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[55] Recurrent (2;2) and (2;8) Translocations in Rhabdomyosarcoma without the Canonical PAX-FOXO1 Fuse PAX3 to Members of the Nuclear Receptor Transcriptional Coactivator (NCOA) Family
JA Bridge, R Streblow, RW Frayer, P Dal Cin, A Rosenberg, A Meloni-Ehrig, J Sumegi. University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE; Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Quest Diagnostics Nichols Institute, Chantilly, VA
Background: The fusion oncoproteins PAX3-FOXO1 [t(2;13)(q35;q14)] and PAX7-FOXO1 [t(1;13)(p36;q14)] typify alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma (ARMS); however, 20-30% of cases lack these specific translocations.
Design: Cytogenetic and/or molecular characterization to include FISH, RT-PCR and sequencing analyses were conducted on four ARMS and one embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma (ERMS) exhibiting a 2q35 or PAX3 rearrangement but lacking a PAX-FOXO1 transcript.
Results: Novel, recurrent t(2;2)(p23;q35) or t(2;8)(q35;q13) translocations fusing PAX3 to NCOA1 or NCOA2 respectively were identified. The PAX3-NCOA1 and PAX3-NCOA2 transcripts encode chimeric proteins composed of the paired-box and homeodomain DNA-binding domains of PAX3, and the CID domain, the Q-rich region and the AD2 domain of NCOA1 or NCOA2. To investigate the biological function of these recurrent variant translocations, the coding regions of PAX3-NCOA1 and PAX3-NCOA2 cDNA constructs were introduced into expression vectors with tetracycline-regulated expression. Both fusion proteins showed transforming activity in the soft agar assay. Deletion of the AD2 portion of the PAX3-NCOA fusion proteins reduced the transforming activity of each chimeric protein. Similarly, but with greater impact, CID domain deletion fully abrogated the transforming activity of the chimeric protein.
Conclusions: These studies: (1) expand our knowledge of PAX3 variant translocations in RMS with identification of a novel PAX3-NCOA2 fusion; (2) show that both PAX3-NCOA1 and PAX3-NCOA2 represent recurrent RMS rearrangements; (3) confirm the transforming activity of both translocation events and demonstrate the essentiality of intact AD2 and CID domains for optimal transforming activity; and, (5) provide alternative approaches (FISH and RT-PCR) for detecting PAX-NCOA fusions in nondividing cells of RMS. The latter could potentially be utilized as aids in diagnostically challenging cases.
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Hi everyone
I just wanted to quickly say thank you for my other post in which I introduced myself. I came home from work today around 9 20 pm, and upon entering my apartment, I could clearly hear loud bass coming through my floor and walls. I was outraged, and scared. I called the landlord immediately and said there was loud noise coming from somewhere. She said she would go check. I waited 30 minutes but nothing happened. I called again after I figured out it was the apartment below me (no one had been there all summer, so we had it quiet). She told me that if she couldn't hear it from the hallway, she couldn't do anything. I'm just...scared now.
I have panic attacks when I hear certain noises - especially bass speakers and really loud music. My heart races, I get really shaky and can't focus, and I get really upset. As I put in my other post, my apartment lease says "Minimum noise at all times, especially between 11pm - 8 am" and "No parties of any kind"... And they told us they were very strict with the rules! :( If this continues over the next few months or what have you, I will not be able to focus. I can't do that with the noise. What do I do? :( |
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- Posted by talley_sue_nyc (My Page) on Thu, Sep 7, 06 at 9:41
you ask the landlord to come in to your home and listen to the noise, and feel the vibration through the chair. And before that, you go downstairs and knock on your neighbor's door and say, "I'm sorry, but the floors are really thin, and the bass from your stereo is making things in my apartment vibrate. i really need you to turn it down." Don't say much at first about panic attacks to your neighbor--it'll make you sound hypersensitive and therefore less credible. And you ask at your college's medical-care-for-students center about getting some coaching/counseling that will help you reduce this panic-attack thing, because it's getting in the way of your life now, and it's time to stop just accepting it as "a part of you that's a given." It's time to start defining it as "something that's bothering me and I want to fix it, or reduce it." |
Hey Talley Thank you for the reply...I appreciate it a lot :) |
First, regarding your panic attacks, i'd like to recommend a book for you. It's called "The Anxiety Cure: An Eight-Step Program for Getting Well" and it's available at Amazon. My husband has an anxiety disorder and he says this book was instrumental in helping him overcome it. It's important that you learn to recognize when noise is actually too loud and when you are being especially sensitive to it. I can sympathize - i am sensitive to noise myself. Over the years of apartment living i've had to learn how to ignore it unless it is very extreme. It can be done, and it should be done - if the noises are part of normal living and are appropriate to the time of day. Music at 9:20 pm... i personally try to keep the audio of my entertainment very low after 9pm, but i expect to hear my neighbors as late as 11pm. I've tried complaining - it irritates the landlord, it irritates the other tenant. Before you know it you are in the trenches in an Apartment War. That's not good for your nerves. Only complain if noise is extreme - pounding bass at 3am comes to mind. I know, it's not fair. You should be able to have peace and quiet without a lot of disruption from other tenants. But reality is that other tenants make noise, you yourself probably make more noise than you realize, and everyone also has a right to ~live~ in their apartments without having to tiptoe around all the time. The best policy i've found has been to learn to tolerate whatever i could, and politely request that the offenders change for what i couldn't. That doesn't always work - some people are extraordinarily selfish or they grew up in a noisy household and honestly don't realize that they are being loud. Also, regarding bass - those frequencies really travel. Sometimes it can seem louder in the apartment below or above, but seem perfectly reasonable from within their apartment. People who are fond of their bass are usually willing to elevate the subwoofers to get them off the floor, which helps a lot. During the daytime, your own music can help you not focus on it. You could also look into some good low frequency cancelling earplugs if you find yourself needing to sleep through it. |
Kate, your best bet is find a way to deal with the noise because noise happens everywhere. Your first step is find out why noise upsets you so much. This apartment is good for you because the rules say no noise between 11pm - 8 am and no parties at all. If you keep complaining about noise at 9:20pm the management will decide you are a complainer and just not renew your lease. Noise happens more without those rules so where will you be then? Get to counseling hun. |
Often to over come the things that cause a person to have panic attacks is to face them head on. The world is full of noises and its time to seek help dealing with this phobia. If you live in a paratment you can't expect to be quiet all the time. People have a right live also. rent a private house. |
