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Yes Day 2 Release Date: What We Can Expect?
Yes Day is an American comedy movie released on March 12, 2021, Here are all updates about Yes Day 2.
by Lokesh Bhardwaj
Sunday, 15 August 2021, 10:35 IST
Yes Day is an American comedy movie released on March 12, 2021, which Miguel Arteta directs. This movie is based on a book of the same name, yes day, written by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Tom Lichtenheld. Yes Day is a movie to watch with the whole family. However, three kids and two parents make this movie much more dramatic.
Yes Day 2 Release Date
Yes Day gained so much love and popularity from the fans, and they are expecting the same sequel. This movie gained top ratings and got a place in Netflix's top 10 list. But there is no announcement for the making of the next chapter by Netflix.
The movie starts with Allison, the mother, telling how she used to say yes to everything, pushes her boundaries, and steps out of her comfort zone to try something new. She married Carlos, the father because he was also willing to say yes to everything like her. But when they became parents, the tables turned, and they were more concerned for their kids and always told them no for everything. After the parent-teacher conference, when Allison was told that her children felt suffocating from their teacher, they decided to take a yes day challenge.
On Yes Day, the kids make their parents do weird things like wearing ridiculous dresses, eating giant ice-cream sundae for breakfast, going through a car wash with windows open, and whatnot. But Allison and Carlos have to keep up with everything because it was a yes day. Reviews (watch it or skip it): it is a purely family comedy movie with a good life lesson to learn from it. Kids will love the movie, but adults will be fine with it. The overall message is worth watching. It was in the top 10 list of Netflix and gained so much love from the audience.
Allison Torres: She is the mother of three kids. Who before becoming a mother was so adventurous but afterward, she is so concerned about her kids, so she always says no to everything.
Carlos Torres: He is the father of the three kids. He had indigestion after having an ice cream sundae for breakfast.
Katie Torres: She is the oldest daughter of Allison and Carlos, who wanted to attend fleek fest with her best friend.
Nando Torres: Allison and Carlos's middle child seeks order when the foam party gets out of control.
Ellie Torres: Allison and Carlos's youngest daughter, who loves to dance.
In short, this movie yes day should be watched by kids and parents too, as it teaches a lesson. Today's teenagers think they don't get freedom and their parents dont understand them, and parents think that kids are not listening to them. It is shown in the movie that everything is good within the boundaries, so kids have to be within their limits, and parents should also give them freedom, then only the things will be balanced.
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LAHAT (eng. Laser Homing Attack ili Laser Homing Anti-Tank) je treća generacija protutenkovskih projektila koji su poluaktivno laserski navođeni. Oružje je dizajnirala i proizvodi izraelska vojna industrija Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) te je u službi od 1992. godine do danas.

Ovaj projektil namijenjen je lansiranju iz tenkovskih topničkih cijevi kalibara 105 (ožljebljena) i 120 mm (glatka cijev). Za svaki je kalibar napravljena posebna košuljica s kojom se projektil lansira a koja ga prilagođava načinu lansiranja / ispaljivanja iz cijevi. Uz to, Lahat se može lansirati iz posebnih cjevastih lansera na helikopterima i oklopnim vozilima. Način lansiranja iz tih lansera vrlo je sličan načinu ispaljivanja granata iz bestrzajnih topova. Projektil je opremljen stabiliziranim tražilom koje je usmjereno blago prema dolje kako bi moglo uočiti odbljesak laserske zrake od cilja. Označavanje ciljeva ne mora se obaviti s lansera već to mogu obaviti istureni izvidnici ili bespilotna letjelica.

Projektil je opremljen tandem kumulativnom bojnom glavom koja može probiti 800 mm homogenog čeličnog oklopa zaštićenog reaktivnim oklopom. Masa cijelog projektila je 13,5 kilograma. Na službenim stranicama proizvođača piše da je maksimalni domet projektila veći od 6.000 metara a neslužbeni izvori navode da je domet Lahata kad se lansira / ispaljuje iz tenkovskog topa oko 8.000 metara a iz helikoptera čak 13.000 metara. Cilj na udaljenosti od 4.000 metara dosegne za 14 sekundi. Lanser s četiri projektila, namijenjen helikopterima, vozilima i manim plovilima, teži 75 kilograma.

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 : indijska kopnena vojska koristi LAHAT na svojim tenkovima Arjun.

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Please note that Lot 24, 2 x silver ash trays presented by 2Lts Wisbey and Harris has been removed from the auction.


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Q: Dependency of MISRA-C coding rules checker to the compiler I have started using a tool allowing to check the compliancy to MISRA-C 2012. The tool is Helix QAC. During the configuration it requests to select one compiler. My understanding is that MISRA-C (and coding rules in general) are not linked to a compiler toolchain, since one of their objective is portability. Moreover one rule of MISRAC is to not use language extensions (obviously this rule may be disabled or there may be exceptions to it). Helix documentation or support is rather vague about this (still trying to get more info from them)  and just mention the need to know the integer type length or the path of standard includes. But the rules analysis should be independant from int size and the interface of standard includes is standard so the actual files should not be needed.
What are the dependencies between a MISRA-C rules checker and the compiler ?

A: There is one thing every MISRA-C checker needs to know and that's what type you use as bool. This is necessary since MISRA-C:2012 still supports C90 which didn't have standard support for a boolean type. (C99 applications should use _Bool/bool, period.) It also needs to know which constants that false and true correspond to, in case stdbool.h with false and true is unavailable. This could be the reason why it asks which compiler that is used. Check Appendix D - Essential types for details.
Type sizes of int etc isn't relevant for the MISRA checker to know. Though it might be nice with some awareness of non-standard extensions. We aren't allowed to use non-standard extensions or implementation-defined behavior without documenting them. The usual suspects being inline assembler, interrupts, memory allocation at specific places and so on.  But once we have documented them in our deviation to Dir 1.1/Rule 1.1, we might want to disable warnings about using those specific, allowed deviations. If the MISRA checker is completely unaware of a certain feature, then how can you disable the warning caused by it?

A: Some of the Guidelines depend on knowing what the implementation is doing - this is particularly the case with the implementation defined aspects, including (but not limited to integer sizes, maximum/minimum values, method of implementing boolean etc)
MISRA C even has a section 4.2 Understanding the compiler which coupled with 4.3 Understanding the static analysis tool addresses these issues.

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Wine drinkers in central Ohio won't have to travel far to celebrate National Wine Day today.
Although a majority of central Ohio's land isn't conducive to growing grapes, the region has a handful of urban wineries, including Via Vecchia Winery on Front Street in downtown, and Signature Wines and Camelot Cellars in Olde Towne East.
Janine Aquino became the third owner of Camelot Cellars in 2011. A Bucyrus couple opened the winery at a 2,200-square-foot location in the Short North before selling it to a Canadian company.
Aquino, who grew up on vineyard in the Hudson Valley area of New York, didn't mince words that the winery was "down in the dumps" with its second owners.
The Canadian company hired Aquino as a consultant to determine what to do with the winery and her findings lead to their decision to sell the winery.
"I kind of understood what needed to be done," Aquino said. "It needed a lot of help."
She made the huge overhaul of the winery from staffing changes to a rebranding. But Aquino kept a few things such as the name and the ability for customers to make their own batch.
Customers can now find Camelot Cellars wines in 200 stores, she said. The winery also relocated to the Olde Towne East to have more space.
The winery's current 3,600-square-foot home features nearly 100 seats, a full-service restaurant that serves Italian cuisine and a variety of regular events.
Aquino said the winery's Short North location seating was about 60 and didn't serve food, resulting in shorter customer stays who would leave to go somewhere else for dinner.
The winery also provided more space for production of juices and concentrate it receives from Washington, California states, parts of South America and Europe.
Due to the fact they can import grape juices and concentrate, urban wineries can open quicker than traditional wineries and operate year-round without any of the labor costs, Aquino said.
Central Ohio's urban wineries have to compete with the prevalence of craft breweries but wine is becoming the beverage of choice for millennials, Aquino said.
"People feel important when they drink it," she said.
