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Password Door Lock script only! with alarm lock and pass to turn off
textutils.slowPrint("Enter Password") correctpass = "Correct Password" alarmshutdown = "Shutdown alarm password" pass = read("*") if pass == correctpass then rs.setOutput("right", true) print("Password Accepted") sleep(5) rs.setOutput("right", false) os.reboot() else print("password Incorrect!") rs.setOutput("top", true) -- only if you have an alarm at the top! sleep(5) -- only if you have alarm at the top! print("Pass To Turn Alarm Off") -- only if you have alarm at the top! alarm = read("*") -- only if you have alarm at the top! if alarm == alarmshutdown then -- only if you have alarm at the top! rs.setOutput("top", false) -- only if you have alarm at the top! os.reboot() -- only if you have alarm at the top! end end
You can copypaste this code into the terminal, then correct the variables ( correctpass, alarmshutdown) to fit your liking.
Please add new tutorials in form of new pages to the
Category Lua Tutorials instead!
Password Door
If you place a computer on the right hand side of a door (Iron, Wooden or Reinforced), then input the following text.
edit Startup
This opens up the page to edit what happens on the start up of the computer.
Now type:
print("Enter Password")
In this code, you can change the text in the quotes to any text you want when the computer starts up
Now press "Ctrl" then "Enter" to save it, then "Ctrl", "Right Arrow" then "Enter" to close the screen.
Then type:
edit bananas
The word bananas can be substituted for any password but beware, it is case sensitive (e.g. "bananas" would not work with "Bananas"). Now type the following text into this menu. print("Password Accepted")
print("Password Accepted") redstone.setOutput("left", true) sleep(3) redstone.setOutput("left", false) os.reboot()
The previous script executes the following task
|Line of Script
|print("Password Accepted")
This shows the text in the quotes on the screen
|redstone.setOutput("left", true)
|This turns a redstone signal to the left side of the computer on
|This tells the computer to wait 3 seconds before performing the next action
|redstone.setOutput("left", false)
|This turns a redstone signal to the left side of the computer off
This reboots the computer to delete the text. This is useful for stopping unsavory people accessing your computer.
After you have input this, press "Ctrl" then "Enter" to save it, then "Ctrl", "Right Arrow" then "Enter" to close the screen.
Thief Proofing
On a multiplayer server, you may want to do this if you want no one accessing your door.
To thief proof a computer you need to edit the file
edit list
Then input a print command of your choice. E.g.
print("No Hacking!!!")
After you have input this, press "Ctrl" then "Enter" to save it, then "Ctrl", "Right Arrow" then "Enter" to close the screen.
You also need to do the same for the program "Programs". E.g.
edit programs
Then input a print command of your choice. E.g.
print("No Hacking!!!")
After you have input this, press "Ctrl" then "Enter" to save it, then "Ctrl", "Right Arrow" then "Enter" to close the screen.
However, in any case, this doesn't actually edit the computer's actual commands. The list command still exists, the programs command still exists, etc.
The reason that:
edit list
prevents the list command from being used is because a program called list (but not list itself) is created and saved in the current directory.
A user familiar with the computer's file system could simply type the path to the real list command in the 'programs' directory:
When this command is run while in the root directory, the list program located in the computer's ROM is executed instead of the program created by the user. The same could be done if someone has 'locked' the edit command:
rom/programs/edit <filename>
This will manually find the real edit command, and allow <filename> to be edited.
So remember that this is just a deterrent to brush off the inexperienced hackers.
This is the basic password door code. This section will teach you how to add on to that for any better reason.
print("Password Accepted") sleep(1) print("Door Open. Please Proceed!") redstone.setOutput("left", true) sleep(3) redstone.setOutput("left", false) os.reboot()
Adding the extra
sleep(1) print("Door Open. Please Proceed!")
Makes the operation look a lot better.
Manual Override
Adding a second password to keep the door open for as long as you like can help with boring tasks like building a second house and gathering the resources.
To add the override, you have to input the text
edit USA
With "USA" being the example that you can change.
Then input the text
print("Override Accepted. Reboot To Reset!") redstone.setOutput("left", true)
To reset the computer, simply press "Ctrl + R"
This program is not very safe and easy to hack.
First type this into the console:
This will allow you to execute all codes, you can usually use in programs.
Now remember the code to turn on redstone and type it in:
redstone.setOutput("left", true)
And there the door is opened without knowing any password.
