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As Lent marches on, BACI is pleased by the response received so far on the Economic Justice study. At the end of Lent we strongly encourage all rectors, parishioners, and individuals who have used the study to fill in the short feedback form at the back of the study (also available here), and send it to us. BACI will collate and analyze the responses, which will be reported at the first BACI symposium, to the Church of Ireland, and to the ACO's Bible in the Life of the Church project.
As has been announced in the CoI Gazette, BACI encourages people from throughout Ireland to attend our first symposium on the Bible in the Church of Ireland on 21 April 2012 at the Church of Ireland Theological Institute, Braemor Park, Dublin 14. The event will encourage the discussion and consideration of the way the Bible is, ought, and could be read in the Church today. Cost is only €35 and includes tea and coffee and lunch. CoI ordinands may come for free, and students may come for only €15. We do encourage advanced booking, so we may let CITI know lunch numbers.
The day will include the speakers Professor David Ford (Cambridge University), Professor Gordon McConville (Gloucestershire University), Stephen Lyon (Anglican Communion Office), the Most Reverend Dr. Michael Jackson, and the Right Reverend Michael Burrows. Ample time throughout the day will be devoted to discussion.
The day will end with the election of an executive committee for BACI. All interested in running are welcome to put their names forward for nominations. We hope to have the committee to be representative of the CoI, geographically, theologically, and vocationally (lay and clerical). The positions envisioned at present are those of Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary, Treasurer, Press Officer, and four members-at-large.
Please spread the word and encourage all you know to come. A basic flier can be found here, and a more detailed flier here.


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Coping: When work and grief collide
I am four months pregnant. But the baby is dead, inside me, and must be removed. I am devastated. I always knew this could happen, in the back of my mind. But you are never prepared for something like this to happen.
When I first heard the news, I did nothing. Cancelled every plan I had. Sat in chairs staring at walls, lay in bed hoping for sleep, and cried. And then came the day of the week when I had to either write my column or skip a week. Skipping a week, I thought, would probably be okay. But then I thought. Well, I'm not doing anything. I could write a column.
In the face of tragedy work is a weird thing. On the one hand, it becomes unimportant. I think back to the day before the day I knew. My sister-in-law called me and said, "How are you feeling?" I said, "Really rushed. I have two deadlines, and I don't have time to talk." She said, "No, about the baby." That day, work was so important.
On the day I found out the baby was dead I had scheduled three interviews. It was a tight schedule, but I felt the interviews absolutely had to get done that day. But at the doctor's office, when I was crying so loudly that I was taken to a room farthest away from the waiting area so as not to scare already jittery expectant mothers, I didn't care if the interviews got done. I know it is a cliché that a job isn't life or death, but you see that truth very clearly when there is death.
Co-workers who, in the face of death, treat work as more important than death seem crazy. I know because of a boss whose mom died three hours before what was, admittedly, the most important speech of his career. He felt obliged to tell his direct reports the news so they would know why he was crying in his office. Word spread fast. Condolences poured in from co-workers throughout the company. Then he gave the speech. And no one could listen. We all thought, "Why doesn't he go home? Why isn't he upset? Why is he standing in front of us now?"
Co-workers who treat less serious events as if they were a death seem equally crazy. They appear melodramatic and unreliable. For example, when a colleague's boyfriend of one year walked out on her, she missed a week of work. That's too much. I'm not sure where the line is for what's too much, but a week is too much for that.
So where is the line for a dead baby that I never saw, but has been a part of me and is still inside? For two days I did nothing. But today I feel like work might be the best thing for me. For most of us, work isn't just about getting a paycheck; it's a way to connect with the world. I don't want to be alone today, so I'm working.
And although I postponed my interviews, I won't miss any deadlines. Not because I think the baby's death is unimportant. In fact, in light of this event, I am sure people would be very sympathetic about my missing deadlines. But I won't miss any because in the midst of personal tragedy, work is a way for me to maintain structure in my life and find not-so-tragic things to think about.

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Web stats indicate Mac OS X Lion still growing very fast
Chitika reported that in its latest checks, Mac OS X Lion had only reached a 16 percent share, declaring that "the once hyped OS X Lion is now in a state of arrested development."
The firm compared Lion upgrades to the rapid pace of iOS 5 upgrades, and blamed issues with Lion, including its iOS-inspired interface, as the reason for the slower pace of Mac users adopting the latest OS.
In reality, however, the $29.99 price of Lion and its more complex upgrade process is likely a more significant barrier to Mac users upgrading compared to the largely invisible, free updates iOS users can apply.
Chitika doesn't outline how it collects its data, but the firm primarily markets mobile ads, limiting its reach in profiling desktop and notebook Mac users compared to its metrics for iOS users running ad-based apps.
In contrast, Net Applications monitors the use of web browsers reported by a wide network of web servers, and its data indicates that Mac OS X Lion has been and continues to steadily grow, having already reached a 30 percent share of all Mac users. That's more than the other variants of Mac OS X older than Snow Leopard combined.
Mac OS X Lion has already achieved a similar share among Mac users as Microsoft's Windows 7 has this year among PC owners, two years after its release.
Because all new Macs ship with Lion and can't be downgraded to an earlier version, the record numbers of new Macs sold can only force Lion's share higher. In its last quarter, Apple sold 4.89 million new Macs, greatly outpacing the individual users upgrading to Lion through the Mac App Store.


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Sochi doesn't have a monopoly on televised fireworks this week. On Morning Joe today, Nicole Wallace erupted in indignation when Chuck Todd blew off a suggestion that Chris Christie had a pretty good day yesterday by asking, "What — that he didn't get, that more indictments didn't come in?" Wallace burst out laughing and then took Todd to task, noting at one point that "Rachel's not on until nine":
"I guess it's a good day that what?" Todd pressed on. "That he didn't get, that more indictments didn't come in?"
"Stop, stop," Wallace interrupted. "Rachel's not on 'til 9," she jabbed, referring to primetime host Rachel Maddow, who has spent much of her recent programming digging into Christie's scandal.
"What is that?" an incensed Todd fired back, before stumbling to explain his belief that "we're overdoing it now."
"Oh my God," Wallace said again with disbelief. "So much time has been spent in the last four weeks covering every teeny, minuscule, breaking non-news event."
