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People out here claiming she was a member of the "cleat chasers" (a group of promiscuous girls who's sole intent is to have sexual intercourse with athletes, usually baseball and football players). Claims that there are photos of her and him that were posted on twitter or tumblr or even facebook. That they were in some intense relationship and she went ballistic when he wouldn't leave his GF for her. NONE of this is substantiated, mind you. Here's the problem I have with all of that.... Assuming it's all true and she's a cleat chaser, her attorney would know this as well. Meaning, ANY attorney worth their wait in cow dung, would strongly advise against pursuing charges and would push for a civil settlement. Her attorney came right out and said "it was rape". The minute she opened her mouth and made that statement, a settlement is off the table. Furthermore, Winston (assuming he would know the impact of a charge against him not only to himself but to FSU football), would want to quietly settle the matter. With his potential income being in the millions in a couple of years, it's a no brainer for him. So, why is there no settlement? Why press charges when all she would get out of it is the hatred of hte FSU football fans everywhere? Why press charges when, if she is a cleat chaser and all of the above is true, would come out and totally discredit her? Why risk a criminal charge against herself for make false statements to police and filing a false police report? The cleat chaser story just doesn't make sense..... but ...... stranger things have happened.
Jameis Winston involved in BB gun battle and alleged theft at Burger King
Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston was allegedly involved in two minor incidents in 2012 that came to light this week, according to records obtained by the Associated Press from city officials. Winston was not arrested or charged in either instance, and both situations are unrelated to an ongoing investigation that he allegedly sexually assaulted a woman.
The 19-year-old Winston and other FSU players were questioned in November 2012 after 13 windows were broken at an apartment complex following a BB gun battle near the team's stadium, the Associated Press reported Wednesday based on records obtained from Tallahassee city officials through a Freedom of Information request.
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Winston and his then-roommate, Chris Casher, a defensive end on the team, told officers they had in fact in been involved in "battles" with other members of the team, but they denied shooting the BB guns.
The apartment complex manager had sought to evict Winston and three other tenants but ultimately decided against the eviction after an official with the FSU athletic department promised that the players would pay for the damage.
The second incident that was made public on Wednesday indicates a Burger King employee called police to report Winston was stealing soda. Winston allegedly entered the Burger King with three other men, did not order food and starting using ketchup cups to fill with soda. He was never questioned by police because the owner of the Burger King restaurant decided not to prosecute.
Winston is being investigated for an alleged sexual assault last December. He has denied the allegations.
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People out here claiming she was a member of the "cleat chasers" (a group of promiscuous girls who's sole intent is to have sexual intercourse with athletes, usually baseball and football players). Claims that there are photos of her and him that were posted on twitter or tumblr or even facebook. That they were in some intense relationship and she went ballistic when he wouldn't leave his GF for her. NONE of this is substantiated, mind you. Here's the problem I have with all of that.... Assuming it's all true and she's a cleat chaser, her attorney would know this as well. Meaning, ANY attorney worth their wait in cow dung, would strongly advise against pursuing charges and would push for a civil settlement. Her attorney came right out and said "it was rape". The minute she opened her mouth and made that statement, a settlement is off the table. Furthermore, Winston (assuming he would know the impact of a charge against him not only to himself but to FSU football), would want to quietly settle the matter. With his potential income being in the millions in a couple of years, it's a no brainer for him. So, why is there no settlement? Why press charges when all she would get out of it is the hatred of hte FSU football fans everywhere? Why press charges when, if she is a cleat chaser and all of the above is true, would come out and totally discredit her? Why risk a criminal charge against herself for make false statements to police and filing a false police report? The cleat chaser story just doesn't make sense..... but ...... stranger things have happened.
If the accuser is white this will get interesting.
If Winnie raped the girl then his career has to be over. grambling maybe would take him
It was also rumored that, as a toddler, Winston opened a tube of Desitin Ointment at a local drug store & after applying a dab to his diaper rash, returned the tube to the shelf. The AP could not confirm this report.
He also didn't recycle the catsup cup. That is the nail in the coffin. Piling on time: can he cited for choosing Burger King?
We have a dirt bag here.. Without athletic skills it's dime bags on the street. Any questions?
Ignorance is an assault on your thinking that is formed through assumptions. Intelligence comes from the level of the questions you ask. Always be willing to ask "Why".
When I get bored at the hotel lol hey @ericaakinsmannpic.twitter.com/BxW2vQA4
No one is perfect and all are going to come out of this sallied in some way--here is my take on a very serious issue--http://psychologyofsports.com/2013/11/23/the-jameis-winston-rape-case-reflects-the-best-and-worst-of-us/
He jaywalked, too.
What are you people talking about. Have u seen the size of ketchup cups?? It's a joke!! Everyone has done a couple of silly things as a teen. The writer Marc Weinreich needs to work harder.
All are assuming that he is guilty. If that's not the case... WOW!!! He is being dragged through the mud face first. If they do have the evidence to prove it and have not charged this young man for the sake of a BCS football game that is truly tragic and a sad day for our society.
The accuser was one of a group of girls at FSU who referred to themselves as "Cleatchasers" they were known for pursuing primarily baseball and football athletes on campus. At the time of the incident Winston was already a baseball star and had been drafted by the Texas Rangers. To say that a member of the "Cleatchasers did not know who Jameis Winston was was ludicrous. But even if you accept that, she had posted numerous photos of her with Jameis before and after the incident on her twitter and instagram feed. Those accounts have since been deleted. I wonder why?
the incident took place the night before Jameis' girlfriend was arriving into town in the accuser's apartment. The accuser's roommate and a teammate of winston's were also there. After sleeping with the accuser Jameis got up to leave and told the accuser that his GF was going to be in town the next couple of days and he couldn't see her during that time. that is when all hell broke loose. She got upset started hitting hitting him and decided to report it as rape. Despite the fact that she clearly knew who she slept with she gave a completely inaccurate description, not just the ht was incorrect but the hair also. She also stated she didn't know who it was. a month later when she said it was Winston the police knew there were already holes in her story and advised her to consider strongly whether she wanted to proceed. This was not a cover up but an attempt to keep the girl from making a big mistake.
It was not the girl who brought the case back a year later. It was her family with the help of her aunt who is a personal injury lawyer and a huge University of Florida booster. Did you ever wonder why a family would leek information about a serious legal case to TMZ and continue to argue their case through TMZ? Also if you notice, no statements are being said to come from the girl but from the families' attorney.
the girls case is falling apart. The accuser's roommate and the teammate of Winston's have both given statements stating that this was consensual. The accusers interview with the DA also did not go well. The DA is now in the process of getting the records of the deleted social media accounts and text records and phone calls. He may press charges against the girl. He may give her a chance to recant. hell given this DA's record of aggressive pursuit again FSU football players he may even proceed. He has done so with less evidence before. But in the end it will turn out that all Winston is guilty of is cheating on his girlfriend.
Justice needs to be served quickly and harshly with a cruel sentence for Winston.
The question is this: Will Winston win the Heisman and then have to give it back the next month?
Please God let justice be served in this shocking assault on an innocent child.
Rape is a serious crime and deserves the death penalty or life in prison. Please don't look the other way on a rape. Football is a game but Rape is a serious Crime.
definitely speaks to winston's character...or lack thereof, no matter how trivial it may seem.
