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Bethany Phillips doesn't believe in stereotypes.
The Lake Placid junior was drawn to weightlifting after a lifetime of dancing, primarily because she didn't like the notion that girls couldn't excel at it.
"I wanted to compete in a sport like that. Where people thought girls couldn't be strong," Phillips said. "And to get to compete at the top level is just so amazing."
Phillips was the only Highlands County weightlifter to reach the state finals this season. Competing in the 199-pound weight class, she finished third in the District 8 Sectional, benching 145 pounds and lifting 130 in the clean-and-jerk for a total of 275. At the state meet, she tied for 19th place, benching 140 and lifting 140 in the clean-and-jerk.
And Phillips is confident that she can make it back to state next year.
"I know what it takes to get there now," she said. "I'll need to get in the gym during the offseason and stay strong. You've got to give every ounce of energy to this sport to succeed. If you don't, you're not going to go far."
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"Just to be up for it is so amazing," she said. "And to win it is so crazy. I'm really honored by the award. And it just makes me want to compete even harder and go farther at state next year."
Not one to hog the spotlight, Phillips thanked her family and teammates for always supporting her.
"I couldn't have done this without them," she said. "My aunt Delinda Baker, my best friend Ali Griffen, and my boyfriend Bo Campbell were all big influences."
Phillips said their backing was a major factor in helping her succeed. She added that she wants to help her fellow Green Dragons develop their weightlifting careers.
"I know how sore your body can be and how bad your muscles can hurt after that first workout. I want to be able to talk about training with them and help them succeed too."
The Team
Angela Dennard, senior, Sebring - Captain of the Blue Streaks girls weight lifting team, coach Steve Berry called Dennard a "diligent worker." Dennard also lifted the highest combined total for the team. She benched 145-pounds while lifting 185 in the clean-and-jerk for a total of 330. She won the Single Class District 8 Subsection meet in the unlimited weight class.
Deonjai Smith, sophomore, Avon Park - Smith made it to regionals in District 8, where she finished second in the 101 weight class.
"She had a solid freshman year and came on strong this season," Avon Park coach Pakitta Wells-Felix said. "She lifted well. But Deonjai will really grown into her body as she gets older. She's got a good shot of making it to state before her career is over.
Kiara "Kiki" Slade, freshman, Lake Placid - Competing in the 101 weight class, Slade qualified for the District 8 sectional by benching 80 pounds and lifting 80 more in the clean-and-jerk.
?Briah Thomas, sophomore, Sebring - Thomas won the District 8 subsection for the 169-pound weight class. She lifted 150 pounds in the clean-and-jerk and benched 145.
"Briah was the most improved lifter from last year," Berry said. "She boosted her total by 80 pounds. She came up a little short of making it to state, but look for her to make it there next year."
Junie Estine, sophomore, Avon Park - A weight lifter noted for her hard work, Estine competed well in the District 8 regional meet.
"She'll make it to state next year," Wells-Felix said. "I think some of the stronger girls in her class surprised her at the meet. But she'll work to get stronger and lift heavier weights."
Brandy McMahon, senior, Lake Placid - A district qualifier, McMahon benched 85 pounds while lifting 90 in the clean-and-jerk in the 110-pound weight class.
Denise Constant, senior, Sebring - Competing in the 139-pound weight class, Constant benched 125 and lifted 140 in the clean-and-jerk for an impressive total of 265+10. She won the District 8 Subsection meet for her class this year.
"Denise is the most explosive clean-and-jerk lifter I've ever seen in girls weight lifting," Berry said. "She had an impressive season despite having to miss time due to work."
KaShunda Martel, sophomore, Avon Park - One of the most promising weight lifters at Avon Park, Red Devils coach Wells-Felix said Martel is one of the most consistent, hard workers she's ever coached. Well-Felix added that she thinks Martel has a shot of making it to state before she graduates.
Abigail Samperi, senior, Lake Placid - Samperi was a sectional qualifier in the 139-pound weight class, where she benched 105 pounds and lifted 125 in the clean-and-jerk.
Imani Powell, junior, Sebring - A stellar weight lifter through her first three years of high school, Powell's junior season produced similar results. Lifting in the 129-pound weight class, Powell won her class at the District 8 Subsection but fell just shy of making it to state. Her highest weight totals were 140 pounds in the bench and lifting 125 in the clean-and-jerk.
"She's very athletic," Berry said. "She missed a trip to state on her last clean-and-jerk attempt. But she and Briah have a good shot of making it there next year."
Breauna Corley, senior, Lake Placid - A standout for the Green Dragons on the volleyball court as well as on the softball diamond, Corley was a sectional qualifier for Lake Placid in the 183-pound weight class. She benched 105 pounds and lifted 145 in the clean-and-jerk.
