Josie's Bike Life: A Thank You and Some News!
I just want to give a big Thank You to those who have been so supportive of me on my multiple journeys, mainly a budding blogger and avid mountain biker.
I've "met" some really great people who have truly inspired me to keep on with pursuing my dreams, whatever they are exactly-I'm still working that out! However, it's obvious that bicycles are a huge part of my life and will continue to be so. I'm looking forward to what is next to come and excited to meet even more inspiring people!
Since the hiatus of Imagine Northeast Iowa came about, you may find some posts from me at Travel Iowa. However, keep a look-out for my writings on here as well!
In other exciting news, Dirty Jane will periodically be hosting some posts from me, or cross-posting what I write.
Also you'll find some of my writings at Banditas Magazine-an independent source for women's action and adventure sports!
I'm really excited to see where all of this goes! The start of my blog turning into something more than just a woman sharing her thoughts-but having it turn into a sounding board for so many great women and their stories.
The journey into mountain biking has been a very rewarding and challenging, but it's given me something so much greater in return: joy, confidence, inspiration, hope, and healing. It's given me strength and courage. It's fueled the desire to inspire. It's given me the ability to accept change more so than before. It's also allowed me to learn how to trust myself and feel comfortable with the decisions made.
It continues to open me up, prying away layer upon layer and other deep-seeded issues that I've tried to bury. Like I said, it's helping me to heal.
Two years ago I would've laughed in your face if you told me I'd be out there, riding the mountain bike trails by myself (or with Travis and/or friends)…yeah. Not likely! I went into a style of riding that intimidated me and long story short, fell in love.
I may never be "the best" nor will I ever claim to be. I might never go "super fast" and I don't have to. I ride for me! I share my experiences (the good, bad, and ugly) in a hope that it will help others get over their own fears. It doesn't matter the style of riding you want to do…or even if you just want to commute to work on fair weather days. Don't hold yourself back-just do it. If you must start out with baby-steps, that's okay too. Realize that those two wheels can do something more than take you from point a. to point b. The wheels can change your life.
Is that a purple skirt or shorts you're wearing in the photo. Are they breathable ?
I like them a lot-the only complaint I'd have is the legs are wide enough for me to snag them on my seat when getting on/off the bike. Aside from that-love 'em! They come with a liner...there are 2 vent zippers you can use (one on each leg) and I love the fact the pockets have zippers. Fabric isn't dense (imo) and has withstood my falls and washes well.


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Former Middletown teacher publishes first book 30 years after writing it – Literary Reviews
Former Middletown teacher publishes first book 30 years after writing it
Marybeth Wishart with Chris Singleton at "Parker the Purple Penguin" book launch in South Carolina.
Photo: Margaret Densley / Contributed Photo
Thirty years after she first envisioned the idea, a former Middletown teacher has published a book about a penguin struggling to find acceptance because of the color of his coat.
Marybeth Wishart said her first book, "Parker the Purple Penguin," chronicles the lead character's struggle with being ostracized and bullied while trying to make his peers understand a simple truth: the color of his coat does not dictate who he is or his capabilities.
To launch the picture book, Wishart partnered with Chris Singleton, son of Sharonda Coleman-Singleton, who was killed along with eight other victims in the 2015 Emanuel AME church shooting in Charleston, S.C. The launch happened at an event in South Carolina last week that addressed the theme of love being greater than hate.
She said she had tucked her story draft away in a drawer for nearly 30 years before taking it out last year and deciding to get it published.
Wishart didn't decide to bring Parker to life until after retiring to Charleston. There, she met Jewel Sweeney, a children's author in her neighborhood who introduced her to editors at Mascot Books, helping her get the story published.
Wishart thought she had missed the mark for the best time to publish the story, but found that as tumultuous as 2020 has been politically and socially, it turned out to be the perfect year.
During her time at Macdonough Elementary and Middletown High schools, Wishart worked with other teachers to help include special education students in the general classroom setting. She said students with diverse cultural backgrounds and learning capacities inspired the storyline of "Parker the Purple Penguin."
She remembers reading her story off a handwritten page to her own children and wanting them to "embrace the diversity of the school system." She believes that children, and even adults, can use the book to learn about diversity and what acceptance of others looks like and means.
"It's teaching all of those things that we need to work on: empathy and kindness and accepting differences and loving your neighbor," Wishart said.
Difficult conversations surrounding topics such as diversity and inclusion should be sparked at a young age Wishart said.
"We've all got some work to do in that capacity and so I think having those conversations with kids can be hard, but using a children's book or story, you can start having those conversations and really that's where it has to start," she said. "As we're reading it, adults will be reminded of things through that. So I'm hopeful … that it will make a difference."
"Parker the Purple Penguin" will be available on Amazon starting Dec. 8 and can be found at Mascot Books.
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Many residents of Penn's Woods might not know that the banana split was invented right here in the commonwealth, Latrobe to be exact. For a little town Latrobe has a lot of claims to fame. Golfing legend Arnold Palmer and everyone's favorite neighbor Mr. Rogers hail from the Latrobe area. The Pittsburgh Steelers, of course, train at Latrobe's St. Vincent College.


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When will I stop buying plants....this year?
The problem is all Amanda's fault. She is attending the local community college and since she still doesn't drive I have to take her and pick her up. No biggie except that between our house and the college is a really nice garden center. Or maybe it is my car's fault....it seems that all I have to do after dropping her off is to think of a plant or comment (to no one but myself) on a plant I see along the street and the car turns into the parking lot of the garden center. Or it could be the fault of the garden center... if they opened up an hour later each morning I would already be home at that time, if they didn't have a 50% off sale on this summers plants going on.
But then it could just be that I am weak and even after whining this summer about the death of my garden in the drought, I find that I can not resist more plants.
This morning, as a case in point, I found myself sitting in front of said garden center looking at the big yellow 50% OFF signs. After wandering thru the center and passing right by table after table of Pansy...I really do not like Pansies. I found the Herbs....4 small pots of Rue and 2 pots of Fennel jumped onto the cart that I was pushing. I really don't know how I came to be pushing that cart, I was just going to enjoy a few minutes wandering and looking at the plants, but there it was, with 6 small pots of herbs sitting on it and my hands on the handle. Wandering some more I suddenly found the cart now also held an end of season Turk's Cap, two Fall Aster's in lavender and deep purple, a Carolina Jessimine and a miniature Caladium for that little cart I pictured with the birdhouse on a stick in another blog entry. Okay, this is enough I thought and headed for the check out counter....passing some Toadstool statuary on the way. One of the salesmen asked if I could read the price....not referring to my age but the fact that it had been sitting out in the rain and sun for several weeks. I couldn't, he could (okay maybe it was my old eyes) but the price was 10 times what I was willing to pay. He wandered up to the front of the inside store area and found a smaller one for $30....no thank you, I said, if it was under $20 I would.....he said you can have it for $15.....I guess I reminded him of his grandmother which sometimes is a good thing and sometimes just ruins the way I imagine myself looking. So the toadstool piece joined the plants on the cart.
