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moreespressoformydepresso · 4 months

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So I was thinking (shocker I know) about Gaul's theory about humanity. That people, when cornered, lose their humanity and become monsters. More specifically, I've been having thoughts about the moment that "confirmed" this theory in Snow's head for a while now and decided to put them into words. Which might be a terrible idea, but I never claimed to be smart.

According to Gaul, people who are cornered will do anything to survive and lose all sense of humanity to do so. The Games are supposed to be a constant reminder of this, which already raises a few questions that I was going to pose before getting to my actual thoughts here until it evolved into a whole separate train of thoughts. I'll make it a separate post instead but long story short: If it was supposed to be a reminder of this "truth" it was a sloppy, embarrasing failure at best (and also that's not how science works). Regardless of that though, the moment that solidified this delusion is his brutally murdering Bobbin while escaping the arena with Sejanus. There's a problem though. Or rather, there's several problems. Firstly, Snow chose to bash Bobbin's head in until he was unrecognizable. Chose, because he didn't have to do it. If you want my more interesting/unique(?) thoughts skip the next paragraph.

Most people would have knocked Bobbin out at most and then kept running, Snow chose to keep hitting with the wooden plank. He did this not because he lost all his humanity, but because he is a deeply disturbed individual. His formative years were filled with war and propaganda, and his family's proud name being dragged into the mud by his living situation understandably gave him a complex about power and wealth. He needed to feel above other people to cope, and the Capitol provided. Now, that does not in any way excuse his actions (and if anyone's interested I have several essays worth of thoughts on that and all the ways in which it makes me adore Collins and hate extremes in fandom), but it does explain them. Moreover, that complex and stubborn pride in his family's former high status likely fed into his belief in Gaul's theory. If it's true for someone of his status, it must be true for everyone.

Now, the actual reason for this post

Gaul's theory is that people lose their humanity when they're cornered. Emphasis on cornered here. When people are put under pressure, they will act in depraved ways. From Snow's perspective of reality, this is true because when he was cornered he brutally beat a child to death. But was he cornered though? No. Sure, he was in a scary situation, but he was not cornered. There was one child with a knife chasing after him. A starved, dying one. Snow and Sejanus could've easily outran him with some adrenaline boosting them (that shit makes moms lift whole cars to save their kids, come on now), nevermind the millions of other solutions that aren't "beat a child to death with a wooden plank until they're unrecognizable". More importantly though, they're not stuck in the arena. The peacekeepers didn't actively protect them, but they opened the fence for them. Snow could leave the arena. He could've dodged Bobbin and ran, and he'd have been able to leave the arena without murdering a kid. He was pressed, but he was not cornered. Not only does this theory have the most pathetic "proof" of any scientific theory since Andrew Wakefield's vaccine scam, the incident that confirmed it in Snow's mind isn't even a situation where the theory is applicable in the first place. It doesn't prove that people who are cornered lose their humanity. You know what it does prove, though?

People who have power lose their sense of humanity

Snow was not entirely cornered, but he did have power. As mentioned before, Bobbin is a starving child with nothing but a large knife. Snow might not be well-fed by Capitol standards, but he was certainly doing amazing by district standards. He had a wooden plank and a child at his mercy. What did he do? He maimed and murdered the kid. And throughout the entire book, stuff like this happens. Gaul showed him how the snakes work because he's her favorite prodigy. What did he do? He used it to cheat and help Lucy Gray win. When he had that recording of Sejanus admitting to rebellion, he had power over Sejanus' life. What did he do? He got the guy executed. When he had a gun and Mayfair became a possible problem, he shot her. When he became president, he kept the games going and poisoned anyone in his way because he had the power to do so. Mayfair has the power to influence who gets reaped, and uses it to try and get Lucy Gray killed. It happens on a larger scale too. It's the whole point of the series. The Capitol has all the power, and they use it by abusing and murdering the people from the districts, either to keep them in line or just because they want to. For entertainment. Because they can, and there's nothing the districts can do about it. Coin has power, and what does she do with it? She gets Prim killed to break Katniss into her pawn and suggests to put more innocent children through the Hunger Games because she can. Just like the Capitol did, 75 years before that. They can, so they do it. Who's gonna stop them? It's all over the series. And they all try to justify their actions by blaming it on people. Mayfair’s excuse is getting rid of “competition”, the Capitol claims the districts are getting what’s coming to them for the rebellion, Coin claims this new version of the games is what the rebellion wants. Snow has all his mental gymnastics.

