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Funeral For A Friend
Matt Davies - Vocals
Kris Roberts - Guitars
Darran Smith - Guitars
Gareth Davies - Bass
Ryan Richards - Drums
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Hailed by NME as ?the sort of band that demand nothing less than complete and utter devotion,? FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND has already emerged as a phenomenon in their native Britain, drawing rave reviews and a rabid fanbase for their striking whirlpool of sound. ?CASUALLY DRESSED & DEEP IN CONVERSATION,? the quintet?s extraordinary Ferret Records full length debut, is loaded with remarkable raw power, informed by the full-gale force of hardcore punk and metal, yet infused with a poignant, provocative melodic sensibility. Tracks such as the anthemic ?Escape Artists Never Die? and the muscular ?Moments Forever Faded? flaunt a raging, revolutionary spirit that evades easy classification, which is exactly as the band intended.
?The rude word when we write a song is ?too,?? guitarist Kris Roberts says. ?We never say ?It?s too metal? or ?It?s too poppy? or ?It?s too rock.? We try not to limit ourselves, because we never want to do the same thing over and over and over again.?
Funeral For A Friend began life in the South Wales town of Bridgend. In early 2002, Matt Davies was invited to serve as second vocalist in a local combo known as January Thirst. The lifelong hardcore punk fan brought a more diverse range to the band, whose sound up to that point was one of pure, unadulterated speed metal aggression.
?I?d always wanted to be in a band that could play a lot of different kinds of music,? Roberts says, ?but I could never find anybody who could sing. They?re very few and far between in South Wales. So when we started working with Matt, it was inspiring. We were able to start writing tracks with melodies.?
?It just came together quite naturally,? Davies says. ?We had no ambition or idea of what musical style we wanted to fall into. We just seemed to write music.?
The change in sound warranted a change in moniker. Contrary to popular belief, the name Funeral For A Friend comes not from the epic Elton John classic rock radio staple, but from a song by Denver-based post-hardcore combo Planes Mistaken For Stars.
Along with the changing sonic approach, the line-up also was in flux, with Roberts? guitarist brother Kerry taking his leave, and the addition of guitarist Darran Smith. In March ? less than two weeks after Smith joined the fold ? FFAF entered Mighty Atom Studios in Swansea, where they spent three days recording tracks. Incredibly, the band had yet to play a single gig.
?We knew we were making some sort of noise in time with each other,? Roberts says, ?but we wanted to figure out what it actually sounded like, what worked and what didn?t.?
Upon wrapping up the sessions, the folks at Mighty Atom told the band that they wanted to release the tracks on their independent label. ?We were blown away by that,? Davies says. ?We knew we were making some sort of noise, but not a noise worthy enough to be released.?
Having found their feet, FFAF also began playing gigs at a furious pace, with both local shows and support slots with bands such as Sparta. In August, Mighty Atom released the ?BETWEEN ORDER AND MODEL? EP to near universal acclaim.
?There weren?t that many bands doing what we were doing,? Davies says. The only other band I could think of was Lostprophets, who had a similar sense of melody in their songs. But they came at it from a different end. We come from more of a proper metal, proper hardcore background.?
With the EP drawing raves from such publications as Kerrang!, FFAF set out on UK tours with bands such as Finch, Boysetsfire, and the Juliana Theory. In October, their Welsh brethren Lostprophets gave FFAF the opportunity to play their first major-league gig, supporting their Newport homecoming gig.
?That was our first big show,? Davies recalls, ?and I was fuckin? ill! I was so down with a cold, I thought, ?This is fuckin? not fair. I?ve got to go up on stage and sing, and I?m sick!? But we did it and it was amazing. I don?t think anybody knew who the fuck we were, but I looked out there and it was 2,500 kids just bouncing up and down. That show was a big, motivating factor for us. We were like, ?Come on, we?ve got to get going now.??
Thus inspired, FFAF booked their first full-scale UK tour, traveling across the country in classic DIY fashion ? beat-up van, no hotel rooms, crashing in freezing basements. They played anywhere and everywhere that would have them, thrilling the kids with their ferocious sonic fusion and exhilaratingly exuberant stage presence.
?We would go absolutely crazy on stage,? Roberts says. ?We would just throw ourselves around, having fun, and the kids would be like stunned, thinking, ?This band are really getting into it. They?re not just standing there and playing.? I think the live aspect of it really appealed to a lot of kids. We were bringing that kind of hardcore family vibe to small shows in the UK, where it wasn?t so common at that point. That?s what I really always wanted want to do, communicate with the crowd, make everybody feel like they?re a part of our family.?
FFAF kicked off 2003 by recording their second EP, dubbed ?FOUR WAYS TO SCREAM YOUR NAME? (in October 2003, a compilation of the two EPs was released in the US on Ferret Records as ?SEVEN WAYS TO SCREAM YOUR NAME?). In March, the band entered Chapel Studio in Lincolnshire to begin work on their full-length debut. The small town environment proved an ideal situation for the five musicians, allowing them to truly concentrate on the job at hand.
?We probably were at our most focused there,? Davies says, ?because there?s nothing else to do but focus on the music. The only thing to do there was the pub, a postbox, ten houses and a church. And that was it, really.?
The band spent much of the long hot summer of 2003 on the road, with headline gigs and triumphant appearances at some of Britain?s biggest festivals (including Download, T In The Park, and Carling Reading and Leeds). When they weren?t out playing to the kids, they were hard at work at a pair of London recording facilities, Miloco Recording Studios and the world-renowned RAK Recording Studios. Producer Colin Richardson ? known for his work with Fear Factory, Cannibal Corpse and Napalm Death ? led the band through three months of painstaking sessions, helping them craft the intricately textured chaos of ?CASUALLY DRESSED & DEEP IN CONVERSATION.?
?Colin is meticulous,? Davies says. ?He takes a lot of time over things. So when it wasn?t your time to do things, you?d be up and about, forgetting you?re recording a record.?
?At the same time,? Roberts says, ?we could understand where he was coming from. Because we wanted the same thing as him. We wanted the record to sound as good as it could possibly sound. But because Colin takes a lot of time doing things, when it came to the end, we were running out of time.?
