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VIDEO: Check Out Jakob Johnson's Journey To The NFL
Robert Alvarez
October 16, 2019 at 9:06 pm ET
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NFL Films released a short documentary profiling New England Patriots fullback Jakob Johnson's journey to the NFL in their "Undiscovered" web series.
The Patriots signed Johnson as an undrafted free agent through the NFL's International Pathway program.
Instituted in 2017, The International Player Pathway Program aims to provide international athletes the opportunity to compete at the NFL level, improve their skills, and ultimately earn a spot on an NFL roster
Johnson was assigned to the Patriots practice squad following the final round of roster cuts before the 2019 season opener.
On September 21st, an injury to James Develin gave Johnson the opportunity to become the first pathway player to be activated and play in an NFL game.
Johnson saw action in four games with three starts before being placed on injured reserve Monday with a shoulder injury.
Check out his story in the link below.
This entry was posted in Patriots News and tagged Jakob Johnson, James Develin, NFL Films on October 16, 2019 by Robert Alvarez.
New England Patriots News 10-13, AFC East Notes
Steve Balestrieri
October 13, 2019 at 5:00 am ET
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Good morning, here is your Sunday Patriots news 10-13 and AFC East notes this week.
Game Day, but not for the Patriots who are off until next Monday evening when they take on the Jets on Monday Night Football.
Quick Hitters For the Pats and the NFL:
Tom Brady – so much hand-wringing over a QB who completed 31-41 for 334 yards on a short week throwing the ball to two UDFA wide receivers and a seventh round tight end. Look, no one is arguing that Brady was lights out in the Giants game…he wasn't. But despite all the missing pieces, and the scuffling of the offense, he completed 15 in a row at one point and made some terrific throws. On that subject….
Wright, Kellerman, Parker – who or what exactly are the Three Stooges going to make asses of themselves with every week when Brady retires. How anyone can actually watch these bobos or take anything they say remotely seriously? I see the clips every week on social media. It is the dumbing down of America. Are the haters of everything Brady and Patriots so desperate for hope that they get their pablum from these people?
Chase Winovich – The Patriots rookie LB scored his first NFL touchdown on a blocked punt in the Giants game and then hurled it deep into the stands…oops! His boundless enthusiasm and motor got the best of him there. Hopefully, the fan with the ball will get some face time with "Thor" and return it for some Pats swag.
Matthew Slater – was quoted as not being a fan of the Thursday night games and made his point in his usual eloquent style. "You could be 22 years old — it's [still] tough. Player safety, player health? This doesn't fit into that as far as I'm concerned," Slater said. "I know we've had a lot of discussions about it as a union. I know it's a good product as far as the consumers are concerned, and the fans enjoy these Thursday night products. But I think when you talk about the rigors of playing in an NFL game, and then what it takes to recover and be able to do it again the following week, to do a Sunday-to-Thursday turnaround is tough. It doesn't fit under the umbrella of player safety as far as I'm concerned. But you guys know that — I've said that every year."
TNF – I've made it clear I hate Thursday Night Football. From the lack of preparation/rest that creates sloppy football, it is dangerous to the players as well. The Patriots suffered six injuries on Thursday night. And yes it includes those awful "color rush" monstrosities that the NFL has sold the fans on what they "must-have"…heaven knows why. "If you take the blue pill.." However, I digress.
If the league was truly invested in player safety then make TNF after the opening week wait until teams come off their bye week [Thanks Murph]. Teams coming off the bye week can play on Thursday nights, and still, have 10 days until they play again. Problem solved. It can be done but would require some work by the good folks on Park Avenue. Although we'd still be subjected to those awful uniforms…
Sunday's Games – One of the key games to watch today will be the Houston-Kansas City game with the Chiefs being the home team. This should be as exciting a matchup as we've seen all season. The Chiefs are coming off a home loss to the Colts and are getting Tyreek Hill back from injury. But Patrick Mahomes isn't completely healthy, he injured an ankle against the Colts that could the mobility that makes him so dangerous.
For the Texans, they're coming off a 50-point explosion where QB Deshaun Watson threw for five touchdowns. This one ought to be fun to watch and may come down to the team with the ball last wins.
But the NFL is a Passing League: You know the old saying that the NFL is a copycat league? If you think teams didn't notice how the Patriots ran the ball in the playoffs, think again. While going to these light fronts with smaller athletic players on defense, offensive coordinators are adjusting accordingly. Look at last week…
Carolina gashed Jacksonville for 285 yards rushing including 176 for my early MVP vote Christian McCaffrey. The Colts kept the potent KC offense sitting on their hands Sunday night while rushing for 180. San Francisco's two-headed rushing attack had 275 yards against the Browns, while Arizona ran over Cincinnati to the tune of 266 yards on the ground. Think Bill Belichick may have been ahead of the curve once again?
Issues in the Running Game Start at Tight End:
After the lackluster game by the offense in the 35-14 win over the Giants, the lack of a consistent running game has really hurt the offense. The box score of the Patriots rolling up over 400 yards of offense and over 100 on the ground belies the fact that they were struggling for much of the night, especially on the ground.
Naturally, the abuse gets piled on the head of Sony Michel ["He sucks, he blows" ring a bell?]. But while we can point fingers at Michel's lack of quickness in getting to the hole at times, you can't fault him when he's being consistently hit behind the line of scrimmage.
The offensive line hasn't been great by any stretch of the imagination, but a big part of the issue is at tight end. The Patriots were spoiled the past few years having Rob Gronkowski and Dwayne Allen in the blocking role at tight end. They were like having an extra tackle out there. They drafted Ryan Izzo in the 7th round [250th overall] last year, and that was supposed to be his strength. But being put out on the edge hasn't been anywhere near good enough.
Look, comparing him to Gronkowski isn't fair, we know that. But one stat that leaps off the page is this. The Patriots have run 18 outside zone runs this year. It is a staple of their offense…in the past. Gronkowski and Allen were outstanding at blocking in these. Those 18 runs this year have resulted in just 21 yards this year. Izzo and Matt LaCosse just aren't getting it done. He's constantly overmatched out there. Last week LaCosse and Izzo were better, but they took a step back against the Giants.
And now LaCosse is hurt again. He has been snakebit by injuries this season. The runs inside, between the tackles, have been much better, Michel's big runs against Washington and his final big run against the Giants come to mind. Brandon Bolden has chipped in here as well.
While everyone is clamoring for the Patriots to trade for a wide receiver [and with the injuries it may happen, more to that below] bringing in a blocking tight end, and yes, Dwayne Allen is available, maybe in the cards. They could still trade for one too.
Wide Receiver Depth, Becoming a Show-stopping Issue:
The Patriots have a little bit of time to do some self-scouting they normally do during the bye week, but thanks to the TNF schedule have some time to do so again. Julian Edelman has been banged up for the past few weeks but has toughened it out Phillip Dorsett has a hamstring injury where he missed nearly all of the Redskins game as well as this week. Josh Gordon injured his knee on Thursday and although it looked ugly, we're told he didn't injure it "significantly".
This left the Patriots with a hurting Edelman and two rookie UFDA wide receivers [Jakobi Meyers and Gunner Olszewski] as the only wideouts remaining. With the Monday night game coming in eight days, we still have no idea about the availability of either Gordon or Dorsett, but smart money suggests Gordon won't be ready.
And if both are out, that leaves the cupboard dangerously thin. One injury to any of the three listed above and they won't have enough WRs to fill out their "11 personnel" package. They need to get healthy and still get some help there.
The rumor mill has beaten the Stefon Diggs story to death and while others are beating the AB return to New England, that has a less likely chance of happening than the Patriots bringing in an Army guy. Rumors continue to swirl around A.J. Green and Emmanuel Sanders. Of those, Sanders would be the best, most logical choice. The Patriots liked him enough a few years ago to sign him to an offer sheet. He's in the last year of a contract with a team with a real chance of being 1-6 by Thursday. He'd be a seamless fit in the offense if they can pry him away from Denver. But John Elway knows they need help and he'll try to squeeze them for everything he can.
However, help IS on the way. N'Keal Harry the Patriots 1st-round draft pick can begin practice on Wednesday. And he's eligible to return two weeks hence. If Dorsett and Gordon can return soon, the coaches may opt to wait it out and have Harry help out the passing game. We'll see how this plays out.
Jakob Johnson to IR, Another Big Blow for the Offense:
Wait! What? Did I just hear myself say that? If I said back in June during minicamp that losing Jakob Johnson in early October would be a big blow to the Patriots offense, I can only imagine what my timeline would like. "You're outta yur mind, you loosah!" But here we are.
After losing James Develin to a neck injury, the Patriots turned to Johnson who has looked good thus far but in the Giants game, he suffered a shoulder injury, that, according to Jim McBride of the Globe will put him on IR. The team is now lacking a fullback. And that is a big blow.
No team relies on their fullback as much as the Patriots do. They rely on their fullback to open holes in the running game. So, what do they do from here? Well, they can sign one, and while there aren't a ton of fullbacks out there, I'm sure they could bring one in for him to learn the offense. Or the answer may be internally answered.
The team used Izzo a few times in that role on Thursday night. His size would lend itself well to that role…plus he already knows the offense. But with tight end bare already with LaCosse always hurt it may require more help. Enter Brandon Bolden. While he has nowhere near the size of a Develin/Johnson-type, he can add more in short-yardage as a ball carrier and pass receiver than those two plus he's already on the roster and there isn't much he can't do.
