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- Download Second Life to your Mac, version 1.23, not viewer 2.
- Make TextEdit.app edit as plain text rather than rtf. This is because when you run the commands in the plain text file the shell will encounter formatting codes if it's rtf format.
- Paste this in a new file:
/Applications/Second\ Life.app/Contents/MacOS/Second\ Life -loginuri http://ipofyoursim:9000/ -loginpage http://ipofyoursim:9000/?method=login. Save file as 'RunSLViewer.sh' on desktop.
- Open terminal, navigate to desktop (
cd desktop).
- Change permissions to executable (
chmod 777 RunSLViewer.sh).
- Run executable (
./RunSLViewer.sh). Preceding ./ is required because for a file to be run as an executable the shell needs the file's system path. If the terminal session is in the same folder as the file, ./ is shorthand for the system path to terminal's location.
- Login to your sim!
- For a more user-friendly method, create an applescript with the script do shell script "/Users/username
/desktop/RunSLViewer.sh"and put that on the desktop. No need to bother with Terminal after the chmod.
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Connecting to OpenSim with SL Viewer on Mac
I am just running a sim in standalone mode but I want to share it out to other computers on my home network. Whether you are or not it's the same. The only diff is where it says 'ipofyoursim' you'll put whatever fixed IP your sim has.
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Thursday, August 27, 2009
FreeSWITCH log, successful connection
Logfile contents of a successful OpenSim chat connection using FreeSWITCH, including text coloring.
2009-08-27 14:13:40.525224 [DEBUG] switch_core_state_machine.c:397 (firstname.lastname@example.com) Running State Change CS_NEW
2009-08-27 14:13:40.525224 [DEBUG] switch_core_state_machine.c:403 (email@example.com) State NEW
2009-08-27 14:13:40.525224 [DEBUG] sofia_glue.c:3079 Audio Codec Compare [SIREN14-3D:111:32000:0]/[G7221:115:32000:20]
2009-08-27 14:13:40.525224 [DEBUG] sofia_glue.c:3079 Audio Codec Compare [SIREN14-3D:111:32000:0]/[G722:9:8000:20]
2009-08-27 14:13:40.525224 [DEBUG] sofia_glue.c:3079 Audio Codec Compare [SIREN14-3D:111:32000:0]/[PCMU:0:8000:20]
2009-08-27 14:13:40.525224 [DEBUG] sofia_glue.c:3079 Audio Codec Compare [SIREN14-3D:111:32000:0]/[PCMA:8:8000:20]
2009-08-27 14:13:40.525224 [DEBUG] sofia_glue.c:3079 Audio Codec Compare [SIREN14-3D:111:32000:0]/[GSM:3:8000:20]
2009-08-27 14:13:40.525224 [DEBUG] sofia_glue.c:3079 Audio Codec Compare [PCMU:0:8000:0]/[G7221:115:32000:20]
2009-08-27 14:13:40.525224 [DEBUG] sofia_glue.c:3079 Audio Codec Compare [PCMU:0:8000:0]/[G722:9:8000:20]
2009-08-27 14:13:40.525224 [DEBUG] sofia_glue.c:3079 Audio Codec Compare [PCMU:0:8000:0]/[PCMU:0:8000:20]
2009-08-27 14:13:40.540848 [DEBUG] sofia_glue.c:2037 Set Codec firstname.lastname@example.com PCMU/8000 20 ms 160 samples
2009-08-27 14:13:40.540848 [DEBUG] sofia_glue.c:3039 Set 2833 dtmf payload to 101
2009-08-27 14:13:40.540848 [DEBUG] sofia.c:3376 (firstname.lastname@example.com) State Change CS_NEW -> CS_INIT
2009-08-27 14:13:40.540848 [DEBUG] switch_core_session.c:933 Send signal firstname.lastname@example.com [BREAK]
2009-08-27 14:13:40.540848 [DEBUG] switch_core_state_machine.c:397 (email@example.com) Running State Change CS_INIT
2009-08-27 14:13:40.540848 [DEBUG] switch_core_state_machine.c:480 (email@example.com) State INIT
2009-08-27 14:13:40.540848 [DEBUG] mod_sofia.c:83 email@example.com SOFIA INIT
2009-08-27 14:13:40.540848 [DEBUG] mod_sofia.c:111 (email@example.com) State Change CS_INIT -> CS_ROUTING
2009-08-27 14:13:40.540848 [DEBUG] switch_core_session.c:933 Send signal firstname.lastname@example.com [BREAK]
2009-08-27 14:13:40.540848 [DEBUG] switch_core_state_machine.c:480 (email@example.com) State INIT going to sleep
2009-08-27 14:13:40.540848 [DEBUG] switch_core_state_machine.c:397 (firstname.lastname@example.com) Running State Change CS_ROUTING
2009-08-27 14:13:40.540848 [DEBUG] switch_core_state_machine.c:483 (firstname.lastname@example.com) State ROUTING
2009-08-27 14:13:40.540848 [DEBUG] mod_sofia.c:130 email@example.com SOFIA ROUTING
2009-08-27 14:13:40.540848 [DEBUG] switch_core_state_machine.c:78 firstname.lastname@example.com Standard ROUTING
2009-08-27 14:13:40.540848 [INFO] mod_dialplan_xml.c:252 Processing Sophie Nauman->confctl-xNDFhZTQ4MjEtMDFmMi00NDNkLTkzMWEtOWRhMjA3YmQ1ZTFk in context default
Dialplan: email@example.com parsing [default->sip_uri] continue=false
Dialplan: email@example.com Regex (FAIL) [sip_uri] destination_number(confctl-xNDFhZTQ4MjEtMDFmMi00NDNkLTkzMWEtOWRhMjA3YmQ1ZTFk) =~ /^sip:(.*)$/ break=on-false
Dialplan: firstname.lastname@example.com parsing [default->opensim_conferences] continue=false
Dialplan: firstname.lastname@example.com Regex (PASS) [opensim_conferences] destination_number(confctl-xNDFhZTQ4MjEtMDFmMi00NDNkLTkzMWEtOWRhMjA3YmQ1ZTFk) =~ /^confctl-(.*)$/ break=on-false
Dialplan: firstname.lastname@example.com Action answer()
Dialplan: email@example.com Action conference(xNDFhZTQ4MjEtMDFmMi00NDNkLTkzMWEtOWRhMjA3YmQ1ZTFk-${domain_name}@default)
2009-08-27 14:13:41.556460 [DEBUG] switch_core_state_machine.c:114 (firstname.lastname@example.com) State Change CS_ROUTING -> CS_EXECUTE
2009-08-27 14:13:41.556460 [DEBUG] switch_core_session.c:933 Send signal firstname.lastname@example.com [BREAK]
2009-08-27 14:13:41.556460 [DEBUG] switch_core_state_machine.c:483 (firstname.lastname@example.com) State ROUTING going to sleep
2009-08-27 14:13:41.556460 [DEBUG] switch_core_state_machine.c:397 (email@example.com) Running State Change CS_EXECUTE
2009-08-27 14:13:41.556460 [DEBUG] switch_core_state_machine.c:490 (firstname.lastname@example.com) State EXECUTE
2009-08-27 14:13:41.556460 [DEBUG] mod_sofia.c:173 email@example.com SOFIA EXECUTE
2009-08-27 14:13:41.556460 [DEBUG] switch_core_state_machine.c:151 email@example.com Standard EXECUTE
EXECUTE firstname.lastname@example.com answer()
2009-08-27 14:13:41.556460 [DEBUG] mod_dptools.c:649 email@example.com receive message [ANSWER]
2009-08-27 14:13:41.556460 [DEBUG] sofia_glue.c:2271 AUDIO RTP [email@example.com] 184.108.40.206 port 17858 -> 220.127.116.11 port 22860 codec: 0 ms: 20
2009-08-27 14:13:41.556460 [DEBUG] switch_rtp.c:1138 Starting timer [soft] 160 bytes per 20ms
2009-08-27 14:13:41.556460 [DEBUG] mod_sofia.c:549 Local SDP firstname.lastname@example.com:
o=FreeSWITCH 1251378963 1251378964 IN IP4 22.214.171.124
c=IN IP4 184.108.40.206
t=0 0
m=audio 17858 RTP/AVP 0 101
a=rtpmap:0 PCMU/8000
a=rtpmap:101 telephone-event/8000
a=fmtp:101 0-16
a=silenceSupp:off - - - -
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Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Daito Manabe, "Face Instrument"
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Thursday, August 06, 2009
Voice chat in OpenSim
Good news--it works. Bad news--it's hard to do.
