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Rebellion in Upper Canada, 1837
by J. Edgar Rea
MHS Transactions, Series 3, Number 22, 1965-66 season
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Since there has been widespread acceptance of the fundamental role of the Upper Canadian rebellion of 1837 in our national history, it is rather disconcerting to realize how very little we actually know about it. If one approaches this central event to determine who rebelled, and for what reasons, our historical literature yields only contradiction and confusion. The paucity of detailed knowledge renders any general interpretation of the rebellion dubious at best. But worse, generalizations derived from inadequate evidence have tended to obscure some meaningful insights which may be gained by examining short run effects of the abortive rising. A survey of the representative literature will suggest the depth of our confusion over the meaning of the rebellion of 1837 in Upper Canada.
Appropriately, two of the main characters were among the first to record their impressions. Lieutenant-Governor Francis Bond Head considered that the radical Reformers who followed William Lyon Mackenzie were motivated by self-interest. They were "the idle, the profligate and the unprincipled." [1] The bulk of the rebels, in his opinion, were good, but simple, people deluded by Mackenzie and the other rebel leaders who hoped "... to burn the city of Toronto, in order to plunder the Banks." [2] Since this view was that of a participant rather than a witness, it is more self-revelation than evidence.
Mackenzie, as one would expect, was at the other extreme. He argued that the "government was too unpopular to have any real adherents." [3] He went on to assert that "about 3,500 persons joined us during the three days we were behind Toronto," and furthermore, "... thousands were on their way to join us on Thursday evening." [4] Mackenzie offers no evidence for his claims to wide-spread support. He is still the polemicist. These two, early accounts, however, have set the limits of the debate about the rebellion. On the one hand, the Tory governor considered it a miserable affair, led by a knot of self-seekers who hoped to throw the province into the arms of the United States. On the other, Mackenzie held that disaffection was rampant, and the mass of the people eager to throw off the hold of the ruling elite group.
Moderate opinion seemed to find in the apparent Americanization of Upper Canada the underlying cause of the revolt. Robert Baldwin Sullivan advised the newly-appointed Lieutenant-Governor Arthur that:
In this country unfortunately the settlement of American citizens has been too much permitted and encouraged, and thus in the bosom of this community there exists a treacherous foe ... in many parts of the Province the teachers are Americans, for the sake of obtaining employment they have swallowed the oath of allegiance which agrees so ill with them that the rest of their lives is spent in attempts to disgorge it. These men are utterly ignorant of everything English and could not if they tried instruct their pupils in any of the duties which the connection of the Province with England casts upon them. [5]
Even so, Sullivan was sure the rebel forces consisted of only "... two or three hundred ignorant young men." [6]
His view as to the scope and origin of the rebellion was supported by Lord Durham. However, the latter made a careful distinction between rebels and reformers, and condemned the tendency of the Tories to lump them together indiscriminately. In his Report he concluded that:
... the insurrectionary movements which did take place as indicative of no deep-rooted disaffection, that almost the entire body of reformers of this province sought only by constitutional means to obtain those objects for which they had so long peaceably struggled before the unhappy troubles occasioned by the violence of a few unprincipled adventures and heated enthusiasts. [7]
But Sir Francis Head and the Family Compact had their defenders. Sir Richard Bonnycastle, writing in the early 1850s explained that the party of:
Radicals, Revolutionists or Destructives was composed of all the American settlers and speculators in land, some of the more simple and ignorant of the older class of farmers, and the rabble of adventurers who poured in every year from the United States or from Britain, to evade the laws of their respective countries ... [8]
This ultra-Tory saw only a contemptible scheme by place-seekers who hoped to achieve their object by making Upper Canada an integral part of the American republic.
The first Canadian to study the problem in depth was Charles Lindsey, who had Mackenzie's papers at his disposal. Both by inclination and the obvious bias of his source he attempted to place Mackenzie in the best possible light. But Lindsey soon finds himself in a dilemma.
His Whig interpretation of history emphasizes the evolutionary progress of Canada toward freedom through responsible government. The ruling oligarchy is challenged on the issues which had long disturbed the province, religion, land policy, education and others. As leader, and moulder of opinion against the Compact Mackenzie fits nicely into this interpretation. But Mackenzie was also the leader of the rebellion which had as an ultimate aim, the severing of the British connection.
As a Whig, Lindsey could not condone a violent overthrow of the government. Yet, he pictures Mackenzie as the leader of a popular movement, and assumes the rebellion was necessary in the attainment of responsible government. His problem is best expressed in his own words:
He (Mackenzie) lived to see and admit the error of the movement, and to express deep regret for the part he had taken. But an enterprise which cannot be justified, and the engagement in which involved him in ruin, was in the end advantageous to the country. Much of the liberty Canada has enjoyed since 1840, and more of the wonderful progress she has made are due to the changes which the insurrection was the chief agent in producing. [9]
Several Canadian Whig historians were bedevilled by this contradiction. It did not disappear until they gave up the idea of the necessity of the rebellion in the march to responsible government. Lindsey had tried to have it both ways. The rebellion was popular in that it represented majority opinion in the province, yet it was a minority action because it was violent and hostile to the British connection.
The next prominent account to appear was by J. C. Dent, another Whig. He saw the origin of the revolt in the stubborn resistance of a grasping oligarchy to legitimate, popular demands.
All the old abuses were maintained in full vigour. The incubus of the Clergy Reserves was not removed. Appointments to office were still made from one political body only. The Legislative Council still had the power to paralyse the efforts of the Assembly. The Assembly itself was at present as retrograde as the Upper House, and it had been formed by a corrupt venal race of officials against whom there was not a remedy. The Act to prevent the dissolution of Parliament would probably have the effect of maintaining the existing assembly for years. To all these evils was now superadded great commercial depression, and there seemed to be no prospect of brighter times. The future seemed overcast and hopeless. Is it any wonder those who were compelled to contemplate the picture from this dark point of view were forced to the conclusion that a change of any kind must surely be for the better. [10]
But for all this, Dent claims that only a minority of Reformers would follow Mackenzie's increasing radicalism.
The men of moderate views, like the Rolphs, the Baldwins, and the Bidwells, composed fully two-thirds of the entire number. The ultra Radicals, composed for the most part of unlettered farmers and recentlyarrived immigrants, began to show evidence of a desire to rally themselves under the banner of Mackenzie ... [11]
It was only these anonymous few who revolted, according to Dent.
Another Whig was soon in the field. William Kingsford's multivolume history of Canada included an intensive study of the rebellion. He followed Dent, essentially, emphasizing the same catalogue of grievances, but with rather more attention to the importance of the election of 1836. He wrote:
I do not know the slightest evidence to establish that there was any extended general feeling of disloyalty. The discontent was political, directed against the lieutenant-governor and has been sustained by the hope of obtaining more liberal institutions. To the last many of the few hundreds who were compromised in the outbreak believed that they were engaged in a pacific and bloodless political demonstration, and were not prepared to fight for the principles that Mackenzie advocated. [12]
In short, Kingsford argues in the whig tradition that it was a revolt of an insignificant minority without any social or economic motive.
He denies explicitly that there was any threat to the British connection.
The first challenge to the whig view came from D. B. Read in 1896. He flatly denied that the rebellion had any beneficial effect. Those who had engaged in revolt were a misguided few who had been deluded by self-seeking leaders. "Messrs. Papineau, Mackenzie and Rolph," he wrote pointedly, "after their exile of many years, returned to Canada to take part in the government of the country they had affected to believe was hopelessly sunk in the slough of despond, and was the victim of British tyranny." [13] It is interesting to note that Read as a young student at Upper Canada College in 1837, had turned out eagerly in defense of the British connection. It is not surprising then, that to this author:
It was not the discontent of the people of Upper Canada as a whole, but of a faction led by Mr. Mackenzie; but whatever it may have been, the Governor was now quite instructed by the Colonial Office to apply remedies quite sufficient to cure, without the attempt to kill the patient, an attempt afterwards made by Mr. Mackenzie and his followers in the Province. [14]
