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  1. Re-establishment of British rule on the Falkland Islands

    ref Tatham Use dmy dates date September 2010 DEFAULTSORT Re Establishment Of British Rule ... British sovereignty over the Falkland Islands lang es Islas Malvinas , after the United Provinces of South America part of which later became Argentina ignored British diplomatic protests over the appointment ... year Captain naval Captain John MacBride Royal Navy officer John MacBride established a British settlement at Port Egmont. The British presence in the west continued, until interrupted by Spain who ... May 1776 the British forces under the command of Lieutenant Clayton formally took their leave of Port ... damaged at sea. Most numerous among those using the islands were British and American seal hunting ... attempt, in 1826, sanctioned by the British but delayed until winter by a Cisplatine War Brazilian ... could be established within three years. He took settlers, some of them British, and before leaving once again sought permission first from the British Consulate in Buenos Aires . After receiving consent, Vernet agreed to provide regular reports to the British consul and expressed the desire for British ... as governor of the islands in 1829. British diplomatic protests at the appointment and declarations ... in the islands. This too was disputed by the British and American consulates at Buenos Aires but once again the diplomatic protests were ignored. Vernet continued to provide regular reports to the British ... finally convinced the British Foreign Office to reassert its sovereignty claim over the islands. Throughout ... was restored just before the British arrived. ref name briefhistory3 Arrival of the squadron File HMS ... Islands Puerto Luis on 2 January 1833. Pinedo sent an officer to the British ship, where he was presented with the following written request to replace the Argentine flag with the British one, and leave ... 80 of his forces were British mercenaries who refused to fight their countrymen . The British forces ... on 5 January. ref name briefhistory3 Recognising Vernet s settlement had British permission, Onslow ...   more details



  1. The Establishment

    the party establishment in order to win endorsement. The term in this sense was coined by the British ...Other uses Establishment disambiguation The Establishment is a term used to refer to a visible dominant group or elite that holds power or authority in a nation. The term suggests a closed social group which selects its own members as opposed to selection by inheritance, merit or election . The term can be used to describe specific entrenched elite structures in specific institutions, but is usually informal in application and is more likely used by the media than by scholars. United Kingdom The term is most often used in the United Kingdom , where it includes leading politicians, senior civil servants, the most important financiers and industrialists, governors of the BBC , and the British monarchy ... of prominent, well connected people as the Establishment , explaining By the Establishment ... Fairlie famous. He had not been the first to use The Establishment in this fashion Ralph Waldo Emerson ... . This use of the word was presumably influenced by the British term established church for the official ... , one who does not belong to The Establishment is an outsider . ref Norbert Elias , The Established ... to as the Establishment in American sociology . ref Alan Barcan, Sociological theory and educational ... Government are labelled most often self labelled pro establishment . The term first appeared around ... language spoken by a majority in the territory, whereas pro establishment is usually ..., amongst others. facts date November 2011 See also Anti establishment Disestablishmentarianism Established ... Babylon References reflist Further reading Campbell, Fergus. The Irish Establishment 1879 1914 2009 ... democracy elites, special interests, and the betrayal of public trust 2001 DEFAULTSORT Establishment ... stub ar cs Establishment de Establishment es The establishment fr Establishment it Establishment kk nl Establishment pt Establishment ru sh Establi ment uk ...   more details



  1. Establishment

    wiktionary Establishment may refer to The Establishment , the dominant group or elite holding effective power or authority in a society Establishment of a state religion established church , the endorsement of a church by a nation s government Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, forbidding Congress from establishing a religion Establishment Pakistan , Pakistan s military civil oligarchy The Establishment club , an English satire club of the 1960s The Establishment comics The Establishment comics , a comic book produced by Wildstorm Freedom of establishment, the right of EU nationals to establish themselves economically in any member state of the Internal Market European Union disambig ...   more details



  1. The Leaky Establishment

    The Leaky Establishment is a novel by David Langford , first published in June 1984 by Frederick Muller ISBN 0 584 31167 2 and re issued, with an introduction by Terry Pratchett , in 2001 by Big Engine, then July 2003 by Cosmos Books ISBN 1 59224 125 5 . The book draws on some of Langford s own experiences working at the United Kingdom UK government s Atomic Weapons Research Establishment at Aldermaston , Berkshire . Plot introduction Roy Tappen works for the Robinson Heath Nuclear Utilisation Technology Centre, a nuclear weapons facility in Britain. He fights bureaucracy while trying to use it for his purpose, which is to undo the potentially disastrous results of a practical joke gone wrong. Smuggling plutonium out of a nuclear research centre turns out to be surprisingly easy. The difficult part is smuggling it back in again without getting caught. External links http www.ansible.co.uk books leaky.html The Leaky Establishment &ndash information on Ansible ansible.co.uk http www.amazon.com exec obidos tg detail 1592241255 The Leaky Establishment &ndash review on amazon.com DEFAULTSORT Leaky Establishment Category 1984 novels Category British novels 1980s novel stub ...   more details



