Lets talk engineering

Lets talk low income housing and affordable housing.  Though used interchangeably there is a difference.  For this post I can use the term low income housing or LIH. 

There is a partner here that can be found at www.2ndchanceaccessibilityplus.com

Together with other partners and stake holders we want to build lots of LIH apartment complexes.  Thins will be done differently though.  Instead of only 10% of built units to be made available for working poor families, we will have 90% available.  Too our apartment homes are to be energy star certifiable.

I you get the opportunity visit www.concepte-3.com I need to get in there and make it optimized for cell phones.  

Since 2022

 Lets talk briefly about Greta Thurnburg. She is a Swedish woman who brang to the worlds attention 

the imminent crisis of climate change we are living in.  I am on board with her, so are millions of other people. 

Then Naomi Klein a climate change activist and author who too is raising awareness about climate change. Then there is Concept E-3 soon to be a 501 (C) (4) Social welfare organization and basically the worlds janitor.  Cleaning up messes wherever they lie, restoring bio-diversity, Planting lots of vegetation and other important things.

For myself I finally figured it out, education wise I am becoming a sustainability engineer.  Spiritually n environmental Bohdisattva. Meaning that with the worlds help, that means you,  myself, others and concept E-3, together we can clean up humanities' messes. Working with nature to find that happy medium for what humanity needs and nature needs.  For over a century Humanity has been doing this wrong.

Cleaning up humanities pollution takes an army of workers. cost a lot of money, and puts a lot of positive energy out there.  Economic wise I agree with Kate Raworth.  The world needs a new economic model for the 21st century.  Enter Kate Raworth's doughnut economics.  It taste good, well not really but if this model was practiced globally, it would slloe for sn International, "New Green Deal".

American money, and the rest of the worlds. Going Digital??

 Gee 2020 turned the world upside down.  Massive job losses, losses, business closings and crazy weather.  2021 SERIOUSLY

Globally lots of Christians and Jews have been killed.  More deaths on the way,  North Korea, Iraq probably want to see the world burn...if they can profit by it.  WWIII is a possibility.  If it happens, this war comes to American shores.  

Maybe I am wrong but I would  not bet on it.  What you might consider is The Holy Bible has a lot  of insight about our world today. 

American Money...  Is going digital,

Artificial Intelligence and us.

Welcome to the digital age part 2.  Part 3 will touch more on 5G technology.
Briefly, CP3O is not ready yet.  But Sophia is real and still touring.
all of her :)
True more boring and routine jobs will be replaced by smart technology systems.  Like  the ATM
and the ordering kiosk at Mc Donalds and Taco Bell.  Then all of them self serve registers in your favorite grocery stores.
Oh do not forget ALEXA, SIRI, and my favorite Google Assistant on my android phone.
So A.I. and robotics are going no where else but every where on Earth and in space.
We have robotic surgeons, not quite like on star wars but yep, going there.
So a lot of people lose their jobs, and they can get different ones if they retrain.
What is another affect of A.I. is the development and utilization of bionic systems.  Lee Majors and Jamie Lee Summers had their hey day on television.  Truthfully we cannot get a bionic arm and lift tractors but if needed the stronger limbs can handle that bag of potatoes.
Part of the reality is that lifting lots of weight requires a really strong graphine composite structure.  Do not forget the connections to the Human body.  Our bodies get stronger with weight training because of stresses applied.  The same thing may work with our bodies becoming adaptable to our
new and improved  prosthetics.  The difference between really cool prosthetics and bionic prosthetics is the bionics prosthetics use your nerve endings to convert impulses to movement.
So again welcome to the digital age.

Prevention of transplanted organ rejection

IRF4 is the marker that T- cells use to fight infections and reject transplanted organs.  To date Houston, Texas Methodist University has identified this biological .  Currently if you can prevent the expression of this gene,  no organ rejection.  I on the other hand having a background in environmental engineering wonder about a better way.
I wonder if a transplanted organ was identified as belonging to the host , will this solve the organ rejection problem.
AIDS does this.  Makes factories that fool the bodies auto immune system.

