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I am Myra Breckinridge whom no man will ever possess. Clad only in garter belt and one dress shield, I held off the entire elite of the Trobriand Islanders, a race who possess no words for "why" or "because." Wielding a stone axe, I broke the arms, the limbs, the balls of their finest warriors, my beauty blinding them, as it does all men, unmanning them in the way that King Kong was reduced to mere simian whimper by beauteous Fay Wray whom I resemble left three-quarter profile if the key light is no more than five feet high during the close shot.
The above is the opening to Myra Breckinridge, which instantly sucked me into the world of Gore Vidal. I was a teen bored with the literature at school, as well as the fluff young-adult horror I was reading in my spare time, when I somehow stumbled on his book. Vidal's words were a beacon of light. Sure, there is more to Myra than rabid, powerful, and Amazonian femininity, but that was irrelevant because Vidal's novel was a gateway into the world beyond rural suburban life -- women with power, intelligence mixed with pulp, a crumbling gender barrier, Hollywood, and the vast world beyond cows and K-Mart. All of these years later, at the age of 82, Gore is reentering the world of the big screen since his last cameo as First School Headmaster in Igby Goes Down. Jessica posted that he'll be one of Kevin Spacey's patients in Shrink, and Elisabeth noted that his father Gene (played by Ewan McGregor) will be part of Amelia. Gore cameos and Papa Vidal are wonderful, but frankly, we need more.
We've gone through Capote -- twice, Burroughs, Woolf, Shakespeare, Kafka, Marquis de Sade, Miller and Nin, Parker, Wilde. The list is practically endless, and these writers all deserve their dramatic features, but there is no man more linked to a myriad of slices of our culture -- one who has enough stories to fuel a whole collection of features.
First, there is his family. He's the son of Eugene Vidal, who was the lover of Amelia Earhart and co-founder of airlines like TWA, and Nina Gore, an actress and socialite who later married Hugh D. Auchincloss, stepfather to Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. (Not to mention her affair with Clark Gable.) His familial ties, of course, tie into the Kennedys and the Gores, as well as even newer names like Burr Steers (Igby director, who was also Van in The Last Days of Disco).
But beyond the web of his family, there is his romantic past. He had a relationship with Anais Nin, and he was once engaged to Joanne Woodward, before she married Paul Newman, but it's his boyhood love that really stands out. As a youth, he was in love with his close boyhood friend Jimmie Trimble, a star baseball player from DC who later died on Iwo Jima. He's the man who The City and the Pillar was dedicated to. Vidal wrote a lot about their relationship in Palimpsest, and it's certainly a story of doomed romance that would make a beautiful journey on-screen.
But we can't forget what made him truly famous -- his writing, which was not just relegated to the confines of novels, essays, and memoirs. His pen helped to bring us films like Ben-Hur, the film version of Suddenly, Last Summer, Is Paris Burning?, and Caligula, as well as adaptations of his work like Myra Breckinridge and Lincoln.
But even as a writer, Vidal's story would be ripe for the big screen. There's Pillar, which is considered one of the "definitive war-influenced gay novels," there's Breckinridge, which took the theme down an entirely different road, and later came a number of novelizations of history, from the previously mentioned Lincoln to the world of Burr.
And none of the above even covers his political pursuits, private personal pursuits, and every other slice of the puzzle. Gore Vidal's life is like a large treasure chest of cinema-worthy tales, from the seedy and sensational to the intelligent and passionate. It's time he got his own spotlight; it's one that could garner a myriad of glances without falling into the realms of the repetitive and tired.
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Soldier honors his mother while competing at the Warrior Games
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On Mother's Day 2013, the mothers of many service members did not get to see their sons or daughters who are on deployments far from home. In the fortunate case of Marcelyn Berlo, this mother was being flown to Colorado Springs, Colo., where her son, Staff Sgt. Nathan Robbins, is competing in the 2013 Warrior Games.

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The White House admitted yesterday that America may have overstepped the mark in its spying operations, acknowledging for the first time the need for "additional constraints" in intelligence gathering.
Facing an onslaught of fury over the expansive nature of US surveillance, President Obama's spokesman sought to strike a conciliatory tone.
"The President clearly feels strongly about making sure we are not just collecting information because we can, but because we should," said Jay Carney. "We recognise there needs to be additional constraints on how we gather and use intelligence."
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Fulham 3 Manchester United 0
Published 21/12/2009
Roy Hodgson's Fulham celebrated the Premier League shock of the year with a 3-0 win over mighty Manchester United.
As well as beating Manchester United decisively for the second time in nine months – after Fulham had failed to do such a thing at home for 45 years – Hodgson defeated Sir Alex Ferguson in the sort of battle of tactical wits that Hodgson has relished throughout a 33-year career in charge of a dozen clubs and three countries.
During their convivial chat before the game, Ferguson naturally did not reveal that his desperate remedy for United's unprecedented crop of injuries would be to employ a 3-5-2 formation. As soon as Hodgson, standing by the Fulham dugout, saw Patrice Evra repeatedly pushing up the left flank in front of him, he was able to instruct his players to exploit the space that the full-back would normally have been guarding. Fulham had their own little tactical twist as well, using Zoltan Gera, one of Hodgson's many excellent signings, just behind the main striker, and combining both manoeuvres against such a makeshift defence worked a treat.
Darren Fletcher, Michael Carrick and Ritchie de Laet were constantly caught out by crosses and passes in behind them, unable to cope in particular with the reborn Bobby Zamora, and United could have no complaint about suffering the heaviest defeat by Fulham in their history. Had the rest of the team been on song, they might have been able to avoid that fate at the very least, but this was as discordant a performance as anyone could remember.
Even with what was theoretically an extra man in midfield, the champions never exerted a grip. Paul Scholes' admirers had been hoping this would be the day he recorded his 100th League goal but instead his afternoon went from bad – the wild early tackle on Damien Duff – to a worse error in allowing Danny Murphy to dispossess him and score the opening goal. Murphy, of course, makes a habit of this sort of thing against United and will doubtless have received congratulatory texts from his old Liverpool mates, grateful for any distraction from their own plight.
With Ryan Giggs one of 10 players unavailable – seven of them defenders – there was no significant cavalry charge to turn the tide of battle, substitutes Dimitar Berbatov and Danny Welbeck looking almost as ineffective as Michael Owen had been. Zamora thumped his 10th goal of the season, half of them in the past four games, then used his superb chest control to set up Duff for the third.
