What is Pokemon go?

Just recently Niantic, inc. released a game for cell phones titled Pokemon Go that has taken the world by storm.

This game is doing things!  The game was released July 6, 2016 and was the fastest app ever to reach ten million downloads.

The game is simple. Download the app from your favorite app store. Collect Pokemon on the app by going to different places that randomly pop up on the GPS in-game-map and capture the Pokemon in a Poke' ball. You can evolve the Pokemon so they gain strength and then battle them in the battle arena's/gym's that show up on the map. 

This game was in the news almost as quickly you can download it for bad reasons and good reasons.   Some people would drive and play the game getting into car accidents.  Other incidents include people falling off of cliffs, getting stabbed then not going to the doctor.  People would also leave their cars in the road abandoned causing traffic jams to chase Pokemon.  Like when there was a rare Pokemon in central park .

It might seem like the bad out ways the good but in some instances the people who walk around town looking for Pokemon buy stuff at some of the places they find Pokemon giving a small boost to the local economy.

 However the best effect the game had was simply getting people out of their lazy boys and into the streets bonding with friends and family.  A good example of this being the other night i was walking in the park at 10:30 at night and it was filled with zombie like people searching for Pokemon.  I have never seen so many people in this park that late at night.  It was incredible.

Another benefit of this games popularity is how the news coverage of it has distracted people from things like the negative press in the Hilary Clinton campaign and the negative press on the republican nation convention covering Donald Trump.

Pokemon Go has revitalized the Pokemon franchise adding billions of dollars in value to their stocks.

So what is Pokemon go?

It's a great phone app that allows you to spend time with the people you love while boosting their stats in the game.  Just remember to look around while you are walking and pay attention when you are near areas that could be hazardous.  The roads in the Pokemon game may look harmless but the are a representation of reality.

Thanks for reading.

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First urban society predates Egypt.

Here are some links to help you with Pokemon Go.

If you have any questions about Pokemon and what they are, click this link.

Download Pokemon Go here in the Google play store.

Download Pokemon Go Here Apple store

Link for quickly learning the game

Fast way to find Pokemon

Sumerians. The first urban society.

If you are here you are probably wondering who the Sumerians are.  The Sumerians were the creators of thfirst urban society.  Since their discovery in the early 19th century we have learned they were the first people to develop the wheel, the farming plow for agriculture, and writing.  Sumerian culture began around 5000 B.C.E  and ended around 1750 B.C.E. with the capture of Ur the king at that point in history.

Sumerian culture was located around the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in Ancient Mesopotamia. Now known as modern day Iraq.

The Sumerians are credited with the creation of writing.  They wrote in a style defined as Cuniform. With the word Cuniform literally meaning wedge-shaped which describes their style of writing perfectly.  The Cuniform style of writing was used for 3000 years.

Check out this Tablet below inscribed with cuniform text.

Unlike their Egyptian brethren of a later time period who built pyramids as "tombs", the Sumerians built Ziggurats which were believed to be for worship.  They are very large and their true purpose of worship is only a theory.

The below image is of the reconstructed Ziggurat of Ur.

The Sumerians were also credited with being the first brewers of beer.  Beer was so important to their culture that they created a goddess named Ninkasi to pay her/beer their respect.  In 1800 B.C.E there was a poet who wrote about Ninkasi and in doing so gave us the best known description of how beer was made in ancient Sumeria.  I have a link to the hymn if you are so inclined to make an attempt at brewing the beer.  A challenge which has been met before link.

The image below is an image of a cuniform tablet that recorded the allocation of beer.

One of the greatest stories to come out of ancient Mesopotamia is the story of Gilgamesh.  The story tells of a man with incredible strength who accomplished many feats for his people.  This story is believed to be a story about a Sumer king who ruled around 2700 B.C.E.  He is listed on the Sumerian king list as the ruler of Uruk with his rule lasting 126 years.


                                                     Gilgamesh, from "The Epic of Gilgamesh"

The Sumerian King List

The Sumerians were an amazing society with many of there inventions lasting to this day.

 I wrote this article to help people learn about this ancient society.  So please feel free to do more research on the topic using google or some of the links and the bottom of the page.

If you are wondering why i did not write about all of the gods of Sumeria and the Annunaki in this article it because i plan on writing another article about the Sumerians with a focus on these subjects later.