Another thought, Lupus is a suped up immune system.  If a person with lupus was given say something like the aides virus.  Would the lupus immune system beat it?

Welcome to the Digital Age...1st blog.

Uh,  okay. I was reading an interesting article in Forbes about predictions for A.I.
We are getting closer to the vision offered in the movie' A.I. ' by Steven Spielberg'
Unlike greedy, selfish persons, AI gets it.  What AI gets is that knowledge should be shared.
https://goo.gl/images/SdQW6V

If humanity is to solve our problems of mass starvation and we want to explore space, we have to do stuff differently.  We have to share, knowledge, resources, practice better distribution of food and clean water resources to others whether or not a poor people can pay for this basic stuff of life.

As a planet we need to clean up our oceans and restock all of them fishes we have been harvesting for years.

This and so much more.  Nature has to be put back in balance.  yep us humans who messed up stuff to earn a living can clean up stuff to allow us a better chance to survive.

AI, and the internet need policies. The internet should be left open for peoples opinions and sexual proclivity's to be allowed with no harm to the ISP providers.  What people post is their opinion and some things like burning cats alive with a propane torch are sick, but you can leave the video.

AI programs itself.

Truthfully what matters is who the originators of a source code are, just to keep an eye on things.  

Using autonomous AI to kill people, not a good idea.  We are find as humans killing ourselves with the tools of war.  Other than AI.  We let the genie out of the bottle.  Human kind has built its' own digital god.

PLANET EARTH, AND HER HUMAN INHABITANTS, "Welcome to the Digital Age."

look good naked...2017

Welcome to November, 2017

This is me again this time sitting at a pretty solid 291 pounds.  How did I get here, how can you get to where you are wanting to be at. I can tell you what I have learned.
1) More muscles means more calories being burned at rest.
at 300 pounds I can lose 3 pounds every couple of days pretty quickly.  Being over 50 exercising more often is of paramount importance.  Diet.
What can I say about this.  Easily skinny people need more fats.  Athletic people are fine.  Us endothelial pear shaped bodies our friend is fats, carbohydrates are the villain of this story.
Given our brains burn carbohydrates for fuel, we need them just not the corn syrup version available in such massive quantities here in America.

If you are skinny have an extra al you can eat buffet this month.  If your just fat, do exercise, use your body by not always parking close to the entrance at your favorite store.  Too much muscle, like too much money, not happening.  As we get older we adjust to our "energy (calorie conserving) saving" actions.  Not a good thing if you want to feel and look your best.

Enjoy your holidays and eat well with family and friends if you are so blessed this Thanksgiving and Christmas

On https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bvl7aTVNpXM&list=PLagMsBerFs987m2lC12os1ELfIV2ceEK1&index=36

Looking Good Naked

Well we started this journey together over a year ago.  During that time I kept the faith and kept training.These are current pictures of myself at 300 pounds and 55 years of age.  consistent effort has benefits.

What about you how much has you body improved.  When we become older adults, Nature tends to cruel and starts to weaken our bodies, bones,immune system.  We get older.  If your like me you are staying active and fighting old age.

Some people however reduce their activity levels .  We spend a lot of our lives working for a pay check.  for most people that is just enough money to get by.  Then maybe we retire and our income drops by 50%.  

The good news is we have more time for our families and ourselves.

So now what do you retire to the living room, watch T.V. and rust away?  

I find most of us middle aged and older adults make the decision to maybe join that gym and start to use it.  When we actively decide to pursue a healthier lifestyle (keep physically active),  Our efforts are rewarded.

Soon you find smoking no longer is appealing neither are many 

other things we did during our 50 hour work weeks.  If you did make that new years resolution to "Look good Naked", congratulations.  

No matter what your calendar age is, choosing to become

more physically active and healthy is a gift for ourselves and our families.

I'll visit again with you later.

Concept E-3...Nature Restored

I like this song since it tells us where true change begins.

