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Fantasy Football Team Preview: Seattle Seahawks
Training camp update (8/8):
In a horrible preseason version of a Super Bowl rematch, Seattle lost to Denver. In all actuality, it isn't a big deal. The game had a weather delay and Marshawn Lynch didn't even make the trip.
However, there were a couple positives to take from the game. One was rookie receiver Paul Richardson. He tallied four catches for 37 yards. With Sidney Rice now retired, there's more opportunities for other receivers to break through.
Another bright spot was Christine Michael. Already dubbed as a timeshared backfield, Michael rushed for 16 yards on seven carries with one rushing touchdown.
As for who will backup Russell Wilson, Terrelle Pryor threw for 137 yards and went 9-16. However, he did throw a late interception that cost Seattle the win.
Team outlook:
The defending Super Bowl champs possessed an elusive quarterback and fantasy-stud of a running back. Other than that, they relied heavily on the defense, which isn't sexy for a fantasy football standpoint. However, when Percy Harvin is healthy, we've seen what this offense can do, just ask Denver.
Bye week: 4
Rookie impacts: Paul Richardson and Kevin Norwood
These guys won't be drafted in a standard 10-12 team fantasy league. They probably won't even land on a roster throughout the 2014 season. However, I will list them here because I believe that both receivers will have decent NFL careers. Richardson was the top target at Colorado last year. With the Buffalos, he caught 83 passes for 1,343 yards and 10 TDs in 2013. As for Norwood, Amari Cooper may have been the leading receiver for Alabama, but it was Norwood who led the Crimson Tide with seven receiving TDs.
Quarterback: Russell Wilson
Because of his rushing stats (539 yards and one TD), Wilson claimed the eighth spot among fantasy quarterbacks last year, higher than Tony Romo and Ben Roethlisberger. However, Wilson finished with 3,357 passing yards (16th) which was barely more than Alex Smith (3,313) and Chad Henne (3,241). With Wilson's top target no longer with the team, he will need to learn who to lean on for 2014, other than Beast Mode.
Running back: Marshawn Lynch
Last season, Lynch was the fourth-highest scoring running back in fantasy football with 239.3 points according to the standard leagues at FOXSports.com. His 1,257 rushing yards were sixth in the NFL in 2013, but Lynch's 12 rushing touchdowns were tied with the most (Jamaal Charles). In a time where running backs by committee are the trend, Lynch is part of a dying breed of "bell cow" backs.
Running back: Christine Michael
Though Robert Turbin was the No. 2 running back in Seattle, and tallied 59 more carries than Michael, the now sophomore RB has climbed up the depth chart. In his rookie campaign, the former Aggie rushed for 79 yards on 18 attempts (4.4 yards per carry). However, Wilson and Tavaris Jackson were the only players not named Lynch to record a rushing TD last season.
Wide receiver: Percy Harvin
Though he only played in four games last season, Harvin provided a glimpse of the type of weapon he can be when healthy. In the Super Bowl against the Broncos, Harvin led Seattle with 45 rushing yards on two carries. He also returned a kickoff for a touchdown on the first play back from halftime. Harvin hasn't played a full season since 2011 with Minnesota. He ended that year with 87 receptions for 967 yards and six TDs. Last year, Golden Tate was Seattle's main target and he acquired 64 receptions for 898 yards and five scores. Tate is now in Detroit.
Wide receiver: Doug Baldwin
With Tate no longer in Seattle, Baldwin's production could soar. As the number two option last year, Baldwin recorded 50 catches for 778 yards and five touchdowns. If Harvin enters the season as the main target this year, that could provide less attention from defenses on Baldwin. The Seahawks obviously believe in Baldwin since they recently signed him through 2016.
Wide receiver: Jermaine Kearse
Though he was one of the least-targeted receives on the team last year, Kearse still found the end zone four times (one fewer than the team leader). Wilson also looked Kearse's way in the big games. Against the 49ers in the NFC Championship, Kearse caught two passes for 44 yards and a TD. In the Super Bowl, Kearse caught four balls for 65 yards and a score. The 11 total postseason targets could lead to more stats in 2014.
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Tight end: Zach Miller
Miller was third on the team in targets (56) and receiving yards (387), but tied for the most TDs (five). His 33 receptions were fourth on the team, behind Tate, Baldwin, and Lynch. In a 12-team league, I don't believe Miller will be a tight end worth owning. Last year, Miller was 22nd among tight ends in fantasy points scored, between Jordan Reed and Joseph Fauria.
Placekicker: Steven Hauschka
There is nothing fantasy football experts hate more than writing or advising about kickers. The better teams usually have the higher-scoring kickers, plain and simple. Last year, New England and Denver had the top-two kickers in fantasy football. Seattle had the third-highest scoring kicker. If you believe in the Seahawks having another successful season, then draft Hauschka for your team.
Team defense (D/ST):
When it comes to defense and special teams, only Kansas City scored more fantasy points than Seattle last year. Though the Chiefs had 32 more points than the Seahawks, Seattle did it without a punt or kickoff returned for a touchdown. Kansas City had two of each. Also, the Seahawk D allowed the fewest points in the league (231) while recording the most interceptions (28), as well. The Legion of Boom will likely be the top defense drafted in your fantasy league.


