The resurrection of Jesus - a painting from 1778 by the German painter Johann Heinrich Tischbein.
Resurrection means bringing someone back to life after they have died.
The idea of resurrection is found in writings of ancient polytheistic religions in the Middle East. Some Egyptian and Canaanite writings tell of gods being resurrected, such as Osiris and Baal.
In Greek mythology, many men and women were given eternal life by being resurrected from the dead. In their stories, some who came back to life as gods were Alcmene, Castor, Heracles, and Melicertes. But the Greek philosophers at that time did not believe in a physical rebirth.
Christians believe that Jesus Christ was resurrected. They also believe in resurrection for all people after they die. This is based on the Gospels and on Saint Paul's writings in the New Testament. The resurrection of Jesus is the Christian belief that he returned to life by a miracle. He died by crucifixion on Friday and rose from his tomb to new life on Sunday morning. This belief is celebrated at Easter.
The resurrection of Jesus Christ is written about by the evangelists in the New Testament. They are the authors of the four Gospels in the New Testament. Christians believe the resurrection is a central part of the Christian faith. Jesus died on the cross to save mankind. When he was resurrected, Jesus defeated death. He is alive forever and sitting at God's right hand on a throne. This gives Christians the hope of a new life after death. This is because his resurrection mirrors the future for all Christians after they die.
With Jesus Christ and with humans, the Bible shows that the resurrected body is changed from the original. This is because the human body, while alive, is weak and frail. But, the resurrected person lives for ever.
Daughter of Jairus.[Mk 5:21-43] Jairus, a patron of a synagogue, asks Jesus to heal his daughter, but while Jesus is on the way, Jairus is told his daughter was dead. Jesus tells him she was only sleeping, and wakes her with the words Talitha kum.
The Young Man from Nain.[Lk 7:11-17] A young man, the son of a widow, was on the way to be buried in Nain. Jesus sees the widow crying and so he tells her not to cry. Jesus tells the dead man inside to get up, and he does so.
The Raising of Lazarus.[Jn 11:1-44] A close friend of Jesus who had been dead for four days is brought back to life. Jesus goes to his grave and commands him to get up.
In Islam, the Quran refers to a bodily resurrection of those who died.
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Moving from Victorian England to present day, Sanctuary's story takes place in a world that is different from our own, yet feels familiar – like the X-Files meets Van Helsing. In Sanctuary, monsters move secretly throughout the world, both threatening and threatened, while one woman and her team search them out.
Sanctuary tracks the adventures of Dr. Helen Magnus, a 157-year old physician who studies monsters. She is aided in her work by her reluctant protégé, psychiatrist Will Zimmerman, and her fearless daughter Ashley. Together they seek to find and help the strange and often frightening creatures that populate their world.
Dr. Magnus is on a mission to finish her father's work and unlock the secrets behind human evolution using a unique combination of science, medicine and her own knowledge of the supernatural. After becoming entangled in a relationship with a time-travelling murderer and bearing his child, Magnus's story fast-forwards to the present day where she and her daughter Ashley now operate an underground sanctuary and scientific laboratory that houses the monsters and creatures they capture and study.
What makes it SF rather than fantasy to me is that it's set on an alternate Earth where the monsters are more biological than supernatural.
Eight available-for-purchase episodes are available online, and you can watch low-res versions of the first four episodes for free. If you enjoy those, you'll be pleased to know that the SciFi channel has committed to a 13-episode season.


Sports Sedan. But the performance of the sports sedans lately have blurred the lines a little. If you consider a z4 a sports car than I would say sports car but when I hear sportscars than I am thinking 911 turbo's, and ferrari,etc. than the S4 would be considered a sports sedan.
is that a serious question? what pure sports car weighs 3900lbs and has four door?
well a ferrari california weighs 3825lbs. I would still consider it a sports car but not four doors. Panamera is 4101lbs.
whoops didn't see the word pure. But I think his word pure doesn't really mean what we think it means, otherwise he wouldn't have asked this question. I think he means more like performance than weight.
True sports cars forgo convenience in the interest of performance. The S4 is specifically intended to not forgo convenience or amenities. It is most definitely a sports sedan and not a true sports car.
Lotus Elise or Exige anyone?
It's very rare to have a true, "pure" sports car nowadays.


Looking for quick information and decision-making tools at the point of care? Mobile apps on your smartphone or tablet can help you create your own digital medicine nirvana.
Yet, the hardest part of today's mobile technology may be choosing which NP apps to download in the first place. The sheer number of choices can be overwhelming!
So, we've pulled together some of the best apps for nurse practitioners—including the tried and true, and some that may be new to you—to save you time and keep you focused on caring. Check out the following list for ready access to essential NP references and tools.
1. UpToDate (iOS & Android) One of the best-loved apps for nurse practitioners and physicians, UpToDate features clinical content on more than 10,000 topics, as well as drug information and medical calculators. NPs appreciate the practice guidelines, a drug interaction checker, quick access to research articles, and the patient education tool, including 1,500 printable handouts.
The app's developers boast 1.3 million users and the backing of 80 research studies that show UpToDate improves outcomes and efficiencies.
2. MediBabble Translator (iOS) Patients come in all shapes, sizes and languages, making MediBabble a top pick among NP apps. Nurse practitioners can download this free app with Spanish already included, with French, Mandarin, Russian, German and other languages available for free download, as well. This translation tool of medical phrases is particularly useful in settings where interpreters are not always accessible.
3. Medscape Mobile (iOS & Android) This all-inclusive resource offers drug look-up, including a drug interaction checker, a disease and condition reference as well as image collectors, formulary info, procedural articles and a medical calculator. The Medscape app includes evidence-based reviews of clinical presentations and treatment for more than 4,000 conditions and diseases. Users can also choose from companion apps such as Medscape CME and the Medscape MedPulse News app.
4. Epocrates (iOS & Android) This classic resource is a complete medication reference with the latest pharmacology information, disease information and more. Many nurse practitioners swear by Epcrotes' interaction checker and pill identifier. Clinical practice guidelines for using medication in different patient populations helps make this a popular NP app. It also covers allopathic and homeopathic medications, and helps you select the best ICD-10 code for a given patient.
6. VisualDx (iOS & Android) VisualDx is a decision support and clinical reference tool that is searchable by symptoms, signs and patient factors at the point of care. It offers the ability to search for visual clues, offering the fastest path to a customized differential diagnosis. This is especially helpful when assessing dermatological conditions, medication reactions or other visual symptoms.
Artificial intelligence technology allows the app to analyze photos taken by the clinician and classify them immediately. NPs can view and confirm the classification, enter additional patient information and immediately review diagnostic possibilities and treatment options.
Recognized for helping to facilitate practitioner–patient communication, this NP app allows you to share images and disease information with patients on your phone or tablet.
7. CDC Vaccine Schedules (iOS & Android) Whether working with infants, children or adults, nurse practitioners can scan the CDC app, including the immunization schedules recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Features such as the color-coding coordinates, automatic updates and hyperlinked vaccine information can help NPs quickly share resources and information to even the wariest of patients.
8. Pedi STAT (iOS & Android) When time is of the essence, the Pedi STAT app can be a real lifesaver for critically ill children.
This decision support tool allows access to critical information for your pediatric patients including weight-based and age-specific medication dosages and equipment sizes. Ideal for emergency NPs, pediatric NPs and those working in pediatric critical care.
9. Geriatrics at Your Fingertips (iOS & Android) On the other end of the patient-age spectrum, this app from the American Geriatrics Society provides up-to-date content relating to the care of older adults.
Gerontology NPs and others who care for senior adults in a variety of healthcare settings can access fall prevention guidelines, Beers criteria, management of atrial fibrillation, common immunizations in the elderly, over 100 medication tables, treatment algorithms, and commonly used medical calculators.
10. Doximity Medical Network (iOS & Android) If you're looking for a platform where you can interact with other nurse practitioners, physicians and PAs, the Doximity mobile app can help. It allows you to quickly find other providers, get personalized news and updates in your subspecialty, or read articles for CME credit.
You can even set up a free e-fax number that's HIPAA-secure and will allow you to send signed faxes from your mobile device.
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him when we first met, and it has kind of stuck. He's wonderful and I am very happy, but I must admit, I never considered myself the marrying type.
I would like to make one thing perfectly clear, I am NOT a housewife. As implied by the title, I am a hot mess express. So, I figured that as I was learning to be an adult and clean up after myself, and all the won I would shamelessly post it online for the world to see. I am very liberal and free-spirited and stubbornly feminist, but I love pretty things and cooking.
I have been cooking since I was a child. My mom taught me and I just took it from there. When I cook, what I tend to do is find many recipes (thank God for the Googles) and Frankenstein them together along with my own taste preferences until I come up with something delicious. Well, sometimes it works that way, other times it is atrocious, but that's part of the fun.
It wasn't until one day at work that I had brought yet another baked good in and we were discussing the two opposite sides of my personality that I quipped, "if Martha Stewart were a hot mess she'd be like me." And thus, the idea of this blog was born. For example, if Martha Stewart played Roller Derby, or compulsively changed her hair color every few weeks, then we'd practically be twins.
Please, don't take this as any form of insult, I actually adore Martha Stewart. I think she's fantastic. I also believe that she's lightened up a bit since prison.
While I don't grow my own herbs, (I tried once, but they all dried out while they were still planted. Amazing, I know) I do come up with some delicious and creative dishes. I could totally have an empire like Martha. But, let's take things one step at a time.
These are the friends I make.
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Even at your silliest you make your old man proud.
I understand you "catered" an event recently that had some amazing dishes? Any chance I could get a copy of some of them?


