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Go to Fall 1998 Table of Contents.
Versión Español de este artículo (Spanish Version)
By Carolina Martinez, O & M Specialist, TSBVI with help from Kate Moss, Family Support Specialist, TSBVI, Texas Deafblind Outreach
Movement is a building block for learning. As a child explores his world and has physical contact with it, learning takes place. Children with visual impairments typically need encouragement to explore their surroundings. To them the world may be a startling and unpredictable place, or it may not be very motivating.
Orientation and mobility training (O & M) helps a blind or visually impaired child know where he is in space and where he wants to go (orientation). It also helps him be able to carry out a plan to get there (mobility). Orientation and mobility skills should begin to be developed in infancy starting with basic body awareness and movement, and continuing on into adulthood as the individual learns skills that allow him to navigate his world efficiently, effectively, and safely.
Orientation and mobility training actually began after World War II when techniques were developed to help veterans who had been blinded. In the 1960s universities started training programs for Orientation and Mobility Specialists who worked with adults and school-aged children. In the 1980s the O & M field recognized the benefit of providing services to preschool-aged children. Today, orientation and mobility specialists have developed strategies and approaches for serving increasingly younger populations so that O & M training may begin in infancy.
When planning an O & M program for children the focus of training may include such things as:
- sensory awareness: gaining information about the world through hearing, smell, touch and proprioception
- spatial concepts: realizing that objects exist even if not heard or felt, and understanding the
- relationships which exist between objects in the environment
- searching skills: locating items or places efficiently
- independent movement: which includes crawling, rolling, walking, etc.
- sighted guide: using another person to aid in travel
- protective techniques: specific skills which provide added protection in unfamiliar areas
- cane skills: use of various cane techniques to clear one's path or to locate objects along the way
Although Orientation & Mobility Specialists are primarily responsible for O & M training, their work may not always be done directly with the child. When the child is very young, for example, the O&M may provide consultation to the vision teacher, occupational therapist, physical therapist, early intervention specialist, and the family. It is important that an O & M Specialist be a part of the team because it is the O & M who must build upon these early concepts to meet long-range goals. In Texas, the vision teacher makes the referral to the O & M Specialist for an O & M assessment.
Even visually impaired children who have motor impairments need training in orientation and mobility. Though their O & M goal may not be independent travel, they may need O&M to participate more fully in events in their environment. For example, understanding that your wheelchair is in front of you can help you find it to assist with the transfer to the chair. Knowing that your switch is on the right side of your lap-tray may allow you to play your CD player whenever you choose, instead of having to wait for someone to come help you. Even if you are not yet walking, it would probably be good to know that you could listen for the sounds mom is making in the kitchen to help you find your way to her.
Children who are deafblind also need orientation and mobility training. Because their other distance sense (hearing) is affected, orienting to their environment and traveling safely becomes even more important. Orientation and mobility specialists have specific knowledge which is critical to the child with deafblindness.
Orientation and mobility is important for every visually impaired child. It does not matter how young or old he is, how physically active or inactive, how much vision he has, or how smart a child he is, there are probably skills that he needs to develop or refine in the area of orientation and mobility.
Sensory awareness
When a child can not access his world efficiently through his vision, he must learn to use his other senses more effectively. Systematic instruction is needed to develop the other senses for use in travel and finding things in the environment. He must understand that some of the sounds and smells and textures he experiences can be used as permanent markers (landmarks) to let him know where he is in the world. Other pieces of information may be there sometimes and not at other times (clues) such as the sound of the water fountain. Developing sensory awareness is critical for the child with visual impairments or blindness.
Sounds, when not paired with clear visual information, can be very confusing. Try sitting in a busy mall or park for a period of time with your eyes closed. You will probably hear sounds you can't identify and be tempted to open your eyes, to try to pair a sound to its source. You might assume that sounds which get louder and louder are coming towards you because of your visual knowledge of the world. A child with a visual impairment may not make the same assumption. The ringing noise he hears may not mean "telephone" or that the honking sound may not mean "car." He needs help in learning to use his hearing to interpret the world around him. If his hearing is impaired even to a small degree that task will become much more difficult. Close your eyes and plug your ears while you stand on a busy street corner. Can you tell which way the traffic is flowing or when it will be safe to cross the street? Are you startled or distracted by other noises you hear? Children need to learn to localize sounds and use sound clues for orientation, straight line travel, and safety.
Though we may not be aware of it, we know much of the world through touch. However, if the things you touch or that touch you feel funny, or hurt, you may become resistant to using touch to examine things in your environment. Touch alone may not be helpful in identifying an object if you can't touch the whole object at one time. Is the furry thing a cat or a rabbit? If you aren't touching the ears or the teeth or the tail you might not know. Developing the tactual sense will help the child in ways that range from finding a toy he dropped on the floor to feeling the difference between the curb and the street with his cane.
Normally I don't pay much attention to smells unless they are extremely pleasant or offensive, but I might use that kind of information to help me know exactly where I am in certain environments. Smells can also serve as landmarks and clues for environmental awareness. For example, the smells that can be found in my kitchen differ greatly from the smells in my bedroom. I can also smell food being cooked near mealtime in my kitchen, but after a meal I am more likely to smell the soap used in the dishwasher. If I am looking for a clue to my location, I need to know that both of those smells might mean I'm in the kitchen. The gym at school, unlike my kitchen at home, might always smell about the same. If I have no sight, this smell, especially combined with other clues and landmarks, might help me know that I am in the gym.
It is important for children with visual impairments to participate in activities that enable them to fully use their other senses. Learning to interpret the information they tune in to is equally important. Parents and educational staff, with support from the O & M, can do a lot to help children develop their other senses.
