How NOT to Get Your Stimulus

This is my companies story about how the government dangles the carrot.

At the beginning of the Covid outbreak, governments were rushing to provide aid to their citizens primarily to control fear and chaos. Program funding was released relatively quick with minimal restrictions. During this time, we were able to get our first round of (EIDL) Economic Injury Disaster Loan-Grant funding within 2 weeks but we only received the minimum $1000 of the $10,000 that the law approved.

As the pandemic spread, our customers were encouraged to stay home and stay safe in quarantine so all our income came to a dead stop. The $1000 was only going to get us through the month so we appealed to the SBA for the remaining $9000 but where told there was a caveat in the law that restricted funding to $1,000 per staff member.

We were not eligible for the first phase of (PPP) Payment Protection Program so we burned through our emergency savings the following months and had to apply for the (PUA) Pandemic Unemployment Assistance stimulus.

When the first $1200 stimulus check was released we were able to catch up on debt while using the PUA to keep our business operational until customers were safe to return.

By the fall of 2020, the world supply chain was fully affected as supply and demand had crippled the world through inflation. All material costs and related labor expenses became so high that operating our business could not be profitable without getting our customers their own SBA grants to help pay for their projects.

We managed to get a few paid contracts in November. We thought things were looking up but then we discovered another emergency entirely. After we reported our income, the computer system controlling the PUA funding in the state of Texas failed to be programmed to handle independent contractor claims properly. IF you claim income and say that you were back in business, JUST FOR THAT PAY PERIOD, the computer software misunderstands that to mean that you are going to continue working for the remainder of your approved funding period. This means it terminates your eligibility and no longer will approve your future claims during the pay periods you do not have income!

Here is where the hell of it starts. The system is completely automated! The PUA in Texas is managed by a division called (TWC) Texas Workforce Commission. The TWC made the decision to outsource their phone call answering system instead of training and hiring enough claims department staff internally. Millions of calls started coming in as the computer system continued to fail Texans in need. While this is all happening, the answering service was not given access to make changes on claim’s status so it was pointless to try to call. You would wait hours to get connected and then be told that they are only trained to put you back in the que to try to connect to the TWC Claims office.

With the option to reach the claims office by phone eliminated from the equation, your next option was to use all of the computer software tools, This includes a chat request call back feature, email contacts, an appeal form, a document file sending portal AND the traditional SNAIL mail instructions. Another option is to turn to their social media accounts.

Every other Monday, I would continue submitting my PUA benefits request and on Wednesday I would receive an automated denial email.

On Wednesday, I would follow up by requesting a chat call back. The following week I would receive a call back from the 3rd party answering service and they would say the same thing over and over, which was, “I’ll fwd this to the Claims office and if you can hold on the phone with me for 30 more minutes we can try to see if they will answer my transfer call.” THIS NEVER WORKED. For over 4 months of trying, I would always be told the line was still busy.

During this time, I would also send email requests for claims help to : UI.Obmbudsman@twc ; Ombudsman@ SanAntonio.UImail@ ; Appeals.status@ ; Customers@ ;

Not one time did I receive a human reply via the emails. It is always a computer generated reply or no reply at all.

After a few weeks it became very apparent that this problem was not being addressed or even given any attention so I filed the appeal form on the website. I did not receive any reply after a few weeks so I filed it over and over every month with no reply. I even went to the extra effort to try to fax and snail mail my story of failures and complaints. Again, no reply after nearly 5 months of trying.

I then started using the document file sending portal and I submitted my appeal forms and complaint letter in PDF files.

Guess what? Yep, NO REPLY.

I began sending my story to all the major media outlets, hoping to bring attention to the TWC’s failures and help put pressure on them to fix their computer software and hire more real humans in their claims department.

I finally turned to the TWC facebook account for help. I began leaving my story in their comment section of their daily posts along with thousands of others like me. The TWC facebook account does not allow direct messaging. I became desperate and so upset with this departments failures that I let my guard down when I saw a post telling people to try a secret claims department email address. <unemploymentbenefits-jobs@twc-state-tx.online> *THIS WAS A FRAUD THIEF impersonating the state of Texas!

