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WEST ISLIP, NY (WCBS 880) – An alert has been issued after a nurse at Good Samaritan Hospital in West Islip was diagnosed with whooping cough.
LISTEN: WCBS 880's Sophia Hall reports
Hospital officials say the nurse works in the maternity ward and has completed antibiotic treatment.
The hospital notified patients, families, and employees that may have come in contact with the nurse.
The New York State Health Department's Pete Constantakes says getting the vaccine is the best way to prevent the disease.
"Young infants, lots of times they haven't receive the full series of vaccinations or any… if they're newborn," Constantakes tells WCBS 880 reporter Sophia Hall. "In this case, we're still looking to see what happened, whether it was a big risk. And, again, we will take any sanctions we need to, to make sure this doesn't happen in the future."
Whooping cough, also known as purtussis, causes violent and uncontrollable coughing.
And here's another excellent link. Vaccines DID save us, people. Washing our hands and taking poop out of our water didn't.
For all who think that "vaccines didn't save us" and infection rates were already lowering prior to development of vaccines, please read this excellent article:
Take all the shots you want. If they work… then it'll only be us tinfoil hatters dying. Leave us alone.
Now THERE'S a responsible member of society! Way to be a team player, dude. Bet you're a libertarian. And that you don't help your wife clean the dishes after dinner either – "leave me alone!"
Problem is, when you don't join in, you erode everyone's herd immunity. And THAT'S when even vaccinated people get diseases we should have eradicated a long time ago.
And you're gonna cite Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to me? Really? I don't know what's worse – that hoarse fruitcake (why is he always hoarse, by the way? Vaccines?) or his Playboy Bunny sidekick, Jenny McCarthy.
Jump… do you really think they're after a "cure"? If Big Pharma introduced "cures" they would put themselves out of business. Come on. That's pretty logical. It's like finding an alternate source of energy – do you think BP or Exxon will come up with it? Makes no sense.
We're not conspirists… we simply look beyond what we're told to believe. That's called critical thinking…something public education has tried its best to limit (and yes, I am a public school teacher).
In 2006, pediatric and adolescent vaccines in the seven major markets were worth approximately $4.3 billion, but thanks to new high-price vaccines promising significant health benefits, Datamonitor expects this figure to increase substantially, hitting over $16 billion by 2016.
drugresearcher.com – 2007 Kids Vaccine Market Set to Quadruple.
Look it up. And they make next to nothing? And as for the tuna sandwich theory…please research the difference between ethyl mercury and methyl mercury. BIG difference, and studies have been done.
I haven't seen one post that asserts vaccines cause autism. We are simply raising the possibility that there are ingredients in these vaccines that are not good for us. If you're willing to DRINK a concoction of formaldehyde, MSG, aluminum, mercury, and bovine serum (blood), let me know. Any takers on that? IF your doctor said, "bottoms up", would you do it?
And why is Johnson and Johnson about to buy a vaccine company if there's so few "clams" to be had??? Yeah, $15.5 billion sale. Happening now.
We're not tin-foil wearing people. We simply choose to do our own research and think for ourselves. Why is that so threatening to you kool-aid drinking folks?
"If you're willing to DRINK a concoction of formaldehyde, MSG, aluminum, mercury, and bovine serum (blood), let me know. Any takers on that? IF your doctor said, "bottoms up", would you do it?"
Come on, Useless! Considering that all these ingredients in a shot add up to about a 1/8th teaspoon/1 drop, YES I WOULD.
Again, you proceed without medical authority for your assumptions or true critical thought on the issue…'it SOUNDS bad so I won't do it.' When your child contracts a fatal preventable disease because you won't take off your tinfoil and listen to reason, I will not be so heartless as to say "I told you so", for the true heartlessness is yours and has already been committed. You have an obligation to protect your child and society from Vaccine-Preventable Diseases.
Sigh. This will be my only response because, sadly, Fangbeer you are one of those beyond hope, who will likely listen only to your own voice as you know everything:
You wrote: "They do have a very thin profit margin on vaccine production. It's one of the reasons why there is such a push to make sure everyone in the country buys a shot. These reasons are two fold. One, it makes the production of the vaccine viable, and two it helps to reduce the cost the consumer must fork over for a dose…" Blah blah…
1. First premise: WRONG. Prove it. The "push" is to cure disease. Everyone who "buys a shot" improves the success rate. But OH NO! It must be an evil plot. Well even if true, it doesn't work. These firms are barely afloat.
2. Second premise: Your pal, the GOVERNMENT is more than happy to spend money on disease control and buy a round for everyone. Some want to help people, some want to be reelected. Either way. It's spit over Niagara Falls compared to other health care budget items.
Your entire $ argument: baseless, wrong. You are making sh-_ up. Again.
Next: You wrote: "Also, are you insinuating that you "pay 100 clams a month" to treat a VPD? Otherwise it has zero bearing on the discussion, does it?"
Wow. This nicely encapsulates your fallacious thinking. Most readers would pick up on the fact that I was arguing against the group psychosis that "Big Pharma" is to blame for all the world's ills. In fact, by adding in the comment on the military industrial complex, I was further comparing the Big Pharma Vaccine Conspiracy with other common conspiracy theories spouting off by the same folks who believe that 911 was an inside job and we never landed on the moon. Anyone whose keyboard allows "Big Pharma" to come out of their keyboard already has a problem.
You should have just stuck to your first line there when you wrote: "You're absolutely right." That's not true of course; not absolutely. But allowing reality to sink into my education has helped me get closer(to being "right") than you. You really should try it. Get out some and experience the world outside. You come across as quite the isolated troglodyte.
Good luck
My first premise is not wrong. It's basic economics. Regardless, your response certainly doesn't support your singular premise that the only motivation is the elimination of disease. For the purposes of the production of a seasonal vaccine, it's not at all necessary that anyone receive the shot. All that is necessary is that someone pays for the shot.
Your response to my second premise only underscores the problems of regulator capture. If the government is willing to fork over 3 billion dollars to build a vaccine stockpile, you had better be damned sure that their motives go beyond getting elected next year, and that their interest is a little more involved than just wanting to help people.
You also said that you were arguing against a group psychosis that someone is to blame for all the worlds ills. On what planet does this group psychosis exist? Do you live there?
Fine. For the purposes of discussion, I concede that I went too far and overstated your position.
The onus of proof is still on you and your ilk: where is the influence? Where is the "regulatory capture"? Which Big Pharma Cronies are part of the AAP/CDC/FDA and are steering our vaccination policy in the US? And in what way is it being steered negatively? How are pharmaceutical companies influencing the AAP/CDC to put unnecessary vaccines into our kids?
If you're going to even imply such, you'd better have facts to prove it. Not bare allegations and musings devoid of substance. Let's have the proof…
The proof is not on my "ilk" to show that vaccines aren't always the appropriate method of infectious disease management. That's not how science works. The proof is on those who develop a new vaccine to show its efficacy, safety, and appropriateness.
Your argument thus far has been "vaccines work, stupid." It's hardly been a very compelling argument that all vaccines and vaccination schedules work, are appropriate, and are safe. It's hardly been a compelling argument that medical science has suddenly become devoid of flaw in the area of public safety. It's hardly been a compelling argument that anyone should refrain from skepticism for the sake of the "herd."
After all, every medical catastrophe in history came from a place of wanting to help people.
Also: You asked me to prove regulatory capture. This is not something that can be specifically proven without a public investigation. What I can do is show you a study that found during the period 2001 – 2004 28% of the 3000 FDA advisory committee members disclosed financial ties within the previous year to pharmaceutical companies whose products were under consideration or to competitors of those companies. That means more then a quarter of them have a direct financial interest in the success or failure of any given product.
Are you okay with that?
"Am I Ok with that" you ask? Without more info, I can't say. How much $ did these folks actually make from their financial ties? What are the nature of the ties – direct stock in PharmaCo or a generic HC fund in a 401k? More to the point, how many of the financial ties in question are directly linked to vaccine manufacture & approval? (And what of your concession in this debate that PharmaCo's actually make very little from vaccines – thus, these FDA members with financial stakes make very little if any from the ties, and less of a reason to lie?)