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Visit  www.concepte-3.com

fundly.com/saving-america-ns-1-person-at-a-time/dash

Above is a linkto help support Concept E-3, Ltd. A social welfare organization dedicated to environmental clean-up and low income housing development for blue collar family's earning less than $50,000 per year.  I am thinking that all across America millions of people work in the retail, restuarant, and service sectors.  Many for less than a livable wage.  Concept E-3 wants to address this issue and help working Americans get an affordable and energy efficient house to live in.  

Look Good Naked; Intermittment Fasting

 Welcome to the latest edition of Look Good  Naked.
At this point I am somewhere around 302#. My friend at the bottom is 178#.  The thing is I want to compete in an upcoming bodybuilding show. About May of 2016.  My friend we can call him 'J' may do the same.  To come in competition ready 'J' is intent on adding about 20 pounds.  Myself I would love to maintain my weight but a lot of extra fat isn't good for utilizing Testosterone Cholesterol.  By the way in my 50's now my body keeps making changes.  Due to consistent and intense bodybuilding protocal , I use my test levels are okay.  Otherwise I would be a 300# Jelly Roll.

So What we are doing here is looking at IF or intermittment Fasting ways of eating.  Two common elements in this type of strategy are low or 'NO' calorie time periods, followed by periods of caloric consumption.  What I find appealing about this plan is that instead of eating all ofthe time, I mayeat less often so I do not stress over missing meals.

 these lower picture are myself at 284# The top most pictures are myself a 302#.  With this  'IF' plan the goal is to keep the muscle and lose the fat in about 16 weeks.  16 weeks is a long time to safely experiment with these protocols and tune the one that works bestfor myself.  'J'is a training partner of mine.  Our ages and body types are different.  Lets see what works.  By the way I hope you are getting as much good out of this series, as I am sharing with you.  I am cheering for you too.

Both you and I desire to look our best.  a word about my current dietary practice.  I am not exact but I think for the last year or so I have adopted a highfat, high protein and moderate carbohydrate diet. Something like 35% fats, 30% proteins, and 35% carbohydrates.  Being older (50's) frequency of exercise is more important than how much weight I lift.

The 4th Horseman

In the Holy Bible the book of revelations is called the Apochriphy.  Tells about foretold events.  People could argue that all of the events have taken place, except for the raprture of "The Bride of Christ."  The Church of Latter Day Saints, Jehovah's Witness, The Baptist, The Methodist, The Pentecostals.  All of these church "Denominations" saythey have a handle on things.  All say this is how you get to Heaven.  Then there are churches, institutions of the "Left Hand Path." Could Muslism bea left hand path.  The Muslims Mahdi is their savior but the Christians Anti-Christ.  One thing for sure parallels the 4th horseman of the apocalypse, that is the rise of Islam. So lets visit this text.

Revelations 6  starting at verse 6;  And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beast say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of Barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.
(Here I think the 'oil' refers to the Old Testament oil used to anoint priest and kings.  I think the'wine' refers to the "New Wine "of the  New Covenant Jesus Immanuel the Christ of God established with his "perfect sacrifice.")

vs( 7): And when he had opened the fourth seal, (4th), I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
vs(8):  And I looked and behold a pale horse;  (pale green),  and his name that sat onhim was Death, and Hell followed with him.  And power was given unto them over the foruth part of the Earth, to kill with sword, (organized armies), and with hunger (drought and famine are usually  connected), and with death, (ISIL, Al Quida, War lords etc.), and with the beast of the Earth. (Lions, Tigers, Bears etc)

As an environmentalist I can play with this.  Increase global temperatures by a few degrees then all kind of hings happen.  Longer hotter summers, shorter maner winters . People and animals die because of storms and drought. Trees burn down, deer lose their homes and predators get hungry.  We become todays entree.  What aboutthe fear that God put in the animals after the flood.  Well today we routinely encroach on wildlife habitat and they still need a place to live, fear is replaced by tolerance,then curosity, and next thing you know raccoons,squirrels, geese, and what not are now your new neighbors.  Didn't I mentinon that insects staya round longer too. Yeah, West NIle virus, Swine Flu's, etc.insects are the carriers and they have to eat too!.

So of all of the Horseman, the 4th one is my biggest concern.  We will see where all of this leads too.

Looking Good Naked, new milestones.