It's not desperation that turns people into monsters, it's power.

And those with power will always convince themselves it's not the power, it's the people.

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thepastisalreadywritten · 6 months

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(CNN) — It’s late summer 2,850 years ago. A fire engulfs a stilt village perched above a boggy, slow-moving river that weaves though the wetlands of eastern England.

The tightly packed roundhouses, built from wood, straw, turf, and clay just nine months earlier, go up in flames.

The inhabitants flee, leaving behind all their belongings, including a wooden spoon in a bowl of half-eaten porridge.

There is no time to rescue the fattened lambs, which are trapped and burnt alive.

The scene is a vivid and poignant snapshot, captured by archaeologists, of a once thriving community in late Bronze Age Britain known as Must Farm, near what’s now the town of Peterborough.

The research team published a two-volume monograph on Wednesday that describes their painstaking $1.4 million (£1.1 million) excavation and analysis of the site in the county of Cambridgeshire.

Described by the experts involved as an “archaeological nirvana,” the site is the only one in Britain that lives up to the “Pompeii premise,” they say, referencing the city forever frozen in time by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 that has yielded unparalleled information about ancient Rome.

“In a typical Bronze Age site, if you’ve got a house, you’ve probably got maybe a dozen post holes in the ground and they’re just dark shadows of where it once stood.

If you’re really lucky, you’ll get a couple of shards of pottery, maybe a pit with a bunch of animal bones.

This was the complete opposite of that process. It was just incredible,” said Chris Wakefield of the Cambridge Archaeological Unit at the University of Cambridge, an archaeologist and member of the 55-person team that excavated the site in 2016.

"All the axe marks had been used to shape and sculpt the wood. All of those looked fresh, like they could have been done last week by someone,” Wakefield added.

The remarkably preserved condition of the site and its contents enabled the archaeological team to draw comprehensive new insights into Bronze Age society — findings that could overturn the current understanding of what everyday life was like in Britain during the ninth century BC.

Must Farm domesticity — and a mystery

The site, which dates to eight centuries before Romans arrived in Britain, revealed four roundhouses and a square entranceway structure, which stood approximately 6.5 feet (2 meters) above the riverbed and were surrounded by a 6.5-foot (2-meter) fence of sharpened posts.

The archaeologists believe the settlement was likely twice as big. However, quarrying in the 20th century destroyed any other remains.

Though charred from the fire, the remaining buildings and their contents were extremely well preserved by the oxygen-starved conditions of the fens, or wetlands, and included many wooden and textile items that rarely survive in the archaeological record.

Together, traces of the settlement paint a picture of cozy domesticity and relative plenty.

The researchers unearthed 128 ceramic artifacts — jars, bowls, cups and cookware — and were able to deduce that 64 pots were in use at the time of fire.

The team found some stored pots neatly nested.

Textiles found at the site made from flax linen had a soft, velvety feel with neat seams and hems, although it wasn’t possible to identify individual pieces of clothing.

Wooden artifacts included boxes and bowls carved from willow, alder and maple, 40 bobbins, many with threads still attached, various tools, and 15 wooden buckets.

“One of those buckets … on the bottom of it were loads and loads of cut marks, so we know that people living in that Bronze Age kitchen when they needed an impromptu chopping board, were just flipping that bucket upside down and using that as a chopping surface,” Wakefield said.