Filling ketchup cups with soda? Sounds like Winston has mental problems.
They absolutely have nothing in this case, if they did they would have been have charged him, it's such a joke if you have something then charge, if not come out and say so why keep waiting, it's a joke so is all the other crap just trying to drag his name threw the mud.
I heard he broke wind in the FSU library.
@BrettRoar I don't know why he wastes his time on football--he's Rhodes Scholar material..............................
@BrettRoar Don't be surprised. If he's not guilty, it's a he said/she said. If he's guilty it's a he said/she said with a little kick (evidence). Either way he has put himself in a bad light publicly. Throw in these other things they are looking at him for and a pattern begins to build.
Good post GI Jeff,
That's the exact same read I have been getting from contacts in Tallahassee. This one is fairly obvious if you connect the dots. Meggs is not going to jump in the frying pan with a dog of a case that won't hunt. We work with his office regularly and trust me he is not stupid. He also knows he will take some heat either way and having all the available evidence to support his findings will be critical to protecting the SA office from the inevitable barrage of criticism that will emerge after they demonstrate that their is a lack of evidence to support the accusers claims. Its funny how most of these internet posters have such a low information understanding of the legal system and how the preponderance of evidence must prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Unless their is some smoking gun somewhere that comes out of left field this case has zero chance of moving forward since Meggs is not going to prosecute based on a he said she said scenario without the evidence that proves her claims beyond a reasonable doubt. With anything less he would never get a conviction in a thousand years and he knows that.
@GIJeff is this really true? that's a fascinating level of detail
@GIJeff with a mind this creative i really believe Disney has a place for you. Its like Fantasia meets Star Wars. Bravo.
you sound like you would make a fine citizen of communist China . Why don't you start packing?
@dandogwood oh the irony...
@dandogwood Who appointed you judge jury and executioner? How about you wait to get all the facts before you condemn anyone?
@dandogwood which one, winston or the chick?
@dandogwood And falsely accusing someone of rape should be dealt with as a serious crime too. Time will tell.
@jacksonatl Volumes. It also shows how truly immature he really is.
@jacksonatl wow, QBs are going off the deep end. did you hear about brady's body guards shooting up the place in costa rico? they got 5 years in prison for attempted murder while brady and gazelle relax in bean town. crazy
Are you as dumb as you sound, young? First, it's a high profile case, so they want to make sure that they have the evidence and can make a case. Second, a high visibility QB is involved in Florida. This means lots of people will be trying to find a way out- pay off the victim, lose evidence, scare off witnesses, etc.
@youngnorth77 They're going to charge him. They are waiting as long as they can to let him help FSU into the BCS Title game. A couple of weeks (in their mind) won't make a difference to charging him but if he can get them to the BCS Title game, it means a great deal to the university. Once in, he's charged. Now, what's going to be really interesting is once they charge, how quickly they can get it to court to get a dismissal.
@jarobertson He's an athlete. He's never seen the inside of the FSU library.
@rodp236 @BrettRoar More like, "You want fries with that?"
@RockyEagleton This whole story is from another site like this where people claim to have contacts and such. There is no law enforcement backing this story at the moment. Hypothesis based partially on fact and mostly on hope.
Cane87 The only "victim" of rape by Jameis was your crappy poor excuse of a Miami candy cane football team. Now that we actually have indisputable video evidence of.
Victim? I must of missed the part where she proved her accusations were valid? could you provide that information? When will the State Attorney be interviewing you since you obviously have some evidence we have not heard about yet? At this point she is just a person making an unproven allegation. One that law enforcement and the State Attorney has not yet decided has any validity. That's an accuser not a victim. Learn the difference.
This is a reflection of how far our country has sunk to the level of people getting a less than third world eduction. They begin to think like totalitarian country inhabitants where in places like communist China you can be accused and convicted without ever having a case proved or your constitutional rights of due process upheld. The ignorance of people like dandogwood is what makes terrorist groups like Al Qaeda job easy in this country.
@Chuckster @youngnorth77 theory doesn't hold. OSU will have more human votes for the BCS title game AND the computer will rank OSU higher after they crush MSU. This will happen whether or not winston is charged because they will play Duke in the ACC championship.
They're waiting as long as they can because the prosecution know's that they still don't have a case that can stick. Cause they're going to have some real trouble once all those archived social media pages are retrieved by the defense team which will directly prove that the alleged victim most definitely knew Winston on a personal level way before the alleged rape occurred.
@RockyEagleton All you have out here are people stating their opinion. Opinions which, like your own, have absolutely NO BEARING WHATSOEVER on the disposition of the Winston case. If anyone out believes that their voice makes a difference on this issue, you are dead wrong. So, the racist remarks of a couple not included, everyone is entitled to their opinion.
And then you woke up from your wet dream. 2 years of not playing a top 15 team besides recently ranked Wisconsin which wasn't ranked when you played them and you will be lucky if you still are #3 by the end of the season. Besides OU will either lose to Michigan state or be passed up by a one loss SEC team. Come back and post your comments after the fact. FSU fans are still waiting to hear from all those big mouths who were trying to sell Oregon as the team who would finish ahead of them. Now OU fans who are significantly behind the number 2 team in the BCS poll are trying to sell the same garbage. Even if it were close which it is not the Coaches can't stand Urban Meyer and would never vote his team ahead of a record breaking FSU. If by some chance Alabama skips up which won't happen and OU gets to play FSU they will blow OU out of big game just like the gators did last time OU showed up and tried to play with a team from the south with superior speed and athletes.
@Chuckster @historiskull would love to see the 'noles crush overrated bama - but that matchup will not happen. the media is good with prettying up the "picture" but the attention created with this case will work out through the bcs "selections". trust that winston will not play in the title game or get the heisman. notice how he's 4th in the heisman race now? watch the "voters" and listen to the talk about the "computers" as OSU beats a top 10 opponent in MSU and FSU beats overachieving Duke. media cant sell the bcs title match with this cloud or even any remote suspicion at this point.
@historiskull @Chuckster @youngnorth77 Despite what you wish, the gap between FSU and OSU is Grand Canyon size. It will take an FSU loss to get OSU in, regardless of what you think they will do to MSU.
@GoHorns @Chuckster @youngnorth77 Grasping. They will charge him and they will wait until they are in.


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Apple Pie Jam Recipe
- 4 to 5 large Golden Delicious apples, peeled and sliced (about 2 pounds)
- 1 cup water
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- 1/2 teaspoon butter
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- 1-1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon ground mace, optional
- In a Dutch oven, combine apples and water. Cover and cook slowly until tender. Measure 4-1/2 cups apples; return to the pan. (Save remaining apple mixture for another use or discard.)
- Add sugar and butter to pan; bring to a full rolling boil, stirring constantly. Quickly stir in pectin; return to a full rolling boil. Boil 1 minute, stirring constantly.
- Remove from the heat; skim off foam. Stir in spices. Carefully ladle hot mixture into hot half-pint jars, leaving 1/4-in. headspace. Remove air bubbles; wipe rims and adjust lids. Process for 10 minutes in a boiling-water canner. Yield: 7 half-pints.
