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NFL 2020 Divisional Round: Buccaneers at Saints
January 15, 2021 January 15, 2021 ~ scottkacsmar
The New Orleans Saints hope to extend Drew Brees' career at least another week by completing the season sweep of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
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Buccaneers at Saints (-3)
Let's get the 3-0 sweep part out of the way first with New Orleans looking to put the cherry on top of their 34-23 win in Week 1 and 38-3 win in Week 9 over Tampa Bay this season.
Going for the 3-0 Sweep
Yes, it is hard to beat a playoff team three times in one season. Beating a playoff team once is usually harder than average, and then to do it three times to a team that has to come from your division, who knows you so well, is certainly a tough task.
But the only time we ever talk about this is when a team has already won the first two games. By the playoffs, the brooms are already two-thirds of the way out.
Since the merger, a team has gone for the three-game sweep 21 times and is 14-7 at pulling it off. The sweep happens two-thirds of the time. It just so happens that the 2017 Saints are the last team to pull it off against Carolina, winning the NFC wild card game 31-26.
That was a good playoff win for the 2017 Saints when you consider that the home team is 1-5 in the last six playoff games between division rivals regardless of how the regular season series went. As we just saw with the Steelers-Browns in Week 17 and the wild card round, these rematches can look dramatically different, so the Saints cannot take too much faith in Week 9's 38-3 obliteration of Tampa Bay.
Some other facts from this table:
The 2020 Saints outscored Tampa Bay by 46 points so far, the largest scoring differential for all 22 series.
The three teams with the largest scoring differential before the Saints went 0-3 in the playoffs: 1989 Oilers vs. Steelers (+34), 1994 Vikings vs. Bears (+34), and 1998 Cowboys vs. Cardinals (+35).
Those same three teams all happened to have the largest Game 1 margin of victory, winning Game 1 by 27+ points, only winning Game 2 by 6-7 points, and then 0-3 in the playoffs.
It would appear dominating the earliest matchup in the season has less relevancy for the playoffs.
The three teams who won Game 2 by 17+ points were 3-0 in the playoffs with a double-digit win each time (1999 TEN-JAX, 2000 NYG-PHI, 2009 DAL-PHI).
New Orleans' 38-3 win in Game 2 over Tampa Bay is the largest margin of victory in any of the 65 games in the chart.
The only three teams before the 2020 Saints to win both games by double digits were 2-1 in the playoffs with wins for 2000 Giants-Eagles and 2017 Saints-Panthers and a loss for the 2007 Cowboys-Giants.
The 2-0 team is 7-5 in the wild card round, 3-1 in the divisional round, and 4-1 in the conference championship.
Basically, the only example that really compares to what Tampa Bay is trying to do here is the 2007 Cowboys-Giants. That's the only one where a team lost both games by double digits before winning on the road in the playoffs. That's also the only one where the 0-2 road team won after the wild card round. When the 1983 Seahawks lost to the Raiders in the AFC Championship Game, that game was played in Los Angeles because the Raiders (12-4) were a better team than Seattle (9-7), which just happened to get the best of them in the regular season before upsetting a rookie Dan Marino as well in the divisional round that year.
New Orleans having a home letdown in the playoffs wouldn't be a new story, but the Saints are better than the Buccaneers.
Or are they?
So Which Team Is Better?
Thanks a lot, COVID-19, for this weird season. The Steelers were the last unbeaten at 11-0 and led the league in scoring differential for a while until falling off hard. Baltimore finished No. 1 in scoring differential despite only going 11-5 and No. 7 in DVOA (but No. 3 in SRS at Pro Football Reference). The Chiefs had the best record locked up with 14 wins before resting starters and getting their ass pointlessly kicked by the Chargers, so they finished 6th in DVOA, 6th in SRS, and not even in the top five for points scored. Green Bay scored the most points but finished No. 5 in SRS and No. 3 in DVOA. Buffalo is basically the Josh Allen cautious wave meme here, just chilling in the crowd.
Yet the place where DVOA and SRS seem to agree this season is that the Saints are No. 1 and the Buccaneers are No. 2, and the margin between the two isn't that great despite the scoreboard difference in their first two meetings this season.
Frankly, I don't know what to make of these numbers. I wish I had a better explanation for what the advanced stats sees in the Saints and Bucs this year. I think the Chiefs and Packers are more reliable to score points and win games this season. I think the Ravens are scarier to play than the Bucs or Saints. I think the 13-3 Bills, who have one loss on a Hail Mary and another to the Chiefs, have played better football than those teams as well this year.
Here are some things I do know the Saints and Buccaneers share in common this season:
Both lost to the Chiefs by three points after trailing by 14+ points.
Both had a 17-point comeback win in October over the Chargers, who hand those out as freely as mints on hotel pillows.
Both swept the Falcons and Panthers, who couldn't win a close game to save their lives.
Both helped put the Vikings out of their misery in December. Alvin Kamara scored six touchdowns and it felt like Dan Bailey missed six kicks when he played Tampa Bay.
Both got to play in arguably the two biggest COVID farces of 2020: Saints beat Denver 31-3 after the Broncos were told the day before the game that none of their quarterbacks were eligible to play. They had to start a practice squad wide receiver at quarterback and completed one pass. The Buccaneers destroyed a Detroit team 47-7 in Week 16 after much of the coaching staff was out for COVID on short notice. It got so bad that Blaine Gabbert came in the third quarter and still threw two touchdowns on his first six throws.
Tampa Bay also sort of won in Denver without facing a quarterback when the Broncos played Jeff Driskel and Brett Rypien in Week 3.
Both beat a cupcake in the NFC wild card after the Buccaneers drew the 7-9 Washington No Names with MAGA Heinicke pulling out a 300-yard game on them, and the Saints jogged through a 21-9 win over Mitchell Trubisky and the 8-8 Bears.
Where did the Buccaneers and Saints differ this year?
New Orleans lost in the Raiders' first game in Las Vegas while the Buccaneers pulled away late in a 45-20 win.
The Saints beat the Bears in overtime while Tampa Bay lost to Nick Foles in October.
Tampa Bay destroyed Green Bay's No. 1 offense in a 38-10 victory while the Saints lost 37-30 at home following some Taysom Hill Hijinks.
And isn't that always the difference this year when we talk about Tampa Bay? It's that 38-10 Green Bay game, Tampa Bay's only win against a team with a winning record. Otherwise, they are 0-4 against the Saints, Chiefs, and Rams, and even lost to the 8-8 Bears. The once 0-13 Jets still have more wins (two) against winning teams this year than the Buccaneers (one).
That is why Tampa Bay feels like such a paper tiger to me this year. They fatten their stats, especially on offense, in recent weeks against the Falcons (twice) and Lions, and then they draw a Jack Del Rio defense in the playoffs. Tom Brady has destroyed Del Rio his whole career and last week was more of the same with Washington leaving receivers wide open and getting minimal pressure.
So is Tampa now peaking, or is it just heavily related to the opponents? When they last played legitimate playoff teams in the Rams and Chiefs, they lost 27-24 at home in both games, outgained and outplayed.
For a team with some gaudy stats, the Buccaneers have had a lot of rough patches this season, rarely able to put in a complete game effort until recent weeks. In fact, the Buccaneers have five games this season where they trailed by at least 17 points, something Brady rarely experienced in New England.
Tom Brady – Games trailing by 17+ points
2001 – 1
2002 – 5 [9-7, missed playoffs]
2005 – 5 [10-6, 1-1 in playoffs]
2020 – 5 https://t.co/PeohTCZLvM
They were able to come back and beat the Falcons and Chargers, because of course they were. That's what those teams do. But Tampa didn't beat the Chiefs or Saints in the other three games. Tampa Bay has trailed by 17+ in more games this season than the Packers, Chiefs, Bills, and Ravens combined as those teams have one game each. The Saints have two, and the Rams and Browns have three each.
This got me curious. How many games would you expect a legitimate Super Bowl team to fall behind by at least 17 points during a season? So I dug out the answer back to 1994, the start of the salary cap and two-point conversion era. As it turns out, Tampa Bay would be the highest.
The Super Bowl winner averages 1.4 such games a season and the Super Bowl loser averages 2.0 games a season.
No Super Bowl teams since the 2009 Colts and Saints have had more than two three-score deficits in the regular season. Even that's misleading as both teams rested their starters in Week 17 to tally a third. The 2012 49ers actually had two in a row in the playoffs, but came back to beat the Falcons (duh) before losing to the Ravens in the Super Bowl. The 1994 Chargers, 1998 Falcons, 2000 Giants, 2002 Raiders, 2010 Steelers, and 2013 Broncos also had their last one of the season in the Super Bowl loss.
The only Super Bowl winner with a legitimate three games of trailing by 17+ is the 2007 Giants, which might not surprise you. The 2011 Giants played high-scoring, close games, but the 2007 Giants got their ass kicked a few times. Funny how this is the second time we're bringing them up as the hopeful comparison for a Brady team since his 2007 Patriots are responsible for those Giants' spot in lore.
The 2006 Colts, 2016 Patriots, and 2019 Chiefs are the only teams to win a Super Bowl after trailing by 15+ points in the playoffs. That is true for all time and not just since 1994. You know which games…
Green Bay may very well be the next challenge for the winner of this game, but for this week, it comes back to the crowning achievement of New Orleans' season to this point: sweeping Tampa Bay.
Third Time the Charm?
If anything, the Saints should be expected to pull off this sweep, and FiveThirtyEight actually has them at 71% to win with an Elo point spread of -6 instead of the game's -3 spread.
Yet why do I have this terrible feeling that Brees will have to go out having one postseason (2009) in his career with multiple wins?
Oh yeah, it's the playoffs, and the rationing of luck among Tom Brady and every other great quarterback of this generation feels like this:
I bitch about Brady getting multiple chances to lead one late scoring drive to win a game. Now he's getting a third chance to beat the Saints one time, and it may come in the way that I have dreaded since the 2018 season.
Sean Payton, here's your opportunity to hand Brady a playoff win after going to Taysom Hill with the game on the line. Please don't use it.
Might actually shed tears when Taysom Hill throws a game-ending INT in the playoffs while Brees is lined up at WR, staring in disbelief.
— Scott Kacsmar (@ScottKacsmar) October 29, 2018
First thought: Saints should be playing tonight, but I'm glad they're not. Main reason: I don't want to see Sean Payton hand NE a ring because he called some Taysom Hill 4th-and-1 PA pass to Zach Line BS instead of the Brees sneak-dive to win the game.
— Scott Kacsmar (@ScottKacsmar) February 3, 2019