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WEST, Texas (Reuters) - Officials in West, Texas, made plans on Saturday to allow residents to return to their homes in parts of town blocked off since Wednesday night's deadly blast at a local fertilizer plant.
Since the explosion that flattened sections of this town of some 2,700 people, disaster teams have been working to ensure the homes are safe to enter, according to Sergeant Jason Reyes of the Texas Department of Public Safety.
Authorities on Friday put the death toll at 14 and said 200 people were injured, and Reyes said Saturday morning that those numbers had not changed.
Steve Vanek, a volunteer firefighter and the mayor pro tem, said the town planned to set up a hotline to let residents know when they might be able to return to their homes.
"We are really working very hard … to get it safe and get y'all back to your homes," Vanek told mourners Friday evening at a remembrance service at a Catholic church. "When it is safe, we will contact you to let you know what our plan of attack is."
The fire and ensuing blast at West Fertilizer Co, a privately owned retail facility, left a devastated landscape, gutting a 50-unit apartment complex, demolishing about 50 houses and battering a nursing home and schools. Dozens more homes were reported to have been damaged.
There was no indication of foul play, authorities said Friday.
Carl and Ophelia Downing and their two sons, Colby, 11, and Caden, 9, are among those waiting to return. Their home is inside the evacuated area and the explosion blew some of their windows out and pulled doors off their frames. They are staying at a hotel in Waco.
"We're just waiting and doing what we can to help," said Ophelia Downing, 35. "Taking it day by day."
The majority of the confirmed dead were emergency personnel who responded to the fire and likely were killed by the blast, which was so powerful it registered as a magnitude 2.1 earthquake.
Donald Adair, a lifelong resident of West and owner of the plant's parent company, Adair Grain Inc, issued a statement on Friday saying: "My heart is broken with grief for the tragic losses to so many families in our community."
He added that his company was "working closely with investigative agencies" and pledged "to do everything we can to understand what happened to ensure nothing like this ever happens again in any community."
The plant was last inspected for safety in 2011, according to a Risk Management Plan filed with the federal Environmental Protection Agency.
The company, which has fewer than 10 employees, had provided no contingency plan to the EPA for a major explosion or fire at the site. It told the EPA in 2011 that a typical emergency scenario at the facility that holds anhydrous ammonia could result in a small release in gas form.
The EPA fined the company $2,300 in 2006 for failing to implement a risk management plan.
Last year, the fertilizer plant stored 1,350 times the amount of ammonium nitrate that would normally trigger safety oversight by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Yet a person familiar with DHS operations said the company that owns the plant, West Fertilizer, did not tell the agency about the potentially explosive fertilizer as required, leaving one of the principal regulators of ammonium nitrate - which can also be used in bomb making - unaware of any danger there.
For the farmers who grow corn, wheat, milo and cotton in the area, the fertilizer plant was critical to their operations. Not only did the plant mix fertilizer for farmers - selling it by the ton - and deliver it if needed, but it also had a steady business in sprayers and other equipment for applying the chemicals.
It was a place where farmers gathered for coffee and a chat, and a place where friends and family worked together.
Talk of fines and safety violations at the plant have raised the ire of some who did business there and who do not know now whether to be angry, just sad, or both.
"I know a lot of people are putting the blame on it," Danny Mynar, who farms about 2,000 acres outside West, said of the plant. "But it served a lot of ranchers and farmers."
Mynar's cousin is married to one of the plant operators who is now assumed to be dead. Cody Dragoo mixed the ammonium nitrate at the plant, said Mynar. When the fire started, Dragoo, who also worked as a volunteer firefighter, rushed to help try to put it out. He has not been seen since, said Mynar.
"He was my best friend," Mynar said of Dragoo. "It is just a sad deal."
Reporting by Colleen Jenkins and Corrie MacLaggan; Additional reporting by Lisa Maria Garza, Carey Gillam, Joshua Schneyer, Ryan McNeill, and Janet Roberts; Editing by Mary Wisniewski, Vicki Allen and Andre Grenon

