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Half a week with The Hidden Cameras. Half a week with one of the most provocative, most exciting, most down-right exhilaratingly fun bands in the western, and probably eastern, world. A tour diary; charting their movements, emotions and thoughts throughout their brief jaunt around England.
At least that was the plan. Due to unforeseen planning problems and hideous levels of alcohol consumption a Plan B of a review/introduction/biography/interview is drawn up, and Drownedinsound finally catches up with members of the now-worldwide collective, themselves a little worse for wear, an hour before showtime at the Ruby Lounge in Manchester.
Before this the seven/eight/nine/ten-piece, headed by songwriter/guitarist Joel Gibbs, have touched down in Brighton and London, playing respectively in a tiny community hall and a grandiose church, and have turned both into an Alice-through-the-looking-glass neverworld; a unique blend of twee indie-pop, sexual politics and vivid, hedonistic imagery soaked in an almost cultish atmosphere, on both sides on the band/audience barrier. Indeed it's almost a travesty to dismiss these dates as mere gigs; they are events, occasions, celebrations.
As the band blend 'Day Is Dawning' into 'Learning The Lie' with heavenly harmonies and off-white noise in equal amounts I imagine this is what the first Neutral Milk Hotel, or Godspeed You! Black Emperor, or CAN gigs were like; a true musical collective not performing but interacting, inches away from the audience, a sense of purest, child-like wonder in the air, limbs flailing everywhere.
In Brighton there is a sense of community perfect for the venue. The band crowd awkwardly on the stage, barely fitting in its confines and yet they still manage to explode around it. The first thing that is evident is that despite delivering the same euphoric high-energy performance that the band are fabled for, there are new directions aplenty.
Gone is the simple Emaj-Amaj-Bmaj acoustic pop of old. 'Origin:Orphan', opener for each of the triumvirate of shows, and an untitled piece showcased during the encore, are full of anxiety and assonance, resting closer to fellow Canada-based collective A Silver Mt Zion than their own earlier work. The latter burns on building drums, violin wails and shrieks, and finds Joel exploring a Johnny Cash-style drawl. At the other side of the coin are 'He Falls To Me' and 'In The Na', bubbling maelstroms of falsetto, handclaps and electronics that Of Montreal and Patrick Wolf, a guest musician on Saturday's show, have grown fond of recently.
After introductions and inane innuendo this is the first topic of conversation. Joel states that the songs come from "Three albums which have already been written. There's an electronic one and a country one, which I've added lots of strings and banjos to." Although he doesn't specify which album will be the first come out he does reveal that it will be produced and mastered outside of his hands; "I'm sending it off in a few weeks to a producer. I want someone to take it off my hands, to change things around, cut things out and put them in."
Which may further represent a crossroad for Joel and the band around him. Since he started writing songs under the name of The Hidden Cameras in 1999 the group have remained fearlessly independent and decidedly different; all of their materials have been released on Evil Evil, a label run with an extreme proximity to the band in their home country, as well as offering merchandise such as skull beanie bags, tote bags and underwear.
Despite their place on the Rough Trade roster the mini-tour has also been run almost fully independently, with band manager Thomas and promoter Craig taking charge of all operations, and the band have fully realised their reputation of playing in unconventional housings.
The Ruby Lounge is slightly more recognisable as a regular venue, and tonight it hosts what has been labelled by many as 'the Anti-Pride', a less commercial alternative and more inclusive alternative to Manchester's Gay Pride weekend events, which sees the band appear alongside, and share a dressing room with, David Hoyle, the elusive cross-dressing compere and performer formerly known as 'The Divine David'.
It is in this cramped dressing room that Drownedinsound introduces itself to various members of the band, most of whom flitter to&fro, and actually attempts to conduct an interview. Joel, barely able to talk due to a throat injury, and keyboardist/cheerleader and Maggie McDonald, acting as a spokesperson for the band, stick around for a right ol' chinwag:
DrownedInSound: Well as you may have been told this was supposed to be a tour diary, which that hasn't come to a complete fruition. But nevermind. How was your trip into the country? When did you all get in to the country?
Maggie: We didn't travel together. Joel has been in London for a few days. I got in from Toronto on Thursday, there was a seven hour delay and all we got was a meal voucher...Jamie, our violinist, lives in London. The rest of the band are from Germany or Croatia.
DrownedInSound:I didn't realise that the band was so spread around the world.
Thomas (Manager):Yeah, there are over fifty 'Hidden Cameras' now, who play in over one hundred bands themselves.
DrownedInSound:How did you meet all of the band members?
Joel:Jamie (Violin) I actually met through a journalist, who told me his boyfriend played violin. We met him in London on our first UK tour (review here). There are a couple of guys from Bavaria who were in the choir for a gig we did in Germany for the footballer Mehmet Scholl's retirement party. I met Joel in university, near Toronto. I've been in the band since The Hidden Cameras' second gig, which was in 2000. I just did projections then as I couldn't play any instruments.
DrownedInSound:So the original plan for this was a tour diary...can you sum up what you have done so far?
Joel:We didn't get to spend as much time as we would have liked to in Brighton...just straight to the venue and back...I was in a bad mood, my voice was shot. I've had to cut out all the songs with high notes.
Jamie:My friend Joe said you sounded a lot better than the last time he saw you, at The Union Chapel gig...
DrownedInSound:I'd noticed that on your new songs you were singing a lot lower. Your voice has kinda picked up a droning quality, but in a really good way..
Joel:...I always seem to get sick in London.
DrownedInSound:Did you get upto much after the show yesterday? My friend Jonny ran into your violinist outside the Joiners Arms, and we spotted you inside...
Maggie:We stayed out 'til around three, which I guess is late for you Londoners. I only went into the Joiners Arms to pull someone else out.
Maggie::We tried to do karaoke in London yesterday but everywhere closes so early..surely karaoke is something you do after you're already drunk?
Joel:I've never seen any bar close in Berlin..
DrownedInSoundHow are you finding living in Berlin?
Joel:I love it. There are no rules..well, hardly any.
DrownedInSound:Speaking of Europe, how long will this tour go on for? This is your third and final date in England, what are the plans after that?
Joel:We are playing Paris, Hamburg, Malmo, Heidelberg, Bergen, Traunstein, Stockholm. Then we won't be playing for a while. I've written three albums, but I don't know when they will come out.
At this point the interview is cut-short by the impending stage-time. The band storm the stage of The Ruby Lounge as they have on the previous two shows. They are slightly more reserved but the audience is just as responsive, shouting back each line with joy and free pride.'Golden Streams', a highlight in both a drum-machine aided and raw&naked form in Brighton and London respectively, is unfortunately omitted but the band replace this with a euphoric version of 'Breathe On It', complete with dancing from Maggie and a couple of guests.
After the gig the band (and drownedinsound) crash at a house kindly provided by local promoter Victoria Conway, before making the short journey to Paris. Hundreds more converts surely await them, waiting to worship at the church of kaleidoscope pop perfection.