Because of Richardson?s thorough approach, the sessions wound to a close without Davies laying down a single vocal track. The singer?s first turn behind the mike was literally on the band?s last scheduled day in the studio.
?It was ridiculous,? he recalls. ?I had about ten songs to actually vocal. It ended up taking six days, working from 10 till about 2 o?clock in the morning, with an hour break for lunch every day. Singing, singing, singing, singing. I became really anal about it. I was worse than Colin. He would say, ?That take?s amazing!? and I was like, ?No, I could do better.? I really put myself through the ringer. By the end, I had made myself physically ill. I exhausted myself, I caught glandular fever developed an abscess in my bloody throat, because of straining my voice. I ended up in hospital for about a week and a half. I almost croaked!?
The resulting ?CASUALLY DRESSED & DEEP IN CONVERSATION? proved to be worth the effort and then some. The album reverberates with passionate intensity, in both sonic strength and emotional resonance. Songs such as ?Juneau? and ?She Drove Me To Daytime Television? seethe with an uncompromising abandon, while also evincing a sense of uncommonly melodic songcraft. Much of the music?s power comes from Davies? throat-wrenching vocals and darkly affecting lyrics, which he describes as being about ?everything and nothing, all at the same time?
?It?s all about growing up,? the singer says. ?About seeing beyond the boundaries. When I was younger, the world didn?t exist outside of my town. Then as you get older, your boundaries get further and further and further, and you see things and you explore things that affect you as a person. It works its way into your head, you know??
Rather than simply playing to their faithful, the band followed the release of ?CASUALLY DRESSED & DEEP IN CONVERSATION? by making a concentrated effort to win over new fans. In September 2003, they set out on their first US trek, which they followed by traveling across Europe as support on Iron Maiden?s 2003 ?Dance Of Death? Tour. 2004 was kicked off in high style, headlining the annual NME Awards Tour roadshow alongside such disparate artists as Franz Ferdinand, the Rapture, and the Von Bondies.
?What?s the point of preaching to the converted?? asks Roberts. ?I don?t think there?s any band on the face of the planet who everybody likes. There?s always going to be some people who like what you do, and some people who don?t. For those who do like it, it?s fantastic and we look forward to playing to them. The ones who don?t, we don?t really give a fuck, but we look forward to playing to them as well.?
Now the time has come for Funeral For A Friend to confront American audiences with the sharp shock of their unbridled energy and idiosyncratic rock n? roll noise. Ambitious, aggressive and altogether awe-inspiring, ?CASUALLY DRESSED & DEEP IN CONVERSATION? is the sound of a pragmatic, progressive young band that proudly exists between the extremes.
?I want to challenge people,? Davies says, ?I want us to shake things up. I want us to prove that we are able and capable of doing so much. We are fucking good at what we do.?


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On April 8, the Emery County Sheriff's Office dispatch was notified between 8:30-9 p.m. that the East Carbon police department had taken into custody a suspect who was possibly involved in a homicide. This homicide was alleged to have happened in the Horse Canyon area of Emery County just off of SR-6 between Wellington and Green River. Based on this information the Emery County Sheriff Lamar Guymon, Det. Sgt. Robert Blackburn, Det. John Barnett, Sgt. Norm Vuksinick, Patrol Sgt. Les Wilberg, Lt. Bill Downard and Capt. Kyle Ekker went to an area about 3/4 a mile west on the Horse Canyon Road.
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The brothers were able to locate him and he had a weapon and was threatening to take his own life. The suspect was reported by the brothers to be in an intoxicated state. The brothers were able to obtain the weapon through a struggle. They convinced the suspect to go with them back to East Carbon to get some beer. While at East Carbon, one of the brothers was able to contact the East Carbon police department and Officer Phillip Holt was able to take the suspect into custody after a brief confrontation.
The Emery County Sheriff's Office continued to investigate throughout the night and all day Sunday.
The investigation concluded that a 59 year old black female appeared to be the victim of a homicide.
"The victim underwent an autopsy on April 10 by the state medical examiners office and they determined the cause of death to be from strangulation. She didn't have any gunshot wounds, but her body was bruised and there was a contusion to the head. Det. John Barnett and Officer James Weaver from the drug task force accompanied the body to Salt Lake for the autopsy. Also on Monday, Sgt. Blackburn and Vuksinick executed a search warrant on the victims residence in Cedar City. The suspect has been uncooperative to this point and is being held in the Emery County detention center. County Attorney David Blackwell is also involved in the investigation and was present at the crime scene. No charges have been filed at this point, but if and when charges are filed, the suspect's name will be released. The female was identified as Antoinette Corum, 59. The suspect has spend time in prison for domestic assault on Corum in the past. The suspect, 59, was originally from East Carbon. The victim has a daughter living in Tennessee," said Sheriff Guymon.

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Nice chapter, but i'm think the next one is going to be better!
Kakashi is looking for blood, zombies are better get running!
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Nice chapter, but i'm think the next one is going to be better!
Kakashi is looking for blood, zombies are better get running!
It would be completely unrealistic and a ridiculously foolish decision on Kishimoto's part. The currently resurrected six swordsman were hailed to be the strongest generation of Mist swordsmen ever. Being defeated by a single ninja would destroy any semblence of power balance remaining in this manga. From a story-telling perspective, this would be a huge blunder, one which I have faith Kishimoto will not make.Originally Posted by OrochiKakaRiya
I will hug you if you get the reference."Is she freaking 'cause Cyril said he wanted to bang Danny the intern?"
"No I think it's 'cause he said he wanted to marry her."
"She's so weird.... Hey will you choke me a little bit?"
As far as Kishi art getting sloppy, I agree somewhat. The second half of shippuden definitely is not as crisp as pre-time skip and early shippuden.
Beware of the Kyubii
Stev3child - The biggest pussy of them all is rokudaime sennin though. If he was a real man, he wouldn't have relied on hax god-given powers to seal the Jyubi. He would have suplexed that bitch and ripped each tail from the beast one by one with his bare hands.
i really like how kishi uses flashbacks of naruto's thoughts and perspective on zabuza and haku to progress the story. trey awesome.
