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All the Earth, Thrown to the Skyby Joe R. Lansdale
Jack Catcher's parents are dead--his mom died of sickness and his dad of a broken heart--and he has to get out of Oklahoma, where dust storms have killed everything green, hopeful, or alive. When former classmate Jane and her little brother Tony show up in his yard with plans to steal a dead neighbor's car and make a break for Texas, Jack doesn't need much convincing. But a run-in with one of the era's most notorious gangsters puts a crimp in Jane's plan, and soon the three kids are hitching the rails among hoboes, gangsters, and con men, racing to warn a carnival wrestler turned bank robber of the danger he faces and, in the process, find a new home for themselves. This road trip adventure from the legendary Joe R. Lansdale is a thrilling and colorful ride through Depression-era America.From the Hardcover edition.
Bad Chili (Hap Collins and Leonard Pine #4)by Joe R. Lansdale
With his trademark knack for gut-busting laughter and head-splitting action, Joe R. Lansdale serves up a bubbling cauldron of murder and mayhem that only he could create.<P> Hap Collins has just returned home from a gig working on an off shore oil rig. With a new perspective on life, Hap wants to change the way he's living, and shoot the straight and narrow. That is until the man who stole Leonard Pine's boyfriend turns up headless in a ditch and Leonard gets fingered for the murder. Hap vows to clear Leonard's name, but things only get more complicated when Leonard's ex shows up dead. To the police it is just a matter of gay-biker infighting, but to Hap and Leonard murder is always serious business, and these hit a little to close to home.n
The Book of Cthulhuby Charles Stross Cherie Priest Caitlin R. Kiernan Joe R. Lansdale
The Cthulhu Mythos is one of the 20th century's most singularly recognizable literary creations. Initially created by H. P. Lovecraft and a group of his amorphous contemporaries (the so-called "Lovecraft Circle"), The Cthulhu Mythos story cycle has taken on a convoluted, cyclopean life of its own. Some of the most prodigious writers of the 20th century, and some of the most astounding writers of the 21st century have planted their seeds in this fertile soil. The Book of Cthulhu harvests the weirdest and most corpulent crop of these modern mythos tales. From weird fiction masters to enigmatic rising stars, The Book of Cthulhu demonstrates how Mythos fiction has been a major cultural meme throughout the 20th century, and how this type of story is still salient, and terribly powerful today.
The Bottomsby Joe R. Lansdale
The Great Depression, East Texas. The woods are thick, the rivers wild, the weather ripe with tornadoes, and the Crane family, like most families in that neck of the woods, are eking out a thin living. When young Harry Crane discovers a mutilated body bound to a tree with barbed wire in the river bottoms, the underbelly of East Texas is exposed. Whites fear a renegade Negro. Blacks fear a vengeful massacre, or, if the killer is white, that the law will let him slip through its fingers. Harry believes the murderer is the Goat Man, an East Texas monster of legend who lurks beneath the swing bridge on the Sabine River, like the Billy Goat Gruff. Harry and his sister have actually seen the Goat Man, or something much like him, in his nocturnal haunts. As the bodies mount up, an elderly black man is lynched, both blacks and whites are terrorised, and Harry's father - the local law - and grandmother investigate, searching for a killer who may be a lot closer than they think.
By Bizarre Handsby Ramsey Campbell Lewis Shiner Joe R. Lansdale
"Lansdale is an immense talent."--Booklist. Small-town juvenile delinquents, Pentecostal snake-handlers, zombies, psychopaths, and assorted freaks populate these witty and gritty tales of horror by a master of the genre. The suspenseful, action-packed tales range from visions of a post-apocalyptic world ("Tight Little Stitches in a Dead Man's Back," "On the Far Side of the Cadillac Desert with Dead Folks") to alternative histories ("Trains Not Taken," "Letter from the South, Two Moons West of Nacogdoches"). A dozen other stories of gruesome violence and utter depravity include "The Pit," in which car trouble develops into a life-or-death struggle; "Night They Missed the Horror Show," involving an encounter with ornery rednecks; and "Hell Through a Windshield," in which a drive-in movie provides a one-way ticket to another dimension.By Bizarre Hands, Joe R. Lansdale's debut collection of short stories, was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award for Best Fiction, and two of its tales have received Stoker awards. Lansdale's novella Bubba Ho-Tep was adapted into a 2002 film, and his Hap and Leonard detective stories inspired the Sundance Channel television series. This edition features an Introduction by science-fiction novelist Lewis Shiner and an Afterword by horror fiction author Ramsey Campbell. Suggested for mature readers.
By Bizarre Handsby Joe R. Lansdale
Sixteen of the author's short horror stories. His novella, "On the Far Side of the Cadillac Desert with Dead People," the 1990 Bram Stoker Award winner, is included. 2 new stories are also included. Some British spellings.
