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1841 Texan-Santa Fe Expedition
by William H. Wroth
With the establishment of the Republic of Texas in 1836 Sam Houston was elected as its first president. As president, Houston unsuccessfully advocated the annexation of Texas to the United States. He also sought to avoid further conflicts with the Republic of Mexico, quelling some of the hotter heads among the officers in the Texas army, and seeking to make peace treaties with the Indians to insure them fair treatment. The constitution of the Republic of Texas forbade the succession of oneself as president, and in 1838 Mirabeau B. Lamar was elected to replace Houston as President of the Republic. Lamar's goals and policies were quite opposed to those of Houston. He was a powerful promoter of Texas nationalism and was against annexation to the United States. One of his goals was the expansion of Texas to the Pacific coast, including much of northern Mexico as well. Relations with Mexico remained hostile during his regime. Mexico would not recognize the Republic of Texas, and Lamar gave support to revolutionaries in Yucatan in their unsuccessful bid for independence from Mexico. The expansionist and militaristic attitudes of the Lamar government was succinctly stated by his Vice-President David G. Burnet: "Texas proper is bounded by the Rio Grande: Texas, as defined by the sword, may comprehend the Sierra del Madre. Let the sword do its proper work." Lamar also abandoned Houston's reasonable policy towards the Indians, turning to force instead of diplomacy and initiating brutal campaigns against the Cherokees, Caddos and Comanches.
In Lamar's presidency the Republic of Texas was in shaky condition with the treasury depleted and only the United States giving the Republic diplomatic recognition. By 1841 the Republic was on the verge of bankruptcy, and Lamar was increasingly unpopular with the citizenry. In the spring of that year he authorized a military expedition to New Mexico which had several purposes. One was to gain control of the Santa Fe Trail and divert some of the trade to Texas to gain much needed goods and commerce. A second was to initiate trade directly with New Mexico, thus bypassing the strictures of the hostile Mexican government. The third and most important goal was to take possession of New Mexico, "liberating" the territory from Mexican sovereignty.
In 1840 Lamar had already begun efforts to achieve this goal. He appointed three residents of Santa Fe, William G. Dryden, John Rowland and William Workman, as commissioners for Texas, and he sent a letter with them in April 1840 to try to entice New Mexicans to join the Republic of Texas. These efforts were soon followed by the proposed Santa Fe expedition. In spite of the Texas congressional vote against it in 1841, Lamar went ahead with the expedition's organization, appointing several prominent Texans to take part in the expedition. The military leader was General Hugh McLeod, a graduate of West Point who later became Lamar's cousin by marriage. Second in command was the notorious Indian fighter Major George Thomas Howard. Both McLeod and Howard played leading roles in the infamous Council House Fight at San Antonio in 1840 in which a Comanche peace delegation, including five women and children, was entrapped and slaughtered in the midst of negotiations with the Texans.
McLeod and Howard's forces made up five companies of infantry and one of artillery. The expedition included four appointed commissioners, William G. Cooke, Richard F. Brenham, George Van Ness, and José Antonio Navarro, and a number of merchants. Navarro, born in San Antonio in 1795, was the only prominent Hispano to accompany the expedition. He had long been a proponent of Texas independence from Mexico; he was one of three Mexican signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence in 1836. Several non-Texans also accompanied the expedition including Franklin Combs (son of the governor of Kentucky), Thomas Falconer (British lawyer recently arrived in Texas), and George Wilkins Kendall (journalist from New Orleans). Falconer and Kendall later published important book-length accounts of the expedition.
In June 1841 starting from a rendezvous on Brushy Creek twelve miles north of Austin, a total of 321 men set out on the expedition. They traveled with their ammunition, supplies, and trade goods, said to be valued at over $200,000, in twenty-one wagons and drove a herd of 70 head of cattle. The expedition was poorly planned; the leaders lacked a clear idea of the distance to Santa Fe or the best routes to travel. Within weeks they were lost. Near today's Wichita Falls, they mistook the Wichita River for the Red River and spent twelve days following the Wichita until finally realizing their error. A scout was sent north to find the Red River and the party set out over dry land to the northwest. They were soon abandoned by their Mexican guides and began to suffer the effects of inadequate food provisioning and lack of water. In early September they were attacked by Kiowa Indians who killed Lieutenant George R. Hull and five other men. A few days later in another attack, Kiowas stampeded all the cattle and ran off 83 horses which were never recovered. The Kiowas were at that time allied with the Comanches and no doubt were well aware of the entrapment and murder of the Comanche peace delegation by the Texans in the 1840 Council House massacre.
In New Mexico Governor Manuel Armijo was cognizant of the expansionist intentions of the Republic of Texas and had been in close touch with authorities in Mexico who gave him material aid in order to resist the invasion. He had up-to-date news on the progress of the Texans, thanks to the arrival in Taos in early September 1841, of the two guides who had deserted the expedition. In Santa Fe his main concern was the sympathy and possible support of the American merchants for the Texans. The Americans on their part were afraid of violence against them, and through the United States consul in Santa Fe, Manuel Alvarez, they appealed to Armijo for protection. Tensions rose to such an extent that on September 16, while Armijo was in San Miguel dealing with the Texans, a group led by his nephew Tomás Martín attacked the residence of Alvarez and almost killed him. His life was saved only by the intervention of Armijo's secretary Guadalupe Miranda, whereupon the merchants appealed to the United States government for protection.
At the Llano Estacado in northwest Texas, due to the difficulty of proceeding further with wagons, McLeod divided the expedition and sent one party, led by Commissioner William G. Cooke, ahead on horseback to New Mexico. On September 12 the advance party met Mexican traders who gave them route instructions, and a guide was sent back to the main party to accompany them to the New Mexico settlements. The advance party arrived near Anton Chico on September 15. A smaller group led by Captain William Lewis and Commissioner George Van Ness, both of whom spoke Spanish, went ahead. Near San Miguel del Bado they were apprehended by a party of 100 New Mexican soldiers led by Captain Damasio Salazar, the alcalde of San Miguel, who had been appointed by Governor Armijo to guard the eastern approaches along the Rio Pecos. The Texans had expected to be welcomed by the New Mexicans who they mistakenly and naively thought would want to change from Mexican to Texan sovereignty. They pretended to have only peaceful intentions of opening trade with New Mexico, but Salazar did not believe them, and they were marched to San Miguel, passing another contingent of 1000 Mexican soldiers on the way. At San Miguel they were brought before Governor Manuel Armijo.
William Lewis served as translator for the Texans. He realized that they had no chance against the overwhelming numbers of well-armed New Mexicans and he convinced Cooke's advanced party and then McLeod and the main party that they should surrender. Lewis has served as the scapegoat for the ignominious defeat of the expedition, which surrendered without a shot being fired. He was accused at the time of being a traitor, and that charge continues to be repeated in recent literature, but in fact the Texans were in desperate condition from the long march, exhausted, and nearly without food and water. They had no reasonable choice but to surrender or be slaughtered and were fortunate to survive with their lives. In New Mexico the defeat and capture of the Texans was cause for celebration. In the plaza at Las Vegas the festivities included burning printed copies of President Lamar's proclamations to commemorate the victory. Vicar Juan Felipe Ortiz in Santa Fe called for masses of thanksgiving to be celebrated in every parish, and a play, The Texans, was written and performed, depicting the events of the expedition.
The main party of the expedition surrendered on October 5 near Tucumcari. They were first marched to San Miguel, and then to El Paso and on to Mexico City. Most of the prisoners ended up in the fortress at Veracruz known as the Perote prison, arriving in December 1841. When word reached Texas of the embarrassing conclusion of the Santa Fe expedition, there was anger, and many blamed Lamar for the catastrophe. A letter in an Austin newspaper in January 1842, most likely written by Anson Jones (an enemy of Lamar and future president of the Republic of Texas), proposed that Lamar be exchanged for the Texan prisoners. Lamar avoided this fate, and the prisoners continued to languish at Perote. In April 1842 after pressure from Waddy Thompson, the United States minister in Mexico, the Mexican government released most of them and they returned to Texas. One prisoner who was not released was José Antonio Navarro. As a Mexican citizen he was charged with treason and sentenced to death. However, he was able to escape and return to Texas.
