit (Visit 1) participants will sign the informed consent form, complete questionnaires, meet with the study physician, and have QST (quantitative sensory testing: to determine your pain thresholds for a heat stimulus) performed. For Visit 2's MRI scan, subjects will be asked to lie very still while the scan is occurring. In some parts, they will not have to do anything, while in others they will be asked to rate pain and unpleasantness for brush and thermal stimuli. Participants are compensated for both visits.
Menstrual Migraine
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Cohort
|Official Title:
|Mapping CNS Changes to Frovatriptan Administration in Acute Treatment of Prodrome or Preventative Treatment of Menstrual Migraine (MM)
|Study Start Date:
|April 2010
|Study Completion Date:
|May 2010
|Primary Completion Date:
|May 2010 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
All subjects will be taking Frovatriptan tablets within 48 hours prior to the scan session (Visit 2).
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older
|Genders Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
Females who suffer from menstrual migraine who are over the age of 18 and have not yet experienced menopause are the study population.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Female
- Regular Menstrual Phase
- Menstrual Migraine
- No significant medical history (Significant medical history of such as seizure disorder, diabetes, alcoholism, cardiac disease including coronary artery disease, psychiatric problems; drug addiction, respiratory problems, liver disease, etc.)
- No significant medication history, except for migraine
- All patients will be currently taking or have previously taken triptan medications for migraine
- Weight, <285 pounds
- Not claustrophobic
- No contraindication to taking triptans
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- Age <18
- Significant medical problems (aside from pain before, during and after migraine episodes)
- Positive drug of abuse screen (excluding medications currently prescribed for their clinical condition, e.g. opioids, benzodiazepines, etc.)
- Positive alcohol screen
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- Claustrophobia
- History of dermatological hypersensitivity in the facial area
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- Tattoos containing metallic ink on the neck, shoulders, upper arm and head (which could become heated up in the scanner, and potentially cause blistering or burning)
- Cardiac pacemakers
- Aneurysm clips and other vascular stents, filters, clips or other devices
- Prosthetic heart valves
- Other prostheses
- Neuro-stimulator devices
- Implanted infusion pumps
- Cochlear (ear) implants
- Ocular (eye) implants or known metal fragments in eyes
- Exposure to shrapnel or metal filings (sheet metal workers, welders, and others)
- Other metallic surgical hardware in vital areas
- Use of any of the following medications:
- Propanolol/ Inderol
- SSRI's: citalopram/ Celexa, Lepraxo, paroxetine/ Paxil, fluoxetine/ Prozac, Sarafem, Symbyax, sertraline/ Zoloft, Fluvoxamine/ Luvox
- SNRI's: duloxetine/ Cymbalta, venlafaxine/ Effexor
- triptans: sumatriptan/ Imitrex, naratriptan/ Amerge, zolmitriptan/ Zomig, rizatriptan/ Maxalt, eletriptan/ Relpax, almotriptan/ Axert
- ergotamine type medicines: Bellergal, Cafergot, Ergomar, Wiraine, Migranal/ DHE45, Sansert
- ketoconazole (Nizoral, Fungoral)
- itraconazole (Sporanox)
- ritonavir (Norvir)
- erythromycin (Erythrocin)
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01114711
|United States, Massachusetts
|Neuroimaging Center, McLean Hospital
|Belmont, Massachusetts, United States, 02478
|Principal Investigator:
|David Borsook, MD, PhD
|Mclean Hospital
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|Responsible Party:
|David Borsook, MD, PhD; Principal Investigator, McLean Hospital
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01114711 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|April 29, 2010
|Last Updated:
|May 26, 2010
|Health Authority:
|United States: Food and Drug Administration
Keywords provided by Mclean Hospital:
Menstrual Migraine
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Migraine Disorders
Brain Diseases
Central Nervous System Diseases
Headache Disorders
Headache Disorders, Primary
Nervous System Diseases
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Neurotransmitter Agents
Pharmacologic Actions
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Serotonin Agents
Serotonin Receptor Agonists
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A non-government organisation, The Healing Heart Foundation, caters for widows and indigent women. Both the benefactor and the beneficiaries tell their stories to SAMUEL AWOYINFA, who witnessed one of their empowerment sessions
In some cultures in this part of the world, when a woman suddenly loses her husband in his prime, the woman is made to undergo some treatment that could best be described as barbaric and indecent.
Some widows are made to sleep in the same room with the corpses of their husbands. Most times, this action is supposedly meant to determine the innocence or otherwise of the widows, concerning the deaths.
In some cultures, the late husband's relations strip the widow of all the property left behind by her deceased husband, leaving her with nothing to fall back on, including taking care of the children.
However, someone who is not a widow has decided to offer a helping hand to the widows in the society. She is empowering them through skills acquisition programmes and counselling to shake off the trauma of widowhood and carry on with life.
Anambra State-born Sophy Mbanisi, a reverend, says her heart bleeds for widows and indigent women in the society, and the urge to start helping them began six years ago. She states that she began by counseling and giving them necessary assistance.
She says, "It all began six years ago. I started by identifying young widows and indigent women in the society. I started by counseling them that they need to do something worthwhile with their life. Though a part of the woman who lost her husband is gone, she does not have to be in that mood for ever. She has a family to take care of and a destiny to fulfill."
Mbanisi, a sociology graduate of the University of Lagos adds that it was two years ago that she introduced skills acquisition in soap making, events/venue decoration, bag making, tie & dye, among others.
But how does she get these women to attend the skills acquisition programmes? She explains that she reaches out to churches across Lagos and distributes leaflets announcing the date and venue of each empowerment programme.
A fortnight ago, our correspondent saw a number of widows who turned out for one of such programmes at the Estate Nursery and Primary School, Isolo, Lagos.
The women were divided into three classes viz: tie & dye, events/venue decoration and bag making. And resource persons were seen taking them through the rudiments.
"I introduced the skills acquisition programme in 2010, after getting feedbacks from the widows I had counselled. They said they would be better off and stand on their own if they are empowered with skills in some vocations. That was how we started with equipping them with skills in the making of liquid and bar soaps, disinfectant, bleach, tie & dye, events/venue decoration, among others," she states.
According to Mbanisi, those who were committed to the training, because they were being monitored by the NGO on a regular basis, were given N10,000 each to start their own business. And 20 of them got that amount each. She notes that the amount was increased to N20,000 last year and 20 widows got N20,000 each.