Marvishay Sholtz, sophomore, Lake Placid - Only a sophomore, Sholtz is already making her presence known to Lake Placid's girls weight lifting team. A sectional qualifier in the unlimited weight class, Sholtz benched 140 pounds and lifted 140 in the clean-and-jerk.
Honorable Mention
Zulyeka Valles, junior, Sebring - Valles competed in the 101-pound weight class, where she benched 65 pounds and lifted 75 in the clean-and-jerk. She finished second in the District 8 Subsection meet.
Joanna Sanchez, senior, Lake Placid - Sanchez was one of the Dragons most prolific weightlifters in the 139-pound weight class.
Ansley Selander, sophomore, Sebring - Benched 85 pounds and lifted 100 in the clean-and-jerk. Competed in the 199-pound class.
Cheyenne Slade, sophomore, Lake Placid - Working out of the 110-pound class, Slade has a bright future for Lake Placid girls weightlifting.
Ayanna Thomas, freshman, Sebring - In the 199-pound class, Thomas benched 90 pounds and lifted 100 in the clean-and-jerk. She finished third in the District 8 Subsection.
Katie Stoll, junior, Sebring - Stoll finished second in the District 8 Subsection meet. In the 110-pound class, she benched 95 pounds and lifted 90 in the clean-and-jerk.
Monika Tookes, junior, Sebring - In the 139-pound class, Tookes benched 130 pounds and lifted 115 in the clean-and-jerk. She was runner-up in the District 8 Subsection for her weight class.
Iesha Weathers, senior, Sebring - Wrapping up her Streaks career with a third place finish in the District 8 Subsection meet, Weathers benched 120 pounds and lifted 90 in the clean-and-jerk while competing in the 154-pound weight class.
Teresa Ware, junior, Sebring - Ware is looking to make it to state next season. In the 169-pound class, Ware benched 115 pounds and lifted 125 in the clean-and-jerk.
Naijah Sholtz, freshman, Sebring - A talented freshman, Sholtz finished third in the District 8 Subsection meet in the 183-pound class. She benched 100 bounds and lifted 90 in the clean-and-jerk.
Latoya Henley, freshman, Sebring - One of Sebring's stock of impressive freshman, Henley benched 125 pounds and lifted 125 in the clean-and-jerk. She finished third in the 183-pound weight class at the District 8 Subsection meet.
Ali Sanchez, junior, Sebring - In the unlimited weight class, Sanchez benched 170 pounds and lifted 140 in the clean-and-jerk. She finished second at the District 8 Subsection meet.
Coach of the Year
For his efforts in guiding Bethany Phillips to state, Lake Placid's Donald Ridgeway has been selected as the Highlands Today 2014 All-Highlands Girls Weightlifting Coach of the Year.


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Push Notification helps developer in sending event or alert to app users even when they are not logged into app. App42 uses APNS (Apple Push Notification Service) to send Push Notification on iOS devices.
To configure Push Notifications for iOS Apps/Games, the prerequisites are :
An iOS Developer Program membership on iOS Dev Center
An iPhone/iPad.
A Server, and this is where App42 Push Service comes into the picture.
Once you have all, you need to generate AppID and SSL certificate on iOS Developer portal, .p12 file and a provisioning profile configured for push notification. This guide will walk you through all the necessary steps needed to configure your app for push notification.
To manually generate the certificate, Certificate Signing Request (CSR) file is needed from your MAC that will be used to authenticate the creation of SSL certificate.
To create CSR file, please follow the steps mentioned below:
Open Keychain Access(Applications->Utilities->Keychain Access)
Choose the menu option "Keychain Access -> Certificate Assistant -> Request a Certificate From a Certificate Authority…" and make sure no private key is selected in the main Keychain Access window.
Enter your Email Address and Common Name and check Saved to disk and click Continue to save it to your prefered location.
To install an application on your device, you need to create an App ID and you do this on iOS Dev Center .
Login and select Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles .
Select Identifiers in the presented screen :
Click on the + button at the upper right corner of the presented screen:
Enter the name for new AppID under App ID Description.
Select App ID Prefix.
Select Explicit App ID option under App ID Suffix and enter the Bundle ID.
Enable Push Notification for this App ID by selecting the checkbox next to Push Notifications under App Services.
Select Continue and Confirm all the details are correct in the presented screen such as App ID description, Bundle Identifier and Push Notifications Checkbox and Select Submit button to finish the App ID creation.
Now we will generate SSL certificate that is needed to make a secure connection between the App42 Push Server and APNS. This certificate will be linked to the App ID you just created so that the App42 Server will send push notifications to this particular app only.
Select App IDs under Identifiers that shows list of app ids and select your newly created App ID i.e. App42PushApp.
