Water supply
I learned that "Cambria" was the Roman name of the area beside England usually called "Wales". We were in Cambria, California for an Road Scholar (Elderhostel) event on the migrations of elephant seals, whales, butterflies and birds. We found that state or federal authorities had several times predicted that the town would be out of water and several times, greater conservation postponed the water's end.
Better ways to treat mental illness
I read yesterday in Time magazine of Oct. 29, 2018 that two Norwegian therapists, Bjarne Hansen and Gerd Kvale had used a different approach to psychological therapy. They are reported to have a success rate of 75% after 5 years in treating Obsessive-Compulsive Disease in intense 4 day sessions. More intense, much shorter and highly successful.
People off are better than most people think
Hans Rosling is a recently deceased professor at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden. He, his son, and his daughter have several TED talks about the current state of the world, mostly the humans, and the general ignorance many people have about human life on this planet now. He is the author of the book "Factfulness", a book praised by Bill Gates and distributed by him to many college grads. Several published summaries of the book are available at low price, or no cost for Prime members, on Amazon's website.
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In general, I advise caution and several grains of the salt of doubt when you hear that it is almost over for humans. They are an old species, they are smarter than they look, they are very imaginative, and they are surprisingly flexible.
