This articlePutting Doubt into Perspective was originally published in Meridian Magazine.
An unavoidable part of life is that we routinely experience doubt, confusion and uncertainty. These feelings are always troubling, but they can be especially disconcerting when they relate to our feelings about God. During those times, I like to think about two different episodes in the scriptures.
The first event involved Christ and a great number of his followers. In the sixth chapter of the Gospel of John, Christ gave what has become known as "The Bread of Life Sermon" in which he stated that He is the Bread of Life and that unless we eat of his flesh and drink his blood, we cannot enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Most of those who were listening were so upset by the notion that we must eat the flesh and blood of Christ to go to Heaven that they stopped listening then and there and left the Savior.
Only his most loyal disciples, the Twelve, remained. Christ did not run after those who left to apologize for offending them, or to try and explain that it was merely a metaphor. He merely turned to the Twelve and asked, "Will ye also go away?" (John 6:67.) It was Peter who replied. He did not say, "Of course we're going to stay. We understand that you are only speaking metaphorically." Instead, he said "to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life" (John 6: 68). Peter and the Twelve may have experienced the same kinds of doubts, confusion and uncertainty that were felt by those who left, but the Twelve set those feelings aside and stood by the Savior. Rather than act upon whatever doubts they may have had, they acted upon their faith. And because of this decision to act with faith, and continue following the Savior, their faith was eventually transformed into knowledge.
The second story involves a great miracle and a man of imperfect faith. The anguished man had sought a blessing from the disciples of Christ for his son, who had been afflicted with convulsions since he was a child. When the disciples were unable to heal the son, the scribes, perhaps seeing an opportunity to embarrass the disciples of Christ, started arguing with the disciples. At this point, Christ entered the scene and asked what the argument was about. The man stepped forward and explained how he had brought his son to the disciples to be healed, but they had failed. Christ told the man that "all things are possible to him that believeth" (Mark 9:23). Of course, the man had just witnessed how Christ's disciples had fallen short and were now being challenged by critics of the Church. The conclusion the man might have drawn was that not even the disciples had sufficient faith. Under these circumstances, it would be understandable if the man gave up and surrendered to doubt. Instead, the man gathered all the faith he could, and said "Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief" (Mark 9:24). In other words, he was not certain that Christ could heal his son. But he would set aside what uncertainty he had and ask for a miracle. In doing so, his faith turned to knowledge once Christ healed the son.
Of course, as people speak of "doubt," it is sometimes difficult to know what they mean. The word "doubt" may be used when all that is meant is mere confusion, uncertainty or a reservation of judgment. Other times the word "doubt" may be used to describe bitterness, cynicism and distrust. One can temporarily "doubt" certain things in the first sense, and still generally see with an "eye of faith" (Alma 32:40). However, "doubt" of the second kind erodes and undermines faith. And even when doubt begins as mere questioning or uncertainty, if left unresolved, it can eventually devolve into cynicism and bitterness.
Usually, when we speak of doubt in a religious context, it denotes a condition that is antithetical to faith. For example, when the scriptures or general authorities speak of doubt, it is almost always of the more negative variety.
So we are understandably concerned when a friend or family member admits to having "doubts." And it can be especially confusing lately to hear so many speak of doubt as something useful or even desirable.
Doubt of the right kind— that is, honest questioning— leads to faith. Such doubt impels men to inquiry, which always opens the door to truth. The scientist in his laboratory, the explorer in distant parts, the prayerful man upon his knees— these and all inquirers like them find truth. They learn that some things are known, others are not. They cease to doubt….
On the other hand, the stagnant doubter, one content with himself, unwilling to make the effort, to pay the price of discovery, inevitably reaches unbelief and miry darkness. His doubts grow like poisonous mushrooms in the dim shadows of his mental and spiritual chambers. At last, blind like the mole in his burrow, he usually substitutes ridicule for reason, and indolence for labor….
Be as candid about your questions as you need to be; life is full of them on one subject or another. But if you and your family want to be healed, don't let those questions stand in the way of faith working its miracle.
Mormon scholar Terryl Givens, professor of religion and literature at the University of Richmond, gave a fireside presentation titled "Letter to a Doubter." This insightful piece has had a dramatic impact on the way in which many of us view doubt and doubters. Of course, as with many ideas that garner great enthusiasm, we can begin to carry an idea to an extreme that starts to undermine the very reason for communicating the original idea.
I know I am grateful for a propensity to doubt because it gives me the capacity to freely believe…. There must be grounds for doubt as well as belief in order to render the choice more truly a choice, and therefore more deliberate and laden with more personal vulnerability and investment. An overwhelming preponderance of evidence on either side would make our choice as meaningless as would a loaded gun pointed at our heads…. What we choose to embrace, to be responsive to, is the purest reflection of who we are and what we love. That is why faith, the choice to believe, is, in the final analysis, an action that is positively laden with moral significance.
So, although we may experience feelings of doubt, and feel tempted to embrace doubt, we should vigorously resist that choice. Among our deepest desires should be one in which we long to move beyond doubt, through faith, and into the realm of knowledge.


