Elon Musk is by and large a household name these days, not only for his creation of the first widely-used digital payment alternative in PayPal but also for being the engine behind the Tesla line of high-end electric vehicles. PayPal is well established, but Bitcoin is moving out of the shadows of the could-be class of digital technologies and yet next to no one will know who Satoshi Nakamoto is.
He's the man who developed Bitcoin in 2009, and he's acknowledged to be something of a 'mysterious' figure in the tech world. Here at 4GoodHosting, we're a top Canadian web hosting provider, but we're also keenly attuned to how many of your clients are operating e-commerce websites. Bitcoin is something of a buzzword these days, and as it continues to gain momentum there's more than a few who are wondering how easy or not it will be to adapt Bitcoin as a payment method for customers.
Bitcoin is what's come to be known as 'cryptocurrency' that is based on blockchain technology, rather than being regulated by a national currency, Bitcoin is considered by its proponents to provide unmatched privacy and security when compared to other currencies or payment systems, and without transaction fees or taxes. Where it's iffy is that some of these same advantages also make Bitcoin appealing to those conducting criminal business online. In addition, security issues with Bitcoin exchanges and wallets contribute to its extreme volatility.
A cryptocurrency is a subset of digital currency that is decentralized and structured on a set of algorithms and protocols that enable a peer-to-peer, cryptographically based payment mechanism, medium of exchange and store of value. It's independent of external monetary value influences, and as such presents a more organic, interpersonal buyer / seller experience.
Bitcoin's currency supply is created through "mining," and transactions with it are conducted peer-to-peer before being verified by network nodes. The blockchain is where each transaction is recorded in a public database.
Blockchain technology is based on the concept of a distributed database, in which all transactions are broadcast across a peer-to-peer network of users, and an algorithm is used to validate the users and transaction. The transaction will most commonly be an exchange of cryptocurrency, but can encompass other types of data, such as contracts.
The database (aka the "ledger" in Bitcoin lingo) is the record of transactions and is automatically distributed by all networked nodes running Bitcoin software. Bitcoins are mined by writing a new portion – or "block" – of the algorithm, incorporating a cryptographic hash of the previous block plus a separate number generated to continue the algorithm. The creator of the new block is awarded a set number of bitcoins and can then verify them and claim ownership of it with public and private keys.
Some of you may also have heard of Ethereum. It's another cryptocurrency, and there are also offshoots of Bitcoin with Bitcoin XT and Bitcoin Classic.
Proponents of Bitcoin rave about its security and low transaction costs. There are no fees for receiving a Bitcoin payment, and fees for confirming spending are flexible. It can be traded across borders without extra fees, delays, or limitations, and with the fact payments cannot be reversed, you're protected against the risk of chargeback fraud. Another plus is that processing payments does not require PCI or other regulatory compliance, and sensitive customer data is never stored. Multi-signature payment authorization for organizations and accounting transparency are also appealing for online retailers.
However, certain service providers will consider the irreversibility of payments a drawback, although it is important to note that the receiving party has the ability to reverse transactions. There is also the potential of coins being stolen by hackers, and the possibility of national regulatory measures may become a dissuading factor in the future. Bitcoin has been associated with online criminal activity at times, due to its use on platforms like Silk Road.
It would seem, further, that price volatility may be the greatest potential problem. In 2012, one bitcoin (BTC) was worth roughly $12. It passed $1,000 each in late 2013 amidst drastic fluctuations. A massive breach at the Mt. Gox Exchange led to the loss of 850,000 bitcoins worth an estimated $450 million in early 2014. Next, the price fell to roughly $200 in early 2015, but by the year's end it had rebounded and more than doubled. It was worth nearly $800 per coin throughout 2016, and has spiked here in 2017.
In fact, The Economist reported that the price of a single bitcoin surpassed the price of an ounce of gold in March of this year. It's definitely on the up as of now, but the currency's propensity to volatility is well established.
First, you'll need to have a Bitcoin wallet to store your Bitcoins, and a public Bitcoin address to receive them. To accept payments in Bitcoin, businesses generally use a payment processing service, but it is not entirely necessary. Bitcoin community documentation recommends merchants use a full node and not a 'light' wallet, as it makes payment confirmation easier and makes you less vulnerable to hackers or the like.
BitPay and Coinbase are popular payment services for Bitcoin, and you can find a helpful guide for small businesses looking to implement Bitcoin payments at the Bitcoin Wiki.
Data indicates that in the vicinity of 100,000 merchants were accepting bitcoin as of 2 years ago, and there are now close to 300,000 Bitcoin transactions every day. We thinks there are several factors that will come to the forefront when a company is considering whether it's worth it to set themselves up for Bitcoin, with the specific customer base, purchasing priorities and home jurisdiction being notable among many. The explosive growth and continuing development of Bitcoin and digital currencies make it important to pay attention to, and it's definitely an emerging technology that's worth keeping an eye on.
With the way the business and private worlds both are ever more relying on digital capabilities, it's really no surprise that data centers are constantly growing and evolving to take on the increasing demands being asked of them. It's a trend that doesn't look to be slowing down anytime soon, and as seeing to it that data centers are expanded in the smartest and most foresighted manner is very much a priority in the IT management world.
Here at 4GoodHosting, in addition to being a reputable Canadian web hosting provider we're also keenly interested in the workings of our industry as a whole and both keeping on top of and being responsive to trends in the industry. This is one that is immediately relevant to us, and so today we'll take a look at what experts predict will be the nature of data centres in the not-too-distant future.
The popular belief is that over the next 3 years, we'll see the conclusion of a trend that has promoted change in almost every area, with networks, servers, and storage having been altered very drastically in a very short period of time. Folks like us will need to ensure our data centres are ready by focusing on networks, software, hardware (including servers), and storage. Preparing these crucial components of our data centres well in advance of the coming demands is supremely important.
There are greater numbers of different infrastructure systems than ever before, but hyper-converged infrastructure systems are increasingly the top choice for data center operators. Hyper-converged infrastructure systems are software driven systems that combine networking, storage, and other technology to enable the virtualization of the infrastructure system. By utilizing commodity computing, the system is able to streamline processes and maintain lower operating costs while still being administered by an individual hosting company. This essentially creates a nice consolidating of services and resources into a single system.
Certain critics do question whether or not hyper-converged systems have the ability to keep up with technological advances, especially considering the number of different components bundled into one system. Still, hyper-converged systems do offer cost savings and – perhaps more importantly – promise to be easier to operate. Hyper-converged systems are bound to continue to be attractive for data centre decision makers on account of their ease of deployment, ease of management and lower overall operating cost.
Employing automation tools is critical for your data center if you intend to be prepared for the future. They simplify complex processes and thus allow administrators to focus more on the data centre's overall performance. In addition to being cost effective and requiring less human control, automation tools also offer heightened and improved security for the data center.
