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Despite progress over the past several decades, diseases of the heart remain the leading cause of death for American men and women, and coronary heart disease (CHD) accounts for the largest share of these deaths. Researchers say Blacks have double whites' risk of dying of coronary heart disease — narrowing of the blood vessels that supply blood to the heart.
Monika Safford of the University of Alabama at Birmingham said the study involved more than 24,000 people nationwide who were tracked for an average of four years.
"High blood pressure, diabetes, high cholesterol — these are the things that have very longstanding reputation for being associated with heart attack," Safford said in a statement. "And the overall risk burden in blacks is quite a bit higher than it is in whites."
The study participants resided in the continental United States and were enrolled between 2003 and 2007 with follow-up through December 2009. Blacks and whites had a similar average age, but smoking, diabetes, and reduced estimated glomerular filtration rate — a measure of kidney function — were more prevalent, and systolic blood pressure and body mass index were higher among blacks than whites, Safford said.
Women had lower incidence rates than men within each racial group. However, black women had higher incidence rates for total coronary heart disease, for fatal coronary heart disease, and for non-fatal coronary heart disease, compared to white women. In addition, the increased risk of fatal coronary heart disease among blacks was associated with a higher prevalence of cardiovascular disease risk factors.
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So happy that HBO is showing this in February for Heart Awareness month-hope it is some day shown to a larger audience than premium-but know you also have the View to use that month too, to raise awareness-I am sure your openness about your experience will continue to save lives- educating women on the symptoms and how they can present in a different manner than they do in men.Thanks.
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Want a snapshot of the day's search marketing news? Here we've collected today's top news stories posted to the Search Engine Watch Blog, along with search-related headlines from around the Web:
From the SEW Blog:
- Yahoo Lagging On Indexing Sites?
Yahoo has had good conversion numbers for many of us, and if the efforts to add more content are not being recognized by Yahoo then time may be better spent improving existing pages.
- Would Ask be Ask?
If Ask dismantled its Teoma engine, would Ask still be Ask? The simple answer to this existential question is no.
- SEMPO Running Agency Salary Survey
Having successfully completed an in-house search marketers' salary survey, the Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization is conducting an online salary survey of agency-based search marketers.
- Google Content Network Ads Performing Better?
Many agencies that advertise on Google's content network have seen improved results over the past six months.
- The Google Killer – comScore (SCOR) Doomsday Scenario
ComScore did what Yahoo, Microsoft, Facebook, and Digg only dreamed of. ComScore killed the search engine star.
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With sitemaps cross-hosting (or cross-submission), Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft cracked open the door for corporations to outsource search engine optimization.
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The question comes up often in search marketing circles: Is now the time for search engine marketing standards?
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In many industries, regulatory issues can add considerable complexity to an SEO implementation. The challenge is not to let that complexity get in the way of a campaign's success.
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- How to Prioritize Your Optimization, ClickZ Experts
- Affiliate PPC Brand Bidding: Right For You?, ClickZ Experts
- Surviving Your Competitors, Part 1, ClickZ Experts
- SMX West Day Three Coverage, Search Engine Land
- Andrew Shotland – Local SEO Interview 5, SEO Igloo
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How marketing will change when 5G and VR collide
5G networks are expected to start rolling out this coming year and will likely be standard in 2018.
Five most important search marketing news stories of the week
This week, both LinkedIn and Facebook are beefing up their paid social offerings in different ways, while Google seeks to cut off Adwords revenues for fake news sites. And might Google be favouring desktop over its own AMP in its upcoming mobile-first index?
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Total Time
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This is a recipe that can be cooked on a BBQ or in the oven. I created it using local ingredients; there are strong Asian influences here, but I would not classify it as exclusively Asian. Cuisine in the Vancouver area represents a fusion of tastes and ideas from all over the World; equally identified as traditional yet unorthodox. The variety and quality of exotic and familiar ingredients available here is mind boggling; a constant challenge to venture outside of known territory.
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- 3 -4 lbs fryer chickens, cut-up
- 3 tablespoons Japanese soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon toasted sesame oil
- 1 grated garlic clove
- 1 piece grated fresh ginger, 1/2 inch x 1 inch
- 1 teaspoon Chinese five spice powder
- 1⁄4 sheet nori, finely shredded (toasted sushi seaweed wrap)
- 2 tablespoons unpasteurized honey
- 1 teaspoon wasabi powder (optional)
- 1 teaspoon red chili pepper flakes (optional)
- Wash chicken pieces and dry well.
- The chicken breasts and thighs should be cut in half to shorten the cooking time, leaving you with 4 pieces of breast, 4 pieces of thigh, 2 wings and 2 drums.
- Combine all other ingredients into a bowl and whisk together well.
- Add the chicken pieces to the marinade and toss well, ensuring all sides of the chicken are equally coated.
- Press the chicken down firmly into the bowl and refrigerate covered for at least 1 hour.
- Prepare BBQ or set oven to bake 400°F.