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Much has been made about the Oakland Raiders need to address their secondary in 2016 – Head Coach Jack Del Rio said as much Wednesday – but noted NFL Draft Expert Todd McShay thinks the Silver and Black might go a different direction when they select at No. 14 overall in April's draft.
"This defensive line class is so good, so many defensive tackles especially." McShay told Raiders.com. "Sixteen defensive tackles I have in the Top 100 overall, so you can get one later, but if there's one you love, whether it's A'Shawn Robinson from Alabama, Jarran Reed from Alabama, one of those guys. I think you take advantage of what is turning out to be an elite class of defensive linemen."
The Raiders already boast an impressive front seven with Khalil Mack spearheading the pass rush, but McShay believes that the talent along the defensive line in this year's draft might be too much for General Manager Reggie McKenzie to pass up in the first round.
"I think defensive front seven is one area they'll continue to look to bolster," said McShay.
However, if the Raiders do elect to pick a defensive back in the first round, McShay says there are a pair of cornerbacks that are just a cut above the rest in this year's class.
"There's a couple of elite guys," McShay explained. "I think Jalen Ramsey, a corner who can play some safety, play some nickel, out of Florida State, [Vernon] Hargreaves from Florida is another, I think probably the best pure man-to-man cover corner. After that, I think there's a little bit of a drop off, but Eli Apple from Ohio State is a really good player."
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He continued, "There's some depth at cornerback, and at safety, Vonn Bell, also from Ohio State is I think a really intriguing player because he's one of the most athletic, best cover safeties we've had come out in the last few years. He wouldn't be a bad option if he's sitting there and the right defensive linemen's not there and they went in that direction, it wouldn't shock me."
Regardless of what direction the Raiders go at No. 14, McShay thinks the prime objective is to just keep addressing team need, just as the team has done in recent years.
"They've done a very good job drafting in the last few years, and I think that's the big reason that they're progressing and moving in the right direction," McShay said. "For Oakland moving forward, it's just continue to draft the priority positions. Quarterback they've handled. They have their pass rusher, so cornerback, offensive tackle, those are typically the positions that you want to spend that kind of money in the first, second rounds on."
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The UCW Radio Host Louis Velazquez had the opportunity to have Fitness Model/Athlete Charla Cormier on the Show.
Charla Cormier is not only a mother but she is a wife and top rated athlete and fitness model.
She grew up in a small town called Marble Falls, Texas and she was the youngest of 3 children. When Charla was 5 years old her parents signed her up for gymnastics class; this was the beginning of an amazing journey for Charla as her love for fitness kicked into high gear. By the age 8 she was a competitive gymnast.
In High School she was a varsity Cheerleader, Drill Team Dancer and played Volleyball, all the while still an active athlete. Charla admits that she did not grow up with that sleek toned body of an athlete.
After graduating Marble Falls High School in 1992, she taught Gymnastics and attended Austin Community College. She quickly realized college was not for her and continued to follow her passion for fitness. Determined to finally figure out how to achieve that sleek toned body, she became a certified personal trainer and eventually went on to manage a GNC (General Nutrition Center) Store. She learned so much from both jobs, but still did not achieve the body of her dreams.
In 2000 Charla got married to her wonderful and supportive husband Rob. The couple resided in Austin, TX at the time and like most couples decided to start a family; Charla and Rob wasted no time and she got pregnant right away. Unfortunately, during the 7th month of her pregnancy the doctors had to do an emergency C-section because their son had developed a heart anomaly; he passed away just 6 days later.
This was a huge tragedy for Charla and Rob, one that takes a lot of inner strength and a strong marriage to get through. During those rough times, they made a joint decision to make a change, they needed a change, so they moved out to California. Her husband started a new job and they were finally getting back to a normal life. They decided to start that family we always dreamed about.
They had their second son in 2003 and a little girl in 2004; both were very healthy babies.
So Charla wanted to show everyone especially all the new mothers around the world that the over weight MOMMY MOLD could be broken!
Charla, not afraid to jump in head first, decided to enter herself in an NPC figure competition to give her a goal to focus on. Now keep in mind this wasn't years afterwards, Charla Cormier stepped on an NPC stage just nine months after having her daughter, she competed at a weight of 126 pounds and placed 6th out of 12 women that competed, this was the beginning of a new life for Charla.
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Brazilian artist Samuel de Saboia sees art in a spiritual way
by Marcia Elizabeth
Features 11 months ago 2019-02-28 17:02:51
Born in Totó a neighbourhood of Recife in Brazil, visual artist Samuel de Saboia began his creative journey at the tender age of 13. By 15 he attended an Architecture and Urbanism course that he left prematurely to pursue graphic design. Shortly before completing his graphic design course he decided to venture into the world of art and all that it had to offer. This transition must not have been an easy one as his parents who are very religious did not approve of their son's love for art and in many ways showed their disapproval of his interest. His works were locked away, out of sight. Regardless Samuel sees "…art as a form of comfort, not confrontation."
As a teenager experimenting with his artistic inclinations Samuel did not have access to the internet and took inspiration from an encyclopaedia. Words formed in his mind and from here he would look them up using the pictorial display in the volume as a point of departure for his mark making. "I painted other worlds, but always with familiar faces: I told the stories of my friends, my neighbours, mixed with my dreams and a little acid …I love the place I came from, not for the cultural reasons, but for the privilege of the rhythm. I would not be the same if I had grown up somewhere else," he tells Vice.
