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RPG-32 Nishab

 

[Armstrong]

Oi @BLACKEAGLE - the finishing on those RPGs looks really...really well done - They look State of the Art !

Good Job !

 

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Iris-scanning technology streamlines refugee registration process — UNHCR

AMMAN — Developed by the Jordan-based IrisGuard company, the technology uses the iris instead of fingerprints to identify a person.

Scores of Syrians waiting to register at the newly opened UN Refugee Agency registration centre in Khalda last Thursday experienced their first iris-scanning.

The Iris Recognition Technology was recently implemented to streamline the refugee registration process and to tackle the backlog of 60,000 Syrians awaiting registrations at the Anmar Hmoud Centre for Refugee Registration and the Irbid centre.

“The iris scan was introduced because we are dealing with over half-a-million people in various locations so we needed to prevent multiple registration,” said Nihad Hota, a UNHCR registration officer at the Khalda centre.


“The eye is a muscle with involuntary movements; it captures the light and works as a camera lens, and if the eye is dead, it can’t react anymore, so there is no chance of fraud,” Alaa Bilbeisi, IrisGuard technical support engineer, told The Jordan Times on Sunday.

Iris-scanning completes the traditional registration where biometric data such as names and addresses are recorded along with testimonies and lists of relatives.

“This way, we have a complete and proper data registration of each refugee. We are coming out of the emergency phase now so we are trying to collect more information,” Hota noted.

After they register, Syrian refugees are entitled to free education, healthcare and food in addition to financial assistance for the most vulnerable, which can be withdrawn using a bank card.

To avoid the risk of theft or of the pin code being forgotten, the iris identification allows refugees to withdraw their assistance from a Cairo Amman Bank ATM using only their eyes.

“It [ensures] that the person entitled to the assistance is the only one benefiting from it. Returnees could sell their card to someone staying in Jordan, it could be stolen… this way we are sure that the money is collected by the right person,” Hota said.

For the World Food Programme (WFP), which is in charge of providing food support to the refugees, the technology will be most beneficial when implemented in the Zaatari Refugee Camp as it ensures that the right number of refugees gets the assistance.

“Most of the time, we don’t face too much fraud, but with Ramadan and the additional food packages we received from Saudi Arabia, it attracted a lot of people back into the camp who double-registered,” WFP emergency coordinator Jonathan Campbell said over the phone on Sunday.

Before winter comes, the donations of material items and foodstuff increase, posing an accrued risk for double-registration and fraud, but by then, the system will have been implemented in Zaatari, according to Campbell.

Every month, WFP spends $29 per refugee in the Zaatari camp and $40 for those living in host communities, where retail prices are higher.

UNHCR Senior Protection Officer Susanne Butscher noted that the system will help save costs as it allows the identification of multiple registration cases “and the donors feel that the right person gets the assistance”.

IrisGuard confirmed that the Amman Cairo Bank and the UNHCR are the only entities with a database of Syrian refugees and that the information is not shared with any government or intelligence body.

So far, over 60,000 Syrian refugees have been registered through the technology in the Irbid registration centre and more 5,000 in the Khalda facility, according to the UN agency.

Iraqi refugees have also been entitled to withdraw their assistance through the system since last month, and 2,800 of them are already using it, according to IrisGuard personnel.

Iris-scanning technology streamlines refugee registration process

 

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Petra Engineering Industries Co. was founded in 1987 with a broad vision to produce a wide variety of HVAC equipment that meet a diversity of application requirements and to export to major worldwide markets. The execution of successful corporate and business strategies to this effect soon took Petra to great heights and enabled them to begin competing with long-established companies.

By 1994, Petra expanded its line of HVAC equipment utilizing some of the industries most advanced machinery and raw materials to achieve the highest quality standards. Their equipment was quickly gaining recognition in over 20 countries worldwide. To handle the increasing demand for their products, the facilities were expanded and the technology of the products was continually improved.

With advent of the new millennium, Petra was designing and manufacturing a large array of quality HVAC equipment to suit all commercial and industrial applications. Their strategic finesse and exceptional products enabled them to enter the US market. Being one of the most competitive and challenging markets, the US symbolized a major milestone of success for Petra. With dedicated drive, Petra continues to export to the US and over 50 countries worldwide.

Today, Petra Engineering Industries Co. is a market leader as a designer and manufacturer of sophisticated, high quality commercial and industrial HVAC equipment. The company has grown significantly and today has a facility that is over 300,000 m2 with more than 1500 highly competent technical and managerial employees, and to cope with the increasing demands for Petra’s products Worldwide, Petra has embarked on an expansion program to build a 200,000 m2 production facility at Mafraq – Jordan and a 30,000 m2 facility in Saudi Arabia.

Petra will persevere in doing the utmost in terms of innovation and quality achievements to continue providing its customers throughout the world with the comfort and value they expect.

@Bubblegum Crisis @Yzd Khalifa @Arabian Legend @JUBA @Mosamania (the joke) @al-Hasani

I believe you guys know this company products, this is the first time I know this popular company is Jordanian

http://petra-eng.com/?pid=WI&lan=1&ppi=0&pgi=13&th=1

 

[Yzd Khalifa]

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I do know Petra & what it stands for

 

[BLACKEAGLE]

@BLACKEAGLE
I do know Petra & what it stands for

I never paid attention to the name, although I see it everywhere

 

[Yzd Khalifa]

I never paid attention to the name, although I see it everywhere

Of course you won't pay attention!!! You're the most ignorant Jordanian I have ever seen in my life

 

[BLACKEAGLE]

Of course you won't pay attention!!! You're the most Jordanian I have ever seen in my life

What does that suppose to mean?!

 

[Yzd Khalifa]

What does that suppose to mean?!

My ******* iPad inputs annoys me to death ..

 

[BLACKEAGLE]

My ******* iPad inputs annoys me to death ..

Even your Ipad refused to write that word on me

 

[Yzd Khalifa]

You're my bestie of course my iPad won't fail you

Even your Ipad refused to write that word on me

In general, Apple's products never had inputs and missed words issues, but thanks to the new software update, of which boosted up the performance of Google map when it returned back into their products, as well as sounds. Let's hope they will fix them soon.

 

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