Spatial concepts
"Go down the street three blocks and turn right at the corner. I live in the upstairs apartment of the large, red brick building on the left." Pretty clear directions right? What if you don't know "blocks" and "corner" or "upstairs" and "left"? Doesn't "down" mean under? How large is "large?" When vision is impaired these concepts are much more difficult to understand and need to be taught. How do you teach the concept of "corner" without vision? Do you touch corners or draw corners? If you can touch a corner or draw a corner, where do I find the corner to touch when I am walking along the street?
Orientation and mobility specialists work to develop distance, size and directional concepts in children with visual impairments. Mom and Dad, and Mrs. Henry the art teacher, may work on these concepts too, but having the support of an O & M would likely make their job much easier.
Our joints and muscles give us feedback about where our body parts are positioned. This is our proprioceptive sense. Proprioceptors located in the muscles and joints tell us if we are slumping or standing up straight, if our fingers are curled or extended, etc. Our vision system and our proprioceptive system work closely together. When vision is impacted, so is our proprioceptive sense. Children with visual impairments generally need help to learn where their bodies are in space, and in relation to things in the environment. The physical therapist and occupational therapist, along with the O & M, can work directly with the child. They may also be able to suggest specific activities for the family, to help their visually impaired child develop the proprioceptive sense.
Independent movement
Most children with visual impairments are capable of learning routes in familiar environments. They learn to use landmarks and clues to help them know where they are along a particular route. They learn specific adaptations to aid them in their movement. These might include understanding that tactual markers on doorways identify the gym or the restroom, using an adaptive mobility device or a cane to identify obstacles and drop-offs, or locating a street sign using a monocular. A primary goal of orientation and mobility training is to help each child with visual impairments achieve independent movement to as great a degree as possible.
Some children may be preparing to get a dog guide, or learning how to access public transportation to get across town to a job. For children with additional disabilities, independent movement might focus on traveling independently in a wheelchair, or learning how to help get yourself into a van using a lift. It might mean helping the child learn to control the speed of movement on his walker as he goes down a ramp.
Independent movement is tied to growth in other areas, such as communication and socialization. For example, though a child may not be able to tell you he's hungry, if he can take you to the kitchen you will probably understand that he wants something to eat or drink. Peers are more likely to invite your daughter to go to the mall if she can keep up with the group by using sighted guide technique or traveling with a cane. Going where we want when we want gives us control and allows us to make choices.
There are a variety of O&M devices that individuals with visual impairment use. Most are considered "low tech" because they are very simple devices, typically a cane or adaptive mobility device. These are the devices that most people with visual impairment will use for two good reasons: (1) they are relatively inexpensive to purchase and maintain, and (2) you typically must be able to use these basic devices (especially a cane) before you can learn to use other types of mobility devices or strategies such as ultrasonic technology or dog guides. Your O&M specialist can show you canes and adaptive mobility devices and will be able to dispense these "low tech" devices to your child. There are also other O&M devices, more "high tech" and less well known, that we thought you might like to learn about. These devices can only be issued by an O & M Specialist with ETA certification. The ETA certified O & M Specialist must also provide training in the use of these devices. Non-ETA certified O & M Specialists may not dispense or train individuals using these devices.
The Sonic Pathfinder is a head mounted ultrasonic mobility device designed for outdoor use in conjunction with either a long cane, dog guide or residual vision. The Sonic Pathfinder gives the user advance warning of objects which lie within the travel path. The distance and position of a detected object is signaled via the ear pieces using the eight tones of the musical scale. Price: $1695, plus $20 shipping & handling.
The Sensory 6 detects objects that are farther away than a long cane, and the user hears tones that indicate the distance to the objects. As objects are approached, the tones become higher pitched. The Sensory 6 is not intended to be the only travel aid. It should probably be used in conjunction with another aid, such as a cane. Price: $975, plus $15 shipping & handling.
The MOWAT Sensor is a small hand-held device that uses high frequency sound to detect objects within a narrow beam. The entire sensor vibrates if an object is present. To avoid confusion, the sensor responds only to the closest object within the beam and the vibration rate increases as the user approaches the object. Price: $995, plus $20 shipping & handling.
The Polaron is a compact aid that utilizes ultrasonic technology to detect objects within four, eight, or sixteen feet. The Polaron may be used as a secondary aid to a standard long cane, or with a guide dog. When an obstacle is within range, the Polaron either vibrates or emits a sound. The Polaron is designed specifically for the blind, visually impaired and deafblind wheelchair user. Price: approximately $900.
The Wheelchair Pathfinder is a set of small rectangular boxes mounted to the front of the wheelchair. Lasers point downward while ultrasonic beams are transmitted in front and to the sides of the wheelchair. When the beam contacts an object, it bounces back to a receiver, triggering an audible warning signal or optional tactile signal. The Wheelchair Pathfinder has forward detection (an intermittent beeping sound), side detection (a continuous tone on the side where the object is) and step detection (a low pitch signal within 4 feet in front of a drop off). Price: approximately $4,500.
The Laser Cane operates with three lasers that emit invisible beams of light from the cane. The beams detect drop offs and obstacles at different heights and distances. In this way, the cane provides the user with advance warning of obstacles in his/her path through an audible and tactual alarm system. There are three distinctly different audible tones: high, middle, and low pitched. The vibrating unit, known as the tactile stimulator, signals the index finger when there is an obstruction straight ahead. Price: approximately $200.
For more information on these electronic devices contact: MSI Mobility Services Inc., 761 Peachtree St. Suite 3, Atlanta, GA 30308, phone (800) 876-2636. Similar devices may be available from other companies. TSBVI does not intend to recommend these products over any other.
