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Album of the Year: Babel - Mumford & Sons Record of the Year: Somebody that I Used to Know - Gotye Featuring Kimbra New Artist: Fun. Best Pop Solo Performance “Set Fire To The Rain [Live]” - Adele Song of the Year: “We Are Young” - Jack Antonoff, Jeff Bhasker, Andrew Dost & Nate Ruess, songwriters (Fun. Featuring Janelle Monae) Producer of the Year, Non-Classical: Dan Auerbach Best Pop Duo/Group Performance: “Somebody that I Used to Know” - Gotye Featuring Kimbra Pop Vocal Album: Stronger - Kelly Clarkson...

These female warriors of classical mythology were tall, strong, and fierce. They disfigured their bodies to perfect their skills with bows and arrows. African-American army regiments who patrolled the west after the Civil War. and showed great bravery during the the Spanish-American war and World War II. Elite, highly trained soldiers. In the U.S. military, these special forces include the Navy Seals, the Army Rangers, the Green Berets and Delta Force....

A word or name formed by combining the first letters or groups of letters from a phrase. For example, SCUBA comes from self-contained underwaterbreathing apparatus. A name that’s especially suited to the profession of its owner. For example, Sally Ride, the astronaut. A word that takes on a new meaning when capitalized. For example, polish (pol-ish), Polish (Polish). The name of a literary character that especially suits his or her personality....

Cesar Chavez Day passed the California Senate and Assembly on August 10, 2000, becoming a law that requires all public schools in California to close for the holiday. In addition, the State Board of Education requires schools to honor Cesar Chavez with curriculum related to the history of the farm labor movement in the United States, and specifically Cesar Chavez’s role in it. More from State Holidays

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The list does not include diseases that have received a significant amount of media attention in recent years—such as Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever or West Nile Virus > but which in fact have infected a relatively small number of people African Trypanosomiasis (“sleeping sickness”): African trypanosomiasis is spread by the tsetse fly, which is common to many African countries. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that nearly 450,000 cases occur each year....

“There is a comet up in the sky wondering, what in the heck just happened,” commented Charles Elachi, director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. In an astonishingly tricky mission, Deep Impact traveled 268 million miles over six months to wreak havoc on the comet. According to NASA scientist Don Yeomans, “We hit it just exactly where we wanted to.” More than 80 million people visited the NASA website in the 24 hours following the blast to witness the cosmic fireworks....

FEMA also teaches people how to prepare for natural disasters and offers tips for people to make their homes as safe and as disaster-resistant as possible. Here are some ways to make disasters less disastrous:

The most primitive fish-like animals are those with sucking mouths, such as lampreys and hagfishes, whose evolution stopped short of the development of biting jaws. Mainly bottom-dwellers, these animals are of great interest to zoologists, for many parts of their bodies show forms and functions that help to explain some of the evolutionary steps leading from low to advanced life forms. The largest is the whale shark, which grows to more than 50 feet in length and may weigh several tons; second largest is the basking shark, which may measure 35 to 40 feet long....

Lemonade is supposed to cure hiccups. Licorice is an old remedy for coughs and colds. Parsley is a natural breath freshener. Strawberries are said to whiten teeth.

Hunahpu was a god of the sun and the father of the first humans. A great hero, with his brother he defeated the forces of death and went on to rule in the heavens.Hurakan was the god of storms and winds. When the first humans made him angry, he swept them away in a violent flood. The word “hurricane” comes from his name. Ixchel was the goddess of the moon and the protector of pregnant women....

Many Indian tribes believe that life originated from females. Many also believe that all spirits that are life-giving forces, such as rain and corn, come from female deities. Sedna ruled over the sea animals. The Inuits (Eskimos) believed that she used ugliness as protection. Anyone who dared to look at her would be struck dead. Selu the Corn Mother of the Cherokee, cut open her breast so that corn could spring forth and give life to the people....