Alessandra Ambrosio was spotted keeping her son Noah close, as they made a quick stop at the Brentwood Country Mart in Los Angeles.
Afterwards the model and fiance Jamie Mazur went house hunting with daughter Anja. Alessandra has been on the go travelling around the world for the last few weeks. Going from the beautiful beaches of Miami to the snow hills of Park City, Utah where she attended the Sundance film festival with Jamie.
Noah looked happy to be in his mom's arms, while wearing an all white onesie and an elephant print sun hat. Alessandra was dressed down in a pair of animal print jeans, sneakers and a grey button down shirt.
Don't they make a sweet couple?
A Pregnant Busy Philipps Works Out In LA!


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The Galaxy pressed hard but were unable to find the winner in normal time.
He also won one of two penalties for his side in normal time when he was checked by Victory defender Petar Franjic to earn the spot kick for Robbie Keane.
Beckham's every move cheered by a 34,000 crowd until he was substituted three minutes from the end. His audacious lob from inside his own half on 13 minutes which just missed was reminiscent of the 1996 goal for Manchester United against Wimbledon from similar range which launched him to stardom.
Beckham didn't score but provided several classy touches. He is out of contract at the end of the Galaxy's season and hasn't yet where he will play next year. He is understood to be weighing offers to remain in the Nike Air Max Tavas Navy Leather United States or to join the French club Paris St. Germain.
Kewell but Kewell was withdrawn by Melbourne to ensure his fitness for an A League match this weekend.
manager's told me I can't play," Kewell said. "I'm 100 per cent fit, I trained today, and I wanted to be out there."
Melbourne made the stronger start Tuesday and led 2 0 after 37 minutes with goals by Carlos Hernandez and Isaka Cernak. But after a dubious penalty for handball just before halftime which Keane converted to make it 2 1, the Galaxy improved in the second half. Keane's second penalty squared things up at 2 2.
MELBOURNE, Australia David Beckham lifted a trophy in what could be his final game for the Los Angeles Galaxy as his side beat Australian A League side the Melbourne Victory on penalties in a friendly match Tuesday.
the Galaxy's 4 3 shootout win following a 2 2 draw.


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Carl Minkley (November 14, 1866 – July 26, 1937) was an interior decorator, housepainter, labor movement activist and Socialist Party of America politician from Milwaukee, Wisconsin who served two terms in the Wisconsin State Assembly (as well as being an alderman for the City of Milwaukee).

Background
Minkley was born in Strelno (now Strzelno), in what was then the German Empire, on November 14, 1866. He attended the public schools and studied designing for interior decoration in the trade schools of Berlin, Germany. He became a member of his trade union in 1887, and was elected a delegate from the city of Berlin to its national convention in 1890. Minkley came to the United States in 1892, settling in Milwaukee in 1893. He was a delegate to the national convention of the Brotherhood of Decorators and Painters of America. He became a member of the Socialist Party of America, became the state organizer of the Socialist Party (known in Wisconsin at the "Social-Democratic Party"), and served as a delegate to the national Socialist convention in 1912.

Elective office
Minkley was appointed as alderman-at-large in the city of Milwaukee by mayor Emil Seidel, to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Victor L. Berger after Berger's 1910 election to Congress. Minkley was first elected a member of the Assembly in the Fourth district of Milwaukee County (20th and 22nd wards of the City of Milwaukee) in 1912, with 2365 votes to 1969 for independent Paul G. Dorow, 1331 for Republican Max J. Leutermann, and 54 for Prohibitionist Peter J. Norgaaard, succeeding his fellow Socialist Max E. Binner (Binner, whose old district had been split up after the 1910 United States Census, did not run for re-election.) Minkley served on the Assembly's Committee on Municipalities.

In 1914 he was re-elected by a narrow margin, with 2295 votes to 2209 for Republican Walter F. Mayer. He was assigned to the Committee on the Judiciary for the 1915-1916 Assembly session. In May 1915, he requested an indefinite leave of absence, as the $500 salary and what money he had been able to earn as a housepainter while the Assembly was not in session was not sufficient to pay his expenses in Madison. While in the Assembly, he continued his work as Socialist Party state organizer.

He was succeeded in the Assembly in the 1916 election by fellow Socialist Henry Ohl, Jr.

After the Assembly
After leaving the Assembly, Minkley continued as an activist. He frequently appeared before the legislature on behalf of Socialist legislation or on behalf of unions. As a lobbyist for the Brewery Workers Union, he wrote, published and distributed 2,500,000 copies of a pamphlet against Prohibition, and appeared before the United States Senate and five state legislatures in opposition to it.

When the Milwaukee City Hall's Council Chambers were remodelled in 1931, Minkley contributed a stencil design for the ceiling and anteroom on the theme "Human Endeavor and Progress". This led to some complaints from the Milwaukee Art Commission, which condemned the designs as the product of "a painter, not an artist."

In 1934 he was the Socialist nominee for the Fifth Wisconsin State Senate District, garnering 6,458 votes to 10,435 for Democrat Harold Schoenecker, 6,916 for Republican Bernhard Gettleman, and 5.674 for Progressive Gustave Dick.

Minkley's rhetoric was often vigorous. During a 1935 rally in the Assembly chamber in favor of a bill to create a state corporation to operate shuttered factories and employ jobless workers, he told the Assembly that if the bill did not pass, its supporters would return at the next session with baseball bats "to drive you out."  In 1937, Minkley was state secretary of the Socialist Party, and expressed the Party's concern that the Civilian Conservation Corps was "a breeding spot for militarism or Fascism."

Personal life
On September 29, 1934, he married Anna Hunter, a widow whom he'd met at the Wisconsin Socialist Party annual picnic in Pleasant Prairie. He already had six children (Carl, Nora, Carla, Clio, Eric and Kurt) by a prior marriage.

He died July 26, 1937, of a stroke.

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Boxer Spotlight: Kenneth Mulholland, Enterprise Account Executive
March 16th 2021 | Alicia Shelford, Digital Marketing Coordinator at Box
At Box, we believe great ideas can come from anywhere in the company. We enable Boxers to champion their ideas and drive their career, supporting them in any path.In this new series, we spotlight Boxers across EMEA who showcase what #LifeatBox is all about.With that, we're excited to introduce you to Kenneth Mulholland, a Large Enterprise Account Executive, based in London and formerly Sydney.
Why did you choose Box?
Coming out of university with an Economics degree, I hadn't necessarily thought about pursuing a career in tech. However, after completing a two year graduate scheme in Ireland for a software firm, I found myself really enjoying what the industry had to offer, and I remember being particularly impressed by Box's leadership team when I met them at a CloudExpo event in London. I joined the first cohort of hires for Box EMEA as the company was building out operations in Europe, and early on, I could tell that there was an amazing culture being built with an office full of remarkable people!
What has your Box journey looked like?
I initially joined the Commercial Accounts team in London, partnering with Northern European companies ranging from 100 to 5,000 employees. At the time, we had started working closely with some of the major transport hubs - I was really fortunate to partner with the CIO at Gatwick Airport, who was a massive supporter of Cloud/SaaS platforms, and it was the success with this account that helped me build my brand internally at Box and also develop new skills such as influencing, negotiation and territory management in my role.
While at our President's Club event in Cancun (annual incentive trip for Box's top sales performers), I was made aware Box was expanding into Australia and I could be one of the first Boxers in that country as we built out a Sales team for APAC. In 2016, I moved across the globe to Australia to manage our Enterprise Accounts and work on some really cool projects with amazing business leaders. My 4.5 years down south came to a close in November 2020 when I was offered a role working under Ryan Ball, Regional Director - Strategic Sales, in our EMEA office. It was bittersweet leaving Australia, but I'm thrilled to be back in the UK.
Were there any differences between the offices?
The Australian office was a little more laid back, and every meeting is a coffee meeting which I can't complain about! The tech community is relatively small as well (Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane combined are smaller than London!). Everyone knows one another which is nice - it definitely made building relationships easier considering everything else was completely new.
... and what was the same?
In both offices I've worked in, there is a strong cross functional desire to GSD (Get Stuff Done), and despite timezone challenges and being somewhat remote, I actually felt more connected to our HQ. While culturally there are clear differences between working in the European market vs APAC, ultimately, we are one team at Box.
Would you recommend moving abroad?
From a young age, I've had the opportunity to move around, from North Carolina to Hong Kong and so it naturally became a part of my working life as well. There is so much to explore out there and it's a joy to be able to discover the world and meet new people. If things don't go to plan, you can always move back. The experience you could gain and the memories you could make are 100% worth that risk. If you have the opportunity to relocate in your role, I absolutely say "go for it".
If you could give just one piece of advice to someone who wants to relocate with their work, what would it be?
Just ask. There is no part of my work that has suffered due to moving. While I've seen peers move from role to role, I've been able to build my brand and a network across multiple offices over my 9 years at Box. I've always felt well supported and have been rewarded along the way. Box genuinely cares about my personal development and the well being of my family. You can't take that for granted.
Thank you, Kenneth, for taking the time to be a part of our Boxer Spotlight series. Experiences like yours are what make the company such an exciting place to work, and we look forward to seeing what you'll do next at Box!