Independent movement is critical for all children with visual impairments. Orientation and Mobility specialists are trained to provide instruction which will enable children with visual impairments to reach their highest level of independence. The services provided by an O & M may not always need to be delivered directly to be effective, but even infants or children with multiple disabilities need the special support of a trained Orientation & Mobility Specialist. Make sure your child's O & M needs are being addressed as a part of his/her school programming. You may want to meet with your school's Orientation and Mobility Specialist to discuss your concerns. If your school district does not have its own O & M, ask your child's vision teacher to help you connect with the O & M at the Regional Education Service Center or Special Education Co-op in your area. Orientation and mobility training...it's the way to go.
Resources on Orientation & Mobility
Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired (AER)
Division 9, Orientation and Mobility
4600 Duke Street, Suite 430
Alexandria, VA 22304
(703) 823-9690
Reaching, Crawling, Walking . . .Orientation and Mobility for Preschool Children by Susan S. Simmons, Ph.D. and Sharon O'Mara Maida, M.Ed. available from the Blind Childrens Center, 4120 Marathon St., Los Angeles, CA 90029, phone (213) 664-2153 or (800) 222-3566, web page http://www.blindchildrenscenter.org/rcw.html


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The NAACP will host the Annual Juneteen Celebration, June 16, 2012 at M.L. King High School. The day is filled with fun activities for families.
Beginning at 7:00AM registration will open for the Annual Sickle Cell Walk. Guests are encouraged to participate. The donation of $20 will include a free t-shirt with all profits to benefit sickle cell research. The 5K Walk/Run will begin at 8:00AM.
At 11:00AM the softball fields will be taken over by our all male softball squad to enhance team building skills between two generations of African-American men. This "Brother to Brother" competition is just in time for a Father's Day Celebration for all to enjoy.
Additionally, the Youth and College Division will host a field filled with fun games and healthy activities for all to enjoy. The day will begin at 11:00AM to include tug a war, sack races and more. This is definitly a great way for young people to get involved and learn about the NAACP.
Come out and join us as we celebrate this fun filled with action for everyone. Contact 313-871-2087 for more information or check out our facebook group Sickle Cell Walk / Juneteenth Celebration.

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Unhappy with your choices for president?
Draft Clint Eastwood.
Yes, the actor-director is 81 years old. But do you feel there's a better candidate out there?
U.S. & World
Well, do you, punk?
Here are five reasons why an Eastwood run isn't nuts.
5. He's already dominating the political conversation.
Eastwood, with a simple Super Bowl commercial for an Italian-run car company, has seized control of the American political conversation.
President Obama's campaign embraced the ad. Karl Rove denounced it. And Al Franken, the comedian turned Minnesota senator, made reference to the ad in his speech to the California Democratic Convention this weekend.
Just imagine if Eastwood were to get into the race. Other candidates would have a difficult time being heard.
Yes, President Obama and the Republican nominee would counter with negative attacks. But good luck to them.
Do you think they're going to win a fight with Dirty Harry?
4. We sure could use a Californian in the race.
California has been badly ignored by both parties, and its troubles are holding back the country.
The state needs a champion in Washington. Eastwood lives in Northern California and is a California native; he was born in San Francisco in 1930.
If you think Dirty Harry would have political appeal, just wait until you meet his wife, Dina Ruiz, a beautiful TV journalist from the Castron Valley.
She would help Eastwood cover every ethnic base -- her father was both African American and Japanese American, and was adopted by a family named Ruiz.
3. He has political experience.
He served as mayor of Carmel, winning a tough referendum and balancing the budget.
He's served effectively in appointed posts, most notably as chairman of the state parks commission. He was essentially pushed out of that job by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in a dispute over a road that would go through a park in Orange County.
2. He's always under budget.
President Obama's new budget proposal puts the annual deficit at $1.3 trillion.
Can you imagine a deficit like that in an Eastwood administration?
In Hollywood, Eastwood is famous for his economy; his movies routinely come in under budget.
1. Americans Elect could nominate him.
Eastwood is a lifelong Republican, but he doesn't fit easily into today's Santorum-Romney party. So how does he get on the ballot?
Eastwood would make a perfect candidate for Americans Elect, which has secured ballot lines for a third party contender.
Americans Elect will decide upon its candidate in a June on-line convention. What better candidate for such a convention than Eastwood?
Of course, Eastwood appears to be an exceedingly wise man -- too wise to get drawn into presidential politics. But we can dream.


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Here's George's post introducing these functions.
Here are the XML functions:George Moromisato wrote:The basic recipe looks like this:
1. In the root element of your extension (<TranscendenceExtension>), add usesXML="true". This tells the engine that you need the XML for all the types to be kept around for you.
2. In <OnGlobalTypesInit>, you may use a new function, typGetXML to get the XML for a type that you wish to override.
3. There are new functions that manipulate the XML returned by typGetXML. For example, you can set attributes or add elements.
4. Once you've manipulated the XML, you may call typCreate to dynamically create a new type or override an existing type.
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(xmlAppendSubElement xml xmlToAdd [index]) -> True/Nil
(xmlAppendText xml text [index]) -> True/Nil
(xmlCreate xml) -> xml
(xmlDeleteSubElement xml index) -> True/Nil
(xmlGetAttrib xml attrib) -> value
(xmlGetAttribList xml) -> list of attribs
(xmlGetSubElement xml tag|index) -> xml
(xmlGetSubElementCount xml) -> number of sub-elements
(xmlGetSubElementList xml [tag]) -> list of xml
(xmlGetText xml [index]) -> text
(xmlGetTag xml) -> tag
(xmlSetAttrib xml attrib value) -> value
(xmlSetText xml text [index]) -> True/Nil
Now I'll demonstrate with a slightly more complicated example than George's. I'll use a request from relanat:
relanat wrote: ↑Fri Mar 10, 2017 1:01 amIs there a way to add <Trade> info to a station without overwriting the whole station code?