In reaction to the embarrassing conclusion of the Santa Fe expedition, Texans attempted several further invasions of Mexican territory. In 1842 the so-called Mier expedition of 261 men crossed the Rio Grande with the intent of acquiring a large territory in northern Mexico for Texas. They were met in the town of Mier and defeated and taken prisoner by the Mexican army, most of them ending up in the Perote prison. The Warfield and Snively expeditions of 1843 were less ambitious repeats of the Santa Fe expedition. Charles Warfield with a small group of adventurers attempted to attack the town of Mora but was driven off by a superior New Mexican force. Warfield disbanded his group, though one contingent of the group under the command of John McDaniel killed Antonio Chavez, a New Mexican trader on the Santa Fe Trail.
Jacob Snively with the approval of the Texas government led about 200 men to prey on New Mexican merchants along the Santa Fe Trail under the pretext that they had crossed Texas territory. The ultimate goal of the expedition was to attack Santa Fe and wrest New Mexico and perhaps even Chihuahua from Mexico. However, the United States government was not pleased with the murder of Chavez by the Warfield expedition and sent a company of dragoons under command of Captain Philip St. George Cooke to protect the next wagon train leaving from Missouri. Cooke confronted and disarmed Snively and his men, thus bringing to an end Texas aggression against New Mexico.
Sources Used:
Binkley, William Campbell. "New Mexico and the Texan Santa Fé Expedition," Volume 27, Number 2, Southwestern Historical Quarterly Online, http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/publications/journals/shq/online/v027/n2/contrib_DIVL866.html
Binkley, William Campbell. "Last Stage of Texan Military Operations against Mexico, 1843," Volume 22, Number 3, Southwestern Historical Quarterly Online, http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/publications/journals/shq/online/v022/n3/contrib_DIVL2931.html
Carroll, H. Bailey. The Texan Santa Fe Trail. (Canyon, Texas: Panhandle-Plains Historical Society, 1951.
Carroll, H. Bailey. "Texan-Santa Fe Expedition," Handbook of Texas Online http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/TT/qyt3.html
Chavez, Fray Angélico and Thomas E. Chavez. Wake for a Fat Vicar. Albuquerque: LPD Press, 2004.
Falconer, Thomas. Letters and Notes on the Texan Santa Fe Expedition, 1841-1842. New York: Dauber and Pine Bookshops, 1930.
Graham, Philip. The Life and Poems of Mirabeau B. Lamar. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1938.
Kendall, George Wilkins. Narrative of the Texan Santa Fe Expedition. New York: Harper, 1844.
Loomis, Noel M. Texan-Santa Fe Pioneers. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1958.
Reséndez, Andrés. Changing National Identities at the Frontier: Texas and New Mexico, 1800-1850. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005.


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The Holidays in San Miguel de Allende
As 2009 draws to a close, we'd like to give thanks to all of the wonderful people who've come to stay with us over the last seven years. Mil gracias for your company and your support. We hope you'll all be back.
It's been a slow year, tourism-wise. (Of course, we've been busy fixing up the place, revamping the website, and even getting on FaceBook.) Based on advanced reservations for winter and early spring, the general situation seems likely to improve in 2010. Yay! (So book early!)
Let's hope things get better for everyone who's suffering economic hardship right now.
December in San Miguel is yet another month of fiestas. December 12 was the day of the virgen (the Empress of Mexico, in case you didn't know). It's a day and night of altars, neighborhood processions and parties, and yet another night of cuetes (monster bottlerockets, set off all night long, and culminating in a dawn crescendo. Sleep is overrated.)
Then there are the late-December Posadas, neighborhood open houses with candles and altars, and pilgrims aplenty going 'round asking for room at the inn (and getting ponche and other goodies, if not a bed). Don't forget midnight mass. Christmas is a really big deal in Catholic Mexico, of course.
Then, there's New Year's Eve—it's literally a blast in San Miguel. Apart from private and public parties and dinners and such (with the good-luck ritual of eating one grape for every midnight chime of the clock), there's the public blow-out in the jardin, or main plaza.
We look forward to this night every year. Nearly everyone in town—young and old, rich and poor, locals, expats and visitors alike—gathers in the jardin for live music and dancing, funny hats, and even a bit of drinking.
At midnight, there's a big fireworks display, and castillos are lit (large firework-encrusted structures that whiz and hum and pop and eventually burn up, sending out light, sparks and clouds of joyful smoke, as well as shooting flaming spinning projectiles into space, to much clapping).
Other festive fire hazards include gorgeous three-foot long sparklers waving everywhere. (But really, it's quite safe, very fun, and very Mexico.) The dancing and drinking goes on 'til quite early in the new year. Eventually we all stumble home, usually singing, to sleep it off.
What could be better than a huge, loud, jovial, communal celebration of the new year, a new beginning? (Especially with sparklers and funny hats—it just doesn't get any better than that.)
No invitation required—just get there well before the witching hour to stake out a spot to see and be the show (comfortable shoes and a warm coat are essential, says me.)
And, after that spectacular night, we begin looking forward to Spring, which starts in February here, thank you very much. The weather has now gotten chilly at night and in the morning, but we still have warm sun most every day. (The nearby hot springs are fab on winter mornings!) We know we really can't complain about the climate here, but we still can't wait for primavera.
Casita de las Flores wishes you all the happiest of holidays, filled with peace, warmth, joy, love, and maybe even a couple of nice presents. And a new year overflowing with prosperity and cool travel plans.
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By Jennifer Stewart-BurtonMay 10, 2012
A late-April freeze damaged some of northern Indiana's early progressing winter wheat crop, leaving growers to decide whether to let the crop yield or tear it up altogether.
While most of the crop survived near-freezing nighttime temperatures in April, it was the last freeze of the month that occurred while wheat was close to heading that caused the most damage.
"Indiana has experienced several weeks of cooler weather and nights that were near freezing in mid-April. Fortunately, most of our wheat was jointing at this time and the damage was only leaf tip burn," said Shaun Casteel, Purdue Extension agronomist. "We thought we were out of the woods, then temperatures on April 26 dipped below freezing again. Hard freezes were noted in many areas in the northern third of the state, so wheat fields should be scouted now."
The most severe freeze damage to wheat comes when the crop is in growth stages between boot and flowering. The crop was in the boot to heading stages when the last freeze hit - prime time for problems.
According to Casteel, that means growers need to be out in the fields getting a close look at the condition of their crops. Scouting from the driver's seat won't be enough.
"Windshield scouting is not suggested because many of the flag leaves were not burned with the recent freeze, so a drive-by will not always show the effects of the damage from the road," he said. "Younger wheat, prior to boot, will need to be split to determine if the growing point is dead. The leaves may still be green, but the developing head is dead."
If the growing point, or developing head, is dead it will be brown to black. If the emerged and emerging heads are white, the tissue is dead. Pale green portions of the head, however, are what Casteel calls "questionable" and will need to be monitored a little bit longer.
Growers who scout and find damage have a few options. Because crop development is so far ahead of schedule, Casteel said fields with marginal damage could be left to yield, and there still should be an opportunity to plant a second crop.
"Wheat is advanced for the time of year, and assuming harvest will be earlier, there will be greater opportunities for double-cropping soybeans further north than I typically recommend," he said.
Severely damaged fields could be cut for hay or wheatlage, or the crop could be mowed down, tilled up or killed with herbicides. Then, corn or soybeans could be planted in its place.
"It is early May, and we have plenty of time to establish a good crop of soybeans or corn in these fields," Casteel said. "The main point is to provide the best opportunity to establish a good stand and not rush into planting into wheat stubble or a mat of wheat residue without the proper planting equipment."
More information about winter wheat freeze damage, as well as using the crop as a forage, can be found in the May 4 issue of Purdue Extension's Pest and Crop Newsletter at http://extension.entm.purdue.edu/pestcrop/2012/issue6/index.html
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38th annual Maine Fishermen's Forum kicks off in Rockport
ROCKPORT, Maine (AP) � Maine's premier gathering of commercial fishermen is kicking off in Rockport.
The 38th annual Maine Fishermen's Forum gets under way Thursday and runs through Saturday at the Samoset Resort.
