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A payday lender with several Spokane branches is one of two companies being fined $1.2 million in the state's largest payday lending enforcement action.
Advance Til Payday, which is listed in the Dex directory as having four branches in Spokane and Spokane Valley, and Zippy Cash may be closed down for good unless the owners can prove that they didn't violate state law by exceeding maximum loan limits.
The Department of Financial Institutions is accusing Advance Til Payday and Zippy Cash of exceeding the state's $700 limit on more than 400 short-term loans, which DFI alleges were cross-over loans made to the same customers at multiple locations, a DFI news release said.
Part of the misconduct stems from a DFI investigation that found the two companies represented themselves as operating separately, when ownership is actually shared by Loren C. Gill and Daniel M. Van Gasken.
There are 27 Advance Til Payday branches in Washington and six Zippy Cash branches that are part of an industry that made $1.3 billion worth of short-term loans in Washington in 2005.
The release, sent Thursday afternoon, said DFI plans to take action that would revoke the companies' licenses and ban Gill and Van Gasken, from doing business in Washington.
A district representative for Advance Til Payday declined to comment and provided a number for an office in Georgia, which was closed.
Deb Bortner, acting director of consumer services for DFI, said the agency alleges that customers visited multiple branches in Puyallup, Tacoma, Olympia and Lacey and obtained short-term loans totaling amounts that were much higher than state limits.
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A spokesman for Rodriguez, who has denied having any relationship with Bosch, declined to comment. Braun, whose spokesman declined to comment, has said his attorneys used Bosch as a consultant during his successful appeal of a failed drug test in 2011, but denied having any other relationship with him. An MLB spokesman declined to comment.
The impact of Bosch's cooperation, which was first reported Tuesday night by ESPN, will depend on what he tells MLB and how much evidence he can provide. MLB could pursue 50-game suspensions, at a minimum, for any players he implicates who are found to have used banned substances. That is the punishment allowed under baseball's collective bargaining agreement with the union for first-time performance-enhancing-drug offenders. Under the bargaining agreement, players can appeal a suspension, which would leave their fates in the hands of an independent arbitrator.
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In addition to submarines and a frigate, Dangerous Waters allows you to command the MH-60R helicopter and the P-3C Orion airplane. You can actually fly the aircraft with a joystick if you'd like, but this is by no means a flight sim, and the piloting aspects are rather simplistic. Instead, in keeping with the overall emphasis of the simulation, you'll spend your time operating the electronics and acquiring and prosecuting contacts. This is a complex and deep simulation, and even when utilizing "Autocrew" to man some stations, it will take a lot of time to learn. For example, you'll have to figure out when to drop a DIFAR versus a VLAD sonobuoy, how to manipulate the TMA to develop a firing solution, and much, much more. While the action can be fast, tense, and exciting, there's a cold and impersonal nature to this type of warfare.
Even though combat in Silent Hunter III relies on simpler equipment, that doesn't mean attacking the enemy is easy: At full realism settings, you have to hand-calculate the angles, speed, and distance to the target, the gyro setting for your torpedo, and more before firing--although you can allow your computer weapons officer to do the math for you. But those full realism settings aren't mandatory--a wide range of difficulty modes make this game incredibly accessible and gamers who never thought they'd enjoy a sub sim may find themselves hooked.
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There's a fundamental difference in the feel of these two sims--not so much a better/worse contrast, but a critical distinction that will determine which you'll prefer. Dangerous Waters simulates modern naval warfare in all its complexity, with a plethora of options in terms of weapons platforms you can command. It's a sandbox of sorts, with a superb mission and campaign editor, a solid quick-mission generator, and enjoyable multiplayer. The campaign has an interesting story in which Russian rebels have taken control of part of the Russian navy, China is looking for opportunities from the conflict, and the United States is being careful. While each challenge in this linear set of missions must be "won" to advance, every mission can be played from a variety of viewpoints, and your choices affect the story line. Dangerous Waters is the game for those wishing to explore modern naval combat.
