...Shrunken Heads are Made There are many different practices by many different cultures. In some cultures these practices are extreme, especially in ancient cultures. In these ancient times these rituals were used to instill fear in anyone that would oppose them. One of these cultures was the Jivaro Indians of South America. There is not a lot known about them except that their tribes were known headhunters, and headhunting was just the beginning. The most drastic of their rituals was the practice of shrinking human heads. There are many cultures that practiced headhunting. All of them had their own way of displaying the head, but most had the same reasons for the act. Having the trophy displayed was a way of showing strength and skill. Others believed that a head held magical powers and removing that head one could obtain that power for themselves. Headhunting still goes on today; it has just went from the heads of enemies to the heads of animals killed by hunters. The head of an animal mounted and hung on a wall still represents the same thing, in a way, by showing the skill of the hunter. The Jivaro are an interesting people; their tribes do not have a set leader even though there is a chief. The way this works is certain members with stature and respect actually lead the tribe. They are mostly hunter and gathers, and very prideful since they considers themselves warriors (Anthony, 1921). With these beliefs spawned the practice of headhunting, having more heads gave more...
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...Shayna Robledo October 9, 2012 Music 290 The Dirty Heads A few weekends ago, on September 28, 2012, I attended The Dirty Heads (TDH) concert. The concert took place at Senator Theater. The doors opened at 7:30 PM and the concert started at 8:30 PM. The Dirty Heads has a full band. This means that they had a percussionist (Jon Olazabal), a drummer (Matt Ochoa), a bassist (David Foral), a vocalist/guitarist (Dustin “Duddy B”) and a singer/song writer (Jared “Dirty J” Watson). The style of music that they play is reggae with a mix of hip hop, ska punk, and So Cal style. They were the main event but Pyrex and Ease Up also performed during the concert. During the concert, TDH performed a number of amazing songs. My favorite four that they played are as follows; 1. Cabin by The Sea: This was my most favorite song that they played. It is a very mellow and relaxed song. The song is all about having the time of your life by the sea. It’s about relaxing and being yourself around your friends. It’s about expressing yourself and completely being at peace. It paints a picture of a fun night at the beach with your friends and completely being happy. I love that it kept repeating, “Our friends are all around and the storm was an ocean, they say we look better in a black and white photo”. To me, this truly expresses that you don’t have to worry about your troubles at the moment, just take a step back to admire life and have fun and remember it. This song is all about...
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...that she has found head lice on your child and that the child is to be sent home. The stereotypes surrounding head lice are humiliating and it is so much work to eradicate them from the home. It also brings up many questions. Where did these little things come from and why are they so hard to extinguish? If we take a look into their history, we may find some answers. It is evident from discoveries from the earliest of times that Pediculus capitis, or head lice, have withstood the test of time. Lice have always been commonplace and has not discriminated between the destitute and royalty. Interestingly enough, head lice have helped researchers learn about early man. It has been hypothesized that Columbus brought the louse to the Americas. But newer findings are pointing the finger at the Vikings as the guilty party. (Scribe, 2011) There are three known strains of head lice, types A, B and C. “Type A is found worldwide, type B in the Americas, Europe and Australia, and type C is rare, known only in Nepal and Ethiopia. Since type B is abundant in North and Central America — accounting for more than half the cases of lice that appear there — researchers had speculated type A originated from Europe and type B from the Americas.” (Choi, 2008) Realizing there were multiple strains of the critter, and then narrowing each strain down to specific regions, made unearthing other details of human history possible. Typhus, which is specific to type A head lice, was widespread...
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...Head Start 1 Running Head: HEAD START Social Policy Study Improving Head Start Act of 2007 Kristin Sancken University of Minnesota Head Start 2 I. Introduction Head Start is a beloved program and one of the few social welfare programs that continues to garner strong support from both sides of the aisle. It has seen very little shift in public perception over the last 44 years since it’s creation as part of President Johnson’s Office of Economic Opportunity, and politicians have framed it essentially the same way during that time, namely, a way to provide the least fortunate with a chance at educational opportunity. Every few years, the Head Start Act must be reauthorized by the U.S. House and Senate in order to continue receiving federal funding. The Head Start Act itself states that its purpose is to, “promote the school readiness of low-income children by enhancing their cognitive, social, and emotional development”(U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2008). Head Start focuses on growth in a variety of areas such as acquisition of language, literacy, math, science, social and emotional functioning, creative arts, and physical education (Kildee, 2007; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2008). To reach these lofty goals, Head Start provides a holistic blend of services to low-income children and their families, based on family needs (Kildee, 2007; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2008). The latest reauthorization...
