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- Fast application performance means immediate access to actionable information
- Agile system design provides the ability to host multiple generations of technology in a single server,1 significantly reducing acquisition costs
- Resilient platforms maximise application uptime and promote easy integration in virtual environments (VE).
Mission-critical applications are being called upon to do more as businesses expand access through new mobile and cloud deployments. Delivering the right answer at the right time means having ready access to actionable information. Today, IT solutions must be able to easily scale performance, manage large masses of data and reliably make information available in real time.
While the volume of data and transactions continues to grow exponentially, businesses remain constrained by a finite set of capital and operational resources. The new IBM® System x3950 X6 incorporates the sixth generation of enterprise X-Architecture (EXA) to help deliver better, more efficient business results.
X6 platforms can produce at least 2X the performance of previous-generation systems.2 The X6 portfolio increases virtualisation density and decreases infrastructure costs and complexity. This enables you to design faster analytics engines, reign in IT sprawl and deliver information with high reliability. X6 servers are fast, agile and resilient.
Product features
- Outstanding compute performance
- Maximum memory availability
- Leadership storage performance and capacity
- Ability to quickly scale to meet increased system demands
- Ability to host multiple generations of technology within the same chassis
- Pay-as-you-grow system expandability and fit-for-purpose design
- Reduced unscheduled events due to self-healing.
- Eliminates restarts and provides easier serviceability by minimising the number of system 'touches'
- Advanced reliability, availability and serviceability (RAS) integration with standard hypervisors
- Reduced downtime with hot-swappable component replacement and lid-less serviceability (front and rear access only)
Hardware summary
- Rack/8U and 8-socket per chassis
- Intel Xeon E7-4800/8800 v2 product families up to 3.2 gigahertz (GHz), up to 1600 megahertz (MHz) memory access, 120 cores per chassis
- Supports up to 12.0 TB memory using 192x64 GB LRDIMMs
- Supports up to 12.8 TB memory-channel storage using 400 GB eXFlash DIMMs
- Modular compute, storage and input/output (I/O) books
- Hot-swappable power supplies and fans
- Up to 22 peripheral component interconnect Express (PCIe) slots (18 Gen 3 rear, 4 Gen 2 front)
- Maximum Predictive Failure Analysis (PFA)
1 Multiple generations refers to the ability to swap out one generation for the next without replacing the server.
2 At least 2X performance is based on preliminary results of SPECint*_rate_base2006, SPECfp*_rate _base2006, and TPC-E benchmarks, plus performance gains from eXFlash DIMM storage. SPEC and TPC benchmark results will be available at www.spec.org and www.tpc.org , respectively, after 2/18/14. Configurations: 4-socket x3850 X6 server using Intel Xeon processor E7-4890 v2 vs. 4-socket server using the previous top-of-the-line E7-4870 (v1).
|Intel Xeon E7-4800/8800 v2 product families up to 3.2 GHz, up to 1600 MHz memory access, 120 cores per chassis
|Supports up to 12 TB of maximum memory using 192 x 64 GB LRDIMMs
|Supports up to 12.8 TB memory-channel storage using 400 GB eXFlash dual inline memory modules (DIMMs)
|Modular compute, storage and I/O books
|Up to 22 PCIe expansion slots (18 Gen 3 rear, 4 Gen 2 front)
|Built-in PFA
|Form factor/height
|Processor (max)
|Up to eight Intel Xeon E7-4800/8800 v2 processor families up to 3.2 gigahertz (GHz), up to 1600 megahertz (MHz) memory access, 15 cores per processor
|Cache (max)
|Up to 37.5 megabyte (MB)
|Memory (max)
|Up to 12.0 TB, 192 x 64 GB LRDIMMs; supports 4 GB, 8 GB, 16 GB RDIMMs; supports 32 GB and 64 GB LRDIMMs; up to 1600 MHz RAS mode and up to 2667 MHz performance mode
|Ultra-low latency Flash storage
|Up to 12.8 TB, 32 x 400 GB eXFlash DIMMs
|Expansion slots
|Up to 22 peripheral component interconnect Express (PCIe); Gen3 (up to 22), Gen 2 (up to 4), up to ten x16 slots; up to 12 full-length, full-height
|Disk bays (total/hot-swap)
|Up to sixteen 2.5-inch Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) or SAS solid state drives (SSDs); or up to thirty two 1.8-inch eXFlash SSDs
|Maximum internal storage
|Up to 19.2 TB, 16 x 2.5-inch SAS/serial advanced technology attachment (SATA) hard disk drives (HDDs) or up to 25.6 TB, 16 x 2.5-inch SSDs or 12.8 TB, 32 x 1.8-inch eXFlash SSDs
|Network interface
|Two ML2 sockets; ML2 card choices include: 4 x 1 gigabit Ethernet (GbE) copper or 2 x 10 GbE SFP+ or 2 x 10 GbE 10BaseT; Two dedicated 1 GbE on-board management ports
|Power supply (std/max)
|Up to eight common 1400 W or 900 W AC or 8 x 750 W DC
|Hot-swap components
|Half-Length I/O Books, Full-Length I/O Books, power supplies, fans, HDDs, SSDs
|RAID support
|Redundant array of independent disks (RAID)-0, -1, optional RAID-5, -6
|Systems management
|Alert on local area network (LAN) 2, automatic server restart, IBM Systems Director, IBM ServerGuide, integrated management module 2 (IMM2), light path diagnostics (independently powered) , Wake on LAN, Dynamic System Analysis, Predictive Failure Analysis (PFA) on storage, processors, adapter slots, voltage regulator modules (VRM), fans, power supplies and memory
|Operating systems (OS) supported
|Microsoft® Windows® Server, SUSE Linux® Enterprise Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server, VMware vSphere Hypervisor
|Limited warranty
|3-year customer replaceable unit (CRU) and onsite service, next business day 09:00 to 17:00 , service upgrades available
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Hong Kong International Airport formally overtook Memphis as the world's busiest cargo airport in 2010 with release of the full-year figures for the airports.