"Not on my show," Todd responded.
"Well, on the network on which you appear and I appear," Wallace replied, before taking a stab at "every formerly-objective member of the press" now going after the governor on a daily basis. The fact that Christie's Chicago appearance is a "nothing-burger" to Todd, she continued, "is something that should educate Governor Christie about the climate he'll face should he run for president."
"I'm not treating him as a presidential candidate in my mind right now," answered Todd.
Even objectively, though, it was a good day for Christie. The RGA raised a record $6 million in January under his leadership, even though Christie spent the whole month under the shadow of Bridgegate:
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie raised $1.5 million during a fundraising swing through Texas last week, the Republican Governors Association announced early Tuesday morning, hours before the embattled governor was scheduled to headline more events in Illinois.
Moreover, the RGA raised $6 million in January, said spokeswoman Gail Gitcho, who added that this was done with "the help of Chairman Christie and all of our Republican governors.
"That is more than twice as much that has ever been raised during the same month in RGA history, and twice as much that was raised in the last comparable cycle (2010) in the same month," said Gitcho in a note where she outlined the impressive fundraising haul in what is traditionally a slow fundraising month following Christmas.
The day one can announce that is, pretty objectively, a good day for any politician, especially one as beleaguered as Christie supposedly is. The flippant response from Todd aside, the "scandal" seems to be losing a lot of steam, as Jake Tapper noted in skewering one of the rumors that are now arising in the absence of anything else to report:
All of that in one day? Yeah, that's a pretty good day. Objectively speaking.


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The words "to be", added by the translators, are unnecessary and even cloud the meaning. Paul was stating what he was, not what he intended to be. As in most of his writings, Paul stressed his divine commission as an apostle, thus invoking the authority needed for dealing with the errors prevalent in Corinth.
Sosthenes ... Many identify this brother with the one mentioned in Acts 18:17, but it is not certain. Apparently, he was the amanuensis by whose hand the letter was written, Paul himself inscribing only the salutation and lovingly including his helper. The emphatic first person singular pronoun in 1 Cor. 1:4 denies that Sosthenes had anything to do with the content of the epistle.
The church of God ... The church did not belong to the Corinthians but to God, unto whom they were set apart (sanctified) to serve God by reason of the fact that they were "in Christ."
In Christ ... denotes the status of all Christians, a relationship brought about through an obedient faith when they were baptized "into" him (Galatians 3:27; 1 Corinthians 12:13; and Romans 6:3). The epic importance of this phrase appears in the fact that it is used no less than 169 times in Paul's epistles. F1
Called to be saints ... Again, "to be" is an unnecessary additive to the text. The Corinthian Christians were not merely candidates for sainthood but were in fact already entitled to this designation by virtue of their being in the spiritual body of Christ, "in him," and therefore possessing a complete identity with the Saviour.
With all that call upon the name ... makes this epistle applicable to the saints of all ages in every place and circumstance.
Lord Jesus Christ ... This use of the compound name JESUS CHRIST by Paul, and by the whole church, barely a quarter of a century after the crucifixion of Christ in A.D. 30 declares the historical accuracy of John's Gospel, which recorded the first usage of it by the Saviour himself in the great prayer of John 17, making it certain that "in Christ Jesus" is equivalent to "in thy name" of John 17:3,11,26.
Lord ... Likewise, this title of Jesus was not a development in the last first-century church but was firmly established by the time of Paul's writing here, having been used by Paul in his very first encounter with Jesus (Acts 9:5).
Grace and peace ... This double salutation combined the common greetings of both Greeks and Hebrews, but with a remarkable extension of the meaning of both. [Chairein] was the Greek word for "greeting"; but Paul's word [Greek: charis] means "grace," calling attention to God's unspeakable gift to humanity. The Hebrew salutation, [shalom], meaning "peace," was united with an affirmation of its coming through Jesus Christ alone. F2
In Paul's style of mentioning himself first, then the addressee, and next a formal greeting, he followed the format employed by all educated persons of that era. "When Paul wrote letters he wrote them on the pattern which everybody used." F3 However, Paul always extended the form somewhat in order to adorn it with the distinctive sentiments and teachings of Christianity. In these three verses, it is plain that "The distinguishing feature is its stress upon the sanctity of the church." F4
I thank my God ... This is one of the most amazing words in the New Testament. How incredible it appears on the surface that a church troubled by so many errors and outright sins, as in the case of the Corinthians, should have been the occasion of fervent thanksgiving by an apostle! The explanation lies in the key words IN CHRIST JESUS. In the Lord, the Corinthians were credited with the holy righteousness of Christ himself, even as the Christians of all ages; and the blood of Christ, operative in his spiritual body, was cleansing them from all sins CONTINUALLY (1 John 1:7).
Grosheide explained the last phrase of this verse as meaning that "Their richness in Christ consists especially in the ability to speak well about the revelation of God." F5
In everything ... has the meaning of "in everything that really matters." The Corinthians were of the same status as all of them "that know the truth". Although every Christian is required to study and learn continually, there is a certain corpus of truth that he must know before he can become a Christian; and that body of teaching having been acquired, and the believer having acted upon it by being baptized into Christ, he is at that point "enriched in everything." This was the enrichment enjoyed by the Christians at Corinth. "All things" therefore has in view elementary knowledge and not in the superlative sense of knowing absolutely everything they needed to know, else there would have been no need for Paul to write to them. That Paul intended this verse as a compliment to the Corinthians upon their ability to speak in tongues is evidently a false interpretation.
Testimony of Christ was confirmed in you ... is Paul's way of declaring that the Corinthians had believed and obeyed the gospel of Christ as it had been preached to them. This was the source of all the riches of grace which they had received through their being united with Christ and "in him."
Ye come behind in no gift ... The reference here is to the entire galaxy of gifts, in the general sense, which attended establishment of churches of Christ under the apostolic preaching. As Grosheide said:
In early Christian times people must
have seen all the gifts of the Holy
Spirit, the special as well as the
permanent, as a unity. They were not
differentiated, neither had the church
as yet experienced that the special
gifts were not going to remain. F6
Waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ ... This is a reference to the Second Advent of Christ, indicating that the final redemption of people will take place then, and that the time of probation is essentially a period of waiting and expecting. There is no hint here that Paul or the Corinthians believed that the last Advent would come immediately, or in their lifetime.