“It’s those little moments that build together to give a richer, fuller picture of what was going on.”

The circumstances of the event that brought it all to a halt are still a bit of a mystery.

The researchers believe the fire took place in late summer or early autumn because skeletal remains of the lambs kept by one household showed the animals, typically born in spring, were three months to six months old.

However, what exactly caused the devastating fire remains unclear. The blaze could have been accidental or deliberately started.

The researchers uncovered a stack of spears with shafts over 10 feet (3 meters) long at the site, and many experts think that warfare was common in the time period.

The team worked with a forensic fire investigator but ultimately couldn’t identify a specific “smoking gun” clue pointing to the cause.

“An archaeological site is a lot like a jigsaw puzzle. At a typical site you have 10 or 20 pieces out of 500,” Wakefield said.

“Here, we had 250 or 300 pieces and we still couldn’t get the complete picture on how this big fire broke out.”

Mike Parker Pearson, a professor of British later prehistory at the Institute of Archaeology at University College London, described both the report and the site “as exceptional.” He wasn’t involved in the research.

“The fire may have been disastrous for the inhabitants but it is a blessing for archaeologists, a unique snapshot of life in the Bronze Age,” he said via email.

Upending ideas about Bronze Age society

The contents across the four preserved houses were “remarkably consistent."

Each one had a tool kit that included sickles, axes, gouges, and handheld razors used to cut hair or cloth.

With almost 538 square feet (50 square meters) of floor space in the largest, each of the dwellings appeared to have distinct activity zones comparable to rooms in a modern home.

“By plotting the positions of all these finds — pots, loomweights, tools, and even sheep droppings, the archaeological team have reconstructed the houses’ internal use of space,” Parker Pearson noted.

“The kitchen area was in the east, the storage and weaving area in the south and southeast with the penning area for lambs, and the sleeping area in the northwest, though we don’t know where the doorway was for each house.”

Not all the items were of practical use, such as 49 glass beads plus others made of amber.

Archaeologists also unearthed a woman’s skull, smooth from touch, possibly a keepsake of a lost loved one.

Some of the items the researchers found will go on display starting April 27 in an exhibition titled “Introducing Must Farm: A Bronze Age Settlement” at the Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery.

Lab analysis of biological remains revealed the types of food the community once consumed.

A pottery bowl imprinted with the finger marks of its maker held a final meal — a wheat grain porridge mixed with animal fat.

Chemical analyses of the bowls and jars showed traces of honey along with deer, suggesting the people who used the dishes might have enjoyed honey-glazed venison.

Ancient excrement found in waste piles below where the houses would have stood showed that the community kept dogs that fed on scraps from their owners’ meals.

And human fossilized poop, or coprolites, showed that at least some inhabitants suffered from intestinal worms.

The waste piles, or middens, were one line of evidence that showed how long the site was occupied, with a thin layer of refuse suggesting the settlement was built nine months to a year before it went up in flames.

"Two other factors supported that line of reasoning," Wakefield said.

“The second was that a lot of the wood that was used in the construction was unseasoned, it was still effectively green, it hadn’t been long in position,” he said.

“The third one is that we have a lack of the kind of insects and animals that are associated with human habitation."

"It wouldn’t be long before beetles would worm (in) … but there’s no evidence of any of that in any of the 18,000 plus timbers.”

The fact that the site, with its rich and varied contents, was in use for only a year upended the team’s preconceived “visions of everyday life” in the ninth century BC.

It may suggest that Bronze Age societies were perhaps less hierarchical than traditionally thought, according to the 1,608-page report.

“We are seeing here not the accumulation of a lifetime, but just a year’s worth of materials,” the authors noted in the report.

“It suggests that artefacts such as bronze tools and glass beads were more common than we often imagine and that their availability may not in fact have been restricted.”

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annastrxng · 1 year

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Who would anna NOT want to babysit?

Apparently, she has an entire laundry list.