The event is the largest of its kind in New England, bringing together fishermen, fishery managers, scientists, politicians, seafood dealers and others with an interest in commercial fishing. Between 2,500 and 3,500 people typically attend.
The forum features seminars, a trade show, a benefit auction and a dinner and dance. Gov. Paul LePage is scheduled to make an appearance on Friday.


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Early Hunter Gatherers
Prior to 1000 A.D., the inhabitants of the Rouge River watershed were small nomadic groups of hunters and gatherers, attracted by the abundance of fish, wildlife and plants nearby.
Iroquoian Villages and Farms
By 1000 A.D., corn was traded into southern Ontario after earlier domestication in Mexico.
Between 1300 and 1500 A.D., Iroquoian (Huron, Petun, Nuetral) villages flourished within the Rouge watershed. These villages were located near streams for access to water for drinking, cooking, fishing and farming. On the larger streams, water also allowed travel by canoe for hunting and trading trips.
The Iroquoians grew maize, beans and squash - the three sisters. Beans have root nodules with bacteria which take nitrogen dioxide from the air and create ammonia through nitrogen fixation. The beans thereby create a soil fertilizer, which increases crop production.
Maize was grown in large (several acres or more) forest clearings on hundreds of small soil mounds surrounded by the beans and squash. Forest clearings were made by girdling and burning trees and brush, sometimes years in advance.
Iroquoian Villages and Longhouses
Iroquoian villages were surrounded by a fence of tall wooden poles (palisades) anchored in the ground. The palisades protected the villagers and their stored maize from attacks by other tribes or animals.
The Iroquoians lived in longhouses made of wooden posts, poles, curved branches and bark. Longhouses were approximately 22 feet wide and between 50 and 100 feet long . An extended family of 50 or more lived in each longhouse and Villages contained a few hundred to several hundred people.
Mayer et al. (1989) documents several Iroquoian villages on tablelands within and around the Rouge Park. The village sites vary in area from 0.4 hectare (almost one soccer field in size) to almost 2.5 ha (five soccer fields in size). Several hundred people would have lived in the larger village sites.
From about 1500 to 1665, the Rouge Park, south of Steeles, shows fewer signs of occupation. Tribal conflicts, perhaps aggravated by French and English rivalries, may have created a no-man's land near the rivers leading north from Lake Ontario.
Historic Seneca Village on the Rouge
From 1665 to around 1670, the Senecas, and other Iroquoian tribes from south of Lake Ontario, occupied a large village on a knoll near the confluence of the Little Rouge Creek and Rouge River (Mayer et al. 1989). This was probably the village of Ganestiquiagon, referenced in Jesuit records and visited by explorers Pere and Joliet in 1669.
This Seneca Village site had many advantages:
During this time, there were regular clashes between the French and English and their respective native allies. Around 1687, the Village was abandoned and the Seneca relocated to south of Lake Ontario again.
Mississauga and Chippewa
In the early 1700s, the Chippewa and Mississauga established several camps in or near the Rouge Valley system. Their river names and old fields are noted on the first British surveys of the area (Fig. 3, 4). When the early European settlers arrived around 1800, stands of large pine and oak were found on many Rouge tablelands. Pine and oak regenerate best on cleared sites with direct sunlight and exposed mineral soil, therefore, these old growth stands probably owed their presence to earlier First Nation farming activities.
Toronto Purchase and Treaty Issues
On September 23, 1787, at the Bay of Quinte carrying place, Deputy Surveyor General Collins, acting for the Crown, bought from three Mississauga Chieftains, a tract later known as the "Toronto Purchase". The Crown paid 1700 British pounds, powder, guns, tobacco, fish-hooks, blankets, 96 gallons of rum and various other supplies.
The Toronto Purchase included land stretching seven miles east and west on either side of Yonge Street and 20 miles north-south. This tract does not include most of the Rouge watershed, leading to the following comments in a September 13, 1794 letter from D.W. Smith, acting Surveyor General:
"The whole of the tract ordered to be surveyed for Mr. Berczy may not have been purchased from the Indians. Should you find this to be the case you will, of course, not extend your survey beyond the limits of the Toronto purchase as no grounds for jealousy must exist between us and the Indians, nor any of their lands taken, but what was purchased."
Eight Mississauga Chieftains and British officials met beside the Credit River in 1805. It is thought that the transfer of the Rouge (Markham) lands may have been addressed at this meeting, however, the matter was not resolved.
In 1923, the Williams Commission attempted to resolve this issue through investigation and negotiation. After this negotiation, the Mississauga were said, by the Crown, to have agreed to surrender their land east of the Toronto Purchase from Lake Ontario to Lake Simcoe.
However, the Mississauga of New Credit have a different perspective which is outlined at www.newcreditfirstnation.com/topur2.htm.
A local farmer, Russ Reesor, has indicated (personal Communication, 1990) that some Mississauga family groups continued to camp and hunt in the Rouge until around 1918.
Since the New Credit did not sign the 1923 Williams Treaty, they may still claim Aboriginal title and interest in some eastern GTA lands.
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text: UK: when the Diverted Profits Tax and the expanded royalty withholding tax rules interact Global Tax News Share this 12 DEC 2016 By: Jesse Dalton Two ways in which the UK government has recently sought to increase the amount of tax payable in the UK by non-resident companies have been to impose a new Diverted Profits Tax (DPT) and to amend its existing 20 percent withholding tax (WHT) rules so that they apply to a wider range of royalties. DPT and WHT are distinct regimes that operate independently. However, they can interact where DPT applies, because a non-resident company may be required to pay extra DPT if there are royalties connected with its avoided UK permanent establishment (PE) instead of having to deduct and pay royalty WHT. In that case, assuming the recipient then receives the royalty gross, the payer would have effectively borne the recipient's UK tax liability. While this may pose less of a problem where the royalties are intra-group (as the overall tax cost to the group is the same), the rules are not restricted to intra-group royalties, so this interaction mechanism could create another layer of taxation for affected companies (unless they can contractually pass the extra DPT cost back to the recipient). In this article, we provide more background and context to the DPT and royalty WHT reforms and the interaction between them and give a simple example. Diverted Profits Tax To understand the DPT, one must first understand how non-resident companies carrying on trades would otherwise fall into the charge to UK corporation tax, because it was the perception that some multinational groups were putting in place arrangements to avoid that tax which led to the DPT. Non-resident companies are only subject to UK corporation tax if they carry on a trade through a UK PE, which can arise from having either a fixed place of business in the UK or a UK dependent agent habitually concluding contracts in the UK on behalf of the non-residential company with UK customers. Where this is the case, the non-resident company would be liable for corporation tax at 20 percent on the profits attributable to that UK PE under transfer pricing principles. The UK's obligations under its treaty network with other countries would not typically override those taxing rights. There are a number of techniques that non-resident companies could use to try to avoid creating a UK PE. HMRC's DPT Guidance offers the example of a non-resident company avoiding creating an agency PE by the "contrived separation of contract conclusion from the selling activity and process of agreeing terms and conditions". To address that concern (and others), the DPT was introduced with effect from April 1, 2015. A full discussion of the conditions to trigger DPT is beyond the scope of this note. However, suffice to say that where it applies due to an avoided PE, the non-resident company is liable to pay DPT at the rate of 25 percent (higher than 20 percent) on a notional profit equal to the amount of profit on which it would have had to pay corporation tax if it had a UK PE. This could include, for example, deductions for royalties that would have been allowed if the non-resident company had a UK PE. Expanded royalty WHT rules Where a non-resident company derives royalties or other payments in respect of intellectual property with a UK source, such payments are chargeable to income tax at 20% percent for the recipient; but, as a collection mechanism, the person making the payment is liable to pay this tax and is permitted to deduct this from the royalty (unless the recipient is entitled to relief under a treaty or under the EU Interest and Royalty Directive). The concept of "source" for royalties is not statutorily defined, so will depend on case law. In HMRC's view, a royalty will have a UK source if the IP to which it relates is "exploited in the UK" regardless of the governing law of the contract. The UK government expressed concern that it was not always clear if royalties paid by non-resident companies with UK PEs would have a UK source. Accordingly, with effect from June 28, 2016, royalties that are made in connection with a UK PE of a non-resident company will be deemed to have a UK source. The phrase "in connection with" is very broad, so HMRC has produced guidance on how, in practice, it would determine the quantum of royalties connected with a UK trade. In particular, according