How did Mbanisi raise the funds for the programme?
She said, "The foundation is self-sponsored. All the money spent were mine, with the support of my husband, friends and some family members who share my dream. However, some corporate organisations give us corporate gifts like milk, textile materials, and rice, among others. They have not started giving us money," she says.
Mbanisi notes that she is driven by the passion to see these young women succeed, have sustainable source of income and turn themselves to employers of labour.
"We try to be realistic with type of vocations we introduce to them. They are things they can start small and little by little, grow the business and become employers of labour. Some of them that got grants from us to start their own business formed a partnership, and they started producing in bulk and selling to retailers.
"Though the profit might be minimal, the income is consistent. The beauty of it is that when we train, we empower as well."
With a total of 300 beneficiaries so far in Lagos, Mbanisi explains that the NGO has begun to reach out to widows in other states. She says the programme is structured in a way that each of the women gets skills acquisition training in at least two vocations. The training normally holds on Saturdays and lasts for a month.
She says the Healing Heart Foundation also reached out to some widows in Ebonyi State when she got a call from a pastor in Abakaliki. "We had thought it was going to hold only in the church, but later, we had to expand the scope and got some other widows from outside the church. I pray that corporate organisations will start to support us with money so that we can reach out to widows in other states across the country," she enthuses.
One of the widows, 48-year-old Victoria Ibe who benefitted from the training, says she lost her husband 13 years ago, and the responsibility of taking care of their three children fell on her.
She narrated story of woes, until she heard about the NGO through a friend. "It was tough paying the house rent and paying my children's school fees when their father died. I had to relocate to Cotonou, and I started working with a shipping company. But I was later laid off. I had to return to Lagos, where I started to do buying and selling.
"But it was not as easy as I thought. The children had grown and they were in the university. It was a friend who introduced the NGO to me and I have benefitted from their training on more than two occasions. Today, I make toilet rolls, liquid soap, disinfectant and perfume. I supply hospitals with disinfectant and many other customers."
Today, Ibe says two of her children, Abigail and Emmanuella, are doctor and lawyer respectively; while the third one, Ifeyinwa, is an undergraduate.
Another widow, Mrs. Omoboyowa Gloria says she lost her husband, Samuel Omoboyowa, in 2004. The 46-year-old teacher and fashion designer was also saddled with the responsibility of catering for three children.
She states that she was one of those who got N10,000 to start soap making, and today, she has graduated to selling chemicals to make both the liquid and bar soaps. She says she's not interested in re-marrying but "to train my children and make sure they can stand on their own in future."
Mbanisi, however, says the governments at all the levels are doing something about eradicating poverty, but the problem is that those who are saddled with the implementation of these programmes have not been doing their job conscientiously.
"I appeal to other well-meaning Nigerians to help in tackling the issue of poverty in the society. If more people come in, gradually, the number will begin to reduce," she says.


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Relates to providing a tax credit to farmers who sell or rent their agricultural land to a young farmer.
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the tax law, in relation to providing a tax credit to farmers who sell or rent their agricultural land to a young farmer
PURPOSE: To establish a tax credit for farmers who sell or rent their agricultural land to young farmers.
Sections 1 and 2 of the bill amend sections 210 and section 606 of the tax law to create and allow for a credit for current farmers who sell or rent their agricultural lands to young farmers.
Section three provides for the effective date.
EXISTING LAW: Current tax law allows for various tax credits. It does not currently allow a credit for farmers who are considering selling or renting their agricultural lands to a young farmer. Such programs however, do exist in other states.
JUSTIFICATION: New York state tax law provides for various tax credits already. Allowing a tax credit for current farmers who agree to sell or rent their agricultural lands to a young farmer is good public policy. Taking steps to recruit young, new farmers to the agricultural profession is certainly one area in need of incentives, and helping to ensure agricultural lands are available for sale or rent to young or beginning farmers to get them started in the agricultural profession, is one way to provide that incentive.
Agriculture is the leading industry in New York, yet New York's farm community is aging and it has become increasingly difficult to attract young people to farming and to encourage younger generations to consider farming as a career. The average age of farm operators in New York is 59, and is expected to continue to increase unless steps are taken to reverse this trend. The U.S. Secretary of Agriculture has set a goal of recruiting 100,000 new farmers across the country to replace those who are retiring. By enacting a tax credit to encourage current farmers to sell or rent their land to young farmers, we will be taking one small step at helping that recruitment effort, and helping to keep agricultural lands in production, rather than losing them permanently.
Farming is a difficult business and there are many barriers to keeping current farm land in the hands of agricultural producers. As the current crop of farmers continues to age out of the business, we need to encourage these farmers to sell their land to those considering entering the profession. It is in the best interest of the state to ensure that enough producers are recruited and retained in agricultural production. Additionally, the recent increase in demand for quality fresh locally grown foods and beverages highlight the importance of assisting new farmers to enter the profession.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: This is a new bill.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: Undetermined. The bill allows a ten percent tax credit for the sale or use of agricultural land to a young farmer.
EFFECTIVE DATE: Immediately and shall apply to taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2015.