Preventing this hack
This hack is easy to prevent with the method we used before, just type this in:
edit lua
Now you can add the print text of your choice like already described above:
print("Smart, but you failed!")
And to prevent users typing "cd rom" which has all the edit, lua etc. already there, type this:
edit cd
And you can do the same with "edit lua" and make it:
print("Nice try, hacker!")
All in all this way of making a door lock isn't very safe, because everyone could just start all of the not-denied programs, edit startup or use one of the other methods to bypass this lock.
Some people have keycards and will try to "Bump key" the door open. However, using this code we can stop them. First, edit your startup file named "startup". This is the file that is loaded when the computer starts up every time with a restart or when it is first placed. Now type this code:
if fs.exists("disk/startup") then fs.delete("disk/startup") print("XD Check your card at your house")
This code will check to see if someone has a card in the disk drive(If you didn't add one, remember that they can always add one) and if it does, it checks to see if there is a startup file. If there is, it deletes that file because it is probably a hacker.
But you can however, after finishing everything FIRST type in this:
edit edit
Now, this is very sneaky. You prevent them from editing any files, and you might want to tell them they failed.
print("Access Denied. You fail.")
Now if you type edit it will print the above text to the screen. Smart huh? The only problem with this password door is a hacker could just place a lever next to the door, or any source of redstone(torch, button) and it will open the door.
Simple Arithmetic Calculator
Now that you have made a doorlock, time to make the next step. A calculator!
First type into the computer:
edit calc
Now, type in this code, line by line. Exactly.
os.pullEvent = os.pullEventRaw term.clear() term.setCursorPos(1,1) write("Welcome! Please choose a math function (*,/,+,-) ") x = io.read() if x == "*" then write("First number?") fnum = io.read() write("Second Number?") snum = io.read() print("Calculating...") term.clear() term.setCursorPos(1,1) answer = fnum * snum print("Your answer is "..answer) sleep(5) elseif x == "+" then write("First number?") fnum = io.read() write("Second Number?") snum = io.read() print("Calculating...") term.clear() term.setCursorPos(1,1) answer = fnum + snum print("Your answer is "..answer) sleep(5) elseif x == "-" then write("First Number? ") fnum = io.read() write("Second number? ") snum = io.read() answer = fnum - snum print("Your answer is"..answer) sleep(5) elseif x == "/" then write("First Number? ") fnum = io.read() write("Second Number? ") snum = io.read() answer = fnum / snum print("Your answer is"..answer) sleep(5) else print("That isn't a valid operation!") sleep(2) os.reboot() end
That's it! Just input that into a computer, save it, and run it, you will have a fully working Calculator!
-Imran, the Lua Engineer!
Digital Clock
I know people would like to know what time it is, without going into terminal, so I developed a program to display the time on a monitor. Since the only way to stop the program is to break the computer or the monitor attached (IDK why ctrl+t doesn't work) you should use a disk drive to save the program. Make sure the drive is next to the computer, and has a disk in it.
Once that is done type:
edit disk/clock
Now type this in as the program's code (type it in as is for now, you will edit a few things later):
local mon = peripheral.wrap("top") function round(num, idp) local mult = 10^ (idp or 0) return math.floor(num * mult +0.5) / mult end function loop() while true do mon.clear() mon.setCursorPos(1,1) mon.setTextScale(3) z = os.time() if z < 12 then y = z a = y%1 h = y - a b = a * 60 m = round(b) if m >= 10 then min = m elseif m < 10 then min = "0"..m end if h < 1 then hour = 12 elseif h >= 1 then hour = h end x = hour..":"..min.." AM" elseif z > 12 then y = z - 12 a = y%1 h = y - a b = a * 60 m = round(b) if m >= 10 then min = m elseif m < 10 then min = "0"..m end if h < 1 then hour = 12 elseif h >= 1 then hour = h end x = hour..":"..min.." PM" end mon.write(x) sleep(1) end end loop()
The things you can edit to your liking are (depends on screen size aka amount of monitors you have):
mon.setCursorPos(#,#) --changes where the time will be printed on the screen mon.setTextScale(#) --changes size font of the time on the screen
What you need to change depending on which side your monitors are on:
local mon = peripheral.wrap("SIDE") --"SIDE" can be changed to "top", "bottom", "left", "right", "front", or "back"—as far as this code goes, it only outputs to a single side
Now when you have that all done, you can go ahead and run the program:
NOTE: While you know shutting off the program is annoying, you also cannot use the computer while the program is running.
