There are different breeds of cats. Some cats are smart and some are sweet. Most people who live in the city can’t have many pets but cats are easy to handle in the city usually. If you live in an apartment and you want a fluffy, sweet, adorable pet then I would suggest a cat. Some cats scratch but not all breeds of cats do the same thing. They may not be as intelligent as dogs but they can be clever. They try their best to keep themselves and the atmosphere around them clean which is a good thing about them. Some people train their cats and some just aren’t able to. You can actually train a cat similar to the way you train a dog but you need to be VERY patient.
If you’re allergic to a cat’s fur there are also hairless cats but many people think they look strange or creepy. Cats are also good at catching mice that enter your home. But if you have a pet hamster or bird it’s best to keep the cat away from it because they usually have an instinct to try and catch them. Some cats don’t harm small animals but most that I know do. Cats are smarter than people give them credit to be even though they can be sneaky.
I don’t own a cat but I know all this information from research and spending time with other people’s cats. I may not know much about them but I think these facts will be very helpful.
Taylor Swift is a talented singer that sings country/pop music. I have three of her CD’s. Some of her songs are: “You Belong With Me”, “Love Story”, “White Horse”, ” Mean”, and “Forever and Always”. Most of her music videos are really creative and cool. She plays guitar usually when she sings and is a great actress even though she’s never done a movie. But she’s been in a bunch of music videos. She actually got to sing in the movie Hannah Montana a little bit. I think she can really sing amazingly and has good CD’s. Here is a Taylor Swift interview video:
You can also buy one of her albums on Amazon here:
As most of you know Selena Gomez is a famous actress and singer. Some of her songs are called: “A Year Without Rain”, “Shake It Up”, “Naturally”, and “Tell Me Something I Don’t Know”. She also plays the part of Alex in Wizards of Waverly Place on Disney Channel. Some people are saying that she’s going out with Justin Bieber. She’s incredible at acting and you can buy her CD’s on Amazon.
Also here is a youtube video of Selena Gomez: Selena Gomez Interview. Selena Gomez was also in Barney when she was a little girl.
Up until recently, if you wanted to include an Amazon product in your pub, you had to put in a simple link. If you tried to use a widget from your Amazon Associate account, somehow your widget was transformed into a link by our security software here on PubWages. Only the administrator was able to post Amazon widgets.
Widgets are pretty nice things. They are attractive, decorative and help to showcase products. For example, the widget below features the most wished for books available on Amazon.com.
There are, however, a couple of drawbacks in the use of widgets:
They use iframes, and universal access to iframes on PubWages might expose us to malware.
Widgets use a lot of site resources, and they slow us down.
To use Widgets, without lifting the overall restriction on access to iframes, PubWages would have to install a plugin that would allow the individual Pubber to receive 100% of the revenue generated from the widget, because we don’t have a way to do revenue sharing on widgets. (Our rev share software works only on regular links.)
In order to make the most of all the positive opportunities provided by Amazon widgets, I have decided on the following:
We will allow one Amazon widget per pub page. This means, if your pub is a page long, you may use one widget. If it is two pages, you may use two widgets, but only one to a page. You get to keep 100% of the revenue from the Amazon widgets.
You may have as many regular Amazon links as you want in your pubs up to the overall maximum link number per pub, which is currently set at seven. We will take 20% of the revenue from the regular links. You get to keep 80%.
Widgets should be used to advertise products that directly relate to the topic of your pub. Don’t just use a bestseller list, unless the topic of your pub is bestsellers. Don’t use a most wished for list, unless your topic is the products most wished for. If you are writing about boats, show boats in your widget. If you are writing about a product not available on Amazon, don’t use an unrelated Amazon widget.
Important: Before using the new plugin, please update and re-enter your Amazon Associate ID in your profile setting.
I’m looking forward to seeing more widgets in your pubs. Used sparingly and in context, I think Amazon widgets can enhance the pubbing experience!
Training a parrot takes patience and skills. I have a quaker parrot that is now 4 years old and will be 5 years old this month. It is best to start training a parrot when it’s a baby. When it grows it can learn even more. First starting teaching it simple words like “Hello”, “Yes”, and “No”. If it repeats them at the right timing give your parrot a treat or something it really likes. Once it learns it completely you won’t need to give it a treat everytime it says the word. Having a parrot is hard work but it’s completely worth it. I have 1 parrot, 2 cockatiels, and 2 parakeets. My parrot talks the most out of all of them. African Grey parrots are also very intelligent. If you have a big parrot be careful so that you don’t upset it.
If you are going to be getting a parrot anytime soon make sure to get it a good cage and plenty of food. Getting it some toys for its cage is optional but it helps a lot. Give your parrot at least 30 minutes of attention everyday. For more information about parrots visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parrot
Dogs are loyal friendly pets that you can really interact with by training. Certain people have dogs for certain reasons. Farmers normally have dogs to help with chores. In the city it is harder to have a dog as a pet because of the little spaces and major crowds. But if you live in a rural area then it’s usually easy to give the dog plenty of space and protection. If you don’t like having a pet to take care of at least 3 times a day or more then it’s best not to get a dog. They are also very helpful around the house. I have 2 dogs, a chocolate lab and a mixed small breed.
Some people think dogs are easy to take care of. It depends who you are and what breed of dog you get. One of my favorite dog breeds are Labrador Retrievers and Collies. Make sure to give them enough exercise everyday to keep them strong and healthy. Never let your dog starve but it’s also not good to over-feed them. When you take your dog to the park it’s best to have a leash unless she/he is very well trained. It’s also good for your dog to make new friends to interact with. Also make sure you have a collar for your dog just in case he/she ever runs away or gets lost.
