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"They are always with someone. And it's really sad that you got to be on it and so scared, but it's reality and the kids depend on you," said mother Shawna Burns.
That's why Shawna makes sure her two kids know where to go for help in their neighborhood.
"We have people who are across the street, we have the lodge in the park, and we always have my mom and dad around the corner. They have several people they can go to if Mommy and Daddy aren't home or if we are not close enough," said Burns.
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- Know where your children are. Have your children tell you or ask permission before leaving the house and give them a time to check in or be home. When possible, have them leave a phone number of where they will be.
- Help children learn important phone numbers. Have your children practice reciting their home phone number and address, and your work and cell phone numbers. If they have trouble memorizing these, write them down on a card and have them carry it at all times. Tell your children where you will be and the best way to reach you.
-Set limits on where your children can go in your neighborhood. Do you want them crossing busy roads? Playing in alleys or abandoned buildings? Are there certain homes in your neighborhood that you don't want your children to go to?
-Get to know your children's friends. Meet their parents before letting your children to go to their home and keep a list of their phone numbers. If you can't meet their parents, call and talk to them. Ask what your children might do at their house and if they will be supervised.
-Choose a safe house in your neighborhood. Pick a neighbor's house where your children can go if they need help. Point out other places they can go for help, like stores, libraries and police stations.
-Teach children to settle arguments with words, not fists. Roleplay talking out problems, walking away from fist fights, and what to do when confronted with bullies. Remind them that taunting and teasing can hurt friends and make enemies.
-Work together with your neighbors. Watch out for suspicious and unusual behavior in your neighborhood. Get to know your neighbors and their children so you can look out for one another.
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26 U.S. Code § 6050K - Returns relating to exchanges of certain partnership interests
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(a) In general
Except as provided in regulations prescribed by the Secretary, if there is an exchange described in section 751(a) of any interest in a partnership during any calendar year, such partnership shall make a return for such calendar year stating—
Such return shall be made at such time and in such manner as the Secretary may require by regulations.
(b) Statements to be furnished to transferor and transferee
Every partnership required to make a return under subsection (a) shall furnish to each person whose name is required to be set forth in such return a written statement showing—
(1) the name, address, and phone number of the information contact of the partnership required to make such return, and
The written statement required under the preceding sentence shall be furnished to the person on or before January 31 of the year following the calendar year for which the return under subsection (a) was required to be made.
(c) Requirement that transferor notify partnership
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In the case of any exchange described in subsection (a), the transferor of the partnership interest shall promptly notify the partnership of such exchange.
Source(Added Pub. L. 98–369, div. A, title I, § 149(a),July 18, 1984, 98 Stat. 689; amended Pub. L. 99–514, title XV, § 1501(c)(13), title XVIII, § 1811(b)(2),Oct. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2739, 2833; Pub. L. 104–168, title XII, § 1201(a)(11),July 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 1470.)
1996—Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 104–168substituted "name, address, and phone number of the information contact" for "name and address".
1986—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 99–514, § 1501(c)(13), in amending subsec. (b) generally, substituted references to partnerships required to make a return for former references to partnerships making a return and references to persons whose name is required to be set forth for former references to persons whose name is set forth.
Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 99–514, § 1811(b)(2), substituted "this section" for "this subsection".
Effective Date of 1996 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 104–168applicable to statements required to be furnished after Dec. 31, 1996 (determined without regard to any extension), see section 1201(b) ofPub. L. 104–168, set out as a note under section 6041 of this title.
Effective Date of 1986 Amendment
Amendment by section 1501(c)(13) ofPub. L. 99–514applicable to returns the due date for which (determined without regard to extensions) is after Dec. 31, 1986, see section 1501(e) ofPub. L. 99–514, set out as an Effective Date note under section 6721 of this title.
Amendment by section 1811(b)(2) ofPub. L. 99–514applicable to partnership taxable years beginning after Oct. 22, 1986, see section 1811(b)(1)(B) ofPub. L. 99–514, set out as a note under section 6031 of this title.
Amendment by section 1811(b)(2) ofPub. L. 99–514effective, except as otherwise provided, as if included in the provisions of the Tax Reform Act of 1984, Pub. L. 98–369, div. A, to which such amendment relates, see section 1881 ofPub. L. 99–514, set out as a note under section 48 of this title.
Effective Date
Pub. L. 98–369, div. A, title I, § 149(d),July 18, 1984, 98 Stat. 690, provided that: "The amendments made by this section [enacting this section and amending sections 6652 and 6678 of this title] shall apply with respect to exchanges after December 31, 1984."
Plan Amendments Not Required Until January 1, 1989
For provisions directing that if any amendments made by subtitle A or subtitle C of title XI [§§ 1101–1147 and 1171–1177] or title XVIII [§§ 1800–1899A] of Pub. L. 99–514require an amendment to any plan, such plan amendment shall not be required to be made before the first plan year beginning on or after Jan. 1, 1989, see section 1140 ofPub. L. 99–514, as amended, set out as a note under section 401 of this title.
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Entrepreneur and Author Peter A. Thiel spoke at a luncheon sponsored by the Independent Institute on January 27, 2015. He shared insights from his new book Zero to One on how to create true innovations in the world of atomsnot just digits and bitsand how to foster a peaceful, prosperous and freer future marked by globalization in a world of limited resources.
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Americas most provocative humorist, P. J. ORourke, has read pioneering economist Adam Smiths The Wealth of Nations, first published in 1776, so we dont have toand the results are as entertaining as they are enlightening.
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The Tanzania Football Federation has wished the best of luck Mainland premier soccer league champions samba who board a flight to Khartoum ahead of their Confederation Cup return leg tie against Al Ahly Shandy.
Simba players and officials are boarding the flight to Khartoum today to acclimatize with the weather ahead of their return leg match to be played in Shandy township on Sunday night.
The team leave early to be accustomed to the environment despite excessive confidence and psychological boost attained from a handsome 3-0 goal victory during the first leg.
The football federation has also send congratulations to Simba after wining the Mainland premiership title on May 6 and crowned a day after at the National Stadium in Dar es Salaam.
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The Rolling Stones
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"You Stones you worse than senseless things"
"The Rolling Stones? If that band was a dog, it would have been put to sleep a long time ago."