You have an obligation to think through your implications to their logical conclusions, otherwise it's just irresponsible argument. If what you are saying is true, I have to believe everyone involved has malfeasance and malevolence in their hearts – from the MD who creates the vaccine, to the PharmaCo and its employees who make it, to the Ped who injects it. Put simply, you just can't lob a generic "Collusion! Corruption!" argument without offering specific facts of the who, what, when, where, why – doing so just breeds mistrust and fans the flames of irrational fear. For me, I choose to err on the side of trust – trust in the MD who wants to stop an infant suffering and finds a cure for the disease, trust in the PharmaCo who wants to make the cure available for all, trust in my Ped who has likely seen what happens when children remain unvaccinated and get critically ill. I commend to you Cynthia Cristofani's interview on PBS. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/vaccines/interviews/cristofani.html
Oh yes- Whooping Cough vaccines – it is all a big conspiracy by Big Pharma. That's right, those companies that make ALMOST NOTHING on vaccine production! Trust me, they'd rather be making the next Viagara. No wonder so many have gone out of business and so few are still producers of vaccines And yes, this is the same "Big Pharma" that spends billions researching cures for diseases and that has lengthened the life expectancy of us all. If it wasn't for Big Pharma I'd be dead right now. I pay 100 clams a month for one of my medicines. It's hard for me to afford it, but SH…I would pay for it if it was $500. Or more. (BTW, washin my hands isn't going to cure me, moonbats.)
You people who know a lot of facts, but miss the big picture scare me. You are what is wrong with this country. Maybe you should go to medical school and learn the history of disease control and study Epidemiology (and 5 or 6 THOUSAND studies) before you go spouting off like you know everything. You see two studies and you know it all. You probably think that Autism is caused by vaccines and that the "Military Industrial Complex" is what runs the world. (I think it saved my a– in Afghanistan thank-you-very-much.)
Very few vaccines still have mercury in them them and the ones that do have less than a tuna fish sandwich. BFD man.
Know what. Trust no one. That way you will always know what's best.
Amen brother. Finally someone on here who's not wearing a tinfoil hat!!!
You're absolutely right. They do have a very thin profit margin on vaccine production. It's one of the reasons why there is such a push to make sure everyone in the country buys a shot. These reasons are two fold. One, it makes the production of the vaccine viable, and two it helps to reduce the cost the consumer must fork over for a dose. Of course, the profit margin of the product has nothing to do with the efficacy of the product, or the model that we currently employ to protect our children from infectious disease.
Also, are you insinuating that you "pay 100 clams a month" to treat a VPD? Otherwise it has zero bearing on the discussion, does it?
In 2006, pediatric and adolescent vaccines in the seven major markets were worth approximately $4.3 billion, but thanks to new high-price vaccines promising significant health benefits, Datamonitor expects this figure to increase substantially, hitting over $16 billion by 2016.
drugresearcher.com – 2007 Kids Vaccine Market Set to Quadruple.
Look it up. And they make next to nothing? And as for the tuna sandwich theory…please research the difference between ethyl mercury and methyl mercury. BIG difference, and studies have been done.
I haven't seen one post that asserts vaccines cause autism. We are simply raising the possibility that there are ingredients in these vaccines that are not good for us. If you're willing to DRINK a concoction of formaldehyde, MSG, aluminum, mercury, and bovine serum (blood), let me know. Any takers on that? IF your doctor said, "bottoms up", would you do it?
And why is Johnson and Johnson about to buy a vaccine company if there's so few "clams" to be had??? Yeah, $15.5 billion sale. Happening now.
We're not tin-foil wearing people. We simply choose to do our own research and think for ourselves. Why is that so threatening to you kool-aid drinking folks?
Martha: Sounds like you're a real health nut. Are you on the birth control pill? Do you know of the connection between bc pills and blood clots in the lungs? They are a serious problem for young women in their twenties. I'm sure that you'll want to jump right on that deadly epidemic, especially since doctors routinely misinform patients about risks of the pill. Not a chic cause though so maybe you only want to get your knickers in a twist about vaccines. There's a lot of hypocrites out there who are hostile to medical professionals, but only in certain areas. If they put you on the pill or want to sterilize you, they're great.
The denmark study author embezzled millions of dollars from the CDC and ran 2 studies simulatneously – unethical. This data is also bogus, because the author basically tried to compare autism rates in Sunnyvale, CA to autism rates in ALL of CA. Not percentages, raw numbers. If you read the study, you'll see what I mean. He broadened the scope of the study after it was already underway.
I do not have a societal responsibility to inject my children with known toxins, be it formaldehyde, mercury, aluminum, polysorbate 80, MSG, porcine viruses, bovine DNA, or anything else. It is my job to protect my children from people like you who want to sacrifice some for the good of all. Not my child. Not EVER.
Also, check out the graph Jason posted. Most diseases were irradicated simply through improved hygeine, long before vaccines were introduced.
We can do this all day.
1. Fourteen Studies is part of "Generation Rescue" – Jenny McCarthy's pet project. She used to say "vaccines cause autism" now since there's no evidence to support that, she now says "vaccines cause something – I don't know what, I don't know how, but they cause something." Keep moving the goal posts, Jenny – you'll find something, someday. As a former Playboy Bunny, she prob even had a few romps with Perv Hugh Hefner back in the day – a credible source?? Hardly.
2. Remove mercury from your list. It's been out since 1992.
3. When you are sick of hearing stories like these, let me know. http://www.vaccineinformation.org/pertuss/cases.asp
4. You say known toxins like "formaldehyde, … aluminum, polysorbate 80, MSG, porcine viruses, bovine DNA, or anything else." You get more aluminum in the turkey sandwich you had for lunch, more MSG in that Cashew Chicken you'll eat for dinner, than what's in 10 shots. Even Dr. Sears says these ingredients are not harmful!
5. When are people going to give other people the benefit of the doubt, and not think that "Everyone's out to get me, my money, and my child". Yes, it's all a HUGE conspiracy, everyone's a thief and liar, Big Pharma and your Ped really need your $25 copay, they'll starve without it! Are you listening to yourself?
6. Watch the Vaccine War – the 50 yr old bioethics prof contracted polio right before the vaccine came out, and suffered NEEDLESSLY in the hospital for a month. Tell him "Vaccines are Useless" why don't you. I dare you in fact. See what he says.
If you're unwilling to discount studies conducted by docs paid by the pharmaceutical companies, then you cannot discount Fourteen Studies for being part of McCarthy's. That's a double standard.
2. You are misinformed on mercury. Go to the CDC's website, the "pink book" and it will list the vaccines that still have mercury in them, either as an actual ingredient or in trace amounts through processing.
3. Listen, it doesn't matter if 100% of people are vaccinated, unhealthy people who live on GMO's, aspartame, and other unhealthy foods are going to die of illness. Our health begins with the shopping cart, not with the needle.
4. I do not eat MSG. I read labels and eat organically and locally. My family does not eat processed foods, including lunch meat. Sorry… you didn't get me there. And again, if you TRULY understood what each of these ingredients represented, you'd stay as far away as possible. Polysorbate 80 is linked heavily to infertility.
5. Give the benefit of the doubt to WHOM, exactly? The Danish study's author that has embezzled US tax money? $2M? The doctors that say they're looking out for you while getting paid to represent drugs from Merck, etc.? Isn't that an inherent conflict of interest?
6. For the 3rd time, I've seen it. Their propoganda doesn't scare me. You have yet to address the graphic charts showing that all diseases were on the decline before vaccines ever arrived. You haven't addressed the profit motive, which I have clearly proven through previous links. You haven't addressed the ULTIMATE issue, which is… no one, not one person on this earth can force me to inject something into my or my child's body without my consent. That is called individual liberty and it's what makes America what it is. I will never wilt in the face of such blatant social pressure to "follow the herd"…even if it's right off a cliff.
As for polio, do your own research, read books. There is a great one out about the polio vaccine and its contamination with SV40. The gov't did not recall the vaccines, even after they knew about it. That virus has now been found in the brains and bones of people who died from cancer. The Rotovirus vaccine was pulled RECENTLY for the same issue. So I am supposed to give these people – who want to shoot stuff into my kid, wait 30 years and THEN say… OOPS. Our bad, and by the way, you can't sue the drug maker or the gov't for your problems because you can't prove it.
By all means, take every vaccine I'm passing up. I will enjoy good health and not become a chronic, lifetime customer of Big Pharma. I do not think any less of you for your views. The problem is, you can't return the same courtesy.
It's nice that you didn't let not being able to understand what I wrote stop you from commenting.
