Logging in just so that I could post a congratulatory message to a respected member of the blogging world, who would otherwise will not take in anonymous comments :)
And it took me awhile to log in. I have forgotten the username. Good that it has recovery option.
Now let's go visit our blogging sage :)
a graceful phinisi ... riding on the winds of change
and the ambiguity goes on to continents and oceans ...
it was simple in the old school ... 6 continents ... Africa, America, Antartica, Asia, Australia, Europe ... 4 oceans ... Artic, Atlantic, Indian, Pacific ...
but now ... we are one with europe ... and MH370 is now hypothesised in the Southern Ocean ...
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European Division of Continents
In Europe and other parts of the world, many students are taught of six
continents, where North and South America are combined to form a single
continent of America. Thus, these six continents are Africa, America,
Antarctica, Asia, Australia, and Europe. I am informed that in France,
it is not taught that Antarctica is a continent and thus there are five
continents for French students.
Many scientists now refer to six continents, where Europe and Asia are combined (since they're one solid geologic landmass) as Eurasia. Thus, these six continents are Africa, Antarctica, Australia, Eurasia, North America, and South America.
Geographers divide the planet into regions, and generally not
continents, for ease of study. Various geographers have various
definitions of these world regions. This Official Listing of Countries by Region
divides the world into eight regions: Asia, the Middle East and North
Africa, Europe, North America, Central America and the Caribbean, South
America, Africa, and Australia and Oceania.
Some consider the Arctic, Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific to be the
world's four oceans. Now, those that side with the number five can add
the fifth new ocean and call it the Southern Ocean or the Antarctic
Ocean, thanks to the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO). The
IHO has attempted to settle that debate through a year 2000 publication
by declaring, naming, and demarcating the Southern Ocean.
the problem with some of us who don't know is we don't know how not to keep on searching ...
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and the hierarchy of scrubbed data flow ...
The Australian government has also given priority to keeping China
informed. In the Australian hierarchy, "Malaysia has the primary claim
on this because it's their plane," said an official, "then China
because of the number of Chinese passengers, then the US because it's a
Boeing."
i am observing the sun gently shining this morning, after a heavy downpour yesterday and early in the night ... cool, collected and calm ... the plants are clearly happy ... AlhamduLillah
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calm also prevails for the continuing search for MH370 ... latest ... NASA is chipping in ...
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and
here's whole chunk from ... the Minister in charge ...
Published:
Sunday March 16, 2014 MYT 10:06:00 PM
Updated:
Sunday March 16, 2014 MYT 10:17:44 PM
Full transcript: CCTV America interview with Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein
THE Malaysian Government's
handling of the investigation questioned, and CCTV America’s James Chau
sat down with Malaysian Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein to find out more. Chau: In the press conference where the Prime
Minister confirmed that somebody had deliberately taken control of that
plane and then took it off course, he refrained from using the word
‘hijacking’. What is the difference and why didn’t he use that word? Hishammuddin: The difference is that we have moved
on to another phase, where clearly from corroborated facts, somebody
actually turned off some of the equipment. That is new and that is
something that we have always been consistent about - being transparent,
coming out with things which already been corroborated - and basically
now we need to establish what actually happened. And there are many
possibilities. Whether it is a hijacking, whether it is intentional,
whether it’s under duress, whether it is some psychological reasons, who
did it. Chau: But that is still open. Hishammuddin: That’s still open to us, yes. Chau: I think the other question that people were
saying was who, and not just why. Who would have that skill to
understand how to turn off a transponder, how to effectively make this
aircraft mute to the outside world, and then be able to escape detection
across different countries, to not be detectable by radar. Hishammuddin: Exactly. Chau: Who is this person? Hishammuddin: I would like to know too. And
basically we won’t know until we get all the facts, and it would be
irresponsible for us to name any names.