Who shall also confirm you unto the end ... Some scholars refer back to God as the antecedent of "who" in this place; but Guthrie seems correct in seeing here an exhortation for the Corinthians not to trust in spiritual gifts which they had received, but that they should look to Christ who would be their strength even to the end.
To the end ... is "a gentle reminder that the Corinthians had not yet `arrived' at perfection, despite their many gifts." F7 Full redemption for all people must await THAT DAY when the Lord shall come in his glory and all his holy angels with him (2 Timothy 4:8).
Here is the ninth reference in as many verses to Jesus Christ.
God is faithful ... The thought is that God, having begun a good work in the Corinthians, would not change his purpose of leading them into eternal life. Bad as conditions were with the church at Corinth, God's purpose would continue operative on their behalf.
Ye were called ... "Called, that is, called to be a Christian, is in the New Testament always A CALL OBEYED." F8
I beseech you ... Paul's tone in this is one of tender and affectionate appeal, delivered in the all-powerful name of Christ.
No divisions ... All divisions are contrary to the will of Christ; and by reference to the perfect unity which is the ideal of Christian relationships, Paul highlighted the broken fellowship which had marred the body of Christ in Corinth.
Be perfected together ... This comes from a versatile Greek word, meaning "to adjust the parts of an instrument, the setting of bones by a physician, or the mending of nets." F9 The general meaning would appear to be "put the broken unity back together"; and thus by the use of such an expression Paul states by implication the disunity of the church in Corinth. Paul at once stated the source of his information concerning such a disaster.
The household of Chloe ... It is generally assumed by commentators that Chloe was a respected member of the church, and Metz expressed confidence that she was "a woman of character and good standing"; F10 but it should be noted that it was not Chloe who gave Paul the information regarding Corinth, but her "household," a term usually applied in the New Testament to the familia (household slaves), as in the case of "the household of Aristobulus" (Romans 16:10). Guthrie pointed out that
Chloe was the popular name of the
goddess Demeter, who had 56 temples in
Greece, including one at Corinth; and
CHLOE'S PEOPLE appear as disinterested
critics outside the church parties
mentioned. F11
This is the only mention of Chloe in the New Testament, making it impossible to solve the question of who she might have been. The principal point, perhaps, is this: Paul named the source of the evil report he had received, not relying at all upon mere gossip or rumor.
Are there three sinful parties in view in this passage, or four? Despite the numerous opinions to the effect that "I of Christ" denotes a sinful division no less than the other slogans, this student cannot agree that there was ever anything wrong with a follower of the Lord claiming to be "of Christ." The glib assertions of many to the effect that the Christ party was a self-righteous little group insisting that they alone had the truth are as ridiculous as they are unsupported by any solid evidence whatever. Paul himself declared that he was "of Christ" (2 Corinthians 10:7); and, indeed, the evidence is strong enough that he made such a declaration in this verse, the final "AND I OF CHRIST" being the words not of a faction at Corinth but of the blessed apostle himself. Guthrie admitted that "I belong to Christ could be Paul's own corrective comment." F12 William Barclay punctuated the verse thus: "I am of Paul; I am of Apollos; I am of Cephas - but I BELONG TO CHRIST." F13 As Adam Clarke expressed it, "It is not likely in any sense of the word that Christ could be said to be the head of a sect or party in his own church." F14 Macknight, commenting on "and I of Christ," said, "Chrysostom thought this was said by Paul himself to show the Corinthians that all ought to consider themselves the disciples of Christ." F15 Any other interpretation of this passage cannot be made to fit.
What was wrong with the first three of these slogans? Those who were using them were glorying in people; but then it follows as a certainty that those who were saying "and I of Christ" were glorying in the Lord. Thus, the uniform construction of the four slogans which is made the basis of construing them all as sinful becomes the positive reason for denying it. It is impossible to make glorying in Christ a parallel sin with glorying in men, the latter being condemned by Paul and the glorying in Christ being commanded. It should be remembered that all of the speculative descriptions of these various groups are unsupported by a single line in the New Testament. Shore's comment that "a faction dared to arrogate to themselves the name of Christ," F16 on the basis of having seen and heard Christ preach personally, is an example of unscholarly guessing, apparently engaged in for the purpose of imputing blame to those who were doing exactly what they should have done in affirming that they were indeed "of Christ." Would to God that all people, even as Paul, were "of Christ."
The three schismatic groups which were glorying in the names of people have had their counterparts in all ages. Such conduct then, as it still is, was sinful. Paul moved at once to show how ridiculous is the device of glorying in human teachers.
In Paul's dealing with the parties, it should be discerned that this triple question was designed to expose and correct the sin of the three groups glorying in people, but they do not cast the slightest reflection upon those who were "of Christ," who could have given the proper response to Paul's question. The other three groups, however, would have been forced to confess that neither Paul, Apollos, or Peter had been crucified for them, and that they had not been baptized into any of those three names. As McGarvey observed, "We should note how inseparably connected in Paul's thought were the sacrifice of the cross and the baptism which makes us partakers of its benefits." F17
It was Paul's custom to entrust the physical act of baptizing converts to an assistant such as John Mark, Silas or Timothy. There were occasions, however, when he found it necessary to do the actual baptizing with his own hands, as in the cases here cited. He, in this passage, viewed it as providential that he had baptized so few of them, thus denying them any excuse for connecting his name with a party. Both Gaius and Crispus were prominent Christians, Crispus having been the ruler of a synagogue.
Stephanas ... was of "the firstfruits of Achaia" (1 Corinthians 16:15), evidently having been baptized by Paul before the beginning of his great work in Corinth (Acts 18:5ff).
Christ sent me not to baptize ... Some have been diligent to make this passage an excuse for denying the necessity of the believer's baptism into Christ, as for example, Metz, who said, "The gospel of grace and faith that he proclaimed was as free from outer ritual and ceremony as it was devoid of legal observances." F18 If such a view is tenable, how can Paul's baptism of Stephanas, Gaius, and Crispus be explained? Of course, what Paul referred to here was the ADMINISTRATION OF THE RITE OF BAPTISM, there being nothing here to the effect that Paul preached salvation without baptism. He like all the apostles had been commanded to "make disciples of all nations, baptizing them" (Matthew 28:19).