Millennials are more adventurous when it comes to wines with 65 percent of them seeking out rare and unusual wines and vintages and 75 percent wishing they could spend more on wine, according to a survey Wine Access, an online wine discovery platform, released in January.
On the other hand, Gen X spends an annual $5,717 on wine compared with baby boomers at $4,900 and millennials at $4,163, according to the survey of 1,800 wine consumers. But it added that millennials were driving growth in the market.
"Our report findings further confirm the macro trend of consumers prioritizing experiences over things when it comes to fine wine and dining," said Matt Deller, chief wine officer of Wine Access, in a statement. "In the past decade, wine has become more enjoyable and the increase in quality is finally matching up with what consumers crave. Wine is also getting more interesting and more focused on connectivity, social media and travel. These trends are even more heightened among younger wine lovers.
Between the tourism boom in California's wine country and wine now being heavily covered in conventional media, it is more transparent and visible than ever."
But Aquino said it's difficult to say whether central Ohio can expect more urban wineries to appear in the future. People don't open urban wineries expecting to make a huge profit, she said.
"We do it because we love it," Aquino said.
Additionally, established urban wineries will expand because existing regulation requires a wine makers get individual licenses for each winery they open.
In Delaware County, Jeff and Gina Kirby opened his second urban winery, Oak and Brazen Wine Co., last year in the city of Delaware since he opened the Powell Village Winery in 2011, which is now under new ownership.
Ohio is the sixth largest wine producer in the United States and produces 1.23 million gallons annually.


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"Superman II" interview: Robin Pappas
In Superman II (1980), actress Robin Pappas played Alice, a Daily Planet employee.
She had only one line.
But even a small role in an iconic film is big enough to yield fascinating behind-the-scenes nuggets, especially with someone who has a big personality. Ergo, an interview with Robin:
What were you doing professionally prior to Superman II?
Before, during, and after Superman II, I was a young jobbing actor, working in repertory theaters around Great Britain, generally enjoying the hi-diddly-dee lifestyle. The only bit of film work I'd done previously was in my first term at RADA [Royal Academy of Dramatic Art] in early '72—we students were used as extras in O Lucky Man! We got paid something like three guineas for the day and it was simultaneously thrilling and boring, mostly kinda wonderful to be part of the "magic of movie-making." [I also had] a small role in The Shining, but that's another story. Just to be in a movie, in any capacity, was a major kick.
Okay, you can't just casually toss out "I was in The Shining" as an aside without consequence. Tell me about it!
I played a nurse in an end scene, which was there for the LA and NY previews, then Stanley Kubrick deleted it, supposedly on advice from Warner's. I understand he destroyed the footage. That seems a bit extreme—I've always felt it would've been a better film with me in it. Ha ha, no really, I preferred the original ending. Jack Nicholson was not around [when I shot], but I got the impression he's a lot of fun on set; no Scatman Crothers, either—my scene was in hospital after the labyrinth scene. Shelley Duvall was super friendly, a very pleasant and down-to-earth person, Barry Nelson polite and easygoing, and young Danny just a normal kid who happened to be a really good actor. There were many takes, and Kubrick struck me as quiet, thoughtful, almost monk-like in his precision.
Back to Superman II…how did you get the role?
As I remember, first an interview with Mary Selway, the casting director, then a brief meeting with Richard Lester, the director, which looking back seems a lot of bother for them for a bit part player.
Were you a fan of Superman or superheroes?
As a child, comics-wise, I loved them all, but particularly the females. In film terms, I'd gone to the first Superman with my sister's five young sons and was tickled to see a couple of acting pals in small parts. The theater was packed and we had to sit in the front row. It was great, so immediate; at certain moments we were cheering and jumping out of our seats with mindless feel-good patriotic fervor, John Williams's music whipping us into a rah-rah frenzy.
Any funny anecdotes about your Superman experience?
I don't know that it's that funny, but we'd been burgled the night before. A bunch of us RADA actors were living down the street from the academy in a huge Victorian. The gypsies would occasionally come knocking and want money to tell your fortune. If you refused, you were liable to get a curse, so I always gave them something, and usually got an intriguing verbal bit in return—fascinating how clever at reading people fortune-tellers are. What I didn't realize was this routine was often also a gambit to size up a potential hit, which is what I think happened that night. We were all home and they managed to work around us, very deft they were. Cleaned me out and left a nail file and pair of scissors, which I'm told is a kind of symbolic intimidation tactic. Upshot I didn't sleep much that night, which left me dozing off the next day, sitting upright in a chair between takes.
Is there one story about your Superman experience that you tell more than any other?
Oh yeah. My one and only line was "Catch ya later, Clark." [On] the first take I guess I was thinking "Clark Kent" and the line came out "Catch ya later, Clunt." Very embarrassing.
What was your impression of Christopher Reeve?
He seemed thoroughly engrossed, seriously committed to getting his character right, from throwing that hat onto the peg to working out his motivation, to such a degree that while he was talking to Dick Lester, I jumped in with some idiot remark like "I think he just feels left out and wants to be liked," which was not appreciated. He shut me down with a quick "Do you mind? I'm having a private conversation with the director." Also, he had a little battery whirly fan he took out of his pocket between takes to cool down. I backed off, sat down, and went back to sleep.
Margot Kidder?
She did poke her head around her dressing room door at one point, as we little people were walking down the hall to our dressing rooms, and, after clocking us, ducked back in.
Gene Hackman?
As far as I know, he wasn't there that day.
Memories of any other actors on set?
Leueen Willoughby I knew from our time together with Cambridge Theatre Company. I shared a car to studio with the actor playing Jimmy Olsen, Marc McClure. He was very sweet. I was sorry there wasn't more of him in the final film. Sarah Douglas was a doll and invited us into her dressing room, offered us her phone if we wanted to call America, etc.; very generous.
My absolute favorite memory of the day was meeting Jackie Cooper, a legend from the golden days—how they threatened to kill his dog to get him to cry for [the 1931 film] The Champ, as a teenager being seduced by Joan Crawford, Our Gang for chrissake! This man was so real in the midst of such artifice, so genuine and interested and polite, gritty as a truck driver—complaining about coming over on the Concorde and how the food was shitty ("We can put a man on the moon and we still can't get a decent meal on an airplane"). Very friendly, gave us a ride over to the commissary in his car. I'm not sure if I watch his performance admiringly because he was so nice to me or [because he was] such a delightful actor—probably both.
Did you attend the premiere, and if so, what was that like?
Lord no, wasn't invited!
Did your opinion of the movie change after it opened?
Strangely, I was less excited about Superman II— didn't think it worked as well as the first, for whatever reason, and there wasn't enough of me in it.
No I have not. Thank you for asking.
What was your favorite acting gig?
Mother Courage [in the play Mother Courage and Her Children] because it's impossibly hard and Madame Ernestine Von Liebedich (Little Mary Sunshine) because it was such fun. The best gigs are in my mind.
Feels like I'm working harder, but maybe that's just the nature of getting older…too much responsibility! By nature I'm a bum.
In the picturesque Pocono Mountains, PA. Wish the winters were milder, otherwise it's lovely.
Tell me about your children/family.
Hey, everybody's healthy. I'm the luckiest woman in the world.
Have you participated in any Superman-related event (reunion, convention, documentary, etc.)? If not, would you be open to meeting fans and signing autographs at an event like San Diego Comic-Con?
Would love to. If only I could charge $50 a photo like Carrie Fisher.
Are you still in touch with anyone from the cast?
No, and it's depressing how many people have died already.
When was the last time you saw a member of the cast, and was it on purpose or by chance?
I don't believe I've seen anyone from the Superman II shoot since that day.
When was the last time you watched Superman II? How did you think it held up?
It's a fun movie. I think it works on its own terms, but I do sense a certain disjointedness—even the Thin Man films suffer from sequel syndrome.
Do you have an opinion on Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut?
I've never seen it, so can't say. Of course I have loyalty to Dick Lester—this man directed A Hard Day's Night! But again, when I met Lester to get approval for the gig, he was (like Jackie Cooper) so unpretentious and self-deprecating. I told him I admired his work and he came back with "There are so many people involved in making a film it's ridiculous to give any one person the credit." I couldn't help but be impressed by his humility and intelligence.