(UPDATE 10/16: Not hard any more. The binary install of OpenSim is easy with the Diva Distribution. The FreeSWITCH part is kind of hard, still.)
This post explains my specific environment (standalone on a LAN).
This is my setup: XPSP2, compiled version 0.6.5 of OpenSim, Freeswitch, and SL Viewer version 1.23. Here are the steps to making it happen:
(UPDATE 10/16: Not hard any more. The binary install of OpenSim is easy with the Diva Distribution. The FreeSWITCH part is kind of hard, still.)
This post explains my specific environment (standalone on a LAN).
This is my setup: XPSP2, compiled version 0.6.5 of OpenSim, Freeswitch, and SL Viewer version 1.23. Here are the steps to making it happen:
- First install MySQL like in this tutorial.
- The binary version of OpenSim doesn't include the Freeswitch voice module, so you'll have to compile an experimental version from source. (update: well, now I've upgraded to the 0.6.6 binary on a separate installation and it does include the FreeSwitch module, but I can't get it to run with MySQL storage, only SQLite. Something to work on...)
- A couple weeks ago I used an SVN client, or subversion client, called TortoiseSVN to download the subversion 0.6.5 from http://dist.opensimulator.org/. They've since moved to a system called 'Git' for downloading subversions and the versions are no longer there. I haven't tried Git but the directions for installing it are here and downloading the right version here (scroll down). Just try to get 0.6.5 as I found when upgrading to 0.6.6 it wouldn't run with MySQL. Some configurations were changed I couldn't figure out. Download it to C:\Program Files\OpenSim (you have to create this first).
- Once you have the files and folders, you have to compile the program. Go here and scroll down to the green Visual C# 2008 compiler and download and install it. It will also contain the .NET 2.0 framework, which is required for OpenSim to run.
- Now it's time to compile. Navigate to your OpenSim directory and run "runprebuild.bat" by double clicking on it.
- Open Visual C# through the start menu. Click File > Open Project. Browse to your OpenSim directory and choose a file called "OpenSim.sln". On the right side in a moment you should see a file tree under Solution Explorer. At the top menu, click Build > Build Solution. At the bottom of the Visual C# window you'll see the status change as it builds each project. It will tell you when it's done.
- Before you configure OpenSim, you need to download and configure Freeswitch. You can download a precompiled binary here, and, yes, you have to install the Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package like it says before you run the Freeswitch program.
- To configure Freeswitch to work with OpenSim, you have to change some config settings in a few xml files, explained here. This video also demos the steps, though the end, configuring the region, has conflicting info. He's using SLViewer v1.22 but it shouldn't work until 1.23.
- Now you're ready to configure settings for OpenSim in the OpenSim.ini file. Follow these instructions from numbers 5-11 to set OpenSim to store data in your MySQL database and other stuff. This version will have the Freeswitch module section that was absent in the binary version. Configure those settings as shown at the bottom of the Freeswitch config instructions.
- Now you can start up Freeswitch. Double click freeswitch.exe. Ignore the red error messages (really!). Start up OpenSim exe. Now go to exactly 3:00 here where they are starting OpenSim.exe and follow their steps, which continue on in part 2, EXCEPT where you put in the region IP (at 5:00) you'll want to put in the computer's fixed IP (Your sysadmin will have to assign the computer a fixed IP if you can't). You can stop when they get to downloading Hippo Viewer.
- Now you need the SLViewer version 1.23. This is key, because earlier versions don't work with Freeswitch. Install it and configure it as in step 14 here.
- Once you're logged in to your sim, you have to enable voice chat for the estate. Click Edit > Preferences and under Voice Chat make sure it's enabled. Then click World > Region/Estate, click the estate tab and make sure "Allow Voice Chat" is checked. The above video I mentioned is confusing because he is using SLViewer v1.22, which allows him to make the final config adjustment of right clicking on the terrain, clicking About Land, clicking the media tab, and choosing either "use the estate spatial channel" or "private channel". This option isn't available in v1.23, but I couldn't get voice to work in 1.22. Even now I'm wondering if I was able to get it to work in 1.23 because I had first selected the "use estate spatial channel" in a 1.22 viewer, then switched to 1.23. I don't know...It's also possible I didn't know to click the lock on the talk button and that's why it didn't work in 1.22, though I could swear the talk button was greyed out, unclickable.
- Anyway, once these things are set, you need someone else to log on or you could talk to yourself over two computers. If you are using headsets, make sure they are plugged in before starting the viewer. To talk, look for the talk button on the lower right. Click the lock next to it to toggle talking on or just click and hold the talk button while you're talking.
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Monday, August 03, 2009
Installing OpenSim to use over a LAN
OpenSim is an open source version of Second Life. You install, run, and configure it, set up a viewer, and it's your very own virtual world. SL has tons of object (prims) that are given away or sold and OpenSim is a blank slate. But it's yours and you have full control over who can access it and what they can do there. That makes it an excellent resource for teaching.