Read's attempt to overturn the Whig interpretation was an isolated event. He was followed by two determined Whigs, W. S. Wallace, and Stephen Leacock, Wallace's study of the Family Compact concentrated on the constitutional problems of Upper Canada.
The first forty years of the nineteenth century saw in Upper Canada a political struggle which culminated in armed rebellion. This struggle was, in the main, constitutional its roots lay in the constitution which William Pitt gave Upper Canada in 1791. [15]
This was the now standard whig view. The oligarchy had entrenched itself in power and employed the 1791 constitution as its defense. Reformers of all shades were engaged in the fight against the Compact. Mackenzie and his rebels were a well-meaning but misguided minority of the Reform group. The view of Stephen Leacock is almost identical:
Opposed to (the Compact) was a body of Reformers who may be conveniently divided into liberals and radicals. The former were men of honour and standing who desired some method of working the political machinery which would give the vast body of the people an effective say in their government. This end they sought by constitutional means. The latter wished to hurry the process and were not over anxious about themeans. Under Mackenzie's guidance they lost political perspective. [16]
Both Wallace and Leacock tended to view the machinations of Francis Bond Head as the immediate cause of the revolt.
Up to this point the whig interpretation has been dominant. The inherent problem was how to account for a violent revolt within an evolutionary British context. The authors have tended to treat Mackenzie's radicalism as an aberration. To do otherwise would mean accepting Mackenzie's objective of ending the British connection. This, as whigs, they could not do. A more obvious implication, however, would be that the rebellion was not a necessary step in the achievement of responsible government. While thus handicapped by the contradiction implicit in their reading of Upper Canadian history, they have offered little solid evidence as to who actually did revolt, other than suggesting it was the action of a despairing and misguided minority. Their opponents, as represented by Bonnycastle, Sullivan and Read, denied any widespread disaffection in the province and attributed the rebellion largely to American influences. Their evidence was chiefly negative, as they pointed out that Upper Canadians turned out in great numbers to oppose the outbreak. In any case, the whig view seemed to go into eclipse, and the historiography began to explore new directions, with much more insistence on credible evidence, and more sophisticated interpretations.
Writing in 1931, Fred Landon explored the revolt in Western Upper Canada, an aspect completely ignored up till then. He claimed that this phase of the rebellion, although it "consisted of only a few poorly armed forces", was "abundant evidence of the widespread unrest in the western part of the province." [17] But Landon's evidence dates largely from 1838, and the unrest of that year can be more readily explained by the fact that many Reformers suffered from the hysterical Tory reaction which followed the Toronto rising. Landon's view is sharply contested by F. C. Hamil who closely studied conditions in the southwestern area of the province. He asserts that "There were Reformers as well as tories in the Western District, but district radicals were few in number." [18]
The next interpretation to appear was one of the most bizarre. S. B. Ryerson, the grandson of the great Methodist leader, applied a Marxist interpretation to the Upper Canadian experience. He judged that the rebellion, which was supported by the majority in the province, could be equated to that stage in the Marxist view of history, when the feudal power is overthrown and capitalism established. As proof he quotes Mackenzie's resolution "that the right of obtaining articles of luxury, or necessity in the cheapest market, is inherent in the people." This, Ryerson claims, is a manifestation of the doctrine of "... freedom of the market, keystone of the bourgeoisie anti-feudal revolution." [19] In evidence, he submits the names of those who signed the Declaration of the Toronto Reformers as characterizing the middle class nature of the group which supported the rebellion. This completely ignores the fact that Mackenzie had virtually no adherents in Toronto. In addition, it is a serious misreading of Mackenzie's thinking. The intellectual influences which shaped the rebel leader were those of agrarian radicalism. He was hardly a bourgeois capitalist.
In that same year, 1937, Donald Creighton published the first edition of his Empire of the St. Lawrence, a much more reasonable economic analysis of the rebellion. He heavily stressed the impact of the depression of 1837. Further, he asserts that:
In one important respect, the rebellions were the final expression of that hatred of the rural communities for the commercialism of the St. Lawrence; and the defense of the constituted political authority was an exciting incident in the ceaseless effort to protect the interests of the Canadian commercial state. The rebellion came and had to come from the countryside; but the existing order found its most violent supporters among the magistrates, the civil servants and the merchants. Even in the tiny villages of the countryside, as Mackenzie found to his cost, the local shopkeepers were energetic in opposing the radicals. [20]
Creighton thus sees the origin of the rebellion as being economic and specifically agrarian. The most serious limitation to this rural-urban interpretation is the fact that the rural communities overwhelmingly outnumbered the town dwellers, and Creighton admits that the rebellion was a minority movement. He offers no evidence that it represented widespread agrarian disaffection, and acknowledges that few in the province would countenance an end to the imperial connection.
The next significant account of the rebellion was by E. C. Guillet who seemed to turn the whole affair on its head. He claims, "The real cause of the revolt, in which Mackenzie and his supporters had given their best, was a rebellion against the constitution by the ruling clique, a course of action in its essence worse than the consequent revolt against the Crown." [21] Thus, Guillet feels that the great majority were loyal in 1837. Curiously, however, he describes the revolt as "essentially a workingman's movement." As evidence he presents an occupational breakdown of 885 men who were arrested or fled the province in 1837. Yet, on close examination, it reveals little more than a representative cross-section of any developed part of Upper Canada, rather than a basis of claim for a working man's revolt.
The idea of American influence was revived by John Barnett, president of the Ontario Historical Society, in an article which appeared in Ontario History in 1949. He seizes on the American extraction of many of the major figures in the rebellion, and argues that Silas Fletcher, Jesse Lloyd, and a few others were the real instigators and that Mackenzie was under their influence rather than vice-versa. Barnett concludes by asserting these men:
... Held the same opinion-namely, that the government should be overthrown and a completely new system set up. In support of these views they seem to have marshalled in the rural areas a great variety of men. The majority of whom were 'American still'. In the end the `Instigators' prevailed on a comparatively small number of reform leaders, who were or had been members of the legislature, to adopt their views on the overthrow of the Government by force of arms. [22]
Barnett's interesting assertion remains just that, however. His rather tangled and inconsistent evidence will not support the thesis.
A. R. M. Lower, in his Colony to Nation, describes the course of the Reform movement as a background to the revolt. He judges the cause, at least in part, to be the withdrawal of the moderate element after the election of 1836, thus giving the radical leaders their head. His analysis of the strength of the movement is ambiguous:
it was the impossibility of securing reform that drove a number of them to think in terms of independence or of annexation. Even so, only a minority was prepared to go to extremes and, in the eastern part of the province, disaffection was slight. In the west it was much more widespread: from Toronto to Like Huron, whether a man shouldered a musket or not, the chances were about two to one that his sympathies would be with the reformers, and, in most cases, with the rebels. [23]
William Kilbourn, in The Firebrand, a popular biography of Mackenzie, found the fundamental cause of the revolt to be agrarian discontent. He described the rebels as "... some last lagging contingent of agrarian democracy, too late to change the world's history, as Tyler's peasants had been too early." [24] In a less romantic view, Kilbourn dwells on what he feels is the desperate economic condition of the Upper Canadian farmer, who saw in Mackenzie "... a projection of their own rage and hope. Upper Canada was ripe for an agrarian revolt." [25]
The two most recent works on the rebellion indicate the continuing divergencies of interpretation. S. D. Clark offers an application of the Turner thesis as an explanation. He writes:
It would appear that forms of political organization in Canada which have been thought of as growing out of the political experience of her population have actually represented an effort to hold in check the kind of political developments which that experience engendered. Responsible government developed in reaction rather than in response to the true democratic spirit of the Canadian people. [26]
The validity of this novel interpretation would depend directly on convincing proof that the rebellion had widespread support. Thus, Clark argues that the revolt was popular, but mismanaged:
