text:
Marthann Meyers, 85
Marthann "Martha" Meyers, 85, of Warsaw, passed away at 3:45 a.m., Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011, at her home following an extended illness.Martha was born Dec. 31, 1925, in Plymouth. She was the only child of Otto K. and Edith (Cummins) Duddleson. Mar-tha grew up in the Plymouth and Warsaw areas. She was a graduate of Plymouth High School. Martha's first marriage, to Bernie Eads, blessed them with their only child, Darcy. On Dec. 30, 1974, Martha married Paul E. Meyers. He preceded her in death April 16, 2002. They resided at Lawrence Lake, in Plymouth, for several years before moving to Mission, Texas in 1989.Martha and Paul were avid snowbirds traveling all over the United States in their motor home. While living in Texas, Martha taught ceramics and oil painting. She loved to embroider and sew. After her illness, she moved to Warsaw, where she remained until her death. Martha was the Children's Librarian at the Plymouth Public Library for many years. She had just celebrated her 85th birthday, with her family, and was able to meet her newest great-grandchild Dexter, born Dec. 27, 2010. Martha loved to dance to the Big Band-era songs from the '40s. She loved her family, friends and music. We'd like to think she is now dancing with the angels in Heaven!Martha is survived by her loving daughter, Darcy (Eads) Shafer of Larwill; her grandchildren, Darton Lane (Shauna) Shafer of Fort Wayne, and Destiny Lenae (Joseph) (Shafer) Stephens of Columbia City; her five great-grandchildren: Gavyn Paul Stephens, Bryson Anthony Stephens, Payton Elise Shafer and Mallory Claire Shafer, all of Columbia City, and Dexter Lee Shafer of Fort Wayne.Visitation is 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Van Gilder Funeral Home, 300 W. Madison St. in Plymouth. Funeral service follows at 4 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home with Chaplain Robert Jarboe officiatingMemorial gifts may be given to: The Marshall County Humane Society, P. O. Box 25, Plymouth, IN, 46563.Memories may be shared at www.vangilderfuneralhome.com.


text:
This post I am trying something new. I often enjoy little writing exercises that allow me to do something different, something outside the broader scope of my novels.
This idea came from a contest I saw in a magazine once in which you had to write something on the back of a postcard related, of course, to the picture on the reverse.
I'm a very visual person and I love taking photos. So, with the picture postcard idea in mind, I've decided to write whatever comes to mind for some of my photos.
Some of the time I will write about what the photo makes me feel, other times I will make up a story about what might have happened in a particular place long ago.
I'm not going to follow any particular format. This is just a bit of an experiment for myself, but one which I am happy to share. I'm just going with the flow.
Let me know what you think, feel. And, if you have your own picture postcard writings you would like to share, indicate the link in the comments box below.
I also like to write to music, so I will share the particular tracks that I used to write at the end of each post.
Cheers and hope you enjoy!
This first one is named I am leaving...
I am leaving.
I shall not see you again.
The memory of your quiet paths, the colour of the world when I was with you, fade the farther I get.
I look back and remember, and feel pain.
No longer will I smell the fresh scent of your gentle heights, nor lie, sun-baked, on your pink and white shore with waves lapping at me, hypnotizing me.
I am leaving and sea foam fizzes away to nothing in my wake.
What has happened to you, my place of dreaming?
The life of your peaks, your valleys, has burned and your myriad shades of blue have gone black.
Age after age I returned, but never again.
In my heart, you will always glimmer as an emerald in the deepest depths of time.
You shall be a beacon of fondest memory to which I will be a reluctant traveller.
You shall be a salve for sadness, a needle for pain.
Will I see you again?
Will I?
Music: The Da Vinci Code soundtrack (Hans Zimmer), track 14, Kyrie for the Magdalene

subset: commoncrawl


text:
We have decided to accommodate guests for the evening of Thanksgiving Day 2013. Normally we have closed for Thanksgiving Day to spend time with our family. This year we have already booked other guests for Thanksgiving Day with check in after 6 pm.
If you want to enjoy Thanksgiving in the North Georgia mountains please consider staying with us.
Check our web site and availability calendar for what we have available.
Where to eat Thanksgiving Dinner in Dahlonega?
At this time we know of three options that are shown below. We will be adding additional places for Thanksgiving Dinner when they become available to us. Check out our Facebook page for future additions.
- The Smith House offers Thanksgiving Dinner each year. Call 706-867-7000 for more information.
- Yahoola Creek Grill is also having Thanksgiving Dinner– More Information on Menu and pricing is shown below the Montaluce Winery Information.
- Montaluce Winery is offering Thanksgiving Dinner this year. Information is below:
Montaluce & Le Vigne Restaurant will be offering their Family Style Thanksgiving Lunch that will including fresh produce from their first harvest of the new Garden at Montaluce.
We were there a few weeks ago for a Sunday wine tasting and to enjoy live music at the winery and saw their mini hoop houses set up on their grounds with a large variety of vegetables happily growing and protected from the recent cold weather.
Time: 12pm-3pm
What to Expect:
- First Course – Seasonal Soup
- Second Course – Organic Garden Grown Salad
- Third Course – Family Style Thanksgiving Favorites.
- Fourth Course – Mixed Seasonal Pies and Desserts
Price: $70 per person
To make your reservation, call 706.867.4060 or email email@example.com
- Yahoola Creek Grill Thanksgiving- 11/28- 11 am-5pm
Enjoy all of Chef Rick's Holiday Favorites!$28 per adult, $10 per child
(age 11 and under)
Traditional Roast Turkey with Gravy
Creamed Corn
Side Dish
Sage Dressing
Dessert (choose one)
Warmed Ellijay Apple Crisp with Vanilla Ice Cream
Spots are filling up fast… make your reservation today by calling Yahoola Creek Grill at 706-482-2200


text:
The Hour of Truth: The Euromediterranean Project To Become the Mediterranean Union
Posted By Anders On March 4, 2008 @ 15:55 In English, Euromed | 10 Comments
[1] Der Spiegel Online has it on March 4, 2008:
Sarkozy´s limited Mediterranean Union is to comprise all 27 EU Countries as well as the countries of the Western Balkans and the [2] Euromediterranean Empire-partners: Mauritania, Morocco Algeria, Tunisia, (Libya underway), Egypt, the Palestinian Autonomy, Israel, Jordan,Lebanon, Syria, Turkey.
The Euromediterranean Common Market was already planned to begin in [3] 2010 according to the [4] Euromediterranean Declaration of Barcelona - but Merkel and Sarkozy have come to terms at the opening of the Cebit-exhibition i Hannover that the details of of a Euromediterranean lift are to be discussed at the March-summit of the EU.
And then at the EU-Summit in Paris on July 13-14, 2008, the Mediterranean Union will be founded.
So far, [5] Merkel was opposed to Sarkozy´s plans. But now the Spiegel Online reports, that Merkel has enforced her will!!! This means: All EU countries are allowed to participate in this One-World project.
This High Treason does not come as a surprise
On Oct. 22.2007 Nicolas Sarkozy paid a visit to Morocco. King Mohammad VI asked him for closer ties to Europe - beyond Morocco´s association-agreement. And Sarkozy promised to work for this during ´the EU-Presidency of France during the 2. half of 2008.
By shaking hands with king Mohammad VI of Morocco President Sarkozy has sold European identity, culture and Christianity to Islam and the Sharia through the coming Union of the Mediterranean with all 27 EU states involved. What this Union agrees upon will have to be paid by all of us- and EU´s 4 freedoms as promised by the EU to the Euromediterranean partner countries on [6] Dec. 2-3, 2003 in Naples, will be co-administered at the cost and suffering of all EU States by Arabs with equal - or superior - rights to the EU-dhimmis.
In his speech to the Moroccan king,[7] Mr. Sarkozy said:
"I want to say that the time has come to put all their energies and their whole hearts into building the Mediterranean Union, since this region is absolutely crucial for world balance…
Another king from the Mediterranean Union: King Abdullah of Jordan
Since Europe's future – I have no hesitation in saying – is in the South. By turning its back on the Mediterranean, Europe would cut itself off not only from its intellectual, moral and spiritual sources, but also from its future, since it's in the Mediterranean that Europe will secure its prosperity, ensure its security, that it will regain the momentum given it by its founding fathers.
While Europe's future is in the South, Africa's is in the North.. call on all those who can do so to join the Mediterranean Union because it will be the linchpin of Eurafrica, the great dream capable of enthusing the world. "…let's together build a common future.
[8] We will build the Mediterranean Union, as Europe's union was built. the Mediterranean Union probably won't, in the end, resemble the European Union and what it has become, but will too, at the end of the day, be original and unique. The courageous, bold break with the past, changing everything, would be for the Mediterranean peoples at last to decide to take control of their destiny, write their future themselves, shoulder collectively a responsibility, forge a solidarity which their long history and their geography impose on them, and no longer ever let anyone decide in our place. Just as Europe began with coal and steel and atomic energy, the Mediterranean Union will start with sustainable development, energy, transport and water. The Mediterranean Union's priorities will from the start include culture, education, health and human capital.
Nicolas Sarkozy
For France, the Mediterranean Union's remit is not to take the place of all the already existing initiatives and projects, but to give them fresh impetus, a new lease of life. It is to gear them all to a single goal, to pool all the ideas, all the energies, and all the resources. in the name of our children, who, one day, will ask us to account for what we have done, I invite all the heads of State and government of the Mediterranean rim countries to meet in France in June 2008 to lay the foundations of a political, economic and cultural union founded on the principle of strict equality between the nations bordering the same sea: the Mediterranean Union.
Silvio Belusconi
I invite all States which don't border the Mediterranean but are concerned by what is happening to it. For France, the Mediterranean Union is quite different from the Euro-Mediterranean process; it will not be built to the detriment of either Africa or Europe. It will be built with them, with Europe and with Africa. I shall propose that
from the outset the European Commission be fully involved in the work of the Mediterranean Union, participating in everything it does so that their relationship is one of partnership and their actions complement each other, so that the two unions support and strengthen one another and, progressively, forge a single destiny.
France wants it – Morocco wants it – and in my heart I know all mediterraneans want this Union.
EU Commissioner for Foreign Relations, Benita Ferrero Waldner and Turkish President Gül
And the [9] dhimmi, the European Investment Bank has a plan ready which means the poor Arabs can have our money at their free disposal for developing the Sharia:
Here is what EIB Vice President Philippe de Fontaine Vive has to say on Febr. 29, 2008: ''The countries on the two coasts will all sit at the same table for taking decisions, they all will have the same power, the same possibilities and they will all have personnel working full-time for the management of the funds for the development and the economic growth of the region."
The European Investment Bank is ready to launch the tools that will manage the savings of 23 countries lying on the Mediterranean coasts. The announcement was given by EIB Vice President Philippe de Fontaine Vive, in charge of the Facility for Euro-Mediterranean Investment and Partnership (FEMIP), the financial instrument created in 2002 to support the economic development of the countries partners of the EU in the Mediterranean. ''The moment the political decision is taken and the European Union asks the EIB to launch a Bank for the Mediterranean, in a few months we will be ready to open the new institute,'' the vice-president said.
What is needed is the politicians to take the historic decision to create that entity which de Fontaine Vive defined as ''the natural evolution of the Barcelona Process'' .
And it is not that important if it is called bank, agency or intitute (unacceptable to Muslims)
he explained, the important thing is to function like the EIB. "It will no longer be the European Union to propose and enact its ideas for the Mediterranean, but the Mediterranean itself will be the key figure and promoter, which will have the same place on the international scene as other geographic macro-areas", according de Fontaine Vive.
According to the vice-president, the Mediterranean Bank would introduce a fundamental innovation. By becoming a united subject with equal members, who take decisions according to a communitarian method, like the EU.
The Mediterranean Union should also overcome the difficulties of the Euro-Med
As for the latest development of the Union for the Mediterranean [10] look here
Article printed from Euro-med: http://euro-med.dk
URL to article: http://euro-med.dk/?p=565
URLs in this post:
[1] Der Spiegel Online: http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/0,1518,539138,00.html
[2] Euromediterranean Empire: http://euro-med.dk/?p=439
[3] 2010 : http://balder.org/avisartikler/Open-Letter-To-Danish-Prime-Minister-Anders-Fogh-Rasmussen.php
[4] Euromediterranean Declaration of Barcelona: http://ec.europa.eu/external_relations/euromed/bd.htm
[5] Merkel was opposed: http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,521743,00.html
[6] Dec. 2-3, 2003 in Naples: http://ec.europa.eu/external_relations/euromed/conf/naples/index.htm
[7] Mr. Sarkozy said: http://www.ambafrance-uk.org/President-Sarkozy-on-Mediterranean,9743.html
[8] Image: http://euro-med.dk/billeder/Map-Eurabia-Highway-Into-Europe.jpg
[9] dhimmi, the European Investment Bank: http://www.ansamed.info/en/top/ME12.YAM19404.html
[10] look here: http://euro-med.dk/?p=960
Click here to print.


