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Tuesday Tip: How to Make Cake Flour/
Cake flour is an ingredient called for in nearly every recipe involving cake (it almost goes without saying, doesn't it?). However, from my own personal experience, cake flour can be expensive and an annoyance to buy. Not only do you have to find cupboard space for the all-purpose and whole wheat flour, but now you have to make space for the cake flour too?
I just don't think that's going to happen.
Luckily, cake flour is a snap to make.
For every 2 cups of cake flour the recipe calls for, add 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour and 1/4 cup (4 tablespoons) cornstarch.
2 cups cake flour = 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour + 1/4 cup cornstarch
1 cup cake flour = 7/8 cups all-purpose flour + 2 tablespoons cornstarch
So, you may be wondering, why should I bother using cake flour instead of all purpose? There are scientific reasons for doing so, but it really boils down to two reasons: 1) Cake flour makes cakes much lighter and less dense. 2) Cake flour also lends a more velvety texture to baked goods than all-purpose (the crumb is smaller).
If you don't typically use cake flour, give it a try and you'll notice the difference it will make to your cakes and baked goods. You won't be able to turn back.
* I'm trying out a new mini-series, Tuesday Tips, to give you shortcuts and new tricks to use in the kitchen. Let me know if you're interested in hearing more!

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Hi! I'm looking for a beginner to play with on the weekends near Greenlake or Wallingford. If you are interested, please let me know!
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Hey .. I'd like to hit around sometime. Just got me a racquet. I'm barely okay. :)
Hi Bridgette,
If you are still looking for someone I just moved to Wallingford (and Seattle) and would like to start playing. I'm available any day before three o'clock. Hope to hear from you.
Hi Jared,
Nice to hear from you! Yeah it would be great to play sometime. Are you free this Sunday?
I'm out of town until Tuesday I'm afraid. How does the Sunday after next sound?
Hi! I'm actually busy all next weekend (due to the Holiday). The weekend after would work, if we can't find sometime sooner.
Oh right. Okay. Do you want to shoot for the 13th? And if you find a time before then that works just let me know. I'm pretty flexible so long as it's in the morning.
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Ravi Batra says all economic hell is shortly gonna break loose, then "The New Golden Age" can begin. So, what's an imprecatory prayer anyhow. A world class example. Then, Iowa Representative Jeff Kaufmann author of the bill which "fixed" Iowa's eminent domain law is worried about new takings wrinkles.
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An award ceremony was held late this afternoon at the event site where numerous amounts of spectators stood to watch as Andy Yates (Slingshot, AUD) stood proudly on top of the podium grinning from ear to ear as he received recognition as the men's Mondial du Vent 2010 single elimination Champion, as well as his first PKRA title.
Yates has proved that he is going to be a tough competitor throughout the 2010 PKRA tour season. In a recent conversation with one of the official PKRA judges, he states that Yates competes with world-class style, amazing execution and difficulty. Dutch competitor Youri Zoon (Slingshot, NED) ranked second in this competition followed by Spanish rider Alex Pastor (Airush, ESP) who took third.
In the women's single elimination division it was a successful day for Spanish rider Gisela Pulido (Airush, ESP) who stood at the top of the podium as the women's Mondial du Vent single elimination champion. Bruna Kajiya (Flexifoil, BRA) followed closely behind in second position and Polish rider Karolina Winkowska (Slingshot, POL) took third place.
The Mondial du Vent was a great event with lots of excitement and entertainment. A large sum of fans, spectators, and tourist came from all around the world to be part of all the fun here in Leucate, La Franqui. Congratulations to the Mondial du Vent Champions.
We look forward to the next tour stop in North America.
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Hello folks! I've been quite the busy little bee lately. More and more people are finding about my wee little shop which means I have been painting my little heart out as well as getting calls to go look at other peoples furniture so that I have more projects to work on. I occasionally have the opportunity to "pick" through a barn or a basement here and there, which I absolutely LOVE which is where my latest project was found.
This was one of those projects that I was not planning on blogging about and ended up loving how it was progressing therefore I do not have a before photo of this table. I KNOW! I am sorry. It was your typical brown wood table and the top layer was of poly was peeling away.
Beside doing a quick sand and a wash down to clean off the dirt and grime, I painted the whole thing black. The color is literally called black from Home Depot. Nothing fancy. I of course mixed the black paint with BB Frosch chalk paint powder (which creates chalk paint) and let that dry. I then did one more light thin coat to cover any streaky areas.
I LOVED the way the black looked on the table, so I decided to lightly distress the edges to the let the wood tone underneath show through. This looked so good to me so I decided to something a little more to the table. (This is also where I decided to do a post on this table.)
I found this amazing French Poem Craft Stencil from Cutting Edge Stencils and thought it would look fabulous on the top of this table.
When you order a stencil from Cutting Edge they send you a little stencil brush and roller with your stencil as well as a little free sample stencil. I will show you the freebie stencil a little later.
I placed the stencil on the table where I wanted it and held it in place. I would have normally used a little painters tape to hold it in place but because it was such a small area to work with I just held it in place with my free hand which worked just fine.
I used the foam roller and rolled it in a little but of creamy colored paint. I then rolled the excess paint off the roller on a napkin I had sitting on the side. You want to get the excess paint off or else your paint will bleed under the stencil and you won't get nice crisp lines.
I rolled back and forth and up and down in all directions to get really nice coverage.
After the whole stencil was used up, I moved it down to finish the rest of the table top.
There was a place at the bottom and the top of the stencil to match up where you left off so that you can get nice even spacing.
After the whole table top was stenciled, which took a whopping 3 minutes, I washed the stencil off in the tub immediately. There is nothing worse than cleaning dried paint off of stencils in the DIY world. I use warm water and dish soap with a non abrasive scrubby to clean my stencils. Why the tub? Because my sink is not big enough to lay the stencil flat and its so much easier to clean when it is laying flat.
Ok now to the free stencil that came with my French Poem stencil. I got this really cute little Fleur de lis which went perfectly with my French theme and just so happens the small shelf under the table is the perfect spot for this. I followed the same rules as the other stencil to apply this one as well.
