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that girl in the with the blonde hair in blue and white under the arch, what is coloured with, brush pen? watercolour?
Chris Noeth: Thanks ^^
Hedwordup: It was colored with watercolor
Art dump! I've been super busy at school. Still drawing of course but after animating all day I've been little inclined to scan. Anyway, here are some sketchbook pages and some color studies (some for my final film here at VFS) and in a bit I'll upload more life drawing too. Hope you've all been having a great summer. ^^
Gorgeous sketches. I just adore your style, and your lines are so fluent and yummy =) Also dig the watercolor environments!
very nice !
Life is good.
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wink_ma: ^^ thank you.
Just one thing for now, a color test for the backgrounds for my film. Still not sure what medium to use. This was done with Painter and Photoshop.
I can't think of anything to give crits on. I really like your work. Your cartoon character style is just awesome. I like the old lady in post #90. You get so much with such a simple form. Good Job!
evissecx: Thanks ^^
Just some life drawing!
WIP. I missed painting after playing with painter for school. This is just from my sketchbook. Comments?
holy crapo, i thought some of this stuff looked familar. i was thinkin omg this guy was ripping off an acad alum, then it dawned on me... oh, it's rachel. very nice stuff, i'm really liking the progression you are making lately, your stuff has really tightened up. gj.
Yeah, I couldn't use Cheshire on this board and I've never actually used Rachel as a forum name, well except for DevArt actually. Huh, wierd. Blythe is my middle name.
Thanks, I do hope I am getting better else its a bit of a waste huh? ^^
Wow I absolutely love your figure gestures! Very nice expressive characters. Good stuff!
sketchbook: Paintbook
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Jska-Thank you ^^
For the DMC thread over at http://www.monkeyslunch.com/forum/vi...t=195&start=25
Your linework is amazing and the charackters expression is realy good.Every single pencil sketch looks like it was done so easy that it gives me pleasure
Wooowwww lovely sketchbook! your posture and expression is fantastic!
sorry about the useless post! but its an awesome sketchbook!
J. Boswell: Thank you very much.
I found my dip pens. ^^
Very cool SB!!!
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lots of interesting stuff here (esp. those sea creatures ), your colors are amazing. thx for sharing
I study to become a lawyer... but just can't stop drawing.
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azcat: Thank you, that means a lot, I tend to think I am absolute crap with color.
Speaking of illustrator, I can't believe I never posted this. This was done all digital and all in illustrator, except for a few sketches in photoshop to help with the figures.
Hey Blythe!
Beautiful designs and colours in your work. Love the watercolour sketches of some landscapes(layouts) you posted a few days ago. I'm not sure if you've finished your film or not, but I would recommend maybe doing the watercolour backgrounds rather than digital. You just cant match the charm you feel from traditional work with digital backgrounds. You might as well take advantage of that in your student film, as its almost nowhere to be seen these days in the industry.
If you've got a link to some animations, Id love to see them.
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Great SB. Your cartoon style faces have such great flowing lines and strong expressions/body language - very impressive.
With your more painterly style images though, i actually wish you had more hard edges/linework in them. It's your strong point IMO.
my sketches here... http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=92997
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Amazing Action Ape: We've just started the film process. The backgrounds will probably end up being watercolor, since the option seems most popular (and I like them best anyway) I just wanted to try the digital way out.
As for animations, which are pretty much entirely linetests at this point, I will make an effort to get some off the computers at school.
Sevans: Yeah, I should just give up rendering. ^^ Kidding, but I will try to keep more linework in my paintings.
WIP, it was a busy weekend. Mostly working on final film at school here.
Very nice sketchbook! I really like your cartoony style. Seems like you're putting in lots of work with all your life studies.
I would have to agree with Amazing Action Ape...the watercolor backgrounds are such a great touch to your style and emotion in your work. Any chances on seeing the final film? Your work has such a great emotion to it.
"Good composition is sort of like pornography. You know it when you see it. "
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I'd love to see some colour and maybe a bit of a suggestion of an environment (nothing craaaaaazy) on that last piece, its pretty cute.
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Your expressions are so fantastic...and the movement! I absolutely love all of your critters. Sorry I don't have any suggestions to give.
Your artwork is so lively and full of emotion, like it's going to just explode out of the page! And the life sketches you do are very well done. It's as if they were easy to you. Lol. I especially love the Bird, Mouse, and Sausage pics. Such a cute, creative idea!
Keep it up! ^^
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I was just wondering if any other fans are glad to see Doc walking up and down the sidelines coaching our team. Am I the only one , no matter what the score, that smiles when the camera shows Doc. Doc coaching this team makes me smile just because of where the Clippers were before. Seeing Doc talk to our guys and pointing out things. The presence of Doc just gives this team a new identity. Even though we are far from what we are capable of I see flashes of Doc in our team. I remember last year looking at this team play and it looked like we had no offense. Well, I take that back. We did. Chris Paul - Pick and Roll every single PLAY! Now I see us coming out of timeouts and executing plays.
My question is what is the difference you see in this team because of Doc and Do You "True" Clipper Fans Get A Slight Smile Seeing Doc Coaching This Team?
You're definitely not the only one.
Good. I just love his edge. I smile when he chews out the Refs. He gets way with it too. He doesn't back down and that is what this team needs to do. I remember he was at a post game presser and he said I called my wife to get the check book ready... And goes on to say point blank the officiating was terrible and got fined for it.
I know there are more than 2 fans on this forum who are glad to see Doc on the sidelines but your thread just hasn't got going YET.
Haha you aren't the only one . Although I don't like how the league favors the coaches and players that keep berating and whining to the refs. It looks pretty petty at times but that's the way it is.
I've been an avid watcher of the Clippers since the last few years of Dunleavy sr's reign in town... Seeing us go from VDN to Doc Rivers puts a bit of joy into my basketball life. I love our offense now; I love what we're trying to do on defense; most of all, I love that we have a coach that can support and motivate the team. What a great trade we had this year with the cetlics.