At the checkout counter there was a display of mini plants....ornamental peppers and Kalanchoe. I have a really cool green cone shaped planter on a cool stand and this bright red Kalanchoe was just perfect for it.
So the newest plants are out back waiting to be planted. But since by buying so many plants over the last two months I have probably assured that we will indeed have a cold winter, I needed pots to put them in so they can be brought into the back room on those freezing nights. Not liking the plain, ordinary clay pots very much I headed off to the thrift stores in search of something completely different. I already had two old stockpots for two of the Rue, these will hold the others.
So tonight Randy and his pickup truck will take me to the Home Depot Landscaping center for potting soil. I need about 6 large bags, for these plants and some large Halloween cauldrons I got for transplanting the Lantana this fall. I have three that need to be moved out front but they will spend the winter in the large pots until the front yard is ready for them.
Tomorrow I will be potting the newest plants and moving my precious purple Iris.
This is the last one, I promise. I have pictures of lots more and they all came out great, but the ones I have entered into my blog are the ones I am most pleased with.
Back in 2002 I entered this one in the Dallas Quilt Show competition. It didn't win anything and this time it really surprised me. I went to the show, saw the winners and know that mine was better made than a couple of them. But then I started reading the makers names and affiliations and realized that, as in a lot of the larger quilt shows, you really should be a member of the sponsoring quilt guild to have a chance.
From 2000-2003 there was a line of fabric put out by designer Micheal Miller called Texas Wildflowers...gorgeous stuff. He had come down here in the spring one year, took hundreds of photos along our roadsides of the wildflowers then used them as his inspiration for the fabric. Thousands of yards were sold in Texas alone, the quilt shops couldn't keep it in stock or order it fast enough. Wellllll, almost every entry that won in that contest had used that fabric in someway. The theme for the contest was "Texas Wildflowers" but there was nothing in the rules stating that you had to use that fabric, so I didn't.
Mine is a play on the theme and titled "Well, you said TEXAS wildflowers"
This one could have had something to do with my needle pushing finger too because every part of the design is hand appliqued, most of the stitches are only 1/8th of an inch apart. The black background is quilted in what is called stippling fashion. The quilting lines meander all over the place and each line is no more than 1/4 inch away from the one next to it and no stitching lines cross anywhere. And all the "flowers" are in colors of the real wildflowers found here.
The photographer friend of ours who took the pictures of all my contest quilts, bought this one from me after the competition.
In 2001 I was asked to design and make a raffle quilt for the historical society where my Mom lives. Everyone on the board has been to my Mom's house and seen all the quilts she has that I have made her.
I was excited to do it but by early Sept,2002 I was so tired of that quilt. The board gave me various photos to put on fabric and my Mom bought all the fabric for it. I chose several quilt blocks who's names related to Ranger's history in some way....Indian Trails (one went thru the area before the town sprang up), etc.
Piecing the top went pretty easy but the hand quilting took 6 months of working on it about 8 hours a day. This is the quilt project that damaged my needle pushing finger and brought my quilt making to an end.
It is done in different shades of maroon and gray, those are the colors of both the Ranger high school and Ranger Junior College and is a large king size.
In the center next to the last letter R in Ranger is a picture of my Great-Grandfather. He was an oil well shooter back in the first half of the 20th century and made nitro glycerine in the bathtub in his house.
I gave it to the society president in early Sept, they sold $2000 in raffle tickets. The local bank president won it but donated it to the historical society to hang in the museum they recently opened.
This is my folk art double log cabin and trees. The background blocks are called Log Cabin, with machine applique log cabins and trees. Hanging in the livingroom behind the non-working wood burning stove.
This one was made to be a curtain for the sliding glass patio door off the kitchen. It was there for years and is now hanging on the wall of my craftroom.
Those bright square within a square flowers are supposed to be primroses, sure wish I had used a darker fabric, this one looks like dayglow.
The second contest entry I made didn't win anything but it did get invited to spend July 7th,2001, hanging from a tree in the north woods of northern Wisconsin viewed by over 1200 visitors to the woods and have a chance to win.
When I sent them the wall hanging I included a disposable camera and asked if someone could take pictures of some of the quilts on display and mine of course. There were several quilts that were just drop dead gorgeous so I do understand why mine didn't win. They also sent me a show booklet with the descriptions and narratives of all the quilts. I wasn't the only one who submitted a really long narrative....next years contest rules specified that the narrative could not be more than 150 words.
The Trees for Tomorrow organization in northern Wisconsin sponsored the contest "A Walk thru the Northwoods" Having never taken a walk thru the north woods I had to really use my imagination. My entry was titled "One Day a Texas Quilter Took a Walk Thru The Northwoods" The narrative begins at the cabin in the upper right and ends at the quilt shop at the lower left. The words in quotes are the names of quilt blocks or applique animals scattered among the pine trees.
A cold "North Wind" blew in during the night bringing the first snow of the season. It's early this year and starting to come down heavy at times. I need to make a trip to the store for the necessities of life before the snow makes traveling impossible. I love making this trip in any season of the year but especially in the late fall/early winter. Everything is so quiet, the wind blowing thru the pine trees is heavenly music.
My favorite "Goose on the Pond" has finally flown off to warmer weather. I can hear her and a few other late travelers honking in the distance. I will miss her good morning greeting but she will be back in the spring.
The "squirrels" are busy gathering up any nuts hidden under the newly fallen leaves. My part of the woods is mostly evergreen trees so these "Maple Leaves" must have blown in from further north last night.
Even the "birds" are heading indoors today. The snow isn't as heavy over here, I can still see the tracks made by "Bear Paws". The "Duck and Ducklings" left the area several weeks ago, but there will be more in the spring.
The "mooses" (moose..meese..I can never remember what the plural of moose is) don't seem to be bothered by my being here, guess they are finally used to having me around. I love all the trees I have in this part of the woods..so many different kinds, all the shapes and the variety of greens are just gorgeous especially with the large fluffy snowflakes landing on their branches.
There are some "Turkey Tracks" almost hidden in the trees, hope the turkeys that made them are hiding too, Thanksgiving is just a few weeks away.
Now, why in the world are there "Hovering Hawks" over the path? Good thing I thought to bring my umbrella with me :) Well, I'll be.....so THAT's what "bears" do in the woods when humans aren't around. I'll just tip-toe quickly and quietly passed them.
