From TPM Muckraker at http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/09/mo_senator_white_house...

MO Senator and White House Played Role in Firing of U.S. Attorney
By Kate Klonick - September 30, 2008, 3:53PM

New details provided by the IG report released yesterday, gives definition to former U.S. Attorney Todd Graves' termination and paints a clear case for a politicized firing orchestrated by the office of Missouri Sen. Kit Bond (R).

Last year, 2007, was the first time I seriously investigated eating wild mushrooms other than puffballs and morels. It was the day I was walking along a woodland trail when a bright pinkish-salmon color caught my eye. I walked over to examine what it could be and discovered an amazingly beautiful mushroom whose type I had never seen.

The following abstract describes the effects of prescribed burning on amphibian species in the upland hardwood forests of South Carolina. Upland Ozark forests managed with repeated prescribed burns may see similar declines in amphibian species richness and diversity. -VI

Fire alters the abundance and diversity of many species, but its effects on
amphibians are poorly known. We tested whether prescribed burning affected
amphibian abundance and diversity within the Francis Marion National Forest,
South Carolina, by monitoring assemblages at 15 temporary ponds with five

By an 11-10 vote, the Governor’s Commission on Global Warming
recommended Thursday that no new coal-fired power plants be built in
Arkansas until at least 2020, when new technology could reduce carbon
emissions.

Should Gov. Mike Beebe and the Legislature make such a position law, it
would cover a new plant in the works in Hempstead County.

Other topics elicited sharp debate among commission members, with
environmental advocates disagreeing with industry representatives.

Those issues included whether to reduce speed limits on Arkansas’

As fuel costs, and thus food costs, continue to rise, it may be wise for even those who have never grown one tomato plant to ponder the possibility of doing just that--and more.

Growing food sort of grows on a person, and what better time than now to start.

We grow lettuces in spring and fall (planted 2 varieties yesterday) but find that lettuce, no matter how much it is pampered, will not grow outdoors in the heat of summer in Missouri. So we eat homegrown, 100% organic, open-pollinated lettuce varieties about eight months of the year.

For those who have followed the Ameren UE story, failed reservoir on Proffit Mountain, current rebuilding of same, plans to build yet another, even larger one, on nearby Church Mountain, and more, there are many tidbits of information not known by the general public.

Sierra Club Agrees with Commission Staff that Shady Point Coal Plant Should Not be Permitted to Burden Ratepayers with New Costs