Family Ties

Building Strong Ties Within A Family

Family ties can be considered something that is always needed by human beings. People need strong family ties to feel loved and safe in this world.

The world of today is the world of scientific innovation and it is changing at a very fast pace. These good changes have unfortunately, led to many changes which are not good. The importance of the family unit and family ties is still evident, but the family unit itself is becoming less common. Many people do not consider it necessary to live with those people with whom they have bloodlines.

Although this may have some positive effects, such as, the number of dependents decreases in this way and most of the people are able to afford the cost of living for themselves, but there are certain disadvantages.

The existence of a family unit in the society ensures the stability and peace we have always dreamed. In the absence of the all the importance we give to the family unit, society will not be able to reduce crime rates, automatically. Eventuslly, there will be many social problems, which will originate as a result of the breaking ties in families.

The family unit is so important, as it makes all the members of the same family, responsible for each other. This in turn, helps retain the structure of a family, which is of the utmost importantance to mankind.

Bare with me, I realize that is a bit of a stretch, for the purposes of this post, but there is no doubt of the importance of family unit existence in this world.

As the world is changing today at a very fast pace, it is important that you put some effort to build a family life for your family. You may need to put a lot of effort in at some stages. But, the efforts you make will result in a family with stronger bondage and understanding toward each other. This will in turn, enrich your experience with your family.

Living a life which is full of love and care is a dream for all of us. It is very important to everyone. You need to put a little effort in to get the desired results.

Bored? Look at These Hobby Ideas

Have you ever played one too many computer games or watched one 
too many old reruns? You just can't get into another mystery and 
you just feel flat? Maybe you are suffering from boredom, that 
familiar accomaniment to our automated, precooked lifestyles. If, 
so, you need to check out these hobby ideas. Hobbies have been 
found to be therapeutic as they relieve stress and get the mind 
active. In this article, you'll find hobby ideas for every sort 
of person, from the intellectual to the athlete, from the homemaker 
to the attorney.


Many times we are bored because we have become too inactive.  If, 
this is your problem, you might like a sports hobby. Have you ever 
tried tennis?  How about golf, cornhole, frisbee golf? Many people simply love bowling until 
it becomes an important part of their lives. Sports hobbies get you 
out of the house and often are a way to make friends with others.  
Then again, some active hobbies can be enjoyed in our own homes, such 
as, weight lifting and doing aerobic dance to a video.

Sports Recreation: Relieve Stress and Have Fun

The world we live in is growing increasingly fast-paced, stressful, and filled with responsibility.  Because of this, everyone needs some time to relax and have some recreation.  Our modern way of life also tends to be sedentary, and the meals we eat are often not very healthy.  Exercise is a very important component in renewing us.  For these reasons, sports recreation activities are some of the best recreation we can choose.  There are many options for hobbies to provide sports recreation.  You may even want to learn some new recreational sports skills.



Courses to learn new sports recreation skills can be found online and in larger cities.  You can learn and participate in team sports through the local Y and other organizations.  Team sports recreation activities you might like to participate in include softball, baseball, basketball, and sometimes soccer for younger people.  Another team sport you might enjoy is bowling.  Regardless of your skill level you can find a bowling team to have fun with.


Individual sports recreation activities you can learn and participate in include golf, tennis, running, aerobic dance, gymnastics, and horseback riding.  Don't overlook bicycling and weight training too.  Many of these sports can be learned at the local Y as well.  For some of these, you'll want to have a friend to play against or share the exerience with.  Many runners, for instance, like to run with a friend.  And games like tennis and handball really need cooperation for best results.


If you'd rather, you can learn about sports recreation skills online.  You can find courses to teach almost any sport or activity you can think of including underwater hockey, fly-fishing, and para-gliding in the Alps!  Of course, unless you can get some hands-on experience you'll only have the theories of the sport.  Still, online courses are a good way to get a taste of different sports and recreational activities you might someday want to try out.

What is Cornhole?