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In the spring of 2012, President Obama passed an act that will drastically alter the landscape of crowdfunding platforms. Until April 5, 2012, a small pool of existing crowdfunding sites were only permitted to operate on a reward or donation basis, essentially offering a product, discount, or enticement in exchange for monetary funding. With the launch of the JOBS Act, short for Jumpstart Our Business Startups, the ability for the general public to receive company equity in exchange for funding is now a possibility.
As of today, the Securities Act of 1933 states that entities can not offer or sell securities to the public unless (a) the offering is registered with the SEC, or (b) there is an available exemption from registration. Unfortunately, the crowdfunding exemption introduced under the tittle III of the JOBS Act under Section 4(a)(6) of the Securities Act won't be available until the SEC issues its regulations.
The issue is entrepreneurs find it very difficult to access financing. Not only because their business plans are rejected 98% of the time by Venture Capitals when they can manage to get an introduction, but also because U.S. banks according to the Small Business Administration, held $607 billion in outstanding business loans of $1 million or less during 2011, which surprisingly enough, represents $100 billion less than in 2008.With the current state of the recession and the rising numbers of unemployment, crowdfunding could be a great asset to our country's economy. These portals could serve as a great vehicle for investing in small businesses, which are accountable for creating 65% of the net new jobs over the past 17 years. As the Co-Founder of RockThePost, the leading crowdfunding platform for entrepreneurs and small businesses, I have seen just how effective the power of the crowd is.
Crowdfunding is essentially a tool that gives entrepreneurs the opportunity to attract a pool of people via social media or shared interests in order to contribute to a funding target that has been previously established by the entrepreneur.
Data from massolution research indicates that total funds via the reward and donation based crowdfunding are growing at a rate of 524 percent, where platforms raised almost $1.5 billion, funding over one million projects in 2011.
With the addition of equity as a potential option within the crowdfunding space, the spotlight on crowdfunding has increased substantially. Business savvy individuals can now dream of being one of the first seed investors in the next Facebook, Airbnb, or Dropbox.
Crowdfunding Capital Advisors, a crowdfund industry consultancy firm will be releasing a report in September 2013 that shows the debt and equity crowdfunding space to be at least $4.3 billion in its first year of operation.
As it always happens in life, there are people who are contrary to its implementation as they think that equity based crowdfunding is very risky for the average American. On this note, I would like to mention the fact that Americans purchase $45 billion dollars worth of lottery tickets every year, with the average household spending $150 annually. The odds of winning the lottery are one in 175 million according to Aaron Abrams, a mathematician atEmory University. The stock market odds might be a bit brighter. However, total assets invested in stocks, bonds, mutual funds, pension funds and insurance funds equal $30 trillion according to the economist Michael Shuman. For both, lottery and stock markets have no limits, any individual could spend all the money they want and of course lose it.
On the other hand, equity crowdfunding comes with limits, as the law permits investments to 5 percent for individuals with annual income of less than $100,000 and 10 percent for those who make over $100,000.
So the big question is, why do most crowdfunding sites still not offer equity as an option yet? Now that the JOBS Act has passed, the US Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) has been instructed by Congress to step in and monitor the new changes before the Act can take effect for equity crowdfunding (regulations are expected on or before January 2013). The SEC exists to regulate financial Federal laws, and protect the public from potential fiscal misuse regarding these laws.
In order for the general public to feel protected while investing in small businesses, the SEC is working on creating a structure to safeguard these new allowances. While deliberating the numerous issues involved, the SEC created an online forum to receive comments from the public and aid in their decision. Until they finesse these changes, crowdfunding platforms will not legally be able to exist as equity based models without operating under the license of a broker-dealer.
Even though the SEC has a deadline established on January 2013, there are fears concerning delays on the delivery of the regulations. A good example of the type of delays funding portals could be facing, could perfectly be the Dodd-Frank Act, which became the law in July 21, 2010. It was schedule to be enforce no later than April 15, 2011. However, after a year of its deadline the enforcement is nowhere to be seen. Note, that the SEC staff have said publicly in a number of forums that JOBS Act rules are taking precedence over Dodd-Frank rules.
For equity crowdfunding to operate properly, funding portals will not only need regulations in place, but also the appointment of a self-regulatory organization or SRO. This SRO is most likely to be FINRA as the last time an SRO was introduced in the market was back in the 1930's. This organization will be accountable for overseeing the regulation of the equity crowdfunding industry. Unfortunately, FINRA is privately run where they receive annual dues from brokers and firms in the financial industry. This fact could extend the delays even further.
A good step forward was SEC's proposal on August 2012 to end the prohibition against general solicitation and advertisement on startups and investment funds under Rules 506 and 144A offerings. With this proposal, essentially sellers would not be restricted when advertising an offering. Without a doubt, social media is a key element behind the success of crowdfunding and if project creators are not able to tell the world about it via these networks their fundraising efforts will most likely suffer to some degree.
An interesting fact stated on the proposed SEC Rules eliminating ban on general solicitation of 506 offerings, is that in 2011 the estimated amount of capital (including both equity and debt) raised in Rule 506 offerings and Rule 144A offerings was $895 billion and $168 billion compared to $984 billion raised in registered offerings. In 2010, the amount of capital (including both equity and debt) raised in Rule 506 offerings and Rule 144A offerings was $902 billion and $233 billion, compared to $1.07 trillion raised in registered offerings.
On another note, it is surprising how the U.S. startups find it so difficult to raise money during the initial stage of their business where only accredited investors and other institutional investors, representing 1% of the US population, are the only crowd allowed to participate. In the UK for example, not only equity crowdfunding is legal, but also under the Enterprise Investment Scheme anyone investing between £500 and £1m in a qualifying business could be eligible for income tax relief, worth 30 percent of the amount invested.
To conclude, I have to say that I am a big fan of investor protection. However, I do fear that too many requirements may kill the attractiveness of equity crowdfunding. As the title 3 (concerning crowdfunding) of the JOBS Act states, companies seeking equity crowdfunding should already think prior to their fundraising efforts through a funding portal about filing with the SEC and all potential investor documentation that will include:
-Registration and incorporation documents.
-Name of directors, officer and stockholders.
-Description of the business.
-Prior year tax returns.
-Financial statements.
-Intended use of proceeds, target amount and deadline.
-Share price.
-Description of the ownership.
-Outstanding securities of the company.
In addition to this, in the event the company is raising over $500,000 it will need their financial statements to be audited, which could be a costly process.
Funding portals will also be "invited" to pass certain requirements. Some of these might be registration fees or for the portal management team to hold whatever exam FINRA or other SRO may require. Word on the street is that there might be either a special exam for portal operators or for them to pass the existing Series 7, 63, 64, 66 or 79. Holders of these exams may also need to be supervised by at least one holder of a Series 24 and another with Series 28.
While the future of equity-based crowdfunding is still undetermined, enthusiastic entrepreneurs and investors wait with baited breath for the SEC's final verdict. Either way, the face of small business investing will be drastically altered as the JOBS Act begins to take effect.
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Le Philippine Daily Inquirer, appelé communément Inquirer, est un des journaux les plus lus aux Philippines, diffusé à environ  exemplaires par jour, et lu par  (estimations). Créé en 1985, il est membre du Asia News Network.

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Voir aussi
 Liste de journaux aux Philippines

Lien externe
  Philippine Daily Inquirer

Titre de presse créé en 1985
Presse écrite aux Philippines
Presse quotidienne en anglais
Presse écrite au grand format

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Eric Michael Cole (born September 21, 1976) is an American actor, producer, and editor.

Early life
Cole was born in Sacramento, California. He grew up in the Pacific Northwest, living in Hillsboro, Oregon, and Vancouver, Washington.

Career
His break-through role was in White Squall (1996) directed by Ridley Scott. Cole appeared in the television film Gia (1998) with Angelina Jolie. Additionally, he starred in, co-produced and edited In Memory of My Father (2005).

In 2018, he appeared on the Alice in Chains' music videos "The One You Know" and "Never Fade".