I would like to addwithout having to add the nearly 2000 lines of Korolov code to a mod to overwrite it.
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<SellShip criteria="s L:1-13;" priceAdj="110"/>
So, following George's steps:
Step 1:
Also, if it only affects types in a specific library, you should probably extend that library, so it can't be included in games where it won't do anything. You may also want to include the library so you can use UNIDs from it without declaring <!ENTITY>s for them. In this case, Korolov is definitely part of the Human Space Library, so I'll use that:
Step 2: Create an <OnGlobalTypesInit> event and get the XML of the type you want to modify.
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<TranscendenceExtension UNID="&unidKorolovXMLDemo;"
name= "Korolov XML demo"
extends= "&unidHumanSpaceLibrary;"
usesXML= "true"
apiVersion= "35"
version= "1.0"
credits= "Nathaniel Stalberg (NMS)"
<Library UNID="&unidHumanSpaceLibrary;"/>
This event is the only time you can change the XML of a type that's already in the game. So the changes will only take effect when starting a new game. However, you can get the XML of types and create new types at other times. (But you can't get the XML of a type that has an override type affecting it after this event. Also, there used to be a bug preventing you from getting the XML of a type that had been created or modified with typCreate, but this was fixed in the 1.7 betas.) In this case I'm going to add a generic <Type> to contain the event, but you can also put it inside another type:
Step 3: Modify the XML.
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<Type UNID="&evAddKorolovShipSales;">
(block (KorolovXML ...)
(setq KorolovXML (typGetXML &stKorolovShipping;))
Since I want to add an element that doesn't already exist, I have to specify it somehow. There are a few options:
- Option A: Just include the XML elements you want to add in one of your own types.
This is the easiest option when you know exactly what you want to add. For instance, I can put relanat's <SellShip> element in my <Type>, after <Events>. This is usually fine, but if what you're adding might actually do something in the type you're adding it to, enclose it in another element that won't do anything, like <XMLToAdd>.
- Option B: Create the XML from a string with (xmlCreate).
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(setq subelementToAdd (xmlGetSubelement (typGetXML &evAddKorolovShipSales;) 'SellShip))
This is the trickiest to format because the string is going to be parsed in several different steps. The < and > symbols in the string you want to become XML must be replaced by < and > or your mod will not be valid XML. Also, " symbols must be escaped by putting a backslash before them, like this: \", otherwise the TransLisp compiler will think the string ends and you'll get an error, which could be about mismatched quotes, mismatched parenthesis, unknown entity, etc.
- Option C: Assemble the XML with XML functions.
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(setq subelementToAdd (xmlCreate "<SellShip criteria=\"s L:1-13;\" priceAdj=\"110\"/>"))
You still have to add any new tags like in option A or B, but you can change their attributes and text, and add subelements as I'll do below. Recommended if you want the XML to vary depending on other code.
- Option D: Use a CDATA block.
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(setq subelementToAdd (xmlCreate "<SellShip/>"))
(xmlSetAttrib subelementToAdd 'criteria "s L:1-13;")
(xmlSetAttrib subelementToAdd 'priceAdj '110)
This has the advantage that you can include <, >, and ", but the disadvantage that you can't use replacements beginning with &, including text UNIDs like &unid;. I don't recommend it unless you know what you're doing. See this thread.
Now it's time to add the new element to the station type's <Trade> element:
Note that (xmlGetSubelement) doesn't just return the subelement; it's more like a pointer to the subelement as part of the larger block of XML. So modifying tradeSubelement also modifies KorlovXML. But it doesn't actually change the XML of the type, so we need to...
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(setq tradeSubelement (xmlGetSubelement KorolovXML 'Trade))
(xmlAppendSubelement tradeSubelement subelementToAdd)
Step 4: Override the type with (typCreate).
Easy enough:
Putting it all together, using option A:
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(typCreate &stKorolovShipping; KorolovXML)
Now, you may notice that some of the variables are only used once. I've used more variables and more lines than necessary to improve clarity. The event could be condensed to this:
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE TranscendenceExtension [
<!ENTITY unidHumanSpaceLibrary "0x00100000">
<!ENTITY unidKorolovXMLDemo "0xE127B100">
<!ENTITY evAddKorolovShipSales "0xE127B101">
<TranscendenceExtension UNID="&unidKorolovXMLDemo;"
name= "Korolov XML demo"
extends= "&unidHumanSpaceLibrary;"
usesXML= "true"
apiVersion= "35"
version= "1.0"
credits= "Nathaniel Stalberg (NMS)"
<Library UNID="&unidHumanSpaceLibrary;"/>
<Type UNID="&evAddKorolovShipSales;">
(block (KorolovXML tradeSubelement subelementToAdd)
(setq KorolovXML (typGetXML &stKorolovShipping;))
(setq subelementToAdd (xmlGetSubelement (typGetXML &evAddKorolovShipSales;) 'SellShip))
(setq tradeSubelement (xmlGetSubelement KorolovXML 'Trade))
(xmlAppendSubelement tradeSubelement subelementToAdd)
(typCreate &stKorolovShipping; KorolovXML)
<SellShip criteria="s L:1-13;" priceAdj="110"/>
But it can't be condensed any further because some xml functions, including xmlAppendSubelement, don't return the result. So you have to store the data being modified in a variable.
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(block ((KorolovXML (typGetXML &stKorolovShipping;))) ; step 2
(xmlAppendSubelement (xmlGetSubelement KorolovXML 'Trade) (xmlGetSubelement (typGetXML &evAddKorolovShipSales;) 'SellShip)) ; step 3
(typCreate &stKorolovShipping; KorolovXML) ; step 4
Coming soon: Deleting subelements and safely handling types that may not exist, may not have gettable XML, and may not have the expected subelements.


