zombie survival guide

this is a very interesting book. It has some answers to our questions about zombies. I suggest that in the next discussion we use the rules in this book. ZOM-BZE: (Zom'be) n. also ZOM-BIES pl. I. An animated corpse that feeds on living humanjlesh. 2. A voodoo spell that raises the dead. 3. A Voodoo snake god. 4. One who moves or acts in a daze "like a zombie." [a word of West African origin] What is a zombie? How are they created? What are their strengths and weaknesses? What are their needs, their desires? Why are they hostile to humanity? Before discussing any survival techniques, you must first learn what you are trying to survive. We must begin by separating fact from fiction. The walking dead are neither a work of "black magic" nor any other supernatural force. Their origin stems from a virus known as Solanum, a Latin word used by Jan Vanderhaven, who first "discovered" the disease..... here is the torrent.

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The Color Marketing Group

Color Marketing Group, founded in 1962, is a not-for-profit, international Association of 1,100 Color Designers involved in the use of color as it applies to the profitable marketing of goods and services.

CMG’s major focus is to identify the direction of color and design trends. CMG members then "translate" that information into salable colors for manufactured products.

CMG's Consumer and Contract Color Directions Forecasts are developed annually through the collaborative efforts of approximately 400 members that attend CMG's Conference.

STEP 1:
This unique method of color forecasting is an ongoing process and begins well before CMG members convene. Conference registrants develop individual forecasts that encapsulate a wide variety of influences or trends that each Color Designer identifies within his or her industry.

STEP 2:
More than 400 CMG members from around the world collaborate during two International Conferences each year to analyze color trends.

STEP 3:
Color Forecast Workshops take place concurrently in which CMG members interpret the direction of color and influences ranging from the economy, the environment, politics, sports, demographics, social issues, technology to cultural events, worldwide.

STEP 4:
Following a day-long discussion of the many influences on colors and the shifts likely to occur in the coming years, a Color Forecast is developed from each of the Workshops.

STEP 5:
Through a Steering Committee, these Workshop Forecasts are consolidated into a final Forecast.

Slate:
How do the CMG members choose their colors? The official line is that they look at economic trends (pastels in bad times, saturated colors in good times) and also examine social trends. What this boils down to is six hundred people sitting around in small groups, trying to figure out the next big thing. Gray, for example, was chosen in part because of the craze for technology and space-age stuff as the millennium approaches: "People associate gray with futuristic things like silvery metallics and anodized aluminum," a CMG spokeswoman said. And why blue? "Water is a big social issue, what with the current emphasis on designer water and water conservation."

The Color Marketing Group forecasts up to three years. In my opinion, it's a self-fulfilling prophecy. Nobody is obliged to follow CMG's colors, but a manufacturer who ignores them is likely to find that all his competitors’ products are in fashionably colors, while his own clash.
So if most manufacturers are using the CMG colors, it clearly isn't a coincidence your window covering choices match perfectly with your carpet choices.
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Google Earth 4.3

The sun has been implemented

Streetview has been integrated

And some buildings are much more realistic and render faster.

Also you can finally see when an image was taken
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Chauffeur overreden door eigen bus

21-jarige man raakt bekneld en zwaargewond.

Een 21-jarige man is dinsdagavond in Rotterdam zwaargewond geraakt toen hij werd overreden door zijn eigen bus. De chauffeur had het voertuig neergezet om mensen op te halen. Toen hij buiten stond, begon de bus te rijden. Mogelijk heeft hij de handrem niet gebruikt, meldt de politie woensdag. Het ongeluk gebeurde rond 21.15 uur op de Rodezand in de binnenstad. De Rotterdammer raakte bekneld onder de bus, die tot stilstand kwam tegen een andere bus. De man is overgebracht naar een ziekenhuis. De Arbeidsinspectie is ingelicht. Gevaarlijke dingen die bussen. Een aantal jaar geleden overleed een chauffeur omdat hij vast zat tussen de deuren van zijn eigen bus.

Atheist headstone

Road Surfing

Wow, didn't know that was possible. Must have some slippery roads or shoes. Seems pretty suicidal anyway.