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BRUNSWICK, Ga. -- The gun believed to have been used in the shooting death of an infant Thursday has been recovered.
Brunswick Police Department Chief of Police Tobe C. Green said on a conference call with media Tuesday that tips from Karimah and Katrina Elkins lead to witnesses, which resulted in leads on the weapon location.
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Police searched a small saltwater pond on Highway 17, near spur 25, with metal detectors starting at 3:30 a.m. Tuesday.
The gun was allegedly found by the Glynn County Police Department Tuesday morning around 8 a.m. Police believe the gun was used in the murder of 13-month-old Antonio Santiago.
Law enforcement is keeping the gun in saltwater and sending it to a lab for evaluation.
The investigation is ongoing.
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The Lady Yellow Jackets traveled last weekend to Valley City State University and Jamestown College for two tough conference games. Going into the weekend the Lady Jackets were 17-5 overall and 9-0 in the Dakota Athletic Conference.
On Friday, the Lady Yellow Jackets jumped out early on Valley City State and never looked back winning the match in three games. Junior Kristin Engle led the way with 16 kills on the night. Sophomore Maggie O'Neill added nine kills. Junior setter Mandy Brumfield had 36 assists. "We came out after a long road trip and played really well winning in three games" said Head Coach Jhett Albers. The Yellow Jackets defeated the Vikings 25-11 in the first game, 25-9 in the second, and 25-22 in the third game winning the match 3-0. With the win the Lady Yellow Jackets improved to 18-5 (10-0 DAC).
Saturday, the Lady Yellow Jackets traveled thirty minutes down the road to take on Jamestown College. The Jimmies were sitting in second place of the DAC behind the Lady Jackets. BHSU struggled early dropping the first two games. "We struggled early trying to get a rhythm. It is hard to bounce back in a place like Jamestown" added Coach Albers. In the third game BHSU started to gain some momentum taking the game 25-21. The fourth game went to the Jimmies as they took the match 3-1. The Lady Yellow Jackets were led by junior Kristin Engle with 19 kills, sophomore Maggie O'Neill added 10. Junior setter Mandy Brumfield had 34 assists.
The 18-6 (10-1 DAC) Lady Yellow Jackets will now return home for their final three matches starting this weekend against Dakota State University and Mayville State University. They will then take on rival South Dakota School of Mines the following week. With the loss on Saturday to Jamestown the Lady Yellow Jackets are tied for first place with the Jimmies in the DAC standings going into the final three games.

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it was plant class that i failed. that class was interesting but i had alot of other stuff going on in my life at the same time. Kale's is doing good, naughty as ever. and getting naughtier and naughtier as each day passes. i hope that little baby is doing better. when they're that little there is on;y so much you can do because their bodies are so delicate :( i know i felt bad whenever Kale had a bad cold and all i could do was give him tylenol. sorry for the late reply once again. i had a whole comment all written out and was about to send it, but, my moms laptop over heated and shut off on its own. Alaska is different. depends on where you are though. Fairbanks is a little town but big at the same time i guess you would say. but, it's not quiet at all what so ever like some other little towns. it's about a four hour drive from Anchorage. i'll get back to later on. Kale's keeps getting into stuff to get my attention because he's tired and wants to be whiny. ttylz
damn, i haven't been on here in a looooonngg time, lol. i can't believe i missed the email notifying me that you sent a comment replying back. that's the time i really login on here. you taking summer classes or no?? or are you done? i've been doing alright. i hope you read this >.< i thought i was going to get my associates in june but my science teacher failed me so have to get those 5 credits plus an extra 2 more for social sciences :( bummer. sooooo, i go back for fall quarter. all i need is 7 but i might as well go as a full time student and get my financial aid ;o) my son is getting so big. he's gonna be 18 months already on the 23rd of this month. only a week and a couple days till then. how did you do on the drivers test you took back in december??? did you have to take it more than once? i'm up in Alaska right now visiting my mom and brother. it's soooooo freaking boring here!!! alot of my friends moved out of town and the ones who still live here, i really don't care to see. they've been getting into trouble lately and i'm not trying to be around that shit. i was looking forward to hanging out with my brother while i was up here. getting out of the house and all that stuff. but his dumbass went back to jail. pisses me off that he actually let that happen AGAIN!!! he just got out not even two month before he got arrested this last time. big dummy huh? the only place i go is to bingo. lol, i know that sounds so lame but i'm addicted to it while i'm up here. they don't have casinos up here :( now thats lame >.< it's been awhile since i've been in a place where there are no casinos what so ever. how's your summer going? well, i hope to hear back from you!!! i'll be checking my email often :) i gotta get to bed so i won't sleep all day!! ttylz
hey there! sorry i've been such a stranger!! geez, i don't like using my blackberry to get on here. it's not as easy as getting on a regular computer and signing and doing all that other crap. but, i hardly use my laptop anymore. it seems like every time i turn it on Kale starts to get all fussy >.< it's like he knows, lol. how did your summer go??? i hope good. how are your classes going??? went to a concert this last friday. seen 3 days grace and A7X. there was loads of other bands there but we got there a little late and i wanted to walk around until 3DG and A7X came on. i don't know, i'm not a very big fan of bullet for my valentine and seether. seether has a couple good songs out but i really follow their work. or bullet for my valentine either. but i got hella drunk at that concert. oh my goodness, it was ridiculous, some of the stuff i did and said. lol, it was so stupid. well, i just got a text from the babysitter. Kale needs to be picked up early, i'm at school right now using one of their computers. i better go :) i hope to hear back from you! take care
Hey, well I got some stuff I turned in but not all of it. Kale's doing good. Getting big and brattier everyday that passes ; ) he's lucky he's such a cute baby or else j/k ;o) well, I'm heading down to cali on next monday, the fourth of July. I'm excited. And I will be going to that concert up in fairbanks in july. Yay. Yeah, i don't need a guy like that. Things were going really good though. Anywayz, good thing I'm going out of town soon. Or else I'd be going crazy with nothing to do during the day. I'm so used to having to go to school all the time. I'll start getting restless. How are things going you?? Are you having a nice weekend???