Now you have a continuously running clock, without any LED's or redstone wiring! If your wondering, the way I set mine up uses 3 monitors, horizontally on top of the computer, hence the:
local mon = peripheral.wrap("top") --monitors on top of computer mon.setCursorPos(1,1) --time display starts wher left-most monitor starts mon.setTextScale(3) --makes the time fit nicely across the 3 monitors
-Jim, Multi-Language Programmer
Simpler Clock
ymon = peripheral.wrap ("side")


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By: Settu Shankar
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Once again actor Vijay has openly declared his intention to act with his 'arch-rival' Ajith in the future- that is if he gets a suitable story. This has created a big hype in the media. Is there anything special about this? Nothing but the irony in this story. Are any of these two actors living in Pakistan or in disputed Aksai Chin?! It is the media's habit, as it always likes to portray two celebrities as rivals to create more sensational stories - particularly in the world of cinema and particularly with two leading rival mass heroes. The fans of these so-called rival heroes even some times indulge in violence when their hero is insulted.
This unpleasant trend has been continuing right from the days of Bagavathar&Chinnappa. After their demise, media projected MGR, the cinema allrounder, and Shivaji Ganesan, the legendary actor, as archrivals in Kollywood. It continued till the establishment of MGR as Chief Minister whom the people supported. The media, however, didn't stop referring to them as archrivals. The next archrival pair made by the media was Rajnikanth-Kamal Hassan. This has resulted in the entire state witnessing fights between the fans and supporters of the two star actors.
Now there is urgency within the media in finding a new set of 'archrivals' since the Kamal and Rajni are all set for retirement. Without any delay, it has fielded the Vijay-Ajith pair as Kollywood's latest arch rivals. It has found some differences and similarities between them and has projected the two good actors as rivals. Now the real fights between the fans of Vijay-Alit continue as a routine formality. Last year, one such fight resulted in the murder of a person. But media isn't ready to stop publishing the usual crap. Every time these heroes met the press, the usual question is raised by the reporters. Will Vijay and Ajith are ready to act together?
Every time, they repeat the same old answer: 'Yes... there is no rivalry between us. If we get a suitable story, we will be ready to act together...' This time also one such 'question' was asked by a reporter at Tuticorin. Vijay immediately repeated the above quoted version without missing a word. On the very next day, this became 'hot news' for the media! You can get ready for more 'archrival news' in future. There are already more acting pairs being picked by the media, which will set the stage for more fan fights. They are none other than Dhanush - Simbu, Vishal -'Jayam' Ravi... This is an endless and shameful chain of arch-rival stories created by literates for the 'illiterates'.

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February's retail sales as reported may have been expectations of a 0.2 percent seasonally adjusted rise, but the 0.3 percent increase turned in was still far from impressive, especially after considering that the Census Bureau revised January's result down to -0.6 percent from an originally reported -0.4 percent.
Naturally, that didn't stop the Associated Press's Josh Boak and his story's headline writer from celebrating the news as a "rebound." Even more absurdly, Boak claimed that "Last month's rebound almost brought retail spending back to its December levels." Excerpts follow the jump:
U.S. retail sales bounced back in February after suffering a steep decline during a bitterly cold January. Shoppers spent more on autos, clothing and furniture.
The Commerce Department said Thursday that seasonally-adjusted retail sales rose 0.3 percent in February. Spending had fallen 0.6 percent in January, revised down from the 0.4 percent decline initially reported. Retail spending also fell 0.3 percent in December.
The increase suggests that consumer spending has started to recover after being tempered by snowstorms and freezing temperatures that blanketed much of the country.
Auto sales rose 0.3 percent. Excluding volatile spending on autos, gas and building supplies, retail sales increased 0.3 percent from December.
Last month's rebound almost brought retail spending back to its December levels. Purchases at restaurants, online retailers and department stores also improved, although the economy has yet to fully shake off winter's impact.
Over the past 12 months, retail sales have risen a modest 1.5 percent.
For those who are keeping score, retail sales are not adjusted for inflation, which means that their 12-month rise is really no progress in real terms. The latest inflation release had January 2013-2014 inflation at 1.6 percent.
How a 0.3 percent "rebound" (more like a carom) almost makes up for the previous 0.6 percent decline is a complete.
The bureau's specific numbers more sharply refute Boak's claim:
Thanks to the reported percentage roundings going the wrong way, February's 0.265% rise only got back 41 percent of January's 0.638% decline. That's like getting to the 11-mile mark in the 26.2 mile marathon, dropping out, and saying, "I almost made it." No you didn't.
