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driver fatigue – RoSPA Workplace Safety Blog

Experiencing fatigue at work, home or the road can massively increase your chances of being in a fatal or serious accident. With the darker nights and colder weather upon us, you are more likely to feel tired when going about your daily routine.

Fatigue and road accidents

Falling asleep at the wheel is a more prevalent occurrence than most people realize. In 2018 a survey1 revealed of 20,000 motorists, one in eight admitted falling asleep while driving, while 37% said they had been so tired they were frightened they would drop off behind the wheel. Contrary to popular belief,

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Make well being and security your high precedence in 2020 – RoSPA Office Security Weblog

Warren Buffett, who was just lately named because the fourth wealthiest particular person on the planet, as soon as stated:

It takes 20 years to construct a fame and 5 minutes to smash it. If you concentrate on that, you may do issues in another way.”

That is good recommendation that may be utilized to many points of life, however it’s very true with regards to well being and security.

When an accident happens there are in fact measurable outlays: injury to tools, lack of income and sick days brought on by accidents. There are additionally intangible prices akin

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Staying protected on the street in a gig economic system – RoSPA Office Security Weblog

For those who’ve ever pushed a automotive or ridden a bike on a short-term contract, chances are high you have participated within the gig economic system. Actually, hundreds of thousands of adults within the UK are actually members within the system as drivers and riders, whether or not they’re conscious of it or not. However how will you and different street customers keep protected?

What’s the gig economic system?

The time period ‘gig economic system’ is used to explain the 1.1 million folks within the UK who work in a free market system wherein short-term positions are widespread place. The

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After eight month research, BESE group recommends main adjustments in excessive faculties, different school rooms | Training

A research group of Louisiana’s high college board voted Monday to press forward with main adjustments in how excessive faculties are rated and different operations regardless of opposition from native superintendents and questions concerning the scope of the overhaul.

A five-member panel of the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Training directed the state Division of Training to provide you with a proposal for BESE to debate on Aug. 23.

Whether or not the total board will embrace the brand new guidelines is unclear, partly as a result of the panel will likely be grappling with proposed adjustments that 5

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The real deal on attending college while in high school

Several programs help students take college courses while in high school or even junior high. What are the pros and cons?

OHIO, USA — Earning college credit while still in high school can be a great way to get a jump start on higher learning.

Plenty of students do it, but how easy or difficult is the process? To start, taking college courses as a high school student not only gets a few college classes out of the way early, but can save you some major money.

“They don’t have to pay for these courses. The state will cover the

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‘He left an imprint.’ Mike Woodson back at Broad Ripple to honor the man who got him started.

Mike Woodson could not remember exactly how long it had been since he had returned home to Broad Ripple High School. But the man who helped him become a man was the reason he returned Tuesday afternoon.

Before Woodson, 64, was the Big Ten Conference player of the year at Indiana, played 11 seasons in the NBA, coached in the NBA and now, head coach at IU, he learned from Bill Smith at Broad Ripple. Smith coached basketball at Broad Ripple for 23 seasons over two tenures and later in life was a consultant for Woodson when he coached in

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Palm Beach County’s newest high school announces its mascot. And the winner is…

"OOO"  High School to open on Lyons Road in 2023

“OOO” High School to open on Lyons Road in 2023

When Dr. Joaquín García High School’s athlete hit the field, track or diamond next year, they’ll be announced to the world as the Bulldogs.

The school, which opens in August off Lyons Road in the Lake Worth area, announced Thursday that its official mascot will be a fierce looking white bulldog.

The school’s colors will be Carolina blue, navy and white.

Dr. García High School is the first in the county to be named after a Hispanic community leader. Dr. Joaquín García was a West Palm Beach businessman and co-founder

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Worried About Vax-Related Side Effects? Breath Easier One Year Out

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I’m at my one year anniversary of getting Pfizer’s COVID-19 vax. I’m starting to worry less about adverse effects, not that I’ve lost much sleep over it. Luckily, I’m hearing no chatter at my hospital about requiring the boosters. Yet I don’t hear any of the vax mandaters saying “we were wrong.” A relative of mine is searching for a job now and reports that the great majority of posted jobs still require the vax. Unbelievable!

The patient is wise to look away. If you watch the needle go in, it’ll hurt more.

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