I can make you something in 3D; a Pop-Up. Or, I can fold my words into a paper airplane and send them flying into the clouds. Would you prefer elastic? Let me show you how I s-t-r-e-t-c-h words like taffy; then chop them into smaller words; and wrap these tiny morsels with bright candy wrappers; and that’s just the texture of my writing.

Need lots of color? I’ll splash words into blotches of paint; drip it; smudge all the colors just right to form the perfect image. Want it sweet? I’ll create words in large crystal chunks of raw sugar; or melt-in-your-mouth cotton candy. Looking for something hot? I can pepper words with exotic spices you’ve never heard of. Yes, it’s an art; a very fine art; the work of a copywriter.

Unfortunately, I’m not a copywriter; I write content. I’m Sergeant Joe Friday of Dragnet; (dum-dee-dum-dum) “Just the facts ma’am; just the facts.” I’m concerned with time, weather, and all sorts of data. I might live in a black and white world, but I still need that color to keep me from producing wikipedia text. A good content writer must find that sweet spot by combining facts with art. I need to give the reader information, but keep it interesting.

Here are some tips for combining these two forms of writing into an entertaining yet useful article.

• I begin with facts. This is the frame of a good article; it’s the structure upon which I can build my writing. For example, let’s say I’ve chosen the subject of Micro Investing; I need to give the reader a quick over-view of what this means in terms of risk and reward, and how it might benefit the independent investor. I also need to bring the subject into the reader’s awareness in an efficient manner; I must be brief.

• Next, I’ll add support to the framework by introducing data; this gives weight to the article; what defines a penny stock? How do they trade? Does a low share price always equate to low quality? I’ll provide the good, the bad, and the ugly about micro investing.

• At this point I’ll add some copy. This is the sugar and spice within the writing that gives it some zip. Terms like “wild west” and “rowdy cowpokes” come to mind in the land of micro/penny stocks; HIGH risk and BIG rewards; “Thar’s gold in them thar hills.” Perhaps I’ll even throw in a cowboy quote, “Always drink upstream from the herd.”

There’s a bold contrast between mainstream investing and penny stocks, and this presents an opportunity to use copywriting skills.

As a content writer, I have to make the article easy to read, hold the reader’s attention, and give valuable information; all within a confined space. But I also need copy as a glaze to bring out the shine; and that requires some sugar or spice.

Informative articles don’t have to be a pile of old, dried-out wood. They can be very entertaining and lively. Just remember to use copy sparingly; a little goes a long way.

Nancy Ayash is a freelance writer currently residing in the Pacific Northwest. http://www.creativewordz.com

Kids: Can’t live with them and can’t live without them. Or can you? After raising two boys from “colic to college” the answer to the latter question is an emphatic “Yes!” Raising children is the toughest job you’ll ever have.

John Lennon said it best: “The pressures of being a parent are equal to any pressure on earth. To be a conscious parent is a responsibility most of us, including me, avoid most of the time because it’s too hard.”

There is certainly a lot of good and a lot of responsibility in raising children but the trials and tribulations outweigh the good. It’s so much more challenging than running a small business or working 40 hours a week. The hours are longer, the pay is lousy and rarely a compliment comes your way.

Child raising is a skill. Many are unwilling to admit they just don’t have the tools to do the job. More people will take a computer class than a parenting class. They naturally assume the role of parent.

Gaining experience in parenting means sacrificing your personal time. Some of the best ways to learn the art of parenting obviously comes from on-the-job training, taking parenting classes, reading books on parenting, becoming a teacher’s aide, volunteering in a community event, babysitting other children or adopting a pet. (Some people aren’t suited to raise a pet let alone children).

The only child raising experience most people get is from their parents. In today’s complicated society, our parents’ way of parenting just doesn’t work. Ask this question honestly of yourself: Are you qualified to be a parent?

Part-psychologist, part early education specialist, part-time taxi driver and full-time listener are the qualifications of the job. It doesn’t hurt if you have short-order cooking skills. Multi-tasking is a must.