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November 01, 2012
By Jasmyne A. Cannick
LAWT Contributing Writer
After choosing to re-elect President Barack Obama, on Tuesday, November 6, voters in the newly drawn 44th congressional district which includes my hometown of Compton, along with Carson, Watts, North Long Beach, and Lynwood, will have to choose who they want to represent them in the House of Representatives — Laura Richardson, a woman who has been the underdog in every race she's entered or Janice Hahn, a woman who is banking on Black voters' love affair with her father Kenneth Hahn.
I am 35 years old so I don't share in the alleged love affair and feel good memories that Hahn believes all Black voters have about her father. I never even met the man. On the other hand, I do remember her brother's reign in City Hall quite well, including his appointment of Bill Bratton, the former NYPD Commissioner, as police chief of Los Angeles and the ousting of Bernard Parks as chief. I remember that Blacks played an integral role in James Hahn's victory in the 2001 mayoral election, but by 2005 when it was time for his re-election, we finally woke up and moved our support elsewhere.
But back to Kenneth Hahn. Whenever Janice Hahn speaks to a group of Black people she's quick to try and evoke those feel good feelings from the days when her father served as a Los Angeles County supervisor. She's daddy's little girl here to remind us all of her father's respect for fairness and civil rights and his love of Black people.
So I did a little research of my own—and you know what, she's right. Janice Hahn is right about her father's record and relationship with the African-American community. Everyone I have spoken to who either worked with or for Kenneth Hahn, agrees that he was a man of his word and that he was an ardent supporter of civil rights throughout the 1960s, even meeting Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1961 when King came to Los Angeles.
However, with Daddy Hahn's stated and shown support for the Civil Rights Movement and its goals, I wonder would he have changed districts and become a challenger in a district carrying the mantle of being a Voting Rights Act district? Would Kenneth Hahn sanction the ousting of one of only three African-American members of Congress from Southern California so that a Hahn—more importantly his daughter—could remain in office?
He's not here, so I'll never know for sure, but I seriously doubt it—not if his relationship and feelings towards the African-American community were genuine he wouldn't have.
But that's exactly what his daughter Janice Hahn is hoping to do.
Much of Hahn's current 36th congressional district went into the newly re-drawn 33rd congressional district, now being represented by Henry Waxman. But rather than face Waxman, a veteran member of Congress who identifies as being Jewish and is male—Hahn decided to try and further disenfranchise Black voters in Los Angeles by taking out one of the lone three Black members left in Southern California, Laura Richardson. Which left me wondering, would Hahn have made such a bold move against Laura's mentor and predecessor the late Congresswoman Juanita Millender-McDonald or even the Honorable Mervyn Dymally, both of whom at one time during their political careers represented the area in question in Congress?
Forty seven years ago, the Voting Rights Act was passed outlawing discriminatory voting practices that disenfranchised African-Americans.
As a result, the government was ordered to create congressional districts specifically for African Americans. The new 44th congressional district has been designated by the government as a Voting Rights Act District. It was created to help voters in that area elect an African-American to the House of Representatives.
There are only three African-American members of Congress left in Southern California to represent our interests and Laura Richardson is one of them.
We can't afford to lose any of them.
Throughout this campaign season, only one candidate has demonstrated her love and commitment to Compton, Willowbrook, Watts, Carson, and North Long Beach, and that's been Laura Richardson. Her opponent, if elected can't be counted on to do the same. Hahn's focus has been and continues to be on the city of San Pedro, the Ports, and eagerly awaiting Don Knabe's retirement from the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors so that she can really fulfill the Hahn legacy and run for that seat.
On Tuesday, November 6, vote for Laura Richardson because she's real, she gets it, and she's one of us.
Chosen as one of Essence magazine's 25 Women Shaping the World, Jasmyne A. Cannick works as a political consultant. She is also a political, race, and pop culture critic, journalist, radio, and television personality based in Los Angeles. Follow her on Twitter @jasmyne and @fatdiary and on Facebook at /jasmyne.


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Philip Ludwell III
Philip Ludwell III was a Virginian who in the mid eighteenth century lived in colonial America. He was received into Orthodoxy in London, England. His conversion represented one of the earliest examples of the presence of Orthodox Christians in what is now the United States of America.
Philip Ludwell III was born on December 28, 1716 in Carter's Creek, Surrey, Virginia.[[1]] He was a third generation Virginian whose grandfather, Philip Ludwell I, was the first governor of the Carolinas and father, Philip Ludwell II, was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses as well as rector of the College of William and Mary. He married Frances Grymes on July 29, 1737 in Surrey county, Virginia. [[2]]
Born of an impressive political heritage in Virginia, Philip was involved in the government of the colony. He was appointed to the Virginia Council in 1752. As a colonel, he commissioned George Washington in 1753 into the British/colonial army. He was a cousin of Martha Washington and was related to Robert E. Lee and the two President Harrisons.
His business interests led to frequent travel between Virginia and England. While in England, Philip Ludwell was received into the Orthodox Church by Fr. Bartholomew Cassano of the Russian Orthodox Church in London on January 11, 1738.
The Holy Synod of the Church of Russia authorized his reception into the Orthodox Church and blessed his taking the Holy Gifts back to Virginia. The Synod also approved his translation into English of the "Orthodox Confession" that was written by Peter Mogila, Metropolitan of Kiev, one hundred years earlier. The Synod also granted him a dispensation to continue attending the Anglican church in Virginia. The London parish register documents his participating in the sacraments of confession and Holy Communion on twelve occasions between August 16, 1760 and his death. On April 14, 1762, he brought his three daughters to be chrismated, and he also stood as their sponsor.
