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New Scientist magazine - 28 February 2009
Facebook facedown
The row over the changes Facebook made to its terms has thrown light on the rights people surrender when they sign up to use social websites
Forensic science – guilty as charged
Forensic techniques have come in for some criticism in the last week, but they can be highly informative if used and interpreted properly
The time has come to re-engineer the planet
Once written off as sci-fi fantasy, geoengineering now looks like the last best hope to avert harmful climate change
What's hot on NewScientist.com
Editorial > What's hot on NewScientist.comp3
Drug-resistant gonorrhoea on the rise
News > Upfrontp4
The sexually transmitted disease, which can lead to infertility in men and women, is treatable with antibiotics, but resistance is spreading around the globe
Human activity primes Borneo's forests to burn
News > Upfrontp4
Deforestation and human migration have made the island's forests much more vulnerable to fire
Scientists find chink in flu's armour
News > Upfrontp4
Targeting the hidden, unchanging core of the virus could make a vaccine that works against several strains, including deadly H5N1 bird flu
Twin-tailed comet drops by for a visit
News > Upfrontp4
The Earth had company this week, when comet Lulin passed within 61 million kilometres of us – almost as close as Mars
Shoot for the moon, China blames the west, and more
News > 60 Secondsp5
Mission to hunt missing CO2 goes AWOL itself
News > Upfrontp5
Reports on 24 February suggested that NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory failed to launch into orbit and fell into the ocean near Antarctica
Shocking pink tubes help to save albatrosses
News > Upfrontp5
Thousands of albatrosses get snagged on fishing lines and drown, but a new scheme is protecting the birds by scaring them away
Time to tax space litterbugs?
News > Upfrontp5
We should charge countries that fail to dispose of their satellites and put the money into a compensation fund, researchers suggest
Forensic evidence goes on trial
News > This Weekpp6-7
When a suspect's fate hangs on evidence from the scene of a crime we need to know how reliable it is
Hacking the planet: The only climate solution left?
News > Special Reportpp8-10
We may soon have no choice but to fiddle more directly with the climate – but are we ready, asks Catherine Brahic
Fossilised fish are proof of ancient sex
News > This Weekp11
The discovery of pelvic claspers in primitive shark-like fish designed to inject sperm into the female suggests sexual intercourse is much older than previously thought
Youthful infertility balanced by late-blooming ovaries
News > This Weekp11
Over their entire lives, women with polycystic ovarian syndrome appear no less fertile than women without the disorder
'It was kind of like a religious conversion'
News > Soundbitesp12
Stephen Tindale, former director of Greenpeace, explaining that he and other leading environmentalists now back nuclear power because of the urgent need to curb carbon dioxide emissions
How camels could explain quantum uncertainty
News > This Weekp12
A mathematical approach named after a suggestion from the New Testament may show that the uncertainty principle of quantum mechanics is not so weird
Revealed: Scientific evidence for the 2001 anthrax attacks
News > This Weekp13
The FBI has revealed how it pinned the spores to a single flask, but not to the prime suspect
Born to look on the bright side
News > In Briefp14
A tendency to seek out positive information and avoid the negative may be written in your genes
Fast food joints raise stroke risk
News > In Briefp14
People who live in areas with many fast food restaurants are more likely to have a stroke than those living on healthier streets, research suggests
How giant pterosaurs ruled the air
News > In Briefp14
Despite weighing the same as an elephant, pterosaurs could fly thanks to super-efficient bird-like lungs
Supercell signal could spark tornado warnings
News > In Briefp14
Armed with only an antenna mounted on top of a vehicle and a simple receiver, researchers can pick up electrical clues that a twister is brewing
A landscape's beauty is in the brain of the beholder
News > In Briefp15
The brains of men and women respond differently to picturesque scenery – this could reflect varied evolutionary pressures on the sexes in our ancestors
Biggest sand dunes set to grow as Earth warms
News > In Briefp15
The atmosphere above giant dunes in the desert keeps a lid on their size - but as the world warms, they could get even bigger
Child abuse may leave 'suicide marks' on genes
News > In Briefp15
Early abuse appears to leave chemical "caps" on its victims' genes that last into adulthood – and which may help trigger suicide
Found: Pieces of meteorite spotted before impact
News > In Briefp15
Meteorite hunters in Sudan have nabbed a coveted prize: they have found fragments of the first asteroid ever spotted before it hit Earth
3D printer brings animated movie stars to life
Technology > Newsp17
A machine that "prints" small objects has been used for the first time to give the characters in an animated movie a far greater range of facial expressions than has been possible before
Website to dish the dirt on foods
Technology > Newsp17
A US consumer ratings website is going global and bringing all aspects of the world's supermarket foods under its analytical eye
Why robots can't be trusted with weapons
Technology > Newsp17
At the heart of the debate about the legality of military robots is the idea that they could one day tell friend from foe – but is the notion flawed?