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There is no such thing as a new idea. This applies to dreams, wants, desires, and ambitions. People will try and sell them as fresh and innovative, they will even paint them with a glossy coat of genius, but since it has existed before; why pay the premium? Ideas depreciate as soon as they are conceived. A better method, a more prudent, and pragmatic method that recognizes the utter lack of anything new, is to buy something gently used.
Remember that middle-school friend who wanted to be a ballerina? Or that high-school loner who painted in bold angst-filled strokes of melancholy? Your friend is now working as an accountant, and the artist is working in advertising. What happened to their dreams?
The Harvester Goblin trolls between the pain, and self-doubt collecting discarded enthusiasm, dreams, and desires. He polishes, refurbishes, sews, and cleans these dusty knick-knacks and sells them to other interested parties — for a price.
All it costs is a slice of your dignity. For the goblin, It is a highly lucrative occupation. Turning a dream into a reality requires blood, talent, luck, perseverance, and skill. Instead of moving a dream into reality, however, these desires, ideas, and ambitions, often pull their owners into the dream itself; a place where anything seems possible with little to no effort. After a while, the Harvester Goblin will return and trade your ungrounded, neglected ambition for more adult mortgages, titles, and security. He will wink at your former naivety, and complement your grown-up perspective as he wheels them away.
If by chance, an ambition or dream becomes a reality, the Harvester Goblin will use it as leverage to sell others gently-used ideas. It matters very little to him whether you succeed or not. Somewhere, a dream is always for sale, while somebody else reaches desperately for its fulfillment. The Harvester Goblin trundles on. He is happy to be the middleman in the bankable cycle of what could be.


I eluded to this case a bit in my last blog mentioning that a clear motive could not be determined in this case. Earlier I posted a case about Gregory Phillips who murdered his neighbor, her daughter and then himself. This left a lot of unanswered questions for authorities and they were forced to piece together what happened based on the evidence. The same was the case here. The difference between this and the Phillips case is that there is a clear theory of motive in this case and it is not the kind you see very often.
On March 14, 2002 some officers were paroling an area in McMinnville Oregon when some neighbors in the area stopped them and expressed concern about a family in the area. No one had seen the Bryant family in quite some time and there seemed to be no movement in the home. Officers went to the home and after noticing that the mail had seemingly piled up for several days and getting no answer at the door they began looking in windows. It was then that one of the officers saw a body laying in the front room floor and called it in. Apparently it seemed that they did not believe the person they could see through the window could be saved and had a search warrant issued before entering the home.
Inside they would discover that the body that they had seen through the window belonged to thirty-seven year old Robert Bryant. Upstairs they would find five more bodies. Janet Bryant would be found in the master bedroom of the home and each their four children would be found in their beds, in their rooms. There was fifteen year old Clayton, twelve year old Ethan, ten year old Ashley and nine year old Alissa.
The neighbors were shocked. The Bryant family had not been in the area long. They had only moved into that particular home a few months earlier. They had only been in Oregon since the summer before, coming from California. Robert Bryant owned a landscaping business and seemed to be doing very well financially. In fact, the family had bought the two plus acres of land and had paid it off before putting the modular home they were living in on the land. Those associated with the family said that they planned to build a house on the remaining property once spring arrived. Investigators would later learn that things had not been so rosy back in California.
As was the case in the Phillips case, the investigators had to piece together what they found to determine what they believed happened. They learned that the children had last been seen at school on February 22nd. Teachers and school officials had not been worried at first because it was "flu" season but it does seem that after several days absence different people, as well as neighbors had attempted to reach the family. February 22nd was a Friday so it was likely late the next week before anyone noticed anything was amiss. It seemed clear to investigators that Robert Bryant had murdered his family and then himself. It was determined that February 23rd was Robert and Janet's anniversary and that early on that evening Robert had bought shotgun shells and paid with a hundred dollar bill. The receipt was found in his pocket. A total of four weapons were found in the house. Two of those were shotguns and were determined to have been used in the murders.
Investigators would come to believe that Robert had murdered the children while they were in their beds and that Janet may have heard the noises and got up out of bed herself. She was found just on the side of the bed but her foot was entangled in the sheets. They believe that after Robert shot Janet he then went downstairs and knelt to the floor, placing the shotgun to his chin and pulled the trigger.
Nothing in my research indicated that any note was left in the home to give investigators an idea to a motive. It took more work to try to determine that. Now, I want to point out that every single article that I read on this case, save one, indicated that this family, at the time of the murders were prospering financially. They had filed bankruptcy in California in January of 2000 (the reason of which I will get into in a bit) but at the time of the murders Robert's business was bringing in over $7,000 a month. They had not moved to Oregon until June of 2001 and for the first six months they lived in a mobile home park while Robert got his business back up and running. They had bought the land that the home sat on for $96,000 and had paid it off very quickly. All indications were that they had paid that off before placing the home on the land and moving onto the property. The one article that disputes this says that according to Robert's sister he had told her in December that they had two months of food remaining and after that he was not sure what was going to happen. I call bs on this for a variety of reasons. I know, I know, you do not see language like that here often but you will likely see why I say this soon.
The "sensationalism" part of this story surrounds not just the fact that the Bryants were former Jehovah Witnesses but the alleged motive behind the murders. The Bryants, along with Robert's family, had been very involved in their church when they were in Shingle Springs California. The children were all homeschooled when they lived there. Some former neighbors described them as a bit standoffish while others said they were very pleasant. However, things changed for the family in 1999. While no one seems to know what the exact issue was the church has said that the family was eventually "expelled" from the congregation and shunned "for conduct that was not in harmony with Bible principles." That was from the word of a church elder after the murders were committed.
At the time of the shunning Robert Bryant owned his landscaping business. It seems that his brothers and father were also involved in the business but many of their customers were also Jehovah Witnesses and upon his shunning he lost a lot of business. My research indicates that his family was all but required to also shun him but his father did not disassociate with the business until March of 2001, a year after Robert was forced to file bankruptcy. But about three months later the family left California in the middle of the night, allegedly telling no one in his family they were leaving or where they were going.
Some of the people who knew the family in Oregon stated that Robert Bryant had a fear that his family was attempting to gain custody of the children. He had expressed that they had left California because he felt as if the "grandparents" were "brainwashing" the children. But, just exactly what the grandparents were doing and were in the process of doing is unclear. An elder (or two, it was not clear) seemed to at one point say that relatives had already filed documents to seek custody of the children but other things say they had filed for visitation rights with the children. This indicates that a) Robert Bryant may have had legitimate fears about the care of his children and b) it is possible that his family had located them.
I did a quick search on grandparent visitation rights in California but of course I found current standards and not necessarily what was being done or allowed in 2002. Grandparent visitation was one of the things I was most interested in when I was studying family law. I will try to give a quick lowdown of how they progressed, and then later regressed. When something new enters the courts the result becomes what is called precedence. In essence any future filings would look back at the result of previous attempts. Grandparent visitation was a "big" thing for a while and it was often used, if not in court, then verbally, as threats by grandparents who felt they were being unjustly distanced from their grandchildren. The reason that grandparent visitation got as far as it did initially is that the courts were not making the petitioners (the grandparents) justify or prove why their contact would benefit the children but instead required the parents to prove why contact would be detrimental to the children. The other large thing that played a role in many of these cases was money. Generally the grandparents had more money than the parents as most were no longer raising children and had good nest eggs that they had saved over the years. So, when the cases did not first end their way they had more money to appeal the cases and keep them going. In reality they also had more time for it. The parents were busy making a living and raising their children. In many cases the parents would end up giving up and settling the cases which from the eyes of the courts were "wins" for the grandparents. And this is how precedence was set. The courts finally realized that not only had they forced the parents, who were the respondents, to prove why the grandparents should not have visitation but they were oftentimes impeding on the rights of the parents to make sound and just decisions for their children. States then began being a bit harder on the grandparents. Not only did they start doing what the court should have done in the first place, make them prove why they would be beneficial to the children's lives, obviously against the parents' wishes, but they also made new rules. One of the biggest rules that most states enacted was that they could not sue an "in tact" family. That meant that unless the parents were separated or divorced they had presumably made this choice for the grandparents not to see the children, or see them on their schedule, together. In most states it made it nearly impossible for a grandparent to sue their own child even if the parents are separated. These rules greatly lessened the "power" that grandparents had.
Whether these laws were enacted yet in 2002 I cannot say, but even if they were it does not mean that Robert and Janet Bryant knew of them. Many people had just heard of cases where the grandparents were given visitation and in fairness many grandparents thought it was simply a given.... they were entitled, and they would receive. It really never was that simple. This is not to say that the Bryant's did not have anything to worry about. A lawyer associated with the church was likely representing the grandparents and I am going to guess this was not the first case they had seen. A lot could also depend on the judge in the case and what they were known to do. Some of these questions can never be answered because the Bryants are no longer alive to tell anyone what they were thinking. Janet's sister is seems was the first to come out and say she believed that the murders had occurred because of this issue with Robert's parents seeking custody or visitation. In her mind Robert was protecting his family. This is why I stated earlier that I called bs on the comment allegedly from Robert's sister about their finances.
That one single article was the only one in many, many, that I read, where anyone indicated that Robert Bryant was having financial issues what so ever, let alone not having the ability to feed his children. Not only did every other article I read express that the family was obviously well off financially at the time and that Robert's business was booming but they all also expressed that they had no contact with members of his family. If Robert expressed fear from his family as told by many who knew them why would he have had contact with any of them and how is it that of all the people that knew them at that time his sister was the only one to claim a different motive for the murders? To add to this, not only why but how would the family, who had lived in a trailer park for six months pay off a $96,000 loan on land so quickly if they were in such dire straits? By all accounts this seemingly was paid off before the home was placed on the land and the family had moved in just before Christmas. And yet, according to his sister it was Christmas when Robert allegedly said they only had enough food for a few months, as if no other money was coming in. Financial records showed the business was going well. In fact, when they had stayed at the trailer park Robert had discussed with the owner making some changes and upgrades. Later the owner spoke to Robert again about those ideas and at the time he had expressed that he had more business than he could handle at the time so those upgrades would have to wait for the time being. In my opinion Roberts sister made those statements because she knew that public opinion was against them. Right or wrong there is often a distaste aimed towards the Jehovah Witnesses in general. To add this many people were blaming the actions of not just the church, but specifically Roberts parents.
The long and short of it is that no one will ever know for absolute certainty that this was the motive behind the murders. I do personally believe that the motive does seem to be the issue surrounding not just the children at risk but also the idea that Robert did not want them influenced by the church in any way. While we can speculate and feel we know the answer for the murders, giving us an answer, I do not feel we will ever know the true reason the family was shunned from the church in the first place. This is not something that is taken lightly and devote followers do not question the elders or their teachings without knowing this going in. I agree with almost all of the theories and perceptions made, save one. While my research points out that February 23rd was Robert and Janet's anniversary and felt that it was significant to Robert for that to be the day the murders occurred they do not mention the significance to Janet. Investigators have said they believe the children were murdered first. If this is true it leads me to believe that Janet knew what was going on, knew what was going to happen and with that said condoned it. I can only assume that fingerprints were taken and only Robert's were found. But, in my opinion that does not mean that Janet was unaware. It seems odd to me that he would murder the four children first, each with one close range shot to the head, and risk waking Janet, just as investigators suspect. This is why I suspect that she knew it was going to happen and agreed with the actions. It is also just as likely that she did not want to be the one to do it. But again, I think the anniversary was significant to both of them. Their gift to each other was everlasting.