2015 is almost gone,  Myself I have grown from a solid 224#  to a solid 297#.   Now the next part isworking to maintgain weightwhilelosing fat.  In some cases your local sports supplement store has rthe help you need.   In my 50's one of my concerns is keeping my testosterone levels up.  Actually this is accomplishd by heavy resistance training and a little help from dietary practices.  Currently I am at about 20% fat.  5%of our bodyfat is not the stuff we are wanting to lose.  5% of our bodyfat isnthat tissue that keeps our organs in place.
     Here is something else I started looking at.  In the condition called 'edema', manypeople look like they are super fat with rolls  hanging off of their ankes and such.  The dumb thing is doctors give you water pills or diuretics to urine a lot more.  Does not work too well.  The reason is because even when we breathe part of cellular respiration is waste generation.  Here is the weird part.  WShen we breathe one of the waste products is 'water'.  Seriously with 'edema'  better known as 'fluid retention', when the cause is not blunt trauma.  (auto accidents, falls and such where the response is swelling).  Then the cause is the bodies failure to use enzymes and electrolytes to manage fluids.  I am not a doctor but I am thinking that eliminating drinking fluids is not going to help.  Maybe electrolyte replenishment is a better idea.  I need more work on this.
     Now is time to makea newstart to your fitness program.  If it is still working, keep it up.  As for myself myregime needs some modifications now.

Look Good Naked, the next chapter

So 2015 is almost done.
Have you kept a food journal and have you been using a journal to put in all of your accomplishments?

You have 1 body so lets make the best of it.
Supplements are a good idea for us aging Americans.  My go too supplements are a protein blend ,(Matrix, is a good one.), I like having vegetable juice on handto for drinking since this is the most convenient way to get my veggies.
Also a pre-trainer would be good.  These things work.  If caffeine is an issue readyour labels.  150mg of caffeine is what you get in a good cup of coffee.
Now as we grow older,flexibility becomes an issue.  This is something I'll cover in a future post as well as some good stetches you can do.  Weight management isn't just about aerobics, as I had said before, muscle is a more metabolically active tissue (burns more calories), than bodyfat.  So put some  muscle on your frame.

This is myself at 284 a good weight for upping my slow metabolic rate.

Many of us though are happy to be in our 100's.  This is okay.  In attractive young lady in Golds gym in Kansas City, MO wore a t-shirt that said "Strong is thenew skinny>"  This woman epitomizes this in that she is a tight 140# and looks smaller.  I talked toher and she said the advantage of being so tight is that she does not go hungry. Actually she eats very well and still looks slender more so than muscular.  When she moves, you can easily seee her muscle bellies in action.   So ladies and guys, in the quest to "look Good Naked." don not neglect to work your muscle hard.  Youwill feel, look, and be better because of the work done.

Steven Childs for President 2016-2024, next

 These are some pictures from my recent road trip.
Like my FB page; https://www.facebook.com/slchilds100?ref-hl

I am campaigning as a Libertarian for the office of the 45th President of the USA.  Since my background is working poor, and well educated, I may be the best person for this job for the next 8 years.

Planks in my platform include fresh water, food, and energy security.  I am a big supporter of trade but dependancy on another country for our food and fuel IS NOT, a good thing.  So I want to put some 2,000,000 + federal workesr to work solving our problems and ensuring our future,  As for Congress and the Senate  I want them to go from law writng to problem solving.  Even getting rid of mammoth amounts of legislation.   Many laws are not needed.  Our courts have too many cases totry, the VA is too small for the demand of medical services from our former military members.  There are solutions for all of these things..  

Bob and Sue American, "The Rest of The Story."

 The housing bubble bust. Forget bubbles let's talk about real people.