Many plan a business but few put the same thought and time into planning a family. Family planning is much more than birth control. It’s managing the time, money and emotional investment it takes to raise a child from toddler to twenty-something. Like the tag line from Gatorade asks: Do you have it in you?

Parenting should be a pro-choice decision. Childfree relationships can actually be more loving, intimate and emotionally satisfying than a conventional 2.5 child marriage. Childless couples are economically better off, more independent and their lives are much more stress-free.

The Top 5 Parenting Myths:

• Having a child can save a relationship.
• People who do not have children are selfish.
• It’s not the quantity of time, it’s the quality.
• Kids need to be in day care to learn socialization skills.
• Spare the rod; spoil the child.

Drugs are the plague of this generation yet the most common drug introduced to children is not marijuana or alcohol but Ritalin, the most-widely prescribed child-control drug. Parents and schools once used to discipline children. Now they drug them.

Any child who shows off unconventional, creative, entrepreneurial or non-conformist behavior is labeled ADD. In reality, many of these ”problem children” perform better outside of the classroom situation and are our future artists, musicians, writers and business leaders.

For every Angelina Jolie and Madonna, there are others who choose to remain childless. Oprah Winfrey, Simon Cowell, Sheryl Crow, Jay Leno, Elton John and Bill Maher — all have chosen to remain childfree. History tells us that Leonardo Da Vinci, George Washington, Emily Dickinson, Florence Nightingale and Rosa Parks were all childless and accomplished much in their lives.

Statistics from the U.S. Bureau of Census reveal that in 1975, 35% of the women in America were childfree and by 1995 it was 45 %. And the trend is growing.

Talk with friends and family before having kids. Be specific: ask about the downside of raising children. Many of us are too busy with our own lives to invest in our own children. Most of us parent-by-proxy – our children are squeezed into our daily lives.

Remember: making a baby is not a sacred event; raising a child is.

Joe Sindoni was granted full custody of his two toddler sons in 1982 and raised them to adulthood as a single dad. A stand-up comic, essayist and writer, Sindoni is the author of 50 Reasons Not to Have Kids. For more information go to more http://www.50reasons.com

Diets DO work! I am proof.

Years ago, I weighed a mere 245 lbs. Yeah, really. I was in a very safe place. I had moved to California with a man I loved and he made me feel safe and taken care of. With that, I formulated in my mind that I wanted to lose the weight now. Finally! I had been fat since I was 5 and felt that it was time. Every night before I went to bed, I would imagine myself thinner. I did not really know what a size 10 would be yet I imagined it. I also imagined myself exercising. Yes, the “E” word. I found a diet that worked for me and went for it. I stayed on the diet (which was monitored each week by a nurse taking your blood) for a full year. I did not deviate until the nurse asked me what else I ate. When I said “nothing”, she told me to have some popcorn to get my metabolism going again, which I did and it did. After about a month of being on the diet, I began to exercise for 4 minutes a day (not even 5!). I used my mini-trampoline and just jumped up and down while watching TV. After about another month, I increased it to 10 minutes. Then 15 and I added in a few minutes of arm exercises while I was doing that. I gradually increased the time until I was exercising about an hour and a half a day with 20 minutes of arm exercises thrown in for good measure (and to rid myself of the “wings” I had developed. In a year I reached my goal. I made reservations for a vacation with my girlfriend, bought all new clothes and off I went.

The feeling I go from losing the weight was as if a “weight” had been lifted off my shoulders as it did. I think my unending will and determination made it happen. It also helped that I believed in what I was doing and that I would one day reach my goal.

Then, as we all have had, stuff happens and I went up again. So three weeks ago, at my highest weight ever – 375, I went on a diet again. This time I am on NutriSystems, which, in my opinion, has the best tasting diet food ever. (And if you join them, please mention my name! Thanks.) My intention is to get down to my 135 lbs. again so I can fit into all those great clothes and look good too. I will continue to formulate my goal in my mind every night before I sleep and continue to believe that I can do it. Before I stated the diet, I consulted with my doctor and he was all for it. (You should consult with yours. At least that way we know we have more than one person pulling for us – our doctor and ourselves!)