I sent them my story by email and received an email that had the TWC identity cloned so well that I couldn’t tell that it was not safe. I continued to send all my crucial information they requested like an idiot thinking that I had finally been contacted by the TWC claims office. After realizing what I had done, I did a “whoIs.com” search and things began to look fishy when it was not registered to the State of Texas.

I quickly began contacting all of my Texas representatives and the Senator’s office and then followed the Identity Fraud guidelines to prepare for the problems soon to come. Senator Cruz’s office was the first to reply and confirm that the twc-state-tx.online DNS was NOT a registered property of the state of Texas.

The Senator’s aide also assisted me by contacting the TWC claims office to ask them to call me! A few hours later a claims rep called me and began the process of submitting my filing errors to get the benefits approved and released! *This is on going and in the next few days we will find out if we are going to be treated fairly and given the funding to remain in business!

I have sent numerous requests to TWC asking how many claims managers they actually employee but have yet to receive an answer but I truly do not think it is more than 10. This leaves hundreds of thousands of Texans giving up hope as they face home evictions, poverty and suicide counseling.

BACK ON THE SBA FRONT

We applied for our PPP funding with Paypal, Capital One and BlueVine. All three denied our applications. We were then contacted by a high school friend who worked for AMUR Equipment Financing (AMURf.com). We used their portal and the application process was very straight forward and we were able to get updates and have our questions answered daily. We were denied at first but they even helped us go through the appeal process until we were eventually awarded the funding we were promised by the Biden Administration!

The EIDL funding is still being held up after nearly 5 months since it was promised in January. We applied for EIDL phase 2 right away the day the law was signed and the portal was open. It was not until March when we received our direct contact email from TargetedAdvance@SBA.gov to complete the forms. Finally on April 23, we received a notice that our account had been updated. When I log in, it just says we were denied and to watch for an email explaining details and further options. When I call the help line, the SBA agents can only tell you that all the support for the Targeted EIDL is done through the email.

*We sent an appeal email and are currently waiting for further instruction. I can only assume that this will be identical to the process of the PPP.

I hope this information finds all of those in need and that it helps you get your similar problems with the Covid relief aid programs solved.

Blessings,

Tim Frentz

HHN Founder – Director

Frentz Price 2020 Holiday Letter

Happy New Year to All

  2020 was one of the most peculiar years. For most it was a year filled with depression, anxiety & loneliness as the Covid19 virus pushed people into isolated quarantine, communicating mostly through the internet. As the virus spread, the world hid in fear, not knowing just how contagious & deadly it would become. By the end of the year over 81 million people would be suffering from the lung complications, arthritis, blood clotting & other after effects. The disease contributed to over 1.8 million souls moving on as their compromised immune, respiratory and pulmonary systems were overrun.

  Those living in larger cities quickly realized just how much city life had diminished their sustainable habits like growing food, collecting water, harvesting energy & self educating the youth. Most metro’s reported an exodus of their populations caused by the pandemic as people sought the safety of smaller communities and spacious housing with land to return to self sustainability. 

  We live on rural homesteads and have noticed that our neighboring properties have sold within days of being listed as buyers flee the DFW metro. As far as the virus however, we already live a sustainable life and follow safe hygiene procedures so life barely changed around our home.

  Our main encounters with change have been during our family visits and work travels to film sets. The studios require testing at the beginning and middle of the week and require constant masking and strict guidelines on social engagement. Tim was infected with Covid in March and suffers from frequent muscle aches and blood clotting symptoms but continues to test negative as traces of the virus are not currently present. We visit our elderly family every few days in Texas so we continue to primarily socialize in large outdoor spaces with proper social distancing.

  Our main travel this year has been between East Texas and Alabama as we helped remodel the town of Wetumpka for the HOME TOWN series on HGTV. It has been a real pleasure restoring the colonial structures featured in the Ewen McGregor movie BIG FISH. Those of you that follow our youTube & socials have seen some wonderful glimpses.

