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By JJ Virgin, CNS, CHFI
Just when we thought we had survived the Fat Free craze, along comes the Low Carb craze to send us into a tailspin! We have become so accustomed to defining food by what is not in it that we have forgotten the primary reason we are meant to eat — to fuel and nourish our body with vitamins, minerals, enzymes, carbohydrates, proteins, fats, water and fiber!
The Fat Free food craze had a lot of us believing that foods were healthy as long as they were low in or contained no fat. What we didn't realize was that when something is removed, something else has to be added, and in this case it was usually sugar! So the Fat Free craze left a lot of us with high insulin, triglyceride and LDL levels and abdominal obesity, setting the stage for the Low Carb craze to supposedly solve all of our problems. Of course, this won't be the answer either — once again, if you are removing something from a product, you are generally loading up on something else, and in this case it is frequently saturated fat.
Look at most of the packages of "low carb" chips, cookies, ice cream, even macaroni and cheese, and you will find a potpourri of chemical cuisine that offer fewer carbs, but not necessarily healthier or lower calorie options. One popular chain offers a "smart eating low carb" menu where most of the entrees contain about 1,000 calories. One could easily be seduced into a sense of false security thinking that these are healthier options because they are low carb, but again this doesn't mean low calorie, and often it does mean high fat, especially saturated, or worse yet, damaged fats (partially hydrogenated oils or oxidized/rancid fats).
These foods often fall under the "low response cost, low yield" foods that Dr. Phil warns us about, as they don't offer much nutrition, while frequently stimulating our appetite by acting as "hunger drivers." I know when I taste-tested a bag of low carb soy chips, I couldn't stop at the recommended 1/2 bag serving and I doubt I am the exception to this. After all, who stops at half a bag of chips? Ask Challenger Judith Blowe; I am sure she would agree with me! Moreover, I typically never eat chips, but I felt like I could as they were supposedly healthy. So they supplanted my normal snack of fruit and nuts so it was a double bad: I ate too much of something I shouldn't have had in the first place, and missed eating something healthy that I would have eaten.
Having said this, I have found some low carb products that I do think are a healthy addition to our diets. The take away is that you can't just assume that because something says it is low carb that it is better than the higher carb options or healthy for you. Many low carb products have only slightly fewer calories than their regular counterparts and more saturated fat. Some have just shrunken the serving sizes to be able to make the low carb claim while charging more for the products. And right now, the low carb claim still isn't regulated by the FDA, so currently it is actually illegal to use and basically meaningless. And by the way, just because there are fewer "net" carbs, doesn't mean there are fewer calories! You still need to read the label to ensure that you are getting healthy ingredients. If you need help learning how to read a label, click here.
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The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services said Tuesday visitors with guns must park in designated areas and use a separate entrance. The guns must be out of their cases with ammunition removed.
Security officers will continue to examine the guns and secure them with straps. Police will work to prevent sales in parking lots.
A security guard and two other people were hurt at the fairgrounds last month after a shotgun went off as it was being checked at the show's entrance. The owner was planning to sell it at the show.
The agriculture department says it consulted with law enforcement and promoters to develop the new rules.
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These medicines are called sedative-hypnotics. They help your brain relax so that you can fall asleep.
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Some people may need medicine for a while to help them fall asleep. Doctors often prescribe medicine for a short time if other treatment isn't working. These medicines work best as a short-term treatment combined with lifestyle and behavior changes.
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These medicines are effective at treating insomnia. They are the first-choice medicines for short-term insomnia.1
These sleep medicines may not have as many withdrawal and tolerance effects as another class of drugs called benzodiazepines that are used to treat sleep problems. But medicine doesn't work as well over time as lifestyle and behavior changes do. Except for ramelteon, sleep medicine can also become habit-forming.
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President Jakaya Kikwete reshuffled his cabinet on Friday, ending the political tension that gripped his party, the government as well as the entire nation.
Though the President showed a brave face during the week-long period when the nation was waiting with baited breath, deep inside his heart and mind he was facing tough choices in his career as head of state.
That's why when announcing his new cabinet line-up, the President started by saying that not all ministers who were fired were really guilty as charged, in effect absolving them of guilt, adding that some of them took political responsibility for crimes which were in fact committed by their juniors.
He further added that the senior public officials who caused the political downfall of the ministers would be fired immediately, and, if need be, taken to court. Whether or not this will happen will be judged by time, because it's not the first time the nation has come across such promises.
But as Tanzanians ponder the newly announced cabinet, the question that begs an urgent answer is: Were all the dumped ministers really guilty as charged or they are just the casualty of a political storm that has been brewing within the ruling party for some years, particularly since the resignation of former Premier Edward Lowassa and two senior cabinet ministers in February, 2008.
For instance, what if the MPs from the ruling party hadn't pressured the government, would there have been any cabinet reshuffle? What if Zitto Kabwe, the Kigoma North legislator, hadn't tabled a motion of no confidence in the prime minister, would the CCM legislators have reacted the way they did?
In a young democratic nation like ours, a watchdog Parliament is better than lapdog one, because it keeps alive checks and balance against the other two branches of the state, which are the executive and the judiciary. The only problem is that sometimes it's hard to trust a parliament made up of some members who got power through corruption and all sorts of dirty politics to play the watchdog role, because it can easily be hijacked by greedy politicians who want to drive their agendas, even at the expense of their government or nation.
Today you have a parliament that can accuse, investigate, prosecute and issue a verdict. If this is thought good for the future of the country, I am afraid that one day something terrible might happen which could totally ruin this country. If the National Assembly can accuse, investigate, prosecute and issue a verdict, what will other state organs do? You have the Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau, the Police, the Intelligence, the courts and many more, all of which exist according to the law.