There are lots of tutorials on getting your own OpenSim up and running out there but 90% are just for standalone sandbox on your own machine and the rest are for grid mode in which you link your region with others out there on other people's machines. I'm writing this tutorial because I want to run my own sim but have my students connect to it through a client viewer on laptops connecting over our school's wireless network. The basic plan is installing the opensim service on a computer, installing MySQL so objects have permanence and don't have to be reactivated when the sim restarts or users log off, and giving that computer a static IP so client apps always know where to find it. With this setup you can run the sim on one computer and connect to it from any other computer on your school network, but it's not publicly available outside your school unless you open that IP up through the firewall (which I may consider later on). Here's how I did it (UPDATE 10/16: I've just upgraded to the newest version of OpenSim using Diva's Distribution, which makes all of the following pretty much obsolete. I'm just keeping the old steps below so I can look back some day and appreciate how far it's all come. It's now SO much easier. Here is the tutorial for the Diva approach.)
- Desktop running Windows XP SP3, assigned a static IP by the DNS server, no monitor, I just log in remotely. (Ask your system administrator to assign the IP if you, like me, can't.)
- MySQL 5.1 installed (good instructions here, a little old. The Toad (MySQL GUI) part is for an earlier version of Toad, but the idea is to create a root account and create a new database called 'opensim'. If you prefer you can use the mysql command line (tutorials here and here instead for mysql command line tools. No need to create any tables. OpenSim will do that on first run. Stop the first tutorial and continue to the next step when he gets to configuring the opensim.ini file because it's for an older version of OpenSim.
- Okay, now go download an opensim binary (look for the Windows binary on the right, soon to be version 0.6.6). The version I've installed is 'standalone' 0.6.3. The two flavors of OpenSim are standalone and grid mode and I spent two days thinking that since I wanted to share out my region with other computers on our LAN I needed grid mode (which is much more complicated to install). After much frustration (couldn't connect) it dawned on me that grid mode is for connecting regions over the internet. Standalone is what you want if you're just looking for an insulated virtual world not connected to the other regions out there.
- Run the installer but don't start OpenSim yet. First you need to edit some settings in the OpenSim.ini file you'll find among the many files in the Program Files\OpenSim folder. OpenSim.exe looks to this file for all of its configuration info so you set these here by adding and removing semi-colons so it will ignore and follow what you want it to.
- So open OpenSim.ini in a text editor.
- Under STORAGE add a semi-colon in front of storage_plugin = "OpenSim.Data.SQLite.dll"
(and the next line "storage_connection_string" if it doesn't have one).
- You want it to use your MySQL database to store primitives and user attributes so they stay from one session to another. I believe the default, SQLite, isn't good with that. So remove the semi-colon from storage_plugin="OpenSim.Data.MySQL.dll" and the next line.
- One the connection string line you'll need to add your database details, storage_connection_string="Data Source=localhost;Database=opensim;User ID=root;Password=yourpassword;";
- Under the PHYSICS section you might want to uncomment the physics = OpenDynamicsEngine line. This physics algorithm prevents objects from going through each other whereas the default doesn't.
- The PERMISSIONS section allows you to set permissions (obviously) but I haven't played with that yet. I will definitely revisit those settings soon. Once OpenSim is running, you can shut it down, change settings, and restart it if you want to adjust things.
- In the STANDALONE section there are more SQLite settings and you need to change them to the same MySQL settings as in the STORAGE section.
- There are more interesting settings further down that I haven't investigated yet, like SUN for daytime and nighttime automation and VOICE for voice chat. I'll update when I get these figured out. You'll see below I'm not using the Hippo Opensim viewer but if you do you'll want to fill in the GRIDINFO section which gives the appropriate details to Hippo when you set it to your sim.
- Now go to exactly 3:00 here where they are starting OpenSim.exe and follow their steps, which continue on in part 2, EXCEPT where you put in the region IP (at 5:00) you'll want to put in the computer's fixed IP. You can stop when they get to downloading Hippo Viewer.
- I tried Hippo and it's great except that if students are connecting on Windows machines with network accounts Hippo has no way I could figure out of saving the sim IP as the default for all users on the machine. Instead, I downloaded the Second Life viewer, installed it on the student laptops, right clicked on the desktop icon (which will need to be moved to the All Users desktop and given full permissions to 'everyone') and added the following flag in the 'target' field: -loginuri http://fixed.ip.ad.dress:9000/ That reroutes the viewer to your sim rather than actual Second Life on the web. If you don't want the occasionally racy SL screenshots showing up either you can add -loginpagehttp://fixed.ip.ad.dress:9000/?method=login.
- Now with your sim running, open the SL viewer from the icon and login with the master avatar account you created. I hope it works!
- Finally, you might be wondering about voice chat. There's supposedly a module, explained here, that enables that through the SL viewer. We'll see. I've spent some time on this but I'll address it in a separate post because it turns out to be quite involved.
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Teaching With OpenSim
The drama teacher in my school asked me to look into setting up a virtual world like Second Life that he could use for his students to produce and perform a virtual play, with an eye towards eventually collaborating with another school. It's an amazing idea. I looked into a few existing options--Second Life and There. But neither fit our needs. SL is bandwidth heavy and segregates teens from adults unless you purchase a private island for a grand and while There is more affordable you can't share the prims you've purchased (I don't think you can actually make things yourself), which rules out easy collaboration. I have more thoughts on the ideologies of SL and There here.
So I settled on OpenSim for an adventure. Now that it's set up it is the perfect platform. Permissions can be managed, prims can be shared with other users, and in many other ways you have full control over your region.
A couple of other ideas that have occurred to me are virtual soccer (just for fun), and sculpture exhibits. I would like to have a department meeting in there, too. If anyone has more ideas let me know.
So I settled on OpenSim for an adventure. Now that it's set up it is the perfect platform. Permissions can be managed, prims can be shared with other users, and in many other ways you have full control over your region.
A couple of other ideas that have occurred to me are virtual soccer (just for fun), and sculpture exhibits. I would like to have a department meeting in there, too. If anyone has more ideas let me know.
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Getting the third out in what turned out to be big innings for Loyola Marymount got things off to a rough start for the Santa Clara University baseball team Friday afternoon. SCU fell into an early six-run hole from which it could not escape, falling 10-3 in the series opener against the Lions at George Page Stadium.
The Broncos will look to even things up in the series in tomorrow's contest, slated to begin at 1 p.m. Sunday's series finale is also scheduled for a 1 p.m. first pitch.
Eric Newton hit his conference-leading 12th home run of the season Friday with a solo job to lead off the fifth inning. Matt Long and Daniel Nava each had a pair of hits while Kris Watts added a two-RBI double.
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LMU put things away in the bottom half of the inning, as again with two out and two on, the Lions got the big hit. This time it again came from Pettit, who banged out a three-run homer to put things out of reach and secure starter Brad Meyers' sixth win of the season.

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The next chapter is so damn long. Easily longest chapter so far. Probably the longest chapter in the book.
I still had this chapter so I thought I should post. I was actually kind of happy to know that there was at least one person still looking at this.