It's all in a day's work with the AP's always sunny-side-up (when Democrats are in office) business and economics writers.
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Star Wars: Republic Commando
Review by dante219
"A strong ally of the Force"
The Star Wars franchise never really used did a squad based shooter before but now they have and it is amazing. Star Wars Republic Commando combines FPS action with squad based strategy. It becomes a very unique game and one of the FPS shooters I played this year. Star Wars Republic Commando has story events that happen after Episode II and before Episode III. You play as clone leader named "38." The Republic made a special group of clones that battle more effieciently than all the other clones you see in Episode II. After an impressive opening sequence, you are sent to Geonosis to kill a Geonosian War Chief. One of the things I don't like about this game is the first level. It just isn't that fun. After you get all the members of your squad, it gets a little better. The reason its not fun is because you start out with just a lame ass blaster. All the enemies are droids or geonosians. Each enemy in the first level takes like 10 shots and it doesn't really get much better. After you finish the first level and get a sniper rifle, things get better.
On a gaphical level, the games pretty nice. I've seen better but its still good. Its clean and the framerate doesn't drop. Theres a ragdoll physics engine in the game but it's not really emphasized much. There are no cut scenes in the game which I found dissapointing. I think there was like 10 different enemies in the game. It kind of got repitive when you kept seeing the same old guys again. There's 5 different weapons. Your starting weapon, the DC-17, has two attachements. Sniper and Grenade Launcher. The other wepons consist of a futuristic chaingun, a shotgun, something sort of like a submachinegun, a laser beam weapon, and some grenades.
You get four different grenades: Thermal, Sonic, Flash, and EC. Thermal is making mince meat out of meaty targets. I don't remember what the heck sonic is for. Flash blinds things with eyes (not including droids). ECis a droids nightmare.
At many times in the game, you run into something called a droid dispenser. These things are asses. Whenever you run into them, you will be like @$%&. You try and hurry up and blow itup before droids come out. The droids you first meet aren't tough. When you meet droidekas and Super battle droids, they are ridiculously hard to kill without the right weapons. By the way, this game is pretty difficult. I barely made it past each level. You start out with health and a shield generator just like Halo. Shield heals automatically but your health has to be healded by things called Bacta. Whenever you get low or someone in your squad is low on health, you have to order him to get bacta. It's pretty easy, just point at the bacta and press A.
There are special places where your squad gets to use their special skills. Your squad members are 07(the sniper), 40 (the hacker), and I forgot the other guy but he likes to blow stuff up. If you need a door to be hacked just go up to it and hold A or tell you squad to do it by pointing at it and pressing A. You can assign your squad to sniping and demolitions at certain places. Sometimes, Scorch, the guy who likes blowing stuff up, is hilarious. He's always complaining and getting scared. Your squad always tells him to shut up.
A lot of the music is from the Star Wars films. Dialouge is clean and top notch. Carth from KOTOR plays scorch and the guy who playes Jango Fett in Episode II plays the leader. Droids say,"Uh-oh" whenever you throw a grenade at them. There's wookies in the game and they all have that nice Chewbacca yell we all love. I just didn't understand one thing. All the wookies are so fat, wide, and tall.
I had a lot of fun playing this game. I never really tried the multiplayer so I can't say anything about that. The squad is fun to command and blowing up droids is really fun. One thing bothered me though. This game is soooooooo friggin short. I beat it in two-three days. I suggest just renting it if you don't have Xbox Live. I would totally recommend buying it for $20. So here's my overall score:
+Squad is fun to use.
+Great Star Wars music
-Too short
-From what I hear, uninteresting multiplayer.
Funness (I know thats not a word): 9
Sound: 9
Length: 6
Overall: 8
Reviewer's Rating: 4.0 - Great
Originally Posted: 04/18/05
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Banks Sidewinder D-Max Type-R
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are known for their longevity and durability. But entering a Duramax-powered
GMC Sierra in endurance road races against some of the country's
top sports cars seems completely out of place.
The innovative Banks has already set land speed records with a Cummins-powered Dakota that was driven, not towed, to Bonneville. Now his current project—titled Sidewinder D-Max Type-R—is out to radically change the perception of diesel power on the race track as well as the street.
The truck will compete in 2006 National Auto Sport Assn. series in the Super Unlimited Class, which can include World Challenge and other high-end road-racing cars. Plans had been made to run in the grueling 25 Hours of Thunderhill this weekend (December 4-5), but testing on the just-painted truck wasn't completed.