Ferguson's aim has always been to stay in contact with Chelsea by the turn of the year. To do that he will need victories at Hull and at home to Wigan as a minimum, before thoughts turn to the FA and Carling Cups. "There's no light at the end of the tunnel," he said of the injuries, admitting to a "fragility" in defence that they have caused.
The United manager had been gracious in defeat, revealed Hodgson, who is long enough in the tooth to temper his own delight. "We played against an extremely weakened Manchester United," he said. "We were anxious not to give them time and space and the whole team did that."
Since starting two years ago at Craven Cottage with three successive defeats, leaving Fulham five points from safety in the bottom three, Hodgson has overseen 70 subsequent League games, taking exactly 100 points. His net expenditure is under £20m but the squad are on course to better last season's 53 points, which earned a higher League position than ever before and European football.
Until recently the cumbersome Europa League had extracted a heavy toll, Fulham failing to win in six games immediately after a midweek engagement in it, but even that has been righted with Premier League victories after defeating CSKA Sofia and Basle. Asked to speculate on how much further the team can go, however, Hodgson's wise old head again prevailed, with the analogy of an elastic band: "you stretch it too far and it breaks". Rather like United's defence.
Fulham (4-4-1-1): Schwarzer; Pantsil, Hangeland, Hughes, Konchesky; Duff (Greening, 77), Murphy (Dikgacoi, 80), Baird, Dempsey; Gera; Zamora (Nevland, 90). Substitutes not used: Zuberbühler (gk), Riise, Etuhu, Smalling.
Manchester United (3-5-2): Kuszczak; Fletcher, De Laet (Fabio, 58), Carrick; Valencia, Anderson, Gibson (Berbatov, 58), Scholes, Evra; Owen (Welbeck, 72), Rooney. Substitutes not used: Foster (gk), Park, Tosic, Obertan.
Referee: H Webb (South Yorkshire).
Booked: Manchester United Scholes.
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In January 2011, we published our first local illustrator issue, with a promise to do a follow-up. While long overdue, we have finally fulfilled our promise with a surprising number of aspiring illustrators to make up this year's Local Illustrators Showcase. Because of the overwhelming response and the fact there is some serious talent in our county that somehow remains under the radar, we promise to make this an annual edition.
We created this edition of the VCReporter as a means for our local visual artists to have a place to feature their work and, perhaps, find an opportunity to showcase and/or sell their work and talent elsewhere. We have included website and contact information for each of our illustrators for future reference.
Please enjoy this year's Local Illustrator Showcase!
To submit your illustrations for our Facebook timeline cover, please send to email@example.com. Be sure the dimensions fit the horizontal orientation and that the image is jpeg.
Andy Atkins
Andy Atkins and his wife chose Ventura to live and work, and have been here for the past 20 years. His work ranges from graphic design and illustration to motion graphics and visual EFX. He has produced artwork for a wide variety of clients, including local as well as worldwide businesses. He has worked at a few of the major motion picture studios and some of the best small boutique post-production facilities in the industry. He has bachelor of arts in illustration from the Art Center College of Design. For more information and to contact Andy, go to www.andyatkins.comAndyAtkins_resume.pdf.
Amber Graves is a recent graduate of Cal State University, Long Beach, with a bachelor of fine arts in illustration. She specializes in children's and fantasy art, particularly animals. She has lived in Thousand Oaks her entire life and grew up around animals and nature, which greatly affected her artwork. Her primary medium is watercolor but she does digital work if the occasion calls for it. Some of her best works can be found here as well as her contact information: http://www.ambergraves.com/?page=projects&id=port
Mayra Alvarado
Mayra Alvarado is a graphic designer, born and raised in Mexico, and came to the States when she was 12. She has had a love for art since she was a kid. Her inspirations come from mixtures of street art, culture diversity, political artists, textures, anything colorful, pop art and anything that one can identify with. As a graphic designer, she has worked with a huge variety of clients. She has done a lot of advertising, illustrations, product design, apparel and much more, working in Los Angeles and Ventura County areas. She has done a lot of her work for a living but she has also done a lot of stuff for the sake of art and has presented it at art walks and art shows in different cities. She is currently working on new pieces to be featured in upcoming shows. Her hope is to get her art licensed and be able to see her stuff in retail shops as greeting cards or on hand bags, She also has an etsy shop where she currently has her art available for sale.
To view more of her art pieces or to contact her, go to www.etsy.com/shop/mayalshop and http://www.mayalcreative.com.
Alex Amezcua is a Ventura-based freelance artist. He currently spends his days working on storyboards and sketch art for a client list that includes Disney, Fox, NBC, and Toyota; and his nights working on writing and illustrating his first self-published graphic novel. A collection of his work can be seen and purchased in downtown Ventura at I Heart Handmade, an indie boutique representing local artisans that he and his girlfriend own. To view more of his work and to contact Alex, go to www.alexamezcua.deviantart.com.
Ryan Carr is a freelance artist and illustrator living here in Ventura County. He is a graduate of the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, but was happy to return to California afterward and wear sandals again. He has shown his work throughout Ventura, L.A., Sacramento, Redding and Minneapolis, Minn.
Since receiving the National AP artist award in 2003, he has been featured in New Art Review magazine and Beautiful Decay magazine's website, and has received local awards such as the Bonita C. McFarland Scholarship. For more examples of Carr's work, go to www.ryansamcarr.com. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Harvey Fenellere is an illustrator/ comic artist, painter/photographer/film maker/deal maker.
He is 23 years old and lives in Camarillo. He is currently studying for a fine arts bachelor's degree in painting. He has been in that local comic art industry for a decade. Illustration is a part-time job, getting commission from different clients. He is a founder of the independent organization called Philippine Artist United and a current member of Ugatlahi artist collective. He has published three comics with an independent comic group. He can be reached at email@example.com or can be found on Facebook.
Anna Measures is a designer and illustrator living in Oxnard. You might have seen her work in the juvenile industry before, in stores nationwide such as Toys "R" Us, Party City and the Kennedy Space Center gift s hop. She was the only one NOT laid off in her art department. In spite of the assurance that comes with a steady paycheck, she decided to take the leap anyway: By quitting her day job and opening her own design and illustration freelance business. It was kind of like winning #Survivor# … and then walking away.
She can illustrate in almost any style for her customer's market. Sign up for her weekly newsletter for free eye candy and slightly embarrassing, confessional comics. By signing up, you'll also get a Free Guide: 5 Mistakes to Avoid When Hiring a Designer (You Don't Know You're Making). For more information and to contact Measures, go to http://annameasures.com.