Silent Hunter III, however, seems destined to become a classic sim in the vein of Longbow 2 and Red Baron II because it is, at heart, an RPG as much as it is a sim. You are a WWII German U-boat commander with a career played out in a completely dynamic campaign in which you can decide for yourself what defines success. Do you want to see if you and your crew can survive the entire war? Then you may be circumspect in the risks you take. Or do you feel it is your duty to throw caution to the wind and try to sink everything in sight? Then you will likely have a glorious and short career. There is no "winning" or "losing" the missions here. You gain fame if you do well, and you can upgrade equipment and crew by trading on that fame. Combine the superb sim aspects, the sweat-inducing nature of the warfare, and a truly dynamic career campaign mode, and you have one of the best simulations ever released for the PC.
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DENVER -- The game that St. John's -- both coach Steve Lavin and his players -- credit as the turning point of their season was, ironically, a loss to lowly Fordham back on Dec. 11.
The Red Storm blew a 21-point second-half lead but in the process figured out that they're better off playing in two gears offensively -- slowing the pace at times, instead of just pushing the ball on the fast break at every opportunity.
Senior forward Sean Evans was a nonfactor at that point, playing very few minutes off the bench. In fact, Evans did not even get into the Fordham game -- one of two occasions early this season that Lavin elected not to use him (the other being the team's win at West Virginia on Dec. 29).
A second turning point occurred last week at the Big East tournament, when St. John's began life without D.J. Kennedy, the team's third-leading scorer and leading rebounder, who was lost for the rest of the season to a torn ACL.
This time around, Evans might be the most important player on the team.
Evans stepped in for Kennedy, who was injured less than six minutes into the Red Storm's Big East quarterfinal against Syracuse, and ended up playing a season-high 36 minutes. And his 11 points and 12 rebounds helped St. John's hang tough with the Orange until the very end, despite being without such a key player.
The truth is, Evans' role had been expanding in recent weeks, even before his teammate and close friend -- Kennedy and Evans have been roommates since freshman year -- went down.
"After the Rutgers game, [Lavin] came to me and was like, I'm the lead dog now," Evans said on Selection Sunday. "He's giving me the opportunity to play and do what I do, and he just wants me to do as much as I can with that opportunity."
At the team's practice earlier Sunday, Evans got further evidence of his increased importance.
"Today in practice, [assistant] coach [Mike] Dunlap -- we were kinda having a little shaky practice with some of the players. And he told me, 'Sean, if this is gonna be your team, you've gotta take people by the collar and push them to do the right things,'" Evans said.
"That meant a lot, coming from where I was in the beginning of the year -- from barely playing and playing a little bit, to him telling me that this is my team and putting that much on my shoulders. It means a lot."
Evans was a starter the past two seasons under former coach Norm Roberts. But when Lavin came aboard this season, he elected to shake up the starting lineup, inserting three new players: two seniors who came off the bench last season, Dwight Hardy and Justin Brownlee, who have blossomed into the team's two top scorers (and in Hardy's case, a first-team All-Big East selection); and the team's lone freshman, Dwayne Polee (see below).
However, Evans has made some big contributions of late. He scored in double figures just twice in the team's first 29 games of the season. But in the past three games, he has posted nine points and nine rebounds against South Florida, 13 points and nine rebounds in a Big East tourney game against Rutgers, and the double-double against Syracuse.
His overall numbers this season are paltry -- averaging just 3.6 points and 2.6 rebounds in 11.9 minutes per game. But two seasons ago as a sophomore, the 6-foot-8 forward posted 10.3 points and 7.1 rebounds in 27.5 minutes per game -- numbers strikingly similar to Kennedy's this season (10.4 ppg, 5.6 rpg in 28.7 minutes).
"I think as you all could see the last couple of games, as I was getting more time and opportunity, I was just trying to step up because I think my team needed it," Evans said. "I was just waiting for that chance, and I think I've got it now, and I'm gonna keep at it and play has hard as I can, do as much as I can for the team, especially with D.J. down."
"Our approach this entire year has been; the strength is in the pack," Lavin said after the Kennedy injury. "It's been different players who have stepped up at different times -- whether it's changing our starting lineups or contributions coming from someone down the stretch like Sean Evans."
Evans likely will get the start Thursday night in place of Kennedy in St. John's NCAA first-round game against Gonzaga. But he is not the only player who needs to step up in Kennedy's absence.
"D.J., he rebounds for us, he gets steals, he's one of the good defenders, he made big shots for us -- D.J. does it all," senior guard Paris Horne said Monday after the team's pep rally on campus. "Everybody's just gotta pick their play up."