  1. Anti-establishment

    Distinguish antidisestablishmentarianism Globalize date September 2006 An anti establishment view or belief ... of a society. The term was first used in the modern sense in 1958, by the UK British magazine New ... has retained its original meaning in British English and continues to be applied to various individuals ... Anti establishment figures in the United Kingdom In the UK anti establishment figures and groups are seen ... family British monarchy , an aristocracy , and an unelected House of Lords upper house in Parliament ... has a clearly definable The Establishment Establishment against which anti establishment figures ... shown by the majority of the population towards those who govern them. Examples of British anti establishment satire include much of the humour of Peter Cook and Ben Elton novels such as Rumpole ... . Anti establishment themes also can be seen in the novels of writers such as Will Self . ref cite web ... establishment or counter culture figures can be difficult. ref cite news url http news.bbc.co.uk 1 ... papers, but in the process have been described as having anti establishment views that have weakened ... hand, as time passes, anti establishment figures sometimes end up becoming part of the Establishment ... 2003 12 12 ref , or when The Who frontman Roger Daltrey was made a Order of the British Empire Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2005 in recognition of both his music and his work for charity ... Anti Establishment in the United States Individuals who were anti establishment often spoke of fighting the man , selling out to the Establishment, and tearing down the Establishment. Many historical figures and groups innovated great changes to society by standing up to the Establishment , including ... Fiasco among others. The Establishment to these, and these anti establishment activists was not simply the people of the older generation. Dictionary.com defines the establishment as the existing ... authority ref http dictionary.reference.com browse establishment ref , Merriam Webster defines ...   more details



  1. 1706 Establishment

    of the 1706 Establishment. Infobox Ship Class Overview Builders Operators navy Kingdom of Great Britain br navy Kingdom of France Class before Class after 1719 Establishment Subclasses Built ... preserved The 1706 Establishment was the first formal set of dimensions for ships of the Royal Navy ... programs running for only a given amount of time. In contrast, the 1706 Establishment was intended ... gun decks. ref name lavery 68v1 The origins of the formalized 1706 Establishment can be traced ... for second rate ships. Though the second rate ships appear to have been the central focus of the Establishment ... and power, first rate s were not addressed by the Establishment and were given individual ... of the Establishment the first of many began an era of notorious conservatism in naval administration ... architecture of the 1706 Establishment slowly became more antiquated for the early eighteenth century ... rigged ship Ship complement 680 officers and men Ship armament 96 guns 1703 Establishment ul li Lower ... Seven existing second rates were rebuilt to the 1706 Establishment, including three whose reconstruction ... of 1716. These ships were originally armed as 96 gun ships under the 1703 Establishment of Guns. They were re armed as 90 gun ships under the 1716 Establishment of Guns, with heavier 32 lb and 9 ... complement 520 officers and men 360 in peacetime Ship armament 80 guns 1703 Establishment ul li Lower ... the 1706 Establishment the HMS Boyne 1708 Boyne and HMS Humber 1708 Humber launched in 1708, the HMS ... launched in 1710. The ships were initially armed with 80 guns as per the 1703 Establishment of Guns, as shown in the table at right. The 1716 Establishment of Guns replaced the 24pdr guns on the lower ... 255 in peacetime Ship armament 70 guns 1703 Establishment ul li Lower deck 24 24 lb li li Upper ... 1696 Revenge . The ships were initially armed with 70 guns as per the 1703 Establishment of Guns, as shown in the table at right. Under the 1716 Establishment, a thirteenth pair of 24 lb was added on the lower ...   more details



