Jad's Thoughts

This Snowman and little man were in Al-Abdali Station.

[tags] amman, jordan, snow, man [/tags]

The Sad & The beaten snow man

I’m not alone








The lake of 7aretna

slashdot.org – Tens of millions of internet users across the Middle East and Asia have been left without access to the web after a technical fault cut millions of connections. The outage, which is being blamed on a fault in a single undersea cable, has severely restricted internet access in countries including India, Egypt and Saudi Arabia and left huge numbers of people struggling to get online. Observers say that the digital blackout first struck yesterday morning, with the Egypt’s communications ministry suggesting it was caused by a cut in a major internet pipeline linking it to Europe.

Finally someone else to blame other than Orange, maybe Sea Urchin ?
[tags] internet pipeline, communications ministry, s communications, technical fault, undersea cable, saudi arabia, yesterday morning, blackout, internet users, observers, tens, internet access, egypt, middle east, india, asia, europe[/tags]

MommaBean You wish :p

Medic on the way~!

Ok, no worries, we are here!

Taxi driver stopping on traffic light? even in snow?, AWESOME.

Vvvvvrrrrrrrmmmmmmmmmm, I WANT TO BURN MY TIERS

View from inside

[tags] Amman, Jordan, Snow, Attack [/tags]

JordanTimes
I read with interest the article on a 22-year-old farmer who was sentenced by the Criminal Court to a 15-year prison sentence for killing a police officer in the Jordan Valley in August of 2004 (“Farmer gets 15 years for killing police officer”, The Jordan Times, January 25, 2008).

The way in which the article is written suggests that the police officer, Major Ahmad Abu Kaoud, was in the performance of his legal duty “to serve and protect”, and was within his lawful authority to arrest M.U. who was wanted on a second shooting incident.

What a tragedy that the court saw fit to impose simply a 15-year sentence!

My condolences to Abu Kaoud’s family.

I am a Canadian policeman who has had the pleasure to meet and work with many of your fine Jordanian policemen. In Canada, the automatic sentence for killing a policeman who was in the execution of his duty is life imprisonment, which in Canada is 25 years in jail. We do not have the death penalty in Canada, but if we did, I would suggest that killing a policeman and being convicted for that crime would carry this mandatory sentence.

Jordan is a magnificent country, ruled by King Abdullah who is a great King and a wonderful humanitarian. He is respected throughout the world. His Majesty needs the support of his police service as much as each and every Jordanian citizen does.

Without law, there is no order. Please help me to understand why such a minor sentence was handed down for such a cold, calculated killing of a servant of His Majesty, by a criminal who has demonstrated reckless disregard for the lives of those who are sworn to protect its citizens.

Paul Nadeau,

Canada

My two piastres, I second Paul.

[tags] paul nadeau, death penalty in canada, canadian policeman, jordanian citizen, reckless disregard, life imprisonment, jordan valley, jordan times, magnificent country, mandatory sentence, lawful authority, king abdullah, police service, prison sentence, criminal court, condolences, policemen, police officer, majesty, ahmad [/tags]

Why people are taking the very wrong decision these days?
First it started when they decided to go with the most untrusted travel company Trust and then the driver decided to speed up in a tough weather and a really tough and curvy road (Amman – Irbid).

Now the PSD Public Security Directorate is taking the wrong decision by not being bit aggressive with such cases, especially when the quick reaction to such dramatical acciedents is just a must.

Customs Department has a tracking device to track all incoming trucks with goods; can’t PSD install a such tracking device to track bus speeds?

Can’t they install a speed limiter? something that wont let the bus go further than 80km/h at max or even 70km/h, If they are not afraid of the speeding ticket nor being bit careful about the lives they are driving in the bus then someone have to have a control over them.

I wonder how many speed radar would it take to cover all Jordan, from Romtha to Aqaba? 100? for one every 50km or maybe we could duplicate that number, we already got the equipments and the manpower, why not for god sake? why the wrong decision?

Being strict when applying laws should go beyond doing it only in Amman, The Kingdom is one unity and what happen in Amman should NOT stay in Amman.

Why Whoever Mr responsible cannot close Trust company? or let me ask this question, How many MAN bus do we have in Jordan? 1000? 2000? How hard is it to have a policeman in every MAN bus and a Coaster bus? not a practical solution?

There should be a way to do it to reach the peace of mind when driving or getting in a bus in Jordan.

Another thing, Can the government be bit more transparent about this case? I’m deadly interested in knowing what would happen, how they will be sued and what would be the compensation to those who died or in hospitals now, who knows maybe me , my family or friends next.

[tags] coaster bus, customs department, speed radar, god sake, curvy road, man bus, road security, security directorate, speed limiter, wrong decision, bus speeds, many man, practical solution, speeding ticket, aqaba, peace of mind, amman, public security, travel company, trust company [/tags]

What a news

JordanTimes.com – By Hani Hazaimeh

AMMAN – At least 23 people were killed and 33 others were injured when a public transportation bus collided with a water tanker on the Amman-Jerash highway yesterday, police said.

[tags] public transportation bus, jordan hospital, road accidents, jordan news, university of jordan, jordan times, water tanker, marouf, steep valley, medical city, israa, hospital director, bassem, karak, board the bus, defence department, draft law, khatib, civil defence, traffic law [/tags]

Just around two weeks of buying my XTi Canon unveiled its new entry-level dSLR that will replace Canon 450D / Digital Rebel XTi.

as usual, the best review can be found at dpReview.com only if I was somewhere else, I’d be able to return some bucks or even pay little to get the new release.

Key features include:

• 12.2 Megapixel CMOS sensor
• Canon’s EOS Integrated Cleaning System
• 3.5 frames per second
• 3-inch LCD with Live View shooting
• 9-point wide-area AF system with f/2.8 cross-type centre point
• Picture Style image processing parameters
• DIGIC III image processor
• Digital Photo Professional RAW processing software
• Compact and Lightweight body
• Fully compatible with all Canon EF and EF-S lenses
• Fully compatible with all Canon EX-series Speedlites

[tags] canon 450d, dslr, digital rebel, new release, xti canon, canon, photography, cameras, digital [/tags]