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Beggar Ticks Bidens frondosa blossoms between Aug 29 and Sep 22
Birdsfoot Trefoil Lotus corniculatus Jun 20 to Sep 05
Bittersweet Nightshade Solanum dulcamara May 30 to Sep 06
Black-eyed Susan Rudbeckia serotina Jun 18 to Sep 06
Black Nightshade Solanum nigrum Jun 29 to Sep 06
Boneset Eupatorium perfoliatum Aug 03 to Sep 06
Bouncing Bet Saponaria officinalis Jun 03 to Aug 31
Butter-and-eggs Linaria vulgaris Jul 10 to Sep 20
Celandine Chelidonium majus May 07 to Sep 11
Chicory Cichorium intybus Jun 28 to Oct 24
Common Dodder Cuscuta gronovii Sep 02 to Oct 02
Common Evening Primrose Oenothera biennis Aug 02 to Sep 20
Common Ragweed Ambrosia artemisiifolia Jul 20 to Sep 20
Common St. Johnswort Hypericum perforatum Jun 08 to Sep 26
Daisy Fleabane Erigeron annuus May 30 to Oct 24
Fall Dandelion Leontodon autumnalis Aug 02 to Sep 30
Field Hawkweed Hieracium pratense May 23 to Sep 07
Galinsoga Galinsoga ciliata Aug 01 to Oct 11
Horseweed Erigeron canadensis Aug 12 to Sep 06
Jimson Weed Datura stramonium Jul 22 to Sep 06
Lady's Thumb Polygonum persicaria Aug 12 to Oct 20
Nodding Smartweed Polygonum lapathifolium Aug 12 to Oct 22
Pale Touch-me-not Impatiens pallida Aug 22 to Sep 06
Pink Knotweed Polygonum pensylvanicum Aug 12 to Sep 11
Purple Coneflower Echinacea purpurea Jul 15 to Sep 06
Queen Anne's Lace Daucus carota Jul 09 to Sep 07
Red Clover Trifolium pratense May 23 to Oct 24
Round-headed Bush Clover Lespedeza capitata Sep 03 to Sep 04
Shrubby Cinquefoil Potentilla fruticosa Jun 03 to Sep 19
Spearmint Mentha spicata Aug 01 to Sep 06
Spotted Knapweed Centaurea maculosa Jul 31 to Sep 20
Spotted Touch-me-not Impatiens capensis Jul 01 to Sep 11
Sweet Everlasting Gnaphalium obtusifolium Aug 28 to Oct 24
Sweet Goldenrod Solidago odora Jul 31 to Sep 20
Tall Rattlesnake Root Prenanthes trifoliata Aug 27 to Sep 06
Tansy Tanacetum vulgare Jul 18 to Sep 11
Three-seeded Mercury Acalypha rhomboidea ....

After nearly 11 million downloads of WordPress 3.0 in just 42 days, we’re releasing WordPress 3.0.1. The requisite haiku: Three dot oh dot one Bug fixes to make you smile Update your WordPress This maintenance release addresses about 50 minor issues. The testing many of you contributed prior to the release of 3.0 helped make […]

Our approach with WordPress has always been to make it run on common server configurations. We want users to have flexibility when choosing a host for their precious content. Because of this strategy, WordPress runs pretty much anywhere. Web hosting platforms, however, change over time, and we occasionally are able to reevaluate some of the […]

WordPress 3.0 Thelonious passed 3 million downloads yesterday, and today the plugin directory followed suit with a milestone of its own: 100 million downloads. The WordPress community’s growth over the years has been tremendous, and we want to reinvest in it. So we’re taking the next two months to concentrate on improving WordPress.org. A major […]

Explore the tips, techniques, and pitfalls when developing Web 2.0 and Dojo applications. Learn from the authors' experiences when moving from Object Oriented development techniques to creating a prototype using the Dojo widget and template pattern along with JavaScript/Dojo objects. […]

Perform application debugging remotely using the Eclipse built-in remote Java application configuration type. In this article, get real-world examples such as debugging programs on dedicated machines like Web servers, whose services cannot be shut down. […]

In this journal's premier edition, discover how to develop a business event processing application and how to leverage BPM, SOA, and EA to align business and IT. Plus, get answers to some of your common questions about WebSphere Business Modeler. […]

EOHHS has set up a new website to be the central source of official information on the implementation of the Affordable Care Act in Massachusetts: mass.gov/NationalHealthReform. The site includes grant and demonstration opportunities, letters of intent, an implementation timeline and … Continue reading → […]

The Quality and Cost Council’s newest committee, the Committee on the Status of Payment Reform Legislation, is holding its first meeting tomorrow, September 1, 10:30-11:30am at 1 Ashburton Place, 21st floor (download agenda (pdf)). HCFA is one of a number … Continue reading → […]

Compartmentalization of mental health within the medical profession and stigma related to mental illness has meant that definitions and diagnosis are often difficult to nail down. Not too long ago, mental health was thought to be inapplicable to adolescents because … Continue reading → […]

Dear Tea Party members, In an effort to better understand the sentiments of your group and see where we, in the peace movement, might find common ground, we would appreciate it if you would answer a few questions. Thank you for your time.o The Cold War has been over for 20 years, yet we maintain 800-plus bases around the world and have troops stationed in 14 […]

I just wanted to briefly abuse my posting privileges here and say goodbye to the Pink House. I will never forget that great space full of joy, love, action, energy and creativity. A big thanks and hug to Des for being my surrogate mama when I was in DC, and to everybody I met who taught and inspired me so much. You all rock, you wonderful Pink sisters and br […]

Three years ago, on March 1, 2007, we opened the doors to a brick townhouse in the northeast quadrant of DC and decided to call it home. Little did we know in the years to come this 5-bedroom house near Capitol Hill would become a ground zero for CODEPINK activism in the halls of Congress. We not only brought a flash of hot pink to the sea of drab gray and b […]

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ACLU And CCR Charge That Practice Violates The Constitution And International Law FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: (212) 549-2689; media@aclu.org NEW YORK – The American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) today filed a lawsuit challenging the government's asserted authority to carry out “targeted killings” of U.S. citizen […]

Terrorism Suspects Should Be Tried In Federal Criminal Courts FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: (212) 549-2666; media@aclu.org NEW YORK – The revelation that the Obama administration is not planning to prosecute Guantánamo detainee Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri any time soon underscores the inherent unfairness of the military commissions, the American Civil Liberties […]

Use Of “Assault Intervention Device” Tantamount To Torture FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: (212) 549-2582 or 2666; media@aclu.org LOS ANGELES – The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Southern California today sent a letter to Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca demanding that he not employ a high-tech ray gun built for the military against prisone […]

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On the last night of August, the president used an Oval Office speech to boost a policy of perpetual war. Hours later, the New York Times front page offered a credulous gloss for the end of “the seven-year American combat mission in Iraq.” The first sentence of the coverage described the speech as saying “that it is now time to turn to pres […]

Take Action: March for Peace, Jobs and Justice on 10.2.10 Published by Truthdig. The carnage is not yet complete, and President Barack Obama’s attempt to put the best face on the ignominious U.S. occupation of Iraq will not hide what he and the rest of the world well know. The lies that empowered George W. Bush to invade Iraq represent an enduring stai […]

Published by Space Daily. A proposed $60 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia, one of the largest-ever U.S. weapons sales, marks the consolidation of America as the kingdom's main arms supplier after years of strain following 9/11. The deal, which includes Boeing F-15SA Strike Eagle fighters, also underlines Riyadh's determination to confront the th […]