  We didn’t get to take very many extra special trips this year beyond the normal Mother’s Day and November visits to Nebraska. Vanessa’s parents went on a Mediterranean cruise before the virus started and Tim’s parents bought a new camper. We took a weekend trip to Corpus after the spring break traffic left and before the Memorial Day rush to avoid as many crowded areas as possible. 

  With the hysteria surrounding everyone this year, there is not much to report for milestones surrounding our families. Everyone’s health other than Tim’s has remained steady. The annual Frentz reunion was canceled for the first time in its 53 year history. 

  Thanks to the pandemic, we were given a nudge to spend more time on retirement planning. The government was forced to loosen restrictions on economic relief programs and we took advantage to grow the Helping Hands Network charity, our Zen wellness retreat vacation rental business and our Cade Republic interior design boutique. We opened the HHN Learning Center which provides life skill training classes, a community garden & nursery, an art studio & gallery and a retail space. Unfortunately the virus has kept our members away and the community has stopped contributing to the funding so we are at risk of closing the center permanently. The government funding stopped in August and as we write this, the next stimulus extension has just been signed into law but is yet to be distributed nearly 50 days later. It was very frustrating watching the politicians and president fight over the details for more than 120 days while the citizens and small businesses beg for help.

One of the few positives to come out of 2020 was that new stock brokerage services like CashApp made it possible to trade stocks for free and at any fractional amount of your choice. Social media forums like reddit combined with the March market crash made a rare opportunity to predict what stocks would recover the quickest and provide astronomical gains. Maybe one other positive to mention is that the country was able to rally together to restore peace among us and respect with our foreign affairs by removing the most unfit, unexperienced, want-to-be politician in our nation’s history. May the higher powers see that we never allow another racist, narcissistic dictator into any seat of power.

 Just as millions of others, we have been forced to pivot our business models as society shies away from visiting small social based businesses like ours. To compensate for our inactive stores, we purchased another rural property and have expanded our youtube video productions as we build a vacation rental & wellness retreat business. You can follow Zen Center productions on youtube.com/TimFrentz.

  That is about all of the updates we have from the Frentz Price household for 2020. We hope this cheer finds you all in good health and that 2021 brings you great comfort and success.

Happy New Year,

Tim & Vanessa

2/10/2021

LW Chapter 1

Chapter 1

There are so many tid bits of wisdom that can help make life easier. Some of this knowledge is promoted as secretive by marketing gurus trying to profit but I rather just highlight the most helpful information in this book. I am always questioning if this is the best format to publish this wisdom? Maybe you can comment and share some helpful ideas that may make this book a smoother read!

 As I travel along my path I record the most helpful secrets and organize them in the following pages. Let’s begin with some of the amazing creations in the world today that you may not know about. The 1% profit from hiding and suppressing these inventions and they do everything they can to keep them from you.

PLASTIC OIL EXTRACTOR

[blest.co.jp] A Japanese inventor named Akinori Ito was fed up with all the plastic litter in the world so he studied large industrial machines used to extract the oil out of used plastic and designed an extractor small enough for home use.

The smallest model of his Blest Machine is listed with a sale price in the neighborhood of $10,000 but the unit could be assembled out of raw materials for much less.

You insert plastic into a sealed holding chamber that heats the plastic until it vaporizes and the oil and impurities separate. The impure vapor escapes leaving the oil to condense upon cooling. It is then ready to be used for things like cooking, heating and biofuel mixing. It would be great to have a similar device with our volunteer teams when they are picking up recycling in littered areas. The down side is that the small mobile units take a few hours to break down the plastic and the chamber only holds about the equivalent of a standard plastic grocery bag.

Affordable small scale recycling machines like the Blest model needed to be available since the beginning of the plastic revolution in the 1920s. Without introducing a proper disposal and recycle education to consumers in the beginning, civilization quickly lost control of the plastic plague.

Most scientists didn’t think about the harm their creations would cause to the planet. Industry leaders were so excited about all the possible products they could make that hardly anyone cared about the consequences of the waste.