"Start me up... oh God, not my hip again!"
The California Raisins, commonly known as Mick Jadestone and The Rolling Boulders, or the Rolling Stoners, are an old timey skiffle group who are known for their decade-specific 1930's sound, a magic which famously only lasted one summer in nineteen dickety-twelve. Their legend goes as this: On the 6th day, God created Man. But before that, on the 5th day, God created five idiotic humans. Eons later, they are STILL performing. British musicians, they who once achieved an honorable mention in an article in the Canadian society magazine The Globe and Male: "Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau is enjoying a quiet weekend with his wife Margaret at their country retreat, catching up on some home improvements and building a new patio. Evidently Pierre is mixing the cement and Margaret is laying the stones." They are the only band in the world that has ever worn dinosaur leather.
"The Rolling Stones are the hottest, youngest new band to hit the music scene.", an accolade often confused with John Phillips Sousa and his Flaming Tubas.
"The Rolling Stones are the only band to suck as much as the dick they eat." -- Mahatma Ghandi
"I went to one of their concerts, and they tried to eat my brains! I thought I wasn't going to make it out of there, I had to shove a fat lady with a baby towards them to buy time! God they tore them apart!" --This Guy
Ever since they sold their souls to Satan in the 1960s the band sucked more than any other band in this world, they even reportedly bribed Mr. D to give up for The Beatles. The band was originally formed & named by Brian Jones,(his identical twin Davey formed the 1st American boy band,The Monkees around the same time). Brian, famed for his ability to play any instrument instantly, was a serial bigamist & after his death, his wives (352 at the last count) tried to sue the remaining stones for maintenance under the combined nom de plume of Allen Klein. The stones agreed to let them have all the royalties from their 60s output & also named there 70s comeback album, Some Girls (are right fat greedy slags) after them.
Because Brian had a natural feel for music,the early & mid 60s became a massive success for the band.However the other stones grew jealous & plotted behind his back to remove him, they bought a house for him, formerly owned by Lewis Carrol, fed him lsd & put the beatles song-yellow submarine-on repeat play. He was later found dead in his swimming pool.
After being imprisoned in the late 1960s oatcake for possession of jelly beans & fish flavoured mars bars, jagger & richards managed too escape dartmoor prison by constructing a massive butterfly,designed by Rees Moog.They then released a record under a new moniker-The Who-but became bored with people saying-The Who?-, They later sold all rights too the BBC & also receive royalties whenever anyone attempts too crack the old Dr Who jokes. In the early 70s & unable too pay for taxis, (none of the band can drive apart from Keef & who would seriously want to be in a car while hes driving!?) they moved abroad & flew to Disney World in Paris, which has a monorail, there they they rented a small shack called Nil point & recorded an album-Exile on Minnie Mouse Street. Full of drug refs inc Snow White, Flying Elephants etc & featuring uber groupie Bambi, it became renowned as there greatest effort & they were crowned King Of The Swingers by Walt himself.
After this period,the band relied entirely on Mick Taylor too compose all there albums as jagger sought a new life as an actor & Keef became a human laboratory franchised by dunhill & jack daniels.The stress became too much & Mick taylor left & enrolled as a life guard for baywatch,underwent hymen reconstruction & changed his name to Pamela Anderson.
In the mid-late 70s in an effort to keep up with their younger contemporaries, the stones recruited Ronnie Woods & embraced disco & morris dancing, also Keef became a full/time vampire requiring constant blood changes. Bill wyman was so appalled he started a creche & later left the band. Charlie Watts also ran into health issues around this time & became profoundly deaf & dumb, he later learned too lip read but this did not stop the rest of the band mercilessly ribbing him. Keef & the gang changed his surname by deed poll to What as an affectionate wind up. With Bill gone, Brian Jones briefly rejoined to help record 6ft under (released as undercover of shite) He played banjo, autoharp, my old mans a dustbin man & moog synths on most of the new trax, although jagger later overdubbed most traces with vocals such as "allRiggggggghhht" & "Woo Woo".
After managing to have Brian declared contractually dead to avoid paying him, the rest of the stones went into Tax exile again & relocated to the south pole,where they played there largest gig ever in front of over 400,000 penguins. (later made into a film-march of the penguins)
Ron Wood's report that he was abducted by aliens in the spring of 1978 has been proven false, perhaps even a hoax. The Stones themselves insist it's true. Fellow band member Charlie Watts reported him fashioning "heads" out of potato skins and wood glue, claiming they were exact replicas of the aliens who had taken him. The replicas have been witnessed by anonymous third parties, and it's true he was caught at New York's JFK airport with 200 pounds of potatoes in burlap sacks during the Stone's 1981 "Tattoo You" tour. The significance of these potatoes has not been established with any certainty. Psychiatrist Bill Peeldraw of John Hopkins Hospital offered the opinion that "rock stars often suffer from these delusions due to their drug intake and may account for Mr. Wood's mediocre guitar playing as well". Dr. Peeldraw goes on to say that he feels these "spud" fantasies are merely Mr. Wood's projected self image. Mr. Wood has refused to comment.
Despite only having one song (the stones can neither tune nor play their instruments) the band regularly cash in each year by releasing the same record in a different sleeve & adding live audience sounds. They have also maximised their income by franchising & the stones now tour simultaneously in at least 3 or 4 continents, only taking off xmas day to let jagger appear in panto at the London palladium, Discography is as follows
- England's Newest Black Imitators (1964)
- Later! (1965)
- The One With "Satisfaction" (1965)
- This'll Sell Real Well (1965)
- Hey Look, We Wrote All Our Songs This Time! (And Added Some Subliminal Messages Now!) (1966)
- Ok, So The Whole "Subliminal Messages" Thing Was A Bad Idea... But Hey! We Wrote Some Original Songs Now At Least!" (1967)
- Their Satanic Waitress' Dinner Orders (1967)
- Flower Power Was a Load of Crap, Wasn't It? (1968)
- New Platter of Drugs (1968)
- Let It Bleed And Die You Emos (1969)
- Get Yer Ya Ya's Outta Me (1970)
- Fuck the Beatles! (1970)
- Sticky Needles (1971)
- Somehow, This Turned Out To Be Our Best Album Ever (1972)
- Songs Left Over From Our Cocaine Binge (1973)
- It's Only Rock N Roll (And Maybe Some RnB, Reggae, And A Little Country) (1974)
- White N' Nerdy (1976)
- Some Drugs (1978)
- Gay Rescue (1980)
- The One With "Start Me Up" (1981)
- Shit Only Hardcore Fans Would Buy (1983)
- Lazy Work (1986)
- Mick's Demotions (1989)
- We Finally Tried To Sound Like The Classic Rock Band We Are (1994)
- Elevators to Epsilon (1997)
- If We Make Another Album, I'm Going To Scream My Head Off (1998.5)
- Keith's Song (The song where Jagger goes off for oxygen) (2007)
- Start Me Up an AARP Account (2008)
- Live from the Farewell VIII Tour (2000)
- Mick Jagger crawls out of the primordial ooze in 1,000,000,000 B.C.