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Only Tuesday was the weak day for the market due to Syria tensions, but rest of week was extremely strong. Both benchmarks surged around 6 percent in three sessions and gained more than 3.5 percent this week, largely driven by slew of measures from new RBI governor Raghuram Rajan to revive the economy.
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The week was quite strong for the market with the Sensex gaining 650 points on the back of measures for banks & rupee by new RBI governor Raghuram Rajan and hopes of fuel price hike this weekend.
Tuesday was the only bad day for the market during the week with the Sensex losing 652 points due to Syria tensions, but rest of the week was extremely strong. Both benchmarks gained more than 3.5 percent this week and surged around 6 percent (1035 points on the Sensex) in last three consecutive sessions.
Back to today's session, the market staged a smart performance in afternoon trade with the equity benchmarks rising over 1.5 percent after seeing a consolidation in morning. Hopes of hike in fuel price and likely change in spectrum pricing were the drivers today.
The Sensex was up 290.30 points to close at 19270.06, continuing its upward journey for the third consecutive session. The Nifty rallied 87.45 points to 5680.40.
Also Read - Dr Rajan, try convincing us that rupee is worth holding
Experts believe the Nifty may cross 5700 with the current environment, but the rally is short-lived as the fundamental problems are not solved yet.
"We may play between 5,600 and 5,700 for few days, but broadly this settlement should be in the trading range of 5,450 and 5,650," Atul Badkar, VP (Institutional Equities), Derivatives Desk, Edelweiss Securities says.
Meanwhile, Arvind Narayanan of DBS Bank says that the recently announced India-Japan currency swap is likely to give a much-needed boost to the Indian equity market.
The Indian and Japan government last year had announced the swap worth USD 15 billion, which was today enhanced to USD 50 billion today in the G-20 summit.
"The moves on the currency are probably short-termed euphoria of Dr Rajan's announcement. The market is slightly happier and confident about what is happening. But I do not think this is a sustainable change in trend because market would wait for FOMC meet on September 18," he adds.
Meanwhile, the Rajan effect pushed the rupee around 240 paise higher in three sessions, and gained 361 paise from its record low of 68.85 per dollar touched on August 28. Today it closed at 65.24 against the dollar, up 77 paise from previous close.
ICICI Bank was the leader with 7.37 percent gains on top of a 9 percent rally in previous session. HDFC Bank and HDFC gained more than one percent while top lender State Bank of India was down 0.2 percent.
Shares of PSU oil & gas companies were on fire today on hopes of diesel price hike soon. Experts believe the under-recoveries of oil marketing companies increased significantly in the recent times due to rupee depreciation and higher oil prices, so the oil price hike is imminent. BPCL, HPCL and IOC gained 4-6 percent while ONGC shares rallied 7 percent.
Telecom stocks were in bull grip on hopes of revision in spectrum pricing. Bharti Airtel shares gained 5.5 percent after Nomura has upgraded the stock to buy with a target price of Rs 360 while Idea Cellular and Reliance Communications were up 2.5 percent.
Among others, L&T, Cipla, Sun Pharma, NTPC, BHEL and Jindal Steel surged 2-4.5 percent.
Sesa Goa closed 2 percent lower as the lock-in period pursuant to merger ended Thursday. Nearly 210 crore fresh shares hit the market today on the back of Sesa-Sterlite merger.
Shares of country's largest coal mining company Coal India dropped 2 percent on profit booking after a rise of 13.4 percent in previous five sessions.
Stocks like UB Holdings and MMTC rallied 10 percent after the exchange revised circuit limit from 5 percent to 10 percent while Wockhardt, BGR Energy and Gitanjali Gems surged 3-11 percent after they shifted to the 20 percent circuit limit from 10 percent earlier.
Advancing shares outnumbered declining ones by 1301 to 986 on the Bombay Stock Exchange.
Indian markets will be shut for Ganesh festival on Monday.


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Thanks this was helpful.

In many of Conal Elliot's writings I see that he shows that his semantic function is a natural transformation.Ā Is that just basically showing the polymorphic nature of his semantic functions, or are there other benifits you get by showing a particular function is a natural transformation?

Daryoush

On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 12:34 PM, Dan Doel <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:

On Thursday 23 April 2009 2:44:48 pm Daryoush Mehrtash wrote:
 > Thanks for this example I get the point now. (at least i think i do :) )
 >
 > One more question.... This all being on the same category then the functor
 > transformation can also be view as a simple morphism too. ĀIn this example
 > the listToMaybe can be viewed as morphism between list and Maybe types that
 > are both in the Hask categroy too. right? Ā Ā If so then what would viewing
 > the morphism as natural transformation by you?

listToMaybe in general wouldn't be a morphism in the category, because
 morphisms would be from concrete types to other concrete types. [1] So, if
 you'll excuse some notation I just made up (with a little help from GHC core
 notation :)):

 ĀlistToMaybe@Int Ā Ā:: [Int] Ā Ā-> Maybe Int
 ĀlistToMaybe@Char Ā :: [Char] Ā -> Maybe Char
 ĀlistToMaybe@String :: [String] -> Maybe String

 are all morphisms in the alleged Hask category. Each polymorphic function
 (similar to the above one, at least) defines a family of morphisms like that.
 *But*, that's what a natural transformation is: a family of morphisms, one for
 each object in the category, that commute with functor application in a
 certain way. Thus, one can look at the fully polymorphic listToMaybe as a
 natural transformation:

 ĀlistToMaybe :: [] -> Maybe

 -- Dan

 [1] Maybe you could make up a category where polymorphic types are objects as
 well, but that doesn't seem to be the way people typically go about applying
 category theory to Haskell.

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Federation Avenue was established by the citizens of Bacchus Marsh and Rotary to celebrate the centenary of Federation.
To celebrate the Centenary of Federation the Rotary Club of Bacchus Marsh applied for and received a grant to plant trees along Gisborne Road, to be known as Federation Avenue. Red flowering gums, native to Western Australia, were chosen, and to accelerate their growth, they were grafted onto red spotted gums. In conjunction with the Work for the Dole Scheme, former Rotarian Byron Guthrie arranged and assisted in the preparation of the planting beds. Frank Ruffo formed the mounds and provided valuable assistance in preparing the various garden beds that were an adjunct to the avenue of trees.
Over 500 people attended the dedication of the Avenue, including local member Joanne Duncan MP. On a prearranged signal, namely the sounding of a siren on a local CFA truck, citizen of Bacchus Marsh planted 162 red flowering gums. The Rotary Club of Bacchus Marsh has continued to maintain the Avenue, and has replaced many trees destroyed by vandalism, and the drought.
The Federation of Australia was the process by which the six separate British self-governing colonies of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, and Western Australia formed one nation. They kept the systems of government that they had developed as separate colonies but also would have a federal government that was responsible for matters concerning the whole nation. When the Constitution of Australia came into force, on 1 January 1901, the colonies collectively became states of the Commonwealth of Australia.
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The State Member for Gisborne, Joanne Duncan MLA in the presence of
The Mayor, Shire of Moorabool, Cr. Margaret Card and
The President, Rotary Club of Bacchus Marsh , Mr Ian Morris
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The Federation Avenue and Gardens were established on Saturday 5th May , 2001 by the citizens of Bacchus Marsh to celebrate the centenary of Federation.
We place our faith and trust in future generations to cherish and protect these gardens as a memorial to our heritage and its uniquely Australian environment.