... it was clear to perhaps all but the smugly righteous lieutenant governor that the province had only narrowly escaped a much more serious uprising. The battle north of Toronto was already under way before the vast majority of Upper Canadians had any hint that a rebellion was contemplated. With no immediate objects to attack local uprisings could not readily develop. Time was too short to muster in support of the larger rebel force. The result, in effect, was a running for cover on the part of many of those throughout the province who had most closely identified themselves with the reform cause." [27]
After this careful construction of his argument, Clark destroys it a few pages later when he says "that only a small minority of people in Upper Canada has come to accept the position taken up by Mackenzie when he drafted his constitution for a republic of Upper Canada." [28] Even more inexplicable in Clark's interpretation was the fact that those areas of the province which could most rightly be described as "frontier" were among those most conspicuously loyal.
Finally, in his recent book, Upper Canada: The Formative Years, Gerald Craig seems to reflect the ideas of D. B. Read in a more sophisticated manner. The revolt was led by a minority who were definitely misguided, and found support among the older American settlers in the province. [29] As for motivation, Craig places great stress on external influences; commercial distress in the Anglo-American world, the crisis coming to a head in Lower Canada, and the proximity of the neighbouring republican states. "Alternately goaded and inspired by these outside pressures, Mackenzie and a small group of followers determined on their ill-starred plan to overthrow by force a nearly unprotected government." [30]
The historiography of the rebellion of 1837 has followed a circuitous path, coming almost full-circle. William Lyon Mackenzie and S. D. Clark both agree that 1837 marked a fundamental social upheaval. Craig and the early Tories insist it was a fiasco which originated with the post-1790 American settlers in Upper Canada. It is clear that despite all that has been written, we are unable to answer accurately the question of who actually rebelled and why. Aside from Mackenzie, we know little about even the most prominent men who figured in the rebellion. Fortunately, there are avenues yet to be explored which may yield more precise information.
It is curious, as well, that in their search for a broad interpretation Canadian historians have remained relatively blind to an important implication of the rebellion which is significant. 1837 was a major turning point in our history since it seems to have marked the end of ideological clash. The value systems of the Family Compact and the Mackenzie rebels could not be reconciled in the contemporary political context. One rather unnoticed outcome of the rebellion was that not only were the rebels defeated, the Compact did not survive. Canadians, after this episode, gave up extreme opinions, and in the 1840s R. B. Sullivan and W. H. Merritt, former Tories, could find common ground with Robert Baldwin, the Reformer. A broad stream of opinion, seeking the middle way, has dominated our political life ever since. Extreme opinion has found no home except for third party movements which have been relatively ineffectual. Perhaps, after all, the early whigs were right. The rebellion was a necessary step, but just so it was unsuccessful. The shock of revolt changed the course of constitutional development. Its failure allowed that development to take place within the British tradition.
1. Sir F. B. Head, A Narrative, (Toronto, 1839). Head to-Glenelg, 10 September, 1837.
2. Ibid., Head to Glenelg, 19 December, 1837.
3. W. L. Mackenzie, Mackenzie's Own Narrative, (Toronto, 1937) p. 60.
4. Ibid., p. 23.
5. Arthur Papers, C. R. Sanderson, (ed.), (Toronto, 1957) pp. 134, 151.
6. Ibid., p. 170.
7. Report and Despatches of the Earl of Durham (London, 1839), p. 117.
8. Sir Richard Bonycastle, Canada as it was, is and may be (London, 1852), I, p. 134.
9. Charles Lindsey, The Life and Times of Wm. Lyon Mackenzie, (Toronto, 1862), 1, p. 5.
10. J. C. Dent, The Story of the Upper Canadian Rebellion, (Toronto, 1885), 1, p. 64.
11. Ibid., p. 231.
12. W. Kingsford, The History of Canada (Toronto), 1898). Vol. X, p. 414.
13. D. B. Read, The Canadian Rebillion of 1837 (Toronto, 1896), p. 370.
15. W. S. Wallace, The Family Compact, (Toronto, 1915), p. 1.
16. S. Leacock, Mackenzie, Baldwin, Lafontaine, Hineks, (Toronto, 1926), p. 28.
17. F. Landon, "The Duncombe Uprising of 1837 and Some of Its Consequences", Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada, May, 1931, p. 83.
18. F. C. Hamil, The Valley of the Lower Thames, 1649-1850, (Toronto,1951), p. 227.
19. S. B. Ryerson, 1837, The Birth of Canadian Democracy, (Toronto,1937), p. 15.
20. D. Creighton, Empire of the St. Lawrence, (Toronto, 1956), p. 316.
21. E. C. Guillet, The Lives and Times of the Patriots, (Toronto, 1938), p. 241.
22. John Barnett, "Silas Fletcher, Instigator of the Upper Canadian Rebellion", Ontario History, vol. 41, 1949, p.34.
23. A. R. M. Lower, Colony to Nation (London, 1957), p. 242.
24. W. Kilburn, The Firebrand, (Toronto, 1956), p. 189.
25. Ibid., pp. 167, 162.
26. S. D. Clark, Movements of Political Protest in Canada, (Toronto, 1949), p. 4.
29. G. Craig, Upper Canada: The Formative Years, (Toronto, 1963), p. 246.
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Family Flick Picks for Fall
by Sam Chow
School is back in full swing, and if you and your kids are looking for a break already, how about a trip to the theater during Fall movie season? There are great flicks this Fall for kids of all ages, from Ralph Breaks the Internet for the young ones to Fantastic Beasts and Venom for the older kids.
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2008 was a busy year for the M27, because on the 19th January the cones came out for the start of an £18m scheme to add climbing lanes between J11 and J12. Then, on the 23rd February, cones were added to the stretch between J3 and J4 at Southampton to add an extra lane to either side. The climbing lanes were opened on the 1st September, but the hard shoulder there remains closed and the work at J3-4 is still ongoing.
The schemes had been planned since the early millennium, and to be fair they were needed. Junctions 3 and 4 aren't very far apart, and between them lies Rownhams services. Junction 3 is for the M271, which is the main route in and out of Southampton and its docks, and junction 4 is where the M3 branches off taking a lot of traffic for London, Winchester and The Midlands. As a result, you get a lot of traffic 'junction hopping'.
The other problem here is that this is the main road to Southampton, but it wasn't meant to be. The original plan was that traffic heading south on the M3 would be directed on to the M27 west towards junction 5, where a new motorway would take traffic in to the city, with the M271 being used only by traffic coming from the west. Obviously, that didn't happen, and this together with a general rise in traffic levels has led to regular congestion.
J11-12 is no better, because here the road climbs steeply to mount the bottom of Portsdown Hill, and then descends towards Portsmouth in a section of road known locally as Apache Pass. The problem is that on a motorway there are lots of cars which don't mind staying in the inside lane with all the lorries, but as they approach the hill the lorries slow down to climb it, so the cars pull out in to the middle lane. However, these cars don't like travelling fast (that's why they stay with the lorries), so everyone who is usually in the middle lane pulls out in to the outside lane, and everyone who is usually in the outside lane has to... oh dear. That's how the queues build up, and although there is a good excuse for J3-4 being busy there isn't one here, as the motorway is only 30 years old and the hill has always been there. The M3 came along 10 years later and, on a much gentler slope it got a climbing lane. Strange.
Here are a large selection of photos taken during the roadworks, focusing largely on the climbing lanes because they're closer to me.
The cones have come out, but there hasn't been any work.
The central reservation has been removed, although not a lot else has happened.
The situation from the road.
Back on the road, and the central reservation is complete and work is ready to start on the verge.
On the road in the other direction, and work has started on the verge.
Work is well under way at J11.
Still on the road, and it looks like all the cutting is complete.
On the road in the rain, and this time work has started on the verge-side barrier.
The new lanes have been put in and most of the new signs are up.
The situation four days before the new lanes opened.
Driving along the eastbound carriageway for the first time since the new lanes opened.
See how the climbing lanes are doing right now, with the Highways Agency traffic camera. The camera is looking east towards J12.
The situation drivers are faced with as they approach the roadworks and J11.
The central reservation and the gantries have been removed.
The new central reservation is up and the work has started on the verge.
It may be a Sunday, but traffic is still heavy. Some of the new gantries are now in place, although it doesn't look like the new lane is ready yet.
The new lane was opened in time for Christmas, although there are still some smaller things to be done. A 50mph SPECS-enforced speed limit still applies.
See how the road is flowing right now, with the Highways Agency traffic camera. The camera is located at Rownhams services looking east.
Highways Agency - official website for the widening works and climbing lanes.
CBRD - Futures - M27 Widening.
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from __future__ import annotations
from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Optional
from ezdxf.lldxf.const import SUBCLASS_MARKER
from ezdxf.lldxf.attributes import (
    DXFAttr,
    DXFAttributes,
    DefSubclass,
    group_code_mapping,
)
from ezdxf.lldxf.tags import Tags
from .dxfentity import base_class, SubclassProcessor
from .dxfobj import DXFObject
from .factory import register_entity
from .objectcollection import ObjectCollection
from ezdxf.math import Matrix44