  1. The Establishment (comics)

    Category section cat teams subcat Wildstorm Publications altcat hero y villain sortkey Establishment, The addgrpcat addpubcat The Establishment is a super hero group that was operated by the British ...Infobox comics team and title Wikipedia WikiProject Comics Group section name The Establishment image The Establishment 1 cover.jpg imagesize default 250 caption The Establishment 1 publisher Wildstorm ..., The Golden br The Baron KIA fullroster Series section title The Establishment cvr image filename ... influenced by British Pop Culture and incorporated various cameos and nods to the various TV series ... Jon Drake Not much is known about Jon Drake or his past. He is apparently been a member of The Establishment ... , who in turn was based on Captain Marvel DC Comics Captain Marvel . The Templar was a British ... on the Tom Baker incarnation of Doctor Doctor Who the Doctor , the protagonist of the British ... Dee and the man known as Mother during the creation of the first incarnation of Establishment. His .... Twenty years ago Scarlet washed ashore on an isolated British beach with no memory of who she was or where ... to dance at a birthday party, where she fell in love with Equus. Eventually she was brought into The Establishment ... characters Charlie Arrows During the 1960s Arrows served within the British military and was stationed ... for an experiment headed up by the British Rocket Group. The experiment failed and wiped out ... that was formed in his head after being exposed to the fallout of the British Rocket Groups experiment ... . Mother and Dee gathered metahumans and founded the first Establishment. They also started ... Spartan. The Establishment and Charlie Arrows unwittingly foiled his first attempt, but Orwell recruited Arrows later to help him. Bibliography The Establishment 1 13 November 2001 November 2002 Notes Reflist References refbegin comicbookdb type team id 1616 title The Establishment gcdb series id 9817 title The Establishment comicbookdb type title id 1747 title The Establishment refend External ...   more details



  1. 1745 Establishment

    to the end of the establishment era by around 1751. ref name Lavery, SoLv1 p86 97 Lavery, The Ship of the Line Volume 1, p86 97. ref Origins When the 1706 Establishment had come into effect, British naval ... before 1719 Establishment Class after ul li sclass Sandwich ship of the line 0 second rate li li sclass ... retired Total ships preserved The 1745 Establishment was the third and final formal establishment ... Establishment , which had subsequently been modified in 1733 and again in 1741 but not formally replaced ... to the earlier Establishments, the ships of the 1745 Establishment proved just as unsatisfactory, and important ... as long as the convert 175 ft m 1 abbr on to which British first rate s were to be built according to the 1719 Establishment 1741 proposals 1741 proposals . ref name Lavery, SoLv1 p86 97 ref name Lavery ... 1744 Battle of Toulon highlighted many of the problems in British shipbuilding, with several ships ... that the British 70 gun ships were little superior to the French ships of 52 guns. ref name Lavery ..., there was little more standardisation than had been present before the 1706 Establishment came into being. The new Establishment of 1745 was intended to correct this situation, and at the same time solve the issues with British ships that had been the cause of complaint by sea officers for several ... to the 20 gun sixth rate s although with effect from the 1719 Establishment this was augmented by defining ..., under the new 1745 Establishment the responsibility for preparing designs draughts for all ships ... the rejection of their proposal that 74 gun ships should replace 80s in the new establishment, the Admiralty ... of Establishment dimensions was defined for each size of ship, other than the smallest i.e. the unrated ... remained that set out under the 1743 Establishment of Guns created by Order of the King in Council ... caption for 100 gun first rates ref name ref name Winfield p4 Winfield, British Warships in the Age ... Ship complement 850 officers and men Ship armament Ship notes As provided for under the 1743 Establishment ...   more details



  1. 1719 Establishment

    navy Kingdom of Great Britain Class before 1706 Establishment Class after 1745 Establishment ... ships retired Total ships preserved The 1719 Establishment was the first formal Establishment mandatory ... 20 carriage guns which were unrated vessels . It superseded the previous 1706 Establishment , which ... the 100 gun first rates . The new 1719 Establishment was applied to all new ships from first rates down ... Volume 1, p78 79. ref More important was that the new Establishment in 1719 was not simply limited ... and planking. The Establishment adopted in 1719 was subject to substantial revisions in both 1733 and 1741, although on neither occasion was the 1719 Establishment replaced. A new Establishment was finally adopted in 1745 Establishment 1745 . Before the 1745 centralised all design work in the office ... Shipwright in the dockyard in which that vessel was built thus ships built to one Establishment has to conform to the dimensions and other measurements specified by that Establishment, but were to varying ... Dockyards , and was almost exclusively a wartime occurrence. Background When the 1706 Establishment had been introduced, Kingdom of Great Britain British naval architecture had entered a period ... became populated by men who had learnt their trade during the formative years of the Establishment system. A very significant factor in the formation of the 1719 Establishment and its subsequent longevity ... of a new Establishment of Guns in 1716. Previously, gun establishments had catered for each ... they could carry. The 1716 gun establishment was intended to overturn that situation, so that all ... all ships rebuilt to common designs to facilitate the new gun establishment. ref name Lavery, SoLv1 p75 1719 arrangements The new Establishment of dimensions, finalised in December 1719, was significantly more detailed than its predecessor. The 1706 Establishment had sought to constrain only the basic dimensions gundeck length, keel length, breadth, and depth in the hold , whereas the 1719 Establishment ...   more details