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Step 1. Notice I have sweaty palms and a racing heart.
Step 2. Determine what is going on around me: Is there a big bear behind me? I must be afraid. Did I just get an award? I must be excited. And in the case of sexual attraction - am I on a date with someone I like? I must be really attracted to them.
Most of the time, this two step process should lead people to correctly figure out why they are feeling the way they do. How likely is it that you are being chased by a big bear but your heart is racing because you are nervous about a big talk you have to give next week? However, as I mentioned above, there may be times when this process leads people to misattribute their physiological arousal to the wrong environmental cue, such as assuming you are really attracted to your date after you ride a roller coaster together.

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Songwriter Jesse Winchester dies at 69
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Jesse Winchester, a U.S.-born singer who established himself in Montreal after dodging the Vietnam War and went on to write songs covered by the likes of Elvis Costello, Jimmy Buffett and Joan Baez has died of cancer. He was 69.
His death was announced on his official Facebook page Friday.
"Friends, our sweet Jesse died peacefully in his sleep this morning," the update reads. "Bless his loving heart."
Winchester was born in Louisiana and raised around the U.S. South, but he didn't begin his music career in earnest until moving to Quebec in 1967. There, he began performing solo in coffee houses around Montreal and the Canadian East Coast.
Winchester was a protege of the Band's Robbie Robertson, who produced and played guitar on Winchester's self-titled debut album and brought Band-mate Levon Helm along to play drums and mandolin.
Winchester's second album, 1972's Third Down, 110 to Go featured tracks produced by Todd Rundgren. He continued to release material at a steady clip until 1981's Talk Memphis, after which he took a seven-year break from recording. That album, however, contained Winchester's biggest U.S. hit, "Say What."
Although large-scale mainstream success eluded Winchester, his songs were covered by an array of musicians including Elvis Costello, Anne Murray, Wynona Judd, Emmylou Harris, the Everly Brothers, Jimmy Buffett, and Joan Baez.
Some of his best known songs include "Yankee Lady," "Biloxi," "The Brand New Tennessee Waltz" and "Mississippi, You're On My Mind."
After living in Canada for decades, Winchester moved back to the U.S. early last decade. He died at his home in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Winchester was nominated for three Juno Awards, including country male vocalist of the year in 1990 and, most recently, best roots and traditional album for Gentleman of Leisure in 2000.
In September 2012, artists including James Taylor, Lucinda Williams, Vince Gill, and Jimmy Buffett performed covers of Winchester's tunes for a tribute album called Quiet About It.
Winchester reportedly recorded a final album called A Reasonable Amount of Trouble, due out this summer.
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If the images and link settings Android Police has dug up from the most recent (v3.8.15) Google Play APK that's rolling out are correct, we could see a coupe more features coming to the Android app and media store soon. First up are very fleshed out menus for the redemption of Play Store gift cards, perfect for users that aren't enthused about putting their credit card info out there and would rather purchase a few bucks prepaid and then spend them as they will. Also contained within the APK but not activated or accessible by default is some sort of wish list functionality. Hit the source link for all the images and screens that have been found so far, well have to wait and see when these pop up in a future updated or get activated later on.
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Husband of slain officer suffered anger, depression
Benjamin Sebena served as Marine in Iraq
The man charged with shooting a Wauwatosa police officer and killing her on Christmas Eve morning is her husband, Benjamin Sebena.
"I was a Marine, and we're trained to kill. We're trained that death is OK, wasn't trained how to deal with death, but we're definitely trained to kill," Sebena said in a YouTube testimonial video he made in 2010.
Sebena, 30, did two tours of duty as a U.S. Marine in the Iraq war. He talked about the trauma of losing friends and wounds that nearly cost him his ability to walk, but he also recounted a life of depression before he joined the military.
"Before I joined the military, I was very lost in my life. I just wasn't feeling 100 percent loved, and I wasn't feeling important. Before I went in, I was pretty much a hippie. I was very laid back, but the anger was there. It was just very hidden," Sebena said in the video.
He said the military taught him how to centralize his anger, but after his training, it amplified and got worse. He said his first trip home from Iraq was a disaster.
"I was running red lights. I was taking my motorcycle 150 mph down the expressway. I was scared out of my mind, and I was angry all the time," Sebena said in the testimonial.
Sebena went back to Iraq in 2004, and he lost more than 50 friends in combat. He found an escape over the Internet and discovered Jennifer on the social media site, MySpace. He had gone to high school with Jennifer, and they became instant pen pals.
"I came back home to Wisconsin and started so spend more time with Jen, and our lives flourished, and we became actually infatuated with each other, and then one day, I asked her if she would be happy to spend the rest of her life with me, and she said, Yes,'" Sebena said in the video.
After they got married they joined Elmbrook Church and started taking young couple classes.
Sebena said he felt loved and protected at the church and went on to help other veterans who have come home from combat.
Jennifer Sebena's funeral will be held at Elmbrook Church on Saturday.


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A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §11-21-12j, relating to providing an exemption from gross income for certain members of volunteer fire departments, for state personal income tax purposes.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §11-21-12j, to read as follows:
§11-21-12j. Exemption for volunteer fire department members.
(a) In addition to amounts authorized to be subtracted from federal adjusted gross income pursuant to subsection (c), section twelve of this article, an active member of a volunteer fire department may deduct $500 as an additional modification reducing the member's federal adjusted gross income, if the member:
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(2) Has at least two years of service as a member of a volunteer fire department.
(b) The reduction is allowed only to the extent the amount is not otherwise allowable as a deduction when arriving at the taxpayer's federal adjusted gross income for the taxable year.
(c) The Tax Commissioner shall promulgate procedural rules providing the procedure a member of a volunteer fire department shall use to establish that the member is qualified for the exemption provided in this section.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to allow members of volunteer fire departments who have successfully completed required training and who have two years of service to exempt $500 from their gross income, for state personal income tax purposes.
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The city election format in Sarasota is hard for me to get used to, maybe because I've only been paying attention to it for 20 years.
But I'm getting the hang of it, and I kind of like the way it lets so many people feel good about winning something.
In the runoff on Tuesday, for instance, three candidates played musical chairs over two seats, all in just one race. And so, by the end of the day, one lost, and the other two became winners, as was bound to happen.
So what?
Well, since every city voter is entitled to two votes in that race, everyone could well have voted for at least one winner, though it might have been just a second choice.
That's much better than almost half of the voters waking up grumpy after a total wipe out, right?
The only Sarasota voters who can't feel a sense of at least a partial win right now are those who chose the losing candidate — it was Richard Dorfman, the one who had the most money, by far — and also opted not to cast a second vote for anyone else.
But how many did that?
No one knows, but a little math shows that since 7,102 people cast the 11,888 votes, roughly a third only voted for one candidate instead of two.
Otherwise, there would have been 14,204 votes.
Voting just once can be a good option in the Sarasota system, especially if you really like one candidate and don't care much about any other. After all, a second vote would count as much as your first, and might help your begrudged second choice pass up and possibly eliminate your favorite.
Anyway, if about a third of the so-called "bullet voters" went for Dorfman, fewer than 800 people came away with nothing but an "I Voted" sticker to show for the trip to the polls. Meanwhile, the other 6,300 citizens, give or take a few, all helped elect at least one and maybe both of the winners.
Surely that creates better post-elections moods than most systems, and lets more people enjoy post-election parties, and so on.
Of course, I'm ignoring the big party-pooper number in the room. As is usual, except when it is worse, 80 percent of eligible city voters did not vote at all this time.
Don't blame the system. Everyone knows the key reason is that the city elections are in the spring, when there are no county, state or national elections to help draw people to the polls. And that's on purpose.
The trick works all too well if the secret aim is keeping lots of busy people from even noticing a city Election Day. But the irony is that the most common justification for the off-season election is that having a stand-alone election supposedly helps voters focus on city matters and candidates otherwise forgotten in the bigger election season shuffle.
Makes sense, but doesn't work.
City commissioners elected in incredibly low-turnout spring elections tend to prefer to keep them, no matter how embarrassing that should be for them. And so, they often prop up the theory that city voters are better informed this way.
If so, note what the better-informed electorate is deciding. While a small minority grapple with whether to vote for one candidate or two, the overwhelming majority of four out of five vote for none.
Lyons: Sarasota's wise voters chose... not to vote?
The city election format in Sarasota is hard for me to get used to, maybe because I've only been paying attention to it for 20 years.