Robert Rogers, DeJong, Richard, Charles Lee, Bradford, Benedict Arnold, and Simcoe for starters. She's not entirely keen on Wakefield either. She thinks he's a spineless simpleton unable to protect a fly.

Philomena Cheer and Lola are certainly NOT suitable influences for the young and impressionable. She's on the fence about Peggy Shippen. She's like the woman has a well-rounded upbringing, but her kids do not need airs of spoilt entitlement.

She's also side eyeing Caleb because of his unabashed utilization of the English lexicon. Anna does NOT need to hear filthy commentary from little mouths.

#answered ask #anna's like there are SOOO SOO MANY PEOPLE

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simsterlyrock · 2 years

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Back in the Wakefield (Ella & Aaron) household, I finally put a fence around the CowPlant so it’ll stop eating random townies.

#the sims 2 #sims 2 #ts2 #ts2 gameplay #bacc #build a city challenge #pennington #p: wakefield

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whatdoesshedotothem · 2 years

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Tuesday 6 November 1832

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fine morning – F49° at 9 20 am – called up to Wilson the joiner come about the library passage and downstairs in ½ hour – till 9 giving orders – then breakfast with my father - waited for Marian to order about flannel for waistcoats and drawers determined to have all ready to be off in January - had Washington - to have all the bills next week for wearing mystal at Southolme etc etc - just saw my aunt for a few minutes - very kind letter 2 ½ pages from Miss McL- (Coll house Aros) to say the bay or laurel leaved willows were sent off to Glasgow yesterday week with orders to be forwarded here immediately - off at 11 with Marian to call at the vicarage there in 20 minutes and sat 1/2 hour with Mrs Musgrave - then went with Marian to Walker’s shop to order flannel etc for things for me in readiness for being off - hoped I really should be on route in January - then parted with Marian - went to Whitley’s bought Hooper’s medical dictionary 25/. published at 28/. and in 50 minutes at Lidgate (at 1 ½) Miss W- very glad to see me, I having said I should not go till tomorrow - sat 1/2 hour with her and home at 2 ½ - met Mr Samuel Waterhouse junior (aetatis 17) at her gate - stood talking a few minutes while Mr and Mrs Lockwood left Miss Walker - Mr SW- just came to her door to ask how she did - she said she should have me to nurse now and really seemed much better and in good spirits talked of the agreeable surprise of seeing but yet seemed more inclined to talk of business than love I appeared in more than good spirits she would think them all put on and perhaps believe me feeling more acutely than I really did I kissed her but in a common way and she did not push herself to me as yesterday and was more guarded she will not give me much reason now either to hope or despair herself possession will probably be undisturbed enough I left her with no pleasant feeling saying to myself damn her it is a narrow and perhaps lucky escape I don’t think her answer will be yes and the more easily reconciled I am the better shall I dislike her by and by? at least I shall be more at liberty without her - found Wilson the joiner and his man in the library passage at 2 ½ - 26 or 27in. lower than my blue room closet but determined not to be beaten with it, and went on – dusty job to get the studding down – had only just managed and giving orders what was to be done when James Holt came at 4 5 and had him till 6 - something must be wrong that Mr Jeremiah Rawson will not let go into their works - probably they are stealing my coal already - Holt says I should not take less than £200 per acre but if he was in their place he would not give £250 per acre - said I had at 1st asked the price between 2 leases (£205 and £230) = £217.10.0 but had said I should be worse to deal with now - proposed asking £220 per acre but Holt owned the coal was worth as much now as when sold to Oates and Green and worth quite as much or more to Rawsons than to them (.:. I ought to have £230 per acre) - owned too that I ought to have more for the coal at the top of the land for it would make that at the bottom of less value he thought they had a hundred yards plumbing dip i.e. could get with the heater head a hundred yards breadth on this side and alongside the present water head driven by Oates and co. - should shew Mr JR- the coal plan - ask him what fields he wanted and might let him Hugh grave field and the coal ungot to the north west of it and to the north east down in a straight line under the [?] plantation down to the road but not to let him come lower down - owned afterwards it would be as well not to let him come lower than the Cunnery houses for if he got down to the brook he could throw such a quantity of water upon us - if he did not come lower down than Cunnery houses or the present Wakefield road I might leave a fence of coal to turn up the water, and not be so much injured. Holt would meet JR- on the ground and see what he wanted - not air pit necessary for the lower bed coal and not to sell any upper bed but by a separate agreement - upper bed costs 6d. a score (corves) more getting than lower bed, and not being able to get it all, obliged to leave posts makes it not work so much by £50 an acre as lower bed - If JR- would not let Holt go into his works I might propose either of the 2 brothers Squire or Tom Lassey of Thornhill the former steward to Mr Ingham of Mirfield - In making the agreement to have surface measure and the power to send down people into the works whenever I liked and to have a clause to prevent JR- damming or turning any water back into the old works after he had got the coal (had I not better have a bond of indemnity against this?) otherwise he might drown me in water and prevent my getting the coal below where he had been getting and had turned the water – It was right enough that I should make no allowance for gauls or jumbles or ruttle - great difference between drawing out at the day and pulling up thro’ a shaft - at their pit (Holt’s) on Swales moor 150 yards deep pulling costs them 18 pence or score, and ropes cost them £15 or £16 a year - one collier may be reckoned to get 25 corves a day for five days in a week - if JR- gets £100 profit per acre it will be quite enough - then see according to the following what to do ask an acre for the coal - making all sufficient allowances there will come out of one square yard 5 corves which (as JR- sells at 6d. and 8d. a corve) average at 7 1/2d. a corve - Expense of getting 20 corves (or one score) 4/. to the colliers. Banksman 1/. a score - wear and tear say 6d a score, certainly enough - Lower bed 18in. thick - Lightcliffe bed 25in. thick - Billy Stocks paid £260 per acre 5 or 6 years ago for what he bought - that Hinscliffe is taking must be worth as much - he will have very little to sink - 14 or 16 years - coals worth less as nearer the surface - but not for being dry - but there is a gaul that throws up the coal near Lidgate (breaks out in the road going up the hill) and there cannot be any coal on this side that gaul near more than a dw. or 2 to get in that field next the Smithy (Hinscliffe’s)