No, I I think I got it actually, unfortunately it takes me several readings to cut through sheer crud, but let's recap your position:
1. Vaccines don't work.
2. Vaccines poison our kids, must cause autism, must cause ______ (fill in blank with desired disease here).
3. Vaccine makers care only about profits, even if babies die.
4. Vaccine inventors (like the EVIL head of Pediatrics at UPenn's Med Ctr who co-developed the Rotavirus infant vaccine) are only in it for the money and in fact hate infants.
5. The AAP and CDC (who came up with the schedule and which are NOT regulatory agencies by the way; one is a voluntary prof. association of Ped's! Do you know which one?) are just "stacked" with EVIL Big Pharma cronies.
6. Herd immunity is a myth propagated by EVIL Big Pharma.
That about sum it up, Fangbeer? Did I miss any? Let me know…
Are these comments currently being moderated, or are my posts just being eaten by the wordpress engine?
A strawman is a device that people use in an argument when they cannot rebut the things that their opponents actually say.
If you dispute that you created a massive strawman, could you please quote the part of my posts that said anything about evil rich corporate fatcats? I'd also like a citation about "going back to the 1800's" and anything that I've said about "Big Pharma."
Your entire list of things you think I have said is culled from some fantasy person that you invented in your head. I didn't say that vaccines don't work. I said they aren't 100% effective. Ironically, I was responding to someone claiming to be an MD who said exactly the same thing. I didn't say they are poisoning our kids or that they cause autism. I said that some people feel the risks are overshadowed by the benefits. I didn't say that vaccine makers only care about profits. I said that regulators can be influenced by the industries that they regulate.
I'm not going to go through each one. I'll just sum up. You've obviously pictured some big monster in your head that has all these extreme positions that it takes and you've cast me in the monster suit. Saying that regulators can be influenced by industry does not equate to saying that vaccine makers want to kill kids or that they only care about profits. In fact, it's completely illogical and irrational to leap to such a conclusion. It is completely logical to be concerned when the supposition is that the health of our nation hinges on the quality and efficacy of a product of a single supplier.
Your post is filled with nothing but speculation and prejudice. I'm glad you feel you know more then I know about vaccinations and their efficacy. I would like to point out though that your evidence to support that claim is less than zero. You don't know me, and it's almost funny that you are willing to leap to these conclusions almost as fast as the strawmen people you've concocted leap to their conclusions.
I'm also glad that you don't believe in the concept of regulatory capture. You keep on believing that people who stand to profit from government policies have no interest in directing those policies. You have no reason to be concerned that the people who regulate American industries actually come from the industry being regulated. You have no reason to believe that anyone would actually have an interest in making sure that everyone in the nation feels obligated to purchase a specific product.
Well I guess you can just "color me stupid" because I can't make heads or tails of what you just said. Other than the fact you're now a confirmed "guilty until proven innocent" tinfoil hatter. Damn the corporations! They are just those "evil rich" Obama keeps talking about! They hate infants and want to poison them with their ineffectual vaccines!
Oh wait…polio and diphtheria (nearly) has been eradicated in the US by those same EVIL RICH CORPORATE FATCATS…and hmm…pertussis and rotavirus infection rates among others have gone down by 90% since vaccines were introduced…
No you're right Fangbeer, let's go back to the 1800's and cripple our kids with polio.. cause them to suffer needlessly with pertussis and diptheria…but before we all go back to the Stone Age with you, can you just take a listen to the audio clip of this kid struggling for breath WITH A PREVENTABLE DISEASE! http://www.soundsofpertussis.com/
That's right, remove the "BIG PHARMA" block on your browser, and take a gander…thanks! Of course, if you have no heart or conscience, this won't work.
For all of you that think Big Pharma and the Feds are in cahoots to poison our kids, the proof is on you: prove who funded PBS's The Vaccine War (I thought it was "viewers like me"). Prove that Big Pharma is paying off Ped's to mandate that the AAP/CDC schedule is followed by all their infant patients (not all Ped's follow it by the way, including my son's). And who is "Big Pharma" anyway – which companies? Are there any vaccine makers that aren't a part of this military-industrial-type conspiracy you speak of? And if you're right, why hasn't the Congress simply mandated vaccination rather than leaving it up for debate amongst the states, so their Big Pharma buddies can get the maximum profits from their vaccines??
You all are proving your "idgiocy" with every post. Keep it coming! Next, you'll tell me that Vaccines = Autism. No wait, that got disproved…try again Jenny McCarthyites…take the word of a Playboy Bunny over your kid's MD, that's real critical thinking…
Concerned Parent,
Perhaps you feel content that you are fully educated on a topic after watching the 60 minute Frontline episode entitled "The vaccine war." Other concerned parents involved themselves a little bit deeper into the issue then that, but by all means, you go ahead and let PBS tell you how you should raise your children.
Fangbeer, I likely know more about it than you do. I have an infant at home and I studied the issue thoroughly every time he had to get a shot. Including reading Dr. Sears' Vaccine Book about 10 times cover to cover. I also have an autistic nephew. I also read the recent study of 500k kids in Denmark that found no link between vaccines or their ingredients and autism. But go ahead, I know you read the 1998 Lancet study of 12 kids by Dr. Wakefield, so clearly you're more educated than I am about it. Oh wait…that got retracted…oops…
We have a societal responsibility to think beyond "me first" and consider the harm we do to the nation and the world when we withhold vaccines that prevent suffering and death, and erode herd immunity. There is a God, and He is watching, folks…hope you've got a good explanation for Him when you have an INFANT'S BLOOD ON YOUR HANDS.
The denmark study author embezzled millions of dollars from the CDC and ran 2 studies simulatneously – unethical. This data is also bogus, because the author basically tried to compare autism rates in Sunnyvale, CA to autism rates in ALL of CA. Not percentages, raw numbers. If you read the study, you'll see what I mean. He broadened the scope of the study after it was already underway.
I do not have a societal responsibility to inject my children with known toxins, be it formaldehyde, mercury, aluminum, polysorbate 80, MSG, porcine viruses, bovine DNA, or anything else. It is my job to protect my children from people like you who want to sacrifice some for the good of all. Not my child. Not EVER.
Deadly Chemical Sprays on American Cities The 13 Most Evil U.S. Government Experiments on Humans Anything
Showing once again that the U.S. always tends to test out worse-case scenarios by getting to them first and with the advent of biochemical warfare in the mid 20th century, the Army, CIA and government conducted a series of warfare simulations upon American cities to see how the effects would play out in the event of an actual chemical attack.
They conducted the following air strikes/naval attacks:
– The CIA released a whooping cough virus on Tampa Bay, using boats, and so caused a whooping cough epidemic. 12 people died.
– The Navy sprayed San Francisco with bacterial pathogens and in consequence many citizens developed pneumonia.
– Upon Savannah, GA and Avon Park, FL, the army released millions of mosquitoes in the hopes they would spread yellow fever and dengue fever. The swarm left Americans struggling with fevers, typhoid, respiratory problems, and the worst, stillborn children.
Even worse was that after the swarm, the Army came in disguised as public health workers. Their secret intention the entire time they were giving aid to the victims was to study and chart-out the long term effects of all the illnesses they were suffering.
Can we all say together now, "URBAN MYTHS."
Concerened Parent, You have extreme tunnel vision. You'd do well to adjust your focus and see the bigger picture. Remove emotion from the equation and look at the facts. Start with removing fear. When you do that, its amazing what you can find out.
This is specious reasoning. The idea that a particular infectious disease has a herd immunity threshold which protects the herd from a disease is contradicted by your premise that the disease will return should our threshold dip. Obviously the disease must remain active in the herd in order for the disease to return. Thus, it must remain active above the threshold in order to become active below it.
Clearly the disease remains active in carriers with either no secondary immune response, or carriers with reduced secondary immune response. I find it rather ironic that you stated that "people concerned with process don't understand that no vaccine in 100% effective." I think they do understand that vaccines aren't 100% effective. In fact, that's one of the reasons they do not wish to administer them to their children.
Whether they believe that the child stands a better chance of developing a stronger secondary immune response to wild strains then to deactivated strains, or whether they believe that potential benefits of vaccinations are overshadowed by potential risks of vaccinations I don't think it could be said of the majority of them that they don't understand what vaccinations are or how they work..
Vaccines are Useless: you're wrong again, idgit!
