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Google Gemini: No, people diagnosed with schizophrenia are medically exempt from the military draft in virtually all modern standard conscription systems.
Military enlistment and draft regulations classify schizophrenia and other primary psychotic disorders as permanently disqualifying medical conditions.
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Military medical evaluation boards (such as the Selective Service System / MEPS in the United States, or draft examination commissions in Europe) maintain strict physical and psychological fitness standards. Schizophrenia is barred from conscription for several reasons:
Disability Independence Group
If a country institutes a military draft (conscription), the process typically follows these steps:
While standard law and military protocol strictly prohibit drafting people with schizophrenia, a few exceptional scenarios exist:
Under normal legal frameworks and international military medical standards, a formal diagnosis of schizophrenia renders a person ineligible for combat or active draft duty. Proper medical documentation provided during screening secures a complete medical exemption.
OC Oerlikon Corp AG (SIX: OERL) is a Swiss industrial technology group specializing in advanced surface engineering, polymer processing, and additive manufacturing. Originally founded in Oerlikon, Zurich in 1906 (as Werkzeugmaschinenfabrik Oerlikon), the company relocated its corporate headquarters to Pfäffikon, Schwyz.

OC Oerlikon operates across two main divisions:
| Metric | Overview / Value |
|---|---|
| Market Capitalization | ~CHF 1.71 billion to CHF 1.78 billion |
| Share Price Range | ~CHF 5.10 – CHF 5.30 |
| Annual Revenue | ~CHF 1.8 billion to CHF 2.0 billion ($1.98B USD equivalent) |
| Primary Listing | SIX Swiss Exchange (OERL) |
How big is the polymer processing business worldwide, any other companies in Switzerland do that, or like in Germany or the Netherlands?
The global market for polymer and plastics processing machinery—which includes extrusion equipment, injection molding systems, blow molding, and compounders—is valued at approximately $26 billion to $27.5 billion USD.
Driven by demand in lightweight automotive components, medical devices, flexible packaging, and recycled material processing, the industry is projected to reach $35 billion to $41 billion USD.
Beyond OC Oerlikon’s Polymer Processing Solutions division, Switzerland hosts several major players in specialized polymer and compounding machinery:
Germany is the historical heartland of European plastics and polymer machinery manufacturing:
The Netherlands focuses heavily on high-end specialized polymer compounding, recycling equipment, and advanced materials:
How much does Bollegraaf Recycling Solutions make in profit each year?
As a privately held company (majority-owned by the impact investment firm Summa Equity), Bollegraaf Recycling Solutions does not publicly disclose its exact net profit line item in standard financial reporting.
However, its scale and top-line financial metrics provide a clear picture of its earnings capacity:
The largest company headquartered in Oerlikon (a north-northern district of Zurich, Switzerland) is ABB Ltd (Asea Brown Boveri).

While many people associate the name Oerlikon with the advanced materials and engineering conglomerate OC Oerlikon (which originated there but moved its headquarters to Pfäffikon, Schwyz), ABB maintains its global headquarters in Oerlikon, right next to the historic site of its predecessor, Maschinenfabrik Oerlikon (MFO).
ABBN (Traded on the SIX Swiss Exchange) TradingViewReint Jelger: Do bakeries bake bread sometimes? Like, do they get like the basic ingredients for bread, mix them together, and like bake bread, or do they get pre baked bread from factories?
Gemini: Bakeries make and bake their own bread from raw ingredients.
How a specific bakery operates usually depends on its business model:
Reint Jelger: Does Bakkerij Breimer in Snits bake their own bread at the actual building? And like, what are the major ingedrients of bread and like where would bakeries procure that?
Breimer’s Bakkerij 🍞
At Breimer’s Bakkerij 🍞 on the Leeuwarderweg in Sneek, the physical shop itself serves as a retail store, cafe, and delivery hub, rather than the location where raw dough is mixed and baked from scratch.
Because Breimer’s Bakkerij 🍞 is a regional craft family business (established in 1804) operating multiple branch locations across Friesland (including Lemmer, Joure, and Sneek), they use a central production bakery model:
Basic bread relies on four fundamental ingredients:

Artisanal and commercial bakeries do not buy ingredients from standard supermarkets; they rely on specialized supply networks:
Google Gemini: Let’s look at the patterns of violence in schizophrenia step-by-step to answer this clearly.
First, to address the statistic: epidemiological research shows that approximately 10% to 15% of individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia exhibit violent behavior at some point in their lifetime. This means that 85% to 90% of people with schizophrenia are never violent.