Col. Ludwell's health began to fail him during 1766. On September 28, 1766, Philip Ludwell received Holy Communion in his house. On March 5, 1767, the ailing Philip confessed, received Communion, and was anointed with oil at his home. Philip died on March 25, 1767 in London, Middlesex, England and was buried in the crypt of the church of St. Mary-le-Bow, outside London, now Cheapside.
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If the allegations about new Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam III in a 120-page FBI affidavit are true, the NFL recently aligned itself with one questionable business partner.
Haslam, CEO of Pilot Flying J, the nation's largest chain of truck stops and travel centers, purchased the Browns for $1 billion and was unanimously approved by NFL owners in October.
You know, after a typically thorough NFL vetting process.
Long-suffering fans in the Dawg Pound rejoiced. Haslam brought the passion and energy that former owner Randy Lerner never displayed.
He's also bringing baggage.
An investigation by the FBI and IRS into fraud, conspiracy and other misdeeds contends Haslam knew all about a systematic scheme that claimed millions of dollars from large-volume commercial customers who purchased fuel using discounts for bulk sales and was carried out by executives and key members of the sales staff, according to a federal affidavit unsealed on Thursday.
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"The NFL was completely blind-sided by this," the business associate said. "The NFL found out when the records were seized. That's not a good time to find out."
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Haslam's name doesn't appear in the affidavit until Page 10, as an FBI agent who specializes in white-collar crime contends that Haslam was present at sales meetings when the fraud-related scheme -- targeting clients with trucking companies deemed to be too unsophisticated to catch on that they were being duped -- was discussed. Haslam also was mentioned elsewhere in the affidavit as having knowledge of illegal schemes, for which federal agents have recorded conversations as part of the evidence.
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The relevant precedent may be former San Francisco 49ers owner Eddie DeBartolo, who was suspended for a year and fined $1 million by former commissioner Paul Tagliabue after DeBartolo failed to report an alleged extortion plot as he attempted to strike a deal for a casino in Louisiana.
DeBartolo eventually gave up control of the franchise to his sister, Denise DeBartolo York.
If that was the fallout for DeBartolo, imagine how the league would be pressured to wash its hands of Haslam? Unlike DeBartolo's long history in the league, Haslam is a neophyte owner who hasn't had time to build up significant goodwill among owners for contributions to the league.
His very ownership of the Browns potentially could be at stake.
Remember, Goodell was aggressive in going after the New Orleans Saints players in the Bountygate scandal -- although it was undone by sloppy evidence -- in the name of principles that support the game's integrity.
No doubt, Goodell had the right intentions in vigorously dismantling that pay-for-play program, even though the NFL's investigation tactics, the rush to punish and level of discipline were questionable.
Would Goodell be as forceful in dealing with an owner?
That, too, might soon become a very relevant question ... pending further fed review.
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The demonstration will take place at two sites in upstate New York. NYSERDA has provided $300,000 for these two projects. ClearCove is contributing an additional $300,000.
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ClearCove will install its patented system at the Ithaca Area Wastewater Treatment Facility in the Finger Lakes and at the Nott Road Wastewater Treatment Plant in the Capital Region Town of Guilderland.
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"The Mission Inn," in Buildings of California, ed. Gabrielle Esperdy. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press (forthcoming 2014)
"The Carefree Californian: 'Cliff May Homes,' 1952-1958," in Carefree California: Cliff May and the Romance of the Ranch. New York: Rizzoli (2012)
"Displaying Domesticity: Life in the Mid-Twentieth Century Glass House," dissertation, June 2013
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Review of Barbara Burlison Mooney, Prodigy Houses of Virginia: Architecture and the Native
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Review of Sarah Burns and John Davis, American Art to 1900: A Documentary History in The Eighteenth Century Current Bibliography, n.s. Vol. 35 (2013)
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"Katherine Morrow Ford: Finding the Feminine in Modern Architecture," SECAC, Greensboro, North Carolina, October 2013
"California's Architectural Frontier 1: Concept, Greek and Gothic Revival Buildings," Revival Styles in Southern Californian Architecture, Spring 2013
"Icon and Anonymity: What is Californian Architectural History?" discussion chair, UC Santa Barbara, May 2012
"California Architecture and Design," Multi-campus Research Group, UC Davis, March 2012
"Finding Domestic Space in a Glass House," ThinkSpatial Focus Group, UCSB, Fall 2011
"Cliff May Homes: Low-Cost Modern," Advanced Spatial Practices, Fall 2011
"Displaying Domesticity: Life in Mid-Twentieth Century Modern Glass Houses," Getty Research Institute, Seminar in Architecture and Design, April 2010
"Hellenistic Architecture: Drama, Procession and Theatricality," Hellenistic Greek Art, Spring 2010
"Yona Friedman: Recycling the Interior," presented at "Reused, Recycled, Re-Viewed," UCSB History of Art and Architecture Graduate Symposium, February 2010
"Letting Nature In: Living in Glass Houses," Introduction to Architecture and Environment, Fall 2009
"Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini: Renaissance Geometry and Viewer Experience," Renaissance and Baroque Art Survey, Summer 2009
"Environment, Culture, Nature," Architecture and Environment, Fall 2008
"Garden Cities," Architecture and Environment, Spring 2008
"Huts, Cabins and Other Simple Houses," Architecture and Environment, Spring 2008
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Immanuel Lutheran Church, Riverside
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Playing with my children
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Why Mesh Networks Still Aren't the Right Answer: The Paper
A while back I wrote a blog post about why wireless mesh networks aren't a viable answer to censorship. I've been wanting to write a more rigorous followup to that post for a while, and I'm happy to say that such a paper has finally been written and will appear at the FOCI 2013 workshop. You can take a look at it here: Building Dissent Networks: Towards Effective Countermeasures against Large-Scale Communications Blackouts.