Horne is another player who had much more impressive stats in seasons past. He averaged 14.6 points per game as a sophomore (including seven 20-plus-point games in Big East play) but barely half that this season (7.8) and has taken 10 or more shots in only three games.
"I feel like I have to step up my play more," Horne said. "But I know I can do it, because I did it in the past. So I'm not really worried about that. I just gotta go out and play."
Horne, like Evans, was stripped of his starting job at the beginning of the season, but he earned it back, primarily on the strength of his defensive play. He'll need to keep that up, especially without Kennedy, who also averaged a team-high 1.8 steals. But Horne certainly can contribute more offensively, particularly from 3-point range, where he's shooting a better percentage (36.9) than Hardy (35.1) and Kennedy (36.4).
St. John's typically does not take many shots from beyond the arc, but Gonzaga has struggled defending the 3-point shot this season-- the Zags are ranked No. 246 in the country, allowing opponents to shoot 35.7 percent from long range. So there might be an opportunity for Horne, along with Hardy, to do some damage from downtown.
And then there's the 6-foot-7 freshman, Polee, who has remained in the starting lineup but is averaging only 14.7 minutes per game. Polee whetted everyone's appetite with a 16-point performance in his first college game, at Saint Mary's on Nov. 16. And he has shown flashes of great athleticism from time to time. But he also has spent a lot of time on the bench, learning by observing.
In fact, Polee has scored in double figures only four times this season, the last time being in a loss at Notre Dame on Jan. 8. The freshman hasn't played more than 19 minutes in a game since and hasn't taken more than eight shots in a game since.
"We're just getting [Polee's] mindset ready. And telling him to step up," Horne said. "His arms are just as long, maybe longer, than D.J.'s, so he's good to play in the passing lanes."
Polee likely will see more playing time and could make a much bigger impact with his fellow swingman watching from the sideline.
"He's just gotta play in the moment," Horne said. "He's just gotta let his adrenaline take over -- just play, don't think. It's all or nothing now. No worrying about getting it back next game -- there is no next game."
That's right -- we've reached the do-or-die portion of this college basketball season. And for St. John's nine seniors, there is no next season. This is their one chance at one shining moment.
Hardy and Brownlee must continue to score the way they have for St. John's to have a chance to win a couple of games this week in Denver, and maybe more.
But what the Red Storm really need is for three players who average a combined total of 15.6 points to rise to the occasion, on the biggest stage of them all.
"We have weapons," Horne said. "We just gotta use them."


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Soda or pop can tabs are being reused in a variety of craft projects. This is a guide about crafts using pop can tabs.
This is my latest creation! My fun bracelet is made from soda pop tabs. I used alcohol inks and stretch cord to transform this "junk" into stylish jewelry! They're super easy to make and fun for kids to wear.
Source: I Googled "What can I make with pop tabs?" and got results for purses and bracelets, but none were colored like this.
By Kayla
If you get a photo frame and there is no hook on the back, using a screw attach the Coke tab to the back of your frame. Then hang your picture!
By coville123 from Brockville, Ontario
An inexpensive way to hang items up that are not in a frame like sea shells, ceramics, or really anything for that matter, is to use a soda or beer tab top. Just attach it either by super glue or E-6000 for heavier items. I have done this for years. I always get asked "How did you get that to hang up like that?"
By xintexas from San Antonio, TX
You can make items using soda tabs, sell them and give a large percentage to the Ronald McDonald House or other children's charities.
By Patricia Bledsoe
Editor's Note: Anyone have some ideas for what can be made with soda tabs?
I wanted to make a soda can tab belt. But then I was thinking, what should I put on them so they won't rust?
I was wondering how to make a soda pop tab bag/wallet. I've seen them but they are really expensive, and I have alot of tabs. Can you give me instructions of a pattern?
Won't rust, are Aluminum.
Using soda pop tabs for crafting is fun & easy.
These can be used as "buckles" for any craft project. Have Fun!
By KimSecret
What can I do with pop can tabs? I have around 200 pop can tabs that I saved from soda cans and I don't know what to do with them.
By Marlene F.
I saw on TV news last night a young girl made a Prom dress from Pop tabs. It was well made and looked great. But alas, there were no directions on how she made the Pop tab dress.
If you have a person in your house who makes wood wall plaques these tabs can be attached to the back to hang on the wall.