San Diego outbreak occurred because of the Denier Idgits down there – up to 30% of an UNVACCINATED population! PBS's The Vaccine War covered this.
But go ahead, keep spreading the lies…how many kids have to die? Or even just SUFFER?!? My God, watch the PBS video – if that 1.5 month old infant struggling for breath because she contracted a PREVENTABLE DISEASE doesn't make you cry, then you're just an idgit blinded by your own conspiracy BS. And you're hurting ALL OF US by spreading mistruths. Thanks, idgit. PS – you're an idgit, did I mention that?
And you're right, a 40 year old infant can't get the Pertussis vaccine, but her brother and his classmate COULD HAVE GOTTEN THE TDAP BOOSTER AND DIDN'T. Educate YOURSELF please, idgit.
Yes, calling me names really underscores your education and training on this subject. 🙂 I am thoroughly impressed.
I have seen Vaccine Wars, and again, 2/3 of San Diego residents were fully immunized during the outbreak. See: http://www.kpbs(dot)org/news/2010/sep/07/vaccinated-people-getting-whooping-cough-sd/
Replace the (dot) with a . and it'll take you there. Live in fear. It's okay. It's easier to call me names than research and dig for the truth. I can't believe you'd base your entire working knowledge of vaccines on one PBS special.
The Vaccine War was funded by BIG PHARMA AND THE GOV'T! Don't they have a vested interest in the vaccination program? Do you honestly trust your gov't with regards to your health?
Guess what…40 day old baby can't have a pertussis vaccination. They're not old enough. And please, someone tell me how it can be proven that it was gotten from an unvax'd person? And if her brother was fully immunized, how did he get it? Also, do you know that people "shed" the pertussis vaccine? Yes, if you are vaccinated, you can give it to somone else because your body sheds it.. It is not preventable. Life happens, the strain mutates. Please educate yourself.
One more thing…the gov't preys on our fears of sickness and disease and these pharma co's are making money hand over fist because we are so far removed from nature. We don't know where our food comes from, we buy hand sanitizers by the truckload… and someone is profiting from your fear.
I listed 2 studies and 2 news articles proving that the recent pertussis outbreaks have been among highly vaccinated populations that were fully immunized. Apparently, the moderator didn't like those.
Google "San Diego pertussis outbreak" and "Indiana pertussis outbreak"
You vaccine deniers are just like the Birthers. Bunch of idgits.
INFANTS DIE FROM PERTUSSIS. Go to pbs.org (if you idgits even know how to use the Inter-Web, that is) and watch The Vaccine War. Pay particular attention to the video of the 40-day-old infant in the ER with Pertussis, turning blue because she CAN'T BREATHE. Caught it from her brother who caught it from an unvaccinated kid at school.
This is a preventable disease, folks! If everyone got vaccinated and kept up with boosters, Pertussis would go the way of Polio – eliminated in the US. But because of idgits like you and your tinfoil-hat NONSENSE, INFANTS KEEP DYING.
Obama did it!
Jason – thank you. That graph is dead on!
Megan – sounds like brainwashing by Big Pharma to me. We have achieved herd immunity for pertussis, measles, TB, etc.. and guess what. THEY'RE STILL HERE! Also, if you truly do your research, you will see that most communicable diseases were on the decline before immunization was introduced (ie – polio and smallpox) and that HYGIENE helped more than anything else. As living conditions improved, so did the rate of disease and death. Please don't belittle those of us without a PHD. Sometimes, it's hard to see the truth when your head is so far up in the…textbook.
Bed Bugs, Whooping cough, Leprosy, Plague!!!
Illegal Aliens are a POX on US!!!
To all of you talking about a process you obviously do not understand: NO vaccine is 100% effective. The reason that EVERYONE should get vaccinated is because vaccines work as "herd Immunity". This means that when a certain percentage of the population is vaccinated, it "protects" even those who are not vaccinated (like newborns), or those upon whom the vaccine doesn't fully protect. The whooping cough vaccine does have boosters, as it does wear down over time, but most vaccinated people actually will be protected to some degree at least until age 65. Those of you who believe that it is your choice to not vaccinate and that your decision affects only you, you are dead wrong. Those who do not vaccinate endanger everyone. Once the level of vaccination dips below the herd immunity threshold, diseases we thought were history WILL return.
These immunization graphs show that diseases were on the decline before vaccines were even available.
This DISHONEST study you cite is discussed in detail here. http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2010/03/the_intellectual_dishonesty_of_the_vacci.php
"Gene's Green Book" cites to MORTALITY RATES for diseases which isn't relevant to INFECTION RATES. Sure, less people die of a disease because our medical care improves over time. INFECTION RATES of MMR, HIB, etc. were GOING UP until vaccines were introduced!
Good grief, people! Don't y'all READ??? I can't respect someone who's WILFULLY BLIND to the truth!
Why would they name a disease after Whooping Goldberg?
You are being silly. Look at rates of infections prior to vaccines becoming available and then after. It takes a willing suspension of belief to say that vaccines do not work.
Martha – I am with you on this. We no longer vaccinate because it doesn't confer immunity and it also delivers formaldehyde, MSG, aluminum, mercury and other known toxins into my child's body.
Look at recent outbreaks of pertussis. Most who contracted the disease are fully immunized and the babies who have died were too young to be vaccinated, so it's useless either way. In Indiana, the county with the lowest vaccination rate also has the lowest pertussis contraction rate. Can that be explained?
Please respect those of us who have decided vaccines aren't for us. We have thoroughly researched this topic and know much more than those who simply take their doctor's, government's, or society's word as gospel truth. The tobacco companies said their products were safe and healthful. See how that turned out? Our day is coming.
I juist got vaccinated so that I won't give it to my grandkids — other granparents might do so as well.
Martha — when insulting someone's spelling, make sure you don't mess yours up, particularly when that person has misspelled on purpose to insult the (lack of) intelligence of the anti-vaccine crowd. Nobody mentioned flu shots, the comment was directed to people who are against all vaccines — which, interestingly enough, tends to be chiropractors around here. Weird, I know.
Also, whooping cough, in particular requires boosters. Learn about it before posting, or else you make yourself look silly.
You're right. No one mentioned flu shots. Why did you mention flu shots?
What makes you think that Martha doesn't know that Tdap requires boosters? What makes you think the nurse in question didn't have them?
Why is she stupid? She most likely submitted to the vaccine… just goes to show you that the shots are not working… they are "wearing off" decades later….. Not all people with Whooping Cough have it as bad to the degree where the cough comes into play… Most have it and don't even know it. And, why is everyone so scared? If the shots do work then shouldn't you all be covered? I mean you give so much credit to the vaccine industry…. where are you now to defend this case?
Here come the anti-vaccine nuts…"vaccines are teh bad and dey give you teh dame bramage!" They also keep you FROM GETTING WHOOPING COUGH AND POLIO.
I used CAPS because that's cruise control for cool.
oh do the shots really keep you from getting whooping cough? I think that the nurse in question is most likely fully vaccinate… you idiot… learn to spell.
Martha, vaccines for whooping cough are only effective for 5 years. BTW, "most likely fully vaccinate" should read "most likely fully vaccinated" idiot.
well said martha
Don't tell me the reoccerence of these diseases has nothing to do with ILLEGAL immigrants. New York can keep up their liberal policies on illegals but they need to quarrantine themselves from the rest of the country.
The surge in disease, as in whopping cough is cyclical…. the shots don't work regardless of where you were born.. WAKE UP FOLKS!!!!
lol, you crazy.
this is not a disease limited to third world countries. Its incidence peaks and troughs in the US just like several other infectious diseases,(despite vaccinations). furthermore, it is largely a pediatric infection treated with antibiotics, with race-predominance mostly in caucasians (>80%). The incidence in adults is rising due to a number of factors, 1. the immunity conferred by the vaccine does not last a lifetime, in fact, it starts to wane before one reaches adolescence, 2. it is now being diagnoses more often, simply because infants are not dying from the disease and there are fewer immunocomprising co-morbid conditions in our communities, (in contrast to when this was a largely fatal disease decades ago). Healthy people don't die from this disease. There is a bunch more to discuss, but I'm out!
p.s. I am not an ID doctor, so I invite any differing opinion or understanding.
BTW, it's spelled "occurrence"
I wonder what the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta Ga. thinks about it?