- Remove chicken from fridge and toss the pieces, again, lightly, ensuring and even coating of the marinade.
- If barbecuing, cook until darkly golden brown (not burnt) then remove and finish in a 350F oven.
- If baking, place chicken pieces on a greased cookie sheet and place in 400°F oven for 45 minutes.
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Excerpt from The Permanent Court of International Justice All the work for the organisation of the world has revolved around two different poles, namely, community of interests and conflict of interests. This has tended, on the one hand, to the furtherance of common interests, and, on the other, to the prevention or avoidance of threatened conflicts when the interests of one country ran counter to those of another. The work in the former direction had its effect in the creation of a widespread network of administrative organisations covering all, or as many as possible, of the civilised countries. Such organisations included the Postal and Telegraph Unions, the Agricultural Institute at Rome, International Railway Conventions, the network of treaties concerning patents, copyrights, and trade marks. The work for the avoidance of war crystallised in international agreements for judicial settlement of international disputes, or for impartial investigation and attempts at conciliation. The synthesis of these efforts was constituted by the Conventions for the pacific settlement of international disputes, which were concluded at what are known as the two Peace Conferences held at The Hague in 1899 and 1907. When the war came, it involved among others the two big Anglo-Saxon nations who maintain the legal doctrine that war dissolves international agreements between belligerents- thus, the development of the organisation of the world along administrative lines was interrupted, although the peace treaties tended to bind together the threads uniting the Past with the Future - threads torn asunder by the war- the war itself, especially in view of the events which surrounded its origin, was a challenge to the methods for the avoidance of war which had hitherto been practised, and a denial of the agreements which, in this respect, had been concluded. If, in these circumstances, the efforts of the nations of the world were once more to be united and directed towards a common end, instead of being turned towards conflict of national interests, endeavours would have to be made on fresh lines. The Fundamental Ideas of the League of Nations. Such lines were found in the conception of a League of Nations or States. In this conception there were welded together the ideas of a world organisation for the furtherance of common interests and for the avoidance of conflicts. This was possible because, at the bottom of both was the idea of the interdependence of States. This interdependence, of course, grows as long as peaceful conditions prevail, and the maintenance of Peace is made easier by the existence of interdependence, since interdependence makes Peace a predominant interest to any State: further, interdependence makes it possible to create an efficient system of sanctions for violations of international obligations concerning the maintenance of Peace, a system, however, that can only be applied by an organisation of States that is practically universal, and thus able to control the working of the interdependence. This organisation is the League of Nations, and the sanctions are its economic weapon. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully- any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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So, this basically kills the theory that Apple's just pushing these iPhone parts and renders to confuse everyone. Rene Ritchie, the man who (accurately) brought word of the September 12th event, along with various other tidbits of the actual hardware of past and future devices, is stating that the leaked renders and parts do indeed accurately depict what the next iPhone will look like.
In short, that means a metal back, a larger (taller) four-inch screen, a thinner, narrower body, and various other tweaks to the build quality and overall look of the iPhone. iOS 6 will undoubtedly bring changes to make the OS more at home on a 16:9 aspect ratio, and there's always the chance that Apple has something up its sleeve. After all, they typically do.


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Large home in the city limits on a large lot with a nice open backyard. A little work could turn this home into a real gem! Shed for storage.
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- Address
- 1334 Court Street
- City
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- Zip
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- County
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Here are the projects that are currently happening in the Independent Living Program. These are projects that are funded or directly affiliated with the Office of Children's Services. There are lots of other programs that serve young people who are aging out of foster care that do not receive funding through this program. Check out Resources and Links to get information on those.
Education & Training funds available to eligible foster youth and eligible former foster youth for the cost of post secondary education and training. More about this.
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DescriptionPlatform games can be both 2D and 3D games in which jumping or climbing onto platforms on various elevations is a major focus of the game. Early platform games mostly focused on climbing onto platforms using ladders, while later games generally focus more on jumping.
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ZX Spectrum (1992)
You're shortly member of the city police, still called 'greenhorn' by your fellows. One day, in the middle of your...
Przygody Krzysia is a simple platform game, where the player may only walk, without jumping or any other activities. The...
Commodore 64 (1988)
Earth is in trouble and requires a pulsebomb which is being delivered to Earth by the cargo ship Dreadnought Nine....
Oric (1984)
Psychiatric is a variant of Space Panic. Like the original arcade game, it's a single screen platform game where the...
Game Gear (1991), SEGA Master System (1991) and MSX (1988)
A scientist and his two female assistants work on ESP research in a remote science laboratory. One day, a section...
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SEGA Master System (1989)
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At a summer camp for up-and-coming psychics, a young boy with an unusually high level of psychic ability inexplicably shows...
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Commodore 64 (1983), ZX Spectrum (1983), VIC-20 (1984), MSX (1984), Amstrad CPC (1984), Commodore 16, Plus/4 (1984) and Tatung Einstein (1985)
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- 4.52 Sonic CD (2011)
- 4.50 Cave Story (2010)
- 4.48 Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia (2008)
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3. George Weigel makes this as one of the key ideas which the recent Synod on the family has thrown up for resolution.