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This is the first image of the refreshed 2011 Dodge Challenger. No, we're not foolin' — front-end changes are limited to the lower grille being flipped upside down from a smile to a frown. Comparison image below.
Hopefully the new engines and interior are more noteworthy. Sad Challenger is sad.
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Two weeks ago, the first ever numbered Pokémon sequels, Pokémon White Version 2 and Pokémon Black Version 2, were released in Japan. As the name implies, these games mark the first time players spend an entire game returning to a region from a previous title and seeing how the region has progressed.
In Pokémon Black and White 2 players take over a new character who is venturing out into the world for the first time. Three hundred Pokémon chosen from across all the previous generations populate the world in Black and White 2. The game includes new locations, new gym leaders, a way to battle heroes and villains from past Pokémon titles, and a movie studio series of mini-games.
To see how it all looks in action, check out the video above.
Pokémon White Version 2 and Pokémon Black Version 2 were released for the DS on June 23, 2012 in Japan and will be released in North America on October 7, 2012 (October 12 for PAL). Stay tuned to Kotaku East for our import preview next week.


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Hey Seth Meyers made a joke! About the iPhone! And it was funny!
The bit came during SNL last night, and like all good jokes, was funny because it's true.
As an iPhone user, I definitely chuckled a bit, before I returned to weeping silently in a corner as my phone tried to make an outgoing call from the greater Boston area without success. Must be the storm. Must be. [YouTube via Engadget]


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A burglar suspected to be behind a string of break-ins at an apartment complex in East Orlando is stealing nothing and harming no one. The man prefers to lie in bed and talk to his victims, one alleged victim said.
"He just walked in and laid in bed with me and started talking to me and having a normal conversation with me, like (it was) nothing," said an Orlando woman who is the latest victim of the bizarre crime and did not want to be identified, central Florida ABC affiliate WFTV reported.
The woman, who was not hurt, feared that the burglar would turn violent on her. She allegedly ordered him to leave the apartment and he complied.
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"I didn't know if I screamed if he was going to come out with (a) weapon. I couldn't see; it was dark," she said. "He needs to get caught before it escalates more."
"He comes into my apartment and talks to me like he's a friend of mine in the middle of the night at four in the morning. That's not a normal person," said the woman.
Police said the burglar hasn't hurt anyone but that they want to arrest him as soon as possible because they are not sure what he's going to do next. Investigators are handing out flyers at an apartment complexes in Dovetail Villas and the Renaissance Apartments, hoping for a tip.
"He had cologne on he had nice dress slacks on. He's not homeless, mental issues probably," said the alleged vicitm.
"I hope they catch him. He really needs to get caught because he's a psychopath."


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Mariah Carey Opens Macy's 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular, Sings '#Beautiful'
Mariah Carey, an American pop music treasure, opened the 2013 edition of the Macy's 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular with a rousing rendition of 'America the Beautiful.' The special was hosted by her high-energy hubby Nick Cannon, who said she is his favorite artist. Well duh, of course he is biased.
Carey wore a flowy red dress, with her hair blowing in the wind as she sang. But we must admit, it did look like she was lip-synching, an issue that's been plaguing Mimi's live perfs as of late.
Still, she helped celebrate America's 237th birthday with class and style.
Mimi returned to the stage to perform her new hit '#Beautiful' with Miguel. She adopted the Farmer's Daughter role, perched on haystacks on stage. She later turned up to dedicate 'Hero' to the victims of the tragedies that have tested Americans in recent months, such as Hurricane Sandy, the Boston Marathon bombings and the Oklahoma tornado.
Carey also tweeted a pic of her toned body in a patriotic, stars and stripes bikini this morning, writing: "Gotta be Pon de water for the Fourth of July!" Dayum, she is looking good!


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text: lovemybirds 0 Report post Posted January 2, 2012 I was sent a video from a friend about how God feels when nasty things happen in the world and to His people. The interview is with Rabbi Harold Kushner. He wrote a book called "When Bad Things Happen to Good People". He says that there is an offering for the Lord in the OT. He did not give a scripture number but referenced Numbers 18. He claims that in the Jewish Talmud, the explanation for this offering is God's wanting forgiveness from us for the evils that happen that He did not intend. Now upon investigation, I am only able to find the offering of the two goats on the Day of Atonement. Leviticus 16:6 " He [Aaron] is to cast lots for the two goats-one lot for the Lord and the other for the scapegoat. Aaron shall bring the goat whose lot falls to the Lord and sacrifice it for a sin offering." 10 but the goat chosen by lot as the scapegoat shall be presented alive before the Lord to be used for making atonement by sending it into the desert as a scapegoat. So the second goat gets the wickedness and rebellion of the Israelites and all their sins confessed over it and it is sent away into the desert. The first goat is sacrificed 15 for the sin offering for the people...16In this way he will make atonement for the Most Holy Place because of the uncleanness and rebellion of the Israelites, whatever their sins have been... Would this be the sacrifice the Rabbi is talking about or is there another sacrifice for the the Lord? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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After yesterday's tournys i didnt play at all today... just worked out, cleaned up my apartment, watched tv and browsed BBV forum on 2+2 (crazy/funny place!).
This week i want to focus on several aspects of my game;
- Calculate EV in shove/re-shoving situations
- Calculate EV of Calling a shove
These two here could probably take me the whole month really. I will begin tomorrow by scanning several MTTs, especially mid-late stages, for situations where i shoved, reshoved or called AI...like my bust out hand from yesterday now that i think about it.
- Review rebuy tournament strategy
- Review HU strategy for MTTs
These two are for when i get tired of the math :) between these four points i probably have my study guide for the month.
Rebuy tournaments have a lot of advantages over the regular FO MTT, but myself along with alot of other people have problems with them. I think rebuy hour strategy is critical... I will make a post on rebuy tournament strategy some time this month hopefully. In the mean time i will try to watch a few vids from the rebuy hr study guide on PXF.
It'd suck to finally get heads up for a big pay out and not be fully prepared. I've played my fair share of heads up in multitable sngs and in the $5 MTT that i won and have done well for the most part. I basically just play aggressive and try to out play my opponents. So i'm gonna do some research on Sage & Nash systems and watch some HU vids from the PXF MTT HU guide
Well thats really for the month really but i could possibly do some work on all of these areas this week... oh and i'm still reading HOH2.