The idea that open standards or open source resources could be hugely beneficial came about when developers made mounds upon mounds of free software available to the masses on a widespread scale. Today, open standards encompass software, hardware, and other technological functions for fostering public computing by granting administrators access to free resources. The advantage of that for data center operators is clear, with the costs saved being able to be invested into different resources and necessities required for the operation of the data center.
Open source resources will run on any commodity hardware, and as such they will allow free access. Hyper-converged infrastructure systems and open resources then worked together more synergistically, and when you factor in that cloud computing resources were made available through commodity hardware as well the appeal of open standards is here to stay for data center operators as well.
In fact, it's changing the very foundations of the modern data center. By reorienting the way developers treat IT infrastructure that's driven by application containers. Adoption of open source practices will continue to transform the modern data center ensuring it is ready for the technological changes that are most certainly on their way.
Cloud computing has drastically revolutionized how we receive, send, and share information and data – and in a good way! The development of a software-driven infrastructure system gives data center managers much more freedom and accessibility with the delivery of information. Software-driven infrastructure systems allow for more freedom and accessibility with the delivery of your information and cloud computing returns that control to administrators. The appeal of that also goes without saying, and many companies who have already embraced cloud computing are doing so more and more each month and especially in how it relates to the intake and output of data from data centres.
Not surprisingly, newer and ever-better software continues to be rolled out for consumers. The variety of it means you must be particularly discerning about updates and new if your data centre is to be functioning optimally. Networking is of significant importance too, and advances in Ethernet networking protocols have been a BIG plus for data centres as well. Keep up on the trends and dig deeper when possible and you'll likely be kept in good stead when it comes to software advances for your data centre.
If nothing more, the sheer volume of data that data centres will have to both house, process, and export in the future will be staggering, but it's good to know that technological developments are doing a decent job of keeping pace with the expansion and all the operation challenges it poses.
Buy & Sell Domain Names: As Profitable As Some Suggest?
You've probably all heard a story or two where someone foresaw the popularity of a particular term or name that would be associated with a specific subject matter. They then proceeded to purchase it as a .com or other extension domain name, and before long they flipped it off to a very qualified and desperate buyer who absolutely HAD to have it for their business.
While not the most well known such transaction, the biggest one was when someone made $35,000,000 for VacationRentals.com. Here at 4GoodHosting, we are a top web hosting provider in Canada, but our 'worth' is nowhere near such a lofty sum. With that understood, however, we do know quite a bit about buying domain names and how it's rarely the windfall some people expect it to be.
However, when the domain trade is done right and you have a little bit of luck, it is an enterprise where particularly lucrative deals are certainly not unheard of. The tactic is straightforward: domain names are purchased with the prospect of reselling them at a significant profit. The trick, of course, lies in securing domains that may be valuable to deep-pocketed buyers, like a large company, somewhere down the line.
Today we're going to discuss all the important facts and terms on the topic of selling domain names for a profit, as well as taking a look at some impressive examples of crazy high sale prices for publicly traded .com domains.
Domains are nonmaterial goods. Accordingly, when they are sold the only transaction taking place is the actual transfer of the domain rights between users. With the exception of any instance where there is a copyright or trademark violation, pretty much any domain name can be bought or sold. However, generic domain names, such as car.com or computer.com, are not legally protected and as such can be reserved by anyone.
The value of a domain is determined via a specific evaluation process. The obvious part of that would be in understanding that traders will find domains that are indexed on Google and highly ranked to be particularly attractive. (Here is a very useful free Google Index Checker Tool) From there, specific SEO qualifications come into play, with backlink profiles or the search volume of the keywords in domain names also contributing significantly to the appraised value.
Further, design can also make a positive contribution to the price of a domain. Short and succinct domain names are preferable, and as such more valuable. Endings also factor in; top-level domains (TLDs) such as .com or .org are by far the most in demand.
As the domain trade will always be dictated by market-driven principles, a particular domain will never be worth more than the buyer is willing to pay. Accordingly, criteria like market potential and usability will always be very integral to determining prices. Values can change in an instant and drastically, and the price of a domain that was once of little interest to anyone in years past can skyrocket seemingly overnight for one or more of many different reasons.
So, if you have one that you foresee being desirable in the future, you next need to know how to check if a domain name is available for registry?
You'll find that those trading domains for commercial purposes are generally more focused on ones that feature those in-demand and thus valuable domain endings. For all intents and purposes, there are two different ways you can proceed to make money from the purchase and sale of domain names.
The first is in purchasing already established names for a low price, and then selling them for a profit later once their value has increased. The second involves buying and registering a domain that you believe will be desirable in the future and one that prospective buyers will compete over, thus making it worth more. Many domain traders use backorder services. These services automatically register a domain when one becomes available, or is deleted (A deleted domain is more typically one that has become an expired domain, meaning it hasn't been renewed and paid for by the owner).
Domain trades can be conducted by many different means. The individual who's registered a particular domain name generally is not anonymous and if you'd like to be in touch regarding the purchase of one it's usually not difficult to do so. The domain holder has fully autonomy to sell his or her owned domains as they like, as well as promote them by whatever means they like.
Prospective buyers are able to directly contact domain holders in cases where the desired domain is either available or not. Most registries will make the names and contact data of domain holders available publicly. You're free to domain holders and make an offer for the name at any time, but obviously quite often you won't even receive a reply if they're not interested in selling it or they find your offer to be insufficient. Another point to keep in mind is that sales do occur more frequently in instances where the original domain owner did not have any existing commercial ambitions for the domain name.
It's common for domain traders to inform website visitors that the page they are on is for sale by providing their contact data on the page. The more ambitious and profit-minded of them will actively seek out potential buyers.
Domain marketplaces like Sedo, GoDaddy.com, or BuyDomains.com serve to link potential buyers with domain holders who are keen to move their virtual property. In a sense these platforms are functioning as a domain real estate agency of sorts, and accordingly they can be pricey for their services.
Dot com domains are still the extension of choice for prospective websites. According to domain marketplace Sedo, desirable .com domain names routinely command upwards of 4,000 dollars, and the most expensive publicly traded domain names have been known to fetch eight-figures. While that can be reason to get excited, sales of these sorts don't occur regularly and you shouldn't expect them for yourself.
Is It Genuinely Possible to Make Money in the Domain Business?
The sales highlighted above are definitely impressive, but again – most domains sell for significantly less extravagant prices and are generally in the two or three-digit range. It wasn't that long ago that early birds who were able to secure general terms (like pancakes.com or bookmarks.com) that had yet to be protected by trademark rights often found themselves holding onto a very valuable piece of Web real estate. Those glory days are long gone, however, and those looking to make profits in today's market must have a keen sense for upcoming trends if they want similar success.
That's not to say you shouldn't try, however. If you have the foresight to think of a domain name that might come to be in demand sometime in the future, definitely get in touch with us and if it's available we'll snap it up for you!