Projector phones: Cool app or visual pollution?
Technology > Featurepp18-19
The next technology to be installed in mobile phones looks likely to be the video projector – but will anyone want or use them?
Mega-laser to probe secrets of exoplanets
Technology > Featurep19
An awesome laser facility, built to provide fusion data for nuclear weapons simulations, will soon be used to probe the secrets of extra-solar planets
Future TV screens seen in coffee stains
Technology > Featurep20
The stains left behind by spilled coffee have inspired a new way to make ultrathin, transparent conductive coatings for LCD and plasma flat-screens
Gold delivery could boost molecular medicine
Technology > Featurep20
Gold nanoparticles could be the ideal delivery device for one of the hottest prospects in molecular medicine – researchers hope they can be used to tackle everything from HIV to cancer
Changes will mean affordable drugs for all
Comment and Analysispp22-23
The patent system that has served big pharma so well may at last be changing to also help those who need drugs most, says Debora MacKenzie
How to spot a hidden religious agenda
Opinion > Commentaryp23
References to pseudoscientific concepts like intelligent design are heavily veiled in the more recent books, so here are a few tips for spotting what may be religion in science's clothing
Double-cross helix?
Your editorial and articles on DNA testing raise the important issue of obtaining appropriate consent for an individual's DNA to be tested...
Enigma Number 1534
Opinion > Enigmap24
In the concept proposed by Marcus Chown in the article "All the world's a hologram" , the two-dimensional surface of the sphere surrounding the universe is the hologram and the universe (including you) is a holographic image...
Debit risk
Mark Buchanan's discussion of "unknown unknowns" could usefully be applied to banks' assumptions of credit risk exposure...
For the record
Holy herd
David Robson discussed the herd mentality in humans. On the rare occasions that I have been to church, I witnessed the power of singing as part of a congregation and the connection you feel with those standing next to you...
Lead balloon
I enjoyed Paul Collins's article on metal balloons down the ages. I am not sure, however, about his remark that, since 1941, "no more metal-clads have taken to the skies"...
Magnetic cattle
You reported on research, based on a large number of satellite photos, showing that cattle and some wild grazing animals align themselves predominantly along north-south lines, suggesting an awareness of the Earth's magnetic field...
Talk isn't cheap
Mark Buchanan refers to humourist C. Northcote Parkinson's ideas about committees. Parkinson's suggestions have more far-reaching applications than just committee size....
Cosmic numerology
Web Lettersp25
How can you print an article on the six greatest mysteries of the solar system without mentioning Bode's law?
Day after day
Web Lettersp25
Matthew Chalmers perpetuates a fallacy that a day is the time taken for the Earth to "turn once about its axis". That is actually the sidereal day...
Double-cross helix?
Web Lettersp25
I read with interest your articles on genetic privacy, particularly, the assertion by Denise Syndercombe-Court that a man undertaking a stealthy paternity test is "acting for himself; he's not acting for the child"...
Science play-time
Web Lettersp25
Sebastian Hayes asks science teachers, "What evidence do I see around me of relativity or quantum mechanics?". I whirl round a bucket of water on a rope over my school's laptop...