  1. Drinking establishment

    A drinking establishment is a business whose primary function is the serving of alcoholic beverage s for consumption on the premises. ref http www.thefreedictionary.com cocktail lounge Cocktail Lounge definition from http www.thefreedictionary.com The Free Dictionary ref Some establishments may also serve food, or have entertainment, but their main purpose is to serve alcoholic beverages. There are different types of drinking establishment ranging from seedy bars or nightclubs, sometimes termed dive bars , to 5,000 seat beer halls. Bar Main Bar establishment Types of bars range from seedy bars or nightclubs, sometimes termed dive bars , ref Todd Dayton, cite book url http books.google.com books?id LpUSVjBPHRwC&pg PT7&dq the ideal dive&hl en&ei HcZITNrrE4HNjAeu5IDDDg&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 4&ved 0CDMQ6AEwAw v onepage&q the 20ideal 20dive&f false title San Francisco s Best Dive Bars , page 4 publisher Ig Publishing, 2009, ISBN 097031258X accessdate 2010 07 22 ref to elegant ... house, informally known as a pub , is an establishment licensed to serve alcoholic beverage alcoholic ... and regions of British influence. ref http www.beerandpub.com pub history.aspx History of the pub ... between pubs, Bar establishment bars , inn s, tavern s and lounges where alcohol is served commercially ... accessdate 1 September 2009 ref There are approximately 53,500 ref name British Beer and Pub Association cite web url http www.beerandpub.com newsList detail.aspx?newsId 289 title British Beer ... can be traced back to Roman tavern s, ref name Great British Pub cite web url http www.historic uk.com cultureUk greatBritishpub.htm title Great British Pub ref through the Anglo Saxon alehouse ... was a shed or workshop . The distinction of a tavern from an inn , bar establishment bar or public ... theatre. Izakaya Main Izakaya An nihongo izakaya is a type of Japan ese bar establishment drinking establishment which also serves food to accompany the drinks. The food is usually more substantial ...   more details



  1. The Canadian Establishment

    The Canadian Establishment is the first reference book published in Canada to catalogue the richest families and individuals in the country. It was published in 1975 by economic journalist, Peter C. Newman . The book was published in two parts, and introduced Canadian and world readers to little known figures who defined the Canadian economic community of the last quarter of the 20th century. cite book year 1975 title The Canadian Establishment Volume One The Old Order publisher McClelland and Stewart location Toronto isbn 0 7710 6755 0 cite book year 1981 title The Canadian Establishment Volume Two The Acquisitors publisher McClelland and Stewart location Toronto isbn 0 7710 6784 4 cite book year 1998 title The Canadian Establishment Volume Three The Titans publisher McClelland and Stewart location Toronto Category 1975 books Canadian Establishment, The Category 1981 books Canadian Establishment, The Category Books by Peter C. Newman DEFAULTSORT Canadian Establishment, The ref book stub ...   more details



  1. Date of establishment

    Unreferenced date September 2010 The date of establishment or date of founding of an institution is the calendar date date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point. Often the criteria that define a date of establishment or founding are ill defined or more specifically, are ill defined in general, although each institution tends to adopt a rather rigid definition of its own date of establishment. Government establishment A government of a nation state may define its date of establishment by Declaration of independence from a now foreign power, e.g. June 1776 of the United States of America Ratification of its constitution Citation needed date February 2007 Signing of a treaty ending a revolution ary war Citation needed date February 2007 Yet still more definitions of establishment are possible in the case of each nation state s history and culture. University establishment Likewise, a university may define its date of establishment by The date at which the papers of its Incorporation business incorporation was approved The date on which it first opened for the teaching of classes If the university derived from a previously established institution, either the reorganization or the establishment of the parent institution. Yet still more variations on the definition of the date on which a university was established are possible as considered reasonable by each university s governing body or executive officers. Institution establishment Ultimately an established date of an institution either is decided upon as an internal matter by that institution or is decided for that institution by a normative higher authority outside that institution. For all institutions falling into a particular type metaphysics type of similar institutions, if the date of establishment is not decided by the same authority using the same criteria variations in the definition of the date of establishment can arise. DEFAULTSORT Date Of Establishment Category Anniversaries af Datum ...   more details



