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The Wrestlemania Countdown: Day Six
March 22nd, 2010 by Gavok | Tags: hulk hogan, randy savage, ultimate warrior, wrestlemania, wrestlemania countdown, wrestling, wwf
To continue with the worthless trivia, here's a list of the ten longest matches in Wrestlemania history.
10) Hulk Hogan vs. Ultimate Warrior (Wrestlemania 6): 22:51
9) Triple H vs. Randy Orton (Wrestlemania 25): 23:34
8) Undertaker vs. Edge (Wrestlemania 24): 23:50
7) Triple H vs. Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Benoit (Wrestlemania 20): 25:10
6) Kurt Angle vs. Shawn Michaels (Wrestlemania 21): 27:25
5) Steve Austin vs. the Rock (Wrestlemania 17): 28:06
4) Shawn Michaels vs. John Cena (Wrestlemania 23): 28:20
3) Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels (Wrestlemania 25): 30:41
2) The Rock vs. Triple H vs. Big Show vs. Mick Foley (Wrestlemania 16): 36:28
1) Shawn Michaels vs. Bret Hart (Wrestlemania 12): 1:01:52
That's no surprise on the last one. But what of the shortest matches?
10) Big Show vs. Akebono (Wrestlemania 21): 1:02
9) Legion of Doom vs. Power and Glory (Wrestlemania 7): 0:59
8) Butterbeat vs. Bart Gunn (Wrestlemania 15): 0:35
6) Earthquake vs. Adam Bomb (Wrestlemania 10)/Red Rooster vs. Bobby Heenan (Wrestlemania 5): 0:32
5) King Kong Bundy vs. Special Delivery Jones (Wrestlemania 1): 0:23
3) Rey Mysterio vs. JBL (Wrestlemania 25)/Hulk Hogan vs. Yokozuna (Wrestlemania 9): 0:21
2) The Hart Foundation vs. the Bolsheviks (Wrestlemania 6): 0:19
1) Kane vs. Chavo Guerrero (Wrestlemania 24): 0:09
This is going to be a longer update. Between the two reviewed shows, I have 30 matches to work through.
#15) WRESTLEMANIA 6
Location: SkyDome in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Notable Debuts: Earthquake, Dusty Rhodes, Diamond Dallas Page
Twenty years ago, guys had their own version of the big Twilight argument. Were you on Team Hogan or were you on Team Warrior? The Ultimate Warrior, the company's Intercontinental Champion, has blown up so huge that he and Hogan have no choice but to butt heads. In a complete shock, Warrior is remaining a face instead of becoming a jealous scumbag out of nowhere and challenging Saint Hogan. Good guy vs. good guy? This is pretty crazy shit for the time. It's like seeing Superman fight Captain Marvel in wrestling form. While this show is subtitled "The Ultimate Challenge", another possible name for it is "The Rise of Earthquake". They really go out of their way to hype up this new guy as a future main eventer.
First thing's fucking first: MOTOR RINGS. The motor rings, where a tiny ring on wheels drives the wrestlers to and from the ring, only exist in Wrestlemanias 3 and 6 and sweet Jesus do we need those guys to make a comeback. Speaking of Jesus, when he does make his comeback, he should be riding a motor ring.
The intro is really out there. It's a look into space as Vince McMahon narrates about constellations. Two constellations take the form of Hogan and Warrior, which animate into a staredown. …Yeah! This Wrestlemania debuts the best Wrestlemania theme, which would last for three years. Have a listen.
There are a ton of solid promos backstage with guys like Earthquake, Brutus Beefcake, Demolition (before and after their match), Bobby Heenan, Jake Roberts, Slick and whatever the hell Warrior talks about. Gossip columnist Rona Barrett has a brief, yet uninteresting interview with Elizabeth, then threatens to broadcast footage of Jesse Ventura in a porn movie. See? Ventura really is a sexual tyrannosaur.
"Jesse, aren't you going to finish?"
"I ain't got time to–"
And I've gone too far. I… Okay, one more quick Ventura porn joke, but then I really have to move on. The movie would be called 9.11 Inches: The Inside Job.
There's a fairly worthless segment where Rhythm and Blues go out to play their new hit Honky, Honky, Honky Love and the Bushwackers attack them and smash their instruments. Steve Allen hangs out in the bathroom with Nikolai Volkoff and Boris Zhukov and keeps attempting to play the Russian National Anthem on the piano. It features a hilarious exchange where Steve Allen says he's going to play the anthem, but instead plays "Pop Goes the Weasel". The Russians get furious with Allen and yell that it isn't the Russian National Anthem.
"Oh, I'm sorry. What was I playing?"
Zhukov yells, "That's Polish National Anthem!"
Allen looks to the viewer and says, "You can send your postcards to him."
Lastly, I have to talk about one of the hardest segments to watch in Wrestlemania history. Mary Tyler Moore is shown in the front row and during a segment in the crowd, Sean Mooney feels the need to accost her. She puts over the athleticism of the show, but it's blatantly obvious from the beginning that she doesn't know anything about wrestling. That would be completely fine if it wasn't for Mooney asking her all these questions about the product that she can only smile and guess about. The two of them discussing Rhythm and Blues gets increasingly uncomfortable.
Our hot opener is "The Model" Rick Martel vs. Koko B. Ware. Martel starts off attacking Koko as the ref checks his gear. Koko quickly comes back and fights back from all sides. He really takes it to Martel until Martel is able to use Koko's momentum against him and fling him out of the ring. He works on Koko's back and gets him in the Boston Crab. Koko gets to the ropes and breaks the hold. Martel tries ramming Koko's head into the turnbuckle, but Koko appears invincible to that and uses head-based attacks on Martel to the point that Martel flops over. Koko misses a top-rope crossbody, allowing Martel to put him in a Boston Crab in the center of the ring. Koko gives up and we're off to a good start.
The Colossal Connection (Andre the Giant and Haku) defend the Tag Team Championship against Demolition (Ax and Smash) in what is a unique little match. On one hand, Ax and Smash – as they admit afterwards – are challenging for the titles in a match that paints them as the underdog. On the other hand, Andre is on his last legs and his involvement is pitifully minimal. While he and Haku do dominate at the start of the bell, Andre remains on the apron for most of the match and never gets tagged in. At most, he steps in to break up a pin or attack either member of Demolition.
That means that this match between Demolition and the more imposing Colossal Connection is little more than a handicap match. Haku does get some licks in (and he also drools one hell of a loogie), but Demolition have to hold back to make it look even. Andre eventually comes in for a double-team and accidentally gets kicked by Haku. Andre gets tied up in the ropes and Haku is victim to the Demolition Decapitation. We have new champs and Heenan is furious. He yells at Andre for costing them the titles and slaps him in the face. Andre roughs up Heenan with a series of slaps, catches Haku's kick attempt, beats him up and then steals their ring cart.
You just know that in Heaven, Andre goes from place to place in one of those. Usually while drunk.
Hercules is fed to Earthquake, but it's still way better than it has any right to be. Earthquake is portrayed as stronger than Hercules, so Herc has to use his superior speed to his advantage. This means running out of the way when Earthquake runs into the corner and hitting him with enough shoulder tackles to knock Earthquake to his knee. Hercules tries a backbreaker, but he isn't strong enough to lift Earthquake. Earthquake takes him down and wins with the Earthquake Splash. After the match he hits a second one and leaves. Hercules refuses the referee's help and gets up on his own strength.
Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake faces Mr. Perfect in an average match. Beefcake keeps throwing Perfect out of the ring over and over again. He has things in hand until the Genius distracts the referee while slipping in a metal scroll. Perfect smacks Beefcake upside the head with it and starts working him over. From here, it's Perfect hitting all of his usual moves. The knee lifts, the flipping whiplash neck move, etc. The weakened Beefcake hugs Perfect's leg, which seems like an act of defeated desperation, but it's setup. Beefcake grabs both legs and slingshots Perfect into the metal post. He pins Mr. Perfect, but Perfect's manager the Genius has stolen the clippers while showcasing some hilarious facial expressions. Beefcake catches up with the Genius, gives him the sleeper and cuts off locks of his hair.
Next up is "Rowdy" Roddy Piper vs. Bad News Brown. According to the video package beforehand, this feud is based on two things. One, they eliminated each other at the previous Royal Rumble. Two, Bad News Brown made fun of Piper's chicken legs. The real story of the match is Roddy Piper's appearance. Just… just take a look, will you?
Piper is half-blackface. Why? I don't think anyone's exactly sure about it. I think it's because Brown is racist, so Piper's doing this to mess with him and psyche him out. Speculating why is far more fun than watching the actual match. It's a straight-up brawl, but without any charm to it like Hacksaw/Brown the previous year. Lots of rolling around and punching without any real aim. Piper puts on a Michael Jackson glove to punch Brown – again, no idea what that's about.
They end up on the outside and keep brawling until the ref counts them out. They continue their fight to the back and Ventura sums it all up with, "It's obvious that nothing has been settled at all!" How true.
As an aside, Andre messed with the solution Piper was supposed to use to get the paint off, so Piper had to spend the next couple weeks half-black. Andre was pretty much the best person ever.
The Hart Foundation (Bret "Hitman" Hart and Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart) vs. the Bolsheviks (Nokolai Volkoff and Boris Zhukov) is a simple squash. The Bolsheviks try to sing their anthem and Anvil attacks them from behind. They immediately hit the Hart Attack on Zhukov and it's over.
The Barbarian vs. Tito Santana is an okay strength vs. speed match. Santana uses that speed to his advantage until running right into a boot to the face. He later gets that momentum back with a top-rope axe-handle and a Flying Forearm. What looks like a win is marred by Heenan putting Barbarian's foot on the rope. Barbarian recovers and beats down Santana. Ultimately, he finishes him off with one sick clothesline off the top. Santana flips over and folds up like an accordion.