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6882 IN SENATE March 25, 2014 ___________Introduced by Sens. RITCHIE, BALL, BONACIC, DeFRANCISCO, FARLEY, GALLI- VAN, GRIFFO, GRISANTI, LARKIN, LAVALLE, LIBOUS, LITTLE, MARCHIONE, MAZIARZ, NOZZOLIO, O'MARA, RANZENHOFER, ROBACH, SEWARD, VALESKY, YOUNG -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Government Operations AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to providing a tax credit to farmers who sell or rent their agricultural land to a young farmer THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 210 of the tax law is amended by adding a new subdivision 48 to read as follows: 48. CREDIT FOR FARMERS WHO SELL OR RENT THEIR AGRICULTURAL LAND TO A YOUNG FARMER. (A) ALLOWANCE OF CREDIT. A TAXPAYER THAT IS AN AGRICUL- TURAL BUSINESS PRINCIPALLY ENGAGED IN FARMING, AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH NINETEEN OF SUBDIVISION (B) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED ONE OF THIS CHAPTER SHALL BE ALLOWED A CREDIT AGAINST THE TAX IMPOSED BY THIS ARTICLE FOR THE SALE OR RENT OF THEIR AGRICULTURAL LANDS TO A YOUNG FARMER, AS DEFINED IN THIS SECTION. SUCH CREDIT SHALL BE TEN PERCENT OF THE PURCHASE PRICE OR RENTAL AMOUNT OF THE AGRICULTURAL LANDS. (B) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "YOUNG FARMER" SHALL MEAN A FARMER WHO HAS NOT PRODUCED AN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT FOR MORE THAN TEN CONSECUTIVE YEARS, WHERE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT MEANS ANY AGRICULTURAL OR AQUACULTURAL PRODUCT OF THE SOIL OR WATER, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO FRUITS, VEGETABLES, EGGS, DAIRY PRODUCTS, MEAT AND MEAT PRODUCTS, POUL- TRY AND POULTRY PRODUCTS, FISH AND FISH PRODUCTS, GRAIN AND GRAIN PRODUCTS, HONEY, NUTS, PRESERVES, MAPLE SAP PRODUCTS, APPLE CIDER, FRUIT JUICE, HORTICULTURAL SPECIALTIES, AND CHRISTMAS TREES AND WHO WILL MATE- RIALLY AND SUBSTANTIALLY PARTICIPATE IN THE PRODUCTION OF AN AGRICUL- TURAL PROJECT. (C) PRIOR TO SALE, THE SELLER SHALL CONVEY TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRI- CULTURE AND MARKETS, AN EASEMENT, THE TERMS OF WHICH LIMIT DEVELOPMENT OF THE LAND TO AGRICULTURAL BUSINESS, PRINCIPALLY FARMING, AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH NINETEEN OF SUBDIVISION (B) OF SECTION ELEVENEXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD13527-06-4 S. 6882 2
HUNDRED ONE OF THIS CHAPTER. THE EASEMENT SHALL EXPIRE NOT LESS THAN TEN YEARS FROM THE DATE OF SALE. S 2. Subsections (yy) and (zz) of section 606 of the tax law, as relettered by section 5 of part H of chapter 1 of the laws of 2003, are relettered subsections (yyy) and (zzz) and a new subsection (xx) is added to read as follows: (XX) CREDIT FOR THE SALE OR RENT OF AGRICULTURAL LAND TO A YOUNG FARM- ER. (1) ALLOWANCE OF CREDIT. A TAXPAYER WHOSE FEDERAL GROSS INCOME FROM FARMING FOR THE TAXABLE YEAR IS AT LEAST TWO-THIRDS OF EXCESS FEDERAL GROSS INCOME SHALL BE ALLOWED A CREDIT AGAINST THE TAX IMPOSED BY THIS ARTICLE FOR THE SALE OR RENT OF AGRICULTURAL LAND OR EQUIPMENT TO A YOUNG FARMER, AS DEFINED BY SECTION TWO HUNDRED TEN OF THIS CHAPTER. SUCH CREDIT SHALL BE TEN PERCENT OF THE PURCHASE PRICE OF RENTAL AMOUNT OF THE AGRICULTURAL LAND, AND SHALL BE ALLOWED NOTWITHSTANDING SUBSECTION (KK) OF THIS SECTION. (2) DEFINITIONS. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBSECTION, THE FOLLOWING DEFI- NITIONS SHALL APPLY: (A) "EXCESS FEDERAL GROSS INCOME" MEANS THE AMOUNT OF FEDERAL GROSS INCOME FROM ALL SOURCES FOR THE TAXABLE YEAR REDUCED BY THE SUM (NOT TO EXCEED THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS, OF THOSE ITEMS INCLUDED IN FEDERAL GROSS INCOME WHICH CONSIST OF: (I) EARNED INCOME, (II) PENSION PAYMENTS, INCLUDING SOCIAL SECURITY PAYMENTS, (III) INTEREST, AND (IV) DIVIDENDS. (B) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH, THE TERM "EARNED INCOME" SHALL MEAN WAGES, SALARIES, TIPS AND OTHER EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION, AND THOSE ITEMS OF GROSS INCOME WHICH ARE INCLUDIBLE IN THE COMPUTATION OF NET EARNINGS FROM SELF-EMPLOYMENT. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH, PAYMENTS FROM THE STATE'S FARMLAND PROTECTION PROGRAM, ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS, SHALL BE INCLUDED AS FEDERAL GROSS INCOME FROM FARMING. (3) APPLICATION OF CREDIT. IF THE AMOUNT OF THE CREDIT ALLOWED UNDER THIS SUBSECTION FOR ANY TAXABLE YEAR SHALL EXCEED THE TAXPAYER'S TAX FOR SUCH YEAR, THE EXCESS SHALL BE TREATED AS AN OVERPAYMENT OF TAX TO BE CREDITED OR REFUNDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION SIX HUNDRED EIGHTY-SIX OF THIS ARTICLE, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NO INTEREST SHALL BE PAID THEREON. S 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2015.
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Truphone Adds Skype Support for iPhone, iPod Touch
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Software developer Truphone announced yesterday that the company has added Skype support for Apple's iPhone and iPod touch handsets. Per the press release, users can now instant message their Skype contacts as well as make and receive Skype-based calls to users on their contact list.
To begin, download Truphone for iPhone or iPod Touch, go to the IM screen in the iPhone application (the IM/More screen in the iPod touch application). If you cannot see this screen, select it from within the "More" screen.
Once here, select Skype from the setup screen, sign in using your Skype account details.
Once logged in, you will now see all of your Skype contacts and you will be ready to start.
Skype-based calls within Wi-Fi areas as well as instant messages will be free and users can make Skype-based calls and send Skype instant messages using Truphone Anywhere, which will use your data package to connect the call or send the instant message.
Truphone is a free download and requires iPhone OS 2.1 or later to install and run.
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'House' - 'Knight Fall' Recap
One of the hardest things for a long running show to do is keeping the audience guessing. That's not normally a problem for 'House,' a show that throws around more 15-letter medical words and scientific terms than a 'NOVA' marathon.
Unpredictability is harder to pull off than it sounds. One wrong twist and an entire promising plot is sent off to into a ridiculous death spiral more ludicrous than a "the whole thing was just a dream" plotline. 'House' had two good plotlines and both of them stayed within the boundaries of believability.
This time, 'House' is stuck with two dominant plotlines instead of four or five like last week's "Lockdown" experience. Both of them were interesting and engaging and managed to "zig" when you thought they would "zag," even if their options for "zagging" were limited in some cases.