After both stencils were dry I lightly went over them with a fine grit sanding sponge to smooth out and unevenness and distress the letters just a little bit.
I then waxed my whole piece with BB Frosch wax (my favorite furniture wax by the way). I buffed it to a nice sheen and then I called it a day.
For such little time spent on this I can't believe how crisp and professional this turned out. The key to stenciling is to not use too much paint. That's it folks.
I can't wait to see what else I can put a French poem on. I may be in trouble here. The wheels are turning ladies and gents. Luckily it's just paint and can be painted over when I move onto the next exciting thing that blows my mind 🙂
Here are some more projects that I have done with Cutting Edge Stencils. The possibilities are really endless when it comes to stenciling. Have fun and get creative. Until next time!!!! Have a great week!


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Feist performs her hit single "1,2,3,4" on Sesame Street's 39th season. There's a bunch of new lyrics in this version which teach children to count to four. I realise the song was already called "1,2,3,4" but this is a perfect example of how dumbed down television is now! We used to learn to count to 20.
When all is said and done, I respect Sesame Street for still trying to make learning fun. I just really really miss the old Sesame Street. If anyone needs me I'll be in my trailer writing a hit song called "1". I will also be writing a second version for Sesame Street that teaches children how to count all the way up to one, and in a few years time I'm sure that song will have to be replaced with an even shorter version.


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Liverpool win race for wonderkid
Arsenal have been drawn to face AC Milan in the knockout stages of the UEFA Champions League, with the first leg at the San Siro.
Chelsea meanwhile face a tricky tie against a formidable Napoli side who qualified ahead of Manchester City in Group A, against the odds.
Luis Suarez is today awaiting the verdict of his FA disciplinary hearing investigating alleged racist abuse levelled at the Liverpool striker.
The Uruguayan international is facing a lengthly ban if found guilty by a three man panel of abusing Manchester United's Patrice Evra.
Elsewhere today, Mario Balotelli once again finds himself in trouble, with reports of an angry training ground confrontation with Micah Richards.
Transfer news
With injuries mounting, Manchester United could offer a whopping £25m for Benfica midfielder and Argentina international Nicolas Gaitan.
But the Red Devils have been beaten to the signing of promising young Wycombe Wanderers "wonderkid" Jordan Ibe by rivals Liverpool.
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kickstones wrote:Perhaps the decision was something to do with the earlier conviction (1996) of Menachem Atzmon (owner of Israeli security firm ICTS running security at Brussels airport ) and influence by his former partner Stephen L. Friedman
kickstones wrote:Raytheon had a office in the WTC2.
Seneca wrote:This is good research and well referenced, kickstones. It deserves a topic of its own imho.
kickstones wrote:https://medium.com/insurge-intelligence/defence-industry-poised-for-billion-dollar-profits-from-global-riot-contagion-8fa38829348c#.y7kia97l6 [my bolds] wrote:"Over the past years, Europe witnessed an increase in extremist attacks, which has raised concerns among the law enforcement and defense industries to equip themselves with modern equipment and protect civilians from external threats. In 2015, the Paris attacks and the killing of journalists in France are some of the examples of growing terrorism in Europe."
Nafeez has also written and reported for The Independent, Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, The Scotsman, Foreign Policy, The Atlantic, Quartz, Prospect, New Statesman, Le Monde diplomatique, New Internationalist, The Ecologist, Alternet, Counterpunch, Truthout, among others.
He is a Visiting Research Fellow at the Faculty of Science and Technology at Anglia Ruskin University, where he is researching the link between global systemic crises and civil unrest for Springer Energy Briefs.
Nafeez is the author of A User's Guide to the Crisis of Civilization: And How to Save It (2010), and the scifi thriller novel ZERO POINT, among other books. His work on the root causes and covert operations linked to international terrorism officially contributed to the 9/11 Commission and the 7/7 Coroner's Inquest.
Apache wrote:Fascinating research.kickstones wrote:Raytheon had a office in the WTC2.
May I point out that a more accurate statement is "It is alleged that Raytheon had an office in WTC2"?
Raytheon are indeed a dangerous Corporate entity, making mega-bucks out of death and destruction, but whether or not they had an office, or multiple rooms in the South Tower is debatable, especially considering the source of that information.
Cheers, (and sorry for interrupting).
hoi.polloi wrote:More on that article, written by crowdfunded (!) propagandist Nafeez Ahmed.
So did they borrow and twist the work of the author in a dozen officially sanctioned "lefty" publications, or is he a willing scammer ineffectually critiquing the State? Or perhaps, like many people at the self-styled "top" he is just cynically playing a "practical joke" on people and helping catalyze the studies of human behavior for use in the technofascist war against us.
Since he/it/they is/are ostensibly writing for Springer Energy Briefs, their lefty articles are probably a deep cover for the agent named Nafeez Ahmed, hired to do field work for nuclear scams and get into and exploit peace movements for intelligence groups.
kickstones wrote:I am of the opinion that 'whether or not Raytheon had an office or multiple rooms in the South Tower' is in the main insignificant, it is suffice that they were part of the script.
UNreal wrote:Sports seem to be center stage in european terror events scripting.
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Regarding Bruxelles, one of the first victims portrayed was basketball player Sebastien Bellin.
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50 Cent's Latest Challenge to Floyd Mayweather, Jr. [Video]
Last week, Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson issued his own version of the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge for champion boxer Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
His challenge was a bit different. He didn't want to see Mayweather dump water on his head. He challenged the Grand Rapids native to read a page from a Harry Potter book.
If he could successfully do that, 50 Cent would donate $750,000 to the charity of Mayweather's choice. It was basically a very elaborate way of calling Mayweather illiterate.
Well, we haven't heard from Mayweather yet, but that didn't stop 50 Cent from following up with a new challenge.
He doubled down this time, saying that Mayweather now just has to read a page from "The Cat in the Hat," since that might be more on his reading level. And Jimmy Kimmel has even gotten involved, saying that he'd provide the airtime for Mayweather!


