Article: There are local, national, and global organizations that work to protect and help all kinds of animals. Larger organizations like the Wildlife Conservation Society, African Wildlife Foundation, Best Friends Animal Society, and other nonprofits make it easy to donate to their cause online. To make a difference in your own community, donate to a local organization, such as the Humane Society. For instance, make a donation to the Palo Alto Humane Society, an organization in Northern California that aims to keep animals out of shelters. Find their website here: https://www.paloaltohumane.org/ Most organizations allow you to make a one-time donation or recurring donations in an amount you choose. If you donate to a nonprofit or charity, it's usually tax-deductible. Your support could help animals in shelters find homes, fund spay/neuter programs, provide medicine for animals with special conditions, and much more. See if your local shelter runs GoFundMe campaigns or requests sponsors on Facebook or other social media sites. For example, sponsor a horse, pig, goat, bird, cat, or dog through the Best Friends Animal Sanctuary (https://bestfriends.org/donate/sponsor-animal). You can also support an animal in distress by donating to the Palo Alto Humane Society's pet help program or animal rescue fund. Check their website or Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/paloaltohumane/) to see which animals currently need help. To sponsor a dog awaiting adoption at Villalobos Rescue Center in New Orleans, LA, go to https://www.vrcpitbull.com/how-you-can-help/sponsor-a-dog/. Find a cause you can support, like protecting an endangered species or stopping dog breed discrimination. Best Friends has a handy list of petitions sorted by state on their site: https://support.bestfriends.org/site/SPageServer/?pagename=index. The World Wildlife Fund has national and worldwide petitions you can support: https://support.worldwildlife.org/site/SPageServer?pagename=can_actions. If you follow animal organizations on social media, you can repost or retweet their content to show support. Your followers and social media circle will see it and possibly share it themselves. Make sure the content you share is accurate so you're spreading correct information.
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Make a donation to an animal organization. Sponsor an animal in need online. Sign a petition to support animal causes you care about. Use social media to spread awareness for animal organizations.
Article: There'll be a point at which things will seem bleak: you can't quite get to each chord as fast as you want, your fingers are killing you, and it seems easier to put the thing back in its case. The reason most guitar players stop playing a few weeks in is that it hurts. After a couple of months and years of playing, callouses will build up on the fingers of your fretting hand that will greatly reduce the pain of pushing down the strings for long periods of time. Everyone who learns to play the guitar has to deal with sore fingers at the beginning. Learn to love the pain and associate it with everything that you love about music and the guitar. Ice your fingers after playing or soak them in some apple cider vinegar to alleviate some of the pain. Dipping your fingers in rubbing alcohol after playing can speed up callus build up. Just don't do it before you play. Guitarists have their own system of music notation called guitar tablature, or guitar tabs for short. The basic idea is to look at each line in the "staff" of the tab in the same way you look at your guitar. Each line corresponds to a string, and each number tells you which fret to hold down when plucking that string. For example, to play this tab-notated lick from the Lynyrd Skynyrd song "Sweet Home Alabama," you would play two notes on the open D string, the B string at the third fret, the G string at the second fret, etc. E|-------------------------------------------------|| B|-------3---------3----------3--------------------|| G|---------2---------0--------0---------------2p0--|| D|-0-0------------------------0--0----0h2p0--------|| A|------------3-3-------------2---0p2-------0------|| E|-----------------------3-3--3--------------------|| Switching between lead-style licks and chords is exciting. You'll feel like you're really making music and not just "learning guitar." Make sure you've got your chord shapes down correctly and that you're not losing the rhythm entirely when you play a quick lick.
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Manage the finger pain. Learn how to read guitar tabs.
Article: Bright colors pop and get people's attention. Add vibrant pinks, greens, or blues to the flyer so it stands out. For example, you could make the background of the flyer magenta or turquoise and add a vibrant-colored border around it. Contrasting colors are colors that are opposite on the color wheel. Colors that contrast make each other stand out, so incorporating them into your design can help people notice the flyer more easily. Some contrasting colors you could use are blue and orange, yellow and purple, and green and red. Try using only shades of blue or all reds. You don't have to use a lot of colors for the flyer to catch people's attention; people just want to look at something aesthetically pleasing. You can achieve that with one eye-catching color. A high-quality photo will get people's attention, just make sure it's relevant to the event. Avoid using photos that are blurry or low-quality. For example, if you're advertising an event at the beach, you could use a photo of a palm-tree-lined beach that has vibrant greens and blues.
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Use bold, vibrant colors in your design. Use contrasting colors to make the flyer pop. Stick to one color for a simpler flyer. Add a crisp, colorful photo to your design.