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The Best Pro Wrestling Matches (and GIFs) of 2017
December 27, 2017 Jason Mitchell SPORTS 0
Worldwide, the level of in-ring work in professional wrestling in 2017 was as good as it's ever been. Even though pro wrestling is built on hyperbole, the greatness of this year's top matches is no exaggeration. For those that knew where to look, this was arguably the greatest year ever for diverse, fun, and psychologically stimulating athletic feats.
With a stacked talent roster (arguably as deep as it's ever been), the WWE had a solid year, at least as far as workrate is concerned. What made this year so special, in my opinion, is the level of work around the world. From the independent scene in the United States to the unstoppable force that New Japan Pro Wrestling became, each major event became a chance for wrestlers to one-up each other.
For maybe the first time since the pinnacle of the wrestling business in the late '90s, it's a truly exciting time to be a fan of wrestling.
In an attempt to capture and celebrate this awesomeness, I've enlisted the help of my fellow Tailgate Society contributors Brad LaFratte and J.T. Nutt. I tasked each with compiling a list of their top three favorite matches of 2017. What you'll find below is each of our lists, with commentary and reasoning. I think that, regardless of your tastes or favorite promotion, there's really something for everyone here.
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1. Kenny Omega vs. Kazuchika Okada (IWGP Heavyweight Championship)
New Japan Pro Wrestling, Dominion PPV, June 11th
The top spot for me this year goes to the match that got me back into professional wrestling. As a former hardcore fan (detailed here), I had largely quit watching pro wrestling altogether, but still kept up with some of the news. Soon after Dominion, the wrestling community was buzzing about the match that these two put on. I knew then that I had to check it out to see if the hype was real.
This was actually the second Omega/Okada match of the year, with the first coming at Wrestle Kingdom 11 (Wrestle Kingdom is the New Japan equivalent of WWE's WrestleMania) in January. That 47 minute match was hailed as a masterpiece and possibly one of the better matches of all time. So how were these guys going to top that? With arguably an even greater match and a (SPOILER ALERT) 60 minute time limit draw.
The storylines for this match were bountiful. Could Omega finally get Okada up for the One-Winged Angel finisher? Is this the match that gives the super-over Omega his first heavyweight championship? How many Okada Rainmakers will it take to put down Omega?
The match started with Omega controlling most of the action, but in actuality, the storyline of the match became mostly this: How much punishment would it take to finally put the other man out of commission? And there was plenty of punishment to go around.
There's the Omega missile dropkick to the back of Okada's head:
And an Okada death valley driver on the apron:
There was also some really great technical wrestling sequences:
When Omega did finally hit his One-Winged Angel nearly 45 minutes into the match, it looked like we were going to have a new champion. Okada did what Okada does, though, and found a way to survive:
In the end, the best move of the match wasn't a move at all. One of the spots of the year, Okada goes for his Rainmaker lariat. An exhausted Omega escapes the move, not by any technical prowess, but by being completely exhausted. It's beautiful in how simple and unique it plays out:
Even though I knew the finish going in (again, a draw), I had the rare experience of watching this match and being on the edge of my seat for 60 minutes. This was this generation's Flair/Steamboat, a technical masterpiece that was both brutal and beautiful. I defy you to watch this and not come away entertained and in awe.
2. Kenny Omega vs. Tetsuya Naito
New Japan Pro Wrestling, G1 Climax Tourney Finals, August 13th
As the leader of the Los Ingobernables de Japon, you could easily argue that Tetsuya Naito is the most "over" star in New Japan. For those unaware, The G1 Climax Tournament is a week's long round-robin tournament, with the winner getting a shot at the IWGP Heavyweight Championship at the next Wrestle Kingdom in January. Kenny Omega was the 2016 winner, hence his title shot against Okada referenced above, but it was the enigmatic Naito who stood in Omega's way of a repeat in 2017.
To put Naito in WWE terms, he's like the anti-John Cena. He is lackadaisical on the way to the ring, and is, by and large, anti-hustle. He never gets flustered or excited, appearing to not care much for what anyone thinks. And this is a huge hit with fans.
The main storyline of this match, other than the winner getting a shot at the title, was Naito's work on Omega's neck and vice versa. Nearly every single move during the match was, in some way, focused on the neck of the opponent. This made for a truly psychologically complex battle.
Early on, Naito hit a nasty neckbreaker from the apron to the floor:
Then, in what would prove to only be the second most brutal looking spot of the match, Naito executes a piledriver from a table to the floor:
These spots added a real (maybe too much so) sense of danger to this match that jacked the intensity up to a ridiculous level.
Eventually, Omega regained control. This sent the match into a flurry with some truly incredible sequences. At one point, Omega delivers the scariest moment of the match, when he DDTs Naito into the ring post, something that I've never seen done before:
That is absolutely insanity and not something I'd recommend (although he didn't actually hit the ring post). Somehow, this is followed by an Omega attempted super powerbomb, which would turn into an absolutely spectacular counter for Naito:
Eventually, this insane flurry of moves culminated in Naito hitting 4(!) versions of his finishing move, Destino. Here's the final one:
At just over 36 minutes, this match was almost exhausting to watch. It was pure balls to the wall insanity, but every single thing made sense within the context of the match. There was a sense of urgency on the part of both men, and the pace matched that intensity. You truly got the sense that Naito and Omega were throwing everything they had at the other. In terms of pure enjoyment, I liked this match just a bit better than Omega/Okada II, but that probably has something to do with the compacted time of this one. A classic, regardless.
3. Tyler Bate (c)vs. Pete Dunne (WWE United Kingdom Championship)
NXT, NXT TakeOver: Chicago, May 20th
If you want an action packed, old school wrestling match, this is your match of the year. Behind a hot arena sized crowd in Chicago, Bate and Dunne turned in a hard hitting classic.
Dunne started the match by attacking the right wrist and hand of Bate before hitting a sweet suplex from the floor to the apron.
Bate regained control after a suplex of his own and the longest airplane spin I've ever seen in a wrestling match.
After some traded stiff shots, Dunne went for his Bitter End finisher. Bate, however, reversed it into a tornado DDT.
Just when it looked like Dunne was finished, Bate missed a dive to the outside, which enabled Dunne to finally hit the Bitter End.