A lot of work goes into landscaping your yard. River rocks may be a nice addition to a garden, but depending on how you acquire them, they can be expensive. The work that goes into hauling and placing them can also be labor intensive. No one wants to put that much time, money and effort into a project, only to have weeds pop up between each rock. One solution is to lay a tarp underneath the rock to serve as a weed barrier.
A tarp may keep weeds out of your rock garden.
Clear the area of your yard or garden that you want to landscape. The first step to getting rid of weeds is ... well, getting rid of weeds. You will need to use a shovel or tiller or other tools you have at your disposal to dig up the ground. A small tiller is faster than most hand tools and generally will do a more thorough job. After breaking up the ground with tools, you will need to rake and continue to remove any remaining grass and weed roots from the garden to prevent their taking hold and attempting to grow underneath the tarp. In the event you are placing or replacing a tarp under existing landscaping, you will have to first fully remove the old landscaping material with a shovel and then begin the process of clearing the ground.
Roll out the tarp over the area to be landscaped. If the tarp is not large enough to cover the area, you may need more than one. If you use more than one tarp, you will need to overlap the two so sunlight doesn't filter through to encourage weed growth.
Drive garden staples through the tarp with a hammer. A garden staple looks like a U-shaped nail with two pointed ends and no head. These may be purchased at most local home improvement stores. The garden staples should be spaced approximately one to 1 ½ feet apart to hold the fabric in place and avoid shifting while placing landscaping material. You will need to place the staples around the edges and along any overlapped seams between multiple tarps.
Create the border for your landscaped area with large landscaping stones or other appropriate material, positioning it so there is no room for weeds to grow between the border and the tarp. When you have framed the area, you may begin shoveling or scooping the river rocks into the area, smoothing and leveling as necessary.


This is turning out to be some tournament with some wild results all over the place. At this point it's pretty difficult to see who the favourites are but I'm expecting things to settle down as the real action begins.
Fixtures include South Korea v Germany, Mexico v Sweden, Serbia v Brazil and Switzerland v Costa Rica.
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package uk.co.inhealthcare.smsp.client.model;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
import org.hl7.v3.CsEntityNameUse;

public class Name {

	public static class Builder {

		private List<String> given = new ArrayList<>();
		private String family;
		private List<CsEntityNameUse> uses = new ArrayList<>();
		private String prefix;

		public Builder given(String given) {
			this.given.add(given);
			return this;
		}

		public Builder family(String family) {
			this.family = family;
			return this;
		}

		public Builder use(CsEntityNameUse use) {
			this.uses.add(use);
			return this;
		}

		public Name build() {
			return new Name(this);
		}

		public Builder uses(List<CsEntityNameUse> uses) {
			this.uses.addAll(uses);
			return this;
		}

		public Builder prefix(String prefix) {
			this.prefix = prefix;
			return this;
		}

	}

	private String family;
	private List<String> given = new ArrayList<>();
	private List<CsEntityNameUse> use = new ArrayList<>();
	private String prefix;

	private Name(Builder builder) {
		if (builder.given.isEmpty() && StringUtils.isBlank(builder.family))
			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Name requires a given or family part");
		this.family = builder.family;
		this.given.addAll(builder.given);
		this.use.addAll(builder.uses);
		this.prefix = builder.prefix;
	}

	public String getFamily() {
		return family;
	}

	public List<String> getGiven() {
		return given;
	}

	public String getPrefix() {
		return prefix;
	}

	public List<CsEntityNameUse> getUse() {
		return use;
	}

	@Override
	public String toString() {
		return "Name [family=" + family + ", given=" + given + ", use=" + use + ", prefix=" + prefix + "]";
	}