We have our very first mixed tag match with Dusty Rhodes and Sapphire vs. Randy "Macho King" Savage and Queen Sherri. Elizabeth is announced and comes out to side with Dusty and Sapphire, completely pissing off Savage and Sherri. Sherri keeps trying to interfere on Savage's behalf and time and time again the two are knocked into each other by Dusty. Sapphire's tenure in the ring is possibly worse than you'd expect, with an offense based on her repeatedly knocking Sherri over with her hips. Sherri attempts a bodyslam, but can't quite pull it off and falls back.
There's a part where Savage keeps hitting Dusty with top-rope axe-handles to the outside until Sapphire finally runs over and protects him from a third one. I'm wondering if there's a missed cue in there and Savage kept repeating until she caught on. Savage sneaks in a shot on Dusty with his scepter and Sherri follows up with a splash from the top, but it isn't enough. It becomes mayhem in the ring and Sherri gets in Elizabeth's face. Elizabeth attacks Sherri from the outside, allowing Sapphire to roll Sherri up and get the pin.
The Rockers (Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty) vs. the Orient Express (Sato and Tanaka) is a really good filler match. This is the early days of the Orient Express, when it's a Japanese guy and a Hawaiian guy pretending to be Japanese, as opposed to when the team is a a Hawaiian guy pretending to be Japanese and a white guy pretending to be Japanese while wearing a mask. Exciting match with some good spots I'm not used to seeing from this era, like Tanaka backdropping Jannetty, Jannetty lands on his feet and runs over for the tag. Or Michaels running across the ropes and Tanaka showing his back to him. At the last second, Tanaka suddenly does a jumping twist and smashes Michaels with a surprise forearm. The Rockers ascend to the top ropes and Fuji hits Jannetty in the leg – which happens to be in full view of the ref, but never mind. Jannetty makes a go at Fuji, gets salt thrown in his eyes via Sato and sells the holy hell out of it. I'm talking about running around blindly and flipping over the barrier, into the crowd. He's counted out and the Orient Express win.
Dino Bravo vs. "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan is funny for the reaction for Hacksaw. When it comes to playing to the crowd, Hacksaw has two ways to go. He says, "HOOOOO!" and the crowd will say, "HOOOOO!" He says, "USA! USA!" the crowd will boo him to oblivion. Remember, this is Canada. Hacksaw catches on in a minute or so and beats, "HOOOO!" into the ground worse than ever before. It's a relatively short match featuring Dino's lame set of offense against a guy who can't make it look very good. Earthquake is in Dino's corner and tries to get at Hacksaw. The referee chides him, allowing Hacksaw to put down Dino with a 2×4 shot. Hacksaw wins and Earthquake comes in to destroy him. A one-ah, a two-ah, a three-ah! Three Earthquake Splashes!
Like I said earlier, between this match, his own match and his appearances in the recaps for Hogan/Warrior, they really go out of their way to make Earthquake seem like the next big monster.
And while Hogan vs. Warrior is the battle of the two most popular stars, Wrestlemania 6 is nice enough to give us a match between the WWF's two most talented guys at the time. Jake "The Snake" Roberts vs. "The Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase feels like a reward for something nice I must have done. Jake had stolen the Million Dollar Belt and he's put it on the line.
The psychology is off the charts. Jake keeps holding the advantage and mixes in various attempts to DDT Dibiase. It isn't time yet, so Dibiase is able to quickly slide away, but it's definitely getting under his skin more and more. One time has Dibiase evade the DDT, then back into the corner with Damien resting and freaking over that too. Dibiase puts Jake in a front facelock, which would normally be pretty boring, but the crowd starts doing the Wave. It's amazing. They really need to do this more often these days. Whenever a heel puts the face in a chinlock or trapezius hold, the crowd needs to start doing the wave until they're done. Match ratings would be so much better. Also great is how Dibiase seems so annoyed at the crowd for doing that.
Dibiase slaps on the Million Dollar Dream, but Jake gets his foot on the rope. Dibiase tries an attack off the top and gets punched right in the gut for his troubles. Right as things are getting really hot, Dibiase grabs the referee by the leg, distracting him for Virgil, who pulls Jake out of the ring. Jake bodyslams Virgil and is left open for another Million Dollar Dream from Dibiase. Jake runs forward and hits Dibiase's head off the post. Though Jake is in better shape at this point, Virgil rolls Dibiase back in to survive the ten-count. Dibiase wins and, according to the rules pulled out of Ventura's ass, gets his belt back.
The post-match is perfect. Jake attacks the two and gets overpowered. Virgil runs off with the belt to keep it safe. Jake gets Dibiase with a surprise DDT and finds a wad of cash on him. He hands most of it out to the crowd, comes back into the ring and gives Dibiase a taste of his own medicine by shoving a $100 bill down Dibiase's throat. Perfect feud ender.
The one thing that makes it hard to watch is knowing how different it would be if they did that today. Handing out $100 American bills to Canadians these days? That's about worth the same as handing out flyers for a new hardware store.
The Twin Towers EXPLODE! as Big Boss Man goes up against his former partner Akeem the African Dream. Boss Man's turned good after a crisis of conscience has made him refuse to take bribes from the Million Dollar Man. Maybe it's the cartoony, black and white feel of the era, but I absolutely love that motivation. Coincidentally, Dibiase is still hanging around ringside and gets his heat back by ambushing Boss Man on the outside, bodyslamming him and shoving him into the post. That allows Akeem to easily dominate his fellow Tower.
The match lasts under two minutes, which is just long enough. Arguably even too long. Akeem hits an Avalanche in the corner, then climbs to the second rope and repeatedly clobbers Boss Man. Boss Man grabs him and delivers a very sloppy Manhattan Drop. He follows up by tossing Akeem into each corner over and over again. Akeem is Irish Whipped, ducks a swipe at his head and runs right into a Boss Man Slam. Akeem's credibility is pretty much hung out to dry in order to make Boss Man a huge face. Boss Man proceeds to beat up Slick after the match.
I really do wish Boss Man's face run went further, but I blame it on his post-Wrestlemania 7 days when they practically separated him from the roster and had him fight spinoff rivals like the Mountie and Nailz.
"Ravishing" Rick Rude faces Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka in a match that features Steve Allen doing guest commentary. He doesn't say shit outside of an amusing line about how he likes Snuka because he's wearing Allen's wife's underwear. The match is very mediocre with a couple spurts of interest. Snuka doing the Rude hip gyrations is… well, gross, but it's something. Snuka goes to the top and scraps whatever plans he has for a move, as he jumps over Rude and lands on his feet. He knocks Rude down and goes for a second-rope headbutt and finds nobody home. Rude hits the Rude Awakening and it's over. They do work fairly well together, but the match is too short to really get anything out of it.
Now it's time for the main event. It's WWF Champion Hulk Hogan vs. Intercontinental Champion Ultimate Warrior in a match that is title vs. title. Wait, anyone ever notice how that basically spells out the winner? I know Hogan is Hogan, but would anyone believe that he would decide that the heavyweight title just isn't enough and needs to hold onto more?
One of the things that really helps this match is that unlike pretty much every other face vs. face match, there is no clear crowd favorite. It's about 50/50 between the fans. The excitement starts right off the bat with the two angrily shoving each other and then going into a test of strength. Unfortunately, when Warrior's down on his knees, it does like quite a bit like fellatio. I like to believe that his inability to overpower Hogan here is what planted the seeds and gave Warrior his infamous belief that queering doesn't make the world work.
The one match I like to compare this to is Goldberg vs. Lesnar from Wrestlemania 20. This match works for the same reason that match didn't. Monsoon always brings up the irresistible force vs. the immoveable object, but that's not how these matches feel. Goldberg vs. Lesnar comes off as the immoveable object vs. the immoveable object. Sure, a lot of their chicanery comes from spite for the fans, but the two base their match on the idea of no-selling each other and not moving an inch. That's stupid and nearly impossible to get behind. Hogan and Warrior, on the other hand, is the irresistible force vs. the irresistible force. It isn't that they're super durable, but that they're super powerful. When Hogan punches Warrior, Warrior flies back. When Warrior clotheslines Hogan, Hogan sells it like he got hit by a truck.
Hogan fakes a knee injury and uses it to his advantage by raking Warrior's face and strangling him. They get each other with a double clothesline, but Warrior gets up first. He starts to power up by shaking the ropes and no-sells Hogan's punches. After Hogan breaks Warrior's bearhug, Warrior accidentally runs into the ref and knocks him out. He still takes it to Hogan with a couple top-rope axe-handles, but misses a shoulder tackle. Hogan tries for a pin, but the ref is still out. They briefly fight on the outside and Hogan eats the post. Warrior dominates, hits the Gorilla Slam and splashes Hogan in the back. Hogan gets to his feet and Hulks up. He gets Warrior with a boot and misses the legdrop. Without any wasted motion, Warrior runs across the ropes and counters with a splash. Warrior pins Hogan, Hogan offers him the title and everybody's happy.
Then Hogan feuds with Earthquake, the company's hottest heel, leaving Warrior to refeud with Rick Rude. Wait, something's wrong about this picture.
Location: Trump Plaza in Atlantic City, New Jersey
Notable Debuts: Ultimate Warrior, Ted Dibiase, Demolition, Bam Bam Bigelow, Rick Rude, One Man Gang, Bad News Brown
You have to give Vince credit for keeping to his guns in keeping Wrestlemania innovative as an entire show when faced of the challenge of following up on Wrestlemania 3. The incidents between Hulk Hogan and the team of Ted Dibiase and Andre the Giant has caused the title to become vacant. Hence, Wrestlemania 4 is given the format of a huge 14-man tournament for the title, plus five other matches. Overkill? Yes, I suppose, but this is Wrestlemania. Let them go all out.