No. Almost though. I crashed my motorcycle and injured my right wrist. I sprained my wrist but its not broken. Life lesson, riding a motorcycle is cool. Wear a helmet and avoid head trauma like I did.
…aaaaand now I don't have internet. Expect slight delays.
Sorry guys. At first there were some issues with the editor then I went into finals so we had a long break. Back to normal though.
Sorry on the wait for the new chapter guys. It's already translated waiting on edits to post.
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HTML5 web standard is the most talked about technologies these days. According to web experts in coming years whole internet will be in control of HTML5. However, it is not recently launched instead it is existent from quite a long time now but is still under development. It is predicted that this standard will be complete in next two years for full utilization in web development.
For now, web developers are integrating HTML5 in the mobile and web application to some extent. HTML5 is now reaching mobile industry also. Mobile application development is a most happening business these days. Leading players like Apple and Android are enjoying the great revenue and customership because of incredible mobile apps in their App stores. HTML5 Mobile apps development seem to be very promising aspect of mobile apps development in future.
HTML5 development proposes some exclusive features which gave it a special place in all mobile developer's work. Like HTML5 once fully developed will give a sheer setback to native mobile app development. It is because HTML5 is a web standard so it will only work in favor of web applications. It promotes the running of application within the web browsers supporting HTML5 for now it is Safari, Opera, Mozilla Firefox etc. HTML5 mobile apps development is undoubtedly a great challenge to mobile apps programmers in terms of creativity and functionality.
Some leading mobile platforms like Apple iOS is in full enthusiasm to support HTML5 for mobile application in the future. Apple is favourable to HTML5 for application development in its web browser Safari. Though there are some discrepancies in HTML5 but for developers it is a new thing to experiment with. It is good for both mobile app industry and mobile apps developers to get familiar with future web master as soon as possible.
HTML5 development will certainly open new horizons for mobile apps as with the help of new standard and tags one can create competing and impeccable applications. However, there are very few expert developers in the industry who are well versed with this technology so make your choice very seriously. Go for the quality and functionality instead of quantity and only designs.


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To put each entry for the Global Working video competition up individually was proving challenging, but with two days to go on the competition we wanted to help people discover their favourite videos.
So we've started with where they came from:
Click on the URL to get to the entrants page and vote. They really need your votes (earned by sharing) to get put through to the judges.


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text: About us Who's who The Board Alan Wild (Treasurer) Canon Alan Wild has been attending St Peter's now for over 30 years, fifteen of which have been as a Deacon and Priest. During this time, the idea of transforming the crypt into an Arts and Community centre was conceived, and although he was not directly involved with the InSpire project, his role as a member of the clergy supported and assisted the work of the then Rector, Rev. Giles Goddard, and the committee, in making the vision a reality. He has served on the InSpire board as both a Director and more recently as Treasurer. He is also Director and Honorary Assistant Curate at St Peter's Church.


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SAFR 2009 is now only a little over a month away, and I haven't even made a thread for marshal volunteers yet!
So, here's your chance. If you were a marshal last year, you know it was no problem at all. There will be one or two changes this year, including a little clearer system for everyone to know where their area of responsibility will be, but the venue is a really good one and I don't anticipate any problems. There are no bad seats on the plaza, so no one will be missing anything to be a marshal.
If you didn't get a chance to help last year, and you'd like to pitch in this time, jump aboard and welcome!
For those unfamiliar with the marshals' jobs, we do a variety of things:
Define the area and keep people out of the street for safety, Keep the crowd from blocking entrances to the building or the sidewalks around the plaza, Help people find signs, information, restrooms, water, etc. Communicate with security and police personnel to handle emergencies (like the medical emergency at the Capitol during IGOLD this year) Look cheerful and answer questions, and most importantly: Seriously, this next thing is really important, so pay attention: Enjoy ourselves and have a fun day with like-minded people.
Last year, I anticipated helping with cleanup, but as it turned out, our crowd just doesn't produce much garbage, and a few of us spent maybe 10 minutes at most picking up a few things and counting chairs. Last year, at the very first SAFR, we drew a crowd between 500 and 1000, which filled the plaza pretty well. This time could be a great deal larger; there's more grassroots advertising going on in Chicago itself this time.
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Wildfires Are Threatening California's Most Fire Weed Cultivators
Emerald Triangle growers are evacuating the area en masse, leaving millions of dollars in unharvested crops behind.
Over the years, California has gained international acclaim for the fire (re: high quality) cannabis cultivated by Golden State weed farmers. Specifically, the northern region of the state known as the Emerald Triangle–-a geographic triangle where Humboldt, Mendocino, and Trinity counties converge––grows some of the best cannabis on the planet. Sadly, wildfires currently threaten many marijuana farms in the region along with everything else in their paths.
"There are a lot of growers out there. Through the course of yesterday, three members have lost their homes and farms, and several more in the broader community," Hezekiah Allen, who heads the California Growers Association, told VICE. "This is going to be a pretty significant catastrophe."
Though Allen doesn't see the fires as threatening the state's supply of fire product at the consumer end of the chain.
"I don't think this is going to affect things down the supply chain," Allen told VICE. "We've got an abundance of supply here. Even if a lot of folks lose their crops, there's plenty of extra pounds being grown."
Similarly, fires in Napa and Sonoma counties––the latter of which is reportedly home to anywhere between 3,000 and 9,000 cannabis farms––have led Gov. Jerry Brown to declare a state of emergency. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, more than two dozen member farms of Allen's CGA have been destroyed by the flames. And it's not like weed farms are covered by property insurance in the same way a winery or grape growing collective may be.
The weed that remains when the fires are finally quelled could potentially face a massive decline in value.
"A lot of cannabis will be tainted with smoke. It is pretty easy to identify smoky bud by the smell. It will lose a lot of value," Allen told the East Bay Express. "Contaminated products may be able to be remediated in the manufacturing process."
The fires come just before state regulators are set to release the rules and framework of the newly legal marketplace. This could potentially price even more farms out of existence or have those that remain tossing out crops that don't meet the state's reportedly rigorous testing standards.


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April Wilkner was a contestant on Cycle 2 of ANTM.
Born in Providence, Rhode Island, April Wilkner was a student of the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at New York University, where she graduated with a GPA of 3.95. She is Japanese, Irish, Scottish, German and Welsh. She can fluently speak Japanese and French in addition to English.
As an aspiring model, she tried out for America's Next Top Model, Cycle 2 in 2003. She quickly became one of the 12 Finalists, but during the fashion show on the first week, April accidentally wore the wrong dress. Jenascia, another Finalist, was quick to rescue her. However, the following day, April failed to wake Jenascia up for their first photo shoot, causing their relationship to sour for awhile. She was eliminated on the ninth week because the judges thought she was too robotic and self-critical.
