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Greeting from San Diego, the comfort of the couch, and under the umbrella of my sisters wicked fast wi-fi. Y'all got it great hear in the states. The sequence above I wanted to put on the blog a year ago, but I couldn't get it to load. I loaded it here in less than a minute. Needless to say the waves are from a long time ago, but the memories are still good to relive. From what I understand the waves are similar to this at home in Nicaragua right now. You can check the web-cam, it was looking pretty good earlier today. The forecast looks pretty good too…I'm enjoying being home, but I still can't wait to get back to the office!
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Tacos Pescado Ahumado, Adobado, Al Pastor, Carne Asada, Carnitas, Mole, Chile Relleno, etc….it reads like another language, but it's a language of love.
One of the few things I miss about California is the Mexican food! Upon arriving in Nicaragua it came clear that I was not getting any of the things above unless I made them. I'm home for a visit this week and now my blood chemistry is about .o1% pura comida Mexicano! I can't stop.
Thank goodness San Diego has no shortage of good Mexican food either. From food trucks to the scariest little taco stand, you're never more than 200 yards from something spicy to eat and most of the time it's good…really good.
When it comes to picking the best Mexican food the rules are pretty simple. Go where the Mexicans go. I grew up in Bonita, an area inland of Chula Vista and only one small town away from the border. I grew up in the breadbox of Mexican cuisine, outside of Mexico anyway. I was front row for the birth of the Baja fish taco and the burrito. Yes, the burrito didn't exist until Americans, who are notoriously impatient, wanted food to go that they could eat on the go. Americans eat burritos, Mexicans eat tacos and everything else that's a rule. In fact that's a rule we should all adhere to. When you're eating something as good as we've got here, take your time, sit down and eat and even better, have it with a cold Pacifico! That rules.
You might have heard me say it before and I'll for sure say it again, but Nicaraguans are a backwards bunch. Case in point: here the winter months of say, November through March are referred to as summer. The summer months of April through October are referred to as winter. In general they refer to the seasons backwards because of the rain… rainy weather being associated with winter and sunny dry weather the opposite.
Right now we are in what they call "La Veranita" or , "the little summer". If you look through weather almanacs you can clearly see this phenomenon year to year. The rains typically start around April and it will rain intermittently until sometime around July. Then for about 1 month it goes dry again. Sometime late July into August the rains begin again and often get more frequent and intense until October. Once November hits, the rains go away and it doesn't rain again for about 6 months.
What is nice about the Veranita is the land is green, the winds are offshore all day and there are no bugs. With the strong winds the mosquitoes that hatched last month are blown out to sea. Without the incessant rain the new hatchings are minimal. Now that doesn't mean you won't get hit by no-seeums or sea lice….but that's another story.
Nobody's got herpes! As we usually learn by high school, a herpetologist is a snake expert. It requires a Phd and a love for an animal usually thought of as 'icky'. Apparently we have a lot of them down here including several species that are highly venomous, but a lot that are not including some beautiful Boa Constrictors.
So the other night we were on our way home from Transito…just visiting a buddy for the sunset, having some cold tonas. On the dirt road, right after sunset, we came across a rather large Boa stretched across the road. It was about 7 feet long and beautiful red color in the lights of the truck. As we approached it to get photos and revel in its beauty it tried to slither away into the bush. I took the opportunity to do the "Steve Irwin", I grabbed its tail and I pulled it back into the road so we could keep looking at it. "Yeah, she's a cranky one this one" (read with Aussie accent). Wether it sensed the heat of the truck or just a place to hide it headed for the truck and snuggled up to one of the tires. Now I couldn't back the truck up without backing over the snake. We were able to find a stick which helped me to unwedge the snake, but at this point it just wanted to get away and so it did. The snake slipped off the stick, and then quickly slithered its way up into the under body of the truck…gone, but not forgotten.
"Well I guess we should go" I said to the group. "You're not going to get the snake out?" they asked.
The Boa constrictor was about as thick as my bicept…a 7 foot long bicept. There was no way I was getting this Boa out from under that car. It was going to have to want to come out when it wanted. With reluctance we all loaded into the truck along with the Boa, but we didn't know exactly where it was located.
We made it home safe and apparently the Boa did too because in the morning we found it wedged into the wheel well adjacent to the motor- no doubt enjoying the warmth from the engine as it cooled that night. Jose had taken a lighter to see if he could use that to prod the snake out…no luck with that of course, it was only burning the snake and I made him stop. Then they tried the hose, which just made the snake a clean snake. I told them to leave the snake in there and when it wanted to come out it would. I couldn't convince the locals that the Boa wasn't venomous as they believe all snakes are. They finally insisted on calling their buddy who knew something about snakes.
With some time they were able to get a loop of its body out and a rope around that. With some steady pulling the were finally able to free the snake. They wanted to kill it and eat it. I said no. They wanted me to kill it and eat it, I said no. I had them put the snake back in the bush where it belonged and where I wish I'd let it crawl to the night before.