Memphis International Airport this week published its report on 2010 showing cargo tonnage grew 5.9 percent over the previous year to 3.9 million metric tons.
That was behind the 4.1 million metric tons Hong Kong saw in 2010, when the strong recovery in Asia exports pushed cargo traffic at the airport up 23.4 percent over the year before. Outbound cargo from Hong Kong grew 27.2 percent over 2009.
By The Numbers: International Air Freight Industry
Memphis did not see the steep declines in freight traffic Hong Kong and other airports reported in 2009, largely because of the huge business from FedEx Express and its main air express hub operations.
Hong Kong has been the largest international air freight gateway for several years but the big domestic hub operations for FedEx at Memphis have given that airport the edge on overall cargo handling for more than a decade.

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Deborah Snow
Deborah Snow is a senior writer with The Sydney Morning Herald and a former federal political reporter for the Australian Financial Review. She has also served as foreign correspondent for ABC-TV in Moscow and London, and as a reporter on Four Corners.
Deborah Snow Canadian-born Carrie Bailee suffered so much physical and sexual abuse as a girl that she was granted a special visa to live in Australia. Now she's turning her attention to helping other victims.
How Harriet Wran, the daughter of a Labor legend, came undone
Deborah Snow and Nick Ralston Just after 7 pm last Sunday, former private schoolgirl and daughter of a Labor legend, Harriet Wran, was captured on CCTV footage walking through the lobby of a rundown housing commission block in...
Thai generals had surrogacy in their sights
Lindsay Murdoch and Deborah Snow The practice of paid pregnancy festered for years, but now the Thai government is moving to shut down the industry.
Gammy surrogacy case fires up debate on bigger issues
Deborah Snow and Lindsay Murdoch To hear the story of Adelaide woman Donna's* decades-long struggle to have a child is to understand why, in desperation, she turned to a third-world surrogate mother to bring her baby into the...
Speeches to Parliament castigated
James Massola and Deborah Snow Tony Abbott and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe flew five hours to the Pilbara - 'twice as long as our summit meeting', Mr Abe joked - chased all the way by headlines from China.
David Leyonhjelm: Trouble shooter
Deborah Snow A pro-gun libertarian, senator-elect David Leyonhjelm is about to have a critical say in Australia's future direction.
Palmer dispute a warning to Chinese investors
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It's not about politics: Simple Love project helps Sydney's destitute asylum seekers
Deborah Snow When 22-year old university student Coco Knight read a story last year about yet more asylum-seekers drowning at sea, her first response was to weep. Her second was to move beyond empathy to action.
Svengali of spin
Deborah Snow Mark Textor - Tex to his mates - has politicians in thrall to his strategic genius, but his acerbic tongue has often put him in the spotlight for the wrong reasons.
Grange affair a hard act to swallow
Deborah Snow, Sean Nicholls A throw-back to old-fashioned courtesies helps bring down a premier.
Mark Isaacs reveals the secrets of the Nauru detention centre
Deborah Snow Mark Isaacs was only 24, with no social work training, when the Salvation Army offered him an overseas welfare job in late September, 2012.
The Undesirables by Mark Isaacs reveals Nauru secrets
Deborah Snow Eyewitness accounts from inside Australia's detention centres are rare.
Asylum seekers: Nothing to lose, desperation on Nauru
Deborah Snow Witness accounts from inside Australia's detention centres are rare. Walled in behind government secrecy, contracts which bind them to silence, and fear for their future livelihoods, staff and former...
Sydney's G20 a far cry from the drama and protests of years gone
Deborah Snow and Gareth Hutchens Downtown Sydney went about its usual business on Saturday, seemingly indifferent - if not oblivious- to the meeting of the world's most powerful financial minds taking place just a few blocks from...
Army chief says 'cool heads' would prevail in any Indonesian conflict
Deborah Snow Australia's army chief has dismissed the prospect that tensions between Indonesia and Australia could erupt into military conflict in the future, saying ''cool heads on both sides'' would always...
Defence: Allowances to be tightened for soldiers posted abroad
Deborah Snow About 1000 Defence Force members serving abroad face cuts to their overseas allowances, as the government adopts a tighter definition of what it means to be ''in the field''.
Admiral denies asylum seeker claims of burns inflicted at sea
David Wroe, Michael Bachelard and Deborah Snow The Chief of Navy, Vice-Admiral Ray Griggs, has flatly denied that Australian sailors inflicted burns on asylum seekers' hands by forcing them to hold hot parts of a boat engine.
Customs gets $88m to upgrade screening of mail and cargo
Deborah Snow ''We are in a war'' declared Customs chief Mike Pezzullo on Wednesday, as he stood alongside Immigration Minister Scott Morrison to unveil an $88 million upgrade to the screening and inspection of...
Barry O'Farrell's push against ALP funding faces hurdle as Greens' support fades
Deborah Snow Premier Barry O'Farrell's vow to make a fresh attempt to smash the campaign funding links between unions and the ALP after a High Court defeat could face an additional obstacle, in the shape of...
George Brandis reveals new direction for human rights commission
Deborah Snow Alone among the seven commissioners of the Australian Human Rights Commission, Tim Wilson never had to apply for the job.


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A couple of weeks ago we celebrated my husband's birthday with a Farm to Table inspired party. I shared some of the pretty details and recipes with Eat Drink Pretty and it is featured today!
Hop on over to Eat Drink Pretty for some rustic table inspiration, fun favor ideas, and two yummy German-inspired recipes! And, please comment and let us know what you thought of the party!
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Man killed in crash on Muhammad Ali Blvd. is identified
Updated On: Oct 16 2013 02:55:51 PM EDT
A driver is dead after smashing into a tree in west Louisville.
The victim has been identified as 27-year-old Michael Wilson.
Police estimate Wilson was going 80 miles an hour when he lost control at 23rd Street and Muhammad Ali Boulevard..
The impact split the car in half.
Wilson was thrown from the car and died at the scene from multiple blunt-force injuries.