hey there. welllzzz, Chris broke up with me that night that i sent you the last comment lol. some things aren't meant to be i guess :o) i'm over it though. i talked to a friend about it and he said what i wanted and needed to hear so that gave me some closure. i'm almost done with this quarter. almost o.O i got mass work to turn in still. the deadlines on thursday :'( i'ma try and get all that i can turned in >.< ugh, i can't wit till this summer (well actually it already started, lol) i'm going to head down to cali to see my family and so they can get a chance to finally meet Kale my son. and then i'm probably going to go back up to Alaska for a couple weeks. hopefully i do so i can finally go to a Proach concert again. i missed their show down here and was pissed about it. but they'll be performing up there in Fairbanks July 29th. it'd be awesome if i can make it ;D well anywhoo, i better get back to my school work. how did that "practical" thing for your driving go??? i forgot what you called it ;o) talk to ya laterz
hey there!!once AGAIN, sorry for the late reply >.< what did you name your baby cousin???? that's awesome ; ) yeah i am getting help but none from the sperm donor a.k.a the father. it's still kinda hard. i have my moments where i have to step back from the whole baby thing for a minute and take a breather. i found out that all i need is 36 more credits to go and i'll be done at this college, bummer. there's still some elective classes that i want to take over o.O but oh well. at least i got to take Salish wool weaving again. but i'm not earning any credits for that class since i took it already, i'm earning CEU's gotta new b/f o.O hopefully he's better than the last. the timing isn't all the great though. i need to be concentrating on my school work not him ;P how's everything going for you?? how's your studies going? damn, summer kinda just crept up on meh. did it seem like that for you too? my birthday's this sunday. it seemed like it came so fast. well just thought i'd reply back really fast. i'll talk to ya laterz ;o)
hey there. i had a baby boy. his name is Kale Cameron Rose. he'll be 11 weeks tomorrow. i'm back down in Washington now. i started school again. it's a bit of a struggle at times, taking care of a baby and going to school at the same time. i'm glad that your first exams went good ;) i didn't get a good GPA last quarter for school. i went from the deans list down to a 2.7 GPA. damn, that sucks. i did have a 3.6. that's a big accomplishment for me. anywhoo, how's everything going for you at the moment???? i hope good. have you ever seen that movie the hurt locker??? i think it's a good movie. i like movies that have to do with war for some reason. i guess i'm a action junkie or something ;D i wish i knew how to download pictures in that "about me" area on here. i would put up a picture of Kale so you could see what he looks like. he's so freakin cute!!! his eyes change color. he has reddish light brown hair though. he must get that from his fathers side of the family. quite a few of those Aleuts up there in Alaska have that color of hair. wellllllzzz, i'm going to go for now. i'll talk to you laterz ;o)
hey. i've been okay. i had a baby back in January. he came a month early though. things have been a little hectic since. i'm back up in Alaska. my moms been helping me out with the baby for the past month and a half. i'm going back to Washington Aprl 2nd for spring quarter. and that person i was talking about, the one who sent the fucked up text....... she wasn't drunk. she meant everything she said. i don't care though. she can say whatever she wants and i feel sorry for the people who have to listen to her B.S. are you still having a hard time with the classes. damn, i haven't been on here in a while. how have you been?? i hope good. i found out the message thing on here is working again ;D lol. i'm such a dork. well, i'ma get going for now. i'll tal to you soon hopefully........ ; )
hey, you still failing your classes XP j/k how are you?? i didn't really get online that often when i was up in Alaska. my mom has a computer and everything but i was really in the internet mood when i was up there. or else i would've replied sooner. did you celebrate new years or no?? lol, you don't HAVE to be christian to celebrate x-mas, lol. anywayz, my x-mas was kinda slow. i really didn't do much. just laid my moms house most of the day. wow, i just got this messed up text from somebody. this one chick. dude, she has major problems. i didn't do anything to her. she all calling me names and shit in the text. she must be drunk or something. i don't know where all this shit talking is coming from. DAMN, lol. it's so ridiculous. i wish the message thing on here worked i would tell you what she was saying. anywayz, i'ma go now. ttylz
hey there. is it still snowing there?? it really hasn't snowed all that much since i've been fairbanks. it warmed up today. it was only like 9 below or something. and that's pretty warm compared to a few nights ago. a few nights ago it was about 40 below. anywayz, what u been up to?? i hope your weekend is going better than mine >.< i was majorly bored today!!!! really haven't done much since i've been up here. well i'm going to go for now. i'll talk to you later.


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Battle Of The Year (2013)
Battle Of The Year SynopsisBattle of the Year is an international dance crew tournament that attracts all the best teams from around the world, but the Americans havent won in fifteen years. Los Angeles Hip Hop mogul Dante (Alonso) wants to put the country that started the Sport back on top. He enlists his hard-luck friend Blake (Holloway), who was a championship basketball coach, to coach his team. Armed with the theory that the right coach can make any team champions, they assemble a Dream Team of all the best dancers across the country. With only three months until Battle of the Year, Blake has to use every tactic he knows to get twelve talented individuals to come together as a team if they're going to bring the Trophy back to America where it started.
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Starring: Josh Holloway, Laz Alonso, Josh Peck, Caity Lotz and Chris Brown as Rooster
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Travel Notes: April 21, 2013
Babcock reopens
CLIFFTOP, W.Va. -- The bridge replacement at Babcock State Park is complete and the park is open for the 2013 season.
The bridge spans Glade Creek near the park's much photographed grist mill. The bridge provides access to the majority of facilities, including rental cabins, the mill, Boley Lake, the swimming pool and the entire Sugar Camp Run Picnic Area.
For the trout stocking schedule of Glade Creek and sites in Fayette County, visit www.wvdnr.gov. West Virginia fishing licenses and associated stamps may be purchased online at www.wvfish.com or at a local licensed retailer.
Spring Samboree
MINERAL WELLS, W.Va. -- More than 400 people in 140 RVs are expected at the West Virginia Good Sams' spring Samboree May 17-19 at the Butcher Bend 4-H Fairgrounds in Mineral Wells. The rally theme will be "Mayberry RFD."
The weekend includes live entertainment May 18, an Aunt Bea fried chicken contest, a Mayberry look-alike contest to decorate the stage, an ice cream social and "Mayberry RFD" movies will be shown.
Applications to attend the Samboree may be obtained at the group's website, www.wvgoodsams.com, or the group's Facebook page, West Virginia Good Sams. Or contact Don and Kathy Wise, WVGS state directors, at firstname.lastname@example.com or 304-482-7568.
Applications and WVGS Chapter information is also available at all West Virginia RV dealers.
There are several WVGS state chapters. During the camping season, chapters meet for monthly campouts.
Holly River electricity restored
HACKER VALLEY, W.Va. -- Largely without power since October's Superstorm Sandy, Holly River State Park, in Webster County, now has full electrical service restored. Park Superintendent Ken McClintic hopes that both the campground and cabins can reopen by May 3.
Telephone service is not restored at this time. Park contact is still limited to one phone at the temporary office. Email is the best way to contact Holly River. That address is email@example.com.
The park also has been dealing with the challenge of removing fallen trees, brush and other debris from public areas such as the campground, trails and streams. Cleanup of park grounds and trails will be ongoing through much of the summer into fall. Visitors to both Holly River and Audra state parks must be cautious and observant when hiking.
Recovery efforts have delayed trout stocking of Laurel Fork at the park. For trout stocking updates, visit www.wvdnr.gov.
For information about Holly River State Park, visit www.hollyriver.com or email email@example.com.
Greenbrier forest hike
CALDWELL, W.Va. -- The annual Show-Me Hike kicks off the evening of April 26 with a program. Hikes are scheduled for April 27, departing at about 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Visit www.greenbriersf.com or call Greenbrier State Forest at 304-536-1944 for additional information.
Civil War train rides
PETERSBURG, W.Va. -- Train rides through history will leave the South Side Depot in Petersburg at 11 a.m. and 12:30, 2 and 3 p.m. April 27 for a journey through the foothills of the Potomac Valley.
While on the train, Civil War re-enactors will tell stories of the Civil War. For more information or to purchase tickets, call 304-257-9264 or visit www.southsidedepot.com.
State symbols
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The history of West Virginia's state symbols is the subject on a sesquicentennial program April 27 at the West Virginia Culture Center.
The event will feature artifacts from the State Museum collection, videos and documentaries in the media room and hands-on projects. Limited-edition commemorative coins will be distributed. The session will take place in the State Museum Education Center. Hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Contact the Culture Center at 304-558-0220 for more information.
Ramps and Rails
ELKINS, W.Va. -- The Ramps and Rails Festival will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 27 in Elkins. Food vendors with ramp dishes and craft and artisan vendors will set up in the town square. Attendees may vote for their favorite ramp dish.
Also offered are one-hour train trips at 12:30 and 3 p.m. on the New Tygart Flyer and a traditional ramp feast at the Rail Yard Restaurant. Call 877-686-7245 or visit www.mountainrail.com for schedule, tickets and additional information.
House, garden tours
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. -- The House and Garden Tours of historic Berkeley and Jefferson counties will be given from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 27 and 28.
The tours, first conducted in 1955, have blossomed into a major annual attraction. Docents from garden clubs throughout the region guide guests through these homes and gardens, describing the architecture, furnishings and plantings, as well as genealogical information and historical events that have taken place on the grounds or within the walls.
Call 800-498-2386 or visit www.shenandoah-potomacgardencouncil.org for the schedule and additional information.
Irish road bowling
PIPESTEM, W.Va. -- Irish Road Bowling-Steve Bolar Tournament Weekend will take place April 27 and 28 at Pipestem Resort State Park.
The event is open to the public to participate or observe. A minimal fee may apply for participation in the tournament. Any age or ability can enjoy the sport from playing the game to simply walking with teams/players and spotting bowls. Visit www.pipestemresort.com, call 304-466-1800 or call Kevin Smith, with West Virginia Irish Road Bowling, at 304-228-7928 for more information.


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Moon - Can you do the great research you do and provide a list of players hiting as poorly as Middlebrooks? I know BJ Upton on the Braves has been awful but he's got a multi year contract. Adam Dunn is also hitting sub .200, but he's got HR's.