text:
When it comes to my skin care routine, I use a variety of products. I'm attracted to what smells good, feels good and what works for me. Then again who isn't? After many years of experimenting, I finally have figured out a great combination for me. That bold statement was verified yesterday when I received a HUGE compliment (at least to me it was huge).
I saw my esthetician yesterday for an eyebrow clean up. I always dread laying down under that bright light where she can clearly see all of my flaws. I was getting ready to defend my pores, just like how I have to defend my flossing habits to my dentist, when she said, "You are doing a great job keeping your skin hydrated. Your face is one of the best that I have seen all day." "What, really?! Thanks!" was my response.
We all know the importance of keeping our skin cleansed and hydrated…so I won't bore you with all of that, instead this is what I do everyday: (more…)


text:
UCL Faculties and Departments
Find out more about UCL
UCL Faculties and Departments
UCL's research and teaching is organised within 11 faculties, each housing a number of departments. Together they form an academic powerhouse covering the arts, humanities and sciences.
Several world-renowned centres of excellence are part of UCL, such as the Bartlett School of Architecture, the Institute of Child Health, the Institute of Neurology, the School of Slavonic and East European Studies and the Slade School of Fine Art.
UCL also houses many academic centres and institutes, both physical and virtual, which bring together expertise from across departments and faculties to tackle the world's major problems and to enhance teaching. Some of these are run jointly with partner institutions.
To find out more about UCL faculties, their major academic units and their latest news, visit the UCL Faculties page.
For an alphabetical list of UCL academic and administrative departments, institutes and centres, visit the UCL Departments A-Z page.
To find out more about our cross-cutting research, browse the research themes page.


text:
Power outage caused by accident
Panama city workers replace a stop sign destroyed by a pickup Tuesday afternoon. The pickup also caused a power outage when it sheered off a utility pole at the intersection of Rock Jail Road and U.S. highway 59. No one was injured in the one vehicle accident. Panama Chief of Police John Whiteaker said about 100 homes were without power. OG&E were on the scene trying restore electricity before police were completed with their accident investigation, said Whiteaker. PDN photo by Kim Ross


text:
To receive FREE Weekly Inspiration
Known as 'The Angels' Voice', Anna Taylor is an international recording artist, singer-songwriter, ANGEL THERAPIST® certified by Doreen Virtue, Theta Healing Practitioner ® , speaker and radio host.
Using her natural intuitive gifts, developed by years of training and experience, Anna connects with Divine love and guidance to support people with all aspects of life and often acts as a catalyst for transformation. She is a loving and compassionate woman with a remarkable ability to empathise and communicate and shares daily inspiration with almost 200,000 on her Facebook page.
Born eleven weeks premature and with Cerebral Palsy, learning to walk was a major challenge, and Anna took her first independent steps at the age of six. Although her formal education was interrupted first by surgery and physiotherapy, then by long-term illness, she completed her exams through home-tutoring and sheer determination, discovering at a young age that success is achieved with so much more than physical ability and defined by so much more than academic results.
Sound and song therapy played an integral part in Anna's healing, and her innate love of singing inspired her to dream of recording her own CD. In 2009 this dream was realized when she travelled to California to record her debut album Already Here . The trip across the Atlantic was the culmination of eighteen months of co-writing via email, and was made possible thanks to the generosity of friends and supporters around the world. Their contributions are memorialised in the 'Wall of Love' – 111 hearts filled with their initials – that graces the centre pages of the CD booklet.
Already Here was released in 2010 and later became 'CD of the month' in Soul and Spirit magazine. Anna has since performed for audiences in England and the United States, and most recently at Doreen Virtue's Angel Intuitive course in Zurich, Switzerland. She has also been featured on BBC Sussex Radio and several internet radio shows, including Hay House Radio. These experiences, along with her love of people, are brought together in her own radio show Anna and the Angels on Blogtalkradio where she treats her listeners to a unique blend of fun, wisdom and music.
Currently living in West Sussex, England, Anna offers in-person readings and healings at The Koorana Cente in Ardingly and also via Telephone and Skype.
Stay Connected!


text:
YONKERS, N.Y. -- A pair of Westchester fighters will be among the participants in six championship bouts at the New York Daily News Golden Gloves at Empire City Casino on Wednesday, April 2.
Doors will open at 6:15 p.m. and first bell is at 7:30 p.m. sharp.
Amauri Berrero of Mount Vernon will be squaring off against New York City's Giovanni Figueroa In the 108-pound male-novice division.
New Rochelle's Krystal Dixon will headline the 176-pound plus female division when she takes on Danielle Perkins of Brooklyn.
A pair of Bronx natives will box in the 108-pound male open ranks when Ivan Lopez battles Chayanne Rivera.
In the 119-pound female division, Joann Acevedo of the Bronx will be pitted against New York City's Misato Kamegawa.
Another pair of championship contests have yet to be announced.
General Admission tickets are $25. Policemen, firemen, senior citizens, students and children under 14 are $15 (with proper ID). Tickets will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis only at the door on fight night. Tickets and seating are limited.
For more information, visit www.nydailynews.com/GoldenGloves or call Brian Adams at the Daily News at (212) 210-1908 (email@example.com) or Empire City at (914) 968-4200.
Click here to sign up for Daily Voice's free daily emails and news alerts.


text:
- embed:
- link:
Billy Davidson & Zack Cook in Hot Jocks Nice Cocks
Synopsis: Billy has hired Zack to be his personal trainer, and today is the "get to know you" session. They start with some routine flexibility testing, but when Zack gets in close he finds Billy doesn't need any training. He's a pro, at sucking cock.
Porn stars: Billy Davidson , Zack Cook
Who: Athlete, Client, Stranger, Trainer
Where: Couch, Living Room
Categories: Athletic, Cum on stomach, Lean, Masculine, Muscular, Rimming, Short hair, Smooth, Tall, Tattoos, Young guy


text: Established in 1946, Brantley Bank and Trust Company has a rich tradition of service. As an independent, locally owned institution our primary interest is the financial welfare of our neighbors. All of our Bank Officers, Directors and employees have roots deep in the community. You'll find us there with you in the schools, in church or at the ballgame.


text:
We hear a lot of rhetoric these days, however we deserve someone with a real vision and a proven record to serve us in the U.S. Congress. Gary Moore is the only candidate in the field with the experienced leadership necessary for real change in Washington.
Moore's plan for a balanced budget amendment is a commitment to change the culture in Washington. While others may agree in theory, Moore is the only candidate with the track record to prove it.
If you currently subscribe or have subscribed in the past to the Henry County Local, then simply find your account number on your mailing label and enter it below.
Click the question mark below to see where your account ID appears on your mailing label.
|ZIP Code:


text:
Duck! wrote:Both units were paired to common HR & cadence sensors, and achieved the same readings, as one would hope. At a little over six hours riding, both units still had some power in reserve. Although only based on one ride, the fairly substantial deviations in accuracy (~7% distance, at times ~20% speed) were a little disappointing.
If you want accurate distance/speed recording, surely you would use a speed sensor rather than rely on GPS.
The Garmin I once used (long since consigned to the rubbish bin) often reported a speed reading while I was stopped when used without a speed sensor.