Thou shalt not be popular
Web Lettersp25
Robert Winston relates how he had been ostracised at scientific conferences as a "populariser". This sadly reflects not only the sometimes blinkered vision of one's fellow scientists but also the reality of the organisation of British science in universities...
Truth or pare
Web Lettersp25
The unreliability of information on the internet does raise issues regarding its use in higher education...
The woman in charge of the world's biggest experiment
How does it feel when your work could unlock the mysteries of the universe? We ask Fabiola Gianotti, who is taking over as head of the ATLAS collaboration at the Large Hadron Collider particle accelerator
How to survive the coming century
Features > Cover Storypp28-33
If the planet warms by 4 °C – as it might by 2099 – it will change beyond all recognition. A radical new world order may be our only hope, says Gaia Vince
Rise of the robogeeks
Features > Featurepp34-36
Artificial intelligence hasn't brought the promised revolution so far, but a computerised mathematician really could leave human beings behind, says Michael Brooks
Why do some people kill themselves?
Features > Featurepp37-39
A grand theory of suicide promises to answer this question once and for all, says Robert Pool
Salt solution: Cheap power from the river's mouth
Features > Featurepp40-43
Forget barrages, dams or tidal turbines – "salinity power" offers the hope of generating electricity from rivers and estuaries without damaging the environment
Review: How to Build a Dinosaur by Jack Horner and James Gorman
Opinion > Books & Artsp44
Is it really possible to hatch a live dinosaur from a chicken egg? Palaeontologist Jack Horner says there's nothing to stop us creating a "chickenosaurus"
Spectacular spectrum reveals Sun's chemistry
Opinion > Books & Artsp45
See a high-resolution masterpiece created by a spectrometer affixed to the world's largest solar telescope
Review: Antimatter by Frank Close
Opinion > Books & Artsp46
In this beautifully written book, Close elucidates the mysteries behind matter's doppelgänger
Review: Decoding the Heavens by Jo Marchant
Opinion > Books & Artsp46
The fascinating tale of an ancient Greek "computer" that upends our estimation of classical technology
Review: The End of My Addiction by Olivier Ameisen
Opinion > Books & Artsp46
How a bout of pharmacological self-experimentation led to one man finding his own cure for alcoholism
Review: The Vanishing Face of Gaia by James Lovelock
Opinion > Books & Artsp46
Might the climate face a similar crash to the economy? James Lovelock explores survival strategies in his latest volume on Gaia
This week: a rare example of double nominative determinism, why there is a dangerous decline in the Steve population, and how to return food you didn't enjoy…
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Now that Gov. Mitch Daniels has announced that he won't run for president, Americans are left with a critical question: Who will emerge to speak with conviction and credibility about the enormous fiscal challenges facing the nation?
Daniels was the one potential candidate from either major party who appeared ready to lead a serious conversation about the immense dangers created by a $14.3 trillion, and still rapidly climbing, national debt.
As he contemplated the launch of a campaign, a process that dragged on for months, Daniels also dared to speak plainly about the funding shortfalls that loom for Social Security and Medicare. Other Republican candidates so far have been too afraid of the possible political fallout to engage in that much-needed discussion. President Obama, for his part, has done virtually nothing to shore up the major entitlement programs, despite prompting from his own debt commission.
Daniels, better than any current or potential candidate, seemed to understand and could articulate the risks raised by continued inaction. In a statement released to The Indianapolis Star on Saturday night, Daniels wrote, "I am deeply concerned, for the first time in my life, about the future of our Republic?''
That's not hyperbole. The window is closing on the nation's ability to confront out-of-control spending, which, left, unchecked, will erode many Americans' quality of life.
So, given the stakes, why did Daniels back away from a bid for the presidency? "Simply put, I find myself caught between two duties,'' Daniels said in his statement. "I love my country; I love my family more.''
Daniels wrote that in the end the "women's caucus" - his wife and daughters - vetoed his desire to run.