Captains Outrageousby Joe R. Lansdale
Hap Collins and Leonard Pine find mucho trouble, this time in Mexico, when they come face to face with a nudist mobster, his seven-foot strong-arm, a octogenarian knife-touting fisherman, and, somehow, an armadillo. When Hap Collins saves the life of his employer's daughter, he is rewarded with a Caribbean Cruise, and he convinces his best friend Leonard Pine to come along. However, when the cruise sails on without them, stranding them in Playa del Carmen with nothing but their misfortune and Leonard's new ridiculous hat, the two quickly find themselves drawn into a vicious web of sordid violence. When they return to East Texas, they find that trouble has beaten them back, and when trouble's around it doesn't take long for Hap and Leonard to find it.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Devil Redby Joe R. Lansdale
Hap Collins and Leonard Pine return in a red-hot, mayhem-fueled thriller to face a vampire cult, the Dixie Mafia, and the deadliest assassin they've ever encountered--Devil Red.When their friend Marvin asks Hap and Leonard to look into a cold-case double homicide, they're more than happy to play private investigators: they like trouble, and they especially like getting paid to find it. It turns out that both of the victims were set to inherit serious money, and one of them ran with a vampire cult. The more closely Hap and Leonard look over the crime-scene photos, the more they see, including the image of a red devil's head painted on a tree. A little research turns up a slew of murders with that same fiendish signature. And if that's not enough, Leonard has taken to wearing a deerstalker cap . . . Will this be the case that finally sends Hap over the edge?Full up with Lansdale's trademark--whip-smart dialogue, relentless pacing, and unorthodox-to-say-the-least characters--Devil Red is one rambunctious thrill ride by one hell of a writer.From the Hardcover edition.
Edge of Dark Waterby Joe R. Lansdale
Mark Twain meets classic Stephen King--a bold new direction for widely acclaimed Edgar Award winner Joe R. Lansdale.May Lynn was once a pretty girl who dreamed of becoming a Hollywood star. Now she's dead, her body dredged up from the Sabine River.Sue Ellen, May Lynn's strong-willed teenage friend, sets out to dig up May Lynn's body, burn it to ash, and take those ashes to Hollywood to spread around. If May Lynn can't become a star, then at least her ashes will end up in the land of her dreams.Along with her friends Terry and Jinx and her alcoholic mother, Sue Ellen steals a raft and heads downriver to carry May Lynn's remains to Hollywood.Only problem is, Sue Ellen has some stolen money that her enemies will do anything to get back. And what looks like a prime opportunity to escape from a worthless life will instead lead to disastrous consequences. In the end, Sue Ellen will learn a harsh lesson on just how hard growing up can really be.
A Fine Dark Lineby Joe R. Lansdale
The time is the summer of 1958, the place is Dewmont, Texas. For blissfully ignorant thirteen-year-old Stanley Mitchell, the end of innocence comes with his discovery of an old trove of passionate yet troubled love letters that lead him to a long-ago house fire and the tragic deaths of two very different young women. Stanley finds a guide and mentor in black, elderly Buster Lighthouse Smith, a retired Indian Reservation policeman who now runs the projector at the drive-in theater owned by Stanley's parents. Buster tutors Stanley on the finer points of Sherlock Holmes, the blues, and life's lost dreams. But not every buried thing stays dead. And in one terrifying night of rushing creek water and thundering rain, an arcane murderous force will rise from the past to threaten the boy -- and test the limits of Buster's strength and wisdom. In the end the old man teaches Stanley a lesson that will haunt him always.
Honky Tonk Samuraiby Joe R. Lansdale
NOW THE BASIS OF THE NEW SERIES ON SUNDANCETV.Only Hap and Leonard would catch a cold case with hot cars, hot women, and ugly skinheads.The story starts simply enough when Hap, a former 60s activist and self-proclaimed white trash rebel, and Leonard, a tough black, gay Vietnam vet and Republican with an addiction to Dr. Pepper, are working a freelance surveillance job in East Texas. The uneventful stakeout is coming to an end when the pair witness a man abusing his dog. Leonard takes matters into his own fists, and now the bruised dog abuser wants to press charges. One week later, a woman named Lilly Buckner drops by their new PI office with a proposition: find her missing granddaughter, or she'll turn in a video of Leonard beating the dog abuser. The pair agrees to take on the cold case and soon discover that the used car dealership where her granddaughter worked is actually a front for a prostitution ring. The mystery of her disappearance only deepens from there.Filled with Lansdale's trademark whip-smart dialogue, relentless pacing, and unorthodox characters, Honky Tonk Samurai is a rambunctious thrill ride by one hell of a writer.
Leather Maidenby Joe R. Lansdale
A masterly new thriller from the Edgar Award-winning writer who has "a folklorist's eye for telling detail and a front-porch raconteur's sense of pace" (The New York Times Book Review). After a scandalous affair costs him his job in Houston, Cason Statler--Gulf War veteran and Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist--returns home to the small east Texas town of Camp Rapture. Cason is a wreck. He drinks too much, he's stalking his ex-girlfriend, and he's wallowing in envy of his successful older brother. To get back on his feet, he takes a job at the local paper, and when he stumbles across his predecessor's notes on a cold case murder file, he thinks he's found the thing that'll keep him out of trouble. No such luck. The further he digs into the case, the more certain he is that the unsolved crime is connected to a series of eerie, inexplicable events that have recently occurred in town. And he knows his suspicions are right on when he finds himself dragged into a deadly game of blackmail and murder that clearly has evil as its only goal. Leather Maidenis a brash amalgam of suspense, raw humor, and mystery that unfolds in the vividly rendered shadowy lowlands of eastern Texas. It's country noir as only Joe Lansdale can do it.
