This is in response to an IM and email that I received from a very kind person who offered me some of her own params, so that I could start over with a "CLEAN SLATE" and with out any strings attached to them. This is the explaination that I wrote that person. She is one of God's Angels, I hope that all of you get to know her one way or another!!! Copy of IM: I don't even know where to begin! You are the most kindest generous person that I have ever met!!! I have been crying my eyes out for the past day and a half. I'm the one that IM'd him and thanked him for the starters several nights ago. When I first started apo, like a stupid idiot, when I received starters from the fractal repository, I downloaded everything (being an eager beaver)well once unzipped, some of the folders contained several sets of starter groups all listed with different names like (flames flames flames) then I stuck all of them into the apo param file and started going through them like crazy. I found a few favs. and stuck with them for several months. My param file got so full that I was going through all of the params and trashing some. When I found 3 or 4 sets that looked pretty good so I tried them again and love the results. I had them for so long that I could not remember who or where I had gotten them from!!!! Not until a few nights ago when MrP posted one, then I began to do my search and foung out that I had gotten them from the repository. I IM'd him and explained everything to him and he laughed about it!!! After several IM's and my apologizing over and over, I felt much better and I worked for hours on an image just for him and dedication giving his params the praise of all of the past related images that I had made with his stuff. All of the comment that he left after going back over my gallery and all of the IM's never once did he act pissed off. I was so shocked when I read the forum. I am thinking about doing a swan song image and giving it a rest for a while. I have been sooooo embarrassed and humiliated, I am ashamed to show my face around here any more!!!!! Thank you for the new params, This will give me something to work on until I decide to show my face again!! Again you are one of God's Angels!!! Love Ya a lot! Patti P.S. I am going to post this on the forum hoping that it will better explain my mistake and that I tried to do my best to make up for it!!!! (Don't worry I wont mention names)