to HMRC, this would normally be by reference to sales made by the non-resident company through the UK PE (unless the royalty is determined by reference to a factor other than sales) and that an apportionment would need to be made where the intellectual property to which the royalty relates is not restricted to UK sales. Interaction mechanism Non-resident companies within the scope of the DPT would not have an actual UK PE and therefore the deemed UK source royalty rule would not apply to them. The UK government did not want such companies to be advantaged over companies with actual PEs. As a result, non-resident companies liable to DPT are required to include within the calculation of the notional profits of an avoided PE an amount equal to the royalties that would have had a UK source had the avoided PE been an actual PE. It is interesting to note that it is not strictly necessary for a deemed UK source royalty to also be deductible from the profits of the avoided PE. The tests are not the same, and HMRC has specifically acknowledged this. However, where the royalty would also be deductible for the avoided PE, the extra DPT charge effectively cancels that deduction. As noted above, this interaction mechanism could result in a higher overall tax imposed for non-resident companies paying royalties outside the group. Having said that, HMRC says in its guidance that the rate of DPT is higher than corporation tax to encourage businesses within DPT to change those arrangements (so as not to be liable for DPT) and to start paying corporation tax in line with economic activity. So it may be that the possibility of an extra layer of tax in this context is merely intended to heighten that threat. Illustrative example: A Dutch BV that is non-resident for UK tax purposes contracts with customers in the UK for the sale of its products In this example, the Dutch BV uses a related company in the UK to provide sales and marketing support. However, the related company stops short of concluding contracts on behalf of the Dutch BV and thus does not create a UK PE for the Dutch BV. Royalties are paid to an unconnected company (IP Co) for the right to use the brand. IP Co is based in a tax haven jurisdiction that has no treaty with the UK that would afford relief from royalty WHT. Assume that the Dutch BV meets all of the conditions to be caught by the DPT. Assume that payment of the royalty enables the Dutch BV to make sales in both France and the UK, but that UK sales account for 50 percent of total sales. Assume that the royalty for the relevant period was £2 million, only £1 million of which is deemed to have a UK source for royalty WHT purposes (given that the UK represents 50 percent of total sales). Assume the profits of the avoided PE would be £5 million if it had a UK PE (taking into account a deduction of £1 million for the royalty under transfer pricing principles). The Dutch CV would be liable for DPT of £1.25 million on its avoided PE profits (i.e., 25 percent on profits of £5 million) plus an extra £250,000 on the avoided deemed UK source royalties (i.e., 25 percent on £1 million). This extra DPT charge effectively offsets the benefit of the royalty deduction. Assuming the Dutch BV cannot pass the extra DPT charge on to the unconnected tax haven company under the brand license agreement, that tax haven company would have effectively saved £200,000 of WHT on the £1 million royalty as a result of this interaction mechanism. Find out more about the interaction between these two tax regimes by contacting the author.


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Contra Costa College will have a disco theme for this year's Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Nov. 16 at the Courtyard by Marriott, 3150 Garrity Way in Richmond.
The evening starts with a 6 p.m. social hour, followed by the 7 p.m. ceremony for the four individuals and organizations that make up the Class of 2012-13.
The annual gala is hosted by the Contra Costa College Foundation Board in recognition of outstanding community supporters, former employees and students from the San Pablo campus who have made a difference.
This year's inductees:
Tickets to the gala are $100 each, and proceeds benefit scholarships and programs at CCC. For more details, contact Melody Hanson at 510-235-7800, ext. 4206 or email@example.com.
CALL FOR HELP FROM SALVATION ARMY: The Salvation Army in the North East Bay, based in El Sobrante, has increased the number of Christmas baskets for needy families in the area from 400 to 450 because of high demand and "the requests just keep coming in," said Capt. John Hermanson of the El Sobrante/Richmond Corps.
The problem is that donations are down and stocks of dry and canned food are depleted because of the requests for assistance from the corps' regular distribution programs.
"Normally in October and November we are stockpiling for the holiday season for Thanksgiving dinner and for the Christmas baskets. By this time, we usually have hundreds of boxes of dry goods and canned goods stashed away in the storage room waiting for the Christmas distribution," Hermanson said. "This year, we have completely empty storage rooms to date."
Food donations will be accepted at the Salvation Army, 4600 Appian Way in El Sobrante. Call 510-262-0500 for more details.
"As many people are unemployed this year, we want to make sure that Christmas baskets are more than just a few items to supplement Christmas. We'd like to have full baskets for families this year, including toys for the kids under 12," Hermanson said, adding that he expects demand to be "well in excess of what we have been doing over the last few years."
The organization also needs volunteers for the Christmas season.
WEST COUNTY NOTES: A blood drive is being hosted by El Cerrito High School from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday in the small gymnasium at 540 Ashbury Ave. Anyone is welcome to participate.
Details: Tina Gallegos, 510-215-3002 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
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It remains the main wood species used in the timber market, grows in Austria, Germany, the Czech Republic, Slovenia, Russia and other wood-producing European regions. It is important to be aware of the characteristics that govern its industrial use.
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Another Solar Company Goes Bust – Got $26 Million in State Loans
It's an Obama world.
Another solar plant that got $26 million in loans went bust this week.
WLOX reported:
Mississippi taxpayers may have only an empty Senatobia building and some solar panel equipment to show for nearly $26 million in loans provided to Twin Creeks Technologies.
The California-based solar technology firm is liquidating, and a company that bought Twin Creeks' assets does not intend to take over its agreement with Mississippi. The contract called for Twin Creeks to invest at least $132 million and create at least 500 jobs.
The Mississippi Development Authority's Kathy Gelston says officials are negotiating for Twin Creeks to repay aid above the value of the building and equipment.
The Director of Twin Creek Technologies donated $1,000 to Obama's campaign this year.


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Happy Civic Holiday Weekend! Summer is officially half way over and we are a little more than half way through the Olympics! Time seems to be whizzing by. I finally had the chance this weekend to try my Sally Hansen Salon Effects Real Nail Polish Strips that I bought earlier last month on sale. Each set of strips comes with a wooden stick, a mini file, and 2 packs of nail strips with 8 assorted sizes in each.
Basically, you choose the best fitting size for your nail, apply it to your finger and sand it down/cut it to your nail shape with the file. It's essentially a sticker with nail polish pre-applied.
Although it sounds easy to apply (you just peel and stick right?), I personally found it quite difficult to line it to my nail. Some of my problems included:
- One chance: There is more or less one shot at putting it on – the glue became much less sticky when I tried to pull the nail strip off and reapply. As such, I actually had to use one of my extra pieces to redo two fingers.
- Size: As the strips are small and thin, it's hard to see where you're sticking the strip. One of them ended up being crooked and going onto my skin. I ended up chipping off the side as I tried to remove the excess.
- Air Bubbles: I also had another one where as I was trying to smooth out the strip on my nail, the excess ended together, so I have a bit of a crease straight through the middle.
- Ragged finish: As I sand off the excess polish, it sometimes leaving ragged edges of the polish strip off the ends of my nails.
As such, the entire nail polish application process took much longer than expected. However, there are some pros:
- No dry time required. I don't have to worry about ruining my manicure!
- Minimal effort for an overall good finish.
- Good variety of colours/patterns – 40 different ones to choose from (though most are not that appealing in my opinion). The patterns at Sephora appeal to me more (found here, here and here)
- No more chemical smells! You can do them anywhere and not have to worry about others complaining of a lack of ventilation!
Staying Power
I did them on Friday night and they're looking pretty good so far for a Monday. I have some chips on the tips (some larger others if you look closely), but they are generally not noticeable. I admit that I typically chip faster than most people, so I would say it's holding up pretty good so far. My friend had hers on last time for close to 2 weeks and they still looked great, so if you're careful, I would trust Sally Hansen's claims that they can last for up to 10 days.
At around $10 on average, it's cheaper than a salon manicure but a bit expensive for a one use product. For the same price, you can get a bottle of OPI/Essie polish easily and it could be used more than once. However, if you're into making patterns, it can save a ton of time and potentially looks more polished than if you were to do it on your own.