I love seeing Doc on the sidelines too. Sometimes it's like a pinch-me-am-I-dreaming moment when I see him there doing his coaching thing. He looks so legit.
I've only been watching since the VDN era (late to the party, lol, but I'm here nonetheless) and it is night and day to go from Vinnie to Doc. The championship road is much clearer with Doc at the helm.
Maybe a bit too trivial of a thread.
A great coach gets respect from his players without asking. He commands their attention. They buy in. Doc's reputation, past accomplishments, and recent nifty moves as GM, solidifies his stature with the Clippers. The team will follow his lead. It is fun to watch.
Aside from my favorite clipper coach, Larry Brown, who could get THE MOST out of what we had from his players, Doc Rivers is my second all time CLIPS coach. But if he gets us JUST TO the WC Finals, that will put a big smile on MY face. Until then, like doc said to cp, you haven't done anything yet (with this team). Why, at this point, our game record isn't that much different from where we were last year at this time with VDN! But yes, doc brings a little smile to my face all the time with his sideline coaching style antics, just like Larry Brown, who was always a very excited coach at his players and the the refs to!
Very. Although I've made gripes about shakier than usual rotations lately, he's pretty much been as good as advertised. More important even than the strategy/gameplan improvement... he's helped Blake and DJ take their games to new levels. I was a HUGE Vinny basher because I KNEW he was holding the players and team back. When Blake of all guys on the team is calling out your defensive schemes, you know there's a problem.
With Doc I've gotten annoyed with a couple minor things... but so much better than Vinny,it's astounding.
Yeah, seeing Doc on the sidelines for the first time this year, I had to stop and think, "This is really happening!"
Hahah! One of the greatest things to happen to this team already, especially when it comes to attracting FAs. Not only would they play in LA, but they get to play for Doc.
If we can hold up the defense and rebounding like the Houston game and better even more happy. May not have been our best defensive game but one of our better recent ones.
I love Doc, but I have to hold my judgment until playoffs. This is where we can see if Doc Rivers live up to his billing and gave us a championship ring. WCF and greater or bust!
If we don't make it to WCF, I wouldn't call it a bust.
It's his first year with the team, and the team hasn't really pinned the defensive system yet. Not to mention we haven't had the starting lineup together for a solid amount of time. I hope we win the whole thing, but I wouldn't call it a disappointment or bust if we don't. I would just have to give credit to Doc already, I mean all you really have to do is compare this team to last season's. Getting to the WCF or Finals will take more than Doc. The whole team has to do it together.
It depends on the players.
I think one reason Doc is so hard on refs is because his backup isn't to shabby himself. So if he gets thrown out. You know Alvin Gentry will just take the reigns
Bust may be too harsh a word for not making it out of the 2nd round again, but it would be a major disappointment. A blow in the earning respect department from the media...again.
put it this way, clips don't get past the 2nd round, bye bye DJ/Crawford, brand new team coming in. Were all in, THIS season
That's the furthest thing from the truth.
your ok with not getting past the 2nd round in 3 straight years? I'm pretty sure the front office isn't. Or Chris Paul. Change will definitely come if that happens IMO
It would definitely be a disappointment, but not with Doc... no way this team splits and rebuild after whatever it is that happens.
Maybe we lose Crawford regardless of how it goes, but I don't see us losing DJ.
Most likely a trip to the western conference championship game would ensure that this roster stays intact.
Doc has transformed this team, all last 3 season at the bottom of the league in 3pt defense, and now the very BEST. That plus DJ, our general defense, our offense, our Composure during opponent runs, our late game execution, our out of timeout plays, our Stone Cold demeanor in neck-to-neck games...
the core has had a whole year to learn Doc's system. We even added Davis for the bench and Granger to chip in and compete for the starting small forward spot. Last year we could legitimately make the excuse that we had a good team but an average coach, now that's not the case. We went out and got the best coach out there, and we even upgraded at the wings from last year. If we don't make it to the WCF this year will be a bust.
I get what you're saying, but we're just talking about Doc.
My point is, he already transformed this team... if we don't make it to those expectations, it's a whole team thing, not just Doc.
Doc can't go out there and help defend, or rebound the ball. I think we're forgetting, the thread topic is about Doc.
Is it just me that noticed that it is easier for a team to get a superstar player than to have a great coach like doc or pop? or was it always been this way??
Doc is that voice, that leader, that champion we needed to get us further than we've ever been. Glad he chose us and not anyone else.
You've got to admit it ... what Doc Rivers has done with Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan is absolute magic! No disrespect to Vinny Del Negro, but if the Clippers had kept him, they'd still be stuck in the middle of the playoff hunt and would've had no real shot at contention. He's changed the entire culture - starting with covering up the Laker banners on Clippers game days..
Can't be just me ... right??
It was not just you....It was Donald Sterling shelling out 23 million too
Doc has turned our defense around, from last in 3pt defense to top 5 that's the biggest improvement IMO!
No, it wasn't just you. While the record from Vinny's reign wasn't much different from what Doc has accomplished so far what has changed a lot is the growth of Blake and Deandre. Many people here were calling for the ouster of Vinny because we had a feeling that a top tier coach like Doc could mold and develop these players much better. Also, as others here have noted Doc's ability to change many things here was even given a vote of confidence by DTS. So much in fact that DTS even expanded Doc's role from simply head coach to VP.
This was huge. It was our achilles heel last year, and it was a key reason why we ended up with the 4th seed. We would lose a lot of easy games to teams like Cleveland because they would be allowed to shoot beyond the arc without contest.
Let's not forget about Mr. Alvin Gentry. You gotta give him his credit when it comes to Blake's development offensively.
It's nice to know that we have Doc & Alvin for the next 3 years. Best trade in Clippers franchise history was getting Doc
Chris was our most important trade in franchise history though.
Doc Rivers has been a great leader & coach for the team. I would give a lot of credit to Blake Girffin & DeAndre Jordan themselves for working hard to improve, however, in addition to Doc's guidance.