if TYPE_CHECKING:
    from ezdxf.entities import DXFNamespace, DXFEntity
    from ezdxf.lldxf.tagwriter import AbstractTagWriter
    from ezdxf.document import Drawing

__all__ = ["Material", "MaterialCollection"]

def fetch_matrix(tags: Tags, code: int) -> tuple[Tags, Optional[Matrix44]]:
    values = []
    remaining = Tags()
    for tag in tags:
        if tag.code == code:
            values.append(tag.value)
            if len(values) == 16:
                # enough values collected, code 43 is maybe used for two matrices
                code = -1
        else:
            remaining.append(tag)
    if len(values) == 16:
        # only if valid matrix
        return remaining, Matrix44(values)
    else:
        return tags, None

def export_matrix(
    tagwriter: AbstractTagWriter, code: int, matrix: Matrix44
) -> None:
    if matrix is not None:
        for value in matrix:
            tagwriter.write_tag2(code, value)

acdb_material = DefSubclass(
    "AcDbMaterial",
    {
        "name": DXFAttr(1),
        "description": DXFAttr(2, default=""),
        "ambient_color_method": DXFAttr(
            70, default=0
        ),  # 0=use current color; 1=override current color
        "ambient_color_factor": DXFAttr(
            40, default=1.0
        ),  # valid range is 0.0 to 1.0
        "ambient_color_value": DXFAttr(
            90
        ),  # integer representing an AcCmEntityColor
        "diffuse_color_method": DXFAttr(
            71, default=0
        ),  # 0=use current color; 1=override current color
        "diffuse_color_factor": DXFAttr(
            41, default=1.0
        ),  # valid range is 0.0 to 1.0
        "diffuse_color_value": DXFAttr(
            91, default=-1023410177
        ),  # integer representing an AcCmEntityColor
        "diffuse_map_blend_factor": DXFAttr(
            42, default=1.0
        ),  # valid range is 0.0 to 1.0
        "diffuse_map_source": DXFAttr(72, default=1),
        # 0=use current scene; 1=use image file (specified by file name; null file name specifies no map)
        "diffuse_map_file_name": DXFAttr(3, default=""),
        "diffuse_map_projection_method": DXFAttr(
            73, default=1
        ),  # 1=Planar; 2=Box; 3=Cylinder; 4=Sphere
        "diffuse_map_tiling_method": DXFAttr(
            74, default=1
        ),  # 1=Tile; 2=Crop; 3=Clamp
        "diffuse_map_auto_transform_method": DXFAttr(75, default=1),  # bitset;
        # 1 = No auto transform
        # 2 = Scale mapper to current entity extents; translate mapper to entity origin
        # 4 = Include current block transform in mapper transform
        # 16x group code 43: Transform matrix of diffuse map mapper (16 reals; row major format; default = identity matrix)
        "specular_gloss_factor": DXFAttr(
            44, default=0.5
        ),  # valid range is 0.0 to 1.0
        "specular_color_method": DXFAttr(
            73, default=0
        ),  # 0=use current color; 1=override current color
        "specular_color_factor": DXFAttr(
            45, default=1.0
        ),  # valid range is 0.0 to 1.0
        "specular_color_value": DXFAttr(
            92
        ),  # integer representing an AcCmEntityColor
        "specular_map_blend_factor": DXFAttr(
            46, default=1.0
        ),  # valid range is 0.0 to 1.0
        "specular_map_source": DXFAttr(77, default=1),
        # 0=use current scene; 1=use image file (specified by file name; null file name specifies no map)
        "specular_map_file_name": DXFAttr(4, default=""),
        "specular_map_projection_method": DXFAttr(
            78, default=1
        ),  # 1=Planar; 2=Box; 3=Cylinder; 4=Sphere
        "specular_map_tiling_method": DXFAttr(
            79, default=1
        ),  # 1=Tile; 2=Crop; 3=Clamp
        "specular_map_auto_transform_method": DXFAttr(
            170, default=1
        ),  # bitset;
        # 1 = No auto transform
        # 2 = Scale mapper to current entity extents; translate mapper to entity origin
        # 4 = Include current block transform in mapper transform
        # 16x group code 47: Transform matrix of specular map mapper (16 reals; row major format; default = identity matrix)
        "reflection_map_blend_factor": DXFAttr(
            48, default=1.0
        ),  # valid range is 0.0 to 1.0
        "reflection_map_source": DXFAttr(171, default=1),
        # 0=use current scene; 1=use image file (specified by file name; null file name specifies no map)
        "reflection_map_file_name": DXFAttr(6, default=""),
        "reflection_map_projection_method": DXFAttr(
            172, default=1
        ),  # 1=Planar; 2=Box; 3=Cylinder; 4=Sphere
        "reflection_map_tiling_method": DXFAttr(
            173, default=1
        ),  # 1=Tile; 2=Crop; 3=Clamp
        "reflection_map_auto_transform_method": DXFAttr(
            174, default=1
        ),  # bitset;
        # 1 = No auto transform
        # 2 = Scale mapper to current entity extents; translate mapper to entity origin
        # 4 = Include current block transform in mapper transform
        # 16x group code 49: Transform matrix of reflection map mapper (16 reals; row major format; default = identity matrix)
        "opacity": DXFAttr(140, default=1.0),  # valid range is 0.0 to 1.0
        "opacity_map_blend_factor": DXFAttr(
            141, default=1.0
        ),  # valid range is 0.0 to 1.0
        "opacity_map_source": DXFAttr(175, default=1),
        # 0=use current scene; 1=use image file (specified by file name; null file name specifies no map)
        "opacity_map_file_name": DXFAttr(7, default=""),
        "opacity_map_projection_method": DXFAttr(
            176, default=1
        ),  # 1=Planar; 2=Box; 3=Cylinder; 4=Sphere
        "opacity_map_tiling_method": DXFAttr(
            177, default=1
        ),  # 1=Tile; 2=Crop; 3=Clamp
        "opacity_map_auto_transform_method": DXFAttr(178, default=1),  # bitset;
        # 1 = No auto transform
        # 2 = Scale mapper to current entity extents; translate mapper to entity origin
        # 4 = Include current block transform in mapper transform
        # 16x group code 142: Transform matrix of reflection map mapper (16 reals; row major format; default = identity matrix)
        "bump_map_blend_factor": DXFAttr(
            143, default=1.0
        ),  # valid range is 0.0 to 1.0
        "bump_map_source": DXFAttr(179, default=1),
        # 0=use current scene; 1=use image file (specified by file name; null file name specifies no map)
        "bump_map_file_name": DXFAttr(8, default=""),
        "bump_map_projection_method": DXFAttr(
            270, default=1
        ),  # 1=Planar; 2=Box; 3=Cylinder; 4=Sphere
        "bump_map_tiling_method": DXFAttr(
            271, default=1
        ),  # 1=Tile; 2=Crop; 3=Clamp
        "bump_map_auto_transform_method": DXFAttr(272, default=1),  # bitset;
        # 1 = No auto transform
        # 2 = Scale mapper to current entity extents; translate mapper to entity origin
        # 4 = Include current block transform in mapper transform
        # 16x group code 144: Transform matrix of bump map mapper (16 reals; row major format; default = identity matrix)
        "refraction_index": DXFAttr(
            145, default=1.0
        ),  # valid range is 0.0 to 1.0
        "refraction_map_blend_factor": DXFAttr(
            146, default=1.0
        ),  # valid range is 0.0 to 1.0
        "refraction_map_source": DXFAttr(273, default=1),
        # 0=use current scene; 1=use image file (specified by file name; null file name specifies no map)
        "refraction_map_file_name": DXFAttr(9, default=""),
        "refraction_map_projection_method": DXFAttr(
            274, default=1
        ),  # 1=Planar; 2=Box; 3=Cylinder; 4=Sphere
        "refraction_map_tiling_method": DXFAttr(
            275, default=1
        ),  # 1=Tile; 2=Crop; 3=Clamp
        "refraction_map_auto_transform_method": DXFAttr(
            276, default=1
        ),  # bitset;
        # 1 = No auto transform
        # 2 = Scale mapper to current entity extents; translate mapper to entity origin
        # 4 = Include current block transform in mapper transform
        # 16x group code 147: Transform matrix of reflection map mapper (16 reals; row major format; default = identity matrix)
        # normal map shares group codes with diffuse map
        "normal_map_method": DXFAttr(271),
        "normal_map_strength": DXFAttr(465),
        "normal_map_blend_factor": DXFAttr(
            42, default=1.0
        ),  # valid range is 0.0 to 1.0
        "normal_map_source": DXFAttr(72, default=1),
        # 0=use current scene; 1=use image file (specified by file name; null file name specifies no map)
        "normal_map_file_name": DXFAttr(3, default=""),
        "normal_map_projection_method": DXFAttr(
            73, default=1
        ),  # 1=Planar; 2=Box; 3=Cylinder; 4=Sphere
        "normal_map_tiling_method": DXFAttr(
            74, default=1
        ),  # 1=Tile; 2=Crop; 3=Clamp
        "normal_map_auto_transform_method": DXFAttr(75, default=1),  # bitset;
        # 1 = No auto transform
        # 2 = Scale mapper to current entity extents; translate mapper to entity origin
        # 4 = Include current block transform in mapper transform
        # 16x group code 43: Transform matrix of reflection map mapper (16 reals; row major format; default = identity matrix)
        "color_bleed_scale": DXFAttr(460),
        "indirect_dump_scale": DXFAttr(461),
        "reflectance_scale": DXFAttr(462),
        "transmittance_scale": DXFAttr(463),
        "two_sided_material": DXFAttr(290),
        "luminance": DXFAttr(464),
        "luminance_mode": DXFAttr(270),  # multiple usage of group code 270
        "materials_anonymous": DXFAttr(293),
        "global_illumination_mode": DXFAttr(272),
        "final_gather_mode": DXFAttr(273),
        "gen_proc_name": DXFAttr(300),
        "gen_proc_val_bool": DXFAttr(291),
        "gen_proc_val_int": DXFAttr(271),
        "gen_proc_val_real": DXFAttr(469),
        "gen_proc_val_text": DXFAttr(301),
        "gen_proc_table_end": DXFAttr(292),
        "gen_proc_val_color_index": DXFAttr(62),
        "gen_proc_val_color_rgb": DXFAttr(420),
        "gen_proc_val_color_name": DXFAttr(430),
        "map_utile": DXFAttr(270),  # multiple usage of group code 270
        "translucence": DXFAttr(148),
        "self_illumination": DXFAttr(90),
        "reflectivity": DXFAttr(468),
        "illumination_model": DXFAttr(93),
        "channel_flags": DXFAttr(94, default=63),
    },
)
acdb_material_group_codes = group_code_mapping(acdb_material)