I'm sure obama has control of the CDC as well which means we won't learn the truth of this-ever!
Irish-Brits and Aussies have a tough time trying to live and work in this country but…guess who gets a pass?…yup
Very stupid nurse. You know you work in the maternity ward of a hospital being exposed to moms newborns and you go to work sick. whooping cough symptom is a bad sometimes phlemy cough. People if you are sick stay home. Especially if you are a healthcare worker.


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Improving on their initial May 1 release date for the Samsung Galaxy S4, T-Mobile has announced that Samsung's latest and greatest will be available online beginning April 24. The upfront price -- $149.99 with 24 monthly payments of $20 for the phone with their Simple Choice plan. If you're still not so sure on how the 'un-carrier' goes about selling things these days, be sure to check out Andrew's run through.
The T-Mobile Galaxy S4 will be packing the 1.9GHz Snapdragon 600 processor as with all other U.S. variants, backed up of course by Android 4.2.2. The full press release can be found after the break.
T-Mobile to Offer Samsung Galaxy S 4 at Exceptional Upfront Cost
Only U.S. wireless company to sell Galaxy S 4 with unlimited talk, text and Web with no annual service contract on a fast, nationwide 4G network
BELLEVUE, Wash. — April 17, 2013 — America's Un-carrier continues making bold moves to give consumers affordable, unrestricted1 and hassle-free ways to get the latest 4G LTE smartphones.
T-Mobile USA, Inc. announced today the Samsung Galaxy S® 4 will be available online at www.T-Mobile.com beginning April 24 for just $149.99 down — plus monthly device payments — for qualifying customers with the new Simple Choice Plan.
The availability of Samsung Galaxy S 4 comes as T-Mobile is delivering the most popular smartphones in revolutionary new ways and giving customers far more flexibility with how they buy and use their wireless devices.
"Samsung has a proven track record of delivering the 'Next Big Thing' in smartphone innovation," said John Legere, president and CEO, T-Mobile USA. "By combining our bold, Un-carrier moves — no restrictions, no limits and an unbeatable value — with Samsung's leading-edge technology, you're going to get the most from your Samsung Galaxy S 4 at T-Mobile —hands down."
T-Mobile is the only major U.S. wireless company offering the Samsung Galaxy S 4 with the following:
· No annual service contract plus unlimited talk, text and Web on a blazing-fast nationwide 4G network.
· The ability to save money upfront and every month over AT&T, Verizon and Sprint through the Simple Choice Plan.
· HD Voice for nationwide crystal-clear high-definition calling and reduced background noise.
· Smartphone Mobile HotSpot feature for sharing the Samsung Galaxy S 4's connection to the T-Mobile 4G network with up to five Wi-Fi capable devices (tablet, e-reader, laptop, portable gaming device and more). Smartphone Mobile HotSpot is included with every Simple Choice Plan.
Simple Choice Plan
T-Mobile's Simple Choice Plan starts with a base rate of $50 per month for unlimited talk, text and Web with 500MB of high-speed data at up to 4G speeds. Consumers can add up to 2GB of high-speed 4G data for $10 per month per line or get unlimited 4G data for an additional $20 per month per line. Customers can add a second phone line for $30 per month, and each additional line is just $10 per month. There are no caps and no overages, and no restrictive annual service contracts.
T-Mobile 4G LTE Network
T-Mobile's 4G LTE rollout complements its existing nationwide 4G network covering 225 million people, which third-party tests show already rivals or beats existing LTE networks in many markets. T-Mobile's advanced 4G LTE network is currently available in seven metropolitan areas: Baltimore; Houston; Kansas City; Las Vegas; Phoenix; San Jose, Calif.; and Washington, D.C. The company expects to reach 100 million people with 4G LTE by midyear and 200 million nationwide by the end of 2013. 4G LTE devices like the Samsung Galaxy S 4 will automatically and seamlessly connect to T-Mobile's nationwide 4G network where 4G LTE has not yet launched.
Device Capabilities
The Samsung Galaxy S 4 joins a growing line-up of T-Mobile 4G LTE devices. The device features the latest Android operating system — Android™ 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) — and a speedy 1.9GHz quad-core Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ processor. In tandem with T-Mobile's blazing fast and unlimited 4G speeds when paired with the Simple Choice Plan with Unlimited Nationwide 4G Data, the Galaxy S 4 enables customers to quickly upload or download their favorite photos, videos and TV shows without worrying about expensive overage charges. With a 13-megapixel camera paired with a vivid 5-inch Full HD SuperAMOLED® (1920 x 1080) display, the Samsung Galaxy S 4 offers a sophisticated multimedia experience for capturing and sharing amazing photos. Advanced camera features include:
· Dual Camera for recording stills or video with the front and rear cameras simultaneously.
· Eraser Shot to remove unwanted objects or people from an otherwise perfect picture.
· Drama Shot for snapping a burst of 100 images in four seconds to create animated GIFs.
The Samsung Galaxy S 4 also offers new enhancements for discovering and watching your favorite programs — whether at home or on the go. New entertainment features include:
· Samsung WatchON is a whole new way to use your phone with your TV. It transforms your Samsung Galaxy S 4 into an integrated smart remote to control your home entertainment system including TV, set-top box and DVD player. With the WatchON service, you can get recommended TV, movies and sports according to your personal tastes.
· Samsung Smart Pause will automatically pause videos playing on your Samsung Galaxy S 4 if you turn your head away and resume once you've looked back.
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Starting April 24, the Samsung Galaxy S 4 will be available for T-Mobile customers for $149.99 down with 24 equal monthly payments of $20 for well-qualified buyers for 0% APR O.A.C. The Samsung Galaxy S 4 will be available online at http://www.T-Mobile.com starting April 24, and at select T-Mobile retail stores and through select dealers and national retail stores starting May 1. For more information, visit https://www.androidcentral.com/e?link=https%3A%2F%2Ft-mobile.7eer.net%2Fc%2F159229%2F187812%2F3290%3FsubId1%3DUUacUdUnU30713%26subId2%3Ddac%26u%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fexplore.t-mobile.com%252Fsamsung-galaxy-s4.&token=V6nSxTHI
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Here's a ride I wouldn't mind taking, even if it ends up in a crash: a car made with bodypainted people. The art project, which paints 17 bodies and shapes it into a busted car is part of an anti-speeding ad that's supposed to encourage driving slow. You bet we would.
Emma Hack, a body painting artist, is the one who pieced it all together, putting people on top of one another and painting them perfectly so that it looks like a real car. Check out some of the work:
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Yes, now fashionable neckware for both sexes comes in an assortment of unpleasant pathogens, including plague, dust mites, and mad cow disease! Also available in not just 1, but 2 types of breast cancer!
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A Blog detailing the insanity of my medical practice and the stupidity of everyday life.
Where do you find these things? They would make great gifts for my classmates or professors. I can see Dr. N sporting the fungi one, and Dr. S sporting the WNV tie. I myself would probably go for the antibody one as I'm a immunology geek at heart. :)
Honestly, I think these are great. Not your boring run-of-the-mill tie. Definetly different.
Oh and I really liked the soaps too. Might just have to order them!!
As a breast cancer survivor, would it be just too twisted of me to get the bc tie or scarf?
Nah, I think it's cool. Like a souvenir of conquest! I must have some!
Don't see a teratoma amongst them for my husband though (we're 16+ years down the line from a mediastinal teratoma that was the size of a rugby football by the time treatment started - afp was iro 50,000). I wish I could get the soaps for my daughters - a resp nurse and a paramedic!
wv - inorsof, in awes of these pressies.
I really want at least ONE of these (probably dust mites as its closest to what I did my senior year thesis on)....
It makes sense. I mean, isn't the risk of spreading germs the reason that docs tuck their ties into their shirts or wear bow ties?
I think something like mad cow would be approprate for your fav nuro doc eh?
Some of those scarves would make a great quilt. Need to forward this to Dr. Bates of Suture For A Living....
You found these when you were ordering the brains tie, right?
I love bright weird ties.
When I was in sales I would get a lot of "I don't remember who I was talking to, but he had a great tie".
I want at least one of these to add to my collection
I love those ties.
Actually, I have the bubonic plague tie (ordered through Infectious Awareables) and it tends to get a lot of attention because everyone wants to guess what it is. Then when I tell them what it is, everyone insists on washing their hands afterwards! LOL.