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I wonder if they will make a Segway mount for it?
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13 Bulletsby David Wellington
All the official reports say they are dead-extinct since the late '80s, when a fed named Arkeley nailed the last vampire in a fight that nearly killed him. But the evidence proves otherwise.When a state trooper named Caxton calls the FBI looking for help in the middle of the night, it is Arkeley who gets the assignment-who else? He's been expecting such a call to come eventually. Sure, it has been years since any signs of an attack, but Arkeley knows what most people don't: there is one left. In an abandoned asylum she is rotting, plotting, and biding her time in a way that only the undead can. Caxton is out of her league on this case and more than a little afraid, but the fed made it plain that there is only one way out. But the worst thing is the feeling that the vampires want more than just her blood. They want her for a reason, one she can't guess; a reason her sphinxlike partner knows but won't say; a reason she has to find out-or die trying.Now there are only 13 bullets between Caxton and Arkeley and the vampires. There are only 13 bullets between us, the living, and them, the damned.From the Trade Paperback edition.
13 Bullets (Laura Caxton #1)by David Wellington
The monster knelt in the mud, his balled fists punching at the ground, his head bowed. He started to get up and Arkeley shot him again. He'd had thirteen bullets to start with, how many did he have left? Twenty years ago, Jameson Arkeley thought he had put the final nail in the coffin of the last of the undead. He destroyed the last band of savage vampires, barely escaping alive, and imprisoned their savage leader, Justinia Malvern. Or so he thought. Signs begin to emerge that he has not seen the last of this vampire race and that Malvern, despite having been held under lock and key for two decades, has been busy hatching a comeback. State Trooper Laura Caxton makes some disturbing discoveries while investigating a seemingly routine homicide and is drawn into the case against her wishes. Working in tandem, Arkeley and Caxton come upon a human massacre and determine that three other vicious vampires are on the loose. Their sole purpose? To release Malvern from her prison and promulgate their terrifying race. Though Caxton resigns out of fear, she returns to the case when she learns that Arkeley has been kidnapped, his body to be used to replenish Malvern's formidable powers. She prepares for a final showdown, knowing that she is the only person who stands between salvation and unbridled horror and devastation, the likes of which have never been seen. Alluring and hypnotic, 13 Bullets is a thrilling chase through a fear-inducing landscape, seen through the eyes of fearless yet flawed heroes. It is sure to give an adrenaline boost to a genre that's already tremendously popular worldwide. 'Lace collars and kerchiefs are nowhere to be found in this breakneck, blood-spattered, totally original vampire novel. Breathless, exciting and totally kick ass.' - B. H. Fingerman, author of Bottomfeeder.
23 Hours (Laura Caxton #4)by David Wellington
After killing her former mentor-turned-vampire, Caxton had been nearly left for dead. Taken to prison for assaulting a convict, she now faces her most harrowing hours yet after the oldest living vampire infiltrates the prison--and it's Caxton's blood she wants.
32 Fangsby David Wellington
The Final ReckoningLaura Caxton's battles against the ancient vampire Justinia Malvern have cost her nearly everything--her badge, her freedom, her friends and family . . . maybe even her humanity.And as she hides out in the deepest backwoods of Pennsylvania, pursued by the cops who were once her colleagues, Laura certainly looks beaten. But as Laura sees it, what little is left of her soul is perfectly adapted to the job of ridding the world of its last vampire. And thanks to the terrible clarity she's found, Laura's come up with a plan--one that will finish Malvern once and for all.But the ever-wily Malvern has a few last aces left to play and is quietly dealing a hand that will involve a terrible fate for the few friends Laura's got left. When the two adversaries meet for the last time in their most epic battle, the vampires will force Laura to pay a price far beyond anything she's sacrificed before.
99 Coffins (Laura Caxton #2)by David Wellington
Laura Caxton vowed never to face them again. The horror of what the vampires did is too close, the wounds too fresh. But when Jameson Arkeley, broken and barely recognisable, comes to her with an unfathomable, unholy discovery, her resolve crumbles. Arkeley leads Caxton to a tomb in Gettysburg recently excavated by a local archaeology professor. While the town, with its legendary role in the Civil War's worst battle, is no stranger to cemeteries, this one is remarkably, eerily different. In it lie 100 coffins - 99 of them occupied by vampires, who, luckily, are missing their hearts. But one of the coffins is empty and smashed to pieces. Who is the missing vampire? Does he have access to the 99 hearts that, if placed back in the bodies of their owners, could reanimate an entire bloodthirsty army? How did the vampires end up there, undisturbed and undiscovered for 150 years? The answer lies in Civil War documents that contain sinister secrets about the newly found coffins - secrets that Laura Caxton is about to uncover as she is thrown into a deadly, gruesome mission of saving an entire town from a mass invasion of the undead . . .
Chimeraby David Wellington
Afghanistan veteran Jim Chapel has been enlisted in a new war.This time it's in his own backyard . . . and even more deadly.A small band of fugitives escapes from a secret upstate New York military facility, leaving a trail of bodies in its wake. Each fugitive has a target--an innocent civilian--and will not stop until that target has been eliminated.Wounded Special Forces veteran Jim Chapel has been stuck behind a desk rather than out in the field, but medical technology has finally caught up with his ambitions. Coupled with his unstoppable determination, it will take him back to where he thrives: the thick of the action.Drafted into a new war, this time in our homeland, Chapel is tasked with hunting a group of escapees from a top secret military compound--all extremely deadly, genetically modified killers--and unraveling the mystery behind their existence. Aided by an enigmatic woman named Angel and a courageous, beautiful veterinarian, Chapel begins a cross-country hunt to stop the murders. But are the killers really rogues, or are they part of a sinister conspiracy that reaches into the highest levels?
Chimeraby David Wellington
A band of genetically modified killers has smashed out of a secret military facility in upstate New York, and Special Forces veteran Jim Chapel gets to puzzle out whether theyre renegades or part of a high-up conspiracy. Author of the "Monster Island" trilogy, serialized online zombie novels, Wellington is currently working toward a degree in Library Science at the Pratt Institute.
