Liberals want infrastructure cash to reduce impacts of flooding Sohi says
OTTAWA – The federal Liberals are looking to push more of the billions they plan to spend on infrastructure in the next decade directly into flood mitigation, hoping to avoid repeats of disasters in Quebec and Ontario this month.Infrastructure Minister Amarjeet Sohi said the idea the Liberals will promote to provinces, territories and cities is to agree to spend the money over and above the $2 billion already set aside to help local governments defend against natural disasters like fire and flooding.The move could potentially save the government hundreds of millions annually in disaster relief payments, which are expected to rise over the coming years.In a report last year, the parliamentary budget officer estimated that payments through the disaster financial assistance arrangements could increase to more than $900 million a year over the next five years, including $673 million a year for flooding. Both costs are well above past averages paid out from the fund.Through funding agreements with provinces and territories, Sohi said the government wants “to negotiate language around dedicating resources towards flood mitigation and other disasters.“It’s a concern and we definitely want to have those conversations with provinces and territories.”The push for more disaster funding will be part of what Sohi calls a “green lens” that local, provincial and territorial governments will use on proposed infrastructure projects before they can be approved for federal funding.Sohi said the lens puts the focus on reducing greenhouse gas emissions during and after construction, as well as mitigating the impact of severe weather to reduce the cost of disasters on communities.“Not only the human cost and the pain, the anxiety that it causes and the disruption of life for people, but also the economic cost to clean up afterward and the impact on the overall economy. This is part of our broader infrastructure plan.”Sohi made the comments during a roundtable interview this week with The Canadian Press.The green lens will be part of the second phase of the Liberals’ infrastructure plan, which is to dole out $81.2 billion on new, large-scale projects in cities and provinces over the next 10 years.The money will flow only after provinces and territories sign funding agreements with the federal government, which will take months to conclude because of the size and scope of the plan.The Liberals are banking on the infrastructure spending to prod economic growth to help boost federal finances that have been plunged into years of deficits partly because of the infrastructure plan.Federal officials have been wrestling with how to frame the requirements in the upcoming funding agreements to make sure the money spurs more projects, known as incrementality in federal parlance, and not have provinces and cities replace planned spending with federal dollars.Internal government documents show that municipalities in Ontario in particular have pushed the government to recognize their long-term capital plans as meeting the federal requirement for incrementality.A January briefing note to Sohi ahead of a meeting with the Association of Municipalities of Ontario recommended the minister reiterate the government’s position that federal funding should not “have the unintended negative consequences of displacing investment by the provinces or municipalities over time.”The Canadian Press obtained a copy of the document under the Access to Information Act.Sohi said the Liberals may provide some flexibility in the funding to allow for refurbishment projects, rather than new builds.“Under Phase 2, the long-term plan, we will be supporting more new infrastructure. There will be some flexibility to rehabilitate the existing infrastructure, but these will be new plans or plans that they (cities) have in place, but there is no funding attached to it. These will be the new projects that we will fund.”— Follow @jpress on Twitter.