This show is absolutely loaded when it comes to matches and it will give you fatigue. Even when two matches in the brackets are erased due to byes, there are sixteen matches! All the non-wrestling bits here are great fun. Bob Ueker returns from his Wrestlemania 3 stint, adding all sorts of great humor as he searches backstage for celebrity guest Vanna White. He gets involved with promos for all the heels, including a bewildering showing by Demolition, an interview with the Islanders that gets him in a comedic argument with Bobby Heenan and the well-known bit where Andre the Giant strangles him silly. Without a doubt, Bob Ueker is the best celebrity Wrestlemania's ever utilized.
When he and Vanna White aren't going over the tournament brackets (and boy is Vanna awkward here), Mean Gene interviews the faces. There's one with the British Bulldogs/Koko B. Ware team that shows the contrast of bad mic skills with good mic skills. Randy Savage cuts a kickass promo where he puts over Hogan ("Hulk Hogan was cheated, but not defeated!") and an absolutely bizarre Hulk Hogan promo. It's so full of energy and crazy imagery and… fuck it. Here's the promo.
His intense fake crying is what gets me the most.
Lastly, they randomly spend a moment of our time to have Jesse Ventura pose for the fans from the commentating balcony. Hey, the fans dug it. He's probably the most popular heel of the era.
It all begins with a 20-Man Battle Royal, featuring "The Outlaw" Ron Bass, B. Brian Blair, Bad News Brown, Jim Brunzell, Danny Davis, "Hitman" Bret Hart, Hillbilly Jim, Sam Houston, Junkyard Dog, Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart, Ken Patera, Jim Powers, King Harley Race, Paul Roma, Jacques Rougeau, Raymond Rougeau, Sika, George "The Animal" Steele, Nikolai Volkoff and Boris Zhukov where the winner receives a big, shiny trophy. Bob Ueker sticks around to do commentary with Monsoon and Ventura, which is a major plus. I also like that everyone involved got an in-ring introduction prior to the bell ringing.
George "The Animal" Steele either never enters or is eliminated before I can even notice. He hangs out outside the ring for several minutes and eliminates the Anvil by grabbing him by the goatee and yanking him over the top to the outside. It's your usual mindless fun that you'd expect from a battle royal and even has Junkyard Dog avenge his Wrestlemania 3 loss to Harley Race by giving him the ol' heave-ho. The final three are Junkyard Dog, Bret Hart and Bad News Brown. Junkyard Dog is able to hold his own by knocking both down and hitting a series of his crawling headbutts, but the two heels decide to collaborate. They pal around, talk over strategy, toss out Junkyard Dog and celebrate their joint victory. Then Bad News Brown turns on Bret with a Ghetto Blaster and gets him out of the ring, making him the winner. In response, Bret turns face by attacking Bad News and breaking his newly-won trophy.
The tournament's first round starts up with "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan vs. "The Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase. Dibiase has both Virgil and Andre accompanying him, giving him the ominous advantage coming in. Hacksaw is able to overpower him early on with an atomic drop that sends Dibiase flying out of the ring. They do a good job playing up the match as brains vs. brawn, adding a sense of evenness when you ignore Andre's appearance. Hacksaw goes for the 3-Point Stance, but Andre grabs his leg from behind. With the ref not paying attention, Hacksaw turns around and gets punched in the face by Andre and kneed in the back by Dibiase. He hits his falling punch and gets the dirty pin. Afterwards, Hacksaw gets his 2×4 and chases them off.
Next it's strength up against strength as Dino Bravo takes on Don "The Rock" Muraco. It's a fairly short match and sloppy at points, such as a screwed up splash/elbow drop thing by Muraco, but not offensive. The two have just enough mobility to keep it interesting, like when Dino is able to kick Muraco off of him as Muraco launches himself into the ropes, flips over them and gets himself strangled. The short match ends as Dino Bravo uses the ref as a human shield and gets disqualified for it, but finds out he's lost after hitting a side suplex on Muraco and going for the pin. Goddamn, is the side suplex a stupid finisher.
The tournament fun continues with Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat vs. Greg "The Hammer" Valentine. Ricky comes out with his toddler son decked out in Dragon gear, to which Ventura asks if Ricky's able to tag out to him during the match. Great job from both guys here in terms of selling and workrate. Well, maybe Valentine goes a little overboard with the selling. I counted 6 Flair Flops over the course of this match. What I like is how whenever the Hammer has things under control, everything slows to a crawl and becomes methodical. Once Steamboat gets things under control, the speed fast forwards. The surprising end comes when Steamboat hits a crossbody off the top and Valentine counters by rolling back so that he's on top and then pulling the tights for a pin. From what I understand, this is Steamboat's farewell show.
That's four matches in a row that I've enjoyed. Sure, a lot of people shit on Bravo/Muraco, but the energy is up. Let's see if it holds up.
"The Natural" Butch Reed takes on "Macho Man" Randy Savage. The match goes five minutes and has nothing much going for it, honestly. Reed dominates the entire match until the very end, where he goes to the top and Savage tosses him to the center of the ring. He climbs up, hits the top-rope elbow and that's that. Basically, your average Cena match.
Next up is Bam Bam Bigelow vs. One Man Gang. While it's a big man match that's doomed from the beginning, Bam Bam's at his most agile, so there's still some hope. That agility shows in Bam Bam's expert selling, cartwheels and a crossbody mixed in there. That match lasts a little over two minutes until Bam Bam runs towards the ropes and Slick pulls down the top one. Bam Bam crashes to the outside and works his way back to the apron. One Man Gang clobbers him a few times until Bam Bam forces his way back in, overcomes One Man Gang and is ready to finish him off. Unfortunately, in a bullshit finish, he's been counted out for all that time he was hanging out on the apron. Dumb.
Jake "The Snake" Roberts vs. "Ravishing" Rick Rude is the final match in the first round and should be, on paper, a decent showing. The whole point of this match is for the two to get a draw and give One Man Gang a bye. Doing it by having them get to the 15-minute time limit is a bad idea, but it would at least let the two go all out for those 15 minutes, right? Not so much. Believe me, it starts out well enough. Jake is able to take a simple lockup and back out of it, causing Rude to fall flat on his face. Whenever Jake goes for the DDT, Rude is rapid in escaping the hold by any means possible. When Jake misses a knee-lift, he goes flying. For a few minutes, these two are giving their all.
Then the match flat out dies. Bobby "The Brain" Heenan yells at Rude for taunting instead of going for the pin. Rude puts Jake in three seemingly never-ending chinlocks that cause audible "BORING!" chants. The match becomes a pain to sit through and ends with Rude putting his feet on the ropes for a pin, only to find out that he's too late and the time has expired. If there's ever a match that kills the momentum for Wrestlemania 4, you're looking at it.
We take a break from the tournament to have The Ultimate Warrior vs. Hercules Hernandez. How weird is it that the Ultimate Warrior is in the most unnecessary match of the night? It's a short match, regardless, and is able to keep up some level of energy. I think one of the better spots in the match is how it takes three clotheslines from Hercules to knock down the Warrior. Warrior gets up and levels Hercules with one. Far better than a simple test of strength. The ending is surprisingly more "wrestlingy" for a Warrior match than I'd ever expect. Hercules puts him in a full nelson and Warrior is able to reverse it into a pin. Post-match, Hercules attacks Warrior with his chain, but Warrior steals the chain and starts whipping it around the ring like a maniac. Not the best match, but it's still enough to wake me up from the previous snooze-fest.
Round two of the tournament begins with Hulk Hogan vs. Andre the Giant. The two have been granted byes into the second round, but Ventura guesses that whoever wins will have felt the effects of enduring two matches anyway. It begins with Hogan fighting off both Andre and Dibiase at the same time, bonking their heads together, which I always appreciate because it means Gorilla Monsoon yells, "DOUBLE NOGGIN KNOCKER!" How is there not a wrestling song cover group called Double Noggin Knocker? By getting rid of Dibiase and getting Andre tied up in the ropes, Hogan is finally able to tear his shirt off.
This is their third match and they've done away with the idea of Hogan as the underdog. Now it's a straight up rivalry slugfest, not unlike King Kong vs. Godzilla. Nothing technical, but it's a fun showing. My favorite bit is where Hogan knocks Andre down and starts dropping repeated elbow drops. I sit there and wonder how the hell Andre is supposed to look so imposing when being knocked down practically turns him into a giant turtle unable to get up. Then he simply reaches over, grabs Hogan and pulls him in, reminding you of how huge the dude really is. It does slow down for a bit, which is expected for an Andre match, as Andre gets Hogan with a double-trapezeus hold. Hogan powers out, stuns Andre and hints that he's going to do a bodyslam.
With the ref distracted by Virgil, Dibiase comes in and hits Hogan with a chair. Hogan steals the chair and plasters Andre with it in front of the ref. The annoyed Andre steals the chair back and starts waffling Hogan with it. It's silly in a Three Stooges way. Both are disqualified, causing another bye in the brackets. Hogan lays out Andre and chases Dibiase and Virgil up the entrance way. He only gets his hands on Virgil, but gives him a standing vertical suplex that takes him out of the rest of the show. He comes back into the ring, bodyslams Andre and spends way too long celebrating in the ring. Ventura calls him out on it, wondering what Hogan has to celebrate for. HE LOST!