NFL Schedule Week 6, Who Are Your Winners:
How are you feeling about the games this week? We have a post on our PatsFans Forum where our readers can predict the slate of games for that week. I did it on our weekly Sunday column here and will post it up below. Here is the link if you'd care to pick your own: https://www.patsfans.com/new-england-patriots/messageboard/picks/
Last Week: 8-7
Season: 47-30-1
TNF New England over NY Giants 1-0
Carolina over Tampa Bay [London]
Washington over Miami
Philadelphia over Minnesota
Kansas City over Houston [Mahomes isn't 100%, shootout]
New Orleans over Jacksonville
Seattle over Cleveland
Baltimore over Cincinnati
LA Rams over San Francisco
Atlanta over Arizona
Dallas over NY Jets
Tennessee over Denver
SNF LA Chargers over Pittsburgh
MNF Green Bay over Detroit
Bye Week – Buffalo, Chicago, Indy, Oakland
Early Thursday Night Football pick Kansas City over Denver
Eastbound and Down AFC East Notes:
Bills on the Bye, A Likely Landing Spot for A.J. Green? Maybe:
The Buffalo Bills are 4-1 and on their bye week. They've had an impressive start to the season, with their only loss to the Patriots at home. Their defense has been top-notch and impressive but offensively, they're in need of some help, as their division rival Patriots at the wide receiver position. While many people have A.J. Green on the Patriots radar, he could also be on the Bills' and even more so.
Buffalo has two good wide receivers in Cole Beasley and John Brown but lacks a viable third option. Beasley is the Edelman of the Bills offense but they lack that big wide receiver on the outside, [Beasley is 5'9, while Brown is 5'10,180]. They traded away Zay Jones this week.
Green, if healthy, would give them a big, viable target who would instantly upgrade the offense. And, if the rumors of New England being interested are indeed true, it would keep him away from the Patriots while helping Josh Allen.
Dolphins Take on the Redskins in the Tua Bowl:
When the Miami Dolphins take the field against the Washington Redskins, the fans for both teams will be torn in their loyalties. While both are winless, Washington is 0-5 and Miami is 0-4, their fans will balance their desire to see their team win with the knowledge that the worse record will result in a better position to draft the next big QB prospect, in this case, Alabama's Tua Tagovailoa.
Miami, coming off of a bye week, is reeling with 11 players listed as questionable. Cornerback Johnson Bademosi, [ankle]; running back Kalen Ballage, [foot]; guard/tackle Jesse Davis, [elbow]; wide receiver Jakeem Grant, [hamstring]; linebacker Trent Harris, [foot]; cornerback Xavien Howard, [knee]; safety Reshad Jones, [ankle]; cornerback Chris Lammons, [toe]; safety Bobby McCain, [hamstring and shoulder]; wide receiver Albert Wilson, who is hoping [calf and hip]; and cornerback Jomal Wiltz, [groin].
The Redskins are beat up as well and have already ruled out several players. Tight end Vernon Davis is out of the game [concussion]; safety Deshazor Everett [ankle]; linebacker Josh Harvey-Clemons [hamstring]; guard Wes Martin [chest injury]; and tight end Jordan Reed [concussion]. The team also listed tackle Donald Penn on the report, listing him as questionable, with a hamstring issue.
The big question is…other than the fanbases, will anyone be watching this one?
Jets Facing the "Laughably Overrated" Cowboys:
Leave it to Manish Mehta, the Jekyll and Hyde beat writer for the Jets, who proclaims every spring that the Jets will unthrone the Patriots in the AFC East, then calls for the coach to be canned in his next tweet. The 0-5 New York Jets face the 3-2 Cowboys who Mehta calls "laughably overrated".
Mehta was saying that "back-half of the 2019 [Jets] schedule is cupcake city." If there is something the Jets and Adam Gase shouldn't be doing, it is considering any of their upcoming opponents as cupcakes.
But that never stopped Mehta from bloviating his usual tripe. He's putting this one as eminently winnable despite the fact that the Jets rank near the bottom of every offensive category. If the Jets do pull the upset today [don't hold your breath], then Mehta will go over the top with the Jets-Patriots predictions next week.
"No, we're trying to cover the receiver, and when he tries to catch the ball we use technique. Jon [Jones] did a pretty good job of that. He got his hands on the ball, but it just popped up in the air and went to Tate. I thought he played the ball well. It's the National Football League. It was a good throw and they got a favorable bounce on it. We could've certainly played it better and done some other things better but Jon was in good position. He did what he was coached to do." – Bill Belichick being asked about the touchdown pass allowed this week and specifically if Jonathan Jones played it correctly
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This entry was posted in 2019 Patriots Regular season, NFL Commentary, NFL News, Patriots Commentary, Patriots News, Patriots Rumors and tagged Adam Gase, AJ Green, Bill Belichick, Brandon Bolden, Buffalo Bills, Emmanuel Sanders, Jakob Johnson, Jakobi Meyers, James Develin, josh gordon, Julian Edelman, Matt Lacosse, Miami Dolphins, New England Patriots, New York Jets, Phillip Dorsett, Ryan Izzo, Sony Michel, Tom Brady on October 13, 2019 by Steve Balestrieri.
Patriots 2019 Training Camp Guide – Running Backs
July 15, 2019 at 6:30 am ET
The Patriots have one of the deepest and varied sets of running backs in the NFL. It became a position of strength down the stretch and the team rode it to a Super Bowl title.
The Patriots had the league's fifth-best running attack in 2018 and averaged 4.3 yards per rushing attempt. However, early in the year, injuries to Jeremy Hill, Sony Michel, and Rex Burkhead thinned out their depth considerably. That forced the team to use Cordarrelle Patterson as a running back for a time.
While Hill ended up on IR, Michel and Burkhead returned and the running game got better as the year progressed. Michel, in particular, was immense in the postseason rushing for 336 yards, averaging 4.7 yards per rushing attempt with six touchdowns in three postseason games.
With Michel, James White, and Burkhead all returning, the team drafted the versatile Damien Harris from Alabama and brought back former Patriot special teams' ace Brandon Bolden after a year's hiatus in Miami. Outstanding fullback James Develin also returns.
So, let's take a brief snapshot of the position and see who stays, who goes and who is on the bubble as the team begins training camp in 2019.
Check back with PatsFans.com as we'll go thru the entire roster as our primers for training camp continue before the heavy lifting starts on July 25.
Current roster – Sony Michel, James White, Rex Burkhead, Brandon Bolden, Damien Harris, Nick Brossette, Fullbacks James Develin, Jakob Johnson*
Locks – Michel, White, Harris, Develin
Near Lock – Burkhead, Bolden
Long Shot – Brossette, Johnson*
Discussion – When it comes to the running back position, the Patriots are in great shape entering training camp before the 2019 season. There are, however, some question marks. Michel has had knee woes dating back to college, he missed some time last season and missed the mandatory minicamp in June after having another procedure. Burkhead has also had injury concerns in his career.
Having both a full-go for training camp will go a long way to alleviate those concerns. Adding Harris is a huge step in that direction. Harris is an excellent between the tackles runner, he is quick to the hole and runs with his pad level low. He's outstanding after contact and is used to working in a running back by committee approach at Alabama. He's very good in pass protection and underrated as a pass-catcher with soft hands.
With Michel, Burkhead, and Harris the Patriots have three running backs who can all run the ball well between the tackles where they like to run. Burkhead is also a good receiver out of the backfield, something they are hoping to see more of from Michel this year as well as Harris, who got a lot of reps in minicamp.
James White is outstanding in his third-down receiving back role and can handle a few carries of his own during any given game. This gives the team outstanding versatility and unpredictability. They can go with a two-back set (21 Personnel) and then split the backs out wide if the defense stacks the box, forcing linebackers into coverage.
Michel, White, Develin, and Harris due to his draft status are absolute locks. Burkhead and Bolden are as close to locks as one can get. Bolden is a super-sub who can contribute offensively when his number is called but is most valuable on special teams where he was missed last year. By the way, the Patriots never emptied his locker.
It is going to be difficult for Brossette, the rookie from LSU to crack the 53-man roster unless there are some injuries there. Brossette is a typical LSU running back. Compact, with a solid build, runs low to the ground with power. He's not overly athletic and with such a crowded backfield He's a candidate for the practice squad.
Jakob Johnson is a former University of Tennessee tight end and German football league player who is part of the International Player Pathway Program which was instituted in 2017 and whose goal is to provide international athletes the opportunity to compete at the NFL level, and ultimately earn a spot on an NFL roster.
If Johnson doesn't make the Patriots 53-man roster out of training camp, (doubtful), he will automatically be placed on the practice squad. And as an international player, that will automatically give the Patriots an exception, an 11th player allowed on the practice squad. However, that will render him ineligible for an active roster spot in 2019.
The Patriots are in terrific shape at the running back position with training camp…just 10 days away as we go to publication here. They will lean heavily on their running game and running backs for production in the passing game as well.
This entry was posted in 2019 Patriots Offseason, NFL Commentary, NFL News, Patriots Commentary, Patriots News, Patriots Rumors, Super Bowl LIII and tagged Bill Belichick, Brandon Bolden, Damien Harris, Jakob Johnson, James Develin, James White, New England Patriots, Nick Brossette, Patriots 53-man roster, Patriots running backs, Rex Burkhead, Sony Michel on July 15, 2019 by Steve Balestrieri.
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Q: Multi-line macro defining another set of macros In my project I have very many files and I want to manage debug with C++ macros. For every file, I want to use its own switch for enable or disable debug and adjust debug level. So basically there is shared file with settings:
This is how shared file debug.h looks:
#define DEBUG_LEVEL_LOG             -1
#define DEBUG_LEVEL_NONE            0
#define DEBUG_LEVEL_ERROR           1
#define DEBUG_LEVEL_WARNING         2
#define DEBUG_LEVEL_INFO            3
#define DEBUG_LEVEL_DEBUG           4
#define DEBUG_LEVEL_TRACE           5