I was wondering what i could do with all the soda can tabs my family has. I decided a belt and/or a purse would be cool if it was made out of them. Does anyone have any idea where I
could find out how to make them? Thanks for all your help!
The rumor about Ronald McDonald house using these is just that - a rumor. It's on Snopes.com
Sorry Susie, you are wrong. First, your answer did not addresse the posters question, which was about making belts.
There are about a dozen YouTube videos on the topic, and this is the leading Face book page on the topic
Lotta good pictures there, many craft techniques, and more importantly, craft grade tab suppliers.
Now, as for this stupid snopes page calling tab redemption a myth, which is probably the most misquoted page in all of snopes...the only urban myth to the McDonalds Article on snopes, is snopes itself. RMDH (Ronald McDonald's House) has been trying to get the snopes page on this subject removed since 2005, but the pure arrogance of snopes is that they are never wrong.
McDonalds House Charities does in fact still accept pull tabs as part of their fundraising. They have been collecting them since 1987 at MOST McDonald houses. In 1992, the McDonald's Corporation itself joined the tabs for RMDH program, making it simpler to collect tabs. You no longer have to travel to a RMDH to donate tabs, you can just go to the closest McDonalds. Your baggies, cans and boxes of tabs are loaded back on the semi's that drop off the food, and as the trucks report back to Loading hubs, tabs are unloaded, sent to the scrap yard, and the money is used to allow families to stay near their hospitalized youth.
I personally have donated 23.5 million tabs to RMDH, as in I actually walked into the building and donated them, so there is no doubt that I am right, and snopes is wrong. I would add that I account for 2.4% of all the tabs collected in this program by myself, and have organized a dozen Upper Michigan Scouting Units to collect another 40 million tabs.
It is estimated that RMDH will surpass 1 Billion tabs in the first week of August 2014
I have about 200 pop can tabs; what can I make with them?
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I will give you $75 for them.
Are you still looking to buy the pop top tabs? Let me know.
When you need something to use as a hanger for one of your craft items, just hot glue soda pop tabs to the back of your craft. Use one or two tabs depending on the width and weight of your artwork.
By Terri
I am wondering if there is anything out there that's cheap to put on pop tabs so they won't rust. I found a way to make a belt and a purse out of them. But I just know they'll rust.
they are aluminum they won't rust!
if you are afraid of them rusting, go to walmart in auto paint dept and buy a spray can of clear rustoleum and spray on it when done making . hang on clothesline to dry. will be dry in about 10 min. can costs 1$ or less on sale. my hubby uses this on car parts and so i know it will work. make sure the cap on can is clesr.
I recently went on a volunteer trip to Jamaica to work at schools in areas with extreme poverty. One of the students at the school made this super-adorable bracelet using only soda can tabs and a shoelace. Unfortunately I don't have step-by-step pictures.
If you make homemade jar candles as I do, you can use pop tabs as a weight for your wicks. If you drink pop they are pretty much free!
How do you make a purse out of soda tabs?
By Laura from Mesa, AZ
http://hubpages.com/hub/How-to-make-a-pop-tab-purse does exist, but you need to post it right to your line and not go by the link.
First thing you need to know is that you will need "a lot" of pop tabs. The finished purse contained 727 pop tabs. Good luck.
I want to know if anyone has instructions on how to make leis and bolo ties with the pop can tabs?
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I collect the tabs to donate to Ronald McDonald House. The aluminum content is very valuable, more than the cans (although I recycle those). Please find some other item to use for crafts and donate the tabs for a really good cause.
Make a fashion statement with some pop tabs and ribbon!
Items Needed:
1. Take one pop tab and place it on a piece of ribbon that is big enough to surround your wrist.
2. Tie it in a knot at the end, leaving at least 2 inches of ribbon loose.
3. Place another pop tab under the first with the "bottoms" which is the side that would be down on your can of pop) facing each other.
4. Slide the 2nd pop tab slightly to the right. You should see an opening in the two pop tabs that is oval in shape. Feed the ribbon up through that hole.
5. Place another pop tab next to the first pop tab. You should see another oval of space when you look at the 2nd and 3rd pop tabs. Feed the ribbon down through that hole.
