U.S. navy personnel from the USS Wasp abducted after disembarking in Izmir, Turkey
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The crowd begins to chant anti American slogans after the attack
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George H.W. Bush at 100: The last WASP president
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The Hill ^
| 06/12/2024 | ELIOT WILSON
Today marks the centenary of the birth of George Herbert Walker Bush, 41st president of the United States. With one exception — his eldest son in 2004 — he is the last Republican presidential candidate to win the popular vote. He
was a remarkable man in many ways, having been decorated as a U.S. Navy pilot during World War II, and his resume before the presidency was broad. After becoming a successful oil executive, he was a two-term congressman, unsuccessful candidate for the Senate, ambassador to the United Nations and to China, chairman of the Republican National Committee and director...
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Astronomy Picture of the Day - Temperatures on Exoplanet WASP-43b
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NASA ^
| 3 May, 2024 | Illustration Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, Ralf Crawford (STScI) Science: Taylor Bell (BAERI), Joanna Bars
Explanation: A mere 280 light-years from Earth, tidally locked, Jupiter-sized exoplanet WASP-43b orbits its parent star once every 0.8 Earth
days. That puts it about 2 million kilometers (less than 1/25th the orbital distance of Mercury) from a small, cool sun. Still, on a dayside always facing its parent star, temperatures approach a torrid 2,500 degrees F as measured at infrared wavelengths by the MIRI instrument on board the James Webb Space Telescope. In this illustration of the hot exoplanet's orbit, Webb measurements also show nightside temperatures remain above 1,000 degrees F. That suggests that strong equatorial winds circulate the...
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Terrifying New ‘Vampire’ Wasp Discovered in The Amazon
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The Pet Zealot ^
| October 16, 2023 | James Alain L.
Scientists in South America have made a remarkable discovery just in time for the spooky season. They
have identified a new species of wasp that possesses a rather macabre method of hunting and feeding. These vampiric vespids inject their larvae beneath the skin of their prey, causing a slow and agonizing demise from the inside out.
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Galicia’s Asian Wasp Problem Predicted To Affect All of Spain: ‘It Is A Serious Risk For Human Health’
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Euroweekly News ^
| 01 Oct 2023 | Chris King
THE invasive species of velutina wasp, or Asian yellow-legged hornet, continues to become a growing problem in Spain. In Galicia, these predatory insects already have a greater presence than the native wasps themselves, which is causing significant health, economic and environmental problems, according to data from the Xunta de Galicia. Since 2022,
figures show that this insect has multiplied by 56 per cent in 2023. Notifications and calls informing of their presence have already exceeded 43,000 to date, which is well above the 27,500 registered in 2022. Seven Students Injured And 26 Given Medical Treatment After Wasp Attack In Portuguese...
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(FREE MOVIE) The Wasp Woman/1959
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The Wasp Woman - The head of a large cosmetics company experiments on herself with a youth formula made from royal jelly extracted from wasps, but the formula's side effects have deadly consequences.
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Is That Wasp Nest ... Glowing?
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The Atlantic ^
| 23 Aug 2021 | Katherine J Vu
...When fed a steady stream of ultraviolet rays, all of the nests glowed, each with a bit of regional flair: The four from Vietnam all pulsed in green, while the other two, from Europe and South America, were a more muted teal-ish blue. ... ...The wasps themselves didn’t light up; neither did
the topmost parts of the nests, constructed out of chewed-up wood (hence the “paper” moniker). The glow, the researchers found, came from....
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WASP spray (no, not White Anglo-Saxon Protestants!!!!)
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email from a friend | 7/13/2020 | unknown
A friend who is a receptionist in a church in a high risk area was concerned about someone coming into the office on Monday to rob them when they were counting the collection. She
asked the local police department about using pepper spray and they recommended to her that she get a can of wasp spray instead. The wasp spray, they told her, can shoot up to twenty feet away and is a lot more accurate, while with the pepper spray, they have to get too close to you and could overpower you. The wasp spray temporarily blinds an attacker...