- Keith Richards dies on the outside, creating an half-dead inbred abortion of a "human", more of a cross between Medusa and a zombie. (That's really how the dinosaurs died.)
- Future band members experiment with drugs...days after being born.
- Guitarist Brian Jones gets caught up in a drug scandal and has to change his identity to Mick Taylor and later Ronnie Wood. He continues to play with the Stones and a fake story about drowning is established by the band's manager.
- It is rumored that during a tour in 1968 Keith Richards drank the blood of a possessed bat and that this is the true source of his unholy power. Since then he has always slept upside down. The blood-incident is apparently the source of inspiration to their following 1969 album Let It Bleed.
- Lead singer Mick Jagger stabs a Hells Angels member to death during a free concert at the Woodstock Music festival in 1942.
- Bass guitarist Bill Wyman decides to set up a Flea Circus in 1976 and, after some initial difficulty getting the fleas to feed on the other members, he manages to do so with the help of some top accountants.
- Bob Dylan releases a hit single, "Like the Rolling Stones", satirizing their rise to fame. It tracks them through their early formative years as eukaryotic cells and follows them up through their meteoric rise to fame during the Great Flood, the Black Plague and both World Wars.
- The band members are rumored to be immortal. Hilary Duff also denies these allegations.
- The band finally retires after releasing their last single, "Time for Us to Go (and Soil Our Pants)".
- The Rolling Stones come back from retirement to play one tour. That was three tours ago.
- Mick Jagger is sent to the crazy house for gathering moss.
- The Rolling Stones make their final album Where's My Hearing Aid?
- After the death of Charlie Watts, David Lo Pan joined the Stones line-up.
- Mick Jagger is let out of the crazy house. He misses those white magicians.
- World War 3 starts.
- The Rolling Stones go on tour but make no money because no one else (with the exception of cockroaches, who incidentally have better taste in music) is still alive.
- In the year 4067 they go on tour again.
- 1994 - A documentary on the growing concern of the Japanese tree-eating bug and the subsequent development of new clear-cut forests is released.
- 1972 - The supergroup New York Dolls is formed, initially by Richards and Wilde, releasing 2 albums.
- In 5031 they finally die, victims of an errant asteroid...except for Keith Richards. He is left lonely and in need of blood.
- In 6000 all the coach roaches get bored and end up jumping into a volcano leaving Kieth Richards the last man alive.
- In 6001 God notices everyone's dead and comes on down to earth and says to Kieth why are you still here! Why can't you die!!!
- In 6333 Keith starts to get really lonely, then one day while walking down the rocky deserted road he finds a spooky abandoned Laboratory.
- In 6335 Using the many lost books he found in the humongous laboratory, Keith Richards figures a way to bring life back to his fellow Rolling Stones, though Donald the talking Dunetroll warns him the grave misfortune that comes from trying to play god, Keith really misses Mick and he does so anyway.
- In 6335 The Rolling Stones, together again, decide to play a concert of a magnitude more rockin' than anything ever done before. This results in the eruption of the earth's core.
- In 45%F569, Ben & Jerry's opens for the first time.
- In The Profound and Mystical Creation Boundless from the Human Concept Of Time, without a home, or matter that isn't dark, The Rolling Stones remain separated in there darkest hour in hopes of one day reuniting.
- Mick Jagger lands in a great body of water, without knowledge of where or what is to come.
- Mick Jagger crawls out of the primordial ooze in 1,000,000,000 B.C.
- Where's The Beer? (1963)
- Useless Song (1963)
- I Wanna Be The Greatest (or "Some awesome Song Paul McCutie and Johnny B. Lennon Wrote for .. oooh.. i say.. googling them two.. wow.. they ARE cute!")' (1963)
- "Another Useless Song" (1963)
- Donkey Rot! (More Appealing Than It Sounds) (1963)
- It Ain't Misogyny (It's Only Rock 'n Roll) (1964)
- "Let's Get Retarded" (1964)
- "Crime is on My Side (Yes It Is, you Lawmen, Laymen, whatever)" (1964)
- "Heart of Glass" (1964)
- "Play with Lizzie McGuire" (1965)
- "(I Can't Get No) Liposuction (But Chemotherapy, Why Yes)" (1965)
- "Get Off of My Couch!" (1965)
- "As Kirsch Go Down (My Throat)" (1965)
- "420th Time I Got A Nervous Breakdown From Taking Too Much Acid, Gunja, and Jesus Juice (Just Like Brian Jones)" (1965)
- "Paint It Rainbowy" (1966)
- "Kick Him Back" (1966)
- "Santa's Little Helper" (1966)
- "Omg Mick died in a fatal crash" (1966)
- "Let's Spend My Cash On Leather Suede"/ "I Ate at Ruby Tuesday Last Night and Ate Some Hamburgers" (1967)
- "We Hate You, Oscar Wilde!"/ "Dannyphantom" (1967)
- "In Another Land Before Time"/ "The Green Lantern" (1967)
- "She's A Pain In The Arse" (1967)
- "Jumpin' Jocks Flood The Football Stadium" (1968)
- "Sympathy For The Wilde" (1968)
- "Street Fighters vs. The X-Men" (1968)
- "No Experience On How To Seduce Paris Hilton (or Liposuction part II)" (1968)
- "Hanky Panky Pokémon Women" (1969)
- "Gimme Alka-Seltzer" (1969)
- "You Can't Always Fuck What You Want (Like Marianne Faithfull)" (1969)
- "Cocksucker Blues" (1970)
- "Black Sucka!" (1971)
- "I said, put the frigging needle in my arm" (1971)
- "Piled Corpses" (1971)
- "Tumbleweed Smoking" (1972)
- "Bittersweet Chocolate Black Bitch Man" (1972)
- "Sweet Vagina" (1972)
- "Hoppia" (1972)
- "Ang Huling El Bimbo" (1973)
- "It's Only Cocks 'n' Stripper Poles (But I Like 'Em)" (censored as "It's Only Cough 'n' Cold") (1974)
- "Ain't Too Proud, You Fag!" (1974)
- "Fooled To Die" (1976)
- "Fuck You"/ "Fagged Away Nicely (The Brokeback Mountain Anthem)" (1978)
- "Despicable" (1978)
- "Shocker!" (1978)
- "Gay Rescue" (1980)
- "Shoot Me Up (Please, I Mean It)" (1981)
- "Hanging on a Fiend" (1981)
- "Finally I'm official Fag" (1981)
- "Undercover Brotha" (1983)
- "Steel Heels" (1989)
- "Ronnie is drunk" (1867)
- "Billy McFluffers" (featuring Snow Patrol) (2065)
- The band's name is derived from Keith Richards' discovery at the age of 14 that he suffered from choleliths.