Not in wisdom of words ... The great apostle renounced the pretentious rhetorical flourishes so dear to the Greek intellectuals, deliberately rejecting the complicated elocutionary devices which were the stock in trade of the philosophers. The Greek word "sophist" (wise man) had fallen from its glory, and in Paul's day had come to denote a nimble tongue and an empty brain. Dio Chrysostom described the Greek wise men thus:
They croak like frogs in a marsh; they
are the most wretched of men, because,
though ignorant, they think themselves
wise; they are like peacocks, showing
off their reputation and the number of
their pupils as peacocks do their
tails. F19
It is clear, then, that Paul used the word "wisdom" in a sarcastic sense in this phrase having the meaning of "gobbledegook" as now used. See more on this under 2 Cor. 11:5.
So-called intellectuals of our own times are by no means exempt from the conceited shallowness of the Greek philosophers. Even a sermon may be well organized, rhetorically excellent, stylishly delivered, "beautiful" and worthless.
Lest the cross of Christ should be made void ... Digressions are frequent in Paul's works; and this word "cross," mentioned as the antithesis of the philosophers' so-called wisdom, was made the subject of a characteristic Pauline digression.
All of the value judgments of people were nailed to the cross of Christ. People glorify the arrogant, proud, mighty and successful, but Christ was patient, meek, humble and submissive. A crucified Saviour was simply beyond the boundaries of human imagination.
It is the power of God ... There are two reactions to the mystery of the cross on the part of two classes of people who behold it. The two classes are those who are perishing and those who are being saved (English Revised Version margin). To the former, the cross is foolishness, but to the latter it is the power of God. As an illustration of God's power contrasted with human wisdom, Paul cited Isa. 29:14 where, according to Marsh,
The prophet, referring to the failure
of worldly statesmanship in Judah in
the face of the Assyrian invasion,
states a principle that the wisdom of
man is no match for the power of
God. F20
The wise ... refers to the worldly wise such as the Greek sophists.
The scribe ... denotes the expert in Jewish religion. "The disputer of this world ..." includes both the others as well as all others who rely upon their own intelligence and do not trust in God.
Hath not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? ... Although Paul doubtless had in mind that phase of wisdom relating to the eternal things of the spirit, there is also an undeniable application to all phases of human wisdom. History is one long dramatic denial of the world's wisdom. The pyramids of Egypt, upon which generations of men worked for centuries, are merely colossal monuments to human stupidity. The textbooks of a generation ago are worthless today. Permanence has never yet come to any human government. Every mystery ever solved unlocks a hundred others and raises infinitely more questions than are answered, leading to conviction that the ultimate wisdom on the part of people can never be attained by new formulas and gadgets, that the infinite wisdom is a person, Almighty God, and that people may know him only through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Knew not God ... The ineffectiveness and frustration of human wisdom are nowhere more dramatically evident than in the long pre-Christian history of the Gentiles, who, turning away from God and walking in the light (!) of their own intelligence, drowned the whole earth in shameful debaucheries. Paul developed this thought extensively in the first chapters of Romans, and there is a brief mention of the same thing here. Who can believe that modern man, now in the act of turning away from God, will be any more successful in finding the good life apart from his Creator than were his ancient progenitors?
The foolishness of the preaching ... has reference to the foolishness of the thing preached (English Revised Version margin), that is, foolishness from the human viewpoint.
To save them that believe ... "Believe" is here a synecdoche for turning to God through obedience of the gospel, and it includes such things as repentance and baptism.
Dummelow paraphrased this thus, "The Jews will not believe unless a miracle is wrought before their eyes; the Greeks will accept no truth that is not commended by philosophical speculation." F21
Of course, the Jews had witnessed many miracles, not only by the Lord of life, but also by the holy apostles; but what they demanded was the performance, at their bidding, of some spectacular wonder of their own choosing, which, even if it had been wrought, would have had no moral value and would have proved just as ineffective as the true miracles they had already seen (Matthew 16:1).
We preach Christ crucified ... The cross is central to the Christian religion; no person may be a true follower of the Lord who is unwilling to take up his cross and follow the Master (Matthew 16:24).
Despite the Jewish law which declared, "He that is hanged on a tree is accursed of God" (Deuteronomy 21:23), and the hierarchy of Israel having accomplished such a death for the Lord of glory, the cross was the instrument of Jesus' atonement for the sins of the whole world. It was the place where God, having entered our earthly life as a man, paid the penalty of human transgression, bruised the head of Satan, and purchased the church with his own precious blood. The glory of the cross is seen in what it denied, what it declared, what it accomplished, whom it defeated, and whom it saved. All the human wisdom of all the ages is powerless to achieve the most infinitesimal fraction of the redemption that was achieved to the uttermost on Calvary.
Called ... This should not be understood in the narrow and restricted sense, for God has called all people to receive eternal life in Christ, the usage here having reference to people who heed and obey the call.
Both Jews and Greeks ... This has the meaning of "all men" of whatever race or nation, time or circumstance.
Christ on the cross appeared to be weakness in the eyes of people; but that "weakness of God was stronger than men and everything that men could produce." F22 The sign-seeking Jews could not comprehend the mighty "sign of the prophet Jonah," enacted before their very eyes; and the wisdom-seeking Greeks could not discern the most profound wisdom in all history, not even after it had been preached to them! Despite this, however, the rolling centuries have vindicated the truth which Paul here proclaimed.
We have borrowed this subtitle from Barclay, for it accurately summarizes the argument Paul was about to make. He would use the character of the Corinthian church itself as a demonstration of God's foolishness being wiser than human beings.
Many of the earliest Christians were slaves, a majority were poor, most were uneducated; and few of them had any claim to distinction in the wretched world of their day; but they were the roots from which all that is holy and beautiful has blossomed in succeeding centuries. In their achievements through faith in Christ one reads the pattern of many wonderful things which have happened in America. As Emma Lazarus' poem on the Statue of Liberty reads:
Your wretched refuse of all lands -
your poor, Your huddled masses
yearning to breathe free, Homeless and
rejected, send them to me. I lift my
lamp beside the Golden Door!