For instance, the very same Parliament hailed the Controller and Auditor General's report that caused the political storm in the cabinet, but conveniently forgot that some six months back it had vehemently rejected an audit report by the very same man, Ludovick Utouh.
The same MPs went beyond rejecting the report, calling for the sacking or resignation of the CAG himself because he was judged unfit to perform his duties. Why did they reject his report? It was because the CAG issued an audit report which didn't endorse their one-sided verdict against the suspended Energy and Minerals permanent secretary, David Jairo.
Some three years ago, Dr Edward Hosea, the anti-graft body chief, launched an investigation into double payments to the legislators, which is essentially against the law and pure embezzlement, but he came under fierce attacks from the same lawmakers who passed the law which established PCCB in 2006.
Some called for his resignation, saying he was being used by those who benefited from the dubious Richmond deal, while others claimed that it was an attempt by the state to silence parliament after it had proved to be a threat to the current regime.
Coming back to the case of the sacked ministers, some of them might not be guilty as charged but just the victims of a one-sided justice system originating from Dodoma. Take the simple example of Omar Nundu, the former minister for Transport, who turned out to be a victim of political conspiracy after allegedly rejecting a Chinese company in a tender valued at $540million.
Watching Nundu on television narrating his side of the story in the National Assembly two weeks ago, one would wonder whether some of these reports tabled by some of the parliamentary committees were well-prepared or not.
Nundu was a man who tried to question the irregularities that marred the expansion of Dar es Salaam port, but paid a heavy political price because his attackers knew how to play their cards well.
There was this young lawyer, William Ngeleja, the former minister for Energy and Mminerals, whose biggest crime was the worsening power rationing situation which clouded the country early last year. For instance, on August 13, 2011 the National Assembly passed a power rescue plan amounting to Sh1.3 trillion, in which part of the money was to be borrowed from the local banks.
The plan was supposed to rescue the nation from the power blues by the end of December, 2011. Now, what happened?
Tanzania Electric Supply Company followed all the procedures to borrow $400 million from the local banks since December last year, but failed to secure the monies on time because some bureaucrats in the Treasury were dilly-dallying in issuing a government guarantee.
Up to now there's no loan from the local banks.
But Ngeleja has borne the blame. Think about the National Social Security Fund's plan to produce 100 megawatts which were to be fed to the national grid by the end of last December, which was part of the power rescue plan endorsed by Parliament in August, 2011, which failed to take off as planned because of poor planning within the Fund.
Today NSSF's failure to deliver what it promised has cost the minister and might also cost Tanesco's chief executive officer.
Yes, perhaps this is what President Kikwete termed 'political responsibilities'. From Parliament to the streets, we turned the electricity crisis into cheap politics, making the public believe that this was the creation of Ngeleja and company.
When Ngeleja and Tanesco proposed that the government purchase the Dowans power generating plants at a cost of $60 million, which we would have ended up paying only $35 million, some MPs strongly rejected the suggestion, saying they were prepared to see the country plunge into total darkness rather than buy the plants.
Zitto Kabwe was the only politician who stood out in the pack to side wide with Ngeleja and Dr Rashid, then Tanesco CEO, as the rest chose to harp on old story of the Richmond saga because, at the end of the day, they were gaining cheap popularity ahead of the 2010 general election.
But when the American firm, Symbion, purchased the very same Dowans plants at a cost of $100million last year, those who barred Tanesco from purchasing the plants were silent as if nothing had happened. Today Symbion is making billions of shillings from Tanesco for supplying it with over 100 megawatts through the emergency power-generation scheme.
When Parliament passed the 2011/12 national budget last year which, among other things, had set aside $800 million as allowances for government officials, it didn't click into the minds of the legislators that the nation was in a deep power crisis. One month later, they vehemently rejected the ministry of Energy and Minerals' budget because it didn't have enough money to end power rationing.
Any serious person would have expected the national budget to give the highest priority to the power crisis, agriculture, education and infrastructure. But that wasn't the case when the national budget was passed by our legislators. It was apparent that the problem wasn't the power crisis but a single individual whom many believed had become a billionaire the day he was promoted to full minister in 2008.
Let me hasten to point out that the dropped ministers, including Ngeleja, are far from being angels. They are part of a corrupt system where leadership is pegged on how much you are willing to offer instead of your integrity and skills. They might have committed some serious blunders behind the scenes, but the way the debate on the electricity crisis was handled by some legislators creates more doubts.
If we want the public to believe that we are poor because of nine or five individuals, then we don't know whether we are even poor or not. The problems we face today didn't emerge in one day, they were created in decades. Our leaders were warned about a looming electricity crisis in 2009 by then Tanesco chief executive officer, but the warning was either ignored or didn't sink enough at that particular time.
The current traffic jams we are facing in Dar es Salaam, accompanied by unplanned human settlements, are not a creation of one man, but a result of a failed system.
There can be dozens of reshuffles in this country, but if the system won't be 'reshuffled' or overhauled, Tanzanians will always remain a nation of experiments and a citadel of the politics of witch-hunting.


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If you can only see one show...may I suggest, "Beer Shark Mice." They will be performing Sunday night at 9pm at the Scottish Rite Theater. Here is a little on the group and ticket info too!
Joining the group in Austin is Joel Murray. You know him as Freddy Rumsen on Mad Men, and Pete Cavanaugh on Dharma and Greg back in the day. He is also Bill Murray's younger brother!
