Haws Corporation Tempered Water Nevada USA, Singapore - These 5 Emergency Equipment FAQ’s Can Keep You Out of Trouble

1. How do you determine if you need a safety shower versus just an eye/face wash?

It depends on what the potential hazard is. We advocate that an eye/face wash should be the requirement over an eyewash as it is rare for a chemical to only splash into your eyes and not on your face as well. A combination shower and eye/face wash is necessary when the SDS for the chemicals you are using require one. If contact with the skin is not harmful, but contact with eyes would be, then an eyewash or eye/face wash only is suitable. If there is any potential hazardous skin contact, then a shower is most appropriate.

2. What are the types of chemicals when used in the workplace require the use of an eyewash station?

We recommend viewing your SDS’s (safety data sheet) and looking under the Proper PPE and First Aid requirements. Most SDS’S require some sort of emergency equipment along with a required flow time of 15 minutes and sometimes longer.

3. For portable or gravity-fed eyewash stations, what’s the standard for draining and refilling the tank? Along with the additive.

As there are a couple of different designs on the market, I cannot provide a specific “standard” you should follow. The ANSI requirement is that any portable or self-contained eyewash should be visually inspected weekly to determine if the flushing fluid needs to be exchanged or supplemented. The units should be maintained as per the manufacturer’s specific model instructions. For Haws, and most other manufacturer’s units, using potable water and a sterile bacteriostatic additive exchange is required every three months as well as rinsing the unit clean between the exchanges. If you are not using an additive, then the water should be exchanged on a minimal weekly basis, with a thorough tank cleaning monthly.

4. What is the standard for testing the eyewashes and showers?

ANSI Z358.1 has specific standards for testing based on the type or style of equipment in use. As a general statement, equipment needs to be inspected weekly to ensure that there is a flushing fluid supply and that the equipment is in good repair. If the equipment is of a plumbed design, then it should also be activated weekly to clear the supply line of any sediment build up and to minimize any microbial contamination due to stagnant water. The weekly inspection also looks at the location to ensure that the equipment is well lit, identified with signage, free of obstruction and on the same level as the hazard. Annually, the equipment needs to be inspected against all aspects of the ANSI Z358.1 standard including flow capabilities, temperature and irrigation patterns. Please view our full on-demand ANSI Standard web seminar on our Haws YouTube page.

5. What requirements are there for disposing used water from an eyewash or shower?

Waste or “grey” water is not in the scope of the ANSI Z358.1 standard however the appendix of the standard does call out that consideration should be given to proper disposal of waste flushing fluids. Freezing temperatures, drainage, elevated showers, and pollutants are some but not all of the considerations. It may depend on your specific situation so I would recommend consulting authorities on your local, state, and federal regulations.

Haws Corporation Tempered Water Nevada USA, Singapore - Units in Action: Mission Readiness Donates Hydration Stations

Four donated Brita Hydration Stations were recently installed at College of the Desert in Palm Desert, CA with the support of Mission: Readiness – Military Leaders For Kids and Regional Access Project Foundation. College of the Desert serves over 10,000 students and, as one of 112 community colleges in California, represents a vital part of the world’s largest system of higher education.

Increasing access and consumption of safe drinking water where youth live, learn and play is an important initiative taking hold in California and across the nation. Studies link rising obesity rates to the consumption of sugary beverages, among other factors. These are beverages with added sugar and include sodas, sports drinks, and fruit-flavored drinks. Water is an essential, calorie-free alternative that can be used to help combat childhood obesity and improve students’ readiness to learn by maintaining proper hydration.

Since 1964, Pathfinder Ranch has been committed to providing youth from diverse backgrounds with affordable outdoor education and summer learning programs. Research shows that during summer, children (on average) fall one month behind where they left off academically at the end of the school year. Programs like the ones offered at Pathfinder Ranch can help mitigate this learning loss.bhs install4

During a picnic to recognize supporters of the Ranch, Mission: Readiness – Military Leaders For Kids members, Major General (Ret.) John Bianchi, U.S. Army and Brigadier General (Ret.) Guido Portante, U.S. Army helped unveil a new Hydration Station donated by Brita in partnership with Mission: Readiness that will serve 9,000 youth from across the region who participate in quality programming at Pathfinder Ranch on an annual basis.

Fraud Labs Pro Fraud Detection and Fraud Detection Solutions: How to configure Slack notification?