The Cyclops Initiativeby David Wellington
To save an innocent friend, soldier and spy Jim Chapel will risk his own life and reputation to stop a deadly conspiracy from threatening the country in this relentless, nonstop action adventure from the author of the acclaimed thrillers Chimera and The Hydra ProtocolJim Chapel pledged his life to protect his country from its enemies. But now the one-armed special forces soldier-turned-spy is on the wrong side of the law. The person he trusts most in the world, the brilliant hacker known only as Angel, is suspected of terrorism. When his boss calls for Angel's arrest, Chapel, certain it's a frame job, has only one option: to go rogue.To protect Angel--a woman he's never actually met--Chapel must clear her name. But first he has to find her before a deadly marine sniper, a drone aircraft gone feral, and the entire intelligence community closes in. With the aid of old friends and his ex-lover Julia, the search to find who framed Angel leads Chapel into the dark and lethal underbelly of the covert intelligence world . . . to a conspiracy with deep roots that shocks even this hardened veteran--and a plan that will destroy the United States as we know it if it succeeds.Praise for the Jim Chapel Mission novelsChimera"A good book, crisply written and exciting."--Booklist"The constant action and novel concept will satisfy fans of the genre."--Publishers Weekly"A good and entertaining read, first page to last."--Examiner.comThe Hydra Protocol"A very captivating political thriller. . . . Definitely a page-turner." --Military Press"The threats keep shifting, but the well-choreographed action . . . is nonstop. From Russia with Love meets Dr. Strangelove."--Kirkus Reviews"The Hydra Protocol is a fast action thriller with a lot of twists and turns. Anyone that wants to understand the fears and terror that can be brought about by having nuclear weapons fall under the wrong hands must read this book."--Blackfive.net"Whether this is your first David Wellington book or you've read and loved his work before, The Hydra Protocol is a heart-racing thriller with great sci-fi and mystery cross-over not to be missed!"--SFScope
Frostbite (Werewolf Tale #1)by David Wellington
Horror-star Wellington returns with the first book in a new series, introducing an unforgettable heroine with an impossible choice to make. "Frostbite" also presents a brilliant twist on the werewolf genre, in which the hunter becomes the hunted.
The Hydra Protocolby David Wellington
To prevent nuclear annihilation, wounded Special Forces operative Jim Chapel must infiltrate a top secret Russian military base and disable an unstable supercomputerA routine mission in Cuban waters to retrieve a hidden key code from a sunken Soviet submarine quickly changes course when Cuban officials are tipped off. It turns out that Nadia, the beautiful stranger who saves Chapel from being discovered, is actually a Russian agent, and her intel is shocking. Hidden during the Cold War, a forgotten Russian supercomputer controls hundreds of nuclear missiles, all aimed at the United States. Just one fail-safe error and America will be obliterated. And there have been glitches in the computer's programming. . . .To disarm Hydra before it plunges the United States into nuclear winter, Nadia and Chapel must travel across Eastern Europe and infiltrate a secret base hidden deep in the steppes of Central Asia. But as these uneasy allies discover, not everyone wants the weapon out of commission.Jim Chapel is out of his depth, and out of his element, but not out of the game.
The Hydra Protocolby David Wellington
To prevent nuclear annihilation, wounded Special Forces operative Jim Chapel must infiltrate a top secret Russian military base and disable an unstable supercomputerA routine mission in Cuban waters to retrieve a hidden key code from a sunken Soviet submarine quickly changes course when Cuban officials are tipped off. It turns out that Nadia, the beautiful stranger who saves Chapel from being discovered, is actually a Russian agent, and her intel is shocking. Hidden during the Cold War, a forgotten Russian supercomputer controls hundreds of nuclear missiles, all aimed at the United States. Just one fail-safe error and America will be obliterated. And there have been glitches in the computer's programming. . . .To disarm Hydra before it plunges the United States into nuclear winter, Nadia and Chapel must travel across Eastern Europe and infiltrate a secret base hidden deep in the steppes of Central Asia. But as these uneasy allies discover, not everyone wants the weapon out of commission.Jim Chapel is out of his depth, and out of his element, but not out of the game.
The Hydra Protocolby David Wellington
To prevent nuclear annihilation, wounded Special Forces operative Jim Chapel must infiltrate a top secret Russian military base and disable an unstable supercomputerA routine mission in Cuban waters to retrieve a hidden key code from a sunken Soviet submarine quickly changes course when Cuban officials are tipped off. It turns out that Nadia, the beautiful stranger who saves Chapel from being discovered, is actually a Russian agent, and her intel is shocking. Hidden during the Cold War, a forgotten Russian supercomputer controls hundreds of nuclear missiles, all aimed at the United States. Just one fail-safe error and America will be obliterated. And there have been glitches in the computer's programming. . . .To disarm Hydra before it plunges the United States into nuclear winter, Nadia and Chapel must travel across Eastern Europe and infiltrate a secret base hidden deep in the steppes of Central Asia. But as these uneasy allies discover, not everyone wants the weapon out of commission.Jim Chapel is out of his depth, and out of his element, but not out of the game.
Minotaurby David Wellington
Someone is smuggling Russian guns into the United States to arm domestic terrorists, and it's up to Special Forces veteran Jim Chapel to uncover who is behind the plot. The prime suspect is Ygor Favorov, a notorious Russian operative who defected just before the fall of the Soviet Union. But exposing a billionaire double agent is far from easy, and Chapel must fight his way through a small army of security guards to confront the Russian and defuse a secret that could lead to war between the United States and Russia.
Monster Islandby David Wellington
Welcome to New York City, Population Zero? The power grid has collapsed. There is no running water, no light, no heat. The massive neon signs of Times Square are dark now, and the subway trains crouch silent in their tunnels, waiting for commuters who will never return. An epidemic of staggering lethality has passed over the city and left nothing living in its wake. And yet the city is not deserted. The dead have returned to life, and they're hungry. The millions of people who once worked and lived in New York have been turned into cannibalistic monsters whose only function is to consume. No living person would dare enter the city--it would be suicide. Dekalb doesn't have a choice. He must protect his daughter's future, and that means retrieving vital medical supplies from the UN building in Midtown. A cadre of teenage girl soldiers have been recruited to help him find what he needs, and get back alive. They're well armed. They're devoted to their mission and willing to sacrifice anything to pull it off. But the odds against them are staggering. Especially when it turns out that not all zombies are created equal. Deep inside the city a medical student named Gary comes back from the dead different--his mind is intact. He can still think and feel. He's hungry, just like the rest, but unlike them he can plan, plot, and scheme. He can even lead the others, bending them to his will. Soon he has a small army at his command, a growing mob of rotting corpses all devoted to one cause: to find meat for their master. When Dekalb and Gary cross paths sparks will fly, destinies will clash--and the future of humanity will be decided, one head shot at a time.