Many politicians talk about putting their family ahead of their own ambitions. Daniels, to his credit, actually did it. "I think it's fabulously ironic that the candidate criticized by the family values caucus has made a decision based 100 percent on family values,'' Mark Lubbers, a longtime adviser and confidant to Daniels, said Saturday night.
With Daniels out of the race, Republicans are left with a lackluster field of possible nominees. That's a problem not just for the GOP. With the economy still sputtering and the aforementioned fiscal problems, the nation needs both President Barack Obama and his challengers to engage in a thoughtful debate about setting priorities and accepting sacrifices. It's even more uncertain now, with Daniels out of the picture, whether that discussion will ever take place in the 2012 campaign.
Daniels' decision to sit out the race is a disappointment on another level as well. The governor had spoken eloquently in recent months about his desire to reset the tone of the nation's political discourse. Given the intense pressures of national politics, Daniels' goal of injecting civility into the primaries and eventually the General Election may have proven unattainable. But it would have been a valuable exercise if he had tried.
Finally, Daniels' dance on the national stage, however long it would have lasted, likely would have reflected positively on his home state. To have an intelligent and articulate Hoosier leading the debate about the most critical issues facing the nation would have helped to erase unfair and inaccurate stereotypes still tossed around at times on the national level.
Mitch Daniels' decision to stay on the sidelines is a disappointing loss for his party, our state, and, more important, the nation.

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The former Liverpool and England player John Barnes added star power to a youth football training clinic last week, and admitted he was impressed with what he saw.
"The quality of the boys here are the same as English or even Brazilian boys. If they are trained systematically, they will grow in the future and become outstanding players," Mr Barnes said during a press conference at the Myanmar Football Federation (MFF) on September 19.
The four day clinics are sponsored by Digicel as part of its youth development programme. Working as Digicel's brand ambassador and coach, Mr Barnes arrived on September 17 to instruct 70 young coaches and players who have been selected from the national MFF U-12 Digicel Cup 2012.
Despite liking what he saw, Mr Barnes highlighted the urgent need to improve training and infrastructure to properly develop the youngsters.
"Yesterday I watched how the Myanmar under twelve players performed. They are very disciplined and very eager to learn. They have a lot of skill and quality, so they should be continually trained in terms of discipline, tactics, and togetherness," he said.
"With that kind of attitude, they have an equal chance to grow as the boys in England if they are given good training."
Jamaican born Mr Barnes made his name as part of Kenny Dalglish's Liverpool side 25 years ago as a midfielder. Renowned for a skillful left foot, he helped Liverpool secure their 17th League title during the record-equaling 29 game unbeaten run from the start of the 1987-88 season.
Liverpool FC hails the influence of Mr Barnes: "just as the No 7 shirt will always be associated with Kenny Dalglish, the No 10 will forever belong to Barnes."
He was also capped 79 times for England before moving into coaching, first with Celtic FC and the Jamaican national team before he worked for Digicel.
Digicel, a mobile telecommunications company based in Jamaica, has expanded to 31 countries, including Myanmar, and is strongly involved in youth sports development programmes. They started youth football training in the Caribbean, and has expanded to Africa as well as Southeast Asia.
"Football in the Caribbean is similar to football in South East Asia. In South East Asia, Myanmar will be very successful in the future," Mr Barnes said.
In Myanmar Digicel has agreed a three-year contract with MFF, sponsoring the 2013 AFC U-22 qualifiers, the Myanmar men & women national teams, the MNL knockout competition 2012, as well as youth development programs for U-12, 14 and 16, and the Myanmar referees federation.
"A lot of positive things have happened since Digicel came in. we want to support Myanmar football at all levels. We want to help restore the glory Myanmar football had in 1960s," Ms Vanessa Slowey, chief executive officer of Digicel Asia Pacific said.
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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa Linn County Supervisor Linda Langston on Wednesday said that Iowa's urban cities and counties might be forced to curtail property-tax breaks as economic development incentives if the Iowa Legislature significantly cuts property taxes for commercial and industrial property owners.