It was pretty cool to see it, but next time I'm going to park just a little farther away.
Some of you might remember that earlier in the year I was engaged to guide for an author, Elliott Woods, who was writing an article for Outside magazine the subject of which is the canal project here in Nicaragua. To get his research on the subject he asked me to guide him across Nicaragua, translate for him and help him with the logistics etc… We had a blast even though it was a tough ride and involved a lot of hour to hour logistics to keep Elliott in the audience of people that had answers and insight into the canal project. I actually purchased three Serpento Supermoto 250cc motorcycles to use for the trip…Outside magazine was willing to pay me a fee and reimburse for motorcycle rentals so I used that money to fund the purchase of the bikes…and now the three bikes are here for rent at Surf Tours Nicaragua;-) We definitely put the bikes through the paces and logged well over 1000km on the tour. We went clear across the country until we had to take a boat to go further. We even loaded 4 motorcycles onto a panga in order to traverse some rough country sparing our arses further damage. We covered a lot of ground because we had to and my only though is that I would like to revisit a lot of the places we went and spend some more time there. It was a beautiful ride though, particularly in the Eastern reaches. There is a subtle continental divide here in Nicaragua and as we defended the Eastern slopes, the dry scrub of the pacific side gave way to deep lush green of the Atlantic. Even in the dry season there is some scattered rain that stacks up against the divide and keeps the east verdant through the dry season. The saddest part of that was the east used to be covered in ancient hardwood forests that have been clearcut for lumber and to make way for palm plantations. Not the best way of preserving the natural landscape, the scars remain, but the land is still beautiful. I might just have to do this again, but this time I'm going to take my time a little more and go North to South instead of West to East.
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It's been a year since Minnesota's gay and lesbian couples got the right to legally marry.
The anniversary of the state allowing same-sex marriage arrived Friday. It was a quieter scene than last year when couples lined up to exchange vows at the stroke of midnight.
Thousands of gay couples have obtained marriage licenses in the first year. Minnesota is one of 19 states where gay marriage is legal. Bans have been overturned in several others but those cases continue to make their way through the federal courts.
Minnesota's political debate isn't over either. Two Republican incumbents who supported gay marriage in Minnesota have faced challenges within their party and some rural Democrats could see the issue used against them this fall.
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In case you haven't heard, Camila is the Mexican rock act of the moment. The band's 2006 single "Abrázame" — a catchy Spanish ballad reminiscent of Oasis's "Wonderwall" — climbed to the top of the charts throughout Latin America. The group's follow-up chart-topping debut album, Todo Cambio, brought the band a Latin Grammy nomination and won it the "Year's Best Duo" award at the influential Premios Lo Nuestro. Even the popular reggaeton outfit Alexis y Fido caught the Camila bug, remixing the band's single "Yo Quiero" into a successful summer dance number.
So what accounts for Camila's instant popularity? According to the band's singer-songwriter, Mario Domm, the answer is simple. "Our reputation was built through good word of mouth," he says by phone from Spain. "We are an honest group; we don't overproduce our songs.... The band's music is real and organic. We sound the same live as we do in the studio, and I think people identify with that." In a world where overproduced, manufactured Latin bubblegum pop stands as the norm, the boys of Camila have set themselves apart by opting for clarity and simplicity.
The group is set to tour the Americas and is kicking it off in the Magic City. "Miami is a very strange place for us," admits Domm. "Every time we have been there, we spend all our time going to different radio stations and TV shows to promote our music, so we never have gotten to know the place. So [Friday's concert] will really be the first time that we get to perform a full show in the city, and I'm hoping that this time around, we'll get to meet our public and find out what Miami is really all about."
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Whereas the proliferation of social media has generally not had dramatic impact on the b2b community, particularly in the technical realm, an interesting new service from Ohmex Ltd. was a hot topic in the hallways in Southampton: Using Twitter to deliver near real time navigation, tide and weather information direct from sensors.
The original suggestion for a Twitter based service came from a Navigation Pilot working at a small port on the N.E. coast of England using tide and weather instruments made by Ohmex Ltd. On occasions the Pilot had to escort a vessel when the harbor office was closed and nobody could relay the tide and weather information to the vessel on its approach to harbor. The IT solution proposed was for a web based service with the Pilot using a mobile phone application to view the data, this suggestion did not allow for the poor mobile signal reception offshore. The proposed Twitter solution proved the best as it was available for both web based users and also SMS text message services over GSM, the 140 character message being easily understood and including basic information such as instrument location and data age.
The measurements are based around the Ohmex PortM8 instrument, parameters include tide height, water temperature, wind speed/direction, air temperature and barometric pressure. Calculated and derived parameters include significant wave height and wave frequency.
The information is traditionally provided by the Harbormaster's staff at a port, normally as a voice message using marine VHF radios in reply to a request. At some ports the live data is publically available through the authority's web site or in some rare cases the data is provided electronically over AIS.
Why Twitter?