  1. Establishment of a port

    Orphan date February 2009 Establishment of a Port , the technical expression for the time that elapses between the moon s transit across the meridian astronomy meridian at new or full moon at a given place and the time of high water at that place. The interval constant at any one place may vary from 6 mins. Harwich to II hrs. 5 mins. North Foreland . At London Bridge it is Ihr. 58 mins. update date November 2010 1911 DEFAULTSORT Establishment Of A Port Category Time in astronomy nn Hamnetid ...   more details



  1. The Establishment (club)

    refimprove date May 2010 The Establishment was a London nightclub which opened in October 1961, at 18 Greek Street , Soho and was famous in retrospect for satire although actually more notable at the time for jazz and other events. It was founded by Peter Cook and Nicholas Luard , both of whom were also important in the history of the magazine Private Eye . The name The Establishment is a play on the meaning of establishment as in institution, i.e. the club itself, and the Establishment the broader definition meaning the prevailing social order of the time, which the satirists who founded, funded and performed at the club typically undermined. Peter Cook called it the only good title I ever came up with. The venue allowed the opportunity for budding comedians and satirists to perform new material in a nightclub setting, outside the jurisdiction of the Lord Chamberlain , whose censorship of language and content was a problem for many performers. Some who appeared included Lenny Bruce , Barry Humphries as Edna Everage , and musically, The Dudley Moore Trio. A second club was established in New York in 1963. However, both folded after only a few years. The Establishment in London closed in 1964. In March 2008, the site of the club was renamed Zebrano s but after a small group of Peter Cook devotees pressured the management for some recognition of the old club s importance in satire, the owners agreed to replace The Establishment in writing above the door. The Establishment was referenced ... of Conroy s own life, and he mentions getting drunk at The Establishment, and then racing his car home to his apartment outside London while he was living in England with his wife in the 60 s. The Establishment ... Cook plaque unveiling Feb 15th 2009 The old Establishment Club http www.youtube.com watch?v 2Hanulj5heg Video of Peter Cook reminiscing about the Establishment on Clive James Postcard from London coord 51 30 50 N 0 07 50 W display title DEFAULTSORT Establishment Category Nightclubs in London London ...   more details



  1. Bar (establishment)

    an establishment uses a different name, such as tavern, the area of the establishment where the bartender ... their establishment. Thus, a bar originally intended for one demographic profile can become popular ... . A music bar is an establishment specializing in live music . Entertainment Bars categorized ... establishment, one that derived from the public bar will be more downmarket while the other deriving ..., which are often much more similar to a British tavern in style. Before the mid 1980s most bar like ... within establishments such as hotels, restaurants, universities, or are a particular type of establishment .... However the main type of establishment selling alcohol for consumption on the premises is the public ... were called saloons . In the American Old West the most popular establishment in town was usually ... York Times, December 5, 1933 ref Many Irish or British themed pub s exist throughout United States ... category Bars Drinking establishments Bartend Alcoholic beverages DEFAULTSORT Bar Establishment Category Types of drinking establishment Category Bartending az Bar be ca Bar comer cs Bar podnik ...   more details



  1. Establishment Clause

    US Constitution article series The Establishment Clause is the first of several pronouncements in the First ... shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion Together with the Free Exercise Clause ... or prohibiting ... First Amendment , Findlaw.com. ref The establishment clause has generally been interpreted to prohibit 1 the establishment of a national religion by Congress, or 2 the preference by the U.S. ... the purposes of the Free Exercise Clause. Origin The establishment clause arose during James ..., and Thomas C. Berg, Religion and the Constitution 2006 , p. 74. ref Incorporation of the Establishment ... of Abington Township v. Schempp , 374 U.S. 203 1963 Brennan, J., concurring The absorption of the Establishment ... K. Lietzau, Rediscovering the Establishment Clause Federalism and the Rollback of Incorporation, 39 DePaul L. Rev. 1191 1990 arguing against incorporation of the Establishment Clause . ref ref Stephen ... 1995 arguing against incorporation of the Establishment Clause . ref ref Elk Grove Unified School District ... against the States through the Fourteenth Amendment. But the Establishment Clause is another matter. ref The controversy surrounding Establishment Clause incorporation primarily stems from the fact that one of the intentions of the Establishment Clause was to prevent Congress from interfering ... members of the Court who believe the Establishment Clause was made applicable to the states through ... individual rights found in the Bill of Rights the Establishment Clause   unlike the Free Exercise ... parochial school parochial or not. Justice Hugo Black held, quote The establishment of religion ... of Thomas Jefferson Jefferson , the clause against establishment of religion by law was intended ... judges have often used to test the constitutionality of a statute on establishment clause grounds ... , upheld the constitutionality of private school vouchers, turning away an Establishment Clause challenge ... purpose and primary effect tests, which were to be used to determine compatibility with the establishment ...   more details