text:
Bonnie Elyssa Gould Rothberg, MD, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Medical Oncology)
Departments & Organizations
Medical Oncology: Subset Medical Oncology Faculty
Experimental Pathology Graduate Program
Obesity Research Working Group
Yale Cancer Center: Cancer Prevention and Control | SPORE in Lung Cancer
Dr. Gould Rothberg is currently appointed as Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine (Medical Oncology) at the Yale School of Medicine with secondary appointments in the Departments of Chronic Disease Epidemiology and Pathology. She received her MD (1994), MPH (2005) and PhD in Epidemiology (2009) all from Yale University. She completed her Internal Medicine residency in June 2016. Prior to rejoining Yale in 2003, she was employed at CuraGen Corporation, a start-up genomics company in New Haven, where she led the research team in Pharmacogenomics as well as contributed to as a clinician to their Phase I drug program (1997-2002). Her current research is focused on developing comprehensive prognostic models for early-stage cancers where the risk of recurrence following curative surgery is ~50% in the setting of standard active surveillance. Using melanoma and non-small cell lung cancer as model systems, she is evaluating the associations of tumor somatic mutations, germline genetic variation, gene expression and modifiable lifestyle factors (e.g., smoking, energy balance, quality of life) with outcome with the intent of determining predictors of prognosis that can be translated into the clinic. Towards this goal, Dr. Gould Rothberg's lab has in-house sequencing capacity to complete whole exome and transcriptome analyses on the Ion Torrent platform and her lab is interested in developing bioinformatic and statistical pipelines to support the needed data analysis and modeling. Lastly, Dr. Gould Rothberg currently serves as the Medical Director of the Yale Lung and Gastrointestinal Cancer Biorepositories where she oversees all aspects of participant recruitment, biospecimen handling and laboratory information management.
Education & Training
|Yale University (2009)
|Yale School of Public Health (2005)
|Yale University School of Medicine (1994)
|Cornell University, Biological Sciences (Genetics and Development) (1990)
|Yale-New Haven Hospital
|Board Certification
|AB of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine (2016, recertified: 2018)


text:
Truman was never asked or told about the demonstration option. It is clear that General Groves and the military never gave it much thought. But the Secretary of War did take it serious enough that he asked a small advisory committee of scientists to give him their thoughts on the matter. A Scientific Panel, composed of J. Robert Oppenheimer, Arthur Compton, Enrico Fermi, and Ernest Lawrence, weighed in on the matter formally, concluding that : " we can propose no technical demonstration likely to bring an end to the war; we see no acceptable alternative to direct military use." 1
"Recommendations on the Immediate Use of Atomic Weapons," by the Scientific Panel of the Interim Committee, June 16, 1945. The full report (which also discusses the possibility of the H-bomb and many other things) is extremely interesting, as well —
Cavallo kids/ youth leather riding boots Junior Black Black clearance ebay official sale online release dates hptz3l
I find this a curious conclusion for a few reasons. For one thing, are these four scientists really the best experts to evaluate this question? No offense, they were smart guys, but they are not experts in psychological warfare, Japanese political thought, much less privy to intercepted intelligence about what the Japanese high command was thinking at this time. That four physicists saw no "acceptable alternative" could just be a reflective of their own narrowness, and their opinion sought in part just to have it on the record that while some scientists on the project were uncomfortable with the idea of a no-warning first use, others at the top were acceptingof it.
But that aside, here's the other fun question to ponder: were they actually unanimous in their position? That is, did these four physicists actually agree on this question? There is evidence that they did not. The apparent dissenter was an unlikely one, the most conservative member of the group: Ernest Lawrence. After the bombing of Hiroshima, Lawrence apparently told his friend, the physicist Karl Darrow, that he had been in favor of demonstration. Darrow put this into writing on August 9, 1945, to preserve it for posterity should Lawrence come under criticism later. In Darrow's recollection, Lawrence debated it with the other scientists for "about an hour" — a long-enough time to make it seem contentious. On August 17, after the bomb had "worked" to secure the peace, Lawrence wrote back to Darrow, somewhat denying this account, saying that it was maybe only tenminutes of discussion. Lawrence, in this later account, credits Oppenheimer as being the hardest pusher for the argument that unless the demonstration took out a city, it wouldn't be compelling. I'm not sure I completely believe Lawrence's later recant, both because Darrow seemed awfully convinced of his recollection andbecause so much changed on how the bomb was perceived after the Japanese surrendered, but it is all an interesting hint as some of the subtleties of this disagreement that get lost from the final documents alone. In any case, I don't know which is more problematic: that they debated for an hour and after all that, concluded it was necessary, or that they spent no more than tenminutes on the question. 2
Postprandial incremental area under the curve above fasting values for cholesterol, triglycerides, apo B-48, and apo B-100 in plasma lipoproteins in the type 2 diabetic patients and the nondiabetic controls
Values are the mean ± sem . Conversion to Systeme International units for cholesterol, mg/dl: 38.6 = mmol/liter; for triglycerides, mg/dl: 88.5 = mmol/liter.
The postprandial responses of apo B-48 and apo B-100 in the chylomicron fraction are shown in Fig. 2 and, as incremental areas, in Table 2 . The response to the meal was small and in any case similar between diabetic patients and control subjects.
Triglycerides, cholesterol, apo B-48, and apo B-100 in the large VLDL are shown in Fig. 3 and as incremental areas in Table 2 . Triglycerides and cholesterol were higher at fasting in diabetic patients compared with controls and remained higher during the entire postprandial period; the difference was more evident in the last part of the curve, with still increasing values in the diabetic patients even 6 h after the meal. The incremental areas for both triglycerides and cholesterol were more than doubled in diabetic patients compared with controls. The concentrations of apo B-48 and apo B-100 in large VLDL were also higher in the diabetic patients compared with the controls at different time points of the postprandial curve. The apo B-100 incremental area was markedly higher in the diabetic patients compared with the controls (65.5 ± 11.5 vs. 12.4 ± 1.8 mg/liter·h; P < 0.05). Equally higher was apo B-48 incremental area (7.08 ± 2.65 vs. 1.17 ± 0.88 mg/liter·h; P < 0.05).
Concentrations of triglyceride, cholesterol, apo B-48, and apo B-100 in plasma large VLDL (Sf 60–400) before and after a standard meal in patients with type 2 diabetes and nondiabetic controls (mean ± sem ; by ANOVA for repeated measures, < 0.05; by test, *, < 0.05 control). Conversion to Systeme International units for cholesterol, mg/dl : 38.6 = mmol/liter; for triglycerides, mg/dl: 88.5 = mmol/liter.
Concentrations of triglyceride, cholesterol, apo B-48, and apo B-100 in plasma large VLDL (Sf 60–400) before and after a standard meal in patients with type 2 diabetes and nondiabetic controls (mean ± sem ; by ANOVA for repeated measures, < 0.05; by test, *, < 0.05 control). Conversion to Systeme International units for cholesterol, mg/dl : 38.6 = mmol/liter; for triglycerides, mg/dl: 88.5 = mmol/liter.
Incremental areas for all the components of small VLDL are shown in Table 2 . There were no differences between diabetic patients and control subjects except for apo B-48, whose postprandial incremental area was double in diabetic patients compared with controls (1.77 ± 0.88 vs. 0.88 ± 0.44 mg/liter·h), but the difference was not statistically significant.
The state of hospitality is indeed strong, but there's always room for a few nips, tucks, and optimization. Here ar… https://t.co/RPMoBAG3Oe
Twitter | 2 hours ago


text:
The videos below outline the Graduate Program opportunities of various companies. These are positions you might be able to go into after completing a University degree and receive specific "on the job" training from these companies.
You can use the buttons below to navigate to the different industry areas.
Computing / IT Consulting Science / Engineering Finance Food Science Human Resources Resources Retail Public Service Law Sales & Marketing Business/Logistics Agriculture Other Employer Programs


text:
ANA Home
About OJIN
Author Guidelines
Featured Authors
Editorial Staff Board
Contact Us
Site Map
What's New
New Postings
Journal Recognition
OJIN News
Journal Topics
Translational Research: From Knowledge to Practice
Ethics in Healthcare: Nurses Respond
Back to Class: Perspectives on School Nursing
Healthcare Reform: Nurses Impact Policy
Emerging Global Health Concerns: How Nurses Respond
Elimination of Barriers to RN Scope of Practice: Opportunities and Challenges
Organizational Outcomes for Providers and Patients
The Patient Experience
Care Coordination
Cochrane Review Briefs
Information Resources
Keynotes of Note
Table of Contents
Vol 23 2018
Vol 22 2017
Vol 21 2016
Vol 20 2015
Vol 19 2014
Vol 18 2013
Vol 17 2012
Vol 16 - 2011
Vol 15 - 2010
Letters to the Editor
Continuing Ed
ANA Home
Login »
OJIN is a peer-reviewed, online publication that addresses current topics affecting nursing practice, research, education, and the wider health care sector.
Find Out More...
New Informatics Column Editor: Dr. Ramona Nelson
Permission to Reprint OJIN Articles
Planning a conference or class?
Call for OJIN Manuscripts
on a previous topics...
Benefit for Members
Members have access to current topic
Letter to the Editor
I am writing to you in regards to "Ethics: Ethical Issues with Medical Errors: Shaping a Culture of Safety in Healthcare" (Sorrell, 2017). The number of deaths caused by medical errors in the United States is outrageously high, and I believe there are many things we, as nurses, can do to change that.
Continue Reading...
View all Letters...
ANA Periodicals
Table of Contents
Vol 18 2013
No3 Sept 2013
Number 3: September 2013
Overview and Summary
Overview and Summary: Healthcare and Quality: Perspectives from Nursing
Maureen Dailey, DNSc, RN, CWOCN (September 30, 2013)
Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN): The Key is Systems Thinking
Mary A. Dolansky, PhD, RN; Shirley M. Moore, PhD, RN, FAAN (September 30, 2013)
The Influence of Quality Improvement Efforts on Patient Outcomes And Nursing Work: A Perspective from Chief Nursing Officers at Three Large Health Systems
Marla Weston, PhD, RN, FAAN; Darryl W. Roberts, PhD, MS, RN (September 30, 2013)
An Academic Practice Partnership: Helping New Registered Nurses to Advance Quality and Patient Safety
Deborah Flores, EdD, RN; Gale Hickenlooper, RN, MPH; Rebecca Saxton, PhD, RN (September 30, 2013)
Building Linkages between Nursing Care and Improved Patient Outcomes: The Role of Health Information Technology
Patricia C. Dykes, PhD, RN, FAAN, FACMI; Sarah A. Collins, PhD, RN (September 30, 2013)
An Overview of the National Quality Strategy: Where Do Nurses Fit?
Rosemary Kennedy, PhD, RN, MBA, FAAN; Judy Murphy, RN, FACMI, FAAN; Darryl W. Roberts, PhD, MS, RN (September 30, 2013)
Articles on Previously Published Topics
Electronic Health Record: Driving Evidence-Based Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI) Care Practices
Lois M. Welden, MSN, RN (August 6, 2013)
Challenges in High Fidelity Simulation: Risk Sensitization and Outcome Measurement
Rachel Onello, MS, RN, CNL; Mary Regan, PhD, RN (July 11, 2013)
Ethics: Deactivating a Cardiac Pacemaker: Is it Ethical?
Heather M. Hosmer-Cernava, RN (September 4, 2013)
Cochrane Review Brief: Exercise Interventions on Health-Related Quality of Life for Cancer Survivors
Marilynne N Kirshbaum, RN, RGN (UK), BSc, MSc, PhD DipAdultOnc (June 25, 2013)
Cochrane Review Brief: Email for Communicating Results of Diagnostic Medical Investigations to Patients
David Barrett RN, PgDip, PgCert, BSc (Hons) (June 25, 2013)
Cochrane Review Brief: Email for Clinical Communication Between Healthcare Professionals
LiHui Tay, BSc (Nursing) (Hons) (June 25, 2013)
Follow Us on:
© 2017 The American Nurses Association, Inc. All Rights Reserved
American Nurses Association - 8515 Georgia Avenue - Suite 400 - Silver Spring, MD 20910
Copyright Policy
Privacy Statement