Langston made the comment in answer to a question from an audience of about 200 during Linn County's annual State of the County address. The event, at the Hotel at Kirkwood Center, was sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Cedar Rapids and Marion.
Langston said most of Iowa's 99 counties are rural ones and could adapt if the Iowa Legislature approved a so-called property-tax reform plan like one proposed by Gov. Terry Branstad, which she said could cut commercial and industrial property taxes by 20 percent.
Linn County's own budget would take a $7 million or 8 percent hit if such a proposal makes its way through the Iowa Legislature yet this year, she said. A property-tax measure failed to pass last year.
Langston, a Democrat mentioned as a potential 1st District Congressional candidate, said she preferred to see tax reform in the form of tax credits for commercial and industrial property owners and not cuts to local governments and school districts that depend on revenue from property taxes.
Langston titled her address, "Why Counties Matter," and she suggested to the audience that most people really don't know what county governments do.
She ticked off a long list of services that Linn County's government provides, saying, "If you vote, drive to work, get a flu shot, visit the library in Marion, Central City or Fairfax, for example, eat at a restaurant, play in the park, use the trails or call 911, you are interacting with your county government."
Langston, who is first vice president of the National Association of Counties, singled out Linn County LIFTS, which provides door-to-door transportation for the elderly and disabled, for helping in January to quickly establish a Corridor medical shuttle between Cedar Rapids and University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics and the Department of Veterans Affairs Hospital after the University of Iowa discontinued the service.
"Without this transportation service, these folks may have been forced to use local emergency room services, at a much greater cost to the community as a whole," Langston said.
One questioner asked about county-city cooperation, and Langston pointed to the new $18.3-million countywide law enforcement communications system, expected to be completed this summer, that will allow emergency responders throughout the county to communicate on the same radio system.
Almost completed, too, is a fiber-optic system that will connect city, county and school buildings, she said.
Much of the focus of the 2008 flood has been on the damage it did in the city of Cedar Rapids and to the city of Cedar Rapids' public buildings and infrastructure, but Linn County's public buildings took a substantial hit, too, Langston reminded the audience.
Most of the county's rebuilding effort, she said, is now complete rebuilding that has included a new Juvenile Justice Center and a new Community Services Building and renovations to the Jean Oxley Linn County Public Service Center, the jail and the courthouse. Linn County and Cedar Rapids both have been complimented for their speed of disaster recovery by other cities that have faced disasters, she said.
Langston also reported on the county's effort to track how long people wait in line at the county's busiest office, the Treasurer's Office. The average wait is 9 minutes, 41 seconds, with the average transaction time, 7 minutes and 56 seconds.
"We want you to know that we're trying to make it as painless as we can for you to pay your property taxes and get your (license plates)," she said.
Langston said Linn County has joined a group of nine counties in a new statewide regional approach for the delivery of mental health and developmental disability services.
To date, she said the new arrangement has required the county to cut back on some services, and she said the county may have to reduce the number of residential care facility beds as part of the regional approach.
"To be an effective government, we have to be flexible, collaborative, creative problem-solvers who engage in more partnerships that reflect the changing needs of society," she said.
Wednesday's last questioner asked Langston about the Linn supervisors' decision this year to increase their salaries by 25 percent. Langston didn't flinch, but noted that the supervisors agreed to say they would be 80-percent-time employees in 2009 when the board grew from three to five supervisors. But she said the supervisors work full time, and their budget has money now to pay them as full-time employees, she said.
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Mississippi State ended their 2011 fall softball season undefeated.
After the Bulldogs swept Southern Mississippi 4-0, 3-2 on Saturday, they finished 6-0.
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From Staff Reports
YAZOO CITY – The Starkville Yellow Jackets continued to roll in Class 5A, Region 2, District 6 with a 35-0 victory against the Yazoo City Indians.
MABEN – The West Oktibbeha Timberwolves once again have bragging rights in the county.
By DANNY P. SMITH
MABEN – The young East Webster Wolverines proved they could play with the Class 2A, Region 2 leading Hamilton Lions for a half.