Enable the Slack Notification

1. Login to the merchant area.

2. On the merchant area, click on the Settings menu.

3. Click on the Add Slack Notification.

4. A window will be shown to ask you for the confirmation of integration.

5. On the window, select the Channel that you want the notification to be posted.

6. Click on the Authorize button to complete the installation.

7. You should notice the Slack Webhook URL was filled and 3 notification checkboxes were shown.

8. Select the notification you wish to receive by selecting the checkboxes.

9. Click on the Save button to save the settings.

Disable the Slack Notification

1. Login to the merchant area.

2. On the merchant area, click on the Settings menu.

3. Empty the text in Slack Webhook URL text box.

4. Click on the Save button to save the settings.

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Heimdal Online Security: 17 Online Shopping Security Tips to Protect Your Money

Would you like some online shopping security tips to keep your purchase secure?        

The times when you had to go to the shop to buy every little thing are long gone. Now, we simply go online, find what we need, compare prices and we buy! It couldn’t have been easier than this.

In case we are not sure about a product or a website, we address our question online and we find user reviews, independent and expert testing sites. It’s so easy. Even more, it doesn’t take longer than 2 or 3 days to receive a package, even from another part of the world. You name it, they deliver it fast!

But the net is dark and full of terrors!

We have financial and data stealing malware, we have faceless online criminals from any possible part of the world and countless spam phishing campaigns.

So, how do we secure our online shopping? As Brian Krebs noticed:

"Retail is an industry that has traditionally been focused on physical security, not cyber security.

Specialists in online shopping analyzed the present tendency in the market and noticed we are dealing with a growing industry:

If we take a look at just a few online shopping stats, we definitely understand why online criminals may become interested:

            • Consumers ages 25 to 34 lead the way in smartphone usage in-store, comparing prices, reading reviews, buying products, etc.

            • Seventy-two percent of Millennials research and shop their options online before going to a store.

            • Nearly 50 percent of Millennials say they regularly browse for items that they don’t necessarily plan on buying.

            • Two-thirds of Americans 50-plus buy from e-retailers online.

            • Overall, satisfaction with online shopping is high, at 83 percent.

So, how do we protect our online shopping?

Here are the security tips you can follow to secure your online shopping:

Best 17 online shopping security tips

1. Make sure you’re buying from a real website

Check for signs of certification like third-party seals of approval:

It is important to check the website, because hackers can use fake or infected domains to redirect your traffic and steal your financial information. Though the website may appear real, don’t forget to check the URL.

To avoid any unpleasant surprise, always purchase from well known websites. For example, if you look for a major retail outlet that sells like anything (Amazon, Target or Best Buy), use their online stores.

To quote Neil Rubenking:

"It’s ridiculously easy to create a phishing website, a fraud that looks just like a real shopping or banking site.

2. Access secure websites that protect your information

If you want to purchase from a website, make sure it is one that contains SSL (secure sockets layer) encryption installed.

To know this, the site should start with HTTPS:// and you should notice the lock symbol, which is in the address bar at the top.

To access secure websites, we recommend a useful browser extension like HTTPS Everywhere that encrypts connection to major sites and increases your information security.

3. Location is everything. Where do you purchase from?

Don’t purchase from unknown or public networks. If you still want to buy online from an unsafe network, at least follow some protection steps.

We recommend running a financial transaction from your home network, which is not that easy to access by cyber-criminals. Nevertheless, protection measures still need to be followed.

4. Update your system and your browser

Keep your system and your vulnerable applications up-to-date with the latest security updates and patches available.

Online criminals always try to use security holes in popular – but vulnerable – software from our systems, from Java, Adobe Flash to most popular browsers like Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer.

To make it easy, just use a free tool that makes sure you have all the latest security patches installed, fast and without interrupting your work.

5. Check your bank account

You don’t have to wait for the end of the month to know how much you spent. Check your credit or debit card to know where you are in terms of spending. At the same time, discover any potential fraudulent charges and keep the bank phone number close by.

6. Use antivirus protection for your PC

Though it may not be enough, it is still good to have. To choose a good reliable antivirus product, check the independent testing sites and the expert reviews. You should be able to find a big name there to keep your data safe.

7. Bulletproof your system against cybercriminals

Though you have antivirus protection for common viruses and privacy breaches, against the criminal masterminds you need the best tools available.

For this reason, a software that protects your financial information from data stealing malware includes:

a real-time Internet traffic scanner that looks for malicious software activities

a malware removal to catch and delete any infection

an online scanning engine that detects malicious code inserted into legitimate websites

Since they target your financial data, by launching “zero-day” attacks and phishing campaigns, you need an advanced technology that is specially designed for these threats.

8. Get a credentials manager for your passwords

It has become obvious that we register for so many online accounts, that we lose track of our passwords.

Most people address this issue either by using one general password for most online accounts, or by letting the web browser remember the various passwords that were set.