This was, for me, the match of the year in the WWE/NXT. How often do you see two standing ovations during the match? And then another one after? Almost never. It's a shame this didn't get more publicity. It's truly excellent. Go out of your way to watch this.
Brad LaFratte (@BradLaFratte)
Matches in no particular order:
Asuka vs. Ember Moon (NXT Women's Championship)
WWE, NXT TakeOver Brooklyn III, August 19th
NXT TakeOver Brooklyn has showcased some of the best women's matches in WWE history…yes history!
Brooklyn III had a lot to live up to. And Ember Moon vs. Asuka more than fulfilled the tradition of female wrestling excellence.
In one corner was a young upstart who had previously pushed The Empress of Tomorrow to the edge of defeat—so close, in fact, that Asuka had to cheat in order to get the win. In the other corner was the undefeated champion who held the NXT women's title for a record 523 days.
Both women are built like tanks, and they put on a highly physical, brutal match.
Moon brought the high-flying attacks and the power moves.
Asuka brought the stiff strikes and the submission holds.
Asuka worked Moon's left arm and wrist the entire night, and Moon always sold it well.
My only nitpick of this match was the finish.
It should have been Moon's crowning moment as the new women's face of NXT. Had WWE known about the extent of Asuka's collarbone injury, Moon probably would have won. Regardless, this was just another showcase of how far women's wrestling has come.
AJ Styles (c) vs. John Cena (WWE Championship)
WWE, Royal Rumble, January 29th
This was the first big WWE match of the year, and it set the tone for 2017.
The Styles and Cena storyline started five months prior at SummerSlam in Brooklyn, and there were some doubts about whether they could outdo themselves at the Rumble. Added to the drama was Cena's attempt to tie Ric Flair with 16 world championship reigns. Once the opening bell rang, the uncertainty was put to rest.
We witnessed two of the greatest wrestlers of their era go move for move, spot for spot, and make each other look like a million bucks.
The energy never dissipated, and the storytelling throughout the match kept the fans on the edges of their seats. You truly didn't know who would win. Styles flew all over the ring, and Indy Cena unleashed an armada of moves and counters that amazed the crowd and silenced his devout critics.
What made this bout more compelling was watching it live. The crowd was on fire, and when Cena won, it, in fact, did not riot.
Cena and Styles received a standing ovation. The crowd was emotionally drained but satisfied. Mr. WWE and The Phenomenal One delivered an instant classic.
The New Day (c) vs. The Usos (Smackdown Tag Team Championship)
WWE, Hell in a Cell, October 8th
The Usos and The New Day have set a new standard for tag team wrestling in 2017.
The Usos and The New Day had a series of matches together on SmackDown Live that culminated in the most memorable Hell in a Cell match.
Both teams worked at a high level throughout this feud, starting in late May. They took every opportunity to showcase their ability and creativity. What could have been The New Day's SmackDown crowning became a war for greatness.
While their show-stealer at SummerSlam was special, capped by an incredible series of near-falls, Hell in a Cell opened up a vault for the teams to explore that changed the game. They had unrelenting steel, sturdy kendo sticks and even handcuffs with which to isolate and brutalize one another.
The match was the best showcase of the full scope of this longstanding feud, with no man in the match afraid to ruin his career or his opponent's with sickening and imaginative displays of violence.
It was a near-perfect display of tag team wrestling at a main event level, 22 minutes of nonstop emotional action by two veteran teams that looked to cement their legacies.
This was the first time the tag team titles were defended inside Hell in a Cell and the first time either team had been inside the structure, but they looked more at home there than most ever have. This match was a showcase of veteran talent in the midst of a creative master piece, telling an exemplary story of brotherhoods with a great deal of pride.
J.T. Nutt (@jtthenutt)
2017 was a tremendous year for a number of wrestlers. Kevin Owens became the Face Of America and even refused to walk on his face on the entrance ramp. The Miz might have had his best year ever. He and Maryse feuding with Cena and the Bella with bigger boobs was hilarious and well executed. I can still hear Maryse saying "Jjjeeeaaaaaannn". But this is a list of the best matches.
My list is going to be matches that I watched and remember. Not matches the IWC told me to check out and I did (hey, Kenny Omega, how you doing?) but matches that immediately came to mind when I thought of 2017.
The New Day vs The Usos was unexpectedly great. Not that I didn't think they couldn't do it, but the New Day is the humor in the show and I didn't expect as violent of the match to happen. It was fantastic though. Money in the Bank was great, then again I'm a huge fan of Baron Corbin. I also loved the tease of AJ Styles vs Nakumra when they looked at each other through the ladder. SummerSlam with Samoa Joe, Brock Lesnar, BRAAAAUUUNNNN, and Roman Reigns actually tore the house down. Extreme Rules gave Samoa Joe a nice win as did the Elimination Chamber for Bray Wyatt. Bray Wyatt's blip of happiness in a so-so year, mostly by terrible booking, not by his fault.
But in the end, one man came to mine: AJ Styles. So here are my top 3 A….J…Styles matches. Let's call it the Phenomenal 3.
Finn Balor vs AJ Styles
WWE, TLC: Tables, Ladders, & Chairs, October 22nd
This match didn't have a ton of build up because it was made nearly last minute when the Raw locker room suffered a meningitis outbreak. The Demon King was supposed to face Bray Wyatt. AJ Styles came over to Raw to help out with the PPV and faced Balor in a IWC's wet dream. Two of the best indy guys getting their chance to have a match that had no real story line to it, just mano a mano. Both guys are tremendous technical wrestlers and the match didn't disappoint. Tons of string reversals, tons of big moves and kick outs. There were just a lot high spots in the match that had a frantic pace.
AJ hits the Pele kick to Balor on the top rope, then hits a springboard top rope hurricanrana.
Then Styles misses the springboard 450.
Balor hits the Coup de Grace for the 1…2..3.
After the match the show of respect with the handshake and Too Sweet bump had the IWC going full Randy Marsh at home in front of their keyboards.
There was no story line to worry about, no title, nothing. It was just two of the best wrestlers in the world going out and putting on a clinic.
Brock Lesnar vs AJ Styles
WWE, Survivor Series, November 19th
The Beast vs the Phenomenal One. Brock is a tough dude to wrestle because he's a beast, hence the nickname. Matchups with smaller guys can be hard for the "little guy" to be believable in having a chance against Brock. Styles is good enough to pull that off.
Styles didn't have a ton of offense, but it was effective. Took out the Beast's knees then hit a nice DDT.
Lesnar tries to reverse a moonsault but Styles slides behind Lesnar to push him into the turnbuckle. Lesnar reverses a top rope attempt into a GERMAN SUPLEX.