  1. Foreign establishment

    Unreferenced date December 2009 Orphan date December 2009 Foreign establishments are not legally part of a country s territory under its laws, but are under the physical control of the country. Foreign military base s, and embassies are common examples. Another relevant example is the Panama Canal currently under the state of Panama . Under United States U.S. control, the canal was still a part of the country of Panama, and the laws of the United States did not apply there. The New Territories of Hong Kong under the United Kingdom before 1997 is also an example. List of foreign establishments United States U.S. current Guantanamo Bay Naval Base Guantanamo Bay , historical Panama Canal Zone United Kingdom UK historical Hong Kong New Territories only See also Embassy Colonialism DEFAULTSORT Foreign Establishment Category Colonialism ...   more details



  1. Establishment (Pakistan)

    The Establishment , is a cooperative federation and an intelligence community that is an academically defined terminology commonly used by Pakistan s Political science political scientists and historians to address the powerful military dominant organization in Pakistan. This terminology is frequently used by political scholars and analysts around the world for the powerful military dominant oligarchy in Pakistan. This group of individuals, while not exclusively Military of Pakistan military , are considered key decision makers in major policy decisions ranging from national security to the defence policy and the use of intelligence agencies in Pakistan. Since the 1988, at time when the Benazir Bhutto s government was in effect, the Establishment attracted the conservative and nationalistic policies which were led under Nawaz Sharif ref Without a trace The Guardian Friday March 16, 2007 http www.guardian.co.uk pakistan Story 0,,2035478,00.html ref Since Prime minister of Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto appointed General Abdul Waheed Kakar as the Chief of Army Staff Pakistan Chief of Army Staff , since then, it clearly shows that the support for democracy and the civil liberties roughly depends on the attitudes of Chief of Army Staff Pakistan Chief of Army Staff . General Kakar s appointment was highly crucial for Benazir Bhutto who gave the civil liberties to the people of Pakistan. However, during the 1980s, the Establishment under General Zia ul Haq whose idea of religious conservatism was the primary line of his military government, opposed any idea of Freedom of Speech and media independence as the suppression of media was continued during this period. However, in 2002, the military government of General Pervez Musharraf who as part of his Enlightened Moderation , passed laws giving the news media more freedom ref Musharraf s respect for press freedom http www.canadafreepress.com ... support for the establishment increases. ref MQM calls for martial law http news.oneindia.in 2010 ...   more details



  1. Permanent establishment

    A permanent establishment PE is a fixed place of business which generally gives rise to income or value added tax liability in a particular jurisdiction. The term is defined in many income tax treaties and most European Union Value Added Tax systems. The tax systems in some civil law countries impose income and value added taxes only where an enterprise maintains a PE in the country. ref E.g., Germany taxes non German companies only on income from a PE. Citation needed date April 2010 ref Definitions of PE under tax law or tax treaty may contain specific inclusions or exclusions. Fixed Place of Business The starting point for determination if a permanent establishment exists is generally a fixed place of business. The definition of permanent establishment in the OECD Model Income Tax Treaty ref http www.oecd.org dataoecd 14 32 41147804.pdf OECD Model Convention on Income and on Capital Article 5 OECD Model and commentary thereon Commentary . ref is followed in most income tax treaties. ref See, e.g., the http www.ustreas.gov offices tax policy library uktreaty.pdf U.S. UK treaty Article 5, which is virtually identical to the OECD Model Article 5. The http www.info.gov.za view DownloadFileAction?id 87999 Nigeria South Africa treaty Article 5, is nearly identical to the OECD Model Article 5, with the addition of a provision clarifying that a fixed place of business used as a sales outlet is a PE, notwithstanding exclusions elsewhere in the article. ref The commentary indicates that a fixed place of business has three components Fixed refers to a link between the place of business and a specific geographic point, as well as a degree of permanence with respect to the taxpayer. An office hotel may constitute a fixed place for a business for an enterprise that regularly uses different ... a permanent establishment within the scope of a particular treaty would depend on what interpretation ... meaning on the term permanent establishment than what the taxpayer seeks to place, the taxpayer ...   more details