None of these methods will do any good, especially when hackers hope you’ll make these mistakes.

The best solution is to use a password manager, like LastPass.

But nothing is better than learning all the necessary details to become a credentials expert!

9. Don’t fall for their tricks

Security products do a great job at keeping you safe from most online dangers and a lot of time is spent developing and improving these solutions.

But they can’t keep you safe from yourself.

To stay safe online, you need to educate yourself on cybersecurity and follow a set of common sense rules on the things one can and can’t do online.

To give you a few examples, we need to say that you just can’t go online clicking any link and accessing any suspicious content, download any program that you see and start posting personal information on every social media platform.

At the same time, you need to protect your transactions from fraud and online scams. If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

10. Educate your children on Internet safety

Where are you keeping your credit cards and your financial information? Did you teach your children about online dangers? Do they know what they should do and what they shouldn’t?

Talk to them so they may understand our actions have real consequences and outside the familiar home, there is little protection.

11. Do not purchase from spam or phishing e-mails

The statistics report on spam from Kaspersky, that analyzes spam e-mail, phishing attempts and malicious attachments, indicates the spam campaigns affect the user in 3 main ways:

            • steal private data from computers

            • make computer part of a botnet

            • installs malicious software

We all receive these e-mails. We mark them as spam and they keep coming. It’s not difficult to recognize them, they all display incredible low prices for all sort of things and they urge you to take an immediate action.

To increase their chances of success, cybercriminals employ these e-mails in social engineering schemes and spear phishing attacks that mask the real sender and simulate a banking or official authority.

Combining financial information theft and private data retrieved in such operations, cybercriminals launch identity theft attacks, which once successful, it is quite difficult to report and stop.

As Lee Munson pointed out:

Never click on links in emails that offer amazing deals unless you are sure they come from a reputable company.

12. Keep a record of your transactions

If you are a frequent online shopper, it may be difficult to remember where and when you bought something. It is even more difficult to track your spending habits.

So, write it down: what you bought, when and from what website.

Compare your spending details with the banking records from your online banking account in case you have a doubt about a certain purchase.

13. Send sensitive or private data over encrypted channels

First, you should not provide this type of information to unknown sites or reply to spam e-mails, messages, applications or social media requests.

If you really need to send them over the Internet, make sure you use some encryption methods.

You can archive and password-protect your file before sending it. You can also use some encrypted channels before you send private data, like a proxy server or a Virtual Private Network.

We recommend that you use a VPN software, such as CyberGhost, to encrypt your traffic and hide your valuable information from hackers or unprotected public networks.

14. Don’t just throw to thrash bills or transactions papers

You ordered online and you got the package, but you also received some receipt for your purchase. Don’t just throw immediately the paper, you may need it later to confirm the purchase.

If you want to throw it away, make sure you destroy it totally, so that any possible identity thief won’t be able to find any little information about you.

15. Block your smartphone

These days, everybody keeps the personal and important data on the mobile phone. The device has lost its initial function to contact people and is now used to take photos and connect mostly on social media accounts. Which is not a really bad thing.

But, without realizing, we also store important data on these devices, which we carry everywhere. And this is what makes us vulnerable.

Before you travel in a less familiar place, just think before if you really need all those apps on the phone.

For example, do you really need the Dropbox app on the device, since that is the location where we all put lately the personal files, like photos, documents and numbers?

16. Buy from a mobile device, not from PC

Are you buying from a major retailer, like Amazon or Walmart? Well, now all of them have dedicated mobile apps. This means that hackers need to create specific attacks for specific apps, which is more difficult than launching attacks on system browsers.

For this reason, mobile app are less vulnerable to cybercriminals’ attacks and you should use them, if you have the option.

17. Use a credit card, not a debit card

They may look the same, but in case something goes wrong, like an online criminal attack that accessed your money or a shop that blocked your account, you have greater protection from the bank if you’re using a credit card.

Banks consider some of the credit cards money as their money and they act to protect them fast. At the same time, it is more useful to have a credit card while travelling, just in case you need a large sum of money fast.

Conclusion

The online environment is by definition a place where we are free to access and disseminate information, free of charge and most of the times free of any censorship or regulations.

But does this make the Internet a safer place? We all know the answer to this question.

If it’s true that no one can guarantee total freedom in the online sphere, the same is valid for security and privacy.

So, how do you shop online keeping yourself free of phishing attempts, data breaches or identity theft operations? Do you have other solutions?

Bacall Conniff and Associates Review: Overview of the Restaurant Business

Ever thought how restaurants began? Have you realized that the evolution of this type of business affected everyone? And how its growth transformed the industrialization and the economic system of the world?

