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Just released by the City of Alexandria (VA) Department of Recreation, Parks and Cultural Activities’ Horticulture and Natural Resources Section is this survey (.pdf) of the native plants of Alexandria. The survey was conducted from 2002 to 2007 and yielded a total of 810 native species (including infra-specific taxa and hybrids) representing 374 genera and [...]

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1. Ostensibly devoted to Flash Flex and other Rich Internet Applications (RIA) is the Flexmappers blog.
2. The Transport Politic focused on rail transport and other alternatives to automotive transport.
3. Related to Transport Politic is Streetsblog.net which aggregates some of the nation’s best bloggers on sustainable transport to carry out a discussion place and learning center.
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I accidentally bumped into this site whose purpose is “crowd-sourcing crisis information”. (Sorry; bad metaphor.) Initial deployments still in alpha, but should be interesting to follow in the coming months, especially in light of the value demonstrated by the Twitter platform during the recent siege in Mumbai.
Ushahidi :: Crowdsourcing Crisis Information (FOSS)

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