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FWIW, I see that Kevin Drum agrees with me. First he quotes Jeremy Scahill:
Let's be clear here: This is a complete and total sellout to the interests of the insurance lobby by the Obama administration. This is, as Michael Moore has said, a complete victory for the ultra-capitalists.
Drum disagrees. In his opinion, the bill is
not only an enormous first step forward, but the only way to make that first step. A government-run single-payer solution was never even remotely politically plausible, and anyone who insisted on jettisoning our current framework of private insurers as a condition of reforming healthcare would never get any serious reform passed. End of story.
As for the private insurance industry, I'll make a prediction: within 20 years it will be gone in all but name. Either the federal government will fund the vast majority of health insurance, or else private insurers will essentially be regulated utilities, as they are in Germany or the Netherlands. This bill is the beginning of the end for all of them.
On the latter point: Jonathan Bernstein agrees that the Affordable Care Act is merely a first step. The public option that Aaron argued for in the comment section of my previous post? It may arrive in the near future:
I think the public option is going to be a major plank of future (including 2010) Democratic campaigns, and is likely to become law in the not-distant future. Short version of the argument: liberals really love it, it polls well [as Aaron pointed out] and so candidates are unlikely to believe that it will hurt them, and it can be passed through a future reconciliation bill (and it scores well, so it can be used to "pay" for higher subsidy levels, or unrelated items, or even deficit reduction).
I think there's going to be a lot of pressure from liberals to add a public option through reconciliation in the next Congress, if Democrats still have the majority, and if it doesn't happen then I do think Obama is likely to campaign for it in 2012.
President Obama? Would he really campaign on the public option?
According to xpostfactoid, President Obama is an incremental reformer with a comprehensive soul. Again: fundamental change by degrees is what he's after. xpostfactoid quotes the President:
The ship of state is an ocean liner; it's not a speed boat. And so the way we are constantly thinking about this issue of how to bring about the changes that the American people need is to — is to say, if we can move this big battleship a few degrees in a different direction, we may not see all the consequences of that change a week from now or three months from now, but 10 years from now, or 20 years from now, our kids will be able to look back and say that was when we started getting serious about clean energy, that's when health care started to become more efficient and affordable, that's when we became serious about raising our standards in education.


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FabKids Banking on $2.6 Million in Capital and Christina Applegate to Get Subscribers
To get a subscription e-commerce business off the ground these days, all a company needs is a dozen employees, a celebrity spokesperson and a couple million dollars in the bank.
Today's example comes from San Francisco, where Personal Retailing has raised $2.6 million in capital to kick off FabKids, a children's clothing brand.
Similar to other subscription services, FabKids will offer its members a three-piece outfit for $49.95 every month. The company is being led by ShopStyle founder Andy Moss, and fronted by celebrity spokeswoman Christina Applegate.
Fabkids follows a well-honed approach created by other subscriptions services, like ShoeDazzle and JustFab, which worked with Kim Kardashian and Kimora Lee Simmons, respectively. (Although just last week, JustFab raised $76 million to fuel its growth, so clearly you need a little more than a couple million bucks to make it work.)
The round by Personal Retailing was led by Hillsven Capital, with participation from angels investors, including Brian Sugar, the CEO of Sugar Inc., a publishing company that acquired ShopStyle in 2007.
Moss dismissed concerns that the subscription model is worn out.
He believes that FabKids — and any other iterations that the parent company, Personal Retailing, comes up with — is serving a need in the market.
"When I was running ShopStyle, and we were aggregating all the best styles and brands in one place, consumers thought it was awesome, as long as they knew what brand they were looking for," he said. "But they also said 'It would be great to have the experience personalized for me.'"
In that way, Moss said, FabKids is the opposite of ShopStyle. Busy parents won't have to comb through massive amounts of styles or brands to find something that their picky 10-year-old would like. Instead, the monthly choices sent will be based on a short quiz they take when signing up, answering simple questions about what colors they like and what activities they enjoy.
Additionally, Moss said, the service is targeting kids, who in theory will be growing out of their clothes on a regular basis, and will need the clothes.
As e-commerce evolves, Moss said he sees two kinds of online shopping emerging.
"Amazon is the one-stop shop for everything that you want delivered tomorrow, and then on the other other end, you will have a personalized service that will make it easy," he said.
For now, the site will only sell girls' clothes, which are created in-house by the company's internal designers and manufactured in China, for girls size 2 through 8. Boys' and infant apparel will be launching in 2013.
The company's 12-person team comes from a variety of backgrounds, including ShopStyle, Tea Collection, Gap, Banana Republic, Old Navy, Land's End, BabyStyle, Levi Strauss, One Kings Lane, Shutterfly, Procter & Gamble, Apple and PopSugar.
Here's the full release:
ShopStyle Founder Teams Up with Actress Christina Applegate to Launch FabKids
To Personalize the Shopping Experience for Children's Apparel
Innovative E-Commerce Company Announces $2.6 Million in Series A Funding
SAN FRANCISCO – August 2, 2012 – Personal Retailing Inc. today announced the launch of FabKids (http://fabkids.com/), a new children's brand and personalized e-commerce service that keeps growing kids in fresh, affordable and stylish outfits every month. Led by ShopStyle founder and serial entrepreneur Andy Moss, together with new mom and actress Christina Applegate, FabKids delivers complete outfits designed, created by and sold exclusively on FabKids.com. Today, the company also announced that it has raised $2.6M in Series A funding led by Hillsven Capital, with additional investments from leading Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and angel investors.
"With annual sales reaching $100B globally, there's a huge opportunity for success in the children's apparel market," said Brian Sugar, FabKids investor and CEO of Sugar Inc. "FabKids offers a truly unique approach for solving a key pain point for parents who want to make sure their children are in stylish, wearable, quality clothes, but don't have the time or money to keep up as they constantly outgrow their clothes."
FabKids was created to revolutionize the shopping experience for busy parents by providing them with ongoing style recommendations that are personalized for their child. With a monthly membership of $49.95, one outfit credit – good for a 3-piece head-to-toe outfit – is made available to members each month. Here's how joining the FabKids' outfit club works:
· Create a Style Profile: Members create a style profile based on a kid friendly quiz of 15 visual questions such as: What is your favorite color? Which is your favorite outfit for school (from bold trends to pretty florals to jeans and tees)?
· Shop your new Style Selection: Members receive personalized outfit picks each month; members have the option to buy the recommended outfit, choose another outfit or skip the month all together at no charge.
· Enjoy your new Outfit: Members receive their new outfit within a week. All outfits include free shipping and returns, and are backed by the FabKids' "Pinky Promise" of 100% satisfaction guarantee.
"We are thrilled to bring personalized and convenient one-click outfit shopping to busy parents," said founder and CEO, Andy Moss. "It's a revolutionary new concept and working with a savvy partner like Christina Applegate, who shares our passion in personalizing the apparel market for stylish girls, has really helped bring this vision to life."
FabKids launches with its Back-to-School collection of over 100 "ready-to-play" outfits for girls sizes 2-8, with sizes 10 and 12 soon to follow. The company also plans to expand into additional categories, beginning with Boys and Infant/Baby apparel scheduled to be introduced in 2013.
To learn more about FabKids, and to shop personalized outfits for your favorite girl, please visit http://fabkids.com/.
About FabKids
FabKids (www.fabkids.com), the new way to keep growing kids in stylish, affordable and ready-to play outfits, is a leading children's apparel brand and innovative e-commerce website offering a personalized and convenient online shopping experience for busy parents.
The company was started by a team of parents, including actress and new mom Christina Applegate and ShopStyle founder and serial entrepreneur Andy Moss. The San Francisco based company includes a team of children's clothing experts and e-commerce veterans from Tea Collection, Gap, Banana Republic, Old Navy, ShopStyle and One Kings Lane.
FabKids is the first brand from Personal Retailing Inc. a privately held personalized e-commerce company backed by Hillsven Capital that was founded in August 2012. Follow FabKids on Twitter, like us on Facebook, or learn more at http://fabkids.com/.