SH:7/ML/E/15/0141

speaking of Godley wished Holt not to let it go for nothing but said I had mentioned it to Mr. Samuel Freeman – Holt said I could employ no one better – he said it was worth £80 a D.W. but £100 a D.W. was the outside - .:. the 20D.W. = £2000. Carr has been arrested several times lately – speaking of the cottages on Godley land, Holt knows that the 4 belonging to his uncle George Holdsworth would be sold – cost £50 each building and £40 the ground – but might be had he thinks for £200 – will inquire and let me know – speaking of his farm, some people might buy it at 3 1/2p.c. rent £66 per annum but it would not suit him to buy land at that price – he explained the manner of working coal pits – asked him to give me an underground plan of a pit in working, and asked him to let me know when I could go down with him into one of his pits – I must understand coal-getting before I have done with it – Holts’ pit at Binns bottom will be ready for working in 2months from this and I can go in at the day - Dinner at 6 ¾ - in ½ hour wrote and sent at 7 35 3 pages to ‘Dr Beclombe York’ or rather 2 pages and 3 or 4 lines to him and the rest to his wife to be torn off and given to her thanks for her letter and to say yes! I thought black velvet properly garni en blonde (white) would be very becoming to her - told her I wished I could give a better account of his patient but she was not worse on his hands which was marvellous considering the affliction she had had on account of the sudden death of her most particular friend the news of which had arrived the day after our leaving York - no pills last Thursday - begged to have them next Thursday - ask how long they are to be gone on with without interruption - she thought at 1st but not afterwards they gave her much physicky pain in her bowels - these last had behaved very well considering the affliction she had been in. In fact she believed she could not have been so well now, had she not had his advice - he is ‘in très bonne odeur and his patient has faith enough in him – Mr. Day has been and I suppose would not let her believe in her own existence without the use of this ointment ‘ce nous est égal’ - ask him to write a letter I can shew not to spare a little anxiety and to ask whatever questions he knows will be proper ‘I need not say I have the good of your reputation at heart’ – John’s son Joseph Booth came over with Scotts’ head groom to bring 2 perfect horses to Mr. Thomas Dyson of Willowfield – had him (Joseph B-) in and spoke to him – he is grown, and improved – perhaps I shall take him with me abroad – then writing journal of today – had John in – he is much pleased and satisfied with his son – talked to him about his family – to send Charlotte for my aunt to hear her read and see her serving so as to be able to judge what she can do and be fit for – then my father and Marian just gone to bed – a few minutes with my aunt – then came back to the drawing room -

