They are a little goofy. Soo cute. They are still together. I just read an article about them. They are crazy about each other. Julie has moved to L.A. and has an apartment but spends most of her time at Jeff's place. They call her apartment her office. She just goes there to shower and change. "Marriage and family therapy" will be her degree. Sounds like she will want to put that to use in her own life. They better hurry up and start a family.
The couple didn’t start dating until after the show was over, Probst has said. His five-year marriage to Shelley Wright ended in divorce in 2001.
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'Survivor' contestant Julie Berry
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Berry, 24, has moved from Gorham, Maine, to Los Angeles, where she is earning her master’s degree in marriage and family therapy at California State University, Northridge.
“Being committed to each other — that’s the point,” Berry tells the magazine.
Meanwhile, Probst, 43, is mulling renewal of his “Survivor” contract, which is up after he tapes the show’s 12th edition this fall.
“There’s the inevitable point where you go, ‘Do I want to do other things?”’ he says. “But ... I’ll never have as good a job as ‘Survivor.”’
"Man is a marvelous curiosity ... he thinks he is the Creator's pet ... he even believes the Creator loves him; has a passion for him; sits up nights to admire him; yes and watch over him and keep him out of trouble. He prays to him and thinks He listens. Isn't it a quaint idea." Mark Twain
I thought the same thing Pippin. I think with some men though a 24 year old girl makes an exception. Jeff Probst is one of them. I think he will be fit for a long time.
Jenn Lyon had it all – beauty and reality-TV fame as a competitor on Survivor: Palau. Now, the 33-year-old tells PEOPLE about breast cancer – and why for her reconstructive surgery was the first step to feeling better
In the summer of 2004, I felt something in my right breast that didn't feel normal. They always describe cancer in terms of a pea, right? Well, this was more like several rocks strung together. I thought it was probably scar tissue related to my breast implants. So I let it go—for a long time.
I got my saline implants six years ago. It was just something in my head that I thought I needed to do for self-esteem, to balance myself out. Before, I was a large A-cup, and the implants changed me to a small C-cup.
At the time I noticed the lumps I didn't have insurance, which was a big part of why I didn't get it checked immediately. I went on the Internet and thought, "It is scar tissue. No big deal." But a year later, I felt another lump right in the center of the breast and something in my right armpit. I saw a surgeon who said, "I'm pretty sure you have breast cancer." After a mammogram, an ultrasound and a biopsy, it was confirmed—stage III.
I opted to get a modified, radical bilateral mastectomy on Aug. 29 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. A surgeon removed both my breasts and 29 lymph nodes.
After my mastectomy, a plastic surgeon put in "spacers" to expand my chest muscles to make room for the new implants—smaller silicone implants this time. A second operation Oct. 5 completed the process. My new implants have been a huge boost to my spirit.
In a week or so, I start a four- to six-month course of chemotherapy, followed by tamoxifen, a drug designed to prevent a recurrence. My doctor has warned me I may stop having my period and go into early menopause. That’s tough because I haven't had kids yet.
Being on Survivor has helped in every sense of the word. My doctor told me, "You have beautiful hair, and you’re going to lose it." But Coby Archa, the Texas hairdresser who was in my Survivor tribe, says he's going to shave my head for me—and shave his too. Survivor taught me there’s an end in sight. As hard as it is, it will be over, and you have to appreciate every day.
Richard Hatch, Survivor's first $1 million winner, on Monday entered a plea of not guilty to charges that he skipped out on paying taxes on his windfall from the CBS show as well as on additional earnings amounting to hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Hatch, 44, has been charged with tax evasion, filing a false tax return, wire fraud, bank fraud and mail fraud, and was released on $50,000 bond. A judge restricted his travel...Get instant access to the rest of this article and all of
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18 Survivor contestants will be marooned within the rugged terrain of Guatemala. For the first time, the castaways will actually live within the ruins of a mysterious vanished civilization and they will be forced to embrace the ancient Mayan lifestyle. Who are the Mayans?
The Mayan culture was the greatest civilization among the original cultures of the New World (western hemisphere). Even though the Mayans had common organization, they were not unified under one empire. There were many separate groups with similar cultural backgrounds. The Pokomam group occupied the Highlands of Guatemala. The Mayans had common artistic and religious components, but politically they were independent Mayan states.
Originating in the Yucatan around 2600 B.C., they rose to prominence around A.D. 250 in present-day southern Mexico, Guatemala, western Honduras, El Salvador, and northern Belize. In this brief fact sheet and succeeding articles we will examine the life of the Mayans.