- Their biggest hit "Satisfaction" was actually written by a known pathological liar named Tommy Flanagan who originally titled the song "I Can't Get No Service In This Place". He and Mick Jagger were fisting buddies.
- The Rolling Stones are often accused of being greedy. This is not true. In fact, neither Mick Jagger nor Keith Richards have eaten for over 300 years. Until recently they donated all of their food to the likes of Luciano Pavarotti.
- Drummer Charlie Voltage has not changed his facial expression since 1868.
- Bill Wyman committed suicide soon after joining the band, because he found life too boring. Bill Wyman's corpse still plays bass for the Stones.
- The Rolling Stones are ancient beyond the comprehension of normal human beings.
- Contrary to popular belief, Keith Richards was not an extra in the Austrian pop comedy/thrashcore musical "Unt der Blirtens"
- Keith Richards was given the nickname "Keef" by Oscar Wilde sometime in the fall of 1965 during their XCVVVLIVL "Back with a Bang" Tour.
- Brian Jones was a member of the Great British Society of Unicyclists.
- Mick Jagger and Keith Richards were both offered roles on the hit show "The Good Life" but they couldn't settle on payment so their parts went to Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie .
- Mick Jagger and Keith Richards were initially rejected by Death.
- The Rolling Stones hired the mob to kill Jimi Hendrix.
- Brian Jones never died and in fact he was deported to Mongolia by the British government for acting like a twat. He currently resides in Ulaanbataar with his wife and twelve kids.
- Bill Wyman's real name is really William Winchestersauce IV. He came up with the name when he told a bunch of people that he was in The Rolling Stones. Everyone replied, "WHY, man?!" The name stuck,
- The Rolling Stones, did, in fact, sing backup with The Beatles in 1967. As a result of this collaboration, The Rolling Stones "borrowed" The Beatles' song schematics, instruments, and their album photographer. When asked about this, Mick Jagger replied, "Have you seen your mother, baby, standing in the shadow?" He was confirmed to be high on hydrogen peroxide.
- The band got the idea for the song "Brown Sugar" when Brian Jones, being the prankster he is, shat all over Keith Richards' cocaine.
- Ronnie Wood is a fan of metal-detectors and digging for items during spare time is one of his favorite hobbies. (This is actually true. I know! How lame, right?)
- During the 1960s the Rolling Stones were involved in a chart war with The Beatles and the Arthur Lyman Group
- The song 'Let's Spend the Night Together' is loosely based upon Keith Richard's experiences upon finding a bull frog in his bathroom while on a more unusual acid trip


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The Übermacht Rebla is a four-door midsize luxury crossover SUV which only appears in Grand Theft Auto IV.
The Rebla's styling resembles the BMW X5, the 4.8i badging is on the sides just ahead of the front doors, which is similar to BMW badging on the side of their crossover SUVs. However the performance,and the fact that the car is RWD resembles that of a Mercedes-Benz M-class. Also, due to the size of the vehicle, it may be considered that the Rebla is based on the BMW X3. Its overall shape also resembles a SsangYong Kyron.
PerformanceContrary to many other cars in its class, the Rebla feels distinctively road-oriented, as opposed to being a four-wheel drive Sports Utility Vehicle. The lack of four-wheel drive results in the car feeling marginally less planted on the road (as well as offroad), a feel that is made increasingly apparent the faster you drive it. That said, the sports cruiser-inspired suspension setup coupled with the large brake discs do make this comparably more agile than what is perceived to be the Rebla's main rival, the Habanero. The front-mounted 4.8-litre V8 is abundantly potent, but the sheer weight of the Rebla results in rather torpid acceleration from a standing start. This does, however, have a rather modest maximum speed of 188 mph, rather impressive for a family SUV.
Off-Road Performance
The Rebla is not a big SUV and only sports rear wheel drive (similar to how the Mercedes-Benz M-Class has RWD models for the southern United States market). It does have a high ground clearance and short wheelbase. Coupled to the powerful V8 engine, the Rebla is a surprisingly good off-road vehicle, despite the lack of four wheel drive.
Although the Rebla is more compact than many of the other SUV's and pick-ups in the game, it is a very safe vehicle. The body stays intact and its deformation keeps forces away from the cabin during a crash and occupants are highly unlikely to be thrown from the vehicle. In fact, the Rebla is one of the safest vehicles in the game in terms of Windshield Ejection. The Rebla can withstand a high amount of damage before the engine fails, making it a good getaway car. However, its high center of gravity makes more susceptible to roll-over accidents, which prevents it from gaining a 100% score in crash safety.
A sports version of the Rebla, found in Hove Beach and driven by the Russian Mafia, is only available in black, and features a dual-sport exhaust, a slightly lowered suspension and a light body kit. This is perhaps based on real-life high theft rates of luxury SUVs in the United States which are shipped to Eastern Europe.