text:
For product availability, please select your "Ship to" state above.Got it, I'll ship to California
New Customers Save $30 off $100+* with code AUGNEW30
New Customers Save $30* with code AUGNEW30
*New customers only. One-time use per customer. Order must be placed by 8/31/2018. The $30 discount is given for a single order with a minimum of $100 excluding shipping and tax. Items with pricing ending in .97 are excluded and will not count toward the minimum required. Discount does not apply to corporate orders, gift certificates, StewardShip membership fees, select Champagne brands, Riedel glassware, fine and rare wine, and all bottles 3.0 liters or larger. No other promotion codes, coupon codes or corporate discounts may be applied to order.
Antiquum Farm Passiflora Pinot Noir 2016
Winemaker Notes
Critical AcclaimAll Vintages
Some do not see how the use of draft horses, grazing livestock and poultry in the vineyard, or infinite hours of meticulous hand labor can create a wine that is more unique, intense and full of life. Stephen doesn't understand how it couldn't.
Stephen often says his wines are made cluster by cluster. Growing wine one cluster at a time is a mentality, and a different one at that. It means starting small and staying small. It means countless hours of work that can only be done by hand. Going slower. It means that many times a season he personally touches, inspects, admires and yes, loves every single beautiful cluster. It means rigid culling without regard to my pocketbook.
This attention to detail is inspired by love for his life's work. Stephen is not a landowner overseeing the operations of a vineyard. He is the operations and a part of Antiquum Farm.
One of Pinot Noir's most successful New World outposts, the Willamette Valley is the largest and most important AVA in Oregon. With a temperate climate moderated by a Pacific Ocean influence, it is perfect for cool-climate viticulture—warm and dry summers allow for steady, even ripening, and frost is rarely a risk during spring and even winter. Mountain ranges bordering three sides of the valley, particularly the Chehalem Mountains, provide the option for higher-elevation, cooler vineyard sites. The three prominent soil types here create significant differences in wine styles between vineyards and sub-AVAs. The iron-rich, basalt-based Jory volcanic soils found commonly in the Dundee Hills are rich in clay and hold water well; the chalky, sedimentary soils of Ribbon Ridge, Yamhill-Carlton, and McMinnville encourage complex root systems as vines struggle to search for water and minerals. The silty loess found in the Chehalem Mountains, somewhere in between the other two in texture, is fertile and well-draining but erodes easily, creating challenges for growers but necessitating careful vineyard management.
The celebrated Pinot Noir of the Willamette Valley typically offers supple red fruit, especially cranberry, without the powerful punch often packed by its California counterparts. Elegance is paramount here, and fruit flavors are balanced by forest floor, wild mushroom, and dried herbs—much more in line with Burgundian examples of the variety. Chardonnay too takes its inspiration from the French motherland, focusing on tart, crisp fruit and minerality, rarely relying upon heavy new oak. Pinot Gris here is fleshy and bright, and Riesling is dry, aromatic, and citrus-focused.
One of the most difficult yet rewarding grapes to grow, Pinot Noir is commonly referred to by winemakers as the "heartbreak grape." However, the greatest red wines of Burgundy prove that it is unquestionably worth the effort. More reflective than most varieties of the land on which it is grown, Pinot Noir prefers a cool climate, requires low yields to achieve high quality, and demands care in the vineyard and lots of attention in the winery. It is an important component of Champagne and the only variety permitted in red Burgundy. Pinot Noir enjoys immense popularity internationally, most notably in Oregon, California, and New Zealand.
In the Glass
Pinot Noir Is all about red fruit—strawberry, raspberry, and cherry. It is relatively pale in color with soft tannins and lively acidity. It ranges in body from very light to the heavier side of medium, typically landing somewhere in the middle—giving it extensive possibilities for food pairing. With age (of which the best examples can handle an astounding amount), it can develop hauntingly beautiful characteristics of fresh earth, autumn leaves, and truffles.
Perfect Pairings
Pinot's healthy acidity cuts through the oiliness of pink-fleshed fish like salmon, ocean trout, and tuna. Its mild mannered tannins don't fight with spicy food, and give it enough structure to pair with all sorts of poultry—chicken, quail, and especially duck. As the namesake wine of Boeuf Bourguignon, it can even match with heavier fare. Pinot Noir is also very vegetarian-friendly—most notably with any dish that features mushrooms.
Sommelier Secret
Pinot Noir is dangerously drinkable, highly addictive, and has a bad habit of emptying the wallet. Look for affordable but still delicious examples from Germany (as Spätburgunder), Italy (as Pinot Nero), Chile, New Zealand, and France's Loire Valley and Alsace regions.


text:
8 Pitched:
- abajwa said...February 4, 2012 at 10:41 PM
The real king is actually M.Yousuf, let's not forget the greater tragedy of him not continuing to play.
After 76 matches he had 6641 runs @ 56.27 (most runs @ 2nd highest average). Hats off to Younis for another great performance but such a shame that pak selectors and management can't get the most out of the talent as others are able to
- Anonymous said...February 5, 2012 at 3:04 AM
Doesn't the inclusion of Bangladesh as a Test playing nation skew the first 76 tests stats when compared with the rest?
- wasik said...February 5, 2012 at 12:15 PM
rightly pointed out- but doesn't tendulkar runs against zimbabwe plus his most of the run within india and not so many abroad versus younis more runs abroad than home also skew the stats ?
@writer- well compiled article !
@younis khan- hats off to you !
- Anonymous said...February 5, 2012 at 7:25 PM
He is a gifted player and has played well against all the best test playing nations
- Q said...February 6, 2012 at 3:36 AM
Good point about Yousuf.. he truly was King. Damn the PCB.. cos of their mismanagement we will never really know the true worth of our Yo-Yos!
- Q said...February 6, 2012 at 3:38 AM
Wasik & Anon - both valid points in my opinion.. I could go back and do this analysis all over again without Bangladesh and Zimbabwe.. maybe I will!
- Anonymous said...February 7, 2012 at 11:55 AM
Completely disagree with this comment. That was a high class inning, and Younus is a very good cricketer. But to compare them to the batting greats?
The 1st innings of this game is why Younus can never be a great. His relationship with the swinging ball leaves much to be desired.
Statistics wise, Younus' hiatus came at a time when worldwide there started a low scoring period, when Ponting, Tend etc all were playing in low scoring games.
I think greats are something over and beyond statistics - they wrestle moments and wow you and leave you with memories.
This test was undoubtedly one such moement. Younus hasn't done enough of those to be a great.
- Anonymous said...March 20, 2012 at 4:18 PM
First of all, these are biased stats for the first 76 tests..First of all you missed out M Yousuf , who is number 1 in terms of runs in first 76 tests..Secondly , he would also have been number 2 in terms of average....Thirdly, in these stats Yunus has the lowest average in first 76 tests and also lowest amount of runs in terms of innings played...133 innings, compared to others who have played much less...I can make salim Elahi as the best opener to play ODI for Pakistan with such biased stats, just because he had 5 centuries in 41 ODIs...