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...Technical University Jerome M. Singleton IT106-1301A-07 13 January 2013 To most people the idea of shrinking heads is something of a science fiction movie or horror flick, I know I did for the majority of my life. Who could actually believe that a human can brutally and savagely cut the head off another human head But as we know there is a culture that is known for taking trophy heads of their defeated enemy and these are our tribal communities throughout the Americas. But there is only one tribal community that went one step further and these mystical and most feared tribal communities in world, the Shuar Warriors. These warriors located deep in the northern Amazon jungles in a region on the Pastaza River between Peru and Ecuador. For thousands of years in pre-Columbian years the jivaro (savage) Indians are the only tribe to take head hunting one step further. Not only did they cut off the head of their enemy, through ritual and celebratory tradition shrunk their victims head. The jivaro Indians as part of the ritual held raids in large numbers against neighboring jivaro communities and individual as part of the celebratory ritual in order to show dominance, and a boy into adulthood. As soon as the Shuar raids was over the Jivaro would take their trophies straight back to their tribe to complete the ritual of the shrinking of the heads. They quickly return not to waste any time in order to prevent the avenging spirit of the tsantsa from ravaging its revenge...
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...Lice are little tiny bugs that feed on human blood. There are three types of lice including head lice, pubic lice, and body lice. Since lice can only feed on human blood, animals including dogs or cats cannot get lice. Some symptoms of head lice include an itchy scalp, tiny bumps on the scalp, and feeling like something is crawling on a person’s head. Three reasons why head lice seems to be annoying is because they can cause infections, they are hard to get out, and they can be contagious. One reason why head lice is annoying is because they are contagious. People get head from sharing personal items such as pillows, hats, scarfs, and even more. Although you can get head lice from personal items, 90% of the time people get head lice from...
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...Does Head Start Program increase a child’s chance of academic success? The Head Start Program is a program of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and this service supposed to provides comprehensive education, health, nutrition, and parent involvement service for the low-income children and their families. The Head Start programs service and resources are designed to foster stable family relationship, enhance children’s physical and emotional well-being and establish an environment to develop strong cognitive skills. Head Start Program was launched in 1965 by its first director Jule Sugarman; it was originally conceived as a program that would be used as catch-up programs, for summer school that would teach low-income children in a few weeks on how to be prepared the children’s for the start for kindergarten. It was show that six weed of preschool could not make up for five years of poverty. In 1981 the Head Started program was expanded the program and December 2007 the program was revised. As of 2005 the program has more than 22 million pre-school aged children. Head Start mission was to enhancing the children social and health, wellbeing and to get the children prepared for school. Head Start program was part of President Johnson society campaign. The program started out as an eight-week summer program in 1965. The program was led by both Dr. Robert Cooke, a pediatrician at John Hopkins University and Dr. Edward Zigler, a professor of psychology...
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...List of current heads of state and government From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search | This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (November 2010) | This is a list of current heads of state and government, showing heads of state and heads of government where different, mainly in parliamentary systems; often a leader is both in presidential systems. Some states have semi-presidential systems where the head of government role is fulfilled by both the listed head of government and the head of state. The list includes the names of the recently elected or appointed heads of state who will take office on an appointed date. Contents [hide] * 1 States recognised by the United Nations * 2 States recognised by at least one United Nations member * 3 States not recognised by any United Nations members * 4 See also * 5 References * 6 External links | States recognised by the United Nations [edit] State | Head of state | Head of government | Afghanistan | President Hamid Karzai | Albania | President Bujar Nishani | Prime Minister Sali Berisha | Algeria | President Abdelaziz Bouteflika | Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal | Andorra | Co-Prince Joan Enric Vives i Sicília Representative Josep Maria Mauri Co-Prince François Hollande Representative Sylvie Hubac | Prime Minister Antoni Martí | ...
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...with a variety of comprehensive services, such as early education, medical, dental, and nutrition assistance. This program was termed “Head Start.” In the last four decades the program has met its goal of assisting numerous disadvantaged youth, but questions have arisen as to whether or not the program has had any real impact on the children as they have grown up. The Organization Since its inception in 1965, Head Start has assisted more than 25 million preschool children (Frisvold & Lumeng, 2011, p. 376). Children can be eligible for the program’s assistance if they are at least three years old, the family’s total income is either equal to or less than the poverty guideline, or if the child is disabled or in foster care (Office of Head Start, 2007). Currently, the funding and costs of Head Start restrict the program to only allowing about 55% of eligible children, and these restraints require that a selection process be conducted amongst those eligible to determine which children- the most disadvantaged-will be selected (Frisvold & Lumeng, 2011). HEAD START PROGRAM: ADMINISTRATION AND EFFECTIVENESS 3 For those who are both eligible and selected, the program offers a multitude of assistance to set young children on a path to educational success. The program’s efforts are best described by The Office of Head start themselves, who state: Head Start programs...