}

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DAFC Dream Team Midfielders
Date: Tuesday, 12th Apr 2005
In association with the matchday programme, we are asking you to record your votes for you favourites players. From your votes, the team that is deemed the greatest will be immortalised in a Dream Team limited edition print. One copy of this print will be given away free in a competition.
Being a fantasy team, it's likely that a couple of silky ball-players with defence- splitting passing ability will feature, but where does that leave the hard-tackling 'minder' who is often just as popular with the fans? A further complication arises with the old 2-3-5 system, where the half-backs were considered little more than defenders and the inside-forwards were most definitely strikers. As tactics changed during the Sixties, a new phenomenon appeared - the 'midfield' player.
VOTING HAS NOW CLOSED
We start with the captain of the 1961 Cup winning team, Ronnie Mailer. Signed in March 1951, Ron was a versatile player who gave everything he had for the full ninety minutes, so much so that he became known as 'Marathon Man'. Finally settling at right half, he proved equally adept at breaking up opposition attacks or opening the play up for the Pars, the cross-field pass being something of a speciality. Ron made 325 appearances for the club, the last of these coming on 4th April 1964, and scored 32 goals, the most memorable being a spectacular forty-yard rocket against Kilmarnock in 1960.
Many Athletic supporters regard Alex Smith as one of the greatest players ever to wear the black and white. His superb control and accurate passing were the main features of his game and he was recognised as the 'brains' behind the team. An inside-forward for most of his time with the Pars, Alex was no slouch in front of goal either, netting 98 times in 298 matches, third highest in the club's post-war rankings. In August 1966 he was sold to Rangers for a then Scottish record fee of £51,000. Sadly, his performances there didn't match his fee but that was largely because Rangers were intent on playing him as a striker.
Ronnie Mailer
Fortunately, Dunfermline had other talented players to help fill the gap, one of them being Tom Callaghan, brother of right-back Willie. Signed from Lochore Welfare in 1962, he was one of Jock Stein's real bargain buys, costing £20. The perfect link between defence and attack, Tom was a skilful, hard-working left-sided midfielder who recovered from a broken leg to help the Pars lift the Cup in 1968. He also won international honours when he was capped for the Scottish League against the League of Ireland. Jock Stein was impressed enough to sign him again, in November 1968, for a Celtic record fee of £35,000. He had made 190 appearances for the Athletic and was still only 23 years old.
Although there are many who would regard Bert Paton as more of a forward, for 'Dream Team' purposes he'll be considered a midfielder. Certainly, his unselfish style of play as an inside forward helped strikers such as Alex Ferguson and Pat Gardner to the best form of their careers. He signed for the Pars in 1961 after being released by Leeds United and took a while to establish himself in the side but once there he became indispensable. Bert had a knack of making space for himself and others even in the busiest goalmouth and was a hard man to take the ball from. Ideally suited to European football, he played some of his best games on that stage and remains the club's top scorer in Euro competition. In 214 matches Bert scored a very creditable 86 goals despite having a career blighted by injury. The second of his broken legs saw him retire from the playing side while still in his twenties.
Tommy Callaghan
It shouldn't be surprising that so many of our choices are from the Dunfermline Athletic of the 1960s, and our next player was also from that era. Hugh Robertson started life as a winger, and indeed, was a member of Dundee's famous Scottish League winning side and of Scotland's World Cup squad in 1962. It was quite a capture when manager Willie Cunningham recruited him at the age of 26 in 1965, and playing him in midfield proved to be a great piece of management. Very powerful and stocky in build, Hugh had a great eye for goal and a very powerful shot, and was always among the top goalscorers every season with Dunfermline. He was a member of the 1968 Cup winning team as well as a regular starter during the Pars most successful European era. Hugh scored 61 goals in 237 Pars appearances.
The early 1980s were not the happiest times at East End Park, but one man who helped to take them out of those doldrums days was popular midfielder Steve Morrison. Stevie was signed as a striker in 1981 from Aberdeen for a £7000 fee by then manager Pat Stanton, but it soon became evident that he would play a more significant role as a creative midfielder. Stevie had good vision that allowed him to play long sweeping cross field passes, but it was his ferocious shot that helped him become a favourite with the fans. Stevie helped Dunfermline from the Second Division into the First and then the Premier, playing a total of 275 first team matches and scoring 48 goals.
Select Steve Morrison
The modern game demands that midfielders have to be good all-rounders and one of the best in recent years was Craig Robertson. First signed in 1987, Craig was the top scorer with 13 goals in Dunfermline's inaugural Premier Division season and made a big enough impact to be transferred to Aberdeen for £200,000 during 1988/89. He returned in 1991 and gradually made the transition from an attacking midfielder to one that could easily adapt to sweeper if the need arose. After making 322 appearances for the Pars he was surprisingly released in 1998, but nobody will ever forget the massive contribution he made following the tragic death of Norrie McCathie.
Select Craig Robertson
Istvan Kozma
There's little doubt that Istvan Kozma was one of the most talented players seen at East End Park during the past thirty years. The Hungarian international signed in September 1989 for a club record fee of £540,000 and had an immediate effect as the Pars played some great football and briefly topped the league. His intelligent play was sometimes too clever for some of his teammates but he linked well with George O'Boyle and Ross Jack and his hat trick against St.Mirren was unforgettable. Kozma's influence on the team waned as, inexplicably, he was moved out to the wing, where all he could do was wave his arms at colleagues unable to get the ball to him. With the Pars heading for relegation, Liverpool came in with an offer of £300,000 in February 1992 and Kozma headed off to play for Graeme Souness. His hero status was, however, confirmed when he returned to play in Stewart Petrie's Testimonial match. Even then, at the age of forty, he showed some of the skills that made him one of the Pars' all-time favourites.
Select Istvan Kozma
Barry Nicholson
Our final choice is a player who is still with the club today. Barry Nicholson was transferred from Rangers in 2000 and went from being an occasional first team player at Ibrox to a mainstay at Dunfermline. In his five seasons at East End Park he has been a regular notching up more than 200 appearances and scoring 30 goals. He captained the team in Scott Thomson's absence, taking them to their first Cup Final for over thirty years in 2004. He has scored some remarkable goals for the club and he remains one of only five Dunfermline players capped by Scotland while serving with the club.
Select Barry Nicholson