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Electric Shock Showdown is the fourteenth episode of the Pokémon anime series, except in the United States, after Battle Aboard the St. Anne was broadcast as the first episode. The episode was first broadcast in Japan on July 1, 1997 and in the United States on September 25, 1998. The episode follows Ash Ketchum, Misty, Brock and Pikachu as they finally reach Vermilion City, where Ash hopes to defeat Lt. Surge and earn a Thunder Badge. However it soon becomes personal for Pikachu when it is mocked by Surge's Raichu.
Episode Plot
After two weeks of traveling, Ash, Misty, and Brock have finally reached Vermilion City. Brock and Misty couldn't wait to eat but Ash wanted to go to the gym first. Brock told him to wait because Pikachu wasn't in good enough shape to battle. Ash agreed and they all head to the Pokémon Center.
At the Pokémon Center, Nurse Joy promised that she would take good care of Pikachu. Nurse Joy noticed that they looked surprised. She explained that all of the Nurse Joys were related and they all look alike. She claimed that she was the cutest one and Brock agreed.
Suddenly, the doors opened up and Chansey and a trainer ran in. On a rolling table was a very hurt Rattata. Brock wondered what had happened and Nurse Joy said that was the 15th one this month.
They are taken to a room with a lot of hurt Pokémon in it. The Pokémon are Caterpie, Oddish, Sandshrew, and the Rattata they saw before. Nurse Joy explains that they all lost to the Vermilion City Gym Leader, Lt. Surge. Ash started to get worried that Lt. Surge would be tough to beat and Misty made fun of him for getting scared.
Misty reminded him that he got his first two badges because the Gym Leaders had felt sorry for him. Ash said that a Badge is a Badge. Misty says that if he's so strong, why doesn't he prove it at Vermilion City's Gym? Misty also reminded him that she and Brock gave Ash his badges, so they would look bad if he got beaten by Lt.Surge. Ash was about to hit her when Nurse Joy stopped him, reminding him that he's in a hospital. Nurse Joy joked that since they were fighting, they must really care about each other. Ash and Misty angrily and quickly denied this.
They all heard the sound that meant Ash's Pokémon were fully healed. Pikachu happily ate an apple and Ash told him that it was time to go to the Gym. Just then, another trainer with a hurt Pidgey came in and Misty said that they must have come from the Gym.
Pikachu got scared and didn't want to go to the Gym. Ash got mad at him for being a coward and Pikachu asked if Ash cared whether Pikachu was going to end up like the Pidgey. Ash said that Pikachu had a point but told him not to worry because they were going to win. Pikachu still didn't want to go and protested so much that he ThunderShocked Ash. Misty says that Ash and Pikachu must care a lot about each other if they fight that much.
Outside the Gym, Misty tells Ash that it isn't too late to back out now, but Ash still wants to go in and win. They ended up fighting again and Brock stopped by asking if they were ever going to go inside.
They enter the Gym and Ash says he's ready to earn his 3rd badge. Lt.Surge's male assistant say there's another one for the ER room and Lt.Surge enters. Lt.Surge says he's happy his next challenger is a cutie and says he will not go easy on Misty. Misty says that she's not the challenger, Ash is. Lt.Surge laughed when he saw that Ash had a Pikachu calling them little baby Pokémon making Pikachu mad. Ash asked why he was making fun of Pikachu and Lt.Surge responded by showing off his Raichu.
Lt.Surge said that it wasn't too late to back out now and Ash said he wouldn't. So did Pikachu. Lt.Surge laughed again and said that an Electric type Pokémon is only useful if it has been evolved and knows all the moves it can learn. Ash said there's more to Pokémon than forcing them to evolve and that he likes Pikachu the way it is.
Pikachu was really mad and was sparking and it wanted to battle Raichu. Brock was surprised when he saw how ready Pikachu was to battle. Lt. Surge said that they would soon learn that fighting the big boys would be a shocking experince.
Pikachu and Raichu were soon battling in the arena and Ash told Pikachu to use ThunderShock. Raichu wasn't affected by it and used ThunderShock itself, knocking Pikachu backward. Brock said electric attacks wouldn't work and Ash should recall Pikachu. Ash called to Pikachu to return but Pikachu refused. Lt. Surge gave Pikachu credit for being gutsy and told Raichu to use Mega Kick, knocking Pikachu backwards again.
Outside, Team Rocket was watching. They thought that since Pikachu was getting beaten up, they shouldn't steal it after all. Meowth said that they should steal Raichu and James whacked him on the head and he and Jessie started cheering for Pikachu.
Lt. Surge told Raichu to use ThunderShock and it defeated Pikachu.
At the Pokémon Center, Pikachu woke up and Ash was happy that it was okay. Pikachu was still sad that it got beat up by Raichu. Nurse Joy came in and said there might be a way for Pikachu to win. She said she had found a Thunderstone and gave it to Ash to use on Pikachu. Pikachu whacked it away, refusing it.
Outside, Meowth started crying, explaining that Pikachu would never want to be Raichu's equal, it wanted to win as a Pikachu for the respect of Pikachu's everywhere and it will defend it's honor and that of its trainer.
Brock had an idea for a way Pikachu could beat Raichu and they all walked over to the Gym to try it out. However, they were blocked by Team Rocket, who said and victory cheer for Pikachu and ran off. Brock said it was disturbing and Misty cheerful waved them off.
They entered the Gym and once again Pikachu was battling Raichu. Lt.Surge laughed saying that they must have come up with a new way to lose. He sent out Raichu and told it to use Tail Whip. Raichu then did a Body Slam. Lt.Surge ordered another Body Slam to finish things off but Pikachu got up and used Aglility. Raichu tried to use Body Slam on Pikachu but it was way too fast. Brock revealed the strategy: Lt. Surge evolved Raichu to soon and it never got a chance to learn Agility.