Oh! Oh! Oh! I could have a scarf with the plague on it!!!! My favorite disease!! Ahhhhh!
Obviously, I'm a slight bit excited.
Wicked cool! The infectious Disease man needs the whole set!
Actually, if there was one with a herpesvirus on it, I totally would buy one for Luca.
I think those are fabulous and I know people who would wear them. Can we have the link, please?
Okay, here's the link.
our infectious disease prof (who is awesome) has a pseudomonas tie. it's great. he has matching suspenders as well. i should email him the link haha
So I go to the tie site and I'm happily scrolling down the page, considering which would be best for the biologists in my life, when--cue record-scratching noise--the next item is an "episiotomy suturing simulator--set of 3!" This thing is realistic enough to be sold in other sorts of catalogs for--oh, never mind. It's just not cricket to put that on the page with the ties, guys. Not cricket at all.
Like a lot of your commentors I like these. I don't know if this says more about the type of people who read your blog or yourself, Dr. Grumpy! I think it's us... :-)
Can I safely assume that they have run out of bedbug ties? I heard they're real popular this year. How do I get on the waiting list?
Well, I like them too! I think I would get the Neurons scarf! So pretty and would definitely be a conversation starter.
My question is this: do the other things really look like that? Like the HIV 1 and HIV 2? They just look too uniform.
wv: sthic ....we're all a little "sick"
Okay, I just checked out the link and I am a little disturbed by their "gift items" section. I hope Santa doesn't bring me any of that this year! (I am not in the medical field, nor do I pretend to be.)
Goes along with the Giant Plush Microbes (some of which I want, by the way). I bet some are really pretty and "normal" people might think they're neat looking, until they ask what it is and get all grossed out.
Okay, so I think they're pretty. But I'm weird anyway. :)
Giant Microbes Rule! I have a set of five around my TV. The Common Cold sat on my desk @ uni for years.
I have actually bought some of these for my father for Christmas, and he - a major biology nerd much like myself - adores them. His gifts to me? Giant Microbes. XD
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== In Practice ==
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Generally only freeways or major highways are split into two one-way roads.
Generally only freeways or major highways are split into two one-way roads.
Revision as of 20:04, 8 April 2013
The purpose of this page is to help Area Managers & others design maps that work best for the end-user--the driving public--while minimizing the amount of (re)work you have to do because of common mistakes or subtle limitations of the tools. For those who are an Area Manager, many helpful pages already exist on your responsibilities, including how to use Waze Map Editor, identify and solve map problems and update requests, set standards for labeling roads, and a general FAQ. These same sources are incredibly useful for regular editors as well and should be reviewed to become familiar with the various elements of Waze map editing before getting too deep with your edits.
If you find something missing from the this page or any page of the Wiki, either be bold and edit the page to add or modify the information (if you are confident that is how it works), or you can post a comment in the Wiki improvement forum.
- 1 Overall Goals
- 2 In Practice
- 2.1 When to Split a Two-Way Road (and when not to)
- 2.2 How to "Un-Split" two One-Way Roads
- 2.3 Highways and Ramps
- 2.4 Toll roads
- 2.5 Time Restricted Turns
- 2.6 When to Use Ramps in an Intersection
- 2.7 When to Create a Roundabout
- 2.8 Locking Segments
- 2.9 Junction Style Guide
- 3 New Roads
- 4 Classification of crossings
Overall Goals
When it comes to the map, the first & foremost goal of editing is to provide the driver with a map that is easy to follow on a small display, and to produce sensible verbal instructions when (and only when) they are needed.
It is not a goal to model the physical roadway lane-by-lane. Doing so often leads to unnecessary complexity--which means a cluttered map, confusing verbal directions, and lots and lots (and lots!) of extra map maintenance.
As a result of people driving over them, road segments retain certain information (e.g., average speed) that is used in route optimization. When a segment is deleted, that information is discarded. Given a choice between deleting a tangle of segments and creating new ones in their place, vs. untangling them and reusing them, it is often better to "recycle".
In Practice
When to Split a Two-Way Road (and when not to)
Generally only freeways or major highways are split into two one-way roads.
When initially reviewing whether to split or "un-split" (merge back together) a roadway, consider these points first:
- If a road is currently working with no problem reports, consider leaving it as is.
- After reviewing the criteria for when to split or not split a road, if you cannot be sure which way to go, consider sending a permalink of the road to the map editing forums to get additional feedback from other editors.
- Try to avoid switching roads back and forth between being split and "un-split". For example, if most of the road is clearly split and only parts would be considered a single two-way road, consider leaving it all split. The same goes for the opposite situation.
Some formal guidelines -
A road should be split if:
- GPS tracks show a clearly definable gap (blank area) between the color-by-azimuth arrows at the 100m zoom level.
- U-Turns are required to properly make turns that are blocked by a median.
- It is an Interstate Highway (USA) or other Limited Access Highway using the "Freeway" road type.
A road should not be split when:
- There is a curb or non-drivable median less than 5m wide between lanes of travel (see exceptions above).
- The non-drivable median is interrupted by a cross segment at most intersections.
- There is a center turn lane (any width) between directions of travel. Splitting this type of road created problems when people turn from the middle lane because there is no road for the navigation to follow.
- (Just because) Google Maps or other mapping source show it as a split road.
Remember that splitting and unsplitting each comes with its own set of problems. Each situation is unique and some issues may be more manageable with a single two-way road, and some may work fine with a split road. Consider every aspect of routing, and carefully examine each junction before splitting or unsplitting. Regardless of whether you're splitting or unsplitting, remember that you might cause more problems than you solve and you might have to put it back the way it was before.
How to "Un-Split" two One-Way Roads
Sorry to say it, but there is no easy way to merge two one-way roads back into a two-way road--which is why you should always give a lot of thought before splitting a road in the first place. And then think some more.
When you come across a road in your area that has been split but shouldn't have been--just look for the highest concentration of problem reports, and you'll find them!--you have some major map surgery ahead of you. Basically, for the length of the road, you're going to:
- delete road segments on one side or the other*, including segments that connect the two sides;
- remove all "orphaned" junctions;
- change the direction of the preserved segments to two-way;
- check/fix the connectivity of all the roads already connect to the side you kept;
- connect (and set connectivity) of all the roads that used to be connected to the other side;
- make sure all the new two-way segments are connected; and
- adjust the geometry to move the two-way road segments to the middle of the road.
'*' It usually saves time to preserve whichever side is already connected to more roads, so you may want to delete one side in some places, and the other side in other places. Just remember to re-connect them later.
It isn't difficult once you have gone through the process a couple times.
Caveat: if you decide to be clever and edit the road properties of multiple segments at a time, familiarize yourself with the known problems with mass-editing first. It can be done--but if you're not careful, you'll find that all the road segments have reverted to Streets...in Alabama...and any alternate road names will be lost. I wish I were kidding.
Highways and Ramps
Useful long-range navigation is impossible with Waze if the highways are broken. Since limited-access roads--typically Freeways & Major Highways--offer more to think about (and more opportunities to mess them up) than typical surface-road work, this section is very important.
The term "limited-access road" here refers to a road that is multi-laned in each direction, with a physical barrier between directions, and which can be entered & exited solely by ramps. Such roads almost always should be mapped as separate one-way segments--and other roads almost never should be.
As stated elsewhere, off-ramps should be named according to their exit number if they have one, as well as whatever is on the actual exit sign; e.g., "Exit 7: Rte 3 S / Braintree / Cape Cod". On-ramps should be named "to" whatever they lead to; e.g., "to I-93 S / Quincy / Providence RI". Ramps should always be locked to preserve directionality, since they often run especially close to other ramps that flow in the opposite direction. (Not locking ramps means you will end up coming back later to fix a ramp that has become two-way--and has started directing traffic accordingly.) Remember to check connectivity and turn restrictions while you're there.
- There is a more detailed description of How to label Exit ramps and Entrance ramps.
- Be sure to understand the difference between ramps and At-Grade Connectors.
Overpasses & Underpasses
Recent experience has changed my thinking regarding road levels. Given the current editor limitations, I have found that it is more important to know that road level is an issue for a particular segment (e.g., a mile-long stretch of highway that extends well beyond the screen boundaries), than what its actual value is, or of maintaining a consistent level across multiple segments of the same road.