Eventually they go outside where AJ hits a springboard elbow drop and then pushes the Beast into the ring steps then uses the ring steps to launch another springboard elbow. Styles hits a moonsault and springboard 450. Lesnar KICKS OUT AT TWO. Styles clash reversed into a F5 reversed into the calf crusher. Styles hits a phenomenal forearm a few minutes later. Lesnar kicks out. Styles tries it again. Lesnar catches him, F-5. Ball game.
Lesnar escapes. He looked genuinely exhausted after the match. For a guy that doesn't have to sell that, it was a nice touch.
Cena never gets the credit he deserves for big matches. CM Punk vs Cena was one of the best matches in WWE History. Cena losing clean to Kevin Owens for the US Title was also a tremendous match. In fact, his Open Challenge put a lot of guys over. John Cena, WWE darling, hated by the IWC vs AJ Styles, the demi-god of the IWC.
You know this match was going to be at worst, solid and at best, epic. Styles gets up before Cena does a "You Can't See Me" and delivers a German Suplex that chains into a sit out face buster halfway through the match for a big spot. AJ reversing being on the top rope into a modified torture rack into a spinout powerbomb was nice as well. And people say Cena doesn't sell moves. Guys kicking out of AA's is always fun.
SIDENOTE: For the love of GOD stop cutting to the crowd after every near fall. I know we got the Undertaker guy and it was awesome but stop trying to create something that isn't THERE, WWE.
Anyway, Cena returns the kick out of your finisher at 2 favor and then hits a giant electric chair drop. Styles reverses a Cena move into a calf crusher that is reversed into a STFU and then Styles eventually reverses it into an STFU of his own. Super Cena tries to turn it into an AA a near reversal from Styles ends up in a Figure 4 for Cena. Styles escapes into a cross-arm breaker. Super Cena turns it into a power bomb…of sorts. Cena tries a top rope leg drop and AJ catches him for a powerbomb.
Styles hits a Styles clash but Cena kicks out at two.
Cena hits a top rope AA and Styles kicks out.
Styles clash leads to an attempted Phenomenal Forearm but Cena grabs him and hits an AA, rolls through and hits a second AA to get the win. Match. Of. The. Year. In WWE. If you think "Cena can't wrestle" watch this match.
Amazingly, AJ lost every single one of these matches. But…he won our hearts…. awwwww (sigh).
With that, you now have the Tailgate Society's list of best professional wrestling matches of 2017. If you haven't seen these matches yet, they are all worth a watch. In what has been one of the best years ever for professional wrestling matches, that is truly saying quite a lot. It's going to be hard to pull off, but here's hoping that 2018 can somehow top this year's thrilling action.
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19.95 plus s&h when getting 10 or more. Plenty in stock as of this writing.
What do you suppose their cost is on these? $3? Maybe $5?
Are the 60 round AK-74 coffin mags reliable?
EDIT: I'll answer my own question. The consensus seems to be long-term durability concerns over the lack of steel locking lug and feed lip reinforcements. I don't think anyone has tested it enough to know if it has the same feed problems as the Surefires after being shaken or dropped when partially loaded.
On topic, I'm glad I got some tankers in original pouches from, I think Centerfire Systems, back in the day. They're nice for benchresting.
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With almost 5,000 of these flooding the market, and with other vendors perhaps also getting just as many or more from whatever cargo container unloaded these this week, I guess it's sad trombone time for the MP sellers for the time being. While $19.95 isn't cheap, the MP and other vendors have been running these for at least 50% higher for months. Glad to see the bottom fall out for now. The high prices will be back soon enough.
Ive got no problems with someone asking $30 for their Hungarian tanker are they worth that much, to me no but maybe they are to someone else. $20 per mag seems about the right price. The days of $5 tanker mags is gone and will never be back due to the increased popularity of the ak and how well known the tanker mag has become .
Ive got no problems with someone asking $30 for their Hungarian tanker ... $20 per mag seems about the right price.
Agree 100%. Before a couple hours ago, the going rate was $30. That was the what the market would bear. And it'll be there again soon enough. But for now, the $20 price is good enough for me to pick up a few more.
I say they will sell out in 5 days or less. The files are thirsty and it's been dry since the. AoA flood @$15 initial offer.
you cant compare $19.95 for 10 ore more to one guy selling a single mag for $30 shipped......here a single mag is $24.95 plus shipping, actually comes out to be more.
At the importer level $1-$2, maybe near scrap weight if they got a good deal.
This is when I really really hate the fact that I live 15 minutes from them. I want more but hate having to pay sales taxes.
My work hours at least make it so I now can rarely get over to the shop to buy things in person. So why not grab 15 of these and paying shipping and taxes.
Still a damn good price.
Going to be ordering some since I almost exclusively using the 20rd. tanker mags.
Love these. Got the email from AIM this afternoon and immediately added 5 more to my stock of a dozen or so. These are the best range mags.
Anybody in Apex/Cary/Raleigh area want to buy half of a 10 pack and shipping?
Last edited by ncgoober; 02-10-2018 at 10:28 AM.
Just ordered 4. They'll do nicely for my M92, AMD 63 Frankenrifle or WASR10/63.
can I ask what makes these so special and high priced? I have some Hungarian FEG 30 rounders, and while nice mags, aren't any different than my polish or Romanian mags and were only $12 each too. Am I missing something here?
They are compact and work great for side folder or underfolder or SBR.
oh I knew they were 20 rounders, I was just wondering why they were double or triple the price of the 30 rounders.
and that makes begrudging sense. scarcity.
Easier for bench shooting. My setup makes 30-rounders either a no-go or a huge PITA when shooting that way.
Triple the cost ? Not even double actually. Most surplus mags in the same condition sell for at least $12 these days.
But more importantly is the perceived reliability. They are mil spec 20 round mags. Some commercial options might be cheaper but they were not made for war. The buyer of said mags is always left wondering if they are good to go or just cheep Asian made crap for the US consumer market.
Any place sell spare 20round mag springs for future reference?
Got my 15 in today. 14 of the 15 have great stamps and 6 of them have the man on the moon stamp. Half of them seem to be clean of cosmo, the other half are dripping in it.
Probably not. My order was $15-something to ship. Tax on pickup would've been $18-something.
I opted to pay both. $12 to ship it 15 miles and $21 in taxes. I wouldn't have a chance to get them in person until the 28th. If they still have some then I will get another 15 in person. I have over a hundred Tankers now so might as well go for two hundred.
I ordered 30 if I saw this when I ordered I would have added you 5 on no problem.