Monster Island (Zombie #1)by David Wellington
It's one month after a global disaster. The most "developed" nations of the world have fallen to the shambling zombie masses. Only a few pockets of humanity survive - in places rife with high-powered weaponry, such as Somalia. In New York City, the dead walk the streets, driven by an insatiable hunger for all things living. One amongst them is different; though he shares their appetites he has retained his human intelligence. Alone among the mindless zombies, Gary Fleck is an eyewitness to the end of the world - and perhaps the evil genius behind it all. From the other side of the planet, a small but heavily-armed group of schoolgirls-turned-soldiers has come in search of desperately needed medicine. Dekalb, a former United Nations weapons inspector, leads them as their local guide. Ayaan, a crack shot at the age of sixteen, will stop at nothing to complete her mission. They think they are prepared for anything. On Monster Island they will find that there is something worse even than being undead, as Gary learns the true price of survival.
Monster Nationby David Wellington
This is where it begins. This is where the end of the world begins? She wakes up alone and feeling like she's half-dead. She can't remember her name. She staggers outside, looking for help--and that's when she sees that the dead have returned to life, that zombies are running in the streets and devouring the living. And she's one of them. She isn't breathing. The zombies leave her alone. Because they know she's one of their kind. And yet she differs from the brainless ghouls around her in some crucial ways. Somehow she's kept her intelligence intact, if not her memory. And being dead has certain compensations. She has developed strange powers. She calls herself Nilla, and all she knows is that staying alive only gets harder after you die? Meanwhile the National Guard has its hands full with the worst epidemic ever to strike the American west. From California to Colorado every town, every city is being overrun. Captain Bannerman Clark isn't prepared for this. He's semi-retired and he hasn't fired a gun in years, not since the Vietnam war. Yet it seems there's no one else around to take charge. As the world we know collapses he must find in himself the brains, the guts, and the moral courage to lead the survivors to safety, if there's any to be had. Meanwhile, behind the scenes, shadowy players are just beginning to show their hands. There's more going on here than meets the eye, and Clark and Nilla both have parts to play in a game they can't comprehend?
Monster Nation (Zombie #2)by David Wellington
Monster nation is the second book of David Wellington's trilogy of an apocalyptic end of the world when the dead rise to consume the living.
Monster Planetby David Wellington
Surviving the end of the world was the easy part? It's twelve years since the dead came back. Ravening, mindless zombies have devoured almost every living thing on the planet. The few, scattered survivors are surviving on canned goods and a refusal to give in and die. They are lead by Ayaan, a former child soldier turned brilliant strategist. She's twenty-eight years old, in a world where the average life expectancy is twenty-five. Together with her adopted ward Sarah, who has the psychic ability to see the life-force of the undead, she's gathered a few hundred survivors in Africa and given them safety, something to eat, and the possibility of a future. It would be a lot easier if the zombies weren't so well organized. Out of the east a dead prince has risen. The Tsarevich, the most powerful lich the world has yet seen, is able to command his fellow zombies and has crafted them into an unstoppable army. He has swept across Russia and eastern Europe, hunting down every survivor he can find. He's about to come down on Ayaan and her desert oasis like a tidal wave of death and horror. Yet quickly enough Ayaan realizes he's not just out for her destruction. He has something else in mind, a goal that will take him--and her--across oceans, all the way back to Colorado where the first zombies rose from the grave. He's going back to the Source and when he reaches it, no one will ever be safe again. The fate of all life on the planet is up for grabs, and if Ayaan and Sarah can't stop him there will be no more second chances?
Myrmidonby David Wellington
An e-book original action thriller by acclaimed author David Wellington. Wounded Special Forces veteran Jim Chapel now specializes in missions improbable (and sometimes impossible). After confronting a Russian triple agent, Chapel must infiltrate a separatist militia group to track and seize contraband Russian weaponry. But the militia leader has his own agenda . . . and an ace up his sleeve.
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The acclaimed author of Chimera and The Hydra Protocol delivers his spectacular breakout novel--an entertaining, page-turning zombie epic that is sure to become a classicAnyone can be positive . . .Years after a plague killed 99 percent of the population, turning them into infectious zombies, Finnegan and his family live in a barricaded New York City, safe from danger. But Finn's sheltered life fractures when his unsuspecting mother falls sick with the zombie disease--latent inside her since before her son's birth. Finn, too, can be infected. At any time, the zombie virus could explode in his body, turning him from a rational human into a ravenous monster. If he remains healthy for the last two years of the potential incubation period, he'll be cleared. Until then, he must be moved to a special facility for positives, segregated to keep the healthy population safe.Tattooed with a plus sign on his hand that marks him as a positive, Finn is exiled from the city. But when marauders kill the escort sent to transport him, Finn must learn how to survive alone in an eerie, disintegrated landscape. To make it to safety, he must embark on a perilous cross-country journey across an America transformed--a dark and deadly land populated with unlikely heroes, depraved villains, murderous madmen, and hordes of ravenous zombies. And though the zombies are everywhere, Finn discovers that the real danger is his fellow humans. A compelling coming-of-age story and riveting tale of suspense filled with unforgettable characters and explosive action, Positive is an electrifying thriller that raises thoughtful questions about our own humanity.
Seize the Nightby Christopher Golden Charlaine Harris Tim Lebbon John Langan Brian Keene Gary A. Braunbeck Kelley Armstrong Sherrilyn Kenyon Scott Smith Michael Koryta David Wellington Lynda Barry Dan Chaon Lucy A. Snyder Laird Barron John Ajvide Lindqvist Dana Cameron Rio Youers Joe Mckinney Seanan Mcguire Leigh Perry Robert Shearman
A blockbuster anthology of original, blood-curdling vampire fiction from New York Times bestselling and award-winning authors, including Charlaine Harris, whose novels were adapted into HBO's hit show True Blood, and Scott Smith, publishing his first work since The Ruins.Before being transformed into romantic heroes and soft, emotional antiheroes, vampires were figures of overwhelming terror. Now, from some of the biggest names in horror and dark fiction, comes this stellar collection of short stories that make vampires frightening once again. Edited by New York Times bestselling author Christopher Golden and featuring all-new stories from such contributors as Charlaine Harris, John Ajvide Lindqvist, Scott Smith, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Michael Kortya, Kelley Armstrong, Brian Keene, David Wellington, Seanan McGuire, and Tim Lebbon, Seize the Night is old-school vampire fiction at its finest.
