diff --git a/interface/resources/qml/hifi/Desktop.qml b/interface/resources/qml/hifi/Desktop.qml
index 3e6e5b6764..7857eda3c2 100644
--- a/interface/resources/qml/hifi/Desktop.qml
+++ b/interface/resources/qml/hifi/Desktop.qml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ OriginalDesktop.Desktop {
         // Literal 50 is overwritten by settings from previous session, and sysToolbar.x comes from settings when not constrained.
         x: sysToolbar.x
         y: 50
-        shown: false
+        shown: true
     }
 
     Settings {
diff --git a/interface/resources/qml/hifi/toolbars/Toolbar.qml b/interface/resources/qml/hifi/toolbars/Toolbar.qml
index f80e0f8c14..9015c026b0 100644
--- a/interface/resources/qml/hifi/toolbars/Toolbar.qml
+++ b/interface/resources/qml/hifi/toolbars/Toolbar.qml
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ Window {
         id: content
         implicitHeight: horizontal ? row.height : column.height
         implicitWidth: horizontal ? row.width : column.width
-        property bool wasVisibleBeforeBeingPinned: false
 
         Row {
             id: row
@@ -62,18 +61,6 @@ Window {
         }
 
         Component { id: toolbarButtonBuilder; ToolbarButton { } }
-
-        Connections {
-            target: desktop
-            onPinnedChanged: {
-                if (desktop.pinned) {
-                    content.wasVisibleBeforeBeingPinned = window.visible;
-                    window.visible = false;
-                } else {
-                    window.visible = content.wasVisibleBeforeBeingPinned;
-                }
-            }
-        }
     }
 
 
@@ -136,10 +123,11 @@ Window {
         buttons.push(result);
 
         result.opacity = 1;
-        updatePinned();
 
         sortButtons();
 
+        shown = true;
+
         return result;
     }
 
@@ -149,24 +137,12 @@ Window {
             console.warn("Tried to remove non-existent button " + name);
             return;
         }
+
         buttons[index].destroy();
         buttons.splice(index, 1);
-        updatePinned();
 
         if (buttons.length === 0) {
-            fadeOut(function () {});
+            shown = false;
         }
     }
-
-    function updatePinned() {
-        var newPinned = false;
-        for (var i in buttons) {
-            var child = buttons[i];
-            if (child.pinned) {
-                newPinned = true;
-                break;
-            }
-        }
-        pinned = newPinned;
-    }
 }
diff --git a/libraries/audio/src/AudioInjector.h b/libraries/audio/src/AudioInjector.h
index 2abc445034..7d57708738 100644
--- a/libraries/audio/src/AudioInjector.h
+++ b/libraries/audio/src/AudioInjector.h
@@ -121,5 +121,6 @@ private:
     friend class AudioInjectorManager;
 };
 
+Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(AudioInjector*)
     
 #endif // hifi_AudioInjector_h
diff --git a/libraries/entities/src/EntityEditPacketSender.cpp b/libraries/entities/src/EntityEditPacketSender.cpp
index 00f85f5078..7845b0d5e3 100644
--- a/libraries/entities/src/EntityEditPacketSender.cpp
+++ b/libraries/entities/src/EntityEditPacketSender.cpp
@@ -60,8 +60,10 @@ void EntityEditPacketSender::queueEditAvatarEntityMessage(PacketType type,
 
     // the ID of the parent/avatar changes from session to session.  use a special UUID to indicate the avatar
     QJsonObject jsonObject = jsonProperties.object();
-    if (QUuid(jsonObject["parentID"].toString()) == _myAvatar->getID()) {
-        jsonObject["parentID"] = AVATAR_SELF_ID.toString();
+    if (jsonObject.contains("parentID")) {
+        if (QUuid(jsonObject["parentID"].toString()) == _myAvatar->getID()) {
+            jsonObject["parentID"] = AVATAR_SELF_ID.toString();
+        }
     }
     jsonProperties = QJsonDocument(jsonObject);
 