Select Edit button in the presented screen.
Scroll down to Push Notifications to create SSL certificate.
Select Create Certificate under Development SSL Certificate as we are creating for development environment.
Next you will be guided to Add iOS Certificate screen where you will be asked to create Certificate Signing Request(CSR) that we have created already under Section-1 and hence Select Continue.
Next you will be asked to upload the CSR file. Select the Choose File and browse to .certSigningRequest file and Click Open then Click Generate to generate the SSL certificate.
It may take few seconds to generate the certificate. Once generated, click Download to download the certificate. I recommend to store all the generated files in the single folder as it will be easy to locate the files later.
Now you have a valid certificate for sending push notification in development environment, If you need this for Production environment, repeat the same process for the Production.
Now locate the SSL certificate file that you just downloaded and double click to install it to your Keychain Access.
Now Open Keychain Access -> My Certificates(Under Category section)and Right Click on the certificate you just installed and choose Export.
Enter the filename and select the location to save and click Save.
Enter the export Password when asked. You may be asked to enter your system account password to allow Keychain Access to export the certificate from your Keychain.
Make your .p12 file compatible with APP42 server by following the below mentioned steps:
a. Keep your .cer file and .p12 file in a single folder
b. Open terminal and go to the folder that has both the files $ cd "your folder path"
c. Now execute the following commands in the terminal :
openssl x509 -in aps_development.cer -inform DER -out developer_identity.pem -outform PEM openssl pkcs12 -nocerts -in App42PushDevKey.p12 -out App42PushDevKey.pem openssl pkcs12 -export -inkey App42PushDevKey.pem -in developer_identity.pem -out iphone_dev.p12
Where, aps_development.cer <= SSL Certificate you downloaded from Apple in Step 3 and App42PushDevKey.p12 <= The .p12 file you just created above.
Go to iOS Dev Center and select Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles . Select Provisioning Profile option from the sidebar and select + button.
Now you have to follow a 4-step Add iOS Provisioning Profile wizard
Step-1 : Select Type
Select iOS App Development under Development and then click Continue.
Step-2 : Configure
Select the App ID you created earlier in section-2 of this tutorial for me it is "App42PushApp" and click Continue.
Step-2.1 Select Certificates :
Select the certificates from the list provided to include in this provisional profile and click Continue.
Step-2.2 Select Devices :
Select the devices you wish to include in this provisioning profile and click Continue.
Step-3 : Generate
Enter a meaningful name for this provisioning profile in field Profile Name.This will be used to identify the profile in the portal. Now click Generate.
Step-4 : Download
Select Download to download the generated profile. Add the profile to Xcode by double clicking on it and You are done.
Note:- Repeat the process to generate the Ad Hoc / App Store profile, the only difference is, select the Select Type as Ad Hoc / App Store instead of Development in the Step-1.
To send Push Notification using App42 Cloud API, you have to upload the iphone_dev.p12 file, that you created in step-4, to AppHQ Console.
Register with App42 platform
Create an app once you are on Quick-start page after registration.
If you are already registered, login to AppHQ console , create an app from App Manager -> App Create link and select Unified Notification in AppHQ Menu.
Select iOS in Settings as shown in the below image:
Select your App Name from the drop down menu.
Click on Upload File(.p12) button and browse your iphone_dev.p12 file by clicking 'choose file' option to upload the file.
Enter password given during creation of the iphone_dev.p12 file.
Select the environment from the drop down menu.
Click on the submit button and it's done here.
Repeat the same process to configure App42 Cloud API App for Push when it is ready for distribution, except selecting production environment from Environment option from the drop down menu.
Note:- Environment drop-down menu has two options development and production. You can upload two .p12 files one for each environment. But we recommend to have only one active push profile at a time.
We have encapsulated all the code written below in a sample project. Download the Sample from our GitHub Repo and unzip it.
Open Xcode project and go to Constants.h file in which you need to pass the required information like API KEY & SECRET KEY which you have received after the success of app creation from AppHQ Console.
Xcode settings to enable iOS Application for Push Notification:
In order to configure your app for Push Notification, we need to modify Bundle Identifier and Code Signing as per the Provisional Profile we installed earlier.
Open your Xcode project and select info.plist file under Supporting Files in the left-hand-side menu. Change the Bundle Identifier same as App ID's Bundle Identifier , for me it is com.shephertz.app42pushapp.
Select the project file in the left-hand-side menu and then select your project under PROJECT section. Then select Build Settings and search for the Code Signing .
Select the Provisioning Profile that you installed earlier for all values under this heading.
Select Code Signing Identity as automatic for all values under this heading.