It's 5:30 AM on Tuesday and it just hit me that Drew Brees' career is about to end on Sunday and Tom Brady will advance in the playoffs just because Taysom Hill will turn the ball over in crunch time on the dumbest call of the season. pic.twitter.com/fPQ9bpHHYg
— Scott Kacsmar (@ScottKacsmar) January 12, 2021
Jokes aside, thirteen months ago, I wrote about the lack of luck Brees has had in his career, especially in comparison to Brady. I pointed out how just five plays in his career that had nothing to do with him could have drastically altered things to the point where he might be 5-0 in Super Bowls, with a few wins over Brady himself, and going for a sixth ring this year.
Instead, Brees is 9-8 in the playoffs, meeting Brady there for the first time, and it's probably his last game ever if he loses it. Even with a win on Sunday, there will always be some disappointment there.
So what can change from the first two meetings? I watched them both live and the Saints were absolutely the better team. I was behind the argument that Week 1 wasn't that telling with Brady making his Tampa Bay debut after no real offseason or preseason. Brees and the offense actually weren't that great at all in that matchup either. He struggled to move the ball too, but Brady threw a pick-six and struggled after the opening drive.
Flash forward to Week 9. The Saints were grinding out close wins against so-so teams. The Buccaneers were a few weeks removed from 38-10. They just activated Antonio Brown, because god knows you have to give the GOAT four different 1,300-yard receivers to make this offense shine. I picked the Buccaneers to win that rematch, and I couldn't have been any more wrong.
That 38-3 game was the most one-sided domination I watched this season. It was about as perfect a game as you can have on offense and defense. Brady wasn't able to complete passes, he started throwing interceptions, the Saints were getting anything they wanted on offense. Only some mistakes by Jared Cook kept that from being 45-0 at halftime. Tampa had to kick a cheap field goal late to avoid the shutout. The Buccaneers set an NFL record with only five rushing attempts. It was incredible.
But now, what changes this week?
Brees had his rib injury start in the Tampa Bay game. He missed four games, but he's about to make his fifth start in a row. He had that really rough start against the Chiefs before finding his way back later in the game. In the last three weeks, he's pretty much back to where he was, leading an effective offense again that is finally healthy with Alvin Kamara, Michael Thomas, and Emmanuel Sanders ready to play. The funny thing is with all those guys together, the Saints went to Deonte Harris for seven catches and 83 yards against the Bears on Sunday. Was that a way to not show their hand to Tampa Bay about what they might do with their normal offense in a third matchup this week? It was interesting and Harris looked good after doing almost nothing this season.
The Saints can score on this defense, but we know Todd Bowles loves to blitz. Brees faced his highest blitz count in the two Tampa games this year. He was sacked once in each game and hasn't had a pressure rate above 23% in any game this season according to Pro Football Reference.
For Brady and the Bucs, can the Saints get to him again? They sacked him three times in both games and had a season-high 36.6% pressure rate in the 38-3 game. The Buccaneers usually protect well but have not done so against the Saints yet. Brady has also thrown five of his 12 interceptions this season against New Orleans.
While the argument of Week 1 rust didn't work out for Tampa Bay last time, could the argument of Antonio Brown's progress work this time? His first game was 38-3 and clearly it took some time for them to figure this offense out. Brown took Scotty Miller's snaps after Miller started the season so well with making deep catches. Brown didn't seem to click until he caught a touchdown bomb to beat the Falcons (of course) in Week 15. He has now scored in four straight games and looks more like the receiver we're familiar with.
Brown's impact could be huge if Mike Evans has his usual disappearing act in the Superdome. Evans has four games in his career with fewer than 10 receiving yards. Three of them are in New Orleans, including 2 yards in Week 1. He also had a 1-of-6 game with 13 yards in 2017. When you stack that many bad games against an opponent, it can't just be a coincidence. This looks good for corner Marshon Lattimore, but he can only guard one guy. The Buccaneers still have Brown, Chris Godwin, Gronk, Miller, and even Cameron Brate reminded us he's still there with 80 yards against Washington last week.
This offense just has too many weapons, and if they would ever play to their full potential, this team could go the distance. But they have to get over their biggest hump so far this year. Does Brees finally have a defense to rally around him and prevent his retirement before another ring? The Saints did not allow a 300-yard passer this season and are one of three defenses in 2020 (Rams and Steelers) to allow fewer than 275 net passing yards in all 17 games. That hasn't been done since the 2006 Colts did not allow 250 net passing yards in a record all 20 of their games on their way to a Super Bowl win. Even though you can run on that team, which you usually can't on these Saints, I am a bit shocked I only discovered this stat on January 15, 2021.
Nostalgia aside…
I hate to say it, but part of me expects Payton to do something really stupid in this game that gives Tampa Bay the edge. Don't forget Bruce Arians is 32-26-1 (.551) in 4QC/GWD opportunities, so he's had his own magic beans produce good luck over the years. Only Mike Vrabel (14-10) has a better record among active coaches.
If not Payton, could it be the refs again with the Saints in the playoffs? It blows my mind that the NFL tried one season of making pass interference reviewable, ditched it, but left nothing in place to prevent the same egregious, game-deciding call happen again at the end of a playoff game like that no-call in the 2018 NFC Championship Game. You don't want to make PI challengeable? Fine. But at least make it subject to review by the replay system in the final two minutes of the game so we don't see the same damn mistake again.
Not to make Saints fans more scared, but your defense now leads the league with 19 pass interference penalties this season. Tampa Bay set a record this year by being the beneficiary of 24 DPI flags. Do you see where this is going?
Do you believe my final score is legit or just another reverse jinx? I guess we'll have to find out Sunday evening. Maybe even sooner, because if the Rams upset the Packers on Saturday, then you know which lucky bastard is going to the Super Bowl again. Bet accordingly.
Final: Buccaneers 28, Saints 24
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The Cowboys' Brett Maher is set to remain a solid player for the 49ers despite the playoff collapse. The insurance team reportedly added
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the Dallas Cowboys Play a near perfect match against Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Monday; Well, except for one player. Brett Maher suffered a complete meltdown one night as he missed four extra points, going 1-for-5 in the Cowboys' 31-14 win.
Not only was the performance bad, it was historically bad. With the four errors, Maher became the first player in NFL history to miss four extra points in a game.
With each miss, it was clear that the Cowboys were getting more and more frustrated with him on the sidelines. By the time he missed his third kick, Dak Prescott was sulking while Peyton and Eli Manning looked in shock.
It seems that Maher has caught a state of prophecies. Not only did he miss his first four attempts against the Pirates, but he missed his only attempt in Week 18, bringing his streak of consecutive misses to five. However, that streak ended in the fourth quarter on Monday when Maher finally hit an extra point, prompting a loud cheer from the crowd at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa.
Despite Maher's historic playoff collapse, the Cowboys plan to stick with him for the divisional playoff round game against 49ers.
"I believe in hot hand, and I definitely believe in points," said special teams coordinator John Vassell. via ESPN. "You know, sometimes you wonder how you get into the tee, sometimes you wonder how you get back into the hot hand. I think he keeps going to the goal line and shooting that thing. We missed a couple of free throws." [Monday] …he had a hot hand. Let's face it, he just missed it [six] kicks all season. Orgasm happens, so I expect a hot hand to come."
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Dallas adds some insurance, however, with NFL Media Reports They plan to sign Tristan Vizcaino to the training squad, pending a physical. Vizcaino, 26, kicked L.A Arizona Cardinals This season with Matt Prater off the field. In Week 10 against the Los Angeles Rams, he made his field goals and all three extra points. Then join New England Patriotswhere he served as the starting man in Weeks 13 and 16.
In 2018, an undrafted free agent, Vizcaino made 11 of his 12 field goals (47 long) but only 15 of his 20 extra points. Still, don't expect Vizcaino to see the field unless Maher continues to struggle. .
"We need to get him ready to go [for San Francisco]Coach Mike McCarthy added, via NBCDWF. "We need him. He's been great for us all year."
Maher also seems to have the support of his teammates.
One particularly supportive teammate was Dak Prescott.
"I'm a big fan of Money Maher," Prescott said He said after winning. "I spoke to him one-on-one after the game, and I just said, 'Let this go, we're going to need him' I just played like s–a week ago, so that happened. So I mean that happens. Knowing what this guy did, with the resilience he showed throughout his life Professional. Personally, there is no doubt that he will come back, be perfect and help us win."
The Cowboys kicker struggled for extra points at times during the regular season, but it didn't get that bad. Through the 2022 season, he racked up 50 of his 53 extra points, which was good for a 94.3% conversion rate that ranks 22nd for any kicker who has attempted 15 or more extra points.
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Although he couldn't hit shortstop on Monday, Maher appeared several times throughout the year and had no problem hitting long runs for the Cowboys. Not only has he gone 9 of 11 of 50 yards or more in 2022, but he's also Holds the NFL record for most field goals 60 yards or more with four. It's the short stuff that was annoying.
Since the extra point was moved to 33 yards in 2015, some kickers have struggled, but never quite as Maher did Monday night. As a matter of fact, only one other player has missed three extra points in a game over the past seven years and that was Matt Jay, who went 2-for-5 while playing for the Buccaneers in a 35-22 win over hawk In November 2019 (Gay is now playing at rams).
Besides Jay and Maher, you have to go back to 1993 to find a game where a kicker missed three extra points (Roger Ruzek did it while playing for the team. the Eagles), but no one else missed four.
The upside for the Cowboys is that Maher was the only player who really struggled during Dallas' 31-14 win. The Cowboys destroyed the Buccaneers thanks in large part to the historic big game from Dak Prescott, who scored a franchise record with five total touchdowns.
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Q: Wrong logical result when asking substring in string (python) I know it should be a very simple matter, but i'm a bit confused.
I have string:
string="Facebook Posts"