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Team Fox is a coalition of animals groups united to keep the hunting ban in place. Fox hunting is not a 'tradition' that needs to be protected
The humane sport of drag hunting, in which the hunt follows an artificial trail, has all the tradition withoutany of the cruelty. Nevertheless, traditions are measured in more than years. They have to reflect the values and attitudes of a society and the vast majority of the British people today oppose hunting with dogs. To bring back fox hunting is to bring back cruelty.
The Badger and Cattle Vaccination Initiative engages with farmers, government and stakeholders to find a sustainable and effective path for the reduction of bTB in cattle and in wildlife.
When policies are made, the voices of the people can get forgotten; the voices of animals aren't heard at all. Speak on their behalf and stand up for animal welfare when you carry this 100% organic cotton bag, printed with phthalate-free inks. It's created by Rapanui, a company providing jobs for those long-term out of work on the Isle of Wight in the UK. The team also pioneer manufacturing powered by the wind and renewable energy sources in the UK and India, so wear your heart on your shoulder as you tote a message of support for animal kind that won't harm the planet either.


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run roughshod over (someone or something)(redirected from run roughshod over them)
run roughshod over (someone or something)
To treat someone or something with marked disdain, brutality, or contempt; to act without regard for the wellbeing of something or someone. In her ascent to the top of the political ladder, the senator ran roughshod over anyone who stood in her way. This new administration has run roughshod over the political goodwill that the previous president forged with the recent foreign ally.


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Hi there,
I am first and foremost used to C code, stuff that has to be compiled prior to its usage. Now, confronted with that "asynchronous javascript and xml" (as I learned this name is abbreviated for), I am running into that problem:
uncaught exception: Access to restricted URI denied (NS_ERROR_DOM_BAD_URI)
(showing up after XMLHttpRequest() is properly initialized, on invocation of its open()-method)
Thanks to FireBug, I FOUND this error. I have serious doubts that otherwise I could have catch it. The "restricted URI" is "everything" - no matter whether I've put the destination to a root folder or SOMEwhere, this exception sustains.
Any AJAX guru(s) who feel they can help me out?
Thanks in advance.


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|By (author):
|Coelho, Paulo
|Translated By:
|Costa, Margaret Jull
|Vintage International
|FICTION / In Translation / Latin American
|FICTION / Literary
|FICTION / Visionary & Metaphysical
|June 2012
|8.00in x 5.20in x 0.84in
|From The Publisher*
|Transform your life. Rewrite your destiny.
In his most personal novel to date, internationally bestselling author Paulo Coelho returns with a remarkable journey of self-discovery. Like the main character in his much-beloved The Alchemist, Paulo is facing a grave crisis of faith. As he seeks a path of spiritual renewal and growth, his only real option is to begin again-to travel, to experiment, to reconnect with people and the landscapes around him.
Setting off to Africa, and then to Europe and Asia via the Trans-Siberian railroad, he initiates a journey to revitalize his energy and passion. Even so, he never expects to meet Hilal. A gifted young violinist, she is the woman Paulo loved five hundred years before-and the woman he betrayed in an act of cowardice so far-reaching that it prevents him from finding real happiness in this life. Together they will initiate a mystical voyage through time and space, traveling a path that teaches love, forgiveness, and the courage to overcome life's inevitable challenges. Beautiful and inspiring, Aleph invites us to consider the meaning of our own personal journeys.
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|"A new tale of magical longing. . . . Masterful." -San Francisco Chronicle
"Coelho is a novelist who writes in a universal language." -The New York Times
"It's time for American readers to set out on a journey of discovery that will lead them to the works of this exceptional writer." -USA Today
"[Coelho's] books have had a life-enhancing effect on millions of people." -The Times (London)
"Spiritualists and wanderlusts will eagerly devour The Alchemist author's fiery diatribes about love, fear, and the search for all things meaningful." -The Washington Post
"Aleph is a book written by the soul, and for the soul. At once tender and fiercely courageous, it challenges you with an embrace while seducing you with a discerning blade that points directly at the heart of what matters most in life and death. And when you have finished the last word on the last page, even if your logical mind doesn't completely understand all that you've read, your eternal spirit will be dancing with joy." -Cecilia Samartin, author of Broken Paradise
"Vivid, captivating. . . . So engaging that readers will not want to put it down for even a fraction of a second. As the author sets out on his journey, the reader gets the sense that, he too, is embarking on the same voyage." -The International Herald Tribune
"[A] chimerical tale. . . . There's no better author to serve such a work than Coelho." -Publishers Weekly
"Enigmatic. . . . An illuminating book." -The National
"Borges set the standard that Coelho capably upholds. . . . Coelho the writer is both discerning and revealing of Coelho the protagonist, whose enthusiasms we share." -The Washington Independent Review
|Biographical Note
|Paulo Coelho is the author of many international best sellers, including The Alchemist, Eleven Minutes, and The Pilgrimage. His books have sold more than 130 million copies in 160 countries and have been translated into 72 languages. In 2007, he was named a United Nations Messenger of Peace. He lives in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.


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She captivated the nation with her controversial stances on maps, and "the Iraq, everywhere such as." Yesterday we showed you the video of her performance at the Miss Teen USA Pageant, and like the rest of "U.S. Americans," you instantly fell in love. Now, here's more of Miss Teen South Carolina Lauren Caitlin Upland, including photos, and her dreams for the future.
Plus, we give you a handy, informative Miss Teen South Carolina tube map found over at The Morning Toast. Enjoy.
The baseball team pictured above, by the way, is the Anderson Joes (Independent South Coast League), named for Shoeless Joe Jackson and based in Anderson, South Carolina. Now I'm going to go watch the video again; really, it never gets old.
And of all the great comments so far, one of the best is "Does the bell mean nothing??"
South Carolina School System, We Salute You [Deadspin]
I'm Sorry I Missed The Miss Teen USA Pageant [The Morning Toast]


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Robert Kirkman, the creator of "The Walking Dead" series, is the executive producer of the blockbuster television show and the writer of the bestselling monthly comic it's based on.
Kirkman also writes two other monthly comics, is developing two new TV shows, and is in post-production for "Air," the first film he's written.
"It's all chaos," Kirkman tells Business Insider. But, he adds, "I kind of thrive in chaos."
To maintain his creative energy, he creates a false sense of urgency for himself. He explains what a typical day of writing looks like for him:
I'll be like, "I want to write 12 pages today," but I really only need to write like four or five. But if I try to write 12, I might write six or seven. What that does though, is it gives me a crushing sense of failure at the end of every day.
So I'm like, "Oh my God, I didn't get those 12 pages done. I suck! What is wrong with me?" and the next day I work harder because I have to make up for that unrealistic deadline I didn't make.
It's not the most graceful productivity hack, but this self-imposed mind-game helps him focus intensely on his writing when things like press interviews and visits to the set of his show take up hours of his day.
If he's writing a comic and doesn't scare himself into finishing as quickly as he can, then writing about zombies goes from being fun to being a chore. "If I don't finish it in seven days, it's going to take 20, because I'm like, 'Ugh! I'm sick of this! I need to move on,'" he says.
To avoid this, he relies on a cycle of setting a goal he can't make, chastising himself for being inadequate, and then working harder the next day to feel better again.
"And so it's probably not too good for my psyche, but as far as productivity goes, it seems to help," he says, laughing.