Funeral arrangements are pending.
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MOBILE, Ala. – Thousands of Mobile Gas customers received notices in the mail Tuesday about errors in their bills that were caused by an employee who didn't bother to read their meters.
Della Morris says when her elderly mother received a 740 dollar gas bill this month she went to the utility looking for answers.
"The lady who I went to said the reason why it was high was because the person who was checking her meter was reading it wrong. I said that's not my mom's fault she was reading it wrong. She was paying the bill that was sent to her," Morris said.
It turns out that same employee failed to read a lot of meters. Instead, Mobile Gas officials said the worker purposely entered erroneous information into the data system.
As a result Morris' mothers bill jumped from 86 dollars in January, to more than 740 dollars last month.
Mobile Gas officials said the employee has been fired. But that doesn't help Morris's mother or potentially 98-hundred other customers assigned to the employee.
Morris says it was the Mobile Gas employee who was responsible for the deceit and the error. But it's the customers who are being forced to pay.
Renee: "What do you think they should do?"
Morris: "I think they should eat the cost, it wasn't my mom's fault, it's their fault."
We asked utility spokesperson Kesshia Davis what the gas company is doing to help customers like Morris's mom.
"Each customer rep is working with each customer who has been impacted by the situation, so one customer may get a payment plan of 2 to 3 months, others might get a plan of 4 to 5 months. It's on a case by case basis," Davis said.
But why is the company not taking responsibility for its employees actions that left customers with huge bills?
"I am not aware of any situation where we are letting the gas bills go. From my knowledge the gas was used unfortunately they were not billed for that so that's why we were offering payment arrangements," Davis said.
That explanation does nothing to satisfy customers like Morris's mother.
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'SLC Punk 2′ Casts Young Punks, Plans a Summer ConcertMovie News By Scott Beggs on May 7, 2014 | Be the First To Comment
This summer, the SLC Punk sequel Punk's Dead is planning a big party. After a successful crowdfunding campaign to give their production a bit more scale, they're putting on a huge concert with Screeching Weasel headlining in a scene designed to bring the grown-up characters of the original film back together again. It's going to be loud in Salt Lake City on June 20th.
They've also got their younger punks lined up. Devon Sawa, Michael Goorjian, Adam Pascal and James Duval are returning for the sequel, and now they've got Ben Schnetzer (The Book Thief) as Heroine Bob's son, plus rapper Machine Gun Kelly, Hannah Marks (The Amazing Spider-Man) and Sarah Clarke (The Signal) on board.
According to the production, they also have two surprise cameos in store.
Unfortunately, Matthew Lillard's name doesn't seem to appear in the official roster anymore, and Clarke is playing Trish — the role originated by Annabeth Gish. Without them, the reunion aspect is going to be diminished, but the central focus of the movie is what happens to punks who grow old and have to deal with a new generation of rebellious youth. It'll be interesting to see how director James Merendino deals with that ubiquitous generational difficulty.
The best part of this announcement is that the movie is going forward in a real way.
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Mobile Banking In The UK: Sizing The Market Opportunity
•Introducing the opportunity - What is mobile banking?- Datamonitor's mobile banking segmentation model explained- The popularity of smartphones has made mobile the fastest ever growing banking channel- Consumers increasingly view mobile as an essential channel- The provision of mobile banking services is rapidly advancing- A targeted mobile strategy can bring a number of key benefits to providers
•Mobile will encourage greater engagement between banks and their customers - Mobile banking will reach a wider audience than online banking
- Non-digital channels will be freed up for more value-added activities- Banks will need to deal with fraud quickly and effectively to reduce brand damage - Soft benefits to bank brands are real if less tangible benefits of mobile banking •The shift to mobile will allow banks to cut their operating costs… - …but only to a certain extent- Mobile will allow consumers extra options for dealing with their providers- Banking apps can provide banks with concrete benefits at all stages of mobile evolution - Banks can directly track the return from a banking app on both sides of the balance sheet •Mobile has become another differentiator between providers' offerings - Mobile banking gives access to previously unreachable customers - Time pressures on consumers increase the appeal of the mobile channel - Mobile has the potential to overtake the online channel in banking •Small screens create a new challenge for marketers, which must optimize content for this channel - Mobile allows consumers to react quickly- Mobile users are a captive audience- Location-sensitive information offers additional depth to the mobile channelMAXIMISING THE OPPORTUNITIES•The present state of the UK mobile banking market - 9.6 million UK consumers currently use mobile banking- The UK mobile banking market is expected to grow by 47% in 2013- Security fears are the number one priority for banks to address- Providers must educate consumers on the role that mobile banking can play
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Here's How To Explain Amazon's $970 Million Twitch Acquisition To Your Parents
Quite simply, it's a portal to the young gamer's wallet.
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In 2011, the first World Finals of League of Legends, the preposterously popular online multiplayer fantasy game, were held in Sweden as part of a computer festival, for a grand prize of $ 100,000.
Last year, the third World Finals were held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, for a grand prize of $ 1,000,000. I was there, and I was flabbergasted by the extravaganza created by Riot Games, who make LoL. At the time, I called it "a half rock show, half sporting event…a dress rehearsal for the future."
And this October, the fourth World Finals will be held in South Korea, where competitive gaming is a religion, at Sangam Stadium, which hosted the 2002 World Cup Final between Brazil and Germany. That's how big we're talking.
In three years, LoL has gone from hobbyist sideshow to world-renowned spectacular, and if you want to know what Amazon invested in when they bought the livestreaming service Twitch for nearly a billion dollars today, that exponential curve is a good place to start. Twitch, which has experienced a similarly explosive growth (their CEO, Emmett Shear, wrote in a letter announcing the sale that "It's almost unbelievable that slightly more than 3 years ago, Twitch didn't exist") is the leading place for fans of LoL, and games with similarly ravenous fandoms, like Defense of the Ancients 2 and World of Warcraft and Hearthstone, to gather to watch their favorite players of their favorite games, well, play. When I visited Staples last year, I was struck most by the sense of a new, collaborative culture being created on the fly by a tide of passionate, young, international gamers. Honestly, it's a movement that is so specific and siloed from contemporary culture that it is almost impossible to describe to somebody who hasn't grown up online.