If i ask:
("IG" and "Post") in string

The result is True. How's that? I'm expecting False.

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Grandma Rolling In The Grave, Quite Literally?
It's not every day you send dear old grandma rolling in her grave -- but one family brawl nearly sent her spinning out of her casket.
SF Gate reports an argument between a brother and sister at their mom's funeral morphed into an all-out war involving 20 people and a car that careened across the graveyard.
The incident happened at the Rolling Hills Memorial Park in Richmond, California. Sgt. Aaron Pomeroy said a brother and sister who have been in a feud that goes back many years chaotic altercation. The sister's boyfriend tried taking the woman away, but the brother wasn't ready to end things. "The brother started beating on the boyfriend, and that's when it escalated, and it became a brawl and we started to get calls." said Pomeroy.
About 20 different family members became involved in the brawl, which ended after the 36-year-old brother jumped into his car, allegedly to try to run over his sister. He knocked over and damaged headstones as he drove over the grass and even broke a water main that flooded his mother's plot -- overall causing $20,000 in damages.
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Q: Difference with cout and printf while multithreading in c++ Some background:
I have a c++ program that is multithreaded using pthreads. The program is a hotel reservation system, with 10 guests (each their own thread), a check-in desk (1 thread) and a check-out desk (1 thread). There are only 5 rooms in the hotel that a guest can be in. I am using semaphores to enforce mutual exclusion and event ordering in this program.
Question:
here is my code (Just parts that are needed...)
sem_init(&openRooms, 0, 5);

sem_wait(&openRooms);   //waits for there to be an open room at the hotel

cout << "Guest " << guestNumber << " waits for check-in." << endl;

sem_wait(&checkInLine); //waits for an open spot at the check-in desk

There are 5 guests that are able to be in the hotel at a time, because there are 5 rooms. When I run the program, I get the output (or something like...)
Guest Guest Guest Guest 24 waits for check-in. waits for check-in.1 waits for check-in.
3 waits for check-in.