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AIR CHINA LIMITED, PLAINTIFF AND APPELLANT,v.SAN MATEO COUNTY, DEFENDANT AND RESPONDENT.
(San Mateo County Super. Ct. No. 460878) Trial Judge: Honorable Marie S. Weiner.
Air China Limited appeals from a summary judgment entered in favor of San Mateo County finding that the County's assessment and collection of taxes on Air China's leasehold possessory interests and landing rights at the San Francisco International Airport (Airport) pursuant to California Revenue and Taxation Code*fn1 sections 107 and 107.9 was proper. Air China contends that a tax treaty between the United States and the People's Republic of China (PRC) prohibits the County from imposing taxes on its operations at the Airport, and that the taxes are contrary to the United States Internal Revenue Code and to the Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation, December 7, 1944, 61 Stat. 1180, 1189 (the Chicago Convention). We affirm.
The parties stipulated to the following facts: Air China is a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the PRC and is engaged exclusively in international air transportation serving various cities throughout the world including San Francisco. Air China operates aircraft out of the Airport and leases space there that it uses exclusively for its air transportation operations.
The United States and the PRC are parties to a tax treaty-"Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the People's Republic of China with Respect to Mutual Exemptions from Taxation of Transportation Income of Shipping and Air Transport Enterprises" (Tax Treaty). The Tax Treaty exempts both the United States and the PRC from taxation by the other party for income and profits generated from the operation of aircraft in international air transportation.
Air China leases space from the Airport and makes payments for the use of the premises. Air China also pays landing fees for the right to land at the Airport. Since 2000, the County has imposed property taxes including possessory interest taxes on Air China's leasehold improvements, and landing rights at the Airport. Air China has paid these taxes under protest.
On October 21, 2002, the California State Board of Equalization (Board) issued a letter opinion in response to an inquiry by Air China concerning the Tax Treaty's tax exemption. The Board concluded that the County's imposition of any property tax on Air China's aircraft or other property including possessory interests was prohibited by the Tax Treaty.
In May 2006, Air China requested a refund of taxes under section 5096. The County did not issue a formal response to the request. In February 2007, Air China commenced this action seeking a refund and a declaration that the possessory interest taxes imposed are prohibited by the Tax Treaty. The parties subsequently filed motions for summary judgment based on the above stipulated facts. The court granted the County's motion, finding that the Tax Treaty did not prohibit imposition of taxes on Air China's possessory and leasehold interests and denied Air China's motion. This appeal followed.
A. Standard of Review
This appeal presents a question of law on stipulated facts. We therefore review the trial court's judgment de novo. (MacIsaac v. Waste Management Collection & Recycling, Inc. (2005) 134 Cal.App.4th 1076, 1081-1082.)
B. The County Has the Right to Tax Air China's Possessory Interests
The County has the right to assess taxes on property within its jurisdiction. (Cal. Const., Art. XIII, § 1; see also § 201 [all property within the State is subject to taxation if not exempt under federal law or other state law].) Pursuant to section 107, the County may tax possessory interests in land or improvements if certain conditions are met. A possessory interest is a "[p]ossession of, claim to, or right to the possession of land or improvements . . ., except when coupled with ownership of the land or improvements in the same person." (§ 107, subd. (a).) In order for a possessory tax to be valid, the right of possession in the property must be independent, durable, and exclusive of rights held by others in the property. (United Air Lines, Inc. v. County of San Diego (1991) 1 Cal.App.4th 418, 427, fn. 5; Freeman v. County of Fresno (1981) 126 Cal.App.3d 459, 463.) " `[T]axation of possessory interests is rooted in the belief that "the holder of a valuable use of public property that is tax exempt should contribute taxes to the public entity which makes its possession possible and provides a certain amount of exclusivity." [Citations.]' " (Korean Air Lines Co., Ltd. v. County of Los Angeles (2008) 162 Cal.App.4th 552, 560-561 (Korean Air Lines), quoting City of San Jose v. Carlson (1997) 57 Cal.App.4th 1348, 1352-1353.)
Here, the County assesses a property tax based on Air China's possessory interests in the occupancy and use of the Airport's International Terminal/Customs space and facilities. The tax is based upon the value of rent Air China pays over the term of the lease. In determining the tax, the County gives no consideration to Air China's earnings or profits. Likewise, there is no consideration given to Air China's income in assessing the tax for its possessory interests in the landing rights at the Airport. This assessment is based on the value of Air China's right to use the airfield runways, taxiways, and appurtenant aircraft accessible facilities. The value of the landing rights is prescribed by statute in section 107.9 and is calculated using Air China's prior year's annual aircraft landed weights, one-half of the applicable Airport landing fee rate, and the anticipated term and expense rate specified in the statute.
