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Many people are looking at either redundancy payouts or savings and thinking that they need to explore new ways of securing an income for themselves and their family. While looking at businesses for sale online, pubs for sale tend to catch people’s eye. You start thinking how relaxing it is, hanging out in a pub on a rainy afternoon. Why not be making an income after all your hours spent in pubs?

There is so much more to running a sports pub than standing behind the bar chatting with customers. When looking at pubs for sale as a possible investment, remember, running a pub best suits those with experience in the trade, either as a bar person or as a bar manager. Sitting in pubs and dreaming about what you could do better doesn’t count as experience in the trade.

Seriously, pubs for sale do provide an ideal investment opportunity if the pub already enjoys a number of regular customers and is well-known. Should you find a pub with letting rooms, there is always the potential for extra income. If you could live on site, you could also save money. Consider this when determining whether or not a buying a pub presents a good investment opportunity. Of course, you should always seek professional advice before buying an business as an investment.

The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House of Representatives and the Protect IP Act (PIPA) in the Senate are well meaning, but if passed, will be destructive to internet freedoms we've all come to expect.

I try to avoid delving into the realm of politics here at WolfheadOnline but there is a very important issue that affects almost everyone here in America and in.

by Michael H. Berkens Today is of course the day that a lot of thousands of sites have blacked themselves out in protect of the SOPA bill, including mainstream sites like Wikipedia.org, WordPress.org, and some inside the domain industry like Tucows.com

The internet filled with snark on Wednesday, as a slew of websites went dark to protest anti-piracy bills SOPA and PIPA. Not to be outdone by journalists and teenagers, one supporter of the legislation also sounded off. "After Wikipedia blackrout[sic],

The internet filled with snark on Wednesday, as a slew of websites went dark to protest anti-piracy bills SOPA and PIPA. Not to be outdone by journalists and teenagers, one supporter of the legislation also sounded off. "After Wikipedia blackrout[sic],

The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House of Representatives and the Protect IP Act (PIPA) in the Senate are well meaning, but if passed, will be destructive to internet freedoms we've all come to expect.

By Elizabeth Flock As Wikipedia goes dark today in protest of the SOPA and PIPA bills, The Washington Post, along with the Guardian and NPR, has offered a single-day Band-Aid for the missing encyclopedia: #altwiki. The blacked-out Wikipedia site (AP)

Senator Marco Rubio, a Florida Republican, announced Wednesday he was withdrawing as a co-sponsor of PIPA, and Senator John Cornyn, a Texas Republican, called on Congress to take more time to work on the bills. “Better to get this done right rather

Game developer Mark Kern has launched a new gaming organization to battle legislation like SOPA and PIPA. With over 7000 Websites partaking in blackouts or some type of action today against upcoming bills like SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) and PIPA

The internet filled with snark on Wednesday, as a slew of websites went dark to protest anti-piracy bills SOPA and PIPA. Not to be outdone by journalists and teenagers, one supporter of the legislation also sounded off. "After Wikipedia blackrout[sic],

17, 2012 — /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Whether she's playing one of the LAPD's Finest in TNT's hit police drama Southland, or wearing some of America's finest gemstone jewelry, Regina King brings her distinct personality to the role.

17, 2012 — /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Whether she's playing one of the LAPD's Finest in TNT's hit police drama Southland, or wearing some of America's finest gemstone jewelry, Regina King brings her distinct personality to the role.

California Governor Jerry Brown (c) waves to the crowd before delivering the State of the State address at the California State Capitol on January 31, 2011 in Sacramento, California. Governor Jerry Brown delivers his State of the State speech in

17, 2012 — /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Whether she's playing one of the LAPD's Finest in TNT's hit police drama Southland, or wearing some of America's finest gemstone jewelry, Regina King brings her distinct personality to the role.

Twelve years on Saikia is back in New Zealand, this time in Southland, where he hopes to make a mark on the cricketing scene in his new province. The 28-year-old is the latest Indian player to be awarded the Southern Institute of Technology John Wright

Today there's one gigantic mass of SOPA and PIPA protests across the web, most of them taking the form of a total blackout of the sites participating – what Google has done to assist in these sites rankings within the search results of their site is to

Three co-sponsors of the SOPA and PIPA antipiracy bills have publicly withdrawn their support as Wikipedia and thousands of other websites blacked out their pages Wednesday to protest the legislation. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) withdrew as a co-sponsor

Three co-sponsors of the SOPA and PIPA antipiracy bills have publicly withdrawn their support as Wikipedia and thousands of other websites blacked out their pages Wednesday to protest the legislation. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) withdrew as a co-sponsor

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By Clinton Yates Georgetown Hoyas play the West Virginia Mountaineers on January 7, 2012. (Mitchell Layton – GETTY IMAGES) The Hoyas got a strong road win last night against DePaul. Jason Clark might be going to the league off the performance he had

Work on SOPA was temporarily suspended after President Barak Obama spoke out against the bill's wording, although markup on the proposed legislation will resume in February. The Senate's PIPA bill is scheduled for a vote on January 24.