It seems that cout is letting multiple prints be run at the same time, which is why "Guest" is printed multiple times in a row.
I have tried doing this with printf, and the same issue doesn't happen. The entire statement is printed before another thread can print the statement.
sem_wait(&checkInSt); //Only one person at check in receptionist at a time
printf("Guest %ld goes to the check-in receptionist.\n", my_rank);
currentThreadIn = my_rank; //Rank for receptionist to use in room assignment

Output:
Guest 1 waits for check in.
Guest 3 waits for check in.
Guest 2 waits for check in.
Guest 4 waits for check in.
Guest 0 waits for check in.

Why does this happen? Is there some sort of bugger that cout uses? Additionally, is there any way to avoid this using cout? I could use an additional semaphore to ensure that the cout statement prints before another can print, but I'm looking for a way without using that additional semaphore

A: printf("Guest %ld goes to the check-in receptionist.\n", my_rank);

When you use printf, your string is formatted into an internal buffer and then output to the console in a single operation ("Guest 2 waits for check-in.").
cout << "Guest " << guestNumber << " waits for check-in." << endl;

When you use cout, your string is output to the console in multiple parts - "Guest", followed by guestNumber, followed by " waits for check-in.", followed by endl. This is because each call to the << operator takes place as if it were a separate function call (it returns a reference to the same cout object for the next call to use).
So although writing to the console itself is thread-safe and atomic, in the cout case it's only atomic for each separate sub-string.
The solution if you don't want to use printf would be to a) use a semaphore or other locking mechanism, or b) format the text before printing it using stringstream, and then output it as a single string.

A: The same results are also found by me. Printf always works. I don't think there is any way to make cout "thread safe" unless you make a lock. If you have to use stream to deal with strings, consider the following code:
ss << "Hello World! Thread ID, " << tid << endl;
printf("%s",ss.str().c_str());


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*Last generated on: 2022-09-07* (YYYY-MM-DD)

This file contains the evaluation results for all converters in table format.

See [models_test_main.py](../tests/models_test_main.py) for instructions on how to
regenerate this table.

See [Description of Converters](#description-of-converters) below for more
details on the different converters.

## Summary Table

| Example | jax2tf_xla | jax2tf_noxla | jax2tfjs | jax2tflite | jax2tflite+flex |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| flax/actor_critic | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES |
| flax/bilstm | YES | YES | YES | [NO](#example-flaxbilstm--converter-jax2tflite) |  [NO](#example-flaxbilstm--converter-jax2tfliteflex) |
| flax/resnet50 | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES |
| flax/seq2seq | YES | YES | [NO](#example-flaxseq2seq--converter-jax2tfjs) |  [NO](#example-flaxseq2seq--converter-jax2tflite) |  YES |
| flax/lm1b | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES |
| flax/nlp_seq | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES |
| flax/wmt | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES |
| flax/vae | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES |

## Errors

## `flax/actor_critic`
## `flax/bilstm`
### Example: `flax/bilstm` | Converter: `jax2tflite`
```
Conversion error
Some ops are not supported by the native TFLite runtime
	tf.Abs(tensor<2xi32>) -> (tensor<2xi32>) : {device = ""}
	tf.Sign(tensor<2xi32>) -> (tensor<2xi32>) : {device = ""}
```
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### Example: `flax/bilstm` | Converter: `jax2tflite+flex`
```
RuntimeError('tensorflow/lite/kernels/concatenation.cc:158 t->dims->data[d] != t0->dims->data[d] (3 != 1)Node number 11 (CONCATENATION) failed to prepare.Node number 32 (WHILE) failed to invoke.')
```
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## `flax/resnet50`
## `flax/seq2seq`
### Example: `flax/seq2seq` | Converter: `jax2tfjs`
```
Conversion error
ValueError('Unsupported Ops in the model before optimization
BitwiseXor, RightShift, Bitcast, BitwiseOr, BitwiseAnd, LeftShift')
```
[Back to top](#summary-table)

### Example: `flax/seq2seq` | Converter: `jax2tflite`
```
Conversion error
Some ops are not supported by the native TFLite runtime
	tf.Bitcast(tensor<1x4xui32>) -> (tensor<1x4xf32>) : {device = ""}
	tf.BitwiseOr(tensor<1x4xui32>, tensor<ui32>) -> (tensor<1x4xui32>) : {device = ""}
	tf.BitwiseOr(tensor<1xui32>, tensor<1xui32>) -> (tensor<1xui32>) : {device = ""}
	tf.BitwiseOr(tensor<2xui32>, tensor<2xui32>) -> (tensor<2xui32>) : {device = ""}
	tf.BitwiseXor(tensor<1xui32>, tensor<1xui32>) -> (tensor<1xui32>) : {device = ""}
	tf.BitwiseXor(tensor<2xui32>, tensor<2xui32>) -> (tensor<2xui32>) : {device = ""}
	tf.BitwiseXor(tensor<ui32>, tensor<ui32>) -> (tensor<ui32>) : {device = ""}
	tf.ConcatV2(tensor<1xui32>, tensor<1xui32>, tensor<i32>) -> (tensor<2xui32>)
	tf.ConcatV2(tensor<2xui32>, tensor<2xui32>, tensor<i32>) -> (tensor<4xui32>) : {device = ""}
	tf.LeftShift(tensor<1xui32>, tensor<ui32>) -> (tensor<1xui32>) : {device = ""}
	tf.LeftShift(tensor<2xui32>, tensor<ui32>) -> (tensor<2xui32>) : {device = ""}
	tf.Pack(tensor<ui32>, tensor<ui32>) -> (tensor<2xui32>) : {axis = 0 : i64}
	tf.RightShift(tensor<1x4xui32>, tensor<ui32>) -> (tensor<1x4xui32>) : {device = ""}
	tf.RightShift(tensor<1xui32>, tensor<ui32>) -> (tensor<1xui32>) : {device = ""}
	tf.RightShift(tensor<2xui32>, tensor<ui32>) -> (tensor<2xui32>) : {device = ""}
	tf.SelectV2(tensor<i1>, tensor<1x4xui32>, tensor<1x4xui32>) -> (tensor<1x4xui32>) : {device = ""}
	tf.SelectV2(tensor<i1>, tensor<1xui32>, tensor<1xui32>) -> (tensor<1xui32>) : {device = ""}
	tf.SelectV2(tensor<i1>, tensor<2xui32>, tensor<2xui32>) -> (tensor<2xui32>) : {device = ""}
	tf.Slice(tensor<1x2xui32>, tensor<2xi32>, tensor<2xi32>) -> (tensor<1x2xui32>) : {device = ""}
	tf.StridedSlice(tensor<2xui32>, tensor<1xi32>, tensor<1xi32>, tensor<1xi32>) -> (tensor<1xui32>) : {begin_mask = 0 : i64, device = "", ellipsis_mask = 0 : i64, end_mask = 0 : i64, new_axis_mask = 0 : i64, shrink_axis_mask = 0 : i64}
```
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## `flax/lm1b`
## `flax/nlp_seq`
## `flax/wmt`
## `flax/vae`

## Description of Converters

Below is a description of all converters that can be found in
[converters.py](converters.py).

### `jax2tf_xla`

This converter simply converts a the forward function of a JAX model to a
Tensorflow function with XLA support linked in. This is considered the baseline
converter and has the largest coverage, because we expect nearly all ops to be
convertible. However, please see
[jax2tf Known Issue](https://github.com/google/jax/tree/main/jax/experimental/jax2tf#known-issues)
for a list of known problems.