I'm not a Dr. and have been lucky to not have any anxiety. Obviously it would be nice to cure that but I have no idea how or if this can be done. Check your states laws. You probably will be able to get out of your lease at any time since this is a medical issue. Problem is getting out of your lease may not work as this may be a quit building as far as renting goes. Call the landlord and explain how your anxiety works. Let them know that quite noises for others are very disturbing and trigger this with you. Invite the LL in next time the noise is happening. Ask the LL if this is a resonable request or not. If they won't fix it perhaps they will let you move out. For now perhaps turning on fans, radios, TV's will drown out some of the anxiety triggers. Best of luck..... I wish I could help you more. |
I understand. I have anxiety attacks too. I previously lived on the top floor where I barely heard anything. This will be my 1st year living beneath someone. It's currently vacant but not for long. I hope it will be ok. You got good advice here. I hope things work out. Please keep us posted. I wish you peace :) Mrs. C. |
This is to the OP, I had the same exact problem as you. My first apartment was a first floor apartment. I lived beneath a family of elephants and I can't even begin to describe to you the dread I would feel when I would have to go home and hear them stomping around above me. It got to the point where I would bang on the ceiling with a broom. I know, it's not the best way to handle the situation but I was growing so frustrated with these ignorant idiots that I was at a loss for what to do. Finally, I decided to move. My second (and current) apartment was a second floor (I swore I would never live beneath anyone again). Unfortunately, I had the bad luck of living above a couple who had surround sound. The soound of the bass would come through the ceiling and like you, I would start to feel panicy and very nervous when I would hear it. This is NOT abnormal. It is reaction to feeling like someone is invading in on your space. In my opinion, if it is loud enough to be heard in someone else's apartment, it is TOO LOUD! Don't let the people on here make you think it is you, it's not. It's a normal reaction to have, I had the same exact one. I was ecstatic when my landlord told me they were moving out. I had a friend who was looking to move (she had a neighbor who was giving her hell with, you guessed it, noise!!) and she now lives below me. It has been a dream ever since. We are considerate of each other and I have yet to hear a peep from them downstairs. I can't tell you what a pleasure it is to come home to QUIET.. Finally. I know this is a hard situation, and I hope you find some peace. |
- Posted by moonshadow (My Page) on Mon, Sep 25, 06 at 12:35
I'm going to address this from the panic attack perspective and nothing else. I'm quite surprised at some of the responses here. A little googling will produce a lot of info. Symptoms of a panic attack are not necessarily anxiety driven or a sign of being 'hypersensitive'. (Nor does being hypersentive make a person less credible. "Panic attacks are common. The Merck Manual reports that panic attacks occur in more than one-third of adults each year." Does that mean 33 1/3% of the adult population has less 'credibility' than the other 66 2/3 at any given time?) Panic attack symptoms mimic symptoms found in medical illnesses that include heart disease, asthma and hyperthyroidism. Also a number of physical disorders commonly co-occur with panic disorder, including Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Mitral Valve Prolapse (a cardiac condition) and Chronic Fatigue. Would strongly encourage you to visit a physician asap, tell him/her what is going on, and let a medical professional make an accurate diagnosis and rule out any physical problems like those mentioned above that might be causing your symptoms. Let him/her give you guidance as to your living situation. A physician will put that credibility factor in your favor. |
- Posted by catherinet (My Page) on Fri, Oct 6, 06 at 8:00
Hi everyone, I just did an interenet search on "anxiety attacks with certain noises", and it brought me here. I find this thread very interesting. Kate and you others with this problem, I can soooooo relate. I'm older now, but my whole life of living in apartments (and houses), has been a constant struggle with becoming totally overwhelmed with anxiety when I would hear sounds that I didn't want to be there. Now, we live out in the country on alot of land. You'd think it would be peaceful.....but it's not. Some of the neighbors behind our big woods ride several 4 wheelers, and it makes me crazy. I'm like this with barking dogs, traffic noise, and especially dirt bikes and 4 wheelers. Yes, I have fantastic hearing, and hear lots of things that others around me just filter out. It would be interesting to see if these feelings are similar to yours' too. I am actually considering seeing a psychologist for this very problem. Life is full of these kinds of things. Just recently, new people are buying the property next door, yet still other neighbors occasionally use their terribly loud dirt bikes, dogs are always barking, and now these people riding their 4wheelers through the woods (their woods). It's all constant. There might be a few days when it's really quiet.....but it's always going to be there. I can't spend my life dreading each day, having something like panic attacks every day. I'm not sure I have any good advice to give you, except to let you know that there are others like you out there, who just can't tolerate certain noises. Hopefully we can all find some sort of peace. |
- Posted by talley_sue_nyc (My Page) on Fri, Oct 6, 06 at 9:54
" It's actually ruining my life.......having such intense anxiety when there are sounds there that I don't want to be. ......I can't spend my life dreading each day, having something like panic attacks every day. ... It's a very curious problem, and I wish I didn't have it!! My life would be so much nicer without it." These points that catherinet made are behind my suggestion to our original poster, Kate, that she begin to seek out medical or psychological solutions to the anxiety as well as dealing with the noise problem itself. I don't think she should just "snap out of it" or that she's "hypersensitive." And I honestly didn't get that "impatience" sense from anybody else's posts, either. I'm sure her anxiety attacks are a real problem for her. But they are also making life difficult for her. And if there is ANY relief she can get, by seeking this sort of assistance (and I have enough respect for her description of her problem to assume that she WILL need help, that if she *could* 'snap out of it,' she would have by now), then she deserves it! because the rest of the world won't tiptoe around for her; she's going to have to find ways to be among it without having her life be miserable. And she does NOT deserve to be miserable. Unfortunately, the responsibility for seeking out that help, and pursuing it, is hers (I have asthma; *I* have to seek a doctor to help me with it; I can't expect the rest of the world to eliminate all dust mites). All the rest of us, who wish her well, can do is encourage her. And encourage catherinet, as well, to start w/ whatever medical assistance is available to her, and go from there. Your physician can help you assess medical causes or triggers, and can help you find psychiatrists or psychologists or counselors until you find someone that helps you improve. |
My question to catherinet and others with this problem is... Have you ever been to a large city like NYC with constant noise? If so since its constant does it bother you less, or is it intensified? If you have ever seen the movie Falling Down... in the begining of the movie in the traffic jam every noise, light etc is drving him over the edge. Not sure it the large city would be like that or not. I agree that anyone with these problems should seek medical/ psyc advice. I couldn't imagine living like that and I believe no matter where you move to there will always be disturbances. |