Good point. I forget about Alvin sometimes but he is a top level coach in his own right.
yeah, but unfortunately for us, most of the teams in the west got stronger as well. This includes GSW, Rockets, and most would argue SA and OKC got better as well.
I agree with you. I'm shocked that some teams actually haven't done as well as I projected. at the start of the season I expected us and GSW to be battling for 1st and 2nd.
I haven't posted much lately, but I had to comment here...just having Doc's presence over this entire franchise has been nothing short of miraculous so far. Having followed this team for twenty-plus years, Doc took this franchise to another level and we still have more to accomplish. I was more or less thinking about this very thing earlier today, and anyone who has followed the Clippers at least since the move to Staples that the transformation has to be traced back to Mike Dunleavy. No other coach prior to Dunleavy, as far as I can remember, wielded a lot of power within the orgranization like he did. There's no really need to harp on things he did wrong (or right), but he essentially laid the foundation for what the Clippers have today, without a doubt. With Doc, you can say the Clippers have "grown up" as an organization.
lol I'm sorry but that is got to be the worst picture of Doc I've ever seen hahhahaha
I wanted to start this topic to give Doc props and to shout him out for what seems to be a great year for the clippers. Since Doc has come into the organization we have improved every year. Two years ago we were almost dead last in protecting the 3 point line. This past year we were first in protecting the three point line and we did that with just having him for a year. DJ improved immensely and prob still have a lot more to improve. During this off season people started to kind of bash Doc for not doing this and not doing that but like others said on the forum he did the best he could. In my eyes once again he improved our biggest weakness last semester back up bigs. We got spencer hawes and big baby Davis. That to me is a good back up set of bigs. I think Doc deserves a little more praise and props because he has done a great job as a coach and as a GM and with time and practice like anything else I expect him to improve being a GM. With that being said I applaud DOC RIVERS
I thought Dudley was our Prop.
What do you mean I don't get you? Lol
What we all have to guard against is "Lakers Disease" or L.D.
L.D. is a debilitating and delusional mindset that brands any year without a chip a failure. With a thirty team League, twenty-nine teams will think they are failures-- if their fans catch the dreaded L.D. The problem is that Lakers fans conveniently forget that they did not win titles almost 70% of the time. As if Smush Parker never existed. Everyone should realize how hard it is to win an NBA title. Just ask LeBron after this year.
The best inoculation for L.D. is having an exciting team, a winning team and realizing that your team -- with breaks -- can win it all. Knowing that your Vegas bet for the Clips to be Champions will be in play through, at least, the first playoff round -- and maybe more.
If you use that standard, which any sane person should adopt, Doc has more than delivered. Yes, there was some luck -- drafting BG comes to mind -- but any success story includes some luck. And we will need even more luck to win the title this coming year.
But, from my personal -- and just about any -- perspective, Doc has given Los Angeles sports fans an exciting and winning alternative to watching the idiot son of a genius ruin the other NBA team in town.
Thanks, Doc!!!


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The medical marijuana law passed by voters in 2009 was supposed to create greater access to the drug for those suffering from a lengthy list of illnesses. It replaced a 1999 law, also enacted at referendum, that made it legal to possess marijuana as medicine but offered no system for patients to obtain it.
More than a year after the vote, and two months after the new registration system took effect, patients are still struggling to find doctors willing to write medical certificates, as is now required. And some patients are worse off than before.
One of them is Nickolas Stanley, 32, of Farmington, who was rendered quadriplegic by spinal muscular atrophy, a condition brought on by a congenital defect known as a tethered spinal cord. The problem manifested itself during high school, and Stanley has had three surgeries to correct it — but they only made the problem worse, he said recently.
Since 2003, he has legally used marijuana to relieve his "constant aches and pains," as well as anxiety and depression, under advice of his long-time caregiver, Patricia Soderholm, who grew medicinal marijuana for Stanley.
"I was prescribed opiates, but the side effects were much worse," Stanley said. "Now the only drug I take for pain is marijuana."
But when Soderholm attempted to navigate the new medical marijuana system for him, she ran into a dead end. About 30 minutes before a scheduled appointment with his primary care physician to obtain the now-required medical certificate, as Stanley was being loaded into the van he uses to attend medical appointments on a cold December day, the doctor's office called and said they wouldn't be able to provide the certificate. "It takes at least an hour to get him ready," Soderholm noted.
The Franklin Community Health Network, affiliated with Franklin Memorial Hospital, has decided that its physicians will not be allowed to write marijuana certificates — even for patients they were already treating, like Stanley — until "there is greater clarity from the state on the issue," according to Jill Gray, community relations manager. She confirmed this week that the policy remains in force.
Soderholm said she tried calling at least 15 physicians' offices trying to find someone who would help, "and some of them were incredibly rude," she said. "They said, 'Why would you try to get an illegal drug?'"
Finally, she located a physician in Falmouth who would see Stanley, but since insurance won't cover the visit, he will have to pay the $150 charge out of pocket. "For someone living on a disability check, that's hard," Soderholm said. "He's been saving for weeks so he can make the visit."
Difficulty finding docs
It may be that few patients will have to undergo the same ordeal, but Soderholm's attempts to find a provider points up one of the oddities of the new law.
More than 100 providers have notified the state that they are willing to write certificates, but their names are confidential. Unless they are willing to announce themselves publicly — and only a few have — it's difficult for patients to know who to call. Meanwhile, many other medical providers have made it clear they will not write certificates for marijuana.
Jennifer Smale, who with her husband, Tim, operates Remedy Compassion Center in Auburn, a dispensary that expects to open in late spring, said this identity issue is a dilemma even for some physicians who write certificates. "They don't want to be known as marijuana docs," she said.
Catherine Cobb, who directs the state's Division of Licensing and Regulatory Services, part of the Department of Health and Human Services, says the 100-plus providers are well-distributed geographically and should be able to handle patients registering with the state — 600 so far, with another 300 applications pending. But she conceded that linking up with a doctor, an essential step, may not be easy, at least initially.