Twitter is a real-time information network service that connects to the latest information on a specific topic the user finds interesting. At the heart of Twitter are small bursts of information called Tweets. Each Tweet is up to 140 characters long, brief but concise information packets. Every day, millions of people use Twitter to connect to information about their interests and find out what's happening in the world right now. Anyone can read, write and share messages of up to 140 characters on Twitter. These messages, or Tweets, are available to anyone (deemed as 'followers') interested in reading them, whether logged in or not.
In addition, there are some significant advantages to the medium, including:
- Gauge location information embedded in tweets
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- Data Tweets available as direct SMS message.
- Data available by mobile web applications and clients.
The TweetM8 gauge is PortM8 instrument programmed to send an SMS text message over a simple GSM modem every 10 minutes. The PortM8 equipment is an autonomous low power integrated tide gauge and weather station that can be powered by a small low voltage power adaptor or by a solar panel and rechargeable battery arrangement.
The Tide Gauge element can be either a pressure transducer or a non-contact Radar sensor, the pressure transducer version has the benefit of also measuring water temperature while the radar senor has the benefit of non contact with the water level being measured The GSM modem is the preferred medium for communicating with the Twitter server, the modem's telephone number identifies it when connecting to Twitter without any further security checks. Depending on the carrier service there is normally a short number which quickly connects the modem direct to Twitter without the need for area codes. The PortM8 only requires a minimum (12vdc 100ma) power supply which is easily achieved with rechargeable batteries and a solar panel charging system.
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ineo Technology I-NA317U+ USB 3.0 HDD Docking Station - Benchmarks - Everest Random Access TimeLooking for a fast way to access data from your SATA II drive and have a USB 3.0 port unused? ineo Tech has a solution.
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Drives with only one or two tests displayed in write the write test mean that they have failed the test and their Maximum and possibly their Average Scores were very high after the cached fills. This usually happens only with controllers manufactured by JMicron.
Here we see the read latency with our configured system. The Docking Station does not add additional latency while reading from the drive.
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Flew from JFK to Amsterdam with Delta Business Class. Flight delayed 4 hours, no notification given. Had to change terminal being bused to 3 from 4 at JFK. Staff rude and disinterested. In flight meal was not fit for consumption.Nothing was hot as it should have been Staff talked all night and brushed their hair in the forward galley area.I heard all about the retirement plans for the head stewardess. About going to live in South Carolina and where all her family and frriends live. A stewardess was seen removing the cling film from the breakfast trays and talking over the trays at the same time to other staff. Only one alcoholic drink offered throught flight. No water or other refreshments offered during the night. Could not sleep because of noise from staff in galley area and the fact that the curtain to block out the lights had been removed. One of the toilets was not working. Staff were scruffy and not up to the job
Breakfast was a joke a pile of muselli with not enough milk to cover it. No choices given What about people who cannot eat nuts!
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5100 Equipment Drive, I-85, Charlotte, NC, 28269, United States of America, 855-238-1592
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- Sugar Creek Community Park (0.7 mi / 1 km)
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Wind of Luck is an MMORPG that allows you to become a pirate. You start with a small ship and a tiny crew, and work your way up towards becoming a mighty baron. There are three factions in Wind of Luck, and each faction is at war with the other two. This paves the way for some exciting, multirealm PvP. The game boasts over 90 different ship types, and dozens of weapons, like cannons, harpoons, and catapults. The economy in the game reacts to players, so what you purchase and sell, and who and where you offload your cargo to will have an impact on the global scale.
Wind of Luck – massive multiplayer online game, in which the action takes place in the golden age of piracy in XVI-XVIII centuries, when the open sea piracy flourished, rum was neat, and the adventurer's life – a short one
Open beta at the starboard bow! The team at Trazzy Entertainment are proud to announce that new MMO, Wind of Luck: Arena, is now available in open beta. Take part in giant naval battles on the high seas in an exciting multiplayer session-based online experience. There's a huge variety of weapons and historically accurate ships available, so get involved today! Two teams of ten each will blast each other across the seas with a variety of weapons attached to beta signups are now available!
The game is centered on the naval battle – dynamic, decisive and devastating constant action, where skillful captain can sink much bigger ships, using a wide variety of different tricks and unusual actions. There are many different types of war vessels, which can be equipped by a number of various weapons, such as long cannons, carronades, mitrailleuses, harpoons, even ballistae and catapults. Each and every ship has its strong points and vulnerabilities, and even the small schooner can achieve victory against a heavy frigate.
From tiny fragile boats with 2-4 small cannons to massive four-deckers and legendary colossal Chinese Junks – the range of available ships is truly wide. The same can be said about armament – they range from 4-pounder Minions to massive Quebrantamuro cannons. A number of uncommon custom options available for players too – including catapults, mitrailleuses, harpoon cannons, barrels with oil and gunpowder, fireboats, mortars, smoke…
Naval Fights! – Dynamic, decisive and devastating constant action, where skillful captain can sink much bigger ships, using a wide variety of different tricks and unusual actions.