text:
Well, this morning it is our privilege again to open God's Word and to hear Him speak to us through the inspired pages of the Scripture to know that every word of God is pure, all Scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable that the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works. It causes us to rejoice as we have this great privilege.
Let's turn in our Bibles to 2 Corinthians chapter 5. And we're going to be looking at a section of Scripture that begins in verse 11 and runs down through verse 15. I've entitled the section, "A Ministry of Integrity."
Now the dictionary says that integrity is the quality of being undivided...the quality of being undivided. Or to put it another way, it is the quality of being true to one's ethical standards. Its synonyms are honesty, sincerity, incorruptibility. It refers to or describes a person who is without any hypocrisy, without any duplicity, someone who is completely in every aspect of life consistent with his or her stated convictions. Really, it is the opposite of a hypocrite. A person who lacks integrity, a person who says one thing and does another is called a hypocrite.
Now if there is any place in the world where integrity is absolutely crucial it is in the church, it is in the ministry, in the life of the pastor, the servant of God, the evangelist, the spiritual leader because he must maintain integrity in order to have credibility to set the example for all to follow. And yet there are many in spiritual leadership, and there always have been, who lack integrity. And frankly, a lack of integrity in the life of a minister is a very, very serious iniquity.
Jesus addressed it back in Matthew chapter 23 in what is really a blistering malediction against the scribes and the Pharisees. And what He basically does is reveal their hypocrisy. He describes them as leaders with no integrity. In fact, at the end of verse 3 in Matthew 23 He says of the scribes and Pharisees, "They say things and do not do them...They say things and do not do them." That is a lack of integrity. That is being divided, having one set of ethics by which you live and another by which you speak. In fact, their hypocrisy is abundantly manifest because in continuing this diatribe against them in verse 13 Jesus says, "Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites." In verse 14, "Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites." "Woe to you scribes and Pharisees...verse 15...hypocrites." He says the same thing again in verse 23, the same thing yet again in verse 27, the same thing yet again in verse 29 and finally in verse 33 He says, "You serpents, you brood of snakes, how shall you escape the sentence of hell?" Really an amazing rebuke of people in spiritual leadership who lack integrity. And there you find God cursing people in spiritual leadership who do not have integrity, who do not live the truth that they proclaim.
Looking at another Scripture, turn in your Old Testament to 1 Kings chapter 9 and I want to get you clearly fixed on the significance of this matter of integrity, and this is a good illustration of it. Here we find not God condemning a hypocrite, but God promising blessing to a man of integrity, just the opposite. It is at the time when Solomon finished building the house of the Lord and the king's house, the palace and all that he had desired to do. And then in verse 2 of 1 Kings 9 the Lord appeared to Solomon a second time, as He appeared to him at Gibbeon, and the Lord said to him, "I have heard your prayer and your supplication which you have made before Me, I have consecrated this house which you have built by putting My name there forever and My eyes and My heart will be there perpetually but as for you...and here comes the promise...if you will walk before Me as your father David walked in integrity of heart and uprightness, doing according to all that I have commanded you and will keep My statutes and My ordinances, then I will establish the throne of your kingdom over Israel forever, just as I promised to your father David saying you shall not lack a man on the throne of Israel." And so, God says if you will maintain a life of integrity, I will bless you. On the other hand, if you're in spiritual leadership and you do not and are a hypocrite, I will pronounce a curse on you. It is of grave consequence to be a hypocrite, it is of serious judgment promised to such.
Now Scripture tells us a little more about integrity by giving us a great model of integrity in the man Job. Turn in your Bible just prior to the book of Psalms to the book of Job and I want to show you a little bit about the godliest man on the earth at that time...the godliest man on the earth. In fact, in Job 1:1 it says, "There was in the land of Uz a man whose name was Job and that man was blameless, upright, fearing God and turning away from evil." He was a noble and godly man. And, of course, Satan came to God and Satan had this agenda, Satan wanted to show that he could destroy the faith of a man. And so God said you have My permission, you can attack Job and you will see the continuity and the strength of true saving faith. You can go after Job and you'll fail no matter what you do to him, and you know the story. Satan went after Job and brought devastation and destruction into his life. His animals were killed. His family was killed. Horrible things happened. And he lost everything.
Now you come down to chapter 2 verse 1, "There was a day again when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord and Satan also came among them to present himself before the Lord." Satan has access to heaven. "And the Lord said to Satan, Where have you come from? Satan answered the Lord and said, From roaming about on the earth and walking around on it." Why was he doing that? Satan roams about seeking whom he may...what?...devour. That's what he was doing. He's looking for people to destroy. "And the Lord said to Satan, `Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, fearing God and turning away from evil.'" Very same thing that was said in verse 1 of chapter 1. Now listen to the next line. "And he still, even after all that you've done to him, holds fast his...what?...integrity. Although you incited me against him to ruin him without cause." Unbelievable horrors came into that man's life and he never let go of his integrity...never.
Down to verse 9, "Even his wife said to him, `Do you still hold fast your integrity? I can't believe it, curse God and die.'" Everybody was trying to attack his integrity, even his own wife. He would not budge.
Over in chapter 27 of Job we find the words of Job himself, "Then Job continued his discourse and said...verse 2...`As God lives who has taken away my right and the almighty who has embittered my soul, for as long as life is in me and the breath of God is in my nostrils, my lips will not speak unjustly, nor will my tongue mutter deceit, far be it from me that I should declare you right, till I die I will not put away my integrity from me.'" He would not agree with his carping critics who wanted to have him do what his wife said, curse God. He would not listen to the bitterness in his own soul at the death of his family and a loss of all that he possessed. He would not cry out against God when had allowed him to be struck with boils all over his body and horrible pain. It says it all. "I will not put away my integrity from me till I die." A man of integrity. He lived what he believed.
Now Solomon, whom I mentioned earlier in connection with 1 Kings 9, certainly had a good example of integrity in his father David. David's life didn't start out that way but after all kinds of lessons by God's chastening, David eventually became a man of great integrity. And we read about the integrity of David in the Psalms. In fact, in Psalm 25 and verse 21, and again in Psalm 26 and verse 1, David affirms his integrity that he has walked in integrity, he says. And over in Psalm 41:12 he says, "As for me, Thou dost uphold me in my integrity." By the grace of God and by the strength of God he had maintained a life of integrity.
But the most important thing David says about his integrity is found in Psalm 78, a very, very important portion of Scripture. Psalm 78 is very long, it has 72 verses, so go to the very end of it. Psalm 78 and verse 70, he talks about the Lord and it says He also chose David His servant. The Lord chose David and took him from the sheepfolds. He was, of course, a shepherd. Took him from the care of the ewes with suckling lambs to shepherd Jacob His people and Israel His inheritance. So God chose David to shepherd, picked him up out of his shepherding and his time with the ewes and their suckling lambs and caring for the flock and He brought him over to shepherd Jacob His people and Israel His inheritance.
Then verse 72, the single greatest commentary on the life of any spiritual leader. This is a monumental statement. "So he shepherded them according to the integrity of his heart and guided them with his skillful hand." What a great statement on leadership. He shepherded them according to the integrity of his heart and guided them with his skillful hands. Skill and integrity. Shepherding God's people of all possible duties certainly requires integrity. To preach the truth demands that one live the truth. To call other people to follow the truth demands that one obey the truth. And that alone makes a ministry what it ought to be. That makes it God-honoring, Christ-exalting and Holy Spirit-empowered. Even God said in Psalm 101:6, even God said, "He who walks in a blameless way is the one who will minister to Me." God expects to be ministered to by a man of integrity. The people of God expect to be ministered to by men of integrity. The church has every right to expect to be ministered to by men who live what they preach. Integrity in spiritual leaders, pastors, preachers, evangelists is the crucial thing. And a man without it is a hypocrite. He is a tomb painted white. And he is, in effect, living a standard that is beneath the standard of God while calling men to the divine standard. What hypocrisy.
So, for the man who serves the Lord a reputation of integrity, honesty, sincerity is absolutely crucial so that he can rightly represent the Lord and the truth. Therefore Paul says, "If anybody is going to be an elder he has to be blameless and absolutely above reproach." If he is not, the structure of his life no matter what it might look like is rotten at the foundation and the collapse will come at the least shaking.
Now, all of that to say this. Back to our text. If the false teachers who had come to the city of Corinth were going to get a hearing for their false gospel, if they were going to be able to tear that Corinthian church away from the truth and get it to listen to error, if they were going to get rich on the Corinthians. If they were going to gain their money, if they were going to gain sinful favors from them, if they were going to get power and prestige and prominence, if they were going to satisfy their egos, if they were going to propagate their lives effectively they had to do one thing and that was they had to destroy the integrity of Paul. They had to get the people to lose confidence in him because he was their teacher and they wanted to teach other than what he had taught them. They were bringing in error, they were bringing in teaching that was not true, that was contrary to what Paul taught. And in order to be heard they had to do away with Paul. And the way to do that, short of murder or even more effectively than murder, was to destroy his integrity.
So it began, a wholesale, full-blown, massive assault on the integrity of the Apostle Paul was orchestrated by these false teachers who had come to Corinth. Their leader is probably identified in chapter 12 as the messenger from Satan. Some demon-possessed guy who was leading the false teachers and they were so effective that they had convinced many of the people in the Corinthian congregation that Paul was not a man of honesty, sincerity, genuineness and integrity. And once they had destroyed Paul's integrity, they could then replace him as the teachers. Dethroning Paul was the issue and doing that by the destruction of his integrity was the most efficient means.
On the other hand, as soon as Paul's integrity was gone, so was his usefulness. As soon as his usefulness was gone, so was his fruitfulness. As soon as his fruitfulness was gone, so was his ability to serve his Lord. And so it was very, very important to Paul to maintain his integrity. Not for his sake, but for God's sake and the sake of the church and the sake of the witness of the church to the lost, for everybody but his sake. He himself says in this letter later on, "I am a nobody." We've already heard him say he is nothing but a clay pot. But at the same time that that is true and he is not seeking some self-glory, he desperately wants them to trust his integrity for the sake of the truth and the God of truth.
So it is essential to Paul that his people trust him as a man of integrity. A man who was in his conduct, who did in his actions what was absolutely consistent with what he said. If his people for a moment were convinced he was a hypocrite, everything is lost. They don't trust him. Then they don't believe him. And then they don't follow him.
Now that is exactly then what the Corinthian false teachers were trying to attack. And, you know, this is something that all of us in the ministry are very aware of. If somebody wants to tear down a ministry, the place to start tearing is at the integrity of the individual. Now what that says is, of course, first of all, I want to make sure that my life has integrity, right, if I'm going to minister. So I want to make sure that wherever I am, wherever I go, whatever I do my life is absolutely consistent so that there is no real breach of integrity. But at the same time, we're also who are in the ministry very aware that someone can assault your integrity without any grounds, without any substance, without any basis with false accusations, which is exactly what they were doing with Paul. And how do you hedge against that? All you can do is pray, all you can do is pray and ask God to protect you. And you hear the psalmist doing it over and over, don't you, praying that his enemies not destroy him, but that God destroy his enemies.
They came after Paul and they came after his integrity. First of all, they said he was...he was operating in the power of his flesh. They said he was...he was coming with fleshly wisdom and he has to deny that. Back in chapter 1 verse 12 he says, "We didn't come in fleshly wisdom, we came in the grace of God." And then they said that he had a secret agenda and that underneath what he said was a hidden agenda, he was after their money, he was after sexual favors, he was really after...after their accolades, he had a whole other agenda that was hidden. And so he responds in chapter 1 verse 13 by saying, "We write nothing else to you then what you read and understand." There's no hidden agenda. What I wrote is what I wrote and that's all there is, there's nothing more. There is no hidden agenda. There is no secret motivation here. What I wrote is what I meant and nothing else. And then they said he can't keep his...he can't keep his word. He's double-tongued. He says one thing and then he says the opposite. You can't trust the man. He's a liar. He's an outright liar. And he has to answer that. But he says to them, "Look...down in verse 17...I was not vacillating when I intended to do this was I?" In other words, I wanted to come...remember he said, "I want to come to you...I want to come to you on the way and stop by as I go to Macedonia, then when I come back I want to stop again. And I wanted to come, I really wanted to come. The fact that I didn't come, does that mean I'm vacillating and double-tongued? Does that means...as verse 17 says...that I say yes, yes and no, no at the same time?" But, as verse 18, "As God is faithful, our word to you is not yes and no." Then in verse 19 he says, "It's not yes and no but yes in Him." I'm not double-tongued, I'm not a liar. I speak the truth. Look, I wanted to come but I didn't come and I didn't come because...he says down in verse 1 of chapter 2...I just didn't want to come to you in sorrow again. There's so much trouble there, I didn't want to bring you more sorrow. I just didn't have the heart to bring you more pain. Back in verse 23 of chapter 1 he says, "To spare you I came no more to Corinth." I just didn't want to lord it over your faith. I didn't want to have to hammer on you again. It's not that I'm a liar.
Then they accused him of being corrupt. They said that...they said, "Ah, the man is...he's got a secret life of wickedness, vicious vice in his life. Not only that, he's a deceiver, he's a rank manipulator, he's a perverter of Scripture," they said. And he answers all of that in chapter 4 verse 2, He says, "We have renounced those things that are hidden because of shame." We don't have some hidden life of shame, we've renounced craftiness and deception. We do not adulterate the Word of God. And he has to defend himself against those assaults on his integrity.
Then they accused him of seeking personal glory, of wanting to build himself up and lift himself up and he says in verse 5 of chapter 4, "We don't preach ourselves." And then down in verse 7 he says, "We're just a clay pot, an earthen vessel and nothing more. And we're...you think this is for our glory? We're afflicted and we're perplexed and we're persecuted and we're struck down and we're always dying and death works in us." And all of this he says in verse 15 if for your sake. I'm not in it for my sake.
And then they said, you know, he doesn't even deserve to be listed among the apostles. He doesn't even deserve to be in the same breath mentioned with the apostles. He's so inferior, he's so much a fraud, he's so much a charlatan. And he had to answer that and he does in chapter 11 verse 5. He says, "I consider myself not in the least inferior to the most eminent apostles." He says, "I rank right there with the most eminent apostles." In chapter 12 verse 11 he says, "I am not inferior to the most eminent apostles, even though I am a nobody because the signs of an apostle were wrought in me." So they were coming at him trying to attack everything. His...they attacked his ministry saying it was in fleshly power. They attacked his own personal life saying he had some secret hidden agenda. They attacked him as a liar. They said he was corrupt and he had a personal life of sin that was hidden under the surface. And he was a deceiver and a perverter of Scripture. They said he was seeking personal glory. And they said he didn't even deserve to be in the same breath spoken of with an apostle. And he has to defend himself all those assaults on his integrity. It's hard to do that because you don't want to defend yourself for your own sake because you are a nobody, you are a clay pot. You're the chief of sinners. You're less than anything. And he...and yet he has to defend himself, not for his own sake but for the sake of his usefulness. You understand that? Because usefulness means fruitfulness and fruitfulness means glory to God. That's why he says in chapter 6 verse 11, "Our mouth has spoken freely to you, O Corinthians, our heart is opened wide." Look, I haven't hidden anything. There's nothing hiding. And in chapter 7 verse 2, "Make room for us in your hearts, we wronged no one, we corrupted no one, we took advantage of no one."