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Pinpointing technical glitches before they occur is kind of like finding a needle in a haystack. But Kirkland-based Lacuna Systems — led by former employees of Amazon.com, Classmates.com and aQuantive — believes that its new Indico platform can save IT managers time and money by locating problems before they arise.
It does this by intelligently analyzing traffic patterns, gathering data from load balancers already in use on a company's network. That means IT staff can get a handle on problem areas before they escalate into full-on Web site outages.
We caught up with co-founder Derek Andree, a former software engineer at T-Mobile, Amazon.com and Classmates.com, for this installment of Startup Spotlight.
Explain what you do so our parents can understand it: "We offer a performance management solution that acts as an early warning system for critical web applications. We study the past to predict the future and alert IT managers of a problem before a corporate website goes down."
Inspiration hit us when: "In our previous lives as web operations managers ourselves, we recognized a lack of insight into web application performance at the application delivery controller or load balancer level. So, we wrote custom tools for mining this rich data to increase uptime of web applications. It became clear to us there was a need for this type of solution, so we continued development and we're seeing interest from a range of customers. Today, Indico profiles and monitors any web application and is a turn-key solution that deploys within minutes of configuration."
VC, Angel or Bootstrap: "We are bootstrapped with founders' financing so far. At this stage, we wanted to be in control of our own destiny rather than answering to a board or investors. So, today, we own our entire company. At some point we may consider VC funding, but right now we are focused on product development and growing our customer base."
Our 'secret sauce' is: "We apply sophisticated predictive analytics to the application delivery process and our approach allows web operations managers to be up and running within 15 minutes of configuration without the need for any further maintenance."
The smartest move we've made so far: "We knew we had to get the technology right from the start. We have significant operations experience and have seen the mess new technologies can create in the spirit of getting things done too quickly. In essence, temporary duct tape solutions can create permanent duct tape problems that need to be corrected later. From day one, we considered the future with all of our development decisions, so that we are not adding a "technology debt" which will come back to bite us."
The biggest mistake we've made so far: "In the early days, we may have spent too much time chasing investment partners when that time would have been better spent focusing on our customers and our product."
Would you rather have Gates, Jobs, Zuckerberg or Bezos in your corner: "Bezos. Jeff is the master of driving a customer-centric culture at Amazon. Like Bezos, we believe that without the customer, you have no business. From my time at Amazon, I learned that every technology and business decision should be made with a single question top of mind: "How does this result a better customer experience?" I took this lesson to heart and would love to have Bezos in our corner. In an indirect way, I think he already is."
Our world domination strategy starts when: "World domination begins when more customers realize the competitive advantage they gain by using Indico products. Lacuna is Latin for 'the gap' and our products are designed to bridge the gap from the raw performance data to actionable insights for decision makers responsible for web application performance. Once customers see the value of using predictive analytics to identify application and network problems areas before they become a crisis, they can't live without the assurance we provide."
Rivals should fear us because: "The bottom line is our solution is less expensive. Our approach means IT managers do not need to a make any changes to their existing infrastructure to implement a leading application performance solution. This is radically different and much more cost effective than other products on the market. In addition, our solution does not require a dedicated team of experts to stay relevant."
We are truly unique because: "We offer the only APM solution that can be implemented in minutes. Indico is also the only solution that does not require constant attention to remain relevant when new applications come online because it detects new applications automatically and builds an updated performance profile. Only Indico monitors application performance by looking at the Application Delivery Controller that is the gateway for all web traffic."
The biggest hurdle we've overcome is: "Learning how to store and mine large amounts of data pertaining to application performance – from a technical perspective – to generate actionable insights from our predictive analytics engine. We tried many different models and continued to redesign and tweak until we got it just right."
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Yoga is a great way for athletes of any stripe to build lean muscle and improve their balance. No knowledge of Sanskrit is necessary.
Crescent reps, demonstrated by Tamal Dodge, co-founder of Santa Monica's Yoga Collective and the yogi behind Element's "Hatha & Flow Yoga for Beginners" DVD, are a great way to tone the legs and get the body warmed up for other exercise.
What it does
The movement in this pose gets your heart rate up at the same time you're working your glutes and hamstrings. It also challenges the center of balance, which indirectly works the abdominal muscles.
How to do it
Start in a standing forward bend, with your hands touching the mat in front of you (or as close to the floor as you can get). Step your right leg back 3½ to 4 feet so you're in a runner's lunge with your left knee bent and right leg extended on the ball of your right foot. (The taller you are, the wider your stance should be.) Slowly bring your hands to your sides, so your body forms a straight line from your right foot to your head. Inhale and raise your hands and your upper body until they form a straight line to the ceiling. Exhale and slowly lower the arms and upper body until you are back at your starting position. Once you're finished with 10 repetitions, step your right foot back in standing forward bend and switch to the other side.
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On a recent trip to Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom, I stood at the front of the ferry with my son who is two years old. Usually, we take the monorail, but this time decided to take the ferry for a change of pace. Throughout the ferry ride, we both gazed wide-eyed in amazement despite the number of times we have been to the park. My son was fixated on Cinderella's castle. Me, I couldn't take my eyes off of the Contemporary Resort.
This facility has been open for decades, but I just can't get enough of it. If you have never seen the Contemporary Resort, it is a special place. In addition to the architectural and interior design elements, there is one feature that is absolutely fantastic. The monorail that services the Magic Kingdom runs right through the hotel. I mean in one end and out the other! From outside, to inside, and back outside again.
As dramatic as this feature is, remarkably there are three totally different ways to partake in this experience. First, you can ride the train through the hotel, experiencing the shift between interior and exterior spaces. Second, you can stand within the hotel and watch the train pierce through the building. And third, you can view the transition from a distance, watching the monorail disappear and then suddenly re-appear.
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Sure, there are more dramatic spaces on this planet, but one has to appreciate the innovative thinking that occurred in order to create this unique experience. I wish I could have been a fly on the wall at the meeting where this concept was proposed. With numerous interested parties gathered around a table waiting to hear what this new hotel property would include, the idea is actually proposed to run a train through a building … on purpose! Sounds silly, and it is. That's why I say that sometimes you have to start with silly to truly achieve maximum creativity.
