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Robot 6Legal | The Malaysian government today charged cartoonist Zunar with nine counts of sedition stemming from his tweets about the sodomy conviction of opposition party Anwar Ibrahim. Zunar was released on bail, then held for questioning when an image appeared on his Facebook page depicting the prime minister's wife (a frequent target of the cartoonist) in prison garb. Zunar said he knew nothing about the drawing and was released again. The Malaysian government has been ramping up its prosecutions under the colonial-era Sedition Act, which critics contend is being used to suppress dissent. "This is a record, being charged nine times and using the sedition law," said Zunar's lawyer, Latheefa Koya. "It is excessive and targeted at silencing vocal critics." If found guilty, Zunar could face 43 years in prison. Before he was even released, Zunar tweeted a defiant cartoon of himself in handcuffs, drawing with a pen in his mouth. [The Associated Press] Political cartoons | In the wake of Zunar's charges and several other recent attempts to suppress political cartoons, Michael Cavna talks with Robert Russell, executive director of Cartoonists Rights Network International, which has brought many of these cases to international attention; CRNI is running an IndieGoGo campaign to support and expand its work. [Comic Riffs]  From "Milt Gross' New York" Graphic novels | Craig Yoe will publish Milt Gross's long-lost graphic novel Milt Gross' New York next month under his Yoe Books imprint. The book was sold at the 1939 World's Fair but sort of disappeared after that. Yoe speculates that the book was self-published, and only a few copies of the original have survived. [The Atlantic] Political cartoons | A journalism student (and editor of his student newspaper) and a veteran newspaper editor discuss their thinking about running Charlie Hebdo's Prophet Muhammad cartoons with their news coverage of the attack on the satirical weekly's staff. [Editor and Publisher] Creators | Brazilian artist Marcelo d'Salete discusses his historical graphic novel Cumbé, which contains five stories of slaves who defied their masters. [Hyperallergic] Creators | Elham Atayi talks about her life as an illustrator and cartoonist in Iran, where creative people work under a number of constraints. [Print]  Great Pacific #1 Comics | Matt White lists 14 environmentally themed comics in honor of Earth Day. [Publishers Weekly] Awards | The nominees for the 39th annual Kodansha Awards include Knights of Sidonia, The Seven Deadly Sins and Kiss Him, Not Me, all three of which have been or will be available in English. [Anime News Network] Advice | Monica Gallagher shares five things she learned while writing Part-Time Princesses. [Terrible Minds] Retailing | ACME Comics in Sioux City, Iowa, celebrates its 20th anniversary weekend. The store won the Will Eisner Spirit of Retailing award in 2004, and co-owner Kevin McGarry said their knack for anticipating the latest trend has given them an edge. [Sioux City Journal]
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| <b>Novel</b> analysis helped narrow <b>Malaysian</b> jet search (Update) Posted: 25 Mar 2014 04:50 AM PDT Mar 25, 2014 by Justin Pritchard In this Monday, March 24, 2014 photo, crewmen on board an RAAF AP-3C Orion aircraft look at their radar screens whilst searching for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 over the Indian Ocean. After 17 days of desperation and doubt over the missing Malaysia Airlines jet, Malaysian officials on Monday said an analysis of satellite data points to a "heartbreaking" conclusion: Flight 370 met its end in the southern reaches of the Indian Ocean, and none of those aboard survived. (AP Photo/Richard Wainwright, Pool) Investigators are closer to solving an international aviation mystery thanks to a British communications satellite and classroom physics. An analysis of faint signals sent from Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 to an Inmarsat satellite led officials to conclude the plane crashed in a remote area of the southern Indian Ocean. More precise information about the plane's position when it sent the last signals is helping authorities refine the search being undertaken by planes and ships in seas 2,500 kilometers (1,550 miles) southwest of Perth, Australia. Investigators had little to examine otherwise because other communications were lost early in the flight March 8. THE TIMING Even with other communications shut down, the plane sent an automatic signal—a "ping" or a "handshake"—every hour to an Inmarsat satellite. Flight 370 completed six pings, and the time each took to be sent by the plane and received by the satellite showed the plane's range from the satellite, according to the U.K. Air Accidents Investigation Branch. This initial analysis showed the last ping came from a position along one of two vast arcs north and south from the Malaysian Peninsula. DOPPLER EFFECT Think of a horn being honked in a passing car. To an observer, the sound is high pitched as the car approaches and is lower after the car passes. On approach, each successive sound wave is sent from a slightly closer position