It will be a long road, yet I think each and every one of us can do it. It takes a good will, a stick-to-it attitude and the belief that it CAN be done! Good luck.

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Mary-Ann Donnolo is the owner of an e-store called Royal Treasures (ww.royaltreasures.com). She sells homemade chocolate truffles, brownies, pecan pies and baskets. And she does not eat ANY of the profits!

“Had Indian leaders listened to Mahatma’s inner Voice,

than Indian farmers would have never committed Suicide?”

My dearest Ezine readers encouraged with your response, today I am analyzing about the bad effects of MM-PC banks loan debt trap scheme which has already sent over 3000 farmers to gallows. The unfortunate farmers have never realized that the dreamy creamy Vote drawing layers of Bank loans were nothing more than the election gimmicks. Poor Farmers were never briefed about the hind side long drawn implications of mortgaging their landed properties by the bank officials before sanctioning and releasing loans. of Government of India when could not repay the high loan returns willingly embraced death thus saving their families from the humiliations of world dirty eyes of government hawks.

The borrowed Debt Loan Economy (DLE) concept of United State of America introduced amongst poor farmers, peasantry and students in India by the MM-PC-MS trio in all spheres of life has totally ruined Indian people’s happy family life and way of living. In one of my interactive survey with over 40 students, who have taken loans ranging from rupees 30,000/ to over rupees 1, 75,000/ to meet the unwanted high cost of higher studies, have revealed very astonishing founding. One; eight students nearly 25% after completing studies have developed primary hyper tension in the worry of as to how to repay loan, two 25 students nearly 62.5% have revealed totally insecure and unbalanced life worries of generating repayment in ever insecure job market, three two students 5% could not pay the loan, therefore, their parents poor farmer who mortgaged their land were running from post to pillar to save auction, four 5 students 12.5% were more or less comfortable with loan repayments but these students were from sound back grounds. The DLE is has brought so much worries to every section of society that the average life span of these people has reduced by nearly five to ten years.

Why should a government run on DLE at all while all the resources are for her citizens? Why should citizens pay for higher studies while Government fails in fulfilling basic obligatory duty of providing education? What additional a professor teaches to of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) and Indian Institute of Management (IIM) is teaching so that students are paying over rupees 80,000 to rupees 1,25,000/ The entire network of education, now days, has been setup on unprofessional ethics based on materialistic approach of the West. The mushrooming education institutions by every Tom, Dickens and Harry at every nooks and corners of the country are booming like profit making industries. The materialistic oriented education philosophy of now present government only speak the depth with which Western values have embedded in Indian moral and social education system of Rishies (Sages) and Saints. At no point of time I feel that what situation present government has created in the country is unwarranted if we manage our natural and agro resource well.

Most of the readers would agree with me that Indian farmers are capable to feed half of the Asian continent provided they are offered enough resources. Why should government import 30 Lakhs tons of wheat near the harvesting season speaks of short sighted vision of our leadership? I find no motive for such vague decision. Any how Indian farmers are once again in the hands of plundering business community. The amount of losses every farmer is suffering due to late harvesting of sugarcanes one can not imagine? Daily truck, tractors and hundred thousands of bullock driven carts laded with sugarcane are stagnating around sugarcane weighing centers at the mercy of government clerks. The poor small farmers get up after midnight, load their trolleys or carts and rush towards weighing centers to form line before dawn to keep waiting for clerks to arrive after 9AM. This is the agony of Indian farmer and when clerk would weigh, he would weigh minimum two to five quintals less. He works harder but gets lesser and cheated at every place by corrupt official systems. After interacting with one such clerk whose meager pay was just rupees 3000 to 6000 per month slab, he had accumulated property worth over rupees five million. The same story is repeated with poor farmer at the end of every crop harvesting season.