Once a certificate is obtained, patients may:
— Grow their own marijuana, up to 10 plants;
— Seek and pay for a caregiver to grow the marijuana for them under the same terms, or;
— Buy marijuana at a dispensary, at the rate of $300 to $400 per ounce.
No dispensaries are open yet. Auburn's, at 730 Center St., near the Auburn Mall, may be the first. But caregivers can provide marijuana now, if they can get certificates.
"The caregivers think the dispensaries may have an unfair advantage, because (caregivers) can't grow plants until they have a patient with a certificate, while the dispensaries can sell right away," Cobb said. Growing a plant to maturity takes at least nine to 10 weeks. But at the moment, that may be the less important delay.
Some docs can't write certificates, others won't
Gordon Smith, president of the Maine Medical Association, whose group has sponsored a series of well-attended seminars for physicians statewide on the new law, said MMA has tried to remain neutral on the subject, "not encouraging or discouraging the writing of certificates."
Still, it's proving to be a bit of a stretch for many doctors. As Smith points out, marijuana is not FDA-approved for any purpose, and while research on its medical effects is common abroad, there are few U.S. studies, in large part because the federal government long rejected most research proposals.
Even doctors willing to write certificates say they know little about effective dosing, and health professionals disinclined to participate can find plenty of reasons not to.
Smith said the number of primary care physicians in the state — those most likely to get requests for certificates — isn't known, although there are 528 "practice sites," many of which have multiple physicians.
"There must be at least 1,500 doctors," he said, meaning that the 100 or so doctors currently signed up to write certificates, which can include specialists, are a small minority.
Many practices are barred by federal law from participation. Doctors at all Veterans Administration hospitals and clinics face this prohibition, as well as rural clinics receiving direct federal funding, such as the HealthReach Network that has sites in Strong, Livermore Falls and Rangeley, and the DFD Russell Medical Centers in Leeds, Monmouth and Turner.
Dr. Roy Miller, director of the Sheepscot Valley Health Center in Coopers Mill, said his clinic gets 10 to 15 percent of its funding from the federal government, and must comply with federal law in all respects. "This is only one of a long list," he said. "We can't even do a vasectomy without filing a federal report."
The only reason Maine's new law can operate without running afoul of federal law, under which marijuana is illegal for any purpose, is a directive from U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, who issued guidance shortly after the Obama administration took office in 2009.
Holder said that federal law would not be enforced in states where marijuana has been legalized for designated purposes, but, as Gordon Smith noted, that policy could change with a new administration. Under George W. Bush, the Justice Department raided dispensaries in California, the first state to make them legal.
Aside from the physician practices barred by federal law from writing certificates, some providers have decided on their own not to do so. In the Lewiston-Auburn area, the two major hospital groups have split on the issue, with Central Maine Medical Center allowing its affiliated physicians to write certificates, and St. Mary's Regional Medical Center barring them.
CMMC yes, St. Mary's no
CMMC's pharmacy director, Philip Rioux, said that several hospital committees considered the appropriateness of writing medical certificates, and determined there was a "strong consensus" that "patients may derive some benefit" from marijuana. He noted, however, that the pharmacy itself is not involved, and, "We don't allow its use on the campus," meaning that a patient using marijuana may not do so while hospitalized.
Rioux, too, noted that "there is no standardized dosage" for the drug, meaning that it's difficult to integrate with conventional allopathic medicine.
Under CMMC's policy, any of the 68 providers in its network can write certificates, but none are required to do so.
Reaching the opposite conclusion were the committees at St. Mary's hospital. Dr. Ira Shapiro, the medical director, said that the 36 primary care providers there "will not be writing certificates."
He listed four reasons as contributing to the decision, including that marijuana is not FDA-approved, and that research on it "has not reached an evidence-based standard in long-term controlled trials."
Shapiro also cited the difficulty of offering a drug to patients who "may already have a chemical dependence, including marijuana dependence." Finally, he said there are indications that regular marijuana use can "trigger or worsen" psychotic mental illnesses — bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.
Asked whether the federal prohibition on marijuana research had made it difficult to establish the drug's effectiveness, Shapiro said, "We're not a research institution. If scientific evidence is presented, we'll reconsider our policy."
Jennifer Radel, the hospital's community relations manager, said later that St. Mary's policy, while communicated to all staff, had not yet been put into written form.
'... Wrong way to make the system work'
Dr. Owen Pickus is among those who dispute the idea that marijuana isn't safe and effective. Pickus, a cancer and AIDS specialist who practices in Westbrook, is perhaps the best-known Maine doctor to publicly endorse marijuana by writing certificates.
Trained as an osteopathic physician, he has taught at the University of New England, the state's only medical school, for more than 20 years, and recently earned his law degree and opened a legal practice. He also ran for the state Senate as a Republican last year, losing to incumbent Democrat Nancy Sullivan.
Pickus said there's no question marijuana has benefited many patients he's treated, though he also shares some of the concerns expressed by other doctors. And he's frustrated that the FDA has never taken on the questions of marijuana's safety and efficacy.
"That's the agency we depend on to test drugs and establish which ones work," he said. "This should never have been left to the states. It's the wrong way to make the system work."
Twenty years ago, Pickus chaired the first state medical marijuana commission for then-Gov. John McKernan, who had made his name as a young state representative by sponsoring the bill that decriminalized marijuana possession. But after serving in Congress and then his first term as governor, the political winds had shifted, and McKernan never took up the commission's recommendations.
It was not until the first referendum vote a decade later — sponsored and funded, like the second one, by an out-of-state organization — that medical marijuana became legal.
Pickus decried what he called two "special-interest groups" — those who see medical marijuana as a step toward full legalization, and others who have tried to criminalize all uses — as not serving the needs of those who can benefit from marijuana.
The dispensary system is far from ideal, in his view.
"Charging $400 an ounce for a drug that's not covered by insurance can be a hardship," he said. "I have patients who have trouble handling a co-pay."