Filmography

References

External links

Eric Michael Cole Official Website: ericmichaelcole.com

1976 births
20th-century American male actors
21st-century American male actors
American male film actors
American male television actors
Hillsboro High School (Oregon) alumni
Living people
Male actors from Sacramento, California
People from Hillsboro, Oregon
People from Vancouver, Washington


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Vehicles - Working safely during coronavirus (COVID-19)
Guidance for people who work in or from vehicles, including couriers, mobile workers, lorry drivers, on-site transit and work vehicles, field forces and similar.
There is different guidance for public transport operators.
This guide applies to COVID Alert Level 1 (Medium). If you're in an area in COVID Alert Level 2 (High) or 3 (Very High), check local restrictions.
Source: Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy and Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Priority actions to take - what businesses need to do to protect staff and customers
Seven steps to protect yourself, your staff and your customers during coronavirus.
Complete a COVID-19 risk assessment. Share it with all your staff. Find out how to do a risk assessment.
Clean more often. Increase how often you clean surfaces, especially those that are being touched a lot. Ask your staff and your customers to use hand sanitiser and wash their hands frequently.
Ask your customers to wear face coverings where required to do so by law. That is especially important if your visitors are likely to be around people they do not normally meet. Some exemptions apply. Check when to wear one, exemptions, and how to make your own.
Make sure everyone is social distancing. Social distancing applies both inside and outside of vehicles. Make it easy for everyone to do so by putting up signs or introducing a one-way system that your staff and visitors can follow.
Increase ventilation by keeping windows open where possible and running ventilation systems at all times.
Take part in NHS Test and Trace by keeping a record of all staff and contractors for 21 days. From 18 September, this will be enforced in law. Some exemptions apply. Check 'Maintaining records of staff, customers and visitors to support NHS Test and Trace' for details
Turn people with coronavirus symptoms away. If a staff member (or someone in their household) or a customer has a persistent cough, a high temperature or has lost their sense of taste or smell, they should be isolating. By law from 28 September employers must not require someone who is being required to self-isolate to come to work.
Five more things to be aware of if your business provides services in or from vehicles:
Make sure people work in the same team every day. Use fixed teams or shift patterns to reduce the number of people each person comes into contact with.
Arrange work spaces to keep staff apart. Consider using barriers to separate people and introduce back-to-back or side-to-side working.
Reduce face-to-face meetings. Encourage calls or video conferences to avoid in-person meetings with external contacts, or colleagues outside someone's immediate team, wherever possible.
Limit handling of goods. Consider having one worker at a time to load and unload vehicles. Introduce electronic paperwork where possible.
Communicate and train. Make sure all staff and customers are kept up to date with how safety measures are being used and updated.
These are the priority actions to make your business safe during coronavirus, you should also read the full version of the guidance below.
The UK is currently experiencing a public health emergency as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. It is critical that employers, employees and the self-employed take steps to keep everyone safe. This document is to help employers, employees and the self-employed in the UK understand how to work safely during this pandemic, ensuring as many people as possible comply with social distancing guidelines (2m apart, or 1m with risk mitigation where 2m is not viable). We hope it gives you freedom within a practical framework to think about what you need to do to continue, or restart, operations during the COVID-19 pandemic. We understand how important it is that you can work safely and support your employees' and visitors' health and wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic and not contribute to the spread of the virus. We know that many businesses of this type are currently closed for their usual service by government regulation, we hope this guidance will be useful for those businesses as they develop new ways of working or to help prepare for the time when they are able to reopen. The government is clear that workers should not be forced into an unsafe workplace and the health and safety of workers and visitors, and public health, should not be put at risk.
We know many people are also keen to return to or contribute to volunteering. Organisations have a duty of care to volunteers to ensure as far as reasonably practicable they are not exposed to risks to their health and safety. This guidance around working safely during COVID- 19 should ensure that volunteers are afforded the same level of protection to their health and safety as others, such as workers and visitors.
This document has been prepared by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) with input from firms, unions, industry bodies and the devolved administrations in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, and in consultation with Public Health England (PHE) and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
Public health is devolved in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales; this guidance should be considered alongside local public health and safety requirements and legislation in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. For advice to businesses in other parts of the UK please see guidance set by the Northern Ireland Executive, the Scottish Government, and the Welsh Government.
We expect that this document will be updated over time. This version is up to date as of 15 October 2020. You can check for updates at www.gov.uk/workingsafely. If you have any feedback for us that we should include in the next version, please email [email protected].
This document is one of a set of documents about how to work safely in different types of workplace. This one is designed to be relevant for people who work from vehicles, including couriers, mobile workers, lorry drivers, on site transit and work vehicles, field forces or similar environments.
How to use this guidance
This document sets out the guidance on how to open workplaces safely while minimising the risk of spreading COVID-19. It gives practical considerations of how this can be applied in the workplace.
Each business will need to translate this into the specific actions it needs to take depending on the nature of the business including the size and type of business, how it is organised, operated, managed and regulated. They will also need to monitor these measures to make sure they are working to protect workers.
This guidance does not supersede any legal obligations relating to health and safety, employment or equalities, and it is important that as a business or an employer you continue to comply with your existing obligations including those relating to individuals with protected characteristics. It contains non-statutory guidance to take into account when complying with these existing obligations. When considering how to apply this guidance, take into account agency workers, contractors and other people, as well as your employees.
To help you decide which actions to take, you must carry out an appropriate COVID-19 risk assessment, just as you would for other Health and Safety related hazards. This risk assessment must be done in consultation with unions or workers.
What do we mean by 'working in vehicles'?
Working in or from a vehicle, including:
mobile workers
lorry drivers
on-site transit
work vehicles
field forces
1. Thinking about risk
1.1 Managing risk
1.2 Sharing the results of your risk assessment
Objective: That all employers carry out a COVID-19 risk assessment.
COVID-19 is a public health emergency. Everyone needs to assess and manage the risks of COVID-19, and in particular businesses should consider the risks to their workers and visitors. As an employer, you also have a legal responsibility to protect workers and others from risk to their health and safety. This means you need to think about the risks they face and do everything reasonably practicable to minimise them, recognising you cannot completely eliminate the risk of COVID-19.
You must make sure that the risk assessment for your business addresses the risks of COVID-19, using this guidance to inform your decisions and control measures. You should also consider the security implications of any decisions and control measures you intend to put in place, as any revisions could present new or altered security risks that may require mitigation. A risk assessment is not about creating huge amounts of paperwork, but rather about identifying sensible measures to control the risks in your workplace. If you have fewer than 5 workers, or are self-employed, you don't have to write anything down as part of your risk assessment. Your risk assessment will help you decide whether you have done everything you need to. The Health and Safety Executive has guidance for business on how to manage risk and risk assessment at work along with specific advice to help control the risk of coronavirus in workplaces.
Employers have a duty to consult their people on health and safety. You can do this by listening and talking to them about the work and how you will manage risks from COVID-19. The people who do the work are often the best people to understand the risks in the workplace and will have a view on how to work safely. You are encouraged to have individual discussions with your workers where reasonable, including those who are clinically extremely vulnerable and therefore may be returning to the workplace, to consider any uncertainties they have about precautions in place to make the workplace COVID-secure. Involving them in making decisions shows that you take their health and safety seriously. You must consult with the health and safety representative selected by a recognised trade union or, if there isn't one, a representative chosen by workers. As an employer, you cannot decide who the representative will be.
At its most effective, full involvement of your workers creates a culture where relationships between employers and workers are based on collaboration, trust and joint problem solving. As is normal practice, workers should be involved in assessing workplace risks and the development and review of workplace health and safety policies in partnership with the employer.
Employers and workers should always come together to resolve issues. If concerns still cannot be resolved, see below for further steps you can take.
Where the enforcing authority, such as the HSE or your local authority, identifies employers who are not taking action to comply with the relevant public health legislation and guidance to control public health risks, they are empowered to take a range of actions to improve control of workplace risks. For example, this would cover employers not taking appropriate action to ensure social distancing, where possible.