The tl;dr is that systems for dissident communication need to prioritize user safety and scalability, and mesh networks (and many other currently proposed systems) don't fit the bill.
This is joint work with my colleagues Yahel Ben-David, Giulia Fanti, Eric Brewer, and Scott Shenker.
Deploying TIER's Village Base Station in Papua
I'm in Papua, Indonesia right now working on a deployment of a system one of my TIER colleagues, Kurtis Heimerl, developed. This is a little blurb I wrote on the TIER blog about our first week here.


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Red, White & Blueberry Poke Cake
Total TimePrep: 40 min. + cooling Bake: 25 min. + chilling
Makes12 servings
- 1 package white cake mix (regular size)
- 1-1/4 cups water
- 2 large eggs, room temperature
- 1/4 cup canola oil
- 1 cup fresh strawberries
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup water
- 2-1/4 teaspoons strawberry gelatin
- 3/4 cup fresh blueberries
- 1/2 cup water
- 4-1/2 teaspoons sugar
- 4-1/2 teaspoons berry blue gelatin
- 2-1/2 cups heavy whipping cream
- 1/3 cup confectioners' sugar
- Preheat oven to 350°. Line bottoms of two 9-in. round baking pans with parchment or waxed paper; coat paper with cooking spray. In a large bowl, combine cake mix, water, eggs and oil; beat on low speed 30 seconds. Beat on medium 2 minutes.
- Transfer to prepared pans. Bake 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely in pans on wire racks.
- For strawberry gelatin, in a small saucepan, combine strawberries, sugar and water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, 2-3 minutes or until berries are soft. Strain into a small bowl, pressing berries lightly; discard pulp. Add gelatin to syrup, stirring to dissolve completely. Cool to room temperature. Repeat steps to make blueberry gelatin.
- Using a wooden skewer, pierce tops of cakes to within 1 inch of edge; twist skewer gently to make slightly larger holes. Gradually pour cooled strawberry mixture over 1 cake, being careful to fill each hole. Repeat with blueberry mixture and remaining cake. Refrigerate, covered, overnight.
- In a large bowl, beat cream until it begins to thicken. Add confectioners' sugar; beat until soft peaks form.
- Run a knife around sides of pans to loosen cakes. Remove strawberry cake from pan; remove paper. Place cake on a serving plate. Spread with 1 cup whipped cream.
- Remove blueberry cake from pan; remove paper. Place cake over whipped cream layer. Frost top and sides with remaining cream. Refrigerate at least 1 hour before serving.
Nutrition Facts1 slice: 477 calories, 28g fat (13g saturated fat), 100mg cholesterol, 328mg sodium, 55g carbohydrate (38g sugars, 0 fiber), 4g protein.
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Jul 3, 2016
Five star rating all the way ! Just made this cake and it turned out beautifully as well as delicious. The only deviations I made were adding additional powdered sugar to the frosting and keeping the pressed berries that the recipe states to discard. I spread the pressed strawberries and blueberries on their respective layers the next day after refrigeration overnight with the cake layers then frosted. Also, I would note that the recipe states to beat the heaving whipping cream until soft peaks form. I don't do my frosting this way, it tends to be too runny. Definitely beat til stiff peaks form and you'll have less likelihood of the layers sliding. Happy Fourth !
Jul 3, 2015
This is the best cake. We make it every year for Independence Day. We use Angel Food cake instead and layer that. It's great
May 13, 2015
loved the poke cake recipe my family enjoyed I used raspberries instead just as delicious
Jul 7, 2014
A standard poke cake, with a twist. The addition of the fresh strawberries and blueberries add a nice touch. Also, well worth it to make your own whip cream icing so you can make it as sweet or not sweet as you like. To keep your cake layers from slipping(and this goes for any layer cake) simply insert a wooden skewer cut to size through the middle of both cakes.
Jul 4, 2014
This shall henceforth be known as my Fail Cake. I was going to lactose free so used almond milk in the cake and Lactose-Free Frosting instead of Whipping Cream. The blueberry syrup was too thin and the strawberry syrup was too thick and neither filled the holes; the bottom edge of the cake was soggy; and no matter how thick I made the frosting it slid off of the jello-skinned cake. Oh well, it was a nice try.
Jun 28, 2014
I have used a 13x9 pan, poke and pour the blue gelatin, chill, then poke and pour the red. Top with whipped cream, no worries about sliding layers.
Jun 18, 2014
This was awesome!! I made this for the kids for a 4th of July cook out and I couldn't keep the adults out of it! Now I have to make 2 for this year.
Sep 12, 2013
I made this for our 4th of July last year and still remember it 15 mo later... cool and refreshing... really terrific!
Jul 23, 2013
I made this for our 4th of July barbeque. It was a huge hit. Several people said it was the best cake they had ever had. It was delicious!
Jul 5, 2013
I made this for a 4th of July BBQ and it pleased a couple of hard to please children. It tasted great and the syrups are well worth the effort. I made it with the heavy cream and had no issues with the cake falling down or sliding. Just gotta make sure to beat the cream and sugar enough :)


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Actor Lee Thompson Young —best known for his starring role on Disney Channel's "The Famous Jett Jackson" — was found dead Monday August 19 in his North Hollywood apartment, Los Angeles police reported. Authorities did not confirm published reports that Young died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Officers sent to the 5000 block of Tujunga Avenue about 8 a.m. found Young dead at the scene, said Los Angeles police Sgt. J. Sandoz of the Media Relations office.