Ted Dibiase vs. Don Muraco has a new dynamic now, considering Andre and Virgil are too beat up to accompany Dibiase. The millionaire is on his own now. Muraco manhandles Dibiase, starting it off by dragging him into the ring by his hair. There's an awkward spot where Dibiase holds onto the top ropes in the corner while Muraco pulls him by the boots. Dibiase folds up and Muraco goes flying into the post. Give Muraco props for selling, I guess. Muraco mostly dominates and I do like his gimmick of showing how strong he is by doing one-handed Irish whips. As Muraco runs at Dibiase, Dibiase snatches him, picks him up and clotheslines him with the top rope. Dibiase gets the pin and the bye into the final round. It's a nice touch that even with all his bells and whistles gone (Virgil, Andre and the ability to buy himself out of most situations), Dibiase proves himself a legitimate threat by being the only heel to win a match cleanly.
Randy Savage vs. Greg Valentine is elbows, elbows and elbows, followed by more elbows. There's a couple axe-handles in there too and some brief Jimmy Hart interference. Fairly slow match, though it has its moments (knocking each other out as Savage hits the top-rope axe-handle and Valentine gets a punch in at the same time). Valentine goes for a Figure Four, but Savage pulls him in for a Small Package and gets the pin. Considering One Man Gang's earlier bye, we're at the end of the quarterfinals.
We take a break with Honky Tonk Man defending the Intercontinental Championship against Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake. The title means nothing here. The big drama for the fans is whether or not Beefcake can cut up Honky Tonk's Elvis hair. It's fitting, because the match isn't so much about the wrestling ability, but the charisma of the two men involved. It's telling that the biggest reaction from the crowd comes from Beefcake catching Honky Tonk by the foot and, instead of punching him, musses up his hair and sets him loose. Beefcake is able to avoid the Shake, Rattle 'n' Roll Neckbreaker by hooking his arm over the top rope. He gets Honky Tonk in the sleeper hold and makes him borderline comatose. He'd be champ if it wasn't for Jimmy Hart clocking the referee when his attempts to distract the ref and Beefcake fail to work. Seeing his title out of his grasp due to disqualification, Beefcake goes after Jimmy Hart in one of the worst attempts at a chase sequence. He's able to get Jimmy to hunch over the steps and cut off a couple locks from his mullet. Honky Tonk's valet Peggy Sue gets a hold of some ice water and pours it over Honky Tonk's face to wake him up so they can escape Beefcake's wrath.
The British Bulldogs (Davey Boy Smith and Dynamite Kid) and Koko B. Ware take on the Islanders (Haku and Tama) and Bobby "The Brain" Heenan. It starts off with a bang, as Dynamite Kid grabs the top rope and flings Tama in through force. Rather than flip over like normal, Tama soars in like Superman and falls flat on his face. Tama offers a handshake for the purpose of nailing Dynamite with a surprise kick, but Dynamite easily sees it coming and blocks it. When the two tag out, we get Haku and Davey Boy Smith in a good exchange of two power guys with respectable agility.
The big story of the match is Bobby Heenan's involvement. He's shown wearing this big protective outfit for attack dogs, mainly to protect him from the Bulldogs' pet Matilda. At first, Monsoon and Ventura talk about how Heenan has limited mobility in it, but once he's tagged in and starts giving the boots to Koko, Monsoon catches on that there's more to it. There are metal buckles in the outfit and it's covered in corduroy, which is more of a hazard for his opponent. When everyone's in the ring and the ref isn't looking, the Islanders pick up Heenan and drop him down onto Koko. Heenan gets the upset win. On his way to the back, the Bulldogs sic Matilda on him. Well, in actuality, they just kind of hold her up to him as the dog does nothing and Heenan sells it like he's being torn apart.
It's time for more of the tournament. With Dibiase's bye, the semifinals is made up entirely of Randy Savage vs. One Man Gang. It's a quick one, but it certainly gets some mileage out of its gas supply. It starts with Savage going for the more stick-and-run strategy and at one point grabbing One Man Gang's beard, running down the ring, hopping over the top to the outside and letting gravity do the rest. One Man Gang gets a handle on things and spends several moments using various ways to crush Savage with his gigantic body. Savage fights back and is able to send One Man Gang through the ropes and to the outside, followed by a top-rope axe-handle. Then he screws up by trying to emulate Hogan and attempting a bodyslam.
Outside of the ring, there are words between Slick and Elizabeth. Savage gets his hand on Slick while the ref converses with Elizabeth. One Man Gang gets his hands on Slick's cane and hits Savage with it. On one hand, the ref doesn't see it. On the other hand, when the ref does turn around, One Man Gang is still at it, trying to slam the cane down as Savage continues to roll out of the way. Due to his own stupidity (or being paid off by Dibiase), One Man Gang is disqualified. He takes out his aggression by breaking the cane over Savage's back and I'm glad they did that. The whole concept of the PPV is that it's "The Passion of the Savage" (also the title of Double Noggin Knocker's debut album) with him having to go through the entire four rounds, while One Man Gang and Dibiase get free passes and are more rested, but it doesn't work on that alone. When you get down to it, Savage has wrestled an entire FOUR MINUTES more than Dibiase at this point. Have mercy! So adding the cane shots goes a long way in adding to the story.
Savage does get the last laugh, by the way. When One Man Gang celebrates with Slick, Savage hits One Man Gang with a top-rope axe-handle and causes him to fall over and crush Slick.
Our last wrestling match commercial break is Strike Force (Tito Santana and Rick Martel) defending the Tag Team Championship against Demolition (Ax and Smash). The bad news is that we have to deal with Demoliton's silly stomp-punches. The good news is that there's some decent double-team moves, like Smash holding Martel in a bearhug and getting close enough to the corner that Ax can clothesline the hell out of him. A funny botch occurs as one of Demolition tries to pin Tito. The ref counts two and then stops himself short and points out that Tito's shoulder is up about a second or so before Tito actually kicks out! The match is a bit of a drag, mainly due to how late in the show it is. You can tell that the crowd is completely exhausted.
The second half of the match has Demolition work over Tito as he desperately tries to make a tag. Out of nowhere, he gets his bearings and nails Ax with a surprise Flying Forearm. Rather than go for a pin, he crawls over and gets the tag. Martel cleans house and puts Smash in the Boston Crab. Tito sees Mr. Fuji is out to interfere, so he runs over to the apron and smacks him around. He accidentally hits the ref and knocks him out for a moment. During this moment, Ax sneaks in and breaks Fuji's cane over Martel's back. Smash gets the pin and—wait, they did a cane spot again?! They just did that in the last match! Anyway, new tag champs.
The tournament finals has Randy Savage vs. Ted Dibiase for the vacated WWF Championship. We get Robin Leech coming out with the belt on a little pillow, trying to dodge all the fans who want to touch it. Then Bob Ueker comes out and gets hugged by a drunk fan with a cigarette hanging out of his mouth who hopped the barrier. Ueker doesn't even flinch. Dibiase arrives with Andre back in his corner. Savage and Elizabeth enter, now on their fourth matching outfit of the night. That's so adorable.
Very early into the match, Andre reaches in and trips Savage. The whole crowd can see the writing on the wall and stands up, staring in the direction of the entranceway, waiting for Hogan to show up. Andre continues to swipe at Savage's leg and then plays innocent when the ref yells at him. There's some nice back and forth between Savage and Dibiase, but Savage grabs onto Dibiase's hair, gets a running start and again hops over the top rope. Dibiase rolls to the outside and would be a victim of a top-rope axe-handle, but Andre stands in-between the two and dares Savage to make the move. Savage steps down, walks over to Elizabeth and sends her to the back. Ventura figures it's for her own protection.
She comes back out with Hogan in tow. Hogan pulls up a chair and watches the match, but the first moment he sees Andre trying to interfere, he races over and beats on him. Like in his earlier Butch Reed match, Savage grabs Dibiase off the top rope and tosses him into the center of the ring. He goes for the top-rope elbow, only to miss this time around. Dibiase puts Savage in the Million Dollar Dream and has him beat. The ref yells at Andre and Hogan sneaks into the ring with a chair and cracks Dibiase in the back with it. Savage hits the top-rope elbow and gets the win. Hogan celebrates with the new champion and his valet to end the show.
Wrestlemania 4 is a very unpopular show and sitting through it again, I can understand why. There are good matches in it. A lot of good matches. But they're only good. There's no stand-out. Nothing amazing. Just watchable matches marred by some very boring matches and the feeling of Hogan sharing too much of the spotlight on what should be Savage's show. I'll fully admit that Hogan is crazy over here, but I can't shake the slight disappointment in an ending that more or less says, "How nice is it that Hulk Hogan let Randy Savage have the title? What a guy!"
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Day One (#25-24)
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Day Four (#19-18)
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Day Six (#15-14)
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Day Ten (#7-6)
Day Eleven (#5-4)
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4 comments to "The Wrestlemania Countdown: Day Six"
God bless the Hogan backstroke gif
by smashpro1 March 22nd, 2010 at 14:19 --reply
Man, Hogan had to be on something strong during that promo.
by KungFu Grip March 22nd, 2010 at 17:08 --reply
Holy crap! That promo was Hogan's equivalent of Warrior's "send the plane into a nosedive" bit. That had to be completely extemporaneous— either that or the dude was wasted. Was it before or after his match with Andre?
by ManiacClown March 22nd, 2010 at 23:51 --reply
re: The Piper half blackface. I believe he did it to prove to Brown it wasn't about race, and the Michael Jackson glove was to further prove it don't matter if you're black or white.
by frog March 25th, 2010 at 16:13 --reply