The packaging states that unused strips should be thrown away. As the strips are all packed in sealed foil packaging, I wonder if exposure to oxygen does anything to them. All but 4 of my strips were at the end, and I'm debating whether the excess should be applied on my toes to make them stretch that extra mile. During the application phase, I considered using the excess pieces on my toes after I'd sanded them off from my fingers, but I found that they had lose its stickiness by that time so it wouldn't work. If one plans properly though, I think it's highly possible to use the strips to apply polish on both the fingers and toes.
Final Verdict
While I wouldn't necessarily buy them at full price, I believe they are more worth it once they go on sale. I would recommend them for those who:
- Wouldn't mind paying a bit more for a patterned manicure.
- Doesn't like the smell of nail polish.
- A relatively quick manicure.


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Mercedes-Benz ML 55 amg pinouts
The connector/pinout information may be applied to the :
Vendor: Mercedes-Benz
Device name: ML 55 amgAutomotive Diagnostic
There is one pinout found for Mercedes-Benz ML 55 amg.The pinout (pin-out) is a cross-reference between the contacts (pins) of an electrical connector and their functions. The link to appropriate pin assignment diagram is listed below.
- Mercedes OBD II diagnostic connector pinout used in models procduced after 2000


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Border Patrol Reports Migrant Rescues Increasing In Arizona
PHOENIX – New data from the U.S. Border Patrol's Tucson Sector show that while apprehensions of unauthorized border crossers in Southern Arizona have basically flatlined, the number of migrants who are rescued in the desert is going up.
The Border Patrol released new statistics through the end of August, which is the first 11 months of the fiscal year. More than 760 migrants were rescued in that period.
That is 20 percent more than the number rescued in all of 2012, and 50 percent more than 2011.
Border Patrol spokesman Peter Bidegain says one reason more migrants in distress are being rescued has to do with the expansion of cell phone coverage in remote stretches of the Arizona desert.
"Just the fact that a migrant may be carrying a phone, whereas ten years ago that might not have been the case," Bidegain said.
The Tucson Sector covers most of Arizona's border with Mexico and stretches as far north as the area around Casa Grande.
In this time period, agents discovered the bodies of 168 deceased migrants in the Arizona desert.
Border Patrol agents in the Tucson sector apprehended just more than 113,000 unauthorized border crossers through August, which is fairly constant compared to 2012 numbers. That is a dramatic fall from 2000, however when apprehensions numbered more than 600,000.
EDITOR'S NOTE: The chart accompanying this article has been modified to reflect the correct number of desert rescues and deceased persons found in the desert.


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We believe that your pets deserve safe, healthy, species-appropriate food.
With that core belief foremost in mind, we carry only foods that have been naturally preserved and contain no dyes or mysterious by-products. We carry plenty of "alternative" diets such as raw, frozen or dehydrated food and pre-mixes for home-prepared diets.
Come in and talk to us about your pet's needs! We offer friendly service and fair pricing in our locally-owned, independent shop.


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Last night I dove back into a topic I'd been blissfully putting off for the past few days – the upcoming PvP Season 10-11 transition. It's not that I mind writing a guide to it – I think it's valuable to sit down and plan out what you *really* need to do to be prepared for a new season – but rather that it brings up the Season 9-10 transition.
And that transition broke the endgame for me.
I can say that now, in hindsight, though I didn't realize how fundamental a break it was. My warlock, my main in name but not in practice, sits in her dusty Season 9 gear, not raiding, not PvPing, not really doing very much. She occasionally makes some Dreamcloth or quests around the Cata zones. Actually, she's done with the Cata zones, so that's finished.
No dailies. No dungeons. No BGs.
Lots of alts. Lots of twinks. Lots of projects.
It's hard to watch a character go from (near) the top of a gear chain to the bottom. In a few weeks, Cynwise will be wearing worse gear than a new level 85 starting PvP with crafted gear. This happens, it's part of the game, but… but it's disheartening.
It brings up all the anger I felt when I'd walked away from the game and came back, tentatively, only to find out that the grind I thought I'd already done wasn't done at all.
It turns out, I'm still pretty angry about it. I am starting to feel an itch to play my Warlock again, but I look at picking her up now, and it's like… why bother gearing? It's going to be replaced in a few weeks. Like, literally, 6-8 weeks.
The picture at the top of this post was from an amusing run through H-MgT when someone finally bothered to inspect Ashwalker and discovered I was in full epics. Not even real tanking epics, but PvP epics – but epics, nonetheless. "OMG HOW ARE YOU IN PURPLES?" amused me at the time, but it also reminds me of an important fact – as long as I choose to keep her there, she's geared as well as she needs to be. I could tank BC raids in her gear if I wanted. I can play around with Fury or Arms in PvP, I can just go tank Drek if that's all I want to do. I can log in and do the Dalaran JC daily, if I'm really bored, but I have all the epic PVP gem patterns now, so I'm set.
Sounds pretty good, right?
Warriors are really weak in the 70s bracket – possibly the weakest PvP class. It shows. I flip from Prot to Arms/Fury and die immediately without the mobility of Prot. There are BGs where I can do well – WSG and AV! – but I really struggle on EotS, and AB and SotA are kinda tough. I'm geared enough that I can actually read the bracket issues as class balance issues, not as gear issues, or even player issues. Mages own the 70s, and Mages own Warriors.
Tanking is still pretty fun, but the only place I can get gear upgrades is Sunwell, so aside from the Kara runs for pretty shinies, there's not a lot of motivation there to just randomly tank heroics.
I have a priest and a druid in the 70 bracket, too. They're not completely geared/gemmed, but they're getting close. I thought I'd quest around more on the priest, see the Horde side of things, but I basically have her around to PvP and heal for @druidis4fite's baby tank. (Got a great Sunwell healing mace on her, though.) I'm slowly learning how to heal on the Druid, she's doing better now. But the 70 bracket is unbalanced, just like most of the low level brackets. It gets tiring getting facerolled by mages. It's good practice but is starting to feel stale.
Gear only matters for so long, even for twinks. Once you have best of everything, then it comes down to – are the other activities enjoyable in and of themselves? Do you feel like you're still accomplishing something, or is it just another night in gorram Warsong Gulch?
(At least if you level to 75, you can get a maxed profession mule for your troubles.)
Once upon a time I thought that the problems I have staying with playing Cynderblock, who really is my best-geared toon, was just because she's a weak class in a tough bracket. Warriors were nerfed to the ground in level 19 play with the Sundering, and it took me a while to reconcile with switching entirely to being the FC, nothing but the FC, and that is fun enough.
But I have a level 24 hunter now, and that's about as OP a twink as you can get – OP class in an OP bracket – and she's pretty boring to play. Once you get the basics down, lowbie Hunter PvP isn't that hard, playing WSG well is hard. The quality of the play in the 20-24 xp-off bracket aren't up to the 15-19 xp-off bracket – you do see a lot of WTF things going on in the 20s that just don't happen in the 19s. But being OP doesn't hold my attention either.
(I should remember that as I struggle to retain interest in leveling a Mage via PvP.)
There's an interesting dichotomy here; I don't know how to resolve it. I enjoy gearing up toons. It's obvious and apparent with my twinking obsession that I actually like making them more than I like playing them for long periods of time. I like going and doing crazy things on them, but once the crazy things are done, I don't feel the need to obsessively play them. They'll just sit there, waiting, for when I want to play them again.
But the problem with twinks is that, once they're geared, they're done. They're not as interesting to me once they're geared up; sure, I could spend hours and hours trying to farm Sunwell gear on them now, but … why? Their gear is good enough for their primary activity, I don't really have the time to raid (no matter what the level), meh, done.
If I'm going to spend time getting gear, I want the gear to matter. I want my effort getting it to mean something, for it to be an accomplishment that retains value. That's my major problem with the Cata PvP transition – it shortens the useful life of the gear I get even further than it was previously.
The dichotomy between an endgame character, where you are always gearing up a toon, and a twink, where you gear them up once and are done, is pretty big. What I'm wrestling with again, what I am probably always going to wrestle with, is that I enjoy gearing up toons, but that I want that gear to matter.