I’m sure most of you already know these facts but this is for the people who want to get a dog but don’t know anything about them. You can find more about dogs at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog.
Today’s PubWages Daily Game is brought to you by Armor. It is called Elephant Quest and involves trying to retrieve a stolen hat from an elephant named Wooly. This is a comedic game, where players revel in the silliness of the situation rather than thrilling to an action adventure.
Here is a still shot from the game:
I got the image from a blog post review of Elephant Quest. Apparently this game is by John Cooney. If you would like to learn more about it, read the review on Gamers with Jobs.
If you’d just like to play the game, here it is:
Play Begin a journey to gain back the hat that Wooly stole from you. Read more
There are a lot of myths about what you need to do in order to be successful in life. As parents, we often buy into the commonly accepted wisdom:
* a high school dropout has no chance in life: keep your children in school, whatever you do.
* in order to be competitive in the job market, you probably also need a college education.
* people who marry before they have a high school diploma are likely to derail their lives and become complete and utter failures. Keep your children from marrying young, even if they are in love.
* teenaged mothers are bad citizens.
We want our children to be successful, so we nag them to stay in school, get good grades and avoid an early romantic commitment. But every once in a while we notice that these rules don’t apply to everybody. Take Loretta Lynn, for example.
The childhood home of Loretta Lynn
Loretta Lynn was born in 1932 and grew up in a small mining town. She grew up very, very fast. By the time she was thirteen, she was married, and in less than a year, she was a mother. According to popular belief, that should have been the end of her. A life of poverty and drudgery was supposed to ensue.
But you know what? That’s not exactly what happened. When Loretta was twenty-four years old, her husband bought her a guitar. She didn’t have music lessons. She didn’t have voice training. Nobody taught her composition. She taught herself to play the guitar. She sang, she composed the music and wrote the lyrics to her own songs. And… she cut her first record the next year!
In 1967, Loretta Lynn charted her first sixteen number one hits. And success after success followed. Her marriage was rocky, but it provided a lot of material for her songs. If she had not been precocious in life, she could not have been so successful as a songwriter. And despite the ups and downs, her marriage was of long duration. She remained married to Doolittle “Doo” Lynn from 1945 until his death from diabetes in 1996. A lot of other people who waited until they were more mature to marry were not able to stick it out in a relationship this long.
Loretta Lynn had four children before she turned nineteen, and then she later had twins. One of her most controversial songs was about birth control.
When success stories like Loretta Lynn’s are mentioned, many people will tell you: she’s unusually talented and very lucky, but an ordinary person had better stick to the straight and narrow path, to avoid failure in life. This is not necessarily true. One doesn’t have to be a musical superstar in order to have a successful life after quitting high school. Read this pub by one of our star pubbers to see another example where allowing a child to follow a different path eventually resulted in a successful life.
Each of us has to make our own choices in life. In the end, it is very hard to tell what path is right for another person, and parents need to learn when to push and when to let go.
If you would like to learn more about Loretta Lynn, her life or her music, please consider the following products:
A food dehydrator can be a terrific addition to your kitchen small appliance arsenal. Not only is a dehydrator a great way to preserve food but it’s also a wonderfully easy way to stretch your food budget.
In hard economic times when food prices are rising, adding a gadget like a food dehydrator to your cooking equipment will pay for itself in a short period of time.
Using a food dehydrator to make dried apples is just one of the many ways you can put your new tool to use. Dehydrated apples make excellent snacks any time. They can also be used in many ways as you’ll see below.
Finished dehydrated apples
DRYING APPLES WITH A DEHYDRATOR
What you’ll need:
Food dehydrator
Apples
Ascorbic acid (if desired to prevent darkening)
Lemon, lime, pineapple or orange juice instead of ascorbic acid.
Dehydrated apples are best if fresh but you can also use apples that are slightly past their prime. (This is where the money-saving aspect of owning a food dehydrator comes in)
If using organic apples that have not been treated or sprayed, scrub vigorously. If desired, peel apples, core and seed. Slice into 3/8″ slices.
If pretreating with ascorbic acid or one of the natural solutions above, soak for 5 minutes before placing in dehydrator.
Arrange apple slices spaced closely on trays in food dehydrator but not too close to prevent air circulation during drying.
Stack trays in dehydrator and set temperature to 130-140 degrees. Depending upon the amount that you are drying, dried apples should take between 4 and 10 hours to be fully dehydrated.
DEHYDRATING APPLES
Here are some more points about making your own dried apples in a food dehydrator.
Most dehydrated fruits can be eaten “as is” after dehydrating – no need for rehydrating them
Add them to fruit soups or hot breakfast cereals for added nutrition and flavor
Rehydrate for applesauce or even to make a pie
Canned or frozen fruit can be dehydrated
Dried fruits with the peel or without the peel retain their fiber content and calories after the drying process
Use your dehydrator to make apple leather or fruit roll-ups. This is a great favorite of kids and it is all natural!
Buy apples when on sale and capitalize on the low price by making up many batches of dried apples
Dried apples also make great additions to craft projects such as wreaths, potpourri, etc.
Dried fruits are easily stored and make great additions to trail mixes and snack mixes
Today’s video game is called UFOwned. It is brought to you by Bubblebox.com. It’s another game about UFOs coming to dominate the planet, but this time, you are not on the defending team. Instead, you get to experience this tired old scenario from the other point of view. In short, you are the aliens, and your mission is to destroy.
In case you are not sure whether you want to play this game, considering the ethical issues, you can first watch a video that shows how the game works. Here is the video:
Now, here is the actual game.
Play Cause as much destruction as you can to the planet, with your UFO. Read more
If you tried to use a widget from your Amazon Associate account, somehow your widget was transformed into a link by our security software here on PubWages. Only the administrator was able to post Amazon widgets.