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Q: JavaScript Breaks After Page Refresh School  project: classmate and I are programming "Agar.io" ourselves, (for practice). Doing well, testing different things, then we get a problem we can't figure out. Seemingly "randomly" the JavaScript doesn't fully execute when opened with a variety of browsers. Aside from the occasional random non-execution on page load, every time you refresh the page, the JavaScript breaks the same as before. It only works after completely closing the browser before re-opening the page. 1: Why is this happening now and wasn't before? 2: How can we fix it? Source code with comments below, thanks, -Tom

var pixelconversion = 100 * Math.PI; //conversion from made-up "mass" (really area), to area in pixels, which will be converted to a radius
var circleX = 400;
var circleY = 250;
var mouseX = 400;
var mouseY = 250;
var mass = 30;
var radius = 20; //just to make it global

function start() {

  drawCircles();
  var interval = setInterval(mainloop, 50);
}

function mainloop() {

  math();

  var can = document.getElementById("canvas");
  var ctx = can.getContext("2d");

  ctx.clearRect(0, 0, 801, 501); //clears the canvas
  drawCircles();
  sleep(100); //more efficient than having the set interval at 150 instead
}

function getCoordinates(e) { //gets the cursors coordinates

  mouseX = e.clientX;
  mouseY = e.clientY;
}

function math() {

  var movement = mass / 4; //arbitrary "4", will be replaced with: 1/mass * someConversion

  radius = Math.sqrt((mass * pixelconversion) / Math.PI); //from area in "mass" to area in pixels, to radius in pixels

  var difY = Math.abs(mouseY - circleY) //finds the difference of each
  var difX = Math.abs(mouseX - circleX) //for "A" and "B" of the triangle

  var c = Math.sqrt(Math.pow(difX, 2) + Math.pow(difY, 2)); //pythagareon theorem to find diagonal distance from mouse to circle
  var scale = movement / c; //use scale to find "A" and "B" of smaller triangle

  if (mouseX > circleX) { //if and else statements are for "movement" in the right direction, (towards the mouse)
    circleX = circleX + difX * scale; //aditional if statements will be added to (next comment)
  } else {
    circleX = circleX - difX * scale; //stop the circle from going back and forth past the cursor
  }

  if (mouseY > circleY) {
    circleY = circleY + difY * scale; //the differce * scale is vital; (fourth comment up)
  } else {
    circleY = circleY - difY * scale;
  }

}

function drawCircles() {

  var can = document.getElementById("canvas");
  var ctx = can.getContext("2d");
  ctx.beginPath();
  ctx.arc(circleX, circleY, radius, 0, 2 * Math.PI); //draws the circle
  ctx.closePath();
  ctx.lineWidth = 5; //just for style
  ctx.fillStyle = 'green';
  ctx.fill();
  ctx.strokeStyle = 'darkgreen'; //just for style
  ctx.stroke();

}

function sleep(milliseconds) { //"homemade" "sleep" "command"
  var start = new Date().getTime();
  for (var i = 0; i < 1; i++) {
    if ((new Date().getTime() - start) > milliseconds) {
      break;
    }
  }
}
<body onload="start()">
  <canvas id="canvas" height="501" width="801" onmousemove="getCoordinates(event)"></canvas>
</body>

A: this line
var scale = movement / c; //use scale to find "A" and "B" of smaller triangle

c can be zero - which makes scale NaN which breaks everything
try this
var scale = c ? movement / c : 0;