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/*	$NetBSD: cc.h,v 1.9 1997/06/23 23:46:24 is Exp $	*/

/*
 * Copyright (c) 1994 Christian E. Hopps
 * All rights reserved.
 *
 * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
 * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
 * are met:
 * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
 *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
 * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
 *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
 *    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
 * 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
 *    must display the following acknowledgement:
 *      This product includes software developed by Christian E. Hopps.
 * 4. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products
 *    derived from this software without specific prior written permission
 *
 * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR
 * IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES
 * OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.
 * IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
 * INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT
 * NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
 * DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
 * THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
 * (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
 * THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 */

#if ! defined (_CC_H)
#define _CC_H

#include <sys/queue.h>
#include <amiga/amiga/cc_registers.h>

#if ! defined (HIADDR)
#define HIADDR(x) (u_short)((((unsigned long)(x))>>16)&0xffff)
#endif
#if ! defined (LOADDR)
#define LOADDR(x) (u_short)(((unsigned long)(x))&0xffff)
#endif

/*
 * Audio stuff
 */
struct audio_channel {
	u_short play_count;
	short	isaudio;
	void  (*handler)(int);
};

#ifdef LEV6_DEFER
#define AUCC_MAXINT 3
#define AUCC_ALLINTF (INTF_AUD0|INTF_AUD1|INTF_AUD2)
#else
#define AUCC_MAXINT 4
#define AUCC_ALLINTF (INTF_AUD0|INTF_AUD1|INTF_AUD2|INTF_AUD3)
#endif
/*
 * Define this one unconditionally; we may use AUD3 as slave channel
 * with LEV6_DEFER
 */
#define AUCC_ALLDMAF (DMAF_AUD0|DMAF_AUD1|DMAF_AUD2|DMAF_AUD3)

/*
 * Vertical blank iterrupt sever chains.
 */

struct vbl_node {
	LIST_ENTRY(vbl_node) link;
	short  priority;			/* Private. */
	short  flags;				/* Private. */
	void  (*function)(register void *);	/* put function pointer here */
	void   *data;				/* functions data. */
};

enum vbl_node_bits {
    VBLNB_OFF,		  /* don't call me right now. */
    VBLNB_TURNOFF,	  /* turn function off. */
};

enum vlb_node_flags {
    VBLNF_OFF = 1 << VBLNB_OFF,
    VBLNF_TURNOFF = 1 << VBLNB_TURNOFF,
};

/*
 * Blitter stuff.
 */

#define BLT_SHIFT_MASK(shift) (0xf&shift)

#define MAKEBOOL(val) (val ? 1 : 0)

#define DMAADDR(lng) (u_long)(((0x7 & lng) << 16)|(lng & 0xffff))