Why a farmer should takes loan? I am just not convinced with this DLE concept of trio. It is just to plead their Western economists various governments are blatantly involved in drafting vague short sighted and untenable economic policies. Why should cost of fertilizer be raised that a 50 kg bag of Urea costs over rupees 300? Why should seed be costing over rupees 1000 to 10, 000 per kg? Why and why? I find no reasons of raising prices so much. Asian continent’s crop cycle of small farmers is barely enough to just meet the minimum requirements of his small family norms. Why should diesel be costing over rupees forty a liter while the milk is costing less than rupees 10 to farmers. The real beneficiaries of raised milk cost are not the poor farmers but the middlemen who once again are able to steal the overall benefit.

I suggest that governments rather than relying on DLE should follow my Direct Crop Rotating Fund (DCRF) economic concept. This pattern of assistance can be easily created and made available without putting a farmer under the mental stress of loans. In this concept of economy, a corpus of over rupees fifty to seventy five million can be raised at center and rupees 40 to 50 million at each state levels to regulate finances directly through block and village bodies. There is a need to revamp local village organizations which should include an accountant and manager to manage finances.

After analyzing the various factors, I recommend that there is a need to modernize villages if we have to enter into Dynamic Revolving Economy Cycle (DREC) of future. I suggest that:

· One; each government should create a separate DCRF corpus at village, tehsil, district and state/commune levels

· Two; form, alfa village Crop Monitoring Committee (CMC) for all farmers and bravo village Finance Management Committee (FMC). The former should be purely tasked to prepare a particular village crop production, quality and marketing reports; and later to keep all records, dealings and management of DCRF. This corpus should be augmented yearly from surplus sugarcane production supply centers of those areas. However, it is a matter of disgrace to record that most of the government’s managed sugar mills are generally running under losses; and all the recently set up private mills in the near vicinities are flourishing. It can be easily implemented without risking anybody’s life.

· Three; follow and create infrastructures on the principles of Move Market to Farmers (MMF); and Not the Farmers to the Market (NFM). This methodology of setting markets would solve over 90% problems of farmer’s transpirations, shifting, loading/unloading, double weighing, transportation losses and wear and tear of machineries or animal. In addition over thousands of working man hours would be saved.

· Four; Create farmer friendly number of collection and weighing points rather than setting up one or two in larger areas.

· Five; once again move seeds fertilizers and pesticides closer to villages and not the cities. It would save time, money and man hours for which farmers are craving.

· Six; if possible set up finished product industries on the principle of Kalpna’s Environment Economic Loop (KEEL) to ensure making of finish products benefit in local area.

Why I do not recommend borrowed DLE concept to be implemented not only in India but also in Asia as well is due to:

· One; Unclear bank loan policies and high rate of interest have cause fear amongst farmers. Sometimes, I feel that the banks have drafted loan policies in such a manner that the loan amount rather providing help becomes cause of suicide. Farmers generally feel that somewhere banks are cheating them. Many poor farmers have gone under severe financial crisis even after taking as small a sum as rupees 3000 loans;

· Two; lack of understanding between poor illiterate farmers and over educated ambitious and cheat employees;

· Three; always receiving less than promised loan. Nearly one tenth to a quarter part invested in greasing palms of official and guarantors;

· Four; High cost of seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, irrigations and harvesting reduced repaying capacity of farmers;

· Five; Natural onslaught of untimely rains, hails or storms cause moderate to severe damage to standing or nearly harvested crops, thus, rendering farmers helpless;

· Six; low rates fixation near harvesting seasons by government;

· Seven, the most important and considerate factor is the grouping of black marketers, government officials and local mafias in fixing the rates of crop near harvesting season and continue to maintain for shorter periods;

· Eights; three to six months delayed payment by government and private businessmen;

· Ninth; worries of recycling over 40% of earning for next crop and

· Tenth; the most important factor is nexus between all procuring agencies in forcing the farmers to sell their produces at low cost thus illegally indulging in Monopolized Restrictive Trade Practices (MRTP). I have visited over 2000 markets during wheat and paddy crop seasons; and always found that this lobby is well entrenched in and around government procurement centers, thus ensuring that government officials always offer low grade to bargain with private businessmen to large number of farmers.