Failure to complete a risk assessment which takes account of COVID-19, or completing a risk assessment but failing to put in place sufficient measures to manage the risk of COVID-19, could constitute a breach of health and safety law. The actions the enforcing authority can take include the provision of specific advice to employers to support them to achieve the required standard, through to issuing enforcement notices to help secure improvements. Serious breaches and failure to comply with enforcement notices can constitute a criminal offence, with serious fines and even imprisonment for up to two years. There is also a wider system of enforcement, which includes specific obligations and conditions for licensed premises.
Employers are expected to respond to any advice or notices issued by enforcing authorities rapidly and are required to do so within any timescales imposed by the enforcing authorities. The vast majority of employers are responsible and will join with the UK's fight against COVID-19 by working with the government and their sector bodies to protect their workers and the public. However, inspectors are carrying out compliance checks nationwide to ensure that employers are taking the necessary steps.
On 12 October the government introduced a system of local COVID alert levels. If you live, work or volunteer in an area that is part of local COVID alert level: high or local COVID alert level: very high, there are additional restrictions which apply to you.
Please check the local COVID alert levels page to find out what level your area is in and the additional restrictions that apply.
How to raise a concern:
contact your employee representative
contact your trade union if you have one
contact HSE at:
HSE COVID-19 enquiries
Telephone: 0300 790 6787 (Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 5pm)
Online: working safely enquiry form
Objective: To reduce risk to the lowest reasonably practicable level by taking preventative measures, in order of priority
Employers have a duty to reduce workplace risk to the lowest reasonably practicable level by taking preventative measures. Employers must work with any other employers or contractors sharing the workplace so that everybody's health and safety is protected.
In the context of COVID-19 this means protecting the health and safety of your workers and visitors by working through these steps in order:
Ensuring both workers and visitors who feel unwell stay at home and do not attend the premises. From September 28 by law businesses may not require a self-isolating employee to come into work.
In every workplace, increasing the frequency of handwashing and surface cleaning.
Businesses and workplaces should make every reasonable effort to ensure their employees can work safely. Any office worker who can work from home should do so. Anyone else who cannot work from home should go to their place of work, if COVID-19 Secure guidelines are followed closely. When in the workplace, everyone should make every reasonable effort to comply with the social distancing guidelines set out by the government (2m, or 1m with risk mitigation where 2m is not viable). From 1 August, clinically extremely vulnerable individuals, who were previously advised to shield at home, can go to the workplace as long as it is COVID-secure, but should carry on working from home wherever possible.
Where the social distancing guidelines cannot be followed in full, in relation to a particular activity, businesses should consider whether that activity can be redesigned to maintain a 2m distance or 1m with risk mitigations where 2m is not viable.
Further mitigating actions include:
– further increasing the frequency of handwashing and surface cleaning
– keeping the activity time involved as short as possible
– using screens or barriers to separate people from each other
– using back-to-back or side-to-side working (rather than face-to-face) whenever possible
– reducing the number of people each person has contact with by using 'fixed teams or partnering' (so each person works with only a few others)
Where the social distancing guidelines cannot be followed in full, even through redesigning a particular activity, businesses should consider whether that activity needs to continue for the business to operate, and if so, take all the mitigating actions possible to reduce the risk of transmission between their staff.
You should ensure that steps are taken to avoid people needing to unduly raise their voices to each other. This includes, but is not limited to, refraining from playing music or broadcasts that may encourage shouting, including if played at a volume that makes normal conversation difficult. This is because of the potential for increased risk of transmission, particularly from aerosol transmission. We will develop further guidance, based on scientific evidence, to enable these activities as soon as possible.
Finally, if people must work face-to-face for a sustained period with more than a small group of fixed partners, then you will need to assess whether the activity can safely go ahead. No one is obliged to work in an unsafe work environment.
In your assessment you should have particular regard to whether the people doing the work are especially vulnerable to COVID-19.
The recommendations in the rest of this document are ones you should consider as you go through this process. You could also consider any advice that has been produced specifically for your sector, for example by trade associations or trades unions.
If you are currently operating, you will already have carried out an assessment of the risks posed by COVID-19 in your workplace. Use this document to identify any further improvements you should make. You must review the measures you have put in place to make sure they are working. You should also review them if they may no longer be effective or if there are changes in the workplace that could lead to new risks.
You must share the results of your risk assessment with your workforce. If possible, you should consider publishing it on your website (and we would expect all businesses with over 50 workers to do so).
We would expect all businesses to demonstrate to their workers and customers that they have properly assessed their risk and taken appropriate measures to mitigate this. You should do this by displaying a notification in a prominent place in your business and on your website, if you have one.
Below you will find a notice you should display, which can also be provided as cards, stickers or similar, to show you have followed this guidance.
Staying COVID-19 Secure in 2020
2. Who should go to work
2.1 Protecting people who are at higher risk
2.2 People who need to self-isolate
2.3 Equality in the workplace
Objective: Employers should ensure workplaces are safe whilst also enabling working from home. It is recognised that the nature of work in this environment will make it difficult for many workers to work remotely or from home.
In order to keep the virus under control, it is important that people work safely. At the present time, office workers who can work from home should do so. Anyone else who cannot work from home should go to their place of work. The risk of transmission can be substantially reduced if COVID-19 Secure guidelines are followed closely. Employers should consult with their employees to determine who can come into the workplace safely taking account of a person's journey, caring responsibilities, protected characteristics, and other individual circumstances. Extra consideration should be given to those people at higher risk. Businesses should consider the impact of workplaces reopening on local transport and take appropriate mitigating actions (e.g. staggered start and finish times for staff). When employers consider that workers should come into their place of work, then this will need to be reflected in the COVID-19 workplace risk assessment and actions taken to manage the risks of transmission in line with this guidance.
The decision to return to the workplace must be made in meaningful consultation with workers (including through trade unions or employee representative groups where they exist). A meaningful consultation means engaging in an open conversation about returning to the workplace before any decision to return has been made. This should include a discussion of the timing and phasing of any return and any risk mitigations that have been implemented. It is vital employers engage with workers to ensure they feel safe returning to work, and they should not force anyone into an unsafe workplace.
Steps that will usually be needed:
Considering the maximum number of people who can be safely accommodated on site.
Planning for a phased return to work for people safely and effectively.
Keeping in touch with off-site workers on their working arrangements including their welfare, mental and physical health and personal security.
Providing equipment for people to work from home safely and effectively, for example, remote access to work systems.
Objective: To support those who are at higher risk of infection and/or an adverse outcome if infected.
The Public Health England report Disparities in the risk and outcomes of COVID-19 shows that some groups of people may be at more risk of being infected and/or an adverse outcome if infected.
The higher-risk groups include those who:
are older males
have a high body mass index (BMI)
have health conditions such as diabetes
are from some Black, Asian or minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds
You should consider this in your risk assessment.
From 1 August, clinically extremely vulnerable individuals can return to their workplace providing COVID-secure guidelines are in place but should work from home wherever possible. If extremely clinically vulnerable individuals cannot work from home, they should be offered the option of the safest available on-site roles, enabling them to maintain social distancing guidelines (2m, or 1m with risk mitigation where 2m is not viable). It may be appropriate for clinically extremely vulnerable individuals to take up an alternative role or adjusted working patterns temporarily.
As for any workplace risk you must take into account specific duties to those with protected characteristics, including, for example, expectant mothers who are, as always, entitled to suspension on full pay if suitable roles cannot be found. Particular attention should also be paid to people who live with clinically extremely vulnerable individuals.
Providing support for workers around mental health and wellbeing. This could include guidance or telephone support.
See current guidance for advice on who is in the clinically extremely vulnerable and clinically vulnerable groups.
Discussing the safest possible roles for clinically extremely vulnerable workers who are returning to the workplace.
Objective: To make sure individuals who are advised to stay at home under existing government guidance to stop infection spreading do not physically come to work. This includes individuals who have symptoms of COVID-19 as well as those who live in a household or are in a support bubble with someone who has symptoms and those who are advised to self-isolate as part of the government's test and trace program.
Enabling workers to work from home while self-isolating if appropriate. By law, from 28 September employers must not knowingly require or encourage someone who is being required to self-isolate to come to work.
See current guidance for employees and employers relating to statutory sick pay due to COVID-19.
Ensuring any workers who have symptoms of COVID-19 - a high temperature, new and persistent cough or anosmia - however mild, should self-isolate for at least 10 days from when the symptoms started. Workers who have tested positive for COVID-19 should self-isolate for at least 10 days starting from the day the test was taken. Where a worker has tested positive whilst not experiencing symptoms but develops symptoms during the isolation period, they should restart the 10-day isolation period from the day the symptoms developed. This only applies to those who begin their isolation on or after 30 July 2020.