It's a culture with its own celebrities (most famously the Swedish game commentator, or "shoutcaster", PewDiePie, who hosts the most popular channel on YouTube and makes millions of dollars a year in advertising) and mores and there is no question that it's booming. Yes, it's also inchoate and rough around the edges and beset by all the problems of the open internet.
But that's not really the point. Even though though many of the people who stream and play games on Twitch don't pay directly for the privilege, they've proven themselves to be a remarkably profitable audience for both Twitch and game developers through the sale of advertising and the purchase of special in-game items. To Amazon, those millions of gamers (Twitch gets 55 million visitors a month) watching games for thousands of hours represent the digital consumers of the future, people whose entertainment connects effortlessly via a computer or Amazon phone or enhanced television to purchase prompts. For gamers, Twitch is a portal to other gamers. For Amazon, its a portal to their wallets even if we don't yet know exactly how it'll happen.
That's not to mention, of course, the games Amazon is building for their FireTV, which could themselves be tailored to game streaming. But even if a hit game for that device never comes to fruition, by buying Twitch, Amazon has neatly bought into the lives of a booming segment of the consumer culture of the future.
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FCC approves AT&T's acquisition of Leap Wireless, with some strings attached
AT&T's buyout of Leap Wireless is clearly going more smoothly than its failed bid for T-Mobile. The FCC has just approved the Leap acquisition, leaving only the Department of Justice's A-OK between AT&T and its dreams of additional spectrum. However,…
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Sprint + T-Mobile: What everyone else is saying about a possible acquisition
Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son has been on a mission to purchase T-Mobile and merge it with the Now Network. His campaign began in secret, first involving several visits to regulators in Washington DC. In the past week, however, he's become much more…
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Rumor: Brainwave-Sensing Startup InteraXon Was Approached By Google About An Acquisition
Toronto-based startup InteraXon, maker of the Muse brainwave-sensing headband, had a very interesting potential suitor, according to a source close to the startup speaking to TechCrunch. Specifically, Google came calling, but InteraXon isn't necessarily interested in being acquired by the search giant, our source reports. A recent profile of InteraXon from the Financial Post provides a… Read More
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Basis In Acquisition Talks With Everyone
Looks like Google might be ticking off a box on its wearables shopping list, or someone else might be. Basis Science, the company behind the Basis Health Tracker Watch, is on the market, according to two people familiar with the matter.
We've heard that the company has been shopping itself around over the past few weeks and has spoken to Google, Apple and possibly Samsung and Microsoft about a potential sale.
The price we've heard for any possible activity is "sub-hundred million," which could mean a small return for investors like Norwest Venture Partners, Mayfield Fund and Intel Capital, who have poured over $ 30 million into the company.
The alternative to an acquisition for Basis would be a long-sought-after C round of funding, say those people.
Though its market share is unclear, the company would be an interesting buy for any of the big four mentioned above. Google, which recently scooped up "Internet of Things" darling Nest, is gunning to be the frontrunner in both the AI and hardware spaces. It is also said to be working on its own wristwatch as an entry into the consumer hardware market.
Apple, too, is rumored to be keeping an iWatch product waiting in the wings, while Samsung's smartwatch, the Galaxy Gear, has already hit the shelves, leaving much to be desired from a design perspective.
Microsoft would be the dark horse in this race, with only the Kinect to boast of from a wearables and hardware standpoint.
Of all the fitness trackers available currently, Basis is said to be the most accurate in its data collection and reporting, but the most clunky with regards to design. A generous parent company could give it the chance to experiment with a more-streamlined, Jawbone or Fitbit-esque product without it having to go through the pains of raising another round of capital to support R&D.
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Apple stepping into social with acquisition of Twitter analytics firm Topsy
Despite the number of acquisitions Apple has made over the year, the Cupertino company is not done buying up companies just yet. Indeed, Apple has just purchased Topsy, a company that specializes in Twitter analytics, for a reported $ 200 million. For …
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Pebble's Eric Migicovsky Is Uninterested In A Potential Acquisition
When it comes to competition, Pebble has plenty to be concerned about. In an interview onstage at TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2013, founder Eric Migicovsky seemed unconcerned about questions on competition from Apple and Samsung, claiming that Motorola and Sony have offered smartwatch products for quite some time.
However, speaking backstage, Migicovsky went a bit more in-depth with the latest products from Samsung and the idea of a forthcoming Apple iWatch, stating that Pebble would be pretty uninterested in the idea of an acquisition by the competition, should it be offered.
"In the Samsung Galaxy Gear presentation on stage, Samsung was really heavy on features for the watch but skirted how people actually use it every day," said Migicovsky. "I use my watch on a daily basis, looking at upcoming weather forecast, with an app for Evernote, and an app on the phone to customize the watch with drag-and-drop functions that auto syncs to the watch."
According to Migicovsky, Pebble is fortunate to have been working on wearable computing for years in the background, constantly iterating, as wearables heat up in general.
"We're in a great position because we get to figure out what works first," said Migicovsky.
That said, Migicovsky didn't seem interested in the idea of an acquisition. For the record, Migicovsky claims that Pebble has never had an acquisition offer by Samsung or Apple or anyone else for that matter, but hypothetically speaking, it's not something that piques his interest.
"We're staying laser focused on the task of creating a platform that people can build on top of to communicate with wearables, and we won't do anything that causes a distraction from that goal."
But that doesn't mean that there's no new hardware in the pipeline. For now, Pebble is working on building the ecosystem around the product, like the companies building special bands or the developers building apps. Eventually, though, Migicovsky hinted that Pebble is looking at the other materials people wear on their wrists, perhaps hinting at a luxury model down the road.
After all, the Pebble is a sports watch.