Lt.Surge got mad and said to use Thunderbolt. Raichu did and it blew out all the windows in the Gym. Lt. Surge saw that Pikachu had dodged the attack by standing on its tail. Lt. Surge told Raichu to use ThunderShock again but it had used up all its electricity. Ash told Pikachu to use Quick Attack and Lt. Surge told Raichu to use Take Down. Pikachu was quicker and defeated Raichu.
Everyone congratulated Ash and Pikachu, even Raichu, embarrassing Pikachu. Ash is given his Thunder Badge and gives Pikachu a victory hug, shocking Ash.
The episode ends with Team Rocket walking towards the sunset and James realizes that they never tried to catch Pikachu and they wasted the whole episode cheering for the good guys.
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- "I know why you're surprised. I look like all the other nurses don't I? My first cousin works in Pewter City, and my second cousin works in Viridian City. I think I'm the prettiest one, don't you?" - Nurse Joy
- "Yeah." - Brock
- "Hello, I've come for a Pokémon battle, to earn a Thunder Badge." - Ash
- "Hey boss, another victim for the emergency ward." - Male Assistant
- "Which one?" — Lt. Surge
- "Is he the Gym Leader you have to beat?" Misty
- "Welcome to *hugs Misty* Vermilion Gym! Oh, my next challenge is a cute one. Don't think I'll go easy on you." - Lt. Surge
- "Excuse me, I'm not the challenger." - Misty
- "Then who?" - Lt. Surge
- "Me, that's who." - Ash
- "Hm? Oh you. Ok baby." - Lt. Surge
- "Gr, I'm no baby! My name is Ash Ketchum." - Ash
- "Heh! I call everybody who loses to me baby." - Lt. Surge
- "Pikachu, our lucky star is shining today." - Ash
- "Where? I don't see it. How can you see a star in the middle of the day?" - Misty
- "I don't mean it's actually shining. Let's go Pikachu." - Ash
- "A strategy? So they've been plannin' a new way to lose. Go Raichu!" - Lt. Surge
- "Ok Raichu, give it a Thunderbolt. Shut it down!" - Lt. Surge
- "What a shocking story." - Jessie
- "That was quite a tail." — James
- "And now you've both been pun-ished. *laughs*" - Meowth
- "Drat, we wasted this episode cheering the good guys." - James
- "Ahh!" - Jessie and Meowth
- "Right James. Better luck next time." - Narrator
- This is the first of few episodes where a main characters Pokémon battles its evolved form.
- This is also the first episode where Team Rocket does not try to capture Pikachu.
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The Star Trek: Star Charts, on page 60, falsely states the planet explored in "Strange New World" to be Loracus Prime, which actually is a misinterpretation. More so, the planet was later identified as Archer IV.
Elizabeth Cutler's prop book about Loracus Prime insects is an Eyewitness Handbook, a series of field guides published by Dorling Kindersley on a variety of natural subjects. When the episode aired, many viewers thought that Cutler said "Arrakis Prime", in reference to the Dune Chronicles, but pictures of the prop book have subsequently become available that disprove this theory.


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More than 6,000 will run in tomorrow's 16th annual TD Beach to Beacon 10-K. The race, created by Olympic marathon champion Joan Benoit Samuelson, has grown into one of the state's premier road races. Today, runners and race officials gathered to talk about the event, and, as Irwin Gratz reports, touch on a sensitive subject.
Joan Benoit Samuelson (seated center, in blue windbreaker) joins elite runners converging in Maine for the 16th annual Beach to Beacon race.
Since the Boston Marathon bombings this past April, security has become even more of a concern for organizers of large public events. For Beach to Beacon Race Director Dave McGillivray, it's an issue that has special significance, since he was also the race director in Boston.
"I think it's more just being more vigilant," McGillivray says, "and knowing that, you know, it's a tough world out there sometimes and you've just got to be aware."
McGillivray (left in photo at left, with Joan Benoit Samuelson) told reporters, runners, and race supporters in Cape Elizabeth he thought what happened in Boston has actually strengthened the sport of running. But, mostly, the speakers under a tent at the Inn by the Sea heaped praise on the race sponsors who help fund it, town officials who accommodate it and the hundreds of volunteers who make the race work.
"This year, we had 780 people who volunteered for this race," says Maya Cohen, a recruiter of volunteers who help keep the race organized and safe. "We have about 130 people who are volunteering for the medical team. We have well over 100 people who helped with registration, and then we have people who get up very, very early on Saturday mornng and they help with flagging and parking and shuttle buses."
Cohen, who was in Boston for this year's marathon, says the Beach to Beacon has been a welcome project. "For me, getting back to work and working for our race was an important piece of normalcy."
Her partner in the volunteer effort, Angela Best, says what happened in Boston has strengthened people's desire to get involved. "I heard from people sooner, rather than later, how can I help? Where do you need me?" Best says. "And it was, really, much easier in some respects."
Tomorrow, of course, will be for the runners.
"I hope tomorrow will be a top race," says Micah Koko, of Kenya. Koko says his country has produced some strong runners this year. "They have have some very strong guys," he says. "They have some good times, like Manuel Attai, the Ethiopian guy, 2:04."
Koko is one of the elite runners - this year's second-place finisher in the Boston Marathon. He is philosophical about what the marathon bombings mean to his spport.
"Yeah, what happened in Boston - I think it's happening everywhere in the world, so it's something like normal," he says. "But it's just maybe for security to keep tight, tighten."
Security will no doubt be tighter. But when I asked race Director Dave McGillivray, "Will there be any difference at all for the runners this year? Will they do anything differently?"
"They won't notice any difference at all," he replied.