#ifndef ON
#define ON  1
#endif

#ifndef OFF
#define OFF 0
#endif

// setings for component "wireless"
#define WIRELESS_DEBUGGING                  ON
#define WIRELESS_DEBUGGING_LEVEL            DEBUG_LEVEL_ERROR

// settings for another components
...

In every file I want to debug with this settings I need to define another bunch of macros. For example file "wireless.h"
#ifndef WIRELESS_DEBUGGING
#define WIRELESS_DEBUGGING_LEVEL            DEBUG_LEVEL_NONE
#endif

#if WIRELESS_DEBUGGING
    #if WIRELESS_DEBUGGING_LEVEL >= DEBUG_LEVEL_LOG
        #define WIRELESS_LOG(...);          Logger::log(__VA_ARGS__);
    #else
        #define WIRELESS_LOG(...);          {}
    #endif

    #if WIRELESS_DEBUGGING_LEVEL >= DEBUG_LEVEL_ERROR
        #define WIRELESS_ERROR(...);        Logger::error(__VA_ARGS__);
    #else
        #define WIRELESS_ERROR(...);        {}
    #endif

    #if WIRELESS_DEBUGGING_LEVEL >= DEBUG_LEVEL_WARNING
        #define WIRELESS_WARNING(...);      Logger::warning(__VA_ARGS__);
    #else
        #define WIRELESS_WARNING(...);      {}
    #endif

    #if WIRELESS_DEBUGGING_LEVEL >= DEBUG_LEVEL_INFO
        #define WIRELESS_INFO(...);         Logger::info(__VA_ARGS__);
    #else
        #define WIRELESS_INFO(...);         {}
    #endif

    #if WIRELESS_DEBUGGING_LEVEL >= DEBUG_LEVEL_DEBUG
        #define WIRELESS_DEBUG(...);        Logger::debug(__VA_ARGS__);
    #else
        #define WIRELESS_DEBUG(...);        {}
    #endif

    #if WIRELESS_DEBUGGING_LEVEL >= DEBUG_LEVEL_TRACE
        #define WIRELESS_TRACE(...);        Logger::trace(__VA_ARGS__);
    #else
        #define WIRELESS_TRACE(...);        {}
    #endif

#else
    #define WIRELESS_LOG(...);              {}
    #define WIRELESS_ERROR(...);            {}
    #define WIRELESS_WARNING(...);          {}
    #define WIRELESS_INFO(...);             {}
    #define WIRELESS_DEBUG(...);            {}
    #define WIRELESS_TRACE(...);            {}
#endif

When I want to debug given component, I simply use something like this (in wireless.cpp)
WIRELESS_TRACE("wireless: hello world\n");
... etc ...