Society: The Mayans developed a complex, hierarchical society divided into classes and professions. It was a system of government with rule by nobles and kings. The plebeians were farmers, artisans, or merchants; they paid taxes and performed military service, and each had his interest in the common land which descended in the family. Slaves also existed, the slaves being chiefly prisoners of war and their children.
Kings and nobles wore a variety of elaborate headdresses and jewelry to signify their status.
Mayan priests and warriors re-enacting an offering to their gods
At sacred alters, Mayan priests presented cacao beans to the gods as offerings and prepared a chocolate drink for special religious ceremonies
Religion: The ancient Maya believed in recurring cycles of creation and destruction and thought in terms of eras lasting about 5,200 modern years.
The role of the priest was closely connected to the calendar and astronomy. Priests controlled learning and ritual, and were in charge of calculating time, festivals, ceremonies, fateful days and seasons, divination, events, cures for diseases, writing and genealogies.
Religious ceremonies involved several aspects: dancing, competition, dramatic performances, prayer, and sacrifice. While sacrifice often involved foodstuffs, the bulk of sacrifice involved some form of human sacrifice. The majority of this human sacrifice was blood-letting, in which a victim, usually a priest, voluntarily pierces a part (or parts) of their body and "gives" blood to the gods.
Pyramid at Yaxha, Guatemala
Mayan Pyramid Staircase
(The staircases lead from ground level
to the temple.)
Architecture: The Mayans were noted for elaborate and highly decorated ceremonial architecture, including temple-pyramids, palaces and observatories, all built without metal tools. The term "pyramid" is a geometric reference to the shape of the construction. The Mayan version of the pyramid is truncated so that a temple can be built on the top.
The ancient Mayans built two types of pyramids: those that were meant to be climbed and those that were not. The first type was used for holding sacrificial rituals. The other type was not meant to be touched and was sacred. The steps on these structures were too steep to climb and many times they had doorways leading to nowhere. During their rituals, the priests would ascend the pyramid from the earth to the sky by means of the staircases. They believed that this brought them closer to the gods.
Calendrical Systems - The Mayans were obsessed with numerology, and used many "special numbers" to create their two interconnected calendars. The ritual calendar consisted of thirteen 20-day periods, which totaled 260 days. The Mayans also developed a solar calendar, detailing the so-called Vague year. It was 365 days long, consisting of eighteen 20-day periods plus a final five "days without name," which were considered unlucky.
Stone Hieroglyphic carving
Hieroglyphic Writing - The Mayans developed a highly complex system of writing, using pictographs and phonetic or syllabic elements. Probably only members of the higher classes were able to read their symbols. The Mayans carved these symbols into stone, but the most common place for writing was probably the highly perishable books they made from bark paper, coated with lime to make a fresh white surface. To date nearly 85 percent of known Mayan hieroglyphics have been decoded.
Hieroglyphic representing "child"
This clay figurine was placed in a grave
of a noble person as an offering to
the gods. The tattooed cheeks,
elaborate turban, and hairstyle identify
her as a member of the elite
Arts and Crafts: The Mayan of the Classic period (A.D. 250-900) developed a sophisticated artistic tradition, producing sculpted stone, painted ceramics, clay figurines, and screen-fold bark books of drawings and hieroglyphic writing. They were skilled weavers and potters. Mayan ceramic artists were highly educated members of the elite. They used slip paint, a mixture of finely ground pigment, clay, and water, to decorate their pottery with images of rituals, myths, geometric motifs, and hieroglyphs. The Mayans cleared routes through jungles and swamps to foster extensive trade networks with distant peoples.
Mathematics: The Mayans made significant discoveries in science, including the use of the zero in mathematics. Instead of ten digits like we have today, the Mayans used a base number of 20. They also used a system of bar and dot as "shorthand" for counting. A dot stood for one and a bar stood for five.
astronomer-priests
(artist's rendering)
Mayan Astronomy - Mayans were accomplished astronomers. The Milky Way itself was much respected and admired by the Mayans.
The Mayans had a profound knowledge of the sky. Their priests recorded astronomical observations and passed them down from generation to generation. The result was an extremely accurate calendar that predicted the coming of eclipses and the revolutions of Venus to an error of one day in 6,000 years.
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Richard Hatch, Survivor's first $1 million winner, on Monday entered a plea of not guilty to charges that he skipped out on paying taxes on his windfall from the CBS show as well as on additional earnings amounting to hundreds of thousands of dollars. 
As Brandon made his final exit, his last words were whispered to Danni. Though barely audible, the microphone picked up, "You're like the sister I never had."
Danni Now
The Mayans