read my letter from Vere dated Turin 24 October 3 pages and ends of small sheet (Frankfort paper) - very nice chit chat amusing letter and read my letter from lady Stuart (Richmond Park) enclosing Vere’s last to her - asked ½ sheet full and a few lines on the envelope from Lady S- these letters put me in spirits I am better without Miss W-

11 ½ before I had read my letters and written so far of today –

5 corves at 7 1/2d. = 37 1/2d. = 3/1 ½ per square yard

one score or 20 corves = 12/6 expense of getting which = 4/. to the colliers

1/. to the banksman.

./6 for wear and tea (quite enough)

.:. 12/6-5/6 = 7/. clear gain per score or 4 per square yards

Sunday 23 December 1832. vid. p. 231.

Suppose Messrs. R- to sell at 7 1/2d. per corve or 12/6 per score and allow half for expense then 4840/4 or 1210x6 shillings and 3. = £363+ 15.2.6 = £378.2.6 so that paying me £230.10.0 per acre there remains to Messrs. a profit per acre of £147.12.6

at the foregoing rate 5 corves or 1 square yard = clear gain of 1/9

1 score (20 corves) or 4 square yards = clear gain of 7/. .:. 1 acre or 4840 square yards = at 1/9 per square yard or 7/. per 4 square yards = £423.10.0

now Holt said this calculation would do, and that £100 clear gain per acre was enough .:. if I have £250 per acre JR- has a profit of 423.10.0-250 = £173.10.0

very fine day – went up to my room at 11 50 at which hour F49°

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if-you-fan-a-fire · 3 months

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"Ten Years and 15 Lashes For Alphonse Plante," Ottawa Citizen. June 11, 1934. Page 1. ---- Vicious Attack On Guard And Armed Robbery ---- These Were Two of Four Offences By Man Who Also Tried Desperate Jail Break. ---- Plea For Leniency Is Ignored By Magistrate ---- Plante Had Already Spent Seven Years in Prison. Two Years For Second Man In Break. ---- Alphonse Plante, 25 years of age, 262 1-2 Rideau street, was sentenced to ten years in Kingston penitentiary and fifteen strokes of the lash when he appeared before Magistrate Strike this morning for sentence on four counts.

Camille Piche, 39 years of age, who was associated with Plante in an attempted jail break, was sentenced to two years in penitentiary on the charge of assault causing grievous bodily harm.

The sentence upon Plante is the longest yet imposed by Magistrate Strike in his three years on the bench.

Plante was arrested on two charges, assaulting Antoinette Grenon on Feb. 18, and robbery while armed. He pleaded guilty to the assault charge and on the second count the evidence showed that he had ordered ten pounds of butter to be delivered by Jack Shore to an address on Angelsea Square and when Georges Desrivieres, the driver, arrived there on the evening of March 3, he was called into the yard of Brebeuf school by Plante who forced him, at the point of a revolver, to stand with his hands up and his face against the wall. Plante then took a $25 from Desrivieres pocket and a told him to go and not stop for a mile.