See current guidance for people who have symptoms and those who live with others who have symptoms.
Objective: To make sure that nobody is discriminated against.
In applying this guidance, employers should be mindful of the particular needs of different groups of workers or individuals.
It is breaking the law to discriminate, directly or indirectly, against anyone because of a protected characteristic such as age, sex, disability, race and ethnicity.
Employers also have particular responsibilities towards disabled workers and those who are new or expectant mothers.
Understanding and taking into account the particular circumstances of those with different protected characteristics.
Involving and communicating appropriately with workers whose protected characteristics might either expose them to a different degree of risk, or might make any steps you are thinking about inappropriate or challenging for them.
Considering whether you need to put in place any particular measures or adjustments to take account of your duties under the equalities legislation.
Making reasonable adjustments to avoid disabled workers being put at a disadvantage, and assessing the health and safety risks for new or expectant mothers.
Making sure that the steps you take do not have an unjustifiable negative impact on some groups compared to others, for example those with caring responsibilities or those with religious commitments.
3. Social distancing for workers
3.1 Coming to work and leaving work
3.2 Moving around buildings, worksites and destinations
3.3 Social distancing in vehicles
3.4 Carrying out deliveries or collections
3.5 Accidents, security and other incidents
Objective: Ensuring workers maintain social distancing guidelines (2m, or 1m with risk mitigation where 2m is not viable), wherever possible, including arriving at and departing from work, while in work, and when travelling between sites.
It will not always be possible to maintain social distancing guidelines inside vehicles (2m, or 1m with risk mitigation where 2m is not viable). Many in-vehicle tasks need more than one person, for example heavy deliveries or refuse collection, and changing vehicle configurations to create more space may not be practical.
Where the social distancing guidelines cannot be followed in full in relation to a particular activity, businesses should consider whether that activity can be redesigned to maintain a 2m distance or 1m with risk mitigations where 2m is not viable.
Mitigating actions include:
further increasing the frequency of hand washing and surface cleaning
keeping the activity time involved as short as possible
using screens or barriers to separate people from each other
using back-to-back or side-to-side working (rather than face-to-face) whenever possible
reducing the number of people each person has contact with by using 'fixed teams or partnering' (so each person works with only a few others)
Where the social distancing guidelines cannot be followed in full, even through redesigning a particular activity, businesses should consider whether that activity needs to continue for the business to operate, and if so, take all the mitigating actions possible to reduce the risk of transmission between staff.
Social distancing applies to all parts of a business, not just the vehicle, but also depots or break rooms and anywhere drivers congregate outside of the vehicle. These are often the most challenging areas to maintain social distancing and workers should be specifically reminded.
Objective: To maintain social distancing wherever possible, including on arrival and departure, and to ensure handwashing upon arrival.
Staggering arrival and departure times at work to reduce crowding into and out of the workplace, taking account of the impact on those with protected characteristics.
Providing additional parking or facilities such as bike-racks to help people walk, run or cycle to work where possible.
Limiting passengers in corporate vehicles, for example, work minibuses. This could include leaving seats empty.
Assigning fixed groups of workers to the same transportation routes where sole travel is not possible.
See government guidance on travelling to and from work.
Objective: To maintain social distancing while people travel through the workplace.
Reducing the number of workers at base depots or distribution centres at a given time based on minimum operational safety requirements.
Scheduling times for the collection of goods to avoid over-crowding.
Picking goods ahead of collection and loading onto vehicles without interacting with the driver.
Reducing job and location rotation.
Finding alternative solutions to 2-person delivery. This could include delaying delivery of large items or using an alternative method, for example, mechanical / material handling equipment. Where these are not possible maintain fixed pairing for 2-person deliveries and minimise physical contact.
Objective: To maintain social distancing wherever possible between individuals when in vehicles:
avoid multiple occupancy vehicles where safe to do so
vehicles should not be shared if possible
if it is not possible to maintain social distancing guidelines inside vehicles (2m, or 1m with risk mitigation where 2m is not viable), consider additional safety measures
Keeping the number of people in the vehicle to a minimum and as distanced within the vehicle space as possible.
Devising mitigation measures where workers have no alternative but to work within 2m to minimise the risk of transmission, including:
– clear signage to outline social distancing measures in place
– single person or contactless refuelling where possible
– using physical screening, provided this does not compromise safety, for example, through reducing visibility
– sitting side-by-side not face-to-face and increasing ventilation where possible
Using a fixed pairing system if workers have to be in close proximity, for example in a vehicle.
Making sure vehicles are well-ventilated to increase the flow of air, for example, by opening a window.
Ensure regular cleaning of vehicles, in particular between different users.
Objective: To maintain social distancing and avoid surface transmission when goods enter and leave the vehicle, especially in high volume situations, for example distribution centres, despatch areas.
Scheduling to limit exposure to large crowds and rush hours where appropriate.
Revising pick-up and drop-off collection points and procedures with signage and marking.
Where possible and safe having single workers load or unload vehicles.
Minimising unnecessary contact at gatehouse security, yard and warehouse. For example, non-contact deliveries where the nature of the product allows for use of electronic pre-booking.
Maximising use of electronic paperwork where possible, and reviewing procedures to enable safe exchange of paper copies where needed, for example, required transport documents.
Enabling drivers to access welfare facilities when required and consistent with other guidance.
Encouraging drivers to stay in their vehicles where this does not compromise their safety and existing safe working practice.
Objective: To prioritise safety during incidents.
In an emergency, for example, an accident, provision of first aid, fire or break-in, people do not have to comply with social distancing guidelines if it would be unsafe.
People involved in the provision of assistance to others should pay particular attention to sanitation measures immediately afterwards, including washing hands.
Reviewing your incident and emergency procedures to ensure they reflect the social distancing principles as far as possible.
Considering the security implications of any changes you intend to make to your operations and practices in response to COVID-19, as any revisions may present new or altered security risks which may need mitigations.
4. Managing your customers, visitors and contractors
4.1 Manage contacts
4.2 Providing and explaining available guidance
Objective: To minimise the contact risk resulting from people in vehicles.
Determining if schedules can be revised to reduce interaction and overlap between people. For example, when drivers arrive at depots, collection and delivery times and break times.
Ensuring delivery and receipt confirmation can be made contactless and avoiding physical contact when handing goods over to the customer.
Preparing for goods to be dropped off to a previously agreed area to avoid transmission, for example, taking advantage of click and collect type arrangements.
Keeping the number of people in the vehicle to a minimum and as distanced within the vehicle space as possible, and using other safety measures such as ensuring good ventilation.
Maintaining a record of all visitors, if this is practical.
Objective: To make sure people understand what they need to do to maintain safety.
Providing guidance and explanation on social distancing and hygiene to passengers when they enter the vehicle. Consider the particular needs of those with protected characteristics, such as those who are visually impaired.
Understanding the protocol for collecting and distributing goods across different locations and agreeing these in advance.
Regularly briefing drivers and temporary staff, communicating to customers and providing in vehicle guides and reminders for passengers and staff.
Informing passengers that they should be prepared to remove face coverings if asked to do so by police officers and staff for the purposes of identification.
5. Cleaning the workplace
5.1 Keeping the workplace clean
5.2 Hygiene - handwashing, sanitation facilities and toilets
5.3 Changing rooms and showers
Objective: To keep the workplace clean and prevent transmission by touching contaminated surfaces.
Frequent cleaning of work areas and equipment between uses, using your usual cleaning products.
Frequent cleaning of objects and surfaces that are touched regularly, including door handles, fuel pumps and vehicle keys, and making sure there are adequate disposal arrangements for cleaning products.
Encouraging workers to wash hands before boarding vehicles.
Retaining sufficient quantities of hand sanitiser / wipes within vehicles to enable workers to clean hands after each delivery / drop off.
Clearing workspaces and removing waste and belongings from the vehicle at the end of a shift.
Maintaining good ventilation in the work environment, for example, keeping windows or doors open.
Objective: To help everyone keep good hygiene through the working day.
Using signs and posters to build awareness of good handwashing technique, including the need for increased handwashing, to avoid touching your face and to cough or sneeze into your arm.
Ensuring drivers have access to appropriate toilet facilities during their journeys and at their destinations and are helped to meet any requirements to allow them to do this, for example prior booking-in, provision of hand sanitiser.
Providing sufficient hand sanitiser where handwashing is not possible.
Providing more waste facilities and more frequent rubbish collection.
If you are cleaning after a known or suspected case of COVID-19 then you should refer to the guidance on cleaning in non healthcare settings.
Keeping the facilities well ventilated
Using non recycling bins to dispose of single use face coverings and PPE. You should refer to guidance for information on how to dispose of personal or business waste, including face coverings and PPE.
Objective: To minimise the risk of transmission in changing rooms and showers.