How those rejected ones have blessed the world! but this is only a feeble parable of what Christianity did on a cosmic scale. As Barclay put it, "Christianity was and still is literally the most uplifting thing in the whole universe." F23
Look at that congregation in Corinth, rescued from the dens of vice and debauchery, gleaned from the dregs of a cruel and heartless society, recruited from the hopeless ranks of slaves, delivered from the treadmills of commerce and industry; but Christ redeemed them, named upon them the eternal name, announced from heaven the plenary discharge of their sins, and made them partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light. Thank God for the church at Corinth and everywhere.
However, it should be kept in mind that Christianity was not denied to the noble, the mighty, and the wise; for Paul did not say that "none" of what might be called the higher echelons of society were called. Indeed, the truly wise, the really noble, also received the Lord, despite the tragedy of many failing to do so.
The treasurer of Queen Candace became
a Christian (Acts 8:27).
The proconsul of Crete, Sergius
Paulus, accepted the gospel
(Acts 13:6-12).
Dionysius the Areopagite, a mighty
judge at Athens, believed
(Acts 17:34).
Crispus and Sosthenes were both rulers
of a synagogue when they obeyed the
gospel (Acts 18:8,17).
Erastus, Chamberlain of the City of
Corinth, became a Christian
(Romans 16:23).
Many women of the nobility in
Thessalonica and Berea accepted the
truth (Acts 17:4,12).
Such examples as these, however, were the exception, the vast majority of the Christians, at first, coming from the ranks of earth's unfortunate and poor.
Those "foolish" Christians of Corinth triumphed over all the vaunted learning of the philosophers; those "weak" followers of Christ spread the truth over the world while Corinth and Athens crumbled. To go with Christ is to go with the future!
This verse taken in conjunction with 1 Cor. 1:27 gives five designations to Christians (as they were esteemed by the world of that period). The foolish, the weak, the base, the despised, the things that "are not" (in other words, the "nobodies"); but the great apostle's words on behalf of those who were despised by the world are to the effect that the triumph, the success, the honor, and the glory belong to them. In the last three designations, as in this verse, the Jewish attitude of despising all Gentiles and actually speaking of them as "dogs" appears to be in Paul's thinking (see Matthew 15:26).
How incredible it is that a man, a creature of flesh and blood, created of the dust and to the dust certain to return, whose glory at its zenith is only for a moment, whose days are spent in frustration, whose tears flow incessantly, whose very righteousness is filthy rags - how unbelievable is it that such a creature as man should glory before God! Such is the wretched state of Adam's race that only God can give salvation and even God could do so only at the extravagant cost of the blood shed on Calvary. God desires that man should recognize and confess his sin and unworthiness, and, like those poor mortals of Corinth, turn to the heavenly Father through Jesus Christ the Lord. If the first converts to Christianity had been the wealthy rulers of earth, there would inevitably have prevailed an impression that such persons had earned eternal life. However, no man, but no man, was ever capable of earning one second of eternal life; and Paul's thought here stresses the wisdom of God in saving the outcasts of Corinth in order that no flesh should glory before God. Those former debauchees of unspeakable Corinth deserved salvation as much as the wisest and greatest of earth, which is not at all; and fortunate is every man who comprehends this basic truth of salvation in Christ.
In Christ Jesus ... In Christ alone is there salvation; and in Christ the saved possess all things. Behold here the only true ground of justification in the eyes of God. Jesus is perfect, holy, undefiled, righteous in the superlative degree. In Christ and as Christ and as fully identified with him, it is true also that Christians are holy, righteous, etc. It is not their righteousness, of course, in the sense that they achieved it; but it is theirs in the sense that Christ achieved it and they "are Christ," being members of his spiritual body. Satan, death and hell have no claim on the one who is "in Christ." Why? Because what is true of the head is true of the entire body; and our head, which is Christ, having paid the penalty of death for sin, the whole spiritual body (the church) has likewise paid it in the person of Christ. That is what is meant by being dead to sin by the body of Christ (Romans 6:11).
There are four things mentioned by Paul in this passage which belong to the Christian by virtue of his being "in Christ."
Wisdom of God. In Christ are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge (Colossians 2:3). The person "in Christ," by reason of having believed and having been baptized "into Christ" is thus identified with Christ, being a part of his spiritual body; and thus, as Christ he has become the possessor of the wisdom of God.
Righteousness. All that has been said of wisdom in the above paragraph pertains with equal force to righteousness, which may be acquired by the believer in no other way except through being baptized into Christ. The notion that "this righteousness is forensic," F24 that is, an imputed righteousness, bestowed on the grounds of faith alone, is incorrect. It is not an imputed, forensic, bestowed righteousness in any sense whatever. It is a pure, perfect, genuine, and ACTUAL righteousness performed and achieved by Jesus Christ our Lord; and when the believer becomes a part of the Lord's spiritual body, that true righteousness belongs to him as being "in Christ," "of Christ," and in fact part of the spiritual body which "is Christ." And when does one become a part of that spiritual body which is Christ? "In one Spirit were we all baptized into one body" (1 Corinthians 12:13), as Paul declared a little later in this same epistle.
Sanctification. The person who is "in Christ" is sanctified, set apart for spiritual service, and through spiritual growth endowed with whatever may be needed for development in the Christian life.
Redemption. Significantly, the salvation of the soul is a reality only for those "in Christ." Although Paul gave only an abbreviated list of four blessings in this verse, as resulting from the believer's being "in Christ," it must be construed as merely a token list, despite the all-importance of the four. In his letter to the Ephesians, Paul stated that "every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places" is "in Christ" (Ephesians 1:3). It is not fair to leave this brief discussion of the salvation (inclusive of all spiritual blessings) which is "in Christ," without pointing out for those who truly desire to know the truth that in all the Holy Scriptures there is no other way revealed by which a believer might acquire the status of being "in Christ," except through being baptized "into him" (Romans 6:3; Galatians 3:27; 1 Corinthians 12:13). Could there be any wonder, therefore, that Jesus himself said, "He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved" (Mark 16:16).