Precipitous brushstrokes, self-motivated. What is left behind on canvas are traces of oil and acrylic broadening the spectrum of emotion on a flat surface. Dots, softening of texture takes hold. At 15 Samuel participated in his first group show at Casarão Venue in Recife. Since this initial show, his work has formed a part of various exhibitions across the globe including Paredão, CCSP (2017), The Skin I'm In, Space 776, New York (2018), and most recently his first solo in Brazil, at Emmathomas Gallery. The artist also forms a part of La Barraque Creative – a collective platform that connects artists to brands.
"…I see art in a spiritual way. It's not just a drawing, a scribble, it's a way of investigating what I'm going through and where I want to go," he states in an interview with Folha De S. Paulo. His work becomes an attempt to reinvent living beings. Guttural mark making flares from works such as The Pajé and the Moon (2018) and Stellar Children (2018).
Beautiful Wounds drew from the murder of several friends in Recife and the artist expresses "It talks about love, violence, genocide, affection, security, stability and madness. Within each screen I died and was reborn…" in an interview with Vice.
Guardiões is as a pop-up exhibition debuted at Emmathomas gallery on 31 January 2019. The show explores the nature of angels, reuniting works that display different tendencies, curated by Ana Carolina Ralston.
Beings that traverse light and darkness, encompassing both wholes within themselves. Part messenger, part guardian. These beings from the New Testament can be loving as well as frightening. Ubiquitous beings.
"If angels are genderless why should we establish one?" asks the artist.
His personality is implicated by the duality of his expression. Recife becomes a major influence known for its lush vegetation and sunshine these colours correlate with the artist's palette. Reds, yellows and greens meet symbolising creation and are contrasted with blue reflecting shadow – living in symbiosis. A fearless approach enables the artist to bring his life onto canvas without hesitation. Uniting spiritual and bodily feelings within, his personal freedom shines bright in works such as I Love You, I Love You, I Love You – a tapestry that reminds him of his mother's weaving in the family home. Guardiões comprises of sculptural elements and attempts to bring the living into a new dimension of curve and malformed objects.
The young creative has had an expansive career and has already dabbled in fashion, video as well as hosted a blog where he featured young artists dealing with themes he is interested in such as queer identity, the Black body and youth culture. "I'm tired of black enslaved people represented in art, I want to see black faces sitting on the throne," he expresses in an interview with Vice.
Speaking more to his expression in fashion he states, "Fashion appears in my work in the colour, texture and movement of the brushes, which for me are draped from a fabric that has been creating volume" (GQ Brazil).
Backlash from conservatives has not kept the artist from pushing forward despite the fact that there has been widespread controversy about his practice with remarks that it cannot be considered art. Samuel does not regard himself to fall under the rubric of classical art and expresses that he is unconcerned with the buzzwords of the genre. With conservatives attacking the visual auteur from his execution to his appearance, Samuel explains that "As a young man, black and bisexual, I am a political body," in discussion with GQ Brazil.
Despite misgivings from his parents, Samuel sites that his life has always been consumed by art. Seeing it in the daily settings of his life; his mother sewing, his parents dancing together, an aunt who painted or fed ducks… Fuelling his nostalgia art blossomed from these settings. "Attachment and caring make me create, it is my first way of speaking, of creating and recreating moments," he shares with Vice.
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Theosophy and Platonism: The Seven Principles of the Human Constitution
Dominique Johnson April 8, 2018 Leave a Comment
The concept of the Septenary Constitution describes two distinct beings in man:
(1) The spiritual (or monadic); and
(2) the physical (or somatic), i.e.—
"The man who thinks and the man who records as much of these thoughts as it is able to assimilate."
†In Theosophy, the spiritual constitution is termed the "imperishable triad."
It categorizes man into two distinct conditions or states and further elaborates it up to seven as follows:
(1) the upper (solar) triad or the spiritual being composed of three aspects ("principles"); and
(2) the lower (lunar) quaternary or physical being composed of four aspects ("principles").
The Key to Theosophy explains, that Platonism also regarded man as composed of two beings; one eternal, formed of the same essence as the Absoluteness and the other mortal and corruptible, i.e., transient. The former, the inner or interior man is inextinguishable from the Agathon. The lowest principle of the classification is the human physical soma and transient self, which is the animal-mammal, along with its passions and desires (instincts). The Platonists regarded the gods as the first principles, and the perishable qualities in man to have been developed by the "minor" gods.
THE SEPTENARY PRINCIPLES REPRESENTED BY THE TRIANGLE AND CUBE
The Key to Theosophy (The Septenary Nature of Man) uses the Sanskrit. In English, the cube is:
THE "LOWER QUATERNARY"
(a) Rupa, or Sthula-Sarira // Physical body // the vehicle of all the other "principles" during life.
(b) Prana // Life, or Vital principle // Necessary only to a, c, d, and the functions of the lower Manas, which embrace all those limited to the (physical) brain.
(c) Linga Sharira // Astral body // The Double, the phantom body.
(d) Kama rupa // The seat of animal desires and passions, and the center of the animal man. It is what separates the mortal man from the immortal entity.