This week's patient was William, an eerily devoted medieval weekend warrior with a serious devotion complex to his king and the woman he plans to make his queen, both in his medieval La-La Land and in real life. Meanwhile, he's suffering from some sort of rapidly spreading skin and major organ disorder that causes him to experience all sorts of bizarre symptoms from blotchy skin rashes to blood infected eyeballs.
The episode doesn't focus too much on the amateur knights angle, except for the opening fight scene that puts our weekly "Patient Zero" in the hospital with a glowing red pair of bloodshot eyes. And that actually works for it since it doesn't give House an extended chance to put down nerds in full costume and focuses on the more interesting angle: Wilson reconnecting with his ex-wife, the old ball and chain.
So House directs his more pointed barbs and cheap shots at Wilson and his ex, Sam, played by Cynthia Watros. House, of course, tries to break up the relationship that he deems to be bad for his roommate buddy, first by preparing breakfast naked and then, in a hilarious scene, bringing the world's worst drag queen to their "get to know you" dinner. The latter would have been more funny if last week's preview wouldn't have spoiled it. Heh, a blogger is complaining about a spoiler for once. Now there's a switch.
The medical angle had a bit more heart to it than normally since William, whose long hair and dark red eyes make him look like he just walked off the set of the next 'Twilight' film, clearly has a thing for his best friend's "queen," even if he might be the "root" cause of all of his problems. Thankfully, it didn't get too melodramatic or sappy. In fact, William's levelheadedness coupled with his idiotic devotion to his ideal as a pseudo-knight helped move the twists along, one after the other. It kept me watching for a reason other than just to find out what was physically wrong with him.
House's resolution with Sam also didn't end in total bloodshed. I know it's incredibly gauche to pigeonhole an actor or actress into one role, but Watros seemed to carry a bit of Erin Fitzpatrick from her days on the short-lived and not-so-subtle Fox sitcom 'Titus' into this episode. Sam knows that dating Wilson means getting House as part of the deal and she tries to prove her love to Wilson by not only standing up to House, but appealing to his heart the same that Erin would to mean ol' "Papa Titus."
It was not only sweet to watch House just live with and accept a disagreeable situation, but it's given me another great reason to tune in for House's inevitable "I told you so," especially if I'm wrong.
Other Observations:
- Is it just me or did the knights in the opening scene look more than a little similar to King Arthur and the Black Knight from 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail'? (I have to give Nick credit for spotting that one. I'm not doing it because it's fair. I just want to retain the last ounce of non-geekiness I have left.)
- The "king" got the idea to feed his knights cow eyeballs from 'Fear Factor'? Did the 'House' team have to go through a time warp to 2001 to get to the Renaissance Fair?


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Jun 6, 2011
ORACLE Is Stronger Than BATGIRL Will Ever Be
28 comments:
- Shelly said...
I'm heartsick about many of the changes, including Dick becoming Nightwing again, but this has me besides myself. I work with blind and visually impaired people and others who can't read standard print, including quadriplegics. I know how powerful a symbol and role model Babs as Oracle is and I know how so many people don't just get to start over or leave that wheelchair behind. I hate that DC is going backward. Just. Hate. It.
- June 6, 2011 at 7:58 PM
- Anonymous said...
Your op/ed was very moving to read. But I'd like to present a counterpoint.
Oracle was a character born of misogyny. The notorious story of a DC editor saying to "cripple the b&&$h" during the production of "Killing Joke" is the ugly stuff of DC legend. It was an injustice that never should have happened.
Batman, Green Arrow, Jason Todd – just a few of the non-superpowered DC male heroes who who killed or disabled who are now fit and fit and running around the rooftops.
Barbara, and many other DC female characters, were never afforded such a second chance. And that was and is wrong.
Nonetheless, a handful of writers built Barbara into something special, something resonant, powerful and meaningful. But considering there have been two "official" Batgirl's since that incident, the problem wasn't Barbara. It never was.
This entire relaunch is essentially a marketing effort.And Barbara is still the most recognizable Batgirl that exists. Toys are still made in her image. She's appeared as batgirl in every iteration of Batman animation for 20 years. Reruns of the 1960s "Batman" series with Barbara still rerun on TV Land. She has cultural cachet.
I believe Gail Simone recently wrote that many fans will be hearbroken by these changes. One of my absolute favorites is Huntress. Has anyone seen her in this reboot? She;s not in "Birds of Prey." She's nowhere. Helena, alas, is likely to be lost. Too many 'Bat women," most likely.
Barbara, though, will go on. And she will apparently have her history of Oracle, allowing her to remain evolved and posing her for new layers.
As far as a vital character with a disability, Wendy has been quietly groomed as an Oracle successor for months in the pages of the current "Batgirl" series. She may very well serve as the next Oracle in Barbara's new series. She's a fantastic, vital, smart character who's learning to deal and hopefully thrive with her disability. She's very cool and loaded with potential.
I'm thrilled to see Barbara back in the cowl. It's an injustice that has long needed correction. And while your criticisms are extremely valid, I'm hoping DC fills the void left by Oracle with another vital character.
I hope I'm correct.
- June 6, 2011 at 9:11 PM
- Kyle said...
Yeah, the changes to the Bat-books have been the hardest for me. I loathe Dick no longer being Batman and I'm completely baffled by the decision to make Barbara Batgirl again.
I would say that Barbara Gordon's journey is perhaps the greatest evolution of a comic book character we've ever seen. And they're just going to throw that out the window.
And, let's be honest -- to address Anonymous' point -- Barbara as Batgirl is NOT recognizable to anyone outside of comics. They might see a picture of her and know she's Batgirl, but if you asked them what her real name is, you're going to get a blank stare. In fact, Barbara Gordon has been not-Batgirl longer than she was ever Batgirl.
I also find it hard to believe that Alan Moore would have just gone along with DC telling him to "cripple the bitch." Maybe that's how someone reacted when the script came in, but I truly doubt Moore was commanded to do it, given that Moore probably would have said no.
- June 6, 2011 at 10:10 PM
- Muteki Sales said...
I read your OP/ED and I truly feel for you. I've felt for years that Barbara grew as a character far more as Oracle than as Batgirl. Batgirl, like many of her unfortunate female compatriots, are "shadows" of their male counterparts--Supergirl, Batwoman, Huntress, Jesse Quick, etc. All of them have been rebooted time and again, only to be essentially the same, just with altered origins.