@register_entity
class Material(DXFObject):
    DXFTYPE = "MATERIAL"
    DEFAULT_ATTRIBS = {
        "diffuse_color_method": 1,
        "diffuse_color_value": -1023410177,
    }
    DXFATTRIBS = DXFAttributes(base_class, acdb_material)

    def __init__(self) -> None:
        super().__init__()
        self.diffuse_mapper_matrix: Optional[Matrix44] = None  # code 43
        self.specular_mapper_matrix: Optional[Matrix44] = None  # code 47
        self.reflexion_mapper_matrix: Optional[Matrix44] = None  # code 49
        self.opacity_mapper_matrix: Optional[Matrix44] = None  # group 142
        self.bump_mapper_matrix: Optional[Matrix44] = None  # group 144
        self.refraction_mapper_matrix: Optional[Matrix44] = None  # code 147
        self.normal_mapper_matrix: Optional[Matrix44] = None  # code 43 ???

    def _copy_data(self, entity: DXFEntity) -> None:
        """Copy material mapper matrices"""

        def copy(matrix):
            return None if matrix is None else matrix.copy()

        assert isinstance(entity, Material)
        entity.diffuse_mapper_matrix = copy(self.diffuse_mapper_matrix)
        entity.specular_mapper_matrix = copy(self.specular_mapper_matrix)
        entity.reflexion_mapper_matrix = copy(self.reflexion_mapper_matrix)
        entity.opacity_mapper_matrix = copy(self.opacity_mapper_matrix)
        entity.bump_mapper_matrix = copy(self.bump_mapper_matrix)
        entity.refraction_mapper_matrix = copy(self.refraction_mapper_matrix)
        entity.normal_mapper_matrix = copy(self.normal_mapper_matrix)

    def load_dxf_attribs(
        self, processor: Optional[SubclassProcessor] = None
    ) -> DXFNamespace:
        dxf = super().load_dxf_attribs(processor)
        if processor:
            tags = processor.fast_load_dxfattribs(
                dxf, acdb_material_group_codes, 1, log=False
            )
            self.load_matrices(tags)
        return dxf

    def load_matrices(self, tags):
        tags, matrix = fetch_matrix(tags, 43)
        if matrix:
            self.diffuse_mapper_matrix = matrix
        tags, matrix = fetch_matrix(tags, 47)
        if matrix:
            self.specular_mapper_matrix = matrix
        tags, matrix = fetch_matrix(tags, 49)
        if matrix:
            self.reflexion_mapper_matrix = matrix
        tags, matrix = fetch_matrix(tags, 142)
        if matrix:
            self.opacity_mapper_matrix = matrix
        tags, matrix = fetch_matrix(tags, 144)
        if matrix:
            self.bump_mapper_matrix = matrix
        tags, matrix = fetch_matrix(tags, 147)
        if matrix:
            self.refraction_mapper_matrix = matrix
        tags, matrix = fetch_matrix(tags, 43)
        if matrix:
            self.normal_mapper_matrix = matrix

    def export_entity(self, tagwriter: AbstractTagWriter) -> None:
        """Export entity specific data as DXF tags."""
        super().export_entity(tagwriter)

        tagwriter.write_tag2(SUBCLASS_MARKER, acdb_material.name)