Since appearing on the show, April has worked with NY Models Management and has modeled for New Look and the July 2004 edition of Stuff Magazine. She has also appeared on the catwalk for ElleGirl Presents: Dare To Be You, Wal-Mart Meets America's Next Top Models 2005. In addition, April is the host of the internet talk show Talk Model, specifically created for America's Next Top Model.
In 2006 she spent six months in Hong Kong working in runway and print for Vivienne Westwood, Emporio Armani, Valentino, and shooting two editorials for COVER and Marie Claire magazines.
April is currently signed with Race Model Management and Wilhelmina Models in New York. At one time, she was signed with Starz People LTd. in Asia and Race Model Management in NYC.
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28 Responses to "April Wilkner"
July 10, 2010 at 8:17 pm
April deicided to work.
August 26, 2010 at 1:50 am
You're beautiful and strong; don't forget it.
September 7, 2010 at 12:35 pm
I really like her. I hope Tyra will look for more Asian-aspiring models because I think they do have great qualities as a top models.
October 30, 2010 at 7:37 pm
Beautiful, sophisticated… And she looks like Nigel Barker's wife! XD
November 30, 2010 at 12:29 am
Very unique beauty.
February 7, 2011 at 4:49 am
I was very disappointed when she said that she wasn't sure of being Asian. It sucked really bad because she had more Asian quality in her than I do. I am Asian, but every time people see me, they think I'm white. But I am proud to say that I'm Asian. Both of my parents are Asian; typical black hair, brown eyes and so on, but I was born light blonder brown hair, skin totally white, but I am still proud to say that I am Asian all the way.
August 2, 2011 at 7:07 am
April is not Asian, she's Eurasian. Calling her Asian is like calling her White, which no one would ever do, would they? I think it's sad that people keep making Eurasians pick a side and see them in halves. She is not simply one half, she is both halves!
July 10, 2012 at 10:58 pm
If you want to use the term 'Eurasian,' then you're grouping both together and every European is Eurasian and every Middle Easterner, every Eastern Asian is Eurasian. You can consider yourself Asian and Black, or Asian and European. Just because you're not completely Asian, doesn't mean you're not at all. Personally, I'd be sad if my kids didn't consider themselves Asian even if their father is Caucasian.
It is fair to say that she is not 'just' Asian, just as people who are half-black aren't just black, but society will see them and say, "oh that's a black chick." Even Tiger Woods, who self-identifies as a 'Cablinasian,' is considered black. I never hear people talk about him as that 'half-thai golfer.'
March 12, 2012 at 3:18 am
Good for you, but that´s how you feel, not April. As a person with parents from two vastly different countries I can tell you it´s not that simple. I grew up around people from both cultures, was taught a lot about both cultures and I couldn´t possibly pick one over the other. People kept pushing April to admit she´s asian, but that´s really not all there is to her, is it? She´s biracial and she was born and raised in the USA. Yes a part of her heritage is Asia, but I think her attitude about this is completely understandable and I felt bad for her when she was accused of dishonesty in this.
September 16, 2012 at 10:18 am
April was not disappointed in being Asian. It's hard for an asian to make it in the model industry. She was just sadden that everyone only see one part of her and not the other. I'm half Asian and I'm proud of it. April was proud to be Asian. If she wasn't then she would be dissing her parents. It was taking out of context and editing played a big part in it.
March 2, 2011 at 6:37 pm
She's done so well. Good for her. I loved her on the show.
March 7, 2011 at 8:42 am
Beautiful, but too hard looking for my liking. Bet she's a tough cookie.
April 5, 2011 at 3:52 am
I'd marry that woman in a heartbeat. She's perfect in every way. Amazing model beauty, fantastic personality and all round nice but uber sexy person.
Yep… please send her my way!
April 21, 2011 at 12:27 pm
nigel barker has a crush on her. and i luv her !!
July 4, 2011 at 12:07 pm
I am the only one who thinks that she has a weird looking mouth/lips? I think that she has done well – good for her.
July 23, 2011 at 3:45 am
Она очень красивая……… Мне она сразу понравилась, но все равно я болела за Yoanna=)))) Я бы была рада если б она была в финале…
August 18, 2011 at 10:36 pm
she looks like Maggie q ^^
October 21, 2011 at 9:49 pm
Her beauty reminds me of Maggie Q. I don't think it's just coz they're both Asian but I think it's because they both exude toughness.
November 16, 2011 at 1:07 pm
I adore April. Looking at her photos, I see that it's true that she should work on her range facially. Her everything else is superstar. Kudos to a top model in progress.
April 4, 2012 at 11:35 pm
she nice!
April 24, 2012 at 6:13 pm
April and Maggie Q should do something on Nikita
May 3, 2012 at 7:21 pm
She has one of the most beautiful faces I've seen on ANTM.
July 23, 2012 at 8:13 pm
She is EXTREMELY forgettable. I could care less for her photos.
September 16, 2012 at 10:13 am
April is my favorite ANTM ever. She was simply the best. She won almost all the competitions. She is strong and beautiful. The judges didn't give her enough credit. She deserve to win but, sadly didn't. In my books she is one of the best model on ANTM history.
December 29, 2012 at 10:35 am
She is so stunning that she takes my breath away.j
May 23, 2013 at 5:56 am
She's pretty, but not amazing. There are better models.
September 28, 2013 at 12:31 pm
At times she is hot and sexy then other times she is not so photogenic. She needs that glow of being in love! Instead of looking like she just gone through a bad brake up……cheers!


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Home > For Physicians > Newsletter > PAST ISSUES > 2013 > March/April 2013 > Best NICU in the Northland
Partnership with Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics Offers the Best of Both Worlds
The last thing a pediatrician wants to do with babies born premature or sick is shuttle them around from hospital to hospital. Until North Kansas City opened its private room neonatal intensive care unit and staffed it with specially trained nurses, nurse practitioners and neonatologists, pediatricians had to transfer sick newborns and frail preemies downtown to Children's Mercy Hospital for treatment. To ease this process for pediatricians and families, North Kansas City Hospital partnered with Children's Mercy Hospital to offer the only Level III neonatal intensive care nursery in the Northland.
"We really wanted to help doctors provide the highest possible care for sick babies right here in the Northland," explains Michele Malone, Director of Women's Services and Nursing Excellence, the nurse leader who oversaw the establishment of this higher level of service for neonates. "Our goal was to create an environment that promotes growth, healing, and wellness, and we've certainly achieved that with the NICU."
Now, sick newborns can get the specialized, round-the-clock care they would get at Children's Mercy Hospital without leaving the Hospital. The Hospital also accepts babies born elsewhere but who need the care we offer.
"The partnership between North Kansas City Hospital and Children's Mercy Hospital spans many years. With the opening of the NICU, Children's Mercy Hospital neonatologists are on site each and every day. In addition, Children's Mercy Hospital Neonatal Nurse Practitioners (NNPs) are onsite 24/7 providing specialized care to newborns in the NICU, as well as supporting deliveries of infants who need varying degrees of resuscitation at birth," explains Steven L. Olsen, MD, who serves as chief of neonatology through the partnership with Children's Mercy Hospital.
