Stinger

Stingrays: The Ocean Stingers Stingrays, specifically southern stingrays, are scientifically called dasyatis Americana. They are a member of the genus Dasyatis, and the family Dasyatidae. They are a member of the family Dasyatidae because they are stingrays with a certain type of tail. Southern stingrays are members of the genus Dasyatis. To know what this genus means, you have to break it up. “Dasys” means rough or dense, and “batus” means shark. The southern stingray looks scary, but is actually an amazing and interesting creature. (Long) Southern Stingrays use a type of breeding called ovoviviparity. When stingrays are born, the egg they’re born in hatches inside the mother. The baby uses the yolk as food until it’s ready to come out. This form of reproduction is useful because the baby will be born where they can’t be harmed directly by predators. They will only be released when it’s old enough to fend off predators. (Long) Dasyatis…

Washington Redskins vs. Dallas Cowboys…..What’s With the Stretcher?? With the recent head/neck injuries that were sustained this weekend by Washington Redskins players, Dashaun Phillips and Kyshoen Jarrett (a fellow Hokie!), after helmet-to-helmet hits with the Dallas Cowboys running back Darren McFadden I’ve decided to elaborate on what a “cervical stinger” is and how it can potentially be prevented. (Image from Maguzz.com) What is a “Cervical Stinger?” A “burner” or “stinger” occurs…

dealership and decided to race corvettes. Don Yenko wanted to be the Carrol Shelby of Chevrolet . By the mid 1960s, however corvettes had gotten heavier and the mustangs and cobras were trying to take over the racing circuit. “ I got tired of looking at the rear bumper of Mark Donohues mustang” Mr Yenko famously said. So Yenko chose his new subject the Corvair Corsa, (Corvair Yenko stinger )lighter than the corvette by 500 pounds. Yenko originally designed the Areo body add-ons using cut up…

He and Congress did not want to risk an incident that might endanger the safety of his troops, and the Pakistani people. The Stinger was then denied, for fear of retaliation against Zia, and Pakistan by The Soviet Union. The CIA agreed with Zia, and would only supply foreign made weapons along with humanitarian aid to refugees, as previously directed under The Carter administration. The CIA argued that Soviet counter-escalation could lead to an invasion of Pakistan. The other argument was that…

In the article “All Animals Are Equal” by Peter Singer, Slinger expresses how animals and humans should be treated the same. Stinger expresses how humans treat other humans with respect but don’t necessarily treat animals the same way some humans even treat them with cruelty. Animals are very similar to humans, some more than others but we need to treat them with as much respect as we treat any human today. Stinger defines speciesism in this article as a prejudice or attitude of bias in favor of…

While my beliefs contradict with hers in some places, I identify primarily with Laura Stinger from the article “Choosing My Religion”. Being raised as a Greek Orthodox, I was taught a pretty straightforward, but lenient version of Christianity. Growing up in such an easygoing religious environment allowed me to be constantly thinking about questions similar to the ones Laura wonders about, such as ones concerning my purpose in life or the reason humans are on Earth. I identify with her primarily…

Antares is estimated to have surface temperatures of around 3000C (5400F), around half as hot as the sun. The absolute magnitude of this star is -5.28 making it the 16th brightest star in the entire sky. Antares’ position is RA:16h 29m 24s, dec: -26° 25′ 55″ and is 619.7 light years away Shaula Shaula is the second brightest star in the Scorpius constellation and it also known for it being made up from two stars, Shaula and Lesath. The name Shaula is an Arabic word that mean the stinger, as it…

Poverty, poor, and overpopulation are becoming major issues in today 's society. As time goes by, it becomes awfully clear that these issues are problems we must deal with. While many want to address and solve these issues, there tends to be a divide on how to do so. There are many papers available concerning this problem. The two I find to have the strongest arguments are actually quite contradicting. First was Garret Hardin’s essay “Lifeboat Ethics: The Case against Helping the Poor” where he…

also sometimes occurring in the Midwest. Nearly an inch long, covered with a soft, luminous red and black fur, the cow killer superficially resembles an oversized ant. The common name for these “cow-killers” and other members of this highly successful family are known as velvet ants, these 8,000+ known species derived from their ant-like appearance. In reality, velvet ants are wingless female wasps. The males are winged and look similar to other wasps, though furrier in appearance. Female velvet…

the lid off the bottle, and rolls some on like deodorant. CUT TO: INT. BENSON HOUSE KITCHEN - CONTINUOUS Barry’s mother, JANET BENSON, yells up at Barry. JANET BENSON Barry, breakfast is ready! CUT TO: "Bee Movie" - JS REVISIONS 8/13/07 1. INT. BARRY’S ROOM - CONTINUOUS BARRY Coming! SFX: Phone RINGING. Barry’s antennae vibrate as they RING like a phone. Barry’s hands are wet. He looks around for a towel. BARRY (CONT’D) Hang on a second! He wipes his hands on his sweater, and pulls his antennae…