- Posted by catherinet (My Page) on Fri, Oct 6, 06 at 17:06
Hi nfllifer, I've always had a problem with noise.....even when I lived in town. Even when I was young. If the TV in the house was too loud, I just couldn't sleep. I couldnt' focus on homework if there were any sounds. It's gotten alot worse, as I age. In my next life, I'm going to be normal! :) |
- Posted by krustytopp (My Page) on Fri, Oct 6, 06 at 17:54
I do not get panic or anxiety attacks but noise definitely adversely affects my mood and ability to concentrate. I don't think there is any medical cure for such effects. It seems that a lot of people are bothered by noise, according to the study below: |
Here is a link that might be useful: Noise survey
- Posted by moonshadow (My Page) on Tue, Oct 10, 06 at 8:30
Just a thought, have you had your hearing checked? Not by one of those quicky tests, but a thorough evaluation by a good audiologist or an Ear/Nose/Throat M.D.? I know someone who got edgy around noise. More irritable than anxious, but "background noise" was definately a trigger. Turned out he had a slight (imperceptable to him) hearing impairment and something about mild nerve damage in the inner ear as well (that part was not detetected by a hearing test but by tests done by an ENT Dr.), it was throwing off his whole 'perception' of surroundings for lack of a better term. |
Hi: My name is Tom. I am 58 and livin ABOVE a young couple in my 1-BDRM apt. They like their music and it is not a volume issue but rather a bass/woffer thing. They do not over do it ... right after they moved in (several dys) I had to go down and rap on their door and ask them to turn it down. So far not bad. I am on SSD and spend my days at home. The location of their stero is directly below my recliner. Not good. My prespective is of a Viet Nam Veteran with P.T.S.D ... I am hyper-noise sensitive amoung other things. I have worked with my VA couselor and will continue to do so. My best advise is to try your BEST to deal with it as best you can. You always have an option to move or enter into a "Apt. War" ... not a good thing as these things can get out of hand with guys like me very fast. It is a problem ... I plan on speaking again to my VA conselor this week about it and if I can pass any tips/advise along I will. At the VA we are taught ... S.B.T.D. Stop Breath Think Decided. Semper Fi all. Talk soon. |
here's my opinion: some people have extreme anxiety, some have a little, while others (God help them) have none! it doesn't matter how, where or what form it comes in & it doesn't change the fact that it exists. not acknowledging it alone, can bring on more anxiety (i'm speaking for myself). for me personally i think it was a matter of what was going on in my life at the time. my husband & i just left an apartment (we were there for 7 yrs) and have moved to another one. i had very severe depression in the old apt. mainly due to the noise & severe lack of light. we stayed in the old apt bc we really couldn't move, for several reasons, for a long time. BUT that living situation did hurt me emotionally & i think physically. i think it will still take me some time to get over it. the only thing i really wanted to say is: i feel for anyone who is so effected by their living space. your home should be a place of repose, relaxation, safety & warmth. sometimes though a space can have completely the opposite effect - and that reaches down to the core of who we are; our emotional & spiritual well being. |
- Posted by hiddeninthemist (My Page) on Tue, Oct 31, 06 at 13:41
I so agree with you nokeysyet. We all have to deal with noise thats a given but if we're ever given that one little hour of pure quite, I think we'll all take it even if it is one lousy hour. So happy you've` move out of your dark place and into the sun. Buy some nice colorful plants, soft music, something new you always wanted, should get your mood up even more :) |
Put a pad under your chair. |
Hi Fellow Sensitive People, I've just moved into an apartment to escape another noisy apartment in which I lived for only three months. I was luckily able to re-assign that lease. My current Landlord was fair enough to allow me my first month before signing a one year lease. Before this month ends, I have to decide if I'm going to stay. The main problem in my last apartment was that it was in the basement of an older house. Therefore, every noise from the apartment above was as if it was in my apartment. It sounded like the only thing between me and the floor above was a piece of thin plywood. So, when the small but heavy footed woman above me walked, it created intolerable thumps and vibrations like a diving board. Not every day but on certain occasions, she had some unsavory characters over. These visits often resulted in foul language, shouting, threatening words and "Get Out" between them etc. I had to fork out over $150 a month more in rent to move into my current apartment. I'm in a triplex and the current landlord assured me that there is concrete and plaster between the floors and walls. Now, I don't have the thin floorboard above me. So, I can't hear the person walking. However, I think I hear cupboards closing and the water pipes clunk after the water is shut off. This is especially irritating in the morning when people are getting up and at night before they go to bed. Apparently, the vibrations and thumps from cupboards and furniture being dragged across the floor aren't muffled by the heavier materials. My floor is carpeted but not all of the other apartments are. I live near the stirs and those who like to run up them or walk heavily are quite audible as well. I could have taken a third floor apartment elsewhere but the area or condition of the building weren't as good. Besides, as others in this forum have mentioned, irritating sounds come from below as well. I hesitate to move again because this place is better than the last one. In addition, if a totally sound proof apartment does exist, it would be out of my price range. I think what we're all finding out here is that there is no "Bed of Roses." If you find it, enjoy it while it lasts because circumstances always change beyond our control. And, I think "Control" is the key word here. If we were all to form a club, it would be called the "Living Space Control Club." We are all nice people--I'm sure we've all heard that before. We're nice because we control our own behaviour to try not to offend or upset others. We're not wimps--if pushed too far, we'll unleash a world of hurt on the offender--but we'd rather avoid that, if possible. That being said, we often don't understand others who don't control their behaviour according to our standards. We tend to become resentful and interpret their "noise making" as an attack on our space. If we showed that lack of consideration to others, that would be our intention, right? So, we instinctively attribute such malice to others behaviour. Usually, they don't have a problem with us and no offence is intended. They just have different priorities to us. Here's the rub. Humans have very different priorities but we're all territorial to one degree or another. In my last apartment, I very politely confronted the noisy woman above me. I asked her if she could hear sounds from my apartment. She replied, "I can hear everything but I'm not a complainer." To that I replied, "Well, I have to do computer work down there." She was "getting drunk" because she just lost her job. So, she asked if we could talk about it the next day. I said that I just wanted to know if she could hear things from my apartment. Since she'd answered that, and was now aware of my situation, I saw no point in discussing it any