By JOEL COLEMAN
ACKERMAN – In just a year's time, the Ackerman Indians have gone from the depths of the valley to the brink of the Class 2A, Region 2 mountaintop.
EUPORA – After a pair of tough losses to divisional foes in back-to-back weeks, Eupora was hoping to regroup itself Friday night hosting Williams-Sullivan.
Mississippi State wraps up first fall season under head coach Vann Stuedeman today in Starkville.
The interest in running cross country meets at the Mississippi Horse Park in Starkville is growing.
The Starkville Academy Volunteers have raised more than a few eyebrows this season with the way they have rolled to the cusp of a division title.


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Thursday, Third Week of Advent
"Joseph did what the Lord's angel had told him to do."
-- Matt. 1:24 NCV
The white space between Bible verses is fertile soil for questions. One can hardly read Scripture without whispering, "I wonder?."?..The innkeeper too busy to welcome God?did he ever learn who he turned away? The shepherds?did they ever hum the song the angels sang? The wise men who followed the star?what was it like to worship a toddler? And Joseph, especially Joseph. I?ve got questions for Joseph. Did you and Jesus arm wrestle? Did he ever let you win? Did you ever look up from your prayers and see Jesus listening?.....
?.What was he thinking while Jesus was being born? What was on his mind while Mary was giving birth?....For some reason, I don't see him silent; I see Joseph animated, pacing. Head shaking one minute, fist shaking the next. This isn't what he had in mind. I wonder what he said?
This isn't the way I planned it, God. Not at all. My child being born in a stable? This isn't the way I thought it would be..No, I imagined family. I imagined grandmothers. I imagined neighbors clustered outside the door and friends standing at my side. I imagined the house erupting with the first cry of the infant. Slaps on the back. Loud laughter. Jubilation. That's how I thought it would be?..
If you are asking what Joseph asked, let me urge you to do what Joseph did. Obey. That's what he did. He obeyed. He obeyed when the angel called. He obeyed when Mary explained. He obeyed when God sent.
Excerpts from Max Lucado, "Joseph?s Prayer," in The Heart of Christmas
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Editorial: Collier County Sheriff's Office ... agency should air video from fatal-shooting site
The front page of your newspaper on Monday included text and photos about friends and loved ones of Jake Couture, a 17-year-old Gulf Coast High School student shot to death Friday night at a North Naples apartment complex. His mourners and others would like to do something meaningful, like help identify the individual or persons who are responsible or at least know what happened leading up to the fatal moment.
Yet, although someone fitting that description may have been in a white pickup truck reported at the shooting scene at Brittany Bay Apartments, a security video that could bring forward tips from the public was being withheld from the public as of Monday afternoon. The Collier County Sheriff's Office released 911 voice recordings of calls reporting the shooting but was saying the video provided by the landlord is part of an ongoing investigation and therefore private.
That is a law-enforcement agency's prerogative. Yet look at the good results that can come from enlisting the public's eyes and ears — and trust. Just lately, thanks to the "America's Most Wanted" TV show, we witness the arrest in the Florida Keys of a suspect in a Thanksgiving slaying of four members of a Palm Beach County family,
That story was on Page 9A of your Monday newspaper.
We see a connection.
We believe law-enforcement agencies should exploit every opportunity to collaborate with the public rather than find reasons to withhold potentially valuable information that can solve mysteries and lead to justice.
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This is another addition to our Beginners guide. Even though adding a new post is very easy and self-explanatory in WordPress, we want to highlight every feature there is, so you are not lost or nervous when you are writing your first post. We have worked with numerous clients in the past and often they might have a nervous feeling that they might mess things up because they did not know what they are doing. This article will help you through out writing your first post. We will mention features that often go unnoticed on add a new post page. This should be your reference guide for adding a new post and utilizing all the features.