Do you have any mementos from the experience such as set photos, a script, or anything from the set?
That's painful. I had the scripts from The Shining, Superman II, Chariots of Fire (didn't have one for Reds)…but, along with play scripts, the pile became huge and heavy and I think I threw them out even before I left England—dumb move.
"Oh god, not more homework."
How do you look back on your Superman experience?
I've embarrassed myself so many times I'd like to think I learned something…what can you do? Try to get smarter. Working on a film is always sort of thrilling because it's pretty glamorous as work goes, and ultimately it's about creating magic, but it is tedious and fragmented and you can feel like you're in a really nice prison, which is why it's wonderful when you happily connect with the people you're confined with. That's entertainment!
If the experience changed your life in any way, how?
Well, yeah, for most actors, one is unemployed more often than not, so if you're lucky, it's kind of like having an affair for the duration of the job…then it's over. But you always remember that special relationship, day, tension, scene, moment—and the beauty of film is it's in the can forever. That is, if you don't get completely cut out of the movie, sob sob. Thus, like Cinderella, it changes your life, and then you change back.
If you get offered a film role, do it.
See also: my interviews with cast members of Superman: The Movie.
Posted 7:00 AM Labels interview (with someone else), pop culture nostalgia, Superman, Superman II, Superman: The Movie, where are they now?
thedarknight said...
That was very cool. Glad you could catch her for the interview, and she gave great advice at the end. It was really interesting to hear how Reeve actually practiced the hat toss, and I liked how they were peeved of her input attempts haha, it's a lot of stress and he's a consummate actor while donner has pressure, thanks for posting this!
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UPDATED: Gay Marriages Will Continue In Utah, Federal Judge Rules
Update at 1:22 p.m. ET. Gay Marriages Will Continue:
A federal judge on Monday refused to set aside a ruling that invalidated Utah's ban on gay marriage.
That means same-sex couples will be able to continue to receive marriage licenses across the state, even though the ruling will be appealed before a higher court.
Utah had asked U.S. District Court judge Robert Shelby for an emergency stay of the ruling he issued on Friday. The state argued that gay marriages should be put on hold, while the state appealed.
The Salt Lake Tribune reports:
"Assist. Utah Attorney General Philip Lott had argued Monday that court should impose a stay because the judge's order last week caught everyone by surprise and disrupted the status quo. And because the state will otherwise appeal, and all same-sex marriage licenses issued would be null and void, if the decision is overturned.
"Lott said there was 'a cloud of uncertainty over the same-sex marriages currently taking place.'
"'No one wins, if Utah's marriage laws are changed back and forth," he argued. "The status quo should remain in tact.'
"'There is a great irony in the fact that for Utah to be allowed to become a state, it was compelled by the federal government to define marriage as a union between one man and one woman.'"
Update at 6:16 p.m. ET. Another Stay Request:
Shortly after Shelby declined to stay his ruling, Utah asked the Tenth Circuit Court to step in.
"The State did so in order to avoid the confusion that Judge Shelby's decision and absence of a Stay are causing throughout Utah," Acting Attorney General Brian Tarbet said in a statement.
Gov. Gary R. Herbert said that he is committed to advancing the issue all the way through the judicial system.
"I recognize that this is a highly emotional issue with people of goodwill on both sides of the debate," Herbert said in a statement. "I encourage everyone to remain respectful of one another and of the legal process."
Our Original Post Continues:
In Utah, there's a scramble by same-sex couples to pick up marriage licenses before the state asks a federal judge to set aside a ruling that invalidated the state's ban on gay marriage.
"Couples began lining up at county courthouses in snowy, cold weather overnight, after a federal appeals court in Denver declined to issue an emergency stay," NPR's Howard Berkes tells our Newscast unit. "Attorneys for the state will be back in federal court this morning to plead with U.S. District Court judge Robert Shelby to halt the same-sex marriages until they get an appeal filed and considered."
As we've reported, in his ruling Shelby said the constitutional amendment, which voters in the predominately Mormon state passed overwhelmingly in 2004, irrationally demeans the dignity of same-sex couples.
The Salt Lake Tribune reports that later this morning, Utah will argue that if Judge Shelby allows his ruling to stand while the state appeals, it could cause irreparable harm to same-sex couples. The state argues that if Shelby's ruling is overturned by a higher court, it will then leave those same-sex couples who married in Utah under a "cloud of uncertainty."
Still, this morning, the paper reports the lines at clerk's offices across the state were long:
"At the Salt Lake County clerk's office, the line for marriages wrapped around two floors, and there was an audible cheer when the door finally opened
"In Weber County, the first couple in line included a minister who had pushed to the front so he could get married and then officiate for others.
"Meanwhile, in Utah County, the clerk's office was not issuing same-sex marriage licenses, and turned away one couple."


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Moisture Festival
The Moisture Festival is a non-profit 501(c)3 arts organization presenting the world's largest Comedy/Varietè festival every spring. The 2017 festival will run March 16 - April 9.
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How Moisture Festival is Changing the World
By dedicated volunteer, Matthew Steinbrueck
The Moisture Festival is an extraordinary event.
After several hours of carefree laughter, combined with intelligent commentary, I found myself uplifted.
Released from the humdrum of daily routine and all the sad world news.
More significant was the realization that this festival of life is an antidote to the fear, greed and other bad stuff going on in the world today.
The Moisture Festival is a consciousness raiser.
I believe it actually raises the level of global human awareness.
This event actually changes the world.
Thank you, Matthew, for your support of Moisture festival! When he's not volunteering, you can find him at his shop, Raven's Nest Treasures, which sells a collection of culturally authentic art and jewelry gift items.
Festival Volunteer Honors Moisture with Estate Gift
Moisture Festival is thrilled to be honored by one of our volunteers, Kevin Beder, with a planned gift from his estate.
This is the festival's first bequest, intended to help the festival long into the future. Estate giving is simple - name us in your will or list us as a beneficiary on your insurance policy.
In Kevin's words: "If I could have lived in an earlier time, I wish that it could have been during the heyday of vaudeville in New York, where my family is from since immigrating from Germany and Ireland respectively. My fondness of the Moisture Festival family has let me make this fine organization a beneficiary of my estate after I die. Please join me in helping to preserve this great local entertainment for future generations to enjoy."
Thank you Kevin for your inspiring legacy gift to the Moisture Festival family!
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Why Does Moisture Festival Need Money?
Year end giving is what brings festival to life. Now is the time we need funds to build the 2018 festival as we dive into the front-end costs of producing this unique event.
Thanks to our generous community, Moisture Festival is able to showcase over 250 performers per season. We are able to attract these top-notch performers because our festival is unique and creates a magical community. For our performers it's a chance to reconnect with old friends, find mentors, and inspire the next generation.
Where else in the world today do you see such a range of talent presented in such a friendly and fun atmosphere? Where else can a family enjoy an evening of live entertainment for the cost of a blockbuster movie night? Stages such as ours provide many children's first and sometimes only live stage entertainment experience. Our festival runs on a shoestring budget supported by volunteer labor and with carefully stewarded donations which have enabled us to operate in the black now for fourteen years.
Tickets pay for only half of the operating costs of our show. We keep our overhead low thanks to our over 250 volunteers who donate over 5,000 hours to us each year to help produce our shows. During festival our STAR donors help pay off the festival bills each spring, and then our auction provides necessary expenses for the following season. Our October 27th Auction was a success. Although just shy of our goal we are able to bring on 2018 festival now!
Funds we earn now and by the end of the year allow us to host the Moisture Festival Monday evening lecture series. One pledge at $1,000 will bring that full lecture series to our community for free. That same level gift would pay for new aerial mats and rigging. We borrow mats and rigging now from friends and gyms. It's time we own the safest mats available for our stellar aerial artists. $750 pays for lighting equipment rental for the entire season. $500 buys two West Coast performers' airfares. Other costs include stage improvements, food and beverage supplements for our Meal Sponsor hot meals, and we still need 150 comfortable chairs for the audience. $50 buys two new chairs!