further. Unfortunately, the situation did not improve. So, my point is that whether your neighbor reacts positively, negatively or indifferent, if they don't share your priorities, they'll think, "Who does he/she think they are?" "I pay rent here as well and I'm going to live according to my priorities." Based on the replies in this forum, there are more of us than I thought. In general society, I think we're in the minority. I have O.C.D, although I've kept it managable for years now. I suspect that I have A.D.D. as well. Someone else in this forum mentioned that he/she had A.D.D. These conditions along with many others are anxiety based. They would not have names or acronyms if everyone had them. Through my experience, I don't believe that there is any 100% cure for anxiety based conditions. However, through therapy, they can become manageable. I've had therapy for my O.C.D. and it helped. I will do a web search looking for suggestions to help me deal with my current sensitivity to noise. Perhaps, I'll follow up on the "nerve damage to ears" suggestion that another person made in this forum. I had many earaches as a kid. I've always found that the breathing exercises that I learned through behavioural modification helped. Maybe I'll try that as well. Any other suggestions would be appreciated as well. Take Care All! |
Hi Everyone I'm glad I found this sight because i was beginning to think i had acusticophobia, a phobia of hearing lound noises (something i found on the net). I too feel empending doom when i hear certain noises. I live in an apartment and there are noises that I can tolerate and ignore but there are some that I could CERTAINLY live without. Mostly I have a hard time dealing with squeeking and slamming noises. I try to use WD40 on most things but still cannot get rid of them all. the front gate never stops slamming! Its constant and so is my anxiety. I don't want to do anything I feel like I'm hopless. I've somewhat always had the feeling of anxiety with noises but believe it or not i could go a long time without even thinking about it and have no problems, but the past couple of weeks it has caught up with me and has hit me hard. I'm a 24 year old female and am honestly logical and normal (except when it comes to this irrational anxiety). NOBODY knows about this problem, I don't want to worry anyone and oddly enough i'm afraid the noises will then become amplified to them if i let them know. I had a checkup yesterday and wished that i told my doctor, but i couldn't seem to let the words out of my mouth. I think i'm afraid of making this problem bigger then it has to be. I feel hopless. I can't enjoy anything and have lost my appietite. My boyfriend sensed something was wrong the other day and asked me about it, I took everything for me to smile and tell him that I was fine and that i was just dazed. I don't know what to do. I think i'm going to ride it out for a while to see what happends and maybe buy a book on anxiety. I truly wish you all the best. No onr should have to worry about stupid noises! If I find anything thats helpful I too will be sure to post it. |
Leeko25, I recently started seeing a therapist for my own anxiety issues. I don't have problems with noise generally, but I do have a lot of chronic anxiety. I've only been to 3 sessions with my therapist so far and went from believing that my controlled anxiety might finally be tipping over into something I couldn't control, to now realizing that it's been out of my control for some time and I was just in denial about it. Please, there is no need to feel ashamed about this. It's essentially a malfunction in the part of your brain that controls the "fight or flight" response to danger, causing that highly anxious "fight or flight" response to happen when it's not really needed. Someone slamming a gate is really not a situation where you are in physical danger, so the brains response is inappropriate. Anxiety can cause other problems, including depression (as you are experiencing), as well as real physical problems, like heart problems due to the increased amount of adrenaline the body is exposed to due to more frequent fear responses. The best thing I can recommend is to find a good therapist that specializes in EMDR. I haven't actually started this particular therapy yet, my therapist is trying to figure out where the most efficient place to start with that would be. Look up EMDR though, the results are amazing for people who suffer from panic disorder and/or PTSD. I'm very excited to start this with my therapist and hopefully I can stop being afraid all the time! But please seek help. Anxiety isn't any fun, as you already know. Untreated it can get worse and seriously threaten your emotional and physical health. Judi |
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Unarmed Combat (angampora)
"Anga" in the native tongue is body and "Pora" signified combat ( Singhala is the native language of the Sinhalese who are the majority in the country ). Body combat also unarmed combat, was called Angampora as only the human body parts were used to fight.
Main parts in Angampora are
- Gataputttu ( Locks and grips)
- Pora Harammba (Offense and defense techniques)
- Maru Kala (Nerve point attacks)
Gataputtu is the techniques that Angam fighter using to weak, kill or disarm the enemy. To placing gataputtu on enemy Angam fighter use his body parts like hands, legs, head..ect..ect. Angam discpile must learn how to place gataputtu on opponent and also he must learn how to redeem from gataputtu if some one place gataputtu on him. Without using proper redeem techniques its impossible to redeem from gataputtu. Gataputtu is a major part of Angampora and it has very big pool of techniques.
Some of famous gataputtu techniques by name
- Diyaballu gataya
- Kathira gataya
- Pimburu gataya
- Wanda gataya
- Hasthi gataya
- Lin gataya
- Konda gataya
Pora Harammba
Pora harammba is the offensive and defensive techniques using in Angampora. This is the main part of Angampora. If Angam fighter offense he will do the maximum damage for his opponent there are main 18 offensive strikes and seven defensive blocks are teaching in Angampora after master in this main 18 offensive strikes and 7 defensive blocks disciple will learn more advance techniques other than this.
Some of main offensive techniques by name
- Dik gutiya
- Cholle
- Tokke
- Len pahara
- Miti pahara / Miti gutiya
- Miti guliya
- Vesi pahara
- Athul pahara
- Pita pahara
- Thallu pahara
- Vakka paharamaster Karunapala
Maru Kala (Art of Death)
Most advance and complex area of Angampora is maru kala. Only few blessed and trustworthy disciples are get qualified for learn this part of Angampora, Because this contains very powerful secrets nerve points attacks and healing. Disciple must sworn by sake of Loard Bhudda, God Ravana and his parents to not harm anybody using this art and not to teach anybody has low qualities. History claims Emerror Ravana's grandfather is the pioneer of Maru Kala and Emperor Ravana also add more advance techniques to this using his medical knowledge (Dehadamma)
Using Maru Kala Angam fighter can
- Give Quick death to opponent
- Make great pain
- Make paralysis
- Make swoon
- Make blood vomiting with a pain
- Make incontinent
- According to astrology put opponent in slowly & painful death


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no, i would not like to hear it.
And, had you read the rules, such stuff like this is best left for a journal, not the open forum
Lastly, posting links to download something is kinda shady. it could be a normal mp3, but as a person who understands computers, and actually knows how to hide files inside another file (I once hid the old Skifree.exe game from Windows 3.11 inside a JPEG once, just because i could), I know that any file you download can be dangerous.