  1. Signals Research and Development Establishment

    The Signals Research and Development Establishment SRDE was a United Kingdom British government military research establishment, based in Christchurch, Dorset from 1948 until it merged with the Royal Radar Establishment RRE in Malvern, Worcestershire to form the Royal Signals and Radar Establishment RSRE in 1980. Its focus was military communications signals . Topics of research Satellite communications Battlefield communications Optical fibre s Image intensifier s for night vision equipment External links http www.srde.co.uk Information site coord 50.740 1.736 type landmark region GB DOR display title Category 1948 establishments in England Category 1980 disestablishments Category Military communications of the United Kingdom Category History of Dorset Category Military history of Dorset Category Military research facilities of the United Kingdom England org stub UK mil stub ...   more details



  1. Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment

    The Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment was a United Kingdom British military research and test organisation. It was originally formed as the Marine Aircraft Experimental Station in October 1918 at RAF Isle of Grain , a former Royal Naval Air Service seaplane base, to design, test and evaluate seaplane s, flying boat s and other aircraft with a naval connection. It was renamed as the Marine and Armament Experimental Establishment on 16 March 1920 to recognise that weapons and other equipment were evaluated as well as complete aircraft. It was renamed again on the 1 March 1924 to the Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment . Relocations On 16 June 1924 the Establishment moved to the site of the former Seaplane Experimental Station seaplane base at Felixstowe . In 1936 the Establishment came under the control of RAF Coastal Command . In 1937 the Fleet Air Arm was returned to Royal Navy control and the test and evaluation of carrier borne aircraft ceased. With the start of the Second World War the Establishment was moved to the more secure and safer location of Helensburgh in Scotland and it came under the control of the Royal Aircraft Establishment and was part of the Ministry of Supply ref http www.secretscotland.org.uk index.php Secrets MaritimeAircraftExperimentalEstablishment Maritime Aircraft Experimental Establishment ref . In August 1945, the MAEE returned to Felixstowe. The link with the Royal Air Force ended in 1953 but the MAEE continued as a civilian manned unit and did not shut until 1958. ref http www.portoffelixstowe.co.uk publications documents 2006Spring.pdf Port of Felixstowe ref References references Sources Ray Sturtivant, RAF Flying Training and Support Units since 1912 , Air Britain Historians , England, 2007, ISBN 0 85130 365 X See also Aeroplane & Armament Experimental Establishment at Martlesham Heath Airfield Martlesham Heath Seaplane Experimental Station UK mil stub coord 51.9456 1.3210 type landmark region GB SFK display title Category ...   more details



  1. Rocket Propulsion Establishment

    , and was responsible for most of the rocket motors used in British guided missiles and research ... Aircraft Establishment at its facilities in Farnborough and Bedford. In 1984 the Rocket Propulsion Establishment came under the control of the Royal Ordnance Factories , and in 1987 control passed to the private sector when British Aerospace took over Royal Ordnance . Projects Example British ... of the United Kingdom Category Rocket engines of the United Kingdom Category Rocketry Category British ...   more details



  1. Military Vehicles and Engineering Establishment

    The Military Vehicles and Engineering Establishment MVEE was a British defence research unit on Chobham Lane, Chertsey in Surrey. It was responsible for many innovations in armoured vehicle design, including ceramic Chobham armour . History The Admiralty Landships Committee was created in 1915 to oversee the development of what would become known as tanks. ref name Dstl cite web url http www.dstl.gov.uk downloads FullHistory.doc. format DOC publisher Defence Science and Technology Laboratory title Dstl Our Story So Far date 2010 ref In the same year, the Design Department was set up at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich. ref name Dstl The Tank and Tracked Transport Experiment Establishment TTTEE was formed at Farnborough in 1925, which in turn spawned the Mechanical Warfare Experimental Establishment MWEE in 1928. ref name Dstl The MWEE was renamed the Mechanisation Experimental Establishment MEE in 1934 and in 1940 the MEE merged with elements of the Design Department at Woolwich to form the Department ... Proving Establishment FVPE , which moved to a new purpose built camp in Chertsey on the site of the former ... Vehicles Experimental Establishment WVEE was also formed out of the DTD in that year, and moved to Chertsey ... Establishment FVEE in 1948. ref name Dstl Four years later the FVPE and FVDE merge to create the Fighting Vehicles Research and Development Establishment FVRDE . ref name Dstl FVRDE and the Military Experimental Engineering Establishment MEXE at Christchurch, Dorset Christchurch amalgamated in 1970 to form the Military Vehicles and Engineering Establishment MVEE . ref name Dstl In 1984 5 Chertsey became the Vehicles Department of the Royal Armaments Research and Development Establishment RARDE as the MVEE and the Propellants, Explosives and Rocket Motor Establishment PERME based at Waltham Abbey ... of all British Army vehicles. ref name RU.05 0538 Qinetiq sold the 315  acre Chertsey site ... Category Qinetiq Use dmy dates date August 2011 Use British English date August 2011 ...   more details