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The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute's recent gift of over 200 British works of art from the Manton Foundation inspires this year's fall course, "Art in Britain: From Van Dyck and Sir Peter Lely to David Hockney and Paula Rego." From the elegant portraits and exciting narrative paintings produced by continental artists brought to England by King Charles I, through the agricultural and industrial revolutions of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, to the exciting variety of British painting in the twentieth century, the Clark's curator of education Michael Cassin will look at the history of painting in Britain. The series is held on the first Thursdays of September, October, November, and December from 5:30 to 6:30 pm. Registration is not required but can be made by calling 413-458-0563. Cost is $6 per class ($4 for members).
The second class in the series will explore "Art and the Grand Tour" on October 4. If travel broadens the mind, then eighteenth-century British gentlemen tried to be as broad-minded as possible, at least within certain limits. The Grand Tour of continental Europe exposed hundreds of wealthy young men (and occasionally young women) to the art and culture of France and Italy, and the spectacular scenery of Germany. From their travels, they returned to Britain laden with paintings, prints and other artifacts to remind them of where they'd been, and these European works in turn influenced the British painters who stayed at home. Join Cassin for a virtual grand tour in the comfort of the Clark's auditorium.
The remaining classes in the series are "Art in the Industrial Age" on November 1 and "Art in Britain in the Twentieth Century" on December 6.
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Liability with hunting leases
William Edwards, Michael Duffy
Extension economists, Iowa State University
Gary Gassett, Cresco Union Savings Bank, Cresco
Ron Swanson, Master Farmer, Galt
Each fall as pheasant and deer season approach, people ask us if they can hunt on our property. We let them hunt for free if we know them. Others we just say no. Maybe we should start charging a fee. This year a group of hunters wants to lease the hunting rights. My son says this is an opportunity for additional income for us with very little downside for liability. He says we can word the hunting lease so we aren't liable for anything. What do you think?
Swanson: Hunting rights have become quite popular in some areas, particularly in the Western states. There may be some models available to pattern a lease after. The Extension service of those states might be a place to find information about their programs. It may be difficult to determine what the fee should be. If you sign a lease with a group, does that give them the exclusive hunting privilege? You should probably consult your attorney to draw up a lease that answers these and other questions.
Duffy: Some people do use leasing of hunting rights as a source of extra income. The liability issues are not as limiting as they were when I first started. But I disagree with your son in that I don't think it is possible to word a lease so that you aren't liable for anything. There is some liability that will be assumed. There are insurance programs available and sound legal advice will be necessary to ensure that the lease is properly worded.
Gassett: Leasing land to responsible hunters has the benefit of adding income to the farm and limiting the people that may hunt on the land. Working with an attorney to develop a well-written agreement with hunters can improve the safety of visitors. Rules and requirements can be detailed in the agreement, and the agreement can serve as proof of informing the hunters of safety and hazards. It is also important to work with an insurance agent to secure proper liability insurance for a farm recreational business. This would be in addition to your farm liability policy.
Have corn custom-dried?
My neighbor put up a huge grain drying facility in response to last year's wet corn harvest. He figures he built enough capacity to meet his expansion needs for 15 years. He has offered to custom-dry my corn for me. How do I figure a fair drying charge? I'd haul my grain to his wet holding bin and haul my dry corn back to my place in my truck.
Swanson: The approach to this depends on whether your corn will be segregated during the drying process or commingled with his. If your corn identity is preserved, then the cost of drying can be easily determined, and therefore, a fair charge can be established based on the actual costs, plus a return in his investment. However, if it's commingled and dried with his, then accurate moisture and shrink are going to have to be determined in addition to the actual cost of drying. You may have to follow commercial drying charges and shrink factors if this is the case.
Edwards: ISU Extension publishes a survey of custom rates in Iowa each year. The average rate for drying corn was about 5 cents per bushel per point of moisture removed in 2010. Fuel accounts for 60% to 75% of this cost, so you could settle on 2 cents per point, plus fuel. The ISU Ag Decision Maker has a spreadsheet called "Comparison of Drying Systems" that will help calculate a more accurate estimate for this particular system. Another option is to check commercial rates at local elevators.
Gassett: The Iowa State University Extension Ag Decision Maker does an annual custom rate survey. The 2010 survey indicates a range for corn drying of 3 cents per point per bushel to 6 cents per point per bushel with an average of 4.7 cents per point per bushel. The drying charge includes fuel, electricity and labor for a continuous-flow dryer. The custom operator may have a minimum charge for running the corn through the dryer if very little moisture needs to be taken out of the corn. This would be a place to begin negotiations.
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A tour bus carrying 48 passengers down a notorious stretch of mountain highway skidded on snow and ice, crashed through the guardrail and tumbled down the embankment — killing nine people and injuring dozens.
The horror unfolded around 10:30 a.m. local time Sunday on Interstate 84 in Eastern Oregon on Cabbage Hill near the ominously named Deadman Pass.
Here's what you should know about this tragedy.
1. It's a Notoriously Deadly Stretch of Road
Emigrant Hill, aka Cabbage Hill, where the crash occurred, is so dangerous that it has its own specific warning from state officials about the hazards of traversing that stretch of road in the Blue Mountains. It reads, in part:
This seven-mile downgrade, 35 miles west of La Grande, Oregon, has some of the most changeable and severe weather conditions in the Northwest. ... You'll lose about 2,000 feet of elevation in six miles and twist through a double hair pin turn at a 6-percent downgrade. On an average 78 percent of the Cabbage Hill crashes involve out-of-state motor carriers!
2. The Crash Occurred Near Deadman Pass
A stretch near the crash site is ominously named Deadman Pass, as indicated on the road sign at Exit 228. According to Backroads in Oregon:
The name "Deadman Pass" was the result of an accident during the Bannock War when a teamster driving a wagon through the pass was killed by renegade Indians from the nearby Indian agency.
3. It Was a Mi Joo Tour Bus Headed from Vegas to Vancouver
Owned by Vancouver-based Mi Joo Tour and Travel, the bus was traveling from Las Vegas to Vancouver, concluding a nine-day tour reports CBS. Mi Joo's page on a U.S. DOT safety website says the company runs six buses, and none has been in an accident in the last 24 months.
4. It Was Full of Exchange Students
KPTV reports:
The bus was carrying foreign exchange students from South Korea, who are living with host families in Vancouver, B.C., and northwest Washington.
Most of the passengers were Korean. Many spoke no English, and a translator was brought in to aid the rescue effort. The AP reports local authorities are "working with the South Korean consulate to identify victims."
5. The Cause of the Crash is Undetermined
While severe whether likely played a part in the crash, the investigation is ongoing. Oregon State Patrol Lt. Gregg Hastings said:
We're not blaming road conditions. We know that there was some snow and ice on area roads, but the investigation is just beginning.
Some passengers reported the driver was going too fast.
6. The Driver Survived
The driver was not killed in the crash but suffered injuries severe enough to prevent him or her from immediately aiding police investigators.
7. It Was a Harrowing Rescue
Rescuers tending to survivors were dealing with foot-deep snow on the steep, 85-foot embankment. They used "high-angle techniques and an all-terrain vehicle," reports The Oregonian. Several responders were trained in rope rescue. Pendleton Fire Chief Gary Woodson described the scene as "organized chaos." Firefighter Steve Brost told KPTV:
I've been a firefighter for 20 years and this is the first time I've seen anything like this.