Where shower and changing facilities are required, setting clear use and cleaning guidance for showers, lockers and changing rooms to ensure they are kept clean, clear of personal items and social distancing is achieved as much as possible.
Introducing enhanced cleaning of all facilities regularly during the day and at the end of each day.
6. Personal protective equipment (PPE) and face coverings
6.1 Face coverings
PPE protects the user against health or safety risks at work. It can include items such as safety helmets, gloves, eye protection, high-visibility clothing, safety footwear and safety harnesses. It also includes respiratory protective equipment, such as face masks.
Where you are already using PPE in your work activity to protect against non-COVID-19 risks, you should continue to do so.
At the start of this document we described the steps you need to take to manage COVID-19 risk in the workplace. This includes maintaining social distancing guidelines (2m, or 1m with risk mitigation where 2m is not viable). When managing the risk of COVID-19, additional PPE beyond what you usually wear is not beneficial. This is because COVID-19 is a different type of risk to the risks you normally face in a workplace, and needs to be managed through social distancing, hygiene and fixed teams or partnering, not through the use of PPE.
The exception is clinical settings, like a hospital, or a small handful of other roles for which Public Health England advises use of PPE, for example, first responders and immigration enforcement officers.
If you are in one of these groups you should refer to the advice at:
COVID-19: personal protective equipment (PPE) plan
COVID-19: cleaning in non-healthcare settings
Workplaces should not encourage the precautionary use of extra PPE to protect against COVID-19 outside clinical settings or when responding to a suspected or confirmed case of COVID-19.
Unless you are in a situation where the risk of COVID-19 transmission is very high, your risk assessment should reflect the fact that the role of PPE in providing additional protection is extremely limited. However, if your risk assessment does show that PPE is required, then you must provide this PPE free of charge to workers who need it. Any PPE provided must fit properly.
There is growing evidence that wearing a face covering in an enclosed space helps protect individuals and those around them from COVID-19.
A face covering can be very simple and may be worn in enclosed spaces where social distancing isn't possible. It just needs to cover your mouth and nose. It is not the same as a face mask, such as the surgical masks or respirators used by health and care workers. Similarly, face coverings are not the same as the PPE used to manage risks like dust and spray in an industrial context. Supplies of PPE, including face masks, must continue to be reserved for those who need them to protect against risks in their workplace, such as health and care workers, and those in industrial settings like those exposed to dust hazards.
Face coverings are not a replacement for the other ways of managing risk, including minimising time spent in contact, using fixed teams and partnering for close-up work, and increasing hand and surface washing. These other measures remain the best ways of managing risk in the workplace and government would therefore not expect to see employers relying on face coverings as risk management for the purpose of their health and safety assessments.
Face coverings are mandatory on public transport and will be mandatory in a number of indoor premises.
People are also encouraged to wear face coverings in enclosed public spaces where there are people they do not normally meet. If you choose to wear one, it is important to use face coverings properly and wash your hands before putting them on and before and after taking them off.
Find further detail on when and where to wear face coverings.
Some people don't have to wear a face covering including for health, age or equality reasons.
Employers should support their workers in using face coverings safely if they choose to wear one. This means telling workers:
wash your hands thoroughly with soap and water for 20 seconds or use hand sanitiser before putting a face covering on, and before and after removing it
when wearing a face covering, avoid touching your face or face covering, as you could contaminate them with germs from your hands
change your face covering if it becomes damp or if you've touched it
continue to wash your hands regularly
change and wash your face covering daily
if the material is washable, wash in line with manufacturer's instructions. If it's not washable, dispose of it carefully in your usual waste
practise social distancing wherever possible
Please be mindful that the wearing of a face covering may inhibit communication with people who rely on lip reading, facial expressions and clear sound.
7. Workforce management
7.1 Shift patterns and outbreaks
7.2 Work-related travel
7.3 Communications and training
7.1.1 Shift patterns and working groups
Objective: To change the way work is organised to create distinct groups and reduce the number of contacts each worker has.
As far as possible, where people are split into teams or shift groups, fixing these teams or shift groups so that where contact is unavoidable, this happens between the same people.
People who work together in one vehicle should be in a fixed pairing as far as possible.
Identifying areas where people have to directly pass things to each other (such as job information, spare parts, samples, raw materials) and find ways to remove direct contact, for example, by using drop off points or transfer zones.
You should assist the test and trace service by keeping a temporary record of your staff shift patterns for 21 days and assist NHS Test and Trace with requests for that data if needed. This could help contain clusters or outbreaks. Check what data you need to collect and how it should be managed.
7.1.2 Outbreaks in the workplace
Objective: To provide guidance in an event of a COVID-19 outbreak in the workplace.
As part of your risk assessment, you should ensure you have an up to date plan in case there is a COVID-19 outbreak. This plan should nominate a single point of contact (SPOC) where possible who should lead on contacting local Public Health teams.
If there is more than one case of COVID-19 associated with your workplace, you should contact your local PHE health protection team to report the suspected outbreak. Find your local PHE health protection team.
If the local PHE health protection team declares an outbreak, you will be asked to record details of symptomatic staff and assist with identifying contacts. You should therefore ensure all employment records are up to date. You will be provided with information about the outbreak management process, which will help you to implement control measures, assist with communications to staff, and reinforce prevention messages.
7.2.1 Accommodation
Objective: To keep people safe when they do need to travel overnight.
Walking or cycling where possible. Where not possible, you can use public transport or drive. You must wear a face covering when using public transport.
Where workers are required to stay away from their home, centrally logging the stay and making sure any overnight accommodation meets social distancing guidelines.
7.2.2 Deliveries to other sites
Objective: To help workers delivering to other sites such as factories, logistics sites or customers' premises to maintain social distancing and hygiene practices.
Putting in place procedures to minimise person-to-person contact during deliveries to other sites.
Minimising contact during payments and exchange of documentation, for example, by using electronic payment methods and electronically signed and exchanged documents.
7.3.1 Returning to work
Objective: To make sure all workers understand COVID-19 related safety procedures.
Providing clear, consistent and regular communication to improve understanding and consistency of ways of working.
Engaging with workers and worker representatives through existing communication routes and worker representatives to explain and agree any changes in working arrangements.
Developing communication and training materials for workers prior to returning to site, especially around new procedures for arrival at work.
7.3.2 Ongoing communications and signage
Objective: To make sure all workers are kept up-to-date with how safety measures are being implemented or updated.
Ongoing engagement with workers, including through trade unions or employee representative groups, to monitor and understand any unforeseen impacts of changes to working environments.
Awareness and focus on the importance of mental health at times of uncertainty. The government has published guidance on the mental health and wellbeing aspects of coronavirus.
Using simple, clear messaging to explain guidelines using images and clear language, with consideration of groups for which English may not be their first language and those with protected characteristics such as visual impairments.
Using visual communications, for example whiteboards or signage, to explain changes to schedules, breakdowns or materials shortages without the need for face-to-face communications.
Communicating approaches and operational procedures to suppliers, customers or trade bodies to help their adoption and share experience.
8. Inbound and outbound goods
Objective: To maintain social distancing and avoid surface transmission when goods enter and leave the site, especially in high volume situations, for example, distribution centres, despatch areas.
Revising pick-up and drop-off collection points, procedures, signage and markings.
Minimising unnecessary contact at gatehouse security, yard and warehouse, for example, non-contact deliveries where the nature of the product allows for use of electronic pre-booking.
Where possible and safe, having single workers load or unload vehicles.
Where possible, using the same pairs of people for loads where more than one is needed.
Enabling drivers to access welfare facilities when required, consistent with other guidance.
Encouraging drivers to stay in their vehicles where this does not compromise their safety and existing safe working practice, such as preventing drive-aways.
Where to obtain further guidance
Coronavirus (COVID-19): what you need to do
Coronavirus (COVID-19): guidance for employers and businesses
Coronavirus (COVID-19): guidance for employees
Find advice and support from your business representative organisation or trade association.
Clinically extremely vulnerable people
Refers to people who have specific underlying health conditions that make them extremely vulnerable to severe illness if they contract COVID-19. Clinically extremely vulnerable people will have received a letter telling them they are in this group, or will have been told by their GP. Who is 'clinically extremely vulnerable'?
Clinically vulnerable people
Refers to people who may be at increased risk from COVID-19, including those aged 70 or over and those with some underlying health conditions. Who is 'clinically vulnerable'?
Refers to areas and amenities which are provided for the common use of more than one person including canteens, reception areas, meeting rooms, areas of worship, toilets, gardens, fire escapes, kitchens, fitness facilities, store rooms, laundry facilities.
Support bubbles
The term 'support bubble' refers to single adult households, where adults live alone or with dependent children only, expanding their support network so that it includes one other household of any size. Meeting people from outside your household.
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void swap(int *p, int *q);