A Banks spokesperson said component evaluation was continuing and team owner Gale Banks didn't want to interrupt the test schedule just to be in the race. According to Banks, endurance testing finds weaknesses in every part and he needs to find and address each one.
The truck will run in the opening test session on the 15-turn, 3-mile Thunderhill course the Friday before the 25-Hour race as part of its evaluation but will not compete this year.
Unlike other diesel projects that focus solely on simply forcing more air and fuel into the cylinders, the Banks team wanted to implement more racing tricks and design innovations throughout the engine. Banks had access to four stock 6.6-liter Duramax LLY engines for testing and development. In another section of the shop, work centered on building a NASCAR-style chassis and fabricating aerodynamically enhanced body panels.
Cylinder block preparation was just as precise as any race engine. The block was rifle-drilled to supply oil to the lifters. Banks CNC milled a billet oil pan for the 7-stage dry-sump system. The custom pan also serves as a block reinforcement girdle. Custom 4340 billet-steel H-beam connecting rods are mated with stock pistons and crankshaft, but both components are heavily modified. The crank was lightened and knife-edged while the pistons were softened in the dome area and an inside lip around the bowl was relieved. The piston crowns were also slightly beveled to allow for expansion under higher exhaust temperatures. Final compression ratio is 14.5:1.
There wasn't much the engineers could do with the 4-valve cylinder heads. The Banks team cut up donor heads in various cross sections but couldn't find enough metal to hog out as desired. Some porting was done with a CNC machine to promote swirl, then additional shaping was handled with a hand grinder.
Other head improvements included stainless steel intake and Inconel exhaust valves (both 33mm) and smaller but stronger Eibach springs. The stock 2-piece rocker bridges—those are the pieces that activate 2 rocker arms from a single pushrod—were replaced with custom-machined units. Despite the limitations of the port size, Banks improved air flow by 30 percent on intake side and 50 percent on exhaust.
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A Kingston woman who was made an MBE for helping victims of domestic violence said victims' courage inspired her.
Jo Keogh, 47, from Thames Ditton, has been made an MBE in the Queen's Honours Birthday list for her dedication to victims of domestic violence.
The crisis intervention and risk manager at Kingston police was the founder of the successful one-stop shop, which was set up in 2003, but has been working against domestic violence for 26 years.
She said: "I am very overwhelmed at the moment but I am proud. I really enjoy my work. It is about supporting people through difficult times.
"The Wednesday's Women groups over the years have been amazing.
"I am in complete awe of every single woman that has attended.
"Their strength, courage, resilience and humour in the face of such dire circumstances is what has given me the inspiration to keep working on their behalf."
She also praised the support of her colleagues and said without them she would not have been able to carry on.
She said she was looking forward to the official ceremony and would be taking her mother and daughter along.
Christos Kalamatianos, Kingston's acting borough commander, said: "I would like to congratulate Jo on her appointment as a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the Queen's Birthday Honours.
"Jo has received the award in recognition of her work in supporting victims of domestic violence both within Kingston as well as across the Metropolitan Police Service.
"Her dedication and commitment to those affected by domestic abuse is second to none and this is a well deserved award for outstanding work."
After working for Women's Aid helpline while at university, Mrs Keogh later managed its London helpline before it merged with the Refuge service to become the National Domestic Violence Helpline.
She was the co-ordinator of North Kensington Women's Aid, then Kingston Women's Aid, during which time she set up outreach services that still exist as the Hestia Kingston Floating Support Service.


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In early 1860, pundits across America confidently predicted the election of Illinois senator Stephen A. Douglas in the coming presidential race. Douglas, after all, was a national figure, a renowned orator, and led the only party that bridged North and South. But his Democrats fractured over the issue of slavery, creating a splintered four-way race that opened the door for the upstart Republicans, exclusively Northern, to steal the Oval Office. Dark horse Abraham Lincoln-not the first choice even of his own party-won the presidency with a record-low share of the popular vote. His victory instantly triggered the secession crisis. With a historian's keen insight and a veteran political reporter's eye for detail, Douglas R. Egerton re-creates the cascade of unforeseen events that confounded political bosses, set North and South on the road to disunion, and put not Stephen Douglas but his greatest rival in the White House. Year of Meteors delivers a vibrant cast of characters-from the gifted, flawed Douglas to the Southern "fire-eaters," who gleefully sabotaged their own party, to the untested Abraham Lincoln-and a breakneck narrative of this most momentous year in American history.