But he doesn't spare his fellow physicians from criticism. "We've really got to get our heads out of the sand and deal with this." Although 13 states, from Alaska to Maine, have provisions for medical marijuana, there's no visible push for a change in federal law at the moment.
Pickus is also skeptical of claims that marijuana use could unduly harm patients' health. "Sure, there's the possibility of dependence, but we over-prescribe opiates and OxyContin, and they're already a common cause of death, just like alcohol use," he said. "To my knowledge, no one has ever died from smoking marijuana."
'The first year is tough'
At Remedy Compassion Center, Jennifer Smale said the availability of certificates should improve when all eight of the state-approved dispensaries are operating, possibly by the end of this year, and when caregivers and patients feel free of possible interference by law enforcement.
"The first year is tough," she said. "After that, it seems to get a lot better in all the states that have authorized dispensaries."
She noted that in Oregon, 40,000 patients are registered marijuana users, and that in Colorado, some 1,200 physicians are participating in the state system. Even states with recent laws are signing up numerous patients — 2,500 in New Mexico, and 2,250 in Rhode Island, whose original law dates only to 2006.
She believes that some doctors are still unduly suspicious of marijuana as a drug. Some prospective dispensary customers have told her they are prescribed opiates, but if their provider finds, through drug testing, that they are also using marijuana, their treatment is discontinued. "That's harsh," she said. "It's not easy to withdraw from opium-based drugs."
Smale said that education is the biggest hope for eventual widespread acceptance by the medical community. "Maine's system is going to work very well," she said. "We'll see physicians becoming more open-minded, particularly when they see how safe it is."
For Nickolas Stanley, that day can't come too soon.
"I didn't need a card when I started using marijuana, and now I can't get one," he said. "It's been very confusing to figure out what to do. Even though I've paid my fees and they say I'm approved, I can't do it without a certificate."
He feels he never should have been put in this position. "It's not like I'm asking for anything new. I just need my medicine."
Consent form aimed at liability issue
Possible misuse of marijuana by patients who can legally possess it has been cited as one reason why providers should be cautious about writing certificates. Dr. Owen Pickus, a Westbrook-based physician who writes certificates, says "the OUI issue is a real one," and "no one should be driving a car after smoking marijuana."
The state has offered one means of dealing with potential liability issues by posting a "Consent to Treatment" form on the Department of Health and Human Services website, which doctors can ask patients to sign. It covers the lack of FDA approval, possible impurities and contamination, and specifies that the patient is responsible for proper use.
For the form and further information, see the DHHS page: www.maine.gov/dhhs/dlrs/


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Deers. They're graceful animals admired for their beauty. But in and around Gwinnett County without any real predators, their numbers have grown out of proportion.
To help control the over population, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (GDNR) encourages the harvesting of anterless deer during the regular hunting season.
But in suburban areas, where hunting with a rifle is illegal, bow hunters can be the most cost effective for deer management in suburban areas.
Controlling the population of deer has a two-fold benefit; deer-related damage to ornamentals and property and deer-vehicle collisions with cars can be reduced, and the meat can help feed many who count on organizations such as the Norcross Co-op to provide food for their families.
It was that second benefit that interested Carson Saville, 25, an avid bowman who grew up in Peachtree Corners. His family, he explained, has always had an interest in philanthropic work.
Saville has taken his passion for the sport and is using it to help provide food to those organizations who can use the meat to feed many.
"We're not just out to hunt for fun," said Saville, who also works in his family's business Saville Public Entity. Saville learned of Farmers and Hunters Feeding the Hungry, an outreach ministry that uses a renewable resource, in this case deer, to feed the hungry.
Carson signed up to be part of the organization to donate deer meat to non-profit organizations looking for donations to help feed the families who come knocking on their doors for food.
Saville and two team members, who are licensed to hunt, obtain permission from homeowners in the area who are interested in reducing the number of deer on their property to bow hunt on their land. There is no charge to the homeowner, the deer that are killed are then taken to a nearby USDA-qualified meat processing plant and the meat is then donated.
"One deer feeds 200 people," said Saville, who has been bow hunting since he was 12. For Saville, the idea that his work can make a difference was important. "Charity work is very enjoyable to do," he added, "It's good to know that you are really making an impact."
The cost to process the meat from one deer is $40. Saville and his team deliver the meat to the processor and pays the processing charge, but he hopes to collect donations from those who would like to help.
To learning more about harvesting deer and donating the meat contact Saville via email at firstname.lastname@example.com or by phone, 404-406-9368.
Interesting facts:
- Just two deer without predation can produce a head of up to 35 deer in just seven years.
- According to the GDNR, the deer population in Georgia exceeds 1.2 million.
- Breeding season (called "the rut") extends from October to January and peaks in November.
- High deer numbers are a serious concern because they can destroy their own habitat and that of dozens of other species, even causing extirpation of plant species.
- In 2011, more than 300 people were injured in deer collisions according to the Georgia Governor's Office of Highway Safety, and a total of 1,000 people have died in similar accidents between 2006 and 2010.
Source: Georgia Department of Natural Resources


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Dee Brestin on Idol Lies
Brestin discusses how Jesus set her free from her own idols.
BY: Angela Guzman
How do we turn away from our idols and back to Jesus?
First – you have to see your idols! Heart idols are invisible, like cancerous tumors. All you can see is the effects of those tumors. All I knew was that I was having trouble keeping a good administrative assistant – and I always thought it was her fault. I thought, Why can she not appreciate what a great job this is? It is interesting, you get to minister, travel, get a good pay check, and have a great boss! What's the matter with these women? I didn't realize I had a hidden control idol that was driving these women away. We must not be so naïve as to think that idolatry is just worshipping visible things like statues or money.
Second, because heart idols cannot be removed, but only replaced, it is not enough to repent – we must move forward in faith, believing God can meet our need. I had to trust that if I stopped controlling, stopped using guilt, and stopped my side-ways comments, that God would work in my assistant's life and in my ministry. It's a continuous cycle or repentance and faith. I am so different today – I am keeping an administrative assistant, my ministry is thriving, and I have a daughter who says, "Mom – you are so much better!"