Not to be overlooked in this process is the system that allowed such a silly idea to be embraced. How many organizations would have looked at the same idea and laughed it off. "You wanna do what?" Once the laughter subsides, too many organizations would have moved on to the next idea. But in the culture that Disney created, the idea was seized and brought to reality. Sure, it is a gamble and certainly not the easiest option. There were significant, additional costs and time involved to develop solutions to unique problems. But here I am, writing about the facility decades later. For true creativity, sometimes you have to start with silly.
Silliness Applied
Ok, so this all sounds great … but how does it affect you? As discussed in previous installments of this column, every foodservice establishment has the opportunity to create an environment in which the diner's experience occurs. The design of this environment is a tremendous opportunity to exert your silliness. Whether it involves the design and construction of a new facility, or renovations or modifications to an existing facility, silly ideas can be born and applied.
The best way to start the process of developing these silly concepts is through a true brainstorming session. Pick a place to go that is inspiring, relaxing, personally significant … what ever works for you. Make an effort to get out of your every day world and into a fresh, new environment. Some of you may want to bring a companion along … two legs, four legs, or more, it doesn't matter. Others may wish to be alone. Regardless of which you prefer, begin to look at your surroundings and question as many "givens" as possible. If you are outdoors, on the banks of a river in the Rocky Mountains, start contemplating a mountain that is upside down.
Think about the possibility of the river rocks floating on top of the river instead of sitting at the bottom. Imagine trees that are growing in the form of a "T" and in circle formations. Let your mind wander aimlessly to get the creative juices flowing. One the creativity is there, now start to shift your mind back towards your facility and question the "givens" in that environment. Think like Dr. Seuss. Eventually you will find some opportunities for silly ideas that will lead to unprecedented creativity. And, perhaps, I will be writing about your idea(s) in the months to come.
Tangible Examples
Not every idea has to be a train through a building; don't discount the small ones. I know this all sounds a bit hokey and that you are looking for some tangible examples, so I will toss in a few.
On a recent project that featured a display kitchen, the chef of the restaurant had requested that the cooking be on the outside display kitchen area instead of back to back in the center, which is more traditional. After several generations, this concept was achieved and featured counter style seating facing the kitchen, and cooking lines that allows the culinary staff to face the guest. In another example, there was discussion about the expediter being the heartbeat of the operation, much like the conductor of an orchestra.
Building on this one idea, a layout that looked much like an orchestra was proposed. The expediter was given a station in the center and the cooking lines wrapped around this station in a graduated "U" shape. Maestro's seemed to be a perfect name and influence for additional silliness.
Take some time, take a step back, and start thinking silly. Challenge yourself to question the "givens" in your environment. Keep in mind, however, that idea generation is only part of the process. Embracing an idea, no matter how silly, and allowing a full exploration before dismissing it is essential for success.


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There's nothing wrong with trying to do something exciting and new when it comes to disc packaging, but it doesn't always work out quite right. We've seen plenty of strangely shaped boxes and even a 'Back to the Future' Blu-ray set with packaging so bad it required instructions. The latest fiasco stems from the packaging for the Stanley Kubrick box set. When pulling a disc out of the sleeve that it's stored in, you'll meet a bit of resistance and have to apply a fair deal of force to get it out. While several videos and reviews mentioned the packaging as being a pain, some people are reporting damaged discs.
One set owner reported that his discs are now completely unwatchable, thanks to the scratches that occurred while removing the disc from its packaging. Others report less damage, but still see small scratches on the disc which, when inserted and removed enough times, will certainly add up to something significant. If you don't need to pick up the Kubrick collection immediately, consider waiting to see how widespread the issue is or if a packaging change is in the works.


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Winter Park Resort snowboarder dies from 'blunt force injury'
WINTER PARK —Sean Teater, 19, of Fort Collins, died Dec. 21 from injuries related to an accident that took place while he was snowboarding at Winter Park Resort on Dec. 19.
Teater was reportedly found unconscious and unresponsive on Butch's Breezeway, a blue run located off of the Prospector Express lift at Winter Park Resort.
He was transported to the Denver Health East grand Medical Clinic, located at the base of the ski area, by Winter Park Resort Ski Patrol and was subsequently airlifted to Denver Health.
An autopsy completed by the Grand County Coroner's Office revealed blunt force injury to the head as the cause of death.
An investigation completed by the Fraser Winter Park Police found that Teater was a fairly new snowboarder and had been snowboarding without a helmet earlier in the day and had fallen several times.
He chose to wear a helmet after lunch and had become separated from his friends at the time of the accident, according to a Jan. 2 press release from the Fraser Winter Park Police.
Teater was skiing with friends on the day of the accident, according to Steve Hurlbert, public relations and communication manager for Winter Park Resort.
"Winter Park Resort extends its deepest condolences to the family and friends affected by this tragedy," Hurlbert said
The Fraser Winter Park police have not been able to identify any witnesses who saw the accident, but several other skiers and Winter Park Ski Patrol provided aid on the mountain after the accident had occurred.
The investigation is ongoing at this time and investigators are waiting on the results of a toxicology report to determine whether drugs or alcohol were contributing factors to the accident, according to the press release.
This is the first death at Winter Park Resort since an inbound avalanche killed a skier on the Mary Jane side of the resort in January 2012.
Reid Tulley can be reached at 970-887-3334
Editors note: A previous version of this story falsely stated Teater was a student at Colorado State University; he was not a student at the school at the time of the accident.
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Etowah County's diverse industrial base has a concentration of metalworking companies and support services, augmented by cutting-edge technology training facilities. Our public schools were the first in the state to offer a Tech Prep diploma curriculum. Our large community college offers a variety of engineering technology degree programs, including Machine Tool Technology and Industrial Automation Technology. And we have apprenticeship programs for Machinists, Mold Makers, and Tool & Die Makers.