Who is as bad out there with as little service time? Probably no one. It's not Apil anymore. We are almost into July, he's got over 200 at bats and he's hitting .192


text: By Jan RahnManaging Editor Gorgeous weather, a large turnout and delicious meal contributed to another successful Midwest Electric banquet. Three incumbents were reelected to serve District 1, District 5 and District 9 during the 66th annual event last Thursday evening at the high school in Grant. Elected to continue serving their districts were Ron Ivers-District 1, Ron Hagan-District 5, and Rod Clough-District 9. Two hundred and six represented Midwest's membership, with 312 meals served by the Youth Development Club. Following a meal of hot roast beef sandwiches, baby new potatoes, corn and ice cream cups, cowboy poet and humorist Chuck Larsen entertained the crowd, door prizes and a $500 cash prize were awarded to lucky winners. Some of the door prizes given away included a three-crock slow cooker, 32-inch LED TV, two-$100 cash prizes, two-$50 cash prizes, counter top oven, vac, dehydrator, Mr. Coffee pot, $75 Cabela's gift card, jigsaw, cordless drill, food steamer, six-gallon wet/dry vac, just to name a few. Archie and Alene Silvrants, who have rural property served by Midwest were winners of a $500 cash prize. Officers who will serve Midwest are Dick Hasenauer-president, Ron Hagan-vice president, Rod Clough-secretary, Kent Kroeker-treasurer, and Shawn Turner-assistant treasurer.


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The Life Of Bud Bryan - The Bud Bryan StoryWritten by on October 18, 2008 Contributors: Greg Sharp Collection, Andy Brizio, Jerry Kugel, Jay Storer, Bud Bryan, Jim Jacobs, Hugh Teitsworth He Drove The Roads And Talked The Talk
Simon and Garfunkel's song "Mrs. Robinson," posed the rhetorical question, "Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio?" Miffed, Joltin' Joe would often tell his close friends, "I haven't gone anywhere, I'm still here."
Likewise, Editor Bud Bryan's associates, friends, and his loyal R&C readers wondered the same thing. When Bud left Rod & Custom, he vanished.
When the fledgling street rod movement was taking hold, Bud knew street rodders wanted their own sport. While they respected hot rodders, they weren't racers. The R&C readers related to Bud because he was one of them; he drove what he built and got rodders to do the same.
When I wrote the story in the Oct. '07 issue of R&C about the 1st Rod & Custom Street Rod Nationals in1971, more than 35 years had passed since Tom Medley and his staff had talked to one another. Little did I know how my reuniting Bud Bryan, Tom Medley, and Jim Jacobs would change the former editor's life.
"I was raised in Liberal, Kansas," began Bud. "My playground was Uncle Perry's junkyard. He had a Mack bulldog truck with a big A-frame boom, and he would pick up Model As and sling them into railroad gondolas parked on the tracks. He'd lift up the cars and let 'em fly." You might say Bud got hooked on Model As (and their preservation) because of Uncle Perry's glee in giving them the hook. The A-bones were contributing to the war effort overseas.
Bud's world changed, for the better, when he was 5 years old, when he and his mother moved to Southern California in 1943. He lived by the old Long Beach oil fields and tank farm just along Cherry Avenue, not far from the action at Lions Drag Strip and hot rod heaven in Compton.
Bud's first car was a '29 Hudson four-door. "There was a gas station by my house and I used to talk to the old codger who owned it, and I did a little cleaning for him. The Hudson was my reward," he said. "My buddies and I used to sit in the Hudson parked behind his station and BS. It was kind of a meeting place. He wanted to get the Hudson off his property, so he sold it to me for a buck. I was 13."
Bud fired up the hulk (a popular getaway car in the '30s capable of sustained speeds of more than 80 mph) and drove it from the station to the back of his mother's fence.
Noticing a strange automobile sitting on her property, his mom inquired where the old car came from. "I'm not sure, somebody just parked it there," replied Bud. It was hauled off while Bud was in school. "I was heartbroken. Eventually, I fessed up to parking it there."
While attending Jordan High School in Long Beach, Bud worked the graveyard shift at a rubber company to help out his retired mother financially and allow him to afford a '47 Ford. Bud went to his sister's house after he got off work in the morning, cleaned up, and had just enough time to have some toast and get to school in his '47 Ford. This went on until his senior year.
Then, Bud traded the '47 sedan for a '40 coupe with a 3/8x3/8 Flathead: "It had slicks on it, and I was replacing a trans every weekend at my house, my friend Hugh Teitxworth's house, or Chuck Finders' shop. Chuck worked on transmissions in Bellflower and had the world's fastest blown A-Gasser. It was a Willys pickup and it was an absolute animal.
"I traded the '40 for a '52 Chevy, which was a mistake. I completely destroyed the front of that '52. I totaled it twice," laughed Bud. "The first time, it was in front of the Clock Drive-In on Lakewood Boulevard messing around. My friend, Hugh, and I were throwing firecrackers out the window. I didn't see the light change-the guy in front of me stopped and I didn't.
"The second time, I was backing out of my girlfriend's driveway, and I sideswiped the neighbor's car. It wasn't just a tender sideswipe-it was a crunching, grinding, shattering affair. I was going so fast, I wiped out both cars. Her dad and the neighbor weren't real happy with me. I bolted on some new sheetmetal and traded it in on a '55 Chevy, which ended up with a custom Cadillac Linton Green lacquer paintjob."
A New Movement
"I got married," continued Bud, "and became an advertising manager in Bakersfield for a large department store in 1963-64. I had a '60 Pontiac Bonneville that barely fit in my little one-car garage.
"I did a couple of freelance articles on model cars for Don Typond, the managing editor of Rod & Custom at the time. It was a way to break into the business. This happened while I was still working in Bakersfield. We'd drive down, my wife would go see her family and I'd spend Saturdays in the Petersen (Publishing) photo studio, shooting model car stuff. That was also during the slot-car era.
"Tom Medley came into the picture and said, 'This model car thing is fine, but I have a better idea for us. What do you think about turning Rod & Custom into a world-class street rod magazine?' I became a staff member and moved down to Glendale, California.
"The R&C readers, themselves, carried that tradition on," continued Bud. "They were street rodders, not hot rodders. They wanted to drive their cars from the get-go. While they looked at Bonneville, El Mirage, and drag racing with great interest, they weren't racers. They wanted their own sport. We stuck with that."
"Street rodding wasn't a movement yet when Bud came on board," said Tom "Stroker McGurk" Medley. "Bud got the readers interested in driving the heck out of their street rods, because he drove the heck out of his."
And drive he did. By 1971, Bud had become a seasoned veteran of cross-country street rodding, heading to the Street Rod Nationals, this time in Detroit. On that trip, Tom got close and personal riding shotgun in Bud's '29 to and from Motown.
"We started out at night to head home," recalled Tom. "A lot of street rods were heading out, as well. All of a sudden, Bud pulls off by the side of the road and stops. I said, 'What's the matter?' I thought maybe he heard something or it quit. Bud said, 'Look at those fireflies! I've never seen fireflies.' We got out and Bud started taking photos of them. Pretty soon, here comes a whole bunch of street rods. They thought we broke. All of a sudden, we had a slew of guys watching fireflies," laughed Tom.
Greg Sharp
Greg Sharp-the curator at the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum in Pomona- was an LAPD motorcycle officer the first time Bud ever saw him. Greg walked in with his helmet and dark glasses on, and told Bud's secretary he wanted to speak with Bud Bryan. "Everybody just went, huh?"
"Greg knocked on my door, came into my office like he was going to do a pinch, and asked, 'Are you Bud Bryan?' I said, 'Yes, sir.' I thought I was in deep puckey," laughed Bud. "I've always wanted to meet you," said Greg, shaking Bud's hand vigorously. "I love the magazine." It went on from there, and eventually Greg started writing articles for R&C.
Fun Stuff
"By then, everyone was getting ready to move into Petersen's new building on Sunset Boulevard," Bud said. "Hot Rod, Motor Trend, Car Craft, Rod & Custom, Skin Diver (launched in 1951), and Guns & Ammo were all under one roof.
"I remember one time while in the old building on Hollywood Boulevard, the Guns & Ammo guys rolled a cannon out the back door right next to the building. 'We're thinking about shooting it,' they said to Medley. Eric Rickman said, 'Shoot it! Stuff it up!' so they did. The concussion blew out several windows in the back of the building, emptying the offices," laughed Bud.