#define MAKE_BLTCON0(shift_a, use_a, use_b, use_c, use_d, minterm) \
        ((0x0000) | (BLT_SHIFT_MASK(shift_a) << 12) | \
	 (use_a << 11) |  (use_b << 10) |  (use_c << 9) |  (use_d << 8) | \
	 (minterm))

#define MAKE_BLTCON1(shift_b, efe, ife, fc, desc)  \
        ((0x0000) | (BLT_SHIFT_MASK(shift_b) << 12) | (efe << 4) | \
	 (ife << 3) | (fc << 2) | (desc << 1))

/*
 * Copper stuff.
 */

typedef struct copper_list {
    union j {
	struct k {
	    u_short opcode;
	    u_short operand;
	} inst;
	u_long data;
    } cp;
} cop_t;

#define CI_MOVE(x)   (0x7ffe & x)
#define CI_WAIT(h,v) (((0x7f&v)<<8)|(0xfe&h)|(0x0001))
#define CI_SKIP(x)   (((0x7f&v)<<8)|(0xfe&h)|(0x0001))

#define CD_MOVE(x) (x)
#define CD_WAIT(x) (x & 0xfffe)
#define CD_SKIP(x) (x|0x0001)

#define CBUMP(c) (c++)

#define CMOVE(c,r,v) do { \
			    c->cp.data=((CI_MOVE(r)<<16)|(CD_MOVE(v))); \
		            CBUMP (c); \
		        } while(0)
#define CWAIT(c,h,v) do { \
			    c->cp.data=((CI_WAIT(h,v) << 16)|CD_WAIT(0xfffe)); \
		            CBUMP (c); \
		        } while(0)
#define CSKIP(c,h,v) do { \
			    c->cp.data=((CI_SKIP(h,v)<<16)|CD_SKIP(0xffff)); \
		            CBUMP (c); \
		        } while(0)
#define CEND(c) do { \
			    c->cp.data=0xfffffffe; \
		            CBUMP (c); \
		        } while(0)

/*
 * Chipmem allocator stuff.
 */

struct mem_node {
	CIRCLEQ_ENTRY(mem_node) link;
	CIRCLEQ_ENTRY(mem_node) free_link;
	u_long size;		/* size of memory following node. */
};

#define CM_BLOCKSIZE 0x4
#define CM_BLOCKMASK (~(CM_BLOCKSIZE - 1))
#define MNODES_MEM(mn) ((u_char *)(&mn[1]))
#define PREP_DMA_MEM(mem) (void *)((caddr_t)mem - CHIPMEMADDR)

vm_offset_t CHIPMEMADDR;
vm_offset_t chipmem_start;
vm_offset_t chipmem_end;
#define CHIPMEMBASE	(0x00000000)
#define CHIPMEMTOP	(0x00200000)
#define NCHIPMEMPG	btoc(CHIPMEMTOP - CHIPMEMBASE)

/*
 * Prototypes.
 */
void custom_chips_init __P((void));
/* vertical blank server chain */
void cc_init_vbl __P((void));
void add_vbl_function __P((struct vbl_node *, short, void *));
void remove_vbl_function __P((struct vbl_node *));
void turn_vbl_function_off __P((struct vbl_node *));
void turn_vbl_function_on __P((struct vbl_node *));
/* blitter */
void cc_init_blitter __P((void));
int is_blitter_busy __P((void));
void wait_blit __P((void));
void blitter_handler __P((void));
void do_blit __P((u_short));
void set_blitter_control __P((u_short, u_short));
void set_blitter_mods __P((u_short, u_short, u_short, u_short));
void set_blitter_masks __P((u_short, u_short));
void set_blitter_data __P((u_short, u_short, u_short));
void set_blitter_pointers __P((void *, void *, void *, void *));
/* copper */
void install_copper_list __P((cop_t *));
cop_t *find_copper_inst __P((cop_t *, u_short));
void cc_init_copper __P((void));
void copper_handler __P((void));
/* audio */
void cc_init_audio __P((void));
void play_sample __P((u_short, u_short *, u_short, u_short, u_short, u_long));
void audio_handler __P((void));
/* chipmem */
void cc_init_chipmem __P((void));
void * alloc_chipmem __P((u_long));
void free_chipmem __P((void *));
u_long avail_chipmem __P((int));
u_long sizeof_chipmem __P((void *));

void wait_tof __P((void));
void vbl_handler __P((void));
void *chipmem_steal __P((long));

#endif /* _CC_H */

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Christian Dvorak (born February 2, 1996) is an American professional ice hockey forward for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL). Dvorak was drafted 58th overall by the Arizona Coyotes in the 2014 NHL Entry Draft.

Playing career

Junior
Dvorak started his playing career with the Chicago Mission U16 and U18 teams. After his impressive seasons in Chicago, he was chosen sixth overall in the USHL Futures Draft, and in the 8th Round of the 2012 OHL Draft. He played the 2012–13 season with the Chicago Steel in the United States Hockey League (USHL), but the following year decided to move to Canada to play for the London Knights of the OHL.

After the 2013–14 season, he was drafted in the second round of the NHL Entry Draft by the Arizona Coyotes, who also drafted his former teammates Max Domi and Brendan Burke.

His rise to stardom began in the 2014–15 season, where he was second on the team with a staggering 109 points, only behind Mitch Marner. On April 18, 2015, Dvorak signed his first professional contract, agreeing to a three-year, entry-level deal with the Arizona Coyotes. He was assigned on an amateur try-out contract to make his professional debut with AHL affiliate, the Portland Pirates.