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This String shelf is designed to be used with the String System panels measuring 30 cm in width. Sold in a set of three.
String System is a flexible shelving system that Swedish architect Nils Strinning designed in 1949. The signature ladder-like side panels can be combined with shelves, magazine shelves, work desks, folding tables, chests and cabinets to form a system that best suits your needs. The timeless and minimalist design of String System is perfect for both contemporary homes and offices.
- Manufacturer:
- String Furniture
- Design:
- Nils Strinning
- Colour:
- Grey
- Width:
- 78 cm
- Depth:
- 30 cm
- Height:
- 2 cm
- Material:
- Lacquered MDF
- Maximum load capacity:
- 15 kg evenly spread across the shelf


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Tell a friend:
Description: Make colorful, chunky jewellery with Bling Blocks! Create looks that are uniquely your own by stringing Bling Blocks into necklaces and bracelets. Add sparkly touches to your designs! You can make a ring and earrings, too. Includes blocks, silver-colored beads, 1 block ring, sticky gems, satin cord, elastic string, earring hooks, jump rings, beading needle and easy to follow instructions. Ages 8+


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|Version 71 (modified by 5 years ago) (diff),
Convert email to trac tickets
The website has moved to https://oss.trac.surfsara.nl/email2trac
This is a release of the SURFsara package email2trac that contains utilities that we use to convert emails to Trac tickets. The initial setup was made by Daniel Lundin from Edgewall Software. SURFsara has extended the initial version with the following features:
- HTML messages
- Attachments
- Use commandline options
- Use config file to change the behaviour of the email2trac.py program
- Some unicode support for special characters in the headers of an email message
- update tickets
Comments or Suggestions mail them to:
- Bas van der Vlies, more info on SARA.
See also: MailToTracPlugin
Bugs/Feature Requests
Existing bugs and feature requests for EmailtoTracScript are here
If you have any issues, create a new ticket or email your issue.
Download the latest stable source from ftp://ftp.surfsara.nl/pub/outgoing/email2trac.tar.gz.
Author: Daniel Lundin
Maintainer: Bas van der Vlies


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Mr. Caldwell from Burksville was here this morning for a short while. This afternoon we all went out to Henry's to saw wood. Robert Laut, John Henkel, Emil were all helping. Mr. & Mrs. Walter Kelley are rejoicing over a new born baby girl last week. Leo McCarthy captured a fox last week & Greg McCarthy had a spelling contest in school last Sat. Robert Heyl was winner, he won 99 words out of 100, he missed the word alien. Mrs. Seibert of Smithton died and will be buried Sun. afternoon at Smithton. We put our Christmas bells on the window this evening. Hy. Armstutz store clerk at Gambach's retired & is going out butchering now for the people & Ralph Rausch has filled the vacancy.
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Friday, Dec. 19, 1930
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1 Comment | tags: Armstutz, baby, birth, Burksville, butchering, Caldwell, Christmas, decorating, Emil, Gambach, Henkel, Henry, Heyl, Kelley, Laut, McCarthy, Rausch, retirement, Seibert, Siebert, Smithton, spelling_contest, wood | posted in 1930, December


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At Milwaukee Brewers games, of course, they race sausages. And in Pittsburgh, it's pierogies.
Meeting somewhere in the middle, the Chicago White Sox plan to have their four biggest hams – broadcasters Ken "Hawk" Harrelson, Steve Stone, Ed Farmer and Darrin Jackson – compete against each other this season.
The team has revealed that the 2014 character race at U.S. Cellular Field will feature costumed characters representing the team's radio and TV personalities. The dash will be held every Sunday at the top of the seventh inning.
The four oversized, foam costumes bear striking resemblances to their namesakes, save the Jackson character who looks more like a goateed John Travolta than the former White Sox outfielder. The big-headed Hawk, however, is sporting the announcer's trademark sunglasses, while Stone's likeness embraces the 1980 Cy Young winner's fondness for sweater vests.
Such character races date back more than two decades in Major League Baseball, to when the Milwaukee Brewers first had people sprint across the field in oversized sausage costumers. Other teams have gone on to copy the crowd-pleasing contests, having everything from the former presidents (Washington) and Taco Bell Hot Sauces (Houston) compete in dashes.
The White Sox embraced the concept in 2012, when it held "retro races" featuring costumed versions of legendary players Dick Allen, Goose Gossage and Bill Melton to celebrate the 1972 team's 40th anniversary. It continued the tradition in 2013, as characters bearing the likenesses of stars Harold Baines, Carlton Fisk and Ron Kittle raced in honor of the 30th anniversary of the 1983 team, which won 99 games en route to the AL West division title.
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"Our retro racers have been a hit with Sox fans not only with the race itself, but with who is racing," said Marty Maloney, the team's public relations manager. "We wanted to continue with the racing tradition and the inclusion of notable characters that are members of our team in some way, shape or form. It was only natural that our broadcasters would serve as a great group of characters that we could model our racers after. They are fun and exciting. Each have their own unique style and distinct personality."
In 2013, Baines and Fisk both won six races. The Kittle character, sadly, only won once.
But before you make your pick to click this season, Maloney warns that fans shouldn't assume Jackson would own the advantage in a real-life race simply because he has at least 14 years on his broadcasting counterparts.
"Conventional wisdom would say so," Maloney said in an email, "but NEVER count out Hawk."
The White Sox open their season Monday afternoon against the Minnesota Twins at U.S. Cellular Field.