Barbara grew into a more complex, dynamic, and heartfelt character--I was thrilled when I learned she found a new way to fight crime as Oracle in SUICIDE SQUAD, and when BIRDS OF PREY started, it was truly a brains & brawn team--one did the thinking, the other the trained & experienced muscle. I was happy to see that being stuck in her chair made her use more of her senses than just kicking some punk in an alley--she was making a difference in the entire world being Oracle.
I liked it that she found ways to defeat enemies from afar, I liked it that when she confronted the Joker, she was scared but found a way to rise above it and beat him down. This is the growth and maturation of a character--making her Batgirl again just makes it crowded with women who adore Batman and are carbon clones of his style.
I'm going to miss Barbara as Oracle--one of the most deep and intricate character developments ever. I agree with you--Barbara Gordon isn't the same anymore.
Nice OP/ED--you made a great "eulogy" for a fantastic character--and just because the general public can only name one Batgirl is no reason to turn back a progressive stand in today's comic book world that is supposed to appeal to all shapes, sizes, creeds, and types.
Long live Barbara Gordon--Oracle.
- June 6, 2011 at 10:33 PM
- Anonymous said...
Has Oracle served a wonderful, vital and progressive role within the DCU? Absolutely. There is zero debate about that. But the irony is that as Oracle, Barbara refused to be defined by her disability. Yet that's exactly what all these naysayers are doing – defining the character because she's in a wheelchair. That's apparently the only trait that matters to many.
- June 6, 2011 at 10:59 PM
- Anonymous said...
Barbara Gordon is the most recognizable Batgirl. There's really no question about it nor a debate.
"When Moore phoned his editor, Len Wein, to ask for permission to cripple the current Batgirl, Wein went to check with Dick Giordano, who was DC Comics Executive Editorial Director at the time. Moore was put on hold and then "Len [Wein] got back onto the phone and said, 'Yeah, okay, cripple the bitch'" (Moore, qtd. in Cochran)."
- June 6, 2011 at 11:04 PM
- Shelly said...
I'm not defining Oracle by her disability. I think people need role models and she's one of the very few who are positive role models for disabled people. She's a shining example of overcoming adversity and doing something special with her life, even more than when she was Batgirl. I don't want her to be a BatGIRL. I want her to be what she's been: a fully realized awesome WOMAN who has played a vital role for the DC Superhero community. Anyone can be Batgirl; after all, there have been others besides Babs (the first one I knew was Betty Kane) and Steph Brown has filled the role admirably and capably and her costume is awesome! In fact, the current Batgirl is one of the most fun comics DC publishes. And Babs, as Oracle, has been the amazing anchor of Birds of Prey. Why anyone wants to go backward from that is beyond me. Well beyond me.
- June 6, 2011 at 11:10 PM
- BDS said...
Your column should be reading for all those that make decisions about the comics we love. Your comments about how Oracle is a character that displays more than a story really tells the truth. No, we do not own the characters, but without us the companies would not be able to fund there jobs. They forget that we invest in these characters and when one that means as much as Barbara Gordon does to so many people is made irrelevant, it makes us want to leave comics behind.
I am just a shy, overweight, single guy that is almost the entire cliche. I know what feeling different and being made to feel different is like, so I empathize with what you said. Thank you for saying it
- June 7, 2011 at 12:03 AM
- johnmiic said...
I thought there was a contract w/Alan Moore which stated DC could not undo the events of The Killing Joke. Continuity from that point forward would stand regardless. That's why Barbara has remained wheelchair bound for 30 years. Now every DC blurb says The Killing Joke was an "imaginary tale." If that's the case what kept DC from doing this all these years?
- June 7, 2011 at 12:28 AM
- Eric Lindberg said...
Not liking this one bit. To be honest, Barbara being miraculously cured or retconned isn't what bothers me the most. It's a superhero universe and such things have happened before. What bugs me is that Barbara as Oracle was a stronger and more interesting character than she ever was as Batgirl.
Yes, her Batgirl role is iconic and recognizable but in that capacity, she's simply a sidekick. She's in Batman's shadow, the distaff spin-off version of a popular male hero.
As Oracle, Barbara is her own woman. She's the leader of a team of heroes, coordinator of global operations, an invaluable resource to the DCU, and one of the most intelligent and resourceful characters around. To throw all that aside so she can go back to being Batman's plucky kid sidekick seems like a huge step backward for the character.
Granted, I don't know what DC has planned or how much of the old continuity will remain. But I seem to be liking this reboot less and less with each announcement.
- June 7, 2011 at 2:23 AM
- Andrew said...
Great article.
You obviously know the character inside and out.
I'm seriously torn about the decision to make her Batgirl again, but I see all the other changes they're making and it's obvious that they're totally throwing caution to the wind this time around and all bets are off.
Apparently this is all pretty much a WB decision rather than a DC one.
That's my understanding anyway.
More books + more recognizable characters + more diverse characters = more younger readers = greater DC market share.
Anyway, about Babs, I never understood why, after all those years in the chair, she couldn't get herself fixed AND STILL BE ORACLE. She definitely has a ton more power as Oracle than she ever will as Batgirl. I thought time ang again how cool it would be to have her (only occasionally) hop out onto the streets in a kick-ass Oracle costume (with the awesome Oracle-symbol mask!) and then return home to her computers at the end of the night.
My two favorite characters for years have been Ted Kord and J'onn J'onzz(the ultimate tech-nerd inventor hero & the ultimate introspective outcast loner hero, respectively), so... not a great couple of years for me and DC either. It was awesome back in old BOP when Gail Simone was obviously setting up Babs and Ted for further development. At least that's how it seemed to me.
Oh well.
I think I understand where you're coming from with your points about Barbara's social impact and relevance and I think it's an even greater kick in the pants that they've been grooming this Wendy character to be the next Oracle - as though they needed a new hot genius girl to become paralyzed so she could become the next Oracle to replace the other hot genius girl who got paralyzed and became Oracle. Sheesh. Oracle should not be around at all if it's not Barbara. To boot, I liked Stephanie Brown as Batgirl.
Sorry about all this.
I'd fix it if I could. :\
- June 7, 2011 at 10:33 AM
- strugglingwriter said...
That was a really well written and thought out column.
