Sydney partied into the early hours Sunday as Olympic gold medallist Matthew Mitcham led the city's  Mardi Gras through the city's Oxford Street district.

Australia's Mitcham, a diver and the only openly gay winner at the Beijing Games last year, led the parade wearing his gold medal, surrounded by dancers in swimming trunks waving scorecards.

Mitcham said the event had an important message.

"Mardi Gras is the biggest celebration of homosexuality in the world, and aims to promote not just the tolerance but the acceptance of the gay community in the wider community," he said.

A contingent of uniformed police marched in the parade, as did a group of volunteer firefighters from Victoria state who until last week were battling the country's most deadly wildfires.

Around 10,000 marchers took part in the parade, which started in 1978 as a demonstration against police brutality against homosexuals and has transformed itself into a celebration that attracts spectators from around the world.

Hollywood comedienne Joan Rivers received an enthusiastic welcome from the crowd, with other participants on the parade's 135 floats ranging from macho men in leather and studs to flamboyant feather- and sequin-clad drag queens. Among the floats was a tribute to Milk, the gay US politician whose career and 1978 assassination were made into a successful movie for which Sean Penn won a best actor Oscar this year.  See The Full Story Here

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Australian Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd appeared on Channel Seven’s Sunday Night special titled “Beating the Recession.”

Hosts Chris Bath and Mike Munro brought together a group of the nation’s leaders and senior financial advisors to provide the key to getting families through the economic tough times. Included was an interview by renowned CNN reporter Richard Quest. You can View  the video here which includes (David) Kochie's tips on how to save money. 

We often hear the doom and gloom surrounding the world economy and although we must listen and take note of what is happening around us, it sometimes brings to our attention the need for change in our lives. As challenging as it may seem, including mentally,we are forced to analyze how we live our own lives more closely. Maybe cut backs in some areas……. 

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   Depression can affect anyone at any age and could come from any number of causes. Wouldn't it be good to get the facts and learn how to beat it.  Imagine start taking back control of your life!

Depression can be brought on by a severe trauma in a person’s life that they have trouble dealing with. Or depression can just appear seemingly out of nowhere and with no obvious cause.There are a lot of physical problems that are attributed to clinical depression. So if you’re suffering from serious aches and pains and you’ve seen a doctor and the doctor can’t find a physical reason for the pain, the cause might not be physical; it might be mental. The cause might be clinical depression. Depression is not the same for every person who suffers from it. There are, in fact, many different types of depression. Sometimes depression lasts for months or even years and sometimes it lasts only for a few weeks depending on what type of depression you have.

Depression is a psychological condition that has a physical component so generally, unless the psychological condition is treated, the depression will come back over and over again until the underlying psychological problem is dealt with.  Because depression is such a common illness, Western medicine and the big drug companies have created many different kinds of drugs to treat depression.The problem is that not all of these drugs are effective. Even worse, some of these drugs can have serious side effects that include a deepening of depression and even suicidal thoughts. Some drugs can also cause additional psychological problems.The truth is that drugs alone cannot cure depression. The best that drugs can do is to manage the symptoms of depression and many drugs only mask the symptoms. 

The fact that depression is such a common problem and because of the serious side effects associated with drug therapy for depression, millions of people are looking to alternative therapies like Homeopathy to manage their symptoms and treat their depression. Homeopathy as a medical practice has been practiced for thousands of years and there is evidence that Homeopathy and other alternative treatments can be effective for managing depression. 

Depression is categorized by doctors as a mental health disorder even though it does have physical components. It is a disease; it isn’t “just all in your head” and it is not simply a matter of needing to cheer up. Depression is more than just a feeling of sadness. Depression is usually considered to be a feeling of apathy towards life in general or a feeling of not caring about things that persists for more than two weeks.Depression can be hard to diagnose as a condition because everyone feels sad or apathetic towards life at some time, usually after a major life change or a traumatic event.

There are many different symptoms that are associated with depression and each person experiences those symptoms differently. Because each person responds in a unique way to depression, it can be hard to find a therapy that will help each person deal with the symptoms of depression and people that are suffering from depression may need to try several different medications before finding one that helps them.There are five different types of depression. Some, like clinical depression, can last over a period of years while others like Seasonal Affective Disorder or postpartum depression are relatively short-lived because they are tied to cycles of life. Depression tied to recent life events, such as a tragedy, are also short lived. Depression can also be a symptom of other illnesses. When depression is combined with another illness it can be difficult for doctors to know if the depression is only being caused by the other ailment or if the depression is a separate condition.

Doctors have found that depression is often a problem for people that suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, social phobia, anxiety, panic, and sometimes even substance abuse. People that suffer from depression are statistically more likely to also have substance abuse problems because they will often try to self medicate with drugs and alcohol to alleviate the symptoms of their depression. Since drugs and alcohol actually tend to intensify the symptoms of depression instead of stopping them it becomes a vicious cycle of depression and dependency. People trapped in this vicious cycle usually end up needing treatment for the underlying depression even more than they did before they started trying to get rid of their symptoms with drugs and alcohol. Because each person experiences depression in a different way doctors often have trouble diagnosing depression. Some studies have estimated that more than 15 million people suffer from undiagnosed depression in just the United States alone every year.

The most common causes of depression are childhood trauma, interpersonal problems, prescription medications, trauma, other Illnesses, and substance abuse. So the most likely people to be effected by depression in our community are those………

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Approximately 150 empowered people have just returned from a fantastically inspiring weekend from 27th-29th Feb. with my mentor and friend, Jennie Armato. She is Godmother of creating and building successful online businesses for well over a decade. This event "Fame and Fortune" was a web business workshop and seminar. Jennie always provides fun in her seminars and was sure to include her famous pyjama party on the Saturday night. The venue for this Web Academy training was held at the "Rydges" in Melbourne Australia, from 27th-29th February.

This uplifting event taught us not only proven strategies for online success, but also to understand the power of our "mindset". Anything is possible in our lives if we truly desire it, imagine it, then seek it out through belief and determination. This is the first step to achieving your success in business and your personal life.

We discover that we create our own reality. We alone make the choice to be the person we are and how we will take control of our lives.

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