I've also added a snippet that demonstrates how smooth requestAnimationFrame is compared to bodgy sleep function

        var pixelconversion = 100 * Math.PI; //conversion from made-up "mass" (really area), to area in pixels, which will be converted to a radius
        var circleX = 400;
        var circleY = 250;
        var mouseX = 400;
        var mouseY = 250;
        var mass = 30;
        var radius = 20; //just to make it global

        function start() {
          document.getElementById("canvas").addEventListener('mousemove', getCoordinates);
          mainloop();
        }

        function mainloop() {

          math();
          drawCircles();
          requestAnimationFrame(mainloop);
        }

        function getCoordinates(e) { //gets the cursors coordinates
          mouseX = e.clientX;
          mouseY = e.clientY;
        }

        function math() {

          var movement = mass / 4; //arbitrary "4", will be replaced with: 1/mass * someConversion

          radius = Math.sqrt((mass * pixelconversion) / Math.PI); //from area in "mass" to area in pixels, to radius in pixels

          var difY = Math.abs(mouseY - circleY) //finds the difference of each
          var difX = Math.abs(mouseX - circleX) //for "A" and "B" of the triangle

          var c = Math.sqrt(Math.pow(difX, 2) + Math.pow(difY, 2)); //pythagareon theorem to find diagonal distance from mouse to circle

          var scale = c ? movement / c : 0; //use scale to find "A" and "B" of smaller triangle

          if (mouseX > circleX) { //if and else statements are for "movement" in the right direction, (towards the mouse)
            circleX = circleX + difX * scale; //aditional if statements will be added to (next comment)
          } else {
            circleX = circleX - difX * scale; //stop the circle from going back and forth past the cursor
          }

          if (mouseY > circleY) {
            circleY = circleY + difY * scale; //the differce * scale is vital; (fourth comment up)
          } else {
            circleY = circleY - difY * scale;
          }
        }

        function drawCircles() {
          var can = document.getElementById("canvas");
          var ctx = can.getContext("2d");
          ctx.clearRect(0, 0, 801, 501); //clears the canvas
          ctx.beginPath();
          ctx.arc(circleX, circleY, radius, 0, 2 * Math.PI); //draws the circle
          ctx.closePath();
          ctx.lineWidth = 5; //just for style
          ctx.fillStyle = 'green';
          ctx.fill();
          ctx.strokeStyle = 'darkgreen'; //just for style
          ctx.stroke();
        }
window.addEventListener('load', start);
<canvas id="canvas" height="501" width="801"></canvas>

I'll leave it to you to figure out why the circle dances like a kid watching a japanese cartoon
as per request in comment:

The Window.requestAnimationFrame() method tells the browser that you wish to perform an animation and requests that the browser call a specified function to update an animation before the next repaint. The method takes as an argument a callback to be invoked before the repaint.
You should call this method whenever you're ready to update your animation onscreen. This will request that your animation function be called before the browser performs the next repaint. The number of callbacks is usually 60 times per second, but will generally match the display refresh rate in most web browsers as per W3C recommendation. The callback rate may be reduced to a lower rate when running in background tabs or in hidden s in order to improve performance and battery life.
The callback method is passed a single argument, a DOMHighResTimeStamp, which indicates the current time when callbacks queued by requestAnimationFrame begin to fire. Multiple callbacks in a single frame, therefore, each receive the same timestamp even though time has passed during the computation of every previous callback's workload. This timestamp is a decimal number, in milliseconds, but with a minimal precision of 1ms (1000 µs).
Source: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/window/requestAnimationFrame

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Q: My ArrayList is returning null even though I am getting output on the console I am trying to extract OTP from an email. I am able to see the email that I want to extract on the console, but whenever I use regex to extract the OTP it does not.
When I print the ArrayList it prints [null], but when I print size it shows '1'.
And on the console also the email body that I want to extract OTP from is also printed.
What am I doing wrong?
This is the code for the emailOTP Utility:
public class emailOTPUtility {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws FileNotFoundException, Exception{

        EmailUtils emailUtils = new EmailUtils();

        Properties prop = new Properties();
        prop.load(new FileInputStream("/Users/xxxx/Automation/src/main/java/Resources/config-email-otp.properties"));
        Store connection = emailUtils.connectToGmail(prop);
        //emailUtils.getUnreadMessages(connection, "Inbox");

        List<String> emailtext = emailUtils.getUnreadMessageByFromEmail(connection, "Inbox", "dummmy@gmail.com", "Email ID verification");

        System.out.println("this is email:" + emailtext.isEmpty());
        if(emailtext.size()<1)
            throw new Exception("No Email Recieved");
        else
        {
            String emailText1 = emailtext.toString();

            System.out.println("this is email:" + emailtext);

            System.out.println("the text is:" + emailText1);

            Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile("\"code is:  (\\d{4}+)\"gm");

            Matcher m = pattern.matcher(emailText1);

            if (m.find()) {
                System.out.println("Found value: " + m.group(0));
                System.out.println("Found value: " + m.group(1));
                System.out.println("Found value: " + m.group(2));
            } else {
                System.out.println("NO MATCH");
            }

        }

    }
}

And this is the console output where the ArrayList emailtext returns null. The OTP is in bold.
Below you can see that the ArrayList prints [null] and when size is printed it prints 1(not there in console), but the email body gets printed.

You are performing account verification operation , the verification code is:  **4740**

This verification code can only be used once, and it will automatically become invalid after verification.

(Please complete the verification within 30 minutes, the verification code will become invalid after 30 minutes, you need to verify again.)

Please ignore this email if we send the wrong address, thanks.

 team

this is email:false
null
this is email:[null]
the text is:[null]
NO MATCH


Leicester City did things their own way last season when they won the Premier League title and it seems their players have felt the need to do the same again.
The first-team squad received a fleet of 19 BMW I8 supercars worth £105,000 each last month after Leicester's chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha promised to reward the players for their momentous achievement.
But now some of the players have started to add personal touches.
Rather than settling on the blue colour that they came in, a number of them have chosen to give their motors a completely new look.
Left-back Jeffrey Schlupp was the first to have modifications made this week by AC13 Premier, a Nottingham-based vehicle personalisation firm co-founded by former footballer Marlon Harewood.
Schlupp, a close friend of the ex-West Ham United striker, ditched the Leicester blue and decided to get his BMW wrapped in matte black.
The process takes about four to five days and is costing the players roughly £2,000 each.
In the garage on Thursday were the cars of Riyad Mahrez, Demarai Gray, Danny Simpson, Ben Chilwell, Andy King and Wes Morgan.
It is thought that Mahrez may well decide to buck the trend of those who have gone for black or grey by opting for white.
Other final touches that will be made, as requested by some of the players, include wrapped rims and chrome finishes.
Next week will see yet another fleet of cars arrive on the Nottingham forecourt and it is expected the majority of the first team will all have had their cars modified by the end of September.
The Leicester players aren't the first footballers to require the services of Harewood and his business partner Andrew Cole.
Wayne Rooney and Harry Kane have both trusted them to get their cars looking exactly how they want them.
Manchester United striker and England captain Rooney got his Audi Q7 personalised with a chrome finish.
The Leicester players will no doubt enjoy turning up to the King Power Stadium in their newly personalised cars when they host their next home game against Burnley on September 17.