THE UPPER IMPERISHABLE TRIAD
(e) Manas — a dual principle in its functions // Mind, Intelligence: which is the higher human mind, whose light, or radiation links the MONAD, for the lifetime, to the mortal man // The future state and the Karmic destiny of man depend on whether Manas gravitates more downward to Kama rupa, the seat of the animal passions, or upwards to Buddhi, the Spiritual Ego. In the latter case, the higher consciousness of the individual Spiritual aspirations of mind (Manas), assimilating Buddhi, are absorbed by it and form the Ego, which goes into Devachanic bliss.*
(f) Buddhi // The Spiritual Soul // The vehicle of pure universal spirit.
(g) Atma // Spirit // One with the Absolute, as its radiation.
Using Plato, the doctrine is further elaborated:
"Now what does Plato teach? He speaks of the interior man as constituted of two parts — one immutable and always the same, formed of the same substance as Deity, and the other mortal and corruptible. These "two parts" are found in our upper Triad, and the lower Quaternary (vide Table). He explains that when the Soul, psuche, "allies herself to the Nous (divine spirit or substance) (1), she does everything aright and felicitously"; but the case is otherwise when she attaches herself to Anoia, (folly, or the irrational animal Soul). Here, then, we have Manas (or the Soul in general) in its two aspects: when attaching itself to Anoia (our Kama rupa, or the "Animal Soul" in "Esoteric Buddhism,") it runs towards entire annihilation, as far as the personal Ego is concerned; when allying itself to the Nous (Atma-Buddhi) it merges into the immortal, imperishable Ego, and then its spiritual consciousness of the personal that was, becomes immortal." (see Key to Theosophy)
Warning however, that:
"…you must beware of the general error into which too many even of our Theosophists fall. Do not imagine that because man is called septenary, then quintuple and a triad, he is a compound of seven, five, or three entities; or, as well expressed by a Theosophical writer, of skins to be peeled off like the skins of an onion. The "principles," as already said, save the body, the life, and the astral eidolon, all of which disperse at death, are simply aspects and states of consciousness. There is but one real man, enduring through the cycle of life and immortal in essence, if not in form, and this is Manas, the Mind-man or embodied Consciousness." (Helena P. Blavatsky, The Key to Theosophy: The Greek Teachings)
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Pope Leo XIII's Encyclical Humanum Genus on Freemasonry
G. de Purucker's Introduction to the Esoteric Tradition: The Word "Dogma"


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How Investors See Culture and Purpose as Keys to Profit
Making the connection between long-term strategy, purpose, and culture
Publ. date 19 Apr 2019
As over a quarter of assets under management across the globe are now being invested according to ESG principles, companies are well advised to maximize their ESG performance. However, straight-forward short-term improvement interventions will fall flat when your company is lacking a culture of sustainability that advances performance over the long-term. Investors are understanding this more and more, and are looking to understand what your company is doing to foster and cultivate a corporate culture that is aligned with the company's strategy and purpose.
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Investors are moving beyond the black-and-white ESG indicators to understand how companies are driving purpose and culture within their organizations as a driver for operational direction and excellence. They are increasingly acknowledging that many firms fail to successfully implement their sustainability strategies, not because they lack the desire, the willingness or even the belief in the impact of sustainability on their businesses, but because they fail to identify proper objectives for their efforts. Setting a clear and meaningful purpose can help an organization to coalesce various efforts and goodwill and gives a shared sense of direction.
The Bob's Burger's workshop (refer to the download above) can help you in the process of getting to a purpose. It helps teams to start the change towards sustainability-based purpose by disconnecting them from their day-to-day business. Starting from the business model of McDonald's, teams are challenged to come up with a new burger shop concept that inspires them to think differently about the why, the what and the how of their own company.
The inherent link between culture, strategy and profits
The investor's interest in the topic is clearly demonstrated by the world's largest asset manager BlackRock, whose chairman Larry Fink has for several years already has been a vocal advocate for purpose. In his now infamous 2018 annual letter to CEOs, Fink very clearly proclaimed that companies must serve a social purpose and that without a sense of purpose, no company can achieve its full potential.
In the 2019 edition of his CEO letter, appropriately entitled 'Purpose & Profit', Fink goes on to emphasize this message by stating that companies that truly understand and express their purpose, function with the focus and strategic discipline that drive long-term profitability. He ends by explaining that his firm actively seeks to understand how a company's purpose informs its strategy and culture to underpin sustainable financial performance.
In order to do this, BlackRock's Investment Stewardship team has outlined its approach to engagement on long-term strategy, purpose, and culture. The document underlines the necessity of compatibility between strategy and company culture. More concretely, the asset manager explains its engagement process on the topic. Acknowledging the nuance of strategy, purpose, and culture, BlackRock prefers to discuss these topics in person with the company's management. Specific aspects in the conversation might be how the compatibility of the company's culture, purpose, and strategy is being assessed, how employees are involved in shaping them, and how the executive management deals with balancing long-term focus and short-term pressures.