Vampire Zero (Laura Caxton #3)by David Wellington
Caxton fired again, and this time hit her target. The bullet clanged off his chest and spun away into darkness. How was it possible? Jameson's body curled up like a caterpillar in a fire, but only for an instant. He straightened up quickly - and then he was on her. It was that fast. She felt a cold wind blowing toward her and then she was on the floor with the vampire on top of her, pinning down her gun hand, his teeth pressing against her cheek. He felt cold and wrong and he stank of death. Compelling, explosive and hypnotic, Vampire Zerois the final book in David Wellington's vampire trilogy, a thrilling chase through a fear-inducing landscape, seen through the eyes of the fearless yet flawed heroes of 13 Bulletsand 99 Coffins. In this final gripping installment, Caxton is left to fight alone as Jameson is seized by the dark side and becomes the most terrifying enemy she has ever had to face. How can she face the unthinkable? Who can she trust in a world where nothing is as it seems?'The taut narrative never slackens, providing thrilling entertainment for readers who like their horror raw and bloody. ' - Publishers' Weekly'David Wellington is moving the literature of the undead in to the 21st Century with new levels of brutality. ' - LA Times'The hottest bad boys in contemporary fiction are cold-blooded vampires'. - USA Today
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Andrés Sepúlveda secretly manipulated political campaigns across Latin America for years, and he says the same kind of thing is happening in the United States now.
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A new poll measures contentment around the country and the world.
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Despite his efforts to champion his constituency — the world's poor, of which the vast majority are women — the pope tends to overlook the feminized nature of poverty and inequality.
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January 20, 2013
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ADDIS ABABA — African heads of state will choose a new chairperson for the African Union next Sunday. Ethiopia's Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn is expected to be elected. Hailemariam has only been in office since September, after long-time leader Meles Zenawi died in August.
Institute for Security Studies senior researcher Solomon Dersso says the Ethiopian leader has shown he is involved in African affairs.
"During that period the major African engagements that we have seen was basically his trip to Somalia, where he attended the inaugurational ceremony of the new president, and his recent trip to Sudan, South Sudan, and also the facilitation that he provided for the signing of the 27 September agreements between Sudan and South Sudan," he said.
Hailemariam, who is an engineer by training and was a dean of the Arba Minch University, joined one of the four parties that make up ruling coalition Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front in the mid-nineties.
He was the vice administrator and later also administrator of the southern regions before moving on to become special adviser to the late prime minister for social affairs. He became Ethiopia's foreign minister and deputy prime minister in 2010.
Getachew Redda worked closely with Hailemariam at the Foreign Ministry, but says it is difficult to point out what legacy he left behind.
"I am not sure if two years is long enough for someone to leave a larger visible imprint. But one thing I know is Hailemariam's presence here in the foreign ministry for the last two years has had very significant influence on how things are done," said Getachew Redda. "For one thing, he is not the kind of person who wants to create a cult around himself, he is much engaging with everybody. It is not just about people who are supposedly close to him."
There are some noticeable changes in Ethiopian politics since Prime Minister Hailemariam assumed office. A collective leadership has been put in place, including the appointment of three deputy prime ministers, instead of one.
A long-time friend of the prime minister and colleague at the university, Seleshi Bekele, says team building has always been part of the Hailemariam leadership style.
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There have been few developments domestically that can be attributed to the vision and leadership of the new prime minister. Political scientist at the Addis Ababa University, Demeke Achiso, says Hailemariam just is not that powerful.
"I can not say that he is not exercising any power, of course he is enjoying power, prime ministerial power, but very much reduced as compared to Meles Zenawi. Before holding any kind of meeting, discussion, or diplomacy, he has to strongly work with the party and then he has to ventilate the voice of the party," said Demeke Achiso.
The African heads of state are expected to elect Hailemariam on January 27, the first day of the African Union summit. President Yayi Boni of Benin currently holds the position. The chair rotates between the five regions of the continent and is elected every year
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The legacy of the great PM Meles Zenawi leaves on through HMD and the rest of African leaders and countries who benefited by his visionary leadership to embolden the unity fo Africans.
The legacy of the great Pm meles Zenawi lives on through HMD…….THAT WAS WHAT I MEAN.
I'm watching the NFL playoffs. Excuse moi!
Dear addis zemen,
I do not understand why tplf still does not take PM HMD as the countries PM? I do not see his pic or head lines on tplf sites. I thought PM HMD is the prime minister of tplf and…
Why do we need tplf(liberation front) at this juncture?
Why do EFFORT 'service' one part of our society?
Do you think EFFORT has the same level of transparency than the business next door?
take care.
Well, 40 days of morning has came and past but still the cadres are crying about the dead man.
Hailemariam is the most qualified person to chair the AU. He just needs the assistance of three deputy chair persons to get the job done.
What are the tasks of the AU anyway?
Adgi ,you are once again laughing on yourself .By the way ,what a Legacy are you talking about .Do you mean ,the AU HQ ,paid by the Chinese for a bunch of Corrupted and Lazy Despots spare times . Little Tyrant HMD ,shall as usual occupy a chair ,just to make foolish and baseless boring speeches in the Name of the African Union . 50 years later ,African Peoples are still living in Misery while the Despots and Tyrants are getting more and more Wealthy
Adgi malet eko ahya new; in case you do not know that. Hope you have the brain and understand what I mean. haha
Enante ahyoch, efort woyane eyalachuh stalaznu nuru. Ahunm gmeloch ygoazalu wushoch mechoh atakortu. Viva ethiopia viva HMD.
Hyena ,Tekelkelnesh ,beteleyem Degmo Le Ahya Wondemesh betam TESMAMI YEHONE SETAME BEMEHONU NEHU…LOL !!!!!
Hyena ,Tekelkel nesh ,beteleyem Degmo Le Ahya Wondemesh betam TESMAMI YEHONE SEYAME BEMEHONU NEHU…LOL !!!!!
If it was not for our pattern of being under staunch and stark autocracy of a single head, we would not refuse to accept power sharing of the incumbent prime minister.
You think it is wrong when a single head dominates, and you don't accept when power is shared.
Si my question is why don't you go and lead Ethiopia?
Ethiopia Rise!
I dont like woyanes!
But as long as they make suffer shabians, number one enemmy good for nothings then it is good DH is leading AU. Then he would drive creazy the shabi king.