The store is just around the bend, I can get a cup of hot coffee, stock up on the supplies I need to make it thru the long winter ahead and get back home.
Between January 1986 and January 2003, I was an avid quiltmaker. If I could remember all the quilts I had made, ranging in sizes from 40 inch square wall hangings to kingsize bed quilts, I could probably come up with around 200.
This is the first wall hanging I made as a contest entry. The fabric maker, P & B Textiles, produced a series of fabrics with wildflower prints and several coordinating tone on tone prints and solids.
Back in the 1960's when Lyndon Johnson was the US president, his wife Ladybird started a program to get states to sow wildflower seeds along their highways. I don't know about other states, but Texas highways are absolutely gorgeous in the spring because of it.
The four stars at the corners have also been called The Lone Star by quilters over the last 200 years.
By the way, Texas is the Lone Star State because our state flag has one large white star on a blue field down the left side of the flag, the right side being divided into to horizontal rectangles - the top is white and the bottom one is red.
Anyway, the wall hanging is titled "Thank You Ladybird Johnson"
I submitted a picture and it was selected for the final judging. It won an Honorable Mention and spent that next year traveling with the other winners to quilt shows around the country.


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University students at present neither seek nor need a conventional higher education. Traditional frameworks often restrict creativity and originality. At the same time, new generations live, interact and learn in a changing, interconnected environment. We train our students to face the challenges inherent to a dynamic society and the mutable nature of the professions through the humanities, science and technology. We thus look for those who are ready to reflect, debate and take on risk, both in thinking and in acting.


Part of the event venue decoration is the bride and groom's wedding chair. Below are some creative and fun ways to make the newly wed's chairs stand out among the rest.
Organza is among the most favorite fabrics used for chair sashes. Its shimmering and smooth finish can further enhance the beauty of your chair. Organza sashes are available in different sizes and shades. Among the most commonly used sashes, though, are burgundy organza sash, silver organza sash, champagne organza sash, eggplant organza sash, hot pink organza sash, and purple organza sash.
There are many ways to play with your organza sashes. If you think that the traditional bow style seems so common and boring, you can opt for the other 9 alternative ways to tie them. You can try the double loop flower, side bow, knot, side knot, obi, rosette, flip over, double wrap knot, and double wrap knot styles.
Let's face it, not all of us are fortunate enough to have perfect looking chairs. If your chair is not that gorgeous enough, you can dress it up with a beautiful chair cover. Wedding chair covers come in various fabrics, sizes, and colors. With the wide array of options, you will surely be able to find the right cover that will not only fit your chair but will as well best suit your event motif. You can tie pretty sashes around your chair's back to complete the look.
With the right choice of flowers, you can add a wow factor and fresh statement on your decoration. You can go for small side posys or go grand with floral heavy garlands. For a more lovely look, use fresh flowers instead of the plastic ones.
You can tie little bouquets to the back of the chair or call someone professional to make custom signs out of the fresh flowers. Further, embellish the bride and groom's wedding chair by adding some pretty ribbons. This is a great way to add color and character to your decor.
Add spice to your decor by hanging framed childhood photos of both the groom and the bride. It's such a simple decor idea but is truly adorable and unique. If you are bold enough, pick the photos with the wackiest post. This will surely make your wedding more memorable.
Another unique way to enhance the beauty of the bride and groom's chairs is to style them based on the current season. For an autumn wedding, you can use apple garlands. If your wedding happens during spring, the best option is to ornament your chairs with freshly picked spring flowers.
Tying a miniature fresh-greenery wreath at the back of the chair is perfect for Christmas season weddings. Pair it with sheer, lacy seat covers to make the decor more stylish and appealing.
There are certainly many different ways to beautify the bride and groom's chair. Apart from those that are mentioned above, you can also try hanging framed silhouettes of the couple, fresh greenery, lace and ribbons, decorative mason jars, and a lot more.


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5 popular mums who looked ravishing at their wedding
Not many can compete with the beauty of these popular mums who still look as ravishing as they did on the day of their wedding
Popular mums who looked ravishing at their wedding
It is often said that marriages are made in heaven and so every bride dreams of looking the most heavenly on her D-day. But not many can compete with the beauty of these popular mums who still look as ravishing as they did on the day of their wedding.
Whether it was the gorgeous Aishwarya Rai Bachchan or the beautiful Shilpa Shetty Kundra, who both chose to don traditional South Indian attires or Kareena Kapoor Khan, who chose a variety of dresses from a royal sharara to a heavy lehenga, let's rewind to see how they looked on the most important day of their lives!
Click 'Start Gallery' to see some candid pictures from their weddings and to know some trivia about their D-day!
Kajol Devgan
The Kuch Kuch Hota Hai actor tied the knot with her long-time beau and co-star Ajay Devgan on February 24, 1999, in a traditional Maharashtrian ceremony.
The two were often touted as an 'unlikely pair' when everybody found out that the vivacious and bubbly Kajol had fallen head over heels in love with the shy and reserved Ajay. In fact, Ajay once revealed that there wasn't even an actual proposal but just a gradual understanding that the two would get married someday.
And this lovely couple has been proving all their critics wrong since 1999 and are today proud parents of daughter Nysa, 13, and son Yug, 6.
While star kid Twinkle Khanna already knew much of the ropes of the industry, newcomer Akshay Kumar struggled to fit in and finally found his calling in the action genre.
Once established, the two were cast together in a Filmfare shoot, where Khiladi Kumar developed a huge crush on Twinkle and after courting each other for a few years they married on on January 7, 2001.
Today, the couple and proud parents of son Aarav, 13, and daughter Nitara, 4, has established their credentials outside of the industry. With Kumar often lauded for his help to farmers and highlighting important social issues and Khanna questioning the 'norms' with her Mrs Funnybones persona.
When the world's most beautiful woman married Bollywood's most eligible bachelor, the couple broke many hearts. In fact, they were even called 'The world's most famous couple' by Oprah Winfrey on her show.
The proud parents of the four-year-old Aaradhya, first met each other on the sets of the movie Dhaai Akshar Prem Ke (2000), but after working with each other in movies they did six years later, did they truly develop feelings for each other.
In fact, after the premier of their film Guru in 2007, Abhishek proposed to Aishwarya in New York, and the rest is history!
Shilpa Shetty Kundra
It was almost like a fairy tale for established actor Shilpa Shetty when she first met UK-based businessman Raj Kundra. Having been introduced to each other due to their respective businesses, they soon found solace in each other's company.
Although the once-married Raj Kundra did face criticism for allegedly leaving his first wife to marry Shilpa, all was well when the couple finally tied the knot on November 22, 2009, in a big, fat, Indian wedding.
The two are today proud parents to their four-year-old son Viaan Raj Kundra and run many businesses together.