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Summer 2011 is going down as the year of late hiking in the Wallowa Mountains. Seems like the late snows are affecting quite a few of the trails. Last week one of our guests changed her plans about hiking to Ice Lake because the bridge was removed and the Wallowa River is too high for comfortable fording. The week before that some of our guests hiked to Maxwell Lake, only to discover that it's still snowed in–and it's almost August!
I was reminded of this when I read this article at the East Oregonian website earlier today:
Posted: Saturday, July 30, 2011 12:05 am
BAKER — Downed trees block many trails in the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest because of last's year's heavy snowfall and strong winds.
Forest trail crews and volunteers are working in priority areas but late snow and high creek crossings have made some trails difficult to access.
Many lower elevation trails in the Elkhorn Mountains are now free of snow, however blow-down from winter storms remains on several trails.
Visitors should use caution while traveling on unmaintained trails. Many high lakes are partially frozen and several trails remain snow-covered.
To check the most up-to-date trail conditions, visit the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest website at www.fs.usda.gov/wallowa-whitman.
—Erin Mills
If you're thinking about coming out to Wallowa Lake or Joseph Oregon for hiking in the Wallowas there are still plenty of places to hike. We keep trail maps, hiking guides, etc. for our Joseph Oregon bed and breakfast guests. And hopefully you won't need any snowshoes this summer!


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Wolf Blitzer is in New York today to speak at a Reuters event (he's a Reuters alum, apparently). Wolf explains:
The reason I'm in New York is, I'm speaking tonight to some of my friends at Reuters, the wire service — the first job I ever got in journalism was working for Reuters. They've invited me to speak tonight and I'm happy to go back as an alum.
KYRA PHILLIPS: Do you remember your first story?
BLITZER: I remember everything. The first story was a really bad one, but I stuck with it and here I am today.
PHILLIPS: Did the copy get all torn up? Did you have to rewrite it six times?
BLITZER: It was hundreds of words, and they finally approved 20 of them.
PHILLIPS: Wolf is making up everything you just heard right now!
BLITZER: No, no, this is the truth. They really ripped it apart, as it should have been.
PHILLIPS: Now look at you, Wolf. You're rich and famous.
BLITZER: Something like that.