Select your project under TARGETS section.Then again select Build Settings and search for the Code Signing. Repeat the above process again to make sure all the values matches with new provisioning profile.
Registering the Device for Push:
Navigate to the AppDelegate.m class and change the application:didFinishLaunchingWithOptions: method to look like this:
- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions { // Intitializing App42API [App42API initializeWithAPIKey:@"API_KEY" andSecretKey:@"SECRET_KEY"]; // Let the device know we want to receive push notifications // Register for Push Notitications, if running on iOS 8 if ([application respondsToSelector:@selector(registerUserNotificationSettings:)]) { UIUserNotificationType userNotificationTypes = (UIUserNotificationTypeAlert | UIUserNotificationTypeBadge | UIUserNotificationTypeSound); UIUserNotificationSettings *settings = [UIUserNotificationSettings settingsForTypes:userNotificationTypes categories:nil]; [application registerUserNotificationSettings:settings]; [application registerForRemoteNotifications]; } else { // Register for Push Notifications, if running iOS version < 8 [application registerForRemoteNotificationTypes:(UIRemoteNotificationTypeBadge | UIRemoteNotificationTypeAlert | UIRemoteNotificationTypeSound)]; } return YES; }
The above code tells the OS that this App wants to receive push notifications.
Now add this delegate method in the AppDelegate.m class that will be called in case of success and failure of the registration.
-(void)application:(UIApplication*)application didRegisterForRemoteNotificationsWithDeviceToken:(NSData*)deviceToken { // Prepare the Device Token for Registration (remove spaces and < >) NSString *devToken = [[[[deviceToken description] stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"<"withString:@""] stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@">" withString:@""] stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString: @" " withString: @""]; NSLog(@"My token is: %@", devToken); } -(void)application:(UIApplication*)application didFailToRegisterForRemoteNotificationsWithError:(NSError*)error { NSLog(@"Failed to get token, error: %@", error); }
When your App registers for remote (push) notifications, it tries to obtain a device token. A device token is the address to which a push notification will be delivered.
Registering the device to App42 Push Server:
After getting the device token you need to register your device with the App42 Server to set up a connection to APNS to send the push notification to this device token. Change the delegate method application:didRegisterForRemoteNotificationsWithDeviceToken: in the AppDelegate.m class to look like this:
-(void)application:(UIApplication*)application didRegisterForRemoteNotificationsWithDeviceToken:(NSData*)deviceToken { // Prepare the Device Token for Registration (remove spaces and < >) NSString *devToken = [[[[deviceToken description] stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"<"withString:@""] stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@">" withString:@""] stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString: @" " withString: @""]; NSLog(@"My token is: %@", devToken); /** Register the device token for App42 Push notification services**/ [self registerUserForPushNotificationToApp42Cloud:devToken]; } -(void)registerUserForPushNotificationToApp42Cloud:(NSString*)deviceToken { PushNotificationService *pushObj=[App42API buildPushService]; @try { PushNotification *pushNotification=[pushObj registerDeviceToken:deviceToken withUser:@"User Name"]; [pushNotification release]; } @catch (App42Exception *exception) { NSLog(@"%@",exception.reason); } @finally { [pushObj release]; } }
Sending Push Notification:
The push notification can be sent from the iOS Application as well as from the AppHQ console.
Sending Push from your iOS Application:
Now to send a push notification, call the following method in a commonly used class in your project so that you can call this whenever you want to:
-(void)sendPush:(NSString*)message toUser:(NSString*)userName { @try { NSMutableDictionary *dictionary = [NSMutableDictionary dictionary]; [dictionary setObject:message forKey:@"alert"]; [dictionary setObject:@"default" forKey:@"sound"]; [dictionary setObject:[NSNumber numberWithInt:1] forKey:@"badge"]; PushNotificationService *pushObj=[App42API buildPushService]; PushNotification *push = [pushObj sendPushMessageToUser:userName withMessageDictionary:dictionary]; [pushObj release]; } @catch (App42Exception *exception) { NSLog(@"Reason = %@",exception.reason); } @finally { } }
Note:- To increment badge automatically when message received, send "increment" as a value for key "badge" in the above message dictionary.
In the sample, we have written this method inside ViewController.m.
Above method implements App42 PushNotificationService API sendPushMessageToUser to send a Push message to a specific user. Likewise, App42 PushNotificationService has several APIs for sending push messages.
Sending Push from AppHQ Console:
To send Push messages from AppHQ Console, Login to AppHQ Console and select Users under Unified Notifications >> Push in AppHQ Menu
Select your App42 App name from drop down menu under Users section
Select the user name to whom you want to send Push message
Click Send Push button under Manage:
Type your message in the Message section in the Send Push window and Click Send and you are done.
