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ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Thursday, July 25th 2013

The Air Wing Department at the Abu Dhabi Police participated in a course on airplane quality control that was recently held at Agusta Systocalendi Academy in Milan, Italy.

The delegation, which was headed by Lieutenant Colonel Adel Abdul Aziz Al Sajwani, Director of Supply Branch, included Major Eng. Waleed Mohammed Al Raisi, First Lieutenant Abdullah Hasan Al Marzouqi, and Lieutenant Technician Ibrahim Al Bloushi.

Lieutenant Colonel Al Sajwani said: "The course addressed topics of quality control in airplane maintenance, spare parts, quality management and standards, and engineering planning for airplane maintenance. It also covered human error in aviation and ways to limit these errors, and approved international aviation laws that regulate technical work.”

He added: "The two-week course was successful and useful to the officers at the Maintenance and Technical Supply sections. I ... Read more »

Supports High-Speed and High-Accuracy Banknote Recognition Applications for Chinese Market

TOKYO - Friday, July 26th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO:6502) announced today that the launch of "CIPS183BS210", a Contact Image-Sensor Module with a faster data rate, for application in banknote recognition systems. Mass production is scheduled to start in October 2013.

"CIPS183BS210" incorporates a newly developed linear image sensor and offers a 16MHz data rate, twice that of its predecessor, the CIPS183BS200. It realizes the same rate of banknote recognition in high resolution mode (200dpi) as the current product does in high speed mode (100dpi). This improvement realizes the high-accuracy and high-speed banknote recognition required for application in the Chinese market.

The new module is 14mm wide against 18mm for the current generation of product, and also offers improved luminous intensity distribution.

Customized module ... Read more »

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Thursday, July 25th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

Organized by the Law Respect Culture Bureau at the Ministry of Interior, a number of Women’s Ramadan Councils continued on Wednesday evening across the UAE; attended by a number of male and female journalists, along with a large crowd of people from the Media and Cultural sector and police officers.

The Wednesday evening Women’s Ramadan Council tackled the "Role of media organizations in supporting the Law Respect Culture”, through four main topics, namely; the concept of law respect culture and its religious, social and legal importance; the role of the media organizations in instilling the law respect culture; expression between freedom and responsibility; and as a fourth topic, some "legal highlights”.

Discussions focused on the councils’ main objectives, praising the Ministry of Interior’s keenness to achieve confidence and communication with community members, by establishing social-orien ... Read more »

Formation d'un groupe d'experts mondial pour souligner l'innovation des solutions aux problèmes de la vie urbaine

ME Newswire / Business Wire

NEW YORK - Samedi 27 Juillet 2013

Aujourd'hui, le Financial Times et Citi dévoilent les experts formant le jury des prix FT/Citi Ingenuity Awards 2013 dans le cadre du programme Urban Ideas in Action (Idées urbaines en action), financé par Citi. Les jurés – tous des leaders dans leurs domaines respectifs – sélectionneront les solutions les plus novatrices permettant la réalisation de progrès en milieu urbain, dont l'administration municipale, les réseaux de transport, l'énergie et les services publics, l'éducation et la gestion des ressources, le logement, la santé, les services sociaux et les technologies mobiles.

Le jury de 2013 est composé des personnes suivantes :

    Abhijit Banerjee, économiste : Professeur ... Read more »

COLOMBES, France - Vendredi 26 Juillet 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Oberthur Technologies, l’un des tout premiers fournisseurs mondiaux de solutions et services de sécurité et d’identification basés sur les technologies de cartes à puce, annonce ce jour que CANAL + OVERSEAS, la filiale internationale du groupe CANAL +, a sélectionné sa solution de rechargement électronique pour dématérialiser le renouvellement de ses souscriptions prépayées de télévision.

Utiliser le rechargement électronique permet à CANAL + OVERSEAS de dématérialiser et d’automatiser la revente des souscriptions prépayées. Les revendeurs de CANAL + OVERSEAS pourront recharger de façon instantanée les comptes de télévision payante des abonnés via un téléphone portable. La plateforme pourra également gérer l’achat et l’activa ... Read more »

Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Thursday, July 25th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

TECOM Investments, a wholly owned subsidiary of Dubai Holding, has partnered with Dubai Cares, a philanthropic organisation working to improve access to quality primary education for children in developing countries, to support Dubai Cares’ ‘Adopt a School’ initiative in Gaza.

Dubai Cares has launched the Adopt a School initiative to address the challenges faced by children of marginalised communities in Western Nepal and Gaza in accessing quality education. For the first time, Dubai Cares has given organisations and individuals in Dubai the opportunity to adopt a specific programme in a developing country, and TECOM is one of the first organisations in the UAE to implement the initiative.

Malek Al Malek, CEO of TECOM Business Parks, signed a Memorandum of Understanding today with Tariq Al Gurg, Chief Executive Officer of Dubai Cares, to support the initiative, which will give under-privileged chi ... Read more »

LONDON - Thursday, July 25th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- SmartStream Technologies, the financial Transaction Lifecycle Management specialist, today announced that its TLM solutions have received SWIFT accreditation for corporate actions, reconciliations, and exceptions and investigations management.

This is the 16th year SmartStream has received accreditation from SWIFT and further demonstrates SmartStream’s commitment to keeping pace with industry standards and ongoing adherence to SWIFT compliance.

SWIFT certification is awarded to companies that demonstrate a track record of proven technology and expertise. Darryl Twiggs, EVP product Management, SmartStream, commented: "Achieving accreditations of this nature are highly important as they show the power of our technology and how it adapts to changing market requirements. It is critical for our customers to be confident that our solutions comply with strict industry standards and are of the highest qualit ... Read more »

BURLINGTON, Mass - Samedi 27 Juillet 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) Teratech Corporation a annoncé aujourd'hui le lancement de le nouveau système à ultrasons uSmart 3200T, la première famille de produits exclusifs uSmart de Terason. Cette nouvelle tablette révolutionnaire, désignée « technologie de rupture » par les leaders de l'industrie, transformera la façon de fournir les soins de santé tant dans les hôpitaux que dans les services de consultations externes pour l'emploi d'ultrasons au point de service.

Le nouveau système à ultrasons uSmart 3200T, léger et très puissant, combine technologie de pointe et interface intuitive, qui font toute sa simplicité. Dernier-né de la famille de produits Terason, il a un poids inférieur à 3 kilos (5 lb), il procure une image d'une grande netteté et il est doté de toutes les fonctions et fonctionnalités auxquelles les utilisateurs attendent des pro ... Read more »