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Despite Nokia acquisition, Microsoft claims it's committed to Windows Phone partners
With everyone in the tech world fixated on Microsoft's acquisition of Nokia's devices business, one question people are demanding the answer to is what Microsoft's new integration will mean for its device partners. The official line at Microsoft is that it's still eager to work with other manufacturers making Windows Phone devices. "Our OS group mission is to enable the innovations of our hardware partners to shine through on the Windows platform," said Terry Myerson, the company's vice president of operating systems. But while Microsoft still plans to license its mobile software to other companies building Windows Phone devices, is anyone even interested?
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Instagram chases better video editing with Luma acquisition
According to TechCrunch, Instagram has just acquired Luma for an undisclosed amount to help bring its video service to the next level. In addition to basics like video stabilization and adjustments for brightness and saturation, Luma will bring its "Infinite Filter" tech into the fold. What does this do? Well, with it you can add or remove filters to video clips at will once the footage is in the can. If you're one of Luma's existing users, the company is shutting its doors come December 31st, so consider this your fair warning to grab your clips before then. A revamped platform certainly couldn't hurt Instagram's video ambitions — after all, the competition isn't showing any signs of slowing down.
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Tax Tips for Procrastinators
The rule says that 60% of the gain or loss is long term and 40% is short term, regardless of the actual time it's held.
In this case, the short follows the rules of the underlying long position. So the 60/40 rule would apply here as well.
Last-Minute Tax Reminders
Whether you file your 2006 tax return or an extension, it doesn't really matter. You just need to do something -- unless you don't owe taxes. But if you do, and Uncle Sam doesn't receive some correspondence from you by midnight April 17, then you'll get smacked with a late filing penalty that rakes in 5% per month based on the amount of tax you didn't pay on time. And that can add up fast.
And it's OK to throw in the towel and extend (I certainly won't think less of you). You'll just need to file Form 4868 -- Application for Automatic Extension of Time to File U.S. Individual Tax Return.The good news is that you'll buy yourself an automatic six months. So you're return will then be due Oct. 16. The bad news is that you probably still have to complete your tax return to properly fill out Form 4868. That's because Form 4868 asks for two numbers from your federal return, Form 1040. The first number is your total tax liability, which is line 63, and the second number is your total payments, which is line 71. So you'll need fill in all the other lines on the form to calculate those two.
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October is and has been named Family History month by Congress for several years now. In keeping with that, I would like to tell you about a reunion that I went to in August.
Sometime earlier this year I had received a note in the form of a flyer from a Grant clan member I knew. This was an announcement of the 106th Annual Grant Family Reunion. Actually, it is a reunion of descendants of Peter Grant who was the immigrant ancestor.
Peter, did not emigrate as most of our ancestors did. He was shipped over with about 150 other Scots who were captured my Oliver Cromwell's men in September of 1700. Most of these men were indentured to Saugus Ironworks in what was then part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
I have been to several of these and find them most interesting. This is always held in Maine and since the state is so large, there are actually two reunions. One is for those living in the northern part of the state and one for those living in the southern part. I have never asked but I assume that if one wants to attend the "northern one" they may and likewise for the "southern one." Since I have only been to the "southern one that is where I have gathered my information.
I have been searching many years for documentation or a way to find my way to Scotland. I feel that this descendents group has been doing the same thing for all the years that they have been meeting as well as keeping the old family plots clean and the stones repaired or new ones marking the old graves.
We gather between 10:00 and 11:00 the morning of the appointed day. We all bring a dish to share and there is always sweet corn provided as it is pretty much harvest time for that delicious food.
I have found several who grew up in an area that I am searching. One of these people told me to send him my information and he would see what he could find. My roadblock is not my line to Peter. That is solid. I have been trying to find the parents a Grant who was my husband's great great grandmother. I have a feeling that we have another line of relationship through her. The time I am talking about is before the census listed family members other than heads of households.
Then comes lunch! What a variety of dishes! Everything looks so good and is. I am tempted to over-eat. There is still much talk during lunch. After lunch, though there is a brief business meeting and then introductions. We go around the room with people introducing themselves. This year I met in person someone I had met via e-mails and who I had tried to see all of eight or nine years ago. This contact had been about our research on Peter.
TThis group has a DNA project going so that at some future date we may be able to go across the "pond" and find our family over there. It is a Y chromosome search so that leaves me out but my documentation down to Peter is certain while others have marriages that they cannot prove. If I were not sure of my documentation, I would try to get my brother or his son to give the DNA sample.
About three o'clock people start saying goodbyes and, "yes I'll be back next year." I had ridden part way with a distant "cousin" whom I have known for sometime. On our way there, I had been talking of this great great grandmother, as there was another person from that area in the car. On the way back, we came to a traffic light and had to stop for the light to change. Instead of turning left, as he normally would, the driver turned right with the announcement that we were going to make a short detour. He and the other cousin had been talking about a cemetery up on a hill and she was going to go there with another of the people from the meeting. Lysle wanted to show her where the access of this was located. After showing her that, we went a little further and stopped. There was a cart track leading up the hill and they said there was a Grant cemetery up there. We were also parked in front of one...the people on the top of the hill were descendants of those in this little plot. I recognized some of the names as those I had seen elsewhere.
However, there was something else there for me to see. We had been talking about a certain neighborhood and the one-room schoolhouse that had been there. Here where we had parked was a huge boulder with a bronze plaque on it. It was marking the site (about 100 feet away) of the Joy schoolhouse that had been built in 1837 and was in existence until 1906 when it burned and the children from there went to other schools.
Family reunions are fun even if they are made up of mainly distant relatives. I think my grandmother had been to one of these Grant reunions years ago...perhaps as they were just getting started. As a child, I never asked the tight questions so missed out on much information. If you have a chance to go to one for your family, I urge you to go. So many people have a great amount of knowledge that I am sure you will learn something there as well as make new friendships.
This is the last part of the June seminar by Leland Meitzler. He had several great examples of each record. However, he did not spend much time on this section as it was getting close to the end of his presentation time.