Good luck in your domain name prospecting efforts.
There is a definitive difference between having users download your app and then having those users actually use your app. Surveys suggest that 80-90% of users will remove an app from their device after only one go-round with it, and most of us will recollect one or more instances where this has been true for us too.
With this drop rate understood, it's clearly more important than ever for app developers to make sure their first impression with a user is a powerful one. Here at 4GoodHosting, our expertise is what's made us a top Canadian web hosting provider, and we admire those who've made also made smart design and UX choices for their digital products.
The appeal of having a user to register with your app before they use it is well understood. You'll be able to gather information about them and use that info to personalize their experience or to ramp up your marketing efforts with specific focuses. However, when you come to understand that over 50% users will abandon an app if they have to register before exploring its features it's quickly something that you'll decide against. A tip – consider delaying the registration process until they either want to access a specific part of your app that is reserved for registered customers only, or they're aiming to open your app for the second time.
In addition, anyone who chooses to integrate social media into the login process should always allow users the option of registering without integrating their social media profiles. Constant sharing of their activities with their social networks is undesirable for many users.
Mobile devices feature small displays. There will typically be only enough room for 2-4 input fields before the user will need to scroll down. Keep in mind as well that typing on a mobile touch screen can be difficult when the user is walking or in another form of motion, and some people have to little-to-zero tolerance for any errors or strange auto-corrects.
Making it so that your user to-be has to enter information into input field after input field will make him or her think negatively of the user experience. Instead, only require the simple, straightforward information from them: name, email, age, gender, or location. If you need to collect more information, splitting the input form into two or three screens is a good idea. This will give you more space per screen, meaning the user will have no need to zoom in, and it will almost eliminate the need for the user to scroll down the page.
No one likes waiting, especially in the digital world. The longer the load time, the more negative the user experience. You avoid this scenario by testing, and doing so thoroughly and extensively. If you're an Android developer, for example, you'll test on all different device types, from top-of-the-line phones to mid-level, budget ones. Put the app's performance to the test on Gingerbread, Ice Cream Sandwich, and KitKat before publishing.
Apple developers have an easier go of it than their Android counterparts because all apps are required to support iOS 7, but iOS developers will be best served to still test their apps on older iPhone/iPad models to determine that there are no issues. Also, keep your app's file size as small as possible, and consciously restrict the amount of processes your app runs in the background.
Not surprisingly, app crashes, app freezes, and slow launch time are consistently listed as three of the top reasons why users uninstall an app.
The popular taste with app design trends over the past year is for simple, cleanly designed apps. Look no further than the design aesthetic of iOS 7! Simply put, simplifying the design and layout of your app is always preferable. If you aren't sure where to start, try stripping your app of everything but the bare essentials. Cut back on the number of tabs and screens. Understand that excess fields and pages only add a perception of complexity to the user experience.
Try to determine whether or not your user really needs this feature to interact with the app? And if you're still not sure if you app is simple enough then you can do a quick test. Are all the basic, necessary functions in your app performable with only a thumb? Yes? Excellent. No? Need to revisit.
The Facebook app for Android is a great example here. Every important action can be performed right from the first screen (the newsfeed). All buttons are at the top of the screen. Left swipe for one menu, right swipe for the other. All basic actions can be performed from one screen, with the option of expanding the number of actionable items via side-swipe menus.
Let's say a user wants to undertake an action within your app. How many taps of the finger does he or she have to make to complete the action? Each swipe, tap, or pinch is an integral part of the user experience. As a rule, the user should be able to discern every tap as making some measure of progress for them towards their goal. The ideal is, of course, to have them get as much as possible with as little in put as possible.
Non-gaming developers need to really take heed of this one. Perhaps you have a music streaming app and this particular user wants to enjoy a playlist of songs by their favourite artist. How many times does a user have to tap the screen before they have access to that artist? And further – does your app take them right to their artist's page? Or does it redirect them to a search results page where further taps on their artist's name are required? Once they arrive, is a play button conveniently located at the top of the screen?
Let's imagine further that they visit your app for a second time, looking for the same artist. Is that previous search already saved for them as a unique user, or must they begin the search process again? The fact that speed and mobile go hand in hand must be respected and catered to when it comes to app design.
Always be aware of the value in looking at even the smallest details when it comes to the design of an app, looking to how that may be connected to whole of user experience. The choices you make can be pivotal in retaining app users and seeing to it your app is received well by the downloading public.


Kelleher, W. A., Hamburg, was born in Canada, June 29, 1865. He was educated there and his boyhood days were spent on the farm. In 1880 he came to Buffalo, where he learned the trade of carriage woodwork with Henry Brunn of Eagle Street, Buffalo. Finding that his health began to fail in 1884, he entered the employ of the Erie Railroad as brakeman; he was soon promoted to the position of conductor and continued so until this date (1897). April 6, 1891, he married Anatasia Whyte, also of Canada, who died March 5, 1897. Mr. Kellehefs father, Thomas, was born in Canada about 1836; he married Helen Dunk, also of Canada; they had four children, William A., James, Patrick H. and Mary A. James is proprietor of the Central House in Soo Ste. Marie, Mich.; Patrick H. is in Roseland, B. C., proprietor of one of the largest news stands in British Columbia; Mary A. remains at home with her parents.


Working directly with these audiences is important in helping us to equip them to stay safe online and informs the resources that we develop for them. The conversations that we have with them also helps to inform how we develop and respond to policy issues and the messages that we take to government and the internet industry about the real experiences of children and young people and what needs to be done to make them safer.
At the heart of all our work is the belief that when used properly the internet is a wonderfully positive tool for children and young people. We strive to take a balanced approach, making sure that we promote the positive opportunities, as well as responding to the risks and equipping children and young people to deal with them.


The fast-rising inflation that characterized most of 2008 has continued to fall since its high six months ago, bringing the monthly inflation rate to nearly half of April´s 10-year average, according to a report released Tuesday by the National Statistics and Census Institute (INEC).
The Consumer Price Index rose 11.75 percent since May of last year, falling from a high of 16.3 percent yearly change in November, according to the INEC report. April´s monthly increase was 0.33 percent.
The report indicated that the prices for luxury goods, like alcoholic beverages and tobacco, rose most significantly in April, a 3 percent increase; prices for necessities like food and non-alcoholic beverages actually dropped about 0.46 percent.
While inflation has been slowing, the yearly price increase of 11.75 percent the report cited is actually slightly above par – the third highest in the past decade. The number accentuates just how high inflation was throughout 2008, since the past five months have logged price inflation far below average.


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If you want to compare, players who have been rated as 78 overall are Patrick Beverley, Westbrook's new teammate, Cole Anthony, Jakob Poeltl and rookies Paolo Banchero and MT 2K23 Jabari Smith Jr. Surely Westbrook ought to have started between 80 and 83? It's not the case, but rather it's a "How does he keep getting praise?"