For the detail delivery reports you can see the Push Logs by selecting Unified Push Notifications >> Push >> Logs option from AppHQ Management Console:
Select your App42 App from the drop down under Logs:
You can also send push messages to All your users by selecting Send Push To All instead of Send Push.
Handling Push Notifications When Received:
If you want to take any actions when you receive push notification then you need to add the following delegate method in the AppDelegate.m class:
- (void)application:(UIApplication *)application didReceiveRemoteNotification:(NSDictionary *)userInfo { NSLog(@"%s..userInfo=%@",__FUNCTION__,userInfo); /** * Dump your code here according to your requirement after receiving push */ }
Sending Message from Server Side/other SDKs with Sound and Badge Effect
If you want to send push message with sound and badge effect on iOS device, you have to pass JSON string in below format using JAVA SDK. Similarly , you can use other server side SDK to achieve this.
PushnotificationService pushnotificationService = App42API.buildPushnotificationService(); String userName = "Nick"; //Message format for iOS device with sound and badge String message = "{'alert':'Hi There...','badge':1,'sound':'default'}"; PushNotification pushNotification = pushNotificationService.sendPushMessageToUser(userName,message);
You can also do it from AppHQ by putting this JSON format in message text area for sending message to iOS device with sound and badge effect.
Sending Message to Channel
App42 Push notification also supports channel subscription model where user can subscribe on channel of his interest to receive the notification. You can send message to channel which will deliver message to all users who are subscribed to that channel. A channel can be created from AppHQ console. To do this follow the simple steps:
Login to AppHQ Management Console, Click on Unified Notification
Click on Push -> Click on Channels
Select your App -> Click on Add channel button
Once channel is created you can ask user for subscription on the channel. Below is the code snippet for the same
-(void)subscribeChannel:(NSString*)channelName toUser:(NSString*)userName { @try { PushNotificationService *pushObj=[App42API buildPushService]; [pushObj subscribeToChannel:channelName userName:userName deviceToken:deviceToken deviceType:@"iOS"]; [pushObj release]; } @catch (App42Exception *exception) { NSLog(@"Reason = %@",exception.reason); } @finally { } } -(void)sendPush:(NSString*)message toChannel:(NSString*)channelName { @try { NSMutableDictionary *dictionary = [NSMutableDictionary dictionary]; [dictionary setObject:message forKey:@"alert"]; [dictionary setObject:@"default" forKey:@"sound"]; [dictionary setObject:@"2" forKey:@"badge"]; PushNotificationService *pushObj=[App42API buildPushService]; [pushObj sendPushMessageToChannel:channelName withMessageDictionary:dictionary]; [pushObj release]; } @catch (App42Exception *exception) { NSLog(@"Reason = %@",exception.reason); } @finally { } }
Scheduling Message to User
You can also schedule message to your app user on specified time from AppHQ console. To do this follow the simple steps:
Login to AppHQ Management Console, Click on Unified Notification
Click on Push -> Click on Users
Select your App -> select target user and click on manage
Click on Send button and type your message in pop up and pass your time to schedule the message.
Scheduling message to Channel
Message scheduling on channel can be done in similar way. To do this follow the simple steps:
Login to AppHQ Management Console, Click on Unified Notification
Click on Push -> Click on Channels
Select your App -> select target channel and click on manage
Click on Send Push button and type your message in pop up and pass your time to schedule the message.
Push notification goes from App42 server to APNS and then device. Delivery of Push notification is not guaranteed from APNS to device and it is stated as best effort. Once it is delivered on user device, there might be a chance that user clears it without actually opening the message. Using App42 Push Analytics, you can track how many push notification was sent from your side, and how many were opened by the user. You can see these analytics from AppHQ console which will give a better insight of push notification campaign. If you want to track push message read/opened event you have to simply put following snippet after Message is clicked and lands to your app. This will enable tracking of push message and analytics can be seen from AppHQ console.
@try { LogService *logService = [App42API buildLogService]; [logService setEventWithName:@"Opened" forModule:@"Message"]; [logService release]; } @catch (App42Exception *exception) { NSLog(@"Description=%@",exception.reason); }
Once your device is registered for Push Notification you are ready to send multilingual(UTF-8) push message to your app user using following code snippet from any App42 SDK (Android/Java/WP etc)
NSString *message = @"Nick"; NSString *userName = @"Message which you have to send"; NSMutableDictionary *dict = [NSMutableDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:@"true",@"dataEncoding", nil]; [pushNotificationService setOtherMetaHeaders:dict]; PushNotification *pushNotification = [pushNotificationService sendPushMessageToUser:userName message:message]; NSLog(@"Message=%@",pushNotification.message); NSLog(@"UserName=%@",pushNotification.userName); NSLog(@"Expiry=%@",pushNotification.expiry);
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For future reference, the project moved from Darcs to Subversion, and then from Subversion to Git. It's currently living on github, here
with a bit of searching, i found a mac binary of vulture's eye 2.1.0 (current source code is 2.1.1)
Ick, there used to be pre-built OS X versions available for download... According to this ticket from just a few days ago, the author knows about the problem and is planning to put the builds back up... So hopefully that gets resolved soon!