With this reboot they are basically saying screw you to all those people who have been reading for years and becoming invested in these characters. All to attract the casual or new readers, who most likely won't convert into the loyal reader.
- June 7, 2011 at 11:56 AM
- adrian said...
I think we should look at it in more descriptive terms. "Strength" is vague at best; Fortitude and determination better serve Barbara's character, I think.
- June 7, 2011 at 2:19 PM
- Kyle said...
All your additional information does is prove that Moore came up with the idea of shooting Barbara Gordon on his own. Regardless of how others reacted in the DC offices, it was Moore's decision, and I think anyone would be hard pressed to make the claim that Moore's work is misogynistic.
So, no, this isn't an injustice being corrected, as there was no injustice to begin with.
- June 7, 2011 at 3:20 PM
- Shelly said...
I never had a problem with Babs being crippled. I would like it if male characters were treated in such a way, too, as often as females. Motivation is, of course, important, but the end results are what matter more to me as a reader and the end result is that Babs became more interesting and had more chance to grow and develop.
Then again, the shooting happened during my boycott over the original Supergirl's death. DC didn't care about my protest (I didn't really affect the bottom line, after all) and I doubt they'll lose any money when I cut my pull list come Sept.
- June 7, 2011 at 3:26 PM
- j_tish68 said...
My 5 year old son has Cerebral Palsy and before he was born I really didn't pay much attention to how difficult life for people with disabilities can be.
Your op/ed was spot on. I enjoy sharing my love of comics with my children and I'm sorry to see a potentially great character lose that aspect of her that might resonate with my son.
- June 7, 2011 at 3:40 PM
- Mariann said...
I'm really torn on this. I love Barbara Gordon as both Oracle and Batgirl.
I can not imagine BoP without Oracle. I love the book because of her and her relationship with Black Canary.
On the other hand, I am excited to see Barbara back in the swing of things as Batgirl. With cable showing the old Batman show again, I've been reminded how much I loved her as Batgirl. I still love the idea that a mild mannered librarian can be a super hero.
- June 7, 2011 at 5:07 PM
- CDerosby said...
Very powerfully written Jill. Just another example of the Comics industry making these big changes for shock value then not wanting to live with the decisions afterward. "let's just bring ___ back from the dead again". It's a sh*tty practice and my one big pet peeve with comics as a whole. Yeah I may love the character whose life you just ended, but bringing them back takes away all the impact you were trying to make in the first place.
- June 7, 2011 at 5:08 PM
- Xenos said...
All my complaints about this change seem almost silly compared to what you had to say about it here. I'm just a typical fanboy who has followed the character. With your disability the character clearly means so much more to you. There's such a personal connection. I gotta admit I kinda teared up over some of your comments because you share an even deeper connection with the character than I have. I though I was sad and angry about this, ready to cry and cry foul about the loss of a character I loved, but your connection is even so much more than mine. You truly highlight how foolish DC is in losing such an important character as Oracle.
I can only hope and pray that these early solicits are misleading and Oracle is not truly gone. Hell, maybe it's not actually babs but some robot she controls with her mind? An exo-suit that she uses and is still in the chair in her civilian and Oracle identity?
I can't imagine a DCU where Oracle is gone. I don't know if I can buy a single book of one where she is.
- June 7, 2011 at 7:21 PM
- the other mike said...
great article. while i don't have the attachment to oracle like you do, i do feel disappointed she's going away (at least it looks that way). i think part of it is that i didn't grow up with batgirl, i grew up with barbara post-killing joke. but also oracle is just so damn more interesting than being yet one more bat-themed hero.
...but that's not why i'm writing this.
when i was around 14 or so, doctors diagnosed me with muscular dystrophy, specifically spinal muscular atrophy. for about 15 years, i thought that's what i had until new doctors gave me a new (and correct) diagnosis: psoriatic arthritis. (i'm not even sure if i'm spelling it right ;D). anyhoo, what i'm trying to say is that whatever i had was called, it was still a disability and your article just said what i try to explain to my friends, family and strangers. THAT'S what i go through every single damn day. i'm not complaining! its like that quote form pixar's bug's life: "thats our lot in life. it's not a lot, but it's our life.". you put it across so eloquently. hell, its weird because its like you're writing about ME.
thank you for your article, for giving voice to what's been in my head for so long!
ps-i truly hope the oracle/batgirl thing works out.
- June 8, 2011 at 2:30 AM
- Ryan said...
This is probably the only comic news that's ever pissed me off, and I've been reading comics for 20 years. The whole appeal of Oracle for me was that she had overcome her disability and embraced herself as a strong, confident woman in spite of it. In the process, she became a very different type of hero, one who was set apart from all the others in the DCU. She had her own identity, she was in no one's shadow, and she was an inspiration to a whole group of readers. Now she's not only back in Batman's shadow, she's not even unique in her role as a redhead in a bat-suit, as they are still launching Batwoman.
My ex-girlfriend has spent most of her life in a wheelchair, and was never into comics until I introduced her to Oracle. She was legitimately inspired by Barbara Gordon's transformation. She cosplayed as Oracle at Comic-Con and loved dressing as her for Halloween. Through following Oracle in Birds of Prey, she became interested in Hawk & Dove, Huntress, and Batman. Though we eventually broke up, we're still great friends, and telling her about this was like having to tell her that a friend had passed away. I've never seen a woman cry over a comic book before, and I doubt I ever will again. This is the power that Oracle had that Batgirl has never did. My ex is far from a fangirl, she's about as casual a reader as you can be, but she felt a connection to this fictional character that is unlikely to be duplicated.
As for me, I'm not going to go all nerd rage and say I'll never read a DC book again, but right now I just don't feel like handing them my money. Will they miss my 50 bucks a month? Probably not, but that's 50 bucks I can spend picking up more titles from Marvel or other publishers until I get this bitter taste out of my mouth.
- June 8, 2011 at 6:14 AM
- AlighieriOYH said...
When I hear the name Barbara Gordon, I don't think of a red-headed girl leaping off rooftops in a modified Batman costume. To me, Barbara Gordon is & forever will be Oracle.
As a narrative, Barbara's story is unmatched in the DCU. She was a beautiful & vital young woman who tasted the freedom & physical primacy of being a costumed vigilante. Being confined to a wheelchair by the actions of a homicidal lunatic? That instead of delving into self-pity & sorrow she became a force of nature. It's arguable that she is one of the most influential (if not powerful) of all of DC's heroes.
