The Rock Almighty Devotional, Praise, and Worship with Scarlet Red

From Works to Faith 

From CDM

Most of us have been taught to work hard and earn whatever good things in life we can get. As a result, we developed the mindset that we were our own source. The problem with this kind of thinking is that it puts pressure on us to constantly perform through self-effort, and doesn’t take into account our human frailties and limitations. The antidote for this is to operate in God’s favor toward us, instead of according to the world’s expectations.

Under the Law of Moses, the people had to work to earn God’s blessings. This was difficult, and most of them failed. When Jesus came, He replaced the law with grace; He taught that faith in Him, not in ourselves and what we do, is the key to receiving blessings. Our faith in God’s gift of grace saves us from ourselves.
Religion teaches us we must have great faith, first, before we can receive anything from God. However, the size of our faith isn’t important, but rather how consistently we work it. When the disciples asked Jesus to increase their faith, He explained to them that all they needed was faith the size of a mustard seed. He told them to keep their faith working out in the field until they saw results.
Jesus’ blood sacrifice on the cross shifted the emphasis from working to believing in Him and what He did. During His ministry, the crowds who were amazed at His miracles asked what they could do to work the works of God. Jesus’ answer was to believe on Him whom God had sent. No more self-effort is needed, only faith.
Employing our faith can actually be hard work when the world constantly contradicts the Gospel of Grace. We must fight the good fight of faith and keep laboring until we enter that place of rest where we find peace of mind. Trusting in Christ teaches us the unforced rhythms of grace, and gives us His peace.
Prayer:
God, regardless of what the world says, we could never do enough good things to deserve blessings from You. Because of what Jesus did, we can now receive unearned, unmerited favor from You through our faith in Him. Thank You. In Jesus’ name, amen.
Scriptures:
Ephesians 2:8
Luke 17:5-10
John 6:28, 29
1 Timothy 6:12
Hebrews 4:11
Matthew 11:28-30, MSG
For more on how we’re justified in God’s eyes by our trust in Jesus, not in our own works, click on the link for the minibook, Obtaining Grace Through Faith.

10 Bible Verses about Love and Trust and Lifestyle Christianity Featuring: Todd White - Praying for a Crippled Man

• Author Redza Harahap

God created humans by pairs. He created men and women that in the end they could be together and form whose name is family. What do you think about love and trust? The Bible verse itself applies as the best book that can help you make the right conclusion about love itself.
God as the formation of the first family, Adam and Eve want all families can be happy. Unfortunately, the first family did not obey. As a result, they suffer. God tells us how we with a partner can be happy. Even though now you have a relationship as a lover or has become a husband and wife.
In the Bible, there are so much practical advice and principles that can help associated with love loyalty. Especially if now you are facing unwanted situations like a distant partner (LDR) and when you miss someone. Let's align our way of thinking according to the Bible view in the Bible verse below. (Continued below.....)

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 (....Continued...)Bible Verses about Love and Trust

1. 1 John 3:18

"Little children, we should love, not in word or with the tongue, but in deed and truth"
Love itself according to the Bible is not only shown through words. But every word spoken must be in harmony with actions in the truth. God wants his people, especially couples to love each other in all aspects of life not only by boasting.

2. Philippians1:10

"that you may make sure of the more important things, so that you may be flawless and not stumbling others up to the day of Christ,"
What God commands in the Bible is the way so that we are happy to the end. Including the way to choose a life partner, the partner we choose is part of our lives. Does he also support the good attitude and help you develop the attitude of the fruit Spirit? A good partner will try to help each other not to be blameless before God.

3. 1 Corinthians13:4,5

"Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous. It does not brag, does not get puffed up, does not behave indecently, does not look for its own interests, does not become provoked. It does not keep account of the injury"
True love must be based on love or Agape. Love itself covers many important attitudes that Christians need to be developed. It includes for generous, not jealous, not arrogant, not inactivity in disrespect, not selfish, not angry and did not revenge.

4. Ephesians 4:31,32

"Put away from yourselves every kind of malicious bitterness, anger, wrath, screaming, and abusive speech, as well as everything injurious. But become kind to one another, tenderly compassionate, freely forgiving one another just as God also by Christ freely forgave you"
How is the life of a Christian beloved? If they heed the advice of this Bible to their marriage or relationship can be happy. Each partner has a conflict or problem, but in this Ephesus book, we are warned to get rid of all anger and conflict. Instead, the pair must love each other and forgiving as God has been forgiving us.

5. Galatia 5:22,23

"On the other hand, the fruitage of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, mildness, self-control. Against such things there is no law."
The nature of the fruit of Spirit in the Galatians book is of the nature that needs to be developed to strengthen relationships with partners. Even though we are not perfect we need to exert efforts. Maybe with a step by step, we can choose one of the nature that you want to develop first.

6. Proverbs 12:18

"Thoughtless speech is like the stabs of a sword,But the tongue of the wise is a healing."
Our mouth is often supposed like small objects that can ignite the large fire. What we submit can affect the feelings of people who hear. Words in Proverbs, say the "Thoughtless speech is like the stabs of a sword,But the tongue of the wise is a healing. so we all should be wise to use our tongue. This applies to strengthen relationships with your partner.

7. Colossians 4:6

"Let your words always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you will know how you should answer each person."
what we do to other people also reflects who we are. If we always doing something with love for others, people will think of us as a loving one, like our God is love. Including the way you treat a partner, if you always try to give love then, your partner will increasingly love you too.

8. Philippians 2:2

"make my joy full by being of the same mind and having the same love, being completely united, having the one thought in mind."
Love the pair according to the Bible is also mention through Philippians 2:2. The two of them will have the same think way, one soul and the same goal. Thus they can also strengthen each other in faith and spiritual until their relationship be successful because there is joy from our God.