8. Survivors Gave Chilling Accounts
One survivor spoke to KPTV:
Me and my brother got out of the bus and we saw many people spread in the snow. We find some people who alive, who died.
9. Passengers Were Hurled from the Bus
Fire Lt. Steve Brost said:
It appeared that most of the patients had actually been ejected from the bus as the bus went down the cliff.
Survivor Berlyn Sanderson of Canada, 22, told the AP that "windows on the bus broke as it careened down the embankment, and she and a number of others were thrown out."
10. Four Hospitals Treated Victims
Estimates on the number of injured vary — ranging as high as 39. Survivors, aged 7 to 74, were treated at four local hospitals. Some are in critical condition.


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ARTICLE XX-D MINOR LEAGUE FREE-AGENT:Marcos Mateo, RHP
SIX-YEAR FREE-AGENT:Jeffry Antigua, LHPLars Anderson, 1BAlberto Cabrera, RHPMarcelo Carreno, RHPLendy Castillo, RHPHunter Cervenka, LHP (see NOTE)Chris Coghlan, OFCharlie Cutler, CEduardo Figueroa, RHPLuis Flores, CEdgar Gonzalez, INFMarcus Hatley, RHPTommy Hottovy, LHPJonathon Mota, INFStarling Peralta, RHPCarlos Pimentel, RHPDae-Eun Rhee, RHPJose Rosario, RHPJonathan Sanchez, LHPRyan Searle, RHPJeudy Valdez, INFChris Valaika, INFCasper Wells, OFEli Whiteside, CNOTE: Hunter Cervenka will be eligible to be a Rule 55 minor league 6YFA post-2014 if he signed a 2008 contract when he signed his "first contract" with the Boston Red Sox on 8-15-2008. However, if he was "Signed for Future Service" (first contract was a 2009 contract), he will not be eligible to be a Rule 55 minor league 6YFA until post-2015.
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1. If an ARTICLE XX-B MLB FREE-AGENT signs a minor league contract at least ten days prior to MLB Opening Day, and then is either not released by 12 PM (Eastern) on the 5th day prior to MLB Opening Day or added to an MLB Active List (25-man roster) or MLB Disabled List by 3 PM (Eastern) on MLB Opening Day, the player automatically receives a $100,000 retention bonus, and the player can unilaterally opt-out of the minor league contract on June 1st if he has not been added to an MLB Active List (25-man roster) or an MLB Disabled List by that date.
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The Cubs break the losing streak yesterday thanks to Jeff Suppan and a stiff wind out and look to start a streak the other way with Samardzija on the mound.
The face of Joe Mather batting third will forever haunt my nightmares of the 2012 Cubs.
Click on the image for the video.
It was hinted at on twitter last night that big Cubs news was coming today and news did come.
For the sweep!!!!
The Cubs NL Central barnstorming continues with a trip to Missouri. NL ERA-leader Ryan Dempster tries to secure his first win against a Beltran-less lineup.
Cubs go with the right-heavy lineup against struggling southpaw Randy Wolf.
Soriano sits because of a sore knee and an OPS in the .500's.
Ryan Dempster, he of a 0.95 ERA on the season, goes tonight in search of his first win in his last 13 starts. That win was versus the Nationals last year on August 11th. It's his 5th start of this season and he hasn't given up an earned run in 14.1 straight innings.
As Cubnut pointed out on Twitter the other day, the Cubs have fallen into an alternating win-loss pattern since April 24th. Unfortunately, today is the day to bet against them.
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CARMELO: Jorge Soler is taking "live" BP at Riverview but he is not yet playing outfield or doing any baserunning.
b.wilson blowing a tie game vs philly...4 runs in...in line for his 2nd loss.
single, line out, single, double, walk, and a hbp to load the bases. out of the game with 1 out...j.wright gives up another couple of runs to add to his line.
4ip 8h 4bb 4k 2hbp, 8r/7er in 6 appearances (3 decent, 3 bad)...15.75era 3.00whip
Because of the Blackhawks game and the Bulls game the Cubs are being bumped off regular Comcast Friday night.
Cubs-Milwaukee Brewers game will air on NBC 5 Chicago's 5.2 digital channel Cozi TV.
Early in the season. Maybe he's just trying to see who he can depend on. The list grows shorter.
I can see the box score now.
J.Baez 4 hits, 4 HR 12 RBI 0SB
J.Baez 4 hits 1HR 1RBI 4SB
Yup, not a problem
Time flies, even when you're following a shitty team like the Cubs
w.wright finally pitched again today...only his 7th appearance of the month (and 3 have been 1-batter appearances).
...and veras pitched (badly) again today...only his 2nd time since the 11th and 6th appearance overall.
both wright and veras have gone 9 day stretches between outings in separate time frames.
grimm has 12 appearances, rondon 11, strop 10 (even though he went 8 days without pitching for a stretch), russell 10...
team has enough OF'rs anyway...sureholds/lake/kalish/sweeney/boni can more than handle getting it done out there.
RF gets a little weaker for backup options with quality arms, though.
Cubs sent Parker down and brought up Neil Ramirez in his place. Parker didn't show Renteria much in the spring (1.78 WHIP).
They also brought up Rosscup instead of another outfielder to replace Ruggiano. They needed a lefty arm. I thought Russell was a mess yesterday, giving up the tying run on a fastball--not what he was called to the mound to throw. But his breaking stuff had no break. Whatever that dead arm business was in the spring, it's still a problem.
Vitters could do a decent Ruggiano imitation but after a decent start he's been slumping. Maybe later.
Justin Ruggiano was diagnosed Thursday morning with a Grade 2 strain of his left hamstring. That carries a best-case recovery timetable of 3-4 weeks.
Personally I'm expecting it to be 8 weeks so I'll be pleased when it only ends up being 6.
Ruggiano DL with hammy injury?
From what I have heard, McLeod runs the draft with supervision from Hoyer, but Epstein does not sit in on most of the draft, and never over rules either Hoyer or McLeod.
While at Boston, Epstein was strongly against drafting Bucholtz, and was angry when Hoyer insisted on picking him, calling him a crazy SOB. Even then, he did not over rule Hoyer, and later, when Bucholtz led them to a World Series win, told him that he was glad he was a crazy SOB.
ECU right hander Jeff Hoffman will miss at least his next two starts after experiencing arm soreness during a side session yesterday.
Kiley McDaniel@kileymcd
As it's explained to me this is proactive measure to deal w/soreness & not obscuring serious injury. Expectation is JH is fine in a few wks.
CJ Shoulder Injury -
Worried much?:
A week? He's been out three weeks, injured (pulled hamstring) opening night, 4/3.
Hey...his defense has been pretty damn good so far this season.
Ok...that sucked yesterday....but still
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Cacao in Mesoamerican Culture: More Than A Tasty Treat
In 1995, Keith Prufer and his team of archaeologists made a significant discovery while working in a cave in southwestern Belize. They uncovered a previously untouched and well-preserved burial chamber that contained artifacts and the human remains of the individual buried there. Most surprisingly, they found five cacao seeds, which has since opened discussions and shed light on the many uses of cacao in pre-Colombian Mesoamerican culture.