"That's when I first met Alex Xydias; he was editor of Car Craft. Guess who was his ad salesman? Bill Burke (father of the belly tank). We had a mutual love for cars. Alex was either in my office or I was in his. We were drinking coffee and laughing. It's a wonder we managed to put out monthly publications on time. I was in the company of some of the greatest hot rodders of all time. We all had a mutual love for cars."
Scroungin' a Roadster
Bud built his roadster over a long period of time by scouring the swap meets to acquire tin. Besides, part of the fun was finding that obscure piece. Overheads, automatics, and 9-inchers were the vogue when Bud chose to go old-school. Bryan's highboy could have easily been built in the late '40s with its Flathead, gearbox, and quick-change. Anything but the genuine article was not in the equation.
"My '29 roadster was a statement in true hot rod tradition. I never went to the dry lakes or Bonneville with it, but what I wanted to emulate was those early lakes and Salt Flats racers where the foundation of this sport began.
"I probably started collecting parts in 1968. I came across bits and pieces over a period of time," recalled Bud. "I found the framerails at a swap meet for $18 and started filling the 100 holes in the frame. Then, I found a center K-member and different pieces of the body."
Behind the Scenes
While some legendary rodders had a hand in Bud's roadster, every part on the car was paid for out of Bud's pocket. Sam Foose, Chip's father, was working for Gene Winfield at the time and did the bodywork for Bud in Winfield's shop. Bill Desatoff, an Early Times club member, painted the flawless black lacquer in the family garage. Bryan visited Phil Weiand to write a story on Phil's company. In the process, Bud purchased an intake manifold and heads from the legendary hot rodder/manufacturer.
Bud had the same experience interviewing Barney Navarro in his shop. "I asked Barney if he knew where I could find a block. He said to follow him, and stuffed under a shelf was a brand-new 59AB block wrapped in original Ford Cosmoline that had never run."
Bud's personal life at home had begun to unravel, plus being the editor left little time to devote to his project. Bud had bogged down. Out of the blue, friend Andy Brizio took charge. "Andy helped a lot. He called me and said, 'I'm coming to get your car. I want that thing finished. We're going to get it running. A trailer will be there to pick it up.' Thinking back about Andy's generosity to me, I can honestly say it was and is absolutely unprecedented.
"It was 12 midnight when the phone rang. Who in the world could that be? It was Andy, who said, 'I want you to hear something.' He went, 'Hit it!' I heard the starter and an engine fire. I asked what it was, and he said it was my Flathead. It's the best rump-rump I ever heard."
The True Story Has Never Been Told
"Gray Baskerville (the late associate editor at the time) and I went to Mickey D's to get a burger," began Bud. "On the way back to the Petersen building, I stopped at a light on Sunset Boulevard; the guy behind me didn't. He drove us into the vehicle in front of us. That accordioned the roadster, damaged Gray's left knee, and my '29 was absolutely destroyed. I had it towed to a wrecking yard and later towed it home."
Bud had written off his highboy when Tom Medley, shooting photos of incoming rods at the entrance of the'71 Street Rod Nationals in Detroit, spotted a '29 roadster body heading for the swap meet area. Tom told Bud he had better find the guy and make him an offer.
"After I found the body in the swap meet area," said Bud, "the seller told me he was hoping to see my highboy here. The man had followed the project articles in R&C. I told him that I had totaled it two months earlier. When he asked what the body was like, I told him it looked like a waded-up piece of paper. I never met the fellow in my life. He said, 'Here, I want you to have this.' It was a complete '29 Ford roadster body, all original. He gave it to me free of charge."
That moment has stayed with Bud all these years, but the identity of the gentleman has not. Bud was in shock, so he never got the man's name. Maybe this story will reunite the two.
What happed to Bud's roadster after that devastating crash? And, what motivated Bud to sell his famous A-bone after beaucoup blood, sweat, and tears spent building it? After all, he had a cherry body that was given to him by that nameless benefactor in Detroit. "There were several guys who wanted to buy my roadster," said Bud. "It was lying in my garage, and I convinced myself to sell it. When I sold the car, the body went with it. I decided that I was going to turn my attention to the Buick, the future family sedan. The destruction of my roadster is what did it-that's what pushed me over the edge."
Jerry Kugel
"I was just getting started with my business when I met Bud," said Jerry Kugel. "I was still doing general car repair. Bud would come to my shop, and he had followed several of my projects in R&C before there was a Kugel Komponents.
"Bud was the catalyst for a lot of us in the street rod parts business. Hot rods have been around forever, but the street rod movement was just getting started. Street rods were built for the street, not for El Mirage or Bonneville. Then, Bud just dropped out. He was out of the picture-off the radar screen. He was doing his thing other than cars. I lost track of him for a long time."
R&C's Quake
Devastating news shook the Sunset Boulevard R&C offices like a 7.0 on the Richter Scale. The magazine as everyone knew it was no more. The staff was to stay together, merging Rod & Custom with Hot Rod magazine.
"Everyone tried to present a positive face to the readers, but it was distressing news nevertheless," said Bud. "After R&C was cancelled, we all stayed to ride it out, except Jake.
"I began working for the Book Division of Petersen Publishing, Hot Rod magazine Street Rod Quarterly, and Hot Rod Industry News. Then, they brought back R&C. Tom and I returned, and Gray Baskerville replaced Jacobs."
After the second cancellation in May 1974, read into Bud's comment what you will: "I'd been to Disneyland twice."
With his A-V8 roadster badly mangled, a marriage that would soon end, and his desk cleared for the last time, Bud left the public eye.
Ironically, on that last cover was the very roadster body (in the background) that was given to Bud in Detroit. It was sitting on the back of a pickup.
Fast Forward
Once Jake and Tom were able to contact Bud by phone, three lost decades were dissolved, as though they never existed. In Jake's case, the timing was perfect for the two to reunite, since an event that Jake attends each year was coming up shortly-Mark Morton's River City Reliability Run.
Interestingly, this was to be the first time (ever) that Mark's event was to begin and end in Central California, instead of ending in Riverside. The travel distance was halfway for both Bud and Jake. Jake drove his fenderless '34 sedan and Bud a transportation car.
"Through Jake, an invitation was extended to me to attend Mark's run that concluded at Harris Ranch (off Interstate 5 in Central California) in 2006," explained Bud. "Mark had provided sack lunches for everyone, and he had one for me, as well. I will never forget that.
"That was the first time I laid eyes on Jake in more than 30 years, and we started looking at the cars. I kept thinking, this is a very important part of me.
"Some of the guys remembered me and embraced me warmly. I can reach out and shake the hands of these men, even though I'm not apart of it anymore. I gotta have a car. A week later, I called Gary Mussman at Cornhusker Chassis to get the ball rolling."
The Turning Point
What Bud has been doing these many years matters not to this story, except they've melted away memories best forgotten but rekindled the ones that started Bud's juices flowing in the first place-all revolving around street rods.
The important thing is "Highboy" Bryan, as Gray Baskerville called him, has resurfaced. In the process, Bud has begun building a '29 highboy, just like his old one. Frankly, Bud's roadster is the smelling salts that revived him.
"I realized, once again," stated Bud, "that the true enjoyment of a project like this is resurrecting some old bits and pieces that will actually work again. I'm having fun again."
Bud attended the Grand National Roadster Show recently, stopping at the Hop Up booth where he purchased the magazine. Bud asked "Morty" (who was manning the booth) to autograph his publication. Mark wrote: "Bud you have inspired us all for years. Mark Morton." "That really stuck with me," said Bud. "It meant a lot."
Young Mark and his dad had built a '27 Chevy coupe with a 283 Chevy in 1967, never thinking their home project was R&C caliber. "I didn't know Bud then, but I followed his articles when he was building his Buick," said Mark. "After my dad and I finished the Chevy, and hours after I sold it, the guy that bought it pulled into a shop to buy a tape deck. Bud Bryan drove up, saw my car, and pulled in to look it over. Bud made a deal with the new owner to cover my old Chevy and it got into Rod & Custom."
It takes an exceptional journalist to energize one's readers, no matter the publication. Bud did that. When he was approached, he was friendly and down to earth, as were his printed words. Specifically, Bud motivated rodders across the country to fill up their tanks, throw in the suitcase, and split.
For those of us who were there, a whole bunch of time has zipped by when Bud banged out his last piece on the Underwood. We're either full-blown seniors now or about to join the club.
