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16th of June DEFEATING DEPRESSION PART 1 “Anxiety in the heart of man causes depression, but a good word makes it glad” Proverbs 12:25 Depression- from Webster’s New Unabridged Dictionary Low spirits, gloominess, dejection, sadness, a decrease in force, or activity, or amount, a decrease in functional activity. An emotional condition either normal or pathological characterized by discouragement, a feeling of inadequacy, the act of humbling abasement as a depression of pride. Abasement, reduction, sinking, fall, humiliation, dejection, melancholy. Major Depression Facts Major depression is the No.1 psychological disorder in the western world.(1) It is growing in all age groups,...

Fidel Castro Meets the Angel of History by James Lileks Scene: A secret Havana military hospital. A frail, old man snaps awake and stares. There's a stranger seated next to the bed, a long, unlit cigar in one hand. The stranger leans back and smiles. "Don't be alarmed," he says. "It's just me, the Angel of History. I like to have a chat with men of your stature at times like this. Good run, old chap; dying in bed. Well played! A little advice? Pretend to die just as you're telling them the secret Swiss bank account numbers. Drives...

According to Dr. Peter Kreeft. They really exist. Not just in our minds, or our myths, or our symbols, or our culture. They are as real as your dog, or your sister, or electricity. They’re present, right here, right now, right next to you, reading these words with you. They’re not cute, cuddly, comfortable, chummy, or “cool”. They are fearsome and formidable. They are huge. They are warriors. They are the real “extra-terrestrials”, the real “Super-men”, the ultimate aliens. Their powers are far beyond those of all fictional creatures. They are more brilliant minds than Einstein. They can literally move...

I apologize up front if this isn't in the right area. Yesterday, on the 4th of July, my dog Jesse suffered a brain aneurysm. She is in very bad shape right now. We just came home from the doctors office, and arrangements have been made for the doctor to come to our home at 6:00 pm tonight, to return her to her Heavenly Father. My hands are literally shaking as I'm typing this. To say I'm in extreme shock would be a total understatement. I have been through absolute hell this past year ~ I've lost my job due to...

Philippines jurist was noted for consulting 3 imaginary dwarfs about cases... A Philippine judge who claimed he could see into the future and admitted consulting imaginary mystic dwarfs has asked for his job back after being sacked by the country’s Supreme Court. “They should not have dismissed me for what I believed,” ... He told investigators that three mystic dwarfs -- Armand, Luis and Angel -- helped him carry out healing sessions during breaks in his chambers.

Ok guys, this is my first post so please forgive any mistakes I make. I am wondering if any FR's could possibly recommend an Angel investor group or VC that is geared towards non-tech enterprises (still eCommerce, but not software development). Does anyone have experience in securing funding?

Article Last Updated: 12/19/2005 08:18 AM a denver post special report Letting go: Dylan's last days Two parents face an agonizing test of faith and love for their son By Kevin Simpson Denver Post Staff Writer DenverPost.com Dave Walborn lifted his son upright, all 32 pounds of him, slipped one hand behind his lolling head and gazed into the open but vacant blue eyes. He spoke out loud the words that would move him and the boy's mother, Kerri Bruning, one step closer to an excruciating decision. "Dylan, it's OK if you want to go," he said. "I don't want...

December 8, 2005Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary Psalm: Thursday 52 Reading IGn 3:9-15, 20 After the man, Adam, had eaten of the tree,the LORD God called to the man and asked him, “Where are you?”He answered, “I heard you in the garden;but I was afraid, because I was naked,so I hid myself.”Then he asked, “Who told you that you were naked?You have eaten, then,from the tree of which I had forbidden you to eat!”The man replied, “The woman whom you put here with me—she gave me fruit from the tree, and so I ate it.”The...

Schreiner Believes He's Blessed GROVE CITY, Ohio -- A Grove City man's injury has revealed something he never expected -- an "inner angel" he never knew he had, NBC 4's Mike Bowersock reported. Sean Schreiner underwent a magnetic resonance imaging of his right shoulder last month after injuring his rotator cuff while playing softball. When he saw the results, Schreiner said the image of an angel jumped right out at him. "To me, it looked like an angel," Schreiner said. "A lot of people are going to say, 'Yeah, it's just a coincidence.' But if you take a good look...