Lost Echoesby Joe R. Lansdale
Since a mysterious childhood illness, Harry Wilkes has experienced horrific visions. Gruesome scenes emerge to replay themselves before his eyes. Triggered by simple sounds, these visions occur anywhere a tragic event has happened. Now in college, Harry feels haunted and turns to alcohol to dull his visionary senses. One night, he sees a fellow drunk easily best three muggers. In this man, Harry finds not only a friend that will help him kick the booze, but also a sensei who will teach him to master his unusual gift. Soon Harry's childhood crush, Kayla, comes and asks for help solving her father's murder. Unsure of how it will affect him, Harry finds the strength to confront the dark secrets of the past, only to unveil the horrors of the present. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Nothing More than Murderby Joe R. Lansdale Jim Thompson
Joe Wilmot can't stand his wife Elizabeth. But he sure loves her movie theater. It's a modest establishment in a beat-down town--but Joe has the run of the place, and inside its walls, he's king. Without the theater, he'd be sunk. Without his leadership, the theater would close in a heartbeat. If it isn't the life Joe imagined for himself, at the very least, it's livable.Everything changes when Joe falls for the housemaid Carol, and the two can't keep it a secret from Elizabeth. Elizabeth won't leave Joe the theater unless he provides for her...but he's put all his money into the show house.Carol and Joe's only hope is the life insurance policies they've taken out on each other. If one of them were to be presumed dead, they'd have more than enough money to solve all their problems...No one knows murder better than Jim Thompson and in this incisive foray into the dark dealings of the mid-20th century movie industry, he doesn't disappoint, in the riveting story of a love triangle gone horribly wrong, and just how far one man will go to hold on to a desperate dream.
Old Marsby Gardner Dozois Michael Moorcock George R. R. Martin Joe R. Lansdale James S.A. Corey
Fifteen all-new stories by science fiction's top talents, collected by bestselling author George R. R. Martin and multiple-award winning editor Gardner Dozois Burroughs's A Princess of Mars. Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles. Heinlein's Red Planet. These and so many more inspired generations of readers with a sense that science fiction's greatest wonders did not necessarily lie far in the future or light-years across the galaxy but were to be found right now on a nearby world tantalizingly similar to our own--a red planet that burned like an ember in our night sky . . . and in our imaginations. This new anthology of fifteen all-original science fiction stories, edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois, celebrates the Golden Age of Science Fiction, an era filled with tales of interplanetary colonization and derring-do. Before the advent of powerful telescopes and space probes, our solar system could be imagined as teeming with strange life-forms and ancient civilizations--by no means always friendly to the dominant species of Earth. And of all the planets orbiting that G-class star we call the Sun, none was so steeped in an aura of romantic decadence, thrilling mystery, and gung-ho adventure as Mars. Join such seminal contributors as Michael Moorcock, Mike Resnick, Joe R. Lansdale, S. M. Stirling, Mary Rosenblum, Ian McDonald, Liz Williams, James S. A. Corey, and others in this brilliant retro anthology that turns its back on the cold, all-but-airless Mars of the Mariner probes and instead embraces an older, more welcoming, more exotic Mars: a planet of ancient canals cutting through red deserts studded with the ruined cities of dying races. FEATURING ALL-NEW STORIES BY James S. A. Corey * Phyllis Eisenstein * Matthew Hughes * Joe R. Lansdale * David D. Levine * Ian McDonald * Michael Moorcock * Mike Resnick * Chris Roberson * Mary Rosenblum * Melinda Snodgrass * Allen M. Steele * S. M. Stirling * Howard Waldrop * Liz Williams And an Introduction by George R. R. Martin!Praise for Old Mars "Strong, fun and evocative."--Tor.com "A fantastic anthology . . . Pulp magic lives in these pages."--BookhoundFrom the Hardcover edition.
Paradise Skyby Joe R. Lansdale
A rollicking novel about Nat Love, an African-American cowboy with a famous nickname: Deadwood Dick.Young Willie is on the run, having fled his small Texas farm when an infamous local landowner murdered his father. A man named Loving takes him in and trains him in the fine arts of shooting, riding, reading, and gardening. When Loving dies, Willie re-christens himself Nat Love in tribute to his mentor, and heads west. In Deadwood, South Dakota Territory, Nat becomes a Buffalo Soldier and is befriended by Wild Bill Hickok. After winning a famous shooting match, Nat's peerless marksmanship and charm earn him the nickname Deadwood Dick, as well as a beautiful woman. But the hellhounds are still on his trail, and they brutally attack Nat Love's love. Pursuing the men who have driven his wife mad, Nat heads south for a final, deadly showdown against those who would strip him of his home, his love, his freedom, and his life.