Do you ever have those weekends where all you fancy doing is throwing on your comfiest jumper, trainers and heading straight out the house? I feel you. When it comes to the weekend I usually want to keep my makeup minimal and my outfit comfy. I feel like I have nailed that status with this outfit. Recently, I have been on the hunt for comfy jumpers that have an old school feel to them that I can also style really easily. I found some amazing womens hoodies and sweaters from Nicce clothing. This sweater is white with white cuffs and a contrasting neck line which I think gives it that vintage feel we all love.
As the sun is starting to appear it is a perfect opportunity to style this sweater with my paper bag skirt. I love this style of skirt and trousers, the colour is super appealing and perfect for the warmer weather as they are super light weight. I also feel like it adds to the 'old school' vintage feel I am trying to create with this look. Having my legs out is one of my favourite things even if the sun isn't beaming down, luckily this sweater is super cosy and warm so it didn't matter.
Focusing on my accessories is a new one for me, I usually don't put too much thought into it. Although, recently I've realised its perfect for when you're in a rush and you want to add those finishing touches to your outfit. I paired some gold necklaces with this jumper to finish off my vintage look. As well as rolled down socks and white chunky trainers which everyone is wearing now (I don't blame them). I also couldn't finish this look off without some sunglasses, they make everything! Especially if you are like me and want to wear sunglasses to hide the fact you have made no effort with your makeup.
*Please note this is a paid collaboration with Nicce.
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Alaska records one of the most extreme snowfall rates on record
December 8, 2017 by Infinite
– Alaska records one of the most extreme snowfall rates on record:
An astonishing 25.4 cm (10 inches) of snow per hour was reported at Thompson Pass near Valdez, Alaska on Wednesday, December 6, 2017. This is extraordinary even by Valdez standards, the snowiest town in the United States.
What hit Alaska's North Gulf Coast this week, producing one of the most extreme snowfall rates on record is what meteorologists like to call a "snow AR" or an atmospheric river that is producing snow instead of rain.
On Wednesday, December 6, this storm dropped 12.7 cm (5 inches) of snow at Thompson Pass in 30 minutes, 25.4 cm (10 inches) in 60 minutes and 38.1 cm (15 inches) in 90 minutes. Within 72 hours (between December 3 – 6, 13:00 local time), the National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) SNOTEL site at Nicks Valley at 1 300 m (4 280 feet) picked up 210.8 cm (83 inches) of snow, making a total of 320 cm (126 inches).
What is hitting the North Gulf Coast is what we like to call a "snow AR" or an atmospheric river that is producing snow instead of rain. Over the last 3 days, nearly 6 feet of snow has been recorded at Thompson Pass near Valdez, Alaska. pic.twitter.com/Hoa8XUAMGQ
— NWS APRFC (@NWSAPRFC) December 6, 2017
Snow update from Thompson Pass near Valdez, #Alaska – in the last three days the #NRCS SNOTEL site at Nicks Valley at 4280ft has now picked up 83" of snow over the last 3 days as of 1pm and now totals 126". pic.twitter.com/r7nGO6JBbj
According to a quick analysis by Weather Underground's weather historian Christopher Burt, Thompson Pass storm ranks among the most intense snowfalls we know of. Burton told John Hopewell of Capital Weather Gang, that on December 2, 1966, 30.48 cm (12 inches) fell in 60 minutes in Copenhagen, N.Y., and on January 26, 1972, Oswego, N.Y., recorded 44.45 cm (17.5 inches) in a two hour period. Both of these records were the result of a lake effect snow.
This week's atmospheric river over Alaska was aided by the North American Winter Dipole, explains Capital Weather Gang's Jason Samenow. This is a 'fancy term to describe abnormally warm conditions in the West and cold conditions in the East.' "Under such a pattern, the jet stream, the super highway for storms that divides cold and warm air, surges north in the western half of the nation, and crashes south in the eastern half," Samenow said.
This excessive snow caused a 6-m-deep (20 feet) and 600-m-long (200 feet) avalanche on a part of Richardson Highway near Valdez, closing the road between milepost 12 and 42.2
Meadow Bailey, a spokesperson for the Alaska Department of Transportation, said that their crews haven't even been able to enter the zones within the road closure due to safety issued posed by the avalanche.
"It's not safe to have crews enter the avalanche zone, not until the conditions improve. We're looking for snow to stop, for visibility to increase, and hopefully, daylight will help. But it may not happen today, it may not happen tomorrow," Bailey said.
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No, he's busy…
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I can't always carry a camera. And honestly, a lot of the time I prefer not to. Able to enjoy the world around me without feeling like I should be "capturing the moment." Because sometimes the memory of a thing is greater than any image - your imagination filling in for what might be missing. I do, however, have a phone in the front pocket of my Mountain Briefcase, and it, like most phones nowadays, has a camera. A damn good one at that. But in my efforts to enjoy instead of immortalize, I fail. Often. It's called Instagram, and like a lot of social media services, it's an addiction. But for those of you unaffected by this affliction, here's a handful of photos from the last few weeks.
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Q: Select customer if two conditions are met across multiple rows I want to output customers who meet criteria in multiple columns across multiple rows.
Say this is my data:

id
type
event

1
hot
inside

1
cold
gym

1
medium
outside

2
cold
inside

2
cold
outside

2
hot
inside

3
hot
gym

3
cold
inside

3
medium
outside

I want to keep customers who have type "medium" and event "gym." However, as you can see no customer has those in the same row. I want to keep only the customers and the rows that meet those criteria. So I want the results to look like:

id
type
event

1
cold
gym

1
medium
outside

3
hot
gym

3
medium
outside

So it should drop the rows from each customer that do not meet one of the two criteria and drop all customers who do not meet both criteria.

A: One solution is to count the rows for every id and the criteria

CREATE TABLE mytable (
  "id" INTEGER,
  "type" VARCHAR(6),
  "event" VARCHAR(7)
);

INSERT INTO mytable
  ("id", "type", "event")
VALUES
  ('1', 'hot', 'inside'),
  ('1', 'cold', 'gym'),
  ('1', 'medium', 'outside'),
  ('2', 'cold', 'inside'),
  ('2', 'cold', 'outside'),
  ('2', 'hot', 'inside'),
  ('3', 'hot', 'gym'),
  ('3', 'cold', 'inside'),
  ('3', 'medium', 'outside');

SELECT * FROM mytable m1
WHERE ("type" = 'medium' OR "event" =  'gym')
and ((Select COUNT(*) FROM mytable WHERE "id" = m1."id" AND ("type" = 'medium' OR "event" =  'gym')  GROUP BY "id") = 2
OR (Select COUNT(*) FROM mytable WHERE "id" = m1."id" AND ("type" = 'medium' AND "event" =  'gym')  GROUP BY "id") = 1)

id | type   | event
-: | :----- | :------
 1 | cold   | gym
 1 | medium | outside
 3 | hot    | gym
 3 | medium | outside

db<>fiddle here

A: You can solve this by creating two result sets, one that is customers that meet your first criteria, and another with customers that fit your second criteria, and then inner joining:
SELECT medium_customer.id
FROM (SELECT id FROM yourtable WHERE type = 'medium') medium_customer
    INNER JOIN (SELECT id FROM yourtable WHERE event='gym') gym_customer
    ON medium_customer.id = gym_customer.id

You could also use the INTERSECT operator to keep only records where two result sets match:
SELECT DISTINCT id FROM yourtable WHERE type='medium'
INTERSECT
SELECT DISTINCT id FROM yourtable WHERE event='gym';

Another option is a correlated subquery:
SELECT id
FROM yourtable as yt
WHERE type='medium'
   AND EXISTS
       (
          SELECT 1
          FROM yourtable
          WHERE yt.id = id
             AND event='gym'
       )

Lastly, you could aggregate and use a HAVING clause to keep records that fit the criteria:
SELECT id
FROM yourtable
WHERE type='medium' OR event='gym'
HAVING COUNT(*) >= 2

Note that this will fail if a customer has more than one entry for type='medium' or event='gym'. In other words it's dependent on your data's uniqueness, so only use it if you are certain it won't generate false positives.


This question is somewhat related to a prior question that I asked about an Information Theory lab. I received a lot of great feedback there, but I have not gotten past the idea yet that the lab that I assigned last year was simply too hard. I have been wracking my brain to think of a new lab idea, but so far, I have come up empty-handed.
All of the coding done by students during this course is in Scheme, so labs that naturally lend themselves to functional programming paradigms instead of imperative ones are appreciated. My best labs tend to present a series of very short lab assignments, and either present them in escalating order of difficulty, or provide some options to the students about which ones to pursue, to smaller-scale ideas are also a better fit for my class structure.
Image compression, for example sending back photos from faraway in space and through narrow communications, is interesting because it gives visual scene of the work done. You can compress the individual pixels to a range of bit-depths, from 2/4/8... 32 bits, you can compress 2 bits inside 8 bit registers of a PC which often reads and writes memory blocks of 8/16 bits. It's very good to have a thorough understanding of XY color graphs.
The concept of images also leads to the topic of floodfill, and recursive searching of black and white pixels, and recursion generates 100mb or 1gb, which leads to the concepts of stack overflows from disorganized memory. Students therefore learn to keep 2D and 3D arrays for pixels and voxels. If they do 3D arrays to compress data in, they are building a minecraft world.
Voxels are stacks of XY graphs, on a Z axis, so videos are actually voxels, using XY and Time, most work done on 2D graphs alot easier and smaller, and also very similar to 3D graphs.
In a minecraft world you are introducing the kids to lots of 3D concepts, and the limitations of bandwidth every frame to and from the graphics cards, and overall memory limitations. a voxel engine has to be very optimized to get around those.
I recently used 3D arrays to solve floodfill recursive algorithms so that they take up 100 times less space than line-scanning floodfils and I found it mentally very engageing. A voxel space can take up a billion memory spaces very fast, 1000x1000x1000 points of space, which requires a lot of bandwidth optimizing.
When you have objects in a voxel space, and you find the edge voxels of the shape, you can generate a point cloud, which is useful too. Point clouds use huge amounts of data, and they represent visible shapes. Being able to organize algorithms in point clouds requires a lot of organization, it leads to the concepts of Octrees and nearest neighbor algorythms.
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At the heart of Puerto de la Marina of Santa Eulalia is this delightful Italian restaurant. If you're a fan of pizza, you can not miss the stone oven Delfino Verde!
At the heart of Puerto de la Marina of Santa Eulalia is this delightful Italian restaurant. If you're a fan of pizza, you can not miss the stone oven Delfino Verde, the place where lovingly prepared fine masses with Italian tomato and mozzarella best of Bella Italia . And what about the great Italian desserts , such as Panacotta and home made tiramusu . You relishes the vitta dolce in the Green Delfino, you will not regret !