to the observer. The sound waves get compressed, resulting in a higher frequency. The opposite happens as the car moves away. It's called the Doppler effect for Austrian physicist Christian Doppler, who put forward the theory in 1842. The same effect applies to the pings, which would arrive to the satellite at a higher frequency if the plane was moving toward the satellite and decrease in frequency when moving away. For the analysis that led to Monday's conclusion the plane had crashed, Inmarsat studied the satellite communications made while the plane was on the ground at Kuala Lumpur airport and early in its flight. In this Monday, March 24, 2014 photo, a crewman of an RAAF AP-3C Orion aircraft loads a sonar buoy that will mark the location of any wreckage found whilst searching for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 over the Indian Ocean. After 17 days of desperation and doubt over the missing Malaysia Airlines jet, Malaysian officials on Monday said an analysis of satellite data points to a "heartbreaking" conclusion: Flight 370 met its end in the southern reaches of the Indian Ocean, and none of those aboard survived. (AP Photo/Richard Wainwright, Pool) It considered aircraft performance, the satellite's fixed location and other known factors. By knowing how the Doppler effect would apply to the satellite communications, Inmarsat could calculate the possible positions, direction of travel and speed of the plane. The company then compared its predictions to six other Boeing 777 aircraft that flew the same day, and found good agreement, according to Malaysian Defense Minister Hishammuddin Hussein. Inmarsat did not respond to repeated requests for comment from The Associated Press. "By analyzing that you can determine speed and direction," said Joseph Bermudez Jr., chief analytics officer and co-founder of AllSource Analysis, a commercial satellite intelligence firm. And by determining the area from which the last signal was sent, then estimating fuel left, it "could give you an approximate area of where the aircraft impacted." MORE ANALYSIS Inmarsat sent its data to investigators days after the plane went missing. But it continued to run its own analysis to see if it could wring out any more clues. The company's engineers were dealing with a "totally new area," Chris McLaughlin, senior vice president of external affairs at Inmarsat, told the BBC. "This really was a bit of a shot in the dark." However, the latest information could only go so far in pinpointing the jet's location. "We can't help you with any closer data," he said. Gregory D. Durgin, a professor who teaches satellite communications at the Georgia Institute of Technology, said that because Inmarsat was using a different kind of satellite in a novel way, he expects it would locate the last ping from the Malaysia Airlines lane within "around 100 miles (161 kilometers) of precision." THE COMPANY Inmarsat Plc started out in 1979 as an intergovernmental organization with the aim of helping ships communicate while at sea. It became a private company in 1999 and listed its shares in London in 2005. Customers now include governments, airlines, broadcast media, oil and gas companies, aid agencies as well as merchant shipping. They use hand-held satellite phones, laptop size Internet devices and antennas linked to the company's 10 satellites to communicate.
© 2014 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. More from General Engineering Related StoriesThree pieces of evidence point to jet's takeover Mar 16, 2014 There are three pieces of evidence that aviation safety experts say make it clear the missing Malaysia Airlines jet was taken over by someone who was knowledgeable about how the plane worked. Thailand gives radar data 10 days after plane lost (Update) Mar 18, 2014 Thailand's military said Tuesday that its radar detected a plane that may have been Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 just minutes after the jetliner's communications went down, and that it didn't share the information with Malaysia ...  Malaysian official says missing plane hijacked Mar 15, 2014 A Malaysian investigation into the missing flight 370 has concluded that one or more people with flying experience switched off communications devices and deliberately steered the airliner off-course, a Malaysian ... Thai radar adds possible clue to trace jet's route Mar 19, 2014 New radar data from Thailand gave Malaysian investigators more potential clues Wednesday for how to retrace the course of the missing Malaysian airliner, while a massive multinational search unfolded in an ... Search for missing jet expands toward Indian Ocean Mar 14, 2014 The international search for the missing Malaysian jetliner expanded westward Friday toward the Indian Ocean amid signs the aircraft may have flown on for hours after its last contact with air-traffic control ... Malaysian plane drama fuels aviation security rethink Mar 23, 2014 As the hunt for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 enters a third week, the piecemeal returns from one of the most intense, international searches in living memory have delivered a public and institutional shock ... Recommended for