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It is beginning to look a lot like…Spring 2013!
After all the feasting on home cooking, ringing in the New Year and cozying up near the fire, we are finally starting to look forward to the spring season — and prepare our list of must haves to get us through the spring and summer weather!
Organized chaos. Setting up a backdrop for the shoot, left; Organizing samples to be shot as looks, right.
Rejuvenated and ready to shed some layers, everyone here at Hart Schaffner Marx got back to work to put together our Spring 2013 photo shoot. Energy was high on set, as everyone was excited to see how the images turned out. The looks we created with our beautiful new merchandise will transport you into our vision for the new season. Click through for more behind-the-scenes shots! Continue reading


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Occupational biological risk knowledge and perception: results from a large survey in Rome, Italy
Conoscenza e percezione del rischio biologico occupazionale: risultati di una indagine condotta a Roma, Italia
Maria De GiustiI; Carmela RN CorraoI; Alice MannocciI; Caterina PalazzoI; Roberta RiccardiI; Silvia Lisa SchmidtI,II; Sabrina SerniaI,III; Giuseppe La TorreI
IDipartimento di Sanità Pubblica e Malattie Infettive, Sezione di Igiene, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy
IIAmsterdam University College, Amsterdam
IIICentro di Medicina Ocupazionale, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome Italy
BACKGROUND: A cross-sectional survey on knowledge and perception of occupational biological risk among workers in several occupations was carried out in the industrial area of Rome.
METHODS: The study was carried out in the period of March-April 2010 using a questionnaire with 33 items on the following areas: a) socio-demographic data; b) perception of the biological risks in ordinary occupational activity; c) knowledge about biological risks; d) biological risks in the working environment. The questionnaire was submitted to a convenience sample of workers of an industrial area in Southern Rome.
RESULTS: 729 participants entered the study from the following work activities: food, catering, service, farming and breeding, healthcare, school and research (males 57.2%; mean age 37.4 years, SD = 10.9). Significant associations were found between different activity areas with respect to the relevance of the biological risk (p = 0.044) and the perception of the biological risk (p < 0.001). With respect to vehicles of infectious agents, the highest percentages of the most common biological risk exposures were: air and physical contact for the catering and food group, 66.7% and 61.90% respectively; air and blood for the health and research group, with 73.50% and 57.00% respectively; and physical contact and blood for the service group, 63.10 % and 48.30%. Significant difference of proportions were found about the prevalent effect caused by the biological agents was the occurrence of infectious diseases (59.90% food group, 91.60% health and research and 79.30% service group) (p < 0.001). The perception of knowledge resulted in a good rank (sufficient, many or complete) in the food and catering group, 78.3% with significant difference compared to other professions (p < 0.001).
CONCLUSIONS: All participants show good knowledge the effects induced by biological agents and it is significant that almost half of the respondents are aware of the risks concerning allergies. Nevertheless, it is surprising that this risk is known mainly by workers of service, farming and breeding, to a greater extent than it is known by health workers.
Key words: biological risk, knowledge, perception, workers.
INTRODUZIONE: È stato condotto uno studio trasversale nell'area industriale di Roma relativo alle conoscenze e alla percezione del rischio biologico occupazionale fra lavoratori di diverse tipologie.
METODI: Lo studio è stato condotto nel periodo marzo-aprile 2010 utilizzando un questionario che indagava sulle seguenti aree di interesse: a) dati socio-demografici; b) percezione del rischio biologico nelle attività lavorative ordinarie; c) conoscenza dei rischi biologici; d) rischi biologici nell'ambiente lavorativo.
RISULTATI: Hanno preso parte allo studio 729 partecipanti delle seguenti categorie: alimentazione, catering, servizi, agricoltura e allevamento, sanità, scuola e ricerca (maschi 57,2%; età media 37,4 anni, SD = 10,9). Sono state riscontrate associazioni significative fra le differenti tipologie lavorative e la rilevanza (p = 0,044) e la percezione (p < 0,001) del rischio biologico. In relazione al tipo di veicolo di infezione, le percentuali più elevate di rischio biologico riportate dai rispondenti riguardano: l'aria (66,7%) e il contatto fisico (61,9%) per il gruppo dei lavoratori del settore alimentare e catering; l'aria (73,5%) e il sangue (57,0%) per il gruppo dei professionisti sanitari e dei ricercatori; contatto fisico (63,1%) e sangue (48,3%) per il gruppo dei lavoratori dei servizi. Sono state riscontrate differenze significative nelle proporzioni relative all'effetto prevalente causato da agenti biologici (59,9% nel gruppo dei lavoratori degli alimenti, 91,6% nel gruppo dei professionisti sanitari e dei ricercatori e 79,3% nel gruppo dei servizi) (p < 0,001).
CONCLUSIONI: Tutti i partecipanti mostrano una buona conoscenza degli effetti indotti dagli agenti biologici ed è significativo che circa la metà di essi sia consapevole dei rischi relative alle allergie. È tuttavia sorprendente che questo rischio sia conosciuto meno dai professionisti sanitari rispetto alle altre categorie lavorative considerate.
Parole chiave: rischio biologico, conoscenze, percezione, lavoratori.
Occupational transmission of infectious diseases is responsible for an estimated 320 000 deaths/year worldwide and 5000 deaths/year in the European Union (EU) [1]. Occupational exposures to biological agents can occur in several sectors, such as health, agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, food, veterinary, biotechnology, waste processing and disposal, laboratories, and dentistry, furniture factories, biomass production, cigarette and cigar manufacture, military and penitentiary personnel, drivers, office workers and waste management [2-17].
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), each year many healthcare workers in Europe are at risk of acquiring an infectious disease after a percutaneous exposure; 304 000 individuals are exposed to Hepatitis B virus (HBV); 129 000 are exposed to Hepatitis C virus (HCV), and 22 000 are exposed to Human Immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The likelihood of acquiring an infection after occupational exposure is < 0.3% for HIV, 0.5% for HCV, and 18% -30% for HBV [18]. Although there is evidence that knowledge among healthcare personnel about preventive measures in occupational exposure to blood and body fluids is adequate, transferring this knowledge into practice remains inadequate [19].
Data on workers' attitudes and risk perception about biological risk are poor. Several comments declare detecting "the perception" of biological risk, but actually detect only the knowledge about risk. There is evidence that failure to report exposure to biological agents is based on perception of a non significant risk [20, 21], and that perception of high risk is particularly related to involuntary exposures against risk factors that are neither seen nor smelled, especially when they involve serious diseases, such as AIDS [22]. Moreover, there is evidence that knowledge, attitude and behaviours towards biological risk is an issue outside the health care sector [23-26].
Although several occupations entail biological risks, in Italy most of the data has been collected in hospital settings and, more specifically, by surveys of nurses [27, 28].
The aim of this study is to investigate knowledge and perception of occupational biological risk among workers in several occupations.
The questionnaire and setting
The study was conducted by using a questionnaire with 33 items, divided in four main parts:
-socio-demographic data: gender, age, civil status, educational level, and type of work (public activity, industry, health and other);
-perception of the biological risks in ordinary occupational activity;
-knowledge about biological risks;
-biological risks in the working environment.
The questionnaire was submitted to a convenience sample of workers of an industrial area in Southern Rome, who were present at the working areas during the day of investigation with the consensus of the company Director. The work fields that were investigated were the following: food, catering, service, farming and breeding, healthcare, school and research. Before the distribution of the questionnaires, the person in charge of administering these questionnaires presented the aims of the study, stressed the anonymity of the responders, and acquired informed written consent. The completed questionnaires were inserted in an secured urn.
The survey was carried out in the period of March-April 2010.
The sample size calculations where:
-total population size: 150 000 workers in the selected fields (data from ISTAT);
-estimated expected frequency of knowledge on biological risks of the workers: this estimation was fixed at 50%, considering a generic null hypothesis that half of workers have a good comprehensive knowledge on biological risk;
-worst acceptable of frequency of knowledge on biological risks in the work field 40%.
Given the above parameters, and a confidence level of 99% we calculated a sample size of 661 individuals. Considering a 10% possible rate of non responders we decided to recruit at least 723 individuals.
The presentation of results was made according to the STROBE statement [29].