A Rebla is also requested as part of Stevie's Car Thefts, appearing with a uniquely dark brown body color. As a new Rebla will respawn at the same spot until the player delivers one to S&M Auto Sales, the player can save one at their safehouse before delivering another.
- The default radio station for the Rebla is The Journey, although the russian variant will play Vladivostok FM by default.
- After collecting all thirty cars for Stevie, he agrees to purchase cars from Niko, with the Rebla fetching $3,500.
- At the start of the multiplayer mission Bomb Da Base II, two Russian Mob Rebla can be found parked near the players.
- Rebla is Spanish for "softened."
- This is the only Übermacht vehicle that was not in GTA V, but the others like the Oracle and Sentinel are the only ones that are in GTA V.
- Commmonly spawns around Hove Beach, Broker, as it is driven by the Russian Mafia.
- Found parked around BOABO, Broker.
- Spawns in East Island City, Dukes.
- Spawns commonly all over Algonquin.


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AIKEN, S.C. -- There are 150 turkeys -- baked, grilled, smoked and fried -- and all a lot of sides, too.
"Dressing, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, and it was very good," said Coley Thigpen.
It's enough food to practically feed a city, and that's what Aiken's "One Table" is all about.
"You see from the most affluent people out here to people who are struggling, no doubt, for a meal, but they're sitting down at a table together breaking bread, and I think that's the way our Good Lord intended for it to be," said former City Councilman Don Wells, now a state representative.
Wells and his family were a few of hundreds who showed up.
"We just finished having lunch here today. Wonderful food. Wonderful fellowship, and I tell you, I just don't think you could find any other city that has anything similar to this experience," he said.
He says the idea started about a decade ago in a quality of life meeting between city leaders and the public. At first, the idea was to hold it at a park on the outskirts of downtown Aiken.
"But, we all got together and met that morning. We met right here in a circle, right here in the middle of the Alley, and we knew then that this was the place," Wells said.
Churches and volunteers came together to hold the first One Table in 2005, and they've continued that tradition ever since. Many of the chefs even stay up all night cooking for thousands of hungry people.
"Black or white, when you come here to the Aiken One Table, you know you are loved," said Brenda Davis, who attended the event in honor of her friend, Douglas Washington, who died recently.
Washington was once a happy volunteer of the event.
The event's website says One Table is not a hand-out but a handshake to the people of the Aiken community.
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FORT WAYNE, Ind. (21Alive) – Local vendors gathered within the four walls of the Historic Fort downtown.
Christmas at the Fort celebrated it's third year by opening to the public Saturday.
The Old Fort hosted 10 different vendors, activities for children, and even people from the 1800s stopped by for a visit from the past.
Christmas at the Fort is one of the many stops the Holly Trolley makes on its way through downtown Fort Wayne.
"Remembering where we've been and how good we have it today, I think is a great experience especially for young people. Cooking over an open fire, understanding that we didn't have microwaves or CDs, or many of the conveniences that we experience today. I think it's refreshing to be outdoors, and come here to the Fort on a beautiful day like this, and of course we love to celebrate just like anybody else," said Bob Jones, a volunteer at the Historic Fort.
Christmas at the Fort is just one of the many events the Old Fort holds monthly.
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State authorities say the scam is aimed at getting wage and separation information on former employees that are supposedly trying to file claims for unemployment benefits.
Maine labor officials are warning employers of a scam aimed at getting them to provide sensitive information about employees.
The scam uses official-looking emails that purport to come from the "Division of Unemployment Assistance." The emails look similar to legitimate job separation requests used by state unemployment agencies.
State authorities say the scammers request wage and separation information on former employees who are supposedly trying to file claims for unemployment benefits, and directs employers to an embedded Web site address. The address takes users to a site in South Africa.
Maine Labor Commissioner Jeanne Paquette says the scam is aimed at obtaining employees' personal information. "Do not provide sensitive employee data to anyone by email unless you know that you have an open and active claim with the Bureau of Unemployment Compensation of the Maine Department of Labor," Paquette says in a statement.
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Police said they nabbed a cocaine trafficker overnight.
53-year-old Bernard Paige of Greenville was arrested Thursday night after police said Officer C. Atkinson developed information in reference to the known drug offender who was said to be driving a white, work van. Police said according to their information, that van and suspect were carrying drugs around the west part of Greenville.
Police said once they spotted the van, they did a traffic stop, and called for backup from the Pitt County Sheriff's office and a K-9 unit. Police said Deputy Terry and his dog, Titan, found 43.8 grams of crack and powder cocaine, plus nearly 14 grams of marijuana, along with $1914.00.
Paige is now charged with trafficking cocaine, possession with intent to sell or deliver for both cocaine and marijuana, plus maintaining a dwelling to sell those drugs. He is being held in Pitt County under a $500,000 bond.
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The luxury Hotel Excelsior Venice features a private beach, two restaurants and three bars; buffet breakfast is complimentary each morning. The Excelsior offers a concierge desk, a business center, and the Excelsior Gym, with state-of-the-art technical equipment. Complimentary WiFi is available in the hotel and at the Excelsior beach.
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- Total number of rooms - 197
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Ristorante Tropicana - decorated with majestic chandeliers and with a view of the sea, this restaurant serves dinner during spring, summer, and autumn. Between June and August, live music is provided on the private terrace.
La Taverna - overlooking the beach, La Taverna can accommodate Guests for rich à la carte menu and a wide buffet: the atmosphere is welcoming and informal, the setting features ample brick arches.
Pool Bar - serving refreshing drinks and snacks by the pool.
Blue Bar - ideal for a cocktail on the terrace overlooking the sea, with live music between June and August.
Beach Bar - an informal bar with direct access to the beach, also providing a dedicated delivery bar service to the cabanas.
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Hotel Excelsior Venice includes a private beach, a fitness facility, and a heated outdoor pool. 6 outdoor tennis courts are on-site, along with tennis lessons.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
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Check-in time starts at 2 PM
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- Gala Dinner on 15 August per adult: EUR 130
- A tax is imposed by the city: EUR 5 per person, per night for adults; EUR 2.5 per night for guests aged 10-16 years old. This tax does not apply to children under 10 years of age.
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May 2, 2016
A California city council is set to consider a ban on gun shows at a site where they've been held for 20 years.