youReview: Paperless society remains a distant dream Apr 24, 2015 The dream of a paperless society may need to be crumpled and tossed out due to the realities of American life. Japan PM office drone may have been there days: reports Apr 23, 2015 A small drone bearing traces of radioactivity that was found on the roof of the Japanese prime minister's office may have been there for days, reports said Thursday. In a cameras-everywhere culture, science fiction becomes reality Apr 22, 2015 Science fiction writer David Brin calls it "a tsunami of lights" - a future where tiny cameras are everywhere, lighting up everything we do, and even predicting what we'll do next. Sweden opens world's first remote air control tower Apr 21, 2015 Sweden on Tuesday inaugurated the world's first remote air control tower at the northern Ornskoldsvik airport, air traffic authorities said. Lack of attention, self-control predict dangerous texting behaviors Apr 21, 2015 Texting while driving or walking can be dangerous, but people still engage in the behavior without thinking. Data deluge: MLB rolls out Statcast analytics on Tuesday Apr 21, 2015 Which outfielder sprints the fastest and runs the longest to snag line drives into the gap? Which shortstop is best at throwing from the grass to nip the runner at first? Which catcher gets the ball to second ... User comments : 0Please sign in to add a comment. Registration is free, and takes less than a minute. Read more Click here to reset your password.Sign in to get notified via email when new comments are made. © Phys.org 2003 - 2015, Science X network   Mar 25, 2014 by Justin PritchardIn this Monday, March 24, 2014 photo, crewmen on board an RAAF AP-3C Orion aircraft look at their radar screens whilst searching for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 over the Indian Ocean. After 17 days of desperation and doubt over the missing Malaysia Airlines jet, Malaysian officials on Monday said an analysis of satellite data points to a "heartbreaking" conclusion: Flight 370 met its end in the southern reaches of the Indian Ocean, and none of those aboard survived. (AP Photo/Richard Wainwright, Pool) Investigators are closer to solving an international aviation mystery thanks to a British communications satellite and classroom physics. An analysis of faint signals sent from Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 to an Inmarsat satellite led officials to conclude the plane crashed in a remote area of the southern Indian Ocean. More precise information about the plane's position when it sent the last signals is helping authorities refine the search being undertaken by planes and ships in seas 2,500 kilometers (1,550 miles) southwest of Perth, Australia. Investigators had little to examine otherwise because other communications were lost early in the flight March 8. THE TIMING Even with other communications shut down, the plane sent an automatic signal—a "ping" or a "handshake"—every hour to an Inmarsat satellite. Flight 370 completed six pings, and the time each took to be sent by the plane and received by the satellite showed the plane's range from the satellite, according to the U.K. Air Accidents Investigation Branch. This initial analysis showed the last ping came from a position along one of two vast arcs north and south from the Malaysian Peninsula. DOPPLER EFFECT Think of a horn being honked in a passing car. To an observer, the sound is high pitched as the car approaches and is lower after the car passes. On approach, each successive sound wave is sent from a slightly closer position to the observer. The sound waves get compressed, resulting in a higher frequency. The opposite happens as the car moves away. It's called the Doppler effect for Austrian physicist Christian Doppler, who put forward the theory in 1842. The same effect applies to the pings, which would arrive to the satellite at a higher frequency if the plane was moving toward the satellite and decrease in frequency when moving away. For the analysis that led to Monday's conclusion the plane had crashed, Inmarsat studied the satellite communications made while the plane was on the ground at Kuala Lumpur airport and early in its flight. In this Monday, March 24, 2014 photo, a crewman of an RAAF AP-3C Orion aircraft loads a sonar buoy that will mark the location of any wreckage found whilst searching for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 over the Indian Ocean. After 17 days of desperation and doubt over the missing Malaysia Airlines jet, Malaysian officials on Monday said an analysis of satellite data points to a "heartbreaking" conclusion: Flight 370 met its end in the southern reaches of the Indian Ocean, and none of those aboard survived. (AP Photo/Richard Wainwright, Pool) It considered aircraft performance, the satellite's fixed location and other known factors. By knowing how the Doppler effect would apply to the satellite communications, Inmarsat could calculate the possible positions, direction of travel and speed of the plane. The company then compared its predictions to six other Boeing 777 aircraft that flew the same day, and found good agreement, according to Malaysian Defense Minister Hishammuddin