Team Vs Team Battles – 2 random teams of 10 players each compete in a battle location for a sunken treasure.Battle locations vary from the Caribbean Sea to the Isles of Sunda, and each location is carefully designed for allowing different gameplay tactics and themed to reflect some famous legend or history from the age of sail period. Fight against random opponents, train together with your friends, sharpening various combat skills and exploring various locations. Battles will take place in truly special seascapes which offer not only a good spectacle, but also the tactical challenge of a variety of battle conditions.
Three different Ships to build – Mainstream West European (named "Caribbean" in game), Mediterranean and East Asian.
A sea of customization – Use piasters earned to repair your ship and resupply ammunition, and to improve your performance on the battle by mounting various additional weapons and equipment.
Upgrade your vessels and unlocking special abilities – Easy and rich system of ship upgrading and development allows possibility to try out virtually all the vehicles and weapons featured in the game.
- Status: Released
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- Platforms: PC
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The chances of making it into a squad of 30 out of 4500 people may seem a long shot to most people, but not to Stan Wagner, New Zealand's top taekwondo referee.
The only New Zealander officiating at the London Olympics, and one of only two from Oceania selected in the Olympic top 30, Wagner arrived back from China on Thursday to attend a national high performance taekwondo camp at the Sport and Rugby Institute at Massey University yesterday.
The original selection was made from 4500 refs around the world which was whittled down to 400, then it was "fairly cut-throat" as it was reduced to 60 before a final 30 were chosen.
"It's an honour to be selected," Wagner said. "Just getting to the top 60 was an achievement, making the top 30 was a dream come true. It's just been an honour and a privilege to represent New Zealand and Oceania on the world stage."
He will be the first New Zealander to have reffed at the junior world championships, senior worlds and the Olympics and his goal was to get the "big four" by doing the world cup in Aruba in November.
"I'm lucky that I've made the top level of reffing.
"It's been a lot of hard work. I'm lucky to be given the opportunity to try out, I've been consistent in the approach, worked hard and I was very happy when I got selected."
Wagner has been on "11 or 12 overseas trips – I've been all over the place" refereeing and during the qualification process as an Olympic ref.
Recently he has been to Thailand, London, Egypt, Azerbaijan, Korea and China officiating and as part of the refereeing selection process.
"It's the pinnacle in any sport ahead of the world championships ... it's the highest of the high."
A referee can't control a fight between someone from their own continent and Wagner wasn't holding his breath for a medal match.
"I'll do as I'm told," he said. "I'll do what the boss tells me."
The Lower Hutt black belt started refereeing in 1985 and in 2005 he made the step up to international level.
In his competing days he was New Zealand heavyweight champion from 1988-1990.
The only other Oceania ref is Aussie Kerry-Ann Lister. Most are from Europe and Asia, but a few are from Africa and Pan-America.
A senior sergeant in the police, Wagner plans to take a break in Switzerland after the Games.
More than 20 people are at the camp with a couple of New Zealand representatives, including Paralympian Shane Mudgway.
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Viral Hepatitis
Association of tattooing and hepatitis C virus infection: A multicenter case-control study†‡
Article first published online: 12 JUN 2013
DOI: 10.1002/hep.26245
Copyright © 2013 American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
Volume 57, Issue 6, pages 2117–2123, June 2013
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Carney, K., Dhalla, S., Aytaman, A., Tenner, C. T. and Francois, F. (2013), Association of tattooing and hepatitis C virus infection: A multicenter case-control study. Hepatology, 57: 2117–2123. doi: 10.1002/hep.26245
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Presented in abstract form at the 57th Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, October 27-31, 2006.