To help raise awareness against SOPA and PIPA and to get the gaming community to petition against the ESA's support of the two bills that would potentially destroy the internet. “The VGVN and the ESA claim to represent gamers and developers,

Twelve tech giants, including Google, Facebook and LinkedIn, delivered a letter of protest to the sponsors of the SOPA and PIPA legislation, calling the bill dangerous to American innovation and cybersecurity, but also

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Twelve tech giants, including Google, Facebook and LinkedIn, delivered a letter of protest to the sponsors of the SOPA and PIPA legislation, calling the bill dangerous to American innovation and cybersecurity, but also

Alexis Ohanian, co-founder of freewheeling discussion site Reddit and a vocal critic of the two bills, has called for an Internet blackout on Wednesday.Wikipediahas confirmed it will participate along with other smaller sites.

A so-called “blackout” is yet another gimmick, albeit a dangerous one, designed to punish elected and administration officials who are working diligently to protect American jobs from foreign criminals. It is our hope that the

We have a compiled a list of five easy alternatives, to enable you access Wikipedia content on the day the world's largest encyclopaedia has gone dark.

Perhaps during the blackout, Internet users can look elsewhere for an accurate definition of online piracy.” The Protect IP Act is scheduled to come up for a cloture vote on Jan. 24; the House Judiciary committee will resume markup of the bill in

A so-called “blackout” is yet another gimmick, albeit a dangerous one, designed to punish elected and administration officials who are working diligently to protect American jobs from foreign criminals. It is our hope that the

Organizers are trying to exceed the 540208 signatures needed to force a recall election.

Russ Feingold will run against Walker if a recall election is certified. In fact, Feingold seems to be a crowd favorite. Carolyn Miller, an elementary school teacher, shows me a slip of paper with Feingold's contact information.

Scott Walker in a recall race. Falk made the announcement to her supporters with an online video message. "Faced with an all-out assault on all that matters to us, we reacted not with despair, not with anger, but with hope," Falk said in the video.

Scott Walker in a recall race. Falk made the announcement to her supporters with an online video message. "Faced with an all-out assault on all that matters to us, we reacted not with despair, not with anger, but with hope," Falk said in the video.

Wisconsin Moves Forward with Walker Recall. By Elizabeth DiNovella, January 17, 2012. A few hundred Wisconsinites braved the frigid cold to witness history in the making this afternoon, as more than one million signatures asking for the

By Maura Judkis SOPA blackout day is a dark day — literally. With a black bar across Google's logo and other sites turning their robust user-driven sites into a single black page. One team, though, avoided donning black, and chose instead to sing out

The Internet's largest and most popular general reference has gone dark. Wikipedia has joined a protest against something it believes is even darker: passage of the Stop Online Piracy and Protect Intellectual Property Acts.

NY Tech Meetup, a community comprised of more than 19000 technology enthusiasts, is planning a large rally for Wednesday afternoon to protest the anti-piracy legislation proposed by SOPA and PIPA. The rally will take place outside the midtown offices

Rubio: On second thought, SOPA/PIPA's a bad idea.

The Internet's largest and most popular general reference has gone dark. Wikipedia has joined a protest against something it believes is even darker: passage of the Stop Online Piracy and Protect Intellectual Property Acts.

Wednesday is the official day of protest over the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) bill and a growing number of Web sites will participate. But gaming site RedstoneHost couldn't wait. It started the party by "blacking out" its Web page Tuesday and

Vox Media is officially opposed to SOPA. The bill as drafted is overly broad, vaguely worded, and gives rise to a number of significant concerns: Serious constitutional issues in regards to due process and seizure of property.

Vox Media is officially opposed to SOPA. The bill as drafted is overly broad, vaguely worded, and gives rise to a number of significant concerns: Serious constitutional issues in regards to due process and seizure of property.

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