So far it's working. And here is the question: I don't want to use "local" bunch of definitions similar to definitions in file "wireless.h" in every component I'm using only with different prefix. Instead of this I want to have some "super macro" which will look similar to this
REGISTER_DEBUG(WIRELESS);

Is there a way how to achieve this using some concatenation and multi-line macro? I have found that using #define inside #define is forbidden.

A: I'm not completely sure what you want, so if this doesn't fit let me know and I'll delete.
There is the possibility of concatenating tokens in the preprocessor using ##. See, for example, https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/cpp/Concatenation.html

A: This is somewhat clumsy, but should do the trick:
#define DEBUG_LEVEL_LOG             -1
#define DEBUG_LEVEL_NONE            0
#define DEBUG_LEVEL_ERROR           1
#define DEBUG_LEVEL_WARNING         2
#define DEBUG_LEVEL_INFO            3
#define DEBUG_LEVEL_DEBUG           4
#define DEBUG_LEVEL_TRACE           5

#define TRACE(a,...) _TRACE(a,__VA_ARGS__)
#define _TRACE(a,...) __TRACE_##a(__VA_ARGS__)

#define __TRACE_5(...) do{Logger::trace(__VA_ARGS__);}while(0)

Here is the clumsiness: you also need to define __TRACE_4, __TRACE_3 and so on to be empty. And then you need to define the same thing for Debug:
#define __DEBUG_4(...) do{Logger::debug(__VA_ARGS__);}while(0)

But in the end, after you defined your Wireless log level:
#define WIRELESS_LEVEL 5

you can just call the macro just like this:
TRACE(WIRELESS_LEVEL,"wireless: hello world\n");

Edit
Alternatively (this might be cleaner):
#define __PRINT_55(...) do{Logger::trace(__VA_ARGS__);}while(0)
#define __PRINT_44(...) do{Logger::debug(__VA_ARGS__);}while(0)

// etc...
// Also need to define what you need to be not printed:

#define __PRINT_01(...)

// etc...

#define PRINT(a,b,...) _PRINT(a,b,__VA_ARGS__)
#define _PRINT(a,b,...) __PRINT_##a##b(__VA_ARGS__)

Now you can call your function like this:
PRINT(DEBUG_LEVEL_TRACE, WIRELESS_LEVEL, "Hello world\n");

A: You can get there by switching from macros to inline functions.  Something like this:
// debug.h
enum DebugLevel {
    DEBUG_LEVEL_LOG = -1,
    DEBUG_LEVEL_NONE = 0,
    DEBUG_LEVEL_ERROR = 1,
    DEBUG_LEVEL_WARNING = 2,
    DEBUG_LEVEL_INFO = 3,
    DEBUG_LEVEL_DEBUG = 4,
    DEBUG_LEVEL_TRACE = 5
};

// settings for component "wireless"
constexpr bool WIRELESS_DEBUGGING = true;
constexpr DebugLevel WIRELESS_DEBUGGING_LEVEL = DEBUG_LEVEL_ERROR;

#define REGISTER_DEBUG_FUNC(topic, level, func) \
template <typename... Args> \
inline void topic##_##level(Args&& ... args) { \
    if ( topic##_DEBUGGING && topic##_DEBUGGING_LEVEL >= DEBUG_LEVEL_##level ) \
        Logger::func(std::forward<Args>(args)...); \
}

#define REGISTER_DEBUG(topic) \
    REGISTER_DEBUG_FUNC(topic, LOG, log) \
    REGISTER_DEBUG_FUNC(topic, ERROR, error) \
    REGISTER_DEBUG_FUNC(topic, WARNING, warning) \
    REGISTER_DEBUG_FUNC(topic, INFO, info) \
    REGISTER_DEBUG_FUNC(topic, DEBUG, debug) \
    REGISTER_DEBUG_FUNC(topic, TRACE, trace)

// wireless.h
REGISTER_DEBUG(WIRELESS)