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Home News Analysis After Vigilante War, Drug Trafficking Returns to Michoacan, Mexico
After Vigilante War, Drug Trafficking Returns to Michoacan, Mexico
Jalisco Cartel
Fighters of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG)
In late September, members of Mexico's Gendarmerie, the new federal police squad, made a quiet but significant discovery among the lime farms of the Tierra Caliente region in Michoacan state. Hidden among a clump of trees in the municipality of Buenavista were plastic barrels emitting the bittersweet smell of crystal meth, known by residents of this valley as "ice" or "hielo."
Crystal meth has long been a specialty of Michoacan gangsters, with La Familia and Knights Templar being among the biggest traffickers of the drug to the United States, helping drive a speed scourge from California to Kentucky.
However, it is notable that this meth lab was discovered in territory that the Knights Templar had been purged from by local vigilantes, known as "self-defense squads" or "autodefensas."
Buenavista includes the town of La Ruana, considered the birthplace of Michoacan's self-defense movement. While indigenous community police had been formed in some communities such as Cheran, the main force of vigilantes began with an uprising in La Ruana in February 2013.
During the battles against the Templars this year, Buenavista was the center of the vigilante movement, alongside neighboring Tepalcatepec. The vigilantes officially disbanded on May 10, after many were incorporated into the new law enforcement squad of State Rural Police.
SEE ALSO: Special Report on Mexico's Vigilantes
The bust was not an isolated incident, but one of a series of labs found in Michoacan in the last month. Another three labs have been discovered around state capital Morelia, including one near the city's fruit and vegetable market, with more than 100 plastic barrels alongside meth precursors.
These labs show that drug trafficking has returned to Michoacan after it had been greatly disrupted this year by the violent conflict between vigilantes and Templars, and an operation involving more than 12,000 federal police officers, soldiers and marines.
However, the Knights Templar itself has been decimated, with thousands of members killed or arrested. The only major leader on the loose is Servando Gomez, alias "La Tuta" who has been running from an extensive manhunt.
With the Templars on the ropes, new groups have stepped into the trade, including gangsters linked to the Jalisco Cartel New Generation (CJNG) and traffickers who deserted the Templars, says a federal police commander working in Michoacan.
"Our mission goes on here. We might have smashed one cartel, but there are a lot of other traffickers out there," said the commander, who is not authorized to give official statements.
Cartel Linked to Vigilantes?
The Jalisco Cartel has historic links to Michoacan, with its leader Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, alias "El Mencho," being a native of the town of Aguililla in the state.
The cartel has been accused of various murders in Michoacan and on the state border with Jalisco. Most recently, six people were shot dead and dumped in the city of Uruapan alongside a note from the cartel. "People of Michoacan. We are here. We have come to save you. Attentively, New Generation Cartel," read the message left in September.
The Jalisco Cartel New Generation was also accused of backing some elements of the vigilante movement.
Back in January, Federal Attorney General Jesus Murillo Karam stated that he had evidence that many of the firearms used by the vigilantes had been provided by the rival Jalisco Cartel New Generation.
However, this did not stop the administration of President Enrique Pena Nieto deputizing thousands of vigilantes into the new police force in May. The meth trade has reactivated under the watch of these new police.
The Rural State Force includes more than 25 different squads with up to 100 members each spread across different municipalities in Michoacan. Most of the members were former vigilantes, but some have been recruited straight into the new force.
Members of all ranks are paid about 9,000 pesos ($675) per month, although some complain they have yet to receive their salaries.
Reporting from various municipalities, the force could be seen to vary in their practices. Some, such as those in Tepalcatepec, appeared to use only government-issued weapons, such as AR15 rifles. But in some other municipalities, members still carried illegal weapons such as Kalashnikovs.
On some roads, the State Rural Force could be seen operating alongside vigilantes without uniforms.
Members of various squads said they focus on their own areas and sometimes distrust members of other groups.
"We keep order here in our town where you can see it's quiet. We don't work much with the other groups," says Juventino Cisneros, Rural Force commander in Tepelcatepec. "We had concerns about some of the other self-defense squads, which was one of the reasons we wanted to become legalized."
Vigilantism Still not Over
Other members of the vigilante movement make more concrete accusations that some elements work with gangsters.
Jorge Vazquez, a vigilante from Aguililla, released a video statement that certain Rural State Force are working with alleged traffickers known as Los Viagras, accused of being former Templars.
"The self-defense squads are still valid," Vazquez says. "We have a mission to free our communities from cartels."
One member of the rural force that has come under particular scrutiny is Luis Antonio Torres, alias "Simon El Americano," who is from the Buenavista municipality where the lab was found. State prosecutors recently questioned Torres over a video in which he was allegedly seen with Templar boss Gomez, La Tuta. However, they clarified that it was not Torres in the footage and he returned to the force.
Despite the discovery of labs, Michoacan residents say there have been improvements in other areas since the collapse of the Templars.
Business owners in Tepalcatepec, Apatzingan and Morelia said they were no longer paying extortion quotas to gangsters. The Knights Templar had carried out largescale shakedowns on businesses large and small, which was one of the key detonators of the vigilante movement.
"The person who collected the quota for the Templars stopped coming around April time. That was a big relief," says Jose Luis Mueller, who owns several taxis in Morelia. "To be honest, if the criminals want to traffic drugs that doesn't bother me. It becomes a problem when they mess with your business."