In Korean Air Lines, the court addressed the propriety of a county's imposition of a similar tax on a foreign airline's possessory interest in common airport terminal facilities. (Korean Air Lines, supra, 162 Cal.App.4th at p. 558.) The court determined that Korean Air's use of the federal inspection service area at the airport met the independent, exclusive and durable criteria to constitute a taxable possessory interest under section 107, subdivision (a). "Just as the shared use of property with others does not defeat the exclusivity requirement for taxability, but merely affects valuation of the taxable interest [citation], similarly the shared control of property with government does not defeat the `independence' requirement, but merely affects the valuation of the taxable interest." (Korean Air Lines, at p. 569.) The court concluded that the durability requirement was also met because Korean Air had the right to use the facilities pursuant to a lease for the period from 1992 through the 2001 date of its assessment appeal, a period sufficient to establish that its right was durable within the meaning of section 107, subdivision (a). (Korean Air Lines, at pp. 569-570.)
Here, the question of whether the Countys tax on Air Chinas possessory interests in landing rights and leasehold improvements at the Airport meets the statutory requirements of section 107 was not disputed in the trial court and is not before us. Air China, however, suggests in its reply brief that the County is prohibited from imposing any property taxes because it does not own any property at the Airport and its use of the terminal space, taxiways, and runways is not exclusive. While it does not make this argument in the context of the exclusivity requirement of section 107, it is well settled that shared use of property with others affects only the valuation of the possessory interest and does not defeat the exclusivity requirement of section 107. (Korean Air Lines Co., supra, 162 Cal.App.4th at p. 569.)
C. The Tax Treaty Does Not Prohibit the County from Taxing Air China's Possessory Interests at the Airport
Air China contends that the Tax Treaty prohibits the County from imposing any taxes on income and profits it derives from its air transportation operations to or from the United States. It argues that the County's taxation of its possessory interests in the use of landing and common terminal facilities violates the Tax Treaty.
The Tax Treaty provides that "[i]ncome and profits of an enterprise of a Contracting State from the operation of ships or aircraft in international traffic shall be taxable only in that Contracting State." The Tax Treaty prohibits both the United States and the PRC from taxing the income or profits derived from airport transportation enterprises engaged in by one country's companies in the other country. It makes no mention of property taxes and there is nothing in the language of the treaty that proscribes them.
The rules governing the interpretation of international tax treaties are established. "The clear import of treaty language controls unless `application of the words of the treaty according to their obvious meaning effects a result inconsistent with the intent or expectations of its signatories." (Sumitomo Shoji America, Inc. v. Avagliano (1982) 457 U.S. 176, 180, quoting Maximov v. United States (1963) 373 U.S. 49, 54.)
Here, nothing in the language of the treaty either applies to taxation of possessory interests or exempts air transportation enterprises from property taxation. The Tax Treaty specifically exempts only "taxation of transportation income of shipping and air transport enterprises." The Tax Treaty defines income and profits from the operation of ships and aircraft to include income and profits from the operation of passenger, cargo, or mail transportation service by the owner or charterer of an aircraft, and the sale of tickets related to that transportation. And there is a provision exempting the PRC's residents from paying taxes in the United States on salaries derived from employment by the PRC enterprise as a crew member on an aircraft operated in international traffic. But there is no provision proscribing the imposition of property taxes. The plain language of the treaty affords Air China no relief from the County's taxation of its possessory interests in its use of landing and common terminal facilities at the Airport.
The legislative history of the Tax Treaty supports our interpretation that the treaty was intended solely as an agreement to exempt income taxes. It states that the treaty was intended "to eliminate potential double taxation of certain income earned by enterprises and residents of either country from shipping and air transportation" and expressly notes that it is an "income tax agreement." (See Sen. Com. on Foreign Relations, Rep. on Shipping & Aircraft Tax Agreement with People's Republic of China (Treaty Doc. 97- 24), Exec. Rep. No. 98-14, 1st Sess., pp. 1-2 (1983).) We have found nothing in the legislative history which reflects an intent to prevent imposition of local property taxes. The legislative history does contain language indicating that state and local governments have reciprocal rights to impose income taxes: "[I]f any state or locality of the United states imposes tax on PRC enterprises on income and profits from the operation of ships or aircraft in international traffic, then the People's Republic of China may impose any local surcharge on such income and profits of U.S. enterprises." (Id. at p. 6.) But there is no similar language pertaining to property taxes.
Air China relies, primarily, on Scandinavian Airlines System, Inc. v. County of Los Angeles (1961) 56 Cal.2d 11 as applicable precedent. The Scandinavian Airlines case addressed the issue of whether a county could impose property taxes on foreign owned airplanes flying exclusively in foreign commerce and using the Los Angeles airport infrequently as its sole United States terminal. The California Supreme Court determined that taxation of airplanes engaged solely in commerce with foreign nations is vested exclusively at the home port of the airplanes. (Id. at pp. 35-36.) Under the home-port doctrine, "no jurisdiction, other than that of the true domicile, may tax instrumentalities of communication engaged in foreign commerce." (Id. at p. 32.) The court determined that the home-port doctrine applied to foreign owned and foreign based and registered aircraft flown exclusively in foreign commerce having a single United States port. (Id. at pp. 32-33.) Further, the court held that the tax treaty between the United States and Sweden specifically prohibited income and property taxes on aircraft not registered in the taxing nation. (Id. at p. 39.)