9. Proverbs 20:18

" By consultation, plans will succeed, And by skillful direction wage your war.."
Before making a decision bible in proverbs mention the importance of careful consideration and thought. Whatever decisions affect your life especially with partners. Think and invite a partner to help in every decision you make. With decisions, any problem can be resolved with a shared mind to think better.

10. Proverbs 8:32,33

"And now, my sons, listen to me;Yes, happy are those who keep my ways. Listen to discipline and become wise."
In this verse,God says about the important lesson that he gives through the Bible and never ignores it. Thus, we can be wiser, especially the best ways to strengthen love relationships with partners.
These are the verses of the Bible that may often hear some of them when they emphasize what love, strengthening love, loyalty, true love and so on. In addition to the popular verses above, you can also read directly in the Bible, the story of the servant of God related to this discussion.
For example, the story between Isaac and Rebekah. Then there was Abraham and Sara whose story was recorded in the Bible. How they show the affection of each other can be used as a good example for couples today. So much of this information, hopefully, it can be useful.

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Isaiah Harris Class of 2021 MB Men's Volleyball Recruiting Video (2020) #4 Presented on US Sports Net by Game Planner Pro

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Spiking - Learn to Play Volleyball Skill #2

by Brian Gimmillaro

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Volleyball spiking and hitting technique taught by Brian Gimmillaro is what you will find in this 45 minute instructional volleyball video. Brian has taught some of America greatest players and in this video he will share the same tips, tools and techniques used by these volleyball legends. Book this course.......

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Head Coach of Women's Volleyball at Long Beach State

"Regarded as one of the top volleyball minds in the country, Brian Gimmillaro will have administrative oversight of both the beach and indoor volleyball programs at Long Beach State.  Honored in 2008 with induction into the AVCA Hall of Fame, Gimmillaro has led his Alma Mater to three NCAA Championships and eight Final Four appearances in women's volleyball, and will help usher in a new era as the leader of an emerging sport in sand volleyball. Long Beach State has a tremendous tradition of producing fine beach volleyball players that have found great success worldwide. That list would certainly include Misty May-Treanor, arguably the greatest women's beach volleyball player in the world. May-Treanor is the all-time tournament wins leader in both professional and international competition, and with her partner Kerri Walsh, will be attempting to win a third straight Olympic Gold medal in London in 2012 after reaching the sport's pinnacle at both the Athens Olympics in 2004 and the Beijing Olympics in 2008. May-Treanor's journey started at Long Beach State, where as a two-time National Player of the Year, she led the 49ers to the first perfect record in NCAA history on the way to a National Championship in 1998, Gimmillaro's third title. Many other players have starred in beach volleyball after working under Gimmillaro's tutelage as well. Jenn Snyder and Brittany Hochevar are both among the nation's top money winners in professional beach volleyball. Alicia (Mills) Polzin was a member of Gimmillaro's first NCAA championship team in 1989, and has competed in beach volleyball for over 20 years. Gimmillaro has been consistently one of the best coaches in the indoor game as well. He ranks 14th in Division I history with 789 career wins, and ranks in the Top 10 among active coaches in both total wins and winning percentage at the Division I level. Gimmillaro graduated from Long Beach State in 1970 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics. Gimmillaro has two children, a son, Stefan, and daughter, Lauren." Book this course.......

Quarantine? Training in small spaces is imperative Presented on US Sports Net By BBcom

•  Alexandre Sato 

Quarantine? Training in small spaces is imperative.
With the loss of our physical training routines - social situations of a regular exercise class, walking, running and training with friends - the lack of these, has been one of the stresses imposed by the restrictions of COVID-19. However, maintaining, or possibly increasing, your level of physical activity seems even more important than usual in the face of this new corona virus. Even though we don't know how training and exercise can affect the fight against this particular virus, we know that regular physical activity stimulates the immune system in a moderate way. There are studies that show that a moderate to high daily training can strengthen the immune system. Therefore, a strong immune system can help combat the effects of viral diseases. (Continued below......)

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(Continued.......) So, exercising daily brings several benefits to all systems of the body, from bones, muscles, heart and lungs to the brain. It is worth mentioning that it increases insulin sensitivity and decreases stress hormones, which further helps the body to fight diseases. Exercise helps people manage anxiety and depression. Even a single exercise can help to remove concerns, fears, anxieties and boredom due to quarantine.
But how can you train in a confined space and without access to your usual machines or exercise classes?
Be flexible and less rigid
Moving your exercise to your home in a trusted space may require some frustration for not being able to maintain the same pace of training as: weight training, aerobic, functional and other sports. In this age of Corona virus, be more flexible in your choice of exercise and less rigid in maintaining previous habits. Keep in mind that:
The change can be good for the body. Perhaps your usual activity is weight training, yoga, Pilate's, indoor cycling or functional training ground. Your body is used to the muscles worked and the intensity of this activity. Varying your choice of exercise reduces boredom and decreases your chance of miscalculate injury due to repetitive movements. You can also develop new muscle groups.
Your muscles are indifferent. Muscles don't know and don't even care what kind of workout clothes you're wearing, what space you're in, or what kind of music you're playing. Your muscles are highly adaptable. That is, if you apply a new series of exercises, increase the repetition in doing squats, your muscles will become stronger to allow you to meet the new requirement. And you can do this even in a very small area. Less weight and more repetitions, concentrating the maximum each repetition of each exercise, will make your muscle expand differently.
Do exercises using your body weight as: push-ups, barbells, squats, yoga poses, Pilate's among many others.
It is also very valid to practice balance training, try to challenge your standing balance and perform a balance work and develop new muscle groups
Make a new exercise routine at home
Here are four ways to change your exercise routine during the COVID-19 pandemic:
Use on-line exercises, if possible in a group with friends. After all, it is important to socialize while training and doing new types of exercises. Look for different types of exercises to perform at home that are available on the Internet
Consider taking live exercise classes on-line, if your gym and / or personal is teaching on-line. This adds a little social connection (ask a friend to join, so you can see him in class). In addition, for many of us, making an appointment for a live class will improve compliance compared to on-demand videos, which can be watched - or avoided - at any time of the day.
Get out. One of the few excuses for leaving home, besides getting food and medicine, is to exercise. Exposure to nature is particularly beneficial in combating the depression of relying on the home.
Try something new, at home, have fun. If you have never felt comfortable taking part in a Zumba or dance class, this may be your opportunity to try it out at home with no one around. You can choose to turn off your camera (at least until you get the moves).
Do not worry, if you are not going to the gym to lose strength or muscle volume, because muscles have "memory" and very soon everything will be back to normal.
Keep a healthy diet, as in this difficult time it is risky to go on crazy diets to lose weight. Always consult a nutritionist and check if you need food supplements and / or vitamins if necessary. Health is the most important thing now.