The Bats'ub Cave, where the discovery was made, is located in an uninhabited area of southwestern Belize. The closest settlements, Uxbenká and Pusilhá, are 22 km and 30 km away from the Cave, respectively (see map below). Though people did not live near the cave, the Maya had spiritual beliefs associated with them, and it was not surprising to find a burial site within it. What did surprise the archaeologists was the amount of recoverable artifacts, including the five cacao seeds. They attributed this to the environment within the cave, which preserved organic material that otherwise would have decomposed centuries before.
Cacao is a common crop in southern Belize and the surrounding regions. Archaeologists believe that the people inhabiting this region grew very similar cacao varieties over 1000 years ago. Cacao plants require soil that is well-drained and rich in organic material, and is usually found growing in the shade of nitrogen-fixing trees. These ideal soil conditions are found in the area directly surrounding the Bats'ub Cave, and at many other sites across the Yucatán Peninsula.
Archaeologists combined their knowledge of modern cacao use with recovered artifacts and colonial accounts to understand how cacao was used in pre-Colombian times. Much like today, cacao was prepared as a sweetened food, and was also used to make beverages. These drinks often contained coffee or chili peppers. Vessels that were specially marked for use in drinking cacao have been found at Maya sites.
Beyond consumption, cacao was highly valued for a variety of uses. It was often depicted in inscriptions alongside bundles of cloth, indicating its significance as a commodity. It was also used as a form of currency, further speaking to how cacao was ingrained in Mesoamerican society. Elites used cacao as one of their many status symbols, yet it was used in public and domestic rituals by people of all social classes.
Religious beliefs and rituals of the Maya heavily involved cacao. The Popul Vuh,cacao at the Bats'ub Cave burial site, cacao was significant in rituals surrounding an individual's death. Items of value to the deceased, including cacao, were placed with the body into the grave to accompany the deceased on the journey to the afterlife. It was also consumed by the mourners during the burial process, the funeral ceremony, and at ceremonies marking anniversaries of the death.
Cacao's common presence in the sacred rituals of marriage and mourning indicates its depth and spread in Maya culture. The discovery of the cacao seeds at Bats'ub Cave further strengthen the hypothesis that cacao was not just a commodity or status symbol, but also a key part of worship and rituals. As demonstrated by the evidence presented, cacao evidently remains an important economic and cultural force in Mesoamerica today.
Sydney Fishman is a sophomore pursuing a BS in Environmental cacao at the Bats'ub Cave burial site, cacao was significant in rituals surrounding an individual's death. Items of value to the deceased, including cacao, were placed with the body into the grave to accompany the deceased on the journey to the afterlife. It was also consumed by the mourners during the burial process, the funeral ceremony, and at ceremonies marking anniversaries of the death.
Cacao's common presence in the sacred rituals of marriage and mourning indicates its depth and spread in Maya culture. The discovery of the cacao seeds at Bats'ub Cave further strengthen the hypothesis that cacao was not just a commodity or status symbol, but also a key part of worship and rituals. As demonstrated by the evidence presented, cacao evidently remains an important economic and cultural force in Mesoamerica today.
Sydney Fishman is a sophomore pursuing a BS in Environmental Studies with a concentration in Oceans, Life, and People. She is interested in marine and coastal policy and eventually hopes to pursue a master's degree in this area.
Tiffany Chu is a junior majoring in Health and Humanity from Vancouver, Canada. Although Tiffany is not a environmental studies major, she has always had an interest in the climate and learning about different civilizations. This is Tiffany's second time participating in one of USC Dornsife's Problems Without Passports programs.
Prufer, Keith M., and W. Jeffrey Hurst. "Chocolate in the Underworld Space of Death: Cacao Seeds from an Early Classic Mortuary Cave." Ethnohistory 54.2 (2007): 273-301.
The Uneven Maya Collapse
Jared Diamond's Collapse identifies five major factors contributing to the collapse of civilizations. Two such factors – the environmental damages inflicted by a society, and its subsequent efforts (or lack of efforts) to mitigate those damages – are believed to have been central to the collapse of the Maya Civilization around the 9th century AD. Diamond's five-factor model is expanded upon in a paper called "Kax and kol: Collapse and resilience in lowland Maya civilization" (Dunning et al., 2012).
Applying Julian Steward's Theory of Culture Change, Dunning and his colleagues discuss three factors determining the magnitude to which societies collapse, and the degree to which they are able to recover: the availability of alternative options for change, the ability of the society to abandon the status quo and adopt one of these alternatives, and the society's capacity for resilience. Taking this sociopolitical model and the geography of the Maya region in to account, it becomes evident that the elevated interior region (EIR) of the Maya occupied land (modern Belize, Guatemala and Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula) was more vulnerable to collapse than lower-lying, coastal areas.
The geography and climate of the Yucatán peninsula made the EIR especially vulnerable to drought and, when combined with anthropogenic environmental degradation, was likely the cause of the depopulation and collapse of Maya communities in the region. The Yucatán lies atop a carbonate karst platform that retains very little water. The bedrock is porous and made of easily soluble limestone and gypsum, causing the majority of the rainfall to be drained internally. This meant that aside from a few depressions and springs that were low enough to reach the water table, there was no year round access to water in the EIR by the ancient Maya. The lack of perennial bodies of water meant that the ancient Maya depended primarily on the seasonal rains to water their crops. This region of Central America is extremely dependent on the south-to-north seasonal migration of the Intertropical Convergence Zone for its seasonal rains. The failure of this migration can lead to severe droughts in the area and there is significant evidence that episodes of severe drought contributed to the Maya collapse. Finally, widespread deforestation in the region may have exacerbated the drought episodes. Without adequate tree coverage, the soil in the EIR could no longer retain any moisture or allow for the drainage of water into shallow seasonal basins in the area (Dunning et al., 2012).
Whereas portions of the Maya civilization located in the EIR were largely depopulated by the dawn of the tenth century AD, Maya sites located along the coastal plains show evidence of occupation well in to the thirteenth century, with the ruins at Lamanai indicating human population up until the year 1500. As shown in the geographic cross-section provided by the Dunning, et al., 2012 paper, communities located in the region marked "rivers, cenotes, wetland fields" had year-round access to groundwater, with the water table often rising high enough to saturate the soil and provide for a fertile, flooded landscape. In times of drought, whereas inland communities were left with no source of water, those in the lower regions could rely on wetland agriculture and only had to dig a few meters at most to obtain water. Although archaeologists note the collapse of sociopolitical institutions in all parts of the Maya civilization, actual declines in human population were much less notable in these areas.
Based on an understanding of the Maya geography and applying the frameworks for collapse developed by Diamond and Dunning, it becomes evident that the Maya collapse, though widespread, was not universal and did not have the same impacts on population in all parts of the region.
This post was authored by Austin Reagan and Santiago Fernandez- Barrera
Works Cited:
Diamond, Jared. 2005. Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed. Penguin Group, New York, New York, USA,
Dunning, Nicholas P., Timothy P. Beach and Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach. March 2012. "Kax and kol: Collapse and resilience in lowland Maya civilization." Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 109: 3652-3657.