Ioan Grillo is a senior correspondent at GlobalPost and author of El Narco: Inside Mexico's Criminal Insurgency. You can read more of his work at: www.globalpost.com and www.ioangrillo.com.
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7 reasons your Instagram Ads aren't converting
Are your Instagram Ads a flop? Columnist and Bitly senior content strategist Blaise Lucey explains what you might be doing wrong.
Blaise Lucey on April 28, 2016 at 9:34 am
I'd rather see comedian Amy Schumer spit up milk than watch most Instagram Sponsored Ads. That was an actual thought I had when I was scrolling through my Instagram feed the other day. First, I saw an ad that I immediately skipped. Second, I saw an organic video of Schumer with milk dribbling out of her mouth. I chose to watch the latter.
Since Instagram rolled out Ads to the public, the number of ads in a user's Instagram feed has exploded. The weird thing is, despite years of data showing that authenticity is the best practice to connect with their audience, companies are still treating social media ads like banner ads. And the average click-through rate for display ads like that is only 0.07 percent.
If your Instagram Ads aren't performing well, here are seven things that might be causing users to skip over them:
1. The ad looks too professional
Instagram, like YouTube, is a sea of user-generated content. Anything with a corporate facelift is bound to stick out. The traditional clean, white look of an airbrushed ad isn't visually compelling.
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Create ads that look like the pictures that your audience's best friend took. Natural lighting, candid shots and behind-the-scenes pictures all go a long way to building a connection.
2. Your ad doesn't tell a story
A lot of Instagram Ads just have the brand name, a catchy tagline and a picture that almost looks like a stock photo. In other words, a banner ad.
Instagram users aren't just looking at pictures. They're looking for pictures that tell stories. The story can be funny, aspirational or action-packed. This is really the art of Instagram: transforming photography into stories that have a deeper meaning for the viewer.
National Geographic and Humans of New York are two Instagram accounts that really capture the emotional impact of images and engage people for longer than just a swipe.
3. Loud call-outs & banners
Just like with other social channels, Instagram users are coming to the app looking to be entertained, connect with friends and learn. If you really want them to ignore you, you can break their immersion by slapping a big red banner onto their screen.
On a mobile screen, a banner is the equivalent of a pop-up ad. With Instagram's default call-to-action buttons, brands should focus more on content and less on driving people to tap.
When you genuinely engage a user with the right content, their eye will naturally drift to the "Buy Now" or "Learn More" button at the bottom of the ad.
4. You feature shadowy and/or generic people
Big, anonymous hands. The shadowy back of a shadowy person. A woman with no facial expression. If your Instagram Ad has any of these, delete it and try again. Even more than on Facebook, brands are competing for attention with puppies, motorcycles, jewelry, the Kardashians, concerts, Hollywood and more.
If you're trying to create compelling images, you should either find an influencer who can bring his or her own audience to the content or focus on something that isn't just the brand logo or bold text announcing a sale. If your Instagram Ad looks like a stock photo, it's going to fail.
5. Your product is just sitting there
I've bought two watches from companies I found on Instagram. Neither was through an ad. So I know that commerce and Instagram can comfortably coexist. People follow aspirational luxury brands, and they like to see those products.
But, more importantly, they want to see those products in the context of that world. Luxury watches are set against the backdrops of city skylines. Energy drinks are seen in the context of dirt bikes and hang gliding. Fashion brands show off fashion tips, and the models are featured in beautiful urban and natural settings.
Your Instagram Ad needs to be about lifestyle first and product second.
6. Too much text
Text is the natural enemy of the mobile user. Research shows that when we look at our phones, our eyes gravitate toward the center of the screen. We notice images first and foremost. So if you're depending on text to get your image across, you've already lost a good chunk of your audience.
While big, bold quotes can work as organic content, they fall flat if no one has heard of your brand before.
7. You're not trying video
Instagram allows for 60-second videos. If you come up with a good way to show your brand or product in motion, you can easily catch people's attention. Even as users scroll, the videos will auto-play. So that could be the difference between someone moving past the ad or taking the time to look at it.
A video series, interviews and action shots can go a long way toward establishing your brand as a leader in great Instagram content.
Referrals, followers, clicks
Just like other social channels, Instagram shouldn't be thought of as a place to just push paid ads, hoping for conversion. That seems to be the guiding philosophy behind a lot of the Instagram Ads today, but as the space gets more competitive, quality content is going to win out.
With Instagram's new algorithm fully rolled out, the social network weighs engagement heavily when it comes to deciding what content users see. Likes, views and new followers will all factor into whether or not people see the images that you're rolling out. So creating more compelling ads is in a brand's best interest.
Great content attracts great followers. Instagram users who follow your brand over time are going to tell their friends about the products and share posts with their friends. And eventually, many of those loyal Instagram followers will become loyal customers.
Opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and not necessarily Marketing Land. Staff authors are listed here.
Blaise Lucey is Senior Manager, Content Marketing at Criteo. Having worked both on the agency and brand side, he has built content programs from the ground up for Fortune 500 companies and start-ups alike and is passionate about bringing great content to life.