If however, you are dying to know about them here are some links.
http://www.sitchin.com/
 http://www.annunaki.org/
http://www.crystalinks.com/sumergods.html

Thank you for reading.

If you liked this article check out my other article on Coral Castle.
A castle built in the 1920's by one man.




Other links/sources.
 http://www.ancient.eu/sumer/
http://www.history.com/
The oldest beer recipe in history

Coral Castle

In the early 1920's a castle was built by a single man in Florida.  The castle consists of stones weighing anywhere from 2 tons to 30 tons.  The man who built the stones primarily out of coral was 5 feet tall and his name was Edward Leedskalnin.

Ed was a young man when he came to America from Latvia.  He was 16 years of age and had recently been rejected by the love of his life.  Ed would never find another lover but instead dedicated all that he built in the castle to his one love.

Ed not only built a coral castle but he also built a heart-shaped table, a 22-ton moon block, a 23 ton Jupiter block a 9-ton gate that pivots perfectly on its axis and a 3-ton rocking chair.  Ed built and lifted all of these stones into place by himself.  He would work at night, alone carving and moving the stones into place.

When he was finished he would let people inside the walls for tours of the castle and people from all around the world came to visit.  Many of the visitors came to visit to try and learn his secrets.  Even the U.S. government came to figure out the man's secrets but he never shared a one.

The only information that Ed provided the world with his techniques was in this quote "I have discovered the secrets of the pyramids, and have found out how the Egyptians and ancients builders in Peru, the Yucatan, and Asia, with only primitive tools raised and set in place blocks of stone weighing many tons."

This picture is Ed with his generator that powered his radio and working lights.

Ed believed that all matter in the universe consisted of magnets.  And by using this understanding of the magnets and the polarity in the magnets he can manipulate huge things.

Truly he can't mean that he knew in the 20's with little education he knew that atoms consisted of Protons Neutrons and Electrons and he could manipulate them with little to no effort?!

Ed was said to be a student of the universe.  His stones were built and affixed together with extreme precision.  He was a master of engineering and even though he took his secrets to his grave his mastering of the universe is a legacy that will last as long as the sun burns in the sky.

Thanks for reading.

calebsapps.com

Link to my site that offers a free Halloween trivia app on the Google play store!
http://www.calebsapps.com/2016/10/halloween-app-20-multiple-choice.html

Links to sources.
crystallinks
http://www.rense.com
wiki

Lost as an Adult

Anymore children are being raised by the school systems.  However the schools are failing them.  They lack the proper training on how to provide your body with nutrition through cooking, and taking care of adult responsibilities.

 A lot of this could be addressed through home economics classes which I have heard have been removed from a lot of schools.  This article bring back home ec written by the Boston Globe discusses in great depth the issues this is causing.

When the children return home after being at school and they want something to eat they just go to the freezer and cook a microwavable meal.  Which works for children because they have healthy body's that can handle lots of processed foods.  To bad this trend continues into adulthood causing problems that can be attributed to obesity and malnutrition.  The adult body needs more specific vitamins and nutrients.

 But its not just the schools to blame.  Parents are now scarcely at home wanting to reach out and make a name for themselves in the world.  All the while neglecting to pass on responsible traits and life lessons to their children.

The media feeds into the problem with the constant advertising about making your life easier by buying fast food.  Or hiring out all of your labor services like housekeeping and landscaping.

All of these things keep young adults from walking into colleges or adult situations and being able to take care of themselves properly.  

Children/Adults don't know how to cook.  They don't know how to get a job and keep it.  How to set sleep schedules.  How to keep their living quarters hygienic.  How to fix their cars.  Manage their bills.  The list goes on and on and things are only beginning to get bad.

All of the normal responsibilities young adults from the past hundred years already had a good grasp of are nearly nonexistent in the privileged adults/children of today.

These inadequacy's can effect their relationships with other adults.  Making it hard for them to find life partners and even develop strong personal relationships.

With the advent of the internet the speed with which we can get things done is incredible.  Yet these kids parents are so enamored with themselves and their own success that they forget to take the time to work on the futures of the children that they are responsible for making.

With that being said take some time.  Slow down.  Look around think about what you are doing and how it will impact your future.  And never forget that the most valuable thing you can give another human is your time and your experience.

Thank you for reading.

Check this other article I wrote.

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