 "Really Right Home Construction" built I nice brick home with a 2 car garage for $50,000 in labor and materials.  This is the houses actual value. Tom's real estate was asked to sell really rights home for $75,000.  Since other homes cost about the same.  Bob and Sue American both had jobs with 'Daddy Warbuck's factory.'
At the time 'Daddy Warbucks  factory' was privately owned.  So after 5 years, Bob and Sue bought a home.  Tom's Real Estate had a nice home for sale for $75,000 Dollars built by Really Right Home Construction.  Now to buy this home they went and aplied for a loan at Small Budgets Bank.  They were approved for a 30 year mortage at only $500.00 per month.  for 360 months at $500 per month they would spend $180,000 for their $75,000 home. So they kept paying the mortage. 20 years later Daddy Warbuck's factory was sold to big corporation for lot of money,  This allowed Daddy Warbuck's to retire. Big corporation saw that if they were to automate the factory they could make more stuff and save money on labor.  In the meantime "SmallBudgets Bank" became  "Big Budgets Bank."  One of their board members owned shares in "Big Corporation."  Big Corporation decided to automate their factory and and rebuild it overseas, inorder to increase share holder value.  Bob and Sue got pink slipped instead of rertired. Saving "Big Corporation" lots of money.  so now Bob and Sue hadlost their jobs in 2002.  They had been making their home payments of $500.  for the last 20 years, having put $120,000 into the purchase of their $75,000 home that had cost $50,000 to build.  And then "Big Budgets Bank" foreclosed on their home saying that they shouldn't have gotten a mortage they couldn't afford.  This is what happened to 10's of 1000's of Americans.  That is "The Rest of The Story."

Look good naked, 2015 Update 50 and older.

 New Season new installment.
The next thing I want to talk about is fighting theaging process. Currently I am weighing at about 290# When I started this seriesI was at 276#.  Funny thing is I had more fat then.. When you start growing older your body changes again. If yourlike me your the last generation called baby boomers.

We are living longer.  So change is going to happen.
When Iwas in my 30's I had been exercising for about 12 years.  This is me all natural no pharmeceuticals.

What about you.  I am the classic hard gainer.  Every ounce of muscle is hard to come by.  Losing fat, this is the weird part, to lose fat I have actually had to eat more.  The idea of losing weight by cutting calories is
only half right.                                                                                                                                                        

 The other half is that you keep yourself in a calorie deficient state for a long time, your body is going to retain fatat the expense of losing general health.  It is better to eat small meals more often than to eat really big meals onceor twice today. What if you like myself.  You can't eat really good all of thetime because you just don'thave the money.  Their is a weight management technique called "Pulsing."
For instance you get your monthly retirement benefit or your bimonthly paycheck.
What you can do once a week, if available,go to a buffet

and really eat a lot. One plate at a time, it is a buffett but eat what you get.  Don't leave a plate of food uneaten. It shouldn't once every weekor two. Lets get back to reaching 50 and beyond.  Men and Women do not be afraid to join a gym and lift those weights too.  About aerobics before weight training, afterward, not such a good idea.   Here is another thing, As we grow older and nature starts to fight us, frequency of exercise is important.  Back when you where in your 30's if you miss a or two of exercise you lost a little of your endurance and strength.  Now in your 50's not a good idea.  It seems if you stop your activity 'cross fit', 'bodybuildin', whatever, for over 3 days in a row,   Nature says hey you don't need that muscle or endurance after all.  So let's just take away those physical improvements..   For now "Nuff Said"  your friend and I hope future US President,  Steven Childs. Let's all "Look Good Naked."

Boko Haramand and Islamic Caliphate

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Boko Haram has been getting a lot of press lately.  As an Islamic extremist group,  Boko Haram started out peacefully enough in 2002. Being led by the Islamic Cleric Mohammed Yusuf.  (Wikipedia) Due to economic oppression in an oppressive government.  Boko Haram was able to recruit more members in Nigeria Africa. They really did not make a lot of noise until after being schooled by AQIM. Now known Al-Qaeda.

Part of the fuel that fed Boko Haram is the continued corruption and inhumane atrocities commited by Nigeria's more or less "police State" type of government.

For along time now  Nigeria's police officers have been practicing things like 

"extrajudicial killing".  Also known as executions without trial of (usually poor), 

prisoners.  In a (Huffinpost)   report, even though Nigerias annual miltary budget is about $5,000,000,000 a year the enlisted  soldiers are usually issued 30 bullets.  It seems that their  officers also take part of the soldiers pay and keep it forthemselves. 