Today, nearly 100 years later, we are surrounded by a plastic prison of wasteful products that strangle mother earth. As you read this, look around and you will see some form of plastic. If you are reading a digital copy of this book, the reading device is likely made of molded plastic.

The danger lies in the chemical composition of the plastic and how it is used by the consumer. The companies that decide what chemicals are used are all part of an association called the American Chemistry Council (ACC). They team up together to contribute to politicians and legally fight off regulators that try to pass or enforce laws against the use of their chemicals. They also form internet sites to promote their products with illusions of being in the best interest of the world. They use names like Progressive Bag Affiliates, Save the Plastic Bag and a variety of plastic bag recycling groups.

If you are not worried about the transfer of cancer causing chemicals into the bodies of innocent children unable to defend themselves maybe some other points of interest will convince you to stop contributing to the plastic plague. Think about the following facts reported in the documentary “Bag It”.

– Approximately 300 million cups alone are used 1 single time and disposed of every day just from coffee shops surveyed. That does not include soda cups from gas stations and fast food chains which could easily be another 300 million a day. Now, add a realistic guesstimate of around another 100 million cups and plates that come from irresponsible home users for parties and those used outdoors.

– The average person purchased 800 lbs. of packaging in 2010

– Disposable plastic diapers amount to over a ton of waste per year per child.

– Approximately 1.036 BILLION plastic bags are used in the U.S. every DAY!

A source cited in the documentary “Bag It”, claims that less than 5% of these non aluminum items are recycled back into industry. If a business would step up and provide their own recycling bins for their products and return them back to their manufacturing facilities it would make a noticeable difference to their local landfills and overflow waste transporters.

Compare the recycling rate of plastic, glass & paper with nationally valued materials like copper and aluminum for example. The metals are easily cashed in at facilities everywhere so they have a much higher rate of being turned in for recycling.

There are good forms of plastic made out of hemp and other natural compounds but these products are mostly custom ordered. Corn and hemp based cardboard paper packaging, bowls and similar products made by a company like Cereplast, should replace the petro plastic items as well. TetraPak is another good source for biodegradable packaging.

Toxic petro plastic items should not be allowed to come in contact with our food and water. It should also not be used in any products that are at risk of being chewed on. Several varieties of plastic release toxins just by touch and most of the time you are not wearing gloves so your skin is absorbing those toxins. If that is not enough reason to stop using plastic straws, consider the fact that they have a dominant presence on the best ocean beaches in the world.

 There are studies that explain how BPA had leached into nearly 90% of people by 2015. BPA stands for Bisphenol A. BPA is a chemical that has been used to make plastics since the 1960s. BPA is found in polycarbonate plastics and epoxy resins. Polycarbonate plastics are used in containers that store food and beverages, such as water bottles. They are also used in other consumer goods.

 Epoxy resins are used to coat the inside of metal products, such as food cans, bottle tops and water lines. Some dental sealants and composites also contain BPA.

 Research has shown that BPA can seep into food or beverages from containers that are made with it. BPA can have negative impacts on the brain and prostate gland, children’s behavior and cause high blood pressure.

There are plenty of good uses for bio plastic in technology. Without plastic moldings we would not have devices to mass communicate and coordinate our efforts to reverse the destruction of human civilizations. The biggest problem is that the wrong ingredients are being used to create the plastic products. Petroleum and non biodegradable additives are being used instead of silicone or degradable plant oils like algae, hemp, corn or soy.

Silicone containers are slowly replacing the harmful plastic containers. Silicone can be more flexible which allows it to be flattened or folded like bag containers but yet sturdy enough to be stackable.

Ford Motor company shows that is possible to avoid petroleum based fiberglass and plastics by using hemp based versions. Ford promoted an all hemp car in the early 1920s. Read all about it at [HempCar.org] In 2015, oil prices dropped below $39 a barrel. Only a few times this millennium has the price dropped that low. This happens when environmental hot topics like electric vehicles, renewable energy, and recycling reach a trending point that the Petroleum groups and American Chemistry Council feel threatened. They lower the prices to increase demand until the trends decrease. For example, when prices are so low, recycling centers have to shut down because it costs more to process the used plastic than it costs to purchase new plastic stock from manufacturers.