The tears of blood Zabuza and Haku "Shed" once Kakashi acknowledged their strong bond was touching. God I love those two, minor characters or not. Kakashi once again showing just how good he is. The Copy Ninja's about to lay down the law on the past Swordsmen.
Neji showing up, even if it was only for a moment, took me by surprise. It was almost bad timing but also helps to accentuate the feeling of war where everything is hectic and nothing can be under complete control all the time. Gaara finally gets to show his mettle as commading general next chap, can't wait to see what he has in store for Muu.
Great Chapter!
Oh shit, Kakashi is about to seriously let loose.
Manga reading list: Bleach, Naruto, Katekyo Hitman Reborn, One Piece, Code Breaker, Gamaran, Kuroko No Basket, Fairy Tail, The World God Only Knows, Kimi No Iru Machi, Good Ending, Medaka Box, Nisekoi, D.Gray-Man, Ao No Exorcist, Freezing, Magi - Labyrinth of Magic, Soul Eater, Rosario Vampire Season II, Iris Zero, Ubell Blatt, Bloody Cross, Sun-Ken Rock, and Infinite Stratos,
awesome chapter cant wait to see what Kakashi has in store for whoever gets in his way. weve seen little bits of his copy work used in battle but never to the extent its going to be used next. wonder if this is a build up for Kakashi dying soon? maybe closer to the end off the war. right before naruto makes his return?
Good chapter.
Damn. WAR RAMPAGE Kakashi. I hope we can see more of his copied moves.. and I mean BADASS copied moves.
Kakashi taking on the remaining swordsmen? This is how I equate it..
Sharingan + Zabuza's Great Beheader + Raikiri = PAWNAGE.
He'll have a hard time, though. Can't wait to see Kakashi VS Hohzuki Mangetsu! I hope it happens!
Muu is not alone. Gaara said "They're here". So I guess Muu is not the only invisible guy.
Does the invisibility has something to do with dust molecules again and all that?
Gaara VS Muu. Let's get it on!


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Originally posted by Dreskest
Well, I'm not a big fan of fps games, but I had a blast playing PS2 today. Didn't have any problems downloading the game, and I never experienced lag or disconnectrions. Was quite surprised about this because all the NA servers were high or full. Can't say I would make this game my main MMO, but I believe SOE did a great job with this game, and I will be PvPing a lot on this game in the next few months for sure. My PvE is already covered with other titles so this is a great addition to my stable of MMOs. No need to purchase a game box so go download and decide if it's good enough for you.
I've been having a blast as well. Was playing again just now but the servers (or at least Jeager) went down.
I did have some lag earlier but as far as disconnects or FPS issues, I had none (running GTX680, 8GB DDR3 @ 1600MHz, i5 2500k @ 3.8GHz, all settings maxed).
I'll definitely be picking up a sub or at least putting some money into some unlocks. I generally hot shooters, but this has been amazing.
Been waiting for this game for years and years. I have just finished downloading PS2 over night, Now I have to pop out and paint a door, When I get back im going to Rip the VS and TR a new arse hole.
If someone asked me what my dream game would be and let me make it PS2 would'nt be far off.
Can't wait, Love it.
Been testing this game in beta for ages now so i knew what to expect but i was a bit shocked that after creatnig a cahracter it jsut plots you into the action lol still sometimes its best to throw someone in at the deep end hehe
WEll i as many others im sure where watching the count down and when it reached 0 hit their site pretty hard LOL.. no suprise the site had issues.. but SOE has also made the client available on steam so i just jumped there and started downloading a guy i play with has super fast broadband and downloaded it in like 10 mins lol and was then playing..
Took me a bit longer but when i did get on I had no issues creating a character and started to play and i had an awesoem nights worth of gaming, spend some of my Sony cash i had from the alpha squad and away went
Took part in some truly massive battles that lasted hours when i first got in there was some lag issues but they got less and less over the night.
The guy reviewing it mentioned the character creation thing was not very good.. i dont think it suppsoe to be at the end of the day we are all just grunts.. there are items evailable in game via the shop tho, different helmets and and camo patterns if you want to spend your cash on that kind of thing.
Loving the game. Seeing a large air battle happen overhead while a tank brigade rolls through a valley below, tracer fire piercing the night sky, Galaxies hot dropping troops behind enemy lines. It's a thing of beauty.
I'll be playing it for years to come.
Originally posted by Arskaaa
Cant start game:/ pressing play game and game intantly crash, wtf?
Go to Planetside2 forums and do a search - there is a .dll file you can add to your game directory that may fix your issue.
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I did crash twice over a period of about 8 hours of gameplay. I should note that I did not crash once during the last three weeks or so of beta. Perhaps it had something to do with the server load or that fact that much was added and changed since beta ended.
On a positive note, I had a lot of fun. I am not a normal PS1 vet but I did play in the PS1 beta. PS2 looks and plays a lot better then the older cousin. With that said, it is not exactly the same game. Base capture mechanics are different (simpler) and the "tug-of-war" system of conquest is a bit different, but it all is still fun.
In a nut-shell, I see this game doing well if the dev team stays committed to fixing the bugs and holding to balancing the factions in SMALL amounts.
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I'm not convinced that getting dropped into a fighting zone the very first time you start the game is a good idea at any stretch.
At this time, the mouse speed configuration is ****. It's meaningless. getting dropped right into the zone with your facing flipping 5 times360° for 5 millimeter isn't fun. getting insta one shootet from a 17+ sniper while trying to lower the setting isn't either.
It's a shooter why the hell can't you verify the mouse settings before beeing thrown into the fray as fooder.
3 Days later i rack up 30 kills in 2 minutes sitting on top of a base picking drop ships "drops" shooting people who seem to be new to, since 90% does not shoot back and i feel bad for them.
Now when i log in, i start out at my base instead of getting **** dropped as free kill like the first time on character creation.
It's not gamebreaking but stuff like this really makes you wonder.