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By Bradford Evans
Here's a star-studded new video from Denver-based comedy trio The Grawlix (Ben Roy, Adam Cayton-Holland, and Andrew Orvedahl). It's a series of auditions for a fake movie called Space Cops, with appearances from Kyle Kinane, Matt Braunger, Kurt Braunohler, Howard Kremer, Andy Peters, Jake Weisman, and a bunch of other funny standups.
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GMS Travels to Ecuador for Post-Earthquake Reconnaissance
On Saturday, April 16, 2016 a massive magnitude-7.8 earthquake rocked Muisne, Ecuador, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). GMS's Ramon Gilsanz and Virginia Diaz traveled to Ecuador to help in relief efforts, assist other rescuers and collect data on the performance of structures during the event. The reconnaissance trip was coordinated by Geotechnical Extreme Events Reconnaissance Association (GEER), sponsored by the National Science Foundation, with additional support from the Applied Technology Council (ATC).
The earthquake was presaged by a magnitude 4.8 foreshock eleven minutes before the main quake struck, and followed by over fifty-five aftershocks in the first twenty-four hours. On April 20, a 6.1–6.2 magnitude aftershock struck 15 miles west of Muisne. (See the US Geologic Survey's website for realtime updates about magnitude 2.5 or more anywhere in the world: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/)
Widespread damage was caused across Manabi province, with structures hundreds of miles from the epicenter collapsing. To date, at least 659 people were killed and over 27,700 injured. Unlike the strike-slip earthquakes in Japan, this one was a so-called megathrust quake, which occurs when one tectonic plate jams under another. In this case, the Nazca Plate is subducting beneath the South American continent at a rate of about 2.2 to 2.4 inches (55 to 61 millimeters) per year. Subduction along the Ecuador Trench and the Peru-Chile Trench farther south, has led to uplift of the Andes mountains and has produced some of the largest earthquakes in the world, including the 1960 M9.5 earthquake in southern Chile, the largest ever recorded event.
The US-Ecuador GEER team is led by Dr. Sissy Nikolaou of WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff and Dr. Xavier Vera-Grunauer of the Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil and of the Geoestudios consulting firm. The NSF-funded US GEER team members include Prof. Kyle Rollins (Bingham Young University), Prof. Adda Athanasopoulos-Zekkos (University of Michigan), Prof. Clint Wood (University of Arkansas), Mr. Daniel Alzamora (Federal Highway Administration), and Ms. Gabriela Martinez Lyvers (US Army Corp of Engineers). The team also includes structural engineers Mr. Ramon Gilsanz and Ms. Virginia Diaz of Gilsanz Murray Steficek LLP, who are funded by ATC. The GEER Team is also working with self-funded engineers who have traveled to Ecuador, including Prof. Eduardo Miranda (Stanford University), Mr. Enrique Abel Morales (University at Buffalo), and Mr. Roberto Luque (UC Berkeley).
The Ecuador GEER team includes geotechnical and structural engineers from regional universities, agencies, and private firms: Dr. Fabricio Yepez (San Francisco of Quito University), Mr. Juan Vera-Grunauer (structural engineer), Mr. Adolfo Caicedo (geotechnical engineer researcher, Catholic University of Guayaquil), Mr. Guillermo Ponce (structural engineer), Dr. Walter Mera (structural engineer and vice president of Catholic Univ. of Guayaquil), Prof. Francisco Ripalda and Claudio Luque (geotechnical engineer, Catholic University of Guayaquil), Mr. Gonzalo Vela (structural engineer, logistic leader of Corps of Engineers-COE technical team, PNUD, United Nations), Ms. Carolina Salcedo (regional coordinator of COE technical team, Ministry of Housing), and Dr. Alexandra Alvarado (National Geophysics Institute).
The GEER team is focusing on documenting the geo-effects of the event, with special emphasis on soil-structure interaction and lifeline performance, as well as ground motions, liquefaction effects, and landslides. US GEER members are interacting with top Ecuadorian government officials through their collaboration with the top Ecuadorian earthquake professionals.
The US-Ecuador GEER team will share their findings in a report posted at the GEER website: http://www.geerassociation.org/.
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JJ Hollingsworth Still Excited About Offer from Razorbacks, Talks Hogs, Greenland and Much More
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by: Otis Kirk
Posted: Jul 15, 2020 / 04:10 PM CDT / Updated: Jul 16, 2020 / 09:49 AM CDT
GREENLAND — Greenland High School Class of 2022 defensive end JJ Hollingsworth pulled in an offer from the University of Arkansas on Monday.
Hollingsworth, 6-4, 250, is still excited about the offer and talked about it on Wednesday.
"Every day it just sinks in more and more," Hollingsworth said. "You are just blessed to get the opportunity. Working harder every day. It's been the motivation I needed to just go out there, work harder and get better."
It's very rare for a recruit from Greenland to get offered by the Razorbacks. Hollingsworth talked about what this could mean for others at his high school as well. It appears the Razorbacks have never signed anyone for football from Greenland.
"I think it's a great thing for the school," Hollingsworth said. "I want to get Greenland put on the map. I feel we have a lot of, I feel like, top-tier guys that could go and play college ball. We're right down the road from a big Power 5 school. It's nice getting the recognition and opening their eyes to guys in the future like my little brother and other athletes."