And you can see this whole epistle, as I've said to you before, is a pleading for Paul to be accepted as a man of integrity. All through this epistle he has to humbly defend the assaults on his integrity, intended to destroy his credibility, dethrone him so the false teachers can replace him and teach their lying heresies.
False teachers still do that. They'll find anybody who teaches the truth and assault and attack and attack and attack and attack and try to destroy the credibility of those who teach the truth. You see, the great apostle knows that essential to his ministry is his integrity. And that has to be preserved at all costs. He wants a ministry of integrity.
Now all of that to bring us to our text which is about a ministry of integrity. And in these verses which are before us, verses 11 to 15, he gives the motives behind his defense of his integrity. He will defend his integrity and here is why he will defend his integrity in these verses. Let's see what he says.
"Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord we persuade men that we are made manifest to God and I hope that we are manifest also in your consciences. We're not again commending ourselves to you but are giving you an occasion to be proud of us that you may have an answer for those who take pride in appearance and not in heart. For if we are beside ourselves it is for God. If we are of sound mind, it is for you. For the love of Christ controls us having concluded this, that One died for all, therefore all died. And He died for all that they who live should no longer live for themselves but for Him who died and rose again on their behalf."
Now at first reading that seems like he's jumping from one thing to another. The sum of all of that are five reasons why he defends his integrity...five reasons why he defends his integrity. And they are absolutely crucial reasons.
The key phrase here, and this is where we have to start, is in verse 11. It's a verb, as often in interpreting Scripture we find the main verb yields the key to the interpretation, so it is here. And the main verb is this little phrase "we persuade men." That unlocks the door to the purpose of this passage. We persuade men. Again, we is editorial, Paul uses we instead of I, though he's referring to himself, because we is a more humble way to refer to himself. He does it all through this epistle.
When he says "persuade men," he uses the verb peitho. Peitho is an interesting verb. It does mean to persuade. But it is translated in Galatians 1:10 in a very helpful way, under somewhat similar usage. In Galatians 1:10 Paul says, "For am I now seeking the favor of men or of God?" And there the verb peitho is translated "seeking favor...seeking favor." And that is a good translation for it here. We are seeking your favor.
What do you mean? We're seeking that you would look on us as a man of integrity. I want you to render a favorable judgment on me. It is important to me that you trust me, that you believe in my sincerity and my devotion to God and my honesty and my genuineness.
Now in Galatians he would not seek the favor of men by compromising the gospel, but here he will seek their favor by speaking the truth about himself. Now "we persuade men" some commentators have felt refers to gospel preaching. And it is true that the verb "persuade" is so used. For example, in Acts 18 and verse 4 it is used in that very way. What it says is, "And he was reasoning in the synagogue every Sabbath and trying to persuade Jews and Greeks." And over in the last chapter of Acts, verse 23, it says that he was trying to persuade them concerning Jesus both from the law of Moses and from the prophets from morning till evening. There persuading in the sense of bringing them to salvation, making them believe the gospel, persuading them about the truth of the gospel. Here it is not the gospel that is at issue. This epistle is not evangelistic. He is not concerned to persuade men at Corinth about the gospel, he is concerned to persuade them about his integrity. That is the issue. He wants them to know that he is genuine. The following phrases make this very clear. Go back to verse 11. He says, "We persuade men but we are made known to God," or made manifest to God. The point he's making here is simply this, God knows me, I am manifest to Him, He knows me, He knows my heart, He knows my integrity. That's the point. What I'm concerned about is that you know it as God knows it. We are revealed to God. Our true spiritual condition God knows and He knows perfectly. It's very clear to Him, Paul says, and I would like it to be clear to you. God, he says, knows me. We're made manifest to God. God knows my sincerity, He knows my honesty, He knows my genuineness. He knows whether I have integrity or not.
And although Paul has been so relentlessly and brutally maligned, misunderstood, defamed and misjudged, God knows his heart. He's like Job, he hasn't abandoned his integrity. He's taken all the fury, all the heat, all the persecution, all the punishment, all the pain, all the physical pain. He's taken it all, all the whips, all the rods, everything, all the hatred, all the venom, all the plots to take his life and he's never abandoned his integrity. And God knows it, he says. Beyond the court of his own conscience is the court of heaven. But the court of heaven has a way of working itself into his conscience and his conscience isn't accusing him. As he says in chapter 1 verse 12, he says, "My confidence is this, my conscience is clear." The court of heaven knows my integrity, I'd like you to know it. That was so important to Paul that he have a clear conscience. He says in Acts 23:1, "Brethren, I have lived my life with a perfectly good conscience before God up to this day." He was like Job. He would not abandon his integrity. In Acts 24:16, "In view of this, I also do my best to maintain always a blameless conscience, both before God and before men." God knows me and I want men to know me and I maintain a blameless conscience.
His prayer then is this, verse 11, "And I hope that we are made manifest also in your consciences." Mine is clear. God knows the truth. I want you to know it. I hope we are made manifest also in your consciences. Are you listening to your conscience or are you listening to the critics? You know me, he says. You know my life. Eighteen months I was. We walked, we talked, we ate, we slept together, we worked together with our hands. We traveled together. We talked. Long into the night I taught you, my heart was wide open, you saw everything about my life. I was never alone. There it was. My sincerity was manifest. You saw my godly life. You saw the impeccability of my moral character. You had a firsthand experience and that experience should be enough to inform your conscience. Conscience only responds to what you know, right? Remember that? And he says you know enough that your conscience would understand. We should be manifest to your conscience. You should be saying, "Wait a minute, don't you be criticizing Paul, I know that man and my conscience tells me that man is a man of God." I'll tell you, nothing is as heart breaking for a man of integrity as to have those people who know him best listen to the critics and agree with them. That is heart breaking. In all the years of ministry that I've experienced, that is the most heart breaking thing I have ever experienced. When those whose conscience has been well informed by what they know to be true about you, not listening to that conscience but listening to the critics. Paul says I want you to listen to your conscience, not the critics. And you know and you know deep down what God knows, that I am a man who serves God with a single-minded heart. Theologian Hodge writes, "There may be many reports against a good man which we cannot specifically contradict, many charges we cannot specifically refute, and yet the self-evidencing light of goodness will produce the conviction of his integrity in the consciences even of wicked men and much more in the hearts of the good," end quote.
That's what Paul wants. He just wants them to reach down and take a good look at what they already know about him, that he is a man with integrity. In fact, verse 12 he says, "We're not even again commending ourselves to you." I don't even want to do that, what good is it going to be for me to now tell you that you should see me as a man of integrity? There's nothing else I can say. I'm not going to commend myself to you again. I mean, I can't give you any more information than you already have. What good is it if I write a few things down here? You must know, you must be persuaded that I am a man of integrity. Why? So much is at stake...so much is at stake. And it's not personal.
There are five very critical reasons for defending his integrity against the vicious liars who were attacking him. Let me give you one of them this morning...the rest next time.
Reason number one that he defends his integrity to the Corinthians is reverence for the Lord...reverence for the Lord. Back to verse 11. "Therefore knowing the fear of the Lord we persuade men." Now there's the reason why he persuades men, because of the fear of the Lord. Fear? What do you mean by fear? Well, the same thing that it was meant in Proverbs 9:10 when it says the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. The same thing that it says about the early church in Acts 9:31. It says they were enjoying peace, being built up and going on in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit. It doesn't mean being afraid of God because you couldn't be afraid of God and have comfort at the same time. The word "fear" means worship, reverence. That's what it means, as in 2 Corinthians 7:1 where he says, "Perfecting holiness in the fear of God." In other words, being...being committed to the glory of God, adoring God, reverencing God, worshiping God, extolling God, exalting God, admiring God, respecting God, holding God in awe to the degree that you pursue holiness and you pursue service. That's what he says. The reason I want to persuade you about my integrity is because my heart references God. And I don't want to bring any dishonor to His name, first of all. You know, that's what's most grieving. Sometimes people will say, "Well what is the most difficult aspect of criticism, false accusation, criticism?" It's not the personal part, that you can take, that's with a grain of salt, that's nothing, what is most disconcerting is that somebody might think that you misrepresent God. That is deeply disturbing. And that is what deeply disturbed Paul that someone would come along and say, "This guy misrepresents the Almighty God. This guy lies in what he says about God. This guy is not from God.
And so, he would be thought then to be living a life that is the very opposite of what he lived for, and that was to honor God. It is very disturbing that someone would think you are not honoring God and exalting God and lifting Him up and reverencing Him and holding Him in awe because that's what's in your heart. It's not that he's afraid of God. It is that he references God and he knows that God is worthy of his best. God is worthy of holiness. God is worthy of his service. God is worthy of all of his efforts. God is worthy of his fruitfulness. And he doesn't want anything to hinder that. Knowing...he says...that's from oida, has a settled knowledge, he knows God and he adores God and he is in awe of God and he reverences God and he wants to live his life for God and he wants to bring honor and glory to God's name. And anybody who destroys his integrity causes him to be unable to do that cause he's thought of as one who dishonors God. And as I said, once he's thought of as someone who dishonors God, then he's useless and unfruitful.
He knew God. Oh he knew God, he knew the nature of God. He even says, "Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God be honor and glory forever and ever, amen," 1 Timothy 1:17. He knew his God. He knew the attributes of his God. He knew what his God was like. He knew He was worthy of glory, worthy of honor, worthy of praise and most worthy of service. And he didn't want anything to hurt that service. God was so glorious He deserved his service. He was the opposite of an Old Testament prophet. Remember Jonah? What a fascinating guy. It says in Jonah chapter 1, "The word of the Lord came to Jonah, the son of Amittai, saying, `Arise, go to Ninevah the great city, cry against it for their wickedness has come up before Me.'" Jonah is an evangelist. And his job is to go places and preach about the true God and call people to repentance. And so God comes to him and says Ninevah's in bad shape. It's a wicked, wretched, vile pagan city. I want you to go there and preach.
Now you'd think that an evangelist would say...Hey, that's great, boy, if God's calling me, then God's going to open the door, we're going to have a great time, I'm going. Not Jonah. He went the other direction. He got on a boat and went west instead of east to Tarshish, trying to run, it says, from the presence of the Lord. And he got out there, and, you know, he got in a big storm and he got thrown in and this big fish swallowed him and floated around with him for three days and three nights and then vomited him up on the shore. And finally he wiped himself off and said, "I think I better go to Ninevah." And he goes to Ninevah and he preaches at Ninevah. And when he preaches at Ninevah, the whole town, the whole city repents. The whole place repents. That's an evangelist's dream. And look at his response, chapter 4, "It greatly displeased Jonah and he became angry." He was really mad. You know why? He was a racist. He hated Gentiles. And the idea that Gentiles would get in on the covenant just was more than he could stomach. He couldn't stand the fact that Gentiles would horn in on his Jehovah.
And then he prays to the Lord, and listen to this prayer. "Please, Lord, was not this what I said while I was still in my own country?" What is that? I knew you'd do this, didn't I tell You You'd do this? I knew it. That's exactly why I didn't go, I knew You would save those Gentiles. I knew it. It really ticks me off. I knew it.
Boy, is this screwy thinking or is this screwy thinking? So he said, "In order to stop that I went to Tarshish, for I knew that Thou art a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abundant in loving kindness and one who relents concerning calamity." Boy, that is great theology. He knew his God. He knew God was gracious, compassionate, slow to anger, abundant in loving kindness and who relents concerning calamity. He knew his God well, but somehow it got convoluted and instead of knowing your God and being anxious to serve Him, he knew his God so well he wanted to run from Him. What a perverted perspective.
But that wasn't Paul. Paul said I know You're a God of grace, a God of compassion, I know You're a God who relents concerning calamity or judgment, I know You're a God of forgiveness. I don't want to run, I want to go and I want to preach. I want to preach the God who is the Savior of all men, especially those who believe. I want to preach the God who is a Savior who is not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. God our Savior who will have all men to be saved. I know what kind of God You are and I want to go. That was His attitude. He was different than Jonah. Paul wanted to go.
And it was so important to him because he was such a true worshiper that he'd be able to worship God with a life of service. And now this attack on his integrity was threatening his ability to serve God, threatening his ability to teach and preach and be believable. I mean, his whole life I think is summed up, the goal of his whole life in Romans 12 where he says, "Present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God which is your spiritual act of worship." He gave everything to God as a spiritual act of worship. His fear of God, his awe of God, his reverence of God caused him to lift up his whole life and offer it to God. And for somebody to debilitate him from doing that, for somebody to steal his ministry, to steal his opportunity, to rob him of his service because his integrity was destroyed was not acceptable to him. He defended his integrity because of his reverence for the Lord. He wanted to serve Him as effectively as he could. He wanted nothing to undermine that service. And he knew some day he'd stand before the judgment seat, that's why "therefore" is there in verse 10, and he would stand before that judgment seat and he would be rewarded for that service that he rendered to his Lord. If his reputation was ruined, so was his usefulness. If his usefulness was ruined, so was his opportunity. If his opportunity was ruined so was his fruitfulness. If his fruitfulness was ruined, he had no reason to live. He only wanted to honor God with a life of service. So, you see, he's defending himself, but not for his sake. For God's sake cause God is worthy of worship.
Well, four more reasons to come. Let's bow in prayer.
Time has gone so rapidly this morning, our Father, and yet we've been so deeply into the heart of Paul it seems like we've been sitting across a table and talking eye to eye with him. And You've been in the conversation, too. And we've sensed Your presence and Your truth. We thank You for a true worshiper like Paul, different than Jonah who knew exactly what You were like and because of that didn't want to serve You. Here was a man who knew exactly what You were like and because of that he did. And that was his spiritual act of worship and he didn't want anybody to hinder his worship, he didn't want anybody in the way of his praise. He didn't want anybody hindering his adoration, his exaltation, his respect, his awe for You. Now there's a reason to keep your integrity. And we grieve, Lord, about those people who have been in spiritual leadership and have sinned and have lost their integrity and when their integrity was lost, Your honor was lost and they have dishonored You and they have not adorned the doctrine of God, but they've smudged it and smeared it with their iniquity. O Father, may we be like David who shepherded in the integrity of his heart and the skill of his hands. We want to be skillful but with the skill must come the integrity. Give us leaders of integrity who are faithful. Make us Christians with integrity, for we too have a world of influence among believers and unbelievers. We too bring glory to Your name when we live lives of integrity, when we live what we say we believe. Keep us consistent, Lord, that You might be honored, that we might be offering up our lives as spiritual acts of worship to You. And, Father, we're so grateful that Your Holy Spirit can accomplish this in us which in our flesh we could never do, so we plead with You to be gracious and grant us the Spirit who alone can uphold our integrity, for Your glory in Christ's name. Amen.
This article is also available and sold as a booklet.
This sermon series includes the following messages:
Please contact the publisher to obtain copies of this resource.Publisher Information