This is what our writing panel look like. Now some of yours might not look like this because you have rich text editor enabled, which we suggest you get rid of because it can cause future errors such as alignment, messing up the formatting of your post and more. We have already written an article about how to remove visual editor mode from WordPress. Do not freak out thinking without the visual editor, you would have to do everything in HTML. WordPress automatically understands line break, you have image tag, quote tags, and more feature on this normal toolbar as well. You will probably never use half of the features on the visual editor anyways.
Now you have the title field which is pretty obvious at the top. Right below the title field, you see a Permalink structure that will let you modify the URLs and change things around. Considering you are using the SEO Friendly URLs for WordPress. You can switch keywords to make it fit your needs. There is also a word count feature that you can see. But the most robust feature is that Upload/Insert area right below the Permalink structure. All you see in the above screenshot is a few buttons, when you click on them something like this will appear.
Now as you can see, we have combined two tabs together in the image, but they do not appear right below each other. You would have to click on From URL tab to see the bottom version. But it is just that easy to insert an image with WordPress. You can either upload it from your computer, or you can simply use the one that you have already uploaded on the web. Always remember if you are using an image from flickr that was not uploaded by you, please give credit to the individual. We only displayed how to add an image, but adding video, and music follows the same procedure therefore we will not be posting screenshots of those.
You can definitely view the post before you publish it, and we recommend that you do so to make sure that everything looks ok. There different post status that you can select but before publishing there are only two options available. One is called Draft, and the other is called Pending Review. Pending Review option is for your blog users with a contributor role. They can contribute to your blog, but all their articles must be approved by an administrator before they can be published.
Another option is you will see is called Visibility. By default this option is set to public, but you have other options to make the post private. You can make certain posts password-protected, so only users with the password can see the post. When you click on the Password protected radio button, another field will pop up where you can insert the password. When a user sees the post, it will say the post is password protected, and it will ask them to enter the password.
Another option is called Private which will keep your posts private from all public users, and only admins and registered users can view those posts. Now you must remember, that password-protected and private posts can be seen by other registered users on your site, therefore it is not really private for them.
If your theme supports the sticky post option, you can check the "stick this post on the front page" box and it will make that post appear at the top of all other posts for as long as you want. This really helps when you are running a contest on your website or something of that sort.
Last, but certainly not the least on the publish bar is the option to schedule your post. Sometimes new user might wake up as early as 5:30 a.m in the morning to publish a post because that is when they want it go live to their audience. You do not have to get up at 5:30 a.m, all you have to do is schedule a post. You do not even have to be online if you are on a vacation. You can schedule posts for as many days as you want as long as you have the articles pre-written.
Now some users might have complained in the past that schedule a post does not work because it did not post the article on the right time for them. That was because they did not set the right time zone. You can live in Eastern Standard Timezone, and your blog can be in Pacific Standard Time Zone. There is no possible way for the blog to know which timezone you are in, unless you modify the settings. It is really easy to set the correct timezone on your blog. All you need to do is visit your Settings Tab and click General. Scroll down to where you see Timezones and change the settings.
Remember it shows what time it is in each timezone if you select it. This system does not adjust to Daylight Savings, so you must adjust the WordPress clock as well. You should probably do this if you want the accurate date and time to be post stamped for your post as well if you are displaying those details with your posts as some themes do.
Because there is no AM and PM option, you must enter the time in Military Format. As soon as you change the date and time, the publish button will change into being a Schedule button. Once done writing the post, simply click schedule and the post will be scheduled to be published on a specific date and time.
Excerpts is another feature that is great to utilize when writing a post in WordPress. As you see when you view our categories such as Showcase, you will notice that you are not seeing full articles, instead you are seeing custom written descriptions/summary of each article. That is what is called excerpts. Utilizing excerpts is an smart technique that many uses to increase pageviews on their site. Your visitor lands on the category page, and then click on additional page to read the post. It also avoids duplicate content to be created. This feature will only work if your theme is compatible with it. If you want to make your theme compatible by showing excerpts in your category page, simply open your index.php and replace
<?php the_content(); ?>
<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
When writing a post in WordPress, you might end up using sites as a resource, or you might link to external articles as a reference. WordPress has a way of keeping track of that and it is called trackbacks. Most of the time if not all of the time, the system automatically detects each external link, and notify the other site that it is being cited. Therefore if the other site chooses, they can list your link as a trackback below their comments. But you may also enter URLs if you want to confirm that you send trackback to these specific links in the field shown in the image above.