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Western Reserve Historical Society Extends Hours for OGS Attendees
The Western Reserve Historical Society announces that there will be extended hours at its Research Center during the OGS Conference. It will be open 10:00 am to 9:00 pm on Thursday, April 12, from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm on both Friday and Saturday, and open again on Sunday, April 15, from Noon to 5:00 pm. Plus, there will be free admission and free parking for OGS Conference attendees on those days. Just show your Conference registration documentation.
Research Center staff and volunteers will be on hand to assist you with your research during these hours and additional activities are being planned. The Genealogical Committee, an auxiliary of WRHS, will have a booth in the OGS Conference Exhibit Hall, describing the extensive genealogical research resources available at the WRHS Research Center, including the family history holdings, genealogical databases, ethnic history collections and more. Details about Genealogy Committee classes and seminars also will be available. Daily drawings will offer Conference attendees a chance to win their choice of free WRHS and Genealogical Committee memberships or free staff research time in the Research Center.
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Water Quality
Water quality on the Current River watershed
Beneficial Use Attainment
Approximately 593 stream miles and 45 impoundment acres within the Current River Watershed are classified and have designated beneficial uses as presented in Tables G and H of the Rules of the Department of Natural Resources Division 20-Clean Water Commission Chapter 7-Water Quality (Table Wq01) (MDNR 2000c). These waters must meet or exceed established criteria as defined in Table A of the Rules of the Department of Natural Resources Division 20-Clean Water Commission Chapter 7-Water Quality for those beneficial uses (MDNR 1999a). All watershed streams and impoundments listed in Tables G and H are designated for livestock/wildlife watering as well as protection of aquatic life. In addition, the two classified impoundments within the watershed are also designated for whole body contact recreation and boating. Approximately 118 miles of the Current River from the State Line to Township (T) 31N, Range (R) 6W, Section (S) 24 are designated for irrigation, livestock and wildlife watering, protection of aquatic life, cool water fishery, whole body contact recreation, and boating. Another 19 miles of the Current River from T 31N, R6W, S 24 to Montauk Spring are designated for livestock and wildlife watering, protection of aquatic life, cold water fishery, whole body contact recreation, and boating. Sixteen other streams within the watershed also have additional designated beneficial uses. In addition to the aforementioned designated uses, the Current River has been designated as "Outstanding National Resource Waters" from its headwaters to the northern Ripley County Line (MDNR 2000c). The Little Black River is designated as "outstanding state resource waters" from T24N,R3E,S22 to T24N,R3E,S25 (MudPuppy Conservation Area). The South Prong of the Little Black River is also designated as "outstanding state resource waters" in the Little Black Conservation Area. No streams within the Current River Watershed are designated for industrial use or as a drinking water supply.
Section 303(d) of the Federal Clean Water Law requires that states identify those waters for which current pollution control measures are inadequate (MDNR 1999a). This is accomplished by comparing data from those waters with water quality criteria established for designated beneficial uses of those waters (MDNR 1999a). Waters that do not meet their criteria are then included in the 303(d) list. The state must then conduct Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) studies on those waters in order to determine what pollution control measures are required and then insure those measures are implemented (MDNR 1999b). Currently, there are no streams within the Current River Watershed included in the 1998 303(d). However, five miles of the Jacks Fork River, a major tributary of the Current River which is discussed in the Jacks Fork Watershed Inventory and Assessment, from T29n, R3w, section 9 to T29n, R4w, section 26 are currently included in the 1998 303(d) list (MDNR 1999d). In this section of the Jacks fork, fecal coliform counts are periodically high indicating the presence of excessive organic wastes. The Clean Water Act requires that the 303(d) list be updated every four years (MDNR 2000d).
Chemical and Biological Quality of Streamflow
Data regarding the chemical and biological quality of stream flow within the Current River Watershed has been collected by several different entities since the 1960s. Government agencies which have conducted water quality sampling within the watershed include the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC), Missouri Department of Natural Resources Clean Water Commission, National Park Service (NPS), United States Forest Service (USFS), and the United States Geological Survey (USGS). In addition some water quality data has been collected by Stream Team organizations. The extensive amount of water quality data available for various parameters and varying time periods within the Current River Watershed makes an adequate summary of water quality data within this document impractical.
In order to avoid going beyond the scope of this document by attempting to provide a comprehensive summary of all water quality data by all agencies for all available years, nine USGS stations within the Current River Watershed were selected in order to provide a spatially broad view of selected water quality values within the Current River Watershed (Figure Wq01).These included 5 stations on the Current River, one each at Montauk and Big Springs, and two stations within the Little Black River Hydrologic Unit including one station on the Little Black River and one on Logan Creek. Water quality was analyzed using data collected between 1995 and 1999 for all stations with the exception of the stations located on Logan Creek and the Little Black River. Data collected during the period 2000-2001 was analyzed for the Little Black River station and data collected during the period 1980-1984 and was analyzed for the Logan Creek station due to the limited availability of recent water quality data for these stations. Water quality parameters selected for analysis (where available) included temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, fecal coliform, hardness, nitrate, total ammonia nitrogen, phosphorous, dissolved lead, and dissolved zinc. In addition, total recoverable lead and zinc were analyzed for two stations. These values were compared with state standards (when available) and the number of exceedences were noted (Table Wq02).