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23 Snakes in Wisconsin (Pictures and Identification)
Reptiles / By Vy Nguyen
Wisconsin is often seen as the Northwestern limit of multiple snake species found in Northeastern habitats across the US.
The state is home to a few established species as well as a few endangered snakes.
Are There Venomous Snakes in Wisconsin?
Snakes in Wisconsin
1. Common Garter Snake
2. Common Watersnake
3. Red-bellied Snake
4. Eastern Foxsnake
5. Dekay's Brownsnake
6. Eastern Hognose Snake
7. Eastern Milksnake
8. Smooth Greensnake
9. Gopher Snake
10. Prairie Ringneck Snake
11. Northern Ringneck Snake
12. Butler's Garter Snake
13. Plains Garter Snake
14. Timber Rattlesnake
15. North American Racer
16. Gray Ratsnake
17. Western Foxsnake
18. Eastern Massasauga
19. Eastern Ribbonsnake
20. Queensnake
21. Lined Snake
22. Western Ribbonsnake
23. Western Wormsnake
Only 2 snake species in Wisconsin are venomous. Timber Rattlesnakes and Eastern Massasauga are the highly venomous species still living in Wisconsin.
The bite of these snakes is highly dangerous to humans and it requires hospitalization.
Most other types of snakes in the state aren't venomous. There are 5 species of Garter snakes in Wisconsin that can mimic rattlesnakes but which aren't venomous.
Snakes live in dry habitats such as areas next to woodlands as well as in humid habitats such as marshes and areas near water across the state.
These are the venomous and non-venomous species still native to Wisconsin.
Common Garter Snake
A native species in Wisconsin, Common Garter Snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis) are a species identified by their 3 dorsal stripes.
Narrow yellow stripes are seen on this snake's gray base color. A gray-to-brown coloring with additional dark spots is specific to this species.
Unlike Common Garter Snakes in Southern states, those in Wisconsin don't exhibit a gray color with blue undertones.
Common Garter Snakes are also perceived as a common snake species in the state through their numerous presence in suburban areas.
There are 5 species of garter snakes in Wisconsin. Common Garter Snakes are the most common garter snakes in the state. Other species are only found in remote Southern or Eastern parts of the state.
Snakes of this species aren't protected in the state, even if they enjoy a protected status in other states.
Common Garter Snakes live in almost any type of dry habitat as long as there's vegetation to hide under. They can also hide under rocks and logs.
This species is diurnal and active every month, including during the winter. Common Garter Snakes only hide on cold winter days and come out on sunny winter days.
This species has a diverse diet that includes tadpoles, frogs, slugs, and even fish.
Most Common Garter Snakes in the state grow up to a size of 22-26 inches with some of the largest examples of the species measuring 46 inches.
Common Watersnake
Common Watersnakes (Nerodia sipedon) can be brown, gray, or red-brown with blotches. The dark blotches on the species and its aquatic habitat often confuse the species with venomous cottonmouths.
As its name suggests, this is a species only found next to water or in areas of very high humidity. Canals, streams, rivers, and ponds are water bodies attracting the species across the state.
Common Watersnakes may be longer than Common Garter snakes as they can grow longer than 4 feet.
The number of Common Watersnakes is stable across the state. While both Common Garter Snakes and Common Watersnakes are endangered in other states, these are common species in Wisconsin.
You can identify this snake species by its wide long body which can measure more than 50 inches.
Most snakes in the state are shorter, however. Square brown or red-brown blotches are spotted on the species.
These blotches can also appear black on some snakes.
Common Watersnakes aren't docile and don't like being handled. While not venomous, the snake bites multiple times.
It can bite when cornered or when handled. Common Watersnakes aren't docile and don't like being handled. While not venomous, the snake bites multiple times.
It can bite when cornered or when handled.
Common Watersnakes also possess other defensive techniques such as releasing excrement when handled.
Red-bellied Snake
Red-bellied Snakes (Storeria occipitomaculata) have 2 distinct coloring traits that set them apart from other species. A red underbelly is specific to this species.
Most Red-bellied Snakes also have a secondary trait in the form of a light brown band behind the back.
The red underbelly of the Red-bellied Snake shows uniform coloring.
While common, the Red-bellied Snake isn't easily spotted as the species is fossorial.
Much of its life is spent underground which means the snake also has small in size. Many Red-bellied Snakes measure 6-8 inches, with the largest specimen measuring up to 10 inches.
This species is small and non-threatening. It doesn't bite either.
While handled, the species has a type of death-mimicry tactic where it stays still and bites its lips.
This species may sometimes be encountered in the breeding season, which is normally the beginning of the summer.
Female Red-bellied Snakes give birth to live young snakes.
The number of born snakes varies from female to female. Once they reach sexual maturity, females can give birth to a group of up to 9 snakes.
Young Red-bellied Snakes have a bright brown uniform color, unlike adults. They can sometimes be mistaken for earthworms.
Eastern Foxsnake
Eastern Foxsnakes (Pantherophis vulpinus) are among the typical snakes you can find around Wisconsin farms. Both active farms and old farms attract these snakes, mainly through prey.
Rodents such as rats are part of the diet of these snakes.
Unlike most other species in the state, Eastern Foxsnakes are constrictors. They suffocate prey before swallowing it.
Other types of prey such as frogs are also common for the species.
Some other typical traits of this species include the ability to release a foul smell when under threat.
This smell has been compared to the smell of wet foxes and has also inspired its name.
Surviving up to a few years, these snakes are often seen in the sun in open fields in the summer.
They move underground during the winter.
Prairies and other open fields may attract these snakes on the warmest winter days when they come out for the sun's heat.
The mating season of the species is a good time to spot these snakes.
A period between May and June marks the mating period of Eastern Foxsnakes and also a time when males are seen fighting each other.
Males of the species fight for mating rights.
Dekay's Brownsnake
A small body is specific to Dekay's Brownsankes (Storeria dekayi). This common species is often seen in a size that barely measures more than 10 inches.
A brown color is specific to the snake. Gray and dark brown colors are also specific to this species.
A non-venomous snake, Dekay's Brownsnake is a species found next to the water and in dry habitats at different elevations.
The species is even found at altitudes of over 4.000 feet.
Its reduced size also limits the prey Dekay's Brownsnakes can consume.
Snails are its most important type of food.
The snake that rarely grows a length of over 12 inches is also a common prey to other predators of the ecosystem given it has a reduced size.
Toads are some of the most common predators of snakes, especially of young Dekay's Brownsnakes.
Confused with earthworms in their early days, this snake is sometimes spotted eating earthworms themselves.
It can be handled as it has a docile nature and a non-venomous bite.
Eastern Hognose Snake
By venom alone, the Eastern Hognose Snake (Heterodon platirhinos) is the most widespread mildly-venomous species in Wisconsin.
This is a snake that only has venomous saliva, but this saliva doesn't affect humans, in case of a bite.
This snake rarely bites humans as it gives off warning signs first. It raises its head above the ground, similar to a cobra before biting.
Eastern Hognose Snakes have venomous saliva which affects prey such as toads, one of its most common types of prey.
Even poisonous toads can be consumed by this snake which is immune to its secretions.
This snake comes in different colors which depend on its morphs as well as its regions.
The snake can have a black color outside of the state and a colorful patterned body with orange-red marks behind its head in Wisconsin.
Brown is the main color of the species. However, its dorsal coloring differs.
It can show blotches or uniform dorsal color.
Since it feeds on toads, this snake is largely found in areas where toads live. This includes humid areas and habitats in the proximity of water.
The loose ground is something this snake prefers. Females use the loose ground to lay eggs in as well.
Eastern Milksnake
Most central and Southern parts of Wisconsin are habitats to the Eastern Milksnake (Lampropeltis triangulum).
This is a species with considerable color variations depending on its region. A gray-brown color with dark brown blotches that feature black edges is specific to its Wisconsin morph.
Native to Eastern and Central parts of the US, this snake has expanded its reach West to Wisconsin and Ohio, in a darker dominant morph.
Prairies and pastures are among the common habitats where this snake easily blends in.
Eastern Milksnakes are a common sight on grounds with rodents and rodent burrows. They sometimes hide in rodent burrows themselves.
Eastern Milksnakes are wrongly associated with drinking milk. This species prefers a diet based on rodents.
A generally docile species, the snake may attempt to bite. Its bites are uneventful for humans as the snake is non-venomous.
The highest probability of seeing this snake is around farms in the summer. It's here rodents come to eat various grains and foods and snakes follow shortly.
Smooth Greensnake
Smooth Greensnakes (Opheodrys vernalis) are the most common green snakes in the state. A vivid uniform green color is specific to this snake.
Its size can vary according to its age but it's rarely larger than 20 inches. Some of the smallest adult Smooth Greensnakes only measure 14 inches.
This species relies on its green coloring to hide in areas with dense vegetation.
It raises its head above short vegetation to locate its prey. This snake has even adapted to moving its head with the wind so that it maintains its camouflage in front of possible prey.
The small size of the snake and its slender body limit the type of food it can consume.
Insects and bugs are their typical prey, together with arachnids such as spiders.
In turn, the small Smooth Greensnake is also seen as prey for other species, particularly predatory birds.
Hawks are among the most successful Smooth Greensnake predators.
Seeing this snake is not a rare event as it has a diurnal and a nocturnal nature in the summer.
A species that hibernates, the Smooth Greensnake moves underground in the winter.
It hibernates in the ground together with other snakes of its species.
Gopher Snake
Gopher Snakes (Pituophis catenifer) are a common gray-to-brown with dark brown patches species.
The yellow base color with brown blotches is also specific to this snake.
Gopher Snakes use different biting methods that make them stand out.
This is a snake species that mimics a bite using the same techniques of tail-shaking similar to rattlesnakes.
Gopher Snakes are a species that relies on constriction to kill its prey. This prey includes other small snakes as well as small birds.
The species is also a victim of other predatory species such as foxes, particularly in its early days.
A Gopher Snake can live up to 15 years in a habitat with plenty of food.
Non-venomous Gopher snakes can bite humans if cornered. Their bite is painful but not followed by venom injection.
Snakes of this genus are also known for having a positive role in the ecosystem as they help reduce rodent populations where it matters, mostly on crops and farms.
Gopher Snakes have stable populations across Wisconsin. Humans are among their most common predators killing them when wrongly mistaken for rattlesnakes.
Prairie Ringneck Snake
A yellow neckband helps identify the Prairie Ringneck Snake (Diadophis punctatus arnyi).