Rumble Tumbleby Joe R. Lansdale
Hap Collins and Leonard Pine are in for an action-packed adventure when they cross paths with a towering Pentecostal preacher, a midget with a giant attitude, and a gang of bikers turned soldiers of fortune. Even though a midlife crisis just hit Hap Collins like a runaway pickup truck, he's still got his job, he knows his best friend, Leonard Pine, will always be there for him, and of course he's got his main squeeze, Brett Sawyer. Things hit a new low, however, when Brett's daughter, Tillie, who has been walking on the wrong side of the law suddenly stands in need of a rescue. It's won't be easy--it never is--but nothing is going to stop Hap and Leonard as they hit the road destined for Hootie Hoot, Oklahoma to shake things up. And with Hap and Leonard at the wheel this promises to be a wild ride.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Sanctified and Chicken-Friedby Joe R. Lansdale
Master of mojo storytelling, spinner of over-the-top yarns of horror, suspense, humor, mystery, science fiction, and even the Old West, Joe R. Lansdale has attracted a wide and enthusiastic following. His genre-defying work has brought him numerous awards, including the Grand Master of Horror from the World Horror Convention, the Edgar Award, the American Horror Award, seven Bram Stoker awards, the British Fantasy Award, Italy's Grinzane Prize for Literature, as well as Notable Book of the Year recognition twice from the New York Times. Sanctified and Chicken-Fried is the first "true best of Lansdale" anthology. It brings together a unique mix of well-known short stories and excerpts from his acclaimed novels, along with new and previously unpublished material. In this collection of gothic tales that explore the dark and sometimes darkly humorous side of life and death, you'll meet traveling preachers with sinister agendas, towns lost to time, teenagers out for a good time who get more than they bargain for, and gangsters and strange goings-on at the end of the world. Out of the blender of Lansdale's imagination spew tall tales about men and mules, hogs and races, that are, in his words, "the equivalent of Aesop meets Flannery O'Connor on a date with William Faulkner, the events recorded by James M. Cain. " Whether you're a long-time fan of Joe R. Lansdale or just discovering his work, this anthology brings you the best of a writer whom the New York Times Book Review has praised for having "a folklorist's eye for telling detail and a front-porch raconteur's sense of pace. "
Savage Seasonby Joe R. Lansdale
A rip-roaring, high-octane, Texas-sized thriller, featuring two friends, one vixen, a crew of washed-up radicals, loads of money, and bloody mayhem.Hap Collins and Leonard Pine are best friends, yet they couldn't be more different. Hap is an east Texas white-boy with a weakness for Texas women. Leonard is a gay, black Vietnam vet. Together, they steer up more commotion than a fire storm. But that's just the way they like it. So when an ex-flame of Hap's returns promising a huge score. Hap lets Leonard in on the scam, and that's when things get interesting. Chockfull of action and laughs, Savage Season is the masterpiece of dark suspense that introduced Hap and Leonard to the thriller scene. It hasn't been the same since.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Sunset and Sawdustby Joe R. Lansdale
He has been called "hilarious . . . refreshing . . . a terrifically gifted storyteller with a sharp country-boy wit" (Washington Post Book World), and praised for his "folklorist's eye for telling detail and [his] front-porch raconteur's sense of pace" (New York Times Book Review). Now, Joe R. Landsdale gives us a fast-moving, electrifying new novel: a murder mystery set in a steamy backwater of Depression-era East Texas. It begins with an explosion: Sunset Jones kills her husband with a bullet to the brain. Never mind that he was raping her. Pete Jones was constable of the small sawmill town of Camp Rapture ("Camp Rupture" to the local blacks), where no woman, least of all Pete's, refuses her husband what he wants. So most everyone is surprised and angry when, thanks to the unexpected understanding of her mother-in-law--three-quarter owner of the mill--Sunset is named the new constable. And they're even more surprised when she dares to take the job seriously: beginning an investigation into the murder of a woman and an unborn baby whose oil-drenched bodies are discovered buried on land belonging to the only black landowner in town. Yet no one is more surprised than Sunset herself when the murders lead her--through a labyrinth of greed, corruption, and unspeakable malice--not only to the shocking conclusion of the case, but to a well of inner strength she never knew she had. Landsdale brings the thick backwoods and swamps of East Texas vividly to life, and he paints a powerfully evocative picture of a time when Jim Crow and the Klan ruled virtually unopposed, when the oil boom was rolling into and over Texas, when any woman who didn't know her place was considered a threat and a target. In Sunset, he gives us a woman who defies all expectations, wrestling a different place for herself with spirit and spit, cunning and courage. And inSunset and Sawdusthe gives us a wildly energetic novel--galvanizing from first to last.
The Thicketby Joe R. Lansdale
Love and vengeance at the dark dawn of the East Texas oil boom from Joe Lansdale, "a true American original" (Joe Hill, author of Heart-Shaped Box).Jack Parker thought he'd already seen his fair share of tragedy. His grandmother was killed in a farm accident when he was barely five years old. His parents have just succumbed to the smallpox epidemic sweeping turn-of-the-century East Texas--orphaning him and his younger sister, Lula.Then catastrophe strikes on the way to their uncle's farm, when a traveling group of bank-robbing bandits murder Jack's grandfather and kidnap his sister. With no elders left for miles, Jack must grow up fast and enlist a band of heroes the likes of which has never been seen if his sister stands any chance at survival. But the best he can come up with is a charismatic, bounty-hunting dwarf named Shorty, a grave-digging son of an ex-slave named Eustace, and a street-smart woman-for-hire named Jimmie Sue who's come into some very intimate knowledge about the bandits (and a few members of Jack's extended family to boot). In the throes of being civilized, East Texas is still a wild, feral place. Oil wells spurt liquid money from the ground. But as Jack's about to find out, blood and redemption rule supreme. In The Thicket, award-winning novelist Joe R. Lansdale lets loose like never before, in a rip-roaring adventure equal parts True Gritand Stand by Me--the perfect introduction to an acclaimed writer whose work has been called "as funny and frightening as anything that could have been dreamed up by the Brothers Grimm--or Mark Twain" (New York Times Book Review).