We're not ready for the walker yet; we're still building street rods like Jake, going to car shows like Andy Brizio, running Bonneville like Jerry Kugel, and campaigning go-karts like Tom Medley. Although we've aged, we're still kids (with a few gray ones and a jowl or two) playing with our toys.
You might say Bud is that kid in a toy store. He works at Sacramento Vintage Ford in the wiring shop. "I make up early Ford and street rod wiring looms. Great fun," he said.
On a Personal Note
Greg Sharp has helped countless writers with historical information and priceless photographs he's collected over the years. When I called Greg to see if he had any photos of Bud, he was preparing to travel to the NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Even though he was pressed for time, Greg responded with 18 photos, including hand-written notes on each one. "I want to do right by Bud," stated Greg. You certainly did, my friend. Thank you for contributing so much to Bud's story.
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Andy Brizio and Bud, taking a quiet break on the way to the heart of the Great Smoky Mountains in Gatlinburg, TN. Bud would politely convey to his readers that scenery like this couldn't be experienced with the street rod parked in the garage. Bud considers Andy one of his closest friends: "I met Bud a couple of months before we went to Gatlinburg in 1969," recalled Andy. "I had built a Volkswagen-powered '23 T for my wife, Sue, because we had a gas-crunch then, just like now. If it weren't for Bud getting me involved with all the people with the magazine, they wouldn't have found out who I was, and I wouldn't have gotten involved with all this stuff. Everybody would ask me over the years whatever happened to Bud, because they knew I knew him. There was no way I could find him. It was like he was lost somewhere."Bud had the thankless job of scraping an old Larry Watson fade-away paintjob off the track nose (shaped by the legendary Whitey Clayton) of Jim "Jake" Jacobs' NieKamp roadster. The Buick V-8 and cool candy paintjob was not the way Bill NieKamp had run his roadster at the lakes or how it appeared as the first Oakland Roadster Show winner. It was because of Bud's influence that Jake decided to restore the '29 roadster. "Bud was building his '29 highboy at the time," Jake said, "going Flathead and full nostalgia. We would sit around and throw out ideas. Bud made the suggestion, 'Why not restore my car back to the day?' And I did. I was running short on time to get the car done for the 2nd NSRA Street Rod Nationals in Memphis. We had a friendship, a kinship more than just guys you worked together with at R&C." Jake still has the receipt for $1,300 that he paid for the car.You can almost see the wheels turning as Bud rescues the first pieces of his '29 roadster body. "I probably started collecting parts in 1968," he said. "I came across bits and pieces over a period of time."Bud cherishes this Gray Baskerville photo. "It was taken shortly before my rearender on Sunset Boulevard. Many skilled individuals brought my '29 this far, only to be destroyed by a negligent driver with no insurance or driver's license," lamented Bud.This yellowed June 1970 photograph shows Bud's highboy about to head north to the capable hands of his friend, Andy Brizio, to finish the job. "Andy helped a lot on the roadster," said Bud. "The first event my roadster went to was Andy's Picnic at Crow Canyon, near Castro Valley, CA. Roy Brizio, probably 13 at that time, rode with me on a milk carton for a seat. It didn't even have finished paint."Two historic hot rods and a newcomer to the group, Ron Weeks owned and restored the '24 T Dick Kraft Special (later the Highland Plating Special) that Kraft drove 60,000 miles and won 20 trophies in at Santa Ana Drag Strip. Jake's restored '29 A NieKamp roadster and Bud's '29 highboy are also pictured. The three drove their cars from SoCal to the 2nd annual Street Rod Nationals in Memphis in 1971, where such long-distance trips in Flathead-powered roadsters were unheard of back then. So was the concept of their club, Traditional Rod Owners and Drivers Association (TRODA) (no Chrysler Hemis, no SBCs) ,where they shared a common foundation to build or restore cars their heroes used to race.Some of you might remember Bud's '37 Buick Special project car in R&C. A used-car dealer would call Bud's all-power-equipped sedan "loaded," with its 455 Buick, Turbo 400, and A/C. "One of the reasons I built the Buick (still on the road today with a new owner) was because it was kind of an ultimate statement-big car and big power," said Bud. "It was the family sedan for almost 10 years."That's Bud (bending over) assisting Jerry Kugel during the brake test portion of "Duel of Deuces" as they measured 44 feet of skid marks left by Gray Baskerville's Lincoln drums that he locked up, compared to Jerry's four wheel discs at 15 feet. "They still talk about that article today," said Jerry (a fun re-read) of the story that appeared in R&C's Aug. '72 issue. Gray's and Jerry's roadsters were daily drivers; moreover, Jerry's black beauty was his only source of transportation for many years. Call it a rod test where Gray and Jerry swapped and compared Gray's gennie-suspended Deuce versus Jerry's state-of-the-art "Deuceuar" (as Gray called it) independent Jag ride. Bud Bryan called Kugel's a "mod rod."


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Tuesday, November 04, 2008
Student poster competition
Are you a university maths student and want to share your passion with younger generations? Then why not take part in the second Further Maths Network - Rolls-Royce poster competition? Undergaduate and PGCE maths students from the UK are invited to submit posters conveying the essence of a mathematical topic they have covered at university. The poster should be aimed at school and college students who are studying AS or A level mathematics. Entries from teams of students are welcome. The closing date is the 31st of March 2009, and two winners will receive a prize of £100 each. The winning designs will be printed as A1 posters and sent to schools and colleges registered with the Further Mathematics Network, and others with which FMN centres are in touch, for display in the mathematics department, potentially reaching over 2000 schools and colleges.
Last year's winner, Michael Manfredi, was presented with his prize by Charlie Stripp of the Further Maths Network at the Rolls-Royce Learning and Career Development Centre in Derby (Michael's the one in the picture receiving the cheque!). You can see Michael's winning poster on cryptography on the Further Maths Network Website.
If you want to take part, then email your entry to Janice Richards, including your name(s) and full contact details, with the poster attached as an editable file. For more information, contact Richard Browne.
And if you prefer writing to designing posters, don't forget the Plus new writers award 2009. Anyone can enter, and there are special categories for university and school students. Winners will achieve everlasting fame through publication in Plus, and receive iPods and books. Closing date is the 31st of March 2009.
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Election questions
Gaffes, murder plots, and hockey mums — the US election circus is in full swing. Personality politics is partly a consequence of the first-past-the-post system — but what are the alternatives? Can any system guarantee to represent the will of the people? Do opinion polls manage to capture its voice? The following selection of Plus articles provides mathematical answers, insights and paradoxes.
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November 1, 2008
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With US election week upon us, we thought you might appreciate a look at alternatives to the first-past-the-post system used to elect the US President and Congress, as well as the UK government, and many others around the world.Read more...
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October 28, 2008
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
History of maths writing competition
The History of Mathematics Special Interest Group of the Mathematical Association of America (HOMSIGMAA) has just launched a writing competition for undergraduates. The MAA invites students to write on any topic in mathematical history they choose, and winners will receive a year-long MAA student membership, as well as books from the MAA bookstore. Closing date is the 31st of March 2009. For more information, visit the HOMSIGMAA website.
And if you're not a student, or want to write about something other than history, or simply want to be published in Plus, then don't forget our very own Plus New Writers Award 2009. Besides the fame and glory of appearing in Plus, you could win an iPod and selected books. Closing date 31st of March 2009!
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Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Plus is proud to bring you a brand new regular feature: the Plus sports page. This will be regularly updated with stories exploring the maths in sports, from analysing scoring statistics to planning the perfect strategy.
We start off by looking at — what else? — football. Being the manager of a Premier League football club may seem like one of the most glamorous jobs in the world — with the fame comes fortune and the opportunity to travel (well, to Hull, Wigan and Portsmouth anyway). However, as far as job security goes, football managers live on the edge. Their terms can be terminated almost on a whim by their club's owner, and they live and die by their team's results.
It would seem that there is no way to predict how long their tenures will be. However, a collection of researchers from the UK, Singapore and the US have found that there may be a strong mathematical trend underlying how long football managers stay in their jobs.