To be AU chairman is as useless as being PM of TPLF for HMD. He is like those ETV news people who are required to say and only say what the TPLF propaganda machine manufactures.
What we need is a small wisdom from the 100 young but fearless Eritreans who have taken their frustration with their dysfunctional government to the limit!
Slowly but surely, the middle east spring is coming home!
Let's go Oromos, Amharas. Gurages, and all true Ethiopian!
Adgi=Ahya= TEDDY=Gimatam=an Idiot = Jobless=welfare
Any question Teddy? go ahead start calling me woyane, shabia or something else.
When are you going to you know disappear? you and Addis Zefen are the most laughable guys.
Ayen Yelehu ,this is your own problem being brainwashed and narrow minded .Keep on your daily "Ye Abyen Be Emye " Joke.
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The city's Department of Public Works announced Thursday that the city has again won an annual water taste test challenge held by environmental and water groups in the Chesapeake Bay region.
Members of the organizations bring samples of finished drinking water to be judged. Last year, Baltimore won first place in reservoir water. This year, it won both first and second place in the same category.
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The world's greatest hide and seek player.
America: "Dammit, we didn't even count to 20 and Osama Bin Laden still got away"
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Is dead.
Osama bin Laden is missing for good.
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The World Hide-and-Seek Champion, given the title after eluding the U.S. Armed Forces for 9 years and 5 months, but ultimately received a bullet in the face by a U.S. Navy Seal on May 1, 2011.
If Osama Bin Laden would have played more Call of Duty, he would know camping can only last for so long...
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The world hide and seek champion.
I'm pretty sure Osama Bin Laden won that little hide and seek game we started in 2001...It's hard to beat 9 years, 7 months, and 20 days.
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Osama Bin Laden is DEAAAAAAAD
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Scott Sonnon is running a series of blog posts on primal movements. Anyone interested in this sort of thing should check it out. I tried the first in the series which he posted last Friday and it was really quite a workout.
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December 9, 2012, 06:46 PM
Is there an advantage on having the 10-10 vs. the 505??
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They are both excellent scales and you will never need another scale if you buy either one.
I bought the 1010 because I wanted to be able to weigh things over 500 grains and because it "self stores" in its own case. Also, I preferred the drum poise over the sliding poises on the 505.
If you can throw a plastic cover over the scale in a reserved location (and so don't see an advantage in the self-storing case) and if you don't mind moving little poises around, the 505 is fine.
The 505 is a little cheaper, so if economy is a consideration, there is that, too.
December 9, 2012, 08:56 PM
Both are excellent scales. The 1010 will weigh larger amounts if ever needed.
December 9, 2012, 09:01 PM
I too prefer the drum poise of the 10-10 and 5-10 scales. Both are a high quality balance and you can't go wrong with either one.
December 9, 2012, 09:40 PM
i just use a 8.5x11 sheet of copy paper folded long-ways to make a little tent to keep the dust off my 5-0-5
December 10, 2012, 10:43 AM
Same as above. It is actually a copy of my Lee PAD tables.
I am old and fumble fingered and have trouble with the drum type poise on my 510 and 1010. I mostly use my Dillon with the three poises. Easier for me to check zero and reset it to my desired weight.
By the way NeuseRvrRat, if it was you who first suggested the paper scale cover, I appreciate it. I have added to it by using Braums paper sacks to cover my presses.:D
December 10, 2012, 10:49 AM
I have the 5-10 - an excellent scale that, when I bought it, came with a vinyl dust cover for it
December 10, 2012, 11:06 AM
For me, the 505 is so much easier to adjust, so i don't care for the 1010...
Kevin Rohrer
December 10, 2012, 11:09 AM
I bought the 10-10 for the thumbwheel and the dust cover. It serves as a backup and confirmation for my electronic scale, and won't be used that often.
December 10, 2012, 01:16 PM
I traded a 505 for a 1010 (good deal, huh?) but I prefer the 510.
December 10, 2012, 06:07 PM
I started with a Lyman M-5 in '65, it's the forerunner of the 1010. I chose that because I prefer my tools, all of them, to be as versatile as possible and figgered the extra range above the basic 505 grains would be helpful at times. Bad guess, I've NEVER used the extra range for reloading; did a few arrow shafts at one time but nothing else.
Bottom line, get the less costly scale and cover it with a cheep ladies nylon scarf to keep dust off it.
Kevin Rohrer
December 10, 2012, 06:13 PM
cheep ladies nylon scarf
I don't know any cheep ladies; can you loan me one? :evil:
December 11, 2012, 03:51 PM
I have an old 5-10 and love it. I find the thumb wheel a real nice feature.
December 11, 2012, 04:15 PM
By the way NeuseRvrRat, if it was you who first suggested the paper scale cover, I appreciate it. I have added to it by using Braums paper sacks to cover my presses
i think i saw it suggested somewhere when i was first getting started with reloading. good idea on the bags over the presses.
December 11, 2012, 04:49 PM
I made a scale stand to get it up at eye level for a straight-shot view of the pointer.
Cuts out all the paralax error from looking down at it on the bench.
It could just as easily of had sides on it, and became a dust cover too.
But I keep mine in the box when it is not in use.
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by yosukematsuno on 2011-05-18 17:08:48
I update yesterday and have just opened up a song I am working for someone in my studio - I know have this crappy digital fizz on everything that I have created.
Really can't stand that harsh tone, and the presets I had created didn't have it.
Is there anything I can do to revert back to the same quality I was getting before?
Thanks for your time
by jpalmer44 on 2011-05-18 23:42:06
i have this same problem, tried uninstalling and downgrading but no luck...running osx 10.6.7
by sergus on 2011-05-19 10:57:10
I have the same problem under win xp and win7 x64/x32.
by winterskiesprod on 2011-05-21 11:59:30
Same boat here. This is how PODfarm sounded before I updated: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/794136/GrooveA.mp3
Now it sounds like total ass. Just fizz like crazy. I can't even use the damn TubeScreamer model by itself with another ampsim, it seems to be affecting everything in PODfarm
OSX 10.6.7 here
Even if you downgrade to the version before it still does this (reading from above)? What gives...
by cromcruach on 2011-05-21 15:21:26
wasnt working for me earlier, but sorted the problem in the podfarms preferences tab, and enable the stand alone + all the
audio driver settings have to be redone eg, bitrate, buffer size etc, its because of it's new functions with sound drivers.
read the new manual on the set up for whatever os you have, hopefully this works.
by winterskiesprod on 2011-05-21 18:22:13
Unfortunately that did nothing for me. I don't understand what the problem is. Nor can we get an official response from someone at L6...