Glendale, a city of 192,000 in Los Angeles county, holds the Glendale Gun Show at the Glendale Civic Auditorium, where approximately 70 gun shows have taken place since 1992. There are three to four shows annually, according to the council's meeting minutes.
The proposal came after one city councilmember suggested it in response to the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting last month, according to The Washington Times.
Among the possible actions for the five-member council to take Tuesday would involve cancelling the rental contracts for upcoming shows or barring gun sales on city property.
People who buy guns at the show do not walk away with them. They must wait 10 days and get them at a designated gun store, the minutes said, after first passing a background check.
No major incidents have been reported at the Glendale gun shows.
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1. See your doctor or midwife as soon as possibleAs soon as you find out you're pregnant, get in touch with your GP or a midwife to organise your antenatal care. Organising your care early means you'll get good advice for a healthy pregnancy right from the start. You'll also have plenty of time to organise any ultrasound scans and tests that you may need (NHS 2011a).
2. Eat wellAim to eat a healthy, balanced diet whenever you can. Try to have:
- At least five portions of fruit and vegetables daily.
- Plenty of carbohydrates, such as bread, pasta and rice, as the basis of your meals. Choose wholegrain carbohydrates rather than white, so you get plenty of fibre (Nice 2010: 7).
- Daily servings of protein, such as fish, lean meat, eggs, nuts or pulses, and some milk and dairy foods (NHS 2010).
- Two portions of fish a week, at least one of which should be oily. Fish is packed with protein, vitamin D, minerals and omega-3 fatty acids. Omega-3 fatty acids are important for the development of your baby's nervous system.
See our pregnancy meal planners for each trimester.
3. Take a supplementPregnancy vitamin supplements aren't a substitute for a balanced diet. But they can help if you're worried you're not eating well, or you're too sick to eat much (Maggini et al 2007, Brough et al 2010).
Make sure your supplement contains 400 micrograms (mcg) of folic acid. You need this while you're trying for a baby and for the first three months of pregnancy(NCCWCH 2008: 15). Taking folic acid reduces the risk of your baby developing a neural tube defect such as spina bifida (Blencowe et al 2010).
Also, check that your supplement contains 10mcg of vitamin D. Vitamin D is important for your baby's future bone health.
Talk to your GP or a pharmacist before taking an antenatal supplement. If you don't take a multivitamin for pregnant women, you can buy folic acid and vitamin D supplements separately.
If you're on a low income, you might be able to get pregnancy vitamin supplements free of charge under the government's healthy start scheme. Go to www.healthystart.nhs.uk for more information.
If you don't eat fish, fish oil supplements may be helpful (Williamson 2006). Choose a supplement made from the body of the fish, not the liver. This is because fish liver oils (such as cod liver oil) may contain the retinol form of vitamin A, which isn't recommended in pregnancy.
4. Be careful about food hygieneThere are some foods it's safest not to eat in pregnancy. This is because they can carry a health risk for your baby.
Listeriosis is an infection caused by listeria bacteria (NCCWCH 2008: 16, NHS 2011, RCOG 2010). It's rare and doesn't usually pose a threat to your health. However, it can cause pregnancy or birth complications. Listeriosis can even lead to miscarriage.
The following foods may harbour listeria and so are best avoided:
- pate of any type
- unpasteurised milk
- undercooked ready meals
- soft, mould-ripened cheeses, such as brie
- blue-veined cheeses, such as roquefort
Salmonella can cause food poisoning (NCCWCH 2008: 16). You can catch it from eating:
- undercooked poultry
- Is it safe to eat soft-boiled or raw eggs during pregnancy?
- cooking meat and ready meals thoroughly
- washing fruit and vegetables well to remove soil or dirt
- wearing gloves when handling cat litter and garden soil (NCCWCH 2008: 22, RCOG 2010, Williamson 2006)
5. Exercise regularlyRegular exercise has many benefits for mums-to-be. It can:
- Build your strength and endurance. This may help you to cope better with the extra weight of pregnancy and the hard work of labour (RCOG 2006c).
- Make it easier for you to get back into shape after your baby is born.
- Boost your spirits and even help to ward off depression. (Mead et al 2009, NCCMH 2007:105, RCOG 2006c)
- brisk walking
- swimming
- aquanatal classes
- yoga
- pilates
6. Begin doing pelvic floor exercisesYour pelvic floor comprises a hammock of muscles at the base of your pelvis. These muscles support your bladder, vagina and back passage. They can feel weaker than usual in pregnancy because of the extra pressure upon them. Pregnancy hormones can also cause your pelvic floor to slacken slightly.
Weak pelvic floor muscles put you at risk of developing stress incontinence. This is when small amounts of urine leak out when you sneeze, laugh or exercise (Hay-Smith et al 2008).
Strengthening your muscles by doing pelvic floor exercises regularly throughout your pregnancy (Hay-Smith et al 2008, Lemos et al 2008, NCCWCH 2006: 12) can help. Having a toned pelvic floor may help your baby's birth go more smoothly too. You'll feel the benefit if do eight pelvic floor squeezes, three times a day (NCCWCH 2006: 20).
7. Cut out alcoholAny alcohol you drink rapidly reaches your baby via your blood stream and placenta.
There is no way to know for sure how much alcohol is safe during pregnancy. That's why many experts advise you to cut out alcohol completely while you're expecting (DH 2016, RCOG 2015).
It's particularly important to avoid alcohol during the first trimester, as drinking during this stage can increase your risk of miscarriage (NICE 2008). If you do decide to drink after your first trimester, stick to no more than one or two units of alcohol, no more than once or twice a week (NICE 2008, RCOG 2015).
Drinking heavily or binge drinking during pregnancy is especially dangerous for your baby. Mums-to-be who drink heavily on a regular basis are more likely to give birth to a baby with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD). These are problems ranging from learning difficulties to more serious birth defects (BMA 2007:6).
8. Cut back on caffeineCoffee, tea, cola and energy drinks are mild stimulants. There are concerns that too much caffeine may increase your risk of miscarriage (CARE study group 2008, FSA 2008, Weng et al 2008). It's also thought possible (Jahanfar and Sharifah 2009) that too much caffeine may contribute to your risk of having a low-birth-weight baby.