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Virginia College May Nix Wasp Mascot, Fearing Tie To 'White Anglo-Saxon Protestants'
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The Washington Times ^
| 07/02/20 | Jennifer Harper
Emory & Henry College in Virginia has announced to students the school will re-examine its wasp mascot. Why?
The bug may appear “exclusive” to students who are not White Anglo-Saxon Protestants, or “WASPs.” While a public outcry over racism continues around the nation, the college is already concerned that its two historical namesakes — Methodist Episcopal Church bishop John Emory and founding father Patrick Henry — were slave holders. The school mascot has also come under scrutiny. “Conversations must examine how Emory & Henry’s past has contributed to current and ongoing systemic oppression,” said Dr. John Wells, president of Emory...
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Wasp spray used as meth alternative in West Virginia: cops
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N Y Post ^
| July 17, 2019 | Tamar Lapin
“From what we’re being told, if you use it, you know, you might use it one or twice and be fine, but the third time when your body hits that allergic reaction, it can kill you,” Sgt. Charles Sutphin told WCHS. “It’s a cheap fix, and you don’t know what their overall
result of their usage of this is going to be,” Sutphin added. Physical effects of using the wasp spray include erratic behavior and extreme swelling and redness of the hands and feet. Stores in Boone County on Friday sold nearly 30 cans of the wasp spray, according to...
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US Troops Break out in ‘USA’ Chants as POTUS, Melania Honor the ‘Noble Legacy’ Aboard USS Wasp
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IJR ^
| 5/28/2019 | Madison Summers
The U.S. president and first lady received a patriotic welcome from U.S. military personnel as they boarded the USS Wasp for a Memorial Day visit in Japan. After touring the JS Kaga at Yokosuka Naval Base to deliver a Memorial Day speech to the men and women of the U.S. Navy’s Seventh
Fleet, as well as the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Forces, President Donald Trump spent time with troops aboard the USS Wasp. The U.S. first lady Melania Trump opened up with her appreciation to Japan’s hospitality during their visit overseas while extending thankfulness to U.S. troops. “Thank you for your...
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Never underestimate a wasp -- new study shows they're smarter than we thought
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CNN ^
| May 8, 2019 | Jack Guy
Summer is approaching in the northern hemisphere, heralding the return of that great scourge of al fresco diners everywhere: the wasp. Now,
a new study out of the University of Michigan reveals that the striped critters aren't just pesky -- they're smart. The research found that wasps can use a form of logical reasoning to infer unknown relationships from known relationships, according to a press release. Essentially this means they can work out that if is X is greater than Y, and Y is greater than Z, X is greater than Z -- an ability that was thought to be...
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Deep sea explorers discover USS Wasp, another WWII aircraft carrier
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CBS News ^
| 15 Mar 2019 | Mark Philips
Deep sea explorers found the USS Hornet in the South Pacific earlier this year, but the Hornet was not the only ship located on that expedition. In
the latest update for the American Naval history books, the research vessel Petrel revealed it also found the World War II aircraft carrier USS Wasp. We're 2.5 miles down, peering inside the cockpit of an avenger torpedo bomber from the sunken World War II aircraft carrier, USS Wasp. The plane is not just a relic, it's a clue, reports CBS News correspondent Mark Phillips. Can the Wasp itself be far away? The Wasp...
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Interesting Images Show U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Launching From USS Wasp In “Beast Mode”
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The Aviationist ^
| February 4, 2019 | David Cenciotti
An F-35B Lightning II is launched from USS Wasp. (Image credit: U.S. Navy) F-35B Lightning II aircraft, attached to the F-35B detachment of the “Flying Tigers” of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 262 (Reinforced), are currently in the Indo-Pacific region deployed aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1). Wasp,
flagship of Wasp Amphibious Ready Group, with embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), is operating in the region “to enhance interoperability with partners and serve as a ready-response force for any type of contingency.” F-35B flying in “Third Day of War” configuration. (Image credit: U.S. Marine Corps). Images being...