Finding your female ancestors has always been harder than your male ancestors, as few females owned land, so she did not appear in the land records (at least when their husband was alive). Men were the soldiers, so few females had military records. Men kept their surnames after marriage, females changed every time they got married. Even if a female was listed in a record, she was probably listed as Mrs. John Doe. So if her name was Martha Doe you still could miss her in the records. Before 1850, in the census they only listed the head of the household, and few women were heads of households then, so few were listed. The census did list ages of all in the family, but a check mark under the column females age 30-35 in those before 1850 does not help much in tracing your ancestors.
Most researchers already know the reasons I listed above as to why their female ancestors may not be in a lot of records. That does not mean you will never be able to find your female ancestors. Leland listed many sources to check for your female ancestors in his outline. I combined a few and picked those I thought were the best to find your female ancestor with some comments of my own. These are:


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By: SouthernThunder on January 31, 2009 - 2:00pm - Add new comment
Does Obama make USA look weak in the eyes of the world? I would say YES! Why & which "leaders" of the world that has been the most vocal? Lets see. Castro demands Gitmo back. Now Iran says we are weak because of Obama's offer to talk to Iran shows that America's policy of "domination" has failed. WOW, I don't believe what they say is true, but HOW DO WE LOOK in the eyes of the world? I say not as strong, weak-eh?, as we did at the beginning of January 2009. People who has voted for Obama will have regrets that that they voted for him in one way or the other.
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Big foot is dead and I don't feel so good my self! A news report has come over the wire as Bigfoot hunters has laid claim that they found the body of Big foot!!!! IN Georgia , none the less!!! Read below for the report.
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WOW!!! Where are all the Bush bashers NOW?
Perhaps the greatest measure of Obama's declining support is that just 50% of voters now say they prefer having him as President to George W. Bush, with 44% saying they'd rather have his predecessor. Given the horrendous approval ratings Bush showed during his final term that's somewhat of a surprise and an indication that voters are increasingly placing the blame on Obama for the country's difficulties instead of giving him space because of the tough situation he inherited.
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"Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, another powerful Chicago-based political figure associated with the Rev. Jeremiah Wright and other long-time associates of Democratic Party presidential candidate Barack Obama, is leaving no doubt about what he thinks of the leader in the campaign for the White House.
He says when Obama talks "the Messiah is absolutely speaking."
You can watch it for yourself on a newly posted YouTube video."
I think I'll go throw up now! :(
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This quote is floating around the internet and it appeared in a Czech newspaper in April of this year, from what I read. The author is unknown to me. Maybe it will come to light soon enough. I think the the quote is pretty well on the mark!
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OK, I bought a house back in June '07 at a rate of 6.20%. Would it be wise for me to re-fi my mortgage now? I have been offered a rate at 5.25%. I am in the process to see what it will cost me to re-fi & how much I will save per month. Any input will be appreciated. I am NOT soliciting for a mortgage, so don't offer your services, JUST your opinion. Thanks!
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No surprise to me! What say you!
...a wave of energy companies has in the last few months announced plans to move to Switzerland -- mainly for its appeal as a low-tax corporate domicile that looks relatively likely to stay out of reach of Barack Obama's tax-seeking administration...
..."Switzerland has a stable and developed tax regime and a network of tax treaties with most countries where we operate," Transocean Chief Executive Bob Long said in a statement in October, when it announced its move.
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Will this be the downfall of Barack Obama? We will have to wait & see!!!
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It seems to me that Arizona has taken Nancy Pelosi and her GREAT idea of a new minimum wage to work & It is starting to unravel just before your very eyes as restaurants are cutting back hours and letting go employees. My opinion there should be NO minimum wage at all. You get paid for what you are worth! How fast will Nancy will try to back pedal on her Idea on the new minimum wage or will the LIBERAL news sites won't report this!
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Magic 2012
Set symbol
Design team
|Mark Globus (lead),
Doug Beyer,
Aaron Forsythe,
Ken Nagle
Development team
|Tom LaPille (lead),
Kelly Digges,
Peter Schaefer,
Mike Turian,
Steve Warner,
Dave Humpherys
Art Director
|Jeremy Jarvis
Release date
|July 15, 2011
Themes and mechanics
Keywords and/or ability words
|Bloodthirst, Hexproof
Set size
Expansion code
|Advanced-level sets
|Magic 2011
|Magic 2012
|Magic 2013
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|Commander (2011)
|Magic 2012
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Magic: The Gathering 2012 Core Set (a.k.a Magic 2012) is a Core Set which was released on July 15, 2011. The worldwide Prerelease events took place July 9-10, 2011 [1], and Launch Parties took place July 15-18, 2011.
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Magic 2012 contains 249 cards (101 Common, 60 Uncommon, 53 Rare, 15 Mythic, 20 Basic Lands), including randomly inserted premium versions of all cards. [2] The set saw the return of planeswalkers and the five Titans, had a minor aura theme, intoduced hexproof and had several top-down designed creatures. [3] [4] The returning mechanic for this Core Set was bloodthirst. [5] [6]
Magic 2012 also marked the return of Korean to the set of printed languages.[7] Sets from 4th Edition through Urza's Saga had been printed in Korean in the past, before Korean was dropped from the list of printed languages. Magic 2012 brought the list of printed languages to 11: English, Chinese Traditional, Chinese Simplified, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish.
Magic 2012 was is sold in 16-card and 6-card booster packs, five Intro packs, two event decks and a fat pack. The regular boosters featured art from Grand Abolisher (with white background), Sphinx of Uthuun (with blue background), Rune-Scarred Demon (with black background), Chandra, the Firebrand (with red background) and Garruk, Primal Hunter (with green background). [8] The 6-card booster featured Jace, Memory Adept. Magic 2012 was also sold in the new "Booster Battle Pack"s, which contain 2 20-card semi-randomized decks, 2 booster packs, a Magic "learn to play" guide and a rules insert. [9] [10]
A promotional version of Bloodlord of Vaasgoth was given out to players at the Prerelease event. The promotional card for the launch party was Garruk's Horde. [11] Both cards are new to the set. The Buy-a-Box was Chandra's Phoenix. [12] The Magic 2012 Game Day was held on August 12-14, 2011. At this event the DCI-Promo-Card was Stormblood Berserker and the Top 8 Finish reward was a full-art foil Dungrove Elder.