Is there not a way to downgrade to the version before 2.5? I don't even care about standalone capability, I have a PODxt Pro sitting in my rack right now that I use to monitor with in real time. I use PODfarm as a VST in Cubase on DI tracks though and other things. I just want it to go back to the way it was before.
by winterskiesprod on 2011-05-22 00:48:59
What PODfarm 2.0 sounds like: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/794136/PODfarmPREv250.mp3
What PODfarm 2.5 sounds like: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/794136/PODfarmPOSTv250.mp3
Unacceptable. Line6 needs to fix this ASAP. Sounds HORRIBLE now. It sounds like there is no cabinet simulation on it. However, if I turn off the cabinet in PODfarm (No Cab selection) and put an impulse loader after it with a cab, it still sounds really bad and undergained.
by mooncake on 2011-05-22 03:44:05
Pod Farm 2.5 messed up all the mixes that I've done with Propellerheads Record, so I downgraded back to version 2.02 and everything is stable again. With 2.5 all Line 6 Amp sound levels went totally wrong. Hope this will be fixed soon.
Edit: I noticed that for some reason Pod Farm 2.5 works in trial mode (No Pod Farm 2 license found. Pod Farm 2 is not authorized). Yes, I have a license and it has been authorized.
Win7 x64, UX2, iLok, Record/Reason + all the latest drivers and updates.
by AL24 on 2011-05-23 04:38:07
I have the same problem under mac 10.6.7 with ilok.
by whammybar8 on 2011-05-23 04:55:45
Same Here No Matter What i Adjust Just sound,s Totall Rubish !!! .....Distorted.... Also Noticed
Compared With Pod Farm 1 The Output Level is Very weak Not Happy !!!
by mikey1 on 2011-05-23 09:46:24
How many of you guys are using the iLok version?
by whammybar8 on 2011-05-23 10:19:08
Hi Mikey
Just Using Normal Version ................Still Not Working m8..... Tom
by winterskiesprod on 2011-05-23 11:26:16
I am on iLok.
by AndersNorddal on 2011-05-23 13:15:09
Same problem here! I just bought it and is is disapointing that Line 6 haven't said something about it!
by cromcruach on 2011-05-24 02:54:37
read new user manual, licences etc. can only be authorised with purchased product. All hardware settings and Preference have to be set again, especially if the program was uninstalled and reinstalled. All the answers are in the podfarm2.5 manual.
by winterskiesprod on 2011-05-24 04:28:52
cromcruach wrote:
read new user manual, licences etc. can only be authorised with purchased product. All hardware settings and Preference have to be set again, especially if the program was uninstalled and reinstalled. All the answers are in the podfarm2.5 manual.
Yeah, did that and it definitely did not help. Did you even listen to the two clips I posted? There is something majorly wrong with the update for me. No amount of setting and preference tweaks will fix it. If you follow my own thread about this issue (here) you can see, in detail, why that suggestion is useless.
by cromcruach on 2011-05-24 05:34:54
yeah i listened, sounds like your core sound is there but some other dynamic is def missing. If i worked for line6 id think about whats wrong,
but obviously this has been tried and tested. Think theres too many things goin on with licence manager/monkey/podfarm etc for it to be a smooth process.
If everthing is authorised, and all your software is up to date, then it has to be sound card/ driver setup issues. other than that, im enjoyin the new version alot, even though it took
a day and a half to figure out why it wasnt working.
by winterskiesprod on 2011-05-25 09:39:31
cromcruach wrote:If everthing is authorised, and all your software is up to date, then it has to be sound card/ driver setup issues.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with my interface or it's drivers. It works totally fine with everything else. It wasn't until I tried to update to 2.5 that there has been an issue. This issue is solely caused by Line6's coding of the 2.5 update. Period.
by mooncake on 2011-05-25 09:44:17
I agree. Version 2.02 still works flawlessly.
by whammybar8 on 2011-05-25 11:27:18
Yepp Something is Wrong With This New Update
Was Doing Some Rec....T-Day P.C Crashed Twice
Grrrrrrrrh!! Any one else had This ????????
by RndmAxess on 2011-05-27 14:00:10
Just discovered the 2.5 update and installed today. I'm on MacOsX 10.6.7. and using the iLok version.
I started Digital Performer 7.22 and it does a check on any new Audio Units plugin it find. It took a long time and I was reading as it checked the PFP 2.5 as it said "passed, but may degrade performance".
Opened it up as a plugin from within DP7 and as soon as I try to select another preset it crashes.
Tried PFP 2.5 in standalone mode, and same thing. Crashes when I do anything with select an amp etc.
Wish I read the forums before installing it. Anyone can refer me to info about?
Also, installed on a separate drive that has OSX10.5.8 and crashes in standalone mode every time there too.
by winterskiesprod on 2011-05-28 06:54:56
Yeah, we are still waiting on an official response from L6. Hopefully in the form of a patch that will fix the problems it seems everyone is having with 2.5.
by Mr_Arkadin on 2011-05-29 04:31:02
winterskiesprod wrote:
Yeah, we are still waiting on an official response from L6. Hopefully in the form of a patch that will fix the problems it seems everyone is having with 2.5.
Line 6 will not see this thread as it is posted in the Lounge. For Line 6 to see technical questions you should post this in the correct forum:
and select the "Mark as question" option - otherwise Line 6 will not see it.
by RndmAxess on 2011-05-29 12:15:01
Just started a new thread in support area marked as a question for those who want to post there regarding 2.5 update issues.
by winterskiesprod on 2011-05-29 12:40:05
Thanks guys... already had a thread in there started a quite a few days ago... it is marked as a question and I have yet to have anyone from Line6 respond to it.
by mooncake on 2011-05-29 21:37:56
Excellent. Thank you.
by agb1954 on 2013-01-17 14:11:35
Before reading these comments, I considered upgrading to the Platinum edition, but now I'm glad I'm not "updating", especially since there hasn't been any official response from Line 6...
by silverhead on 2013-01-17 14:32:10
Dude(tte) - this thread is more than a year and a half old. Meantime, there have been three release updates for Pod Farm 2.5. The latest is v2.55. Also in the meantime, Line 6 support has moved to a support ticket system; they no longer provide tech support in this forum. Actually, they never looked here in 'the lounge' in the first place.
But, suit yourself.
The information above may not be current, and you should direct questions to the current forum or review the manual.


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