text:
The giveaway is closed now. The winner will be announced shortly.
What can I win?
Today I have a ThinkTankPhoto Shape Shifter backpack valued @ $249 to give away (click on image for larger view):
More info on this backpack can be found here.
How do I win?
The rules are simple – just leave a comment to this post. Let's be creative this time - tell me why do you need this backpack, what is your experience with other ThinkTank products (if any), what are you looking for in a camera backpack or just a funny story. Basically anything backpack related will be fine. One comment per person please. Don't forget to add your email in the comment section - it will not be used for anything else but notifying you in case you are the winner. I will close all comments at the end of the week and will randomly pick the winner.
The best part?
Following our tradition, the good people of ThinkTank Photo agreed to ship this backpack anywhere in the world, so this is not one of those "US only" giveaways.
What if I don't win?
You can always get a free bag from ThinkTank Photo with a purchase of $49.50 or more (follow this link, when checking out, you can make you free bag selection - currently the free bag list consists of Cable Management 20, Pixel Pocket Rocket, Modular Pouch, or Security Tag products and is subject to change).
What else?
While you are on thinktankphoto.com, you can register for their newsletter.


text:
Nike Shox Shoes : Top Online Mens And Womens Jordan Shoes,Nike Shoes
GraniteAn igneous rock of volcanic origin, granite is one of the hardest natural stones. During its formation, mineral gases and liquids create crystalline formations, giving it a stunning array of colors.
MarbleMarble is a metamorphic rock found in mountains around the word. It comprises recrystallized minerals and swirls of hidden impurities. These beautiful natural variances give marble its signature warmth and sophistication.
http://www.jordannew/womens nike shox nz shoes white grey dark , Men s Nike Shox Current Fluorescent Green Blue Bee Nest Shoe [nMens Nike Black Silver Shox Oz Electroplate Shoes In Authentic Nike Nike Shox NZ Lowest Price For Sale | This Season s Hottest , Nike Nike Mens Nike Nike Shox Roadster 12 Price Cheap Largest Popular Mens Nike Shox Deliver 809 New Classic Black Red RunningAmazon | NIKE Men s Shox NZ EU Running Shoe | RunningNike Shox NZ Mens 378341 008 Wolf Grey Gold Anthracite Running S , nike free online shoes, Nike Men s Shox NZ shoes black grey whiRetail Men s Running Shoes Nike Shox NZ Black/Gold Electroplatenike running shoes for sale, Nike Women s Shox NZ sl si runningWholesale Mens/Womens Running Shoes Nike Shox NZ White/Navy Bluenike free run 3 mens cheap, Nike Women s Shox NZ sl si running , Archive | Nike Shox NZ (Kids) | Sneakerhead 415245 002Women Nike Shox NZ White Red Shoes | In Stock,Official supplier Nike Nike Shox Shoes Price Cheap Free And Fast Shipping High , Nike Shox R3 Velcro Men s Shoes in White/Silver/Sapphire Blue , Nike Mens Nike Shox NZ Online For Sale Colorful And Fashion , Nike Shox Shoes : Satisfactory | Socks / T Shirt / Shorts , Women Nike Shox NZ White Silver Red Shoes | Cheapest,famous branMen s Nike Air Shox Avenue Black Silver White Plating Shoe [nik , Nike Womens Nike Shox NZ Chicago Outlet, Nike Womens Nike Shox NClearance Cheap Nike Shox NZ Womens Shoe Sale Full Plating BlackPopular New Mens Nike Shox TLX Running Shoe Black Green Green TL , nike roshe cheap cheap, Nike Men s Shox NZ 2.0 SI Running Shoe , Jordan Grey White Canada Shoes Fly Wade Ii Jordan £113.75 , Cheap Mens Nike Shox NZ White/Red/Silver Shoes Online USA , 2017 Nike Shoes 2016 Women s Nike Shox Agent Black/Pink Shoes C , 11 best Nike Shox R5 On Sale images on Pinterest | Cheap nike, M ,TravertineTravertine is a porous calcareous rock that forms when natural mineral water percolates through limestone and recrystallizes. Its earthy texture and warm hues give it a distressed but modern look.
LimestoneFormed from the bonding of mineral fragments and organic materials in the earth's bedrock, Limestone mainly comprises calcium carbonate, which gives it its signature array of natural colors and streaking.
QuartziteQuartzite is a metamorphic rock formed from sandstone. The extreme heat and pressurization in its formation leads to the recrystallization of minerals, making extremely strong and flecked with natural patterning.
QuartzManufactured from one of the hardest crystalline minerals, quartz is renowned for its durability and color. Formation is proud to be the only stocking distributor of Caeserstone® quartz in the Coachella Valley.
PorcelainFired at higher temperatures than ceramic tile, porcelain tile comprises up to fifty percent feldspar, making it denser and less porous than other tile. It is stronger than granite and resists staining.
Vetrazzo®Vetrazzo® is a unique product comprising concrete and recycled glass. From architectural and art glass to beer bottles and jars, each mix is a work of art, with a story told in every surface.
Specialty & MosaicIn addition to our line of traditional stone and tile, we offer a wide range of specialty and mosaic products, whose exotic one-of-a-kind beauty you won't find anywhere else.


