4th Place - 18 USA at 2020 Winter Volleyball Championships in Chicago,
Illinois (January 17-20, 2020)
Seeded #17 for BJNC 2020, Reno, Nevada
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SVCA Anaheim Classic: December 14-15, 2019
Chicago Winter Championships: January 18-20, 2020
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Head Coach of Women's Volleyball at Long Beach State
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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
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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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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.
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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.
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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....) ** (Disclaimer: This video content is intended for educational and informational purposes only) **
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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.
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 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.
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:
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.
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
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and keto diets are probably among the two most contended ways of living
currently and are seeing an increase year after year. But what are they
compared to 'Other' diets and what makes them so popular and appealing? Firstly it would be a good idea to look at the one word that scares
most people and that is the word 'Diet'. A diet is just a way of
describing how someone eats. An American 'diet' for example is a way of
saying western traditional foods and a way in which that particular
continent eats rather than an Asian Diet and the types of food their
population eats compared to the rest of the world. Using the word to
'Diet' has become a way of people thinking it means to cut back and not
to eat certain foods or just to eat 'Rabbit' food to lose weight, which
is not always the case. (Continued below.....)
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(......continued....) Some peoples' diets consist of eating foods which 'Bulk' up the body,
so to use the word diet as a means of saying 'weight loss' can be false.
This then really just suggests a way of describing the types of food
you do eat and perhaps the ones you don't or shouldn't eat using either
the Paleo or Keto 'Diet'. The Paleo and Keto lifestyles has gained traction this past decade,
largely thanks to medical reports that link obesity and poor eating
habits to the modern way of living, such as the amount of sugar in soda
drinks, fast food that bulks up the main food content with substitutes
like Soy and the amount of snacks that people eat between meals, not
just to cut out hunger cravings but to replace healthier meal times by
actually being too lazy to make a sandwich or light meal, but preferably
open a packet of chips (crisps) along with a chocolate bar for 'energy'
purposes, when actually these are slowing the body down, adding weight
and unconsciously making people lazy, because it's easy. By returning back to the idea of feeding the body its more natural
sources of food such as organic grass fed meat and vegetables along with
small portions of fruit, most fruit has its own natural sugar source,
then proponents of these diets say they and those that follow these
types of 'dieting' lifestyle are fitter, stronger, have a clearer mind
and are less likely to suffer from illnesses, not just the ones that are
obviously associated with being overweight, such as diabetes and joint
inflammation problems due to the body carrying the extra weight. A paleo diet would consist of high calorie density made up generally
with meat and vegetables.By calorie density, you would most certainly
say proteins and fats make up the largest portion of the Paleo eater’s
macronutrient intake. It is not, however, just about the meat. By mass,
vegetable consumption would top the list based on the fact it has a
lower calorie density. You could indeed find yourself eating more
vegetables than even your vegan and vegetarian friends and certainly
more than in your former life, should you be considering this route.
There is plenty of room in a paleo diet to eat a wide variety of
plant-based foods like vegetables, fruit, nuts, spices, and herbs simply
because your daily calorie needs are not made up of nutrient-devoid
processed foods. It’s about eating real food that you are comfortable
with and provides a balance of nutrients to work towards gaining optimal
health. The keto diet has a similar ethos about not eating processed foods
and chemically produced fizzy drinks. The keto diet though for some has
become a religion and more than a lifestyle, achieving 'Ketosis' is the
mantra. Ketones are the main focus and how they control the bodies
immune system and regulate the distribution of fats and protein. A
ketogenic lifestyle consists of eating low carb, high healthy fat, and
moderate protein 99 percent of the time. While the paleo diet can also
claim to be low carb, the keto diet can for some be about zero
carbohydrates for the simple reason it deliberately manipulates the
ratios of carbs, fats, and protein to switch fat into the body’s primary
source of fuel. Our bodies are used to using carbohydrates as fuel.
Fats, which is a secondary source of fuel, are rarely tapped on when we
eat and drink sugary foods. That means the extra fat is stored and keeps
adding on the pounds. On the keto diet, you don’t count calories. You count carbohydrates
and adjust the intake of carbs vs. fat and protein. A typical keto diet
will get 60 percent of its calories from fat, 15 to 25 percent of
calories from protein, and 25 percent of calories from carbohydrates.
The only limitation on the diet is sugar, which you need to avoid.
In conclusion, both have a high success rate of those who use either
the paleo or keto diets to either lose weight or to bulk up on natural
food sources. Quite simply though it requires a mind shift as well as a
change of eating habits. To suddenly go from eating one particular food
source to another can be a challenge in itself. Just like any such
challenge prepare yourself by changing at a pace that is you and not at a
'this must work for me attitude' otherwise you are set for failure.
Having goals, not just for weight loss and the amount of pounds you will
and want to lose but what you want to achieve in looks and exercise for
a fitter healthier you. Taking this in to consideration will add more
impetous to your objectives and you are more likely to succeed.
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