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Boost Your Metabolic Rate in 7 Days and Chris Beat Cancer Featuring: Rip Esselstyn - The Engine 2 Diet, The Game Changers and the Plant-Strong life

Boost Your Metabolic Rate in 7 Days

Author Sameh Michael

 

Metabolism is a very important tool when it comes to fat- burning and a really crucial part of any weight loss program. The truth is, if you can't boost your body's metabolic rate, then trying to burn fat might just be a complete waste of time.
Metabolism is simply the process through which the body burns calories and make energy available for the body. At a young age, weight gain is inhibited because of the muscle mass that store up energy, but as you advance in age, you gradually lose those muscles and body fats begin to accumulate. As this continues, your metabolic rate slows down and weight loss at this stage becomes a mirage.

 Rip Esselstyn was a professional plant-based triathlete for 10 years before becoming a firefighter in Austin, Texas. During that time, Rip helped his entire firehouse (Engine 2) convert to a plant-based diet, helping his fellow firemen lose weight and reverse various chronic diseases. In 2009 he wrote a massive bestseller called The Engine 2 Diet and created the global Plant-Strong movement. Rip was an executive producer for the documentary film The Game Changers and hosts the Plant-Strong Podcast. And Rip recently became a world record holder in the 200-meter backstroke in his age group, 55-59!

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However, with a well detailed 7-day regime on how to increase your metabolic rate, you can get back on track.
Day 1: Know your metabolic rate
Your metabolism is like the internal engine of a car and there are things that can be done to make it work more efficiently and serve you better. You must find out your body's metabolic rate; this should be your first port of call to start shedding that fat in your body. You must be arm with data such as the number of calories your body needs for weight gain to kick in, then you'll know how to leverage on that information to actually boost your metabolic rate to burn that body fat quickly and effectively too.
Day 2: Reduce calorie intake to 100 per day
Calories are important part of our existence, for the fact that they give energy to our cells to carry out their functions. One can't get by without calories because they serve as the body's fuel to perform its work. Without calories, our body won't have the capacity to move.
Be that as it may, an excess of calories is undesirable, and because of that, it's used up and converted to body fat. Body fats are important to give protection to the body, yet an excess of fat can cause intense ailments. Consequently, we should just consume a certain measure of calories and store enough body fats for us to remain healthy. If you've got an excess of body fats, then the time is now, to chop down the additional calories. The question:"How to lose calories?" becomes the primary concern to keep up a physically fit body.
The proper thing to do here is to reduce your calorie intake to 100 on a daily basis, and as such your body readjusts to make this possible.
Day 3: Include protein in your diet
Eat more protein. Presently, this doesn't mean you need to go beyond limits, yet it will be useful to have protein at each of your meals. Your body burns calories to process the food you eat and when you eat protein, your body has some major snags breaking this nutrient down. This is an advantage for you on the grounds that this additional energy expected to process protein will boost your metabolism. It is a known fact that when your body digests protein, it does it by burning twice as much as calories than it would when digesting carbohydrates. You can include a meal that contains fish in your diet twice per week; halibut fish or salmon may be a good choice to go with, as they're composed of omega-3 fatty acids that enhance the enzymes that aids your fat- burning
Day 4: Eat Every 3 Hours
Eat more frequently, say every 3 hours. Eating every 3 hours implies that you get your calories in large chunks rather than little bundles as the day progressed. To increase your metabolic rate, you have to eat small meals frequently during the day. At the point when you miss a meal, your metabolic rate slows down as your body reacts to an apparent absence of nourishment. In the event that there is a famine, the individuals who process calories gradually will be in an ideal situation.
Ensure that you eat within an hour after waking up, that way your body won't descend into a hunger mode. You can schedule an eating routine for yourself; just ensure you eat 3 hours after each meal. Snacks should also come into play to supplement the food you eat. Research has it that snacks can actually provide quite considerable amount of calories---snacks based on 250 calories, eaten three time per day require the intake of less food at regular meals and triggers subsequent increased in metabolic rate.
Day 5: Drink iced cold drinks daily
One way to increase your metabolic rate is to drink iced cold drinks when you get up in the morning. This will drive the body to utilize calories to raise the temperature of the water to body temperature. You can now burn additional calories by drinking coffee, green tea (they contain caffeine that boost your metabolic rate) or water. And when you put ice in the mix, you increase the metabolic rate the more. If truth be told, don't simply restrict yourself to the morning; drink them throughout the
Day 6: Take essential minerals like zinc
When you're full, your body reacts due to the fact that of leptin (a hormone) initiate an alert that your body can no longer take in more food so you don't keep ingesting. The presence of zinc in the body helps to achieve this by reducing hunger while increasing your leptin levels. You can get zinc from your multivitamin or better still, buy in packets of 15mg.
Day 7: Engage in short burst workout sessions
With short but highly effective workout sessions, you are totally committed around invigorating the targeted muscles, and as such a demand is placed for more calories and are burnt as quickly as possible. Short burst workouts can trigger an enormous loss of calories within a short period of time.
If you must boost your metabolic rate in a short while, then look no further; this 7 day regime plan is what you truly need to achieve your goal.