"This is politics as high drama, and Egerton does it justice with his lucid, meticulous account." –
Publishers Weekly
"Civil War buffs will appreciate the book's dozens of vividly drawn characters . . . Readers who take politics seriously will get the thrill of an insider's view of a hard-fought campaign." –
Associated Press
"Only one American election was momentous in the grand sense-triggering a war that charted a new course for the nation and putting in the White House a man who would become the most revered national figure since George Washington. Year of Meteors is Douglas R. Egerton's fascinating account of the bizarre and explosive election of 1860." –
The Wall Street Journal
""Brilliant ... master[s] an incredible range of scholarly and popular work ... sparkles with insight ... An impressive accomplishment."--Reviews in American History on Death or Liberty" –
"Egerton is a master. Year of Meteors reveals the fragility of the American political landscape, a place where politicians, no matter how hard they try, are unable to predict the future." –
Scott Gac, author of Singing for Freedom
"A lively, expertly rendered narrative of politics as a prelude to war." –
Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"Well-informed, judicious, and lively political history. Douglas Egerton has a sharp eye for telling biographical details, and he deploys them to great analytical and narrative effect." –
Bruce Levine, author of Half Slave and Half Free
"Well thought out, deeply researched and intelligently presented. Egerton traces the backround and events that shaped the political world at a moment of severe danger to the nation. In doing so he successfully opens to view a world that is long gone but whose politics remains relevant into our own day." –
Joel H. Silbey, author of Storm over Texas and Respectable Minority
"Thanks to Egerton's insight into 19th-century political strategy and skullduggery, the graceful Year of Meteors reads like a fresh insider-informed exposé of a modern presidential election instead of an exposé of a race that took place when Maine had more residents than California...." –
Christian Science Monitor


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MANAMA: The @bahrain project will create thousands of jobs for Bahrainis for generations to come, says chief executive officer Nicola Pero.
She hopes to break ground later this year, before construction starts properly during the first quarter of next year - with the first venues scheduled to open between July and September 2012.
"The advantage of this project is that whilst its objective is capital wealth, it's going to deliver really strongly with social wealth as well," Ms Pero told the GDN yesterday.
"This is going to provide amazing opportunities and thousands of jobs for training and deliver careers not just to this generation, but future generations of Bahrainis as well - this is hugely important to us."
With many similar developments worldwide feeling the brunt of the recession and falling by the wayside, Ms Pero was keen that @bahrain had a clear and progressive development plan to ensure that the project did not stagnate.
"What we didn't want to do is get on a tabletop and shout about the project, only to find nothing happening for 12 months," she said.
"Core to this development is the idea of future sustainability and an essence that the BIC is here for the future and we wanted to show strong momentum, alongside clear and decisive planning, to show this."
Plans to create a business park alongside the BIC have existed right from the start of plans to bring Formula One racing to Bahrain.
"It's important to understand that we are not linked to the F1 but linked to the circuit; but F1 is the premier event of the year and the BIC has a long-term contract with the sport," said Ms Pero.
"By having @bahrain next door we will be able to work together to help further enhance motor sport and inject a great deal more business and diversity into the circuit as well."
One of the unique aspects of @bahrain which has made it so attractive to Mumtalakat is that the project will be able to start generating revenue immediately; through the soon-to-launch automotive club and the transport research institute.
It does not require an immediate physical facility to operate as it conducts its research through consultancy, so will be able to open later this year.
"The exhibition and convention facilities will be able to attract business which will transfer immediately, so it's not as if growth is going to start from zero," said Ms Pero.
"This brings in instant business for the hotels, which will drive business for retail; as well as projects like the automotive club and the transport research institute which will generate revenue even before this project has been delivered."
Ms Pero said Bahrain's convention facilities are 100 per cent booked up, having turned away 50 events in the last year.
For an industry worth an estimated $56 billion (BD21.1bn) worldwide per year - this could be a great source of income for the country, she said.
"What I do know is that Bahrain's convention sector puts in 300,000 room nights into Bahrain every year and there are constant inquiries as to availability," she said.
Facilities at @bahrain will be unique, offering participants everything on their doorstep, from shopping to go-kart racing, said Ms Pero.