What kind of snub is there for other players. Porzi? is' numbers are solid, but when you see him, it's evident he's a shell of the pre-ACL tear version. That's the reason Porzi?s numbers are solid, but the Dallas Mavericks moved on from his. However, after posting some intriguing figures (22.1 point, 8.8 reboundsand 2.9 assists on a 48-37-87 shooting break) over 17 contests with the Washington Wizards, Porzi? has increased to an 85 overall mark in 2K23 following beginning 2K22 with an 84 overall.
Westbrook was hit hard for one subpar season, but Porzi? continues to play well after a single 17-game stretch. And as aforementioned Siakam fell, despite doing things that had more substance. Porzi? is also rated higher over Klay Thompson Draymond Green, Fred VanVleet and De'Aaron Fox just to name some players. We'll find out how this rating will change as the season progresses However, plenty of stars got snubbed from a potential higher rating.
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While media around the world are excited by the announcement of every new zero-day vulnerabilities, attackers yawn, according to Microsoft.
Presenting Volume 11 of its Security Intelligence Report at the RSA Conference in Europe on October 11, Microsoft pointed out that less than one percent of the attacks its report identified were trying to exploit zero-day vulnerabilities.
The report finds that most malware propagates through user interaction – in short, getting users to fail the malware IQ test and click on a malicious link or application – while more than one-third of malware exploits Win32/Autorun on the insertion of media like USB keys.
Moreover, the research finds that 90 percent of infections exploited a vulnerability for which a patch had been available for more than a year. This is well in line with research from Australia's Defence Signals Directorate, which in July identified application and operating system patching as two of the four most important attack mitigation strategies available to IT managers.
Java exploits – including JRE, JVM and JDK vulnerabilities – dominate the landscape, while the CV-2010-2568 vulnerability (used by the Stuxnet family) drove an increase in operating system-level exploits, the report states. The report also observed nearly a million Acrobat and Adobe Reader document format exploits, nearly all of which involved the Win32/Pdfjsc exploit family.
Vinny Gullotto, general manager of the Microsoft Malware Protection Center, told the RSA Conference the data in the report "helps remind us that we can't forget the basics.
Phishers seem to be shifting their tactics as well, from their older preference for financial sites to targeting social media sites, which got 83.8 percent of malicious page impressions in April, the report finds.


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Bishops urge Catholics to sign petition against Hyde Amendment's repeal
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Diocesan Respect Life coordinators and the Pro-Life Secretariat of the U.S Conference of Catholic Bishops are encouraging Catholics to speak out against the repeal of the Hyde Amendment, legislation which bans federal Medicaid funding of abortions.
"It is so important for people in our parishes to learn about the Hyde Amendment and the life-saving, conscience-protecting impact it has had for the past 45 years. Without this protection, our federal tax dollars will contribute to millions more abortions around our nation and beyond," said Rachel Hendricks, diocesan Respect Life coordinator for the Diocese of Trenton, New Jersey.
The Hyde Amendment, which first became law in 1976, prohibits use of federal Medicaid dollars for abortion except in cases of rape, incest or when the life of the woman would be endangered.
Named for former Representative Henry Hyde, Illinois Republican, the amendment is renewed every year as part of the appropriations bill for what is now the Department of Health and Human Services.
It was excluded, however, in the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act that was signed into law March 11 by President Joe Biden.
As the amendment faces an uncertain future, the USCCB's Pro-Life Secretariat is encouraging Catholics to sign the petition asking members of Congress to oppose the Hyde Amendment's repeal.
The petition urges members of Congress "to ensure that the Hyde Amendment and all similar life-saving appropriations riders remain in place during the 117th Congress and beyond."
"Do not force Americans to subsidize the taking of innocent life," it adds, urging Congress to "oppose any bill, including any appropriations bill, that expands taxpayer funding of abortion."
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2005 Holy Mortimer!
It is not clear how it was discovered that the Wormsgau line was not as exclusive as Hugh Capet hoped it was. It is even possible that the genealogists working for the Capet family revealed it themselves by demonstrating that both his parents shared the bloodline. The line to his mother required a female link but other than that it was a valid documented link.
The discovery of the second link meant however that the line was shared with other families, specifically the Holy Roman Emperors of the Salien Family and the Norman kings of England. These two lines were then merged merged when Henry I of England's daughter, Matilda, married Heinrich Salian.
The bloodline then passed, within the nobility of Germany to the Hohenstauffens and from them to Blanche d'Artois, yes her again, further increasing the value her bloodline. Not shown on any of the diagrams is the fact that Blanche's sister Jeanne married Gaston, Compte de Foix and her grandson was Gaston Phoebus, the Compte de Foix,who features in our stories about Ximene. ( see Ximene's Genealogy)
There is a further major recipient of the Wormsgau blood line. Roger Mortimer was identified in "Holy Blood" as a recipient the Dagobert bloodline though the Fiennes Family. his fathers family can be tracked back to Walter de St Martin
And Walter St Martin is in turn a descendant of Lambertus of Neustria. Therefore there is a direct patrilinial link between Clovis and Roger Mortimer. According to the rules laid down by the election of Hugh Capet, should the male succession of the Capet line fail, then the next King of France should be Roger Mortimer or his son! The Hugh Capet election also placed emphasis on the nobility of the wife chosen by the candidates for that election. Suppose the mother of Mortimer's son was herself the daughter of a Capet! Isabelle of France whose grandmother was no other than Blance d'Artois by her second husband Henry of Navarre was in the right place at the right time to be that mother. The Wormsgau lineage from father and mother. That child would surely be the one with the right to rule!
Roger Mortimer had another important blood line. His great grandmother was Gwladys Dhu Verch Llewelyn, daughter of Llewelyn the great, King of all the Britons. In the annals of the British, her own lineage streched back to Jesus by a route independent of the Merovingians. Thus Roger Mortimer was in terms of the Right to Rule quite unique. Isabelle of France arrived in England armed with the genealogical knowledge to know how important Roger Mortimer was, the only question was, how to make use of that knowledge? Glwadys took a second husband after Ralph de Mortimers death, his name was Reginald de Braose and their son William de Braose was the ancestor of the Tudor family
One other lineage had an effect on future events a further sub branch of the Dagobert line, via another female link was the Bohun family. Marie de Bohun was Henry Iv's first wife. Henry then went on to marry Jeanne of Navarre who did have the Wormsgau bloodline via her great great grandmother Blanche d'Artois but Henry and Jeanne had no children
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The Right to Rule
To understand the factors at work affecting King Edward and his ambitions to claim the Frankish throne it is necessary to review the role genealogy was playing in the fourteenth century. In the fourteenth century there was a belief...
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2005 The Merovingians
Ordained by God In the fourteenth century there was a belief that the "right to rule" had been ordained by God. This belief originated in the raising of Clovis of the Franks to the position of King. Onlookers at the time looked at the appointment wit...