Sameh Michael is a professional Weight Loss writer.

Should You Talk to Law Enforcement Officials? And Police Activity Presented by Tactical P. E. Suspect Firing at Detroit Police Officers Before Being Shot

• Author Aurelia Masterson

Introduction – This is written as a result of dealing with people around the world who get questioned by the police officials regarding various events. Whether or not these people are guilty is not the point of this writing. The point is to show how foolish it is to talk to the law enforcement officials in most countries where there is still something left of a constitution or justice system. (Continued below....)

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Why Do the Police Want to Talk to You? – To convict you and/or someone else. They do not come to talk in order to exonerate people. The prosecutors in the USA have no legal need to make any efforts to collect evidence that would exonerate you of any guilt. This they call exculpatory evidence. They do have a legal requirement to make the defense aware of any evidence that they did get possession of that would exonerate the accused, but they do not have to go out and see if they can collect evidence to show that the accused is innocent.
They are there to convict the accused and that is the long and short of it. Do not be confused with the morality of not convicting the innocent so the law continues to look for the guilty. I never heard of any law enforcement official promoted for proving the innocent to be innocent. They do get promoted for convictions. A conviction is a conviction, is a conviction, period.
Martha Stewart – She went to jail for lying to a Federal Officer. She was not convicted of what the police went to discuss with her. If you erroneously make an incorrect statement to a Federal Officer then you are guilty of the felony of lying to Federal Law Enforcement Officer. It is incumbent on you to prove in court if charged, that this error was made as an innocent mistake. This would be after tens of thousands of legal bills and months if not years of being in the criminal justice system. Now if you refuse to talk to the law enforcement officers then you have removed yourself from any chance of being arrested for lying to a Federal Officer. Right here you have sufficient grounds to never talk to them. Martha Stewart tried to talk her way out of it.
The police are not there to see if you are guilty or innocent. They are there to "clear cases" or get convictions. All they care about is what they can convict you of. You need to understand this. If there is no questioning (you refuse to talk to them) then there is no going somewhere else with their investigation as a result of you really things not beneficial to you that they would have otherwise been unaware of. If Martha Stewart just said "No" to their questioning she would not have gone to jail.
Police Tactics – If the police had a case against you with evidence, they really have to arrest you. To not do so is unusual, irregular and can cause problems for the police later on. Lets say you repeat the crime while they delayed arresting you and it gets out that they were stalling. They would be in trouble and possibly sued by the subsequent victims. To not arrest you can be construed as corruption, obstruction of justice, dereliction of duty amongst other things. The point of this is if the police had evidence of you being guilty of a crime they would not come and chat about it with you.
They would arrest you, read you your rights, take you into custody and then they would start working on you from a position of strength in that you are in custody. Even if you do get arrested never ever talk to them. Just keep asking for your lawyer. Admit to nothing, deny nothing, have no conversations about anything. Just shut up and wait for your lawyer. No police person is your friend and they are not trying to help you in any way. Many times the police think they have a case, make an arrest and the prosecutor kicks it out later. They may have enough probable cause for an arrest but yet at the same time lack the evidence to prove you guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. So they try to arrest you and then scare you into talking knowing their charges are garbage.
Ok so if the police are coming to chat with you, discuss documents, motives, allegations, money matters, etc it is ONLY to gain more evidence against you. They are not trying to exonerate you. They very well may be trying to find out if you had any conspirators and then charge several people collectively with the crime plus conspiracy. They love multiple defendants so they can get them to pleas bargain against each other for lesser sentences. This is their main modus operandi. Law enforcement agencies are conviction driven agencies. No one counts how many times they cleared an innocent person and this is not what promotions are based on.
When they developed DNA tests many people got out of jail because it was proven by DNA testing they did not do the crime. Many of these people were sitting in jail for decades. Police will railroad people lots of times simply because they can. When the police come to talk to you they are trying to get more evidence or more probable cause for subpoenas, search warrants, depositions of yourself and/or others etc. This will assist them in building a case. If they seem to not understand say a financial transaction they have a record of, do not explain it even if you think you are innocent of what they suspect and can explain it. You may unknowingly be guilty of something else you do not even know is a crime.
Do not talk to them. Do say let me call my lawyer. Say I do not wish to talk to you at all. Do not be intimidated by their threats of arrest etc. If they could arrest you they would have already done so. Understanding the financial transaction is their problem, not yours. They have nothing or they would have arrested you. Do not assist them. When the police arrest you they know you are going to be represented by counsel and their games are over at that point. If they have evidence they do not care and will arrest you. Your explanation will not be of interest if they have hard evidence. Tell it to the judge is what they will say.
What If I Can Convince the Police I am Innocent? – Let’s say you do convince the police of this, it could happen, anything is possible. The police cannot come into court and testify that you said so and so and they believe you are innocent. This would be excluded as hear say evidence by the prosecution. Even if you got the police won over the prosecutor would not allow this into court. Forget trying to get the police to be your ally.
Financial Crimes – These are the rage now due to failing real estate markets and stock markets. The charge is usually fraud, conspiracy to commit fraud and money laundering. They seem to be based on loan applications in general. The person walks away from the real estate and the bank takes a hit. Then the bank reviews the credit application and sees things it does not like. Can be what they perceive to be overstated income, understated operating expenses, overstated assets, and overstated appraisals whatever. They try to create a criminal case and file complaints under city, county, state or federal laws. Next you find out your business associates, friends, neighbors and relatives are being contacted by law enforcement officers discussing you and your business dealings. You see bank and financial records get subpoenaed. Eventually they come and talk to you. Never talk to them. They are talking to you because they do not have enough to arrest you and are fishing for more. Ignore them 100%. Do not give them any documents at all. They will charge you if they get enough evidence. Do assist them by talking to them or giving them anything. If they are talking to your friends, relatives and business associates then rest assured there is a good chance you will be indicted. If you think you may have overstated something or understate something regarding loan applications then get ready for a criminal case based on current trends (April 2009). Go start interviewing criminal lawyers right away. Do not wait to see what happens, go right now and start getting expert advice.
What Will Happen If You Get Indicted – You will be formally arrested. The authorities will probably not be polite and not ask you to come in for booking, you might flee. They will view you the same as an armed robber or thief. You will be booked. Possibly you will be released on your own recognizance. You may need to post bond. If it is Federal crime expect your passport to be taken. Your real estate will have the title clouded by liens. Your banks accounts will be have liens as well. You will have to report to something like a probation officer until the trial is over. You will have to ask for permission to access your money and they will control how much you can get to spend. They are not going to let you spend your money on lawyers; they want your money to cover their prosecution expenses.
