https://www.bloomberg.com/news/feat...than-the-rothschilds?utm_source=pocket-newtab

In the U.K. there’s old money, really old money and then there’s C. Hoare & Co.

The London firm was started in 1672 by Richard Hoare and has tended to the affairs of diarist Samuel Pepys, poet Lord Byron and novelist Jane Austen. That’s almost a hundred years older than the famous Rothschild dynasty, which was founded in the 1760s. After more than three centuries of continuous operation, the family still runs the show, overseeing about 4.4 billion pounds ($5.6 billion) of deposits and sticking to a traditional way of doing business.

 

Be safe in the water.
https://www.kptv.com/news/people-re...cle_12e28572-a2c6-11e9-86a7-afbcd270cd68.html

ROCKAWAY BEACH, OR (KPTV) – A good reminder about the danger of rip currents – after three people had to be rescued on the Oregon coast.

The Rockaway Beach Volunteer Fire Department posted pictures of Monday’s rescue on Facebook.

They say three people were located about 100 yards beyond the beach after being pulled out by a rip current.

https://www.facebook.com/1044478295....1562733455./2270205389683006/?type=3&theater

 

https://www.studyfinds.org/study-psychiatric-diagnoses-are-scientifically-meaningless/

 

https://www.studyfinds.org/study-psychiatric-diagnoses-are-scientifically-meaningless/

I've always disliked psychiatry... I consider it more like an art form than a true science

 

I've always disliked psychiatry... I consider it more like an art form than a true science

It is what they have turned it into to increase the amount of patients... Bipopar disorder is real, so is schizophrenia. But the guidelines keep broadening to make it meaningless. Based on new guidelines, any introverted child could be diagnised as autistic and that is junk science. It is huge disservice to people who actually have those disorders.

"Clean, shaven" is a very good movie that looks at schizophrenia. There is an interesting theory that schizophrenics are the only people whi experience world "real" - unfiltered. And it is overwhelming. The rest of us walk around happy and protected from all the "noise"

 

It is what they have turned it into to increase the amount of patients... Bipopar disorder is real, so is schizophrenia. But the guidelines keep broadening to make it meaningless. Based on new guidelines, any introverted child could be diagnised as autistic and that is junk science. It is huge disservice to people who actually have those disorders.

"Clean, shaven" is a very good movie that looks at schizophrenia. There is an interesting theory that schizophrenics are the only people whi experience world "real" - unfiltered. And it is overwhelming. The rest of us walk around happy and protected from all the "noise"

What I identified with in the article, is psychiatry's defective system of cataloging mental illness.

Of course bipolar disorder and schizophrenia are real and deserve proper treatment and attention. But more often than not depression is placed in a psychiatric category when in reality said condition is rooted in the patient's particular life circumstances.

Don't get me wrong, I also believe that chronic depression is a very real illness and should not go without treatment. But many times I've seen how people that go through a rough patch are prescribed horse-strength medications instead of being taught how to deal with life's many normal problems and traumas.

Nowadays, people are making the mistake of searching for medical solutions to spiritual problems.

 

What I identified with in the article, is psychiatry's defective system of cataloging mental illness.

Of course bipolar disorder and schizophrenia are real and deserve proper treatment and attention. But more often than not depression is placed in a psychiatric when in reality said condition is rooted in the patient's particular life circumstances.

Don't get me wrong, I also believe that chronic depression is a very real illness and should not go without treatment. But many times I've seen how people that go through a rough patch are prescribed horse-strength medications instead of being taught how to deal with life's many normal problems and traumas.

Nowadays, people are making the mistake of searching for medical solutions to spiritual problems.

I agree completely and yhat is what I understood from your comment. I was born in a gray rainy city where what is referred to as "depression" here is referred to as melancholy and it is completely normal. I find that concept of "depression" is very North American where one must be happy all the time. That is not natural. I had been severely depressed for about 6 months in my life and it was due to very specific circumstances related to getting nowhere with my health. Actually, medical system drove me to that state of hopelessness where I was close to being suicidal It takes great self awareness to get out of it. Need to find something to live for.

 

Need to find something to live for.

And if I'm understanding what you're saying... you did find something to live for ... and I'm very glad that you did

Note: I just corrected a sentence in my previous post to read: "depression is placed in a psychiatric category" ... that last word was an unintended omission

 

I am finally taking my mom to the "northern Hawaii" - Haida Gwaii. Today I found out that "glamping" has infected the paradise

https://www.haidagwaiiglampingco.com/

Fortunately camping is still free, but not glamourous. An old W van goes for 20-30K. Join the van life revolution, it is all the rage. Why does everything instagram touches turns to a feeding frenzy?

 

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I guess I'll be on my way. Gotta find a smarter forum...

 

I guess I'll be on my way. Gotta find a smarter forum...

... godspeed ...

 

I guess I'll be on my way. Gotta find a smarter forum...

https://michaelsseaver.com/leadership/its-okay-to-be-the-smartest-person-in-the-room/

 

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That is a faulty premise. But I guess there are different definitions of smart. I find one can learn from all people, no matter who they are. They had a different life experience and will always have something to teach you, just need to be willing to learn. A smart person, to me, is one who is observant and open to all possibilities.

I also disagree with the current trend of applying "smart" to business and ability to run business. Look at Nicola Tesla...

 

That is a faulty premise. But I guess there are different definitions of smart. I find one can learn from all people, no matter who they are. They had a different life experience and will always have something to teach you, just need to be willing to learn. A smart person, to me, is one who is observant and open to all possibilities.

I also disagree with the current trend of applying "smart" to business and ability to run business. Look at Nicola Tesla...

Oh, definitely ... there are many types of smart out there. From abstract smart, to money smart, all the way to people smart. It's a bad thing if one's smart in one and only one field.

I liked Mr Dell's quote because it emphasizes the importance of to never stop learning. And I interpreted it as if in you're in an environment in which that comes to happen, then it's time to move on.

 

https://michaelsseaver.com/leadership/its-okay-to-be-the-smartest-person-in-the-room/

I guess I'll stick around, then.

 

I guess I'll stick around, then.

Noooo...

 

Just how much of an accident are we?
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20190709-would-humans-evolve-again-if-we-rewound-time
Max.

 

Just how much of an accident are we?
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20190709-would-humans-evolve-again-if-we-rewound-time
Max.

Even more miraculous, is all the things that needed to be just right for life to evolve here in the first place. So miraculous in fact, that intelligent life outside of our solar system night be extremely rare, Maybe even no existent.

 

Even more miraculous, is all the things that needed to be just right for life to evolve here in the first place. So miraculous in fact, that intelligent life outside of our solar system night be extremely rare, Maybe even no existent.

It would seem to me one of the most important requirements are planets with liquid, vapor, solid water cycles with liquid water, land boundary interfaces. Under these conditions life should be present from what we understand about the evolution of life on earth. If we assume that our tiny solar system is typical for this generation of stars (nothing says otherwise) there are billions and billions of possible sites for intelligent life outside of our solar system.