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It is becoming increasingly clear that the torture of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison was not an isolated incident or merely the work of poorly trained and undisciplined Army reservists. Similar outrages, including the murder of prisoners, are emerging concerning other prisons in Iraq and Afghanistan. Responsibility for setting the conditions that permitted these crimes to be committed lies higher up the chain of command. Despite claims by the Bush administration and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld that the Geneva Conventions were applied to prisoners in Iraq, there is now evidence that efforts were made to circumvent the legal protections accorded prisoners. This should not be surprising. After all, the administration explicitly rejected the Geneva Conventions with regard to the interrogation of prisoners in Afghanistan, arguing that the treaties did not apply to nonuniformed terrorists. Was it likely that interrogation techniques would change once the "war on terrorism" got to Iraq?
Who is responsible for the egregious failures at Abu Ghraib? Certainly those directly involved must be punished. But the misguided effort to find excuses for evading the Geneva Conventions began at high levels of the administration almost immediately after 9/11. Newsweek has reported that Justice Department lawyers drew up a memo in early 2002 arguing that the U.S. military "did not have to comply with any international laws in the handling of detainees in the war on terrorism." Despite the strenuous protests of the State Department over the self-defeating consequences of such actions, the president evidently embraced the conclusions of the memo. The administration strongly implied that in the war against terrorism a double standard existed: international law applied to the terrorists but not to the United States. To be sure, atrocities occur even in situations where the Geneva Conventions are recognized by all parties. Still, the conventions provide an invaluable check against any systematic persecution of prisoners. In explicitly placing Americans above the law, the administration greatly increased the probability that prisoners would be abused.
Moreover, it is President George W. Bush who has insisted repeatedly on conflating the "war on terrorism" with the invasion and occupation of Iraq. Words have consequences. If the occupation of Iraq is but one battle in the war against terrorism, then by the president's own logic Iraqi resistance is by definition "terrorism." Is it so surprising, then, that young soldiers, told they were sent to Iraq to "bring the war to the terrorists" would treat prisoners inhumanely? Having given orders that prisoners were to be "softened up" for interrogation, what did those in charge expect?
As early as last November, the International Red Cross protested the mistreatment of prisoners, "including deliberate physical violence," at Abu Ghraib. Instead of recognizing the explosive nature of those charges, the Army contended that many Iraqi prisoners were not entitled to the full protections of the Geneva Conventions. We now know that 70 to 80 percent of those held had nothing to do with the insurgency. At what level of command had this dangerous policy been set? Scott Horton, former chairman of the Committee on International Human Rights of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, was approached last year by a group of military Judge Advocate General lawyers (JAGs) who were concerned about the administration's attitude toward the Geneva Conventions. As reported by Slate [1], the military lawyers told Horton that when they approached Douglas Feith, the third highest-ranking civilian in the Defense Department, with their concerns, he was unmoved. "They said [Feith] had a dismissive, if not derisive, attitude toward the Geneva Conventions," Horton said.
Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch, has had similar conversations with outraged members of the military, who know that the failure to abide by international law in treating prisoners endangers Americans, especially American soldiers. "Some JAGs hate this and are horrified that the tolerance of mistreatment will come back and haunt us in the next war," he told the New Yorker. "We're giving the world a ready-made excuse to ignore the Geneva Conventions. Rumsfeld has lowered the bar."
The pictures of American soldiers abusing and humiliating Iraqi prisoners have done enormous damage. Whatever hopes there might have been that the Arab and Muslim world would take the stated reasons for the war against Iraq at face value have disappeared. The task of winning the hearts and minds of Iraqis has become immeasurably harder, and the president's new public-relations campaign seeking to emphasize Iraq's "future" rather than the recent past, is unlikely to alter the situation on the ground. Some prominent supporters of the administration have called on Rumsfeld and other highly placed architects of the war to resign. Yet, despite universal acknowledgment of the catastrophe the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse represents, no high-ranking administration official or military officer has tendered his resignation. Many, like Rumsfeld and the generals in charge of the prisons, have said they "accept full responsibility," but what accepting responsibility entails remains a mystery. Nor has President Bush fired anyone or demanded any resignations.
For an administration that likes to stress the importance of individual responsibility, this failure to hold people accountable can only further erode public confidence in the president's judgment and in the conduct of the war. It is worth remembering how conservative supporters of the president and his policies exulted last year when a New York Times reporter was found to have plagiarized and invented a series of news stories. Those in charge of the Times newsroom, recognizing that only new leadership could restore the paper's credibility, resigned. It is remarkable—and remarkably alarming—that the American people cannot expect the same sense of accountability from their government.
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Immunotherapy, CHARIOT and DIAmOND Clinical Trials
Breast Cancer Trials has opened two new trials, DIAmOND & CHARIOT, which uses different combinations of immunotherapy.
Immunotherapy: The Ultimate In Personalised Medicine
Immunotherapy has become a buzzword in oncology in recent years, thanks to its success in treating certain cancer types. It is not yet in routine use in the clinic as a treatment option for breast cancer in Australia, but breast cancer researchers are learning from the experiences of researchers in other cancer types such as melanoma, lung cancer and bladder cancer, that previously had limited treatment options.
Breast Cancer Trials has opened two new trials, DIAmOND and CHARIOT, which uses different combinations of immunotherapy in patients with breast cancer subtypes that are more likely to respond to immune manipulation. The study chair for these two clinical trials is Professor Sherene Loi.
But what is all the hype around Immunotherapy?
Dr Nick Zdenkowski is the Medical Advisor at Breast Cancer Trials and a practicing oncologist in Newcastle, NSW. He said he has noticed an increase in patients asking about the treatment.
"I see a lot of patients who are asking about these drugs and it's difficult to respond at present because it's not available in Australia for the treatment of breast cancer in routine practice."
"I think a lot of the time they don't appreciate how different the different cancer types are, and even within breast cancer they don't appreciate how different, the different breast cancer types are."
But for those who are eligible, immunotherapy could provide a new treatment option.
"Cancer is really good at avoiding control by the immune system. It essentially hides, and that means we need to use other things to try and attack that cancer" said Dr Zdenkowski.
"With the invention to immunotherapy, it is taking the breaks off the immune system. It's getting cancer to become visible to the immune system, so the immune system can then attack it."
Dr Nick Zdenknowski – Medical Oncologist
"The immune system's really good at working out what's foreign and if you take an immune cell and present something to it, it can work out a way of attacking that foreign protein and thereby killing off the cell that is expressing it."
The CHARIOT Clinical Trial
The CHARIOT trial is looking at the neoadjuvant setting for patients who have breast cancer that could be removed by surgery but are having chemotherapy before that surgery to try and reduce the size of the cancer. It will be open to patients with triple negative breast cancer who have had an incomplete response halfway through their chemotherapy.
"They're put onto the trial and are given a dual immunotherapy plus chemotherapy agents" said Dr Zdenkowski. "This is in the hope of stimulating a response in cancer that is resistant to traditional chemotherapy agents."
"We see that breast cancer sometimes responds really well to chemotherapy, and that's great. But the patients who don't respond have a poor prognosis and we want to turn that around. We want to improve those patients prognosis."
Dr Nick Zdenkowski discusses the relevance of immunotherapy in breast cancer and the Breast Cancer Trials CHARIOT and DIAmOND clinical trials.
The DIAmOND Clinical Trial
The DIAmOND study is for patients with metastatic HER-2 positive breast cancer, which is a tumour type that tends to respond better to immunotherapy. The DIAmOND trial comes off the back of the PANACEA trial. It will use dual immunotherapy with the HER-2 directed treatment.
"This DIAmOND study is looking at taking patients with metastatic HER-2 positive breast cancer to induce a response and disease control for as long as possible, with the hope that some of those patients will achieve a very durable response, similar to that seen in patients with melanoma and lung cancer."
Dr Nick Zdenkowski
Dr Nick Zdenkowski is the Breast Cancer Trials Medical Advisor, a Breast Cancer Trials Researcher and Medical Oncologist


Halifax Regional Police statistics over the last 5 years show that more than 60% of pedestrian-car collisions happen in crosswalks. Keep in mind, the statutes are clear; pedestrians generally have the right of way within crosswalks. While the pedestrian does have an obligation to exercise care, vehicle operators must also exercise care and pay attention.
Even with the Crosswalk Safety Advisory Committee in Halifax, there has been no consensus regarding how best to address the concerns of residents, drivers and law enforcement.
There have been various attempts to reduce the number of pedestrians struck at intersections. Some of the more innovative have included using pedestrian bumps and crosswalk lights such as those in use near Calgary and Vancouver. But we think we need to look to our neighbours in the United States for a possible solution to decrease pedestrian-related injuries and deaths due to a car collision.
New York streets are a hub of automobile & pedestrian traffic. Mayor Bill deBlasio recently enacted several changes in parts of NYC including a "slow zone". This was a decrease in the speed limit in areas where there were significant numbers of pedestrian/auto accidents. As a result of many of these changes, in 2014, pedestrian accidents in NYC were at the lowest levels in history.
We all understand the slower a vehicle is traveling, the easier it is for them to stop, but the facts back this up. In fact, a study conducted by Transportation Alternatives showed that at 48 km, a car has a 20% chance of killing a pedestrian, but at 32 km, that drops to just 2% (after you convert American miles per hour to Canadian kilometers per hour).
Let's try it on Spring Garden!
No blame! Just looking for solutions.
We don't want to point fingers about who is to blame for pedestrian-car collisions. Distracted driving and distracted walking are both contributing factors. We recognize that accidents are going to continue to happen. But when accidents do happen we want to reduce the risk of serious injury or death. Changing the speed limit on Spring Garden from 50km to 30km will save lives and help reduce injuries. This must be considered by the legislature and by the Crosswalk Safety Advisory Committee as a viable method of reducing these incidents.
Join our petition now; the injury you prevent or the life you save could be yours or that of a loved one. Learn more about the data and evidence by visiting our website to sign our petition & join us in making Halifax a safer place for everyone.