Air China also relies on Japan Line, Ltd. v. County of Los Angeles (1979) 441 U.S. 434, 451-452. There, the United States Supreme Court held that a property tax on a Japanese shipping line's cargo containers that were temporarily within the state but used exclusively in foreign commerce violated the commerce clause because the tax resulted in multiple taxation of instrumentalities of foreign commerce and prevented the United States from " `speaking with one voice' " in regulating foreign trade.
Neither Scandinavian Airlines, supra, 56 Cal.2d 11, nor Japan Line, supra, 441 U.S. 434, supports Air China's argument. The County's tax on Air China's possessory interests is not a tax on its aircraft as was the tax in Scandinavian Airlines, and it is not prohibited by the Tax Treaty. And, unlike the tax considered in Japan Line, there is no risk of multiple taxation because the property being taxed is fixed permanently within the County and not subject to taxation in any other location, including the PRC. Nor is there any evidence in the record that the County's taxation of possessory interests infringes on federal uniformity in this area. In short, we take the Tax Treaty at face value; had the parties wished to create an exemption from any and all types of taxation, they could have done so.
Air China urges us to defer to the Board's opinion letter of October 21, 2002, which purports to support Air China's argument that the Tax Treaty exempts Air China from the imposition of real property taxes. We decline to do so for three reasons.
First, it is not at all clear that the question posed to the Board was the same question posed either to the trial court or to this court. Conspicuously absent from the record is any copy of the letter from Air China to the Board requesting an opinion concerning its taxable status, while the record contains multiple copies of the Board's opinion letter in response to the phantom letter from Air China. The absence of Air China's letter is particularly salient because the Board's opinion letter seems to focus almost entirely on the question of the taxable status of Air China's aircraft, a question that is not before us.*fn2
Second, assuming the Board's opinion did address the taxable status of Air China's leasehold interests in real property, it is not entitled to deference. Air China contends that we should defer to the letter opinion because the Board "possesses expertise and specific legislative authority to interpret legislation imposing property taxes." It is true the courts commonly give great credence to an agency's interpretation of the statutes and regulations it is charged with enforcing. (Maples v. Kern County Assessment Appeal Bd. (2002) 96 Cal.App.4th 1007, 1015-1016 [judicial deference is given to an agency's "contemporaneous administrative construction of a regulation by the agency charged with its enforcement"]; Ordlock v. Franchise Tax Bd. (2006) 38 Cal.4th 897, 910 [courts afford "significant weight and respect to long-standing statutory construction . . . by the agency charged with enforcement of the statute"]; Yamaha Corp. of America v. State Bd. of Equalization (1998) 19 Cal.4th 1, 7 [Board's interpretations of tax law are entitled to the "consideration and respect" of courts].) As Air China readily concedes, however, the opinion is based on the Board's interpretation of the Tax Treaty, not any statute or regulation the Board is charged with enforcing.
Third, even if deference were due to the Board's opinion, we would reach the same conclusion on the merits. The letter acknowledged that the Tax Treaty exempted only the taxation of income and profits, and correctly summarized the holdings of Scandinavian Airlines, supra, 56 Cal.2d 11, and Japan Line, supra, 444 U.S. 434 which proscribed taxation on foreign-owned aircraft and cargo containers ("instrumentalit[ies] of foreign commerce"). Under the circumstances, its conclusion (if any) that the tax exemption extended to property taxes on possessory interests in real property was erroneous, for the same reasons we rejected Air China's argument-it had no grounding in the express language of the Tax Treaty or the cited case law.*fn3
D. The County's Tax Does Not Violate the Internal Revenue Code or the Chicago Convention
Air China argues that the County's taxation of its possessory interests in its landing rights and use of common terminal facilities at the Airport is an indirect tax on its income and, thus, contrary to United States Internal Revenue Code, Title 26, section 883(a)(2).
United States Internal Revenue Code, Title 26, section 883(a)(2) "exempt[s] from taxation . . . [g]ross income derived by a corporation organized in a foreign country from the international operation of aircraft if such foreign country grants an equivalent exemption to corporations organized in the United States." Air China argues that the taxes on its possessory interests here are in effect indirect income taxes and thus preempted by the United States Internal Revenue Code. It relies on Aloha Airlines, Inc. v. Director of Taxation (1983) 464 U.S. 7, 10, 14-15, where the United States Supreme Court invalidated a tax on an airline's gross income that was imposed as " `a means of taxing the personal property of the airline . . . .' " The Court determined that even though the tax was labeled as a personal property tax, it was not exempt under section 1513(a) of the United States Internal Revenue Code, which proscribes the imposition of state and local taxes on gross receipts derived from air transportation, because "a property tax that is measured by gross receipts constitutes at least an `indirect' tax on the gross receipts of airlines." (Aloha Airlines, at pp. 13-14.)
