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Summer Family Fun Discover Boating

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Every summer all the boaters get together from our church and join up on Rend Lake for huge Sunday Armada. It is a yearly tradition and everyone looks forward to it each year. Besides this event, the boaters head out to the lake all throughout the summer. We don't personally own a boat but that doesn't stop our participation in these fun filled events!

Heading out on the water is a fun family event that is free of any type of electronic distractions. I don't even think cell phones are out which keeps all the texting and Facebook posting for after the event. Isn't that refreshing?

Do you have a boat? How often do you head out on the water. Do you have kids? Do you take them? Have you taught them about water safety? I just found a really helpful site that has games, activities and safety tips just for kids. There are a lot of resources here to teach them more about boating. On our Sunday Armada there are people of all ages- kids up to grandparents. Check out the boating education page before your next trip on the water.

The site that I mentioned above is called DiscoverBoating.com which provides a lot of tools, tips and how-to guides to teach you more about boating. They have a very easy-to navigate website. I clicked to get the free, "Get Starting in Boating," DVD. They also have a boat selector tool allowing you to get to know the available boats before you head out and purchase one. If you are really serious about purchasing a boat use their Cost comparison tool and Boat Loan Calculator to help guide your purchase.

You have to check out the Discover Boating Facebook Movie Maker App after your next trip on the lake. It allows you to take your fun photos from the tip and turn it into your own short movie! I am so doing this with our next outing.

So you don't have a boat and now your really want one BUT your spouse doesn't? You have to check out their Spousal Conversion Kit! It will teach you how to convert him/her!

So who is ready to head to the lake?

I wrote this review while participating in a campaign by Mom Central Consulting on behalf of Discover Boating and received a promotional item to thank me for taking the time to participate.

Race Across America — with FedEx SenseAware

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Photo from www.senseaware.tumblr.comHave you ever heard of the 3000-mile Race Across America (RAAM) Bicycle Race? Have you ever watched it? The RAAM is known as the "World's Toughest Bicycle Race" and is one of the longest running sporting events in the world. I'm always fascinated with events like this in our own country. I had heard of it but never really bonded with a team until this year.

This year we tracked The Ohio CycleWorks bike team which was raising money for the Akron Children's Hospital. This team is sponsored by FedEx Custom Critical. They outfitted the team with SenseAware travel devices to provide near real-time GSP location and environmental conditions.

This charity makes for a natural fit for SenseAware® because it allows healthcare providers to monitor critical shipments, the kind that can help save the lives of the very children that Ohio CycleWorks is riding to support.

Have you ever heard of this tracking system? The tracking is web-based which allowed us to track the crews on their 3000-mile adventure. Below are the SenseAware devices that each rider had to wear.

Photo from www.senseaware.tumblr.comWe tracked them daily and were amazed at the conditions at which they traveled. We got to check their temperature and humidity levels, found out about the dry Kansas winds and no rest and no change of clothes day. Here is a snippet of their journey which you can go look at on tumblr www.senseaware.tumblr.com.

Saturday June 16th they left Oceanside, CA at a temp of 81 degrees.
Sunday June 17th in Wickeburg, AZ with 84.9 degrees.
Monday June 18th at Highway 191 in Utah 77.9 degrees.
Tuesday June 19th Bartlett, Kansas 91.6 degrees.
Wednesday June 20th El Dorado Springs, Missouri 90 degrees.
Thursday June 21st Bluff City, MO 91.4 degrees.
Friday June 22nd Belpre, OH 92.4 degrees.
The end! Annapolis, Maryland

Photo of their journey from www.senseaware.tumblr.com

For more information about the Ohio CycleWorks Charities or to donate to their cause, visit their website at http://ohiocycleworkscharities.org/

SenseAware is a new tracking and monitoring service powered by FedEx. This technology provides real-time data about their shipments. Customers can stay connected to their shipments by viewing these vital statistics-current location, temperature, barometric pressure, relative humidity and light sensitivity. Of course some customers will need this more than others.