### `jax2tf_noxla`

This converter converts a JAX model to a Tensorflow function without XLA
support. This means the Tensorflow XLA ops aren't used. See
[here](https://github.com/google/jax/tree/main/jax/experimental/jax2tf#tensorflow-xla-ops)
for more details.

### `jax2tfjs`

This converter first converts a JAX model to TF SavedModel format without XLA
support. After that, it converts the SavedModel to TensorFlow.js using the
[TF.js converter](https://github.com/tensorflow/tfjs/tree/master/tfjs-converter#calling-a-converter-function-in-python-flaxjax).

### `jax2tflite`

This converter first converts a JAX model to TF SavedModel format without XLA
support. After that, it converts the SavedModel to TFLite using the
[TFLite converter](https://www.tensorflow.org/lite/convert).

### `jax2tflite+flex`

This is similar to the `jax2tflite` path, but then links in the Select ops. See
[here](https://www.tensorflow.org/lite/guide/ops_select) for more details.

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The POD Complete mobile application (available for Android and iOS) allows drivers to use their cell phone to update their own dispatches in your company database in real time. This includes the ability to capture and upload PODs and other essential documentation. It can help reduce the workload of your Dispatchers, improve status tracking on your loads, and allow you to more quickly move from completing a delivery to invoicing your Customers.
In order to make use of the POD complete app, you will first need to set up SMS in Tailwind. If you have not configured the SMS tool, you will not be able to receive notifications and images from your drivers, even if they have the app installed.
The application can be made available to any Personnel record that has been set as a Driver in the system. The record must also contain a valid Cell Phone number, entered in the 'Cell Phone' field in the General tab of the record.
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Once a driver has been registered to use the application, two new buttons will appear at the top of the record: the 'Disable Driver' button will remove the driver's access to the application, while the 'Reset Driver Password' button will allow you change the password the driver uses to access the app.
Using the application, your Drivers will be able to mark each location on a Dispatch as 'arrived' and 'departed', to keep the system up to date on their progress through the route plan. This is exactly the same as if you opened a Dispatch and set the Arrived/Departed flags yourself.
The Driver also has the option to capture an image of a POD or other documentation. When they do so, the image will be uploaded and automatically attached to a POD Note on the related Order. This will allow you to easily include it when sending out Invoices to the Customer in question.
They can also capture a generic image at any Location. This is intended to be used to either capture miscellaneous documentation or any visual information – such as the state of damaged goods – that might be important to record on the Order. These images will also appear as attachments on the Order.
This tutorial video is available from inside the application, and demonstrates the basic process of installing and using the application. Taking a few minutes to watch the video will make it much easier for you to assist any of your drivers who are having trouble figuring out the app.
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Overview: Correspondence, diaries, bills, receipts, legal papers, genealogical notes, and miscellanea concerning the Allis family of New Haven, Connecticut, and members of the Colton, Stockbridge, and Foote families, 1840-1895.
Alsop family papers
Overview: The papers consist of correspondence, legal papers, diaries, estate records, account books, notebooks, deeds, and miscellanea of the Alsop family of Middletown, Connecticut. Several generations of family members are represented in the papers including: Joseph Wright Alsop (1772-1844), Joseph Wright Alsop (1804-1878), Joseph Wright Alsop (1838-1891), Joseph Wright Alsop (1876-1953), Mary Alsop Oliver Alsop (1815-1893), Richard Alsop (1726-1776), Richard Alsop (1789-1842), Charles Richard Alsop...
American Indian collection
Overview: An artificial collection of correspondence, writings, photographs, and miscellanea relating to American Indians, including the Mohegan Indians of Connecticut, 1740-1750. Other items include an Iroquois language dictionary and essays such as "Geronimo and His Band in Exile," by Marion E. Stephens, "The Indian River Village Site, Milford, Connecticut," and a narrative on Joseph Morgan Wilcox.
American Revolutionary War collection
Overview: An artificial collection of correspondence, payrolls, pay tables, receipts, commissions, and miscellanea including documents from Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, and South Carolina military forces.
Thomas W. Amsden Archives
Call Number: IPAR.001050
Overview: The archives of Thomas W. Amsden including maps, field notes and photographs. These focus on his 1947 Yale dissertation, "Stratigraphy and paleontology of the Brownsport Silurian of western Tennessee."
Found in: Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History
William Henry Anderson correspondence regarding the Crocodile Club
Overview: This collection comprises eleven letters from 1856 to 1858 sent by Yale College student William Henry Anderson to his parents, Francis D. and Jane Anderson. Much of the correspondence is concerned with the events of February 9, 1858, when Anderson and fellow members of the Yale student organization, the Crocodile Club, got into an argument with a group of New Haven firemen outside their firehouse. The argument escalated and an unknown person among the Yale students fired two bullets. One of...
Ethan Allen Andrews family papers
Overview: Essentially a collection of over 200 letters written between 1837 and 1852 by Ethan Allen Andrews and his wife, Lucy Cowles Andrews, to their son, Horace. Ethan Allen Andrews (1787-1858) was an educatior who wrote a successful series of Latin textbooks, was active in Connecticut politics and public affairs, and also managed a farm in New Britain. The letters begin upon Horace's entrance to Yale College and in addition to parental advice contain progress reports from Ethan Allen Andrews on his...
James Rowland Angell personal papers
Call Number: MS 2
Overview: Correspondence, which makes up the bulk of the papers, together with writings, speeches, reports, printed matter and photographs. The family correspondence contains a long series of letters (1890-1894) from Marion Isabel Watrous before her marriage to Angell in 1894. Prominent among his professional correspondents are Charles Bakewell, John Dewey, William James, A.H. Pierce and George Dudley Seymour. Also included are papers relating to Angell's inauguration as president of Yale University and...
Michael Antisdale and Mark R. Melanson Papers
Overview: Michael Antisdale and Mark Melanson, a gay couple, sued the town of West Hartford in 1998 because the town pool only gave discounted "family" rates to heterosexual couples. Five other cohabitating, non-married couples later joined them in the suit. At the time, the town council was Republican in majority. The suit continued until Democrats came into the majority and settled the case in 2002, and the council revised the definition of "family" in West Hartford's recreational facilities policy to...
Dates: 1995-2003 and undated
Artspace records
Call Number: ART 36
Overview: The records document the activities of Artspace, a contemporary arts non-profit organization founded in 1984 and located in New Haven, Connecticut. The records primarily document Artspace's administrative history of fundraising, programming, and exhibitions including its annual open studios festival, its public art installations, and its annual benefit gala. Also included are materials related to Artspace's educations programs: Youthview, Summer Arts for Youth, and the Summer Apprenticeship...
Found in: Robert B. Haas Family Arts Library Special Collections
Association of Internes and Medical Students. Harvey Cushing Chapter Records
Call Number: Ms Coll 19
Overview: The Association of Internes and Medical Students (AIMS), which advocated for progressive causes such as national health insurance, was organized by medical school chapters. The Harvey Cushing Chapter was the Yale School of Medicine chapter. The collection contains correspondence, a report, and minutes of the chapter and material on national AIMS activities.
Morris Tyler family collection of John James Audubon
Call Number: GEN MSS 85
Overview: The Morris Tyler Family Collection of John James Audubon consists of correspondence of John James Audubon and members of his family, third party correspondence that relates to Audubon and his work, manuscripts by Audubon and others, and a small amount of family papers. Also included are research files about Audubon compiled by the Morris Tyler family, descendants of Audubon, and a nineteenth century autograph collection presumably amassed by a family member.The John James Audubon component...
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Henry Austin papers
Overview: The papers consist of architectural drawings and specifications for domestic, religious, and public buildings in New Haven, Connecticut, surrounding environs, and elsewhere. Included also are the architect's watercolor sketches of proposed buildings and two licenses to practice architecture (1864-1865.)
Backus family papers
Overview: The papers are composed of correspondence, legal and financial papers, and memorabilia of several descendants and relatives of Samuel (1693-1740) and Elizabeth Tracey Backus of Norwich, Connecticut. Papers of Samuel Backus's grandson James, his partner Rufus Backus, and James's brother-in-law Dudley Woodbridge concern mercantile establishments, commerce, and shipping in Norwich following the Revolutionary War. There is also correspondence between several family members of this generation, as...
Bacon-Schneeloch family papers
Overview: The papers consist of family correspondence, autograph albums, diaries, notebooks, financial records, photographs and memorabilia, principally of Leonard Woolsey Bacon, a physician, and of his first wife, Emma Waleska Schneeloch. The largest part of the papers is made up of Bacon's prescription books (1892-1937) containing diagnosis, prescriptions, and name, age and occupation for each patient. Also in the papers are the financial records of his practice (1907-1919) which, together with the...
Caleb Baldwin papers
Overview: Schoolmaster, postmaster and town clerk in Newtown, Connecticut. The papers relate to Baldwin's various occupations and consist largely of account books, legal documents and miscellaneous items recording, among others, the cost of education, charges for lots in the Burying Ground and aid to the poor. Of particular interest are two documents concerning slaves and one concerning an illegitimate child.
Baldwin family papers
Overview: The papers detail the personal lives and professional careers of several generations and family lines of the Baldwin family. The legal, political, and business activities of family members in Connecticut, New York, and elsewhere are documented. Major topics include: family, women, law, education, Connecticut and New York politics and government, New Haven, Connecticut, and Yale University.