The attraction would be a development "where you can bring your delegates to a development where you have no transportation problems; retail complexes focused on food, beverage and merchandising and a place where delegates can try out go-karting, drive a car around an F1 track or go to a hummer academy," she said
"Well there's no place in the world that offers that - it's a tremendous thing to be able to offer your delegates," she said.


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Courtesy: ArkansasState
Release: 04/05/2011
REDSHIRT SENIOR SEASON (2015): Played and started in 55 of the team's 57 games and drew starts at third base, first base, and designated hitter ... had one of the most memorable seasons in A-State baseball history as he earned third-team All-American honors from the American Baseball Coaches Association and Louisville Slugger ... became first A-State player to receive All-American honors since 2007 and the first to claim multiple accolades since the 2006 season when Josh Yates earned two All-American awards ... named first-team All-Sun Belt Conference as an utility player and first-team All-SBC by College Sports Madness ... was a finalist for the Gregg Olson Breakout Player of the Year award ... earned first-team ABCA All-South Central Region accolades ... led the nation with a .548 on-base percentage and led the conference in batting average (.399), walks (52), hits (81), and doubles (22) ... the 52 walks set a new school record by breaking Matt Bryant's record of 49 in 1996 ... set career record for walks with 143, breaking Ryan Emery's record of 141 from 2010-13 ... his .399 batting average is the third best in school history ... reached base in all 55 games this season to put together the nation's longest on-base streak at 74 games after entering the season with a 19-game on-base streak from the previous two seasons that were cut short by injury ... led the team in slugging percentage (.562), total bases (114), and hit-by-pitches (16) ... only struck out 28 times on the season and scored 38 runs while driving in 35 ... also had a triple and three home runs and was second on the team in stolen bases with nine ... led the team with 27 multi-hit games, including 11 that were three-hit contests ... tied the school record with four walks against UALR on May 16 ... had season-high seven total bases against Georgia State in the SBC Tournament on May 22 ... knocked in season-best three RBIs against Kansas State on May 2 ... drafted in the 35th round by the Pittsburgh Pirates with the 1,057th pick.
REDSHIRT JUNIOR SEASON (2014): Played and started in 10 games before suffering a season-ending knee injury for the second straight season … had a .382 batting average with three RBIs and four doubles before suffering the injury … the injury came 364 days after he suffered his first knee injury in 2013 … ironically it also occurred on the Red Wolves' first road series of the season … will bring a 19-game hit streak into his senior season, a streak that spans each of the last two years.
JUNIOR SEASON (2013): Played in the season's first nine games before suffering a season-ending knee injury ... had 11 hits and five RBIs and a .333 batting average at the time of the injury ... received a medical redshirt.
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2012): Played in 53 games, while starting in 52...ranked fourth on the team with 54 hits and was second with 46 runs scored...hit .270 with three stolen bases and had six home runs which was second most on the squad...had multiple hits in 18 games and enjoyed a six game hit streak...also reached base in 17 straight games in 2012.
FRESHMAN SEASON (2011): Played in 49 games as a true freshman, starting in 41...hit .281...had 45 hits and scored 22 runs...had six doubles and one home run...drove in 24 runs...was 4/6 on stolen base attempts...logged 12 multiple-hit games...had four multiple-RBI games...is currently riding an eight-game hit streak heading into the 2012 season and has reached base in nine consecutive games...scored three runs against FIU in SBC Tournament...had three hits against ULL, Ole Miss and FIU.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played high school baseball at Greene County Tech where he was named All-State in 2007, 2008 and 2009...was named best under the Sun Newcomer of the Year by the Jonesboro Sun...also played basketball at Greene County Tech.
PERSONAL: Born July 16, 1992 ... son of Cindy and Eddie George.


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Poop on the floor : Revelation and solutions : YOU MUST READ !
Oh boy !!! I am so happy that Ive learn that today.
After days and days of trying to find out why my cat is now suddenly pooping on the floor. He was doing great with green and suddenly started to poop on the floor. Here is my revelation (maybe a lot of people knows but I didnt have a clue !) : My cat had diarrhea when we started the green ring, he was pooping in the toilet all the time. When his feces started to be normal he hit the water once, and never went back.
Why ? Because with diarrhea you dont have back-splash its like to go pee !! But when your poop is normal, if you dont poop in front of the LK ,(because in the back there is more water) almost all the times it will splash the bum of your cat if the poop hit the water. THEY hate that !!! When that happens to me I hated it too !!!
So I went back to amber, and the goal of my cat is to hit the ring because he doesn,t want to get a little wet if the poop hits the water. He doesnt want to experience that again !