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Take a moment to remember some of the favorite acts you've seen on our stages. If you and your family make end of year charitable giving contributions, consider supporting your local arts community. The more money we are able to raise before year-end dictates how many artists we are able to bring to you for your laughing pleasure. End of year gifts now help pay for travel and visa expenses for overseas artists, pays for rigging upgrades. You can make the difference. Send your checks to PO Box 17484, Seattle WA, 98127. Or, call the office and ask to speak with Cheryl Angle (206) 297-1405 about your gift. Thank you!
Moisture Festival Performer Spotlight: Duo Madrona
By Steve Wacker
For me, one of the best things about Moisture Festival coming around every spring is the laughter. There's nothing quite like busting a gut at the many antics of so many gifted varieté performers, wiping away tears of laughter while trying to catch one's breath, and seeing everyone around you in the same condition.
But there's also the thrill of seeing aerial artistry performed with impeccable skill, and appreciating the physical gifts of such performers. Duo Madrona, the fixed trapeze duo of Ben Wendel and Rachel Nehmer, is one such awe-inspiring act. Duo Madrona has been a Moisture Festival favorite for more than 10 years, ever since their Festival debut in 2006. I recently spoke with Ben about how he and Rachel became trapeze artists and why the Festival is one of their favorite venues.
Although Rachel became interested in the performing arts as a teenager, her aspirations were oriented toward a career in musical theater. But the French Woods Performing Arts Camp she attended in upstate New York also had a circus program, where she learned about the flying trapeze, juggling, unicycles, and the like. As Ben said, "Rachel went to this camp to be a Broadway performer, but immediately became involved in the circus program. And she never looked back."
First, however, there was college, where Rachel and Ben met as biology students. They were lab partners, and they planned to pursue careers in neurobiology. But Rachel received a trapeze as a gift from a former teacher – a gift from the sky, as Ben put it – and she said "I'm going to get back into this."
"We were best friends, and Rachel asked me if I wanted to learn trapeze things. I took to it like a fish to water. She was doing solo work, and she was teaching me solo work, but we had a lot of chemistry, and we started to learn partnering. We were pretty much self-taught, learning things on the fly. And we just kept improving."
After college they moved to Seattle, where their pursuit of trapeze artistry turned into something more than just a pastime. They became involved with the School of Acrobatics and New Circus Arts (SANCA) and soon realized that perhaps their true calling was a life in the circus. Rachel started performing with Cathy Sutherland (see my previous blog post about Cathy) and the Aerialistas. Ben and Rachel decided to retire from science and almost before they knew it were debuting at the Festival. "And then all of a sudden we were at Moisture Festival! I barely remember how we got from point A to point B," Ben told me.
"Those early Festival performances in the 2005-06 timeframe were major opportunities for us, defining who we were as performers and helping us create our material. Each iteration at the Festival was kind of a step for us," says Ben. "One thing that was helpful was hanging out and performing with people like Hacki Ginda and Tom Noddy – amazing performers. Although we were still scientists at that time, we immediately felt very comfortable with the world of varieté. We were performing night after night with fantastic support and amazing audiences. As performers, you must perform in front of real, live, applauding audiences to become better."
Tom Noddy also told Ben and Rachel about performing opportunities in Germany, which was news to them. They learned how to put together a tour and get their career on a roll. Since then, in addition to the US, they've performed in Germany as well as Austria, France, Switzerland, and the Netherlands.
Ben and I also spoke about the special magic of Moisture Festival, about people uniting for a common cause – mirth and enjoyment – and what it's like to create and feel that human buzz. But he noted that there's also the reality of being an acrobat and dealing with injuries.
"I remember we were so fired up for our Festival debut – we ramped up what we were doing and acquired new skills. It was also our debut for our peers outside of the Festival community. I was warming up a day or two before, and I sprained my ankle so bad that we had to cancel our first show because I couldn't walk. After 3 or 4 days I was able to limp, and we did the rest of our performances while I was heavily taped up. We learned something important during our first Festival performances: Circus is synonymous with grit."
In addition to their appearances with Moisture Festival and their performances in Europe, Duo Madrona appears regularly with Teatro Zinzanni, which has recently moved from Seattle to Redmond. In fact, most of their performing career has been with Zinzanni.
I asked Ben about the challenges of physical performance. "I never think about can't – it's more about how do I get better? How do I maintain? I've never been a 'I can't do this' type of person. Rachel and I are intent and focused on NOW – our art only exists when we do it. We're very cognizant of our age and our body skills, but the real challenge is to keep your passion, your curiosity, your compulsion to perform."
Duo Madrona recently completed a stretch of 51 shows in 17 days, which is difficult for me to comprehend (let's just say I'm a few years older than Ben and Rachel ;>). Ben advised that they weren't trying to maintain that kind of pace, but he was also thoughtful about it. "As we get older we get smarter about maintaining our bodies. There's the importance of sleep and diet. Also, we can rely on our stage presence and ability as performers more than our ability as athletes, although there is an athletic component to it."
Duo Madrona also teaches, but not on a regular basis because they do so much touring. In addition, Rachel is currently the aerial lead for the professional program at SANCA. "We also do lessons – private coaching – and workshops. There are a lot of studios and schools in Seattle, and we've sort of built community all around. We both enjoy teaching."
I enjoyed hearing about Duo Madrona's somewhat serendipitous switch from neurobiology to the circus, but my conversation with Ben was fascinating on many levels. If you're curious to learn more, check out the Duo Madrona page on Facebook or see them at Teatro Zinzanni. I'm really looking forward to seeing them perform at Moisture Festival 2018 – the 15th anniversary year. See you there!
Seattle's Moisture Festival of Comedy/Varietè, founded in 2004, is the largest and longest running comedy/varietè festival in the world. Learn more at http://www.moisturefestival.org/.
Thanks to Kirby Lindsay for background information.
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Moisture Festival Volunteers: The Hammerheads
Big thanks to Ron W. Bailey for editorial contributions
Last year I wrote a post about the good folks at Hale's Ales, who operate the primary venue for all the silliness, sassiness, sauciness, and cheek that is the Moisture Festival we've all come to anticipate each spring. As the primary venue, Hale's Palladium is pretty danged important – but hopefully most readers of this blog appreciate the fact that the legions of MF volunteers are just as important, and that the Festival couldn't maintain the merriment without them.
This post is about a special group of volunteers, the Moisture Festival Hammerheads, whose motto is
"We work to make art work." It's a motto to be proud of, I think. The Hammerheads like to use their hands, and they enjoy working together.
Typically, when certain MF things need to be done, the Hammerheads get together and figure out a plan to achieve the tasks at hand. Such tasks might include building a stage, building props, securing beams for aerial rigging, creating dressing rooms, hanging sound baffles, upgrading the sound system, upgrading the lighting system, hanging curtains, creating a kitchen with all its appliances – there's a lot that goes on behind the scenes, as you might imagine. The Hammerheads are as flexible as they are talented – the tasks present themselves and they get to work.
In a recent phone conversation, Hammerhead Mike Bailey (no relation to Festival Artistic Director and co-founder Ron W. Bailey) related an interesting story that I thought was worth sharing.
It may not be obvious to MF attendees, but the brightly painted west-facing entry doors to the Palladium (see the following photo) were actually cutouts within much larger doors – as in 13 feet high larger. These larger doors exist so that semi-trucks can drive right into the warehouse – after all, Hales IS a working brewery.
This last winter the building was the victim of a hit-and-run, probably by a truck. "The façade of the Palladium was crunched," as Mike put it. In addition to the damage, the wettest winter in Seattle history had also affected the doors. An assessment of the damage determined that the doors needed something between repair and replacement, in addition to a fair amount of tweaking and adjusting – because, as previously noted, these are big doors. Those of us who struggle to make sure the backyard screen door is hanging straight can appreciate that hanging doors of this size isn't a simple task
Opening night of the Festival was approaching, and the main venue was in need of some carpentry TLC. So who you gonna call? The Hammerheads, of course.
The Hammerheads are always up for a challenge – they know how to get things done. They not only managed to fix the damaged façade, they also redesigned and repainted it to make the entryway fully functional again. And they completed the job a couple of weeks before opening night. The new façade is shown in the following photo.