What are heart idols? How did God help you begin to see your own idols?
Heart idols are a self-salvation strategy. Instead of trusting God to meet our needs, we devise an alternate plan. God helped me to see first, through a strong word from a friend. When I lamented to Jan Silvious about losing my fourth administrative assistant in a ten year period, she said, "Seems to be a pattern in your life, Dee."
I thought, What? Are you saying this is me? This was the first red flag that there was a cancer in me.
Then God confirmed it through His Word in a sermon by Jim Om entitled "Models of Manipulation." It was on Martha of Bethany and Om said that she had a heart idol that was causing trouble. He said Martha was a manipulator, and manipulators often use guilt on others. In Luke 10, she storms out of the kitchen to drop a heavy load of guilt on both Jesus and Mary: "Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone?"
When Jesus said, "Martha, Martha" he was concerned about her heart idol – for heart idols, like cancer, destroy. Her heart idol could have been control (common among leaders) or affirmation (she really might have been the Martha Stewart of biblical days and this was her chance to shine.)
I began to see. I used guilt. I made side-ways comments. I was anxious and worried about many things. Body language is a clue that hidden heart idols are lurking.
As He said, "Martha, Martha," now Jesus was saying, "Dee, Dee."
Explain what you mean when you write about attacking the root problem-recognizing three main categories of deep heart idols.
So often when we are plagued with a problem, we attack the symptom. If we are suffering from over-eating, over-spending, or over-hitting snooze on the alarm, we think, I'll get a better diet, a better budget, a better alarm clock. In each of these examples, the root problem may be a comfort idol. Attaching the symptom won't work – for as soon as we restrict the comfort idol with a new diet, budget, or alarm – he WILL FIGHT and he usually WILL WIN. Instead, if we address the root there is hope. In Psalm 42, the psalmist kept asking his soul, "What are you downcast?" And then, he spoke to his soul, "Put your hope in God." When we substitute food, money, or laziness for God – that is idolatry. Idols cannot be removed – only replaced. So it is a matter of walking in faith, trusting that God will meet you. It isn't a quick fix – but it is the only one that is efficacious.
I credit Tim Keller with first categorizing the three main heart idols: Comfort/Security, Affirmation/Approval and Power/Control.
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Police ID student fatally struck by car
WALKER — Police have identified a 19-year-old Trenton woman who was struck and killed while attempting to cross a road in west Michigan.
Police say Grand Valley State University student Jessie Winterholler was with two college students about 7 p.m. Friday, when a verbal argument ensued and the driver pulled off the road on Nolan Avenue at Three Mile Road.
Police said one of the females got out of the vehicle and walked away. Winterholler left the vehicle to go after her friend and was fatally struck by a westbound driver.
Police said the vehicle was driven by a 49-year-old Holland woman, who was released.
Officers at the scene tell MLive.com Winterholler was wearing dark clothing. They say neither alcohol nor speed were factors in the crash, which remains under investigation.
Ford's daughter speaks at GVSU
GRAND RAPIDS — The daughter of the late President Gerald Ford will speak at Grand Valley State University's graduation ceremonies in Grand Rapids.
The university says that Susan Ford Bales will give an address Saturday at Van Andel Arena. It says about 1,000 students are participating in the commencement.
The daughter of Gerald and Betty Ford is a trustee for the Gerald R. Ford Historical Legacy Trust and the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation. She's also a global ambassador for efforts against breast cancer by the Susan G. Komen Foundation.
Judge on leave after affair claims
DETROIT — A Detroit judge recently reprimanded by the Michigan Supreme Court for misconduct has been placed on leave after a TV station said he had a relationship with a woman while her child-support case was pending in his court.
Wayne County's chief judge, Virgil Smith, told The Detroit News that Judge Wade McCree was placed on leave Friday. Geniene La'Shay Mott earlier told WJBK-TV that McCree discussed strategies with her in a child-support case. She was seeking money from a former boyfriend.
Mott told the TV station that she had sex "very often" with the judge in his office and now is pregnant with his child. McCree won't comment.
In October, McCree was reprimanded by the state Supreme Court after sending a shirtless photo of himself to a female court employee.
Fire destroys home park building
EGELSTON TOWNSHIP — Authorities say a fire that swept through a building at a west Michigan mobile home park has left it in ruins.
Egelston Township Deputy Fire Chief Dan Willea tells MLive.com that by the time firefighters arrived at the scene about 4 a.m. Saturday, the old clubhouse that recently housed a laundry room, storage area and office space, was engulfed in flames.
Willea says no one was inside the building at the time and no injuries were reported.
The fire did not spread to any other buildings, since the structure stood alone near the entrance.
No cause has been determined.
Man who tried to kiss man stabbed multiple times FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Flint authorities say a man who was repeatedly stabbed by another man he tried to kiss remains in critical condition.
Police say the victim picked up a man around 5 a.m. Friday on Dort Highway, and the two drove to the victim's nearby hotel room.
MLive.com (http://bit.ly/TRWsuL) reports the victim told police the suspect was hitting him. When the victim tried to kiss the suspect, he produced a sharp object and began stabbing the victim.
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Isaiah Chapter 30 Verse 25 - 33
Translations: World English BibleBible in Basic EnglishKing James Version
25.) And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every high hill, rivers and streams of waters in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.
26.) Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.
27.) Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire:
28.) And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing them to err.
29.) Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the LORD, to the mighty One of Israel.
30.) And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and hailstones.
31.) For through the voice of the LORD shall the Assyrian be beaten down, which smote with a rod.
32.) And in every place where the grounded staff shall pass, which the LORD shall lay upon him, it shall be with tabrets and harps: and in battles of shaking will he fight with it.
33.) For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.


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Expert: North Korea's Nuclear Test Not About Obama's State of the Union
The latest test does not necessarily indicate increased capabilities.