Vegan Eats and Treats!: Mmmm.... Mmmm.... Mmmm!
Put it all in a blender and blend until liquified and smooth.
Put some tortilla chips in a bowl. Heap on some of the veggie-bean mix. Sprinkle on a generous amount of cilantro. Then a big spoonful of salsa. Then a generous drizzle of the jalepeno creme. Watch out, that stuff packs a serious heat punch. Avocado on top!
ps. did you know that women who eat cabbage 4x a week are 70% less likely to get breast cancer? That's a pretty impressive statistic, huh? Well, I love cabbage, and after I learned that little factoid, I try to eat it as often as possible. Three cheers for cabbage!
Easy to eat more cabbage with recipes like this ~ thanks!
Ooh, this sounds SO delicious! Congrats on winning the VegNews contest.
Mmm...Mexican deliciousness! I haven't seen epazote around here, but my favorite Farmer's Market opens Saturday so we'll see what they have.
Sounds like you've got a little bit of everything in there, but it seems to all work well! Just one question: Where would one find epazote? I've never seen/tasted it before.
Mmm, delicious dinner indeed!! Thanks for the tantalizing recipe!!
Congrats on making the Sentinel. I just blogged about your fine establishment on Vegan.com. I'd have written you directly but your contact info doesn't seem to be in your profile.
congratulations on appearing on both vegan.com AND the newspaper, Amey!
Yum!! I am a big fan of cabbage myself, it's good to know yet another of it's health benefits! Dinner looks so yummy!
I just saw the article about you- congrats!
I made this for my meatophiliac roommates and they were floored. I tinkered a bit with the creme sauce (adding both cilantro and a dollop of vegan sour cream for a thicker consistency, and using rice instead of soy milk) and it was incredible. Thanks for the post and congrats on the celebrity!


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NPIAP Calls for Award Nominations
By Laurie Watanabe
The National Pressure Injury Advisory Panel (NPIAP) is calling for nominations for five awards recognizing distinction in the field.
In a Jan. 13 announcement, NPIAP said it is accepting nominations for the following awards:
Roberta S. Abruzzese Award:
Recognizes a student with interest and promise in the field of pressure injury research, treatment and prevention or education.
Janet Cuddigan Research Award
This new award will be presented to a person or persons who have made significant contributions to the prevention and/or treatment of pressure injuries through the generation and dissemination of new research to significantly impact future clinical practice guidelines.
Kosiak Award:
Recognizing one or more people who have made significant contributions to the prevention and/or treatment of pressure injuries through their leadership in the fields of research, education and/or patient care.
JoAnn Maklebust Lifetime Achievement Award:
Created in 2013, the award is presented to an individual who has made significant contributions to the NPIAP and to preventing and treating pressure injuries.
Thomas Stewart Founder's Award:
Honoring one or more people who have made significant contributions to the field of pressure injury prevention and treatment, particularly relating to public policy. This award reflects NPIAP's ongoing commitment to impact public policy to improve pressure ulcer prevention, treatment, education and patient care.
The deadline for nominations is Tues., Feb. 7. Awards will be presented at the annual NPIAP conference, taking place this year in San Diego, March 17-18.
Laurie Watanabe is the editor of Mobility Management. She can be reached at lwatanabe@1105media.com.
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Garuda is the vehicle of Lord Vishnu and the King of Birds in ancient Hindu mythology. Fearless, mighty, and having endless energy, Garuda is certainly a spectacular sight. The Eagle Pose or Garudasana benefits those who practise it by invoking such qualities. This is among the most interesting looking yoga poses – you end up twisting and constricting your body in weird ways. But you will soon start to experience the immense Garudasana benefits for the body and mind. In this article, we share with you these benefits, contraindications, as well as a video demonstration.
The Eagle Pose is among the best hatha yoga poses for increasing strength – in the body as well as the mind. It requires you to rest your entire body weight on one leg. Being a demanding pose, it pushes you beyond your limits. And the result? Your physical and mental strength start to rise.
This is also among the top yoga positions for brain power; namely mind-body coordination, focus, and concentration. Garudasana requires you to twist your body while balancing on one foot…and this is not possible without a certain amount of mental focus. So every time you practise this pose, you are training yourself to focus, be alert, and most importantly – to unify your body and mind.
That's right, this is among the standing yoga poses that bring tremendous amounts of balance – again, in both the body and mind. Balance is a crucial aspect of Garudasana, which you will sooner or later perfect with daily practice. And the great thing is, once you invoke the sense of balance in yourself, you can take this forward and apply it to all aspects of your life.
Next up, the Eagle Pose is highly stress relieving. This may come as a surprise to some, since getting into the pose itself can be straining. But when you hold the pose, it increases blood circulation, releases blocked energy, and relaxes the mind. Here are some more remedies for stress.
Another important benefit of Garudasana is improved flexibility. And this may happen sooner than your expect! This pose stretches many parts of the body – the shoulders, back, hips, thighs, calves, and even the ankles. The result? Your body feels more "open", and the flexibility starts to improve significantly.
Please not that this video is for demonstration only. We highly recommend learning it under the guidance of a trained professional.