This is the government that Boko Haram was born into.  The current leadership of Boko Haram is 'Abubaher Shekau.'  My question is: If Boko Haram succeeds in establishing an Islamic Caliphate form of government, will the soldiers be debriefed and given other opportunities to grow as Humans, such as become farmers and fisherman or would Nigerians be forced to live under another oppressive and lethal government?  Don't forget "ebola is still alive and well  in Nigeria too according to the United Nations Refuge RelocationService.

Carpenter for Hire

 If your like many  Americans you income is somewhere South of $13.00 per hour. Paying rent let alone buying a home is a challenge. Having worked as a social and environmental activistthe biggest challeng I seeacross America is affordable (by your standards) housing.  $600 P/M rent is not really affordable for most people who work in food service, retail, and some of the service industries.  With your help, I want to change this.  Since I am out to earn an honest dollar, here is a link to my thumbtack listing, "Carpenter for Hire".
Concept E-3

How I propose to do this is form an LLC,  I'll need 100 member shareholders.  The share price I hope to have at $5.00 per share. 1 share makes you a member.  Then we'll take it from there.

Look Good Naked, Over 50.

So you see yourself and say, I want a better body.

Nature has a sense of humor. As humans we have unlimited potential to store fat, whether we want to or not.  As older men, we have way less Testosterone Cholstera then we did as younger "Stud Muffins."..

The good newsisit usually takesa long time and poor lifestyle choices to get really overweight.  Whats worse as an older man it takes a lot longer to lose the belly.  There ishelp to be had.  Now my disclaimer:  These post are for informational and educational purposes.  They are not meant to take the place of a licensed  physicians or "nutritionist" advice.

The top picture is were I was a few years ago, the bottom picture is where I am at today.  Let me tell you I am in my 50's and I am still awork under progress.  Initially I went to the local sports nutrition store and I bought a weight loss VPX Red line.  It does have caffeine soo if you drink coffee tooyour older then drink de-caff unlesss you havea high caffeine tolerance.  the most effective fatburner I ever  used was BPI's roxylean. Seriously read the label do not exceed maxium dosage.  I also started exercising I started jogging okay walking first then eventually jogging.  Using a treadmill at the local gym, where the trak moves under you does not much for the hamstrings. This and bicycling.  All together bodybuilding, jogging, bicycling and It was not long before 10 lbs of fat melted away.  By time I reduced using fatburners My bodyweightwent from a high of 297# to 276#.  As far as how I look today my weight is at 284#.
   Prior to this I trieda diet program called formu-fast.  Long story short since I didn't meet my aggressive weight loss go, They penalized me some $297.00  I won't ever do that again.
I'll continue this blog in another entry. 

Druids Keep (C)

This is a survey for "Druids Keep" (C).
Druids Keepis to be a New Age bookstore with"Wyvrns Cache"  A selection of herbs to be used in cooking and magic practice.  As well as a gaming center for Role Playing Game practitioners.   UNless the city of Nash has a problem the prospective site is on Kings Highway a couple of miles west of the Texas side Walmart.
In order to pay the bills I am thinking of installing a variety of vending machines for hot and cold beverages as well as lunch items.  Also in order to provide Wi-Fi for online gamers I may have charge an annual access fee much like a bookstore membership card.
This site is designed to allow anyone to post content.  Including survey results. As well as "Good News" stories. Like recipes, suggestions for family night events. I am aking for your content to be posted.
The following survey questions are meant for people live in the Texarkana USA Metro area.
The prospective location forthe first "Druids Keep".

Would you like to have a "New Age" Bookstore?

If vending machines were provided for your usage, would you use them?

To pay for Wi-Fi access would you buy an annual access card?

For how much? $50,  $40,  $30...  Other amounts?

The initial site is convenient to public transit, is this important to you?

If things like the "Stang Ceremony" were held, would you participate?

For the purpose of ritual and ceremony's what days or nights would be most convenient for your participation?

Below is the link to send your survey results too. You can post on this blog site as well.

www.pcrenv@yahoo.com