Triumph of The Walking Deadby Ned Vizzini James Lowder Joe R. Lansdale David Hopkins Jonathan Maberry Jay Bonansinga Kim Paffenroth Kenneth Hite Brendan Riley Scott Kenemore Lisa Morton Arnold T. Blumberg Kyle William Bishop Steven Schlozman Vince Liaguno Kay Steiger Craig Fischer
The Walking Dead gained national attention as AMC's latest critically acclaimed drama, shattering the network's previous premiere ratings highs and earning a second season renewal after its very first episode. But before its television debut, Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead was a comic phenomenon.James Lowder, veteran editor and author in the horror genre and comics field, collects some of the biggest names in the zombie genre, along with other top horror and comics writers, to discuss the series on both page and screen.Contents include:what makes The Walking Dead so effective as a zombie narrativethe television show's surprising optimismRick Grimes as Objectivist heroThe Walking Dead's journey from comic to television seriesJay Bonansinga, Brendan Deneen, Jonathan Maberry, Kim Paffenroth, Lisa Morton, Kyle William Bishop, Del Howison, Craig Fischer, Kenneth Hite, Kay Steiger, Matt Staggs, Ned Vizzini, Scott Kenemore, Brendan Riley, Arnold T. Blumberg
The Two-Bear Mamboby Joe R. Lansdale
Florida Grange, Leonard's drop-dead gorgeous lawyer and Hap's former lover, has vanished in Klan-infested Grovetown while in pursuit of the real story behind the jailhouse death of a legendary bluesman's blackguard son. Has she been murdered too? Fearing the worst, Hap and Leonard set out to do the kind of investigating the good ole boy cops can't - or won't - do themselves.
Vanilla Rideby Joe R. Lansdale
In this Texas-sized thriller, Hap Collins and Leonard Pine--best friends, freelance troublemakers, and tough guys with good intentions--find themselves in the crosshairs of the Dixie Mafia. Hap is an East Texas smart mouth with a weakness for southern women. Leonard is a gay, black veteran pining for a lost love. They're not the makings of your typical dynamic duo, but never underestimate the power of a shared affinity for stirring up trouble and causing mayhem. When an old friend asks Leonard to rescue his daughter from an abusive, no-good drug dealer, he gladly agrees and, of course, invites Hap along for the fun. Even though the dealer may be lowly, he is on the bottom rung of the Dixie Mafia, and when Hap and Leonard come calling, the Mafia feels a little payback is in order. Cars crash, shotguns blast, and people die, but Hap and Leonard come out on top. Unfortunately for them, now they're facing not only jail time but also the legendary--and lethal--Vanilla Ride, who is still out to claim the price on their heads. Full of twists and turns, gunfire and gaffes, this hilarious, rip-roaring novel will have readers turning the pages faster than a Texas tornado.
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Surely, a lot of things will change between now and the end of the NBA regular season, but some front-runners have already established themselves for each award that will be given out. Some new faces will finally see the spotlight, while some faces that we know all too well will remain illuminated.
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MONTPELIER, VT-(ENEWSPF)- Legislation adopted this year to remove criminal penalties for marijuana possession will go into effect on Monday. Vermont is the 17th state in the nation to decriminalize or legalize marijuana possession.
"This is a much-needed step forward toward a more sensible marijuana policy," said Matt Simon, legislative analyst for the Marijuana Policy Project, which lobbied in support of the legislation. "Nobody should be subjected to life-altering criminal penalties simply for possessing a substance that is objectively less harmful than alcohol."
H. 200, introduced by Rep. Christopher Pearson (P-Burlington) with a tripartisan group of 38 co-sponsors, removes criminal penalties for possession of up to one ounce of marijuana and replaces them with a civil fine, similar to a traffic ticket. Those under age 21 will be required to undergo substance abuse screening. State Attorney General William Sorrell and Public Safety Commissioner Keith Flynn testified in support of the measure, which was signed into law by Gov. Peter Shumlin on June 6.
"There is still work to be done and support is growing for more comprehensive marijuana policy reform," Simon said. "Until marijuana is regulated and taxed similarly to alcohol, sales will remain uncontrolled and profits will benefit illegal actors instead of legitimate, taxpaying businesses.
"Marijuana prohibition is a failed policy, and it is time for Vermont to explore the possibility of adopting a new approach," Simon said.


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RENTON, Wash. -- Defensive end Cliff Avril, the Seattle Seahawks' top offseason acquisition on defense, finally will get on the field Sunday when the Seahawks host the San Francisco 49ers. But starting cornerback Brandon Browner is doubtful with a hamstring injury.
"We'll have to see what happens on game day," coach Pete Carroll said Friday about Browner. "He hasn't been able to get as much work as we hoped. He's been running, but we couldn't get him on the field."
Browner was a game-day decision last week in the season opener against Carolina and did not play.
Avril didn't play last weekend because of a hamstring injury, but he practiced at full speed this Thursday and Friday.