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CARES ACT details

Here are the basics of the CARES Emergency Relief Act

I am receiving tons of messages asking for help blazing a trail through the relief programs so this blog will continue to be updated every time I answer a new question.

How Covid 19 has Affected me?
I started the year with high hopes. We had a medium size build and January was normal but then in Feb. my partner panicked from the virus and he choose to withhold my pay. I can’t blame him. The world is a survival of the fittest society more than ever now.
Basically I’m seeing this everywhere I look because people have panicked and they don’t know which way we are going to go from day to day.

For the same reason, I had two deals scheduled that have postponed their remodels and no one is showing any interest in scheduling free remodel consults.
My publishing and art orders are way down. And we have not had any donations to the foundation. We dare not even ask for funding over $100 until this is resolved.

Our shop sales decreased week to week and now there is a Mandatory Lock down so there will be no sales income until that is lifted.The STAY AT HOME ORDER was just activated for our counties and all the major city counties initiated this or are initiating it shortly. FOOD or work related travel only.

One positive out of this is that my computer consults are increasing. I am preparing a few advertisements to make up for the remodeling shortage.

I am also having more time to focus on my self care, wellness, gardening, art creation, house/vehicle chores and writing etc.

HOW ARE YOU BEING AFFECTED?!

Here are the answers to the CARES ACT and stimulus questions. Keep asking and I will keep updating.

SELF EMPLOYED STIMULUS (Use CareerOneStop.org)
$600 plus your states weekly unemployment amount

Section 2102 (II) Explains:
Covered Individuals INCLUDE:
(II) is self-employed, is seeking part-time employment, does not have sufficient work history, or otherwise would not qualify for regular unemployment or extended benefits under State or Federal law or pandemic emergency unemployment compensation under section 2107 and meets the requirements of subclause (I)

(FULL CARES ACT @ Congress.gov) https://tinyurl.com/ty8qbkv
https://www.nytimes.com/article/coronavirus-stimulus-package-questions-answers.html

DISASTER UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE program (File with your state office)
https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/20/625.6
Everyone gets at least 13 weeks, along with the extra $600 payment.
Self-employed workers will also be eligible for the additional $600 weekly benefit provided by the federal government.

FAMILY CARE STIMULUS (File your taxes today!)
$1200 ea. plus $500 per kid deposits are being processed and deposited within 3-4 weeks for those who have filed taxes or file ASAP.
https://www.npr.org/2020/03/25/821514231/whats-in-it-for-you-1-200-checks-13-weeks-of-unemployment-payments-and-more

RENT & UTILITY ASSISTANCE
Section 4023: Interest FREE / Penalty FREE Loan Forbearance of Residential Mortgage
https://tinyurl.com/ty8qbkv
Mortgage payments and thus existing rent payments are to be suspended for 30 days and can be extended up to 2 additional 30 day periods interest & penalty free. The borrower just needs to write their loan officer and explain Covid19 has put their tennants or selves out of work and into a financial hardship. LOAN HOLDERS MUST CALL and request the 30 day extension prior to the 30 day expiration OF EACH FORBEARANCE PERIOD. Loans are simply extended as if this forbearance period never existed.

FOR LOAN HOLDERS: IF your loan officer gives you any trouble, get it in writing from an email with them and then I can help you get it higher up the ladder for approval.

Eviction efforts are outlawed as explained in 4023 (d) until the forbearance expires.

*In addition, most of the utility and phone companies have informed customers that their payments can be suspended without disruption of service, fee’s and interest.

IF you have children, you just declare that you have to stay home to home school and provide daycare and this protects you by law from loan payments, rent and from being fired from employment. There are plenty of other reasons COVID19 has caused us economic hardship so the eligibility requirements are extremely vague.