2005 The Dagobert Line
The opportunity to share the bloodline came through an accident of fate. In the Frankish empire civil war was endemic. In 679 A.D Dagobert II, a descendant of Clovis,had been in exile in Britain. He was invited to return to the throne but brought...
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The Frankish peoples own legends talk of Clovis' conversion to Roman Christianity because of a victory he gained over the Allemagnii, in which he believed he obtained help from the Christian God. They also talk of gentle persuasion from his wife, St...
2005 Priory Of Sion
Much of the information we have about the dagobert line has been completely discredited by the activities of Pierre de Plantard. It was Plantard who claimed to be the leader of The Prieure Of Sion. Supposedly the Prieure was an offshoot of...
2005 Hugh Capet
In 987, Hugh Of Vermandois, known by his nickname of Hugh Capet, put together a carefully prepared case to support his claim to the French throne. Though Hugh Capet was descended from Charlemagne on both sides of his family both lineages were dependant...
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Despite the change of emphasis in Hugh Capet's claim to the Frankish throne, every member of the male descendents of the Dagobert line saw themselves as potential contenders for the position of "King of all the Franks". Initially this encompassed...


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All you need to know about this country's $186M plan to become metaverse leader
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South Korea is in the news today after it announced that it plans to support an expanded virtual world ecosystem with an investment of 223.7 billion won or $186 million. The translated document stated,
"The Ministry of Science and ICT is a world-class expanded virtual world platform for the systematic implementation of the 'Expanded Virtual World New Industry Leading Strategy."
It added that it'll include development support and the establishment of an expanded virtual world academy.
Earlier this year, the country had revealed that it aims to become the fifth-largest metaverse market by 2026. And, to do that, it said that the country plans to train 40,000 professionals and 220 companies in metaverse technology.
The release dated 27 February also added that the Ministry of Science and ICT focuses on creating a sustainable, expanded virtual world ecosystem based on public-private cooperation through the 'Expanded Virtual World New Industry Leading Strategy.'
Along with that, it will promote inter-company collaboration, technology development, and regulatory innovation so that domestic companies can compete with global companies. The government reiterated.
"The policy direction of active support has been presented, and full-scale implementation begins."
This essentially supports the government's previous announcement that the metaverse will be led by the private sector, with the government backing them up.
"First, discover and support a leading expanded virtual world platform based on decentralization and creator economy."
Secondly, the announcement added that the administration will support working-level professionals and high-level talent in the field. For the same, KRW 4.6 billion will be the investment amount to impart the technical knowledge. Apart from that, to expand the scale of small and medium-sized companies in the metaverse, a digital content fund has been created under the M&A fund worth 100 billion won.
"Third, to nurture specialized companies that lead the expanded virtual world industry, we will expand the regional corporate growth integration support base and provide intensive support…"
Park Yun-gyu, Head of the Information and Communication Policy Office of the Ministry of Science and ICT, said in the translated release,
"This year, it is important to create a world-class expanded virtual world ecosystem as a starting point for intensively nurturing the expanded virtual world, which is the core task of the Digital New Deal, as a new hyper-connected industry."
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Do Earbuds Set Off Metal Detectors
Metal detectors are used in many buildings for various purposes. We find them in airports, schools, libraries, and workspaces. Coincidently, these are the places where earbuds are usually used. It would be annoying if you have to take them out every time because of the metal detector. I guess that's why you want to know: Do earbuds set off metal detectors?
Not all metal detectors are the same. School and library metal detectors shouldn't set off when you walk through with earbuds. Airport metal detectors ring for some earbuds, not for all. Airpods don't set off metal detectors. Earbuds are required to pass the X-ray scan in airports though.
There's no one right answer to this question. It depends on the detector and the earbuds model. I'll go over what you need to know.
Metal Detectors & Earbuds
Metals In Earbuds
Can Metal Detectors Damage Earbuds
All metal detectors serve the same purpose, that is, detecting metal. Not every detector is like the one you see at the airport though. Some are designed to detect only a certain kind of metal.
So, not every metal detector will be set off by earbuds. I guess you want to know about specific metal detectors. Let's talk about that for a minute.
Airport Metal Detectors
There's a misconception that airport metal detectors are for detecting objects that may be harmful to the plane. While there's some truth in there, airports have them to detect weapons.
Most weapons are made from some kind of metal, so there's that. But what about earbuds? Are airport metal detectors set off by earbuds?
Airport metal detectors will ring when the earbuds have some kind of metal. The coil in the earbuds shouldn't set off the detector. Some earbuds like Airpods can go through metal detectors.
That doesn't mean that you can always keep your earbuds in the pocket though. Earbuds look like a detonator, so sometimes you will be asked to process them in the X-ray.
[Related Article: Can You Use Bluetooth Headphones On An Airplane]
Library Metal Detectors
Library detectors are different. It's quite unusual for libraries to have metal detectors but they have found a use for them. Why do libraries use metal detectors?
As you may know, libraries don't like it when you take books outside. For some reason, metal detectors were the only way to make sure the books stay in the libraries.
The books are marked with a certain metal, even if you can't see. When they go through the detector, it rings. Do earbuds set off library metal detectors?
Earbuds don't set off library metal detectors. Even if the earbuds have a metal design, you should be fine. Library metal detectors don't set off keychains, so earbuds are okay too.
There's one side effect though. These detectors can make your earbuds give feedback. We'll talk about that in a while.
School Metal Detectors
School metal detectors are rare, usually found in public schools. They work as airport metal detectors do. Again, the purpose is to stop anything dangerous from entering the premises. But do they set off earbuds?
Earbuds shouldn't set off school metal detectors. Although some earbuds can't go through, it depends on the design. Airpods can go through a school metal detector without setting it off.
Like library detectors, most school detectors don't ring for keychains and other little metal objects.
We can't be done with this until we talk a bit about earbuds design. In fact, what matters the most is what kind of materials the earbuds have. Let's get into it.
Inside the earbuds, there are metals of course. The coil can't be made from plastic. There are some other bits there too. Do these set off metal detectors?
Most detectors are not good enough to recognize those little bits. So, you shouldn't worry about that. Airpods have a coil but they don't set off metal detectors.
Now, some earbuds have metals on the exterior design. These will set off a metal detector for sure. It should be fine with library detectors. But they will set off metal detectors for protection against weapons.
If you are passing through a detector every day or quite often, you should look for plastic design earbuds. I believe that's why you're here. You're worried about taking off the earbuds just to pass a detector every day.
A quick google search showed me that some are concerned about the effect metal detectors have on earbuds. If they can damage earbuds, you would want to take them off before passing. So, are your concerns justified?
Metal detectors are not harmful to earbuds. They can make your earbuds give feedback but only when passing the detector. If you're concerned about your earbuds, take them off before passing.