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Officers' Quarters: The constant complainers {WoW}
May 31st 2011 9:13AM "A WoW guild that does not raid, dies."
The two 6-year-old guilds I'm in beg to differ.
Anyway, these guys are just bad news. They're never going to be happy and if they can be replaced, I'd suggest /gkicking (or suggesting that they quit on their terms right when you tell them that their help is no longer needed or desired) before they do more to influence other raid members. It sounds like those two are really the only people complaining in a guild where the other raiders are (basically) satisfied and happy.
Officers' Quarters: When raiders hold your guild hostage {WoW}
May 10th 2011 9:12AM [Standard community has got to pewp in the last few years comment]
I'm curious to know if Raid Leader, who I assume is in a fairly-established guild, is friendly with another guild. If s/he is, I would suggest doing what my guild does and set up a chat channel for folks between guilds to communicate, in the event RL's guild needs a position player in a raid (or vice-versa). The guild I'm in has been around and active since almost launch and because we have always considered ourselves a casual guild, we've never fully manned raids with any regularity (at least, my Horde guild is that way. Our sister Ally guild is much bigger and can always fill out raids of any size). We have two "allianced" guilds who share the chat channel with us, and when the subject of raids comes up all three guilds usually can help each other out by filling raid slots.
Perhaps RL should just be blunt, tell these divas that they are not only recent invitees, but on a trial basis and (in the end) cut his/her losses when they leave. I cannot fathom why a leader would sacrifice the guild's happiness as a whole to accomidate a couple of new faces who clearly just want loot immediately, if not sooner. Be tactful and nice about it, but be prepared to find other folks who want to raid and can understand the need to rotate.
WoW Rookie: How to learn mouse turning {WoW}
Apr 14th 2011 10:29PM I 6 years in WoW, I've NEVER felt comfortable with mouse-turning. Likely, it has a lot to do with the fact that I play a healer ( or....7...), but it's something I tried to learn and get used to back in Vanilla (when I was PVPing 95% of the time), but utterly failed at.
That being said, I don't have my movement keys bound to the "standard" WASD keys. My binds are more centered on my keyboard, so that I can utilize my number bar a LOT easier, and also bind other actions to the keys that fully surround my movement keys, instead of being all mostly to the right of said keys. I think a lot of people,. especially those who downplay the effectiveness of keyboard turners, FORGET that movement keys can be bound ANYWHERE.
I just think that if folks are REALLY that bothered by a keyboard turner's fraction of a second movement differential (which is really debatable), they need to take a break and relax a bit. Mouse turners aren't perfect nor are they the Alpha players.
Officers' Quarters: How to replace an absentee guild leader {WoW}
Apr 12th 2011 8:19AM Ugh. This happened to me in my old guild on Detheroc. For the year I was there (playing a faction I hated), I was a member of a well-known guild whose GL left with no notice for MONTHS during the opening raiding moments of BC . In his absence, we temporarily elected an officer as GL, as he had started organizing the raids, was a long-standing member and was someone who most of the guild was at least friendly with and felt comfy "following". We started clearing the 25's pretty regularly when the guy got in contact with a guildy who told him about our progression, which is when he decided to start playing and got upset that we were progressing "without" him.
After a week or so of his temper tantrums, including him "forbidding" us to raid without him, those of us who had been raiding regularly broke off and formed our own raiding guild, with the understanding that the old guild would be a casual guild that we were allied with.
In the end, the old guild dissolved after years of being together, due to the (cranky) GL leaving again because we wouldn't conform to his rules, and our new raiding guild gained notoriety and eventually merged with one of the top guilds on the server. (I, on the other hand, went back to my favored faction on another server where I've been happily for the subsequent years).
15 Minutes of Fame: Tom Howgego of El's Extreme Anglin', part 2 {WoW}
Apr 3rd 2011 1:40PM I am definitely one of those "weekend workers" that Tim referred to. Fishing has long been one of my timesinks-when I don't feel like doing dailies, I'm often fishing, but the Salty title will be forever elusive to me due to my work schedule (both nights AND weekends).
It'd be nice if Blizz implemented a similar title (if not Salty itself) for folks who fish 50k fish up. THAT is something I can do. One of those afternoon weekend "extravaganzas"? No chance. RL > WoW.
New Winged Lion mount coming soon to the Blizzard store {WoW}
Mar 22nd 2011 8:10AM oOOoooOOOOOoOOoh!
It's the new sparkle pony!
(Totally still getting one, tho)
The Queue: Homosexual characters in WoW {WoW}
Mar 10th 2011 12:37PM While I couldn't care less about sexuality in WoW, I just want to point out that for a lot of folks who are gay (like myself), the reason that these things CAN be an issue is not so much that we're trying to force the issue down peoples' throats (so to speak...), it's more along the lines of the fact that we have to defend our lives to strangers who make it an issue.
For instance: no one thinks twice about a man and a woman walking down the street kissing, but were it two men or two women, it's suddenly all sorts of things: wrong, disgusting, immoral, etc. In other countries this is a non-issue, in the US, it's very much a volatile one.
I agree that sexuality shouldn't be an issue in WoW, and for heterosexuals it ISN'T, because they are perceived as "normal", so a romance between Thrall and Jaina (for example) is not really given a second thought. For some gay folks (or fans of yaoi/yuri), ther seems to be a lack of homosexual characters/lore. Then again, RPG servers are always an option--create your own lore!
My gf and I play the game, we're in a gay-friendly guild, we have fun just playing WoW. We don't worry about politics or lore, we just get sick and tired of the plethora of "that's gay..." comments and move on to yelling at the hockey game that's on TV in the background. :B
Drama Mamas: Love is all around {WoW}
Feb 16th 2011 7:50AM My ex gf asked me to play wow with her, we broke up and years later, I met my current gf thru the game.
We started out basically the same way--friends, close friends and then it turned into a "hey, let's meet" kind of situation. We had admitted that we both had a "thing" for each other, but had just come out of bad relationships and were neither interested in starting a new one, or pretending there was something when there wasn't.
Anyway, wet met and realized that there was actually a spark and 2+ years later, we're still going strong!
I think Romeo should just come out and admit that he has feelings for this Juliet. Either she shares the same feelings or she doesn't, but in either case, he'll feel better for knowing. If they are honest with each other--and not just knee-jerk with what they THINK is "love"-they should maybe make plans to meet for a day or weekend and see if there really is anything there, or if they're better just being friends. There's no need to jump into a full-on relationship, they can just get together, have dinner and a movie or something and see how things play out.