text:
Protecting a General Contractor from Liability Caused by a Subcontractor
General contractors sometimes face liability for the acts of their subcontractors. The most common ways to protect the general contractor from liability are by indemnification agreements with the subcontractor and with additional insured endorsements to the sub-contractor's liability insurance. This article examines issues relating to contractual indemnifications and to additional insured status for a general contractor.
The limits of contractual indemnification. Nearly every construction subcontract contains a contractual obligation requiring the subcontractor to indemnify the general contractor for liability stemming from the subcontractor's acts or omissions. The indemnity obligation typically covers settlements, judgments, and defense costs.
The typical contractual indemnification provision may provide only limited protection for a general contractor. For example, it will not apply to a claim where the general contractor was solely negligent or to a claim where there is no negligence by the subcontractor. Further, a general contractor's failure to give timely notice of a claim to the subcontractor could result in the general contractors losing its right to indemnity.
Even if a claim falls within the contractual indemnification provision, the indemnification agreement may not provide immediate protection for the general contractor. Depending on the actual language of the indemnity agreement, a general contractor's right to indemnification for defense costs could arise at the time a claim is brought or only when there is a judgment or settlement in the underlying action. In many situations, a general contractor often ends up paying for its own defense and for any settlement or judgment and then pursuing reimbursement from the subcontractor.
Finally, a contractual indemnification provision is only useful if the party providing the indemnification is solvent. Many subcontractors are not financially stable and may either fail to perform a contractual indemnification or attempt to negotiate paying something less than the full indemnification called for in the contract.
Naming the general contractor as an additional insured. Owing to the problems that arise in connection with enforcing contractual indemnity provisions, many general contractors require the subcontractor to add the general contractor to the subcontractor's commercial general liability (CGL) insurance policy as an additional insured. This not only avoids the possibility that a general contractor will have to incur significant attorney fees defending itself and/or pursing indemnity, but allows the general contractor to be defended and indemnified by an insurer other than its own. Ultimately, this saves the general contractor from paying increased insurance premiums.
Additional insured endorsements vary in the scope of coverage they provide. Nevertheless, additional insured coverage is valuable to a general contractor, and an indemnification agreement should not be considered to be a substitute for this type of coverage. Some older versions of additional insured endorsements provide coverage to the additional insured to the extent that the claim arises out of the named insured's work or product. Courts have found that the scope of coverage provided by the term "arising out of" is broad. In general, "arising out of" requires only some sort of causal relationship between the named insured's work and the additional insured's liability. Given the breadth of the phrase "arising out of," additional insured coverage provided by such an endorsement should include coverage for claims for which the additional insured is solely negligent.
One obvious limitation on the scope of additional insured coverage is the policy limits. Generally, the additional insured shares policy limits with other insureds on the policy, and an insurer must treat all insureds equally. Sometimes an insurer is faced with the dilemma of whether it can exhaust remaining policy limits to settle a matter for one insured without violating its duties to other insureds.
A CGL insurer's duty to defend. An issue that frequently arises is whether a subcontractor's CGL insurer must defend the general contractor who is not an insured but has an indemnification agreement with the subcontractor. There are two independent ways a general contractor may be entitled to a defense in this situation. First, in some CGL policies, if the indemnitee is entitled to a defense from the subcontractor under the indemnification agreement and if the claim against the general contractor involves liability covered by the insurance policy, the subcontractor's CGL insurer must pay for the defense of the indemnitee general contractor. In this situation, the defense costs may be treated as "damages" and, therefore, may be subject to the policy limits.
Second, the indemnitee general contractor may be entitled to a defense pursuant to the "supplementary payments" section of the CGL policy if a number of conditions are satisfied, including: Both the indemnitee and the indemnitor are defendants in the third-party lawsuit; the third-party lawsuit seeks damages for which the insured has assumed the liability of the indemnitee in an "insured contract"; the liability assumed by contract is for damages for property damage or bodily injury caused by an occurrence that is not excluded by any policy exclusion; and the indemnitor has assumed the indemnitee's costs of defense in the insured contract.
Covering a general contractor's indemnity claim. The insuring agreement of a standard CGL policy obligates the insurer to provide coverage for "all sums that the insured shall become legally obligated to pay as damages because of bodily injury or property damage . . . [c]aused by an occurrence." A lawsuit by a general contractor for indemnification may fall within coverage as the term "damages" has been construed to include an indemnification obligation. Therefore, a subcontractor's liability insurance might cover such a claim.
Insurers attempt to limit their liability for certain contractual liabilities. For example, they may eliminate coverage for "'bodily injury' or 'property damage' for which the insured is obligated to pay damages by reason of the assumption of liability in a contract or agreement." Some coverage for contractual liability—including agreements to indemnify or hold harmless—remains, however, because the exclusion contains an exception that restores coverage, among other things, for liability assumed in an "insured contract." "Insured contract" is defined to mean "[t]hat part of any other contract or agreement pertaining to your business. . . under which you assume the tort liability of another party to pay for 'bodily injury' or 'property damage' to a third person or organization." Thus, any contract pursuant to which the insured expressly assumes the tort liability of another—including an indemnity agreement—can be an "insured contract."
Conclusion. When a general contractor hires a subcontractor, the general contractor wants assurances that it will not be held liable for the subcontractor's negligence. The general contractor also wants assurances that it will not have to spend its own money to defend claims arising out of the subcontractor's negligence. It is important that a general contractor negotiate with its subcontractors indemnity agreements that are specific and enforceable under the law of the state that governs the contract. It also is important that the general contractor negotiate (and enforce) insurance specifications by which the subcontractor names the general contractor as an additional insured and procures liability coverage that is broad enough (and has sufficient limits) to cover the subcontractor's indemnity obligations pursuant to the insured contract.
For More Information About the Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section
- This article is an abridged and edited version of one that originally appeared on page 20 of The Brief, Spring 2008 (37:3).
- For more information or to obtain a copy of the periodical in which the full article appears, please call the ABA Service Center at 800/285-2221.
- Website: www.abanet.org/tips.
- Periodicals: The Brief, quarterly magazine; Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Law Journal, quarterly law review; TortSource, quarterly newsletter.
- Books and Other Recent Publications: Litigating the Aviation Case: From Pre-Trial to Closing Argument, 3d ed.; Wildlife Law: A Global Perspective; Litigating Animal Law Disputes: A Complete Guide for Lawyers; Toxic Mold Litigation, 2d ed.; Attorney-Client Privilege in Civil Litigation: Protecting and Defending Confidentiality, 4th ed.; The Surety's Indemnity Agreement: Law and Practice, 2d ed.; Premises Security Litigation, 3d ed.; Loan Loss Coverage under Financial Institution Bonds; Superseding and Staying Judgments: A National Compendium; Property Insurance Litigator's Handbook; Annotated Commercial Crime Policy, 2d ed.; Professional Liability to Third Parties, 2d ed.; Managing and Litigating the Complex Surety Case, 2d ed.; ERISA Survey of Federal Circuits, 2d ed.; Directors and Officers Liability Deskbook, 2d ed.; Truck Accident Litigation, 2d ed.; Spoliation of Evidence: Sanctions and Remedies for Destruction of Evidence in Civil Litigation, 2d ed.; The Spine at Trial: Practical Medicolegal Concepts about the Spine; Creating Winning Trial Strategies and Graphics.
Andrew Reidy is a partner in Howrey LLP's Washington, D.C., office; he may be reached at email@example.com. Seth Lamden is a partner in Howrey LLP's Chicago office; he may be reached at email@example.com.


text:
[1:10:58] -
Working moms weigh the pros and cons of punching a clock, plus Alex McFarland answers our toughest questions about God, and a rape victim wants help in healing.
Featured musical artist: Tricia
[27:25] -
Some things should never be discussed at a dinner party; these include religion, politics, and whether mothers should work outside the home. But since Boundless is no dinner party, we're going to kick the proverbial hornet's nest. All of the women on our panel are working moms: some by choice, some not. But what they have in common is a desire to keep family first and honor God in the process. How and why they do it is an important discussion around an issue that's not going away anytime soon.
[33:31] -
Why aren't my prayers answered? Why does God allow His children to make bad decisions? Why can't Christians agree on doctrine? What if I never get married? Questions like these keep us up at night, but instead of continuing to stew over them, we foisted them on Alex McFarland for answers. Alex is an internationally-known apologist, speaker and culture expert. His newest book, The 21 Toughest Questions Your Kids Will Ask About Christianity, is a great resource for parents and non-parents. In this segment, Lisa goes after him with some perplexing questions applicable to young adults.
[7:20] -
She's a victim of rape, and hasn't worked through the pain and shame. On top of it all, she wants to date, but is afraid that her story will hurt her chances of finding love and a lasting marriage. Can she move ahead toward healing? Counselor Dr. Jared Pingleton offers hope and practical suggestions.
Helping young adults mature in Christ and prepare for marriage and family. Learn more
© Focus on the Family 1998-2018