Regular boosters of Magic 2012 came with a bonus sixteenth card that was either a "tips & tricks card" or a creature token from Magic 2012.' Unlike the traditional tips & tricks cards, they were printed in landscape format and had no numbering. The back side had an advertisement for Commander (2011), magicthegathering.com, Magic 2012 Intro Packs, Magic Online, swagdog.com, Ultra Pro products or www.wizards.com/locator.
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- colors of expansion symbols,
- decks work best when they're about 40% land and 25-40% creatures
- drawing a card when the library is empty means losing the game,
- gatherer, hexproof
- limited format
- minimum deck size and playing with only 4 of any one card,
- planeswalkers (2 different card wordings).
- 3/3 Beast produced by Garruk, Primal Hunter. [13]
- 3/3 Flying Bird produced by Roc Egg.
- 1/1 Artifact Pentavite with Flying produced by Pentavus.
- 1/1 Saproling produced by Jade Mage and Druidic Satchel.
- 1/1 Soldier produced by Timely Reinforcements and Throne of Empires.
- 6/6 Wurm produced by Garruk, Primal Hunter.
- 2/2 Zombie produced by Cemetery Reaper, Zombie Infestation, and Grave Titan.
Sample decks[edit]
Just like Magic 2011, the Magic 2012 Core Set came with ten thirty-card sample decks. [14]
Rule change[edit]
The Magic 2012 core set introduced the wording shortcut "dies." The word "dies" on a Magic card simply means "is put into a graveyard from the battlefield." The two phrases are interchangeable. Similarly, the word "died" means "was put into a graveyard from the battlefield."
The term "dies" is used only if a creature is moving from the battlefield to a graveyard and only if the effect doesn't care which player's graveyard the creature is put into. (The complete phrase "is put into a graveyard from the battlefield" is used if the object is likely to have a different card type.)
Many older cards would be updated in the Oracle card reference to use this new term. This was not a functional change.
Mechanics and themes[edit]
Magic 2012 also introduced a new keyword in Hexproof, which is similar to Shroud except the controller of the permanent can still target it. [15] This ability used to be colloquially referred to as "Troll Shroud" in reference to Troll Ascetic, one of the first and most popular cards with that mechanic.
The keyword Bloodthirst returned after its initial appearance in Guildpact and a small cameo in Future Sight. Unlike its appearance in Guildpact, Bloodthirst was particularly focused in black on its Vampire tribe.
The set also saw the return of Planeswalkers, though it wasn't restricted to the original Lorwyn 'walkers as Gideon Jura and Sorin Markov had cards in the set. For the first time, three new Planeswalker cards were made for a core set. Like in Magic 2011, these planeswalkers had a number of cards referencing to them.
Magic 2012 has the following cycles:
- Color Hosers: Each of these uncommon cards is specifically designed to be played against its enemy colors — Celestial Purge, Flashfreeze, Deathmark, Combust and Autumn's Veil (reprinted from Magic 2011.)
- Check lands: Each of these rare dual lands comes into play tapped unless you control a land of one of the appropriate types — Glacial Fortress, Drowned Catacomb, Dragonskull Summit, Rootbound Crag and Sunpetal Grove (reprinted from Magic 2011 [16]).
- Titans: Each of these mythic rare giants is a 6/6 for 4CC and has a powerful ability that triggers whenever it enters the battlefield or attacks — Sun Titan, Frost Titan, Grave Titan, Inferno Titan and Primeval Titan (reprinted from Magic 2011. [16])
- Mages: 2/1 human wizard creatures for 2 mana with an activated ability involving one mana of a color. Each creature has a flavor text describing a creed of a clan of wizards, with names synonymous to the respective color. — Alabaster Mage, Azure Mage, Onyx Mage, Crimson Mage, Jade Mage
- Planeswalkers: There are five mythic rare Planeswalker cards in the set — Gideon Jura; Jace, Memory Adept; Sorin Markov; Chandra, the Firebrand; and Garruk, Primal Hunter. [17]
- Planeswalker Rares: Every Planeswalkers gets a Rare card referencing to them and working in conjunction with them. Gideon's Avenger, Jace's Archivist, Sorin's Vengeance, Chandra's Phoenix, and Garruk's Horde.
- Planeswalker Commons: Five commons that reference their respective planeswalkers in the name. — Gideon's Lawkeeper, Jace's Erasure, Sorin's Thirst, Chandra's Outrage, and Garruk's Companion.
- "Lucky charms" artifacts: Each of these uncommon artifacts costs and has an ability that allows its controller to gain one life whenever a spell of the appropriate color is played — Angel's Feather, Demon's Horn, Dragon's Claw, Kraken's Eye and Wurm's Tooth. (Reprinted from Darksteel.)
- "Artifact of Empires": Each of these artifacts have an activated ability that produces an even more powerful effect if you control all 3 of these artifacts — Crown of Empires, Scepter of Empires, and Throne of Empires.
Mirrored pairs[edit]
Magic 2012 has two mirrored pairs.
- Dark Favor and Divine Favor are both common Auras with enchant creature that give a mirrored bonus to the enchanted creature's power/toughness and are illustrated by Allen Williams.
- Greatsword and Kite Shield are both uncommon Artifact - Equipment which have the same Equip cost of and give the equipped creature +3/+0 or +0/+3 power/toughness.
Functional reprints[edit]
- Gideon's Lawkeeper is a functional reprint of Goldmeadow Harrier, save for creature type.
- Skywinder Drake is a functional reprint of Cloud Spirit and Rishadan Airship, save for creature type.