A bit tricky to install. I downloaded the UNIX auto-compiler/-installer, but somehow got stuck without being able to install it...
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With the wind chill, it was a balmy -13 this AM, absolutely delightful! What wasn't nice was the light, another AM of straight, hard sunlight. No matter, the aerial display with the wind was spectacular. Here, two adult Bald Eagles are talon locked as they fight over a scrap of fish. Normally seen during the mating season, this aerial ballet is a constant during the mornings at Homer.
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Drake releases his surprise mixtape You're Reading This It's Too Late that features a song called, "6PM in New York."
The Toronto rapper took an obvious jab at Tugs for allegedly dating 17 year old Kylie Jenner. He raps "I heard a lil lil homie talking reckless in Vibe
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For some reason Tyga tweeted and then quickly deleted the tweet.
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A judge has granted rapper Ludacris primary custody of his 1 year old daughter Cai Bridges over Tameka Fuller. Tameka was granted visitation rights.
Tameka testified in court that Ludacris initially cried when she broke the news to him she w as pregnant. He offered her $10,000 to have an abortion and promised to buy her a new house.
Tameka was already receiving 7,000 a month in child support and headed back to court for an increase. She even claimed Luda's recent married to Eudoxie was a ploy to attract the attention of the court. Luda's defense team argued Fullers abortion story caused damage to the rappers reputation and proved she was an unfit mother.
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Lil Wayne has his lawyers working over time to get him off of his long time label Cash Money. Lil Wayne has placed his beef with Birdman on wax. Check out his lyrics below.
"Tha Carter gon' be late so I cooked up a tape," he says in the intro, "The garden's full of snakes so I had to escape."
"Who kept this shit together? Nigga, me, that's who," he raps in the opening bars, "Who was there when niggas left? Nigga, me, that's who / Cash Money is an army, I'm a one man army / And if them niggas comin' for me, I'm goin' out like Tony."
"Now I don't want no problems, I just want my money," he adds in the verse before referencing his alienation from the label:
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As a self-professed armchair adventurer, I was marooned in the ice as a member of Shackleton's Endurance expedition, so lucidly chronicled by Alfred Lansing in "Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage." I attempted to help Theodore Roosevelt and his son Kermit traverse the unexplored Amazon river basin in 1913, as told in Candice Millard's "The River of Doubt." I walked in the shoes of Eric Hansen while traipsing across Borneo on foot in his moving book, "Stranger in the Forest."
I've read countless true adventure books, and was excited to dig into "Blind Descent: The Quest to Discover the Deepest Place on Earth," James M. Tabor's hyped new book about the world of deep cave exploration. Here was all the makings of a great expedition story: hardship, imminent danger, potential tragedy and milestone achievements. I was curious about the subculture of caving and truly wanted to love this book. But the overall effect was akin to descending 2,000 feet into cave-like narrative darkness, only to arrive in a giant great room with nowhere left to go.
Tabor's more than 50 choppy, often short chapters act like the tricky rebelays that cavers must transition to when descending, interrupting the narrative flow. The characters' inner lives, meanwhile, remain as subterranean as Mexico's Cheve Cave (Alexander Klimchouk, one of the book's two principle explorers, isn't even introduced until two-thirds in). Not every adventure book will lend itself to a gripping yarn, but after the many hours I've spent reading expedition tomes, I've noticed a few fail-safe strategies:
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2. A gripping start that never lets up: Robert Kurson's excellent "Shadow Divers" opens with a line that immediately piques your interest: "Bill Nagle's life changed the day a fisherman sat beside him in a ramshackle bar and told him about a mystery he had found lying on the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean." The prologue for "Blind Descent" ends with: "As the new millennium dawned, the stage was thus set for an exploration drama unlike any since Roland Amundsen and Robert Falcon Scott competed, head-to-head, with results both horrible and historic, for the South Pole." Equally enticing, yet Tabor fails to deliver because the race that he keeps referring to is completely contrived. The only thing that explorers Bill Stone and Klimchouk have in common is that they are supercaving independently of each other in different parts of the world.