While some browsers fell fast at CanSecWest’s hacking competition, Google’s Chrome fared pretty well. In fact, it has yet to have a zero day exploit emerge in the wild during its four years on the market. No doubt this invincibility comes from the efforts Google put in to securing its web browser, a browser Chaouki Bekrar, chief researcher at French cyber security contractor VUPEN, sings the praises of for its security measures.Chris Evans is the Googler in charge of security for Chrome. We had the opportunity to chat with him at CanSecWest in Vancouver about browser security.Geek.com: Security contractors at this conference have usually ranked Chrome as the most secure browser. Why is this? What’s the key to Chrome’s security?Chris Evans: Chrome was designed from the start with security in mind, including integrated sandboxing and Safe Browsing malware protection. We have a large Chrome security team who engage in proactive hardening measures, fuzzing at scale and fast patching of bugs.And beyond our team we make it a priority to engage with the wider community–one of our core security principles — via our Chromium Vulnerability Rewards Program and Pwnium competitions. Securing a browser takes a lot of effort, but it’s important work as it’s often a user’s first line of defense against bad actors on the web.What’s the process between discovery of a threat in the wild and rolling out a patch?There is an important distinction between controlled and responsible (“white hat”) exploit discovery, and threats “in the wild” or zero days. We proactively seek the former to allow us to better manage in the event we experience the latter.In Chrome’s four years we haven’t had an zero-day situation, but we feel we’re battle ready if the situation arises. Through our three prior Pwnium competitions we’ve demonstrated two 24-hour turnarounds and one 12-hour turnaround. It is important to have a well-practiced incident response process and team.Our process involves convening a war room of engineers, reviewers, and release managers. We’ve also built a fantastic thorough and automated testing infrastructure that gives fast confidence in any proposed patches. The most important part of course is our ability to quickly push updates to our users, which is possible thanks to Chrome’s seamless auto-update feature. The auto-update approach is now used by most other browser makers, validating its effectiveness.Over the last year, what trends in malicious code and exploits have you noticed emerge in the wild?There’s been a continued focus on browser plug-ins. The most interesting thing I’ve seen is some in-the-wild attacks (and escapes) against plug-in sandboxes. As sandboxes are recognized as a best practice they are becoming more prevalent. Still, escaping a sandbox is hard work so this gives an idea of the resources attackers are willing to invest.What’s the biggest threat vector for web browsers? What constantly gives you the most headaches?Plug-ins continue to be a big security issue. They add extra exploit real-estate for online threats and since they’re separate software they require separate updates, which most often requires action on the part of the user. So oftentimes plugins on users’ machines are out-of-date, which compounds their vulnerability.In Chrome we’ve bundled Flash and a PDF reader and placed them inside a separate sandbox that’s as strong as Chrome’s native sandbox to help protect users. Because they’re packaged these plugins are auto-updated with Chrome, which significantly improves the likelihood of users being up-to-date. Chrome also blocks out-of-date plugins from running. Chrome even blocks up-to-date plug-ins from running until the user indicates permission, if that plug-in has a history of zero-day attacks against it.Are there different threats with the mobile edition of Chrome? Or is the malware experience the same?We build Chrome for Android to the same standards of security we have for desktop Chrome. This includes an integrated sandbox, various security hardening features, and fast regular patches.Firefox seems to fare poorly at events like Pwn2Own. If you could be Mozilla for a day, what would you do?I don’t think this is true, plus it’s important to note that participating in events such as Pwn2Own and being exploited in a responsible way provides an opportunity to learn and grow, and ultimately, keep users safe.[Image courtesy: digitalnewsasia.com]
In 2006, Thomas Publishing (now ThomasNet) went online-only and farmed out much of its editorial to India. “It’s a highly skilled, educated workforce,” says publisher Paul Gerbino. “They have high speed Internet access and the business culture is very close to that of the U.S. (even if the writing style—which tends to be British—is not).”Gerbino suggests U.S. publishers write up a request for a quote, particularly when dealing with an offshore firm. “If you can’t write it down, the vendor will never understand it,” he adds. ThomasNet made its remaining U.S. editors part of the quality training and adjusted its content management system to create a feedback loop. ThomasNet also hosts monthly meetings for its Indian reps at its New York City office. “When they press the flesh, the barriers start to break down,” Gerbino adds.Indian freelancers cost about half as much as U.S. freelancers and ThomasNet almost tripled content production from 700 pages to 2,000 pages, Gerbino says. However, be prepared to reign in your partner. “The vendor