Publication History
- Issue published online: 12 JUN 2013
- Article first published online: 12 JUN 2013
- Accepted manuscript online: 12 JAN 2013 07:12AM EST
- Manuscript Accepted: 17 DEC 2012
- Manuscript Received: 10 SEP 2012
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Although injection drug use (IDU) and blood transfusions prior to 1992 are well-accepted risk factors for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, many studies that evaluated tattooing as a risk factor for HCV infection did not control for a history of IDU or transfusion prior to 1992. In this large, multicenter, case-control study, we analyzed demographic and HCV risk factor exposure history data from 3,871 patients, including 1,930 with chronic HCV infection (HCV RNA–positive) and 1,941 HCV-negative (HCV antibody–negative) controls. Crude and fully adjusted odds ratios (ORs) of tattoo exposure by multivariate logistic regression in HCV-infected versus controls were determined. As expected, IDU (65.9% versus 17.8%; P < 0.001), blood transfusion prior to 1992 (22.3% versus 11.1%; P < 0.001), and history of having one or more tattoos (OR, 3.81; 95% CI, 3.23-4.49; P < 0.001) were more common in HCV-infected patients than in control subjects. After excluding all patients with a history of ever injecting drugs and those who had a blood transfusion prior to 1992, a total of 1,886 subjects remained for analysis (465 HCV-positive patients and 1,421 controls). Among these individuals without traditional risk factors, HCV-positive patients remained significantly more likely to have a history of one or more tattoos after adjustment for age, sex, and race/ethnicity (OR, 5.17; 95% CI, 3.75-7.11; P < 0.001). Conclusion: Tattooing is associated with HCV infection, even among those without traditional HCV risk factors such as IDU and blood transfusion prior to 1992. (HEPATOLOGY 2013;57:2117–2123)
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is the most common blood-borne infection in the United States, affecting over 3 million people1-4 of all ages, races, and sexes.5, 6 By 2007, HCV had superseded human immunodeficiency virus as a cause of death in the United States,4 yet approximately 50% to 75% of infected adults are unaware of their infection status.7, 8 Injection drug use (IDU) is currently the leading cause of transmission, accounting for 60% of new cases each year2, 3 through both the sharing of needles9, 10 and through drug preparation equipment11; however, approximately 20% of incident cases have no history of IDU or other parenteral exposure.12
As new and better medications for the treatment of HCV become available,13-15 measures to increase detection rates and engagement in care are paramount. In the last decade, an expanding body of research has emerged, evaluating both traditional and nontraditional risk factors for HCV infection in an effort to increase the yield from costly yet potentially life-saving screening efforts.7, 16-19 Most recently, the US Department of Health and Human Services issued an action plan for the prevention, care, and treatment of viral hepatitis, setting goals to increase the proportion of persons who are aware of their HCV infection from 45% to 66%, and to reduce the number of new cases of HCV infection by 25%.20
In contrast to the overwhelming evidence implicating IDU in HCV acquisition, the association between HCV transmission and other suspected risk factors such as tattooing is more controversial. Although some studies have demonstrated an association between tattoos and HCV infection, others have not.21 Prior studies that examined tattooing behavior and HCV infection in the United States were limited by small sample sizes (<100 cases for case-control or <2,000 for cross-sectional studies) and failure to report adjusted odds ratios.21 Additionally, some studies that found an association between tattoos and HCV infection did not control for well-established HCV risk factors such as IDU and transfusion before 1992,21 thus limiting the interpretation of the results.
The prevalence of tattooing is on the rise in the United States. A recent Harris poll reflects a significant increase in tattooing among adults in the last decade, with 1 in every 5 reporting one or more tattoos in 2012.22 Few states have effective public health and safety regulations relating to the application of body art, and little is known about the local or systemic consequences of body art application.23 Using a large, multicenter, case-controlled study, our aim was to assess the association between HCV infection and tattoos after excluding those who lack traditional risk factors such as prior IDU or pre-1992 blood transfusion, and number of sex partners.
Patients and Methods
Patients were enrolled from the adult primary care and adult gastroenterology clinics at three main centers: the Manhattan and Brooklyn campuses of the Veterans Affairs New York Harbor Healthcare System along with the Bellevue Hospital Center in New York, NY. The latter site is a municipal hospital affiliated with New York University serving relatively poor and uninsured patients. Inclusion criteria for HCV-infected cases included laboratory results showing a positive HCV antibody and the presence of HCV viremia by polymerase chain reaction. The inclusion criteria for HCV-negative controls were those with negative HCV antibody. Patients presented to the outpatient care centers for either health screening or acute complaints. The reasons for presentation did not differ between cases and controls. Patients were excluded from the study if they had another cause of chronic liver disease, no prior HCV serological testing, a positive HCV antibody and negative polymerase chain reaction, were unable to read or understand the English language survey, or refused to complete the anonymous questionnaire. The dates of enrollment were from April 2004 to May 2006.
Questionnaire Design and Record of HCV Serostatus.
An anonymous questionnaire was designed by the study authors assessing patient demographics, knowledge of transmission of HCV infection, and exposure history to proven and suspected risk factors for HCV infection. Separate surveys were designed with questions pertinent to HCV-positive (HCV+) and HCV-negative (HCV−) participants. These surveys were tested for face and content validity by a group of adult gastroenterology and primary care physicians not directly involved in the study. The questionnaire was pretested in 10 HCV+ and 10 HCV− patients who provided feedback on the readability and clarity of the survey. After appropriate modifications, the questionnaire was again tested in 10 different HCV+ and HCV− patients before full implementation.