3. Think about the great explorers and expeditioners throughout history: Sir Ernest Shackleton or Thor Heyerdahl and his rangy crew on the Kon Tiki, and on down the line from Hillary to Roosevelt. These were larger-than-life figures with outsize charisma and drive. Of the two main explorers in the book, Bill Stone is described as a narcissistic overachiever who continually placed the expedition before the safety of his team and Klimchouk was almost thrown into the narrative as an afterthought. Stone's monomania — his entire life and seemingly every thought revolves around caving — is a professional asset but not much help to the reader.
4. When all else fails: reduce, reuse, recycle. If a story doesn't merit the book-length treatment, you can always re-purpose it as a magazine piece and start poking around for your next adventure. "Blind Descent" would have worked better as a really thorough magazine piece. To justify the book-length treatment, Tabor spends much of his time trying to legitimize supercaving (he continually compares it to climbing Mt. Everest, only in reverse), but you never get the sense that Stone or Klimchouk receive the recognition and honor they hoped for outside their inner-circle of extreme caving.


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This sketch-based, slapstick comedy show starring Benny Hill is a classic British comedy. Benny appears in many different costumes and portrays a vast array of characters.
Downton Abbey Season 1
Premieres Wednesday January 2 at 3:00pm | Two back-to-back episodes Wednesdays at 3:00pm
Set in the Yorkshire country estate of Downton Abbey, this period drama depicts the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants in the post-Edwardian era — with the great events in history having an effect on their lives and the British social hierarchy in general.
DCI Banks
Premieres Wednesday January 2 at 9:00pm | Airs Wednesdays at 9:00pm
Tenacious and stubborn Chief Inspector Alan Banks and the feisty and headstrong Detective Sergeant Annie Cabbot combine drama, crime, and thrill in this series.
Sherlock Holmes & Agatha Christie's Poirot
Premieres Thursday January 3 at 8:00pm | Sherlock & Poirot air back-to-back Thursdays at 8:00pm
The classic 1980s version starring Jeremy Brett and David Burke moves from WETA TV26 & HD to WETA UK Thursdays at 8:00pm. Agatha Christie's Poirot starring David Suchet also moves to WETA UK airing Thursdays at 9:00pm.
The Café
Premieres Friday January 4 at 8:00pm | Airs Fridays at 8:00pm
Three generations of a family host customers at their seafront cafe in this warm and funny comedy series. Sarah moves back home from London, having lost her boyfriend and her job, so she's helping out her mum Carol at the café. Returning home has its pluses and minuses, find out how Sarah handles them in this comedy series.
Primeval Season 1
Premieres Monday January 7 at 4:00pm | Airs Mondays at 4:00pm
This series is returning to WETA UK! When evolutionary zoologist Nick Cutter discovers prehistoric creatures alive and well in the present day, the natural world is turned on its head and humanity faces a threat to its very existence. Unexplained anomalies are ripping holes in the fabric of time, allowing creatures from the very earliest stages of Earth's development to roam the modern world. Cutter and his team struggle to keep the looming disaster secret while dealing with savage dinosaurs and other deadly foes.
Vera I
Premieres Monday January 7 at 9:00pm | Airs Mondays at 9:00pm
Chief Inspector Vera Stanhope is an experienced and brilliant murder investigator in North East England. Kind-hearted but an inherent loner, Vera freely admits she can become obsessed with her job; driven by her own demons, the detective faces the world with sarcastic wit, guile, and courage. (Vera II begins Monday January 28)
Life of Mammals
Premieres Tuesday January 8 at 4:30pm | Airs Tuesdays at 4:30pm
David Attenborough introduces us to the most diverse group of animals ever to live on Earth, from the smallest to the largest. This is the story of 4,000 species which have outlived the dinosaurs and conquered the farthest places on earth, dry or wet, hot or cold.
The WETA UK Event: The Complete Garrow's Law
Premieres Saturday January 12 at 8:00pm | Airs Saturdays at 8:00pm
Garrow's Law is a legal period drama depicting William Garrow, who acted as counsel for the accused, introducing the concept of 'innocent until proved guilty' at London's Old Bailey in the 18th century.
What can compare to a British Christmas? DC, Maryland, and Virginia are in the spirit this December with the best British holiday TV specials on WETA UK December 21 – 25! So finish eating your pudding and mince pies, get your prize from a Christmas cracker, grab a glass of mulled wine, and settle in for a marathon of WETA UK Christmas shows!
Outnumbered Christmas Special 2011 Can't a family go on a holiday vacation without some kind of mishap ruining it? The Brockmans are planning to fly out to the Canaries on Christmas day but thanks to a dentist, Grandpa, an immature house-sitter, traffic, and two fighting Santas, this family might not make it to the islands after all.
Airs Friday December 21 at 9:30pm.
Last of the Summer Wine Five back-to-back Christmas specials from one of the longest running British telly shows to date!