Analysis of water quality from stations located on the Current River, as well as at Montauk and Big Springs, reveals that water quality at these stations consistently met water quality standards for the selected parameters during the years examined with the exception of fecal coliform bacteria. Three out of the seven stations examined experienced levels of fecal coliform that exceeded state standards for whole body contact recreation. Station 07067000 (Current River at Van Buren, Mo.) experienced the highest percentage of this occurrence with a rate of 18.1% (2 out of 11 observances). At the remaining two stations, 07066510 (Current River above Powder Mill) and 07068000 (Current River at Doniphan), state standards were exceeded in 12.5% (1 of 8) and 5.9% (2 of 34) of the samples respectively. It is important to note that many of the fecal coliform values analyzed were based on non-ideal colony counts (too largea sample, colonies merged).
While the values for dissolved lead at stations located on the Current River, as well as at Montauk and Big Springs did not exceed state standards in the analyzed observations, results for dissolved lead at Stations 07067500 (Big Spring near Van Buren, Mo.) and 07068000 (Current River at Doniphan) were inconclusive. It is important to note that a much more comprehensive analysis commissioned by the NPS (1995) revealed that lead concentrations exceeded the EPA acute freshwater criterion standard as well as the EPA drinking water action level in several observations between 1973 and 1995. This occurred at two sites on the Current River as well as several springs including Big Spring, Blue Spring, Round Spring, Pulltite Spring, Welch Spring, and Montauk Springs.
Analysis of water quality data for Logan Creek at Oxly, Mo. (Station 07068540) for the period 1980-1984 and for the Little Black River below Fair Dealing, Mo. (Station 07068510) for the period 2000-2001 revealed a different water quality picture than that of the rest of the Current River Watershed. At Logan Creek at Oxly, Mo., state standards were exceeded for pH (1/26 observations), dissolved oxygen (3/26 observations), and fecal coliform (4/17 observations). State standards were also exceeded at the Little Black River below Fair Dealing, Mo. for dissolved oxygen (1/12 observations) and fecal coliform (3/12 observations). The EPA- recommended standard for phosphorous was also exceeded in 2 out of 12 observations at this site. In addition to the aforementioned USGS data, Missouri stream team (MST 2001) water quality data collected in October of 1997 revealed two sites on the Little Black River which failed to meet the state standard for dissolved oxygen. This coupled with the USGS data for the Little Black River would appear to point to the possibility that water quality problems in the Little Black River occur on a relatively regular basis. The limited amount of recent (since 1995) USGS water quality data for sites in the Little Black River Hydrologic Unit makes it difficult to determine the extent and frequency of water quality problems within the unit. An expanded water quality sampling program will be needed in order to adequately monitor water quality on the Little Black River as well as determine the extent of water quality problems in the Little Black Hydrologic Unit.
As stated previously, a large amount of water quality data for a variety of parameters is available for the Current River Watershed. Water quality data is available for additional parameters from the USGS Historical Water Quality Data Website and the annual USGS Water Resources Data Reports as well as the EPA Storage and Retrieval (STORET) Database.In addition, volunteer water quality monitoring data is available from the Missouri Stream Team online database. Additional State Water Quality Standards are available in the most current document of the Rules of the Department of Natural Resources Division 20-Clean Water Commission Chapter 7-Water Quality.
USGS Pesticides National Synthesis Project
The United States Geological Survey conducted water quality samples within the Current River Watershed from 1993-1995 as part of the Pesticides National Synthesis Project in an effort to determine the spatial and temporal distribution of contamination by pesticides in the water resources of the United States (USGS 1999a). The watershed was part of the Ozark Plateaus Study Unit of the National Water Quality Assessment Program. Four surface water sampling sites and four ground water sampling sites were selected within the watershed (Figure Wq01) (USGS 1998a and 1998b). A single sample was taken at each ground water sampling site in 1993. Two samples were collected at three of the four surface water sites between 1994 and 1995, while four samples were taken at the fourth site during the same period (USGS 1998c and 2000d).
A total of nine pesticide or pesticide related compounds were detected from samples collected within the watershed (Table Wq03). These compounds included Cis-Permethrin; Deethyl Atrazine; P,P"DDE; Tebuthiuron; Atrazine; Metolachlor; Molinate; Propanil; and Thiobencarb. Pesticide compounds were detected in a single sample collected from one of the four ground water sites. These compounds included P,P"DDE and Propanil. The surface sample sites exhibited a higher number of detections, with all four sites having detections of pesticide compounds. Site 4 had the most detections of pesticide compounds with all nine of the previously mentioned compounds present. For comparison; 39 of 43 surface water sites within the Ozark Plateaus Study Unit had detections of pesticides with 18 sites having samples with six or more pesticide detections (Bell et al. 1997). In addition 73 of 215 ground water sample sites within the Ozark Plateaus Study Unit had pesticide detections with a maximum of 5 pesticides detected in any one sample (Adamski 1996). It is important to note that the number of samples at individual sites varied. It is also important to note that analysis for specific pesticide compounds varied from site to site and/or sample to sample.
Ground Water Quality
The presence of karst features within and around the Current River Watershed such as Spring Valley Creek and Pike Creek (losing streams), increases the risk of ground water contamination from point and non-point sources of pollution located on the surface. Due to the fact that most of the watershed"s population is rural, indicating that most receive their water from untreated private wells, the quality of surface water which has the potential to enter the groundwater system is important. In addition, large portions of the permanent flow within the watershed are enhanced by springs such as Montauk and Big Springs. Thus any contaminant which affects ground water quality is likely to affect surface water quality as well as drinking water quality. There are several ways in which contaminants can enter the groundwater system. These include losing streams, sinkholes, and abandoned wells. As indicated by dye traces performed within the watershed, ground water movement is not always restricted by surface watershed boundaries. This is no more effectively demonstrated than by observing the recharge area of Big Spring which receives much of its recharge from portions of the Eleven Point Watershed (Figure Ge02).