He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord ... In this concluding sentence in the paragraph, Paul quoted Jer. 9:23, where the meaning is that people should glory in God; and, by his application of this text to Jesus Christ, he testified to the deity and godhead of our Lord Jesus Christ. As Morris said, "No higher view could be taken of the Person of Christ." F25
Bibliography Information
Coffman, James Burton. "Commentary on 1 Corinthians 1". "Coffman Commentaries on the Old and New Testament". <http://classic.studylight.org/com/bcc/view.cgi?book=1co&chapter=001>. Abilene Christian University Press, Abilene, Texas, USA. 1983-1999.
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Total price tag for 11 houses expected to reach at least $50 million in seller's market as locals, immigrants, returning Kiwis, and investors move in.
Rich-listers and their neighbours are selling up on a street long known as New Zealand's most expensive, with sales expected to reach at least $50 million.
Eleven of the 125 houses on Auckland's Paritai Drive in Orakei are for sale - the same number on the market for all of last year, according to realestate.co.nz figures provided to the Herald. A further five have sold in the past three months for a combined total of $6.9 million.
A string of millionaires are taking advantage of the seller's market, including property developer James Kirkpatrick; Cara Pollock-Turner, who is the wife of Sleepyhead boss Craig Turner; and Bruce Goodfellow, brother of National Party president Peter.
Property experts say the street's connotation with wealth and prestige was changing as more immigrants arrived looking for clifftop properties with sweeping sea views.
Over the past few years, the spot has been plagued by architectural eyesores, leaky homes, squatters starting fires, tenancy disputes, neighbours at war, and buses of nosey tourists wanting a glimpse of "millionaires' row".
Herne Bay's Cremorne St was last year named as the country's most expensive street, with an average value of $5.83 million. Paritai Drive did not feature in the top five.
The house with the highest council value being sold is the $8.2 million 1930s brick home belonging to Mrs Pollock-Turner - a former beauty queen - and her sisters Megan Pollock and Sharman Smit. It had been owned by their parents.
Mrs Pollock-Turner lives in another home on the street with her bed-chain boss husband who, with his brothers Graeme and Peter, is worth about $110 million, according to last year's National Business Review Rich List.
The four-bedroom, two-bathroom house sits on a 1275sq m section and has seven car spaces. Described on a website listing as the "leading lady on Paritai", the property boasts unobstructed views to Rangitoto and Devonport, and was designed by American architect Roy Lippincott.
He designed the old Farmers tearooms on Hobson St, which is now part of the Heritage Hotel, the University of Auckland's former arts building on Princes St - now known as the Clock Tower - and the Smith & Caughey's department store extension in 1927.
Bruce Goodfellow's $5.1 million weatherboard home at 62 Paritai Drive is also in the names of business associates Edgar Preston and David Kelly.
It is understood to have been in the Goodfellow family for 77 years.
The family were estimated to be worth $500 million on NBR's rich list last year.
Other past and present residents of the street have included Hanover co-founder Mark Hotchin, Act Party leader John Banks, Gino Gurshin, who opened Portofino in the Viaduct Harbour, and former Westpac head George Frazis - who was the country's highest paid executive.
Former rich-lister, property developer David Henderson, is thought to be renting a home on the street.
Most of the properties are for sale by auction or invited tenders, but using known asking prices and the latest council valuations, the combined total is estimated at $51,330,000.
Paul McKenzie of realestate.co.nz, which lists houses from all of New Zealand's major real estate agencies, said the street had had 17 homes on the market so far this year, 11 for all of last year, and 24 in 2010.
Steven Hart, publisher of Where To Live In Auckland, said the street's connotation was changing in our diverse culture.
"Paritai means something to us because we've known about it a long time, but a lot of the wealth immigrants arriving over here from the UK and the US don't come with the same connotations. To them, clifftop properties really appeal, more so than Herne Bay. It competes with clifftop Takapuna and Milford.
"It's inevitable that other streets will become more in vogue. I just think nothing stays the same forever.
"I've been in New Zealand for 22 years and it's always been known as a top street, and I'm sure it was 20 years before that. Whereas Grey Lynn was not a popular place to live in 22 years ago."
Mr Hart said the street appealed to a certain type of person.
"Paritai instantly says something about you ... In most people's minds, it conjures up wealth and privilege and all the things that we aspire to. But like anything else ... the people who are paying $2 million for homes in Grey Lynn would not want to live in Remuera. Remuera has very good connotations, like Paritai Drive does, but to more Bohemian, wealthy individuals.
"They don't want to be seen as being bourgeois. For a lot of us, that would suit us down to the ground. At any one time, there is a greater or lesser movement towardss that."
Bayleys agent Gary Wallace described Paritai Drive as a "street of two halves", with houses next door to each other going for differing prices.
"It's a bit of a mixed bag. From numbers 31 through to 92 is the prime strip, what I call the Golden Mile. Houses on the fringes can be hot and cold."
Homes on that strip - there are currently four on the market - did not often come up for sale, he said.
Mr Wallace sold a vacant section at No 68 in August last year for $7.65 million, and a client's home at No 144a sold to an investor for $1.1 million at a mortgagee sale, despite having weathertightness issues.
"The new owner recognised the street for being an excellent street and felt he could do the work that needed to be done."
Mr Wallace said a range of people were buying on the street, including locals, immigrants, Kiwis moving back to Auckland, and investors.
Paritai Drive snip for $13m
Property developer James Kirkpatrick has two homes for sale on Paritai Drive - one with an asking price of $4.3 million above its council valuation.
Three real estate agencies are fighting over the listing for No92, which is on the market with an adjoining section at 32 Tuhaere St.
The properties sit on 2285sq m and have a combined CV of $8.66 million but are on the market with one company for $13 million.
Built in the 1990s, the stucco house has five bedrooms, five bathrooms and four car spaces.
Mr Kirkpatrick - worth $125 million according to the National Business Review Rich List - told the Herald he thought $13 million was a fair price.
"It's the house and the section. We'll sell the house for 10 [million] and the section for three [million], or the lot together. They've queued up fighting there ... The agents just come to me when they have an unconditional contract."
Another 1990s stucco home owned by the 82-year-old, at 5 Paritai Drive, has a CV of $4.25 million and is on the market for $5.5 million.
Mr Kirkpatrick and his wife, Gilda, live in a third house in the street. The eight-bedroom home has been nicknamed "the wedding cake" because of its palatial style and has a movie theatre and lift inside.