An Understandable Misconception
There is a misconception to those unfamiliar with the world of Maya studies that the many different Maya polities were part of one large Maya "kingdom" or "empire". While there is considerable evidence suggesting that Mayan polities could have been connected, there is also a large gap in evidence that suggests the theory is flawed.
In our research, we focused on the four main polities in the Southern Belize region. These four polities–Lubaantun, Nim Li Punit, Pusilhá, and Uxbenká–were in fact similar in many ways. All four polities have their larger structures built into the natural topography; for example, religious temples were often built on top of natural hills, increasing their size and their presence in the landscape. The polities also all lacked vaulted architecture and had few masonry superstructural walls: in the Petén, stone blocks were cemented together with mortar, whereas in Belize, the stones were not joined with mortar but instead were cut so precisely that they fit exactly together within the structures. In addition, the ball courts in the southern Belize region were enclosed by walls, and very few hieroglyphic monuments were present at any of the sites. Finally, the content of the sites' lunar calendars were inconsistent with that of other areas in the Maya region (Braswell and Prufer 2009).
In addition to these similarities, Braswell and Prufer (2009) note the generally accepted belief that these four sites all shared the same periods of occupation, with Uxbenka and Pusilha dating from the Early Classic to the Late Classic periods, and Nim Li Punit and Lubaantun from the Late Classic into the Terminal Classic periods. Hammond (qt. in Braswell and Prufer, 2009) actually asserts that the latter two sites in fact functioned as a single regional capital, with Nim Li Punit functioning as the "dynastic focus" of the region and Lubantuun as the administrative center. Braswell and Prufer (2009) demonstrate that Uxbenka was an important polity until at least the late 700s AD, meaning that it would have overlapped in time with both Nim Li Punit and Lubantuun; and that many of the major Southern Belize sites were thriving during the 8th century AD.
All these similarities make it understandable to support the hypothesis that many Maya polities, or possibly all of them, were part of much larger Maya kingdoms, or even one single mighty empire. However, due to a lack of consistent evidence their theory is quite easily challenged.
The belief that ancient Mayan polities were highly interconnected to each other was seemingly supported by historical evidence- yet actually lacked several critical research aspects. Most significantly, there was a lack of specific chronological evidence within the various polities (although in general the occupation dates of the sites seemed to overlap). In fact of the major polities, Lubantuun was the only site to have ceramic chronological dating. Even so, they lacked detailed hieroglyphic dates- despite having 3 ballcourt markers. With the lack of further evidence, more about Lubantuun and other polities dynastic histories cannot be supported. Similarly in Uxbenka- another major polity in the region- only 3 hieroglyphic dates were discovered. These dates were not verified by ceramic studies or radiometric assays until the current archaeological project today. Finally, Nim Li Punit had hieroglyphic monuments that only dated to a narrow time frame and have not been analyzed in detail, limiting the support of historical evidence from that polity. These various pieces of historical evidence are further limited by their various sources- meaning that data cannot easily be compared (Braswell and Prufer 2009).
In addition to a narrow time frame, Nim Li Punit stelae never showed connection to other polities in the northern region, like Copan or Quirigua. In fact, stelae from Nim Li Punit never showed full emblem glyphs or important people from that area. This suggests that there was either no voluntary connection with other polities in the region, or simply lack of recognizing their presence in the area. This evidence supports the idea that at least several polities did not interact with each other the way we might have assumed. This just goes to show how limited our archeological evidence is and the challenges involved in learning more about the history of the region. (Braswell & Prufer, 2009)
With the lack of consistent, concrete evidence pointing to Mayan interconnection we simply feel that the belief is nothing more than a misconception. Many people like to believe that the Mayan were a peaceful, harmonious population all linked together. However, as evidence suggests, little connection existed between several of the major polities. Combined with a high record of warfare between polities, it simply does not seem logical to us to romanticize Mayan history. While this view contrasts with many other popular views, until new archaeological discoveries prove us otherwise, we believe more strongly in the belief that Mayan polities were not as interconnected as people would like to believe.
Braswell, Geoffery and Prufer, Keith. 2009. "Political Organization and Interaction in Southern Belize." Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology. Vol. 6. Pages 43-54.
Uxbenká and Pusilhá: A Comparison of Two Mayan Polities in Southern Belize
Uxbenká and Pusilhá, two Mayan polities located in Southern Belize, had very similar characteristics true of many Mayan polities in the area. Fertile soil was a common trait of both polities, and contributed their success. It also explained the many of the similarities in regards to their architecture and structural traits. There were also quite a few differences between the two polities that could be attributed to the fact that the people of Pusilhá migrated from the Petén area of Guatemala.
Both Uxbenká and Pusilhá were located in the foothills of the Maya mountains, and are surrounded by very fertile soil. This area was the most densely populated pre-Columbian region in southern Belize. Though the soil was fertile for differing reasons, both promoted prosperous agriculture and helped both polities thrive. Uxbenká and Pusilhá also shared many structural and architectural traits. At both sites, vaulted architecture is not present, masonry superstructural walls are uncommon, and free-standing pyramids are rare. About half of public architecture was built on modified hills, while the other half were on free-standing platforms. Many of these large structures were integrated into the natural topography, which made them more sturdy and tolerant of the hurricanes and adverse weather conditions in southern Belize due to the movement of the ITCZ and Bermuda High. Additionally, all of the ball courts were enclosed by walls, which may be suggestive of the intensity of the game. One extremely unique trait was that hieroglyphic monuments were common, which differs from most other sites in Belize, aside from Caracol. Furthermore, they operated on the same, but erroneous lunar calendar, which is fascinating because they were both mutually incorrect despite an apparent lack of interaction. In the numerous stelae that were found at both sites, neither explicitly mentions the other. Both sites also contain Tepeu II type ceramics, but there is no documented trade between the two polities, suggesting that the two sites probably traded with the same, or similar, polities in other regions (Braswell & Prufer, 2009).
Though there are many similarities between the two polities of Uxbenká and Pusilhá, there are also very many differences between them. Although some of these differences may seem small, they indicated two very different cities with very different cultures. This difference is likely caused by the fact that the people of Pusilhá were not native to the area, but moved from a different Mayan area in Guatemala. The first major difference between the two cities is the difference in the time when these cities were first inhabited. The earliest estimated of the foundation of Uxbenká was between A.D. 75 and 200, making it the oldest city in ancient Belize. Uxbenká began as a small farming village but eventually grew to be the most powerful polity during its best times. It was also the first polity to switch from a corporate organization focused on the community, to a network system focused on the powerful elites (Prufer et al. 2011). The earliest date researchers have for the foundation of Pusilhá is A.D. 570, which is much later than Uxbenká. Pusilhá was founded by immigrants from the Petén region in Guatemala, contributing to many of the differences between the two sites (Braswell & Prufer, 2009). Though it was founded much later, Pusilhá eventually came to surpass Uxbenká in size. In addition to these differences in the timelines of these two cities, there are also many differences in the two areas where these polities are found. Uxbenká is located in an extremely fertile area of southern Belize that is also close to two trade routes of the time. The soil is primarily composed of silt and clay sized particles from sedimentary rocks. Pusilhá however, is located in the Maya Mountains in less fertile territory, though still relatively fertile in comparison to the area where the people of Pusilhá emigrated. The soil there came mostly from the limestone and volcanic rock in the area, rather than sedimentary rocks. Pusilhá is also more isolated than Uxbenká because of the mountainous location, and likely did not trade with other smaller polities in the region because of this isolation (Braswell & Prufer, 2009). These major differences in the topography and geology of these areas in turn help to contribute to the smaller differences in culture and lifestyle between these two polities.