You will not be allowed to leave the USA. You will see that you are guilty until proven innocent. The Federal system is designed to get you to plead guilty and take a plea with some jail time. State, City and County prosecutions tend to be easier to deal with. Local law enforcement agencies and local prosecutors do not have the budgets that the Federal Government has. They need to watch their expenses. All prosecutors like to pursue cases where there is a reasonable chance of recovering money to cover their costs of the prosecution.
How Federal White Collar Criminal Cases Are Made – This is a trend we have seen in recent years. The investigation times tend to be in the two-year range from the time the person first learns of the investigation until criminal charges are filed. Usually it starts with subpoenas being filed for financial institution records and computers. Then people will be calling telling how they were interviewed about you. If there is hard evidence against you, you may be charged as the only defendant. We see a whole lot of cases where there are a number of people charged at the same time. Can be up to dozens. After a few months what you will see is defendants pleading guilty in a plea bargain.
After they plead they go to a debriefing hearing with the prosecutors and criminal investigators. They tell all they know about the case and the other defendants. If they lie or fail to be open and tell all they know, the plea bargain gets rescinded. The ones to plead first get the shortest sentences. Generally they keep the jail time to at least 2 years. Then later on you see a few more people plead getting slightly longer sentences. Then the ones left have to deal with several people offering testimony about their guilt. Yes the witnesses are also co-defendants and plead guilty for a lesser sentence but this is a nightmare to deal with in court for your lawyer.
The idea is to lay out enough charges for the person to die in jail if they get convicted of all charges. This makes fighting the charges sort of frightening. The alternative is to take 4 or so years in jail for a guilty plea. You can still have a life again; only it will be as a convicted felon. After a few months you find out your criminal attorney who was so positive in the beginning will be encouraging you to plea. He bilked you good for fees and he does not want to bother with the hard work of trial preparation and a trial. If you appeal a conviction the appellate lawyer may see that he did shabby work and this exposes the criminal lawyer for a civil action from you for the fees you gave him. This will adversely affect his malpractice insurance. So he tries to get a reasonable amount of money from you and not expose himself by encouraging you to plea. Your situation takes a second place to his. Your lawyer doesn’t care about you as much as he or she should, and the prosecutor doesn’t care about you, your family, your situation or the morality of what they are doing to do at all. What fun.
Can You Leave the USA After You Are Indicted in Federal Court – No! Your passport will be taken away. How can you leave? You now need a passport to exit the USA. Sure you could try and sneak out and then this would be another charge they would charge you with if they caught you. Bad idea. How good are you at traveling internationally without documents when there are warrants out for you, Interpol alerts etc. ill advised. You could sneak out in a go fast boat and risk getting shot at when you refused to stop. People ask us about this all too often. They say can you send me a passport by mail? We say of course not. Only fake passports are sold this way. They would not work on exit since you have no entry visa in the passport and in the computer system. You would be questioned, fingerprinted, and then charged with unlawful flight, violating terms of release and whatever else they threw at you.
If you get indicted start thinking about a plea right away so you can be first with a shorter sentence if this is your intention or think about beating them in court. These are your two choices. The Federal Courts have an 87% conviction rate counting the plea bargains of course. There are people who win criminal cases in Federal courts. Today winning or getting convicted has little to do with whether or not you are guilty. The law you are charged with breaking could be unconstitutional. The way evidence was obtained could be unconstitutional. The confessions of others could have been obtained in violation of law and ethics.
What About Vehicle Stops? – Ok here there needs to be some talking to the Police. They need to see if you are coherent or drunk. Keep the discussions to a minimum. Do not give permission to the police to search your vehicle or you for any reason. If they threaten to bring drug dogs, get a telephonic search warrant etc; tell them you do not want them to search the vehicle. Do not get into discussions as to destination, residence, work, etc.
If the police run on ask them if the stop is over and if you can leave. When you get stopped roll down the window slightly so talking can he heard and you can hand them the license and registration. No matter what no permission to search for any reason. If the police ask you if there is anything in the car he should know about answer NO. Do not say more than this just let him talk. Getting him to talk means you have control over the police person. Why should they need to know about anything in your personal property? The police may give you a ticket. Fine. If you hire a traffic ticket lawyer you will have say a 75% chance of beating the ticket in court and this costs a few hundred dollars at most. So there is not much of a downside to being uncooperative to the police.
If the police tell you to get out of the car, try to do so and lock the car right behind you. They may force you to open it or force you to give them the keys, but would be unlikely. Police now will taser you for any infraction of not doing what they say to do. They may tolerate some brief questions from you but will soon threaten the taser. You can say I am not giving you permission to open my car. Make sure you speak for the dashboard camera and microphone many police cars now have. See I said it for the camera is a nice thing to say to the officer. In a police state you have to tolerate the police bullying you in the name of the war on drugs, terror or crime. So keep your mouth shut, comply with requests like sit here, stand here, and be quiet. Sign the ticket since they will arrest you if you do not. And it will soon be over.
Keep asking him if the traffic stop is over every time he stops doing anything or talking to you. A traffic stop legally is like an arrest. You are lawfully detained and cannot leave until the traffic stop is over. Make a point of very obviously looking at his badge, nameplate and car number. Burn this into your memory. Address him by name or badge number. Basically the goal is to get out of there as fast as possible with or without a ticket. Tickets are generally easy to beat in a trial. Generally 50% of the time the officer will not show up. So right there if he does not show up in court you win and there is a 50% chance of this. When he does appear your lawyer if any good will win 50% of the time. So you have a 75% chance of winning. You have an excellent chance of beating the ticket.
If it is a driving under influence there are expert witnesses that can help a good traffic lawyer beat these offenses with very good odds as well. These expert witnesses are often pharmacologists with Doctorate Degrees and can really destroy the alcohol tests the police administered in a court. They are not cheap but they are effective. So do not get into hoping for leniency by allowing searches or by participating in extensive lines of questioning. Getting out of any sort of traffic violation is far less complicated and less threatening than getting out of a serious criminal case.
What About At The Airport – If you live in or travel to a police state there are no rights. Answer questions about what you have, where you have been, purpose of trip etc. Keep the answers brief and direct. Stand there and stare blankly awaiting the next question. The idea is to wait until the official gets bored and gives up. Do not lie. Do not possess anything that is illegal. What can they do to you? Make you open luggage. Big deal. Again when you have a police state this is what you get.
How Simple Airport and Border Interrogations Work – Do not think that by understanding some simple interrogation techniques you are an expert. You are not practiced, never rehearsed; never saw yourself on video etc. This is just a little insight into their tactics. In these types of settings the government officials are trying to move a large amount of travelers through as rapidly as possible. They have little time to spend on random interrogations. When you go to a booth and present your passport they will do a swipe of the passport. They will then look at a computer monitor. They are probably looking to see if you are on a manifest of some arriving flights if an airport. They may be looking at your picture. They may be looking at very little information at all, depends on the computer system and the country.
