To publish is to make publicly known, and in reference to text and images, it can mean distributing paper copies to the public, or putting the content on a website.

The word publication means the act of publishing, and it also means any writing of which copies are published, and any website. Among publications are books, and periodicals, the latter including magazines, scholarly journals, and newspapers.

In Taxonomy the publicon of the description of a taxon has to comply with some rules.

• It must be published in Latin.
• It must be published on paper.
• The publication must be generally available.
• The date of publication is the date the published material became generally available.

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In One Ohio County, Golf Carts Patrol Streets
Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:14:00 -0400
Some sheriff deputies in Fairfield County, Ohio, are using golf carts to save gas and money. Deputies in the community of Bremen (pop. 1,200) use the electric carts to patrol some neighborhoods. Deputies say the carts are not only more efficient, they also improve community-policing efforts. Mike Thompson reports from member station WOSU.
San Quentin's Gym Becomes One Massive Cell
Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:43:00 -0400
More than 360 inmates live in what was once a gymnasium. The prison no longer has room for them — or for sports and rehabilitative programs. With inmates packed so close all day, every day, racial segregation provides one of the few sources of order.
Supreme Court Ends Term On Ideological Edge
Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:27:00 -0400
The Supreme Court is on its summer recess, but before the justices closed up shop, they decided a flurry of cases by 5-4 margins. Earlier in the term, they had achieved larger majorities in a series of cases. A look back at the court's term and at its prospects for the future.

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