Attempted Jail Break. While on remand Plante enlisted w the co-operation of Piche who had been brought from Montreal for the family court on a charge of non-support. In the attempted jail breaking the guard, Michael O'Grady, was assaulted with a piece of an iron bar cut from the cell. The injured man was in the hospital for several days.

Asked Short Sentence. When asked if he had anything to say, Plante replied that he was 25 years of age and since he was 17 years he spent seven years in jail. A the best part of his life. He said he knew he was to be sentenced again and was willing to take it but He asked that it be made as short as the magistrate could as he to realized now it did not pay to do wrong.

Has Had Chances. Magistrate Strike said all four charges were serious and such of fence involved violence. No one but Alphonse Plante could be blamed for the seven years spent in jails.

"You have had chances," said the magistrate. "It is now necessary to treat you as an enemy of of the public. You have placed your te self without the pale of respectable society. It is not easy to sentence you but it must be done."

The sentence was then passed and Plante made no outward sign of feeling as he was led from the dock.

On the attempted jail breaking se charge and the assaulting of the jail guard, Plante was sentenced to pa five years on each count, and on m the minor assault charge to one th year, these latter sentences to run concurrently with the ten year si sentence.

Magistrate Strike said Piche was in not in the same class as Plante be but what he did must be punished. Having seen the weapon used on the guard, the court said it was fortunate that Piche did not face a more serious charge.

"It is necessary to punish you to protect public officials," said the magistrate as he passed the two year sentence.

[Plante was 25, from Quebec City, was a trained shoemaker thanks to prison time, and spoke fluent English and French. He had a long record, with terms in the Mimico Industrial School, Carleton County jail, a previous term at Kingston Penitentiary as #132 back in 1925, and had been released from St. Vincent de Paul Penitentiary. He was convict #3472 at Kingston Penitentiary, and was a shoemaker. He was reported twenty times for various offences, mostly insolence, gambling and refusal to work. He was released in 1940. Piche was 39, married, from Wakefield, and had no record. he was convict #3473 and was released December 1935.]

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constructionaafence · 6 months

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magnetsaway · 8 months

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newgenfencing · 10 months

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wakefieldfencing · 8 months

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greenleaflandscaping · 10 months

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Green Leaf Tree and Gardening Services specializes in exquisite landscaping services in Barnsley. From designing stunning garden landscapes to tree care and maintenance, our expertise enhances your outdoor space. Our Wakefield team excels in driveway paving and patio construction, ensuring impeccable results. Trust us for comprehensive gardening solutions that elevate your property's aesthetics and functionality.

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aafenceconstruction · 1 year

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A & A Fence Construction

Address: Wakefield, MA 01880, USA

Phone: 781-587-1851

Website: https://northshorefencema.com

A&A Fence Construction is a company that specializes in building durable and aesthetically pleasing fences for both residential and commercial properties. With years of experience in the industry, they have developed a reputation for their excellent craftsmanship and attention to detail. Our team of skilled professionals uses high-quality materials to ensure that each fence they build is not only durable but also visually appealing. Whether you’re looking for a traditional wooden fence or a modern aluminum fence, A & A Fence Construction has got you covered. We work closely with our clients to understand your needs and preferences, and we offer a wide range of options to choose from. A & A Fence Construction is committed to delivering top-notch services and ensuring complete customer satisfaction.

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greyorangego · 2 years

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How will robotic warehouse automation systems be enhanced in 2023?

During the COVID-19 pandemic, enterprise warehouses struggled to keep up with the tremendous growth in internet buying, but 3pl warehouse automation robotics may help. Intelligent warehouse robots bridge the gap between automated material handling systems and more adaptable manual fulfillment methods. Warehouse automation robots assist humans in tasks such as choosing things, moving shelves, loading pallets, and inventorying tall shelves. A new breed of warehouse robotics meant to augment operations and work with people is driving this interest. Industrial robots have been around for decades, but their capabilities have typically been limited and they have been fenced off to protect workers and equipment. AI is being used by emerging warehouse robots to navigate a facility, pick things, and organize collaboration with humans.