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Yak's Inaugural Splendour Awards
Jackson Langford went uptown in the mud and dishes on the best of the best and worst of the worst.
Ahhh, Splendour in the Grass! That one glorious weekend north of Byron Bay that screws all students up because it's the weekend before uni goes back. Frankly, I'm still recovering from what is hands down the best music festival Australia has. But there were so many individual key players in making sure this festival was outstanding despite the ankle-deep mud, and key players that also detracted from it as well. Here are Yak's picks for the Splendour Awards (Splendys) for 2015
Best Headlining Act – Florence & The Machine
We're not sure if chance plays a part in this one. Blur just couldn't muster up a crowd as big as Florence, and it was pouring rain during Mark Ronson's set. In any case, once the donned-in-white siren fluttered out on to the stage, 30,000 punters lost their absolute shit. Her onstage persona is as booming as her voice, never shying away from crowd interaction (even dancing on stage with some drunk bloke from the audience rocking a wedding dress). Whether it be the stomping What Kind of Man, the deceivingly beautiful Sweet Nothing or the grandiose closer of Dog Days Are Over, this woman and her machine made sure that the Saturday shone as bright as her very star.
Best Australian Act – Tame Impala
"Kevin Parker is our lord and saviour," said the internet following their stellar Sunday set. Despite noticeable omissions of new classics Cause I'm a Man and Eventually, Kevin Parker and his boys took the stage for an hour of psychedelic, swaying goodness. The epic Let It Happen opened their set, getting everyone in the perfect mood for modern-day karaoke Feels Like We Only Go Backwards.
Rising Star – Tkay Maidza
Granted, the M.O.B rapper/singer's star has been rising for quite some time now, but I tell you she's destined for bloody greatness. She's a little firecracker with boundless energy, and the crowd completely fed off that at the absolutely chokkers Mix-Up Stage.
Best Blindside Act – Purity Ring
I daresay most punters would not have called Purity Ring to have one of the greatest sets of the entire festival, but anyone who saw their ridiculous light show accompany their thumping set that was banger after banger would have certainly changed their tune.
Best Song – Uptown Funk – Mark Ronson
There's no way anyone could say any different.
The "I feel really sorry for you right now" award – Blur
Blur were pegged as the headliner for the festival, and in many ways they still were. They were a giant slab of nostalgia packed into a 90-minute set and Damon Albarn rocked consistently from start to finish. To be honest, however, the crowd they pulled just didn't match the hype they have as a band. Sure, songs like Parklife and Girls Who Like Boys went off and I don't think I need to explain how phenomenal it was to see Song 2 live, but they were here in promotion of their new record, The Magic Whip, which I'm not sure many people listened to. Not to mention, when you have hot property like Carmada and Earl Sweatshirt clashing with your allotted set, I'm not sure what more you could expect.
Worst Sportsmanship – Azealia Banks
I'm not sure what's worse: the fact that Azealia Banks said the festival was a "waste of my f***ing time" or the fact that she said this and put on one of the most energetic and incomparable sets of the Saturday? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Biggest Yawn – Jarryd James
Not that his music is particularly energetic, but god damn it, James, I frankly expected more.
Best Food – Beatbox Kitchen
I can guarantee that if you ever venture to Melbourne and grab some fries with relish and mayo from this little joint, your life WILL change.
Most Worn Attire – The Tune Rag
Obviously gumboots were worn the most, but given the 4,000 or so times #splendourinthemud was hashtagged, I feel like everyone got the point. The tune rag, however, was also commonplace for the festival, with people holding up pieces of material that simply read TUNE when a killer song came on.
Biggest Disappointment – Anyone that was wearing a Native American headdress
To quote one dickhead: "some people are coming up to me and telling me it's racist."
Gee, I wonder why that is, son?
Image: Jackson Langford.
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Three Tibetan Buddhists travel through the Hunter
The Lost Londoner… There and Back Again
Karnivool set to hit Newcastle
By Chris Daniel
Groovin the who? An outsider's perspective


MIC. Web presence for newly launched London-based record label specialising in experimental house music. Deadlines for this were very tight. From initial mockups to going live was about three weeks. Taking cues from the monochromatic sleeve design, I stuck to the same palette for the site and accentuated the bold, confident logo to the fore. UI and site build were my main tasks.
Visit musicinspireschange.com to view the site.