Current guidelines state that up to 200mg of caffeine a day won't hurt your baby (FSA 2008. Maslova et al 2010, OTIS 2011, RCOG 2010). That's the equivalent of two mugs of instant coffee.
As with alcohol, you may prefer to cut out caffeine altogether, particularly in the first trimester. Decaffeinated tea and coffee, fruit teas and fruit juices are all safe alternatives.
9. Stop smokingSmoking during pregnancy can cause serious health problems, for you and your baby. These risks include an increased risk of:
- miscarriage
- premature birth
- low birth weight
- cot death (SIDS) (NCCWCH 2008: 99-100, NICE 2010: 22)
Smoking makes the following pregnancy complications more likely:
- Nausea and vomiting (morning sickness).
- Ectopic pregnancy.
- Placental abruption, where the placenta comes away from the uterus wall before your baby is born. (NCCWCH 2008: 99, NHS 2010)
If you smoke, it's best to stop, for your own health and that of your baby. The sooner you stop smoking, the better, but it's never too late. Even stopping in the last few weeks of your pregnancy can benefit you both (NHS 2010b). Watch a video about how smoke reaches your unborn baby.
Ask your GP or midwife to help you with ways to give up. You can also call the confidential NHS pregnancy smoking helpline on 0800 1699 169 or visit www.gosmokefree.nhs.uk.
10. Get some restThe fatigue you feel in the first few months is due to high levels of pregnancy hormones circulating in your body (Murray and Hassall 2009). Later on, it's your body's way of telling you to slow down.
If you can't sleep at night, try to take a quick nap in the middle of the day to catch up. If that's impossible, at least put your feet up and try to relax for 30 minutes.
If backache is disturbing your sleep, try lying on your left-hand side with your knees bent. Placing a wedge-shaped pillow under your bump may help ease the strain on your back (Stuge et al 2003).
Exercise may also give you some relief from backache (Pennick and Young 2007). It can help with sleep problems, too, as long as you don't exercise too close to bedtime (PRODIGY 2009).
To wind down ready for bed, try relaxation techniques, which are safe in pregnancy, such as:
Learn more about diet and exercise in pregnancy, or check out our 50 reasons to be glad you're pregnant.
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China as the world's largest developing country and the most populous country has achieved notable success in developing their economy with approximate 10 percent average annual growth of GDP over the last two decades [1-3]. Large sections of the population have been experiencing a transition from 'poverty' to 'adequate food and clothing'; today growing parts of the population are getting closer to 'well to do' lifestyles [3]. However, the rapid growth of the economy has not only lead to dramatic changes of wealth and people's lifestyle, but has also caused a huge amount of resources and energy consumption and associated CO2 and other emissions creating serious environmental problems on both local, regional and global scales [4-6]. Between 1990 and 2004 China's total energy consumption has grown 5.0% annually from 18 EJ (108J) to 58 EJ, and CO2 emissions grew by 4.8% per year from 1446 million metric tons (MMT) to 4707 MMT. In 2006, China has become the largest CO2 emitter in the world, surpassing the US by an estimated 8% [7]. In response to the increasing pressures for the international committee the UN Climate Change Conference 2007 in Bali proposed that China, as large emitting country, will be expected to take on future targets regarding to mitigate Greenhouse gas emissions [8]. A recent speech given by president Hu Jintao of China to the United Nations General Assembly shows China's willingness to curb emissions through increasing the share of non-fossil fuels in primary energy consumption to around 15% by 2020 and increasing forest coverage by 40 million hectares and forest stock volume by 1.3 billion cubic meters by 2020 from the 2005 levels [9].
Changes of lifestyle, population and technology
We employ the I=PAT framework to examine the contribution to CO2 emissions (I) of population growth (P), affluence (A) (representing different lifestyles and consumption patterns) and CO2 intensity (T). The IPAT model allows to explicitly identify the relationship between the driving forces and environmental impacts[10]. In the following, we analyze the contribution of the three driving forces (Population, Affluence and CO2 intensity) to CO2 emissions in China from the inception of the open door policy in 1978 to today. After the economic reforms in 1978, China's economy experienced an unprecedented growth of its economy. During the economic reform period China not only achieved rapid improvement of living standards, but also showed a comprehensive modernization of large sectors of the economy and fast improvement of technologies [1].
Note: CO2 =Population*(Living expenditure/Population)*(CO2/Living expenditure), where CO2 is the impact (I), Population is P, Living expenditure/Population represents affluence (A), and CO2/Living expenditure represents CO2 intensity (T; emissions per unit of consumption).
From Table 1 above we can see that CO2 emissions in China increased by 49% from 1979 to 1988; then the growth rate slightly slowed to 44% during the next decade and increased again with 87% growth during the last decade. Over the observed time period of three decades, the results show that for China, affluence showed the highest growth rates, and thus has been the major contribution to China's CO2 emissions. Although there were much improvement in emissions intensity with more than 60% reduction in the first two decades and another 22% reduction in the last decade, the improvement was overwhelmed by fast growth affluence levels more than doubling in each decade. The growth rate of population in China has decreased from 14% between 1979 and 1988 to 6% between 1999 and 2008; thus, the contribution of population for CO2 emissions was also relatively small. In order to better understand how people's lifestyle changes drive the CO2 emissions growth, we carry out a case study for changes in energy consumption in China.
Changing energy consumption in China
The significant economic and lifestyle changes that have been taking place in China, have led the Chinese to require more and better quality of energy. People directly consume energy for lighting, cooking and other daily uses. But they also aspire to a 'higher-quality life' by purchasing fashionable goods and services, such as houses with air conditioning and other modern electrical household appliances, as well as increasingly services such as education, health or leisure activities. All these products and services consume energy during their production processes and usage. Domestic energy production cannot meet anymore the rapid increases of consumption requirements on both domestic and industrial usage; hence China has become a net energy importer in 1993. China has been speeding up exploration and development of energy sources (at home as well as abroad, e.g., in Sudan and Nigeria) to support its fast growing economy. In the following, we show changing consumption patterns exemplified on three important product categories that are indicative of some of the ongoing trends and lifestyle changes in China.