wanted to write more but we said no to keep quality up,” he adds. Real-Time Updates Outsourcing sales is typically more accepted and transparent than outsourcing other publishing disciplines. Often the outsourced sales rep works in conjunction with the in-house sales staff. Rep firm James G. Elliott specializes in taking over a publisher’s sales function completely, and that’s what ABA Journal was looking for when it decided to court advertisers beyond just the legal industry. “We had great relationships with endemic advertisers who market to lawyers,” says editor and publisher Edward Adams. “But our half a million readers are also businesspeople, who travel, who buy office supplies, you name it. We partnered with Elliott because we could use their experience without having to train people up.” To communicate with Elliott, ABA Journal uses a variety of forms, including a program called Datatrax that manages the ad sales process from start to finish. ABA Journal also gets weekly reports from its six Elliott reps and hosts sales meetings twice per year. “Our expenses are significantly lower than when we had an ad sales and marketing staff,” says Adams. “They’ve also brought in advertisers of the sort we’re trying to get, like Intel and Ritz-Carlton.” Meanwhile, American School Board Journal recently tapped rep firm Fox Associates to handle its ad sales. Fox has set up an automated Call Report system that provides detailed information on a call-by-call basis. “We’re estimating that outsourcing this function will give us a full, nationwide sales force at about the same cost as salary, overhead, and expenses for one high-level, full-time staff salesperson,” says associate executive director and publisher Marilee C. Rist. A Process ChecklistDetermining what the client wants is key. Bates Creative Group, which handles print design, has an established process for identifying the client’s concerns. “We talk very clearly with the prospect about our philosophy and process for redesign,” says president Debbie Bates-Schrott. “At the RFP stage, we ask questions to determine what services they will really need. Do they need editorial consulting and not just design, for example. If we do not feel that the client is a good fit, we can tell from these early discussions. This could be based on style of communication, budget, design and magazine philosophy and possibly schedule.”The process includes:• An in-person kick-off meeting. Bates sends a questionnaire ahead to the client to prepare. It covers things like target reader characteristics, defining the competition, editorial planning, etc. Bates also writes a creative brief which they use to measure everything against. • The creative process is about six weeks (depending on client launch date). During this step Bates has at least three designers working and is critiquing as a group at least once a week.• Presentation of three different design directions (Cover, TOC, Department, Column, Feature).• Feedback provided by client with about two rounds of refinement.• Once approved, Bates creates a style guide, templates and style sheets ready to use for the first new issue.Lux Design originally looked to Bates for a redesign and after initial talks, decided to outsource production to them as well. “Based on the cost per issue, it was more cost-efficient to hire Bates than to hire someone in-house,” says Lux Design president and publisher Michael Solovy. “As our magazine grows, we’ll have to constantly re-evaluate the cost/value relationship. Additionally, the talent-to cost-ratio was far beyond what we could have found in the Twin Cities.” To coordinate the workflow, Bates provides an issue map and organized the FTP server to avoid confusion. Lux Design details any proof changes via e-mail and Word documents. “We set up some general guidelines and gave Bates creative freedom to execute,” says Solovy. “Because they are paid per page, they have a vested interest in making sure Lux Design grows as well.” Few topics are as touchy as outsourcing. But as budgets shrink, it’s becoming more of a reality for publishing disciplines across the board, from design and production to edit and circulation. “Independent publishers probably need less internal staff on the production and circulation sides,” says Henry Donahue, chief executive officer at Discover Media. “A lot of these functions have been picked up by big vendors. Your printer, paper broker, subscription fulfillment house—they have been fighting for market share and adding more and more on the service side.” But the key to successful outsourcing is making sure vendor and client are on the same page. Discover Media outsources its newsstand management and market research. “Those are straightforward,” says Donahue. “We have a regular set of weekly reports and more formal monthly meetings with our newsstand guy. Their job is to be very accessible.”Put It In Writing
Map of SatkhiraThe officers-in-charge of Sadar, Ashashuni, Kalaroa, Shyamnagar and Debhata police stations of the district have been transferred.Azam Khan, inspector of Satkhira Detective Branch (DB) of police, said Sadar police station OC Maruf Ahmed has been sent to Kalaroa while Ashashuni OC Mostafizur Rahman to Sadar, Biplab Kumar Nath of Kalaroa to Ashashuni and Syed Abdul Mannan, OC of Shyamnagar, was transferred to Debhata police station.Besides, Kazi Kamal, OC of Debhata police station, has been transferred to the Satkhira district police lines as OR.