Another improvement this year was a merchandise trailer – perhaps you noticed it. "The Festival is trying to think through the right way to do merchandise – it would be great to be able to generate a bit more of a revenue stream," said Mike. Someone donated a small utility trailer to the Festival, which the Hammerheads transformed into a kind of caravan wagon, perfect for selling merchandise. Special thanks to Hammerhead Steve Clark for the use of his shop during the project. It made its debut at this year's Festival, outside the new doors and facing the box office.
The Hammerheads are often recognized at the festival, but their work is mostly accomplished out of the spotlight. Ron W. Bailey noted that there's been a core group of Hammerhead volunteers involved since 2004, the Festival's first year. "When a few of them show up together, stories are swapped, often over a few beers. Many of them come from careers that don't involve construction at all, including men and women of many different ages and many walks of life. But they truly enjoy being hands-on and they very much appreciate the camaraderie."
"Working with this group has led to some of my proudest moments regarding Moisture Festival," says Bailey. "We hit the nail on the head knowing that people who work together laugh stronger and longer." After a pun like that, what else is there to say?
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Moisture Festival Spotlight: Aerial Coordinator
Notes from a conversation with the Moisture Festival's Cathy Sutherland
I've been attending Moisture Festival shows for a few years now, and I never really thought much about the combination of art forms: varietè, aerial performance, and burlesque. That is, I hadn't thought about them until I had the opportunity to speak with the Festival's diva deviante of dance and gymnastics, its coordinator of all things aerial – Ms. Cathy Sutherland, without whom the Festival wouldn't be as multifaceted as it is.
Photo Courtesy of Cathy Sutherland
We all appreciate the shared-laughter aspect of Moisture Festival shows, but there's definitely something to be said for how the giggles, gags, and jokes are complemented by aerial artistry. I know that I've been gob-smacked more than once when, while trying to catch my breath after laughing so hard that I thought I'd pass out, I saw an aerial performance that left me awestruck and speechless. This is the dimension that Sutherland brings, with her passion for physical movement and her appreciative eye for talent. She was the person who recognized the possibilities of burlesque, and the potential synergy and audience appeal of combining burlesque with aerial artistry and varietè.
Sutherland has quite a resumé, with a strong emphasis on life experience. In her mid-20s she dropped her gymnastic scholarship at the University of Washington and turned down a dance scholarship to go to Europe and make her living as a performer/musician (saxophone and vocal harmonies) on the streets of Paris and elsewhere. She and MF cofounder Ron Bailey established the Royal Famille de Caniveaux, and their relationship evolved from the professional to the personal, which ultimately became a marriage partnership and family. Their daughter Caela is a gifted singer and entertainer in her own right – her first CD release is slated for the spring of this year.
Aerialistas 2010 (Credit: Mark Gardiner)
After they returned to the States, Sutherland says that originally the concept of MF was pretty much Bailey's thing. "RB – I call him RB – was kind of wanting to do this. At first, it was something that he started, and I was really involved with my gymnastics team. He and I had done a lot of stuff together, been to Europe and done all that, playing in the streets, you know."
Sutherland feels very fortunate for the opportunities she has had in gymnastics and dance, and the chance to work with some great dancers and choreographers, such as Pat Graney. But Sutherland is one of those people who can't stand going to gyms for exercise, and when an invitation to join an aerialist troupe came along she jumped on it.
"I had been invited by Lara Paxton of the Aerialistas to become an understudy in this new all-girl aerial gang. That sounded like fun, and I was looking for something to do. Before I knew it I was performing with them and having a blast. Then Moisture Festival started letting me do our aerial acts there. This was a six-person troupe, which was really nice to see. We would go to Lara's house and make these great fairy costumes, with big fairy wings." Sutherland speaks highly of Paxton's creativity, and is grateful for the opportunity to work with her.
Aviatrix 2011 (Credit: John Cornicello)
"Then burlesque started happening, and there was a need to do burlesque. We even created a burlesque aerial number, which we did at Moisture Festival. We did our first burlesque there, at Hale's Palladium, but we realized we needed to find our own venue, that the comedy/varietè needed to be on its own – so people who wanted family-oriented entertainment didn't get it mixed up with burlesque. We tried different venues and performed at some really nice ones, such as ACT Theatre, and over time we started incorporating burlesque into aerial."
Bell Hops 2015
(Credit: David Rose)
Eventually they ended up finding the Broadway Performance Hall venue (MF's primary burlesque venue today). "We really wanted to differentiate our burlesque from other burlesque in town – we wanted it to have a Moisture Festival feel, with skill acts and aerial acts and humor, like the original music hall idea. We wanted to see those other acts. And there's so much humor in burlesque – like our aviatrix act, in which we were all formation flyers dressed up like Amelia Earhart, for example. We had a lot of fun incorporating burlesque into aerial."
Sutherland is not very philosophical about Moisture Festival's ability to foster a sense of community. "That's not me. I think that RB is more the person who brings the community together – he's the visionary about such things. I just like things physical. I like doing physical, fun, scary things. I like to laugh, and being up high – I'm so lucky. And we're also lucky to be part of such a great community, with organizations such as SANCA (the School of Acrobatics and New Circus Arts) and Emerald City Trapeze, and Teatro Zinzanni bringing great aerial acts in from places like France and Canada."
Aviatrix 2014 (Credit: David Rose)
From left: Carri Anderson, Esther Edelman, Martha Enson, Cathy Sutherland
Sutherland believes that MF audiences appreciate the fact that the Festival is genuine, that it's not a hustle. "There's a feeling that the audience is proud of us. Like when we were doing the aviatrix act, there were women in the audience who appreciated that we were older women – in our forties and fifties – doing a very cool act, and they were totally behind us. That's something that's engendered in that room, and to me a lot of that spirit is something that RB creates."
Sutherland's positive spirit shines throughout her work, and it shone throughout our conversation. She shared some fascinating details of the Festival's history, and I know that this spring I'm going to have a deeper appreciation for the aerialist and burlesque performers. See you there!
Seattle's Moisture Festival of Comedy/Varietè, founded in 2004, is the largest and longest running comedy/varietè festival in the world. Learn more at www.moisturefestival.org/.
2017 Moisture Festival Benefit Show - Room Circus
Dedicated to giving back to the community that gives so much to us, Moisture Festival hosts a benefit show every year in which a portion of the ticket sales is directly donated to a local non-profit organization. In 2017 we are thrilled to announce our benefit show on Sunday, March 19th at 7:30 pm will be raising money for Seattle's Room Circus Medical Clowning. Partnering with Seattle Children's Hospital, their goal is to expand the program within Seattle Children's Hospital and to other area hospitals with pediatric services.
Using a playful, interactive approach, medical clowns use music, physical comedy, improvisation and circus arts to help transform the health care environment. Stress relief, distraction, reduction of anxiety and pain and empowerment of patients are just a few of the measurable benefits. In addition, medical clowning helps build trust between physicians and patients, especially when a patient is feeling frightened or in pain, and has been shown to have positive clinical outcomes. Room Circus clowns reach through the barriers, pull out laughter, and create a circle of trust that encompasses everyone in the room - providers, families, patients and staff.
There are a myriad of ways that you can contribute to organizations like Room Circus, dedicated to creating a more joyful world in our own backyard, whether it is through donation, participation, or simply coming to the show on Sunday, March 19th. If you visit their website you can read firsthand accounts of medical "clown rounds" and the difference that laughter can make in child's healing and recovery.
The Moisture Festival's mission is to enrich the community by presenting an affordable annual festival showcasing the art of live comedy/ variete performance. The Moisture Festival encourages the contemporary creativity that is constantly emerging in this field and strives to educate people about the rich history of this genre.
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Comedy/Varietè is an intriguing assortment of entertainment. It is highly skilled performance mixed with many bizarre talents, often humorous, with no limit to the imagination. Presented as a variety show, each act or artist performs his or her routine within a 3-15 minute time slot while being accompanied by a live show band. Aerialists, jugglers, comedians, dancers, rope acts, bubble acts, clowns, acrobats, can can girls, strong women, strong men, tap dancers, drill teams, musical numbers, the weird and the wonderful- all keeping the tradition of Comedy/Varietè/Vaudeville alive.
Since 2004, Moisture Festival has presented this exhilarating form of theater to celebrate Spring.