Local training is accredited by the National Institute for Metalworking Skills, and chapters of NTMA and ASQ provide certification programs. In addition, our manufacturing technology center assists companies with plant layout, work cell integration, industrial engineering, operator development, CAD implementation, CAM, CIM, CNC, MRP, LEAN manufacturing, automated control systems including PLCs, supply chain management, and such quality systems as ISO, QS, TS and Six Sigma.
This is also the center for transportation services, health care, social services, retail and wholesale trade, financial and legal services, communications, recreational opportunities and cultural attractions in northeast Alabama. Located on Interstate Highway 59, we are 60 miles (97 km) northeast of Birmingham, 70 miles (113 km) southeast of Huntsville, 90 miles (145 km) southwest of Chattanooga and 120 miles (193 km) west of Atlanta.
With populations of 37,000 in the city, 75,000 in the urban area, 104,000 in the county and 384,000 in a 30-mile/48-kilometer radius, Gadsden is a Keep America Beautiful national award-winner, a recipient of the U.S. Conference of Mayors' City Livability Award, and was designated an All-America City by the National Civic League.
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LAST July, when the Dow Jones industrial average was still stuck below 12,900 and investors were seeking safety in bonds, Seth J. Masters made a startling argument.
Mr. Masters, the chief investment officer of Bernstein Global Wealth Management, said that people were so traumatized by the financial crisis that they were seriously underestimating the stock market. In fact, the chances were quite good that by the end of the decade, the Dow would rise more than 7,000 points and reach 20,000, he said.
In some important ways, he said, stocks at that moment had become safer than bonds. "This argument may seem provocative," he told me back then. "But that's only because market conditions are so unusual, and so many people have become so pessimistic."
Last week, Mr. Masters made essentially the same argument, but it sounded much less provocative. In fact, after months of soaring prices, new stock market records and minuscule bond yields, it may even be the Wall Street consensus.
"It seems we're somewhat ahead of schedule but I think we're still on track for Dow 20,000 by the end of the decade," Mr. Masters said last week. "The odds have just gotten better." And despite the stock market's recent meteoric rise, he said, stocks still look relatively cheap, certainly compared with bonds.
"It's not that the expected return on stock right now is really that high," he said. "It's that the return on government bonds is indubitably very low."
That unfavorable verdict on bonds is no accident. In a sense, it's the policy of the Federal Reserve. Ben S. Bernanke, the Fed chairman, says he is trying to make traditionally riskier assets like stocks relatively attractive, increasing investors' wealth and in that way stimulating the economy.
As far as the bond market goes, the yield on a benchmark 10-year Treasury note was only 1.5 percent when I spoke to Mr. Masters in July, and it is about 1.9 percent now. To put those yields in perspective, the average for 10-year bonds since 1962 has been more than 6.5 percent, according to quarterly Bloomberg data. In other words, since last July, bond yields have risen by the tiniest bit, and they remain extraordinarily low, on a historical basis.
For bond investors, particularly retirees, these low yields pose a serious dilemma. "This situation creates great problems for people trying to live off the income they can get from bonds," Mr. Masters said. (I'll explore this issue further in a future column.)
For now, it's worth noting that the problem for income-seekers will sort itself out eventually when bond yields rise and prices fall. But that shift is likely to inflict considerable harm on unwary investors.
That day of reckoning keeps receding, however, as global economic growth and inflation remain constrained. That alone tends to keep bond rates low. Furthermore, government spending cuts like the budget sequestration in the United States have reduced economic growth substantially, in the view of the International Monetary Fund and other forecasters.
And as long as unemployment is high and inflation is low, the Fed says it will continue to keep short-term interest rates near zero — and buy $85 billion a month in long-term bonds and other securities. Other central banks have made similar promises. At least for a while, then, historically low interest rates seem likely to persist, for short-term bills as well as for long-term bonds.
The likelihood of low bond yields helps explain the relatively high stock market returns expected by Mr. Masters. And a new study suggests that those yields are the main factor behind the bullish stock market consensus of financial analysts on Wall Street and in academia.
Fernando Duarte and Carlo Rosa, two economists at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, described their study last week in "Are Stocks Cheap? A Review of the Evidence," a posting on the New York Fed's Liberty Street Economics blog. They analyzed 29 separate economic models and found that most predicted extremely high stock returns for the next five years. Why? There are many wonky reasons but in the end, they said, it is "mainly due to exceptionally low Treasury yields at all foreseeable horizons."
This may be the prevailing view among professional analysts, but mutual fund flows suggest the great mass of investors have not yet embraced it. Over the last seven years, according to calculations by Bank of America Merrill Lynch, mutual fund investors worldwide have poured a net $1.1 trillion into bond funds, and taken $900 billion out of stock funds.
In the United States, investors began moving some money back into stock funds in January, but not all that much. So far this year, they poured significantly more into bond funds — $85.4 billion into bonds compared with only $73.2 billion into stocks, according to Investment Company Institute estimates. And in the week ending May 1, the institute's preliminary numbers show, the outflow from stock funds had resumed, with a net withdrawal of $4.4 billion.
Clearly, individual investors are still holding a relatively high allocation of fixed-income securities in their portfolios. That suggests that there is plenty of fuel for further stock market rallies.
NONE of this implies that high stock market returns are a sure thing, however. To the contrary, Mr. Masters said: "I don't think the path to Dow 20,000 will be linear — and it certainly won't be a straight line up. There will be declines, you can count on that."
Mr. Duarte and Mr. Rosa wondered whether market returns were predictable at all, saying, "The jury is still out on this one, and the debate among academics and practitioners is alive and well."
Mr. Masters noted that his forecast assumes economic growth of more than 3 percent this year and comfortable earnings by American companies. Those assumptions — and many others — could lead investors astray. Like nearly everybody else, his firm assigned a low probability to an event like the financial crisis. It could well miss another catastrophe, and so he advises a cautious, diversified approach to investing.
With those caveats, he said he had used all of the information available to calculate the prospects for the market. "I still think that the best forecast for the rest of the decade is Dow 20,000," he said.


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Liberty University officials on Thursday dedicated the site of a future LU School of Aeronautics training facility at Lynchburg Regional Airport.
