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Playing with Hugh
Or, rather, hue (and contrast, and saturation etc.). All these taken in the past week or two. Click for real size, which is big, btw.
I call this one “very close to fall”.

Oregon Rainforest- Silver Creek trail

Ground Foliage

“General Pictures, Sir!”

From:
MindFreedom Oregon News Alert – Please Forward
http://www.mindfreedom.org/oregon

MindFreedom International News – 22 October 2009
Ray Alert [...]

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So, this is a view of the construction area on the site of the demolished sections of the old J Complex at Oregon State Hospital. Some parts that are not yet demolished are in the foreground. The walls coming up in back are going to be the “ABC” (Acute Behavioral Care?) section of the new [...]

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Just sharing-
1 May 2009 – This Friday!
State Capitol Rotunda, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
May Day for Ray: Protest Forced Electroshock of Ray Sandford
Join MindFreedom International in protesting the ongoing forced 
outpatient electroshock of Ray Sandford of Minnesota wherever you 
live: Vigil, write letters to the editor, speak out! If you can get 
to Minneapolis/St. Paul you can join MindFreedom [...]

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From the Washington Post:
A Silenced Drug Study Creates An Uproar
By Shankar Vedantam
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, March 18, 2009; A01
 
The study would come to be called “cursed,” but it started out just as Study
15.
It was a long-term trial of the antipsychotic drug Seroquel. The common wisdom
in psychiatric circles was that newer drugs were far better than [...]

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It’s been a while since I posted information from MFI or other mental health consumer discussion, so, here, from old to newer; have a full bowl-

NY Times says minor reform is not enough, but stops short of calling
for what is needed: Laws that criminalize extreme psychiatric
corruption. Please forward. See BOTTOM for actions, including
nonviolent protest, you [...]

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Buddhist Video
The Wandering Mind – Andrea Fella Audio Dharma ; Insight Meditation Center ; Andrea Fella
go here.

PORTS
This from Mike’s blog, New Directions:

Peer Operated Recovery Treatment and Support (PORTS)
A Mental Health Recovery Model
Developed by Michael Hlebechuk

PORTS is a mental health self-directed care model that combines mental health brokerage services with a peer [...]

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First, a listing of events from MindFreedom News:
Listing of activities, conferences and gatherings related to MindFreedom International directly or indirectly.

Title
Description
Start Date
End Date
Location

Join our parade entry in the Eugene Celebration to change mental health!
March with us for choice in the mental health system at the 2008 Eugene Celebration parade! Mad pride!
2008-09-13 08:30
2008-09-13 11:00
Eugene, [...]

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VIGIL TO MOURN THE LOSS OF MS. ESMIN ELIZABETH GREEN AND CONDEMN
VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS
July 25, 2008 VIGIL and Demonstration – Kings County Hospital
Center, Building G, New York, USA
Please POST/ Forward
WE THE PEOPLE
Contact: Lauren J. Tenney, MA, MPA, Psychiatric Survivor FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE Cell: 516-319-4295
e-mail: lauren@theopalproject.org
website: http://www.theopalproject.org
http://tinyurl.com/green-vigil
WE THE PEOPLE Call for an End of Abuse, Torture, [...]

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