Originally posted by Hodo
The massive confusion of the initial drop and first fight is the best part. That best replicates what war is and I loved it. It was one of few times in a game, let alone a MMO that I felt a "rush" from the first second of the game. I understand for some people this is to much, but that is the difference between a soldier and a civilian. Soldiers thrive on that, civilians dont. Not knocking civilians, as I am one myself now thanks to injuries from my time in the service, but not everyone is cut out to fight. And that is what sums up PS2, not everyone is cut out to play this game.
It replicates it not at all. I doubt that you went to war without training first. After I chose my head, I dropped into the game, took a few steps and was suddenly dead. Respawned, took a few steps and was dead again. Respawned, found my health gauge, took a few steps and was dead again. Respawned, found the mini-map, saw some symbols on the mini-map, took a few steps and was dead. Respawned, saw some other players, tried to determine if they were friend or foe and was dead. Turns out they were foe. Anyway, after a quick 9 deaths I logged out. That was too overwhelming for this 1st time player.
I think I'm pretty well cut out for clicking mouse buttons, and I doubt SOE designed PS2 so that only ex spec wf guys should be able to play it. I do think they need to drop in a training area to start in like PS1 had. Would be nice to learn the interface before getting face planted.
My Summation of PS2:
1. If you like Battlefield you will love this game.
2. If you like COD you will REALLY love this game
3. If you are a fan of teamplay strategic shooters you are going to think this is the best game ever.
4. If you are looking for something more than just a shooter, you are going to love this game.
Are there issues with it? Sure. But the game is totally playable. If you have a mid level computer you will be able to play it fine. I am running a AMD quad core and a Geforce 560 and i get 50-70 fps in light battles and 20-40 in heavy battles. And by Heavy battles i mean 300-500 people in view dozens of vehicles, air and land, and with everything on High with a few things on Medium.
The #1 thing you should do though is stay with your squad. Find one that is doing something and just follow them. Or join one of the open Outfit Squads. They usually do things semi-organized. It makes a big difference when you are just getting started.
Either way, for FREE you should at least give it a shot. They have lots of new stuff coming that will help the newer players too. And don't be afraid to ask people if you are not sure. Most will help you.
Originally posted by gwei1984
May i kindly ask, why MMORPG (sic!) does reviews on shooters, which are not even near any roleplaying game?
because its a MMO, more of a MMO than many recent so called MMOs
theyve also reviewed games that arent mmos like diablo 3 and swtor
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I've never liked FPSs before but I love this game. I haven't had any problems with crashes and neither has either of my sons. That's on three different computers all using three different video cards, MBs, etc. It does appear to be quite a grind to get new items if you don't buy them but it can be done. You can't expect a company to work all this time to build a new game and make nothing from it though. I'll end up spending a bit of money I'm sure.
I recommend you give it a try. There is nothing to lose.
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Originally posted by Ikeda
You know... I see these complaints all the time... "huge treks for nothing" ... are you SERIOUS!?!? Do you NOT LOOK AT THE MAP? Listen, look at the map. There are "instant action" drops that put you RIGHT into combat. Highlight the area hex's... it'll say... enemy detected, enemy platoon detected, no activity detected. The United States in WORLD WAR II was in the war but how many major fights were in Iowa or Arkansas? None. So why would you DEPLOY there? You'd deploy to the action.
There's a timer on the drop... if you drop down and there's very little fighting you could be stuck out in the open.
Its like traveling in DayZ, could take forever and a day to get to the next "hotspot" and that skirmish could be over as well or it could be one single newb just fliping stuff... then you have to trek again.
warp to HQ and buy a mosquito.
Nah, buy a reaver...because screw the TR.
I've been playing almost all day today, never crashed once, stellar performance and SUPER FUN AND INTENSE COMBAT. I've played CoD and BF a lot, and I unfortunately has to say, they doesn't come close.
If a FPS developer is thinking of doing something a bit more original, something that is not the standard 15vs15 lobby game, they should definitely look at PS2. As an PS1 vet, I can say that I'm definitely not disappointed. 8,5 / 10 for me.
(These are all my personal OPINIONS, read them as such.)
Originally posted by Acvivm
Having spent 0 time in the beta and jumping into the game with absolutely no knowledge it was a little overwhelming at first. For people that are confused give the game time, I guarantee that within a few hours you will be flipping objectives and playing with the best of them. Overall I think so far the game is pretty fun but if you dont have a dedicated group I don't think you will enjoy it as much.
If you have played any type of shooter game before this, i dont see how it can be confusing to people. Same set up as most my fps games. In time the controls will feel like second nature to them.
PS2's controls are smooth, animations are pretty standard for an FPS these days (CoD anyway), and the world looks beautiful. My computer is like 4 years old, and it's running this game smooth, and it looks amazing.
That being said, I haven't gotten entirely into the gameplay yet, as I've only done Infantry stuff, and I'm only BattleRank 2, and it feels like there's not enough to it to keep me wanting to play for more than possibly an hour at a time, if that, and I definitely don't see me logging in at all a month from now, if not a shorter period.
Still, I'm gonna log in for a bit now and try to figure out all the little details involved, and possibly find a better way to play than I am currently.


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Emery County's Local Emergency Planning Committee meets every other month to help ensure that Emery County is ready for any crisis situation. In the November meeting Sgt. Tom Harrison introduced Karen Smith, Citizen Corps Council coordinator as well as Green River Emergency Manager, and Lisa Allen Vista volunteer who will officially begin in January and be headquartered at the Sheriff's Office in Green River. Smith has been attending all of the city council meetings in each town notifying them of the CERT program which is the Citizens Emergency Response Team. Smith will organize CERT training in 2009 which will be available to anyone wishing to be part of a CERT team.
Another item the LEPC has been involved with and the Emery County Sheriff's office has been testing is the CODE Red emergency notification system.
This system has been tested throughout the county. There has been a little trouble with operator-intercepted calls. Another test will be done countywide to determine if Emery Telcom is overloaded with the volume of calls.
One advantage to the CODE Red system is groups of people can be earmarked to receive phone calls. The recent training with XTO Energy worked well because all XTO employees were notified with a CODE Red phone call that there was an emergency. Part of the testing will also be to remove non-working phone numbers from the lists.