They will usually ask you something to get you talking. They want to see if you are nervous and hear your accent. These people are generally not well trained. If they get a signal of something being out of the ordinary they turn it over to a more experienced person. These people are at least 75% clerks even if they have badges and guns. Their guns may be unloaded or they might not be allowed to carry the gun with a round in the chamber. They may have to leave their guns at the workplace in the evening along with their badges. They are low-level law enforcement officers, mostly performing clerical duties. They do not want you to know this.
The more serious law enforcement types at an airport may decide to talk to you. Never ever approach any law enforcement person at any airport to ask them anything. Try to refrain from this. Asking them anything triggers the pushing of a 'lets do more scrutiny on these people' button. Remember this. Best advice is to ask no one any questions. You are on camera and people are watching you and if they see anything they will have you questioned. So be a dumb traveler shuffling his feet in the line acting bored, a little irritated only and resigned to waiting to get through the line.
The interrogation technique often employed in airports, ports or land border crossings is simple. Not every country is exactly like this but you will be surprised at how similar it is when you know what to look for. You are asked a few simple questions that can easily be verified like by looking at your ticket and passport so you would be unlikely to lie or be deceptive about such answers especially since they are not incriminating questions to answer. Things like where did you come from, what airline, what flight, how long were you gone, who are you traveling with, etc. This is to get a reading on you. They are watching your face for signs like squinting, raising eyebrows, snarling, listening to your voice for fluctuations, studying your speed of speech, time to answer, where you look when answering and your body language like rubbing hands, shuffling feet etc.
After the investigator gets a feel for how you will answer a question truthfully he sends in a heavy question like – how much money do you have on you, do you have any drugs or illegal medicines on you, etc. Then he watches to see if when you answer everything is the same or if he hit a nerve and you answer the heavy question differently than the easy simple questions. Of course an intelligence agent or professional criminal would practice these techniques on video from several angles to get polished at it. An intelligence agent would also have experience in questioning people, which helps a lot. This is not anything to do with serious interrogation techniques that take a long time to learn and deploy. There is no getting the confidence, fear, trust etc. of the subject since time is so short. You can easily research this on the Internet and there are books that deal with this subject. It is always going to be learning common sense techniques, never a silver bullet.
Telephone Calls from Police – Hang up immediately. How do you know who they are? There is no reason to provide any information at all to a phone caller. If the police are going to arrest you or question you regarding something serious they will not call before coming. They need the element of surprise on their side.
Suspicious Police and Impersonators – There are all sorts of counterfeit police credentials floating around. No law enforcement agency is exempt. Do you know what different law enforcement agency credentials look like? Try finding examples on the Internet. You can’t. How do you know they are real? Do you know if badges from a certain department all have numbers on them even for the high-ranking officials or not? How many law enforcement agencies does your country have, do you know all their names and what their badges and ID cards look like?
Tell the person who says he is an official you want to call the law enforcement agency from the phone number listed in the phone book to see if they really are who they say they are. A lot of experienced law enforcement agents will tell you what page in the phone book to go to in order to find their agency phone number. If possible do this from behind a closed door. If they come to your house and show you credentials look at them through the peephole and get their name and phone the agency to see if they have someone with that name in the department and if he is supposed to be at your house now. The law enforcement officers always will radio in that they are going to your address before getting out of the car for their own protection. If the dispatcher does not hear from them after a while they will know the last place they went on foot and start looking for them at that location.
People can go to jail for a long time for impersonating a police officer so if you phone in an impersonator they are going to freak out. Best if you are behind a closed door. They will not have a lot of time to get away and will probably not want to start bashing doors down, favoring escape instead. You can also call the police if you suspect a person is impersonating a police officer. Tell the police he has a badge that looks like he bought it in a toy store and is making you very scared. They will come fast. Police hate police impersonators perhaps more than child molesters. You can try calling a law enforcement agency different than the one they are presenting badge or credentials for.
Never believe anyone who just shows a badge. They all should have impressive looking ID cards with photos. You can tell the suspicious officer you called the police or not. If you think the police are real like you verified them by calling their department then say you do not want to talk to them. Never open doors. If they had a warrant for search or arrest they would probably be pointing guns at you and pounding down the door. The street scene would be full of marked vehicles with lights and radios.
Forget all this babbling about we can get a warrant open the door. Ignore it. People impersonating police officers in various countries have been known to use these false credentials to commit rapes, robberies, kidnappings and murders. Take people impersonating police very seriously and get help from law enforcement immediately. Never let them tell you that you will be in trouble for verifying that they are authentic officers of the law. No real law enforcement officer would ever prevent you from verifying their identity. If they surround your house and say they are conducting a raid come out now with your hands up look outside to see what is going on. If you see a lot of marked police cars with the lights on and radios cackling it is probably a legitimate raid. If you see only unmarked cars I would say that you should not cooperate until you call the police to verify their authenticity. If they pushed it I would just shine them on and use a cell phone to call the local police and report it as a home invasion by a gang with guns threatening you if you do not open the door. If you get a phone call saying it is a real police raid, disregard it. This can be the bad guys. Do not open the door until you get verification. They will be trying to roust you to open before you make the call. Best to just make the call without telling them you are doing so.
Buy time by like talking in a language foreign to the region. Say in the local lingo you do not speak the language. This will confuse them briefly. In some regions of the world this is the way kidnappers and robbers work. It is also the way dishonest police work. Be careful. Retreat to a safe area and get the police there and fast. After you have called the police if they are acting like they are going to break in tell them you are armed and will shoot and the real police are on the way.
Real police will consider waiting for their friends to show up. The best choice for impersonators under these circumstances is to retreat at this point. The chances of a good crime scene for them are really over and they know this and will opt to be free to rob again another day. Police impersonators are a serious threat. Sometimes it can be a retired law enforcement officer working as a private detective trying to get information only. They may be using their retired credentials or false credentials relying on their ability to control an interview professionally. This sort is not very dangerous but treat the threat as dangerous anyway.
Lie Detectors – In a word these do not work. Voice stress analyzers also do not work. They have never been proved to work. They are only an interrogation tool designed to intimidate people into confessing during an interrogation. The course of training for a lie detector operator is about 12 weeks. You could learn how to operate the machine in hours. It is a course in interrogation.

