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I read some interesting comments on the results about the 2010 Matric results escpecially how students have the fear instilled about Maths and lack of literacy skills. The clip below only goes to show, this old dog might be able to teach the Department of Education some tricks.

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For the feminine South African Bloggers and Tech Savvy who like to get their Geek on check http://www.girlguides.co.za

The name hijack was a call to arms but they serve a good purpose none the less. The Boy scout in me felt robbed but then ,every tech savvy internet junky needs a partner. What better than scouting trip than directing your matching to the ones who speak Girl Geek. Hey It beats quilting.

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At Girl Guides we have tech on the brain, 24/7 and we're all about girls using tech to make life simpler and quicker - because isn't being able to do absolutely anything, from just about anywhere exactly what every girl wants? So we give you the cheat-sheets and show you a techno-centric lifestyle that's easier (much easier) with Girl Guides to show you the ropes.

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The problem with broadcasting the version number of WordPress is a
potential security issue, especially if the site is not maintained or
the administrator fails to update WordPress on a regular basis.
Broadcasting the version of a particular software program (eg.
WordPress) hackers are more likely to discover serious security flaws
in the code of older versions (no software is 100% secure). When a
flaw in security is found the update is announced and hackers will
scan the Internet for websites running that version of the software or
script. In the case of a CMS (content management system), if and you
haven’t updated it quickly enough, you may find your site is hacked.!

The theme will have it on by default so in the case of WordPress we
have to tell it NOT to load that particular meta tag when WordPress
loads.
This is easily achieved by editing the template and adding this to
your templates function.php file.

<?php remove_action('wp_head', 'wp_generator');?>

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Today we are displaying our latest blog post in a WordPress template as only links or with a summary or excerpt.
The length of the excerpt can be defined to fit the size of the allocated area or <div></div> in your template. This is not a widget but coded to your main template page.

To display the links in your template add the following code :
<?php query_posts('showposts=5'); ?> <ul> <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?> <li></li> <?php endwhile;?> </ul>

To add a summary or excerpt to the code above use the following code :

<?php query_posts('showposts=5'); ?> <ul> <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?> <li></li> <?php the_excerpt() ?> <?php endwhile;?> </ul>

The default length of the except is 50 characters. We will be changing the length of the expert to 30 by adding the code below to the theme’s functions.php,
add_filter('excerpt_length', 'my_excerpt_length'); function my_excerpt_length($length) { return 30; }

To add imaegs to your excerpt use the  Thumbnail for Excerpts WordPress Plugin.
  Download the Thumbnail for Excerpts WordPress Plugin.

// Changing excerpt more   function new_excerpt_more($more) {   global $post;   return '… ' . 'Read More »' . '';   }   add_filter('excerpt_more', 'new_excerpt_more');

Source : WordPress. The code here is lenghty but use it as reference

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