WOW !!! So my cat doesnt want to experience again the back-splash. The ring is not the problem, in his case. So there are THREE solutions that I think will work :
Lower the level of the water and/or put toilet paper to absorb the splash for # 2
And also , that I will try now and give you some news later, put the litter IN FRONT of the LK, and only there. So it will naturaly guide him to do it in the front...I hope !
Front = No back splash !!!
After I found out about back-splash, I googled this : toilet trained cat back-splash to have more info about it, and I stumble on that book and I was literally jumping everywhere VERY GOOD INFO for cat who poop on the floor. So I had the confirmation that I found the problem of my cat : My cat doesnt want to experience back-splash on his bum again !!!
Here is the link that will help you Im sure :
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Key Technology Trends Set to Drive Future of Innovation and the Technology Industry in South Africa in 2014
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, 4 March 2014 – Cisco unveiled trends from its first -ever Tech Radar Report 2014 today. Based on intelligence gathered by over 70 global technology "scouts", senior representatives from Cisco in South Africa outlined some of the key technology trends highlighted in the 2014 report that will drive the future of innovation, trends and the technology industry and their impact on everyday society in South Africa.
The Technology Radar is a mechanism by which Cisco avoids the pitfall of the innovator's dilemma: it identifies and assesses developments and trends in technology independent of current product roadmaps or business unit priorities. The radar group looks within, but also beyond, Cisco's core markets.
The report's key trends to watch include Machine-to-Machine Connections, Context Aware Computing, Security, Browser Based Video & Collaboration, Video Mega Trends and Big Data.
"Organizations' IT departments in South Africa will need to create new computing resources to make sense of large volumes and new types of data coming in from devices varying from smartphone applications to information generated a city's infrastructure," commented Alpheus Mangale, Managing Director for Cisco in South Africa.
"IT organizations need to prepare for the Internet of Everything (IoE), and what we are now seeing is the emergence of an Application Economy where the focus will no longer be simply on the hardware, but also on supporting a larger number of applications on all connected devices," Mangale continued.
Key Trends to Watch in South Africa
Unsurprisingly, security will be critical for business growth and adaption to the new Internet, with companies likely to ramp up the deployment of scalable, cloud-based mobile device management solutions to protect personal and corporate information. Gartner Inc. predicts half of global companies will enact Bring Your Own Device programs by 2017. Cisco also reports that the Middle East and Africa is set to post the world's strongest mobile data traffic growth for at 77 percent CAGR to 2017 which will also undoubtedly create increased security challenges.
Machine-to-Machine, Person-to-Machine and Person-to-Person Connections Driving Value
Another key observation from the report states that, in the Application Economy, practically everything – roads, jet-engine parts, shoes, refrigerators, soil, and supermarket shelves – will have cheap, tiny sensors that generate terabytes of data that can be sifted for key insights. By 2022, Cisco predicts that person-to-machine and person-to-person combined connections will constitute 55 per cent of the total IoE value at stake, whereas machine-to-machine connections make up the remaining 45 per cent.
Home and Workplace Transformed
One major benefit of new Internet architectures is browser-based video and collaboration, which can enhance employee productivity by integrating audio-visual conferences, text notepads, and whiteboards into a real-time Web-based multimedia space.
Video Mega Trends will similarly transform digital imaging, with ultra HD video, enhancing the viewing experience on televisions, smartphones, augmented reality glasses, tablets, and camera-equipped devices.
Big Data is "the new oil" and needs to be analysed at a rate that matches the speed at which information enters the data warehouse. For example, to improve agriculture efficiencies through better decisions based on sensors monitoring weather conditions and soil conditions, fleet management and crop conditions
"2014 and beyond will signify a technology explosion throughout Africa which we have already started to witness. The growth and convergence of processes, data and things on the Internet will make networked connections more relevant and valuable than ever before, creating unprecedented opportunities for industries, businesses and people. Our CEO, John Chambers, describes part of this architecture as an Application Economy, where the focus will no longer be simply on the hardware, but on supporting a larger number of applications on all connected devices. And many M2M applications will need to deliver and process information in real-time or near-real-time. If we want to change the way people communicate and take it to the next level, we are going to need the simple, ubiquitous and rapid deployment that the web platform can provide. We need the browsers to use new standards, open source strategies and partnerships. At Cisco we changed the communication by driving the evolution of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), and we are now changing the web to include interactive collaboration," concluded Mangale.
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