Point Source Pollution
Table Wq04 lists 21 municipal and non-municipal waste water facilities within the Current River Watershed (Figure Wq02) (MDNR 1998a, 2000e). There are 6 municipal waste water facilities within the watershed. These serve the cities/towns of Doniphan, Grandin, Naylor, Summersville, Van Buren, and Winona. Discharges from these facilities have a combined flow of approximately 0.992 million gallons per day. Table Wq04 lists individual flows for municipal facilities as well as some non-municipal facilities within the watershed.
The MDNR "Incidents of Mines Occurrences, and Prospects" (IMOP) Database contains data on 53 active mines and 134 past producers within the Current River Watershed in Missouri (MDNR 2001a). All active mines are sand and gravel removal operations with the exception of 1 sandstone quarry. Improper gravel mining techniques and site location have the potential to threaten water quality as well as aquatic and riparian habitats within the watershed. The negative impacts of improper gravel mining have been shown to include channel deepening, sedimentation of downstream habitats, accelerated bank erosion, the formation of a wider and shallower channel, the lowering of the flood plain water table, and channel shift (Roell 1999). The highest percentage of past producers are iron mines (MDNR 2001a). Nearly all of these are surface mines which dot the watershed. When these occur as open pits they have the potential to act as a direct link to the ground water system and thus pose a threat to ground water quality if pollutants are allowed to enter. This can affect wells from which the watersheds population receives its water.
Non-point Source Pollution
Perhaps one of the more difficult challenges to address within any watershed is non-point source pollution. Whereas point source pollution can usually be traced to a single discharge point or area such as a waste water treatment plant discharge, non point source pollution, such as sheet erosion of topsoil, runoff of nutrients from pastures, or pesticide or fertilizer runoff from fields, is much more difficult to detect as well as remedy. It takes the cooperation of the landowners within a watershed to minimize non-point source pollution and its impacts.
Land disruption from road and bridge construction and maintenance as well as urban expansion often results in increased sediment loads to receiving water systems. Bridge construction can also result in stream channel modification, which affects stream flow both up and downstream from the bridge. Within the Current River Watershed, there are approximately 3,407 miles of Highways, Streets, and County and Private Roads. This is approximately 1.2 miles of road per square mile (mi/sq mi)of watershed area. Approximately 2,634 miles of these roads are probably unpaved (1.0 mi/sq mi). This is based on the assumption that most county and private roads not intersecting a municipality are unpaved. According to the Missouri Department of Transportation Highway and Bridge Construction Schedule, there are currently (2001) four state highway projects which involve drainage and/or bridge construction or maintenance scheduled within the watershed from 2001-2003 (MDT 1998).
The potential for contamination by septic systems has been shown by Aley (1972 and 1974) to be increased in areas of soluble bedrock (MDNR 1984). As part of an NPS Ozark National Scenic Riverways Groundwater Study, Aley and Aley (1987) identified pollution hazards including sewage disposal in the study region. They state that the primary type of sewage disposal within the study region is septic systems. Aley and Aley (1987) also state that according to a 1972 Missouri Clean Water Commission publication, sewage production is approximately 100 gallons per person per day. Using this information and assuming that nearly all of the populations of the municipalities within the watershed are served by municipal waste water treatment facilities, it can be estimated that 1,857,900 gallons of septic system effluent is generated per day within the Current River Watershed. Aley and Aley (1987) conclude that the "dispersed pattern of settlement in the study region is of great help in reducing groundwater contamination problems resulting from sewage disposal." Aley and Aley (1987) state that: "Instead, problems are centered on areas with concentrated settlement". It is important to stress that proper septic system installation and maintenance remains important to the protection of both surface and ground water systems.
Non-Point source contaminants of forestry activities within the Ozark National Scenic Riverways Groundwater Study Region were determined not to be significant enough to be designated by Aley and Aley (1987) as a hazard area within the study region. However, in certain areas of the study region, they did observe localized erosion "related primarily to logging roads and skid trails in rugged terrain" and concluded that "as a result, logging in the study region undoubtedly contributes to the sediment load of the springs in the Riverways". It is important to note that since publication of this report a considerable amount of land within the study region has been transferred to public ownership.
As with other watersheds in the area, livestock, and in particular cattle populations, can potentially adversely affect both surface and ground water quality within the Current River Watershed. This is especially true when livestock are allowed to linger in riparian zones. Current estimates of livestock populations based on watersheds appear to be scarce if not non-existent. Much of the livestock population data currently available is based on county estimates. Applying this data proportionally to a watershed is a dubious method, at best, due to the potential variability of spatial distribution of livestock populations within counties. Land cover may provide a partial clue: Approximately 80.1% of the land cover within the Current River Watershed is Forest . Land cover within the riparian corridor reflects this characteristic with an estimated 78.7 percent consisting of forest. A high percentage of forest cover within the watershed would tend to indicate lower livestock populations. In addition, a high percentage of timbered riparian corridor would indicate, perhaps, more limited access to streams by livestock. Without good watershed-based livestock population data, much is left to speculation. What can be stated reliably is that limiting the presence of livestock from the riparian corridor is an effective way to help insure both surface and groundwater quality.
Other non-point pollution concerns within the Current River Watershed are recreation oriented. These include the large numbers of floaters (including people using johnboats, canoes, and innertubes) and people on summer weekends as well as horse trail rides and the associated facilities which are located along the Jacks Fork, a major tributary of the Current River. As stated previously, a portion of the Jacks Fork is currently included on the 303d list due to high fecal coliform counts which periodically exceed state standards for whole-body contact recreation indicating the presence of excessive organic wastes (MDNR 1994 and USGS 2001c). The USGS in cooperation with the NPS is currently conducting a multiphase study to determine the locations, magnitude, and sources of microbiological contamination on the Jacks Fork (USGS 2001c). Additional information regarding this study can be found in the USGS Fact Sheet 026"01: Assessment of Microbiological Contamination of the Jacks Fork within the Ozark National Scenic Riverways, Missouri--Phase 1.