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There are a few things to consider when planning to buy a portable stage for choir use:
Modular staging is more economic using the biggest pieces available to create your area. Although this creates a trade off between transporatablilty and cost.
So with this in mind. Answer these questions and you'll be able to fine tune your requirements.
Will you be seated or stood on the deck platforms?
Seated - you need 1m deep decks
Stood - you need 0.5m deep decks
Do you have access to a van or will it be transported in members cars?
Van - go for the 2m long decks - these are more economic
Car - you'll need 1m long decks to fit in the cars
Will you use the floor as the front row?
How many members do you have?
In comfort you can seat 2 members per 1m long deck - but you can probably stand 2 to 2.5 members depending on whether they are moving about or not.
So for instance a 5m wide tier would seat 10 members, but may stand 12
Dont worry about weight - this is not an issue - Revostage accommodates up to 2 tonnes p/sqm
If you are using the front row on the floor then a typical 5m wide configuration with 3 tiers would easily fit 40 members.
What about heights?
Generally choirs want an even rake - so we suggest from the front row on the floor going to the first tier at 230mm then 430mm, 630mm and we also supply 830mm (4th level) and 1030mm (5th level) if required. We can make bespoke heights if necessary
So now you have a rectangular tiered config for your members. What if you require a curve or arc to the config?
No problem we supply wedges, these wedges are specifically designed to be placed in between rectangular decks to create a curve. The more wedges you add the more of a curve is created, fo balance we suggest adding an EVEN number of wedges for ODD width metres, and ODD number of wedges for EVEN width metres.
For instance if you have 5 x 1m wide tiers, you could add either 2 wedges or 4 wedges to keep the balance.
Lastly should we consider the back tier safety?
Handrails would be sensible for 1,2 or 3 foot high tiers. However if the back tier is against a wall and the members on the back tier are seated then simple chair stop plates should be used.
All decks and risers join together by the use of an allen key, and it takes 20 seconds to put one together, these are linked with the deck cleats to create a long tier, again using the allen key.
The tiers are fixed togther so they dont come apart using the step riser clamps, at intervals along the run of modules.
Putting up a portable stage of 3 tier x 5m wide system would take 2 people 15 minutes.
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A new worm highlights the increasing political turmoil in the South American country of Bolivia. The worm, W32/Colevo-A, continually points the web browsers of infected computers to a variety of pictures of Evo Morales, leader of the Bolivian coca leaf growers' union and runner-up in last year's presidential elections.
Bolivia is one of the world's largest producers of the coca leaf, the raw material for cocaine. The government of Bolivia, with financial encouragement from the United States, has initiated a crop-eradication programme. However many of Bolivia's poorest farmers, led by Morales, are incensed because the coca leaf is often their only source of income. The dispute has become bloody, with armed conflict between the army and some coca leaf growers.
As well as redirecting web browsers to pictures of Evo Morales, the worm also makes numerous changes to the Windows Registry and appends the following text to the WIN.INI system file:
which translates as:
"The Colevo worm is another example of how virus writers are trying to use their creations to spread political messages," said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos. "Where once people may have sprayed graffiti on a brick wall we are now seeing more activists spreading messages via computer malware."
Previous politically-motivated viruses include the Injustice worm (also known as VBS/Staple-A), which disseminated pro-Palestinian messages and spammed a number of Israeli government email addresses, and Mawanella (also known as VBS/VBSWG-Z) which highlighted friction between Muslims and Buddhists in Sri Lanka.
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Did Promaster quit "making" lenses
RBFresno wrote:
Promaster never made any of their own lenses (as far as I could determine).
What they did do, was rebadge 3rd party lenses (usually Tokina or Tamron) as "Promaster". The big diffrence was that Promaster offered a lifetime lens warranty :
"Photographic Research Organization Inc. (PROMASTER) warrants that your PROMASTER Spectrum 7 Lens, purchased AFTER 1/1/2000, will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for as long as the product is owned by the original purchaser."
Best Regards,
Promaster offered a lifetime lens warranty well maybe but that was shorter than normal lens makers warranty since nobody was willing to hold on to any of that cra#$polla for any longer than few months.Besides rebaging other makers lenses thay acctualy have them made to thiers specs and some get accounters slash APO ED SLD optics and soem parts been made even chiper than original 3 party lenses.
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Building the Future of Myanmar—an Address to the Yangon Institute of Economics
December 7, 2013By Christine Lagarde
Managing Director, International Monetary Fund
Yangon, December 7, 2013
As Prepared for Delivery
Good afternoon—min-galaba! It is a great pleasure to come to the Yangon Institute of Economics. Let me thank the rector, Dr. Khin Naing Oo, for her gracious words of welcome. I would also like to acknowledge our moderator today, the illustrious Dr. Zaw Oo.
Myanmar today stands at the portal of a new world, a world brimming with promise, potential, and prosperity. It is undergoing a great awakening, a great opening to the world and all that it has to offer.
As your Indian neighbor, Jawaharlal Nehru once said in the context of his own country: "A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new, when an age ends, and when the soul of a nation, long suppressed, finds utterance."
Such a moment has come for Myanmar as it takes its rightful place in the beating heart of Asia, the most dynamic and innovative hub of the global economy. Myanmar is writing the next chapter of the Asian story—a great epic that has seen more than half a billion people forge the tools of opportunity from the chains of poverty in a remarkably short period of time.
As a true daughter of Asia, Myanmar has also come a long way in a short period. It has already gained the macroeconomic stability that forms the basis of economic liftoff. For sure, it is still fragile, and needs stronger institutional underpinning, but the groundwork has been laid.
This comes from the recent reforms undertaken by the government: adopting a managed floating exchange rate; establishing a functional foreign exchange market; removing exchange restrictions; and starting the process of liberalizing bank lending.
We can already see the payoff—growth of over 6 percent in the last fiscal year and rising toward 7 percent this year.
The next step is to build on these gains and take the path of sustained, strong, and inclusive growth—to lower poverty and lift the prospects of everyone in Myanmar.
I believe this path has three key dimensions—invest in the future, include all people in development, and integrate further into the broader regional economy. Invest, include, integrate. Let me talk about each of these points in turn.
1. Investing in the future
I will begin with investing in the future.
As Myanmar opens up and expands, it needs the structural foundations of a modern economy. This is an urgent priority. Three-quarters of the population have no access to electricity. Road density is only a fifth of the ASEAN average and almost half of existing roads are not passable during monsoon season. Telephone density is less than 10 percent, and only 1 percent of the population uses the internet.
Clearly, too many people are not yet equipped for the economy of tomorrow. I know it is a major priority for the government.
We should also not forget about agriculture, which accounts for over a third of GDP and over half of all employment. More than that, over two-thirds of the population depends on the land for their livelihood. So it is important to raise the productivity of agriculture—to boost the income of famers and all who depend on them. This calls for policies like seed development and increasing competition among rice traders.
Investing in the future also means investing in the people of Myanmar—in their health and education. Right now, spending on healthcare is only 1.5 percent of GDP, and spending on education is only 1.7 percent of GDP. Both are the lowest in ASEAN.
Sustained development depends on a healthy population. As it stands, the safety net is too weak to protect the population from the crippling effects of ill health and the potentially ruinous costs of healthcare. About 87 percent of overall health spending in Myanmar comes out of pocket—the highest in Southeast Asia.
Development also depends on education, which is the only sure stepping stone to a brighter future. As the Myanmar proverb puts it, "education is a pot of gold nobody can steal".