Other groups which may be notified together include the Sheriff's Posse and local Fire Department, power plant workers etc. Once a group is set it is the owner's responsibility to update changes to numbers or addresses. There is a problem with the Miller Creek area where some county residents have a 637 prefix. These may have to be entered by hand.
Cell phones can be added by accessing online CODE RED through a link from the Emery County website and also the Emery County Progress website ecprogress.com.
There was some trouble in Emery County with people ignoring the call when their caller ID shows up the 866 prefix. Education is the solution to get people to answer the call. The CODE Red number is 866-419-5000 and it will remain this number.
The Emery County Sheriff's Office will launch an education campaign concerning CODE Red and will visit the senior citizen centers to educate the seniors on the importance of answering these calls from CODE Red.
CODE Red organizer Sgt. Bliss Mead said, "The trouble with cell phones is that some cell phones have ring back tones where the caller listens to music while the party is reached.
"These won't work, so there's no use calling in with those numbers. Operator intercept calls where you don't say hello and the message says, please hold while your party is reached, also won't work. Basically for the cell phone to work for the CODE Red notification you need to say hello. The CODE Red system is just for Emery County. If you have a special need for wanting to be notified of an Emery County emergency, such as an aged parent, or you work in Emery County then you can call me or Sgt. Harrison or Capt. Ekker and we can work something out so you can be entered into the system.
"This system is just for emergency use only, not just for the curious," said Sgt. Mead.


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To help you and me get through the drudgery of August, I will present in this space a daily scoop of MSU football-ness, as inspired by a certain ice cream chain. August has 31 days, so I'll let you work it out from there. Here is today's flavor.
Who likes ice cream? I know I do. Thank goodness I'm not lactose intolerant, or I'd miss out on one of the biggest treats MSU has to offer.
As you probably know, State produces its own ice cream. You can find it at the MSU Cheese Store (yep, they make cheese, too), and I can always find it in the press box on football game days. It's one of the items offered up during halftime.
There are many flavors, and I've tried a few of them. But I keep coming back to one flavor: muscadine ripple. I've never seen another ice cream maker produce this flavor, and I can't understand why, because it would make some serious dough. It's my favorite ice cream flavor, of any brand, ever.
And of the 31 Flavors of Football offered up this month, this one is no doubt the tastiest. (SEE WHAT I DID THERE??)
I like football and all, but the single best highlight of an MSU home game, for me, is that halftime snack of muscadine ripple. I have only one complaint: the containers aren't as big as they used to be. I believe the downsize came last year. Wonder if anyone would notice if I snagged two.


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Skip to comments.Will Republicans Ever Win Again? Yes, but with new tools.
Posted on 11/12/2012 5:14:01 AM PST by CincyRichieRich
Have you ever been a fly on the wall? How about right out in the open, undercover?
Well I have and the RNC should pay me for it on retainer.
New tools, new tactics, and firing Rove and the pantywaist consultants is the only way to win again.
Yesterday - and quite often I'll add - my wife and I are the only conservative ones in large settings with staunchly democrat blacks - you know the type, 0bama is king, is perfect, and only bigots would not vote for him. But to sit there, watch how smart phones get passed around the room with "poke fun at Romney the hateful rich guy" after the election is tough to take. Listening to how shocking Patraeus is and Patraeus was gonna hurt 0bama and his only purpose in being there was to run against him? Yeah, when, 2016 after two terms??? These are the unbelievable comments I hear 1st hand. Sure I held my own, but with relatives and irrationality, you can only do so much.
This info is priceless and how I state things, use Socratic Method and other "tactics" to see what sticks and what doesn't is the stuff that the RNC needs to hire the right people, to re-educate the masses, etc.
Yes, I know some of you will say, 'can't change blacks', and you will say it's hopeless, but I say take 5% back and we win.
Well somehow get rid of the RNC consultants who are so far from reality in the things I can observe they'll never hit the side of a barn with a gallon of red paint launched from 10' away.
Libs and Blacks in this country have totally abandoned the constitution...it is racist and does not exist...that's why shows like Levin, Rush, Savage are beneficial, whereas, Hannity is useless. Rah ra ra pushes blacks away. How many blacks know a black man founded the NRA?
We need a bevvy of consultants like me...remessaging and re-education would be the goal. Combining new language like the 20 words Luntz proposed and explaining what they mean.
Combine this with hammering the 0bama king on his coverups, lies, and such will work.
Most of the folks I am talking about, white libs and black dems don't even know the difference between a private sector and public sector employee...so ditch these words and use something else!
US schools have reprogrammed out citizenry and illegals view USDA foodstamp commercials in Mexico...so that is where we are and re-education from ground up is the only way OR, we just simply say, Dems win and the commies own the country forever.
I'll work cheaply as a consultant and even do it via Logmein or other if they'll have me.
Not so long as Reince Priebus, Karl Rove, et al, are in business. Not while there are open primaries either.
Forget the NRA. Why is it that 85% of the population believes it was Democrats who ushered in the Civil Rights Act? Biggest derilection of duty by elected Republicans that I can think of. They have sat back and let that narrative play out ad nauseum for decades. No ONE is able or willing to set the record straight. No one.
The GOP indeed needs to fire all their irrelevant and useless strategists. They need to have pockets of organizations embedded in every single urban area from coast to coast. This is where Obama won. Just look at the red/blue map. Our work is truly uphill, but when the truth is on your side, you can accomplish a miracle.
First, let's not forget the suberb results for the House of Reprsentatives. Obviously the GOP can win. We retained neary the highwater mark of GOP members in the House. We are, however, failing to regain the Senate, which we should have won, and the Presidential campaign failed. First, Romney was too much of a liberal to get the base enthusiastic. Paul Ryan as the VP helped there, but then Ryan was forced to be a namby pamby, from what I can tell, and not be himself.
Romney sat by idly in the spring while a grotesque image was created of him by the Obama campaign. I think that demonization stuck with some conservative middle class and lower middle class Christian white voters, who stayed home. And, then, don't forget — the Democrats cheated. We have to stop voting fraud and we can't be sissies about it.
This post is written in anger and frustration.
