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Hi, my name is Art Turner. I compose and perform Christian instrumental music featuring piano. Some people think the music I play is similar to music by artists like John Tesh, David Lanz, Jim Brickman, and Yanni. My "hometown" is Jacksonville, Alabama, but I'm currently living in Irving, Texas with my family. I was born in Frankfurt, Germany, and my sons were born in Dallas. I'm never sure how to answer the question "where are ... [More]

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  • Acai Berry and Weight Loss - A Personal Story
    [Health-and-Fitness:Weight-Loss] Losing weight is hard! Believe me, I understand. I've been bouncing between 260 and 270 pounds for the last year. I work out, I ride a bicycle, and I'm careful about what I eat. Yet, the weight remains. So I understand how the desire for a better looking body can drive you to try almost anything.


  • Fast World of Warcraft Leveling - Three Tips For Racing to the Top
    [Gaming:Online-Gaming] If you want to advance your World of Warcraft character to level 80 in the shortest time possible, here are three things you need to know. Following these tips could blast you through the levels at supersonic speed.


  • Want to Move Beyond Basic Singing? Here's How
    [Arts-and-Entertainment:Music] Lots of people make the mistake of thinking they can just open their mouth and expect perfect music to come out. But this is not how it works, even with talented professionals. If you want to learn some basic singing techniques to improve your performance, here's what you need to know.


  • Can't Lose Fat? Maybe You're Doing it Wrong
    [Health-and-Fitness:Weight-Loss] Having trouble losing fat? The basic idea is simple, but putting into practice is more difficult. You have to balance calorie intake and muscle building along with proper exercise. Read more to find out how to reach your fat loss goals.


  • Xbox 360 - Four Ways to Save Money and Maximize Resale
    [Gaming:Console-Systems] Xbox 360 games do not come cheap. This is especially true with the newer Xbox 360 games. However, despite this being true, there are some ways that you can save money. Check out these tips to ensure you are getting your moneys worth, and learn how to keep your money lasting longer. The almighty dollar needs to stretch as far as it can nowadays.


  • Learn to Sing Faster With These Tips From the Pros
    [Arts-and-Entertainment:Music] If you really want to learn to sing, here are some tips that will save you months of frustration. Figure out how to start using your diaphragm. Find the natural range of your voice. And start opening your mouth to make everything you sing (and say) understandable. These three tips will put you way ahead of the pack as you learn to sing.


  • Lose Belly Fat - Two Things You MUST Do
    [Health-and-Fitness:Weight-Loss] Are you sick and tired of busting your behind trying unsuccessfully to lose belly fat? There are two things you can do that are guaranteed to work every time.


  • Fisher Price Smart Cycle Not Perfect But Still a Great Christmas Gift
    [Shopping-and-Product-Reviews:Gifts] Designed for ages three to six, the Fisher Price Smart Cycle is part stationary bike, part video game and part educational tool. This "physical learning arcade system" will exercise your child's body and brain, or at least keep them pretty active.


  • Monopoly Here and Now World One of the 2008 Best Christmas Gifts
    [Shopping-and-Product-Reviews:Gifts] Welcome to the exciting new world of Monopoly. Every time you travel around the board of the Monopoly Here and Now World Edition, you also travel through six continents. If you're shopping for a board game that will truly delight your Christmas gift recipients, this new take on a long-time classic is sure to please.


  • Getting Back Your Ex-Girlfriend Made Easy
    [Relationships:Conflict] Are you serious about getting back your ex-girlfriend? If you will read this article, you'll know what NOT to do, and you will also have access to a proven plan for getting back your ex-girlfriend.


  • Registry Cleaner Help is Here
    [Computers-and-Technology:Software] What's a registry? Do you know? Not the wedding kind. Not the sex offender kind. The Windows registry in your PC. It's not inside the case. It didn't come in the box. It's not really dirty. But it does needs cleaning.


  • Collection Agency Harassment - How to Stop it Cold
    [Finance:Credit-Tips] If you have never experienced contact with a debt collector, consider yourself fortunate. Collectors now have to play by the rules that were set up by the federal government. The laws are in place to make sure that you are treated with fairness and respect.