Not only that this works in theory, but it also works in practice too. People are passing detectors with their earbuds and it didn't cause them any damage.
Earbuds Giving Feedback When Passing A Metal Detector
I bet if this ever happened to you, it happened with a library metal detector. I'm making this assumption because usually, only library detectors use radiofrequency. That's what causing the high pitched noise.
Earbuds that give feedback when going through detectors are usually wired models. The library detector can create a weak electromagnetic field. Some earbuds can pick up that field. Because there's no actual sound data, you just hear a beep.
The feedback is not harmful to the earbuds. Although the noise is quite high, it's not powerful enough to cause any damage. It's no danger for your ears too. If you're really worried, you can just walk through without them.
Do Headphones Set Off Metal Detectors?
Headphones, just like earbuds can set off metal detectors. It all depends on the security settings of the metal detector. Library metal detectors shouldn't ring when passing by with headphones. You will be asked to take off the headphones at the airport.
Do Batteries Set Off Metal Detectors?
Most batteries are made from metals, so detectors will recognize them. Earbuds batteries are small and shouldn't set off most detectors, except for airport metal detectors.
That's it for this post. I hope I answered every question you had.


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ACLU Delegation Criticizes the Republican Government of Luis Fortuño for Major Patterns of Police Abuse Against Students
Posted in Politics, Puerto Rico, tagged ACLU, AP, Associated Press, Carlos Delgado, Kenneth D. McClintock, Kenneth McClintock, Luis Fortuño, Politics, Puerto Rico, Rosie Perez, student strikes, University of Puerto Rico on May 4, 2011| Leave a Comment »
The Associated Press reported last night that a "celebrity-enhanced delegation" of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) criticized the current administration of Republican and pro-statehooder Luis Fortuño for use of police to keep the University of Puerto Rico open during a student strike over a new tuition fee.
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As the AP report states:
The delegation, which included Oscar-nominated actress Rosie Perez and former major league baseball player Carlos Delgado, said the initial findings of a fact-finding mission found a pattern of excessive police force over the past 18 months involving students, union leaders and journalists.
Their final report, which will be presented to the U.S. Justice Department, is expected by September.
Perez said at a news conference that she was overwhelmed by the testimony of students who said they were brutalized or sexually harassed and groped by police during a series of violent clashes over the $800 fee and budget cuts.
"I was really appalled as to how many of the adults treated many of the young people whether the young people were right or wrong," Perez said. "Yes, there were some bad apples, there were many bad apples in the bunch, but even they have certain rights."
Puerto Rico's Secretary of State, Kenneth D. McClintock, who also supports statehood along with Governor Fortuño, was quick to comment about the delegation's remarks:
Puerto Rico's Secretary of State Kenneth McClintock, who met with the ACLU delegation along with other island officials, faulted the delegates for announcing their preliminary findings so quickly, saying it suggested they had reached their conclusions before they had started. He said he urged them to expand their focus to include the rights of students and teachers who wanted to go to classes despite the months of protests at island campuses.
"The rights of those thousands of students should be equally entitled to ACLU interest and protection as the rights of the hundreds who participated in the demonstrations," he said.
ACLU Asks Justice Department To Intervene In Serious Human Rights Abuses In Puerto Rico
Posted in Politics, Puerto Rico, tagged ACLU, Being Latino, Latino, Latino in America, latinos, LATISM, Leadership, Luis Fortuño, Luis Gutiérrez, Social Media, University of Puerto Rico on March 15, 2011| 2 Comments »
Letter Cites Allegations Of Extreme Police Misconduct And Suppression Of Free Speech
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WASHINGTON – The American Civil Liberties Union sent a letter to the Department of Justice (DOJ) today urging it to intervene in serious human rights and civil liberties abuses reported to be occurring against the people of Puerto Rico at the hands of the territory's government. The ACLU asked that DOJ conclude its ongoing investigation of allegations of serious incidents of police violence and the suppression of free expression – including numerous reports of violent attacks against peaceful protesters and racially motivated police abuse – and take action to end these egregious practices.
"At a time when our nation is riveted by the power of peaceful demonstrations and their importance to our democracy, the horrific abuses reported to be taking place in Puerto Rico have flown too far under the radar," said Anthony D. Romero, Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties Union. "It is nothing short of shocking to think that these breathtaking incidents could occur unchecked in America, and any abuses must be stopped."
According to the letter signed by Romero, police abuse has escalated and free expression has been under threat since Gov. Luis Fortuño came into power two years ago. University students at peaceful protests have been subjected to violent attacks and arrest, while female students have been inappropriately touched by police officers during the protests. Government proceedings have been closed to the public and protesters at the legislature have been pepper sprayed, beaten and shot at by police. Tens of thousands of workers have been fired and their criticism of government policies repressed.
The ACLU's letter, addressed to Assistant Attorney General Thomas Perez, details many examples of allegations of police abuse and speech suppression, including:
violence against student protesters, with students being beaten, maced, shot at with rubber bullets and sexually assaulted by police;
violence against protesters on the steps of the legislature after government proceedings were closed to the public;
racially-motivated beatings of members of minority communities by police officers;
the execution of a man lying on the ground following an argument with a police officer over a traffic violation;
the unsolved murder of a man of African-Puerto Rican descent, suspected to be an extrajudicial killing by police officers;
the fabrication of drug-related charges against over 100 residents of a housing project in the city of Mayaguez;
the violent and inhumane eviction of members of the Villas del Sol squatter community, including the denial of fresh water to the community for eight months;
numerous incidents of abuse of the homeless by police officers; and
the de-certification of the Puerto Rico Bar Association and legal action against bar members designed to stifle political dissent.
The letter concludes: "[T]hese allegations raise troubling questions about the Puerto Rican government's commitment to the human rights of its citizens and the First Amendment's protections of freedom of assembly, expression and the right to petition the government. We hope that DOJ will soon conclude its investigation and intervene into these unconstitutional practices."
The letter called on the Civil Rights Division of the DOJ to release a report of its findings.
The full text of the letter to the Department of Justice can be found below:
Mr. Thomas E. Perez
Assistant Attorney General
Civil Rights Division
United States Department of Justice
Re: DOJ Investigation into allegations of abuses by the Puerto Rico Police Department
Dear Assistant Attorney General Perez:
As you know, beginning around May 2008, the ACLU of Puerto Rico began reporting allegations of a pattern and practice of violent police misconduct against the citizens of Puerto Rico to the Department of Justice. These incidents have increased both in their frequency and intensity and other recent actions also raise troubling questions about the Puerto Rican government's commitment to First Amendment protections. We are writing today to urge you to bring your team's investigation to a close and issue your report and findings. We hope that DOJ will soon be able to intervene and provide some remedies to help end the Puerto Rico Police Department's abuse against the Puerto Rican people.