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Christopher Columbus' Legacy Defamed not just by Marxists, but WASP Anti Catholics
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Star Tribune ^
| October 17, 2014 | Rick Menzel
Another Columbus Day came and went...although not as such in Minneapolis, which voted this year to honor Indigenous Peoples’ Day instead, a time to reflect on the price American Indians paid for the greed and ruthlessness of my European ancestors. Yet
it is ironic that Columbus should take the blame, for he was our first “multicultural” hero. An Italian Catholic who sailed for Spain, Columbus was one of a handful of celebrated Americans who did not fit neatly into the white Anglo-Saxon Protestant mold. The worst strike against Columbus was that he was a Roman Catholic. Catholics had a special...
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Wasp ARG, 31st MEU conduct DATF drill in the South China Sea
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navy.mil ^
| 9/28/2018 11:16:00 AM | Commander Amphibious Squadron 11 and 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit Public Affairs
SOUTH CHINA SEA (NNS) -- USS Wasp (LHD 1) Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) with embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) conducted an integrated Defense of the Amphibious Task Force (DATF) drill at sea Sept. 27. DATF
scenarios focus Navy and Marine Corps forces on defending ARG shipping and the drills allowed the ARG-MEU team to improve their proficiency when integrating fires. “Increasing the lethality of the Navy-Marine Corps Team is the priority for us. Sailors and Marines are doing amazing work and we are becoming more lethal every single day,” said Rear Admiral Brad Cooper, commander of Amphibious Force 7th...
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Newly Discovered Wasp Has a Terrifyingly Large Stinger
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Popular Mechanics ^
| July 8, 2018 | Laura Yan
Scientists discovered a new wasp species with a terrifyingly large stinger. Researchers
from the University of Turku in Finland recently discovered the Clistopyga crassicaudata, which lives between the Andes mountains and the Amazon rainforests. "I have studied tropical parasitoid wasps for a long time, but I have never seen anything like it," said Ilari E. Sääksjärvi, a professor at the University of Turku. "The stinger looks like a fierce weapon."
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Man on drug called ‘wasp’ breaks into home, cuts throat in front of mother and children
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WNCN ^
| 12/26/17 | WKRN staff
NASHVILLE, TN (WKRN) – A Lawrence County man was arrested after terrorizing a family and causing tremendous harm to himself while being under the influence of a dangerous drug. Deputies
said Danny Hollis Jr. was smoking something called wasp, a mixture of meth and bug spray. On Monday night around 7 p.m. on Gimlet Road, deputies responded to a call about a naked man inside a house. Investigators said Hollis broke into the home, sat at the family dinner table and cut his own throat in front of four children and a mother. “This man walks in. The family is...
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Horrifying footage shows a huge wasp dragging a paralysed huntsman spider around a kitchen floor
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UK Daily Mail ^
| January 10, 2017 | Ted Thornhill
Most living creatures make themselves scarce upon seeing a huntsman spider. But
not the spider wasp. It kills them and uses them as a giant meal for its larvae – and one of the insects has been caught on camera dragging one of the arachnids around a kitchen.
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21st Century Cave 3D Printed with WASP 3D Printer
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Engineering ^
| May 18, 2016 | Michael Molitch-Hou
Italian 3D printing firm WASP is no ordinary company, claiming as its mission to save the world with digital fabrication technology and a new maker economy. To
do its part in the World Advanced Saving Project (WASP), the firm has built its Big Delta 3D printer, a large-scale system capable of printing structures made from concrete and meant to produce homes for people in developing nations. It has yet to fulfill this latter goal, but a bit of news announced today indicates that WASP is making moves in the right direction. Together with Siam Cement Group (SCG) and architect Pitupong...
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