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Twitter ends Covid misinformation policy under Musk
Twitter says it has stopped enforcing its policy on misleading information about coronavirus.
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Twitter had previously reported suspending more than 11,000 accounts for Covid misinformation as of September this year.
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WHO: 'Highly Speculative' to Say COVID-19 Did Not Emerge in China
By Jess Tranate Nov 29, 2020 06:40 AM EST
(Photo : Getty Images/John Moore) MONROVIA, LIBERIA - OCTOBER 03: A World Health Organization (WHO), instructor teaches new health workers during a training session on October 3, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. The WHO is training some 400 new health workers in two-week courses for the Liberian Ministry of Health. Many of the new health workers will be stationed in some of the 17 Ebola treatment units to be built by the U.S. military.
The World Health Organization (WHO)'s top emergency expert stated it would be "highly speculative" for the global health agency to say COVID-19 did not emerge in China. The novel coronavirus was first identified in a food market in the Chinese city of Wuhan last December 2019.
'Highly Speculative'
Through state media, China is setting forth a narrative that the virus existed abroad before it was detected in Wuhan. It cited the presence of coronavirus on imported frozen food packaging. China also said scientific papers claimed it had been making its rounds in Europe in 2019.
Meanwhile, a Chinese paper has alleged that the first human transmission could have occurred in India.
"I think it's highly speculative for us to say that the disease did not emerge in China," according to Mike Ryan at a virtual briefing in Geneva upon being asked if the virus could have first emerged beyond China, reported Tibetan Review.
Ryan added, "It is clear from a public health perspective that you start your investigations where the human cases first emerged. Evidence might then lead to other places," reported Nairametrics.
He underscored that the WHO had intentions to send researchers to the Wuhan food market to further investigate the virus' origins.
Various outlets of China's media have been reporting a number of imported food products from various countries, including a shipment of fish from India, which were found to have traces of COVID-19. They are alleging that the virus may have entered the country through international routes.
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According to China Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian, "even though China was the first to report coronavirus, it doesn't necessarily mean China is where the virus originated," reported Mid-day.
United States President Donald Trump accused the WHO of being "China-centric." The WHO repeatedly denied the claim.
China has vehemently prevented studies from discovering the respiratory illness's origin. It has effectively prohibited its virologists while sending its trade and diplomatic ties with Australia on a downfall for suggesting to hold an impartial international investigation in discovering the viral disease's origin.
As the WHO declared the start of its anticipated investigation into the source of COVID-19, a paper by Chinese researchers stated a strain could be traced to eight countries from four continents before Wuhan's emergence.
In the wake of the pandemic's advent, the WHO had constituted a team of experts to fly to China and work with their Chinese counterparts to determine the source of the outbreak.
The United States government has been very reproving of WHO how it tackles the global health crisis, accusing the health agency of being complicit and conspiring with China in the mismanagement of the pandemic.
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Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders and Associated Factors Among Bankers in Ethiopia, 2018
Alemu Kasaw Kibret,1Berihu Fisseha Gebremeskel,1Kebede Embaye Gezae,2and Gebrerufael Solomon Tsegay1
Academic Editor: Jacob Ablin
Received25 May 2020
Background. Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) are an important public health problem in working environments. WMSDs are the major causes of disability and cause individual suffering and financial burdens to the individual, families, industry or employer, healthcare system, and society at large. This study aims to assess the prevalence and associated factors of work-related musculoskeletal disorders among bankers working in Mekelle city, Tigray, Ethiopia, 2018. This study is based on an institutional-based cross-sectional study design, where 328 bankers are selected randomly from bankers working in Mekelle city from February to June 2018. Data were entered, organized, and analyzed by SPSS version 23. A final logistic model was run to identify factors associated with WMSDs, and the magnitude and direction of association were decided based on the adjusted odds ratio (AOR) and its corresponding 95% confidence interval (95% CI). Result. Out of 307 bankers, the annual prevalence rate of WMSDs was 65.5% (201). Significant predictors were being 30–39 years old [AOR = 5.552; 95% CI = 1.465–21.039] and above 40 years old [AOR = 5.719; 95% CI = 1.422–22.994], low educational level [AOR = 4.256; 95% CI = 1.139–15.895], working > 5 years [AOR = 3.892; 95% CI = 1.841–8.231], not doing physical exercises [AOR = 2.866; 95% CI = 1.303–6.304], stress [AOR = 4.723; 95% CI = 2.421–9.213], poor posture [AOR = 2.692; 95% CI = 1.339–5.411], breaks [AOR = 5.170; 95% CI = 2.070–12.912], and ergonomics [AOR = 3.801; 95% CI = 1.260–11.472]. Conclusion. The prevalence of WMSDs among bankers was high. The significant associated factors responsible for the occurrence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders include longer working experience, being above 30 years old, low educational status, physical exercise, job stress, poor posture, absence of breaks during working hours, and absence of ergonomic training.
Work-related musculoskeletal disorders are an important public health problem in the working environment which may affect one or more of the following: neck, shoulder, elbow, wrist, hand, upper back, low back, hip, knee, ankle, and foot [1–5]. Specifically, low back pain accounted for nearly half all MSDs, and neck pain, a fifth. The proportions of MSD are higher in the aging group compared to the younger group and common in high-income countries than in low-income countries [6, 7]. Musculoskeletal disorders affect all persons regardless of age and sex and are prevalent across a wide range of industries and jobs [8–10].
Literature has shown that musculoskeletal disorders are an important public health problem that accounts between 42% and 58% of all work-related disorders and is the most frequent cause of all health-related absences from work [2]. Abdelu 2012 et al. reported that WMSDs among bank office workers are both quite common and quite disabling with 42% of disability rate [2]. Moreover, a study done in Iran, Bangladesh, Punjab India, and Tamil Nadu reported that the annual prevalence rate of WMSDs among bankers was 78.5%, 69.3%, 83.5%, and 33.8%, respectively [11–14]. A study also done in Kuwait reported the prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders among bankers in the previous week and during the previous year of the study was 57% and 80%, respectively [1].
Working conditions are often presumed to play an important part in an etiology of WMSDs [15]. It is associated with working postures which included bent, static, or maintained postures, twisted posture for long periods, and making repetitive movements with the trunk. Apart from the working conditions, a wide range of risk factors such as age, gender, lifestyle factors such as smoking, psychological stress, alcohol consumption, previous pain symptoms, psychosocial factors, socioeconomic variables, poor muscle flexibility and strength, physical activity, and physical workload have been associated with the development and persistence of different WMSDs [3, 4, 9, 14, 16–23].
Work-related musculoskeletal disorders significantly affect the quality of life and result in losing work time or working absenteeism, increasing work restriction, changing to another job, with considerable compensation, and losses on the individual, the organization, the family and the society levels [10, 24, 25]. Many individual workers appear to have suffered serious economic consequences from WMSDs including losing homes, incurring large out-of-pocket expenses, being divorced, loss of health insurance, and facing economic insecurity due to financial hardship and also a negative social impact on the individual [23, 25]. Studies reported industries with higher prevalence of WMSDS are affected more in terms of lost productivity due to the employee's days away from work because of MSDS. In the case of MSDs causing permanent disabilities, new hiring and training costs are also a part of the losses experienced by the employers [23, 26].
Studies conducted in the past decade show that the prevalence, etiology, and risk factors of WMSDs vary among individuals in different professions, environment, and geographical location [27]. In the study setting, it is presumed that there is a high burden of WMSDs among bankers. However, the exact prevalence and associated factors are not well known among bankers in Ethiopia, particularly in Mekelle. The study helps to identify the risk factors of WMSDs among bankers which are harmful for the bankers. So, the information provided by this study can be used to stress the need for primary prevention of WMSDs, thereby promoting health in the banking industry and economic development of the country. Therefore, this study aims to determine the prevalence and associated factors of WMSDs among bankers working in Mekelle city.
2.1. Study Design, Period, and Study Area
An institutional-based cross-sectional study design was conducted from February to June 2018 in Mekelle city. Mekelle city is the capital city of Tigray region, which is found about 778 kilometers to the north of Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia, at a latitude and longitude of 13029′N:39028′E, with an elevation of 2,084 meters above sea level [28]. The city has 98 private and government bank branches with a total of 1320 bankers working in all private and government banks.