After having been in a live-in relationship with co-actor Saif Ali Khan, the gorgeous Kareena Kapoor finally tied the knot with him on October 16, 2012, while breaking many hearts.
The two met on the sets of the movie Tashan and instantly feel for each other. When they decided to tie the knot, they kept the wedding ceremony rather low-profile and opted for a registered marriage. However, mother-in-law Sharmila Tagore threw a lavish bash in Delhi for her friends post the wedding.
The couple even posed for royal pictures that were a traditional custom for the Pataudi family.
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This Nashville native, now in Atlanta, peaks the interests of listeners with her eclectic brand of Pop, meets Country with a mix of Jazz. There's something for everyone.
Growing up in Hendersonville, Tennessee surrounded by my incredibly talented family and friends, my life goals were all over the place. It wasn't until just a few years ago, that I decided to ramp up the creative side of my brain and enjoy making all kinds of music and writing. I can remember singing at a very early age, and I guess I'll never stop.
I currently live just outside of Atlanta, yes big city. Lots to do, lots to see and plenty of inspiration. But for the first CD, which was released in late 2015, I returned home to Nashville and with the help of my incredibly talented son Matt (Mercer) who produced, engineered, mixed and mastered all of the songs you'll hear which I titled the CD "Welcome Home".
Since 2015, I now have FIVE albums out on iTunes and one on the way for 2018.
Thanks so much for listening, downloading and sharing what you like.( I'm also on Spotify, Amazon Prime Music, Google Play, Rhapsody and 29 other retailers!) And thank you all so much for your support, encouragement, love and friendship.


The revelation last month that a CIA drone strike in Pakistan had killed an American hostage has reawakened a long-running debate on whether the intelligence agency should be in the drone business at all, or if such lethal strikes are best left to the military.
John McCain (R-Ariz.), chairman of Senate Armed Services Committee, said last week that he would use this year's defense authorization bill to promote such a shift. The chairman and ranking member of the Senate Intelligence Committee indicated they would oppose him.
The public disagreement has exposed a legislative turf battle that began nearly two years ago, when Obama said he favored military control. He still does, according to the White House.
But the military-intelligence divide on Capitol Hill — reflecting similar differences between the Defense Department and the CIA — has allowed the president to avoid taking action either way.
Obama "has explained his belief that we must be more transparent about both the basis of our counterterrorism actions, including lethal operations, and the manner in which they are carried out," said National Security Council spokesman Edward C. Price.
"He has indicated that he will increasingly turn to our military to take the lead and provide information to the public about our efforts. We continue to work diligently toward this goal," Price said of Obama.
The deaths of al-Qaeda hostages Warren Weinstein and Giovanni Lo Porto, an Italian aid worker, in the CIA drone strike have "rekindled the debate and maybe given it some new momentum," said Rep. Adam B. Schiff (D-Calif.). The senior Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, he has bucked the predominant view, at least on the Senate intelligence panel, and said he favors military control.
Feinstein and others have argued that the CIA is simply better at lethal strikes, and, despite Weinstein's accidental death, is responsible for less collateral drone damage than the military.
The administration has said that turning the program over to the military would allow it to be more transparent than it can be about CIA drone strikes, which are considered covert actions that can only be disclosed with presidential permission.
But the deaths of Weinstein and Lo Porto marked the first time the administration has acknowledged civilian deaths in a strike by either the CIA or the military outside of war operations in Afghanistan. Witnesses, human rights organizations and even partner governments have reported numerous instances of such unintended consequences from CIA drone strikes in Pakistan since 2008, and strikes conducted by both the CIA and the military's Joint Special Operations Command in Yemen.
Although figures vary among independent tallies, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism has documented 415 strikes in Pakistan and Yemen since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the vast majority of them under the Obama administration. The organization estimates that between 423 and 962 of those killed have been civilians. The administration has said those casualty figures are greatly inflated, while offering no accounting of its own.
Regardless of what Congress decides, Schiff said, "there is nothing to prevent the administration from being more transparent any time they decide they want to be" by providing "an annual accounting of how many people have been killed — civilians and combatants — and how they are defining each. There is no reason why this should require legislation," although both he and Feinstein have proposed bills ordering Obama to provide the figures.
There is a clear history of accountability for strikes gone awry in the Afghan war, including court-martials and payments made to bereaved citizens on the ground, he said. But none of that occurs when the military is involved in drone attacks under the auspices of clandestine counterterrorism operations.
When Obama first announced new lethal targeting guidelines and a push toward military control in a 2013 speech, administration officials said that one of their principal goals was to establish a "playbook" that would lock down the rules for future administrations.
But by not fully implementing his own changes, Obama has left the issue open for the next president. It is early in the 2016 campaign, "and no one's talking about it," Singer said. All declared and likely candidates have been generally supportive of the drone program.
The administration is also using armed drones as part of its air campaign in Iraq and Syria against the Islamic State, whose global footprint is expanding across the Middle East and into Africa and Southeast Asia. "Now we get to the real nitty-gritty," Singer said. "Who will control" an expansion against the Islamic State.
Another goal of the administration playbook was to set rules, and an example, that could be imposed on other countries. Nations currently flying armed drones include Britain, Israel, Nigeria, Iran, Pakistan and China, while a number of others are developing them.


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Review: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is Marvel's funniest film, and much braver than the original
The new sequel proves that Guardians of the Galaxy wasn't a one-hit wonder.
By Alex Abad-Santos Updated May 5, 2017, 9:38am EDT
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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is like listening to your favorite Fleetwood Mac song, while traversing a rainbow on a unicorn that fires glitter from its butt and laser beams from its eyeballs.
It's an awful lot. At times it's overwhelming. But it is, without a doubt, awesome.
On the surface, Guardians 2 might seem like any other film on Marvel's assembly line: Heroes come together to defeat a villain who has the power to take over the universe. Director James Gunn understands this. And he's got a few tricks up his sleeve to set Guardians 2 apart from the rest.
In this new installment of the fledgling Guardians franchise, Star-Lord (Chris Pratt) and his pals must deal with having both new responsibilities and a target on their backs after saving the galaxy in the first film. They're hired by a golden-skinned woman named Ayesha (Elizabeth Debicki), the leader of a race of beings known collectively as the Sovereign. Meanwhile, Star-Lord's father Ego (Kurt Russell) shows up after trekking all over the galaxy to find his son, setting the Guardians on a crash course with Star-Lord's origin story. And after a series of unfortunate and extraordinary events, the entire galaxy, including villains from the first film like Nebula (Karen Gillan) and the Ravagers, seems to be conspiring against them.