To the Manor Born In this special seasonal episode, it is Audrey's first Christmas away from the manor but she is not going to let deVere take away her one remaining duty. So when she cannot find the Holy Crib for the Church, she decides to make one of her own, with the help of Marjory and Ned. Meanwhile, Richard plans to do his duty in style. The poor Rector has to choose between Audrey's home-made monstrosity or Richard's crassly commercial model.
Airs Saturday, December 22 at 12:30pm and Tuesday, December 25 at 7:30pm.
Vicar of Dibley Catch four back-to-back Christmas specials on December 22 and December 25! Geraldine Granger is not your run-of-the-mill village vicar. She is a bubbly, young reverend overseeing an eccentric congregation in a rural community. She and her off-the-wall parishioners have returned for these Christmas specials to bring us unconventional laughs during the holiday season.
Mr. Bean celebrates the holidays in Merry Christmas, Mr. Bean! Mr. Bean is very excited that it is Christmas so he befriends a Salvation Army band then drives home with the tallest tree he can find. On Christmas Day there are plenty of surprises under the tree but the gift he gives to his girlfriend is not what she had hoped for, and she leaves him all alone. Even so, Mr. Bean's holiday season ends with a bang. Airs Sunday, December 23 at 9:30pm.
This week we continue serving prime British television shows to the Washington, DC area on WETA UK. Drama, mystery, comedy, and costumes are just a few of our dynamic and exciting programming genres. Come back every Monday for the week in details and be sure to see all our new shows coming to WETA UK in November.
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Monday start watching Chef! from the very beginning as we air episode 1 of series 1 tonight at 7:30pm! Meet Britain's most talented - and most ill-tempered - chef. Gareth Blackstock, chef at the prestigious restaurant Le Chateau Anglais, takes great pains to set the most exacting standards for his kitchen staff, but they show their gratitude by bending or
breaking the rules whenever they can. Although every single one of Gareth's meals is a masterpiece, some customers still have the nerve to ask for salt. His beautiful wife, Janice, lacks Gareth's enthusiasm; bored being a neglected housewife she'd rather go back to her high-powered job in finance. Gareth dreams of being head chef and proprietor of his own restaurant, but a few obstacles - like no money - stand in his way. With Janice's patient help, he overcomes the bank manager's doubts and qualifies for a loan. Suddenly, ownership brings exposure to the harsh realities of restaurant management... Check out our downloadable and printable WETA UK CHEF! SERIES 1 EPISODE GUIDE!
Monday after Chef! stay tuned to WETA UK for the continuation of I, Claudius part 8: Reign of Terror at 8:00pm. Visit KCET's recap page to get all the details on tonight's episode and be sure to use their helpful character guide!
Tuesday take a journey into a historic British estate filled with one man's treasures from his many adventures on Country House Revealed: Clandeboye House at 8:00pm. Clandeboye House and estate is incredible and surprisingly little has changed since owner Lord Dufferin died in 1902. The house is overflowing with relics from the empire and Dufferin's aristocratic ventures - stuffed baby bears, Egyptian monuments, tiger skins and weaponry from India, Canada and Burma to mention just a few.
Tuesday at 11:00pm catch the launch of series 6 Are You Being Served?
Wednesday Inspector Morse begins a new adventure with Promised Land part 1 of 2. Morse and Lewis go to Australia in search of a witness who has been in witness protection for ten years, but this is one witness who really doesn't want to be found.
Thursday at 7:00pm series 15 Last of the Summer Wine begins! Get in on the laughs, no need to have watched from series 1, start anytime!
Thursday live the high life with David Attenborough's Life of Mammals: Life in the Trees at 8:00pm. These mammals have adapted to a life at height. Since one third of the world's surface is still covered by forest, animals such as the hyrax, tamanduas, and flying squirrel have developed skills to thrive in these high up conditions.
Friday the doctor prescribes laughter! Beginning at 9:00am, watch all the best British comedies on our Friday Comedy Block! Here's the line up!
Saturday at 8:00pm continue the drama and delight with The WETA UK Event: The Complete Downton Abbey as series 2 continues with three back-to-back episodes. Love this series? Take the WETA Downton Abbey Personality Quiz to find out which character you are!
Sunday catch the second to last episode of Primeval at 9:00pm. Still reeling from Stephen's death and with the depth of Helen's betrayal now revealed, Nick Cutter must fight to re-focus his embattled team. Cutter's crew are joined by some new recruits in the form of maverick policeman Danny Quinn, sparky Egyptologist Sarah Page, and the new leader of the ARC's security forces Captain Becker. But as the anomalies continue to present an unrelenting series of threats, the task in hand seems almost insurmountable. It's not just deadly creatures the team has to contend with, they also face a threat to the future of not just the ARC but of mankind itself.
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