2.2. Study Population and Sampling Procedure
In this study, bankers are defined as any technical and skilled staff that are involved in the use of computers or other means for data collection, processing, and programming of day-to-day financial and business transactions in the banking sector [3]. All bankers working in all private and governmental banks were eligible for the study except those bankers with any history of injury/trauma, history of surgery in the previous six months, and women with known pregnancy before conducting the current study.
First, banks in Mekelle city were stratified into governmental and nongovernmental banks. Five hundred fifty-eight bankers of governmental banks or commercial banks of Ethiopia were found in 20 branches and a total of 762 bankers of nongovernmental banks were found in 78 branches in Mekelle city with a total of 1320 bankers. A list of bankers was obtained from the district bureau and managers of each bank. Sampling frame was prepared for 558 bankers of governmental and 762 bankers of private banks after excluding those who were not eligible for the study. Then, the sample size was proportionally allocated to the number of bankers in the governmental and nongovernmental banks. Finally, a simple random sampling technique of the lottery method was applied to select the study participants from the sampling frame.
2.3. Sample Size Determination
The sample size was determined by the Epi-info version 7 software calculator considering a single population proportion. To determine the minimum sample size for this study, the following assumptions were considered, since there was no study conducted on the prevalence and associated factors of work-related musculoskeletal disorders among bank workers in Ethiopia, though we considered the anticipated prevalence of WMSDs among bankers in Mekelle city = 50%: n = minimum sample size, = anticipated prevalence of WMSDs among bankers in Mekelle city = 50%, d = margin of error = 5%, Z = confidence interval at 95% = 1.96, = number of bankers in Mekelle city = 1320, n = 298; so, by adding a 10% nonresponse rate, the final sample size was 328.
2.4. Data Collection Tools, Procedure, and Data Quality Management
Data was collected from bankers by interviewing the study participants and was adopted and modified to suit the purpose of the study and environment from the standardized Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire (NMQ) [29] and by revision of different literatures [1–3, 13].
The questionnaire comprised five sections: the first section of the questionnaire was designed to elicit questions on sociodemographic variables. The second section contains questions on individual factors. The third section was about ergonomics and working environment-related factors. The fourth section on the prevalence of WMSDs constituted a picture of human form with nine body areas shaded and defined as follows: neck, shoulders, upper back, lower back, elbows, wrists/hands, thighs, knees, and ankles. The fifth section was about job satisfaction and job stress.
The principal investigator selected five physiotherapists with a BSc degree as data collectors and three physiotherapists with a master's degree as supervisors. The data collectors and supervisors were trained for two days, before they started, on the questionnaire administration, data collection, supervision procedures, informed consent, how to approach bankers, ethical procedures, and objectives of the study.
The quality of data was controlled starting from the time of questionnaire preparation. The questionnaire was first prepared in English and then translated into Tigrigna language and then back to the English version to ensure consistency by a physiotherapist who has good communication in both English and Tigrigna. Training was given for the data collectors and supervisors for two days on how to approach study subjects and use the questionnaire for interviews before the study. After completing the training, a pretest of the questionnaire was done in a 5% sample size out of the study area in Wukro city with a similar population. Finally, a discussion was made about problems encountered during the pretest and it was decided that the questionnaire be modified to ensure the consistency of questionnaires and that all the data collectors had the same understanding. This also helps to conduct good quality study, by gathering data that are reliable, valid, and informative. During data collection, questionnaires were received by supervisors and principal investigators from data collectors and checked for completeness, accuracy, and consistency.
2.5. Ethical Approval and Consent to Participate
Ethical approval of the study was obtained from the ethical review committee of Mekelle University, college of health sciences. A formal letter for cooperation was obtained from the Mekelle district bank bureau and managers of respective banks and was included in the study after a necessary clarification about the purpose of the study. Written informed consent was obtained from the study participants after being informed in detail about the objective, purpose, benefits, and risks of the study. Appropriate measures were taken to assure the confidentiality of information both during and after data collection.
2.6. Operational definition
2.6.1. Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders
In this study, bankers are diagnosed as having WMSDs if there is any pain, ache, or discomfort at any part of their structures in the neck, shoulder, elbow, wrist, hand, upper back, low back, hip, knee, and foot that results from a work-related event for at least one day in the previous one year which is relieved by rest and aggravated by work.
2.7. Data Processing and Analysis
The collected data were coded, entered, organized, and analyzed by a Statistical Package for social sciences (SPSS) Version 23.0. Frequency tables or percentages or bar graphs were used to present results of categorical variables and mean (±std.) to summarize continuous variables. Bivariate binary logistic regression analysis was done and thus variables with p-value less than 0.25 were considered as potential candidates in the final multivariable logistic regression analysis. Moreover, chi-squared assumptions were checked. Then, a multivariable logistic regression analysis was run to identify associated factors of WMSDs among bankers. Finally, variables with in the final logistic model were considered statistically significant and the strength and direction of association were measured by adjusted odds ratio (AOR) with corresponding 95% confidence interval.
3. Result
3.1. Sociodemographic Characteristics of Bankers
Three hundred thirty-eight bankers were selected for the study yielding a response rate of 307 (93.6%). The nonresponse was due to lack of time as explained by nonparticipants. From the total of 307 bankers participating in the study, the majority of the participants were male 198 (64.5%) and in the age range of 20–29 years (201 (65.9%)). The mean age of the participants was 29 ± 5 years old and most participants were single (175 (57%)). Regarding the job design, most of them were tellers (210 (68.4%)) and about 216 (70.4%) had less than or equal to five years of working experience. Income statuses of the participants were mean of 7990.28 ± 3092 birr and the majority of them were paid between 5,000 and 10,000 birr (220 (71.7%)). Most participants were holders of a bachelor's degree (243 (79.2%)), and regarding the religious status, the majority (300 (97.7%)) were Orthodox (Table 1).
Sociodemographic characteristics of bankers working in Mekelle city, Tigray, Ethiopia, 2018 (n = 307).
3.2. Individual, Psychosocial, and Lifestyle Factors of WMSDs
Regarding the lifestyle of the bankers, the majority (304 (99%)) were nonsmokers and 263 (85.7%) were nonalcoholic. Regarding the physical activity, the majority (227 (73.9%)) were not doing physical exercise and most of them had a normal BMI (245 (79.8%)). Regarding the psychosocial status, the majority (190 (61.9%)) had no job stress and most of them were satisfied in their job (166 (54.1%)) (Table 2).
Individual, psychosocial, and lifestyle factors of bankers working in Mekelle city, Tigray, Ethiopia, May 2018 (n = 307).
3.3. Ergonomics and Working Environment-Related Factors of WMSDs
The majority of the bankers (240 (78.2%)) were working in an awkward posture and most of them used adjustable sitting chairs (264 (86%)). Regarding breaks, during working times, most of them had no breaks (266 (86.6%)) and 88 (28.6%) sat in the same position with no change. The majority (283 (92.5%)) had not taken an ergonomic training about postures in the workplace. The median number of customers served each day was 106 persons with a range of 10–500, and most of the participants (125 (40.7%)) were serving between 50 and 100 customers each day (Table 3).
Ergonomics and working environment characteristics of bankers working in Mekelle city, Tigray, Ethiopia, May 2018 (n = 307).
3.4. Prevalence of Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders among Bankers
Out of 307 bankers, the annual prevalence rate of WMSDs at any body part was 201 (65.5%), while 108 (35.2%) suffered such disorders during the previous one week. Figure 1 shows the prevalence of WMSDs by affected body parts among bankers. The current study revealed that the prevalence rate during the 12 months was highest in the lower back (40.4%), followed by neck (35.2%) and the upper back (33.6%) but least in the ankle (11.1%) and hip (10.4%). Male respondents (130 (65.7%)) were reported suffering more from WMSDs than their female counterparts. The prevalence of WMSDs were higher among participants with a single marital status (112 (64%)), in the age range of 20–29 years (133 (66.2%)), and working for ≤ 5 years (125 (57.9%)), and it was higher among tellers (136 (64.8%)) who were paid 5,000–10,000 birr (139 (63.2%)) and among participants with a bachelor's degree (158 (65%)). However, the prevalence of WMSDs was lower in participants who had a good posture during working hours (35 (52.2%)), had breaks (13 (31.7%)), took an ergonomic training (7 (30.4%)), and served a low number of customers each day (42 (67.7%)).