The movie has a beating heart, and an earnest will to explore what it means to be a family. Just like the first Guardians film, it's really a family comedy disguised as a superhero flick. Both movies do more than any other Marvel film when it comes to examining how we treat the ones we love and feeling a deep desire to find your people, your tribe, your humanity, in such a lonesome universe.
But what really separates this space opera sequel from the rest of Marvel's films is Gunn and his cast's willingness to abandon the Marvel cinematic universe's more polished and formulaic veneer and drill into the heart of what makes this movie and the Guardians franchise so impossibly irresistible: pure fun.
Guardians 2 crackles with so much wild humor and fizzy color that there's no mistaking it for one of its grimmer superhero cousins, nor does it ever run the risk of being overshadowed by them. Not when its explosions glow like radioactive candy, or blubbery aliens burp up technicolor stardust, and Baby Groot's anime-style eyes turn your heart to goop.
The film's creative team clearly believes that a superhero movie's top priority should be, above all else, to inspire indomitable joy. And Guardians 2 zips around the universe with so much exhilarating charm and megawatt dazzle — in addition to serving up a big helping of heart — that you'll even forgive it for the few moments where it gets a bit too big and bites off more than it should.
The visuals in Guardians 2 are better and brighter than the ones in the first film
A recent trend in superhero films is that they're allergic to color. Marvel's movie version of Scarlet Witch abandoned the comic book character's bubblegum pinks and cherry reds for something more like dusty grapes. Captain America's red, white, and blue uniform is grayer on film. And even Iron Man's early lemon-yellow accents on the page were muted in his move to the big screen.
That's not the case with Guardians 2, in which Gunn turns Marvel's cosmic universe into a piñata, smashes it, and lets the stars spill out.
Every single scene pops, glistening with neon starlight or tangerine sun. Yondu's (Michael Rooker) arrow leaves a strawberry daiquiri pink trail of death in its wake. Rocket's (voiced by Bradley Cooper) space suits glow as if they were illuminated by blacklights.
Gamora's (Zoe Saldana) green skin is brighter than Drax's (Dave Bautista) army green epidermis, and both characters are of a different shade than the verdant green in the film's opening scenes in Missouri, or the emerald shades on Ego's home planet, which is awash in a hue that would make Willy Wonka blush.
Speaking of Ego, Kurt Russell looks 30 years younger thanks to the magic of CGI and a shoulder-length, root beer-tinted Farrah Fawcett haircut. And the movie's big fights are whirling, swirling pops of orange explosions, blue fire, and ruby lasers bouncing off each other like pinballs, throttling the action into high gear.
It is eyeball overload in the best way possible.
Guardians 2 is a movie that, at its core, wants to be about the joy of racing through the galaxy. It embraces the light and the bright, and is fully aware of the euphoria it can tap into by channeling the same bright, buoyant energy as the comic books it's based on.
Guardians 2 is Marvel's funniest movie by far— and Drax deserves a lot of the credit
In Guardians 2, Gunn presents both viewers and his characters with a dare: Laugh at everything, even if the world is blowing up.
The movie's opening scene is a perfect example. The Guardians must defend a set of interstellar batteries for the Sovereign, protecting them from a colossal alien that looks like a cross between a lamprey, an octopus, and sphincter. For no reason at all, Baby Groot (voiced by Vin Diesel) plugs in an amp and dances around to ELO's "Mr. Blue Sky." Gunn's camera never leaves him, even though there's a battle raging in the background. Gamora is firing off a gun (something she's adept at, even though she prefers a sword, we're told), Drax is stabbing, and Star-Lord and Rocket are pew-pewing away — but nothing matters more to Guardians 2 than Baby Groot's dance routine.
This introductory sequence sets the tone for the whole movie, underscoring the fact that the only constant in the Guardians universe is humor. And as we'll soon realize, in Guardians 2 specifically, much of that humor stems from Dave Bautista's Drax the Destroyer.
The first Guardians film established that Drax is an extremely literal being who doesn't really understand metaphor or sarcasm. This installment sees him really lean into that character quirk, allowing Bautista to showcase his perfected comedic timing. In one expository scene about a certain character's creation and worldview, for example, he asks an honest question about genitalia.
In another, he can't help but show how intrigued he is by the idea of decapitation. And it all comes to a head later in the film, when Drax is introduced to Mantis (Pom Klementieff), Ego's sheltered alien sidekick. Because Mantis is the one character in the Guardians universe who's more earnest than Drax, their encounter lets Drax deploy all the sarcasm and jokes he's "learned."
In general, Guardians 2 shows a better understanding of how to use Drax; now that we're all familiar with his humor. Gunn is confident deploying the character in standalone situations, letting him carry the comedic scenes with his squareness. Bautista understands him better too, tapping into some brilliant lunkiness, and becoming one of Guardians 2's comedic highlights.
Guardians 2 would be perfect if it weren't for this one flaw
The main plot of most Marvel movies is essentially the same — bad villain, giant threat, destruction of worlds — and the tricky part is making Marvel's house style feel fresh, without getting bogged down in side storylines. This is root of Guardians 2's biggest struggle: having one or two too many plots spinning their wheels at any given time.
Each character has development (a good thing), and the movie's overall theme of family is reinforced. But seeing each subplot to its resolution slows down the overall pace and dulls Guardians 2's jaunty thrill.
The emotional core of the film revolves around Star-Lord and his sense of purpose. Despite the royalty in his name and the movie's designation that he's more special than the rest of his team, Star-Lord is still not the leader of the Guardians, this family he's created. Rocket questions his authority. Gamora is concerned by his selfishness. Drax just sees him as a pathetic dancing boy.
On top of that, Star-Lord is harboring serious daddy issues — the severity of which we didn't know about until Ego, his long-lost father, arrives on the scene. It brings about a whole slew of questions about why Ego fell in love with Star-Lord's mother, why he abandoned both of them, and why he never came back. Star-Lord has never fit in, not on Earth or in space, and Ego might be a key to helping him understand his own identity.
The problem is that Guardians 2 doesn't know if it wants to be a team movie or a Star-Lord-and-friends special. We're stuck with a little of both, with other characters getting emotional subplots but not exactly having the time or space to fully realize them.
Gamora's bionic, adopted sister Nebula is still at large, and they have unresolved issues just like Star-Lord and Ego do — namely, they each want the other one dead. Rocket has begun pushing his teammates away, by acting selfishly and taking actions that have consequences, like provoking a star fleet intent on incinerating the Guardians. And in the background, the Youndu-led Ravagers and the Ayesha-led Sovereign are constantly looming, one warp jump away from blasting the Guardians to bits.
Gunn's interstellar adventure doesn't totally hold together under the stress off all these plots. Rocket's eventual reconciliation with his team is a Ravager-riddled slog for both him and the audience. And Gamora and Nebula's complicated relationship, despite Karen Gillan's solid performance of the clinically cold assassin, is crammed into tiny, rushed slivers of screen time.