Angry that we continue to follow the Republican Partys elite ignorance. A party that continues to pull defeat from the jaws of victory characterized by pompous fools who fulfill the sterotype built by the left.
Frustrated that the reality of politics is this: There will be no third party capable of competing with the coalition constructed by the dems. As a result, true conservatives MUST take steps to irradicate the ignorance of the Republican Party while still adhering to the core values of our forefathers (beliefs that I discovered are considered extreme by over half of my countrymen on Tuesday night, BTW).
I have no solve for exactly how to accomplish this. Only advice based on a long military career in several foreign lands for how to defeat the dems once this is accomplished.
This thought process is based on the concept of irregular warfare with twists thrown in here and there for good measure.
With that, I provide the following advice for the good of the order.
LEADERSHIP: The old crew has proven either incompotent or outdated. McConnell and Boerner must go. They represent a failed plan to defend and resist without clearly explaining their position. They are content with looking like the bad guys and face public scorn when they dont realize how important it is to manipulate a clearly left leaning MSM. They represent the failure of the last four years to our own and obstructionists to the opposition. Weve got to show a new face to the nation. That is the genesis of rebuilding this movement. Ryan or Cantor in the House, Rubio or Demint in the Senate.
We also need a standard bearer and I see no one on the horizon with as much rockstar potential and substance as Rubio. These next four years must put him on the center stage with a unified and consolidated message. It also needs to protect him from the attacks from the left that are guaranteed to come.
Everything the Obamites used to deny, deflect, and difuse will be used againstt hem....including the race card. THAT is what will make Rubio a teflon candidate.
These men represent a change in a party that has been beaten soundly in the last two elections by a charlatan and his traveling circus. A fresh choice in leadership represents change you can TRULY beleive in from every angle. It marks a clear start from inside and outside when we actually started taking this enemy seriously.
GROUND GAME: It is IMPERATIVE to develop and foster an intricate ground game. It requires a MICRO-ANALYSIS of every county, every city, and every early and absentee ballot by demographic to find how how, why, and with what method they voted. The dems have built quite the coalition but its a house of cards; its a fractured coalition of single issue voters held together by a media-invested hollyweird worshipping demagogue. They can be piecemealed away bitby bit without sacrficing principle.
Give it to the dems on their community organizing machine. We dont need to reinvent that model. We MUST develop our own. One that will INSTILL our principles in a language tailored to the audience. Theyve tailored theirs on the community organizer, we can create ours around the military special operator. This the winning of hearts and minds in our own third world backyard dem strongholds.
This isnt as difficult as it sounds. It requires a patient and immediate effort that starts with the post election analysis looking not for what we WANT to find, but for the GROUND TRUTH. GROUND TRUTH is REAL INTELLIGENCE not Rovian number-crunching wishful thinking.
It will require an insurgent effort at the ground level. An infiltration into dem areas that we identify are weak or vulnerable to start cutting in to the blue.
The COIN (insurgeny/counterinsurgency)effort would include the identification of these areas, the inflitration of the areas through churches and charitable organizations AND PARTICULARLY THROUGH EDUCATION.
There ARE like thinkers in these communities. How do we find them? Ask Jesse L. Peterson. Ask JC Watts and Herman Cain. They KNOW how to splinter these vulnerable areas off the blue.
The hispanic issue is RIPE for moving into the red. Catholic, family oriented cultures who beleive in being left alone and naturally distrust the government. And they voted Obama? This is the epitome of the single issue voter. the RNC needs to go toe to toe, issue to issue with the Race and counter it in that community, in that language, at THAT LEVEL.
Think it cant be done? SOF has been doing it since the end of World War II. It CAN be done.
WE must get deep into the education system to promote the ideals and values of conservatism that should be selling themselves. Im not talking about traditional public schools and universities. They are ROTTED with liberals. They also arentthe keys to education in the 21st century.
Im talking about the new way to educate - the online universities, the trade schools and nightschools. Corporate allies need to invest and educate with the ideals of economic and fiscal conservatism.
The RNC needs to lead and develop this effort. A novice like me can see that there is a disconnect between the voting habits of catholic-dominated hispanics and pockets of baptist blacks and their actual stated values. That disconnect can be exploited if it is done slowly, deliberately, and effectively.
INFORMATION WARFARE: We are ATROCIOUS AT THIS. Dems get a simple message out early and often. They poison the well and we are left to change minds rather than get the initial impression right from jump. We constantly play defense and think we are sooooo clever when dems (as they ALWAYS do) do something stupid or illegal and shocked when the media all but ignores it. We must take the offensive in getting up in every Candy Crowley, every George Stepenopolis face and call them what they are: democratic hacks posing as the objective media
We ABSOLUTELY MUST be proactive. We must attack at EVERY OPPORTUNITY then add each fail of the dems to a trend and theme. These themes must be simple, tailored, and repetitively broadcast to each target demographic.
We must look out beyond the 5 and 10 meter targets. Weve got to effectively interpret what the dem message is on the horizon and confront it at all levels - from the national MSM level filtering directly down to the target group level. Even I can see what the talking points of the upcoming week are by watching the Sunday talking head programs. Defense is unacceptable. we cant pretent that the most outrageous comment wont gain traction then act surprised when weeks later, that theme picks up steam. Attack, attack, attack.
Alinsky tactics must be turned against their masters. There is GREAT power in ridicule and scorn. They make it too easy to use. It needs to be culturally tailored and consistent. Dennis Miller needs his own show on FNC AND a late night show on Fox. Let him source and promote culturally diverse conserative comedians that vulnerable areas can relate to and remember. Bold Fresh tours arent enough.
This is only part of an overall information operation plan that is constant in a simple party message and what it means to each target group.
WE DONT DO THAT WELL. WHY NOT? I find it unbelievable that Obama has hijacked the reputation and imagery of the Party of Lincoln.
COIN operations involve a very in depth understanding of cultural idocyncracies and how best to exploit them to our advantage. Its not a wool-over-the-eyes approach or a free shit approach like the dems sell. THAT ALWAYS COMES UP SHORT.
Its a sell based on how it effects each target group and what it means to them. If its done right, I am CONFIDENT that the tenets of conservatism sell themselves.