A confirmed nuclear test in North Korea on the eve of President Barack Obama's fifth State of the Union address is likely more about internal messaging than it is about international saber-rattling, experts say. The move also doesn't necessarily mark a threshold of no return when it comes to North Korea's ability as a nuclear power.
"They don't clearly have a missile that can threaten the U.S.," says Heather Hurlburt, executive director of the National Security Network and U.S. News foreign policy blogger. "It's always bad news when a country explodes a nuclear device … [but] being able to blow up a nuclear device in a tunnel is really different then being able to fit a nuclear device on a missile and deliver it anywhere."
The actions come at a transitional phase in regional politics, as new leaders have taken over in South Korea and China in recent months—not to mention the fact that Kim Jong-Un, North Korea's leader, took over the top spot from his father, the country's longtime head, Kim Jong-Il, about one year ago.
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"They did this test on the anniversary of Kim Jong-Il's birthday; so you have this very young, untested leader trying to demonstrate his legitimacy," Hurlburt says. "There's a big internal component to this that has very little to do with world affairs."
North Korea has faced increasingly tough rounds of sanctions in recent months as they have continued to ramp up their nuclear and missile testing over the opposition of the international community, including the United Nations Security Council. China, North Korea's greatest ally, also joined South Korea, Japan, the United States, and others in the latest international rebuke.
Matt Stumpf, director of the Asia Society's Washington office, said the test also marks North Korea's continued pursuit of nuclear power over the well-being of their people.
"Though the full impact of today's events will depend on yet-to-be-determined nature of the nuclear technology tested, taking the North Koreans at their initial word means that they sought progress in miniaturizing a nuclear warhead for use with the missile technology it has also recently tested," he said in a blog post. "This growing capacity significantly raises the level of the perceived threat to the United States, Japan and South Korea."
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He also said the move challenges China's credibility as a regional negotiator and alters the calculus for moving forward.
"China had always favored a return to talks, and the American president had prominently committed to offer an open hand to those who would reciprocate," Stumpf writes. "But, after this test, a new agreed framework — which delayed North Korea's nuclear program in return for energy — or a return to the 2005 agreement is no longer viable."
Hurlburt agrees the test complicates the China-North Korea relationship.
"The Chinese see North Korea as both an asset and a liability," Hurlburt says. "The Chinese are not going to shut down the border, they're not going to cut off trade, they are not going to stop seeing North Korea as an ally to some extent, but they've been stiff-arming Pyongyang."
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The latest nuclear test is also a signal from North Korea to China, she adds.
"They are saying to China, 'Hey big brother, you can't tell us what to do,'" she says.
Obama issued a statement soon after the news of the test broke, calling the action a "highly provocative act" that "undermines regional stability."
"The danger posed by North Korea's threatening activities warrants further swift and credible action by the international community," said Obama in the release. "The United States will also continue to take steps necessary to defend ourselves and our allies. We will strengthen close coordination with allies and partners and work with our Six-Party partners, the United Nations Security Council, and other U.N. member states to pursue firm action."


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It's a hard-knock life for an orphan, but for one Glen Ellyn girl, being an orphan is an experience she wouldn't trade.
While Jaclyn Dougherty, 10, isn't really an orphan, she is currently portraying one in the musical Annie, which runs through Dec. 30 at the Paramount Theatre in Aurora.
Jaclyn is a student at Forest Glen Elementary School in Glen Ellyn. She is one of only six children performing in the play. She has been performing in Annie four times a week for the six-week run, her mother Chrissy Dougherty said.
"It has been amazing how many friends, family, and teachers have come to see her in Annie," Chrissy Dougherty said. "She has known well over 100 people who attended and is fortunate to have someone in the audience at almost every one of her performances. Paramount Theatre is a wonderful venue with reasonable ticket prices right in the suburbs."
Jaclyn started performing about a year ago and has no intention of stopping. She has the acting bug.
"Performing is so much fun and I don't want to give it up," Jaclyn said.
Jaclyn portrays Kate, who is the second youngest orphan in the musical, Jaclyn said.
"I am in a few scenes acting, singing and dancing," she said.
Her part is double cast; she performs in every other performance for a total of 22 shows, her mother said.
Before securing the part in Annie, Jaclyn had performed in a local production of Willy Wonka and The Music Man.
Jaclyn's brother Brennan was the inspiration for her to get involved in musical theater. He had been involved in theater singing and dancing, she said.
The play has received rave reviews from local media. The Chicago Tribune's Chris Jones has said the musical is: "better than the current Broadway Annie."
And, Hedy Weiss of the Chicago Sun Times said of the musical: "… true genius …easily could become a national touring edition of Annie."
What does Jaclyn enjoy most about performing? "I enjoy being with all my friends and just being on stage," she said.
Her parents don't mind her performing either.
"We feel extremely proud," Chrissy Dougherty said. "It is hard to believe that is actually her on the stage."
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During disasters, cellphone towers become jammed, making it hard to call someone. But cellphone text messages can still be sent.
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The voice asking the first question of Lawrence Krauss and Brian Greene in a live-audience broadcast of NPR's "Science Friday" was tiny and tentative, obviously a young boy:
"Why did you be- (gulp) … choose to become a scientist?"
"For me," answered Greene, a theoretical physicist, "it was to get the girls."
Laughter. Applause. But seriously, folks.
"When I was 12 or 13," Greene continued, "I had the kinds of concerns I think every kid that age has: Why am I here? What's it all about? That sort of stuff. And it just struck me that, look, there can't be an answer, because otherwise everybody would already know it, and someone would have told me about it."
I was driving but had reached my destination by this time, so I sat in my idling car to hear the rest of the story – a real Driveway Moment.
"So it must be the case that the best you can do is understand the question," Greene said. "Not 'why?' but 'how?' How did the universe come here? How did the Earth form? How did life begin?
"And it struck me that if I could get close to the questions, that would be the best substitute for finding the answers. And that's really what science is all about: getting close to the questions."