I'm starting to think my problem isn't with the endgame grind, per se, but rather with the perception of the value of gear relative to effort spent acquiring it. If it takes me an entire PvP season to gear up to Conquest gear, and that gear has little value in the next season, then I feel it's not worth it at all.
If my effort had more lasting value, if the endgame gear had some more longevity, I think it could draw me back in.
Right now I'm looking at it going… I have an itch to play my Warlock, but having to go back and redo everything has very little appeal when I know it will all be replaced soon. Real soon.
I could literally go farm cloth, Volatiles, and Honor/JP and get more bang for my buck than kitting out Cynwise right now.
That just doesn't feel right.


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Arrest made in NYC subway tragedy
A suspect was arrested on a murder charge Wednesday in the death of a man who was pushed in front of a subway train and photographed just before he was fatally struck.
Naeem Davis, 30, has made statements implicating himself in Ki-Suck Han's death, police said.
NEW YORK -- A suspect was arrested on a murder charge Wednesday in the death of a man who was pushed in front of a subway train and photographed just before he was fatally struck.
Officer James Duffy said Naeem Davis, 30, has made statements implicating himself in Ki-Suck Han's death.
Witnesses told investigators they saw a man talking to himself Monday afternoon before he approached Han at the Times Square station, got into an altercation with him and pushed him into the train's path. Davis was taken into custody Tuesday after police viewed a security video showing a man fitting the description of the suspect working with street vendors near Rockefeller Center, police said.
Duffy said Davis is being charged murder in the 2nd degree, intentional, and murder in the 2nd degree, depraved indifference.
MORE: NYC subway death photographer's story
STORY: N.Y. subway victim's daughter: 'What's done is done'
Han, 58, of Queens, died shortly after being struck. Police said he tried to climb a few feet to safety but got trapped between the train and the platform's edge.
Earlier Wednesday, the photographer under fire for taking the pictures said he did all he could to save the man and that he has sold the rights to the photos.
"Selling a photo of this nature sounds morbid. I licensed these photographs," freelance photographer R. Umar Abbasi told NBC's Today show. Abbasi created a firestorm when his photo of Han appeared on the front page of Tuesday's New York Post.
Abbasi told Today he didn't see much of the altercation Monday and that he was hundreds of feet from the incident.
"It took me a second to figure out what is happening," he said. He said he saw Han try to get back on the platform.
"I saw the lights in the distance of the approaching train. The only thing I could think of was to alert the driver with my flash," Abassi said. He said he didn't realize until much later that he had useable photos.
He said Han was probably on the tracks for about 20 seconds, and said others were closer to Han and might have been able to save him.
"There is no way I could have rescued Mr. Han," Abbasi said. "What surprised me was that people maybe 100 feet or 150 feet did nothing to help."
Abbasi also said that after the train hit Han, scores of people on the platform began taking videos of the body and the doctor who went to his aid.
"My condolences to the family," Abbasi told Today. "If I could have, I would have pulled Mr. Han out. I didn't care about the photographs."
PHOTO FLAP: 'N.Y. Post' cover stirs debate
The Post photo showed Han with his head turned toward the train, his arms reaching up but unable to climb off the tracks in time.
In a first person account of the incident published in the Post on Wednesday, Abbasi wrote that he didn't even look at the photos until later that night.
"It was terrible, seeing it happen all over again," Abbasi wrote. "I didn't sleep at all. All I can hear is that man's head against that train: Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Abassi said he is not bothered by "the armchair critics" who "have no idea how very quickly it happened."
Abbasi said no one knows how they would react until the something tragic happens.
"The truth is I could not reach that man; if I could have, I would have," he wrote. "But the train was moving faster than I could get there."
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April 23-27,
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Crown Center
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This initial Restoration Coffee House (RCH)
session deals with one of the most perplexing issues faced by the
leaders and managers of ecosystem and basin restoration programs.
Because the large scales of these programs (spatially, temporally,
politically and socially) substantially increases and broadens the
number and range of expectations of interested stakeholders,
reaching agreement on the desired outcomes can be challenging. Yet
many will argue that an up-front agreement on what constitutes
success is an essential prerequisite to successful planning of
project components and implementation strategies and for building
public support for these programs. This RCH session will illustrate
and evaluate how this issue has been addressed by several large
ecosystem-scaled programs around the country, and will explore how
successful the various strategies for building agreement on
definitions of restoration success have been in guiding planning and
building support for these programs. Focus of the discussion by the
panel and audience initially will be guided by the following
For purposes of
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having broad agreement during the early stages of the
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important has it been to develop this broad agreement up front?
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endpoints can be characterized based on temporal, spatial,
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some more recent, healthier system; landscape vs. species goals,
etc.). What scales and criteria have your program used, and
why? What are the strengths and weaknesses of the different
approaches, in terms of building agreement (01 above) and
planning and assessing the program?
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In my hometown of Princeton, NJ, we celebrate Pi day, as well as Einstein's birthday, each March 14. One of the highlights of the day is the Pi Recitation Contest. The winner is the person who can recite Pi to the most digits -- from memory of course. Last year, the adult winner recited Pi to 2,222 digits.
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Location: NZ
Posted: Sun 06 Jul 2008, 20:17
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Make puppy more "professional"
Subject description: some ideas i got from using pc-bsd
Yesterday I installed pc-bsd just to try out something new. Overall it's slow (KDE) but everything works so smoothly. Puppy is missing this polished feeling. And I think this is what stops a lot of people from using Puppy. First of all: package management.
Click on desktop icon, go to repository (http://pbidir.com), find nice package, download, install. Sure this doesn't sound any different to puppy, but it is. First of all the online repository is used instead of a package manager. This allows you to browse through the packages and read some
about them. What is it, what does it do. Then you just choose your version and save it to the disk. Much simpler than what puppy does, you don't need a special program, just your browser. And you know what your installing.
Then when you install the program there is a graphical installer that shows the progress of the install with a loading bar. In puppy I sometimes wonder whether it's installing at all! A simple thing like that makes a lot of difference and I think it would make puppy look much more professional.
Talking about making puppy look professional, there is another thing, the resizing of windows. For example the network wizard. Open window, click. Window closes, opens new window of a different size and shape, click. Window closes, opens new window of a different size and shape. And so on. It would look a lot better if they all opened in the same window.
All just little things, but they would make puppy so much more betterer
Keep up the good work guys! Puppy is still my number one os!
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Posted: Mon 14 Jul 2008, 04:18
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progress bars would be nice. Especially for packages that install hundreds of files
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Location: West Central Florida
Posted: Sun 20 Jul 2008, 21:55
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I agree about PC-Bsd,...as I used it for quite a while. I really does seem very clean-cut, sharp, professional,...
But then I found out that there simply was no driver available for my printer (no matter what I tried to do). And there were only about 200 software (PBI) "Push-Button_Installation" packages available. To get any more (or anything else than what is offered) you must learn how to do it the FreeBsd way. This is some-what confusing, and time-consuming for older machines.
Puppy linux,.....altho perhaps not as "professional",...does just about everything I needed. The printer set-up with no problems. Software downloads and installs in a timely manner. Even the desktop (wallpaper, icons, etc. etc.) are completely customize-able! ("EZpup" works wonders for desktops).
And Puppy is a lot faster. Also,...I had FireFox3 installed in Puppy, even before they had offered it as a "PBI" in PC-Bsd. (So Puppy is actually more "up-to-date"on some software)....But the idea of progress bars would be a nice touch,...
But I usually use the "Downthemall" download manager (addon) in FireFox3 to download software from the repository sites,........and that manager shows the progress,..etc. etc. of the download.
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Location: Italy
Posted: Mon 28 Jul 2008, 05:56
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i really wish there could be a centralized website where users can fetch pet packages...
It is really time consuming to search in the forums for packages..
Most of the time i spend like 10 minutes to find a package to install, take amsn, i had to scroll 10 messages before i got the link to install...then it didn't work, and had to read a few msg more to find it needed tcl/tk, so i installed it, but didn't work...
in another post there was a link to a newer tcl/tk, installing this fixed everything.
but it was HARD to find all the informations needed!
a package repository is needed
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Posted: Mon 28 Jul 2008, 13:37
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Nevermore wrote:
i really wish there could be a centralized website where users can fetch pet packages...
