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Welcome to the POG Blog! Today is Saturday which means YOU get to start the discussion on today's scripture! What is it saying to you today? How does it relate to your life right now? How does it relate to the message from Sunday? Enjoy reading, meditating, and sharing your thoughts with others today!
Today's Scripture is: Isaiah 60: 1-5
"Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord rises upon you. 2 See, darkness covers the earth and thick darkness is over the peoples, but the Lord rises upon you and his glory appears over you. 3 Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn.
4 "Lift up your eyes and look about you: All assemble and come to you; your sons come from afar, and your daughters are carried on the hip. 5 Then you will look and be radiant, your heart will throb and swell with joy; the wealth on the seas will be brought to you, to you the riches of the nations will come.
Share your thoughts! What is God saying to you today?


text: Share: Comments Print November 1, 2012 at 5:35 PM Bellotti says UW is "treading water" Posted by Percy Allen UW fans who think the Huskies should be accomplishing more in the big picture aren't alone. Former Oregon coach Mike Bellotti, now an analyst for ESPN, had some pretty strong comments about the current state of the UW program in an interview today on ESPN 710 Seattle with Mike Salk and former UW quarterback Brock Huard. You can listen to it below — Bellotti's interview runs from about the 23-minute mark to the 30-minute mark. The interview began with Bellotti being asked where he thinks UW's program is now and he said "it's treating water. And I don't think it should be." Bellotti said that when he came into the league at Oregon (as an assistant in 1989) that the Ducks looked at Washington "as the model team" in how to build a program, saying that USC is "a different animal in terms of that." Bellotti said that UW's tradition, setting and support mean that "there's absolutely no reason Washington shouldn't be one of the top three schools in the Pac-12, regardless of who is in the Pac-12, regardless of Oregon or USC or Stanford or anything like that." He said on several occasions that he did not mean the comments to reflect on current coach Steve Sarkisian, saying "this is not anything against Sark." But he said he thinks UW should be further along than it is in the fourth year under Sarkisian and that "I don't know where it's falling down. But the reality is if people are saying you can't win in Seattle, they are looking through the wrong kind of glasses." You can listen to the entire interview below: More audio at MyNorthwest.com Comments

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Althea Group Holdings Ltd (ASX:AGH) has reached 100 Australian patients for its 5 medicinal cannabis products since launching them in May 2018.
The Melbourne-based company's patient-focused approach involves improving access to medicinal cannabis products by educating and supporting doctors to become prescribers and pharmacists to become suppliers.
Althea's products have a 100% approval rate for Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) applications and 42 doctors prescribing them throughout Australia.
Hundreds of thousands of potential eligible patients
Althea chief executive officer Joshua Fegan said the company was proud to have reached 100 patients in such a short amount of time.
He said: "Industry reports suggest that there are hundreds of thousands of Australians who may be eligible patients for medicinal cannabis.
"We're focusing our efforts on educating mainstream doctors such as GPs to truly open up access to medicinal cannabis for everyday Australians.
"While it's great to see such a strong uptake, our work has only just begun."
Two prescriber application pathways
The TGA provides special pathways for doctors to apply for and prescribe medicinal cannabis, including the Special Access Scheme B (SAS B) and authorised prescribers (AP) status.
Thirty-seven doctors prescribing Althea products utilised the SAS B application pathway and five were able to obtain AP status with Althea's support.
Comprising GPs, medical specialists and psychiatrists, the approved prescribers have provided the 100 patients with access to medicinal cannabis products for a range of conditions.
Althea's products can be dispensed to patients through a network of more than 250 pharmacies across the country, selected by Althea to be near its prescribing doctors.
Treatment-supporting educational software
Fegan said a lack of awareness in the past, coupled with the lengthy application processes for prescribers, had made it difficult for eligible patients to access medicinal cannabis.
He commented: "Getting our medical science liaison team members in front of medical practitioners to provide education, and showing how it can be done efficiently through our web platform Althea Concierge, is really hitting home.
"We don't want people who could benefit from medicinal cannabis to be inconvenienced through a lack of knowledge.
"It doesn't have to be a grey area and we envisage a world where patients can talk confidently with their existing doctors about medicinal cannabis."
Focus on patient care
Althea was founded in 2017 with a view to acquiring the necessary permits to import, cultivate, produce and supply medicinal cannabis to eligible patients across Australia.
The company's focus on patient care underpins its business strategy and its web-based platform and mobile application Althea Concierge is designed to educate and support patient access to medicinal cannabis.
Althea has also engaged a team of medical science liaisons to assist medical practitioners to become prescribers, and pharmacists suppliers, of Althea products.