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Friday, December 11, 2009
Semi Precious
When I first went into a gay bar, men did not have names. Not full names. Often not real names. There was a fear of being known, being caught, being EXPOSED. I am a sissy. I don't like pain. I am a far from brave as grace is from greedy. Even so, this struck me as simply stupid. I never adopted a 'nick name,' I never introduced myself as anything but Dave Hingsburger. It's my name. MY NAME. Fuck the rest of the world, me, I am I. It's all I got, it's all I am, it's all that will be on the plaque that marks my remains.
My name is Dave Hingsburger. Write it in indelible marker. If you had a few too many beers you may be able to pee it into the snow. HINGSBURGER.
I remember being made to sign papers that disallowed me from saying people's names publicly. I remember standing in a graveyard where names were absent, disabled people were buried with their case number on the marker. God forbid someone walk through a graveyard and discover that a member of your family was buried there. God forbid that the shame might be attached to your name. Disabled people need freaking names.
My middle name is James. I was named after my Uncle Jim. I loved my Uncle Jim, he was a big hearty farming guy. Rough and tumble, hard as nails, he never got me but he never bothered me because of it. That is tolerance. Shrugging the shoulders and saying 'but he's Marg's boy' and accepting what came in the package with the name James.
We went to see the movie Precious today. It's about a teen mother and part of the story involves her first child who has Down Syndrome. She's called, Mong, and Mongo, and Mongol, throughout the film. She captures the camera with the sheer freaking, fracking, fucking reality of her presence. She dominates those scenes as, sometimes, the only humane being in sight. Yet she is never named. As the movie drew to a close I had a chanting in my head, 'name her, name her, name her,' But they didn't.
And it's fucking pissed me off.
They used that kid.
They used disability.
They dissed her ability.
But they never had the courage to name her.
Precious is a hard movie, because it didn't get it's own point.
9 comments:
- ivanova said...
In the book, which is a mixed bag, the main character in fact names her first child "Baby Mongo." I hate even writing that. I don't remember this child being much of a character in the book. As I recall, this child is removed from their home within weeks.
- 11 December 2009 at 01:12
- Jen said...
They actually buried disabled people with their case numbers on their gravestones?
That's one of the worst things that I've ever heard.
- 11 December 2009 at 05:20
- Andrea S. said...
I don't know if you have used or seen closed captioned television enough to know, but sometimes captions indicate who is speaking. For example: "Dave: (line said by Dave)" (This is because of course deaf people cannot hear to recognize the voice of who is speaking and sometimes it's not immediately obvious from visual or other cues on the screen.)
Years ago in the 1980s, I watched a movie on television about a group of people with mobility disabilities living in an institution who were advocating for increased independence. (I forget if it was fiction or if it was based on real events.) In one of the scenes, the residents are complaining that they are referred to as "patients" -- they think it is dehumanizing. They want to be referred to as "clients." But in the captions, when it was indicating who was speaking, it said, "Patient: (line)" So whoever was doing the captioning for that movie clearly didn't get the point of it. It probably wasn't anyone involved with producing it -- I know these days some TV stations I think do it in house, but in those days (and I think still today) most TV stations sent their tapes to an outside company to do the captioning. But it still struck me to see that someone could watch this movie and then embed into the captions clear evidence that this person still hadn't absorbed its message enough to pause a little and consider whether they should maybe instead be typing "client: (line)" instead of "patient: (line)". Is the message of disability rights, including our right not to be dehumanized, really that hard to absorb?
- 11 December 2009 at 06:38
- Heather said...
I was hoping in the comments to read that the child was maybe called Precious.
Obv too much to hope for . . .
Unbelievable about the gravestones but sadly not surprised just disappointed yet again by the inhumanity of fellow humans.
- 11 December 2009 at 07:05
- Shan said...
Not naming a character is a time-honoured literary tradition of, oddly enough, making that person important. It's pretty rare (I actually can't think of any examples) that the unnamed person is a minor character.
I think it's a technique whereby we are expected to both realise the perceived unimportance of the person to the other characters (not to the reader), and realise their universality at the same time.
But I can see why you'd be annoyed, for sure.
I like the idea that her name is "Precious".
- 11 December 2009 at 13:19
- datri said...
In the book Precious actually NAMES the baby Mongo. That IS her name. Had a hard time getting over that.
- 11 December 2009 at 18:40
- ohiobrittany said...
In this day and age, you would think that television and movies would get it right. Who would want to be known by their disability or disease? Guess maybe the film and tv industry hasn't heard of People First.
- 13 December 2009 at 01:09
As i remember form the original Book (actually called "Push") the Presious Character names the baby "Mongo" she felt that it was "exotic" and also shotrform for the old term mongoloid. Not excusing the usage of these terms nor the "dis" behind them.... the name comes from a mother who is horribly molested, abused and judged as "stupid" herself, she is a 13 year old mother of a child by her own father, she is illiterate and highly under educated at the time of naming her child..... but the baby is named (maybe poorly.... but named)
- 15 December 2009 at 14:53
- Pam said...
Hi there, I stumbled on this blog while reading another on stuttering.
I am a person who stutters,and have also worked int he disability field.
I can relate on a number of points to this post and several of the earlier ones that I read.
I am on the Board of Directors now for an agency that serves developmentally disabled adults. Too many times, I have seen people with different abilities ignored,dismissed, forgotten.
I always felt that way as a child and teen myself. When I opened my mouth and dared stutter publicly, people were so astounded they would look away, laugh, or walk away. Stuttering is certainly not the same as other disabilities, but the feelings of anger, shame and isolation sure are.
I too read the book "Push" and saw the movie "Precious". It was so starkly vivid, such a portrayal of a life so full of terror and fear and nothingness, but at the same time, hope.
Thank goodness for hope. We an always hope for a better tomorrow.
- 15 December 2009 at 21:54