Each participant was asked to complete the survey at the time of his or her previously scheduled clinic visit. Patients submitted the survey anonymously and were not contacted after the survey was returned. No personal identifiers were recorded. Informed consent was obtained from prospective subjects, and each subject's electronic medical record was accessed to ascertain HCV serostatus and to determine which questionnaire to provide (HCV+, HCV−, or HCV untested). Individuals classified as "HCV untested" were not included in the study. To minimize recall bias, subjects were informed that a study of HCV and hepatitis vaccination awareness was being conducted in the general adult population, and that their invitation was not to be interpreted as particular suspicion of HCV infection in their individual case. The HCV+ and HCV− surveys were marked in a discrete way such that the subjects were not informed of their serostatus by the questionnaire. Surveyors were trained to interact consistently with HCV+ and HCV− volunteers, as they were unmasked. Surveyors were forbidden to answer questions or assist in completion of the survey aside from providing a writing instrument as needed. The primary outcome was to compare the odds of having one or more tattoos in HCV+ cases compared with HCV− controls. The exact question asked on the survey was: "Have you ever had a tattoo?" Information was entered into a database from which analyses were done. The institutional review boards of both the Veterans Affairs New York Harbor Healthcare System and the Langone Medical Center of New York University approved the study.
Statistical Analysis.
Statistical analysis was performed using Stata version 11.2 (Stata, College Station, TX) and a two-tailed P value of <0.05 was considered statistically significant. Colinearity of predictor variables were checked using the variance inflation factor test, using a cutoff of 2.5. Age was entered directly on the survey, whereas other variables were considered categorical and were treated as ordinal or nominal where appropriate. A Student t test was used to analyze continuous variables (e.g., age), and ordinal/nominal variables were compared using a chi-square test.
Univariate analyses were used to identify those variables that were significantly associated with case or control status, including the main exposure of interest and all potential confounders. Multivariate logistic regression was then performed using forced logistic regression for age, race, and sex. Finally, all statistically significant variables in the univariate analyses were considered in a model using a forced logistic regression model. For each model, the adjusted odds ratio (OR), 95% confidence interval (CI), and P value of tattoo exposure were calculated.
A total of 3,871 patients were enrolled, including 1,930 patients with chronic HCV infection and 1,941 HCV− controls (Table 1). There were no differences in the mean age (55.2 ± 9.0 versus 55.6 ± 11.3 years; P = 0.34) or male sex proportion (80.3% versus 81.4%; P = 0.39) between HCV-infected patients and controls; however, HCV+ patients were more likely to be racial/ethnic minorities (56.5% versus 78.5%; P < 0.001). As expected, IDU (65.9% versus 17.8%; P < 0.001), blood transfusions prior to 1992 (22.3% versus 11.1%; P < 0.001), and history of having one or more tattoos (35.2 versus 12.5%; P < 0.001) were more common in HCV-infected patients than in control subjects.
|HCV+ Patients (n = 1,930)
|HCV− Controls (n = 1,941)
|Age, years, mean ± SD
|55.2 ± 9.0
|55.6 ± 11.3
|Male sex
|Born in the United States
|>12 years education
|Income >$15,000
|Currently employed
|Transfusion before 1992
|Intranasal drug use†
|Number of lifetime sexual partners
|Sex with a prostitute†
|Sex with a same-sex partner†
|Incarcerated for >48 hours†
|Body piercing†
|Drinks of alcohol per week
Patients with HCV infection were significantly more likely to have a history of tattoo exposure (OR, 3.81; 95% CI, 3.23-4.49; P < 0.001) and this remained significant after adjustment for age, sex, and race/ethnicity (OR, 4.51; 95% CI, 3.78-5.39; P < 0.001), and all potential confounding variables identified in table 1 (OR, 3.74; 95% CI, 2.95-4.73; P < 0.001) (Table 2).
|3.81 (3.23-4.49)
|4.51 (3.78-5.39)
|Fully adjusted†
|3.74 (2.95-4.73)
After excluding all patients with a history of ever injecting drugs and those who had a blood transfusion prior to 1992, a total of 1,886 subjects remained for analysis, including 465 HCV+ patients and 1,421 controls (Table 3). Among this subset of individuals without traditional risk factors for HCV infection, we found that HCV+ patients were still significantly more likely to have a history of tattoo exposure (OR, 3.83; 95% CI, 2.99-4.93; P < 0.001) and this remained statistically significant after adjustment for age, sex, and race/ethnicity (OR, 4.48; 95% CI, 3.42-5.87; P < 0.001) and all potential confounding variables identified in Table 3 at or below P = 0.10 (OR, 5.17; 95% CI, 3.75-7.11; P < 0.001) (Tables 4 and 5). In addition, after excluding intranasal drug users from the analysis and adjusting for all potential confounding variables, HCV+ patients remained significantly more likely to have a history of tattoo exposure compared with HCV− controls (OR, 8.22; 95% CI, 5.45-12.40; P < 0.001).
|HCV+ Patients (n = 466)
|HCV− Controls (n = 1,421)
|Age, years, mean ± SD
|52.0 ± 7.6
|53.1 ± 10.6
|Male sex
|Born in the United States
|Education >12 years
|Income > $15,000
|Currently employed
|Intranasal drug use†
|Number of lifetime sexual partners
|Sex with a prostitute†
|Sex with a same-sex partner†
|Incarcerated for >48 hours†
|Body piercing†
|Drinks of alcohol per week
|3.83 (2.99-4.93)
|4.48 (3.42-5.87)
|Fully adjusted†
|5.17 (3.75-7.11)
|Fully adjusted† and IDU excluded
|8.22 (5.45-12.40)
|Risk Factor
|Odds Ratio
|Crude (95% CI)
|Adjusted* (95% CI)
|Born in the United States
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In the present study of nearly 4,000 patients, we found that tattooing was significantly and independently associated with HCV infection. The association persisted after adjusting for age, sex, and race/ethnicity as well as after excluding subjects with traditional risk factors such as IDU and blood transfusion prior to 1992. These findings have important implications for screening non–injection drug users in the United States, particularly since the prevalence of tattooing is on the rise and intravenous drug use is on the decline.