Star-Lord's new relationship with his powerful father, and his old relationship with Yondu, are the only arcs that really exhibit a satisfying emotional roundness and payoff — complete, in the case of the former, with a cheesy "father and son playing catch because they never got to" scene.
This isn't to say Rocket or Gamora's plots are less-deserved, but rather that Star-Lord's arc feels like the one that the movie decided to stick with.
When Guardians 2 is at its best, it questions, more than any other Marvel film, the importance of family and its connection to our humanity. Whether it's focusing on cybernetic raccoons or alien assassins, destroyers or star lords — there's an empirical yearning that exists in our souls to find our tribe. The first Guardians film showed us that family is never how you expect it to be, or how you expect it to look. Guardians 2 explores the superhuman lengths we'll go to in the name of family — even if it means risking a galaxy in the process.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 opens in theaters on May 5.
Summer movies 2017
Atomic Blonde is thrilling, gorgeous nonsense. More, please!
Dunkirk turns a WWII battle into a symphony. It's Christopher Nolan's masterpiece.
Do not see The Emoji Movie
War for the Planet of the Apes is the summer's most essential blockbuster
Brigsby Bear is a sweet, bizarre little film about pop culture obsession
A Ghost Story was one of Sundance's most buzzed-about films. It earns the hype.
The Hitman's Bodyguard has all the makings of a fun summer hit. What makes it so dull?
Ingrid Goes West, starring Aubrey Plaza as an Instagram addict, is deliciously twisted
Logan Lucky puts a West Virginia spin on an Ocean's 11-style heist. It's terrific fun.
The Glass Castle turns a best-selling memoir into a moving but flawed film
Detroit, about one of the biggest riots in US history, is hard to watch. That's a good thing.
Wind River is an intense and painful thriller set on a Native American reservation
The Incredible Jessica James only works because of the incredible Jessica Williams
Girls Trip is a filthy, hilarious gem
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets has too much Valerian, too little Thousand Planets
In Lady Macbeth, privilege and power are a powder keg, and sex and murder are the spark
The Big Sick is one of the year's best comedies, but it doesn't shy away from heavy topics
Netflix's To the Bone doesn't glamorize eating disorders. It's frank, funny, and unsparing.
Review: Spider-Man: Homecoming is the best superhero movie of 2017
In Netflix's fantastic, wacky Okja, it's Tilda Swinton vs. superpig
Despicable Me 3 is everything good and bad about the franchise in one messy package
Edgar Wright's wildly entertaining Baby Driver is a lean, mean, genre-smashing machine
Will Ferrell and Amy Poehler are perfect partners in crime in the ridiculous, timely The House
Spider-Man: Homecoming: 5 reasons why this is the best Spider-Man movie yet
The Bad Batch isn't a great dystopian film, but it's definitely an interesting one
Sofia Coppola triumphs with The Beguiled, a suspenseful Civil War revenge comedy
Transformers: The Last Knight evaporates on contact. This could be a point in its favor.
The Book of Henry is so deliriously bad, it feels cursed
Cars 3 gets back to what made the franchise adequate
Like its characters, Rough Night is far from perfect but often hilarious
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Hollywood's ideas about audiences are outdated. Wonder Woman's record-smashing debut proves it.
Captain Underpants is better than any movie named Captain Underpants has a right to be
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Top of the Lake Has Been cancelled With No Season 3
2nd November 2021 by 3 Comments
Original Run: March 18, 2013 – August 31, 2017
Current Seasons: 2
Network(s): BBC Two, Sundance Channel
Status for season 3
The series is NOT renewed for a new season. It has been cancelled and there will not be a season 3
Series Information:
Mystery drama TV show Top of the Lake premiered on March 18, 2013, with its second season coming out 4 years later in 2017. Now it's been another 4 years without any official announcement from the Sundance Channel or the show's creator Jane Campion. Considering the complete silence, it's safe to assume that Top of the Lake Season 3 is cancelled.
Some may argue that the second season also aired after over 4 years. So, there might still be a chance for Top of the Lake Season 3. But it's worth remembering that Jane Campion announced the renewal for the second season in 2014 and the shooting had already begun in 2015. If the network had any plans for Top of the Lake Season 3, there would've been a statement or some news about the shooting.
As hard as it is for us to say goodbye to our favorite mystery, Top of the Lake Season 3 will not be happening.
Top of the Lake is a mystery drama television series created and written by Jane Campion and Gerard Lee, and directed by Campion and Garth Davis. The first season follows Detective Robin Griffin and deals with her investigation of the disappearance of a pregnant 12-year-old girl in New Zealand. The second season, China Girl, is set in Sydney five years later, as Detective Griffin investigates the death of an unidentified Asian girl found at Bondi Beach.
Kenny Speirs says
one if the Best Series i have watched ,I love it
Marta Sheppard says
22nd July 2022 at 7:57 pm
I really love anything that Elizabeth Miss is in. After watching allofThe Handmaid's Tale I searched for another series she was on. I was so very interested in The Top of the Lake that I watched many episodes over and over.
JoAnne Lindsley says
Just completed Season 2……. It really seemed to be designed with a cliffhanger or two for a season three.
I hope there's still an opportunity to consider it.


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Implementing the 3Rs at the University of Oxford
This Guest Post is by Stuart Peirson, Associate Professor in the Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology and chair of the 3Rs sub-committee at The University of Oxford. This article was originally posted on the website of the National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement & Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs) and is reprinted with full permission. This article explains how Oxford is supporting the 3Rs, please read out page on UK research regulations and the 3Rs for more information.
The University of Oxford is one of the world's leading centres for biomedical research, with outstanding strengths in both basic science and its clinical application. The University's Policy on the Use of Animals in Scientific Research outlines the University's commitment to ensuring that all those involved in animal-based research are proactive in pursuing the 3Rs, engage fully in the ethical review process, and fulfil their moral and legal responsibilities for the care and welfare of animals.
Ethical review
Reflecting the enormous breadth of research across Oxford, the University currently holds over a hundred different project licences, with over a thousand personal licence holders. This poses a number of challenges for the coordination of ethical review as well as the dissemination of best-practice and advances in the 3Rs.
The critical element in this process is the Animal Welfare and Ethical Review Board (AWERB). All applications for project licences require the ethical approval of the University before they are passed to the Home Office. At Oxford, this involves a rigorous and objective process of ethical review that challenges scientists to justify their use of animals, and that requires them, where the use of animals is unavoidable, to minimise animal numbers and maximise animal welfare.