Hussein. Inmarsat did not respond to repeated requests for comment from The Associated Press. "By analyzing that you can determine speed and direction," said Joseph Bermudez Jr., chief analytics officer and co-founder of AllSource Analysis, a commercial satellite intelligence firm. And by determining the area from which the last signal was sent, then estimating fuel left, it "could give you an approximate area of where the aircraft impacted." MORE ANALYSIS Inmarsat sent its data to investigators days after the plane went missing. But it continued to run its own analysis to see if it could wring out any more clues. The company's engineers were dealing with a "totally new area," Chris McLaughlin, senior vice president of external affairs at Inmarsat, told the BBC. "This really was a bit of a shot in the dark." However, the latest information could only go so far in pinpointing the jet's location. "We can't help you with any closer data," he said. Gregory D. Durgin, a professor who teaches satellite communications at the Georgia Institute of Technology, said that because Inmarsat was using a different kind of satellite in a novel way, he expects it would locate the last ping from the Malaysia Airlines lane within "around 100 miles (161 kilometers) of precision." THE COMPANY Inmarsat Plc started out in 1979 as an intergovernmental organization with the aim of helping ships communicate while at sea. It became a private company in 1999 and listed its shares in London in 2005. Customers now include governments, airlines, broadcast media, oil and gas companies, aid agencies as well as merchant shipping. They use hand-held satellite phones, laptop size Internet devices and antennas linked to the company's 10 satellites to communicate.
© 2014 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. More from General Engineering Related StoriesThree pieces of evidence point to jet's takeover Mar 16, 2014There are three pieces of evidence that aviation safety experts say make it clear the missing Malaysia Airlines jet was taken over by someone who was knowledgeable about how the plane worked. Thailand gives radar data 10 days after plane lost (Update) Mar 18, 2014Thailand's military said Tuesday that its radar detected a plane that may have been Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 just minutes after the jetliner's communications went down, and that it didn't share the information with Malaysia ... Malaysian official says missing plane hijacked Mar 15, 2014A Malaysian investigation into the missing flight 370 has concluded that one or more people with flying experience switched off communications devices and deliberately steered the airliner off-course, a Malaysian ... Thai radar adds possible clue to trace jet's route Mar 19, 2014New radar data from Thailand gave Malaysian investigators more potential clues Wednesday for how to retrace the course of the missing Malaysian airliner, while a massive multinational search unfolded in an ... Search for missing jet expands toward Indian Ocean Mar 14, 2014The international search for the missing Malaysian jetliner expanded westward Friday toward the Indian Ocean amid signs the aircraft may have flown on for hours after its last contact with air-traffic control ... Malaysian plane drama fuels aviation security rethink Mar 23, 2014As the hunt for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 enters a third week, the piecemeal returns from one of the most intense, international searches in living memory have delivered a public and institutional shock ... Recommended for youReview: Paperless society remains a distant dream Apr 24, 2015The dream of a paperless society may need to be crumpled and tossed out due to the realities of American life. Japan PM office drone may have been there days: reports Apr 23, 2015A small drone bearing traces of radioactivity that was found on the roof of the Japanese prime minister's office may have been there for days, reports said Thursday. In a cameras-everywhere culture, science fiction becomes reality Apr 22, 2015Science fiction writer David Brin calls it "a tsunami of lights" - a future where tiny cameras are everywhere, lighting up everything we do, and even predicting what we'll do next. Sweden opens world's first remote air control tower Apr 21, 2015Sweden on Tuesday inaugurated the world's first remote air control tower at the northern Ornskoldsvik airport, air traffic authorities said. Lack of attention, self-control predict dangerous texting behaviors Apr 21, 2015Texting while driving or walking can be dangerous, but people still engage in the behavior without thinking. Data deluge: MLB rolls out Statcast analytics on Tuesday Apr 21, 2015Which outfielder sprints the fastest and runs the longest to snag line drives into the gap? Which shortstop is best at throwing from the grass to nip the runner at first? Which catcher gets the ball to second ... User comments : 0Please sign in to add a comment. Registration is free, and takes less than a minute. Read more Click hereto reset your password. Sign in to get notified via email when new comments are made. © Phys.org 2003 - 2015, Science X network |
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