Dvorak was named co-captain of the Knights at the beginning of the 2015–16 season, sharing the honor with Marner. Throughout the season, Dvorak played on the top line alongside teammates Marner and Matthew Tkachuk. At the season's end, he led the team with 121 points, surpassing his previous score.

Dvorak helped the London Knights win the 2016 Memorial Cup championship game at the ENMAX Centrium in Red Deer, Alberta to end his junior career.

Professional

Arizona Coyotes (2016–2021)
On November 3, 2016, Dvorak scored his first NHL goal on goalie Pekka Rinne to help clinch a win over the Nashville Predators. Dvorak also chipped in an assist on a goal scored by Anthony Duclair to tie the game. It was the first multi-point game of Dvorak's NHL career.

On October 30, 2017, Dvorak scored his first goal of the 2017–18 season to help the Coyotes defeat the Philadelphia Flyers and avoid setting a new NHL record with a 12th-straight loss to start the season. On August 9, 2018, Dvorak signed a six-year contract extension with the Coyotes.

Dvorak began the 2018–19 season sidelined due to a pectoral muscle injury. On October 19, it was announced Dvorak underwent surgery to repair the torn pectoral muscle and was expected to take months to recover.

Montreal Canadiens (2021–present)
On September 4, 2021, Dvorak was traded by the Coyotes to the Montreal Canadiens in exchange for a 2022 first-round pick and a 2024 second-round pick. With the decision made by the Canadiens not to match an offer-sheet tendered to 2018 third overall selection Jesperi Kotkaniemi, the team suddenly had a void to fill at the center position. Already subject to trade rumors for an extended period, Dvorak was seen as an ideal candidate to fill the positional in need. Dvorak made his debut for the Canadiens on September 27, 2021 in a pre-season game against the Toronto Maple Leafs, where he scored a goal and added three assists. The regular season began with major challenges for both Dvorak and the Canadiens, who experienced a historically bad season that led to much of the management being sacked. Dvorak was injured in January and missed two months of play, but saw his output improve on his return under new coach Martin St. Louis. He finished the season with 11 goals and 22 assists in 56 games.

The 2022–23 season saw Dvorak register no points through his first seven games, attracting discussion as to how he was performing. He registered his first point of the season, assisting on a goal by linemate Brendan Gallagher, in his eighth game. Head coach St. Louis, when asked about the Dvorak line, remarked "they have to continue doing what they're doing. All the statistics we have on their game, all the chances they produce, the way they defend, they're very good, they just haven't gotten the results." On October 29, 2022, Dvorak scored his first career hat trick in 7–4 victory over the St. Louis Blues, notching two goals within minutes at the start of the third period and adding an empty netter at the end of the game. On March 7, 2023, he sustained a season-ending knee injury in a 4–3 shootout loss to the Carolina Hurricanes.

International play

Dvorak made his junior international debut when he played for the United States under-20 Hockey team in the 2016 World Junior Championships tournament, winning a bronze medal. He had scored eight points in seven games.

Personal life
Dvorak comes from a long line of elite athletes. Former NHL defenseman Radek Dvořák is Christian's cousin, and Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) fighter David Dvořák is his brother. David gives credit to Christian for his success in the UFC, stating that when they were kids Christian would wrestle him for the last popsicle in the freezer.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

References

External links

1996 births
Living people
American men's ice hockey centers
American people of Czech descent
Arizona Coyotes draft picks
Arizona Coyotes players
Chicago Steel players
Ice hockey players from Illinois
London Knights players
Montreal Canadiens players
Portland Pirates players
Tucson Roadrunners players

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Q: MS Word custom dictionary making spellcheck slow - ideas? I have a user who edits technical materials. She uses MS Word's Custom Dictionary all the time for spelling; it has grown very large, and is now making spell check very slow.
All of the advice I've read online says to disable the custom dictionary. This is an easy solution, but is not workable for the user, because she actually needs this dictionary.
So, is there any way to optimize the custom dictionary and/or Word itself, so that a large dictionary file doesn't slow things down quite so badly?
Many thanks.
Update after suggestions:
I ran contig on the file, and it reports just 1 frag, so that's not the issue I think.
The file is 9.95KB -- 1,117 lines, each consisting of just a single word. I viewed the file using Notepad and none of the lines seems corrupted, strange, or overly long (no line seems to be over 10 chars or so).
Both of your suggestions were helpful so I will upvote both; any further tips would be most welcome.

A: You may check the fragmentation of this file as it may be causing some slowdowns.
To do that grab Contig on Sysinternals site and use it like this to get the number of fragments of that file:
contig.exe -a "%USERPROFILE%\Application Data\Microsoft\UProof\CUSTOM.DIC"

Note the "Average fragmentation" value and if it is above 1 frag/file run that command again, this time without the "-a" argument:
contig.exe "%USERPROFILE%\Application Data\Microsoft\UProof\CUSTOM.DIC"

Note that if the average number of fragments by file is low the slowdowns are probably not caused by it.
Word seems to have a problem with "big" custom dictionnaries and that reflects a bad development practice, every modern app should handle multi-megabytes files like this gracefully.

A: Even a huge Word Custom Dictionary is only about 64KB in size, and it's a plain text file.
It's usually located in %APPDATA%\Microsoft\UProof, and it's called CUSTOM.DIC.
Perhaps it's corrupted?  Have you done any disk checks (chkdsk) to ensure the file system is OK?
You should be able to visually scan it in a text editor and see any crazy/corrupted lines. :)
Since it's plain text, you can rename it (with Word closed), make a new text file name CUSTOM.DIC, add a few words via Notepad or another text editor, and try Word again.
If that works OK, then perhaps try copying/pasting the contents of the old file over top of the new file (again using Notepad), and see how that works.