What a wonderful service for industries such as healthcare, life sciences, aerospace, the arts, financial institutions an more! High-value, highly sensitive products can now be shipped giving security to all parties involved. I personally needed to mail a scrapbook full of family photos a few years back but chose not too because I was too stressed about something happening to the book along the way. The SenseAware technology would have given me peace of mind.

I received compensation from FedEx for covering the use of SenseAware® technology during the 2012 Race Across America. My ideas and opinions relayed in this blog post and any related Twitter discussions are the my own and are not provided by FedEx or its affiliates and subsidiaries.

How To Celebrate Rosh Hashanah

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Rosh Hashanah, known as the Jewish New Year, begins the Jewish high holidays, a time of reflection, charity, and new beginnings in the Hebrew calendar. Here's how to celebrate it.

To complete this how-to, you will need:

Dinner
2 candles and candlesticks
Wine
Challah bread
Sliced apples
Honey
Sliced apples
Honey
Body of water

Step 1: Start the celebration

Clear your schedule. Rosh Hashanah falls on a different day each year, usually in September. The 2-day celebration starts at sundown the evening before the first full day.

Step 2: Have a family dinner

Start the holiday with a family dinner on the first night. The meal may include gefilte fish, matzo ball soup, roast chicken or brisket, carrot _tzimmes_, and pomegranate. Greet everyone by saying _L'Shanah Tovah_! which in Hebrew means "For a good year!"

Step 3: Recite blessings

Light the candles and say the ritual blessings over them. Recite the kiddush, or blessing over the wine, and the blessing over the challah bread. Pass the challah around for everyone to break off a piece, and dip the bread and slices of apples in honey in the hope that the new year will be sweet.

The circular shape of the challah bread represents the cycle of the year and of life.

Step 4: Go to temple

Go to temple. Most synagogues have an all-day program that includes songs, prayers, readings, sermons, and the story of the binding of Isaac from the Torah.

One of the holiday's _mitzvot_, or commandments, is to hear the "ram's horn or shofar":http://www.howcast.com/videos/237556-How-To-Blow-a-Shofar, which serves as a call to examine your behavior.

Step 5: Cast off your sins

After services, follow the rabbi to a flowing body of water for a ritual known as _Tashlich_. Some _Tashlich_ ceremonies include tossing bits of bread into the water to symbolize letting go of your sins.

Step 6: Enjoy your year

Reflect on the past year and the year to come. Take time to remember the less fortunate, and include charitable giving in your Rosh Hashanah celebrations.

In the Bible, Rosh Hashanah is referred to as _Yom Ha-Zikkaron_, day of remembrance, or _Yom Teruah_, day of shofar blowing.

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How to Handle Your School's Football Obsession if You're Not Football-Obsessed

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Endure the mass hysteria known as football season with these mildly subversive tactics.

To complete this how-to, you will need:

Offbeat school colors
Compelling photos
"I Hate Football" group
Happy place

Step 1: Tweak the team colors

Forced to wear team colors to show your school spirit? Wear shades that are close, but a little bit off. You'll feel like less of a lemming without pissing off the football jocks.

Step 2: Ditch the pep rallies

Ditch the pep rallies however you can. If anyone asks where you were, whisper "stomach troubles" and they'll leave you alone.

No way to escape the pep rally? Stay seated when the team enters as your silent protest.

Step 3: Keep photos handy

Scan the internet for funny, weird, or shocking photos to keep on your phone. Anytime someone wants to talk football, use them to change the subject.

Step 4: Start a group

Vent with like-minded people in an "I Hate Football" group. Make plans together for game nights, when the rest of a town is at the stadium.

Step 5: Have a happy place

When all else fails, have a happy place to go to in your head when everyone around you is boring you to tears with their football obsession. And remember: sooner or later, you'll graduate!

TV star Ryan Seacrest played football for the Dunwoody High School Wildcats in Atlanta.

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