6. Keep repeating the "add pop tab, feed ribbon" until you have a long enough string of tabs to encircle your wrist.
7. Tie the loose end of the ribbon in a knot around the last pop tab.
8. Tie the extra ribbon at the ends into a knot so that the bracelet fits your wrist, but can easily be slid on and off.
You can add to this bracelet by stopping pop tabs occasionally and adding a charm or beads to the ribbon. You can also keep the excess ribbon on the ends of the bracelets and add beads for decoration.
This craft is rather difficult and time consuming. It would work wonderfully as a project for a crafter's workshop. Nice project when you are working with teens.
I love it, so cute! (09/08/2008)
By Jayce
I would like to make some crafts with pop can tabs. What is a strong adhesive to use? I need something that is going to hold up.
Rettta from Mentor, OH
This is what I made from pop tabs:
http://babasfarmlife.blogspot.com/2009/03/get-crafty-with-soda-can-tabs.html (02/08/2010)


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text: WHATZ JAZZ (Mike's Lounge Bar) by MIKE SPRING published on 2012-01-13T23:13:23Z Welcome to Mike's Lounge Bar, an early 2012 project by Mike Spring. WHATZ JAZZ?? A sample based 'DJ' experiment created with Cubase Medialab Genre jazz lounge Comment by Katia Vit LM 2014/04/30 13:55:51 +0000 Comment by hjerlmuda something nicely different :-) 2014/01/02 23:24:36 +0000 Comment by MIKE SPRING @monicafalco: thank you Monica :) 2013/11/04 20:44:40 +0000 Comment by MIKE SPRING @fugaaa: didn't play any of them Gianni, this had been a DJ/production exercise mainly, glad you like it though :) 2013/10/01 18:33:19 +0000 Comment by fugaaa awesome sounds! wonderful bass and great "ghosts" chords!! 2013/09/29 14:43:40 +0000 Comment by Bob Sherman Great lead in music! 2013/07/13 02:07:16 +0000 Comment by Anomon oh so cool man. CuBase MediaLab huh...i'll definitely check it out! Your musical cfreativity really flies in this. So what if you didn;t play every note. Yoyu arranged em and helped em fall EXACTKLY into place 2013/07/13 01:41:06 +0000 Comment by Anomon oh yeah//I am sitting in on this session right now..oh here comes a solo break 2013/07/13 01:39:07 +0000 Comment by Anomon awesome Mike! 2013/07/13 01:38:36 +0000 Comment by Anomon very very nicwely done. How did the digital album buying public respond man. 2013/07/13 01:38:19 +0000 Comment by Anomon killin it alive!!!! 2013/07/13 01:37:35 +0000 Comment by Anomon killin it Mike! Wow 2013/07/13 01:37:25 +0000 Comment by Mónica Falco Sounds really cool! :) 2013/07/07 21:40:47 +0000 Comment by Mónica Falco What an intro... 2013/07/07 21:39:36 +0000 Comment by robynyoulten Prefer ReAL but good work with samples Mike. 2012/11/14 02:12:43 +0000 Comment by MIKE SPRING The funny thing about the http://soundcloud.com/mike-spring/sets/lounge/ set is that any credits could only go to some production attempt of mine since I didn't play any instrument on this sample based expedition. I still think this is kinda weird... However I learned a lot by exploring another way of music production. I hope you enjoy the result - now since it's here ;) 2012/08/14 23:36:43 +0000 Comment by MIKE SPRING @roberto9: Hey thank you Rob! 2012/08/13 20:38:20 +0000 Comment by MIKE SPRING ... a sample library of Steinberg 2012/07/13 22:47:02 +0000 Comment by fumblefingers Really captivating start that draws the listener in. 2012/06/15 10:23:49 +0000 Comment by Nhumo Great track! Very nice Mood Adding!. 2012/06/12 17:50:57 +0000 Comment by Roger S. King Yes, that's struttin', dawg. Love it. 2012/06/11 23:40:16 +0000 Comment by MIKE SPRING @evenorodd: this started as an exercise, for this track I only arranged the parts together to become more experienced working with sampled sounds - this goes only for all tracks of the Mike's Lounge Bar set ;) 2012/06/10 09:10:19 +0000 Comment by evenorodd Love the pizzicato on bass and then the staccato on the piano. Very cool tune. 2012/06/10 08:21:11 +0000 Comment by MIKE SPRING Thank you JC, I believe music can be traveled :) 2012/06/02 10:06:57 +0000 Comment by JCAlexandres Cool tune! Makes you travel! 2012/06/02 06:18:05 +0000 Comment by MIKE SPRING I created this track by only using samples so I guess the feeling mostly comes from the musicians that recorded these. I only arranged them to this track ;) 2012/05/28 10:41:30 +0000 Comment by NothinButDaBlues great to hear this excellent song done with a lot of feeling 2012/05/28 08:28:44 +0000 Comment by Amanda Woollett This is an excellent piece of music! Really enjoyed listening to it! :-) 2012/05/18 22:36:45 +0000 Comment by MIKE SPRING @raphaelgtr: had my fun with it ;) thanks Raphael! 2012/05/13 19:16:44 +0000 Comment by RaphaelGTR that's a very beautiful track, Mike! 2012/05/13 17:32:03 +0000