Prevalence of WMSDs distribution in body parts among bankers working in Mekelle city, Tigray, Ethiopia, May 2018 (n = 307).
3.5. Factors Associated with WMSDs among Bankers
In the bivariate logistic regression analysis, WMSDs were independently associated with age group, educational level, BMI, job stress, job satisfaction, physical exercise, posture, having breaks, and ergonomic training at . However, upon fitting the factors in multivariable logistic regression analysis, being 30–39 years old [AOR = 5.552; 95% CI = 1.465–21.039] and above 40 years old [AOR = 5.719; 95% CI = 1.422–22.994], having a low educational level [AOR = 4.256; 95% CI = 1.139–15.895], working > 5 years [AOR = 3.892; 95% CI = 1.841–8.231], not doing physical exercises [AOR = 2.866; 95% CI = 1.303–6.304], stress [AOR = 4.723; 95% CI = 2.421–9.213], poor posture [AOR = 2.692; 95% CI = 1.339–5.411], having breaks [AOR = 5.170; 95% CI = 2.070–12.912], and ergonomics [AOR = 3.801; 95% CI = 1.260–11.472] were independently and significantly associated with WMSDs at in the reduced model (Table 4).
Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis of associated factors with WMSDs among bankers working in Mekelle city, Tigray, Ethiopia, May 2018 (n = 307).
This study determined the prevalence of WMSDs and associated factors among bankers working in Mekelle city, Tigray, Ethiopia. The annual prevalence rate of WMSDs in any body part region was 65.5% while that of the previous one-week prevalence rate was 35.2%. This study was comparable with a study done in Dhaka city, Bangladesh (69.3%) [12]. The possible reason for similarities may be due to a similar sample size (300) and the same cross-sectional study design but the current study's annual prevalence rate was higher than previously reported study in Kancheepuram district, Tamil Nadu, India (33.8%) [10]. The possible reason may be attributed to sociocultural factors, lesser job stress, or understated feedback.
However, this study finding was lower than the annual prevalence rate of WMSDs from studies done in Iran; Punjab, India; Kuwait; Kumasi, Ghana; Maiduguri, Nigeria (78.5%, 83.5%, 80%, 83.5%, and 71.68%, resp.) [3–5, 18, 19]. The prevalence rate of WMSDs from this study during the last seven days was also lower than study findings from Kuwait and Nigeria (57% and 57.52%, resp.) [4, 5]. This lower prevalence might be due to sociocultural factors, lesser job stress, different sampling technique, study design, sample size, definition of WMSDs, study area, workload, and difference in assessment tools of the studies. Additionally, some participants might have underrated their injuries to avoid being labeled "sick" or perceived negatively at their place of work which may affect their promotion or other employment opportunities. A study done in Iran used case study design [19] like in a study done in Nigeria which used a survey study design and participants were recruited by nonprobability sample of convenience from various banks [5] while studies in Kuwait and Kumasi, Ghana, had a relatively higher sample size (800 and 400, resp.) [3, 4], which may lead to a high prevalence rate of WMSDs compared with this study's finding.
Our study revealed that lower back (40.4%), neck (35.2%), upper back (33.6%) and shoulder (29.6%) were the most commonly affected body parts during the previous year. The pattern of distribution of WMSDs in different body parts was similar to other studies which showed that low back, neck, upper back, and shoulder were the most frequent body region reported by bankers [11].
In the present study, it was found that age group was a significant predictor of WMSDs among bankers where respondents who were between 30 and 39 years old were 5.6 times more likely to have WMSDs and those who were above 40 years old were 5.7 times more likely to have WMSDs compared to those aged 20 to 29 years. This study was supported by a study done in Bangladesh [12] where it was shown that increase in age will increase the odds of WMSDs and the possible reason may be an increase in age will increase working experience which, in turn, increases fatigue and muscle tension for many years, finally causing WMSDs. However, the age group was not significantly associated with WMSDs in a study done in Nigeria [3]. The possible reason may be due to a relatively small sample size (226) and a survey study design used.
In this study, the educational status was also significantly associated with developing WMSDS, and those who had a low educational status were 4.2 times more likely to develop WMSDs than those who had a master's degree. The possible reason may be that those who had a low educational status may have less knowledge and fewer skills in terms of ergonomics in the workplace. However, educational status was not significantly associated with WMSDs in other studies of Kuwait, India [1, 12]. The possible reason may be due to differences in the study area and sociocultural difference.
In the current study, psychological stress was positively associated with WMSDs, and WMSDs were higher in those who experienced psychological stress compared with those who never experienced stress at work. Similar studies in Iran also reported that the odds of incidence of WMSDs increase in those who experienced stress [19], which may be due to the cross-sectional study design used. This is due to the fact that high mental and psychological stress may increase muscle tension and decrease micropauses in muscle activity. This may lead to muscle fatigue, even in cases of low loads due to continuous firing of low threshold motor units, which are triggered not only by low-level physical loading but also by mental loading. However, stress was not significantly associated with WMSDs in Nigeria [3]; the possible season may be due to a relatively small sample size and the difference in working environment in a study done in Nigeria [26].
Physical exercise was another factor significantly associated with WMSDs where WMSDs were 2.9 times more likely to occur among participants who were not doing exercise compared to those who exercised. The current study was supported by studies done in Kumasi, Ghana [4], and this may be due to promoting exercise and physical activity and maintaining health and fitness levels and preventing injury.
In this study, breaks between working hours were significantly associated with WMSDs and this is supported by a study done in Punjab, India, and Kumasi, Ghana [13] which imply that respondents who had breaks during working hours have high chances of relaxing their muscles and reducing risks of pain, but breaks were not significantly associated with a study done in Iran [11]. The possible reason may be due to the relatively small sample size (200) used by the study [11].
Furthermore, ergonomic training was a significant factor independently associated with WMSDs among bankers. This study was supported by a similar study done in Kumasi, Ghana [4], and the possible reason may be due to using a similar study design. Besides, poor posture may lead to stiffness and compression in many body regions causing WMSDs.
4.1. Strength and Limitations of the Study
This study has significant public health relevance. Hence, the data inform intervention strategies to reduce associated factors for WMSDs. Also, the interview method of data collection was applied in this study. Despite this strength, the main limitation of the study was self-report and participants may not have recalled all incidents of WMSDs. Further, participants may have underestimated their WMSDs to avoid being stereotyped by their superiors or being viewed negatively based on their history of WMSDs, which may affect promotion or future of employment opportunities. Another limitation of the study was that it was conducted using a small sample size.
The prevalence of WMSDs among bankers was moderate. The significant associated factors responsible for the occurrence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders include longer working experience, being above 30 years old, having a low educational status, lack of physical exercise, job stress, poor posture, absence of breaks during working hours, and not taking ergonomic training.
It is recommended that bankers emphasize comfortable body posture when performing their tasks, do physical exercise, take ergonomic training, and have breaks during working hours as a means of preventive strategies to avoid WMSDs. Besides, further studies with objective measurement, large sample size, and longitudinal study designs are recommended to identify the additional associated factors of WMSDs.
The data used in this study are available upon reasonable request from the corresponding author.
The funder had no role in the design of the study, data collection, analysis, interpretation of data, and writing the manuscript.
The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
Alemu Kasaw Kibret wrote the proposal, co-ordinated the data collection activity, analyzed the data, and drafted the paper. Berihu Fisseha, Gebrerufael Solomon, and Kebede Embaye revised the proposal, analysis, and manuscript writing. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
The authors would like to extend their gratitude to Mekelle University, College of Health Sciences, Department of Physiotherapy, for funding this thesis. The authors would like to express their deepest appreciation to managers of different respective banks for giving the data and permitting the smooth conduction of the study. The authors are also thankful to the data collectors and participants who spent their precious time to respond to our questionnaires. This work was fully funded by Mekelle University.
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