I use level 0 as a "sentinel value" that signifies that a segment has no overpasses or underpasses. When editing an over/underpass, if either segment is at level 0, set it to a non-zero value that reflects its relative level. If both levels are already non-zero, either they are already correct--in which case no further action is required--or they are incorrect, in which case the area needs to be studied carefully, so as not to "break" other intersections that have already been evaluated and assigned.
In many cases, the conflict can be resolved simply by adjusting one segment's level, or perhaps several segments will need to be adjusted. Proceed with caution. In really complicated situations, it might help to draw a picture, or to start by looking for the top-most or bottom-most segment. Or perhaps take a course in Topology at your local community college.
Occasionally you will run into a situation in which no set of values will work. For example, three segments named A, B and C: A crosses over B, B crosses over C, and C crosses over A. So A > B > C > A... now what? Either pretend that one of the segments crosses over both of the others, or add a junction to one of the segments so that it can have two different levels as needed--and hope nobody deletes that "unnecessary" junction without investigating why it might be there. (In this example it might even make sense to add junctions to all three segments, just to make it clearer to the next AM what you're trying to accomplish.)
Caveat re. Levels
No matter what levels road segments are assigned, if you pin a junction through them, they now form a navigable intersection, and Waze will instruct people to turn off of bridges and onto the cross-streets below. If you are looking at an over/underpass, and there is a junction where the roads cross, get rid of it. First, make sure the levels of the road segments are correct, and that all the other information of each pair of road segments match. At that point, deleting the junction will most likely work. If that does not work, refer to deleting a junction for more information.
See also Road Levels.
Bridging Roads
Select the two segments that cross over/under the intersection, then click on the "Bridge" link. If all goes well, the selected segments will be separated from the underlying junction, consolidated into a single segment, and their level increased by 1. Failing that, you may have to disconnect both sides of the over/underpassing road from the junction, make sure their levels are correct, and then re-connect them.
Note that Railroad crossings at the level of a street should not form a junction. See Railroads under Road Types for more information.
Handling Restricted Lanes
At this time, Waze does not have a facility to handle restricted lanes; e.g., high-occupancy/"car pool" lanes, lanes that are open (or change direction) at certain times of day, etc.. This is important because these lanes sometimes have their own ramps that the regular lanes do not have, and they often run alongside the main road, so that GPS has a hard time discriminating between the two. The result is driving instructions that can range from incorrect to deadly.
The most direct solution might appear to be omitting/deleting these lanes from the map. Please do not delete these lanes. As Waze implements more features, it will help (in terms of testing and making the feature available) if these lanes are already mapped.
The best partial solution the community has come up with so far is to leave these segments' directionality as whatever their native would be. If it's a set of lanes which switch directionality at times, set it to 2-way. If it is always a 1-way, set it as such. In order to make it less likely that Waze will route anyone onto these express lanes, HOV lanes, etc., any ramps connecting these segments to regular freeway or street segments should be set as Parking Lot road type and turns onto the parking lot road segments and the freeway or highway segments are Disallowed.
This "solution" will give routing onto these special lanes a very high penalty and reduce the likelihood that Waze will create a route over them. It will not prevent Waze from snapping a driver to the segments, if it determines they are on such a lane, and any recalculation of the route from these segments will then be correct as well. However, as noted above, the fact that these lanes are usually quite close to the normal/open freeway or highway, makes it unlikely Waze will automatically recognize their true location due to GPS inaccuracy and margin of error.
High Occupancy Toll (HOT) Roads/Lanes (USA)
The United States DOT has been working with local governments to introduce a new type of roadway called High Occupancy Toll (HOT) lanes/roads. In many cases these roads replace existing HOV lanes and run in the median between different directions of non-toll traffic along a freeway.
HOT roadways have the following features:
- These lanes/roads allow both toll traffic and HOV traffic to traverse the same lanes
- There are no toll plazas or booths for paying by cash. All tolls are paid electronically to maintain traffic speed
- Entrances and exits to the HOT lanes are limited to help maintain high speeds
- There are no entrance/exit combinations where the toll fare rules don't apply
- Tolls are discounted or waived for users that meet High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) requirements. These requirements may change based on time of day.
HOT lanes are often marketed as "Express Lanes", however the term "Express Lanes" is also used by various regional governments for non-HOT lanes. For Waze purposes, a road needs to meet all the above listed criteria to be considered a HOT lane.
The entrances to HOT lanes should be marked with the toll flag. This will prevent Waze from routing those wishing to avoid tolls onto the HOT lanes, while allowing Waze to use the HOT lanes for routing for those willing to pay a toll for a faster commute.
The lanes of the HOT itself should not be flagged as a toll road, to prevent Waze from trying to route HOV users out of the HOT lanes if they have toll avoidance active in the client.
Since Waze does not currently support HOV lanes, HOV users with toll avoidance turned on will not be routed onto the HOT lanes. Just as with the current HOV best practices, those that meet the HOV requirements and wish to use the HOT lanes will need to navigate themselves to the HOT lanes, they will not be routed onto them by the Waze client. As with standard HOV lanes, HOV users will need to recalculate the route for Waze to snap them to the HOT lane.
Since HOT lanes are still considered "experimental" there may be some variation in local implementation. If the HOT lane does not meet all the requirements listed above, check with an experienced local editor or Country Manager before making any changes. When in doubt seek advice on the forum; a change to the guidelines or an exception may need to be made for the local variation.
Toll roads
Roads with tolls can be indicated by checking the Toll road box on the road segment properties tab. Only mark segments as toll roads if:
- there is a toll booth, transponder reader, or other tolling device within, or at either end of the segment
- there is no way to drive on that segment without eventually paying a toll (such as at an exit)
In the case of a bridge that is tolled in only one direction, split the road where the toll is collected and mark only the segment with the toll booth as a toll road.
Time Restricted Turns
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When to Use Ramps in an Intersection
Please see the discussion on At-Grade Connectors.
When to Create a Roundabout
In the author's editing and driving experience, once you learn how to create a roundabout, it is always the right time to replace an ad hoc traffic circle (built from regular road segments) with a proper roundabout. The voice cues produced by an ad-hoc circle can be terribly misleading, and the client display almost always looks unprofessionally sloppy. Replacing this with a roundabout is an instant, orders-of-magnitude improvement on both counts.
Note: A roundabout should never be used in place of an end-node on dead-end or cul-de-sac street. See: Junction Style Guide
Locking Segments
It is not recommended to lock segments in residential neighborhoods. Locking should only be used on high-value roads and complicated junctions to prevent inexperienced lower level editors from making changes.
NEVER lock a segment unless you are sure that it and everything that touches it (junctions, turn restrictions, and other segments) is 100% complete and correct.
If you run into a segment or junction that is locked by someone at a higher editing level than you, select the segment(s), copy the permalink of that location, and post it in the Unlock request forum.
Locking should be used sparingly and carefully.
Junction Style Guide
When creating or editing a junction, it is very important to understand the nuances of how the Waze routing engine looks at the map segments and junctions. The Junction Style Guide will provide the best practices with the many different types of junctions.
New Roads
Parking Lots
Mapping a parking lot serves two purposes:
- it allows Waze to provide door-to-door directions within the lot
- it allows the Waze client to get off the main road, avoidiing erroneous traffic reports
Shopping Centers
When mapping a large parking lot (e.g., at a shopping center) consider mapping only the following:
- Main entrances from the roads outside the parking lot
- Lanes that run along storefronts
- Lanes that run along main roads outside the parking area (to prevent cars in the parking area from snapping to the main roads and sending incorrect speed information)
- Primary lanes that serve to get people from one area of the lot to another
Remember, the goals here are usability and simplicity. When in doubt, imagine yourself in a car in the lot at various points, and ask yourself what the most efficient way would be to get to a store at the other end of the lot, or exit the lot and get back on a main road, with as few convolutions as possible. The lanes that are used the most in this thought experiment should be mapped, with the rest being omitted. You can turn on the GPS points layer (shortcut key Shift-G) to see where traffic has been most recently to help determine what might be the best section to map.
In particular, do not map every single lane, and especially not every single parking space (it has been done!). This serves no purpose but to clutter the map, confuse directions, and put an unnecessary burden on both the client and server hardware. Remember usability and simplicity are #1. Your editing time & expertise can be better used elsewhere in the map.
Small Parking Lots
Parking lots that serve a small number of businesses should be minimal: enough to give the driver correct directions into & out of the lot, and navigate to a particular business. Very small lots with a single entrance/exit could even be represented by a single segment running diagonally across the parking area.