At Oxford the AWERB process consists of two principal elements. Firstly, a central Committee on Animal Care and Ethical Review (ACER) is responsible for setting policy, as well as reviewing applications involving the use of non-human primates, severe protocols or novel techniques. Secondly, Oxford also relies upon a network of Local Ethical Review Panels (LERPs), which consider all other project licence applications. All project licences are required to provide a written retrospective review for their LERP at two years and four years, providing a critical opportunity for the LERP to assess how project licences have applied the 3Rs in their research.
The 3Rs sub-committee
In addition to the ethical review process, the University also has a 3Rs sub-committee reporting directly to ACER, which receives copies of all retrospective reviews to identify key developments in the 3Rs across the University. These developments are combined to form a termly 3Rs newsletter, which also contains information on relevant workshops, lectures and courses, such as NC3Rs notifications.
In addition, the committee also recognises the achievements of particular groups in the application of the 3Rs, providing letters of commendation to those project licence holders who show particular commitment and dedication to the 3Rs.
Since the introduction of the University's Policy on the Use of Animals in Scientific Research, all departments involved in such research are also required to have termly Departmental Animal Welfare meetings. These are attended by project and personal licence holders, vets, Named Animal Care and Welfare Officers (NACWOs) and animal care staff, and provide a valuable forum for discussion of advances in the 3Rs.
The relationships within the network of animal committees at the University of Oxford
Summary of the role of the 3Rs sub-committee within the ethical review process
The 3Rs sub-committee also arranges lectures and workshops in areas it has identified as being important. For example, in 2013 we held a workshop on 'Developments in Transgenic Mouse Models', involving speakers from both Oxford and MRC Harwell, covering subjects ranging from colony management and background strains to existing transgenic resources and developing new transgenic models.
Biomedical Services (BMS) is an independent University Department of the Medical Sciences Division. BMS provides world class animal facilities that provide accommodation and care for its animals, delivered by professionally trained staff. A central principle of the University's policy is the commitment to a culture of care, encouraging a team approach to animal work that fosters good communication and collaboration between all those working with animals in scientific research.
To facilitate this, in addition to their role on AWERBs, BMS staff, (including vets and NACWOs), routinely attend Departmental Welfare meetings, providing an informal opportunity for project and personal licence holders to discuss their work. The regular interaction has encouraged BMS staff and academic scientists to work together to achieve both high quality research and animal welfare.
Finally, BMS also provides key central services, such as the University's new online training and competency records and colony management systems. Furthermore, practical veterinary assistance is also provided, such as a recent series of workshops on aseptic technique.
Whilst Oxford has made great progress in implementation of the 3Rs throughout its scientific research programme, more can still be done. For example, we are currently building a '3Rs Knowledge Bank' containing key and up-to-date references and protocols relating to best practice in the 3Rs.
We are also currently working on a University Strategy for the 3Rs, based upon the NC3Rs publication 'Implementing an Institutional Framework for the 3Rs'. This will ensure that the 3Rs are thoroughly embedded in the research activities of the University, and that when animal research is necessary, it is conducted to the very highest of standards.
Professor Stuart Peirson
Posted on February 18, 2015 by EditorPosted in Guest Post, NewsTagged 3Rs, animal research, AWERB, NC3Rs, oxford university, reduction in animal, refinement of animal, replacement of animals.
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La. Tech limiting transfer options of Xavian Stapleton.
Former Madison Central guard Xavian Stapleton is leaving the Louisiana Tech basketball program, following a freshman campaign where he emerged as the Bulldogs' top threat coming off the bench.
The 6-foot-6 former Dandy Dozen selection cited personal issues as the primary reason for his transfer but also mentioned instability within Louisiana Tech's program following former head coach Mike White's departure for the University of Florida.
After White was hired at Florida last month, May became an assistant with the Gators. The Bulldogs hired Konkol after four years as an assistant at the University of Miami, and Konkol brought his own assistants to Ruston. Among them was Matt McMahon, who accepted the head coach position at Murray State after one month with the Bulldogs.
Stapleton played in 36 games as a freshman and made one start. The guard, who would have likely have started for the Bulldogs as a sophomore, averaged 6.7 points, 2.1 rebounds and shot over 41 percent from the floor last season. He was second on the team in total blocks (23) and recorded 26 steals.
The Bulldogs went 27-9, finished first in Conference USA standings and made an appearance in the NIT.
Stapleton began the process of requesting a transfer at the beginning of June and spoke with Konkol and McClelland on separate occasions.
Yulonda Davis, Stapleton's mother, says she was told differently.
Stapleton had planned to return to Ruston at the end of June to begin summer classes. At that time he would have signed his National Letter of Intent for the 2015-16 season.
According to the limitations of Stapleton's release, the guard is restricted from transferring to a total of 54 Division I schools. The entire 2015-16 Bulldogs schedule has not been released but the non-conference schedule includes UT-Arlington, Memphis, Ohio State, Grambling, Louisiana-Lafayette and Southern.
There are five Division I programs in Arkansas, six in Mississippi (five not including C-USA member Southern Miss), 12 in Louisiana (eight not including Tech or those on the Bulldogs' non-conference schedule) and 21 in Texas (16 not including C-USA members Rice, Texas-El Paso, North Texas and Texas-San Antonio or non-conference opponent UT-Arlington).
It's customary for coaches to place restrictions on a transferring player, particularly to a school in the same conference. But given the severity of the limitations that could prevent his future in college basketball, Stapleton and his mother say they will appeal Louisiana Tech's decision to the NCAA.
Louisiana Tech did not immediately return request for comment.


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Woody and Amy Michleb share the details behind their latest salon and spa location.
"White, white, white, always white," says Amy Michleb of her husband Woody Michleb's design concept across all four locations. The duo has been partners in life and hair, and can practically finish each others' sentences. "It creates really good lighting when you're working on clients, and brings out the colour," adds Woody. "We use a lot of natural light from the windows. It's very clean." It's not only the sunshine that beams through the Whitby location, but the essence of the Woody Michleb brand. "I think the location reflects the kind of clientele you end up getting, and the energy that fills that space," says Amy. "We have to keep our brand very close to the target audience we want to draw, clients aged 35 to 50 who like to look and feel good, which also leads up to something also mature and very clean.
The couple is also aware of the competition and changing scene in the industry. "Everything's accessible at the touch of our fingertips, and you've got girls on the Internet teaching clients how to do their hair at home. As a salon owner, you have to step up and do something original," says Amy. "If you're like every salon that's been around for the past fifty years, you're not giving the client something to come in for. You have to provide them with an experience, and I suppose that's more important than the haircut nowadays…".