        self.dxf.export_dxf_attribs(
            tagwriter,
            [
                "name",
                "description",
                "ambient_color_method",
                "ambient_color_factor",
                "ambient_color_value",
                "diffuse_color_method",
                "diffuse_color_factor",
                "diffuse_color_value",
                "diffuse_map_blend_factor",
                "diffuse_map_source",
                "diffuse_map_file_name",
                "diffuse_map_projection_method",
                "diffuse_map_tiling_method",
                "diffuse_map_auto_transform_method",
            ],
        )
        export_matrix(tagwriter, 43, self.diffuse_mapper_matrix)
        self.dxf.export_dxf_attribs(
            tagwriter,
            [
                "specular_gloss_factor",
                "specular_color_method",
                "specular_color_factor",
                "specular_color_value",
                "specular_map_blend_factor",
                "specular_map_source",
                "specular_map_file_name",
                "specular_map_projection_method",
                "specular_map_tiling_method",
                "specular_map_auto_transform_method",
            ],
        )
        export_matrix(tagwriter, 47, self.specular_mapper_matrix)
        self.dxf.export_dxf_attribs(
            tagwriter,
            [
                "reflection_map_blend_factor",
                "reflection_map_source",
                "reflection_map_file_name",
                "reflection_map_projection_method",
                "reflection_map_tiling_method",
                "reflection_map_auto_transform_method",
            ],
        )
        export_matrix(tagwriter, 49, self.reflexion_mapper_matrix)
        self.dxf.export_dxf_attribs(
            tagwriter,
            [
                "opacity",
                "opacity_map_blend_factor",
                "opacity_map_source",
                "opacity_map_file_name",
                "opacity_map_projection_method",
                "opacity_map_tiling_method",
                "opacity_map_auto_transform_method",
            ],
        )
        export_matrix(tagwriter, 142, self.opacity_mapper_matrix)
        self.dxf.export_dxf_attribs(
            tagwriter,
            [
                "bump_map_blend_factor",
                "bump_map_source",
                "bump_map_file_name",
                "bump_map_projection_method",
                "bump_map_tiling_method",
                "bump_map_auto_transform_method",
            ],
        )
        export_matrix(tagwriter, 144, self.bump_mapper_matrix)
        self.dxf.export_dxf_attribs(
            tagwriter,
            [
                "refraction_index",
                "refraction_map_blend_factor",
                "refraction_map_source",
                "refraction_map_file_name",
                "refraction_map_projection_method",
                "refraction_map_tiling_method",
                "refraction_map_auto_transform_method",
            ],
        )
        export_matrix(tagwriter, 147, self.refraction_mapper_matrix)
        self.dxf.export_dxf_attribs(
            tagwriter,
            [
                "normal_map_method",
                "normal_map_strength",
                "normal_map_blend_factor",
                "normal_map_source",
                "normal_map_file_name",
                "normal_map_projection_method",
                "normal_map_tiling_method",
                "normal_map_auto_transform_method",
            ],
        )
        export_matrix(tagwriter, 43, self.normal_mapper_matrix)
        self.dxf.export_dxf_attribs(
            tagwriter,
            [
                "color_bleed_scale",
                "indirect_dump_scale",
                "reflectance_scale",
                "transmittance_scale",
                "two_sided_material",
                "luminance",
                "luminance_mode",
                "materials_anonymous",
                "global_illumination_mode",
                "final_gather_mode",
                "gen_proc_name",
                "gen_proc_val_bool",
                "gen_proc_val_int",
                "gen_proc_val_real",
                "gen_proc_val_text",
                "gen_proc_table_end",
                "gen_proc_val_color_index",
                "gen_proc_val_color_rgb",
                "gen_proc_val_color_name",
                "map_utile",
                "translucence",
                "self_illumination",
                "reflectivity",
                "illumination_model",
                "channel_flags",
            ],
        )

class MaterialCollection(ObjectCollection[Material]):
    def __init__(self, doc: Drawing):
        super().__init__(doc, dict_name="ACAD_MATERIAL", object_type="MATERIAL")
        self.create_required_entries()

    def create_required_entries(self) -> None:
        for name in ("ByBlock", "ByLayer", "Global"):
            if name not in self:
                self.new(name)

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


text:
Alpha Natural Resources committed to West Virginia mine reclamation
World Coal, Wednesday, 13 July 2016 11:30
The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has entered into definitive documentation of its previously announced agreement in principle with the state's largest coal operator, Alpha Natural Resources, which filed for bankruptcy in August 2015.
Alpha filed the agreement with DEP along with similar agreements with the other States in which Alpha will continue to operate, as well as several agencies of the US, with the court overseeing Alpha's bankruptcy case. The bankruptcy court also entered an order approving the agreements and confirming Alpha's bankruptcy plan. A closing is expected to occur later this month.
The DEP's agreement with Alpha has an undiscounted value of more than US$325 million to the State of West Virginia. It will set out the bonding and reclaiming of all of Alpha's legacy liability sites in West Virginia, as well as its continuing operations in West Virginia.
Under the agreement, the surety bonds Alpha previously posted to obtain its mining permits will remain fully in place. But Alpha, West Virginia's last remaining self-bonded coal company, will post an additional US$100 million in surety and other forms of bonds to replace all of the self-bonds at its active and inactive mining sites in West Virginia. Alpha will also immediately post US$39 million in letters of credit or cash bonds as financial assurance for the performance of Alpha's reclamation and water treatment obligations at its other remaining self-bonded sites in West Virginia.
Alpha has committed to post bonds for – and reclaim and treat water at – all of its remaining mining sites, including sites in other States and sites at which it has ceased mining operations, over time.
Consequently, Alpha and its secured creditors have committed to provide at least an additional US$229 million in secured funding. Of that amount, Alpha has committed to provide at least US$124 million of funding for reclamation and water treatment over ten years, with a further commitment to provide half of its excess operating cash flow over and above that amount for reclamation and water treatment at its legacy sites.
The purchaser of Alpha's Wyoming and other operations, an entity formed by Alpha's secured creditors, has agreed to provide the remainder of the funding—an additional US$55 million in reclamation and water treatment funding over the next five years, as well as a guaranty Alpha's excess operating cash flow commitment, up to an additional US$50 million.
West Virginia's share of the $229 million in funds committed to reclamation and water treatment will be more than 80% for at least the first two years.
Kevin W. Barrett, a Bailey & Glasser partner and Special Assistant Attorney General for the State in connection with the Alpha and other coal company bankruptcy cases, called the agreement "ground-breaking." He added, "Not only does the agreement secure the commitment of Alpha and its secured creditors to fully bond and reclaim all of Alpha's mining sites in West Virginia, it marks the first time that a large coal company has committed to remain in business and continue to operate for the primary purpose of reclaiming its legacy mining sites.
Read the article online at: https://www.worldcoal.com/mining/13072016/alpha-natural-resources-committed-to-west-virginia-mine-reclamation-2017/


Acting Assistant Attorney General John P. Cronan of the Justice Department's Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Matthew J. Schneider of the Eastern District of Michigan, Special Agent in Charge Timothy R. Slater of the FBI's Detroit Field Office and Special Agent in Charge Lamont Pugh III of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General's (HHS-OIG) Chicago Regional Office made the announcement.
Juan Yrorita, 63, of Sterling Heights, Michigan, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Gershwin A. Drain of the Eastern District of Michigan. Judge Drain also ordered Yrorita to pay $1,524,951.88 in restitution, jointly and severally with his co-conspirators, and to forfeit $49,823.41. After four days of trial, Yrorita pleaded guilty on Nov. 29, 2017 to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and wire fraud.
As part of his guilty plea, Yrorita admitted that his co-conspirators at Anointed Care Services (Anointed), a Detroit-area home health agency, paid kickbacks to recruit Medicare beneficiaries. Yrorita further admitted that as Anointed's assistant director of nursing, he falsified medical records to support Anointed's fraudulent claims to Medicare for services that were medically unnecessary and never provided.
According to the evidence at trial, Anointed submitted approximately $1.6 million in false and fraudulent claims to Medicare.
Yrorita was charged along with Editha Manzano, 70, of Troy, Michigan; Liberty Jaramillo, 67, also of Troy; Roberto Quizon, M.D., 71, of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan; and Victoria Gallardo-Navarra, M.D., 74, also of Bloomfield Hills, in an indictment returned on Sept. 1, 2016. Jaramillo and Quizon pleaded guilty and are pending sentencing. Gallardo-Navarra was acquitted, and Manzano was convicted after trial and is pending sentencing.
The FBI and HHS-OIG investigated the case, which was brought as part of the Medicare Fraud Strike Force under the supervision of the Criminal Division's Fraud Section and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Michigan. Fraud Section Trial Attorneys Jacob Foster and Rebecca Szucs prosecuted the case.