Plus, it's not just the doctors and nurses in the NICU who have specialized training.
"Everyone who works in the NICU – including people in nursing, respiratory therapy, radiology, the lab, and the pharmacy receive extensive additional training in caring for very sick newborns," says Malone. "Even the environmental services and housekeeping crew receive special training and have strict protocol for infection prevention."
This arrangement allows Hospital pediatricians and nurses to collaborate with some of the best specialists in the country.
"Children's Mercy Hospital neonatologists are available to pediatricians 24 hours a day for consultations, with many being offered during daily rounds in the NICU. These consults range from formal patient evaluations to "curb-side" questions about various issues," says Dr. Olsen.
The neonatologists also advise the obstetrical group about high risk pregnant mothers and can be a resource for emergency medicine physicians in code type events. The neonatologists and nurse practitioners often meet face-to-face with expectant mothers to discuss anticipated neonatal problems.
In addition to these benefits, the Hospital also offers certain amenities for families not available anywhere else in Kansas City. These include 18 private rooms, a sleeper chair in each room, and our Guest Quarters program, which offers families affordable overnight accommodations in the Hospital.
Overall, the partnership gives pediatricians all the tools they need to send babies home.
"We look forward to many more years of partnership with the Hospital in bringing specialized newborn intensive care to the Northland," says Dr. Olsen.
Meritas Health continues to expand services by adding new physicians and increasing appointment availability. We now also accept Medicaid. Our practices include:
Heartland Women's Health Care
Myers, Fitch & Riojas Women's Clinic
Both offices are located on the hospital campus in the Pavilion, and deliver at the Hospital.
Steven L. Olsen, M.D.
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Wednesday, October 7, 2015
jUDDI v3.3.1 release!
This release fixes a few bugs and introduces the jUDDI command line client. Enjoy!
Tuesday, August 4, 2015
jUDDI 3.3.0 Release
Today, we have released jUDDI version 3.3.0! This version contains a number of bug fixes and offer's enhanced functionality in the user interface for interacting with tModels. This release resolved a incredible 63 jiras. The release notes are accessible here: Release Notes
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Here are some highlights for this version 3.3.0
- Implementation of UDDIv3 Replication API and completed implementation of the Custody Transfer API
- juddi-gui, numerous enhancements, service editor was redesigned to help make binding editing easier and simpler, more i18n work and security fixes
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- More administrative UI capabilities
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Migrate SQL Server Instances Easily Using PowerShell
Manual migration of SQL Server instances are nightmarish. You have to find out each and every login credentials, user mappings, Jobs, etc. Then you have to detach-attach the databases, again create all logins, create mappings, resolve schema related issues, and recreate the jobs, so and so. The process requires a lot of cooperation and support from the application team. But they may have other priorities and there can be some documentation problem too. The downtime is such a scenario will be prolonged and there will be uncertainties too. In a multi-tenant environment, putting all those bits together is just next to impossible.
Chrissy LeMaire has contributed a set of PowerShell scripts to Microsoft Community towards simplifying the process remarkably and reduce downtime in the process. We should really thank her for the excellent contribution towards Microsoft Community as it makes life much easier now for SQL Server admins.
Get the script from the URL – https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/Use-PowerShell-to-Migrate-86c841df. If you simply want to migrate everything from the source SQL server instance, you may invoke the script like the following manner –
.\Start-SqlServerMigration.ps1 -Source old_sqlserver\old_instance -Destination new_sqlserver\new_instance -DetachAttach -ReAttach -Everything
The above script re-attach the databases on the source server to let you compare the newly migrated instance with the source instance. This script support both SQL Server and Windows credentials. If everything goes well, the execution of the script will go like the ones shown below.


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The CBP-5 PowerTorque Crank and BB tool was designed by Park Tool to work in conjunction with the CBP-3 tool to remove Campagnolo PowerTorque cranksets and bearings. Use this tool to remove cranksets and bearings on PowerTorque crankset and bottom bracket bearings for service. A must for any Campy toolbox.
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(from the Bay State Banner February 15, 1967)
A large white family lives high on Fort Hill in Roxbury. Like the black community around it, it is committed to changing the American social system.
The family is actually a community of families. Boston's young people call them the leaders of the Hippies, but to themselves they are simply "The Hill People." Their goal is to find freedom for themselves, and to set a model for young white Americans.
A year and a half ago the first settlers moved to the hill and began to restore dilapidated homes for their families. Now there are almost a dozen couples with a total of 19 children, as well as a number of single men and women.
The Hill People have restored a half dozen houses at little expense by doing the work themselves. They have ripped out walls and salvaged furnishings and wall sections and ornate doors from abandoned homes. Furnishings are heavy velvet curtains, old-time chairs and sofas with lace throws, oriental rugs, and fine old musical instruments.
A round wooden table which can seat 2 dozen people entirely fills the Given's dining room. Often the whole group assembles here for meals of home baked bread, vegetables, fish and salads prepared by several of the women.
Life on the hill is frugal — there are few phones, cars are old and heat is provided only by wood-burning stoves. For food, the group goes to Haymarket on Saturday nights as the vendors are leaving and collects what is left. "At first the merchants used to call us 'damn gypsies' and destroy the leftovers. But now they even save stuff for us. They realize we're just like them," explains Lew Crampton.
The community supports itself as best it can. When money is needed several members get temporary work. Now their newspaper, the "Avatar," is helping to pay some of their expenses.
But living without financial security is an important part of the philosophy of the Hill People. They believe that what they need they will find, and that their security comes in living for the moment at hand.
"This is a way of life where you do away with everything except the moment," says Faith Gude. "The secret is to lose everything. I have to become everything that's going to happen. And then, the thing that happens is you. That is not something you can lose." Astrology has had a strong influence on the entire community. "Astrology gives us a special language to use with each other," explained Faith Gude. "We say, 'She's a Scorpio with a Cancer moon', and everyone knows what kind of character that means. They also know the problems the person probably has.
"Astrology doesn't give you the answers. It only shows you what you are really like, and what your alternatives are. The choice of how you'll behave is up to you."
Visitors to the Hill are astounded by the good behavior of the children. The parents are strict disciplinarians, yet are seriously concerned with teaching their children to express themselves. "The children are beautiful," says Mrs. Dorothy Muller, a neighbor. "They are good-tempered and responsive. Last year they helped me plant my garden."
The Hill People have a number of projects to their credit: a movie house for experimental films (Cinematheque), a discotheque (The Boston Tea Party), a corporation to handle business projects (United Illuminating Inc.), and the famous underground newspaper, Avatar. Recently they showed experimental films they had made at an Avatar benefit. In March they will give a service at the Arlington St. Church.