There has to be a lot of speculation out there, and I think if to be
fair to the investigation, anything revealed now which has not been
corroborated, will affect the investigation and needs to be fair to the
families or the passengers. Chau: But I think it’s those families who do want to know. Hishammuddin: Of course, but they do not want to know facts which may later on be found out to be untrue. Chau: You’re going to go right back to the passenger
manifest. Let’s talk about the crew manifest, because if it would
require such extensive knowledge of aviations and also the skill to
pilot a plane, of course it’s no surprise that the two most obvious
candidates are your captain and the first officer. Hishammuddin: But it doesn’t mean that anybody else
could not be a candidate too. And like I said from the beginning, the
whole manifest on all the passengers on that list, those who we are
screening from day one.
But the Prime Minister indicated today that because of circumstances
and corroborated facts, we are now intensifying our investigation on the
personalities involved and that is clearly been indicated to our police
especially. And I think we should allow some space for them to do the
necessary fact-finding. Chau: I want to quickly lead you back to the crew.
MAS had gone through their profiles, and insisted 24 hours ago that
nothing stood out in those profiles nor from their years of records
there. You say that you don’t want to speculate, but at the same time,
as we speak, the police are now searching the home of the pilot. What’s
changed? Hishammuddin: Doesn’t mean that we have not also investigated the others. Chau: In terms of that passenger manifest, and we
have to go back to that again, in light of the new developments, is
there anybody who potentially stands out? Hishammuddin: Well I think it’s not for me to say
right now. And I’ve always been consistent from the beginning, to be
fair to everybody. Notwithstanding all the speculation that has been out
there that we’ve only come out and verified things that have been
corroborated. Even today’s statement by the Prime Minister it’s been
corroborated by international agencies. And when we are quite clear on
that position, then we come out with it.
Speculation at the beginning, seven days ago, the fact that the plane landed in Nanning.
I’m just reminding everybody the sort of things that were thrown out
there. And we investigated, to be fair to the families out there, and
this is where I’m reaching out to the passengers. Who I wanted to meet
actually, I wanted to go to Beijing yesterday.
But with this opportunity I actually have the chance to actually
convey how sincere we are in wanting to get to the bottom of this. But
also be responsible in our approach so that we don’t give them false
hope, we don’t lead into another investigation that comes out with a
negative response. Worst still, false information. Chau: You’ve opened that door, because a lot of
people in that hotel where they’re staying at right now, who’ve been so
angry. There have been calls that they want to meet the senior
leadership in Malaysia. As a senior leader yourself, do you think that’s
something that you’ll consider doing? Hishammuddin: I don’t blame them. I have children. I
have a wife. I have brothers and sisters. And putting myself in that
position, I can imagine how difficult it is for them. But I also have to
be responsible. I am the minister responsible to investigate this, and I
know the world is watching.
And I think that it is very important for me, to state at the
beginning, which I did, and be consistent in my stand, notwithstanding
the pressures and speculation that goes out there. So that the
credibility of information that comes out from the Malaysian government
is something that they can believe. With time, I think the emotions will
heal somewhat. But until and unless we find the plane and get to the
black box, the rest still remains speculation. Unless we find out more
evidence to give to the families.
And that I think must come out and must be consistent, being a
responsible government. Now, even more so now, because there are so many
other governments involved in this massive, unprecedented operation.
And I think this is something that people don’t want to recognise,
especially some of the media out there who just would like to have the
headlines for the day and then move on the next. Because all the leads
that were brought up to us earlier, we have followed it up and in all
cases have been negative.
But yet, we will not, and I want to assure the families especially,
we will not give up. We will continue to look for that plane. That is
our sole, main focus at the moment. Because notwithstanding whether it
is terrorism, whether it’s hijacking, whether it’s psychological,
whatever the issues are out there, my main focus as the minister in
charge is to find the plane. To get to the black box. To get to the
facts of the matter. And that I think we should not be distracted by
other issues.
... a short dispatch from the Guardian’s China correspondent Tania
Branigan, regarding those earlier reports of the plane flying at 5,000
feet to avoid radar detection.
"I’ve just spoken to Sidney Dekker, a professor at the Safety Science Innovation Lab at Griffith University and expert on aviation safety.