The prevalence of tattoos in the United States has been increasing during the past decade, particularly among youths.22-25 Although little is known about the prevalence of body art among minority adolescents, one study of African American and Hispanic students from an inner city high school in Texas found that 10% of the African American students already had a tattoo by graduation, a rate that is comparable to prior studies that evaluated predominantly white college students.26 A 2004 study among persons aged 18 to 50 years in the United States found that 24% of respondents had at least one tattoo, and an additional 21% of nontattooed respondents had considered tattoo placement.23 Tattooing is more common among those of low socioeconomic status23 despite its increased prevalence across all social groups, and it is also highly prevalent among soldiers. In one study, almost 36% of soldiers in the US Army had at least one tattoo, and 76% experienced bleeding after the procedure, which might promote transmission of blood-borne infections.27
The literature assessing the association between tattooing and HCV has heretofore been equivocal. Because of the wide variability of study populations with regard to baseline risk of HCV exposure, previous work has been risk-stratified by general population, blood donors, high-risk groups (i.e., drug users, homeless persons, sex workers, and patients in sexually transmitted disease clinics), prisoners, and veterans. Although studies that recruited >1,000 veterans found an almost three-fold higher risk of HCV infection among veterans with a tattoo compared with those who did not have a tattoo,28-30 results from cross-sectional studies involving the general public, blood donors, and other high-risk groups have been inconsistent.21
A recent review article of the best available data on the risk of HCV infection from tattoo exposure found that most studies relied on descriptive statistics alone and failed to report measures of association, such as ORs and relative risk. In fact, meta-analysis of the existing literature was deferred because several of the studies that found no association between HCV infection and tattooing in the univariate analysis either did not include those exposures in the multivariate analysis or did not report the adjusted OR.21 Furthermore, few case-controlled studies completely excluded injection drug users and blood transfusion recipients.21
Our study confirms the association between tattoo exposure and hepatitis C infection in a very large ethnically diverse population of HCV cases and uninfected controls. To our knowledge, this is largest group of HCV cases and controls ever assembled to study this question after excluding all injection drug users and recipients of blood transfusions before 1992, along with verification of HCV seropositivity and viremia through the electronic medical record at each study location.
To date, there is no definitive evidence that HCV infection occurs through tattooing when sterile equipment is used. Although no outbreaks of HCV infection have been detected in the United States that originate from professional tattoo parlors, case reports of acute HCV infection from tattooing in prison suggest that tattooing could be a mode of transmission.31-33 One case report from a United States prison documented HCV seroconversion in a prisoner, where tattooing in prison was the only known risk factor during the incubation period.33
Underrepresentation due to self-reporting of intravenous drug use is a concern that could confound our result. Tattoos and drug use often coexist, therefore the increased risk of HCV infection among tattooed individuals may in fact be a surrogate for unreported drug use.6, 34-38 Although a case series of 301 patients by Flamm et al.39 found that 8.5% of chronic HCV-infected male patients younger than 45 who were initially referred with "no known risk factor" later endorsed a remote history of intravenous drug use, intravenous drug use self-reporting has been shown to be accurate when high methodological standards are applied.40 When our surveys were completed, there were no patient identifiers to subsequently associate patients with their answers, providing a confidentiality that was ensured to patients prior to receiving the survey during the consent process. Our questionnaires were completed anonymously, allowing subjects to report drug use and sexual behavior without concern about personal identification.
Some may ascribe the risk of HCV infection from tattooing to another unrecognized high-risk behavior (e.g., increased intranasal drug use or sexual promiscuity among those having one or more tattoo); however, these concerns were not borne out by our analysis. Sexual contact is responsible for a very low but not negligible transmission of HCV.1, 41, 42 Our two cohorts without traditional risk factors had equal proportions reporting >25 lifetime sexual partners (27.5% for HCV+ and 26.6% for HCV−; P = 0.714), and their remaining unequal proportions reported prior sexual contact with a prostitute or same-sex partner (Table 3). We adjusted for these sexual contacts and other potential residual confounders via logistic regression analysis and found that in those without prior IDU or pre-1992 blood transfusion, the odds of tattoo exposure were still higher in HCV+ patients than in HCV− controls.