Those who have survived the challenge of community life are all recognized artists or professionals. Jim Kweskin is leader of the Jug Band, David Gude an accomplished recording engineer, and Eben Given an artist. Lew Crampton is an Asian scholar and political organizer, Brian Keating an artist and former professor of English and George Pepper a photographer and film-maker. Mel Lyman, the community's patriarch, is a musician, film-maker, writer and astrologer and has lived in most of America's avant-grade communities.
The Hill People have also become involved in the Roxbury community. Faith Gude is working with Hawthorne House on the school. Lew Crampton works closely with Model Cities and the Highland Park Council (HPC) and was a district manager in the Atkins campaign.
As a senatorial candidate for the upcoming election, he has drawn up proposals for the betterment of the wards in his district. His 7-page proposal to HPC includes recommendations for easing housing problems, for working with the Model Cities Board, for forming a non-profit private housing corporation, and for improving municipal services, recreation, law enforcement, education and health.
Despite their involvement in Roxbury, the group does not identify with the black community. "Black power is beautiful, man, and it's good for Negroes to do their thing," says Ed Fox. "But we're into our own scene. They're parallel movements."
Last Spring the group beautified the park area around the Fort Hill monument, spreading loam and planting seed beds. Their effort has interested the BRA in taking over the beautification project itself.
For the Hill People Mel Lyman is the spokesman of the soul. He gives them spiritual direction, and initiates and guides the group's many projects. Most of all, he challenges the ideas and attitudes of each individual, and demands honesty in their responses.
Lew Crampton is their spokesman for outsiders. He is concerned that the group be a model for others. "The country is hungry for leadership," he says, "and for something that is clean, honest, and real."
"The model is strength. We teach an individual to live his life with a total awareness of what he is doing so he can be a model for others."
Many people trundle up Fort Avenue to make contact with the Hill People. Some of the visitors are dismayed and say the people talk in riddles. But other visitors say they talk with insight, out of love.


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There was a weird incident today. A "mental health crisis response team" rang the doorbell. My parents didn't answer. They left a note, indicating they want me to call them, and that my ex-therapist referred me to them. Naturally, the note totally freaked out my parents.
My attitude is "If those murderers want to talk to me, they have to get a search warrant." I don't see any benefit to talking to them. I told my parents that I don't want to talk to them.
Since they didn't come with police in tow, I'm assuming they had no court order demanding I talk to them. If I talk to them, and the interviewer concludes "FSK is sick!", then I fall under their jurisdiction. Therefore, I should not talk to them.
I thought that when I meet with my therapist, I'm protected by privacy laws? My therapist should *NOT* be complaining to the State "FSK needs to be involuntarily hospitalized! FSK needs to be forced to take drugs!" If my therapist is going to do such things, that defeats the entire purpose of having a therapist.
I wonder if they can get a court order demanding I be hospitalized, based solely on the lies of my ex-therapist? I thought that meeting with a therapist is supposed to be private?
My ex-therapist said "FSK, you need drugs. If you refuse to take them, you're not allowed to visit this clinic anymore." My response was "Fine! Goodbye! I'll find another doctor in my health insurance plan!" (I haven't found a new doctor yet, but I didn't tell my ex-therapist that.)
My ex-therapist then offered a referral. I thought about it, and decided I wanted her to give it to me over the phone. There was no need to visit her for that. I canceled my next appointment, citing the futility of seeing her just to get a referral. She refused to give the referral over the phone. My response, again, was "Fine! Goodbye! I'll find someone else!"
My ex-therapist probably didn't tell her boss what happened. She probably lied and told her boss that I didn't show up to my appointment and had mysteriously disappeared. That's probably why she referred me to the "crisis intervention team". My ex-therapist may merely be acting in CYA mode, and not be a real threat to me.
Anyway, I managed to convince my parents "FSK should not call those murderers back." My ex-therapist had the opportunity to refer me to another doctor, and declined.
My father made an interesting observation. He said "The therapist's other patients were all doped up and totally complacent. FSK was asking his therapist tough questions. The therapist asked her boss what to do. The boss didn't want to be responsible, so she said 'Tell FSK to take drugs!' or 'Tell FSK he can't see you anymore!'"
My mother said "This proves your ex-therapist cared about you. She called the police after she told you that she didn't want you to see her anymore!" My father pointed out the obvious fallacy. She was a bad therapist. I fired her. She called the "crisis intervention center" in CYA mode, because she didn't want to admit to her boss what had happened.
Later, one of the murderers called me. I tried explaining to the murderer that my ex-therapist was behaving unreasonably, but she didn't get it. I explained to them that I didn't need their help and that I didn't want them to contact me again. I wonder if they're going to come back with police?
This is very annoying. Hopefully, this will be the last I hear from them.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Is My Ex-Therapist Stalking Me?
There was a weird incident today. A "mental health crisis response team" rang the doorbell. My parents didn't answer. They left a note, indicating they want me to call them, and that my ex-therapist referred me to them. Naturally, the note totally freaked out my parents.
Posted by FSK at 3:30 PM
15 comments:
Just don't freak out on them so they won't have an excuse to subject you to involuntary commitment and the like.
I don't know your circumstances, but getting in touch with the psychiatrist crowd in the first place was probably a mistake.
- January 21, 2009 at 6:07 PM
Consider flight. You're on a list, and they will be back.
- January 21, 2009 at 6:25 PM
- FSK said...
The fallacy of "run away" is:
- There's no place for me to go.
- My parents would resist my involuntary hospitalization when I'm otherwise not manic. My parents would resist losing me to murderers.
I'm leaning towards "They won't be back.", but you never know. If they were going to call the police and have me involuntarily hospitalized, they would have done so by now.
A psychiatrist interviewing someone will always conclude "The victim needs to be involuntarily hospitalized." The key is to stay out of the mental ward admission unit in the first place.
I've already decided "I'm not talking to them unless forced to violently."
I could tell by talking to the murderer on the phone for a minute or two that she was an idiot.
- January 21, 2009 at 6:33 PM
Your level of intelligence causes some of this problem I think. Therapists find it impossible to convince you by talking - since you can outwit them using reason and logic. I believe your best bet is to discuss this matter as rationally and calmly as you can with your parents. If your parents think that you are better off without these people in your lives then they may assist you.
- January 21, 2009 at 6:59 PM
- FSK said...
A more accurate statement is "My therapists/psychiatrists are used to using NLP and other pro-State brainwashing tactics. I am resistant."
Most people say "My therapist/psychiatrist is an expert. I bow to your State-licensed authority!" I say "Your advice contradicts my direct personal experience. Therefore, you are an idiot."
I've convinced my parents "In the special case of FSK, drugs might not be appropriate." They see that I'm doing fine now. They don't get "The psychiatry industry is one big fraud."