Popular on Variety Dan Rose, one of Facebook’s top business executives, will leave the social-media giant after 12 years.Rose, the company’s VP of partnerships, plans to remain with Facebook at least through Mobile World Congress in February 2018. “This gives us plenty of time to recruit for a new leader, transition my responsibilities and relationships, and discuss whether there’s a way for me to continue helping Facebook from a distance,” he wrote in a post on Facebook announcing that he will be leaving.At Facebook, Rose has overseen the company’s media, mobile and platform partnerships, payments and Workplace businesses, as well as M&A and community operations on a global basis.Rose said he will move to Hawaii after his son and daughter decided to attend school in the Aloha State last year (and his wife, Allison, moved with them). “I had to make a choice — continue putting my Facebook family first, or move to Hawaii to be with my wife and daughter for the next four years,” Rose wrote. Rose joined Facebook in 2006, after spending seven years at Amazon, most recently as director of business development. At the e-commerce company, he was the first member of the Kindle e-book team leading content acquisition and product management.In his post Wednesday, Rose thanked CEO Mark Zuckerberg and COO Sheryl Sandberg for having “changed my life and my career. I would walk through fire for them, or fly across the ocean on a regular basis. But they deserve someone in my role who is present and fully engaged every day in the many opportunities and challenges that lie ahead.”
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Kolkata: Four persons were killed due to lightning and one reportedly drowned as heavy rain lashed the state on Monday morning.With the prediction of “heavy to very heavy rainfall” in the next four days by the Alipore Meteorological Department, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has decided to cancel her Digha trip to monitor the situation from the state Secretariat.The heavy to very heavy rainfall has been predicted with further advancement of the south-west monsoon into most parts of Bengal. As per the prediction, there will be rainfall in Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri, Cooch Behar, Kalimpong and Alipurduar in North Bengal. East Midnapore, North and South 24-Parganas along with other districts in Gangetic Bengal will also receive heavy showers. Also Read – Heavy rain hits traffic, flightsThe Chief Minister was scheduled to hold an administrative review meeting of East Midnapore district in Digha apart from attending a public meeting. According to sources at Nabanna, the programme has been deferred for the time being.According to state government officials, four persons were killed due to lightning and one is feared drowned in Cooch Behar. Two persons died due to lightning in North 24-Parganas and one each in South 24-Parganas and Purulia. Also Read – Speeding Jaguar crashes into Merc, 2 B’deshi bystanders killedThe state Disaster Management and Civil Defense department has started taking necessary steps to ensure the safety of people. Authorities in all the districts have been directed to take measures regarding the same.Officials in the control room at the state Secretariat are keeping constant touch with the districts.Despite heavy rainfall in the city, the water receded quickly as the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has already taken a series of steps to ensure that people do not suffer due to water-logging. There was 61.80 mm rainfall in Dhapa area while Topsia recorded the highest rainfall — around 82 mm. Places including Palmer Bridge, Ballygunge, Mominpur, Chetla and Jodhpur Park received rainfall between 58 mm and 71 mm. “In order to improve the situation further, the state government has allotted Rs 70 crore to carry out desiltation of drains at Dent Mission Row in Kidderpore. The matter related to water-logging near Science City has been discussed with Mayor Sovan Chatterjee. A project will be taken up soon to resolve the issue and the detailed project report (DPR) for the same will be ready by the first week of July”, said Tarak Singh, Member Mayor-in-Council (Drainage).With heavy rainfall since morning, movement of vehicles slowed down considerably. Traffic sergeants took necessary steps to keep vehicles moving.Fishermen have also been advised to be cautious while venturing into the sea as under the influence of moderate to strong south-west monsoon, there will be strong currents and the sea will be rough along and off Bengal coasts.
Get the biggest Daily stories by emailSubscribeSee our privacy noticeThank you for subscribingSee our privacy noticeCould not subscribe, try again laterInvalid EmailA town centre road will be closed in Leek this Sunday to allow work to take place on an antenna. Strangman Street will be shut to vehicles between St Edward Street and Field Street on February 24. Staffordshire County Council say the road will be shut between 8am and 5pm. T Mobile are carrying out work to antenna on the side of the Royal Mail building – with the closure in place to allow a cherry picker to be parked on the street. Pedestrian access will be maintained, with access only for emergency vehicles and vehicles involved in the work. Read MoreRoad bridge to be closed for fortnight for repairs Want to tell us about something going on where you live? Let us know – Tweet us @SOTLive or message us on our Facebook page . And if you have pictures to share, tag us on Instagram at StokeonTrentLive .