Thursday's ceremony also served as the official kickoff of a $10 million fundraising drive to finance the new 56,000-square-foot building, airplanes and support facilities.
A cornerstone of dedication was placed at the site.
The School of Aeronautics, the 10th school authorized at LU, hopes to one day have the facilities to train between 300 and 350 students pilots per year.
"We dedicate this land to the Lord," said Ernie Rogers, who heads LU's aeronautics program. "This day is something I've dreamed of."
The dedication was attended by dignitaries including Liberty University Chancellor Jerry Falwell Jr., the Rev. Jonathan Falwell, senior pastor of Thomas Road Baptist Church, Lynchburg Mayor Joan Foster and several members of Lynchburg City Council.
No specific timetable has been set for the completion of the building.
The aeronautics program hopes to grow to educate fix winged pilots, helicopter pilots, aircraft mechanics, air traffic controllers and possibly aeronautical engineers.
Dave Young, a retired Air Force brigadier general who serves as the aeronautic s school's director of development, said the late Rev. Jerry Falwell's vision helped inspire the aviation program.
"Part of the blessing has come because we remained faithful," Young said. "Part of this ceremony today is to reflect on where we've been."
In the past four years, the aviation program has grown from just four students to 186 this year.
Young said the program's growth could be good for Lynchburg's general aviation community.
"I think it will bring a much increased operational tempo at the airport," Young said. "I think it brings the opportunity for air shows and fly-ins. It could be a boom for the community. We will become know as a hub for aviation training."


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Orcon, Telecom and Xnet are offering customers consistent broadband performance across the country, while TelstraClear users in Auckland get a better run than those in other parts of New Zealand, according to testing service TrueNet.
In its latest report, TrueNet examined internet companies' performance in Auckland and compared it with performances in the rest of New Zealand.
The tests, done during December, found that Telecom, Orcon and Xnet had a consistent performance across the country.
TrueNet measured "performance" by comparing the speeds during heavy periods of internet use (in the evening) as a percentage of those offered at off-peak times.
Telecom, Orcon and Xnet's speeds during peak periods were above 95 per cent of their speeds during periods of low demand in both Auckland and other parts of the country.
On the other hand, TelstraClear was strong in Auckland - with peak-time speeds at 97.3 per cent of off-peak speeds - but had a far worse performance elsewhere.
Christchurch-based Snap had the opposite problem to TelstraClear.
"Their Auckland performance is much lower than the rest of New Zealand, probably due to capacity constraints to Auckland," TrueNet said.
But a spokesperson from Snap questioned TrueNet's tests:
"That doesn't match up with our own internal test results. We certainly don't believe it's a capacity issue at all, as we have significant national backhaul capacity in place and significant infrastructure in Auckland," Snap's general manager of retail James Koers said in an email.
Vodafone had the worst performance in all parts of the country, the testing service said.
Vodafone offered customers in Auckland peak speeds that were 88.1 per cent of off-peak speeds and customers in the rest of the country experienced peak speeds that were 86.8 per cent of their off-peak counterparts.
All of TrueNet's tests were done in the copper-line market and did not include either fibre connections or TelstraClear's coaxial cable service, which is available in Wellington in Christchurch.


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Shall we catch up on the weekend in Peyton Manning?
When last we left our itinerant quarterback, he was driving an SUV somewhere in Colorado. The Broncos wined and dined Manning, bringing in former teammate Brandon Stokley to sweet talk him.
Manning "liked" John Elway. He "liked" John Fox. When being introduced to someone new, "he always repeated the person's first name, and then said his full name. Like: 'Nice to meet ya, Jim. I'm Peyton Manning.'" He did not work out for the Broncos, because it would be ludicrous to want to see if a guy coming off of several neck surgeries can still throw.
Then it was off to meet with the Cardinals, a visit, which according to a highly-placed, super-secret inside source, "went well." They talked football and he met with receivers and everyone got along swimmingly. Arizona, too, did not work Manning out, because I guess it would be disrespectful to not take him at his word that he's healthy?
Also, Arizona would need to somehow clear about $30 million in cap space to afford Manning.
Any other teams who might want Manning? Tough shit. Adam Schefter says he's not visiting any more teams. He flat turned down Kansas City and Seattle, though he may meet with a Dolphins coach. (And after they made him a Titanic song?) Late yesterday, the Titans made their interest knowns, with Bud Adams saying Manning "is the man I want. Period." Which means Tennessee has offended two incumbent quarterbacks, compared to just one for the Jets, who tried to make it up to Mark Sanchez by locking him up for at least another two years.
So Manning's options are on the table. At first we thought he was going to make his decision soon, as in before free agency starts on Tuesday. But now that seems unlikely, though possibly as early as Wednesday. One thing's for sure: we'll know where Peyton Manning will play before the week is out, unless we don't.
But what if Manning picks Denver? I'll tell you what: John Elway finds a brilliant way to rid himself of Tim Tebow, without feeling the wrath of the Tebowmaniacs. PFT reports that Denver would happily put Tebow on the trade block if it meant landing Manning, and one interested team would be Jacksonville, which is where he probably should have been ended up in the first place. New Jaguars owner Shahid Khan says he would have drafted Tebow in 2010, and early returns on Blaine Gabbert have been less than promising, and Jacksonville needs to sell tickets. It's almost too perfect.
A Tebow bidding war would be wide open. He doesn't come with the cap concerns of Manning, and more teams would be willing to hand the keys over to a young quarterback than a gimpy 36-year-old one. The Manning free agency tour has been brief and disappointing for its lack of overcoverage and irrationality. The Tebow trade sweepstakes would be just the thing to keep this busy and wonderful offseason going strong.


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Configuring Eclipse to Edit your eclipse.org Website
It is recommended that any new configurations of a unit test environment use PHP 5.0. We are now recommending that you install XAMPP as your unit test environment.
Just what the heck are we talking about? Good question.