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October 22, 2008
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Mathematical moments - How to price derivatives
The 1997 Nobel Prize in Economics
It's hard to believe these days, but bankers do occasionally base their decisions on rational and robust bits of mathematics. A central player in this context is the Black-Scholes equation, which won its discoverers the Nobel Prize in Economics almost exactly 11 years ago, on the 14th of October 1997. The Black-Scholes equation is a partial differential equation which tells you how to price options. An option is a way of reducing risk: it's a forward contract giving you the opportunity (but not necessarily the obligation) to buy a certain commodity or stock, for example fuel, at some specified time in the future for an agreed strike price. An option is an example of a so-called derivative, because it derives its value from the underlying variable (the price of the fuel).
Derivatives and options, as we all now know, can be traded in their own right, and have the potential to make people very rich, but also to break the bank (as happened literally with the Barings Bank in 1995). One important question if you're in the business of trading derivatives, is how much they should cost. Since options are all about the future, it may seem as if pricing them should involve a certain amount clairvoyancy, but in fact the Black-Scholes equation does it all for you (for a type of option called a European call). All you need to know to use the equation are the current price of the stock and strike price of the option, the expiry time of the option, the interest rate and an estimate of the versatility of the stock.
In their original 1973 paper Black and Scholes built their model on the assumption that the stock price was a function of a Brownian motion. A Brownian motion is a random motion, as you would expect to see when you let a particle float in a liquid or gas. Mathematically, you can describe it as a stochastic process: at any given time, the stock price (or the particle) moves up or down (or, with a particle, in any of the available directions) with equal probability. Using this model for stock price behaviour, Black and Scholes found that the problem of pricing an option becomes equivalent to that of solving the heat equation from physics.
The original Black-Scholes model made some simplifying assumptions, for example that shares don't pay dividends, but it is possible to work around many of these and obtain more sophisticated and comprehensive models. These have been at the heart of financial mathematics ever since. Unfortunately, Fischer Black died two years before the award of the Nobel Prize, so Myron S. Scholes and Robert C. Merton (who's name isn't attached to the equation) ended up sharing it.
If all of this makes you wonder who should really be blamed for the current financial crisis, read the Plus article Is maths to blame?
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Kidōmaru (鬼童丸, Kidōmaru) was a shinobi from Otogakure and a member of the Sound Four.
Kidōmaru generally saw a battle as a game, and often played around with the opponent too much because he preferred to have fun seeing the opponent struggle; due to this, he tended to slow down his team by over extending the battle with an opponent he was interested in.[2] His speech also reflected this when battling Neji Hyūga, he referred to Neji as a "minor character" and analysed his situation using typical gaming language such as "level" and "difficulty". Like the other members of the Sound Four, he is extremely arrogant with his opponents.[3][4][5]
Kidōmaru was a dark-skinned shinobi with black, shaggy hair, and black eyes. Uniquely, Kidōmaru also had six arms and wore a black, sleeveless top and shorts, over which he wore a tunic that bore the symbol of the Sound Four, and a purple rope-belt around his waist. He also wore the forehead protector of his village along with arm warmers, shinobi sandals and bandages around his legs. When under the influence of his cursed seal, the eye on his forehead that was usually closed and concealed under his forehead protector, opens. His skin also becomes noticeably darker, his canine teeth and fingernails elongate, he grows what appears to be a pair of horns, his irides turn black, and his hair becomes grey. He was the second-tallest member of the team.
As stated by Orochimaru, Kidōmaru was the most intellectual member of the Sound Four which was witnessed in his fierce battle style and quick strategies. Kidōmaru was an excellent tactical analyser, capable of figuring out his enemy's weak point quickly and efficiently, not missing any slight discrepancies nor making any unnecessary moves, while refining his next wave from what he learned previously. Prior to dying by Neji Hyūga's hands, Kidōmaru noted that the only other person who drove him to fight to his fullest was Kimimaro.
As noted by Orochimaru, Kidōmaru's flaw was that he squandered too much time playing around with his enemies before killing them. He also underestimated Neji, redundantly aiming for his blind-spot without thinking Neji may create a countermeasure, which ultimately proved to be Kidōmaru's undoing.
In the anime, despite his habit of toying with his enemies from a distance, he demonstrated considerable taijutsu prowess against Neji Hyūga, an expert user of the Gentle Fist style.[6] Shikamaru noted that Kidōmaru's prowess was easily at jōnin-level.[7] Furthermore, Kidōmaru's abilities were considered great enough for Kabuto Yakushi to reincarnate him.
Body Modifications
Kidōmaru had a unique body structure. He possessed two extra pairs of arms, which essentially gave him a total of eight appendages, relating to his spider theme. These allowed him to add extra power and variety into his attacks, hold multiple tools, simultaneously perform multiple tasks, and form several hand seals at once. He could also use the multiple arms to pull his bowstring to incredible tension, drastically increasing the arrows' power.
He also possessed a third eye on his forehead, usually concealed by his forehead protector. In a serious battle, he would reveal the eye. This eye increased his perception and accuracy by a significant amount, allowing him to pinpoint the enemy's vital points with his arrow. The eye was precise enough to allow him to note his arrow missed the intended target by 15 cm, even at a 50 metres distance.
Cursed Seal
Like the rest of the Sound Four, Kidōmaru, was branded with a Cursed Seal which magnified his physical and ninja skills. When in his Level 2 cursed seal form, his skin became dark red, he gained horns on his forehead, shoulders and elbows, grew long white hair, and gained spinnerets enabling him to spin webs without using his chakra. In the anime, when experiencing strong feelings of hatred and rage, he could draw even more power from the seal. As a result, following his reincarnation, Kidōmaru's cursed seal was greatly enhanced, as seen when he could weave his Spider Sticky Gold at a much faster rate, and the weapons produced by them were even deadlier than before.
Spider Techniques
Kidōmaru had the ability to make spider webs by infusing his spit or sweat with chakra. He could use his webs to bind, trap, or sense enemies. These threads were extremely sticky, yet durable and elastic. This is because his chakra was constantly flowing through the webs, and is also why the threads could not be cut with normal tools such as kunai. However, the Gentle Fist can cut them, as the fighting style is based on using the user's chakra to attack precise points.
He could also create a thicker golden liquid that hardened into a chakra-blocking metal on contact with air. By chewing the spider web liquid inside his mouth, he could make it more solid and gum-like, allowing him to form makeshift weapons. In the anime, after being reincarnated and having his cursed seal enhanced by Kabuto, he could produce and fire them at an extremely quicker rate. This hardened material could also be released through the sweat pores and fabricated into a body-covering armour that could completely defend him from physical attacks, metal throwing weapons, and even chakra-based attacks, such as the Gentle Fist. Finally, he could form his especially deadly bow and arrows which could shatter trees when fired.
In keeping with his spider-theme, he could summon the Kyodaigumo, a giant spider that can spawn an immense number of smaller spiders to use the Rain of Spiders technique, which created threads as powerful as Kidōmaru's own. He could also make Kyodaigumo burst into his thread for aid in battle.
Cooperation Ninjutsu
Despite the volatile relationship between the members of the Sound Four, they were well-versed in a series of Cooperation Ninjutsu. They could use the Combination Transformation in order to pose as Orochimaru's bodyguards while also concealing their numbers. During the battle between the Third Hokage and Orochimaru, they could produce the Four Violet Flames Formation in order to avoid anyone from entering or leaving the confines of the barrier. When carrying Sasuke to Orochimaru, they used another technique, a barrier called the Four Black Fogs Formation which traps the target in a temporary death state in order to allow him to adapt to the cursed seal and make for easier transportation. In the anime, they also displayed another technique, the Space–Time Technique Formula: Underworld Turnover, that sends the souls of both the user and the target into the confines of a special barrier. They could also use the Sound Four: Summoning: Four Beasts Encirclement Formation, which brought out their individual summons to trap their opponents from all sides.
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Konoha Crush
Kidōmaru made his first appearance with the rest of the Sound Four, erecting a barrier to keep others from interfering in Orochimaru's fight with the Third Hokage. He and the rest of the Sound Four later escorted Orochimaru when he fled. Kidōmaru used his Spider Bind technique to prevent Konoha Anbu from following them.