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Never take a lie detector test for any reason, period. Results can be rigged. Governments use them because the deception gets confessions and admissions. It is also a fear tactic to keep the employees in line. These stupid tactics ruin people’s lives. There is a web site that explains the stupidity of these various lie detectors, studies that have debunked them repeatedly with consistency as well as the various easy to learn methods of defeating them.
http://antipolygraph.org/
Governments have taken to using drugs for interrogations with and without lie detectors many years ago. Never agree to be drug interrogated. These drugs get people to lapse into comas and worse. If you cannot drive under drugs how the heck can you answer questions accurately? Again more intimidation and scare tactics.

Aurelia Masterson is an associate of Panama Legal law firm. She has years of experience in the field and now shares her observations of current events, politics, and law with the Internet community. She can be contacted at: aurelia@panamalaw.org.

The Rock Almighty Devotional, Praise, and Worship with Halo

You Are Beloved

Adapted from the resource Healing the Soul of a Woman - by Joyce Meyer

The greatest happiness and peace in people’s lives comes from knowing they are loved unconditionally, for exactly who they are, with all their strengths and weaknesses, good points and not‑so‑good points. I don’t think any human being alive, no matter how wonderful or godly he or she might be, is fully capable of loving us unconditionally all the time. Only God can love us that way.

God loves us unconditionally in spite of ourselves, no matter what we do. But He does even more than that; He also calls us His beloved (see Romans 9:25). This is a term of endearment reserved for someone who is very special to someone else, someone who holds a unique place in another person’s heart. It means to long for, to respect, and to hold in affectionate regard.

When I think of the word beloved, I sense that it means to be loved in every way at every moment in time. Because you are God’s beloved, there has never been and never will be even a split-second when you are not perfectly loved.

The enemy will use many different things that will challenge your belief that you are beloved. He may use words other people have spoken about you, situations where you’ve been victimized, mistakes, failures, disappointments, and anything else that would damage the way you see yourself or cause you to doubt the truth of what God’s Word says about you. Well-known minister and author Henri Nouwen wrote: “Self-rejection is the greatest enemy of the spiritual life because it contradicts the sacred voice that calls us the ‘Beloved.’ ”

To fight self-rejection and all the other things that try to contradict the “sacred voice that calls us the ‘Beloved,’ ” we need to do what the apostle John encourages us to do in today’s verse: We receive God’s love totally by faith, coming to know and believe He loves us. The more we meditate on that and persist in believing, the more established it becomes in our hearts. When we’ve been deeply wounded, receiving this love is not always easy. Don’t get discouraged if you find yourself struggling to accept it—just let the desire of your heart be to embrace it more and more. If there are times when you feel like you’ve failed, just begin again. With God, you can always make a fresh start. Eventually, God’s unconditional love for you and your place as His beloved will be deeply rooted in your heart and no one will be able to convince you otherwise, but it takes time.

When we’re secure in our place as God’s beloved, we’re strong and confident. We can step into our destiny and into the beautiful future He has planned for us. I encourage you to say out loud today, “I am God’s beloved,” as often as you can. The more you say it, the more you will believe it.