Some old windows servers require authentication through the old NTLM protocol, luckily with the help from squid, samba and winbind we can do this under Linux.
In order to authenticate through winbind we will be using that and samba to connect to a windows domain, so you will need to have a domain and the details for it or all this will be for naught. I'll use some fake credentials for this post.
Kerberos and windbind can be a little thingy about date and time, so its a good idea to use NTP for your network, I'll assume your domain controller (DC) will be also your NTP server in which case lets set it up.
Comment out any lines that begin with server and create only one that points to your Active Directory PDC.
Now add it to the default runlevels and start it.
NOTE: If you don't have DNS set up then you will need to add the DC to your hosts file, and it is important to use the name the DC machine knows itself as in AD.
NOTE: Replace pdc.test.lan with that of your FQDN of your DC server, TESTLAN with your domain, TEST.LAN with the full name of the domain/realm, and make sure you set '–winbindjoin' with a domain admin.
If you are able to enumerate your Active Directory Groups and Users, everything is working.
Great, we have been added to the domain, so now we can setup squid for NTLM authentication.
NOTE: The above is allowing anyone access as long as they authenticate themselves via NTLM, you could use further acl's to restrict this more.
NTLM authentication WILL FAIL if you have "cache_effective_group squid" set, if you do then remove it! As this overrides the effective group and squid then isn't seen as part of the 'wbpriv' group which breaks authentication!!!
NOTE: The '/etc/init.d/iptables save' command saves the current running configuration so the new rule will be applied on reboot.


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A 50-YEAR-OLD MAN WITH MULTIPLE AND VARIED SYMPTOMS: HICKHAM VERSUS OCCAM – THE END-GAME
Tatsuya Fujikawa1, Hiromichi Kawaji2, Fumio Otsuka3, Nobuyuki Saito2, Yuka Sogabe2, 1Mitoyo General Hospital, Kanonji, Kagawa, Japan; 2Mitoyo General Hospital; 3Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine
Meeting: Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Categories: Adult, Clinical Vignettes, Uncategorized
Keywords: Adrenal Insufficiency, Panhypopituitarism, pituitary apoplexy
Case Presentation: A 50-year-old man visited our hospital with complaints of malaise, appetite loss, diarrhea, and arthralgia, all of which he had experienced for 5 days before the visit. Although he had been previously healthy and fit, he had visited a different hospital one month earlier because of the sudden onset of a headache and accommodation-related disturbance. However, examination by an ophthalmologist and internist and reports of neuroimaging tests including head MRI revealed no appreciable abnormality. These symptoms had gradually and spontaneously improved. On the day of the visit to our hospital, the patient was conversing in a confused manner in the waiting room and lost consciousness (Glasgow Coma Scale score 14). His vital signs were not unstable except for low blood pressure (83/65 mmHg). Although physical examination revealed that his peripheral limbs were cold and hyperactive bowel sound was observed, he did not show hemiplegia or any other neurological irregularity. A quick blood glucose test indicated hypoglycemia (glucose level 20 mg/dl). After he regained consciousness following a glucose injection, he underwent a head CT scan to identify other causes, if any, of impaired consciousness besides hypoglycemia. Head CT scan and MRI revealed pituitary gland enlargement and bleeding, which suggested pituitary apoplexy (PA). His vital signs, symptoms, and hypoglycemic condition were consistent with the characteristics of secondary adrenal failure due to PA. He was hospitalized for further examination and therapy.
After admission, his consciousness levels were not impaired, possibly due to steroid replacement therapy. A decompression surgery for PA was not performed since his visual symptoms such as accommodation-related disturbance did not deteriorate again. Laboratory examination of blood revealed panhypopituitarism due to PA and secondary adrenal insufficiency, which was confirmed by combined pituitary function-test performed later. The patient continued out-patient follow up after an uneventful discharge.
Discussion: PA is an acute clinical syndrome caused by either hemorrhagic or non-hemorrhagic necrosis of the pituitary gland. An existing pituitary macro adenoma is usually present (60%–90%). Its typical characteristics include headache, visual deficits, ophthalmoplegia, and altered mental status, all of which were observed in our case. Acute secondary adrenal insufficiency, which is the major cause of mortality in PA, is reported in about two-thirds of patients. CT is often the first imaging tool in PA. An MRI examination could confirm hemorrhage within the pituitary gland and compression on the optic chiasm. Urgent corticosteroid replacement with hydrocortisone is needed in patients with suspected hypoadrenalism. Sudden deterioration of vision, blindness, and impaired consciousness necessitate emergency surgery.
Conclusions: Typical PA symptoms include headache, visual deficits, ophthalmoplegia, and altered mental status. Acute secondary adrenal insufficiency, which is the major cause of mortality in PA, is often reported in patients with PA. Urgent replacement of corticosteroids is life-saving.
Fujikawa, T; Kawaji, H; Otsuka, F; Saito, N; Sogabe, Y. A 50-YEAR-OLD MAN WITH MULTIPLE AND VARIED SYMPTOMS: HICKHAM VERSUS OCCAM – THE END-GAME. Abstract published at Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla. Abstract 578. https://www.shmabstracts.com/abstract/a-50-year-old-man-with-multiple-and-varied-symptoms-hickham-versus-occam-the-end-game/. Accessed July 16, 2019.
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Starting more than a hundred years ago, Sears used to print its catalogues on Chicago's West Side in a giant brown-brick structure, a few blocks south of where the Eisenhower Expressway now runs. Sears closed the building in the early 1970s, and it sat vacant for more than 40 years. This week — as the company lays off hundreds of people — developers cut the ribbon on an affordable-housing complex in that structure.


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Five chances to reset the terms of your book contract (Part 1)
If you published the first edition of your textbook ten or more years ago, you may find yourself occasionally muttering to yourself, "I wish I kew then what I know now."
Historically, the publishers start the book contract negotiation game with all the cards…backs to you. You have one card…it's face up. And it tells everybody, "I'm new at this but I'm excited. Just tell me where to sign."
Publishers have generally been the gatekeeper to a published book. While this may be less true now, with self-publishing and Open Educational Resources (OER), the publishers still have the most established distribution channels self-publishers cannot begin to match.
Five chances to reset the terms of your book contract (Part 1) Read More
Nominations for the 2022 Textbook Awards now open
Nominations for the 2022 Textbook Excellence Award ("Texty"), McGuffey Longevity Award ("McGuffey"), and Most Promising New Textbook Award, are open through November 1, 2021.
For more than 20 years, TAA has supported textbook and academic authors through these highly-recognized awards, given annually to emerging and veteran published authors in eight subject categories.
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Julius Egghard (24. dubna 1834, Vídeň jako Julius Sigismund Egghard - 22. března 1867 tamtéž) byl rakouský klavírista a hudební skladatel. Nejde o Julia hrabě z Hardeggu (1833–1900), jak se někdy chybně uvádí v literatuře.

Život

Egghard byl žákem Carla Czerného a Simona Sechtera a na veřejnosti se poprvé vysupoval v 15 letech.

V roce 1851 se vydal na úspěšné koncertní turné po habsburské monarchii a Německu.

Na sólovém koncertě ve Výmaru na světové premiéře uvedl Schubertovu Tulákovu fantasii C dur, kterou pro klavír a orchestr upravil Ferenc Liszt.

Jako skladatel vytvořil Egghard více než 250 salonních skladeb.

V roce 1853 odjel na dva roky do Paříže.

Poté se vrátil do Vídně, kde se mu roku 1858 narodil syn Julius Vilém. O 9 let později, ve veku pouhých 32 let, zemřel Julius Egghard starší na zánět pobřišnice.

Odkazy

Reference

Literatura
 Constantin von Wurzbach: Egghard, Julius. In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich. 4. Theil. Verlag der typogr.-literar.-artist. Anstalt (L. C. Zamarski, C. Dittmarsch & Comp.), Wien 1858, S. 3 (Digitalisat).
 Monika Kornberger: Egghard, Familie. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon. Online-Ausgabe, Wien 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5; Druckausgabe: Band 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien 2002, ISBN 3-7001-3043-0.

Externí odkazy

Muži
Úmrtí v roce 1867
Narození v roce 1834
Hudebníci z Vídně
Skladatelé romantismu
Rakouští hudební skladatelé
Klasičtí klavíristé

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text: Q: Converting url to a unique integer I am planning to fetch string objects from many rss sources. I run into an issue that there is not any id in many of them. Thus, I thought converting their url into a unique number would be a solution. Because if I keep them in string, it would be heavy task to query string values with mysql. What is the best way to take for that?  Is md5() good for that?