Statistical analysis
Data input was realized by using software Db-IV. The statistical analysis was performed using SPSS 19.00 for Windows.
Internal consistency was evaluated by using cronbach's alpha on two set of items:
-the first one on three questions about perception of the biological risks in ordinary activity (see Table 1: questions number A1-A5);
-the second one on knowledge about the biological risks (see Table 1: questions number B1-B6).
Issues concerning safety instruments and procedures used on one's work site to reduce the biological risk were not analyzed as they depend from the particular activity that is carried out.
The descriptive statistics were carried out by using frequencies and percentages.
The analysis of possible associations between different groups of workers, knowledge and/or perception of the biological risk, was performed by using the chi-square tests.
The level of significance was set at p < 0.05.
Internal consistency
The cronbach's alpha computed for perception and knowledge of biological risk were 0.502 and 0.559 respectively (Table 1).
Sample description
Out of the 940 questionnaires that were distributed, 729 (77.55%) were returned. The descriptive variables of the sample were reported in Table 2: males accounted for 57.2% of the total sample that had a mean age of 37.37 years (SD = 10.95).
In Table 2 the distributions of socio-demographic information coming from the different work settings are revealed.
Table 3 shows the evaluation of the possible association between different workers versus biological risk perception items. Significant associations were found between different activity areas with respect to the relevance of the biological risk (question number A4) and the perception in our activities of the biological risk (question number A5), with p = 0.044 and p < 0.001 respectively.
Table 4 shows the univariate analysis evaluating the possible association between different workers and the knowledge of biological risk.
In particular, the percentages of the most common biological risk exposures (B1) were: air and physical contact for the catering and food group, 66.7% and 61.90% respectively; air and blood for the health and research group, with 73.50% and 57.00% respectively; and physical contact and blood for the service group, 63.10% and 48.30%. Significantly different associations were found on the basis of the professional groups and the types of biological risk exposure after contact with: vomit (p < 0.001), urine (p < 0.001), feces (< 0.001) and physical contact (p = 0.002). All three groups reported that the prevalent effect caused by the biological agents (B2) was the occurrence of infectious diseases (59.90% food group, 91.60% health and research and 79.30% service group), with a significant difference of proportions that was found at p < 0.001. Regarding intoxications and allergies, significant differences percentage were also computed, respectively at p < 0.001 and p = 0.002.
These results were probably related to the educational levels and the individual awareness about pollution of the specific materials (i.e. solid waste, waste water, slaughtered materials, blood etc.).
Although food chain workers are involved in the educational programs about hazard and risk, we found that, surprisingly, they are less aware of the topic compared to health and service workers.
For question number B4, investigating the types of recoveries, the option "with more cycles of treatments" was more indicated from all groups: 62.2% food group, 58.60% health and research group and 57.10% service group.
The perception of own knowledge (B5) resulted in a good rank (sufficient, many or complete) in the food and catering group, 78.3% with significant difference compared to other professions (p < 0.001). The sources of knowledge were significantly different (B6), with 62.60% of the food group and 48.90% of the service group declaring to have received major support from corporate training courses, while 47.80% of the health and research group received support from scientific studies.
Our results suggest that the study was able to adequately test knowledge on worker's biological risk but not perception of risk (cronbach's alpha 0.559 vs 0.502). But the low level of internal consistency could be considered acceptable if the "underlying construct" is multifaceted [30], such as in this case.
The univariate analysis for the evaluation of the possible association between workers' status and biological risk perception shows a significant relationship between the answers to the importance of the biological risk and the biological risk exposure in our activities (p = 0.044 and p < 0.001, respectively).
Data reveals a high level of preoccupations for biological risk (48.34%) in the working areas of service, farming and breeding, confirming the results that other authors reported in their studies [6, 8]. Farmers are at high risk for exposure to airborne dust and microorganisms which can be significant during harvesting season.
Almost half of the workers (49.5%) rank biological risk third and 15% rank biological risk first amongst occupational risks. These data are in agreement with the lack of unfavorable experiences, as evidenced by 89.1% of responders.
Our study pinpointed an acknowledgment of the role of air and blood transmission, mostly considered by health care workers and researchers or teachers (73.5% and 57.1% respectively); while the role of tears and sweat was poorly recognized by all participants. In particular, our data confirm the recognition of health professionals as the most exposed workers both for contact with blood and body fluids and high risk of accidental occupational exposure [31]. Retrospective studies indicate a cumulative prevalence of almost 50% of work injuries, with high prevalence of needle puncture, particularly on hands (38, 58). Infectious diseases sustained by B. tuberculosis, tularemia, Streptococcus A and Staphylococcus aureus are occupational risks for healthcare workers [9, 32, 33].
All participants show good knowledge of effects induced by biological agents and it is significant that almost half of the respondents are aware of the risks concerning allergies. Nevertheless, it is surprising that this risk is known mainly by workers of service, farming and breeding, to a greater extent than it is known to health workers. In that case, the study suggests the need of specific training on biological risk in order to reduce lack of knowledge in this area.
Most workers (86%) consider there is a good chance that workers who get an infectious disease at work will recover, mainly with more cycles of treatments.
Moreover, a significant association was found in the answers concerning the sources of knowledge. It is surprising that less than half of responders reported corporate training courses (45.3%) as the main sources of knowledge on the biological risk among workers, since this type of information is mandatory according to actual health and safety legislation. This low percentage could be either due to lack of intervention or lack of quality in this field. Moreover, books or articles, as well as congress or meetings, have been considered by 38% and 7% of responders, respectively.
The data altogether has pointed out differences of biological risk perception or its knowledge in the various working areas. The participants show a perception of own occupational biological risk aligned with their knowledge. This concerns workers of service, and farming and breeding workers, who have not only pointed out greater preoccupation about biological risk (48.3%) than other workers, but also greater knowledge regarding risks, especially allergies (50.1%).
The EU has restricted the risk of occupational exposure to biological agents with the Directive issued on the 18th of September 2000 [34], with numerous institutions currently taking care of biological risks. Within the European community strategy 20022006 [35], the European Risk Observatory of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work identified the ten most important emerging biological risks [36]: occupational risks related to global epidemics, difficult assessment of biological risks, workers exposure to drug-resistant microorganisms, lack of information on biological risks, poor maintenance of air-conditioning and water systems, inadequate OSH (Occupational Safety Health) training of local authorities staff, biohazards in waste treatment plants, combined exposure to bioaerosols and chemicals, endotoxins, and moulds in indoor workplaces.
Finally, we need to consider the difficulty of biological risk assessment. Limit values of the presence of the biological agent have not yet been established and this prevents the implementation of a revised risk and effects assessment. The influence of the effects of genetic susceptibility to infectious diseases also needs to be considered [37]. Continued surveillance for cases of biological diseases is necessary in order to determine incidence, as well as specific sources and procedures representing risk factors.
In conclusion, this study underlined the importance of the biological risk not only in the healthcare sector, but also in other work fields, such as food, catering, service, farming and breeding, school and research. However, even if almost half of participants have the perception of the importance of biological risk, knowledge on this issue is still lacking, and this suggests the need of specific training on biological risk in order to reduce lack of knowledge in this area.
Conflict of interest statement
There are no potential conflicts of interest or any financial or personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately bias conduct and findings of this study.
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