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A: There are multiple errors.
1) You need to include swap.h in second file where you have defined swap function.
2) You are compiling only main.c file but swap function is defined in another file.  This is the reason, you are getting undefined reference to swap function. You need to compile both the files (gcc -std=c89 -o main main.c name_of_second_file)
3) You declared swap() as void. That means you shouldn't return any value from the function and there is no need to return also as you are passing addresses of i and j to swap function.

A: void swap(int *p, int *q){

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You cant return anything, because you declared as a void return function

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Lochte Hits 1:58.90 200 IM On Day 2 Of Mel Zajac Jr. International
June 3, 2018 Jeffrey Carter
2018 MEL ZAJAC JR. INTERNATIONAL
12-time Olympic medalist Ryan Lochte made some noise on day 1 of the Mel Zajac Jr. International meet with his performance in the 400 IM, clocking 4:15.80 and showing his best form since the 2016 Olympic Games. He continued the momentum on day 2, winning the 200 IM in a time of 1:58.90.
With solid splits all-around of 25.99(29.79)(34.63)(28.49), the 33-year-old is now the 2nd fastest American this year in both IM events, trailing only Chase Kalisz (who is the reigning world champion in both events). In fact, between Kalisz and Lochte, they've won the last five World titles in the event (Lochte had a record four straight from 2009 to 2015). Lochte's Gator teammate Mark Szaranek took 2nd in 2:03.29, and U.S. junior team member Jake Foster was 3rd in 2:03.66. Foster had a win of his own in the 200 breast, going wire-to-wire in 2:16.55.
Lochte was also in action in the 100 fly, where he finished 4th in 53.71. Caeleb Dressel, who won two events on day 1, won the race in 52.45, making him the 3rd fastest American this year behind Jack Conger and Tripp Cooper. For comparison, Dressel was 52.29 exactly one year ago at the 2017 Santa Clara Pro Swim. U.S. junior Gianluca Urlando scored his second PB in the event for 2nd in 53.21, and Maxime Rooney was .01 off his season best for 3rd in 53.69. Szaranek, who was a sluggish 58.0 in the heats, dropped a 54.89 from the C-final.
Dressel also won the 50 free, making him 4/4 so far in the meet in terms of victories, with his first sub-23 of the year in 22.15. Noticeably wearing a Speedo suit after yesterday's Mizuno, he's now also 3rd among Americans in this event, trailing Michael Andrew and Nathan Adrian. Yuri Kisil (22.52), Sid Farber (22.61) and Alex Loginov (22.79) also cracked 23 for 2nd, 3rd and 4th.
Penny Oleksiak matched her performances from Friday, winning a butterfly event and also winning a freestyle B-final. She won the 100 fly in a very solid 59.12, well under her 1:00.92 from the Atlanta Classic, and went 25.80 in the 50 free B-final. Heidi Bradley (1:01.07) took 2nd in the 100 fly, and Phoebe Bacon (1:01.63) and Gretchen Walsh (1:01.64) both hit personal bests for 3rd and 4th.
Walsh also established a best on the day in the 50 free, when she went 25.46 in the prelims. She just missed that time tonight in 25.50, but still won comfortably over Sarah Fournier (25.80).
Like Dressel, Mackenzie Padington stood out with a pair of wins in the women's 400 free and 200 IM. Her 400 of 4:10.63 was a season best, and just over a second off her lifetime best. Molly Gowans (4:16.46) was 2nd, and Savanna Faulconer (4:17.02) earned a PB for 3rd.
In the 200 IM, Padington out-sprinted breaststroker Kelsey Wog for the victory, touching in 2:15.25 to Wog's 2:15.50. Kelly Fertel (2:16.58) was 3rd, as the top-3 all had their second fastest performance ever, and 15-year-old Bailey Herbert (2:16.66) posted a new lifetime best for 4th.
Last night's 200 back winner Isabelle Stadden of the U.S. junior team won the 50 tonight in 28.17, a new best time, moving into a tie for 3rd among Americans this year with Ali Deloof. Her teammate Katharine Berkoff (28.38) tied her best from prelims for 2nd, and Gator's Emma Ball (28.47) also went a PB for 3rd.
Markus Thormeyer cracked 26 for the first time in the men's race, clocking 25.81 for the gold, while Wyatt Davis (26.28) got under his best by .02 for 2nd.
Rachel Nicol of Calgary won the women's 200 breast in a season best of 2:28.98, while the youngster Herbert continued her onslaught of personal best times for 2nd in 2:29.95.
Mitch D'Arrigo crushed his season best to win the men's 400 free in 3:51.93, with Ben Lawless (3:54.99) and Mikey Calvillo (3:55.54) narrowly missing their PBs for 2nd and 3rd.
In the women's 800 free relay, the U.S. juniors (8:18.97) had an epic battle with the Canadian juniors, as Kyla Leibel (2:01.36) nearly ran down Walsh (2:02.33) on the anchor leg. Berkoff was the main difference between the two teams, leading off in 2:03.93.
For the men, the U.S. juniors won in 7:36.14, followed by Cascade (7:44.93) and Hyack (7:48.80).
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Previously we covered "How to Fix MacBook Charger Heat Up Problem" and other Apple Tutorials and today we are here to cover Installing AppSync on iOS 8.4 easily. So Let's get started on How to Install AppSync Unified iOS 8.4 as it supports now.
As of the new iOS 8.4 Update the developer of AppSync Unified Updated their version to support the new iOS 8.4. There might be some bug as its new and beta version but don't worry if they found any bugs they will update the version soon enough. Now if you've Jailbreak iOS 8.4 using Taig then this tutorial to install AppSync Unified on iOS 8.4 is for you.
How to Install AppSync Unified on iOS 8.4 ?
Let me first get this straight to you, Any tweaks you do with your Apple Device may void your warranty and can harm your device unknowingly or without your prior knowledge. So we suggest you to please don't do any tweaks if you aren't familiar with these modus operandi. So Are you ready to Install AppSync Unified on your iOS 8.4 ?
Kindly unlock your iDevice and Launch "Cydia" App.
Now Click on "Sources" Present at the bottom of the Cydia App.
Further, Click on "Edit" and then Click on "Add" button.
Now you'll get a Popup to Enter Cydia/APT Url in that Add this URL "http://cydia.angelxwind.net" and click on "Add Source".
Now have patience, because it may take upto few minutes for Cydia to Download the Source Content from Repository.
Once you're done adding the Source you are ready to Install AppSync Cydia Tweak on your iDevice.
First of, Kindly unlock your iDevice and open up the Cydia App.
Now click on the search option available at Bottom right corner.
Type "AppSync Unified" and select the Tweak and Click on install.
Wait for some time and then later Cydia will ask to respring your iDevice.
Appsync unified currently will install, but doesnt work for pirated apps. They all crash under current unified.
Yes right now current version of AppSync Unified does not support downloading of pirated apps.
Thanks for this awesome tutorial.. successfully installed AppSync unified for iOS 8.4 .. thanks mate..
@Harry please tell us exactly what error you are getting while Installing AppSync unified on your iOS 8.4 ?


Todays bag comes to us from Gabon! Yes, west Africa. And it is a whopper of a bag too. Seriously, look at the size of that damned lens. It is massive. Check it out.
I was in Libreville last week packing up my gear after a 4 day shoot (covering a large conference) and as i looked down at the monstrosity that was my hand luggage I thought it would be a good time to lay it all out and show a slightly different bag to the usual ones you have.
The gear in my bag on this trip (a Think Tank Airport International V2.0 and a Glass Taxi for the 400mm) is packed and carried as hand luggage with the reassurance that whatever happens to my luggage I will be able to cover the assignment when I get where I am going (in my suitcase I will also have all the other stuff that I can live without if I have to).
The main cameras I have are a 1Dx and a 1D Mark IV, I also squeezed in my M9 (which with the 50mm Sumilux makes a great ambient light body to always have with me) and my beloved MP that Bellamy got me earlier in the year. To be honest I have no need for the MP on a shoot like this other than I found it hard not to go to a country like Gabon and leave it behind.
The big boy on the left is the Canon 400mm 2.8, though normally associated with sports photography if you can be bothered it makes a great lens for getting those tight 'power shots' of politicians waffling on with their hands waving in the air. The other lenses are a 15mm Fisheye, 50mm 1.2, a rather battered 16-35mm, 24-70mm, the 70-200mm and a 1.4 converter.
For the rest of the crap it is the usual sort of thing, a couple of flashes, entertainment on the iPad, work on the laptop, memory cards and a hard drive. I still like to carry my light meter even though I don't use it so much now and the little yellow book is the list of vaccinations that I needed to get in to the country (the most important showing that I was dosed for yellow fever). Like I said with this bag I can hit the ground running and cover anything the client throws at me.
Oh and the gummy bears, well you'd be a fool to travel without them!
Cheers for sharing your work bag with us Jon, I love seeing the personal gear next to the work gear. Especially that lovely MP that I got for you.
Respect for hauling the 400 that far; I use the 300/2.8 and it takes some determination…maybe try the 300/4?
I'm normally turned off by big bags, but this is a pro system bag, complete with Gummy Bears, so I view it with respect and awe.
Now I really see how the Canon beast is huge. However with such a long focal length it must be quite easy to get a blurry image, especially indoors.


Regina Hall left very little to the imagination as she posed in a risque dress with no underwear beneath.
The dress was split by the side, all the way up to her waist. As she wore no underwear, she risked exposing her lady bits.