We use Eclipse to edit our content. In order to test our content, we have two choices: (1) commit the work to CVS which will (in a matter of minutes) copy the files to the live web server where you can test; or (2) setup a local unit test environment. The benefit of (1) is that it takes very little effort. Unfortunately, by committing to the CVS server and copying to the web server, your work is made public; in effect, you are testing your work on the live web server where everybody can see it. As long as everything goes well, this is fine. The second option is to set up a local unit test environment where you can actually test your work before you make it available to the adoring masses. Intuitively, the second option is safer, and tends to work a lot better when you're disconnected (for whatever reason).
Creating a Server
You need to follow the steps in this section if you intend to setup a local unit test environment. If you instead choose to be evil and just test against the live server, you can skip this section.
Most Linux distributions provide the means to install Apache 2.0 and PHP 5.0. If you know what you're doing, you can also install these pieces on other platforms, such as Windows. However, distributions such as XAMPP make this much easier.
Installing XAMPP
XAMPP is a distribution of Apache HTTP Server that also includes PHP 5.0.x, MySQL and other useful software. As of October 2006, version 1.5.4 seems to contain the right versions of the parts we need.
The first step is to actually obtain XAMPP from the download web site. Depending on how paranoid you are, you can download a one-step installer for some platforms, or you can download the ZIP file and unpack it yourself. The one-step installer variant does fun things like install the web server as a service on Windows (and probably messes around with your registry). Decide for yourself how paranoid you are about that sort of thing.
In these instructions, we're going to set up Apache so that it runs files directly out of your workspace. This makes testing really easy since you don't have to copy anything anywhere to make it work. However, the following configuration instructions are a little twisted for good reason: if you're not careful, open some security holes on your workstation. These instructions will help you configure Apache so that only you can access the contents of your workspace from your workstation.
To configure Apache, you're going to have to edit the "http.conf" file. This file is located in the "apache" directory in the XAMPP installation.
Setup a Virtual Host
In this section, you'll set up a virtual host for Apache. This virtual host will be known only to your workstation (and so will only work when used from your workstation).
Open the "httpd.conf" file. Scroll to the bottom and add the following section:
<Directory "[workspace_location]\www"> AllowOverride All Order allow,deny Allow from all </Directory> <VirtualHost local.eclipse.org:80> DocumentRoot [workspace_location]\www ServerName local.eclipse.org:80 ErrorLog logs/phoenix CustomLog logs/phoenix common </VirtualHost>
Replace [workspace_location] with the path to your Eclipse workspace. This assumes that you will store the web content in a directory named "www" (this is what the directory is called on the CVS server). If you have opted to use a different name, use it instead of "www".
Open your hosts file using your favourite text editor. On Windows, this file is likely located at
c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts. Add the following
line to this file:
127.0.0.1 local.eclipse.org
This adds the name
local.eclipse.org to the list of names your computer knows about. Unless this name is propogated to some shared DNS and mapped to your machine's IP address, nobody else will be able to use this address to access your computer. This line tells Windows that when a browser makes a request to
http://local.phoenix.eclipse.org, that the local machine will handle it. Your configuration of Apache has ensured that all requests coming into that
address on the default port (80) will be handled by Apache using documents found in your workspace.
Installing Apache 2.0 and PHP 5.0 on Ubuntu Linux
Note that you will need root access to make all of these changes.
Use the package manager to install Apache 2.0 and PHP 5.0.
Create the file /etc/apache2/sites-available/local.eclipse.org with the following content:
NameVirtualHost *:80 <VirtualHost *:80> ServerName local.eclipse.org DocumentRoot [workspace location]/www ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/local.eclipse.org.log <Directory [workspace location]/www> AllowOverride All Order Allow,Deny Allow from ALL </Directory> </VirtualHost>
Replace [workspace_location] (2 occurrences!) with the path to your Eclipse workspace. This assumes that you will store the web content in a directory named "www" (this is what the directory is called on the CVS server). If you have opted to use a different name, use it instead of "www".
Add the following line to your /etc/hosts file:
127.0.1.1 local.eclipse.org
Execute the following:
a2ensite local.eclipse.org /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
And you should be in business.
Installing PHP Development Tools (PDT)
Use the "Install new software..." option in Eclipse 3.5+ to add the PHP Development Tools to your configuration.
Note that you may have to grant read access of your workspace files to the webserver.


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A woman said she found a swastika burned with butter onto a bun of a McDonald's chicken sandwich, according to various media organizations.
Charleigh Matice ordered the sandwich at a McDonald's drive-thru in Morehead City, N.C., last week, ABC News reported.
"Is this a joke? Does somebody really think they're funny?" Matice told WCTI.com.
In a statement e-mailed to USA TODAY Network on Monday evening, the McDonald's local owner apologized for the incident and said the employee involved had been fired.
"We are very sorry for the service that our customers received, and to be clear we have terminated the employee who was involved," said Dulcy Purcell, McDonald's operator in Morehead City. "We do not tolerate that kind of behavior at McDonald's, and it's not what we stand for personally as owners."
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Cooperstown Has Philly Connection
Not so good news Sunday night was followed by great news Monday as baseball's winter meeting began in Disney World, the world where everything seems like a fantasy.
Jayson got a fantasy contract from the Nationals which means he'll face the Phillies 18 times a year now. That shocking announcement came Sunday night. His first appearance against the Phillies will be in DC on April 12. His return to Citizens Bank Park will be May 3rd. Sure he'll receive a favorable fan response as did Pat Burrell.
Then, yesterday, the Hall of Fame announced that Pat Gillick was the newest member. What great news. Funny, Gillick picked Werth off the scrap heap three years ago after Jayson missed the entire 2006 season with a hand injury.
Best line on the enormous Werth contract came from Mets' GM Sandy Alderson: "I thought they're trying to reduce the deficit in Washington."
Then, today, we learned that veteran Daily News columnist, Bill Conlin, will receive the J. G. Taylor Spink Award during the Hall of Fame induction weekend (July 22-25). The award, named after the founder of The Sporting News, is voted upon annually by the Baseball Writers' Association of America since 1962 and honors a baseball writer for "meritorious contributions to baseball writing."