An increased awareness by the public will be important to the protection of both surface and ground water quality from non-point sources of pollution within the Current River Watershed.
Water Pollution and Fish Kill Investigations
Eight water pollution incidents have been investigated in the Current River Watershed since 1990 (Table Wq05) (MDC 2001a). The stream impacts associated with these incidents ranged from 100 yards to greater than one mile, with the impacts of two incidents unknown. No known fish kills were observed in relation to any of the eight incidences.
Water Use
Water use data for the Current River Watershed (including the Jacks Fork) obtained from the USGS National Water Use Database (1998d) indicate that total water withdrawn from the Current River Watershed in 1995 was 34.99 million gallons per day (mgd). Most of the water withdrawn from the watershed was from the groundwater system. Groundwater withdrawn from the watershed was 29.46 mgd while surface water withdrawn was 5.53 mgd.
Estimated water withdrawal for irrigation purposes was the most prevalent use within the Current River Watershed in 1995 (USGS 1998d). Combined groundwater and surface withdrawals for irrigation equaled 30.38 mgd. Domestic (household) use was the second most prevalent within the Current River Watershed with domestic deliveries equaling 2.51 mgd. Self-supplied water withdrawn in 1995 for domestic use equaled 1.08 mgd.
Major water use information for the Current River Watershed was obtained from the MDNR, Division of Geology and Land Survey. The MDNR maintains records of "major" (those facilities capable of withdrawing 100,000 gallons/day or more) surface and ground water users throughout the state. Recent records (1997) indicate there were a total of 40 major water users withdrawing over 4 billion gallons of water from 125 groundwater and surface water wells and/or intakes combined (Table Wq06)(MDNR 1997). The majority of water (68.5%) was acquired from ground water withdrawals. The remaining 31.5%, comprising surface water withdrawals, all came from the Little Black River. Of the 40 permitted major water users, 5 were public entities with total withdrawals (all groundwater) totaling 218,813,900 gallons or 4.6% of total withdrawals for 1997.
Recreational Use
The Current River Watershed, and specifically the Current River, receives a high amount of recreational use. In 1982, the recreational value of the Current River Watershed was ranked 1 out of 37 major watersheds in Missouri (MDC and MDNR 1982). Results were obtained by surveying professional staff from six state and federal agencies. The main threat to the Current River, which was expected to result in a lower ranking in the future, was intensive recreational use.
Much of the recreational use within the watershed is associated with the Current River and specifically the ONSR. Recreational use estimates indicate that total annual visits to the ONSR averaged 1,546,299 between the years 1996 and 2000 (Table Wq07) (NPS 2001).Apart from bus tours, driving tours, etc. The top three activities were angling, canoeing, and camping. Of these three activities, angling was the most prevalent; accounting for an estimated average of 148,983 visitors annually.
In 1985, The National Park Service initiated a River Use Management Plan in order to help insure that the Current River, as well as the Jacks Fork, would continue to provide quality and diverse recreational opportunities to the public. This plan was designed, in part to "protect the river environment and provide a variety of quality recreational experiences for visitors" (NPS 1989). Canoe use and motorboat use were addressed as part of this plan.
As part of the River Use Management Plan, the Jacks Fork and the Current River were divided into zones with the establishment of maximum levels of canoe use designated as low (up to 10 canoes per mile), medium (11-40 canoes per mile), and high (41-70 canoes per mile)(Figure Wq03). In some zones, the established maximum level of canoe use was different between weekends (Friday-Sunday)/holidays and weekdays (Monday-Thursday). The Current River was divided into 8 zones with zone 7 being divided into sub-zones "A" and "B" as listed in Table Wq08. Zones 5,6,7a, were designated for low canoe use at all times. Zones 1, 4, and 7b were designated for medium canoe use at all times. While zones 2 and 3 were designated for medium canoe use on the weekdays and high canoe use on during weekend and holiday periods. According to the River Use Management Plan, over 85% of the canoeists floating the rivers obtain canoes from concessionaires Thus, the primary method of the NPS for attaining target levels of canoe use is by limiting the number and distribution of canoes to each concessionaire by zones and districts (NPS 1989).


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Rum tax for Puerto Rico
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This technique is a standard ninjutsu which allows a shinobi to summon an assortment of items that have been stored using fūinjutsu. Scrolls are the most common choice for item storage. When needed, the owner will activate the seals releasing their item or weapon of choice. Scrolls can also be used as ammunition for other weapons or have other seals inside of them, which expands the number of potential tricks a shinobi can use.[1]
Weapons are the most commonly sealed objects. Tenten, a weapons specialist from Konohagakure for example, uses this technique to store her many weapons, making them easier to carry around with her. Toroi of Kumogakure also used this technique to store his shuriken which he used in battle. Puppet masters also use this technique with their puppets either through hidden scrolls in various compartments or a simple seal as a means of increasing their own killing potential as well as hiding useful weapons from the opponent's sight. This can be seen with Sasori's Thousand Hands Manipulation Force.
A wide variety of other things can also be stored in scrolls, to be released when the scroll is opened or under a specific condition. In the manga, this is done with the Water Prison Technique by Kisame Hoshigaki. Along with a medium for his sharks, it was used effectively as a trap, immobilising the persons that tried to read the scroll.[2] In the anime, this is seen when Shikamaru summoned a large amount of water, and with Tenten's Exploding Dragon Strike technique.


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