In Civil Miltary Operations, assistance in areas that seem unrelated builds trust in the agency. Granted, theres a fine line between assistance and the giving of free shit but, the special operations forces walk that line well. It can be done. Community outreach in areas that we identify, in ways that we havent before can build a larger tent without sacrificing our beliefs.
The military has been doing this in third world countries for years. Weve been more successful in some areas, less successful in others. In the United States third world strongholds of the Democratic Party,I am confident that it can be done.
Heres the kicker: There are countless retired special operations planners and operators working overseas as contractors RIGHT NOW. Its too easy; the RNC needs to hire them as contractors over here.
This is, by far, not the only avenue weve got to pursue in order to turn the tide.
But, if we are going to war, the RNC must look to the military to rediscover and reorganize. The number-crunching beancounters have their place in the organization but, on their best days, they can only identify who will and wont vote Republican.
This is a Hearts and Minds effort.
It requires a new way to think about the political battlefield.
Rangers Lead the Way.
Assumption: We want to win the ones that can/did support Obama? Fundamentally, emphatically, no. I don't want to be on their team. I don't want them on mine.
I been tough on Hannity over the years but thought his comments the day after were thoughtful.
Alternatively Rush calling every race to be a big winner for the Republicans 2008 and 2012, even some 2006 to a lesser extent, is not helping. You cant get from here to there with your eyes closed.
Many other groups besides blacks voted for Obama so that tells me Republicans have a big problem. Those know-nothings under 30 were targeted by O going on all the entertainment shows, for example.
"Romney sat by idly in the spring while a grotesque image was created of him by the Obama campaign. I think that demonization stuck with some conservative middle class and lower middle class Christian white voters, who stayed home."
The Masters of the Lie ensured that people only saw one side of Romney (until he was able to make an impression in the debates - the filter was removed). The propaganda of the left, if it isn't countered, will ensure Dem victories for eternity.
I don't feel as though we lost an election; I feel that there wasn't an election at all.
Great post; good thoughts and I concur...and, would include myself in the mix of consultants.
I agree with you about Rove and company. I agree we need to know how to reach people as you said. And Levin, Rush are right. I heard a Rush caller last week saying she had offered her marketing services for free to Republicans to reach Hispanics because that is her business. They turned her down. Rush said free always alarms him. But we need smart people on our side and thank God you are out there to contact. There are transcendent ideas that appeal to all people and they need to be expressed in ways that various groups can relate. Prayers for success in your efforts.
Republicans have to sew up tens of millions of votes weeks before the election with early voting the way Dems do. In the same manner Dems use welfare rolls for this, the Repubs could target their base (veterans groups, conservative religious groups, chambers of commerce, trade organizations, etc.).
Who does Rove work for? We should tell him to take the millions of dollars he raised and give it to some other political party?
I see your accidental point, but didn't you mean "forget the GOP"?
The GOP is dead. If not, then kill it.
Its time for a Patriot Party that will follow and defend the Constitution.
We have the House because of gerrymandering.
Did you ever consider that the Republican PARTY wants to be a permanent minority party?
The GOP already has a plan to get more votes-AMNESTY
Watch democrats react to this plan: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KnXz_qZ5RE
They haven't abandoned it they never accepted it to begin with. That's white man's law.
People on the right are delusional about the real views of minorities.
They fall all over themselves for the Alan West(s) and Thomas Sowell(s) and think they are representative of the minority communities at large. Nothing could be further from the truth.
The Alan West(s), Thomas Sowell(s) and other black conservatives are a minority of a minority of a minority. Truly unique. The best and brightest.
It makes the right feel good about themselves and put blinders on to very real realities. This causes massive misjudgements.
Look how so many on the right slobbered all over Colin Bowell.
Then spread the word, Rich. We need to get this to the next level.
How come they don't know that it was Democrats that killed the CRA so that Eisenhower wouldn't get credit for it?
How come they don't know that the KKK was established to be the terrorist wing of the Democrat party?
How come they don't know that the military was integrated in the Civil War and was resegregated under Woody Wilson — A Democrat?
How come they don't know that a black man was killed at the Boston Massacre or that there were many black Patriots that fought with the Colonial Army?
The Democrats win because of the elite liberal (commie) professors who educated the teachers and journalists of today. They win because the black church teaches obediance to the pastor (Rev Jackson, Rev Sharpton).
We are now a fully pacified Soviet State.
If we start to notice and resist we will be sent to the gulags.
I honestly believe this was a voter fraud issue. As voter fraud becomes more rampant, it will become more expensive and attract organized groups that will be a problem for the Democrats.
Imagine a scenario where several precinct captains threaten to spill the beans unless they get more money. The party would be open to blackmail.
The "win by any means" approach is one that cannot be sustained.
If anybody's asking me, I don't believe Obama won the TRUE vote. That's not to say there isn't validity in your suggestions and those others asking us to get more minority support, and work on getting the message to the voters. That needs to happen, too.
Good rant. Thanks for being here.
If a guy with the baggage that Obama carries can't get beat... well, you know the rest...
Did you ever consider that the Republican PARTY wants to be a permanent minority party?
Did you ever consider that the Republican PARTY wants to be a permanent minority party?
Boycott drones and Leftists. Unless you are in a business and making money off drones and Leftists, have nothing to do with them. The country has never been more divided, and I will be happy to further this effort. Remember these people, and their 0bama signs, when the SHTF. Meanwhile, we nneed to educate the indepoendents and moderates that will still listen to our message.
The GOP has embraced selling out America.
That has to stop.
I do not mean competition. I mean selling out America.
We have got to re-introduce some manner of competition to our markets. What we have now is China.
China. Period.
That has to stop now.
The Dems gerrymandered in California where we lost seats. Historically the Dems have gerrymandered and gained majorities that way and not in a fair election.
Only if the freeloaders are purged and the uninformed get informed.
Rove is a disaster.
We need real people, helping real Americans with real problems.
Instead we got the inside-the-beltway scammers led by the rejects of the last administration.
And we continue to sell our factories to China.
For crying out loud. Bring back American jobs. Look in the store next time you go out.