This is one of the smallest snakes in Wisconsin and a known constrictor. Prairies Ringneck Snakes use constriction against small prey such as lizards.
Occasionally, the Prairie Ringneck Snake also constricts small rodents such as mice.
This species is among the few with a multicolored ventral side.
Most snakes have only one underbelly color but Prairie Ringneck Snakes have 3 ventral colors.
Yellow is the dominant color, covering more than half of the ventral side of this species.
Orange and red colors are seen in lesser proportions on its underbelly.
These colors help the snake keep predators away as it rolls over to play dead in face of a potential threat.
While small and non-venomous, Prairie Ringneck Snake has bitten people a few times.
This is a non-venomous snake with venomous saliva which helps it overpower some of the smaller prey it goes after.
A common sight on prairies, this species may be seen in the summer.
It prefers to come out of its hiding spots to bask in the sun for warmth.
Northern Ringneck Snake
Northern Ringneck Snakes (Diadophis punctatus edwardsii) are another native Wisconsin species with a reduced size found almost everywhere in the state.
With a preference towards moist habitats, this is a species that can be found underground or next to the water.
It has a black color and a yellow ringneck inspiring its name.
Northern Ringneck snakes are some of the most predated species in the state. Toads are some of the most common predators of the species as they share the same habitat.
This snake species may be found around woodlands, particularly at the edges of woodlands. These are naturally moist habitats with plenty of food and shelter.
Overwintering also takes place in moist habitats. These snakes may take refuge in rodent burrows to hide during the winter.
Cool damp places such as basements may also attract Northern Ringneck snakes looking to overwinter.
One of the easiest moments to spot the snake around woodlands is during the summer when it chases salamander.
The mating season is also a good time to spot the species.
Female Northern Ringneck snakes lay up to 10 eggs in loose soil.
Butler's Garter Snake
Butler's Garter Snakes (Thamnophis butleri) are one of the 5 species of garter snakes native to Wisconsin.
This means the species has 3 yellow dorsal stripes to set itself apart.
These stripes are normally yellow but they may also be orange in rare cases.
Open areas with vegetation and moisture are known to attract the species. Prairies, the edges of woodlands, and marshes are among the areas where this snake is common.
It's here that it can find some of its favorite prey which also favors high moisture. Salamander is among the preferred prey for Butler's Garter Snakes.
Small frogs are also consumed by this snake which may also eat medium-sized frogs if it grows larger.
Butler's Garter Snakes are small to medium-sized themselves. They often reach a length of over 20 inches.
Even newborn Butler's Garter Snakes measure at least 5 inches.
Young snakes are born at the beginning of the summer. These young Butler's Garter Snakes are born in groups.
Wisconsin is one of the states where Butler's Garter Snakes still have stable populations with broods of up to 14 young snakes per sexually mature female.
Other states list this species as a concern due to its diminishing natural habitat.
Plains Garter Snake
Plains Garter Snakes (Thamnophis radix) are one of the 5 Wisconsin native garter snakes.
They feature a combination of yellow and orange dorsal stripes which contrast a gray or a dark green body.
This species exists in hibernation in April when the snake exists in its hiding spots. Some of its overwintering spots include man-made buildings and rodent burrows.
It starts to breed immediately after coming out again. The young Plains Garter Snakes are only born at the end of the summer or in the fall.
Growing to a size of up to 4 feet, Wisconsin Plains Garter Snakes may be found in short vegetation during the summer.
It's here that the snake looks for salamanders and earthworms. On occasion, The Plains Garter Snake can also eat small frogs or young toads.
It remains an active species towards the end of the summer. The species enter hibernation in October with very rare sights specific during the winter months.
Plains Garter Snakes enjoy stable populations across Wisconsin. High adaptability is specific to this species.
One of its distinct adaptability traits includes the capacity to live at high altitudes.
While Wisconsin only has a maximum elevation of 1.900 feet, Plains Garter Snakes have been found even at 7.000 feet.
Timber Rattlesnakes (Crotalus horridus) are the most common venomous species in Wisconsin. These snakes are abundant in the Northeastern regions of the United States and the Southwestern regions of Wisconsin.
Timber Rattlesnakes have a gray or yellow-brown base color with black crossbands.
You can identify the species further by its keeled scales. The rough-touch scales of the Timber Rattlesnake have a central ridge.
This is one of the species that grows past the 60-inch mark, meaning it's also a large snake in the state.
Medical attention is needed following a Timber Rattlesnake bite.
As one of the most venomous snakes in North America, Timber Rattlesnakes are known for their neurotoxic venom.
Females are also known to be aggressive before giving birth. They might be found resting on a warm rock sitting out in the sun.
Male and female locations can differ in the summer. Males prefer to hide in vegetation in a shaded spot while female Timber Rattlesnakes may be found in open areas with plenty of sunlight.
Both males and females live long. They can survive nearly 10 years in the wilderness.
Male and female Timber Rattlesnakes choose limestone crevices as overwintering spots.
North American Racer
North American Racers (Coluber constrictor) are mid-sized to large snakes that are common in Wisconsin.
While large, this snake species is non-venomous. These snakes are characterized by a base black color.
These snakes aren't always black. A young North American Racer snake is mainly gray with brown blotches.
Multiple types of dry and humid habitats are the home to the species.
Areas around woodlands, including cypress woodlands, are home to the species.
North American Racer snakes are further known to be a docile species.
Handling the snakes isn't recommended as they can bite when provoked.
Both adult and juvenile North American Racers are known to bite. The first reaction of the snake is to flee and it might only bite if handled or roughly handled.
The bite itself is painful given its size, but not dangerous to humans.
A diverse diet is specific to this snake, given it has the size to eat rodents. It also eats lizards, frogs, and salamanders in woodlands.
Fish is also part of the snake's diet.
These snakes swallow their prey alive.
Mating is specific to warm weather months in the state. Female North American Racer snakes lay eggs in the ground.
Up to 16 eggs are laid by a single female after mating.
Gray Ratsnake
Gray Ratsnakes (Pantherophis spiloides) are now a rare sight in Wisconsin. This native snake species is seen as a species that used to be common in Wisconsin and nearby states.
Still found around woodlands, Gray Ratsnakes are known to climb.
They can be spotted on the ground or climbing up trees. They might be interested in climbing trees either to escape a potential predator or to look for food.
Birds and bird eggs are among its favorite reasons to climb trees.
Gray Ratsnakes are further known for staying still when spotting humans.
It will not try to escape as the snake holds its ground in front of people.
Gray Ratsnakes also try different techniques to make people and predators go away such as rattling its tail on the ground.
These snakes can also raise their head to make it look like they're about to bite.
The snake is an avid hunter. It uses scent to detect potential prey and takes advantage of its large body to suffocate its small mammal prey.
This Gray Snake is one of the largest species in Wisconsin. Most grow to a size of up to 6 feet with some of the largest snakes of the family growing to 8 feet.
Western Foxsnake
This snake species (Pantherophis ramspotti) has a base gray color with dark brown or black blotches.
Like the Gray Ratsnake, Western Foxsnakes are constrictors. They suffocate prey such as rodents and rabbits first.
These snakes are found on abandoned farmland, next to woodlands, and next to water sources.
Western Foxsankes may also live close to humans.
Like other snakes in Wisconsin, Western Foxsnakes may appear venomous. The species has a gray color and it rattles its tail similarly to rattlesnakes.
This makes some people assume the species is venomous.
An adaptable species even in disturbed habitats such as active farmland, the species is still seen in low numbers across the state.
While it lives next to human settlements, it tends to shy away when its habitat is confronted with intense human activity.
Western Foxsnake can travel considerable distances for food and may attempt to approach suburban areas for prey.
Eastern Massasauga
A venomous snake species, Eastern Massasaugas (Sistrurus catenatus) are snakes found in the Southwestern regions of the state.
These snakes live in shallow wetlands and marshes.
Eastern Massasauga snakes are an endangered species in Wisconsin.
The venomous nature of this pit viper makes many people kill it which means its facing extinction in its small Wisconsin habitat.
Its potent venom makes most people stay away.
Prairies and wetlands this species can be still spotted on are areas of its habitat rich in small mammal prey.
It eats mice, rats, and shrews. Small reptiles and even small snakes can be eaten by the Eastern Massasauga.
Eastern Ribbonsnake
Named after the stripes on their dorsal side, Eastern Ribbonsnakes (Thamnophis sauritus) are among the species known for their clod-blooded prey diet.
These types of snakes don't eat mammals. They prefer salamanders, frogs, toads, and fish.
A non-venomous species, the Eastern Ribbonsnake is ovoviviparous.
Up to 27 live young snakes are born from each mated female.
This number can be considerably smaller in Wisconsin. Furthermore, the Eastern Ribbonsanke female takes up to 3 years to sexually mature and start mating.
Queensnakes (Regina septemvittata) are some of the native species of Wisconsin often confused with Garter Snakes.
This species also has a dark olive-green color and yellow stripes like the 5 species of Garter Snakes in Wisconsin.
However, these yellow stripes are only seen on the ventral side of the snake.
Queensnakes are some of the pickiest species in the state as they need very specific clean water conditions to survive.
This is the only type of water that favors newly-molted crayfish, the main prey of the snake.
Lined Snake
This yellow-striped snake (Tropidoclonion lineatum) is among the species in Wisconsin that spends much of its life underground.
A partly fossorial species, Lined Snakes live underground where they survive on earthworms.
The end of the summer marks the year when this species may be most common in.
Females give birth to live young in August.
Up to 8 young Lined Snakes are born from females each summer.
Western Ribbonsnake
Western Ribbonsnakes (Thamnophis proximus) are only found in Southern areas of Wisconsin.
They prefer areas around streams and rivers.
These snakes are active from March each year. They remain active until October.
Western Ribbonsnakes is a species that breeds in late spring or early summer.
This striped species then disappears in common dens where it overwinters with other species rarely coming out until next the next spring.
Western Wormsnake
Only territories in extreme Southwest Wisconsin are suitable for non-venomous Western Wormsnakes (Carphophis vermis).
This rare species lives elusive lives underground.
Western Wormsnakes are identified by their small body and pink ventral color.
The name of the species is inspired by the worms and insects' diet of the species.
Found in loose soil, this species is known to lay eggs at the beginning of the summer.
Female Western Wormsnakes lay clutches of up to 8 eggs.