Hollingsworth has offers from Kansas and Akron in addition to the Razorbacks. Due to the COVID-19 shutdown no assistant coaches from colleges were allowed to go out on the road recruiting and prospects couldn't visit schools. That probably cost Hollingsworth a chance at even more offers to this point, but he took a positive approach to it using it as a benefit.
"I was pretty disappointed we didn't get to have camps and stuff," Hollingsworth said. "At a small school that's a big part of my recruiting. But it also gave me an extra leg. A lot of those guys didn't really put in the work on those extra three months we had. It's more or less independent work. So I had to focus on getting out there and getting myself better. I feel like I made a lot of big jumps not only in my recruitment, but as a player for my team."
While the athletes did miss spring balls at their schools and camps, but many have said it helped their body heal from injuries and the usual wear and tear of going from one sport to the other.
"I wouldn't say like it was like a recover time for my body, but I got my body back to a 100-percent," Hollingsworth said. "Not only healthy but better than it was prior to the pandemic."
In addition to his three offers, Hollingsworth is hearing from some other schools.
"I had a facetime with Virginia Tech yesterday," Hollingsworth said. "Coach (Beau) Davidson was showing me the facilities and just all that. He's sending my stuff to the defensive line coach. TCU seems like they are interested and so is Baylor."
Hollingsworth hasn't talked to Derrick LeBlanc at Arkansas yet, but hopes to soon. Hollingsworth likes Sam Pittman.
"He's a great guy," Hollingsworth said. "Arkansas is lucky to have him. Just like just for in-state guys because some coaches in the past have focused on big guys with publicity four and five stars. Just giving me a chance in Arkansas. Small school guys like me that are closer and have the potential to play. We're getting that chance now he's not just looking for those big-name guys."
Recruiters will now come to Greenland to see Hollingsworth once the recruiting restrictions are lifted. Hollingsworth is hoping that gives others on his team a chance to get noticed as well.
"My quarterback could go DI all day," Hollingsworth said of Gabe Wilson. "It's really opening up for him too and it will give him the exposure he needs. Not only my quarterback, but we've got a couple of other guys that have the potential to play not only DI, but DII and DIII. I feel it's really gonna open up a lot."
As a junior in 2019, Wilson, 6-2, 205, passed for 1,912 yards and 15 touchdowns while running for 485 yards and 10 more scores. Hollingsworth said he doesn't have a timeline for a college decision.
"Not really," Hollingsworth said. "Right now I'm more or less focusing on my team and just getting better practicing every day. I don't really have a timeline for anything, but just focusing on the team."
The Pirates went 7-5 in 2019 advancing to the second round of the playoffs where they fell to Osceola. Hollingsworth played the last nine games in 2019 with a cast on his hand that was broken.
"We can be pretty good," Hollingsworth said. "We've got a good game to open up against Elkins (Sept. 4). That will really set the tone for the rest of the season. We're shooting for conference champs and that's what we're gonna get, but we're always gonna try to get that state run."
Greenland is a member of the 1-3A conference. Others in it are Cedarville, Charleston, Lincoln, Hackett, Mansfield, Lavaca and West Fork.
As a sophomore despite playing both ways and with a cast on one hand for nine weeks, Hollingsworth had 33 tackles, 14 solo, two tackles for loss and one sack. He played nose guard on defense, but will move out to end this season since his hand is healed.
He runs the 40-yard dash in 4.9 seconds. He benches 320 pounds and squats 430.
Sophomore Season @EarlGill10 @ArElite100 @ArRecruitingGuy @ARFBALLRANKINGS @DLTough @RazorbackFBRec – https://t.co/CJWDq7kHzB
— JJ Hollingsworth (@jjhworth23) May 18, 2020
Blessed to receive an invite🙏🏽 @EarlGill10 @ArElite100 @HamiltonESPN pic.twitter.com/E95jbC5J2h
— JJ Hollingsworth (@jjhworth23) July 14, 2020
Blessing from God!! After a great call with @CoachSamPittman I am blessed to say I have recievied my first in state offer from the University of Arkansas #WPS @EarlGill10 @ArElite100 @GreenlandHS @RazorbackFB pic.twitter.com/IJF5ZSGh7s
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Rebecca braved the shave at her school on Monday at about lunchtime.
Her hair will go to the Little Princess Trust, a charity which makes and provides wigs to young people up to the age of 24 who have lost hair because of cancer or other diseases.
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Q: Does removeFromParent on SKNode destroy the instance? Reading Apple's documentation about removeFromParent it says:
"Removes the receiving node from its parent."
Does this mean the node is destroyed? Do I need to set the node to NULL for its memory to be freed?

A: An object (under ARC) is released when there is no strong reference holding on to it. A node being a child is a strong reference, removing the node will usually release the node unless there is a strong reference to it elsewhere.
You can easily verify this by implementing -(void) dealloc and setting a breakpoint or NSLog statement in it.

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Bunnies are known for being very energetic and hopping all around. In this story a baby bunny explores the world outside of its den. He gets into trouble, he experiences different textures, sounds, and nature all in a solitary day. No one is able to get him to calm down and stop running around except for his mother. When she calls him home he relaxes and tells her about his long but fruitful day.
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