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Elon Law legal services receives $1.2M from state
Elon Law's Emergency Legal Services program, a resource embedded in Alamance and Guilford counties' Family Justice Centers, has been renewed for two more years through a $1.2 million grant from the Governor's Crime Commission.
The program "has assisted thousands of women and children across Guilford and Alamance counties," Elon Law says, helping victims of domestic abuse, sexual violence and elder abuse with legal consultations, help with drafting complaints for restraining orders, and child custody issues.
Alamance County's Family Justice Center opened in 2010 in the county's renovated Department of Social Services building on Martin Street in Burlington. Five years later, Guilford County launched its own Family Justice Center on Greene Street downtown. A location opened in High Point in 2018.
Elon Law established its legal services program in both centers in 2016 when the Governor's Crime Commission awarded a startup grant of $1.3 million. The grants fund salaries and benefits for three intake attorneys, four contract attorneys, and an administrative assistant, plus various expenses related to professional development and office operation.
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The office market ended 2013 on a firm footing with occupancy rates, rents and capital values all higher than the year before, said property consultancy Colliers International.
The average monthly gross rent of Premium and Grade A office space in the Central Business District (CBD) climbed 2.2 per cent from the third quarter to reach $8.72 per sq ft at the end of December, the highest level in two years.
As a result, average monthly gross rents for Premium and Grade A office space in the CBD grew 2.9 per cent in 2013, a healthy turnaround after having contracted 6.9 per cent in 2012.
"The firming of demand resulted in a tighter leasing environment, which in turn enabled landlords to continue to revise their rental expectations upwards," noted Colliers' executive director of office services, Mr Marcus Loo.
"While most companies remain generally cautious on the outlook, there is an undertone of returned confidence amid strong occupancy levels across all micro-markets."
The micro-market of Raffles Place and the New Downtown, which includes Marina Bay, was particularly robust, with average monthly gross rents of Premium Grade office space in the area rising 3.8 per cent in the fourth quarter from the previous three months to $10.30 per sq ft.
The average occupancy rates for Premium Grade office space in the area also nudged up from 87 per cent in the third quarter to 87.5 per cent in the final quarter.
Overall, the average occupancy rate for Premium and Grade A office space in the CBD inched up by 0.4 percentage point from the third quarter to 93.9 per cent at the end of December.
The upturn in office rents lifted property yields and, in turn, provided landlords with more bargaining power to negotiate for a higher selling price, Colliers said.
The average capital value of Premium and Grade A office space in Raffles Place rose 1 per cent from the third to the fourth quarter to reach $2,667 per sq ft, while in the New Downtown, average capital value rose 0.2 per cent to $2,395 per sq ft.
This is the first time since the fourth quarter of 2011 that the average capital values of Premium and Grade A office space in these areas have recorded positive growth.
Colliers believes the office market will stay strong in 2014 as demand for space will be fuelled by more business activity.
"There is potential for rents to grow another 10 to 15 per cent in 2014," said Ms Chia Siew Chuin, Colliers' director of research and advisory.
Though there is a high stock of 230,000 sq ft of sub-lease space, Ms Chia said this is unlikely to be a dampener on the leasing market.
"This is because it arose largely as the result of space rationalisation from a myriad of industries, rather than the scaling down or cessation of businesses that are characteristics of a bear market. Improvement in business sentiments should ensure a steady absorption rate."