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package com.example.zhoul_pc.mytestapp.retrofit.biz;

import com.example.zhoul_pc.mytestapp.common.BaseUrl;
import com.example.zhoul_pc.mytestapp.retrofit.bean.ACEntertainmentEntity;
import com.example.zhoul_pc.mytestapp.retrofit.inter4face.IACBiz;
import com.example.zhoul_pc.mytestapp.retrofit.listener.OnCommonRetrofitListener;
import com.example.zhoul_pc.mytestapp.retrofit.service.ACService;

import retrofit2.Call;
import retrofit2.Callback;
import retrofit2.Response;
import retrofit2.Retrofit;
import retrofit2.converter.gson.GsonConverterFactory;

/**
 * Created by lili on 2017/4/9.
 */
public class ACEBiz implements IACBiz {
    private Retrofit retrofit = new Retrofit.Builder()
            .baseUrl(BaseUrl.BASE_URL_AC)
            .addConverterFactory((GsonConverterFactory.create()))
            .build();

    ACService service = retrofit.create(ACService.class);

    @Override
    public void getACEntertainMentList(int page, final OnCommonRetrofitListener listener) {
        service.getACEntertainmentList(60,page)
                .enqueue(new Callback<ACEntertainmentEntity>() {
                    @Override
                    public void onResponse(Call<ACEntertainmentEntity> call, Response<ACEntertainmentEntity> response) {
                        if (response.isSuccessful()){
                            listener.onSuccess(response.body().getData().getHits());
                        }
                    }

                    @Override
                    public void onFailure(Call<ACEntertainmentEntity> call, Throwable t) {
                        listener.onFail();
                    }
                });
    }