Sasuke Recovery Mission
The Sound Four escorted Sasuke Uchiha when he decided to join sides with Orochimaru. After the Sasuke Recovery Team found the Sound Four after having left Chōji behind to deal with Jirōbō, Kidōmaru allowed his comrades to go ahead of him while he caught and toyed with their pursuers. Because Naruto could use shadow clones, Kidōmaru decided to kill him first. Kidōmaru slowly picked the clones off to try and find the real one. When all turned out to be shadow clones, the real Naruto attacked Kidōmaru from behind. He dodged and caught Naruto and tried to kill him but is stopped by Neji, who freed him having already freed everyone else from Kidōmaru's webbing using his Gentle Fist. Neji engaged Kidōmaru in battle after the others had gone ahead. Kidōmaru was at first confident that he could kill Neji very quickly. He sent several volleys of webs at Neji and managed to pin him to a tree, but Neji broke free and even managed to get close to and attack Kidōmaru with his Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms, though Kidōmaru blocked it with his armour. Since he couldn't win a close-range battle, Kidōmaru fell back and attacked Neji at a distance. Neji's Byakugan allowed him to detect all incoming attacks, which he blocks with his Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven and then threw a kunai at Kidōmaru which he barely dodged. Finally viewing Neji as a challenge, Kidōmaru activated the first stage of his cursed seal.
He then summoned the Kyodaigumo to blanket Neji in webbing and prevent him from using his Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven technique against his attack, but Neji is still able to dodge by slowing it down with chakra. Kidōmaru then continued to attack Neji by sending more spiders and kunai at him. He noticed that Neji did not avoid all of his attacks when a kunai cuts Neji's shoulder, and upon further testing realised the Byakugan had a blind spot. He then sent more kunai and spiders and hits him twice more. He claimed he couldn't beat him before signalling the Kyodaigumo to finish Neji. Neji repelled it with his Gentle Fist only for it to turn into thread. Kidōmaru then attacked Neji with more kunai and hit him three more times causing him to collapse. Kidōmaru then stated he had enjoyed himself even though he knew he would win before starting to leave. At that moment, Neji stood up again.
Happy that Neji had been so much of a challenge, Kidōmaru advanced to his cursed seal's second stage and created a bow and arrow. He fired at Neji's blind spot, but Neji is able to move it in time to keep it from hitting a vital organ and instead it hits him through his shoulder. Surprised, Kidōmaru realised that Neji must have been using exuded chakra to sense attacks directed at his blind spot. Kidōmaru creates a new arrow that is connected to him by a thread, which will allow him to move the arrow mid-flight to ensure it will hit Neji, but it was thrown off by the trees. Kidōmaru then jumped to the top of the tree line for a better vantage point and created a new arrow with spin so it will cut through a tree if it hits one. He then attaches a thread to ensure that he will hit Neji that time. He succeeded, but Neji — seeing the cord — sent some of his chakra through it back to Kidōmaru, damaging several of his internal organs causing him to fall. Kidōmaru could still move though and became angry with himself for getting damaged in such a way.
Kidōmaru however believed this to have been Neji's dying effort and started to leave, all the while Neji was locating and approaching him. When he got close enough, he found he was wrong about Neji when he jumped up and turned off his chakra with his Gentle Fist attack and delivered a fatal blow to Kidōmaru's heart, causing him to scream in agony and collapse to the ground. Kidōmaru then returned to his normal form having lost all his chakra and asked Neji how he was still alive. Neji told him he couldn't let down his friends while also telling him that he was the strongest opponent he had ever fought.
As he coughed up blood and started dying, Kidōmaru told him that there is no way to save Sasuke since he had come voluntarily. Kidōmaru then collapsed again saying he hadn't been pushed that far since Kimimaro. With his last breath, Kidōmaru cursed Neji then died, leaving Neji the victor of their battle.
Part II
Fourth Shinobi World War: Confrontation
In the anime, Kidōmaru was reincarnated by Kabuto Yakushi along with his Sound Four team-mates during the Fourth Shinobi World War. He was deployed at the northern edge of the Land of Lightning's peninsula and fought Neji again. Despite losing even when his body was enhanced by his summoner, Kidōmaru quickly reconstructed himself and cast the Space–Time Technique Formula: Underworld Turnover to teleport himself, his group, and their original opponents to another location.[8] Kidōmaru rejoins his comrades in the Underworld Turnover barrier and they continue their battles with their enemies, switching opponents while Shikamaru comes up with an analysis. To reward them for their attempted efforts, Kidōmaru reveals that even their defeats will not release the barrier. Their battles rage on as the Sound Four overwhelm the Konoha shinobi with the hatred they hold for them. Taking advantage of this, Shikamaru continues to bait their hate to lure Naruto to the barrier and break his comrades free. With the souls of their most hated enemies freed, Kidōmaru and his comrades decide to take out their hatred on Naruto, only to be easily defeated before their souls return to the afterlife.
Having used the DNA of the Sound Five in his experiments during his quest to find himself, Kabuto Yakushi gained access to Sakon and Ukon's kekkei genkai which allowed him to access the DNA of the other Sound Five members within his body by creating constructs of them which appeared from the base of his navel-snake. This copy of Kidōmaru has access to his unique abilities to create webbing which Kabuto used to corner the Uchiha siblings in his battle with them during the Fourth Shinobi World War.
In Other Media
Video Games
Kidōmaru is a playable character in the following video games:
|Game name
|Japanese release
|English release
|Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja 4
|5 April 2007
|24 March 2009
|Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja 5
|20 December 2007
|27 November 2009
|Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4
|4 February 2016
|9 February 2016
|Naruto: Gekitō Ninja Taisen! 4
|21 November 2005
|Naruto: Ninja Council 3
|27 April 2006
|22 May 2007
|Naruto: The Broken Bond
|18 November 2008
|Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 2
|30 September 2004
|12 June 2007
|Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 3
|22 December 2005
|25 March 2008
In Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm, Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations, and Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution, Kidōmaru is a support-only character.
|The Springtime of Youth wiki has an article about this topic:
- He was the only member of the Sound Four to be seen wearing an Otogakure forehead protector.
- "Kidō" (鬼童) means "demon child", and "-maru" (丸, Literally meaning: circle", "perfection) is a common ending for male Japanese names.
- Kidōmaru can be seen during the omake of Naruto Shippūden episode 129. He's picking masks with Sakon nearby.
- According to the databook(s):
- His favourite phrase was: Game over (ゲームオーバー, gēmu ōbā).
- His hobby was playing games.
- He desired to fight opponents that allow him to enjoy himself.
- Kidōmaru has completed 46 official missions in total: 20 D-rank, 15 C-rank, 8 B-rank, 2 A-rank, 1 S-rank.
- "This game has a higher difficulty level than I thought!"
- "I guess it was more fun this way… but now game over!!"
- "What kind of a freak is this guy?"
- "The weakest one in the game always goes down first!"


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His is the 13th year the community drive will provide free coats for needy kids in the Rockford area.
The goal for the season is five thousand coats. The Salvation Army is asking the community to donate coats in good wearable condition, clean with buttons and zippers in tact. The coats should not have holes, tears or stains.
For more information contact the Salvation Army at 226-4400 or donate at one of the following sites:
Colonial village-1410 S. Alpine
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May 25, 2016
Tallahassee, FL-November 25, 2012
One of the country's biggest travel weekends comes to a close.
AAA predicts about 44 million people will travel 50 miles or more this Thanksgiving Weekend.
That's up 0.7 percent from last year.
AA A says more than 3 million of those travelers will be from Georgia and Florida.
"I went back home to Worcester, Massachusetts. It's pretty cold up there right now. I flew into Boston. It didn't take too long. But the flight back was difficult," says traveler, Spencer Perry.
Tallahassee Regional Airport expects more than 30,000 travelers to pass through its gates this weekend.
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By James T. Hammond
Published Jan. 30, 2013
The chiefs of two of South Carolina's most important business support agencies — the Commerce Department and Parks, Recreation and Tourism Department— said their agencies are working together like never before to leverage economic development.
PRT Director Duane Parrish
|Secretary of Commerce Bobby Hitt
Parrish set the tone for the discussion when he said, "No one ever moved a business here without first being a visitor."
Hitt recalled that two BMW executives, both of whom would later lead the company, told him that the tie-breaker among potential sites for their North American plant was a waitress in a South Carolina pizza restaurant.
"She was very nice to us and she didn't even know who we were," one of the BMW executives told Hitt, who used the story to illustrate how important the hospitality industry can be in winning over potential manufacturing investors.