What ever your situation is out there, please stay safe and blessings of health to everyone out there!

-Tim

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PANDEMIC PREP

Here is a little peek at the Pandemic Prep chapter in “LIFE WISDOM” by T Frentz. For more info visit: https://freehelpinghands.wordpress.com/2020/03/12/life-wisdom/

LIFE WISDOM

 

CHAPTER II: PREP IT

Being prepared for chaos is something that you should consider a daily priority if you want to live comfortably during a pandemic. In some instances chaos may explode with only minutes notice while others may give you weeks of warning. For example, an asteroid can be discovered weeks in advance but predicting the affected area would cause more damage than the asteroid itself. Predicting a target zone in advance would cause mass panic and extreme chaos. The pandemonium from fear would shut down crucial life baring systems before the asteroid damage. For this reason, the media would never predict the location of a large strike until the last 24 hours. Only the highest people on the pyramid would be notified any sooner.

The highest probability for chaos belongs to a biological pandemic. It has happened many times over recorded history. And it will continue to happen more and more often with the damage being caused to our climate by the human species. One positive thing about a biological pandemic is that most of the world will have plenty of notice to increase their preparations at a safe and calm rate. I recommend watching the Netflix documentary called “Pandemic” to help you understand what happens during an outbreak.

 

The purpose of this chapter is to share how I prepare and live comfortably through these biological pandemics. Some viruses may spread from person to person through pathogens attached to water droplets. This means it can spread faster and further then imaginable through numerous avenues.

The initial strain could be created by the bacteria of two different life forms combining to create a new unknown virus with no working cure. Bats are one of the leading carriers of bacteria. Bats could simply drop their bacteria over produce or seafood at a market. Once that bacteria infested food is eaten or even touched, the next person or animal in contact begins to mix their bacteria with the other two and before we know it, a super flu type of virus is being spread.

It spreads fast and may even spread silently with long delays in symptoms. The region where it first spreads may just think that it is a common strain. It usually takes weeks of testing to realize it has unique symptoms that can not be cured with existing medicine. By the time local experts declare the new virus it will be too late to contain it in that region. Anything that can be spread by breath and infected droplets on a surface will spread similar to a wildfire. People will touch the virus infected droplets and it will attach to their body. The droplets then transfer to ports of entry and enter the blood stream to multiply. You itch your nose and eyes every few minutes on average. You often touch your mouth or touch a glass and then the droplet on the glass touches your mouth for example. A list of how droplets transfer would be several pages long. The further an area is from the origination, the longer the people there will have to prepare. Unfortunately, the disease will travel fast on airplanes and you will not have very long. Large transporters like planes and boats will unfortunately bread the virus to a lot of the people on board.

To minimize the risk of exposure you have to wash your hands after every time you touch something at risk of being infected. You need to spray disinfectant on anything in question. You need to have disinfectant wipes for things that you don’t want to spray or wash. You need a sanitizing gel for situations where you are not near running water and soap. If you have facial hair and refuse to shave it off while in an infected area, you may want to rub sanitizer through it often. You will also want to put Triple antibiotic gel in your nostrils to kill infected spores as they enter.

You do not need to change much about the way you live, you will just need to help remind everyone you know to follow these basic hygiene rules. One of the biggest changes will be your actions around others with weak immune systems. You will need to sanitize your items and hands before entering the personal space of others with high risk. You will also want to drink plenty of electrolytes and take a variety of the immune boosters I discus in the health section of this book. And don’t forget to increase your fitness activities and wellness practices.

When you notice someone questionably ill nearby, avoid them. You can still go out in public but use common sense as noted above. As shown in previous pandemics, most every public event and venue would need to be closed for about 4 weeks to allow the spread to be quarantined. Even those of us who do our best to avoid infection will still have to stay away from public places. No going to work, school, stores, church, concerts or other similar public places for a few weeks to allow the health care facilities time to process the increased traffic of people in critical condition. These public events expose too many people to the virus in tight quarters and many new hot zones are traced back to them.