While most children are enrolled in primary school, just more than half enroll in secondary school. Achievement rates are also low, with a dropout rates in primary school as high as 25 percent. Myanmar could step up its efforts in this area—including in vocational training to match the skills people have with the skills the economy needs.
Investing in these areas will require expanding the reach of taxation, so that everybody contributes fairly to the development of Myanmar. Right now, tax revenue comes to only 6 percent of GDP, one of the lowest ratios in the world, so there is scope for improvement. This entails a small sacrifice today for a much greater reward for society tomorrow.
2. Including all in development
Let me now turn to my second area—including all in the development of Myanmar, making sure all of Myanmar's people ride the wave of prosperity together.
Economic policy should always have a preference for the poor—not just because it is good ethics, but because it is good economics too. With rampant poverty, people are too caught up in their daily struggles to fully develop their potential and contribute to society. It becomes hard to get finance, to get skills—and even just to get by.
We know that inequality is bad for sustained economic growth—the kind of growth Myanmar needs. Inequality makes countries more vulnerable to economic shocks and reduces the trust that is the lifeblood of a civil market economy.
Remember, inclusive growth is an Asian legacy. The first wave of economic dynamism—led by Japan and the Asian tigers—showed that strong growth could go hand-in-hand with low, and sometimes falling, inequality. This provides a roadmap for countries like Myanmar.
For sure, Myanmar is making progress. Poverty fell from 32 percent in 2005 to 26 percent in 2010. Yet this is still high, especially in rural areas and in certain geographical regions.
Including everyone in economic progress also has a strong gender component. I just spoke about this at the Myanmar Women's Forum.
The evidence here is clear: when women do better, the economy does better. We have done some work on this at the IMF, showing that if women participated in labor markets to the same extent as men, the gains could be substantial. For example, per capita income could rise by 23 percent in South Asia, and by 15 percent in East Asia and the Pacific.
In Myanmar, the participation rate for women in the labor force is 54 percent, 28 percentage points behind men. Even so, about two-thirds of women work in Myanmar, with many concentrated in the informal sector—stuck in unskilled work with unstable earnings. Only 18 percent of adult women have attended secondary school or higher, making it harder for them to rise up.
Clearly, there is some room for improvement here. Some even say that the best way to reduce poverty in developing countries like Myanmar is to empower women—because they in turn are more likely to nurture and nourish the next generation.
As the famous Myanmar proverb puts it, "It is the mother's hands that push the cradle that builds the future of the world".
I know that Myanmar is blessed with an abundance of female talent from all walks of life. They are ready to contribute and ready to lead.
I have just met many of these remarkable women at the Myanmar Women's Forum, which I left feeling both encouraged and inspired.
I am also inspired by the millions of women who toil under the sun each day, holding their heads high in the face of every adversity, saving and sacrificing so that their children can enjoy a better life. They are the backbone of Myanmar, and they are the future of Myanmar.
One final point: inclusion is fundamentally tied to fairness. Every single person should be given the chance to succeed in life—not just those with the right connections.
Myanmar's first wave of growth, about a century ago, was driven by a few commodities in the hands of a few people. This kind of growth can work for a while, but it is unlikely to last. Lasting growth depends on a level playing field—underpinned by the principles of openness, transparency, and accountability.
3. Integrating into the regional economy
Let me now turn to my third area—integrating further into the regional economy.
As you know so well, integration is the Asian way. Asia has always looked outwards and sought its fortunes in the wider world. Its openness has been essential to its success.
Myanmar's integration into the wider Asian economy comes at an auspicious time. Like never before, Asia is on the march. Already the most dynamic hub of the global economy, developing Asia could, by some estimates, account for half of global GDP by 2050. It will also be the nerve center of the global middle class, which is rising in record numbers.
This is your world, your economy, your destiny.
This new global economy will be more interconnected than ever before. We can see it today. Even the tiniest ripple can reverberate across the globe—often at high speeds, in unpredictable ways, with uncertain outcomes. Just look at how the global financial crisis played out.
This makes openness and cooperation even more essential than ever. Since our fortunes are bound together, we must work together to rise up together.
As the famous Myanmar proverb puts it, "islands rely on reeds, just as reeds rely on islands".
Myanmar has already shown its commitment to openness and cooperation—including by chairing ASEAN and preparing to host the South East Asian Games.
The ASEAN Economic Community, expected to come on line in 2015, will take integration to a whole new level—offering limitless possibilities to a rising country like Myanmar.
For Myanmar is blessed with huge advantages. It is home to 60 million people who are ready to join a single ASEAN family. With almost a third of its people under the age of 14, it possesses an abundance of dynamism and youthful energy. It is the largest country in mainland Southeast Asia, second in size only to Indonesia within ASEAN. It enjoys bountiful natural resources and an enviable geographical location, sitting at the intersection between India and China, two of the global economic centers of gravity.
With ASEAN integration, Myanmar can make the most of these advantages. Half of its exports go to ASEAN countries. It will now have easier access to larger markets. It will be able to entice larger levels of foreign investment.
It will also be able to diversify. Right now, most growth is coming from extractive industries—with gas alone accounting for a third of export revenues.
Myanmar has great potential in so many different areas, such as telecommunications, manufacturing, garments, and banking. It has also great potential for tourism—it is one of the most enchantingly beautiful countries in the world, home to some of its most hospitable people.
Greater financial integration can also help Myanmar. A key priority is the widening and deepening of the financial sector, so that it can better support the productive economy and get credit to where it is most needed. Right now, credit is only 10 percent of GDP—one of the lowest ratios in the world. Two out of every three poor people do not have access to credit.
Financial integration will help Myanmar's infant financial sector harness the skills and savings of its neighboring countries. In turn, this will help finance the businesses that will provide the jobs and economic security that the people of Myanmar need.
All in all, deeper integration can illuminate Myanmar's path, and this light will remain undimmed in the long years ahead.
Let me conclude by noting that the Yangon Institute of Economics is the premier center for economics and business training in all of Myanmar.
You are some of the most talented people in the country. That means you have a great responsibility—to lift up the economic potential of the country and your fellow citizens.
Rest assured, you will not stand alone. Myanmar will not stand alone. It is a longstanding member of the global community. It has been a member of the IMF since 1952. I assure you that the IMF will always stand with you.
We will stand with you through our policy advice, drawing on the collective wisdom of the global community.
We will stand with you through our technical assistance and training, to help the people of Myanmar strengthen their capacity and build the strong institutions needed to sustain a vibrant economy in the years to come. We will be with you as you build the secure foundations of strong and inclusive growth.
I can assure you of this: we are with you for the long haul. We will be here to serve you, to help you, to partner with you, as you step up to seize the inheritance that is rightfully yours.
For Myanmar is truly a golden land with a golden future.
Thank you very much—che-zu tin-ba-deh!
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48. Thank you very much for coming and giving
evidence to the Committee. We are going to be, I hope, courteous
but brisk in that we have a major debate on the floor of the House
this afternoon on Iraq and a number of colleagues, understandably,
either want to participate or intervene or contribute. Thank you
for coming and giving evidence. James Morris put out a press release
on 28 October in which he said a couple of things. He said that
there were now 14 million food insecure people in the Horn and
14 million food insecure people in Southern Africa. He then went
on to say in the press release that the international community,
I cannot quote him verbatim but the thrust of what he said was,
should be concerned that the scale of these numbers is such that