More than 10 million people were reportedly under flood warnings Friday.
"Due to the EXTREME COLD weather, all criminal activity and acts of stupidity and foolishness has been canceled."
Big Mama's Kitchen and Catering in Omaha, Nebraska is a destination for out-of-town foodies and local restaurant aficionados alike. For restauranteur Patricia Barron, the soul food eatery is the culmination of a lifetime of cooking, collecting recipes, and honing her business skills.
Can Clinton actually break the 400 Electoral Vote barrier? This hasn't happened since 1988, but it used to be a lot more common. In the 10 elections from 1952 through 1988, the winning candidate got more than 400 votes seven times.
Republican evangelicals were made wary when the front-runner revealed a more liberal side to his social views.
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When I arrived, I unpacked one hundred and five pounds of my belongings and began to settle in. Settling, sort of like the mucus glob at the bottom of a kombucha bottle. Definitely good for you, but not always the easiest thing to swallow.
Illinoisans rarely are surprised when they hear bad economic news about the state. But a new study shows that Illinois scored high in one important area related to jobs and business: The state ranked as the nation's fifth-best place to make a living in 2015.
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No one wants to be hurt in an accident, but if you are injured, it is very important that you take the time to document your injuries. Doing so will greatly strengthen your claim.
$6,000,000 awarded in boiler accident
A 37-year-old steamfitter, was injured while working at the Arthur Kill generating plant on Staten Island. He and a coworker were installing new gas pipes into the face of a boiler. He was walking on a walkway and bent down and began to slide, when he stood up he hit his head on a pipe. He suffered a herniated cervical disc at C6-7, confirmed by MRI; diffuse brain damage. The brain damage did not manifest itself until two years after the accident when an EEG revealed traumatic epilepsy.
$5,000,000 malpractice settlement
Injury-Spread of Cancer of the Sinuses resulting in removal of both eyes and the nose from the face. This was a medical malpractice claim in which the pathologist misread and/or misinterpreted pathology slides which resulted in the failure to timely diagnose and treat cancer of the sinuses. The cancer metastasized and spread from the sinuses into the orbits. At the time of settlement, the plaintiff had lost her sight and sense of smell. The matter was settled for $5,000,000 prior to the client's death from the malpractice.
Bus/automobile accident with $1,500,000 in damages
A 28-year-old male suffered multiple fractures including to his left wrist, which resulted in a non-union, a vertebra fracture at C-7, facial lacerations, which resulted in permanent scarring, and an elbow fracture when the car in which he was a passenger collided with a bus, operated by the New York City Transit Authority at a controlled intersection. The plaintiff contended the car operator failed to keep a proper lookout, failed to maintain control of the vehicle, negligently operated the vehicle while intoxicated and failed to yield the right of way. The plaintiff further contended that the bus driver failed to take evasive action to avoid a collision and failed to keep a proper lookout. The defendants denied liability.
Automobile accident results in $850,000 settlement
The plantiff, a H.S. student was a passenger in a one car accident. Driver hit a pole. Plantiff unable to complete first semester of college because of anxiety and headaches. Injury Concussion and post concussion syndrome
$825,000 settlement in construction accident
The plantiff was working as a laborer. His company was excavating the street. The claim from the backhoe used to pull up metal sheets dropped and hit in in the head.
$750,000 awarded in workplace accident
A 42-year-old steamfitter was injured when he fell from a ladder while working on the 37th floor. He suffered a torn media meniscus of the right knee requiring surgery. He worked full-time until 1998. After the open knee surgery in 12/98, he did not return to work.
$750,000 death from stomach cancer settlement
Injury - Death from Stomach Cancer. This was a claim for medical malpractice in which Plaintiff's treating gastroenterologist misread a sonogram of Plaintiff's abdomen resulting in the failure to diagnose and timely treat stomach cancer. As a result of the malpractice, the cancer spread throughout the Plaintiff's body resulting in death. The matter was settled with the descendent's estate for the sum of $750,000.
$750,000 loss of kidney settlement
Injury - Loss of Kidney. This was a claim for medical malpractice in the failure to diagnose and treat the existence of a carcinoma in Plaintiff's left kidney. As a result of the failure to diagnose and treat the plaintiff's condition in a timely manner, the plaintiff's left kidney had to be removed. The cancer remained encapsulated within the kidney and did not spread to any other parts of the body. The matter settled for $750,000 prior to jury selection.
Metal Store Construction Inc. Injury - Left arm fracture with open reduction internal fixation. Plaintiff brought action under the labor law. He was doing demolition work on a 3-story residential building. He was climbing a fire escape ladder to gain access to the building and the ladder detached from the building causing him to fall.
$585,000 awarded for accident on premises
Plaintiff, 35 year-old male, a delivery person, alleged injuries resulting from an accident at defendant Ronal Products' premises on West 28th Street in Manhattan, N.Y. He went to Ronal Products to deliver six packages of boxes. He claimed that as he entered the premises, there was a truck parked four feet in front of him. As he contemplated going left or right, an automatic garage door was lowered, striking him on the head. He suffered a herniated cervical disc at C6-7, and a bulging lumbar disc at L4-L5. He underwent a discectomy and fusion at C6-C7.
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(Toronto) – The Ontario Federation of Labour demands that MPPs return to the legislature immediately. While Ontario continues to break single-day records for COVID-19 cases and deaths, the legislature's recess has paused work on urgent issues including implementing paid sick days, addressing the long-term care crisis, establishing a plan for safer classrooms, and developing a comprehensive vaccine rollout program.
"Ontarians are getting sick and dying at record rates, there is a humanitarian crisis in long-term care, and vaccine rollout is happening far too slowly," said Patty Coates, Ontario Federation of Labour President. "It is callous for Doug Ford's government to wait until February 16th to return to Queen's Park to address this crisis."
Ford's Conservative government adjourned the legislature early in December while sitting on $12 billion in pandemic relief funds. He has ignored calls from NDP MPPs to return to Queen's Park immediately. Since then, COVID-19 cases and deaths have skyrocketed, outbreaks have swept through long-term care homes, last-minute announcements have left education workers and parents scrambling, and Ontarians have been left in the dark about the vaccine rollout plan.
Recalling the legislature immediately will mean that MPPs can take action to address the most urgent issues facing people in Ontario during this critical phase of the pandemic. "Without immediate action from the provincial government to legislate paid sick days, address understaffing in long-term care, and implement a comprehensive vaccination plan people in Ontario will continue to suffer," said Coates, "we're calling on Ford to get back to Queen's Park and provide Ontarians with the urgent help they need."
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John Rosenthal submitted the only proposal to buy the air rights of Parcel 7 over the Turnpike. This parcel is adjacent to Fenway park at Beacon and Brookline. I believe most, if not all, of the housing units will be rental.
That would do a lot to start sewing the area back together, though with the the Turnpike Authority involved, this could take a while to get off the ground.
Like decades. I'll see if I can dig up the map I have from the early 90s (if I still have it) which showed the plan to build a Patriots Stadium here attached to a new Fenway Park. It shows air rights developed from the Hancock Tower to Brookline Ave. One would have been able to walk from Clarendon Street to Brookline Avenue without going outside.
Well, I'm glad that didn't happen (skybridges). I can't see any reason to go that far without taking the T.
I really do hope that other Turnpike parcels are developed, but seeing as how difficult it has been for Winn to get Columbus Center started, I would think that few developers are ambitious enough to risk it....or if they are, then they have to deal with neighborhood groups looking to kill any plan that is financially feasible. I'd admire their objectives in lots of cases, but honestly, a shadow here or there is much nicer than gaping open hole to a loud interstate.
Wow....it doesn't take long for politics and bad vibes to surface in developments in this city. A day after John Rosenthal was the only respondant to the Turnpike Authority's RFP, the BRA had this to say.
"It has not yet been formalized," said Shen. "I want to remind John that the process has not yet begun. Those of you who know the BRA know how easy we like to make (life) for developers."
Here is a aerial showing the Parcel 7 proposal.
Now that this parcel has been included in the expanded Enterprise Zone, the developers may be eligible for additional tax incentives, though they typically don't help residential projects as much as commerical ones.
I'm just curious what they plan on doing to the Turnpike, whether putting it underground or just putting these buildings 15 feet over the highway, or why they'd even bother putting a building over a major interstate.
The Pike is below street level here, so the buildings will go on a deck over it. As to why would they do this. So that people in the city don't have to look at the highway, and because Boston is nearing build-out and these type of parcels are the only places left to build.