- Drifting Shade is a functional reprint of Dungeon Shade.
- Bonebreaker Giant is a functional reprint of Obsidian Giant and Fomori Nomad.
- Trollhide is a functional reprint of Savage Silhouette.
Intro Packs[edit]
The intro packs are: [18]
|Intro pack name
|Foil rare
|Sacred Assault
|Aegis Angel
|Mystical Might
|Sphinx of Uthuun
|Grab For Power
|Rune-Scarred Demon
|Blood And Fire
|Flameblast Dragon
|Entangling Webs
|Arachnus Spinner
Event decks[edit]
The Event decks are: [19]
|Event deck name
|Illusionary Might
|Vampire Onslaught
Cards added to Magic 2012[edit]
- The added artifact Manalith is strictly worse than Darksteel Ingot from Darksteel.
Cards removed from Magic 2011[edit]
- The Leylines cycle consisting of Leyline of Sanctity, Leyline of Anticipation, Leyline of the Void, Leyline of Punishment and Leyline of Vitality which are rare enchantments that cost plus 2 mana of the appropriate color. Each can start the game in play if it is in a player's opening hand.
- ↑ Tim Willoughby. (July 04, 2011.) "M12 Prerelease Primer", Daily MTG, magicthegathering.com, Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Monty Ashley. (January 03, 2011.) "Announcing Magic 2012", Daily MTG, magicthegathering.com, Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Mark Globus. (June 27, 2011.) "The Many Heads of Magic 2012", Daily MTG, magicthegathering.com, Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Kelly Digges. (July 25, 2011.) "Time Travel (and Other Perks of Magic Development)", Daily MTG, magicthegathering.com, Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater. (June 27, 2011.) "Putting On a Core Set", Daily MTG, magicthegathering.com, Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Tom LaPille. (July 08, 2011.) "Bloodthirst in the Water", Daily MTG, magicthegathering.com, Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Monty Ashley. (August 23, 2011.) "Magic in Korean", Daily MTG, magicthegathering.com, Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Monty Ashley. (June 16, 2011.) "Magic 2012 Core Set Boosters", Daily MTG, magicthegathering.com, Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Monty Ashley. (June 23, 2011.) "Announcing Booster Battle Packs", Daily MTG, magicthegathering.com, Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Wizards of the Coast. (July 27, 2011.) "Inside the Booster Battle Pack", Daily MTG, magicthegathering.com, Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Monty Ashley. (June 08, 2011.) "Magic 2012 Promo Cards", Daily MTG, magicthegathering.com, Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Monty Ashley. (June 08, 2011.) "Magic 2012 Buy a Box Promotion", Daily MTG, magicthegathering.com, Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Monty Ashley. (July 12, 2011.) "The Tokens of Magic 2012", Daily MTG, magicthegathering.com, Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Monty Ashley, Magic Arcana. (June 13, 2011.) "Magic 2012 Sample Decks", Daily MTG, magicthegathering.com, Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Magicthegathering.com Staff. (May 23, 2011.) "The Mechanics of Magic 2012", Daily MTG, magicthegathering.com, Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Tom LaPille. (July 22, 2011.) "On Repeat", Daily MTG, magicthegathering.com, Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Tom LaPille. (July 01, 2011.) "A 'Walker' on the Wild Side", Daily MTG, magicthegathering.com, Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Monty Ashley. (July 14, 2011.) "Magic 2012 Intro Packs", Daily MTG, magicthegathering.com, Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Monty Ashley. (August 01, 2011.) "Magic 2012 Event Decks", Daily MTG, magicthegathering.com, Wizards of the Coast.
External links[edit]
- Magic: The Gathering 2012 Core Set product information page — Wizards of the Coast
- Wizards of the Coast. (June 22, 2011.) "Magic 2012 Core Set Minisite", Daily MTG, magicthegathering.com, Wizards of the Coast.


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The X in Christmas is used like the R in R.C. My given name at birth was Robert Charles, although before I was even taken home from the hospital my parents called me by my initials, R.C., and nobody seems to be too scandalized by that.
X can mean so many things. For example, when we want to denote an unknown quantity, we use the symbol X. It can refer to an obscene level of films, something that is X-rated. People seem to express chagrin about seeing Christ's name dropped and replaced by this symbol for an unknown quantity X. Every year you see the signs and the bumper stickers saying, "Put Christ back into Christmas" as a response to this substitution of the letter X for the name of Christ.
There's no X in Christmas
First of all, you have to understand that it is not the letter X that is put into Christmas. We see the English letter X there, but actually what it involves is the first letter of the Greek name for Christ. Christos is the New Testament Greek for Christ. The first letter of the Greek word Christos is transliterated into our alphabet as an X. That X has come through church history to be a shorthand symbol for the name of Christ.
We don't see people protesting the use of the Greek letter theta, which is an O with a line across the middle. We use that as a shorthand abbreviation for God because it is the first letter of the word Theos, the Greek word for God.
X has a long and sacred history
The idea of X as an abbreviation for the name of Christ came into use in our culture with no intent to show any disrespect for Jesus. The church has used the symbol of the fish historically because it is an acronym. Fish in Greek (ichthus) involved the use of the first letters for the Greek phrase "Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior." So the early Christians would take the first letter of those words and put those letters together to spell the Greek word for fish. That's how the symbol of the fish became the universal symbol of Christendom. There's a long and sacred history of the use of X to symbolize the name of Christ, and from its origin, it has meant no disrespect.
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Why? This simple question is loaded with assumptions about what philosophers call "teleology." Teleology, which comes from the Greek word for "goal" or "end" (telos), is the study of purpose. The "why" questions are purpose questions. We seek the reasons things happen as they do. Why does the rain fall? Why does the earth turn on its axis? Why did you say that?
As an ordained minister, I've had experience going to the Scriptures with a number of people in order to help them see what God has to say about many different subjects. Over the years, one of the most common questions that I've been asked has to do with the meaning of Christ's work for the security of the believer's salvation. The New Testament gives us many categories for understanding that those who are truly saved will persevere.
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