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text: Culling Elephants At the end of February 2007 South Africa's Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism (DEAT) announced that culling was to be included in a range of management options to control Kruger National Park's excessive elephant population. This decision has stirred up the emotions of those who support the animal rights cause. Vehement anti-culling sentiments are once again being expressed in the media. Much of this comment is expressed by people who have no idea about the principles and practices of wildlife management. They also clearly have no knowledge about the damage that will happen to Kruger National Park IF the park's elephant numbers are NOT reduced to a level that the habitats can sustainably support. What are the bald facts? I believe that Kruger's current 14 000 strong elephant herd should be reduced to perhaps 3000 animals – 4000 at the most. IF this does NOT happen – and soon - large numbers of plant and animal species will become extinct in the park. This will start a general and irreversible process of degradation that will result, over time, in the park becoming little more than a desert. The elephant-culling subject is too big and too complex to cover in media interviews. Nevertheless, it is a vitally important subject that nature-lovers will want to properly understand if they are to sleep well at night in their beds. There are clearly two schools of thought. Those who oppose culling – comprising mainly South Africa's tiny but highly vociferous animal rights minority. And those who support culling – comprising the game rangers, wildlife ranchers, hunters, and pragmatic nature-lovers who understand the issues at stake. Genuine animal welfare organisations also support the culling – provided the killing of the elephants is done in a humane manner. It is time that South African society is made aware of the fact that there is a vast difference between animal rights and animal welfare. And it is time South Africans come to understand the danger to wildlife, and the danger to their lifestyle, that the animal rights brigade poses. Animal rightists want ALL animal "uses" that benefit man, and all linked businesses, to be abolished. This includes stopping ALL domestic animal production - cattle, sheep, goats, chickens etc; the closing down of abattoirs, butcheries and meat counters in food stores; NO ploughing by oxen, horses or donkeys; no horse racing; NO human possession of pets; NO use of dogs – even by the police; NO hunting or wildlife harvesting; NO capture of wildlife for commercial purposes; NO culling of wild animals; NO commercial fishing – in the oceans or in fresh water; NO recreational angling; and NO use of animals for research into the advancement of medical science. These are but a few of their abolition demands. The list is long and tedious. If they get their way the animal rightists will change the current life-style of all South Africans. There will be no biltong. There will be no braai-vleis parties on a Saturday afternoon before watching the rugby on television! The animal rights current demands to stop the resumption of elephant culling in Kruger National Park, therefore, must NOT be considered in isolation of all their other objectives. Their modus operandi is to challenge one issue at a time – and to knock them all down, like dominoes, one at a time. They isolate each issue, create a huge public controversy over it, solicit public support, achieve their objective, then move on to their next objective. What the general public needs to understand is that during the course of their overall operations program there WILL be a domino that has the "animal interest" of every South African on its nameplate. Those people who love their pet animals, may abhor the thought of elephants being culled. They may, therefore, be easily drawn into the animal rights web of intrigue over the elephant culling issue – but they may one-day regret giving these dangerous people their support. They will regret it because one day the animal rightists will start to agitate for the abolition of pet ownership. Those people who love fishing must NOT think that their angling creation is "different" to the elephant culling question. It is linked – as are all other animal "uses" that benefit man – somewhere within the animal rightists' long-term agenda. Animal welfare organisations, on the other hand, accept that man DOES have the right to "use" animals for his own benefit. They just stipulate that when man "uses" an animal when it alive – such as when he rides a horse – that there should be no cruelty involved in such use. And when he has to kill an animal to gain benefits that the killing action should not be cruel. Animal welfare people, therefore, look after man's civilised standards when he "uses" animals – domesticated AND/OR wild. Animal rightists disapprove of animal welfarists – believing they are part of "the problem" (concerning man's "use" of animals) that they want to abolish. Animal rightists cannot achieve ANY of their objectives without violating the legitimate rights of other people. I emphasise the