A: Okay, we kept on trying to resolve it and eventually found out what caused it: The Word file that was being spell-checked was apparently somehow corrupted.
The content displayed, but there were some incorrect fonts and other weird artefacts. When the user switched to a different file, the issue was resolved.
Thanks for the helpful suggestions, and I hope someone finds this thread handy in the future. :)

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John Swan was born in Waterford, Maine, on September 30, 1849. After completing his education and working for a time throughout the New England region, he returned to Maine to care for his aging parents. In 1870, he married Miss Sarah Swan (no relation). After his parents passed, the Swans came to the Livingston-Cressey area in 1882 and established a grain farming operation which, at one point, included more than 5,000 acres of cultivated land. He also ran a livery stable in Merced and was involved in the buying and shipping of hogs.
In 1902, he was elected Sheriff and moved to Merced, taking up residence at 329 West 21st Street, and was re-elected in 1906.
Sarah passed away in their home in January of 1915 at the age of 65. Swan then married Miss Eldora Fuller of Rhode Island.
Swan served as a City Trustee for two terms and was also employed as the head janitor of the high school building, a "responsible position which he capably fills" as described by a contemporary history.
On the night of November 15, 1929, Swan suffered a heart attack at his residence and died at the age of 81. Other than his advanced age, there was no indication of poor health.
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Geissmann:Frederic Geissmann
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Frederic Geissmann
Centre for Molecular & Cellular Biology of Inflammation (CMCBI)
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Guy's Campus
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frederic.geissmann#kcl,ac,uk (antispam: #→@ ,→.)
Tel: +44(0) 207 848 6901 (lab)
I am the PI of the 'monocyte lab' Development and Functions of Mononuclear Phagocytes, and the Head of the Center for Molecular and Cellular Biology of Inflammation (CMCBI), in the Division of Immunology Infection and Inflammatory Diseases (DIIID) at King's College London.
1999 PhD, Immunology Universite Paris-Descartes, France.
1996 Dr Med., Clinical Hematology Universite Paris-Descartes, France.
Primary and secondary education in France
2008 - present Professor, Arc Chair of Inflammation Biology King's College London, London
2003 - present Associate Professor of Cell Biology Universite Paris-Descartes, France, (on leave).
2003 - 2009 Director, Avenir team and Inserm Unit 838, Biology of the mononuclear Phagocyte system, Universite Paris-Descartes, France.
2000 - 2003 Research Associate (Post Doctoral Fellow), Skirball Institute for Biomolecular Medicine, with Prof. Dan Littman.
1999 - 2000 Assistant Professor of Pathology Universite Paris-Descartes, France.
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I was a laureate of the Avenir Program (INSERM, France), and of the 'Fondation Schlumberger pour l'Education et la Recherche' (FSER), in 2004. In 2006 I was a laureate of the European EURYI Award .
Activities as Expert, (partial list)
I am a regular reviewer for several leading scientific journals, including: Science, Cell, The Journal of Experimental Medicine, Immunity, Nature Immunology.
I am a member of the Funding comittee for Immunology and Infectious Diseases of the Wellcome Trust (UK) (2007 – present), and an expert for the National Agency for Evaluation of Research and Higher Education (AERES, France), the European Science Foundation and the AXA Research Fund
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Chehardy: Lesson from Landrieu loss, extremism hurts
Written by Lawrence Chehardy
The last race in the country for the U.S. Senate is over. On Saturday, Louisiana voters elected Congressman Bill Cassidy to serve as their next U.S. Senator. It is unusual for an incumbent senator to be defeated for re-election in Louisiana but this election was unusual from the beginning.
Hot political races usually revolve around issues and how to make things better and how to improve the quality of life. Candidates will debate their ideas for the future and voters will make a decision on which candidate to vote for. Although mudslinging and attacks will eventually come, there are usually discussions among voters about the various candidates' positions on issues. The print media may even list the issues and show the candidates' positions on those issues. But none of that happened in this election. Instead it revolved around one and only one issue. The issue? The singular combination into one package of President Barack Obama and Obama Care.
Senator Mary Landrieu has been a loyal democrat throughout her nearly eighteen years in the Senate. She has supported democratic causes in Congress especially supporting programs for the poor and disadvantaged, but she has always supported local issues that were good for Louisiana. These included her support for the oil and gas industry, the ports, including the Port of New Orleans, and highway and transportation funding for Louisiana. Her help for the state in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita was instrumental in the state's recovery. Unfortunately, this time, her accomplishments and hard work did not persuade voters. Senator Landrieu's vote for Obama Care and her strong vocal support for it including a statement that she made saying she would vote for it again were not well received by Louisiana voters.
A U.S. Senator should be able to keep a handle on the pulse of his or her constituents. Senator Landrieu lost her handle for the mood of the people. Obama Care was never popular in Louisiana. In fact it was never popular anywhere and democrats should have realized it from the very beginning.
Standing by a program as unpopular as Obama Care makes no sense. Simply traveling around the state, talking to the local Kiwanis Clubs, church groups, business groups and others like them, should have been enough to realize that support for Obama Care was weak and suspect at best. Saying we can fix it, when people despise it, never works. What were congressional democrats thinking? Were they so insulated from voters that they did not see it coming? I doubt it. Instead democrats decided to abdicate the legislative branch to the executive, and simply do whatever President Obama wanted and not worry what voters back home thought. What a mistake! Democrats have only themselves to blame.
There is a lesson to be learned from all of this. The blind following by the democrats in Congress of President Obama's far left agenda was a huge mistake. Obama Care as passed was a huge mistake. The passage of such major, far reaching legislation requires broad support from people of all political persuasions. Just as President Lyndon Johnson reached out to Senate Republicans to pass civil rights legislation, President Obama and congressional democrats should have reached out to republicans for their support. They did not, and Obama Care only had the support of democrats in Congress. It went too far too quickly. A less ambitions, less intrusive piece of legislation, even without republican support, may have resulted in a different outcome, likely more positive for democrats, but such logical thinking was just not meant to be. A president ill prepared to serve in the nation's highest office, advisers more committed to philosophical purity that required an all or nothing approach, and congressional democrats with more than enough votes to do whatever they wanted to do and more committed to blindly following their democratic president than passing workable legislation were a formula for disaster. If only a few democrats had stood up and said not so fast, slow down, the basic goals of the Affordable Care Act may have been achievable without the widespread opposition that Obama Care has gotten.
Hopefully, both parties have learned about extremism. Now the ball is in the hands of the republicans. Let's hope they don't fumble it too. If they do they will once again be looking in from the outside. My advice to both parties is simple. The American people want progress, not infighting. Americans want the president and congress to work together to solve our nation's many problems and to protect us against terrorist threats from around the world. Stay away from the extremes. It is not an all or nothing game. The American people are depending on you so get to work.
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For thirty-four years Lawrence Chehardy served as Assessor of Jefferson Parish. He has been the leading authority on Louisiana's property tax laws. In addition to his political commentary and public speaking engagements, Lawrence Chehardy is a founding member of the Chehardy, Sherman, Ellis, Murray, Recile, Griffith, Stakelum & Hayes Law Firm and serves as its managing partner.
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Q: python rstrip or remove end of string by a pattern of characters I'm trying to strip the end of the strings in this column. I've seen how to rstrip a specific character, or a set number of characters at the end of a string, but how do you do it based on a pattern?
I'd like to remove the entire end of the strings in the 'team' column at where we see a lowercase followed by an upper case. Then remove starting at the uppercase. I would like the below 'team' column:
   team                              pts/g
St. Louis RamsSt. Louis             32.875
Washington RedskinsWashington       27.6875
Minnesota VikingsMinnesota          24.9375
Indianapolis ColtsIndianapolis      26.4375
Oakland RaidersOakland              24.375
Carolina PanthersCarolina           26.3125
Jacksonville JaguarsJacksonville    24.75
Chicago BearsChicago                17.0
Green Bay PackersGreen Bay          22.3125
San Francisco 49ersSan Francisco    18.4375
Buffalo BillsBuffalo                20.0