Here, the tax on possessory interests in Air China's landing rights and leasehold improvements is not a tax on gross income, but is in actuality a property tax. In assessing the taxes, the County gave no consideration to Air China's income or profits, and the taxes were based on the assessed value of Air China's leasehold interest and the value of its landing rights. United States Internal Revenue Code section 883 does not restrict the County from imposing a tax on these possessory interests.
Finally, Air China argues that the taxes imposed violate the Chicago Convention. The Chicago Convention provides that "[n]o fees, dues or other charges shall be imposed by any contracting State in respect solely of the right of transit over or entry into or exit from its territory of any aircraft of a contracting State of persons or property thereon." (Chicago Convention, 61 Stat. at p. 1185.) Contrary to Air China's argument, the taxes assessed are not fees infringing on Air China's right to land in the United States, but rather are taxes on its possessory interests in the Airport's facilities. The Chicago Convention is not implicated.
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Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando (Japanese: ラチェット&クランク2:ガガガ!銀河のコマンドっす [Rachetto & Kuranku 2: GaGaGa! Ginga no Komandossu lit] [Ratchet & Clank 2: BangBangBang! Commandos of the Galaxy]), titled Ratchet & Clank 2: Locked and Loaded in Australia and most PAL countries, Ratchet & Clank 2 in Ireland, Holland, Portugal, Germany, and France; Ratchet & Clank 2: Totalmente a Tope (Ratchet & Clank 2: Totally on Top) in Spain, and Ratchet & Clank 2: Going Commando in the remaining countries of Northern Europe, is a three-dimensional platform game for the PlayStation 2. It was developed by Insomniac Games, and published by Sony Computer Entertainment in 2003. It is the second game in the Ratchet & Clank series. It was released on Tuesday, November 11, 2003, in North America. It is the first game to feature the Insomniac Museum.
Like it's predecessor, Going Commando is a mix of platforming and shooting. This game features Nanomites, which is this game's equivalent to experience. Whenever an enemy is defeated, Ratchet gains Nanomites and the bar underneath his health display fills up. When the bar is full, Ratchet gains additional health. Each of the weapons Ratchet uses also have a bar that fills up when enemies are defeated. When the bar is full, the weapon upgrades, changing it's design and making it more powerful. Like the previous game, there are moments where the player takes control of Clank. Clank controls Microbots, which can be given the same commands as the Gadgebots from the previous game. Clank can also command robots which can change into bridges, lift up walls which are in the way, and destroy blocks which are in the way. Giant Clank returns, battling the Thug Leader in a giant mech and a UFO, with the latter being optional.
Space dogfights return, but this time, there are additional challenges that, while optional, have bolts for rewards. In Space battles, Raritanium can be obtained and used to purchase upgrades for Ratchet's ship, such as additional weapons and a stronger shield. New to the series are Arena Battles, where Ratchet fights against waves of enemies. Like the space dogfights, the extra challenges are optional, but bolts are rewarded from winning them. Ratchet also competes in Hoverbike races, where, again, bolts are rewarded fro winning them. Another new feature in this game is armor vendors, where armor can be purchased. Each armor provides an additional level of protection. Weapons from the previous game can be purchased; however, If the player has a Ratchet & Clank save file, the weapons will be free.
After beating the game, the player can enter Challenge Mode, where a new game is started with all the obtained weapons, but the difficulty increases. In Challenge mode, the player can purchase Mega weapons which are even stronger versions of the already upgraded weapons. Mega weapons (except the R&C 1 weapons) can be upgraded into Ultra weapons from further use. Challenge mode also has a Bolt Multiplier, which increases the amount of bolts the player earns. Skill points also return, but unlike the previous game, the names of the skill points are revealed as well as what planet they are obtained on. However, the reqirements for obtaining the skill points are still a secret within the game. There are Platinum Bolts hidden within the levels. Platinum bolts are used to purchase mods for certain weapons, such as a shock mod, an acid mod, and a lock-on mod.