His ex-wife, Christine, lives in another home in the street.
Money from the sales would be "put to other uses", Mr Kirkpatrick said, but he would not reveal what.


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First, she felt that any discussion of sexist incidents in philosophy should focus on _solutions_, not simply on endless, depressing reports of problems. For instance, there was the story of the woman who, after presenting a paper, had a male audience member apologize to her for asking such difficult questions and then _kiss her ear_(!!). If that sort of thing is going on, then (my girlfriend said) what is most important is for people to sort out good methods for _dealing with_ that sort of thing. What should one do if that happens? What sorts of ways of acting and presenting would make it least likely for that to happen? How should other people present react? Discussions of these things would be extremely useful; but she finds them almost nowhere. And that, she said, seems really defeatist: it's as though people are saying 'hey, this crap happens, so I guess it's better to leave the profession', which of course plays into the hands of the truly sexist.
Second, she really wanted to see more dialogue between those who believe that there are problems facing women and those who don't. Part of the reason was that she wanted to know whether all the negativity she was feeling was really justified; but much of her motivation was so that strategies could be developed for dealing with doubters if there are good grounds for despair in the present climate. She felt that a closer engagement with these doubters would have the dual function of helping to persuade them of the extent of the problem and of removing their ability to feel their views are being censored or attacked merely in the name of political correctness.
And third, as I mentioned before, she thought a positive way to move forward would be to break the association in people's minds between philosophers who are feminists, women philosophers, and people doing so-called 'feminist philosophy'.
I pointed out that the What It's Like blog has a sister blog about What We're Doing About It, which has been far less successful. They've had a much harder time getting people post constructive strategies for dealing with the kind of shit on display in the what it's like blog.
I also mentioned that I suspect that these difficulties are, at least in part, a result of the fact that the kinds of sexism that seem to be most commonly experienced nowadays is subtle rather than overt, and this makes it especially difficult to combat. People do a bunch of little things that serve to belittle and exclude, where the individual impact of each thing is potentially minuscule, but where the overall impact of them, taken as a whole, can be very significant.
I also admitted that I don't have what I would regard as a concrete helpful suggestion.
CrabbyAbby posted a helpful list:
Philosophical boyfriend (and affiliated philosopher) -- I think there has been some really fantastic things spring out of the discussions of the sexism that is rampant in our discipline. A few things off the top of my head include:
(a) the proposal that philosophers known to be sexist be shunned from participating in conferences. (An Inside Higher Ed article here)
(b) an on-going campaign on the Feminist Philosophers blog to call out conferences and anthologies that under-represent women in the discipline. This is, I take it, meant not only to show how women are under-represented but is also meant to be an act of social shaming for those organizing those conferences and anthologies. (Here's one such blog entry)
(c) A discussion, again on Feminist Philosophers, about how to make conferences parent-friendly. (Here's one such blog entry about it)
(d) A new mentoring program in place for untenured women in philosophy.
And I think there is also a renewed awareness that we need to come up with other solutions to the sexism. While I'm a young philosopher, it seems like the discipline is, more than ever, recognizing that there is a problem and thinking, collectively, about how to respond. Which is itself an important development. (Actually, I worry that I'm being overly optimistic about this.)
But all of this needs to happen alongside the accounts that we see on 'What it's Like' and other such blogs. We can't stop telling our stories of sexism and being open to hearing the stories of others. Why? Well, (1) because there are still people who doubt that the discipline is sexist at all; (2) because those sorts of stories offer a level of solidarity and support to other women (and men) in the discipline; (3) because they can be cathartic for those who submit stories, as an important way to work through traumatic events is discussing it with others; (4) because the accounts also help us think about new ways to combat the sexism in our discipline. Indeed, it is also useful so that those who think about going into philosophy have a clear idea of the state of the discipline.
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LOS ANGELES, California - Jane Fonda has announced, through her publicist, Vernon Bell, that she has incorporated herself so she can begin to license her likeness to manufacturers who are interested in capitalizing upon her newfound notoriety as an anti-American anti-war protester.
At age 70, she insists, she still has passable looks, thanks to the talents of a team of on-call plastic surgeons.
Asked why the one-time actress and serial wife wants to sell herself, Bell replied, "At her age, her likeness is all she has left to sell, having sold her soul, along with her integrity, years ago."
Appearing with Sean Penn and Susan Sarandon at a recent anti-American anti-war protest, where, standing with the aid of a walker, she raised the forefinger and the third finger of her right hand in a shaky peace sign, Fonda recalled her glory years as a Vietnam War activist and said that the war on terrorism is the same as the war that George Bush fought in Vietnam during the 1960's and the 1970's. Her comments seemed to puzzle those protesters who were not entirely wasted on the drugs of their choice. Penn, who stood on the platform beside Fonda, allegedly whispered to her, "Jane, Bush wasn't president back then."
According to Bell, Fonda has exhibited some memory loss recently but has not been diagnosed with Alzheimer's or any other form of dementia, "mostly because we keep her away from doctors, except for her plastic surgeons."
As a result of her unpatriotic slander of American soldiers during Vietnam, many military urinals contain rubber discs or oval or rectangular stickers upon which her image is printed. Soldiers, airmen, Marines, and sailors refer to these items as "urinal targets."
When Fonda got word that her likeness was awash in military urine, she got the idea of incorporating herself so that she could license her likeness to manufacturers who would like to cash in on her unpopularity among the men and women in uniform who have a longstanding and increasing hatred of her. "I thought, why not allow toilet tissue companies to print my picture on their product? If Charmin is willing to issue Hanoi Jane Toilet Tissue, why shouldn't I profit from my service to our boys and girls in uniform?"
Fonda met with product analysts for a number of national and international companies, Bell told Unnews reporter Lotta Lies, and "They came up with several ideas for potentially profitable merchandise."
Besides the urinal targets and toilet tissue, Fonda's likeness could be depicted on jockstraps, douche bags, condoms, enema bags, and doormats. The privilege of using her image on such products will be sold to the highest bidder.
Asked about Sean Penn's allegation that Fonda has renewed her anti-Americanism as a ploy by which to attract left-wing billionaire George Soros [1], Bell said, "They're together now, on a cruise to Vietnam aboard his private yacht. They've announced their engagement, but Ms. Fonda wants to make sure she has a Plan B in case he jilts her at the altar, and selling herself to the highest bidder seems a prudent strategy."