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EIT RawMaterials supports entrepreneurs shaping the future of Europe
This year's edition of the Forbes Under 30 Europe list features two start-ups from the EIT RawMaterials Innovation Community. Recycleye and Resourcify founders, together with their teams, are on a mission to combat waste digitalising the industry. Congratulations to Peter Hedley and Victor Dewulf from Recycleye and Gary Lewis from Resourcify on this recognition and addressing Europe's pressing challenges with innovative solutions!
12 entrepreneurs from the EIT Community are on the list this year across four categories: Social Impact, Technology, Manufacturing & Industry, Science & Health. This brings the total number of EIT Community entrepreneurs recognised by Forbes on its 30 under 30 lists to 67 since 2016.
SOCIAL IMPACT: Peter Hedley & Victor Dewulf – Recycleye
Recycleye, the intelligent waste management start-up, developed a computer vision system and affordable robotics to build the world's first fully automated material recovery facility. Recycleye's vision system can detect and classify all items in waste streams – broken down by material, object and even brand. Recycleye is supported by Microsoft AI for Good, Playfair Capital, Atypical Ventures and others.
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by Don Boudreaux on December 9, 2021
in Country Problems, Current Affairs, Risk and Safety, Seen and Unseen
Covid hysteria rises again in Britain…
… and Ross Clark worries that it will never really go away. A slice:
There is zero chance that the Covid picture will be looking any different next week than it does now. Numbers of omicron cases will continue to rise – obviously, because it is out-competing delta and is on its way to constituting virtually 100 per cent of cases. That will generate panicked decision-making. As for evidence from South Africa that omicron cases identified so far appear to be relatively mild, that will be put aside until we have more data. The bad news, in other words, will be amplified with gruesome worst-case scenarios; the good news will be dismissed until a later date.
If we are going to do lockdown again this year, when most of us are fully jabbed, there is little reason to think that it will become anything other than a perennial fixture on the calendar. We have become prisoners of NHS ICU capacity. Even before Covid, the NHS complained of being close to bursting point every winter. Add in a novel, endemic virus and it will tip the whole system into overload every year without fail.
Even Steve Davies – from the start far less skeptical than I've been of the merits of lockdowns and other Covid restrictions – warns that the costs of further restrictions might well outweigh the benefits. A slice:
Take the proposed policy of reimposing a requirement to work at home. We now know that while this brought benefits for many it also brought significant costs. In particular it led to an increase in domestic violence and abuse directed at vulnerable individuals, as well as putting much greater stress on already vulnerable households and relationships.
A recent survey showed that 11 per cent of those working from home experienced domestic abuse as compared to 1 per cent of those continuing to work outside the home. This is a serious human cost which will be long-lasting or even permanent.
The harm done to the social and educational development of younger children is also now well established. Amanda Spielman, Ofsted's Chief Inspector, raised her concerns about the psychological stress and damage that social isolation and disrupted education was causing younger children, especially the most vulnerable. This, again, is something that will have persistent effects for many years.
Alex Washburne makes the case for taking cognizance of the unseen harms created by attempts to reduce exposure to SARS-CoV-2.
I'm honored to have been interviewed by Jan Jekielek. (The interview took place on November 13th in Hartford, just before the Brownstone Institute's inaugural event.)
But isn't it wonderful that these children are suffering from something other than Covid-19?! And isn't it also wonderful that what killed these adults was something other than Covid-19?! And wonderful, too, surely, is the fact that what will prematurely kill so many Brits over the next few years is something other than Covid-19!
Darragh McManus decries the Covidocratic abuse of children: "Adults are sacrificing children's wellbeing to make themselves feel safe."
Also decrying Covidocratic abuse of children is Wall Street Journal columnist James Freeman. A slice:
Since the start of the pandemic, some media folk have continued to insist on making obscene comparisons between the number of Americans who have died with Covid and the number of Americans killed in various wars, as if it's irrelevant whether one dies at age 80 or age 18. But there is one way in which Covid really is similar to combat. In both cases, aging policy makers demand disproportionate sacrifices from the young.
Fortunately children age 0 to 17 in the U.S. are always at comparatively low risk of death relative to their elders. When children have died in 2020 and 2021, the website of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that in 99% of cases the kids have died from something other than Covid.
But that doesn't mean they haven't suffered greatly from Covid and the political reaction to it. Our masked and restricted generation of youngsters is hurting, as U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy acknowledges in a new report.
Covidocrats' hypocrisy continues.
David McGrogan ponders the meaning of Covidocratic hypocrisy. A slice:
The truth of the matter is that, for all the flouting of their own restrictions by the ruling classes, the general public seem incapable of doing the mental arithmetic. They never seem to make the inductive leap: Boris Johnson and his cronies have all of the data, have all the latest updates from their team of crack scientists and medics, and they clearly do not think that Covid is much of a personal risk. It is starkly, uncompromisingly revealed by their actions. They aren't worried about having Christmas parties. They aren't worried about 'super-spreader events'. They aren't worried about killing their grandmothers.
The natural question that should follow is: so why should we worry? And yet nobody is prepared to ask this question: not the general public, nor the media, nor parliamentarians, nor pundits. The truth of the matter is that while people enjoy being outraged about Tory sleaze, they simply aren't very concerned about the wider implications. They will grumble and grouse, but they will continue to wear their masks, continue to cancel Christmas parties, loyally display their vaccine passports when the requirement inevitably comes, and work from home when told.
Also writing on the Covidocrats' hypocrisy is Spiked's Fraser Myers. A slice:
Should it surprise us that top government aides broke the Covid rules? Not especially. It is, after all, only the latest in a long line of scandals over Covid rule-breaches. Politicians, scientists and advisers the world over have repeatedly been caught flouting the very rules they helped draw up or enforce, ever since the first lockdowns in spring 2020.
In truth, our leaders have only ever performed adherence to the rules. They like to be photographed and filmed in their masks at a social distance, at stage-managed press conferences and photo-ops. But they are constantly being caught looking relaxed, unmasked and normal when they think the camera is not looking.
But while the Covid rituals are just for display for many at the top, ordinary people have been hit with the punishing fist of the state for breaches of the rules. A day before Downing Street's Christmas party, police broke up a wedding of 40 or so people in Barking. The Met Police are currently prosecuting a gathering in Ilford held on the exact same day as the Downing Street bash. The fine for larger gatherings was, at this point, a life-ruining £10,000.
The hypocrisy isn't the main issue here. It's that the very basis of much of these rules is a contempt for the public. Apparently ordinary people cannot be trusted to use their own judgment. They cannot be given public-health advice. They must be ordered, under criminal penalty, to do as the government says. It never seemed to matter much that public compliance was consistently far higher than the government had ever expected. The guiding assumption throughout the pandemic has been that without government coercion, people would never resist the temptation to infect each other.
Nathan Edmondson casts light on the hidden victims of the South African travel shutdown. A slice:
The lightning-fast global travel restriction proceeding from the news of the Omicron variant has cast a pallor here and desperation is in many voices. After a year of loss of income, increased crime and destruction of communities, businesses and families in South Africa and surrounding countries were just getting back on their feet. The welfare afforded Americans and other first-world citizens when their livelihood was cut off is not an option here; there is no money to pay out, no bailouts for restaurants and "non-essential" businesses.
"We are punished for being first of the third world," another friend tells me here. "We have provided research for pandemics around Africa for decades. We're very good at this, and we identify this new variant and they shut us down for it." You might think that next time, they simply won't share the discovery with the world.
Laura Perrins calls for a defeat of "the vaccine passport psychos." A slice:
Let us be very clear. Vaccine passports, whether in a limited form or a wider scale, have nothing to do with protecting public health. Ireland ran a vaccine passport scheme for nightclubs, and they have just closed the venues down. In many countries on the continent they are running very widespread vaccine passport schemes and their infection rate is higher than in the UK. What's more, having a vaccine does not stop you from getting Covid, and it doesn't stop you from spreading Covid, as the Prime Minister himself has said. So there is little to be gained from vaccine passports.
There is however a lot to be lost: they would be costly and difficult for businesses and venues to implement, and morally they are discriminatory for those who do not have the vaccine and oppressive for those who have been vaccinated. They must 'show their papers' to access venues. This measure should be opposed by all right-thinking people, both those who are unvaccinated and those who are.
Michael Fumemto has had enough. Here's his conclusion:
You don't need to be a conspiracy theorist to see that a lot of people have gained a lot from a perpetual pandemic and therefore want it to continue. No. It's time for this to end. We need to give this variant a new Greek alphabet name: Omega. As in "The last."
Newman Nahas tweets: (HT Jay Bhattacharya)
Passing off the canceling of society and sacrifice of children as the "cautious" thing to do has to be one the most monstrous frauds perpetrated in all of history.
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