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March 8, 2021, 1:21 p.m. EST
The Gross Law Firm Announces Class Actions on Behalf of Shareholders of TCDA, REGI and ATNX
March 08, 2021 (ACCESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- NEW YORK, NY / ACCESSWIRE / March 8, 2021 / The securities litigation law firm of The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice on behalf of shareholders in the following publicly traded companies. Shareholders who purchased shares in the following companies during the dates listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible Lead Plaintiff appointment. Appointment as Lead Plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
Tricida, Inc. (NAS:TCDA)
Investors Affected: September 4, 2019 - October 28, 2020
A class action has commenced on behalf of certain shareholders in Tricida, Inc. The filed complaint alleges that defendants made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) Tricida's NDA for veverimer was materially deficient; (ii) accordingly, it was foreseeably likely that the FDA would not accept the NDA for veverimer; and (iii) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
Shareholders may find more information at https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/tricida-inc-loss-submission-form/?id=13430&from=1
Renewable Energy Group, Inc. (NAS:REGI)
Investors Affected: May 3, 2018 - February 25, 2021
A class action has commenced on behalf of certain shareholders in Renewable Energy Group, Inc. The filed complaint alleges that defendants made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) due to failures in the diesel additive system, petroleum diesel was not periodically added to certain loads by the Company and was instead added by the Company's customers; (2) as a result, Renewable Energy was not the proper claimant for certain BTC payments on biodiesel it sold between January 1, 2017 and September 30, 2020; (3) as a result, Renewable Energy's revenue and net income were overstated for certain periods; (4) there was a material weakness in the Company's internal control over financial reporting related to the purchase and use of the petroleum diesel gallons when blending with biodiesel; and (5) as a result of the foregoing, Defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
Shareholders may find more information at https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/renewable-energy-group-inc-loss-submission-form/?id=13430&from=1
Athenex, Inc. (NAS:ATNX)
Investors Affected: August 7, 2019 - February 26, 2021
A class action has commenced on behalf of certain shareholders in Athenex, Inc. The filed complaint alleges that defendants made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: Throughout the Class Period, Defendants made materially false and misleading statements regarding the Company's business. Specifically, Defendants made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) the data included in the Oral Paclitaxel plus Encequidar NDA presented a safety risk to patients in terms of an increase in neutropenia-related sequalae; (ii) the uncertainty over the results of the primary endpoint of objective response rate (ORR) at week 19 conducted by BICR; (iii) the BICR reconciliation and re-read process may have introduced unmeasured bias and influence on the BICR; (iv) that the Company's Phase 3 study that was used to file the NDA was inadequate and not well-conducted in a patient population with metastatic breast cancer representative of the U.S. population, such that the FDA would recommended a new such clinical trial; (v) as a result, it was foreseeable that the FDA would not approve the Company's NDA in its current form; and (vi) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
Shareholders may find more information at https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/athenex-inc-loss-submission-form/?id=13430&from=1
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The Gross Law Firm is committed to ensuring that companies adhere to responsible business practices and engage in good corporate citizenship. The firm seeks recovery on behalf of investors who incurred losses when false and/or misleading statements or the omission of material information by a Company lead to artificial inflation of the Company's stock. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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SOURCE: The Gross Law Firm
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Speak Up Now!
The Parents Television Council has filed a complaint against the Washington, DC, CBS affiliate WUSA. The PTC alleges that "a gruesome murder and blatant sexual content" contained in an episode of the CBS program NCIS violated contemporary community standards of decency.
Tell the FCC that the complaint was frivolous and ask them to deny it.
An indecency complaint filed by the Parents Television Council against the October 25th broadcast of the CBS program NCIS alleges that "a gruesome murder and blatant sexual content" have violated the FCC's indecency rules.
On-air depictions of violence are not currently regulated by the FCC. Therefore, their complaint about the gruesome violence is not actionable.
Further, the "blatant sexual content" referred to in the Parents Television Council's complaint was a striptease dance, and it featured no nudity. The PTC has described the striptease as a depiction of a "sexual function." It quite clearly is not.
This incident does not meet the standards of "indecency" dictated by the FCC's three-pronged test. Further, the implication of a sexual act is not the same as a sexual act. Implications of sex are not "indecent" by contemporary community standards.
I therefore ask you to deny the complaint against Washington CBS affiliate WUSA.


Notablog: Russian Radical 2.0: 1995 vs. 2013: What's Different?
Russian Radical 2.0: 1995 vs. 2013: What's Different?
The 2013 second edition of Ayn Rand: The Russian Radical offers a vastly expanded content over its 1995 predecessor. I have written a "Preface to the Second Edition," which I will publish here tomorrow. And whereas the first edition closed with the Epilogue, the second edition adds three new appendices, expanded notes and references, and an expanded index as well.
Readers will recall that I did not have access to Rand's college transcript when I published Russian Radical and that I had to piece together a portrait of a very turbulent time in the history of what was then Petrograd State University (and later became Leningrad University, and then, returned to its original name: the University of St. Petersburg). Nevertheless, I stated explicitly that the evidence I had collected and the conclusions I reached included a dose of reasonable speculation and a nod to "best explanation."
This essay discusses the major historical significance of the discovery and investigation of Ayn Rand's transcript from the University of St. Petersburg. The document provides evidence of Rand's study with some of the finest Russian scholars of the period, and helps to resolve certain paradoxes concerning Rand's relationship to the philosopher, N. O. Lossky. It also contributes to our understanding of those methods and ideas that may have influenced Rand's intellectual development.
But further investigation was required; more information and more detailed transcripts existed. Researching her biography of Ayn Rand (which was later published in 2009 as Ayn Rand and the World She Made), Anne C. Heller, working with Blitz Information Services, offered to share all of the information she recovered on Rand's education in the Soviet Union. My work on those materials subsequently helped her to piece together a more complete documentation for her Rand biography. It was truly a refreshing moment in scholarly cooperation.
In an examination of recently recovered materials from Russian archival sources, Sciabarra expands on his earlier studies of Rand's secondary and university education in Silver Age Russia (see the Fall 1999 Journal of Ayn Rand Studies essay, "The Rand Transcript"). He uncovers new details that are consistent with his historical theses, first presented in the 1995 book, Ayn Rand: The Russian Radical. He reexamines the case for a connection between Rand and N. O. Lossky, and proposes a possible parallel between Lossky and a character Rand called "Professor Leskov" in an early draft of the novel, We the Living.
It therefore gives me great pleasure to announce that "The Rand Transcript" and "The Rand Transcript, Revisited" are now Appendices I and II, respectively, in the second edition of Ayn Rand: The Russian Radical. This is where this research belonged; they complete the historical investigations of part one of the book in ways that could not have possibly been anticipated in 1995, when the book was first published.
Up to 2012, no scholar anywhere had fully taken on the task of criticizing the actual historical case that I made in the first edition of Russian Radical or in the subsequent essays in JARS. Then, in 2012, ARI-affiliated scholar Shoshana Milgram wrote an essay entitled "The Education of Kira Argounova and Leo Kovalensky," which now constitutes a new Chapter Four of the expanded second edition of Robert Mayhew's edited collection, Essays on Ayn Rand's "We the Living". For the first time, some aspects of my historical detective work are found "problematic" by a writer who is actually the newly 'designated' "authorized" biographer of Ayn Rand.
Appendix III, entitled "A Challenge to Russian Radical---and Ayn Rand," written especially for the second edition of Russian Radical is my reply to her criticisms. I won't spoil the reading experience, but I'll just say that Milgram essentially dismisses my contention of any connection between Rand and Lossky, by dismissing Rand's recollections of Lossky... recollections, mind you, that were communicated to Nathaniel Branden and Barbara Branden in biographical interviews in the early 1960s, and that were published in Barbara Branden's biographical essay (and the title of the 1962 book): "Who is Ayn Rand?" That essay was the only published biographical essay in Ayn Rand's lifetime and had her full sanction even after her 1968 break with the Brandens.
My response to Milgram, therefore, is not merely a defense of my historical thesis, but a defense of the integrity of Rand's memory of a traumatic period in her life.
The three appendices are not the only additional materials in the second edition. I was able to update some of the scholarship, do a few nips and tucks, and provide a whole new sub-section for Chapter 12 ("The Predatory State"), which expanded considerably on material already present in the first edition. That new subsection is called "The Welfare-Warfare State," and it reveals things about Rand's views of U.S. foreign policy that might astound both her conservative and liberal critics.
A full "Table of Contents" comparison of the two editions can be found here. Readers will be able to trace even the page differences between the first and second editions at that link.


How Much of Your Portfolio Should You Allocate to Gold?
When you are building a portfolio, gold is one of the most common types of investments in the market today. Gold can provide you with a number of unique benefits as an investor. However, you do not want to allocate too much of your portfolio to this one type of asset. Here are a few things to consider about how much of your portfolio should be devoted to gold.
Gold has several advantages when comes to investing. One important benefit is that gold will help you hedge your investments against inflation. Gold is a commodity that is going to increase in value, even when the value of the dollar is going to decrease. Another benefit of gold is that it is not highly correlated to any other financial markets. Certain investments are extremely correlated to the stock market and will decline in value when stock market does. However, when you invest in gold, it is going to move independently. This will allow you to diversify your portfolio and earn returns, even if the stock market is performing poorly.
In most cases, investors will want to allocate portions of their portfolio two different investments. Instead of putting all of their money into a particular asset class, they can spread the wealth around. An investor might choose to invest in some stocks, some bonds, some mutual funds and gold. Determining the proper asset allocation can be difficult. Every investor is going to have different preferences and risk tolerances. You need to set a particular percentage of your money that you want to allocate to each investment class and stick with it.
Some investors love investing in gold so much of that they want to make it the majority of their portfolio. While this can be tempting, you should keep your portfolio well balanced and avoid this costly mistake. Most experts recommend that you should only hold between 10 and 15 percent of your portfolio in gold. Some investors might want to have as much as 25 percent of their portfolio while others might only be comfortable with 5 percent. Customize the investment mix depending on your individual investment objectives and preferences.
Even though you might want to get as much gold as you can, there are a few reasons that you may want to limit your investment. For example, even though gold provides you with steady returns, the stock market can outperform gold in some situations. Therefore, if you put too much money into gold, you could be missing out on better opportunities in the stock market.
Another reason that you may want to stay away from a large percentage of gold is that it does not provide you with any tax advantages. When you invest in stocks over the long-term, you are going to only have to pay 15 percent in long-term capital gains taxes. When you sell gold, you will have to pay taxes as if it were regular income.


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