For the minority who do display violent behavior, describing violence as an episodic state means the following:
Therefore, yes: even among the roughly 15% of people with schizophrenia who ever exhibit violent behavior, they are normally non-violent the majority of the time, with aggressive behavior occurring almost exclusively during discrete, acute crises rather than as a persistent pattern.
Yes, that public perception inflicts profound personal and social harm on individuals living with schizophrenia.
When a mental health condition is broadly conflated with violence, the real-world consequences for the individual are immediate and pervasive:
Most violence associated with schizophrenia occurs when a person is untreated, experiencing a acute crisis, and often alongside substance abuse or severe social isolation. By treating the condition purely as a public safety issue rather than a healthcare issue, society reinforces the very conditions—stigma, isolation, and lack of support—that prevent people from getting the help they need.

An image of a Gentleman Schizo (85% of Schizophrenic people) in a boxing contest with a Monster Schizo a.k.a. a Rourdy Schizo (15% of Schizophrenic people)
Google Gemini: The vast majority of individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia—typically estimated between 85% and 90%—never commit a violent act. Research consistently shows that the lifetime prevalence of violent behavior among people with schizophrenia is around 10% to 15%, compared to roughly 2% to 3% in the general population.

When violence does occur, it is rarely random. It is strongly correlated with co-occurring factors:
In psychiatric medicine, schizophrenia is understood as a complex neurodevelopmental disorder rather than a fixed personality type. Creating formal diagnostic subtypes like «sweet» versus «violent» is avoided for several specific clinical reasons:
By focusing on symptom management, early intervention, and substance use treatment, healthcare systems can minimize behavioral risks while supporting recovery and integration.

Gemini: Swiss Re (Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd) is one of the world’s leading providers of reinsurance, primary insurance, and other insurance-based forms of risk transfer. Founded in 1863 and headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, it acts as an «insurance company for insurance companies.»

Swiss Re functions as a shock absorber for the global economy by absorbing high-level risks that individual insurance companies cannot handle alone:
To estimate annual income, we look at Swiss Re’s share price and regular dividend payout on the SIX Swiss Exchange (Ticker: SREN / SRENH):
How does the 35% Swiss dividend withholding tax work for international investors and how can it be reclaimed?
When a Swiss company pays a dividend, 35% Swiss Withholding Tax (Verrechnungssteuer or Anticipatory Tax) is automatically deducted at the source before the payment reaches your brokerage account.
For non-resident international investors, this 35% is higher than the tax rate agreed upon in most Double Taxation Agreements (DTAs). You can reclaim the excess amount through a structured procedure with the Swiss Federal Tax Administration (ESTV / SFTA).
To claim back the 20% overpaid tax, follow these four steps:
Request a Tax Voucher (Verrechnungssteuer-Bescheinigung) or an official Dividend Advice Note from your broker or bank. This serves as official legal proof that 35% was remitted to the Swiss tax authority.
Go to the official portal of the Swiss Federal Tax Administration (ESTV) under Claim to refund of Swiss Anticipatory Tax. Select the form corresponding to your country of tax residence (e.g., Form R-US for the US, Form 85 for EU/EEA countries, Form 86 for the UK).
Print the completed form and send or present it to your home country’s local tax authority. They must stamp and sign the form (or provide an official Certificate of Tax Residence) confirming that you were tax-resident in your home country when the dividend was paid.
Upload the certified form, tax voucher, and broker statement to the ESTV electronic portal (or mail the physical wet-ink certified form if required for your specific jurisdiction). Once processed, the ESTV deposits the 20% refund directly into your bank account in Swiss Francs (CHF).
Yes, individuals with schizophrenia are allowed to visit the United States. Under U.S. immigration law, having a mental illness like schizophrenia does not automatically make someone ineligible for entry.