A boss fight from Guacamelee!, a game in the metroidvania genre, in which the player characters (the two characters in luchador outfits) must keep ahead of the giant rampaging creature (boss) on the left, while dodging obstacles and other enemies.
In video games, a boss is a significant computer-controlled enemy. A fight with a boss character is commonly referred to as a boss battle or boss fight. Boss battles are generally seen at a climax of a particular section of the game, usually at the end of a level or stage, or guarding a specific objective; the boss enemy is generally far stronger than the opponents the player has faced up to that point, and is usually faced solo. A miniboss is a boss weaker or less significant than the main boss in the same area or level.. A superboss is generally much more powerful than the bosses encountered as part of the main game's plot and often optional to encounter. A final boss is often the main antagonist of a game's story and the defeat of that character provides ultimate satisfaction to the game player.
For example, in a combat game all regular enemies might use pistols while the boss uses a machine gun.[not in citation given] A boss enemy is quite often larger in size than other enemies and the player character. At times, bosses are very hard, even impossible, to defeat without being adequately prepared and/or knowing the correct fighting approach. Bosses take strategy and special knowledge to defeat, such as how to attack weak points or avoid specific attacks.
Bosses are common in many genres of video games, but they are especially common in story-driven titles. RPGs, FPSs, platform games, and fighting games are particularly associated with boss battles. They may be less common in puzzle games, card video games, sports games, and simulation games. The first game to feature a boss fight was the 1975 RPG dnd. The concept has expanded to new genres, like rhythm games, where there may be a "boss song" that is more difficult.
The first interactive game to feature a boss was dnd, a 1975 role-playing video game for the PLATO system. One of the earliest dungeon crawls, dnd implemented many of the core concepts behind Dungeons & Dragons. The objective of the game is to retrieve an "Orb" from the bottommost dungeon. The orb is kept in a treasure room guarded by a high-level enemy named the Gold Dragon. Only by defeating the Dragon can the player claim the orb, complete the game, and be eligible to appear on the high score list.
A 1980 example is the fixed shooter Phoenix, wherein the player ship must fight a giant mothership in the fifth and final level.
Bosses are usually more difficult than regular enemies, can sustain more damage, and are generally found at the end of a level or area. While most games include a mixture of boss opponents and regular opponents, some games have only regular opponents and some games have only bosses (e.g. Shadow of the Colossus). Some bosses are encountered several times through a single game, typically with alternate attacks and a different strategy required to defeat it each time. A boss battle can also be made more challenging if the boss in question becomes progressively stronger and/or less vulnerable as their health decreases, requiring players to use different strategies to win. Some bosses may contain or be composed of smaller parts that can be destroyed by the player in battle, which may or may not grant an advantage. In games such as Doom and Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia, an enemy may be introduced via a boss battle, but later appear as a regular enemy, after the player has become stronger or had a chance to find more powerful weaponry.
Boss battles are typically seen as dramatic events. As such, they are usually characterized with unique music and cutscenes before and after the boss battle. Recurring bosses and final bosses may have their own specific theme music to distinguish them from other boss battles. This concept extends beyond combat-oriented video games. For example, a number of titles in the Dance Dance Revolution rhythm game series contain "boss songs" that are called "bosses" because they are exceptionally difficult to perform on.
A miniboss, also known as a "middle boss", "mid-boss", "half-boss", "sub-boss", or "semi-boss", is a boss weaker or less significant than the main boss in the same area or level. Some minibosses are stronger versions of regular enemies, as in the Kirby games. Other video game characters who usually take the role of a miniboss are the Koopalings (Super Mario series), Dark Link (The Legend of Zelda series), Vile (Mega Man X series), and Allen O'Neil (Metal Slug). There is also a subtype nicknamed the "Wolfpack Boss", for its similarity to a pack of wolves, often consisting of a group of strong normal enemies that are easy to defeat on their own, but a group of them can be as difficult as a boss battle.
A superboss is a type of boss most commonly found in role-playing video games. They are considered optional enemies, though optional bosses are not all superbosses and do not have to be defeated to complete the game. They are generally much more powerful than the bosses encountered as part of the main game's plot or quest, more difficult even than the final boss, and often the player is required to complete a sidequest or the entire game to fight the superboss. For example, in Final Fantasy VII, the player may choose to seek out and fight the Ruby and Emerald Weapons. Some superbosses will take the place of the final boss if certain requirements are met. This is common in fighting games such as Akuma in Super Street Fighter II Turbo. Some superbosses can also yield special items or skills that cannot be found any other way that can give a player a significant advantage during playthrough of the rest of the game, such as added experience or an extremely powerful weapon. For example, the "raid bosses" from Borderlands 2 give rare loot unavailable anywhere else. Some superbosses in online games have an immense amount of health and must be defeated within a time limit by having a large number of players or parties working together to defeat the boss. Examples of such superbosses can be found in games like Shadow Fight 2 and Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes.
The final boss is typically present at, or near, the end of a game, with completion of the game's storyline usually following victory in the battle. The final boss is usually the main antagonist of the game; however, there are exceptions, such as in Conker's Bad Fur Day, where the final boss is the antagonist's alien pet. Final bosses are generally larger, more detailed, and better animated than lesser enemies, often in order to inspire a feeling of grandeur and special significance from the encounter.
In some games, a hidden boss, referred to as the "true" final boss, is present. These bosses only appear after the completion of specific additional levels, choosing specific dialogue options, or after obtaining a particular item or set of items, such as the Chaos Emeralds in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. These bosses are generally more difficult to defeat. In games with a "true" final boss, victory leads to either a better ending, or a more detailed version of the regular ending. Examples of a "true final boss" include Indalecio in Star Ocean: The Second Story and the Moon Presence in Bloodborne.
Some reviewers, over the years, have harshly criticized the implementation of final bosses. A video game journalist known as "Scorpia" stated in 1994 that "about 98% of all role-playing video games can be summed up as follows: 'We go out and bash on critters until we're strong enough to go bash on Foozle.'"
The term "Foozle" was used in the 1990s to describe a cliché final boss that exists only to act as the final problem before a player can complete the game.
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The first day of autumn is Sunday, Sept. 23. In the studio to help you and your plants prepare for the changing of the season are Bob Graves, a horticulturist and co-owner of Faddegon's Nursery in Latham, New York and Fred Breglia, director of the Landis Arboretum in Esperance, New York. WAMC's Ray Graf hosts.
Today we welcome back a few familiar voices. Bob Graves is a horticulturist and co-owner of Faddegon's Nursery in Latham, New York. Fred Breglia is director of the Landis Arboretum in Esperance, New York. Greg Ward runs Ward's Nursery in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. WAMC's Ray Graf hosts.
Today we welcome back a couple of familiar voices to answer your gardening questions. Bob Graves is a horticulturist and co-owner of Faddegon's Nursery in Latham, New York. Fred Breglia is director of the Landis Arboretum in Esperance, New York. WAMC's Brian Shields hosts.
Now that summer-like temperatures have hit the region, today we welcome back a few familiar voices. Bob Graves is a horticulturist and co-owner of Faddegon's Nursery in Latham, New York. Fred Breglia is director of the Landis Arboretum in Esperance, New York. Greg Ward runs Ward's Nursery in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. WAMC's Ray Graf hosts.
In the studio today are a few familiar voices. Bob Graves is a horticulturist and co-owner of Faddegon's Nursery in Latham, New York. Fred Breglia is director of the Landis Arboretum in Esperance, New York. Greg Ward runs Ward's Nursery in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. WAMC's Ray Graf hosts.
In the studio today for the first gardening Vox Pop show of 2018 are a couple of familiar voices. Bob Graves is a horticulturist and co-owner of Faddegon's Nursery in Latham, New York. Fred Breglia is director of the Landis Arboretum in Esperance, New York. Greg Ward runs Ward's Nursery in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. WAMC's Ray Graf hosts.
In the studio today for the first gardening Vox Pop show of 2018 are a couple of familiar voices. Bob Graves is a horticulturist and co-owner of Faddegon's Nursery in Latham, New York. Fred Breglia is director of the Landis Arboretum in Esperance, New York. WAMC's Ray Graf hosts.
In the studio today to answer your gardening questions are a few familiar voices. Bob Graves is a horticulturist and co-owner of Faddegon's Nursery in Latham, New York. Fred Breglia is director of the Landis Arboretum in Esperance, New York. Greg Ward runs Ward's Nursery in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. WAMC's Ray Graf hosts.
Have questions about the fall harvest? In the studio today to answer your gardening questions are a couple of familiar voices. Fred Breglia is director of the Landis Arboretum in Esperance, New York. Greg Ward runs Ward's Nursery in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. WAMC's Ray Graf hosts.
In the studio today to answer your gardening questions are a few familiar voices. Bob Graves is a horticulturist and co-owner of Faddegon's Nurseryin Latham, New York. Fred Breglia is director of the Landis Arboretum in Esperance, New York. Greg Ward runs Ward's Nursery in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. WAMC's Ray Graf hosts.
Last holiday season I received an advent calendar from the Burpee company. Instead of chocolate, or whatever treat is typically secreted behind the twenty-five doors of an advent calendar, this one contained seeds: beets, basil, tomatoes, poppies, cauliflower, radishes, watermelon.
Fred Breglia and Greg Ward are in the studio today to answer your gardening questions. Breglia is director of the Landis Arboretum in Esperance, New York. Ward runs Ward's Nursery in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. WAMC's Ray Graf hosts.
In the studio today to answer your gardening questions are a few familiar voices. Bob Graves is a horticulturist and co-owner of Faddegon's Nursery in Latham, New York. Fred Breglia is director of horticulture and operations at the Landis Arboretum in Esperance, New York. Greg Ward runs Ward's Nursery in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. WAMC's Ray Graf hosts.
Joining us for our winter gardening program is gardener Greg Ward of Ward's Nursery in Great Barrington, Massachusetts and arborist Fred Breglia of The Landis Arboretum in Esperance, New York.
Here to take your calls are Greg Ward of Ward's Nursery and arborist Fred Breglia of Landis Arboretum. Ray Graf hosts.
Autumn is here.... but there is still plenty to talk about in the world of gardening! Joining us for our gardening program is gardener Bob Graves of Faddegon's Nursery, gardener Greg Ward of Ward's Nursery and Fred Breglia of Landis Arboretum. Ray Graf hosts.
Joining us for our gardening program is arborist Fred Breglia of Landis Arboretum.
Joining us for our gardening program is gardener Bob Graves of Faddegon's Nursery and Fred Breglia of Landis Arboretum.
Later this month the Pittsfield Garden Tour will celebrate its 20th and final year. WAMC strolled through some of the gardens that have made the effort successful.
Joining us for our gardening program is gardener Bob Graves of Faddegon's Nursery, gardener Greg Ward of Ward's Nursery and Fred Breglia of Landis Arboretum.
Joining us for our gardening program is gardener Bob Graves of Faddegon's Nursery, gardener Greg Ward of Ward's Nursery and arborist Fred Breglia of Landis Arboretum.


Sorry you had to grow up in fantasy land.
Sorry she tried to eat you when you were two.
Leaving you to fend for yourself in a fantasy land.
Sorry you were delusional enough to fancy yourself a fantasy man.
Not sorry for your crushed dreams.
And not sorry for everything else.
To be honest I'm not sorry at all.


From beginning to end, Matthew's Gospel emphasizes Emmanuel and the saving power inaugurated during His first advent. In the fifth volume of the Bible from Scratch series, authors Donald L. Griggs and Earl S. Johnson, Jr. provide an introduction for Christians studying Matthew for the first time.
The book is divided into two sections. The first half, the participant's guide, takes the reader through Matthew in seven lessons. Each lesson covers several chapters of the biblical book and offers historical, cultural, geographical and literary details. The second half, the leader's guide, gives instructions for facilitating discussion.
Although beneficial as an individual study, the book is intended for use in groups. It combines an overview of biblical scholarship with an introduction to the major issues in Matthew's Gospel, making it a helpful tool for Sunday school classes or small group Bible studies.


Handmade and painted ceramic gold lustre, black and teal circle earrings from the Gold Lustre 'eGoli Collection'. They are made from stoneware clay, teal underglaze paint, gold lustre and finished with gold-filled studs.
These earrings are made from stoneware clay and decorated with underglaze paint and gold lustre. The lustre comes in liquid form which is painted on before being they are placed in the kiln. They are then fired to 800 degrees where the liquid burns off and the gold is left behind. The lustre is 22ct. actual gold and they are finished with gold-filled studs.


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