the humanitarian system is in danger of being overwhelmed. Firstly,
just a quick factual question. Is 14 million for the Horn and
14 million for Southern Africa about the right order of magnitude
as you see it at the present moment?
(Ms Lewis) From my latest assessments in the field
for Southern Africa, certainly the peak period for assistance
will begin in December and it is about 14.4 million. In Ethiopia
they have assessments in the field now and the 14 million, I think,
was worst case looking at all of the factors. We will know better
as soon as these assessments are back and I understand they should
be back in the next few days, so we will have a better idea of
what the projections look like for Ethiopia. Certainly between
ten, 12 and 13 is still very much very valid.
49. Those are still pretty huge numbers.
(Ms Lewis) Huge.
50. Essentially this is a logistical exercise.
Going on to James' second point really, does there not come a
point when the food pipeline simply gets overwhelmed in the sense
of your physical capacity to be able to deliver these sorts of
amounts of food aid?
(Ms Lewis) Absolutely. On Southern Africa we launched
our appeal in July and we have been able to deliver just over
13 per cent of all of the needs in Southern Africa.
51. One-three?
(Ms Lewis) One-three, 13 per cent of all the needs.
I think that what we are seeing is the longer term impact of the
lack of a healthy pipeline. It is just a grinding poverty and
vulnerability and I think we are beginning to look at the tip
of the iceberg in terms of how bad it is going to become in Southern
52. It was clear to those of us who went to
Malawi recently that this is not just a food shortage crisis,
that the AIDS pandemic has affected productivity, the production
of food, and also the impact of a food shortage will be greater
because people are weakened through HIV and AIDS. To what extent
does that affect the way that you are doing your work and how
can longer term food security be achieved in countries like those
in South Africa where a quarter of the population is HIV Positive?
(Ms Lewis) Two points. Certainly we have been hampered
by the lack of not having enough resources. We are convinced that
one of the best ways to help address the HIV pandemic in terms
of those who are infected and those who are affected by HIV is
to increase the nutrition. This needs to be done through general
distribution. As you saw, people in Africa do not have the opportunity
to be tested, they do not know that they are infected with HIV,
and certainly we think that if we can increase the protein and
the other micronutrients that we can help people have a longer,
more productive life. We have not been able to do that with the
pipeline. Basically our pipeline has centred around cereals and,
of course, that has an adverse affect on health. When you have
too much dependence on cereals, you have pellagra and all of the
things that go with that. We have not been able to do that but
we are convinced that this is one of the best ways to help at
giving people a little longer and a more productive life. In terms
of long-term food security, I think one of the things that we
are addressing now from the co-ordination unit is looking at the
impact of HIV on food security. We cannot continue to have traditional
agriculture as we know it. People cannot do labour intensive agriculture
when they are affected. We are looking at less labour intensive
irrigation. I think I read in your report that you had seen the
treadle pumps. Many times people who are infected do not have
the energy to even use those.
53. I could not use the treadle pump.
(Ms Lewis) I am glad you said that because I thought
"oh, my goodness, a healthy person cannot do this".
I think we have got to be very, very creative in looking at crop
diversification. We have got to get away from this dependence
on maize only in Southern Africa and in many other parts of Africa.
We have got to look at how we can help preserve the agricultural
intelligence. We are having children that are being left to try
to eke out some type of living from the fields. There is a lot
to be done in that area but I do not think that continuing to
talk about food security in terms of traditional agriculture is
even viable any more. We have got to work with the governments
to be sure that we have economies and markets that support some
type of agriculture economy. There is so much to be done and certainly
you saw how critical the situation is in Malawi.
54. You make me even more pessimistic because
you have not had the food requirements from your appeal met, although
arguably there is still some time to get some more food in. You
have got about half of your requirements. For the non-food inputs
you have got five per cent, next to nothing.
(Ms Lewis) That is right.
55. So it is one thing to say we need to address
health problems, we need to address agricultural and rural development
issues but do you have the resources to do so?
(Ms Lewis) No, absolutely.
56. Do the governments have the resources to
do so?
(Ms Lewis) No. I think the only government that has
really done a fairly decent job of looking at the food imports
particularly is Malawi. I think the flags were up early, the message
got through and a lot has been done on that side. By and large
we are still at ground zero in terms of epidemiological surveillance,
nutritional surveillance, therapeutic and supplementary feeding
for children. We just do not have the resources that we need to
do that. All of the social sectors are certainly in the negative,
if you will. From our appeal we did not have the necessary resources
to meet the new agriculture inputs for this year, the seeds and
the fertilizers that were needed, so that is going to have an
impact on what the needs are going to be next year. No, we do
not have any good news in Southern Africa.
57. How many people in those Southern African
countries that are affected do you think will die from the food
shortage over the next six months?
(Ms Lewis) It is absolutely very difficult to tell.
When deaths are reported we are not sure if it is because of lack
of food, if it is not having enough nutrition because they are
infected with HIV, it is so intertwined. We do not have a baseline,
we did not have a baseline when we started this crisis, so in
terms of actually projecting how many people are going to die,
it is going to be very hard to tell. We are in the rainy season
now, I think we have to think about seasonal diseases, the cholera
and the malaria and those increases, some of the proxy indicators
for HIV, tuberculosis, all of those things. We are trying to work
with the countries' health systems particularly and certainly
our NGOs on the ground are looking at the situation and trying
to apply it. My gut tells me that many people are going to die.
58. Finally, to what extent do you think the
governments of these countries have the capacity to respond to
a crisis of this scale? One of the things that struck me while
I was out there which I had never realised beforealthough
I guess people like you haveis that if you sit down in
a room with a dozen senior civil servants or politicians you are
probably talking to four or five people who know they have only
a couple of years to live. How can people like that plan ahead
for agricultural reform when all they can do is plan for whether
their families can survive through the winter? To what extent
do governments have the capacity to mount a response with aid?
(Ms Lewis) I think they are just now beginning to
grapple with the situation. Certainly we are seeing the education
sector totally decimated by AIDS, and in the health sector, nurses,
doctors are just disappearing, not only to speak about the agricultural
impacts, so I think this is the first time that we have really
had very serious discussions about the AIDS pandemic and its effects
on government and how to deal with it. We are just now beginning
to focus on the impact, but the governments do not have the capacity
to deal with it and I think the longer-term implications are just
59. We tend to get asked this from time to time
by commentators saying that the problems of Africa are the fault
of Africa, it is all their own fault, through bad governance or
whatever. You see a flurry of these comments every time this issue
is raised. Most of us have spent many years looking at concepts
of sustainable development but does not the combination of drought
and disease make any of our pre-existing notions of sustainable
development in countries such as Malawi and Zimbabwe a complete
(Ms Lewis) I think so. If you look at the amount of
development aid that has gone into many of these countries and
you just take the human development indices, we are going backwards,
we are not making progress. We really have not been able to use
that assistance properly to get at the grinding poverty that is
affecting these countries. If you look at the six countries in
this crisis, five of them are still in the very bottom of the
human development index and are the poorest countries in the world.
We have the highest malnutrition rates in the world, we have the
highest chronic malnutrition in the world, we have got the highest
rates of wasting and stunting in the world, then you add HIV on
top of it. So talking about sustainable development right now
is almost moot, if you will. I do not want to be cynical about
development. We have got to continue to talk about this and we
have got to continue to strive to do things differently.