The outstanding increase of expenditure on housing shows people's willingness to improve their immediate living conditions. Many rural households rebuilt and extended their bungalows by using building materials of concrete bricks and tiles instead of marl and woods. The average per capita living space expanded from 8.1 to 31.6m2 between 1978 and 2007 [11, 12]. In urban China, the problem of housing shortage was much more serious than in rural areas. The per capita net living space for urban residents was only 3.6m2 prior to 1978, mainly because of restrictions on private house ownership [13]. In the early 1980s, the Housing Reform Policy had been introduced to solve the problems of urban housing shortages and poor housing conditions. This policy encouraged commercialisation of the housing sector and private ownership allowing people to buy their own apartments. Meanwhile, the government, state-owned enterprises, domestic private companies and overseas developers invested significant funds into the urban housing development [13]. It is estimated that the total housing investment between 1979 and 1990 was 6.74% of total GDP [11]. As a result, city dwellers started to move from previously tiny bungalows or apartments to new multi-story apartment blocks; thus effectively increasing per capita net living space. People's requirements on housing boosted the development of the construction sector. Directly associated with this was the amount of energy consumption in the construction sector which increased from 7.89 Mtce in 1980 to 145.3 Mtce in 2001 [11].
Household appliances
These more spacious living places allow consumers to buy and store more household appliances and other durable goods. For example, since the 1980s, urban residents spent increasing amounts on large durable furniture (e.g., wardrobes, beds and sofas). Also in the late 1980s and 1990s, the connection of a larger number of households to the electrical grid helped increase the sales for household electrical appliances. For example, purchases of Refrigerators and Colour TVs in urban areas have doubled in 2000 as compared to 1990 [11]. Colour TVs have already covered over half of rural households, and some urban households have more than one Colour TV [12], and other categories of electric appliances have been rapidly spreading throughout China. Another example is Air Conditioners, previously a sign of the wealthy, which increased significantly to about 30 sets per 100 households by 2000, and almost trebled between 2000 and 2008 (see Figure). Some modern appliances also increased rapidly in China, such as Computers and Mobile Phones. In 2000 Computers and Mobile Phones could be hardly found in Chinese family. However, more than half of urban household have Computer, and most of households have more than one Mobile Phones in 2008. At the same time, Mobile phones become very common communication tool in the rual areas[12]. The popularisation of household electronics enormously boosted the household appliance production. The electronic industry has become the largest industry in China, which contributed about 8–10% of GDP and 30% of exports in 2000 [11].
Residential energy consumption
There are huge differences of residential energy consumption between rural and urban households in terms of quality and quantity. Until recently, non-commercial energy sources such as stalks and firewood still dominated rural residential energy consumption patterns and contributed approximately 85% of residential energy in 1980 [14]. The overuse of biomass energy contributed to degradation of cultivated land and destruction of forest resources. Since the policy of biomass energy conservation and forestation was established in the mid-1990s, the absolute amount of biomass energy consumption has fallen from 250 Mtce in 1995 to around 200 Mtce in 2000. However, the total amount of residential energy is continuously growing, with major increases from commercial sources. The total amount of commercial energy consumption grew remarkably by 3.6 times, from 41Mtce in 1980 to 149 Mtce in 2000 [15]. Therefore, it is interesting to point out that the commercial energy for rural residential use will gradually replace biomass energy and become the major energy source in the future. At the same time also coal consumption shows a declining trend after 1988 due to the introduction of fuel-saving stoves. By the end of 1997, the fuel-saving stoves had been installed in 180 million rural households, which accounted for 89% of total rural households [16].
Urban household energy consumption has also undergone significant changes. In terms of heating, most urban areas still keep the traditional way of heating by burning coal. The increase of per capita net living space is likely to result in more coal being consumed. However, the previous type of individual heating has been switched to large-scale central heating as people moved from bungalows to apartment blocks, which effectively enhanced energy efficiency. Furthermore, many richer cites (e.g., Beijing) have installed the 'consumer control system' of heat supply to allow heat supply to best match demand. On the other hand, the government provides LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) or gas pipelines for people's daily cooking instead of traditional cooking by burning coal, to reduce urban coal consumption and associated pollution. Per capita coal consumption for urban residential use rapidly declined from 348.5 kg/year in 1985 to 88.2 kg/year in 1999. Due to the outstanding growth of household electrical appliances for urban households, the per capita residential electricity consumption increased more than four times during 1985–1999. Electricity became the dominant source of energy in most Chinese cities, accounting for 59% of the total household energy consumption[11].
Lifestyles in urban China are beginning to resemble Western lifestyles making it likely that China will follow western trajectories with regards to CO2 emissions. It makes CO2 emissions easier to predict as China's regions move to Western lifestyles [1]. We will thus probably observe a further move to services, a continuation of the housing boom and infrastructure development but eventually a decline in the share of capital investment as infrastructure reaches Western levels [6].
The speed of efficiency gains in production was not able to keep track with the growth in emissions due to growth in final consumption and associated production processes. In addition to the apparent inefficiencies in terms of production technologies there is also a lot of room for improvement on the consumer side as well as an awareness of the interaction of infrastructure and consumption. Future expenditures and consumer behavior depend to a large extent on the infrastructure that is built today. Consumers' choices are bound by the availability of alternatives (such as public transport). Thus, the trajectory of future emissions needs to be addressed by the infrastructure choices of today [3]. In terms of the composition of the major consumption items there are little alternatives in sight as Chinese consumers try to emulate Western lifestyles and thus, inadvertently, western levels of emissions. This study emphasizes the need to guide people's lifestyles towards more sustainable ways of living; this is also true for a developing country such as China, which is home to 22% of the world population and a growing middle class, and which is on a fast track to modernization.
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Comments On Oct 23, 2014:12 " wheels are about 11lbs each, about 8lbs heavier than stock. I,m confident they are an extremely tough wheel and look awesome to. Brand new in the box the decals are half glued on, hopefully the wife's hairdryer fixes the decals, if not DWT just won't be advertised on my sweet new wheels. Won't really matter after I camouflage them with mud!
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Comments On Jun 23, 2014:The Baja rims works great thick and can take high jump don't have to worry about damaging them
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Comments On Nov 15, 2010:Just recieved 4 of these for my 610 Mule. Not only do they look great but are mighty tough! Just dont forget to get tapered lugnuts to mount them up with!
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