I still feel that had Indian leaders listened to Mahatma’s inner Voice, than our farmers would have never committed Suicide? Despite Mahatma’s stiff opposition to industrialize Rural Areas (RA), the Indian leaders are hell bent in doing so. The pollution of RA environment would cause severe stress on Asian health sector at later stage as well. As it is Asian people are very uncomfortable of taking loans, therefore, they need small catalyst to commit suicide. Though most of the farmers are brave heart but why have they taken extreme steps is the cause of worry?

My endeavors have been to analyze and rewrite the economic script of Agro sector generally in Asia and developing countries but particularly in India. I am also hopeful that my various farming sectors economic conceptual models would benefit people at large. Though, by and large, I have touched upon various issues but in the following article, I would only concentrate as to how to revive agro farming economy of India? Infact, I would term these efforts as Renaissance of Indian Farming Economy. I would analyze country’s farmers various universal problems and their suggested remedial measures so that farmers could face the challenges of future Dynamic Revolving Economy Cycle (DCRF). Ezine esteems readers’ views are solicited at som_kalpna@yahoo.com

I, S Kalpna Sharma, am a freelance journalist who frequently write on various issues relating human values. My impetus of debate has been always focused on current issues which affect human beings life and social behavior. As always try to bring out debates on human values, my readers support base become large.

While it is very natural for an individual to experience sweating, some people tend to do it to an extreme. There are over five million sweat glands throughout the body with more than half of them located in the hands. The nervous system is responsible for controlling the amount of sweat that is created. Approximately 1% of people sweat up to four times more than the rest of us.

Such extreme sweating most often generates in the region of the armpits. The person may try topical antiperspirants but find them ineffective. Such products include Drysol, Saldrize, and Certain Dry. An effective alternative for such sweating is Botox injections. They can provide control for such sweating up to six months at a time.

Botox injections for sweating can last from four to eight months at a time. The cost is around $450. Since there is no cure for this extreme sweating, repeat Botox injections will be needed. Another reason Botox Injections work so well is that they can help with reducing body odors that individuals who experience extreme sweating.

Such Botox treatments are given as a last option for anyone suffering from extreme sweating who has not responded to other treatments. It works by blocking the nerves and muscles that release the chemical Acetylcholine. This chemical is responsible for stimulating the sweat glands. A very small dose of botox will help prevent such sweating from occurring.

Since Botox injections only offer a temporary solution, you will need to get two or three injections per year. The injections may be painful and they are expensive but they also allow individuals to regain their self confidence. While botox injections are great for extreme sweating of the armpits, feet, and palms, it isn’t very effective for facial sweating.

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Nicocure is the herbal system that helps the smokers from stop smoking all in a natural way. NICOcure is the most modern type of help that smokers like you can get for helping you to give up smoking no matter how hard your smoking habits are. NICOcure gives the highest possible success rate in helping the nicotine addicts to quit smoking and this has been proved in many studies conducted among the actual users of the system.

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Nicocure is made of 100% herbal based natural products that can effectively help any smoking person from completely stopping their smoking habit within a period of 30 days. NICOcure is applied on the filter side of your cigarette while you smoke, and the NICOcure helps in filtering more than 95% of the Nicotine and other harmful products like tar from entering into your body, thus, helping you in getting your body free from harmful tobacco in about 30 days time. This is what the company states, however, we have found that the time lapse can vary depending on the person involved, so this is a little bit of hype marketing surrounding the product.

The most important part of Nicocure is that, it completely suppresses the withdrawal symptoms which are the hardest part of your stop smoking process. Nicocure is made for the hard smoker who finds that it is extremely difficult to quit smoking.

But, Nicocure makes it easy to quit smoking by working in multiple ways by eliminating your craving for Nicotine, which forces you to take your cigarette back. This helps you quit your smoking habit permanently, by making your cigarettes taste bitter and making smoking a bitter experience. Thus, Nicocure adds the physical and psychological part in the fight against the smoking habit.