While we understand you have been briefed on this investigation, for background purposes, a few of the allegations of abuses bear repeating:
Villa Cañona:
Between 2007 and 2008, residents of Villa Cañona, in the town of Loiza, Puerto Rico, an African-Puerto Rican community dating back hundreds of years, were victims of police aggression, which were, in part, racially motivated. Residents became prisoners of their own community. The ACLU denounced the ongoing abuses, while taking on the case of Evelyn Rivera, a single parent of two minors, one of whom is afflicted by severe brain damage. This Villa Cañona family was a victim of abuse on three different occasions.
Miguel Caceres case:
In October 2007, a police officer executed a man in the town of Humacao, Puerto Rico, during an argument between Caceres and the police officer over a traffic violation. Caceres was shot four times to the back in broad daylight while he lay on the sidewalk. Many citizens looked on and the incident was filmed.
Jorge Polaco de Jesús case:
Also in October 2007, police officers shot to death a young 26 year old man of African-Puerto Rican descent; a resident of Carolina, Puerto Rico. The precinct involved is the very same implicated in the Villa Cañona community abuses. Mr. Polaco was taken away by the officers, allegedly to get the young man immediate assistance at a hospital located five minutes away. He arrived at the hospital DOA one and a half hours later, with 7 bullet wounds to the back and one bullet to the front left shoulder. The circumstances of Jorge Polaco's death suggest an extrajudicial execution, but no official local or federal investigation has been conducted, despite ongoing requests. One of the two officers was transferred and has very recently been implicated in the coma-inducing beating of another citizen. The second officer left the jurisdiction within a month and is now an officer in a southern state.
Mayaguez false prosecution cases:
In 2007, a group of police officers were found to have fabricated drug-related charges against many residents of a housing project in the City of Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. While an FBI sting put several of these officers behind bars, the practice continues. It is believed that over 100 citizens are still behind bars as a result of these fabricated cases.
Dominican Community claims of police abuse (known incidents 2008 through the present):
Dominican leaders, the ACLU, and other civil rights advocates, have for many years denounced incidents of extreme police abuse motivated by national origin and racial profiling in several locations known to be predominantly Dominican communities, specifically in the Santurce sector of San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Villas del Sol Community human rights abuses (2009 – 2010):
The government attempted to forcefully evict the residents of Villas del Sol, a squatter community comprised mostly of indigent families of Dominican origin. Police officers violently attacked members of the community, which mainly consisted of female heads of households and children, beating them, using pepper spray, tasers and in some cases tossing the women over concrete barriers. The water was also turned off for approximately eight months, while two epidemics simultaneously afflicted Puerto Rico – the AH1N1 virus and the Dengue hemorrhagic fever. After the situation was brought to the attention of the Department of Justice and the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights, the Puerto Rican government reinstalled the community's running water supply.
Police abuse against the homeless population (known incidents 2008 through 2010):
The police have engaged in many incidents of abuse against the homeless community, including obstructing a federally funded needle exchange program and arresting and physically abusing its participants. Many of the homeless are beaten, maced, and later charged with possession of drug paraphernalia or violation of municipal ordinances. The ACLU has also exposed the practice of humiliating the homeless, stripping them naked, and taking them out of town, sometimes in unmarked cars, and dropping them off at random locations.
Governor Luis Fortuño
In addition, since Governor Luis Fortuño came into power two years ago, police abuse has escalated and now free expression is under great threat. We have reported that university students at a peaceful protest have been subjected to violent attack and arrested by the hundreds, while female students have been inappropriately touched by police officers. Government proceedings were closed to the public and protestors at the legislature have been pepper sprayed, beaten and shot at by police. Tens of thousands of workers have been fired and their criticism of government policies repressed, while the legislature and federal courts suppress lawyers' rights to speak out against their government. Specifically, the following are some of the most recent allegations of events:
Puerto Rico's Governor Luis Fortuño has made the troubling statement that he will not allow protests and expression from what he calls the "extreme left." In what seems to be enforcement of an anti-First Amendment policy by the university's Chancellor, massive police forces have been deployed at the University of Puerto Rico to suppress student protests over fee hikes.
Starting in the summer of 2010, students of the University of Puerto Rico have been involved in a strike in opposition to an enrollment fee imposed by the UPR administration, after massive administration cuts to the university's budget. In order to quash the peaceful protests, the government of Puerto Rico activated the Riot Squad Unit, who joined the elite SWAT unit on several occasions, resorting to extreme police brutality against protesters. Students have been mercilessly beaten, maced with pepper spray, and shot at with rubber bullets. Police have also applied torture techniques on immobilized student protesters, including the illegal use of nightsticks to provoke serious and permanent injuries, and the application of pressure in the neck, eye and jaw of the protesters to provoke pain and cause unconsciousness. At most events young women are the first to be targeted for police violence and have also been sexually harassed, groped and touched by police.
At the University of Puerto Rico all forms of expression have been prohibited, through a Resolution issued by UPR Chancellor Ana Guadalupe; a resolution which Governor Luis Fortuño ordered armed police officers to enforce. The resolution, which was to be in force for a period of 30 days, has since been extended twice and is still in effect. On February 9, 2011, a group of students participated in civil disobedience on campus, consisting of a paint-in. During the paint-in, students peacefully and without interrupting the educational process, painted messages of protest in a limited area of the street at the front of the main library, in defiance of the Chancellor's absolute prohibition on any form of protest. Students immediately came under extremely violent attack by members of the police force's heavily armed SWAT and Riot Squad teams.
On June 25, 2010, the President of the Puerto Rico Senate cut off public access to legislative sessions, even though it is constitutionally mandated that all sessions are open to the public. On June 30, 2010, at a protest at the steps of the Capital Building over the closing of access to legislative sessions, protesters were beaten, pepper sprayed, and shot at by the Puerto Rico police. A member of the legislature's minority party was beaten and her arm broken as she was trying to enter the session; while many other young women were beaten. In one case, a mother who attempted to shield her young daughter from physical abuse was also beaten and dragged.
In another troubling development, the Puerto Rico Bar Association, an organization viewed as a forum for dissent against the government, was recently de-certified through legislation, which the governor signed into law. In addition, some Bar Association members, with close ties to the majority party, filed what has been described as a "politically motivated" class action against the Puerto Rico Bar Association. Although a court order prohibited the president of the Bar informing lawyers that they could opt-out of the lawsuit, which could destroy this 171 year old institution, he did so anyway, and was thrown in jail by the federal judge hearing the case. He stayed in jail for four days until poor health forced him to pay a $10,000 fine so he could be released for medical treatment.
In addition to the debacle and related violence at the University of Puerto Rico, in the past two years, legislation has been passed that would prohibit protests at construction sites, at any government building that renders educational services, and other locations rendering government services, under penalty of criminal prosecution.
Clearly, these allegations raise troubling questions about the Puerto Rican government's commitment to the human rights of its citizens and the First Amendment's protections of freedom of assembly, expression and the right to petition the government. We hope that DOJ will soon conclude its investigation and intervene into these unconstitutional practices.