News | Patient Positioning Radiation Therapy | August 07, 2019 Qfix kVue One Proton Couch Top Validated by Mevion Medical Systems Qfix and Mevion Medical Systems announced that a special version of the kVue One Proton couch top is now both validated… read more The MD Anderson Proton Therapy Center expansion is expected to be completed in 2023. Rendering courtesy of Stantec. Technology | June 11, 2012 Mevion Medical Gains FDA Clearance for the Mevion S250 Proton Therapy System Mevion S250 patented technology significantly reduces the cost of implementing and operating proton therapy centers. 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Mice treated with the PTP-sigma inhibitor displayed rapid recovery of blood cells (purple, right). Credit: UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center/Nature Communications News | Patient Positioning Radiation Therapy | August 15, 2019 Mevion and C-RAD Release Integration for Improved Proton Therapy Treatment Quality Mevion Medical Systems and C-RAD announced the integration between the C-RAD Catalyst PT and the Mevion S250i proton… read more News | Brachytherapy Systems | August 14, 2019 Efficacy of Isoray’s Cesium Blu Showcased in Recent Studies August 14, 2019 — Isoray announced a trio of studies recently reported at scientific meetings and published in medica read more Related Content June 11, 2012 — Mevion Medical Systems, Inc., a radiation therapy company dedicated to advancing the treatment of cancer, announced that it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for its Mevion S250 Proton Therapy System. The Mevion S250 is a first-of-its-kind proton therapy system that provides the same precise, non-invasive treatment advantages and capabilities of complex, large, and costly proton therapy systems but with higher patient throughput, a significantly reduced footprint, improved reliability, and lower implementation and operational costs. The Mevion S250 delivers precise and intense proton beams that physicians can use to treat tumors and lesions or any other condition where radiotherapy is indicated. The broad adoption of proton therapy has been greatly limited by the enormous cost, large footprint, and technical complexity of traditional proton therapy systems. Powered by a patented TriNiobium Core, the Mevion S250 proton therapy system redefines the economics, availability, and the future direction of proton therapy, by bringing the management and operation of proton therapy to levels similar to modern X-ray radiation therapy devices. This clearance enables users of the Mevion S250 to immediately treat patients upon completion of their system installation. The first installation of the Mevion S250 will soon be completed at the Kling Center for Proton Therapy at Barnes Jewish Hospital at Washington University in St. Louis, Mo.Mevion will be delivering and installing more than a dozen Mevion S250 proton therapy systems worldwide within the next two years, making it one of the leading providers of proton therapy systems. Mevion S250 installations are also underway at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Jersey and Oklahoma University in Oklahoma. Additional sites in Florida and California will follow these installations.Earlier this year, the Mevion S250 received CE certification, which gives Mevion the ability to market, sell, import, and install proton therapy systems in the European Union and other regions where the CE Marking is recognized. 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No related posts. San José’s Hospital Metropolitano now offers a series of expanded health care plans targeting U.S. veterans and seniors living in Costa Rica and covered by TRICARE, FMP and various commercial insurance programs, according to a press release from the hospital.The programs aim to treat flu, high blood pressure, diabetes, hearing problems and other pathologies. Doctor checkups include hearing tests, prevention of infections, metabolic control and weight control, the hospital said. Hospital Metropolitano is experiencing rapid growth and a significant increase in the number of patients, and has increased the number of services offered at a new medical office tower located in front of the hospital’s current location in downtown San José. Expansion includes 50 medical offices, commercial areas, a restaurant, bank, gift shop, physical therapy, audiology and an ophthalmology clinic.To coordinate an appointment with a bilingual doctor, call Ofelia Ramírez at 2222-4411, ext. 2243, or visit: http://clinicametropolitana.co.cr. Facebook Comments
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