  1. Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment

    The Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment A& AEE was a research facility for United Kingdom British military aviation from 1918 to 1992. History In 1917, the Experimental Aircraft Flight of the Central Flying School was transferred from Upavon , Wiltshire to a site on the heathland at Martlesham , Suffolk, and on 16 January 1917 RAF Martlesham Heath Martlesham Heath Airfield was officially opened, as an experimental airfield. The unit was renamed the Aeroplane Experimental Unit, Royal Flying Corps . After the end of World War I the site continued to be used and was, once again, renamed as the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment of the Royal Air Force . At the outbreak of the Second World War , the A& AEE was removed to a site at MOD Boscombe Down Boscombe Down , Wiltshire, owing to the proximity of Martlesham Heath to the East Coast and its vulnerability to enemy attack. Then the airfield was known as RAF Boscombe Down . ref http www.adastral.ucl.ac.uk index.php?option com content&task view&id 48&Itemid 51 UCL Adastral Park Postgraduate Research Campus Site History Bot generated title ref The A&AEE has witnessed many significant developments in the British aviation industry, including trials of many aircraft flown by the British armed forces since the Second World War, such as the first flights of the English Electric P 1, forerunner of the English Electric Lightning Lightning , and the BAC TSR 2 BAC TSR.2 . The site was shared with the School of Aviation Medicine . In 1992 the A&AEE was renamed the Aircraft and Armament Evaluation Establishment when experimental work moved to the Defence Research Agency . Responsibility for the site passed ... Telecommunications Research Establishment Royal Radar Establishment Seaplane Experimental Station Central Fighter Establishment Qinetiq Category Military units and formations established in 1918 Category ... Kingdom Category Military history of Suffolk fr Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment ...   more details



  1. Central Landing Establishment

    coord 53.353 2.273 display title region GB scale 10000 The Central Landing Establishment was the Second World War British development centre for airborne warfare at RAF Ringway airfield near Manchester . ref name Thompson4 Thompson 1989, p. 4. ref Establishment Following Prime Minister Winston Churchill Winston Churchill s decision to create a parachute corps within the British Army after German successes using airborne force during the early stages of the war, a parachute training school known as the Central Landing School was set up at RAF Ringway in June 1940. ref Harclerode 1992, p. 19. ref On 31 August 1940, it was expanded within the school becoming the Central Landing Establishment . ref Sturtivant, p 88 ref . There was a separate Technical unit and the addition of the Glider Training Squadron which would be used for by pilot training for the Glider Pilot Regiment . ref Harclerode 1992, p. 5. ref The centre was operated by Royal Air Force and British Army officers working in collaboration. ref name Thompson4 In 1941, the Airborne Forces Experimental Establishment was created from the experimental and technical units. ref http www.paradata.org.uk units central landing establishment raf ref The Parachute Training Squadron became a unit in its own right as the Parachute Training School on 15 February 1942. Citation needed date April 2009 Glider pilot training took 24 weeks a 12 week light pilot training course and a 12 week glider course. Equipment The CLE developed equipment to be used by Britain s airborne forces, such as standardized equipment pods for parachuting supplies. The Mark III CLE Canister was 6 feet 1.82 m long and 15 inches in diameter 381 mm with the parachute 10 or 16 ft attached to one end and an impact absorbing pan at the other. Capacity was 600 lbs ... 252 1. Thompson, Leroy. 1989 . British Paratroops in Action . Combat Troops 9. Squadron Signal ... units central landing establishment raf http www.pegasusarchive.org origins3.htm Category Military research ...   more details




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