Yeah, me too. It wouldn't be hard to set up, the only problem with having one site for everything would be bandwidth.
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Posted: Mon 28 Jul 2008, 14:18
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In the mean time I would settle for a page(s) with links. Sort of a catalog. Firefox has a nice link checker addon that could be used to keep broken ones out. Perhaps volunteers to help maintain it? I would be willing to help.
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Location: Norway
Posted: Mon 28 Jul 2008, 15:20
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I use macpup at http://macpup.org/ which I think is the prettiest version of Puppy so far and looks very! polished.
A while back there was an effort at http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=5448 to make some sort of catalogue. Not sure what happened to that.
What makes Puppy so charming for me is that not everything works at once. Every day I love checking the forum to see if anyone has packed some new and exciting program or update and I also love following the threads to see how people all over the world are pitching in to help fix any problems. I spent quite a while figuring out how to use the open office sfs file in MacPup and was pretty proud of myself when I finally figured it out. Very rarely I use Ubuntu and there installing programs is just too easy. No interesting challenges or anything new to learn and grow from. Just click and install. Boring!
I should have helped more with testing and so forth but it's summer holidays here and Norway is frying so I'm too busy sweating.
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Posted: Mon 28 Jul 2008, 19:06
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Nevermore wrote:
i really wish there could be a centralized website where users can fetch pet packages...
Well, how about this one?
What you have here is a community web site with all of the features you are requesting, including a package repository. Now all that is required is to ensure the packages you want to see are included. Most already are, but some aren't.
Hope that helps.
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Posted: Mon 28 Jul 2008, 19:26
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Wow! If you can't find something there to make you happy you need some kind of happy pills.
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Posted: Tue 29 Jul 2008, 04:28
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Artie wrote:
So do I, now
Works if you follow the tree from www.puppylinux.org > downloads > software.
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Posted: Tue 29 Jul 2008, 05:20
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Works fine in Opera if you follow the trail. However, that just seems to be some of the dotpups.de packages. And they are all dotpups. Puppy 4 doesn't even really support them anymore and I try to avoid them. But I think that the wiki could be used very effectively. The current layout is stupid. Theres
Dot Pets
Dot Pups
Weird. I wouldn't know where to start. SO. What if we named the Applications menu to Software(makes more sense) And then added pages for every category (maybe the same ones as in the puppy menu eg fun, Internet, Multimedia) And then everyone who makes a package could add it to a relevant page. Just an idea.
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Posted: Tue 29 Jul 2008, 06:10
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But I also see that there are softwareversions for different puppies on the forum, like "works on 3.1 not 4". First you would have to list the different puppy original versions and then distros like MacPup and WNOP. Then only software relevant to the distros would be listed and the dotpup verses dotpet problem would solve itself. Each distro maker should list the software he recommends and knows will work on his distro and keep all the software updated. I wish it was possible to use just .sfs.
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I think that the wiki could be used very effectively. The current layout is stupid..
It is a work in progress. The pages mentioned have been ported from the old wiki and only contain applications put there by their developers.
HairyWill is doing a great job of organising the new wiki, and any assistance would be greatly appreciated. The objective is to have a repository that is easy to navigate, like the one pointed to earlier.
Yes, that only contains dotpups ... now ... but it wouldn't be a difficult thing to include dotpets as well. prit1 did the PHP programming for the list, so he would be the best one to suggest how best to include dotpets, especially those in caneri's comprehensive mirror directory.
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by Val Koinen
April 26, 2011
Some thoughts about facts, truth, knowledge, accuracy, and objective reality…
We teach our kids about the virtue and necessity of those kinds of things in a modern, functioning society; and we tell them it is good and proper that they learn about them.
They kind of go together with such concepts as good sense, common sense, proper behavior, right-versus-wrong, value of an education, the value of the scientific method and the need for a rational basis for action, etc.; all of which we also try to teach our children.
We teach them to recognize and to develop knowledge and skills that will enable them to differentiate between those things and such inappropriate and undesirable things (when it comes to serious and proper adult activities and behavior) as ignorance, fairy tales, old wives' tales, superstition, wrong-headedness, lies, deceit, and propaganda.
And for good reason. After all, you can't build rockets and spaceships and go to the moon and beyond if you don't have your facts right; if your math is wrong; if you don't have the knowledge to know what you are doing. You can't cure diseases until you learn the truth about what causes them. You can't conceptualize, develop, and fly airplanes without having your mechanical and aerodynamic truth, facts, and knowledge in good order. You can't build hydroelectric dams and powerplants without dealing with facts and reality. You can hardly even build a house, or a model airplane for that matter, without having true, factual, and accurate plans to work from. True, a lot of things can be done and done well by following the teachings and using the knowledge and skills of learned elders and experienced journeymen. But you must still have a basis of tried and tested, fact-based methodology.
On the other hand, you can write stories (called fiction), produce movies and television shows, produce advertising, and pontificate in newspaper columns based on ignorance, lies, misconceptions, outright deliberate deception, and either a mistakenly ignorant or deliberately inaccurate or falsified sense of reality. And, sadly, history and current events have taught us over and over again that we can also run a country, order and control societies, and wage wars based on a severe lack of factuality and truthfulness.
And that brings us to the survival and advancement – the natural progression – of our White race and our Western Civilization. Keeping in mind the critical importance of facts, truth, knowledge, accuracy, and objective reality in accomplishing real things, things that really matter – ask yourself – how can we expect our race, our culture, and our civilization to survive and prosper on a foundation of ignorance, lies, and factual incorrectness?
The answer is, simply, that we cannot. And yet that is exactly what is happening. That is what we are trying to do. We all know that we have to measure things accurately and do our math correctly to build a rocket ship, yet we choose to ignore and neglect the truth, and as a result we seem to chronically make the wrong decisions and choices, when it comes to running our governments and ordering our societies for the good of our people. Based on that all too common disdain for facts and truthfulness, we even persist in doing the wrong things when it comes to the very survival of our people as a subspecies of humanity.
Let me illustrate with a few examples:
We are told that race is just a social construct and that we are "all the same under the skin" – that "race doesn't matter." But that is false – it is a blatant lie. The races of humankind are significantly – nay, substantially – different in many important ways – physically, intellectually, and behaviorally. And they are genetically predisposed to compete for geographic living space and political power. And the races that cannot or will not compete are always, eventually, displaced or overpowered by those that do.
We teach our kids about the "beauty of multiculturalism" and that "diversity is our strength," but those too are false mantras; those too are lies. It has been well established that diverse and multicultural societies tend to be relatively contentious, problematic, and divisive; and that homogeneous societies – societies made up of people sharing a commonness of race and culture – are the most cooperative, amiable, trusting, and stable.
We tell our people that the huge influx (the veritable deluge) of mestizos, both quasi-legal and illegal, results in a net economic benefit to our society; when the opposite is the obvious truth. That flood of non-White immigration is bankrupting the affected areas; it is killing us.
We continue to promote and indoctrinate our children with the exaggerations and lies of the Jewish WW II "Holocaust," and we build edifices ("temples") to that fictionalized event so we (and our little kids) can grovel before that altar of Jewish "persecution." When the fact is that that grossly exaggerated if not mostly artificially concocted supposed event was in reality largely created by Jews and endlessly promoted by them to demean and stigmatize Germans and all White people of European descent for that matter; to rationalize and legitimize their "Jewish State" of Israel and excuse their maltreatment of Palestinians; and to extort countless billions of dollars from Germany, Switzerland, other European countries, and America.
We swallow the line, and teach our children, that it is natural and good and only fair to fully integrate the darker races into our society, even to the extent of letting our daughters copulate with blacks – when in fact doing those things is horribly harmful, even deadly to our cities, our nation, our economy, our peace and tranquility, our gene pool, and our people's continued existence.
We legislate and mandate colored preferences via such things as "affirmative action," quotas, and set-asides when the truthful fact is that those things amount to nothing less than blatant discrimination against our people and are hugely detrimental to our society.
We tell ourselves that Negroes can behave in a civilized manner and be law-abiding members of our advanced societies – WRONG!
… that Negroes for that matter can succeed in fully participating in an orderly "Western" society and civilization, even in areas where they predominate – WRONG!
