ICAC head sounds off Nov 16, 2009
As in the AFIs, Samson and Delilah and Balibo feature prominently on the nominations list and are both contenders for be 00004000 st film with the small-budget Cedar Boys. Samson and Delilah is also nominated in all the major categories, including best film and best director, best script and best cinematography for Warwick Thornton. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
3 Arrested in Hate Crime, Attempted Murder Nov 10, 2009
Detectives used a new mobile fingerprint reader device to scan a person's fingerprint and match it with an arrest database -- called Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) -- to identify the suspects as 23-year-old Cinder Tobar-Campos and 30-year-old William Alexander Mendoza. The third suspect, 24-year-old Felix Arevalo Cantarero, was found in November at a friend's house. (ABC 7 News, DC)
More of this story Nov 4, 2009
The investigator said he contacted the state crime lab Friday and the victim's prints were re-scanned into the Automated Fingerprints Identification System [AFIS] data base but did not return a match. Hughes explained AFIS did not go into effect until the mid 90's. (Hamburg Ashley County Ledger, AR)
International students 'distrust' police Oct 7, 2009
The Federation of Indian Students of Australia (FISA) and the Australian Federation of International Students (AFIS) both gave evidence to the inquiry on crime against students in public places ... AFIS honorary president Wesa Chau said often students did not report incidents to police because they are afraid it may affect their visas and in their own countries they did not trust police. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
'Guitar Hero' rocks on Sep 2, 2009
Other rarities include an unreleased live recording by Rush of The Spirit of Radio, a team-up of Public Enemy and Zakk Wylde on an exclusive re-imagining of Bring the Noise 20XX and the unreleased single Medicate from AFIs upcoming Crash Love album. Those who buy the game during September can get a free copy of Guitar Hero: Van Halen via mail in October, nearly two months before it hits stores. (USA Today -- Tech)
Bangladeshi Software Company TigerIT is Ranked in the Top Three in the NIST AFIS Benchmark Battle Jul 4, 2009
It is Also the First NIST Certification in the Region and Placed Bangladesh Among the Six NIST Certified AFIS Countries ... DHAKA, Bangladesh, July 3, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bangladesh software development has set yet another landmark by being the first country in the region to develop an NIST certified AFIS SDK. Bangladesh has been a leader in the realm of biometrics in South Asia ... In 2009, TigerIT has moved up another step and has developed an AFIS SDK that has been NIST certified. (Primezone Releases)
PHOTOS: Life inside camps May 27, 2009
REUTERS/Ali Imam (PAKISTAN CONFLICT POLITICS) Afis Khan, an internally displaced man seeking refuge from a military offensive in the Swat valley region, carries grass for his livestock at the UNHCR (United Nations High Commission for Refugees) Jalozai camp, about 140 km (87 miles) north west of Pakistan's capital Islamabad May 20, 2009. Pakistani forces say they are making progress in their offensive against the Taliban in their Swat valley bastion following U.S. warnings that the militants... (AlertNet)
AFIS: Police processing fingerprints in minutes, not months Apr 9, 2009
It s called the AFIS, or automated fingerprint identification system, and it now connects area law enforcement agencies to the rest of the country ... And if that doesn t come back with a match, I can do an I-AFIS, which is through the FBI. ... Once high points have been manually established in the print, it is entered into the AFIS system. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
NIA: We're committed to mass registration exercise Mar 7, 2009
These include international obligations and timelines with its technical support providers, which would be jeopardised, and loss of experts assembles by the technical partners to train personnel in the use of various automated fingerprint identification system (AFIS) equipment and consequential technology transfer. NIA said it also risked losing a substantial number of the mobile registration workers to other institutions that carried out biometric data capture operations. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Bank of Dudley Robbed Mar 5, 2009
search through AFIS (Automated Finger Print Identification System) his true. identity is Nathan Brenson. (Dublin Courier Herald, GA)
Ghana's National ID Card: The Need-to-know Mar 3, 2009
A. This problem will be eliminated through the use of a multiple biometric system, well known as Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS), that allows for fingerprint matching and facial recognition. The AFIS is based on the human fact that no two persons have the same arrangement of patterns found on fingertips. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Australian film is alive and kicking goals Feb 24, 2009
His shorts Green Bush and Nana have picked up significant awards at Berlin and the AFIs. To make Samson and Delilah, he and producer Kath Shelper opted to forgo a higher budget for a small crew, Thornton doubling as director and cinematographer. (The Age)