Many of us Sci-Fi fans have been waiting on this one. Universal bumped the release date to September due to "The Interpreter" being released this past weekend. But the trailer is now online and may be shown with "Hitchhikers Guide" this Friday. Enjoy!

ATLANTA — She trembled with fear before the armed man who was wanted in the shooting deaths of a judge and three others. But Ashley Smith kept her head, even when Brian Gene Nichols pushed into her home by sticking a gun in her ribs, and bound her with masking tape, an extension cord and a curtain. "I didn't want to die," she said Sunday. "I didn't want him to hurt anybody else." The 26-year-old woman, credited by police for bringing a massive search for Nichols to a nonviolent end Saturday, resurfaced a day later with a harrowing account of...

ANGEL DECOY Air Force C-130 releasing flares to repel heat seeking Missiles.   The pattern formed by these decoys is how they got their name . . .  "Angel decoy."

GREENVILLE, N.C. -- Jennifer Sneed was packed and ready for the trip to a hospital to have her baby this week, but she wasn't ready for a snowstorm... Madison Sneed was born at 1:47 a.m. Monday, minutes before an ambulance crew arrived. Mother and child came home from the hospital Tuesday... It was on the same road that their 5-year-old son Dereck was killed in a car wreck last year... "My little boy was buried (in) the last snowfall of last season," Jennifer Sneed said. "Madison was born the first snowfall of this season. So we say it was a...

New book makes kids PRO-LIFE READ IT ONLINE NOW . . . IN JUST TWO MINUTES! Angel in the Waters is a simple, non-confrontational book that will make young children decidedly pro-life long before they ever hear the word "abortion." It will convince many mothers contemplating abortion to keep their babies. In just two minutes, you can read the whole book online. (Just last week our proofreader, Nora, was proofreading Angel in the Waters online when her three-year-old daughter turned away from a cartoon show, saw a page of this book on the computer screen, and demanded that Nora read...

"Angel In The Waters"; a book by Regina Doman.

The website has a great pic and video of this event. (Winnsboro, SC) Nov. 9, 2004 - An image in a tree is being described as a miracle, a blessing and a gift. It brought Butch Smith to tears,"I see an angel. I see a work of the Lord. He's trying to give us a message. That's what he's here for, like: straighten up, clear this town up and everything. It's a beautiful sight." Butch had surgery on his hand on Tuesday. He says the pain went away when he saw the image, "When I walked up it was like...

God has many ways to communicate with us. It's the unexpected ones we remember forever. I had seen him for years, but basically ignored him. I guess that's what many people do with kids who have Down syndrome. Ignore them. It's "safer" that way. They're so unpredictable.But this past Rosh Hashanah, all of that changed.Moshe is almost 17. I'm no expert, but I suppose his retardation is moderate to severe. He's been coming to synagogue since he was 8 or 9. His mother brings him for the last 30-45 minutes of the Shabbos morning service.Moshe's routine has not changed dramatically...

New book makes kids PRO-LIFEREAD IT ONLINE NOW . . . IN JUST TWO MINUTES! Angel in the Waters is a simple, non-confrontational book that will make young children decidedly pro-life long before they ever hear the word "abortion." It will convince many mothers contemplating abortion to keep their babies. In just two minutes, you can read the whole book online. (Just last week our proofreader, Nora, was proofreading Angel in the Waters online when her three-year-old daughter turned away from a cartoon show, saw a page of this book on the computer screen, and demanded that Nora read the...

SEGUIN — She is a different lady than she was less than six months ago. Today she is a patient at Guadalupe Valley Hospital, waited on by staff she has for more than 20 years called colleagues. A patch covers one eye, and a plastic brace immobilizes her upper body to heal the fractured bones in her back. Shirley Casanova sits in a wheelchair and smiles, as her husband Richard — who is also on staff at GVH — holds her hand. She is lucky to be alive — a miracle — according to her sisters Patricia Luna and Rosalinda...

It is very unlike me to sit down and write something like this, and yet, I feel that I have an obligation to do so. I am a quiet person, who lives a quiet life, and there was nothing so newsworthy or interesting about myself or my family, until unfortunately tragedy struck and turned the ordinary into the extraordinary. On August 19, 2003, my husband and I were celebrating our 9-year anniversary. With five small children, our youngest at that time just one month old, we did not get out of the house very often. The school year was about...