Having an organized WordPress blog is essential to your blog's success and growth. It is wise to assign your post a specific category, and add related tags to help your users navigate through sites. You can associate tags with a specific post which can help your user navigate your site with tags, or tag cloud if you have them. Blog Engines like technorati also looks at these tags when listing your post. To learn more about Categories check out our Beginners Guide on Categories and Subcategories.
Custom Fields by no mean is a beginner option, but we are adding it here because it is on your Add a New post page. It is better to inform the users rather than keeping them uninformed. You should not use it if you have no clue what you are doing. Custom fields are used to add extra objects to your post like Thumbnails, or an automatic digg button without editing codes in each post.
If you do not want to receive comments and trackback on an specific post, this option lets you turn it off. This is a very resourceful option when writing an announcement article because there is no reason for users to comment. But again, it is helpful if you allow users to comment because they do provide awesome feedback.
Now if you followed everything we have listed in this website, then you must have had the All in One SEO plugin that we recommended in our recommended WordPress plugin list. This is an excellent plugin to have because it lets you add a custom meta title, description, and keywords to your all your WordPress page. This is one of the most important thing you can do for your WordPress SEO. You will only see this option in your post page, if you have the plugin installed and activated.
There will be more options added to your page as you add more plugins. You can move each option around and change placement to fit your needs. All you have to do is simply drag and move each box with your mouse. So you can have Categories above tags, or whatever you really like.
If you do not use an option, you can simply mimize them by click on the grey bar which has their heading. Like we display in the image above, but there is also a way that you can completely hide it. You need to look in the top right hand corner, right below where it says Logout, you should see "Screen Options" Tab.
Select or unselect any option that you want to display. You can also select whether you want to display a one column, or two column layout. Try out settings and get a feel for it and then make your final decision.
We hope that this guide helped you in better understanding when writing a new post. If we missed out anything, please let us know in the comments if not feel free to pass this article to your new friends or colleagues who are learning WordPress.


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|Avg. Dinner Entrée
|Greater than $25
|$18.01 - $25
|$12.01 - $18
|$7.01 - $12
|Less than $7
Posted by Nancy on 09/26/2012
usually hotel restaurants are generic and sub par. Not so at Dine! we were there just last week. Wonderful drinks. My sister had the 7 layer salad, which we love, but never had in a restaurant. It was presented in a Mason jar to pour on to the plate. Very fresh and yummy. We split the Corn pudding, another homestyle fav and it did not disappoint. I had the scallops, huge and succulent. Dine is wonderful.
Posted by Majcigar on 04/17/2011
Need to get over that Dine is located in the Crown Plaza Hotel. They valet park your car and stamp your ticket for FREE parking! The lunch we enjoyed was outstanding. The Chicken Caesar Salad was one of the best I have ever had. The Buttermilk dipped Calamari were excellent. I will come back again!
Posted by Kayat on 08/15/2008
Went to eat at Dine. Not going back. Ambiance is nice, but still, it's a hotel restaurant in the end The menus are kinda tacky (like disposable paper placemats), cheap-looking for such expensive dishes. Variety is so-so. Quality of food was superb, well-presented, perfectly prepared, but your typical 'nouveau cuisine' with meager portions. Waitress was really nice, until the end of her shift where she was a bit abrupt and wanted us to cash out asap (with a smile). Our water glasses never got refilled, which was not good since the only thing I was drinking was water.
Posted by Adam on 07/13/2006
I was so pleased to see Dine open in the west loop...you can only eat so much Greek food and quite frankly, I am over Randolph street. Dine is a great spot for after work drinks because it has an enormous lounge with big comfy chairs. Try their grilled tuna entree with mushroom rissoto and artichoke salad...it's to die for!


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