Prayer Starter: Jesus, please heal me where I’ve been hurt, and help me see myself the way You see me, so I can live in the confidence of Your love. Thank You for calling me Your beloved. In Jesus’ Name, amen.

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How to Evolve Your Business Model as Times Change

Author Susan Friesen

 

Are You Prepared to Meet New Customer Needs?
We’ve been forging our way through uncertainty for a few months now, and I have to say: small business owners are resilient.
In a time of stress and sadness we pivoted, we adapted, and I hope everyone, their families and their small businesses are OK.
I’ve written a lot about managing your small business during the pandemic, from How to Pivot Your Small Business Strategy During the COVID-19 Crisis to How to Build a Crisis Response Landing Page.
Now, we focus on the next step: emerging from the coronavirus pandemic not only in one piece, but as successful entrepreneurs who have learned some valuable lessons.
As we move forward, it’s obvious that some things are forever changed. In a recent survey, 81% of Canadians agreed that the crisis will create a new normal and have a lasting impact on society.
So as my province of BC, Canada starts to reopen businesses, it’s time to look at your marketing and evaluate if it still makes sense to your target audience.
How to Define Your Customers’ Needs

Let’s go back⁠—all the way back to 1943, when Abraham Maslow proposed his hierarchy of needs. According to his theory, people are motivated to fulfill basic requirements (food, shelter) before they move on to more advanced ones (intimate relationships, sense of accomplishment).
During the coronavirus crisis, people were focused more closely on basic necessities like staying safe from COVID-19 and getting groceries. These differing needs may also have led them to buy things they wouldn’t normally buy, like lots of hand sanitizer or takeout food multiple times per week.
Some of the customer behaviour we saw during the pandemic may be here to stay, like:
• Continuing to wear masks in crowded areas and washing hands more frequently
• Thinking more carefully before buying “wants”
• Working/studying from home more of the time
• Choosing brands that are the most empathetic and conscious
So ask yourself: how have your customer needs changed during this time? What are they expecting from you?
How to Evolve Your Business Model to Meet New Customer Needs
Just because we’re slowly returning to a “new normal’ doesn’t mean everyone is going to be hopping on planes and heading to big parties. Especially for those who have been personally affected by COVID-19, it’s going to be hard to reintegrate back into society, so to speak.
Here are a few ways you might have to pivot to meet new customer needs:

1. Maintain/increase communication around health and safety measures.

A large part of pivoting your business model will include how you communicate with your customers.
For example, salons and spas have been closed for months, and even once they reopen, consumers want to know what steps they’re taking to protect their health.

 Some clients won’t feel comfortable stepping into a hair salon unless they know there are certain health measures in place.
Don’t be too hasty to remove your COVID-19 landing page⁠ or health and safety messaging from your website or Google My Business listing—rather look at updating copy with new information to put your clients’ minds at ease. 



2. Address new patterns. 

If you’ve started offering heat-and-serve meals, curbside pickup or telemedicine sessions to customers, they may expect that going forward. 

This can be a good opportunity to take a closer look at what worked and evolve your business model accordingly.

If you don’t sell essential services, you may have to pivot your marketing strategy to approach different spending behaviours. Many people have been hit hard financially and won’t have as much disposable income.
Others will have become accustomed to a new way of doing things. Similarly, to what I mentioned in #1, COVID-19 has changed the way that people consume certain services.
For example, a school may have to integrate more online learning into their model to attract students who are now used to and more comfortable with totally remote classes.
Many organizations are rethinking in-person conferences and other events. Will employees want to travel to huge convention centres to network with other attendees? Or, will they be happy with a virtual conference next year, too?



READ: 3 eCommerce Challenges & Solutions for Tough Times
There’s no arguing this pandemic has led to increased internet traffic as people work, socialize, and entertain themselves online. But an increase in internet usage doesn’t necessarily translate into increased sales for your small business.
Many consumers are hesitant to buy, either because they aren’t sure when they’ll be able to use the service you sell, or because they’ve been laid off or have had their hours reduced.
That’s why I’m sharing 3 eCommerce challenges and solutions to help you maintain and even grow as an entrepreneur during this crisis.
Read more on our website.

How Can You Best Meet New Customer Needs?

No matter how you evolve your business model, it’s important to remember that meeting your customers’ needs is an ongoing process. Whether it’s two weeks post-pandemic or two years, always:

Listen, listen, listen. From monitoring your customer reviews, to sending out a questionnaire, it’s never been more important to take your customers’ feelings into consideration. 

Listening on social media can also be a great way to “pulse check” how your customers are interacting with your brand and content. Then, use what you’ve learned to tweak your marketing strategy going forward.

Always be engaging. I hope you’ve been doing this during the pandemic, but it’s also critical post-COVID-19. People will still be spending lots of time at home in the near future, so create uplifting, inspiring 

and/or informative content for your website, social 

media accounts, paid ads and newsletters.  

Pay attention to changing trends in your industry and customer behaviour to guide your content strategy. 

Here’s an example: during the pandemic, DIY was big⁠—from home renos to crafts. Nielsen reported 

that sales of yeast were up nearly 650% from a 

year ago, as homebound folks baked up a storm. 

So think about how your customers might be using your products or services and give them good content, whether it’s bread-baking tips or how to get out of debt. 

No matter what your company sells, communicating with and reassuring your clients is still paramount. And remember: your customers can tell the difference between a sales gimmick and authenticity, so make sure you’re communicating value every time. 

So what comes after the crisis? Nobody really knows for sure. But by pivoting your business model as needed now, you’ll be ready for whatever the future brings!

To your business success,


Susan Friesen

Susan Friesen, founder of the award-winning web development and digital marketing firm eVision Media, is a Web Specialist, Business & Marketing Consultant, and Social Media Advisor.
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