involvement of the animal rightists in the elephant culling debate because they, and they alone, were responsible for the cessation of culling after 1994; because they, and they alone, are responsible for the delays in getting culling back as a management tool in Kruger; And because their's will be a continued voice of dissension in the months and years ahead. Despite this, the Minister of DEAT has animal rightists (and/or "fellow travellers" of the animal rights brigade) on his advisory boards – which is why the elephant culling issue has been surrounded by so much controversy. These are issues that complicate the debate. Nevertheless, the rationale in support of elephant culling is relatively easy to explain. Kruger National Park has only so much soil. It has an average annual rainfall and a regular temperature regime. The soil and the rain and the climate can produce ONLY so much vegetation every year and this vegetation HAS to be able to SUSTAINABLY feed ALL the wild animals that exist in the park. If it cannot do this the whole ecosystem will collapse. So it is vital that the overall animal carrying capacity of the national park is NOT exceeded. The overall animal carrying capacity of the Kruger National Park is measured in terms of "biomass" - the whole weight (or mass) of animals, of every individual of all species, combined, that live in the park. The TOTAL amount – at the overall sustainable habitat carry capacity level - can call 100 percent of the habitats' sustainable carrying capacity. So elephants (at, say, 4000 in number) may start off being the equivalent of 20 percent of the total biomass; at the same time, eland may be 10 percent; kudu 10 percent; impala 20 percent; buffalo 10 percent; zebra 10 percent, sable 5 percent and roan 5 percent; and all the rest 10 percent. (These figures are used here merely to illustrate a point.) Today there are 14 000 elephants in Kruger National Park. This is 3-and-a-half times more than the 4000 in our calculation. That means the elephants now take up 70 percent of the sustainable carrying capacity of the total biomass. It also means that ALL the other species will have to be reduced in number to fit into the remaining 30 percent (70% plus 30% = 100%) - IF sustainability is to maintained. This is a VERY simplistic way of explaining what happens when elephant populations increase in number without control. Something HAS to "give". The REAL problem is a little more complicated. In reality, what happens is that the elephants – and ALL the other 'robust' species – grow in number and they (altogether) start to over-utilise (damage) the habitats. This means they eat MORE vegetation each year than the habitats can produce during the annual growing (wet) seasons. The habitats, therefore, degrade annually. And each year they degrade a little bit more than they did the previous year. If this is allowed to continue the game reserve will, ultimately, lose ALL its vegetation. And, in the process, massive numbers of (in the early stages) sensitive species of both plants and animals will disappear. Later even more robust species will disappear too – including, eventually, the elephants themselves. And the game reserve will persistently degrade until it becomes a desert. THIS IS NOT WHAT SOUTH AFRICAN SOCIETY WANTS. Populations of ALL SPECIES that exceed the sustainable carrying capacities of their habitats, therefore, need to be annually reduced in number, by culling, so as to maintain a dynamic balance between the soil, the plants and the animals. No single species should EVER be allowed to exceed the sustainable carrying capacity of its habitat – because, IF it does, it contributes to the overall degradation of the game reserve …. until, as explained above, it becomes a desert. But the elephants are THE most important species in this conundrum because they can and do so much more damage than do other species. Our "Wildlife Management Priorities" are really quite simple to understand. Our Number ONE priority concern must be for THE SOIL – because without soil no plants can grow. Our SECOND priority must be for THE PLANTS – because without plants there will be no food for animals to eat; or habitats for animals to live in. Plants also protect the soil from erosion by the sun, wind and (especially) the rain. Finally, our THIRD priority must be for the animals. So the animals come LAST on the priority list of our wildlife management concerns. Tourism – IF it were to be part of this consideration – would appear on the list of priorities as Number FOUR. Sustainable and prosperous tourism can ONLY exist where the ecosystems on which tourism depends are, themselves, stable and sustainable – and in a state of dynamic equilibrium. To put tourism ahead of our concerns for the soil, the plants and the animals is "putting the cart before the horse." So what is/has been happening in Kruger National Park? In 1960 the park scientists first admitted that the game reserve had exceeded the elephant