"Cliff looks good," Carroll said. "He had a great week. He's full-speed. He could have played last week, but now he's had time getting all the reps in and he's ready to go."
Avril said he's eager to get out there Sunday.
"It'll be fun," he said. "I feel like I'm ready. I feel better every day. This is the best I've felt since before training camp. I felt good coming off the line [Friday at practice]."
Avril also said he's looking forward to hearing the 12th Man crowd noise Sunday at CenturyLink Field. The home fans are hoping to set a mark for the Guinness World Records book on decibel level in an outdoor stadium.
"I'm ready to see what this crowd is like, man," Avril said. "That's the thing everybody talks about here. As a defensive player, that's what we look for."
Defensive end Chris Clemons, coming back from offseason ACL surgery, is listed as questionable after practicing Thursday and Friday. But Carroll seemed to indicate Clemons might be another week away.
"He's really pushing it," Carroll said. "He's going to have a real chance in the next couple of weeks to get back on the field for us. We're thrilled he will be back this soon."
Carroll also said that backup strong safety Jeron Johnson (hamstring) will not play Sunday.


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Why There's No Such Thing as Being Too Obvious in Marketing
As a marketer, you've failed if you can't get your target to take action. Don't be afraid of being obvious in your ask.
As a marketer, you've failed if you can't get your target to take action. Don't be afraid of being obvious in your ask.
Jay Baer weighs in on why so many brands blow the all-important Moment of Truth: when a curious site visitor goes searching for answers.
Podcast listenership continues to increase, and a new study proves the power of podcast advertising.
As Snapchat's audience skyrockets, brands are turning to Snapchat Takeovers to build social followers and spread brand awareness.
B2B brands have the challenge of engaging fans despite boring content. These illuminating examples prove that B2B can have fun with content marketing.
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Anže Kopitar
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Anže Kopitar [pronunciation: ahn-JAY koh-PEE-tahr], nicknamed Kopi, is a Slovene professional ice hockey center and alternate captain of the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League (NHL). The first Slovenian to play in the NHL, Kopitar played… Read More
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1987 Birth Born on August 24, 1987.
2002 14 Years Old In 2002 Kopitar began playing for the youth team of his hometown, HK Acroni Jesenice. … Read More
2003 15 Years Old Kopitar first played in an international tournament when he participated in the Division I (second level) tournament of the 2003 IIHF World U18 Championships for the Slovenian national junior team. … Read More
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He led the Slovenian Hockey League in scoring at the age of 16, and Swedish scout Lars Soder recruited Kopitar for the Elitserien in 2004 (Soder had originally discovered Kopitar when he was 13 at a European Youth Olympic Festival). … Read More
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Prior to the 2005 NHL Entry Draft Kopitar was ranked the top European skater by the NHL Central Scouting Bureau.
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In 2006, he accepted an invitation to the Los Angeles Kings' rookie camp.
2007 19 Years Old In January 2007 he was named to the NHL YoungStars Game, an event of the NHL All-Star Game; Kopitar recorded two goals and three assists. … Read More
2010 22 Years Old He won the Bill Libby Memorial Award for a second time in 2010 as he was named the most valuable player on the Kings, as he led the team in scoring for the third time.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Monday issued final rules it says will protect Americans' health by cutting emissions of mercury, particle pollution and other harmful pollutants from cement manufacturing, the third-largest source of mercury air emissions in the U.S.
EPA says the rules will save lives but that cement makers warned they could drive jobs overseas. This is the first time the federal government has restricted emissions from existing cement kilns. The regulations aim to reduce, by 2013, the annual emissions of mercury and particulate matter by 92 percent, hydrochloric acid by 97 percent and sulfur dioxide by 78 percent.
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— Acid gases: (measured as hydrochloric acid): 5,800 tons or 97 percent
— Sulfur dioxide (SO2): 110,000 tons or 78 percent
— Nitrogen oxides (NOx): 6,600 tons or 5 percent
Mercury in the air eventually deposits into water, where it is transformed into methylmercury, a potent neurotoxin that accumulates in fish. People are primarily exposed to mercury by eating contaminated fish. Developing fetuses and children are most sensitive to the toxic effects of methylmercury.
The cement industry waged an intense lobbying campaign against the regulations, which the EPA first proposed in 2009. The final rules slightly increase mercury limits, but EPA officials said the overall emissions limits did not "appreciably change" from what they first proposed, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Patti Flesher, a spokeswoman for the Portland Cement Association, said that some of the 100 cement plants nationwide wouldn't be able to meet the new standards and would have to close, the Miami Herald reported.
The industry group said in a statement that it estimated that the pollution control equipment needed to meet the new standards would cost its members several billion dollars. It also warned that the U.S. might then import more cement from countries that continue to allow mercury and other emissions.
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Cody Latimer didn't necessarily enter draft season as a dud, but the 21-year-old former Indiana wide receiver has had his stock rise so significantly in recent weeks that he's at least gone from afterthought to potential first-round pick.
On paper, Latimer has always been a potential star. He's 6'2" and 215 pounds with superb hands, the explosiveness that comes from his basketball background and unmatched strength at that position. Despite dealing with an injury that kept him out of every other drill at the NFL Scouting Combine, the Hoosier led all receivers at that event with 23 reps on the bench press.