Actually, I noticed another really weird thing. Do you know how you stretch reflexively after you wake up? I did that this morning, and I just realized **I HAVEN'T DONE THAT FOR 3+ YEARS!!** That's a symptom of withdrawal (drugs wearing off) that's only visible now, a year since the last time I was involuntarily hospitalized.
Mentally, I feel nearly fully recovered, and stronger than when I was first hospitalized. The only way to be sure is to wait and see what happens.
- January 21, 2009 at 7:05 PM
any chance that they're on to your blog? i know that seems crazy, but is there any chance? having experienced some of this same stuff, please be careful when you interact with them. remember, there's a dungeon and guns at their disposal whenever they feel like it.
- January 21, 2009 at 8:23 PM
- FSK said...
I mentioned my blog to my two ex-therapists (both the good one and the evil one). Neither of them ever expressed any interest in reading it. I think I never gave them the URL.
The common explanation is the most likely one. My ex-therapist probably lied to her boss about what happened. She probably told her boss that I mysteriously stopped coming to meetings, rather than that I fired her.
She explicitly told me "If FSK refuses to take drugs, he's not allowed at this clinic anymore." She may have been bluffing/lying, but why should I continue seeing a dishonest therapist?
- January 21, 2009 at 11:21 PM
Are you a minor or what? Being a minor exposed to psychiatry sucks a lot :/
My experience is that a therapist/psychiatrist/whatever has at best the same information about your life as you do and thus can't come up with a better life-changing scenario than you alone could.
The psychiatry establishment keeps inventing new "diseases", e.g. asperger's, ADHD. It's a load of bull, existing solely to fill the pockets of pharmaceutical companies.
FWIW, antidepressants have a nasty withdrawal, but it passes after a few weeks or so. What have you been taking, anyway?
- January 21, 2009 at 11:42 PM
- FSK said...
Actually, I'm 34 years old. After being involuntarily hospitalized the first time, I moved back in with my parents and they still treat me like a child. I'm working on regaining my independence.
I agree that my psychiatrists/therapists don't know anything useful. I did have one good therapist. I feel good about my decision to fire my therapist and not hire a new one (yet).
I consider it a proven fact that the "chemical imbalance" theory of mental illness is one big fraud.
I wasn't taking anti-depressants. I was forced to take anti-psychotics, which are much worse. The physical withdrawal is only a few weeks, but a year later, I'm still noticing that I'm slowly recovering my pre-illness abilities. I estimate the full withdrawal period for anti-psychotic drugs to be a year or longer, based on my personal observations.
- January 21, 2009 at 11:59 PM
- fritz said...
Just keep your cool FSK,,That's the most important. As long as your folks can tell you are ok they will be ok. I want you to check out this site, you might know it already www.Barefootsworld.net its about sui juris and more...
I don't think they can take you against your will...Just play it cool and don't get your self worked up or your parents..
Good luck
- January 22, 2009 at 1:56 AM
I didn't think it could get any worse once I found out that the psychiatry industry is in the business of tricking vulnerable people into medicating themselves and their children out of their cognitive thinking abilities.
Now it seems that even talking to a therapist is a dangerous proposition, because they suddenly get power over your life and death.
Even if the number of genuinely helpful therapists outnumbers the number of unhelpful ones, the (hopefully) tiny chance of running into a megalomaniac who's willing to violently impose drugs on you seems like a significant risk.
As an aside, it's good to see that your father had at least a partially positive reaction to the situation.
- January 22, 2009 at 12:31 PM
- eagledove9 said...
I have something to say about this incident: I... AM... FURIOUS!!! That was NOT appropriate for them to come knocking on your door, ESPECIALLY when they know that you live with your parents and are therefore being supported and watched by someone all of the time, so that YOUR PARENTS could make a phone call themselves if THEY thought there was a problem. No need for anybody to approach your house and knock on the door. Again, TOTALLY INAPPROPRIATE. I am so angry that I wish YOU could call the police ON THE THERAPIST, but I have a feeling that would go badly.
Anybody in New York willing to let FSK move in with them?
- January 22, 2009 at 1:36 PM
- FSK said...
I agree that my ex-therapist is guilty of neglecting her professional responsibility. What I say to her in private is supposed to be private. My ex-therapist should *NOT* be calling the police saying "FSK should be involuntarily hospitalized!" or "FSK should be forcibly drugged!"
My ex-therapist probably lied to her boss about what happened. She probably told her boss that I just mysteriously stopped coming to meetings. My ex-therapist said "Either FSK takes the drugs, or FSK is not allowed to see me anymore." My response was "Fine! Goodbye!"
I agree that this whole incident proves "It's not safe to hire a State-licensed therapist." If you have a disagreement with your therapist, your therapist may turn you in to the State.
I don't think it's necessary for me to move out right now. My father said "The only way they get to interview FSK is if they come with police and a search warrant." The police probably will side with my parents if they say "FSK is fine right now."
If the murderers were going to assault me, they probably would have come back by now. On the other hand, State bureaucracy moves slowly. If they're starting legal proceedings against me without my consent, that could take awhile. On the other hand, my therapist would be guilty of perjury if she did that.
My ex-therapist is protected by sovereign immunity. It is not practical for me to sue her for malpractice or otherwise file a complaint against her.
It would have been a mistake to let the psychiatrist see me. He had already concluded, before coming to see me, that I needed to be forcibly drugged. Once I let him interview me, I fall under his jurisdiction.
Also, this "crisis response team" was from Coney Island Hospital, where a woman recently died in the mental admissions ward. My parents know from several other sources "Coney Island Hospital is evil!" (They also murdered my grandfather, my father's father.)
- January 22, 2009 at 1:51 PM
Don't talk to these people anymore. Once they have shown that they do not have your best interests in mind, you cannot trust them. Any communication with you exposes you to the possibility of them being able to get away with using force.
Anyone from that clinic or that team should only talk to your parents or a lawyer.
This is a case where you want to have a proxy. (And don't think of it as being irresponsible, this is being responsible.)
They can't say your parents are unbalanced and try to get them committed... and your parents won't give them ammo.....
- January 23, 2009 at 3:10 AM
Sounds like a therapist/patient relationship and the therapist does not want to lose control over the patient. Sounds like you are redefining your role as someone other than the "patient" and its now a perp/victim situation. Tell them not to contact you once, any kind of contact after your request simply to be left alone is harassment. Call the police and press harassment charges anytime you are contacted after you request no further contact by the therapist, any agency referred by the therapist, or anyone having anything to do with the therapist, its a simple criminal misdemeanor, regardless of the therapists professional opinion, after you say leave you alone. Lastly, you can not be forcibly placed in psychiatric care unless you are deemed a threat to yourself or others. If you are forced into psychiatric care, SUE, and be sure to bring all your documented harassment to court with you. These people are solely about making money, has nothing to do with your health, so make it a money thing. First, press criminal charges, then sue for every criminal act in both criminal and civil court. Good luck.
- February 27, 2009 at 12:54 PM


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