I thought immediately about my 12-year-old son, Jack, the grand inquisitor, whose questions long ago exceeded my capacity for simple answers.
He asks about the makings of earthquakes and tsunamis, about whether yogurt is a liquid or a solid, about the ethics of capital punishment, about whether Xerneas or Yveltal is the better Pokemon. The questions are part science, part spirituality, part pure wonderment.
"Not everything's been answered," Krauss, a cosmologist, said as I continued to sit there, wasting gas and burning ozone.
"That's really important for parents, too … when kids ask how something works, to sometimes say, 'I don't know. Hey, maybe we should think about it. Or maybe nobody knows. You could figure it out.' "
More noble, I suppose, than my standard answer lately, which is "Ask Mr. Jenney." (Mr. Jenney being Jack's seventh-grade science teacher and his knowledge and proximity being my lazy, scientific equivalent to "Ask your mother.")
It's hard to arrive at that point in parenthood when you're constantly, frustratingly void of answers. Vexed. Befuddled. My shoulders are locked in a permanent shrug.
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My children's quest to figure things out becomes my excuse to try again – and again and again and again. I'm not sure I'll ever understand quantum mechanics or string theory, but the odyssey calls.
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In scanning the headlines today, I noticed how there's an untold story that lay at the root of so many of the developments in the news---human pride. I'm not talking about pride in the sense of self-dignity, but in the sense of arrogance.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon once said, "Be not proud of race, face, place, or Grace." There's a classic story told about Spurgeon, the terrific Reformed Baptist preacher of 19th century London. One day after church, a proper Victorian woman was commending him for his sermon, when a drunk happened to stumble by.
According to the story, the woman made a face, expressing her disgust at the drunk, and said something like, "Well, I never!" And Spurgeon, looking over at the same drunk, said, "But for the grace of God go you or I, Madam." So true. But so easily forgotten.
Pride often robs us of our ability to see things properly. We compare ourselves with our neighbors and come off better (in our minds) than we really are before an all-holy seeing God.
To the Christian the sin of pride is among the greatest evils. C. S. Lewis likened it to spiritual cancer. In fact, listen to what the great British scholar (a professor at Oxford, then later Cambridge) had to say on the subject: "...the essential vice, the utmost evil, is Pride. Unchastity, anger, greed, drunkenness, and all that, are mere fleabites in comparison....it is Pride which has been the chief cause of misery in every nation and every family since the world began."
The warnings against pride in the Scriptures are many and varied. They are summed up in the theme that God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.
Next month we celebrate the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s classic speech, "I have a dream." In that speech, he quotes Isaiah from the Bible, including the point that in due time, the humble ("every valley") shall be exalted and the proud ("every hill and mountain") laid low: "I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together." He was, of course, a Baptist minister.
One of the greatest rulers from antiquity was King Nebuchadnezzar II (605-562 B. C.). He has a lot to teach us about pride and its destructive nature. Thankfully, the important lessons surrounding him were recorded in the Bible and thus preserved for all time.
Nebuchadnezzar II was Babylon's greatest king. As a conqueror, he was feared by all. He had crushed his enemies, put foreign kings in chains, and enslaved their subjects. As a builder he was equally famous. He had enlarged the city of Babylon to an area of six square miles, beautified it with magnificent buildings, and surrounded it with massive impenetrable walls. He had beautified his own palace with hanging gardens, so spectacular, that they were one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
Nebudchanezzar had indeed accomplished many things, but he wouldn't have been able to do any of these things were it not that God had given him his life, his health, his talents, his genetic make up, his family background, etc. This is true of anybody great or small that accomplishes anything. As Paul notes, What do you have that you did not receive?
But full of pride, Nebuchadnezzar bragged, "Is this not great Babylon, that I have built for my royal dwelling by my mighty power and for my majesty?" (Daniel 4:30).
God was not pleased with Nebuchadnezzar's overinflated opinion of himself. Listen to what happened next, as found in the book of Daniel: "While the word was still in the king's mouth, a voice fell from heaven: 'King Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is spoken. The kingdom has departed from you! And they shall drive you from men, and your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field. They shall make you eat grass like oxen; and seven times shall pass over you, until you know the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever He chooses.'"
Then what happened? The book of Daniel tells us, "That very hour the word was fulfilled concerning Nebuchadnezzar; he was driven from men and ate grass like oxen; his body was wet with the dew of heaven till his hair had grown like eagles' feathers and his nails like birds' claws."
After seven years he acknowledged God, and his mental health and kingdom were restored. I remember this story even being in my secular psychology book on mental illnesses. Of course, as I recall, it discounted the divine element which is critical to the story. God hates the pride of man, not the self-respect, not self-dignity, but pride in the sense of hubris, of arrogance.
The saying "pride goes before a fall" (a paraphrase of Proverbs 16:18) is certainly true. In all the universe the most devastating example of this is Lucifer. He was once a highly exalted angelic being. God banished him from heaven because he became too proud. What did Lucifer say just before he fell, according to Isaiah? "I will ascend into heaven. I will exalt my throne above the stars of God...I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High."
How did Lucifer fall? Through the sin of pride. As C. S. Lewis puts it, "it was through Pride that the devil became the devil."
Of all sins, pride is the most dangerous and the most lethal. "Haughty eyes" are among the things that God hates the most (Proverbs 6:17). He opposes the proud because nobody can come to God—full of self, with a high view of his own accomplishments, full of his own "righteousness."
Why is it that people sometimes reject the Gospel---that Christ died to redeem sinners? Because of their pride. They're too proud to see the need for divine grace. They think they're good enough in and of themselves. They don't see themselves the way a holy God sees them.
To me, the key to overcoming pride is in reversing the phrase "alter ego" (and alter the spelling of alter to altar): We leave our ego on the altar.
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Firefighters have contained a fire in a storage area of Mid-Continent Packaging Inc., a fire official said.
Fire Marshall Ken Helms said the department received a call about 8:25 a.m. reporting the fire in a building, at 1200 N. 54th, used by the business to store chemicals.
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