That was the first clue that Latimer was more than just a big, talented wideout among an extremely deep draft class of big, talented wideouts. Before that, he hadn't differentiated himself, which shouldn't be surprising considering where he comes from. Known for basketball first and foremost, Indiana hasn't produced a first-round pick in the NFL draft in 20 years, and it's been nearly half a decade since a Hoosier has been drafted in any round.
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And while his combine bench press at least placed him on the radar, Latimer wasn't able to become a household name among draftniks until he was cleared to work out without restrictions stemming from January foot surgery. That's why his rise up draft boards was delayed until he was able to put on a show at Indiana's pro day only two months after his surgery.
In Bloomington on March 26, in front of representatives from 19 NFL teams, Latimer, who was never known for his sheer speed, ran a 4.38-second 40-yard dash, according to Zach Osterman of The Indianapolis Star, complementing that with a 39" vertical jump.
"Scouts were surprised to the point of being impressed a 215-pound receiver was able to run so well so soon after foot surgery," draft analyst Tony Pauline told Osterman.
At the combine, that 40 time would have ranked third among wide receivers while his vertical would have placed him in a tie for sixth. Combine that with his bench press and the fact that the kid was still coming back from surgery, and you have the recipe for a stock to rise beyond all others, even in this year's bull draft stock market.
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#Indiana WR Cody Latimer has 7 visits lined up (PHI, DET, OAK, SEA, SD, CAR). Eagles & Panthers are both planning workouts with him.— Matt Miller (@nfldraftscout) April 7, 2014
On Friday, when he held a workout off campus in Indy, the football world had to start paying attention.
Big day for hot #Indiana WR Cody Latimer, who will do on-field drills and work out for nearly every team today in Indianapolis.— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) April 25, 2014
One particularly receiver-needy team spent quite some team watching and working with Latimer at that Indianapolis workout, according to NFL Media's Ian Rapoport. So you'd have to think that the Eagles could be convinced to take him as early as 22nd.
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Again, Latimer always had it in him, but his impressive pro day workout may have been what was required for the draft's decision-makers to start paying attention.
Keep in mind that many stocks rise and fall during this period because NFL front offices spend the first few months of the calendar year catching up on tape from the previous college season. It's impossible to see everything and everyone live, so the process has a weird delay, causing players to gain or lose ground without moving a muscle.
And if those combine and pro day performances from Latimer forced a few general managers to take a look at Indiana tape from 2013, it probably only helped his cause.
That's because Latimer was a beast at Indiana, with his numbers improving steadily in each of his three seasons, culminating with second-team All-Big 10 honors in his junior season.
His breakout performance actually took place against Iowa in 2012, when Latimore scored all three of Indiana's touchdowns in a 24-21 victory only weeks beyond his 20th birthday. This was the game-winner in the fourth quarter:
But he really exploded in 2013, putting up 137 yards against Bowling Green in September. In that game, he flashed his route-running skills:
And his speed:
The very next week, he had eight catches and 136 yards against Missouri. A lot of experts still have questions about Latimer's wheels, but this catch-and-run against the Tigers has to helped quell that:
And then only a week after that, he hit new career highs with nine grabs and 140 yards against Penn State:
So 23 catches and 413 yards in a three-week span. Some chalk that up to the offensive system in Bloomington, which certainly didn't hurt. But the tape from last season also shows Latimer to be a flat-out playmaker.
Exhibit A:
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Considering the athlete he is—Latimer had scholarship offers as a basketball and football player back in Dayton, Ohio—we should only expect him to get better. He's still grasping the game and has blown analysts away this spring despite recovering from surgery.
Maybe he never learns to separate himself from NFL defensive backs on deep routes, and that fear could be a big reason why he may fail to separate himself from his wide receiver peers in this year's draft. But even if that comes to fruition and Latimer winds up as more of a possession guy, he has the tools to become a Pro Bowl-caliber wideout at the next level.
More and more draft people are beginning to realize that, and we've still got two weeks to go before names start being called. It's completely possible we hear Cody Latimer's name in Round 1.


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PREVIEW: The War Z's Players Are Its Own Worst Enemy
Hammerpoint Interactive's zombie MMO builds a world without rules... which may be part of the problem.
I'm no stranger to games that make you work; with both Demon's Souls and Dark Souls under my belt, I've built up a relatively high tolerance (and a Stockholm Syndrome sense of enjoyment) for video game pain. And while Hammersoft Interactive's The War Z differs greatly from From Software's devious RPG, both games take the same approach by making your digital existence in their worlds hardscrabble at best. This "realistic" -- in relative terms -- zombie apocalypse MMO doesn't make staying alive easy, as War Z drops beginning players into its post-apocalypse with a simple flashlight as a weapon, and enough food and water to last them roughly a day. From there, it's all on you to scavenge, make friends, and stay alive, all in a game world where anything is possible -- or, at least, would be possible were it not populated solely by assholes.