saturation point. There were then about 5000 elephant in the park. In 1965 Dr. Rocco Knobel, then Director of the Parks Board, made a decision: The elephant population should not be allowed to exceed its present numbers "UNTIL THE GAME WATER SUPPLY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME HAD BEEN COMPLETED". The number of elephants in the park was then c. 7000. NOTE: 7000 was NOT ever considered to be the "elephant carrying capacity" of the park. This was an arbitrary figure derived as a result of the decision referred to above. Yet EVERYBODY seems to have assumed that 7000 WAS/IS the elephant carrying capacity of Kruger National Park – and today, people are saying that Kruger's current 14 000 is going to have to be reduced to 7000. THIS IS NOT A VALID ARGUMENT. In 1965 7000 elephants was THEN too high a number of elephants for the park to sustainably carry. How do we know this? Consider this scenario. The ONLY top canopy tree study conducted in Kruger National Park prior to 1960 was located at SATARA. In 1944 a large study area disclosed that, on average, there were 13 top canopy trees per hectare. At that time there were NO resident elephants in the Satara area. Top canopy trees are an important component of all habitats because they create the micro-climates (in their shade) where a whole range of sun-sensitive plant and animal species can exist – and which, without the shade from these trees, will become extinct. Top canopy trees also provide unique habitats for many arboreal animal species that can move from treetop to treetop without ever having to travel over the ground. On the ground there is a range of predators that would quickly kill them. The first resident elephant herds arrived in Satara in 1960. By 1965 the Satara top canopy trees had been reduced to 9 trees per hectare. Elephant culling commenced in 1967 and it was arbitrarily decided to keep the elephant numbers at 7000. Despite the maintenance of the elephant herds at 7000, the top canopy tree population at Satara had been reduced to 3 trees per hectare by 1974. By 1981 the top-canopy tree population at Satara had been reduced to 1,5 trees per hectare. This means the top canopy trees at Satara had been reduced by 88,5 percent between 1960 and 1981. Culling – maintaining the elephant population at 7000 – was carried out until 1994. In 1994 animal rights activists persuaded the then Director of the Parks Board, Dr. Robbie Robinson, to stop elephant culling. The last cull took place in 1994. Since then the elephant population has increased to 14 000; and today the numbers of Satara's top canopy trees are reported to be down to just 6 percent of what they were in 1960. This means there are now only 0.078 trees per hectare in the Satara top canopy tree study area. It doesn't need much intelligence for ANYBODY to understand what has happened to the one-time mass of under story plants and animals that once existed in the original Satara woodlands; or what has happened to the many arboreal animals that once lived in the tree canopies at Satara. One of the most horrendous consequences of excessive elephant populations is that, SUDDENLY, the elephants (during a drought year) turn on the baobab trees. This happened in the Gonarezhou (Zimbabwe) in the early seventies when 23 percent of the baobabs were killed over a two year period and where a further 71 percent were damaged. Only 6 percent were NOT attacked during that two year period. But since then MANY more baobabs have been killed in the Gonarezhou by elephants. Baobabs reach an estimated age of 5000 years. That means the big baobabs that are under threat because of too many elephants in Kruger at this time, were already 1 700 years old when Tuthankhamen was Pharoah of Egypt. These are VERY special trees, therefore, and they deserve better consideration from human beings than is currently being given them. And to those who say that the damage caused by elephants is a natural cyclic event – which will be quickly repaired - we say: "Twiddle Sticks". Are we prepared to wait 5000 years for the big baobabs of Kruger to be replaced after they are gone? Surely it is far better to "maintain an acceptable, reasonably stable and dynamic balance between the soil, the plants and animals" by culling animal populations (not JUST elephants) whenever their populations become excessive? All this is clearly explained in the attached and inexpensive booklet – "Managing Our Wildlife Heritage" by Ron Thomson. Those who want to know more about this fascinating subject can obtain a copy direct from the publishers, MAGRON PUBLISHERS, at Box 733, Hartbeespoort 0216. Tel/Fax (012) 2530 521. Email: magron @ ripplesoft.co.za. Its cost is just R80 – inclusive of postage – in South Africa; or R100 for overseas airmail delivery. This booklet is not JUST about elephants. It explains the principles and practices surrounding the management needs of ALL wild animals - and in a language that everybody can understand.