  • Losing Fat Is No Piece of Cake
    [Health-and-Fitness:Weight-Loss] Are you trying to lose fat? If you are, then you already know that it's not the easiest thing you've ever tried to do. Losing weight is a relatively simple affair. But to be successful at fat loss you have to combine at least three different things: proper nutrition, cardio exercise and weight training. Why weight training? Because the secret to subtracting fat is adding lean muscle to your frame.


  • Control Your Dreams, Change Your Life
    [Self-Improvement:Techniques] Can your nightly dreams make your daily life better? People who practice lucid dreaming say yes. Exactly what is lucid dreaming? Is it something that just happens, or can you choose to do it? And how could it possibly have any impact on your life in the real world?


  • Enjoy Your Trek More With Hiking Directions
    [Travel-and-Leisure:Outdoors] Why let the lack of hiking directions slow you down? Having complete information about your next trek could take a disappointing or dangerous situation and turn it into one of your best outdoor experiences ever.


  • The Truth About Building Muscle and Burning Fat
    [Health-and-Fitness:Build-Muscle] Do you believe everything you hear from the fitness industry? Are television infomercials and magazine article writers truly interested in your physical goals? Or are they more concerned with selling their products? The infomercials have something for you to buy (a machine or a program) and most magazines have something they want you to swallow (supplements). But it's difficult to ignore their pitch. They know exactly how to speak to your needs. We all really do want to know the fastest way to build muscle, and we want to believe that it will be easy and guaranteed.


  • Body Weight Exercises - Secrets The Pros Know About The Fastest Way To Build Muscle
    [Health-and-Fitness:Build-Muscle] You want me to lift how much? I couldn't believe what I was hearing. My trainer had just said something about lifting my own weight! I was stunned and incredulous. I had joined the gym to burn fat and build muscle, ideally as quickly as possible. In short, I wanted to slim down and tone up. Everyone knows the fastest way to build muscle is high repetitions with low weights followed by cardio, right? Now my high-priced trainer is mouthing off about lifting my own weight. What is he thinking?


  • How To Get Maximum Return on Your Workout Effort
    [Health-and-Fitness:Build-Muscle] Are you trying to lose fat on the treadmill? Do you spend endless hours on the elliptical trainer trying your best to slim down? You need to know the truth about aerobic exercising and fat loss. Cardiovascular exercises may be great for your heart, but it is not the best way to lose fat quickly. According to the latest exercise news, there are new, more efficient ways to lose your gut.


  • Natural Remedy For Heartburn Made More Powerful By Food Journal
    [Health-and-Fitness] If you are suffering from heartburn, you may be surprised to learn that regular use of a journal could help you more than any medicine. The most effective natural remedy for heartburn is to simply avoid foods that cause heartburn. A food journal can help you keep track of what you eat and how different foods affect you. Recording your experiences in a food journal is an excellent way to discover patterns to your heartburn that you might otherwise miss.


  • Effective Classroom Management - How The First Day Of School Could Sabotage Your Entire Year
    [Reference-and-Education] In terms of effective classroom management, the very first days of school are incredibly crucial. If you're looking for an indicator of how the rest of the year will go, take a look at the first few days.


  • iPod Docking Stations - Sittin' on the Dock is the Way
    [Computers-and-Technology:Personal-Tech] Pod docking stations are today's in-demand devices because they give iPod users the capacity to use their iPods with their computer speakers and home speaker systems in a relatively easy manner. Truly the iPod docking station devices have changed the way we use our iPods as they gives us the opportunity to do more and broaden the advantages of the iPod technology.


  • Best Golf Clubs - Do You Really Need the Best Golf Clubs to Play Well? Or Is It All In Your Head?
    [Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] The design and construction of golf clubs can have a huge impact on your golfing performance. But the best golf clubs may actually be the ones in which you have the greatest confidence.


  • The Truth About Your Diet and Rheumatoid Arthritis
    [Health-and-Fitness:Arthritis] The news about the effect of diet and nutrition on rheumatoid arthritis is mixed. Find out what is known and how you can adjust your diet to improve your management of rheumatoid arthritis.