Life's not worth living if you don't take chances. Don't worry about what other people might think if things work out, just take the first step and say "Hey, I like you, wanna get a burger?".
Cataclysm hotfixes for Jan. 26 {WoW}
Jan 27th 2011 12:51PM @Wolf
....so my level 48 Goblin Rogue needs to wait until November in order to level his cooking with any relative ease?
Yeah, that makes sense. >>
Breakfast Topic: When do you refuse to play WoW? {WoW}
Dec 28th 2010 9:47AM When I'm with my gf.
Unless she wants to play. ;D


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Read for This Week's Study: Eph. 6:14-18, 2 Cor. 6:7, Eph. 5:9, Rom. 10:15, 1 Thess. 5:8, Mark 14:38.
Memory Text: "Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand" (Ephesians 6:13, NKJV).
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Below the peaks of Creag na Caillich, the Tarmachan Ridge and Ben Lawers lies the picturesque highland village of Killin on the famous Dochart Falls.
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Killin has a wealth of serviced and self catering accommodation and is close to Loch Tay in the midst of spectacular scenery.
A delightful highland village at the west end of Loch Tay in west Perthshire, it is situated beside the river Dochart close to its junction with the River Lochay and just a few hundred yards from the point at which it enters loch Tay and loses its identity to the Tay, Scotlands longest river.
Killin has been the home of many ancient celtic tribes, saints and clans who have all left their mark on the village and its surroundings. Very little is known of the earliest inhabitants, but they haver left their mark in the form of cup and ring marked stones, stone axes at the Creag-na-Caillach axe factory, and crannogs - stilted dwellings in the loch.
This is the largest and oldest of the many settlements in Breadalbane - 'Braghaid Albainn' - the High Country of Scotland. The name of the village comes from its association with the legendary Celtic Hero Fingal who, it is thought was buried here - 'Cill Fhinn' meaning the burial place of Fingal.
The river Dochart at Killin crosses a ridge of hard rock to form the famed and spectacular Falls of Dochart, with a row of restored cottages on the south side and the old watermill on the north. The celtic saint 'St Fillan' is reputed to have been the keeper of some the famous 'healing stones' which are were once kept in the old mill close to the falls. The famous Clan MacNab once owned these lands and the clan burial ground may be visited on the island of 'Innis Buidhe' which can be accessed from the bridge.
On the Aberfeldy road just beyond the river Lochay, the Golf Club course is on the right. This is a very popular 9 hole course in a scenic location with the advantage of a restaurant open in evenings and whenever the course is open.
See the Loch Tay page for places and stories around the loch
Halfway over the bridge at the Falls of Dochart a gate in the bridge wall gives access to Inchbui (G. 'Yellow Island') which is the burial place of the Clan MacNab of Killin. A stone enclosure some way down the island is the last resting place of generations of the Clan MacNab chiefs. A stone head above each end wall stands guard over the occupants of the enclosure and in the dozens of graves - most unmarked - around the enclosure lie the now constant companions to their chiefs.
Kinnell House, the one time home of the clan chief before hard times forced its sale, stands near the island on the south shore.
The Tarmachan Ridge, Ben Ghlass, Ben Lawers and at least five more Munros (mountains over 3000 feet) lie in the mountain range to the north of Killin. The mountain names are all derived from the Gaelic - Tarmachan = Tarmigan, Ben Ghlass = Grassy or green mountain, Ben Lawers = Mountain of the loud waters. They are the remains of an ancient mountain range which at one time stretched from North America, via Scotland to Scandanavia. Ben Lawers is part of a nature reserve which is famous for its variety of mountain or 'Alpine' plants. They include Purple Saxafrage which is now very evident with its eye catching flowers on moist sunny ledges. Alpine Lady's Mantle covers vast swathes of the mountainside with a yellow carpet when in bloom.
The two most popular mountain walks, Tarmachan ridge and Ben Lawers, start from the Ben Lawers Centre car park at 1400 feet above sea level - a head start if this is to be your first Munro!
See Hillwalking in Scotland page or Try National Trust for Scotland guided walks
A visitor to Killin will find a variety of shops:Co
One or two good pubs with regular live entertainment.
Falls of Dochart Inn. Overlooks the Falls of Dochart and clients are often seen sitting on the wall with their drinks. Meals served.
Old Flax Mill Restaurant - Luib, Midway between Killin and Crianlarich.
Bridge of Lochay Hotel & Restaurant. Aberfeldy road.
Offers a range of foods daily from 12:00 to 14:00 and 18:00 to 20:45.
Coach House. Pub & Restaurant. Aberfeldy Road. Entertainment.
Shutters Restaurant - Handy, next to shopping centre
Killin Golf Course Restaurant. Food served from 8.30am. Full Breakfasts, hot and cold rolls alongside a full menu.
Ardeonaig Hotel, Ardeonaig, South Lochtayside, By Killin, FK21 8SU. Tel: +44 (0)1567 820400.
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Breadalbane House, Main Street, Killin. Tel: +44 (0)1567 820134. Brochanach, 43 Fingal Road, Killin. Tel: +44 (0)1567 820028. Dalerb, Craignavie Road, Killin. Tel: +44 (0)1567 820961. Dall Lodge, Main Street, Killin. Tel: +44 (0)1567 820217. Drumfinn , Manse Road, Killin. Tel: +44 (0)1567 820900. |
Dunlochay Bed and Breakfast, Killin. Tel: +44 (0)1567 820 257. Fairview House, Main Street, Killin. Tel: +44 (0)1567 820667 Shieling , Aberfeldy Road, Killin. Tel: +44 (0)1567 820334. The Barn, Antaggart, Main Street, Killin. +44 (0)1567 820286. Ardlochay Lodge, Maragowan, Killin. Tel: +44 (0)1567 820962. |
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Falls Cottage, Loch Tay, Kenmore, Perthshire Sleeping 4. Just 200 yards from Loch Tay, near Kenmore in Highland Perthshire this attractive cottage stands, detached, among woodland beside the path to the Falls of Acharn, with its own garden with decking area and conservatory overlooking the stream. Beautifully refurbished, it is a tranquil and peaceful retreat. Tel 01835 822277 Fax 01835 8222618 email@example.com |
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Read about this fascinating abandoned village and the prophesies of the Lady of Lawers
Try National Trust for Scotland guided walks
The outdoor activities centre at the bottom end of the village just past the Co-op has a great selection of outdoor equipment to buy or rent. You can hire a bike here or even a kayak to try in the river Lochay here at Killin
Killin Outdoor Centre and Mountain Shop
Killin Outdoor Centre and Mountain shop. Outdoor equipment and clothing ... local advise freely given.