Although commercial parlors have not been implicated in HCV transmission, such transmission could occur at different stages of tattooing—the reuse of nondisposable needles, inappropriate sterilization of equipment, or reuse of ink contaminated with blood from an infected process. Although data on survival of hepatitis C in tattooing or piercing equipment are not available, survival of HCV ranges from a few days on inanimate surfaces to almost 1 month in propofol solutions.43-46 In fact, the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration recognizes tattooing as a potential mode of transmission of blood-borne pathogens (it is included in their blood-borne safety standards). Furthermore, more than two-thirds of state health jurisdictions in the United States have additional regulations for tattooing parlors.25
Tattooing in prison is of particular concern regarding the transmission of blood-borne infections, because tattooing in this setting is typically performed using nonsterile equipment, such as guitar strings, paper clips, or sewing needles, which are usually cleaned via heating or use of boiling water.47 A similar concern exists for other nonprofessional settings and nonprofessional tattoo artists. Of particular concern are those parlors servicing adolescents without the informed consent of a parent. Many states require that minors obtain parental consent for tattoos and piercings; however, in one study from an urban Texas high school, about 20% of those who obtained their tattoo from a professional were not asked for proof of parental consent.26
The limitations of our study include a patient population from two veteran administration hospitals that are predominantly male and one urban municipal hospital slanted toward the lower end of the socioeconomic scale, limiting how these findings could be generalized to other segments of the population, particularly women or more affluent populations. Compared with the control group, the hepatitis C cohort had a higher proportion of self-identified racial or ethnic minorities (56.5% versus 78.5%, P < 0.001). Furthermore, our study did not recruit patients with incident cases of HCV infection and ask about tattoo exposure or specify the venue of tattoo placement, which hinders drawing temporal causal relationships between HCV infection and tattooing as well as limiting our ability to comment on how sterile infection control practices can mitigate the risk of transmission. Future analysis will help determine how these distinctions would further qualify the overall result.
In conclusion, tattoo exposure is associated with HCV infection, even among those without traditional risk factors. All patients who have tattoos should be considered at higher risk for HCV infection and should be offered HCV counseling and testing. Expanding screening recommendations to cover individuals with one or more tattoos offers a potential compliment to current risk-based screening recommendations. Because of the increasing prevalence of tattooing, particularly among youths, awareness campaigns should highlight the danger of transmitting blood-borne infections such as HCV, regardless of the venue of placement.
It is with tremendous respect and deep sorrow that we acknowledge the contributions of our colleague and dear friend, Dr. Edmund Bini (1967-2010), both to this manuscript and to our lives. He is truly missed.
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University of Virginia law school student of politically correct ethnicity Johnathan Perkins has made a contribution to the vast and ever-expanding store of phony hate crimes. His terrifying tale:
Perkins made his allegations in a letter to the editor of the U.Va. law school's student newspaper, Virginia Law Weekly. He sent a copy to the university's police department, which treated the essay as a formal complaint. Perkins described walking home from a bar review session and being stopped by the flashing lights of a University of Virginia police car. Two white officers, he said, questioned him, told him that he "fit the description of someone we're looking for," made fun of him as a law student, frisked and searched him, refused to give their names and badge numbers, and then followed him home after saying he was free to leave.
How awful. To quote Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) (when discussing American troops at Club Gitmo), "you would most certainly believe this must have been done by Nazis, Soviets in their gulags, or some mad regime — Pol Pot or others — that had no concern for human beings."
Fortunately, Perkins made the whole thing up.
As soon as the letter was published, the university's police department began an investigation, bringing in some outside experts to assist. […After the tall tale fell apart,] the university released a statement announcing that the investigation found that Perkins had made up the story. The university's statement (not available on the university's website, but posted on the Virginia Law Weekly's Facebook page) quoted Perkins (without naming him) as saying that he fabricated the story. "I wrote the article to bring attention to the topic of police misconduct," he said in a written statement. "The events in the article did not occur."
When moonbats of color are forced to invent such humdrum stories to remind us how oppressed we're supposed to pretend they are, it's time to drop the whole charade and turn our attention to the very real discrimination systematically imposed against those of us who aren't minorities.
Naturally no charges are being pressed against Perkins. It would be racist to expect the oppressed to answer for their behavior. Chief of Police Michael A. Gibson obsequiously bleated:
"I recognize that police misconduct does occur. Pressing charges in this case might inhibit another individual who experiences real police misconduct from coming forward with a complaint. I want to send the message just how seriously we take such charges and that we will always investigate them with care and diligence."
Police brass, like military brass, must be beholden to political correctness to reach the top. So the rank and file are always treated as if they are guilty.
The University of Virginia has an honor code. So much as telling a lie is grounds for expulsion, leave alone lying to the whole school and sending the police on a wild goose chase. But it would be racist to expect the oppressed to live by honor codes, so Perkins will not be expelled. More important to UV than its honor code is its commitment to Affirmative Action.
Hopefully no one is missing the irony of Perkins's stunt confirming that not only are blacks not oppressed, they are pampered with privileged treatment to the point of absurdity.
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