diff --git a/plugins/hifiKinect/src/KinectPlugin.cpp b/plugins/hifiKinect/src/KinectPlugin.cpp
index 8313ea0d49..72c7926ec1 100644
--- a/plugins/hifiKinect/src/KinectPlugin.cpp
+++ b/plugins/hifiKinect/src/KinectPlugin.cpp
@@ -228,7 +228,8 @@ void KinectPlugin::init() {
     {
         auto getter = [this]()->bool { return _enabled; };
         auto setter = [this](bool value) { 
-            _enabled = value; saveSettings(); 
+            _enabled = value; 
+            saveSettings(); 
             if (!_enabled) {
                 auto userInputMapper = DependencyManager::get<controller::UserInputMapper>();
                 userInputMapper->withLock([&, this]() {
@@ -240,9 +241,10 @@ void KinectPlugin::init() {
         preferences->addPreference(preference);
     }
     {
-        auto debugGetter = [this]()->bool { return _enabled; };
+        auto debugGetter = [this]()->bool { return _debug; };
         auto debugSetter = [this](bool value) {
-            _debug = value; saveSettings();
+            _debug = value;
+            saveSettings();
         };
         auto preference = new CheckPreference(KINECT_PLUGIN, "Extra Debugging", debugGetter, debugSetter);
         preferences->addPreference(preference);
@@ -573,8 +575,8 @@ void KinectPlugin::loadSettings() {
     QString idString = getID();
     settings.beginGroup(idString);
     {
-        // enabled
         _enabled = settings.value("enabled", QVariant(DEFAULT_ENABLED)).toBool();
+        _debug = settings.value("extraDebug", QVariant(DEFAULT_ENABLED)).toBool();
     }
     settings.endGroup();
 }
diff --git a/script-archive/controllers/kinectToAnimation.js b/script-archive/controllers/kinectToAnimation.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3965b4e4bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script-archive/controllers/kinectToAnimation.js
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+var handlerId = 0;
+
+var ikTypes = {
+    RotationAndPosition: 0,
+    RotationOnly: 1,
+    HmdHead: 2,
+    HipsRelativeRotationAndPosition: 3,
+    Off: 4
+};
+
+var MAPPING_NAME = "com.highfidelity.examples.kinectToAnimation";
+var mapping = Controller.newMapping(MAPPING_NAME);
+
+var recentLeftHand;
+var recentRightHand;
+var recentLeftFoot;
+var recentRightFoot;
+
+mapping.from(Controller.Hardware.Kinect.LeftHand).debug(true).to(function(pose) { recentLeftHand = pose; });
+mapping.from(Controller.Hardware.Kinect.RightHand).debug(true).to(function(pose) { recentRightHand = pose; });
+mapping.from(Controller.Hardware.Kinect.LeftFoot).debug(true).to(function(pose) { recentLeftFoot = pose; });
+mapping.from(Controller.Hardware.Kinect.RightFoot).debug(true).to(function(pose) { recentRightFoot = pose; });
+
+function init() {
+    var t = 0;
+    var propList = [
+        "leftHandType", "leftHandPosition", "leftHandRotation", "rightHandType", "rightHandPosition", "rightHandRotation",
+        "leftFootType", "leftFootPosition", "leftFootRotation", "rightFootType", "rightFootPosition", "rightFootRotation"
+    ];
+    handlerId = MyAvatar.addAnimationStateHandler(function (props) {
+
+        Vec3.print("recentRightHand.translation:", recentRightHand.translation);
+        Vec3.print("recentLeftHand.translation:", recentLeftHand.translation);
+        Vec3.print("recentRightFoot.translation:", recentRightFoot.translation);
+        Vec3.print("recentLeftFoot.translation:", recentLeftFoot.translation);
+
+        return {
+
+            rightHandType: ikTypes["RotationAndPosition"],
+            rightHandPosition: recentRightHand.translation,
+            rightHandRotation: recentRightHand.rotation,
+            leftHandType: ikTypes["RotationAndPosition"],
+            leftHandPosition: recentLeftHand.translation,
+            leftHandRotation: recentLeftHand.rotation,
+
+            rightFootType: ikTypes["RotationAndPosition"],
+            rightFootPosition: recentRightFoot.translation,
+            rightFootRotation: recentRightFoot.rotation,
+            leftFootType: ikTypes["RotationAndPosition"],
+            leftFootPosition: recentLeftFoot.translation,
+            leftFootRotation: recentLeftFoot.rotation,
+
+        };
+    }, propList);
+
+    Controller.enableMapping(MAPPING_NAME);
+}
+
+init();
+Script.scriptEnding.connect(function(){
+    MyAvatar.removeAnimationStateHandler(handlerId);
+    mapping.disable();
+});
+
+
+