Sonali Bendre is a fighter and there are no two ways about it. She was recently was recently diagnosed with high-grade cancer and has been undergoing treatment in New York for the same. Although it was shock and disbelief at first, fans are now just as hopeful as Sonali about her recovery. With heaps of good wishes and prayers, the actress is fighting the 'ugly C' with sunshine, one day at a time and honestly, it has been reassuring to see stand strong in the face of adversity. In fact, she recently documented her new look in a wig in an emotional post and it was empowering in more ways than one.


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Travel restriction on officials handling classified data extended
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Taipei, A three-year travel restriction that applies to government officials who have had access to classified information but have already left their posts has been extended to six years, under a law amendment that was passed in the Legislature Tuesday.
The Classified National Security Information Protection Act was amended to close a loophole that lawmakers said allowed local government heads, in particular, to travel abroad without requiring permission, after they leave office.
Under Taiwan law, government officials or clerks who have handled classified information must seek government permission to travel overseas after their retirement, resignation, or transfer.
Prior to the amendment Tuesday, the law applied for a period of three years after the official left office, but that time could be shortened or lengthened, depending on the situation.
Legislator Lee Chun of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) said there had been several instances of Kuomintang (KMT) mayors and officials using that clause to travel overseas as soon as three months after they left their posts.
With the passage of the amendment, the travel restriction period can no longer be shortened, but after six years, local government officials will be free to travel without requiring any central government permissions.
The opposition KMT has criticized the amendment, saying it was politically motivated and aimed specifically at its members.
The party said the amendment was passed two weeks before the three-year travel restriction on official of the previous KMT administration of Ma Ying-jeou was due to expire.
The new amendment was an indication that the present DPP administration lacks self-confidence and does not trust its own people, the KMT said in a statement.
The law is seen likely to affect former President Ma and former Vice President Wu Den-yih
Wu was planning to visit China in July for a forum between the KMT and the Communist Party of China. The forum was held annually from 2006 when the KMT in power but was halted in 2017, a year after the DPP took office.
DPP Legislator Tuan Yi-kang chair of the Laws and Statutes Committee, said the amendment was not targeting any specific party because it applied to all government officials, regardless of their political affiliation.


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By Bill Glauber and Don Walker of the Journal Sentinel
Sept. 22, 2012 0
With Wisconsin emerging as a key prize in the fall campaign, President Barack Obama came to Milwaukee Saturday to raise cash, rouse supporters and roll back a Republican tide in the state.
From a fundraiser at the Milwaukee Theatre to a rally at the Summerfest grounds, Obama spoke of familiar themes of unity and working on behalf of all Americans, even those who don't vote for him, while also leveling criticism at Republican rival Mitt Romney.
"I don't see a lot of victims here today. I see hardworking Wisconsinites," Obama said in an oblique reference to Romney's videotaped comments in which he criticized Obama voters.
Obama energized his supporters who filled the 5,000-seat BMO Harris Pavilion, along with thousands more who sat in bleachers and stood on the pavement beyond the protection of the roof, even as wind and rain lashed down in the latter moments of the near 30-minute speech.
Dressed in shirt sleeves and a tie, Obama bounded onto the stage and appeared to feed off the energy of the boisterous crowd.
"We've always said in this campaign that change takes more than one term, it takes more than one president, it takes more than one party," Obama said.
Obama, a Chicago Bears fan, received some of his loudest cheers when he introduced Green Packers players Jermichael Finley and Desmond Bishop and said, "We are not Bears fans first, nor Packers fans first, we are Americans first."
Addressing the country's fiscal situation, Obama drew applause when he said that those who earn more than $250,000 annually can contribute a little more, so that taxes can be kept down on the middle class.
"I can afford to pay a little bit more, and Mitt Romney sure can afford to pay a little more," Obama said.
He also criticized the Republican ticket when he said, "Their basic philosophy is you're on your own. That's not who we are."
During Obama's visit, the campaign confirmed that Michelle Obama will be in the Appleton area this week for a campaign appearance. The exact day and time have yet to be announced.
Earlier Saturday, Obama, accompanied by baseball great Henry Aaron, spoke with hundreds of backers who paid at least $250 each to attend fundraising events at the Milwaukee Theatre.
Obama told the contributors that Romney had misinterpreted his remarks made earlier in the week about changing Washington from the outside.
"My opponent got really excited . . . He said, 'I'll get the job done from the inside.' "
"What kind of inside job is he talking about?" Obama said. "Inside job rubber-stamping a top-down agenda from this Republican Congress? We don't want that.
"We don't want an inside job where the energy policies are written by the oil companies, and health care policies are written by insurance companies, and our tax code is written by outsourcers. We don't need an inside job where a politician in Washington is telling women they can't make their own health care decisions. We don't need that kind of inside job."
During the outdoor rally, Obama expanded on the theme of changing Washington.
"I said you can't change Washington just from the inside. I learned that. You've got to invest and mobilize the American people to help bring about change from the outside," he said.
This was Obama's ninth appearance in Wisconsin since taking office but his first since mid-February. He avoided coming to Wisconsin even as the state engaged in a heated recall campaign that saw Gov. Scott Walker defeat Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett in June.
Since Obama won Wisconsin by 14 percentage points over U.S. Sen. John McCain in 2008, Republicans have been on roll, picking up two congressional seats, a U.S. Senate seat, the governorship and, for a time, controlling both the state Assembly and Senate.
After Romney named as his running mate U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan of Janesville, polls indicated a tight presidential race in the state. But five polls last week showed Obama building a lead here.
Democrats, who have won the state in every presidential race since 1988, say they're taking nothing for granted.
Obama campaign manager Jim Messina said Republicans "test drove" their ground game in Wisconsin during the recall campaign.
"It would make sense they're strong here, as are we," Messina told reporters at the Milwaukee Theatre. "They are stronger than McCain was in '08, no question, on the ground game. But we continue to have a strategic advantage" with field offices and campaign infrastructure around the state.
Messina said he was keeping his focus on state polls.
"In all the battleground states, we continue to see all our pathways there," he said. "We're either tied or in the lead in every battleground state 45 days out. I think you will see a tightening in the national polls going forward. What I care way more about is Ohio, Colorado, Virginia, Wisconsin, etc. In those states, I feel our pathways to victory are there. There are two different campaigns, one in the battlegrounds and one everywhere else. That's why the national polls aren't relevant to this campaign."
Republicans also remain confident they can prevail in Wisconsin, which is home to Ryan and Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus.
"We know we can win here, absolutely," said Ted Kanavas, co-chair of Romney's Wisconsin campaign. "Our ground game is absolutely terrific."
Kanavas said Republican voters have more intensity than Democratic voters.
"The president can claim all the support he wants. The bottom line is he has to get them to the polls," Kanavas said. "The Republicans are going to vote against him and for Mitt Romney."
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