Beware of Parking Lot exits that have a restricted turn (typically no left turn allowed across a median). Due to the way that Waze routing works in regards to penalties, if there is only one way out of a Parking Lot Waze may route you to take that restricted left turn. In these cases it would be better to provide another path out of the lot via an unrestricted turn.
Drive-Through Lots
Because these lots can be narrow and congested, with one-way sections, the simplest way to represent them may be as just a one-way drive-through loop. Caveat: because both ends of a segment cannot connect to the same junction, if the lot has only one entrance/exit, it will be necessary to build the loop using two segments.
Use of the Parking Lot Road Type
The Parking Lot Road type exists to allow the mapping of parking lots, while discouraging the routing server from using them for navigation vs. the road network. Waze has changed the way that Parking Lot roads route as of June 2012. Parking Lot roads now have a transition penalty when transitioning from the Parking Lot road to another road type. This penalty decreases the chance that Waze will route through a Parking Lot as a shortcut but allow better navigation in and out of the Parking Lot. Every segment that is used to map a Parking Lot should be of the Parking Lot segment type. It is no longer advisable to mix road types within the Parking Lot.
Recorded via Client
Once you start editing a road, it changes from red (a new road) to the colour of a road type (by default a white street) and will then appear on the next update of the Live Map which will go out to all Waze users.
So it is less than helpful if you do an incomplete job. At least if the road is red, then someone else knows that it needs work. If it is white, perhaps even with a street name, then it may look correct. But Waze may not view it as navigable.
Follow these simple steps, as best you can, and get it right the first time. Map Editing explains how to carry out these steps.
- Align the geometry of the road to the aerial image unless that is not appropriate in your area
- Enter the correct name and road type for your road, following the standards for your country
- Make sure the road has the correct directionality. Most roads should be Two Way.
- Add junctions where the road intersects with other roads. By default tick "Enable all turns". Restrict any turns that are not allowed. If a junction appears, just add a junction over the top. Chances are it does not have all turns enabled. Waze automatically handles turn restrictions for one way roads.
- A proper roundabout (i.e., produces "at the roundabout..." verbal cues) can only be created in WME.
- When it is first created, the segments are configured as new roads - they will need to be edited as above before they will become part of the live map.
- Please see Creating and Editing a roundabout for more information on creating these special intersections.
Classification of crossings
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Overnight, Ubisoft released three new trailers for South Park: The Stick of Truth. And... that's all you really need to know, actually. Let's dig in!
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In this trailer, we get to see a mysterious plague claim a hall monitor.
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Not long now! The Stick of Truth, Obsidian's South Park RPG, hits PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 in just a month; March 4 in North America, March 6 in Australia, and March 7 in Europe.
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Equity futures fell overnight along with Asian markets (Shenghai down 5%), but then recovered in the morning hours and are now about flat:
The dollar is down slightly and bonds are up slightly.
MBA Purchase Applications rose 1.1%, but the refinance index fell 7.2%...
MBA's purchase index rose 1.1 percent in the Aug. 7 week for the third straight small gain in a row (levels not provided). The refinance index fell 7.2 percent reflecting a 21 basis point jump in the 30-year fixed rate, at 5.38 percent in the week.
The International Trade figures showed a widening trade deficit with a small rise in exports and imports. Here's Econoday's report:
The U.S. trade deficit in June expanded moderately but largely due to higher oil prices and a larger oil deficit. But there is good news in the detail for U.S. manufacturers. The overall U.S. trade gap widened to $27.0 billion from a revised $26.0 billion deficit the previous month. The June shortfall was less than the market forecast for a $28.5 billion deficit. Exports advanced 2.0 percent while imports rebounded 2.3 percent.
The widening in the trade shortfall was due to a wider petroleum deficit which expanded to $17.2 billion from $13.3 billion in May. In contrast, the goods excluding petroleum gap shrank significantly to $20.0 billion from $22.6 billion in May.
Behind the boost in the petroleum gap were both higher oil prices and more barrels imported. Crude oil prices jumped to $59.17 per barrel from $51.21 the month before. The number of barrels that were imported in June rebounded 7.1 percent.
So which producers in the U.S. were happiest about the latest trade numbers? By end-use categories, the June advance in exports was led by industrial supplies (up $1.2 billion) and by capital goods ex autos (up $0.4 billion). Also posting gains were foods, feeds & beverages exports. Automotive was in the positive category but essentially was flat. Consumer goods exports edged down marginally.
Outside of oil, the import numbers show weak domestic demand. Imports were almost entirely boosted by the industrial supplies category which jumped $3.9 billion and includes oil imports. The foods, feeds & beverages component and automotive imports rose incrementally. Businesses are not adding to stockroom shelves-at least not from imports. Consumer goods imports dropped a sizeable $1.7 billion and capital goods imports were down but basically flat.
Year-on-year, overall exports slipped to minus 22.2 percent from minus 21.2 percent in May while imports were little changed in June at down 31.1 percent from minus 31.2 percent the previous month.
The best part of today's report was the rebound in exports-which is sweet music to manufacturers' ears. Also, today's trade number will help soften the second quarter decline in GDP. The negative news is that the lower imports indicate weak domestic demand. But overall, equities should like the trade report but company earnings have center stage.
Oh yeah, sweet music… LOL, knuckleheads. Did you note the year over year acceleration in falling exports? Uh huh. THAT would correspond with the recent relapse in the Baltic index which has accelerated sharply downwards since the time of this data.
And look at those charts. Imports down 31.1% and staying there! Exports down 22.2% and accelerating downward? That's simply an amazing collapse, one that I would expect to rebound as being down yoy 30%+ is not sustainable for long as you would mathematically get close to zero pretty darn quickly. The truth is that number could go all the way back to zero right now and that would mean a year over year leveling off. It hasn't leveled off on a year over year basis, and the fall off in exports is accelerating, not slowing. Ignore the month to month numbers, they are almost meaningless.
This is one of those numbers where it coming back to neutral is a necessity in the long run but painful in the short run. Our deficits DO MATTER and must be financed. There's a reason that trade has collapsed and that has proven the keynsian knuckleheads incorrect as anyone with an ounce of common sense would know.
The big news today, of course, will be the FOMC announcement at 2:15 Eastern time. There, we will lean how Bernanke will manipulate the markets going forward… or not. What a game, one that our nation would be a lot better off not playing. Just remember that what Bernanke says and what he does are two different things. The numbers still do not add up for me. I know we now have a lot of smart people looking at auctions but what I'm telling you is that there are false bids from the primary dealers and there are surrogates of the PD's who are providing false demand for our debt with the Fed's printed backing. This is a house of cards that is highly likely to come crashing down around Bernake's head at some point – Ponzi finance ALWAYS eventually does.
I won't play the analyst game of what he will or should say and how the markets will or should react. That's losing sight of the big picture. The big picture is that the Fed is manipulating the flow of capital and they are manipulating investor's expectations. Your government has no right and no business doing so. There's no doubt that the Fed is under pressure from the Chinese to knock off devaluing their dollar assets, thus I would simply expect the Fed to talk up how they are maintaining their BS strong dollar policy, but behind the scenes they will be covertly destroying it. If they do truly stop the nonsense then the dollar would instantly gain tremendously. Risky trade in here due to their manipulation that's not worth the risk to anyone's capital in my opinion.
Here's a chart showing China's purchases late last year into early this year. Remember that capital flow data is not released in a timely fashion. This chart was not made by me, the original source is unknown, but I'll confirm that the TIC data supports the trend (I'll find the source if I can and will post it in the comments below):
I'll make a brief comment about their comments afterwards.
Here's a chart of the SPX and the rising wedge. Note that we threw over, met heavy resistance and are now back inside. It's going to be interesting going forward from here.
The 60 minute stochastic is oversold, and thus a bounce is possible, but the 10 minute is overbought, so there may be some back and forth. Can't you feel the crescendo? Pretty soon there's going to be an eruption!
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The operation took 22 hours and 30 doctors, but the world's first full facial transplant has been deemed "a success."
In a clandestine operation that took place almost a month ago in Barcelona, a man who'd lost his much of his face in a shooting accident received an entire face—skin and muscles, and as the BBC clarified, even "cheekbones, nose, lips and teeth"—from a donor.
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