Other Philadelphia media who have won this award include the late Allen Lewis (Inquirer), Ray Kelly (Evening Bulletin) and Bus Saidt (Trentonian and Trenton Times). Conlin began covering the Phillies in 1966.
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Closely related to "Why isn't my Gravatar image updating?"
Ever since Tony the Pony hijacked Jon Skeet's account, the avatar image on Jon's old profile page now shows the updated image of Tony, as one might expect.
However the smaller "thumbnail" image attached to Tony's questions and answers still shows a picture of Jon.
Until you (the reader) clear your browser cache, that is.
Possible solution: change the thumbnail image URL when the user updates their avatar image.
(Presumably this is already being done for the full-size image as that updates immediately.)


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With the highly-anticipated release of Man of Steel just weeks away, the publicity machine is in overdrive and the rumor mill is in full force. We have featurettes, a new Zod-centric trailer, and an interesting, in-depth interview with director Zack Snyder, producer Christopher Nolan and star Henry Cavill on the deeper themes of their Superman reboot. Plus, there's already speculation on what else could be in store for a proposed DC cinematic universe.
The bulk of all this attention is turning specifically to a possible Justice League movie. There are broad hints that Man of Steel will somehow launch DC's movie continuum, and while there are certain problems with notion of a DC superhero team-up, Henry Cavill recently addressed a topic which, for some reason, has not been widely discussed (outside of geek circles like ours, of course): a movie pairing just Superman and Batman.
When asked by SFX about his thoughts on a potential film featuring the World's Finest, Cavill stated that he found the age-old conflict between the two interesting because:
"...they are two different sides of the same coin and their methods are entirely different. And I think it would actually make for an interesting story as to why, first of all, they were going head to head and how. I think that would make a great story."
It's clear that Cavill is just stating his personal opinion, since he is in no position to deliver concrete reports on the studio's development plans, soon-to-be-major-star or not. He goes on to say: "I'm sure there's all sorts of ideas being thrown around at Warner Bros right now."
This isn't the first time we've heard rumors of a Batman/Superman movie. Beyond the speculation from a year ago, Wolfgang Petersen was set to make Batman vs. Superman prior to Christopher Nolan's 2005 Batman Begins, and of course there's the famous screenshot from I Am Legend, which was set in the near-future:
All the Justice League conversations appear to boil down to one major issue with launching this shared DC universe: there are too many characters to introduce in one movie alone. Marvel wisely took their time with solo-superhero movies, patiently (or not-so-patiently) teasing the eventual, inevitable, team-up in The Avengers. The idea of using Superman and Batman to set up DC's world might just be the way to go... and Warner Bros. president Jeff Robinov has already teased the possibility of this kind of thing: "What Zack and Chris have done with this film is allow you to really introduce other characters into the same world."
Audiences are already loudly wondering when we'll see a new incarnation of Batman, and with Man of Steel likely to include some Easter eggs pertaining to DC's universe, why not let these two go to eyeball to eyeball? Batman and Superman have always mirrored each other, and pairing them for one film might just be an ideal way to apply a common tone to future DC movies, bridging the lived-in realism of Nolan's entries with the intergalactic sweep of much of the rest of the comic book universe.
While this is all just speculation, Warner Bros. might be more inclined to re-visit the concept if their star brings it up. They're sure to have their own development track, but this feels like a good time to at least consider the idea.
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Inmarsat leveraged a "groundbreaking but traditional mathematics-based process" to analyze data from other flights that use its satellite network and establish a pattern that helped investigators nail down Malaysia Airlines Flight 370's (MH370) final flight path as traveling south over the Indian Ocean, an Inmarsat executive explains.
Inmarsat's initial analysis, handed over to investigators on March 11, helped investigators establish the now-famous northern and southern arcs as possible flight corridors for MH370 after it dropped off radar on March 8 over the Andaman Sea.
Inmarsat VP External Communications Chris McLaughlin says the company continued to analyze its data, and concluded on March 23 that the aircraft's last known position was in the middle of the Indian Ocean, well southwest of Perth.
"What we discovered and what we passed to the investigation ... is that the southern path predicted fits very well with the path that's been indicated by our pings," McLaughlin says. "To all intents and purposes, there's no way [the aircraft] went north."
A key calculation done by Inmarsat was determining the "Doppler shift" in the ping, or the slight change in the frequency of the signal caused by the movement of the aircraft relative to the satellite in space.
"From that process – a compression or an expansion of the wavelengths – you can determine whether the aircraft is getting closer or farther away," McLaughlin explains. "It's been a groundbreaking but traditional mathematics-based process that was then peer-reviewed by others in the space industry, and indeed contributed to by Boeing."
The data analyzed was generated by pings from MH370 to one of Inmarsat's 10 satellites. McLaughlin likened the Inmarsat avionics and antenna on an aircraft to a mobile phone, while the applications that use the satcom link, including the Aircraft Communications and Reporting System (ACARS), are "apps." On MH370, "the apps were turned off, but the handset wasn't," he explains.
Since MH370 was not sending routine communications, the Inmarsat satellite was sending hourly "polling signals" to the Boeing 777. So long as the aircraft was operating, acknowledgement signals came back. "This includes its unique identification code, and confirmation the aircraft satcom is still operating and available for communications, if required," Inmarsat explains on its website.
Inmarsat used these signals to establish that MH370 was in the air for about 6 hr. after it lost contact. The deeper analysis helped the company and U.K. Air Accidents Investigation Branch investigators narrow down the final ping to a remote area over the southern Indian Ocean, in the vicinity of where search teams have been working for more than a week.
So far, sightings of debris have not been linked to MH370's disappearance. However, the more detailed analysis was enough to convince Malaysian officials that the aircraft went down in the area where the recent search efforts has been focused.
"Based on the new analysis, Inmarsat and AAIB have concluded that MH370 flew along the southern corridor, and that its last position was in the middle of the southern Indian Ocean, west of Perth," Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said March 24.
The location is both "remote" and "far from any possible landing sites," he continued. "It is therefore with deep sadness and regret that I must inform you that flight MH370 ended in the southern Indian Ocean."