The businesses that provide services in demand during the pandemic will adapt to meet new health regulations. They will either deliver goods or provide drive up window exchanges. Most businesses will reduce their hours to increase efficiency. Most public spaces like parks, resorts, sport facilities and restrooms will be sealed off.

People showing infected symptoms will struggle to get tested. After the first few days of discovering a community spread, test kits will not be assembled at the same rate of people being infected and people will be refused testing. At first, only those with severe symptoms will be tested and the rest will be instructed to self isolate and treat themselves with increased hygiene procedures and electrolytes. People with pre-existing illness or immune diseases along with the very young and the elderly may not be able to cope with the respiratory symptoms on their own. They will need to occupy a medical bed and breathing machine. If they are too ill to eat or breathe on their own they will need IV drips full of nutrients.

Care facilities will be overwhelmed because there will not be a cure or vaccine for a long time and patients will be continuously cycled in and out of emergency rooms and intensive care units. The majority of US citizens will finally agree that insurance has no right to be involved with health care.

INSURANCE will be the biggest hurdle for treating the sick. INSURANCE will stop care providers from doing their job by declining to pay for treatments.

INSURANCE will force infected people to be refused testing and it will push them back into the community where they will continue spreading the disease. THE REST OF THE WORLD that practices socialized health care will flatten the curve of spread at a much more successful rate because everyone will be tested and treated at a consistent rate.

In locations where there are not enough care facilities, people will be left in their beds praying for home visits. In many cases, these people will be transferred to large facilities and forcefully quarantined from any outside contact. Entrances will be guarded and sealed. People will be examined for symptoms and possibly segregated from loved ones by force. People near death will be removed from the machines before they take their last breathe. The shortage of machines will require it to be this way to allow a higher probability of recovery for those in the early stages of the disease. Just think back to all of the Nazi videos and stories you are familiar with. This is the reality of a biological pandemic.

Tests will be too sparse at first and the lack of people being able to be tested will obscure the true numbers of those infected. This will contribute to the improbability of accurate data to assist in the fight for a cure.

 

HOW TO PREPARE

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1st Stakeout of 2020

ANOTHER frustrating #EastTexas moment today….. First stakeout of the year… thankfully I avoided having it escalate to a full blown #ShakeDown

 

Being a wellness trainer and health educator in the heart of an oil loving, meth addicted, under educated land of traditional thinkers makes me appear a threat often here.

 

I’m a fairly large muscular male with a shaved head which at first glance can strike fear in some that are scared easily. To others my physique may be less feared and more attractive but my actions result in a “concerned citizen call” to the local PD. Sometimes it is for wearing clothing with radical renewable, organic thinking messages or hemp emblems on my vehicles, or individual non christian thinking ideologies on my literature or sometimes it is just for not having much of anything on or with me while being in a public park near children!

 

It is so frustrating that very few people here do outdoor fitness activities. So few that when people do see me or a few of my friends while we are doing bar workouts, the majority think we are mentally unstable or dangerous in some other manor so their first instinct is to report us to the police.

 

Today this happened again to me while doing a bar routine in the park. Mostly it is women who see men near a playground as a threat to their children. I get that. But those of you guilty of letting fear instantly over power your ability to assess the full situation and innocent intent of a stranger need to calm the f* down! Count to 100 backwards and meditate while you take in the big picture. The fear driven by fictional drama’s shows on television needs to be boxed up.

 

I had to restructure my workout while a local officer had to spend critical time away from helping people with real emergencies to run license plates on all the cars in the parking lot. I was ready to leave but he had a duty to stake out the scene for an extra 20 minutes and I could not approach my vehicle because the dirty headlight gave him “due cause” to harass me and shake me down for my ID and search my private property and vehicle and then site me with as many fines as he saw fit. Instead of using his time to self educate on pandemic procedures he had to circle the block and hide around corners hoping I would approach a vehicle for another 20 minutes.