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...JOB STATEMENT: Assures that Head Start/Early Head Start family partnerships are effectively developed and documented by assuming direct responsibility for assigned families and assisting other staff in the two-county program to meet this standard. Additional duties involve motivating and assisting parents to take advantage of opportunities to have a voice in the administrative decisions of Head Start/Early Head Start and to participate in classes and workshops. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: As a FAMILY SERVICES SPECIALIST I provided counseling to with parents or guardians to assist them to identify family strengths and to set specific goals to meet family needs; makes referrals for resources needed to meet goals. As the program specialist for Camp Zama Japan, it was a job within a small community that required versatility and strong awareness individuals’ needs and customs of varied situations in each house. I identified preexisting family plans with other community agencies and assures that those plans are coordinated with the family goals established with Head Start/Early Head Start. I provided follow-up with parents/guardians to determine when goals are met and when new goals need to be developed. I assisted and ensured in the processes of enrollment, transfer, and termination of Head Start/Early Head Start center children, to include obtaining all records for enrollment, sharing information with parents/guardians, recording information about enrollees, performed clerical...
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...Additionally, another 145,000 0-3 year olds were enrolled in Early Head Start, a similar federal program for younger children living in poverty. The Head Start Impact Study found that program attendees increased their test scores in reading, writing, vocabulary, and literary skills (“Head Start”). However, many studies show that the gains made in test scores gradually fade away as the children progress in school. While the program fails to show sustained increases in test scores among participants, studies suggest that the program leads to positive outcomes later on such as increased graduation rates and lower rates of crime. Programs like Head Start target not only cognitive advances but also social and behavioral. Though Head Start is considered...
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...wwells1@student.cccd.edu William Wells Professor Nora Kabaji English 100 Diagnostic Essay 30 August 2011 Topic of this essay: Explain a situation in your life which made you change your attitude towards a person or an issue. Focus on the change of your attitude and opinion: How and why it occurred. TraumaOne: As Life Flashes Through Your Head Has there ever been a time when today was the last time a love one or friend would be alive? Not to bring back any bad memories of the past, but the thought of what actions have to be completed to ensure that this particular time by this road on a summer day is not going to be that day. Just a typical afternoon working at the new salon and the owner comes and says “Can you two guys go put up this sign up by the road?” Let us take an imaginary trip through your head of the first three hours after the accident takes place from putting up the sign, to the accident when the life of a friend flashes through your head and finally finding out that the friend is going to recover completely after some time in the hospital. The afternoon was just as any ordinary afternoon of work that gets a new hair salon business up and running. It began with getting supplies together to go clean the marquee before putting the new sign up so that everyone would know that the hair salon that used to be beside Wal-Mart in our town had not gone out of business, just a change of location. Once the supplies were gathered, we headed to the marquee...
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...Head Start began in 1965 to provide childcare and preschool education for low-income families (Administration for Children and Families [ACF], n.d.). Since its inception, the program has served more than 30 million children and their families (ACF, n.d.). Head Start and Early Head Start targets pregnant mothers and children up to age 5 (ACF, n.d.). This program has the characteristics as a family policy because of the intersection between this public service and the impact on the family system. Most Head Start programs include a family intervention to enhance the educational experience. The program also allows low-income families access to childcare, which is a large family cost, so that the parents or guardians may work and use their income for other family needs besides childcare and preschool education. This paper uses the Popple and Leighninger’s policy analysis model to review the Federal Head Start Program (Chapin, 2014). This model was selected because of the historical, social, and political contexts in which the Head Start program was developed as well as for...
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...policies it would cover. The primary goal of the Project Head Start was to give disadvantaged children an equal chance at an education since they did not have the same resources as wealthy families. Although pre school education was an important aspect from this program funded by the federal government it also took the role of providing health care and counseling low income parents about their vital role during their children's early childhood education. Another difficulty that arose from forming this type of program was whether the citizens agreed with the involvement of the federal and state government into the pre school education. However, with research done by psychologist it was proven that education does indeed have an long term effect on children especially during the first three years of their lives....
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...Benefits of Head Start Program Between ages two to six, the brain increases from seventy percent of its adult weight to ninety percent (Berk, 2014). This is the time where children can improve certain skills such as physical coordination, perception, attention, memory, language, logical thinking and imagination. Each individual child will express these skills differently due to contributing factors such as nutrition, parent involvement, social- economic status and etc. According to Erickson, this age group is in the stage of initiative versus guilt where children begin find purpose in what they do, have the sense of completing task, engaging with peers and discovering what they can do with the assistance from adults. Play is vital in this...
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