"We are hospitable people and people feel comfortable here," Hitt said.
Growing cooperation
But cooperation between Parrish and Hitt has moved well beyond simply acknowledging the value of everyday hospitality.
John Durst, president and CEO of the South Carolina Restaurant and Lodging Association, noted that today's panel discussion marked the first time a sitting South Carolina commerce secretary has participated in the state's flagship tourism conference.
Hitt said staff members of both agencies meet regularly to plan how they can work together to build up both tourism assets and the state's manufacturing base.
But Hitt could not contain his feeling that the reception potential investors receive when they visit South Carolina weighs heavily on their large business decisions.
"I've had people site a plant here because their son or daughter went to college here," Hitt said.
The synergy between manufacturing and tourism becomes clear when new manufacturing jobs create income for families, who then have the possibility of spending some of that new-found wealth on a beach vacation in the state, Hitt said.
Parrish said the rural communities in the state can increase their stake in the tourism sector by "looking deep inside their communities" for assets and authentic experiences that they can share with visitors. He said examples of rural tourism that give such experiences include the abundant freshwater fishing and boating opportunities; the African-American history trail; and the state's rich culture of barbecue establishments.
"South Carolina has the longest deer-hunting season in the country," Parrish added, noting that broad stretches of the state offer hunting experiences.
Success breeds success
Hitt said small towns and rural communities can use tourism to make themselves more attractive as sites for new manufacturing plants.
"People want to visit small towns that look successful and have something unique," Hitt said.
James Chavez, president and CEO of the Montgomery County, Tenn., Economic Development Council, urged rural communities and small towns to be prepared when site consultants come calling to evaluate potential plant sites.
"Companies are coming out of a recession, they need to expand their capacity, and they are sitting on a lot of cash," Chavez said.
And Parrish urged those communities to "be authentic and proud of your communities."
Hitt said companies are making decisions faster than ever before. He noted that the average car in America is more than 11 years old, and that manufacturers are moving quickly to create capacity to sell vehicles into this pent-up demand.
The secretary said one community lost out on an opportunity to land a manufacturer because it was going to cost more than $10 million to run a sewer line to the plant. In contrast, counties such as Laurens, Orangeburg and Sumter have landed major new manufacturing plants because they taxed themselves, built infrastructure and had sites that were attractive to the manufacturers.


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Cyclones Notch 12 PR's At Stanford Invite & Tiger Classic
AMES, Iowa – Members of the Iowa State track and field team put on career performances at both the Stanford Invitational and Tiger Track Classic Friday. In total, 12 student-athletes notched personal records in their respective events.
Stanford Invitational
Redshirt-freshman Taylor McDowell got things rolling for the Cyclones in the women's 5,000-meter run. McDowell posted a personal-best of 17.02.26 in the event. The Hartland, Wis., native bested her previous mark of 17:25.09 by over 20 seconds with the performance.
In the women's 1,500-meter run, five student-athletes notched personal records in Maggie Gannon, Perez Rotich, Colleen Riley, Maryn Lowry and Madison Nagle. Gannon was the top overall finisher for the Cyclones, crossing the line in 4:24.71. The Burlington, Ill., native's performance was just 0.55 seconds off of cracking Iowa State's all-time top-10 list in the event.
The women's 5,000-meter run featured a trio of Cyclone distance runners in Samantha Bluske, Katy Moen and Bethanie Brown. All three notched personal bests, competing in heat two of the event. Moen took second in the race, notching a PR of over 25 seconds and crossing the line in 15:56.53. The performance moves her into fifth in program history in the event. Brown moved into seventh in ISU 5,000m history, running a time of 16:09.17. Clocking in at 16:19.18, Samantha Bluske held her ninth-place slot on the all-time list and passed Bonnie Sons (16:21.50) with the showing.
Mohamed Hrezi was Iowa State's lone competitor from the men's team at the Stanford Invitational, running the 10,000-meter run. Entering the race, Hrezi sat in 10th place on the all-time program list. The Naugatuck, Conn., native moved up to sixth on the list with a personal best of 28:51.88 in the event. Hrezi placed 19th in his heat.
1500m (W): Maggie Gannon, Iowa State, 4:24.71; Perez Rotich, Iowa State, 4:32.96; Colleen Riley, Iowa State, 4:35.86; Maryn Lowry, Iowa State, 4:39.18; Maddie Nagle, Iowa State, 4:39.96
5000m (W): Katy Moen, Iowa State, 15:56.53; Bethanie Brown, Iowa State, 16:09.17; Samantha Bluske, Iowa State, 16:19.18
10000m (M): Mohamed Hrezi, Iowa State, 28:51.88
Tiger Track Classic
Today's competition at the Tiger Track Classic was based solely in the field, as the Cyclones had student-athletes competing in the men's and women's hammer throw and men's triple jump.
Henry Kelley set a personal best for the second-consecutive outing in the hammer throw, hurling a mark of 185'07". The mark moves him from ninth into sixth place on Iowa State's all-time top-10 list in the event, passing Zech Scheibout, Mark Boeckmann and Collin Fett. The Waukee, Iowa, native placed fifth overall in the competition.
Kayla Sanborn matched Kelley's performance on the women's side. Sanborn placed second overall with a career-best throw of 187'09" in the hammer. She passes Susan Sherman and Emily Nugent to move from eighth up to sixth place on Iowa State's all-time list.
Kevin Poster placed third in the men's triple jump with a mark of 49'04.25". Poster has eclipsed the 49-foot mark in both of his outdoor jumps this season.
Hammer Throw (M): 1. Renaldo Frechou, Southern Alabama, 209'06"; 5. Henry Kelley, Iowa State, 185'07"
Hammer Throw (W): 1. Emily Allen, Samford, 198'11"; 2. Kayla Sanborn, Iowa State, 187'09"; 6. Anna Holtermann, Iowa State, 162'06"
Triple Jump (M): 1. Cordairo Golden, MTSU, 51'08.50"; 3. Kevin Poster, Iowa State, 49'04.25"
Cyclone PR's
Henry Kelley (HT): 185'07"
Kayla Sanborn (HT): 187'09"
Mohamed Hrezi (10,000m): 28:51.88
Katy Moen (5,000m): 15:56.53
Bethanie Brown (5,000m): 16:09.17
Samantha Bluske (5,000m): 16:19.18
Taylor McDowell (5,000m): 17:02.26
Maggie Gannon (1,500m): 4:24.71
Perez Rotich (1,500m): 4:32.96
Colleen Riley (1,500m): 4: 35.68
Maryn Lowry (1,500m): 4:39.18
Madison Nagle (1,500m): 4:39.96


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TransComp awaits
November 05, 2010
With more than three-quarters of 2010 in the books, many of the industry events that comprise what could be called the "fall travel season" have come and gone. But one big event is now less than two big weeks away.
The name of that event? Well, it depends on whom you ask. It is sponsored by three well known organizations: the National Industrial Transportation League (NITL), the Intermodal Association of North American (IANA), and the Transportation Intermediaries Association (TIA). At the end of the day, many people call it TransComp. That works for me.
I attended the 2006 edition of this event in Ft. Lauderdale and 2007's in Atlanta (the following two years I had scheduling conflicts which prevented me from attending), and both times I came away thinking that was more than worth the time and travel invested into those trips for myriad reasons. Among these reasons were the high quality of sessions, the vast exhibition/show floor, which has something for everybody, it seems, and the networking opportunities, which are as abundant as there are at any event in our industry.
I don't mean that networking comment as a "canned" statement in any way either. What I am saying is that many other events can often be so top-heavy with sessions that it often can be difficult to just "chill" and catch up with old friends and meet new ones at the end of a beyond hectic day.
That is one of the things that makes TransComp different. I think the Monday Night Football-themed reception at the end of the first full day does not hurt either.
In any event, a look at the session itinerary for this year's event provides a real-time view of things that are truly topical in the industry these days: CSA, green/sustainability, the post-midterm election impact and/or effect for transportation, logistics, and the supply chain, and many other hot-button issues.
A friend of mine that keeps a very close eye on the freight transportation sector told me he is attending this event for one simple reason: "to take the temperature of the industry and see what the future may hold."
That sounds like as good as any a reason to make the trip down to Florida this year. Hope to see you there.
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