- " So, you need me to go on a dangerous mission in another galaxy? "
- ―Ratchet discussing the mission with Abercrombie Fizzwidget. [GC]
After defeating Ultimate Supreme Executive Drek, the duo Ratchet and Clank, rested on Ratchet's home on Veldin. Nearly a year after their previous adventure, they appeared in an interview for a Holo-Vision show called Behind the Hero. While in a break between filming this interview, they were teleported to the Bogon Galaxy by the founder and CEO of MegaCorp, a man by the name of Abercrombie Fizzwidget. It appeared that a masked "dupliferous criminal mastermind" had stolen MegaCorp's most valuable experiment: a cute blue fuzzball.[3]
Clank was reluctant to partake in another adventure, so while he retired to a complimentary apartment in the city of Megapolis on planet Endako, Ratchet attempted to save the experiment from the Thief. The Thief hired Thugs-4-Less for assistance protection. The thief also kidnapped Clank, forcing Ratchet to come to his rescue. Upon his rescue, Clank went along with Ratchet.[3]
Ratchet confronted the thief on planet Siberius, defeating her and reclaiming the experiment. The duo returned it to Mr. Fizzwidget shortly afterwards. After Mr. Fizzwidget "accidentally" ejected the duo from his ship, Ratchet and Clank climbed through a desert cave and were confronted by the thief who demanded the return of the experiment. During this demand, the thief accidentally fell off her ship, knocking off her mask and revealing that she was Angela Cross. Angela, a former MegaCorp employee, warned Ratchet that the experiment would ultimately doom the galaxy.
On planet Dobbo, Ratchet and Clank discovered that Angela's claims were true, and tried to persuade Fizzwidget to destroy the experiment, but their efforts were in vain. The duo then stumbled across an ad for the experiment, now known as the "Protopet," which was being cloned and prepared for mass release. At that point, it was revealed that Thugs-4-Less terminated its contract with Angela and had been hired by MegaCorp to "protect" Mr. Fizzwidget.
On planet Boldan, Ratchet and Clank were captured for "attempting to bump off" Mr. Fizzwidget. They were sent to a prison on planet Aranos. While in the prison, with help from his female Infobot admirer, Clank escaped and freed Ratchet. They immediately headed to Thugs-4-Less HQ to free Angela, who was also captured by the thugs. The duo vanquished the thug leader and freed Angela. Eventually, the three of them went to MegaCorp HQ in order to put a definitive end to the Protopet menace.
After they went there, the female Infobot revealed that Qwark, the disgraced superhero from Ratchet & Clank, was using the Protopets to restore his reputation. Fizzwidget appeared and destroyed her, and in a surprising plot twist, Fizzwidget was actually Qwark in disguise. Qwark then took Ratchet, Clank, and Angela prisoner and claimed in front of a live camera that they were the cause of this menace, and that he would be able to stop the Protopets using Angela's Helix-O-Morph. However, the Helix-O-Morph malfunctioned and mutated the Protopet into a giant Monster, eating Qwark and the gadget before escaping. When Ratchet finally defeated the mutated Protopet, Clank discovered that the cause of the malfunction was a set of batteries inserted backwards. Angela vanquished the wily Protopets across the galaxy by sending the gadget's beam through the HV signals, pacifying all of the creatures. The real Fizzwidget (who uses English words properly, unlike Qwark who simply said big words to make himself sound smart) was then revealed to have been trapped in a closet by Qwark.
Ratchet, Clank, Angela, and Clank's Infobot admirer are all shown talking in Clank's apartment while Qwark is shown at his new job as a MegaCorp test dummy for gadgets such as the Crotchitizer.
The game's soundtrack, combining orchestral, electronic and ambient style, was composed and produced by David Bergeaud and Niels Bye Nielsen.[4]
Critical reception
Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando was released to very positive reviews like most Ratchet & Clank games. IGN awarded it a score of 9.4/10,[5] while GameStats[6] gave it a 9.1/10. Game Informer magazine awarded it Game of the Month when it was released. The game also received scores of 4/5 from Gamespy[7] and 5/5 from X-Play. Overall, critics gave the game an average review score of 90%, according to Metacritic. The only problems cited within the game were the "cheaply handled" space battles and the level of difficulty (although some Ratchet & Clank fans have praised the difficulty level for the challenge it brings).[8]
Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando ranked #51 on the Top 100 Video Games in History TV special.
Cover Comparison
The North American cover features Ratchet and Clank, with Ratchet holding the Megarocket Cannon. The European cover shows Ratchet holding the Plasma Coil. The UK and Australia cover are nearly identical to the European cover, the only difference being the title (as they have slightly different names). The Japanese cover is the most different, featuring Ratchet holding two guns, (impossible to actually achieve in the game) the Lancer and the Megarocket Cannon. Similar to most Ratchet and Clank Japanese covers, the two characters are depicted in Manga Style with exaggerated character designs.