He
dismissed the idea that flying at 5,000 feet would put extensive strain
on the airframe, as some have suggested: “The only really relevant
effect is a dramatic increase in fuel use - its range would be very much
shortened by that; probably halved, at a very rough guess.
“Other
than that, it would be perfectly capable of flying - if you go into
Heathrow you are circling at 5,000 feet before they let you land,” he
said.
He added that it is difficult to overstress a fly-by-wire (rather than mechanical) plane such as the 777,
though he did add one caveat: if a plane was in an extremely fast dive
and abruptly pulled out of the dive at its bottom, that could cause
problems.
But perhaps more pertinently, he pointed out that
altitude readings taken from radar recordings should be treated with
extreme caution: “Particularly over oceanic areas, radar coverage is
extremely unreliable and partial,” he warned.
Finally, he added
one note of caution regarding the focus on the airline crew, based on
his years of examining aviation disasters.
“In the absence of
knowledge, it is so easy to blame it on the little guy - particularly if
he isn’t there to answer back. It is so easy to say ‘the crew must have
done something wacky,’” he said."
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i could see that aviation and the related field will be the new age career ... MH370 has opened up the many meanings of ... aviate ... navigate ... communicate ... to the public ... young and old ...
alhamduLillah syukur ... hujan lama pagi ni ... selepas a brief lintas lalu semalam ...
AlhamduLillah sabar berpanasan dalam lebihkurang 2 bulan ini ... syukur banyak AlhamduLillah Ya Allah kami tidak keluh kesah menunggu belasMu ...
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kami juga sabar menunggu belas ketentuan Mu Ya Allah ... tentang mereka-mereka yang masih hilang ... walau pelbagai andaian telah dilontarkan ... kami masih mengharap keselamatan dalam ketidaktentuan ...
Kapten
... pelbagai hipotesis tentang kamu ... sahabat-sahabat mu celebrated
your goodness and kindness ... yang lain mencari-cari outliers di dalam
kehidupan mu ... siapakah yang boleh membantumu kecuali Yang Ghaffar
... Yang Maha Mema'afkan dan Yang Menutup Keaiban ...
like raindrops that are making the round in Seremban now ... yes raindrops AlhamduLillah ... to remind us that there is hope ... i was elated to read latest update on MH370 ... because hope against hope that those onboard are still safe somewhere ... hijack or no hijack ...
but the raindrops have gone ... the hope for a big downpour pending ... insyaAllah for another day ...
and the news update keep giving me yes ... and no ...
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Timeline of MH370 ... yes ... no
noon ...
According to reports, the official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to brief the media.
The official said that hijacking was no longer a theory: “It is conclusive.”
The PM ... Despite foreign media speculation that the missing Malaysia Airlines
(MAS) flight MH370 may have been hijacked, Prime Minister Datuk Seri
Najib Tun Razak said the possibility was, as yet, unconfirmed."
i have no problem with this ... it's just further data ... corroborated data ... uncorroborated data ... they contribute to our understanding ... concluding? not yet ...
so the raindrops ... they are gone ... but not hope ... InsyaAllah
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and ...
what's the difference between ... Turkmenistan and Turkestan ...
The term Turkestan is of Persian
(ترکستان) origin and was believed to have never been in use to denote a
single nation although it was at one time ruled by an Emperor.[1] It was first used by Persian geographers to describe the place of Turkish peoples.[2] After Persia had been considerably weakened by its defeat in 1857, Imperial Russia stepped up its campaign to wrest full control over the Central Asian region from Persian dominance and on their way southward, the Russians took the city of Turkestan (in present day Kazakhstan)
in 1864. Mistaking its name for that of the entire region, they adopted
the appellation of "Turkestan" for their new territory.[2][3] Today the term is used to describe a region which is inhabited mainly by Turkic peoples in Central Asia. It includes present-day Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Xinjiang.[4][5] Many would also include Turkic regions of Russia (Tatarstan & parts of Siberia) as well.