 

I had to use the extra 40 minutes to continue additional sprints and other cardio instead of going to do my swim workout and read a book at the lake. I took the opportunity to introduce myself to the mother before leaving. It was clear from the first moment she arrived that she was the concerned citizen. I saw her pull her children back as they first approached the opposite side of the playground. She immediately lifted her phone and made a call and I knew the next hour of my day was going to be tense. She left the park earlier while clearly talking to the PD and then returned once the patrol arrived.

 

As I approached her fear had already been subdued by the PD and she gave me a half smile as I introduced myself as a local mission leader, wellness instructor and author. She was quick to apologize for reporting me and asked me to forgive her for causing me duress. The officer she spoke too apparently was one that was familiar with my community contributions. Her children quickly intervened to ask about my workout and my stories. I asked her to be more patient when assessing the situation in the future and to consider altering her approach on teaching her children lessons of fear and we departed ways as friends.

 

Once the officer finally did leave and I was able to rush to the lake, I could not shake off this stake out stress enough to concentrate on my reading so I returned back to this keyboard, sharing yet another stake out story.

LIFE Wisdom – PANDEMIC SURVIVAL

 

Over 20 years of research is finally published and available for purchase in this daily self help, DIY reference book. Please contact me directly (tfrentz@hotmail.com) to purchase so I do not have to give the marke-teers >60% of my revenue! 

 

You can also view more previews at Google Play Store & Google Books – https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=eSasDwAAQBAJ&hl=en&pg=GBS.PP1

 

This book is full of lesser known knowledge, guides, advice and facts surrounding the culture of the United States circa 2020. In this book you will also find my recommendations for some of the latest products and technology that improves our standard of living. I also share everything I have researched about minimalist and survivalist living and prepping for pandemics. The best way I can summarize IT all is to just call the book, LIFE Wisdom.

The following pages share my efforts to organize and shed light on the most useful information in my life. This book categorizes the knowledge based on whether IT involves helping, simplifying, making, stretching, spending, living or sharing something.

The main objectives of this book are:
1. Educate the reader.
2. Connect with sponsors and increase funding for the Helping Hands Network volunteer and emergency cause programs.
3. Connect with global connections to help establish international programs.

Please submit any product or other helpful information you would like to see included in future editions and you will receive future editions for FREE!

At times the line may be blurred between opinion and fact but I do the best I can. My definition of fact refers to a first encounter experience by myself or another credible source. Some of your experiences surrounding certain wisdoms may not hold up to my experiences I share in this book.

Updates after publishing can be followed at [freeHelpingHands.wordpress.com] We look forward to publishing many more editions.

The proceeds from sales go to help fund our programs so if you are given a copy please consider contributing to our cause through paypal id tfrentz@hotmail.com or mailing a check payable to Tim Frentz.

 

 

About the Author

Tim Frentz (T) is an artist, eco activist, gardener, soccer player, business consultant, fitness trainer, author and practitioner of Yoga who recorded his spiritual journey in this new age work “the Helping Hands Spirit” and a comic book series called “the ventures of HELPING HANDS”.

He was reborn in Grand Island, Nebraska USA in 1977. His early autobiography was first published in 2012, seven years after the death of his father whom inspired T to leave home and give himself to causes in urgent need.

T describes how his experiences inspired him to trade in his possessions and hit the road. Several times he was robbed of resources but instead of relying on a flawed legal system to recover his losses, T accepts it as a lesson from his former guru’s.

This early autobiography shares T’s early life in the central United States, his college days at the University of Nebraska, visits to spiritual communities, meetings with various saints, his training of disciple volunteers, T’s building of the Helping Hands Network, his time helping causes in need and his steps to become a new age yogi.

T brings a new age meditation method known as “Creative Meditation” into the light. This is achieved through combining traditional meditational practice with the act of artistic expression and creation. He is known for his wood sculpting and other art which is largely created during a meditative state.

T continues publishing books & comics, teaching yoga & fitness, and speaks widely in the United States. His organization “The Helping Hands Network” is growing daily in the United States and continues to connect causes in need with thousands of resources through http://netvibes.com/HelpingHandsNet