It has been called many things, Corn Toss, Bean Bag, Bean Toss, Soft Horseshoes, Indiana Horseshoes, but to many of us born and raised in Kentucky and the southern part of Ohio, the game is passionately referred to as Cornhole. 


It has been said that the game originated in Germany in the 14th century, and then was rediscovered in the hills of Kentucky over 100 years ago. 


The truth is, who really knows, but the game is great fun for all ages and can be played anywhere! 


Cornhole or Corn Toss is similar to horseshoes except you use wooden boxes called cornhole platforms and corn bags instead of horseshoes and metal stakes. Contestants take turns pitching their corn bags at the cornhole platform until a contestant reaches the score of 21 points. A corn bag in the hole scores 3 points, while one on the platform scores 1 point. 


Scoring can be swift and the lead may change hands several times in a match before the winner is decided. 


The game is generally played tournament style with an individual or team being named the champion at the end of the tournament. 


Why play Cornhole / Corn Toss? 

The History Of Cornhole

The History of Cornhole


About 1325 in the fields surrounding villages in northern Bavaria, farmers gathered annually, to celebrate the return of the growing season, as spring burst out upon the
land typically, around May.


It was there, Matthias Kuepermann, a cabinet maker renowned for his carpentry skills, lived and peddled his wares. One fine May morning, Kuepermann was taking his daily stroll through the farm fields of corn and wheat, when he came upon a few young boys tossing stones back and forth trying to hit a hole that had been carefully dug in the ground, it seems, by a ground hog.


Unfortunately, in the short time he watched, Kuepermann noticed that the children were constantly, in danger of being hit by a flying rock, especially, the boys standing near the hole; (to collect the stones), were in the way of the “toss” and the boys were not very good with their aiming.


Eventually, Kuepermann returned to his home and contemplated a solution to make the game the boys were playing, much safer! The stones were obviously the problem,weighing about 1 Pfund, in Old German, or about 1.13 pounds.Realizing that 1 pound seemed to be about right for tossing just shy of 2 Ruthens (an Old German measurement of approximately 16 feet), Kuepermann decided to look around for something less dangerous to toss.


Corn, which was abundant and easy to grow across Europe; was a common commodity sold by weight, just like most other commodities. Weight scales became a common way to sell or barter most goods. Metals such as iron were mainly used for weaponry and were too rare to obtain for use as weights for scales. More commonly,corn was poured into cupped hands, then into burlap bags and tied. This was used as a unit of measure.


That measurement even today is approximately, 16 ounces or 1 pound. Pounds are still a unit of measure (commonly money) in a few countries today. Bags or (pounds) were placed on one side of the scale while the other commodity was placed on the other side,thus measuring the commodity for sale. Many 1 pound corn bags had to be used to weigh heavy commodities such as grain and flour which were sold in larger burlap bags. After a day at the market weighing and selling their goods, merchants would then have their help collect all the weighted bags and place them in wooden boxes with lids so the rodents wouldn't chew through the burlap to get to the corn.


Now back to Kuepermann.  Matthias recognized that these bags were just the item and set about constructing a box with a 6 inch hole that could be used as a goal. After showing
the game to the locals, Kuepermann was astounded by the interest in his concoction. Owing to the wood requirements, the unbridled popularity of the game resulted in the deforesting of much of middle Europe. Obviously, this caused great concern among woodworkers who were not cornhole friendly.


So, it came to pass that many noble merchants in wood products sought recourse from their lords and thereby resulted the Corn Laws of Britain, which, were first enacted in the 15th Century. Enforcing exorbitant tariffs on the import of corn and other grains, these laws caused a great uproar in the Cornhole Game trade; production of the bags of corn for tournament play became cost prohibitive. Soon thereafter, the game fell into oblivion and did not surface again until German emigrants to the new world, revived the game in the area of Cincinnati, Ohio, where corn was plentiful!


And, Now You Know... How Cornhole was started !!!


"Be A Blessing...
You Will Be Blessed!"


Bart Ebinger
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