Back in the days, people especially those who inhabit a place were used to farming and breeding of animals for their food. The birth of town and cities where people engaged in much more specialized activity leads for many to delegate the former home-based task of cooking food to a person or an enterprise that made good money doing so.

The restaurant came into existence merely to save time and also to avoid the strenuous routine of preparing food each and every day.  Each restaurant has a unique menu list where they can showcase their signature dishes. Anyone could even order American, Japanese, European and Italian dishes and have it delivered at their doorstep.

Nowadays, many entrepreneurs are entering the restaurant industry causing a variety and sheer abundance of food choices. The love of many for burgers and doughnut has allowed these businesses to become a multi-billion dollar industry. Even the simple beverage like coffee drove the expansion of restaurant chains. The restaurant did not only change the economic texture of civilization but also the lifestyles of people in general. Many people with hectic lifestyles rarely cook at home and settle for take-out foods on working days.

The inescapable growth of fast food chains globally brought one negative effect on people's health. Food prepared by these establishments contributes little or no nutritional value to consumer’s health. But with the advancement of the wellness and fitness industry, many people nowadays choose healthy food options thus making restaurant owners to incorporate healthy food choices into their menu. This shows that the restaurant industry will continue to change and accommodate consumers demand.

Bacall Conniff and Associates Certified Public Accountants are exceptionally good in providing accounting and financial service to the highly competitive restaurant industry.

Group Holiday in Southbourne Dorset ,Things to do in Isles of Scilly

The Isles of Scilly are located less than thirty miles south west of Cornwall. Though they're an archipelago of around 150 islands and rocks, only five of the islands are inhabited. The Isles of Scilly are designated as an Area of Picture courtesy of Chris Bradley. Outstanding Natural Beauty with many areas also being Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Further, the coastal landscape has been apportioned Heritage Coast status. The Islands lie within the Gulf Stream and enjoy a mild sunny climate - warmer than the mainland - and with pure, clear air. They make a perfect holiday destination for those seeking a warm, quiet haven of beauty and tranquillity. There are white sandy beaches, sea birds, seals, porpoises and dolphins. Inland, there are quiet lanes, country walks and a profusion of flowers, for which the  Islands are famous.

The Isles of Scilly tourist information centre located in Hugh Town on St. Mary's Island - are happy to supply a list of safe sandy beaches and coves, surrounding the islands. Information includes the best beaches for family fun, water sports such as windsurfing, rowing and kayaking. Visitors can enjoy sailing in hired dinghies, canoes and wayfarers. Fisherman can take a trip around the islands, catching the many species of fish to be found in the waters. Sailing courses are available, taken by experienced instructors, while it's also possible to charter a cruise with an experienced skipper to take you round the islands.

The centre also holds detailed information on diving excursions which cater for both novice and experienced divers. The seas around the islands are clear, clean and flooded with light. All the better as the waters boast one of the most impressive jewel anemone walls around Britain. If your interest is in wreck diving, you will be rewarded by both ancient and modern shipwrecks in this water.

St. Mary's is the largest island and makes a perfect holiday destination. The Scillonian ferry brings visitors from the mainland. Visitors can then continue their journey from the quay via an inter-island launch, should the goal be to explore the other islands. St. Mary's is easy to get around and walkers and cyclists will find nature trails, coastal paths, rocky headlands and woodlands. The Isles of Scilly Museum in Hugh Town is worth a visit, to learn about the history of these beautiful islands.Tresco Abbey Gardens

Tresco is the second largest in the archipelago, famous for its Abbey and the luxuriant sub-tropical gardens - where you will find plants and flowers from exotic climes around the world. Tresco offers good walking country and fine beaches.

Bryher is the smallest and wildest of the inhabited islands. Flowers grow in fields and hedgerows and birds use Bryher as a resting place on their migration. An island of contrasts, on the north western side the appropriately named Hell Bay catches the full force of the Atlantic. Conversely, in the south Rushy Bay cove is a haven of peace and tranquillity with a fine beach.

St. Agnes is the most south-westerly community in the British Isles. This is a quiet, beautiful island where fishing and flower growing are the main occupations. Visitors seeking a quiet holiday will delight in its stress free atmosphere. Paths around the coast can be explored and the flora and fauna of the island appreciated.

St. Martin's is the most easterly of the Scilly Isles and boasts fine white sandy beaches. The island has a diving school and arts and craft galleries which offer sketching, painting and paper making courses. Visitors can take a guided tour of St Martin's Vineyard and taste the local wine. Alternatively, you could visit the postal flower company at Churchtown Farm to view the packing sheds and order gifts of local flowers.