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I'm not sure how often I'll be posting in the coming weeks but I've got a backlog of recipes to share so hopefully I'll be able to get them out. I look forward to getting this blog going on a regular schedule again once I've got a handle on having three little ones (yes, I realize this is pretty funny). As for today, I've got a super yummy muffin recipe that I've been meaning to share for a couple months now....
We're all about the mini muffins here. Today Aidric showed me how he can shove a whole muffin into his mouth. I was so proud. I've been making these particular muffins for a couple of months now and every time they are gone within the day. Normally it only takes about an hour.
The last time I made them for breakfast the two kiddos ate them all- seriously, I didn't get a single one. That's ok though, I'm prepared now to squirrel away a couple right when they come out of the oven. I've been trying to make double and triple batches of muffins to freeze for after the baby arrives but I seem to have a problem keeping these around.
I originally came up with this recipe during blueberry season when we were picking buckets and buckets of them fresh. I used the fresh berries in them first, but this recipe works just as well with frozen ones. I like to thaw them though before adding to the dough so it doesn't thicken too much (from the coconut oil).
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Muscat, February 6, 2013
By Saleh Al-Shaibany
On a cold, hazy morning in the desert outside the northern town of Bahla last week, Oman's ruler told a group of local people that he had ordered the creation of a fund to help them establish small businesses.
Flanked by two bodyguards, the 72-year-old Sultan Qaboos bin Said, dressed in simple, traditional robes, sat on a wooden bench discussing economic policy with a group of about 300 people sitting a few metres away from him.
"This fund will help young men and women with their projects. The initial capital of the fund has been set at 70 million rials ($182 million), which will be increased by 7 million rials each year," Sultan Qaboos said.
Oman is approaching an economic crossroads, and the sultan's visit to Bahla was a sign of that.
The economy is booming on the back of high oil prices, but it has struggled to create enough jobs for a young and growing population, and the state's oil production may start declining later this decade as Oman's reserves - not as lavish as those of neighbouring Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi - are used up.
The solution, government officials say, is to develop a strong non-oil sector of the economy based on private companies that will employ Omani job-seekers. But an entrepreneurial economy would be a major change for Omanis, who have grown accustomed to relying on oil wealth and comfortable jobs in the government or state-linked enterprises.
So Sultan Qaboos, who has ruled Oman for over four decades, is taking his economic strategy directly to the people. He has revived a custom of travelling on month-long tours around the country, holding "consultation sessions" with local people in the desert behind the royal camp, which consists of traditional nomadic tents - a contrast to his opulent palace in Muscat.
The sultan conducted such national tours annually for over two decades but suspended them in 2011. This year's tour is focusing heavily on the economy.
Sultan Qaboos is using the tour to describe the government's efforts to boost employment and encourage people to get involved in setting up small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). At last week's meeting in Bahla, he ordered that new owners of SMEs be given state land for free, so that they would start with a "more competitive edge".
"The land will be for long-term utilisation, and we pray to Allah that our young men and women show interest in various business fields," he said.
Boosting employment became more urgent for Oman with the Arab Spring uprisings around the region in 2011. Although Oman escaped major unrest, it saw scattered street protests demanding jobs and more economic opportunity.
The International Monetary Fund estimates unemployment among Omani citizens may have exceeded 20 percent in 2010. Government officials say that estimate was far too high and that the number of registered unemployed was reduced by three-quarters to about 17,000 last year.
Finance minister Darwish al-Balushi told reporters last month that government spending had created 36,000 jobs for Omanis in 2012 and that a further 56,000 would be created this year, of which 20,000 would be in the civil service.
But room for the government to support ever-bigger jobs programmes is decreasing. Al-Balushi said that because of spending rises, the oil price which the government would need to balance its budget had risen to $104 per barrel in 2013 - not far from Brent crude's current levels around $115.
"The sooner that SMEs are created, the better for the economy. I don't think we can sustain the surplus situation for too long," said Abdulwahid Al Heraki, an independent economist.
And in the long term, Oman will bump up against the limits of its oil reserves. British oil firm BP has estimated the reserves will run out in 17 years if the country does not raise output from current levels; difficult geology means any output boost could be prohibitively expensive.
"The SME fund is a smart move as it will lead to self-employment, which in turn will lessen the burden of creating jobs," said Ahmed Saleem, a job consultant at Capital Manpower Co. "I don't think in the long run the government can afford to pay the salaries of all these new workers."
Oman's jobs situation is complicated by the reliance of its economy on foreign workers, many from south and southeast Asia. Around 1.3 million of the population of about 3.3 million are foreigners, most of them workers brought in to do skilled or strenuous jobs in the oil, construction and services industries.
Sultan Qaboos has faced questions from the public during his tour over whether foreigners are taking jobs and wealth from Omanis. At times he has seemed to sympathise with that concern; last week he said he was worried about the repatriation of money by expatriates to their homelands.
"Billions of rials are transferred each year. The government and all segments of society should carry out their duties to put an end to this hidden trade," he said. "The hidden trade causes great damage to the Omani economy. It decreases the available suitable job opportunities for our sons and daughters."
Last month the government asked its departments to check that foreigners were not being hired illegally, and to assess which sectors should be the focus of efforts to employ Omani nationals.
The government knows, however, that it needs foreign workers to develop the big industrial and infrastructure projects required to diversify the economy - for example, industrial facilities in the central town of Duqm, and a national railroad that could make Oman a hub for regional merchandise trade.
So while he acknowledges the public's concerns, Sultan Qaboos has sought to justify the employment of foreigners.
"The ratio we considered was always between 30 to 33 per cent of the population. At present, expatriate numbers have increased greatly, but in some aspects they are temporarily justified, such as for some major projects in Duqm and the upcoming railway project," he said.
When he turns his public consultations to the subject of Omanis setting up their own small businesses, however, the sultan seems to strike a chord with many people.
"It is a good initiative by the sultan. I am looking to set up a car repair workshop and I need capital to do it. The financial grant will make me my own boss," 26-year old mechanic Khalid Al Mukhaini said in Muscat. - Reuters


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