Thank you for your consideration. We hope to hear from you and your investigation team soon. Please feel free to contact me if you need any further information.
Anthony D. Romero
While Rep. Gutiérrez Praises Puerto Rican Pride, Gov. Fortuño Celebrates American Citizenship
Posted in Latino, Leadership, Politics, Puerto Rico, tagged ACLU, La Fortaleza, Luis Fortuño, Luis Gutiérrez, Politics, Puerto Rico, University of Puerto Rico, US Congress on March 3, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Populism is alive and well in Puerto Rican, both on the floor of the US House of Representatives and at La Fortaleza, the official residence of the Governor of Puerto Rico.
In a stark study in political philosophies and beliefs that have dominated the island-colony of the United States since the 1898 Spanish-American War, two Puerto Rican political leaders took to the pulpit on Wednesday to spread their messages to the masses.
In Washington, Illinois Democrat Luis Gutiérrez blasted the current Republican and pro-statehood administration of Puerto Rican Governor Luis Fortuño for serious breaches of US constitutional rights (Puerto Rico, as a colony of the US, falls under American federal jurisdiction) and the pro-statehood Puerto Rican Legislature for their attempts to censure Gutiérrez and his criticisms against the island's current government.
Your efforts to silence me – just like your efforts to silence so many people in Puerto Rico who disagree with you — will fail, just as every effort to blockade progress only makes the march toward justice more powerful and swift.
I may not be Puerto Rican enough for some people, but I know this: nowhere on earth will you find a people harder to silence than Puerto Ricans.
You won't locate my love for Puerto Rico on my birth certificate or a driver's license, my children's birth certificate or any other piece of paper.
My love for Puerto Rico is right here – in my heart — a heart that beats with our history and our language and our heroes.
Meanwhile, Fortuño, who returned to San Juan after attending the National Governors Association conference in Washington earlier this week, celebrated the island's 94th anniversary of the 1917 Jones Act, which made Puerto Ricans American Citizens. Gov. Fortuño made a speech in Spanish (no English translation of the speech is available on La Fortaleza's official web site) that celebrated the day when "Puerto Ricans acquired citizenship into the United States of America."
Fortuño made it a point to emphasize the challenges facing Puerto Ricans and their right to American citizenship, and emphasized the importance of promoting democratic principles within the island:
As a Resident Commissioner and Governor, I have throughout the years participated in the swearing-in ceremonies of hundreds of new American citizens.
As I shared this special moment in the lives of many immigrants, I have occasionally reflected on how that we [as Puerto Ricans], who were automatically born into the protection of the privileges of American citizenship, rarely appreciate the full value of these privileges, nor do we take full advantage of their benefits, nor do we feel motivated enough to demand the prerogatives that these rights are conferred upon us.
In contrast, these immigrants —many of whom have suffered difficulties and injustices in this homelands that have always manifest themselves in societies what lack the democratic pillars of security, equality, stability, and opportunity— have provided a living testament of the blessing that becoming a citizen of the United States of America means to them.
A key principle of the American system of government, of which we are an integral part, is that the government is formed to serve the people, and not the other way around.
The individual and the family are the basic units of our society.
Therefore, it is to them that we must empower, putting power and opportunities in their hands.
It is this philosophy that creates the foundation of good government and it is what our administration has introduced.
Government is meant to support the individual and families, not to drown them by mortgaging the future of the next generations.
Government has the obligation to offer basic services of excellence, and services of support and help, especially to those who lack the least of resources.
But when government exceeds that essential and limited function, and instead converts itself into a paternalistic government that provides everything, a vicious cycle of dependence is created that punishes success and drowns the capacity of the individual to achieve self-improvement.
Fortuño Invites Gutiérrez to D.C. Reception
In an ironic twist to this political saga, El Nuevo Día reported on Tuesday that Fortuño had invited Gutiérrez and other members of Congress to a D.C. reception he was hosting with Puerto Rico's Tourism Board.
In an email we sent to Douglas Rivlin, Gutiérrez's Press Secretary, on Tuesday evening asking if the Congressman would be attending the reception, Rivlin replied:
[Congressman Gutiérrez] is not attending the reception and is here in Washington. He has had a busy day and has a busy day with several hearings tomorrow, and as you can see, we are working late.
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A lead magnet on your site to draw in new visitors and passively collects emails.
A lead chat solution like Intercom to collect pieces of data about leads as they talk to you.
All of this data lives in separate locations, each with its own unique environment and set of rules. This data becomes a powerful marketing asset when you combine it into a complete data picture.
Using Parabola, anyone can import and combine data from any of these sources. Parabola then enables anyone to clean, dedupe, merge, filter, enrich, and add logic to the data, all without touching a line of code or dealing with a fragile spreadsheet.
Parabola has created a list of people to retarget and some information to use in the email personalization. Generally, using first names (instead of full names) increases open rates, so use the Name Parser Object to pull out first names.
Unified data can be used to create personalized emails that will attract and convert leads.
You could repeat the aforementioned steps with each segment of leads that you are targeting, but that could take hours to pull each new data set and run the flow manually. Your time should be spent on analyzing, testing, and iterating, so why not automate the data processing?
Once a flow is set up, schedule Parabola to automatically refresh the data coming in and then pass it through the transformations in your flow. Set it to run automatically every day, or just when you have a new campaign to send out. The data always stays fresh.
Basic company data is not that impressive for automated email marketing. How about sending to multiple email addresses, some who are CC'ed, and having the salutation automatically include all the first names, with proper punctuation? That would be far too time consuming to do manually without Parabola.
For example, when marketing a service that charges per seat — it would be common to target adjacent employees in the company who are not yet using your service. Obviously, a hand-typed email would be best, but sales and marketing superstars don't have time for that.
Use a combination of data manipulation objects to build a flow that will combine the first names of all of the recipients at a company, join them with commas, and insert an "and" before the final name. Even add "(CC'ed)" after each name whose email is in the CC column of the table.
This can be done automatically and intelligently, checking if there are leads who are not closed, and who have colleagues already using the service. When someone's colleague signs up for the newsletter months from now, they will receive an extremely personalized email — automatically.
Most marketing automation tools have some form of goal tracking feature, but let's be honest, it never works like you want it to. Many times the utility of goals is limited by the tool.
To maximize your efficacy, you need custom goals. Ty to set a goal that x% of the people who receive the campaign should sign up on a business-tier plan within 30 days, and they should invite at least one colleague to join them. How could that goal be set without involving an engineer?
The results are custom goal success metrics. You could even plot them on a chart to track performance over time.
Companies grow by generating continuous demand and then capturing and nurturing leads. Adding automation and improving the efficiency of the top of the funnel is a great way to grow your business while simultaneously freeing yourself up to tweak other areas of your sales and marketing engine.


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