EVERYTHING is made in China.
You are absolutely correct. Some of us have been doing this for decades, with no pay. That's pretty cheap.
Much of what you and the other posters here makes sense.
BUT the most important thing is that UNLESS THE GOP RECOGNIZES its REAL problems and that a good part of those problems are DEFECTIVE leadership - in the party (Reince Priebus, the Bushes, the Dana Perinos, the Carl Roves,the McCains, the Lindsey Grahams, the Tom Keane Seniors and the Christies) and in office - JOHN BOEHNER and Mitch McConnell, NOTHING will change.
The GOP CAN and SHOULD reach out to Black Voters and we CAN get some of them on our side.
We can and should reach out to Hispanic-Americans and Asian Americans.
And we CAN do that without compromising our core principles of a smaller, less intrusive government based on the Consitution.
ONE of the MANY reasons Romney lost was his "dissing" the Hispanic Community by ignoring the guy MOST Conservatives wanted as his running mate - Marco Rubio.
Somebody here mentioned Rubio as a candidate in 2016. An EXCELLANT idea. BUT, right now, the LEFTIST media is digging, digging, into Rubio's past. They are looking for ANYTHING that can be used to twist him into something he is not. And so, the GOP should be working to BUILD up his image to the point where attacks on him in 4 years will be USELESS.
But such advance thinking by the Planarian-brained idiots who currently run the GOP is biologically IMPOSSIBLE. THOSE people need to GO - NOW!!!!
BY THE WAY, although Romney lost, he didn't do ALL that bad considering all his problems and screw ups. He got MORE electoral votes than McCain did in 2008 and a far higher percentage of the popular votes. Trying to unseat an incbent President is VERy difficult and the ONLY time the GOP did this in the last 100 years was in the Reagan-Carter race. And Romney was NOT Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama - an astute political creature with the full weight of the mainstream meida and Hollywood elites behind him, was NOT Jimmy Carter.
Prove MOST conservatives wanted Rubio. No YOU wanted Rubio.
"was his dissing the Hispanic Community"
God forbid we should worrying about "dissing" the Hispanic Community. Oh the horror.
Race baiting and identity politics.
No one is delusional. People like those you mentioned, and thousands of others are examples of why you should judge a man on the quality of his character rather than the color of his skin. That is a conservative position, straight out of our founding document: "All men are created equal."
The GOP will not get a majority of minority voters in the near future. They don't need to. However, they do need to get a larger percentage of that vote. That is not going to happen while pubbies are perceived as racists. A common perception among minorities (even those who would be philosophically predisposed to vote R) is that republicans are uncaring about the poor, only interested in helping the rich, and haters of all people of color. That has to change if the GOP is going to make inroads.
Well, who the hell did you want? Rubio was # 1 in most lists of preferred candidates for VP. I saw the articles posted here in this forum.
By the way, there was an article posted here that that genius Romney was considering Christie as his first choice.
"God forbid we should worrying about "dissing" the Hispanic Community. Oh the horror.
Race baiting and identity politics."
I'm not ignorant enough to believe that political realities can be ignored. Rubio would have given him Florida and probably enough Hispanic votes to win the election. Ryan couldn't even deliver Wisconsin which really wasn't HIS fault - it just couldn't be done with Romney.
And I think its more important to win in 2016 than to make statements about "idenity" politics. The Constitution, the Bill of Rights, our position in international politics and the collapsing economy are all more important issues than offending the sensitivities of some people concerned about "identity" politics.
Rubio or another equally well-qualified Hispanic had damn well better be on the ticket in 2016 if we hope to win.
Are you kidding?
The GOP is the STUPIDEST ****ING PARTY OF ALL TIME IN THE ENTIRE HISTORY OF POLITICS!
I od not even know how they call themselves professional politicians.
We gave them the house and they did NOTHING! What do you think they will do with the house this time?
Not in my lifetime and I'm 67. The conservative movement will never take back leadership in this Nation until it can overcome American Guilt. The dimocratics have broke the code on it too. Guilty about what ancestors did to the blacks. Guilty stealing land from Indians, Mexicans, etc. Guilty for earning things that could have gone to the poor. 8 of 10 wealthiest counties went to dims? Why? Guilt for what they had. MSM is a terrific enabler of this concept too. Always bringing more stories to the front. Hollywood? Isn't it strange that "Lincoln" movie hits right at this time? Helps to make South recall the errors of their ancestors and force guilt for trying to leave the Union.
Nice. You falsely set the premise of what YOU believe to be the political realities and then extrapolate out to confirm your bias. Hey, you can't lose that way.
I noticed you never mention the millions of white voters who sat out. Why?
"Rubio or another equally well-qualified Hispanic had damn well better be on the ticket in 2016 if we hope to win."
Because the right just loves identity politics. NOT. You can ensure that even more whites stay home. But they don't count, do they?
If they wanted identity politics they'd be Democrats.
Some of my friends are telling me what the solution is; we just need to listen to people like them. It's not cool to be a white man, especially an older white man, so we need to stop nominating them, and start pushing Hispanic/black candidates. We have no choice but to play this game.
/HUGE sarc tag
You need to court the disengaged by doing all of the late night show, dancing with Ellen, going on MTV, ESPN etc. Go on BET, make appearance on Today, GMA etc. Do sit-com cameos. You need the substance and the power of celebrity. Bush got kissed by Oprah. That was huge in terms of making the soccer moms comfortable.
Maybe if we ran a vegetarian homosexual couple for President in 2016?
Yes, but in all the states where Republicans control the redistricting process (i.e. most states) Republicans do the same thing.
For instance, in NC even though more voters voted for Democrat rep candidates, our new Congressional delegation is something like 8-R and 4-D or so.
I am sorry, but gerrymandering is why we control the House. Unfortunately it's not because the electorate is somehow still innately conservative.
We can run anybody we want. It has less to do with ideology or racial identity politics and more to do with name recognition, personality identification and becoming a cult of personality. Reagan had substance, but he was also a huge personality. Clinton was skilled at this - going on MTV, saxaphoning for Arsenio etc. all in order to reach out to new voters and create that cult of personality.
Got anyone in mind?
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