Robotic warehouse automation company accounts for a modest fraction of total warehouse automation spending, but it is steadily expanding. According to Interact Analysis, the mobile robots market might rise from $3.6 billion in 2021 to $18 billion in 2025. The number of warehouses employing mobile robots is expected to grow from 9,000 in 2020 to 53,000 in 2025. Furthermore, Interact Analysis predicts that 2.1 million robots will be in service by the end of 2025, with 860,000 of these being supplied in that year alone.

For the foreseeable future, fixed automation systems such as automated storage and retrieval systems (AS/RS), conveyor belts, and sorters will outperform alternative forms of automation.

The labor market picture in 2023 is bleak. Some analysts expect that unemployment will remain at little over 4% in 2023, while others predict that it will rise to more than 6% due to inflation. In any case, Distribution center robots or DCs are increasing their dependence on automation to lessen their reliance on human and uncertain labor. Warehouse automation company allows warehouses to protect themselves against shifting labor pools while improving overall performance.

It's 2023, and same-day delivery has become a standard expectation for city dwellers. To meet these increased expectations, several merchants are changing and physically moving closer to their urban clients by investing in DCs in urban regions.

It's a two-part strategy. On the one hand, firms are constructing entirely new DCs in densely populated urban areas. As a result, companies will be able to have things delivered the same day by local delivery vehicles at a cheaper long-term cost. DCs, on the other hand, will continue to use existing physical and mortar shop sites for fulfillment in 2023. These renovated retail spaces provide many of the same benefits as brand-new DCs, but at a smaller initial investment.

Warehouse space in North America has never been more scarce or expensive. According to the Cushman and Wakefield Marketbeat Report, the industrial vacancy rate in the United States will hit an all-time low (3.2%) in 2022, while industrial rent will reach an all-time high of $8.36/square foot. The picture for 2023 isn't much better, with vacancy rates predicted to remain around 4% throughout the year, while rents continue to rise. Building new isn't any better, since demand for new industrial space will continue to outstrip supply until 2023. Rising costs, low vacancy rates, and a lack of new industrial space will force DCs to continue the "building up" trend that began in 2022.

While capacity issues remain at the forefront of warehouse managers' considerations, third-party or on-demand warehousing will witness an increase in 2023, particularly in urban regions. Third-party (3pl) warehouse automation provides a unique option for firms to keep additional inventory – facilitating a "just in case" strategy – and manage greater growth while avoiding the risk of permanent space expansion. DCs will not only be able to store more goods with third-party warehouses, but they will also be able to store their inventory in more places, allowing them to control more of their own supply chain.

Most people have heard the statistic that "at least 30% of all things ordered online are returned," however that figure is 21% higher than the return rate at physical locations. Whether you like it or not, the pandemic's expansion of e-commerce shopping has fundamentally transformed customer expectations on returns, and those expectations are here to stay.

Returns have become such a problem that large merchants have very dramatic return policies - as in "don't even bother returning it, here's your refund" dramatic. To remain competitive, retailers and distribution centers must be prepared to manage returns and invest in reverse logistics operations; otherwise, they will continue to incur losses at ever-increasing rates as e-commerce grows.

In response to labor constraints and increased customer expectations, warehousing robots adoption expanded tremendously in 2022 and is expected to continue in 2023 and beyond. Up to 50,000 robotic warehouses automation companies could be built by 2025, with 8 million robots delivered to users by 2030. In 2023, distribution centers will continue to investigate the usage of order fulfillment robotics in the warehouse, such as robotic cube storage and autonomous mobile robots (AMRs). To maximize efficiencies, DCs will try to deploy cobots (collaborative robots that can operate with people) in conjunction with a space-saving automated storage and retrieval system.

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