def run(self):
        for item_name in self.item_names:
            item = self.conn.get_attributes(self.domain_name, item_name)
            self.items.append(item)

#boto.set_stream_logger('sdb')
Start the threaded retrieval of items. Populates the 
dataset/ETHPy150Open darcyliu/storyboard/boto/sdb/connection.py/ItemThread.run