The Two-Part Standard for Inadmissibility Under Section 212(a)(1)(A)(iii) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), a mental or physical disorder only causes inadmissibility if it meets a specific two-part requirement:
If a person has schizophrenia but does not have a history of harmful or dangerous behavior toward themselves or others, the diagnosis alone is not grounds to deny entry.
Visas and ESTA Declarations
If an applicant does have a history of harmful behavior associated with their condition, they may still apply for a discretionary medical waiver through the Department of Homeland Security and the CDC, which often requires showing a controlled treatment plan.

Finding 30 Swiss companies with a yield of 6% or higher is not possible through public markets alone because the Swiss stock market is known for conservative payout ratios and lower average yields. On the SIX Swiss Exchange, only a small handful of listed equities consistently offer yields above 6%. Most well-known high-dividend Swiss blue chips (such as Zurich Insurance, Swiss Re, and Partners Group) yield between 4.5% and 5.5%.
Below are the Swiss-listed companies that meet or come close to a 6%+ yield threshold, followed by prominent Swiss dividend leaders that fill the gap.
| Company | Ticker | Sector | Approx. Yield | Notes / Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OC Oerlikon | OERL | Industrial Engineering | ~15–16% | High yield due to special dividends / share price compression. |
| Sunrise Communications | SUNN | Telecommunications | ~8.2–8.4% | Spun off from Liberty Global; high cash flow return profile. |
| Fenix Outdoor International | FOI-B | Retail & Outdoor Goods | ~7.0–7.3% | Consumer discretionary holding group. |
| mobilezone holding | MOZN | Telecom Retail | ~6.9–7.0% | Consistent high payout ratio from mobile services distribution. |
| Partners Group Holding | PGHN | Private Equity / Asset Mgt | ~6.7–6.8% | Variable dividend linked to performance fees. |
| Alpine Select | ALPN | Investment Company | ~6.5–6.6% | Closed-end investment firm distributing capital. |
| Cembra Money Bank | CMBN | Consumer Finance | ~6.1–6.2% | High payout bank stock focused on consumer credit. |
| APG|SGA | APGN | Out-of-Home Advertising | ~6.0% | Distributes high percentage of free cash flow. |
Because the 6%+ pool is limited, institutional investors looking for high-yielding Swiss equities typically rely on this next tier of stable, cash-generative companies:
| Company | Ticker | Sector | Approx. Yield |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meier Tobler Group | MTG | HVAC / Building Services | ~5.0% |
| Zurich Insurance Group | ZURN | Insurance | ~5.0–5.2% |
| Groupe Minoteries | GMI | Food Processing | ~4.8–4.9% |
| Swiss Re | SREN | Reinsurance | ~4.6–4.7% |
| Holcim | HOLN | Building Materials | ~4.6% |
| Klingelnberg | KLIN | Industrial Machinery | ~4.5% |
| Phoenix Mecano | PMN | Industrial Components | ~4.4% |
| Adecco Group | ADEN | Human Resources / Staffing | ~4.2% |
| COLTENE Holding | CLTN | Dental / MedTech | ~4.2% |
| EFG International | EFGN | Private Banking | ~4.1–4.2% |
| Swisscom | SCMN | Telecom | ~4.1% |
| Orell Füssli | OFN | Printing & Security | ~4.0–4.1% |
SDIVI) averages an aggregate underlying yield around 4.0–4.5% due to strict quality and liquidity filters.While the index composition adjusts during its annual March rebalance, the holdings typically represent the top dividend-paying Swiss blue chips and large/mid-cap leaders across key financial and industrial sectors:
ZURN), Swiss Re (SREN), Swiss Life Holding (SLHN), Cembra Money Bank (CMBN), EFG International (EFGN), Partners Group (PGHN).NOVN), Roche Holding (ROG).NESN), Swatch Group (UHR).HOLN), Adecco Group (ADEN), Geberit (GEBN), SGS (SGSN), Sulzer (SUN).SCMN), Sunrise Communications (SUNN), APG|SGA (APGN).