St Bede's Childcare recognised the need for parents to have access to high quality childcare as the pilot for Childminder Agencies was introduced by the Department for Education in 2013. Through working in partnership with the Department, Ofsted and 4children, St Bede is now ready to register as one of the country's first agencies on the 1st and 8 out of school clubs throughout Wigan, Leigh and Bolton.
St Bede Childminding Agency is beginning to recruit childminders within their local authorities and want to emphasise that, with their support and expertise, both newly recruited and experienced childminders can gain the knowledge and understanding they need to provide quality care to their children and families.
This will be done through a specific training package delivered by our well experienced and qualified agency managers, using our onsite facilities. Agency Manager, Kimberley Dearden said "we know there are excellent childminders out there and we want to work with them and encourage them to also join the agency to further their careers prospects and knowledge within the early years sector".
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You are in a meadow, millions of stars in the sky. Just the warm breeze, and the moonlight flowing through the trees. That's your happy place, right? No? Oh, I forgot! That's the happy place of Phoebe Buffay, the famous character from the epic TV Series, FRIENDS.
When I first heard her describing her happy place, I painted a colorful picture in my mind which only came to life when I visited Khajjiar in Himachal Pradesh.
A rare ecosystem of lake, forest & grasslands, Khajjiar is a beautiful spot, rightly called the mini Switzerland of India.
A lush green meadow, dotted by the thick Deodar forests & a lake surrounded by a floating island – all in one place. It's like going to the Disney land, enjoying your favorite ride & getting pictured. No place can be happier than this.
Jump, Run or Dance; No one will stop you. This is your HAPPY place!
When I was a kid, my parents would often take us out for picnics. And when we will gear up for a 'jump & play' session, they will fix the boundaries for us. They will often tell us, "Don't go beyond the tree"; "Play only near the lake"; "You can't go to the opposite side of the park" – there were just so many restrictions.
Khajjiar is the place for those deprived kids & protective parents. Parents can keep an eye on their kids while the latter may go wherever they want, run howsoever long they want.
That deprived kid inside me quickly grabbed the opportunity to settle some unresolved issues from the childhood. And I did what I felt like without a care in the world.
I must have controlled many of my wishes while I were a kid since a kid manifested that day – who wanted to run, enjoy the slide & buy a balloon.
I bought one & completed two rounds of the ground like a super happy kid – much to the envy of other kids who were playing on the swings.
You may do what you like – wear Himachali costume, go round at Zorbing or ride a pony, play frisbee or with rabbits, enjoy the swings, eat till your stomach hurts, or simply secure a silent spot & look at all the joy & happiness around.
If you take a moment & look around, you see couples getting clicked together. You see families on a picnic – laughing with & at each other. You see kids playing & running around with happy faces. You see young & old eating to their heart's content from the many stalls. And you see yourself smiling all this while.
That's when you realize that Khajjiar, indeed, is your happy place.
Khajjiar is located in the Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh. It's some 24 kms. away from Dalhousie. You can drive from Dalhousie to Khajjiar, spend a few hours here & go back to Dalhousie.
Never gave a serious thought of visiting this place before reading this.
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Here's a short article on space.com on a new model that predicts that Alpha Centauri B should be a good candidate for an Earth-like planet in the habitability zone of the star. It was thought for a while that the gravitational pull between two stars would make it quite difficult for planets like that to form and remain in stable orbits, but at least with Alpha Centauri B this should be no problem.
Alpha Centauri B also happens to be the star around which the moon Pandora in the movie Avatar is based, so so far the movie remains at least theoretically accurate in that respect. By the time the sequel comes out we should know at least a few planets around some of the stars there, and the more refined our observations are the easier it becomes to cancel out the possibility of certain types of planets. We are certain, for example, that there are no planets greater than the mass of Neptune in an orbit equal to or less than that of the Earth around Proxima Centauri. Anything of that mass and distance would have shown up already in its gravitational influence on its host star.


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Q: Lorentz model and energy exchange The Lorentz model, describing the electron of the atom as an harmonic oscillator forced by an oscillating electric field $\vec{E}$, shows that the dipole moment $\vec{D}$ obeys the following equation in the stationary regime:
$$\vec{D}=\frac{q^2}{2m\omega_0}\frac{\vec{E}}{\omega_0-\omega-i\gamma_d}$$
where $\omega_0$ and $m$ are the natural frequency and mass of the electron, $\gamma_d$ is the dissipation introduced by hand to take account of the energy emitted by the electron when accelerated (and also its collisions).
My trouble is that one finds that the energy transmitted by the electron to the field by unit of time, given by:
$$P=-\vec{E}.\frac{d\vec{D}}{dt}$$
is always negative, implying that the electron cannot "feed" the field, however how much it is radiating. Can it be attributed to the fact that the electron energy is in first place coming from the field, and thus, our electron cannot give more than it receives? In what cases does the electron sources the background field?

A: In the driven oscillator approximation you gave above the external field is so strong that the electron motion "follows" $\vec{E}(t)$ (i.e. it moves with the same phase $+\pi$ = the opposite phase). It is possible when the initial (before switching $\vec{E}(t)$ on) oscillations are "absent" or their contribution is small in the solution $\vec{r}_e(t)$. The incident field "feeding" (amplifying) is possible when in the solution $\vec{r}_e(t)$ there is a velocity term along $\vec{E}$ that is not caused by the force $q\vec{E}$.
The radiated field $\vec{E}_{rad}$ is added to the external field $\vec{E}$ - they come in a superposition and get into equations of motion of the other charges.
If you speak of a "self-action", it boils down physically to $\gamma_d$.

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The backup stamp to be set.
This method should be called before PrepareForBackup.
Only requesters can call this method.
The backup stamp set by SetPreviousBackupStamp(Guid, VssComponentType, String, String, String) applies to all files in the component and any nonselectable Subcomponents it has.
Requesters merely store the backup stamps in the Backup Components Document. They cannot make direct use of the backup stamps, do not know their format, and do not know how to generate them.
Therefore, the value set with SetPreviousBackupStamp(Guid, VssComponentType, String, String, String) should either be retrieved from the stored Backup Components Document of an earlier backup operation (using BackupStamp for the correct component), or from information stored by the requester into its own internal records.
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I am going to bid on a property at auction this week. It is freehold property with full title guarantee. I have been through the legal pack and all seems fine. But there are 2 charges listed on the title deed. The first is dated 1988 and is called "registered Charge to secure the moneys" for when it was bought under right-to-buy and the second is dated 06/12/2007 from Bank of Scotland.
As I understand it, these charges are loans, likely mortgages taken out on the property. From what I have read, they need to be discharged by the seller by paying them with the proceeds of the sale of the property, and paid in the order listed on the title. Am I right?
Is there any way that I as the buyer could be liable to pay these charges? There is nothing else in the legal pack that says how much they are etc.
If a charge is on the property and the owner has taken out a loan , the loan company will not discharge the loan until it is repaid.- this is their security against the loan. This would obviously come form the sale of the property or other means.. However you should only buy the property with full title unencumbered . The right to buy scheme had various rules attached but in view of the time i expect this is long gone, and anyway its nothing to do with you only the owner at that time.
Hi, the right to buy charge is with regard to the person who purchased it under the right to buy scheme. It secures the repayment of the discount within a certain amount of time. It is likely expired and will be automatically removed on sale. It is not quite right that it would have nothing to do with you and only the owner at the time, as it is a charge secured on the property eg. it is attached to the property and not the people personally although action could be taken against them as well. In any event, it is likely long expired as the repayment of the discount is usually for up to 5 or 10 years after purchase under the right to buy. However, the 2007 entry is likely to be a mortgage and if not repaid on completion will remain on the title to the property and would become your responsibility. The auction contract and any accompanying special conditions should provide for the repayment of financial charges on the title.
Many thanks, Both. have re-checked the contract and the rest of the legal pack, and there is no mention of the charge.
So if I read this right, if the seller cannot repay the charge to bank of Scotland from the proceeds of the sale, then the charge remains on the title and becomes my responsibility.
The contract does say that it is being sold with full title guarantee, which I think means it is free from these charges. I think this may be one to send my solicitor. Thanks again for your help.
Is that true? I'm not looking for an argument, I am just surprised that an individual can become responsible for a loan which he or she has not signed for or had the benefit of. I appreciate that not discharging the debt would still leave the lender having first charge on the property, But I would be surprised if the new owner became liable for the debt. I would expect the new owners' solicitor to advise him not to complete the sale without it being debt free. I have always got my solicitor to do the grunt work in the days before the auction. I certainly wouldn't be making a bid without that assurance from my own solicitor - in writing.
Sorry, I should have been clearer. You are correct in that it will not become your responsibility. But as the charge remains on the property, you will buy it (if you complete) subject to the mortgage. Therefore, the mortgage lender can still take action and claim possession of the property and sell it to realise the capital and take their debt plus costs. As you would have bought the property with notice of the charge, whilst they cannot force you to pay it per se, they can still take the property and take it from the proceeds of sale, therefore you still end up paying it. But as you say, no one would usually complete unless the mortgage has been paid. However, it is all usually done on undertakings and so you will not usually know that the mortgage has not been repaid until after you have completed. The mortgage is not repaid prior to completion as the seller usually needs the proceeds of sale to repay the mortgage.
Sorry yes, re: full title guarantee includes a covenant that the property is being sold free from financial charges and other things. I neglected to include this in my earlier reply. On the face of it you should be fine. See if there are any replies to requisitions in the legal pack; this usually includes an undertaking from the sellers' solicitors to repay the mortgage on completion.