The Nicocure manufacturers are aware of the fact that your smoking habit has made your body long for the regular dose of Nicotine and this has become one of the basic needs of your body, thus making it difficult to stop the supply of the Nicotine. This makes the stopping of the smoking habit difficult. The Nicocure is the result of extensive research to combine all the natural healing properties of rare and virulent herbs, and these are successfully combined in the form of a unique formula that completely eliminates the need of Nicotine in your body in a natural way.

Nicocure can be used even by people who are suffering from other diseases, and as it has been found that Nicocure does not interfere with other medicines, and hence, this quit smoking process through Nicocure can be used at the same time of taking medicines for other diseases and disorders like diabetes.

Nicocure being a full herbal based product does not have any side effects, and can be used by any person except those who are pregnant and nursing. However, we did find that some users experienced an upset stomach and felt light headed after initial use. The company doesn’t state this, again, may be this is to hype the product up somewhat.

Our summary is that, although there is a lot of hype surrounding this product - Nicocure can be used for eliminating all forms of nicotine addiction either by smoking or in non smoking ways.

Len Gibb focuses on niche health websites covering a wide array of niche health topics. His latest website - Nicocure Review focuses on quit smoking as a whole, and in partcular, a natural herbal product known as - Nicocure.

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Obesity and the Amish

What do the Amish have to do with obesity? Not much, as it turns out. I recently read an article reviewing the recent Health and Fitness Summit co-sponsored by the American College of Sports Medicine and the National Academy of Sports Medicine. This four day event featured 77 speakers on various topics related to health and fitness.

One of the speakers, Dr. Ted Mitchell spoke about the rising rate of obesity in this country, including our youth. He made some interesting comparisons to the Amish that you might find interesting. Such as the fact that the obesity rate among the Amish is 4%, while the rest of the US is 26%.

Their typical diet includes plenty of fat from bacon, eggs, and butter, yet obesity isn’t much of a problem. One of the reasons given is that they move around a lot. The average adult male takes 18,000 steps a day, compared to 7000 or less for the typical American male. For American women that number is around 5000 steps.

Without the conveniences of modern society, they burn more calories through physical exertion than the rest of us. Environmental, hereditary, and behavioral factors all influence how you age. In 1900, the top killers were the flu, tuberculosis, etc. Today, some of the top killers, such as heart disease and diabetes, are largely caused by our behaviors - lack of exercise and poor diet.

Another factor that may play a role is fast food and processed foods. I doubt the Amish go to McDonalds too often. All those chemicals in processed foods can’t be that great for your health. If you have ever watched the TV show Survivor, you have noticed that everyone looks skinny and those that started out heavier are always much lighter by the time they leave.

Yes, these people are physically active and don’t eat much food, but none of the food they eat is processed. Maybe that also plays a part in their leanness.

Maybe we just need to move around a little bit more to fight off obesity. Park your car farther out in the parking lot or take the stairs at work. Interestingly, one picture shown in the article was taken at another fitness and bodybuilding event. The long flight of stairs going up was empty except for three people, while the escalator was jam packed, with people lining up to use it.

Maybe our modern lifestyles have made us soft and robbed us of our health in the process. Not a judgment, just an observation. Some of this information came from an article written by Chris Shugart.

Brian Morgan is a strength and conditioning specialist and massage therapist. For more information on posture, mobility and flexibility training, go to http://www.brianmorganfitness.com

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An ukulele is a fantastic instrument to use on a birthday celebration! Today you will learn the ukulele chords to a famous song!

We will first take a look at the lyrics:

Happy Birthday To You
Happy Birthday To You
Happy Birthday Dear …
Happy Birthday To You

The names of the chords we play presupposes that your ukulele is tuned in C. This means that your first string is an A.

Now you will learn the ukulele chord C-major:

C: 0/4 0/3 0/2 3/1

This ukulele tab notation will help you to find which frets and strings to use on your ukulele.

The first number tells you which fret to press down. The number after the slash indicate the string.