List of characters
- Fizzwidget, Abercrombie
- Billy
- Bunyon, Ace
- Clank
- Cross, Angela
- Biker One
- Biker Two
- Factory Robots
- Female Infobot
- Hypnotist
- Inventor
- Mathematician
- Matron
- Mutant Crab
- Mutant Protopet
- New Age Mystic
- Plumber
- Dr. Putridson
- Qwark, Copernicus Leslie
- Qwark Fan-Boy
- Ratchet
- Shady Salesman
- Slim Cognito
- Thugs-4-Less leader
- Tractor Beam scientist
- Unnamed Protopet scientist
- Swamp Monster I (Oozla)
- Chainblade (Galactic Gladiators)
- B2 Brawler (Galactic Gladiators)
- Thug Leader (Attack-Copter - Endako)
- Angela Cross (Unknown Thief - Siberius)
- Thug Leader (Ultra-Mech - Damosel Moon)
- Arachnoid (Galactic Gladiators)
- Megapede (Galactic Gladiators)
- Swamp Monster II (Oozla)
- Thug Leader (Giganto Mech - Snivelak)
- Mothership (Damosel Moon)
- Mutant Protopet (Yeedil)
- Blitz Gun
- Bomb Glove
- Bouncer
- Chopper
- Clank Zapper
- Decoy Glove
- Gravity Bomb
- Hoverbomb Gun
- Lancer
- Lava Gun
- Minirocket Tube
- Miniturret Glove
- OmniWrench 8000
- OmniWrench 10000
- OmniWrench 12000
- Plasma Coil
- Pulse Rifle
- Seeker Gun
- Sheepinator
- Shield Charger
- Spiderbot Glove
- Synthenoid
- Tesla Claw
- Visibomb Gun
- Walloper
- Zodiac
The game's weapons, including the Gadgetron weapons imported from Ratchet & Clank (except for the Sheepinator, Zodiac, and Clank Zapper/Shocker from MegaCorp and the R.Y.N.O. II from Gadgetron) have Mega upgrades purchased separately in Challenge Mode. These upgrades increase the effectiveness of the weapons, and when fully leveled up change to an Ultra form.
- Charge Boots
- Dynamo
- Gravity Boots
- Grind Boots
- Heli-Pack
- Hypnomatic
- Swingshot
- Thermanator
- Thruster-Pack
- Tractor Beam
- List of items
- MegaCorp Helmet
- Biker Helmet
- Box Breaker
- Electrolyzer
- Levitator
- Infiltrator
- Hydro-Pack
- Glider
- Armor Magnetizer
- Qwark Statuette
- Mapper
- Platinum Bolt
- Moonstones
- Desert Crystals
- Raritanium
Planets and locations
- Oozla, MegaCorp Outlet
- Wupash Nebula
- Maktar Nebula, Maktar Resort
- Maktar Nebula, Jamming Array
- Barlow, Vukovar Canyon
- Endako, Megapolis
- Feltzin System, Thug Rendezvous
- Notak, Canal City
- Slim Cognito's Ship Shack
- Siberius, Frozen Base
- Tabora, Mining Area
- Dobbo, Testing Facility
- Dobbo Orbit, Testing Facility Moon
- Hrugis Cloud, Deep Space Disposal
- Joba, MegaCorp Games
- Todano, MegaCorp Armory
- Boldan, Silver City
- Aranos, Flying Lab
- Gorn, Thugs-4-Less Fleet
- Snivelak, Thugs-4-Less Headquarters
- Smolg, Distribution Facility
- Damosel, Allgon City
- Damosel Orbit, Allgon Moon
- Grelbin, Tundor Wastes
- Yeedil, Protopet Factory
- Burbank/Dantopia, Insomniac Museum
- Bogon Galaxy (first appearance)
- Solana Galaxy
- Before you go into the Start Menu, you can see Ratchet playing a random sequence of games comprising of Ratchet & Clank, Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando Jak and Daxter: the Precursor Legacy, Jak II, and Sly Cooper and the Thievious Raccoonus.
- There is a moment that playfully imitates scenes from Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy. When Ratchet picks up the hypomanic part after the grind rail segment and places it in his backpack the same way Jak does, Clank does the same dance as Daxter does throughout that game and the same tune plays. Ratchet shakes his head afterwards, causing Clank to giggle and simply say "Sorry. Ha, ha, ha."
- The name of the game was a reference to one of the skill points in Ratchet & Clank named "Going Commando"
- According with the developer commentary of Mike Stout and Tony Garcia, originally, the "Insomniac Pyramid console" was a Xbox console, then they had to change its look for legal reasons.
- In the cutscene after you land on Planet Notak, Clank questions Ratchet on why they are late. Shortly after the question, Ratchet and Clank will turn to the player which is a possible 4th wall break.
- Clank's eye color appears aqua in some cutscenes.
External links
Notes and references
- ↑ http://ps2.ign.com/objects/550/550444.html
- ↑ Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando Game - PS2 on PlayStation.com
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando
- ↑ http://podcast.insomniacgames.com/podcasts/fullmoonshow_39.mp3
- ↑ http://uk.ps2.ign.com/objects/550/550444.html
- ↑ http://www.gamestats.com/objects/550/550444/
- ↑ http://uk.ps2.gamespy.com/playstation-2/ratchet-and-clank-going-commando/
- ↑ Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando (ps2: 2003): Reviews


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- 1⁄4 cup butter
- 2 ounces unsweetened chocolate
- 2⁄3 cup honey
- 2 eggs, well beaten
- 3⁄4 cup light spelt flour or 1⁄2 cup whole wheat flour
- 1⁄4 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
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