Category Archives: PubWages Staff

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City Councils Writing Legislation That Can’t be Enforced

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Kathy

I understand people’s desire for an orderly society and their desire to feel safe in our communities. However our city, state and local governments seem to let power go to their heads and create stupid laws simply for no reason, … Continue reading →

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Carnival and Flamenco

Posted on April 1, 2012 by John Moore

When one thinks of Carnival it brings up images of sambas in Rio de Janiero, or beads and confetti in the New Orleans’s Mardi Gras.   Most closely associated with Catholic culture, Carnival is the last bash before Lent.   While some … Continue reading →

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How to Use a Featured Image on PubWages

Posted on February 28, 2012 by admin

Most of us who have been writing on PubWages for some time now use photographs and illustrations in the body of our pubs, and we know how to upload an image and embed it into the text. But did you … Continue reading →

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Killing Horses by Judy Piatt: Local Author Pens Stunning Book After Living…

Posted on February 26, 2012 by Foxtrotter9

50 years after the publication of Silent Spring by Rachel Carson, there comes a book, so chilling in its detail and veracity, I will truly never be the same. Keeping in mind the author is not a writer by trade, … Continue reading →

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Book review: Second String, by Anthony Hope

Posted on February 14, 2012 by AEHammond

Second String is a story of class differences, small-town scandal, politics and romance in early 20th Century England. Published in 1910, this novel has recently become available on Project Gutenberg.  Link to the book: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/38796 Our hero, Andy Hayes, has … Continue reading →

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How You Can Help Project Gutenberg

Posted on February 13, 2012 by AEHammond

Do you like to read? Do you think that books should be free? Do you have some spare time? Project Gutenberg (PG) (www.gutenberg.org) is an organization devoted to making electronic texts available free to everyone. All PG books are free … Continue reading →

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Tenerife’s Yellow Mountain by Amarilla Bay

Posted on December 1, 2011 by bardofely

In the Costa del Silencio area of Tenerife South in the Canary Islands there is a Yellow Mountain. In Spanish it is called Montaña Amarilla and it is right by Amarilla Bay. Amarilla Bay has a community housing complex that … Continue reading →

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PubWages Requirements: Be a Person and Write Original Content

Posted on October 29, 2011 by admin

Today, October 29, 2011, PubWages has undergone a major house cleaning. We have eliminated hundreds of contributors and thousands of articles. The reason: those contributors were not people, and/or their articles were not original. To avoid having this happen to … Continue reading →

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Is it vain to wear contact lenses?

Posted on October 20, 2011 by admin

Is it vain to wear contact lenses? Are people who wear them trying to improve their appearance or their vision? This is a question that comes up quite often when a teenager first thinks about switching from glasses to contact … Continue reading →

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My tribute to John Lydon is in the YouBloom Quarter Finals

Posted on September 25, 2011 by bardofely

My song Johnny Rotten’s Still My Hero has made it through to the quarter finals of the YouBloom Music Awards I am proud to say. The song is a tribute to John Lydon, who formerly fronted the outrageous punk rock … Continue reading →

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