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A teenager has been rushed to hospital after being stabbed outside Dagenham Heathway Station.
Metropolitan Police officers, paramedics from the London Ambulance Service and a Helicopter Emergency Medical Service unit were dispatched to the scene at around 5.20pm today (Tuesday, September 18).
The emergency service crews were called to reports of a stabbing outside the tube station.
The 16-year-old victim's condition has not yet been released by the emergency services.
A photograph from the scene shows a huge crowd gathered on the pavement, with a police car and ambulance stationed nearby.
One Twitter user said he saw the air ambulance land near Heathway Hill and heard sirens "going off".
Dagenham Heathway, along Heathway or the A1240, is by Tesco Express and Halifax.
The road is believed to have been closed off by Barclays bank towards the station.
A Met Police spokesman said: "Police were called at 5.20pm to reports of a stabbing outside Dagenham Heathway Station.
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With our 6.0 release, Kantree gives you full control on permissions and rights in your projects.
Our former roles (Observer, Observer allowed to comment, Member and Admin) still exist as "built-in" roles which are not editable, but you have now the possibility to create custom roles, from scratch or from an existing one.
For each role, you can precisely define the actions users can or can't do in your project.
Roles are always created at the organization level because we consider they are an integral part of the whole organization and not something which should only be defined at the project level. However, Kantree gives you the possibility to override custom roles at the project level for even more flexibility.
Our new system allows for very granular permissions, down to each attribute or group. You can give editing permissions to a single attribute to an editor role for example or introduce a "Moderator" role in your busy projects which can have the ability to delete comments without any other privileged permissions.
In this example, members with the Devops role will be able to modify the due date attribute on your card, but not your Q&A members.
Quickly mark your tasks as done!
We've also redesigned our view mode selector.
We have also changed the way views are saved in projects. Any change in the settings or layout now creates a temporary view. Simply save it or replace an existing view with this one once you are satisfied with the changes. You can also switch back and forth between an existing view and this new temporary view without loosing your changes.
We are having an amazing start of 2018 and this 6.0 release is a key milestone in our quest to shape Kantree as a solid collaboration and work management platform for all businesses.
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Q: making running mean of numbers in a row I have the following table
>anna2
     name   from      to       result
     11     66607     66841       5
     11     66846     67048       6
     11     67409     68216       7
     11     69025     69289       12
     11     70172     70560       45

what I want is to create column which will have averages of the result in a row....
what I mean is that I want to have an average of the values 5,6,7 then the 6,7,12 then the 7,12,45 then the 12,45.....
BUT the mean of the 5,6,7 i want to be allocated to the 66846-67048 the mean of the 6,7,12 i want to be allocated in to the 67409 68216
so every time i want to have the mean to the center of the 3 values that i have used to calculate that because then i need to make a plot where my x is going to be the from-start and the y the mean value
how can i do that?
thank you in advance
Best regards
Anna

A: You mean running mean with a window size of 3?
library(zoo)
annna2$rollmean <- rollmean(anna2$result, 3, fill = NA)


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UAQ, Alinma close real estate fund at $4.5bn
UAQ, Alinma close real estate fund at $4.5bn /node/1595631/corporate-news
Acting CEO of Alinma Investment Mazin bin Fawaz Baghdadi, left, and Yasser Abuateek, CEO of UAQ, announced the successful completion of the launch of the Makkah Real Estate Development Funds, with an investment value exceeding SR17 billion.
Updated 07 December 2019
Umm Alqura Company for Development and Construction (UAQ) and Alinma Investment Company announced the successful completion of the launch of the Makkah Real Estate Development Funds, with an investment value exceeding SR17 billion ($4.5 billion).
The funds are invested in seven hotel towers and two commercial complexes that will be developed within the King Abdul Aziz Road (KAAR) project in Makkah. It is one of the most significant developmental and urban development projects in the Makkah region. The project includes multiple options including housing and shopping, and provides easy mobility and means of transportation between the project facilities and the central area of the Holy Mosque.
Yasser Abuateek, CEO of UAQ, said: "This strategic agreement is the first of several diverse investment activities designed to attract leading investment institutions. It confirms the appeal of investing in KAAR, an attractive destination for long-term investments, as well as the trust of the investment and financing community.
"This partnership also sheds light on the strength of Alinma Investment and its success in managing real estate funds, which makes it the ideal partner for implementing the project's development and urban plan. The project aspires to become one of the modern landmarks in Makkah."
Abuateek added: "By successfully attracting investments valued at SR17 billion, we will make progress in line with the execution plan for several diverse projects, especially since we have already reached several major milestones, including completion of the pouring and construction of all the concrete blocks for the Makkah Metro tunnels, while in addition we have completed nearly 50 percent of the bridges. Currently, we are working on completing all the unprecedented infrastructure projects that followed the demolition phase, which represent a transformation in the investment, development and preparation of the project's lands, making it more attractive for development and creating new choices that help upgrade the quality of life for Makkah visitors and residents."
Acting CEO of Alinma Investment Mazin bin Fawaz Baghdadi said: "We are very happy with the success of the Alinma Real Estate Development Funds together with our partner UAQ. This investment, with the large sum of capital, will play a major role in fulfilling the objectives of the finance sector, while our partnership will contribute to increasing the capacity to accommodate pilgrims and visitors through implementing urban developmental projects in the Makkah region."
"The funds' investment objective is to achieve long-term capital growth through the development of the superstructure in various parts of the King Abdul Aziz Road project in Makkah, which are: Five-star international hotels (Taj Hotel and Kempinski Hotel), four-star hotels (Hilton Embassy), three-star hotels (Hilton Garden Inn), apartments (Kempinski Residence), and two malls," added Baghdadi.
Movie time at Riyadh's Atyaf Mall with Vox /node/1615421/corporate-news
Movie time at Riyadh's Atyaf Mall with Vox
Atyaf Mall, in partnership with Majid Al-Futtaim's Vox Cinemas, launched a cinema facility of 11 screens and 650-seating capacity. The eighth branch of Vox Cinemas in Saudi Arabia was inaugurated by Mohamed Al-Hashemi, country manager of Majid Al-Futtaim Ventures, in the presence of Shehim Mohammed, director of LuLu Saudi Hypermarkets, and Dr. Mohammed Al-Rowaished, CEO of Hewar Al-Rabie Company.
The new cinema facility features seven standard cinemas, two VIP provisions, and two kids' movie houses. Apart from refreshment counter favorites like popcorn, snacks and beverages, Vox Cinemas in Atyaf Mall offers a Nutella Bar, and Kitchen 35, a bakeshop with artisan breads and pastries and fresh juices in one entertainment venue.
Mohammed, director of LuLu Saudi Hypermarkets, said: "We are proud to launch another entertainment venue for our dynamic customer base who considers Atyaf Mall as its home for lifestyle needs. We extend our biggest gratitude to our partners from Majid Al-Futtaim in making this project possible with innovative and customer-focused experiences and offerings on hand."
Managed by LuLu Properties, the shopping mall and property development team of LuLu Group, Atyaf Mall houses conducive places for shopping, dining and leisure, along with a lineup of global brands, and a 220,000-square-foot LuLu hypermarket. From Matalan to H&M, Saco, and Red Tag, the fashion collection is expected to highlight the latest clothing lines and footwear pieces every season, alongside a food court and seven new restaurants that will soon showcase global flavors.
"With these new concepts introduced in the mall, Atyaf Mall will continue to satisfy the evolving and adventurous lifestyle demands of the new age of Riyadh's growing market," Mohammed added.


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