… that Negroes can learn just like our kids and can successfully participate in an integrated public school system without lowering educational standards, causing undue disruption, damage, and huge costs to White patrons and taxpayers – WRONG!
… that mestizos just want to share in our culture and society as they seek a better life for themselves – WRONG! (They see their ever-growing presence as an early stage of their "reconquista" of our lands.)
… that we can continue to have a good, solid culture and society that are compatible with our White genetic makeup and European heritage if we let additional hordes of mestizos into our country – WRONG!
… that the Jews are somehow a "chosen" people – WRONG!
… that the Jews are just a poor, historically persecuted people with a different kind of religion, who have been misunderstood and mistreated down through the years through no fault of their own – WRONG!
… that the Jews don't exert an undue and malevolent influence over our White American culture, society, and governance through their grossly disproportionate control of banking and finance, the legal and judicial system, academia, the media and entertainment industry, and political spending – WRONG!
… that we can continue to have a lawful, fair, and orderly society if we let countless Muslims come into our country and build their mosques and practice their culture and their "Sharia law" – WRONG!
It all just makes one wonder – do we, as a people, even want to live in a truthful, fact-based society grounded in reality? Or would we really prefer for our children and grandchildren to struggle and be exploited and brutalized in a death-to-the-White-people society dominated by Negroes, mestizos, and above all, the ever-powerful Jews? Do we want to see our once-great culture ("Western Civilization") extinguished and for us as a people to eventually be physically exterminated? Or do we just want to live our celebrity-worshipping and consumption-dominated lives in ignorance of the entire problem?
Wouldn't it be better if we tried to re-learn the virtues of truth and knowledge as applied to public education, politics, governance, social legislation, and foreign policy? If we insisted on ordering our society and enacting laws based on truth, factuality, and reality? Shouldn't we take the blinders off; remove our rose-colored glasses, and try to look directly into the face of reality, people? And then try to pump up our courage, "man up," and start facing the problem of trying to do something about these things by joining the effort to rescue our people from total social and political dispossession, and from impending oblivion?
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A car dealer out for a yachting joyride turned up what rescue boats and Coast Guard planes, scouring the Gulf round the clock for six straight days, could not: three missing Matagorda boaters, clinging to their overturned catamaran, miraculously alive.
Joyous reunions with the missing men — James Phillips, Curt Hall and Tressell Hawkins — eclipsed their families' despair of a day earlier, when the Coast Guard had called off a search that spanned 86,000 square miles, making it one of the most sprawling, labor-intensive searches ever conducted in the Gulf of Mexico.
The pilots and captains who had hunted feverishly for days were among the celebrants, erupting into fist pumps and shouts of relief when they got the call Saturday night: The men were safely aboard the Corpus Christi salesman's yacht, Affordable Fantasy. As details of the capsized catamaran's drifting weeklong course unfolded, Coast Guard officials began a Monday-morning quarterback session of epic proportions, trying to understand where the search effort went off course, and how they could have corrected it.
"I'm so glad they're alive and we can hear the story," said Capt. Marcus Woodring, commander of Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston, who helped lobby a Coast Guard admiral to prolong the search for two days longer than they might, statistically, have given up hope.
Sketchy details of the boat's location — and of what happened to it and when — stymied searchers from the beginning.
No radio beacon
The Coast Guard began their search on Aug. 22, when the three men were reported late returning from an overnight fishing trip near Tequila Rig, about 75 miles off the Matagorda coast. Without a tracking device or a radio transmission — one of the boaters said he tried to make a call, but the boat immediately capsized before he could finish — searchers only had the word of rig workers who said they had seen the men there near nightfall on Aug. 21. The catamaran did not have an electronic positioning indicator radio beacon, or EPIRB, which could have given searchers a precise starting point. The Coast Guard centered its search on the rig and fanned out over time.
It was only after the men were found — 75 miles from the search effort's epicenter — that they learned the catamaran actually capsized about 20 miles to the southwest, near a fishing spot called Hilltop, a good 24 hours before the search began.
"This is why search and rescue is so difficult," Woodring said. "In the absence of solid information, you have to make planning assumptions. You have to start somewhere."
Over the next week, boats circled and planes buzzed overhead, day and night, in scrolling search patterns. As time passed, the search area expanded, but the models were based on drift from Tequila Rig, not Hilltop.
Meanwhile, perched atop the overturned 23-foot catamaran, the men grew increasingly desperate, broiled by sun, parched by thirst and surrounded, at times, by schools of sharks. But they were resilient, and resourceful, scavenging a tarp from the boat to shield them from the sun and warm them at night, and diving to forage for food and water inside the vessel. They had flares, but used them within an hour after the boat filled with water, to no avail. Near-misses with other boats were now frustratingly futile, but they resisted the urge to swim for other ships. That, Woodring says, is what saved them.
Phillips told Woodring, in a phone call on Sunday, that he had seen a plane fly overhead, turn and circle back again.
"That indicates to me that he was close to the edge of a search pattern, where that turn would take place," Woodring said.
The Coast Guard's search and rescue system, built on probability statistical models, lists the average probability of being detected from a plane as 78 percent. But the pilot did not see the men waving T-shirts, far below: they were in the unlucky 22 percent.
In all, 45 different flights would log 250 hours of search time and six cutter missions would rotate three-day shifts before the crew made the difficult decision to suspend the search on Friday. A strict reading of the probability models might have called off the search as early as Wednesday. But searchers were hopeful, swayed by the pleas of relatives who said the men were skilled survivalists: outdoorsmen, fishers and hunters.
"We had families that were depending on us," Woodring said. "People chomping at the bit to go out and try to locate these people. We continued for another couple days, and that's part of our own humanitarian desire to keep helping."
Fire extinguisher helps
Inundated by media requests, the families did not respond to phone calls Monday. But Phillips' wife, Shane Phillips, said late last week she was devastated by the Coast Guard's decision to discontinue the search.
The three men, plagued by heat exhaustion and hallucinations, still had one trick up their sleeves when they saw the 75-foot yacht pass by on Saturday evening. In addition to waving their T-shirts, they blew foam from a fire extinguisher to draw the captain's attention.
The yacht's owner, Eddie Yaklin, treated the men to a dinner of steak and Gatorade. When a Coast Guard crew caught up with them, the men declined medical attention, Woodring said.
Without speculating on the men's probability of surviving as long as they did in the conditions they did, Woodring called it the most unique and difficult case he's had in 25 years with the Coast Guard.
"This is one of the biggest search efforts I've seen."
Now the case will be investigated by experts from the Coast Guard's Yorktown, Va., search and rescue school, Woodring said. The lessons they've learned will likely be taught to a future generation of Coasties.


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It's so fun for me to read how other moms manage their households and to hear what they do to make ends meet. Today, Connie shares some of her tricks to "eat from the pantry" all year long.
Being a stay at home mom with seven children means I have to be frugal in every area of spending. The most "daily" way of being frugal is menu planning. The first way that I accomplish frugal menu planning is to have a freezer. If you have one, you will be able to stock up on bargains, and when I say stock up, I mean STOCK UP.
My husband likes to do the grocery shopping and if he runs across a special, like the time he found packages of hot dogs on sale 3 for $1, he will buy as many as are available. (I was giddy for days over the fact that each hot dog was 4 cents!)
At any given time, our stocking up means we may have 20 packages of hot dogs in our freezer, along with 15 pounds of ground beef, 10 whole chickens, 12 loaves of bread, and anything else we have picked up for a fabulous price, like pizza sauce for 2 cents a can.
This allows me to plan a weekly menu by shopping in my own kitchen. I use what is available, that we have picked up at rock bottom prices, and plan around that.
One night last week for dinner, I took some breakfast sausages ($1 for 10 links) out of the freezer, canned biscuits we had found on sale and some free eggs my sister had given me, and we had a nice "country breakfast" dinner that fed our entire family of nine for around $3 TOTAL! That works out to roughly 33 cents per person!
There are times, like for my husband's birthday or when we are expecting company, that I will plan a run to the store so I can serve a special meal, like chicken parmesan and fettucini alfredo. But you can bet it won't be 33 cents per person!
Stocking up on bargains and shopping in your own kitchen is far and away the most frugal way to go about feeding a family.
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