to look like this:
   team                              pts/g
St. Louis Rams                      32.875
Washington Redskins                 27.6875
Minnesota Vikings                   24.9375
Indianapolis Colts                  26.4375
Oakland Raiders                     24.375
Carolina Panthers                   26.3125
Jacksonville Jaguars                24.75
Chicago Bears                       17.0
Green Bay Packers                   22.3125
San Francisco 49ers                 18.4375
Buffalo Bills                       20.0

A: You can use re.sub(pattern, repl, string) for that.
Let's use this regular expression for matching:
([a-z])[A-Z].*?(  )

It matches a lowercase character ([a-z]), followed by an uppercase character [A-Z] and any character .*? until it hits two spaces (  ).
The lowercase character and the two spaces are in a group, so they can be re-inserted using \1 for the first and \2 for the second group when using re.sub:
new_text = re.sub(r"([a-z])[A-Z].*?(  )", r"\1\2", text)

Output for your example:
   team                              pts/g
St. Louis Rams             32.875
Washington Redskins       27.6875
Minnesota Vikings          24.9375
Indianapolis Colts      26.4375
Oakland Raiders              24.375
Carolina Panthers           26.3125
Jacksonville Jaguars    24.75
Chicago Bears                17.0
Green Bay Packers          22.3125
San Francisco 49ers    18.4375
Buffalo Bills                20.0

This messed the space-alignment up. Might not be relevant for you, but if you want to replace the wiped characters with space, you can pass a function instead of a replacement string to re.sub, which takes a Match object and returns a str:
def replace_with_spaces(match):
    return match.group(1) + " "*len(match.group(2)) + match.group(3)

And then use it like this (notice how I put the to-be-replaced part into a regex-group too):
new_text = re.sub(r"([a-z])([A-Z].*?)(  )", replace_with_spaces, text)

This produces:
   team                              pts/g
St. Louis Rams                      32.875
Washington Redskins                 27.687
Minnesota Vikings                   24.937
Indianapolis Colts                  26.437
Oakland Raiders                     24.375
Carolina Panthers                   26.312
Jacksonville Jaguars                24.75
Chicago Bears                       17.0
Green Bay Packers                   22.312
San Francisco 49ers                 18.437
Buffalo Bills                       20.0

A: Well, I don't thing it's so easy : because of the spaces which may separate 2 words that should be removed.
I suggest, for your problem only, to remove the smallest ending that is also a begging.
hum... not very easy to explain.
Here is a little function and its test :
def smart_rstrip ( s ):
    for i in xrange( 1,len( s )):
        if s.endswith( s[:i] ):
            return s[:-i]
    return s

s = ['St. Louis RamsSt. Louis', 'Washington RedskinsWashingt...]
print '\n'.join( s )
print '\n'.join( map( smart_rstrip,s ))

Try it, I thing you will get what you want...


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