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Sen. Ball, whose 40th District includes Lewisboro and Katonah, said the bill would open roads for driverless car testing by companies like Toyota and Google to help usher in a new, safe and efficient era of self-driving cars. Currently three states have passed laws allowing for driverless cars — Nevada, Florida and California.
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Using a sophisticated network of advanced computer sensing technology, as well as GPS and a variety of radar, computer systems are being created that can technically sense their environments, but with the calculation and precision of a computer.
Using technology to solve "big" problems is a key part of Google's founding philosophy, said Sebastian Thrun, a Google executive and software engineer in the field of autonomous robotics.
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Just how big of a problem do cars cause? Aside from their environmental impact, Google cites World Health Organization figures showing more than 1.2 million people die every year in road traffic accidents.
In the U.S., motor vehicle crashes are one of the leading causes of death, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In 2009 more than 2.3 million adult drivers and passengers were treated in emergency departments as a result of being injured in motor vehicle accidents.
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Google believes its driverless technology may one day cut the number of global road-traffic accidents in half, and beyond the savings in human life, may transform transportation and drastically reduce energy consumption.
"We're also confident that self-driving cars will transform car sharing, significantly reducing car usage, as well as help create the new 'highway trains of tomorrow,'" Mr. Thrun said. "These highway trains should cut energy consumption while also increasing the number of people that can be transported on our major roads. In terms of time efficiency, the U.S. Department of Transportation estimates that people spend on average 52 minutes each working day commuting. Imagine being able to spend that time more productively."
Google's mention of highway trains refers to the possibility of electronically connecting vehicles through a network to drive in sync with one another. But Google is not the only pioneer on the frontier of autonomous vehicles. A number of car makers, including BMW, GM, Audi and Nissan, all expect to have driverless cars on commercial markets by 2020. Many of these car manufacturers have announced a slow roll-out of increasingly advanced autonomous features, such as self-parking and the ability to be completely driverless in traffic and at slower seeds. Already some vehicles (mostly on the high end of the luxury scale) come with semi-autonomous features — the 2013 Lincoln MKZ and new Ford Fusion can self-steer to maintain lane position, parallel park and follow other vehicles with an advanced cruise-control function. According to Sen. Ball, a report on the progress of the autonomous car is expected to be presented to Gov. Andrew Cuomo by February 2015.


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