She might not be punching in Darkseid's head or racing across rooftops but as the All-Seeing Oracle? Batgirl on her own is no different than the Cain or Brown. Just another girl in tights wearing Batman's emblem. As the Oracle, we saw Barbara grow as a character & as a person. The fact that she could still physically defend herself while still in a wheelchair is seriously impressive.
This does not cheapen her time as the original Batgirl. Oracle had to be Batgirl before she could grow into being Oracle. Wally West would be a different Flash if he never was Kid Flash. It's the same.
I say this is very likely to turn into a fiasco. As much as I love the idea of Barbara going back to her basics & walking again, it still feels like a step back for her as a character. That & anyone else stepping into the Oracle role, the other heroes might not be aware of it in continuity, but it feels like a massive cop out.
- June 8, 2011 at 8:14 AM
- Anonymous said...
For me I first knew her as Batgirl and I've always felt the Killing Joke was nothing short of needless grimdark that I never wanted to see be made part of canon. Oracle was a cool way to deal with fact it was canon but to get Oracle you had to accept Killing Joke.
In a nutshell the way some of you feel about her being taken out of the wheelchair is the way I felt about her being put in it in the first place. The creative choice was to me as senseless as the Joker's actual deed in the story.
That said, I think the more respectful thing to have done would be to have ended the previous continuity and wrap up Oracle's story in a way that would speak to everything she had been about, giving meaningful closure to fans who had come to the character as Oracle and then moving on to the reboot with a new Barbara Gordon.
Then again I hardly trust DC with anything these days let alone doing a good Batgirl comic.
- June 8, 2011 at 12:45 PM
- trhersh said...
Had to stop by after reading your Op/Ed @ Newsarama. And, sorry, this might be a little scatter-brained...
Background. Middle aged, started reading comics in the late 80s, stopped last year, for financial reasons. Married a comic reader (I was Marvel, she was DC/Batman). 2 daughters. Sister was born disabled, died when I was 5. Worked in comics stores for about 10 years. DC's decision touches me in a few ways, and I still don't know what I think, yet.
I remember reading Killing Joke, and loving it (love Bolland). I remember it bothering me, too (knew early on that S&M wasn't my thing...). I was never angry that Moore or DC published the story, though.
When Oracle came along, I was surprised. Fully expected DC to "fix" Barbara; did not expect them to be able to find a use for her in the chair. AND, she was a complete entity. Sure, she worked with Batman, but she was not a sidekick (though, I always thought she positioned herself as more than "just a sidekick" when Batgirl, too...). Soon, she had her own team. Yes, part of the Bat-Family, but more autonomous than Dick or Tim. My Wife LOVED BoP.
I like smart women. Always have. The fact that Barbara was beautiful (artist dependent) AND smart? Oooh, that's the good stuff. Then, we find out that she can still kick ass from the chair, too?? Nice. Never saw a reason to reboot this character.
So, reboot. Lots of things going through my head. Loss of a great character. Loss of a great idea. (A possibly) Better marketing position for DC? But, something had changed since Killing Joke: my daughters. Haven't opened Killing Joke in over a decade, but I vividly remember Gordon's pain, fear, anger, & helplessness (thank you, Bolland!). I felt bad, but just "story bad". He was fictional, so big deal. Now, I get it. My daughters changed it. I didn't want her to be crippled, because it's a horrible thing to experience. For her, and for her father.
I'd like to fix a lot of things. Babs didn't need to be fixed, but as a father, I like the idea (just like in the comic you posted). You don't need to be fixed, either, but I'd wish I could do it, just the same. Selfish? Sure. I would feel a lot better.
Then, I step back and remember "it's just comics". It's hard to disconnect like that, but I need to, sometimes. Do I think Barbara in the cape & cowl could bring more (& new) readers into the stores? Yes. Do I think it'll work long-term? No. Who knows? It's a shame to try it with a well-done, successful character, though.
- June 8, 2011 at 2:11 PM
- notintheface said...
Your Newsarama post gave me some needed perspective. Here's my "mea culpa".
- June 9, 2011 at 6:44 PM
- Anonymous said...
"The Killing Joke" was misogynist and a cynical marketing ploy. "Yeah, cripple the b--ch, the shock value will be great for publicity." Later writers made a necessity into a virtue and Barbara became a strong character and an inspiration for PWD's. Now DC has ruined even that. Maybe Wendy Harris could be the new Oracle and token handicapped character. But how long will that last? By the time fans get attached to her, she will probably get cured in the next regularly scheduled Crisis/reboot/relaunch/revision/travesty.
- February 5, 2012 at 1:04 AM
- Anonymous said...
I don't know if Barbara Gordon is the most recognizable Batgirl to non-fans. The Alicia Silverstone version might be the most familiar to adults who don't read comics or watch cartoons. And if the idea is to make the new comics accessible to new fans-who know the characters only from TV and/or movies-then making Dick Grayson Nightwing again makes no sense. To those people, Dick Grayson is Robin. They've never heard of Nightwing (or Jason Todd or Tim Drake, either).
- February 5, 2012 at 1:23 AM
- Anonymous said...
Oracle was a better way to deal with "The Killing Joke" (which I hated) than a retcon would have been. I've heard (e.g. Comics Bulletin) that TKJ was an imaginary story, not canon. That has become the convenient excuse for any bad story that has to be swept under the rug: Mopee, Black Zero, the story with Clark Kent's glasses hypnotizing everyone to make him look different from Superman. If they didn't publish bad stories in the first place, they wouldn't need to try to explain them away.
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There has to be at least two different kinds of cooperative games. There are probably seven, for all I know right now. But two kinds seems to be a good enough place to start. There are your endless games, like catch, that go on and on and on and then on again until everyone else gets too tired or bored or antsy to play. Then there are your ending games, like Prui and The Lap Game and Knots, where everybody tries to do something together (join the Prui, sit on each other's lap, get untangled). And, o, wait, there are cooperative games that don't really end, but could – I guess you could call them episodic, like clapping games and jumping games and ball-bouncing games, where as soon as you get good enough to feel like you're succeeding, you make it harder.
So, OK, there are three kinds of cooperative games. You can also play some ball-bouncing games by yourself, don't you know. But then you're not cooperating, unless you're cooperating with the ball, which you probably are, even though the ball might not be interested in cooperating with you. But that's not the point. Or, at least, that's not my point.