}


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    <parent>
        <artifactId>eiscache-parent</artifactId>
        <groupId>net.zdsoft</groupId>
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Jobless means being without something to do so you'll just do something that you don't really want to do because you're just bored.
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It looks like DES may actually have struck oil afterall.
Good luck to 'em, I say. Very high risk punt, but they should now get their rewards.
the funny thing is that DES shares are lower now when they have discovered oil than they were before they discovered oil !
Jaspa bro, what is the latest with PXS ? any news expected soon?
The news is expected at any time mate. They have proprietary protection for five years, of which 12 months have already lapsed. So you would expect it to be in PXS and DSM's interest to commercially launch Fruitflow ASAP.
Unfortunately, while PXS has a world class product, the management are all still boffins at heart, meaning they have poor investor relations and little commercial awareness.
I still expect this to come good before Q2 next year.
Now it is 1.55/1.85 !
Ridiculous spread but should deter 'traders'. Only long term risk-aware risk-seeking investors need apply. The stock has traded between 0p and 2p for 10 years ! About time they did something.
Some AIM quoted explorers with no resources but in prospective areas tend to trade between £10-20m so I see potential for decent upside IF these guys do move to AIM from PLUS.
Hugely risky but given (King) Solomon Gold has done so well recently I think there is poetic symmetry ? to (Queen of ) Sheba Gold having a run at some point.
In the end, Wall Street has to wait until the most compelling small caps become mid caps or even large caps in order to profit. So they don't spend much (if any) time researching such opportunities.
But we have no limitations. And if we're willing to get our hands dirty, we can dig up these companies early and capitalize on the growth immediately.
Strange advice for a mining company, you might think. But his point was this: small mining companies are explorers. They consist of geologists, adventurers and chancers who like nothing better than peering at maps, striding over sandy plains, picking up soil samples and drilling exploratory holes. This is what they enjoy. This is what they are good at. And it is the dream that the drill will encounter a ten metre slab of solid gold that sends them happily to sleep each night.
The problems start when they actually find something. Then they have to work out how they are going to get it out of the ground. They have to talk to slick financiers and negotiate with hard-nosed machinery salesmen. If the mine is actually built - and the chance of this happening on time and budget is virtually nil – then they have to cope with breakdowns, with workers who go home each night with their pockets full of gold, and with government officials who think that they might like a bigger slice of the pie.
It's much better to prove up a resource, sell it on to a major miner with experience of doing the dirty work of extraction, and swiftly move on to the next exploration project.
Where are the hottest mining regions right now?
This was one of the messages that came from this week's Mines & Money conference in London, and this is great news for penny share investors. You see it is these bold explorers that can make investors the most money. This type of company is, according to leading Canadian resource investor Peter Grosskopf, 'small and hard to find.' And there is no guarantee of success.
The most important thing is to 'look at the size of the deposit.' The world's big miners, just like the world's big oil companies, have a voracious appetite for new resources. Unless they find some new sources of supply, they literally mine themselves to extinction. They need to find new reserves - and not small, bite-sized mines. They need to find big new mines, with the chance of extending reserves in the locality through further exploration.
A number of exploration companies made brief presentations at the conference, and one that seemed to tick the right boxes was POLAR STAR MINING (TSX SR). They are developing the Montezuma copper project in Chile, slap bang between massive mines run by Antofagasta and Codelco.
Another that is 'elephant hunting', this time in the Arabian Nubian shield of Saudi Arabia, is KEFI MINERALS (AIM: KEFI). 'This looks like Western Australia in the 1890s,' says Deputy Chairman Ian Plimer.
The size and quality of the deposit is the most important thing. As the Irish miner John Teeling has said, 'politicians come and go but natural resources stay for ever.' In terms of the political climate today, Henderson was wary of Russia, Venezuela, Ecuador, the Congo and Tanzania.
But he said that the Colombian government had treated foreign miners 'remarkably well' and believes that Kurdistan, where oil companies such as GULF KEYSTONE (GKP) have taken a chance, was a country to watch.
The world is certainly not about to run out of natural resources, but they are getting harder to find. Costs are inexorably rising as miners go to increasingly remote locations, dig deeper and tolerate lower grade resources, according to Professor Magnus Ericcson of the Raw Materials Group. The discovery cost of copper and nickel has trebled in recent years. The average grade of gold from the world's mines, around 2g/t ten years ago is now just 1.4g/t and heading lower.
So a penny miner that manages to scope out a big deposit will soon attract a swarm of big mining bidders. In this month's issue of Red Hot Penny Shares, I look at a miner that is sitting on what could be exactly the kind of deposit that the majors need.
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Interesting he mentions KEFI minerals which is looking for gold in Saudi Arabia as that is part of the Nubian-Arabian shield and across the Red Sea in Ethiopia is where Sheba Exploration are on the hunt.
KEFI is valued at £14m and actually is not even exploring in earnest as far as i know as the Saudi's have not granted licences yet ?
SHE is valued at only £2m at the moment.
Not a detailed comparison but I think I have convinced myself to buy even more SHE tomorrow.
It was 1.00/1.25 (bid/offer) a couple of days ago. 1.55/1.85 for most of today. Quite happy to pay 2p for another slug tomorrow.
Desire finds petrol but not sure if its viable yet.
I have been skeptical and kept away from them... Maybe worth a punt?
Go on pia786, you have convinced me to have a little stab at SHE.
EE - DES is not for me. Massively over-valued as oil strike is already factored into the SP IMO. And they still havent found oil yet.
I would rather put my dough into a stock with a proven resource (GKP, XEL), or an explorer where there are quality assets, but no oil yet (RRL, AST), and the SP is not over-heated to reflect this reality.
I have tried getting a quote in x-o, sharecentre and tdw. But no cigar.
Where is the best place to get SHE shares?
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Still no joy with tdw. They say that the stock cant be traded electronically, so they will have to place an order via PLUS themselves.
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the Werii River gold belt, which the Company has traced for at least 12 kilometres from north to south.
Exploration re-commenced in April, with soil sampling and trenching.
metres and is reviewing its option to drill this target in 2011.
areas. Licence approval has been obtained and issue of the licence is expected imminently.
soil sampling was also done at the site to define a strong gold soil anomaly which exceeds 1000 ppb gold.
Stratex. Follow-up drilling and a geophysical survey is planned for the prospect in 2011.
south end, where a grab sample assayed 4.3% copper.
per share for the period was 0.065p.
in a more aggressive fashion.
exploration industry has at last woken up to the fact.
licences and are confident of acquiring the funding necessary to bring these to fruition.
Question regarding share isa's, is it a max of one per life or one per year that you are allowed to have?
One per year with an annual limit of £10,200 if you don't suscribe to a cash ISA also.
So if I opened one up today, I could open up another in 2011?
Im not anymore, after tdw quoted me £42 (£12 dealing cost + one-off £30 paper-trading fee), as well as a 20% spread. Greedy wankers.
You can open another one up in April 2011.
You can have £10,200 ISA a year, with a maximum £5.1k in a cash ISA and a maximum £5.1k in a shares ISA. And your wife (if you have one) enjoys the same allowance.
I wish i opened one up April this year and stuck it all into XEL!
You can still sell your XEL shares to the value of £5.1k and then purchase them through your ISA instead.
A dilution RNS for FDI, though it will give them the necessary dough to exploit the Liqhobong mine. Should move to 30p+.
Any RHPS subscribers here ?
I took a small position in this yesterday. Looks positive, though loaded with risk. GS paper is quite interesting.
You familiar with WTI? Copper mining.
I was in until a few months ago, but now seems to be moving north again, and quite quickly.
Copper is interesting as should be some genuine shortage a few years down the line and that is an industrial metal that can really spike.
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What is your opinion on Bulford? I like his write-ups, but never subscribed to his service. Some think he is the Messiah, others call him nothing more than a lazy tipster.
There is defintely some short-term upside in WTI when they re-open their copper mine in Q1 2011.
Bulford is a former Fund Manager who used to work for Schroders a pukka UK Investment Management company so he is probably quite a good analyst. He seems to do some decent research and I subscribe to his service more to get insight into the companies he looks at and how he analyzes them rather than just for the tips as they tend to get marked up by the market makers on the Monday anyway.
He has occassional big winners like recently BPC, AFC, TRP but he also has his fair share of losers as well but I definitely think his newsletter is worth subscribing for because it is educational for non-specialists to see how a specialist investor goes about picking shares and building a portfolio. You could probably make up the subscription cost (£100 odd quid) on one investment really.
I think some people do not like him because he has 'dissed' one of their shares in some way or other. Others don't like him because his analysis and approach is more suited to long term patient 'buy and hold' investing rather than spivvy short term trading so they take out their frustrations on him and blame him for losses rather than address their own lack of trading/investment discipline.
I usually only buy the stocks he tips which after my own research I feel can be 5-10 baggers, and I usually wait until the short term trading herd have lost interest.
There is some other guy called Tom Winnifrith who I understand used to run RHPS before Bulford but having heard Winnifrith speak I think he has a well earned reputation for being a lightweight spivvy idiot compared to the more cerebral Bulford. I don't think I've ever made money on a Winnifrith stock tip. He is an ex-journo who doesn't have the same level of professional training and discipline that Bulford has, IMO.
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Agree with your appraisal of TB's analytical skills. My biggest criticism of him is that he seems to advocate selling the shares too soon if anything. Perhaps it is to make room for his new tips, or is that me being cynical?
My mate tipped me SNRP this afternoon. Dont know much except that he says it is an under-valued coal project. Views?
A lot of South African coal stocks are cheap. Key issue is the transport bottlenecks on railways and at the ports which means a lot are restricted to selling cheaply into domestic market. Furthermore SA government is a bit too socialist wanting to nationalise or tax assets and enforce BEE. Otherwise you could come up with huge -situ resource valuations for SNRP and CZA.
they might win a minibus !
Thanks guys, really appreciate that. She is only 9 but really passionate about getting this minibus for the school.
Last duster took SP down to 70p, so will be much worse today.
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Expecting them to do a placing at some point maybe at as low as 1p but once they have that out of the way and if they move to AIM I think they have opportunity to do quite well so happy to get some at what in the short term is probably a 'high' price.
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NH XEL announces that it has had to delay the testing of its Bentley oilfield in the Northern North Sea due to the extreme weather conditions. However all the required equipment and personnel for the test are now on board the rig, hence it sounds as though it could commence any day.
NH The test is certainly a crucial one as it will determine whether or not the heavy viscous crude is able to flow to surface. With P50 and P10 estimated reserves of 160m and 235m barrels respectively, and a much larger oil column than originally prognosed, a successful well-test suggests there is still material upside for the group.
NH At an NPV of $5-6/barrel and assuming the P10 reserves case, the company could be worth $1.4bn best case, or around 600p/share, vs a current price of 300p. However the converse doesn't bear thinking about - a failure to flow and a non-commercial outcome suggests the group is worth next to nothing. This is as binary as the E&P sector gets.
NH This is as binary as the E&P sector gets.
Please elaborate on angm brother for mere simpletons like me.
Im currently holding GKP, XEL, DES, RKH, SXX & RRL.
Can you lot list your current holdings?
Previously not looked into AIM much except ofcourse for PXS and that was mainly due to Jaspa's information.
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Good time to buy GCM now with the price drop?
Rbs and llyods, whats the crack with these?
How long should you be expecting to hold to see a decent return, 3 years?
stocks to settle this way. "
I am holding on because I am nursing bit of a loss because of the crash as I was a share holder prior to 2008. Bought in several times to just about make it worthwhile once and IF they start to recover. I think 3- 5 years more like. And if you can avoid these stocks, you should.
SXX has had a stonking couple of weeks. Still much more to go though, and fully expect to be 30p by March 2011.
Indeed I am shiting myself on XEL result because i am in heavy for a short-term punt. I dont think it will be doomsday (see pi loyalty/blindness in DES as an example), but could take a long time to recover confidence.
AST, ATC, BPC, FDI, GCM, GKP, LPX, PXS, SXX, TYM, XEL.
I am also looking to get back into WTI on a drop.
- Short-term (1-2 months), I expect WTI, AST and AST to be big gains.
- **** or bust movements (based on news) from XEL and GCM.
- Re-rating by the market should double FDI.
- Long-term growth - with little risk - from GKP and PXS.
- Small punts in high risk/high reward stock in ATC, TYM and LPX.
Why did DES jump the gun and prematurely gave news about oil find only to have egg on face few days later? Never been comfortable with hype around DES.
It looks like a retrace.
Material movement in GCM will be based on their chances of success in exploiting the coal resources in the Phulbari mine in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh currently has a 20% shortfall in power in the country, and that includes buying in poor-calorific coal from India. With GDP growth of 6% per year, the power shortages will only get worse.
Bangladesh does have high quality coal itself, but the only way to economically exploit Phulbari mine is to open mine, which is considered socially and environmentally unfriendy. In addition, GCM would only pay 6% royalties to GoB for this.
There is an anti-GCM lobby - some say backed by people receiving kick-backs from the Indian coal companies - and they have organised big demonstartions against open ming.
But the country needs to utilise the coal, so something will have to give eventually.
GCM - jaspa i was at the GCM AGM yesterday, it is the most positive I have ever heard the management and although in public they did the usual 'we are waiting on the Bangladesh Govt' shtick the message I came away with from private one-to-one's with management was 'things are progressing in the background, we are being asked to look at 'other projects' as well' which begs the question why would they be being asked to look at other projects if not to 'tie in' with their principal one which is crucial to Bangladesh meeting it's Millenium Development Goals and make contribution to GDP of 1% p.a.
DES is run by clowns. Simple as.
Personally, I wouldnt invest in an overheated oil company which has yet to find oil.
DES could still be an excellent trading opportunity as the pi's seems to have blind loyalty to it. It fell to 70p on the last duster, but recovered to 130p within a couple of months in anticipation.
That sounds really promising mate, cheers for that. I am big into GCM, and at quite a high price so does calm my fears somewhat.
I am surprised you arent in SXX, given your background and sector knowledge.
Potash demand - and prices - expected to increase, not many producers in the market, multiple projects being developed in multiple locations, world class Chairman, MOU with a CHinese potash giant.
Looks like a no-brainer to me.
pia786 - what are your views on Minco? Just been tipped it by someone who works with traders.
I have only been invested for a few weeks, and do read the iii board occasionally.
I take it you met 'phulbari' yesterday?
Did not actually meet him (there were about 30 odd people at the AGM) but from his comments at the AGM where he asked a number of questions (actually monopolised Q&A session) and then the feedback he left on the iii board afterwards quite easy to put two and two together.
Am not gonna 'out' him on iii board though as he is entitled to his anonymity. Guess the 'take-away' is he clearly has some history with the company and thus speaks from some in depth knowledge on the project but he was part of the discredited 'Lenigas' regime which treated the Bangladesh Ministers and people with 'colonial' contempt so I'd take his bearish stance with a pinch of salt as he was probably part of the problem back in the day.
My main holdings: fres, kaz, av, oml, bpi, gkp, xel, sqz, sxx.
Looking at bmr and think I may have missed the boat with pxs.
You havent missed the boat with PXS at 4p IMO.
Future SP is dependent on the commercial deals that PXS/DSM sign for the use of Fruitflow. The present SP wont go down below 3p IMO, but the first deal will see SP past 10p, and so on.
It all depends on how long you are prepared to wait. There are 4 years left for the EFSA proprietary protection of the product, so you would think there will be a deal sooner rather than later.
PXS announcing unaudited interim results for the six months ended 30 September 2010 on 16 December 2010.
Could be an opportunity for a buy in then.