The War Z resembles older, sandboxy MMOs more than guided, instanced experiences like World of Warcraft, which can be great if you're on the inside, but not so much if you happen to be learning the ropes. After throwing together a few characters out of some very limited visual options, my few sessions with the game typically went like this: wander 30 minutes towards what might look like the nearest civilized area, maybe encounter a few zombies on the way, finally make it to my destination, then, immediately get killed by another (usually unseen) human player. Death comes swiftly in War Z, and brings with it a loss of the items you have on-hand at the time; and while you can always buy goods to start with in the in-game store -- eventually, with actual money -- any player you create begins at an extreme disadvantage to the rest of the human psychopaths inhabiting its world. Like any kind of zombie fiction, War Z provides the opportunity for plenty of "good" and "bad" survivors, though my experience taught me that the majority of players view this zombie MMO as a dog-eat-dog, kill-on-sight exercise in griefing, which doesn't make for the most enjoyable time if you value the hours you spend in front of your monitor -- especially when you consider the fact that you have to wait an hour before you pick up where you left off with any killed character.
If my disappointment in War Z seems to come more from my disdain of humanity than the quality of the game itself, you're only half-right; while it should be noted that I played the pre-release alpha version, the fundamental mechanics came off as extremely basic. Your character doesn't amount to much more than a bunch of item slots, and navigation feels extremely slow and clumsy -- it's kind of baffling how War Z's focus on realism didn't give my characters the completely reasonable ability to clamber over three-foot-high sandbags, or grab onto the lowest-hanging of ledges. Scavenging mainly boils down to looking for a few items sitting around in bland, hollowed-out husks of buildings, and combat doesn't bring much nuance, either: encountering a zombie involves clicking your left mouse button for 20-30 seconds while waiting impatiently for the thing to keel over. So I'm guessing the appeal of War Z comes from the social hooks, which rarely surface when everyone acts so anti-social. The game wants to make a clear distinction between "bandits" (player-killers) and the rest of the saps just trying to stay alive, though everyone seems to automatically assume the role of "bandit," if only to act out the darkest desires of their id.
Some light does exist at the end of the tunnel, though: War Z provides the option for private servers -- and available for sale through the game interface, at that -- which could make for a much smoother experience than I had. But with War Z's general audience, I barely got to experience the social aspect that could make an MMO like this so gripping; players were much more interested in killing indiscriminately (and gloat about it via chat) than allying for the simple goal of survival. I made zero progress because every single session came to an end thanks to an armed player; and when I finally stumbled across someone who didn't look like he would instantly kill me, the guy pulled out a baseball bat and left me no choice but to end his life with the business end of my flashlight. But I didn't feel any joy from this experience; rather, it was more a sense of disappointment that I couldn't team up with a fellow survivor to last just a bit longer in War Z's harsh world. Multiplayer deathmatches can be fun, but not when it takes forever to find an opponent that can instantly kill you, leaving you waiting an hour before you can respawn. I believe legitimate fun can be had with the possibilities present War Z, but not until the nation's 12 year-olds are jailed, or at least distracted from the Internet for just a few hours.
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Reminds me of Red Dead Redemption's public free roamPosted: Nov 06, 2012 12:00AM PST by Man_In_Black_77
The idea was that you could join a random server and there would be other random people in it. You had free run over the entire map from the single player game to just wander around and goof off or maybe team up with some other people and try to complete challenges like clearing NPC bandit hideouts etc.
Of course it didn't play that way. Literally everyh room was filled 99% with douches that spent every second trying to kill every other player as fast ans as often as possible. If you wanted to be part of a neverending humongous mapped always on radar free for all deathmatch it was great. If you wanted to actually play any of the intended features or (God help you) try and get an achievement that required you be in public free roam, it was hell itself.
BummerPosted: Nov 06, 2012 12:00AM PST by jrronimo
Bummer that it's such a cool idea that requires other humans. The style is something I can totally get behind, but not the supreme amount of assholes. I really want to check something like this or DayZ out, but if all the games promise is that some asshat will kill me before I can even learn the game, no thanks.
Did I read that right that if you die, there is a one full hour of wait time before you can play again? Screw that. I have a job and my evening gaming hours are limited. I understand the nod to realism, but there must be a better way to do it.
I also recommend checking out urbandead, a browser-based zombie survival thingy. It's been a few years since I played it, but it's simple and amusing enough.
all the pvp penalties are not...Posted: Nov 05, 2012 12:00AM PST by muertepk
the anti pvp penalties and certain things not released yet combined with the free beta key extended time plus the recent cheat script user influx, added to a you tube dayz revenue seekers income being reduced from the new warz profitshare program, has obviously colored your perceptions of the game and its community. while pvp is a large part of the game, it has no balance, the bounty systems where pvp tards can be hunted for rewards. the clan and friends system. the who killed you new system is just announced.
i would say come back weekly and update your pre view, as you cant review a alpha. no joke, what you played was a shell full of asshats hellbent on causing chaos. youll notice a great deal less of this asshole behavior in the coming couple of weeks.
good take on the state of mind of the rabid assholer though i applaud the accuracy.
were you..Posted: Nov 05, 2012 12:00AM PST by hfm
Not allowed to mention comparisons to DayZ as a stipulation to be able to write this?
apples and applesPosted: Nov 05, 2012 12:00AM PST by muertepk
dayz is a mod. and it shares the basics. but dayz has infected, and isnt geared for a more group style play. warz is going down a different road then dayz. same concept, open world, creatures and humans.
but warz is its own thing. not a sim as much as a actual game. cant compare them really totally different things a mod ontop of a mil sim and a game built as a survival experience.
warz is romero ish and dayz is 28 days laterish. pretty much the same comparison.
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