There are many cultural differences between these two polities. Though not very big, they are just as important to consider as the larger differences in the ages and locations of these two polities. Each of these polities has unique attributes that the other lacks. Pusilhá has two known attributes that make it different from Uxbenká culturally. The first is the use of griddles for making tortillas, called comales, and the use of stone grinders for corn. Pusilhá was the only polity in southern Belize known for making corn tortillas. This was beneficial because it made food portable for workers and farmers in the polity. The grinders used to grind the corn were also unique because of what they were made of. Rather than using local rock, these grinders were often made of volcanic rock from the highland regions of Guatemala (Braswell & Prufer, 2009). This suggested that Pusilhá might have traded with polities in Guatemala or brought these items with them when they migrated from the Petén region in Guatemala. The second attribute were the hieroglyphic stairs found in Pusilhá. No other site in Belize contains stairs like this, making the site at Pusilhá very unique. Uxbenká also has one very different attribute. There is evidence in Uxbenká that a nearby cave, called the Kayuko cave, was used for ritual purposes. All structures were built to face this site, showing its importance to the people of Uxbenká. Structures were also built in and around the cave, including stairs and an altar. Though only used during the Early Classic and part of the Classic Period (use was discontinued after A.D. 600) it was clearly an important part of the culture during this time period (Prufer et al. 2011). These cultural differences clearly suggest that each city had different influences. In fact, records in each city show possible connections to other larger but different polities. Uxbenká shows ties to the powerful polity of Tikal, and there could be possible ties to Copan or Quirigua in Pusilhá. However, very little is understood about these connections (Braswell & Prufer, 2009).
A large part of why these two polities might be so different, even though they are in the same region and relatively close to one another, is because the people of Pusilhá did not originate in the area. There is evidence that the people of Pusilhá migrated from the Petén region of Guatemala. This could possibly explain the grinders made from Guatemalan rocks. Why did the people of Pusilhá come to southern Belize? There are three reasons for their migration. The first is that these people were likely trying to get away from the warfare that plagued the Petén region during the Classic Period. In addition, these people were likely drawn to the more fertile soil and easier access to trade routes in the area of Pusilhá. Compared to the crowded, violent region of Petén, the Maya Mountains in southern Belize is a very nice area to live where a society can flourish in relative comfort, stability and safety. This was extremely enticing for the immigrants from Petén, leading them to settle and found Pusilhá.
Many similarities can be drawn between the two polities, most of which were probably due to the shared climate and locational similarities. The soil in the area contributed greatly to the agricultural success, which is also most likely why they had numerous structural similarities. One of the most interesting similarities is the use of the same, but incorrect lunar calendar, despite the lack of mutual recognition by the two polities. It's fascinating that two separate polities can be so similar in light of the fact that neither were explicitly in contact. There were also a great number of differences between the two polities that were probably due to the people of Pusilhá being immigrants from the Petén area of Guatemala, giving them a different cultural background than the people of Uxbenká. Though there are a great number of differences, the number of similarities make them interesting sites to compare, especially due to their apparent lack of direct contact.
Kelly Billings an sophomore studying Environmental Studies and Economics. Though she's not exactly what she wants to do with her degree, Kelly is very interested in education about the environment and sustainability. She loves to travel and explore new places and takes pictures wherever she goes.
Sonia Boller is a rising junior from Chicago, IL working towards a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Studies. She is interested in ocean research as well as photography, and would love to shoot for a company like National Geographic sometime post graduation.
Works Cited
Braswell, Geoffrey E and Keith M. Prufer. 2009. "Politcal Organization and Interaction in Belize." Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology. Vol 6. Pp 43-54.
Prufer, Keith M; Moyes, Holley; Culleton, Brendan J; Kindon, Andrew; Kennet, Douglas J. 2011. "Formation of a Complex Polity On the Eastern Periphery of the Maya Lowlands." Latin Anerican Antiguity. Vol 22. No. 2. Pp 199-223.
The Priorities of Environmentalism in Belize
In the past few days in rural Southern Belize we have seen forests full of biodiversity, extensive pastures grazed by cattle and horses, and people truly connected to their land. In rural villages, homes are built from the wood and palm leaves of the surrounding forest, food is homegrown and homebred, and families maintain the integrity and beauty of their homes and their land not only as a necessity, but also as a way of life and culture.
It is clear that land is a treasure to the people of Belize. In fall of 2001,
Conservancy in Belize entered into an agreement with the United States Government and the Government of Belize that provided a net total of $11.6 million dollars to NGOs and Belize-based scientific organizations committed to the conservation of tropical rainforests (Egolf, 2001). This agreement, enacted under the Tropical Forest Conservation Act (TFCA) passed by the U.S. Congress in 1998, incentivized the Belizean government to direct a greater focus to funding conservation efforts. This "debt-for-nature swap," cut over half of the $9.7 million dollars Belize was indebted to the United States, providing a system where The Nature Conservancy subsidized Belizean debt and reorganized cash, interest, and land holdings with the help of both countries' governments and NGOs. This historic and important event in Belize marks the first time that an NGO has played as the driving force of a sovereign-to-sovereign debt swap, and with the power of $1.3 million donated to the fund from The Nature Conservancy, they were able to leverage $11.6 million dollars exclusively to protect lands that were under threat of slash and burn farming, development, and logging.
Programs like this provide incentives for development not only in the environment, but socially and politically as well. In order to be eligible for debt-reductions through the TRCA, nations must not support terrorism, support narcotics control, have intellectual property laws, provide some kind of democratic participation for leadership election, and have no current serious human rights violations.
During the first few days of our trip we had the pleasure of visiting Santa Cruz R.C. School, a public school of about 100 students in a small Maya community. While driving through the town to reach the school, we saw traditional homes with thatched palm roofs, horses and chickens in every yard, and children walking to school. We volunteered for two days in various grade levels at the school, and to our surprise, the curriculum largely focused on the environment and the importance of science. By taking a glance around the classroom it was obvious environmental studies was a part of the curriculum on a daily basis with posters of barrier reefs, endangered animals, and the Earth's layers. It's important to note that this school curriculum reinforces what most of these kids already know from life experience, as they work the land everyday with their parents while farming their land. In our own classroom, we taught the children about the importance of energy, the cyclical nature of water, and the interconnection of the Earth's resources and the environment. We sang songs about how water travels in streams and rivers and oceans, and how essential forests are to our entire planet. Students divided tasks to clean the school and maintain the trash and upkeep of the surrounding area, and to our great satisfaction, signs were placed around the area urging students and guests to maintain the cleanliness of the environment around them.
The culture in which these kids grow up places the protection of the environment as a priority in their fundamental education. This is not just seen at Santa Cruz R.C. School, but also at Tumul K'in Center for Learning, the other school we visited, where the head instructor said the two most important aspects of his innovative school were the preservation of the Mayan culture and the preservation of the environment. Mayan culture is tied to the environment where respect for the environment is part of the overall well being of human life.