  • Ten Common Mistakes Rheumatoid Arthritis Sufferers Make
    [Health-and-Fitness:Arthritis] Sufferers of rheumatoid arthritis often make common mistakes. By taking precautions to avoid some actions and giving priority to others, rheumatoid arthritis sufferers can avoid rheumatoid arthritis pain.


  • Improve My Golf Swing--Now!
    [Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] "I know that I could lower my golf score dramatically if I could just improve my golf swing." Has that thought ever run through your mind? Learn how to approach every shot with confidence.


  • Aromatherapy and Massage--Healing Through Human Touch
    [Health-and-Fitness:Massage] Aromatherapy uses essential oils extracted from plants, shrubs and trees. These essential oils are often used to treat medical conditions, alleviate psychological ailments or to improve mood and reduce stress. Massage is the main method used to apply the essential oils of aromatherapy.


  • Free Government Grants: Real Help or False Hope?
    [Business:Entrepreneurialism] When your small business startup is running short of cash, the promise of free government grants can seem like true salvation. Are free government grants really the way, or are they a false hope?


  • Government Grants for Small Business: Finding Them and Getting Them
    [Business:Venture-Capital] Substantial government grants for small business exist. But they aren't always easy to find. You can do your own research, but your best bet might be to opt for an online directory.


  • Book Review: Business Plan Secrets Revealed
    [Book-Reviews:Internet-Marketing] The key to successfully starting any business is a good business plan. In his ebook, "Business Plan Secrets Revealed," Mike Elia walks you through the business plan process step-by-step: from gathering the evidence to build your plan to delivering your plan to qualified investors.


  • Boost Your Emotional Marketing Potential
    [Business:Marketing] Why do people buy your product? Consumers--whether they realize it or not--use up to six categories of emotional criteria when they decide to purchase your product. If you focus only on rational behavior, then you choose to ignore enormously powerful emotional forces that ultimately make your customer's final decision.


  • Key Ingredients for Starting a Catering Business
    [Business:Small-Business] If you have a passion for cooking, a head for planning and can keep your cool under pressure, consider starting a catering business. Key ingredients for success include raw talent, a pinch of cash, an appetizing brand, and an attractive, well-done business plan.


  • Aromatherapy Essential Oils: Seven Essentials You Should Know
    [Health-and-Fitness:Alternative] Aromatherapy uses essential oils to treat medical conditions, to alleviate psychological ailments, for cosmetic purposes, and to reduce stress. Following these seven principles for safe aromatherapy will help your experience with aromatherapy to be both enjoyable and beneficial.


  • How to Teach Your Children to Beat Stress
    [Home-and-Family:Parenting] Parents and teachers have the responsibility to model behaviors and teach skills that will enable children to be productive, accepting, healthy, and resilient. There are eight key lessons children should learn that virtually guarantee they will grow up to be resilient and productive adults.


  • The Heart Effect: Startling New Information About How Music Affects Your Health
    [Health-and-Fitness] There's fresh evidence on the power of music to affect our health. Researchers at Italy's University of Pavia recently confirmed that music changes your heart rate, breathing and blood pressure. But as they analyzed their data, they found something new, something no one had expected to find.


  • Stop Stress Now: Ten Proven Techniques
    [Self-Improvement:Stress-Management] Stress management tips can be found everywhere, but which ones really do the trick? The favorite stress management techniques of experts from around the world were compiled and compared to produce a list of ten proven techniques guaranteed to stop stress.


  • Three Things You Can Do NOW To Reduce Stress
    [Self-Improvement:Stress-Management] When stress blindsides us with no time to prepare, we need quick, practical steps we can take NOW that work fast and can be done anywhere. When stress launches it's next surprise attack, try one of these: breathe deeply, visualize mentally, relax progressively.


  • Research Confirms Drinking Relieves Stress
    [Self-Improvement:Stress-Management] Clinical trials have proven the relaxation effect of theanine, an amino acid in green tea. Drink green tea to relax, and look for synthesized theanine coming soon in other foods.





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