The walks around Killin cater for a range of abilities, from level lochside rambles to the more energetic half day struggles of Ben Lawers and Ben More. The walks are fully described in the Killin walks page.
Clan Campbell is one of the most ancient clans of Scotland, it's origins being in Clan Alpin, named after Kenneth MacAlpin who was the first ancient king of the early united Scotland. He was crowned at the ancient hillfort of 'Dunnadd' south of Oban on the road to LochGilphead.
The Campbells were a powerful Clan with a burning desire to expand their lands, indeed the ambition of the 16c Black Duncan Campbell of the cowl was to be able to travel on his own lands from the east to the west coast of Scotland. It was an ambition he achieved to the cost of many of his neighbours. The Campbells acquired their lands mainly through guile and legal process, largely with the support of some of Scotlands Stewart kings. It was the Campbells based here in Killin at Finlarig who hounded the MacGregors, the McEwans and many other unfortunate clans to the verge of extinction.
The Campbells were also great castle builders, owning at one stage castles spread over the full width of Scotland, included were: Dunstafnage and Barcaldine near Oban, Kilchurn on Loch Awe, Lock Dochart Castle, Finlarig at Killin, Ardeonaig castle on Loch Tay and Balloch castle (later known as Taymouth) at Kenmore.
Latterly the Campbell fortunes faded and their empire diminished. The final resting place of the last of the Campbells is at Finlarig castle near Killin where even their Mausoleum has collapsed
The name Breadalbane refers mainly to the lands owned by the Campbells from Oban to Aberfeldy. The Name Breadalbane derives from the old celtic words signifying "high Albane" or "the high part of Scotland in the kingdom of Albany". The area is steeped in history, much of it recorded in ancient records, much recorded in ancient pictish carvings and before that, evidence of early occupation lies in 'cup and ring' markings which are found carved in the rocks all over Breadalbane. For those wishing to read more of Breadalbane, copies of a book named "in Famed Breadalbane", written by James Gillies, a parish minister in the early 20th can be found in public libraries in Killin, Callander and Stirling.
Barcaldine, the "Black Castle" of Benderloch is one of the few mediaeval castles in Scotland which is still habitable and which appears practically unchanged. Throughout its 400 year existence, Barcaldine has been a military outpost, a dwelling house, a ruin and now, in the 21st century, a place of interest for visitors to the area to enjoy.
Barcaldine owes its position to a design for defence. The builder was Sir Duncan Campbell, seventh Knight of Glenorchy, known to this day as Black Duncan of the Cowl. In Argyll, where turbulence and lawlessness had followed the break-up of the Lordship of the Isles, the hierarchy abolished by James IV in 1493. It was during this period of lawlessness that Sir Duncan Campbell came to power. He was a very vigorous and forceful character with ambition.
Sir Duncans lands stretched from Barcaldine in the west past Killin to Taymouth Castle on Loch Tay in the east. Not surprisingly, such a wide distribution of property was extremely difficult to control and protect. To this end, Sir Duncan built a string of seven castles. Kilchurn Castle on Loch Awe was repaired, as was Taymouth Castle, formally known as Balloch at the east end of Loch Tay. Edinample Castle at the west end of Loch Earn, Achallader at the head of Glenorchy, Finlarig ( Killin ) at the west end of Loch Tay and the island Castle on Loch Dochart made up the rest. The building of Barcaldine, derived from the Gaelic "Ban a challtuin" meaning hazel knoll, was begun between 1591 and 1601. Its construction was recorded in the "Black Book of Taymouth", one of the most informative books of the period Black Duncan installed his third son, John of Auchinryre, to look after the newly erected castle.
Barcaldine Castle is built on the "L" plan with the smaller wing on the south side projecting to the west beyond the end part of the main wall of the castle. This projection enabled the main wall to be protected and covered with small arms. The walls are approximately 9 feet thick, thus allowing the stair passage inside them, and rise to approximately 32 feet.
To see Edinample castle, take the unclassified South Lochearn road at the old church just south of Lochearnhead. About 800 yards down this road you will see the rear of Edinample. Edinample castle is privately owned and is not open to the public.
For a more picturesque view, return to the main road, turn right to Locheamhead, right again and drive 800 yds down the north side of Lochearn. You can now see Edinample across the loch
Some facts
The castle is inaccessible on an island). If you want to see it, it is 6 miles to the west of Lix Toll near Killin. Just past Benmore farm, Loch Dochart Castle is on a wooded island on loch Dochart on the right.
Drive east through Killin, and 400 yds past the Killin hotel you will see a bridge on the right just before the caravan site . Cross the bridge and in 250 yds, on the left, you'll see a wooded knoll. The Castle is on the knoll. The picture shows the castle atop its small hill now surrounded by trees.
Finlarig was built in the early 1600s by Black Duncan of GlenOrchy, probably the most feared of the acquisitious Campbell clan. He also built a chapel where the ruins of the mausoleum stand to the east of the castle on the mound.
The mausoleum was built by the Campbells ( of Breadalbane) in the early 1800s.
If you walk up to the castle, then face towards the mausoleum ruins, you'll see two gravestones side by side to the left. These stones mark the resting place of the Marquis and Marchioness of Breadalbane - the last of the Campbell line and descendants of Black Duncan - who built this castle and the first mausoleum (also in ruins) behind the graves. (Don't miss the beheading pit to the north side of the castle - grizzly!)
The beheading stone which was here for many years is reputed to have found a new home in a garden in Killin
Take care these ruins are dangerous
Driving east from Coshieville, after about 2 miles, take the next on the right over a little bridge and is on your left over the bridge.
This castle is in a private garden.
Three miles east of Coshieville, one mile west of Aberfeldy and on the north side of the road, you will see the castle across the field.
All of the castles listed lie within easy travelling distance of Killin and can be conveniently visited within one day if Barcaldine is exclude.