Exposing students at this early age allows them to become familiar with their environment so that can better appreciate and respect the importance of their surroundings in relation to the overall wellbeing as a Mayan community. This culture of environmental awareness allows for programs like the TFCA to be an effective priority throughout the country. Having traveled to a few developing countries and visited schools in places such as Ghana and Panama, we have seen similar schools where priorities such as environmental health are not reinforced. In these schools, children would throw their trash on the ground, waiting for the wind to blow it away, lost and forgotten. It is essential for the education system to create and maintain a culture that cares for its environment.
It is also essential that education create new leadership within the country that can carry on this care for the environment, especially as the world moves towards greater resource depletion and degrading environmental conditions. While the U.S. government may support the conservation of tropical forests, these same reserves are currently under threat from exploration for oil. Even as legislation and regulatory systems are created to prevent such exploitation, the government must be able to maintain its autonomy and strength against such threats. By sustaining an environment so intertwined with livelihood and culture, the country of Belize can persist against the increasing pressures to exploit the treasures that it holds.
This post was authored by Justin Bogda and Stephanie Mercado.
Egolf, Suzanna. (2001). The Belize Debt-for-Nature Swap. Mobilizing Funding for Biodiversity Conservation: A User Friendly Training Guide.
Caribbean Collapses
The Maya civilization is available to us through the great lens of historical studies. Archaeological evidence provides us with a picture of what the civilization was like and what brought about its collapse. However, these observations although tremendously insightful in understanding the civilization and its collapse, occur millennia after. We may wonder what it would be like to be an outside observer present during the centuries that constitute the Maya collapse. There just might be a more current case occurring that offers parallels and a window to the Mayan collapse. Many of the factors that brought about the discontinuation of the Maya in the 9th and 10th centuries AD are mirrored in the decline of social order in Haiti, an ongoing and substantially troubling situation.
Mayan civilization declined continuously over the course of several centuries after it had reached its peak during the Classic period (approximately AD 250 – 1000), and numerous factors contributed to this decline. If we are to understand collapse as a drastic reduction in the population of a civilization that is paralleled by prolonged periods of social and political disorganization, then some of the primary factors to consider include environmental damage, climate change, and –most importantly– society's response to its political, economical, and environmental issues (Diamond 2005). The deforestation and depletion of soil fertility of Mayan agricultural lands is evidenced by the research done on the proxies for rainfall and soil erosion, such as observing the sediment layers in lake sediment cores (Webster et al. 2007). These measurements show that the poor conditions for agricultural productivity had already placed the Maya people at a disadvantage, and the compounding effects of the three major droughts in AD 810, 860, and 910 proved too much for the Maya people and their elites to combat and recover from (Gill 2000). The leaders of Mayan polities controlled the collective responses to change within the urban centers, and instead of conserving resources and preserving the environment, the elites chose to focus on aggrandizing their personal statuses, resulting in over-urbanization which had pushed many farmers out of their rural homes into urban society (Prufer et al. 2011). The major Mayan polity in southern Belize whose collapse was one of the most significant, Uxbenká, perfectly exemplifies this, evolving from a small village to a political Mayan center over a short period of time and limited space. This failure of the elites to manage the space and society is thought to be a major contributing factor to the fall of the Maya, and is very similar to what has been seen in many collapsing cultures, such as modern-day Haiti.
Haiti has undergone and experienced these same problems that are understood to be the central issues which brought about the Mayan collapse. It is somewhat difficult to evaluate given the fact that Haiti still exists as a country–albeit one that is a truly disunited set of communities that are plagued by poverty, disease, and corruption. How do we establish that Haiti is on the brink of collapse? Occupying the same landmass (Hispaniola) in the Caribbean as Haiti, the Dominican Republic serves as a good comparison in environmental and economic terms to extract the true data of Haiti's condition. The two share a similar climate, although the Dominican Republic enjoys more precipitation on average due to being on the eastern side of the island (Diamond 2005). The Dominican Republic also has richer soils, more level ground, and rivers that flow into the interior making it much more ideal for plant growth. Haiti has a substantially less productive environment and yet is paradoxical that it was able to develop a thriving agricultural economy long before the Dominicans. This development did not come without its costs however as the rapid agricultural expansion came with heavy destruction to Haitian forests, soils, and waterways (Diamond 2005).
The extent of environmental degradation in Haiti is far greater than in the Dominican Republic and it has become even more apparent in the past century. Years of industrial and economic development that culminated in substantial environmental degradation under the dictator president Trujillo in early 20th century Dominican Republic were counteracted closely by many more following years of remedial policies by Balaguer. In Haiti not only was there no push for industrial and technological development, but also there were no attempts made to remediate the centuries of compounded environmental problems (Diamond 2005). For example in the Dominican Republic, during the mid 20th century a campaign was established for importing and utilizing propane and natural gas to conserve forest resources that was originally used for fuel while the impoverished Haiti's dependency on forest-charcoal persisted and deforestation proceeded to demolish what was left of the forests. Figure 1 depicts the stark contrast between the landscapes of Haiti and Dominican Republic in plain visual detail. Nearly sixty percent of commercial and residential energy demands for ten million people in Haiti are still met by extracting and burning charcoal (Gronewold 2009). Perhaps most destructive of all factors is that Haiti has a smaller landmass than Dominican Republic, but carries a larger population consisting mainly of former black slaves. This higher population density puts greater strain upon the already diminished resources.


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Since I've experienced being both a Rangers and an Atlanta Braves fan, I'm accustomed to heartbreak and I've learned that in order to pull for a team that doesn't always win, there are a couple of emotions you have to embrace. As I've gotten older, I realize these emotions often mirror what we feel when we take on a new project or take a new direction in our jobs.
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TALLAHASSEE -- Sports, like life, are all about second chances. Former Florida State cornerback and punt returner Greg Reid is trying to make the most of his.
In baseball, batters have three strikes in order to put the ball in play before they're declared out. In basketball, players are given five fouls, or in some cases, six before they're asked to sit on the bench for the remainder of a game.
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Yes, one could argue that Reid is well beyond his second life's chance. In trouble mutliple times while he was at FSU, he was kicked off the Seminoles' football team late last July, just days before he and his teammates were scheduled to begin preseason practices.
A routine traffic stop near his South Georgia hometown led to an arrest for a suspended license. That arrest led his car to being impounded. The impounding led to a search. During the search, a small quantity of marijuana was found.
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In all, 13 former Seminoles are headed to the Combine; tied with LSU for the most at this year's event. That's the most for the Seminoles since 2001 when 14 were invited. Announced by the NFL on Thursday, the group includes the likes of former quarterback EJ Manuel, defensive end Bjoern Werner, cornerback Xavier Rhodes and defensive tackle Everett Dawkins.
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Greg Reid: You know, I'm more reflective than excited, to be honest. The only thing that's good about this is being able to talk to some of the coaches. And I'm just happy to be around some of the athletes that I came out with in high school. Like I say, it's just a blessing, man. It's a real blessing.
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I envision a time when you…walk into your workplace and…sit down at your desk, and…what you were carrying in your pocket just merges right onto your screen.
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