0/4 means that you play the open fourth string on your ukulele. Yes, an open string is a string we don’t press down.

3/1 means that you press down the third fret on the first string.

You have to learn one more chord in order to play the first line of lyrics. It will be G7:

G7: 0/4 2/3 1/2 2/1

Time to try the ukulele chords for the first line. I will put the chord names in front of the words where you change chords:

Happy (C)Birthday To (G7)You

The next line has the same lyrics but a different chord combination.

Happy (G7)Birthday To (C)You

You will need to know one more ukulele chord. That is F:

F: 2/4 0/3 1/2 0/1

Time for the third line. We will put a name in the lyrics:

Happy (C)Birthday Dear (F)Martha

Now it’s time for you to complete this song. The last line:

Happy (C)Birthday (G7)To (C)You

You can of course play the song in other keys on your ukulele. I will just give you one more key to play you song in.

I will make a little conversion table for you to use in order to play the song in D-major. First you will get the chords in D-major:

D: 2/4 2/3 2/2 0/1

You will also use the chord A7:

A7: 0/4 1/3 0/2 0/1

and finally G-major:

G: 0/4 2/3 3/2 2/1

In order to be able to play Happy Birthday To You in the key of D you have to replace the chords in the following way:

C becomes D

G7 becomes A7

F becomes G

This change of key will give you a chance to sing in a slightly higher pitch. Of course there are more keys that you can use. We have different key preferences because of our personal singing abilities but these keys are good for an untrained voice at least.

Now you can play the ukulele chords to the song Happy Birthday To You in two keys!

There will be plenty of opportunities for you to play this song. Learn it by heart one line at a time and you will be able to play the song wherever there is an ukulele.

Peter Edvinsson invites you to download your free sheet music, guitar tabs, ebooks, music lessons and read his music blog at Capotasto Music.

Who said wedding ministers can’t be creative, dance, and celebrate? Mr. Miagee on the movie Karate Kid said, “Never trust a spiritual leader who can’t dance.”

The last wedding I officiated, after the dinner everybody headed to the dance floor. Many were surprised to see me the wedding minister dancing and rejoicing. Though I got many compliments for the wedding ceremony I performed and was warmly received by everyone, I guess dancing is not the norm for most traditional religious guys.

As for me, I believe a wedding is meant to be an unforgettable celebration to be enjoyed by all. Therefore I did not hold back and went straight out to the dance floor with my wife in hand. We had a blast dancing beneath the stars, while we soaked up the cool spring breeze.

The Bible exhorts us to dance, make merry, and rejoice in the Lord. We should praise the Lord with every available instrument holding nothing back. Let everything that has breath rejoice in the Creator (Psalm 149).

The joy of the Lord is our strength (Nehemiah 8:10). That being said it is right and proper that we should exuberantly celebrate every wedding with joy and dancing. Jesus performed His first miracle at the wedding in Cana, where He turned water into wine (John 2).

A couple deserves to have a personalized and creatively tailor made ceremony. Anything less is average and borders mediocrity. A wedding day is a once-in-a-lifetime event that should be extraordinary in every detail, the most important being the minister who officiates and speaks to the hearts of all present.

Paul Davis is a wedding minister who officiates marriage ceremonies and vow renewals. Paul has been in ministry for over 15 years, blessing people around the world. He has traveled to over 50 countries and 6 continents having a worldwide impact.

As a relational coach, Paul’s compassion for people and passion for transformation makes him very successful. His depth, understanding, experiential wisdom, and disarming sense of humor makes Paul a personal favorite of many couples. Highly celebrated and sought after, Paul has authored several books including Breakthrough for a Broken Heart and Are You Ready for True Love?

Paul’s organization Dream-Maker Ministries is making a difference throughout the world building dreams, breaking limitations, and reviving nations. Paul’s interpersonal and unprecedented experience engineering breakthroughs for individuals and organizations is revolutionary.

Contact Paul to officiate your wedding and more!
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407-284-1705; 407-967-7553

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