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Bonjour, mes amis, bienvenue de nouveau à une autre saison des Collines! (Translation: Hello, friends, welcome back to another season of The Hills!) Thought I'd throw in a little français in honor of our one-episode-long adventure in the City of Lights. Yeah, about that: Am I the only one who thought Paris was going to take up most of this season, or was that just something I hallucinated? I, for one, would've gladly embraced the idea of watching Lauren and Whitney explore a strange city over the next few weeks. Imagine the possibilities: They could've taken up cigarette smoking and given up teeth whitening, or they could've attempted to pull off an art heist in the Louvre. (''No, Whitney,'' Lauren would say. ''Madonna of the Rocks is a painting, not an album title.'')
In case you've forgotten why we're in Paris, last year Teen Vogue's West Coast boss, Lisa Love, told Whitney and Lauren to fly across the world to work at the annual Crillon Ball. (Thanks to my extensive Internet research a.k.a. Wikipedia I learned that the event is a debutante ball that's been held every year at the Hôtel de Crillon since 1991. To sign up for this ''coming out'' party, you must be between the ages of 16 and 19 and belong to an elite family with lots and lots of disposable income. Finally, you'd better have connections in the fashion world, because you must wear a gown from a French couture house or from a leading international designer.) But my question is, Did Lauren and Whitney actually do anything that could be called ''work''? The minute they landed in Paris, a car service took them around to pick up various articles of clothing for the debutantes, as well as their own gowns, courtesy of Italian dressmaker Alberta Ferretti, and they also helped out here and there at a photo shoot, but besides that, what was their purpose at the Crillon Ball? Just to hold up signs and look pretty?
Somehow in the middle of all of these so-called responsibilities, Lauren and Whitney found time to secure Parisian love interests hang out with a band that Lauren and Audrina had met in L.A. called Rock & Roll. What an original name for a band, right? I wonder what type of music they play. Guitarist Matthias (full name: Matthias Cadéac D'Arbaud; try saying that three times fast) apparently had an immediate crush on Lauren from the way he staked his claim the minute she and Whitney walked into the Plaza Athénée hotel. ''Lauren is cute,'' he declared to his bandmates, one of whom looked like he could be Andy Samberg's long-lost French cousin. Later on in the night, the band took the girls to drink champagne underneath the Eiffel Tower, because somehow MTV had to fit that cliché moment into this episode.
I know most of you are probably dying for more information on this hairy, chain-smoking band (you know I was!), so I hunted down their MySpace page. Please take special note of the title of their EP, Losers, Boozers, Jacuzzi Users (yeah, that pretty much just sums them up in four words or less, doesn't it?), and of Matthias' own MySpace page, in which it says that he is wait for it married! [Insert dun, dun dun sound effect here.] Didn't MTV check into him beforehand? (As you may recall, the New York Post reported last year that the Hills producers were ''frantically calling publicists'' to find guys for the ladies to have a ''love affair'' with abroad.) But what's more shocking than that is that Matthias' page says he's only 24 years old! Seriously? He looks at least 30. I don't know, maybe it's the way he pronounces Lauren as ''Lurgh-enn'' that ages him.
The night after the Eiffel Tower drinking fiesta, some of the members of Rock & Roll invited Lauren and Whitney to go to a ''pretty fancy'' club called Neo. With nothing to wear for the occasion, Lauren brilliantly decided to sew a removable hem into her Crillon Ball gown and wear that out. (Um, didn't we see her pack an entire suitcase of shoes for Paris? What exactly was she planning on wearing those shoes with, anyway?) This entire idea was just a recipe for disaster: Did she honestly expect nothing to get on the gown while she was drinking at a club filled with smokers and glasses of red wine? Or, if that didn't happen, did she not expect bad karma to come back and bite her on the ass some other way? Unfortunately it did and in the form of a curling iron. (I loved Whitney's bewildered reaction to the stains on the dress: ''The curling iron does something like that?'') You might assume that the burns were just a ploy by the producers to stir up drama, but from the looks of Lauren's welled-up tears, her almost meltdown was real. (Plus, if you rewatch the part when Lauren discovered the stain, the unsteady zoom-in on the dress shows that the cameraman was unprepared.) Fortunately, the fashion gods must've been in a good mood, because the manager of the Alberta Ferretti store offered to give Lauren another dress when Whitney called him about the ''setback.'' (Nice word choice there, Whit; very professional.) A gown by Alberta Ferretti costs, on average, upwards of $2,000. So to get another one without any sort of punishment or slap on the wrist still seems a little suspicious.
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Mon, May 4, 09 at 14:54
Have been working on the bathroom vanity but in between drying times I also have been working on another flower pot for the deck. This one I grouted green. It's a darker green than I expected but oh well..next one will be grouted blue....Need more rocks though so will have to make another trip to the beach..maybe today if the wind ever dies down... |
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Another beautiful, earthy pot. I soooooo love the green grout, and your dish shards are just wonderful. Wish I could find some as pretty. |
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I love that green grout and those rocks!!!! great pot. |
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Hey thanks all, I still have lots to go. Not sure I'll get them all done this summer, but by next summer all my pots will be done and all will be as colorful as the beautiful flowers that go in them. Charmo, I use both. I have colored grout and colorants. If I use thinset I use colorants but I have all different colored grouts as well. I like having the choice when I'm ready to grout. I usually go with a darker Blk-charcoal....but it nice to have the choice when I want something different....I've already started a 3rd pot..This one looks like it may have more china than the others...but they just sort of turn out how they turn out...I really like to have the choice to go with how I feel....But really need to make a beach trip for rocks and agates but it has been pretty windy lately so maybe it'll be better weather tomorrow. And should be able to put my vanity back together in the morning!!! I am soooo tired of being on the bathroom floor!!!!! Not too many people can say they know their bathroom the way I know my bathroom!!!! Later, Cathy |
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Especially for Borchard, a freshman who Castillo said will "be special with our program." The left-hander, who is set to start today's 3:30 p.m. tilt with El Camino at Lee Middle School, knocked in two runs in the first Tuesday and two more in the second.
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"It's progressively getting better with each new release"
The graphics get better with each new release. Better organization has been added for version 4.0.
User interface still rough along the outer edges of the main window (tiny white blocks can be seen along edges against a dark desktop background) and buttons on the main black window look very unclean, quasi-child-like and rough to say the least.
I greatly commend them on their excellent efforts but unfortunately this is still a ways away from a (visually) clean application. Programming seems stable though, so I would still use it, and recommend it, but I encourage them to keep on improving. Hopefully by the time Windows 8 comes out they will own the most advanced typing tutor on Windows hands-down.