My point is that there are probably three kinds of cooperative games, and regardless of how many there are, I really just wanted to think with you about one game in particular: "playing catch." Which could be called "playing toss," but it's not. It might as well be called juggling, because that's pretty much what you're trying to do, except there's only one ball. But it's the same idea – keep it going back and forth for as long as you possibly can.
There are a lot of things you can play catch with. There are baseballs and footballs and Wiffle balls and beach balls and balloons and bubbles (those games tend to be very short). And ping pong balls and volley balls, which you usually don't really catch, but you do something very much like it, cooperatively speaking, by trying to, well, volley the ball back and forth, ad, conceptually-speaking, infinitum. So, let's say we're not playing catch. We're volleying. Playing ping pong. But not for score. Just volleying. To exemplify, I repeat myself as follows:
There we were, up in the barn, playing with our brand new, thoroughly researched, ultimate ping pong table. That barn was the center of what we were calling The Games Preserve. We wanted to fill it with not only every game on the planet, but the very finest manifestation of each. And Bill chose that particular table, and those particular paddles and balls, and installed that particular kind of lighting for precisely that reason. It was not just a ping pong table. It was table tennis. Bill knew that I couldn't really play ping pong. And I knew that he could really, really play. And because we wanted to play together, we just more or less volleyed (he more, me less). After a while, Bill suggested that I just try to hold my paddle still enough so that he could get the ball to hit it. Apparently, that was more than challenge enough for him. And for me, every time the ball actually crossed the net, hit my paddle, and got back to Bill was sheer magic.
After a while, we managed to get an actual volley going, Bill exercising the depth and fullness of his ping pongly skills, me magically holding my paddle where it needed to be. And after a longer while, we got a very, very long volley going. And during that volley, the ball seemed to take on its own, almost internal light, as if it were inhabited by our spirits, Bill and mine, combined. And it was, for an instant, as if we were seeing God. Honest. When we left the barn, we were like two Buddhist monks having just achieved enlightenment, together.
Actually, you could say that this was a fourth kind of cooperative game, different from the others in that it was based on a competitive game. But that's not the point nor particularly relevant given the observation that playing cooperatively, without score, for no other reason than playing to keep playing, can lead to an experience that is as profound and transforming as the best moment of any game you can think of, cooperative or competitive, game or sport or contest, in pursuit of fun or beauty or knowledge or wisdom.
Sooner or later, all "keeping it going" kinds of cooperative games end. Or at least get interrupted. Usually because somebody misses.
So, there we are, throwing the ball back and forth, and we're, well, kinda good at it. Back and forth and back and forth with nary a miss at all. After awhile, despite our collective brilliance and our desire to go on and on for as close to ever as possible, we get, well, a little, shall we say, bored by all that brilliant nariness. So, we increase the distance between us, or slightly change the way were throwing or the way we're catching.
Something gets changed, by purpose or accident. You step back to catch the ball, and you stay there. And maybe next time you miss, but you don't move any closer. You still think it can be done. Until you miss and miss again. And then, maybe, you take a step closer. Until it gets too easy.
It's a game of balance, of fine tuning, adjustment, constant adjustment – adjusting to each other, to the changing levels of fatigue or energy, changes in the sunlight, temperature. At the same time there is this desire to perform and reach and share the spectacular. To go just beyond your limits. To return the throw with a accuracy that surprises both of you. To dive, to leap, to dance, not just in harmony, but with splendor. Something unsaid between us urging us forward towards the promise of something beyond us, the achievement of something extraordinary. Until, the inevitable befalls us, and we miss, and miss again.
In truth, it's often very difficult to determine which of us actually missed. Maybe the thrower didn't throw quite as brilliantly. Maybe the catcher wasn't totally present, if you know what I mean.
We've made it a rule that you're not allowed to say "sorry" when that happens, because: 1) stuff like that sometimes just happens, and 2) how do you know it's your fault? how do you know the other guy didn't return the ball the way he should have? what makes you so sure you were the one? and 3) it doesn't help. What helps is to pick up the ball and keep going. Unless you don't want to. Or the other guy doesn't want to. On the other hand, saying things like "sorry," even when you don't actually entirely mean it, is something people do to keep the game going. On the order of saying "OK, so let's pretend that last one didn't really happen." Or saying "that doesn't count." Or saying "that's a 'do-over'."
Better to admit that we need to change something about the way we're playing. We can change the distance between us, we can change the way we're catching or the way we're throwing.
Or maybe the best change of all is to play some other game, a different game. It might be more fun, next time, if we added more people. Well, maybe not more fun. Maybe as fun. Fun again. Fun in a different way. Maybe if the three of us, or five of us, or ten of us can keep it going long enough, maybe even more thoroughly, more powerfully, deeply fun.
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People stand outside Thursday waiting for the doors of the Wicomico Youth & Civic Center to open for screening for the Eastern Shore Mission of Mercy Dental Clinic.
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This weekend, the Wicomico Youth & Civic Center is hosting more than 250 area dentists and oral health care specialists in the Lower Shore's first Mission of Mercy free dental clinic. The two-day event ends today.
It offers free dental care to adults who are uninsured or otherwise unable to obtain dental care through their own means. The Eastern Shore Dental Association has sponsored the event, raising funds to cover the $120,000 cost, with help from the Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore.
You might picture the Civic Center filled with homeless people or perhaps welfare recipients, but the 1,000-1,600 Lower Shore residents expected to seek help this weekend include a substantial number who are employed in low-paying jobs that do not provide dental insurance.
Many health problems can be avoided with judicious use of basic dental care. Dental health, like overall health, is also supported by good nutrition, which unfortunately also plays into poverty as an obstacle to good health.
Patients who receive care at the Salisbury clinic may receive preventative dentristy and cleaning services, nutritional counseling, restorative fillings and extractions.
In addition to the obvious problems with tooth decay, gingivitis and outward appearance, a lack of dental care can contribute to heart disease, stroke, diabetes, chronic kidney disease and in pregnant women, premature births. Failure to seek care for oral infections such as abcesses can be fatal.
In today's United States of America, this widespread lack of access to basic dental care, especially among working adults, is scandalous. Hats off to Mission of Mercy and its volunteers for addressing this critical need in our community.


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